How to disable Apollo program in Cyanogenmod How do you stop the Apollo music app in Cyanogenmod 11 from launching whenever you unlock your phone's screen?

No matter how I left my phone, after I unlock it, it always brings up Apollo, and its driving me nuts. I can't find any option to disable this "feature" (other than disabling the entire app itself in settings).

Cyanogenmod 11 is only released as nightly build and will have a few bugs, and these types of bugs are common. Unfortunately there isn't enough information in your post to nail down the problem. I Would need to know the Phone, CM build number, and would need to know if you did clean or dirty flash the last time you updated CM. Without this information my advice is to uninstall Apollo or use an app like Titanium Backup Pro to freeze it, and use a much better music app such as Poweramp.


How to save YouTube downloaded video to phone gallery I have downloaded a youtube video in my youtube app and I want to save this video to my phone gallery. What steps should I have to follow to do this?

I'm using Termux and youtube-dl python script. Here you have steps to install required software.

Install Termux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux
Run Termux and paste following commands:

apt update

apt install python

pip install youtube-dl

Now you can download movies from YT

youtube-dl <link to YouTube movie>

But this is not comfortable way. Here are more steps to make it more user friendly.

Create dir in home:

mkdir ~/bin

Create file with your favorite editor. My is vim so I used it

vim ~/bin/termux-url-opener

Paste following content:

youtube-dl $1

and save file.

Make file executable:

chmod 700 ~/bin/termux-url-opener

Make Termux internal storage accessible.

termux-setup-storage

Accept access for Termux to internal storage

Create config file for youtube-dl:

mkdir -p ~/.config/youtube-dl

vim ~/.config/youtube-dl/config

Paste following config:

-o /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/movies/%(uploader)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s

Now if you want to save movie from YT simply open YouTube app, find movie, tap Share and choose Termux.

Movie will be saved in Movies directory in internal storage.


Do Gallery or Google Photos create extra copies of media from other apps? I have a lot of media files on my phone: some of them are sent and received by WhatsApp, others are made by my camera. I configured Gallery application to see  WhatsApp media directories and I use Google Photos to backup all my media files. Now here is the question. How many copies of the actual file are created on my device? Does Gallery create a copy or just list the files? Does Google Photos create a local copy or just list the files?

You will have only 1 copy of each media files on your device.
The media files will be stored in the default location i.e:- File Explorer.

The media files will also be stored on the google server since you have completed the backup. But it will be virtual for your device.

Note:- Gallery application is only used to display the various files stored in the memory.


Switch chrome interface from smartphone mode to tablet mode I want just a little: change interface of Chrome on my Mediapad T2 7.0 Pro (PLE-701L). Now it looks like smartphone version (picture at right side):

But I want to change interface to tablet mode (picture at left).
As I know there is special command for switching of interface.

Config:

Tablet: Mediapad T2 7.0 Pro (PLE-701L)
Resulution: 1200x1920
OS: Lolipop (5.1.1)
UI: EMUI 3.1
Chome: 66.0.3359.158
Root: doesn't exist.

You will need to change the DPI of your phone to accomplish it. But, the change will affect the whole system not just Chrome and may not be retained after a restart due to your device not been rooted.

adb shell wm density 600 (When I tested, 600 was the value that enabled the change of interface in Chrome).

For those who have newer version of Android, the DPI can be changed by going to Settings -> System -> Developer Option -> Smallest width.

Chrome's interface will change from phone to tablet.


Rooting An HTC Droid DNA Phone on Verizon Network I have a Droid DNA, running on the Verizon network. I would like to root this phone so I can use some of the more advanced features of Tasker; however, I am very fearful of "bricking" my phone. I see many approaches, which concerns me, because I would feel more comfortable if I could be sure process X is the one to use and works. Here are the particulars of my phone:

Model:  Droid DNA
Model #: HTC6435LVW
Android Version: 4.4.2
HTC Sense Version: 5.5
Software # (Build #): 4.09.605.5
Baseband Version: 1.02.01.0818
Kernel Version: 3.4.10-gc345f6f and @ABM101 #1 SMP PREEMPT

Can anyone advise me as to the best approach to take, even if it means there is no current software to root my phone with the version it has?

Thanks, FDijohn

I know this is late, and you probably have already rooted it. I'm going to go ahead and answer this for other people's benefit.

I understand the problems, because I have an HTC One M7, Verizon branded. Kingroot
(Which can be found here) worked for my Samsung Galaxy S3, which was running Kitkat (4.4.2). If that one does not work, try Kingoroot.They are both reliable, and should work. If you want functionality, use kingroot, but if it is a good UI, use kingoroot. They both are similiar, so it should not matter too much.

Hope this helps.

PS.

If none of that works, then you might want to cough up the $25 for Sunshine S-OFF. It should root , and S-OFF.


com.google.android.gms destroying my battery Something happened around two months ago. Since then, 2 or 3 times per day the app com.google.android.gms begins to consume battery like crazy (rooted Android 4.4 in a Galaxy Note 4). I think this is for some kind of sync of Google.

Logcat shows the strange behavior, with tons of messages like these:

W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#

The only way I found to stop this is to kill com.google.android.gms by hand, but sooner or later it resurrects again.

It seems that Google is trying to make my life misserable because some Location Consent was not given?

Thanks to the logs, I found the culprit: the bad (maybe even illegal?)  practices of Google Maps.

Since I hate spam and hate to be tracked for advertising by Google, I always opt out for all those things. In the last version of Google Maps for Android, there is a Location History option, that was off. Since Google Maps has the devilish behavior of trying to track you by launching itself when you don't open it yourself, it opens in the background and tries to save your location in their servers. That trigged a crazy loop because of my Location History off setting.

The only solution I found, at least if I want to keep using Google Maps, was to enable Location History. No more batery drains.

Google is copying the worst practices of Microsoft at the speed of light.


Select text using keyboard only I know how to select text (in a view) using the touch screen.

Is it possible to do the same via keyboard only?

If possible, please provide a way to do this on the emulator (I need this for a programming task).

You can indeed, just hold down the Shift key and move the cursor with the dpad/trackbal/etc.

From the comments:

The center key in the D-Pad activates the two text-selection hands, which can be moved anywhere using the D-Pad directional keys. Then, pressing the D-Pad center key again, copies the selection to the clipboard.


On the verge of 3G reception -- how to find the best position In my apartment, it seems like I'm on the verge of having 3G reception with my current carrier.  It's only if I place and leave my Galaxy Nexus on the window, and in a certain position and time of day, that it would finally switch from EDGE to 3G or HSPA.

Is there any way to help one find out the best position to place the phone around a window?  (This would be helpful if one only needs it for WiFi tethering, for example.)

The only thing I found helpful so far is running a speedtest, and then moving the phone whilst the speedtest is still being performed, but since the regular speedtest apps are time-constrained and have several distinct components of the test, this doesn't seem like the best approach around.  Maybe there's some way to see 3G signal strength in real time?

You might wish to take a look at apps like Network Signal Info and RF Signal Tracker, which allow you not only to monitor signal quality, but also show you which cells you are connected to, plus what kind of connection you had (3G/H+/...). You can follow that on-screen (to find the currently best place), and also log it (if you notice "drops", that might be helpful when discussing things with your provider).

Network Signal Info and RF Signal Tracker (source: Google Play; click images for larger variants)


When should I run a consistency check on my removable MicroSD card? I own an Android device with a removable MicroSD card. The card uses either FAT32 or ExFAT technology. These are "non-journaling filesystem" technologies, so the data on the cards can become corrupted in certain cases.

Perhaps I should run a consistency check (e.g. fsck / Chkdsk / ScanDisk) every so often.

A) How often should I run a consistency check on my MicroSD card?

B) Also, if my device sometimes freezes and I must power it off using the power button, must I run a consistency check every time?

Usually you don't need to run consistency checks on filesystems manually. vold runs filesystem check (fsck.exfat or fsck_msdos) everytime before mounting a supported filesystem (including exFAT and FAT[N]) on secondary external storage.


Unknown apps taking over tablet My son's tablet is suddenly over run with apps we don't know about trying to gain information (such as location, password, permission to load). Not sure what he downloaded or did to start this. I did see a warning the other day that the "phone app may seriously damage tablet" but I can't find the phone app to delete it. Any thoughts on how to stop it?

It is just a text that is shown in place of Advertisement. Don't take it seriously.Just delete unwanted applications from tablet


Is it possible to set CPU speed with Tasker? For example: I would like to set my CPU to higher end for when running a specific application, such as psx4droid.  Is this possible with Tasker?

Or if not Tasker... any other app?  SetCPU doesn't have the option.

It seems to me that you could get there by having tasker either directly set the system variables necessary to overclock or to access the commands that setCPU uses.  To do that you can use the "Execute" plugin that executes commands like you would in the terminal emulator.  A lot of this is over my head but you probably understand terminal commands and such better and may be able to make sense of my ramblings:

Install the Locale Execute Plugin
Create a new profile for when you run psx4droid
Add a task to set the CPU
Add an action and choose Plugin/Execute
Execute the command necessary to reset(overclock) the CPU.  Here's a link to explain how to format the commands. Unfortunately I don't know what command does this.

Theoretically, when you open psx4droid it should run that profile you created, changing the CPU settings.


adb doesn't detect my Defy (Motorola MB525) after I call adb kill-server (rageagainstthecage exploit). Any ideas? I'm trying cyanogen's mod approach to root my Defy. I can do adb shell, it works as intended. But after I run adb kill-server and try an adb shell I get

error: device not found

It seems my phone just decides to not be connected anymore when I call kill-server. I need to physically reboot it and start everything again.

