Use a bluetooth headset for media audio on a Nexus 7 running Android 4.2 I have a Jawbone Bluetooth headset paired to my new Nexus 7 tablet. In the paired Bluetooth devices section, it show that it is paired under the Phone Audio profile. I just want all the audio to go through the Jawbone earpiece, when it is connected. So far even though it is connected I can't get any sound out of the ear piece and the tablet still uses it's built in microphone.

So is there a way to change the Jawbone's Bluetooth profile from Phone Audio to all, or media, etc? I don't know how to change this, and I'm not even sure what the Phone Audio profile is for, since I'm new to Android and this isn't really a phone.

There is an app called Mono for Bluetooth that allows you route the devices sound via mono bluetooth headset. I'm sure there are other apps, but this is the first one I found and it seems to work fine. It also does the following:

sound indication when routing is switched on
restores sound volume after switching off the routing
indication when routing is on in status bar
restores bluetooth routing after phone call

Supports Android 2.2 and higher.


Android 2.3 set call volume i tried quite all the options but i can't find the solution.
I already have the volume at maximum when i press the + button during a call.
The phone hadn't this behaviour when i first used it (it is a ZTE-blade).
Maybe(i'm not sure) this started after flashing it with cyanogenmod 7.1 (before it had ginger stir fry)

Is there an option to turn it up? i have a really hard time trying to hear what people says on calls..

I've had a similar problem, sometimes the volume is at max and won't decrease, sometimes the other way around. It also started occurring on CM7.1 (but on a Galaxy S). The volume controls start responding after pressing them both ways (i.e. if volume is at maximum, increase first and then decrease, and vice versa).

You should also check if your phone's version has amplification settings in Settings -> CyanogenMod settings -> Sound or something like that.


How to wipe data on a bootloader-locked, broken screen, Nexus 6P I want to sell my Nexus 6P for parts, but I want to wipe it first. The screen of my Nexus 6P broke (internally, the touchscreen MIGHT be fine, idk). The phone is full-disk encrypted with a PIN and the bootloader is locked (no root). I can't fully boot the phone since it will be stuck on the FDE pin entry.

As we know the Nexus 6P does not have external monitor support - so this is not an option. I do have ADB and Fastboot access, but commands like

fastboot erase userdata

are blocked, since the bootloader is locked. Also various adb shell commands did not work.

What I tried:

ADB Shell: Recovery --wipe_data

adb shell
recovery --wipe_data
/system/bin/sh: recovery: not found

source

ADB Shell: Wipe Data

adb shell
wipe data
/system/bin/sh: wipe: not found

source

Fastboot: Wipe

adb devices       # Check the phone is running
adb reboot bootloader
# Wait a few seconds
fastboot devices  # Check the phone is in bootloader
fastboot -w       # Wipe user data
Erasing 'userdata'   FAILED (remote: device is locked. Cannot erase)

source

Fastboot: Erase

adb devices       # Check the phone is running
adb reboot bootloader
# Wait a few seconds
fastboot devices  # Check the phone is in bootloader
fastboot erase userdata
Erasing 'userdata'   FAILED (remote: device is locked. Cannot erase)

source

So the question is, what are my options to wipe my phone?

I finally got it to work. The base of the solution was to use adb screen casting. I was lucky, the apk was installed and I could remote control the device and made a OS factory reset.


Reply to messages in K-9 mail without going through the menu In K-9 (latest version on Google Play, 4.403), is there a way to either:

Add a Reply/Reply-All button to the bottom of the message details view
A gesture to Reply/Reply-All in the message details view

You need to have the latest K-9 version (4.4x).
However, it is not yet available for all devices / countries.
I installed K-9 on my Galaxy S4, and it installed 4.2x, which is not the latest.

See this XDA thread; there's a download link to the 4.4x APK,
which you can install manually.
The newer version uses an actionbar which has a reply button.


What is this folder named "d1o1m0o7b1i1le"? Is it a virus? I found a directory on the SD card of my Nexus 5 called .d1o1m0o7b1i1le that definitely wasn't there last week. It contains a directory called dont_remove, which contains a bunch more directories with random names, each containing folders .image, .thumb, and .video, all empty.

I haven't installed anything new that I know of, and this directory just feels sketchy, so I'm concerned that it might be a virus, but I haven't been able to find many other references to it on the internet. XDA has nothing, but Google shows two pastebin results 1 2 that look like process dumps. I have been doing some basic development lately, but I would think there would be more references to it if it were part of Android.

I've just downloaded Avast mobile and scanned everything, but it doesn't seem to have turned up anything other than a few settings.

I'm running the Android L developer preview, rooted, so there's definitely more opportunities for compromise on my device than most.

Anyone know what virus I might have, and if so, how I can get rid of it, or if this is just something normal I should ignore?

The folder is created by (at least 1) apps developed by DoMobile Lab. As a hint, when you remove all numbers from the folder name, it spells /.domobile.

As a proof, after installing AppLock and running it, there will be /domobile and /.d1o1m0o7b1i1le folders on the SD Card root folder.

I don't think it is a virus, and it might be really important for DoMobile apps to work properly.


How can I play video over my LAN? I have a Mythbuntu computer on my home LAN where I store all my music and video files.

I'd like to be able to watch video that is stored on my Mythbuntu computer on my Galaxy Tab 10.1. The videos are in a variety of formats and sizes. I understand that some sizes might be too large to stream over the LAN, but I think it should be within the ability of most hardware.

The Galaxy tab connects via wifi to the home network.

I have tried some apps that claim to be MythTV front ends, but they have proven to be difficult to set up in that they require a lot of MythTV specific settings.

I'm looking for a solution that is independent from MythTV, and just plays the video files in an independant player, much like I would open a video file on my desktop computer with VLC.

Is that possible, and if so, how?

AirPlayIt is one software solution that will stream video files from your computer or file server to an Android device. It simply streams things Android can play and transcodes things it can't.

Plex is another popular solution.

You might also investigate any number of UPNP media streaming solutions.


How to use multibyte file names in adb shell? I have a Galaxy S6 running Android 7.0:
zeroflte:/ $ getprop ro.build.version.release
7.0

There exists a file which uses the Unicode codepoint U+1F308 (RAINBOW) in its name:
zeroflte:/ $ ls -al /sdcard/tmp
total 1024
drwxrwx--x  5 root sdcard_rw 4096 2020-07-09 05:44 .
drwxrwx--x 49 root sdcard_rw 4096 2020-06-25 07:27 ..
-rw-rw----  1 root sdcard_rw   17 2018-04-25 20:47 123.org
drwxrwx--x  2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2020-07-09 05:54 crypt
-rw-rw----  1 root sdcard_rw    9 2020-07-08 13:26 .gpx
zeroflte:/ $

However, I have no idea how to use this file name in an adb shell command. I would like to apply ls -1 -d -l /sdcard/tmp/\.gpx or similar, but I cannot enter the RAINBOW char. Any idea how to do this?

mksh developer here.
mksh uses UTF-8 internally, but is currently limited to the BMP (basic multilingua plane), which means U+0000 to U+FFFD. If you want to use SMP codepoints (U-00010000 to U-0010FFFD) on the input line, you currently have to disable the UTF-8 mode (sorry):
$ set +U

That switches to a byte-wise mode which does not limit the input. (You can tab-complete files with SMP characters in them, but not directly input them, because input is validated.)
$ set -U   # switches back to UTF-8 mode

Switching mksh to full 21-bit Unicode is already on my TODO, and I’m currently hoping to be able to provide it for the next release.


CM11 Kindle Fire - "Incompatible with other applications(s) using the same shared user ID" with Google Calendar I'm running Cyanogenmod 11 (KitKat 4.4.4) on my 1st Gen (Otter) Kindle Fire, with GApps installed.

I can install other apps just fine, I installed Slack with no issues. However, when I went to install Google Calendar, I got this error:

Incompatible with other applications(s) using the same shared user ID

I've been looking through forums and I haven't found anything that has fixed it. I've tried a fresh GApps installation, wiping the cache, reinstalling the ROM, nothing has worked. I tried to look into the files and could not find a packages.xml file, so I cannot take out the line of code I've seen mentioned that could be causing issues.

I'm seriously stumped by this and would love any input!

In order to solve this, I had to install the APK file myself for Google Calendar after downloading it and allowing my device to accept 3rd party apps. Since then I've had no issues!


Are there any notification widgets for android that show the number of missed calls, messages, etc. just like on the regular notification screen? Are there any notification widgets for android that show the number of missed calls, messages, etc. just like on the regular notification screen?

I'm currently using widget locker to customize my home screen but it also means that i can't tell if i have missed any calls or messages without having to unlock the phone. I would love to have a widget that i could put only on the widget locker lock screen just to quickly see if I've missed anything.

Edit: I'm on a captivate, 2.1 unrooted.

Take a look at GOTO Lock Screen- supposedly it is fast. It lets you stay on top of your text messages, missed calls, and Gmail notifications all with a simple slide gesture.

A detailed feature list is available here.

Re-reading your question, I see you want widgets to use in conjunction with WidgetLocker - what sms app are you using? Handcent has a medium sized widget which shows unread sms as does GoSMS. You can show missed calls using this Call Log widget.

UPDATE: I do believe I've found something that might interest you - PureMessenger widget will show the following:

Gmail
Emails (POP3+IMAP / need K9FP)
SMS
Facebook
Twitter
Calls


Need to remove password on my Samsung s4 While trying to remove the password on my device, it's giving me a message stating that it's "administration or encrypted is blocked."
Yes I have encrypted my phone

So please give me a solution to remove the password on my phone.

1) Go to settings>security

2) Find "Clear Credentials" and select ok to clear credentials

3) Go back to security setting and find "Device Administrators" and clear (disable) all checked boxes.

4) POWER OFF PHONE! I had tried everything up to this point multiple times and it does not work!

5) Once powered on again go into the security setting and find "Clear Credentials" and once again clear

6) Go to "Screen Lock" and the options should be available once again.

