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Cannot download anything from Google Play store via mobile data | Open downloads app or download manager. Change the setting of the max size of file you can download using mobile data. |
Bluetooth headset in-call volume doesn't change? | Try updating your Jawbone's firmware and see if that fixes it. You can also try installing Jawbone Companion and see if that helps. It doesn't have the OG Droid listed as being compatible when I click on Install on the Google Play site, it has my OG Droid as one of the options so it's worth a shot. |
How to Make Light indicate No-VPN connection Active? | Izzy's idea about using Tasker for the task in chat
A raw idea (not checked/verified) would be using an automation tool like Tasker and have it shutdown all network interfaces whenever VPN connection "got lost" (of course giving you a "manual backdoor", i.e. if you manually enable networking it shouldn't shut it down immediately again just because no VPN is active ;)
Solution
Create VPN profile in Settings > More > VPN
Attach it to Tasker
Feature-request: enable the front light configuration in the VPN menu |
Display timout resets to 15 seconds occasionally | I suspect that the 'battery saving software' might have caused the issues. Did you experience these issues before installing the app ? There is a couple of ways which might help restore original settings :
A factory reset might set it right.
Alternatively if you have a backup of your original firmware you might want to try reflashing your phone after backing up all data.
ps : The name of the app you were using might help out. |
How can I use Flash Player now that it's no longer supported? | If the Play Store won't play ball, you can download the Flash Player APK from Adobe here.
Direct download links:
For Android 2.x and 3.x: Flash Player 11.1 for Android 2.x and 3.x (11.1.111.73)
For Android 4.0+: Flash Player 11.1 for Android 4.0 (11.1.115.81)
Warning: Those versions are pretty old (2013) and are no longer supported by Adobe. Therefore installing it may make your device vulnerable to attacks from the Internet. |
Is it possible to free up phone storage while keeping HTC Sense? | I also have the safe device and had faced the same problem. I have two wonderful solutions:
1) Use link2sd. This app moves your app's apk, lib and dex file to second partition of you SD card. It will leave only the data files in the internal memory. So you can install nearly five times the more apps. I have a blog post if you want to try it out.
2) Use sueprnova ROM. This ROM is the stock ROM with data2sd support. So you can even use 2GB of SD space as internal memory.
Both of this solution requires you to have a better class of SD Card. |
Lag fixing using OCLF - could it do any harm? | Basically, it tricks the Android OS by using symbolic links and a large file formatted as ext2, rather than partitioning or formatting your device storage. In this way it's very safe. I've used it several times on several ROMs on my Galaxy S with no problems. |
samsung odin twrp recovery | This is assuming you can still boot the phone like normal since your question did not specify if it could or could not boot.
boot the phone normally
enable USB debugging
connect to computer by cable
from the computer, run adb reboot recovery
phone reboots directly to recovery
Done! |
How is the internal storage of the Galaxy S III allocated? | Some site disassembling the Galaxy S III states a 16GB flash, seems to be the 16GB version. If that's true, I would imagine the 32GB version has a 32GB flash, that's an internal storage.
The tech is MoviNAND that's just work like an MMC card, but it is mounted as the internal storage for Samsung's devices. |
Switch OEM Theme between Blue and Gold on Honor 8 | After some further research I found that Honor uses Huawei EMUI user interface and it has its own theme switcher app called Theme. It was lost among the apps as they became reordered, easy to get overlooked.
After launching the app, go to tab Me, switch to desired OEM or installed theme and confirm. |
How do I disable the missed phone call notification light? | it is impossible to change it in setting(you can only completly turn it off or on). But you have some apps for that. For most of them,you need root. But I found this one in link(article about it) for which you do not need it. It is Led Blinker(avaiable in Google Play Store)You have lite and pro version, but lite should be more than enought.
LINK WITH INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO USE IT: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.guidingtech.com/23212/customize-disable-led-notifications-android/&ved=2ahUKEwig0IfSvvbjAhVG2KQKHSndB48QFjASegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw3YIcmp9EWQpzvCGuaCwlLU&cshid=1565378157374 |
PC no longer recognizing Android Device | That must be a USB Driver problem. Download the files in here and follow the instructions. |
Is there a way to lock an Android device using a keyboard? | You could type in "adb shell input keyevent 26" which in turn will lock your screen
For this you need the usb debugging enabled on your phone and adb should be installed in your machine
A complete adb installer in 15 seconds for windows can be found here
Reference :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
And for Linux Machine there is a script which is written by Corbin Davenport. just execute below given line without the quotes in any Linux terminal to install
"bash <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/corbindavenport/nexus-tools/master/install.sh)"
Hope this helps you although this is not a shortcut key |
Stop from Samsung Galaxy S4 turning on when receiving text message | It looks like having the screen turn on when SMS messages arrive is a stock feature of the Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verzion (possibly applies to other models and carriers as well). I saw threads here and here discussing the problem. There is no setting to disable only the screen turning on.
The workaround that I ended up using is as follows:
1) Disable notification in the stock app: go to settings and scroll down to Notification settings and unselect "Notifications".
2) Install SMS Popup.
3) Enable SMS Popup. Then go to Addition Settings and disable "Screen on for Popup".
Maybe someday Samsung/Verizon will fix the problem, but for now this workaround seems to work for me. |
Tethering an Android 2.2.1 (Froyo) using Wifi | If you are on linux, check up the kernel routing table by
typing route at terminal.
if you do not have a default entry in the list it won't work.
