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How many clients can be connected to a WiFi Hotspot?
I want to create an application which hosts a sever in my phone and many people can use it after connecting to my wifi hotspot.
Suppose I want to implement it in a classroom with 50+ students, is it feasible?
I want to know how many clients can be connected to the wifi hotspot. Are there any limitations?

It's just another Q&A with no sources, but this would seem to indicate that it's not possible to connect that many devices - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22680293/can-we-connect-more-than-10-devices-with-wi-fi-hot-spot-in-android

If you search for android wifi hotspot maximum connections, most of the results mention 5, 8, 10,.. but nothing close to 50. The issue seems related to hardware capability, including overheating due to too much activity.

The "normal" wifi hotspots limit it at least to 253 connections by using an IP-address like 192.168.43.x. So far I haven't seen one using 172.16.x or 10.x addresses.

The software limit seems to originate from the /data/misc/wifi/hostapd.conf file which is generated by the system based on /system/etc/hostapd/hostapd_default.conf. Most phones have hard limits of 8 or 10 devices, yet some of them don't seem to have a limit built in. Your milage may vary depending on the device you're using.

Note: Partial answer regarding no. of hotspot connections that can be connected to a device.

Google on the page "Set up tethering or portable Wi-Fi hotspot" has stated:

If your device has mobile data, you can turn it into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot for up to 10 other devices, like laptop computers[.]

See also,

These features depend on your mobile device and your carrier. You may be charged extra for tethering or Wi-Fi hotspot connections. If you have issues, check with your carrier to see whether tethering can be enabled.

As Andrew already mentioned in the comment, the results on web usually tells the limit to 5,6,8,10, but not more than 10.

I could not find any content that states that hotspot could connect more than 10 devices. One person mentioned(I asked) a limitation vaguely here(in the comments).
IMO, you can't connect more than 10 devices, not without a hack. And to hack, you need to know why you can't connect more than 10 devices?

Please, do ping here if you(reader) come to know the reason.

For rooted devices, od you know how to increase this limit? Thanks

I'm sorry. I do not know.

To use hotspot in the house with more than 10 devices, I found something that works with a little money. What I end up using were some old devices that I had laying around the house. What you need are two items: a repeater, and also an old router.
If you have to use a repeater alone, use it in bridge mode so it will not be assigning new IP addresses. The IP address is assigned by the phone in that case, so you will reach its limit. On top of that, the repeater itself will take away one of the spots on your phone as one of the 10 devices.
But what I did is the following: I use the repeater which has an ethernet out and connected my phone to the repeater. Then I plugged in my old router into the repeater routers WAN port and connected it with a CAT5 cable to the repeater.   Placed the old router into DHCP mode bring it with a new network name.  Then I connected all the devices to the old router, and none of them show up on the repeater or on the phone's hotspot.
Basically you're creating a subnet I guess. Works great and honestly, for low bandwidth devices, it runs fine. The speed test was almost the same as off of the repeater itself. If anything, use the high priority/bandwidth devices onto the hotspot directly, and then use the repeater/router for the low bandwidth stuff (smart speakers/plugs/lights)
Also another tip I can say, right now my wireless carrier gives me an unlimited hotspot to all of my phones. I have multiple phones that come in and out of the house. So what I have done is to place all the phones with the same exact SSID for the hotspot, and also the same exact password. Therefore, the Wi-Fi repeater will join whichever phone is in the house.  Personally, this has been a great replacement for the internet in my house since my demand for the internet is not that high. And if you have unlimited internet, I guess you can use this even as a replacement for home internet. Also, this way it distributes the Hotspot data usage to all the different phones.

There can only be a 5 clients at a time on a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Supportable statement through documentation? Please supply a link.

What? My phone (a Micromax A350 running Android 4.4.2) says I can have 8 clients connected simultaneously to my hotspot.

if you are using 3g then you provide wifi for 5 connections and if you are using 4g then 10 clients can use hotspot.

Can you provide a source? Is this device dependent? Will one answer confidently work for all?

and what if you don't have a mobile data connection at all?


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Everything is messed up on my phone
I'm using the stock system on my Samsung GS3, and one day the phone just started restarting itself randomly. It might restart itself once or twice a day, and no pattern was observed. Then all in a sudden in one of those weird self-restarting the phone resets itself. All app data are gone but system settings left untouched.
Then comes the waves of error of Google stuff. As soon as you unlock the screen, all sort of errors popped up randomly, like "Google Services Framework has stopped", "Google App has stopped", and "The process com.google.process.gapps has stopped", etc. The Gmail app doesn't load, and you can't view the list of installed apps in the Play Store.
When connected to a PC, with adb it says it's connected, and I can access the system through adb, but I can't use Windows' explorer to navigate the storage system.
I didn't flash any custom OS. I do have root and xposed installed but there is no special action I did that causes this to happen. The syncing of the Google apps are also messed up, and it seems only apps related to Google are having errors.
Without manually resetting (for real) the phone, is there any way to fix this? Once in a while the phone is still resetting itself and this is driving me crazy.

The reason the system settings are left is because it reverts it like it is a new device. Your Google errors are because of a corrupted GApps package. Reflash GApps. Not being able to navigate through windows explorer, try changing USB connection mode on the GS3. Having the Xposed framework installed opens up all sorts of problems that could rise from compatibility issues. Start by disabling modules, to see if they might be the culprit. If still there uninstall the framework and continue from there. It also could be from an app that has root causing the mischief.

@HasH_BrowN Thanks for the response. I'll try disabling those modules and see if that helps.

@HasH_BrowN It seems that there're so many issues to be fixed, and at the end I just decided to backup and do a factory reset. All is good now. Thanks

First turn airplane mode on that should stop all erros google sync alike.
Then go to settings > account > remove google account.
Then go to where you manage your apps and delete all data + cache of every google app (play store google+ google play services etc).
Also look for an option called something "Redefine preferences" sorry my phone is not on English so may be a little different option but with the same meaning do it then reboot your phone and desative airplane mode see if it's all ok.
If you want you can also do an backup via your PC while on airplane mode so if that steps don't help and you really need to reset you will be OK

Will removing the account also remove my installed apps?

But this only addresses a portion of the OP's question.

No all your old apps and pretty much everything will stay you will only delete google synchronized data on your phone ( e.g gmail emails google contacts etc) but will not delete your google account or what is already sync with it and also if that not work you can try to reset all google apps to factory state should be in the same place where you clear data + cache

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How can I see which wifi channel / frequency is used by my android 4.4.2 device?
How can I see which wifi channel, frequency is used by my android 4.4.2 device?

This may help: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/23572/how-to-tell-current-frequency-band

This answer might be helpful for you. However, there are multiple apps could do that. Search wifi on google play. For example, the one I use at work and home is Wifi Analyzer. which graphically shows the channel & frequency for all wifi networks around plus the one you're connected to. I used this app on Samsung galaxy S2. I would post couple of screenshots taken by me but I can't post more than 2 links (new user).

The linked answer is about phone, not wifi.

If you know how to use adb, you can run adb shell iw dev wlan0 link. This gives you the frequency. To know the channel, do a search or use wikipedia to find out.

In regards to what Wi-Fi channel your device is on you'll need to view the settings of the network that you're connected to.
This all depends on whether you have access to the network settings and what type of router it is.  This will help you understand it more: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/network-wifi/3325316/how-change-wi-fi-channel/

You don't need access to a router (or credentials for the network) to determine what channel it's broadcasting on. You can pick that up just from a network scan. Here's an app that can show you this information, for example.

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Add Permissions to Installed App
I am having problems with 2 apps, QPython3 and SL4A.
I want to read my contacts from QPython3 and my user dictionary from SL4A.
The 2 apps do not have the relevant permissions.
Is there any way to add permissions to an installed app?
My phone is a rooted Nexus 5 running Kit-Kat.
Thank you

Even if you'd give the app those permissions, they'd have to implement the functionality you need

Why would you need to "add" permissions to an app? What purpose are you trying to accomplish?

They are both scripting apps. I want to write scripts that access those features. Thr functionality is already there

You cannot add permissions to an installed app - they have to be declared in its Manifest before uploading to Google Play.


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100% RAM Used.what to do?
i have huawei g5000-5000 mobile whith 512 mb ram which has 479 mb free and a quad-core processor.offlate i have seen it has 0mb free ram and i am not able to do any work.whenever i open any app it automatically closes.
i dont have many app heavy game and no heavy app loaded on my phone.i jjst have whatsapp,ucbrowser,truecaller,etc which i think should not be a problem.
i have an unrooted phone.so please tell me what to do?

Please take a look at: Are there guidelines on how much free RAM a phone should have? / 0 ram free on ICS / our ram tag-wiki.

On android/Linux free RAM is wasted RAM. Most of the used RAM should be used for caching applications. Depending on the rest of your phone's hardware it may also have simply not enough RAM as I think a quad-core processor is often used together with other decent hardware.
If an app closes then your android system especially the LMK (low memory killer) misconfigured because it should kill other background processes to allow the foreground application to run. This may fail if only system applications are running which cannot be closed that easily. Then rebooting may be one option before rooting and changing internal settings.


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Screen casting/mirroring between Nexus devices and Samsung TV
I have a Nexus 4 and a Nexus 10, both running latest version of Lollipop.  I just bought a H6400 series Samsung TV, which supports "Screen Mirroring" aka "AllCast" in Samsung terminology.
If I try to cast the screen from the Nexus 4, it just says connecting for ever and nothing happens.
Trying on the Nexus 10, it does connect but is quite laggy and often drops the connection.  When it manages to keep the connection, the internet wifi speed on the 10 goes from 20MB/s to 0.2MB/s (using speedtest.new), which makes the internet unusable.  This is with all devices (inc router) within about 3m radius.
I have an old 802.11bg WiFi router, so was going to upgrade that, but have found out that screen casting uses a direct WiFi connection between the device and TV, it doesn't use the WiFi router at all.
Does anyone know how to make it work with the 4?  And with the 10, is the WiFi becoming unuseably slow a common problem or anyone have a fix?!  Would upgrading my router to one that supports both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz help?  i.e. can I run the screen casting over one freq, and the internet wifi over another one?


