Nokia Glance-like lock screen clock on Android Is there any way to get Nokia Glance like power-saver clock + notifications on android phones with AMOLED screens?
It's very useful feature IMHO and does not consume much battery on phones with AMOLED screens.
I am not asking for app. It can be anything from an app to a ROM that has the feature.

EDIT
For those who don't know what Nokia Glance is:
It is a feature that shows digital clock when Lumia devices (and Nokia N9 if anyone still remembers the phone) with AMOLED screens are on stand by mode. The best thing is that it is ALWAYS there and you don't have to touch the screen or press a button for it to show up. It uses very less battery because it lights up only the necessary pixels with rest of the pixels turned off, something that is possible with AMOLED screens.
Here is a picture showing the feature in work:

The keyword is: "Active Display". Use that in a search (a better custimized Google Search here) turns up a whole lot of good candidates (oh, and a bunch of not-candidates, unfortunately). It might be useful ignoring the ones from Motorola itself, as they are probably intended for their device(s) (checking can't hurt, though). Just a few picks right from the first page:

Active Display & Battery Active Display are two examples of apps emulating Moto's Active Display on other devices

As I wrote, these are only the first two candidates picked up, and there are probably several more you might wish to check out for yourself. Good luck!


How can I wholly delete Apps like News Republic, Zoe Video Editor? Please see below screenshot. My grandma doesn't want any speck of 'Zoe Video Editor', not even "the factory version". But her HTC Desire 825 doesn't let her delete it. She hasn't rooted her phone.

If there are system apps then she won't be able to delete them unless the device is rooted.
With no root, you are left with disabling them. Settings -> Apps, select the app, then click on Disable.

If you are unable to disable them via the settings as indicated above, then try disabling them via adb as shown in this answer.


Navigation voice not loud enough I have a Galaxy S and I love using my navigation app. The problem is she isn't loud enough. I think I have the speaker turned all the way up. Is there way to make it louder? It's a straight talk if that matters.

There are sevelar volume booster available on the Google Playstore, as e.g. Speaker Boost or Volume Booster (for more alternatives, try this search). You might want to give one of them a try.


Why can't I move a game to the sd card? I read that you cannot move system apps or apps that have widgets to SD card.
This game doesn't provide a widget.

Is there anything I can do to make it move to SD ? Maybe fix something in apk ?

Storage:
Application 8,32 MB
Data 44,00 KB

NOTE: Never put system apps or apps including widgets (if you are using the widgets) to external storage. This can make them misbehave or even force close.

Download Android platform tools here
Turn on USB debugging on your phone and connect it to your pc (make sure the drivers are installed)
Extract the zip file to a directory of choice (on your pc)
Open cmd on your pc (assuming you're using Windows) and navigate using cd to where you extracted your platform-tools
When you have navigated to the folder using cmd type

  adb devices

Check if you see your device on there, it should look something like this:

If you can see your device on the list then move on to the next step. If not your drivers are not installed and you need to install them from your manufacturers website
Now type
Android 4.1 and above:

  adb shell pm get-install-location

Android 4.0 and below:

  adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2

This should return either auto or phone. We need to change this.
Now type
Android 4.1 and above:

  adb shell pm set-install-location 2

Android 4.0 and below:

  adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2

This will switch it from auto to external.

Complete! Now you should be able to move apps to sdcard.

Sources:
http://techgage.com/article/moving_your_non-movable_android_apps_to_an_sd_card/


How does one enforce a secure lockscreen on Android mail clients? Okay, the situation.  We have a Dovecot+Postfix based mail server with the SOGo groupware providing calendaring and contacts.

All three provide TLS-based services to the public Internet.  A few of us have been able to configure our devices to support accessing our emails and calendars from our phones.  Most of us are running some version of Android.  My phone is Android 4.1 (yes, ZTE live in the stone age, but that's another topic), others are v5.0 or above.  There are a few iOS devices also.

We would like to enforce (from the server end) that the user has a secure lockscreen so that if their phone goes AWOL, they don't give away the keys to the kingdom.

I've seen lots about how some Microsoft Exchange sites somehow enforce this, and lots of people asking how to defeat it.  Also lots on other services like Android Pay that enforce this.

I'm asking the opposite question, how does it enforce this from the server?  What do I need to tell Dovecot/Postfix in order for this to be requested by the client device when the user configures their device's mail client with our IMAP/SMTP server settings?

Note: A couple have suggested I install applications on the device.  I already know how to manually set up a secure lockscreen using a pin-code, password or pattern, however the user is then free to turn that back off again.  Clearly Microsoft Exchange is able to transmit something in that initial handshake between Android email client and server that tells the phone that it must use a secure lockscreen.  I wish to replicate that same hand-shake using the Dovecot/Postfix/SOGo mail stack.