For example my kernel routing table reads:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.137.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 2 0 0 eth1
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth1
default 192.168.137.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
Type in this command at terminal and see if it works:
sudo route add default gw 192.168.43.1 wlan0
where wlan0 is your wireless interface....
also you could try rechecking the dns server on your machine
and add the following lines to your etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4 |
How to use two whatsapp accounts on my rooted Samsung galaxy star pro device | Download the Parallel Space app.
Tap WhatsApp icon and you'll be prompted to sign in to the second WhatsApp
When it gets to verifying your phone number, use the other number you want to use and select call verification after sms verification fails.
Voila, you have one WhatsApp account on your first number and to access the other WhatsApp use the Parallel Space App. |
How to get the Enter (Return) key in Messaging (MMS) app - Jelly Bean | press the shift key and see the change in the icon for the smiley. It changes to the enter key. |
adb.exe android gives me error with su | I got a tip from XDA dev's under Android-General Developing: give the custom ROM a new name by renaming "update.zip" on the SD Card. Under CWM, pick this "update.zip" under Update setting.
This was tested with Moto Defy+ 2.3.6 stock ROM and HTC One V GSM with a Sense 5.0 custom ROM when I tried to install MIUI 5. |
sharing lan connection to android | You need to enable Internet Connection Sharing on your lan network. To do so you need to:
1.Go to your network icon after connected your LAN cable. Click on " Open network and sharing center."
2.Then click "Local area connection" > "Properties" > "Sharing" Tab and check "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection..." Then click OK > close. |
How to install Messenger Lite on Samsung tablet | You can install it from apkmirror choose your android version and it's done. If after installation app misbehave try to install a lower version of the app.
Remember: You may be asked to enable 'Unknown Sources' (to install apps that are downloaded outside of playstore).
To enable:
• Open Settings
• Security Settings
Under 'Security Settings' you will see this option. |
Allow USB debug pop-up not showing while installing CyanogenMod on Galaxy S3 i9300 | The solution to my problem was simply revoking all authorisations granted to computers already. After rebooting both my Galaxy S3 and my laptop, the pop-up appeared again and I could continue the installation of CyanogenMod, which has now succesfully completed. |
How do I turn gray wifi icon to blue? | This, at least for me, happens when my device connects to Wi-Fi, but with wrong parameters. I fix this by entering the Wi-Fi settings, choosing "Static IP" instead of "DHCP", and then editing the network parameters manually, like this:
These settings may be different on your router, so check that if it isn't working.
IP adress: 192.168.1.xx (replace xx with any number, avoid 2, 3 or 4, because there may be devices already connected with that adress)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Prefix lenght: 24
DNS1: 8.8.8.8
DNS2:8.8.4.4 |
How to manually restore Call Log from adb backup on OnePlus One? (SMS already restored) | Note: OP already knows the answer but the following info is for those souls who might be troubled with the same issue.
Disappointment!
CM11 in OnePlus One (be it 44S or 05Q update) doesn't have any provision to get the Contacts and Call logs get backed up and restored using ADB.
So unfortunately, the answer is simple: your contacts and call logs were not backed up by ADB because the developer(s) of CM11 didn't allow it, and so, you should look for other ways to restore them (hint: Google Contacts Sync).
Also, if it matters:
/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases is where you'll find the database for SMS/MMS
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/ is where you'll see the Contacts and the Call logs
You can now stop reading if you're satiated by the answer, and I recommend to get busy in finding some recovery methods to regain access to Contacts and Call logs.
However, some souls want a reason for an event no matter what, so here we go with one such reason!
Why SMS/MMS were backed up and not the Contacts?
Why is that private content such as SMS/MMS were backed up but not the Contacts?
You've to note that since Jelly Bean was launched this has not been a common behavior exhibited in Android Open Source Code (AOSP) and neither by most of the stock ROMs to allow backup of said private content by ADB, i.e. both Telephony Provider (has SMS/MMS database) and Contacts Provider (has Contacts and Call logs) are usually developed to not to participate in backup and restore infrastructure of the Android system. However, CM11 has some changes which allows SMS/MMS to be backed up but leave the Contacts and Call logs in the dirt.
What are those changes?
My finding states that in CM11, a flag named android:allowBackup="false" was eventually removed from Telephony Provider but remained untouched in Contacts Provider. This flag is always introduced under the app's AndroidManifest.xml.
Google here has to say this regarding that flag:
android:allowBackup
Whether to allow the application to participate in the backup and restore infrastructure. If this attribute is set to false, no backup or restore of the application will ever be performed, even by a full-system backup that would otherwise cause all application data to be saved via adb. The default value of this attribute is true.
(Emphasis mine)
However, for some reason, CM12 reverted back this decision and now, both the apps doesn't allow backup from ADB at all.
If you intend to to see the source of the said packages, then take a look at AndroidManifest.xml of Telephony Providers for:
CM11 -- no such flag under <application ..
CM12 -- has that flag under <application ..
But for Contacts Provider both CM11 and CM12 has the flag untouched.
You can further verify this information from the AndroidManifest.xml of both the packages that you've in your CM11. You would find that the flag is present in one app and not in the other.
Note that the default behavior as mentioned in original source code of Android is to disallow backup in both apps for Kitkat release.
As for why CM11 developer(s) made such changes, I would advise asking them directly.
