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WiFi info popup broken and not showing all info on Lollipop

So my popup window for WiFi info is broken on Nexus using android 5.0.1. That's not that bad, but i was also wondering why is it not showing other important WiFi information's, such as IP address? I need my IP often and its hard for me to go to terminal and type ip addr show each time i need it. Is that info removed or is my popup somehow broken?

Your popup layout is definitely broken, but I also don't find IP address on Nexus 4 running 5.0.1 Lollipop. Regarding the layout, you might as well post this on AOSP issue tracker if it bothers you.

Rather than clicking on the network name, click the three little dots on the top right corner of the screen, then select Advanced. The IP is listed at the bottom of the screen.


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Ads popping up in front of other apps
Hi I have a Galaxy S4 on Verizon. I,ve been getting ads popping up in front of various applications like messages, browser, email and a couple others.
What's the first thing I should look for to find the culprit?

scan your device with an antivirus, I suggest AVL

Look up what creates those popups. Typically if you long-press the home button the bottom-most app is the one on top and it should indicate which app is creating those popups.
If it says something like: The website at "http://..." says then it's a popup created by a webview in the running application.

If it's malware, you can use an app like Malwarebytes to scan your apps for malware and adware. Additionally, you should uninstall any apps that you don't remember installing, or apps that require you to click on ads to open (many malware-filled "cracked" apps will use this trick).

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Dismounting the emulated sd card to be used as internal storage and use the physical sd card instead?
Any way to Dismount the emulated sd card to be used as internal storage and use the physical sd card instead?

I was able to make it. Just follow this tutorial:
http://blog.163.com/san_stars/blog/static/13683188020139404417393/
Step by step it only works if you make what he says. The application Root Internal 2 External is not in the store anymore so you need to look for the APK.
After that you can install Link2SD for a complete solution.
I recommend a complete wipe before using this method but is not neccesary
Regards

I will try this thanx and if it works i will mark your answer

I decided for this method because my tablet did not start anymore using the hard method in the other answer. This method works just be carefully in mount points and how many times you need to click Apply button.

I was surprised when I recognized, that the 4 Gbyte storage of my Android 4.2 device is partitioned such stupid way (1 G for system, 1 G for internal storage and 2 G for "internal SD card"), it makes the whole device unexpandable. I assume, you have the same problem.
I'm not an Android Guru, so I did just a little trick: I've swapped SD cards in the configuration: I've edited /system/etc/vold.fstab, and swapped sdcard0 and sdcard1 in mount commands.

dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 emmc@fat /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-msdc.0/mmc_host
  dev_mount sdcard2 /storage/sdcard0 auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-msdc.1/mmc_host

Now "internal SD card" is my real SD card, and the 2 Gbyte partition (was: "internal SD card") is not accessible for the most of the apps (except factory ones, which can handle two SD cards, and ones which can use specified path).
Caution: if you don't know how to do it, you're probably shouldn't do it. If you make mistake in configuration files, your device may not boot up. Always make backup, install recovery etc. Anyway, if your SD card configuration is wrong, it's not a fatal error, the only effect is that you'll have no SD card mounted. So be sure that all the tools needed (file manager, root manager, SSH server etc.) are installed on the internal storage.

well this partially solves it , i already foun this solution with a different approach , but the fact i want to know is that by doing this th internal emulated sd card remains as it is? so i will still have 1 G for system, 1 G for internal storage and 2 G for "internal SD card"? this is still a problem , what if i want to make the 1 gb of internal storage 3 gb merging it with theemulated sd partition?

Before: 1G:sys 1G:int 2G:int.SD 8G:Real.SD-can't-use
After: 1G:sys 1G:int 8G:Real.SD 2G:int.SD-can't-use

Well, I haven't tried to merge the partitions, I have lot of apps installed and still have 0.5 Gbyte internal storage. I have 8G SD card and I'm using factory app2sd method, I'm happy with it.

well thats the important part , i lack in internal storage

I think the answer is to combine the cards swap as stated in the above answer and use Link2SD to free the 1GB internal storage. Uninstall system apps, install them as user apps and think them to the SD. I am having problems with Link2SD alone so I will try the swap solution + Link2SD

@crramirez So did you try for swap solution + Link2SD? Link2SD requires a ext4 partition on sd card which does really work with the process described here. However I think only way to achieve this by making whole sd card partition ext4.

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Nexus 7 (2013) stutters while playing games
My Nexus 7 device runs smoothly, until I try to play games with it. Whenever I try to play games such as Real Racing 3 or Riptide GP 2, it runs somewhat smoothly, but stutters randomly.
I ran some benchmarks for the device and nothing seems to be terribly wrong with my scores...although they seem to be slightly lower than average. (5-10% lower)
I'm guessing that the stutter has something to do with background processes....but there was over 1 GB of ram when I checked. (not playing the game) And I know its not a wifi issue because it stuttered with WiFi off.
Any ideas?

Try to clean cache, clean memory using some task manager. If it doesn't help, the stutters while playing games may be caused by lack of optimization of the games.

Also you can try factory reset.


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Download manager apk
I made a mistake... I incorrectly thought the "download manager" apk was a worthless Virgin Mobile stock one, so I deleted it. Well, I'm a bit wiser now, and I now know that the Google play store requires it. My question is this: is there a place where I can download the apk?

You can find other expert users on here or xda who use the exactly same device you use but rooted. So they can extract that apk via titanium or root explorer and give it to you, so you can push it again in your device with root explorer.

I dont think that the play store requires a download manager. However if you want to download something from a browser es explorer can provide you a download manager. So download es explorer from play store. Its a great app with tons of functionalities.

The download manager apk is different for each device as it gets compiled during the final build. I suggest you reinstall your firmware if your device manufacturer allows something like that.

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Is it possible to configure the phone to charge when the battery left X amount of juice?
Illustration: I plug in an android phone to either a power bank or a charger. However, I do not want it to start charging immediately. I want to configure the phone such that when the android phone battery reached certain level (e.g. 35% or below), then it will start charging.
So, is it possible to configure the phone to charge when the battery left X amount of juice?

Can I ask what is the point of this?

Depending on the kernel the phone uses it may be possible. If you use a kernel with the ability to change the charging power like the Boeffla kernel then you can create a profile in the Configuration app that comes with that kernel and set the maximum power usage to 0mA. Then you can use Tasker, an app you can get from the Play Store, to send an Intent to that app to change to a specific profile eg. the one which changes to normal charging power and you're done.
As I have written: Check your kernel. If you don't know about anything I have written than just plug your phone in when you think it's time.


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Android 5 screen pinning for kiosks
When I first heard about screen pinning in Lollipop, I though it would be perfect for making low-cost kiosks that use dedicated apps.
Here is the scenario I imagined: The admin would configure the device, then pin the app to be used. The user would be locked into using only the pinned app, and would not be able to lock themselves out of the device.
Each of the individual system buttons (back, home, overview) are disabled. Perfect. Pressing the back button gives instructions on how to exit the pinned app (hold back+overview).
It works well until the user tries to exit the app. Holding the back+overview buttons effectively locks the device, with no way to return to the app.
Also, the user is still allowed to power off the device while an app is pinned. Why?!
In conclusion...
Is there an out-of-the-box way of making a screen pinned app that will be feasible to use as a kiosk app?
Or do I need to take a programmatic approach and use something like Device Owner?

You can't shut the device down. It will do nothing, but close the menu (just tested with my device). If you defined a lock method (pattern, pin, password etc.) then the user is unable to exit screen pinning without entering your unlock code.
One issue: on custom ROMs like CyanogenMod you are able to reboot through the custom reboot menu.

You CAN power off the device while an app is pinned. I just tested on a fresh install of 5.0.1. And the user can't escape the lock screen once it's been triggered. Are you testing only on a modded device?

I tested it on a custom ROM, yes. But it is also on Android 5.0.2, maybe some update has happened there about that issue, don't know.


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How to logout from Skype to relogin under other name?
How to logout from Skype to relogin under other name?
I mean skype for pad-sized computers.
If I press avatar, then I have "exit" entry at the bottom. But if I click this entry, then Skype just closes. If I open it again, then it enters under old name again.
I want to logout so that it ask password.
Is it possible?

Do you mean the Windows version when you say "skype for pad-sized computers", or are you talking about the Android app? Are you somehow using the Android app on a regular computer?

Related: how to stop auto login on Skype for Android

@eldarerathis I mean android app, interface is different with my smaller device

Click on the avatar button on the top right of the app. Once you click there click on the option menu (three vertical dots) and click on sign out.
It works pretty much the same for every single Skype UI (iOS and Windows client).

By the way, this assuming you have the latest update of the Android app.


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downgrade to custom previous android os version [gt-i9190]
I have just got a new galaxy s4 mini phone and it sounds a fake galaxy phone due to bad specfications :
internal storage :0.13 gb and ram is 453 mb only
os :4.4.2 kikat and kernel version :3.4.5(eng.whl.1406695459)
hardware:mt6572 and board mtk5689_wet_lca
I believe if I can flash it with older version of android it may work smoother is that right ? and if so how to do ?please help

This definitely a fake phone. The problem is where do you want to get that OS? There is no support offered by those chinese firms which are faking phones.
My advice: Either get a proper, not faked phone or just stick to what you have. You may be able to uninstall some bloatware and you are good to go with that phone. It will not be as powerful as the original but it may help out.


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No Micro SD Card Inserted but phone detects it
I have an Android 4.0.4 Myphone A919 Duo.  I go to Settings > Storage.  Internal Storage: Total Space is 0.98 GB. Phone Storage: Total Space is 1.55 GB.  Then on SD CARD, it says Mount SD Card which is greyed out.
One of my apps, AppMgr III, shows an ON SD CARD tab with 1.55 GB of space.  The tab next to it is PHONE ONLY with 1005.93 MB of space.  I can tap on an app in the SD CARD tab and it gives the option to Move to Internal storage and the app launches and runs just fine with no errors.
I have another app, File Manager, that shows the directory /mnt/sdcard and a bunch of folders.
So basically with or without an SD card inserted, the Mount SD Card in Settings is greyed out and both apps are reporting an SD Card.  How can an app show an SD Card if there is no SD Card inserted and the Mount option is greyed out?  Does it have to do with cache?

