Cannot share calendars with out having both email accts on Android phone I am trying to have a shared calendar with my wife.  It works great on the PC. but not on our android phones.  The only way I have been able to share calendars is by putting her email address in the my google mail app. But then I get her mail!

Just want to share calendars - not emails

Or, is there a way to have her gmail acct on my phone but somehow block her emails from my phone?

First there's this, from the Help page at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37082?hl=en

Emphasis is mine.

  You can share the main calendar for your account, or another calendar you created.

  On your computer, open Google Calendar. You can't share calendars from the Google Calendar app.
  On the left, find the "My calendars" section. You might need to click it to expand it.
  Hover over the calendar you want to share, click More More and then Settings and sharing.
  To share with individuals: Under "Share with specific people," add the person or the email address of the person you want to share with.
  To change wider sharing settings: Under "Access permissions," choose an option in the drop-down menu. Learn more about these options below.
  If someone isn't already added, click Add people.
  Add people and click Send.

  If you shared your calendar with an individual email address, they'll see your calendar in their "Other calendars" list. If you shared your calendar with an email group , they'll see the calendar in their "Other calendars" list once they click on the link in the email invitation from Google Calendar.

Then there's this: https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37100?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

  Add using Email Address

  Ask to see a calendar

  On your computer, open Google Calendar. You can only edit Google Calendar sharing settings from a computer, not the app.
  On the left side, click Other calendars.
  In the Add a friend's calendar or Add a coworker's calendar box, enter the other person's email address.
  Press Enter.
  Depending on how their calendar is shared, one of the following will happen:

  If the calendar isn't shared with you, you'll see a form to request access.
  If the calendar is already shared with you, their calendar will be added on the left side under "Other calendars."
  If the other person doesn't have a Google Calendar, you'll see the option to invite them to use Google Calendar.

  Approval by the other person

  If their calendar isn't shared with you, the other person will get an email requesting access.

  To accept your request, the other person should:

  On your computer, open the email you sent requesting access.
  Click the link in the email.
  In the Settings page that opens, choose a permission setting and select Add Person.
  Click Save.

  After the other person has accepted your request, their calendar will appear on the left side under "Other calendars." If you don't see it, try refreshing the page.


Reply-by-SMS with Google Voice I've got a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running stock Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1. As you probably know, Jelly Bean has a new feature that allows you to "respond-by-SMS" to incoming phone calls. Unfortunately, this feature sends a text message from your "real" phone number instead of Google Voice. For those of us that use Google Voice full-time, and don't want to reveal our real phone numbers, and keep accurate messaging logs, this is undesirable behavior.

Question: Does anyone know if it's possible to get the respond-by-SMS feature to send from Google Voice instead of the built-in Messaging app?

The description of the feature in question is: "When you miss a call, a new notification lets you return the call or reply by SMS with a single touch."

http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/

You should be able to go to
Settings>Manage Applications>All Applications>

Go to your MMS.apk, and reset the defaults.

So long as you already have Google Voice installed on your phone,
The next time you try to use this feature, it should ask you which one you want to use.

But IDK- No JB love on the HTC Sensation, yet.


my phone will not turn on all the way, shuts off and turns on repetitively My phone was not syncing to Google, I read somewhere to delete a file called 'etc' in my system files. I restarted my phone and found it to never turn on. It will vibrate show Samsung and then shut off. My phone is doing it all on its own and I'm not even pressing anything. I can't even factory reset because my phone will shut off before it can get to the screen. I have a rooted Galaxy-S-3 Samsung. Please help??

I hope you don't care about all your data because I don't think there is a way to retrieve it. Perhaps people with more knowledge than me know how (perhaps using ADB?). However, if you want to resurrect your phone, you need to follow this guide:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/update-galaxy-s3-i9300xxugnh4-android-4-3-stock-firmware-1468061

This guide below is a bit more old but you can look at it's images so it will help you:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/guide-odin-flash-guide-t1671969

The first guide will help you flash a 4.3 stock ROM to your S3 to revive it, but please make sure it's model is GT-I9300!!! If you have a Verizon or any other variant you may risk bricking your device.

Good luck.


Trying to install Copperhead OS on Nexus 6P I want to install CopperheadOS on my Nexus 6P. They have installation instructions here: https://copperhead.co/android/docs/install

Unfortunately, I'm already stuck at the beginning. The installation instructions say that I need to extract the factory images and flash them. Unfortunately when I try to flash them, as soon as it reaches the system partition it returns the following error:

sending 'system' (1174469 KB)...
FAILED (remote: data too large)

I am now unable to boot the phone at all, and stuck in the bootloader. What can I do?

wrong fastboot!

1st i used android-tools-adb and android-tools-fastboot from ubuntu -- didn't work - same error

following the instructions https://copperhead.co/android/docs/install - it worked


Why do phone makers not let me uninstall their pre-bundled apps? When I got my most recent phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5, it came with all sorts of apps that I never touch. "Kids Mode", "Samsung Health", "Samsung Remote", and a host of other apps that I haven't used and will never use.

I understand why these come preinstalled. It's offering the option to use them, and I'm sure some users will find it convenient to have suggested uses for their phone.

What I don't understand is why I can't get rid of them. What is the value for anyone in forcing me to keep applications I will never use?

Bonus question: Can I get rid of them? My phone is rooted.

Can I get rid of them?

Sure! If you wanna go straight ahead then try an app like System app uninstaller to remove system apps including the bloatware. Remember to remove with utmost caution since a critical file once removed may render the Android unusable at best.

See Titanium Backup too which can take backup and remove junk from Android.

To counter the above issue of unusable system, I advise installing a custom Recovery and then taking a Nandroid Backup (save it to external storage) to be at safe side if things go south.

  Why do phone makers not let me uninstall their pre-bundled apps?

I don't think you'll ever hear an official announcement as a reason but my guess is they want business, and their apps (bloatware for us) helps in doing that by maintaining a user base through restricting the freedom to tweak the system.

  What is the value for anyone in forcing me to keep applications I will never use?

This anyone is your OEM which harness lot of things from these forced apps, as you said "I'm sure some users will find it convenient to have suggested uses for their phone."

Note that some OEMs allow you to root your device without voiding the warranty, so technically, they are not forcing but just trying different techniques to maintain their business.

  Why I can't get rid of them[?]

Most of the time, you can get rid of them by having root access but it may result in dire consequences. One such is, your warranty may be void by rooting your device if your OEM has such policy.

Edit: As per this article suggested by Bowdzone, rooting your device won't void the warranty of a consumer from EU, since the consumer is protected by statutory warranty (irrespective of your OEM's policies).

Over and all, except the first and last part the rest is plain opinion.


Enabling logcat in a ROM that has it disabled I'm running Liquid Smooth 3.2 on my Motorola Droid 1.  This ROM comes with logcat disabled (/dev/log/main doesn't exist).  I tried starting the logcat service myself by adding the following to /etc/init.local.rc:

#start logcat service
service logcat /system/bin/logcat -f /dev/log/main
   oneshot

However, this didn't seem to work as /dev/log/main still doesn't exist on boot.  I'm getting...

$ logcat
logcat
Unable to open log device '/dev/log/main': No such file or directory

Does anyone know how to re-enable logcat in a ROM that has it disabled?

The ROM might call "rm /dev/log/main" during init to cripple logcat. If you can find that line and remove it logcat should be happy.


How can I get ADB to recognize my Spice MI 350? I want to use my Spice MI 350 for testing an application I'm developing. I have tried following this link, but so far I cannot get it working.

When I run adb devices I get ???????? as device name. The Device Chooser which appears just before running the application also displays ???????.

How do I get my adb to recognize my Spice MI 350 (Android 2.3.3) so I can test my application?

EDIT
        I work on Ubuntu 11.10 and Eclipse 3.7.

If you are using a Windows machine, then it sounds like maybe the drivers you are using are not the correct drivers.

Download the drivers from here (at the bottom) and install those drivers on the system.

To install the drivers:

connect your phone to your pc with USB debugging mode enabled.
Windows will not be able to install drivers on its own. So, go to 'Device Manager'. Under 'Other Devices', you will have your phone's name, Spice Mi-350n/Fly IQ260.
Right click and select 'Update Driver Software...' and select 'Browse my computer for driver software' and browse to the location where you extracted the drivers and click 'Next'.


How can I merge contacts in CyanogenMod? Can I merge contacts in CyanogenMod 7 like I was able to do in HTC Sense?

Let's that I have my contact 'John Smith', then I import contacts from Facebook and a new John Smith appeared. I want these two contacts to be merged under one single contact.

Can I do that somehow in CyanogenMod 7?

Merge exists in CM 6 - edit the contact, select "join" - if it's not in 7, it's a regression.


Android's Chrome bookmarks won't show up in desktop's Chrome I have a Moto G (Kitkat 4.4.2) which I've synced to my Google account. The desktop Chrome bookmarks show up just fine in my cellphone's Chrome but the bookmarks added via the phone, which are stored in a Cellphone bookmarks folder in my phone, won't show up in my desktop's Chrome (elementary OS Luna).

I have Sync everything enabled in my desktop's Chrome. How can I force Android's Chrome bookmarks to sync with my desktop's chrome?

Edit

I just realized that the Cellphone bookmark folder is present in my desktop's Chrome but I can only see it if I go into the Bookmarks manager (or Manage bookmarks, translating from Spanish here) option. The folder does show there but it doesn't in the bookmarks bar. This is starting to look like a bug in Chrome. Anyone else can reproduce this?

So, you can bookmark folders in your bookmarks manager. Just hit the star to bookmark your bookmarks manager while viewing your mobile bookmarks and stick it in your bookmarks bar, or where ever you want.


How do I hard/factory/whatever reset a 1.6 tablet that will not boot? I have one of those cheap 7" China jobs which I use as an eBook reader and not much more.

Suddenly it won't start, by which I mean that I see the "BIOS screen" with the green Android robot and the OS version, kernel version and SDK version, then it shows a black screen with the word "Android" forever.

There is no software installed apart from the eBook reader, so I don't mind doing a "hard reset".

How can I bring the tablet back to life?

