USB debugging - No device found after chrome update After attempting to begin remote(usb) debugging I finally had my phone recognised via the chrome/inspect page. At which point I was told I must update to chrome 39.0 Beta to access debugging.

After doing so the phone is no longer recognised.
Xperia Z(C6603)- Android 4.4. - Chrome was on 38. Has been updated to 39.0.2171.62 (Official Build) beta-m

I'm new to all this so any help/suggestions would be amazing!

Thanks!

I have since uninstalled chrome to remove the beta and re downloaded with Version 39.0.2171.65 m and still no devices found.

I had the same issue. Got it working again using Chrome Canary:

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html

Imho it's the DEV-Release - more Beta than Beta but finally i can debug my Xperia Z again.


Organizing Files Between Files Saved in External SD Card and Files Saved in Internal Drive For example, let's say I want to take some settings for organizing the directory target. When I take photos, I want to automatically saved directly onto the removable SD card (external drive) while apps downloaded and installed are stored in internal drive. Is it possible?

You can try Redirect File Organiser.

The usage by dev is explained at /r/android over here.

Hope this is what you are looking for.


Samsung Galaxy S i897 not detected by PC I have read every forum and every "help" site on Samsung's website and all over the internet. Nothing has worked. I bought an unlocked Galaxy S i897 on ebay, originally an AT&T phone but I'm using it on T-mobile. Is this potentially the problem? I've tried 2 different cords, only charges, never recognized in any Kies version and never recognized by PC like step 3 on this page says it should.

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00045584&fm_seq=46246

Extremely frustrated at this point. I don't think calling t-mobile can help because the phone was AT&T. Samsung probably wouldn't help either because I bought it on ebay. Unless you think they would, then let me know. I just want to add music and transfer files back and forth, backup contacts, etc., and most importantly update my firmware (currently has Froyo).

Apart from potential issues from your current OS version, installed drivers, etc, you can look at this problem from your phone's side.

Assuming that the problem doesn't lie with Kies, Windows 7 or the drivers in use:

Before connecting your phone to the computer, open the keypad and dial *#7284#;
You will see a menu for UART and USB;
Under USB, select PDA. If PDA is already selected, select MODEM and then back to PDA;
Don't worry about USB debugging or anything, just connect your phone to the PC
Everything will work as it is intended to whether you use Kies, no Kies or just Mass storage.

This is a known problem with Samsung, the PDA mode for the USB connection needs to be active. And when active, sometimes we need to reset it by selecting something else and then PDA again.


Is there any way to activate MTP connection on a phone with broken screen? My phone's screen is broken and when I connect it to my laptop via USB it is in "Charge only" mode. I need to get my data out of the phone so I was wondering if there was any way to activate "MTP" or even USB debugging. Can starting the phone in the recovery mode help?

If the broken screen still shows the display, I recommend connecting it to a a USB optical mouse with an OTG connector.
Try using adb if that is not case, but it works only when USB debugging is turned on.


Is there a way to transfer money from the gift card? I tried to pay a Google Developer account (to publish App) with the gift card and wasn't accepted despite being a payment to Google Play. Were added R$100.00 (US$33,24) and own iPhone, only use for Google Books and movies. Is there any way to transfer the money or gift with app?

Unfortunately, no.

The Google Play Gift Card TOS (US) includes the following which mentions that once a Gift Card is purchased it can only be spent within the Google Play store and cannot be transferred or refunded:

  2. Limitations. [...] The Gift Card is not redeemable for cash or other cards, is not reloadable or refundable, cannot be combined by you with other non-Google Play balances in your Google Wallet account, and cannot be resold, exchanged or transferred for value, except as required by law. [...]

For reference, Google maintains a list of purchases eligible for Google Play balance per country which includes country-specific TOS documents. It's also worth noting that a balance on a Google Play Gift Card is different than your Google Wallet balance.


Is it possible to stop the GPS from 'jumping' on a MT6592 phone? I'm using a MT6592 phone. On the first sight, the GPS reception is not so bad - it gets a 3D fix within 1 or 2 minutes.

There's a problem though: on apps like Google Maps, I noticed that my position 'jumps' within a range of ~30 meters. This is definitely a problem when using Google Maps for car navigation because at times I receive the wrong directions.

Is there a way to fix this? I've tried MT GPS EPO Fix but that didn't help for the jumping issue.

Within 30 metres is sadly within the specification of GPS, so legally your phone works perfectly fine and does not qualify for warranty (refund or repair).

The issue seems to be common with your chip, and a software fix is known for rooted devices: http://www.chinasmartphonereview.com/gps-test-and-fix-for-mt6592-octa-core/. I don't know however if this is any different from the fix you tried, but it sure is worth a shot.

Ensure your device is rooted
Download Mobileuncle Mtk Tools
Launch the app and go to "Power GPS Search". Tap "GPS Set" and reboot.
Ensure you are connected to the internet and have all location settings enabled.
Launch the app again and go to "Engineer Model (MTK)" –> "Location Base Service". Tick GPS ON.


For pre-Android 4.3, if a tablet (or any device) has root, will all its user accounts have root access? This question is for Android 4.2 and below.

If a tablet (or any applicable Android device) has root, will all user accounts have root access? Will the SuperUser app also be installed for all users?

Also, would it be possible to disable root access for one of those users?

I no longer have a tablet, so I can't confirm this behavior myself.

With rooted device, only one account called root with both user and group id of zero is present, does not matter how many accounts there are. Similar to Mac OSX, Linux counterparts.

There is a singular Superuser.apk, all accounts can run an app that requires root privileges. It boils down to what apps have the permission granted. AFAIK Superuser.apk is not multi account aware? if I am wrong feel free to correct me

Multiple accounts are only available on tablets, however cannot confirm either as do not have one. :)


Reason for chroot failure: tmp-mksh: chroot: not found Introduction:

I formatted a SDCard in ext4 and copied an ArchVersion on it to run it from Android like in this guide (step 6). Of course my device is rooted and am running the following scripts and commands in the Terminal Emulator as superuser.

Device-info:

Phone: Sony Xperia Z1
Model number: C6903
Android version: 5.1.1
Build Number: 14.6.A.1.236

Issue:

When I execute sh chroot_bashonly.sh the error tmp-mksh: chroot: not found appears. Of course I looked in the script to figure it out myself:

chroot_bashonly.sh:

#!/bin/sh

export LINUXROOT=/data/local/mnt
export TMPDIR=/tmp
export HOME=/root
export USER=root
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:$PATH
export TERM=vt100

sh ./mount.sh

echo "******* Your chroot-environment is starting now ********"
chroot $LINUXROOT /bin/bash # tmp-mksh: chroot: not found
echo "******* You exited the chroot-environment, unmounting... ********"

sh ./umount.sh

echo " ## DONE"

mount.sh:

#!/bin/sh

export LINUXROOT=/data/local/mnt
export TMPDIR=/tmp
export HOME=/root
export USER=root
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:$PATH
export TERM=vt100

# mount /
mkdir $LINUXROOT #works
mount -t ext4 -o noatime,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 $LINUXROOT #works

# mount other stuff
mkdir -p $LINUXROOT/proc
mkdir -p $LINUXROOT/sys
mkdir -p $LINUXROOT/dev
mkdir -p $LINUXROOT/dev/pts
mkdir -p $LINUXROOT/var/lib/dbus
mkdir -p $LINUXROOT/android_storage/sdcard0
mkdir -p $LINUXROOT/android_storage/sdcard1
mkdir -p $LINUXROOT/system
mount -t proc proc $LINUXROOT/proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs $LINUXROOT/sys
mount -o bind /dev $LINUXROOT/dev
mount -t devpts devpts $LINUXROOT/dev/pts
mount -o bind /system $LINUXROOT/system
mount -o bind /storage/sdcard0 $LINUXROOT/android_storage/sdcard0
mount -o bind /storage/sdcard1 $LINUXROOT/android_storage/sdcard1

echo "******* everything mounted ********"

I think the mount.sh part works, at least I get no error and the mkdir-created folders existing. So the next thing I tried was to run chroot outside the script in many forms with the same error.

chroot /data/local/mnt /bin/bash
chroot /data/local/mnt /system/bin/sh
chroot /data/local/mnt /bin/sh

All having the same issue: tmp-mksh: chroot: not found.

So what is wrong?

Is chroot even available on Android?

The Reason for this failure is that Android blocked chroot for som reason. Like Death Mask Salesman pointed out, it is possible to get information about the command type via type commandName e.g. in this case type chroot.

To solve the tmp-mksh: chroot: not found-error it is only required to install BusyBox.


swap internal sd card to external storage I wanna make my external sd my internal one without having the need to use an app. So Instead of having 8GB of internal storage I want to have 64GB (taken from the micro sd card). It worked on my previous phone Gt-i8530 if I changed the vold file to this:

# internal sdcard
{
ums_sys_path = /sys/class/android_usb/f_mass_storage/lun0/file
secure_format = enable
discard = enable
}
dev_mount sdcard1 /storage/extSdCard 8 /devices/sdi2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0 encryptable_nonremovable

# external sdcard
{
ums_sys_path = /sys/class/android_usb/f_mass_storage/lun1/file
supported_exfat = disable
android_secure_containers = enable
}
dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard0 auto /devices/sdi0/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1

So now I want to do that same thing on my new phone SM-G3858. But I only have in vold:

#storage_struct = series, "/mnt/sdcard/extStorages"
#storage_struct = parallel
{
supported_exfat = yes
}
dev_mount sdcard /storage/extSdCard auto /devices/platform/sdhci-pxav3.0/mmc_host/mmc1

Now what do I need to change or add here to swap it as on the previous phone? I´m a bit confused that a) it right away says extsdcard here and b) that there is only one command line instead of 2 . I guess the reason is the #storage structure?

And suggestions please?

Unless it's important to you that the storage volumes are swapped, in Android Marshmallow the sd-card storage can be added to your internal storage with Adaptable storage.

