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How to chat from my S3 to my PC?
I want to chat in realtime with my family who uses my Windows 7 desktop with their own profile account. Problem is they don't want to sign-up for anything on their end.  Now is there a such an app I can install on the desktop and my S3 that will pop-up messages on all the accounts on the desktop and not just my own Windows 7 account since I'll be the one signing up for whatever the chat app is...Viber needs a number so I will just end up messaging myself...I want to just be able to message using an installed app on the PC and not something that requires a browser window to be open.  Anyone know of anything like that?
os: 4.1

Do you want to just send a message to the PC, or do you also want them to reply from the PC?

@geffchang I want them to reply! :-)

There's a Chrome hangouts extension, but you'd have to sign in, any chat app will require a sign in. Most have died though (MSN is now gone) so I can't think of any way without using Hangouts or similar.

@RossC I know the desktop has to be signed in but unless my family uses the browser while I message them then it's pointless. I was hoping there was something that I can leave signed in and send messages to that will popup in all accounts not just my personal one.

Well I don't think there is such an app.
You either send message to yourself (Viber, Skype etc.) and your parents answers to you (but basically to themself at the same time) or they sign up to something (perhaps you could sign them up, without having them do it).
I have an idea, but that's kinda "original" (aka stupid): use something like TeamViewer to take control of the pc with your S3 and just use a blocknote to write.
Easy, fast and no one has to signup to nothing xD


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No sim card detected?
my SE Xperia Arc S started going crazy today, it didn't detect the sim card, so I've tried reseting the phone to factory settings, but it still wasn't detected, I've also installed a new rom, to no avail. Is there any way to fix this or do I have to get a new phone?
NOTE: the sim card works in another phone, other sim cards are not detected in mine either.

try installed some sim utility app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidyou.simcardinfo&hl=en
then check the reading there.
if still no luck, the sim slot of the phone might be broken. in this point , it's a hardware issue.

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VLC Media Player Audio Output to Android via Bluetooth
How can I output just the audio of a file playing on my VLC Media Player on my laptop via bluetooth, no cords? Is there a software or setting that I need to apply? I don't want to use the usb cable and just want the audio on my phone not the video.
Using Windows 8.1 with VLC 2.1.5, Broadcom 2070 and KitKat on Note 3 so I have Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE.
Thanks to all.

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modiying vold.fstab
I have tried to swap phone storage to external storage by modiying vold.fstab.  After rebooting my Kata i3, I can't access phone storage, sd card and extnal usb storage.
Previous storage setting
 Internal storage - working with (1gb)
 Phone storage - working (13gb)
 SD CARD - working
 External USB Storage - working

After modifying vold.fstab:
 Internal Storage - working
 Phone Storage - not working/no access
 Sd Card - not working/no access
 External USB Storage - not working/ no access

Please help! Thanks in advance!

Can you show us the vold.fstab before and after your changes?


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Highlight autocorrected words
I've been using my Android phone for typing more lately, and decided to turn on autocorrect to try it out (it was off by default). While it's handy, as the entirety of the internet already knows it's frustrating to have an autocorrected word change to something completely different, and then have it be a total pain in the ass to try and get it to type what I meant to type.
For example, I was searching for 'Wifi Direct' recently, but it kept being changed to something like 'whifflefart' or something else completely wrong. Tap-holding the autocorrected word didn't give me any options, and I eventually had to type 'direct', move the cursor back, and type 'wifi', so it wouldn't consider the two words as one word. This is the most egregious one, but it's happened fairly frequently, especially for unknown terms.
The solution I'm imagining is having each autocorrected word highlighted similar to how urecognized words are, with the word being squiggly-underlined in blue or green or something. This would help you notice words have been autocorrected so you can check them before sending, and then you could tap-hold the word to get a list of other corrections or have it revert to what you typed.
I've tried to search for an app or utility that does something vaguely like this, but haven't found anything remotely relevant. I'm not really sure what this type of app would be called, though, which hasn't helped in my search... if it even exists in the first place!
I'm using Android 4.1.2, rooted, and the default keyboard.
Thanks for your help!

As far as I know, there is no such app. But you can still solve your problems. There are many keyboards available to try out whose auto-correction features are totally acceptable.
You can try these from Play Store:

Swift Key
Fleksy
Swype

Assuming you're using the standard AOSP/Google keyboard, any auto-corrections can be immediately undone by pressing the backspace key.


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flash-all doesn't work, command not found - Ubuntu
Trying to install the new Android 5.0 Preview. I first installed it a while ago on Windows with no problems. I switch over to Ubuntu a few weeks back, and now, after unlocking, I can't flash-all.

Figured it out. Had to actually extract the thing, navigate to it(I navigated to the zipped file, not the unzipped) with the cd ~/... command and run the ./flash-all.sh file.


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Can CM11 be installed on a Samsung GS3 that's running 4.4.2?
I'm trying to change to Cynaogenmod CM11 nightly on my Samsung GS3 but I'm receiving the error assert failed: getprop("ro.bootloader") not matching
I know this normally means you have the older bootloader but if I understand correctly after checking at the shell I'm running I747UCUFNE4 Samsung GS3 Android 4.4.2.
This is the latest bootloader isn't it? Can I not go over to CM11 nightly?
I have the latest CWM installed and I also tried the lastest TWRP but obviously the package has the check in it. Is there a solution?

So the latest d2lte snapshot build installed successfully. It seemed to be satisfied with the bootloader and modem versions. I am now on CM11 and it looks great on the phone.

I gave the install script a look and it seems that it does not check for the bootloader version. It does install or patch the bootloader, and hence no check needed.


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my phone will not turn on all the way, shuts off and turns on repetitively
My phone was not syncing to Google, I read somewhere to delete a file called 'etc' in my system files. I restarted my phone and found it to never turn on. It will vibrate show Samsung and then shut off. My phone is doing it all on its own and I'm not even pressing anything. I can't even factory reset because my phone will shut off before it can get to the screen. I have a rooted Galaxy-S-3 Samsung. Please help??

I hope you don't care about all your data because I don't think there is a way to retrieve it. Perhaps people with more knowledge than me know how (perhaps using ADB?). However, if you want to resurrect your phone, you need to follow this guide:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/update-galaxy-s3-i9300xxugnh4-android-4-3-stock-firmware-1468061
This guide below is a bit more old but you can look at it's images so it will help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/guide-odin-flash-guide-t1671969
The first guide will help you flash a 4.3 stock ROM to your S3 to revive it, but please make sure it's model is GT-I9300!!! If you have a Verizon or any other variant you may risk bricking your device.
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Restore disappeared apps on SD linked with Link2SD?
At some point Link2SD told me that it needed to regenerate the mount script, did it and offered a fast reboot option. This caused an endless boot loop which I escaped by

checking the SD card (partitions: fat32, ext4, swap) in gparted on a PC. It turned out, it had some severe error which could be fixed. This is probably the reason for the need to regenerate the mount script. And by
moving the folder dalvik-cache on the second partition temporarily to the PC, booting the Android device, shutting it down, moving dalvik-cache on the device again (otherwise it wouldn't break out of the boot loop)

After rebooting > 70 % of my apps were gone from the app menu. Their icons are still on the five main screens. The content of the SD card didn't change, so I believe there's high change to restore the apps by fixing Link2SD. I'd like to know how to do that.
I'm running a 4.0.4 no-name device.

Here is the answer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208459
It worked for my HTC Desire HD with custom 2.3.5 Android


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Change pre-installed Skype.apk with a newer on on a Rooted device
Manipulation made with Device :

Rooted and Remounted the system.
Removed old Skype version 4.0.xxxx (it is obsolete and can't connect even with internet connection).
Deleted old APK and put another APK inside 5.0.0.xxxx system/app.
chmod Skype.apk with 644.
Factory Reset the device and try to launch the new APK.

Problem

The Skype.APK present in the appdrawer but does not start at all.
logcat shows a loop the apk tries to start the the process die.

I think you forgot to put libs in system/lib you can extract them from the apk.

It should work. Did you try to use more permissions like 755 instead of 644? You could also try to just adb install youtube.apk. Why do you want it to be inside system/app?

@user3387542: even with 777 or 755 it did not work.


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Auto changing lock screen backgrounds from my facebook photos
So I just purchased a oneplus one and am switching over from a windows phone. One of the features I like on the windows phone is the ability to auto change my facebook photos as my lock screen background. Basically within the settings, I can choose the facebook app, pick which albums I want, and then my lock screen background gets automatically set to a new photo from those albums every few hours. Anything like this possible on android? I don't remember it being possible when I last used Android.
Thanks
Jakub

Sync your Facebook album to your phone and then use a live wallpaper such as Photo Album. Finally, set the live wallpaper to be your lock screen. Not intuitive, but hey, that's the flexibility of Android! :)


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How do I restore my storage space?
After download a big app,I it says that there is insufficient space; and it stopped downloading. After this i checked application manager and it said that I had low space despite the app not downloading what do I do?

That's a very loose question. If your phone comes with an inbuilt File Manager, use that to navigate to the location and delete and residual files.
You could also use third party applications such as Clean Master to detect and remove unwanted files.

Try deleting the cache in Settings -> Storage. It probably holds the downloaded part and it could be already large from earlier as it contains other apps caches.

Try uninstalling high mb apps that you don't need anymore,also try using SD Maid to remove useless files.

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Can I switch location providers?
There are three ways one can get location:

GPS only
WiFi / Signal
1 + 2

If I choose 2 or 3, my phone tells me that it's going to send my location data to Google.
I know there are other WiFi coverage maps (http://www.openwlanmap.org/). Is there any way to set them up as the location provider (I'm rooted and on Cyanogenmod)?

Do you really need that, or you just don't want to send data to Google?

@geffchang both.