Did any manuals or documentation come with this thing? Is there a manufacturer's website for tech support? Look for ways to get into "Recovery Mode" which should have options for doing a "factory reset".


Secure Android browser The desktop versions of Firefox and Chrome use Google’s Safe Browsing service to warn the users about known bad websites.

Looking at a Samsung handset running Android v5 I noticed that neither the built in browser nor Chrome has this feature. I then downloaded Firefox for Android and CM Browser (due to it's rating) and they don't have it either. In CM's case it has an option under Security but a url that fails on the desktop, it happily loads.

Is there a browser that uses this? Or should I look to some AV/Security product to get this protection?

EDIT:
With Firefox on the desktop, the blacklist is updated every 30mins. It has been hours since I tried both Chrome and Firefox on Android and neither is reporting the same URL as bad. Could be they are using a different list?

Chrome for Android definitely does (http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/7/9865928/google-chrome-safe-browsing-android-malware). The safe browsing feature isn't yet supported by Android WebView so any WebView-based browser (e.g. CM browser, Ghostery, or Lighting Browser) lacks it.

Firefox on Android should support safe browsing as well, as per their blog posts: https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2012/11/26/firefox-for-android-beta-improves-phishing-and-malware-protection/ and http://www.morbo.org/2012/10/phishing-protection-on-mobile.html. Not sure why doesn't it work for you.


Which app can create a background image without distortions? My device is a Nexus 7 (2012 edition), running Android 4.3.

I downloaded some nice wallpapers from http://vathanx.deviantart.com/art/Impulso-114624053 and placed them in the SD card. Resolutions are 1920x1200 or 1600x1200.

To set the wallpaper I long-click the background, select Gallery, then the folder & the image & keep the cropping as suggested. However, once this is set, the image is distorted and not smooth. Besides, it seems some color information has been lost as well and the gradients are not smooth anymore.

Screenshot after adding the image (click image for larger variant)

Is there any App which handles this properly? I can accept a little blurriness and reduced colors, but the current result is simply too low quality.

You may try Wallpaper Changer from "j4velin development".

I hope this may do the trick for you. You can also customize the desktop by rotating a bunch of wallpapers. This app automatically adjust the background in the best possible way.
I know you found out your own way. But if you are interested, give it a try via this link


What should I do to use my hard drive on a Samsung Tablet? I have a 2 TB hard drive full of movies.  I am getting bored watching movies on the computer so I decided buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab.  My hard drive is NTFS and my friends told me that I have to convert NTFS to exFAT to able to see my files on the tablet.  My question is, if I convert my hard drive from NTFS to exFAT, will I be able to watch the files on the tablet?  If not, what should I do to be able to do so?

The Galaxy Tab appears to support exFAT, so yes — you could back up your files, format the drive, and restore the files.  Then the connection should work.

If you are rooted, there are ways to mount NTFS drives directly.  Paragon Mounther should be able to do so.


Kindle Fire HD 7" runs very slowly after rooting I recently rooted my Kindle Fire HD and it now runs very slowly. It was mentioned in the rooting instructions I was following that this would happen during the rooting process. I am wondering if this is a permanent consequence of rooting or if it is fixable. If it is something I can fix could you tell me how.
Thanks for the help!

Here are the steps I followed:

Download Root MANY ANDROID! to your desktop. Extract to your desktop. This package includes updated adb daemons.
Download Qemu automated root to your desktop. Extract to your desktop. This package includes updated adb daemons.

  NOTE WINDOWS 7 USERS: You need to open a command prompt "as Administrator" when running the above utility batch files RunMe.bat and RootQemu.bat - otherwise Windows will respond with "Permission Denied".
  Root Step 1: Run RunMe.bat from Root MANY ANDROID!. Choose option 1 Run Normal Method and ignore errors. Pay attention, you will need to answer "Restore" a dialogue box on the Kindle. Click on Restore. When the program has completed, the Kindle will Reboot.
  Root Step 2: When the Kindle reboots it will react VERY slowly, this is normal - leave it alone. Immediatly proceed to Step 3.
  Root Step 3: Run RootQemu.bat from Qemu automated root. Follow the instructions Step-by-Step allowing Windows to re-detect the Kindle between reboots (about 2 minutes). Let this utility complete to the end.
  Root Step 4: Click on Superuser.apk under the Apps tab.

The process of rooting your tablet shouldn't affect the performance.  However, any apps that are installed when rooting can affect the performance.  SuperUser is a very common and popular app that is used when rooting and I have not seen any performance impact when installing SU on Motorola and Samsung devices (100+ devices).

Based on the junk that the first link tried to get me to download and how my virus detection (AVG) went off after extraction of the Zip, I'm guessing that there could be an app that was installed when rooting the tablet that could cause some performance delays (adware, monitoring app, etc.).  It's an extremely large download to for just rooting a tablet and the fact that it has 2+ threats to security programs it's not a good sign.

You can look at apps that are taking up system resources by enabling Developer Options and then looking at "Process Stats" under Settings->Developer Options->Process Stats.  This will show you what apps are taking up a lot of CPU Cycles.  If there is something you don't recognize and it's not a Google service, it could be something that was installed when rooting and soaking up resources, slowing your system.

The .bat file in the second download (Qemu) looks legitimate and there is nothing malicious in the batch file.

You can try uninstalling Superuser.apk from your device and installing it from another source.  This could resolve the sluggishness you tablet is experiencing.

Before doing anything else, I would recommend doing a complete backup of your entire tablet so you have a restore point if anything else goes wrong.  I use TWRP on the devices I manage and I've had excellent experience with it.  It appears they have a version for the Kindle Fire XDA Link.  If you already have a way to backup everything from the system level, use that before installing/uninstalling anything else.


My Nexus 7 isn't being detected by Windows. No OS on Nexus 7 I wiped my OS from my Nexus earlier as I had a ROM that I wanted to flash. When I proceeded to try and flash the ROM to my Nexus 7 using flash-all.bat (I installed ADB and Fastboot and Drivers using 15 second installer by Snoop05) it hung on: < Waiting for device >. I've been able to track it down to the drivers since there is an error on my device manager. I have tried numerous tutorials and methods to get the drivers but they all seem to need you to have your device already running android. I have TWRP recovery and unlocked bootloader. Any help?

The answer is something quite strange although seemed to work for me. I used a different computer and used Wugs Nexus Root Toolkit to flash stock (after driver install on other computer) and it worked without any failure .


Brightness below system minimun Is there tool or application that can set the brightness of the screen below the system minimum?

Yes there are a dozen of them, go to the below link and download the app.

Vote up and choose answer if I helped :D

NightMode


I flashed 4.4 and now my Galaxy Nexus power button will not respond My Samsung Galaxy Nexus's power button is no longer responding. I flashed a ROM of 4.4 to it and now it no longer does anything. I made the mistake of taking the battery out and can no longer turn it back on. I've tried rebooting it through ADB, but it won't recognize the device because it is off. Has anyone run into this problem yet, or am I going to be stuck opening this thing up?

Attempt both and see if either work.

Hold the power button for 10+ seconds
Hold the power button and volume down button for 10+ seconds


How to fix the recovery mode error? I am trying to root my Samsung Galaxy Ch@t GT-B5330 (4.1.2) following this guide. I have reached the point when I am intended to use the recovery mode menu (that is reached by holding volume-up when turning the phone on) but here am I stuck: whatever I choose gives me the error icon

I am still able to boot the phone the normal way (though it has became a little bit slower than it was before flashing and starts Firefox on itself occasionally).

How do I finish the rooting process?

Hit the Volume Up
 and Power Buttons simultaneously ( Do not hold the keys).


Factory reset on mako with broken digitizer and TWRP installed I want to factory reset a mako with a broken screen and digitizer so I can sell it. The device is rooted and there is TWRP recovery and Cyanogenmod installed. As the screen and digitizer are broken I cannot control it via the touchscreen.

Therefore I bought an USB OTG cable, but it does not recognize the mouses and keyboards I plugged in while they work perfectly on another phone. I think USB debugging is disabled as I was able to download all the data by plugging the phone into USB.

Managed to solve it with the help of a friend, this package ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2564453 ) and couple of ADB sideload commands and flashed the stock rom from here:
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-lmy48t-factory-416938f1.tgz


How to connect to a SSH server from Android client? I can install and run an SSH server on my Android 6.0 phone (Banana SSH server), and I can run an SSH client on it (Termius), so how do I invoke the client from on the command line that the server provides?  I type ssh and it's not a recognized command.  I want to use the phone to link through to other servers.

You don't need to install server in order to use client. Install openssh package on Termux, that has both; server and client. To connect to a server, do: ssh <user>@<server-IP>. Mention port with -p option if different than default (22), such as Termux server uses 2222 8022 (corrected by @Steve).

Or if you want to stick to GUI, you can go for Termius or ConnectBot etc.

In order to run SSH server, just execute sshd from Termux, but that gets killed with app. Or for a more complicated setup see: How to run SSH/SFTP server for multiple user logins with password authentication on Android?


How to use two whatsapp accounts on my rooted Samsung galaxy star pro device Can I use two whatsapp accounts on same device?
If how
Note: my device is rooted

Download the Parallel Space app.
Tap WhatsApp icon and you'll be prompted to sign in to the second WhatsApp
When it gets to verifying your phone number, use the other number you want to use and select call verification after sms verification fails.
Voila, you have one WhatsApp account on your first number and to access the other WhatsApp use the Parallel Space App.


Twitter app signs out continuously I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace running CyanogenMod 7.2.0. The problem is that the Twitter app signs out randomly from time to time. Sometimes it happens in a couple of hours or in a day or so. It's annoying having to sign in almost every time I want to use it.

Is anyone having the same problem? How did you solve is?

As Federico Perez pointed out in his comment on the question, the problem was caused by moving the app to the SD card. I moved the app back to internal memory and it worked for me as well (so thanks to Federico for pointing out).


Cleaning the screen of a tablet safely My 4 year old son loves my ASUS Eee Transformer, and likes the games and stuff.  But he has a cold, and the screen is literally gross.

What are safe methods, and conversely what are unsafe methods of cleaning it?