Adaptable storage "enables a user to set up his SD card as internal storage, and store applications, their data, and media on an adopted SD card." –Source

Note: A high-speed card (UHS-1) is highly recommended, since you'll be experiencing lag and slow application speed with slower/older cards.

To use the feature:

Turn off your phone
Insert the SD-card
Turn on your phone
Choose "use sd-card as Internal Storage" (When provided with the option - it should appear as a notification)

Android will then set up the card for internal use.
This will make Android show your sd-card as part of the internal storage and be used as such. The proces also encrypts the card, so your data is safe.

Note: When the card is set up as internal storage, you won't be able to use the card as a normal sd-card, fx. plugging it out and into your computer to copy files won't work. To use the sd-card like this again at a later point, you'll have to reformat the card.


Can I limit Kindle purchases to only 1 device on my account? I have 3 kindle devices linked to my account for my kids to read books as well. We each buy our own books on the one amazon Kindle account however at times we dont want to share our purchases onto each others device. Can this be done?

I am assuming that you are talking about Kindle Fire which runs (heavily modified) Android OS.

All purchases made on a Kindle are linked to whatever Amazon account you are signed in with, not the actual device.  If you wish for your purchases to be separated, you will need to have a different Amazon account for your second Kindle Fire.

Now the problem is that there is no way to share purchases between accounts. As far as I know, you cannot add a second Amazon account to the Kindle (like you can with multiple Google accounts on plain Android.)


Completely uninstall an app on Lollipop I am having a problem with uninstalling apps on Android 5.0 (Nexus 5). I am developing an Android app, so I debug/run the app directly on my device. For production, I exported the same app with my keystore, uninstalled the debug APK that I ran earlier, tried to install the signed APK, and I got this error:

  An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed.

Is it because the bytecodes are still in the ART runtime? Anyone has any idea how to solve this?

When you uninstall an app using usual pre-Lollipop approach (e.g. dragging to "trash" icon, or from App info > Uninstall), it's only uninstalled on current user. It can be confirmed by app showing "Not installed" on stock app manager. Android will detect that the app is still there, preventing the user to install the app with same package name.

It's due to Guest account (if it's activated), that when an app is installed, it's automatically installed on all users. So, you need to uninstall the app from there too, which can be troublesome in daily usage.

There are some approaches to uninstall the app completely (ordered by practicality):

(from Owner account) Go to Settings > Apps, find and open the app info. Then, open the overflow menu (3 vertical dots), and choose Uninstall for all users.
(from guest account) Deactivate the guest account if you don't need it (for more info: Removing the default guest user account from Android Lollipop)
(from PC) Enter adb uninstall <package> on command prompt/shell. This is the same as "uninstall for all users"
(from guest/other accounts) Find the app and uninstall it normally.

In case you can't uninstall it, try to remove the account and create a new one, then try to find and uninstall the app again.


Identifying an icon that looks like two persons standing in a line I found this unknown icon in my status bar. What does it stands for?

Click image(s) for larger version

Device : Coolpad note 3 running Android Marshmallow

I figured it out but thanks everyone for there help. This icon is for meeting mode, somehow I enabled it.


DNS error in android 4.4.2 I just get an new mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 with Android 4.4.2.

When I try to connect to internet through 3G/4G network, my Chrome always give me an error message:

DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

The internet can be accessed by IP address with the same network.

How should I fix this problem?

My problem is solved as I install avast firewall and need to enable linux shell to access mobile data.


Android wifi says "Connected, no internet" but internet works just fine This is a strange thing that started happening with the wifi network at my work.  Android devices connected to the network say "Connected, no internet" however the internet works perfectly well.  This has happened to devices running android 6 and 7.  This is a small business in the US and theres no proxy or captive portal that is blocking any DNS.  Windows and Ubuntu laptops connect and say everything is fine, seems to be something Android specific.

Does anyone know how exactly Android determines weather a network has internet access?  This seems like the solution will end up in the router configuration, but knowing what could cause Android to behave this way would be helpful.  What steps could one take to troubleshoot this issue?

Perhaps this seems likely to be a problem connecting to Google servers (captive portal server) not the browser configured captive portal login you seem to be refering to in your post.

(Sometime since Lollipop (5.1+)) When connected to networks (especially Wi-Fi networks), android system  checks if there is an active internet connection by perfoming checks on certain pre-defined URLs belonging to Google servers. If it fails, there'll be an exclamation mark on the Wi-Fi signal icon and a  “Connected, no internet” notification is shown (even though you can access other websites and the internet is up an running) so it may be a temporary problem with connectivity to that specific URL:

  Android tries to reach a file named generate_204 on one of the Google
  servers and if there is no positive response, it means that there is
  no connection to the internet, and notification is generated also, the detection url differs between
  different Android versions.

clients3.google.com/generate_204 check (kitkat)
connectivitycheck.gstatic.com/generate_204 (marshmallow)

It seems that google has changed the captive portal
detection on recent  versions of android e.g oreo.

looks like google now checks for both a generate_204 on both
connectivitycheck.gstatic.com and a gen_204 on
www.google.com.

Again is a problem on its own esp in regions where access to google services is blocked. This answer however explains well how to bypass such and you make take a look at it.

A chunk of information has been extracted from this discussion.

Based on this you have some options to bypass this:

Changing captive portal server

Install a terminal app alternatively these  commands can also be run via the adb shell.
Open the terminal app and run su.
Run settings get global captive_portal_server. This will show the current captive portal server. A "null" reply is usually the default.
Run settings put global captive_portal_server YOUR_SERVER_ADDRESS. You can  add google.com as the captive portal server, i.e settings put global captive_portal_server google.com.
Run exit once to exit from su, then exit one more time to close the terminal.
Reboot the Android device. Will not work without a reboot.

Disabling captive portal

  Since the culprit is a method isCaptivePortal() which access clients3.google.com/generate_204 to test if a connection is deemed
  "usable". The page, as its name suggest, is designed to always return
  a HTTP 204 status code. Based on this you have a couple options:

i. Kill isCaptivePortal() completely

with adb set, run adb shell su -c "settings put global captive_portal_detection_enabled 0" (Android 7.1+)
or using adb shell su -c "settings put global captive_portal_mode 0"

Note:  The down side is that isCaptivePortal() is actually useful to detect for example when a WiFi network requires login. If the request to the 204 page gets redirected to a login page (not a 204), the system will understand and display the exclamation mark as intended.

ii. Change the target of isCaptivePortal()

another workaround is replacing the Google host with a host that is accessible within the specific region. This host should also be returning 204 every time /generate_204 is accessed.

i.e adb shell su -c "settings put global captive_portal_server {alternate_host} "

Using hosts

You can edit hosts to block the captive portal detection url thus bypassing the sending of the requests to captive portal server.

Why Linux and Windows connect with no issues?

As you mentioned in your post that this seems to be Android specific, indeed the above discussion highlights that. The reason is that for those devices (Linux and Windows) the mechanism of connection is completely different.

These devices won't need to connect to Google servers to first detect if an internet is active.


Is it posible for an android user to set up a work and personal profile and isolate whatsapp to personal profile With the new GDPR regulations in Europe I see people freaking out and deleting whatsapp from their phone. I don't wish to get into the legal details of if this is legally necessary or not. However this seems only to apply to people using their personal phone for business purposes.

My question is, can you create two profiles for android. One for business and the other personal. Each profile should come with it's own address book / contacts list. Then the next question is, is it possible to sandbox Whatsapp to only use/see the personal address list and not the business one.

Is this

(1) Possible

(2) Easy to do for the non technical user ?

Yes this is possible.  You can do that with Island (and the released official version) is now available on Google playstore.

"Island" is a sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data outside the sandbox (including call logs, contacts, photos and etc) even if related permissions are granted. Device-bound data is still accessible (SMS, IMEI and etc).

How does it work

  Island takes advantage of the "managed profile" feature on Android
  5.0+, which is the also the base of "Android for Work", to create an isolated sandbox for apps and their data. App needs to be cloned in
  Island first. Afterwards, the clone can run parallel aside from the
  original one. (even with different accounts signed-in) It can be
  frozen on demand by Island. (NO ROOT REQUIRED)

The goal of Island to improve security by isolating an application thus improving privacy at the same time allowing parallel running with those from "mainland"


Why can't I adjust the brightness and the sleep time on my KitKat device? Whenever I go to settings and to display, the brightness and the sleep buttons are faded out and I can't click them. I tried rebooting my phone and a factory reset but nothing works. I don't know what to do as I can't adjust my phone brightness or the sleep time. I'm using an Alcatel Pixi 3 (4.5) and  it's running on KitKat 4.4.

Go to sitting then barrery manager and turn off that feature you should be able to adjust your brightness and time out features then it's that simple


After programmatically setting the resolution through an app, how can I make the device remember the new setting? So I'm setting the resolution by editing system files. This has been the only way that works for me. More preciesly I issue this command:

echo 1080p60hz > sys/class/display/mode

to the device's termninal. This succesfully changes the resolution to 1080p60hz or to a different value if it's issued. However after restart the device returns to its previous resolution.

Does nayone know how to make it remember the new resolution? Probably another file needs to be edited but I haven't found out which.

Several options:

modify the boot image accordingly, or
use init.d scripts if your device supports them (if not, there are some apps to achieve that). Or,
use an automation app to do that on BOOT_COMPLETED (e.g. tasker supports that, e.g. running a script on BOOT_COMPLETED – called "device start" there IIRC).


I'm interested in using a laptop battery as an external battery pack for phone As title said I'd like to use a laptop battery for my phone as an extender.  One usage would be on a plane where my laptop is too bulky to really use but I could pull the battery out of it and use it to keep my phone battery charged while watching movies and what not.  It seems like I should just need a 7805 voltage regulator either linear or switching.  Has anybody done this or thought to do it, it seems like it should be fairly straightforward?

Many laptop nowadays supports charging over USB while sleeping/suspended. So you only need a long USB cable, and put your laptop under the seat in front of you in sleep mode. A 1.5m cable is best but 1m would work as well.