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Persistent download icon in Prestigio (4040 DUO multiphone) pull down menu - even with download over days ago. How to remove it?
In the pull down menu of my Prestigio 4040 DUO multiphone, there is this persistent DOWNLOAD icon, it's just stuck there even though download was completed days ago. It came when I was doing some app DOWNLOADS and has refused to go away even after downloads were long over.
On the top icon row of the phone, the animated download icon also shows, has been showing for days, even with no downloads.
Rebooting does not get rid of the icons. And if you press on it nothing happens. Does anyone know how to get rid of this?
Thank you for your help.

If you have android version 4.1 (jelly bean) or later, you can long-press on the notification and view the app settings page of the app that is showing the notification.
From there, you can force quit the app, or you can permanently disable notifications from that app.
At the very least, you'll know which app is causing the problem, and you may be able to change something within the app itself.

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Search apps list using keyboard
When looking through the list of installed applications I am able to search for an app by name quickly using PC keyboard on Genymotion emulator or when I plug in an USB keyboard to my Galaxy S2 through USB-on-the-go.
But I want to do the search on Galaxy S2 using soft keyboard. How to do this? I am pretty sure that I could do this with soft keyboard because the software "Wi-Fi keyboard" is able to do this. The question is only how to make a soft keyboard appear on the screen.
I have latest official firmware (Android 4.1.2, rooted) available for it.

If your device has the corresponding buttons, long-pressing the menu button should bring up the soft keyboard. Works on my devices, but I'm not sure if that's a general rule.

@Izzy: no, it doesn't call the soft keyboard.

Sorry to read that. It should be able to call up the keyboard via an intent, so you could use some automation app capable of invoking intents (such as Tasker) and define a suiting trigger (e.g. shaking the devices 2 times up/down). That's pretty much all I can think of – unless there's a tool integrating with the notification area, or allow you to customize soft buttons (mostly requiring root for that).


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HOW TO REMOVE INBUILT CALL RECORDER
I have I ball andi 3.5 kke winner, andriod 4.2.2. I want to remove inbuilt call recorder permanently. There is a logo "REC" on calling screen, showing recording time.
I have rooted my phone and tried Titanium Backup , Rom Toolbox Lite , Simple Root Uninstaller , SD Maid ,there is no apps having word "Call apps" etc.
Any idea to remove/uninstall inbuilt call recorder permanently ?
Thanks !


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Customer claims our app trashed her phone
I'm in receipt of a complaint that the android mobile app my company provides has trashed a customer's android phone to the extent that it is now only capable of making phone calls. No sms. No internet. No email. No other apps open.
The phone in question is a Samsung Galaxy S3, android version unknown. Our app is a front end to a web service that posts messages, photos and videos on something like a forum software, used for market research. It shows a question, and the user can respond by typing text, taking a picture or recording a video. It does hence request access to user photos and videos, and it makes use of their location services if turned on (essentially so we can show the researcher where they were when they were commenting on the products in the research study)
The complaint, as I understand it, is that the app was installed, run, it showed the first question and then crashed. Since then, the user has no emails, no sms messages, cannot use the internet or any other app, cannot get into the phone settings, launch anything or communicate in any way other than opening the phone app and make a call.
Our client (the person who introduced the customer) is demanding I call this customer and sort the problem out over the phone but I'm unable to because I cannot even imagine how the phone comes to be in the state it is claimed to be. Essentially I've no idea what the problem might be with the phone, no idea how I'd investigate it and no idea how I'd resolve it. The customer has no technical ability at all and claims not to have any other internet capable device that I could use to even get a video of the phone in operation..
Can anyone out there, from the symptoms described (and sorry it's not a great description; it's literally all I have) suggest anything that might have gone wrong - defective memory chips? - that would manifest as an Android device becoming nearly totally unusable?
If the claimed symptoms are true, I'm certain that the phone has some other problem and it's pure coincidence that it manifest since installing our app, but the customer is adamant it must be our fault because our app was the last thing she installed before it all failed. I know for a fact that our app is installed on thousands of android phones and works well. I also know that it contains no code capable of rummaging through the phone's file system and trashing stuff, if such a thing is even possible on Android? (Are apps sandboxed? Checked by Google to ensure they have no malicious code inside?)
Thanks for any comments or insight you can offer

You can have them uninstall your software, see if problem persists. From there without more information and the customers limited technical ability, there really is only factory reset- which will erase all data on the phone. Your in a sticky spot. You could ask to have the phone sent to you, but customer probably won't go for that. You could explain how to run a logcat, then have them send it to youGood luck.

This question appears to be off-topic because it is not written from a end-user perspective.

@Flow: As an Android user I am also very interested in the answer to this question.

Then you should re-word the question simply asking if a App can cause this in order to prevent it getting closed.

Oh boy, this seems like a sticky situation to be in. It should not be possible for a non-root application to cause a device to end up in that state, unless there is prior problem with the device. Android applications are sandboxed from other applications and from the operating system, but they are not checked for malicious code by Google, although when they come to light, malwares are regularly removed from Play Store for violation of the Developer Program Policies or Distribution Agreement.


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Can a Custom ROM affect the performance of my battery?
My Device is Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500. A week ago, I flashed a custom ROM on my Device, now my phone's battery drains out even if the phone is on stand by. Previously, it degraded but not so drastically. Sometimes the battery percentage increases automatically.
Is it a battery problem or Is it due to the Custom ROM?

It's the custom ROM but it may not be the ROM itself. Most of the times it is the kernel that comes with the ROM that is most influential. But, it is possible that the ROM has a feature or two that is draining the battery.
Also, since it is an S4 I have to ask, is it a Samsung ROM or AOSP? Because AOSP is so much different that usually because it is not the most compatible with the hardware it will take a toll on the battery. Samsung knows how to customize it's software the best so generally Samsung ROMs (doesn't have to be stock) are better than AOSP ROMs on Samsung phones or any OEM phones for that matter.

It's Samsung's Ozcan ROM.

But how can battery increase itself?
I keep checking through battery percentage.

I'm sorry, I didn't notice that. Did it happen only in this custom ROM or in your previous ROM (stock?)? If it happens only on this custom ROM then it's definitely the reason.

Happened in stock ROM too, but not in that great extent as compared to Custom ROM. Actually my friend said me that's it battery fault so I'm confused.

One good thing about Galaxy phones is that they have removable battery. Put a different battery in your phone (from a friend or just buy a different one) and see if it keeps happening. If you are reluctant to buy a second battery just remember that it's good to have a second one, for backup or just because battery life tends to decrease after some time (1-1.5 years). By the way, I recommend Anker's 2600mAh battery (I bought an Anker battery when I had my S1 and it was better than the original).

Ok thanks, I'll try replacing battery, and will let u know.

Good luck and I hope it works :)


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Auto-start slowing me down
My ASUS tablet runs slow. I've stopped using active desktop backgrounds, uninstalled apps that I don't use and changed the animations, but nothing seems to solve the problem. My memory is reporting at 77% full with Facebook and Twitter being two of the biggest culprits. I don't have them open all the time and only want them running when I use them. How can I prevent them from starting up? ASUS TF700T running version 4.2.1

This is a question already asked here multiple times. Please check: My device is getting slow, apps start misbehaving/crashing. What can I do? / questions tagged auto-start / our auto-start tag-wiki / How can I stop applications and services from running?

There are a few applications that can help. Have you heard of memory booster? I would suggest download it and set it to auto clean daily (not too often), and then use the features it has (boost startup) which provides a graphical GUI to uncheck startup items- both user and system.
In regards to those two applications causing issue, I would suggest you download an application, such as Watchdog, to run in the background and ensure it is not consuming too much of your tablets resources. If you find that with both the above running and it does not help, I'd suggest format your phone and reload it, but look into running the bare minimum for a few days, then gradually add applications back on until you reach such a point where it plays up again.
Once you reach such a point that your tablet plays up again, try removing set packages and see if the issue resolves itself. If you find that it's Facebook continually, it may be feasible to go to Settings > Developer Options > Active Threads and set it to two/three (only for testing!) and see if that helps. If so, you could set Watchdog to terminate such apps on closure, effectively performing the same role the development options do.
I'm sorry, this is more of a comment however I do not have enough reputation to post them, so I rely on getting thumbs up/comments on answers.


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Can I use an Adafruit Trinket as a simple Android peripheral?
I want to control the standby state of an LCD panel through an android media PC. I'm thinking of using a Trinket as a cheap android USB peripheral. Is this possible?
I'm new to Android and Adafruit but really keen to learn. Previously, I controlled my LCD panel through my Raspberry Pi GPIO interface, but I want to move to some hardware with a little more oomph!
The LCD Panel accepts a 3.3v signal to switch the screen on. Is the Trinket the right piece of hardware for this application?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Best Regards, Jabah

The answer depends on what kind of interface you're hoping to use between the Android device and the Trinket, and whether the Android device has drivers for that USB class. For example, if you made the Trinket act like a mouse, and your Android device has USB HID (human interface device) support, then that would work fine - but a mouse isn't much use for controlling your LCD panel.
You need to look in the specs of the particular Android device you're using, or try it out with some existing USB devices, to find what USB classes it supports: in particular, you'll likely be wanting to use a USB-serial interface.
You'll probably also need to write some special-purpose software for your Android device, to communicate with the Trinket. I'm afraid as this isn't a programming site, we can't help you with that.

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Can you execute sqlite3 outside xbin directory?
When sqlite3 is installed you can execute the binary e.g. via a terminal emulator.
If sqlite3 is not installed per default and you do not want to root the phone to install it, is there any possibility to use the binary outside the xbin directory?

If you've got the binary available, you could upload it to your device and use it from there. Note, however, that this won't work from SDCards – but the following approach should do without rooting:
adb push sqlite /data/local/sqlite
adb shell "chmod 0755 /data/local/sqlite"

Then you can always invoke it using the full path, e.g. /data/local/sqlite somedatabase.db, from within a terminal app or adb shell session.


