Camera app crashing on Nexus i9250 Android 4.2.1 I just bought a i9250 Nexus, and the system proposed to upgrade to newer version 4.2.1 (it is not a rooted phone. It is an unblocked UK phone)

I played with the new phone and after a couple of days I did upgrade it.

Now the camera is not working. When I try to use the camera, it calls the application and before I can see any image from camera, it says "Unfortunately the GALLERY has stopped"

How can I downgrade to previous version? (The phone is not rooted)

Or, does anybody knows how to fix it? or anything that I can try to bring the camera back to action?

An update to 4.2.2 should fix the bugs. My Galaxy Nexus has been running a lot more stable since the update.
You should be able to find the update in
Settings>>About Phone>>System Updates.


how can I stop the Google app from randomly opening? Whenever I have my headphones in, especially when I'm listening to music, the voice app thing for Google will randomly open!! I can't seem to get it to stop! Please! Someones gotta help me!! Make it stop!! It's even opened twice during writing this!

Try the following.

Launch Google app
Tap Menu icon on left
Tap Settings
In Search & Now section tap Voice
Tap Hands-free
Adjust your misbehaving settings


Screen unlock history I have a Nexus 5 Android phone with standard pattern-locked screen. Is there a way to see a (recent) history of when my screen was unlocked?

If you've not rebooted your Android, then you may be able to get the time stamp for the last few unlocks performed. Setup adb in PC and execute:

adb shell dumpsys activity broadcasts

In the overwhelming (possibly) output,

For stock Android 6.0.1:

locate the string Historical broadcasts summary [background].  Following it would be the summary of some historical broadcasts.
In the new given info, locate the string android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT1. One of the next few lines to every matched line would show you the time stamp of a successful unlock.

The order of matched lines would be chronological with most recent entry being the first to show up.

For stock Android 5.1.1:

locate the string Historical broadcasts [background].  Following it would be details of  some historical broadcasts.
In the new given info, locate the string android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT1. One of the next few lines to every matched line would show you the time stamp of a successful unlock.

The order of matched lines would be chronological with most recent entry being the first to show up.

A demonstration performed on Android 6.0.1:

adb shell "dumpsys activity broadcasts | sed -ne '/Historical broadcasts summary \[background\]/,\$p' | grep -A2 'android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT'"

Output:

(Click image to enlarge)

In the output,

enq: enqueueClockTime
disp: dispatchedClockTime
fin: finishedTime

I do not know what they particularly correspond to but I can assure you that one of them is what you're after, possibly the first one. The output is in consonance with the rudimentary observation performed in parallel by keeping a tab on time during screen unlock.

1 Courtesy of Chris for the answer here.


How can I manage bookmarks in Android Firefox? I have tried following the directions given here:-

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/828180

However, I am not seeing a Mobile Bookmarks folder on my PC's bookmarks section within Firefox 16.0.1 so do nto know how to get this working in two-way sync between devices.

Here's what i did. Assuming you've set up the sync process:

Go to Firefox on your PC, click Bookmarks in the top right corner
Choose Unsorted Bookmarks. This opened a new window for me where i could see a section called Mobile bookmarks that i hadn't seen anywhere else.
Click and drag this Mobile Bookmarks folder to either Bookmarks Toolbar or Bookmarks Menu, whichever you want it to appear under (Note: the Bookmarks Menu is what we clicked on to start this process, i advise you try both and see which you like best).
Profit.

Hope this helps!


Set a profile in Tasker to wipe the phone Is it possible to create a profile in Tasker that completely wipes the phone?

I ask because I haven't tried Tasker yet, and this might be enough to make me buy it. It doesn't matter how this profile would be triggered, I'm interested in the effect. It has to completely reset my phone's internal memory. Preferably, it would also erase the SDcard, but that's not absolutely necessary.

I'm not sure if it can or not, but Tasker has a 7 day free trial if you download it from their website instead of android market.

http://tasker.dinglisch.net/download.html

So you can try it out yourself.


Samsung S Duos GT-S7562 My galaxy s dous s7562 is getting switched off when Internet is on and sometimes is phone is also getting switched off even when the battery is around 50%. When the Phone is restarted the battery level shows 1%. I am not able to get connected with Wifi & Share it app with other phones.What is the problem. Please help me.

It seems that your battery is older and needs replacement. Have you tried using apps like BetterBatteryStats? But they would just give you the stats and some more insights.

If possible try with some other battery.


Contents of .bookmark_thumb1 I've got one of these folders on my HTC Desire 2.3 and I'm assuming that it's standard across all devices. It looks to contain screenshots of pages that I have visited using the built in browser and I'm guessing that it's to dispaly them in the bookmarks/frequently visited list or when I'm changing windows.

My question is is it safe to delete the contents of this folder? It doesn't occupy much space but there are sites in the list that I know I won't be visiting again and it seems pointless having them around.

Yes you can safely delete the folder. For details and a permanent solution (to stop regeneration of this folder) check this


Samsung Galaxy S Plus reset automatically My Samsung Galaxy S plus device display was damaged. Then it was replaced: it got a new display.

After that, it stopped working; instead it automatically restarts itself (up to like below image), then restarts again. It doesn't get further than to the displayed boot screen.

Any idea how to get it working again?

Try to put the phone into recovery mode and wipe the cache partition:

Power phone off
Look up the combination of buttons for your device model to boot into recovery. For Samsung devices it is usually hold the volume up, home, and power buttons at the same time.
In recovery mode, select wipe cache partition  (you can move up or down using the volume buttons). *This will not wipe your personal data files - only temporary system files which could be causing the boot - loop).
Try restarting the phone now

If the phone still does not start please post a reply and I will see if I can help you further.


Are there any "compact" themes for Android? So that I can only see the desktop icons, not the ex.: messaging, applications, call icon in the bottom..Are there any compat'er views for the Android Desktop?

Android 2.1update1 Samsung GT i5800

One option:

Install ADW Launcher as your home application and set it as default
From your home screen press Menu Button->More->ADWSettings to open ADW's settings
Select UI Settings->Main Dock Style->None to hide the bottom bar
Optionally, you can also select Screen Preferences->Hide StatusBar to hide the status bar at the top, which effectively makes your home take up the entire screen.


Wondering if i can debloat some google apps from unrooted lg phone for my father? My father being older does not want to modify his phone, however he has a LG L70 and no sd card, and doesn't use some unnecessary Google apps, such as play, books, and whatever else. My question is can i boot it into fastboot and run a custom written shell script(i run linux ubuntu), which would run something like fastboot oem append-cmdline "androidboot.unlocked_kernel=true"? Which i found on amazon fire 5.1.1 thread on xda-developers forums, then fasboot continue, and in turn, at least on the fire, allows to access the adb shell as root without running su. Then from there run adb shell "pm uninstall {app_name}"?

You're looking in wrong direction. insufficient-memory error shows up when you're running low in space under data partition (named: userdata; mounted at /data). It stores user installed apps (APKs), updated system apps (APKs), their data files inter alia. System apps by-default are stored in system partition (named: system; mounted at /system). That partition is not mounted in read-write (rw) mode and doesn't cause that error.

Removing the system apps wouldn't achieve anything since as I said, unless the system app is updated by the user, the APK would only reside in system partition. However, it would consume a bit of space to store its data files in data partition.

If that amount concerns you, then go to  Settings → Apps → All apps → your system app → Force Stop → Uninstall Updates (if any) → Clear data → Disable. This would:

disable the system app which simply means that you wouldn't be able to use it or update it unless you enable the app.
delete its data files from data partition since you used "Clear data" button. If it was updated by user, its APK would be removed from data partition as well.

Why bother with extreme measures then?

Just so you know, adb shell pm uninstall  would blatantly fail to remove a system app, regardless of whether it is running with superuser privilege.

That said, some system apps wouldn't give you disable or clear data option. But if they are not giving such option then assume that your OEM considers that the app is critical for the stability or functionality of your OS (even if it is not) and you should ignore disabling it.

If you can't ignore it and wants to take a risk, use this command:

adb shell pm block PACKAGE # for KitKat
adb shell pm hide PACKAGE  # for Lollipop

This would effectively bar that system app from being used even if it causes instability to the system. This also means that the app would never be updated again unless you revert the changes.

To unblock or unhide the app, do

adb shell pm unblock PACKAGE # for KitKat
adb shell pm unhide PACKAGE  # for Lollipop

PACKAGE → package name of your system or user app. To know the package name of an app:

for KitKat - follow View app's full package name?
for Lollipop - open Settings → Apps → All apps →  your app → click here

Save yourself all the trouble: "i keep telling him to get one but... and i dont have an extra!" -- save some money, buy an SD card, plug it in his phone when he's not around and there you go with the surprise gift.


Whatsapp: iPhone to Android: 0 messages restored I backed up my iphone's whatsapp chat history and tried to restore it to my Samsung galaxy s6 when install whatsapp. I've tried this countless times and always got 0 messages restored (also making sure to uninstall the app every time I try again). I even rebooted the phone, but none of it helped. and yes, I redid the icloud backup that time.

It seems like Wazzap Migrator was the answer, it costs money to restore media as well.

To extract the conversations + media:
1. Download the free backup extractor http://www.wazzapmigrator.com/faq/free-itunes-backup-extractor-windows.
2. Open it and select your iPhone (it should be plugged in to your PC of course).
3. Go into advanced and check "Applications".
4. Click "extract selected files".
5. The conversations should be stored in "Desktop\Extracted from backup for WazzapMigrator\Applications\net.whatsapp.WhatsApp\Documents\ChatStorage.sqlite"
and the media folder in "Desktop\Extracted from backup for WazzapMigrator\Applications\net.whatsapp.WhatsApp\Library".

Make sure your have to paid version of Wazzap Migrator installed on your android phone. (Or you will only be able to restore conversations without media).

To put the extracted conversations + media on your android device to select in Wazzap Migrator:
1. Plug your android phone into your PC.
2. Go into your phone's internal storage via Explorer.
3. Create a folder, named anything, and drag ChatStorage.sqlite and the media folder into it.

To restore:
1. Install Whatsapp.
2. Open Wazzap Migrator.
3. Select your conversation file and media folder manually.
4. Start the conversion.
5. Reinstall and start Whatsapp.
6. If it detects a backup in your devices storage, tap restore.
7. That's it.