Done for now!
You may checkout my similar answer mentioned here for the question: Backup/Restore SMS/MMS via ADB on a non-rooted device?. |
How do I disable notification sounds and vibrate in messenger? | As of now, notifications for chats and calls in Messenger are grouped and can only be enabled/disabled together.
Your best bet is to contact facebook/messenger and ask them to add the feature, by splitting the notifications into channels, which can then be controlled seperately. |
Port MessagEase Macro to new device | Note: I wanted to post this as a comment, but have yet to reach the requisite reputation requirement; I'd appreciate if someone can move this for me, or if not just ignore me, thank you!
I double checked and MessagEase does indeed have the backup flag enabled in its manifest, so as @Izzy pointed out ADB backup should be a viable method to export them all (personally, I am still having issues with the ADB restore function, just be aware it may not throw any error messages from syntaxical issues by default, and do some further reading on how to troubleshoot). If you do wind up having to do it manually, note that holding down the hand icon key with a keyboard's hex data on-screen supposedly brings you to the keyboard exchange step and imports it (according to the app's FAQ, I have not tried the feature myself); that might help cut down the labor/time a bit.
Additional Thoughts
I initially thought maybe one might be able to find where all the hex values for keyboards are being stored in some directory in root, but apparently it's a bit more complicated for IME/input devices than I'd assumed. Someone else more knowledgeable might be able to advise on locating such a directory (or potentially in a .db?). |
How can I disable automatic Facebook photo sync? | Open the Facebook app and tap the top right (hamburger) menu item in your sidebar. Scroll to the bottom and select Account > App Settings > Sync Photos. Choose Don't sync my photos.
Source. |
How safe are downloadable lock apps? | It depends. Some are secure while most are insecure. For example there are finger print apps. Most of the people knows the trick so its insecure. |
Why GPS tags are lost after saving images to PC with KIES? | Copy the files directly by mounting your device storage to the PC, don't use Kies. See GAThrawn's comment for details (thanks!). |
I dropped my phone in water and now the screen isnt working - i cant remove the battery | The first thing you should do when dropping a phone into water is switch it off immediately and make sure it's completely dry before turning it on again. Keep it inside a case of rice so that the rice can soak all the moisture from the phone. Keep it inside for a day or so and try turning it back.
So try doing it now and hope it works else you'll need a new phone. |
Silence notifications but not calls | Yes you can simply turn off/reduce your volume to 0 for the notifications and only keep the ringer volume as required.
You can do this under settings>sounds(As you have not specified any os details or the device make or model I can only give you a common answer) |
How to remove installed Viber sticker? | It's not yet supported.
From viberfaq (answer posted a month ago):
At the moment it is unfortunately not possible. You can uninstall
Viber, and when you reinstall, Stickers will be gone from your Sticker
folder (but this will unfortunately result in message history
deletion).
In the future we plan to add a feature that lets you remove Stickers
from your folder. |
My SGS2 got stolen and I want to reset it through a PC - how? | Did you have Lookout or another security app installed? Most of them have remote-wipe features. If you didn't, there's also Lookout's Plan B from Google Play. I don't think Plan B allows remote wipe, but even still, it's likely your best bet. |
Diagnosing Angry Birds Crash | You can use ADB and run logcat by typing the command adb logcat > logcat.log. Alternatively you can use an app like aLogcat. That will give show you your systems logs but then you'll have to figure out what it all means.
I have to agree with Matthew Reads comment that it's probably related to CM but there are so many moving parts and different factors it's hard to say. Unfortunately diagnosing through trial and error will require you removing CM to see if it was the cause. I would recommend removing AdFree and seeing if you still have crashes because it could be caused by that. If I were an app dev that relied on ads to fund my company I'd probably make the free flow of ads in my app a requirement for my app to run properly.
Also, I doubt it's launcher pro. |
Galaxy S4 - Exchange ActiveSync picks wrong Display Name | For posterity's sake, I'd like to point out that after doing research online, I have found out that this is an issue plaguing Samsung Galaxy S2 and S3 as well. Most of the discussions on this issue end with, "Why don't you just get a @gmail account?"
Since I refuse to have an email with numbers in it, I am going to stick to my more professional looking email on @live.com. I don't want to put an ugly email like [email protected] on my resume or any other correspondence for that matter.
Anyhoo, long story short, if you have a hotmail email address (@hotmail.com, @live.com, @outlook.com, etc) and you value a synchronized mailbox (meaning, having all sent and read messages marked as such on your desktop, web mailbox and phone regardless of where you sent or read a message), then don't get an Android device until there is concrete evidence online of someone being able to show that it works. POP3 is archaic technology from the mid-90s. IMAP isn't a whole lot newer, but you can still get by with IMAP. Unfortunately, Microsoft has refused to offer IMAP services on hotmail accounts. So your only options are POP3 and Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). |
Save more then 200 SMS per contact on 2.3? | In the messaging app, access menu > settings > text message limit
and set it to a higher number you like.
Hope this helps. |
Unfortunately process.com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly error whenever i disconnect a call | Try clearing data of
Phone (com.anddroid.server.telecom)
In-call Interface (com.android.incallui)
Dialer (com.android.dialer)
You could temporarily download TrueDialer or any other 3rd party Dialer.