If I have to install anything on the device, then that is the wrong solution.

Seems the answer is, "it can't be enforced", despite the non-answer that user157947 gave. (Seriously, did you actually read the question?  You certainly didn't read or respond to my follow-up queries.)

The closest one might come to this is to use custom CA certificates for signing the TLS key used by IMAP, as installing the requisite CA certificate (for server verification) in the phone more or less enforces the key lock.  Another option is to issue client certificates for each device to be connected via IMAP: this too enforces a secure screen lock.

Microsoft Exchange is able to enforce it by means of proprietary extensions in the protocols used it seems, it is not done over IMAP/SMTP.


How do I remove Selfmite worm? In June this year I experienced what I've found to be called the "Selfmite" worm on my Nexus 5 smartphone.

On 24.06 and 29.06 it sent the message "Dear [contact name], Look The Self-time, http://goo.gl/[...]" to 13 of my contacts, chosen in what seems to be a random order.

Once I realised this had happened, I looked the issue up on Google through the phrase used in the message and found that this worm should actually install itself as an app called "The self-timer" that you should be able to uninstall, but I could not find this after looking through all of the installed apps listed in the settings page.

At the time I had enabled the security option within Android that allows the installastion of apps from unknown sources and I realized my mistake then, though I do not know how the worm actually reached my phone since I had never clicked any dodgy links in messages or the internet.

After this I disabled the installation of apps outside of the Play Store, and installed the avast! Mobile Security app for whatever help it may be in the future.

It wasn't until this Saturday, on 23.08, that the messages were sent again to the same contacts. I had not touched any security settings, nor had I accessed any sketchy sites, and once more I have found no unusual app to have installed itself.

My question now is, does anyone know of a way to prevent another occurence of this without actually wiping my phone clean? Though I wouldn't know if this would even help as I don't understand how the worm exists in the phone in the first place.

Would activating Avast's firewall within their app be of use? Rather, I'm asking if going through the hassle of rooting the phone is worth the trouble.

Thank you in advance to anyone who has advice or opinions to offer.

Wipe your phone, and reinstall the OS following the official instructions. Make sure to download the ROM images on a computer that isn't backdoored, and verify the checksums before you install.

That's the only way you'll be able to trust this device with private data again. Since you don't know how this malware was installed, you also don't know what other malware might already be on your phone.


Cannot connect Samsung Galaxy S2 to computer in storage mode via USB I am trying to install an application (developed using Eclipse) onto the computer (I am using Windows XP). When I try to connect the USB cable with the phone, it starts to charge or starts the MTP application, but it does not go into mass storage mode. Here is what I have tried so far:

Turned on USB Debugging and then plugged in the USB cable.
Result: Phone goes into charging mode.
With USB Debugging switched off, USB Utilities -> Connect to Mass Storage button pressed and the USB cable plugged in.
Result: Plugging in the USB cable results in MTP application starting. Switching that off by pressing the home key and then pressing that Connect to Mass Storage button again results in the message: USB is connected. Remove the cable
Tried the *#7284 routine described in thread on this forum. That did not work either. My default settings were USB -> PDA (just the way that thread said it should be).
Checked if the Google USB drivers are all installed. Yes, they are. Other drives also mount from the same USB slot without any problems.
Switched off and then back on the phone.
Used different cables (one from Samsung and the other from Nokia) to see if there could be anything wrong with the cable. The same situation as above. And the Nokia cable is brand new.

After having done all of this and spent a grand total of five hours, I am at my wits' end trying to figure out how I can get the phone to mount as a USB storage device. I have mounted it successfully before.

UPDATE:
I plugged my phone in to a Linux machine and a Windows machine using both cables today. It worked for the both of them!!! So now I know that USB storage mode on my phone works. The problem has to be with my laptop, or to be more specific, with the USB drive on my laptop. My questions now are:

How do I know what USB drive make is present on my computer.
I would like to re-install the USB drivers on my laptop, all the while hoping that it does not screw up my machine.

I highly recommend checking out QTadb. It is a very useful program with a file manager; you can just drag and drop across. If you have an APK on your local machine, you can install it right in the file manager. Plus there is an ADB shell built in, an app list with back up options, and a ton of other stuff.

I would say this is a must-have for an Android developer. It's just extremely useful.

I hope that helps you out.


Searching Installed Apps Marshmallow 6.0.1 I installed an OTA update today on my Moto X Play which supposedly addressed some security issues. The install went smoothly with no obvious hiccups during the process however after the update and reboot some apps do not show up in search results for locally installed applications.

