spell check for more than 1 language in Android I try to make the spell check work for more than one language on my Android 8.1 Pixel 2 with Gboard.

My question is NOT about auto correction or word predection.

The spell check is activated and the two languages (UK and German) are activated in Language preferences and Gboard preferences.

Changing the language while typing via space bar does not solve the problem.

So far it is only working in Google Docs:

I read these stackoverflow answers, but it did not solve the problem:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20197421/adding-a-second-dictionary-to-the-spell-check-in-android-4-3

I guess a solution for SwiftKey is even more difficult?

Thank you very much.

This is a known bug in Gboard:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/72386511

I tested flesky and SwiftKey and they do at least a spell check for one language.

Even if I only chose one system language and only one dedicated spell check language Gboard underlines nothing. In general this is the same for every App. Only Google Docs seems to have its own spell check.


LAVA OTG adapter keeps android tablet from sleeping I am using an EasyCAP Adapter via a LAVA SimulCharge adapter on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 to capture video from a car reverse camera.

This is working fine except, when the LAVA adapter loses the power from the car (when the car is turned off). the EasyCAP adapter's green light keeps blinking, (usually it's solid green when connected) and the 'USB adapter connected' notification appears and disappears continuously in notification bar, and the tablet refuses to go into sleep mode for about 4 minutes. (Pressing the power button makes the screen turn off and back on again immediately)

After 4 minutes, the EasyCAP light stops flashing and turns off, which lets the device go to sleep. The notification keeps firing, until the device is rebooted.

I think this is due to EasyCAP adapter trying to connect again which wakes up the device?

Is there a way to force the device to go to sleep?

Connecting the EasyCAP over a standard OTG cable works fine, but I need the tablet to charge simultaneously as well.

(switching the 'stay awake' option on and off in Developer Mode didn't help)

UPDATE

I noticed that if I set the lock-screen type to anything other than none (eg: swipe) and press the power button after power is disconnected, the adapter stops blinking and the device goes to sleep after screen timeout.

UPDATE 2

I have isolated the issue to the LAVA SimulCharge adapter. It seems like losing power at the other end causes this.. although disconnecting the wire for power at the adapter's end works fine. Would there be a physical sensor to detect if there's power?

The LAVA SimulCharge has a chip in it that detects if charge power is being supplied.  If no charge power is being supplied it turns into a regular OTG connection.  When it does this, it draws power from the tablet to power your accessories.

From what I've looked at so far, I haven't found a way to make the OTG 5V power from the tablet turn off when the tablet goes into sleep mode. When the tablet goes to sleep, it seems to still be providing the OTG power.

My tablet will go to sleep, but drains the battery from the OTG connection.


How much internal storage for Apps does Nexus S have? I have a Nexus One now, and the internal storage is very limited. For the moment I have only 164 MB internal storage for apps (From DiskUsage).

Nexus One seem to have totally 512MB of internal storage. And Nexus S seem to have totally 16GB of internal storage. But Wikipedia wrotes: 16 GB iNAND (partitioned 1 GB internal storage,
15 GB USB storage

Does this mean that Nexus S only has less than 1GB of internal storage for Apps? I find my 164MB very limiting on Nexus One and I consider to buy a new phone because of this.

I believe the 1 GB is for the /system folder, which is not normally mounted via USB.  The rest of the space is usable for your apps!  I have a Galaxy S and this is how it works, plus there's an external SD card.


Note 4 contact quit syncing with Outlook I have a Note 4 running Marshmallow that suddenly stopped syncing contacts with Outlook, with no changes to the exchange account or Outlook app (that I know of).  I have researched this and tried all the fixes I've found, i.e. making sure it's set to display the right contacts (tried all and the outlook service), making sure syncing is enabled (it is), and deleting the account from the Outlook web UI, restarting the phone, and resyncing.  Nothing works.  I found one post that said this could be caused by an invalid entry from the phone in contacts, but the instructions it gave for looking at the logs on the outlook webapp were from an older version and I can't figure out how to do it on the latest one.  Can anyone tell me how to troubleshoot this?

Try this tool for testing whether the problem is in your Note 4 or in the exchange: http://www.akruto.com/best-ways-to-sync-android-with-microsoft-outlook/

This should work at least for identifying the source of the problem. If you would sync your smartphone with Outlook using this software then it means that the problem is somewhere inside of exchange settings. If this software would act just like your current connection, try to check for special characters and the like in your address book.


How do I mount a Synology remote folder on Android 8.0? My phone is not rooted.

I have shared folders on a Synology drive which I can mount on a couple of different Macs running different versions of Mac OSX. I am assuming the folders are published using CIFS/SMB but I cannot mount them on my Android phone using file manager type applications. So far I have tried "ES File Explorer", "Network Browser" and "File Commander" none of which are able to connect.

I can connect to the Synology home page using a browser on the phone so network connectivity is OK. Do I need to disable/enable firewall/sharing settings on the phone?

No specific configuration beyond the availability of published shares is required.

Sometimes issues arise due to the stability and capabilities or lack thereof of Android apps to mount the shares. The following apps have been tested and were able to reliably and successfully access SMB shares from the Synology server (at 2 June 2020) using a simple combination of (server) IP Address, username and password:

LAN drive, Cx File Explorer, X-plore, File Commander


WhatsApp chat restore from file msgstore.db.crypt12 on the internal storage I tried to setup WhatsApp for my friend’s phone number and restore “msgstore.db.crypt12” from phone’s internal storage and it worked. But the same step isn’t working for my phone number. In my phone number’s case, WhatsApp always looks for a backup in Google Drive to restore from, even if I’ve deleted the google account in the phone and the internet connection is switched off.

WhatsApp will first search for your logged in account and look for any WhatsApp backup files in your Google Drive with the same phone number. If you’d like to prevent WhatsApp from backing up using your Google account, simply delete the WhatsApp backup folder (instead of logging out your Google account from your device).

If your local “msgstore.db.crypt12” are using the same phone number on your new WhatsApp, the setup will then use your local file to continue restoration.

Hope this helps.


Can't run Doggcatcher and Endomondo simultaneously I'd like to listen to music with Doggcatcher and record the routes with Endomondo while bicycling. The problem is, when I start Endomondo, after a couple of minutes Android kills Doggcatcher. When I start Doggcatcher, after a couple of minutes Android kills Endomondo. What can I do? I'd rather kill any other application or service than these two, but I've already tried uninstalling almost every other app except the system apps. I have stock Android ICS and Huawei Honor.

I'm answering my own question from what I've gathered. There seems to be no way to prioritize, say, Doggcatcher, if it's playing music in the background. When the operating system runs out of memory, it starts summarily killing background processes. The best I can do is kill dispensable background processes before starting these two apps.

First I turn off sync. Then I go to Manage apps and open the Running tab, note which apps are running, open the Downloaded tab, and from there Force stop the apps. Note that if you simply stop the services from the Running tab, the apps will usually restart them. After that I clear the app cache from the All tab. I'm not sure how necessary this step is, as the problem occurs rather nondeterministically. After that I start Doggcatcher and Endomondo.

Especially Facebook app just keeps starting all kinds of services that consume a lot of memory, no matter how it's configured, so I uninstalled the app and started using the mobile site with web browser. The mobile site is also more robust, I think it has more features, and I got rid of the annoying notifications.


Bootlooped Samsung galaxy s2 t989D I have the Samsung Galaxy S2 T989d and my phone is stuck in a bootloop with CyanogenMod. I want to get some pictures off of the internal SD before I wipe it and install the stock rom. I tried getting them off of CWM by mounting my phone but it doesnt work for some reason. I can mount my micro SD from my phone but I can't mount my internal memory.

Help would be deeply appreciated!

Wiping or performing a factory reset via CWM shouldn't touch any of the data on the internal sd card. However, performing a factory reset from within the ANdroid settings will wipe all personal data on the SD card.

Use ODIN to flash a stable version of either the Stock ROM or one designed especially for your device. That should at least allow you to boot the phone normally.


If you root your phone should you do OTA update? I am rooting my xiaomi phone.

I am using instruction here

http://en.miui.com/thread-190889-1-1.html

The truth is I actually prefer to wait till I have an update. Device enscryption for xiaomi doesn't work yet. Some said it will work for miui 7.1

Well, I go ahead and root it anyway.

WHat about if latter miui 7.1 is available?

Should I just do OTA?

If you update your rooted phone you will lose your root access and will need to root your phone again which could be a problem because previous method of rooting may not be working on new version. You will need to wait until the same rooting method you used earlier releases a compatible update or you might need to find a compatible method.


How can I get Android 4.0.4 on my XPERIA Neo V? I asked some questions about rooting before but I didn't realize it all was supposed to be done on an MT11a with Android 4.0.4. I have 2.3.4, so I just rolled everything back. Where and how can I install this version? I am seeing videos (YouTube, for example) where people have this OS installed in this very same device.

You might want to visit the Update page for Neo V for closer information on how to update. It not only tells you what has changed, but also provides you with the required downloads.

The link is to the UK version. I could not find any link for Argentina, and the Brazil page does not even list the Neo V. So you might want to check around for yourself -- at least that's somewhere to start with.


Spotting Cause of Excessive Battery Drain I have a Nexus 6 phone and it has always been amazing with battery power, I can usually go 2-3 days before absolutely needing to charge it and that's with heavy news reading, game playing, phone calls, texting, using the camera, and updating apps. It does all this while having this configuration:

It IS rooted, wouldn't have it any other way.
It has a STOCK Google provided image from Google Developers (currently running LYZ28M)
It is connected to an AC 5.0 ghz Wireless channel.
Bluetooth is OFF by default, use very infrequently to connect to a headphone to listen to things for about 10-30 mins.
All animations are disabled in developer mode.
By default the auto-rotate is disabled.
Location is set to power-save mode (wifi only).
Display lighting is set to auto with ambient enabled.
Camera is to HDR+ (no flash).
Most background services are disabled (except Play Services, UI, etc which are required).
SMS auto-retrieve is off (even though I don't have the original Stagefright issue anymore, can't speak to the Stagefright 2.0)
Power history puts the distributions as follow (no shockers there):

Cell Standby (46%)
Screen (23%)
Android OS (11%)
WiFi (5%)
Google Play Services (4%)
Android System (3%)
Phone Idle (3%)
Voice Calls (1%)

Now that all being said, the set of apps installed on it have always been the same between each re-image that I have done since 5.0 to 5.1.1 now.

