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Causes and solutions "UIDs on system are inconsistent... I'm feeling lucky"?
HTC One Mini 2/Android 4.4.2/HTC Sense 6.0/Not rooted/4 weeks old
A couple of days ago i encountered this message on my phone:
UIDs on system are inconsistent
You need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable
[I'm feeling lucky]  (button)
...and then ensued a long day of tech support & research which i wanted to share here.  Web searching did not solve my problem directly, and while i can add a couple of insights that i didn't find elsewhere, i don't really have an answer.  Many of the information i found was from people who had rooted their phones, and therefore not directly relevant to me - i am approaching this from an un-rooted phone
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Symptoms/history
Phone crashed while browsing HTC's blinkfeed, and restarted
It limped along for a few minutes and restarted again
Phone then gets stuck at white HTC/android screen and remains there (left for several hours) - ie cannot power off, screen remains on
Later, i discovered that you can proceed beyond this screen by ejecting the sim card - this then shows the lock screen (active background, time, date etc) but on top of this is the message UIDs on system are inconsistent... and one button which says "I'm feeling lucky".  Whether you can press the button seemed to be allowed if you changed the position of the sim card - (ie if out, push it in, if in, eject it).
After dismissing the strange message, i am left with a black screen with notification bar at the top, and navigation bar at the bottom.  No apps; no widgets.  The notification bar was working, in that i could swipe down, enter settings etc.  Further, if i received a text, i could then access my messages via the notification bar, but could not reply to a text because the keyboard did not load.  Having used an app like messages or settings, i could switch between them with the bottom right navigation button as usual.  I found that i could receive phone calls, and once done so, i could dial others by switching back to the phone app.  This about sums up the functionality of the phone.
The other comment was that the phone could not be switched off.  Holding down the power button and selecting power off simply resulted in a restart of the phone.
After further investigation with HTC technical support i found i could restart the phone in safe mode, but exactly the same process happens (ie restart, ejecting and re-inserting the sim card and agreeing to the "I'm feeling lucky" button to get back to the main lock screen).
HTC technical support wanted me to do a hard reset: this can be done in one of two ways, by software (an option under settings>backup & reset>Reset phone) or by hardware (holding down volume-down and power during start up.  The software method had no effect on the described behavior.  We tried this several times.  The hardware method was unsuccessful, the phone simply restarted in safe mode.
HTC technical support finally admitted defeat, unable to think of something else suggested sending it in for repair.  Vodafone tech support also offered to send a pack for returning the phone for repair.
All comments/further info from the community will certainly be interesting, but please also see below, as i did manage to avoid sending back the phone for repair as I did eventually succeed in the hard reset.

A Solution
On reflection, my thoughts were 1) this seems like a software problem, possibly malware of unknown origin and 2) it seems to be interrupting the power-cycling of the phone.
Therefore, before committing to sending the phone out to either HTC or Vodafone to look at, i tried my own hard-reset of the phone.  Without access to remove the battery, i simply discharged the battery completely (wifi,GPS,Bluetooth,NFC,active call).
Now, plugging in the phone to charge, i found that i could enable a hard reset (holding down power and volume down) i get a basic text interface with option to do a hard reset.  This was sucessful.  Clearly this is a much stronger version of the factory reset than via the menus.
My phone is now set up again and working happily, and i dont need to send if off for "repair".
Possible causes
My feeling is this was a piece of malware, although i have no direct proof.  As a resource to assist others, below i list the most recent apps i downloaded.
/Trigger: SMS Plugin/NFC ReTag FREE/No One Dies/Rightmove Property Search/Contacts Optimizer/Google Keyboard/AnyTag NFC Launcher/Proxy Settings/Aix Weather Widget/Bright Weather/
In hindsight, i accept that some of these are from lesser-known sources, albeit all acquired via the play store, i didn't pay close attention to the permissions.
Summary
My primary motivation for posting here is because i failed to find useful advice yesterday when i needed it.  Many others have posted about this message, some also suspecting malware, but most say a factory reset solved the problem.  I hope to add to the situation the following new pieces of information
1) Eject and reinsert of the SIM card to proceed when frozen
2) Running the battery down as a method of doing a hard reset, if the other method fails
3) A list of apps i recently downloaded, might help point towards a possible source of malware, albeit useless until compared with other users who encounter the same problem.


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Is it safe to use an LG charger on a Moto X?
I have a 2014 Moto X, and a Nexus 4. Is it safe to charge my Moto X using my Nexus 4 charger?

Yes, no problem. They both use a regular micro USB format.

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How can I customize notifications in Android Lollipop?
They are driving me insane!
I have set my device to be in priority mode indefinitely, and also set downtime for every day of the week from 7am to 7am the next day.
I have customized notifications so that only gmail, my work email app can show when priority mode is on, and set the general notification settings to show only calls and messages when priority mode is active.
I am still getting notifications for anything, and it is particularly annoying.

Use GravityBox with Xposed Modules. You can basically remove the notifications of the apps which show frequently.
GravityBox

The OP would need the Lollipop version of this module.

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Link to download adb for Mac,please?
sorry but i cannot find a link to download adb for Mac..can somebody provide me a link,please?thank you!

http://android.izzysoft.de/downloads has downloads for Linux, Mac, and Windows – for a minimal installation of ADB (see the linked question and its answers for details).

Here is the home project page for adb and fast boot install for Mac from Google.
Here is the download page from the same source.
description
this script installs ADB and Fastboot to /usr/local/bin/ on Mac OS X. You can uninstall using the Uninstall ADB.sh script provided.
how to install

from terminal

Run ADB Install Mac.sh from Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) and then restart Terminal. If you wish to uninstall, simply run Uninstall ADB.sh ADB and Fastboot will be moved to /usr/local/bin/

from command

On Mac OS X (and some Linux distros) you can drag and drop your install file into your terminal windows and press return (or enter) and the script will run.


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Nexus 5 with cracked screen - Screen is always off when in a call
I cracked the screen of my LG Nexus 5 (running Android Lollipop 5.0.1). This seems to have made the proximity sensor go haywire. Now, whenever I make a call, the screen immediately goes black and stays that way. Hitting the power button makes it come back for a fraction of a second sometimes but not reliably.
I've enabled 'power button ends call' just to have the option of ending a call, but calling automated services to top up my phone credit or pay a bill is impossible since I have to use the on-screen keypad to which I have no access.
I have used the ProximityScreenOff-Lite app before upgrading to Lollipop and it was working. After the upgrade, however, no matter what settings I use it doesn't work any more. Is there a way to force the screen to stay on during a call in stock Android 5.0.1? Are there any other apps to try? Anything to just completely disable the proximity sensor since its useless as it is anyway?

Just so you don't think you're crazy, I have this exact issue.  Cracked screen, can't use Google Hangouts for calls because the screen immediately goes black.  Sometimes cleaning the glass over the sensors at the phone helps for a call or two.

See https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/133160/screen-turns-off-during-call-due-to-problem-with-proximity-sensor-xperia-z3-co

Proximity Fix app helped me on Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and in the reviews, fixed it for Nexus 4 as well. Maybe it is worth a try?
EDIT: Disable Proximity Sensor AOSP thread may give a pointer on disabling proximity sensor by echo command.

Sure! Keep up the good work. :)

Proximity Fix app doesn't exist anymore...

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3G Not Working on Nexus One
I used cm-7.2.0-passion(stable) on my Nexus One since Jan-2013 without any problems. A few days ago, I have installed ev_passion-4.0.0p4.2-perdo-squished from evervolv.com. Today again i installed cm-7.2.0-passion(stable) on my device.
But now i noticed that i can't access internet using 3G connection. I set APN settings manually as on my service provider's website. Even though 3G was on, there were no 3G icon appearing in the top bar.
Before installing roms, I did a wipe data/factory, wipe cache and format system using ClockworkMod Recovery.
My baseband version is 32.41.00.32U_5.08.00.04
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What can one do with the Android Wear AOSP? Is it possible to build/flash a rom on a wearable?
I've previously modified/built/flashed the Lollipop AOSP for a Nexus 5 but now I want to modify/build/flash the Android Wear AOSP for an LG watch but have no idea where to begin - I can find no instructions online nor in the Android Wear AOSP source about how to do this.
If its the same process as building a phone AOSP then there are still multiple unanswered questions such as:

After downloading the Android Wear AOSP source and then typing "lunch" doesn't list any additional/different configurations. The lunch menu lists the same things for the Android Wear AOSP as it does for a standard AOSP, so how can the Wear AOSP be built?
Are drivers for different watches necessary to be downloaded to include in the build process?
Can a wearable device be flashed using fastboot flash XYZ.img just as a phone can?
Are system images available for download for wearables?

I'm confused why Google have released an Android Wear AOSP if there doesn't appear to be any instructions or means of actually doing anything with it.


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Need manual update for samsung s3 I9300
I am having Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300XXELLA (O.s JB 4.1.2). Its update not available throught phone. So can I manually download JB 4.3 of I9300XXU. will it work or my phone with I9300XXELLA.

I suggest you to go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and search for your device (i9300). There you can see all available firmware versions and download them. Please note that you need to register for an account to be able to see the download links (I don't know why).
If you don't like to register you may ask me to send you a specific link.


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Can't get GPS Lock on HTC M8
Currently I have an HTC M8. I bought the AT&T version and converted over to GPE without a hitch.
Lately I've noticed my GPS apps have not been working. So, I did some research and downloaded GPS ToolBox to try and refresh the A-GPS Data. When loaded, I noticed that it would not lock on to any GPS satellites. It could see 15+ (which i think is pretty decent.)
I did a complete restore after making a backup to no avail. I am not sure what could be the problem, is there a best route in order to troubleshoot this?
I can provide further detail if needed.

Did it work before you ran the Google Play RUU? It could be a ROM problem also, it's hard to pin down to be honest. Try another ROM maybe and see if that works.

