S6 Duos: Toggle for Data Service Network I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 Duos, with two SIM cards set up. Each of them has a data plan. In order to switch the active data plans from one SIM to another, I go to SIM Card Manager under Settings and change the preferred SIM for Mobile Data Network. Is there a more convenient way to do this?

I can switch between active SIMs using the pull-down menu, but this does not switch the active data connection. Is there a setting or utility that lets me do this from the pull-down menu as well?

In most of the dual SIM Samsung devices, changing the active SIM does not change the Data Network SIM same time. You need to go to Settings and change the mobile data network.
As a quick shortcut, you can touch and hold the Data Network button from the pull down menu and it will open the Data Network settings. Then you can switch the SIM for the data network.


Can't connect/get computer to recognize android phone (OPO) I've been trying to root my OPO for two days now and I've continued to have this issue. After installing Android Studio + the SDK, as well as downloading the Google USB Driver, when I connect my phone to my computer it shows up as an MTP device under unknown devices. If I allow it to automatically download drivers, it becomes a portable device instead. But I need it as an ADB device. I've already started USB debugging on the phone, as well as switched between all the different USB options on the phone (charging, MPT, PTP, MIDI, etc.) and still no good :(

When I try to update the driver for the "MTP" device, the Google USB drivers don't show up, and if I try to browse manually, it comes up with the error message saying how "the folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible driver." What do I do?

Thanks!

if you are on windows then you need to manually install adb driver for your device. steps are as follow

Right click on computer and goto manage.
then goto device manager
find your device and right click on it
and from menu choose update driver

now choose let me choose

go next

now browse your google usb driver location

click next

after that you'll see adb driver name then clcik next to install drivers.

see this link for description

https://software.intel.com/en-us/xdk/docs/installing-android-debug-bridge-adb-usb-driver-on-windows


ICS: any way to restore the "combined view" email notification I had on Gingerbread? My Nexus S was OTA-upgraded yesterday to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 from 2.3 (Gingerbread).  I use the stock mail app with two email accounts. On Gingerbread, if I got new emails in both accounts, I would get a single notification that pointed to my "combined inbox".  This was convenient.

On ICS, I get two notifications instead, doubling the time needed to read my new mail because I have to visit each mailbox separately. Annoying!

Yes, I realize that if I only have a few emails I can read them right from the notification bar, but I get 100+ emails per day so I usually get the "bulk" notifications.

Is there a way on the ICS email app to restore the gingerbread behavior to have a single notification pointing to my "combined view" inbox instead of two separate notifications?

I finally gave up on the stock email client for Android 4.0 because of this problem and others. Now I use Enhanced Email and I love it. Its screen-real-estate-efficient UI is based on the Gingerbread client and the dev team is very responsive to user suggestions and feedback. And it doesn't kill battery life like Touchdown.


How can I successfully run this script on a emulated terminal on Android? Background

I am trying to install Ubuntu onto my Acer Iconia A500 using VNC and this application called Complete Linux Installer. My tablet is rooted and I have found several sources saying they have achieved this on their tablet. It is Ubuntu 12.04, but since this is about doing this on the Android OS, it is off-topic on Ask Ubuntu.

Script

The script I am trying to run is as follows:

$ cd /sdcard/ubuntu $ su
# sh /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img

This is what it returns:

$ cd /sdcard/ubuntu $ su
# sh /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img
[: not found
dirname: not found
[[: not found
[: not found
[: not found
[: not found
[: not found
Checking loop device... [: not found
MISSING
Creating loop device... /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
[: not found
FAILED
Error: Unable to create loop device!

Question

How am I able to install this correctly? I have ubuntu.img and ubuntu.img.md5 in a folder named ubuntu in /mnt/sdcard which is the root of the system.

 What is the [: part of [: not found? Is it just the script text?

You must install busybox on your device. And you need a kernel with loopdevice support. I use a 2.6.35.7 Kernel and I can run Debian. You may have a ARMv6 CPU Then Ubuntu doesn't work.


How to switch user profile based on password / lockscreen pattern Currently, I have a family use tablet running on 4.2 Jellybean

Model is Ainol Novo7 Flame, a cheap Nexus7 alternative. Nexus7 is quite expensive in my country on its release so I bought this one instead.

The problem is that the tablet is shared. I already set-up multi-user profiles for each of us.

Family mode
My mode
My sister's mode

The default user set is family but I want it to automatically switch user-profiles based on the entered password or pattern lock.

example: password 1358 triggers My mode while entering 2467 triggers My sister's mode profile

I would also like to have an option to lock certain apps automatically when in family mode but unlocked in My mode

Is there a way to do this? or is there an app that can closely do some of it?

I'm not sure automatic password detection is available. After all, computers don't really have that function. You still have to select the user/enter username.

As far as having the option to lock certain apps automatically when in family mode but unlocked in My mode, upgrade your Android version at least 4.3 (newest is Lollipop 5.0 but that's not available across all devices yet- 4.4.4 KitKat is widely available).

This will give you access to a new profile/user type: Restricted Profiles.

From Google's help pages:
About restricted profiles

  As the tablet owner, you can create restricted profiles that limit the
  access that others have to features and content on your tablet. For
  example, you can create restricted profiles to prevent family members
  who may have access to your tablet from viewing mature content.

  You can use restricted profiles for several purposes, including these:

  Parental controls. Selectively restrict family members from accessing mature content.
  Kiosk. Set up the tablet to demonstrate selected apps and features to customers.
  Retail. Let customers explore tablet features, but prevent them from    browsing or playing games.
  Point of sale. Limit employees to the use of selected sales and register apps.

To set up a restricted profile:

  Note: You must be the tablet owner to create a restricted profile.

  Touch Settings  > Users > Add user or profile.
  Touch Restricted profile, and the new profile with a list of settings displays. To name the profile, touch New profile.
  Using the ON/OFF toggles and Settings , select the features and settings you want to grant access to.

  To set up the new profile, press the Power button to return to the
  lock screen, then touch the new profile icon.

  When the restricted user finishes setting up, the Home screen is
  empty. The granted apps appear after the user touches the All Apps
  icon .

  Edit a restricted profile

  Note: You must be the tablet owner to edit a restricted profile.

  Touch Settings  > Users.
  Touch the profile icon.
  Using the ON/OFF toggles and Settings , select the features and settings you want to grant or deny. The changes take place in real time.

  Important: If you turn off an app, the profile user loses all content
  associated with that app. If you grant access again, the content isn’t
  restored.


Open With to Save As Does anyone know of an Android app that shows up in the 'Open With' dialog for any file type and allows me to save the file to local storage? For example: when I open an Google Inbox PDF attachment I only find my pdf reading apps but there is no option to save the file

I am not sure if this is exactly what you want, but I use a file manager called ES Explorer which happens to have that intergration, esp when you choose the share via button.

Take a look:


Phantom Multimedia Message At regular, though infrequent, intervals I receive a multi media message in my inbox from 'δ@' which has no content. The message is completely blank. I do not have such a contact and I receive mmms so little that I'm sure it cannot actually be a real message from someone I know.

I have a HTC Desire with Android 2.2 on Orange (UK).

What is this and what can I do about it?

You should be able to long-press on the text, and select View Message Details, this should give you the actual phone number it was sent from.

With this in hand you can go through your phone book and double-check that it's not anyone you know.

If it's not then you should be able to contact your service provider and ask them to block messages from that number. Also, many automated text services that use short message codes to send are set to remove you from their list if you reply with just the word STOP in a text message.


Activating swap at boot with an init.d script? I have a rom that supports swap, but the swap script is missing.

How would i make that swap script manually?

I.E: What code would be in the file /etc/init.d/07swapon?

How about this?

Open a console, navigate to the android SDK tools folder.
Type "adb mount /system", without the quotes doh!
Type "adb shell".
At the shell copy paste the following commands one by one and press enter after pasting them.
echo "#!/system/bin/sh" > /system/etc/init.d/05userinit
echo "swapon -a" >> /system/etc/init.d/05userinit
echo "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 swap swap" >> /system/etc/fstab
chmod +x /system/etc/init.d/05userinit
chmod g-w /system/etc/init.d/05userinit
chmod o-w /system/etc/init.d/05userinit
chmod g-w /system/etc/fstab
chmod o-w /system/etc/fstab
exit

Now you are back at the normal command prompt, type "adb reboot".
Device will reboot, when its done open a terminal and type "free".
It should show swap space allocated.

And with some programs in memory you can see swap being used:

adb shell
free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 407860 399940 7920 0 872
Swap: 249596 16596 233000
Total: 657456 416536 240920

Information from here


How does Android Market DRM work? I have a bunch of rooted tablets purchased for use on a locked-down WiFi network (for security reasons internet access is not allowed). Using a different network, I purchased an RDP client app from the market. After a while on the secured network the app won't start with the error "This application is not licensed. Please purchase it from the Android Market".

Can someone explain how this works? Android Market apps connect on a periodic basis to check licensing? This seems ridiculously overbearing. Is there anyway I can verify authenticity only at install time so I can run on our secured network?

There are two types of protection offered by the Android Market.

The original copy protection is now deprecated and is apparently fairly easily circumvented.

Google now recommends that developers implement its licensing service, which requires a bit of effort on the part of the developer.  It requires Internet connectivity and checks whether the Google Account being used on the device has legitimately purchased the app.  How often the app goes online to check the licence is up to the developer.


Where did the internal space go on my HTC Desire? I know this a common problem, but my experience has been a little freakish.  I am using an HTC Desire 2.2 and usually try to maintain approximately 40 MB space free.  I have installed the bloody gigantic Google+ which took up about 20 MB and there was an option to move it the SD card, which I did.  Apparently only some of the 20 MB was moved, I think about 12 MB. Okay no problem, I thought, used Google+ for some time, not my thing, so I uninstalled it and couldn't believe that I'm still short the 8MB of space!

My question is where did it go? And can I get it back?  8mb is precious on the Desire.

