Why / When do I have to log in to Google? Installed MyDocs, I can select my Google-account and see listings of my documents, but to edit something I need to enter a password.

Why is this?  When does it happen?
(I am constantly logged in to GMail)

I use Android because all this Google stuff is supposed to be integrated!

Edit: How can i know if an app is really integrated, and won't require separate authentication.

You're right that Android is supposed to be integrated. Well it is, but it doesn't happen magically, developers need to make it so.
This specific app is a beta and it was last updated more than a year ago. It's a safe bet that the developer(s) abandoned the project.

I recommend that you install the official Google Drive app. It does not ask for your password and it is regularly updated.

Applications that can use the integrated authentication system require various permissions in the "Your Accounts" category.


Keep playlist always in shuffle I am using the default android music player and I tend to always play playlists in shuffle mode. I find it unintuitive though that I cannot set a playlist to play in shuffle by default, I need to manually select shuffle each time. Is there a setting that I have overlooked or otherwise how can I do this? Happy to use another music player but I have tried many of the popular ones and they appear to have the same issue.

I found one solution to this, will leave this in case someone has a better one. Basically by adding the full music widget to the homepage you can easily toggle the global shuffle setting and play a playlist from the same place. This doesn't let you set it per playlist but since you don't need to keep pressing shuffle each time you play it works similarly. Closest I have found so far.


Backup ALL Android files to PC? I've had this issue with both my GS3 and now my N5. I routinely wipe my phone and start over fresh, so using apps like TitaniumBackup and Helium does not help me since I don't plan on restoring any of my apps in the future.

My problem arises when I connect my phone to either my PC or my Mac laptop, and attempt to just backup ALL of the files ("Backup ALL the files!") to my computer or an external hard drive. The computer will start copying the files, but then the progress bar disappears after a few seconds (well before hitting 100%) with no errors or messages. Upon checking the copied files, some folders and files are completely backed up with a simple drag and drop, but other folders don't.

I have the phone set on MTP and debugging is enabled, and all of the files show up. I realize that some folders don't allow you to just drag and drop them (possibly the "Android" folder?), but others, like my "Downloads" folder, shouldn't have any restrictions, right?

How can I simply make a full backup of all of the files that are on the phone? I've done this successfully in the past, but cannot remember what method or program was used.

MTP might not be reliable enough for that. Several approaches I can offer:

using on-board capabilities via ADB

This requires ADB tools being available on your computer (see e.g. Is there a minimal installation of ADB? for how to meet this). Now let's see how to get the files over.

open a command prompt, and (optionally) switch to the directory your adb executable is in
Make sure usb-debugging is activated on your device
connect your device via USB
assuming your SDCard is mounted/available as /sdcard on your device, let's copy it with its contents:

adb pull /sdcard /home/chris/android/sdcard

Just adjust the path to your needs ;)

using an app with a more user-friendly GUI

I use FolderSync to keep several directories backed-up. The big pro of this approach is: even if your device hard-crashes one day, you still have a quite up-to-date backup of all files on your computer.

FolderSync: Main screen, folder pairs (source: Google Play; click images for larger variants)

FolderSync supports a lot of services and protocols – not only cloud storage. You can easily use it with Windows shares (aka Samba aka SMB), or via SCP on Linux, or FTP with any server, amongst others. Simply define folder pairs (which directory on your device shall be kept in sync with which remote directory), and setup a schedule (e.g. whenever connected to your home WiFi, at 3 am), and there you go. With the Pro version (which I use) you can even set it to "manual only", and trigger it via tasker.

Of course, you also can set it to "manual", and then initiate the transfer whenever you find it useful. Being a "Sync tool", it will always only copy those files needing to be copied – if the same file exists on both ends with the same content and timestamp, it doesn't need to be copied again ;)

Other options

Plenty of them. More sync tools. Or a remote manager like AirDroid. Or using a file manager with remote capabilities, like ES File Explorer. Just to give you some ideas ;)


Phantom notifications of Galaxy Note driving me nuts I just got a Samsung Galaxy Note a few weeks ago and really like the phone. The problem is that I get notifications for non-events or phantom events day and night: the phone makes the notification sound but there are no new messages, lost calls, or anything; the notification bar is empty and there's nothing showing on the screen.

I've changed the alert sound and the funny thing is that the one that keeps on buggin me is the default whistling sound that came preloaded with the phone.

Updated to ICS 4.0 and it is still happening. (I'm still running the Gingerbread stock build.)

Any ideas beyond resetting to factory settings?

Mine was the Yahoo app. It was driving me mad. Nothing in the status bar, just a two-tone ding-ding. All the notification boxes in the app were unticked but it was still dinging.

Go to the app, - Options - Account settings - Notification Settings - Choose sound. If you touch the "Yahoo! Default" I bet you hear the two-tone ding. Select "No sound". I haven't heard it since it did that. If that doesn't fix it, the app is coming off the phone. Yahoo need to get real. That is not OK.


Can I override page buddy's recommended applications settings? When I plug in my headphones, an Earphones page appears on my device with the title "Enjoy listening to your device", which is part of page buddy. I have a music widget and a video widget, which is fine.

My first two applications are fine, Firefox and YouTube, but my last two applications are Messaging and Email. Apparently it's supposed to be frequency of use, but I never use the Email app, and neither the Messaging app nor the Email app are aural.

When I try to change these two apps, it says "Cannot edit recommended apps". Can I fix this to stop displaying non-aural apps?

it's the most frequently used apps while the earphones are plugged in. just open the app you want to show up 4 or 5 times in a row while the page buddy is active (earphones plugged in) and it will show up in the recommended apps. repeat for the next 3 apps you want to show. There's usually 4 recommended apps. This goes for all of the page buddy pages, earphones, docking, roaming, and spen (on supported devices).


How do I check which apps are using wifi? I'm using the red mi 2 and data transfer is taking place via wifi, problem is I don't know which app is using it. Is there a way to see wifi usage statistics?

Go to: Settings > Data usage – WIRELESS & NETWORKS

Tap the right-top menu. It will open up a popup menu.
Check *Show Wi-Fi usage.
Go to Data Usage. You'll realize a new tab called WIFI is added nexto to MOBILE.
There, you can see all apps that use WIFI and how much data they use.

  Visual how-to (source: TeckFront; click images for larger variants)


Galaxy S2 screen is black, but touch-screen still functional. No idea what happened, last night it was working till it ran out of battery and turned off. Woke up this morning and kind of rolled over on it with my elbow, no big deal it seemed like though. A little while later after I charged it the phone would turn on, make the sound etc but nothing on the screen, I can still feel the vibration when I try to move an icon for example. And it the computer still recognized it when plugged in, any solutions? Or am I outta luck?

Based on the comments, this looks like a hardware issue, and not a software/Android issue. I would suggest sending it to a service center for repair.


TeamWin “No OS Installed” Android Nexus 5 I lost my phone in Peru and had to downgrade to my old Nexus 5. It was rooted so I couldn't update the OS. In trying to unroot it, I [somehow] deleted the OS, and now the phone won't boot. I get to the TeamWin recovery options and it will say "No OS Installed, are you sure you want to..." How can I fix this?

Note: nexus 5 does not allow for external SDs to transfer files, etc.

You need to reflash the stock Google Factory Firmware image for your device with fastboot.

Instructions and images are available here. Make sure to use a quality USB cable... we have had several bricking issues flashing firmware on Nexus 5 devices because of defective or poor quality USB cables.


Use Quick Responses with Google Voice One of the most useful features introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich is "Quick Responses": the ability to send a default SMS message to the caller. "Can't talk now. Will call you back." etc.

However, I'm 100% Google Voice. I only ever give out my GV number, and I don't want to broadcast my actual cell phone number by using a Quick Response.

Is there a way to use them with Google Voice?

This is apparently not currently possible.

I'm not the only person with this desire. There's an open issue at Google (Issue 23176).

In one of my searches, I found someone who says they looked into the code for the Phone app, and found that it's calling the Messaging app directly without allowing the Messaging Intent, which is what would prompt me to choose the Messaging app versus Google Voice to send the message.

The app suggested by dymutaos looked somewhat promising, but I am concerned about its security.

So, unfortunately, this very useful feature is currently useless to me. I hope they fix it in the not-too-distant future.


Samsung Galaxy GT-P7510 won't charge I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P7510/M32 32 GB. I can't get it to charge. I plugged charger in one time and showed the battery was empty and had a yellow triangle with exclamation point point in it. I tried a different charger and that didn't work either. It did power on and go off because of dead battery.

Basic things to check:

Is the charger broken? (try a different charger)
Is the charger the correct voltage and current for the phone? (check your phone specs and see if they match what's written on the charger, try a wall charger and a usb charger)
Is the battery broken? (try a different battery if you can find someone with the same tab)


Export picture from Android Virtual Machine I used an Android Virtual Device (AVD) for some while and got some pictures on it, that I want to have outside of the AVD.
The problem is, that I don't know a way to get the picture out of it, since the folders on my laptop, that the AVM was running on, only contain compressed images of the whole system.

Does anyone know, if the picture might be stored as a .jpg file somewhere on my laptop (probably in $HOME/android-sdk-linux/) or if there is a way to export the picture?

I thought about just taking a screenshot of it, since they are saved as .jpg files on my laptop, but I don't know, if it might compromise the quality.

Thank you in advance!

More information, that could be helpful:

OS: Linux Mint, Kernel version 4.4.0-135-generic

AVD type and Android version: Nexus 5, Android 6.0

Emulated CPU: Intel Atom (x86_64)

adb comes pretty handy in this situation.

Simply navigate to the platform-tools dir in your SDK installation folder (or start terminal right away if its path is saved in system varibles) and start terminal.
Navigate to the folder where your pics are saved (or use ls command to view files).
Use adb command to "pull" the files to your desktop:

adb pull sdcard/<location_of_pics> /home/<user name>/Desktop

e.g   adb pull sdcard/DCIM/pic001.jpg /home/<user name>/Desktop

Alternatively do this via explorer using a method similar to this one only that there no need for hotspot or extra config since the virtual device is running on the same PC and network runs through virtual adapters :)


Cannot communicate on LAN when WIFI doesnt have internet This is pertaining to a smart phone with data.