Ok I had the same issue! I noticed this occurs when the phone is on the fringe or outside cell tower range in a remote location. The symptoms present, as location reporting becoming very inaccurate and often jumps miles from the actual position. The M8 was purchased mid-December and fully updated to 4.4.4, it seemed there was a serious bug with the way the phone detects and prioritises GPS correlation with respect to other forms of location fixing until....
I did some further research and found the M8 had reverted (after upgrade) to battery saving mode under location sources in settings (some how I had passed over this setting when looking for a fix) which references wifi and cell networks for rough location fixing. After changing the setting to High Accuracy the issue was resolved so to do this choose Settings-->Location-->Location Sources-->Mode & choose from the 3 options and you are good to go.

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts. This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to answer the question. If you can not find the answer to your problem you should ask your own question.

Good call Ryan, found the answer and posted my findings.

I have identified same problem with the stock firmware 4.4.4 even after a factory reset.  This seems to be an issue with the stock ROM.
Other info: I contacted HTC.  First I was told that my phone would be replaced, now I am told it is a known issue and they are working on it.  But I have found very few reports of this problem online.  I would think that it would be affecting a lot more people.


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How to stop phone from savings all images in my emails
I have a samsung galaxy s5. for some reason it saves every email image in my photo gallery. meaning every image from the signature lines of all my emails keep saving as pictures inthe gallery and junking up all my memory...any suggestions so the gallery only saves pictures i actually take and not the same images over and over?

I imagine there must be a setting in the email app for whether or not to download images. Your other option is to find the directory where the images are stored and put a .nomedia file there.

If i set it to not download images, will that affect what i see when i am looking at the email itself?

Well of course it will. There will be no images.

you will find an option to turn off auto downloading and saving of images in your mail settings.


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OneDrive not syncing properly
OneDrive Android does not update OneDrive on PC, but OneDrive PC does update OneDrive Android:
    - If I edit a file on my PC, both the PC and Android will open that version.
    - If I edit that file on Android and save, then Android opens the new version, but the PC opens the original version.
    - If I edit the original version on the PC, Both the PC and Android will open the 3rd version.
Am I the only one? Is there a setting problem?
It seems like OneDrive Android App does not sync to the cloud even if refresh is pushed.
Galaxy S4
Kit-Kat 4.4.4
OneDrive 2.8.2

I have this problem too. Open a Word document on OneDrive using Hancom Office, for example,  edit and save it.
The document is saved in a cache on my tablet (labelled onedrive) but never updated elsewhere. The only way to update is to "save as" somewhere you can find it an reshare from the tablet manually.
This makes it a half useful app on tablets. Works fine'ish between PCs

You need to verify that you are editing the cloud version of the file.
Some apps download the file locally for editing, so it would need to be re-uploaded for the changes to be visible in the cloud.
So it depends on the file being edited. For simple text files, changes should be updated automatically.

"There is no auto synchronisation back to the cloud with these kind of storage apps." - untrue, DropBox auto uploads/syncs the files.  This obviates the entire concept of cloud storage.                It begs the question, how do you upload the new file, I cannot see how....

I just tried.  If I edit the cloud version it updates.  If I "Favorite" (D/L a copy 'within' DB) and edit the Favorite it is updated.  What do you mean by "Download"?  If you save a seperate copy outside of DB of course it won't sync.   In fact, when I save the file on Android, My PC pops up a notification saying Dropbox updated the file - no extra activity needed.

It begs the question, how do you upload the new file, I cannot see how....

There is an upload button at the bottom of the screen. You just pick the new file from your device storage.

Let me get this straight, to use OneDrive I need to explicitly and manually D/L the file to my phone, navigate to that location on my phone to open and edit it, then manually upload the file back to the cloud?!?!?  When I edit the "OneDrive file" using my phone it is a "hidden" and "duplicate" file somewhere on my phone but not available on OneDrive?  Best to use DropBox.

My Android OneDrive app was not displaying my updated files.
I followed Microsoft advice and Force stopped, cleared data and cache, uninstalled and reinstalled with Google Play.
I tried this 3 times and it didn't help.
Then I installed the Amazon app and downloaded OneDrive app through the Amazon app, and it worked!!
I can now view all my latest updated files.
I thought I should share my experience so that it may help others with a similar issue.

Try OneSync. OneDrive support recommended it.

Can you link to this app?

And also some explanation and how-to if possible.

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adb sync shows Product directory not specified
I am using android in an emulator integrated with eclipse. I was trying to import my gmail contacts into my emulator. For that purpose, I exported my gmail contacts to a .vcf file (contacts.vcf) from my gmail account. Then I used adb push contacts.vcf /sdcard/contacts.vcf to make it move into my emulator sdcard. And then, I used adb sync to sync the contacts with my emulator. Unfortunately, I got the following output: adb sync showing product directory not specified. Somebody help me resolve this.

The adb sync command is for people to use while developing Android ROMs. The "product directory" mentioned is part of the Android source tree, and adb sync can only be used with a ROM you've compiled yourself.
It has nothing to do with syncing contacts or any other app data.

Set your PRODUCT_OUT by exporting path as explained below:
Open bashrc from terminal
nano ~/.bashrc

Scroll to the bottom of the file and add ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT like this
export ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT= <PATH TO AOSP SOURCE>/out/target/product/<TARGET>

CTRL+X to Exit
Choose Yes when asking for an override
close the terminal and now it should work in a new terminal.

Note that this answer is only useful to solve the issue in the title regarding adb sync (if they have a need with this command), though this doesn't help in solving the background issue about syncing Gmail contacts to the emulator.


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Tasker duty cycling wifi profile
I'm trying to get the hang of Tasker but failing a bit.
I was wondering if somebody could explain how to create the following profile? I think if I manage to go through an intermediate profile, I'll understand it better.
So basically, I want a profile that duty cycles my Wifi/Location/PowerSaving mode when the display is off or the device is locked and do so differently depending on the time of day.
What this means is the following:
If day (say from 6:30-22:30)
=>Then if the screen is locked or the display is off for longer than X seconds (say 60s)
====>Then disable wifi, location and enable powersaving
====> And
====> Every 3 minutes, activate wifi and location for X seconds and turn off again(enough to ====>retrieve email, facebook messages,  etc... I think 15 seconds?)
Else (so if it is night, not day)
=>Then if the screen is locked or the display is off for longer than X seconds (say 60s)
====>Then disable wifi, location and enable powersaving
====> And
====> Every 30 minutes, activate wifi and location for X seconds and turn off again(enough to ====>retrieve email, facebook messages,  ====>etc... I think 15 seconds?)
So, can somebody help me set this up?

Here is the XML of a Tasker Profile and Tasks that cycle WiFi on the cycle you describe above, as well as screen shots. The only difference between the Day and Night tasks is the time between Wifi Enable. GPS and Power Saving are abit more tricky. GPS may require root and Power Saving depends heavily on the phone make/model.
XML File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzsMV39gBg6rZXZQdnhGTmEwNm8/view?usp=sharing


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Android - 2-ways USB sync for multiple calendars from outlook 2013 to phone
I use an iPhone since 5 years, and I'd like to switch to an Android phone, under KitKat and probably soon Lollipop.
I've checked all my needs and there is still one for wich I didn't find how to satisfy it with an Android phone, the reason I ask for your help : syncing calendars and contacts.
With iTunes until now, I connect the phone, click on "Sync" and the work is done flawlessly, even with many or strange entries in my calendars. Perfect job.  I'm searching the same kind of working on an Android phone.
I use Outlook 2013 x64 on a Windows 7 x64 system. It's my main database for both my calendars and contacts. Note that I WON'T switch to an online solution.
I have 3 calendars into that Outlook, lets says they are called C1 (personal), C2 (professional) and C3 (family).
Into these calendars, I have many years of events, and multiple kind of events : recurring, multi-days, full day events, events with alarms, recurring events that start on 1900 (cause I don't know the right year for them).
Note : I don't use the category feature of events.
I found 2 apps on Android that seems to satisfy my needs : BusinessCalendar and Digical.
There may be other ones but I've found these that do the job like I want.
At this step, I still need to find a software that can make a 2-ways sync between each of these calendars by direct USB connection (why not by bluetooth even if I prefer avoiding it, but sure not Wi-Fi).
But all I've found so far as softwares can join C1, C2 and C3 into a single calendar C(phone) onto the phone.
Or better, sync individually each of these C1 C2 C3 from Outlook to C1(phone) C2(phone) C3(phone) onto the phone.
But I found nothing that is able to sync back the same way C1(phone), C2(phone) and C3(phone) from the phone to their C1 C2 C3 equivalent into Outlook.
I've tested without fibnding what I need :

MyPhoneExplorer (do not deal old dates correctly, and do not seem to be able to sync back individually each of the calendars)
CompanionLink (do not manage multi-days events)
Android-Sync
Mobisynapse (awfull results)
Android PC Sync
myDesktop Companion
Akruto
VCOrganizer
Sync2 (not a solution for the exposed problem)
Samsung Kies (not tested, I don't have a Samsung phone for testing)
HTC solution (not tested, I don't have a HTC phone for testing)
Could not try The Missing Sync because it do not offert a trial version. By the way, the feedback about this soft seems to be very bad.

I cannot buy many phones just to test the proprietary solutions from Samsung or HTC.
I cannot take the risk to corrupt my Outlook databases just to test the multiples available solutions and discover some day that it has been corrupted, so I've never done a real reverse sync : I've just deduced the way of working of these software from looking at their options that are so far clear enough to deduce what they are going to do on a sync.
So I ask for your experience (and not just thoughts) :
Do you experienced one or many softwares that allow to do a reliable 2-way sync from my Outlook contacts and multiple calendars from the PC to contacts and multiple calendars onto the phone ? Price is not a problem if the software is reliable and do not exceed 100 euros.
2 main constraints :
I DON'T want my calendar to go onto the net.
I don't mind if my contacts go onto gmail, but Outlook must stay my main database.
Note :
The answer "This does not exist" is a hearable answer, that would of course force me to continue with the iPhone, but... that's life. But I hope I missed some kind of software that would allow me to make the switch, ideally without needing to be prisoner of a brand.