However, starting about 1-2 weeks after the latest update, it is draining BADLY, when I said badly I mean within a max of 6 hours (minimum usage) to less than 2 hours (heavy/normal usage) it will drain. To add to the mystery, I have Battery Saver Mode enabled to kick in at 15%, when that happens, if I click on turn off battery saver, it will IMMEDIATELY begin shutting down, which makes NO SENSE, I have turned it off in the past with no issues.

Does anyone have any idea what's going? or can suggest a tool that allows me to snoop with a greater degree of granular control to see what is causing it to actually drain so badly? I have read all the other similar "battery drain" questions and none of them seem to really apply to me (at least I don't think) but resulted in why I included so much detail about the device, so it will save the trouble of having to ask about details of the system.

Much appreciated, thank you in advance.

GSam Battery Monitor is an excellent program that will give you an extremely detailed report of what is using your battery and to what extent.
However, what I believe this may be is the Mobile Radio Active bug. It is one of the most starred Android bugs in existence. Essentially, when apps that use data are turned on (such as Facebook or Skype), the Android system forgets to turn off the radio until the app that asked for the radio in the first place is force stopped. Google has acclaimed that the issue is fixed in Android M, but I do not believe they have plans to fix it for Lollipop. (I am looking for a source of proof and will edit this when I find it)
In the meantime, Greenify will automate the process of force stopping apps when you don't need them, however, you may stop receiving notifications from these apps.


kitkat usb connection problem my galaxy grand 2 cannot connect the sd card of usb storage to computer. only 2 options are available with usb
namely
media device
camera
how can I access the files of sd card and usb storage

Please note that Im using Ubuntu 14.04

I have no problems with windows

Ubuntu 14.04 seems to have some issues with MTP working correctly. You need to install the mtpfs and make sure the phone usb connection is set to MTP to work.

See the Ubunto syack exchange for more info. https://askubuntu.com/questions/463015/ubuntu-14-04-and-android-cant-see-phone-on-my-computer


How to recover contacts from phone with broken & unresponsive screen? I had a Samsung Galaxy Ace 4. Last week, it fell of and the screen broke. Still, when turned on, it seems to be everything else OK (the notificacion bar shows some pending messages, the hour keeps getting up to date, the USB symbol appears when connected to a PC), but below, all is bright white within the lines of the broken screen.

I got a new phone, as probably it'd be cheaper than waiting for the old one to be repaired, and once the SIM was inserted, I realized most contacts were stored on the device memory.
I've been looking for a (cheap) way to recover the missing contacts, but almost every found solution has any of the given problems:

USB debugging should be enabled, seems it wasn't before the incident.
Requires the use of some app running, which I can't achieve (say Kies or AndroidLost).
Contacts coud be synced with the Google account, but it wasn't setted up.

Is there any other way to access this information to create de 'back-up' on a PC and restore it on the new device (even through console management of the phone)?

I appreciate in advance any given help.

http://www.easeus.com/android-data-recovery/recover-contacts-from-broken-android-phone.html
You can try this..
Or this program.. http://www.fjsoft.at/en/ .. that ive used and it works very well


Displaying photos in "years, collections, moments" structure? Since iOS7 the photos has been organized by time and location and I find it quite handy to find photos, however when I switch to Android it's quite a painful experience to find photos. Is there any way to achieve the similar?

So far I didn't find any Android phone that does similar thing. However if you are OK with 3rd-party albums, here's one that seems to do exactly what you want. It's not as fast as iPhone but the performance is quite acceptable.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atomicadd.fotos


Is there a way to speedup keyboard popup? I used a lot of keyboards but all of them are very slow (not typing, just popup time). Is there a way to minimize that time or I should to buy phone with hardware keyboard? :-]

As @geffchang said, disabling animations in Developer options is right way


How can I get the first boot Android welcome screen again without doing a factory reset? Is it possible to get the welcome screen again after going through it without having to wipe the device? I mean the screen where you pick language, configure your Wi-Fi, log into a Google account, etc.

I know all those things can be done from the Settings menu, but still, I want to get the welcome screen again, without having to factory-reset. The phone is rooted, in case it matters.

I want to make the welcome app start when switching the phone on, so I guess this might involve editing some config file which is read at startup.

EDIT: This probably won't work, because SetupWizard.apk doesn't have a launchable activity.

Although this question is almost a year old, others may still find this useful:

adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardActivity

I'm not sure why do you want to run the setup wizard on the next boot, though. If you want to give your device to a relative, why not do a factory reset, or if you want to keep the data on the device, just tell them to change things manually in the settings?

Anyway, if you're using a ROM with init.d support (such as CyanogenMod), create a new file called 00Asetupwizard with the following contents:

#!/system/bin/sh

adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardActivity

# "Self-destruct" to make sure the setup wizard is not reexecuted on subsequent boots.
# This may cause an issue if the device is rebooted before completing the setup wizard,
# but I don't know how to fix that.
rm -f /system/etc/init.d/00Asetupwizard

Then run the following commands on your computer, connected to your phone over USB:

% adb remount
% adb push 00Asetupwizard /system/etc/init.d/
% adb shell chmod 0755 /system/etc/init.d/00Asetupwizard

If adb remount gives an error, try the following instead:

% adb push 00Asetupwizard /sdcard/
% adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# mv /sdcard/00Asetupwizard /system/etc/init.d/
# chmod 0755 /system/etc/init.d/00Asetupwizard

(In the above examples, % indicates the shell prompt on your computer, to distinguish it from the ADB shell prompt.)


How to take a screenshot using a keyboard shortcut on an android device? I find using the power-button + down-volume button extremely cumbersome especially when taking time sensitive screenshots.
Is it possible to do this using a shortcut key on a bluetooth keyboard?

Download Button Mapper app
decide a key to use to take screenshots(which you don't use usually).
Open the key mapper app and record the key in it(the UI is self explanatory)
Set the function of the key to take screenshots. Done

PS - remember to turn battery optimization off for the app otherwise if the system closes the app then no hardware buttons will work and you'll have to reboot.


Is there a simple offline contacts manager for android? I don't want to sync all my contacts with my Google account. I would like to just keep my contacts on my phone and back it up myself. I have disabled contacts syncing in the accounts settings on my phone, but when I try to add a new contact through the 'Contacts' app, it tells me that my new contact will be synchronized with my google account.

When adding contacts to the phone via Google's built-in Contacts app, it will give you a choice how to save the contact.  While adding a new contact, tap the "Google contact" to expand the drop-down for more choices on where to save it, and choose the option to store it only locally:

Keep in mind that various phone manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC, Motorola, etc. load their own versions of some system apps, including the "Contacts" app.  Your Contacts app may look differently, and have this option elsewhere (or may be completely missing it.)


Galaxy S tablet won't add app shortcuts to home screen I have just bought my first tablet, Samsung Galaxy S. Two days after it stopped adding downloaded apps shortcuts to home screen. Apps still work, they are accessible through some digging inside tab, but it obviously is some kind of bug?

You probably disabled it in a setting.

Go to Play Store -> Settings and click "Add icon to Home screen" under "General"


I created a new Google account. How can I migrate my android device to use this new account? I just made a new Google account, and I wish to migrate my android device to use this new account for Google Play et al. I've spent about an hour researching this so far, and the only answer I've found thus far is to factory reset my device.

This is not a viable solution, as I have thousands of apps, contacts, and other personal data that would take far too long to recover, and doing so would be inefficient. Surely the folks at Google have developed a smart way to go about this.

There must be some kind of way to simply "log out" and "log in".

How might I do this?

You can have multiple Android devices signed in to your Google account, as observed in Play Store's Device Manager:

You can also easily remove your account from your friends phone from Settings -> Accounts & Sync, where you can also instruct the phone not to synchronize your sensitive data with his phone (ex. sync Family Calendar but not App Data or Contacts!)

In this screenshot, the "Remove" button is on the top-right after you hit your menu key.

Hope this clears up your concerns!


Why aren't my songs dowloading? I use an Android phone, and I usually download songs by converting them from YouTube to mp3 through websites. This time, when I hit the download button, the downloading didn't start. It said "download paused", and when I hit resume, it disappeared. How can I fix it?

This is what it looks like:

Try using a different internet browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, but I must remember you that this kind of YouTube video downloading method isn't legal and you shouldn't use it, you may be downloading viruses and other harmful components in your device.

If it didn't solve your problem, then leave a comment in my answer and I'll find a way to help you better.


Google contacts stopped syncing I've had my HTC Evo since it came out a year ago.  My Google contacts synced flawlessly numerous times during this period.

I rooted my phone on 5/23 with unrevoked, and everything still seemed to be fine.  I only add this for the small chance that rooting is involved.  I have not applied the gingerbread update, and I haven't done a system update since the last OTA forever ago.

According to the accounts and sync screen, the last time my contacts synced was on 6/7.  Since this was a week ago, I can't really think of anything I could've done that would break my contact syncing.  When I go and try to resync, it acts like it's trying, and it doesn't change the sync date.  Also, data isn't going between my phone and my Gmail account.

Gmail and calendar syncing seem to work fine.  I haven't noticed any other issues.  Any clue as to what could cause this and how to fix it?

So, as the night progressed, and I tried various fixes such as what Nathan suggested and restoring from Titanium backups and such, my problems simply got worse.