If possible a provide a logcat. |
Why aren't my songs dowloading? | Try using a different internet browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, but I must remember you that this kind of YouTube video downloading method isn't legal and you shouldn't use it, you may be downloading viruses and other harmful components in your device.
If it didn't solve your problem, then leave a comment in my answer and I'll find a way to help you better. |
Screen lock notification | In settings there are settings for Notifications Bar Icon settings there you can turn off notifications for targeted apps. But the only problem with this approach is that you won't see the notifications even after Unlocking the phone. But hey if you want some privacy then it's worth it and it doesn't even require an app. |
Is it possible to repack an .apk to install it in an incompatible Android version? ('there is a problem parsing the package'/have 4.0.4-requires 4.1) | Short answer: No.
Simple repacking cannot solve the compatibility problem. If an app requires "at least Android XX", that usually means it needs some conditions not met before it. There are new OS features introduced with each Android version, libraries get additional APIs/features, etc. – nothing of that can be solved by "repacking" the installation package. If the (required) functionality cannot be provided by the Android version your device is running, the app cannot work (correctly) – even if you were able to install it. |
LineageOS for Samsung Galaxy Young (S6310)? | You didn't look hard enough, but it's probably not your fault, because 1) the site of LineageOS (LOS) does not list devices formerly in the CyanogenMod (CM) build roster, and 2) the device is never a member of the official CM/LOS queue.
There are a bunch of unofficial CM builds on XDA-Developers, all the way up to Android 5.x, with various bugs. See for yourself if you could accept them, and flash them with caution.
However, as for the problem you're attempting to solve (storage space), regrettably no custom ROMs will remedy that. Repartitioning will do, but 1) your device doesn't have a solution for such, and 2) being a low-end device, the storage chip itself is too small for repartitioning to claim space from.
TL;DR: "you could, with certain risks" |
Google Reader App that fetches the full article content | NewsRob Pro also fetches the full feeds. You can choose between Readability and some other methods. It works but I'm not a huge fan, it was just the best one that I found (I didn't try D7 though). |
Is it possible to export the S-Health data from a Samsung S6 into a usable data format? | There are few ways that you can export it.
it won't work on Settings>About Device and confirm you have an SM-G900?
1:Go to developer.samsung.com/health and download the Samsung Digital Health SDK
Extract the files and read the ProgrammingGuide_SHealthService.pdf to find out how to put S Health into "Developer Mode"
From the Health Data / tools install the DataViewer-1.2.0.apk to get the data viewing app which can export to CSV.
Once its all set up reboot the phone and all exports fine.
2:You need to install dataviewer.apk to your phone and not your computer. Make sure your turn on the developer mode in S Heath.
Go to S Health-more settings-about S health. Right above "check for updates" tap 10 times on the version. If it works then it will turn to developer
mode.
Go to your web browser on your phone and go to developer samsung com/health and download. You will need to extract the zip file once downloaded find the dataviewer.apk and install it. Reboot your phone.
Read the programming guide because your need to turn on the permission to sync the data between the dataviewer and S Health for each item you want to view.
To Export the data, go to the main screen of dataviewer and on more is where you export the data. Once you export the data, you need to use a file manager like file commander to find the file and email it to yourself. It should be under the health data folder. It is located under storage/emulated/oN health/com.samsung.health.blood pressure.201601310420.csv for example
link to actual site. |
Create a shortcut of a certain Settings Package | Since what lock app you're using is unknown, I'll just list some apps that create activity shortcuts in various ways so you could verify if any of those work with your lock.
Nova Launcher - a launcher that could add activity shortcuts to the homescreen.
More Shortcuts - also adds to the homescreen, but a standalone app and can be used with any launcher.
Bar Shortcut - creates a shortcut in the notification dropdown, one of the options is "all settings", under which most if not all settings subitems are listed. |
How can I control both volume and track skip on my Android device from my headphones? | I will answer your question in the meaning "How can I control both volume and track skip on my Android device from my headphones?". This might not be supported by the system itself, but the Playstore holds a number of solutions available. Depending on your headset and Android device, one of them might work better than the other:
JAYS Headset Control
RemoteControl for Earphones
Philips Headset
Headset Droid Trial / Headset Droid (~ EUR 2)
Headset Button ControllerTrial / Headset Button Controller (~ EUR 2)
Klipsch Control
Ordered by their Playstore rating. These apps seem to share the same pattern -- and it is a pattern you use with the one-and-only button on your headset:
tap 1x for play/stop (or to accept an incoming call)
tap 2x for skip-to-next (or to reject an incoming call)
long-press to increase volume
tap 1x and then long-press to decrease volume
Plus more (up to 4x tap), but you've got the idea. I tried JAYS, which is the most configurable (1x tap and vol+ worked fine, but even after 3 weeks only 1 out of 10 tries for the other combinations worked, which might be due to hardware (headset) incompatibility) and the Philips Headset (which worked out of the box for all the above mentioned combinations -- no wonder, my Headset is a Philips, and that app was developed with this headset in mind). So if you have no luck with one of those, try another :) |
Latest version of Play app on Android 2.1 | Have Froyo here running on Samsung Europa, latest version on this is, 4.1.6.
Perhaps you need to let the old Market run for a bit, then back out of it, it should auto-upgrade itself, provided you have a valid account and signed in. |
Will Wi-Fi Direct allow me to connect to an ad-hoc network? | You can't, WiFi Direct is for Peer to Peer WiFi connection only, like paring with Buetooth. Your PC isn't set up to do this kind of direct connection.
