How to install OxygenOS on OnePlus One phone? I have OnePlus One (not rooted) and I'm interested in trying OxygenOS. I tried to follow the instructions in OnePlus forum, but since I didn't have "fastboot and ADB" (& I didn't know what it is), I followed the link to download that. This link said that I'll be downloading a zip file and the steps involved process with that zip file. But what i got was an .dmg file (I'm using Mac), so I don't know if I was doing it right. Any advice? Do I need to root my phone?

Before you start back up all your data, you will lose all your data in this process!

The first problem you have is that the stock recovery tool by cyanogenmod doesn't allow you to put Oxygen OS on there, in other words you need a custom recovery tool.

In order to achieve this follow these steps,

First lets download the fastboot tools here. After going trough a small setup it should generate a folder in your users folder "adb" enter that folder and right click then hit "Open command window here".
Connect your phone to your computer and then hold the power button as well as volume up for approximately 7 to 9 seconds. After that your phone should shows the fastboot screen.
You can check if this works by entering "fastboot devices" into the console.
Next we are going to unlock the bootloader so we can put a custom recovery on there. Doing this will remove all of your data! To do this enter this command "fastboot oem unlock". The phone should restart now.
Go into the phones settings and scroll down to "About Phone". In
here scroll down the the "Build number" item and tap it 7 times.
After this developer options should be enabled.
After this leave the "About Phone" menu and go into developer options. In           here uncheck the "Update OnePlus recovery" item.
Now enter fastboot mode again (Step 2).
You have a number of choices by way of recovery tools, my favorite is TWRP, download one and rename the file to recovery.img (this isn't necessary but it makes your life a lot easier later). Then move it into the adb directory.
Its a good idea to remove the old recovery software first, do this by entering the following commands in console you have open from step 2.

  fastboot erase recovery
  fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
  fastboot reboot

If you went with TWRP recovery follow these steps, if not search for a guide on how to flash a image with the recovery you choose.

Download Oxygen OS from the OnePlus website.

A problem that I see a lot is that people are trying to flash the downloaded   zip file on their device. This doesn't work since you need the zip file in here.  Extract this to your desktop and copy it over to the phones internal storage.
Now you have to enter recovery mode, this is similar to fastboot. Only now you have to press volume down instead of up.
Go back to the main menu and hit "Install". Select the zip file you downloaded and extracted in step 1.
Then go back to the menu and hit "Wipe" and then swipe to the right to do a factory reset.
After this it asks you if you want to fix root, if you want a rooted phone hit yes, if not hit no.
Your phone now reboots and you should have Oxygen OS!


What is creating these gibberish files on my SD card? I recently took my SD card out of my tablet, and put it into my laptop. However, there were gibberish files everywhere on the SD card. A few of them:

In the Alarms folder, there were two files: .fgbnm_uyivfqwpo.txt and .fgbnm_uyivfqwpo11.txt. They both contained nothing but the stirng rAa7m3BIebYuaNAiY2vVfbUMRvRym7Ym#1527480871.
In the DCIM folder, there were .redghj_jklqwpo.hgk and .redghj_jklqwpo11.hgk. They contained the same data as the files above.
In the Documents folder, there were iiy_pol_gthqwpo.mp3 and iiy_pol_gthqwpo11.mp3. They also contained the same data, and Windows Media Player encountered an error when playing it.
In the Downloads folder, there were .ertyui_opikqwpo.ziip, .ertyui_opikqwpo11.ziip, .y_androidqwpo.ziip, and .y_androidqwpo11.ziip. If I opened them as a .zip file, I got "Please insert the last disk of the multi-disk set" on all 4 files.
The Movies folder contained dgdf_configqwpo.con and dgdf_configqwpo11.con.
The Ringtones folder contained .ewsdf_oplkqwpo.kjl and .ewsdf_oplkqwpo11.kjl.

The only things in common between all these files is the contents (rAa7m3BIebYuaNAiY2vVfbUMRvRym7Ym#1527480871) and the ending before the file extension (wpo and wpo11).

Searching the files found this question (it's in French!) that just says they can be deleted.

What app is creating these files? Whatever it is I want to remove it immediately.

Here is the answer to your problem: These files come from installing applications from developers Cheetah Mobile. Delete the Cheetah Mobile app that you have installed and then delete these bogus files. Problem solved!


Fastboot poweroff command Is there a way to shutdown my Mate7 from fastboot? Long pressing the power button makes the phone restart again. I need to shut it down so I can recharge it then restore to stock.

There is no Fastboot Command that does this.

However you could try holding the power button down until the screen goes blank and then letting go off the power button before the device starts to boot (before the vibrate). This is the only viable way... The list of available Fastboot commands are:

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

  update <filename>                        reflash device from update.zip

  flashall                                 flash boot + recovery + system

  flash <partition> [ <filename> ]         write a file to a flash partition

  erase <partition>                        erase a flash partition

  format <partition>                       format a flash partition

  getvar <variable>                        display a bootloader variable

  boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]              download and boot kernel

  flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]    create bootimage and flash it

  devices                                  list all connected devices

  continue                                 continue with autoboot

  reboot                                   reboot device normally

  reboot-bootloader                        reboot device into bootloader

  help                                     show this help message

options:

  -w                                       erase userdata and cache (and format

                                           if supported by partition type)

  -u                                       do not first erase partition before

                                           formatting

  -s <specific device>                     specify device serial number

                                           or path to device port

  -l                                       with "devices", lists device paths

  -p <product>                             specify product name

  -c <cmdline>                             override kernel commandline

  -i <vendor id>                           specify a custom USB vendor id

  -b <base_addr>                           specify a custom kernel base address

  -n <page size>                           specify the nand page size. default:

2048

  -S <size>[K|M|G]                         automatically sparse files greater th

an


Galaxy GT-P1000, in recovery mode, which button is "Home Key"? In the Galaxy GT-P1000 Tab, when you're in "Recovery Mode", Volume Up & Down is used for scrolling. But which button is referred to as Ok or Home Key to select?

As far as I know, the Menu Key, Home Key, and Back Key are soft keys that only light up after a full Boot, while in Recovery Mode, these three keys do not come up (lights up).

Right now, after successfully flashing my GT-P1000 stock rom, the instructions says that I should go into recovery mode by pressing Volume-Up button together with Power button and enter the recovery mode and use the Volume up and Down to scroll to "wipe/factory reset" to complete my upgrade. I could not find the "Home Key" that I needed select that option after scrolling to "wipe/factory reset" and my Tab won't boot fully either.

I need these answers quickly to get my Tab working. At the moment, the Tab continues to loop back to rebooting around the Samsung Logo.

Does it have a physical power button? Usually, that is the OK button in recovery mode.


How to copy a file into Micro SD via USB in Android? How can I copy a file into micro SD of an Android phone connected via USB to a PC with Windows?

Settings >> Connect to PC >> USB Connection Type

should be set to "Disk drive" (you can set this as a default connection type, but I prefer to do it manually when I need it).

Also, you can set it via the notifcations bar by clicking on the USB connection type as it appears; a selection box of the various options should appear.

Once mounted, you can open on your PC, and drag-n-drop, or what-have-you.

NOTE (from the Incredible manual, p29):

  Disk drive

  This mode is available only when you
  have installed a microSD card on your
  phone. Select  this mode when you want
  to use your storage card as a USB
  thumb drive, and copy files  between
  your phone’s storage card and your
  computer.

  When Disk Drive mode is
  enabled while your phone is connected
  to the computer, you will  not be able
  to run applications that use the
  storage card, such as Music or Photos.
  For more  information, see “Copying
  files to and from the storage card” in
  this chapter.


How to properly play 720p/1080p media with subtitles through MHL (HDMI out)? I own a Galaxy Note and got a MHL cable for watching movies on my Sony Bravia.

I'm having some problems for playing it nicelly.

With hardware decoding:

Only the stock samsung "Video Player" is able to play at TV resolution with the subtitles. The problem is that it seems to have an annoying bug that makes the subtitles stuck. After someone ends talking, the last sub don't vanish/disappear, it keeps there on the screen until the next speech. It's discussed at an old xda thread but no one was able to provide solution at that time.

With Software decoding:

I can get the subs with a third party player (like MX Player), but it doesn't stream the video to the TV directly, like the stock video player does. What I get is a rescaled screen, like when not playing a video, just browsing Android, and as such, not only it's not playing 720p/1080p video, but also, I get black areas because the phone aspect ratio doesn't match the TV aspect ratio.

Is there a solution for this?

As can be seen in the mentioned thread, there was a "stuck subtitle" problem with another Samsung device. Is this a bug with all Samsung devices?

Is there an alternative player that can play videos with hardware decoding and also display subtitles? So it can take all my TV screen.

I've checked this thread too, but there was general misleaded advices...

If you're rooted you could try to force a certain combination of phone screen resolution and DPI using Second Screen and maybe your selected video player will conform to that even as the video is being streamed out through MHL.

Just make sure you keep failsafe options like "don't keep settings after restart" enabled in case your experimental Second Screen settings make your screen unusable.


Unable to connect Galaxy Note3 N9005 to windows 8 I'm having trouble connecting my N9005 to my pc using Windows8. The problem is it does not recognize the phone's storage and is not able to mount it.
I've tried installing Samsung Universal USB Drivers to no avail.
My laptop only has USB2 ports and if I'm correct N9005 utilizes USB v3. Could it be the cause?

I also have the same problem in Ubuntu.

UPDATE: I also tried Samsung Kies and it doesn't work either.

UPDATE 2: Upon connection my PC recognizes that the phone's been connected but it's not able to mount the storage.

My N9005 was unable to connect via ADB on Windows 8. etc, and I fixed it by entering the *#0808# dialer code on the caller screen to change the USB connection mode.

You will see the mode about ADB at the bottom. I tried it and it worked for me, but only for the ADB connection. I did not try other options. Look for MTP options, and also find the USB driver for Windows in any case.

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How to get android device model number connected to a PC via USB? How do I get the android phone model number from a Windows PC connected via USB, provided all the USB device drivers are installed properly? Is there anyway to get it via Android SDK?