I hope its help you.
if its work, Mark it as correct, please.


Party Mode or guest Access for Google Play Music? I wonder if there is a way to use "Google Play Music" with something like a "Party Mode".
I just want to give my friends the possibility to browse and play my music library without giving them access to my entire Google Account.
They clould use the Web app with my laptop or the Android app on my MK808.

Maybe I'm using the wrong terms for searching but I coldn't find a thread with a similar problem. I can't imagine that no one else wants to do that...

Do anybody know a solution for this problem?

There is a way to share songs and albums with friends and family. This is not quite the same as a "party mode," but is the closest thing I have found to it.

Pros:
1. Don't need to give anyone your account information.
2. Friends can listen to shared music on any device they want.

Cons:
1. Only works with Google+ (for now) so your friend must have a device which can access Google+.
2. Can listen to the entire song only once for free.
3. Only works with limited number of songs (many more are being added though).

Setting up a type of "guest account" may be a viable option but this opens up a whole hose of security concerns - I doubt Google would implement this officially. Sharing music has a long history of abuse.

So much music can be found for free these days, sharing a listing of your favorite songs may be all that is necessary.


How to Bypass a pattern lockscreen on a oneplusone phone I have A one plus one phone and i forgot my password (pattern).
and i dont have a google recovery account and a recovery pin
and i need all my stuff from the phone.

what can i do to unlock it?

I succeeded in removing the lock pattern on a rooted OnePlus One using the below.

On the OnePlus forums an employee suggested this:

  You have to delete all your key files from system folder. Try this.
  Connect you device with usb and run following command. If you are not able to do so, i am afraid. You need a full wipe.

adb devices
adb shell
su
cd /data/system
rm *.key

  Even if shows lock screen after reboot, try a easy random pattern.

In my case that worked, besides the tiny detail that the su would spawn an approval prompt, which I of course couldn't confirm because of the pattern lock.

However, because the device was rooted (and you might be able to do this after the fact, that I don't know) I could boot it into recovery (holding Power + Volume Down), in my case TWRP. In there I could rename the 3 *.key files and pronto, after a reboot the pattern lock was gone.

As a side note, this is a demonstration that any screen lock is pretty useless from a security perspective.


How to Enable OTG Compability On my Samsung SM-T231 Yesterday I bought one OTG Cable just for my tablet but for some reason it isn't compatible or it doesn't Read my OTG cable..Any solutions??

It depends on your device

If it doesn't support then you have to deal with it


Can I install Cyanogen OS on Yu Yuphoria (with Stock Android) I recently bought a YU Yuphoria shipped with Stock Android which is really freaking me as people are saying that Yuphoria shipped with Cyanogen OS  is far better than the Yuphoria shipped with stock Android. So, is there anyway I can put Cyanogen OS now on my Yuphoria??

If you want cyanogen OS on your yuphoria on android then you can go to the nearest service center and get it on your phone.
You can check it on their website. I haven't done it yet, but you can give it a shot


Does the GPS hardware draw power when no app is using it? That is to say, does the hardware itself do any periodic updating/searching for satellites, etc, if there an no running apps which require GPS information?

If so, what sort of effect does it have on battery life?

Most phones tend to cache your location periodically and use this information when requested by you applications so that battery drain isn't a big problem.

I believe this is called assisted GPS.

This does have the disadvantage of allowing to your location to quickly become inaccurate. Imagine if your location is cached as you get onto a train,  you then you take a photo at the next platform, but your location wasn't updated, the location stored in the image could be miles out.


Looking for an app to notify when an elderly person is inactive I am looking for an android app to install on the phone of an elderly person in my family so that when this person stops using the phone, say for one day, then I get notified somehow so that I check up on them and make sure they are ok. Does something like this already exist?

Thanks.

SeniorSafety on GooglePlay

This application has an inactivity option as well as fall notifications, gps tracking and other useful options for senior safety.


How do I find out if dnsmasq is running? I have dnsmasq available on my Android (stock ROM 4.4.2 Note2) and would like to know how I can tell if it's running and what settings its currently using?

If you're rooted, go to /system/bin/ and find dnsmasq if it's in there. Alternatively, you can also check /xbin (but, that's unlikely to be there).

If you managed to find one in either path - you now use a terminal emulator and type su first and enter, then type dnsmasq -d to see if the process will be invoked properly. It should also run with its default settings depending on how it was compiled.


what is the GPS accuracy for android phones? i need to know what is the accuracy of the GPS sensor for Samsung Galaxy S 3 and Nexus  4 .

i need to know how much its accuracy, I didn't find the information which i need, ex: how many meters the accuracy will be ?

According to Qualcomm (who makes the SoCs used by the GS3 i747 (also the CDMA and T999 versions.) and the Nexus 4), under optimal conditions, the combined GPS/GLONASS lock is capable of being accurate to 2 metres.

To determine actual possible accuracy in use is more complex and depends on time and location, as the number of satellites visible varies due to their orbits.  This Silverlight app will allow you to determine this (Be sure to only select GPS and GLONASS under the satellite library.  The GS3 and Nexus 4 are not capable of using the other constellations.).  The important bit is the DOP (Dilution of precision).  Multiply the DOP reported by the app (if greater than 1) for the relevant time by that 2 metres to determine the actual possible accuracy.

Note that this is only the possible accuracy.  Obstructions (trees, buildings, etc.) that block the view of the sky may also block the view of some satellites.  If you know the obstructions, you can enter them into the app and it will include them in its work.

Also, some apps, like GPS Status & Toolbox, will give you your error on the fly.


Is There A Browser Which Makes It Easy/Possible To Search From The Address Bar? For those familiar with the Google Chrome browser, I'm looking for the feature which basically treats the address bar as a search bar when not navigating to a site. I would find this handy since it's annoying to have to navigate to Google.com first (which is the only option on the stock browser) or using the search widget. Is there a browser for that?

What android version are you on? I've got eclair (on a motorola phone) and I can just type in the address bar to search. I thought it might be motoblur, but I tried an eclair emulator image and had the same functionality.

What happens when you hit the search button while the Browser is running?


How will the US version of the Google Pixel perform in Germany? I am a very happy Nexus 5 owner in general. However, I have noticed that my (US version) Nexus 5 does not offer LTE in Germany --- at least on Tchibo as a carrier, who resells o2 (and maybe E-Plus, I am not sure). Now I am wondering whether the (unlocked) US version of the Google Pixel will have the same problem.

GSM arena has some specs for the supported bands:

  2G bands

  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900   CDMA 800 / 1900

  3G bands

  HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA

  HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global

  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO

  4G bands

  LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900),
  12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 21(1500),
  26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) -
  Global

  LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850),
  7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900),
  26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 41(2500) - USA

Yet I feel unable to judge the significance of the differences, especially in terms of which bands carriers may be deciding to use in the future.

As far as I know EU carriers use Band 20 and Band 3/7 in conjunction, one to cover the densely populated areas and another to cover the rural places. This Wikipedia page mostly supports my knowledge. Since the US variant has 3+7+20, it should work alright.

P.S. Are you buying from US to avoid the huge price bump in buying the global variant outright?


What causes "could not be downloaded due to an error. (498)" I purchased an app from Google Play and I uninstalled a while back.  I wanted to get it installed again but when I try to install it I get the error message:

"Appname" could not be downloaded due to an error. (498)

What does that mean? And what can I do about it?

Solutions (though not the reason behind) are explained e.g. on Appslova.com. Taking a look at them, those are more or less the "Generic Google Play Solutions":
Method 1

Go to Settings→Apps, Select “All” tab
Find Google Play Store, open its entry, Clear Data and Cache
Find Google Service Framework, do the same
Now restart Google Play Store and try to download/update the app or games

Method 2

Open Google Play Store
Go to Settings→Accounts, Choose Account or add new account
Now try to download or install the app or game

Method 3

Go to Settings→Accounts→Google, remove your Gmail account
From Settings→Apps→All: Force stop, Clear data and cache for Google Play Store, Google Service Framework and Download Manager (like in method 1)
Again, go to Settings→Accounts→Google, Add your Gmail account
Restart your android and then accept all the Google terms and setup Google settings
Run Google Play Store and update or install your app.

Some more hints are to be found in Google's product "forum". Reasons here were e.g. storage full: Clean up, delete stuff, try again, worked.
Find a bunch more hints, all on the first result page to a Google search on "google-play error 498" :)


After Uninstalling Google Voice, I cannot receive phone calls, busy signal I had Google Voice installed, but it was a very obtrusive and annoying application. For example it one day starts stealing text messages and requires me to press a 1 to receive the call, neither of these "features" can be disabled in the Google Voice settings on the phone.

Since the only feature I ever used with GV was voicemail transcription, the cons overweighed the pros, and I figured it's time to uninstall.

I uninstalled the app, went to the google voice webpage, and disabled google voice there. Now, I am unable to receive phone calls. The caller is greeted with a busy signal.

Settings > Call > Voicemail Service = My Carrier

The google voice number was set to my actual phone number.

I was able to resolve the issue by calling Sprint and having them fix it on their end. Looks like GV doesn't properly give the phone number back when you remove the service from your phone on their website and dial *38.


Can I increase signal strength on my Samsung Galaxy s4 active? I recently purchased a used Samsung Galaxy S4 that used to be on AT&T, but it has been unlocked, or something so that I can now use it on Koodo (canadian carrier).

The signal is very weak.  It's so weak that talking on the phone has been a hassle because people can't really hear me and I can't hear them.

I found out how to switch from LTE to WCDMA, which makes the signal a little better, but then i miss out on the benefits of LTE.

Is it possible that the phone is not running on the optimum frequency band for usage on the Koodo network?

Any suggestions or help?

When connected to LTE, the phone is also separately connected to the GSM network for voice. Voice does not go over LTE so switching your data to WCDMA (HSPA) won't make any difference in the quality of voice calls, unless you are using VOIP calling.