This is the complete command session I did:

[~]$ adb devices
List of devices attached
0A3AA8D5195599849BN device

[~]$ adb shell
$ exit
[~]$ adb kill-server
[~]$ adb start-server
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
[~]$ adb devices
List of devices attached

[~]$ adb shell
error: device not found
[~]$

This is driving me nuts. I've searched about this problem, but there simply isn't a solution in entire Google's database. I want to use this rageagainstthecage root approach because I can see the exploit source, I'm a little nervous about using something in my personal phone that I don't know what it does (an explanation about rageagainstthecage, and a compact explanation)...

Anyone here at SE network have seen a similar problem - or have a suggestion?

I'm doing this in a Macbook Pro machine (OS X 10.6.8). My phone has Android 2.2.1.

(PS: Even without using the exploit, just doing adb kill-server and adb start-server, my cell phone isn't shown anymore on adb devices, thus receiving error: device not found. So this seens to be a problem with adb kill-server)

I had the same problem (Rom: 34.177.3.MB525.Retail.en.DE). The only rooting method that worked was Gingerbreak ( http://project89.com/root-defy-without-pc-gingerbreak-200/ )


Live folders for Contact groups? Does anyone know of an app which will allow you to place live folders on your home screen which are tied to a specific contact group? That is, when setting it up you would choose a group from your address book, and it would then show you all the contacts in that group, when opened.

I tried this app: Groupie, but it has a number of problems. The groups it lists are NOT the groups that are in my contacts (it seems to only list some common groups, but not the ones actually in my contacts). Even for a group with the same name as one in my contacts, it does not actually show any contacts when I clicked on the folder.
Plus, while admittedly minor, the icon for the folders is dorky.  ;)  Ideally would like one that uses a variation on the standard live folder icons (like All Contacts, Contacts with Phone Numbers, Received from Bluetooth and Starred Contacts)

Running on a Galaxy S Captivate, unrooted.

Dunno if this has gotten answered, but had to deal with this today and the app Groupy is great.  you can even hide groups so it lists only the ones you want, it handles multiple accounts setup on the phone just fine, and I know for sure if you drop a shortcut to the app itself it will open right up once you tap the 1x1 shortcut on the desktop right to the listing of the groups.

It also has some nice shortcut buttons to send an Email, SMS [or MMS] right from that listing screen [the icons are right across the bottom of the screen when the app is open.

I didn't see any widgets listed under widgets for it, but I haven't gone extremely in-depth with it yet.  I don't see a major need for them as when you tap the app shortcut the app opens right to a list of all the groups you have on the device [be they system, or created by you the user (if done via google contacts website be sure to either wait for the sync or go in to settings accounts and tap the account you modified contacts on and tap to clear then tap to add the checkmark back as that will cause it to sync right away [or of course hit sync now button if you have that available instead if you prefer]).
Of course if you go through and choose to hide any groups when you open the app it will only list that groups that have not been hidden.

You can even choose multiple groups to send messages to by tapping the checkboxes found on the right hand side of the screen for all the groups you want to send your message to.

PLEASE BE AWARE FOR BOTH EMAIL AND SMS OR MMS: Some carriers/providers do put limits on how many contacts you may send any one message to in attempts to curtail people from spamming too many people at once.  You will need to review the limits with your carrier in the case of SMS/MMS messages OR you provider for your email account for emails.
So if your groups [or groups] contain too many people your message may either fail to send at all or only send to soo many people [depending on how your carrier/service provider choose to handle the limit]


Can I increase the screen dimming in Android v4? I've noticed that Android v4 on a Samsung Galaxy Note does not dim the screen nearly enough in darkness or very low light, even when the auto dimming feature is turned on.  Are there any controls I've missed?  Are there any applications that increase the screen dimming?

If not, can anyone make comments on trying to write such an application?  Would I need to modify Cyanogen to do this?

Try the app Screen Filter, it does just what you need with no extra hassle.


BLU phone having trouble downloading apps I have a BLU Advance 5.0 and a 64 GB SD card already in it. I changed preferred install location to the SD Card and I also change the default write disk to the SD card. But after every download from Google Play Store, I have to manually put each app onto the SD Card. And now, even though I have every app on the SD Card and have everything set to the SD card, the phone still tries to download every app onto the internal storage, that is still saying "insufficient storage". What should I do?

called the company of Blu. they will be sending a new update that will fix app problem. They were aware of the problem.


Flash the newer version of ROM over the old one on ART environment I've flashed Carbon ROM on my LG G2 (D802) device and when e new Nightly release, I download it and put it on my SD Card and dirty flash it (Only clean Dalvik cache and cache partition). Now I've changed my enviroment from Dalvik ro ART and it seems that everything except nandroid manager is working fine, my question is, when a new Nightly release, what should I do now exactly? should I dirty flash like the other ones? and when I flashed the latest Nightly, what will happen to my environment, will it change back to Dalvik or it will stay on ART environment?

Thanks in advance.

It should be identical to flashing when Dalvik is enabled. If the ROM cook packaged up everything correctly, you should be able to "dirty-flash" the nightly builds over the previous ones (assuming you are staying on the same ROM channel.)  I would confirm with the ROM author though.

On the topic of wiping caches, the CyanogenMod's installation instructions specifically state:

  Contrary to popular belief, there is no need to wipe ANYTHING when you
  update CM. This includes your cache partition, your dalvik cache, and
  your battery stats. While wiping these won’t hurt anything, you can
  increase the time it takes to boot up CM after you install the update.
  Android is smart enough to manage both your cache and dalvik cache
  without you intervening, and wiping your battery stats does absolutely
  nothing to help with your battery life (the file is only used to
  provide the raw information to provide the stats and graph in Settings
  -> Battery) – it is actually wiped automatically every time your device is charged to 100%.

Of course you should always have a recent backup via recovery in case things start to go wrong.


A Windows PC software is pushing its app onto my android devices. How can I avoid it? This weekend I installed a popular Windows antivirus in my PC laptop. The installer offered the android app, and I denied it.

Nonetheless, a couple hours later all my android devices had the antivirus' app pushed onto them, even the ones that were lying around unused for a week.

It means that none of the devices (three tablets and three phones) were ever connected to the PC in the previous or following days. And the installation notification for the antivirus app had Google play's icon.

I haven't order the download of the antivirus from the play store to the devices.

It seems the antivirus software or its installer did it from the PC. I have several google programs (drive, chrome, etc) installed on the notebook.

Due to Moderator request, the name of the antivirus is Avast free.

You (or someone else) probably accidentally click this banner on the main screen.

And "Accept" the offer.

(Note: this dialog may also pop-up on reboot)
- OR -
Avast pushed the installation silently (which I still doubt since it didn't happen on my case).

Avast gets the Google accounts saved on the Chrome, and it's possible for them to offer their products on connected devices.

Hello,
Thank you for contacting our support center with your concerns.
We have got it from your Chrome account. If you are signed (permanently) to your Google account in some web browser, Avast can read your devices added to this account and offer our products. This situation can't be blocked.

(Source: Google Forum)
Additional reading: "How did Avast get my Google account info and install itself automatically onto my phone when I hit 'accept' on the desktop app?" on Reddit.


Formatting a Corrupted microSD Received a 128gb Samsung Evo+ microSD card that had originally been encrypted or used as adopted storage on another android device.

Current partitions, gpt table

  /dev/mmcblk0p1 android_meta 16.00 MiB; /dev/mmcblk0p2 android_expand 119.74 GiB

I tried formatting it through android with no success, so moved to a pc with a card reader. Windows detects the partitions but formatting and re-partitioning is unsuccessful. Diskpart ends in successful readout, but after ejecting and reinserting the disk no changes have taken effect.

Under lubuntu, using gparted, usually results in a

  i/o error during write on /dev/mmcblk0

and

  error fsyncing/closing /dev/mmcblk0: i/o

Fdisk shows successful readout, but still not operational. Wrote 0's to the disk using dd and then tried again in gparted and same errors.

Any other ideas? Is the SD card shot?

run the diskpart command from an elevated windows command prompt.
type "list disk"
type "select disk #"  (get number from list disk command)
type clean


Fastest way to transfer small files to PC I am looking for the fastest solution to transfer many small files really fast to my PC from my Android powered phone. For example I would like to transfer 100x5KB data in a second. Is there a way if I use SSD and I have min. 50MB/s internet with 10-40ms ping (I know ping is very important). Also, no cables can be used. So it must be wireless.

I already thought of

Network file sharing but I think it is not that fast (via WiFi)
Bluetooth (very very slow)
Pipe/Socket (don't really know how fast it is)

I will possibly need to transfer XML files and there will be about max. 5 meters between the PC and the mobile device.

Is there a fast way that can be handled with Java?

Thank you!

I use BitTorrent Sync a cross platform sync program using the P2P protocol. The files will only exist on your devices unless you set up a cloud based service to watch your file(s)/folder(s). Send & receive files of any size on any network, encrypted & visible to anyone whom you share the private key(s).


USB host mode with class compliant audio interfaces I have an HTC EVO, and it is my understanding that the hardware supports USB host mode.  I am still working to confirm this, but even if it doesn't, I understand other devices do, and that the Android kernel supports USB2Go.

Assuming the hardware is capable, what would it take to get Android to use a USB audio interface?  I am only interested in trying to get it working for class-compliant interfaces, as anything else isn't worth the effort.

I understand this is a bit of an general question.  I am hoping someone has already tried this.  I'm a software developer but have not dug into Android much.  This would be a heavy first project for me, but any information on how/if this could even be done would be much appreciated.

Edit:  Seems this guy got it working on a Nexus One:  http://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/

Edit #2:  So, since there seem to be drivers available... how would I load them?  Is ADB the only way?  Is a kernel update required, or can I simply drop the modules in place and load them?  If a kernel update is required, can I replace the kernel without losing everything else?

I think USB Audio support was initially built into Android 4.0 ICS but there may be earlier implementations and not every hardware that supports USB OTG and runs ICS+ supports USB Audio.