The problem with moving applications to the sdcard is usually not the application, the problem is their data. The google+ app is like 8mb or so, but if you look in the application manager it will show a lot more then that. Mine is ~40mb. This is because the amount of data that the application stores.

Android needs to address the /datadata and /data locations and allocate more in them or allow users to move this information to other storage locations. I have had to, on multiple occasions, go in to the application manager and clear the data for apps like google+, and I have a Galaxy S device. Granted, I do have over 70 applications installed total, but only a small percentage of them actually use up 95% of the storage.

A lot of people bring up, usually with tablets, the ability to support multiple users, this is one of the reasons this will not happen in the foreseeable future. If the devices can support the data storage needed for one user, how can they support multiple users.


hangouts and play services All my friends are chatting over hangouts and I feel left out. So I installed hangouts to be a part of their chats. I love hangouts on the computer and was super excited about getting it on my phone (samsung galaxy ace). However when I proceed to open hangouts it poped up a message saying that I need google play services for it to run. So i then went to the app store to download this, however it takes up half of the memory on my phone!! I don't have enough space to download it and now hangouts is useless. Please help.

First off (to everyone else), Hangouts comes default on all Android phones, people don't know they already have a working copy of Hangouts.. but they do, its in the App drawer, not the normal pages. You don't have to goto Google Play to get it.  Unless you have no clue how to buy a phone, in which case your fruity phone starts with the letter i.

Anyhow, now to disappoint you:

Sorry, an update to the newer Google Play Services is required for Hangouts.

You need more space.

However...  Google Play Services definitely stores a lot of data. You can actually limit and delete this data to save space. In my case it is currently at over 120MB. Goto Settings > Apps > All Apps > Google Play Services > Storage > Manage Storage.  Another screen will pop-up called "Google Play services storage".  At the bottom you can clear out that cache (120MB in my case). And at the top you can view your search data. From that screen the search data can't be deleted. I presume you might have to clear the data for each app individually. Speaking of which...

If you want to scrap some more space, you have to use some space, at least for a moment.  Download CCleaner and clean your phone. It also has this weird notification permission you have to set manually for it to free up more space.
It will try to clear the data on your apps, but doesn't seem to get them all. If you are still lacking space, goto Settings > Apps and ... painstakingly... click on each app and clear its data. Well, you might not want to do apps you use daily. And after this, the app will think it was freshly installed and not run yet. So the next time you run it, you will have lost your saved game or login. Keep this in mind when choosing which app's data to clear.

So "clear the data" from Google Play Services and other apps, then uninstall CCleaner for more space... then try again.

Of course deleting photos/music/videos from the phone will save you more space than probably any other solution.  You can prevent the Sync from happening by going to Settings > Accounts > Google > [your email] > and turn off sync for just about everything, except what you specifically want to sync. Like, maybe, contacts for one example. Then, if you clear the app data, it won't come back.

Also, you can goto https://photos.google.com and https://get.google.com/albumarchive to permanently delete photos/videos that are in your account and are trying to sync.

And finally, If your phone supports an SD card, get one! Put that sucker in and wonder why you haven't had one ever since you got the phone as you move apps and photos to the SD card and free up all sorts of space. Not all apps can be moved to the SD card, and not ALL OF THE app gets moved, just most of it.  There is no easy way to do this (besides some questionable 3rd party apps). Similar to above, you have to goto Settings > Apps and ... painstakingly... click on each app (to see if it supports moving to SD card), then click "Storage". If it supports being moved to SD card there will be a new third button called "CHANGE" near the top. If you click that you can pick from "External" or "Internal" it should be obvious but "External" is the SD card and "Internal" is your regular space on your phone.

This can save you a lot of space.

Or even better yet, move your Pictures/Music/Videos to the SD card. You will need a file explorer like Astro or ES File Explorer. And knowledge of how to move files around with those apps. I'm tired of typing so you can figure that one out.

PT


Android Email application dropping profile I use my Android with Microsoft Exchange for synchronizing my work email. Every few weeks or so, when I click on 'Email' it asks me to setup my email profile again.

It also stops me from sending photos via Email, etc.

Any idea whats causing this to happen? Usually I end up deleting the profile and recreating, but that sucks.

This happened repeatedly to me, I'm not entirely sure why.

What worked for me was to do a "Clear data" (in the Applications screen) on the Email app. When I recreated the profile the next time, it stuck. It may not work for you, but it's worth a shot.


Dark caller ID picture for incoming call Why does incoming caller ID picture is dark while outcoming call picture is full brightness? Is it some reason for it? Can I fix it? I find it annoying especially outdoors where the screen is pretty dim already.

Phone: BQ Aquaris M5 with android 5.1.1.

Connection status may be the reason: dark picture for not established connection (incoming call not answered yet) and bright picture for established connection on your side (incoming call answered or outcoming call). Android 6.0.1 has the same configuration and it seems can't be changed through stock software.


How do I resize internal storage of an Android Studio AVD image that's stuck at 200MB? When I try to resize the internal storage partition size in AVD (Android Virtual Device) manager to anything larger than 200MB, the darn thing stays at 200MB. This mounts to /data directory. The problem rears it's head with Android API 19 / KitKat 4.4.x images and possibly others.

I'm on a Mac.

This is a known problem. I imagine that nobody has made the investment to fix because it affects an earlier API version/build. But, if you're on a Mac, here's your fix.

Go into AVD and set the Internal Storage size to 1GB (or whatever size you need -- I've only tested this to 1GB).
Run the image to make sure that it boots up okay. (this is just to rule out any other problem that might be ailing your image)  If you look at the image partitions, it should still be only 200MB.
Stop the image from running.
From the command line, run: gtruncate --size 1g userdata.img. If you don't have gtruncate, install it with brew install coreutils.
From the command line, run: tune2fs -e continue userdata.img. If you don't have tune2fs, install it with brew install e2fsprogs. If you still can't find it after installing, check /usr/local/Cellar/e2fsprogs/{whateverversion}/sbin/tune2fs.
If you also have a userdata-qemu.img file, you can repeat steps 4 and 5 for that image file. If you get an error, best bet is just to delete userdata-qemu.img and let AVD automatically recreate it.
Run the image. Verify that your partition is 1GB. Celebrate.


Failed upgrade, now stuck in recovery mode My Galaxy Note is stuck in recovery mode and I'm not sure what to do next. Here's what happened:

After connecting to wifi, a software update was downloaded and a message asked me to install it. I accepted, because otherwise it said it would remind me in 3 hours...
I left it plugged in and went out. When I came back, there was a screen warning me of the dangers of installing a "custom OS" (?) The options were to press the volume-up to install it, or volume-down to reboot. Neither option did anything. Hard rebooting went to the same screen.
Later, I tried to charge it, but got this repeating sequence: the symbol showing a charging (but empty batter) for a couple of seconds, then a picture of the android robot with blue polyhedron thing (like here), then blank screen. A few seconds later it repeats.
Finally I try rebooting into recovery mode:

Android system recovery (3e)
...
reboot system now
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
...
MANUAL MODE
-- Appling Multi-CSC... (sic)
Applied the CSC-code : INU
Successfully applied the multi-CSC.

Now, I don't really care whether I get the update or not, or whether I lose some data - I just really want a working phone again. I'm travelling atm, so it's a bit inconvenient. But mostly I'm asking for help to avoid making the problem worse.

So: what should I do?

It's a (unlocked) Samsung Galaxy Note with ICS. I haven't (intentionally?) rooted it, but the recovery screen shows the android with a red exclamation triangle.

I would first try updating the phone with official Kies software.  Download it from here, install it on your computer, and run it.  The program should walk you through the upgrade process.

If the above fails, you may have to go the hard way and follow instructions from here.  This post from xda-developers forum has links to various region-specific ROMs, as well as instructions for flashing it via 3rd-party tools:

  Installation:
  - Download appropriate ICS ROM, and extract the .tar file from the Zip.
  - Download Odin, open it.
  - Select PDA tab and point to ROM file. Leave Re-partition, pit, CSC, Phone tab unchecked.
  - Switch off device, put it in download mode (hold down Vol Down + Home + Power buttons)  .
  - Completely close Kies and any Anti-Virus applications if running
  - Connect device to PC
  - "ID:COM" port should turn yellow
  - Now click Start
  - After reboot, you will see screen showng android updating, then will install some application.

*Important Note:
All the links and instructions I provided are for the Samsung Galaxy Note international model - N7000.  If you have a different, carrier-specific variant (e.g. US AT&T's SGH-I717 or South Korean SHV-E160x models), you will need to search for Kies and/or stock ROM version applicable to your specific model number.


What determines the order of my contacts on the frequent contact toolbar? I am seeing a contact in recently contacted friends in whatsapp to whom I have not sent a message for a week now. All the other contacts are chronologically arranged except for him. Why is this happening? Is it that he is spying on me and my phone is sending him my history automatically? Or is it normal to be so?

I think from reading the source code here and this line and also from reading the code in the Contacts application that the "Frequently Contacted" list in the Contacts application orders the contacts by the number of times that you've called them. That's the DataUsageStatColumns.USAGE_TYPE_INT_CALL bit. This is also assuming you're using the default Contacts application but since you didn't specify I assumed you were.

So it must be that you've called this particular friend more than any others. To test this try and make a large number of calls to the next person in the list and see if it overtakes the top person.

It could also be the case that you've 'starred' him. If you go on his contact profile at the top there's a star. If this is white then it means that you've favourited him which means he will always appear at the top of the "Frequently Contacted" screen. Just uncheck the star and he'll go away.

There is also the option to clear the list if you like, just click on the Action Menu or your menu button and select "Clear frequents".


Allow download on a specific wifi-connection Is there a way I can restrict downloads on all networks apart from a specific one which has no bandwidth limitation?

Goto Data usage,  network limitations. Here you can mark networks as metered.

Tested on Android 6 & 7.


How to restore deleted Viber chats? I lost all my viber chats & calls when I tried to migrate to a new phone. Thought transferring over the entire Viber folder to the new phone would do the trick but after activating Viber it didn't restore anything.