For example, I used the eBay app this morning. I opened it the same way I normally would if it wasn't in my recent apps list by going to the apps menu and searching "ebay" then selecting the result. After the update, there is no result, but I can scroll down to find it manually.

I also noticed that at least one app (Firefox in this case) that had a shortcut on my homescreen is also unsearchable, and that it's shortcut had been removed.

Both these apps open no problem, and I was able to re-create the shortcut for Firefox which is functional.

I'm not aware of a way to rebuild a search DB, and after some Googling I wasn't able to find anything other than the suggestion to try clearing the partition cache, or if that fails to restore to factory settings and install apps from scratch.

I figured there was no harm in clearing said cache but I'm not keen on doing a complete wipe and restore.

TL;DR
Local search is broken.

Is there some sort of search DB/cache that I can trigger a rebuild of? Is this something that can be done in-phone or are there some adb commands I can issue to do this?

Search is working again on my phone. It seems the system rebuilds an index of sorts on its own, I just had to be more patient.

Marking as answer in case someone else has the same experience and hasn't waited a day for the indexing to finish.


Set a particular browser as "always" I have Galaxy Nexus with JB. I got stock browser on it and Chrome and I also installed Firefox just to keep it there since I'm a developer and I can test stuff on all three.

But the question I'm having is, what happens if I set a particular browser as "always" when it asks me which one I'd like to use? I keep pressing "just once" because I don't know hot would I change it later if I desire to do so?

Is it possible to change/reset this later? How?
Does "always" set it as default just for that particular app that's redirecting to browser or does it set OS-wide?

Disabling the default action for an intent is easy enough to do on ICS.

From the launcher, press the menu button, and choose Manage apps.
Select the app that you chose as the default for the action.
Scroll down and touch Clear defaults.


The Tab Switcher in Google Chrome on Moto G(3rd Gen) is stuck in accessibility mode Ever since my phone came from Motorola service centre after a SIM slot repair some things are wrong with it.

1)Like the title says, Google Chrome's tab switcher is stuck in accessiblity mode. I've tried uninstalling and updating, factory reset, chrome://flags accessibilty setting and also upgraded to Marshmallow but it's still the same.

Here's a screenshot from an XDA-Thread.

I've looked at many places but haven't found a solution. Seems like only some people are having the problem.

2)Google now offline commands have stopped working as well and "Ok Google detection" from any screen option is missing as well.

Can anyone suggest any solutions?

So after looking a lot and not getting any solution, I decided to flash my firmware. Reinstalled the stock factory OS from scratch and now it's good as new and the problems mentioned above are solved.

The following is for Moto G(3rd Gen).

Here's a simple tutorial an how to do this by lost101 of XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/general/guide-fastboot-flashing-factory-t3187750

The link to the page with factory firmware images is also mentioned on the page above.

Make sure you download the right firmware according to your phone model.

Now I ran into an issue with my wifi after flashing with fastboot(My phone couldn't detect wifi during the initial android setup), so if that happens, use mfastboot(I think it has better compatibility with Motorola devices).
Just google to download the latest version. The commands for mfastboot are same as fastboot; just replace "fastboot" with "mfastboot".

Also note that this doesn't void your warranty as long as you don't unlock your bootloader, so make sure you don't type any wrong commands. The commands mentioned in the XDA-thread should be enough.


Touchscreen triggered by cheek while on the phone? When I'm on the phone, my cheek will often push buttons on the screen, causing either the call to end, or unintended navigation. This is really annoying - I try my best to keep my face away from the phone but I'm not always successful.

Am I the only person having this problem?
Is there an actual solution?

On my phone I can click the power button to turn off the screen, so no buttons are there to be pressed.


How to turn off SMS Bubble on Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus running KitKat 4.4.2? I've bought a new Phone which has KitKat 4.4.2 (Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus) with kernel version 3.4.67.

It has a very annoying feature of SMS Bubble that pops up when there is any message and the most annoying feature is that it doesn't gets away till you read the message.

How to turn off this feature?

Try Disabling Notifications.

Go to messaging app information.
Uncheck show notifications.


Mobile data not working I have a Samsung Galaxy J510-MN (Latin American version) which I have bought from Mexico (Android 6.0.1). Now, I returned to Germany and put a German SIM Card (Fonic/o2). I get network connection, phone and SMS function works. But, I can't get mobile data. I do have the card charged and I already got mobile data settings sent to my phone by phonic, but still it doesn't connects.
How can I solve this? Or might it be a hardware problem, e.g. my phone can't receive the frequency they used in Germany?

Have you tried to change the Network connection in settings? If 2G only or 3G only works, then it might be a band problem.


Geometry Dash custom songs download location I am currently using a Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3 (Model Number - SM-G388F) running KitKat 4.4.4. I would like to have some of these songs on my computer and phone, and this means that I need to find the download location.