There isn't much you can do to boost the signal other than not using a case or if you do, stick to a thin TPU case that is just colored (ie no carbon fiber or chrome or wood or metal). If it is at your home, you may be able to see if your carrier offers a network extender. The network extender plugs into your home Internet and emulates a small cell tower in your house.


How can I view only one task list in Jorte? Suppose I'm at the store, and all I want to view is my "Stuff to Buy at the Store" list in Jorte. How can I view only that list instead of all the tasks on any list?

In the application, click on the 'Tasks & Memos' area. There should be a Task list button; click on it.

There, you can select and deselect the lists you want to show. If you only wanted to show a single list, you can uncheck the rest of the lists and click Close.

Now, this isn't designed to be used to quickly show and hide lists. Rather, it seems more like a preference. If you want multiple lists and the ability to quickly load just one on demand, I would recommend an app designed specifically for lists, such as List Master.

I use Jorte, but only for my calendars. It isn't well suited for separate lists, but rather a simple todo list.


help on rooting Note 3 I'm trying to find a way to root my phone so I can delete these factory installed apps, make my phone faster etc.

Can someone tell step by step on how to achieve this? Do I need to download something? Etc

By rooting your device you will lose your warranty and during this process you may brick the device. You are doing it at your risk.

According to XDA Developers you can use the CF-Auto-Root tool to root Galaxy Note 3. The following instructions come from Chainfire's post.

  Do I need to download something?

Yes:

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

Rooting:

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

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

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

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


How can I flash ClockWorkMod on my Samsung Galaxy Fit running froyo? I was following instructions on xda-developers to install a new ROM, then it linked to these instructions about installing CWM on Samsung GT-S5670. The problem is, there's a Warning there that says:

  I take no support for RFS file system So this Recovery will not work
  for Stock ROM or Custom ROM that using RFS file system. Also this
  Recovery will not work for froyo baseband

My device matches both conditions.
I did a mount and checked the output, both /system and /cache are RFS. And I'm running stock Android 2.2.1 JXKA4 baseband (And there's no official update from what I know).

Now, I searched everywhere, and found someone who ported this to support RFS filesystems. I'm not sure that's what I want though, because I will be installing an ext4 ROM.

I also read in the forums about people bricking their device with ROM Manager, as it is not currently supported... (and with the method I linked to also with android 2.2)

I guess I definitely need Odin, but can't find the right version (official or not) of CWM to flash? What do I risk trying to flash the one on xda-developers forum, most probably bricking right?

Or maybe should I use another recovery for my device?

UPDATE:
I just read this thread. It seems there is not other way but to:

  First of all upgrade to Gingerbread via Kies/ODIN. Then, install CWM
  via ODIN. Download any ROM and flash via CWM.

So, for CWM 5 on Samsung Galaxy Fit to work, you need to have Gingerbread flashed, and ad my phone has never had the Gingerbread official update, I think I will have to flash another stock ROM (another region), then flash CWM, then probably flash a custom ROM.
Additionally I thought I might install that RFS based CWM to backup stock ROM, then go on flashing a custom ROM.

I'll try it, and if it works, I'll post an answer and accept it.

This is what I ended up doing, just in case this might help someone else:

I tried flashing CWM 5 for RFS file systems via Odin. It's actually straightforward, and then the phone reboots normally. However, trying to get to the recovery mode fails. (I'm not sure how exactly, but it wouldn't work for me, I think it hanged at the recovery screen with android written on it).
(I freaked out) Then I downloaded a stock ROM (indian, based on 2.3.6) from samfirmware. Flashed it through Odin again. The device reboots (and takes some time) and you're on 2.3.6!
Then I flashed CWM 5 for Galaxy Fit (also from Odin) from the forums. It went smoothly. It will also boot into the stock ROM, and into the recovery.
From there, I didn't really try to do a Nandroid backup. (I supposed it would fail).
Then I formatted /data, /cache, ... Then moved the update zip file (the ROM) onto the SD card. And from recovery, installed it.

It's really not a big deal, if you're worried as I was. A simple backup of all your user data and apps via TitaniumBackup or similar, and your contacts synced to Google or exported to the SD in csv format, and you won't even feel the transition.


Shoutcast Stream not running in Android Browser - File Is Not Supported Error I have android phone and I am trying to run following public Shoutcast stream http://core.crystalone.net:9000/listen.pls  in my phone. However, it is not working and when I open it; it gives me error “File Is Not Supported”.

This is very strange since In Android 2. 2 and higher, I think shoutcast streaming is default and does not require any additional application to play them. I have searched through net and have following questions.

Is android by default play shoutcast stream in browser and does not require any additional app or anything? If anything required then can anyone please provide details?
Any settings required in my phone to play it by default since if it is required then I can do it? Like make sure that .pls files are played in default media player or something?
I have heard a lot about “Tunewiki” and “Streamfurious” so do I need it to install any app or winamp in my phone before I can play this shoutcast streams?
Any settings required in shoutcast stream creation in order to get it played in android, I have window based stream with version 1.9.5?

I am out of clue right now and any help will be greatly appreciated.  Also can anyone check this URL in their android and let me know if it runs and if yes, then it runs in browser or in some other way?

Update:

I just tried the listen.pls opened in new Motorola touch screen, Android 2.2. It open the default player but then no streaming is done or nothing is played. It is just opening but playing nothing.

Can anyone just confirm that Shoutcast stream will not work on any android phone browser till i install Winamp?

And suppose i install it and i open listen.pls in browser, will it automatically go in winamp to play or will I need to do any setting?

I believe you need to install Winamp or another Shoutcast-streaming client.


How can I do ADB backup without PC? I can backup with PC by "adb backup"command.
 But can I create backup file without using a PC somehow?
Android device standalone.

Yes you can. There are some tools to provide you with this functionality, e.g. Helium - App Sync and Backup. If your device is rooted, this app should work out-of-the-box. Otherwise you will need to initialize it once after each device start (reboot), which then requires a PC with ADB.

As requested in the comments, a few hints on how to get Helium started on a non-rooted device. First, this requires you to have at least a basic setup of ADB done on your computer (see: Is there a minimal installation of ADB?). Having met that, it should be as easy as enabling USB-Debugging on your Android device, connecting it via USB to the PC, and run the helper script downloaded from Helum's web page. The last 3 steps have to be repeated only once after each reboot of the device, and activate a background process Helium itself requires but cannot start itself (the user via ADB has higher privileges than an app in user-space, and thus can).


A non-existing app keeps crashing I've removed an app long ago, but when I unlock the phone a message appears which says: "the app" has stopped

I had changed its location from internal to external before I remove it.

Also I have another app which keep stopping, I changed it to external too.

I cannot rechange the apps which I changed their location after I've updated  android system

These two apps are not English

J7 prime 2017
Android 8.1.0

Sometimes, a corrupted cache can make the system behave unexpectedly.

So, try clearing the cache partition from the recovery mode on android. It solves most issues.


Email rejected by Yahoo! but Android's Mail app keeps trying to resend I am using Android's Mail app on my Motorola DROID RAZR M for my Yahoo! account.  Last week, I tried to "reply to all" on an email that was sent to over 100 people and Yahoo! rejected it, claiming it was suspicious activity. That's okay, but the email is kept being resent. Every few minutes I get an error message on my phone saying that the email was not sent.

What I have tried:

I deleted it from the drafts folder in my Yahoo! account, but that didn't help.
I see the message in the "Outbox" but I can't do anything to it there. When I touch it, I get a message saying "Cannot open message. Message is currently being sent and is unable to be opened."
I stopped the app from running but it still won't let me do a/t to the email in the outbox.

How do I get my Razr to stop trying to resend the email?

Your emails might be set up as "auto resend". Go into email options, and select none.


Device almost unusable after Google password change Today I changed my Google password.  The next time I turn on my tablet I am suddenly confronted with a "Re-type password" screen - yes, it takes the whole screen.  So I jump over to another app to pull the new password from my keychain, but before I can do this, the "Re-type password" screen pops back up.  I literally have 2-3 seconds before it pops up again.  How am I supposed to get my password if it literally won't let me go to any other screen?  How can I disable it long enough to let other apps run?  I have tried the "back" button and I have tried the wrong password just to try to force it to give me a rest, but regardless of whether I tell it to retry, cancel, or just let it sit there asking me, as soon as I switch to another app, a couple seconds later it rudely jumps back to asking me to re-type the password.

From Settings, go to General:Accounts:Google: and then disable everything from being synced.  As soon as this is done, the password prompt will stop popping up.  After password is changed, sync can be enabled again.


Accessing android device via ADB shell with broken touchscreen (can't authenticate) So, the touchscreen on my Nexus 4 broke this weekend. I have a new device coming in, but in the meantime I need to be able to access the device to use a few different apps and send/receive some SMS messages from it.

I found this guide on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1r2zha/how_i_managed_to_use_my_android_device_with_a/

It's not exactly simple, but it should work.

Unfortunately, I discovered that in order to use ADB shell commands, a pop-up window should appear on the phone to allow/disallow USB debugging. (USB debugging is enabled already, but there appears to be an additional 'authentication' step)

Unfortunately, I can't use the phone's touchscreen, so I can't unlock it or tap the notification that will allow me to authenticate the phone.

Is there a way I can get around that authentication step?

The device is unlocked and rooted.

I figured this out on my own. I solved this by installing Airdroid using an OTG USB adapter and a wired mouse. I then used the airmirror capability of the software to control a virtual mouse on the device. I do have root on the device, this may be significant to the operation of Airmirror. I could then accept the debug confirmation on the screen and complete the backups I wanted to do.


Why does google play services turn on my bluetooth for no reason Why does google play services avtivate my bluetooth for no reason

I had the same situation, I was developing one App that uses Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth LE at the same time, and many hours spent, until Android inform that Google Play Services and another App were connecting/disconnecting the Bluetooth while I was testing the App. After that everything worked well.
I hope this help anybody also.