I have 3 calendars into that Outlook, lets says they are called C1
  (personal), C2 (professional) and C3 (family). Into these calendars, I
  have many years of events, and multiple kind of events : recurring,
  multi-days, full day events, events with alarms, recurring events that
  start on 1900 (cause I don't know the right year for them). Note : I
  don't use the category feature of events.

CompanionLink can do this. You will need to use their Android app (DejaOffice) to hold Outlook data on the phone. You will do USB sync for C1-C3 to DejaOffice Calendar. While this still merges all Outlook Calendars in one calendar in DejaOffice, C1, C2, and C3 are denoted as Categories in DejaOffice Calendar so you can easily filter and see appointments for each. If you create an appointment on the phone and assign it to the C2 Category in DejaOffice, it will sync back to Outlook's C2 Calendar. USB sync is supported. This works for Contacts + Calendar (and Tasks and Notes if you wish). Multi-day events are fully supported; not sure why you got the impression that they aren't...?
Link: http://www.companionlink.com/android/outlook/
Disclosure: I work for CompanionLink, and this kind of setup is a common one we deal with.

Hello, Thank you for your answer. I will give CL another try. My first one was did not sync a multi day event, but perhaps a bad configuration... Let's give a second chance. The problem is that I may have pass the evaluation date limit.

A question : will I be able to use another calendar app on the phone than the DejaOffice one and still have this 2-ways sync work ?

Another option syncs over Wi-Fi rather than USB because it is automatic. Try AkrutoSync (www.akruto.com). Does not sync with the cloud and works with all compatible devices for no extra charge.


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Moving downloaded apps on LGMS500
I have a LGMS500 and have installed link2sd and advanced sd card manager and am still unable to move all downloaded apps to sd card.
Any other solutions?

I had a similar problem in that my device would not recognize my external SD. The phone said the card was there and mounted but the camera would not save photos there "please install SD".. After some tinkering, I formated the SD to NTFS on a PC and put it back in my phone. The phone immediately recognized the incompatible format and prompted to format the SD card. Long story short, my device now recognizes the Card and actually stores data THERE.

Not all apps can be moved to the SD card using the native method.
You need to partition the SD card and set both partitions as primary. The one you want to set for apps storage needs to be ext4 formatted and the other FAT32. Remember that partitioning will wipe all data!
Now Link2SD will be able to "Create link" and move the dalvik cache, internal data (pro version), library and application for to SD card.


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Nexus 4 and Android 5
I had my nexus 4 rooted , i have heard that rooted phone would not get updated over WIFI
so i Factory Reset my phone , will it now get the update or not?
no signe of update notification yet

A factory-reset does not unroot your device.

If you have a rooted device, you most likely will not be able to install OTA updates (over the air). Factory resetting the device will not un-root the device so the best way of updating it is to do the following:
Get the factory image you wish to install (in your case, lollipop) from the Google developers website
Flash that image by following this tutorial or similar ones on the web.

AFAIK, rooting itself doesn't prevent OTA, at least that's what I experienced when updating from JB to KitKat.

Hmm, that's different to what I found.  The phone would say an update was available and I could download it and try to install it.  The installation would fail and it would boot up to the version it had before with no changes.

I could be wrong though. I flashed Lollipop since I didn't want to wait for OTA. Turned out I did what I should do without knowing it. Thanks for the info.

Having read up on it I think it can vary with phone model.  The Nexus range certainly will not accept OTA updated if they are rooted.

Pre Android 5.0, I don't think being rooted will prevent the OTA installing by itself. The OTA will verify that the files in the /system partition is the same as it expects, so any modifications may cause the update to fail. I have applied updates prior to Android 5.0 on a rooted device and they have worked fine. As of Android 5.0 this seems to have changed as it appears to verify the whole partition rather than the files it's patching. I'm not sure if this applies to the update to 5.0 or just updates once on 5.0.


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Samsung galaxy s2 bootloader
I was trying to install the Ubuntu touch into my Samsung galaxy s2 .. when I entered at the terminal 'adb reboot bootloader' the mobile rebooted but didn't enter the boot loader !! any help please? thanks :)

Hold the volume-down button, the Home button and power button until the phone restarts and don't let go, the bootloader should appear after 10 seconds approx.


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Nexus-5 pulse notification LED wont work after lollipop OTA update
I got OTA update for my nexus 5 and one thing I noticed is my pulse notification light won't work after the update..no matter its a call or a watsapp message. Then I tried installing light flow it worked properly..but I don't want to use any third party apps. And my pulse notification is enabled at settings FYI. Is it a bug on lollipop? Any solution?

I just tried, it doesn't work on my phone either. Probably a bug.
The light did't work properly on KitKat either ( for missed calls ) though.

I noticed it blinks for certain apps like google messenger and any.do. but still not like it worked with kitkat. I heard in nexus 6 it has rgb led but useless. Hope next update resolves this.


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Data still in storage after factory reset
I am trying to sell my Note 3 and performed a factory reset both from the Home + Power + Volume Up menu, as well as the settings -> Factory reset menu.
Both approaches seem successful at resetting the device as nothing remains on the phone's interface and I go through all the screen like the first day I bought it.
The only issue is when I connect the device to the computer via USB, it appears all the data is still in storage, just not on the user interface of the phone. Any idea why this is?
I would like to completely wipe everything off the phone so the storage is as empty as it can be.

If it is an external storage try formatting the external SD card. You can do it in the computer or in Android it should be under Storage.

Music, Pictures, Apps, etc in the Phone->Android directory

Are you sure they have your content? They might be just empty directories or with initial data of the app. Try adding fake content.

Did you do the factory reset through the system settings menu? If so you must make sure to select removal of all user data. Otherwise the data is likely just on external storage.


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Device detected as "mint"
I'm using a xperia sp ( huashan ) device. Recently I read some tutorials and wanted to flash CM 11 M10 into the device. I rooted the device, then backed up the bootloader. Then unlocked it and installed the recovery kernel given in the following url.
Custom Recovery Link
Then I used the following link to install CM11. I downloaded CM Rom from the official website for my device.
CM Installation Tutorial
When I go to CWM Recovery and try to install the zip file, it states the following message and stops the installation process.

The zip is for devices C5303, C5302
Device detected as 'mint'

I flashed my stock rom again and checked using flashtools the device it recognizes. My device is installed as C5303.
Any idea on fixing this issue.

Did you read through the full thread to make sure there weren't any updates or extra installation details. It sounds like there is wrong firmware/software in the ROM. Is it a nightly build?

it's not a nightly build! a snapshot for the xperia sp.

CyanogenMod - Xperia SP maintainer here. If you are sure about having a Xperia SP then you can safely remove that assert check in the install script of the zip :)
you should have the right prop id so you can continue on with normal releases. i've never seen this issue before.

I removed the assert tag as it was mentioned in one of the xda threads. but it lead to a bootloop as I had flashed a doomloard kernal. I flashed the kernal which was in the zip and all worked fine.


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Nexus 5 multitask button not working after upgrade to Lollipop
I just upgraded to Android Lollipop on my Nexus 5 using the OTA update. For some reason, I don't seem to be able to use the multitask button. It works very rarely, but I'm having to revert to pressing Home then opening my apps from there. This never happened on KitKat.
Is this a known issue, and is there anything I can do about it? Restarting the phone doesn't seem to help.
The OS recognizes that I'm pressing the button, since it highlights and vibrates it.
On a related note, I've been having to tap the Home button twice for it to actually go the home screen.

I believe the issue has to do with the Tasker and/or Twilight apps.
I don't know why, but this is what solved my problem:
I rebooted into Safe Mode (press and hold the Power button until the "Power Off" text shows up), then hold that("Power Off" message displayed on the screen) down until it turns into "Reboot to Safe Mode".
After running in Safe Mode, I noticed that the Home and MultiTask buttons work correctly: ie. its very likely that an app is causing the issue.  I restarted the phone back to normal mode, and the buttons continued working.
I disabled Tasker and stopped Twilight, and the buttons began working as expected.  I've since re-enabled them both, and they both started working again perfectly, and the Home and Multi Task buttons work as well.
So either something was wrong with one of the apps, or just the act of turning on Safe Mode fixed something.


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Hello SMS - how can I directly jump to an existing conversation?
I like Hello SMS, but there's something I'd like to be able to do, and seems reasonable, but I can't see how to do it.  Conversations are shown via icons representing individual people down the left hand side, and you can scroll and choose one to review a conversation.  However, sometimes the conversation I want to view took place a long time ago, or is otherwise hard to hunt out, and I want to jump straight to it.
If you send a new message to someone you are shown the conversion, including your new message (and that conversation jumps to the top of the list), but until you send you see nothing and obviously sometimes I want to look at a conversation without sending a message.
Is there a way of jumping to a specific existing conversation in Hello SMS, without sending a message?

I have used Hello SMS for a long time and believe me, if there was an option for this I would have done it a long time ago.
The only way possible to send a text to make it jump to the top as you mentioned.


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Updating from version 4.4 to version 5 let me to a dead phone
I have a Nexus 5 celullar.
I was asked by the system to update some features. In fact it was to update to a new version: Android 5. I accept the request and give the celullar do its work.
At the last pass when the celullar has to be restarted it went dead.
trying to open it give the word Google but not anymore.
Trying to push the power button + the volume buttom down, appears a dead andorid with an admiration red sign and the text : No Command.
The power buttom + the volume buttom up give the possibility of START, Restart bootloader, Recovery mode or Power off.
None of then give any result.
The system in my PC can't mount the celullar. But recognize is a Nexus 5.
Before I could always connect the celullar to my PC.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me.
Otherwise  the celullar (only 3 months!) is useless!

The "no command" screen isn't an error, that's just the normal appearance of the recovery system (which you told the phone to boot by holding the volume and power buttons).  The fact that you can boot recovery means your phone isn't completely dead; it's just the regular Android OS that's (apparently) having trouble.

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This situation is pretty easy to overcome.