Android: Force Music Application to Refresh List of Playlists How can I force the built-in Music App in Android to refresh my list of playlists. Even after I delete one from my SD card, the playlist will still appear in my list of playlists.

Go to settings, applications, manage applications, [menu button], filter, all

Find the Media Storage app, and clear data.

This deletes everything! artists, albums, playlists. (data still on card)

Plug in, mount usb. Eject. Go back into music, and wait (a lot if you have more than a few tracks.)

Note: If the music app shows no changes, try force stopping the Media Storage app. The app showed no cache or data to clear, but force stopping it then opening the Music app worked for me.


Flashing an official Samsung galaxy tab kernel I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 (GT-P7510) with Android 3.2 and kernel 2.6.36.3 installed. I'm building a customized kernel using Samsung's official kernel source code for research purposes. I do not need to install any third party hacks or do fancy things. I just need to flash my own kernel to test it on the device.

I have been searching around the web for a clean way of flashing a modified Samsung kernel build on this device, but I'm not able to make sense of the results I'm getting. I'm not sure if my device has an unlocked bootloader or not.

Would anyone clarify how things work with regard to flashing a new kernel?
Thanks a lot..

First off you will need to root your tablet. This is relatively easy, especially with the galaxy because it's so popular. Head on over to the XDA Forums (www.xda-developers.com) and navigate to the galaxy 10.1 section. This youtube video also will do it for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krQDP7xYlWg

BE CAREFUL. Follow the steps exactly. You don't want to brick your device.

After that, you'll have ClockworkMod. So first things first: zip up your kernel, then copy it to your device. Most of the time, tablets require sd-cards in order to install things from recovery, so pop in an sd-card and copy the zipped folder here.

Then, reboot into recovery (turn device off, then hold up volume button and power at the same time). You'll want to wipe your cache partition and davlik cache first. Once this is done, go to install zip from sd-card, find your folder with the kernel, and that's it!

BEFORE YOU DO THIS, do a backup of your current system, just in case your kernel really messes up your device. Hope this helps!


Stuck in recovery after CF root I tried rooting my Samsung Galaxy J3 and now it says:

  "recovery is not seandroid enforcing"

I used CF root and now it wont boot out of recovery.

How do I repair?

I had experienced that before, 2 times ( one with CWM and one with TWRP). I fixed it by:-

Pulling out the battery, re-insert it, and boot into download mode
(vol up + power button + home button).
Use Odin (if you don't have one, download it here)
Download the stock firmware for your specific device here
Once your stock firmware finished downloading, head over to Odin and click AP. Browse for the stock firmware you've downloaded and
click OK.
Connect your phone to your computer and click start at Odin.
Wait for a couple of minutes, and there you go! You fixed your phone.

Hope this helps.


MyTouch upgraded to Froyo now requires reboot to use USB storage again After T-Mobile upgraded my "original MyTouch 3G" to Froyo, I have to reboot the phone to reconnect it to my computer after it's been connected once and disconnected.

I've tried using different USB ports on my computer, and everything else I can think of.  Is there a fix for this?

Thanks very much.

Ensure you properly dismount the phone storage from your computer, and then have your phone mount it, before disconnecting USB.


Change default account in "Add new contact" I have several accounts on my phone. When I add a new contact, my Google/Gmail account is always preselected, but I always want to add my contacts to another one, and quite often I forget to change the account.

Is it possible to change the default account so I don't need to switch account every time I add a new contact?

Phone: Lenovo Moto G4 Plus with Android 7.0

I'm not very sure but perhaps it would be help be for you go to Settings->Accounts->Google->(turn off) contacts.


How to update rooted android (nexus 5) I have rooted Nexus 5 device with Android 5.1.1.
Now system shows updates are available. But on restarting it shows error screen, virtually making it impossible to update.

Is it possible to update rooted android OS, and if yes how (without wiping out any data)?

You have to use the Android SDK, specifically the command fastboot, to flash the stock system.img and stock recovery.img.  Only flash the boot.img only if a custom kernel has been flashed, if not, this isn't required.  With USB Debugging enabled in Settings - Developer Options, you'll need to boot into the bootloader.  You'll also need the factory image for the current version of stock you are running.

You'll need to use the commmands:

fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img

Rooting modifies /system, which OTA's will check and fail.  Also, any other recovery except for stock recovery will also fail to flash the OTA.


Is it possible to run fastboot in a recovery mode shell (without connecting to PC)? I have a method for unlocking the bootLoader of my HP SlateBook x2 running Android v4.3 consisting of:

Booting into recovery.
Connecting to PC via USB cable.
Sending the command fastboot -i 0x03F0 oem unlock to the Android device.

But this device has an incredible problem: it sells without USB cable (LOL), so I have no USB cable at all.

But I have installed TWRP recovery, that includes a root command-line shell. So, as long as I can not connect via ADB bridge by using USB cable nor ADB via Wireless (the recovery mode does not detect the Wi-Fi card), I was wondering if it would be possible to use this shell to send the fastboot command from recovery mode in the stand-alone device (without any connection to PC, as long as it is not possible).

Any ideas, please?

Fastboot commands are for the bootloader, not recovery, so even if you send the commands from recovery, it would do no good since you would be in recovery, not the bootloader.

According to all the information I could find about this "tablet," including information from HP, indicates that there is no way to access fastboot since there is no USB port and HP doesn't make a dock-port to USB cable for the tablet. Edit: apparently HP does have a cable for it, but it may be difficult to find and isn't cheap.


Where does Android Lollipop keep the mmssms.db file? I need to delete the file so I can clear my messages, because a factory reset is not an option, and various softwares have not been able to clear the messages.

I am already in root terminal mode, I just need the updated file location, because /data/data/com.whatever from the previous version does not exist.

My ability to receive text messages is impaired until I can reset this file. Thank you for any help.

Nevermind, the solution was to enable root mode and then try the third-party applications again. would have been nice to be able to move the file to prune it down, but really, at this point i just need to get on with it. lesson learned: android lollipop can't handle the 30k messages my iphone 4 can. -.-


Wrong day in weather notification Every morning I get a notification about weather at my location. However, at some point it started showing one day in advance - or a day off. For example, the following screenshot was taken on Tuesday, but it tells me the weather for Wednesday. What has happened and how can I fix it?

My phone's OS is Android 6.0

As the comments above suggest, you may have to check your time zone in Settings. On stock Android, it can be accessed under System > Date & time. The best thing to do is to select "Automatic time zone" if you have a cellular network connection; this will automatically set your time zone for you. If you can't, you should set in manually under the Select time zone option. If your time zone is correct, then it could be the app that is displaying the weather instead; uninstall it and reinstall it, and see if it is fixed.


Install an app on android without SD card How can one install an app on an android with no SD card?  I tried doing so with dropbox but I was unable to download the file.  I'm thinking astro file manager might let me but I've been unable to get that app installed.  Will that allow me to install an app with no sd card?

One method to install an application without SD card is to use ADB tool (Android Debug Bridge). It's a tool for development. It will let you install your apk file using console.

What you have to do:

Install ADB tool to your computer
Connect your device to your computer with a cable
Copy apk file you want to install to the folder where your ADB tool is. In this folder you have to find adb file.
Start your console - Terminal (on Linux) or Command Prompt (on Windows)
From your console you have to go to the folder in #3 - To do this use cd command
Type command "adb devices" - you have to see that your device is connected.
Type command "adb install myApplication.apk"


ADB connect to a device via TCP/IP I'm trying to use adb connect:

 connect <host>[:<port>]       - connect to a device via TCP/IP
                                 Port 5555 is used by default if no port number is specified.

and this is what I get:

mbp:~ alexus$ adb connect 10.0.0.18
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
unable to connect to 10.0.0.18:5555
mbp:~ alexus$

USB debugging is on and 10.0.0.18 is IP of my Android device, I'm able to do it via USB cable w/out any issues... any ideas?

Try following these instructions:

1) Open the command prompt and navigate to your sdk/platform-tools/ folder.

2) Type adb tcpip 5555 with your device plugged in

3) Type adb connect <your device ip address>:5555

4) At this point you unplug your device and type adb logcat

5) At times, such as unplugging/plugging into a USB device, the logcat will become disconnected, just redo steps 3 & 4.

From my answer here.


How to allow auto-update of apps in Play Store only when plugged in? I would like apps to be updated automatically when my phone is plugged in (charging) and on wifi.
I can easily allow auto-update only when wifi is on with the appropriate option in the Play Store settings, but not prevent auto-updates from occuring if the phone is running on battery.

This is causing an unecessary battery drain when I am using my phone on wifi at home. Given that auto-updating apps is more a daemon job than a time critical task, I cannot believe it is not a standard power saving strategy.

Do you know any apps or system workaround (including if the device is rooted) to achieve this?

Note:

Following solution:

is tested on Android 4.2.1, COS12 (Android 5.0.2) and CM12.1 (Android 5.1.1) - all of them running Play Store v6.0.51
requires a rooted Android
here is a short demo of the solution

While browsing the manifest of Play Store, I took an educated guess that only the following service is likely the initiator of auto-update of apps over Wi-Fi.

com.google.android.finsky.autoupdate.ReschedulerUsingAlarmManager$CheckWifiAndAutoUpdate

I played with that service under few conditions on different devices and found it useful for the goal in question. It goes without saying that the  auto-update setting of apps should be set to "Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only" in Play Store.

Here is what you can do: Install an automation app which can execute series of actions when power source and Wi-Fi are connected and later on, disconnected. I used Tasker (trial version; userguide) as the automation app.

Profile: Setup two contexts. See How to create a profile with multiple context in Tasker? for any related help

State → Power → Source: choose it
State → Net → Wifi Connected → fill details per your needs or leave all or any of them untouched

We would be needing two tasks: an entry task and an exit task. See my answer here for related help.