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How do I move apps from my phone to tablet?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. My daughter just got a Dragon Touch tablet for Christmas, but we don't have wifi. I want to move the games that I've downloaded on my phone for her onto her tablet. She's six years old and driving me crazy wanting some games on this tablet. I moved the apps from my phone's device storage to a mini sd card. However, when I put the sd card into the tablet it is not showing the apps. The tablet shows that the appropriate amount of space is used on the SD card, but I can't seem to figure out how to open the apps or transfer them from the sd card to the tablet. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Or am I trying to do something that just is not possible? Clearly I don't know a whole lot about technology. Please help.

Your Galaxy S5 Active should be able to create a Wi-Fi network, and share its own cellular data.  This is usually referred to as "tethering", or "mobile hotspot".  The settings are different for various Android devices, and sometimes are a paid feature (or may be missing completely) depending on the carrier.
Generally, on Samsung devices like your S5 Active you can find it under Settings -> Connections -> Tethering & Wi-Fi hotspot.  You can activate and configure it there, and then use your daughter's tablet to connect to the newly created Wi-Fi and access Google Play Store, or other app stores (like Amazon, for example.)  Here is a video that shows how to find the settings.

If your phone has a mobile hotspot then turn it on.
(If you don't don't read this)
Connect the tablet to the phoes hotspot.
Then from there you can download any game if have purchased any games see how to get them on to the tablet for free
First download ES File Explore File Manager on both devices then open it on both devices.
On your phone go to user apps.
Pick the apps you want to download on the tablet and the hit the button that says more in more hit send when you see the tablet click it on the tablet it will come up with a sigh saying download the files hit OK and they will download on your tablet
Thanks

That might not work. It, for me, doesn't work with a hotspot (I've tried), rather it needs Wi-Fi Direct connection between the devices, and both have to be paired. I suspect apps like Xender or ShareIt are a better option. Also, could you work on your spellings a bit?

If you can get access to internet to download a small file, download "ShareIt" application By Lenovo from Google PlayStore on both of your devices, once you did that you can easily move all your applications, pictures, videos, etc to your new device easily!

Download an application "Zapya" ...
on both of the devices and intall it.Connect both the devices using Zapya and you will be able to send or recieve files between both of the devices.

You need to be clearer in telling what you want. If you are ok with downloading games from Playstore but don't have internet access (WiFi) you can do as Chahk said.
However this will not transfer the game from your phone to tablet.
If you specifically want to transfer apps from one device to another, there are a few options.

If your device is rooted, you can use backup applications like titanium backup. Then copy the backup folder to the new device and restore the apps using the same backup app.
Going by what you said, it seems that you have successfully copied the apk files into the sdcard. To install from sdcard you need to turn on ‘Unknown sources’ in the security setting.

To do that go to settings→ security→ unknown sources. This option must be ticked.

If your tablet does not show those apps, check if your phone or computer shows it. If those apps are seen in the computer, then you can install those apps from computer using adb command.

To set up adb please follow this site: http://androidforums.com/threads/tutorial-how-to-set-up-adb.603700/
Make sure adb recognizes your tablet and android debugging is turned on.
To install the apps, go to the folder where the apps are and open a command prompt or terminal (I am assuming your adb is in the environmental paths) and type
adb install *.apk
where *.apk is the name of your app.
Following methods 2 and 3 will give you a fresh install of your apps. No data will be restored.

Their is an alternative too...
Download the application "Xender".It is also easy to use.connect both the devices using Xender and you will be able to share files between the two devices.

Unfortunately, copying applications across from one device to another is not the same as installing them. Additionally, for the sake of security Android does not allow you to run programs from your SD card by default, so even if in theory the programs didn't need a whole lot of reconfiguration for your tablet, they still wouldn't run.
The easiest and best way to get the games onto the tablet would be via the Google Play Store, but you will need wifi on the tablet for that. One way to get this would be to share your phone's internet connection with the tablet, if you have an internet connection on your phone and if your hardware and/or service provider will allow you to do so. On my phone (Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300), I go to Settings => Network Connections => More networks => Tethering and portable hotspot => Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. If you get this far on your phone, just go ahead and switch the Portable Wi-fi hotspot on with the slider, and follow the on-screen instructions to connect your daughter's tablet to the internet. (This also means going to Settings => Network Connections => Wifi on her tablet and looking for the share you just created, which by default is called AndroidAP). Then on her tablet use Google Play as normal to install the games.


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In-app purchase changing account
I have 2 accounts and I have a google play card on one and none on the other... I want to use the account with the card to make the in-app purchase.. but I tried to install the app on my account with the card except when I tried it still came up on the account without the card... Please help!

Please have a look to see if the answer I gave someone else helps you: http://android.stackexchange.com/a/150165/15394


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Adding events field to contact
I have a smartphone that running on android 4.1.1. When I create new contact or edit existing one, I want to add field with birthday of the person. The problem is I can't choose to add new field with type 'Events', there is no such option in menu after I click button "Add another field" when I edit/create contact. So the question is: how can I enable Events to be added when I work with my Contacts (like on the image below).

Maybe this post is related?

@AndrewT. , I have another smartphone (one I've taken screenshot from). It's Huawei Honor u8860. Its default Contacts app has Events. Of course, it might be only modification by Huawei developers and other Android devices doesn't necessarily have it.


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thomson android mid1002
i have just recently got a thomson tablet for christmas after having it all set up it worked great for a couple of days when i turned it on a couple of days ago it booted up great until i got to the lock screen the a message saying android is upgrading starting apps came up when the slide screen appeared again after 2 seconds it jumped back to the android word logo and has been doing that for three days now. every now and then it will bring up an error message saying "unfortunately the process.com.android.phone has stopped working"how do i fix this please help.


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How can I reinstall Play Store?
I was having some issues with my samsung galaxy s2. I took it to an I.T. store to get it fixed and now all is working fine, except play store is no longer there. I went into 'all applications' in settings and  play store is not there either so there is no way for me to set it back up. When I try and download straight from the internet version of plays store, an error tells me I do not have a device. Can anyone please tell me what I can do to fix this or if there is any other way for me download apps such as facebook and snapchat? Thank you in advance.

Well, if you'd like then you can also get the Google PlayStore apk file from AndroidPolice over apkmirror if you'd like ! And rest I can see that query has already been answered !

Of course you can install all your applications via their .apk package, downloadable from the internet (you'll also find several alternative markets like aptoide and F-Droid).
As of play store: the website only tells the android app to install a certain app, so if you don't have it installed, you won't go any further.

install play store via it's .apk  there
if, once it is installed, it opens and then closes immediately, it is possible that the company that fixed it flashed a firmware without it. In this case, you'll need to flash the appropriate GApps package

PS: I highly recommend to flash gapps as most apps have google-modules dependencies (for instance google play services)

There are many other android markets like 9apps,mobogenie,mobomarket etc and they work fine but if you compare to Google play store, they are a little bit lower. In case of restoring Google play store, download Google play store and check that the version is supported by your device or not. Or you can google about the version of play store your phone was having then download it from any website. If problem resists, then use titanium backup and get the backed up play store of any other device and place the backup in the titanium backup folder of the sdcard and then manually go to titanium backup and then restore it. You can also flash the Gapps again but this will reset your phone. So the great idea is to flash the Gapps or download straight the Google play store from the apk file. Try the newest version supported by your android.

You don't need root to install the Google Play Store apk file. Also, backing up system apps is not a great idea generally, flashing the Gapps Zip would be better in that case.


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Is it possible to replace stock 'Phone' app?
First of all, I know one can replace the dialer app and there are many options available for it.
But is it possible to replace the stock phone app? Is there any calling app that uses the normal cellular network to make calls apart from the stock android app?
The reason why I am asking this is because I am having problems with talking on handset on my Nexus 5 since I update to Lollipop. And I figured that if I replace the phone app, this problem could be solved as my calls on Skype and Hangout are normal which proves that the microphone is fine and the problem lies in the software.

It might be easier on a custom ROM, as you can flash what you want. However, since you're on Stock, here's what I'll suggest.
Disable (uninstall) your phone app (if that's possible), then install another phone app of your choice. Automatically, that'll take over as your default phone app.

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There is no need to replace it. Just try Google Phone temporary and set it as default phone app. Also that mught be microphone issue. Nexus 5 has 2 microphones. One at the bottom used by Cell and second at the top used by applications. Skype and Hangout uses top one.
Solution:
To test your microphone, call someone. If they dont hear you, set your sound to speaker. That will switch to the top micro. If that worked... Well oops your bottom microphone is dead :/


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Should you remove recent apps from multitasking drawer?
I own Nexus 5 with 5.0.1 Lollipop in it. I was wondering weather or not it is beneficial to remove recently opened apps from multitasking drawer or is it harmful for battery life and maybe performance?
What exactly happens when you remove recently opened app from multitasking drawer?

If you remove an app from the multitasking drawer it's marked to be closed very soon (just a few seconds) and it's memory is cached (instead of used).
This releases used RAM and prevents Android from closing running applications if another one needs more memory.
Depending on what applications you close with the multitasking drawer they will eventually restart (if a service is running in the background and launches the application again eg. Facebook) or they will just be closed.
Performance wise it's not a problem, applications you have closed might just take half a second longer to load up but that's it.
Battery life can be improved a little bit if you close down applications that would else run in the background and do some weird stuff that causes your battery to be drained quicker than usual.
Also: I'm not the best in understanding how the Android LMK (low-memory killer) works but it first uses available RAM instead of closing applications.