My phone is connected to my WIFI which lacks internet currently. It is also connected to the cell network and using it for data. When I ifconfig it tells me I am connected on wlan with 192.168.1.4 and rmnet at 10.124.121.12. I am trying to ping a device on 192.168.1.55 for purposes.

If I turn off my cell network I can ping it fine. With my cell network on its unreachable.

How do I get my android to allow me to ping 192.168.1.55 while being on the cell network? I have only noticed this since the internet went out on my WIFI so its a strange and new problem.

you cannot ping that device via Mobile Data.
You have Device 1 (yours) and Device 2 (device to be pinged).
Telling from the IPs given, both devices are on the same WiFi network. Device 1 can connect to Device 2 by requesting a ping to Device 2 on your router (Device 3).

Your router is most likely having the IP 192.168.1.1

As your router knows that you are connected to it, it will forward your ping request to Device 2 and back again.

When connected to your mobile carrier, you have a different IP. But, your router uses IPs to determine whether it knows a device or not. As you have a different IP and your ping request comes from the outside now, it does it's job: Not forwarding your ping requests. That's what the router is there for (besides establishing connections). It is a firewall and it's trying to prevent people from outside harming your devices.

When you are connected to WiFi

When you are connected to Mobile Service Data Provider

This means, that you are not actually having an Android Problem. What you need to do is to tell your router to forward PING packets. That's difficult. For that, you should head over to the Servers Fault community and ask them how you can do exactly that.

https://serverfault.com/


Kindle Fire: Google Services Framework So I rooted my fire using Burrito Root.

The SuperUser app was available once that was complete. I got a version of Google Services Framework from http://code.google.com/p/androidmarketu/downloads/list

When I try to install the Google Services Framework, it tries to install it but then it says "Not Installed".

I have the Allow Other Applications set to ON.

I don't wish to change the stock ROM.
All I need is the Google Talk application to work on the Kindle Fire.

Kindle Fire Utility provides an easy and automated way to get root, Android Market with other Google Apps including Google Services Framework.

Alternatively, you can use quite nice imo messenger to connect to GTalk, Skype, etc even with no root.


Inaccurate location history I have an Motorola moto e, and my location history is inaccurate. Nearly all of my location history is highly  inaccurate. Please help please help

Do you have GPS turned on during the day? If not, google locates your position over your phone's network, which is inaccurate. Here are some ways to improve your location history: find and improve your location's accuracy


How to disable or remove Gmail account from my Android I don't want to receive email on my Android device, so how do I remove my Gmail account from it?

I realize that I need to have my Gmail account associated to the device, and that I would need to reset the phone to factory settings in order to remove this main account..

So do I have any options?

Go to Settings->Accounts & Sync and touch your gmail account. It will show you options of what  you can sync (Books, Calendar, Contacts, Gmail, Music). Touch the Gmail one and it won't sync your gmail account with that device.


Up/Down arrows in notification tray after unlocking Just recently, I have noticed an icon that has an arrow pointing up and an arrow pointing down appear for a split second after I unlock my phone. It goes away so fast I can't get a screenshot. What is this icon? What does it mean?

My phone is a Nexus 5x with Marshmallow 6.0.1.

Turns out it was the app Signal Spy. It shows an up/down arrow while it is inspecting what your signal looks like.


Install another language to Android keyboard I have Lenovo a390 with goKeyboard by default, and I have tried installing Serbian Keyboard to it. I have downloaded it from Play store and nothing happens, but never mind.

Simple question is this: Is there a way to install new language to default Android keyboard? So I don't have this language in list of installed languages that I can choose from. I want to add a new language.

Is this possible? I would really like to avoid using third party keyboard, because this handset is very limited on resources.

Phone is rooted, so I can do lots of things.

If you mean the Google Keyboard, yes. Go to Settings > Language and input > Google Keyboard settings > Add-on dictionaries.

Refresh if you haven't done it for a while (or at all). Then just check the languages that you want. I don't know if Serbian is there though.


Auto SMS reply a missed call from a specific contact anytime I am looking for a solution to auto SMS reply a missed call from a specific contact anytime. All solution I found are either for all contacts, or for limited time intervals. Anyone has an idea?

As stated in the comments by Dan Hulme, what you ask can be achieved through automation.
Using Macrodroid:

Add a macro.
Select Call Missed on the Triggers section, then select the contact number.
On the Action sections, select Send SMS. Enter the phone number of your contact or select it from the contact list (you will need to give the app the appropriate permissions). Enter the message that should be automatically send to the contact.
No need to add a constraint. Give the macro a name, then save it. It will look like the following image:

Whenever you missed a call from the contact number you selected, an SMS will automatically be sent with the message entered.

Disclaimer: I am not related to Macrodroid developer(s).


How to unlock Samsung Galaxy Note 4 from Verizon? I bought Samsung Galaxy Note 4 on eBay. It's a Verizon phone. The description said clean IMEI and not blacklisted per Swappa.

I was trying to get it on my Cricket account which is a GSM carrier, but my wireless company said it was locked.

How do I unlock it?

When you insert your Cricket SIM card, check whether it prompts for an unlock code or not. If it does, you can use a third party website like UnlockRadar.com. But if it doesn't, there's not much that you can do.


Setting up an HTTPS proxy I use proxifier to connect to an HTTPS proxy on the PC, what should I do in order to connect similarly on my Android smartphone?

My Android version is 4.3, Jelly Bean.

Use Drony. You change type in settings from default http to https. Be careful about HTTPS proxy certificate. If it's self signed there is option to trust all certs in settings. But then you can have mitm so it's not very secure.
There is nice blog about setting up whole configuration.
http://blog.habets.pp.se/2014/09/Secure-browser-to-proxy-communication---again

by Drony support


Android data usage shows significant usage even without SIM card I just purchased a Nexus 4 to replace an old Android phone.  After learning my lesson last time, I've decided to start the phone without a SIM card and sync all my apps etcetera over Wi-Fi so it doesn't chew through massive amounts of cellular data.  At this point, the phone is brand new, has never had a SIM card inserted, and I go into Settings > Data Usage.  My phone is reporting ~751MB of data usage.  I assumed there would be 0 MB data usage, given that I haven't even inserted a SIM.  I don't believe the data usage count is syncing from my old phone, as I typically only use a few MB a month, which viewing the data usage on my old handset confirms.

Is there an explanation for why a Nexus 4 that has never had a SIM card in it would report substantial data usage, or is this a bug?

The Data Usage screen can show both Mobile Data and Wi-Fi usage (but only shows one by default).

You're almost certainly seeing your Wi-fi usage, 750MB doesn't sound unlikely for a new device that will have downloaded settings, apps, contacts, and probably OS updates.

If you have a SIM card in your phone then the Data Usage app defaults to only showing Mobile Data usage, but there is a menu option to allow you to set it to show Wi-Fi data usage too.

I assume that if the device has never had a SIM card inserted, then it will default to showing Wi-Fi usage, as that's the only data usage it's used.

(screenshots from a Galaxy Nexus, so it should work the same way)


How to make Google Keyboard use word usage in predictions I use the word "smash" a lot as a short version of Super Smash Bros. Yet, every time I try to type smash, Google Keyboard turns it into "snag". Doesn't Google Keyboard use word usage in word prediction? How do I turn it on?

P.S. I'm using the swipe feature.

Go to settings > Language & Input (or Language & Keyboard)

From there there are two settings, one is under keyboard > word suggestions (and make your choice of preferences from the menu); the other is
Personal dictionary (or User dictionary, depending on the phone). Click on Add and have at smashing!


Dropped wireless on Android? I currently have a Droid Incredible (Froyo with ROM: Skyraider 3.5 w/ Sense)

For a while now, my wireless connection on my Droid Inc just drops and switches over to 3G  even though wireless, on both the router and phone, are still on. All my other devices connected wirelessly are still connected and functioning. I had this problem on pre and post rooting and ROMing.

What could be the root cause of this?  Has any other Android smartphone experienced this?

Is there a feature/app that could warn you that your wireless has dropped and is switching over to mobile network and vise versa.  I only ask because the switch over either way is seamless and can be annoying when browsing or downloading apps.

After reading a bit this seems to be a pretty common issue with folks who are running Skyraider on their devices.  I don't know exactly what they're talking about, but apparently your radio needs to be the right version in order for your WiFi to act properly.  This thread over at IncredibleForum looks like it might be where you need to start.


Famoc & KNOX on Samsung XCover 3 I have a problem, I have a phone with Famoc & KNOX enterprise security applications. I was able to root the device with Odin, I've installed twrp-2.8.7.0 & SuperSu.

I've removed this Famoc application, but it seems there's still something wrong, since it can't connect to the Internet at least using UI interface.

I've connected the device to the ADB Android debugging console via USB cable, I can execute commands as an admin (using SU privilege), I can ping whatever server I want and it seems the Internet connection works fine using shell, but when I try to connect to the Internet with Chrome (or anything else) on the phone itself - it doesn't work.

Now my question is, what else can block an Internet access from the phone itself, how to check it (any apps?) or how to enable it? I need some pointers. Thank you :)

iptables flush did the job, now I need to find out where does it keep those settings ;)


Create a shortcut of a certain Settings Package Is there a way to create a shortcut of certain package of Android Settings. The main target is create a shortcut of "Screen Lock" and "WiFi" Functions while the settings app is locked except those?

Device used is a Chinese Tablet running on KitKat 4.4.2 O/S

New Edit:

The Tablet is using a Kiosk Mode (Kid's Place) it doesn't support wallpapers or widgets to be notified.

Since what lock app you're using is unknown, I'll just list some apps that create activity shortcuts in various ways so you could verify if any of those work with your lock.

Nova Launcher - a launcher that could add activity shortcuts to the homescreen.
More Shortcuts - also adds to the homescreen, but a standalone app and can be used with any launcher.
Bar Shortcut - creates a shortcut in the notification dropdown, one of the options is "all settings", under which most if not all settings subitems are listed.