I don't know how to get it by the adb command.

But you can get it programmably with the SDK. There is a class Build which have many information of the current running phone, such as you wanted model number can be got by the Build.MODEL.


OsmAnd+ Voice Navigation Not Working I am using OsmAnd+ 3.5.5 from F-Droid on my Samsung A3 2016 running LineageOS 16 (Android 9).

It all seems to working fine, but for whatever reason the voice navigation will not work, making me have to constantly look at the directions rather than listen.

What am I missing here? Is there a way of making it speak to me?

I had the same problem (I think) with the play store Osmand 3.5.5 and android 8.1. Here's what I did:

wait for Osmand 3.6 to be released.
start a new route
go to options -> Navigation settings
tap on "voice prompts" even though it is already "on". Tap on the text not the switch!
You can see a bunch of options now such as "voice guidance" which maybe defaults to "Don't use". Make sure it is set to some language.


Where is the default alarm clock melody stored on Android 4.1? I've bought a new Android smartphone (a T-Mobile branded Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005, Android 5.0) and I don't really like it's default alarm clock ringtone. By countraries I like the default alarm clock ringtone of my old phone (Samsung Galaxy Ch@t B5330, Android 4.1) pretty much. I'd like to copy the old one to the new phone. But where can I find it?

/system/media/audio/alarms

Care to search?

Copy them to the Alarms directory under internal storage of your Note 3 - you should't need to put them into the same system location.


Does the stock mail app log out from the mail-server? There is an email app provided by Android.

Does this app keep the connection alive all the while?

OR

Does it login/logout from the mail server each time it polls for new messages?

If the latter is true, how does one tell the app to log out from the mail?

About your concerns:

Connection on air

There is nothing that a log out at the end of every session would improve. If you don't use the email client, it won't transfer any data. And if you use it, it will query the server for new email etc. If the client would perform a log out at the end of every use, it just had establish a new connection again. Conclusion: Data related to the e-mail connection will be the same time on air if you don't use log out as when your e-mail client would log out every time. No gain here. Just make sure that you have enabled a secure encryption.

Bandwidth

You are right, that polling is the worst thing that could happen. But not from a bandwidth perspective. Polling is just a quick packet asking "Is there something new" and the server replying "No" or "Yes and here is the data". The data would be send later on anyways, so no big bandwidth consumption. It is more the battery life that should concern you, when you have a polling e-mail client on Android.

That said, trust the Google engineers to build a e-mail app that tries everything to reduce battery consumption. If you use gmail you are safe, because the email app will use push notifications for new e-mails. If you use an IMAP account it depends on the server if it support the IMAP IDLE extension. If you use POP3 you are doomed, because it's a plain polling protocol.


How to turn Android tablet into network photo frame? I have a qnap NAS which shares media via samba shares and upnp (dlna/twonkey). I'd like to run a photo gallery app which displays shared photos so I don't have to copy them to my tablet. No luck finding a DNA client that has a decent photo gallery yet... also couldn't find an app that lets me mount a smb share like smbfs for Linux.. any other ideas? Launching needs to be very simple.

Have you tried Social Frame?
It is a digital photo frame app.
It automatically syncs photos from Facebook, Twitter, and 500px.
Love this app


Cannot connect to Samsung Galaxy S4 wifi hotspot from laptop My friend and I are trying to figure out why we can't connect his laptop to his Samsung Galaxy S4's wifi hotspot.

Laptop running Windows 7 Enteprise edition and his Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android Lollipop.

So far, we can connect other devices such as iPad, other phones, but not his laptop. Also the phone has no trouble connecting to WiFi itself, and the laptop has no trouble connecting to any other wifi network. Also, we tested a tethered connection, and that worked fine, but we can't get it to work over wifi.

We also tried updating the wifi drivers for his computer and that didn't seem to help.

Any ideas/suggestions are greatly appreciated.

In case you still have this problem - or for anyone else who may have it: I had a very similar problem for a long time (Xperia Z1 with Android 5.1, was able to connect to the mobile hotspot from Windows Phone 8.1 and a Windows 7 Professional notebook, but not with Windows 7 Ultimate or a tablet with Windows 10).

I was able to solve the problem by changing the encryption type from TKIP to AES (Right click on network connection to mobile hotspot>Properties>Security tab. The Security type is set to WPA2-Personal.


Set hostname for SSHelper I currently use SSHelper to transfer my data to the Android 4.0 device. The app displays the IP address that is currently assigned. Since this IP address changes regularly, I'd like to use a hostname for the device, with all my Linux computers, that works with Avahi/Zeroconf and I have computername.local.

How do I get such a hostname for my Android device?

In the March 2014 update to SSHelper the documentation states new changes to it's Zeroconf broadcasting name. In the documentation Configuration section of the details it describes the checkbox to "Enable Zeroconf broadcasting". When this is enabled any other client on the local network, will be able to browse and then connect for SSHelper on the network.

As of SSHelper ver 5.0, the registered instance name is the model name of your android. For instance, "Nexus 4".

Update: version 5.5 allows a way to set the hostname. I am leaving this 5.0 version answer since the below instructions can still be useful.

You do not need to look at the SSHelper app to know which ip/hostname to connect to from your other machine.

From linux (you may need to install avahi-utils):

avahi-browse --terminate --resolve --parsable _ssh._tcp

More specifically, entering this command will SSH connect to the android e.g. "Nexus 4" server without needing to know it's name:

ssh `avahi-browse --terminate --resolve --parsable _ssh._tcp \
| grep "Nexus.*;local;" \
| sed -E 's/.*Nexus.*;local;(.*.local);.*/\1/g'`

For OS X (10.9 Mavericks), there is nothing to install but you must run
dns-sdand then Ctrl + C to kill the process after you see the android bonjour hostname.

# If your model name is not "Nexus 4", Be sure to use your phones model name.
dns-sd -L "Nexus 4" _ssh._tcp local

# this will output something like this:
# Nexus\0324._ssh._tcp.local. can be reached at 192-168-1-6.local.:22

# so now ping by the name found from above:
ping 192-168-1-6.local


How can I arrange the applications on each page of my app drawer? I have recently bought a Samsung ACE S5830 smartphone and downloaded several applications like astrology, live wallpapers, games, and some daily usage applications.

When I open my application drawer, I see all these applications mixed up and are spread across 5 pages. This is very confusing and makes it cumbersome to find an application I want to use.

How can I arrange the applications on each page? For example, I want astrology related applications on page 1 of the applications page, games on page 2 and the default applications (like Internet, calculator, clock, etc) on page 3.

Is this possible? I have tried folder organizers and app organizers from the Android market but none of them meets my requirement.

You can press the Menu button while in the app drawer and change the view type the "Customizable grid".  Then hit Menu again and "Edit" to rearrange the icons.  It won't let you leave empty spots on a page, though.

Probably the best way to do this is simply to drag the icons onto your home screens, and then you can have a home screen for each type of app.  If you don't have enough home screens then there are probably custom launchers where you can set the number of screens.  Another alternative is folders, as you mentioned; I don't see why they wouldn't work.


Samsung G530 won't trickle charge when full? Until the past few weeks, I could leave my device plugged in and it'd go to 100% in the morning but recently it seems that once it reaches 100%, it just stops. Not even tricke charge. I've watched it, when it reaches 100%, it acts like it is unplugged and keeps running.  I've had to turn off my device to ensure it does reach 100% for the morning.

I am using original Samsung charger and I've tried different charger (my car is Energizer brand, the battery pack is PNY brand) and I've tried different cable. No matter what I did, once it hits 100% it stops trickling and starts discharging like I unplugged the cable.

Is there a setting in Android that I may have accidentally changed? Or is there something else?

Modern batteries disconnect your phone from the charger once it reaches 100%, which is mostly an disadvantage to many people, but the truth is, it helps from battery accidents and problems. Trickle charge is one of the reasons why batteries set on fire, usually because of heat. (But the truth is I don't know more about trickle-charging your phone, letting it reach 101%... Haha!)

An workaround to the draining battery after the disconnection is to try to turn off your phone once it is charging. Don't worry, if you're waiting for an alarm, it will turn your phone automatically.


Mail client account colors In the mail client of my Galaxy Tab I have three accounts. In the view "all mailboxes" there is a little line on the left for marking which mail comes from which account.

These colors seem to be defined randomly when creating the account. I can't find the setting where I can change these colors. The last thing I want to do is to delete and create a new account.

The problem is two of the colors are nearly the same.

My Galaxy Tab is rooted but I found nothing in the table "emailProvider.db".

How can I fix this?

Is a third-party mail client a possibility? If yes, I'd recommend K-9 Mail, works great for me. And yes, it supports changing account colors.


Memory card formatting needed I am using Micromax P470 tablet. My memory card was fine but suddenly it appeared that I need to format my memory card. I removed my memory card and connected to a PC. It was opening and I could see all my files. But if I put it on my tablet then it is showing "need formatting". I tried to format on phone. It is still the same. What should I do?

I would connect your memory card to your computer and back up everything you can, then on your tablet, let Android format your memory card. Once Android formats your memory card, put it back in your PC and move everything from the backup to the memory card. Then just put it back in your tablet to see if it works.

If that does not work, you could try reformatting it on your computer. In Windows, just go to "Computer", then right your memory card and click format. On the window that comes up, everything should be set already, so just click start.

Note: Using Android or Windows to format your memory card will erase everything... That's why I told you to back up everything on your card.

If formatting it on Android and Windows does not work, then it is possible your memory card has died and you need a new one.


What will be faster when moving to sd-ext via A2SD+ Data or Dalvik-cache? (or can I move both with no extra-penalty) I'm using A2SD+ on my HTC Desire running on MIUI.
Currently only the app and app-private are under /sd-ext, but I'm running out of space very quickly :)

Currently my dalvik-cache consumes 46.3MB and the data takes 53.7MB of internal phone memory, so I think data will give me more value, but I'm not 100% sure of that either.

I know I can technically move both data and dalvik-cache to /sd-ext, but I understood there could be performance problems, but I need the space. So my question is which will have a lesser effect on performance? Moving the data or the dalvik-cache?