I ended up simply backing up my application data and restoring from a nandroid backup.  That seems to have fixed it.  It may have been a virus, or I might've corrupted something somehow.  After I restored the backup, the contacts are syncing just fine.


Disable screen lock pattern I just downloaded JellyBean on my HTC One X.

I wanted to check APNs, but accidently went to VPN. Then, I had to set the screen lock pattern to access it. Now, I have an extra step when I want to use the phone. Is there any way to disable the screen lock pattern?

First, remove the VPN entry. Settings will not let you remove the pattern unlocker until you do so.

Then choose a "Slide" option from Settings -> Security -> Screen Lock

I had the same problem and this works


Samsung SII rom update I'm a big fan for RR (Resurrection Remix rom) and I'm following it's news and updates since V.1.8.1

But there is something I don't like with rom updating in general, each time updating the rom I need to wipe cache, applications and user details. I hate reinstalling apps. and configure my phone from zero.

Is there a way to relaunch the same settings and apps. after updating the rom.

thanx for your advises.

Well-

Things have changed-

As of today, all you need to do is backup the .apk files to your SD card using the backup app of your choice (there are free ones like Astro-)
And then get an app called "App Installer" --

When you Update the ROM- you can re-install all of your apps with the App Installer--

App Installer hasn't been around too long-- I personally use Titanium-- it has some good features, but it costs money. Worth every cent, IMHO.

ALSO- You may not actually need to wipe the data and system before you update the ROM--- so long as you are upgrading the ROM and not switching to a different ROM.

(if the chef says wipe, then wipe--)

But a lot of times, you can get away with only wiping davlik+cache


How to force Samsung Galaxy Tab to shutdown? My Galaxy Tab P1000 just hung up, at a point where the power button is not responding. Is there a way to force the devise to shutdown immediately?

For Tab S and Tab A
and Tab gt-5100
Should work with 8.4 or 10.5
Hold the Power button, Volume Down button, and Menu key for 10 seconds.
You will enter download mode, simply press the volume down button to restart tablet.
After reboot, you tablet should perform as normal


Are my contacts encrypted on my Android? Are my contacts encrypted on my Android and where are they?

How can I access them? Any public APIs? (From PC)

At least honeycomb allows user to encrypt all data (see article on http://www.netbooklive.com/android-honeycomb-can-encrypt-all-your-data-7497/).

You can export all your contacts from the application (tap in contacts app on menu, then import/export and choose export to SD Card)


Formatted SD Card as internal storage I formatted my SD card in my Lenovo Tab 4 as internal storage in order to free storage etc, but then realised how I can no longer read the card on my computer.
Is there any way to either have the computer read this SD card or to download files onto it?
Or at least can I unformat it?
Thanks so much

Windows computer can read FAT formatted SD card.
Lenovo tab 4 has nougat operating system. This tab's formatted card should read by computer. You can reformat sd card and connect it to computer. If card is write protected then you can not able to read it.
Look inside devices and drive. Right click on card and format it.


Unlock Xperia Play R800i for use with CM9 Is there any way I can unlock the bootloader for my O2 Xperia Play so I can install Cyanogen Mod on it? Sony announced today that they will not be releasing ICS for the Xperia Play. Now I want to unlock it and put Cyanogen Mod 9 on it. How would I go about doing this?

Unlocking Your Xperia Play

Known issues

It is currently not possible to unlock the boot loader for CDMA phones.
Some customers with unlocked boot loaders have experienced problems when they are accepting over the air upgrades (FOTA - Firmware upgrade Over The Air). For customers that have unlocked the boot loader, please do not accept any over the air upgrades. For additional information, check out the hints and tips from the community on the XDA forum.
Instructions

First, you should confirm that it is possible to unlock the boot
loader of your phone by checking the service menu.
In your phone,
open the dialler and enter ##7378423## to access the service
menu. In your phone, tap Service info > Configuration > Rooting
Status. If Bootloader unlock allowed says Yes, then you can continue
with the next step. If it says No, or if the status is missing, your
device cannot be unlocked.
On your computer, click Continue at the
bottom of this page to start the unlock boot loader process.
Read
through the information in the pop up window and click Yes, I’m
sure,    if you are still confident you want to unlock the boot
loader.
Read    through and accept the legal terms. Click I Accept.
Enter your name,    email address, the first 14 digits (remove the
last digit) of your    phone’s IMEI number and the two CAPTCHA words
in the input boxes.    Click Submit. You can view the IMEI number by
entering *#06# on your    phone.
The unlock boot loader key is
displayed. Write it down and    save it for later use.
Download and
install the latest Android SDK    from developer.android.com.
Download and unzip this file. This is the    standard
android_winusb.inf-file, with a few lines of code added to    enable
Fastboot to support Sony and Sony Ericsson devices. Make sure    you
are running Google USB Driver package revision 4 or higher in
your Android SDK. You can see current Google USB Driver package
revision in the SDK Manager.
Place the unzipped file in the
usb_driver folder, located in the Android SDK > extras > google
folder on your computer. Accept to replace the old
android_winusb.inf-file with the new file. If you can't find the
usb_driver folder, please install the Google USB Driver Packager
using the Android SDK manager.
Turn off your phone.
On your phone,
push and hold the unlock button* at the same time as you connect the
phone to the computer with a USB-cable. The unlock button may differ
between different phone models. See the note in the bottom of this
page for more information on what button use on your phone.
On your
computer, you will be asked for drivers. Point to the usb_driver
folder where you placed the android_winusb.inf-file, and select the
Android Boot loader Interface-file.
Open a command window and go to
the tools folder within the Android SDK folder.
Enter fastboot.exe
-i    0x0fce getvar version, and verify that you get a response back (for    example "0.3"). This means your phone is connected properly.
Warning! If you perform this step, you will unlock the boot loader.    This may void your warranty and/or any warranty from your
operator.    If you still want to unlock the boot loader of your
phone, enter    fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xKEY, where KEY
is the unlock boot    loader key you got in the beginning of this
instruction. The boot    loader should now be successfully unlocked.

Hold the following button while connecting your phone to a computer with a USB-cable:

Menu button (for Xperia™ arc, Xperia™ arc S, Xperia™ neo, Xperia™ neo V, Xperia™ pro).
Search button (for Xperia™ PLAY).
Volume up button (for Xperia™ mini, Xperia™ mini pro, Xperia™ ray, Xperia™ active, Live with Walkman™, Xperia™ S).

This process was found on Sony's unlocking site.


How to change device name for Kindle in Nexus 7 2nd Generation (2013) I just got a Nexus 7 2nd Generation (2013) with Android 4.3.

I installed Kindle, and the device shows up named [my-name]'s Android Tablet.

In earlier versions of Android, I can go to the About screen and there's a "Device Name" option. It's not on my About screen.

You can rename from the Amazon website itself:

Manage Your Kindle
Manage Your Devices
Edit (blue link under Edit Kindle Information dialog) > Edit Kindle Information


Motorola Defy getting stuck at boot menu I successfully installed CyanogenMod 7.2 on my Motorola Defy MB525 using the instructions from here.

After a while, I wanted to install gapps, so I installed it from bootmenu. After this, it was always booting to boot menu and I didn't know how to make it boot into the system, so I changed the "Boot" option default to something like "Normal", I think.

Now when starting the phone, all I see is the Google logo which stays there indefinitely.

I can still boot to bootmenu and tried a number of times to wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and re-install the CyanogenMod 7.2 zip, but it still can't get out of the infinite loop.

Any ideas?

I managed to unbrick my phone eventually.

Tried to use RSD Lite with several images, but it would give an error and then the application would crash and leave my bootloader corrupt. I tried all the schemes I could find including: loading the image from root of C:, disabling UAC, etc., but nothing worked.

Then I tried sbf_flash on Linux with the same image, and it worked like a charm, no errors, and my phone was up and running again.

So for anyone else who may encounter this problem, I warmly recommend using sbf_flash, it is incredibly simple to use.


How to unlock the Lock Screen in Android Lollipop How can I unlock the screen lock in Android Lollipop without losing data?

I have forgotten the pattern.

method 1Try using adb pull with the android SDK
In recovery mode.

method 2If you have a phone without an SD card wiping data will only remove the apps otherwise the data will be fine. This works even in some phones without SD card.

method 3 easiestAfter several tries it will give you option of forgot password. Which will ask you Google account details. Fill it and you are good to go.


What is meant by "Wi-Fi Hotspot" in Android 2.2? Android 2.2 has a new feature called "Wi-Fi Hotspot" which was not available in previous versions. What is the importance of this feature? What is meant by "Wi-Fi Hotspot"? Is there anywhere that I can find information about this?

Wi-Fi Hotspot allows you to share your phone's internet connection with other devices which have Wi-Fi adapters. For example, of you have a laptop with Wi-Fi and you want to connect to the net, you can enable Wi-Fi Hotspot on the phone then connect the laptop wirelessly to the phone.

There may be carrier restrictions or costs for doing this... like Sprint which requires you to activate the Wi-Fi option for your EVO's account which costs an additional $30/month.  Other carriers may assess charges by amount of data consumed or block the feature altogether.

Some users have rooted their phones to bypass the enablement restrictions, but that may still result in charges for bandwidth used.


hidden pictures in Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 are gone I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (Kitkat)
I hidden some pictures then it just says "unable to hide item" but it will be gone on the gallery so I tried to look for it on "My Files" but I still cannot see the pictures. I tried to click settings>show hidden files but i still cannot view my files. Please help. Thanks!

All Samsung gallery is equipped with a hide item option which moves the picture you choose to hide to a separate folder. It might be possible that you could have deleted the folder or moved it away. The folder is named .hide in hidden folders in Device Storage. In case of any problem you can go to it and move the pictures away. Please do not delete system folders as they can be useful.


Android 5.0.2 x86, not working with wifi I am trying to install the PC version of Android. I've found many links, but none of these versions work with my wifi. My wifi card is a Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG (I have an Asus PC). How do I get Android to work with this card?