Place Osmand maps to SD card I have Osmand running on Huawei Y560 with 5.1.1. Osmand was running in internal storage. I have performed "move to SD card" operation. Currently maps folder is set to /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.osmand.plus/files. Looks this folder is in internal memory anyway. I'm trying to change folder to /storage/sdcard1/osmand , but Osmand complains that it can't write to this directory. How to place maps to external card?

Simply go to

OsmAnd settings, General settings (to configure common settings for the application)
Under Miscellaneous, Tap Data storage folder, there is a pop-up info to ask where you want to store your Maps data.
That's it.


Ad pops up on lock screen after charging I know that others have complained about the same thing, but I have looked all over for this particular app and I cannot find which one may have caused the issue.

Issue:

When I turn on my phone, I am greeted by some sort of weather app that has an ad and some writing in a language I do not know.

More info:

I have not downloaded any apps in the last week
I have a google pixel (not rooted)
It starts every time I plug my phone in
This continues to happen about half an hour after the phone has been unplugged

Image of lock screen:

I think the lock screen App itself is providing Ads. Check for ES File explorer settings it may provide ads sometimes.


Why do some processes block when my Android phone is connected? I've been trying to reboot (WinXP) all evening, and Emacs (Win32, v23.something, not important) isn't starting... sometimes... it's locked on mount.exe (loads up some CygWin things during launch), I finally notice. Can't kill mount.exe via ProcessExplorer, either. Killing Emacs kills emacs, and leaves the child process still hanging around, unable to be task-killed.

Running mount.exe manually in a shell gives the same behavior -- the app is just locked up, no CPU activity, but can't kill it.

After several reboots, I realize that my Android Incredible is plugged in for charging (default connection type is "Charge Only"), [the connection is ALSO set to USB debugging].

I unplug the phone... and every instance mount.exe suddenly exits (completes what it was doing, I presume).

UPDATE: noticed blocking occurring for a few other apps, as well: TortoiseSVN and GoogleTalk, Firefox launch/close; Calibre; FogBugz Screenshot Save-As.

The behavior can be replicated by having the phone connected and USB debugging enabled OR disabled, and launching mount.exe in a standard shell. It goes through a couple of drives, then "hangs"

When USB debugging is toggled, mount.exe will finish (I'm presuming it's a standard exit, as no error messages are thrown).

Using ProcessExplorer I don't see any other apps that are running that appear/disappear with the toggling.

To change the status of USB Debugging:
Home >> Menu >> Setting >> Applications >> Development >> [(un)check "USB Debugging"]

mount.exe can be replaced above with any of the number of blocking processes.

USB debugging may be on or off initially -- it's not one state that blocks; it is EITHER state, and switching to the other state unblocks.

Any pointers, people? Since this is Android related, I put it in here... but it's also PC related ... so... I can see this question getting bounced from every StackExchange forum on some technicality.... Cross-posted at StackOverflow.

Did you set the phone to charge only after plugging it in? If not go into settings and there should be an option like "Connet to PC". Click that and change the default setting to charge only. See if that helps. If not power off the phone and computer and disconnect cable. Then power both back up and wait for both to fully boot. Then plug in phone. See if that helps.


Nexus S 4G: Use wifi for LAN, 3G/4G for WAN? I'm developing a remote control app that will use wifi to communicate with my car stereo. The car stereo has ethernet, and I have the ethernet wired to a wireless AP in my trunk. This works great, but since the phone has a wifi connection, it wants to use it to reach the internet, which it can't do when my car is away from home.

What I'd like to do is develop a script that I can run to route LAN traffic through wifi, but WAN (internet) traffic through the cell data connection. I dug a bit into this issue, and found this, but it doesn't seem to work, even after adjusting the routing table with a default route through the rmnet0 interface and bringing up the rmnet0 interface with ifconfig.

It kinda seems like something in the OS is disabling the 3G hardware when wifi is active. Is that a known behavior, and if so, does anyone have any pointers on how I can circumvent it? I found this post where someone got working on a different phone. Can this be done on the Nexus S?

by default, 3g/4g cannot coexist with wifi, 3g/4g will be disabled whenever wifi comes up, if you need this so badly you can use some custom rom's source and modify the below code to enable 3g during wifi, also you need to route like u already do.

http://gitorious.org/0xdroid/frameworks_base/blobs/234551c44102003c1fb2de5c16f60f9f0cefe71d/services/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java#line224


Problem with wi-fi after updating Nexus S to Android 4 My Nexus S phone doesn't detect any wi-fi networks after the update to Ice Cream Sandwich.

Any suggestions?

I've just manually updated my GSM T-Mobile Nexus S and it connected automatically to my home wi-fi, I had all the previous settings stored, and I'm also detecting all the wi-fis from my neighbours.

Could you give more details about your issue?


htc desire z cannot receive exchange emails completely My HTC Desire Z has the latest Android 2.2.1 system, and my company's exchanges is the latest Exchange 2010. After I set up the Exchange Sync, I am able to receive email. People in my company loves to send long emails, and Android is so smart that it did not download the email at once, but allowing me to download the remaining part of the email as I scroll down. And there comes the problem...no matter how hard I scroll down, it just cannot get the missing part.

The attender from HTC asked me to remove my exchange account and add it again, and the problem is solved.


HTC One M9 Portable Wi-fi Hotspot I have an HTC One M9, I can tether a laptop via USB cable, and an iPad via Bluetooth, but the Portable Wifi Hotspot will not allow connection from either. I have renamed the SSID and set a new access key, but still no joy. Any suggestions?

Chris

You should check the advanced settings for compatibility with the Security protocol between the devices. By default it should be Wpa2(aes). Change it and try parring again.
Advanced settings is in the top right corner in hotspot settings menu.

Regards.

P@pz


Cannot install Whatsapp - it says insufficient storage available I just got a new android phone running 4.4.2 as an interim before I buy another phone. After factory reset, I tried to install Whatsapp. This was the first app that I tried to install and it failed after downloading saying that there was insufficient storage available. I tried doing it multiple times - to the same result.

Free internal memory - 1.1GB. Free phone storage memory - 1.3 GB. No other app apart from the inbuilt apps have been installed. Post this, I installed Facebook Messenger and it works just fine. I don't understand why Whatsapp isn't installing. Another messaging service called Hike Messenger also works fine. Please help!

Just tried installing "Advanced Task Manager" and "Advanced Task Killer" to the same result - insufficient storage memory.

Maybe there is a Dead Data Folder
Download and install SystemCleanup on Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SystemCleanup.Inteks.org&hl=en

ROOT ACCESS necessary

Delete Dead Data Folder for WhatsApp.

insufficient space while updating WhatsApp on CyanogenMod


CMW and NANDroid backup I found a CMW .img file another user used for same model, is that the right one or are there different CMW links?

If it is the right one, or you link a CMW download, the next step is
to write
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery cmw.img
fastboot reboot

How do I get the Nandroid backup after that?
Thank you

clockworkmod-recovery, twrp and other image files are always specific to a device (brand+model). So if the image you found was for the very same brand and model, it should fit. But keep in mind that some manufacturers have slightly different models going by the same name (e.g. Samsung often does that), so make sure it matches. For TWRP, you can check on officially supported devices here (and also download the images from there)
The steps to install it are indeed to boot into fastboot and flash the image. But as pre-condition, the bootloader of the device must be unlocked (see: bootloader-lock tag-wiki)
with the custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) successfully installed, boot to recovery. You'll find the backup menu there – that's the nandroid backup.


ICS stock email client consumes too much traffic for POP3 accounts I have two different POP3 accounts under two different domains. I was using my Samgung Galaxy S2 (I9100 unrooted, unlocked) with stock Gingerbread (2.3.6) and my monthly data usages for emails were ~100 MiB. But, after upgrading stock ICS (4.0.3 I9100XWLP7-Turkiye), in a single day it was ~50 MiB. Due to this reason I've switched K9 client. But, it constantly deleted all of my account settings in a random interval. After realizing it's a known bug for a long time, I've desperately returned stock email. After several tries, a friend of mine advice to "mark all messages as read" immediately after setting accounts to prevent excessive traffic usages. At first, this doesn't make sense to me, but he explained that some old Windows-based email clients were acting in that way (unread messages were constantly downloaded over and over again). Interestingly, it worked. But, after using it for a while (precisely 1-2 days), "Onavo Count" started to warn me again about that email client consumes too much traffic. While investigating the problem, I've noticed that for a single check, it consumes 1-3 MiB traffic even though I've marked all messages as read. And now email client reached ~300 MiB traffic usages in total (I've only 1 GiB/month data plan).

As a summary:

I was happy with Gingerbread email client.
ICS client consumes too much traffic for each check.
K9 was tried. It's very buggy.
I don't want to add my POP3 accounts to Gmail to avoid excessive traffic usages (using push notification and such).
I don't want to pay an app due to such thing (why should I use Android if even I can't read my emails properly!?). I was happy with stock client. If there is way that I could use it, I prefer that way.
I don't want to root my device due to such problems
As a last attempt, I could even write my own client which could optimize traffic usages (check only header on 3G connection, download all emails on WiFi etc.)

Any help?

EDIT: Seems something is not right with Onavo Count. It frequently warns me about email client (now ~650 MiB) even though I've increased check interval "5 min" to "once a day". And what's more, Onavo Count reports my total traffic usage as ~6 GiB now (still increasing). But, according to ICS's built-in data monitor and my operator I didn't used that much traffic (only ~1 GiB). But again, this doesn't changed the fact that email client consumes too much data (around ~200 MiB which means x2 after upgrading to ICS, it's verified by both ICS's built-in data monitor and my operator reports).

This is not an issue of your email client. This is the way POP3 works. In Gingerbread's email client, you'd had set leave copy of email on server. So, your ICS email client is downloading all past emails from server. Unfortunately, POP3 doesn't allow selective downloads. Your mails are being fully downloaded (not just header) with attachments too. That's the reason of high traffic. You should now un-check leave copy on server (to make sure, it'd not download an email repeatedly after its removed from local cache). After full download, everything will become normal.