EDIT: Some tech info (if it helps):
My SD Card - Kingmax, Class 10, 16GB

I tested with SD Tools and got these results:
Writing Speed: 8.7 MB/s
Reading Speed: 18.6 MB/s

Note that the test was on the FAT32 partition, I don't know if the EXT3 partition I use for the /sd-ext will be any faster. The /sd-ext partition is 1GB.

As Matthew already stated, there's no unique answer possible to your question -- all depends on your usage patterns. Generally spoken, I'd say moving app data should be preferred: If you move the Dalvik Cache, it would affect all your apps -- while moving the app data only affects apps which store some data (and by "some" I mean "data size exceeds their Dalvik-Cache size"), so a good guess is it affects only a few apps. But this can very well be those apps you are using most, and which heavily access their data -- so it may or may not be the better choice in some cases.

Guess you've got to try. I'd suggest starting with the app data. A class 10 card should provide sufficient speed -- so if the results are acceptable to you, stay with this. Otherwise, go back and try with the Dalvik Cache. If this isn't acceptable either, the only choice left is buying a new device with bigger internal storage...


Screen Mirroring with Chromecast I have two devices - a Samsung Galaxy S3 and a Nexus 7 (2012 version) - that I'm trying to mirror to a Chromecast. It looks like neither device supports screen mirroring on Chromecast with the default app. I also installed EZCast on the Nexus 7 but the EZMirror is not enabled on it.

Is there any way, (third party apps, rooting?) wherein I can cast my screen from any of the above two devices to Chromecast?

The original Nexus 7 does support screen mirroring to Chromecast. This feature was added in Android 4.4, so if you're still using an old Android version on your Nexus 7, you'll need to do a system update. From the Settings app, go to Display then Cast screen. Don't bother with the Chromecast app at all.

The option's in a different place on the S3, and it's designed primarily for Samsung's competitor to the Chromecast, but I expect it would work with both. From the Settings app, at the bottom of the Connections page, click Screen Mirroring. The phone will start looking for devices it can cast to.


Play store icon in App drawer disabled in Nexus 7 i use the stock rom JB 4.1 on Nexus 7 8G.
There is a small play store icon in the top-right corner in app drawer(not app icons in ap drawer).

i found that the icon in my cm10 version phone and my friend's nexus 7 can be clicked and open play store directly, but mine wont work.
just as it is disabled.

why? how to enable it?

From previous experience, rebooting the device should fix the issue.


Volume Slider Widget - Home and or Lock screen(s) I recently replaced the micro-USB port on my Galaxy Nexus (GSM version, running 4.1.2) after it corroded due to water damage. During that process, I accidentally ruined the connection to the volume rocker while removing a board (I expected it to be be on a connector; turns out it was soldered...).

Unsurprisingly, the volume rocker no longer works. I don't have the necessary skill to resolder the ribbon, so I'm looking for something (a widget) that will let me control the volume from my home screen, or better yet from both the home screen and the lock screen.

I want to change the notification, music, and call volumes as easily as possible without the hardware rocker...

You will have to be rooted to control from home screen.

Button Savior Root will do this for you.

You can also download and install Volume Control + which allows you.to.modify the volume without a rooted device - you will have to use the widget or app UI however.


How to change google account without wiping? Possible Duplicate:
  How-to unlink the main Google account from android device without a factory reset

I'd like to change the google account an unrooted Nexus One is linked to without wiping. If I try to remove the current account it says it can't do it without a factory reset...

That is correct, you can't change the primary account without a wipe.

However, you can use Titanium Backup to back up your apps and settings so that putting your phone's environment back together after is a snap.


How can I share my screen from Android device to another Android device? I hand my clients an Xoom (Android tablet) and I am holding a Xoom.

How do I simply have them watch what I'm doing on my screen? No video, audio, or anything else fancy needed. All I need is a simple screen share. Will be showing documents, webpages, and such.

Join.me and GoToMeeting only allow view mode, not share mode on Android. There has to be a program to allow this.

Try this app. It allows you to share the screens between two tablets or two mobile devices of varying dimensions wirelessly and does not require any thing extra as per your requirements.


How can I fix Android Market app's "Allow Automatic Updating" checkbox after it hid? I ran into a really weird problem (bug?)

In Android Market, when looking at a specific application's info, the first area in the lower white half of the screen is "Updates", containing "Allow Automatic Updating" check-box.

When I try to click on the check-box and miss even a little, the whole area containing the check-box disappears completely (the next "My Review" area becomes top-most).

I can not seem to get back the area for that app, even after reloading its info, or even killing Market app.

Is this a bug? A design feature?
How can I get back the Update checkbox-containing area from wherever it's hiding?

I don't think this is a design feature ... I'm not able to reproduce this at all (except for scrolling down a bit :).

However, as the Android Market App isn't the most stable app on the Android platform, you might want to try clearing the market app cache.

Go to Settings - Applications - Manage Applications - Select Android Market App  - Click the Clear Cache button.

Restart the Market app and check if the checkbox is present.


No Audio on LG Viper Phone I have a LG Viper (LG-LS840). There is no audio output on this phone. I can make and receive calls but there is no audio on either end. I can not hear music, alarms or phone calls. I cannot hear any audio through my headset either. I went to settings.., sound Profile is set to sound. Quiet Time is not selected. Any suggestions ?

Ok I contacted AVG's new troubleshooting team.   The Tech said he only knows one thing I can try.  He said to take battery out an hold down the power button for 15 to 20 seconds.  It worked....    Now it will work unless you turn on the speaker. If you turn on the hands free speaker you will lose voice again and have to do it over again.    Other than that he said to contact your carrier for problem solving it. It worked for me so I am all set sound to and from callers work on my Viper LS840 LG lte.


Is it safe to delete .thumbdata3 file? I have this file inside DCIM on internal memory. It takes up a lot of space and I'm getting short of it. So I checked what is taking that much space and found out this file alone takes space upto a GB. So can I remove it and will my mobile malfunction if it is removed?

You can delete that file safety, but it will be recreated soon. I have not tried to prevent its recreation, but the method described in this article might work... Let us know if it does!


How to remove phone numbers from a contact when they are not visible in edit mode? I have a French contact (phone number +33 ...) who went to Japan and got a mobile number there (+81 ...). We discussed via Whats App and Signal and now he is back in France.
I would like to remove his Japanese phone numbers but I simply cannot.
This is how I see his contact before the edition:

As you can see there is one French and two Japanese numbers. I then click on the edit icon and I see:

The Japanese numbers are not present.
There are nowhere to be found, I clicked on "show more fields", but these are just empty extra fields.
I remove the conversations from Signal (it was registered with the Japanese number, this is visible in the screenshot) - nothing. Note that I cannot actually edit a contact in Signal, it just mentions that this (Signal) contact is in my contacts - with the possibility to open the contact and what I get is the first screenshot.
I tried to edit the contact on the phone to add something and somehow influence the Japanese numbers - nothing. I tried a similar edit the contact on a PC via contacts.google.com - nothing. I tried to use the Samsung contact app - same problem.
After using Android extensively for 10+ years, this is the first time I see that. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
OS is Android 10, phone is Samsung Galaxy 9+.

Short on ideas I decided to delete this contact.
Right after it was deleted, ANOTHER contact with the same name appeared out of nowhere, holding the two Japanese numbers (and only this, plus the first name, plus the family name).
I then deleted that second (invisible so far) contact and recreated one for my friend (with only the French number).
It worked and I have one single contact.
This is really a mystery to me: I had one contact for that user previously, and the other one only appeared when I erased the first one.
I exclusively store contacts in google (not in the SIM or anywhere else) so this is not a traditional "merged contact" view. My wild guess is that Signal must have kept is somehow and presented it in a merged view. That said - it is not possible to edit anything contact-wise in Signal, it always drives you back to the main contact entry (the first screenshot in my question).
I will put it on the shelf with other unsolved mysteries in my 25 years career in IT.


How does the Nexus 4 rotating circular camera control work? Tapping the viewfinder or the blue shutter button of the Nexus 4 Android 4.2 camera app brings up the  rotating circular control shown in the screenshot. What is it used for? How does it work?

This is a new feature as of Android 4.2. It serves two purposes:

To focus your camera on what you click on
Long press it and you get a radial menu of different camera settings to change (flash on/off, etc). This is the exact same behavior as if you clicked the icon in the top right corner of your screenshot.


How can I control the order in which my mp3 files are played? I ripped an audio book consisting of two CDs and copied the mp3 files to my android smartphone but they don't appear in the right order: they are sorted by track number, so the second title is the first chapter from CD 2 rather than the 2nd from CD 1.

I used k3b on linux for ripping, converted the files to mp3 using lame and copied them to my android smartphone via usb. The meta information has been obtained from CDDB. The file structure now looks like this:

/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd1/01-titleA1
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd1/02-titleA2
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd1/03-titleA3

/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd2/01-titleB1
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd2/02-titleB2
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd2/03-titleB3

Of course this is the order in which I want to hear them. When I close the usb connection and start the music app the new files are recognized correctly but the order is different: the directory is ignored for sorting and the titles are orderd by track number:

titleB1
titleA1
titleA2
titleB2
titleB3
titleA3

within groups of equal track numbers the order seems to be random.
In order to fix the order I renamed them likes this:

/Music/interpret/albumTitle/101-titleA1
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/102-titleA2
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/103-titleA3

/Music/interpret/albumTitle/201-titleB1
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/202-titleB2
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/203-titleB3

but the result is the same. Directory and filename seem to have to influence. I guess the order is defined by the track number taken from the headers of the mp3 files but how can I modify it? Do I have to rewrite the mp3 headers?

Create a playlist file with the correct sequence and open it on the device. It will then play in the order given in the file.


Stock Android 10 device is offline for ADB commands on Linux, can't use USB Debugging Trying to use adb tool 1.0.29 on a PC running Linux Ubuntu 20.04 to debug my Motorola Moto G7 Plus running stock Android 10 (hence not rooted) connected via USB.
Previously it was working OK, I've granted USB Debugging permissions to my PC. But today adb devices shows it as an offline device, so I can't do anything.
Here's a list of actions I tried:

Revoke USB Debugging Authorization - it doesn't work, nothing happens, Android doesn't prompt for new permissions
Delete /data/misc/adb/adb_keys on the phone - Can't, no root, adb root and adb shell return error: device offline
Rebooting, disabling USB Debugging and Developer Options and disconnecting in any order didn't help
adb kill-server and adb start-server didn't do the trick as well

What else could you recommend?