Being a touch pad I am not sure if the surface is specially coated and say, Windex will destroy it.

I understand there might be device specific concerns as different manufacturers may use different screen cover materials that react differently.

You can find special screen cleaning mixtures to use, but they're mostly just alcohol. I've been using a lens-cleaning spray on my phone for years with no adverse effects. Just spray a bit on a piece of paper towel and wipe the screen down. You'll want to use an alcohol based spray, as it evaporates much faster than water, and so won't short out your device.


Android Download PDF Giving Download Unsuccessful I have been trying to figure out what this error is and how to get rid of it.

Whenever I try to open the pdf file from this website on chrome:

http://www.stdavidtheking.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=247

I get the error download unsuccesful. What can I do to fix this?

In my previous experience, I've always had problems downloading with Chrome. I'd try a different browser like Boat Browser or Dolphin Browser.


How can one change the timezone of Gmail (Android application)? How can one change the timezone of Gmail (Android application)?

Edited with inputs from Irfan Latif (thanks) in comments
You can change the system-wide time and/or timezone in Android but you cannot change either of both in individual apps because apps usually make use of system APIs to get time/timezone.
See Time Zone from Android Developers documentation

Typically, you get a TimeZone using getDefault which creates a TimeZone based on the time zone where the program is running. For example, for a program running in Japan, getDefault creates a TimeZone object based on Japanese Standard Time.

However it entirely depends on the developer of the app. They may use some other approach to get timezone e.g. from public IP or device location. Or they may provide an option in app settings to entirely fake the timezone. But Gmail app does not do this and uses system time.
It seems to be possible to change the time zone of Gmail on desktop by changing Google calendar time zones (as I see on net search) but that's not possible on Android.
I am not aware of any rooted method that achieves this either, though some old Xposed modules claim to work in creating dual time zone clocks.


How to connect moto x to android studio I want to test my app to my device. I have moto x but i am not able to connect moto x to my android studio.can any one help me with that?

It is solved,

I download the Driver,then i went Device Manager and right click on the motorola device name and select uninstall


Can Google's Voice Actions be started by voice? I love Google's Voice Actions! It lets me listen to a song of my choice by simply saying "Listen to <song name>".

Problem is... I can't find any way to start Voice Actions itself by voice. I must touch the screen in order to start it.

So, my question is two-fold:

Is there a way to start Voice Actions by voice? (or without having
to touch the screen)
If there isn't, what kind of a solution or workaround can you suggest
for a blind person?

For example, some phones have only one tactile button (other than the power button, of course) -- the trackball. Is it possible to set that trackball to start Voice Actions when pressed long enough?

if your phone has hard keys you can start void by holding down the search key (don't have to touch the screen).


Battery Popup at 25% english with system in spanish. Possible malware? First of all, I know this question is duplicated, (this is the original question: Battery Popup at 25% ) but I can't comment or add any reply and I have some information that could be useful to identify the problem.

This is the Pop-Up:

The original answer states that it can be a default system pop up, but my system is in spanish and the pop up is in english. The pop up stays on top of the screen and there is no way to hide it, not even by the recent apps button nor the home button. Even locking the screen keeps the pop up visible. The only way I found to get rid of this is with a soft reset. In fact, the pop up looks completly different from the system default notification shown with the battery at 15%

My device is a Samsung Galaxy S6 with Android Nougat (7.0)

I think it can be some kind of malware, but I've run some security apps (AVG, Dr.Web, ESET) and none of them found anything.

I've not installed any apps recently and nothing outside Google Play

Any help will be much appreciated.

Pretty sure its just a malfunctioning battery optimization tool. About half of the time i got this it had a dismiss option but other times i couldn't do anything with my phone until I plugged it in. Try changing the following settings:

Settings > battery > advanced settings and turn off the app power monitor.

I haven't seen the pop-up since yesterday morning when I did changed them.


Download location of pdf files saved in the of Academia app Using Academia free app and downloading papers: where are these papers downloaded on the system? I don't see a specific setting for that in the app, at least not in the free version.
I want to open the downloaded pdf in a pdf viewer, not in the app (although I know I can download the same pdf in the browser etc).
For now, what I do is open the PDF in the app and use the "share  file" option.

Thus, I can get the pdf file with the app to which it is shared (whatsapp, gmail, sms etc).
But I would prefer to know the download path  - if there is one.

Android usage Linux based kernel and security, so every app runs in its own sandbox. Although storing app specific files depends on the developer most of them store in app specific folders which again can either be accessible by user or not. If you can't find any app specific folder created on your sdCard(external storage) look for /Android/data/yourAppSpecificPackageFolder [in your case /Android/data/com.academia.academia] in internal storage, you can look for folders within this. It can be stored as it is(.pdf) or some other format which default applications might not understand(so you can't open it).
If you don't find here then it might be in  /data/data/yourAppSpecificPackageFolder for which you need to have rooted device.


How to move data to a bigger SD card (internal storage)? I have a Moto G5 with Android 8.1. My 128 Gb micro sd card is formatted as internal, and I want to replace it with a bigger one (and I want to still use it as an internal storage).
Is it any way I can migrate my data to the new memory card?

Your new memory card will be wiped anyway when you insert it into your phone for the first time. So I would recommend copying the data to the new memory card after you insert it. You can copy it using OTG or via computer.


Connect to Wifi network even if it doesn't have internet access I have a LAN accessible over wifi that I'd like to connect my Android device to, but when I go to Settings->Connections->Wifi and try selecting the network, it doesn't connect.  If I enable internet access on the wifi network it will connect, but then as soon as I disconnect the wifi network from the internet, the phone disconnects from the wifi network.  Is there a way to force the phone to connect to a wifi network, regardless of internet accessibility?

The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4, with Android 4.3.  Thanks!

Got it - went to Wifi->Advanced->Unchecked "Auto Network Switch."  It seems to be something specific to Samsung phones with Android 4.3: see here


Why do apps stop supporting older Android versions after some time? My mother had a shopping app on her old smartphone which runs Android v6. Recently I noticed that the app on her phone was no longer supported. I've seen such things happen on old phones generally with many apps. I just wanted to know, why do companies drop their support to older OS versions after few years? Does it cost them a lot to continue the support to older OS versions as well? Does it require a whole team to be hired to just keep managing the support for older OS? Just being curious about this. Thanks.

There are two ways to support old Android versions:

Build one app that makes use of compatibility patches to supports old Android versions (down to a specific version) but also support all modern Android versions.

Build two or more apps each for a set of Android versions.

The second option is of course very costly as you have to develop maintain each app app version independently (or at least large parts of the app). This way is often not used or only if the app has been completely rewritten for new devices and for old devices the old version remains with minimal to no support.
Therefore the common way is option 1 – one app that has all compatibility fixes included. The main problem is that newer Android versions include interesting new features that are not (fully) available using the compatibility system Google provides. Therefore if you want to make use of them and the functionality is not optional in your app, app developers may decide to drop support of older Android versions in favor if being able to use new features of new Android versions. Decreasing the number of supported Android versions simplifies the app as old workarounds can be removed and don't have to be maintained anymore. And of course it removes the necessity to test the app on such old devices which can be a problem if you want to test your app on physical devices (not emulators) as old devices break and are more and more difficult to get.


I want to disable internet but not the network How can I disable internet but keep the network access on Android tablet? I want to be disable internet access to all but selected apps, at the same time I want applications to have direct internal network access.

I used firewall in the past but firewall disables access to all networks. I want to be able to use my tablet in my home, at the same time I want to disable internet access on it.

Is it possible? What is the best way to do create this kind of limitation for the apps?

thanks

Droidwall an app will be the perfect answer to that. (ATTENTION: will require root).


Change Touch Sound on Samsung Devices This sounds silly, but it has been driving me mad for years.  I do not want to disable the touch sound, I want to change it.  This is not an option in the sound settings.  You can only disable the touch sound.

I have tried rooting my devices with no luck, and I can't find any up-to-date information about rooting either device (S7 Edge on Verizon, and Note Pro 12.2 (SM-P905V).  Every guide I've come across seems to have been copied and pasted from the same source, and it involves using Odin, but fails every time I attempt it.

There simply must be some way to change this sound!  The Samsung sounds are horrible 'nature inspired' crap, but I like having interface sounds.  I've wasted far too may hours trying to figure this out a couple of times a year.

Can someone confirm that it is currently NOT POSSIBLE to root the above devices?  My understanding is that Samsung aggressively patches to make rooting dificult or impossible, but I'm hoping I'm wrong.

Thankyou.

Unfortunately the sound files are placed in /system/media/audio which is out of reach without root. One reason why this is done is to prevent killing camera noise in regions where camera noise is required by the law.

Not being able to root the phone is purely Verizon's fault - they enforced locked bootloaders on almost all their devices. Furthermore, one can probably wait for root to come out for S7E (many users and relatively new - still has some hope), but P905V being a 3-year-old device certainly isn't gonna get anything new in the near future.


Moto G (2nd gen) does not support OTG after Lollipop update I am experiencing problems in transferring video files from SD card to OTG or OTG to SD card.
Its says root directory not found. This started happening after I updated my phone software from KitKat to Lollipop.
Please help.

Formatting the drive with FAT32 solved the problem for me (it was NTFS before).


How to root galaxy s9+ Is there any guide or can somebody tell me how to root my s9+. Sorry for incompetence, I'm new to this)

Rooting will trip knox and void your warranty, before rooting read the pros & cons of doing so, and then decide if it is worth it.

You can follow this guide

https://www.theandroidsoul.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-root/


How does Android Marshmallow decide which WiFi network to automatically join? For example I have two networks:

Two networks - one open hotspot network and one closed private network using WPA.
User has access to both networks
User has recently connected to both.
Both networks have the same signal strength.

Which network is automatically joined? Is it random?

There is this file /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf

Each Network you saved is listed there.

When multiple network blocks are listed in this configuration file, the highest priority one is selected for use or, if multiple networks with the same priority are identified, the first one listed in the configuration file is used.

(copy from http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?wpa_supplicant.conf(5), I think Android behaves the same)


Saving a place on Google Maps account I want to save a place in Google Maps and put description/notes on it..