So the answer is "no".
Your question is mixed, what did you use to create the ad-hoc network? What was the route that would allow you to brwose the web?
You can use an HTC One X to create a WiFi hotspot for the PC to connect to, but not the other way around.
It's really confusing question. |
Remote path to Angry Birds Space savegames | adb shell ls -l /data/data command will get you the file and directory listing you are looking for.
Specifically for Angry Birds Space, try adb pull com.rovio.angrybirdsspace.ads/files/highscores.lua C:\abs_highscores.lua |
Video recording asus transformer | I am having the same problem and I think I've got the solution. I'm thinking of 2 ways:
Buy an HDMI to component or HDPVR converter and buy a capture card (cheapest)
Buy an HDMI capture cart (very expensive).
You have to make sure the HDMI capture card will be HDCP compatible because otherwise it will refuse to receive the encrypted video. Of course, that's the same for the converter but that costs about 40 euro. |
Sort contacts by different field (not first \ last name) | Dw contact manager supports this feature
http://crowdin.net/project/dw-contact-group-manager |
Nexus 7 ignores apple-touch-icon | It looks like Google is afraid of being sued by Apple for using "square icon with rounded corners". There is an issu on http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=125076. However there is information about fix version set to 25th release. I don't know if chromium and chrome versions have the same numbers, but last time I checked Chrome it was on v. 22. There is also a posted suggestion of introducing chrome specific Android-Icon. |
ICS Navigation app change default from walking to driving? | It's to do with the transport mode you're using when you tell maps to ask for directions. Pick a point on the map. Press and hold till the bubble comes up. tap on the bubble, choose directions, now the directions panel comes up with from and to lines and under that will be the choice driving, public transport or walking. choose driving then press navigation. that works for me after I was suffering the same problem as you. Hope this helps |
can't update, can't do a factory reset | This a solution to bring your device to a stable, stock, factory default state.
NOTE: this will wipe your device (not the SD card) and return it to stock, unrooted factory defaults.
Download one of these two files:
This file if you want to restore to Gingerbread
and this zip file if you want to restore to the OTA 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) latest update.
Extract the file you downloaded to your computer, in a location you remember.
On your phone, enable debugging
this is usually found by going to the home screen, then pressing Menu and choosing Settings->Applications->Development and check the USB debugging option
Plug your phone into your computer
Locate the run.bat file in the location where you extracted the .zip file
Run this file and wait for the process to finish.
You're done! Reboot and enjoy! |
How to call GTalk to GTalk from Android? | Google Talk Video/Voice support will be rolled out shortly on all Android 2.3 Gingerbread devices or on the Nexus S now (but as an OS update, not an app update, so you would find it in Settings, not in Market) |
Embedded YouTube videos have sound but no video | If the problem is only with embedded videos, just click on the link to the actual video on Youtube. Or try long pressing on it to get the link to the video URL. |
Writing an ISO file to flash memory | There is an app on the Play Store called 'DriveDroid' which will allow you to do exactly what it is you are looking for.
I am not sure however, if it is free or not but unfortunately you need a rooted phone to use it. |
Network problems with Samsung Galaxy Young (S6312) | I have had a similar problem to this. In my case, it was caused by the SIM card coming loose. Try the following steps:-
Turn the phone off completely
Remove the SIM card
Reinsert the SIM card
Turn the phone on again
and then see if you can make a call and use mobile Internet. If it happens repeatedly, you might need to wedge a small piece of paper in with your SIM card to keep it in place. |
How to see at what time an SMS was sent? | Download and install the application "Android Messages" made by Google LLC.
This app replaces the standard Message app. To see the time an SMS/message was sent, just push and hold a finger on the message and press on the information icon that appears. In my case (OnePlus 5T, Android 8.0.0) I could even check messages that I had received before I got the app.
Source: https://androidforums.com/threads/text-messages-actual-time-sent.73270/page-2 |
Verifying device integrity. Galaxy Tab S2 9.7" | Custom recoveries and ROMs don't enforce SEAndroid, so the error pops out. Ignore it.
Get stock Samsung images from SamMobile. This is also the surefire way to return to factory recovery (along with everything else).
Please get a screenshot (camera capture) of the failed CM installation, so that we can diagnose what's the issue.
Assuming the flashing process failed at its start, it doesn't even wipe anything, so it's stock Samsung system + TWRP, nothing more. |
Does the default email app support IMAP? | Default email app on my G2 supports IMAP, including encryption. I personally use K-9, which is free. |
Sudden crashes and drops in battery charge | You might need to reset the battery stats anyways. Drain the phone entirely -- when it shuts off, turn it on again until it shuts off again and repeat until it won't turn on. Then wipe the stats and charge to 100% with the phone off (leave it plugged in for an hour or so after it appears to be fully charged). Turn it on, drain it again, and charge to 100% while off again without wiping the stats this time.
Of course, if you're not rooted you can't wipe the stats, but the drain/recharge cycles should help regardless by providing fresh stats. |
Access phone from computer without passcode | You can try few links I am giving you here and if you are really worried much about all your data,then go to data recovery specialist and get data recovered.
http://computersaremylife.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/broken-android-touch-screen-cant-unlock-solution/
http://android-commander.en.lo4d.com/
http://www.fosshub.com/MyPhoneExplorer.html
https://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
Most of these required 'adb and USB connection' enabled. |
Why can't the touch layer on the screen can't be replaced? | It depends on the phone, really. I had a Motorolla Attrix HD with a broken touchscreen, the LCD was fine, and I was able to order a replacement touchscreen by itself. However, during the repair, separating the LCD screen form the touchscreen damaged the LCD (it was glued on way more tightly than the one in the youtube video I was following for this exact model).