Keep in mind that my memory of what I did is sort of fuzzy. You should know what to do, however.

Source: http://www.wazzapmigrator.com/faq/how-import-media


Synchronizing cookies between Windows Chrome and Android Chrome? Is there an app/hack which automatically synchronizes cookies between Windows Chrome and Android Chrome? That way there would be no need to login to websites twice.

History/saved passwords are already shared so perhaps someone went one step further.

As of 2017 Chrome doesn't support automatic synchronization of cookies between mobile and desktop versions, except for Google's own apps. I'm not sure why it's not mentioned anywhere, but it simply doesn't work.

Perhaps future versions of Android/Chrome will solve the issue.


How can I control a list of applications in "Share" pop up in Android built in browser? I'm using Android's built in stock web browser (Froyo 2.2 if it matters), and when I choose "Share page" from the menu, I get a list of like 15 different apps.

Of those, I only ever use 2-3, and 99% of the time I use Gmail, which happens to be near the end of the list.

How does Android browser compile that list?
Is there a way to:

Control which applications appear in the list?
Sort the list the way I would want to?

The phone is rooted, so I'm perfectly fine if the answer is "Get a file from filesystem in this location and edit its contents".

Also, I don't necessarily need the answer to be 100% permanent - meaning, that if installing an application update will re-add the app to the list, I can live with that.

This list is generated (on every boot) from the installed apps that have registered themselves with the system to handle this function.  The only certain way to remove an entry from this list is to  uninstall the corresponding app.

You can try de-compiling the app, removing the share intent from its "manifest.xml" file, and re-packing it.  However, this will most likely cause issues with Market updates because of signature mismatches.


Enabling developer mode in Reliance LYF I have a Reliance LYF mobile phone and want to enable the developer mode.

I looked for all options in the settings but haven't found anything to enable developer mode.

Is the developer mode option available on it?

Go to Settings > About device, then tap on "Build number" for 7 times, then go back. The developer option will be shown.


I lost my videos, how will I retrieve them? I have a problem on retrieving my files from my phone to my PC. I have 'moved' my DCIM folder from my phone to my PC. Will i be able to retrieve them? help please...

If you moved them onto your computer you can just copy the DCIM folder back onto the sdcard or internal storage of your device.

If this isn't the case there are several tools to recover lost data on your harddrive here is a good one: https://www.piriform.com/recuva


Help! Google is downloading books to me without my permission or involvement I noticed I had updates the other day, and was surprised to see that my phone (Droid X, Gingerbread) was downloading Alice in Wonderland. I did not ask for this book, and I don't want it on my phone taking up disk space. When I checked, I saw it had also downloaded Dickens' Great Expectations and (as if in some kind of smirking insult) Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. WTF?

Granted these books are in the public domain (i.e. free) but I really think I should be the one to decide what I want downloaded to my phone. Not Google.

What's worse, there is apparently no mechanism to prevent such downloads. The settings in the book and market apps make no mention of any of this.

Does anyone have advice on how to stop this behavior?

Assuming this is Google Books, this behavior should not carry on past these few books. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Great Expectations, and Pride and Prejudice are downloaded by default, to give a feel for the program and some reading examples. No additional books will be downloaded without your telling the application to do so.


retrieve logcat after a system crash Is it possible to retrieve a logcat from before a system crash after the phone recovers?  I.e. my phone is running normally, then it crashes and reboots, and I want to view the logs when it recovers to try to determine what caused the crash.  I can't find any way to view logcat in anything other than realtime, except to have a terminal emulator running and execute logcat -f logcat.txt V, then just leave it running forever.  That could build up a massive file that eats up all my storage.

I can't believe there's no way to view a crash report, I just can't figure out how.

Unfortunately logcat does not survive a hard reboot because the logs are stored in circular buffers in memory, and are never actually written to storage.  Your solution to leave a terminal session running may work, but as you said may grow the file uncontrollably, and during a reboot it may corrupt the output file.  I would suggest adding the -r and -n switches so that only the most recent entries are written:

logcat -r 1024 -n 10 -f /sdcard/logcat.txt &

This limits the logs to 10 files named "logcat.txt", "logcat.txt.2", etc., each 1MB in size.  When that limit is reached, it will overwrite the first file, and so on.

You may also want to look into /proc/last_kmsg file, which stores kernel logs just prior to the last reboot.  Use cat /proc/last_kmsg > /sdcard/last_kmsg.txt command to write its contents to a file on your storage.


Contacts Sync problems: phone contacts not syncing to Google I had some problems syncing my GMail contacts onto my phone, so I:

did "Clear Data" for the Contacts app
re-imported all my Google contacts from a CSV file into the "Google" account on the phone.

It managed to sync contacts with GMail after that.

But new contacts that I've added to the phone since haven't synced to GMail — although contacts from GMail will sync to the phone. (And if I delete them on the phone, they don't get deleted on GMail.) I'm also getting "Sync is currently experiencing problems" messages.

The question is: How can I make it sync again?

And if I can't, how can I avoid deleting the newly-added contacts or creating duplicates?

(I'm using an HTC Desire Z with HTC Sense.)

Make sure that when you add a contact, the contact type is set to GMail.  If it's set to phone then it will not sync to GMail and will stay solely on the device.

Contact Type is the first field on add new contact and is set to phone by default.


Advertisments still blocked after uninstalling AdFree I am trying to test out Admob for an app on my phone. But I have absolutely no idea what is blocking my ads. My phone is rooted, but I don't have any ad-blocking software. I did have AdFree, but then I restored my phone. So what's doing it? My ads are definitely being blocked because I have gone on several websites with ads, and they don't show up.

Well after an hour of searching around for how to revert the hosts file, I gave up. (I kept having permission denied errors). So I downloaded AdFree again (turns out that's what I had before) and clicked "revert".


Do all USB C data/charge cables support Quick Charge? I have a Xiaomi Mi 8 which uses a USB C connector for charging. As long as my phone supports Fast Charging, do I need any sort of special USB C cable to take advantage of the fastest charging speed that my device supports?

I read in Wikipedia that "All USB-C cables must be able to carry a minimum of 3 A current" however I see some USB C cables advertised as supporting up to only 2A.

NOTE: my charger supports 3A 5V, 2A 18V, and 1.5A 12V

Simple answer It depends, may or may not

Any USB C cable will not serve the purpose . You need to search your device forums and some sources mentioned in answer here (which also includes references to technical details if you are keen) How to select a Non OEM USB Type C charger or cable for my device?
This is a good read for USB C state of affairs, for charging and data speeds too It’s 2018 and USB Type-C is still a mess. See the wide variation in power even with standard OEM cables weekend used with different phones


Using Official Raspberry Pi Power Supply to charge phone? I have a Moto G 3rd Gen, and my phone charger broke. I have both the raspberry pi official 10W power supply and the raspberry pi official 13W power supply. Can I use either or both of them to charge my moto g 3rd gen?

USB standards specify 5V plus / minus 0.25 V which is supplied by pi 10W supply whereas 13 W supply is 5.1 V which is not recommended

So you can use the 10W power supply

Thanks to Ghanima in comments
 , who pointed out something I overlooked

  The 13W supply is listed as 5.1 V with a 2% line regulation (that would be 5.1 V plus/minus 0.1 V) which puts it well within the USB spec

So you can use both chargers safely, as pointed out in other answer giving additional reasons. Sorry for missing this detail


Get root or re-install the OS without a USB cable? Usually, the guides for getting root or re-installing the OS on an Android device (I have a Samsung Galaxy S, which I'm mostly inetersted about) tell to flash the device from another computer through the USB cable.

Is it in principle possible to perform such modifications without using the USB cable (and another computer)?

Perhaps, by putting a file with the other version of the kernel/OS soemwhere on the device, and booting it in a special mode?

Imaginne the situation: I took the Samsung Galaxy S (and a laptop), but no USB cables, and went away from the civilization. Now it turns out that to use some of the apps I would like to use (like SSH server frontends for Android) I

either have to re-install the Android OS (because they want a newer version; so I'd use CyanogenMod or Replicant because there are no offical upgrades from Samsung)
or have root (because they don't want to work without root).

Can this be done without a USB cable?

(Of course, there is another good solution in this situation: take the source code of those apps, and fix them so that they will work for me, re-compile and install them.)

(AFAIU, after I have full (root) access to the device, I can re-install the OS without a cable and another computer: for example, I have another device that was supposed to work under Android -- Toshiba AC100, but after I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on it by flashing the device, I must be able to re-install the kernel from inside the OS -- there is a "flash-kernel" utility in Ubuntu.)

Use ROM Manager app. It can install ROMs from SD card. You can download your favorite ROMs using it, too.

And, Samsung Galaxy S is officially supported by it.


How can I customize order of navigation buttons on Android 5 (or 6 if not possible)? I saw a lot of tutorials where people talk about software called "Customize Navigation Bar" that requires at least Android 7.0. I wonder if it's possible to do it on Sony Xperia M5 that has only Android 5 and 6 available.

I happen to have a spare Android device 5.1.1. I remember using an app called keymapper to arrange/customize my navigation bar. You could give it a try. This app is a part of opensource project.
Here's the link to Key Mapper
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.sds100.keymapper/
N.B. Although you can try downloading from the link directly, I wouldn't advice that since Android versions could be mismatched. I suggest you download fdroid and then try downloading from there. Hopefully this helps.


Upload and tag video to facebook Is it possible (using the native facebook app) to upload a video and tag it?

I know they recently included the ability to tag people in photos, but I'm not sure if you can do it to videos as well.

I don't believe you can tag the videos themselves. You cannot actually view them in the native app either, when viewing it takes you to a video player of your choice.

As far as creating a post with a video and tagging a post I am not sure about.

Hope this helps.


Trying to Make WIFI connection on android 4.1 jellybean New Nextbook tablet Android 4.1 Jellybean.  trying to make WIFI connection.  Ensured that SSID is enabled. Password entered.  Device says its obtaining IP address, then avoided poor internet connection.  How to I fix this?