Solved by:

Deleting adbkey and adbkey.pub files from ~/.android/ directory on my Linux PC.
Using newer Android Debug Bridge (in my case, it's current 1.0.41/30.0.4 from here).

Also thanks to Robert for helpful comments.

Update 2020-12-29
Another solution could be in using ADB over Wi-Fi


How can I increase the max windows for the stock browser? I use the stock browser, and I find it's the best for my purposes.  One thing is annoying, however -- I can't have more than four windows open. Is there a way to increase this?  I have a Galaxy S Vibrant running 2.2 (Nero v5 with TouchWiz), and plenty of memory for more windows.

From looking at some posts on Android Forums (1), (2) I think it's just not possible - to get more windows/tabs you'll need to use another browser like Dolphin HD/Mini.

Edit: Looks from this post on XDA that it's hard-coded into the browser; it can be changed, but not easily.


Sorting the contact by VCard's categories My contacts are currently stored on a CardDav server (more specifically, an OwnCloud instance) and I am using DAVDroid to do the synchronization.
The problem I have is that I want to be the VCard categories to be used to sort and filter my contacts, a little like the groups of the default contact app, and the default Contacts apps does not seems to allow that. Also, moving my contacts to gmail storing to use the group feature instead is not really an option.

Regards

Open Contacts
Menu -> contacts to display
Choose Customize
Choose your email or G+ account
Select that groups to show
Hit OK and all the individuals with those labels will be shown

Source: Tested on Contacts app running on a KK 4.4


Easy question: How do I search for apps on my S3? I know (N00b) but I see the Google search bar for performing internet searches. But I don't see where a quick search for my phone's content is, like you would find on an iPhone by moving to the search screen. (Which searches through all of the phones content-contacts, apps, email, etc.)

Press and hold the menu button (button to the left of the physical home button). It will launch google now and if you enter the first letter of the name of an app it should start listing those apps, at least it does it on my galaxy s3.


Gmail won't sync, apps don't update: "Device doesn't have enough storage space" I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, Android 4.0.4.  For the last few days I can't sync my gmail or update any apps.

This, of course, is a barefaced lie.  There is plenty space available:

But still, I have this constant message, "Phone storage space is getting low".

And I can't update any apps, because this tells me that "Application cannot be installed in the default location".

I have been using this phone for 2.5 years without needing an SD card, and I don't see any reason why I should now suddenly need to get one for my phone to continue working the way it has for the past couple years.

After googling and finding many other posts with the same problem I have tried every suggested solution that I found:

Restarting
Cleaning the app cache
Cleaning the contacts cache
Removing my Google account, then re-adding it.
Uninstalling every unnecessary application.

But this stupid message keeps appearing and preventing my phone from updating.

Anyone else have any ideas how to fix this?

It seems to react on your low, internal memory. And while 178 MB should be enough for a few small apps, there might be something that denies more installation due to already low amount of space.

Now, the first thing I would advise you to do is uninstall any app you don't really need. However, many apps come with the phone, so they can not be removed. For these, and any app you do not want to remove, you can clear the cache. To do that, hit settings -> Application manager -> Slide til you see a list called "all". Now all you have to do is hit each app you want to clear the cache off, and choose "Clear data" and "Clear cache". Beware that the "clear data" option will likely delete any saved password or settings the app uses, and thus you might need to redo those settings. It may also delete some information attached to the app, so use the "clear data" option at your own risk. Tho for apps like facebook and twitter, the option should do no harm.

You can also choose to move some apps to the SD card. While I have not tried that out myself, it should push some of the stuff from internal to "external" memory.

You may also want to download Clean Master. It's an app somewhat similar to CCleaner, if you are familiar with that (deletes cache and junk files). I use it myself, and it helps a bit. It's free and you can download it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard&hl=eng


How can I disable automatic Facebook photo sync? Device: XPeria P
Android: JB 4.1.1

I recently enabled automatic photo sync, but I could not remember how I did it. Now, all of my photos gets synchronized to Facebook, and my data/3G charge is skyrocketing as the photos are always get synced.

So, how can I disable this feature?

Open the Facebook app and tap the top right (hamburger) menu item in your sidebar. Scroll to the bottom and select Account > App Settings > Sync Photos. Choose Don't sync my photos.

Source.


Dialer app becoming too slow and less responsive It takes almost more than 5-10 seconds to open the dialer application in my phone.

This has been happening for a while now and is especially critical since during incoming calls, when my phone snaps back from standby to show me who is calling, I actually have to wait sometimes more than 10 seconds to see the caller id and its like the phone is stuck during that time.

It has been the case before (stock) and after I've put a custom ROM in my phone. Though I noticed this became more severe after I installed a lot of apps etc.

Since I suspect that this is because of low free RAM (I have a low-end Android phone), I recently installed optimization apps, kept my homescreen free from widgets and running apps etc. and it did help to an extent. However, I feel like it still needs to be lightning fast and always accessible feature like in conventional handsets. How can I achieve this? How do I lock the dialer in my RAM or is there some super light dialer apps that can replace this stock dialer?

Also, could it be because I have around 150 Facebook and Google contacts synced in? (I don't think that is a big number)

How about finding a way to turn off the picture data in contacts? Will that reasonably reduce memory footprint?

Very same situation : Can I set it so the "Phone" on my phone takes priority over all other apps? (tried all the answers)

UPDATE:
I found something called "FUSIONboost" on the FUSIONideos custom rom that seems to set the priority of apps or something. This seems to be exactly the solution, but I don't want to switch roms now and would really like if someone can tell me how I can get this..

This is likely a combination of two things: a) stuff that the dialer has to load on startup and b) possibly shortage of memory (RAM) created by loading those things. The biggest gains are to be had by resolving (a) however, this will also have the side effect of resolving (b)

You might like to try clearing the following:

Call log - this is loaded each time the dialer is loaded.
SMS messages - Some users have reported that a large number of SMS messages can cause the dialer to slow down, though I'm sceptical that this makes a difference.
Contacts - finally, the number of contacts does have a bearing. Not only the ones you can see ("My Contacts"), but anyone you've ever emailed (i.e. Other contacts in GMail contacts).

The last point can be quite important. I have about 130 'real' contacts but nearly 1000 people I've emailed at some point while using GMail. There were all being synced to my phone, just not always shown.

It is important to make the distinction between RAM and persistent storage. For example, clearing out your trash, deleting emails, uninstalling unused apps, or moving them to SD storage is unlikely to help, because these are using up persistent storage, not transient RAM.

Having lots of persistence storage free means just that apps can't use it to run any faster. RAM, however, can make them fly.

You might also like to take a look at Superdial and Dialer One, two dialers that I've found most agreeable. They also have T9 contact lookup, which can be a dream to use.


Twitter app that also posts to Facebook, intelligently Is there a twitter app that also posts to facebook, but does it intelligently? Like instead of posting the link with the post, it attaches the link to the post (while posting to facebook). And Uploads pic to the wall instead of just posting the tweetpic link.

Seesmic and TweetDeck are good for spamming updates. If you use Foursquare or PicPlz these both post the "intelligent" version of the checkin or picture to Facebook while doing the normal text + link with Twitter.


I need a Handbrake preset for a Samsung GT-i5500 Europa please? I need a Handbrake preset for a Samsung GT-i5500 Europa please?
This is to convert video clips and movies etc into a format that can be viewed on my phone.
Many thanks

You can view Android's supported Media formats here: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html

I would recommend H.264 video and AACv2 audio, for the best quality.  The dimensions depend on the dimensions of your phone -- in your case, 320x240.  It's not the most powerful phone so you may want to experiment with the quality to get it playable but also looking good.


How to download files larger than 4 GB on Android external SD card So I wanted to download a file that is 7GB to my memory card on my Android phone (Lollipop). What should I do? I have heard that I should format my SD card to exfat, but I don't know how to do that. Any help will be appreciated.

Formatting your sd card will erase all data stored on it!

You can format your sd card easily on android. Go to settings -> storage -> sd card. Now you should have a format menu option.

You can also format the sd card with most desktop os' like Windows or macOS. In Windows you can select format in the context menu of the connected sd card.


Options for operating phone remotely For Remote Desktop functionality there is Droid VNC Server, other current better options?
Android Screencast (Seems like something that was promising)?

I used to "Wi-Fi keyboards", but now with VNC its not so interesting, as I have to set the input-method on the phone.  (i think "Remote Keyboard" app could be interesting if there are situations when VNC are difficult.

What about options for working directly with the phone, like desktop SMS applications?

I am thinking of any way of connecting (Bluetooth, USB, Wi-Fi....) with a rooted phone?

Primarily Windows Desktop (But many possibilities is always better)

You can hae a look at AirDroid for desktop SMS.

It works as a kind of web server on your phone, which means you have to access it from a secure web page (downside: works only inside the same WiFi network).

But next to smses you can do a lot more with it, but I recommend you have a look at it yourself.


How to protect data after unlocking bootloader? I am to root my Nexus, so I have to unlock it first. But I worry that once done, some one may boot with customized recovery to copy or modify my files. Any idea?

I find an app named BootUnlocker which allow rooted device have bootloader locked/unlocked without swiping data.


Kali Linux And Android I like to root and tinker around with old Android devices, be it smartphones and tablets. I want to use root access to install Kali Linux, but I want to know what features this version of Kali Linux has to offer. I'm not expecting much, but the file size is pretty big, so it should be something.

wasn't sure if this can be posted here or on the Unix site.

Kali is very popular and has pretty much any hacking tool u need. https://www.parrotsec.org is also a Security based linux distro there site has lists of everything they include.


External SD card keeps unmounting Everytime my sd card unmount itself automatically and mount again and sometime... it won't mount. Restarting and/or shutting down the phone won't do anything.