Some phones, the touchscreen and LCD screen are sold as an assembly, other phones, the 2 parts are available separately. |
How do I hide "Show Sample Cards" in Google Now? | From Google:
To see some sample cards from the main Google Now screen, touch Menu > Settings > Sample cards. When you’re finished and want to get back to the main Google Now screen, touch Hide sample cards. |
Preventing Google Play Services autoinstallation into an ancient Android phone | This is from Android 5.1.1 in Google play. The first picture is for only one app under the app and the stacked dots. The second picture is under Settings/Auto-Update apps. This obviously isn't the author's Android version, but you may want to see if there is a similar setting in your version. |
How to stop the LG phone launching preset applications when the phone is locked and inside your pocket? | NEW SOLUTION:
In the official LG update of Android (5.0.2) LG finally came themselves with an option to turn off the "feature".
Settings | System | Shortcut key
ORIGINAL so called a "solution":
After a long research, I am answering my question by stating that in Android 4 (the original version of the phone) it does not have a proper solution.
I called to LG helpdesk as well as wrote them emails. They always answered that "It's a feature, not a bug", the buttons events are hard-coded and that I can use a protective case if I want to avoid the accidental push. |
Can the new Galaxy Note 10.1 make and receive phone calls? | No. Only skype or other voip options. It does not have a GSM module on it, it just has a small chip for data transfers. |
Is there a way to export/share "favourite" gallery images? | You need to use the Photos app instead (it no longer requires a Google+ profile) which has the option you are looking for in the latest 2018 version. But you cannot export or migrate your favorites out of Gallery and the Gallery app is removed by Lollipop. |
Android phone animations have stop working | The animation scale options are turned off in developer options and by turning it on it works as expected.. |
Can I install additional language support (Russian) on HTC Desire HD without rooting? | You can use the same app that I found for my problem to fix yours:
Custom Locale
Just install it and then select Russian as your predefined language and you're good to go mate. |
What is the installation size of a clean build of 4.2? | Well, to put this another way:
For Gingerbread, storage space weighs around 95Mb, give or take, including Google Apps, source code 6.5GB, compilation taking up approx 14GB space.
Android's storage space for ICS, weighs around 160Mb, give or take, including Google Apps, source code 9.5GB, compilation - takes up approx 20GB space.
As to JB, have not yet built it, but source code is 12.5GB, compilation takes up around 25GB space, various official JB images hovers around 200Mb mark.
The above ball-park figures above, reflects from GB, ICS and JB. As for the future versions of Android, only time will tell how much more space will be taken up, it will increase, no doubt!
As for the final image build output, this would be dependent on handset, as ROM developers/manufacturers love to add their own bits, hence the inclusion of the "give or take" in the above sentences, not to mention carrier bloat-ware so the mileage will vary. |
How can I erase whole phone securely? | For a real safe delete of all data on the device, a simple factory-reset won't do: data might still be recoverable if one takes the efforts required for such a data-recovery. So I'd recommend taking a look at e.g. Nuke My Phone:
Following National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines, Nuke My Phone sanitizes your internal SD card, where Android phones typically save pictures, downloads, documents, and other such personal data. Then, we eliminate the guesswork by prompting you to initiate the factory reset.
Nuke My Phone doesn’t eradicate data from your external SD card, but that’s okay because reusing your SD card in your new device will save you money! If your device has an external SD card, make sure to remove it before recycling or trade-in.
So this app should really wipe your internal-storage: it not only deletes content, but overwrites it with random data. This way, nothing is recoverable anymore afterwards -- and you can savely give away/sell your device. |
Only use pattern lock instead of swipe screen and pattern lock | Without rooting, etc there is no way on the Droid 3 to go back to the Droid 1 lockscreen experience. Motorola and their forum users recommend using a lock timer so you don't have to use the pattern every time.
Motorola Forum Post |
Root Access to avast moble | You might want to install an app that manages root access for you such as SuperSu or Superuser. These apps give you various options for controlling root access for apps. These apps prompt you to ask whether you want to grant an app root access or not.
SuperSu: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu
SuperUser(by ChainsDD): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noshufou.android.su |
I have a phone that is completely locked and usb debugging is off. How can i make the phone usable again? | Does it have twrp? If it does perhaps there is another way around that helps to reset forgotten pattern lock / security PIN / password from your Android device without having to lose your precious data.
folder, thus resetting Android’s security.
Ketan from XDA Developers forum has developed an intelligent hack file, that needs to be flashed on your Android device through custom recovery and bingoo!! your phone’s security code / pattern lock and password will be removed. This hack basically instructs your phone to remove the files which tell android that the phone is locked to show the lock ui. If the device is protected with a pin or password it will skip it. If it's protected with pattern then it will not skip it but don't worry you can input any pattern to unlock it. Downloads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2245081&d=1378720290 I hope it helps if it doesn't tell me there's another way to do it!! |
On the android Incredible, is there any way to make a shortcut to the "All Photos" view? | Do you have an app called Gallery? I have it in my list. I would say just drag that on your homescreen and you should be good to go. |
App to count my daytime minutes | Phone Usage is a great app that can monitor usage and do all of the following! (description on app page)
Monitor your phone call, text and network data usage.