That SDCARD is technically your internal storage mounted at /sdcard or /mnt/sdcard or even /storage/sdcard0. They aren't your external sdcard you can insert. That would be mounted to /external-sd/ or similar. The option is greyed out because there is no external sdcard to be mounted. So keep in mind that  there is a difference between sdcard (internal) and external sdcard. Just so you know: With the update to android 4.0 the internal and external sdcards have become a thing.

This has nothing to do with 4.0, this distinction has been part of Android since at least 2.1

Didn't know that :) But the integration of the internal sd card into /data/media hasn't been a part of Android that time.


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How to export Astrid tasks into csv now that website is closed?
I was a little behind when the Astrid website was closed down because I only used the Android app and not the web app. I saw that the devs provided an export functionality to the web app, but I cannot find it in the Android app, and I could not find any clue on the web on how to do that.
Is there a way to extract my Astrid tasks now that the web app is closed?

I have looked on the whole web and could not find any way. So I tried to use the same method that I have recently seen applied to a similar problem: assume that the database is stored in a common format (like SQL) and is accessible in the data/data folder of the root partition (equivalent of Windows's Program Files).
This is what I did, and it worked. Here are the steps:
1- Use a rooted explorer like Total Commander for Android and explore in the root partition the folder /data/data/com.timsu.astrid/databases.
2- Open your rooted explorer and copy the file database (there's no extension) to your SD card so that we can extract it and copy to the computer.
3- Copy via USB or your BlueStacks emulator the databases file onto your computer, and open it using a SQLite browser like this one.
4- Now you should be able to see the tables structures and contents. The interesting stuff are in the tasks and metadata tables (the latter contains tags and notes).
5- Execute the following SQL statement to neatly format the pertinent data:
SELECT date(t.created / 1000,'unixepoch') as date_created,date(t.modified / 1000,'unixepoch') as date_modified,m2.value as tags, t.title as title,m.value as comment
FROM tasks as t
LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT task, GROUP_CONCAT(value,' ;; ') as value FROM metadata WHERE key = 'note' GROUP BY task ORDER BY created) as m ON t._id = m.task
LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT task, GROUP_CONCAT(value, ';') as value FROM metadata WHERE key = 'tags-tag' GROUP BY task) as m2 ON t._id = m2.task
GROUP BY t._id ORDER BY t._id

6- Export the result into the file format you want, like .csv.
It's interesting to note that this method is quite generic and may also work for other Android apps.


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insufficient space on device
I am getting "Insufficinet Space" errors when I try to update whatsapp on my HTC desire. I am running CyanogenMod 7.
My filesystem usage looks like this:
df -h
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                   202.8M     32.0K    202.7M   0% /dev
tmpfs                   202.8M         0    202.8M   0% /mnt/asec
tmpfs                   202.8M         0    202.8M   0% /mnt/obb
/dev/block/mtdblock3    250.0M    118.3M    131.7M  47% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5    147.6M    122.6M     25.0M  83% /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2    961.1M     16.0M    896.3M   2% /sd-ext
/dev/block/vold/179:1
                      2.6G    952.7M      1.7G  36% /mnt/sdcard
/dev/block/vold/179:1
                      2.6G    952.7M      1.7G  36% /mnt/secure/asec
/dev/block/dm-0           3.1M      1.6M      1.5M  52% /mnt/asec/com.opera.mini.android-2
/dev/block/dm-1           9.1M      7.2M      2.0M  78% /mnt/asec/com.google.android.apps.maps-1
/dev/block/dm-2          16.2M     14.1M      2.1M  87% /mnt/asec/com.google.android.apps.plus-1
/dev/block/dm-3          20.3M     18.9M      1.4M  93% /mnt/asec/com.google.android.gms-1
/dev/block/dm-4           6.1M      4.9M      1.2M  81% /mnt/asec/org.xbmc.android.remote-1
/dev/block/dm-5           4.1M      2.3M      1.8M  56% /mnt/asec/com.google.android.gm-1
/dev/block/dm-6          17.2M     15.6M      1.7M  90% /mnt/asec/com.whatsapp-2

What I would like to know is exactly what partition I need to free up this missing space on. /system and /data all seem to have 25M +, and I am trying to update Whatsapp. The current Whatsapp app is just a little over 10M so should fit as far as I can see from this.
I appreciate that similar questions have been asked on this site before but I have tried various solutions mentioned there already such as removing unused apps and re-mounting the cache partition to the sd card.

Did you tried clearing the cache and the data stored by the Whatsapp by heading over to the application manager ?

Clearing the cache and data in the application manager for watsapp freed up 4M in the volume attached to /data. There is now nearly 30M free in /data and still getting the same error

Also try clearing the dumpstat/logcat file by pressing *#9900# over the dial pad and select the 2nd option dumpstat/logcat. See if it helps you ... :)

I solved a similar problem.
insufficient space while updating WhatsApp on CyanogenMod
If nothing helps, you should show us a log from DDMS.


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Samsung Galaxy S2 new battery dying too quickly
I'm trying to figure out if the new battery is faulty or if there could be something else causing the battery to charge the whole night and then die after half a day.
If I take out the charger while the phone is off it will keep lighting up and showing the charging battery animation even though it's not charging. If I try to turn it on while it's doing this then it won't turn on unless I put the charger back in.
I'm not sure if there's a way to test if it's the battery or something else though?

A starting point is Settings> Battery, and see what consumes the first few top positions by percentage.

I dont know if you overclock you CPU or something like that.. Or if you have custom rom or stock..

If you have root, you can use battery calibration app which
remove batterystats.bin file and your OS generates new one.

It will help.
Your phone thinks that you have still the previous battery. Calibrate it.
I had same issue on my Galaxy S3


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Need to mount htc one m7 as usb mass storage
So I have read that android have removed the ability to use an android as a usb drive. I've read all the posts about how MTP is soooo much better. But unfortunately, in my case, none of this means anything if you can't get your pc to boot. For one reason or another when swapping up out a SSD, the system refuses to boot. No problem I though, just download a copy of Kali, mount the phone as a USB and boot from that. Apparently I am SOL, plenty of posts talking up the wonders of MTP, none of which remotely apply in this circumstance. As its a clean phone I'm booting off, it's not rooted so I can't use DriveDroid, and I can't root it without a pc.
Some two cents rant: I buy android specifically because they aren't easy to use, but because they are functional. This seems like a criminal dumbing down/Apple style walled garden of android. I mean why would you take away the ability to mount the phone as a drive; this is THE feature of android, being able to flash on OS as you go.
My question is: how can I use my droid, a htc one m7, to mount a Linux image so my pc can boot off it via USB. I have tried looking for it in bios, fiddling with numerous options, but apparently some wise guy at Google thought this wasn't an important feature. Hell even if there was a way to root the device from itself I could get somewhere.
Regards

I understand your frustration, but please edit your question so as to make it easily understandable. There are other places to vent frustrations :)  Why don't you use a flashdrive and change settings in BIOS on PC to load from there. Then reinstall. Since the PC (until its loaded) won't acknowledge the device, this seems to be off-topic. You may have to rephrase your question to keep from getting flagged.

Related: How to enable SD MSC mount in Jelly Bean? You also might wish to take a look at these 12 questions.


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Delay notifications
I'm looking for a way to delay notifications on a per-app-basis to a specific time threshold.
For example, I don't want to get gmail notifications more than hourly. I don't want text message notifications more than once a minute.
I know there are individual apps that provide this, but I'm looking for something system-wide and customizable. Root is obviously acceptable.

Light Flow will do this for you. Switch of sound or vibrate for the individual apps and set them up in Light Flow. The option "too many notifications" can be used to select the maximum repeat count.
Rooting is not necessary, except on some phone to alter the LED notifications.
The app is capable to adjust for all notifications or depending on application:
- sound and volumes (absolute or relative)
- vibration on / off or patterns
- popups
- screen on on notification
- sleep mode based on time or NFC
- led colors / patterns or camera flash
- repeat notifications and rate limiting

Will Light Flow actually "delay" the notifications from apps? It seems like it's more about colors.

@Bort: It will do rate limiting, and that is what I believe the questioner wants. But I added the main functionality of the program.

It seems the settings you're suggesting would continue to notify the user every x minutes for the same notification. Which means that if I set SMS to one minute, then my phone will vibrate every minute until I respond to the notification, resulting in more notifications than without Light Flow. Let me know if I've misunderstood.

@willlma: You can do both, so "rate limiting" to adjust the notifications to only get maximum 1 every x minutes (if multiple notification arrive) but you can also have a notification repeat itself every x minutes for like an unseen sms or whatsapp.

Got it, thanks. On mine it isn't called "Rate limiting". I found it all the way at the bottom of the "Sounds" menu and it's called "Stop too many notifications."

@Requist Although this is a good answer, Light Flow doesn't delay notifications, it simply kills them. Giving the bounty because it's as close as I think we'll get. But I think it's dangerous to just kill a notification. If I get a message, then check it, then get another message 30 seconds later. It won't buzz. So I won't know that I have a message until I pick up my phone again, potentially hours later. I would rather my phone buzzed, but not until after a minute has elapsed.

You're right, I was wondering why you would call it a delay but this is indeed a difference. You might be able to achieve this by combining with repeat notification, but then you will be bothered also if there are not multiple notifications, which might not be desired.