I'm using Samsung Galaxy S5 with android 4.4.2.

Help someone.


How to remove other apps icons (like Skype or WhatsApp) from contact and phone app? I would like to keep Skype Mobile installed but get rid of its icons from contacts AND/OR from being asked whether I want to make a call to the contact through Skype or other similarly annoying application. Is there any facility in Android that allows me to keep the control of that? Uncle Google isn't much helpful in that matter.

Moreover I have two Skype icons per contact on my phone. And that the thing that hits my taste.

Phone details: Sony Xperia S, Android 4.1.2

go to Settings > Accouts and choose Skype/WhatsApp > then search for each one how do you remove the sync contacts. After this your Contacts list should update not showing Skype/WhatsApp data.

As for the call using skype, you should have the option to choose Phone and click Use Always.

This is very phone dependent, so if you cannot find this options, tell us more about your phone and Android version.


Android apps not working with HTTP proxy So I want to redirect my Android phone's HTTP traffic through a proxy running on my computer, in my case Burp Suite.

I tried doing so by changing the WiFi settings and also by using the Drony app. I also installed Burp's SSL certificate on my phone.

When I visit websites using Chrome, everything works fine both on HTTP and on HTTPS, and I can see all the requests on Burp. But when I use a different app - any app - I get a "cannot connect to the Internet" error message and I can't use the app.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

I should also mention that my phone is not rooted.

Possibly you are trying to use apps over HTTP proxy which causes many apps to show connectivity error.
Try a VPN over proxy.
Connect as usual you connect to the internet through your HTTP proxy. AS chrome supports proxy, the internet works fine in it even with a proxy.
Then Search for Surfeasy VPN.
I have tried many VPN's and only this and OpenVPN got success in establishing a connection with HTTP proxy. Try this, it works great. It even bypasses the restrictions over proxy if set up by Colleges, schools, Cafes.


How to use "USB Mass Storage Mode" on Android 4.3+ Followup on How has USB File Transfer changed in Android changed over the years?

I've learned that Android 4.3 and later versions don't have this feature because Micro$oft.

Newer options, Media device (MTP) or Camera (PTP) mode, are horrendous.

It also causes other issues for (Windows) programs that relied on android having USB Mass Storage Mode.

Off hand reasons why MTP is awful.

Can't copy more than one thing at a time. (Device is busy warning)
Warnings that I need to convert files before copying every single time.
Just seems to be a lot slower at copying files.
Can't edit files on the phone from Windows.

So, how can you enable USB Mass Storage Mode on newer versions of Android?

Let's say I'm rooted and can install a custom iso if that makes a difference.

I've tried searching google, the app store, and xda forums for solutions.

I reckon there might be workarounds. Currently, there are a few apps offering to restore the lost UMS option

Given that you device is rooted there are some options worth exploring:

Using USB MASS STORAGE (UMS) Enabler

  This app's function is to enable Mass Storage Mode for mounting your
  Memory Card as a USB Drive in Computer from your rooted device
  [Android 4.0+].

  It does not mount internal storage, and it will not work if your
  device doesn't have External Memory Card Support

Steps to Enable UMS:

Connect phone using USB cable to Computer or TV or DVD/Audio Player or Mac (or even to other phone with OTG) or whatever.
Open the 'UMS Enabler' app and press 'Enable Mass Storage' and give it root access.
(Try 2-3 times if it doesn't work the first time itself)
Before disconnecting USB, eject from Computer and then press 'Disconnect Mass Storage' in app.

If it doesn't work, go to App Settings and choose the required settings, and try again.
Avoid using memory card from phone when in UMS mode. Learn more here

Using QtADB

  QtADB is an app based on adb. It requires working  android sdk
  (command “adb devices” listing your device),requires Qt libs version 4.7, root
  and busybox installed on phone.


Will Xiaomi Mi band tracker work with Android 4.3? Will the new Xiaomi Mi band (fitness tracker) work with Android 4.3? I know it says that it works with 4.4, but I also saw somewhere they said it won't work with 4.2.

It is compatible with Xiaomi Redmi 1S Android 4.3. Source.


Hide "Successfully Updated" notifications from Google Play/Market I have a lot of apps on auto-update and I really don't care when most of them update. I almost always have 3 notifications saying some app has successfully updated.

Is there any way I can the notifications off? I'm on Android 2.3.5, Motorola Electrify. I think I have the latest version of Market since it updated to Google Play on its own. I don't see settings for this anywhere in Google Play or the device's settings. FWIW I'm not rooted.

From 4.1 onwards it's possible to do so in the System Settings/Apps/Google Play Store. Uncheck the box that says Show Notifications. That kills all notifications for the app.


How to update a Google Chrome password? Here at work we use a Wi-Fi connection that requires the user's sign-in before it can be used, with a username and a password. This password is changed every few days. After connecting, Chrome starts and directs me to the login page, auto-filled, with the stored credentials. On my laptop, as soon as I enter a password that's different than the stored, I'm prompted to update it, therefore being able to auto-fill the form until it's changed again. However, on my Android Phone, Google never prompts me to apply that update. I can't seem to find a way of updating the password auto-fill, other than deleting the credentials and then signing in again, at which point Chrome prompts me to save the credentials with the "fresh" password. Is there any easier way to this? Thank you all in advance.

You can head to https://passwords.google.com/ to manage your passwords, including updating and deleting them, as well as changing password-related settings.


Is the Samsung Galaxy Core Prime S82OL capable of wifi tethering, if so, how? I want to make a wifi hotspot because there is no internet access where I live. I rooted the phone using kingroot.

I started searching for a good app to use and figured I'd start with FoxFi which seemed to have a decent reputation. Got it installed, tryed to start it up and it tells me within 30 seconds to "turn on my mobile hotspot function" on my phone.

Since my particular model doesn't have that standard, after searching I came across a workaround by downloading a hotspot toggle widget. Tryed again, FoxFi seemed to be satisfied with that widget being used in place of an OEM toggle.

Attempted to connect to the new wifi hotspot using my pc and it would not identify the network, thus resulting in no internet connection. So I figured there was a problem with FoxFi and my phone and must've tried at least 10 other wifi hotspot apps both with root and without with good reviews. Still, to no avail has any one worked, most just crashed, another had the same issue as foxfi.

I'd greatly appreciate any help, I have been trying to figure this out for the last 10 hours and am at a loss. If it matters, it's a straight talk phone running off of a verizon network, but I do believe that is the only option for this particular model of the samsung galaxy core prime, being the S82OL version.

As @Avinash had commented, WiFi Tethering is available on all phones, including mine, which is also a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (but has a different Model Number).

Were you able to at least connect to your hotspot, by your PC, even without a Network Connection (Internet Access)?
If so, then you would have to enable your "Mobile Data" or "Data Connection" to be able to connect to the internet.


Enable Location Service on Facebook Messenger app for Samsung Galaxy Note II How do I enable location services on Facebook Messenger app for Samsung Galaxy Note II?

Within the Messenger app, choose the Overflow menu (three vertical dots) then choose Settings > Location Services and check the box that enables location services for the app.


Received Contact via WhatsApp is stored in Phone - How to move it to Google without losing the image For some time now I'm experiencing the following issue: When someone sends me a contact via WhatsApp it is stored in my phone and not my Google address book.

How can I move this thing to Google or configure WhatsApp to save it to Google? When I use the *.vcf export I get mail and phone number but the image is lost somewhere in Nirvana...

Any ideas what I can do?

Thanks!

Depending on what phone you have, you can try to hit the edit button on the contact, then tap phone contact, and choose the google account. In my test, it saved the picture.

-Adam


Should I Skip Recovery Installation Step From CyanogenMod ROM I have a rooted Galaxy S2 (i9100) . I've root it with CF-ROOT . Now superSU and CWM installed and there is a yellow exclamation on boot screen. When i boot my phone with VOLUME UP + HOME + POWER button, there is a screen which has title : CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4 .

Other details about my phone :

Model : GT-i9100
Android : 4.0.4
Baseband Version : I9100XXLQ6
Kernel Version : 3.0.15-I9100XWLPU-CL975203 dpi@DELL167 #3 SMP PREEMT Mon Jul 30 18:18:51 KST 2012 (This is weird because i'm from Turkey and I9100XWLPU firmware not Turkey's firmware. This firmware installed to my phone at Samsung's local technical service. Here a list of Turkey's firmwares.)
Build : IMM76D.XWLPU

Now here my questions :

Should i skip Installing a custom recovery on Galaxy S II section on here : http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_i9100 ? (Because i have CWM recovery mode)
I'm worried about warning on this screen : http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/I9100_Info . Warning starting with Some second-generation Samsung Exynos devices are potentially susceptible to a "superbrick" ...  It is highly recommended you do not perform this operation while using a stock kernel . I know meaning of bricking but not sure about superbrick . Also i couldn't understand what they mean with stock kernel. Is this really dangerous ? Can't we (or Samsung's technical service) fix superbricked phone?

You can check whether you're susceptible by installing this app - Exynos Mem Bug Checker.

Next - installing a custom kernel isn't all that difficult and neither is it too risky if you know what you're doing.

For the S2 - Siyah kernel and Dorimanx kernel are the two most popular ones. However, the latest kernels are meant for Android 4.2.x and higher. So, use the correct version for your OS. Should you decide to install a custom ROM like CyanogenMod or Paranoid Android etc., it will install a kernel with a recovery too (as an example - Siyah and Dorimanx - which is based on Siyah - have a touch based recovery, so you can scroll through the options by touch instead of repeatedly clicking the volume buttons to scroll as in CyanogenMod or others).

The CF-Root kernel that you installed to root the S2 is a modified stock kernel, IIRC. Therefore, it might be susceptible to the Superbrick / eMMC bug.


Manually switch carriers Project Fi I have heard that you can manually switch carriers when using Project Fi. How do I go about this? What is the easiest way?

Edit: Is there an app that does this too?