Enter task: (Actions):

Code → Run Shell

Command:

pm enable com.android.vending/com.google.android.finsky.autoupdate.ReschedulerUsingAlarmManager\$CheckWifiAndAutoUpdate;
am force-stop com.android.vending;
am startservice com.android.vending/com.google.android.finsky.autoupdate.ReschedulerUsingAlarmManager\$CheckWifiAndAutoUpdate

tick Use Root

You may optionally add one or more actions to notify yourself that the update procedure has begun. I used Alert → Flash to notify myself  via a toast.

Exit task: (Actions):

This task requires Busybox's applets installed. See How do I install missing command line tools onto an Android device? for related help.

Net → Test Net

Type: Mobile Data Enabled
Store Result In: %Mdata

Code → Run Shell

Command:

svc data disable;
svc wifi disable;
am force-stop com.android.vending;
am force-stop com.android.providers.downloads;
down_path=$(content query --uri content://downloads/my_downloads --projection _data --where "notificationpackage='com.android.vending'");
[[ "$down_path" != "No result found." ]] && echo $down_path | sed 's/.*=//g' | xargs rm -f || echo continue;
content delete --uri content://downloads/my_downloads --where "notificationpackage='com.android.vending'"
pm disable com.android.vending/com.google.android.finsky.autoupdate.ReschedulerUsingAlarmManager\$CheckWifiAndAutoUpdate;
svc wifi enable;
[[ "%Mdata" == "yes" ]] && svc data enable || echo doing nothing;

tick Use Root

Again, to notify yourself, use any action of your choice.

What does those tasks do?

When the conditions for both the contexts are met, the enter task is run. The commands in that task does these things in sequential order:

enable the aforesaid Play Store's service
force-stop Play Store
start the said Play Store's service

And that's all for the auto-update to begin.

After remaining activated, whenever the profile deactivates (simply because a condition for a context doesn't meet anymore) the exit task would run. That exit task executes following steps in sequential order:

store the state (enabled/disabled) of mobile data in a variable Mdata
the job of those commands is to:

disable mobile data
disable Wi-Fi
force-stop Play Store
force-stop Download Manager

I noticed that if an update (download in progress) for an app is interrupted due to unavailability of Wi-Fi, the progress bar (notification) is dismissed, the status of the progress gets stored in a row in the table downloads of database downloads.db. (That database is located under the data directory of Download Manager.) That row also contains the location of the partially downloaded file.

In order to make sure that auto-update doesn't occur on the next successful connection to Wi-Fi and making sure that it never does so when the profile is not running the enter task, following is what rest of the commands do:

extract the location of the partially downloaded file from the value in the column _data corresponding to a row identified by com.android.vending as notificationpackage. We aim to delete that file. This is a small sacrifice to make.
if there is indeed a file path under _data, then use it to delete the file pointed by it.
delete that row, otherwise, it will be read by Download Manager when network connectivity changes (reconnected to a Wi-Fi) and auto-update would begin again.
disable the aforesaid Play Store service so that auto-update never begins on it own
enable Wi-Fi
enable mobile data, if it were enabled prior to running this task.

1At the time of creating the first revision of this answer the current Play Store version is definitely not 6.0.5 but above. However, none of my devices have received any further Play Store update so far.


Calibrating 2 batteries since I own 2 batteries for my G3 and one of them isn't working properly, I wanted to calibrate both of them. I've just calibrated my extended 5200 mAh battery and it seems like it lasts longer so I decided to calibrate another, original battery (3000 mAh). So my question is: Is it smart to calibrate 2 different batteries? Will calibrating one battery uncalibrate another one?

Thanks in advance

Calibration is a myth. See this question to understand more Bought a new battery, do I need to calibrate it?

So it doesn't make any difference to one or two batteries- it has no affect on battery life or device


How to login with Fido U2F secured Gmail account in Android phone? Gmail App password generator's code, the one of 16 character length, does not work.
There are no other options in the password page than Create a new account.
The password page does not accept my password which works in my Gmail account in PC.
I set up the phone first time without Gmail account.
So I am now in the password page where you can go many ways

Settings > Accounts > Add account > Personal (IMAP) > [password page here].
PlayStore > [same password page here].

Phone: Oneplus 3 T
Android: 7.1.1
Fido U2F Security key: YubiKey Neo

Answer from Oneplus support chat

  Unfortunately, there is no option for that right now. You will need to use another gmail account without YubiKey so you can install the applications that you want to yur OnePlus 3T.

Me requesting a plan when the feature will be implemented

  I will take note on that information and forward that to our ROM Team and hopefully, it will be available in the future.

I required them to inform me about the implementation but they could not offer a strict schedule.

Whatsapp's support answer

Confirmation that Oneplus Google Drive backup is not supported in Oneplus by WhatsApp

  Hi,

  Thanks for your message.

  The user cannot directly access data in the hidden app folders, only
  the app can access them. WhatsApp data is on a hidden folder in your
  Google Drive. To check whether or not your backup file is saved in
  Google Drive:

  Go to Google Drive (https://drive.google.com) and log in to your
  Google account. If you are accessing the link from your phone, you
  have to tap the [Menu Button] in the top left corner and then choose
  to use [Desktop Version]. Click on the [Gear] icon in the top right >
  [Settings] > [Manage Apps]. Scroll until you find WhatsApp in the
  list. Please note it may take several minutes for WhatsApp to appear
  in the list. Additionally, you can wait until “Hidden app data” size
  appears if you wish to see your WhatsApp backup size. Note: This may
  take several minutes. Learn more about Google Drive backup in this FAQ
  article.

  Note: If you wish to read your chat history on your computer, please
  use our Email chat feature instead.

  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

  Regards
  ...
  WhatsApp Support Team

Output: you cannot access the data directly, only see the size of the backup file.


how to connect Galaxy S4 to Macbook Pro? The Macbook Pro does recognise my Galaxy S4. I've just downloaded and opened the latest version of Kies, restarted everything, and the "connecting" wheel just keeps going round and round and round. I need to transfer a large video file from the phone to the computer.

There are a few ways to mount an Android device to your Mac.  I'm not sure if all the following are supported on the Galaxy S4, depending in part on what version of Android you have.  (There are other methods for accessing files on your phone, some of which would require root..  but these listed below are built into most recent versions of Android.)

The file access methods include:

Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) -- this is basically a mode where your phone pretends to be a digital camera and is accessed as such.  Picture/media-related apps such as iPhoto recognize it as a camera and will ask to auto-import pictures (and possibly videos as well) from the DCIM folder.  Depending on the format of your large video, this may be the way to go if you're importing directly into a media app.

USB Mass Storage (UMS) -- this method basically turns your phone into a USB flash drive.  The computer recognizes and "mounts" it as it would a normal flash drive.  Unfortunately, when you mount your phone's external storage to your computer, your phone itself can't access the content-- it can't be mounted in two places at once.  But for quick drag-and-drop, this method works pretty well.

Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) -- this is a method of accessing the files on your phone which simultaneously doesn't block the phone's own apps from accessing the external directory.  It works a little smarter by working at the file/directory level rather than just handing over the whole block device the way UMS does.  MTP is what the aforementioned Android File transfer app is for-- it let's you to access the files and integrates with OS X.  More info here.

To access these different types of connections on Android, generally you go to Settings, then to Storage.  If your device is plugged into your Mac, you should see three dots in the upper right corner of the action bar at the top of the screen.  The menu item says something like USB computer connection.  From there, you can select from the above connection types.

Again, depending on your version of Android, the options may not all be there.  But hopefully one of the three will be there and will work for ya.


HTC Sense keeps asking for Facebook permission Every time I run the Facebook app on my HTC One, HTC Sense keeps asking for permission

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

Click Next and the screen disappears. Nothing seems to happen. Log out and log in again, then the same screen always appears. What is the solution for this problem? I mean, can Sense asked for permission only once?

Go to settings>Accounts and add add your FB account to your HTC Sense app. After doing this the app shouldn't ask for the

But, as you use the native Facebook application why not entirely disable the Sense UI FB widget? The default app is more than sufficient for ones FB usage. Go to Settings>App>All and disable the default app.


How can I disable the Android Market temporarily? My kids play games on my tablet, and I would like to disable the Android Market and in-app purchasing for the duration of their use of the device.

Is there any option, third-party software or any other way to stop my kids from buying stuff inside their games or installing any software?

I understand that I can remove credit card info from the account, but since that device is used by me most of the time, this is too cumbersome. I also don't want to stop Internet connectivity since some games are Flash games in the browser.

In the Market settings you can add a PIN to protect purchases; that should lock them out effectively enough.  I don't know of anything offhand to prevent all installs, though.  I would assume you'd need to be rooted for an app to intercept and prevent install attempts.

If you are rooted, you could use something like Titanium Backup to back and uninstall the Market, then reinstall it when your kids are done.  That might be cumbersome as well though.


How to get router's ip aka gateway in Android's shell? In a normal linux environment we can do

gateway=`netstat -rn | grep ^0\.0\.0\.0 | awk '{print $2}'`

or

gateway=$(netstat -rn | grep ^0\.0\.0\.0 | awk '{print $2}')

but since Android's busybox/magisk doesn't support netstat -rn, what other commands can we use to get the gateway or router ip?


Where is system update option located in Alldaymall A88S tablet? I recently brought my sister a Alldaymall A88S tablet. Anyway, I cannot find the system update function (or at least, I didn't see it). Where is it?

And no root methods  please.

Settings > About tablet > System Updates/Update Center


What does "Locked Messages" mean? When I try to delete a message, I get prompted to select whether to "Delete locked messages".

There doesn't appear to be any difference if I check this option or leave it unchecked.

Does anyone know what that means?

You can lock a particular message in your conversation so you don't accidentally delete that. The check box is for those messages. See following screen-shots -

First Long tap on the message you want to lock, and select Lock.
The message should be now locked and a lock icon should appear at the bottom.
Now when you delete the conversation the message was in, the locked message would not get deleted if the check-box is not selected.


what uses up less battery, reading an EPUB or reading a PDF? If you get a PDF and a EPUB of the same document, and read it on the same device with the same version of Android, which would use up less battery power?