I had the same issue but solved it by using a different wifi interface instead of different versions of Android. I had an Edimax interface that was not compatible, and changed to a TP-Link interface which is working now.


Unresponsive screen on Moto G after Lollipop update My Motorola Moto G 1st edition has been updated to Lollipop 5.0.2 and voila! My screen does not respond to any touch whatsoever, even though I can have calls and receive messages but to my utmost misery cannot receive or open them.

Anyone out there with the same problem and any suitable fix?

It's actually a bug.

You have to do hard reset after the update:

Hold power button for 15 seconds and the device will be forced to shut down
Hold power button and volume down button simultaneously to enter fastboot mode and you will have factory reset option
Use volume down to navigate and volume up to select desired option
Once you have done a factory reset, click power button and the device will reboot.

If you still have touch issues you have to rollback to KitKat by flashing stock firmware.


How can I sync my Outlook calendar with my Android phone calendar? I have Galaxy Europa GT-I5500 Android phone with me.  The problem I am facing is I am able to Sync my Contacts and Notes with my Outlook 2007, but I am not able to sync my my phone calendar with Outlook 2007.

I'd appreciate if anyone can help me with the problem I am facing.

You will probably find MyPhoneExplorer quite useful. It does not only sync your contacts etc. with outlook, but provides a lot of additional useful features, such as managing your SMS, Calllists, Apps, Files, handling Calls, create backups...

You might want to visit the products page for more detailled information.


What I have to do to connect my android smartphone (Galaxy Ace S5830) to home wifi wpa2? I searched in the internet a lot, but there's no clear answer. I have Galaxy Ace s5830 with system Android. I tried connect to home wifi network (this network is secured by WPA2), but my smartphone can't connect. I putted wpa2 password correctly for sure.

When I push "Connect" button, for a while it's "Scanning...", and then says "Disconnect". If I disable security of my home wifi network, I can connect and it's working well.

I don't know where the problem is: on the android system or hardware of my smartphone, or maybe on the router.

I heard that there are problems with Android and WiFi connection by WPA2, but is there no solution or I can't find its.

Thanks.

There are some incompatibilities between Android devices and wireless routers. I've seen the same behavior on a couple of WLANs and some even go to "Acquiring IP Address..." and then disconnect. I suspect that your phone works well in other WPA2 secured WLANs?

I haven't so far seen a comprehensive list of non-functioning routers, but at least one Netgear and a locally-branded Cisco Cable modem with integrated Wifi have failed for me.


Problem with apps. Going from iPhone to Android I had an iPhone and am switching to Android now.

When I sign into my Gmail, will it show all my iPhone apps on my new Android device?

iOS and Android are different operating systems. As you probably couldn't run Windows applications on your iPhone, you neither can run iOS apps on Android. Alone for this reason they cannot simply "show up" on your Android phone.

Second, the Google account system isn't synchronized with Apple's iTunes (or the iCloud), so Gmail couldn't even know about them. Some might even come pre-installed with your new Android device.

There are means of migrating your data (contacts, calendars, photos, etc.) from your iOS world to "planet Android", see e.g.

How do I transfer iPhone contacts to an Android phone?
How do I migrate my SMS (text messages) from iPhone to Android?
How can I transfer SMS messages from my old iPhone to my new Android phone?

But for apps, you need to find "new counter-parts":

Some apps exist in both universes. Check with the developers homepages to see if they have a link to an Android app as well.
Some apps are rather "exclusive" to either Android or iOS. Here you will have to find the best alternative. A search for <YourAppName> Android, using the search engine of your choice, might be a good starter for that. My Android app listings can be of assistance as well. If you still didn't find anything, take a look at Where to ask for app recommendations? and follow the advice there.

Some of your iOS apps might allow to export their data, and their Android counterparts might allow to import them then. But mostly, you will have to start from the scratch.

Have a good start with Android – and in case of trouble or missing information, you already found a good place to ask!


How to use a Droid 2 without Verizon service activation I purchased an old Droid 2 with a clean ESN today, rooted it, installed Droid2Bootstrap, loaded Monster_D2_2.3.2_4.5.153 onto the sdcard, cleaned the cache, wiped the data, rebooted into recovery, loaded the new images, rebooted. Came back up just fine.

Now, here is a problem you may not have experienced before. I am not a Verizon customer. Just wanted the phone to develops Apps and play with.

How can I get past the phone number activation requirement?

Since you're rooted, you might be able to bypass activation permanently by killing the Phone dialer app. This involves removing (or renaming) Phone.apk. I can at least confirm that this works on a Droid 1. Definitely make sure you have a backup made prior to editing your system this way.

You can rename Phone.apk with an app like Root Explorer, or with the terminal app by mounting the system partition as rewritable. This also works if you've set up SSH:

su
mount -o rw,remount /system
cd /system/app
mv Phone.apk Phone.apk.old
pm uninstall Phone.apk

That disables the CDMA adapter and gets rid of the activation screen that always comes up on boot. It should also save you a little battery life too, since it's one less app, and one less adapter turned on. You might get an error when you rename the file, but after rebooting (forcefully, if necessary) everything should be fine.


Search2Play broke my Samsung Infuse's back button. How can I fix it? I have a Samsung Infuse 4G, rooted and unlocked.  I installed Search2Play and it broke my back button.  I uninstalled and unrooted, then rerooted, but the back button is still not working. Could someone please help me fix this?

You'll probably want to wipe everything and reflash your ROM.  This XDA post has everything you need:

  What this is:

  A package to return your device to a completely stock state. It differs from h8rift's packages in that it includes a PIT file to repartition your phone. This is especially useful for those who accidentally flashed the wrong PIT (cough... bella) or screwed up their partitions some other way.

  Is this dangerous?:

  No. The PIT file I created has been tested and confirmed working by myself.

  Instructions:

  Make sure the drivers for the Infuse 4G are installed (installing Kies is the best way to accomplish this)
  Download and unzip GTG's_Ultimate_Unbrick.zip
  Run Odin3 v1.7.exe as administrator
  Place your phone into download mode (pull battery, replace battery, press and hold both volume buttons while plugging in the USB cable)
  Make sure your phone shows up in Odin as COM##
  Click the PIT button and choose infuse.pit (and make sure Re-Partition is checked)
  Click the PDA button and choose PDA_UCKD5.tar.md5
  Click the PHONE button and choose PHONE_UCKD5.tar.md5
  Press Start
  In the rare case that it finishes and your phone proceeds to boot loop, pull the battery, replace it, press and hold both volume keys and then press and hold the power key, keep holding all three buttons until 3e recovery comes up, select "delete all user data", and finally select "reboot system now".

  ----Download----
  GTG's_Ultimate_Unbrick.zip (183MB)

Note that Odin is very powerful and, despite the fact that the post says it's not dangerous, Odin can brick your phone.  Proceed at your own risk.  That said, I've used Odin dozens of times myself and it's saved my phone several times.


How can I detect my phone's screen resolution? Other than looking in the Chinese manufacturer's website, which can be somewhat "misleading" (12.1 MP camera? come on...)

You can visit whatismyandroidversion.com from your phone's web browser which will show you your screen resolution, android version and device id.


How do I restore my app (K-9 Mail) settings from an adb backup? I just installed Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy Note. Before doing so I created a backup with adb:

adb backup -all

For some of my apps I want to restore settings. Most importantly that would be K-9 Mail. Thus I unpacked the backup:

java -jar android-backup-extractor-20140630-bin/abe.jar unpack backup.ab backup.tar

Then I deleted most folders which I don't want to restore but I did not delete apps/apps/com.fsck.k9. Then I packed the file again using android back extractor and ran adb restore after I installed K-9 Mail. I was prompted for consent on my phone which I accepted and I was told that the restore was successful. However when I start K-9 Mail I am just greeted with the default welcome screen as if no configuration would be present. I also tried the same with WhatsApp and Viber but both showed the same behaviour.

Next I tried to just copy the k9 mail settings folder using USB connection using a file manager (dolphin). But still no success.

Then I tried to copy the settings using adb push apps/com.fsck.k9 /data/data/com.fsck.k9 (described by someone here) which failed with file or directory not found error. After further googling I tried again but ran adb root before and then that worked. However k9 still greets me with obviously no settings. Since the same source I googled for that idea stated something about a fix_permission script (where I have no idea where that comes from) I googled for fix_permission and found this app installed it and ran it. However still no change.

How is the restore done correctly?

OK, some googleing later I found Titanum Backup and that it supports restoring selectively from adb backups. I copied the backup to my SD-Card and then restored using Titanum Backup and and just worked. (However I'd still be interested in what I missed in the first place).

Note however that the free version does not support restore from adb files.


How does one use apps that place a menu on the system bar when the buttons are not in the screen? I'm trying to use an app that places the hamburger menu on the system bar (with Home, Back, and Recent apps buttons). On devices that have a system bar (i.e., these buttons are on the screen), the menu is easily accessible. But now I'm trying to use the app on a device that has physical Home, Back, and Recent apps buttons. The system bar isn't shown, so the menu is apparently inaccessible (where it would be is off the screen). Is there a way to still access this menu when the system bar isn't shown?

I am not aware of Android solutions to this but here is a work around . This app Menu Button , it doesn't require root and creates a virtual menu bar to manipulate the settings for your app by creating Home , Back and Recents

OP has confirmed that it worked for them


How do I force reinstallation of an apk with different signature on rooted Android? Normally I can reinstall (reserving application data) APK only when it's signature matches the previous one.

How do I force upgrading of apk (from distribution to self-compiler version, for example) without uninstallation using root access?

Workaround is backup application's data + uninstall + install + restore data, but that is inconvenient and notifies other applications about [un]installation which is not wanted.