If you can, I'd recommend to use IMAP instead of POP3. IMAP syncs everything (e. g. email read status) with server-client. If you delete an email locally, It'd be deleted from server too (provided its in configuration). So, you can keep emails on multiple devices in sync. IMAP allows you to download email header only, download attachments on demand etc. So, it can save your data.


Android TV full screen on 21:9 display Is there a way to display full screen video on Android TV on a wide screen 21:9 monitor?

I'm using the Xiaomi Mi box, if that's relevant in any way, as my understanding is that it must be a feature supported by the OS, not hardware.

This is a screenshot showing the problem.

Clunky workarounds

Given that there is no support on the OS side, here is a the workaround applicable only for local/LAN and network-streamable 21:9 videos that can be opened with VLC (or kodi):

In the monitor settings on-screen menu accessible via the physical buttons on the display select Ratio -> Wide — this will distort the UI and stretch everything to take the full display width.
Open the video file/URL in VLC and in the three-dot menu repeatedly tap Resize until the FILL mode is selected. Given that VLC can browse LAN hosts over samba/FTP/SFTP/FTPS/NFS this can cover some but not all use cases.

Kodi can also be configured to change the video aspect ratio for videos so a similar effect can be achieved via the cogwheel click -> Video Settings -> View Mode.


How to block texts from certain number I get spam texts from a certain number (five digit number). Does anyone know how to block texts from specified numbers? I am on a nexus 5 android 4.4.3.

I used to get spam messages all the time as well. Normally if you go to your phone carrier and ask them if they can block a certain number for you they most likely will be able to. I have Verizon so when I go to My Verizon online there is a tab you can click on to block numbers, so if your carrier has a website then that is also an option to explore if you can't go into your local carrier store.


if a user debug build comes with adb root access by default, does it contain the su binary? If an Android user debug build comes with adb root access by default, does it contain the su binary to achieve this?
If not, is it any different to rooting your phone?

No, adb does not require a su binary to get root permissions.
On a regular build it is just the other way around: adbd is started by the Android system itself with root permissions. Up to a certain point it uses these root permissions (open port and so on) and then adbd drops the root permissions.
On an Android user debug build comes with adb root access adbd does not drop the root permissions, hence every command executed via adb is executed also with root permissions.


Is there a way to delete the picture on hangouts so they cant see it? retrieve picture I wanted to recall a photo, that I sent to someone by accident. They are out of town, so I know they haven't seen it yet. Is there any way to delete the picture on hangouts so they can't see it?

Share and delete your photos from Hangouts messages and Google Voice MMS:

  You can delete photos that you sent through a Hangouts message or
  through a Google Voice multimedia message in Hangouts. You'll need to
  delete the photos from Picasa Web Albums.

  Even if you delete a photo in your Picasa album, if you sent it
  through a multimedia message, the person who received it may still
  have a copy of the image on their device.

  Go to Picasa Web Albums.
  Click Show All Albums. If you're using Hangouts to send Google Voice multimedia messages, make sure you're going to the Picasa
  account that is connected to the Google Voice account.
  Click the album with the photos you want to delete. For Hangouts users: The photo album's title will be the name of the person you had
  the Hangout with. For Google Voice users: The photo album's title will
  be the phone number of the person who received the photo.
  Click the photo that you want to delete.
  Click Actions > Delete this photo. If you want to delete the entire album, open the album and click Actions > Delete album.


Why doesn't Android recognize my SD card when my computer does? There appears to be a problem with my micro SD card. It is 8 GB (really 7.4) is not recognized/mountable by my phone. When I put it into an SD card adapter, I can see everything on the card perfectly. Note this this is the original card provided by Samsung when I bought the phone.

However, I have a 2 GB SD card from PNY and it works without issue.

What does this mean? Why can one card be read while the other (which has been working for about a year now) cannot?

The old post can be found in the edit revisions.

There are multiple approaches to this. Not all of them are available on all devices, so you might have to "skip" some. I will list them in the "order of their convenience", i.e. easy and non-destructive things first:

Check Settings→Storage for some entry to delete/format the card
Connect your device to your computer via USB. If you're lucky, the card will be offered to it in UMS mode. Then use your computer's tool to format the card (take care to not use NTFS as file system, Android can't handle it. To be on the safe side, cards usually ship with FAT file systems)
Remove the card from your device, and use a card-reader to attach it to your computer. Format it using your computer's tool, as described in the previous example.
As many manufacturers decided to replace UMS with MTP, if none of the above works for you a downgrade to an Android version before 3.x might bring back UMS support. But that should be left as the very last ressort; after all, a card reader comes cheap. Depending on the device, there might even be possibilities to enable UMS using a hack or a specific app (provided the device is rooted), see e.g. Enable USB Mass Storage mode in LG Optimus 4X HD.


How to share android directories over LAN using SMB protocol I want my hone to be used as network drive, by sharing folders over network. So that I can access it from My windows PC. I want to use SMA protocol for that.
I am using OnePlus One, CM12.1 OS with ES file explorer.

If you have a rooted phone, you can use one of these two apps that let you set up a samba server: Samba Server or SambaDroid (they are portings of Samba for Linux). Of course, you can find and use any other equivalent app. Root is required because Windows doesn't recognise non-conventional servers (i.e. which use non-standard ports), so you must be able to change the default ports on your phone.
If your device is not rooted, then you can:

create a Samba server with your PC, granting read/write privileges to the shared folders
use Es file explorer as a samba client (the smb protocol is built in)

In order to do it, follow these steps in Es (I will cover only the android side, assuming you know/will find out how to set up servers on PC):

open side menu, go to 'network' and choose LAN
touch the plus sign at the bottom right corner, this interface will pop up:

leave the 'domain' field empty
fill in the server name (local ip address of your PC), and username and password that you set up for your server
do not check the 'anonymous' box (if your server isn't password protected then check it)
choose a name for the server to be displayed on your phone
And that's it.
This should do the trick (as long as you enable r/w on your PC), doesn't require root and is well built in to Es file manager.


Even after a factory reset the nexus 7 won´t work! I´ve tried the latest Android update into my Nexus 7 (1º gen) tablet.

Something went wrong in the middle of the process (it was something to do with the software, because the battery was full and the wifi wa working).

I had to restart the tablet, and after that I just couldn´t get to any app.
Every single app or thing that I tried to use just would "unexpectedly" shut down. And after trying to shut down and on again the tablet, it was locked into the welcome screen (after the "Google" logo). The tablet wasn´t rooted in any way.

After a lot of reading and after searching on the net, I´ve found that the only way to use the tablet again was to do a factory reset.

I´ve done it. (One weird thing: it doesn´t appear the original "X" signal when initializing the thing, but the newest "bubble like" screen).

But even in that case, I still get freezed into the welcoming screen. And even if sometimes I get to enter the tablet, I can´t use the keyboard (trying to type any number will freeze the screen) and I cannot enter the settings screen.

Even if (after the factory reset) I can access the tablet, I can´t access the settings screen (so I can´t change any default, nor I can enter the "developers" tab in order to access the tablet in debug mode with my PC).

Is there anything I can do?

I´ve even tried completely discharging, without any luck (it does the same after charging it again).

Since then, I´ve tried the "factory reset" several times, and the problem remains.

After much struggling and right before I was just going to give up, I´ve found the solution. So Naturally, I thought best to share it here, just in case anyone else was having the same issue.

The issue was:

1- I have a Nexus 7 (1º gen) that after a failed Android upgrade was infinite looping though the welcome window (right after the google logo appears).

2- So I´ve first tried the easy solution: A factory reset using the bootloader screen (and I´ve accessed that screen pressing power and volume down while turning on the device).

3- It didn´t worked, because the problem explained in 1 was still happening.

4- The tablet wasn´t being recognized by windows (nor linux for that matter), so I couldn´t even get to its settings in order to set it in debugger mode.

So, to solve the issue this is what I´ve done:

a- I´ve installed the Universal Naked Driver in order to my PC to be able to recognize the nexus device. It did recognized it before, after the looping problem. But after the failed resetting of the device, it seems that it didn´t recognized it anymore.

b- I´ve installed the Nexus Root Toolkit in order to unlock the bootloader and then reinstall the drivers. I´ve tried some other toolkits, but this was the only one that it actually worked out of the box.

c- So, using the toolkit I:

Pugged in the tablet into my PC
Clicked the "unlock" button (yes, the process erases all personal data).
Selected "soft bricked/bootloop" and then clicked "Flash Stock + Unroot"
And then just followed the instructions.

There´s a quick way of doing the same (but in my case it didn´t worked out), that maybe someone with Ubuntu can use, and it´s here.

Hope this helps some desperate folk out there.


Call Log or now called Recent Calls Where did the ability to sort and see your calls either by missed calls (those that you did not answer), received calls (those that you answered) and Dialed calls (those that you dialed.) There is no menu selection to choose like in previous versions of Google's Android System.

Open the phone app and open the Call History tab. (Icon is a clock.)

If you're using Google Voice tap the word "Inbox" at the top of the screen and it will pull down a menu of the different boxes for GV (e.g., Text, Missed, Received, etc.)


Battery life cut in half recently - DrReadUsbStatus issue? My regular uptime on Samsung Galaxy S2 was around 6 days. For the last couple of weeks it is down to less than 3 days. The change was instant, but I was hoping it would come back - it did not. Running ICS 4.0.3 from Samsung. No change of activity - I primarily use my phone to talk, no games, browsing etc. I installed System Tuner, looked in the system log and found this event happening every second or so: "DrReadUsbStatus returns false USB is offline"
Similar problem on the internet:

http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Samsung-Galaxy-S2/Galaxy-S2-and-ICS-problems/td-p/1074013/page/2

According to some sources, it could be causing battery life issues.

Samsung suggest a hard reset - trying to avoid that at all costs.

The error seems like something regular. A Google Search reveals many places it is mentioned (with a logcat), but almost nowhere it is commented on -- except for GALAXY W Constant Error in Logcat (XDA).