Your router may have a pairing button that you need to press. If it does, it must be pressed  the first time you attempt to make a connection. Be close to the router. Turn off Wi-Fi, and hit "on" again. Go to Settings > Wireless networks > Wi-Fi.

My router is a Cisco Linksys X2000, and I had problems too.


Is it possible to create a Google Play Family group using a Google Gift Card? When attempting to create a Google Play Family group, Google asks for credit card information.

Is it possible to create a Google Play Family group using a Google Play Gift Card?

Not possible

From Google support Google Family plan Without Credit Card?

  Currently, you HAVE to have a credit card on file to use as the Family Payment method.  Even if everyone in the Family then uses their own payment method or the credits redeemed to their own accounts instead.

IMO, it sounds logical - a credit card establishes owner traceability and prevents two family accounts being operated by same person (which is not permitted - see family group requirements
) whereas a gift card doesn't


Is it possible to display nicknames in the contact list? Is it possible to use nicknames, instead of first+last names, as the contact's display name in the contact list and/or the incoming/outgoing call view?

Device is Samsung Galaxy S 2.

Edit: to be clear, I wouldn't mind installing an alternative contacts app, if there's no other way to do this with the default one.

It is not possible with the default app for contacts. Try Go Contacts which is a rich app on displaying contacts.

Although the feature you are looking for is available on the default contact display of the MIUI ROM. If you have rooted your phone, consider installing MIUI.


Android forgetting default launcher every few minutes Starting last week, my HTC One running ARHD 31.5 keeps forgetting the default launcher. Every few minutes, it will forget the setting and ask me for a launcher when I hit the home button.

So far, I haven't found a pattern yet. Here's what I've tried so far:

restarting the phone
removing the default setting via Settings > Apps and setting it fresh
tried different launchers to rule out the launcher deleting the settings
updating the ROM (seriously)

It happens both when the phone is locked, or when I keep it unlocked and basically not doing anything but keeping the screen alive. After a few minutes, the default will be gone.

Any ideas how to debug this are welcome.

It's still unclear what is causing this to happen and I have found only one other mention of the problem so far. In the end I simply disabled the stock launcher by freezing it using Titanium Backup and also disabled all other custom launchers. Soon as only one launcher is available, the dialog goes away. More of a workaround then a solution, so if anyone has an idea how to continue debugging, then I'm open to any suggestion.


How to simulate long press home button? I'm running ICS on HTC Desire. Long pressing the home button brings the list of recently opened apps. Is there a way I can launch this without using the home button?

Please note that I want to do what long-pressing home button does, i.e. bring the stock opened app list not any third party one.

You can open the recent apps list  using adb.

Setup ADB in PC, connect the phone into PC, enable USB debugging in phone, launch a shell on PC, and enter:

adb shell input keyevent --longpress 3

3 is a KeyEvent to call Home. See more of them here. Also, if the recent list isn't bind to long press Home key but to another key like Menu/Overview key then the command wouldn't result in any visible activity on device. In that case, look for the KeyEvent associated to your key.

The parameter --longpress isn't available to Android versions prior to Kitkat release so the command would give you error on ICS or JB.

Alternatively, in my devices I found that the activity responsible for bringing that list is managed by SystemUI. You can call that activity using ADB to show that recent apps list.

adb shell am start -n com.android.systemui/.recent.RecentsActivity

(Add --activity-clear-task at the end if the activity doesn't show up in front. Space is important before --.)

This worked on Android 4.2.1, 4.4.2 and 5.0.2. For Lollipop, use com.android.systemui/.recents.RecentsActivity to show up recent apps list in 3D, otherwise, you would see a 2D list which is usual for Android 4.x.

As for launching it within the device without entering the commands, simply use QuickShortcutMaker or Tasker to make home screen shortcuts for the said activity.


Enableing unknown sources installation from 2nd user on android 6.0 I have a regular, Un changed Samsung Tab A running the unchanged version of marshmallow OS  (6.0). I have enabled installation from unknown sources in the "owner" user of the device, but still can't enable it in the second user (guest). I would like to install a .apk file which I have already tested in the owner user. In settings the "allow installation from unknown sources" is greyed out so I can't change it. Is there any way that I can install the APP?

Enable USB debugging as the first user(owner) and run,

adb install -r filename.apk

This will install the app for all users.
Hope it helps


Why i can not connect my external hard drive to my phone yureka? When i connect my lenovo external hard drive to my phone yureka by the combination of otg cable,y cable and the power bank .
It shows constantly the message that connected and disconnected .
Please help me sir...

This trick you are trying to do, does not depend upon any single condition. To connect an external hard drive to phone with the help of USB-OTG requires to satisfy both hardware and software compatibility.

as you said 'when you tried to connect external hard drive it shows constantly connecting and disconnecting', this maybe issue of power needed to support external hard drive. I guess your device has 5 V battery of capacity 2500 mAh. To mount 1 tb device on that power puts tremendous work load on Android device. ( there are devices like OnePlus or nexus with bigger specifications that can do this job so it's definitely not a 'impossible' thing)
In case of software, your phone or phones file system might not have compatibility with the file system of external hard drive. Try to use different file explorers like ES File Explorer or there is an app available on play store named 'paragon' that can mount ntfs hfs+ and other file systems (requires root) . and then check again.

before writing this answer i tried connecting my own Seagate backup+ 1TB  hard drive to my xiaomi redmi note 3. It shows notification 'Blank usb storage or unsupported file system'. my device has 4000 mAh battery and notification is not fluctuating so i guess its software issue in case of me and hardware issue in case of you.


adb backup on Marshmallow - is it different? Device and settings:

Moto X Play ( Stock 6.0.1), unrooted, USB debugging enabled in developer options and verified using adb devices.  Other USB/ Developer options, as in pic below
Enabled desktop backup password as recommended here adb backup command on non-rooted device creates an empty backup file?
Device not encrypted
No additional user accounts on device ( so the issue here for non-primary users is not pertinent)

Goal: I wanted to take adb backup on Mint Linux (17.3) of my apps (with data if possible) and internal SD using this Full Backup of non-rooted devices as reference

Problems:

When I key this in terminal

adb backup -apk -shared -all -nosystem -f moto.ab

I get the prompt "Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation " in the terminal but nothing happens on the device- I do not see any panel to accept  or enter desk top pass word as in pic below (it's the same if I try -system instead of -nosystem)

The terminal reverts to prompt for next command in a few seconds ( A 0 Kb file is created on the laptop)

Question

Am I doing something wrong or Marshmallow require some extras to take a backup as desired?

Moto devices are said to be "pure Android" so I expect this problem to be prevalent on Nexus devices running latest OS

Edit: Things tried with varying sucesss

Nexus 5 Marshmellow ADB backup problems. Going by this post

  (....) it appears that adb backup isn’t recognizing the -apk, -nosystem, and -noshared switches. Any idea why? From the command line, if i remove those switch the backup runs

adb backup -all -f moto.ab

works in the sense that I get the option on panel to enter password back up (problem 1 above overcome) but the file size (105 Mb) shows all apps are not backed up (In comparison using ES File explorer, the size is 2 GB)

I had read somewhere on this site that Helium app is based on adb. Helium Wiki says

  Helium is NOT available to Motorola devices. This is because Motorola phones have a bug that break Android's backup mechanism. Until this is fixed by Motorola, Helium will not work on those Androids (....) Update: Helium is working on the Motorola Droid Turbo.

That obviously explains why it doesn't work on my device was the logical conclusion. This called for experimenting, so I downloaded Chrome extension of Helium and activated it (it needed a little workaround explained here
)

I selected all apps under Helium and it backed up (less some apps shown as "non backable") with a size of 110 Mb (similar to above experiment)

So, apparently, my device Moto X play is not the problem !

Tried solution here  ADB backup creates 0-byte file; prompts for current backup password even though I never set one; “Failed to set password” for Desktop backup password recommending escaping spaces between arguments

adb backup -apk\ -shared\ -all\ -nosystem -f moto.ab and got a 0 Kb backup file

Same problem here - this is how I fixed it on my side.
Preparations:
- Samsung Galaxy S5 on Android 6.0.1 (not rooted)
- adb v. 1.0.32 running under Windows 10 command line
- password set on the S5

I succeeded when using quotes for all switches:
adb backup "-apk -noshared -all -nosystem"
-> will prompt for the password and produce a backup.ab

To backup single apk using a custom file name:
adb backup -f all_apk_obb.ab "-apk -obb com.estrongs.android.pop"

Seems that the switch handling of adb is a bit weird in the latest releases.
I did that before and my old scripts are not working anymore.


Can I temporarily use device with physical QWERTY in touch only mode? I am looking for a new phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard (probably a "slide-down" construction). As I do not have possibility to test it, I would like to know, whether I can use the device as a standard touch phone without using the physical keyboard if needed.

How does Android behave when the physical keyboard is not activated (the slide-down phone is folded)? Do I have to manually activate the virtual one or is it automatic?

thanks

Yes, the phone should behave same as without physical keyboard until you open the physical keyboard which will cause hiding the virtual one.


MTK Logger, MTK Android Suite Daemon, and omacp I've got an Acer E380 running Android 4.2. I suddenly seem to have a load of "apps" in the Settings > Apps > All list, such as:

MTK logger
MTK android suite Daemon
omacp, and others

These all have worryingly high amounts of permissions - all are allowed to send texts, call numbers, access, modify and create contacts, accounts, etc. I have no recollection of installing these, and it looks to me to be some form of virus (and a little research online seems to back this up).

I've run Kaspersky and AVG virus scans, yet they say my device is clean - so I'm now at all as to what to do? Is this a virus and if so, how do I remove it, as there seems to be no APK files that has caused it.

PS. I'm not afraid of a factory reset either!

From the Looks of it, those apps seem to be part of the "bloatware" that comes with most phones out of the box.

In android, apps cannot be installed unless you choose for them to be installed. Even third party apps always show up with a "would you like to install this?" followed by the application and its permission. Then you have a final choice to install or not, based on the permissions it requires.


What is the maximum Xperia X10 memory card size? I just bought an X10 and I would like to have as large a memory card as possible. What is the largest one that works with X10? Does it work with 32 GB cards?

Acording to the specs here GSM Arena: Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 the X10 can take up to a 32GB microSD card.


