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How do I remove gapps from CyanogenMod
I installed CyanogenMod 11 on my HTC One with CyanogenMod Installer. So I got also the google Apps (gapps) on my device. But I need a CM11 without gapps.
I did then the following without success:

copy cm-11-20140308-SNAPSHOT-M4-m7.zip to /sdcard/
boot to recovery mode -> recovery -> ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.4.6:
"wipe data/factory reset"
"install zip" choosing the zip-file
"reboot system now"
So I got a new CM11 but with gapps still installed.
What should I do in addition to "wipe data/factory reset" to get rid of this apps?

Formatting the system partition before re-installing would probably do it. I think CM is automatically backing up and restoring Gapps, the idea being that it makes updates easier for people who use Gapps. Since they get installed to the system partition, the factory reset won't delete them.

The solution for my my problem was:

Wipe data/factory reset AND
Clear cache and Dalvik cache AND
Format system partition

This can be done using ClockworkMod using various menus.

Set as solution. Maybe you want to add the software you used for these steps.

There is no additional software involved, other than booting into Recovery.

I also had to install CM again after these steps, but maybe because I said "No" to rooting the phone again on a reboot, and perhaps CM does that anyway (yes this is not the most intellectual comment)

Seems like you can remove it without a reinstall

adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
rm -R /system/addon.d

Source here : How to fix wrong Google apps

This only remove the gapp autoload scripts. Then reboot and you can uninstall them.

Doesn't it say that after you did this you had to reboot and flash ROM again? Not sure if that doesn't count as a reinstall...

@atrioom it skips wiping or formatting the system partition, so you're not quite starting from scratch

I know this is an old thread but it shows up pretty high on Google and is the only relevant one to my own quest when I was trying to remove Gapps/Google Apps from my phone, so I figured I'd add my two cents.
The above answers did not work for me. What I did was the following:
(WARNING: this may brick some devices!)

Forcibly flash a bogus image using a low level flash tool (e.g Androxyde FlashTool) into the phone's system ROM, e.g 10mb worth zeroes should do the trick to overwrite the file allocation table.
Install recovery if it has been removed by the above operation. You can do this by holding the phone specific button combo to put it in flash mode (e.g power and volume-down), and then flashing the boot.img file that's included in most rom files using the flash tool you used in the previous step.
Boot into recovery, and install your rom of choice.

This will create a completely clean system ROM with only the applications included in the ROM itself.
If you decide that you want Google apps later after all, just search for 'GApps android' or go to http://opengapps.org .

Wipe your cache partition and wipe your dalvik cache and reinstall.

I'm guessing this is missing the step "Format system partition" and that's why it got the downvote.


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How to modify a system configuration file on Android?
On an Android device I would like to modify /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf with as minimal side effects to the rest of the device as possible. (there are unexposed APIs in Android framework)
Is it possible to just use a command line su executable to get permissions to modify the file?
Can I do this without an unlocked boot loader?
Would this be easier on a Nexus device?

In case this point is not clear; it's not enough to just have a su executable and run it.
Since you asked

Is it possible to just use a command line su executable to get
  permissions to modify the file?

The su executable must be properly installed, meaning that for it to do its job 'on behalf of' the superuser/root it has to have the SUID bit set (Switch User ID) for root. This process, called rooting needs to be done before any su executable becomes valid.
You can read all about the SUID bit and Linux file permissions as well as the rooting process by doing a search.

I know I chose not to comment on SELinux or su implementations via deamons where the suid bit for the executable might be 'missing' but I thought this would only confuse the issue.

Have you rooted your device??  If yes then use root browser and navigate to wpa_supplicant. Conf.  Then open and edit that file.  It will not effect device at all.

Wrongly edited wpa_supplicant.conf can result in repeated force-close messages or even a boot issue which technically is affecting the device.

Is it possible to just use a command line su executable to get permissions to modify the file?

Yes. It's that simple. With properly setup root permission you can easily modify most configuration files.

Can I do this without an unlocked boot loader?

Very unlikely though I've heard some. To root your phone you must first unlock your bootloader and ... that's the beginning :)

Would this be easier on a Nexus device?

I'm not very sure. The general procedure is Unlock bootloader -> Flash custom recovery -> Flash root package -> Boot into phone and get a root-capable text editor and modify the file.
AFAIK Nexus devices are the "most vanilla" so you shouldn't face any problem if you follow a comprehensive rooting guide.

As long as root access is configured properly, you could do what you want through terminal or any executable su that you plan of. This doesn't requires an unlocked bootloader in most cases. However, getting a properly configured root access, most of the time requires an unlocked bootloader.

What is  properly configured (argue with improperly configured) root access and what does a bootloader has to do with it, let alone being unlocked? Please explain. If possible, use technical sources to back your claim. Thanks.

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Cyanogenmod 10 on Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562
Can I flash CM on my Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562? I would like to know if it's possible!
Thanks

Have you checked on XDA developers for your device or googled around? It seems you can, but be sure it's the EXACT model of device http://thedroidarea.com/samsung-galaxy-s-duos-upgrade-to-cyanogenmod-10-1-jellybean-4-2-1/

Will it support dual SIM options??? (I am not sure). Moreover, I was asking because I could not find out if it is really supported or not. I had also flashed CM to my two previous mobile phones without encountering issues.... I might do a backup and check if it works!

I've no way of knowing if it will work, it will have to be the EXACT SAME model, to the letter, otherwise it'll just brick. Glad you mentioned backup! That's the key bit really! Frankly CM builds outside of stable release are very buggy and prone to many issues, by their very nature, and a browse of the tag alone will show you how many problems people are having with it!

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How can I toggle email notification setting on/off?
I use my phone for emergency notification of critical systems 24/7.  So when I sleep, I can't just put my phone on "Silent", I must mute only my eMail notification (which I do need on when I'm not sleeping).  In this way, SMS emergency messages always go through.
But to do this, I have to press: , , , ,  and then a silent ring tone.
Is there not a simple toggle?  I've tried to make use of apps "MyProfile" and "Notification Toggle", but they don't offer toggles into the eMail system settings.
I am using a new Samsung Galaxy Victory Model SPH-L300 with Android V4.1.2.
How do I get to toggle the notification of incoming email?

Gmail app? Outlook? Samsung stock email app?

Stock Samsung eMail app, but I'd be happy to change to another if that would help!  My eMail server is MS-365.

outlook app offers settings to silent notification based on time

Can you elaborate as to why you only want incoming email notifications disabled and not other notifications from the app? If I understood you correctly you won't be satisfied with disabling the notifications for the email app or would you?

Toggling "Sync" on/off does what I need - blocks eMail update (even pushed updates) yet still allows in my SMS for emergencies to get through.


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Most apps crashing after Galaxy S4 update to 4.4.2 (with SQLite exceptions)
I just updated my (stock firmware) Galaxy S4 from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 using Kies and now most apps crash when I start them.
When I look into the stack trace, the reason for all apps is the same: an SQLiteException with the message: "Could not open the database in read/write mode"
Is anybody else getting this, or know a fix?

Have you tried booting into recovery, and clearing the cache and the Dalvik cache?

Yes, it didn't have any effect

Sounds like it could be caused by the userdata partition being mounted read-only, which could be the result of a corrupted filesystem. A factory-reset would fix this if that's the cause.

Well, annoyingly I couldn't figure out how to fix it.
A factory reset did the trick. Thanks Dan Hulme


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Samsung Galaxy GT-s7562 rooting using (Arch)linux
I have a Samsung Galaxy Trend II Duos (GT-S7562) bought from China.(I live in Ireland) Hence, I am not able to access any google services through apps (no access to Play Store, Google based apps).
I guess I have to root my phone and maybe install a custom ROM. However, I see that most of the guides on websites are for windows machines and need Samsung kies/drivers. However, I use Arch-Linux as my only OS for Computer. I can connect my android phone using MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)
Q1) Do I need to install Samsung driver/Kies on my linux machine. If yes, then how?
Q2) Can I install custom ROMs meant for other countries on my phone?
Q3) How should I do all these on Linux? (which does not have odin and other popular tools)
Sincerely,
Android Newbie
Model Number: GT-S7562
Andorid Version: 4.0.4
Baseband version: S7562ZCMH1
Kernel version: 3.0.8-1219573
Build number: IMM761.S7562ZCAMH!

see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49779385#post49779385
You first need to update your Baseband (modem) to the right locale. Then you can install corresponding ROMs.


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Changing Vendor Id
Here's the context: subject - Mobile data (Internet)
I have 4.1 (JellyBean) mobile phone. Everything works great. Of late I happened to travel to UK and my present service operator does not recognize this device for me to use the mobile internet. Everything else works as it should including Wifi but not mobile data.
I was wondering if there is a way to tweak the settings to spoof the device settings to make it impersonate a known device recognizable by my service provider?

Are you sure that this is a problem with your device model? Perhaps you need to turn on roaming data, or you need to call your carrier to ask them to enable your specific device on the network.

I think the issue is that you have the wrong APNs. You can try going into System Settings->(More..)Wireless and Networks->Mobile Network Settings->Access Point Names and Press the settings button.
This should show the settings menu for the APNs and should have a Reset to Default option. Click that and wait for 2-3 minutes. It should start working again hopefully.


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How to traverse camera from device via adb to my Ubuntu?
What is the best way to traverse web camera?
E.g. there is great number of web servers for android with video translations. How to get access to its via adb?
Or wi-fi would be a easiest way?

What exactly are you trying to do?

I'm trying to implement web-camera for Ubuntu from my Android device.

It's not possible to use adb for this, but I'm sure you can find an app for your phone to do this.

@spiffymoo, 1-2 days, I will try it. Could you please put a little answer, I will fill it with complete cites of how-to do web-cam from android device, and will accept your answer. Thank you very much.