You can use an app called 'Lucky Patcher' witch contains many system tweaks, (root and busybox are required) then follow the following steps:

Go to 'Toolbox' tab in the buttom.
Select 'Patch to Android'.
Check 'Disable signature verification in the package manager'.
Press 'Apply' and wait for your phone to reboot.

and that's it. 'Lucky Patcher' also has an Xposed module to do the same task if Xposed is already installed in your system.


Send and receive text messages on computer using galaxy s2 I could use Nokia PC suite to receive and send SMS messages on my computer. But I could not find this feature in Samsung Kies.

How can I send and receive text messages on a PC using my Galaxy SII?

This feature isn't built into Android, but there is an app - DeskSMS, that allows you to do what you are asking.

It does, however, require the use of a browser plugin.


Can airplane mode be maintained during a system update? When traveling internationally, it's often a good idea to put the phone in Airplane Mode before departure, activate wi-fi as needed, and leave the phone in Airplane Mode until returning to one's home country where calls/messages/data are charged at reasonable rates.

When on wifi, the phone can still receive notice that a system update must be performed, soon, with no user choice in the matter.  It can even download and install this update over wifi.  However, as part of the update process, the phone apparently disables Airplane Mode, connecting to a local tower to receive messages and whatever else might have been pending, potentially racking up a big bill in the process, which the user did not agree to or want.

Leaving the phone in a Faraday cage during the update, which might block transmissions to cell towers, would cause the update to fail until it is taken out, because wifi is required for downloading the update.

Why does the phone exit airplane mode during forced updates, and is there any way to avoid that?

Edit, responding to criticism that trying to maintain Airplane Mode during a system update is not a sufficiently clear or concrete objective:

There are multiple reasons why one might want to keep a phone in airplane mode.  In addition to the cost factor noted above, if a destination does not have compatible cellular signals, a phone out of Airplane Mode may quickly drain its battery searching for towers, especially if the user doesn't know that the phone takes itself out of airplane mode without notice.  In some zones, there are also restrictions on cellular transmissions (example) which do not necessarily apply to low-power wi-fi connectivity, such as on-board some commercial aircraft.

There are multiple different reasons why a person might be in a setting where it's important to maintain Airplane Mode but still wish to use the device for offline and/or Wi-Fi capabilities.  This question is about how to do that even when the phone maker is pushing a system update.

I would expect "How do I do this for reason X?" "How do I do that for reason Y?" and "How do I do the same thing for reason Z?" to all be closed as duplicates of this same question.

If you want to block communication with your mobile network provider there is a second option: You just have to make sure the MNO can not identify your devices.

You can easily achieve that by removing the SIM card from your device.

This does not work of course in case you have a phone with eSIM and you use the eSIM (as the eSIM can't be removed physically from your device).


What is the official name and nature of the panels that are sliding upwards in web browsers I think the title sums up pretty good what I am asking but, here is a screen capture of the particular type of in-browser panels I'm wondering about

I don't mean the ones android system shows when there is no default app setup. I mean, in the browser itself. I don't imagine they are the same are they ?
I've seen the Android dev documentation about "SlidingPaneLayout" which sounds similar. Except, the one I'm interested in is not "dismissable" or "resizable". It actually takes over the flow and darkens the background until the user either selects an option it offers or, swipe kill the browser tab.
Are those part of the webwiew? I'm wondering what term I need to look for in order to get the details about those panels.
Or, if I am wrong in anyway here, maybe someone could just give me a brief explanation? would be much appreciated
Search results on google mostly brought rants about a completely different type of browser notification so I figured i'd try asking here.

Your question made me search and it's  modal bottom sheet

are an alternative to inline menus or simple dialogs on mobile and provide room for additional items, longer descriptions, and iconography. They must be dismissed in order to interact with the underlying content.

(Emphasis added)


Install CWM on Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-9100M) I already soft bricked my Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-9100M two times (the M is important, it's Virgin/Bell Canada's version) when trying to install clockworkmod recovery (CWM) on it.

First time I think I flashed "GT-I9100_JB_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.2.9" file via "Odin3 v1.85" (have two tars sitting here, could have been the other one), found at some Youtube video. My phone was previously rooted via framaroot.

Second time I tried GalaxyS2Recovery.zip from this page.

Both of the times the phone could not go through a normal boot procedure, so I had to go into download mode and flash Samsung original image (which I got from sammobile.com).

The phone is now working fine.

If it helps, I was able to flash Jeboo kernel, as suggested in some other tutorial, but it may have been overwritten when installing the original firmware (not sure how Odin works to that level of detail). It did not seem to help flash any of the clockworkmod recoveries I tried.

Did I miss any steps? Is it simply not possible to flash CWM for Canadian version of this phone? Another thing - most of the CWM images are ZIP files, and Odin needs TARs. Is there a better flashing program that works with ZIPs? Or is it possible to convert ZIP -> TAR? I was getting ZIPs from https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager.

I also tried ROM manager APK, which is supposed to load CWM via easy to use interface. It prompts to confirm my phone model, when I pick i9100 it says "not supported", also tried "galaxys2" it attempted to install something but failed. Reboot worked after that, so at least it did not break anything.

Any help is appreciated.

I ended up flashing custom kernel from here (for "#1.8. Android Version 4.1.2, Jelly Bean."):

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-international-all-things-root/482994-rooting-galaxy-s2-dummies-guide.html

Then I was able to attempt installation of CyanogenMod 11, snapshot M7, which did not work (but that's another story). Just leaving this note here if anyone comes from google search with the same problem.

The corner stone was that I expected my phone to enter recovery mode with [home] + [volume down] + [power] combo, i.e. that CWM recovery overrides download mode. In reality, these two modes are independent of each other. To enter recovery mode, use [home] + [volume up] + [power]. You do not need CWM to enter recovery mode, but the default feature set is limited, so yes, better get CWM.

Regarding CyanogenMod 11 installation, according to another question here on android.stackexchange, it requires CWM v6.0.4.5 to run. Problem is that officially CWM does not support my Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100M (and even the version I am supposed to download for a generic/international S2 off their website is like v5.8.x.x), so I would need to find a custom built CWM. CWM completely replaces the default recovery mode.

Tried latest Philz touch, but it did not work. Actually it did not work so badly, that I had to

flash original image from Samsung (sammobile.com).
go in recovery, clear data (factory reset), clear cache.
make sure the OS starts (goes into init/setup mode - after factory reset).
flash custom kernel Siyah-s2-v6.0b5.tar, do CWM restore, to bring phone back to shape.

For reference, in my attempt to install CyanogenMod 11 I soft bricked my phone 9-10 times already, with a total of 1 full working day spent on this campaign (8 hours).


Network operator selection I own a Acer BeTouch E130 upgraded to Android 2.1 (official upgrade).

And I'm facing issues with it, I'm basically from Belgium but I work in France currently therefor everyday I spend time in both France and Belgium. When I reach France, my phone selects a French network operator... okay sounds correct.

But now when I get home it doesn't switch to my operation (called Mobistar) it keep showing the French one (Orange F). Yesterday, while I was home in Brussels, I went to the network op settings and manually selected Mobistar in the list... It kept showing Orange F....
Is this a bug ? the french operator isn't even available in Belgium so it's impossible to connect to... And the weirdest thing, when I'm in France data sync can't be done because I disabled roaming... What the hell?

Any guess?

This previous question How to force network operator selection once and for all? suggests that an app called APN Lock should allow you to lock your network to the correct one. You'd need to change the settings on it to change which network it locks to whenever you move between the countries, but hopefully you're not doing that every day?


How to uninstall app Nimble keyboard I installed this myself. But, the app doesn't appear in list of all apps. Tried to search, but it's nowhere to be found! How can I get rid of this very annoying app?

Not sure where you downloaded your file. I just installed this keyboard from Google Play and I'm able to find it on the drawer and in the app list.  You probably got it from a third party market which may contains malwares. I can confirm its annoyance due to multiple ads though.

Was also able to delete it.


How do I stop apps from installing themselves to my SD-card? It seems that some apps default to saving to SD-card when they're first installed on Froyo rather than defaulting to internal memory, this is annoying because whenever I mount the SD Card as storage in Windows the icons for those apps disappear from my home screen, and I have to go into the apps list and find them to add them back onto the home screen. If I even notice they've gone.

I have a Galaxy S with over 1.4GB of internal memory free, so have absolutely no worries about apps taking up space on the internal storage, or running out of memory, so I'd like to use that space and save the SD storage for my files (ie pictures, movies and music).

Apps that had somehow moved themselves onto my SD Card when I checked just now were SliceIt and Open Signal Maps. In the past I remember that both Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons had done this too until I moved them back onto the phone (in fact I thought for a bit that Angry Birds Seasons had replaced Angry Birds as the original disappeared from the home screen around the same time that I installed Seasons, I then got suspicious a few days later when Seasons disappeared too and found them both on the SD).

Thanks to this answer to this question Is moving apps to SD only available to rooted devices?.

I've discovered the getInstallLocation ADB command and set the install location to internal on my un-rooted phone.

With the Android SDK installed, and my phone connected via USB with USB Debugging mode switched on, enter the following commands:

adb devices
(check that ADB can see my phone, and start necessary services)

adb shell
(connects a shell to the phone)

pm getInstallLocation
(returns 0[auto])

pm setInstallLocation 1
(sets the default install location to internal memory)

pm getInstallLocation
(run again to check that it is now set to the correct location, returns 1[internal])

exit

Safely Remove Hardware, unplug phone and all done, without any need for root!


LG G4 ghost touch and swipe when data is turned on Odd problem with my LG G4 phone, on Monday I check my whatsapp and the screen starts ghost touching itself randomly in different places?  I lock the phone to stop it and reset a couple of times, but it’s still noticeable.

At the same time that started there was a issue with my rear camera, a message kept popping up saying “unfornately the camera has stopped working”.  I eventfully got that fixed by removing the battery for a bit, no other standard troubleshooting was able to fix it?