How to permanently stop Samsung Galaxy S5 from keep connecting to Wi-Fi? I'm using Samsung Galaxy S5. At my place of employment, Wi-Fi is provided (a free version which isn't locked, and a version which is locked). It keeps connecting to the unlocked Wi-Fi network. I don't want to connect to either. I want to control which networks I connect to and when, whether they are free or not (especially if they are free as I imagine that's how hackers get access to your personal info).

I went into Settings -> Connections -> Advanced and turned off almost everything I could think of, but it still scans for networks and connects to the open free network.

How to stop the phone from automatically connecting to a Wi-Fi network and instead only connect to a Wi-Fi network when prompted by me?

Disable the WiFi from the Notification Menu to stop the device from connecting to the WiFi network.

Drag down from the top of your device screen, the notification menu and a range of quick action buttons will appear.
Assuming your phone is connecting to the WiFi, the 'WiFi' quick button will be a green colour signifying it is enabled. Touch the button once, and wait for it to turn light grey. This means your WiFi is off.
Pull up the notification menu, and look at the status bar. There should be no WiFi symbol visible and your phone isn't connected to a WiFi network.


insuffient dont have enough space on my sd card When I'm trying to download samthing it says "insuffient space on my device"my brean it does work when I hear that......it so confusing me..and I have engh space on my memory card

i just figured out exactly what is giving me insufficient memory. it is my voicemail to text just delete your trash and the message is gone i am able to redownload apps i uninstalled. if anyone has a LG phone thats my solution if you have the voicemail to text maybe try my solution.


Is it effectively possible to get rid of the yellow triangle in download mode on an S3 with 4.3? I am trying to get rid of the yellow triangle visible just prior to download mode (Volume-Down + Home + Power). There is no shortage of tutorials about how do this, but after having tried all the solutions I could find I am wondering if it is at all possible in my case

This is a Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300)
I have the stock ROM (Android 4.3), it has never been flashed
I have stock recovery (thanks bmdixon) - which has also not been flashed
I tried to use Triangle Away (having rooted the phone before)

When going into download mode I have

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official

For some mysterious reason the phone thinks it has been flashed (it went once to an official Samsung repair so maybe it got the triangle there).

I read that the introduction of Knox in 4.3 makes resetting the counter impossible. However I do not have Knox (even though the phone was updated OTA to 4.3, maybe this is because I am in France).

Is there a solution worth trying to remove the yellow triangle?

(for the story: I went to an official Samsung repair shop and they discovered (together with me) that there is the infamous yellow triangle. While the issue I am having is probably mechanical and the warranty still applies according to European legislation, I do not want to get into lengthy discussions with Samsung. It does not help that I have only 3 days of warranty left...)

First of all, if you're not using KNOX you don't need to worry about the triangle status. Second, to use TriangleAway you have to be rooted, with SuperSU. If the Google Play version doesn't work, try the latest beta v1.99r3 which should fix many SEAndroid related issues. In fact it is highly recommended that you get rooted, so that you can remove both KNOX, OTA updates, and the triangle, before you will receive the next OTA update which may completely lock down your device. If you have never flashed your phone, and it is showing the triangle, you have either received a refurbished device or you have been cheated by the seller. The triangle is an indication that a OTP (one time programmable) fuse has been blown in the past, due to flashing.


Is there any way to change the emoticons in the standard android sms app? The green robot smilies are incredibly irritating, IMO.

I'm open to suggestions of other SMS apps that have different emoticons as well, but the few I've looked at seem to just skin the standard SMS app, emoticons and all.

From what I've been able to glean - No, it's not possible via any built-in settings in the stock Messaging app.

Handcent SMS, however can disable all smiley icons so all you see is the actual text - the punctuation characters. To do this in handcent press MENU > SETTINGS > CUSTOM STYLE > BUBBLE SETTINGS

Move thru the list of options shown on the bottom (contained within a tab with an arrow) until you see DISABLE SMILEYS. Click that and when prompted SAVE your settings.


Deleting images on SD card is sometimes painfully slow, how can I speed it up? I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with about 3G available storage on the device, and 40G available on a SD card. The Camera settings are to store photos on the SD card. When using the stock Gallery app to browse photos, deleting them is often painfully slow. When it's working properly it takes less than a second, but when it's not could take maybe 20 seconds or more.

What could this be caused by? What could I do to diagnose and fix the problem?

I remember this issue.
It's not a problem with your SD card or your phone in general, but with Samsung's TouchWiz.

The system is completely overloaded (800+ mb RAM out of ~900mb used right after boot), so many apps are slowed down when requesting RAM.
Asking the system to delete a file (because of taking care of permissions, handles etc.) requires the system to wake up a process (or launch it if necessary) which then asks for it's own RAM and thus needs to wait until the system cleaned enough memory for it.
Because of the tight RAM condition, it takes time to close processes that are not needed anymore.


How Google can check whether an application is installed from Play Store or Not? If a developer turns ON Google Play's Anti-Piracy setup, the application cannot access the play services if it is not installed from Play Store(so says Google). My question is how Google verifies this? More than that I need to know, if I can install an application from the play store, then modify the apk and then re-installs it in my phone manually(by enabling 'install from unknown sources') AND then use the play services?

i think following link can explain how google Play knows or in fact how any dev can know if a given app was installed from play store or side loaded:

How to know an application is installed from google play or side-load?


Android keyboard stopped working I did a revert from CM10.1 to CM10.

Now, my keyboard is broken. It does not stop crashing. I tried everything:

Clearing data and cache
restart of the app
factory reset
clearing dalvik and normal cache
re-installing it several times with different gapps, although I know the correct match.

Now, I'm back to cm-10.0.0-maguro and gapps-jb-20121011-signed. Meanwhile, I'm thinking of a system wipe using CWM recovery. Is this safe, or will it brick my phone? Is there anything I need to know?

I finally made it without a /system/-wipe. I reinstalled CM9.1 + gapps, ran it once, and installed CM10 + gapps. Now it works fine! Anyway thanks for your help!


Is it possible to access data while a device is on bootloop? I own a Samsung tablet (GT-n5110) and it is in bootloop. I don't have a data backup (yes, I'm an idiot). It isn't totally bricked, so I can access recovery mode (HOME+VOLUME UP+POWER), but before wiping it to factory configuration I am desperatelly trying to back it up. It isn't rooted.

I use linux (ubuntu), but I am open to trying to access it through Windows if anyone thinks it's easier (in spite both ubuntu and android are unix, right?). I've read in many foruns that it is possible to back up an android device through ADB tools in linux, but my device isn't recognized with $ sudo adb devices

I have alredy updated UDEV rules with the correct idVendor and idProduct and I have alredy reinitiated ADB server.

When I connect the device to the computer, it recognizes the tablet but says it cannot access it due to a MTP problem (this alredy used to happen before the bootloop, but it didn't bother me as I didn't use the computer to back the device up as I should have done). I have alredy installed and updated mtp-tools, but still receive the same message.

HERE IS MY MAIN DOUBT: IT DOESN'T WORK 'CAUSE I AM NOT CONFIGURING ADB CORRECTLY OR BECAUSE ADB CAN'T ACCESS A DEVICE ON BOOTLOOP?

Is there a way for ADB to recognize and access this device? Should I keep looking? Or is it simply impossible for a bootlooping device to be recognized though ADB or any other tools?

Thanks A LOT, I really need this help!

USB DEBUGGING CAN BE TRIGGERED BY PULLING OUT THE BATTERY...

If you have a built-in battery, You need to force a reboot by holding all the buttons on the device simultaneously for 30 seconds...

Try to remove the battery and replace it,   or force reboot ...

This will or should enable ADB Until boot logo starts to loop .. It will only enable it for enough time to check the settings and then disable it.... This means you can only run one segment of adb commands, So type them out first or just paste the following in CMD with ctrl+v

adb wait-for-device
adb pull /data


"App not found" for only applications in folders and on SD card I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge this morning, however, upon restart any applications that are on the SD card and in a folder get the message "App Not Found" when trying to launch. These apps also have the grey SD card icon.

Moving the app out into the root tray allows the application to launch. However, moving the app to internal storage doesn't.

Uninstalling and reinstalling an app doesn't help. Neither does clearing system cache.

Is there a fix for this? The workaround is to move all apps out of folders, but this means I can't organise them as well.

1) Try Restart.
2) Unmount sd card, then clicked on mount sd card.
3) Try Another Launcher


Video footage from a 'face down' camera - orientation issue Using a  Samsung S5 Neo (SM-G903F), Android 5.1.1

I have filmed a few short clips, facedown, ie, towards the floor.

I am guessing that this is a Samsung/Android issue, seen as even when I watch the clips in Windows media - they are vertically oriented. Must be a sensor issue?

I have tried filming with the camera both ways (volume buttons towards me, or away from me) and there is no change.

My question is what can I do to return as high Resolution as possible? When i rotate the videos to the correct orientation - I am losing quality (my estimate is from 1920x1080 down to 1080x607, right?).

Are there any tricks that can be done? either at filming or editing stages? So far the only thing i have found, it to start shooting in regular landscape mode, and then pan downwards to wards the floor, and then it plays in the correct orientation.

Thanks!

Have a look at VLC Player and the Transform-Options to rotate the video without less quality.


Create playlist once in Windows and use in Android Is there a way to do this?
I have .mp3 files in a folder on my Windows PC and the same folder on android.

It is possible but you must modify the playlist file by changing the path to the files because they (the files) are not located in the same folder. In Windows, the path will look like C:\Users\A_User\Your_Folder\music.mp3 will on your device it will be like /sdcard/your_folder/music.mp3 (find the path to your files on your device using your file manager).

After creating the playlist, open it with Notepad. If your playlist has m3u extension (it might differ, see note below), it will look like this:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:279,Papa Wemba - Maria
file:///C:/Users/Reddy/Desktop/New%20folder%20(5)/Music/Maria.mp3
#EXTINF:217,Papa Wemba - Okoningana
file:///C:/Users/Reddy/Desktop/New%20folder%20(5)/Music/Okoningana.mp3

Change the path by removing C:/Users/Reddy/Desktop/New%20folder%20(5)/Music/ in the example above with sdcard/your_folder/. Thus, the playlist will change to:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:279,Papa Wemba - Maria
file:///sdcard/your_folder/Music/Maria.mp3
#EXTINF:217,Papa Wemba - Okoningana
file:///sdcard/your_folder/Okoningana.mp3

Transfer the file to your device, and you will be able to play it.