You can easily manually switch carriers in Project Fi:

Head into the Phone Dialer app that came with your Nexus phone, then type in these dialer codes to manually switch carrier:

Sprint = *#*#FISPR#*#*
T-Mobile = *#*#FITMO#*#*
US Cellular = *#*#FIDAN#*#*
Auto = *#*#FIAUTO#*#*

You can also download the Fi Info app, which automates the process a bit with a widget (I use it all the time).

Source and more info.


How to check if a new Android phone/tablet has got no factory reset yet? I would like to buy a factory-new tablet (Galaxy Tab S6) so I would like to check if the device has ever turned on (since the production date) and also how to make sure no factory reset has done yet.

You can use ##786#. You can check RTN status of mobile. But you need to access hidden menu then you can use this code.
You can find uptime of mobile Go to setting / about phone / uptime. Compare it with date of purchase.


Encrypted SD card failed after S5 restart As I can't get my Samsung S5 connected to my Debian 9.1 with KDE machine over MTP I had to use KDE Connect to copy over files.

I then had to move the files from my internal storage to the SD card.

I have both my internal storage as well as the SD card encrypted.

I copied over a lot of files which worked well. Then I ran KDE Connect for a bit longer to transfer a bit more files. I still have over 1 GB of free storage space on my internal disk. However my phone got stuck for quite a while: I could unlock it to see my wallpaper for a few seconds until it went back to the lockscreen (it had very slow reactions). I waited for a while and disabled the WLAN on my computer to stop any data transmissions which didn't help. I hence restarted my phone.

After restart I got greeted with the dialog to encrypt the SD card that said that SD card encryption has been activated and asking me to either enable it by proceeding or deactivating it. On the phone it shows no files on the SD card.

I connected it to my computer where I can see all the files which are unreadable (encrypted). I copied all the encrypted files over in case that helps me restore them and also wrote down the name under which the SD card was mounted.
I also deleted the "LOST.DIR" directory and a couple of files to free up some space in case that was the problem. I dismounted the SD card, reinserted it to my phone and restarted it.

The phone showed me that same dialog again. In searches I could only find questions where people had this problem after software updates or factory resets: but not after just a restart.

Any ideas what might have caused this and how I could fix it?

Note that it doesn't look like I can format the SD card. I could try pressing "deactivate" or proceed at that dialog. But wouldn't that change the decryption keys so that even if I copy my files back it won't be able to decrypt them?

Solution: Follow the steps outlined by Colbe here but format the SD card with GParted on the computer and then format it again on the Android. And leave out step 5.
Likely cause: a missing .MetaEcfsFile file.
Also GParted showed just the "boot" flag for the SD card partition: no "lba" flag.


Can't unlock screen after changing password So one night i was using my Galaxy Tab A and realized that someone had taken my screen lock off, so every time I had opened my screen cover it would just automatically unlock my screen. So I decided to put a lock back on it and the password type that I was using previously was the "Direction swipes" lock and the combination I thought was just way too easy, and I really liked this type of screen lock. So I came up with an even harder combination and after awhile I had pressed the power button to lock the screen, and when I tried turning it back on I didn't even swipe up on the screen to unlock it and instantly realized I had already forgotten the new combination. So I've been using the guest user on my tablet.

So my question is, how do I get back into the main users screen without having to factory reset the whole device? Is there any chance of that?

Please help me somebody, anybody!!!

Check this link, for solved you not need enable debuging and root:

Why does Android Device Manager not changes my password?


Photo Sphere and Panorama are not available in Google Camera app Recently Google launched a new camera app named Google Camera. Looking it's features, I found it has Photo Sphere and Panorama options. But when I installed it on my Moto G device it doesn't have both of those options. Only Lens Blur, (normal) Camera and Video options are available. See this:

What is the reason behind it? Or is there any setting I have to activate?

Moto G doesn't have a Gyroscope Sensor (but it has an accelerometer). That's why Moto G didn't get the Photosphere option.

Actually, Panorama doesn't require a gyroscope. While there are obviously ways to do panoramas without a gyroscope. It looks like they use the same engine as Photosphere to do the panoramas. So the app also lacks Panorama.

Source Thread
Google Camera G+ Thread


How can I check storage I have used on Google photos I know google photos is giving unlimited storage (for 16MP photos and 1020p videos). I have uploaded around 5000 photos and videos, but I cannot find the storage I have used.

How to find storage requirements of your free Google Photos:

got to https://takeout.google.com/
pick only Photos for download
select parameters of the archive
wait for the process to finish (you will also get email)

You will then see the size of the archive(s) before downloading. As a bonus, you have now complete backup of your Google Photos.


Why is Busybox still not recognized after installed properly? Busybox is installed in /system/bin successfully already, but I still can't call it as instructed in Using cut or sed in Android busybox:

C:\Users\Acer\Downloads\adb>adb shell whence sed
/system/bin/sed

C:\Users\Acer\Downloads\adb>adb shell whence busybox
/system/bin/busybox

C:\Users\Acer\Downloads\adb>busybox
'busybox' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

The mistake here is that you're trying to run Busybox by issuing busybox in your Windows terminal. This way, Windows searches for a program called busybox in its PATH, but doesn't find it, since it resides inside the /system/bin directory of your Android device.

To run any command residing on your Android device, you need to preface the actual command with adb shell, so adb shell busybox, in your case.


Change app page order I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Jelly Bean.
I have sorted my apps in pages, by topic or whatever (not the home screens, but the app/widget pages). Now I would like to sort those pages, but I can't find the way to change the order of the pages. Can it be done? How?

I've found it! Pinch with two fingers on the Home Page, to enter the edit pages mode, then move them around.


How to Search within SMSes in Hangouts App? The default messaging app on Android provides the search feature, which allow users to search within SMSes. But I wasn't able to find Search in hangouts app. (as I have Sms integration with hangouts, I need to search within SMSes on some occasions)

It is not possible to do a search within Hangouts from the app.  Google, the king of search, still hasn’t added this most basic of features.


how to setup tasker for bt on call could someone help me with this?
I want the tasker to automatically turn on the bt,and switch off wifi and data when a call is made or received...
also to undo everytning after the end of the call....rreturn to previous state....

Also need to connect automatically to my headset after the bt is enabled...
I cant cope with the % % and the orders of the tasker...
please if anyone could help it would be great

Solution:
Profile : Event > Phone Offhook
              Enter Task: BT On, WiFi Off, Mobile Data Off
              Exit Task: BT Off, WiFi On, Mobile Data On

As long as your headset is paired and on, it should reconnect automatically.


How to install game resources without Wi-Fi? I am trying to install Fifa 14 from my PC because I don't have Wi-Fi to download it. I recently got a new 16GB SD card, formatted it, created /Android/obb folder and put the cache files therein. I installed the game and every time I start the game it says:

  "download failed" because the resources could not be found.

I have tried installing the apk first - then putting the files in the cache but that doesn't work either. It's not only for Fifa, it says the same for all other games as well. I've even tried putting the files in /Android/data/obb or only /Android/data but it doesn't work either.

I'm using LG Optimus l7 II, it's compatible with all the games I'm trying to install.. And yes, I even tried moving the app to SD card, but it's the same.

make sure you must put cache in obb folder. if its a file with .obb extension you must put it in obb folder but first make sure its in correct folder name and dont just copy in obb folder. for example it must be in this path:

  obb/com.ea.game.fifa14_row/main.128.com.ea.game.fifa14_row.obb


eBooks from Amazon Market or from Android Market? I have finally succeeded at Rooting and installing Android Market on my Fire, but now I'm wondering if there are any complications with using both the Market and Amazon to purchase ebooks.

Scenario

Say that I want to purchase an eBook and that book is available in the Android Market and the Kindle Market for the same price. I need to build some foundation in order to make a decision, here are my concerns:

Concerns

Does an eBook from Android market have a different format than a Kindle format eBook?
If so, Which one should I buy looking forward? Android Market seems to be more open while Amazon even though they are using Android they follow closed practices similar to Apple. However, Amazon is a big book seller and a strong innovative technology company.
I also have a lot of books in PDF format. Which app do you guys recommend for reading PDF from Kindle or any other Android device?
Which is the best app for reading mobi format eBooks?

Yes, an eBook from Android Market (in Google Books) has a different format from the Kindle. It would seem that you can obtain Google books in either ePub or PDF (more information here). Amazon books are in the AZW format.
This comes down to personal preference. I have read books on both Google Books and Kindle on my Xoom; I see little to no difference in quality. Both can sync to my phone to keep my place. Since you have a Kindle Fire, perhaps sticking in the Amazon ecosystem would be a good idea, since you may wish to un-root in the future.
There are a lot of PDF readers; just recently the Kindle software was updated to read PDFs. I personally use ezPDF Pro for PDF files because of speed and its ability to remember my location in PDF files from read to read.
This again, would be personal preference; however I have loaded Mobi into the Kindle app without problems.  The book acted like any other I had in regards to reading (except it did not sync across devices and had to be manually uploaded to each of them). I would suggest looking at this question as well for more information on eReaders.

So, the Kindle App does what you want it to do overall (Books, PDFs, and Mobi) and also is a major part of the Kindle Fire Amazon Ecosystem they have setup for the device; and may be the way to go if you decide to revert your Fire to its un-rooted state.

Edit (Addition):
Amazon also seems to like releasing updates that Un-root your device (and prevent further known rooting methods - for now). Source states that unless you have changed ROMs, you are susceptible at any time on WiFi to get the update.


How to disable autocomplete in Chrome for specific sites When I visit passwords.google.com in Chrome for Android (Marshmallow) I have the option to autocomplete the password.

I would like to disable passoword autocomplete for this site only, or maybe for selected sites, leaving the autocomplete enabled for most sites.

Is it possible to do so? How?

It is not possible for an user to disable autocomplete for a single site. You can check this link to disable the feature on Chrome (all sites) - it is a simple tutorial on how to do it.

However, for a single site, unless you are the website's developer and don't want your users to have this feature, you can't. But, if you are, you can check this stackoverflow post


Notification icons did not appear on status bar in Oppo F1s I am using the oppo f1s 3gb 32gb in Pakistan. I recently update my mobile to Marshmallow from lollipop 5.1. Now the problem is that i receive notifications but but their notification icon did not shown on status bar.