@spiffymoo, looks like there is no source code.

Connect the smartphone via USB, start the IP camera server app and use adb port forwarding or usb tethering to access the server from PC.
Then you can connect directly to the mjpeg video stream at http://yourphoneip:8080/video.
This script also creates a v4l virtual device if you need it.
I've measured that the streaming latency is a bit higher than a regular USB camera (<500ms vs <100ms).


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How to make a Nexus 4 a wifi access point / repeater without using mobile data
I have a spare Nexus 4 phone after recently upgrading to a Nexus 5. I would like to root the device and use it to share a wifi connection. To be clear, I am not talking about the stock android wifi hotspot functionality which shares a mobile 3G/ 4G data connection wirelessly. I would like to connect to a wifi hotspot from the device and then share that wifi connection to other devices, creating a WLAN. So wifi in, wifi out.

Does the Nexus 4 support this?
Can it be done without rooting / installing a custom rom?
If not, what ROM / apps do people recommend?

@DanHulme not really, my question is specifically about the nexus 4 and the landscape has changed since 2011

How to use Android device as router without cellular connection?


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Multiple phone numbers of the same type & Exchange
My company's directory uses the "Business" field to list the internal extension, and the "Business 2" field to list the fully qualified phone number. Obviously my cell phone cannot call the internal extension.
"Business" shows up in my phone as "Work", and "Mobile" shows up too, but "Business 2" does not seem to appear. Now, my phone is pretty new to me so it could be I'm not navigating People correctly.
Has anyone dealt with this before?
Moto G, KitKat. I think I am sync'ing against Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010.

Whilst the custom fields are synched to the device, the inbuilt contact managers can unfortunately not view, or edit them. I experienced a similar problem on my HTC One.

Well that is incredibly disappointing. Can People be updated as a module, if for example I was able to add support? Or is modifying/improving the core software prohibitively difficult.


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Why is checking Android filesystem possibly harmful?
I just had an idea to do a filesystem check of all Android partitions when I noticed there is an option to do that for /data /system /cache in STweaks app (which comes also with Dorimanx Kernel) but it warns:
!WARNING! This is a VERY DANGEROUS OPTION![...]
So why is it so dangerous?

It's even riskier than cybersam says. You shouldn't check/repair a mounted filesystem (i.e. when it is in use), on any operating system, because programs might be using the files while you're checking them and possibly making changes. This could cause the checker to think there are errors where there are really no errors; it might cause unexpected behaviour of any program that happens to read or write files during the check; and any files written during the check might be corrupted or completely lost.
On a PC, you can check a non-essential filesystem by unmounting it before the check, or you can check a system partition by booting from a USB stick or CD so that no filesystems from the hard disk need to be mounted. On Android, the closest equivalent is doing it from the recovery: this way, you can check any filesystem other than the one the recovery is on (assuming the recovery doesn't mount the SD card).

(I noticed that chkdsk always unmounts the usb its checking.)So if I check unmounted partitions from recovery is there anything that could go wrong apart from power issues?

@user42276 The only other possibility is a bug in the recovery. You take that risk whatever software you use.

It might be that this option will try to repair any filesystem issues that it finds. If a repair attempt does not do the right thing, or is prevented from completion (say, the battery dies), you could end up with unusable files; or, if the repair attempt failed in the system partition, you could end up with a dead device (but you might be able to recover with a factory reset).

why would the attempt fail? (apart from power issues)


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Third Part Device: Get 4G on the "Uncarrier" via Root Permissions
I have a third part device. BLU STUDIO 5.5. I think my carrier (T-Mobile, a.k.a "The Uncarrier") said that this phone is originally an AT&T or Sprint phone, I don't remember. Point is, that it's a 4G capable phone. Not LTE, just 4G. I'm only getting Edge on my device right now. I have followed the APN Settings but no cigar, it was already set correctly.
My device is rooted. Is there any way to get 4G on it?

GSM Arena shows two variants (D610a and D610i), Phone Arena only has one. None supports T-Mobile's main 4G frequency bands (AWS), though the D610a might be able to get on their older (slower) PCS bands if they are in-use in your area. The answer is probably "no" either way, though, since T-Mobile has been refarming the PCS for other things, AFAIK.

That's a bummer, I got this phone being excited. Aside from having WiFi in most places anyway, I still wanted there to be 4G. It's a shame. Not even other ROMS can access different types of networks? I'd assume it's hardware-related, right?


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Unable to flash recovery image into the device
I am trying to flash recovery image into my HTC Explorer phone.
The issue is i keep getting waiting for devices message when issuing fastboot command. the CMD is running with administrative rights leaving the only possible reason be the drivers not installed. However i have also done that.
And when i boot my phone normally the device shows totally ok in device manager but when into fastboot mode the device manager shows a yellow mark on the device.
even if i try to install the drivers from there it says drivers already upto date.
Why is this happening and how can i solve this please help?

Check that you have USB debugging ticked in developer settings.
If that doesn't work I would uninstall all the drivers relating to your phone and start again from scratch. Note that the drivers that are needed while in fastboot can be different to the drivers needed for normal data transfer. I've had all kinds of problems relating to this a with my HTC One X.


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Typing accented letters from physical keyboard
I use a SGH-i927 Captivate Glide (4.0.4 AT&T stock rom, rooted) which has a physical US-keyboard. I frequently type in my native language which uses letters with umlauts. I know the trick that keeping e.g. 'a' pressed for a moment brings up a popup that has different variations of 'a'. However, I find that very clumsy since it breaks my typing flow. I always use the same umlauted 'a' from the popup, so the other 8 variations of 'a' are useless.
What I'm now looking for is some kind of a shortcut to 'ä'. Ideal would be the same kind of behavior that can be seen with the top row of a virtual keyboard and its embedded numbers.
How can I make 'a' turn into 'ä' after keeping the key pressed for ~0.5 seconds?

I don't believe there is a way to do this with stock keyboard.  Try a 3rd-party keyboard app that supports language packs and transliteration for hardware keyboards.
I've personally used AnySoftKeyboard with a plugin for my native language, which worked great on my old G1's slide-out keyboard. Try to see if a layout pack for your language is available.


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Can not send or receive a group text on my Android phone anymore
I have the LG Optimus F7, until last week everything was fine. Now no matter the SMS app I use (and I've tried with about 4 different ones now including the stock app on the phone) I can not send or receive a group text. I was using Chomp and had been for months and it was fine, on Saturday it tells me it can not download because of my APN settings. No matter what I did, or changed it told me the same thing. I uninstalled and tried different apps, I don't get that message anymore, just that system is unavailable and will send when it can. But it never does.
How do I fix this? There are 4 of us that text as a group very often.

You need to fix your Access Point Names (APN) under settings.  For me, it's Wireless and Networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names


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Activating a new phone that is the same as my last phone on google account
i'm not sure if this question has come up yet. If it has, i've yet to come across it.
I've got a new phone and the same old phone number.  My new phone has a new sim card too, though i don't believe that has anything to do with apps...
My new phone is identical to my old phone and my google play account is so smart that it thinks i've got all these apps installed that i don't have.  that includes "google play."
Since i've got these things installed, i'm unable to do it again so i can't access google play setting to remove the "installed" apps in order to re order them.
What's a good solution besides never buying google products?

So you don't have Google Play installed on the new phone? Are you using the web interface to view installed apps

On the Play Store web site click the "Gears" icon and go to Settings. Is your new phone listed there? If so, go to any app you already own and click the green "Installed" button. It will give you a list of your devices with an option to install on ones that don't have the app yet.

DO you not have the Google Play application then? you could try using the Web version of google play or you could just do a quick google search for "Google Play APK" and install that - note you will have to tick the box in your settings that allows apps from an unknown source to be installed on your phone
Jayden

Just a note: If he doesn't have the Google Play app, most likely there's no Google Play Framework either, and that's why his new device doesn't show up in the web interface.


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Disable Data Connection for Certain Applications?
So, sometimes when I'm at work, I have a problem wherein I want to use my phone's data connection to stream music, but I don't want to be bombarded with notifications from Google Voice/ GMail / Facebook / etc.  Is there a way to disable the data connection for those applications, so that the notifications don't pull me "out of the zone", while still leaving the phone's overall data connection intact so that I can stream music?

You can turn sync on/off for each app individually from the main device settings. Under the accounts list, click on an account to turn sync on or off for that account.
Alternatively, you can simply turn off notification sounds for all apps. Use the volume rocker to bring up the volume control, then click the settings icon to expand the volume control into separate controls. The speech bubble with an exclamation mark is the volume for notifications: drag that slider all the way to the left to mute notification sounds without affecting music volume. There's slider with a phone icon lets you mute the phone ringer independently.
In addition, some phones have a blocking mode or driving mode which disables notifications completely. On recent Samsung phones, you can reach this from the quick settings panel in the notification tray. Tapping the icon in the quick settings panel turns it on and off, and long-tapping it takes you to the settings for that feature.


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Google Play Download Error?
Whenever I try to install any app from the google play, the download doesn't begin. The "Downloading..." word dosn't appear and the download bar doesn't even begin ... Need help :S

Have you tried clearing the cache and/or data for the Google Play app?

If you are trying to download an app on a device that has date and time not set properly then also this problem can happen. Check the date and time settig.


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web browser exits after a few hours
I wanted to use an Android tablet for a browser-based info frame, displaying an autorefreshing page. I installed a program that disables screen timeout / blanking, I set the webpage as the homepage, I just need to click "browser" on startup and...
...and about 2 hours I'm back to desktop. Browser quits all by itself. The webpage code is fairly trivial, little chance for any memory leaks (simply reloading the target URL of an image inside a function launched with setInterval() ) and there is no manual intervention of any kind or any other activity performed by the tablet.
Is there any way either to keep the browser from quitting, or to have it restarted in case it does?
The tablet runs Android 2.3.3 (or thereabouts) and can't be upgraded to anything newer - it's a fairly obscure model with no rooting procedures available and the manufacturer doesn't provide any higher upgrades.