Places that I have looked:

/data/data = Empty (no folders inside the /data folder)
/sdcard/Android/data/ = No folder for the correct Geometry Dash games
Nowhere visible on the root of the internal SD card

I am having trouble trying to find the application data location for any of my applications

Where do the custom songs download with custom levels in Geometry Dash get stored on the phone?

If it's relevant, the version of Geometry Dash is 2.011.

You'll need root access to find the folder.

Steps:

Root your phone
Install an application like ES File Explorer that has the root explorer function.
Go to /data/data/com.robtopx.geometryjump/files
Paste song, name of song must be song ID (Newgrounds)

Note: If you don't see the folders after /data/data, then either the file explorer doesn't support root explorer or your device is not rooted.


Can I try the new font Google Sans from Android 8.1 on my phone? Google has introduced Google Sans to the upcoming Android 8.1. It looks great and I want to try it on my OnePlus 5 running stock 7.1.1. Is it possible?

The fonts have now been extracted and repackaged for flashing at XDA-Developers. Basically, just download the zip for "stock ROMs" (verified working for OnePlus devices as stated on the page), flash it with TWRP and you should have it.


Set custom DPI for different apps? I own a rooted Nexus 7 16GB running on 4.2.1. The default interface (stock ROM) is the phone UI. I have read mods and a certain app that changes the DPI to enable the tablet UI.

I would like to have the phone UI primarily but I want certain apps to run in the tablet UI mode. Is this possible? If so, how?

Maybe you should look into this ROM, however I cannot guarantee if there is an availability for the Nexus 7.

To quote:

This rom lets you scale and project every app, every widget, even
systemcomponents individually.
Remember, android is modular, everything is an app: Lockscreen,
navigationbar, dialogs, popups, keyboards, widgets, and your regular
apps of course.
Apps have the capability to switch into various designs or layouts
according to the device they run on.

It is hybrid, meaning, that individual apps can change from tablet mode to phone layout mode on the fly. It is open sourced and is available on github.

Edit:

Thanks to eldarerathis for supplying the linky to the N7 Version found on XDA.


How can't install a 338KB app when I have 474MB free? I have a Motorola phone, with 8GB of internal memory.

To my surprise, in a few days, I had 474MB of free space, but couldn't install a 338KB app!! So, clearly the limit of ~25MB referred to in some comments (here and here) are not always the case. A user just told me the following:

  Actually it's "25MB or 10% of the storage", whichever is hit first. So
  with e.g. 10 GB internal storage, it would hit you as soon as you drop
  below 1 GB free. Crazy, but that's what it is.

Actually, that's not correct, because I didn't have to free up 1GB of internal memory. But anyway, half a gigabyte is enough to run a full operational system. I've seen similar complaints of hundreds of MB not enough to install apps ~ 1MB or similar small operations (here and here).

What's wrong here?

Note: the quoted user was me. And here is the reference. To explain why it wasn't 10% in your case, here's an exception from behind the link: "As long as the device maker doesn't change the default settings". So those 10% are the default setting, but obviously can be altered by the "ROM baker". How often that is done I cannot tell; with that post being from 2011, the rule might even have changed meanwhile (though I didn't hear of that either).

So I just applied a little "Google-Fu": Android 4.1.1 still has the comment

  If the free storage on device is less than a tunable threshold value (a secure settings parameter; default 10%) a low memory notification is displayed to alert the user."

(emphasis mine). Note the term "tunable threshold", which makes it obvious this threshold can be modified/adjusted. For Android 4.1.1 you can find it at line 67:

private static final int DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE = 10;

This is a class variable; but not being an Android dev myself, I cannot tell how it can be overwritten. It certainly will require system permissions (or just an app with the WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permission?). Quoting the latest code:

 * This class implements a service to monitor the amount of disk
 * storage space on the device.  If the free storage on device is less
 * than a tunable threshold value (a secure settings parameter;
 * default 10%) a low memory notification is displayed to alert the
 * user. If the user clicks on the low memory notification the
 * Application Manager application gets launched to let the user free
 * storage space.

You can see, the 10% rule is still there. But the DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE variable is gone (and replaced by mMemLowThreshold, which seems to be set in a different class now – see line 361).

TL;DR: The very same 10% threshold still applies, but the "ROM baker" (who creates the ROM) might adjust that. A developer with some more insight might be able to tell if it can be adjusted by other means, e.g. a special app with the WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permission, or even simply via ADB.


Is it safe to update my devices? I'm using two Samsung mobiles: Samsung Young and Samsung Ace Duos. I am getting software upgrade messages. Is it safe to upgrade software and will it harm my data, contacts, messages and important details saved in phone memory? Please help me out. Do tell me the entire procedure to save my data while updating.