Here i confirmed from Official customer care office of oppo mobiles that recent update of marshmallow in oppo f1s have this issue . and can't be resolved in marshmallow. They suggest me to downgrade your phone back to lolipop 5.1 to remove this issue. So i personally suggest that don't update your oppo f1s to mashmallow .


Gmail stuck on "Waiting for sync" My Gmail app recently stopped working.  I'm on a SGS Captivate running this custom ROM -- while I realize there might be some ROM-specific glitch, I thought I could ask here for general troubleshooting tips.  I stopped getting new emails last week, so I cleared the app cache, toggled sync off and back on, then finally uninstalled and re-installed the app.  Nothing seems to make any difference -- mail will not sync, sitting at the "Waiting for sync" message with a blue spinner for hours.  Am I missing anything?  Is there any way to get a handle on what exactly is going wrong here?

This question is rather ROM specific.

In fact the custom ROM post even says it's a "New Beta from vibraturk". If you want to continue using this beta ROM, please search the linked thread or ask the creator for for more specific help on his ROM.

You might want to consider a more "established" ROM like CyanogenMod for Captivate, there are even CM9/ICS nightlies already.


Micro SD mobile 128 GB size limit overcome Should I partition a larger than mobile size limit
 microSD card would all' partitions still be  accepted by OS (Android) ?

AFAIK there is no 128GB limit (neither on sd-card nor on file-system level).

The only hard limit is if or if not microSDXC cards (sd-cards starting with 64GB) are supported.

The other "limits" are usually just a notice from the manufacturer that the device has been tested with such a card (because larger were not available at that time).

Therefore creating multiple partitions does not make much sense from my point of view.


How can I view flash content in Dolphin? I have a Chinese tablet, so I cannot install apps from Android Market (at least directly).

How can I see flv, swf and other kind of flash data using Dolphin web browser?

You can try side-loading a Flash Player apk file. There are a whole lot of them floating around on XDA, such as this thread which has a download for Flash 11. Whether or not it works will also depend on other factors, such as the version of Android on the device and the processor it has (Flash requires an ARMv7 processor and Android 2.2 or later).


Apks files download but will not install? I wanted to downgrade my YouTube app so I got a few APK files from previous versions, and they downloaded successfully . When I clicked on them to install, the page showing install and cancel came up. Once I chose the install button it took me a page which said installing, but it immediately stopped and told me the app is not installed (picture) . I tried this with 3 different apk files and through many downgrading apps but i emded up in the same place and the same thing kept on happening. Background info: Samsung s4 mini, 700mb storage space, unknown sourced apps allowed. Someone please help I hate this update.

If you have upgraded the YouTube app, then you can easily downgrade it. Just open YouTube's app info and then click Uninstall Updates button. In this way you can get the default version of YouTube back.


How can I restore the encrypted files contents from the Gallery Vault app? I have reset my device and forgot to open the Gallery Vault app, but I still have my encrypted files while unable to open them.
How can I restore the encrypted files contents?

Gallery Vault uses encryption to hide media. If you have done a Factory Reset, then there is no way to recover your previous data, even if the file still "exists". To decrypt, you would need some sort of decryption key or file, and chances are you lost it when you did a Factory Reset.


How can I set my Galaxy S3 to vibrate when locking the screen? My partner and I have identical Galaxy S3's.

However when my phone locks it briefly vibrates, when partner's locks it does not. What setting have I changed that makes this happen on mine and not on his?

Go to the main Android SETTINGS > SECURITY > SCREEN LOCK

Now see if there are any differences between the options as configured on your device and the other one.

Try ticking the option VIBRATE ON TAP to activate haptic feedback.


How to increase headphone loudness beyond 100%? I am very hard of hearing.

Is there a sound amplification app one can use with earbuds? Earbuds with a microphone for a Droid are a non-issue but I don't know where to find an inexpensive app to work with the hardware.

If you have one of the supported phone models:

There's an app called voodoo sound.

Voodoo Sound in Google's Play store
Downside: Requires a custom kernel, only for supported phones (see description in market)

The paid app comes without a requirement for a custom kernel (but needs root)

Voodoo Sound Plus

Both replace the audio codec's driver and allow fine tuning and to turn on formerly unused chip features (see description).


Will rooting my phone improve its battery life? I've had an HTC Desire HD with HTC Sense for about a year and I'm quite happy, except for the battery life. After upgrading to the latest version, it lasts about 24 hours with moderate/low usage.

I was wondering 2 things:

If I root it, will i gain some significant battery life?
After a phone is rooted, can it later be returned to the factory state?

I dont know much about rooting.

The only way rooting can gain you battery time is if you can uninstall an app that's using a lot of power, and which you can't uninstall without rooting (i.e. it's something that shipped with the device). I don't know what is on your device, but judging from what I've seen on my Droid 3, there's not likely to be any noticeable change in battery life. On the plus side, if you root the device, you'll have the option to get rid of any junk that was pre-installed and thereby not have to see all the update notices for stuff that you'll never use and which wants more and more permissions with every update.


FM Radio on HTC One Google Play Edition My HTC One has the capability to tune FM Radio stations.

And the Standard Edition comes with an app for using it.

However, I can't find a way to use the FM Radio on a (non-rooted) Google Play Edition. Any ideas?

Running Android 4.4.2 ... if that matters.

I'll put this altogether here.

Google and some OEMs don't seem to be supporting FM anymore, as evident in the Nexus 4 and 5 not having any FM hardware built in. The Samsung Galaxy S4 also are carrying on this trend. The theory being that there are Internet raido services that can stream thousands of channels. Which doesn't suit everyone. The theory is that it saves space for the hardware and cost in manufacture.  Android forums discussion on the lack of FM on Nexus 5

 This XDA thread suggests it isn't possible however there are FM apps out there.

 This is a very lowly reviwed FM app  on the Play Store that claims to use the tuner.  UPDATE: Does not work on HTC One.

 This XDA thread has an attached apk for an FM tuner that MAY work. I have not tested, the usual warnings about unknown sources applies, of course.

 Another XDA FM radio

For rooted devices there is  one more here

The one that is most recommended that I have found is  Spirit FM  which specifically states that No internet connection is required.

Try them out, see what works, and most of all be wary of permissions and apps you are not confident about.


Can I use wifi or Bluetooth to get the same kind of connection to my phone that I can with USB? I have a new Samsung Galaxy S5 running Android 4.4.2, and I also have a laptop and desktop computer, both running Ubuntu 14.04. In order to access or transfer files from phone to computer, I can connect my Samsung by USB easily enough, but I thought I might be able to do something a little cooler using either wifi or Bluetooth.

My phone always connects to my home LAN whenever I'm at home, so if there was a way to make it appear on the network automatically every time it was in range, that would be sweet.

My laptop I'm often using at hotspots where I probably couldn't connect them via the LAN. So maybe for my laptop, some kind of Bluetooth connection would be best. I'm actually typing right now on my laptop, and I paired the phone and laptop together, so I can select to "Send files" from the laptop to the Android, but that's about as convenient as emailing it to myself. I really want to be able to open the Android internal SD drives like they were drives on a network.

This could be two questions, one about connecting my desktop by wifi and one about connecting my laptop by bluetooth, but I'm asking them together because it may be that maybe one approach works best for both scenarios. Or maybe I have it reversed and wifi would be better for the laptop and Bluetooth for the desktop.

In short, what is the best wireless way for me to make my Android phone always available to my computers so that I can transfer and access files to it? I'd ideally like to have the drives show up the same way they do as when connected by USB, so that I can do other things like syncing my music collection (with Banshee or Clementine) and possibly other tasks.

Probably you can create a Tasker profile to connect to the Wifi network automatically when you arrive at home (or the home Wifi network is in the range)
Another good thing you can achieve it using rSync backup is that, you can use rSync and use a Tasker job to periodically (or conditionally) upload/download data from/to your phone. You can refer to rSync's documentation for its configuration and other setup steps. You can configure it to only specify required one way transfer of files.


program to resize image? I'm looking for an image editor that I can use to do a wide array of resizing tasks including canvas size (expand/contract the image canvas), image size (enlarge/shrink the entire image), and cropping. So far, all I can find are cropping tools in the apps I'm finding, but I want the others as well. Does anyone know of any apps that provide all three tools?

Just a part-answer: i'm using a nice app for resizing images: Image Shrink (there's also a lite version).

It works via the share intent - you "share" an image to it, the app does its job and the result can be shared again (e.g. if you want to send a large image via mail and want to resize it first, easily done with that app).


Where do I find a picture I sent from messages app as MMS? I took a picture of a tracking number receipt and sent the text message. Now I can't find the picture of the receipt. How do I find it? It's not in gallery.

If you're using the Google messages app, then the picture wouldn't automatically be saved to your gallery app, rather, it stays in the messaging app.

Open the messaging app, find the person you sent the message to, and the pictures should be there. If you deleted the picture, then it's fully deleted and the only way to recover it, would be by using some picture recovery method.

If your phone is rooted, you can double check in the directory where all SMS/MMS are stored, it might still be there. This would be under /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db


How can I download Android apps by scanning the barcode? I see all these apps that can be downloaded by scanning a barcode. The question is, how do I actually do this?  What app do I use to scan the barcode and install an app?

I prefer Google Goggles (available in the Market) for QR scanning to download an app.  The most recent version now "sees" the QR and automatically captures it (older version required you to snap the picture before it is processed), then presents a link to the market.


Clear the "Do not ask again" dialog in Gallery when changing Wallpapers As you might know, when you try to change the wallpaper on ICS (for your homescreen), the OS will ask if you want to set the same wallpaper to the lock screen, and the proper "do not ask again checkbox". By mistake, I pressed it, but I want it back now

Any way to achieve that?

BTW, I checked the "Clear Defaults" in the Gallery app - nothing. Using Android ICS 4.0.3

The problem was a silly one. When you try to select a wallpaper you're given two choices: full wallpaper for the virtual desktop (option 1, scrollable wallpapers) and a fixed wallpaper (the second option).

If you select the second option, it will ask if you want to use the same wallpaper for the lock screen.

However, if you select the first one, it won't ask you anything (because it can't be set) — ths was the root of the problem.