You might have to install the Android development tools on your desktop machine and look at the log output to see why the browser is quitting.

@DanHulme: I have the dev tools, but where's that log located?

Use adb logcat to see it.


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Tablet screen never turns off
I flashed a custom ROM and didn't liked it some reverted to a recovery using TWRP. Now the screen is always on, even after long periods of inactivity. Even if I press the power button it doesn't turn off (or go to sleep or whatever it is called). Any ideas how I can fix this? Obviously if the device is power off the screen is off.

Which ROM?
Check ROM-Settings -> "Active Display" -> then disable or
Settings -> Display -> "Active Display" -> then disable
I think good chances AOSP handles it in either one of these ways.

what is AOSP?...

^^ AndroidOpenSourceProject. The good guys.

I'm running Android 4.2.2 and only see display under settings.

Hmmm, what a pity. What happens when you wipe cache and dalvik and then try to use the device again? It's like telling Android you did an update of the OS. Maybe this helps.


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Can app access the text in my default memo app?
I use Samsung Galaxy S2 and store some personal data in the default memo. I have updated the phone to the latest version. Can any app just access the data in my memo?

Nope. No other 3rd party app will be able to access your data in the memo. Applications on your phone are sandboxed meaning they can't access other apps data.
Check this:
> The Android Application Sandbox, which isolates your app data and code
> execution from other apps.

Thanks a lot! I want to give you 1 point but don't have 15 reputation yet. By the way, can it be possible that the words in the memo just stores in some public database in my phone then other apps can access the data through that way?

^^ I don't think so.


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My app list on a new phone
I would like to buy a new phone, and don't want to install my currently used apps one by one on it. Is there a way to automatically restore my apps on the new phone?


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Compose key on external blutooth-connected keyboard
I have a Reudo RBK-3000BT VER 1.0 keyboard connected by Bluetooth to an Android 4.2.2 phone.
Can I use a compose key feature with such a keyboard?
For instance I would type CAPSLOCK+^+o and it would input ô.
I know how to install such a compose key on Ubuntu, but no idea for Android.
I would be much more efficient than copy-pasting from Charmap every time.

I'd like to know, too, for Android 10. In the meantime, we can always work on creating a Termux command-line text editor with a built-in compose key! :)

The nearest I could find to a solution for this question was found at another Stack Exchange question.  According to the "Keyboard layout" subsection of the User's Guide for Hacker's Keyboard there is a compose key available in their keyboard app.  The thing that I'm not yet able to determine is whether that functionality can then be mapped to a key on an external keyboard.
Unless some other user beats me to a better answer, I will do further research and try to update this answer with any new information I should happen to discover.


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How do I transfer all my contacts from HTC Wildfire to HTC One?
My HTC Wildfire does not have an SD card. I am changing phones and providers, from HTC Wildfire on 3 Network to an HTC One on Vodafone. Please advise how I can transfer my contacts from my 3 Network sim card?

Back them up to Google, then your new phone will just download them from Google.  Settings > Accounts > Google and check Contacts

If I recall, HTC phone tend to come with an application for that. Backing them up to google is likely simpler however

Yep HTC do, but I found Google more reliable and easier. It also has the advantage that they will transfer to any other phone, not just a HTC. Google Synch will also import all the extra information HTC store in XML (link to Facebook, notes etc) about the contact. Once you backup you can go to http://www.google.com/contacts and ensure they are all there!

Does the phone automatically move contacts saved on the phone to Google contacts? I had to do this manually once by sending all contacts to my own Gmail as a vcard and importing to Google contacts in the web interface.

See: Transferring contacts, calendars and applications from one device to another / How to transfer apps, contacts and settings between two identical phones? / How can I transfer my all contacts from old HTC Wildfifre android 2.1 to LG Optimus Vu

I will recommend you this HTC's official app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.htc.dnatransfer.legacy


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Nexus 5 not getting net data even though its having hspa+ range
I tried rebooting my phone, reset to default on APN , safe mode but nothing seems to work.I still dont get internet on my phone.I'm from India and connection  is docomo.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Go to

Settings > More > Mobile Networks > "Use only 2G Networks"

Make sure the above option is unchecked and you've correctly activated a proper 3G plan. Also, don't forget to configure the APN for using the internet.

Im using 3g for the past three months since i bought the phone.And its in LTE mode.


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Asus MemoPad ME302KL reboots when playing youtube videos
I've bought recently a Asus MemoPad ME302KL. It is very nice and work well on skype videocalls and everything else excepto to see videos. When i'm going to see a youtube video or a facebook video, it reboots itself and after the reboot it plays the video very well.
Most of times that I'm going to see a video, I'm in a skype videocall but after the reboot it works, soo it's probably a software problem.

What's your question?

The problem is solved. Seems to be a problem with de graphis of the equipment. It was changed by warranty.

If you've solved the problem, please post an answer explaining what was wrong, so that other visitors can see that your question is answered.

I've gone to the store where i've bought the pad and they change for other so that the one with the problems can go to the de Asus Support for changing the graphics chipset.

Good, so click Answer your question below, add that as an answer, and then accept it as the right answer. Comments are just for clarification. Right now your question still shows up as unanswered.

I've gone to the store where i've bought the pad and they change for other so that the one with the problems can go to the de Asus Support for changing the graphics chipset.


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Any way to translate tweets in realtime on my S3?
I use the stock Twitter client and I was wondering if there was a hack of some sort to translate tweets using Google Translate in realtime?
OS: 4.1


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samsung grand duos 9082 doesn't see that my SD card is encrypted on it and there is no option to decrypt
I encrypted my samsung grand duos 9082 and then my SD card, using the settings for encryption. But then, to unlock screen, I decrypted my handset and I unlocked it by my samsung account. Then, the password was removed without to decrypt SD card. At now, the handset doesn't see that my SD card is encrypted on it and there is no option to decrypt the files on my SD card. I know my password, but there is no place to input to unlock the files. Please, help to decrypt my files on SD card.


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Log off on Nexus 7 2013 V4.3
Can you log off gmail on Nexus 7 2013 V4.3 ?  I would like to share tablet (to play games) without them reading my mail. I do not wish to open up new accounts. Thanx

Logout from Gmail on my device

Settings -> Sync -> Google : untick Gmail.
Settings -> Applications -> Gmail : Clear Data, Uninstall updates, Disable.


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How do I install Google Play store?
I have a rooted Huawei G700-U10 with android 4.2.1. I removed the Android Play Store and Services, but now I need it. How do I reinstall them?

Try flashing the CM10.1 GApps .zip file on the CyanogenMod Wiki (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps)! CM10.1 = 4.2.1 android version.
When I flashed CM11 on my phone I used the GApps for CM11 on my phone, try it out on yours.

Just download the play store .apk file and install it. If you had it before, you can install it now.

I think that the best thing is
If your friend have an android phone you tell your friend to share the playstore app with an App named MY APP SHARER and install it,
Or u can download it from the internet its just 2 to 4 MB to download, it works seriously.


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Batty drain issue on CM10.2.1-yuga / Sony Xperia Z - NFC Service using over 50%
I've recently put CyanogenMod CM10.2.1-yuga on my Xperia Z and I've noticed the NFC server is using an insane amount of the battery.

Even after disabling the service in the App section, the service is still running and continues to drain battery:

And the NFC section of my settings is greyed out

Any idea of what's going on or how to diagnose this further?

Try Calibrating your battery or try freezing nfc.apk and tag.apk. Did you post this in Cyanogenmod forum?

You can try the following:
1.Try Calibrating your battery ( few says it is necessary to calibrate your phone after rom installation)

Charge phone to 100%
Boot in to recovery
Wipe battery stats
Reboot and drain the battery completely ( by playing or media or
normal usage)
After complete drain recharge the phone again to 100%

2.Try freezing or renaming or removing nfc.apk and tag.apk (Instead of removing the apk just try renaming them like nfc.apk.bak)


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How am I getting anonymous ratings on my app?
I thought that with the integration of Google+ into everything, all ratings were no longer anonymous.
That must not be the case, though.  While some of my app's ratings have a review and username linked to it, I also have unaccounted-for ratings with no review and username - they're just anonymous ratings.
How is this possible?

This skirts close to our "developer concern" off-topic reason, but I think it's okay to stay. I think it's as simple as: not everyone uses Google+, it's not available everywhere, and older devices are probably using older versions of the Play Store.

@AlE. But one can no longer rate an app without signing up for G+ first. I tried, and I failed. (and I won't sign up to that data monster). So the only points might be a) no enforcement on older Play-Store versions (huh? wouldn't they get updated automatically? Or only on "newer" Android versions?) or b) countries where G+ is not available (whom to shoot for bringing it to mine?).

Isn't there an API for app ratings too? Maybe that's it. This is probably something only Google can answer.

An older Google Play version seems like the most likely option. I'm trying to recreate it myself but it doesn't seem possible on my devices or my desktop browser.

Older Google Play, or someone who rated already as a 'Google User', if they update the review it stays as 'a google user'.


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How to enable device administrator for specific apps using Tasker?
I would like to make a profile in Tasker to enable device administrator privilegies to "Android Device Manager" when a text message is received. This way I could keep Device Manager disabled, while I can re-enable it remotely (by a text message for example) in case I lost my phone.
Is there any way to do that using Tasker?