★★★★★ "Loads of similar apps on the market, but this one beats them hands down."
★ Set limits on daily, weekly and monthly usage.
★ Alerts when you break your usage limits.
★ Widgets for calls, texts and data.
★ See which apps are using the most data.
★ See who you call the most.
★ See usage per hour, day, week and month. |
Chinese-bought Samsung Galaxy S2 has a very limited language list | You would have to change to another (Android) ROM that has other languages. Take a look at How to Install Stock ROM on Samsung Galaxy S3 (S III GT-I9300).
You can download Nordic firmware at SamFirmware. (Nordic firmware's not in the related links in the link above, but you can follow the first link for the steps in installing/flashing a new ROM) |
How do I uninstall Cool Browser? | I tried Avast free antivirus and this allowed me to uninstall it. |
Intermittent scrambled panels when browsing on Chrome for Android 7.0 | Recently started having the same issue, and I'm not the only one, according to Google search. Seems to be a software issue with Chrome. The only solution so far has been to install Chrome beta version |
Is there any way that I can see what is on a phone that has a cracked screen | Assuming the phone has no security lock enabled, you should be able to see the media it contains if connected to a computer. If it has a memory card, you can try and use it on another device.
Assuming the phone is synced to an online account, its contacts, messages, etc. may be accessed by visiting the account online through a computer, preferably.
The only other choice I see is to repair it. |
Nougat: Possible to set all notifications from the Gmail app to not make any sound?: | You can edit the notification settings;
Settings -> account you want to make silent -> uncheck notifications or change preferences with the box below |
Downloading and installing an application in the system/app on a un-rooted device | Root is only required if you are installing a system app within the confines of the Android OS.
If you can flash your own rom, you can bypass any restrictions that the OS has, because you are able to do anything you want with a custom bootloader before the OS has a chance to load and restrict things.
If you are creating a custom rom (off-topic for this site), you can edit the rom on a desktop and flash it to the phone.
You could simply flash a file using a custom recovery (such as TWRP or ClockWorkMod).
If you are on a stock phone with a locked bootloader, you could always root your phone temporarily, remount system as read-write, add the application, then remove root.
As far as updates go, as long as the application in the system directory is signed by your key, you should be able to update it (root not required). You'll need a way to get updates out, though. You could post in the Google Play Store, use a 3rd party store (such as Amazon App Store or F-Droid), or have the user download the app and side-load it. If you also wrote the app in question, you could probably program a way to self-update as well (also off-topic for this site). |
How do I disable a screen overlay | Try going in settings - apps - wrench icon - draw over other apps - deselect the app you think is showing the overlay.
I'd recommend you to uninstall the app after. |
Samsung S5 screen turning on and off when plugged in to charge | I was having the same problem - plugged the Samsung cable into a dual charger with higher current capability (my wife left her charger at the cabin) and the phone quit complaining.
An intelligent design decision - have the phone use more power to complain about not enough power during charging... |
Mounting external sd-card on rooted Android 7.1 tablet fails, but only if partition not empty | Does sdcard mount Android storage setting?
Run blkid command, see what say about partition.
Also what is mountpoint? I.E. /mnt/sd-ext
If you call mount like this
# mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 mountpoint
You have to be in same directory as mountpoint |
Device update triggers factory reset and completly locks user out | Called both android and huawei support. Neither of them was helpful. Both insisted that this shouldn't happen, althou the google support said he once had a similar case from a huawei consumer. Both suggested to delete the phone from list of devices in the google account. That didn't work and neither could tell why it didn't and how it could have helped.
Huawei accepted it as a repair case. The phone is still in the warranty period, so i hope for a replacment phone. |
Danger of increasing the vibration strength of phone | The problem is not the strength, but the direction. At least my Nexus 4 makes no noise if it vibrates while lying flat on the table. Lay it on the side, and it will wake the dead.
The axis of rotation should be paralell to the screen, not perpendicular. No amount of software will fix this hardware/design error. |
How do I erase my work location from Google Now? | Thanks to a pointer from Pam, I waded through a number of potential solutions until I found one that seems to work:
[update] Although the steps appear to work, less than 24 hours later Google Now will automatically re-add your work address - even though you've not got it listed in Google Maps.
From Google Now home screen tap your "menu" button to open the settings (for my Galaxy S3 its the far lower left button.)
Tap "Settings" and then turn Google Now to "Off."
A confirmation box appears. Check the button that says "Also turn off Location History."
Click "Turn Off."
At the next screen, click "Turn On"
Click "Yes, I'm in."
Your "home" address should show as your current GPS location.
Scroll down until you see a "magic wand" symbol in the lower right corner and tap it.
Click "Places" (it should show a #1 next to it.)
Your Home address should appear (you can tap to edit this if not correct) and "Work" should be empty.
You will have to re-enter any other personal settings but at least you can now edit your "work" location (or just leave it blank) |
Locked screen shows track name | Settings > Notifications > Don't Show
Blocks VLC, FBReader TTS, etc for Android 6, so probably similar on a Samsung ROM. |
How can I tell if my International Galaxy S3 is suffering from Sudden Death Syndrome? If it is, how can I fix it? | Do this:
Type *#0011# on your dialer to go into Service Mode.