A shame they removed the wakelock stats from *#*#4636#*#* service menu (which would have offered you a quick way to check) with Gingerbread and up. You might want to look for some monitor app on the market (there's e.g. SystemPanel which might prove helpful) to figure out what keeps your device awake.

In case this app doesn't provide the required information (I already mentioned Wakelocks being the most probable cause), there's another useful app: BetterBatteryStats (also mentioned in the XDA-Link) seems to bring back Wake-Lock stats. As a short and eased-up explanation: An app might request the CPU not going to sleep, but still not actually use the CPU, though - the Android PowerManager API provides an interface for this). So BetterBatteryStats should help you find the responsible app:

For reference, here's the link to the BetterBatteryStats Thread on XDA, including the App (and its Changelog) as well as some closer explanation, especially on Wake-Locks.


Edit SMS and call log history I have a bunch of friends who have changed their phone numbers. I have already updated their numbers in the contact list, but the call log and the SMS conversations still have the old number, and thus they are not linked to my friends contacts anymore.

Is there any way to edit the SMS messages from past conversations? Is there any way to edit the call log?

Bonus points if I can use a regexp search-and-replace for that!

Personally I had done this for a few times, plus transmitting the changed data from an Android 4.1 to an Android 5.1 device, but the method I used might be a little complex for normal users.

Root your phone and install a terminal emulator, if your phone has sqlite3 binary preinstalled then I'd recommend Terminal Emulator for Android, otherwise Termux is better (it has an APT repo where SQLite3 is available).

Make sure sqlite3 is working.

Copy out the database from /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/smsmms.db. Find a tutorial on how to run SQL queries and do your desired operations. Then put the modified database file back to the original place. Take note of its original access conditions and chmod and chown them back.
With this method and a few knowledge of SQL anything can be easily manipulated and ported to another system, despite some difficulty.

Edit: SQLite Editor is a better choice than CLI sqlite3 if you only want to do basic modifications rather than transforming, while the CLI sqlite3 provides full SQLite functions.


Are there any ways to install a third party keyboard as the system keyboard? I am wondering if it is possible to install a new keyboard as the system keyboard. I'd like to do this because I want to use an open-source keyboard (Like AnysoftKeyboard) for typing my encryption password at boot. From what I've read, only the system keyboard is available for use when entering the encryption password.

My phone is rooted, I have adb, and I have a terminal emulator on the phone that can su. If it's possible to do, what is the process? (If it's relevant, my phone is a Galaxy S7)

Way1: famous method now a days.

Unroot
Install Magisk (a systemless root solution) link
Install App Systemizer module for Magisk from magisk app
Make your app system app

This way you can make the user-installed app a system app without actually modifying the /system partition.

Way2:

Change system partition evergreen method
Follow this guide link


Flashed my phone without rooting and now it doesn't work I have an international Samsung Galaxy SIII i.e. GT-I9300.

Few days after the official upgrade to v4.1, it started freezing.
So I removed the battery and inserted again and it did not boot and was stuck at the boot logo.
It doesn't start with the recovery mode either but it does start in download mode.

So I flashed it with odin to leaked Galaxy SIII v4.1.2 build.

Now it shows 'custom binary count to one'. But when I boot it, it still doesn't start. (same issue; it gets stuck in the boot logo).

I'd also like to mention that the phone was not rooted prior to flashing.

I don't care about data now, I just need my phone back.

Try to flash another firmware. Find it here , it has flashing guides too. Follow the instructions strictly
Tell us about your success or your failure :)


my phone's display is damaged and i need to transfer all the data from the phone but it has a screen lock, what can be done? my phone's display is damaged and there's a crack on it's screen too.
before getting the phone repaired i need to transfer all the data from the phone to my mac but i am facing a problem while doing this. to transfer the data the phone needs to be unlocked and my phone is locked via a pattern lock. i tried randomly the pattern on the phone's screen but it dint work out. i need an alternative that would help me unlock the phone so that i may transfer all the data. Please help.

Get a USB on-the-go cable, connect a mouse to it and use it to unlock your device..


No "Use system certificates" when trying to connect to WiFi I am having a problem connecting to my university Eduroam WiFi.

If I understand correctly, in CA certificate I am supposed to select CA certificate if it is there or Use system certificate and input my university domain.

But, I only have: Select certificate or Don't validate. And if I click Select certificate, nothing is changing, there is not a Domain field appearing like I think it should (and where I could the domain name) (see screenshot).

Can you help?

I solved this problem at my university (not Eduroam) by installing a CA certificate in Android (8). It then becomes a choice in the CA Certificate menu and you can sign in.

Hopefully, you can find out from the IT people where is the CA Certificate to download to your Android.

I think choosing "Don't validate" is unwise, and that's actually what many university IT web sites advise (Google finds the instructions easily).

Edit: for Eduroam, there's an app that reportedly solves the problem for Android 8.


How Can I Mirror & Control Android Device on Large Mulit-touch Screen I want to build a gaming table for my children. Ideally, I would simply connect an Android device (such as a tablet/mobile phone) through USB/HDMI to a multitouch monitor. Is this possible?

The closest example I've seen is this one (from 2011). I'm assuming there have been further developments in this area since this article was published.

http://liliputing.com/2011/09/two-way-sync-between-an-android-tablet-and-a-touchscreen-monitor.html

If anyone could give me a lug & play solution, that would be ideal, but I'm not against hacking something together (or example, if something like the Raspberry PI is required) with easy to understand instructions. Many thanks.

Yes, this is now possible and recently I saw a demo unit that meets your requirement.
The demo was from HANNspree and they connected their 23" touch monitor (HT231HPB) together with their 10" Tablet.
You can also use the touch-screen monitor to control the action on the Android device.
In few words a two-way sync between the tablet and the touch monitor.


Casting to Chromecast without Google Play Service I am a long time CyanogenMod user without any Google Play Services installed.
It seems like Android Chromecast apps all require Google Play Services. There are some tools (UnifiedNlp, NOGAPPS) replacing parts of Google API, but it does not seem like they are providing necessary API for casting to Chromecast.

Is there any chance to cast to a Chromecast (2015) without installing Google software?

Some initial work has been done in the microG project from Ma-rv-in, but nothing usable so far.

I personally use MultiRom and boot on a ROM which has Play Services installed to use my Chromecast.


Hard brick phone exchange and deleting data I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. While it was charging (it was near full charge) it rebooted on its own and continued to charge. It then must have shut itself down because it was off. I could not turn it on when I checked again. I recently completed the OTA update to Android Marshmallow. That was about a week or two before this happened. I was reading why this could happen and something about a failure of the eMMC seemed to make sense.

I've tried to replace the battery with a new battery and tried a new charging cable. Neither of those worked. I read some posts that suggested removing the SIM card and the SD card and also holding different combinations of buttons but none of those work. Unfortunately the PC doesn't see the phone either (and I tried a Mac too). So I see no chance to revive the device myself, and thus have to send it in for service.

For a cost, I have an exchange pending through my mobile carrier. Should I be concerned that I can't turn on the phone to delete my data (pictures, messages, work related notes)?

I assume that I will be required to turn in my phone to my mobile carrier and they will replace the motherboard and send it out as a refurb but what if they find a simpler fix and the phone is operational without replacing the motherboard?   Then my data will be there.

I do have additional third party insurance so I could mail the phone for repair to the phone manufacturer (for a fee that the insurance would later cover) rather than continue with the exchange thorough the mobile carrier.  I'll still likely lose my data and there may be a long delay in getting the phone back.

I've just been told to never turn in a phone without wiping it and that is why I am hesitant.  I know some people who don't turn in phones at all (they keep them or destroy them) out of concern that information can be retrieved.  I've tried some local shops but when simple battery changes don't work most shops aren't interested in finding a fix for the problem.  While it may be extreme, with the phone in my possession, I am still hopeful that I can find a fix whereas if I exchange it I won't have that chance.  However exchanging is my cheapest and fastest option to have a working phone.

Any advice?

Summing up from the (now purged) comments:

As the device really seems to be bricked beyond the chance of repairing it yourself, there are indeed only two options left: Keeping it as a paper-weight to protect your data – or sending it in under warranty/insurance to get it repaired, with the risk that someone might try to get a hand on your data.

While the latter is definitely possible, and there's no 100% guarantee against it, check the facts on how likely this will be: the harder it is (and currently, it looks pretty hard), the more valuable data one must expect to be on the device to consider the efforts worthwhile. If you were the president of "something big", or there were other reasons to suspect "top secrets" on the device, it would be one thing. But – no offense meant – the device of some "average user" hardly seems to justify it:

if the eMMC chip was really fried, it would require very expensive forensics work to recover even parts of the data
if the motherboard broke, considering the SoC design repair costs would demand to simply replace it. To get to the data, the chip would have to be unsoldered and placed on another board, or at least JTAGged (too much effort again)

So, no guarantees – but it's quite unlikely someone would care restoring the data. Not even as a special service to you – unless you're willing to include a bank cheque holding at least a 4-digit sum (in front of the decimal of course).


Reminders in Google Calendar I'm confused about synchronization of events between Google Calendar and Android (version 2.2). I used to receive a SMS and/or email reminder about events on Google Calendar (I set them up on PC). However, as I see, I can add ony a pop-up reminders using Android. Moreover official Google calendar application doesn't display SMS and email remainders conected with particular events...
One more thing, I had set up default reminders for specific calendars in Google Calendar. When I add new event on Android and synchronize then, it shows up, that Android override my default calendars' reminders!

Is it a common bug or something? Or maybe it's a Google policy, that I don't understand...

These aren't bugs or policies, Google simply hasn't implemented all of the Google Calendar web features in the Android Calendar app.  You can browse Android Calendar feature requests and bugs, as well as request and report them, here: http://code.google.com/p/android-calendar/issues/list


How to unbrick/reflash Nexus S using stock ROM, stock tools I have a Nexus S that seems to have bricked itself.  I have never modded the ROM or phone, and it was totally stock.