Not sure why would you want to do that but you're gonna need root access for sure if you want to enable Android Device Manager as Device administrator in background.
I tried combinations of intent broadcasts to avoid device reboot but with no success, so note that my method requires a reboot.
All the enabled Device administrators are noted in the file /data/system/device_policies.xml. Simply add or remove an app's entries from it, reboot the device and that app would get enabled/disabled as Device administrator.
Any app which shows up under Settings → Security → Device administrator has a receiver meant specifically to meet the requirements of using the Device Administration API and requires the permission BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN. You can check the receiver's name in the Manifest of the app. It is this receiver which is mentioned in the device_policies.xml file.
The simplest way to get the app's device admin receiver's name and the flag is to enable the app as Device administrator, look for the app's entries under device_policies.xml file and then revoke the Device administrator privilege .
For Android Device Manager (ADM; managed by Google Play Services), the entries are:
<admin name="com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.gms.mdm.receivers.MdmDeviceAdminReceiver">
<policies flags="28" />
</admin>

Now, let's make a task to add those entries in the said XML file whenever needed.
Note: First, Busybox is required for the task, but you can do away its need and use Tasker's inbuilt functionality for sorting if you look closely at the action I proposed to enable ADM. Second, my solution is tested on Android 5.0.2 and 5.1.1 but it should work on other Android releases as well with little tinkering.

Create a task named "Enable ADM".
Create the following actions in that task:

Code → Run Shell,

Command:
if [ "$(grep -o '</policies>' /data/system/device_policies.xml)" != "</policies>" ]; then sed -i 's/<policies setup-complete="true" \/>/<policies setup-complete="true" \/>\n<admin name="com.google.android.gms\/com.google.android.gms.mdm.receivers.MdmDeviceAdminReceiver">\n<policies flags="28" \/>\n<\/admin>\n<\/policies>/g' /data/system/device_policies.xml; fi; if [ "$(grep -o 'com.google.android.gms/' /data/system/device_policies.xml)" != "com.google.android.gms/" ]; then sed -i 's/<\/policies>/<admin name="com.google.android.gms\/com.google.android.gms.mdm.receivers.MdmDeviceAdminReceiver">\n<policies flags="28" \/>\n<\/admin>\n<\/policies>/g' /data/system/device_policies.xml; fi

The command may look a bit incomprehensible at first, but it's plain and simple in reality . The whole command consists of two simple conditions and actions. The first if condition is checking whether </policies> string is available in the file or not. If any app is enabled as Device administrator then the app's receiver and flag would show up between <policies setup-complete="true"> and </profiles>. If none of the apps is enabled then </policies>  would not show up so we can easily append ADM's entries into the file.
The second if condition is checking whether ADM is already enabled or not. If not, then add the entries to enable it.
Check Use Root

Code → Run Shell,

Command: setprop ctl.restart zygote
This would soft-reboot the device.
Check Use Root

Instead of soft-reboot, you can opt for normal reboot from System → Reboot → Type: Normal

Create an event profile from Event → Phone → Received Text and set,

Type: SMS
Sender: Choose a number or leave it blank
Content: Specify what should be in the text to trigger the task such as "Yo boy!". Alternatively, you can avoid this stage and leave everything pretty much global but use an action or more in a task for more complexity as well as flexibility.

Assign the task to the profile.

That's it. You can test your profile now. It should work flawlessly. If it doesn't, then I'm not at fault! Keep troubleshooting since you know the concept now.

I have yet to see a plugin or 3rd app that will allow you to do this.
It is still possible to have tasker enable device administrator privileges to "Android Device Manager." The issue becomes in the absence of a plugin you'd most likely have to enable Android Device Manager through a series of simulated tap and swipes. Since a security measure this method isn't at all practical as the person could potentially see what going on.
I would honestly suggest investing in Cerberus. It can hide itself and respond to test messages and commands which can be sent from the web. You can find many stories on reddit about how this app has allowed people to recover their phones.


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sms anti-spam application compatible with android 4.4 & hangouts?
I want to block spam sms, at the same time I want to keep using hangouts for sms. Is it possible? What application should I install?


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Recent history of Call logs! (Not actually call log)
Few days ago, I tried to recharge my phone's balance through recharge card but couldn't do it due to the network problem. Generally, here in Nepal, we recharge the pre-paid balance by dialing *411*xxx(13 digit pin)xxx#. Since, I couldn't do it that time, I placed that card somewhere in my room and lost it.
Now my question is, can I look for that dial history (log)? Such codes cannot be seen in normal call log. That must be stored somewhere right?

If it's not in the normal call log, it's probably not stored anywhere in the phone.

Mostly everything is saved on the electronic devices now days. Hope it does too.


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My phone handles RAM utterly wrong
Well I don't mind if there is only very few unused RAM. That's what RAM is for. But please, my Sony Xperia SP has 1GB RAM, which is I think should absolutely be enough for the tasks that my phone needs to handle, but it's intensely abused by factory Android and factory applications.
I only use a few apps on my phone: Gmail, Hangouts, Chrome, Spotify, Calendar and NewsBlur.
Some really annoying things that occur on regular daily usage, and can easily be reproduced:

I open a news page in Chrome, which has a couple high resolution photos - but nothing extremely much, maybe a few tens of megabytes uncompressed image data. (Or a few megabytes compressed). And boom! Chrome disappears instantly!
I'm typing a message on a web service, or fill basically any form on any website, that consist more that a few paragpraphs without images - either the browser or the keyboard application disappears randomly. On some websites, it impossible to type a full sentence. Does not matter if I use the factory keyboard, or SwiftKey.
It's essentially impossible to listen to music and browse the web at the same time. One of the applications gets killed after a short while.
Sometimes can't even text and listen to music at the same time.

Since my old Sony Ericsson cellphone could handle all of these without any problem ever, with one quarter of this memory, or so, I think either something is wrong with my phone, or it's firmware is totally unusable. I lean towards the second one, since my girlfriend's Sony phone has the same issues. And also, I don't think it's a hardware problem, since other applications run totally smoothly and with zero problem. NewsBlur and Calendar works perfectly, and I've tried installing some performance-hungry games, all of them run perfectly fine and smoothly.
I tried many things. Factory reset did not help, disabling 90% of all applications did not help, trying different keyboard software, music player, browser did not help much. I removed all the applications that I don't use on a daily basis, etc.
If I use a lightweight homescreen instead of the factory one, and switch to Dolphin browser or Opera Mini, things get a little better, but each problem happens on a daily basis anyway.
I have up-to-date firmware and applications.
What annoying is that Android seems to keep applications cached like homescreen, Play Store, etc. It's great that homescreen loads instantly, but I don't mind it killed, if that's required to keep keyboard in memory (while I'm typing, at least!)
What am I doing wrong? Is this normal? (It should not be...) Should I send a warranty claim?
I think it should work for so simple tasks out of the box, but I'm open to anything that helps. Unfortunately, on Google and Sony support forums I could not find anything aside clearing application data and using less applications. I already use less applications that I've used on my non-smartphone, and clearing application data did only rarefied the issues very little, and then everything went back to "normal", after a day or so.
So clearing application data does not really solve the problem. Also, I don't want useful information to be lost, so I think clearing application data regularly is not an option. For me, it seems that factory applications are so poorly designed, that they prefer loading huge amount of unimportant information to RAM, and killing really important applications to make space for it. And there is always still at least 150-200 megabytes of RAM left, when applications start to get killed...

Chrome is usually power hungry try  other browsers like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.aospinstaller&hl=en

If you are rooted try removing this bloatwares and use greenify for better ram management

Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately, I use factory firmware. My device is not rooted. But I don't think this should be necessary. I tried many other lightweight options, that use just a small fraction of memory that Chrome uses. This did not solve the problem completely. I'm going to try Greenify, since it says to work on factory ROM. Thanks!


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App not detecting sdcard data
I have recently downloaded NFS Most Wanted on my Samsung Galaxy Grand i9082.... the problem is that when I copied the data folder I downloaded into Android>>> Data>>> and I installed the apk file and when I check the app status it shows sd card data-0.00 B

What is this data folder you downloaded? You wouldn't normally have to copy a data folder yourself when installing an app. Are you trying to install the app from an unofficial source, or to copy a friend's save game, or something like that?

@Dan,it seems like he is installing it from an unofficial source.
Most of the game data is stored in /sdcard/Android/obb, make sure you are pasting it in the correct/intended folder.
Some data is stored in /sdcard/Android/data. Few games have data stored in both the locations.

dont put the data files in obb.
instead put it in the sd card/android/data folder
it works

First install game and play it once.  Then paste your downloaded data folder to Android-Data.  Hope it helps


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Help me. Can't update my galaxy
I own a Samsung SCH-i545 Galaxy S4 and can not update to Jellybean 4.3. The wi-fi it says: Software update is temporarly unavailable.vTry again later. Kies does not let me update either. I really want the 4.3 update so I would appreciate some help..

Identical question (first 2 sentences at least) here: Samsung galaxy S4 SCH-I545 Official Update! Further see: How do I update the OS on my device?

Try waiting. It's usually because loads of people are upgrading. There's a limit; you should be able to in the next 2 days.


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HTC One VX - Rooted and I can't remove bloatware!
My Note 2 was stolen during a mugging recently and I'm using an HTC One VX (ATT) until I can afford to get a better phone; insurance wasn't much help. The problem I'm having is that I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it (even though it's a temporary phone, it's slow as heck and I wanted to remove all the AT&T bloatware. I've used Titanium and ROM Toolbox Lite to delete those apps, but they keep coming back after a reboot. What can I do short of installing a custom rom (I don't want a custom rom on here unless absolutely necessary)? Or is there a "checker" system app that checks for and reinstalls these apps that I should freeze or remove? I'm open to experimentation and wouldn't mind "too" much if I accidently bricked it, I feel like taking a brick to this phone anyway, lol. This phone has Android 4.0.4.
TL;DR, rooted stock rom HTC One VX, trying to remove bloatware with Titanium and ROM Toolbox but bloatware comes back on reboot.