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How to fix a ZTE Score after multiple adjustments
I have recently downloaded Link2SD and made another partition to get more app space and it worked. Even recently, I made a 2nd partition to see if I could create more space, but then when I rebooted, all my apps were gone (Including the Google Play Store, that's on my SD Card). So I booted back into recovery mode and then I performed a backup and restore then tried to reboot. When I tried to reboot, it stayed on the ZTE logo. Then I booted back into recovery mode once more the wipe data, cache, and Dalvik. After I deleted them, It still stayed on the ZTE logo. How do I fix my phone?

Looks like you screwed up your SDCard's partition table. If it's a removable SDCard: Have you tried bootin without it being inserted?

That didn't work, it's still doing the same thing.

Could it be you accidentally created that new partition somewhere else than on the external card, and might have screwed some internal storage? Apart from that, I'm out of ideas.


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android S3 wifi problems due to update
After the update, my phone tries to connect to wifi networks (which my tablet connects to just fine) and then says "internet not available". How do i solve this?

There is no passphrase; it is an open network. In fact, all of them have been

What update is this?

Goto settings>WiFi> select SSID, you'll have options for forget and connect. Select forget. Then select SSID. Enter passphrase. Then select connect


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Phone in always on usb not shown in my computer
When I plug my phone (Galaxy S2, I9100) in an ordinary usb port on a HP Folio laptop it appears in windows explorer and I can browse phone content. But when I plug it in an always on usb the phone does not appear in windows explorer but it is being charged. Is there any extra driver that I need to install or tweak some settings for the phone to appear? Windows did install some drivers the first time I plugged my phone in ordinary usb port.
Windows 7 SP1, 64bit


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Install two versions of the same app
I am trying to install the old (holo) version of Google Play Music on my device ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1477066&d=1352756915 - VERSION    Google_Play_Music_v4.4.811H.526848.apk to be exact ) because I only use local media files and the new orange cremesickle version from the past year or so is terrible at this and I loathe it.
However, my roomates have an All Access Subscription which requires the new version, leading to a lot of tension over what version to keep on the device.
I have read that it is possible to install two versions of an app side by side by changing the package name via APKtool. This seems like a trivial thing to do, but it is not working for me.
Following the guide at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2760965 i attempted to change the package name, but the line 'cur_package_name' and 'orig_package_name' are not in my apktool.yml, and there is an additional 'original-package' entry in the androidmanifest alogside the line with the package attribute.
Also, upon doing the find-replace trick with notepad++ that they mentioned, it is unable to find any occurrences.
Where can I go from here? I attempted to recompile and run the app on the tablet, but it force closes immediately as something is incomplete. Is there a version of this app that is already modded for side by side loading out there? or how can I proceed?

Or see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9218641/renaming-the-package-name-inside-an-apk


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Recovering from a bootloop in Lenovo S960
I've recently rooted my phone and have installed Xposed Framework. I'm used to this process and know what the consequences are. The phone was working fine until I installed a module for Xposed called Tinted Statusbar. Activated it and rebooted. thats when the bootloop happened. Tried all methods for disabling Xposed. The xposed-disabler zip didn't work when i tried flashing it, the hardware buttons just vibrate.
How can i recover my phone? The recovery is an old CWM v2.2.2 running on a Mediatek Processor.

The only way to overcome bootloop is to reflash the phone (start off on a clean slate) by using an SPFlashTool format firmware (where you have to use SP Flash Tool to flash).
Irregardless of the version release, replace the original recovery.img file with either CWM/TWRP recovery  file and rename it to "recovery.img" file. This will ensure that immediately after the reflash you will have custom recovery installed already.(but in the original firmware folder there will be a "Checksum" file. Remove/expunge this file from the folder since the CWM/TWRP (if it has checksum that doesn't match with the original factory recovery checksum)).
Then search for a "custom Firmware for S960" from NeedROM website and upgrade via TWRP/CWM. Install the latest updates you can find there (I do contribute firmwares on that site) and this bootloop issue is a normal occurence amongst users. I provide them with a downgraded firmware which is SP Flash Tool and then upgrade it back to the latest version with no issues, except you loose all the installes apps (better than having a paper weight!)

Factory reset will work, but will wipe everything in the process. You will have to reinstall everything again.
This will work even if you installed all the modules to system. It resets the module list in the framework app, the modules have to be re-enabled.
Update the recovery to the newest version that your ROM will work with.
Please read this part carefully:

Always make a backup/nandroid BEFORE you add or change anything.

Here is the download page for Lenovo S960 stock ROMs, plus install instructions. Latest ROM is 4.4.2 as of now.
Here is the instructions and download page for TWRP 2.6.3.0 and root. There are other recoveries, but TWRP seems the most stable for Lenovo.

tried Wiping data/factory reset in CWM, still bootloops. It reboots a few times then blank screen. @HasH_BrowN

Don't forget to wipe cache and dalvik-cache too!

Still same. Stock rom couldn't be found anywhere.

Same problem plus overheating..

@heywhite  edited my answer with ROM link

so should i install from ADB on my pc or should i push the file into my phone through ADB?

From either will be fine, but I (personal preference) would do it from the PC.

installation failed. Tried removing assert cuz the rom before was made by ROW

Well I guess that would leave you to do a complete wipe of the system, start it all from scratch. Nothing will get in the way then. You went this far


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How to use existing Whatsapp account on new mobile with new SIM?
I could not use my existing whatsapp account because My mobile have been stolen. I bought new mobile and new SIM as well, now I want to configure my existing whatsapp account on new Mobile with another SIM number. Can anyone please help me?

You cannot use your old Whatsapp account with new sim when you don't have access to your old number.
All you can do is to contact your network provider and explain the situation, submit documents and request a new sim with the old number. Once you get your old number back, you can either choose to use whatsapp account with it or shift the account to new number.
Shifting Whatsapp account to new number maintains the old account's whatsapp groups, account info, settings. You still have to share your new number with your contacts so they know its you and update their address list.
To shift the WhatsApp account from old number to new number, login whatsapp with old number and open Settings >> Account >> Change number .


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Permission denied while installing a system app with SSH
I have the APK file for an application I want to install as a system application via SSH on rooted Android tablets. I'm able to install this application via ADB with a script but the installation fails when I do it through SSH. The SSH application installed is called QuickSSHd and I log in as root. With ADB I'm connected with the shell account that I raise as root with the su command.
Here is the installation script:
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo ">> This script must be run as root."
   exit 1
fi

echo ">> Remounting /system in write mode..."
mount -o rw,remount /system

echo ">> Installing Manager..."
wget -P /system/app http://update.esmart.net/apk/Manager.apk
chmod 777 /system/app/Manager.apk
chown system:system /system/app/Manager.apk

echo ">> Removing smanager..."
rm /system/app/smanager*

echo ">> Remounting /system in read mode..."
mount -o ro,remount /system

echo ">> Starting Manager..."
sleep 2
am start -W -n ch.esmart.managerapp/.MainActivity

echo ">> Finished !"

The application icon is not displayed and am command does not work.
After checking in logcat:
$ logcat | grep Manager
W/zipro   ( 3308): Unable to open zip '/system/app/Manager.apk': Permission denied
D/asset   ( 3308): failed to open Zip archive '/system/app/Manager.apk'
W/PackageParser( 3308): Unable to read AndroidManifest.xml of /system/app/Manager.apk

I also tried the su command in SSH but it changes nothing.
The permissions look good:
$ stat /system/app/Manager.apk
  File: "/system/app/Manager.apk"
  Size: 370990      Blocks: 728        IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 13h/19d Inode: 1448        Links: 1
Access: (0777/-rwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/  system)   Gid: ( 1000/  system)
Access: 2014-10-24 12:10:05.000000000
Modify: 2014-10-24 12:10:05.000000000
Change: 2014-10-24 12:10:05.000000000

What does this error mean? Thanks a lot!

I found where the problem comes. When I want to change the rights on the file, the installation has already begun. I do not know exactly what happens during installation. So I downloaded the APK to the root file system, I change the permissions and copy the APK in /system/app with the -p argument to the cp command to keep the file permissions on the target.
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo ">> This script must be run as root."
   exit 1
fi

echo ">> Remounting /system in write mode..."
mount -o rw,remount /system

echo ">> Installing Manager..."
wget -P / http://update.esmart.net/apk/Manager.apk
chmod 777 /Manager.apk
chown system:system /Manager.apk
cp -p -f /Manager.apk /system/app

echo ">> Removing smanager..."
rm /system/app/smanager*

echo ">> Remounting /system in read mode..."
mount -o ro,remount /system

echo ">> Starting Manager..."
sleep 2
am start -W -n ch.esmart.managerapp/.MainActivity

echo ">> Finished !"


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how to backup files from an encrypted SD card for upgrade
recently bought a new SD card and I want to transfer the files from my current one to the new card.
However, the files on the current card are encrypted and I have no way to copy them.
I need some way I can either force the phone to allow my desktop PC to recognize the encryption algorithm and decrypt the data on the fly so that Windows will read them correctly, or I need to decrypt the card.
I'm upgrading from a 2 gigabyte card to an 8gb one.
I would simply transfer the files to the phone's internal memory, but the card is too big. The phone only has 2gb internal storage and half of it is being used by the operating system.
I have a Samsung SCH- i110 Illusion on Verizon.
Android 2.36 gingerbread

Decryption would be easier, if you have the passkey.

I did it with the screen lock pin.

how do i decrypt? I have the PIN number

The PIN/password is not the key used to encrypt/decrypt. The PIN/password is used to decrypt the key used to encrypt/decrypt (that's why one can change the PIN/password without re-encrypting the whole disk). Android does not provide a way to backup the encryption keys.
So the easiest things to do is insert the old SD card to the phone, and via Wifi copy the files to the desktop PC. Then insert the new SD card, and copy the files from the desktop PC back to the phone.
For this you can use apps like AndFTP on the phone and FileZilla Server on Windows or openssh-server on Linux.


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Where is my ROM backup made in recovery mode saved?
yesterday I had mz first experience with android phone - Samsung galaxy S4 mini.
I followed this instructions Installing Cyanogenmod and in recovery mode I made a backup of stock ROM (as is recommended).
I wonder where is this backup saved? I would like to transfer it to my PC.
In my PC I go to Internal/clockworkmod but there is only RECOVERY_VERSION File which has 42 bytes, so I guess it is not it :)
Thx.