Before I fixed the rear camera I had identified that if I switch the data connection off then the screen is fine, no ghost touches ever happen when data is off.

So I’ve been keeping my data off now until I need it, but when I turn it on the ghost touching starts near instantly.  And if it’s on, but there is no signal then it’s fine, but the moment it gets signal the ghost touches start again.

I also notice that sometimes the whole screens frame rate drops way down, almost as if I’m only viewing a remote access view of my screen??

I’m planning to do a factory reset after I get a backup setup, but looking to see if anyone has any ideas.

I haven’t installed any apps that weren’t on the play store, and I haven’t modified the OS is any way.  And it doesn’t happen when connect to WiFi

I may have found a solution?...  Before, I was exclusively using fast-charging.  I stopped that completely and went back to normal charge 2-3 days ago and the ghost touching has not re-occurred since!

My battery also lasts noticeably longer after a normal charge, so I think I’ll stick to this regardless.

If things change I’ll post a comment


android vpn allow connection dialog I sometimes use light screen manipulating apps on my galaxy s4(such as twilight app,...) and when the apps are enable,in my vpn apps,ok button in vpn allow connction dialog does not work(cannot be tapped) but cancel button works az usual!
I want to know what is the behind?i think this is not a bug, it is something like a rule.

Your security is the reason

This is to prevent Tapjacking . See bmdixon's answer here Screen overlay detected, what is the problem? for details

So, VPN is not permitted but if you don't have a Cancel option to go back ( and disable the screen app, normally option for this is available in app settings) - how do you go back ? You can't, therefore, Cancel option is NOT greyed out


Why doesn't my Samsung cable charge? I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. It has it's own charger with a detachable cable, able to go to USB ports. This one to be exact, it works perfectly. I also have a Surface pro 3 and it's charger. As can be seen from the picture, it has a USB port for charging, it also works. It's when I combine my Surface charger and my Samsung cable, that I get a problem. The lightning icon appears on my phone, but it's not really charging at all. Changing the cable with my other cables fixes it.

The Power which your Phone consumes outway the Power a USB Port can supply.
This problem is often faced when using an Powerbank.

Cause could be an old Battery which lifetime is coming to a close, but thats anyones guess.
I would buy myself a charger that goes in to the Wall socket. Way more convinient.
For example, it would take 5h for my Nexus 5 to fully recharge from USB and only 2 hours from the wall Socket directly.


How to do a fresh install of Android : Nexus 5 I installed Cynogenmod 11 on my Nexus 5 through their Mac OS X app. Judging by the information that provided me, I would say it went fine. However, while my phone did the first boot, it got stuck in a boot loop. It continuously showed the alien face with the arrow circling it. I let it sit for about 15 minutes, and it still didn't boot. So, after that I tried it a few more times. No dice. Each time doing an identical thing. So, after that I figured out adb sideload. From there I attempted to sideload another version of Cynogenmod, 11s, and even Android L. I was able to sideload 11s, but I had the same problem. It went to the boot animation, and just stayed there. Never booting. Is there some simple fix to this that i don't know about? At this point anything would be helpful. I just want my phone back to some working condition. I have clock work recovery installed. It came along with the Cyanogenmod Mac installer. What I would really like is a way to just install android back to its factory condition.

Any ideas could be helpful.

Note: I have tried to make below a bit more generic than your specific Mac OS option, but the Mac is covered in the below answer, but this may help other Nexus 5 users. Full credit to the OP on XDA.

If you want to restore your Nexus 5 back to stock, you can flash a Factory Image. Note: This process will wipe your phone completely. Backup your storage before you continue. There are 2 methods, below I've given the "easy" method.

For this process, you will need to:

Install adb and fastboot drivers. To do this, use this program:
For MAC users:
*Note: MAC users will have to write "./" before every command in this thread. For example :

./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Linux users

Download the latest factory images from here
Extract the archive you downloaded (Use WinRAR). It should look like this:

http://104.imagebam.com/download/VxZG49wcq59qXJqsRAPIng/28626/286255946/Untitled.png

Unlock your bootloader (In case you haven't already)

Easy Method:

Power off your phone.
Boot it in fastboot by pressing and holding Power Button + Volume Down at the same time.
Connect your phone to your PC through your USB cable.
Execute the flash-all.bat script (for Windows) or flash-all.sh(for MAC and LINUX) in the folder where you extracted the factory images.
!! For MAC: You'll have to edit the flash-all.sh, and add "./" before every fastboot command.
Wait for everything to flash.
After everything finished, select "Recovery" using the volume buttons.
When a small dead Android appears, press Power Button + Volume UP.
Select "Wipe data/factory data reset"
Reboot. Your phone should be stock.

If you want to Unroot completely:

The Nexus 5 has a thing implemented in the bootloader called a tamper flag. This shows if the bootloader was ever unlocked, kind of like the flash counter with Samsung devices. You can check it out by using this command

fastboot oem device-info

. If the tamper flag value is "true", then you'll have to reset it. The following steps will reset this flag, and lock your bootloader.

So, first, go here (Thanks @osm0sis for the wonderful script)
Under "Flashable Zips", you will find the Nexus BootUnlocker script. Download it.
Put the zip on your internal storage.
Download the latest TWRP recovery image for the Nexus 5 from here. Rename it to TWRP.img.
Now boot it. You do this by booting your phone in fastboot, and typing the following command:

fastboot boot path/to/TWRP.img

Replace path/to/TWRP.img with the path to where you placed the TWRP.img. For example: C:/Users/X/Desktop/TWRP.img

TWRP recovery should boot.
When TWRP finished booting, select "Install", then navigate to the Nexus Bootunlocker zip, select and install it. After it finished, use the back arrow at the bottom of the screen to go back, and reboot.
Now your bootloader should be locked, and your tamper flag should show "false".


Adding custom thumbnail previews I am considering buying a tablet with Android, in order to navigate a particular kind of files. These files have .pes extension, and they are special files for embroidery machines, they contain the "instructions" to create particular images for the machine itself. The aim is to navigate those files using a file explorer app, for the customers of our shop: we would like to give a preview of the images in our catalogue before embroidering them. Obviously, thumbnail previews will be really useful, with no need to open every single image. But I am not able to find a single app which can provide a preview for "special" files, which are not jpeg, png, and similar.
Is there a way to customize or add the type of files for which the thumbnail previews are possible?

There IS a way of creating the picture files (which is what you want - a thumbnail is a small version of a picture file), but not the way you want to do it.  You'll have to use the .pes file to create the embroidery, using an embroidery machine, then take a picture of it.  (There's no way of "creating a thumbnail" from a list of instructions for an embroidery machine.)


Install different rom on Chinese made android phone Recently I bought a Chinese made android phone. Specifications of the phone is given here. The phone has mediatek mtk6577 processor. I been thinking to install different ROM in my device. But, I can not find source to download this ROM. Is it possible to install google stock rom in this phone and where can I find this rom? How do I know which rom is compatible with my device?

Any kind of help is appreciated. Thanks.

First step is finding out the OEM (manufacturer) of your handset.

Coincidentally, the specs and body closely resembles that of Cherry Mobile Titan compared to yours.

This is the original version. There is only a guide on how to root here. Can see no custom ROM available as of now/


How do I downgrade Android 2.1 to 1.6 on a Garminfone? I need to send in my Garminfone to T-Mobile. I've rooted it and installed the 2.1 upgrade. The master reset doesn't restore it to 1.6. I know Super One Click will unroot it. Does anyone know how to revert back to 1.6? Thanks.

not sure about the root process for Garminfone, but if you have access to your bootloader (usually termal like with a list of options) just put a 1.6 stock rom on your sd card and flash it.

I tried googleing "stock 1.6 garminfone rom" with no success, probably because of what GAThrawn said, but someone over at xda-developers might have something if want to go check out there forums.


If I hard reset my tablet/phone well I lose everything even if I loved into Google So I want to hard reset my tablet. Well I end up losing all of my data even if i logged on to Google. Please let me know asap(as soon as possible).

Given that you logged into Google (since you're forced to do so when you set up your phone), the states of your apps should be backed up. If you used Google Photos and at least used the app once, your important stuff should be saved. It should be noted not everything on the device will be backed up to Google, though.


Bluetooth keyboard with Android? Can I use a bluetooth keyboard with Android?

Android natively doesn't support the Bluetooth HID profile which would be required for this. So, your options are limited depending on whether you're rooted or not:

(If rooted): This YouTube video shows the Nexus One connected to a Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Keyboard 7000.
(If not rooted): Teksoft provide a Bluetooth HID driver (commercially, costs about 10 Euros), which is reportedly successful.

Note: Individual devices that run Android may have the HID profile added by their manufacturer -- for example, the Dell Streak supports Bluetooth keyboards.


How can you determine if installed programs have dependencies with other installed programs Is it possible to see dependencies of programs with other programs ? I mean, program which must be installed for other programs to run.

-- background of the question --

I installed a program a couple of weeks ago which let me read comics on my Android.

This program required Adobe Air - which was installed alongside the comic viewer.

After a couple of days I decided to uninstall the comic viewer.

I now want to remove Adobe Air (since it is a big program) , but was wondering whether other installed programs might require this too.

Any program that needs Adobe Air will have a check in it's code when it first runs to see if adobe air is installed.

Therefore if you uninstall Adobe Air then open an app that needs it, it will notify you to download it.

So uninstalling adobe air is fine.


Check if Cerberus is installed I bought a used Nexus 4 on a popular auction site. I have completely reflashed the rom using Googles stock images. I want to check if any security mechanism are installed, e.g. Cerberus. Will that be erased when reflashing the device? If not, how can I check if its installed?

Cerberus will survive a Factory Reset if it was installed as a system app via root.

But nothing will survive flashing unless it infected the bootloader, which is hard enough that you can treat it as entirely improbable.