Keep Hangouts from opening links inside the same task? I just opened a link to a friend's Medium post inside Hangouts, and when I view all running apps (the recent-tasks list), the task with the Medium post in it is my Hangouts rather than a separate Medium window. Opening Medium, it's doing its own thing. Opening Hangouts, it shows the Medium post -- I can't go look at other chats or anything without closing the Medium post I'm reading. This is frustrating, as I might want to switch between typing comments in Hangouts and reading the article (for example).

I would like more generally to stop apps from doing "this sort of thing" if possible (though I expect this isn't possible). When Twitter introduced an in-app browser, I turned that off as fast as I could find the setting -- I want to be able to open links and then switch right back to Twitter, letting the link load in the browser while I read a few more tweets. Hangouts appears not to have introduced any setting to disable this behavior. I've noticed a couple other apps do "this sort of thing" as well, though specific instances slip my mind now; a general solution would be great.

I've checked, and this (new?) behavior in Hangouts is identical on my (Cyanogenmod) phone and my (Samsung) tablet.

This started happening to me too recently. All links in Hangouts messages, when clicked, open in what appears to be a Hangouts-integrated browser. There is NO option to change this behavior.

It is definitely just an embedded instance of the Chrome browser - if you disable the Chrome app entirely, tapping a link in Hangouts gives you the normal "open with" dialog, and you can choose a default (I like the Adblock browser). But with the Chrome browser disabled you can't browse Google Play or update apps. And if you simply re-enable Chrome, it goes right back to opening links in Chrome and silently wipes out the choice of default that you just made.


Calendar entries that live in Exchange 2010 cannot be edited After setting up mail and calendar synchronization with our Exchange server (Exchange 2010) and the built-in app, I cannot edit the entries in the Exchange calendar. Adding new entries works fine.

Comment #15 of a Google code issue shows an important hint. It works when the "primary E-mail address" is used when connecting to the account.

Could there be other reasons? How do I find the primary E-mail address (short of asking the system administrator)?

I was able to retrieve the primary e-mail address from my phone: In the details of an appointment, I was listed as attendee under an e-mail address different from the one the account was configured for, and the e-mail address of this attendee turned out to be my primary e-mail address.

I was unable to change the e-mail address for the existing account. After dropping and recreating the account using the primary e-mail address, I can now update details of all appointments on my device.


WhatsApp: Frequently sleeping I have three Android devices.

Lenovo A7000 with Stock ROM Lollipop 5.0
HTC Desire 620G with Stock ROM KitKat
Samsung galaxy Tab 2 with custom ROM (Resurrection ROM) Lollipop 5.0.2.

In all these devices the WhatsApp sleeps frequently, when the screen is Off. I mean when I on the device screen and use WhatsApp I am getting messages normally. But when the screen is off after a short span of time, it stops receiving messages. I need to turn on the screen and open WhatsApp to start getting the messages. Then bunch of messages will be received.

I am facing this problem in all the three devices in both Wi-Fi and Mobile networks. My Wi-Fi network is fast enough (40 Mbps) to receive the messages at instant and mobile networks are decently fast (>3 Mbps).

In WhatsApp Web I am getting Phone Not Connected yellow messages when I turn the screen off. After researching in the Internet I learnt this may happen when the device enters power saving mode or when Background data is restricted. But in my devices I never turn on power saving mode and never restrict background data too.

Any other reasons? For this reason I have changed screen timeout to 30 minutes and left the WhatsApp open. Is this an app bug or some other problem?

It's common. I've tried all sorts and still don't receive messages until I manually turn the screen on. Only thing I can think of is using wake lock power manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.wl
May use a little battery but will fix your problem


How do I change my default alarm clock app? So trying to get it so I can say "ok Google, set alarm x".  But it defaults to the basic alarm on my phone which is not a good alarm clock.  Looking through settings, apps, there seems to be a way to switch the default program for everything except alarm clocks.
Thank you

Say: "Okay Google, set a timer".
When it prompts you for the duration, there will be an option somewhere on the screen where you can click and select a different timer app.


HTC One m7 OTA update to Lollipop fails with "red triangle exclamation mark inside a htc one" graphic at recovery *** TAMPERED ***
*** RELOCKED ***
V7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBOOT-1.57.0000
...
OS-5.11.631.8

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.14
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 5.11.631.8
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: -
(bootloader) imei: -
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: ROGER001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4023mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-e47fb74b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

I had TWRP and it was rooted but S-ON was kept on.  I have since installed XPosed framework and that's it, didn't flash another ROM.  I have unrooted with SU and flashed with a stock recovery.

What shall I do going forward from this point to install Lollipop OTA?

Could I have installed the Lollipop OTA zip via TWRP?

Thanks!

Loaded the correct stock recovery unzip by WinRAR from one of the previous OTA updates with matching cidnum, re-locked it, then the new OTA installed fine.


How can I use my Android phone as a voice changer? Trying to use Robovox Pro on my android (samsung phone) and i have a bluetooth speaker yet want use real time voice changer with my external mic under my mask (to disguise my voice) like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_k4Z9j5PEY (We do not have this in australia) HELP please

Use this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.baviux.voicechanger I tested it and it's fun


How can I access Internet using my PC through an Android phone connected via USB? I have a phone with Android 2.2 (HD2 with CM6.0) enabled to surf internet pages (data connection). Now, I would like to "surf" using my PC connected via USB to the phone.

Is it possible? Which programs do I need both on PC and Android?

If there are multiple solutions available, a free or low cost one is preferred

Seeing that you have 2.2, the easiest solution would be to go to Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Tethering & portable hotspots. There you have an option to enable usb tethering (exactly what you asked for) or, even better try out Portable Wi-fi hotspot. That way you will be able to connect to the internet without connecting the phone via usb, and connect multiple devices if you want.


Are multiple-users protected from each other differently than apps? I confess that I come from the happy world of unix computers, and am used to the concept of user accounts and hence group gids and userids uids. For the occasional usage of an untrusted app (i.e. whatsapp/facebook) I have created another user profile for many reasons, but mostly because I wanted to reduce any potential access whatsapp/facebook might gain with regards to my main account.

Now the strange thing is that to the best of my understanding the protection mechanism of AOSP, relies on assigning a actually user ids to individual apps, as with those uid, the apps can be limited using that the underlying linux kernel provides Unix Discretionary Access Controls (i.e. file accesss dependent on uid and gid).

My question is if I am misleading myself that AOSP provides any stronger protection with regards to multi-users (in between the accounts) than it does with regards to the various apps to each other?

PRIVACY: ANDROID VS. *NIX:

PROTECTION:

Being protected has a very vast meaning, varying for persons and situations. Comparing Android with *NIX systems, admittedly the former offers more isolation between apps and a more fine-grained control over permissions. Quick examples:

On PC, user is trusting all the processes / apps running under same    UID (usually a human user) (1). On Android it's not the case; every app is a different user to have possibly minimum influence on other apps.
A PC user can easily get superuser / administrator rights, an Android user cannot (2).

The demand and reason are obvious:

Privacy matters more because a phone is a 24/7 inevitable assistant as well as a perfect spy equipped with all necessary hardware tools.
And the reason is that it's easy to implement a more restrictive environment on a less customizable device.

Traditional *NIX DAC dates back to the early days of personal computing, when the isolation was only focused between users (UID's/GID's), not between processes / apps. Because there were no closed-source paid apps in stores from unknown developers; not much personal data to be protected from malicious processes; no user profiling, targeted advertisement, trackers, analytics, ransomware and so on.

SECURITY MECHANISMS:

*NIX DAC was found insufficient particularly with internet revolution, hence superuser privileges were divided into capabilities and new sandboxing mechanisms were introduced at kernel level, including MAC and namespaces. Android makes use of all of them more or less, they control which resources a process can access on device. Also, cgroups control how much resources a process can use. But even then, these security mechanisms weren't enough to minutely lock-down the apps, so a number of controls are handled within Android's own framework (in userspace). Android's system_server has more services running inside it than native services. When I say "mechanisms weren't enough", concern is not only to design an ecosystem to protect user's privacy / security, but also to protect Google's business model as well as of app developers.

PC VS. ANDROID:

It should also be noted that there is no standardization in Android (rather in embedded) world unlike PC's. Android uses a modified Linux kernel, which doesn't fully handle hardware in kernel space, instead relies on a number of userspace closed source processes from SoC / OEM vendors (3), which interact with other processes and hardware drivers using Android-specific binder / HAL mechanism. So *NIX DAC, which is heavily based on everything is a file philosophy, doesn't seem to work very far. A hardware device is no more simply a file in /dev which can be accessed by adding the app process to some supplementary group, there are layers of APIs and IPCs involved (Java and native).

However Android does take advantage of Linux kernel's robust frameworks e.g. DAC. Apps' internet connectivity is controlled by adding them to a special supplementary group 3003. See: How Android's permissions mapping with UIDs/GIDs works?

WHAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED ON ANDROID:

Coming to user's granular control over security / privacy on Android device, a few things one can be concerned about are who can:

Access personal data (pictures, documents, videos, backups etc.)
Get accounts information (added by apps including Google)
Get read/write access to data from content providers like:

Contacts
Call log
Messages

Read user / device identifiers (MAC address, IMEI, Android ID etc.)
Read usage statistics
Find installed apps
Access camera, record audio/video
Make calls, send messages
Get internet connectivity
Get device location
Run in background (e.g. surveillance or tracking apps)

And so on.

APP PERMISSIONS AND SANDBOXING:

Android divides its protected APIs in different Protection Levels. Apps' access to most of the above resources is either controlled by manifest permissions or user has no control over them.

For instance you can't restrict an app's access to internet without using some third party firewall. Every app which requests for INTERNET permission is granted at installation time, you can't remove its supplementary group AID_INET (3003).
Similarly READ_CONTACTS and GET_ACCOUNTS permissions belong to same group and are controlled with same toggle switch on GUI.
And you can't deny an app running in background unless you use Android's hidden permissions manager: AppOps.
And that's not the end. If you want more fine-grained control over permissions e.g. revoking an app's ability to getInstalledApplications, you need some heavy framework modifier like Xposed and XPrivacy.