The problem is because I used the same number to activate viber it somehow deactivated viber on my old phone. I obviously activated it again but it deleted everything :(

Is there a way to recover all my old viber chats?

Have you tried this link? https://support.viber.com/customer/portal/articles/2443290#.V4GpK3UrLQo it has instructions on how to do it.


Samsung Galaxy 5 Wi-fi stops working: "ar6000 driver fails to load" My Galaxy 5 has this problem for some months now: wifi stops working, I try to enable it and the phone says "Error" without any other further information. The only way to make it work again is rebooting the phone. I think this problem has been related here before.

But I managed to save the system log and got the following:

08/04/2011 23:01:50 [ERROR] WifiService(166) setWifiEnabledDialog: true
08/04/2011 23:01:50 [ERROR] WifiService(166) ****************setWifiEnabledDialog(), allowWifi****************true
08/04/2011 23:01:50 [INFORMATION] WifiService(166) setShowAccessPointListDialog():true
08/04/2011 23:01:50 [INFORMATION] WifiService(166) setWifiEnabledDialog(): true
08/04/2011 23:01:50 [INFORMATION] wlan_tool(11010) wifi loading
08/04/2011 23:01:51 [INFORMATION] wlan_tool(11014) Driver is initialized. load it
08/04/2011 23:01:51 [INFORMATION] wlan_tool(11021) ar6000 driver fails to load
08/04/2011 23:01:51 [INFORMATION] wlan_tool(11029) wifi unloading

I'm trying to understand what's going on here. What exactly is ar6000? Maybe the network interface? How can I get more information about the error itself?

I have already uninstalled almost any app that could change the wifi behavior, and the problem persists. Juice Defender is still installed, but the problem already existed before I first installed it.

I've seen a number of people report that the WLAN test dialer code will allow the driver to reload properly (example). I believe it's *#*#526#*#* on many Samsung phones, but this post indicates that it may also be *#*#528#*#* or *#*#232339#*#*. This may not work on all devices, since manufacturers tend to include/remove different dialer codes almost at a whim.

If you're unfamiliar with dialer codes, simply open your dial pad and enter the sequence as though you were attempting to dial the number *#*#526#*#*. Your phone should then jump to the WLAN test facility.


"X seconds on battery" problem I recently bought a Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014) -- after I opened it, I saw that charge level was %50+. While I was using it, it shut down; and I couldn't open it for a while. I plugged the charger and waited for a while, then it opened with again with %57 charge level. Now it is still charging but whenever I open Settings -> Battery part, it shows a graph and it says "18 seconds on battery" (I don't know why 18, I couldn't see an example on the web). Moreover, the applications it shows seems a bit weird. I see a "Phone" app where there is no visible phone app at the widgets and apps section, as I do not have 3G, or this is not a phone, it is natural. I don't know what is going on, may be someone can guess what is wrong with the battery part...

You need to use the Samsung charger, or at least a wall charger.  Same thing happened to me.


Tcl S960 not booting My tcl s960 didnt come with the playstore and some essential google services to make some apps work, while trying to fix that i had to root the phone and mistakenly deleted frameworks from system folder, in root and the android has been unable to boot, it keeps loading and loading, any help would be appreciated.
I alread did the wipe data/factory reset via power button and volume + up key, it still didnt work.. os is 4.4.2.

Resetting the phone won't bring the framework back. You need to flash a stock firmware to solve the problem.

Download the ROM from here. Gapps (Google apps) included and rooted. Use SP Flashtool for flashing. MTK phones are easy to flash.


Is there any way to do a Facebook video chat on Android devices? Is there any way to do a Facebook video chat on Android devices?

Us the messenger app. It now supports HD video calling

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.orca


What RUU do I need for my HTC phone? I would like to download the RUU for my phone but I can't figure out which one to get. There are several options on sites like shipped-roms.com. Can you help me figure this out?

The phone is a HTC Desire (GSM). Here is some additional information.

Android version
2.2

Baseband version
32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27

Build number
2.29.405.2 CL263770 release-keys

Software number
2.29.405.2

And here's some info from the HBOOT menu.

BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27

First of all, do I pick the Bravo or the Desire link at the website? I know that Bravo was the codename of HTC Desire before it was released, but then why are there two categories? And why does it say BRAVO in the HBOOT menu?

Bravo: http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo

Desire: http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Desire

If I look at the baseband version in the Desire group I find these two.

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_ARA_2.32.415.3_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_157343_signed.exe

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.14_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_224699_signed.exe

What's the difference between ARA and WWE? Is that Arabic and World Wide English? What about European sold devices with Scandinavian (and English) localization?

Also the 2.29.405.14 seems to be a too high number, or highly developed version that may not be available in my region. The highest update number I have been offered to install is 2.29.405.5 and it was 4.82 MB (incremental update?).

There are many more options in the Bravo group. There are special versions for Vodafone and other operator specific versions. My phone is not re-branded and is not locked to any network operator.

The ones that I most likely would need (in the Bravo group) are these two:

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe

Do I really have to match the baseband version and the build number? Can I get a higher build number even if it is a different radio version? Will it work? Is radio version something you can upgrade?...

Long version short...

Do I have a Desire or a Bravo?
Do I have to match the baseband version and the build number?
Will the WWE releases include Scandinavian languages or only English?

Both.  Bravo is HTC's internal codename name for the Desire.  They do this as they want a constant name for internal purposes as they often sell the identical device in multiple markets under different names (e.g. the HTC Magic is also sold as the HT-03A, the myTouch 3G, and has the codename Sapphire) or multiple devices (e.g. GSM and CDMA versions) under the same name (e.g. both the Marvel (GSM) and the MarvelC (CDMA) are both sold as the Wildfire S).  HTC does it with names, Samsung uses model numbers, same basic idea.
No, not unless you want to stay at your current version for some reason.  RUU means ROM Update Utility.  For most purposes, you most likely want to go with the newest not-carrier-specific RUU to have the latest update so you have the latest Android version and radio firmware.  The RUU is the master update-everything.  Android, radio firmware, and h-boot.  It does it all.
WWE is World Wide English.  It includes all languages they translate for.  The English bit indicates that English is the base language and all other languages included are translated from English, rather than being written directly in those languages.  The ARA bit indicates the same thing, but that the base language is Arabic.


How do I change the USB mode with a keyboard? How do I change the USB mode and select an option such as MTP, PTP, MIDI or charging with only a keyboard?

My screen is broken and I am trying to change the USB mode blindly using a keyboard?

What keys do I need to press to select a USB mode?

I will post a picture showing the USB mode pop up that shows when you press the "USB for charging" notification here:

The solution to this problem is to instead open the Settings app and then click on Developer options, make sure you enable Developer Options at the top by pressing Enter on the Keyboard, once that is done scroll down the list with the down arrow and select and click "Select USB Configuration", after selecting that a pop up window will appear where the user only needs to select the desired USB mode they want by pressing the up or down arrow keys and then Enter on the keyboard. This will create a connection with your computer for the desired USB mode.

A Helpful Tip: You might want to enable Google Talkback in the Accessibility settings to give spoken feedback on what is being selected by your keyboard on the screen. Accessibility is located in the settings app. Talkback helped me throughout this process since I was navigating my phone blindly (without being able to see what was on my screen, since it was broken). Talkback helps to mitigate navigating your phone blindly to a certain degree if you have a broken screen that doesn't display properly or at all.


How can I transfer android data to PC (windows) given that phone screen is not working and I don't want to replace it.? I have a LeTV android phone launched in India in 2016, now the company has been shut down. Few days back, my mobile screen suddenly just went off. Now it is just switched ON. Before dismantling it, I want to transfer my data to my PC as I haven't set backup on. I tried through command prompt adb commands but it is saying  device in unauthorized, do it by clicking on screen which I can't do. Please help me, how can I transfer data.

ADB commands won't work if you haven't set up USB debugging prevoiusly, and also allowed your computer to debug the phone.

If I understand you correctly that your phone only turns on, but you cannot see anything on the screen, I am afraid nothing can be done. Take your phone to a person who can fit in another display. Otherwise, this seems virtually impossible.


How To Stop Rejecting Messages At Low Memory? Possible Duplicate:
  I can't receive SMS when I have low storage

When my phone reaches ~22Mb (internal) free space, my phone starts to automatically reject text messages.  Assuming they're on internal storage, can the storage location somehow be changed to external storage?

Currently, as far as my knowledge goes there does not exist an SMS app which automatically receives it and stores it on SD card, but there does exist a SMS backup feature which creates a backup of the inbox onto the SD card.

You'll have to uninstall some apps to free up space to receive more messages. Not much else you can do about this.


Restarting after installing Cyanogenmod, it is just going around I installed cyanogenmod 10.1, following the steps of this link. After the restart, it only shows the logo going around. It did not change in the last 5 hours.

What can I do?

This has happened to me also. Do a full wipe and flash the ROM again. It takes around 5-10 mins for first boot.


Android 10 Swipe Forward I am using the new gesture navigation with Android 10 and was wondering if there is a way to have the swipe from the right side to the left trigger a "go forward" action. When I swipe from either the right to left or left to right, it always does a "go back" action. Is this a bug or does Android only support going back with these swipe gestures?

It is not a bug. Swiping to move forward as not yet been implemented natively only swiping to move back

  with the new system navigation mode - users can navigate back (left/right edge swipe), to the home screen (swipe up from the bottom), and trigger the device assistant (swipe in from the bottom corners) with gestures rather than buttons.

To use the swipe forward gesture, the app should implement it (ie Chrome).

Gesture Navigation: A Backstory


ICS ROM with no Slovenian language I bought HTC desire S in Slovenia and it has installed karnel ROM:

    RUU_SAGA_ICS_35_S_HTC_EU_14.01.401.2_20.76.30.0835_3831.19.00.110_275068

This ROM do not offer Slovenian language. So i need help what to do to have Slovenian android version. It is not metter even if it is 2.3 version. Only that it has official android with Slovenian language.