Removing/clearing an app from recent tasks/apps menu actually clears it from the cache processes area. You can confirm this by going to settings > apps > running tab > show cached processes.
When your app has a syncing/background service (e.g. facebook which syncs its feed) then that is in your RAM since it running continuously. Your RAM also houses foreground (on screen apps) plus system processes .
When you switch apps then it goes to a cache area so that it can be opened faster and also it's state (e.g. webpages in chrome ) is retained. If you clear it, this is removed from cache and state is lost causing it to reload again and take more time to open.


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how can I transfer my photos from glaxaxy s4 to pc?
I have a broken screen and a wireless mouse. Is there another way I can transfer my photos?

If you don't have any passcode to your phone, attaching the phone to your PC with a USB cable will enable you to transfer the photos to your PC.
Also, if you had set the default storage of photos to the micro SD card then attaching the micro SD card to your PC via a reader will let you transfer the photos back.

thank you for your response, but unfortunately i do have a passcode and no micro sd card...any other suggestions?

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insufficient space?
I have an android next book tablet. I have a 16 GB SD card in it. Why is it still telling me I have insufficient space? How can I make things download straight to the SD card and not the internal storage?

Prior to Android 4.4 (KitKat), apps that are too large for internal storage could automatically load themselves into external storage, as long as the app supports loading into external storage (not all do!). That doesn't mean you would never run out of internal storage, though. It's quite possible, between apps, caches, and stored data that you could not have enough space even to download the APK. You have to manage this yourself by moving apps to external storage.
KitKat changes a significant portion of this by making the SD card essentially read-only, assuming your device has enough internal storage to do what you need. Most devices come with some sort of file manager that will allow you to move photos, videos, and other files off to the SD card, but most apps cannot do that themselves. Instead, a directory within internal storage is used by default. More importantly, as user GiantTree notes in a comment, even apps no longer get moved to the external card.
Adding an SD card doesn't magically expand memory. It's a separate storage area that you usually have to manage, especially with KitKat and probably Lollipop.

As a side note: beginning with Android 4.4 you can't move apps to your external SD card anymore. The SD card you are moving them to is your internal SD or simply your device storage that seems to be independent of the internal/application storage.

Didn't even think of that. Updated the answer. Thank you!


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I am unable to connect to wifi network
I am using motog first gen mobile, i have upgraded to lollypop os, after that i am unable to connect to wifi router(netgear) in my room, it is not showing in the display, outside room other networks are showing in display, except my room network.
     please help me on this
Regrads,
Praneeth l

Have you attempted turning off the router, waiting a minute, then turning it back on? (this is a legitimate solution)

There are several things you could try. Have you tried restarting both the router and the phone?
If it still doesn't work I would recommend trying to connect to your router using another phone or laptop.
If another phone or laptop can connect, I would recommend reseting your phone.
If another phone of laptop can't connect, you need to debug your router


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Auto Backup gone crazy
My android phone has gone completely crazy by backing up hundreds of images onto my Google + photos. These are not photos from my phone camera but some sort of random pictures of all sorts of crap! It's driving me mad and it's filling up my online storage with rubbish.
Help!

If the rubbish/random images aren’t in the camera roll on your phone, how are you determining they are coming from your phone?
I’m wondering if one of two things is going on:

you’ve not signed out of google+ on some other device and that device is doing the uploading (sold or given away a phone or computer? used a machine or phone of someone else’s?) or
you have a security app installed and the app has been activated and taking random images (and helpfully sending them up to google) to help you nab the “thief”.


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Getting offline GPS fix?
I have a simple problem with my phone's GPS:
I have Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo with Android 4.4.2 (unrooted)
Here's the problem:
GPS literally takes forever to load,
I connect to internet and wait some time and it picks up eventually.
But if I restarted my phone and NOT connect to internet and enable gps, it will literally go out of its way to NOT pick up a single signal. It will see more than 20 satellites, but not one of them will be used for fix. This happens anywhere from perfectly open air to indoors (in my case being indoors is absolutely not a reason for not getting a fix because when I do get a fix indoors it sees all the satellites it used to when I was outside)
My question is:
How can I make my phone to pick up signals from those satellites without connecting to internet and end this nightmare?
Thanks a lot
P.S. I have used most of those garbage apps promising "faster fix" "gps fix" and all that crap and none of them helped. In case as I am writing this I have the app GPS Status and toolbox on ""Looking" for GPS location" forever and not picking anything up.
What's the solution?

My question is: How can I make my phone to pick up signals from those satellites without connecting to internet and end this nightmare?

GPS works by getting a fix on your location with the satellites whereas the Internet connection is used to download the map data associated with the particular area you're in.
Give this answer on Stack Overflow a read. It'll solve some of your doubts on how much signal strength is required.

While your answer is technically correct, it's not really clear if OP is needing internet connection to load the map or not (not mentioned anywhere). It's only mentioned that even while using GPS app (which needs GPS only, no internet connection) doesn't get the fix.

^^ The question TBH isn't very clear. I quote this: " GPS literally takes forever to load, I connect to internet and wait some time and it picks up eventually."
edit: Also depending upon location and signal to the satellites the time required for GPS to download the data from satellites will always vary.
So it does work eventually with time. It'll be interesting to know how much time infact it requires to get.
What I think is the issue that OP thinks enabling the GPS itself should get it working right away(irrespective of whether any app or the system requests GPS location or not).

Well, sometimes (I do NOT know what the changing variable is) I turn the GPS on and I get a fix almost immediately (offline and online), Looks like there is something hindering it.
It is literally not possible to stay in open air and not pick up any signal from any satellites.I need offline GPS since I have offline maps.
I want to find out why GPS doesn't pick up any signal as it is obvious there is something interfering with it.
P.S. Sometimes waiting REALLY LONG offline gets a fix but a  less stable one (I leave the app and come back only to wait a minute or two for it to get a fix again)

@andrew-t I have a similar issue here

Use this app "GNSS viewer"
Switch of all the data communication services and open the app and you will get the accurate positioning data.
if not restart the phone and try it again.

Can you link this app?


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Unable to connect to adb shell via USB
I have a Karbonn Sparkle V AndroidOve device that was previously getting connected to the adb shell using an USB but after the recent factory restore I am absolutely unable to connect to adb shell. Developer options and debugging using USB are switched on.
The error coming is error: Device not found.
How can I get it back to connect to Ubuntu adb shell?

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Can I delete my original gmail account associated with my android & use my other gmail address
I originally set up my android with my original gmail account. I've since added a second gmail account & I'd like to switch my android over to the second account without repercussions. I'd eventually like to delete the initial gmail account, as that address is no longer useful.

First off there is no way to not have repercussions if you do this.
You can delete an account by using your computer but be warned if you have purchased any games, music, movies, etc. these items will no longer be available to you with out dishing out extra funds as those purchases were bought from your original account and you'll need to buy them again. And any apps you have on your phone may not function correctly let alone at all if you do.
If you wish to continue goto
https://myaccount.google.com
Sign in (if needed)
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Delete Google Account and Data" and follow the prompts to compleatly remove the account in question.
And a little FYI be sure to set up 2-Step verification for your accounts as it will help protect your accounts from unwanted entities from looking at, reading and or a complete takeover of yor accounts. You would get a text from them with a 6 digit code to set up a computer as a trusted one. Someone I know almost was one of the unfortunate ones on this matter.

I've completed removed a Google account from my phones before without losing the apps etc. bought with that account.


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Cant download apps on my new huawei
I just bought my new huawei model H30-U10
I have synchronized my gmail account and whenever I try to download any app, the download bar keeps loading forever and doesn't even throw any error
I am not using SD card because its internal memory is 8gb already
My time and date are ok
I am not using sim card, could this be issue?
The google playstore version is 4.6.17 and I am sure its not the latest one and I cant even update playstore through playstore> settings> build version> update

All these methods works only if you have a single google account active on your phone. In my case this was the problem.

I resolved the issue and it was because of the reason that I wasn't using SIM card

I too had the same issue and i have gone through several forums for the help.All have suggested the same .

Clear cache and clear data of the playstore.
  Force stop the playstore.
  Remove and add google account.

I have tried all of the above but not found any good.
But after lot of trail and error i have resolved the issue.
Solution is the same as above but the sequence order is very important.
Please follow the exact order given below.
1). Google Playstore - Go to Settings >> Apps>> 'All' tab >> Select Google Playstore - Now Uninstall all updates >>Force stop >> Clear Cache>> Clear Data.
2). Download Manager - Go to Settings >> Apps>> 'All' tab >> Select Download Manager - Force stop >> Clear Cache>> Clear Data.
3). Downloads - Go to Settings >> Apps>> 'All' tab >> Select Downloads - Force stop if the button is active.
4). Remove the google account.
5). Restart the device.
6). Add Google account.
(Assuming you have followed the sequence properly)
In case the above steps don't resolve the issue and you are using Mobile data then follow the below steps
1 > Check your storage space in your phone and ensure required space is available.
2 > Please go to Settings >> Mobile Networks >>Access point Names /APN >> Go to APN Protocol Change it to IPV6 and APN Roaming Protocol to 'IPV4/Ipv6'.
Thats all !!! -  Enjoy , Don't forget to vote for the reply

try downloading the latest apk for the playstore and manually instal it.
check apkmirror.com

I resolved the issue and it was because of the reason that I wasn't using SIM card

@NomanRiffat consider posting that as an answer. Self-answering is acceptable and encourage here.