Download the nexus 5 image from the google developer forum.
Unlock you bootloader to do this. Note: Results in factory reset
fastboot oem unlock
Extract the downloaded file

Use the flash-all.bat file to flash the new image
If the flash-all.bat failed to execute, extract the contents of image-hammerhead-lrx21o.zip
Flash all the files one by one by using the appropriate command.

E.x: To flash cache.img use fastboot flash cache cache.img

Follow the xda post here for more details and troubleshooting.


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How do I root a Zte Director..can't seem to find much info on how?
I have found numerous posts on other Zte phones, but only a few (dead ends) on the Zte Director(n850l). From my research, it seems to be (somewhat) comparable to the Fury, but again, I'm not sure...
I know enough to (possibly) get myself in trouble, and turn it into a paperweight...so, hoping for "easy" to follow directions (if there are any!)
If anyone could help, or even lead me in the right direction, it would be MUCH appreciated!
Thanks!!

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts. You should take a look at the Rooting Index and the rooting tag-wiki. These have some common techniques to root if there isn't a specific method for that device.

Here is the best thing I have found so far for this phone. http://www.how-to-root.club/mp3-0/zte-director-5470.html

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My Nexus4 is stuck on the start up screen after lollypop update
I did updated my nexus 4 to lollipop day before yesterday. It said is it installed and requires a reboot.. I did the reboot and now the screen is stuck at the bouncing balls of Google start up. What do i do? Thanks

This can take absolutely ages - Give it time. In fact, it should be finished by now? :)

Did you ever find an answer?


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N4 lost data connection after Lollipop update - sign into network HOME
I've been unable to use the data plan on my Nexus 4 on a Straight Talk plan after updating to Lollipop.
Data's not working, and I keep getting a notification that says "Sign into network HOME". When I tap on that notification it takes me to a blank screen saying "Sign-in to network". The only options I have is in the drop down menu in the top right:

Do not use this network
Use this network as is

When I choose the latter, my data turns on for a second and then stops working again almost immediately.
Any suggestions?

I suspect the issue was caused by having Lollipop reset the default access point of the phone provider to Tmobile rather than Straight talk. Setting it to Straight Talk seems to have made it work again. Will report back if anything changes.

Any update on this? I have the exact same issue.

I have Nexus4 on Straighttalk with the same problem. I selected "Use this network as is" option. It worked for me


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Barebones list for ParanoidAndroid (stock apps that can be removed safely)
Which apps are safe to uninstall in ParanoidAndroid?
Do we have a barebones list like what CM has?
Can someone share a similar list/link.

Why not use a Vanilla ROM, AOSP? About stripped down as you can get. Swap out open source apps for stock ones if preferred.

Wil try these out. But still would to have that list. I like PA better than anything else.

I just don't think there is definitive list. You could flash Paranoid then ONE BY ONE delete apps, making sure there isnt any incompatibilities. Once you complete your process, make a backup so you can restore the ROM with your changes anytime needed.

Could not find a similar list after searching endlessly. I used the CM list itself, along with http://blog.burrowsapps.com/2014/03/what-android-apps-are-safe-to-remove.html to disable apps. Thanks for the tip. Will definitely create a backup using Titanium.


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Network storage application
I have android device eGreat U9 with attached external HDD. I'd like to use this device also as a NAS and mount it's drive as a network disk on my linux desktop. Here is what I've already tried:

SMB/CIFS server - transfer rates low and significant delay when mounted
SSHFS - even worse than the previous one (probably because of encryption overhead)
FTP - transfer rate over 8-10MB/s, so problem is not in my network at all, but when I tried to use ftp mount, it was really unusable

Is there any other way I can use it as a network storage? I tried more than one app for every solution above, but if you know about some certain application, that works for you, I would appreciate your advice.
On the device is rooted Android 4.2.

I can offer you a list of Various File Servers, including some for WebDAV (which you didn't try yet it seems). Apart from that, lists of vaious FTP Servers and SSH Clients & Server I have as well. With Linux on the desktop, NFS daemons might be a choice as well (list missing, oops!).

PS: Servers Ultimate is an app including an NFS server. Just updating the "various" listing, so later today there should be more alternatives.

Neither of them works. I've also tried Complete linux and installed samba on it, but transfer rate is still about 2MB/s.

Maybe you could try webdav with apache, and davfs2 on the client side. This should be about the same speed as FTP.
NFS is also an option, if your kernel supports it. However, if you want some security (neither of these options has encryption (ok, webdav can run over http), but at least authentication), nfs authentication is pretty hard to set up compared to webdav.
If you want some real security, you can use SFTP/sshfs, and fiddle with the SFTP's encryption settings, namely the set the Ciphers and MACs options (you have to set these client-side). There is probably a combination that is significantly faster, and any is still much more secure than nothing.
And for any of these, I would use some chroot-ed linux with native code, e.g. debian (it's quite easy to install with Lil'debi).


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Switching contacts from Windows Phone to Android
I have been trying to figure how too switch my contacts over to my Galaxy S III. I had a Nokia Lumia 520 and I really don't want to manually put my contacts in, but I don't see where they were saved.

An alternative seems to be offered directly from the device:
Using Bluetooth

The Windows Phone 7.5 operating system makes it easy to transfer contacts. Tap the arrow to go to the second page menu. On here you’ll find a simple Contacts Transfer app, tap it and make sure Bluetooth is switched on in your Nokia Lumia

This should (hopefully) be valid for your Lumia as well, even if the Windows version does not match.

Once it’s switched on you’ll find any devices in your area that are using Bluetooth and visible. Select your old Nokia phone and accept the pairing. One linked you’ll find that contacts are sent over automatically.

This should work with all Bluetooth-capable phones on the "other end". You might have to approve adding the contacts on the "receiving end", though – but you need not to involve any third-party cloud services for that.
Using VCards
Certainly, your Lumia will be able to export its contacts as "VCards" in one or the other way (if not directly, for this step the first part of Solver's answer can be used). Once you've got the *.vcf file on your computer, transfer it to your Android device. There, start the "contacts" (or "people") app, tap the "menu button" (or, if there is none, the "overflow menu" which looks like 3 dots stapled: "|"), chose "Export/Import", then "Import from SD card", and select the .vcf file – your contacts should be there.

For Lumia 800 it does not work, can import but no export.  Perhaps older Windows 7.

@VojtěchDohnal if you cannot export at all from your Windows device, that's nothing we can help you with, unfortunately. Sorry for that.

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How to fix the unable to mount SD card problem in my brand new Android phone?
I had just recently bought Asus Zenfone 4 and until yesterday it was just working fine. All of a sudden on yesterday the phone started to behave weirdly and settings was not at all opening. I thought may be a reboot would do. Hence I tried to reboot and since then I had been stuck at the Boot screen only.
I tried to pull out the battery several times but apparently that did not work out.
Then I decided to to hard reset and tried to go to the boot menu using Power Button + Volume Up combination and did it twice consecutively . But that too did not solve the problem.
At last I opted for SD Download(I do not have a SD card) and encountered this problem.
it also said unable to open debricking.
I badly stuck . Please tell me and explain me what to do.
Any help will be much appreciated.

If you have no sd card, it obviously cannot be mounted. So the answer to your question's title is: Get yourself an SD card and put it in.

You will need to reflash the factory image, for whatever reason something got corrupted beyond what a normal factory reset could fix. Your only option now is to reflash the stock factory image and return the device to it's out of box state.
http://zenfone-blog.blogspot.com/2015/06/guide-how-to-unbrick-asus-zenfone-4-5-6.html

standard stuck, just download your stock rom whose extension is tar.md5 flash it with odin to your phone when your phone is in download mode (volume down + home + power)
if you can enter the recovery mode just try to factory reset which mostly solves bootloop

Umm... ODIN is a Samsung specific tool, it doesn't work on Asus devices, only Samsung devices. If you try to force it to force it flash something that is not Samsung device and somehow manage to, it will most likely be permanently bricked. In other words, don't do this.


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I get a notification every day that says " Couldn't send attachments Photo's"
When I click on the notification it opens gmail. I am not trying to send any thing, I have made sure my outbox and drafts are empty. Is some other program trying to send out my pictures? How do I stop this?

If you long press the notification and click App info what does it say. It could be something invoking gmail to send this mail.

You can go into GMail and look for outstanding mails in your outbox directory and delete them.
If that doesn't work/there is no mail you can go into settings > apps > gmail > wipe app data/clear data.
Then GMail has been factory reset.

I faced the same issue on my Android phone and found the solution: Whatever document I was trying to attach, has become either corrupt or no longer exist. That is why I was facing issue. I copied a fresh document into my mobile storage and was able to attach it with gmail id.
Hope this will help you.

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error copying files after rooting
I rooted my micromax a27 a few days back. It installed an app Kinguser to give root permission.
Earlier it was working fine.
I did a factory reset last night.
Now, when I try to copy file to root folders like /system/media/ directory. It gives error as Permission Denied.
Please help how to recover root access.
I am using ES explorer with root access enabled.

Have you re-mounted /system before trying to copy? That partition usually is mounted read-only – so of course write permission is denied.

how to re-mount /system ?

Multiple ways: adb remount, or (via adb shell or a terminal app after becoming root) mount -o remount,rw /system, or using root-filemanagers which have this capability built-in.

I think i have lost root on my phone. as after checking root status using root checker is says Not Rooted

I wonder why ES is not explaining about that then. But if root checker fails, there must be some issue with root. "How to root the A27" would be a separate question (it's not yet listed in our rooting index).

Yeah you lost root when you did the factory-reset, Kinguser doesn't hold root. Just re-install it again to acquire root once more.

But don't know how to re-install or uninstall Kinguser as it is installed in root folder which is now write-protected.

In es file manager, slide the menu out and tap on "root explorer" (not the switch) and choose mount rw. Then tap on the radio button in the rw column for all rows. Now you should be able to write to those partitions.


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Samsung Galaxy DUos - Balance Deductions
i am using Samsung Galaxy duos, Battery is consuming very much.it won't last more than 20 hours. It is also deducting my balance and heard mobile data could be a reason. What is mobile data? How can it deduct my balances?