The capability of an Android device to handle USB audio mainly depends on the Kernel running on your System and your hardware being able to handle USB devices (USB host). Custom kernel and ROMs can void this. I have been able to connect (to my stock Samsung Galaxy Note 2):

an Alesis I/O4 USB Soundcard from Alesis (4in, 4out, phantom power)
a Harman/Kardon v1 USB speaker system and
a Shure x2u soundcard (1in, 2out, phantom power)

all playing stereo (Alesis could not be configured to play on all four channels) and the soundcards also record (alesis recording 4 tracks in sync) in very nice quality. I used Urecord (mono/ stereo) and USB Audio Recorder PRO (multitrack) and I have been told that Audio Evolution is also able to record from a USB source.


How to force android 6 to automatically connect to a network without internet access? I've set up a hifiberry(raspberry + dac shield) in my car, which has a wireless access point. I'm using my old sony z3 compact as a headunit. Runeaudio allows you to do all this easily. However, the raspberry is just an access point, there is no modem so it has no internet access.

Normally the phone will connect to networks automatically, but inthis case, it says "no internet access, won't automatically connect" in the wifi options. I have to manually connect it every time.

Is there a way to make it connect automatically, even though there is no internet access?

As mentioned here since Android 5, when  the device connect to. Wi-Fi network it makes  a quick HTTP request to check if it has internet access.

  This check is, for example, done with
  clients3.google.com/generate_204 , a “webpage” that always returns
  an HTTP status code 204 No Content| . Thus, if the device receives a
  204` it is connected to the internet, otherwise it assumes that this
  network does not provide proper internet access or is just a captive
  portal.

Most probable resolution is to disable captive portal detection, ad there are a variety of ways to achieve this:

Using AdAway to prevent the HTTP leak (blocking the URL)

Configuration of AdAway which blocks Google’s captive portal detection.

# captive portal

 127.0.0.1   clients3.google.com

 127.0.0.1   clients.l.google.com

Disable captive portal detection

With a rooted phone you can simply disable captive portal detection. Just get a root-shell through adb (or SSH etc) to run the following command:

settings put global captive_portal_detection_enabled 0

Additionally see this related question: How to disable captive portal detection? How to remove exclamation mark on Wi-Fi or signal icon in Lollipop?

Change the server for captive portal detection using AdAway

Another option for changing the captive portal detection server is to change its IP address to one that’s under your control.

You can do that with AdAway, for example. Let’s say your captive portal detection server has the IP address 5.189.140.231 , then you may add the following to your AdAway configuration:

5.189.140.231 clients3.google.com
5.189.140.231 clients.l.google.com

The webserver at 5.189.140.231 should then of course accept requests for the foreign domains.

For other workarounds see here


Huawei Ascend P1 is sending SMS automatically everyday I bought a Huawei Ascend P1 and installed some apps. But for the past 3-4 days, I see an alert that an SMS has been sent and 1.50 INR has been deducted. How will it unlock and send an SMS?

I found from my mobile carrier that the SMS was sent to the same number. The following apps have the SEND_SMS permission, but I am confused because most of them are system apps, and a few like WhatsApp & True Caller are trusted. I really don't understand what's going on as I see that the questions related to this topic seem different.

The list of apps in your screenshot includes "Rayman Jungle Run". This doesn't have any reason to send SMS messages, and the genuine game listed on Google Play doesn't require that permission.

It seems likely that you've been taken in by a fake or trojan that pretends to be the game you wanted, but in fact sends SMS to premium numbers behind your back, to make money. This is commonplace if you try to download commercial games from game piracy sites. There are also sometimes quite convincing fakes on Google Play.

Uninstall the app immediately. If the messages stop, and you're convinced that was the culprit, you should report it to the site you downloaded it from. If you downloaded it from Google Play, then you can report it directly within the Play Store app, and Google will remove it.

If your country has a government agency responsible for policing premium phone and SMS services, you should report the app and the number it sent messages to to that agency. They'll want to know that the SMS number has been used for fraudulent purposes, and may be able to shut down the company that originated the scam.


How to store a wifi password? My previous phone was saving automatically my wifi password.  I now have a LG OPTIMUS L1 II, but it is asking for the password each time.

Is there a way to tell them to save it?

The phone should automatically remember all previous connected wi-fi networks. Please verify these steps :

When you disconnect from the network and it is not within reach will it remain in the networks list ?
When you connect to the network and tap the network is there a button that says "Forget network " or alike ?


Where in my files can I find the stock browser's Favourites stored? Where on the storage of my phone can I find the stock browser's Favourites?  I want to backup that folder.

OS: 4.1.1
S3

All the data for the S3's stock browser are stored in /data/data/com.android.browser/, but just like any app's private data directory, you can only access that if your phone is rooted.

Rather than try to find app data to back up and manage that process yourself, I strongly recommend you to use one of the many existing backup apps out there, or to use adb backup.


Where does SafariOnline (Safari Queue) store downloaded books? I used the Safari Books Online "Safari Queue" not Safari to Go app to download a book to its "Offline Bookbag". In what format is the book stored? I ask because I'm hoping to use a reader other than Safari's own app to read the downloaded book.

The data is stored in /data/data/com.safariflow.queue/app_data/

Video books are stored in /data/data/com.safariflow.queue/app_data/videos folder.

Ebooks are stored in data/data/com.safariflow.queue/app_data/books folder - not as PDF, but as HTML folder (+supporting files css,jpg i.e metadata,images etc)

(Maybe, they can be viewed (/rendered?) on web browsers)


Download multimedia message with WiFi calling enabled I find that if I get sent an MMS message while connected to WiFi calling it never downloads. And retrying the download never works either.

Galaxy s4
Google messaging app

OK. So I called up Sprint. They told me that having WiFi calling enabled doesn't allow for MMS download because it makes the phone use all its bandwidth from the WiFi for calling, none for those messages.

So theoretically if you have WiFi but not WiFi calling enabled you should get the messages.


how does battery calibration work? There are several posts on how to calibrate android batteries but none describe its working.
How is it that the system can determine at what voltage the battery is considered to be charged (100% or say 4200mV) and what voltage is considered to be discharged (0% or 3400mV)?

"Android stops the battery from charging when reaching 100%" but if it is calibrated wrong, how come it wont stop charging at another voltage (say 4100mV) or even continue discharging at a voltage below its normal operation (say 3200mV)?

Expected answer:

The actual technical insight on how android determines the current battery level

Edit 1: I am stressing that my question has nothing to do with battery statistics and how much battery apps have used but solely on the procedure involved with determining the battery %

This is my first question please excuse any conventions I may have missed

Looking through the android source code recently (I'm new to android building and am still getting used to what makes android tick), I came across a file somewhere that had all sorts of calibration statistics and figures.

All of the figures are set by the vendor of the device itself. From how many mAhs the battery holds, to what values different device features affect the battery (like WiFi scanning, screen brightness etc).

I would assume that it is these figures (from the vendor), that the kernel uses to help itself calculate battery level.

Also, batteries come with little chips in them these days, to provide overcharge protection etc. The chip quite possibly reports on it's health status to the device. But that is merely just a personal assumption based on the fact that I don't use a stock battery (I use a zero lemon in my i9300 which triples my life between charges), and my phone knows the difference (it doesn't drop the same percentage in a given time compared to stock).

I hope this helps!!


Can I download Android apps to a computer and then transfer to my phone Possible Duplicate:
  How to download APK file on PC from Market?

I'm wondering if I can download Android apps to my computer then transfer to a phone because I don't have a wifi connection on my phone to download.

Indeed you can - there are a number of ways - via ADB and pushing it.

A simpler way would be to either connect your device via USB to your PC and copy over the android APK files to a folder on your SD card (either internal or external on your device).

Using a file explorer like ASTRO, Estrongs or some other one of choice, you can then navigate to the folder where you placed those APKs and click on them to install.

Prior to this, you ought to enable the option ALLOW INSTALLATION FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES in ANDROID SETTINGS > APPLICATIONS.


Is it safe to root samsung galaxy s2? Okay I have never rooted a phone and from what I have heard, rooting can cause bricking. Can you guys tell me lile is it safe to do so? And give me link of some easy and safe tutorials? Thanks :)

Well it's never safe to go behind what the manufacturer had set out for you. Cons of rooting include but aren't limited to

High risk of bricking phone (corrupting the bootloader rendering the phone particularly useless)
Voiding warranty

For beginners I'd recommend kingo root app. You literally just download the app and they'll do the rest for you. Kingo also has a lesser chance of bricking your phone/failing to root.

Other ways of rooting include loading a custom rom through the bootloader for your specific phone model but as you said you're a beginner and I wouldn't advise you to go this way until you feel more comfortable having understood the ways of rooting a phone.

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Free up space on Motorola Мото Е I am using a Moto E. The apps I have downloaded and use are few, and they are not taking up much space. What can be moved to the SD card has been moved. Yet, I have only 256MB space available now.
Question: is there a way to remove apps such as Motorola Migrate, Contextual Services etc etc, to free up space without affecting the overall operation of the phone? Can, for example, Google apps as Calendar be removed completely? Does the phone need to be rooted if this is possible?

Even if you could remove them, that wouldn't free up space in user-data (pre-installed apps are stored in a separate partition the user has no write-access to).

What you could do, however, is go to Settings › Apps, switch to the "All" tab, open the entry for each of those apps, and see if you can "uninstall updates" and then "disable" the app (to prevent those updates to come back). Other than the apps themselves, those updates are installed in user-space.


Transfer / Export or a specific notification ringtone My friend has a notification ringtone that I want on my phone but I can't find it on hers so I can send it to myself.  The ringtone came on her phone and is not on her SD card. Does anyone know how I can do this?  We both have the same LG android phone.  Or at least know where I can download it off the Internet.  It's simply called "POP" and goes something like "Ch'pow"   LOL.  Thanks

Pre-installed ringtones can be found below /system/media/audio (see also my answer here for additional details). If you want to know where to place your custom ringtones on your device, take a look at my other answer here.