Any idea how to use my device with Slovenian language?

I would recommend installing a custom ROM with support for the language you need. I think CyanogenMod might be a good try since it's usually very stable and close to "stock" ROMs of Android. You can find the stable CyanogenMod version for HTC Desire S here.

Rooting and flashing ROMs on your device might require some work on your device if it's not rooted, or if it's rooted it might be quite simple. Since you don't offer any information on whether you are rooted or not, here's some resources for you to look up:

Installing a custom ROM on the HTC Desire S [HD] Step-by-step tutorial
How to S-Off and Root the HTC Desire S, Sensation, Wildfire, Evo, Flyer HD - A step-by-step tutorial

All of this is of course assuming that your current Android version does not support changing the language. You might want to look in your menus just to make sure. If it's not there, you need to get another ROM.

If you have any questions, please comment on this answer and I'll try to expand on it accordingly.


How can I create and edit Microsoft Office documents in Android I'm looking for a way to create and/or edit Microsoft Office compatible documents (.doc/.docx, .xls/.xlsx, .ppt/.pptx...) on my Android device.  Are there any free solution that will allow me to do this?

If you are willing to substitute Google Docs for Microsoft Officer there are a number of free options.

If Microsoft Office compatibility is a must there is a free app called OliveOfficePremium.  It allows for editing of Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents.  It is free but it has somewhat mixed reviews.

Most of the other Office compatible apps offer a free version that usually only allows you to view docs, and a premium version (usually $10 or more) to edit.


How can I record high quality audio with my HTC Desire? I would like to record interviews, edit them on a computer and include them in a podcast. There is a 'voice recorder app' built in, but the sound quality is awful, much worse than a dictaphone.

It also records in .amr format, but I want a lossless format (either, flac or wav).
I would also like to record up to an hour, which should be possible as the SD Card is nearly 4GB.

Is there a solution for this?

You can use the TapeMachine Recorder (it's a paid app), it can record in high quality audio format.
Here's the link to market


Fequency at which location history gets my location? I've noticed that Google Location History tracks my position much more frequently and accurately when having Google Maps actively running, compared to when it is not. Is this the case for any app – whenever the GPS is on – or just when Google apps tracks my position?

The "start driving" feature in Google Maps saves your position every 15 seconds. (That's what I do)
Using any other app to require exact gps position in background is less accurate (same accuracy but less frequent data points).


Mobile connectivity can break when WiFi goes out of reach In Android 6.0 the Internet connection is meant to be provided seamlessly by either the WiFi or the mobile network. Sometimes this breaks, when connected to the WiFi and moving away from the Hotspot (e.g. on a train) , the WiFi disconnects and the mobile network never takes over (despite full signal) . The only way to fix it is to toggle airplane mode on and off to reset the networking. Does anyone know a better work around? [Phone: Alcatel pixi 4]

I saw this also on Android 4.4 and phone Samsung Galaxy Note 2. But on 4.4, the seamless switching could be turned off in the settings while on 6 it's always enabled.

Currently, Android works in a way where it disconnects from mobile internet when you are on WiFi network. By doing so it saves battery because if on WiFi you wont be using the data connection anyway.

There is an option in Settings - Developer options where you can switch on "Mobile data always active" which should basically do what you ask. Keep the data connection on and on WiFi disconnect it will already be on and ready.

Note that this may drain your battery faster.


How do I recover lost data on a damaged SD card that was encrypted by my tablet? I encrypted my 64 GB SD card using my Samsung Galaxy tab 3. I don't know what happened to my SD card but when I turn on the tablet, instead of allowing me to use the card, I get the following messages...  >preparing SD card - checking for errors  >SD card encryption - encrypting SD card  >SD card safe to remove - you can safely remove SD card. Any idea what"s wrong and how to fix?

Okay, your issue sounds weird. Your SD Card is 1) Damaged and 2) Encrypted, yet you want to recover data from it?

If 1) is true, then whether 2) or not, you can't access the card. If 1) is false, and 2) is true, then, generally, you should be prompted to enter a password to use in decrypting the card. If that prompt doesn't come up, then you likely might need to use the exact device used in encrypting the SD card to decrypt. If that device isn't available, you might need a similar one to use to try.


Loud Ringer Volume with Incoming Calls? When I listen to Spotify, I all the time modify the lound-speaker button on the side but it is irritating when someone calls and the Ringer Volume is low so cannot hear it. Is it possible to set the Ringer Volume high so that Spotify or accidental side-bar -button pressing does not distrupt the listening and incoming calls?

Method 1: In contacts, one can specify Ring Tune but I would like more advanced settings, perhaps configured in Desktop -- possible?

  My Phone

Phone Model: U8800 (Huawei)
Android version: 2.3.5
Baseband v: 404020
Kernel v: 2.6.35.7-perf

  Perhaps related

  How to set in-call volume

You can utilize an app like Tasker for this. Tasker is an automation tool, which executes configured tasks on configured associated events, which can be time-based, location-based, state-based, and event-based. So you can trigger the execution of a certain task at a given time, or when you reach a certain location, when an SMS arrives (event), a specific person calls you (event), or -- now it comes -- a certain app is running in foreground (state).

So basically, to get back to your question, you could advise Tasker: "When I'm running Spotify in the foreground, adjust ringer volume to maximum."

As a side-effect, you could also do things like "When I run maps, activate GPS"; "When I reach the office, adjust ringer, notification, etc" (to not annoy your co-workers -- does a great job for me); "When I come home, activate Wifi", and much more. Oh, even such easy things like "When I place my phone face-down: SHUT UP! All volumes to Zero! DO NOT DISTURB!" :-)

So to sum up, it's the final swiss army knife for Android...


Check the exact location of each other any moment of time we have two android items one is nexus 5 phone with 3G connection with my younger brother and other one is nexus7 tablet with wi-fi only (with me) and both are in different cities.We both are connected to internet through our device .can I check each others exact location any moment of time? if we can then which App we need to use in india?

From Google+ help

  Google+ allows you to share your current location with the people and
  circles you choose across Google products such as Google+ and Google
  Now. Once you've enabled Location Sharing, Google shares your best
  available location.

  You can share your pinpoint or city-level location with others, and
  you can do so on a circle-by-circle basis. For example: you can share
  your pinpoint location with family, and your city-level location with
  your co-workers. You can also change who can see your location or
  completely turn off Location Sharing at any time.

  To use Location Sharing, you need to:

Turn Location Reporting on from a compatible device [Android] [iOS].
Enable Location Sharing and choose who can see your location.

  Turning on Location Reporting alone will not automatically share your
  location; both of these steps need to be taken for Location Sharing to
  work. Manage Location Sharing Turn Location Sharing on or off on
  Android

Open the Google+ application.
From Home, touch Menu > Settings.
Touch the account for which you'd like to turn Location Sharing on or off.
Select Location sharing.
Touch the switch next to Location Sharing to turn it On or Off. Turning off Location Sharing turns off sharing for both your pinpoint

  location and city-level location.
      To share your precise location, touch Choose people to share with on the "Pinpoint Location" card.
      To share your current city location, touch Choose people to share with on the "City Location" card.
      Select OK.

  If you don't edit your "Pinpoint Location" or "City Location" sharing
  settings, by default, your location is shared with "Only you."
  Where does my location appear?

  People you choose to share location information with will be able to
  see your current location on Google products. For example, on your
  Google+ profile, it's displayed below your name and profile photo on
  Desktop, Android, and iOS devices. On Android and iOS, they'll be able
  to see your location on a map in the Locations destination in the
  Google+ app.


Do I really need an SD-card? I don't have an SD-card as I got my Karbonn Smart A10 Dual SIM Android based on Android Jelly Bean v4.1 and 1 Ghz Dual Core processor out-the-box.  There are two things which appear to need an SD-card:
1 - camera:  when I select camera, I get "No Storage - please insert an SD card"
2 - whatsapp:  when I download and install whatsapp, I get "Error - application cannot be installed in the default install location."
Is there no work-around?  Is the best solution for me to run off and buy an SD card?

Your phone (Karbonn A10) doesn't have storage space available. It has 512 MB available only for the system and the applications binaries (and their data). You can't store media files or any file that applications want to put on a sdcard on this memory.

So, for this phone, you need a sdcard for all functions to work. (but it is not true for all Android phones)


How to recover my files and personal data a phone who doesn't boot? My Galaxy S II runs under Android 4.12 and it is stuck on the boot screen. How can I recover my files and personal data on the phone ?

Is the Phone rooted and is USB-Debugging enabled?

If yes, you could probably boot into recovery and try recovering the files via ADB.

How to copy selected files from Android with adb pull shows you how to work with ADB to recover your Files ;)


Merge whatsapp accounts I have been using one WhatsApp number up until I went into another country where I started using a new number.
In a new number I was joined into different groups and since WhatsApp allows one number per device I could not use old one. Now I want to merge my new number to my old WhatsApp account and have a single one.

Is that possible? I contacted their support and they have not answered yet.

I have both Sim cards in one phone

you can change the numbers by going into Settings>>Account>>Change Number.
Here you can Change Number form A to B and you wont loose your chats(data).
Also you can select an option if you want you contacts to get notification about this change.


Samsung Galaxy S3 won't push emails I can only get new emails by manually doing a refresh.

I want instant access to emails, like in Blackberries.

I have both the Gmail and the Red Envelope emails with the same emails.

P.S. Is this a sync issue?

Have you checked to see if sync is on? On ICS+ go to Settings-Data Usage and press the menu button, and ensure 'Auto Sync Data' is checked.

Then go to Account-><select your account> and ensure gmail, or email is selected.

Bear in mind that the email app can't push emails - it can only poll the server at a minimum of every 5 minutes.

If you're on less than ICS, then go to System Settings->Accounts and Sync and ensure sync is turned on. Select the account, and make sure gmail is checked.


Android 2.3 Keyboard on SE X8 running 2.1 Recently I've found out that it's possible to install new Android keyboard on 2.2 version of Android (here's the installer).