On your SD card (external, if available), a directory named clockworkmod/backup will be created, and on successful ROM backup inside that your nandroid backup lies. If the backup folder is not present inside the clockworkmod folder, it seems you have not taken backup successfully. In that case, try to take a complete backup using CWM properly.

If you select 'Backup to sdcard1' location while made nandroid backup, check folder /storage/extSdCard/clockworkmod/backup/


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Skype spawns a process called VideoMonitor that's running after signing out from Skype. What is it and why is it there?
Skype version 5 on KitKat.
It's concerning, given the company's track record of lack of respect for privacy. I'm not suggesting it's taking pictures, but it could be some additional tracking of system use in general.


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Enabling ART on android
How much time it takes to enable android run time on Nexus 4.4.2 kitkat.
I have near 90 apps installed.
I start it and screen comes that displays optimizing 1 of 90 apps.
After it got completed (all 90), screen with 4 colored circles revolving appears(i think that's the boot screen or something same when the phone is switched on), but keeps on for more than 1 hour.

Sounds like you are in a bootloop.  If you've enabled android debugging, you can probably use logcat via adb logcat on your computer to read what's happening during the boot and figure out where/why it's crashing.  You'll usually see a crash message, and if you're in a boot loop, you'll frequently see a repeated cycle of text.
If googling samples of the log doesn't help come up with an explanation/solution, you might copy/paste that text, and (after verifying that it has no private information you don't want shared), paste it to a site such as pastebin.com or gist.github.com so that it can be easily shared.
Next, visit IRC (you can do this from the web and try one of the android support channels such as #android to see if you can find someone to help "live".  You can show them the link to your bootloop log, and they will hopefully have a suggestion for you or redirect you to more information.
You can also update this question with a link to the logcat and maybe someone can help you as well.
As a last resort, you can always boot into recovery mode and do a factory wipe (or merely wipe the cache), which may help as well.


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BusyBox crond fails to run scripts with "time disparity" error message
I've installed BusyBox on my Android 4.1.1 phone and when I run crond, after some time it starts to failing to run scripts with message "time disparity of xxx minutes detected". Is there something I can do to make it work properly?


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Windows doesn't show device in Explorer
After updating my Nexus 7 to the latest version of Android (4.4.4 at this point), Windows decided that it would no longer show the device in Explorer in MTP mode. PTP worked fine, but obviously this is no good for putting files into the device. How do I solve this?

You will need probably install the usb driver. You can download it here.

So there are many different threads and posts all over the internet trying to solve this issue for various Android devices. It seems that sometimes these work, but not always. I think I've finally found a step that works most of the time (it excludes hardware issues for example). Start off with your device connected.
Essentially, there is an issue with the driver on Windows. To fix this open the device manager (see here for how to do this on Windows 7 or Vista, here for XP and here for Windows 8). Now, at this point most posts and threads advocate finding anything mentioning your device (in my case the nexus 7) and uninstalling the driver. This seems to be the right thing to do, but first there is a very important step. At the top, click "View" and then select "Show hidden devices". Now, you can find all mentions of your device. Right click, and select "Uninstall driver". If there is a tick box for deleting the driver as well you should select this.
After completion, disconnect your device. The device manager will flash. Give it a few seconds and then plug your device back in. Windows will now reinstall the driver. At this point, it should work correctly.
Note that if you use ADB, you will have uninstalled this in a previous step and will have to reinstall it using your preferred method.


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external mic plugged in + bluetooth
Hopefully someone can help me.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II and I want to record with my external mic (rode smartlav+) but still listen to all audio from my phone via bluetooth. (Sena 20s).
For example:

All outbound audio -> Bluetooth device
All inbound -> external mic

Is that possible?


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If the sim is out and the phone has been factory reseted can I track it?
My phone was stolen and I called but they obvioulsy had taken out the sim.They've logged out all my google accounts,twitter,facebook,viber and I'm thinking that
they did a factory reset!Is there anyway I can track my phone?It was a sony xperia m

With a factory reset, there isn't much you can do. Here are some options that may be useful.
Tracking apps
If you had the foresight to install some tracking type apps and move it to the system partition via root, those can survive a factory reset (though the preferences may be reset).
Report as stolen
If you know the IMEI, you can at least report it as stolen. The cell companies can block that phone from their network (both CDMA (non-sim) and GSM (sim) networks can do this; CDMA networks call it ESN instead of IMEI). However, I highly doubt they will help you locate it, even if they could track it.
You can find the IMEI if you kept the original packaging; usually it's on the box or on a sticker in the manuals. Again, you need the foresight to either copy the IMEI or keep the original packing materials.
Google location history
If you enabled Google Location tracking, you can view a map of the location history for the device. If the thief didn't wipe the device right away, this could give you some clues as to their whereabouts.
If you really want to track it down, you could use that location information and see if there are any security cameras in the area (ask the shops to see if you can view their security tapes). If anything turns up, give the information to the police, and don't try any heroics.

I don't have an IMEI and how can they track it?Why won't they help me?

The cell companies always know the general location of devices, because they need to know which tower to send a signal out when your cell gets an incoming call. (They don't just blast every tower in the country until your phone accepts). With triangulation, they could theoretically get a rough location of the device.

Did you ever get your phone serviced? Did you order it online? You may have a receipt or other place where the IMEI was recorded, if you don't still have the original box.

If the phone has been factory reset them no.
Unless you had installed an anti theft app that survives or prevents factory resets I think you're stuck.

Damn it no I haven't done anything like that!!So there's no hope huh?

All you can do is have the IMEI number blocked, that way the thief wont be able to use or sell it, but your chances of getting it back are slim.

And what (slim)chances are these?Because I don't even have the IMEI

Yeah, you're stuck.

Greaaat,Damn it

i hope you Android Device Manager app or log into site will give u past location of your phone before the factory reset only. this app is owned by the google and now it auto installed on new phones.


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Avoid Google Hangout notifications on phone while chatting on laptop
Hangout notifications on my phone are fine when someone starts up a conversation with me. But once I start chatting to them on the computer, I still get a (loud) notification tone on my phone every time they say anything if I'm in another window.
Any way to avoid this?

Interesting. Even I use Hangouts like you do, but once I start using computer, no notifications are shown on phone. I haven't changed any setting for this.

Put your phone on silent?

Heh. I guess...

I have the same issue and if i silence hangouts notifications on mobile they get silenced also on pc


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ICS device name not recognised under adb
I have a device to which I recently flashed CM 9 which I use for testing backward compatibility in apps. However, adb doesn't seem to recognise it.
adb devices outputs the following when it is connected:
List of devices attached
????????????    offline

And also sometimes this:
List of devices attached
????????????    device

When it says device, I can use normal adb commands, however, if I connect another device it will stop working (because the device has no identifier so adb will always prefer the other device). I've tried this on both OS X and Linux, and the same device running CM11 works fine with adb. I've tried several different USB cables and also other devices, all of which work.
So, has anyone else had this issue/resolved it? Any other ideas on how I might try and work out the cause of this issue?

You might check with lsusb that the device ID is the same as before you flashed CM9. If not, you will need to edit the udev config again to make it work.

Have you checked with lsusb and updated your udev rules, as Dan suggested? Did it do the trick? Is your issue solved meanwhile? Please remember you can always answer your own question ;)


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Can I use an iPhone 4 micro-SIM card on Samsung Galaxy S?
I borrowed a Samsung Galaxy S device in order to test an app. I have attempted to insert my iPhone 4 sim card (micro-SIM) into the Galaxy S, yet the device won't recognize it and display a 'No SIM' error. Is the Galaxy S compatible with micro-SIM or do I need to purchase a different one?

look up your device specification on GSMArena.com and check if it supports micro-sim or mini-sim.

The Samsung Galaxy S (not S2; S3; S4 or S5) uses a mini-SIM. The iPhone 4 uses a micro-SIM. Maybe Robert's answer, well, kind of missed the wood for the trees.

Sadly, most of the SIM card mobile service providers have recently taken to heavy-handed self-protection tactics to retain their market share.
Most carriers have "tweaked" their SIM cards so you generally MUST purchase a SIM card that matches not only the service provider, but also the device configuration for which it was engineered.
While there might be a way to Flash a SIM card, but a new SIM card is so cheap it is not worth it.
Besides, SIM cards must be compatible with the device as well as the carrier.
For example, Simple Mobile is a subsidiary of T-Mobile and they both use SIM cards similar to Verizon's, however, none of these are "fully interoperable" with each other, as Verizon uses a different radio frequency for their LTE/4G or whatever thay are calling it now.
Some SIM's from carrier "A" work on carrier "B" but not the other way around...
I am just waiting for a carrier that does not bother to collect my metadata.
If they didn't bother with all that overhead, our service would be dirt cheap...

Interesting, I've never heard of such a practice, at least here in Germany/Europe. The radio frequency is usually not related to the SIM card at all.


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What could be the cause of not receiving push notifications through 3g (gsm)?
When I'm on wifi I get push notifications normally. But if I go on 3g/4g only, I can use the net normally but I am getting no push notifications.
This is the same for several applications that get push notifications, so it's not an application's fault.
I was reading and there seems to be a single appplication in android that passes the push notifications? I was wondering if maybe that application had background traffic blocked by accident or what other reasons there may be.
If not, what other reason may be causing this?
I have mobile data enabled. Other internet stuff works fine.
My android is: 4.4.2
(this is a recent thing, I dunno what may have changed, but imagine a small child messed with my cellphone, it's possible)

I have found this. A while ago I went overseas and got paranoid and turned a bunch of the background data off in the data usage page. Had a play with it tonight and discovered "Google play services" was restricting. Turned it off and tested it, it seems to work. If you haven't already, try that.

you mean "Google play services" were restricted and that stopped you from getting push notifications? Thanks, I'm trying that... and still no good. I'm basically now going through all the data usage items and enabling them all one by one.