Note: The playlist in the example was created using VLC media player in a Windows machine and playing it using VLC for Android. Yours may differ a bit depending on the media player used or file extension ( xspf, m3u8, even m3u, etc). However, the principle is the same: change the path.

Disclaimer: I am only a VLC user, not its developer(s) or related to him/her/them.


Multiple Music Libraries? I keep a large number of spoken word lectures on my device, as well as my music. This makes it difficult to select ONLY one or the other. Are there any players that will allow me to easily switch back and forth between a "music" library and a "Lectures" library?

LG P500 (Optimus One)
CM7.1.0
Winamp or PlayerPro or Music (or whatever else will work)

DeaDBeef allows you to manage multiple playlists.  The playlists are not those in a traditional sense (where you load pls, cue, etc) in that you select directories to populate the playlists.

If you were to store you files on your phone in such a manner:

/sdcard/music/Lectures/..
/sdcard/music/Music/..

You could then create two playlists, loading the respective directories.  DeaDBeeF will ask you to install a plugins pack on first launch.  These plugins  allows you to play mp3s, as well as FLACs and cues.

Android Market QR


Moto E on Lollipop has KitKat's boot animation I have a Moto E 1st Gen. When I updated to Lollipop, my boot animation updated too, but a few months later I did a hard reset to my Moto E. All was great, but yesterday I noticed that my boot animation is back to what it was on KitKat.

Is there a problem, and what can I do?

My Moto X did this same thing for almost a month after Lollipop was released. Eventually, Motorola Boot Services updated through Google Play and the animation updated. It also introduced a few bugs Motorola has yet to fix, but give it time, and you will receive that update again relatively soon.


Why does my HTC desire mount the SD card in read only mode? I have a new HTC desire. After 3 days of use it started mounting the SD card in read only mode. I couldn't mount it in read-write mode until I formated the card in another phone.

I read somewhere on the HTC forums that this may be caused by plugging the phone in a Mac. But this doesn't make any sense to me. I did plug the phone in a Mac the first time, but this didn't start happening after that. It started happening after I've plugged the phone in a Windows 7 pc. I've never used the phone plugged in a computer in sync mode, it was either used as a mass storage device or in charge only mode (which was the case before this problem ocured). Of all the portable devices I've used that could be used as a mass storage there's never been a problem if I've used them with OS X, Linux or Windows. So I don't find the OS X explanation satisfactory. From what I know all operating systems will handle mass storage devices in the same way more or less especially if it's a FAT filesystem.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

I had the same problem with stock 2.1 ROM.

After the OTA update to 2.2, the problem vanished.


CM7: How to enable passwordless SSH login on same network? I'm running CyanogenMod 7 and I'd like to enable passwordless SSH login to my main Linux computer on my network, but only when the phone is accessing the server over the same network. How/where should I put my .ssh/known_hosts file to enable this?

Try this:

Take/generate a public key of your Android device. Don't you ever hardcode your password into scripts :)
Put it into .ssh/authorized_keys on main computer
Then use "from=" mask to limit IP/hostname to your LAN, like from="192.168.1.*".

If IP range won't work, set up a fixed hostname for MAC address of your device on WLAN. Some AP firmwares, like OpenWRT, allow it.


Where does Amazon App Store keep the APKs Possible Duplicate:
  Amazon App Store - Location of the downloaded APK

I am trying to find an APK that I downloaded from the Amazon app store but it is nowhere to be found. I have looked in all the normal APK locations but none of the APKs from the Amazon app store are there. Does anyone know where they are hidden?

they are on the SD card.

The free ones are put here. (I would assume they all get put in the same spot.)

/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/cache

Their names are by no means associated with the app though.


Connecting Ipega 9037 via usb otg to smatphone I have problem with my device while pairing my controller.The joysticks are working and also the dpad, but I have think that can I use this controller over usb otg, does it damage the smartphone battery.

If you are linking it trough the cable and not Bluetooth, it won't drain much more battery than pressing the volume buttons.

In other words, nothing you'll ever notice.


How can I remove Camera app on Cyanogenmod? I am running Cyanogenmod on my SamSung phone.

Can you please tell me how can I remove the Camera app on the phone?

If you really just want to remove it (which, fair warning, may cause problems with the system; I have no idea) you can:

Use adb to delete the .apk file: adb shell rm /system/app/Camera.apk. You may need to first elevate to root (adb shell and then su from the shell).
Use Titanium Backup to uninstall it

A potentially safer route that people take is to use Titanium Backup Pro to "freeze" the app, causing it to essentially act as though it is uninstalled without actually removing it (so it can be "defrosted" later if needed). This does require the Pro version, though.


My Smartphone should automatically tweet that I got up when I use it in morning. How can I achieve that? My Smartphone should automatically tweet that I got up when I use it in morning.

How can I setup my phone so that when I get up early in morning and first thing I do in morning is to swipe the screen, a tweet like

  I got up at 6 AM

is send?

You could probably use On {x} for this. You should be able to configure it so that it sends a tweet the first time you unlock your phone each day. I've not used it much myself though so can't tell you exactly how.
Another possible option would be using Tasker.


How to hide events in Google Calendar The company I work for likes for us to use Outlook to schedule everything. If we aren't going to be at work at a specific time, they ask us to create an event spanning that time, and mark it as "Out Of Office". That way, if anyone attempts to schedule a meeting with you, or checks your schedule, it will inform them that you won't be there.

I am working part-time to fit a schedule around my school schedule; as a result, I have a lot of blocked off events on my calendar. Basically, all the times I'm in class are blocked off. I am syncing my Outlook and Google Calendar to my Android phone.

Now, all of those blocked off time slots are rather annoying to me because it causes everything else during those times to be scrunched up. It's hard to just look at my calendar on my phone and tell what is going on next. Basically, I want the "Out Of Office" events removed from my Android's Calendar display, without removing them from Outlook.

So far, I have tried to delete the event from my phone, but that syncs with Outlook, and causes it to be deleted from my Outlook account. I then tried to create a new calendar in Outlook called "Out Of Office" and add all of the events to that, then hide that on my phone. However, when I do that, it won't block people from scheduling meetings with me. I guess Outlook only uses your main calendar for that.

Hiding the whole calendar from my phone isn't really an option; I still need to see the other events on my phone, such as when I have to be in meetings.

Basically, my question is: How may I hide select events on my Outlook Calendar from my Android Calendar?

Propably this could give you a hint:

we have 3 accounts:

company@gmail.com
buddy1@gmail.com
buddy2@gmail.com

buddy1 and buddy2 added company@gmail.com's calendar as an external calendar (granted by company@gmail.com)

buddy1 adds an event and sets it as "Private" & "Available" --> company & buddy2 see nothing!
buddy1 adds an event and sets it as "Private" & "Busy" --> company & buddy2 see the appointment but can't read it's title or content, buddy1 of course can see his own appointment!


What's a good "if found" wallpaper for Android? This is where I saw the terminology "if found wallpaper".

Basically, since we're all locking our phones, you want a wallpaper that contains contact information, in case it's lost. Is there such a wallpaper for Android?

Android OS versions 3.x and above (Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich) actually have a setting that allows you to specify "Owner info" text that will show up when the device is locked.

There are also many 3rd-party locks-creen replacement apps that allow for much greater configuration flexibility than the stock one, including the ability to specify any text on the locks-creen.  Take a look at WidgetLocker or Go Locker, for example.

For the "unlocked" state, you can always modify an image to include the "if found..." text, copy it onto the device's SD Card (or internal storage area), and set that as the wallpaper.  You can use one of the myriad of free image editing software (e.g. Paint.NET) to add the text.


Google Play does not work and shows "No connection" or "There was a problem connecting to the network" I've got a Droid X, running Android 2.3.4 and System version 4.5.621.MB810.Verizon.en.US.
Just recently, Google Play stopped working.

Whenever I open Google Play, it immediately displays:

  No connection
  (Retry)

YouTube also doesn't work - nothing will load. It says:

  There was a problem connecting to the network
  (Retry)

The Retry button doesn't fix anything.

I've already tried the following:

Set Date/Time to Automatic (network-provided)
Stop + Clear Cache for Google Play and Play Service
Reboot Phone
Toggle Airplane Mode
Toggle Wi-Fi

The phone's internet is working fine - I can browse the web and everything, but the Play Store and YouTube don't work. I have Application-Specific Passwords enabled, and my phone is signed in via one.

I have no Data connection, but the phone is connected to Wi-Fi.

First thing to take a look at in cases like that is the color of your connectivity icons in the status bar. Any color other than green (< Android 4.0) or blue (Android 4.0 and up) indicate trouble with your connection to Google's servers.

Possible causes vary, and might include (but are not restricted to) the following:

some (temporary) routing problem: If you've already got some terminal app installed on your device, you can check this with the ping command on some of the Google servers, e.g. ping chatenabled.mail.google.com. No response, or huge packet loss would confirm this cause. If you wonder why it might work on a different device at the same time: they might use different local mirrors.
some (temporary) "outage" of Google Services: If your internet is otherwise working, or you have some working internet available on another machine, you should be able to verify this with Google's Dashboard. Any outages/unavailibilities should be indicated here (unless they just started whortly and the Dashboard was not yet updated).
trouble with authentication: These should usually manifest in frequent popups asking you to place your Google credentials. You could of course try to solve these by deleting the Google account from your device (or by revoking its access codes to force it requesting new ones), and re-creating it – but I wouldn't do that immediately. In many cases, this solved itself after a while (or after switching to a different network, in my case).

As the case of the OP proves: most times this requires nothing but patience, until the issue "resolves itself".


Salvaging Google Authenticator data from water damaged LG G5 I have an LG G5 that has water damage as well as a cracked screen. There is no guarantee that the water damage can be fixed. However, I have an app called Google Authenticator on that phone, and I need to transfer the app to my new phone that I will get.