I found the easiest and faster way. Factory reset your phone and start from scratch. :)

This might not be a very satisfying answer, but it's good to know that this last-ditch solution works. Thanks for your report!

Common play store errors  and there fix: https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-solve-google-play-store-errors


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Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 root knox?
I see directions for carrier based versions of the galaxy tablet, but none seem to mention the particular one that I have(a wifi only sm-t230nu). they also mention Knox, but I cannot tell if it is installed by default on this model. if I root/flash this type of tablet, will it trigger this Knox and render it serviceable or is that a feature specific to certain types of tablets?

According to Samsung's website, the Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 comes with Knox.  Are you asking if the Knox enterprise features will be enable (where it creates a "safe" environment on your table) or if it will trip the Knox flags, essentially telling Samsung service departments that you've tinkered with it and voided your warranty?

I do not use this in an enterprise environment, so I probably won't need enterprise features unless there is a good reason for them

I think your bigger concern then is that it will probably trip the Knox flag, telling samsung that the device is not stock and has been "tampered with". It makes a good excuse for them not to have to deal with any warranty issues, whether they are related to what rooting does or not.

basically,yes. I'm not sure what does and doesn't count specifically for voiding, and would rather not accidentally set a flag I didn't know about

This may be more information than you want, but here are all of the gory details on the mysterious Knox flag: http://omegadroid.co/wanted-knox-void-warranty-0x1/


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What does 'sandboxed' webview actually mean?
I keep hearing the argument for Tinfoil for Facebook(vs mobile site) that it is sandboxed. What does it actually mean? what can websites access on normal web browsers that they can't on isolated WebViews?


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Installing Lollipop in unlocked Moto G 1st gen
If I have an unlocked Moto G 1st gen, is there any other way to get Lollipop on it beside waiting for it to show up? My carrier apparently won't update this device in particular.

If you have a custom recovery installed, you can wipe your device and install CyanogenMod. The latest nightlies are 5.0+. We won't be able to give you a link however, because you didn't let us know where you are located. Which model of the first gen do you have?

I'm located in mexico. Mine is the 8gb model. What do you mean with custom recovery? Sorry if I ask this, it's the first time I have an android phone so I have no idea.

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Is it possible to decrypt msgstore.db.crypt8 file
I am having a file msgstore.db.crypt8 that is actually backup file of whatsApp. I don't have a rooted phone so is it still possible to read this file ??
If yes then how can i do that ?
I tried to download some software that extract a key using phone but this process required rooted phone that i don't have.

PREREQUISITES:

O/S: Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
Java - If not installed: Download Java
ADB (Android Debug Bridge) Drivers - If not installed: ADB Installer
USB Debugging* must be enabled on the target device. Settings -> Developer Options -> (Debugging) USB debugging Android device with Android 4.0 or higher

*= If you cannot find Developer Options then please go to: Settings -> About phone/device and tap the Build number multiple times until you're finally declared a developer.
INSTRUCTIONS:

Extract "WhatsAppKeyExtract.zip" on your computer maintaining the directory structure.
Browse to the extracted folder and click on "WhatsAppKeyExtract.bat". Connect your device via USB**, unlock your screen and wait for "Full backup" to appear.
Leave the password field blank and tap on "Back up my data".
The "extracted" folder will now contain your "whatsapp.key", "msgstore.db" and "wa.db".

** = If you have never used USB Debugging before, you may also need to verify the fingerprint.

Source: [Tool] WhatsApp Key/DB Extractor | OFFICIAL | CRYPT8 | NON-ROOT | UPDATED APRIL 2015

This is an okay answer, but it'd be better if you can also quote the relevant (and important) steps from the XDA forum. If that post is gone, then this answer will be pretty useless. Thank you.

simple way to read whatsapp crypt8 database messages..
Requirments:-
1. Android mobile
2. Mobile access of that database which you want to read messages.
3. En or gb whatsapp.
Now you have whole database folder of that mobile you want to read messages.
Install enwhatsapp .
Go to enwhatsapp folder and copy all database files in enwhatsapp database folder.
Now open enwhatsapp and verify that no which is copied in database folder.
Now all messages are restored.
Go to setting< data usage
And restrict background data pf enwhatsapp.
Now you can read all messages.
To keep messages open in enwhatsapp do to connect your mobile wifi and mobile data to enwhatsapp.
After you verify his no in your mobile .... verify in that mobile also .... so that he cant know that you did this ...

This seems intriguing, can you edit your post to include a link and screenshot?


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GS5 heart rate monitor coming on all the time
Since the Lollipop upgrade I've noticed that every time my Samsung GS5 is awake when anything (finger, table, etc.) comes near the heart rate monitor it activates the red led. How do I disable this battery drainer?

I realized my wife's GS5 did not have this issue until she installed Google Fit. I uninstalled Google Fit from my phone and restarted it, problem fixed.


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How can i take picture to call a number
I think there was option in some app, dont remember what it was. But you could take picture to call it.
I want to simply take picture of a number and call the number. Photo need not to be saved.
It'd be huge benefit to me.
I think it should be possible i'm not talking about hand written numbers, i'm talking about numbers on screen or billboard etc.

Google Goggles may do the trick. It can be used to read text from pictures and much more (including reading QR codes).

Any news on this in year 2021? (iPhone now supports this natively, with iOS 15)

Google Goggles will do what you are asking. It does an analysis of any taken picture (without saving it to your phone). The results of the analysis will depend upon your picture (for example, if you take a picture of a famous painting it will tell you what the painting is).
In your case if you take a picture of a phone number, it will highlight the number in the picture allowing you to select and dial it.

does it require data from carrier.

It does require data; which it can get from either your carrier or from being connected to a WiFi network.

i've 100mb limit which gets full by breathing i think.

Use a QR code. Scan the QR code with your camera, and make sure that a phone number is set as the content within the code. You should then get an option to open the number (as usual) with your preferred dialer.

i said i want to use number from billboard or screen.

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Problem while trying to sideload ROM to my nexus 4
My nexus 4 was in boot-loop, so I tried to format and re-install android into my devices following instruction from a forum. I was able to reach the part trying to side-load ROM to my devices but unfortunately I failed. The file has been 100% sent over my device yet the installation was aborted. Anyone has any idea why it happens?? T.T

What were the instructions you followed? Please [edit] your question with more details so it is clearer what you have tried.

Try to use "push" ADB command instead of side-loading to transfer the files.


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Wi-Fi antenna seems to work when the device is off
When I was looking at battery statistics I've found something strange: the bar showing wether a component is running or not indicates that wifi were active when I took off my phone. Is this a bug?
I have a Google Nexus 5 with standard Android 5 on it.
Here the screenshot of statistics :

As Microsoft) used to say:

That's not a bug, that's a feature.

Check for following: Settings -> Wi-Fi -> Menu -> Advanced:

Scanning always available
Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep

OK thanks so when my device is set off it's "sleeping"?

@Daair sleeping and being switched off are two different things.


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Where does music downloaded from Google Play go on my phone?
New Nexus 6 with Lollipop. I downloaded some music from Google Play, but cannot for the life of me find where it is on the phone. I've searched through the entire thing using Astro, and can't find my music. (The Play app sees it, but I want to make one of my songs a ringtone, and apparently with Lollipop, you need to copy your file into a certain location for it to be available.)

I'm afraid that's not possible. Like with iTunes, Google uses DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology in order to prevent you from illegally copying music. So, the music is stored on your phone in an encoded way and thus you can only access the music through the Google Play app.


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What does "Download GPS assisted data only over Wi-Fi networks" really mean?
Since I checked this option in Settings > Personal > Location, GPS finally works when no data connection is available, eg. when travelling in foreign countries. It's still slower than when a data connection is available, but at least, it does locate me when I'm standing in open skies.
However, I was wondering what this option really means: Does it mean that it will never use A-GPS to download data from the Net even when a data connection is available through GSM *?
IOW, if I'm travelling in my country where a GSM data connection is available, will Android download A-GPS data to speed things up?
Thank you.

GSM, as opposed to wifi; I don't know a better term

The "Wifi" option means that A-GPS gets used only when on Wifi, such as at a cafe.  Meaning, you're out of luck when using any form of cellular data including GSM data.
The GPS satellites send all required data, but they do so slowly.  So you can get much faster "first time to fix" by getting the same information for your area over a data connection (either WiFi or cellular data).
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS
The specific data is the "ephemerides" and the "almanac", both of which are required for a GPS position fix.

GSM, CDMA, WCDMA and LTE are all mobile network connections used for acquiring aGPS data.
So if your device has a standalone or hybrid GPS as well, you can use GPS without any problems (meaning as long as there is satellite reception). With aGPS your time-to-first-fix (TTFF) is much quicker, especially if its been awhile since last using GPS.
So to answer your "IOW", yes you will lock onto signal very fast if mobile data is enabled, as opposed to disabled.
As to: " Does it mean that it will never use A-GPS to download data from the Net even when a data connection is available through GSM ? ". No, it will use available mobile network connection for acquisition of needed data.

Take a look at this, since you said travelling around your country (could help if accuracy becomes an issue)
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14548707/android-how-to-reset-and-download-a-gps-data

Standalone GPS units depend only on radio from satellites. A-GPS does that as well as using cell tower data to enhance quality and precision when there is poor satellite signal conditions. A GPS unit may require as long as 12.5 minutes (the time needed to download the data - GPS almanac and ephimerides) to resolve the problem and be able to provide a correct location.
To be more precise, "A-GPS" features are mostly dependent on an internet network and/or connection to an ISP. A mobile device featured with "A-GPS" (no additional GPS feature to be selected as alternative) can work only when there is an internet link/connection to an ISP.
For a little more info look at aGPS Wiki

AGPS uses not only GPS satellites, but also nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi networks to lock onto your phones location, so your location should be more accurate.