Finally after long searching on the Internet and trying common advices as a disabling battery optimizations, Adaptive Notifications and all those features that didn't help at all, I found the XDA Developers forum where I finally got to the bottom of this issue.
This problem is caused by functionality called as "DOZE", which is implemented in the Android core since Android 6.
https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby
Basically what is does is that it tries to preserve the phone battery life in a very aggressive way that basically puts all applications and network activity to standby until the maintenance window occurs. The maintenance window is a very short time period where all events from applications waiting in the queue are processed at once and then it puts all apps to standby again until next maintenance window occurs.
Problem is that with every next maintenance window the intervals between those windows are increasing every time up to some long limit. So if you haven't touched your phone for a longer time, like half an hour and the event happens, you will get the notification in the next maintenance window that may be tens of minutes from that moment.
I don't know how Google can act as this is OK. It is NOT!! For me it was causing serious problems with my Forex trading app that didn't display price alerts on time when the event happened but like 5, 15, 30 minutes or even almost 1 hour later !! which is not useful for me because the opportunity for the trade was already gone...
So solution is to disable the "DOZE" in your phone manually using ADB commands. I did it and it works, now I get instant notifications. Unfortunately this has to be done every time after phone reboot as it turns itself the DOZE back on again.
Here is a page with more details:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40204605/android-completely-disabling-deviceidle-doze-in-android-m
Basically you just issue this ADB command: dumpsys deviceidle disable
You can also put the application to the Doze whitelist but not sure if it works, when I displayed the list, I found out my trading app was already there, maybe because I removed it from the Battery saving policy but the Doze was probably still suspending everything so it worked only in those maintenance windows. I guess it doesn't use those "high-priority FCM messages" described in the DOZE description to force the notifications instantly.
If you are not familiar with ADB, here is some info:
https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb
I used a paid app that allows local ADB connection from the phone directly, so I can disable DOZE after every restart. More info here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/say-hello-to-ladb-a-local-adb-shell-without-needing-root-or-a-computer.4204855/
It is very sad that this basic feature as an instant notifications have to be fixed via the developer debug interface by user instead of Google who could fix it in the OS itself...shame on Google...
More forums on this topic:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/psa-how-to-fix-the-notification-delay-or-non-receipt-issue-truly-pathetic-of-google-and-samsung.4276505/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/delayed-notification-problems-s21-ultra.4243105/page-5

While Doze might be a problem, it's not only the problem. The bigger problem is the customization by the manufacturer itself, and from the links mentioned in this answer, looks like it's Samsung. Please refer to Don't Kill my App for more detailed info per manufacturer. That said... this doesn't look like an answer for this question. The question asks to add delay to the notifications, not about an issue getting delayed notifications.

This answer is off-topic. I want to delay notifications. I'm trying to find a way to batch notifications and there's still no good solution.

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Trusted places not present under Smart lock in Nexus 5 (Android 5.0 lollipop)
I have just updated to Lollipop on my Nexus 5 and can't see "Trusted Places". I use "Trusted Device" which works pretty well, but I would like to use "Trusted Places" at work. However, it is not there.
I have looked for the Google Play Services and find the version is still 6.1.88.
Can anyone help me?

possible duplicate of Nexus 4 Smart Lock Trusted Places is not there!, except use the build for Nexus 5 instead.

Certainly related, but the difference in devices could come into play.

Sometimes you have to activate the Trust Agent: Settings -> Security -> Trust Agents -> enable Smart Lock


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How to install an app on sd card
I have some apps on my SD card and I want to install them on my phone but the Android or apk symbol does not appear on my phone...so how can I change the apps to apk so that I can install them.

Possibly the files have been stored as .zip files or without any extension. All you have to do is rename the files. Just download any File Manager from Play Store and rename the files.


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What should I do before root?
I am going to root HTC Desire (with Android 2.2).
How can I do best backup, and how can I get sure that I won't lost my whatsapp history and other files?

Rooting the HTC Desire will typically not cause data loss (incl. WA history). Your photographs and stuff typically reside on the sdcard, so there's nothing you need to do either. Depending on your other apps, you might check their respective backup strategies PS, here's WhatsApps's: https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/23753886

Download Titanium Backup, it can backup and restore all your apps, whatsapp included. If you want you can also install a custom recovery like twrp to backup the entire device memory and firmware

But Titanium Backup needs root?

Yes, of course. I recommend the paid version, worth every cent.

But my questin was: What should I do BEFORE root?

Nothing, you don't need to prepare anything.

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Is there a way to install the Android firmware into a iPhone?
I want to turn a iPhone in to a Android OS phone.
Is this possible?

No, there isn't any available because the runtime as well as the hardware with Android OS and iOS is different.


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Android 5 disable install button of apk files on nexus 4
After updating my nexus 4 to new android 5 (lollipop) when i open an apk file, the install button not working!!
Also i checked unknown source in my device settings.
What the problem? please help :(

I have used lux lite application, this application set display brighness for reading in night mode. my problem solved when i unistall this app.

This happens when you have apps that interfere with the installation.
Example: I used to have Avast on my phone. Every now and then I couldn't install an app for the problem you're describing.
I uninstalled Avast (but just disabling it would be fine) and everything went fine.
So this is it: look at the apps already installed in your phone. Chances are there is something that blocks the installation...


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How can I take a photograph via voice control with Google Camera or CyangoenMod default camera?
I know that I can use Google Search and say "OK Google, Take a picture" to open the chosen camera app.
How can I then take a photo? I tried the obvious "snapshot", "take picture" both with and without the prefix  "OK Google".

CM's camera had a setting for this at one point. Have you checked to see if that still exists?

I have CyanogenMod 11S on a OnePlus One. I see nothing in the settings, and the words that should work "Cheese", "Cid", "Whiskey" seem to do nothing.


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lost memo app. data
I was unable to use my password protection on this app. I foolishly stopped and cleared.data under the apps setting thinking it would allow me to access my needed memo. Is there a way to get the memo data back as I seemed to have cleared everything?

Unfortunately, if you do not have a backup of your data, no.
Some apps do sync their data with Google Cloud Data services. I am not sure if this app does this as I don't know what app you are talking about specifically. From the looks of it, I would say it doesn't.
You may want to look at something like Google Keep for future use. It will keep memos and such, and the data is sync'd with google services, so clearing the data out you should still be able to access the memos. And you can access from multiple platforms.


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Sending mulitple pics via email
How do I send multiple pics via email on my Android Samsung S5? It says only 10 pics can be sent... when they are attached and emailed... recieve error 'failed' as a result in the outbox. Is there a setting that needs to be turned on and if so where?


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Updating android version
I have Gigabyte GSmart Tuku T2 and it runs 4.0.4 version of android. I don't have update software option in my settings. Is there any way to update my android version to jelly bean?

I believe the option to look for updates (if the carrier has pushed any) is usually under "About phone".  I don't have that phone, but under "About phone" there should be a "System Updates" option.


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Using rooted android device as a bluetooth speaker
I want to use my rooted Android phone (Moto G) running 4.4.4 Kitkat with Bluetooth 4.0 as a bluetooth speaker, is there any way to do that?
Thank you!

related: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/19161/how-to-stream-audio-from-pc-to-android-device-over-bluetooth


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Cant stop packet data in my android phone
I am using xiaomi redmi 1s. In every 15-30 mins, my phone pings something by mobile data.
Even the mobile mobile data is off and I am using wifi.This leds to plenty of usage display messages by the operator. Sometimes i need to reinstall the battery to refresh and avoid these messages.(phone gets stuck by the messages).Currently  am using mokee MK4.4 armani release, but the same problem comes with stock MI rom also.

I was having the same problem, had mobile data off and still it kept on charging 4 paisa now and then. Eventually I seem to have resolved the issue by checking "restrict background data" in advanced settings of mobile data.
EDIT
I figured out that in my case the location was enabled which was accessing mobile data. To see what is causing your data to leak, you can install mobiwol from play store and it would display the applications which are accessing mobile data and wifi.

Well it worked for me too but is it happening? Is they leaching our data or private info? Today toi says xiaomi has been banned in india for voilating edge and 3g patents sued by ericsson.

Sorry not working now.

Please see my edited answer, try switching off your location service


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How do I do the emergency turn off Android device with embedded battery?
Imagine your device is hacked and you want to turn it off now (because of it is using network in bad manner), but the rootkit blocked all functions.
How do I forcibly turn off the device? I've tried holding the power button and the devide said it will reboot instead of shutting down.

Maybe it depends on the device, but on Nexus 4, when you hold the power for more than 5 seconds (someone said 15 seconds), it will be forced shutdown. What's your device?

I've tried on some HTC One (just the nearest device at the moment). I expected it to be device-independent.

Is this "forced shutdown" really hardwired or it is actually a command to some chip with flashable (i.e. infected) firmware?

I'm not sure on that, but it works on Nexus 4 running on stock Android (not infected at all). I'll test on other devices when I can access them.

Devices that have inaccessible batteries "hardwire" the power button to be a force off when held for a time, usually between 5 - 15 seconds. For the HTC One, I have read that putting the device under a bright light source is needed while holding the power. Source

On other device ("Huawei Honor 6") I see this tip in power button menu: Press and hold power key for 10s or more to forcibly reboot. OK, maybe force reboot is hardwired, but what about force shutdown?