Now, it boots right int the white Google logo and stays there forever (I let it sit like this overnight and for many hours during the day, with several hard reboots.).  The only way to get the phone to reboot from this state is to pull the battery.

I've downloaded the official Android SDK, and would like to reflash this phone back to a stock Google-provided ROM, using Google-provided tools.

Everything I've found on the internet is for ClockworkMod, Cyanogen, etc.  I don't want to mod my phone, I just want to reflash a stock image using the "official" tools, but haven't been able to find instructions on where to get the images and how to do it.

Any other help on how to unbrick this phone would be greatly appreciated.

You should try a factory reset before trying to reflash the phone.  AFAIK you need to unlock the bootloader (voiding your warranty) to flash a ROM, even on the Nexus S.

Instructions:

  Turn the power off. If your Nexus S is frozen, pull the battery out and reinsert it
  Hold the Volume Down button

  Press and release the Power button
  You are now presented with a menu that allows for Fastbook, Recovery, Clear Storage, and Simlock

  Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button
  Press and release the Power button
  Now simply confirm your decision: Volume Up for YES and Volume Down for NO


Difference between Lineage OS and Cyanogenmod : how does it affect current users? Cyanogen said it plans to cease developing its open-source version of Android and will shutter its services by the end of the month. The company's blog mentions,

  As part of the ongoing consolidation of Cyanogen, all services and Cyanogen-supported nightly builds will be discontinued no later than [December 31].

Do users get new update as OTA while using CyanogenMod, or do they have to completely erase and flash a new ROM? (That requires flashing new firmware, ROM, recovery etc.)
What will happen, if users are continue using CyanogenMod after December 31, 2016?
What about bugs, security, stability?

Here are some answer, but as I'm not Cyanogen representative, they only engage me.

Users will not receive OTA updates as soon as they stop maintaining their software stack. You keep on using your last Cyanogen ROM and hence receiving no more security updates, or you can change the ROM you install. For changing, you could use an entirely new one and try to wait some guys start a fork of the project (this will, for sure, occur: perhaps you'll be one of them). With a fork it is possible they will choose to support upgrade from the last Cyanogen.
Nothing, you just will not receive updates and you will risk more and more because of missing security updates.
As you will not be able to update, your phone will keep the same software stack as it is. Bugs, security and stability will stay as it is in your last Cyanogen. For bugs & stability, you don't care but for security it is a pain (as security will go down as time goes on).


Is there an App or Widget that can replace my Screen On and Off Button on my Moto Droid? The button is broken and I'm waiting for my replacement phone.  I can turn it on by sliding open the keyboard but I have to wait for it to sleep to turn the screen off.  Is there an app or a shortcut that I can put on the home screen to do this? Or maybe a hack to change my camera button to a screen off button?  It's an un-rooted Motorola Droid 1 running 2.2.

I ended up using this free app: http://code.google.com/p/lockenabler/ and with smart bar I was able to set the camera button as a shortcut. My cam button now turns off the screen on a long press.


Find out which one of my installed app open spam links I have a galaxy s7 edge. In the past few weeks I'm facing a problem, My device open some Telegram app channels and try to join me on these channels. I'm
android developer and based on my experience I know this happening because one app send spam links and try to advertise these channels. But the problem is I don't know how to detect this app.

Possibly it's a background service of any app in your phone which is letting these spam ads in.
To find out the app, what you can do is install Shutapp and enable its service and try to stop apps one by one (these apps will be the apps running in background).
To see the list of running apps, click under the big circle. I use this app for the very same purpose and it also really works well in closing these apps.
Remember, closing apps will disable their notifications like closing WhatsApp will let to no notification of any new message at all until reopening of that app.Hope it helps you.


How to turn off auto-capitalization on the HTC One M8? This is bugging me while texting. I don't see an option to turn it off in the text app's settings, or Settings -> Language & keyboard.

Here's the screen when I open settings from the keyboard:

And here's the submenu when I hit Advanced:

Unfortunately, on the stock HTC keyboard, you cannot turn off auto-capitalization. Consider Google Keyboard, which gives better customization options.


How do I activate Screen Mirroring on a Samsung Galaxy S5 running Marshmallow? I have an Amazon Fire TV stick, and I'd like to mirror my Samsung Galaxy S5's display to it.

It works fine with my old Galaxy S4 (just tried it right now), but I cannot get it to work with my Galaxy S5: The "Screen Mirroring" option just does not seem to be available anywhere on the phone.

It's a non-rooted Samsung Galaxy S5 with the latest OTA update (Marshmallow) installed.

What I've tried: I already googled for s5 marshmallow screen mirroring missing and tried the following recommendations:

Pull down the notification shade, click Edit and activate the Screen Mirroring option. On my device, there is no such option.
Click "Quick Connect" on the notification shade and register the TV stick as a TV device. Tried that, but the only option I have is to "Share content". It does not offer to share my screen.

Here are two a screen shots as proof. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious...

You did not mention this in your question, but your screenshot shows that you are using the Galaxy S5 Neo.

Unfortunately, that's one of the subtle differences between the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy S5 Neo: On the Neo, Samsung silently dropped support for the screen mirroring feature.

I could not find any official sources for this, but there seems to be consensus in the community that screen mirroring (MiraCast) is just not available on the Neo (Source 1, Source 2: German, see Community Question section).

If you check the list of MiraCast certified devices, you will notice that the S5 (SM-G900F) is listed, but the S5 Neo (SM-903F) is not.


Cannot enter recovery mode on Galaxy s3 SCH-I535 Have tried volume up, home and power button but it just continually vibrates until I release either the home or power button and starts up into safe mode.

Make sure that your phone is turned off first.

Then, hold down all volume up, home and power until you see the Samsung logo appear. When you see this, let go of the power button and carry on holding the other two buttons (volume up and home). You can let go of these buttons when the recovery mode menu appears.

Hope that this helps!


Is there a way to make the Gingerbread notification behave like ICS? The ICS notification allows users to "swipe" single notifications away. I was wondering if this can be done on a rooted Gingerbread phone?

On a stock carrier/manufacturer's ROM there's probably not a whole lot you can do I would imagine, but CyanogenMod 7 (its Gingerbread-based version) allows you to dismiss individual notifications by swiping them away. You can see it in action in this Lifehacker article.


Navigation Buttons (Back, Home, Menu, etc.) in the Notification/Statusbar? I am remotely controlling an old Nexus One attached and talking to a Lego NXT robot. The Nexus One has a broken Home button. In the past I remember overcoming that by finding an app which added an emulated Home button placed in the Android notification/status bar pulldown.

The Nexus One is running CM7, I am controlling it by pushing/running scripts (ssh and http/https servers) and full GUI control (VNC server). Even with all of that control, I am still missing basic button/navigation control.

Any ideas on how to overcome this? I once used an OSD trackball emulator. Anyone know of OSD buttons or recall what I may have used to get a Home button in my notification menu?

You may be talking about Button Savior, but even if not, this APP allows you to trigger click on your phone buttons:

  Relevant Features with or without root

  Simulates:

  Home key
  Power key
  Volume key
  Camera key
  Call key


Can I recall a command to reset a lost phone? Last night I lost my Nexus 7 coming back from a friend's house. Since it has a lot of confidential work email on one account I logged into the Android Device Manager and - when it didn't show up - set it to be reset as soon as it went online.

This morning the friend rang to say she had found the bag with the tablet in it. I had never even got it into the bike pannier I assumed it had fallen out of.

It is a wifi only model, so it still isn't connected to the net.

My question is, is there any way to recall the remote wipe command so that I dont have to reinstall everything once the wifi has turned on?

Right. This is possible, which is great. Log into the Android device manage for a second time, before connecting the lost device: set a password, click on the "wipe device" option, but then press cancel instead of choosing to wipe it. the earlier request is then cancelled and your recovered tablet can safely connect to the net. The new password will appear, apparently magically.


Can I use android tablet as a handsfree or headset bluetooth device profile ? Status in 2018 This question is a duplicate of this thread from 2011. I am asking because I suspect android may have been subject to an update or two since then.

My use case is

Old car with aux input

Tablet screwed into the dash

Tablet audio out into the car radio and wired microphone next to the rear view mirror into the tablet.

I want to get in my car and take a call, without taking my phone out of my pockets. I've been searching an hour, reading 25 page long forum threads, still no definitive answers and almost all threads are from 2012 or so.

With all the people screwing tablet into their car's dash, there just has to be a way to do this right ?

Both sides of Bluetooth handsfree profile (they are called handsfree unit, HF and audio gateway, AG) are implemented and present in Android source code. As a developer, you can develop firmware supporting HF, or AG, or even both (automatically or manually selecting what role will currently be active). But generally, firmware developed for smartphones and tablets supports only AG role and firmware developed for car head units supports only HF role.

I have not tried to search such information, but possibly alternative firmwares for specific tablets with dual roles support exist. There are no serious difficulties to implement it at a firmware level. But I am not sure that the implementation of standard second role at the application level is possible.
Upd: It can be difficult to support dual roles if audio streams are processed and routed by hardware, and there is no default streaming for one of roles.


Why does TitaniumBackup not allow me to restore apps after upgrading to 4.3? After upgrading to 4.3 from a previous version (in my case 4.2), TitaniumBackup might exhibit a behavior where restoring apps does not work and the process just freezes on some devices, in this case a Galaxy Nexus phone. It seems that restoring app settings might work, but when restoring the actual apps this triggers the freeze. Restoring XML data like Wi-Fi hot spots also works.

To fix this issue, set TitaniumBackup to use the legacy path. The easiest way to do this is to go into TitaniumBackup, press "Menu" and then "Preferences". "Backup folder location" a bit down and click it. Click "DETECT!" and TitaniumBackup will ask you where to scan for backup locations. It's very important that you here choose to scan your whole device and not just the SD card.

After scanning is complete, you might as in my case see that TitaniumBackup presents two paths that seem almost identical (in fact they sort of are). Choose the path that has the string /legacy/ in it, in my case it is /storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup — which should replace a path similar to /storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup.