Every app is assigned a unique UID/GID at installation time and it runs inside its own stance of Virtual Machine, forked by zygote. DAC enforced to filesystems, apps are bound to access only their own directories, particularly on internal storage (/data/user/<UserId>/<pkg_name>), private/public external storage (/data/media/<UserId>) and procfs (/proc/self/ etc.).

DAC sandboxing is also supplemented by MAC, e.g. SELinux policy won't allow apps to read /proc/stat and rootfs (/) (but allow them to read other app's data directory (4) ;). On the other hand /data/misc/profiles/cur/<UserId>/<pkg_name> is allowed by DAC but restricted by SELinux.

MULTIPLE USERS ISOLATION:

An XYZ app in primary user account with UID/GID 10500 can access it's private data/settings/databases in /data/user/0/<com.xyz> but not in secondary user account because /data/user/xx/<com.xyz> has UID/GID owner xx10500 where xx is UserID. How DAC controls access to /sdcard (external storage) is explained in What is the “u#_everybody” UID?

Basic sandboxing isolation exists between apps whether those are from same or different users. But a notable additional isolation between apps of different user accounts / profiles is the separate shared storage (i.e. /sdcard), which is a benefit obviously if you don't trust the app. It's because an app has access either only to its private directories, or to whole external storage. This problem of too open public files is being controlled through Android Q's privacy change: Scoped Storage.

This isolation between apps of different user accounts / profiles also exists at Java framework level. For instance in our above example, getInstalledApplications “returns a list of all application packages that are installed for the current user” only. So an app won't be able to find out what apps you have installed on other user account / profile.

Since the installed apps' data is isolated, the stock Android's content providers (which are also system apps) are also isolated. So the contacts, call logs, calendars, messages, media (list of files on external storage) etc. aren't shared among users.

Other things which are isolated between users (not necessarily enforced by DAC/MAC):

User/app settings which are subject to FDE, FBE and password authentications (/data/user_de/<UserId>/<pkg_name>, /data/misc/keystore/user_<UserId>, /data/misc/gatekeeper/<UserId> etc.) (5, 6)
Apps' usage stats (/data/system/usagestats/<UserId>)
System-wide accounts and settings, not all (/data/system/users/<UserId>)
Custom CA certificates (/data/misc/user/<UserId>)
ART profiles data (/data/misc/profiles/cur/<UserId>)

CONCLUSION:

So in Android world unlike PC's, everything isn't governed by uid's/gid's, for a large part we are at the mercy of Android's core framework. But isolation between multiple users does exist, however it depends on what you want to protect from apps.

REFERENCE:

Multiple Users on Android
Linux vs. Android


What exactly is backed up if I select app data in the sync options? Here, app data, what exactly is backed up if I check this option?

If I uninstall an app, and re-install it, will its data (like my progress/score of a game app) restored?

AppData on an Android device is all data that is stored locally by an Application except for the binaries of the application. So your saves, progress should be backed up, but not the app itself. It usually depends on the Android operating system but it is generally what I said above.


Would Apple EarPods work on my Android phone? Apple just launched the iPhone 5; together with that they landed new earphones they call 'EarPods'. I have an HTC Desire HD Android-based phone. It has a 3,5mm jack just as the iPhone. Would the earphones and microphone of the EarPods work on my phone as well? Having good quality earbuds that stick in my ear sounds attractive to me.

I do not care about the controls per se, and I'm pretty sure the sound will also work, but I'm not sure about the microphone. Also, how much of the improved sound and noise reduction is implemented in the software?

Firstly because they use the 3.5mm standard they will transmit sound to Android just as you would expect on the iPhone. All the controls work fine with the exception of the volume up and down. The microphone works currently on Android as well.

Source:
http://www.androidcentral.com/earpods-ear-holes-android


Swipe from the side to activate a widget overlay? Have looked in various places, googled, looked on the play store, etc., but so far I've been unable to find an app or other way to do what I'm looking for, which I'll describe here:

I've been using various apps over the years that let me swipe from the side of my screen to overlay a series of shortcut icons to different apps.  Currently I use Smart Task Launcher.  However, I've recently started using Bubble Cloud Launcher for my Androidwear watch, and it also has the ability to create a homescreen widget that provides an easier/more dynamic way to set up icons.  But Smart Task Launcher doesn't allow for launching of widgets via a swipe.  Well, it's supposed to, but an error is produced when you try to set it up.  Does anyone know of an way to do this - swipe from the side of the screen and a widget of your choosing gets displayed as an overlayed "screen" on top of whatever you are currently on, whether an app or launcher screen?

I am the developer of Bubble Cloud Widgets. I tried, and it is fully compatible with Smart Task Launcher, but you have to invoke the special "Widget Measure Mode", since STL doesn't report the widget size correctly.

Here, I shot a video for you:

https://youtu.be/UYsoU-xwqkI

This is my blog entry on this subject:

https://plus.google.com/111815032990260235809/posts/1WXHmh3V9bX


What does "Network interrupted; server closed" mean? My phone (a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini running Android 4.4.2) sometimes shows a message window with the text "Network interrupted; server closed". Does anybody know exactly what that means? I've tried googling it, but that doesn't get me anywhere.

The message is in English, even though I've set the phone to Dutch; other messages are in Dutch rather than English.

As far as I can see it happens when I get out of wifi range. I understand the "Network interrupted" part; seems normal if I go out of wifi range (though I'd rather expect something like "Connection lost"). What I don't understand is the "server closed" part. It seems to imply there is a server running on the phone -- does Android run some kind of server? Or is it possible that the message comes from some app that's running in the background rather than from Android itself?

If you have the "File Expert with Clouds" application installed then it may be the culprit. I was having the same issue and suspected it may be that application because it seemed to start happening after I had started and then stopped the FTP server.
I removed the application and the messages stopped.
I then re-installed the application and everything was fine until I started and stopped the FTP server at which time the messages started to appear again.
I removed the application (permanently this time) and the messages have stopped again.
I didn't bother to check to see if I could connect to the FTP server when it was supposedly stopped but I may re-install the app one more time just to see if that's the case. I'll post the result here if I do get around to testing it... Paul


I always get this window and I can't do anything I got an Android phone, And when I turn on the phone, I always see this window.

I would like to use it, but I don’t know, how I can fix it.
Somebody could send some link about the probleme and how can I fixed it?

Thanks a lot!

This picture is showing the custom recovery that is installed on your device. Looks like someone installed it and used custom ROM on this phone before. By default, the phone should boot straight into the system, but in this case it seems that something's different.

One way of fixing your phone is by reinstalling the software you got on your phone (since it seems that there's something faulty with it). Go on CyanogenMod website (CyanogenMod is a custom ROM that you can install on your phone), find the page for your device, and follow the instructions that are presented. You'll have to download the ROM and Gapps package, transfer them to your phone, and install them (it's fairly easy, you'll see). After following the instructions, your phone will be ready to use.


Connecting two android devices without a router myself and a friend want to play a multiplayer game that only works on the local network, and in work, there is no open WiFi network that we can both connect. Is there anyway that we can link up both our phones with wifi to play the game, without an extra router?

Maybe if I open the portable hotspot, it would work?

Thanks

Hosting a Hotspot is your way to go!

You can download an app from the Play Store such as FoxFi, to setup a WiFi network using one of the devices, and use the other to connect.

If you need to know IP specifics, FoxFi will provide you with information on connected devices, and their address on the network.

Be careful when using this method though, as the person hosting the hotspot will accumulate all of the data usage from both devices.


Persistent "Google sign-in" error, even with correct password I believe this started after I installed the Google+ app, but there is a constant notification that looks like a warning sign, and it displays this:

Entering the correct password does not dispell it (it's the same password every other Google app uses, and only one is complaining). Also, every Google app still works, each one acts as if I'm still signed in. So where is this coming from, and how can I get rid of it?

Update: I have tried both clearing the data for the Google+ app (which helped for about a half hour) and actually resetting my password and using the new one. Neither worked.

Here is the solution: Login into Gmail, locate Account under the sign-out Name. This takes you to My Account where you click on security. Here you find a section for Application-Specific passwords at the end of the webpage. The issue is explained that:  Some applications that work outside a browser aren't yet compatible with 2-step verification and cannot ask for verification codes, for example:

Email programs including Outlook, Apple Mail, or Thunderbird
Older Android smartphones

The root-cause of this problem is that you probably turned on the 2-steps verification without noticing this. So all you have to do is to generate your application specific password and that is it!


cant get my emails over a month old even though i didnt erase them I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A Model SM-T550 and I'm unable to see any emails older than about two months, but I did not delete the emails. How can I view my older emails?

If you are using the Gmail app or the default email app, you can set the timeframe in which you want to sync emails by going to Settings > [youraccount@gmail.com] > Days of mail to sync (default: 30). Increasing this value will give you a longer history of your emails, but keep in mind that syncing emails over a large timeframe may take up significantly more storage space on your device.

Note: the wording for "Days of mail to sync" may vary depending on which email app to use.


Details to setup Microsoft exchange works on iPhone but not on Samsung S6? I've tried to set up Microsoft Exchange on my new Samsung S6.  All the details used work on my old iPhone but will not work on the Samsung S6?

I've tried downloading Outlook and doing it from in there, but that won't work either. It says my server is not supported?

There is very good step by step tutorial for configuring the exchange account in Samsung galaxy s6

Please look into the following URL and try to configure your mobile with the given example in the tutorial using your own credential

http://support.bell.ca/Mobility/Smartphones_and_mobile_internet/Samsung-Galaxy-S6.how_to_add_a_microsoft_exchange_email_account_on

And if it works please accept my answer and votes up :)


Disable autoplay video in Chrome Is there a way of disabling auto-play of video in Chrome? Many sites have moved to HTML5 video and so you have ads or featured videos that start automatically playing the moment the page loads.

On Android Chrome 54, turn off autoplay of media by going to Settings - Site Settings - Media - Autoplay and Block autoplay.