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Android simulator on Eclipse eats HD
I've found that the Android simulator in Eclipse eats up my hard drive.  I use an app to monitor my hard drive use, and I've found that when I start it up, it uses about 150MB of space on my hard drive while it's running.  When I shut it down, I usually get that space back.  However, if I have to close it due to it hanging or something else it will sometimes not give me all the storage back.
As an example, I was just using it and had to open 2 instances due to the first instance not working.  When I closed Eclipse and closed all the instances of the simulator, I was not able to recover 100MB of data from the simulator.  The simulator (and Eclipse) was the only application running on my computer, my computer was not connected to the internet for the duration of my use of the simulator (I had the Wifi card turned off), and this only happens when I use the simulator, so I doubt it's malware or a virus (plus I use a Mac, which makes it even less likely).
How can I clean up the disk space used by the simulator?  My hard drive is not that big, so if it costs 100MB of space every time I use the simulator it will kill my hard drive very quickly.
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Network not changed from 3G to 2G on Xperia L
I am using Xperia L, If i used 3G connection in one place then i moved to other place if 3G connection is not available means my phone not changed to 2G connection, i set network setting mode is WCDMA/GSM. In that time if any one called to my number its says "not reachable" what i do please help me.
i am using
Phone Name      : Sony Xperia L C2104
Android Version : 4.2.2


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how to disconnect asus usb connection from eclipse
im a beginner in android apps mobile. i already launch it in my phone asus T00Q, but i have problem to disconnect the usb from eclipse. some said we should put the mode on charging mode and not Media device(MTP) mode, bcause it will corrupt the sd card. the phone showing its charging. but i cannot change it in charging mode as the only option is Media device (MTP) and camera (PTP). how can i disconnect it properly from eclipse?

Modern devices and especially devices with their own power supply are not harmed if you simply unplug the USB cable.
Most storage controllers have enough power left even if the device shuts down to flush the read/write cache and prevent any corruption.


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recover whatsapp messages (database folder deleted)
Problem
I accedently formatted my memory card which had the database folder of whatsapp which had the last backup of my messages .... Now how can I get all my messages back ?? is there an online backup of my messages ?? Is there a way to get the messages back or should I stop searching for solutions since there is no backup in the sd card nor phone ...

I'm sorry for you but that isn't possible. Whatsapp only stores message backups locally. The only things on the Whatsapp servers are messages that hasn't been delivered yet. I.E. Skype doesn't backup messages on their servers and they also don't store messages on it which haven't been delivered yet so the 2 contacts have to be online to receive the message. If one of them isn't the message will never be delivered to the other unless they come back online at the same time. It might be usefull to backup your Whatsapp message backups to the cloud. I.E Google Drive.
Have a nice day,

oh dear GOD ... well thankyou for google drive advice ... i guess thats it ... thanks again for replying


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How do the various tools to convert a system image to f2fs work?
Recently I've been trying to install a f2fs compatible rom to my old and slow nexus7. I got as far as flashing a new recovery image and reformatting the device partitions to the new file system, but after trying to install a couple of supposedly compatible ROMs (cm11 and slimkat) and having the tablet stuck at boot I had to revert to the stock image I was running. After some googling it seems I missed a step: "converting" the ROM image to f2fs. There are tools to do that, so I was wondering how do they work actually?

Looking at the tool described in this howto it seems that it's a simple matter of replacing the boot.img with somethink compatible with f2fs and doing a bit of text search and replace on the unzipped image, replacing the strings
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system", "0", "/system")
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP", "0", "/system")
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system", "/system")
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP", "/system")
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP", "/system")

with
run_program("/sbin/mkfs.f2fs", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system")
run_program("/sbin/mkfs.f2fs", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP")
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system")
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system")
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system")

respectively. (The strings may vary for different devices).
I've tried unzipping a cm-11 and a Slimkat image and the source strings are actually there so the above should work, but I had no such luck for a lollipop factory image, which after unzipping has only .img binary files.


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Samsung S3 pattern lock on used phone
How do I get past the screen being locked up with pattern lock for Samsung S3? I just got the phone and has someone else's settings. I just want to get to the basic swipe unlock. If a phone is reset, will it remove the pattern lock, and need to use it? I just want to get into the apps so I can use the device. Right now, I can't even get to the main screen page.

A reset (through the recovery) will remove all data from the user.
If you don't want to preserve that simply follow the short guide:

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvD6ZCENlJA)
  1. Shut down your device.
  2. Enter recovery mode by holding Power, Home and Volume-Up at the same time.
  3. When the screen turns on you can release the Power button. (keep all other buttons pressed until the recovery comes up)
  4. Select Wipe data/factory reset from the menu with the Volume-Up/-Down buttons.
  5. Press the Power button to select the action.
  6. Reboot your device. (In case of no auto-reboot do that like you did with the factory reset)
First reboot will take some time to set up everything. After that all data is lost, even on the internal "SD card".


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Saving Gmail mail items to PDF results in html type files
I want to save an actual email from Gmail as a off to Drive, directly from my mobile phone (lg g2). For example I may save a receipt from play store as a PDF.
However the resultant file turns out to be a rambling html type file. I use the print option from Gmail.
Saving an attachment works fines.
I can't locate any options or settings that may impact the printing process.
I would appreciate any advice from others who may have experienced this issue.
Thanks

All e-mails are in html format.
What about downloading an HTMLtoPDF converter?

I was hoping to avoid double handling the files as I am away from my desk when I want this functionality. I would probable wait until I am next in the office and do a batch of the.

if you want there are thousands of HTMLtoPDF on the play store


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Fast switch between lock screens?
I know there is "No Lock Screen", which is a great musthave app that I have been using for months on all the devices I own. My friends/relatives love it too.
My only problem with it it's that I cannot switch to "Swipe" instead of no password. Since I have an LG, I unlock the screen with double tap. But accisental input also happened with my other Android phone.
So it would be cool if I could just rotate between swipe - pin/pass - no lock screens.
Ps: the app "No Lock Screen" works by using Device Administrator privileges. I have checked the 4.4 API and it is only possible to set no pass, or pass.
However I have root and Xposed on all my phones.


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Mount Binding to move App data to External Memory
I recently came across the idea of mount binding in Linux. I am wondering if I can mount bind the /storage/emulated/0/Android to /storage/sdcard1/Android. Will this extend my internal storage?
Should I partition my sdcard into 2 partitions with one being ext2 file system for this to work?
Will apps whose data is stored in the internal memory work if I do this and then move the data to the external sdcard? Where will the apps I download in the future store their data?

How to bind-mount “data” and “obb” folders from external SD card in “/sdcard/Android”?

Yes, partition the SD card into 2 primary partitions with one being ext2 and the other FAT32. Then download the newest version of Link2SD from Play Store, patch with Lucky Patcher's custom patch. When you load Link2SD, you'll be told if everything is set up right. If it doesn't say anything negative, then open the settings, and make sure to enable auto-link and a few other settings you'll notice you may want to enable. After that, set the default install location to the external SD, and then you're all set. For all the apps you already have installed, just change the filter so it displays the moveable ones (almost all will be) and touch each one, and hit link to SD.
The biggest thing to avoid while setting all this up is to not do any unnecessary actions other than what I just said. It's a simple process but if you are like me and think oh I better clean my Dalvik cache while I'm here in recovery mounting my card or hey I better uninstall Link2SD I already had and reinstall with an already patched ver, etc. keep it simple and what was said, you'll have no problems. Took me 3 days to get it to work. I was told exactly what I just told you and in the end that was exactly what I had to do to get it working.

Hi, I know about link2sd. I want specific answer to my question about mount binding. I an interested in knowing how to do this manually. Thanks for attempting to answer.

@GiantTree I want to manually bind mount an ext2 partition to increase my internal memory. The answer provided does not deal with the question. I can't accept this answer

If it's this then just unmount /storage/emulated/0 and mount your own partition there. You might want to repeat that for all the other places where your internal SD is mounted (/sdcard, /storage/emulated/legacy, /storage/sdcard0)


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Nexus 9 stuck on setup screen because of Wi-Fi?
I performed a factory reset on my rooted Nexus 9, and when I tried to start anew, I can't connect to any Wi-Fi network (with the exception of my phone hotspot), and I'm stuck here.  Since I factory reset, I lost access to developer options and I can't USB debug.
I have tried wiping the cache, factory resetting, and wiping all data, but nothing seems to get the Wi-Fi working (The Wi-Fi works fine on my computer and the family iPad).  It's always saving the network, but never actually connecting to it.  In the end, the Nexus 9 tells me "Avoided Poor Internet Connection" when in reality, the internet connection is excellent.
Is there anything that I can do to fix this, just in case Best Buy (where I purchased my tablet) says that my warranty is voided?
Any help would be appreciated.

Reflash? Although it's probably not the "good" solution, try doing it. Also, in the eu, if you didn't destroy the tablet because you had root, you're still covered

So how would I reflash my Nexus 9 if it doesn't even show up on USB?

use fastboot, you know

To reflash: Download stock ROM zip or tar.gz, and run flash-all.(bat/sh)


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I have both 159 contacts and no contacts, according to different screens of the 'People' app on my new phone
This is insanely weird.  If anyone can shed light on it, please help.
I'm migrating from CM11 on a Samsung to CM11 on a Sony Xperia (both unlocked+rooted, and without GApps installed). I've done this with Titanium Backup 6 maybe a hundred times, and also used my phones without Gapps since the start, both have been 100% straightforward so far.
This time I backed up contacts on the Samsung with Titanium and restored to the Sony, but the "People" app promptly said I have no contacts. I couldn't get it to show any of the contacts restored by Titanium. Never had that before. It let me create a contact but Titanium's restore failed.
I tried instead using "backup contacts" and restoring, with a .vcf file. That worked and showed 159 contacts imported, but when I use the 3-dots menu to "delete contacts" it insists there are no contacts. Press back key and it lists 159 contacts. Press delete option and it tells me I have no contacts.....
How can the same (standard) 'People' app tell me on one screen I have 159 contacts then when I try to delete them, tell me I don't have any contacts? I haven't done anything beyond importing contacts!


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Rooting my Galaxy s4
I just can't.  I just switched from an iPhone to a galaxy s4 and i don't even know whwhere to start. It's version 4.4.4 model sgh m919 and it's so complicated I dont even know where to begin.

possible duplicate of How do I root my Android device?

Possible duplicate of http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/1184/how-do-i-root-my-android-device. Please use the search first before asking questions that have already been answered.