I'm assuming that, if you do tap the "Do not show this dialog again" can be reset by tapping "Clear defaults" in the Gallery App.


android 4.1.1 network connectivity issues device: asus memo pad mev172v

issue: Apps (facebook, play store, ym, skype, etc) cannot access the wifi network. I can browse using Chrome (except for SSL sites) and can use the Youtube app.

tried:

rebooting via safe mode
clear app cache
removing and adding accounts

As the OP didn't add the solution as an answer himself...

OP found the answer to the issue himself, strange as it might sound:

  noticed that the device date and time is not correct. corrected it and it worked.

On a second thought, this is a very plausible reason, considering the questions hint about except for SSL sites: If the local date is too far in the past, SSL certificates are "not yet valid" -- and if it's too far in the future, they are "no longer valid". In both cases, establishing a secured connection must fail.


Touch screen acting weird (P9) I recently got a new touchscreen, which seems to work (since you can see the touches in debug mode), but sometimes it just won't swipe from one page to another! This also happens in an app. What is wrong, I don't get it?

Video: https://puu.sh/xtaow/ed633e8833.mp4

PS: When swiping slower it sometimes works better, but not always.
PPS: When having the phone in my left hand, I can only swipe right and vice versa. When having the phone on my table everything works perfectly.

Phone: Huawei P9 (EVA-L09)
Android: Nougat 7

Maybe you should increase your touch sensitivity. Try apps like this.


What are Xamarin player alternatives? It is possible to simulate Android using Xamarin player with Virtual Box:

Mobile App Development & App Creation Software - Xamarin

The number of devices to choose is limited. Are there similar tools that are, like Xamarin player using Virtual Box (or a Virtual Box alternative).

the best are Genymotion, BlueStacks, Andy and BlueStacks doesn't need Virtual Box. Genymotion is more suitable for developers


Clockwork Mod tether stopped working recently I am using moto g4 and windows 10. The symptom is: when starting the windows app and clicking start button, the application starts normally: the log windows fills up and the button changes to "stop". After a few seconds, thou, the wording on the button changes back to "start", the log stops updating, and there is not connection

Anyone else experienced this? any quick fixes?

It might have being a problem with my USB cable. I tried again with a new one and now it works just fine. highly recommended app


Is it possible to move the status / notification bar or the settings icon? If I'm using my Smartphone with one Hand (4.3 inch display) its hard to reach the settings button in Android 4. Yes, I'm able to add an icon to the home screen but if I'm using an app this doesn't really help. I need to switch between the screens first.

My idea would be something of the following:

A) moving the status / notification bar to the bottom (lift up instead of lift down)

B) moving the settings icon to the left side of the bar

C) moving the settings icon on the bottom of the notification list

Is there an app available doing this?

As far as I know, there is No app currently available to do this.
You can try CyanogenMod for your device for various customization options.

I have seen options to move status bar to bottom on CyanogenMod 7.2 (Android 2.3.7 GB) port of my device (Samsung Galaxy 3). So it's certainly possible easily on custom ROMs.


How do I add Android user (linux level) to a group? groupadd and useradd aren't available, so how I can add a user (app's assigned user) to a group?

Also, the file /etc/group does not exist and I couldn't find where Android saves this information. (googling/greping).

I don't have an android phone in front of me, but I imagine you could just edit /etc/group and add the user to a group. Find the group you want to add them to and insert a comma, then the user name.

Example :

sambashare:x:115:sam,sally,yourNewUser

Where the first column is the group name, then the second column is group passwd (leave it an x), groupID and then the users.


Web links are opened inside the application For a long time I have been bothered that whenever you click an web link inside an application e.g. stackexchange, it opens the url inside the application. Instead of using my installed web browser e.g. chrome. Is there a way to force apps to open links in chrome and not inside the application itself?

Chromer Browser does this - screenshot below shows link from XDA app opened in Chromer (it has pretty good reviews from Android Authority and others )

... achieved by use of Chrome Custom Tabs which are lightweight browser tabs from Google Chrome (limited other browsers are supported too).
Chromer slides over the website from the app, enabling you to transition into the website seamlessly. Even if you navigate multiple times, you can always press X to quickly return to the app, where you left.

While it is not exactly the same as opening in Chrome, it pretty much is the same with all normal browser functions. Ease of returning to app is noteworthy

How to use?
Set Chromer as the default browser in your phone. From there on, any link you try to open in your phone will be presented in a custom tab. You can also not do this and choose to open link in Chromer when prompted.


Allowing a computer to connect to wifi from android  already connected to wifi. A unique situation writing from my phone so sorry for typos.

I recently fixed my laptop but the wireless network in my house doesn't work on it (its probably router configuration problem-or at least could be fixed with configuring the router, but I have no access to the router since I am renting).

The network works fine on my sanyo zio which has no money on the account and no plan (so the only thing I can use this phone is for internet if I have wifi access). I want to use my phones ability to connect to the home wi-fi network to connect my laptop to that network (so transfer the home wi-fi to the laptop through my phone). Usb connection or wifi will do as I am pretty sure its input this home wi-fi that doesn't work. So if I turn my zio into a hotspot it should work.

Is there any way to do that?
To make situation better I have vista 64 so kyocera divers for this phone don't work.

Update:
I forgot to mention that for some forsaken reason (I suspect murphy's law) the bluetooth internet  connection on my computer fail s when I try to connect it with my phone. (following instructions on fifox and manually connecting with the blue tooth dial up option which just times out. I'm missing some peripheral bluetooth driver ;/) I can connect to my phone through bluetooth just the internet option fails @.@
.
And I don't think my phone supports the wifi option through fox fi.
Although I have no way to be sure. When I turn on the hotspot option the internet connects but with limited access (just like my home network but I think its because my phone doesn't tether right not because of my laptop. Ofc I could be wrong) it says that might happen and to just automatically get new ip to fix this problem but that doesn't work also says many phones are not supported for wifi and I don't think this one is.

update

I Recently rooted my phone. I tried the apps for the rooted phones but they just want to use 3g network connection. Since I want to connect, through wifi they are quite useless. Anybody has an idea what I could download or do to make this work for me?

What you're referring to is called tethering - using the data connection of your phone to share internet connectivity to another device.

Look for tethering options in the settings > Wireless menu or other locations in case your manufacturer has placed it elsewhere.

Failing that, consider using an app like FoxFi or some other tethering app.

Also, a search on Android.SE reveals a number of similar questions - please use the provided functionality. Here's an answered question that might be relevant - Can I use my Android device as Wi-Fi Adapter for my PC (i.e. Tethering to PC through USB, but using Wi-Fi not Phone Network)?


Simulate missed call from ADB shell On the ADB shell, I run the command

adb -s <serial_number> shell am start -a android.intent.action.CALL -d tel:123456

to place a call on my testing device. It works great. But I also want to simulate a missed call from the ADB shell, as I would by telnet with the command gsm cancel +123456, for example.

I cannot find anywhere how to do this. Is this even possible with ADB? If so, how?

P.S: the command adb -s <serial_number> shell input keyevent 6 is not an answer!

If you are working with a rooted device or eng build device, you can push TeleCommTests.apk under data/apps/TelecommTests/ which has to be built along with Android source code and then fire the below intent from ADB:

adb shell am start -a android.telecom.testapps.ACTION_START_INCOMING_CALL -d "tel:123456789"


Samsung Kies 1.5 not connecting the galaxy fit device I have Samsung Galaxy fit with android 2.2 I have installed Samsung Kies 1.5 since I want to use mobile internet on desktop PC having Windows XP through USB. But when I connect my phone to PC using  data cable Kies keeps on showinf the message 'Connecting the device Please wait' for long time but it never connects. I have installed USB drivers for galaxy fit and I hope there is no prob with that part. Also USB debugging on the device is on. Can anybody help me out of this?

If you're planning to use Kies to connect to the device, USB Debugging must be off and the phone's USB mode must be set to Samsung Kies, otherwise Kies won't detect the phone.


Can't recover data on honor 5x Android 6.0.1 I have done factory reset of my honor 5x Android 6.0.1 by mistake. This phone is rooted and I have tried disk digger pro, desktop applications like easeus recovery via USB debugging. It detects only recent data but not deleted one.

I have not overwritten any data ;
Phone did not has encryped storage before reset ;
It has fingerprint lock before factory reset ;
I want to recover phone storage data ;
PC applications unable to find any deleted data after scanning all sectors on phone storage.

I have done recovery on Android 5.0 lenovo s850 and it was fine so I have recovery experience.

Has factory reset cleared all sectors ?
Does Android 6.0.1 not support recovery ?
Should I rollback to 5.0 and then try ?
Any method available ?

Android factory reset will erase ALL DATA. The chances of you recovering the data are very slim.

If you didn't erase the internal SD Card, you may have your files.

But all game/app progress and data are gone.


What are the different signal indicators avalable on the notification bar? The signal indicator on my phone often shows "3G" or "H+" in the signal indicator. When there's no connectivity it doesn't show anything.

I'm referring to the icons in the status bar like these:

What are the different signal icons that are shown in android? I've never used an LTE/4G handset or even been on one of those networks so I'm also curious to see what indicators are used for those.

They are referring to the mobile data connection:

1x: 1xRTT (slow like a dialup modem (here: 80–100 kbit/s), shows up on US Cellular CDMA networks with Google Fi in Northern California)
G: GPRS (slow like dialup modem, here: 56–114 kbit/s)
E: Edge (enhanced GSM, about 400 kbit/s)
3G: UMTS (384 kbit/s to 7.2 Mbit/s)
H: HSPA (enhanced 3G, sometimes shown as 3.5G; up to 21 Mbit/s)
H+: HSPA+ (even more enhanced/faster HSPA; up to 42.2 Mbit/s)
4G: LTE (thanks to eldarerathis for confirmation); up to 300 Mbit/s
5G: not yet in the wild; up to 10 Gbit/s planned

The bars obviously show signal quality, and the arrows show whether data transfer is in progress. As for the colors (your pictures show blue and gray signal icons), please refer to What does it mean when the connectivity icons in the status bar go white/gray?