Usually OTA / Kies updates do not wipe your data, but they MIGHT. Try backing up with MyBackup on the Play store. There is a version for root and a version for NON rooted phones. It will back up contacts (possibly already on google), SMS, MMS etc etc, on to your SD card. To be totally sure there is no harm in copying the backup onto your PC just incase the worst happens.

If you are rooted get Titanium backup and you can backup all your apps and data just in case. It is often recommended to do a factory reset after an OS update, but personally I've never needed to do that.

And read up on what to do when updating, make sure you have your battery over 50% at the very least. Some manufacturers recommend NOT having the phone charging while updating but AFAIK that's mainly HTC's recommendation.


How do I display message from from `adb shell` (or a shell script)? I expect it to be something like

adb shell am start SomethingArcane ... "Hello, world"

and the message box pops up on screen, saying "Hello, world".

Hacky workaround: DirectFB

With DirectFB and root access, you can display the text on screen directly, without Android at all.

I've implemented a program for this: directfbtext.

( echo "Hello, world"; echo "FLIP"; sleep 2; echo "QUIT" ) |  /h/bin/directfbtext --dfb:fbdev=/dev/graphics/fb0  --dfb:no-vt  /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf 30 120 200 255

Note that it is probably not that easy to get DirectFB working on Android, but I happen to have it already configured.

Update Per user request, I've created and tested a "portable" pre-built version of directfbtext. Setting up and running:

Unpack directfbtext_deps.tar.gz into /data/local/tmp/;
Start adb shell, go root (su);
cd /data/local/tmp/directfbtext;
Create symlink from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/ to /data/local/tmp/directfbtext:

# mount -o remount,rw / /
# mkdir /usr
# mkdir /usr/lib
# ln -s /data/local/tmp/directfbtext /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi

Ensure display is on
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./ld-linux.so.3 ./directfbtext --dfb:fbdev=/dev/graphics/fb0 --dfb:no-vt /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf --dfb:system=fbdev 30 120 200 255
Type some text, followed by a line that reads "FLIP";
Observe the text visible on the display;
Type "QUIT" to exit directfbtext;
Interact with the device, so it updates display and clears remaining glitches caused by DirectFB.


HTC Desire - where are my photos? I was low on battery and my niece installed an app to assist (can not remember the name). However, she changed all my images onto my SD card. After that, I assumed I lost all my old images as I could not find them. :(

I removed my SD card to reset the phone and realized that one of the photos is showing under the gallery. Also, my screen saver is also an old photo now. However, I can not access the photo as it says to install the SD card. The problem is when I install the SD card, the images are not there anymore.

My niece does recall that she has changed something to say to save all the images onto the SD card, however she can not remember if it was on the phone or a part of the program. The issue is that I deleted the program when I realized I was still low on battery.

Is there somewhere on the HTC desire that I can change images from the SD card as I can not find it?

As you removed the sd-card, you could use a card reader to attach it to your PC, which makes a search a lot easier. Usually, photos are stored below a folder called dcim on the card. Depending on the camera app (I don't have a Desire, so I cannot check that myself), subfolders there are named differently. On my phone, it uses a subfolder called "Camera". But there should not be too much subfolders there, so it will be easy to find.

If that's not the place where your niece placed the "old images", but as your Desire insists they are (somewhere else) on the card, you can use your file manager (I don't know what OS you are running on your PC) to search for *.jpg on the card -- that might match a lot of other images, but your photos should be listed along as long as they are on the card.


Is there any way to get Swype on my Moto Droid? Is there anyway to get Swype from outside the Market? Its not available there, and I see its already running on Droid X, so I was thinking it'd probably work on Droid as well.

Check this out:

http://www.droid-life.com/2010/03/08/swype-beta-apk-file-for-those-who-missed-it/

There is a download link, and step-by-step instructions for installing the beta.


Add Google calendar reminder numbers as one contact I would like to put the numbers of the google calendar reminders as one contact into my
 phone. This way they will be grouped as 'Google Reminders' in my message overview, instead of a torrent of random numbers.

The only problem is that google calendar sends reminders from random numbers, all starting with +456099.

I could add each number to one contact as I receive them, but because it is a different number every time it's endless work.

Is there a way to add a contact that has a regex expression as a number?

I think Google Calendar SMS reminders are supposed to come from only one number (or only a few numbers), which might be different from user to user. For example, you would get reminders from numbers A, B, and C, while I would get reminders from numbers D, E, and F. So, if you add A, B, and C under one contact, that should solve your problem.