I am thinking of getting a new LG G5, and I will use the same google account, would it then be possible to get my google authenticator app on the new phone aswell?

Is there anyway to get my google authenticator from 1 phone to the other?

It would help if your question was more specific as to what services you authenticate with through Google Authenticator. Most services require you to have at least one "fallback method", normally something like a one-time code, or sending an SMS instead (Google has both of these, and more).

If you have a valid fall-back method, it is vastly easier to disable/re-enable this functionality instead of salvaging the app and its contents.

Furthermore, even if you could salvage the app contents, Google Authenticator has protections against migration between phones. This is a security feature of that specific app. If you don't like this (like me), you can use another app, for example Authy which syncs your 2FA-keys in the cloud.

In short, my recommendation is that you investigate resetting your 2FA instead, and if you wish, sync your keys with a cloud solution this time instead, to avoid this happening in the future.


Forgot my Android Login Pattern Possible Duplicate:
  Recovering from forgotten lock pattern

I am using  Samsung Galaxy Y Duos S6102 i forgot my login pattern and there is no reset Option  on the screen. Is there any option to unlock it.

You should be able to unlock with your Google credentials after a number of failed unlock attempts. At that point, you will be prompted to enter username and password of the "master account" (i.e. the main Google account) this device was registered with. Entered correctly, it will then prompt you to define a new lock pattern.


How does Android get the coarse location? I read that Android (and similar operation systems, e.g. iOS) get the current coarse location by using either WiFi or GSM tower triangulation. I get the basic idea but have questions about the details.

Does Android normally use both methods, or does it prefer one and fall back to the other?
Does it communicate with a server to get the position via WiFi? (e.g. sending the SIDs of the WiFis to a web service)
Does it communicate with the carrier to get the position via the GSM towers or is this done on the device?

It is really up to the developer as to how to implement the location service.  The full description is available on the Android Developers official site (as captured on 24 Sep 2010)

The graph about 1/3rd down the page is pretty useful to see what a typical app might do, but again, it is completely up to the app developer.  The location service types are:

Cached Fix
Cell-ID
WiFi
GPS
Mock Location

If the app requests permission for coarse location only, it will not use the GPS to determine location.

To answer your questions:

It is up to the individual app developer, but in most cases, the sequence will be Cached Fix, Cell-ID, WiFi, GPS, in that order.
Yes, after acquiring the tower IDs or SSIDs of the WiFi signals, that data is transmitted to Google to determine a rough location.
No, Google has done something really clever here.  Google has their own database of cell tower locations and does not require an interaction with the carrier to determine the location of the tower.

An article by Francisco Kattan on "Dynamic Cell-ID" has some of the detail. The short version is that, when you use an app like Google Maps, the app will send the current Cell-ID information back along with your current GPS fix.  In this way, Google gets a very good sampling of the signal strengths in various locations and is able to build a very rich database.


How to keep my battery life? Possible Duplicate:
  What can I do to increase battery life on my Android phone?

Today I woke up after a night without charging my phone (galaxy s2). and he's dead, last night he was almost fully charged, what to check ? how can i avoid thids kind of issues?

I suggest going for Battery Monitor great app tells you exactly what is running the battery the most and then you can kill that process etc


Rooted Incredible WiFi Tethering Not Working I've rooted my Droid Incredible and installed both the "Wireless Tether" and "Barnacle Wifi Tether" apps but I can't seem to get internet connectivity on any other devices. I can see the connection on my laptop and on my iPad and my devices get ip addresses assigned to them but I can't connect to the internet. Google Chrome reports "Name unresolved" while Safari on the iPad only states that the device isn't connected to the internet. Why isn't this working?

Did you download Wireless Tether from the Market or from http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ ?

If you are running Android 2.1 you need to take the extra steps listed here:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/wiki/Setup_HTC_Desire_Incredible

If you are running 2.2 then in theory it should just work.

I would first try the latest release candidate here:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wireless_tether_2_0_5-RC2.apk&can=2&q=

Let me know how it works out.


How to install custom recovery on Micromax Canvas Nitro A310? I am unable to flash anything from recovery mode on my rooted (kinguser) android 4.4.2 (micromax canvas nitro A310). Red triangle with exclaimation mark & unable to do anything, even not able to perform "User Backup". Shows error - write error, short write.

Can somebody help to delete stock recovery & install custom. CWM recovery does not have updated custom recovery for model A310 (android 4.4.2).

The best recovery for Canvas Nitro is Philz Recovery.
Below is the link at XDA for Philz recovery along with installation procedures, etc.

Philz Recovery [XDA]


Controlling IR in Galaxy S8? I wonder if I the front-facing IR led of the Samsung Galaxy S8 could be used for different purposes (e.g., building my own facial recognition and depth sensing apps). But I couldn't find a way to access the front-facing IR led of the device from Samsung's developers' page: http://developer.samsung.com/galaxy/sensor-extension

Is there any way to control the front-facing IR led in a custom-built Android app?

Honestly I doubt it will be able to do the activities you seek.

For example the IR grid sensor on Project Tango which does the depth sensing:

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Project+Tango+Tablet+Teardown/28148#s68068

Quoting IFixit:

  From Google: "The IR projector is from Mantis Vision, and designed specific to our specs for field of view and resolution. It is custom designed to work in partnership with the 4MP RGB-IR camera on the other side."

iFixit looks like there were able to independently run the IR projector to show off the field of dots:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Project+Tango+Teardown/23835#s62129

While the teardown for a Samsung Galaxy S8+

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+S8%2B+Teardown/87086#s164374

[right most photo] notes an IR emitter, I'm incline to say that it would be tuned for iris scanning or other declared feature and work more like a IR flashlight than a grid.

For comparison iFixit shows off the front facing hardware of a Samsung Galaxy S9+ compared with a iPhone X:

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+S9%2B+Teardown/104308#s195687

And you can note that the depth sensor assembly on the iPhone X is similar to the Project Tango tablet as a single assembly rather than a collection of separate cameras/projectors (probably for tolerance reasons during assembly).


Has the copy/paste functionality been removed in the RAZR Maxx's Ice Cream Sandwich update? Now that I have upgraded my Motorola Rzar Maxx to Ice Cream Sandwich the ability to do a copy and paste from Evernote and Office Suite are no longer available. Instead I have to cut rather than copy, then paste it back in the app and then go to the app you want to past in to paste it. Further there is no longer a menu item to select all text either. Has this functionality been removed by the update?

ICS and Evernote both support "copy" functionality. Highlight the text you want and then press the icon that looks like two overlapping pieces of paper (circled in red):

If this is missing then you may wan to provide a screenshot of what you see. Although it's possible Motorola removed the "copy" functionality from the system, I would find it somewhat unlikely (and this forum post seems to indicate it does exist). Also, the grid icon on the far left (circled in blue) is "select all".


Android tablet booting issue (Sanei n80) I bought Sanei N80 android tablet two months back(android 2.3).I tried to root using z4root app.It stuck in the middle so i switched off and switched on the tablet.Now the tablet is not booting up stays in the splash screen (refer attached screenshot1.png). I also tried to reboot it using recovery mode, again its stuck and displaying warning icon with android image (refer attached screenshot2.png). I am pasting the logs for reference.

Kindly please please please help.I don't know how to proceed.

Log, while normal booting.

D/AndroidRuntime( 1309): >>>>>> AndroidRuntime START com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit <<<<<<
D/AndroidRuntime( 1309): CheckJNI is OFF
D/dalvikvm( 1309): creating instr width table
D/dalvikvm( 1309): DexOpt: incorrect opt magic number (0xff ff ff ff)
D/dalvikvm( 1309): ODEX file is stale or bad; removing and retrying (/data/dalvik-cache/system@framework@framework.jar@classes.dex)
D/dalvikvm( 1309): Zip inflate: partial write (will retry): (4056 of 32768)
E/dalvikvm( 1309): Zip inflate: write failed: No space left on device
E/dalvikvm( 1309): Unable to extract+optimize DEX from '/system/framework/framework.jar'
D/dalvikvm( 1309): Unable to process classpath element '/system/framework/framework.jar'
E/JNIHelp ( 1309): Native registration unable to find class 'android/debug/JNITest'
E/AndroidRuntime( 1309): Unable to register all android natives
I/ServiceManager( 79): service 'media.camera' died
I/ServiceManager(79): service 'media.audio_flinger' died
I/ServiceManager( 79): service 'media.player' died
I/ServiceManager( 79): service 'media.audio_policy' died
I/Netd ( 1311): Netd 1.0 starting
I/ (1310): ServiceManager: 0xacb0
E/AudioHardware( 1310): Can't load libsecril-client.so
D/AudioHardwareInterface( 1310): setMode(NORMAL)
I/CameraService( 1310): CameraService started (pid=1310)
I/AudioFlinger( 1310): AudioFlinger's thread 0xc7b8 ready to run
D/AudioHardware( 1310): AudioStreamOutALSA::setParameters() routing=2
D/AudioHardware( 1310): ### setVoiceVolume_l

screen shot one

Screen shot two

z4root is for android version 2.2, as versions such as honeycomb have such methods of rooting patched. Try a hard reset.


Delete certain mis-spelled words from Android dictionary (These words were not listed in the "Personal dictionary") I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia mini (running Android 4.04). I'm trying to remove a few embarrassing words which show up during typing. I tried through Settings → Language and input → Personal dictionary. When I checked the Personal dictionary, I see that there are no such words listed, though there is an option to add new words to this list. I added a few words and then afterwards I could delete them also. But I couldn't find any way to delete those words which come up during typing messages etc.

I might previously have typed those wrong spellings accidentally, and I think through the Learn new words automatically when typed feature the words have been added to the main dictionary.

Is there any way to remove them from there? I don't want to turn off the auto-complete/suggestions feature completely.

Instead of going into personal dictionary, try all languages, which on my phone is right above the personal dictionaries option. That's where my list of words was.


Is there any way at all to skip the setup process after factory reset on an android phone with an unresponsive touch screen? I have an android phone with an unresponsive touchscreen. I, at first, thought it might be a software problem and did a factory reset with power button and volume up button as given here.