Can you check where that bloatware resides? Is the .apk installed in /system/apps, or rather /data/apps? I would wonder if it returned to /system/apps (as that's usually read-only), but could imagine a "fancy installer". Might help to pick up the log right after boot (adb logcat / adb dmesg) to follow the "initialization process".

The apk files are in /system/apps. Should I attempt to delete them first and then try the uninstall using Titanium? I'm concerned that this semi-imaginary checker might cause problems if it can't find the apks to reinstall when it checks for them, if you know what I mean.

If you uninstall them using TiBu, check the very same location before you reboot, to see whether the .apk files are really removed. But I guess the more important part is to check the logs, which hopefully contain hints on why the app comes back (and who does that).

Stumble across this in a quest ordained to you by the mighty oracle of el goog?
I had the same problem as OP described. After installing a custom recovery and rooting my HTC Desire 610, I began removing bloatware, only to find it reinstalled when I rebooted.
Using Link2SD, you can view where the .apk files are in the system partition, such as /system/app/ATT_I_EAT_UR_SPACE. I removed them as well as the accompanying .odex files after removing them via Link2SD via the file manager in TWRP and it worked.
I'm no android guru, but it seemed to work, so good luck fellow traveller and may el goog grant you answers more easily in the future.


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How to prevent android from auto-sync'ing gmail contacts and photos
I just got a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and when I go into my settings then add an account and add a gmail account, it gives me an option to choose what I want to sync. I unchecked 'photos' and 'contacts' and everything else except for 'gmail' but it still auto sync'ed my photos and contacts (and my apps and app data, even though I told it not to). I then deleted the account and tried again but this time, I didn't check anything at all (not even gmail) and it did not sync anything, which is good. But I want to sync only my gmail, so then I went into the settings for my gmail account and checked only the 'sync gmail' box and it synced Everything again (app, app data, contacts, photos).. how do I make it still syncing everything? I just want to sync my inbox.


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Technical problems with Nexus 7
I have a one year old Nexus 7 and recently my tablet acts on its own. It starts to action commands without me doing anything. The only way I manage to recover control is to power it off and on again. This problem has become much more frequent in the past few days.
I've a Kaspersky license and it hasn't brought to my attention any threats.
Prior to having Kaspersky installed, I had McAfee Security, but I was never able to uninstall it because I can't deactivate its device administrator status. I don't understand why.
What can I do to overcome these issues?

What exactly does it do without you doing anything?

It causes different apps to open and selects options and menus without my intervention.  It hasn't yet written things on its own though.

You should go to McAfee settings there is an uninstall option somewhere in the settings , on pressing that McAfee will ask you if you would like to remove it from device administrators , continue with the uninstallation from there.
And , for your immediate issue , I think your device has got a serious virus/malware or may even have been hacked , which is causing remote control by someone( I don't know if I am exaggerating a bit).
So firstly try killing all the network connections , manually remove  sim card (if your device has it) and turn off the Wifi router and then observe if those issues persist.
If issues persist factory reset your device , but prior to it take a backup of all data(or I think you should not because it will carry the malware with it so do accordingly).


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How do I search for .gif image on my S3?
I want to find a particular .gif but I only have phone access.  Can Google images search for .gifs or just images?  I can't see an option to upload a.gif and try to find where it came from...is it possible?  I have a .gif and I want to find the source on my S3?
OS: 4.1

+0. Why do you want to do this?

GOOGLE GOGGLE app can Help to upload a image
Google Search By Image APP
Open Google image in your Default or Chrome browser
1st Method
type filetype:gif [your query] or inurl:gif [your query] then Tap Search
result will be in .gif format
2nd Method
Open Google image in your Default or Chrome browser
then Tap More > Type > choose Animated

But how do I upload the .gif? I think I confused a concept.  I want to upload a .gif and find out where else on the internet I can see the same .gif.

look at the answer again you might get what you are looking for

I just found the alternative solution using Search by image app. This app lets you search by image on your smartphone. you can upload your photos (.gif or others) in your album to search via Google easily. I already test searching .gif file. it normally works.

App Install : 500 - 1,000; Latest reviews from May 2015 only. This answer seems to be spam. I could be wrong here!

If you are saying you have an image on your smartphone that you want to find on the internet than NarenderNishad's answer should help.
If you mean by "only phone access" that you do not have a data connection then you will need to extract the .gif from your phone to a PC or other internet enabled device. You can use a USB cable, or bluetooth or NFC connection depending on what your device supports.
If you have or can get to WIFI access then you can connect to the web and from there upload to Google+ or Facebook or imgur or another image repository.


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How do I get push notifications of a specific user on Twitter?
I heard someone mentioning you can be notified when a specific Tweeter start tweeting...but I haven't been able to find a tool that does this.  What is the way to do this without following them?
OS: 4.1
S3

Follow them, then go to their profile and star them (it's next to the follow button).
You'll now get notifications whenever they tweet.

Will they know I've starred them as in will they I get notified when they tweet?  No way to do it without following?

They won't get notified that you starred them. You have to be following them if you're using the official Twitter app.

Oh, is there an app that does it without following?

You could try falcon pro. That lets you do it without following them

@verve That's a much more specific request than what's in your question. In general, you'll get the best answers by putting all your requirements in the question, so other visitors don't have to play a guessing game to try to help.

Yes, Dan I wanted to add but there is no edit button in the stackexchange app...

@verve you can edit from the stackexchange app, if you go to your question it's to the right of where your screen name appears.


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Clear Google Play Failed Download Space
I recently tried installing an app that was around 1.8GB to my Nexus 7 (8GB). it's a device with unfortunately small internal storage, so I had about 2GB free before attempting the install. I come back later, the download has failed due to not enough storage space. no big surprise there. but now, my device only has 350MB free! strangely enough, the graph in storage settings appears as if it had that full 2GB or so free, but lists only 350MB.
how can I get my free storage space back from the failed download? my device is rooted, no root file browser or terminal, but I do have the Android SDK and tools.
another thing to note: my device is constantly complaining about its free space in the form of a notification. also, every app download from Google Play (even a tiny 2MB app) fails due to not enough storage space. for some reason, that always happens when my device goes under 500MB free. I don't understand it, but, it's 'normal'.

When we download big games (such as modern combat series), first play store download its additional files. Application/games additional files are saved on internal memory folder called "Android".  Inside of that folder, there's two directories. One is "data" other one is "obb". You can access that folder with any file manager app or by connecting your device to a PC (via USB or WIFI). (No need the root)
Search your app additional files in those folders and delete them. Most of the time additional files are saved with the app named folder. For an example "deadtrigger 2" game additional files saved folder called as "com.madfingergames.deadtrigger2".

But why isn't that (huge) file deleted on install fail or uninstall?

You can solve this problem by rebooting into recovery mode (typically volume up + power, or volume up + home button + power) and selecting the option to clear cache.


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How to change a WebEx button on Note 3 found on the phone call screen
I just got a Note 3 and use WebEx app for work.  When I went to use the phone I saw that my "Add Call" button that used to be on the top left side of my options on the phone call connected screen is now showing a WebEx button.  Anyone know a way to change it back to the default setting of "Add Call" without deleting the WebEx app?

known issue with Samsung Kitkat build, this is not a WebEX app issue and has been reported to Samsung:
http://kb.webex.com/WBX82788


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How to increase memory for debugging of Developer options
I would like to know how to increase memory for debugging of Developer options without DDMS connection. Please kindly advice me.
Background: I have a problem with my smartphones sometimes does not work well when to use application out side of my house without my PC. So, I would like to keep logs as much as possible. I would like to keep them for a day at least.

See this related question on our sister site for programming questions, Stack Overflow

Thank you, Looks does not support to enhance the cache size of log on the smartphone yet


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what is the requirements to charge android tab via USB cable?
I wanna charge my android tab ( not a prestigious brand ) via a USB cable connected with my laptop. I tried but it wont charge, Is there any requirements to do that?

I using Ubuntu 12.04

It's probably not getting enough amperage. Lots of tablets won't charge via a computer's USB port because the USB 2.0 spec only provides 500 mA of output. Many tablets require more than that. If that's the case for your tablet, then it's probably not possible.

When I use my phone as a GPS, sometimes my car charger won't even charge my phone. That is, it is charging, but the phone is using up more power than the charger gives. Your computer may be giving some charge to the tablet, or the tablet may detect there isn't enough current and decides not to try to pull any charge out of the computer.


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Signature locked out on GS III running 4.1.2
3/19/2014 This morning, I recreated my MS Exchange account on my phone (GS III running 4.1.2) while troubleshooting e-mails that it didn't detect last night. Now, I learned that I can't change the Signature content; I can only disable this setting. What happened? I'm aware ever since the last time--a few months ago--that I performed this operation, there have been updates to all other apps on my phone, but none directly related to this case. Again, what happened? If this can't be resolved, then I'll just disable the Signature setting.
Approximately 10-11 minutes ago, I triggered a software update check.  It detected one (size is 556.58 MB) and is in download progress.  Why wasn't this update pushed?  Does the carrier, T-Mobile in my case, have a say in this?
Once the SW update is completely installed, I'll post back with an update on the Signature issue.

You seem to have multiple questions in your post. This site does best when a question post is limited to a single question.

Well, upon completion of the SW update, my phone now has 4.3 (the high end of Jellybean).  And the Signature's functionality has been fully restored; I was able to edit it AND save the changes.  So far, I'm impressed with how the settings were reorganized and the aesthetics of the icons.
Anyway, I'm curious to know how long ago T-Mobile made this update available to GS III owners because I recall on my prior phone with them, I got a notification in the notification bar when there was an update available for Froyo.