If you go to Settings > My device > Battery what is using the most?

Mobile data means Internet access on phone via mobile network. It costs you money when not on Internet plan. Turning it off is very easy. Open notification bar turn off Mobile Data (icon with 2 arrows one up one down) -or- open Settings>(More)Mobile networks> (uncheck) Mobile data (SIM1 & SIM2).


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HTC One M8 Factory Reset not working
My One M8 has started acting very strangely, as if it is unable to write to its local storage any more. Every time I restart it, it's like it gets reset to a previous point in time - files that were on the local storage have gone, Apps that I uninstalled have come back and so on.
I've tried to do a factory reset via the bootloader, which appears to complete successfully, but then when the phone restarts, it's back to the same state it was in before I ran the factory reset!
Any ideas? The phone is stock, locked and unrooted.

The issue appeared to be the built in /sdcard filesystem had become suspect and was being mounted read-only. Rooting the phone could probably have resolved it but it was still under warranty - so I just had it replaced.


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Galaxy S4 - Viber answers my phone.
Viber answers my phone since yesterday(Dec 3, 2014) after an application update. I would like to know what setting to change so I can answer my calls using my regular phone?
Thank you

Go to Settings>Apps>Viber>Clear defaults. That's it. You're good to go.

In Viber go to menu -> Settings -> Calls and messages, and make sure that "Viber-In Calls" option is disabled.


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Android os storage
My android OS is using up over 4GB of my internal storage. How do I decrease the amount of GB its using to free up some space. None of other things are using that much storage. I've backed up my stuff on Verizon cloud and deleted pictures. That freed up some space but again the OS is using way more storage than it used to and more than anything else. I have a Motorola Razr hd.

Have you got lots of bloatware on your phone? (e.g apps preloaded on there by the carrier you bought it from). If so, and if it is bugging you enough to possibly void your warranty, you might want to try flashing a AOSP Rom such as Cyanogenmod which doesn't come with bloatware.
If you're not into trying that, try a cache cleaner app.
Good luck


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How to check sim lock via Terminal Emulator
I wonder, is it possible to check sim lock status in Terminal Emulator? Is there any universal command for most of Android phones?
I know many different ways to check this issue, but I'm just curious.
Thanks

Well, I don't think that there's any trick available that can help you in checking the SIM lock with the help of Terminal Emulator. I would say maybe we can wait a bit more while over this, so if any other member over here has any idea about it!


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App registered to wrong account; how to fix this?
I have three Google accounts registered to my Android: my main, personal account (let's call it account A), and two volunteer community accounts whose emails I manage (call them accounts B and C).
When I first got the phone, I registered with my account A and later added accounts B and C, so that my primary account is account A.
The problem is that since the upgrade from Android 4.4.4 to Android 5.0, one of my apps has lost its license.
When I try to restore the license, I realise that the app is now registered to account B instead of account A (it shows the email address for account B instead of account A).
Why is it registered to the wrong account? More importantly, how can I fix this?
If possible, I'd prefer not to uninstall and reinstall the app, because I will lose all of my data for that app. But, I'll do it if I have to.
I am using an unrooted Nexus 5, fully updated, Android 5.0.

This sounds like something you'll have to talk to Google Play support about.

As you've not mentioned the app name and some details it is wise to clear data of the app in Settings>Apps>App_Name>Clear data and start fresh.

I tried various actions, including clearing all data, and uninstalling and reinstalling the app. None of them worked.
Eventually, I removed accounts B and C, uninstalled the app again, restarted the phone, and reinstalled the app.
This worked. The licence was automatically restored.
What's more, Google restored the app's data — admittedly, from a couple of weeks back before the upgrade to 5.0, but still it meant that I lost little.
I'm going to leave accounts B and C off the phone for a while to see what happens.
I think that I should report this fault to Google.


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How to make the best out of the Samsung Galaxy SIII camera application
Where can I find some good documentation concerning how to use the
features of the camera application installed on the Samsung Galaxy SIII
and how these features work under-the-hood? I would like to improve my
shots taken with the cameraphone.
Thanks.

This blog seems to explain the camera quite detailed. Otherwise, look into S3 manual, from page 69.

Thanks. I was looking for something more in-depth. Thanks.


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Problem with Sync from Andoid Calender
I have a google calender that is sync to my Cellphone samsung Galaxy S2.
It does not working when I apply a new appointment time in my google calender in my android. It says that it's syncing but no appointment time will be displayed in the calender, both in android and website.
However it works perfectly when I apply the appointment time in my google calender at "https://www.google.com/calendar". When I apply the new date, I'm enable to sync it and see it in my android.
What should I do?

I found that the calendar sync does not work when the phone is "full", i.e., far over half of available storage is used by all your downloaded apps, and pictures, documents etc. In my case, I don't remember the exact numbers, but with some 90 % usage, but still say half a gigabyte free, this turned out to be not sufficient for Calendar. I removed some unused apps, and Calendar started syncing again.


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Previously Rooted Nexus 5 is not recognized via USB after stock 5.0 OTA update
I have a previously rooted Nexus 5 on 4.4 and updated it recently with the Lollipop OTA. I am trying to re-root it again but it is not recognized using my Windows 7, Windows 8 or Ubuntu 14.04 machines. I have tried the WUG toolkit on windows by installing and reinstalling the drivers and adb on linux, turning on/off the Developer-usb-debugging mode, turning on-off the MTP mode. I was previously using TWRP. Now when I go to recovery mode, the phone shows "No command" with the green droid.

"No command" in recovery mode isn't an error; that's just what the stock recovery looks like when you boot it directly (rather than as part of an update).

In lollipop when you enable the USB debugging, you will get a pop up on you mobile to allow the USB connection to your device. Did you get this popup after enabling USB debugging? Is the Nexus 5 device detected under you device manager?

Perhaps it is issue of USB connector. Most of the times due to dust it does not get proper contacts on USB pins and its not recognized over USB. Try to check that.


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Recovering lost or stolen phone (security and feasability considerations)?
I am trying to understand a little bit about security in case my phone goes stolen. I have read that even if a phone is stolen and the SIM card is removed, it can still be possible to find your phone because the hardware has a built-in International Mobile Station Equipment Identity (IMEI) number which gets transmitted at regular intervals over the mobile network. Apparently this number can be changed in the software in the same way that, for example, the MAC (Medium Access Control) number of a hardware device such as an ethernet card can be faked on Linux via software methods, but it appears that doing so is not legal in most countries as it could help people stealing your device. So, here come my questions:

Am I correct in assuming that if the device is turned off (either manually, or perhaps because the battery runs out), then presumably the IMEI cannot be tracked until the device is turned on, which means that the device can go lost this way? Or is there some Android app which can reveal the location of your phone even when the phone is powered off (perhaps a phone which is powered off still uses a minimal amount of battery to make this IMEI information available to the carrier, or maybe via GPS given that GPS does not require a SIM card to be present to operate)?

Thanks.

John, we've had this kind of question already a couple of times: Off is off (unless NSA implemented some backdoor here), and without battery, dead is dead. And of course it's illegal to fake an IMEI – but so is stealing an device. And GPS also needs to be powered, besides from being rather one-way.

@Izzy, perhaps you are right, but PCs have a small CMOS battery which can be used to power certain features, including Wake-On-LAN which can be used to boot the PC's OS by means of sending a TCP/IP packet to the PC's ethernet card. I was wondering if, given the analogousness of smartphone hardware architecture to that of PC hardware architecture, if Android devices had a CMOS battery, I thought it might supply just enough power for supporting sending some network info while off.

You really believe that CMOS battery is powering the boot? Try disconnecting all power then, and "WakeOnLan" it up. I'd be surprised if you'd even get a response. No, that CMOS battery is just to keep your BIOS config, basically. There wouldn't be enough power in that to feed a data transmission.

@Izzy, I was not saying that the CMOS battery is powering the boot. But if the battery is not completely drained, then the CMOS battery should have enough power to react to the Wake-On-LAN, and as part of the reaction, cause the OS to start-up using the main battery for the boot-up process. I don't know if this is possible on Android, but since Android is based on Linux, if the mainboard supports this behavior then it should be possible (perhaps with root access).

Theoretically, the CMOS could also, if it supported a special mode of operation, just respond to special requests and send the IMEI over the network without all the battery require to boot up the full OS (perhaps some minimalistic network stack could be built into the BIOS, even though I've never seen this in practice, but it could be done). Then again, if this were the case, a thief could also remove the CMOS battery, and possibly replace the hardware chip containing the IMEI if skillful enough.

Though theoretically there might be ways to accomplish something like that (with a special mini-boot partition etc.), I've not heard from that in praxis. If it were there, I'm pretty sure someone would have discovered this. I have no definitive answer; all I can say is it's pretty unlikely.


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Nexus 7 - 2013 - missed 5.0 rollout?
My nexus 7 was showing "update available" but after thinking "You know if it's crap I don't want to deal with it now" (and reading later that there were some problems) I left it, 2 weeks later (a week ago) it came back, and I ignored it.
Now I want to start using Material Design, but the update has gone, have I missed my window? I doubt it but Google's update policy...
Anyway, can I "force" an update?

Try rebooting and possibly wait for it re-update.

If you reeeaaally don't want to wait, you could always flash the factory image yourself. It only requires the fastboot tool (which is part of the Android SDK or as a minimal package) on a computer and a USB connection. Detailed instructions are on the images site.

possible duplicate: Ignored 5.0 OTA update on nexus 4 now can't get it back

You can direct download the latest factory image here for your device. As far as I know, you need to note several things before force push the update:

Power off your device.
Enter to recovery mode (Power + Volume up and down buttons simultaneously for a few seconds).
Locate the zipped file and extract it to update the version. (May take a while)
Reboot

A bit of warning: Doing this will erase your all of your data and apps. Be sure to backup your data before doing this.
I hope this helps you.