This is not a duplicate. If you look at the How do I root my android device you will notice that the SGH-M919 is not in that list. We allow a "how to root" question per device. A search for SGH-M919 did not return anything that told me how to root that device. Once a device is answered, that question is updated to contain the question. I also suggest you look though the rootint tag-wiki.

Furthermore, if you take a look at our rooting tag-wiki, you will notice we don't close any rooting question as duplicate to that one (at least not anymore since 01/2012). One rooting question per device is permitted, and then will be linked from that index. A second question still might be valid in case the described method is "expired" (e.g. only valid for a previous version of Android).

I ran into this problem with the SGH-M919 NK2 (4.4.4) build as well.  Unfortunately, none of the one-click Root programs work as of right now, such as Kingo or iRoot.  BUT!!  Good news is that the NH7 Odin root package works to root the device.  So, to  go to this link, and download the root file.
http://download.chainfire.eu/328/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-jfltetmo-jfltetmo-sghm919.zip
Next, download Odin3, and follow these simple instructions from XDA:
http://www.jayceooi.com/how-to-install-galaxy-s4-firmware-i9500-i9505-with-odin/
Now, manually download SuperSU, or SuperUser from the Play store.
Voila!  You are now rooted on the NK2 build!
REMEMBER...you will be using the CF-Auto-Root[.tar.md5] in the PA box.

Thanks for providing an answer. But, really, as it stands, this is only a partial answer. The actual steps are linked to an external site. Which you state "instructions from XDA", but the link is not XDA. You should see the help center: How to reference material written by others.


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Camera is unable to initialize
This after noon I wanted to take a photo with the camera 8Mpx my Razr i (the large, not the front one) and my phone told me "Camera is Unable to initialize."
The front camera works fine however.
I deleted the cache and data from the "Camera" app and it worked once.
Some hours later, I had the same problem, deleting data changed nothing. I rebooted, no change either.
My phone is modded a lot, I started it in safe mode to avoid starting all my Root apps. Apparently it works, the camera starts up just yet.
I have a lot of Xposed module. The only one that is likely to use the camera is Snapchat. I disabled it and she still did not work.
I don't think I am going to bother uninstalling my applications one by one. I'll flash a clean ROM and test the long term.
I read on a forum that someone had the same problem he had opened his mobile phone and re-tensioned springs that serve as connectors between modules attached to the casing and the motherboard.
Before flashing a new ROM and disassemble it, can someone advise me some tests?
Maybe we can identify the issue before using "the hard way".
In advance, thank you
Titus.
EDIT :
I rectify, in safe mode it does not work either.
Hard issue then I guess ...


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How to run android apps on pc?
Now i want to run android apps on my pc.I runned apps on pc by using bluestacks but i want to know any other way to run android apps on pc.Is there any alternative to this one.

An quite easy way is to configure an android virtual machine (using virtual box or VMware). You can find   the Android ISO image here: http://www.android-x86.org/
It exists many guide on the Web to install Android on a virtual machine. (only google "Android x86 virtualbox for instance)
You can also use Genymotion (requires register) which configure a VM according to the device you specified

Andy/Andyroid  is another alternative based on VirtualBox


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Samsung S3 neo battery life started to reduce rapidly from 2 days
I am using a galaxy s3 neo phone from almost 8 months, from two days I was using my computer internet in my mobile through usb. Then yesterday night while sleeping the battery was 47 percentage , and morning when I got up and used my phone it got off because of low battery. I dint face this problem from past 8 months, but from two days the battery is reducing a lot even if I am using or not using. Please can anyone say what measures should I take to make my battery as normal???
Thank you in advance

related: What can I do to increase battery life on my Android device?

Try to calibrate your battery, after a lot of discharge cycles it is probable to face these problems


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Gmail offline mode
I'm connected to my network and Wi-Fi is on but I cannot search in google nor can I send email.  It says that gmail is offline.  How do I change this?
I'm using a ProScan Android tablet.

Just because you are connected to WiFi does not mean you are online.

Try browsing using your built in browser. If you can then post it.
If you can't, then check if you can browse in other devices connected to the same WiFi network.
If you can't, then try running diagnostics in your router. This will show if your router can connect to your ISP. To do this, you have to open router settings in a web browser. Check your router manual for more info on this.

Please post the result from all the abide tests.

which android do you have ? what version of gmail do you have. Tell in detail that what your gmail is actually telling. Do you had forced closed it? if force closed, then try clearing its data and later do everything that you have done in the first time.


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S4 cant unlock my phone
I have a galaxy s4. I had the screen locked with a pattern. My 1year old daughter got a hoed of my phone and after the 5 incorrect patterns it asked for the pin. I entered the pin incorrectly  5 times so it asked me to wait 30 secs before trying again. Now I have the bar that says type pin code but when I tap the bar to type it in the keyboard does not pop up as usual so how do get the keyboard to pop up to enter the pin. I have tried restarting the phone, by pressing restart and shutting down and powering back up the phone  and  taking out the battery.

What specific code is it asking for? Cell phone companies can give u your plu code to enter and unlock to restore phone. Or performing a master reset manually..keyboard won't pop up right?


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Will Android Lollipop be pushed to Nexus 7 device again
I received a push update for android 5 and was not installed as selected later as the timing of the notification wasn't the right time.  My device now says the system is up to date
Just wondering, will the update to android 5 be pushed again and when is likely timing?
Thanks for help.

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

I think you will have to flash the factory image yourself. See the instructions and links to all Nexus factory images at https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Note that this procedure will not preserve your data as may be the case with OTA push updates.


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How to get Dialler Call Option "Viber, Skype" on Android 4.4.2 with Samsung Galaxy S5
At the dialer screen I do not receive the option to call using regular number, Skype or Viber.
How can I fix this so that I'm prompted when I want to make a call?
Any suggestion would help me a lot.
Best wishes,
Martin

I have found a solution. In the contacts, tapping twice on the picture by a specific contact opens up the option to contact the person via all available means.

You might have set the default dialing option in the past. Go to Settings > Apps, from Options select Reset App Preferences. But this will reset all the defaults you have set for the dialer and all other apps.

Try Sky Dialer for Skype App, It lets you make Skype calls to your android contacts without merging the contacts with Skype (It requires the Skype app to be installed to work), lets you mark and organize favorites for easy calling too.
Full Disclosure: I am the app's developer


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Reinstall "Google Play services"
I have deleted Google Play services on my Android cell phone. While trying to reinstall from google, I have "No Carrier Lenovo 860t) and can not install.
Please can you kindly help me on this, what is "no carrier" means and how to fix it ?
Thank you,
My phone : Lenovo 860t (China made)
Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat

Google Play Services has to be installed as a system application. Assuming you have properly uninstalled that application, you have to copy the .apk file back to where it should be (probably /system/app or /system/priv-app).
To that No Carrier thing: This just means that your device didn't send Google any Information about the carrier that you have and that you should use the normal, non carrier-specific store (There are different stores with some extra applications/different listings for specific countries and even carriers).

You can get back your Play Services, just by downloading Google Play Store, it will automatically download the Google Play Services, In many devices, only play store comes by default,not the play services, when you connect your google account,to play store, it will download the play services.
Download Play Store : http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/


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Sync latest email attachment with Android
My college mess hall menu is shared as an attachment (.jpeg) on the same thread every week. The thread has no other content except for this.
For convenience, I'd like to access it quickly from my Android mobile. I don't want to keep it as a starred conversation and interrupt my urgent emails.
Is there a way to sync the file (i.e the latest attachment on the thread) so that I can have one click access to it? Maybe sync it to google drive so I can use widget or rename it to current_mess_menu.jpg and save it in a Dropbox folder so I can do the same? Open to other alternatives as well.

Assuming you use the Gmail app, it always downloads the attachment if you're on WiFi AFAIK.


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insufficient space on the device in my Micromax canvas 4 what to do
What to do ?
I can not install any application in my device?
I have tried clearing cache of all the applications .

Start with reading our insufficient-memory tag-wiki. this is a pretty frequent question, so it has been answered several times already. The tag-wiki sums it up.

Your best chance is try and move as many apps as you can to External Storage such as SD Card. Remember, you can only move "Certain" apps to SD Card, and not all.
Also, check below link.
What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage?
You may be able to find useful tips which should help you mitigate the problem that your currently facing!


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Google Play app seems corrupted
I have a Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket SII (yes, quite old now) and it's had a litany of issues as of late, but the one I find curious of all is the issue with my Google Play app. Every bit of text within the app (and the actual name of the app underneath the icon) has a bizarre use of accent marks over all the letters in the title, within brackets, and ends with the words, "one two." Installing something from the store is impossible as it always says that there's insufficient space for them, but that's inaccurate. I'm not sure how this affects my phone beyond the program, itself, but I'd be interested to hear if this is something I can repair or if it is the act of something malicious. Thank you.


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I can't see new files throught windows explorer
i can't see my new(!) files on android throught windows explorer while i can do it by ES explorer or adb shell. Is there any way to fix it?

This is a common problem with MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). Android's file scanner hasn't added your file to it's index yet so you won't be able to see it in Windows Explorer. The scanner also runs only when your device is not connected to your PC and runs once at boot (usually at least) and once you plugged it out.

Thank you! But is there any way to programmicaly force its execution? For example by running an shell command.

As I have said: Usually if you unplug it, it will run.


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New Galaxy S5 , Youtube is draining battery by 10 - 15%?
I recently got my S5 and when I look in the battery settings I see that youtube is draining a lot of my battery. I couldnt greenify it and I don't know what to do. Sometimes it goes up to 22%

my biggest piece of advice is this: don't worry about what is draining your battery, especially the "percentage". Something is always going to be draining your battery, and something is always going to be the "main" consumer of the battery. These stats are based on since the last time you "fully charged" your phone too. They reset when you unplug from a full charge. I am going to guess you watch YouTube. YouTube is doing a lot of video rendering, which takes more "power" than listening to music without video.

related: How can I tell what is really draining my battery?