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Is less than 2 hours of battery life normal for Galaxy S2 with
Screen darker than | 5 times darker than normally possible thanks to Screen Filter app,
removed more than 70 system apps (I have less than 40 now) with the rest except absolutely essential being frozen,
WiFi GPS and all the rest turned off,sound muted, CPU and GPU undervolted and underclocked,(flashed 4.4.2 ROM and Dorimanx 10.43v98.4 Kernel which noticeably boosted battery life, especially after tweaking with the settings) disabled error reporting and everything else battery using I could think of while playing any game?
I doubled the battery life thanks to all the changes I made (read above) because the battery lasted barely an hour, often less.The issue was ever since I got the phone and I thought it was caused by the Samsung bloatware and Android 2.3.4.Being very UNsatisfied with the battery I bought a new one and it doesn't help except that I have double the battery life again (4 hours max) which is still very bad for Me.
The screen gets hot but the battery is even hotter and the area around the SoC (CPU, GPU etc) gets the hottest, I believe
So is this normal? What else can I do apart from the improvements I wrote above to improve the situation?

To be honest, it sounds like a hardware fault in the phone, especially since you say it's been happening since you bought the phone. If the phone were still new, I'd say you should take it back to the shop, but by flashing a new ROM you've voided the warranty.
To answer your question: no, it's not normal for that phone. I've known a few Galaxy S2 owners, and you should get as much life out of it as any other smartphone: a couple of days between charges if you don't use it heavily.

How much of heavy use?Also exactly what might be this hardware issue?

Even if you're playing games all day, you should expect more than 4 hours. By "hardware fault" I mean a manufacturing defect that could be shorting the battery.

Can you explain more please? I hope I will be able to solve it once I know how to


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How to use external SD card on Ehndroix?
I can't access my SD card via USB. When I plug in to computer it reads only the internal SD. In recovery mode "mount sdcard" doesn't help.
Phone: Samsung S Galaxy GT-19001
Rom: Ehndroix IV

it depends what you mean by "normally", but I guess that not - at first I thougth that I can access it in android's file explorer (storage/sdcard1) but when I add a test folder there and returned later the folder disappeared

Since android kitkat, apps cannot access sdcard without special permissions.Most custom roms however bypass this requirement

OP stated he tried to access it from PC, and it did not show up (access my SD card via USB). So that's not related. OP also stated to have successfully added a test-folder using a file explorer, and got no error. So I doubt it has to do with Android permissions. So while your statement per-se is correct, it doesn't seem to be related to the issue here.

I should have wrote not only apps


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Galaxy s2 4.4 totaly stock rom?
I am looking for 4.4.x rom for my galaxy s2. I have installed beanstalk 4.4.2 rom, but what I don't like about it is that it is very "custom". I am looking for rom, similar to super nexus - absolutely stock google android experience. Can anyone recommend something? Thanks!

Did you take a look at CyanogenMod? It is not absolutely stock Google Android experience but absolutely stock AOSP (Android Open Source Project) experience. It means that all Google proprietary additions are not included (for legal reasons), but you can install them easily using a package called gApps. In the end you have something very close to a Nexus experience plus very little additions that are all useful.

Great tip. However, it is only in snapshot M4 stage, so it is very buggy.

actually, I've been using CyanogenMod on an SGS 2 for almost 4 months now and it's really stable.

I think I know what you should opt for , you should go for AOSP based ROMs ;
here's a list :
1.CyanogenMod (minimal but necessary cutomization)
2.Paranoid Android (same as Cyanogenmod very less cutomization)
3.OmniRom ( basically same )
4.PAC (mixture of Paranoid android , Cyanogenmod and AOKP) ( a bit more of cutomization)
You should first checkout the official websites of these ROMs , or you can head to XDA forums and find official and unofficial build of these or even more ROMs , but according to your preference look for "[AOSP]" in threads .
Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2#romList


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Phone using GPS while the screen is off
Recently I noticed that when I press the home or power button to turn my screen on, I notice that the GPS indicator is on for a split second.
What is happening here? Is there something trying to use the GPS only when the phone is idle? It sounds fishy to me.
Phone: Samsung galaxy s3 mini. Standard rom.

What is running?
On today's Android phones, Google Play Services samples and records your location occasionally, even if you have "location sharing" (what used to be called Latitude) turned off, in order to support a number of use cases:-

It allows apps on the device to define regions in space, and notifies an app if you go into (or out of) a particular region. This way, only Google Play Services needs to be running and checking location, rather than every location-based app on the phone keeping track of your location separately and using power unnecessarily.
It looks at which Wi-Fi hotspots are visible, and sends them periodically to Google, to support the feature of finding "coarse" (less accurate) location without turning on GPS.
It looks at your speed to determine whether you're stationary, walking running, cycling, or driving. Google Now uses this information to show you a "you've walked five miles this week" card, if you turn that on, and the statistics are also made available to other apps, again so that they don't all have to burn battery by tracking location individually.
It samples where you spend time in office hours and the evening so that Google Now can work out where your home and work are, and when you commute. This lets it offer you relevant traffic and weather information, and it tells it when you're travelling away from home to suggest places to visit &c.

Why only when the screen comes on?
This is to do with the way Android power management works. Usually, when the screen is off, your phone is asleep. Apps can't run in this mode: it only does the minimum necessary to keep the device connected to the phone network. Some devices can save power by even turning off the main CPU of the phone, switching to a smaller, more efficient (but slower) CPU while they're asleep.
In this mode, Android tries quite hard to avoid waking up, because each wake-up costs a lot of power. Most apps that run periodically have their run delayed, and all run at once, so as to wake up only once instead of many times. This includes the location sampling discussed above.
When you turn your screen on, the phone has to wake up, so at that point any periodic background tasks that were held back will run straight away. Google Play Services isn't trying to use the GPS only when the phone is idle: it just runs for that split second when the phone wakes up.

Thank for this information. One little thing however, on turning the screen on, the gps symbol is on for a fraction of a second, and turns immediately off. It's like an app (or the system) was searching for my position while on sleep and turned off, sort of, to avoid me discovering that the GPS was being used when I turned my screen on. The app might have stopped using the gps a fraction of a second too late so I do get a very short glimpse of the icon in the notification bar.

I know the behaviour: I've seen it myself. As I say, the run starts when you press the button (before the screen is even on), and it takes a fraction of a second to run.

Usually this is related to weather apps that refresh and update location when the screen is turned on. It could be any number of other apps, but most commonly it is weather apps trying to locate you to give you an accurate update for where you are at.
Check any weather apps to see if any are set to use your location.

The standard weather app is set to Not know my location.

Also do you use Facebook? Or do you have location reporting & history enabled in the Google Settings app? Both of those could access your GPS at any time.

No the Facebook app is not installed. Google Settings app? What's that?

It is actually an app called Google Settings. It is a front end for the settings related to Google Play Services that @Dan Hulme mentioned in his answer. Inside you will find various settings including location settings.

Location settings is disabled in Google settings.

G+? Any social apps at all installed? Do you have Android Device Manager enabled? It could be reporting its position as well. Those are usually the most common location users. Are you rooted? If so, you could capture the system log just after it happens and it may indicate what app is requesting the GPS.


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How do I read a vCard?
so someone tells me i need to call a few people.  they send me a vCard called contacts.vcf.  i import it.  i open my phone app and start to dial, but wait...i don't know their names.
How do i look up a recent vCard on my phone?  How do i know who's contact i've been sent?  when i navigate to a .vcf file, i can't open it.  all i can do is import it.  polaris office won't import/open it.  is there an android txt editor i can use to peruse a vCard?
yours truly,
Confused by vCards
Note 3, kit kat

Have you tried opening the vCard using the default Contacts app?

I think winrar or 7zip will be able to show you the insides of a vcard file. just try it.

You should be able to open a vCard file in any basic editor. Navigate using a file manager to open up the vcard in a text editor. It should display the contents.

Use a text editor to open the VCF file. It should look like this:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
FN:****FIRST NAME******
N:******NAME*******;;;;
TEL;VOICE;PREF:********NUMBER********
END:VCARD

Replace all stars with the data's name that I provided between them.
You may use ES File Explorer to open VCF file as text.

I think this app, Contacts VCF should do what you want. Shows the list of contacts inside a .vcf file.

The application allows you to open files with the extension of import
  contacts .vcf (vCard) as a phone book to add and edit the contacts,
  make calls. It can be used as an alternative to contacts Android. Get
  a copy of all the contacts from the device easily. Print out your
  contacts using the export to .txt or web page Was added inspector for
  the files .vcf

Depending on the version of Android phone you have, there's another way to open the .vcf file. Press and hold down the message.  A message options will appear.  Forward the message to someone who has an update Andriod phone. In my case I forward the message to my daughter. I have her hand me down phone Galaxy S and she has the Galaxy 5 (five).

So what should she do with the forwarded message? You seem to have given half of the instructions.


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AVD's configuration is missing a kernal file
Recently I've migrated from windows to ubuntu, installed Android SDk in Ubuntu 12.10 and created the AVD launched it shows this Error: This AVD's configuration is missing a kernal file, I installed ARM EABI v7a System Image for all the Android 4.X.X. Still it is not allowing me to get the AVD. Help me to spot the issue.

did  u try restarting after installing ??

try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9712605/emulator-error-this-avds-configuration-is-missing-a-kernel-file

I already referred this page but no use


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Android WIFI grey/blue icon (and performance) depends on AP?
I have a very peculiar issue with my Android Tablet.
Issue:
Tablet has good access to Internet and blue icon whenn connected to AP (access point) "A", poor access and grey icon with AP "B"
Hardware:
Ramos i9 Android 4.2.2.
Router/WIFI AP Zyxel P-2812HNU-F3 ("B" above)
Apple AirPort ("A" above)
Description:
I have the i9 since 2 weeks. After working flawlessy, since two days I notice a degraded internet performance. Tunein radios do not connect, internet page are slow etc and WIFI ICON IS GREY. The connectivty is not completely absent, it is just "slow".
With my surprise, my Huawei Y300 and other HW (iMac, iPod etc) all is working fine with my Zyxel. I did a try and turned my Huawei to WIFI Hotspot and connecting the i9 to this new WIFI, ALSO my i9 works nicely! (BLUE ICON etc etc)
I then connect my (old) AirPort to the LAN of the Zyxel, and configure teh Airport as a new WIFI. Surprise! If I connect the i9 to the AirPort all works! Notice the Airport has NO access to internet! The Airport has to go through the Zyxel!
Give the above I assume is something related to the "radio transmission" area. I then changed transmission channel and lowered transmission standard (from b/g/n to b/g) of my Zyxel, but still no result ...
Any idea? Thanks for helping me!