Theoretically ePub should have the advantage over PDF as it is a smaller file that is basially HTML, CSS and image files with a few XML files for defining the books metadata, chapter order and table of contents navigation zipped into 'ePub' format. It is in many ways like a website. The PDF files will often be larger as they have embedded fonts, image optimisation and their own encryption to deal with as overheads.

However, while ePub will reflow text easily it is not very good for more technical things like code and mathematical equations etc, so really what format to have the book in will depend on your need rather than an impact on the battery.

Also the more optimised the eBook reader the less overhead on your battery. The screen is the biggest drain on nearly all mobile devices and will consume far more battery than any eBook reader.

Conversely, an ePub with a LOT of markup and very, very large unoptimised image files could be a bigger overhead to render than a slimmed down, lower image quality PDF.

As per @Chahk 's comments below, the actual saving for a black background is quite low for an AMOLED screen where black is unpowered, and non existant on LCD based technologies.  This XDA user did an experiment  which should be taken as anecdotal evidence and his finding was basically after 1 hour of screen on time he had saved around 6% battery life.

 How to Geek article on black wallpaper and battery which states:

  On most computer displays, such as the computer screen you’re probably reading this article on, using a black background won’t save you any battery life. No matter what color a pixel is – whether it’s dark black or blinding white – there’s a backlight at the back of your screen and it’s constantly outputting light. The black pixels block more of the backlight, but it’s still behind the black pixel, using power.


Android memory stuck Once my phone froze and reboot by itself and then I notice all apps and every change i made went back in time :D. After few tries and reboots i decided to wipe all data it gave me this error:

-- mkdir /data/app/ fail. err is -1

I tried everything, even recording clean image by HDDRawCopy but it still goes back to this one state. I have no idea what I can do and what kind of magic is this. Do you know how to fix it or even what is it?

mkdir is a command that is intended to create a directory. The /data/app/ folder is an integral part of your android OS which practically stores all of your apps data. The fact that this command failed likely means your partition wasn't formatted appropriately as such the OS doesn't have permission to write to it. The only solution I'd advice is performing a factory reset/wipe data from recovery menu.Most android devices recovery menu are accessible through the following method

press the VOLUME UP + HOME + POWER buttons all the same time and
HOLD THEM DOWN
release only the POWER button when the device vibrates
release the other buttons when the ANDROID SYSTEM RECOVERY screen
appears
using the VOLUME DOWN / UP buttons to navigate, select WIPE CACHE
PARTITION
Then navigate to the wipe data/factory reset

For more information on different android partitions read here


Reusing adopted storage I have sdcard formated as adopted storage. I have also root and made a copy of encryption key which is in /data/misc/vold dir. I'm using it to access files on sdcard on PC with Linux. I'm planning to format /data partition and set up everything from beginning. Question is if I place same sdcard, with same content (formated previously as adopted storage) in phone and key file in /data/misc/vold from TWRP can I be able to access files on fresh system?

It works as expected. After wiping data partition and rebooting to system I made encryption of data partition as I always do. Then again reboot to recovery. I copied encryption key for sdcard (with the same content, I didn't format sdcard) to /data/misc/vold and make sure that file belongs to root.

After rebooting to system again I didn't have any notification about formating sdcard. One thing I had to do: move data to sdcard. And after this step, I can see all my content on sdcard, which was mounted as adopted storage.


How to edit build.prop without root and without custom recovery? I have an old Motorola-Verizon phone. Since it is a Verizon exclusive model, they didn't left any chance of rooting phone, unlocking bootloader or installing custom recovery. So my question is Is it possible to have build.prop edited in these circumstances?

I have searched everywhere and tried almost everything but could not have the job done. Every time some adb command is rejected by an indefinite <waiting for device> printed on the command-line or it just reboots to get back normal. No change.

My phone details if they are relevant:

Phone: Motorola Droid Turbo 2
Model : XT1585 (Kinzie)
OS: Nougat 7.0

Another thing to mention is there is another phone sold by Motorola outside US i.e. Moto X Force which is essentially the same device without Verizon and Droid logos on it. And I can confirm that it is perfectly bootloader-unlockable. If it is helpful.

Is it possible to have build.prop edited in these circumstances?

Unfortunately, no. Build.prop rests in the system partition and that partition is mounted as read-only by the Android. To edit the file, the partition has to be mounted in read-write mode, which requires root privileges which you are sure you cannot gain on this device.

That said, some of the properties can be altered using setprop tool through adb. Mostly the ones starting with the prefix persist can be changed successfully and the effect be observed in real time. While read-only properties may show successful result after their value altered using setprop, the effects would not be seen.


Who are responsible for pushing out the OTA updates? There are many parties involved in an Android phone. My question is who is responsible for the OTA updates of my phone. Is it the manufacturer, the phone service provider or Google?

I thought this answer could be answered generally but maybe not. My phone is the Galaxy Nexus i9250 witch is manufactured by Samsung.

If your handset is Google Nexus, then yes, Google pushes out the OTA updates.

The rest is down to the carriers, depending on who you are with, what handset you have.

Edit: Added more thought for clarity.

Some may not roll out the OTA updates, its all dependent on the market, region. I am with O2, and never get any OTA updates what-so-ever. Some manufacturers do include a 'PC companion' suite that accompanies the handset  and it is through that pc companion suite, that there may be a "firmware" update that is independant of the carrier used. That would be an exception to the rule, although the trend seems to be, to "use the official manufacturer's handset companion software for Windows" and to check on that regularly.


Access Apps without unlocking I have many different apps that require security, so I obviously do not want to leave my phone unlocked.  However, when using Map My Run or other apps, it is incredibly difficult to unlock the phone when I have to access the app (especially after running 5 miles and winded).
Is there a way to make some apps accessible without having to unlock the phone?

An app only can mark itself to be shown on top of the lock screen. In detail there is the flag FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED respectively the method setShowWhenLocked that allows to mark a certain activity/screen to be shown on top of the lock screen.

This allows to use the screen without having to unlock the device. However this has to be done by the app itself. External apps can't enable this.
If your favorite apps does not support this feature you can ans the app developers if they add this feature.

And also the Android system does not allow to mark apps to shown above the lock screen. May be because this would cause a serious problem: With the app shown on top you can't unlock the device and therefore can't change back the "app on top" setting so that your device reverts to the regular state.

Alternatively there are ways to temporarily disable the automatic device lock (Google calls it "automatic unlock"). This can be achieved e.g by defining a trusted Bluetooth device that acts as a "key". If the key is next to the phone it does not lock.

See more details here: https://support.google.com/android/answer/9075927?hl=en


programatically edit numbers from messages Here is the issue

i changed phones..

i before hand backed up calls and messages using sms backup and restore. everything went fine. I have the xml files i can see the messages and the numbers correctly in the xml.

the restore in the new  phone for some reason decided to add the sim country code to every number that did not have a country code which made the numbers completely unusable
I do not understand from where come the country code I do not see anywhere the settings in the aosp messaging app to remove the country code.

is there a way to edit the numbers on the messages or to make sms backup and restore app not to add the country code of the sim card.. I think it detects the country of the sim or the country of the phone based on imei? and then if a phone does not start by +xxx it add it..

I find totally unacceptable that the restore got somehow altered. and I cannot find the root cause..

questions is can i use adb or some api in python or whatever to fix the mistakes.. I still have the original xml files from sms backup and restore with the numbers untouched.

thank you

You can edit the XML files and add the right country codes before import. If you want to fix it programatically directly on phone you need root access.


Override PlayStore Application Android Minimal version requirement? Possible Duplicate:
  How can I tell the Android Market that I'm running an updated version of Android?

In fact, I installed an higher Android version on my phone (4.0 on a ZTE Blade which normally supports 2.1).

But when I'm connecting to the market with my phone, I'm still limited to that 2.1 version and I can't even see higher version's applications while my phone now supports those...

Is there a way of overriding that version limitation or at least push it to 4.0 ??

Note ::

I already have the google apps installed.
I installed the moded ROM from that location :: http://www.modaco.com/topic/351670-ics-cm9-404-coldfusionx-for-the-zte-blade-rom-updated-2806/

EDIT ::

The limitation I'm facing seems linked to something else than my android firmware.
Indeed I can download that app : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher&feature=search_result (while it requires 4.0 firmware).

But I can't download this one : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=AtomicTurtleStudio.DripLite&feature=search_result (while it requires 2.2 firmware).

The problem here is not in the software, but the hardware. You phone uses a CPU that does not support the ARMv7 instruction set that is required by many games these days.
It is more than likely that a recent update for the game dropped support for older instruction sets to improve performance or make the app smaller.


Create a profile to disable other profiles I have a couple of profiles defined in Tasker that I would only like to enable while traveling abroad. As Tasker cannot recognize the state "traveling abroad", I would like to set this state manually which should then disable all the profiles related to this meta profile "traveling abroad".

I envision this in Tasker:

Category: Traveling abroad (switch off/on)

Profile 1 (switch off/on)
Profile 2 (switch off/on)
Profile 3 (switch off/on)
...

Disabling a profile constitutes as an action so you need to do something in a task only. Tasker supports toggling the status of profiles from a task.

Create a new task and use this action: Tasker → Profile Status

Name: name of the profile to be toggled
Set: On/Off/Toggle

When would you or how would you like to run this task is upon you to decide. You can setup a location profile, a time trigger or perhaps, bind the task into a widget (1x1) to toggle all those profiles from a single touch on a shortcut.


What is "Cell signal with small house and 2 blinking bars" system icon? I'm using Samsung Galaxy S5. There is an icon which looks like a house with 2 waves in the notification bar, in between (and slightly above) the 4G and mobile signal strength icons.

Here's the screenshot

Click to enlarge

I only saw it once and never again. I was reading text messages.

The small house icon is an indicator that you're connected to a Verizon Network Extender.