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Broken Samsung Galaxy S4 screen.. (not working) need little help
I have Samsung galaxy s4. I have broken screen which is not working and it's completely dark. Am I right that I need to change digitalizer and LCD screen ?
I am looking to buy from ebay co uk, which one would be the best the genuine or other brand ?
There is many videos on youtube, is it that hard to replace on my own, as I have to take out camera etc. Is there any safety tips what should I follow ?
Thank you.

If you are doing the replacement yourself, you're best to replace the entire front assembly. See the warnings as to why on this page.
I would personally recommend the genuine item as I would have no idea where some other brand came from. I'd guess they would be refurbished items as these panels are made specifically for the devices. Using one might be a gamble, but I honestly don't know.
There are many safety tips, including having the right tools and ensuring you have grounded yourself. Prepare by watching the videos carefully, reading other documentation, and ensuring you know exactly what you will be doing. Don't force anything or the little bits will break. Ensure you have a lot of light in your work area, and that you have containers to put the little tiny screws and parts into.
My most important tip is to warn you that there's a reasonable chance you will damage the phone if this is your first try at fixing one. You need to balance that fact, as well as your own abilities, against the cost of having the fix done for you. I don't want to discourage you from trying it, but you need to be realistic about the possible outcomes.
Best of luck!


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Musics player stops working when the tab is tilted to landscape!
I am using I ball Slide 72363G17 4GB, I just had an firmware update and after that, whenever I tilt the tab to landscape while playing music, music player stops working by showing the message "Unfortunately, Music has stopped."
Please give me a solution.
If you don't know a solution, please tell me how can I roll back the update.

Did you see if this is an issue with the firmware? What happens when rotation is locked?

@HasH_BrowN When I open music player while the device is in portrait mode, it works well.


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Adjust touch parameters
I have some problems with my touch in my lenovo phone. For example, when I touch in two places that the distance between them is less than 2 inches, the phone thinks that it's only one touch. To fix this and more problem with the touch, I need to know how to change some parametrs of the touch. So… Do you know where those params is stored or how to change them?
My phone (lenovo s8+) is rooted, and I have terminal emulator on it.

This is a hardware related problem. The touchscreen sends your system a touch event for every finger you touch it with. If the touchscreen's touch resolution is not that high, it will merge two touches to one.
You can't change the touch resolution of your touchscreen but it is possible to send custom touch events to the Android framework using some commands (I don't know them now but I used them and it is working. It is also similar to Windows' event system.)


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Adding more than 3 fingerprints in Galaxy S5 by swiping different fingers when adding a new fingerprint
On the Samsung Galaxy S5 one can bypass the 3 fingerprint limit by swiping different fingers when adding a new fingerprint. Can this cause any security issue?

I haven't found any solution so far.

So I am still interested if someone has any idea.


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Can my tablet connect to a 4g pocket wifi?
I bought my tablet in lazada and i am planning on buying a pocket wifi, so i want to know if my tablet can connect to a 4g pocket wifi. after reading articles about data connection hotspot something like that, it made me more confused. please help and explain and elaborate. Im gonna buy it at lazada.
MY tablet - Cherry Mobile Superion Probe Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (White)
POCKET WIFI CHOICES:
1.) 3G - Huawei E5330 21Mbps 3G Mobile WiFi Hotspot
2.) 4G - Huawei E5373 4G Mobile Wifi

Before buying pocket WiFi, switch on the 4g hotspot in your mobile and try to connect to it through tablet. If it works then proceed to buy what you are planning.
Note: while connecting be sure the SSID, security type and password are correct or not.


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How Do I sort Email within my Motorola Moto G email program?
Within the Moto G email program which seems like Outlook, how can you sort the emails within your inbox? I want to sort them by sender not date.


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I used Android Device Manager to lock my phone but now it will not unlock
I have looked at the other questions about this, but none have yet to help me. I locked my phone using the Android Device Manager because the pattern had been put in incorrectly too many times. I have tried using several different passwords, yet it always pops up as being incorrect. Does anyone know any trick or something that can help me out? I really do not want to reset to factory setting because I have several very important things on my phone.

Well, you can unlock the device again and for that first restart your device and make sure that your device is connected over the Mobile Data/Wi-Fi network and then log yourself into the Google account associated with the device using your Laptop/PC and then head over to the Android device manager and again try unlocking. I am sure this time things will work out for you anyway all the best !


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Add an email address as a shortcut in Android phone
I am using an LG G2 phone with the standard keyboard. I wanted to add a shortcut or entry to the personal dictionary so that I wouldn't have to type out my email address all the time.
However it is not possible to enter the "@" symbol in the shortcut or personal dictionary dialog. I have save the components of my address to the dictionary but it enters with spaces which defeat any time saving as I need to remove them.
Is there another technique to achieve this? It seems like I need to install a third party keyboard app, but this sounds extreme for such a commonplace issue.
Thanks

You may want to use another keyboard then. Even android's stock keyboard allows email addresses in it's dictionary.


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Lg ls840 phone says security error
After rooting my lg LS840 I wanted to get rid of bloatware it was working fine till I restarted but now my phone wont boot it just says security error.
I already spent hours trying to fix using lg support tool but keeps hanging tried on two different computers I also goolgled how to return to factory but coudn't find anything that worked

Can you get to recovery or bootloader?

Can you also post an image of the error?

Here are the instuctions I found

Directions - Please read them carefully

Please make sure you have your LG Drivers installed before you start this process
  you can go to Lg site to get current usb drivers
Please download one of these zip files from this links below
LS840ZVC https://www.dropbox.com/s/j63hoo0jsocid8y/LGVIPER.zip
LS840ZVD https://www.dropbox.com/s/3timbamztkewkdh/LS840ZVD.zip
Unzip and place the LG folder in C: root directory
Please have at least 60 percent battery or more and put the phone in download mode.

You can do that by Plugging the usb cord while hold vol up and power.  Keep holding it until you see a screen that says downloading in progress.

Now go to your device manager and look for your com ports and find your LGE Android USB Serial Port.(not modems) Now double click it and look for advance and then click it. now we have too change the com port to 41. press ok and close it out.
Unplug your usb connection from phone and leave phone in download mode.
Now open your windows explorer go to C:\LG\LGFLASHTOOL\LGFlashTool.exe run as admin.
Model config will open select manual mode assign LS840...dll for dll and .tot for s/w.
Go to port settings and select port 1 only.
Now plug your usb cable back into the phone.
start the flash by pressing the arrow on the top left side and let it run

--> !! Please don't let your desktop or laptop cutoff during the process. Please do not remove phone from usb cable until after the first reboot complete.
It doesn't matter what percent your LG FlashTool is showing and you can close out LG FlashTool at that point. do a factory reset after you get too your home screen for the first time. now you device is ready too be used.
don't forget to update profile on phone after it reloads

Source

here is the link to the actual forum where I found it http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-viper-4g-lte/216964-factory-images-restore-your-phone-back-factory-unbrick-your-phone.html


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Remove H/H+ from signal bars?
I know what they mean, but I'm a minimalist and in my defense, it takes up a lot more space than I've seen the other H/H+ icons. So how could I remove it? Majority of the time, I'm not on the web with my phone that much except my breaks at work, so I really don't worry about having this.

What model phone is this on? Is it a custom ROM of some kind? I'm fairly certain this is not what it looks like in stock AOSP.

@keepcalm Yeah, stock ASOP 4.4.4 running on a Moto G 2014 edition.

Running some kind of Xposed module or something?

@keepcalm Yeah, as of now. But this has been happening before I even unlocked my boot loader.

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Can't get custom boot animations to display
I have a U.S. Sprint LG G3 and I've been trying to make a custom boot & shutdown animation for it, but I'm having quite the trouble.
I have no problem getting boot animations I download from here to work. I was also able to use this person's site to turn the vertical octopus gif in that thread into a boot animation. Phone is rooted only, no custom rom; no problems placing the files and setting permissions correctly.
But I'm not having any luck with this gif: http://i.imgur.com/08thhjx.gif
That site has a 3MB file limit, so I'm trying to create the images and bootanimation.zip myself. I've tried splitting the frames out with both Irfanview & ImageMagick. Then resizing from 480x480 to both 960x960 and 1440x1440 - then expanding the canvas to 1440x2560 and filling the new background in with black. Again, I've performed these manipulations with both IrfanView & ImageMagick.
I've tried jpg's and png's with varying levels of image compression as well as both 24 and 32 bit png's.
In the desc.txt file I've tried 30, 45, and 60 frames per second. For the part line I've tried:

p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part0
c 1 0 part0
p 1 0 part0 (repeat this line x10)

And the zip I create uses Store compression (no compression), created with WinRAR.
No matter what I've tried, the animation never displays, just black screen. I've tried connecting with adb and running the bootanimation command. When I have a working boot animation that I've downloaded, the command echos the string bootanimation at the prompt, and my phone screen flashes black for a split second. When I try the command with my custom animation in place, nothing is echoed at the prompt - no error messages or anything - and nothing happens on the phone.
Here's a dropbox folder with a few versions I've tried - jpgs, larger png's, and smaller png's, with different variations on the desc.txt file. None of them will display. Maybe I'm missing something simple, or maybe there's some problem with the images I'm creating..

Did you add a crlf after the last line in your desc.txt file?  I could not get mine to play until I hit return after the last line to let the file end on the new line.
Hopefully this is all you need to do too.

I tried it both ways, with both dos and unix line endings.


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Can I change the date range in the Lollipop "cellular data usage" chart?
In Android 4.x I was able to change the date axis on the "cellular data usage" chart to show (for example) what I used in the past 24 hours. In Lollipop, the date range is locked to a static data range. Is there any way to quickly look at a specific date range as in 4.x? How? Thanks!