After TitaniumBackup has been reconfigured to use the legacy path, restoring apps will work as normal. Thanks to necropuppy for this solution.


Rooting Desire permanently If I root my Desire permanently  can I reset it to default manufacturers settings by installing official android version?

Whenever you root your device, you are adding root access to the current OS. If you just perform the Factory Reset, it will retain root (as this just deletes user data), but if you restore the stock image, it will completely wipe the OS and will put the system back as HTC intended it (which would remove root). You would then need to re-root the device.


Can I get back to root-able HBoot version by doing a factory reset I have a HTC Wildfire (Buzz) that originally came with Eclair. I now have Froyo on it and the Unrevoked tool doesn't work as the HBoot version is not supported (too new for Unrevoked).

At this point, I don't care about losing the data on the phone (they are backed up anyway). So, can I do a factory reset to get the old firmware back that can be rooted?

I'm ready to do anything to get Cyongenmod on this :)

No, performing a factory reset won't affect your HBoot version.

You should, however, be able to follow this guide instead (which uses Revolutionary). There's another page with instructions here which describes in a bit more detail what Revolutionary does and where to go from there. The standard disclaimers with regards to possibly bricking your device apply, of course, and I can't guarantee 100% that it will work.


Micromax canvas juice 3 plus q394 reboots after every 5 minutes of use Im using Micromax canvas juice 3 plus q394 from long time but from few months it overheats and restarts consistently every five minutes of use, i used all hibernate apps as well as memory, cache cleaners app but none of worked if anyone know how to solve this problem please your answer.

There can be multiple causes of your android's random behavior. I am listing some of then with solution.

In most cases, random restarts are caused by a poor quality app. Try uninstalling apps you don’t use. Be sure the apps you do use are reliable, especially the apps that handle email or text messaging.
If you disabled apps that are required to run the Android OS, it may be causing your restarting issue. Have a look under “Settings” > “Applications” and swipe over to the list of apps that are “Turned Off” or “Disabled” and enable any apps that may be needed for your device to function properly.
Many Android devices are designed to shut off automatically if they become too hot. If you are trying to use 4G, GPS, and the screen is set to the brightest setting, it might restart itself or shut down. Try to take it easy and maybe disable features you don’t need.
Loose Battery is also one of the issues.The most common reason for this is the rear cover has become slightly bent and is no longer holding the battery into place. Another reason is the gold battery connectors are bent out of shape. Over time, the connectors may get worn down.
Sometimes the Android system software gets corrupted. If you are using a custom Android ROM, try a different version of the ROM or another type of ROM altogether. If you’re not using a custom ROM, your only option may be to try a factory reset of the device.

Hope this helps.


How to setup a xiaomi mi band without an internet connection I have a phone with no internet connection and i want to pair it with a xiaomi mi band, is there any way to do that since the xiaomi app asks for an online registration. Or at least can i use internet just for the activation and then keep using it offline normaly. Thanks

You must login to your Mi account before pairing Mi Band for the first time. Thereafter you only need Bluetooth connection.

Yes you can use Xiaomi Mi Band offline. It asks for connection only for login. After login it will never ask for internet connection.

Xiaomi Mi Fit App provides for syncing data with Google Fit, WeChat, Facebook and many others. But all that sharing requires internet connection.

I have used MiBand in offline mode for 10 months.


How to dismiss Heads-up Notifications quickly without clearing them from notification bar? In Lollipop, apps are able to use Heads-up Notifications over other apps. Sometimes it is useful and sometimes it pisses me off (especially during gaming).

I can always swipe them away, but it clears them from notification bar which I don't want. How to dismiss those notification quickly without clearing them from notification bar?

If the behavior is dependent on the app, the notification creator app involved here is Todoist.

In stock Android 5.0 Lollipop, it's not possible to dismiss the heads-up notification without clearing them from the notification bar (I had that problem when using fullscreen apps too). AFAIK, this is related to Android framework, and is impossible to be modified by apps (even for Google apps).

However, this is "fixed" in Android 5.1. You can swipe up the heads-up, dismissing the heads-up only, and the notification will still be there on the notification bar.

From Android Police - [Android 5.1 Feature Spotlight] You Can Now Swipe Up To Dismiss Heads Up Notifications Instead Of Getting Rid Of Them Permanently,

  With this feature addition to Android 5.1, you can swipe up to get it out of your way without losing it entirely.


Black screen ASUS Transformer TF301, what can I do to recover? My Transformer TF301 is stuck at a black screen, well sort of a backlit black screen.

I have tried Volume Down-Power (for 10, 20, and 30 seconds) no joy.  VolumeUp-Power, no joy.

Finally found something thin enough (staple in the end) to push the hardware reset button.

No joy.

Holding power is not shutting it off either.

My son (six years old) is the only real user, and I cannot imagine he installed/rooted it. I see no visual sign that he damaged it.  It is in a case as well, which should mitigate any physical damage he might cause.

If I hold power button it goes black, but any other press and you get a backlit black screen.  Nothing seems to budge it.

What are my options to recover?

In the end, I took it to a computer store that fixes screens and was informed a soldered wire had come loose, was re-soldered and it continues to work fine to this day.  Was only $30 to fix!


Is wiping the data partition totally unnecessary after this adb fail and stock restore? I uninstalled this version of Xposed, because I wanted to try this one. Note: Thanks to this comment I was actually able to flash the latter too, but it gave me a bootloop. So I would caution others against that package.

So the procedure for the latter was adb, but it turns out adb doesn't work for flashing Xposed on my device. (Zenfone 2) I had only managed to install my previous version of Xposed using recovery flashing.

But when I tried the adb script, though, I got this output. However, the phone didn't reboot or anything. Just like last time. (Even though I waited a fair amount of time.)

Even though there is no evidence of it, I figured there may be a small chance that this failed adb script had done some sort of damage to my firmware. So I decided to flash the stock firmware again "just because". Why not? Anyway, that's already done.

Is there any potential use to also wipe the data partition?
Was there any potential benefit to restore the firmware like I did?

(I'm gonna root again and install the same Xposed Framework I initially had.)

Analyzing the InstallXposedFramework.bat script tells us the reason behind the script failure. The content of the script follows:
@echo off

set adb=files\adb.exe

echo '
echo '
echo ' Connecting ZenFone ..
echo '
echo '
%adb% wait-for-devices

echo '
echo '
echo ' Pushing files ..
echo '
echo '
%adb% push assets\xposed-sdk21-x86\system /data/local/tmp/system
%adb% push files\installer /data/local/tmp
%adb% shell "su -c chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/installer"

echo '
echo '
echo ' Installing Xposed Framework ..
echo '
echo '
%adb% shell "su -c /data/local/tmp/installer"

echo '
echo '
echo ' Done, rebooting ..
echo '
echo '
%adb% reboot

Reason behind the failure
Above, the script proceeds flawlessly until it hits:
%adb% shell "su -c chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/installer"

, whose arguments haven't been formatted correctly. Specifically, chmod, 755 and /data/local/tmp/installer are intended as three separate arguments to be supplied to su -c, which accepts one mandatory argument (that is, the command to be executed), an optional login id and an optional and arbitrary number of arguments at the end.

Patch for the script
To make the script work, the line:
%adb% shell "su -c chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/installer"

has to be edited to resemble:
%adb% shell "su -c 'chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/installer'"

, since chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/installer is an unique command (chmod) with two arguments of its own (755 /data/tmp/installer). The whole of it will then be supplied as the only argument to su -c and be executed with root permissions, allowing the script to proceed its execution.

If the phone bootloops
Then the Xposed version supplied alongside the script is somehow incompatible. The bootloop is independent from the installer script.

Should I wipe the Data partition and reflash the firmware, if I execute the original InstallXposedFramework.bat?
Absolutely not, and there's why: the commands that push Xposed to your device are the following:
%adb% push assets\xposed-sdk21-x86\system /data/local/tmp/system
%adb% push files\installer /data/local/tmp

. Since, as explained before, the command:
%adb% shell "su -c chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/installer"

is buggy and therefore makes the script hang, nothing is in fact installed. The only thing to do, is to check if the folder /data/local/tmp is empty, and delete anything inside it if it's not.


How to active the RAM memory which is differents with 512 MB when buying Possible Duplicate:
  Why is my device not utilizing all of its available RAM?

I have new problem with my Novo 7 Basic, Android 3.2, 8GB, 512 MB** RAM:

When I go into Tools -> System Info (have CPU, Display, Memory...) in Memory Info:

Total Mem 343.MB + Free Mem   36.048 MB (<512 MB RAM)
Inactive     94.496 MB

When I used : "Android Assitant app ", it shows my Memory info (RAM) is:

Used : 183,96MB
Free:  150,95MB

Total: 334.96 MB

"RAM Manager Free software ", it says that Memory info is:

MemTotal: 343.000 MB & MemFree: 7012 kB

But my tablet is supposed to have 512 MB of RAM. Please explain this to me (for any problems or errors). How do I activate the "inactive mem 94.496 MB"?

This memory is not inactive. It is reserved for the GPU and the radios (wi-fi, bluetooth etc.)

You cannot activate it because it's already in use.


Android google keyboard won't install Google released their google keyboard as an app in the market but I cannot install it. The error is "Application already exists". I am on a Att Note 1 (touchwiz\unrooted). No other keyboards are installed. Does anyone know how to install this?

edit: Despite this error message, the only option I have in my keyboard settings is "samsung keyboard"

You may change package name and install it as separate user app

Links for version 4.0.21203.1613964 apk with already changed package name and additional symbols: source (russian forum with registration) or mirrors
Screenshot of additional symbols:


App sending spam messages to my contacts My phone sent the following message to all of my contacts:

  Install this voice messenger just to talk http://mrv.withmechat.us/Cun

I know I didn't send this message and not to mention it sent it to all of my contacts at exactly 9:41AM. Is there a logger that can help me find what app or process sent that message?

I just ran into this same problem today. It was sent by the Imo app itself. Don't use or install this app!

I recommend leaving a bad review on the Play Store and reporting the app on the Play Store.