Enjoy!


limiting only one app to use data Is there any way so that I can limit only one or two app to use my data in android 4.4.2.

PS:-  I know about blocking background data but I am curious about any other way.

If you want to turn off cell data on specific apps, just uncheck the box that corresponds to  connectivity and you are all set. The Android apps that allow you to do this are as follows some firewall apps.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jianjia.firewall

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free

find more app from playstore for firewall apps .


MMS messages go into a group conversation with sender and my own number instead of the regular SMS conversation Let's say I have a conversation with Alice. If Alice sends me an MMS, it appears outside of that conversation, as a group conversation with Alice and my own phone number as participants. Could this be caused by having Unknown for My phone number in SIM status?

The solution is to set Your phone number to the actual phone number within advanced settings in Messaging.


Macedonian keyboard for Samsung Galaxy Ace I'm from Macedonia and I'm using Samsung Galaxy Ace and I was wondering if there is any way I can install Macedonian keyboard so I can type in my mother language?

I hope this should work for you - Macedonian Keyboard App Google Play

Install and change input method when typing to use this keyboard. (To change input method, you can follow this guide - Android Stack Exchange - Change Input Method)

  After changing keyboard, select '123' near space button and then
  select 'MKD' at same place to get the Macedonian Keyboard.

You can also try other popular Keyboard apps if they have Macedonian support, unfortunately Swype doesn't have it.


Where can I configure SELinux in Cyanogenmod 10.1.3? Cyanogenmod released the stable version 10.1.3 yesterday and it apparently includes SELinux enhancements running in permissive mode per default.

I thought that you could change the mode in the settings, but so far I have not found anything.

Is this possible at all using the graphical touch interface?

Go to Settings -> About phone menu and scroll all the way to the bottom:

Tap the "SELinux status" menu 3 times in a row in a quick succession.  This will bring up a prompt asking you to confirm enabling the other modes:

Be aware that currently this feature is still under heavy development, and isn't supported on all devices yet.


Equivalent ADB command in Termux Is there any command equivalent to adb cmd package compile -m everything -f in termux?

Yes, it works. You just need root to do this:

$ tsu -a
# cmd package compile -m everything -f

Or:

$ tsu -c '/system/bin/cmd package compile -m everything -f'


Getting Application is Sending Too Many SMS despite changing sms_outgoing_check_max_count I need to send a large number of SMS messages, ~1000, and have edited android's sms_outgoing_check_max_count using the following command:

adb shell settings put global sms_outgoing_check_max_count 2000

It didn't work. I got the annoying "Application is Sending Too Many SMS" message.

The phone is a Nokia 3.1+ running Android One 9 and I used the stock messaging app. adb was invoked using Win10 Powershell and the value for sms_outgoing_check_max_count was checked to be 2000. Developer options was turned on this whole time, but the phone has not been rooted.

What am I missing here?

Figured out the reason. After using

adb shell
settings put global sms_outgoing_check_max_count 600
settings put global sms_outgoing_check_interval_ms 60000

you need to reboot your android phone.


YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp are not working right and internet is not working YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp are not receiving and sending until I restart my LG G5.
I was trying to delete some of the unused apps. Now my Facebook, YouTube says my internet is not connected even though the setup says I am connected to the internet.

Seems to me like you've removed some of the Google apps, used by these other apps. Which apps did you remove? I'd advise reïnstalling those apps, and don't remove apps like Google Play, Google Connectivity Services, etc.
Also, see if you haven't disabled some services or apps that YouTube, Facebook, and WhatsApp need. You should read the description on the Google Play Services to understand more about this.


Do GApps 4.4.4 work on Cyanogenmod 11 with 4.4.2? Okay, this is the first time I've been through stuff like rooting, installing another recovery tool, new system, flashing etc.
I've installed Cyanogenmod 11 which has Android 4.4.2 and I've also installed GApps 4.4.4 which I've taken from XDA Devs. When I first booted into the new system, the Google Keyboard wouldn't work. Then I was advised (via a question from this site) to clear the cache and dalvik cache from System Recovery mode. This ended up giving me even more "Unfortunately X has stopped working" for different apps, including Playstore.
How do I make the GApps work with my newly installed system? How do I fix these problems?
This is the guide I followed, but it doesn't provide the good GApps that would work on my system (tried them):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfYOfgnnVIQ&hd=1#!

Edit
Exact errors I am getting:

Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped.
Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped (when opening it)
Unfortunately, Google Keyboard has stopped

To answer your first question, yes.
May I recommend ParanoidAndroid GApps for a reliable source of current GApps.

To your second question: make sure you do a wipe BEFORE you install your system rom and gapps.

Sidenote, its quite possible there are outstanding bugs in your rom. For this reason I highly recommend following guides on Xda Developers


exclamations mark shown with wifi networks I have an issue with my moto g 2nd gen ,that it's shows a mark like exclamation sign with WiFi network and work slow due to this sign .plz give me solutions for this problem

The exclamation mark on the Wifi sign means that you are connected to the access point but don't have internet connectivity. Ever since Android 5.0, when this happens, it falls back to your mobile data connection. This is probably why the network slows down to a crawl.


Does the Play Store app verify the APKs? Many people (including me) are downloading/installing/updating applications in public networks where we cant be sure of a secure connection without MiTM attacks, does Google's Play Store transmit the APK files over HTTPS? And does it verify its checksums after the download before its installed?

Android itself checks the certificate when you update already installed APKs. It's therefore not possible to install a tampered/modified app that would need to be signed with a different certificate. It would throw a certificate mismatch exception.
Using Google Play to install a new APK for the first time is different somehow: It's signed with the developers key, but Google or a man in the middle could tamper the connection, modify it and then send it to you with a new signature. The package installer and android itself doesn't check back with google if the signature matches.
But Google Play implements the security recommendations that google gives for developers: It uses SSL and should be therefore secure. Unfortunately a wrong implementation can lead to flawed security as it happened with many apps that were tested for SSL vulnerability in this study:

http://www2.dcsec.uni-hannover.de/files/android/p50-fahl.pdf

(Not including Google Play)

Still the signature check itself is still vunrenable in 4.4:
http://www.zdnet.com/kitkat-gets-fix-for-android-app-tampering-bug-but-earlier-versions-still-vulnerable-7000022930/


are the apps being uninstalled during OS update? I haven't updated my Nexus 5X OS version for a long time already, due to the fact that I'm really afraid that something might go wrong with the state of some of my apps.

For example, my WhatsApp history goes back to 2011. The folder size is ~5GB and holds more than 29,000 files. A few times before the app produced a warning shich stated that its state is corrupted for some reason ("something went wrong") and that a restore is needed -- each time it took hours, and almost never succeeded immediately (I had to re-install and change some backup file names).

So, my question is basically -- what are the steps of the Android OS update installation process? Does all the apps being uninstalled, then the new version of the OS is being installed, and then the apps are being installed again? Or is there some "intermediate state" for the apps, which can provide an option for the apps not to be uninstalled in the first place?

If you do a normal system update (no restore or something like that) your apps are not uninstalled. The system doesn't really do anything with your apps at all until it finished the system update. Then the system will recompile all apps (The 'android is optimizing apps' dialog) in order to make them run faster. This should not interfere in any way with your data.

I do not know about your specific problem with WhatsApp or if a system update could cause your error but your data will not be touched by the system during the update. This means if something breaks whatsapp your data will still exist in order to restore your history.

Btw. what android version are you running? With android 7 the recompile step will partially change (to the good).


How can I get a random image on my lockscreen? Could you recommend me a simple solution to set a random image for my lockscreen?

I have the stock Samsung launcher, stock ICS rom and I don't want to install any custom launcher. I'm just looking for an app to switch the image every few hours.

You can use a live wallpaper that downloads new images periodicaly.
This one has a lot of built in image sites (like national geographic, nasa, ...):

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dngames.picofday

It looks like a normal wallpaper and is battery friendly.
The only problem I see is that most of the built in sources update once per day not every few hours, but you can define your own source of images.

You can also try searching for other similar solutions. I think the livewallpaper way is the best beacuse it has a lot less issues with lockscreens (you just choose the live wallpaper as the lockscreen wallpaper and it should leave the normal background intact.


Tablet stuck in "Recoery is not SEAndroid enforcing" and cannot turn off Just bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 tablet T-580.

When I buy an Android device I do two things, immediately: 1) get latest OTA update without fully setting the device up (e.g. only Wifi, no Google account), and 2) root, then reformat and reconfigure

I have tried to follow this guide and flashed the linked package with Odin.

Anyway after flashing the device is stuck in the boot logo with the above red error. I can't turn the tablet off.

However I had re-entered Odin mode with a lucky combination of PWR+Home+VDown and re-flashed the binary. However same problem.

Is there anything I can do, including re-flashing a completely stock binary, and try again?

You didn't enable OEM unlocking in developer mode, go to sammobile download your stock firmware (Or do it with smartswitch emergency upgrade and initialization via downloade mode) and reflash stock.

Then when you are ready to root just enable OEM Unlocking in developer options.


Is the Android default calendar open source? I did a little of research and found nothing.

All Android git repos are here https://android.googlesource.com and the Calendar one is here: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Calendar keep in mind that this is the stock AOSP calendar, not the Google Calendar however they function the same. Here is another open source calendar: https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar that is probably closer to Google's implementation rather than the AOSP one.


Turning off cell broadcast messages in Ice Cream Sandwich The phone is a stock HTC One X.

The settings menu does not include a checkbox to enable/disable CB messages. They just keep popping up.

Update: Halfer already gave the link to the wikipedia article about CB, which should explain it in more detail than I ever can. What it means to me is that I get location information as I move around in town.