I was wondering if the same applies for 2.1?

I own SE X8 which I've recently updated to 2.1.

The 2.3 keyboard cannot be installed on 2.1 as-is.  It relies on the 2.3 Voice Search app, which uses API methods not present in 2.1.  (See this XDA post.)  I'm sure someone is in the process of hacking the keyboard to work though.  To be honest, the only difference I see with the 2.3 keyboard is that the keys are smaller, which I dislike.


swapping of data between sim card My Micromax A350 has problem of swapping data. I have data pack in SIM2 when I am using continuously data then it automatically swap to SIM1 and it will start browsing using SIM1 because of that problem many times my balance is deducted.
I am suffering with this problem since I have formate my phone.
Thank You

You will find WCDMA AND GSM in your sim settings.
WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiplexing Access) and GSM are two technologies that are used in mobile telecommunications. The difference between these two is that GSM is a 2G technology and WCDMA is a part of the newer 3G group of technologies.
switch sim 1 to GSM only
and  sim 2 to wcdma and gsm  auto connect .
If these don't then another suitable combination would definitely work. (You will have to give them a try)

If none of the above work, reset your phone again.


Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 froze during firmware upgrade I accessed Samsung Kies and a screen message said that there was a firmware upgrade needed. I followed the screen prompt exactly and during the update a drop down message came up saying that there was a problem and to disconect the phone from the pc,remove battery and switch on again. The phone screen had a large triangle saying "Do not disconnect the phone during upgrade" I left the phone connected  but still the notice showed to disconnect the phone.I disconnected the phone as stated and removed the battery,then reinserted the battery and switched on the phone.All I got was a black screen with a phone icon - a yellow triangle with an exclamation marke init and an icon of a computer screen.
Now all I get on the phone are the icons as just stated. Removing the battery and leaving it disconnected for 10 minutes before switching on only gerts those icons again.
In Kies,it still shows "Connect a device"
Any idea how I can sort this problem out ?

I believe the solution is the same as in my answer here: Try different button combinations to get into Download Mode, then try the update.  If the update doesn't work in Download Mode try again from the phone's normal booted-up state.


How do I keep my lockscreen from turning off on my S3? I want to keep my lockscreen on longer than the few seconds it does now by default.  I don't see any settings to change this in the menus.  Is there a way to keep it on for 10 minutes or even permanently?

OS: 4.1
Phone: S3

i guess what you are trying to say is that you want the screen to stay for a longer period of time after getting locked.

If that's the query then it has a very simple answer.

Simply go to settings>display. Now there you must see something like 'Screen timeout'. Just tap on that and choose the time you want to keep the screen awake.

Now it'll also keep the home screen awake for the selected time. This is because there are no settings for changing the screen timeouts differently for home and lock screens.

What you can do now is simply press the lock screen button at the top right. Once the screen gets locked press it again such that the lock screen appears. Now it'll say for the time you selected. :)

Hope it helped. A positive vote is always appreciated. :D


Corporate Exchange Email Won't Send (stuck in outbox) I have a corporate sync account set up to sync my work calendar, contacts and email. I had some trouble setting it up, but once I got it set up it worked just fine for a couple of months. Then about a week ago it stopped sending emails. I can still receive emails. Also, the internet still works on the phone. Gmail still works. Sending and receiving calls and texts still works. But when I send an email it gets stuck in the outbox.

I have tried removing the corporate sync account and adding it back. I have tried restarting the phone multiple times and doing a manual refresh each time. I have tried various combinations of security settings (Use secure connection and Verify Certificate). Nothing helps.

I can't believe no one has asked this yet! Based on the forum posts I have read, it seems like a common problem. Is there some solution waiting in the wings?

[Droid 2 w/ Froyo]

The first thing I'd suspect is that a database used by the Email app is corrupted.  To fix this, you need to go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications, find the Email app, and clear the data for it.  (If you see anything like "Email Storage" be sure to clear the data for that as well).  Then re-add your account and see if that helps.

If that doesn't work, I recommend asking your company's IT department if they have changed any settings for the Exchange server recently.


Accidentally downloaded custom OS So I wanted to boot my android in recovery but instead booted into custom is download mode and instead of hitting the volume down and clicked the volume up and it started downloading something I got scared that this is gonna wipe my ROM and replace it with a custom OS so I held volumedown+homebutton+power button to escape then I booted normally into recovery and from there I booted into my android safely so should I worry that a problem will occur in the future and what does this custom OS download mode do?

Assuming you're talking about Samsung's download mode, when booted up cold, it only accepts input from a connected PC (via Odin/Heimdall), so if you haven't connected it to a PC, then you didn't even touch anything, and thus safe.


How anonymous are ratings/reviews in the Android Market? I can see from reviews other people have given to apps in the market that at the very least your account name is made public. However, I was wondering:

Is that the only thing made public?
If I only give a star rating to an app (but no comment/review), is this anonymous?
Is there any way to leave anonymous review comments (i.e. without visibly associating your account name with it)?

A star rating without a review/comment is anonymous.  I don't think reviews/comments can be anonymous.


Intel HAXM and Host GPU on Mac OS 10.8.2 (NVIDIA) I installed HAXM 1.0.4 and I cannot run Android emulator with option 'use host gpu' checked, it shows cyclic GL_* errors. I am using Mac OS X (mbp with NVIDIA GeForce 320M). Without gpu emulation everything works fine (well if word fine can describe that slow piece of software).

I have 8GB RAM, HAXM set up to use 1024MB. My virtual devices set up to use 512 MB (I have tried different values, but less then 1024Mb, according to HAXM doc).

Here are the error messages which are output periodically (emulator shows black screen)
(complete log)

MediaProfiles(1113): could not find media config xml file
Zygote(1113): Class not found for preloading: android.widget.TextView$SelectionModifierCursorController$1

Zygote(1132): setreuid() failed. errno: 30
Zygote(1132): setreuid() failed. errno: 30
BatteryService(1139): usbOnlinePath not found
BatteryService(1139): batteryVoltagePath not found
BatteryService(1139): batteryTemperaturePath not found

I/sysproc(923): Entered system_init()
I/sysproc(923): ServiceManager: 0x8c01b18
I/SurfaceFlinger(923): SurfaceFlinger is starting
I/SurfaceFlinger(923): SurfaceFlinger's main thread ready to run. Initializing graphics H/W...

EGL_emulation(1139): rcMakeCurrent returned EGL_FALSE
EGL_emulation(1139): tid 1148: eglMakeCurrent(984): error 0x3006 (EGL_BAD_CONTEXT)
libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread)
libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread)
libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread)
libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread)
Zygote(1152): setreuid() failed. errno: 30

Also I tried to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to <sdk install location>/tools/lib and that doesn't help me either.

They say "Make sure that your environment variables for the GL libraries are set correctly". How can I check this? Other programs are working well. Without HAXM GPU acceleration is working well.

Screenshot from emulator:

I should also add that errors occur only with Intel 2.3 x86 system image. With the newest 4.1 everything works fine.

Why don't you try running it on a different OS? Dual-boot linux (probably Ubuntu) you'd be able to find much more info in the community forums and/or their official documentation.  I doubt that this has to do with your device, more likely some missing dependencies on your host system. (sry, I wasn't "allowed" to add this as a comment :-(  )

Additionally, in your last line of the question you mention that in the 4.1 image everything works fine, whereas in the intel 2.3 x86 image it does not.  According to the documentation, graphics acceleration is supported in SDK Platform API 15 revision 3 (4.0.3) and higher.  Assuming that your remark about intel 2.3 x86 and 4.1 refer to Android version 2.3 and 4.1, respectively, this would be in line with the android documentation.

Furthermore, take a look at the Android Project Issue Tracker for similar bugs and updates.  There's also a pertinent question on StackOverflow with some useful suggestions and user activity.


Can you damage the proximity sensor if you keep it always on? If you keep the proximity sensor always on (like for applications that turn on the screen when you tap the sensor a few times) is there a risk to damage it?

I'm assuming that the sensor works only in certain situations (e.g. phone rings and sensor is activated to see if phone is in pocket, during a call to detect proximity to the head etc) so I'm wondering if it's OK to keep the sensor on all the time.

The sensor is always on, so there's no higher risk of damage if an app uses it.


Show volume indicator on notification bar (just like WiFi/battery) I want to be able to see the volume level of my phone as a scalable icon that behaves just like WiFi and battery. If the volume is on full, it shows up completely white, empty shows up gray, etc.

Is there a default setting that I can't access (going into Volume on my phone's Settings causes Settings to crash), and is this even possible with an app?

By default the answer is a no.

Since changing the color of notification bar means modifying the system it can't be done by a normal application. Best you can do is an icon that can be added to the notification bar.

But there is a way if you are rooted.
Xposed Framework  is a great app that lets users modify every single action executed at system level. You can use Status Bar Volume for what you want to have.

Thanks to Izzy for finding and sharing the name and link of the module and letting me using it in my answer


Chrome browser frozen from scam tab. How to fix? I got an ad popup in a new tab in the Chrome broswer from visiting a site & now that tab ad won't close or let me use Chrome.

Tried force stopping & clearing cache but Chrome is still frozen. Tried restarting phone. No change. See the photo for the tab that won't close.  It's the "critical..." one that has frozen Chrome. Can't close any tabs at all too. Any suggestions? Also,  Malwarebytes' scan result = nothing.

You could always uninstall chrome, and then reinstall. That's assuming you don't have any bookmarks you care about.


Where does OrFox save images? OrFox 1.0beta1 has a function to save images. Yet, there's no information where the image is stored inside and outside the application nor a configuration option to pre-determine the storage location. Maybe someone can share this well-hidden information.

Saved pictures don't appear in a gallery application which searches in default pathes which makes it possible that they're not saved at all and no error message is shown to the user.

It does not store the images. I agree that the option should be removed or at least give you some error when you try to use it.

Details in "How to save images while using Orweb?" on Tor SE.