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Set Android device default install location to external SD card
I have Samsung GalaxyS2. Is there a way to set the default install location to SD card of all downloaded apps from play store.

Check if your phone has that ability to move the Apps to SD card instead of rooting it. Otherwise, you can move the apps that have been installed on your phone to SD card as follows!
Open the Application Manager.
You’ll find it under the More tab in Settings.
Inside the Application Manager, swipe to the left once to view a list of all the apps that you can move to the card.

Not sure why the link i posted did not appear. Here is the link that may help you http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/50252/android-devices-use-external-storage-as-a-default-storage

This has been by far one the best utility app that I have bought for my phone. It will install to your SD card and can be set to do so by default:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&hl=en
I had a special condition where my SD card was "emulated" and so the OS couldn't link the app to the external storage. This app solves that by having you partition the SD card and then using a startup script to mount it as another ext filesystem that it can use to link to. It does this all fairly automatic and seamless.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated or know the developer of this app, I just shopped around and found this to be the best one under all circumstances.
(you may need to be rooted, not sure for your device)

Hi, this article has helped me.


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Cyanogenmod unlocked phone requires network unlock code
I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc that I installed Cyanogenmod (v. 9.1.0-anzu).
The phone is not locked to a specific network as a) the danish operator where I bought the phone does not do this and b) I recently changed operator without any hassle.
I now have two possible related problems.

A couple of times per day, the sim card needs unlocking. As in when I unlock the phone, it requests the PIN code. Not a major issue, but a nuisance.
After entering the PIN code, the phone requests the network unlock code, to which I press the "Cancel"-button.

I've been searching the googles, but most hits reply that I should restore ROM to stock, get the network unlock code and unlock the phone. But this seems a bit ridicules, as the phone isn't locked.
And now I'm here. Thanks!

I would try another ROM to be honest, I've never installed CM without having issues of some kind, on about 12 devices at this stage.

Well shucks. Any suggestions for other widely used ROMs that might or might not support my phone?


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How do I enter recovery mode on LG G2?
"With the device powered down, hold Volume Down & Power. When the LG logo appears release the buttons and then press them again. Then, press the Power button three times!" (from cyanogenmod wiki) doesn't work for me. I can't seem to figure out how to get to TWRP to restore my phone (currently in a boot loop).
Doesn't connect to adb either because the boot loop stops at LG logo and reboots.

How to Enter Recovery Mode on LG G2 (quick easy steps)

Press the Volume Down and the Power Button at the same time, about 2-3 seconds until the LG Logo shows.
When the LG Logo shows, release the buttons and then press and hold them again.
Keep pressing the buttons until the Recovery Mode Menu displays.

Enter Recovery Mode Using adb.
If you are experiencing inconveniences rebooting in recovering mode using the Volume Down and Power buttons, then this method could help to ease the reboot process. It requires adb.
adb reboot recovery
I used it many times to restart the device in TeamWin Recovery Project, and worked like a charm.

On LG G2 ls980 I had to run adb shell and then run the command reboot recovery or it would just do a regular reboot for some reason.

Try This :

Turn off the device
Press and hold Volume Down key + Power Key about 6-7 seconds
Release Power key when LG logo appear
When still pressing Volume Down key, press Power key one more
Release Volume down key when Factory Data Reset menu appears

I think this should work, as this is the only way, it opens recovery mode.
Helpful Links :
http://www.recovery-mode.com/android/lg-g2-ls980.html

THIS HELPED ME !!! and im on V30 Thank You !!!

From Android Geeks:

First of all, take your phone and press the power button; the select “power off”.
Wait while your phone is shutting down; wait a few seconds and then proceed.
Now, press the volume down and power button at the same time for 2 or 3 seconds until the LG logo appears on the display.
Then release the buttons and then press and hold them again.
Keep pressing the buttons until the recovery mode menu will be displayed on your LG G2.
That’s it.
If you then want to go back to Android OS, just select “reboot system now”.

Unfortunately, this doesn't work for me. Is it because I am still using the stock ROM and am unrooted?


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Auto-Tether when another phone nearby (in car)
I have an android phone in car for Spotify purposes.
I'm trying to set up the system so the car phone tries to connect to my own phone once car power is on (phone starts charging) and start playing music:
My phone would notice that the spotify android is nearby (bluetooth) and automatically start up tethering for the spotify phone to connect to.
Music would start playing as soon as the spotify android notices it's charging and start downloading new songs once it's connected to my phone's wifi.
Does anyone know how to do this?

As I've never tried exactly that (and more specifically, never worked with Spotify), I cannot give you exact steps. But I can outline how this should be possible using tasker:
On your "Server" device:

Condition: State → BT Near (specify the BT MAC of the "Player" device)
Task: Launch App (whatever "server component" is needed)

On your "Player" device:

Condition: State → BT Near (specify the BT MAC of the "server device")
Task:

Launch App (the music player used to connect to the other device)
Either one of the "Media Control" actions, or "Play Music" should start playing

Of course, this assumes that – once the devices are paired, which should happen automatically once they are in reach of each other if they had been paired before – the app on the player-device automatically selects the "server device" as source to play from. As most players on a re-start resume where they stopped before, this should be the case unless you've used a "different source" in between – which might be avoidable using a specific app for this task.
On the other hand, my Collection of Tasker Resources a.o. lists the Media Utilities, dealing with Tasker as well as with Spotify, and thus might prove helpful in the process. And in fact, you can find a comparable process e.g. described here – explaining how to make Tasker launch Spotify when you plug in your headphones, then raise the volume and play the last played track.
Also see:

Is it possible to get Tasker to play the next song in Spotify
This is how I use Tasker in my car [VIDEO]
Tasker + Media Utilities + Spotify


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Hide photos in the Google+ photos app
I want to back up my photos using the photos app, but I don't want some of them to show up when I open the app on my phone. Is this possible?

This is exactly my concern, too.  I let my kids use my phone all the time.  Sometimes they want to look at the pictures, take camera photos, etc.  I don't really want them rummaging through all the pics that I have stored on Google+ Photos.

Install file manager
Locate folder where backed up photos are
Put a .nomedia file in that folder
(A .nomedia file is an empty file with no code, which hides media in that folder. To get it you can copy paste it from elsewhere, like if you have WhatsApp, you can browse to it's media in file manager, go to pictures or videos, then to sent, and it should be there, or just do a search in your file manager for .nomedia, or you can make the file yourself)
Go to settings, apps, media storage, and clear it's data.
Restart your phone, go to gallery.
You might need to wait a bit for photos and videos to show up, because you cleared media storage, but the photos in the folder with the .nomedia file won't show up.

Thanks. However, the pictures are not on my device. They are backed up in the Google Photos cloud. My goal here is when I open the photos app some of the pictures are not seen in the photos app.


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How can I easily backup data from external card on Android 4.0.4 to a new external card?
I intend to buy a new external card of larger capacity for Android 4.0.4 phone and would like to backup and restore data from currently installed external card to a new card so I can restore the data and apps on the new phone. Is there a cloud backup and restore!? Easy Backup app or other solution?

The easiest way would be to transfer the files to a computer, then transfer them from the computer to your new card. Many micro (phone size) sd cards come with a micro to regular size adapter that will fit in the card reader slots of most computers.

That is the easiest. +1


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How to login in Skype via Facebook?
I have a skype account that I created via Facebook login and can use it on my PC or Mac just fine. Now I want to use Skype on Android and have installed the official app. Yet the app lacks an option to login via Facebook.
How am I supposed to login, as I do neither know my user name nor the password, as I am used to login via Facebook.

I know that as of last year, Facebook login wasn't supported on Android. I don't know if that has changed since then.

Go to the login page, tap on "Problems in signing".
Enter your primary Facebook email, Skype will send a code to your email.
Copy it, go back to the Skype app.
Tap on enter the key, paste the key in it.
There's your Skype account named facebook:your.name.
Tap on your Facebook profile, tap sign in with Facebook
Then Facebook login page will appear and enter your login info.


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Samsung Galaxy S7562 Force application to start on power up?
Is there a way to force an application to start automatically on every power up on my Samsung Galaxy S7562?
Thx

Do you mean an app you have installed already, or is it possible to create an app that does this? For the first, I think you need root, and something like Startup Manager (not sure you can add apps to it though) and for the second, definitely.

Yes,I meant for an already installed application, like a Startup Manager.

There are several apps capable of doing exactly that (adding other apps to the "autostart ramp"). Some of them you can find in my Auto-Start Management listing. I'd recommend you taking a look at Autorun especially for mainly two reasons: 1) it's the best rated I've seen so far, and 2) it's pretty permission-friendly (only requesting 1 permission: to be informed when the device boot completed). Quoting the app description:

A simple autorun service that allows you to automatically launch selected applications upon your device power up. No more missed messages because you forgot to start your favorite chat client, just setup an autorun and always be online.

For alternatives, please consult the list I've linked above ;)

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question so quickly. Very much appreciated!

Glad I could help! If you consider this a solution to your issue, please do not forget to mark it such (click the check-mark next to the answer you chose as "preferred solution"). Enjoy!


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Galaxy S2 Philz Touch 5 Bootloop
My girlfriend's phone is a Galaxy S2. The battery was crap and the phone started bootlooping. We've replaced the battery but it is still happening. I can get into recovery mode, but I don't know anything about Flashing Roms. We're trying to avoid Factory Reseting the phone, in order to save the data. I have tried wiping the various caches. Is there anything I can do? The recovery screen also has a Philz Touch 5 menu, I believe the phone is rooted (although honestly I know nothing about it, I never rooted my phone).

Philz recovery is a custom recovery, so something has definitely been done with the phone. You could restore to stock (but that will wipe the phone), or try and flash a custom ROM over the existing one (dirty flash) and see if it boots and retains data. For how to flash head to XDA developers for the EXACT device she has (the specific type of S2) and you download a zip of the ROM and in Philz "install zip" and that's about it.