The screenshot here shows the checkbox for this feature on what I believe is Gingerbread:

Update 2: And this is the extremely boring message. This particular one just shows the carrier name, so it's even more useless and annoying than if it were showing location information:

After some investigation and asking around, I have been told that these settings might be under Settings -> Call -> Other Call Settings, and indeed they were.

However, the owner of both a stock Samsung Galaxy S3 and an ICS updated Galaxy S2 told me that those two had the CB settings under Messages -> Settings.

I have not been able to find out which one of these two the default location is. It is possible that HTC has moved them.

What I have found out is that other manufacturers (Sony is one example I've come accross) are also placing CB settings under general settings rather than messaging settings, so there might not be a one-size-fits-all answer for this question.


Phone lists saved WiFi network that I do not recognize I know my phone will not store WiFi hotspots unless I connect to them, but I've noticed one on my phone that I have no recollection of ever connecting or saving. It's out of range yet saved on the list.

I am wondering if there is anyway this is possible. Obviously if WiFi is on it will scan whatever is around, but will not store any of them unless told to. I'm wondering why I have one stored that I've never connected to or saved. Nobody else has used my phone.

Some other people have had a similar problem:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/615395-wifi-keeps-auto-connecting.html

It is possible that your phone connected to it because it is an open network, which means that no password is required to connect. You can disable this feature by going to:

Settings --> Wireless & Network settings --> Wifi Settings

There should be a checkbox for automatically joining an open wifi network, just uncheck it.

If your device does not have a checkbox for this, then your device does not have that function and it is not the source of your problem.

It is also possible that you joined the network on accident. Most phones have a setting that sends a notification when an open network is available. If you click on the notification it will connect to the network.

If you want your device to forget a network, then just go to wifi settings, then click on the remembered network and select forget.


Is it possible to remove shortcut labels in Launcher Pro? Is there a fast or automatic way to remove the labels from all home shortcuts, while using Launcher Pro?

Yes.   On the home screen, hit the Option button, then go to Preferences > Appearance Settings > Hide icon labels and check the box.


Xiaomi Mi 4c goes black immediately after unlocking screen I have an issue with a Xiaomi Mi 4c: The device boots normally, lock screen appears, I can swipe to enter pin but then it turns black instantly again. I have to hit the power button twice to get back into lock screen. Swiping left to access camera also turns the screen black immediatly. Sometimes when I try to unlock I see the unlocked homescreen (or parts of it) for a split second before it goes dark. When in lock screen, I can access the quick settings from notification bar normally. It seems like it does unlock when I type in my passphrase but turns off the display as well as the home and back buttons on the bottom (they usually respond with vibration when touched, but dont once it goes black). When I try calling while in sleep mode, it rings but doesn't wake up the screen so i can't receive the call. When calling while in lock screeen, it rings and goes black instantly.

I got my Mi4c last November. It still runs on the rom it came with which is some sort of global rom with locked bootloader, google services and english language pre installed as well as some basic apps which cannot be uninstalled. I'm not sure what version it is and since I can't access my phone I don't know how to find out. Also, USB-debugging is not enabled appearently.

The issue first appeared a couple of hours after I had dropped the phone from about half a meter hight which, however, didn't show any immediate consequences.

I did some googeling on the issue with no real results. It would be much appreciated if somebody here had an idea.

Probably the power button of your phone in broken. Try to open the cover and check the power button.


Cellular Network Setting Won't allow to select preferred network type to LTE Android is not letting me select preferred network type to LTE for my 4G SIM, because I have selected the other SIM for data. The thing is, it only lets you select LTE as preferred network for a SIM which is selected as your DATA SIM.

The problem is the 4G SIM that I have, doesn't work on any network other than LTE. So if I am using data from my other SIM (3G), the network for my 4G SIM is gone.

Is there a way around it?

In any 4G enabled dual SIM handset, only one slot is meant to support LTE, that is SLOT 1.

Insert your 4G SIM in SLOT 1 and 3G SIM in SLOT 2.


Replaced /system/bin/toolbox. How to I revert that? I renamed the original /system/bin/toolbox" to "toolbox_alt".
I replaced the file /system/bin/toolbox with a file that was supposed to work, but doesn't work at all.
My filemanagers and the most terminal comands have stopped working and I apparently lost root access.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (N9005) (International) running the newest Cyanogenmod nightly.
Can anyone help me deleting the current toolbox and renaming the "toolbox_alt" back to "toolbox" ?

Thanks ahead

XXY

I fixed it myself.

I went to the recovery menu (CWM)
Mounted /system
Plugged it into my Laptop
Opened ADB on my Laptop Comand: adb shell
went to /system/bin and replaced the file

Hopefully this helps other who do the same mistake!


Download stops with no msg I'm trying to get apps and I have plenty of storahe but about half a second after download starts it stops with no message

As I understand, maybe you could not have connection on the Internet or broadband on your mobile device. But please give more information. I hope it helps.


My mobile doesn't read my sd card My Sony Xperia Play doesn't read the memory card. It only says unavailable. Trying to format it didn't help either. I have tried many methods but the same problem occurs, so what to do?

Have you tried formatting it on a Mac or PC? Seems to work better than trying to format it in Android for some reason


No OK button in recovery mode on MyPhone Agua Rio Fun I bought a new smartphone, MyPhone Agua Rio Fun (a local brand in Philippines). It's actually a pretty good phone in my book, but the storage in this thing is terrible! I found a way to solve it, but it says I have to root my phone.

I used to have Samsung Galaxy Pocket and I had no trouble rooting it. However, on Rio Fun, the only solid keys are volume up/down and the power buttons. When I try to go to recovery mode, it doesn't let me select anything! It doesn't have a solid home button, only the soft Home, Menu and Back keys (which can't be used when in recovery mode!). The power button just shows the triangle Android (!) sign then the recovery menu again! (any other root methods don't work on it!)

How can I navigate in recovery mode with this phone, and how can I root this phone?

I also have the same kind of phone (MP Rio Fun) and I am trying to partition my SD. In the Recovery mode, you have to use the volume keys/button to highlight the option that you want then you have to press the Option key (the key on the left side of the Home key) to enter the highlighted option.
Hope this help.


Nexus 7 - 2013 - missed 5.0 rollout? My nexus 7 was showing "update available" but after thinking "You know if it's crap I don't want to deal with it now" (and reading later that there were some problems) I left it, 2 weeks later (a week ago) it came back, and I ignored it.

Now I want to start using Material Design, but the update has gone, have I missed my window? I doubt it but Google's update policy...

Anyway, can I "force" an update?

You can direct download the latest factory image here for your device. As far as I know, you need to note several things before force push the update:

Power off your device.
Enter to recovery mode (Power + Volume up and down buttons simultaneously for a few seconds).
Locate the zipped file and extract it to update the version. (May take a while)
Reboot

A bit of warning: Doing this will erase your all of your data and apps. Be sure to backup your data before doing this.

I hope this helps you.


Is there a way to trigger the menu in Play Books without a menu button? On my HTC One X there is no menu button.  Once I have selected a book and started reading all the menus disappear (for changing font size or scrolling through the book), the only way I can get them to re-appear is to switch out of the Play Books application and then switch back, the menu then appears for a few seconds.  Is there an easier way to trigger the menu to appear when I don't have a menu button?

Tap anywhere on the page and the menu reappears.


"Ssp update received" toast keep showing from time to time Sometimes I get a toast (a temporary popup on the screen) saying something like:

  Ssp update received for package XXX

where XXX is the package of the app i'm currently running. It might not be exactly this text as it's hard to read the whole message (disappears after a short time).

It seems it is shown when an app is accessing the Internet. It also seems it started occuring when I've installed "Onavo" app, but it kept occurring even after I've uninstalled it.

my phone is rooted and has some tweaks. it's Samsung Galaxy S3 with Omega ROM 50.1 , which is based on stock samsung ROM (Android 4.1.2).

It also has the Xposed framework.

Does anybody know the reason for this message, and how to avoid getting it?

I think it has something to do with the API demos, as I've searched google for this text, and found this:

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/development/+/master%5E1%5E1..master%5E1/

looking at the file it says, its name is "AppUpdateSspReceiver.java" .

It makes sense that very few know about this problem, as this app is mainly used for developers who wish to see what's new on the new version of Android, and how to use the new stuff.

I have no idea what is its purpose and what it tries to demonstrate - the comment there says "Executed when a new version of the application is is installed.", but it doesn't seem the case).

Anyway, uninstalling the API demos seems to solve the problem.

Can anyone please tell me what is this demo?


Charge Level Control Would there be any application or method of controlling the charge level and limiting it for example to start charging at 20% and stop charging at 80% ?

You could use Tasker to make a beep or push a notification when battery level is ouside your safety boundaries, so you can take an action by yourself (ie. un/plug the charger).

Go to developer website, where Tasker Userguide can help you to set that task, taking as context the State of your device.

The following image shows an example of configuring Tasker to take an action depending on battery state:


Android 7.1.1 showing insuficient space even with plenty of space in SD card formatted as internal I have a ZTE Maven 3, it comes with 8GB of internal memory so i bought a 16GB microSD and formatted it as internal storage with the built-in android option to do so.

Problem is, when i try to install new apps the PlayStore refuses because i dont have enough space, but even if the internal storage is at full capacity, the SD card is 90% empty !

What is wrong with this?

You have to keep your internal storage empty because all the apps which you download from play store gets into your internal storage not in your external storage, even if you buy a sd card of 128GB or 256 GB you will not be able to install apps if you have full internal storage

Suggestion: Move all your photos ,videos, downloads to your SD Card
manually and  especially delete that .Thumbnails folder(Hidden Folder)
in DCIM in internal storage.