However, there seems to be a recent issue causing reminders to be sent from many random numbers. The issue has been recognized by a Google employee (KatherineG), so hopefully they are working on a fix. You might want to head over to that thread and add your country / carrier to the list affected by this problem.


Google play store not working I have rooted my LYK-4503 from kingroot and then I uninstall the app and now I am not able to open google play store and I am not able to download or update any app... Please help me

Instead of Restoring the Stock rom, Just download the Latest version of the Play Store from the web and then move it to the System/app folder. Also, I recommend you don't use KingRoot. Instead, get a custom recovery and Flash SuperSu.


How to uninstall Button Savior (non root) from Samsung Galaxy Note 4 I asked this question here and somebody suggested to me that I should asked here.

A friend of mine installed an app called Button Savior (non root) from google play and then decided to uninstall it for whatever reason, but he was not able to uninstall it from his phone, he then asked me to help him to uninstall it from his phone. I searched in google for how to do it, and I found this link.

On this link it was suggested that I first should remove the app from the device administrators list (settings - security - device administrators) and then and uninstall it and if this fails then I should reboot the phone into safe mode and repeat the process. I tried both methods but when I try to remove the app from the device administrators list the setting crash and I got an error message "unfortunately setting has stopped working".

Any suggestions to resolve this issue ?

I would suggest trying to uninstall via adb. You'll need the following if you don't already:

ADB
Enable Developer options

After that, proceed as follows:

Find the package name of the application on your phone that you want to uninstall. The easiest way is to use Package Name Viewer, or in your Settings under Applications.
Enable Debugging mode through Settings -> System -> Developer options -> USB debugging
Connect your phone to your PC
Right click on an empty area in the Fastboot folder while holding the shift key, and click on “Open Command Window Here”.
Now in command window type the following command: adb uninstall packagename where packagename is the name you found earlier (usually looks like com.packagename.anotherthing)
As soon as you hit the Enter key, it will uninstall the App and show you Success in the command window.


Running "tcpdump" on Android shell gives error: "not executable: 32-bit ELF file" I'm trying to install tcpdump to monitor network traffic. I've tried multiple versions from link1 and link2. Whenever I try to execute I get an error:

~$ adb connect 192.168.1.10:5555
~$ adb root
~$ adb push tcpdump /data/local
~$ adb shell
~$ su
~# cd /data/local
~# chmod 777 tcpdump
~# ./tcpdump -s 0 -v -w out.pcap
/system/bin/sh: ./tcpdump: not executable: 32-bit ELF file

Any help is appreciated.

EDIT:

~$ uname -m
i686

You are on x86 architecture but trying to run a tcpdump binary built for ARM architecture. Link2 provides source code and link1 a 32-bit ARM binary which won't work obviously. You need a 32-bit executable for Intel / AMD processors which you can build from source code, or try this one.

RELATED: ARM vs. x86.


How do I stop my Galaxy S5 phone from waking in my pocket? I had this problem when I had an HTC One M8 and now I have it with my Samsung Galaxy S5: I will get a notification and my screen will wake-up in my pocket and cause all sorts of bothers (skipping songs, taking pictures, etc).

Is there some option in Android OS to stop the screen from waking up when it receives a notification? I have googled this issue and all I see is suggesting involving rooting the phone and buying new cases, but nothing that directly addresses the issue. This is frustrating because it seems like it would be so simple to have the phone not wake upon getting a notification. Is there such option?

cause all sorts of bothers (skipping songs, taking pictures, etc)

Is the touch sensitive option enabled. As it will increase the touch sensitivity, your device will work abnormally for any touch like sensations (like that of keeping in your pocket).

  Is there some option in Android OS to stop the screen from waking up when it receives a notification?

I guess not in our S5's stock firmware. So you either use external methods to stop it or turn off the touch sensitive and decrease the screen timeout.


How do I exclude album art from the gallery? The answer to this question is not valid, because embedding the album art inside the media files does not always work, as I outlined in this question.

So basically, I want the hundreds of album art images to stop showing up in my gallery. I can't use .nomedia because that would invalidate any music in the same directory. Are there any other options?

rename the album cover to "folder.jpg", and it will be skipped. You can save the rest of the album art in a nested folder with ".nomedia" inside it.


How to customize Facebook chat notification sound? Facebook app and the Facebook Messenger app often plays the same sound for new incoming chat message - this is the system notification sound.

That makes me confused facebook chat with other notification, especially the calendar reminder, new incoming email, etc. ...

How to customize it?

In Facebook, you can change the notification sound from Facebook > Menu > Settings > Notification ringtone.

I assume it would be the same for Messenger, never used it though


Where is the NFC hardware located? I noticed that certain Samsung batteries say "Near Field Communication" on them.

Is the NFC h/w located in the battery? Does it differ by the manufacturer of the Android device?