The reset went fine and i rebooted the phone. It rebooted to the initial setup screen where you have to select a language. Now, the touch screen is still not working. Probably a hardware defect. And i am stuck in this screen unable to proceed.

So, is there something, anything i can do about it without needing to take to a repair shop.?

The phone is an honour h6

Since you're talking about a mobile phone (and I'm assuming that you're not rooted), then, unfortunately, no there is no way to skip the setup screens if the touch screen no longer works.

I was thinking that maybe you could pair an external bluetooth device (mouse and/or keyboard) but you have to get past the setup screen to do that.

You could try using an OTG cable with a USB mouse and/or keyboard.


Samsung Tab GT: n8000 stuck on Odins Mode My samsung Galaxy Note Tab 10.1 is badly infected with the Virus. I want to Factory reset the Tab. I have tried the following steps.

1) Pressed volume upp and power button, but the samsung logo came and display.
2) Pressed the volume down and power button to get in the Odins mode. But every time i received the message (all threads completed (succeed 0/failed 1). I also tried different "tar" files.

I will be thanksfull to you for any solution.
Best regards,

Download this file and flash it with Odin, select AP Slot (2)

N8000XXUDNE4_N8000OXADNE4_DBT\N8000XXUDNE4_N8000OXADNE4_N8000XXUDNE1.tar.md5
Open Odin and click on AP Slot, select the abowe file. The log screen should be like this (3)
Put the tab in download mode and connect it to the computer. Odin will detect the COM Port assigned to the device (1)
Click on Start.
You'll see a PASS in green.

If the issue is not hardware related,your tab will be alive


Exchange 2010 calendar synchronization problem I've had my HTC Incredible S for a couple of weeks now, and have only just succeeded in synchronizing my Exchange 2010 calendar with it. E-mail and contacts have been working like a charm from the beginning.

I kept getting this useless error message:

  Synchronization is experiencing problems

I tried many things, including exporting my entire calendar to file, deleting all items in my calendar, and re-importing items, but to no avail. My collegues' calendars synced just fine to my phone. For some reason my calendar just wouldn't sync.

After a lot of messing around I found that if I made a change to every single item in my calendar, e.g. changing the subject of the item, and restoring it afterwards, I was able to sync the entire calendar. Finally!

A VBA macro helped me perform this absurd task in Outlook 2010:

Sub ChangeAllItems()
  Dim myolApp As Outlook.Application
  Dim calendar As MAPIFolder
  Dim aItem As Object
  Set myolApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
  Set calendar = myolApp.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
  Dim strTemp As String
  For Each aItem In calendar.Items
    strTemp = aItem.Subject
    'Make a change to the item (subject)
    aItem.Subject = strTemp & " "
    aItem.Save
    'Restore subject line
    aItem.Subject = strTemp
    aItem.Save
  Next aItem
End Sub

This question serves two purposes; first, to help others who are experiencing the same issue; second, to help me and others understand the reasons for this strange behaviour.

Has anyone  had the same problem, but solved it differently?
Does anyone know of a reasonable explanation to this behaviour?

I would make this community wiki, but can't find the setting.

Since I have currently the same problem, I found out that it is related to the import of a pst file.

The error occurs if a pst file is exported from an MS Exchange 2003 Server and afterwards imported on an Exchange 2010 Server. (e.g. in order to migrate from one version to another)
Everything works fine when using OWA or Outlook to access the data. The error you described shows up only on mobile devices so far. (In my case it is a Symbian phone with Dataviz roadsync on it)

Except editing all items, which makes them available again, I found no other solution so far. But I am curious to know if there is anything else.


What search can I perform to get a streaming app result on Google? There are reports (see link below), that Google will now stream a small set of apps, when content in those apps match your search criteria. I have yet to be able to produce a Google search that shows one of these streaming app results.

I've tried using the example that I've seen in articles: "hotel right now in Chicago", from both the mobile web version of Google.com, as well as the Google app, but to no avail. The correct answer to this question will look something like:

"In order to see a streaming app result, you must be within the Google App, and you must use the following search: What is Sagittarius' horoscope for today?"

or

It appears from this link (www.example.com/GooglePulledStreamingApps) that Google is no longer streaming apps, or is only streaming them to a limited number of people.

I've also discovered (see 2) that this only works from the Google App on devices running Android 5 or 6. Although this feature of Google is only available on Android, I still don't believe this is an Android Community question, because it is specifically regarding how a search on Google behaves.

What are streaming app results?

Google App Streaming: A Big Move In Building “The Web Of Apps”

Google’s Going to Make Downloading Apps an Afterthought

I think the clues are in the article from Search Engine Land:

  If you have one of the apps above installed, Google will jump you from its search results on Android into them.

The apps "above" are currently:

  Chimani
  Daily Horoscope
  Gormey
  Hotel Tonight
  My Horoscope
  New York Subway
  Useful Knots
  Visual Anatomy Free
  Weather Channel

Further, the article also mentions:

  The requirements are Android 5 "Lollipop" or 6 "Marshmallow" or higher and to be on a strong wifi connection.

So, based on your sample search, you need to have Lollipop or Marshmallow on your Android device, a strong wifi connection, and the "Hotel Tonight" app installed. And it appears you'll need to use the Google app or search within Google Chrome (no other browser).

And if you're not in the pool of people they're testing it on, even with all of this you won't get the results.


Blocked on android phone, will my messages ever be read? Just to keep things short, I was blocked practically everywhere by someone.

I was drunk one night and sent some very very bad messages to this person via SMS!

I am just hoping that there is no change that they'd ever read it. I've read somewhere that Android pushes the SMS messages into a separate inbox, meaning that the person can view them one day if they access that inbox?

That would kind of defeat the purpose of the blocking feature a bit. I just hope they never get read!

If anyone can give me there 2 cents that would be great. Thank you.

EDIT: The phone in question here is a motorola phone, which I assume has very little bloatware (being close to stock android).

It would entirely depend on the device, the SMS app, and its settings. For example, on Microsoft's SMS organizer app that I use, blocked SMS are stored for days before they are deleted.
The same is the case for most devices. Just like they will try to notify the user that a blocked number tried to call them, some apps may show a notification that a blocked number tried to text them. The others would keep the message and not notify. The remaining few would drop the message and neither save it, nor notify.

TL;DR: It will depend on the device and the SMS app used. You cannot do anything anymore. So, just hope that they never get to see it and move on.


Swap z and y keys on Xperia Mini Pro with Android 4.0 I got a Xperia Mini Pro with a hardware keyboard, which has a German layout. I switched to US layout on the computer and would like to use that on the phone as well.

Is there some way to change the layout of the phone? I do not care about the button labels.

Update

I checked the “Language and Input” section of the settings:

http://wstaw.org/m/2013/04/27/Screenshot_2013-04-27-21-48-01.png

For German (“Deutsch”), I can only select QWERTZ and AZERTY, but not the QUERTY that I want.

http://wstaw.org/m/2013/04/27/Screenshot_2013-04-27-21-48-13.png

I don't know if Sony devices might have a different keyboard pre-installed. But the usual place to look for this is Settings→Language & Input, look for Keyboards and input methods. Here you should be able to configure your keyboard:

On my ICS device, next to each input method available is a "gear symbol". Tapping that, opens the settings for that input method. The topmost entry is labeled something with "Input Language". Tap that, and you'll find the available languages, again with a "gear symbol" letting you select the keyboard layout.

As all languages in the list have their keyboard layouts announced, you might also simply enable the language with the correct layout there. My list e.g. has:

English (QWERTY)
English (AZERTY)
English (QWERTZ)

So you'ld just need to enable the one you want. You also can enable multiple languages you then can switch between directly from the keyboard, of course.


What the differences between cSIPSimple and Android's SIP stack? What are the differences between Android's SIP stack and CSIPSimple's? One thing that I know of is that Android lacks STUN support.

I've used both but the call quality is far, far better on cSIPSimple and I'm curious as to why?

I understand I am commenting on the last post. But for future references :-

What I believe is, that CSIPSimple uses, audio codes, which are better than one provided in normal SIP Stack.


Why android is power hungry? When every android phone is released, all the reviews discuss about battery life of the device, since, they say, battery life in android phones is a critical issue.

Question is :

Why battery life is an important problem in android phones ?

Some say, it is due to the display of smartphones. Some say, Android is inherently power hungry due to some of its OS related features.

Can anyone highlight the reason why Android is power hungry ?

Just a few reasons Android uses a lot of power:

Large, Colorful, Bright Display
Constant Wireless Connections
Background Applications
Application/Cloud Syncing
User Input
Garbageware Applications running when no one asked them to
Poorly written applications using more CPU cycles than needed

Basically, everything about your phone that makes it "smart", uses battery power - often a lot.

If you were to dim the display to minimum, turn off all wireless communications and have no applications running and syncing, your smartphone would have outstanding battery life; and be quite useless.


Galaxy Nexus Suddenly restarts My Galaxy Nexus is suddenly restarting and I don't know why. How can I discover why this is happening?

According to a few reports floating around the web, including this one from BGR this is a known software bug which Google is working to correct.

I get them on my GN occasionally as well and in my experience it's 100% random, so I don't think there's anything we can do to avoid them.


Command error by running "fastboot oem unlock" I am unable to use the following command on an HTC One M7

# fastboot oem unlock
...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [  0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s

Why do I get this error and how to unlock my bootloader?

In addition

# fastboot flashing unlock
...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.000s

You don't unlock an HTC phone like this - in fact most phones can't.

Provided yours is unlockable (i.e. not an AT&T/Verizon variant), you need to sign up and apply for unlock here and use the token you acquired to complete the unlock process. The site itself will walk you through thoroughly.


Superuser not prompting I recently installed ICS(Android 4) on my Samsung Galaxy S, and it seems that in the process my superuser app broke. Everything went fine, my phone is working better than ever, but when an app requires superuser permissions, it gets denied and I never get a prompt. Checked the settings, cleared superuser's cache and data, restarted it, tried to put it on automatically allow, nothing works.

How do I fix this?

P.S.
superuser has no problem prompting for itself(when updated it prompts "superuser asked for permissions"), but doesn't work for other apps.