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Nexus 5 > Lollipop upgrade notification lost
I have an LG Nexus 5 and I am running Android 4.4.4 on it.
I've been seeing a notification telling me there's an upgrade for my Android OS for several weeks now (Lollipop upgrade), but I've been waiting till I properly back up my phone before starting the upgrade.
When I was finally ready to run the upgrade yesterday, the notification was gone. I went to Settings > About phone > System updates, clicked on "Check for update" only to find it saying "Your system is up to date".
The "Last checked for update at" message was changed to the current time.
Rebooting the phone and trying again did not help either.
Is there anyway I can get that Lollipop update back?

Well, I would say they may have rolled the update back because of he bugs present over it ! I have been hearing that there are a number of bugs over Android Lollipop. Which I guess is the reason why the update dis-appeared. Maybe you should wait a bit more while ! And I would say that as you are running KitKat, it's way more good than Lollipop better would be not to because I have seen that people running Lollipop, wants their devices to roll back over to the KitKat.

As Peter wrote, 5.0 had many issues. AFAIK they (preparing to) rollout 5.0.1 already. So you might have been lucky to skip 5.0 – and just have to wait for the "next round".

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How to edit Sony Xperia J dictionary
I like to use the built-in dictionary that suggests words when I use SMS or Hangouts.
It works okay but I'd like to edit some of the words it suggests.
Where can I edit the built-in dictionary? Is there a function for it?

I don't know for the Xperia, but usually this is bound to the keyboard you're using. So I'd start checking there (Settings › Languages & Input, click the "gear" symbol next to the keyboard, and check its settings). On my Optimus (stock 4.1.2) with the stock LG keyboard, I only can delete all user-entries; for others I've seen you can remove single words, and maybe you can even add single words there with some.

There is no dictionary settings in the input preferences (there is a custom dictionary that is empty). It seems that Sony doesn't like to allow customization in their phones (you can't block a phone number, you can't edit the  dictionary).

Xperia: you can hold on the word displayed  and u have an option to delete it.
You can add words by going through 'language & input' then add your words in 'personal dictionary'.
I would like to edit from a 'list' of saved words but I haven't found my way to the list.

That list is what we're looking for... I don't know what you mean by 'hold on the word displayed'. The suggestions cannot be deleted.

open this PDF file and go start reading from page 23 (right column) about how to access the user dictionary. The instructions of editing user dictionary are on page 25 (right column). hope this helps.
http://help.mb.softbank.jp/xperia-z3/pdf/xperia-z3_en_userguide.pdf

you should post the answers yourself in the answers section, not just link them to an outside file for the user to find. if in the future that file would be removed, your answer would become worthless and downvoted.

More specifically, 27th page of the PDF file. Try editing the answer to show the infomation that you linked.


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Why confectionary names are used in naming the android versions?
Except alpha and beta, all the versions of android have been named based on confectionary items. What is the reason behind it?

Slightly related: What are the names of the various versions of the Android OS, and how are these names chosen?

The following is an excerpt from a CNN article:

"It's kind of like an internal team thing, and we prefer to be a little bit -- how should I say -- a bit inscrutable in the matter, I'll say," said Randall Sarafa, a Google spokesman. "The obvious thing is that, yeah, the Android platform releases, they go by dessert names and by alphabetical order for the most part."
  "For the most part" because two versions of Android, 2.0 and 2.1, were both called Eclair. And because Google won't say what it called the first two versions of Android, which you can assume started with "A" and "B."
"As far as the public knows, it started with Cupcake," Sarafa said.
  "I have some ideas, but I don't actually know for sure," he said of the first two Android names. "That was, jeez, like four years ago."

In what way does it answer the question?

It's kind of like an internal team thing, and we prefer to be a little bit -- how should I say -- a bit inscrutable in the matter, I'll say. --There is no functional reason why it is named that way. It's kinda like a motto, in a way, just for fun.


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help on rooting Note 3
I'm trying to find a way to root my phone so I can delete these factory installed apps, make my phone faster etc.
Can someone tell step by step on how to achieve this? Do I need to download something? Etc

By rooting your device you will lose your warranty and during this process you may brick the device. You are doing it at your risk.
According to XDA Developers you can use the CF-Auto-Root tool to root Galaxy Note 3. The following instructions come from Chainfire's post.

Do I need to download something?

Yes:

Kies - this will install USB drivers
CF-Auto-Root - make sure you download the right file for your device model and Android version!
Odin

Rooting:

Your phone must not be connected to computer now.
Download CF-Auto-Root from the above forum link.
Extract the archive. You must end up with a file ending in .tar.md5.
Start Odin (look in the forum thread for download) and click the PDA button. Browse and select the previously extracted file.
Turn on phone in Download mode:

turn off
press and hold Volume Down, Home and Power
if you are asked to press a button do it

Connect the USB cable to phone and computer.
Do NOT check Repartition and make sure it is not checked!
Click Start in Odin.
Wait for it to reboot.

Another tutorial can be found here and includes pictures of the process too.


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How to get old whatsapp account back without using the current cellphone number?
My Samsung Galaxy S4 recently broke. I've had a different whatsapp number and a different cellphone number. How do I get all my contacts back without using the current cellphone number but the whatsapp account number?

@AndrewT. The suggested duplicate has an answer only for when the phone number stays the same.

You will have to use the SIM for verification. Just pop the SIM into any phone and enter the old WhatsApp number during setup.
After a 5 min wait of trying to verify from the other phone(which won't work as the number is different) you will receive an SMS on the other WhatsApp SIM. Just enter the code received on this phone on the phone with the current SIM and you should be able to use the old WhatsApp account.


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When creating a SMS with Google Search using my voice, Hangouts is not an option for sending
While driving, I may tell Google Search with my voice to "Text ".  Google will ask me what the message is, and eventually after completing the required back-and-forth, my phone prompts me to select an SMS application for sending.
I'm presented with Messages (i.e. the default Android SMS app) and Google Voice, but Hangouts is not one of the options.
In other applications where I may "Share" something, Hangouts is an option there.
This is on a Motorola Droid Turbo with 4.4.4 Android. My old phone, a Galaxy S3, didn't have a problem using Hangouts, if I'm remembering correctly (I could be wrong though).
I should also note that in my System Settings, Hangouts is the "Default SMS Application".
Any ideas on how to get Google Search to use Hangouts?


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Backup app (Clash of Clans) data from the system partition; monitor app write activities
Yes, I know I can backup my village via google+; yes, I've tried that before; no, it didn't work for me the several times I did it and I don't want to do that again. I've also used the Titanium Backup method until recently when it stopped working for some reason.
Apparently when I update Slimroms via TWRP and I wipe the system partition, my Clash of Clans village gets reset along with it, which leads me to believe that Clash of Clans is storing the ID for my village in the system partition. Is there a way to get that piece of data stored in /system and transfer it onto a newer build of Slimroms? Is there a way to monitor which directories an app writes to?

What ever you do to update your ROM, you are doing it wrong. Never ever should you wipe your /data partition during an update (it should automatically wipe /system). Inside the /data partition is all your data, so your Clash of Clans village as well.To backup and restore your village the Google+ option is working like a charm for me and all other people I know. Just remember to login with the same account you saved/linked it to and accept the warning about overwriting your level 1 village with your saved one.


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Is there a way to connect a physical mouse, keyboard, and monitor to GS4 at the same time?
I have seen some other questions but the answers are not helpful in my situation for various reasons. I am trying to recover contacts, pictures, etc. from someone's Galaxy S4 that they did not have backed up. The phone still powers on and has sound but the screen does not turn on and nothing can be pressed. I took the phone to AT&T but they said that they needed the screen to turn on in order to transfer. I've heard that the Samsung dock should work, but it seems that you still need the screen to work in order to use the dock. Can anyone give me ideas on how to retrieve the information from the device?

If you can, you may try a USB-OTG (on the go) adapter and  plug a USB-Hub into it. Then connect as many USB devices as you wish. Keep in mind that the hub has to have its own power adapter because the micro-USB connector does not have enough power for more than one device.

You'd first have to have adb enabled in developer settings. Then you'll be able to edit system files, to accomplish attachment of the other peripherals. But through adb you could do a dump of the system with the dd command and just be done with it.

@HasH_BrowN That doesn't help because USB debugging is required and USB debugging is not turned on.

That is why its a comment, and not an answer. Search through SE for enabling adb debugging with PC.

@HasH_BrowN You can't enable debugging with a PC.

Yes you can, a little research would have shown you. Here is just one of the results I found http://igor.moomers.org/recovering-an-android-phone/.

Here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13326806/enable-usb-debugging-through-clockworkmod-with-adb  right here, on Stack Exchange. This was linked inside the other link I provided you.


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can you connect two or more controllers?
Is it possible to connect two or more bluetooth controllers to one android tablet? I am wanting to emulate some games that are four players and I want to know if three friends and I can all play together?

Well, I don't think that can be done only one bluetooth controllers can be connected to one Android tablets. I would suggest wait a little more while on this one maybe other members have some trick to do that... but as far as I know chances are very much less !

You can connect multiple bluetooth SENDING devices to an Android tablet (but it depends on the tablet), you cannot connect multiple devices that can receive any data (e.g. the PS4 controller). From my trying it on about 5 devices it does not work for gaming at all. There may be a way to force this but the tablets all drop devices.

If you want to connect multiple controllers, it might be possible to use OTG and connect wired controllers to your Android. That way you could technically connect multiple controllers..

This is a bit of an opinionated, and caveated answer.
According to the Android Developers you can indeed

"Manage multiple connections"

It seems to be the case than an Android tablet can connect with multiple Bluetooth devices sending data only, but Bluetooth devices that can also receive data will only pair with one device.
From my trying this on:
Galaxy Tab
Nexus 9
Nexus 7
Galaxy S5  (phone not tablet obviously)
Nexus 10
Galaxy Note
It only allows one controller and disconnects the others. We had some patchy performance with two working, but Bluetooth is not a good technology for multiple connections like this.