AFAIK, Google removed it for unknown reason. The best alternative you can do is use 3rd-party app, but I haven't researched any.

I couldn't either, but after setting a data warning and limit threshold, the option of changing the cycle appeared!
lollipop its a little mess of 'hidden' settings

I don't think this is what the OP wants... on previous version, you could zoom-in the graph using 2-fingers and see (let's say, following OP's example) the usage in past 24 hours. On Lollipop, you're given a static 1-month graph only.

Why oh why is this option not always visible!! Thanks


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How do I make my wallpaper scroll on my Android?
To be specific, I have one page on my homescreen. How can I have just the wallpaper scrolling in the background and the icons staying still?

Just for clarification: Are you rather asking for a live-wallpaper (basically, an "animated wallpaper")?

Check out http://novalauncher.com/ for a great Launcher if your device does not natively support wallpaper scrolling; it's possible to force it with Nova Launcher.
I'm not sure it's possible to implement wallpaper scrolling with a single page; you could try duplicating the page and removing the transition animations to achieve a similar effect.

Yeah I've figured out a loophole! I created 5 copies of the same page with the same icon in each location, then I added the "wipe" effect from Nova. Thanks!

Glad I could help. Best of luck!


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Send an email setup as a file
Is it possible to send a file that would contain settings for a phone to set up an email account such as set up a POP3 account on a phone.
So I could send it to a user on the network and then they just have to enter their credentials for that email account.
I have tried looking but mostly I've found people who cannot connect to their mail account.

You could send a text file that contains the relevant server details, and username and password, with instructions, but there is no file extension, which when clicked, automatically creates an email account.


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Restore backup from internal storage
My first problem:
My Google Play had a persistent "No connection" error.
There are a bunch of fixes but none of them worked.
So I decided to try the final fix: Restore device.
Now I knew this would delete most my data (Rest stored in Google Account cloud).
So I looked into backup software for my laptop (since I couldn't get backup software on the play store).
My second problem:
I'm a recently started Android developer so I had the SDK and USB driver. Now I tried to push my software to the device through USB but USB debugging wasn't working (Yes my debugging is on, yes I've tried everything to fix my debugging problem).
So then:
When I couldn't get backup software on my android OR my computer I thought just copying the data off my device (my computer could see the device as a media device, so I could see the files on my computer just couldn't get USB debugging on).
My third problem:
So I copied everything I could and saved it to my computer.
Restored my device.
Dragged all the files back onto the Android.
Didn't work.
Is there anyway I can get those files back onto my device?
Is has folders such as: Android, DCIM, Download, Movies, Picture, Storage etc...
TL;DR:
My Play Store isn't working. (It now does after the reset).
My USB Debugging isn't working.
I can't get my "backup" back onto my device.
If anyone could fix any or all of these problems, that would be amazing, if you need anymore info let me know!

Typically, you should only ask 1 question at a time. it allows a person to specifically answer, and it to be accepted. if I know the answer to one of your questions, my answer would be "incomplete". - Your 3rd problem, shouldn't be a problem. Those folders live on the internal/external storage, they are not in a location that is wiped when you do a factory reset. They should still be there.


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How to get photos off device?
My samsung galaxy s4 screen and touch no longer work and I am trying to move my photos to my mac. The screen is locked and the mac is not authorized to connect the phone. I've tried to use a mouse to control the phone, it didn't work. I do not have a samsung account so I cannot unlock the screen that way. I know the problem could probably be solved by rooting but because I need my warranty this is not an option. I have onedrive(skydrive) installed, maybe it is possible to remotely activate photo backups?
My question:
How can I get my photos off the device? or how can I unlock the screen so I can get the photos off the device?


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Can't move files to SD card
I have a Sony Xperia M2 (not rooted) on 4.4 kitkat, and recently it started giving errors whenever it tries to move files to my external SD card. My internal storage is almost full, and it sometimes gives me notifications to move files to my external SD to clear up space. However when I tap it to actually move files, it fails with
Transfer interrupted. Check SD card for partially copied files.

In fact, no apps seem to be able to write to the SD card at all. In terminal emulator, I get this
$ cd /storage/sdcard1
$ mkdir test
Failed to create 'test': permission denied

What happened, and how can I fix this?

Related question (unresolved - though I believe 3rd party file tools have specifically been excluded from these rights since KitKat) - http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/86251/receiving-an-eaccess-permission-denied-error-when-copying-files-to-extsdcard

Note: not even the android system is able to access my SD. I know kitkat disallows app SD access, but I think this is a bigger problem.


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How to go change azerty to qwerty on huawei ascend y530
Alright so I got a Huawei Ascend Y530, and I live in the Netherlands, where literally no person ever uses an azerty keyboard. However, for some reason I can only get azerty when setting my keyboard to Dutch. It's annoying me to no end but I have no idea how to get alter the keyboard to suit my wishes.
Does anyone know how to change an azerty keyboard to qwerty without changing the language?

Have you tried this :{
If you go to settings->language and input
You will then see a section called keyboard and input methods, click the settings icon next to the keyboard you use, somewhere in the app that launches (depends on the keyboard) will be an option to use an qwerty keyboard, maybe keeping the same language.
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Otherwise, try the following:
I would recommend downloading 'google keyboard' from the play store, as it has the option (under 'appearance and layouts->customised input styles') to have a dutch qwerty keyboard.


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ADB Shell In Recovery Mode - Error:Closed
I smashed my display pretty good today and am unable to use the digitizer. The upper half of the screen is barely visible and the lower half is black. I have debugging enabled on the phone but I can't push the button to accept the key when the phone is connected to the computer. So, I am unable to gain access to my data/texts while I wait on my new phone. I found a blog post where the guy walks through a whole series of commands to permanently enable debug mode on his phone through use of adb in recovery.
Fortunately I am able to use the volume, home and power keys to boot into recover. I am also able to read enough of the screen to make the selection to "apply update from ADB". Once I select this I run...
adb devices

...where my device is listed with a status of sideload. All seems good until I attempt to do anything else. Issuing...
adb shell

... returns error:closed as does pretty much any other command.
Any thoughts as to what I may be doing wrong?

It's very likely that you're running a stock recovery.
Since your power & volume keys are OK, you are able to boot it into fastboot (or bootloader) mode, where you can flash another recovery using fastboot. That's it. Go & get a TWRP or CWM for your device and flash it in. The reboot to the new recovery and adb shell should be available at this point.


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Accidentally Deleted Voice-to-Text app for Samsung Galaxy SIII
I was running out of memory on my phone, and so went through all my apps and deleted those I didn't use to create more room....apparently, by doing so, I deleted the app that lets me voice-to-text on text messages or even search by voice in google chrome.
Can someone help me fix this without resetting my phone to factory settings???

Is your device rooted? if so, restoring it will be more difficult, and a factory reset will not help. If it isn't rooted, and you did remove it, than it can be restored from the play store, or you may have just disabled it.

Not to wake an old thread but I was looking for the solution to this same problem and wasn't finding a solution. I had disabled my Google  app , turning it back on fixed my issue. Settings,applications,all and find "google app"

The problem in my case was that I had disabled Google App. As soon as I enabled the App, the microphone icon started appearing in my keyboard. Try it, maybe it's the same case.

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Samsung Galaxy S III red light flashing rapidly upon plug in
The short version: I can't turn my Samsung Galaxy S III on, and when I plug it in, I get a rapid flashing red light, but no other response.
The long version: My Samsung Galaxy S III does not turn on. When I plug it in, the light on the top left flashes red. It does this rapidly, but it is not flickering, and stops after about a second or so. To give an indication as to how rapid it flashes, it goes about ten times in that second, and then just stops; that is, it flashes once every 100ms. Like I said, though, it is not flickering--the rate at which it flashes appears uniform.
Background information: This is following potential water damage. The device was put in a washing machine and I discovered it only after the cycle had completed. I removed the battery and the SIM card immediately and let it dry in front of a small fan for three days before attempting to plug it in. Due to concerns that the flashing red light might be the device's way of warning of a potential short-circuit, I have NOT left it plugged in for more than a few seconds at a time.
The question: What does this mean, exactly? Is this an obscure error code, and if so what does it mean? What approaches to salvaging this device apply in these circumstances, if any?

Since you mentioned water damage, have you tried the rice trick? (Oh, and a source I found says that the blinking red light means a low battery, while blinking red light while charging means there's a problem with the battery/charger.)

Is a (potential) short circuit truly such a bad thing on a low-voltage (5-volt) device such as a cellphone?


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How do I keep my camera active on Android even when the phone is locked and screen sleeps?
When I play Ingress, Ingress remains active. Even when my screen goes black, if I push the power button, Ingress is still active. I do not need to unlock my phone nor wait for it to "wake up". (The phone is locked though - to use any other app I need to unlock the phone.)
How do I get the same functionality for my camera app?
If I'm using the phone as a camera, with the camera app active, if the screen goes black, when I hit the power button, I want the camera to be open and active.
Things I've tried:

Keeping my phone unlocked when in paired to a trusted Bluetooth advice. Then when I push the power button, I get a screen where I have to swipe to wake it up. With Ingress, I don't have to swipe the screen nor wait for anything.
Snapshot. I've tried using the Snapshot app, but I have to wait for the phone to launch the camera app.
The camera on swipe from the lock screen ... and again I have to wait for the camera app to launch.

I'm willing to figure out how to build my own app if needed. (But would rather find something.)
I'm willing to take a battery hit.

Well, there are some spy camera apps available which can help you in doing that but I would say think again about it as it's capable of draining your device battery in an hour !

The app Haven at https://guardianproject.info/apps/ was built to turn a phone into a security camera. Search for guardianproject in Play.