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How to fix installation error -504?
I'm using Moto G second generation. My device is unable to install Facebook app after completion of download from play store. I checked few solutions, even removed my google account, but didn't work. I have enough space on my device and a fair connection speed. This problem is occurring only with Facebook application.
Although, I tried to download Facebook from other sources but still there's problem in installation.

Possibly not. This error is occurring with Facebook app only.

Is it "-504" or "504"? If it's the latter, then it's a duplicate. However, I didn't find other occurrences of "error -504" on Google.


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How to send and reply to SMS shortcodes using Google Hangouts on Android 5.0.1?
I am on a Nexus 4 running Android 5.0.1 and using Hangouts. I cannot figure out how to send an SMS to a shortcode and how to reply to it. I have tried adding a "+" to the shortcode, and it lets me send it. However, the response comes in a different thread and does not let me reply. Has anyone gotten short codes to work with Android 5.0.1 and Hangouts? If so, then how?

On my phone, or maybe carrier (blau.de), it will let me sent to a short code with or without the prepending the + (which shows it sending as +4955555 or +55555 respectively), but neither are received.


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Why do my headphones stop working on my LG Android?
About yesterday, my headphones randomly started pausing my music. At first, I thought it was my headphones which are Apple iPod/iPhone 5 headphones that I've had for a few months from an old iPhone, so I tried another pair that are brand new and only used once or twice and the same thing happened. It would pause the music and it didn't show the headphone icon at the top like it should on both pairs. And then when I'd go to my music player to start up the song, it would play the music through my phone speakers when the headphones were plugged in. Why?

This can also happen for a simple reason of your head phone  port clogged with lint or some muck. Try cleaning with a soft cloth inserted with help of  tooth pick and turn your phone upside down gently tapping to dislodge dirt

After THREE YEARS of searching for a fix... I think I just found a solution - and felt obligated to spread the information. Just plug the headphones in slowly... That's actually all there was to it... The notification icon for a plugged in audio jack at the top of the screen will show up differently if you did it right.
This reddit post: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/2siwyp/is_there_a_rom_or_fix_that_makes_g3_detect_all/  the user RandomGenera7ed  tells us to plug the jack into the headphone plug slowly - causing it to show up as a three prong headphone jack and not a four prong jack (four prong jacks have a mike wire that can have pause/skip/volume-change/GOOGLE VOICE functionality while three prong audio jacks do not).  Apparently plugging a three prong jack in too quickly confuses the phone into thinking it has a four prong jack plugged in.

Damn, this actually worked.  My headphones didn't work any all 4 family phones but did on my laptop, so I knew they weren't broken.  Plugged them in slowly and it all works.  Thankyou!

This happened to me too! What I did was put my phone into reverse portrait mode. If that does not work then unplug the battery. If it still  does not work then find an earbud, remove all the cotton around its head and move it around in the headphone socket.

Hi! I couldn't make complete sense out of your answer but I tried to make it clean. Please feel free to roll back or edit the answer if I messed up somewhere.

Reply date 12/04/17
Hi to everyone who is having the mic problem on lg g3 where the you can hear the pesrson you have called wearing headphones but they can not hear you, the way to fix this problem is to use the original lg g3 headphones as this phone doesn't work with other headphones like samsung and other brands.

If the headphones were working previously on the phone and now they just suddenly stopped working, then it's likely that the phone's audio hardware has malfunctioned.
Alternatively, there is also a small possibility that some drivers have been updated on your phone to detect Apple headphones and not allow them to be used. (This is a conspiracy theory, but Apple does do this with their Lightning connector such that if you buy a counterfeit one or buy from some other vendor it won't work).
Have you tried a totally different set of headphones (not Apple ones) on this phone?
Does the headphone jack fit totally/properly in the port? Sometimes a little fidgeting with it and pressing a little harder gets some of the grooves to click into place so that the right connections are flush against each other. (Had this issue on a Nexus 7 with Apple Earpods)
Personally i've tested Apple Earpods (iPhone 5 headphones) on a Google Nexus 4 and 5 (both LG devices) and they work. However on a Samsung Galaxy Ace the same set of headphones behaved quite similar to what you described. They worked initially, but then started doing weird things with playing and pausing music, and not showing up in the notifications. Also the mic didn't work for me. It causes some loud ringing noise on the other end.when you're on hands-free with the headphones.

I think your phone audio card might be broken. Do the phone speaker / Bluetooth speaker work? In that case, I would send your phone back to LG.


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My Wi-Fi & mobile network location is horribly wrong!
I have enabled network location to use features of google now on my phone- here's what happens, once or twice a week: instead of my location, which is Milan, Italy, I see myself (and get advice for restaurants, museums, currency exchange) in Belgrade, Serbia.
If I turn on my GPS, then I "get back" home. If, with only network location active, I try to find my phone, it is always at the same address, over 2000 miles away, in a different country.
How does this happen? Should I worry about this? I find no possible way to ask Google if it is their problem- any advice?
Thank you!
Simona

It may be your wifi proxy, some wifi routers connect to a network from another country, meaning your GPS thinks your'e in another country due to the connection.


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How to make Android Lollipop remember wifi password?
I recently upgraded my Motorola Moto G OS to Android Lollipop. It works pretty well. However, one of the features I am missing is my corporate wifi being remembered that I used to enter from the browser. The browser used to ask if I want to remember the password and accordingly do so. I am not talking about saving the password while configuring the wifi in the settings UI.
However, since lollipop has this new UI opening up for entering password for wifi requiring authentication, I can no more save my password.
Is there anyway I can save my wifi password?

That's a so-called "captive portal". As I have not L-device: does that no longer open in the browser at all there?

No it doesn't. It opens in this, if you are correct, captive portal.

Could that be this Lollipop bug, which is also reported here? If so, the second link has some screenshots – and also provides a work-around you could test.


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My LG G2 phone won't receive texts
I recently switched from a iPhone to an LG G2 and now my phone won't receive texts. But it is sending them just fine.

Do you have the correct APN settings?

the test messages might be going to your iphone. go to apple De-registration website and unregister your number off of imessage.

Ask your network provider. It seems like it can't be a phone defect, just go to customer service and it should go alright


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Network quality related battery discharge
I'm seeing a ridiculous battery drain on my Android/Samsung Galaxy S4 seeming to correlate with network traffic/signal change (see images below). Please keep in mind that the phone sits idly on my desk during the periods in question. It is stock (Android:4.4.2, Kernel: 3.4.0, Hardware: I545.07).
Has anyone had else already solved this issue?

You sure it's related to signal? Your status bar is plenty icon-laden indicating to me you have alot going on there. I wouldn't look to basic functionality as the culprit - check the other apps running and draining battery as the first and more-likely candidates.

I am not certain it is signal, but the representative screenshots ( a small sample ) always correlate to a signal quality change - and then a dramatic battery drain. If I turn off my mobile data and leave wifi on (for those same services to leverage), I do not experience the problem. So while I am not certain - I think its very likely. I might be able to attach ADB and view it but who has time for that?

I had a similar issue with an S4 mini.  I found the best solution to turn off airplane mode and then turn on wifi, which essentially keeps it from searching for a cell signal when one was poor or non-existent.  You can create reminders or macros to do some of this on a non-rooted phone.

I had considered that kind of solution - but as I'm sure you'll agree - it sucks. If I have my phone in airplane mode, I won't get texts or calls...

Agreed. How about switch "mobile data" off instead of airplane? Macrodroid will let you create a macro to trigger by location (the office) and turn mobile data off. You then create another trigger for leaving the office and turning mobile data back on. Ideal? No. Some suckage removal? Probably.


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How to fix Acer Tab. Iconia one 7
Hello can you help me fix my acer tab?

I start to play a game then in the midway it force exits and prompted an error saying "Unfortunately [app] has stopped!"
I noticed that the app icon in settings for example I will clear the cache of zombie tsunami so I will go in Settings then app then zombie tsunami the problem is the icon of zombie tsunami is replaced with android logo, can you help me?

does it happen with other applications/games ? it may be just this particular game is buggy. also, sometimes applications can behave strangely if you flash shady 3rd party roms.

I think thats not rooted and no custom roms installed.When I go in settings then app I saw the apps Icon when I tap it the Icon is android logo


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Diagnosing as possible GPS issue with a Nexus 5
My Nexus 5 has developed some GPS oddities that lead me to wonder if I've dropped it one time too many. I write this question to ask for some diagnostic procedure to tell.
Situations:

Inability to get a GPS signal across much of Massachusetts for an afternoon.
Landing in Washington, DC, and having location services place me in Phoenix, AZ.
Walking along the sidewalk using Maps and having it decide that I'm going the opposite direction from my actual progress.

Yet nothing is complaining at me (except in the first case, where Sygic and Maps did complain about lack of a GPS lock.)
Is there anything I can do to determine if, in fact, something is broken, bent, or otherwise malfunctional?


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Delete the app folder in system accidently
I delete app folder in system folder which have preloaded .apk , now after i delete , every thing in my phone gone stopped working i turn off my phone and try to turn it on but stuck in boot load and wont come up
whats happened to my phone?
can i solve this problem and how?
i have xperia m dual

You've deleted the System related files. A lot of them. That's why its stuck. You need to download ROM for your device and flash it on your device. That's only option left now for you. Never mess up with System Folder. In fact, never ever delete anything other than what is in Internal/External Storage.

ok thank u
solve it with repair through sony pc campaign


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Galaxy S4 keeps rebooting
I recently updated my galaxy s4, and after this update contacts app keep force close from yesterday night my device keep rebooting constantly. already did Google and tried so many things.
I have tried a number of steps,

such as taking battery out
removing SD Card and Sim Card

but still it remain same. even device is not going for recovery mode and when i tried to go for Odin mode device is not going in downloading mode and its just restarted.