You might wish to see our boot-loop tag-wiki for some first-aid. Though most of it you probably already tried, it still might contain something additional (like the safe-mode hints).

It's definitely rooted..
So it's better to completely wipe the phone..
But as you need your data, you can try and run it in safe mode.
As soon as you boot your phone , press down the volume down button, keep holding until you reach the lock screen. then press the safe mode button on bottom left..
http://www.tested.com/tech/android/3071-how-to-use-androids-safe-mode-to-save-a-phone-from-boot-loops/
In case you are flashing the best rom for Galaxy s2 is the Pound rom(Unsung Hero) or Cyanogenmod(popular)..


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Can android applications communicate with USB device directly?
I've been thinking that, since many android phones support USB OTG maybe there could be a way to engineer a device that performs special task and uses phone as it's control panel.
But before making this serious idea, I need to know if it can work.

How does android handle unknown USB devices?
Can application use USB directly without ROOT privegies?
As an alternative, does android support virtual COM port?
As the last hope, can applications directly read/set value on headset output? (To use it as digital IO pin)

I never tried it but applications can access USB through the following API since android 3.1.
To confirm this there are devices with infrared that you plug to USB in your phone to use it as universal remote control.

That looks quite promising!

I'm sorry, but I need to test it. I'm not new to stack-exchange so  will definitelly remember to mark it as soon as possible. You've earned your points, they're just in the future :)

Hi @TomášZato, did you get it to work? I have a requirement at the moment to use a USB device that acts as a virtual COM port under Linux, and need to try it next week when my OTG cables arrive.

@user1158559 Hello. With my older device (Huawei) it just plain didn't work, and my new Samsung turned out to have OTG technology disabled, so I couldn't really test it (which is sad because I also wanted to make use of USB virtual COM to make a hardware dedicated for smartphones).


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Tablet Touch Screen partially unresponsive
I have an Android Tablet with Android 4.1.1, some days ago, the screen started to have random touches around the top of the screen, and sometimes, the top of the screen was unresponsive.
After a factory reset, the problem wasn't solved, but now the top of the screen had stopped being sensitive... I opened the tablet and cleaned the screen.
Now it stopped the random touches (Sometimes they happen again), but the screen still doesn't respond, what do I do?

I know this is a low tech answer but I've had this happen before, normally due to screen smudge from fingers or liquid splash/residue on the screen.
Give the screen a good clean (use cloth from a pair of glasses) and see if the problem persists.  Failing that, shutdown, remove the battery, and leave it for 5 minutes just in case it's a charge/capacitance issue.

(S)he said they tried cleaning and opening the tablet already.

I tried opening it and cleaning it again with paper, before seeing you answer, and it worked for some seconds, and started going crazy again.
But I think it really might solve the problem.
Well, but now I need to fix the sound too, the speaker wire broke. ç. ç

I have the exact same problem. Physically squeezing or lightly tapping the back (not the screen) of the problem area is a good temporary fix if you still have to use the device everyday. Still searching for a permanent fix in my case because most I've tried aren't working.


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I'm trying to factory reset my phone but...?
...when it reaches the point where it asks to confirm my PIN, an error message saying "Unfortunately, Android keyboard (AOSP) has stopped". So i'm unable to type my pin in. Any suggestions?

Try changing keyboard, go to the Play Store, download a keyboard, then go to settings and activate it and then you should be able to enter the pin

Try following the below steps on your device. These steps may vary slightly based on the Android version you use but it may  be similar in the settings(i.e. menu option may change ).
1.Open up the menu.
2.navigate to Settings.
3.open Apps>All.
4.Scroll to the app Android keyboard (AOSP).
5.Then choose Clear data option.
6.Scroll to the User dictionary and do a simple force stop
This is just a small bug in the Android Keyboard.
Note:-By doing these steps you will lose all the typed/saved words in the dictionary which you have entered apart from the standard words which remain the same.

Goto Play store and download Swift keyboard. Now you should be able to reset it for sure.


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How to access bricked phone /system folder? Fix corrupted file
I have a SK504, brazilian phone. Well, i was trying to change my boot animation, but downloaded and installed a corrupted one.
So, when i rebooted, the phone shows ANDROID like always, but after, a black screen appears and stays forever.
I can acess recovery, and the phone is rooted. No backup. Is there a way to get into the phone trough USB and change the bootanimation.zip file to a valid one? Because i don't want to reset it or install another ROM, unless necessary.
Besides the corrupted bootanimation.zip file, i have two more on the /system/media folder, they are bootanimation.old (the original one) and bootanimation(2).zip, a valid one that worked before, so there is no need to transfer something from pc to phone, just rename the files.
Thanks!!!

On custom recoveries (CWM, TWRP) you normally are able to use adb. With that you can delete the corrupted bootanimation and replace it with your original one.

Mount your /system partition using "Mount->System" on TWRP or "Mounts and Storage->mount /system" on CWM
Plug your phone onto the computer
Remove your corrupt bootanimation: adb shell "rm /system/media/bootanimation.zip"
Restore your old bootanimation: adb shell "mv /system/media/bootanimation.old /system/media/bootanimation.zip"
You may have to set the right permissions: adb shell "chmod 0644 /system/media/bootanimation.zip

Well this is another problem, i have the stock recovery, without "install from zip" or any other options that should help. I tried "install update from an external storage",using an android explorer named Aroma, but always get "Installation Aborted."

@LucasSoares then you should install a custom recovery from fastboot mode and then follow the steps in this answer.

You say that like it's so easy, but if you have a phone with no custom recoveries available online, that's practically impossible.

Following is an extremely simple solution which is sort of cheating but functional nonetheless.

Step 1: Extract the contents of the custom recovery (here CWM) to a folder (eg. SOMENAME.

Step 2: Go to META-INF\com\google\android.

Step 3: Open the file updater-script.

Step 4: Where you find the indeterminate.png files being deleted and extracted, paste the following two lines between the above mentioned lines:
delete("system/media/bootanimation.zip");
package_extract_file("system/media/bootanimation.old", "system/media/bootanimation.zip");
Step 5: Save the file and exit.
Step 6: Now zip the contents of SOMENAME to create a new flashable zip file SOMENAME.zip.
Step 7: Save this file in the SD card and flash it in your phone.
Step 8: Normal Clockwork Recovery Mod will open, but the required copying of the bootanimation file has been executed while opening.


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can an android device be in danger on a malicious site?
I accidentally went onto a site via Google images and went off after half a second, (the page had been quarter/half loaded. I accidentally hit the undo button and it opened again, and I closed it again.
Virustotal had 1 scanner, "website security guard" say it was a malware site. Scumware.org listed 10 pages on the site having scrinject.gen b, and or trojan.blackhole.-1.
The page I accidentally visited was not one of the 10.
Is it possible these exploits/malware do anything to an android device? I know malware is prevelant on the app store, but can malicious / possible websites be danger for an android device? I am worried about anything that keylogs or steals info.
I scanned with AvG (Tablet), MBAM mobile, Clean Master, Clean Master Security, Avast and used ES file explorer to manually look around, and havent found anything. Clean master security found not an infection, but a vulnerability, named towelroot. I think this is on alot of devices, (not an infection, just a vulnerability).
I havent seen any notifications, ads, or had any redirects. Should I factory reset in case or is there no need?

It depends if the malicious targets android devices


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Is there an Android video chat client that displays video stream and text messages at the same time?
I'm looking for a video chat app for Android, but I'm unable to find one that can display the video stream and text messages at the same time, it's either one or the other.
I tried for example Google Hangouts and Skype and both have this problem.
Screen estate should not be problem since it would be used on a tabled with external keyboard
Is there another app in the market that allows this? If possible I would like also to be able to call Windows clients.

Please note that app recommendations are off-topic here (see our [help/on-topic]). You might check with Software Recommendations, but make sure to check their /help/on-topic first, especially read requirements your question must meet ;)

I think this question is okay. It's a fairly well-defined problem.

Voice chat programs uses an Internet data stream.  It isn't up to the developer of the application.  No matter which app you find it will be limited based on your phone service provider and the type of phone you have.
Take a look at this (the protocols that are available via some services and phone types:
(taken from this thread, Can I talk and use Internet or other apps at the same time)

If you really want to know why and how this happens, without all the
  techie speak - - - -
Verizon's 3G data and voice network is CDMA, and only a device with
  SVDO technology can use voice and data at the same time (as opposed to
  the current standard EVDO) on CDMA. The first device to do this was
  the HTC Thunderbolt. The Galaxy S3 also has SVDO, so you can surf and
  talk at the same time if you have Verizon 3G service.
The VZW iPhone does not have SVDO, so it can't do it. The iPhone on
  ATT and Tmobile can do this, as those two carriers don't use CDMA -
  they use GSM, which can do voice and data already. I don't know why
  specifically, but just know that Tmo and ATT are GSM and Sprint and
  VZW are CDMA.
Finally, any 4G LTE enabled phone on verizon can do talk and data at
  the same time, as the data will run over the LTE network and the voice
  runs over CDMA. So, devices like the Moto Droid Razr and other LTE
  phones can do talk and data at the same time, but only if LTE service
  is available. If in a 3G-only area, the Droid Razr can't do talk and
  surf together.
Make sense?

So if this is a needed feature you would have to shop for a specific phone provider and a specific phone that will allow you to use Data service and Phone service simultaneously... again, limited by the phone service and phone, not the app.