You certainly can contact up too 4 controllers simultaneously but the way I achieved this was with a rooted note 4 just install sixaxis and there is support for multi play...
I hdmi into tv and vs my mates with ps3 controllers (work best, even non genuin) also if you are using emulators n64 emulators have multi support inbuilt but you still need sixaxis to connect through Bluetooth.

outdated answers.
It's perfectly possible with at least Android 6.1 and above to connect up to 4 bluetooth controllers.
Just pair the first controller, turn it off, pair the second controller - and turn the first on again.


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Can't access internal SD card on my phone
I recently upgraded my phone to android lolipop with cm 12 while doing so i first cleared all the data and also deleted my partition, now after installing lolipop i Can't access my internal storage on d phone but I can see it in the file manager .Next when i download apps from play store an error shows insufficient storage available, but I have ample space on my device,internal SD and ext sd. And when I tried to create a SD card partion via cwm 6.0.5 , the option of SD partion was not there in advanced option.please help
I have a Samsung galaxy note n 7000

You have mounted a partition that shouldn't have been mounted, which caused it to swap with another partition for internal storage. Figure out which partition was mounted and unmount. You'll probably/maybe/have to re-flash the ROM.

You may need to change the USB settings on your phone.  I found the answer here.

After you connect your Nexus to your PC/Mac via USB, swipe down on the
  Notification shade, and select MTP there from the USB options shown.


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What are the technical reasons that SMS is not backed up in a full ADB backup?
When performing a backup with ADB, I use the command:
adb backup -apk -shared -all

Why doesn't SMS get backed up?
Every guide says to backup SMS separately. It seems like that would be the #1 thing that Google would backup in the cloud because everyone uses it and everyone wants a backup of it.
Any details of why this is the case and if it will ever be fixed would be appreciated.

Basically what adb backup does is in lay mans terms what a.iso file does for the System.It creates an image file this image file is created as backup.So when ever there is an issue/failure the ROM is restored with this image file.
During the adb backup it will have restrictions due to which it does not backup the contacts,SMS.(You might observed this that it also leaves the contact backup as well.It's hard coded in the OS based on the linux on which Android OS is built).
The contacts,SMS are protected so the ADB backup is not able to backup these two.In order to backup even these you need to root the device.After rooting the device you are indirectly removing the protection so after a root Complete Backup is possible when compared to pre-root where 80% is achieved.


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Battery Draining Faster than expected
Can someone help me take a look at my stats? I was wondering why my phone is draining faster than I thought it would.
As you can see, it's down 98% and Screen is on for just 7M in 23minutes time.
Time in the screenshot is 7:04 and currently it's 7:26AM - I now have 93% of battery.
I noticed these two running as similar as to my battery runtime:
1. No Data Connection
2. No or Unknown Signal
Please help me figure out what's the issue and how to resolve it. Thanks!
BetterBatteryStats
LOGCAT BBS

I won't say this is un-natural. Would suggest you to take a longer time period as test period and see the drain.
Setting the brightness to automatic should help reduce the overall usage somewhat.


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How untangle two Whatsapp accounts created with the same numer?
First, I installed Whatsapp on my Alcatel phone, with my whatsapp account ("son").
For my old mother, I bought her a big screen, cheap second hand Samsung Galaxy, (poor eyesight). That Samsung is blocked by the phone company (long history, don't ask); it can't make/receive calls.
I installed Whatsapp (via Wi-Fi) on her phone using my own phone number (stupid mistake) to get the audio check code. She got her own account ("mother"). It works almost fine, but I ("son") can't add new contacts because invite responses goes to "mother" account.
I changed phone number in "mother" whatsapp to her real working Nokia basic phone, but still doesn't work.
Short of deleting "son" and "mother" Whatsapp accounts, or buying a new SIM card for me, can you think another solution? I live 4 hours away from "mother". I don't want to lose 2 years of messages and contacts.

Further questions: What happens to the other people involved (contacts)? Do they need to do anything? If I delete, then recreate my account, Am I still the same person? Can I reuse my handle/Id/name?

You can save a backup of all messages you have, then going through settings - account you can either: delete the account then activate it again another time using the correct number for each phone. or use "change my number" and reactivate the account with the wrong number to the correct one


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Organizing accounts order
I have multiple emails that I usually sign-in with my android device, and I'm used to have email (A) at the top, email (B) the second, and finally email (C) at the end, but I don't know why when I finished signing-in into all of the emails email (A) were at the bottom :/
Is there's any way to organize them manually or as I want?
Note: I'm facing this problem in my nexus 10 running stock 5.0.1 & keep in mind that I also got this problem on my old Galaxy S3 before but I was running a custom ROM as I remember


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Android scanning app media files
My M8 is scanning all the app media files so music and images and icons from apps are showing up in gallery and music apps, I'm not sure which directories these are coming from so I can't add the .nomedia file, and when I did try to add it it wouldn't allow me to save the file with that name. So how can I stop android from processing the images and music from apps I just want it to use the music and pictures files where music and photos are saved

The media scanner scans everything on your S.D. card. Adding a .nomedia to any of the subdirectories will allow the media scanner to skip everything in that sub-tree.
Your S.D. card will be F.A.T.-formatted so there are no permission restrictions. If you are receiving access denied on the S.D. card then it may be locked read-only due to damage to the card, or worse some malware you have installed. There isn't enough information to say for certain. You can scan the card properly by connecting it to a computer and running fsck (Linux and other *nix) or chkdsk (Windows). Remember to back up any important files before doing so.
Applications can access a directory on the S.D. called Android, and sometimes just data. Add a .nomedia file to those directories to stop those directories from being scanned.
The command for doing so in a terminal emulator would be:
touch /path/to/SD/Android/.nomedia
touch /path/to/SD/data/.nomedia

where /path/to/SD/ varies depending on your version of Android. To do the same under Windows would be something along the lines of "Create new blank file" from within Explorer.


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What are the build.prop settings for a modern tablet?
I want to install a tablet-only game via the play store, and I am at the build.prop file, only I don't know what to change the device to - does anyone know what values I can put in for the ro.product.name and ro.product.model for a new-ish tablet? something along the lines of a galaxy tab s for example?

Which phone and which game you're trying to install?

You CAN'T just change the model number/name. What you have to change is the DPI setting of your phone for this specific app.
For that, follow up this explanation to do so with XPosed:
http://highonandroid.com/android-apps/how-to-run-apps-in-phone-or-tablet-mode-on-any-rooted-android-smartphonetablet/

Err.. pretty sure I can change the model/name, as I have done it before to get Google wallet before it was released to non-nexus phones.. either way, I am still looking for what those two lines would be on a tablet

@user2813274 Yes, but Google play is looking for the DPI setting to look if your device is a tablet or a phone.

Dpi seems like a poor choice considering how some newer tablets have a very high resolution compared to slightly order phones

@user2813274 Note: DPI ≠ PPI


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sony sbh-50 and sony smart watch 2 connection
I currently have an SBH-50 paired with my Snote2 running on 4.4.2 Kitkat. My question is, if i get a smart watch 2, will the watch and sbh-50 work at the same time to control my samsung note 2? thanks a lot :)

still no response :(


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Which CP & CSC code choose to install stock rom Galaxy S3 i9300
I am installing stock rom because of get warranty back (now i am running Archidroid).
I don't know which firmware I should choose. My actual region code is XEF (stock recovery is saying that it's XEF. Archidroid is saying I9300ARCHIDROIDARCHIDROID but I live in Czech Republic so It should be XEZ. Than, I don't know which CP number i should choose.. My actual is I9300XXUGNA8 which is Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan (wtf? :D).
What will happen when I flash stock firmware with XEZ (csc) and I9300XXUGND5 (CP)? Thank you for your help. I am noob. I was googling and I found just what is AP, CP and CSC. But not what happen when I change it.
I have international version of Galaxy S3 (GT-i9300)
Thank you in advance

Any updates on this? I have a (CP) I9300XXUGNA8 here (UK Vodafone) I need to try and solve problems on by removing Lollipop. I'm downloading I9300XXUGNH4 to try.

Hi. u can use whatever version u want. All will work.


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Is there any way to give phone rating according to its ram and processor data ? except benchmarks
I am trying to cluster phones of similar specifications together ie phones that have near about same performance i have only data of processors and ram associated with each phone , is there any way i can calculate which phones will have near about same performance ?

If the amount of RAM and the CPU's specs (no. of cores, clock rate) is about the same (+/-200MHz for clock rate) then you can assume they perform about the same.
Some manufacturers have inbuilt "Benchmark detection" that boosts up the CPU for instance to gain higher listings but practically you are unable to notice and use that.

Conclusion: As long as the amount of RAM and the CPU power is about the same, they all perform the same. Currently there is no major performance boost by other architectures, CPU models etc.
  Look out for different storage rates. A faster internal storage makes a phone perform way better in normal use.


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Font on my AMOLED display has white border
I noticed that text on my Galaxy S3 is bad looking.
This is how it should look

And this is how it is looking

On the second image you can see white border around every letter..
But, when I change display mode to Natural or Movie, the border there is not. Is it right? Does it mean that the display is corrupted?
I bought this phone few days ago as used. The phone was made 2 years and 2 months ago but I don't know how long it the previous owner was using. Display is without any scratch, blue colour is okay. The phone is looking as unused.
thanks for help

It's caused by the display mode, it's basically an equalizer for images.

If i adjust brightness and saturation on your first image:

White border is visible!
It's really hard to say. I think this occurs because the adjustments is very different in each display mode.
Which mode have you used in second image?

Oh. I didnt noticed this. I used dynamic mode


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How to migrate accounts to new Google Authenticator app?
I broke my cellphone which had the Google Authenticator app and several other accounts attached to it for two factor authentication like Dropbox, Evernote, AWS, etc. Now I got a new phone and installed the Google Authenticator app on it as per the instructions given here - https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185834?hl=en#phone
But now in this app I don't see codes for other accounts (Dropbox, Evernote, etc.). Is there a way to get all of them migrated to this new app or I need to recreate them?
Also, if I need to recreate them, how do I do it, because Evernote won't even let me sign in from any device w/o two factor authentication code.
I can use backup codes for some accounts, but I don't have backup codes for all of them?
Please provide some suggestions. Thank you.