When I used Symbian, after clicking on the star to add the place as favorite, I could put name and description in the place, and in my Google Maps account, the places get the name and description I put.

In Android I can't find this feature, I can't write notes in a favorite place. Is this feature deprecated? How can I do this?

It seems that feature has been replaced by the Check-In feature that Google is trying to promote, so that you use there location based app (Latitude). When you check-in you can add info and reviews.

Google it trying to promote Latitude as a loaction based social app where you can share your location and interact better with your friends and also provide reviews for the selected starred location.


Is using chargers of phone not meant for it harmful to the battery? Possible Duplicate:
  Is my phone liable to explode if I charge it with a charger that came with a different phone?
  Are Android chargers universal in terms of power (Voltage, amperage)?

As in, I know that all Droids have the micro USB charging connector. But what if I used a charger of HTC make, or for that matter of fact a charger of RIM (BlackBerry) make, to charge my Android phone (which is not of aforementioned brands) to charge my phone? Will this cause (short/long term) harm to my battery? If so, why and how?

No, it should be fine as long as the charger is meant for a cell phone.

Most of the major cell phone manufacturers adhere to the the International Electrotechnical Commission's mobile phone charging specs which specifies the use of the micro USB charging standard.  USB 1.0 and 2.0 is capable of delivering 0.5A at 5V and USB 3.0 is capable of 0.9A at 5V.  Not all chargers adhere to those specs, but most phone chargers deliver a charge somewhere in that range.  I have had several HTC, Samsung, Motorola and some off-brand phone chargers and they all are 5V and put out between 750mA and 1A.

Also, your cell phone has a charging control circuit and voltage protection circuit that protects the device from power outside its acceptable spec.  I believe it also monitors temperature and will terminate charging if it falls outside of an acceptable spec, but I'm not sure about that.

Some tablets like the Nexus 7 come with chargers that put out 2.1A at 5V.  Using this charger will charge your phone faster but it will also cause the battery to heat up more.  Excess heat can degrade the life of a battery so I wouldn't make a habit of using a tablet charger on your phone.


Can't download offline packages in Google translate I have the same problem as this guy How to fix the problem of offline packages not downloading in Google Translate?
But the answer there, that is clearing data of the download manager didn't work for me.
I have tried some other things as the op from that post like reinstalling the app and I checked that I granted it all the permissions.

I run at Android 7.1.1 on Nokia 2

Go into the app and change your downloading preferences to both mobile data and WiFi. It will still download on WiFi if you are connected, but this change will get it out of that holding pattern. Make sure to restart the download once you make the change.


Is a custom rom which is designed for rk2918 tablet will run on any tablet with rk2918 cpu I have 3q rc0710b tablet .. the cpu is Rockchip RK2918.
I am looking for a custom rom for this slow tablet ,to get better performance..
can I try any rk2918 custom rom ?
Where can I get best rom ?

A ROM that is designed to run on an RK2918 will not run on any RK2918 chipset.  The ROM still needs to be built for your device specifically.

Check XDA-Developers for a ROM for your tablet.


Preventing auto login to the default email on an android tablet When using an android tablet for the first time, I have to set a default email google account.

When I click on the Gmail icon, it automatically log into my gmail account.

Is there a way to prevent the system from automatic logging in to the default gmail account by clicking on the Gmail icon.

I am seeking a way to force the system to ask for my gmail login password each time there is a try to login to my account by clicking on the gmail icon. This is to prevent anyone who could manage to use my tablet from logging in to my gmail account.

If it is possible to sign out, the login will appear the next time you try to sign in like signing out from the desktop or laptop.
However, it is not possible to sign out of Gmail for Android unless you remove your account as stated in Sign out of Gmail

  The only way to sign out of the Gmail app is to remove your entire account from your phone or tablet

A possible solution to add a security layer before opening Gmail app is to install an app lock from Google Play Store or any market of your preference. These apps allow to lock individual apps. You will still be login to your Gmail account but before opening the app, you will be prompted to enter a pin or pattern.


How do I tell if my phone has Carrier IQ Software on it? What is known about the Carrier IQ Software and Android handsets?  I see a similar icon as shown on the Carrier IQ app next to an app called "Contact Data" and another called "Contact Sync". Does my phone come with Carrier IQ?

On your phone's home launcher, go to menu --> settings --> applications and look for anything that contains "Carrier IQ", "IQ", or possibly "com.carrieriq.iqagent"

If you are rooted, it appears that this app will check and see if it exists on your phone.  The paid license key will also let you remove it from your phone. This app was made by Trevor Eckhart, the person who discovered this "vulnerability."

If you are not rooted, this app will attempt to detect Carrier IQ on your phone. And here is another app, by Lookout, that will detect for Carrier IQ on your phone.

Also: if you are rooted and running a custom OS, such as CyanogenMod, you should have no worries about Carrier IQ. Carrier IQ is bundled by the manufacturer/carrier and shouldn't be included in a ROM such as CyanogenMod as long as it is built from the AOSP and is not a derivation of a manufactuer's ROM.


Broken Camera - Galaxy S3 The acrylic cover to the camera cracked open while in my pocket, now the camera is degrading. Is it possible to replace the camera on a Galaxy S3?

I don't know about the camera, but the lens and acrylic cover should be easy to change. Here is a replacement I found on ebay. It's quite cheap also.

P.S. I've just seen your comment :). Take this as an extension to your findings.


What does permission "MANAGE_ACCOUNTS" mean? Once in a while I read that MANAGE_ACCOUNTS Permission is needed (actually it is called "KONTEN HINZUFÜGEN ODER ENTFERNEN" as I have a German phone. I guess the text below is something like "Add or remove accounts, create accounts and set passwords, use accounts on the device" in English).

I'm asking this question because I wanted to install the GitHub-App.

I think I found a very similar question which I would like to include here:

  What does it mean they can create accounts?
  Why would Amazon (Kindle app) / GitHub even need this?
  Are there any risks?

In short, GitHub is using the internal Account System manager to store your GitHub credentials. This works the exact same was as adding a Google account or an Exchange account. Essentially, you are logging in with your credentials and they are stored in the Account Manager, which prevents you from having to re-enter these credentials again in the future.

This is most useful when the credentials are used across multiple applications as you only have to login once. For example, Google Chrome will access your account via the Account Manager instead of forcing you to login again (the yellow dialog that pops up at the bottom asking if you want to sign in with your locally held Account on your phone when visiting gmail or another Google website on your phone's Google Chrome browser).

    What does it mean they can create accounts?

They can created local accounts on your phone for their application (and only their application). Here's an example of a list on my phone:

Screenshot (Click image for larger variant)

    Why would Amazon (Kindle app) / GitHub even need this?

It simplifies credentials in Android. It's the recommended method to do this.

    Are there any risks?

There shouldn't be. If an app uses the AccountManager and say, wants to use your Google account, then it will have to explicitly ask you for permission as it needs an auth token to use that account. See more info on the SDK documentation.


Do device administrators have access to other user accounts? I have installed an Enterprise App Store application, provided by my employer. The app says that I need to make it a device administrator in order to use it, but I do not want to give it admin access to my phone.

My question is, if I create another user (work, for example) on my phone, install the app as the work user, and then make it a device administrator, will it be able to access the apps and data on my original user account?

My Phone: Nexus 6P (Android 6.0.1) stock

I have the same phone and do the same thing. Work account require the >"Google Apps device policy" app to be a device admin. It is admin on my >work account, but does not show up in the device administrators list on my >main, personal account. Not sure if it really has no access, though.

Thanks @personne3000 for your suggestion. I did the same and it does not show up as an administrator on my main account.


Is Gmail on Android susceptible to MITM attacks? My employer performs MITM on gmail.com by generating their own certificate authority. I've only noticed this applies to the web version of Gmail. In additon, Chrome on Windows will alert me when the certificate is not completely authentic.

Does this also apply to the Android App? Will the same MITM logic for gmail web work on the Android App, or is the app more secure? Note that I do not get the same certificate warnings on the app. It's hard to tell if my traffic is intercepted via the app. Are there any other methods that could be used to intercept and decrypt traffic from the Gmail android app?

Indeed, overriding certificates it's one of the most popular ways to compromise https. So, if your employer can succeed to create a certificate that fools the app, it can easily perform a MiTM attack.

Some links to check about mitm attacks on gmail app:

[1]: http://www.networking4all.com/en/ssl+certificates/ssl+news/android+apps+vulnerable+to+man-in-the-middle+attacks/
[2]: http://bgr.com/2011/08/30/iranian-government-said-to-be-using-mitm-hack-to-spy-on-gmail-other-google-services/


Huawei EVA-L09 removes short songs from music player I have noticed that there are some songs not displaying in my music player on my android phone.

What is interesting, is that these files are no different from ones I do see in my player. And I can still find them and play them using ES File Explorer. But they do not show up in my music library.

What all these songs have in common, is that they are short. Filler tracks, if you will. Tracks no more than 1 minute.

They are the only ones that consistently don't show up in my library, no matter how many times I try to put them on my phone (through dropbox). Like I said though, they exist on my phone and I can find and play them, the problem is that they don't show up in my library.

I just want to have my albums complete! Is there some setting I am missing here?

Thanks,

-slightly annoyed Android user

I just figured it out. On the main page of the music library there is a gear at the top left where you can modify the filter settings for how short a track has to be to stop appearing in your library. Moving the slider to 0 seconds solved my issue.


Prompt "Use USB to ... (charge this device, ...)" keeps coming up I'm trying to connect my Xperia X to my laptop and after hitting "Transfer files" connection is attempted but won't establish and defaults back to charging. Doesn't matter how many times I tap on "Transfer files". I'm using genuine USB cable from Sony so cable can't be the issue. Do I need any specific driver or something ?