How to flash Darky's ROM from Cyanogenmod 7? I want to give Darky's ROM a try on my Samsung Galaxy S; I'm currently running CM7 RC1. How would I go about doing this? Can I flash using recovery, or do I need odin? Do I need to revert to stock first?

Most Darky's packages I've seen are your normal update.zip variety that are flashed through recovery, so you should be good to go.  If it's an Odin package it should say so — always vet your sources (here's a good one).

I see no reason to believe flashing from CM would be a problem either unless it messed with your partitions.  If you have problems you can always Odin to stock and then root, install ClockworkMOD, and flash Darky's again.  The whole process only takes a couple minutes.  (So if you're concerned, go right ahead and Odin to stock, it costs you nothing; just save your backups to a PC first.)


My Samsung Galaxy S3 has a black screen Today , i was playing on my Samsung Galaxy S3 and it worked just fine this morning.
After school i trying to play on it and it flickered to a black screen, when i trying to turn it on it powered up but i couldn't  see anything just a black screen and in the corner a blue light to show its turning on( it vibrated also). I could hear sound and i could do my password but i could see anything. Could you please help?

Before it flickered did you see any green light or something. I suspect the screen is cracked. Experienced it twice on my S3. Try to enter download mode, if nothing shows up there too then it probably is screen issue and not some kernel screw up. Also look for some cracks, in my case it was really tough to notice the cracks that caused a large hole in my pocket.
Best of luck. I wish my inference is wrong.


Why my Android mobile (Samsung Galaxy Young Duos) is vibrating even if it is not in vibration mode? In Samsung Galaxy Young Duos, It vibrates even if the vibration mode is off. Why is this happening? How to fix it?

May be a bug or something. Restore factory settings after making a back-up of important files.
Note - Check the settings once again. You might have turned on the vibration.


Unable to install CyanogenMod on Galaxy S2 i777 I'm trying to use ROM Manager to install the cm-10.1.3 ROM on my phone, but I'm getting the following error (from recovery.log):

-- Installing: /sdcard/bluetooth/cm-10.1.3-i777.zip
Finding update package...
I:Update location: /sdcard/bluetooth/cm-10.1.3-i777.zip
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Warning:  No file_contexts
script aborted: assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "i777" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "i777" ||
   getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-I777" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-I777" ||
   getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-S959G" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-S959G"
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "i777" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "i777" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-I777" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-I777" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-S959G" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-S959G"
E:Error in /sdcard/bluetooth/cm-10.1.3-i777.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
result was NULL, message is: assert failed: install_zip("/sdcard/bluetooth/cm-10.1.3-i777.zip")

Here's info about my phone:

Model number:     SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
Android version:  4.1.2
Baseband version: I777UCMD8
Kernel version:   3.0.31-1154545-user
                  se.infra@SEP-126 #3
                  SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 23 22:10:17 KST 2013
Build number:     JZO54K.I777UCMD8
Recovery:         ClockworkMod 6.0.1.0

In addition, I found this set of instructions http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_i777, but using ROM Manager seems to be a much easier way to install the ROM. These instructions say to use the wipe data/factory reset option in CWM recovery - does this mean I should use the "Wipe Data and Cache" pre-installation option in ROM Manager?

From the CyanogenMod Wiki:

  "Status 7" Error
  I have a stock AT&T Galaxy S2 (i777) which had been updated to the latest version of Android from AT&T. I followed the instructions for installing CM 10.1 but received the following error:

assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "i777" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "i777" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-I777" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-I777" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-S959G" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-S959G"
E:Error in /sdcard/cm-10.1.3-i777.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted.

  I tried updating to the very latest version of ClockworkMod Recovery, but that didn't help. The solution I found was to edit the "updater-script" file located at cm-10.1.3-i777.zip\META-INF\com\google\android. I removed the first line from that file which was performing the assert and getprop statements. I was certain I have an i777, so I was pretty sure that removing this line would be ok. After removing this line of code I pushed the CM zip file to my phone and was then able to install ok.

  This page was last modified on 3 December 2013, at 22:42.

So if you are 100% positive that you have an i777, then you can follow these steps:

extract the update package zip file
navigate to */META-INF/com/google/android
open updater-script in a text editor like notepad++
remove the first line that does the "assert" checks.
zip the folder back up, using only "store", no compression.


Google Drive does not detect internet connection Yesterday I have updated Google Drive and installed Sheets. Since that time I am unable to open the spreadsheets I have created earlier.

When I try to open a sheet, I get Unable to access document. Please make sure that you are connected to the internet. I am obviously connected, Firefox works, I can even open documents, just not sheets.

If I try to set offline access to these sheets, they keep downloading, just like when I have no internet connection.

Anyone else has this problem, or even better, a solution? I have tried clearing the cache of Drive an Sheets, did not help.
I have a rooted Nexus 4 with 4.4.2

Used to have the same problem.
In my case, google drive was trying to open the document using Sheets app, but the Sheets app was allowed to access documents only via WiFi connection. Go to Sheets/Setings and uncheck "Transfer files only over Wi-Fi" checkbox. Be aware, that similar "Transfer files only over Wi-Fi" checkbox is also in Drive app, but this affects only Drive app, not the Sheets app.


HTC one X Gallery Pics and videos are not visisble My HTC one x gallery pics and videos suddenly disappeared. I can see them in DCIM folder but not visible over the phone.

I restarted the device , clear the cache everything is done but no use. When I open gallery the message shows " No photos found.

Try to enable the app named "Media Storage" from App->Menu->Manage apps


Where is color information stored in android apps ? This might not be the correct place to post this, so please tell me if it isn't. As the title says, I'm trying to find the color palette for android apps while they're installed. I can't decompile the apps, but I can access the apk file. Is there a universal standard file or at least a string of text in a file that I can search for ?

Under
values > color.xml

Your themes file ( values > styles.xml ) can link specific colors from this file like follows..

Style Script ..

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
</style>

color script ....

 <resources>
 <color name="primary_dark">#F28000</color>
 <color name="primary">#FF8700</color>
 <color name="accent">#FF8700</color>

Notice that color can link to itself

<color name="accent_text">@color/accent</color>


How to run Whatsapp without app? My Samsung Tab is locked. It is only meant for educational purposes. My tab cannot run any app but only use Google through Wi-Fi. Tab can not use Sim card as well as it is locked by college authorities.

So how can I run Whatsapp online on this tab?

Whatsapp web doesn't run standalone. It is an another frontend to an already installed and functioning Whatsapp session in a device. That is to say, if you have a device with Whatsapp already installed and connected to internet, then you can access it through Whatsapp Web as well (requires authentication from device). But the web functionality doesn't offer to create an account and use Whatsapp services so you're at loss here.

More info: How do I use WhatsApp on my computer?


Recovering a single fille from Nandroid backup? I used TWRP to backup whole system and copy the backup to my computer. I would like to gain access to a single file. Is there a way I can do this without flashing the whole image? I'm not sure which backup it was in exactly so this could be a very lengthy process and was wondering any tips?

use Titanium backup pro to extract the single app or data, through extract from nandroid backup(your backup must be in sdcard/twrp/backups)


How to enable auto sync on WiFi only I want to have Auto Sync on my android always enabled, but I want it to only work while on wifi. I don't want to enable/disable it everytime I am going from wifi to mobile data. So is there a way to configure it to only be executed while on wifi?

To clarify. I have restricted some apps from background data usage while on mobile networks. But what I want is accounts auto sync to be restricted.

Is there a built in way to do this without using any third party apps?

There is no way to do this without the use of third party apps. You can use Tasker to automate your phone. You can add a task that enables auto sync when you're on WiFi.

 The stock android doesn't provide any option that says "Auto sync only on WiFi". only way to do this is through third party apps. By the way, there are other automation apps also on the Google Play. You can go and check them out.

 Another way to do this is to use custom roms. Many custom ROMs have built in modules or profiles to set while you're on your favourite WiFi network. Cyanogenmod is a good option to go with. I don't remember exactly but i think there is an xposed module that does this job. Feel free to check them out. Hope this helps!!

Link to Tasker app


Firefox stable version If I go to the Play Store, and pull up Firefox, I notice that its version 88.0.0-beta.3. I searched some more and found another version that is 87.0.0-rc.1
I dont want a beta version or rc version, I want the most recent stable version.
How would I go about installing that?
Edit in case comment is removed: this site was helpful to me (aarch64):
https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/

This is likely just a temporary experience where the current stable release is technically labelled as "87.0.0-rc1".  I agree that it's a bit confusing, but I think it is most likely temporary.
The latest official release version of Firefox for Android can be obtain here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox
Alternatively, you can enter your email at the following page, and Mozilla will email you a link to the current official release version:
https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/mobile/
All the source code for Firefox mobile is available here (unlike many other browsers, there is no non-public source code used to create Firefox):
https://searchfox.org/mozilla-mobile/source/
BTW, all releases of the desktop version of Firefox are available via FTP, but I'm not aware of anything identical for the Android version.  For completeness, that FTP site for the desktop releases can be accessed via this link:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/


Set Open DNS in Android 5.0.1 Just updated my Oneplus One to Android 5.0.1, and I can't change the DNS when I select the "Static IP" option in Wi-Fi settings. Basically I can put the values in, there is just no way to press OK and accept the changes.

It was possible in Android 4.4.2. Has anyone bumped into this issue?

This is one silly issue in Lollipop update (CM12) for OnePlus. I'm assuming you're running Cyanogen OS 12, and I found (on Reddit) and tested this solution some time ago.

Unlike Kitkat, you can't change only the DNS in Wifi settings as "Save"/"OK" is always greyed out if you do, i.e. you need to provide every single detail which includes:

IP address
Gateway
Network prefix length
DNS 1
DNS 2

As soon as you fill the first four entries, the option will appear to save the settings.

A brief description of each field is given here.


Mobile network turns on by itself after Android 4.0.3. update I'm having HTC Sensation and I use wi-fi on a regular basis instead of mobile network (bad data plan). For the old Android version there was no problem, I just switched of background syncing and set option "Sync only via wi-fi".