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android 4.2.2 bluetooth NOT pairing problem (galaxy s4 i9505)
i have an Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE (i9505) with stock rom + root (4.2.2 ME2 build).
i have issues from time to time with Bluetooth pairing. It stopped working a few months ago, then started working again by itself, then last month stopped working again.
When is not working , i have this issue when i try to pair a new device (the problem is with devices that have PIN code, the one without, pairs successfully) : it shows the 'Enter PIN' dialog, but when i finish it doesn't start pairing, it does nothing.
I attach a video to understand the problem, also a Verbose Logcat (logged when this issue happens)
It would be great if somebody finds the problem in the log, because if i can fix it without restoring/changing ROM would be great!

what kind(s) of device are you trying to pair it with?

doesn't work with any device that has PIN for pairing , either Carkit or headset or other Phone, etc, i tried on 10 devices, as you can see in the video, the problem is the phone software, after you enter PIN and press OK, it doesn't do pairing, it does nothing... it should said Pairing... if it was working, it's a bug somewhere and i cannot find it, that's why i posted the Logcat, maybe someone with more Android experience would find it... now it has the same behavior like when you press Cancel on entering PIN


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Galaxy Note 4 KitKat 4.4.4 - want to perm sort mail so that unread is on top
I just got this phone and love it. But I'd like the default mail client to allow "UNREAD" on top and then the read ones below. I have to constantly change that each time I check mail. My previous version would only change that if I shut off the phone.
I can't find anything that allows me to default FILTER BY to be UNREAD. Annoying!


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What does Internal Storage Free on the Settings|Apps screen mean?
On the Settings|Apps screen at the bottom there is a graph showing Internal Storage and then a gigabyte number. When the screen is first loaded a smaller number is given then after a few seconds a slightly higher number and then an even higher number. What does the slightly higher number and even higher number represent?

Android has always done this, and still does on 4.4.4 KitKat to this day. I have no idea why it does this, but the lowest (first) figure tends to be the actual / accurate figure. Unless it then works out how big the caches are and takes that away from the storage used? I'll have a look around.


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Sorting applications by their trimmed name
Is there anyway to for the app list to be sorted by applications' trimmed names?
E.g. in the screenshot below, the application " Flashlight" appears first because it contains the space at the beginning. I would like to avoid that.

I use a Samsung GALAXY S3 with a rooted Android 4.1.2.

To be honest, I just wouldn't install apps that use stupid tricks like this.

@DanHulme too true +1

@FranckDernincourt you can also rename the app.

@HasH_BrowN How can I rename an installed app?

@Franck - you can rename your file with a renaming app or you can use a file explorer/browser such as Total Commander (open source ), Astro File Manager, or any other. Always backup the original file first, then rename. IMHO - I would find another flashlight/torch app, preferably with minimal permission and already named right.

@Franck - also I forgot to add that Xposed framework has a couple of renaming modules as well. Some are in their own modules, while some are within other modules.


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how to connect to internet on my lenovo a390 mobile using wifi
i can't connect to internet with my lenovo a390 mobile using WiFi connection. i already open my data connection but when i am about to browse youtube, play store and Google chrome it says that my connection is off. how can i fix it?

you said, you want to use WiFi
but you're turning on Data connection.
Switch off Mobile Data connection.
switch on WiFi
Scan for WiFi networks available.
if you get one connect it by clicking and username and password if it asks.
it will connect, obtain IP address.
it must connect.

From my knowledge,It's not possible .According to wifi network connection,'N' number of slaves(which are connected to that hotspoted device) has a one master(which is put on hotspot)


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Select which application to (NOT) update
I always knew how to disable the auto update for a specific app.
But since some time Google decided to forbid this useful functionality and force the users to update their app.
And I mainly do NOT use the Google Apps and don't want to update them (but I want to  update all my others non-Google apps).
How can I do it?
Before I could:

Go to Google Play
Select My apps
Select the desired app
Click the phone Menu button
Deselect the Auto-update tick box

Now is no more possible.
How could I achieve the same result?

Am I missing something? If you go to Google Play's product page of the specific app, and bring up the Settings, the setting allows you to toggle Auto-Update by individual app. Is this a different version of Google Play? mine is v5.0.31

I guess my smartphone has some problem. I tried for half an hour and no menu was appearing. Tried now and the voice "auto-update" appears, but it disappear if I click on it..
And it doesn't deselect. Mmmmh..


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Delete unused apk files from system memory
I own a Xperia M running on Jelly Bean 4.3. I have uninstalled unwanted apps like PicsArt, Cricbuzz, Xperia privilege and so many so on... a long time ago. Now I found the apk files of those apps here -
System memory/etc/customization/applications/
System memory/product/applications/
All the apps consume an amount of 250mb internal memory. I want to delete them all as I don't need them anyway. So is it safe to delete all the apk files?
Note: Device is not rooted so I don't have an option of moving applications to SD card. I want to free some memory so that I can download some more apps ;)

Deleting system apps won't help free up storage, since they're on the system partition, not the userdata partition.

Okay I got it myself. I can't delete these files until I'm rooted.

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Android 4.4.2 youtube/video stuck in pause
Got me a shiny new Hudl 2 (8.3" Wi-Fi tablet with Android 4.4.2).
It's nice. It does the gmail and the facebook, etc.
What it doesn't do is play video from youtube, or other sources such as the BBC. This is either using the Youtube android app or inside the android chrome browser.
The behaviour is as follows:

Video box is displayed but is paused and shows the 'play button' in the centre (the right facing triangle).
Clicking on the play button, a few frames will play, maybe less than half a second of sound.
Then it wall pause again. 'Play' button is displayed in the middle of the frame.

It's like as soon as you press play, it immediately pauses again. Constantly tapping the 'play' button gets a stop animation of the video.
I have tries the following to fix it:

Un-installing and reinstalling the Youtube application.
Clearing the Chrome browser cache (don't know why that was necessary but one website seemed to think it could fix it).
Lowering the quality of the video, even down to the lowest possible setting.

I've tried this on both my home wifi and one other. In both cases, my Samsung Galaxy S4 (also Android 4.4.2) has no problems playing the exact same videos.
So, any advice?

Does your tablet have motion controls or any smartpause thing like Samsung does? If so disable it.

The trick was to put the tablet into Airplane mode and then to take it out of Airplane mode again.
Unlike just disconnecting and reconnecting the wifi link, this actually unloads and reloads the wifi stack.
Since I did this, it plays videos from youtube, iPlayer, etc just fine.

Thanks for your solution. Does this get worse over time? Thoroughly frustrated with this bug

:O works.... what is the reason for this? I not find a way to tell my client to do these steps so that can work. I am ashamed

I don't know why this problem occurs. However, Air-plane mode will completely switch off the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth RF and I am told that when you exit air-plane mode these protocol stacks are re-initialised.

Thanks man, i found the reason here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32238156/youtube-api-player-on-android-automatically-pauses-every-2-seconds#38772274

I had similar problems, but after un-rooting every YouTube video seems to be working perfectly again.

That's very odd. Have you tried finding a reason for this solution?


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Can you set the colour for contacts in Android 5 Lollipop?
I just upgraded to Android 5.0 which made all my contacts' random colours even more prominent.
Is it possible to customize the colour for each contact? For example, if I don't like that Mister Brown got a green background, can I change that, haha?

Well, I don't know quite well about it but I ran down a little googling over it and according to  a post over reddit "icons change color depending upon the picture" So I would say try changing the picture and see if the color changes or not I can't confirm this as still I am not running Lollipop over any of my device.

Thanks, Peter. The problem is most contacts have no picture. I don't really want to add pictures to all of them, so changing just the colour would be awesome.

Well at this point I can't add up more over here. I'll try a little more googling and will let you know about it, if I came up with something that would help you !

Thanks again. I Google'd this myself before posting. I think Android 5 is still too new.

Go to google messenger app. (The new SMS app from Google) -> go into a conversation with the contact you want to change colors -> press the three dots on top -> pick People & options -> around the end you'll see a small color palette where you can go in and change the color.
It seems that it currently works ONLY for people you texted (only through the messenger app).

Yeah, I know about that but it doesn't (yet?) propagate to the Contacts app.

Cool! I'm using messenger now.

Yep, this only changes colours in the Google Messenger App, which I don't even use, and had to install. It doesn't change colour in the Contact app, nor the (Cyanogenmod) stock messaging app.

I can't find a way to change the color of a contact either, but did find an inconvenient workaround. It's really only useful for a few contacts (I just cared about those on speed dial).
Find a contact with the color you do want, then change the name and number. Then make a new contact for the one whose information you deleted (or switch them). The color will stay the same.
So if I want Mr. Green to be green even though his contact color is blue, I can go find a green contact (say, Bob), change the name, number, and anything else to fit Mr. Green, then make a new entry for Bob.
Mr. Brown is out of luck though, since there is no brown.

Haha, yeah, but that'll take ages. Still, good workaround.


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How do I download videos from my phone (or card) to my PC?
How do I download videos from my phone (or card) to my PC? Once I connect the phone and PC only my photos are visible on the PC screen.  I can only see the videos on my phone screen.

What phone are you using? What Android version does it have? Where did these videos come from: did you record them with the Camera app?

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S 5.  Not sure what you mean by "what Android version".  As you may have guessed I am not exactly techno savvy!  I recorded the videos with the camera app, I guess.  Hit the camera button on the phone and selected the little video icon....

Lisa, when you say download I assume that you mean transfer. I apologize, I cannot add comments.
The easiest method I would suggest is that you first go into your File Manager (or download one), and find the path to your videos, e.g. DCIM > 100Media and confirm that your videos are there (or wherever they are). Once achieved, connect your phone and set the USB type to Transfer (or whatever it is called on your device), then navigate to this path on your PC. You should then be able to copy the videos.
Alternatively, let's say your video is called 'video1.mp4', you should then be able to search on your PC for this file. From there, right click and open file location. From there it should just be a matter of copying and pasting. Hope that helps!

Thank you for your suggestion.  I will look for the File Manager.  I frequently transfer photographs (so I know the process) but the video will be a first.

In looking for the File Manager (which I didn't find), I found a tutorial on my phone and I have gotten the videos transferred.  Thank you all!

Lisa there are several apps- Astro File Manager etc that will help. As long as all works, happy days! Sorry to bother you, but if my answer deemed appropriate please mark it so.

Reviewing this question, have you been able to answer this question? If my answer suffices please mark it so, if you have the solution please answer your own question of let us know if it is still not solved.