For me a factory reset helped somewhat, although sometimes it still shuts off (about 3 times a week, better than every hour).


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I think I have a virus
My phone will not download anything from my app store. Everytime I get on my browser I will get a notice that says I have multiple viruses...can I please get help with this issue...and if I have to download an app I can't..

Those things are not viruses rather they are called Pop-up Ads. You'll face this pop-ups on almost all the browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Opera etc. These ads always try to install Malware, Bloatware apps on your phone when clicked.
There are two browsers which blocks ads successfully...
1 - Firefox (with extension AdBlock Plus installed)
2 - UC Mini (with speed-mode enabled)
P.S : Your phone does not have a virus.


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Galaxy Stratosphere II Fn button stops working
My Galaxy Stratosphere II's Fn button (on its physical keyboard) has stopped working.  I.E. pressing Fn and then r will normally produce a - (hyphen) character; instead, this combination just produces a r character.  What causes this, how can I make it work again, and how can I prevent it from ceasing to work?

Realized that I changed the keyboard type from Default to English US.
This is under Home -> Settings -> Language and input -> Physical keyboard -> [the first option].  If something other than sec_keypad: Default is displayed, tap it, click Set keyboard type, and go through the entire list and uncheck anything that is checked.


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Nexus S won't turn on HELP!
i got issues with my Samsung Galaxy Nexus S i9023. It's new mobile. After 2 months i was msg's with my friends,then my phone just restart and its was fine for 1 min. then it turn off. And when i try to turn it on it's showing NEXUS Logo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA6WFi3-RM) like in this video. And its can take hours but its will never turn on. I tried to use bootsettings (http://nexusshacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nexus-s-root-6.jpg) recovery. But it wont help at all same way.
Thanks and answer soon.

Mine is an I9023XXKI1 - but it's not new. I bought that in Dec 2011. I'm running it with CM11 and it hangs now and then, too. Taking out akku and putting it in again fixes it.

@ott
Hey,can you be more specific.Taking out akku ? you mean battery? I already tried it and replace it with other.

Not replacing. Just taking it out, then putting it in again and boot. The classic hard boot like on a desktop.

@ott-- Did it for like 10 minutes,nothing. My Computer doesent recigonize when i USB it. Can i somehow install a new OS ? And i tried everything in boot menu. Nothing helps.

Safe Mode or Hard Reset. What about them? Did none of them worked? A Similar question where the screen is stuck at boot logo was asked here - https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/64248/android-tablet-stuck-at-boot-screen

Hello its worked,one last question my speaker is stopped working.

You need the binary image of recovery and ROM
Now start in fastboot mode
Flash the recovery
Then flash the ROM

The recovery and ROM can found on manufacturer's website. However, it is a good idea to try to claim the warranty as it's still 2 months, though I think they will not fix it as you have rooted your device.
Issue the following commands on the terminal:
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system rom.img
fastboot flash reboot


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Can I flash an unlocked G900T bootloader on a G900A?
I have a G900A and a G900T (short story: couldn't live any longer with the locked bootloader on G900A so I bought a G900T to use on AT&T). It's possible to flash a custom recovery/ROM onto the G900A, but it seems that the bootloader will recognize things as not being signed on boot and will not allow booting.
However, if I were to flash the G900T's bootloader onto the G900A, I could potentially bypass this restriction. Since it's basically the same hardware, it should theoretically work. Not wanting a hard brick, is my logic correct? What facility examines if the bootloader is signed? Will it allow me to flash an unsigned bootloader in Odin? Is the bootloader truly the source of the locked problem?

That sounds thoroughly  dangerous, but I don't know enough about that device's bootloaders to properly answer your question.

It sounds incredibly dangerous, but the theory is interesting. I'll try out XDA developers.


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Gyro Calibration in 4.3 (mentioned solutions not working)
i have a Sony Xperia SP running Android 4.3 and have a problem with my Gyro not being calibrated.
I don't have the Gyroscope calibration option any more - seems having been removed in 4.3.
The other Tools mentioned do calibrate G-Sensors, but not the Gyro.
The Sensor Kinetics app definitely shows that the gyro is not calibrated (turning cube on the gyro demo).
Problem is that no Google Cardboard app is working, all apps are tilting to lower right with a speed of 360degrees in ~ 70 seconds.
So, how can i calibrate my Gyro?
Why is the feature being removed in 4.3 compared to 4.2?
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How do I use ok Google with SoundHound?
If I ask "ok Google, what song is this?"  it will tell me.
However, I prefer to use SoundHound (because I have the paid version, and it stores my searches for later retrieval, and it links to spotify automatically).
Is there a voice command that asks "ok Google, ask SoundHound what song this is"?
I can't even seem to open the app." open SoundHound" yields a Google now result screen (where the first result is the app itself), but it does not open it -  probably because the paid app name is "SoundHound infinity " (the symbol for infinity).

Unfortunately, you don't have such command right now. But you can expect it to be added in the future. Google is already working on it. More information here.

I remember reading this a few weeks ago - but isn't this blog post for the cards? I would have assumed that the voice commands are different than the cards.

Agree with @wild_oscar. From what I know, the update is for Google Now Card, but not voice command. I also researched about this, and so far, there is no API for developer to integrate the voice command. There are 3rd-party apps (Commandr, Tasker+AutoVoice) that can add command to Google Now, but with current specification by OP, I think it's still impossible for SoundHound to identify a song directly.

@AndrewT.: Yes you are right. I searched about it too. Please edit this answer.


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Notification remain on home screen
I am using GFive Presdent Tango 7. Its showing notifications Like "Viber is denied to read sms" and "android.google.setting denied to read location".These notification appear on screen one by one .. and not disappear.

This is because you have enabled App Permissions in Security Settings of your phone.
So for making it dissappear.Just go to Settings>Security and disable App Permissions.
And one more those notifications where shown because your have denied accessing specific permission requested by the app before sometimes.
This is a security feature.If you want to enable it and still wanna get rid of it.Jz goto App permissions and select specific application for which you want to grant access specific permission.
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How to get missed/undelivered messages on whatsapp?
For some reason I uninstalled WhatsApp. If I reinstall it after a day or two , will I receive those messages which might have been sent to me during this period? If not ,Is it possible to get those messages somehow?

Unless you delete you WhatsApp account, you should get at least 2day old messages delivered after you install WhatsApp next time. Congo.

AFAIK, as soon as you removed/uninstalled WhatsApp from your device, the other people will not be able to see your contact of whatsapp. Hence, they will not be able to send you message anyways. And, of course when you re-installed whatsapp again, they can connect with you too.

I think it is possible to get those messages. When you reinstall whatsapp giving your phone number, it asks whether you want to recover your older messages. You have to select Yes. It recovers only upto a certain date.


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S-Off Evo 4G LTE
So I have an HTC Evo 4G LTE that I'm working on, and I upgraded Hboot to version 2.10. That probably wasn't quite as brilliant of an idea as I thought, being as now I can't seem to gain S-Off. I know how to get S-Off on Hboot version 2.09, but when I ran the RUU which included that, it gave me the error "ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR," so I figure it doesn't want to downgrade anything. Can I get back to Hboot 2.09, or gain S-Off some other way?

Here's my research, although it hasn't helped me as of yet.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g-lte-rooting-rom-s-hacks/254028-guide-how-return-stock-phone-you-think-you-bricked.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964371
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-3d-rooting-roms-hacks/266778-help-unable-flash-ruu.html

Can't you use ADB to install Hboot 2.09

With S-On but the bootloader unlocked, I believe you can flash an official stock Firmware (and downgrade)
Then Soff again.
After getting S-OFf, ungrade Hboot only with a hacked version.
Then flash roms via TWRP only.

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Nexus 5 camera brick/reboot bug
I've had a nexus 5 for a while now, and one issue I've had is that after taking a bunch of photos, it will either freeze and need rebooting, or lightly soft brick wherein I need to plug it in in order to get it to turn on, no matter how much charge it had or has. No battery drain, but no key combination nor holding the power button for any amount of time turns it on, but it turns on fine when I plug it in for a moment. I have no clue when it started, and there is no specific number of photos, length between photos, or amount of time that the camera needs to be accessed that seems to cause it, but it only happens when I'm taking a photo or video, and after a couple or more have been taken. I've tried reflashing the entire phone, and it happens on both 4.4.x and 5.0.x. Is this a hardware issue or something else? Anyone with any ideas, no matter how far out, please tell them to me as I'm at my wits end right now. Thanks in advance for any info.

I see you did a firmware reflash but did you do a clean reinstall/factory restore of either OS?

@LivedWithOtters at this point a clean flash of the entire emmc really isn't that possible, however with multirom and a clean install of carbon rom I still have the problem.

Let's see if we can chase it down another way... Same problem with other camera apps (like snapseed or afterlight or whatever)?

anything that accesses the camera

Oh sure, take away the easy route ;-).  Let's work backwards from the symptoms... 1. when it freezes, is it in the camera app itself? what happens when it freezes like this and you don't do a reboot, but instead plug it in? 2. when it baby-bricks and you plug it back it, how does it behave? does the screen flash? does it vibrate? does it start up at the camera app? does it reboot from scratch?

When it freezes, the screen goes black and it acts like it's off, however the back starts to heat up after about 15 minutes by just a bit, and it can't be turned on. When it freezes holding the power button or anything does nothing, and the only way to bring it back sometimes is plugging it in. When I plug it in, it acts like it was off and goes to the black and white battery charging screen, with about the same amount of battery as before, nothing funny. I can just turn it on from there normally as though nothing happened. It didn't do that all the time, and most of the time now it only

turns off, though it will usually boot loop a couple times and require a force reboot, and doesn't just give up (loading screen displays until battery dies, phone gets kind of warm)

None of these times is it just the kind of crash where it just does a hot reboot

Is it possible something about what I'm doing is causing buffer overflows or something when it tries to write to emmc?