After the update mobile network turns on automatically...

I couldn't find exact duplicate of "Sync only via wi-fi" in the update.

I went to Settings->Wireless&Network->Usage->Menu->Usage Settings -> "Restrict background data", but two problems still arise:

Can't get rid of Notification "Background data restricted"
Mobile network turns on automatically when decides to sync.

Any advises?

Maybe turning Data Enabled to off (Mobile network settings on CM9) might help. In that way, it'll sync only when WiFi is available.


How to downgrade to Stock Rom [HTC One X 3.20.401.1 CID HTC_203) I have a rooted HTC One X with JB 4.1.1 (3.20.401.1), I deleted some unnecessary softwares but still using stock ROM.

Yesterday I relocked the bootloader and tried to install original stock rom by using 3.14.x.x RUU file. But it gave me "Bootloader version error".So I'm stuck. I have no Nandroid backup for my CID :( I could not find the 3.20.401.1 RUU file nor related Nandroid backup anywhere on the internet.

Does someone has any suggestions? I would like to revert to Stock rom to be able to get official Sense 5 OTA update which will be released very soon by HTC.

This guide is marked as "noob-friendly". Haven't tried it myself as I try to stay far away as I can from Sense:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859714

You were looking for 3.20.401.1? Here you can find the Nandroid Backups:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140


How do I start a new SMS conversation? All the messages I ever exchange with one number are listed as one conversation. How do I start a new conversation with someone on the same number?

If this is an organisational thing, then I'd like to be able to use it as one and genuinely treat new subjects as new conversations. Or not to be told that every message I ever send someone is part of one long conversation when it isn't.

I don't particularly want to have to delete my entire message conversation with that person just to get rid of an error message; if anyone knows another way to get rid of the 'failed' I'd appreciate that too.

You don't, you just have to delete the message that is failing. Long press it, choose "Delete".

  How do I start a new conversation with someone on the same number?

How do you expect your phone to understand what messages belong in which category? The only way I see this working is if there's a function to put "all messages from now on" in a separate conversation, but that's not a feature that exists in the standard SMS application, and not in any app that I know of.

Dividing your past messages with a contact in two parts makes no sense, it would be even harder to find a message then if you can't remember what "conversation" you've put it in. Not only would you have to scroll back to see it, you would also have to pick the right category. Surely it's easier to sort the messages on a by-contact basis and just scroll.


Factory Reset, Google Photo's recovered old photos Recently purchased a Oneplus One second hand from eBay.
It was factory reset by previous owner, and it has since been factory reset by me a couple of times.

I have setup Google Photo's today and it's pulled in all my photo's like it should. However, it has also resurfaced all the previous owners photos and is currently backing them up to my Google Photos account!

When i look at the info on the images, it seems it's dragged them in from 'storage/emulated/0'

I wouldn't normally be bothered by something like this but these photo's contain enough information for some serious fraud/identity theft!
I have pictures of addresses, passports, credit cards, tax bills ....

How is this possible? Surely a factory reset should wipe all data?

For clarity, the phone is running stock Android 5, but is rooted (supersu) and running TWRP (both installed by previous owner).

A factory reset deletes the files on your internal memory, but does not secure delete them - or delete anything on your internal SD card.

When you press "Factory reset", it quick formats /data/ and /cache/. If you select "Also erase the SD card", then the internal SD card will be erased too.

If they can still be found with Google Photos after selecting the option to erase the SD card during a factory reset, try going to Settings > Storage and then select "Erase SD card".

If you really want to fully erase everything, use a secure delete program (it will fill the internal memory with a file filled with 0's and then delete the file), so you can't recover deleted files.


Calander events shifting days In September I added 26 calendar events, one every other Saturday, to set personal goals. Each calendar entry is a separate event, I am not using the Recurring Event feature. I've noticed that some goals are shifting a few days into the future.

The events from 29 November to 13 December have shifted two days forward: instead of being on a Saturday they appear on the Monday two days later.
The events from 27 December to 10 January have shifted five days forward: instead of being on a Saturday they appear on the Thursday five days later.
The events from 24 January to 7 March have shifted eight days forward: instead of being on a Saturday they appear on the Sunday eight days later.
The events from 21 March to 4 April have shifted eleven days forward: instead of being on a Saturday they appear on the Wednesday eleven days later.

And so on, the gaps get larger further into the future.

The only other event that I have added so far out is a recurring event every Tuesday, which is not affected (i.e. has not shifted). I do not cross time zones with this device, and the day shifting does not correlate with any Day Light Savings Time shifts. This is a work phone with a lock screen: my children nor anybody else has access to the device nor to the Google account with which it is associated to. I have very few apps installed on the device, such as Anki and Firefox. I do not have any social media apps, such as Facebook, on the device.

This is on a Samsung Note 3 on Android 4.4.

More information: This is using the stock Google calendar application, with the calendar stored and synced with my Google account 'dotancohen'. As these are the only entries in the 'dotancohen' calendar that far in advance, I do not know if the other entries would have be affected. I do have other calendars which are shown in the Google calendar application, connected to other Google accounts (such as my work account) are not affected. All the affected entries we added one at a time by hand on the device, i.e. I long-clicked the calendar in Month mode and manually added each entry. For that particular calendar (the 'dotancohen' Google account) I have never opened the calendar on another device.

This has happened to me on my Samsung Note 4 just recently under similar circumstances. I don't cross timezone and it had nothing to do with a time change because none happened. I'm also using Lollipop 5.0.1 so it doesn't appear to be an OS issue.

Mine was in the Google Calendar, not the phone's default one also. It did seem that it shifted after I synchronized the calendars with Google. It only happened to the event I had sat as reoccurring on an 'every other' setting.
I'm guessing it may be a bug in the synchronization system trying to figure the days when having sat them with a 'every other whatever' type setting.

I fixed this error by editing the event (selecting ALL events) then moving it back to the correct Saturday and editing the occurrence to 'every second Saturday of the month' as it was and it seemed to correct all of them when synchronized.


Wifi sign in adware? Hey guys facing this wierd problems since past few days when I connect my phone to my home network I can access the network(there is internet) there is exclamation mark besides my wifi network and a wierd sign in to my wifi network notification pops up when I click that it redirects me to a website there is notification that your moto g3 has a virus something odd!Please help is this adware or my router is infected my other phone on the network does the same thing but only in android I have tested with iphone no problem at all and my laptop is fine too

You've been hit by malware - adwares on your case - that redirect you to specific websites. If you check your apps list, you'll notice some unusual apps, with weird names sometimes. Th simplest solution: you'll need to flash your phone, or if you're skilled, uninstall those apps from your phone by rooting your phone and using ADB Shell. Let me know which one you are able to do.


Is there any quick way to delete the standard emails trash files. I have had a Galaxy S3 for some 3 years and I have recently noticed that I have in excess of 45,000 emails in the standard email's trash folder.

I have tried selecting the trash folder and then using the "delete all" option but the speed of deletes is staggeringly slow, one every five to ten seconds.

It is synchronised with an Office365 account, and I have checked on the server side to see if the same folder exists but it doesn't, it is only on the phone. (Note that this is the standard email app, it is not Gmail or anything similar).

Is there some quick way to empty the email trash folder, either through a file app, or a third party app?

Keep in mind that your phone's name for certain specialized folders, such as trash, differs from what Office 365 will call it. In Office 365's web interface, and Outlook, the folder is named Deleted Items, and they are kept in sync with your phone's comparable Trash folder. So look there to see the correlation. And yes, deleting from your phone will be dramatically slower than deleting from your computer or the web, the latter being fastest as it's connected directly to the server.


Bought a phone from asia I live in the UK I bought the new htc one m9+ from asia andy data doesnt work it says service is unavailable please if anyone has any ideas

You can check the phone specifications and accordingly contact your service provider. Phones are manufactured keeping in mind the cellular network operating specifications of a particular country/region. Probably the following link might help you understand about the cellular network operating frequencies: Wiki - Cellular frequencies


Adding an extra mailaccount in Android (manual setup disabled) I'm trying to add another mailaccount (IMAP / SMTP).

However I cannot set it up.

Applications
Email
Add account
Fill in emailaddress and password
I should be able to click on Manual setup now but it is grayed out (disabled).

I've also tried it without filling the emailaddress and password, but also without luck.

Android version 2.3.3

Any idea how to setup an extra mail account on my phone.

If it's a gmail account (eg, myemail@gmail.com) or you haven't added the domain to the email address (eg,moo@cow.com), you cannot use manual setup.

Personally I would recommend ditching the native mail app and going with K9 - it's a far superior email client.


how to recover the back-up data from google account? I backed-up my passwords and data from phone on to my google account. Then reset the device. how can i recover the saved passwords?(specifically wifi password)

As soon as you log back in to your Google account, your old apps should start reloading and their data restored. Of course, if you don't have your WiFi password, this is all happening over your cell data link, which could take a while. You might want to enter the password manually to make the process go more quickly & not consume your data usage.

You should probably note that not all apps, including built-in apps, save all data.


How to root Lenovo B A016a40 I am trying to root my Lenovo B A2016a40 but I absolutely cannot find a working method. I have tried several apps (desktop and android) such as KingoRoot, Framaroot and so on, but nothing has worked so far.

Here are some specs of my phone as a screenshot:

(https://imageshack.com/i/podtlWoDp)

I have found this way:
(https://www.kingoapp.com/root-tutorials/how-to-root-android-6.0-marshmallow.htm) but I am not sure if this can be applied to my phone or not and I am scared to brick it.

Can anyone help? Thanks a lot!

I am recommending you to use kingo-root application because this app are very great for rooting devices and it won't put your device in brick if this app failed during root it automatically close itself and notified you.
Final is your decision and you are responsible for your work!!

Have a great day!!!!!!