Related: What does it mean when the connectivity icons in the status bar go white/gray? / With Android 4.4 (KitKat), my notification icons are always gray. Am I in trouble? Maybe that helps you in analysis. Maybe your ZyXEL itself has a poor internet connection?


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Prevent Samsung Galaxy S2 camera to change resolution without prompting
I got a Samsung Galaxy SII (S2) with Android 4.1.2 and the built in camera app keeps changing the resolution from 8MP to the lowest, 640 x 480.
Why does this happen and is there any way to prevent this?


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CWM or TWRP not supported?
I'm trying to install CWM or TWRP for my D801 LG G2 and they both say "device not supported". TWRP doesn't give me any other options, but CWM shows D802 is supported. Can I install that or will it brick my phone?
Also, can I install CM11 with CWM or is that a TWRP only type of thing?
Thanks!

The "device not supported" message means that you probably downloaded the recovery image for a different device (AT&T's LG G2 "d802", or International LG G2 "d800".)  You can override this check, but it's not recommended, as the devices might be different enough that you could cause irreparable damage to it (a.k.a. "bricking".)
The most current TWRP for T-Mobile's LG G2 (d801) is located here.  I could not find an official ClockworkMod recovery for the d801, but you may want to search appropriate sections on XDA-Developers forums for unofficial builds that are compatible with your phone.  Another recovery image according to CM's installation wiki can be downloaded from here, but must be flashed with loki_flash tool, as described in the installation instructions.


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Google Nexus 4 Battery icon does not appear while charging
It so happened that my LG google nexus 4 was water damaged.
I kept it under a bulb to dry the water for 1 day
Next day I took it to LG service center, he opened the phone and removed the water and asked me to charge the phone for 5 hours.
I connected the phone to power cable. RED LED light kept on blinking for all 5 hours and I thought it was charging.
Then I disconnected and tried to charge it on but it did not work.
I disconnected from power pressed and hold volume control button and power button and connected the power.
I kept holding on for almost an hour.
Then I left it to charge.
Still I do not see the battery icon.But the RED LED stopped, now there is no LEDs blinking or on!! Does this mean that the battery is charging? What next Should I do.
The service center guy told me if it does not boot up, he needs to replace the motherboard and the connector. What should I do next?

I would leave the phone in rice for the next 48 hours minimum before sending it away. That seems to be the trick as the phone is quite tight, and certain components may need more time before the moisture will evaporate. Having opened a Nexus 4 myself, I can attest to how tightly the plastic seals.

Leaving in rice! does it really work?

The service center guy has removed the moisture, so no question of leaving in rice, I want to know if there is a way to turn on the phone now and stop the blinking red light?


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Activate text to speech
I want to activate text to speech in Google hangouts in my nexus 5 phone so that messages can be read aloud . I couldn't figure it out. Please guide me.
Can this service be used in Gmail and whatsapp. If yes then how

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It sounds like you talking about TalkBack, the accessibility program that comes with a lot of Android devices.
In order to activate TalkBack (assuming it is installed), open your phone settings, then go to the Accessibility section. Select TalkBack and enable it (and accept the warning that TalkBack will be able to see sensitive information).
After it is enabled, you should look through the settings for TalkBack and configure it to your needs.

Stephen is wrong in a way, Actually Talkback is for differently abled people, or the one's weak at vision, it will read out loud everything, its not what the questioner means. It will not specifically read out elements, and that would be very irritating.

Install Hancent but retain Hangout as the default SMS app.You'll get incoming text in both apps but you'll get nice text to speech in your Bluetooth earpiece when connected.


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Had to reset my android tablet and my google play app appears on the home but when I tap it it says app not installed!!
I can not  open google play store on tablet. app shows when tapped it says app not installed. I have tried going into settings and the app does not appear there to try to reinstaLL it. I have tried factory install also with no luck.

Sometimes app shortcuts stay on the homescreen after the app is uninstalled. Try reinstalling from the Play Store.

Firstly you’ll need a copy of the official Google Play Store apk file to install on your device. You can download this on your PC and move it over to your handset or download it directly onto your handset, in which case it will appear in your download folder. Either way is fine. You can download it from here.Get latest version from it.
You’ll need to enable the installation of external apk files before you can install the Play Store file. This is done by checking the “unknown sources” box in your devices settings, which will allow you to install apps from unvetted sources, in other words from outside of the Play Store. This option can usually be found under settings > security, but may also appear under settings > applications on certain devices. You can always uncheck the box again after installing the Play Store.
You go to path where you store Google Play Store APK adnd then tap on it to install it and you are done.


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Apple Earpod one-click/Double-Click not working on Sony Xperia Z1, Android 4.4.2 Kitkat
I have Sony Xperia Z1 loaded with Android 4.4.2 Kitkat. My Apple earpods were working fine on Android Jelly Bean ie one-click will pause/play & double-click will play next song (Volume controls don't work on Android), but after upgrade to Android 4.4.2 Kitkat the one-click doesn't pause/play & double-click doesn't play next song. Please help me out. I don't want to miss the awesome sound from my apple earpods.

Try this:
hold the volume down button in earpod while inserting


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using a theme .zip file for my home screen
I was looking for customize my homescreen and found  this screen attractive.
I have already downloaded the zip file given there, but don't know how to use them.
Please help.

You need to install the software the page links to in the top right: Nova Launcher and Ultimate Custom Widget. The files in the zip include a wallpaper (which you set through the launcher's settings), a theme for Nova Launcher, and settings to use with the widget. Once you've installed the right software and played with its settings, it should become obvious how you need to use the files.

Nova lanucher is a marvelous homescreen replacement, and I recommend it myself. UCCW Widget needs to be installed from the Play Store and also the theme/zip you have there. Place a widget on a homescreen, select UCCW and the size you want e.g. 4x4 or 4x2, then in UCCW itself select the widget you want... that is the zip you have downloaded. UCCW does nothing by itself it uses the extensions/themes/zips that people create for it. The play store has LOADS. Also in Nova/Apex/Quick launcher you can download icon sets too to further skin your device.


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Will I get Offcial updates after rooting my Xperia SP?
I have Sony Xperia SP, I am planning to root my device. Will I get offcial updates ( Like Kitkat update in future ) after rooting?

No, OTA updates only work with unmodified system images. If you can download a new official system image, you'll still be able to flash that yourself, but you'll probably have to root again after you've done that.

But I got my update when I am in rooted  wt19i. I was  .431  build and I got a update of .587.But I didn't update however

Thanks !! I am satisfied with my current image, but it is working slow. I was expecting at least good performance with this expensive device which have 1 GB RAM and nice processor.

@sameer Usually it'll still offer to install the update, since the app that downloads OTA updates doesn't know the system has been modified. Only when you try to install the update will it fail.

Yes and we can update via PC companion rite?

@sameer I don't know about Sony phones in particular, but if there's a non-OTA update method, that will still work.


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Hotboot for Xperia L?
Is there something like hotboot of HTC available for Xperia devices, is there some workaround for getting so?
Is there some custom software or kernel which I can flash and get a similar speed of boot?

busybox kill in terminal will do

Can you  be more specific about the command and write a detailed procedure?

It is a command you need terminal installed and you should be rooted and then busybox kill command will perform a faster reboot. Otherwise you can try apps like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.liveov.rebooter . Confirm me if it is working I will make it as an answer

I am rooted and I tried the commamd in terminal emulator. Nothing happened :(

Did u try the app which I mentioned. Did you type su and then busybox kill?

in Windows terminal or terminal emulator ?

terminal emulator

is it working now ?

No , it shows "kill : you need to specify whom to kill"


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Alternative to 'Tab' for external keyboard hyperlink selection/navigation?
On Chrome for Windows using Ctrl-F to search for link text and then Ctrl-Enter (or Esc then Enter) to open the link is a method. But it doesn't appear to work on the mobile version (on my Nexus 7 with USB keyboard, at least).
Has anyone had this work, or found an alternative method? Or another browser (perhaps uzbl-like) that is decent for keyboard-only browsing? Or an extension for Firefox Mobile? I am having no luck in any of these directions and endless Tabbing is getting me down.


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Clear stock browser cache?
I'm trying to do some css / javascript changes to a webpage with the android stock browser.
How does one clear the stock browser cache, on the Samsung galaxy s3? I've checked settings and settings -> developer settings as well.

Clear the browser by hitting the settings on your phone.

Navigate to privacy settings Hit clear cache.

And to continue what Dan wrote, if you mean for the stock Android or Samasung browser (it's not the same app, but it's in the same place), it's what @Dan Hulme answer.
but if the browser is chrome press on the 3 dots > "History" > "Clear Browsing Data.." > pick "Clear the cache", Here is a picture:

Hope it's been Helpful!

go to android settings from there select application manager. under the tab "All" scroll down to "Internet".You can find options to clear cache data as well as other data such as saved passwords.etc


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Scala and ART, android runtime
I understand that Dalvik has a just-in-time compiler.
The android team is making ART, android runtime, which has an ahead-of-time compiler.
Effectively using Scala can increase code execution time but I am under the assumption that reported performance is only regarding the Dalvik VM.
What would the implications of using Scala with ART be?