Click to enlarge source:androidcentral

  They are primarily used for people that want to have Verizon Wireless service in their house, but there is no or very little network coverage in their area. They purchase the Network Extenders that hook up to their broadband connection and provide coverage for them. Someone in around you might have one of these extenders.
  Source

Dialing #48 will give you a recording telling you if you're connected to a Network Extender.

Here's a picture of Network Extender

Click to enlarge


Media volume is changed when on a phone call I'm using Android Pie on a Samsung Galaxy S9 phone.

I noticed if I set the media volume down all the way to mute it that the volume is turned up a bit only while on a call.

If anyone is experiencing this issue, it would be appreciated if you can tell me if there are any settings I can access to stop Android from adjusting the media volume while on a call taking it out of mute mode.

There is indeed a different volume bar for when you are on a call. I think the easiest way to set this is to change the volume whilst on a call, this will save the settings for the next time you're on a call. If you want to change the settings before you go on a call just phone someone yourself and change the settings, they don't even have to pick up for you to do so.

This is of course not ideal and I'll change the answer if I find a app or so that can do this.

You can not however mute the sound from a phone call.


Android update fails Android 4.2.2 update fails on my Alcatel One Touch Idol S . The hardware is hardly the issue since it worked smoothly on my wife's phone which is exactly the
same model.

Specifically, Android installed version is 4.2.2/01001 . The update has the
exactly same version number (but there are real differences after the update
on my wife's phone, new features).

I did nothing specific before attempting to upgrade besides installing applications, the phone is not rooted.

I can download the update. When I press the install button, my phone restarts,
but after a few seconds I got the message

  Finding update package ...
  Installation aborted
                 Error !

with a picture of a broken android and on the top

  Android system recovery

with the following choices

reboot system now
apply update from ADB
wipe data /factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from storage
fota status operation

What shall I do? I tried wipe cache partition, with no success. The only
difference I can see with my wife's phone is that mine is equipped with a
micro sd card.

p.s.: I have seen
Update to Android 4.0.4 fails
but this is not a duplicate.

If you don't mind factory reset/wipe the phone and try updating again (back-up data before doing so). It should do the trick. But before trying above method, also try this because I doubt that the device is lacking memory resources on both SD card & internal memory. Try to make some free space in internal memory/external memory (400 MB-500 MB must be suffice).


Viewing data, specifically notes, from lost samsung galaxy s5 I was just curious if it was possible to view notes from the built in app from a Galaxy S5 through another device, namely computer or galaxy S7. I don't have access to the device anymore, but I would like to have the notes that were on it. Thanks a bunch in advance!

Seems like my gmail account actually saved them in their own folder. Hope this could help anyone from the future!

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/Notes

^ where it saved it.


WebM playback faulty on Android 2.3.6 When I open a 720p ".webm" file on the "Movies" app in Android 2.3.6 (Nexus One) it displays only one frame and plays the audio correctly. How to fix it? Should I try a lower resolution file?

I just found out it happens only with HD videos. 480p and 320p videos play normally.
The problem is caused by the Hardware Decoder.
When I use a player like MX Video Player, that allows me to choose a SW decoder, the playback is normal.


Android 6.0.1 'Message Service' crash on boot - S7 Edge I recently purchased a Samsung S7 Edge. As I like to play around with my phones a lot, one of the first things I did was root it. Not thinking properly, after enabling 'OEM Unlock' and rooting my phone, I decided to turn off 'OEM Unlock' (I figured this would be correct as on my old Nexus 7 I unlocked the bootloader, rooted & flashed it with a custom ROM and re-locked it no issues) but I didn't google anything to confirm this wouldn't cause issues. After rebooting, I realised my mistake: My phone would refuse to restart due to the FRP lock. Because of this, I flashed a new stock ROM from Sammmobile to fix this - from what I can tell this is a trusted website as everything linked back to there. This is where issues have started to occur: since flashing the stock ROM back, now when I unlock my phone for the first time a series of applications report they have crashed, notably:

LoggingService

Message Service

As well as occasionally:

Photos

Google Play Games

The issue I am now facing is that when I open the stock 'Messages' application, it crashes. Attempting to open it through settings to access the application settings, it crashes. I have since downloaded Google's 'Messenger' application and tried to use it, still no luck. I used Facebook's 'Messenger' application with integrated SMS, this just caused the recent messages screen to show 'An error occurred, please try again', however upon disabling SMS option I can see all my facebook messages.

So tl;dr:

I cannot receive (or view - not sure. No notification was shown when an SMS was expected) text messages.
Third party applications cannot view text messages in place of the default application.
Message Service system application crashes when device starts

The following fixes have been tried:

Clearing 'Messages' data and cache
Clearing 'Message Service' cache
Restarting the device (obviously)

Is anyone able to suggest other fixes to help solve my issue?

Thanks in advance

The issue was fixed. By running an adb logcat connection (adb logcat -f "storage/emulated/0/Logcat.txt") with my phone attached to my computer, I was able to log the output from the console when the application crashed. To produce the errors, I ran the Messages application. The output from the application can be found here. To solve the issue, I navigated to the mmssms.db file (look here for how to find it) and renamed the file to mmssms_old.db, essentially deleting it. I then rebooted the device and ran the application - it worked! Bear in mind all messages will be deleted, which is why I only renamed the database not deleted it entirely.


where can I find information about my phone by imei where can I find information about my phone by imei? I want to buy a second hand phone, but I heard that many are declared stolen or lost and after you buy it, police will come and take it away. The phone I want to buy is  htc sensation with android 2.3

My suggestion is imeidata.net. I've gotten incorrect data from the sites mentioned in other answers.

For example,  for my phone, imei.info gives the wrong data:

  Model: Sidekick LX Brand: T-MOBILE

imeidata.net is correct:

IMEI: 3536910674xxxxx
Allocating Body: BABT
Type Allocation Code: 35369106
Serial Number: 749450
Luhn Checksum: 9
Manufacturer: SAMSUNG KOREA
Brand: SAMSUNG
Model: SM-G355H


Restoring system partition in TWRP I've got an android phone running Android 6.0, with TWRP, Xposed, Busybox & SuperSU installed on it (Not systemlessly though). Before I changed anything on the device, I temporarily booted into TWRP and created a Nandroid backup of all the partitions.

My device has now received an OTA update to Nougat 7.0, so,

Would restoring the system partition in TWRP break anything?
  or would it just restore my device to stock Android (allowing the OTA update) with all my data intact?

You need to restore the /system, boot.img, stock recovery also.  Your data should be fine, but as always, you should back up just in case.  The OTA will check for all three of those things and if they are modified at all (like when rooting), the OTA will fail to flash on your device.


Google keep reminder sound/alarm Is it possible to add an actual alarm to a reminder in Google keep? Currently it just shows a notification.

It seems Google Keep will only show a notification for a reminder. You might try MegaSound to set an alarm sound for the Keep notifications.


Does the Amazon Kindle app run on Android 7.1.1? I'm setting up a Nexus 9 tablet for a friend. I flashed the Android v7.1.1 March update image then installed the Amazon Kindle app from the App Store. The problem is that when I open the app and tap the Start Reading button the app hangs with a blank white screen.

The Android app runs find on my OnePlus 3 with Android 7.0, so I'm wondering if something in the latest Android version has broken it.

I guess I could flash a v7.0 image onto the Nexus 9, and I will do that if no-one here can confirm the problem with v7.1.1.

If anyone is interested I have pinpointed the problem by flashing an older version of Android. These tests were done on my 16GB Nexus 9.

With a freshly flashed version of Android v7.1.1, with all user data wiped, the Kindle app hangs when you click the Start Reading button.
With a freshly flashed version of Android v7.0, with all user data wiped, the Kindle app runs normally. Clicking the Start Reading button allows me to enter my Amazon account details and start reading.
If I let my tablet download the updates to v7.1.1 and install them, without wiping the user data, then the Kindle app still runs normally. So the app does run on v7.1.1.
But ... if I now delete the Kindle cache and data from Settings/Apps then the Kindle app once again hangs when you click the Start Reading button.

So the problem is specific to the v7.1.1 version of Android, but the problem is limited to whatever bit of the Kindle app configures your Amazon account.

In theory there is an update to v7.1.1 on its way to my OnePlus 3 phone, and when that arrives I will try the same experiment to see whether it is a device specific problem.


Sony Xperia M2 black screen when turned on Yesterday, after having my phone in my pocket for the whole day, not checking it for hours, it just had a black screen in the end. At first i thought the battery had run out, so as soon as I was home, I plugged the phone in. It did not load at all, though, and there was no light telling me the phone was loading. I let the phone just lie around over night, thinking the charger cable was just damaged, and used another one the next day. It charged without problems, as normal. When it reached 66%, I decided to turn the phone on. Holding the power button resulted in a light vibration, as always, and the screen just going black (it showed the battery with the amount charged in it before) The lamp that showed me it was charging went off, too.

I had similar problems in the past, but those could be resolved without a problem with holding the volume down + power button for some time, which rebooted the device. This does not seem to work now, though.

As my PC won't recognise the handy beeing plugged in, I can't tell you what version my handy is on exaactly, but I can tell you that I only some days ago received notification about a software update, which I had not yet installed. Before that, the software was on the latest version.

Is this a known problem? All I could find where instances where this problem was fixed with holding the volume and power button.

I had a similar problem in Xperia E3 and couldn't wake the device So i just used custom Rom and it worked .This happened again and i had to flash stock firmware and erased user data during flash. This may happen as a result of kernel bug .
ps; If you go service center they you ask to change new chip-set worth 6000 rupees.


Transfereing Apps on Samsung I had some apps which were very useful on my old Samsung S3 and wanted to transfer them to my new s3. I went to applications manager and clicked on move to sd card. Not all the apps.can do this? Also now the sd card is in my new s3 I don't know how to access or install the apps that are supposed to be on my sd card.
Any help or ideas with this?

Thank you

You can't transfer apps like that. app2sd only moves parts of the apps to free some "internal storage" – and no, not all apps support this (if they offer widgets or run services, they cannot be moved this way).