How can I run a script on boot? I'm accustomed to running scripts on boot in Linux, but I'm not sure how to do this in Android. I'd like to start my SSH daemon on start, so I'll always be able to connect. How can I run an arbitrary script on Android boot? It'd be preferable to do this outside of Dalvik.

While looking around my Android filesystem, I found that it did, in fact have a /etc/init.d/ directory. After peeking around in there, I found /etc/init.d/20userinit with the following lines:

if [ -e /data/local/userinit.sh ];
then
    log -p -i -t userinit "Executing /data/local/userinit.sh";
    busybux chmod +x /data/local/userinit.sh;
    logwrapper /system/bin/sh /data/local/userinit.sh;
    setprop cm.userinit.active 1;
fi;

This being, of course, exactly what I needed, I wrote the following script on my computer then pushed it to my device:

#!/system/bin/sh

dropbear -s -g

(pushed to device via scp userinit.sh phone:/data/local/userinit.sh, mind you :] )

Rebooted the device, then ran ps | grep "[d]ropbear", and sure enough, it's running. Coolness!


How would you change the default Android boot animation? I am attempting to change my boot animation on a rooted Xoom with Android 3.2.

I've got the files in part0/ the desc.txt looks like

1408 880 24
p 0 0 part0

I made the images 512x256 since this is what the Honeycomb boot animation had.

After I copy the bootanimation.zip image to /system/media/ and reboot I get just a black screen. I've tried 777 and 644 permissions on this file.

Any ideas how to not get a black screen?

Looks like this was a corrupt zip problem.. from linux zip tool you must be using the -0 switch to 'store'.


How do I know my Samsung S8+ Model SM-G955FD is Exynos and Snapdragon? I want to root my S8+. I found two type of TWRP recovery file Exynos and Snapdragon for my SM-G955FD.I wanted to know which one is suitable for my mobile?

The model number unambiguously determines the device's core configuration - if it says G955F(D) everywhere on the device (especially in Download Mode, which AFAIK can't be faked), then you can be sure that it's an Exynos variant.

Boot into Download Mode with the key combo VOL- + BIXBY + POWER, and you'll be greeted with a screen like below, where the model number will be shown after "PRODUCT NAME".

EDIT: For a more detailed breakdown of all S8+ models (full specs), check out this list from PhoneDB: Samsung Dream 2 ("Dream 2" is the development codename of S8+)


Is it possible to disable 2g connections completely, while allowing 3/4g connections to continue? I would like to completely disable all 2g connections, but allow 3g and 4g connections. Is this possible? how would one go about doing such a thing?

I see options to disable 3g/4g to "save battery life", but I am looking for the opposite of this option.

command-line/root hacks are OK.

Izzy's comment to the original question is actually correct.

On your phone's dialler, dial *#*#4636#*#* and open the Phone information menu.
In the Set preferred network type setting, you can now select the combination of network types that suits you most.

Unfortunately the list of network types uses fairly confusing abbreviations, I'll try to shed at least some light on it:

2G: GSM
3G: CDMA, EvDo, TD-SCDMA, UMTS, WCDMA (competing standards used in different countries)
4G: LTE

I don't have the first idea what 'Global' and 'unknown' do.

Some entries have additional remarks:

only: use only this particular standard (d'uh )
auto (PRL): when your provider's network is unavailable, use the 'Preferred Roaming List' to determine roaming networks preferred by your provider (e.g. that your provider has partnered with)
preferred: probably means that other network types are not used unless the preferred are unavailable. This may differ from default behaviour because by default, a 2G network may be used even if a (weaker) 3G or 4G network is available.

Remember the original value, in case you pick one that doesn't work for you.

To downprioritize 2G, you might want to try LTE/CDMA/UMTS auto (PRL): It covers 4G and most 3G standards, falls back to 2G if nothing else is available, and uses a PRL for roaming.

If you're still frequently stuck in 2G mode because you're moving around in an area where 3G/4G is available, but sketchy (for example if you frequently pass through staircases that block all but 2G), you can completely disable 2G by selecting something like LTE/TD-SCDMA/UMTS and see if that works for you (depending on which network types are used in your country).


Android Emulator change system sound So whenever I turn on emulator, system sound changes. It feels like lower frequencies are cut off, or some strange filter is turning on.

Any idea why it happens?

I'm running Windows 10 and I found that when launching the Android emulator, it would disable my Dolby audio enhancements. I simply had to turn it back on in the Sound properties.


help on asus fonepad 8 os system fastboot flash Help im having stuck on logo screen with no os and no serial number on boot. I've try recovery but fail. Trying faatboot  :/E Fe380cg zip is show unable to rename/write data target /dev/block/mmcb1k0p9: cross device link
                                        /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
FLASH FAILED!

I have been faced with a similar isuue.
what you do is go to this address and download your correct firmware.

https://www.asus.com/support/Download/28/7/0/11/lu33bRUQAkh5xmHg/32/

Don't worry, it's from ASUS.
Copy the image to your SD card or your internal storage and flash it from your DEFAULT_RECOVERY.

to enter recovery, just press and hold power and vol UP.

hope this helps.
toodles
~c3


power button defect: how do I turn my device on Recently my power button stopped working, meaning that it does not accept any input. With Cyanogenmod, it was easy to add easily accessible buttons in the notification area to turn the screen off.

However I fear the time when the phone is turned off some time in the future (maybe through 0% battery level). How do I turn the device on?

I hesitate opening the device (which I've done before) because of this very same situation. I'm not sure if the button is repairable, so I'd very much like to have a backup plan to turn it back on (since for opening the device, the battery must be removed).

If it's a hardware defect, I would suggest sending it to a service center for repair. You could plug it to a portable power bank so it lasts longer. But before you do that, you might want to back up your data to your PC or somewhere else first.


Access PC using tablet I have a tablet and a normal PC. I have a lot of files on my normal pc that i would like to copy to my tablet. Both the systems are connected to the same WiFi network. Is there any way to use this WiFi network to transfer files from the normal PC to the tablet?

WiFi File Explorer is perfect for this! i'm using it right now, in fact! The newest version allows for uploading as well as downloading from PC to device, over wifi. I've been using this app for a while now, and i can honestly say it works perfectly, and there are good devs behind it that are updating with useful functions consistently.


Does GT-I8262 Galaxy Core Support OTG? I am using GT-I8262 (Galaxy Core) android 4.1 does it support OTG?

As this comes up a lot I would recommend an app to check this, like this one

The GT-I8262 (Galaxy Core) does not support OTG. I cannot locate any custom Kernels that support it either.

There is no mention of it in the specs for the device either.


Can I know location of a phone if it doesn't have AGPS? There is assisted GPS, which as I got it figures out your location only by distance from antennas.
But some phones doesn't have even AGPS in their specifications.
Can I see my location on maps (Google map) using such a phone?

There is assisted GPS, which as I got it figures out your location only by distance from antennas.

I am sorry but this sentence is wrong. What you describe is not "assisted" GPS /AGPS.
AGPS or "Assistend GPS" is mechanism for GPS to minimize the initial starting phase until the first GPS "fix" (the first calculated GPS location).
For doing so AGPS uses a small data (downloaded via mobile network) set which contains the info which GPS satellite uses what frequency and where in the sky it should be located roughly.
What you describe is the "Location Estimation of Mobile using cell towers." For doing so GPS is not used at all. You only use the exact geo location data transmitted by each cell phone tower plus the recipient strength for each signal.
On Android you can not enable the cell tower localization individually. It is always combined with the same, Wifi based location system and builds Android's "coarse" location system (in difference to "fine" which uses GPS assistend or not).
If you have activated it on modern Android devices all apps can make use of it. But each app has to request permission to access the location from the user.


Can I rotate my camera to landscape mode with broken gyroscope? A lot of sensors on my machine are destroyed, including the gyroscope and accelerometer, because I am a terrible phone owner.
As a result, the camera does not rotate and my steps aren't counted.
Anyway, is there an artificial way to rotate my camera in landscape mode?
Is there some setting or an application I can use to fix the camera precisely?
(I checked a dozen of apps that only rotate the screen, but the camera remains in portrait mode within the landscape mode of the screen.)
My device is Huawei P20 Pro and its OS is Android 10.

It turned out the Rotation Control App, with its rightmost option, image the same as auto-rotate icon, does the job for me.
E.g., streaming in Facebook is successfully affected, which was my final goal.
More details can be found here:
https://www.phonearena.com/news/How-to-force-landscape-or-portrait-mode-in-apps-like-Instagram-and-others-Android_id78439


Google Playbooks is too huge - 1.4GB I am seeing that Google play books consumes 1.4 GB. I use Play Books only to view my PDF books and at most use 50MB of content. But I don't understand how it can consume so much space... Even a graphic game takes only 800MB. So can anyone point me out to why this happens??

I can't tell you why it's using this much on your phone in particular. I just looked at Google Play Books on my phone, which is using 224 MB, of which only 32 MB is the app itself, and the rest is data (downloaded books).

Some PDFs and e-books can be very big, because they can include large pictures. Some e-books are high-quality scans of every page of a paper book, which can be much larger than 50 MB.


How do I copy the subject of an email in Google Inbox on Android? Does anyone know how to copy the subject line of an email in the Inbox app, other than forwarding the email to myself and then copying the text from the body of the forward?

When I press and hold on the subject of an opened email to try to copy the text, it closes the email and returns me to the folder.

Cheers,
Matt

If you click the button to reply to a message at the bottom right you’ll be able to copy the subject line as it’ll be plain text at the top of the reply.


Nexus 9 stuck in endless reboot loop after trying to root it I have tried to root my Nexus 9 using this guide: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-root-google-nexus-9-unlock-bootloader-1473817, but now I'm stuck in an endless reboot loop. I got to the very end, step-17 in the guide.

The loop goes like this:

The four colored dots circling around.
Optimizing applications.
Starting applications.
And then it goes right back to the circling dots instead of starting up as expected.