Any help much appreciated.
Hardware IDS:

Of course,for connecting phone to Pc you need phone's drivers. I see that you made a Windows Virtual Machine and there are 2 ways to solve it:
1st Way: Installing Drivers Manually
For installing driver manually go to Device manager->Details->Hardware ID copy all ID and search on Google. After that you will see your phone's driver name. Search that driver name and install it.
2nd Way(Easiest way):Use driver updater software for Windows.
If you are not professional at Windows OS,then there special programs for you such as Advanced Driver Updater,IOBit Driver Booster(in app you will see "update drivers" option.) and etc. If these ways not works then go to this site and find your device. Then at the right you will see driver. Click on that link and download that driver and install.
I hope this steps will help you.


I have multiple google accounts. How can I hide some of them from the Gmail and Calendar apps? I have several google accounts I use for different purposes (i.e. my main everything account, one to log in to less secure websites / games, one shared account for work, my wife's Play store account).

I only use my main account for the gmail app and two accounts for the calendar app. I have customized the synchronization options under settings -> General --> accounts but even though I disable synchronization of Gmail, the accounts still show up in the calendar and gmail apps. How can I make these go away?

I use a rooted Note 3 on t-mobile.

Thanks!

On Android 6 and lower you can install Xposed Framework and then XPrivacy module for Xposed. In Xprivacy, deny access to accounts for the gmail app. Then add the account you want visible to the white list.

You can have a separate white list for every app, so you can have different accounts show for different apps.

Some apps get their account list from Google Play Services, and I've had weird things happen when trying to block accounts from that. But gmail and calendar work fine. Hangouts has a sign out feature, so you don't really need to block, but blocking works there, too.


Show notifications for all users If I am using a different user on my Android phone, notifications to the main user (owner) don't get shown until I switch back to that user.

This might be for privacy reasons and such, but I see there's already a feature for hiding sensitive notifications (i.e. from the lock screen).

Is it possible to receive some sort of alert/notification/vibration when a new text/email comes in for another user?

I'm sorry there is  no way you can receive the notification of the other user, because according to the concept of 'Users' in android each user represent a different physical user of the device. So the privacy won't let you receive notification from the other users.

Instead of going for another user, you can try 'Managed Profile' which create a separate profile but which belongs to the same user. In the underline architecture you will get almost all the security protection of a separate 'user' to this profile. The main difference will be they are in the same launcher.

Thanks.


Where whats app stored thumbnails of media in android phone? Today I was observing WhatsApp app behavior.

By using camera I took a photo. That photo got stored in camera directory of my cell phone (obviously that is normal behavior). And after that I shared the same photo to one of my contacts using WhatsApp. After sharing, I deleted that photo from camera directory and checked my WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared the photo) it was still in the list of messages.

Then I found over the Google that WhatsApp also stores sent images in internal directory as well. Then I deleted the same photo from WhatsApp internal memory and checked WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared photo), I found that there was not real photo but blurry image of the same photo was there (that is called thumbnail).

I tried to find out from where it was getting that thumbnail? I searched my whole cell phone directory or even WhatsApp media directory as well but could not find the thumbnail. My question is what is the location in cell where WhatsApp stores the thumbnails? I am assuming that WhatsApp keeps thumbnail url and download on demand. Is that right? Any help?

Go to Explorer/ file manager of your mobile, and scroll down to Whatsapp folder. Open it and go to Whatsapp Media.Then activate Show hidden files option ( Usually a 3 dots symbol at top right corner ).So you can see the .sent folder and open it,search for your photo


Instagram LED Notifications I have a custom ROM on my S3, but that shouldn't really be the issue here. I am on JB 4.2.2.

With my custom ROM I am able to set up different colors of the LED notification for each app that I want. However, this works for every single app I get notifications for except for Instagram. I still get the notifications for Instagram, the LED just doesn't light up when I receive them or they are still sitting in my tray. For Twitter I had to change the settings in the app itself to allow the LED to work, but for every other app, it has been default once I added the settings in my custom ROM. Instagram seems to be handling notifications a little bit differently from the other applications, because it doesn't wake up my phone when I get a notification either. But, I have a desktop application that shows me a pop-up on my computer when I receive notifications on my phone, and it notifies me for every notification, even Instagram.

I want to know if there is anything that I can do within Instagram or maybe somewhere in the phones settings to enable the LED to light up when I receive a new notification from Instagram.

Thanks.

Have you tried using Light Flow? It does the what the same thing as the custom rom does and Instagram is on their list of support apps for their Pro version.


Why does my tablet reset every time I reboot? I bought a tablet a few days ago.

I was playing around with a wireless mouse and a USB OTG cable and decided to restart the tablet for some reason (I don't remember why). After that, when the device booted I saw the setup wizard that started when the tablet was turned on for the first time.

The device now resets whenever I reboot, and I can't download & install apps from Play (error says that theres no memory), and I cannot enter recovery mode.

Device: Prestigio PMP3270B
Android: 4.0.3

All problems from busybox bad installation path..
Solution from here http://tabletrepublic.com/forum/teclast-a10t/factory-reset-after-every-restart-shutdown-1533-2.html

If device isn't root you should root it .Used Unlock Root and Tasselhof Market.
Also downloaded & copied Root Explorer to microSD.
Install and run it.
Go to /system/xbin and find busybox.
Move it to /system/bin
reboot & profit

All download links are on that forum


Is there /etc/shadows in android termux? I tried the following:

$ pwd
/system/etc
$ ls | grep 'shadow'

But nothing was found.

No. There isn't

Keep in mind that Termux is only a Linux environment. It's at least vastly different from a real GNU/Linux system.

Android has its own Unix user system, which does not have logins and passwords. So you'd not expect /etc/passwd and /etc/shadows to exist.


Load large google docs faster I am using a gdoc quite often on my android smartphone. It's my basic ToDo-List. I have even put it on Keep on device.

However, the gdocs is still so large, so that it takes up to 5 minutes to load the doc.

Any recommendations how to fasten this process up?

I appreciate your answers!

Use an dedicated app instead of a browser (if appliable), and remove formatting from document.

Consider upgrading to a cellphone with more memory.


new provisional message from cp client i recently bought a new nokia 2, android (7 nougat) smartphone, and ever since i have started using it, i keep getting weird notifications from 'cp client' saying 'new provisioning message'. when i tap it , nothing happens and i cant do anything about it... i slide it to the right to get it out of my notifications, but it just comes back after a few minutes... and i keep getting these messages every now and then, usually 4 at a time.. this its really annoying and i'm worried if this might be a virus.. what should i do to get rid of this problem?

Settings, Apps, menu "show system",
Find "cp client" and force quit.


Access my Fiancee android phone remotely Possible Duplicate:
  How do I access by android phone from web browser and control it?

I bought Galaxy S3 to my fiancee as a gift but she could not manage it and install APN and contacts and some apps, I am looking for free or commercial software or app, so I could help her managing her phone under her supervision.

Thank you guys I have to help her get internet on her phone, so we could use communications apps.

My phone calls bill is really expensive

Try Remote Web Desktop application for android:

Remote Web Desktop


Android App to read current time out loud? I am looking for an Android app that would read out loud the current time. For example if I'm in bed and don't want to open my eyes, I would just press a button or something, and it would read "It is now six thirty four".

Does anyone know about an app that does that?

There's a rather large number of Speaking Clock Apps in the Android Marketplace.

Specifically, the "Speaking Clock" app seems to do what you're after, and it's free.


Getting a file to Samsung Galaxy Tab from my Laptop without Android? I am trying to install new Android OS to Samsung Galaxy Tab but it does not have a Memory-card -slot and it does not have any OS currently. I need to somehow get the OS -file to the Samsung Galaxy Tab from my laptop, how can I do it?

ttyACM3 -description with ls

# ls -al /dev/ttyACM3
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 3 Oct 27 14:06 /dev/ttyACM3

Dmesg

 [538846.011011] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[539228.371156] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 67 using ehci_hcd
[539228.387241] hub 2-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2
[539228.882058] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 68 using ehci_hcd
[539228.990676] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860
[539228.990685] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[539228.990691] usb 2-1.2: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
[539228.990696] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
[539228.990700] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 4xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[539228.995453] cdc_acm 2-1.2:1.0: This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem.
[539228.995729] cdc_acm 2-1.2:1.0: ttyACM3: USB ACM device
[539820.734285] thinkpad_acpi: unknown possible thermal alarm or keyboard event received
[539820.734288] thinkpad_acpi: unhandled HKEY event 0x6040
[539820.734290] thinkpad_acpi: please report the conditions when this event happened to ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
[539820.734655] thinkpad_acpi: EC reports that Thermal Table has changed

usb-devices

:  Bus=02 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 69 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=04e8 ProdID=6860 Rev=04.00
S:  Manufacturer=SAMSUNG
S:  Product=SAMSUNG_Android
S:  SerialNumber=4xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
C:  #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=96mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=02(commc) Sub=02 Prot=01 Driver=cdc_acm
I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=cdc_acm
I:  If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=42 Prot=01 Driver=(none)

I can see that my laptop can detect the SGT but I am now trying to find where it is mounted to. How can I find the directory for SGT to save a file to it?

As I said in my comment, you should be able to flash using Odin. I'm not sure it works through a VM though, so perhaps you might have better luck with Heimdall.

Basically, you need to get the appropriate firmware for your device from here (signup required). Then, shut down your device and boot it while holding volume down + power. Once the tablet enters download mode, connect it to a PC.

If using Odin, the file you downloaded goes into the PDA box. I'm not too sure about Heimdall, but it looks like the downloaded file goes into the "Heimdall firmware package" box. Then click "Start" in Odin and wait for your device to reboot.

At this point, the tablet should boot into Android.


Whatsapp for android 2.2.1 I have HTCF Wildfire A3333 phone. I know it is old, it has Android version 2.2.1. How can I download Whatsapp on it (which version of Whatsapp)

WhatsApp Messenger supports Android 2.1+, you can just install it from the Play Store.

Be aware that with the HTC Wildfire's 384MB of RAM and 512MB of storage space, you may not be able to download, install, or properly run it though. I owned an HTC Aria with similar specs, pretty much after basic updates were applied to Google services, there was no space for anything else to be installed, and that was a couple years ago. It still shows it's compatible with that device, but when I try to install it fails due to insufficient storage.