So as you never get the full .apk file moved-over this way, it obviously doesn't work for your purpose. What are your alternatives?

You can install them from Playstore (or some other market place)
You can restore them from a backup taken
You can use some "APK Catcher" (see my list of apps to Backup your apps for possible candidates)

Note however that if you want to transfer the apps' data along, you either need root – or have to use adb backup (see our adb tag-wiki for a starter).


Are Google Books DRM protected? In some countries Google Play offers ebooks. I was wondering if those are DRM protected.

Can I export them as e.g. epub? Or are they bound to be read within the Google Play Books application?

Some are DRM protected, others aren't.

One way I'm aware of to find out the ones that are DRM, is when you try to download the file for offline reading:

If the extension is .acsm then its a DRM protected book.
If the extension ends in .epub or .pdf then its not DRM.
protected.

Related reading:

File types for reading on your device

DRM options for downloads of books on Google Play

Related to exporting the eBook to a certain format or have it restricted to be read on Google Play, the above first link answers your doubt, where they stat that you can read or download to read your eBook on other devices or applications.


Split your emails using Gmail priority inbox I tried to follow: Split your emails using Gmail priority inbox - Android - Gmail Help...

However whenever I open Gmail app; by default, Inbox being displayed instead of Important, even though my Inbox type set Priority Inbox (tried Important first with same results).

Any advise? Otherwise, I'm getting bombarded with every single email that goes into my inbox (which is a lot)

After playing with the Gmail app, I realized that they missed one detail in the link that you posted. Here's what you're supposed to do:

After switching to priority inbox following the instructions in the link, you have to then manually switch from the regular inbox, to the primary one. To do that, open the menu, and press on priority as shown below. After you do that, it will open it by default unless you switch back.


"Too many attempts. Please try later." message on first Dropbox login after install Fresh Android 5.1 phone, just installed Dropbox app from Android Play Store. Started the app, tried to log in for the first time, got a message: "Too many attempts. Please try later"

Dropbox works OK on my other devices, including my previous Android phone.

I did some googling, and it seems that other people did face the same problem recently:

Dropbox Community Forum thread, a comments suggest that retrying after several hours may solve the problem. This workaround didn't help in my case (yet).

It appears that the current version of the app is buggy.  Nothing we can do about that.

However, a workaround was posted:

  I navigated into the website login > account > security > two-step verification. Added my phone number as my 2nd step of verification (they send a code for new logins) and low and behold I got into the app first try with no problems!

Using an older version of DropBox might also work.  I'd suggest 5.2.6, from February before the issue appeared.


Samsung Note 2 slow down I find my note 2 is getting slower and slower after using it for 1 year. Is there anything I can do to make my phone run normally/faster. It looks like the memory is approaching to the max usage. Is there any way to keep the memory at a lower level?

The speed of your device relates to the RAM not ROM. RAM of NOTE2 is 2GB and RAM is not expandable. RAM is the memory where all your foreground and background process resides. If RAM usage in your device is very high, uninstall or disable unnecessary applications. And install a Task Killer and schedule it in crazy mode at every half hour. It may increase the speed of your system.

You can manually clear your ram from task manager. Long press home button then tap on left most option which is task manager there select ram tab and tap on clear Memory.

If you have root access you can use autorun manager to permanently disable unnecessary background processes from startup.


Where can I find Android release notes? Today I upgraded to 2.3.4 Gingerbread MR2 but I wonder: what changed?

Similar to this question which asks about 2.2.1, there don't seem to be any real "changelogs" made available for Android updates. However, you can look at their git repository to see the commit log. Here's the shortlog for the 2.3.4_r1 tag.

The summary: mostly bugfixes, and the addition of video/voice chat for the Google Talk app. Apparently this is only enabled on the Nexus S since the Nexus One doesn't have a front-facing camera, but I don't know that for certain.

In any case, the video/voice chat could probably be made to work on the Nexus One somehow considering that it has already landed on the CyanogenMod codebase (and the latest nightly builds), so it's more or less working on other "unsupported" phones already. I know the EVO has a working implementation in the latest CM7 nightly build, though it did crash when I tried to switch to my rear camera (not that I'd really need to do that).


How can I extract .rar file in my SD card? I have downloaded a VPN configuration file in .rar format but i can't extract it in my SD card. I tried Andro Zip and WinRar app for this purpose but still I can't do it. It only opens the files and not extracting it.

Try Root Explorer. Navigate to the path where the .zip file is present and long press on it. There will be an option called Extract All. Click it, and its done...! Your .zip files will get extracted at sdcard/SpeedSoftware.


How do I reset the fade effect on ICS? I recently installed ICS on my Samsung Galaxy Ace and I have accidentally enabled the fade effect throughout the phone, but now I cannot find the setting that I changed. I don't want to perform a factory reset. Does anyone know how to reset this fade effect on ICS? The effect is being applied throughout the phone, while displaying system popups, pressing menu buttons etc.

Go to SETTINGS > DEVELOPER OPTIONS and change WINDOW ANIMATION and TRANSITION ANIMATION to 1x for the default or 0 for the speediest UI response


How does the device knows an app is installed before? Some apps gives premium support for some limited time. If I uninstalled and installed it next time I couldn't get the same features. How does the application keeps a record of the device? And is it possible to prevent it?

Applications might use techniques, such as hidden files, benign modifications to other files ... some have even been known to write to hidden parts of your hard disk.

So basically when you install the program it probably writes a hidden file or entry in your phone to "mark" that phone and let it know that you've already done the trial period.  It also probably keeps track of your e-mail address that is linked to your google play account or itunes store account, maybe even keeps track of your phone's id(depending on how deep these programs go.)


Remote Wipe Feature in Android 2.2 Android 2.2 has come up with a new feature called "Remote Wipe" which wipes out the data in the Android phone remotely in case the device is lost. For this we were using Microsoft Exchange Server to wipe data in phone remotely. But for this to possible tha phone should in the network coverage area? If the phone is not there in Network Coverage area , how can the data can be wiped from remote Microsoft Exchange Server?

Your server has to be able to communicate with the phone somehow to send the wipe message, either by a phone network connection, or if it's connected to one of its saved Wifi connections. Not 100% sure about the Android implementation, but normally the message will queue up and be received when the phone comes into coverage. The phone also has to be switched on at some point, or it'll never be received.

This is a limitation of all phones that have remote wipe capability (eg Windows Phone, Blackberry, etc). It can't send the signal by magic!


Why does Exchange ActiveSync not keep more than 'x' days of mail? I have a HTC Desire X. I have set Exchange ActiveSync to download past 3 days. However, why does it not keep older mails which are already downloaded? i.e. on Friday, I can see mails from Tuesday on. On Saturdays, I can only from Wednesday on. The Tuesday email which was already downloaded and read is no longer visible?

Is there a way to make not delete the local copy of older emails?

There is an earlier question which is similar - Why does stock email app only keep 25 latest emails?

However I don't think the accepted answer there is relevant here. From that answer

  to prevent large transfers of data that end up using the device communication thus leading to a faster battery drain;

Why would keeping older mails cause large transfer of data? The older mails are already downloaded and are there on your phone.

  to preserve memory consumption that in turn would leave your device slow and inefficient.

Just because the older mails are there on disk, it will not increase memory consumption. A better way to program it would be display '3' days but have a way to show older ones on demand - since the app would read it from disk only on demand, it wouldn't increase memory consumption.

My phone runs Android 4.0.4.

I don't think this is a setting on your phone or has anything to do with data transfer or memory consumption (at least as far as your device is concerned). I think this is a policy enforced on your Exchange account. Exchange ActiveSync allows account administrators to define policies on how email is delivered to and stored on your device.

Specifically, an email retention policy called Maximum Email Age specifies the maximum number of days of email items to synchronize to mobile devices. According to Microsoft, Exchange 2013 allows the following options for this policy (emphasis added):

  All, OneDay, ThreeDays, OneWeek, TwoWeeks, OneMonth

HTC has a PDF document that outlines the Supported Microsoft Exchange Policies in HTC Sense (Sense is your phone's stock UI) and this policy is supported by your device. It would seem as though your account's administrator has set this policy to only allow three days' worth of email storage. Justifications for this kind of policy vary; I recommend contacting your account administrator (or whoever operates the Exchange system you use).


Why can't Odin recognize the phone in system recovery? If I boot the phone in system recovery, it doesn't detect the phone:

But when I boot the phone normally, Odin can detect it:

If I flash TWRP recovery anyway, the log is:

<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

and it's stuck there (which makes sense).

I have unlocked OEM and USB debugging. More Information:

Odin version: 3
Phone: Samsung J1-6 J120H

That's because VOLUME UP+HOME+POWER is to access Recovery Mode, while to access Download Mode the key combination is VOLUME DOWN+HOME+POWER. This is the correct screenshot of the Download Mode:

See more: How To Enter Samsung Recovery/Download Mode


How do I automatically back up my photos from my phone to Google? Last time I checked, many months ago, or a year maybe, whenever I took a photo with my Android phone, it would back up to Google Plus. Although I didn't want my pictures to be shared on G+, I did like that every photo was being automatically uploaded in case something happened to my phone.

Within the last week, I had to reformat my phone. Unfortunately, it was only after that I discovered that Google has made some changes. There is now a separate Google Photos service, separate from Google Plus. It seems now that my Google account has not been automatically uploading my photos. So, everything that was on my phone is now gone. Which sucks.

I tried to see if there was an option with the new Google Photos or Google Drive or somehow to make it so my phone automatically uploads pictures I take for backup, but I can't find any such setting.

Is it possible to automatically backup photos with my Google account?

Note just in case someone suggests it, I'd like to not use Dropbox for a variety of reasons that aren't worth going into here. So, please, only suggestions that utilize my Google account if possible. Thanks.

Actually Google Photos app does allow Auto backup of your photos onto Google, and the best part is that there is no Storage limit on it, i.e. you can upload unlimited images and videos.