This is actually what you have to use backup codes for.
If you can still access your old device and it's rooted you can backup the database and restore it on your new phone.
However, if you can no longer access your old phone and you do not have recovery codes you have to contact their support and sort it out with them.
This is the purpose of two-factor authentication, if the second factor is inaccessible you can no longer access your account. If someone knows your password they can't do anything without your phone aswell.
This is also why services like authy are really sketchy due to the second factor not being offline-only.

Thanks. I have noticed that not all services that provide two-factor authetication, give the option of backup codes. Unfortunately my device is not rooted, so I need to contact support for the accounts I don't have backup code.

If you have a backup application, you may be able to back up the app's data, sync it to the cloud, and restore it on the other device.  The one time I tried that it just made Authenticator crash on startup.
If you saved the secret keys you're given, which is a good idea as long as they're secure and separate from your passwords, you can re-enter them on a new phone by finding a secure QR-code generator (a local or JS-based one that doesn't send the data to any server) and formatting each one like this:
otpauth://totp/LABEL:USERNAME?secret=SECRET&issuer=ISSUER&counter=N

Turn that into a QR-code and Authenticator will scan it.  Or find a tool that will do both:
http://dan.hersam.com/tools/gen-qr-code.html
If you have any "counter" based codes, you'll need to know how many times you used it, which could be problematic, but those are fairly rare.
If you didn't save the secrets, your only option is to recover the database from the application, either from a backup or directly from the device.  It's under:
data\com.google.android.apps.authenticator2\databases\databases

You can open that up with sqlite3.exe or any SQLite UI.
sqlite> .headers on
sqlite> select * from accounts;

You'll get a table with the secrets, counters, etc., that you need to use.
If you can't get the database from authenticator, then you have no choice but to use whatever mechanism is available for each site.  It's very rare that a site will ever give you the secret for a second time, generally the best you can do is get in some other way, disable 2FA and re-enable it with a new secret.

Don't use .mode column - in my case when I did that it limited each column to 16 characters - meaning if your secret is longer than that (which some are) you will not get the full secret.

As of April 23, 2020, Google Authenticator was updated to version 5.10 with a new feature:

What's new

Added the ability to transfer accounts to a different device, e.g. when switching phones
[...]

This feature allows to transfer (and possibly long-term backup?) selected accounts with QR code. Note that this approach only works if the source device is still working.
To export the accounts:

Open Google Authenticator app
Tap the overflow (3 vertical dots) menu on the top right
Select "Transfer accounts"
Select "Export accounts"
Verify yourself on the lock screen
Select accounts to be exported (default: all)
Tap the "Next" button
The QR code will be generated and shown

To import the accounts:

Open Google Authenticator app
Tap the overflow (3 vertical dots) on the top right
Select "Transfer accounts"
Select "Import accounts"
Press the "Scan QR code" button
Scan the QR code

Note: I haven't tested whether the long-term backup can work by storing the QR code somewhere else, e.g. saved as an image file, or copied and saved the text content of the QR code, etc...

Related: Can you use a screenshot of the “export accounts” QR Code of Google Authenticator as a backup?

Here is what I did when I migrated to a new device:

Install the Authenticator App on the new device
Go to the 2-step verification site
I then clicked on "Switch to SMS/voice"

You can try to click on "move to a different phone"

1. I then had authenticator text me the verification code so I could sign in with my google account on the phone.

I then opened the authenticator app and set it up like it was the "first time" I used 2-step authentication.
Visit the "Help Page" in evernote to see if you can gain access without a backup code. When you first enable 2-step in evernote, they require you to get a text message before you can enable authenticator app. So if I lose my backups, I can still gain access by having them SMS a code to my phone. Or, if that fails, and I don't have codes, I can try and contact support.

After signing up, I logged out, then logged back in. On the page to enter the code, I clicked on "I need help getting a verification code".

My problem starts where your solution ends, i.e. from  point 4. I have already done what you have said above. My problem is that I don't want to set it up like it is the "first time" as you have mentioned.

The only thing I can think of for the other services is to go and get the "secret key" from them and reconfigure authenticator.

right, but 'go and get the "secret key"' is possible only for the accounts in which I can login somehow (either from a trusted device or backup code). But what if I can't login to those accounts.

I am not familiar with evernotes implementation of 2-step, but I know if I can't log in to dropbox, and I don't have the fallback code, I can have a code set via SMS to my phone.

That is the case when you have chosen "receive an SMS" option over "authenticator app" option to get the code. I have latter option enabled in all the services. Now, I cannot change this until I login, hence stuck.

I just signed up for 2-step on evernote and updated my answer with the info.

There doesn't seem to be an option in this page anymore, or it doesn't work for Google Apps users: https://myaccount.google.com/security Any idea where to go now?


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Google Plus - Party Mode
So I created an event for Xmas today and I set the start time for the midnight and then 5 minutes ahead of creation of the event.
But I haven't been given the option to enable party mode. And I have searched everywhere to enable it.
Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do?

From this article - "How It Works": Once someone confirms they are going to a G+ Event, the Party Mode becomes available on that person’s smartphone immediately when the the Event is scheduled to start. So I guess, it will be done automatically, and the event creator doesn't need to do anything. That's what I understand (but never tried, so I don't know)

So I have taken a few photos and so have other people since the event started. And none of the photos have uploaded to the event.

from the looks of it this awesome feature has been removed


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Can you explain the boot order of an Android device?
I understand a good bit of the ARM system architecture. you have an ARM system on chip containing the CPU, GPU, peripherial devices, baseband processor and both CPU and Radio firmware.
Supposedly the application OS is stored on the phone's internal flash memory chip and the bootloader ROM on the chipset firmware boots on top or before the app OS on flash module 0?
Is this like a BIOS in a desktop PC?
Or is it that Android itself is stored in this on-chip firmware and the Root disk or Home directory is flash module 0, and it works like a live image booting from a CD or ROM?
What is the first thing to load in a. Android phone/tablet?
Where is the main OS stored and where is the recovery bootloader stored? What about the radio firmware for phones?
When a phone boots, what is the animated splash screen and music tone played?
Why does that flash video/animation always show the manuacturer logo screen, and then the Android OS video?

Your question is very broad and consists of several related questions. In general, you'll get better answers if you limit yourself to one question at a time, but I've done the best I can to cover the topic as a whole.

Everything (the bootloader, the recovery, and the full system) is stored in the same flash storage, with different partitions for each. The bootloader has its own partition which also holds the kernel for the main system. The recovery has its own partition: it needs to be separate from the main system, else it would be no use for "recovering" or flashing a new OS. The Android system itself lives in the system partition. It doesn't really work like a PC at all.
The first thing to load is always the bootloader. This is responsible for starting fastboot mode (aka bootloader mode), or starting the recovery or main system. In the latter cases, it also loads the kernel and ramdisk that will be used, which are in the boot partition.
The boot animation comes from the system partition, and are displayed by Android proper. On some phones (such as most Samsung phones), the bootloader itself has a logo (with the manufacturer or device name), and this is written directly into the framebuffer as part of its initialization, very early in the boot process. The Android boot animation is much later, and is performed in parallel with the rest of the boot process, providing a visual indication that the phone hasn't hung.

The first sentence is wrong. Not everything is stored on the same flash, the boot ROM may reside on the SoC. Not everything on a flash chip is in a partition either. What we call the bootloader may actually consist of several parts.

@jiggunjer I suppose everything's possible. On the phones I've worked on, the boot ROM itself is trivial and just goes straight to the main bootloader on its own partition. I'd love to hear examples of phones that don't even have a boot partition; feel free to add them to the answer directly if you think it'll improve it.


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HDMI output flickering in Hummingbird allwinner A20
I'm using Hummingbird allwinner a20 development board, I'm playing 1080p video on this board and working fine with 7" LCD but when I connect HDMI cable to it video and audio not playing well in LED TV also there is so much flickering on LED TV
So what are the possible cause for audio-video lag and flickering on HDMI output?
My thought is this might be problem of HDMI driver or Hardware composer in android

My first thought would be a signal problem. Try a different cable, and check that the connectors at both ends don't have bent/broken pins or fluff inside.

@DanHulme:Thanks for reply but cable is working fine with other android device

Definitely check the connector then. Sockets on dev boards are prone to collect fluff and/or come loose from the board.

Flickering is there when I set resolution of board to 1920x1080 other then this resolution there is no issue


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How to enable international (roaming) data, but disable international calls?`
While android has some settings as far as disabling roaming completely, I would simply like to disable only calls (due to their expensive nature), and allow MMS/data via roaming - is there any way to do this?

You can block the calls, but I dont know if there's a way to disable them.
Avast has one such built in tool to block calls by pattern i.e. wildcard characters.
e.g. block all calls with +1800* ( i.e. block all calls starting with +1800)

Does it have a way to disable them only while roaming?

You can disable/enable call blocking when in roaming...but that's manually.


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Where are the default wallpapers in the upgrade of Android to 4.4.2?
I have a Xolo Q1010 and i upgraded its android version to 4.4.2 Kitkat. After upgrading, i realized that the default wallpapers of Xolo had vanished. I could only now put live wallpapers. Pls tell how to get back those wallpapers?

Did you install an official update? Chances are they are wiped out, but you could always Google Xolo Q1010 wallpapers and find a few images that way?


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Change how a phone identifies itself on the network
I currently own a Nexus 5. My mobile carrier just now begun providing LTE, but my Nexus 5 apparently isn't in its "list of compatible devices". Is there a way for me to change how the network identifies my phone, and have it be identified as a Moto X for example?

Does the N5 actually support your carrier's LTE bands? If it's physically incompatible then there's nothing you can do.


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Why does my galaxy s4 tell me in my messages content not supported
While I am texting random contacts when they reply to my texts it'll tell me content not supported....why? Its very annoying