How to disable Peek/Heads up notifications on LG G5 with Android N I've read in Android N it's possible to disable Peek/Heads up notifications on by turning on "Show full importance settings" in System UI Tuner, but I can't seem to find such on option on my LG G5 with Android N.

How do I disable Peek/Heads up notifications on LG G5 with Android N?

are you looking just to shut off the notifications?

If so:
from the Home page -> Pull down from the top and click on the Sprocket (or Settings) -> If you have the Grid View click on the Sounds&Notification -> Click on Apps -> Scroll down and click on Settings

From here, you can control you want the Peek, but making silent, or click on the Lock Screen and Hide all notifications.

I hope this helps.


How to put the Kindle Fire in airplane mode? I use the Amazon Kindle Fire (Android 2.3.4) model no: D01400 FCCID:ZEV-1229. I use this device in developing Android apps.

In my device WiFi is available, and also cyberoam for security purposes. I want to test the device is connected or not connected with WiFi.

I know if you want to check the network connection and you have cyberoam then you want put your device in airplane mode. How can I do that?

On the original Kindle Fire Airplane mode does not seem to exist, but you can turn off wireless using these directions:

Tap the Quick Settings (the Gear) icon in the top right hand corner of the Home screen.
Tap Wi-Fi.
Ensure Wireless Networking switch is in the off position.

On the new Kindle Fire you can enable airplane mode by doing the following:

Swipe down from the top of the screen and tap Wireless.
Tap On next to Airplane Mode


Unable to connect Xperia-Tipo to PC? For last 2 days, I am trying to connect my new Xperia-Tipo phone to PC but unable to connect. My PC's OS is Windows XP - SP3.

When I connect to PC, it is asking for PC companion installation.  But when I double click on Setup.exe its doing nothing.
So I downloaded PC companion (Version 2.1) and I tried to connect, but its not detecting my phone.

In trouble shooting its saying please check its properly connected or not. Yes its connected and my phone is charging too. I switch off my phone & tried its waste of time. If i see in my computer its not detecting any drive for USB.

Try use some third party applications instead of PC Companion like: Wondershare MobileGO or MyPhoneExplorer. Both of these are free.

I recommend Wondershare MobileGo. It has a full functional free version and can automatically download and install the drivers.


Enable gesture (swipe) input (on Fairphone 2) without Google Keyboard I have Fairphone 2 running Fairphone Open OS, and I'm making a quixotic effort to avoid installing non-free (as in freedom) software on it and to optimize privacy.

I want swipe input, but I don't want to install Google Keyboard, (LatimeImeGoogle.apk) By default, the OS has AOSP keyboard. I've also installed the wonderfully code-friendly AnySoftKeyboard (which also has awesome themes) and Hacker's Keyboard from F-Droid, but though they are useful to me, they don't have swipe input.

I've read this post which makes me think I have to get the source and compile the keyboard. I don't know how to do this at the moment, but I'm prepared to learn. I tried just replacing the library (by cheating and taking the correct library from the Google apk) mentioned in the post, and nothing changed (if I delete the library the keyboard stops working completely, so clearly I am making a system change by replacing it - it just doesn't do what I want).

I would like any of the following, in order of preference

a nice code-friendly FOSS keyboard with gesture input
a simple* way to enable gesture input for AOSP
confirmation that I do, in fact, need to build AOSP myself to do what I want
any other relevant advice(!)

Obviously, I have root :)

*I have an Ubuntu system to play with on my laptop if it helps...

The problem

The default AOSP keyboard does not ship with swipe. It will not appear in the settings.
The easy (but awkward) reason is that Google considered this feature to be too "secret" or so to release it in the open source code and thus they ship it in a proprietary library.

The solution

If you want, you can push that library to your device after the ROM installation (and each update!). It is named libjni_latinimegoogle.so and needs to be put in /system/lib.

For me (Android 7.1, ARM) this lib was a really small (944 kB) and oldish (updated 2008) thing. (sha256sum: 442a2a8bfcb25489564bc9433a916fa4dc0dba9000fe6f6f03f5939b985091e6)

Detailed guide

Download the correct Google Apps from http://opengapps.org/. (although I guess the lib may be the same for some versions, but well… just download the correct one)
Now get into the ZIP, respectively extract it. In the Optional dir you'll find another archive swypelibs-lib-arm.tar.lz. Extract that and you'll get the libjni_latinimegoogle.so file.
Now have your phone/device ready in recovery mode. Make sure to mount the /system partition in a writable way. In TWRP you have to go to "Mount" -> (if needed, uncheck) "mount /system in read-only" and then mount it by checking the box for "/system".
Now just push to file to your phone (adb push /path/to/libjni_latinimegoogle.so /system/lib) and restart.

It should work!

OTA survival

I said you need to do this for each update. You can, however, also create a small OTA survival script, which backs up the file when the system is updated.

Here is my (currently, experimental) proposal:

#!/sbin/sh
#
# /system/addon.d/95-latinimegoogle.sh
# During an OS upgrade, this script backs up /system/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle.so,
# /system is formatted and reinstalled, then the file is restored.
#

. /tmp/backuptool.functions

list_files() {
cat <<EOF
lib/libjni_latinimegoogle.so
EOF
}

case "$1" in
  backup)
    list_files | while read FILE DUMMY; do
      backup_file $S/"$FILE"
    done
  ;;
  restore)
    list_files | while read FILE REPLACEMENT; do
      R=""
      [ -n "$REPLACEMENT" ] && R="$S/$REPLACEMENT"
      [ -f "$C/$S/$FILE" ] && restore_file $S/"$FILE" "$R"
    done
  ;;
  pre-backup)
    # Stub
  ;;
  post-backup)
    # Stub
  ;;
  pre-restore)
    # Stub
  ;;
  post-restore)
    # Stub
  ;;
esac

Also available on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/rugk/a4c9fa11c5c031faf45602d6bf922a1c

Just save that file, push it your device into the /system/addon.d dir (adb push 95-latinimegoogle.sh /system/addon.d). (Yet again, you have to make sure /system is mounted.)
And make it executable: adb shell into your device, go to the dir via cd /system/addon.d and: chmod +x 95-latinimegoogle.sh.


Change bootanimation of the Kindle Fire After some exploring around on my Kindle Fire via ES File Explorer, I discovered the bootanimation.zip in system\media. Looking at the .zip, Amazon had left users who could reach this file instructions on how this boot animation works and how to change it. After setting everything up and preparing to swap the original with my own, I was given a warning that what I was doing was unable to be preformed.

Is there a way to get around this problem without rooting my Kindle?

That file is in the /system partition, which is mounted read-only, and even if you make it writable (which also requires you to be root), by default it's only writable by root. So it's not possible without rooting your device. The steps you have to take to be able to change your boot animation:

Root your device. The rooting method is device-specific, so I can't help you how; it's usually easy to find a  tutorial using Google.
Turn on root mode in ES File explorer (left side menu, root explorer).
Click on that menu item once more. It brings up a menu in which you can remount the /system partition in read/write mode.


How do I copy contacts from my SIM card to a Moto G8 Power? Well there's not really more to say about my question apart from: Yes, I've looked for this feature on the Internet and on my phone.

You can copy all contacts from your SIM card using the Contacts app.
Open it, select the burger menu in the top left corner, open Settings -> Import ->  SIM card


How can I reboot into recovery from fastboot? I have a phone that is bootlooping after a power failure + battery depletion during system encryption. How it got bricked isn't important here, the trouble is that I can't get into the recovery mode. Usually turning on the phone¹ via Volume Up+Power will enter recovery mode. I had TWRP flashed as the recovery and Lineage OS as the ROM. Now it does not respond to that keystroke.

Also generally one could boot to the system and run adb boot recovery, but with the system not booting that is not an option. I can however use Volume Down+Power to enter fastboot mode. I've tried reflashing the recovery image from fastboot, but it still does not respond to the key sequence. Using fastboot reboot tries to boot to the system. How can I get into recovery mode?

¹ In my case, a Levovo K6 Note/ K53a48 (karatep), but not really relevant to this question.

(Self answering here because I only found this answer after hours of dredging through 200 page threads of forum posts.)

There are two non-standard but semi-prevalent methods that may work depending on your make and model (and why recovery isn't working in the first place).

Some phones actually respond to fastboot reboot recovery. This is quite natural given adb reboot recovery, but unfortunately is non-standard. I found lots of people suggesting this method so I offer it here in the hopes that it works for some, but it didn't for me.
Some phones will actually let you book into an image via fastboot without flashing it. This will allow you to load a recovery image without needing to reboot the phone at all. You need a copy of the recovery image on your computer, but running fastboot boot image.img should do the trick. I was able to load up TWRP using this method.


Where does Adidas Micoach loads music files? I have a lot of music on my android phone that I want to listen when im running and using Adidas Micoach apk to trainning that I cant listen because Micoach doesn't list the music files on his player. I take a look and didn't find any option to load music from specific path on SD on micoach. Does someone knows where Adidas Micoach loads it's list of music?

According to this review, you may need to create playlists in the Android's stock Music player app, and miCoach will pull those playlists in.


What does "Download GPS assisted data only over Wi-Fi networks" really mean? Since I checked this option in Settings > Personal > Location, GPS finally works when no data connection is available, eg. when travelling in foreign countries. It's still slower than when a data connection is available, but at least, it does locate me when I'm standing in open skies.

However, I was wondering what this option really means: Does it mean that it will never use A-GPS to download data from the Net even when a data connection is available through GSM *?

IOW, if I'm travelling in my country where a GSM data connection is available, will Android download A-GPS data to speed things up?

Thank you.

GSM, as opposed to wifi; I don't know a better term

AGPS uses not only GPS satellites, but also nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi networks to lock onto your phones location, so your location should be more accurate.


How to import/restore .vmg SMS backup to Android? I have got an old Samsung mobile that exports all the SMS messages in .vmg format. How can I restore those messages on my Android?

Is there any tool to convert .vmg messages to .xml so I could restore using SMS Backup & Restore?

Or is there any app to restore from .vmg files directly like the one, SDBackup, unfortunately, which didn't work for me?