I had upgraded the device to Android 5.1 and maybe this explains why my device is now stuck in a loop.

I have tried resetting the device and restoring it to factory defaults by powering it on holding both both the power button and the volume up button, but none of this fixes my issue. All it does is change the number of applications it wants to optimize when it's booting.

Any idears on how to get my device to boot properly?

Using Firelords' suggestion I was able to unbrick my device and get it working again.

Downloaded the Lollipop 5.1.1 image for Nexus 9 on this site: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Unpacked all the files into the folder where I had fastboot.exe.
Started my tablet by holding down the power button and the volue up botton to get into some kind of recovery mode.
fastboot-all.bat did not work for me, so ran the following commands instead:

fastboot.exe flash bootloader bootloader-flounder-3.44.1.0123.img
fastboot.exe flash system system.img
fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot.exe flash boot boot.img
fastboot.exe flash cache cache.img
fastboot.exe flash vendor vendor.img

Reboot the device using the little menu on the screen. It was now able to start up, and I could recover from my latest backup.


How to find out which new permissions are required by an update? When updating an app that requires new permissions, those new permissions used to be labelled with a green NEW tag. No more. Now I can only see the full list of permissions required. I'm still prompted to confirm the change, but I can't save time by only looking at the new ones.

Without manually keeping track of the old permissions and other impractical ideas, is there a workaround? A way to see what changed before I install the update?

On the app details page, you can scroll to the bottom of the page. You will find a link under PERMISSIONS saying "View details". That will open a popup page that will display all the permission categories with expanded view and list all the permissions the app needs, including the new ones required with "NEW" tag.


URL Link in Android Calendar Description I have being using the iPhone with synced calendar events with a URL to a webpage in the description. On the iPhone or web Google calendar the URL is active. On the Android Calendar it is not. Is there anyway to have an active URL in an Android Calendar Event Description?

I just created a calendar event with a fully qualified URL as the description and it became a live link when I viewed the event.

What format are you using for the URL?

(For what it's worth, I have an original Droid with Android 2.2.1.)


Wifi auto rejoin issues on Nexus 5 / Android 4.4 Here's a problem I've been experiencing with my new Nexus 5:

I leave my home wifi (which I was connected to). I then go to work where there is a wifi network I've previously joined. However, my Nexus 5 won't automatically rejoin the work wifi. If I go to the wifi menu and try to tell it to connect.... it does nothing. It sees the network and says it has a good strong signal, but it simply won't connect to it. If I turn airplane mode on and off (or restart the phone), it will join the work wifi.

Same thing happens in reverse (leave work wifi, won't auto rejoin home wifi). Or if I just walk out of range of the wifi network and walk back into range of it.

I did not have this issue on Android 4.2.2 with my Galaxy Nexus.

Is there a way to fix this? Or is it some sort of software bug in Android 4.4?

It appears that this was an issue from Google's syncing of wifi profiles from older phones. For some reason, when my new Nexus 5 acquired the wifi profiles from my Galaxy Nexus, they exhibit this issue.

The solution here worked but you must be rooted. You must delete all the wifi profile data (requires root) and then re-join the wifi networks again.

adb shell
$ su
# rm -r /data/misc/wifi/
# reboot

Then rejoin your wifi networks in the wifi manager. When you leave the range of the wifi and come back, it should reconnect as normal.


How to exclude certain folders from getting scanned by music player? I have some audiobooks on my phone, but I don't want to hear these when I play "All music". Is it possible to exclude some folders from getting added to the library? What are the file types that automatically get added?

You should be able to create a file called ".nomedia" (without quotes) in the folder you don't want scanned. It is supposed to tell the media scanner not to look in there.


Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 cannot connect to LG FH2 speaker since there's a Bluetooth profile incompatibility I have found that my LG FH2 speaker uses the A2DP profile protocol:
http://gscs-b2c.lge.com/downloadFile?fileId=gQHBfK7s0ZXFVKL7CatPeA

...whereas my Android phone is unable to get connected to it, since it has a different profile AVRCP:
https://source.android.com/devices/bluetooth/services

Please note I am not trying to make my phone an audio sink, only audio gateway is totally fine for me.

¿How can I install, push, hack, or sideload via ADB such an A2DP Bluetooth profile so I can connect my mobile to my speaker?

Edit: it's a Redmi Note 5 global version (model M1803E7SH Latin America)

The Bluetooth profiles are an integral part of the Android system installed on your device (like a driver). Therefore usually you can't "install" or "update" the Bluetooth profiles.

Therefore you have only two possibilities:

Buy a different speaker that supports a Bluetooth profile your phone supports.
Search the Internet if there is a different ROM available for your phone that has A2DP support.


Gmail on Android separate from google play Is there any way to read mail (and calendar) from a gmail account on a Android phone without tying the account to a play-store account used on the same phone?
Theoretically this should not be a problem, gmail offers pop3 and IMAP so i should be able to use a client app and keep google ignorant of the device i use.

I ask because so far i have not connected my gmail account to my bank account or credit card and i would like for these to stay disconnected.
Bank and credit card account identify me by name and surname (phone, address) while gmail is tied to some of my web activities (for example search history). I dont want to make it too easy for google and all those foreign governments to connect the two.

Here are some related questions:
How do I remove all social integration features with Google+/Google applications
and
What information does stock Android send to Google by default, and how do I opt-out?. I would like to set up my new Android phone one step at the time, starting with the gmail and playstore account.

Yes, you can set up multiple Google Accounts on your device and Gmail will handle them with aplomb.

You may have to have the Play Store account be the "main" account, just for ease of use, but you can easily add the account(s) where you have your email and/or calendar information. You can also selectively choose which account syncs Gmail, Calendar, etc.


MTP sync on LG Spectrum --- kill with extreme prejudice I have an LG Spectrum, running ICS, and I always keep the USB Connection Type on Charge Only. Lately, for some evil reason, whenever I connect the USB cable to a computer, it bloody ignores my setting and decides to do Media Sync (MTP) instead.

I've searched for (and will continue to search for) ways to prevent this, but I've not found much, and what I did find didn't apply to my situation. (E.g., I couldn't Stop MTP in Running Apps, because it wasn't there.)

I don't know the MTP is, but I want it off my phone completely. I don't want the blasted sync. Ever.

Any ideas?

MTP stands for Media Transfer Protocol. Its honestly better than Mass Storage mode because the memory card does not need to be unmounted on the phone for the PC to transfer data.

If you want to disable it, switch your connectivity to MSC mode first then enable charge only. MTP is a passive protocol that is why it cannot be turned off when it is set by default.


Where can i download the original music and player app for Samsung i9000 to be used with Android 4.1.2? On the i9000, I have updated the ROM to Android 4.1.2. I would like to re-install the original music player as well as the video player.

How do I do this?

i9000 does not have an official ROM, so I'm assuming you're using a custom ROM like CM10. Stock players from Touchwiz are rarely availble, and for the most part do not work flawlessly on AOSP based ROMs.

Try Winamp and MPlayer as alternatives, they work on any ROMs so you can move freely between ROMs too.


Notification Bar and Home button not working I have moto G3 in it the home button, notification bar and recent button is not working. Tried to do factory reset but that option is also not working. tried to switch off the phone remove sim card and SD card, but still no luck.
Please advice !

Please follow the troubleshooting steps

Ensure the device is powered off, and unplugged
Press and hold the Volume Down button and Power button (located on the right edge of the device) for approximately 3 seconds then release.
From the "Boot Mode Selection Menu" screen, select Recovery.

Note: Use the Volume Down button to scroll through the menu options and the Volume Up button to select.

From the "No Command" screen (Android figure lying on his back), press and hold the Power button then press and release the Volume Up button to display the menu options.
Select "wipe data/factory reset".

Note: Use the Volume buttons to highlight and the Power button to select.

Select Yes -- delete all user data.

Note: Allow several seconds for the factory data reset process to complete.

Select reboot system now.

Note: Allow several minutes for the reboot process to complete.


HTC One is not charging I have HTC One since few months. It worked fine, this is great device in my opinion.
Today my battery ran out of energy. I plug in the charger, and there is no reaction over 30 minutes. It has happening for the first time.
Any solution?

You have to go to the store where you bought it so they can have it checked. Maybe the battery must not be totally drained. Have them checked your phone since it still has warranty if you just bought it few months ago.


How do I switch my htc merge from us cellular to t-mobile? Possible Duplicate:
  Can I use my device on a different carrier?

I have unlocked it and I am trying to s-off, I am ignorant to cell hacking/programing ad don't know if I am doing anything that will help or hinder my operation. I have just been following youtube or sites advice but so far nothing has really helped. I have the t-mobile sim card but us cellulars programing is preventing service.

Please help(and use laymans terms cause like I said I am not too savy when it comes to this).

You cannot. HTC Merge is a CDMA phone and US Cellular is a CDMA network, while T-Mobile is a GSM carrier. The two technologies are not compatible, and it's not possible to use phones between them.


Unable to make an outgoing call after calling to *31# in my moto g Hi I have Moto g First Generation mobile bought in India,

When I tried to make my Caller ID hidden
from Here,

I called to *31# and after that I couldnt make a call to anyone.
Then I tried tried and miraculously I could make a call by adding a prefix of *31# to any number

Please Help me out on fixing this issue.

I tried solutions from the below links
GSM Feature Codes
GSM Codes
but no help.
Called Motorola Customer Care n they told me to Factory Reset. I did after backup of my data and now it works.


how or any app that can block users from removing apps? We are planning to give 19 employees smart phones running Android 6.0. Keeping the story aside, we want to install one application on the phone that must not be removed at all. The application simply sends map coordinates to a cloud when our employees go on out reach program.

I am told rooting the devices is the only option but they are brand new and i am sure rooting comes at a security risk (as i have being told as well). So, I was wondering if there is a way to guarantee the application will never be removed and will run no matter what?