This feature is disabled if you have data compression enabled in your Android Chrome browser.


I can only hear Music and Blurry voices while listening songs with headphones I'm using Gionee P5 mini running  on Android 5.1
My nephew broke my original headphone so I bought a new headphone from market. But I can only hear music and some blurry voices when listening songs with my new headphones, I've tried few other headphones but I'm having same problme.
Can anyone help me?

Based on your comment, I think you have to use the same type of headphones that came with your phone for perfect operation, or keep on trying different ones until you're lucky. This problem occurs in some phones of brands like Xiaomi etc.


Why external microphone doesnt work on some Androids (like LG G5) I want to solve the problem with new Android phone (I use LG G5; and Motorola-Turbo2 too, but i dont care about it).

I use two kinds of microhpones (4 pin) :

=========== Wired =========

This mic actually has only 2 working wires (3rd an 4th rings connected to MIC board). Top 1st and 2nd rings are just empty.

=========== Wireless =========

==== Problem ===

I can use WIRED mic perfectly with LG, but not with MOTOROLA (MOTOROLA cant see that as "mic", thus doesnt get any voice from it).

However, I tried to use Wireless microphone system with LG, it cant obtain voice (i have tried all ways), but MOTOROLA works with appliance perfectly.

As you know, the receiver outputs audio exactly on the same 3rd and 4th rings, but in addition, it adds some electrical power too, as a person is able to hear it softly in speakers (as opposed to WIRED microphone, which doesnt output anythig if something doesnt powers it)

Addition: I am a bit technician and tried to manually cut wires &  connect lines with each other, to every possible combination, but in none of the case the LG worked with the applicance...

p.s. I dont think that it matters whether 3rd or in 4th ring is "ground", because when I have exchanged 3rd and 4rd (ground & microphone) wires, it didnt matter for phones. They are working the same way, only with "beloved" types...

tl:dr; Based on your observation that it works with Moto but not with LG, my guess is that it is due to conflicting TRRS standards -there are two standards. OMTP which is the older standard and CTIA/ AHJ which is the standard all newer Android devices are expected to follow

Details and solutions to overcome are listed

From TS/TRS/TRRS/TRRRS: Combating the misconnection epidemic by Allan Tépper - ProVideo Coalition which talks of this problem on Android phones

There are two TRRS standards - OMTP and CTI / AHJ

OMTP is the older standard

  The older OMTP wiring standard calls for Tip to be used for left audio, Ring 1 to be used for right audio, ring 2 to be used for microphone, and the sleeve to be used for ground. According to my research, this older OMTP standard is found in old Nokia (and also Lumia starting from the 2nd generation), old Samsung (2012 Chromebooks), old Sony Ericsson (2010 and 2011 Xperias), Sony (PlayStation Vita) and the OnePlus One I used to own before migrating to a Nexus 6 for use with Project Fi.

CTIA/AHJ is the newer standard, and is the standard to be followed for all Android devices, except where legal requirements mandate OMTP  ( see 3.5 mm Headset: Accessory Specification  |  Android Open Source Project)

  The newer CTIA/AHJ wiring standard reverses the last two mentioned, so it calls for Tip to be used for left audio, Ring 1 to be used for right audio, ring 2 to be used for ground, and the sleeve to be used for microphone. According to my research, this newer CTIA/AHJ wiring standard is used in products from Apple, HTC, latest Nokia, latest Samsung, Jolla, Sony (Dualshock 4), Microsoft (including Surface, Lumia, and XboxOne controller with chat adapter) and most Android phones.

From this, it appears that your devices are using different standards, though it's difficult to say which device is using which standard , but Moto being the older phone is probably using the older standard while LG is using newer standard.

Pictorial representation (see for discussion on more phones including Apple )

Problems in connection are around
Ground  - since mic and ground are different in both standards. See also from SE.Electronics Hacking a TRRS to TRS adapter

Solutions

HAND TO KEY: Converting an OMTP/CTIA headphone to a standard TRS audio connection explains the steps in DIY project
Use TRRS to 3.5mm Stereo & Microphone Adapter. Alternatively,
OMTP/CTIA adapter can bridge the gap between a stereo headset and the wrong brand of smartphone ( bi-directional TRRS Standards Adapter for going between CTIA and OMTP or vice/versa)

Samples of the last two options are linked at the end of blog here

Using a TRRS to RCA adaptor as explained Add an audio input to Android
. A similar approach worked , though in a different case How do I use an external microphone with my Galaxy Nexus?

Before you invest  money, you can possibly verify by swapping the ground and mic , see this example from SE.Electronics

Edit: Post your edit today , saw This you tube video suggests that Wireless TRRS microphone adaptor worked to fix the wireless problem on LG V 10. I don't have any details on that or why it works but maybe worth giving it a shot considering, it's not expensive


Android phone doesn't pops up with "USB connected" message We have a Samsung GT i5800 with Android 2.1update1.

When I put a memory card in it, it recognizes it, great!

But: When I want to connect the phone via USB to my PC: this picture DOESN'T comes up:

And I can't see my memory card through my phone from my PC!

On other phones, the memory card is OK. (tried another android phone).

The USB cable is good, tried it with another phone.

What could be the problem? Are there any settings that I missed?

Check Settings -> Applications -> USB Settings or Settings -> About Phone -> USB Settings, rather than the network settings.

I would also try a different USB cable, just to make sure, as well as a different USB port and a different computer if you can.  You can try wiggling the connector in the device as well and see if it makes proper contact intermittently.

As Al notes here this sort of problem seems to come up pretty often with Sasmsung phones, so you might just be out of luck.  If all else fails, though, I would try a factory reset.


Want to organize apps on nexus 4 I have many apps, i want to organize my 150 apps in folders (but not on the home screen). Any suggestions how to do this properly?

It depends on the launcher. Most stock launchers won't, but I know Nova Launcher (only Prime version) has folders in the App Drawer. It's all manually done, though.

Other launchers, which I can't name right now, can probably organize it for you.


OnePlus One does not connect via USB (Yes, I have tried the usual suspects) here is my problem and I feel desperate:

My OnePlus One 64GB does not connect via USB to any PC/Laptop I hook it up to (Windows 7 on Desktop, Laptop). It used to  work a long time ago, but not since (I think) Lollipop, needless to say now under Marshmallow. I never managed to root it because of this problem and now cannot even copy files. The only updates I installed are the CM incrementals via OTA.

Android Version:     6.0.1
Cyanogen OS Version: 13.1-ZNH2KAS1KN

It DOES get recognised it the Device Manager though, even if listed as an unknown device (sorry for the German screenshot).

Here is what I have done so far, but nothing worked:

Installed Universal Naked Drivers -> Did not work -> Uninstalled them

Installed ADB Interface Drivers -> Did not work -> Uninstalled them

Installed Samsung Drivers -> Did not work -> Uninstalled them
Enabled USB debugging --> Nothing changes. Phone only charges.
Uninstalled any possible driver via device manager (Device Manager -> Unknown    device -> Right Click -> Uninstall Drivers)
Using Bacon Root Toolkit: Toolkit did only recognise there was a OnePlusOne, but not its model. AutoDetect did not work either and the highest model version it knows is CM12.1 or so. Updating BRT was successful according to the notification, but did not change anything.
Uninstalled any driver using USBDeview using Bacon Root Toolkit
Looked for USB connection settings (which by the way are not anymore under Settings -> Storage -> Right upper item, but) in Developer Options --> Select USB configuration --> Changed from "Charging" to "MTP"
I have tried different cables and different ports. Neither does it work on my 10 year old Desktop with USB 2.0, nor on my USB 2.0 port on my Laptop or USB 3.0 port.

I am SUPER THANKFUL for any ideas you might have! Thanks in advance!

I also have the same problem and tried whole lot of things, it did not work for me. Now only following things needed to be checked:

Found a comment on the support forum that the Marshmallow CM is having issues with USB to PC connectivity but OTG works.(I haven't tried OTG myself yet but will be definitely check it). So here we need to flash the phone to an older CM version to get the phone detected in hte PC. Reference-> https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/usb-not-working-anymore.453049
It's an hardware issue. The USB ribbon port needs to be changed.

Also please do let us know if you got your problem solved and how.

Thanks.


I can't modify Security settings of OS After a reboot, I cannot configure my normal VPN connection, nor modify some Operating System security settings.

What can prevent me from making changes to security settings? Malware?

Applications which interfere with screen appearance can prevent a user from makes changes to security settings while the app is active.

The operating system has to be careful to prevent a 3rd-party application from having influence over security settings by changing the appearance of security options to the user. (best guess speculation)

A screen-color-changing app, Twilight, may have been active, and therefore, from a Security Manager's point of view, able to influence a user's input to system security settings menus.


Samsung Galaxy 3 Apollo I58001 | Limited Internal memory problem How do I solve the Limited Internal memory problem in my Samsung Galaxy 3 apollo I5801 device?
It has android 2.2 froyo and a 8gb micro SD card. I want to move the apps which are not by default movable to the SD card (not system apps).

Your best bet might be to get an app to sd app off of the playstore.

Here's an app you can use.  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd&hl=en

If you don't have enough memory to install it in the first place, check here


Creating partitions through script in init.rc Context/Resume:

I'm changing the android platform to create two partitions in a SD Card. I need to do this as early as possible. I'm currently trying in init.rc
It would be nice to obfuscate the access to one of the partitions. If I could keep it hidden would be better

And...the long story:

I'm trying to create new partitions on an SD card in a
device, and I need to be done as early as possible.
 I thought that the init.rc should be the best location for this, so I
tried to add a script call to perform the task, but I'm unable to
create these partitions (or get the reason it fails).
 First of all, is this premise valid? Should I be able to do this?

I call the script by:

service myscript /system/bin/logwrapper /system/bin/myscript.sh
   disabled
   oneshot

at init-time.  And the content´s of the .sh file is

fdisk /dev/sdcard < mykeys.input

where "mykeys.input" is the sequence of commands used to perform the task
of creating the partitions.