It depends on your Android version. However, supposed you are using Lollipop, you can lock up an application to only make that one work.
You can also download an app called Caffeine from the Play Store that avoids your phone to go standby.
If you don't want to be noticed by any means, you can download an app called spy camera HD pro by MVM studio.


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How to force software update on Android 2.3.4 model GT-S5830D Galaxy Ace
According to what I've read on line, it should be Setting -> About Phone -> Software Update, but in the About Phone section I don't have that option. Just Status, Battery use, Legal information, System tutorial, Model number, Android version, Baseband version, Kernel version, and Build number.
I also tried what lifehacker recommended, which was to

Go to Settings > Apps (or Applications) and select show All. Then find Google Services Framework and click the Clear Data button. Then click the Force Stop button.

or

dial ##checkin## (using the numbers on the dial pad for the letters)

But neither of these worked. Any suggestions on how to update the software, or clarification on whether or not I can at all?
Thanks in advance.

First line of that post: "Android: If you know or suspect there's an update" Do you know or suspect there is an update for a phone released like 4 years ago(?).

I'm not sure. This is the first android I've ever used and I was just given it to develop an app on. I expected I would be able to update the software somewhat.

It's very hard to believe your very first Android device is a model from 4 years ago and even then this device had no chance to receive a major upgrade. I know this site isn't stop supposed to be for recommendation but if you want to receive future major upgrades you will have to buy the top phones and even then you will probably as much receive 2 major upgrades.

It was just given to me to develop an android application on and I needed something to test it on. If it's impossible to ugrade it, that's not too much of a problem, I'll just make sure the application is compatible with gingerbread. -


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How do I change the terminal font?
I notice a difference in the terminal font between two of my Android devices, specifically in terms of character coverage (in both cases it's the terminal shell of JuiceSSH).  How do I set the font that the terminal uses in Android?

Increase/decrease general system wide font size by going to Settings > Display > Change Font Size or similar. Or if that specific application offers font size preference, then use it. Different android devices' font don't look the same because of screen sizes and resolutions / dpi.

I found two ways for changing font size in JuiceSSH.
Use Volume keys
The very first time you would've used JuiceSSH, you might have come across this brief tutorial:
(Click image to enlarge)

Use the Volume Up/Down keys to adjust the size of the font.

Traditional way (Settings)
On the default page of JuiceSSH, go to Settings → Font size → adjust it.

Use the Volume keys of your phone to adjust the font.

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Why does my google account not work?
I rooted my LG G3 awhile back and everything was fine. One day, I couldn't access my gmail or play store using the installed apps due to a connection error. I factory reset my phone and whenever I try to add my gmail account, I get an error that says "Can't establish a reliable connection to the server". How do I go about fixing this?
Note: I'm with Verizon on 4.4.2

Is there supposed to be anything other than the local host entry? I saw "..*. android.clients.google.com mtalk.google.com"in it. The asterisks represent numbers that I wasn't comfortable posting.

Related: Synchronisation of contacts and calendar suddenly stopped working

check date/time
If they are "too far off", it might cause problems with certificates – which then either appear "not yet valid" (with your date too far in the past), or "no longer valid" (with your date too far in the future). Most Google components such as Playstore, Gmail, Sync, use secure communications, and thus rely on certificates.
check the /etc/hosts file
Especially with Custom ROMs or on rooted devices in general, the file might have been altered. Some "ROM cooks" add the IP for Google's servers here "to speed things up" (avoiding "lookup overhead") – with the side effect being things break when those servers are "relocated".
So in that file, there might be multiple entries you need to comment out or remove (check first if that's the case – if not, you can save yourself the trouble). Leave only the local host entry as is. You'll need to remount the system partition read/write to modify this file--, which requires root access. This can be done either via adb shell from your computer, or with a terminal app directly on the device:

$ cat /system/etc/hosts # first check if the work below needs to be done. If so:
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cd /system/etc
# cp hosts hosts.bak
# echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > hosts

Now see if it works again. If not, you can always restore your original hosts file (note we copied it to hosts.bak). When done, don't forget to remount /system read/write again – either by a reboot, or with mount -o remount,ro /system.

What does the date/time have to do with not being able to connect to google account? if it really does have something to do with it, you should probably explain. Editing the hosts file requires root, the original quest does not mention the device is rooted, you should not assume that it is. And if they are rooted, what "entry (or 2)" do they need to have commented out, and why would they be in there if they should be commented out?

He did a factory reset so the hostfile would be wiped anyways.

-for date and time see user186247 answer
-the lg phone was originally rooted and even if you factory reset, the phone still remains rooted.
-stop being snarky. if you aren't satisfied with my answers downvote me or provide a better one

The date and time is fine

its your host file then. those two entries that you have listed put a # infront of them like this
android.clients.google.com # mtalk.google.com and then try again. you may need to reboot your phone but most cases it should be ok.

Date/time might be an issue for certificate check (when too far off). @MatthewRead since when does a factory-reset modify /system? /etc is nothing but a link to /system/etc (usually). So only "root actions" change it. // Seth: To avoid "snarkyness", please note answers should provide some background on recommended actions ;) You might be right with the hosts file, though – I once had a comparable case.

@Seth, you are correct about the rooting, sorry, I missed that when i first read the question, and since that is the case, the hosts file could likely be the problem.

I had this issue and it was because my phones had year randomly changed to 1990, check your date and time settings.

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Copy bluetooth paired devices from one phone to another
I bought a new Android phone and was able to transfer all my data, sms, call log, etc to it.
My question is how can I transfer the list of all paired bluetooth devices from my old phone to the new one so that I won't need to pair my new phone with my bluetooth devices again?
Is this even possible given that each phone has a unique bluetooth mac address?

I really want to know this too...  and/or how this perhaps can be done at the code level (as opposed to system level or using an app)

i need a workaround too


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How do I transfer music To a Moto4g phone without using Google Play?
When I try to transfer music files a pop up box appears warning me that the files will be transferred but I might be unable to ply them which happens.

Welcome to the Android Enthusiasts! We will need much more information to give good recommendations here. Please [edit] your question and include how you are transfering the files (step-by-step), so we can see what goes wrong. I never used "Google Play" to transfer music files (no idea why I should go that way, and even don't know how that should work), but simply copy them to my devices.

From what I understand, you get the default message Windows gives when you try to copy some files and it thinks your phone probably "wont" be able to play them.
Just select the "Ignore" option and go on copying anyways, the phone should be able to play the music fine.


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How can I force the Google Sheets app to update to the server?
I have been using the Google Sheets app a lot on my Android phone, and I have discovered that if I don't force the app to store the spreadsheet to the server, it sometimes loses updates.
This is the sequence I currently use to force the app to save to the server:

Clicks the check mark at the end of the "fx" input box.
Click the check mark at top left.
Click the "<" mark at top left.
Click on the spreadsheet again, and scroll back to the desired position.
That's a lot of steps for something that happens automatically after just a few seconds in the browser version, and pretty annoying (though not as annoying as losing data).

So, the question: How can I more expeditiously force the Google Sheets app to update to the server?

In 2014, when I originally asked the question, the multi-step procedure described in the question was necessary.
In 2015, an app update made it update automatically, as long as a net connection was available. So the simplest answer is to update the app to a version from 2015 or later.
The risk of data loss appears to persist (as of 2023) in the event that a spreadsheet is edited off-line when net access is unavailable, if the app shuts down (such as from contention for memory with other apps, or forced shutdown).
That Sheets behavior is different from the Google Docs app, which appears to store changes in local storage until a net connection is reestablished. Docs may still misbehave in the event of conflicting edits, but that's unavoidable.


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Samsung GT-S7392 is locked because of attempting password too many times. Please help me out
Samsung GT-S7392 is locked because of successive password attempts; and I could not access or log into the google account as well. The question is: Can I l get unlock through theses using my google account where I'm not the first user of the device. It also asks me for the back up pin. What actually is it and how do I solve 'unlock' this? Please help me.

Well, you can try unlocking your device with the Google Account if that account is what the device is using ! Other than that there isn't any option !

On a side note: This is very suspicious.
Anyway, regarding this question:

The question is: Can I l get unlock through theses using my google account where I'm not the first user of the device.

You can only unlock the device using one of the Google accounts associated with the phone. If you don't know the password or any of the phone's account credentials, then you're out of luck.
For the next question:

It also asks me for the back up pin. What actually is it and how do I solve 'unlock' this?

There is no universal backup PIN. You can only unlock the phone with the  PIN/password that was set or the credentials of an associated Google account.
Alternatively, you wipe the /data directory on the device to perform a factory reset, which will also reset the password.
Warning: Performing a factory reset will delete all user data.

You can restore the phone. Find and download the firmware for the phone. Go checkout www.xdadevelopers.com or google the phones firmware. You'll need to download Odin. You will also need to download the bootloader and the modem besides the firmware. If you want to do this. Let me know. Ill give you step by step directions.
DOING THIS METHOD WILL DELETE EVERYTHING FROM THE PHONE, FRESH START.

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Retrieving videos/photos from Vault app on Galaxy S3
Is it possible to retrieve photos/videos after uninstalling and reinstalling Vault app?  Please give me instructions how to retrieve.

They are no longer in gallery and I'm unable to locate on phone.

Nope. You will have to reinstall the app to use the files again. They're "encrypted" in a way such that only the Vault app can access them.


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What is the command line syntax of ClockworkMod recovery?
Background: I recently broke my phone's touch screen; everything else is working - I can even send inputs using adb shell sendevent ... and view the screen with screencap. ADB while in recovery works as well.
however, since the recovery doesn't have the screencap utility, I can't really do anything in recovery mode. I have found the recovery utility, though.
The recovery command though has no help as far as I can tell; there is no man, and neither recovery -h nor recovery --help show anything. Unsettlingly, the command doesn't even terminate immediately.
Are there any resources on this utility, especially on how I can do a full system backup like I would using the options on the screen?

You can use twrp instead, it provides command line.