From there, go to Settings by pressing the left hard key
Navigate to wifi and turn off power setting mode.
This solved the problem for me.
However if you turn your phone off and again, the procedure will have to be repeated on each restart as its temporary. |
How can I zip a folder into a zip file in Android to send over the Internet? | androzip might help you with that |
What does "staged" mean in the context of dictionary download? | My guess is that it refers to a staged rollout, which means that it is available only to a few users not all. Since you are unable to download, you are being told that the dictionary is available but not yet for you (or people in your region) |
How can I make my emulator load faster? | If you're doing development in Eclipse, you don't need to turn off the emulator. If the debug/run button in Eclipse is set up properly, then Eclipse will close the current instance of your program inside the emulator, install your new program to the emulator, and start the program on the currently running emulator -- all without rebooting the emulator.
Yes, the emulator booting still takes 5 minutes, but it's not that bad since you only boot the emulator once a day (and booting up Eclipse at the start of the day takes roughly the same amount of time anyway). |
Rooting Docomo S3 (SC-O6D) | There is a binary in /system/bin which continuously checks for root and immediately remves it again, as soon as root is detected. Chainfire root tools used to have an automated removal tool affecting this security binary. You can also do it by hand.
I do not know it by hard, the name of the binary. But you could extract the auto-root in the link below and you will know it.
Or you can simply use it.
http://download.chainfire.eu/248/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-d2dcm-sc06d.zip
Have fun! |
what will happen to built in apps in galaxy note 1 n7000 after hard reset such as s pen? | The types of problems you're describing are generally best solved by, indeed, factory resetting. If you can't find another solution, it's pretty much always the last resort. So if you're willing to do it, it's all but guaranteed to fix the problem, unless the problem is being caused by a hardware issue.
Built-in apps will all remain. Anything that shipped with the phone will still be there. Some may have updates that need to be reapplied, but you won't lose anything that was there when you first turned on your phone after buying it. |
Why isn't my Galaxy S8 popping up my Captive Portal login page? | After some digging, it appears it's working now.
When a client tries to access http://connectivitycheck.gstatic.com/generate_204, it needs to use DNS to resolve connectivitycheck.gstatic.com first. I had my dnsmasq setup to look like this:
interface=wlan0
dhcp-range=192.168.30.20,192.168.30.60,255.255.255.0,24h
address=/#/10.45.12.1
Where 10.45.12.1 is just a random IP I chose. It didn't really matter what that IP was, because as soon as the client resolves it to that IP, and tries to get /generate_204 from it, my iptables firewall rules would redirect all requests to nginx running on the Pi.
The only limitation I was aware of was that the IP couldn't be on the same LAN (192.168.30.0/24), or the Pi would try to use ARP to figure out its MAC address, and fail, without making the actual HTTP request.
It turned out that if the IP you are resolving everything to (in my case 10.45.12.1) is a LAN IP, Android won't popup the login page. No idea why.
The fix was to change from:
address=/#/10.45.12.1
to
address=/#/1.2.3.4
where 1.2.3.4 is any PUBLIC LAN IP (an IP outside of the '10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, or 192.168.0.0/16' range). This fixed my problem. Hopefully it fixes someone else's as well.
NOTE: My setup does NOT require the client to ever have internet. They connect to the Pi, and get a page popup for configuration purposes. If you need the device to have internet, which would probably be a more common use case, you probably can't just resolve EVERYTHING to 1.2.3.4 like I do |
How does cell phone display image or video even before you start to capture? | First off, there is no physical shutter on smartphone cameras, so the CMOS is always "exposed to light continuously", even when the phone is completely off.
The Android camera interface has two modes (actually more, but only two are relevant). One is the "capture" mode, which allows full control over exposure time, resolution, and image processing, and allows to take photos at the maximum quality offered by the hardware. The second is "preview" mode, which produces images at a high frame-rate, but doesn't offer the app as much control over exposure and image processing, and is limited to smaller resolutions, and worse exposure control.
Often, the "preview" mode can also output in a different (YUV) format directly into GPU-accessible memory for efficient display on the screen, while "capture" mode can encode directly to JPEG for storage in main memory.
Is the difference between displaying and capturing a video(or photo) is only storage?
No, the difference is between the two modes. Capturing a video or photo offers better quality and more control, and can take advantage of hardware encoding to save efficiently to a JPEG or MPEG file.
Is cellphone continuously taking pictures for displaying, even if you don't take a picture?
Yes, while the camera app is open. When you take a picture, the preview mode stops while the picture is being captured. When you're not using a camera app at all, the camera module is powered off. |
Sync contacts and calendar from Outlook 2010 on my laptop with Android phone, avoid data in cloud? | You can easily turn of Google Sync for any Android phone. Just go to Account Settings, Sync. One problem is that whenever you get a new ROM, or Google does an update, these settings get turned back on. So you need to check periodically.
There are a number of 3rd party sync products, with free trial periods. Just give them a try. You can find them online. The best for security may be DejaOffice which has an encrypted mode to really lock down your data. |
Haptic feedback settings in Android 4.1.1? | System Sounds > vibrate on touch. |
How to delete my @gmail account from GMail client while leaving on Email client? | You can disable Gmail app. Another option is to turn off syncing email in Gmail: Settings → Accounts & Sync → Google → choose your Google account → uncheck Gmail. |
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