Not being too trusty about this, I checked all the locations associated to Orfox and those folders were empty.


Can CM11 be installed on a Samsung GS3 that's running 4.4.2? I'm trying to change to Cynaogenmod CM11 nightly on my Samsung GS3 but I'm receiving the error assert failed: getprop("ro.bootloader") not matching

I know this normally means you have the older bootloader but if I understand correctly after checking at the shell I'm running I747UCUFNE4 Samsung GS3 Android 4.4.2.

This is the latest bootloader isn't it? Can I not go over to CM11 nightly?

I have the latest CWM installed and I also tried the lastest TWRP but obviously the package has the check in it. Is there a solution?

So the latest d2lte snapshot build installed successfully. It seemed to be satisfied with the bootloader and modem versions. I am now on CM11 and it looks great on the phone.


Google USB driver cannot be found I am trying to connect my phone (archos 40 titanium) on my computer (W7 x64) using USB Debug mode (to make a backup). Here is what I've done:

I've downloaded google SDK and extracted it in C:/adtbundle
I ran SDK Manager.exe and enusured google USB driver was up to date
I right clicked on Computer (in start menu) and I selected Devicesin the right panel of the new window.
In other devices I select A40ti and right clicked, then Update driver.
Then, I choose Browse my computer for driver software and then browse. I selected C:\adtbundle\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver.
I get something like Windows can't found any drivers (I am translating since my system is in French).

When I run adb devices it shows an empty list.

How to install them and get adb working?

EDIT:
Here are the new steps:

I downloaded from here the driver, which I extracted in an new archosfolder next to google's like this:

C:/adtbundle/sdk/extras/

android/
archos/

amd64/
i386/
adb_winusb_driver.zip
android_winusb.inf
androidwinusb86.cat
androidwinusba64.cat
source.properties

google/

Same as 3-5 but with path C:\adtbundle\sdk\extras\archos
Same as 6

Google's USB Drivers are for the Google reference devices (Nexus series) only. You'll need to install Archos' drivers. They can be found on Archos' support page with instructions on how to install them and get ADB working.

Install the drivers
Add the vendor ID 0x0e79 to your adb_usb.ini, e.g. echo 0x0e79 >> "%USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini"
Done!

Edit: The driver's from the support page didn't work, but these did. They came from an unreliable source and had other drivers from 2005 with them, but I stripped them and repacked. Feel free to verify with virus scanners.


Isn't Firefox mobile able to save tabs when switching to another app and back to Firefox? Besides its slowness, one big problem of Firefox to me is whenever I leave the app (e.g. looking up a translation in a dictionary) and switch back via ALT-TAB or long press HOME, Firefox reloads all tabs, they are already empty when reopening Firefox (so Ff seems to lose the tabs and only saves the URL's).

Is this due to low memory of Smartphone (500 MB RAM) or does Ff show the same behaviour on Tablets and high-specs smartphones? I also need Ff for Tiddlywiki and switch between apps and reopen Ff quite a lot. So a solution/explanation for this problem would be fine.

Android never removes applications from its memory, unless it has no memory left, then it initiates a low memory warning to unused applications and kills them when needed...

Android WebViews (The default android implementation of web browser) consume lots of memory, and so is Firefox's implementation of their web browser. Actually, Gecko (Firefox's rendering engine) is much slower and a bigger memory consumer than Android's default Webkit rendering engine.

So when you exit Firefox on your Android, the memory is probably nearly full, the system kills it, but Firefox has a mechanism that saves the URLs of the previously opened tabs, and though it starts the application again (and not resuming it) it loads everything you left open again...

And no,512MB are no enough, Android 2.3 takes approx 300MB to run.


Outer-shell music buttons like in iOS I just dumped my iOS device for the sake of Android (iTunes, flash lack and other reasons).

I'm trying to retain the features I got used to on the iOS.

One of them was the ability to start, pause, skip etc. in music while screen is locked:

Important:
I'm an Android noob (I'm a .NET dev), I believe there has to be a way to control the device's music in a player-agnostic manner, so I'm rather looking for a "music controls lock-screen" or "music controls FOR my lock-screen" application rather than a "music player with ls controls".

Is there any similar app/feature on Android?

My device: Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 (YP-G70).

Note my device is locked with a lock pattern.

*Pictures are downloaded from the web and are for illustration purposes, they do not reflect my own phone / settings.

If your built-in music app and lock screen doesn't do this currently, then you can try using WinAmp as your player, that was the first music app I saw that added the transport controls to your lock screen.

Go into WinAmp's settings to find this option:

Then it should look a bit like this when your phone is locked:

These days most music apps include this feature (I believe including Google Music or Amazon MP3 if you're in the US), try searching the Market for something like lock screen music control to see a selection.

This feature either needs to be built into which ever app you're using to play your music (as above) or you need to switch to using a different lock screen that supports widgets, such as WidgetLocker and then you can choose from available music control add-ons like Media Buttons or Phantom Music Control.


Transfer phonebook Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 1) How to save the phonebook on the computer ?
2) Transfer phonebook to a new phone (with my computer) ?

It's most simple to transfer your contacts to your Google account. Any new device you're adding to your Google account will synchronise and get the same contacts. This way you'll also have an online backup so in case your phone dies, you don't have to gather phone numbers.

To do so, follow these steps:

STEP 1:

On your phone, go to your contacts and press the menu icon.
Press "Import/Export", select "Export to storage" and press "OK"
A file on the root of your phone storage will be created called something like this: "00001.vcf" (this is called a vCard)

STEP 2:

Go to the following URL on your phone (or computer, but you have to move over the 00001.vcf file):
https://www.google.com/contacts/u/0/?cplus=0#contacts (note: you have to go to this url and not contacts.google.com. There's a preview going on which does not support importing contacts yet)

Choose the file in the following popup and press "Import":

Now that you've uploaded and imported your contacts, you should see your contacts appear on your new phone.

If you've imported the contacts with your phone, you can see the contacts on either one of the following URLS on your computer:

https://www.google.com/contacts/u/0/?cplus=0#contacts

https://contacts.google.com/

Note: you should be logged into your Google account on your phone.


Want to keep video display off on my HTC1X While playing videos on my HDTV big screen through my cell phone HTC1X using MHL-HDMI adapter, I want to keep display off on my cell to conserve battery and avoid cell getting heated up as it is happening now. I set the brightness to minimum level but it helped only marginally. Can any one suggest a way out please. Regards,
Colonel Narender Singh

As explained above, though I have a Chromecast but some how ES File Explorer through which I used to view my stored videos, used to take about 15-20 minutes to recognise Chromecast in LAN which was very irritating. So I went for HDMI cable and MHL to HDMI Adapter. Though it started working fine but the problem was that the cell phone used to get heated up very soon and battery consumption was much on the higher side. I was not very comfortable with the situation. Though I found an application 'Allcast' which sorted out the problem of heating up to a great extent by switching off the screen while playing the video in the background, but still the heating up problem was there though only 50% now. So I thought of trying 'Allcast' with Chromecast and it immediately recognised it and now there was no problem at all playing all my stored videos. The display also could be put off and video continued to run in the background. No heating up of phone at all was noticed and battery consumption was also minimum. Happy situation. I removed HDMI cable and the adopter with its charger as nothing was required now. One more thing happened which I don't know how, ever since I switched over from ES File Explorer to 'Allcast' app in Chromecast, even ES File Explorer suddenly started behaving now and for the last 2-3 days, it is recognising my Chromecast instantly without any delay. Had this happened before, I would have saved about INR 2700/- on purchase of good quality HDMI cable, Adapter and Sony charger of 2.1 amp. But still very happy and satisfied now with the performance of Chromecast through either of the two applications 'ES File Explorer' or 'Allcast'. Nothing can beat Chromecast. It is superb. Any one wants to play stored as well as live videos, go for Chromecast and don't get involved with cables and Adapter.  I thought of sharing my experience with you all. Thanks for the patience of reading my thesis. Regards. Col. Narender


Facebook links keep opening inside the app In my facebook app I have checked the option to open links externally, but some links still open internally. Is there a way to stop this? ALL links must open externally. Version 87.0.0.7.78, if that makes any difference.

Are you referring to the instant articles? If so they can only be displayed in app (however, after opening one, press the share button [top right] to open in in your browser).


Unbrick An AT&T Sony Xperia Ion Yesterday I was looking for a CWM rom to flash and I found this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2682782 . I had flashed this from my TWRP recovery that I got from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2634375 . While I was flashing the rom, the progress bar never moved but after about a minute or so it said that flashing the rom was successful. After I tapped Reboot System the screen just went black and wouldn't turn on. I wiped dalvik-cache, cache, and data prior to doing this. My bootloader is locked and flashtool does not work because of this. Any way I can unbrick my phone? My device is a LT28at.

Edit:
After leaving it on the charger, I got a red light and after a few seconds, it turns green for the same amount of time then goes back to red. And if it matters, I have disconnected the built-in battery and plugged it in and it gave me a red blinking led.

Calm down, your phone is not dead, you still can revive it simply by flashing a stock firmware using Flashtool. You should be carefully flashing Sony devices when having a locked bootloader.

Download the firmware here
Download the Flashtool here and install it.
Go to the folder that contains the Flashtool (Usually C:/Flashtool) and launch it by clicking on either FlashTool.exe or FlashTool64.exe, whether on 32 bit machine or 64 bit)
Return to the folder and open the Drivers folder, install the drivers.(C:/Flashtool/drivers).
On Flashtool, click on the thunder icon, select Flash mode.
Now you should open the firmware select Window. The source folder address should be C:\User\your_name\.flashtool\firmware . Copy the firmware you've previously downloaded to that folder. It should now appear on the selector window.
Now click on flash button. Plug the USB cable while holding the volume down button or back button. Drivers should be installed and the flashing process started.
Just wait until the end.
Et voilà.


unknown error when i try to verify my google account I have a Samsung 7 and I factory reset it for a family member to use now i have it back and they reset it for m now i cant pass the verification page?