A friend of mine claims (for Samsung devices) that only the antenna is located in the battery, and the rest of the NFC tag is located inside the phone, but has no evidence to back up his claim.

In this specific case your friend is correct, but it can probably vary somewhat.

We'll take the Galaxy Nexus as an example since it's a reasonably accurate internal representation of the other Samsung devices. The iFixit teardown helpfully identifies all of the major components of the device and their function. In step 5 they remove the wrapping from the battery to expose the NFC antenna underneath. Later, in step 12, they identify the NFC controller on the main motherboard.

Putting the controller itself on the battery is perhaps possible, but I'd imagine it is not really realistically feasible. For one, it would probably increase the fabrication costs of the batteries an unacceptable amount (the antenna, conversely, is likely not very pricey). It would also require the battery to have some non-standard and comparatively complex circuitry to transmit data from the controller to the motherboard, whereas the antenna is basically served by a simple conductive contact to pass the signal along. This is mostly conjecture, though - I'm not an electrical/hardware engineer (I don't even play one on TV).


How can I installer the Google dialer (phone app) on any phone without root? I want Google's Dialer phone app on my Nextbit Robin running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow but without using root.

Download this APK: http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-phone/google-phone-2-05-07_rc4-release/google-phone-2-05-07_rc4-android-apk-download/

It's an official APK Google released by mistake that does not limit which phone it can be installed on. Unlike the other versions that can only be installed on Nexus phones.


Global readable private keys found in storage/emulated/0/data - Possible security risk? I found following global readable files in /storage/emulated/0/data/IMS:

cert.pem

private_key.pem

I have full access to this files with my file-manager/text-editor, so I think any other app will have full access too! It seems to be a privacy/security issue.

Information:

Cert.pem line 6: "Issuer: CN=Samsung RCS Client"

(Wikipedia: RCS="Rich Communication Services")
I moved private_key.pem to another directory, it has been replaced by a new different private_key.pem file.

Is this a possible security risk?

A globally-readable private key is almost certainly a vulnerability. A globally-readable certificate is generally not. You appear to have both, so you've very likely found a vulnerability.

Your next step would be to either report it to the vendor (probably Samsung) or find a security researcher who can investigate further.

According to a blog post, Samsung Mobile security issues can be sent to mobile.security@samsung.com. In theory, that email should be staffed by someone clueful about security (unlike first-tier customer support), so you should get a reasonable response. When contacting them, you should let them know about this question, so they realize it's already been disclosed.


How to backup apps and data on non-rooted Android without needing a PC? I know there's ADB backup and Helium and something called Droid Explorer that can help you backup your Android software and data to some extent using a PC, but I want a fully functional non-root, Android-only backup solution (basically, a replacement for Titanium Backup which does it all but requires root). It needs to be able to fully backup and restore apps and data in state. Any ideas?

Such a solution cannot exist without having provisions in the OS itself. The default provision in the OS is the Android backup service   which apps use to backup their data to Google accounts and which adb taps into when a user makes an app backup request. Any solution outside of tapping into backup service would require breaking apart the security model of Android and tap into the private data of apps. Naturally, such a solution is not going to be available without root access.

So your choices come down to these two:

use a PC with a software using adb in the background for app backups, or, use an app which requires adb running in wireless mode (such as what Helium requires; adb wireless needs to be started using PC though) so that the app can use adb to backup apps without further needing a PC.
root the device and do whatever you want with any app and its data without needing the PC.


ICS and support for gamepad/controller devices I own an Asus Transformer TF101 and finally the official upgrade to ICS has been released.

I remember some ICS video previews where they said that ICS would have native support for gamepad/controllers and I have some questions about it:

How can I understand if a market available USB gamepad is compatible with ICS?
Is there a list of already supported devices?
I also own a Microsoft PC Wireless controller, do you know if there is a driver written for ICS that supports that dongle?

USB controllers follow a spec which means any USB controller "should" work. So there is not a "list of supported devices" as they all are supposed to work as long as they are not proprietary. Even an Xbox 360 wired controller should work (not sure about a wireless 360 controller, even when plugged in with the charge kit). Now your wireless controller is probably a different story. This is probably using some proprietary protocol to communicate information from the dongle to the controller, but you could try it. As long as the android device thinks that the dongle is a USB controller, and the dongle handles the communications to the controller, it may work.


Can the Moga Power Pro be used as a USB controller? So I just received my new Moga Power Pro controller, and I'm extremely disappointed with the latency I'm experiencing with it when playing emulators (both in emulators which can use the Moga "A" mode and ones that use the HID "B" mode) - there's a lag between d-pad presses and responses, the button don't always register presses, etc.  Maybe I'm just spoiled (having only previously used system-specific controllers), but I'm disappointed enough that I may return the controller.  Before I do that, though, I want to try and see if I can reduce the latency at all.  To that end, is it possible to use the pad as a generic USB controller (using the included USB to Micro USB) connector?  Or am I stuck using the Bluetooth connection (which I'm supposing is largely responsible for the latency?)