The build you flashed appears to have an associated XDA thread. The first post of that thread (by the ROM's creator) contains this a little ways down:

  - Flash this if your are having root issues -
  http://goo-inside.me/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip

I'd start there, and see if it resolves the problem. You should just need to download the zip file and flash it from recovery (I can't test this myself, unfortunately. I don't own an SGS).

Edit: This looks like it may be a common problem with that particular build. There are some posts toward the end of the thread where people are saying they can't get root to work either. Another post has a flashable zip file attached that is apparently intended to fix the issue as well.


Is there a way to download and store Google Maps permanently? Google Maps are arguably the most accurate online maps in the world, but the problem is that the app itself has many limitations when it comes to offline use like not allowing downloads of maps bigger than a certain size and deletion of stored maps after a number of days.

Is there a way within Google Maps or using 3rd party software (available on F-Droid maybe) that can download Google Maps and store them indefinitely and also allow offline search? Or is there an alternative way to do this?

I use MAPS.ME as an alternative. It works perfectly offline, you can save places, search anything in the downloaded maps, and it has a router for driving and walking too. Its map data is from OSM. It is also accurate enough, (but) it can be edited by anyone, though this can lead to mistakes (I've not encountered any of them so far), and on the other hand, sometimes it is even more detailed than Google Maps.

Anyway there are a lot of apps on Google Play using OSM's data.


Apollo stopped working even though it was never launched I'm running a custom CM10 ROM built for the Lenovo Ideapad K1. The ROM includes Apollo as the default music player. For a while now at seemingly random intervals, a

  Apollo has stopped working

modal dialog box would suddenly pop up, even when Apollo was never launched. How can I fix this?

Apollo could be running a background service. The crash might be happening because of some broken code. This can be fixed with a fresh install

Try the links here : Apollo


Memory Release After Custom ROM Flash I flashed custom rom on my device,and while doing so by recovery,there were some steps,viz.
1.wipe data
2.wipe cache partition
3.install zip.
My question is what does wipe data actually do? I know that it takes back my phone to factory version. But does wiping data,or wiping cache partition means that all of my device's internal memory is released, i.e is my device's default o.s is also gone ??

Like what you said, wiping /data is equivalent to factory reset - you will lose installed apps, system settings, etc. - basically all you've done to the phone since the last reset - BUT minus internal storage contents (i.e. music, video, whatever you can see when you connect your phone to the computer). Unless the recovery explicitly states "wipe /data/media", it should never wipe internal storage.

Also, wiping /data will not touch /system, therefore the OS is preserved. You can choose to manually format it should the need comes up. However, when you flash a new custom ROM, /system will be altered. The default behaviour in older custom ROMs is adding what's in the custom ROM package to /system (stuff from the prior ROM will remain), but as of now the norm is just fully overwriting /system with the new package, which is faster and saves you a step of wiping /system.


No USB connection mode available; PC shows the error: "USB device not recognized" My Huawei Honor 7 is unable to be detected by my computer. Whenever I plug it in, my computer shows the error :

  USB device not recognized.

My phone automatically starts charging but there are no options to connect my phone to the computer.

I've already enabled the USB debugging mode (not sure what it does) but it still just charges whenever I connect it to the computer.

I just want to be able to transfer my files from internal storage across.

Update Device Driver

If Windows is not able to recognize the device, you may also see in Device Manager that the device shows up as an “Unknown Device”. You can get to Device Manager by clicking on Start and typing in devmgmt.msc or by going to Control Panel and clicking on Device Manager.

In that case, you should right-click on Unknown Device, click on Properties, then the Driver tab and then click Update Driver.

If this doesn’t work, you can also try to download the driver for your device from the manufacturer’s website. If the USB device is just a flash drive, then it’s probably not a driver issue. However, if you are installing a USB printer, drawing pad, etc, then it might be worth downloading the driver for that specific device.


Can I install apps to adopted SD card from recovery? WhatsApp is stubborn about not installing to SD card. I have an unlocked bootloader, but have not rooted or installed a custom recovery yet. I am trying to avoid rooting because of SafetyNet, and because I need it pretty much only for force-moving WhatsApp (etc.) to an adopted SD card.

Since my bootloader is unlocked, is it not possible to:

boot into custom recovery without flashing it
create a flashable .zip containing WhatsApp
instruct the installer to locate it in adopted storage, ignoring the app's installLocation setting

?

Why is it said that we need root for force moving apps, when the bootloader being unlocked should be enough? I don't have a problem with flashing a custom recovery, just ... why flash when one-time boot should be sufficient?

Likely I'm missing some limitations of fastboot and the recovery here.

Edit: Trying out @DanHalli's answer gave me an error

P:\Software\Management\SmartPhone\apks>adb install -s WhatsApp.apk
3644 KB/s (38480037 bytes in 10.311s)
        pkg: /sdcard/tmp/WhatsApp.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]

If you have the APK for WhatsApp on a computer and USB debugging on you can do

adb install -s path/to/APK

I might have my syntax wrong, if you have it already installed you might need to add a -r after the -s  to have it reinstall, I've noticed it works kind of like a force install


No touchscreen response when charging I have a new HTC Desire S in the UK unlocked from Amazon running Android 2.3.3 and HTC Sense 2.1.

When I charge the phone the touchscreen is non responsive. I have tried changing Settings > Applications > Development > Stay Awake (screen will never sleep whilst charging) but this makes no difference.

The touch screen does not respond, whether the phone is dark, lit up looking for my lock pattern, or unlocked and on the home page.

If it is charging and I press the power button the screen will wake up, but still the touchscreen is disabled completely.

Hopefully I have been clear that this is not solved by the "stay awake" function (seen elsewhere).

So, in summary, when charging the touchscreen is completely disabled and changing the "stay awake" checkbox makes no difference.

Any other ideas welcome.

THANKS IN ADVANCE.

If you have a warranty I would use it as this sounds like malfunctioning hardware, not a software problem.


How to print screen my application in android phone? Possible Duplicate:
  How to take a screenshot with an Android phone?

How to print screen my application in android phone?

You can use an app called ShootMe from the Market to do this easily (requires root).  You can also use the Android SDK to do it without root, but you have to be connected to your computer.


Can't connect to college WiFi even after changing the MAC address First of all this is completely for education purpose, there is no intension to access college Internet without official permissions.

So In my college, WiFi is only accessible via laptops. Students have initially registered their laptop's MAC address to the college, and they have given local IP addresses to each student to connect to WiFi using their laptops.

So first I've changed my MAC address of my rooted phone (Red MI Note 3) and then configured the WiFi, as I'm doing in my laptop, but this only connects my Android device to the WiFi, but can't load the student login page on the mobile phon.

So what possible firewalls or blockers are they using to block only mobile devices even if they have same MAC address as the laptop?

Is there any way to show Android device as laptop to the WiFi router? So that It allow access to mobile phones?

I've seen this post from XDA Developers but no helpful answers.

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

It is only guessing from this perspective, as there might be several reasons.

First you should check with a simple ping or similar that the network is working.

If this is successfull any you try to open the login page with your browser it might be possible, that your university checks your browser's http request for your operating system or other signs, that you are using a smartphone and no laptop.


Add meta information to photos? Is there a decent camera app that will easily let me add a bit of text to my photos and store that text in the image file as EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata? So far I have tried the stock Samsung camera app, Camera Zoom FX, Camera FV-5 and Catch Notes. I have read descriptions on numerous camera apps, but it seems like all they have to offer are various ways to distort - I mean enhance - your photos. While Catch Notes did offer ways to store your photos along with a description, it did not store the info as meta data inside the photo itself, which means it will be a mess if you ever want to transfer the photos to your computer and expect the data to stay intact.

This seems like a no-brainer that you'd expect to be available in almost every camera app. I mean, we've got the camera and the keyboard in the same device - what's the problem? I just want to be able to take a photo, click on an icon and type "This is a Bohemian Waxwing" and have that description stored inside the JPEG file. I'd even be fine with a gallery app that only let's me add information to already existing photos.

There are a couple of apps in the Playstore which permit you to view/Edit EXIF data:

Photo Image Editor - Photoshop (free) says it can View, edit, or delete EXIF data
Same promised by Photo Editor
Exif Editor and Viewer (paid) promises to remove, modify, and add individual or multiple EXIF tags
Pixelgarde even states: Edit exif metadata for several photos as a batch, or just individual photos

There are probably many more, so I just picked two of the more promising examples.


Samsung Galaxy S1 Constant Reboot Cycle I left my Samsung Galaxy S1 charging overnight plugged into my computer (as I usually do) and when I came to use it in the morning, it was turned off (to my surprise).
When I turned it on, it goes into a constant reboot cycle, where it turns on, gets to the home screen and then about half a minute after, just reboots itself again.

I am able to get into recovery mode and download mode and I can keep it stable in safe mode - but have limited access to apps.
My questions are:

(a) does anyone know what would have caused this?
(b) what can I do to stop it?! without the obvious factory reset?
(c) I originally thought it was a battery problem but now that I can sustain it in recovery and safe mode, am I right in saying that the battery is fine and its most probably a software or app malfunction?

Does your sdcard have multiple partitions?

Most recoveries have built-in repair function to scan corruptions in sdcards which prevents your phone from booting properly, it is under Mount -> Repair if you are using CWM.

If it did not help, try removing your sdcard temporarily to check if it boots up properly. If it successfully boots then you need to reformat your sdcard, make sure to backup first.


Prevent "Location Found" Notification I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930V) through Verizon.  Every once in a while an app will request the phone's location.  The notification area will then display Location Found.

When I long-press on the Location found notification, I get the App notifications screen for System UI.  I don't think it would be wise if I disabled notifications for System UI.  It seems like this would block other useful notifications.

I could uninstall or disable the apps which are using Location Services and hence triggering the Location found notification.  However, I want the apps to run and use Location Service

How do I keep the Location found notification from appearing even though I am using the Location Service?

Using an app such as Automate, one can write a very simple flow which waits for notifications from com.android.systemui with the text of Location found and then cancel the notification as soon as it exists.

This works okay.  The flow doesn't use any CPU time until a notification shows up and then the flow is very quick (3 ms execution time).  However, the notification still appears for a brief moment.  My point is that this solution is like putting a net at the bottom of a cliff when a fence at the top would work much better.