I sign in with password and it comes up with unknown error and takes me back to sign in my gmail emailed me that a Samsung tried signing in and I confirm its me but still no access

Help Please

Try to set right date and time on your phone.

For clarification:

An authorization is usually done through https requests. Https requests do not pass if the device has an old enough date that does not correspond to the actual date. This usually happens after resetting the device to the factory settings. Therefore the first what needs to do - setup correctly date and time on the device.

Wrong date and time are a typical reason of problems with authentication after factory reset.


Can two phones with different WhatsApp numbers use the same Google Drive backup? I have 2 phones with 2 different WhatsApp numbers. Both WhatsApp have their Google Drive backup enabled. However, the backup from one phone isn't visible from the other phone, I get the error of "no backup found for this account".
Can two phones with different WhatsApp numbers use the same Google Drive backup?

No. You can have only one backup on  Google drive
From Drive product forums

Google Drive does not allow multiple Whatsapp backups in the Google Drive, and it overwrites the old one if ever.

Also see WhatsApp FAQ which clearly states that WhatsApp backups are incremental.


How to root without a computer I have a Samsung Galaxy Attain 4G and I was wondering about rooting my phone without using a computer. I just want to use my phone to root it. And z4root doesn't work.

You positively need a computer. Rooting an Android phone means running an exploit, that the phone will not allow to run on itself. It can be run only on "Debug via USB" mode.


Why is my tablet storage almost full? My Galaxy Tablet 10.1 has almost 14 GB of storage. Currently, it's about 13.5 GB full of stuff, but I have no idea what. Recently, when I have tried to install some apps, I get an error saying there is not enough space.

I have tried to clear out all unneeded apps, and cleared the data from apps I do have. For example, the Firefox app had the most data, at about 100 MB, so I cleared it out, but the difference was negligible. All my downloaded apps combined are nowhere near 1GB in total.

My device is rooted, and I have ES File explorer, so I went looking to see if there were any log files taking up space, but after extensive searches, I can't find any log files more than a few kilobytes in size.

I can't figure out what is taking up all the space on my tablet. How can I clean it up?

If you go to storage in settings, you can see a basic breakdown, I'm guessing apps wont be the biggest, however look to see if pictures and videos; audio; downloads; cache or misc. is taking up a lot of space and click on the relevant entry to have further actions (clearing cache, deleting downloads, etc..).

If this option isn't available in settings (it is in aosp, but may not be in touchwiz), try searching the play store for a comparable app (see @user284oo6).


What is the system app "Bluetooth share" for? I have a system app on my Android 7.0 android device. The app is called "Bluetooth share".

What exactly is this app used for?

Bluetooth Share does what its name says.
It sends files wirelessly using Bluetooth

Try it out by going to a picture (or file), select Share, Bluetooth, and your recipient bluetooth device


ZTE Blade S2E not enough space I have just installed 4.2.2 PAC and S2E later. I have everything on sd-ext, there's 1600MB free space on sd-ext, and 140MB inside. However anytime i want to install an app, it says there's not enough free space.

I have restored some apps with MyBackup Root. I think that was the problem. How to solve it? I don't want to wipe data, I've made some important changes.

(system 219MB/220MB)
(cache 1MB/37MB)

The problem is with the S2E on 4.2.2. I wiped everything, it worked. Now I reinstalled S2E and it won't work.

EDIT:
main user had no access to write sd-ext. I created a code added init.d to set sd-ext with chmod 777.


How can I import a list of words and shortcuts into my Android Personal Dictionary? jc able

ab about

bv above

ac account

This is a sample of the words and shortcuts that I'm trying to add into my Personal Dictionary. I've tried exporting my current dictionary with shortcuts and the text file inside of the zip contains this:

# Gboard Dictionary version:1

q   ing

# From OS

jc  able
t   the

I'm able to import the above file, but as soon as I copy and paste my words into it I'm hit with an "Import failed" toast.

Here"s the full wordlist that I'm trying to copy and paste into the other file.

I've also tried the User Dictionary Manager app with no success as it doesn't seem to support shortcuts for words. It just assumes that the shortcut is part of the word.

Why isn't this working? What do I have to do too make it work?

I had a look at your file and couldn't import the words to Gboard either. There are 3 errors that make Gboard ignore your words and shortcuts: space between words & shortcuts and no language for the words.

Error 1:  Space between words & shortcuts

Your words and shortcuts are separated by spaces. That's not correct. They must be separated by Tab. I didn't know that either. I created some words and shortcuts, then exported them. When I opened the exported file in a code editor, only then could I see that the separator was not a space but a tab character.

Error 2:  No language for the words

This error is minor. Your words didn't belong to any dictionary language. It seems when you don't add the language, the words & shortcuts are not imported or GBoard just decides to ignore and select a language for you (I have not checked why). So, you must add a language at the end of each words separated of course by Tab characters.

Error 3:  No dictionary version

Add the dictionary version at start of the file. GBoard ignores the language (see Error 2) which is bad if like me you have many languages enabled.

I have not found yet how to add words to the "All languages" dictionary (although you didn't ask).


Export VPN configurations from Android I would like to export all my VPN configurations stored in my smartphone to my pc. I use three VPN apps (VPN Master, USA VPN and Bettermet), in your opinion have I to find by myself all certificates and credentials or is there a place where I can find all this stuff stored in the system settings?

Different apps working with different VPN protocols have different methods of handling authentication credentials (username, password, certificate, key etc.). I didn't use any of three apps you mentioned, I guess those are all proprietary apps with purchased services (or at least under some T&C; if you don't pay them money, they charge you some other way). If you have root you can check their data directories under /data/data/, but I don't think you would be able to extract any useful data from there. There would be encrypted files, though some (free) VPN apps save VPN configuration (e.g. .ovpn) files in plain text.

Some general purpose apps like OpenVPN Client - the one I use with my personal OpenVPN server on AWS EC2 - have a UI option to export VPN profiles as text files. But that won't be the case with purchased VPNs if they don't want you use the service on multiple devices or particularly on PC. You may ask them for a multi-device license / contract or go for some other option. https://www.vpngate.net, for instance, is a network of volunteers who offer a large collection of VPN configurations of multiple protocols that you can freely use on any number of devices.


How to disable the guest feature WITHOUT having to be the only user How can I disable the guest acount feature on my samsung galaxy s6 WITHOUT having to delete all users (other than me, the owner) or disabling the multiuser feature completely. I want to have users other than me, but I don't want the guest account. My device is rooted.

I found this other question. This question is not a dupe because the answers to the other question do not say how to do it without requiring myself to be the only user.

(My android version is 5.0.2, and my goal is to prevent anyone with physical access from being able to log in using this guest feature, and I don't want to encrypt my device or install custom recovery)

This one works for me on Android 5.0.1 and 5.1.1

Open a terminal, grant it root access then run

settings put global guest_user_enabled 0

You don't need to add fw.max_users=1 to your build.prop. It prevents more accounts from being created besides disabling guest feature. The above method only shuts off guest while leaving the "more users" option available.

Alternatively, if you don't need dynamically creating & deleting extra users, you can create a few before proceeding.

Add this line to your build.prop.

fw.max_users=2

The multi-user settings will stil be available from your Settings app, but a guest (or any extra account) is kept from being created.


Where can I find the photos autosynced by Google? My Android phone autosyncs all the photos I took to my Google account. Where could I find it? I'm using Google cloud services to sync photos.

I tried looking at my Google Drive, but it says that I don't have any back-up files. I also checked in Google+, but there are no photos.

You should be able to find them here. If they are not there then your phone is probably not actually uploading them.

If it's not uploading photos check that in Settings > Accounts > Google > "your account" > Google Photos is checked. Also check in Google+ > Settings > Auto-backup that it is configured to upload, there are also some settings to control when (on wifi/charging etc).


Flashing new radio to my Desire HD Last week, I decided to flash a custom ROM to my 2 year old Desire HD. I used the hack kit (AAHK) and flashed Jellytime R30. Everything is great... except for the non-existent GPS.

After looking around, I've managed to tracked the issue down to an incompatible/outdated radio on my device. My current baseband version is 12.56.60.25U_26.10.04.03_M.

According to the ticket, people were able to make the GPS work by flashing a new radio version 12.69.60.29_26.17.14.11_M. To aid me in flashing a new radio, I read a lot and figured out that I would need to do the following steps:

Requirements: S-OFF

Download the radio file
Rename it to PD98IMG.zip (this is important!)
Move the file to your SD-card root (not in any folder)
Download MD5 Checksum Checker
Make sure that the MD5 provided with the download link matches with your downloaded file!
^ If not performed, you might risk bricking your device!
If they match, you are ready to go! Power off your device.
Hold the volume-down and powerbutton simultaneously
^ This will boot you into Fastboot/Bootloader
You should see a screen with options
Navigate to Bootloader (if not already in it) and press the powerbutton
Wait for the flashing process to begin (it does automatically!).
Reboot your phone and you are done!

So here are my questions:

Are the steps I've laid out above correct?
Will radio version 12.69.60.29_26.17.14.11_M work for my device? It's HTC Desire HD bought in the Philippines on May 2010. (According to the thread, this is from an Inspire device)
Will this radio work in the Philippines? (I've read that radios are "region" specific. If they are, where can I download a radio for our region?)
According to a user, "flash ENG S-OFF and your device was shipped with Gingerbread you will mess your bootloader and radio won't be the main concern then". I'm currently on S-OFF (via AAHK) and my device was shipped with Froyo (I think). Will this be a problem? (I don't understand what he is saying).

That's all. Thank you in advance.