Third party apps can help you to prevent uninstalls.
Have a look at this answer: https://android.stackexchange.com/a/21496/98689


Is the "What's here?" Google maps feature known from the PC/Browser available on Android? The PC Version of Google Maps offers a What's here? feature (giving grid reference in decimal degrees) which is seemingly not available on the Nexus 7.

This is very useful for navigation to locations without a specific street or house number address, e.g. rural areas.

How can this feature be accessed or is there a work around?

Just tap and hold the point of interest on the map, and then tap the location when it pops up. Then select What's nearby?.


Does android use cellular data when connected to WiFi with no internet We have a WiFi hotspot setup with no internet.  A website has been hosted locally on a server connected to the same hotspot. Necessary DNS entries have been made in the Access Point to ensure the DNS query for a particular web address (say http://www.facebook.com) resolves to ip address of the server. Users are expected to access only single website (facebook.com) on the WiFi which is hosted on the server.
Some users that have cellular data turned on connect to the WiFi hotspot. These users when they enter web address (facebook.com), instead of the phone using the WiFi connection to get to the locally hosted website, the phone turns to cellular data and opens the website hosted locally.

Any clues why could this is be happening?

Is it because the user previously access the web address on internet and the ip address was cached by the browser. And now when the user enters the same url in their browser when connected our WiFi, the browser directly queries the router for the IP address. And since there is no internet on our WiFi, the phone automatically switches to cellular data.

Have you tried opening sites which are not locally hosted via the same hotspot? I think having the site hosted on the same hotspot as that of the phone's wifi might be giving such a problem. May be an IP conflict or something else like that.


Can't find Angry Birds Same websites are reporting that angry birds is available in the android market. However I can't find it on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S in New Zealand). I have tried the bar code, the download links and searching the android market from my phone the app just isn't there.

Whats going on?
Is my phone not supported?
Is my country not supported?
Is my OS version (2.1) not supported?

GetJar is where they first posted it and it got hammered. They got it on the Android Market pretty quickly, but Rovio's complaint (and why they went with an alternate market in the first place) is that a lot of people complained they couldn't find the beta in the Android Market.

A few people who were able to get it set up mirrors, including a Torrent. A quick web search should find an alternative download location for you, if you haven't already got it.


Unlock PC from Android I was pretty sure this question wouldve been already asked, and I tried hard to find a solution but couldnt find much.

I'm trying to lock/unlock my PC from my Android device. I dont want to use BTProximity to do this because even if I'm in another room in the house, it would be able to detect my phone and unlock the computer. I want finer control over the event that triggers the lock/unlock, instead of relying on proximity.

I would be very happy to use tasker to achieve this, although I'm unable to find any way for my PC to lock/unlock with anything tasker can do.

The solution can either be for Windows or Ubuntu, or both.

The best integrated solution with your Android phone and PC is to use Autoremote and EventGhost. The general idea is that you use AutoRemote to send a message to Eventghost which then unlocks or locks your PC. The task will look something like this:

AUTOREMOTE MESSAGE
     DEVICE: NAME OF COMPUTER OR CHROME EXTENSION  <----Addressed at the end
     MESSAGE: Unlock (Really could be anything)

Next is the EventGhost side. Eventghost doesn't always respond especially if your not on the local network but you can get around this with AutoRemote's Chrome ExtensionIf you have any trouble with AutoRemote, the developer has a great website and is very active in his google group. The direction to install the AutoRemote plug into Eventghost can be found here. Here are the steps to create the Eventghost trigger:

Create a Macro but don't worry if you can't find the AutoRemote Plugin. This is really a fancy folder
Add an event from the toolbar which will trigger the eventghost macro. It should look like this: Autoremote.Message.unlock
Next are your actions. This will unlock your work station

If you have any questions feel free to ask them in the comments and I'll do my best to quickly respond.

If my answer solves your problem please don't forget to mark it ask the answer and upvote it for it's usefulness. I'm new and trying to build my reputation here.


How to show media controls on lock screen when playing music? I'm using a Nexus 4. When I play music from the Play music app, the full screen lock screen music controls or music art will not show, only the lock screen shows, as if I am not playing music at all.

I do have doubleTwist installed (wanted to try it) but I have the doubleTwist lock screen controls off.

How can I get lock screen controls back?

I had this problem - to resolve it, play a track with Google Play and lock your tablet. You should notice the new lock screen with album art is now present.

Now, quit Google Play etc. and go back to using (the excellent) doubleTwist. You should find doubleTwist's "now playing" track appears on the lock screen just like Google Play.

I suspect Google Play starts a background service enabling this new feature. Hopefully an update to doubleTwist will do the same in future - but I'm just guessing.


Airtel 4g network not working on certain apps So I am using Vivo V7 on an airtel 4g data connection and every time I try to open apps like swiggy or foodpanda I get a message saying "there was a problem" "please try again later. However when I open these apps on a wifi they work fine. What is going wrong here??

It may cause due to of bad connection low signals or due to data roaming is off.

Steps to fix step:-

Go to settings and find cellular settings.
Open them and turn on data roaming.
Now change network mode 4G or LTE only depends to various device.
Save them turn of data if on.
Reboot your device.
Turn on data might fix it.

If above-mentioned didn't work go to step 3 and select 3G Only mode and perfom other steps same as mentioned


Does purchasing something in Subway Surfer remove pop-up ads? Pop-up ads in Subway Surfer annoy me a lot. Can I get rid of them by purchasing something like Double Coin feature? I am unable to find any information about it on their official website. If you have ever purchased something in it, please share your experience. Does it remove pop-up ads?

Depends on what you're talking about pop up ads.

If you're talking about the full screen ad, often for another game, that pop up when you go to the main menu for example, then no, I don't get any ad since I have purchased the double coin bonus.

If you're talking about the push notifications that warn you about daily challenge and new events, purchasing something doesn't remove it, but you can turn them off in the settings (Reminders).


My droid turbo is not able to reconnect with bluetooth with my ihome I got the i-home and it paired with my phone fine. The phone prompt me for a passkey and i was able to enter it. Then 2 months later my phone wouldnt connect automatically when walked in the room so i decided to try unpairing the devices then re-pairing them. When i went to re-pair them an error messages popped up saying " Couldn't pair with iHome iBT22 because of an incorrect PIN or passkey." I am not getting any prompts to put in a PIN or passkey. Need help can anyone help with this problem.

I dont know if it helps, but I had a similar experience and thought I'd tell you about my fix.  For some reason when I upgraded my phone to a Droid Turbo, my new phone was unable to connect to my awesome Motorola stereo headphones-- I was getting the same "incorrect PIN" message you were getting.  I struggled for about 40 minutes. Here's the fix-- maybe you can make some use of it to your issue.

Step 1: Clear the cache.  What I did was to look into the headphones manual and press the button combination to "clear all paired devices" from the system memory. I'm not an expert, but it seems that the bluetooth device (the accessory, in this case your iHome, in my case, a set of stereo headphones) stores trusted devices in a kind of cache to make connecting quicker. By clearing this, I was hoping that starting with a "clean slate" would help me.

Step 2: Manually put the device in Pairing Mode.  When you first take a new accessory out of the box and start it up, it defaults into "pairing mode" because its never been connected.  But after you pair with a device, subsequent power-ons no longer boot in Pair mode anymore-- because now itas looking for familiar devices, right?  So I put the headphones into its default "pairing mode" so that it was waiting for a new pairing request.

BAM fixed the issue.  My phone saw the headphones in the "Available devices" and I was able to pair with it without a hitch.

Hope this helps.


"Unnamed Device" listed on Play Store I was looking to install an Android app on the Chromebook and this device pops up:

And no, it's not on my signed-in devices.

How can I remove it?

Open the Google Play Store in your web browser and click the small gear icon in the top-right of the screen and click the sub-menu called Settings.
You will now see the My devices page where your device activity in Google Play is recorded. You'll see all the devices you have ever logged into Google Play with, and a few details to the right of each device.


Android root HTC ONE M7 infinite boot I have HTC ONE M7 and I tried to root it . I did everything but it seems I did something wrong. It stuck at the recovery thing when I reboot it again and again it opens the recovery page. what should I do ?

I'm not familiar with what you used to root, but I know the HTC One M7 has problems reading the ISO boot file provided depending on the version of the phone. However I found very reliable resources you may be able to use...
Read everything carefully from the links...
First try to fix the recovery with HBOOT

Next I would try to do a factory recovery and then follow one of these methods Flashify or FromXDA XDAforum
If not, a hard reset and hopefully the image files are available online. I think HTC has tons of options so don't panic, just be patient... You will get it...


How to wipe a phone with lost code? I've got a company owned Android phone that needs to be wiped to prepare it for re-use, but it's locked with a passcode.  I also do not see it listed in our MDM software, so I can't force a remote wipe that way.  It appears that it could be wiped with a Google account, but I do not know what Google account it may have been linked to.  Is there a way to expose which Google account it was attached to in the hopes it's one we have access to?  Or is there a way to totally reset it to factory and wipe the data?

There are two possible ways from here:

Hard Reset: This will wipe all data stored on the phone, see this on how to perform a hard reset using hardware buttons.
Try something like Dr.Phone software to remove screen lock.


Can't delete "Layar" app from rooted Samsung 551 I rooted my Samsung 551 with Android 2.3.6 to delete some useless apps such as Orkut, Midnight Bowling and Layar. In trying to delete the Layar app (from /system/apps) I couldn't find it there and there is no layar.apk file or even another file name with layar's icon. Is there another path where Layar is installed? Should I config something to find its de-installation path?

Solved (at least Layar is not being showed as installed anymore). On this site I found that I could also remove the /data/app/com.layar.apk file. I did it and now I have +8MB of free space on my Galaxy.