I recommend you to try Import SMS from Windows Phone app. It imports unlimited SMS messages from both .vmsg and .msg. It is free and you can find it on Google Play Store.

If you have MMS messages or group conversations to import, try the PRO version, called Import SMS from Windows Phone PRO. It also imports unlimited MMS or SMS messages, but is a paid version. You can also find it on Play Store.


WIFI gets disconnected once the device sleeps Possible Duplicate:
  How do I keep my wi-fi on in sleep mode

i have samsung galaxy ace, i have created an adhoc network on my laptop and connected through WI-FI on my samsung phone, now the problem is, if the device is kept ideal for 15-20 minutes, the WI-Fi gets disconnected and also does not gets connected, even if i restart wifi, i need to stop the adhoc network and start the network again to start the wifi on my samsung, can anyone tell me what could be causing this issue, is this the default behaviour of samsung mobile or something has went wrong on my device.

if you go in to Settings -> Wireless & network Settings -> Wi-Fi Settins then press Menu -> Advanced you will see Wi-Fi Sleep Policy. Change that to Never and wi-fi will stay connected when the device goes to sleep.


How to hide or spoof bootloader info from any app? I have spent hours trying to perfect build.prop and when I finally was at the end I forgot about this leakage. Any app can easily know device's bootloader info. I realized this when I ran CPU-Z. Installed Magisk and Xposed in systemless mode. Running Lineage OS 14.1. I by no means an expert as it is clearly evident from my question otherwise.

Idea is to hide or fake this information from any app including system apps. But I am failing miserably at achieving this since I have no deep understanding of Android.

I searched Git and XDA but answers were not met with requirement. Final search with keywords "getprop ro.bootloader" shade some light about the fundamental commands about getting this info. I am exhausted right now and I might be not thinking in the right direction so your input matters a lot.

I await your instructions!

Install XprivacyLua and select use tracking Pics below show the difference in output

For spoofing instead of hiding you may have to use custom hooks. You can ask on the XDA thread of the app or use the pro version of the module to change values globally or on per app basis

Caveat

Quoting Namnodorel from comments

  Note that this only works if the apps tries to retrieve bootloader status via Java. XPrivacyLua can't do anything if an app uses native code to check the bootloader.


recover passwords from browser please need help me on this.
i have saved my passwords for some webpages in andriod browser (defult browswer). when ever i need, i just open the page and am already signed in. somehow, something have happed, now it asks me for the password which i forgot. my phone is always locked and no one else can possibly open it. so i don't know what happened exactly and why. i can't choose to click the password recovery/forgot password, as i used a college email address and now is blocked/deleted. i will really really appreicate any tips or adivce on this. ready to do any thing with the phone, root and all. just please let me know what to do. i read some reviews about rooting and then recovering the passwords from webview.db from /data/data/com.android.browser, but, this folder is embty. not sure where to locate webview.db, does it show up only after rooting? i have a 5.1 android device.

Android browser should automatically back up any passwords on your Google account (the college email, but signed in on Google). The first step I'd try to recover your google account.

Hopefully you had some alternative contact methods (secondary email, registered phone number, chosen account trustee etc). These allow you (sometimes) bypass password entry provided you answer any questions accurately enough.

In my last use of the recovery option asked me previous Google purchases and significant email communications and it let me in after 24 hours.

Beyond this I am unsure if rooting your device will be successful as major parts of the OS are


Can deleted phone contacts visible in WhatsApp able to post chat messages? I have deleted a contact from my Android phone address book, but I still see the deleted contact in WhatsApp due to some old chats. Will the deleted contact be able to send me chat messages on WhatsApp?

Whatsapp has no relation with deleting a contact from your phone. WhatsApp uses your phone book contacts only to find who are on whatsapp, and then it shows their names in its contact tab. That's it. There is no more relation.

This means the person is still able to send you messages. His name may not be shown in the chat, but his number will be shown. This is similar to the fact that, we do receive messages in whatsapp from people who are not in our contacts, and also similar to receiving phone calls or SMS from persons whom we don't know. In whatsapp, only their number is shown in the chat screen, along with profile information, if any.

Only way to stop getting messages is to block the person. Blocking does not show on the phone of the contact you've blocked. Once blocked, the person will see that the messages he is sending, are being sent from his phone, but are not being delivered to your phone, that is, there will be no double tick, only a single tick. You'll not receive any message any calls through whatsapp from him.


Driver issues when using Samsung Galaxy SIII via USB for development The phone is connected via USB to Windows 7 64-bit. The USB debugging option enabled.
When I connect the phone to the computer, I'm notified that some drivers failed to install.

Do I need these for development? Where can I get them?  I have yet to try the Kies drivers.
As is, the device is connected as a "media device", which is useless in terms of development.
When trying an Android SDK sample demo, it starts the emulator instead of running on the phone.

More info about device:

Model number: SGH-T999V
Android version: 4.0.4

edit:
See my answer below.

The easiest way to get this driver is from the samsung website.  There is a link to a download that installs only the driver (none of the bloat).
See https://stackoverflow.com/a/11851697/1427165 for more details.


Recover files of encrypted SD card after factory reset without decrypting the card I own a Samsung ON 7 phone and I was using a class 10 Sandisk memory card which was encrypted by the device in the lock screen and security menu and with no other third party software. Now I have done factory reset on my phone and accidentally forgot to decrypt the SD card, now SD card is detectable and all the files are there and visible as well. but i can't open any file. What to do, please help !

Before you start anything: Did you use the offer of Google Account for storing all your passwords,etc?

If not:
Are you a beginner or an Android Crack? If you are a beginner, then it is very, very complicated - get asap to a data recovery firm (very expensive) or get to the National Security Agency :)). As Android Crack I would try ASAP (hope you've rooted the device by a Custom-Bootloader) mirror the whole smartphone (on a phone shell apk with sudo/su then dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/ disk with same mem size of smartphone mem) as well as the SD disk to a PC disk, then try to use a Linux recovery disk with gpart, disktype, testdisk, and e.g. aeskeyfind etc. to recover the data. So far I know the keys are in a certain folder (look on the web/stackoverflow) in the system partition, but if you overwrote the phone with Odin/Heimdall (DO NEVER THAT NOW) then you can forget all data.

The next time after you've rooted/ made a firmware reset and new encryption the first thing you should do is to backup the key stuff on a new Memory card and duplicate the keyfiles as much as you can!

Afterwards everything is hell :)) (Even there are APK which are offering a recovery/decrypting of private encrypted files, I would be very cautious of that - they're mostly fakes/adware and maybe trojans)


Can I pay with my phone if I switch to Cyanogenmod? I own an Oneplus 3 and a NFC sim card. In order to use the banking payment app of my bank (Rabobank Wallet: https://www.rabowallet.nl/ / Netherlands) I need a phone with android supporting open mobile api as far as I understood. I read online that Oxygen OS does not have support for OMA, but Cm does. Will flashing CM make me able to pay with the Rabo Wallet app?

Bonus question:

Only very expensive providers support NFC payment in their sim card. Can I switch provider, (which has no NFC sim) place it's sim in slot #1 en the NFC sim (without data plan) in slot #2 and pay with the second one?

Yes flashing Cyanogenmod will enable you to pay using your banking app. Cyanogenmod does have support for the Open Mobile API.

 The Second approach however will be a bit tricky to do as I have not tried that. But I think its worth giving a try !
If it doesn't works, the first option will do just fine!.

PS : I like Cyanogenmod more than Oxygen OS, I suggest you that you use it as your daily driver.


Why can't I re-install YouTube? Error message: "Duplicate provider authority" I'm in a bit of a problem. You see I have a preinstalled youtube app on my phone. Normally, there's an update and so I wanted to make the preinstalled one up-to-date without keeping the older version so I uninstalled it using Link2SD. Now when I was about to reinstall youtube with the latest version, I keep getting an error. So now my phone is stuck without a YouTube app. I even tried sideloading but it still fails to install.

The error I'm having is

I had the very same issue except for the reason that YouTube got messed up.

I recovered using Root Explorer (installed from Google Play) on my rooted phone.

I used the search function to look for youtube (search is case insensitive) and it came back with five files.  I used multi-select and deleted them all.  I rebooted the phone just in case and then I was able to install YouTube with no more errors.


Android keep saying "SD Card is mounted, do you want to change your default storage" About two days ago, I received this notification. At first, I just click on "Change",and in setup, set default storage to SD Card. I'm using Android 4.2.2.
But, this is happening in every half hour... I rooted my phone about 2 mounts ago,installed link2sd,and created second partition on my 16Gb SD Card. Both partitions are marked as Primary and both are FAT32. It's worked very well until 2 days ago. When I receive notification about SD Storage, my whole second partition stop working. Every apps on second partition is "unreachable" and I must restart my phone.
Do you know how to "fix" this, because, my SD Card is ok,it's seems that android unmount and mount SD Card and show this notification automaticly.

EDIT:
I forgot to mention, when I format whole SD Card,and delete second partition, this notification is not showing,but,again,when I create second partition, notification is shown on my home screen,and keep asking me to change default storage.

do u still have this problem.? Did you get solution for this.?

If yes, just share how you solved it.

If no, then this following FAQ page 21th question will help you to find the solution.

They have said try to update your Link2SD app. That will solve your problem.

http://www.link2sd.info/faq


Why can't I Sync Picasa Web Albums? Device: T-Mobile G2 (UK) / HTC Hero
OS: 2.1

I would like to Sync Picasa Web Albums, like on this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIfjt3pye5c. However, the option is not present - only contacts, Google Reader, Google Mail, calendar. I've tried visiting Picasa Web Albums site on my phone browser, and re-starting the phone, but it's not there. How can I enable it?

Edit (28th Jan) - I raised a ticket on support.htc.com about this a while ago. Here are their responses...