What makes you think that Scala would increase the code execution time?

I read a few articles, but upon reading more the consensus is that it does not.

You shouldn't worry about ART or Dalvik since you have no control over which one they are using. Assume they are using the slower one and go from there.
ART is far off anyway and even after its out as the default for android it will still probably be years before its the biggest chunk of the market. And ART is still in beta so who knows how good or bad it will be after they optimize/fix all bugs, etc. Do NOT worry about ART  right now unless it causes your app to crash.
Scala can be slower but if it decreases your overall development time then just use it. Scala's compiler is still evolving and the possible gap in equivalent code is shrinking.


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Can't mount SMB folders on rooted device
Android 4.3 on a rooted Samsung galaxy note. Astro file manager can work with my network (SMB) folders but the CIFS Manager app says "mount: no such device". (Mount Manager app doesn't seem to support passwords.)
Is this a problem with the kernel? How can I find out?

lsmod says "/proc/modules: No such file or directory". Terminal emulator has been granted root. So I don't know...


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Does kingo root trigger knox on s4?
And also I plugged my phone in but kingo root won't recognize it and it says connection to server failed

no it doesnt trigger knox and try another computer to fix the connection error, happened to me

Did it fix it for you?

And also does knox support 4.4.2? Cause I think I heard somewhere that they don't support it


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Phone not switching on
So I am using my Sony Xperia Neo L, and I accidentally dropped it on the ground and the battery comes out. This has happened hundreds of times before. When I insert my battery back in, the flashlight just turns on and the phone does not switch on. This happened for about half an hour. I then put my other battery to check (Yes I keep a spare) it does the same thing. Hours later, the flashlight doesn't come on, but when I try to switch it on, the red light is just beeping (as if the battery is low, but both my batteries are charged)..
What do I do? :(

something must have happened to your phone's motherboard. Better get it to the service center instead of browsing through the internet for a solution. You cant do anything about it.

Aw man ;( .... Thanks, but is there any hope of it being able to get repaired ?

ofcourse you can get it repaired.
better take your phone to a service center you know personally. otherwise there is a chance of them telling out of the world things about your phone. Its always good to take it to the sony service center

Thanks alot :D! but i'm expecting it to be sort of costly


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How to track links that certain app accesses?
I always get concerned about backing up data that is relatively large, for the sake of bandwidth, which is kind of expensive in my area, really expensive.
For example, when I installed "Google Translate", I manually downloaded the language packs that I need, so I could install them whenever I want. I found the link browsing forums
http://dl.google.com/translate/offline/v3/r1/lang.zip
And now I've installed Google Text-To-Speech, and I wish to download High Quality voice data.
I haven't found any information about this on the internet.
So maybe you guys could help me, and tell me of possible ways to know, what url's or uri's are being accessed by a certain app while downloading cache or even just connecting for something?
Any advises appreciated

10 hours later, no answer so far :( been browsing all day to find a way... still stuck

I've came out with some workaround to get the voice data. However, I haven't been able to find out how to track links that apps request, particularly Download Manager app. Anyone interested in the way I backed up the voice data, just ask me :)


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What options are there for permanently connecting a rooted Android Phone to a NAS?
I keep all my documents, pics, music, etc. on a home NAS so I can access the data from around my home. For work I mostly use DropBox. But as my free 50GB are going to expire soon, I need to find another solution. So I thought I could move all my stuff from DB to my NAS and access it from there. I could use VPN but they aren't allowing outgoing connections and won't enable it for only that reason, which I can fully understand.
BTW I have a FritzBox 7390 as router and I plan of purchasing a low-power Shuttle PC for simple server-stuff. My Nexus 5 is rooted and runs the latest OmniRom build.
Are there any options here? If possible, it would be nice if my NAS could be mounted so I can move files around easily with an app.

What do you mean, "the don't allow outgoing connections"?

well, I can't connect outward with IPSec, which is the only protocol my router supports.

First, you need a "DynDNS" account, so from outside, you can connect to your home network without knowing the (daily changing) public ip.
Then, you install ssh on the NAS (I guess you will use linux, e.g. ubuntu server lts).
I'd recommend forwarding another port to ssh, like 12345, in order to stop at least basic, automated scans from finding your ssh server.
As client, I would recommend ES File Explorer.
Connect to your NAS by sftp.  It's using strong encryption.

My router supports SFTP out-of-the-box and Fritz offer DNS support so customers don't have to pay extra to use the built-in VPN and FTP functions. Anyway, I was more or less looking for something like Mapped Network Drives in Windows. In Android that would mean that the NAS drive will be mounted in /media/ or something...


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offline navigation with public transportation
I can not drive (yet) and I get lost pretty easily.
So, I need a simple navigation app (I like the gmaps look, just roads, no fancy colors and things), which includes ALL bus/tram/metro/train (yeap, all of them) stations of greece, their schedule and navigation through them.
I NEED it to be offline, otherwise, I would use my favorite gmaps. Cellural data here cost A LOT (I have only 60MB/mo).
I've tested nearly each and every navigation app out there.
I don't care about the cost, but being free is a plus, especially open source.
I can extract the points of bus stations (I think) from the maps provided by greece.
I can also extract the schedules, but i don't know in which format.
thank you!
I've searched the whole web and I found no answer...

Have you tried Osmand~?

yes. very weird maps and no punlic transportation support

hmm, it seems it has public transit support, but no routing and not enough bus stops.if this is my only choice... also how/can i import bus stops from gmaps?

You can edit OpenStreetmap yourself to add any information that's missing. As for the routing data, this will only be possible if the public transport operators allow you to download and freely reproduce the timetables and route plans.

How can i do that? Here are all the timetables (http://www.oasa.gr/routes.php?id=lines_name_1)

I think I can extract them with a script. but in which format? how can i import them?


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Reenable Google Play Services after disable
I am developing an app that requires testing without google play services (I'm on a Samsung S3). I've turned google play services off in Application Manager and tested everything. Afterwards, I went back in and turned it back on, but I can't seem to get my app to recognize that google play services are re-enabled. What ways are there to check it Google Play Services is indeed enabled again on my phone?

After further debugging, google play services' connection was coming across as needing an update in my app's code. It turns out I had to clear Google Play Service's cache. Once I did that and turned on, it prompted me to install updates. I did that, and now it recognizes it as re-enabled as it should.

Under Application Manager, there should be two Google Play Services instances under "Running Apps".  These instances will also indicate which services are active, and that they were launched by an application.

The easiest way is reset app prefernces. Go to settings-app management-reset app prefernces. I tried all the above methods and nothing worked. I tried this by trial and error method and work done.

Go to Settings - Applications, then go to options tool and select "Reset preferences". It will start working again. I tried in Micromax.


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how to sync my university email to my Android?
I bought a new galaxy s4 and I can't sync my university account to the cell phone. I tried going to settings>>accounts>>add account>>email but I still can't connect it.
my email is something like this *@mail.university.ac.il

This question is impossible to answer without knowing the configuration your university uses. You should ask for the details of the mail server from the university's helpdesk. You'll need to know at least the server address, username and password for your mail account, and possibly even more details such as custom port numbers, access restrictions, protocols to use, encryption etc.
I'm certain that the helpdesk can assist you in getting the email settings correctly into your phone.

Can you explain to me where can I find such things ?

From your university's help desk or IT support.


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Using wired and wireless headphones simultaneously?
I have 1 android device, 1 wired headphones, 1 wireless headphones, 2 ppl willing to watch film.
When I connect both of headphones only wired work.
Is it possible to use both of headphones simultaneously?

i have tried and tried, never works, either use 2 wired earphones or use 2 wireless Bluetooth earphones

http://androidforums.com/threads/using-2-bluetooth-headsets-at-once.178052/
There are a few recommendations but this seems like it would work:
Buy a Y splitter which will turn one 3.5mm headset jack into two
Buy a Bluetooth Audio Transmitter like this one
Plug your headphones into the one Y jack
Plug your Transmitter into the other jack
Enjoy headphones + bluetooth working simultaneously
Theoretically, you could also connect 2 wired headsets or 2 bluetooth headsets with this method. This is more of a worst-case scenario hack. It seems devices with Bluetooth 4.0+ are already able to support multiple profiles:

Use the adapter that allow to connect wired headset. The smartphone switchs automatically to the wired headphone if inserted.

Not really understood your answer... What kind of adapter do you suggest?

An adapter with one male jack and two female, to plug in the two headphones jacks, is a largely used adaptor for mp3players

I have such, but I want to use wired+wireless headphones, not wired+wired


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samsung galaxy tab gt-p 1000 wifi icon trouble
My samsung galaxy tab gt-p 1000 is working fine. Previously the wifi icon on the top of the screen used to be a dot alongwith 4 semicircles of 60 degrees. Since last 3 days this icon has disappeared and two different icons alternately flash on original icon's place. Tab is stiil running ok.

What do the new icons look like? What's your question?

As Dan asked:

What do the new icons look like? What's your question?

I have had the same problem for the year i have had a LG-P925. The only way to resolve this is to reboot the phone. Since i rooted my phone, i go the app Quick Boot and put a widget button on my screen to reboot it. You will also realize that if you leave the wifi turned on and it doesn't connect, it might continue to keep your phone alive and drain the battery faster. I have used BETTERBATTERYstats app (free on xda developers site) to find out that it was not an app draining my battery, but the fact it fails to connect to the wifi because of this issue. i suggest rooting the phone and installing Quickboot and put a widget to reboot it. This happens to me once every other day.
I hope it helps you!