All you need to do is,
Open Photos app and slide the navigation drawer from the left.
Select Assistant and you will be able to see that your photos are being backed up.


Remix OS for X86 - does it still exist? I tried to download Remix OS from http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-pc#downloadNow

The links to mirror downloads lead to a non-existent domain:
"This site can’t be reached www.support.jide.com’s server IP address could not be found. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN"

The Torrent links don't seem to work either - zero peers, nothing downloaded, ETA infinity.

Is there any other source for Remix OS, or is it discontinued?

Wikipedia says it was discontinued July 17 2017.
Remix OS Wiki


Enable usage of mobile data while connected to a WiFi without internet connection It is possible to allow my device to use mobile data while connected to a WiFi hotspot?
The reason being is that the WiFi hotspot I connect to does not have an internet connection. So I want to be able to access the internet while still being connected to this WiFi network.
I can see that after Android 10, there is a feature called dual acceleration which allows this for certain app like Instagram, Chrome and Facebook. I want to be able to do it for any app. Is there a way of accomplishing this?

Use mobile data for specific WiFi network

Go to Settings > Connections > WiFi
Tap and hold your WiFi network name until a menu appears
Click “Manage Network Settings”
Make note of your IP Address and Subnet Mask
Change “IP Settings” from “DHCP” to “Static”
Remove the IP address from “Gateway” so that “Gateway” is blank.
DO NOT CHANGE any other settings. Be sure to leave “IP Address” or “Network Prefix Length” alone. The “Router” setting should be
BLANK/EMPTY!
Save your changes. Android should no longer attempt to connect to Internet through this WiFi network.

Recent versions of Android OS also allow users to force the OS to always use Mobile Data. This is not as ideal as the iOS settings above, so only use as a last resort. You must toggle this setting whenever you DO want to use a WiFi Internet Connection.
always use mobile data
Enable Developer Mode
Go to Settings > System > About Phone
Tap “Build Number” until Developer Mode is enabled

Toggle Mobile Data Setting
Go to Settings > System > Developer Options
Toggle “Mobile Data Always Active”


Data does not work when Bluetooth tethering is on When I cannect another phone to my phone by bluetooth tethering, to use my phone's data internet, the data internet icon (4G) disappears and no longer is connected (while data is on).

What is wrong with my phone?

id just recommend setting up a wifi hotspot. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/mobile-phone/how-tether-google-android-phone-image-3279408/


Display timout resets to 15 seconds occasionally Hi on my SGT the display timout resets to 15 seconds occasionally. I can't reproduce this behavior but it seems that this reset happens at every reboot at least and sometimes when connecting/disconnecting the powersupply.

Can someone tell me how to have this setting fixed again at 10 minutes?

If it helps, the phone is rooted, but I am not sure if this problem occurred already before root. At least unrooting did not help. Also I have my battery saving software let the settings back to default and then deinstalled, did not help either.

I suspect that the 'battery saving software' might have caused the issues. Did you experience these issues before installing the app ? There is a couple of ways which might help restore original settings :

A factory reset might set it right.
Alternatively if you have a backup of your original firmware you might want to try reflashing your phone after backing up all data.

ps :  The name of the app you were using might help out.


Kitkat keyboard no suggestion on text fields I noticed that when slide-typing (does it have an official name?) into text fields (as opposed to text areas), suggestions do not appear. It just puts in the first word it guesses I was trying to type and doesn't give me any other options.

Why is this and is there a solution to it?

Android doesn't have a distinction between "text fields" and "text areas" like HTML has. One control, called TextView (or EditText, but they're both the same underlying control) handles all text fields, whether they're editable or not, and whether they're one line or several.

That's not to say that every text field behaves the same way. TextView gives the app the opportunity to set hints for the keyboard, to tell it what kind of text is being edited (called the input type). One input type tells the keyboard that the text being entered is a search filter. The keyboard's free to interpret these hints however it likes: in this case, Google Keyboard doesn't show any word completions/suggestions when the input type is a search filter.

You can avoid this problem by using a different keyboard app which interprets the input type and other hints differently. For example, SwiftKey shows word completions for search filters just like for normal text. (I've just tested it on Google Search.) SwiftKey also supports gesture typing like the default keyboard.

If you're interested, you can learn more about the different hints apps can give to the keyboard by playing with my app IM prove. (It's a free app with no ads, so all I get if you use it is a warm fuzzy feeling when you leave a good rating.) With this app, you can set all the hints, and see what effect they have on your keyboard. You can compare different keyboards this way.


Samsung Galaxy Ace Internet showing network problem I have bought a Samsung Galaxy Ace few days back. And it's showing network / connection problem or error, or connection time out. Whenever I try to open a page it shows "Webpage not available". And just to check whether the Internet is working properly or not, I have activated the 'net pack, still it's loading, loading, and loading but not opening the site. Google home page is opening but after Google not even a single page is opening. Samsung applications are also not opening. It shows network error.  Google play store is having the same problem. Please help.

Don't worry as the device is new you have warranty, do a factory reset and see.


Why does Galaxy Nexus i9250 official car charger have 700mA instead of 1000mA? I discovered that the official Samsung car charger is rated for 700mA, but my stock wall charger has 1000mA. Is that normal? If I buy the 700mA charger, there's the risk that with the navigator on, the battery will not charge?

Instead if I buy this that has 1000mA, will work with my Nexus? Written on it is "for Galaxy Note", but seems OK. Or will I have problems?

It shouldn't matter which one you get, because the internal charging chip "should" control the maximum charging current. So unless you're planning to use your charger with another device that can charge at a higher current, you're wasting your money (unless they cost the same.) If for some reason, like custom ROM or poor firmware, the charging chip is not operating right, you risk burning the vias on the PCB.


How to access VNC server running in an android phone in another computer? I have installed Ubuntu in my Android phone and I can access its GUI in my phone by connecting a VNC viewer to localhost:1. The VNC server is running inside Android.

Is it possible to access this in a computer connected to the wifi hotspot of the phone?

I connected to computer to the phone's hotspot and tried to access locahost:1 in Real VNC Viewer, but it says "The connection was refused by the remote computer".

Please note that I am not trying to access vnc server running in another computer in my phone but the opposite.

Go to Setting > About Phone and note down the ip address of your mobile phone.

Now connect to the Wifi hotspot of your mobile phone. In the VNC viewer, connect to the address ip-address-of-mobile-phone:1, to access the localhost:1 of the mobile phone.


Adding apps in the unlock screen I have a Samsung tablet (not sure of model), running Android 4.0.4.

When I unlock my screen, I have four default options that I can choose from, or I can use the empty area to unlock the main screen. How can I add apps like my favorite games to this menu so I can go directly into those games?

If you need more information, please let me know. Please provide steps for getting the information also.

Have a look at Go Locker. It provides you with custom lock screens that can be themed. Cant remember if compatible with tablets though.


Unable to download apps from google playstore via wifi Is there any possibility to block app downloads from google play store via WiFi? I tried all the steps like

Clear cache data from playstore app
Delete google account and recreated it
Factory reset
Rebooting device.

I assure that the problem is not with the device. It have lots of memory space, so its not insufficient-memory error. And apps can be downloaded in mobile data. I followed the steps which is provided in trouble shooting page for "495". But no luck. Anyone give me a clear idea why the apps are not able to download via WiFi only?

I faced this same problem a while ago. I could think of two things here.
1. In my case, I had problem with my router. Other devices connected to the same router had no issues. I had to reset the router and everything worked fine after connecting the device back to it.
2. Then, you say you have 'Clear cache data from playstore app' but have you cleared the cache of all applications? try something like 'cc cleaner'. May be some old installation files/folders of the app you are trying to download, in this case chrome browser, might be causing this problem.


How to Right-click in Microsoft Remote Desktop? I use Microsoft Remote Desktop to connect to my server from my Android Tablet (and mouse via OTG cable), but when I right mouse click closes RDP and exit. How is it possible to change it to call context menu (like on windows) when I right mouse click. (by the way it works on my android smartphone, but not on the tablet)
Thanks

From the Microsoft RD for android FAQ, following are the mouse gestures available on the Microsoft RD client for android,

Direct touch : 1 finger tap and hold

Mouse pointer : 2 finger tap

Read MS RD Client FAQ page for more information.

If the above solution dint work for you, the other way to invoke a right click is to use the Windows On-screen Keyboard and press the context menu key which is in between the right-hand side ALT and CTRL keys. Or Microsoft RD Client for Android provides a Keybord which you can open by clicking the keyboard icon at the top and press the 123 button to open an extended keyboard(shown in the screenshot below). Now Press the Right-Click mouse icon to perform the Right-click action on any particular object by selecting it.

ScreenCapture - Clicking the right-click icon on the keyboard open the context menu on Windows RD client.


Strange navbar always on bottom of the screen I have this problem for more than a month and I just can't find the problem that causes it. Can someone can help find the reason for it? Another problem with it is that you can't see it in the screenshots I took, what can I do, I feel helpless
I have Nexus 6P

Judging from the edited-in camera shot of your screen, unfortunately you've fallen victim to the notorious screen burn-in problem of OLED displays. Since Nexus 6P is a 2-yr-old phone at this point, most of them probably already have it by now, albeit in different severity (mine has a very light shade of the navbar burnt in, too).

This is a hardware aging problem and can only be fixed by replacing the screen assembly. Apps that claim to "fix" the problem usually attempt to burn in a negative image of what's already burnt-in, which only worsens the color characteristics of the screen and makes it deteriorate even faster.


Native music listening app I have just made the transition to android(Google Pixel) and HATE having to keep saying no to the Google Play music offer (sort of like Apple Music). It is as though I have bought a cheap product. OR Is there any way to stop the relentless ads?

I dont think there's any dedicated option for stopping this ads inside Google Play Music, but you can change the settings of your Google Ad ID from Google Settings app or Settings>> Google>> Ads

OR

ROOT YOUR PHONE THEN use AdAway!!