To find out which app sent the spam, you can use Android App Ops if it works on your phone.


"sync disabled" and "unfortunately S Planner has stopped" I am an old lady with her first smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 running Jelly Bean.  Since the last upgrade my email and other apps won't sync and some functions have stopped.  Through 'fiddling' I found an auto sync option which I checked but it made no difference.  I am reluctant to try a factory reset having read about what gets lost in the process.

I don't understand the technical answers to some related questions so could someone please kindly tell me step by simple step how to correct these errors.  I've currently closed all active apps.  I don't have many apps downloaded and don't play games etc but I seem to have accumulated a lot of widgets!  Do I need to do anything with them please?

I had the same problem: S-Planner and email would not sync. In the sync settings was also an item saying "master sync disabled" but no indication as to how to enable it!

The fix for me was to go to the options menu of the phone (when you swipe your finger down from the top of the screen). You should then see a few green and blue symbols (bluetooth/wifi etc.). At the top right there is a gear wheel icon and next to this on the right is another button which when clicked will show all the different icons for your phone settings. Press this and look for the "sync" icon. If it is disabled (blue) then click to enable it.


A Daydream of OnePlus 3T According to Carl Pei (OnePlus CEO) are there no plans to add support for Google's Daydream VR platform to there latest smartphone, the OnePlus 3T.

So my question is, is the OnePlus 3T nevertheless capable of running the Daydream VR Environment (App & Controller) without hacks?

There is a hack for the OnePlus 3, which involves rooting and side-loading, which i would really want to avoid.

Without One Plus guys adding support there will be no direct way to do this.
however rooting is one of the ways but I would prefer not to do so.


How to disable camera → Google Photos sync on Android 9? Similar to this, but Google has somehow wormed their way around my settings:

Photos → Settings → Backup & sync is off.
Photos → Device folders → Camera → Back up (sic) & sync is off.
Camera → Settings → Data storage is set to "Save picture to phone."

Even so, this morning I got a creepy reminder that Google Photos has my image, and that they have "helpfully" post-processed it. Short of breaking my phone in half (or rooting it), how do I stop this from happening?

The easiest option (and maybe hence easiest overlooked) is disabling the Google Photos app altogether (in Settings › Apps make sure you show "all apps", scroll to Google Photos and tap the "disable" button).

Revoking storage permissions from this app cannot hurt (who knows what might still invoke one of its intents; still in Settings › Apps tap the "wheel" icon in the upper-right corner, select "Permissions", then "Storage", scroll to the app, and toggle it off; you might have to do that before disabling the app as afterwards it might no longer show up here).


How to Disable Screen Rotation Icon I lock my screen rotation to portrait, and I have my navigation bar hidden to provide more screen real estate.

With the navigation bar hidden, I have come to experience the rotation icon appear in the bottom right corner just above the virtual keyboard enter/submit key. As it would typically be displayed in the navigation bar, it has its separate icon when it is hidden.

This is a problem because even when the icon is invisible, it blocks the touch to the vk key, albeit a tiny sliver of the edge still able to be pressed.

Is there a way that I can retain the hidden navigation bar and disable the rotation icon?

Additional information: My phone is stock, not rooted.

Edit

As of software update G965FXXU2CSB3/G965FOXM2CSB3/G965FXXU2CSB3, this is no longer an issue. However, I would still like to know how to disable the icon from appearing.

Or you could do it the easy way.... I just figured it out with a lightbulb moment turning my flashlight brightness down


Setting up hardware accelerated Android emulation (HAXM) on Fedora or other RPM distributions? I'm doing Android development, and the emulation is (unsurprisingly) slow.  I see there's some documentation for setting up hardware acceleration (Intel HAXM) at
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/speeding-up-the-android-emulator-on-intel-architecture

This documentation covers installation for Windows and Linux, but for Linux it's Ubuntu specific - has anyone had success with setting this up on Fedora, or other recent RPM-based distro?

I've got this working on a Fedora 19 install, it's straightforward and worthwhile...

Install virtualization

This is documented at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_virtualization

install package group "virtualization"

sudo yum install @virtualization

this installs packages virt-install, libvirt, libvirt-daemon-kvm, qemu-kvm, virt-manager, virt-viewer and deps

Start KVM and test

$ sudo systemctl start libvirtd

(if your distro uses the service command rather than new-fangled systemctl, you'll want use that to start libvirtd instead)

Verify that the kvm kernel modules were properly loaded:

$ lsmod | grep kvm
kvm_amd                55563  0
kvm                   419458  1 kvm_amd

You can also verify using the virsh management tool

$ sudo virsh list

this gives an empty list e.g.

 Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------

You may need to log out & log back in.

Running the hardware accelerated device

I then tried starting a virtual device (having first downloaded an x86 system image using the SDK manager) and it seemed fast (started in ~10 seconds, and UI is snappy).  However the loading dialog didn't display the "HAX is working and emulator runs in fast virt mode" message specified by the Intel docs.  Don't be disheartened; it's a nice thing to see not an end in itself.

Finesse

Running on the command line showed an error message.  You can run the emulator on the command line in the SDK/tools directory, specifying the AVD name (same as you'll see in the virtual device manager):

[path/to/SDK/tools]$ ./emulator64-x86 -avd <AVD name>Nexus_S_4.0.3_x86 -qemu -m 2047 -enable-kvm

e.g.

[path/to/SDK/tools]$ ./emulator64-x86 -avd Nexus_S_4.0.3_x86 -qemu -m 2047 -enable-kvm

this returned the error

emulator: ERROR: Could not load OpenGLES emulation library: lib64OpenglRender.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
emulator: WARNING: Could not initialize OpenglES emulation, using software renderer.

this can be fixed by adding the tools/lib directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
e.g. by running as

[path/to/SDK/tools]$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=path/to/sdk/tools/lib ./emulator64-x86 -avd Nexus_S_4.0.3_x86  -qemu -m 2047 -enable-kvm

Summary

I'm very pleased with how fast this is, and it's well worth the trouble.  The emulator starts in 6 seconds on my unspectacular desktop, and runs as nicely as the real hardware.


My phone Oppo A5 2020 don't have fastboot mode. How to unoock bootloader. I have to root my phone. Can I root my phone without unlocking bootloader? Oppo A5 2020
Model No is CPH1933
Android Version is 9.0 Pie
Colour Os 6
There is no fastboot hut I got recovery mode only.
I have to root my phone.
Can I root without unlocking bootloader?
             Or
Can I unlock bootloader without fastboot mode?

you should be able to get to fastboot though adb with adb reboot bootloader. I also found a great step by step tutorial here. also in step 8 of that guide it says to boot into fastboot mode, I believe they meant recovery mode. as far as rooting without unlocking the bootloader, it is possible, but not recommendable. i have from experience soft and in one case hard bricked a few devices by doing so. I would suggest getting the bootloader unlocked, flashing a custom recovery, and then falshing a root package along with supersu or magisk. another way you can get root and many other features is by flashing a custom rom, which is essentially installing a differnt custom version of android, you typicall have to enable root acess through the settings and install supersu or magisk.


How to transfer video from a smartphone (with microUSB port) to an external portable mini-DISPLAY (AV, HDMI, VGA inputs)? I'm looking for the best way to transfer the video from a smartphone to an external monitor (used in cars, garages) to get a bigger picture.

I find this useful for dash cameras, and for entertainment with bigger display.

May I accomplish this with a OTG cable?

Your help is welcome.

If you are looking to mirror the display only and don't need touch inputs, I used something like this before to achieve the same via microUSB: Rocketfish MHL HDTV Adapter.  Likely you can find either an HDMI to miniDISPLAY adapter, or maybe a different cable that fits your needs (the one I've linked is the one I purchased and used myself so I can at least vouch for it's functionality; at that time, I believe I used it with a Samsung Note 4 - Android 4.4).

Additionally, I have seen wireless dongles that act as a receiver, but I have not personally tried these before.


How to stop my Android device from being spammed in the browser as well as in the application? Recently I have downloaded two games:

Deer Hunter
PreHistoric Worm

But after that I have my browser which keeps redirecting me to http://ad.adsmatte.com

It is happening every time I load the page – after few seconds, it automatically gets redirected to this AdsMatte and doesn't go back to the previous page, even if I press the Back key.

In an application like WebMd, when I load the app, after few seconds it is covered with a full screen ad whereas it used to display the options menu. This is blocking my view and I cannot see what is being displayed by the application.

The WebMd app which is showing an "Update Your Browser" message with a "Install Now" link to Play Store (click image for larger variant)

I don't have Opera and it still tells me to update my Opera browser.

I closed the application and retried it, and again it is displayed with some "Warning your HM1S is affected with Virus" and starts vibrating.

Note: Please avoid anything like this post suits well on MIUI/forum, I have already asked there and got a very immature answer as to disable Java Scripts even after seeing my below screenshot.

[Update]
I have tried using mobile data and now it does not redirect so it's more of the modern problem the app are clean

Based from the same problem on AskUbuntu, this is not OS-dependent, but an attack to the router. Try hard reset the router.

  This does not appear to be an OS related issue. I would recommend you to read this http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-stop-AdsMatte-spam-popups-and-ads

  Basically it is an attack on/via your router. You should hard reset it. A lot of computers on my intranet got affected. I got rid of it that way.

If it still fails, from Security.SE, try checking & fixing the DNS address both on router and Android device.

  If your router is affected and you're facing different issues on your devices (Android has no ads, computer does) may check/change your DNS settings on both devices and on the router.

  I think your Android phone uses a different DNS server as your PC. Your PC probably uses your router as DNS Server (e.g. 196.168.1.1) and your Android uses a 3rd party DNS like Google (8.8.8.8, 4.4.4.4) or OpenDNS. For this behaviour check: this answer on Super User

  To clean up your router, you may have a look at:
  this answer on Security.SE

To check DNS settings on Android:

Open Settings - Wi-Fi
Long-press the access point, select Modify network
Turn on Advanced options
Change IP settings to Static
Check/set the DNS 1 & DNS 2 to Google DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) or other trusted DNS server.