Is this the recommended way of doing this?

service myscript /system/bin/logwrapper /system/bin/myscript.sh
   disabled
   oneshot

If you declare the service as disabled, it wont run unless you later explicitly start it.

But do you really want to repartition the card every time you boot the system? I would think you would want to partition it once, and then perhaps mount the partitions in the init script.


Turning off cell broadcast in HTC Desire 816 I have been receiving about 50 flash SMS a day, with my service provider name, from the number 50. As I read here, it might be a issue with activating and deactivating cell broadcast on the phone. However, I could not find the path suggested for the deactivation (Setting - Call - Other Call Settings). The option does not exist on this path. Any help?

Mobile: HTC Desire 816

Android Version: 4.4.2 with Sense 6.0

Try this

Settings - Call - Slot 1 call settings - GSM call settings - Cell Broadcast


How can I increase my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 battery life? How can I increase my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 (Android) battery life?

I am going to use my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 (with WIFI and/or 3G) for marketing purposes:
It's going to play a movie non stop (without sound) and there are no other applications running except for the movie. I would like to use WIFI and/or 3G to update the movies that are going to run. But the tablet is going to be mobile and onroute where it's not possible to charge the Tablet.  Meaning I have around 6 and half hours of battery life before I get the first message that my tablet is running out of juice (we've tested that already, but only at one fixed location not in travelling mode (e.g. constantly looking for WIFI connections)). I would like to increase my battery life somehow... I have read some of the other posts here already. So I know that turning of WIFI or 3g would definitely help. But I need WIFI on to update those movies when we come near one of our Hotspots. I know brightness is another thing and that is automatically already set to half brightness.

Is there a way to create a Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 and Android back-up which has the perfect set-up and configuration for only running a movie (without sounds) and with WIFI on? Looking at a better CPU config and some sort of bare necessities configuration to be operational and saving the most of battery.

According to your usage scenario your best bet would maybe be to get one or more of those external Li-Ion battery packs:

The higher their mAh value, the longer it will last. Currently there are offerings for 12.000 mAh packs, that's about double the size of your current internal battery size. Maybe buy one smaller unit first and see how it performs.

Here's a search link for amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/field-keywords=usb%20battery%20pack


replace native samsung galaxy s3 email app for gmail app? Is it possible to disable the native email application that comes with the samsung galaxy s3? I feel that the UI is inferior to the gmail app.

If so would this require rooting into my phone?

Summary of comments, as requested by the OP:

If your device is running Android 4.x, you can simply go to Settings → Applications → Manage Applications, scroll to the app, oben its entry, and hit the "Disable" button -- et voila, it's "gone", and will no longer appear in any other place. If you need it again at a later point, it will still be at the end of the list, so you can enable it again.

Note though, that some manufacturers / ROM builders decided to preventing some apps from being disabled. Nothing you can do in that case without root. If you rooted your device, on the other hand, apps like e.g. Titanium Backup ★ root would let you freeze those apps as well.

Note also GAThrawn's comment: If you don't configure the email app, it won't run. Some homescreen replacements (aka "launchers") allow you to hide unwanted apps from the app drawer (e.g. GO Launcher EX), so you at least can ban them in some way.


All notifications have stopped All notifications have ceased except for text messages and one shopping app. No audible notification, no notification symbol on my status bar at top of phone.How do I fix this? Thank you!

Try going to the notifications page in settings and check if everything is set to on.


Apps demand I "Update Google Play Services" on MIUI - but should I? I use a RedMi 3S phone, with MIUI 9.2.2.0 (Malmiek; based on Android 6.0.1). I don't use a Google account on my phone so I can't (and don't want to) use the Google Play Store. I use APKPure instead.

Recently I've been getting messages from some apps - Google apps mostly - saying that they won't work unless I upgrade Google Play Services. Yet - APKPure suggests my version is up-to-date. There are also no MIUI system updates available from my phone (checked using the preferences interface).

My current Google Play Services version is 11.5.09 (446-164803921).

Questions:

Should I be getting this message?
Should I upgrade Google Play Services? If so, to what version exactly, and won't it cause trouble with MIUI?

Yes, that message is valid as your Google Play Services (GPS) version is relatively out of date (current version is 12.2.17). If you need to use the applications that require you to update GPS, then your only option to remove that message is to update.

The easiest way to update your GPS is to follow the notification. If for some reason that doesn't work for you, APKMirror has all the GPS variant here. The APKMirror route does require you to know a fair bit about your phone though to find the correct variant.


Is it possible to USB tether without a sim card, wifi, or data? I'm trying to get pictures off of an old S4 I was using temporarily, which  the wifi does not work on anymore, and it never had a sim card. I've linked the USB to a computer and found that the USB option is faded (unclickable). Is there any way around this, or any other way I can transfer my pictures? Bluetooth hasn't worked either. Since I don't have wifi or any connections to this phone, I can't download any apps that may help.

I don't know what the USB option faded is. However I am pretty sure there is a way.

Put an SD card into the phone. Copy there and extract the SD card.
OTG cable and just plug in a USB flash drive.
USB file sharing on newer devices is disabled by default. How to turn it on depends on the device. Some show a notification when connected via USB from there there are two messages. One to trust the PC and another to select what USB profile to use.
Enable USB debugging and download adb (Android development bridge). With that files can be moved in or out.


Lightweight CyanogenMod 13.0 - Samsung Galaxy S2 I have found my old Samsung Galaxy S2, the plan is to use this as a small information screen in the livingroom. I was thinking of stripping down a CyanogenMod 13.0 and build a light-weight version of it, I don't need GPS, Bluetooth, Cellular, FM Radio, Camera support so I was planing to remove support for these. I only need WiFi support.

I have found this tutorial for building CyanogenMode 13.0 for i9100: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_i9100

How do I strip CM down, and remove all unecessary support and apps (The only app that is going to run on this is a app that I'm myself has written)? I guess I have to do this before i compile it?

Observe .repo/manifests/default.xml for a list of components included by default in the build. For example if you want to remove 2 live wallpapers "Basic" and "PhotoTable", then you'll find these corresponding lines in the file:

  <project path="packages/screensavers/Basic" name="CyanogenMod/android_packages_screensavers_Basic" groups="pdk-fs" />
  <project path="packages/screensavers/PhotoTable" name="CyanogenMod/android_packages_screensavers_PhotoTable" groups="pdk-fs" />

Now create another arbitrary xml file in .repo/local_manifests. Edit it and write:

<manifest>
  <remove-project name="CyanogenMod/android_packages_screensavers_Basic" />
  <remove-project name="CyanogenMod/android_packages_screensavers_PhotoTable" />
</manifest>

Do similar edits for all components you want to remove. Save, sync repo and build.

Do note that many items are crucial and can't be removed without introducing errors to building or using. Despite you wanting an extreme barebone experience, I advise against doing so, at least during building.


Can Android devices connect to both WiFi and mobile data networks at the same time? Can Android devices connect to both WiFi LAN (not necessarily connected to the Internet) and mobile data networks at the same time? Or when it connects to one, does it have to disconnect from the other?
The device is Kyocera Hydro Icon with Android 4.4.2 if it's relevant.

Multipath TCP is a relatively new technology that allows a device to use multiple network connections for the same logical TCP connection. This is used for mobile phones to use WiFi and mobile data connections at the same time to reduce the time for retrieving data.

I'm not sure which Android phones currently support multipath TCP.

Without multipath TCP, a TCP connection must be either on WiFi or on the mobile data connection, but not both. It is up to the OS to decide how allocate these connections. I think the standard Android decision is to use WiFi if available (and perhaps with sufficient signal strength) to minimize cost under metered data plans.


Dropbox Camera Upload for Camera FV-5 raw (DNG) photos On Nexus 5 & Android 5, Camera FV-5 can capture raw photos, stored in DNG format.

How can I upload the DNG files automatically to some kind of cloud storage?

For example, the "Camera Upload" feature in Dropbox seems to ignore DNG files.

You can try Dropsync PRO, that will do what you want.


Will a HTC hard reset also reset the firmware? I am about to buy a second-hand HTC One S for development mucking around. The seller says it needs to have its firmware reset, but won't say why.

I intend to hard reset it anyway and wipe everything. Will doing this also reset the firmware, or is the firmware "lower level" than the factory default settings?

From this post:

  System updates overwrite /system. Factory reset wipes /data and /cache but doesn't touch /system. Simple as that.

The seller likely is just trying to eliminate personal data to prevent you from getting hold of any.

And in extreme cases where /system does get reset/cleared, there's always RUUs (HTC's factory firmware) which you can use to recover. In fact, even if the phone works just fine when it arrives, you might still need it to update the phone to the latest version available (OTA updates might've been discontinued by HTC).


what versions of android lets you share saved wifi using qr code? i am trying to list the versions that support sharing saved wifi through qr code .

This is a feature of the upcoming Android Q version.

There are device manufacturers who have already implemented this feature in their current Android 9 devices (e.g. Huawei).


Remove com.browser.player malware com.browser.player suddenly appeared to my installed application when I connect to a wireless data. It periodically shows advertisement on the screen which is annoying.

I tried to uninstall from Settings > Applications > Manage applications but it's still there.

How to remove it?

According to Julius's post on Android Central, you need to turn off its device administration first.

Settings -> Security -> Administration, then Deactivate it. Now you can uninstall it.

Assuming you have Samsung device (based on the original revision),

Press Home key and then tap Menu key > Settings > More.
Tap Security, and then tap Device administrators.

From User Manual for Samsung Galaxy S3 by Sprint

For other model, please consult its user manual.


Exiting itself from games I have had this phone for a few years now and it has only started doing this a couple of months ago. I downloaded Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Demo (I'm a massive game freak) and after about 2 minutes of opening the app and started playing, it just exited itself to the home screen. This has happened multipule times with clash of clans as well. I really dont know what to do. I have tried turning it off and on again but it didn't work. What should I do?