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Remote Battery management service while SureFox Kiosk is running
I am running PAW Server and SureFox (a kiosk browser) to run some webpages. However, I am experiencing significant battery drainage, and I would like to track battery usage by services as the programs are running. Most importantly, I would like have remote management on the devices.
I am using Nexus 7 on Android 4.4.2. WiFi on both ends are guaranteed. I can't do anything on the device since I need to exit surefox to check services and battery usage; I need a service that lets me see battery usage details (top 5 services that are sucking battery) when SureFox is running.

you might try the commercial apps and their monitoring. That would be Kioware and PROVISIO Sitekiosk
Would be easier maybe if Google had something like Samsung KNOX?
https://www.samsungknox.com/en


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How to force-close when error message keeps popping
I'm new to Android development.
I wrote a funny app which endlessly pops messages saying "Unfortunately, YOUR_FREAKING_APP has stopped." on launch.
To force-close it, I held down the Home button but the Recent Apps doesn't show while the message box is active. Another message box shows after I touch 'OK' roughly in 500ms.
Workarounds I've found so far:

Close the message box and hold down the Home button as quickly as possible. → rarely works.

Connect the device to PC and open Notifications, then touch 'Connected as a media de...' to switch to 'USB computer connection'.
After switching, the mesage box doesn't show up any more.
Touch 'OK' and adios. → this works but what if away from PC?

Restart

Are there any other methods to force close?

Well, I guess restart / shutdown is a very obvious solution.

Usually, for me, this loop is either fixed by somehow managing to force stop the app (rarely if ever works) or restarting the device. If an app does it a few times, it gets uninstalled.


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Installing flash images on an unrecommended device
I want to install the Nexus Hammerhead flash image on my Samsung Galaxy S Duos. Is this possible and if so is it safe?

Short answer: NO. Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooo! If you are flashing an image / ROM on a device it must be for the exact device and model, otherwise you will have a shiny paperweight!

@RossC Isn't that the answer to the question? Maybe adding a link to: Why are there not generic phone OS installers? / Why is it that Android still can't be installed as regular OS? Though basically, this is a dupe of a dupe: Is there any custom rom which can be installed on any android device even...


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Importing photos finds all image files, not just camera pictures, with windows 7
Importing files with windows7 will detect all phone photo files and not just those under camera/DCIM directory , want to use windows so can change files names same way as when importing from camera, I know there are other programs, thanks, would appreciated tips how to do it importing with windows 7 resident program.


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Shorcut Field missing in Android Keyboard 4.3 Personal Dictionary Entries
While trying to add entries in the Personal Dictionary,
 you first enter the phrase and then on clicking done, it asks you to enter the shortcut.
My new Xolo Q1000 Opus 2 phone has Android 4.3 and also an Android 4.3 keyboard.
However when I enter the phrase (for eg. Good Morning) and click done it does not show me the shortcut field (where I would enter the shortcut GM).
This worked perfectly well on my old phone which had Android 4.2.
Does anyone know why this is so and what is the best solution?
Please advice.
Thanks,
Sunny


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Notification Access in KitKat
Can someone tell me where the Notification Access is placed in KitKat.
In JellyBean it used to be under Settings -> Security.

What is "the Notification Access"? What phone do you have? Different phones have different settings.

It's still in Settings > Security on my Nexus 5.
This option will only appear if there are apps that register as being able to read notifications. (I have verified this by uninstalling the apps that appeared in the list, and the option was no longer there)

I can't see it, either on emulator running KitKat or my real device Samsung Galaxy S4

It's not there on mine either, but I don't think I have any apps installed that have permission to access notifications anyway.  Maybe the setting doesn't appear if there'd be nothing to configure?

No that's not the reason. I am developing an app which needs permission to access notifications to work correctly. With that app installed on my device I still cant see the setting.

It would appear that your app is not registering that it wants to read notifications correctly - see my edit.

Have to double check that @bmdixon, but I think my app should be configurated correctly as it shows upp in Notification Acces on Jelly Bean

On my Galaxy S5 KitKat, Notification Access is under Sounds and Notifications

I found it on Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 as follows.
Settings -> General -> Security -> DEVICE ADMINISTRATION -> Notification access -> allow for your app.

On my Alcatel pixi3 (4) (don't laugh) it's under advanced network settings. You get to this via the 'hard' menu button from the WiFi network selection screen.

I used to get there via apps like Pushbullet

Seems very strange if you need to use a app to access it, are you sure this is the only way to access this?

I think it's like "hidden" or something.


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Is it possible to buy the FAOTD (Free App Of The Day) from the Amazon App Store without downloading it?
Sometimes the Amazon App Store has a FAOTD (Free App Of The Day) that I'm interested in getting, but I don't want to download it quite yet.  I just want it in my list of bought apps.
Is there a fast way to get the FAOTD without downloading it?  Priority given to answers that use the Amazon App Store, but will consider all options.

How can I purchase apps from the Amazon Appstore without downloading them?

Thank you very much!  What is the best way to proceed?  That question is nearly identical, but is almost 2 years old.  What is the appropriate way to get a current answer?  Also, the answer provided in that QA did not use the Amazon App Store.  Let me know how to proceed, and I'll do what's recommended.


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Auto turn off switch for android phone according to battery status
Looking for any switch with Bluetooth connectivity with mobile and auto turn off power to mobile charger according to battery barfing status. Would be great help for charging overnight. If it comes with alarm after full charging, even better, like i can charge my mobile while cooking without worrying to turn off after full charge.

Tasker is exactly what you need.
You can do lots of automation with tasker. App is a bit hard to understand but when you figured it out it has the power of freedom.
Tasker Play Store Link

More details on Tasker are to be found in our tasker tag-wiki by the way ;)

Wow didnt know that wiki page thanks for comment :)

Many of our tags have a corresponding wiki page with useful details, first-aid, and more – always worth a look :) Also worth seeing: My collection of Tasker Resources :)

That's an hell of an automation :D

Indeed. Especially when you consider even that collection is far from being complete :)

You didn't do that list manually right? please say no

In fact I did. Just the app ratings are updating automatically. // Btw: We're getting off-topic here with our comments. I'd recommend you add a few more details in your answer (a "raw example" how to accomplish what the OP wants – e.g. a profile-outline) so I can upvote it, then we can meet in chat ;)


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How can I get my data back to my pc?
I use android. Recently I've found a problem.. I can see all the files and folders in my mobile phone.. But when I connect it to my pc to copy the files or folders to the pc I find that The folder is empty. But the size is 1.7GB. I can't see the files in my phone connecting with the pc. I check that the hidden files are visible in my pc. I am using Windows 7 ultimate..

Try this: When you are connecting your phone to PC, check if the phone is unlocked. I face similar issue when the phone is unlocked. Also while accessing phone from PC close any file manager app that is opened on your phone.

I don't find such kind of circumstances...

Since Android 4.0, the connection standard that is used to connect your phone to your computer is MTP. To be able to see the files on your mobile from your computer when they are connected you will need to make sure you have the correct USB driver for your phone and also that the phone is unlocked.


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Google Events and Contacts not Showing Up in Outlook
I own a Nexus 5. I have an Office 365 email account that I use to run my small business. When using KitKat, if I entered a contact or calendar appointment in the contact/calendar app that I was using, it would automatically show up in Outlook and Outlook appointments would show up on my phone. Since the download of Lollipop, appointments and contacts entered into Outlook show up on my phone, but appointments entered on my phone (as "events"), and contacts, don't show up in Outlook. As my staff has to be able to book me appointments and see my availability to do so and I am on the road a lot, this is a serious negative.
I cannot see how to change the appointment/contact creation mechanism to the exchange account on my phone. Anybody out there who can help?!


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not registered on network and seems the imei is changed
I have an international version of galaxy s3 gt i9300 it had android 4.0.4 working fine when i bought it(second hand) then i upgraded it to 4.3. Since then it performs as a normal device would but can not connect to network with error NOT REGISTERED ON NETWORK. I've searched a lot and not successful but with a clear cause of all this. It seems the IMEI in the device differ from the one on the back under the battery.
So how do i restore the original imei? I've seen a couple of solutions that don't work.

Have you tried a factory reset?

yes I have done lot's of ways, I even have degraded to 4.1 official but no luck


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RAM of HTC one (m7)?
From the technical details it seems that HTC one (m7) has 2Gb of RAM, but if I check the RAM usage the smartphone shows that I am using around 900 Mb of 1.5Gb. There is something that I do not understand?

Also Why is my device not utilizing all of its available RAM?


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Automatic turning on an android
i have found a solution of the problem of automatic turning on an android (not samsung), when battery is charging for this i've inserting the line
/system/bin/reboot

in the file
/system/bin/ipod

on android 4.2 everything worked fine. now, i'm working on 4.4 Kitkat, and the same trick didn't worked. can you tell me, what could be the problem, and how to reach a final goal: automatically turn on the phone, when battery is charging?


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Google Process Location Accessing location for whom?
I am seeing google.process.location is always running in my phone and whenever I tried to google it, all the posts are related on how to fix an error in this not what I want to know.
Is it the process responsible for giving Google Maps location data or generally serving the location requests in Android ?
Thanks in advance

That process is used for all Google apps — Maps, Chrome, Google+, etc.  It does not provide location info for independent apps like MapQuest.


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help I need to root my android due to "no memory space" but dont want to loose anything
I want to root my andriod as it keeps saying my memory is low it wont let me download anything even tho there is memory there ?? Will rooting delete pictures apps music or contacts ?? If so is there a back up I could do on everything ?? Please neeed hellp

Rooting your android device is completely safe as long as you follow the instructions correctly. Rooting won't free up internal memory by itself. It does enable you to remove any unwanted system level apps. You could then use applications like link2sd to free up additional space. Do a quick search about how to root your device model at xda-developers.com. Hope this helps.

Thanks I will take a look at it now , been having trouble with my sony xperia it keeps telling me I have low memory wont let me download anything evwn tho I have memory xx

The new version ot play store has increased the minimum required space for app installation. What model of sony xperia do you have? Rooting xperia phones shouldn't be very hard.