Hardware: Long shot, but do you have an alternate battery to try? Also, if it's not on already, can you turn the volume on for the camera shutter and see if it still makes shutter sounds after the screen goes black? In other words, I'm wondering if the OS is locking up or if the screen is. Software: thinking on it...

It's definitely the entire phone that locks up as the power button and volume keys do nothing, and none of the kernel gestures I have set up even vibrate the screen

Any chance it might be any governor or I/O or something? I've always set it to ROW for the I/O and elememtalx is the one I've been using for the governor recently.

Have you been using any of the dev tools to take a look as this happens? Even something like show CPU usage or process stats?

No I haven't. I'll try

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Text to speech: Unable to switch to UK English
My phone (Fairphone) does not have the 'English (UK)' locale, only the US one. I recently discovered how to download custom voices for Google text-to-speech ('Install voice data' from settings) and have downloaded a UK English voice to replace the default American voice, which I find incredibly irritating (sorry, Americans!).
Unfortunately, even though I have downloaded the voice data, I still seem unable to switch to the new voice, as 'English (UK)' is still not an option when visiting TTS's 'Language' menu. Am I missing something here? How do I make my phone speak to me in my native language? (My Android version is 4.2.2)

Here's what worked on my US-based xperia:
Settings > language & input > language (select English (UK))
Then back to language & input > text-to-speech output  > select google-text-to-speech engine then click on the settings icon next to it > language > english (UK)
Any luck? The key for me was to set the language first.

No, unfortunately the Fairphone only has one 'English' language option, and that's the US one. (No idea why, as a Dutch company, they made this decision, but that's a topic for another day!)

Are you using it in a specific situation? For example, Chrome has a language extension that might be a work around.  For navigation, Here has a very nice set that won't send you heading for the bolt hole.


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How can i increase internal storage space,on my LG tribute?
Is there anything i can buy to increase my phones internal storage? I.e. a larger sd or sim or an app for my LG tribute? Plz help always getting the annoying "low storage" i currently have a 4gig external sd...thanks

Internal storage is called internal storage for a reason; it's on a flash chip on the motherboard and can't be replaced. You might however be able to move some of your apps to the SD card if your phone supports that. There are apps for that.


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How to make Google Keyboard use word usage in predictions
I use the word "smash" a lot as a short version of Super Smash Bros. Yet, every time I try to type smash, Google Keyboard turns it into "snag". Doesn't Google Keyboard use word usage in word prediction? How do I turn it on?
P.S. I'm using the swipe feature.

Go to settings > Language & Input (or Language & Keyboard)
From there there are two settings, one is under keyboard > word suggestions (and make your choice of preferences from the menu); the other is
Personal dictionary (or User dictionary, depending on the phone). Click on Add and have at smashing!


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How can i change app data location?
My default write disk is external sd card , my internal sd total space is 5.28 gb available is 4.66 gb my sdcard total space is 14.83 am using 16 gb available in sd card is 11 gb . my phone storage RAM is 1 gb (0.89) available is 65 mb .but when ever i downlaod any apps from play store its showing insufficent memmory like that. that time i goto settings > storage > phone storage > apps then i clear data of some apps i mainly used. my default write didk is external sd 11 + gb free . then i download apptosd app from playstore after also i am facing same issue . is there any option to change our app data phone storage to internal sd or external sd please. (my os is Android 4.4.2 kit kat ) ("Remember I can move app to sd card and internal sd ") by using of cm clean master app ) i cannot move app data to sd card or internal)

Application data is secure data stored on a partition with many restrictions.  Android does not allow you to move your data somewhere, where no such security for your data exists. If it would, malicious apps could easily steal user credentials, debit card info, etc. Therefore, Android does not allow you to move your applications' data.

But in my friend phone videocon quad z51 is kitkat 4.4.2 he don't have that issue all data is going to external sd or internal he dont have p phone storage option .when we go to settings > storage there we can seee internal sd and external sd only

On your device:

Go to your phone settings → Developer Tools.
If you don't see the developer tools options, go to Settings → About phone and tap on the build number seven times and then you should get the developer tools on your settings menu.
Turn on USB Debugging from Developer tools.

On your computer:

Make sure that you have the latest device drivers (I'm assuming you're using Windows OS. This isn't necessary for Linux or iOS).
Download the adb (Android Device Bridge) tool. It usually comes with the Android SDK, but you can find it here.
Connect your device to the computer using a USB cable.
Run adb from Command prompt using one of these commands:
adb shell pm set-install-location 0
adb shell pm set-install-location 2  # alternative command

The first command sets your install location for phone memory. The other one sets to external SD Card.

ok you can do it efficient, if you have root permission..
now i assume you know what is rooting.. if not, please don't follow this answer..
there are two ways available, easy but hard way and hard but easy way..
1) easy but hard way, install xposed and download a module name called "XInternalSD", enable it and restart your phone.. now go to that app and check "enable for all user apps" option.. and thats all.. its done.. from now on you can install any app or game, and it will directly installed to your sd card.. no more "insufficent space" warning..
now why this method called Easy but the Hard way?
its simple, xposed is a system level hook.. so if you dont know what you are doing, it will brick your device..
2) using link2sd app.. download it from playstore.. and go to options and set "install location" to external.. thats all.. but this method doesnt force all apps to sd.. if an app requires to be installed in internal, it will leave as it is.. optionally you can format your sd card to make an ext partition for installing all apps on sd card.. thats all..
note: these two methods needs root permission..

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"Please select a keyboard layout" notification on wake?
I have an RCA brand tablet that came with its own physical keyboard.  Whenever I connect this keyboard or turn on the screen while the keyboard is connected, I get this notification:

If I click on the notification, I am brought here:

So, the notification doesn't take me anywhere where I can select a keyboard layout.  I've tried to go into the individual settings for each keyboard and found an option to select a layout, but if I click on that option, it sends me right back to Screenshot 2.  Therefore I can't select a keyboard layout and I can't get rid of the notification.  It is incredibly frustrating to have to keep clearing out the same notification over and over.  How can I stop the notification?
Note that it does the same thing if I am using the AOSP keyboard instead of the SwiftKey keyboard.  I am running android 4.4.2.


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Factory data reset not working after root attempt
I tried to root my HTC rhyme but could not do it properly. I have unlocked bootloader though.
Everything was fine for a long time after that but my mobile has gone very slow now and i wanted to factory reset it. But when i go to factory reset, it stucks on HTC logo and does not turn on. What should i do?

Look up the Hboot process on YouTube for your model HTC phone. Normally if there's a video then there's links to any files you might need. Follow the directions and thank all the great Devs for making life so easy for us all.


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Possible to export layout of applications on the home screens and import it into another phone?
I would like to know whether it is possible to export layout of applications on the home screens and import it into another phone.
Thanks.

Depends on the launcher you are using, some support this, other don't. Best way to do is to just copy the data to export to the phone to import (both need to be rooted, though)

If both phones are running the same launcher app, then you can backup the launcher on one device, and restore it on another.


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An app on my phone has suddenly disappeared but when i look in play store,it is already installed and can be opened
I just saw that an app which i had on my phone suddenly went missing. I thought I might have uninstalled it by mistake ,but when i looked for it on the play store, it was already installed and i could open it from there. But on my phone it is not there. What can i do.?

is your phone rooted, or do you use launchers?

Go to your phone>settings>apps>all apps. is your app there?

If you're using third party launchers like go launcher or apex launcher, it is possible to hide an app and make it invisible in the app drawer. If this is not the case, look for it in the apps section in your settings. Or simply re-install the app from the play store. And turn on "place the app on your home screen" in the play store settings before you reinstall just in case, so that you know the app icon is visible now.


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How do I log out from Google Apps without logging out from Android Device Manager?
Say my phone was stolen, and I need to log out from my Google Apps in that phone remotely. I can revoke the access in that phone through my web browser, however I would log out from Android Device Manager too and I won't be able to track it.
The only thing I guess it could work is to change Google's password, however I don't know if I will be logged out from Android Device Manager on that phone.

If you can, you should try to delete application data of Google apps. That will "log you out" or better set you in the state before you logged in. Maybe that will help you because no notifications/messages can be received if you are not logged in/no login/session token is available.

Thanks, but what do you mean by "set you in the state before you logged in"? I have to remotely (from web browser) log out from Google applications, without logging out from Android Device Manager, which must be logged in, in order to find my phone.

Deleting application data technically doesn't log you out but rather deletes your session token and asks for a new one upon trying to log in again.

Ok. It's a pity that there isn't a better solution than deleting my application data. I mean, it should be possible to log out from each Google app at once. However, Google offers you to unlink all your Google Apps from your Android device, including ADM.

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Touch lags in all apps, except keyboard
I've noticed a delay of about a quarter of a second between tapping the screen and the app responding. Thud happens in all apps - it's most obvious in the game "aa", a fast, reflex-based game which is essentially unplayable with so much lag. The lag is also clearly visible in CyanogenMod's calculator app, where it clearly can't be attributed to complex or expensive rendering.
The only place I don't see the lag is the keyboard - keypresses register instantly.
Rebooting the phone in safe mode does not solve the problem.

I figured out the cause as I was writing the question - the "triple tap to zoom" accessibility feature was enabled. This means that the phone can't register any taps until waiting to make sure there isn't another tap.
Disabling this feature removed the delay.