Crashing to the home screen is an indication of the RAM in the device running out, you should try to reduce the amount of programs that are running in RAM and that are on the phone.


Can't send photos from this account - WTH? I have a Nexus 5 running 4.4.4.  I have a Google Apps account that I use for GMail, G+, etc.  My wife has a standard GMail account with G+ enabled.  We chat back and forth using the Hangouts feature rather than SMS as much as possible.  This works fine.  We can send each other photos through SMS, and it works fine.

She can send me photos using the hangouts feature, and it works.  I cannot send her photos.  The message

  Can't send photos from this account

Pops up at the top of the screen immediately.  Is this a feature I've disabled in my account somewhere?  How do I fix it?

The setting at the domain level was the issue.  I enabled it, and it starting working a few hours later.

This shouldn't be an issue for standard Google accounts - just Google Apps accounts.


Multiple devices on a single Google account - App/Setting Syncing I have a few Google Nexus devices that are all set up with the same Google Play account. They are all set to backup and restore and when setting up new devices they seem to pull down all the most recent changes I've made however if I download an app or make any changes they do not sync with each other.

Is there any way I can set this up to happen or any apps that can do this for me?

No, there is no built-in way to sync apps between devices. Google Play backups are generally only accessed when restoring apps onto a new device (or one that was factory reset).

If you have root on the devices, you can manually sync app data. You could copy the data folder for each app manually. Or you could use Titanium Backup or any other backup app to do it for you.

With the paid version of Titanium Backup, you can back up and restore from Google Drive or Dropbox, so it can be done wirelessly. And you can set up schedules to automatically backup certain apps. Restoring on the other devices would still be a manual process, though.

Essentially, if the specific app developer didn't create a built-in way to sync itself across other devices, you'll have to do some tedious manual work to shuffle data around.


Why does a SyncMe shortcut run only "once"? I'm trying to run SyncMe only when computer is pingable. Since the app currently is not able to work this way, I'm using Tasker and its AutoShortcut plugin. SyncMe exposes an intent/shortcut which allows to run all sync jobs for a given computer. Tasker was then configured to run such shortcut under certain conditions and every two minutes.

The problem is that the shortcut will only run "once", any subsequent calls to the shortcut will not run the sync. This happens not only from within Tasker but also when adding the shortcut to home screen. When tapping the icon for the first time, UI shows up and the sync runs correctly. But if I press home button and tap it again, it will only return focus to the UI without any action being taken.

The only way I could figure out to make the shortcut run again was somehow "closing" the app, for example going to home screen with the back button or removing SyncMe from recent apps, none of which seems possible from within Tasker, I think it requires rooting.

Android gives activities a setting called launchMode, which allows them to control how and when they're launched. With some values of launchMode, starting the same activity again with an intent won't start a new activity: instead, it'll deliver the new intent to the existing activity. This might happen only if the activity is the foreground activity, or if it is anywhere in the current task (that is, if you can get to that activity just by pressing back repeatedly).

It's quite common for app authors to set launchMode to solve some kinds of programming or user interface problem, such as concurrency issues that arise from having two instances of the same activity running at once, one in the foreground and one in the background. When they do this, they don't always remember to write the code to handle the new intent the activity is sent by Android: the activity receives the intent a different way to when it's first launched.

It's hard to tell without knowing more about this app, but from the behaviour you describe, it sounds like SyncMe has fallen into this trap. You should tell the developer what you're trying to achieve, and ask them to fix it.


Android Phone SD Card Problem My Samsung Galaxy Admire phone is saying that an SD card isn't found when the SD card is inside the phone: it shows "Please insert SD Card".

What could be wrong?

As there's no response anymore from the OP, a short summary from the comments for possible solutions:

This issue can have multiple reasons:

broken/damaged sd card
trouble with the file system on the card (damaged or simply not existing), or with the partition table
broken/damaged sd card slot
incompatible sd card specs (speed, class, brand, ...)

These are the things you should try

Best in the order of their listing:

Put the card into a card reader, and attach it to your computer. See if it is recognized and readable.

If it's readable and working fine on the computer, this elmininates reasons 1-2 from above, leaving you with reason 3-4. Continue with 2.
if the computer claims errors, these are most likely the same keeping the card from working on your Android device. Check what the errors are, and take appropriate actions. Skip to 3.

Check a different card with your Android device (either you have another one around, or a friend might borrow you one to check with).

If that card works fine, it eliminates reason #3. As you already eliminated #1 & #2 above, this leaves you with #4 -- Buy a new card (by now you know at least one working brand/class/size combination -- from the card succeeding here), no more checks needed.
If no other card seems to work, that almost eliminates reason #4 (though you won't be able to check all combinations of brand/class/size, it's unlikely to have tried 5 different combinations and none is working), which leaves you with reason #3 -- a case for the service station. Either get your device repaired, buy a new device, or live without a sd card available.

If you got here, you obviously have some trouble with the card itself which might be solveable. So here are several things you could try to get it working (again). Consider all data lost which have been on the card (data recovery is a different issue, but if needed, it should take place before you apply any of the below steps!). Stop whenever one of the following steps brought you success:

Try formatting the card from within your device
Try the same from the computer
It might be needed to fix the partitions. With a Custum recovery (e.g. ClockworkMod Recovery) on your device, this can be done from there -- otherwise you might need to do it from your computer. That done, format it again
check different file systems. FAT16/32 should always work, when in doubt

That should be a nearly complete How-to-fix-It. If I forgot something, feel free to mention it :)

TL;DR -- short variant:


Rocket.Chat GCM notifications not showing in LineageOS 16 I am running a Rocket.Chat server of my own and everything works fine with almost all mobile device clients (official 3.5.0) using it. So GCM and gateway (gateway.rocket.chat) work as should and notifications are showing correctly.

Except one phone that has LineageOS 16 flashed is not showing Rocket.Chat notifications although every other aspect do work with the app.

is this a known issue with LineageOS 16? If not how could I find out what is going wrong? So howto fix it or is it even possible?

I did try to search but did not find any relevant information about this issue yet.

Typical messaging apps like Rocket.Chat use Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM formerly known as GCM) for retrieving notifications of new messages from the server.
An Android side FCM required the Google Play Services app.

However LineageOS does not include any Google apps by default. Therefore all apps that use push notifications via Google/FCM will not work correctly.

If you want to use an app that uses push notification via Google you have to install the Google apps, for example by flashing one of the Open GApps packages - at least the "pico package".

Afterwards you will be able to retrieve push notifications.


SMS backup in Android Possible Duplicate:
  How do I backup and restore SMS Messages?

How can I make a backup of SMS messages to the SD card in Android 2.2?

Use a 3rd party tool such as

Titanium backup
Handcent
...

These offer many other options (such as backing up call log which I'd say is related)


how come my android devices are not visible on my Mac? I'm new to android development so apologies if this is a stupid question.

I'm having trouble seeing my android devices in Eclipse.  I've switched on USB debugging, configured them to connect as a camera not mass storage, but when I run ./adb devices, there's no device showing, even though I have a Samsung Galaxy and a LG Nexus connected via USB.  On both phones I get a notification saying "USB debugging connected" and "connected as a camera" so the phone obviously thinks it's connected.

The problem appears to be intermittent.  Sometimes the Galaxy shows up:

Macbook:~/workspace/android-sdks/platform-tools ./adb devices
List of devices attached
3334AB246B5300EC    device

Then I unplug and reconnect it, and it disappears.

I've tried 3 cables and 2 devices now.  Should I just give up and use an emulator instead?

I know it's too late. but I just had the same problem. I tried to connect my android phone LG Google Nexus 4 with my Macbook pro.

In USB computer connection only "Camera (PTP)" was working but Connect as Media device (MTP) to copy files from Android phone's memory nothing was visible in the mac.

And I got it solved from the following URL
http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
provided by the android.com


How to disable "Flash while ringing" on the Xiaomi A2 Lite My Xiaomi A2 Lite flashlight illuminates whenever I get a phone call. How can I disable this feature?

I tried looking at Settings > Apps & Notification > Phone > Phone > App notification > Incoming calls. Unfortunately there is no "Flash while ringing" option there.

Try this:

Go to Settings.
Tap on System Apps.
Tap on Phone Section.
Choose Incoming Call Settings.
Now disable “Flash when ringing” option.


disconnect gmail when cheked in from another mobile I checked in to my g-mail using a friends mobile.
Now that I exited from my g-mail the friends phone seems connected to my Google account. How do I disconnect my account from that phone? now I can't check in from my own android phone , please help urgently.. thx

There are three ways:-

If you have access to the phone (or trust your friend to do it), just delete your Google account from your friend's phone. In the main Settings app, under Accounts, find Google in the list and click on it. Then click your account and click Remove account.
If you've switched your Google account to use app-specific passwords, then you can simply revoke the Gmail password you used to sign in on your friend's phone. Nothing else will be affected.
If you can't wait for your friend, and you're not using app-specific passwords, then just log into your Google account from a web browser and change your password. It will sign out on all the devices and you'll get a prompt asking you to enter the new password.

That said, there's something that doesn't quite add up. It's possible to be signed in and use Gmail from more than one Android device at a time. Signing in on your friend's phone shouldn't make your phone stop working, so it could be a coincidence, which means that signing out on your friend's phone won't fix anything.


What is the easiest way to add a new contact to an existing Google contacts group? Let's say I'm adding a new contact and it's a long lost family members so I want to add them to my custom "Aussie Family" group within my Google account. There appears to be no easy way to do this. I have to log in on a PC to actually achieve the grouping.

I recall reading a similar question somewhere (which I now can't locate) which indicated it's not possible using the built-in contacts manager, so, if that's the case, I'm looking for the best way to do it via an app.

I'm using Gingerbread (2.3.3) on a Samsung Galaxy phone (kernel v2.6.35.7).

Thus far, there appears to be no answer. The best alternative appears to be that you can log into Gmail on a PC and add your new contact to an existing group. Will change the answer to this question if a valid answer pops up.