"Dave": "Do you have the Picasa option showing in the accounts and sync folder of Settings on your phone, please?"
"Dave": "Can you confirm you are running at least Android 2.1 on your handset?"
"Richard": "Christopher, your email has been passed to myself for further action as there has been no activity on it since the 22nd Jan. Picasa is a 3rd party application and you will need to install additional software from the Android Market to enable this functionality. (Picasa Album Sync is not pre-installed on your phone.) "
"Richard": "The picasa sync is not pre-installed on any of the HTC handsets running Android 2.x. I have checked several android phones running 2.1 and 2.2 that we have here and none of them have a Picasa sync option. I will pass on this information to the developers and inform them that a customer has asked for this function to be included on the phones. This may lead to it being implemented in a future update. In the meantime if you want that functionality then you will need to obtain 3rd party software which can provide it."

I'm not sure why Dave asked those questions, when Richard is adament that the functionality doesn't exist. Does anyone have any examples of Picasa working on HTC handsets running Android 2.x?

Here's what you have to do:

Go into the Gallery
Long click on a photo, choose "Share" and then choose "Picasa"
On the "upload photo" screen add a new album, then upload the photo (it doesn't matter what album, you just need to add one to create a new folder in Picasa.  This is the trick to linking your phone and your Picasa Web Albums).
After it's done uploading (check on the web to make sure it worked) from the home screen hit the menu button and go to Settings > Accounts & Sync > Click on your gmail address that is associated with Picasa.  Now you should see "Sync Picasa Web Albums" in the menu.

If that doesn't work.  Try restarting after that process, and then if that still doesn't work... :o(


How does adb shell differ from a terminal emulator? I have a couple of tasks I want to accomplish on Android 6.0.1 and they need root access when I run them on the device. This target device is not rooted.

Can I use adb from a PC to run commands just as if I would using a Terminal Emulator on a rooted Android?  I thought adb gives some sort of unrestricted temporary access (like temporary root).

I thought adb gives some sort of unrestricted temporary access (like temporary root).

When you open an ordinary terminal emulator app, you're shown a terminal and are automatically logged in as a particular user. The User ID of this particular user is the user ID of your displayed terminal emulator app. Such user and app is considered untrustworthy and is not allowed to do quite a lot of things. You can see the blacklisted items in the source code of untrusted_app.te.

ADB on the other hand when interfaces with the device gets to use the user ID 2000. This user is called shell and can do quite a lot of things for the purpose of debugging but still cannot meet the intricate demands of an end user1. Unless the Android offers a mechanism to switch to another user at will (such as 'su'; not graphical but console), the end user is limited to make any good use of shell user only when device is connected to PC in debugging mode. Follow the source code of shell.te to know about the privileges shell user enjoys.

In short, if the Android is not rooted shell user obviously comes as a winner because of privileges granted to it in contrast to an untrustworthy user, but it does not serve as a good substitute for superuser (su). In addition to that, as I noted above it comes with a cost.

Related resource: user IDs which come defined in Android

1 Temporary or otherwise, root user always have the user ID 0.


Upload PDF file to Gmail After downloading a PDF file from Gmail with the help of ASTRO File Manager in my Samsung Galaxy S III, I tried to find the PDF file to attach in the email (Gmail). Unfortunately, only images get attached, but none of the PDF files.

How can I do that? Where exactly am I going wrong in the process?

You can attach files with the gmail app. Just click attach image, select Astro to browse and select the PDF you wish to attach


Folders missing in (some) apps I have a strange issue. Just added some new folders in my Music folder after purchasing some new albums. Created them using Total Commander like always, transferred some mp3 files via ftp to the folders.

Now, some apps cannot find these folders or songs. It's not just my music app (Pulsar), I've tried re-installing without difference, and also tried a number of other music apps, some of them find the files and some don't. If I "open with..." the files using Total Commander the Pulsar app sees it and plays it without issue.

I have verified in terminal that chmod is the same as other and cannot see any other differences either.

Anyone have an idea of what the issue can be? Can it be related to different ways apps look for files or something?

I'm on a OP6, rooted with magisk but stock ROM.

The solution was that Media Storage didn't refresh. I manually cleared data in the Media Storage app and rebooted. After a while the app could find the files.


Can I emulate a Bluetooth keyboard with my Android device? I'd like to use an Android phone for controlling presentations. I know there's some wifi approaches, but often times the computer running the slideshow isn't owned by me and is not comfortable installing and running other software, especially stuff designed for remote control.

So I'm specifically looking for some way to do this using the Bluetooth HID profile, as it requires very little set-up on the PC side. Basically, I'm looking for the Android equivalent to BlueMaemo. Is there a way to do this?

Just saw this today...
AndroidSpin: Turn your Android Into a Keyboard and Mouse for Your Playstation 3 or PC

  Another reason we all love technology,
  thanks to some clever development by
  XDA member berserker_devel, you can
  now use your rooted Android device as
  a keyboard or mouse on your
  Playstation 3. The app, BlueputDroid,
  has been released in beta form and
  allows your phone’s screen to be used
  as a cursor and virtual or physical
  keyboard to input text. This app could
  also be used for your PC, for those
  that really want the most from there
  device(s). Either way it could save
  you quite a bit of money on buying
  wireless input devices for your toys
  (provided they have bluetooth and are
  supported).

A limited number of devices supported at present but it's being actively developed so something to keep an eye on even if it doesn't cover your device right now.


Why doesn't my phone support Google + hangouts? I have Motorola xt502 phone which is a Commtiva z71 variant, running android 2.3.7 CM7.1.

I was wondering what is limiting the hangout feature on my phone.

Is it because it has arm v6 cpu, the missing front facing camera or memory constraints? GTalk video is also not available on my phone.

Any info? Thanks.

As Chahk mentioned: It's the lack of a front facing camera.

But there are ways to fake a front facing camera, so that you can join hangouts.


How can I add a custom search engine to Chrome (beta, stable...)? Call me dumb, but, I don't see an obvious way to do this.

I want to add duckduckgo.com as the main search engine in Google Chrome for Android (beta, stable...)

As of chrome v39, this still can't easily be done; however, you can hack it. From  the XDA post SomeNickName referenced:

Install a Terminal emulator or use adb shell if you're familiar with it.
Change the "last_known_google_url" and "last_prompted_google_url" settings support having a search&q=added to the end. For example, duckduckgo would work with, https://www.duckduckgo.com& -- where the extra ampersand at the end is for converting the "search" text into an additional query sting param.

Here's a shell command for setting the duckduckgo url:

    p='/data/data/com.chrome.beta/app_chrome/Default/Preferences'
    awk '/last_known_google_url/ {sub(/google.com\//,"duckduckgo.com/\\&")}; {print}' ${p} > $p.bak
    awk '/last_prompted_google_url/ {sub(/google.com\//,"duckduckgo.com/\\&")}; {print}' ${p}.bak > ${p}


cannot send mail via 3G with outlook exchange sync i have a android 4.2.2 phone. i cannot send an email via 3G with outlook exchange sync. If i try that, he will wait until its connected with wifi, and than send it.
synchonising calander / tasks, incomming mail on just 3G is not a problem, just sending email with 3G in outlook exchange active.
Gmail, internet work just fine.
the same account on IOS is not giving any problems.

can anybody help me?

I would guess there is a setting issue in the APN
Check your setting in APN with you phone company


No add user option in android marshmallow moto e3 power It's been a  while I tried few options also but not able to find how to add user in marshmallow is not present in settings any way to debug this or to get activated as marshmallow supports multi users.

Your device does not support multi user mode

See reply by Senior Moderator in Lenovo forums

  There are many features that are disabled on different phones due to hardware or other reasons. It could be that the GPU can't handle this. It could be that some features are reserved for mid or high end phones.

  Another example is multi-user mode

(Emphasis supplied)

Sorry about that !

On supported Moto devices, you find this option under

Settings → Device → users → add user
Another way to find out is to use the search option in settings ( magnifying glass symbol on top right). Just typing  add brings up this option, as you can see in first Screenshot
From the notification bar, it has a user icon at extreme right, clicking on which will give you user options , as in second screenshot


Car charging at below 500mA I've plugged the AC charger for my Samsung Galaxy S4 into an inverter connected to my car's DC outlet.  The inverter is able to power my laptop AC adapter without issues.  The S4 charges, but not at full amperage.

The app Ampere shows that power input is at or below 500mA instead of the 1200mA shown when the adapter is connected to a wall socket.  Charging happens at a rate comparable to what is shown by Ampere, and similar to that seen when the phone is connected to a USB port on a computer.

Does Android or the Galaxy S4 refuse to allow charging at over 500mA if the quality of current is different from what would be provided by a wall socket?

I realised thanks to an answer from another question that the problem was actually with the cable. I had been using an old Samsung cable and when I replaced it with a new one the displayed milliamps went up to 1200.


recover internal storage data from soft bricked phone (No custom recovery, USB Debugging option NOT turned ON) I have an YU Yuphoria (5010) running on stock rom cm12 which it came with and was working perfectly until yesterday I rebooted the device. Now when it powers up it goes on a boot loop.

I have some photos of my newborn cousin in it which i really need.

My problems are as follows:

USB debugging not enabled. Which means my phone is not detected by adb and I can't mount or pull data from my phone through adb commands.
No custom recovery has been installed and the phone is not rooted. So no way to mount internal storage through CWM or TWRP as the don't exist.
Fastboot works fine but no option to access internal storage from it and unlocking bootloader will wipe all my data.

I tried all sorts of solutions but nothing worked because of problem 1 and 2. I really need those photos. Please help me out

Thanks

Thanks for your support but a miracle happened which I cannot figure out how. I decided to press wipe phone data from the stock recovery and it successfully booted up. Then I checked gallery and there was no photos in it which was obvious. then I plugged the phone to my computer and selected the file transfer mode on my phone. Then the internal memory shows up on my PC and I opened it up and saw the unexpected. All the files and folders including the app data was there as it is. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It had all the photos that I wanted and some that I deleted long back.


Bootloop after CWM Restore I have a Good Backup from CWM, after installing chainfire 3d, It went to boot loop, I restore the device through CWM, but the device is still in boot loop,.

dmesg.log http://pastebin.com/1u4PGhsr

recoovery.log http://pastebin.com/GKKsiN7N

How come my device is in bootloop if I have a good backup? :(

pefrom Factory Reset \ Clear Cache after the CWM Restore ,  the old Rom must save data you must delete in order for the CWM to work.