You've done your research right, bro. Another recommended way is using the commandline fastboot which can be easily followed-through here. I'm using the same custom ROM as you are, though, I can't utilize the bootloader interface on the phone as I already cut off the flex of its volume rockers(yields nonbooting issues for me already).
It'll work just like it did on mine. Not an official WWE(international) radio, though.
The latest WWE applicable is 12.65.xxxx but GPS will not function already when using JellyTime R30(which is based on the latest pull from CM10).
Since you already have flashed a custom ROM I believe it's safe to say you don't have to deal with issues regarding S-OFF


read the chip info from built-in NFC chip in mobile phone As I know, there is built-in NFC chip at the back of mobile phone such as samsung. So I would like to read the built-in chip info from that mobile phone. Is that possible or silly question?

To close this.
There isn't a NFC-Tag (as the hardwaredevice) but there is a chip which can act like a NFC-Tag and provide data. The question above should be answered with that.


Cloning file system without touchscreen I dropped my Samsung S4mini from great height and now my display and touchscreen are completely destroyed (I can see some colors and pixels, and could probably touch something in the upper part, but have no chance to see what I am doing). USB connection works though.

When looking for display replacement, I noticed that it is probably cheaper (and more reliable since I do not know if there was any damage e.g. to the camera) to just buy a used identical phone and clone the data.

The question is: How do I do it?

I am using CyanogenMod 13 using the SD card as internal storage (so it is encrypted). I also have TWRP 3.0 and was successfully able to adb pull /sdcard the run an adb twrp backup and pull it to my Linux machine. The files look too small to contain all data though. Booting into Odin/Heimdall mode should work as well. This kind of backup looks promising too, but I cannot use the touchscreen to do it.

Is there any way to mirror the whole system including all configs and data (even those that are missing from TWRP's Nandroid backup) to the new phone? If so, how? I am particularly worried about:

Can the data on the (encrypted) sd card be transferred? (Or is the encryption key based on some serial number of the hardware)
Will encrypted Signal chats still be readable?
Can the whole system be mirrored or do I need to find out exact builds?
I assume the "real" internal storage of old and new device is likely too small to contain the data from the sd card. Will the apps/data be split correctly afterwards? What if the internal storage of the "new phone" is different?

TL;DR No, unless you have root, which you do not have, I assume.

No
No
The whole system, no need for individual packages.
No

If you have root, you can pull the whole block-device by this command

adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0

UPDATE: Make sure you specified all the switches for your ADB backup command:

adb backup -f <filename> --twrp --compress cache system data boot

You can/should append all partitions your device have, list of partitions may vary by device.

And make sure you have the latest version of TWRP, as these switches were released in March of 2017.


Samsung J7 Light Sensor I got Samsung J7 but it doesn't has auto brightness feature, but in GSM Arena review said it has ambient light.... but it doesn't have auto-brightness and notification light?
can anyone tell me what is ambient light sensor?
thank you

Ambient light sensor is a hardware to measure the level of ambient light. Samsung Galaxy J7 does not have it for sure. Then J7 cannot automatic adjust the screen brightness, regarding to the ambient light level by default.

However there are apps (search in Play Store) that can make use of built-in camera to measure ambient light and enable automatic screen brightness adjustment.


Is flashing a new ROM enough after phone was stolen? A friend of mine had his Samsung Galaxy S 2 stolen and returned some 20 minutes later after he talked to the pickpocket and tried to play her guilty consciousness.

USB debugging was active when I checked with the old ROM, so I assume that everything was possible. The bootloaded was already unlocked, but the phone was not rooted, as far as I can tell.

I flashed Clockwork Mod Recovery and then Cyanogen Mod onto the phone, and formatted the external SD card with mkfs.vfat on Linux. Is that enough to get any malware off the phone?

I think this is more than enough. Flashing your ROM again should be more than sufficient. This not only allows fresh installations of any old apps to prevent spyware, but also dormant any other app data from existing apps to be largely overwritten or deemed as corpses. You can also perform a cleanup using SD Maid just to be sure.


Nokia 7.2 running slow with Android One version 9 I have Nokia 7.2 which is running Android One version 9. Since 2-3 weeks there I have observed a visible sluggishness in my phone. For e.g. it takes 1-2 seconds when I turn on/off WiFi or mobile data. Below are some of the steps I have taken to resolve this but none have succeeded so far.

Deleted all the unused few apps
Reduced animation to 0.5x from Developer Options
Periodically verified Settings > Battery to check any misbehaving app. But it always shows 'Phone has typical background battery usage'
Made sure all the apps and Android is updated as and when an update is received. The current security patch is for 5 Dec 2019.

The sluggishness seems to restricted to the Android functionality itself like unlocking the phone, turning on the camera. The apps themselves run fine once they are opened.

There are some reports in Nokia Community that the most recent MR update (December 2nd update) release to the Nokia 7.2 has caused some lagginess for a number of users. You will need to wait for Nokia to push a release which fixes this.

My Nokia 7.2 has been working normally. So, not all users are impacted. And some users already tried with a hard reset with zero luck.


Unlocking the Galaxy S5? Stock firmware does not do for unlocking a locked Samsung Galaxy S5 ? from a certain network providers.

Unlocking refers to the bootloader. Its a necessary step if you want to flash the firmware of your device. Refer to the XDA forums and search for your device. There are a lot of How-To's that might help you.


Can't find webview.db file for android browser to view saved passwords in internet app I can't find this file anywhere.
Can anyone advise where this might be stored?
I downloaded SQLITE editor on my note 3 but it says no database.
When I see the internet icon under Apps in SQLite Editor in /data/data/com.sec.android.pp.sbrowser a pop up error says: "Root shell binary not found in standard location (or phone note rooted).

However, I rooted with Kingroot.

I need to recover all passwords stored in the android internet appl.

Please help.

Thank you!

[LG G2 4.4.2 rooted]

I couldn't find webview.db either but opening the file ACEBrowser.db which was in the data/data/com.android.browser/databases had all the required information under 'password'.

Took me hours to realise this. Hope this helps someone else to do so quicker :)


how to install command line programs How to i install binaries on my non-rooted tablet i have the terminal application called Terminal IDE and i followed the instructions, i put my compiled binary in the folder local/bin/. I comiled a C program using the appliaction called C4droid and then I exported the binary to the /local/bin/ folder but when i tried to run the program it said permission denied.

what am i doing wrong? How do install binaries?

This is the program that I am trying to install http://sourceforge.net/projects/base64/

So what 'Access Denied' in this case is you do not have the correct permissions to execute the file. This can be solved 2 different ways:

use the sudo command (super user can run any file)

sudo myprogram -options param1 param2 param...

use chmod o+x filename to let anyone execute the file

so basically you need a rooted device to be able to run that file, unless you change the permissions of the file before you transfer it to the device. You can use the chmod command to add the execute permission to the file before you hand it off to the device. This way anyone can execute the file. Be warned, adding the execute permission for everyone is a security hole if the program can be used to change the file system in any way. Rooting your tablet in this case might actually be safer.


Nexus 7 blank screen After watching a bit of 4oD last night on my Nexus 7, I turned it off. When I tried to start it up this morning, I was greeted with a blank screen whilst being plugged into the charger. I held down the power button, and Google flashed onto the screen for about 3 secs. When I disconnected from the charger, the screen switched off completely.

I have only had this for a week and a half. It is obviously still under warranty. Can I just send it back? I am completely dumb when it comes to computer issues!

The same thing had happened to my N7. Here's what worked for me.

Let your device stay in that state for as long as the battery lasts, i.e wait till the battery is dead.

After that is done, Power on the devise by Holding the two volume buttons and then connect the charger or connect to a computer.

Use your volume buttons to navigate to START and click on the power button

That should bring it back to life

Edit Here is a photo of the boot loader I found on Google which shows the Start


I cannot find my current location while offline in google maps Before I could easily find my current location being offline using offline maps but at present in the updated Google maps I am not able to use it. It shows the location while I am online, and once I go offline the location no longer appears. What to do?

To get a location fix while offline, GPS (not just location) needs to be enabled. You must have either "High accuracy" or "Device only" enabled under Settings->Location->Mode. "Battery saving" does not allow use of GPS.

When you are offline, the time to get a location fix is much higher than when you are online.

There are two reasons for this:

WiFi based location is very fast. Without being online, you cannot use WiFi location.
GPS works much faster when you are online, due to the benefits of Assisted GPS. Without Assisted GPS, your GPS receiver needs to do a search for satellites itself which can take a few minutes. GPS also requires sufficient visibility to satellites, so don't try to use GPS while underground or in so-called urban canyons with lots of skyscrapers blocking the sky.

Summary: make sure GPS is on and wait a few minutes in an outdoor space where you can see the sky. Your location should appear.


Does You Android drains battery after system update? I've recently received 2 updates for my Samsung Galasy S5 (SM-G900F) Android 5.0
There was security patch 2015-05-01, and some other update.

I can not prove that, but my battery drains like 3x faster than before updates, and phone is visibly slower. It may be some stuff in my system, but for now I blame the update.

Making it more wired: how could we check, if the producer does not 'break' it's own system (by making it slower, drain battery faster) to switch to a new phone?

Any suggestion on how to track the battery-draining/processor-heavy tasks, or a nice Cyanogen for my phone? It's still under warranty, so I'd prefer not to switch to CM yet.

I did wipe the phone to factory setup, and carefully restore selected applications.
Seems to work for now, but this is terrible update system!


HTML5 Videos crashing System UI I was watching videos on m.youtube.com and got this System UI error. Video kept playing, until I pressed ok and everything crashed and 5 seconds later i see the lock screen. I unlock with my fingerprint and anytime I put play it does the same. I tryed other videos and the same thing happens, restart fixed for 5 mintues then I re got the glitch and any other html5 video doesn't work anymore. Also sometimes the home, back and recent apps button and the top bars disappear after this glitch before the screen going black etc. Youtube app works fine though...

P.S. This happened on a Wiko UFEEL Prime running the latest update (6.0.1 [21]) I don't think it can be the hardware because I have 4GB of RAM and a 1.3GhZ octa-core processor.

I found a fix: also if @Geert-Jan Graulus is correct i would let it be a last resort as i keep lots of important stuff on my phone.

My fix: download another browser, like firefox, dolphin, etc. this worked for me. chrome sucks anyway