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How can I restore my Moto G from a bootloop caused by updating to Lollipop?
I updated my Moto G (XT1032) to the new Lollipop (5.0.1, I think).  I left the phone plugged in to let it download and install, and when I came back to it after about a half hour, the phone was displaying the screen with 'Google' and an unlocked padlock on it.  I left it for another 20 minutes or so, but it stayed on the same screen.  I couldn't power it off at all, every time I tried to, the screen would turn off, but then come back on and vibrated once, only to go back to the padlock.
I ended up going through the Flashboot menu and cleared the Cache Partition, but that made no difference.  Also tried a factory reset, but that seemed to make no difference.  Currently, the phone is still sitting at the padlock screen.
The Flashboot menu says that the phone is unlocked, but I have no memory of doing this.  Maybe it's something to do with the update failing?
Just wondering if anyone has some advice on how to proceed with this.

Well, there are two ways to fix this one out:
Requirements:

You need to have a custom recovery (CWM/TWRP) installed
You are going to require Stock firmware zip file for Moto G XT1028, XT1031, XT1032, XT1033 and XT1034 which can be downloaded over here
ADB and Fastboot

Method 1:

Boot your phone into custom recovery mode. Recovery will have adb on by default, so leave recovery as it is.
Connect your phone to your PC and open command prompt and issue the command: cd directory-with-adb.exe-and-fastboot.exe
Now, issue the command: adb devices. If Moto G drivers have installed properly, the phone will show up. If not, get it over here and install it over your device
Now, from recovery wipe /data and media
Open command prompt and execute: adb push rom.zip /sdcard/rom.zip
It will take some time to install the ROM. If you face a not working SIM or WiFi, extract the downloaded ROM zip file and navigate to extracted firmware folder using cmd and issue:

fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn

Method 2:

Extract the downloaded firmware file to a folder.
Download and extract mfastboot and copy its content to the same folder where the extracted firmware files.
Reboot your Moto G into the Bootloader Mode. To do so, turn off your phone and then press and hold the Volume (-) and Power buttons simultaneously for a few seconds.
Connect your phone to your PC via USB cable.
Now, launch a command window from inside the firmware folder (click shift key, right click and select open command window here option).
In the command window, issue the following commands one by one:

mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot

Note: If firmware includes four system.img_sparsechunk or you do not want to erase the userdata, you can modify the command.
You have now successfully installed a fresh ROM on your Moto G and the phone the phone should work as usual.
Also, depending on which version you are going to and from, you may need to try using the standard fastboot rather than mfastboot.
Source: [GUIDE] Restore softbricked phone after Lollipop update over on the XDA Developers forum, specifically post 1 and post 14.

I couldn't get your procedure working with mfastboot, but I did get it to work with the standard fastboot which is part of Minimal ADB and Fastboot


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Nexus Stock Experience on Galaxy S5
Is it possible to get a Nexus Stock experience of Android 5.0 (5.0.1) on the Samsung Galaxy S5? I realise this doesn't exist officially/I would have to use a custom ROM or build it myself.
So does such a ROM (Pure Nexus Stock) exist for the S5? If not are the components required available in the public domain? I assume this would be the relevant kernel files, radio, device drivers etc? Would it need to be rooted or is it possible to just unlock the bootloader without rooting as on Nexus devices?

Try cyanogenmod. It's probably as close to stock as you'll be able to get. I don't know if it came out though.

Well, there's no reason of asking such question any more as you will be getting the Android Lollipop update, maybe by the end of this december you will be part of Lollipop family, there is a post over techtimes French mobile carrier club SFR has released the dates when Lollipop will be pushed out, it do has a english version too

@Samsung - Yeah I thought that might end up being the only answer. Will go with that if I can't find another way but I'd really prefer Nexus Stock. Also I don't think CyanogenMod based on 5.0 is stable yet?

@Peter Carlos - I know lollipop will be released soon but I'm specifically after Stock Lollipop not the Samsung TouchWiz version. Since a Google Play Edition seems to be forever delayed I'm not hopefully this will be released soon...

Well @db579 I am afraid in that case I don't think we are going to see that happen in near future !

Cyanogenmod or some other custom ROM is the only way to go right now. Once the S5 GPE gets released someone will probably modify it to work on your device. They can't just be cross flashed afaik (the S4 certainly couldn't despite identical hardware). Note: The S4/S5 google play devices are not fully 'stock' they have a small bit of TouchWiz in there to allow the S-View cover, and the drivers etc are all modified by Samsung obviously. Also installing custom ROMs may well invalidate your carrier and manufacturer warranty.

Out of interest why couldn't it be reflashed if it's the same hardware? Different bootloader?


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How to pick the desired contact/contact image when dialing a number shared by two (or more) contacts
This is something that's bugged me about Android for a while and I can't figure out how to change it. Basically, it seems like when I add a contact entry to some app, in particular a launcher app that lets you set a button to direct dial a particular contact, if that contact shares the given phone number with another contact, then it just picks one, and in my case it always picks the WRONG one, lol!
An example: Right now I'm trying to set up my mom with her first smartphone, and I put Big Launcher on which will have buttons to call each of us, both cell and home. The problem is that me and my wife both have separate cell phone but share the same home number, of course. So, I add direct dials to both our cell phones and our appropriate images show up. However, when I add a direct dial to MY home phone number, for some reason my wife's image comes up. It is her home number as well, but I would think that especially since it is created via my contact record that it would use my image. The same exact thing is true between my sister and her husband's phones.
Is there any way to get around this? I tried tricking it to see if just formatting the number differently and putting a 1 in front of the area code on one of the contact records would fix it, but it doesn't. It just seems odd that this issue has not been resolved and that there isn't a simple way for apps to let you pick the image/avatar based on the contact record that's chosen...
The phone I'm dealing with right now is a Sprint LG G Flex with Android 4.4.2 Stock, but this is a problem I've noticed on every Android phone I've owned...

I assume the profile photo chosen is based on the contact ID, however an easy (albeit less than ideal) workaround in this situation is to create a unique contact for "Home", set the desired photo there and add that as a separate direct dial option.

Yeah, that seems to be the consensus in other forums I've seen this.  Sad that this fairly basic functionality is a big kludge even after 7 years of development of Android. :(


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How do I unlock my Nexus 5 without touching the screen to back up my pictures and videos before re-setting?
My touch screen won't work at all and if I have to replace the screen,is it going to reset my phone. OR I just might buy a new phone, but to get my pictures and videos, I need to get my phone unlocked.

Is your N5 rooted?

no, I don't think so,I'm not even sure how to do that..?

Get a USB OTG cable, and connect a standard USB mouse to your phone. You can use the mouse on the lockscreen; no need to enable anything in advance.
I tried this with http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B009DFCCKO and it worked perfectly with my Nexus 5. It took a few weeks to arrive from China, but luckily I wasn't in a hurry. I'm sure it's possible to get something similar sooner if you pay a little more.
To answer the other part of your question, there's no need to reset a device just to replace the screen (I changed the screen on my Nexus 7 without resetting it). But if it was me, I'd feel happier about sending it off for repair if I had all the photos safely backed up, just in case.

Thanks! Is there any other place I can find that cable though?

You don't need that specific cable; it was just an example. Any USB OTG ("on the go", also called "host mode") cable with a micro USB plug should do. You'll need to search for one with faster delivery, or try a local electronics shop (wherever local is for you).

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Updating Nexus 5 from 4.4.4 to 5.0 a month late
So my parent's nexus 5 is currently on 4.4.4 and I want to upgrade them to 5. When the initial 5.0 OTA was released they told me they got the notification to upgrade to 5.0 but they didnt update because they didnt want to relearn all functions changed until I got home. So I am home and when I go into "about phone" in settings and go check for updates it always says the OS is up to date. Even though when I check the version its 4.4.4. Meanwhile all the native apps have updated to their latest verisons. I have already upgraded my phone to 5.0 and today I got my 5.0.1 update today. I get that google doesnt roll out its updates all at once but its been a month since the initial 5.0 update and why is it that I cant upgrade my parents phone and it says its up to date even though its not?

Well, that's weird you must have received the update a long time ago, but now anyway as you have got the update 5.0.1 then I would say if things ends well then everything is well and good and there is no reason to panic now I would say wait week and then again try tapping over the update button it will update. Sometimes this happens because there are number of users on the line up to update!

I had also the same problem (+1), with the only difference that I downloaded the update but at the end I did not install it due to the issues that some people reported. Now that 5.0.1 is out I decided to update from 4.4.4 but it says that the system is already updated...

Have you tried downloading the factory image and flashing that over a adb with a USB cable? This will normally nuke everything that was on the phone, but if you change one line in the shell script or batch file which carries out the upgrade (removing the "-w" switch) you can upgrade non-destructively. That's what I have done twice now and it works fine.
Unless your parents are rooted, which sounds unlikely, there are no complications. If they are rooted you have to reroot after the upgrade. But that's not really complicated, and it does mean that you can have an adblock.

I can recommend this, as i have done it on my Nexus 7 and was able to update using the 5.0.2 factory image without wiping my data. Great if you have missed the OTA.

Problem is you need to unlock your bootloader in order to flash a factory image, and that will wipe all your data. Once it's unlocked, future flashes of factory images can be done without wiping data.

I had the same problem two months ago, today I received the update for 5.0.1. Seems that waiting is the only thing you can do if you do not want to get into complications by downloading the factory image and take care of do not wipe your data. The update will eventually arrive, although it can take a decent amount of time.


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Mounting an encrypted filesystem from the terminal
I have a USB-OTG device with an encrypted LUKS filesystem. Typically, on Linux you just run cryptsetup luksOpen ... to open up the device.
On Android 4.4.4 (CyanogenMod 11M9), how can I unlock an encrypted filesystem? I know this is possible because the encryption option provided by the OS uses dm-crypt/LUKS.