(I've tried the controller with both my HTC One M8 and my Nexus 10 tablet, both of which are running unrooted 4.4.2; I've tried turning off the Wifi and mobile data, without discernible improvement)

No, there isn't. The official product website doesn't offer this as a feature, and I've tested with its little brother, the Moga Pro.

Incidentally, I've never noticed any lag or unresponsiveness when using a Moga Pro with a Nexus 10 on 4.2 or 4.4.2. Perhaps your lag can be blamed on a specific app you're running?


contents of playlists being deleted but playlist files still exist Sometimes (probably on reset/power-cycle, which I do every now and then) I lost most of the content of my playlists. I have about 15 playlists that I have created. I have put songs in them several times (several hours of work) and then have come back later and found them all empty -- except for 1 or 2 which remain intact. There are .pla files for the playlists in sdcard/Playlists.

The music files are all on the external sd card.

I have done tests like setting up several playlists, then restarting or power cycling, then checking to see if the content is still there. It usually is. But if I don't use the play for a while then come back, the playlists' contents have been whacked.

Anybody know the 'right' way to store playlists for Android 4.1.x? In some db? Playlist files? Either one? Does one supercede the other?

I have tried both the default player and MixZing player. Phone is Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.1.3.

Sure would be nice to be able to depend on the playlists not being emptied out all the time.... Any clues greatly appreciated! Thanks!

I had a long journey and did some trial and error. I think I've figured this out  - with a big disclaimer that the details may vary between devices, Android versions, music apps and maybe even types of SD card.

The apparent cause

It seems to happen when this happens - this fits my experiments plus the details in the various angry "Arrrrgh why are my playlists empty" forum threads I've read:

Something causes the phone to need to reconnect to the SD card, such as restarting the phone or connecting it to a computer by USB.
Reading the SD card doesn't happen instantly - kinda like plugging a pen drive into a computer, it needs a little time, seconds or maybe a few minutes. The more stuff on the SD card, and the older/slower/cheaper the SD card, the longer this will take.
The important part - something causes the music app to look at the playlist while the SD card isn't fully connected. It sees a bunch of references to files it can't find.
The music app, instead of sensibly realising that the files are on a card that is being connected, freaks out and deletes each item in the playlist it can't find. If all your music is on the SD card, that means emptying the playlist.

Possible fixes

So far, the first two of these seem to have been enough to fix it for me (Sony music app, Xperia Z3 Compact, 4+ year old nearly full 16GB SD card).

Don't touch the music app until the SD card has definitely finished connecting. For example, wait 5 minutes after restarting the phone or unplugging from a computer. Some versions of Android show a notification like "checking SD card for errors" but in  my testing relying on this wasn't quite enough.
If you use a music widget, move it off home screen 1 and maybe delete it. This was a crucial one for me. If I had the music widget on my first centre home screen, or, if I swiped over to the home screen with the music widget immediately after restarting the phone, the playlists got wiped (even though I hadn't touched the widget or app). If I had the music widget on the home screen one swipe to the right, and I didn't look at that screen until a few minutes after restarting the phone, the playlists didn't get wiped. Clearly the widget being visible on the screen caused the music app to do some startup process which then triggered this problem if the SD card wasn't fully connected yet.
Maybe play a second of a song you know is on the SD card before touching a playlist. I thought this would fix it for me, forcing the music app to have successfully read from the SD card before giving it a reason to look at my playlists, but my music app doesn't seem to work that way. Others might, though.
Test anything else that might start the music app before the SD card has loaded. For example, some phones have music players on the lock screen, or things that auto-start the music player if headphones are plugged in.
Consider getting a faster SD card. This is a last resort option, I've seen people post that this solved it for them. I guess maybe some modern SD cards connect fast enough or leave some sort of trace that stops this happening.


Mobile network: browser is OK, apps doesn't connect internet When phone use WiFi connection, all apps can connect to internet. When it use mobile network connection, browser can connect, but apps cann't connect. Is there any settings? How can I diagnose? Phone is Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 with Android 2.1.

I think the most interesting is you APN and Operator. It could be that only http traffic is allowed (port 80 and 443 for https) or some similar limitation. Check you operators support page for details.


Is there an FTP server which supports resuming failed downloads? I am looking for an FTP server for my android phone which will allow me to resume a download that has failed. In other words it has to support the REST command. Currently I am using (the otherwise excellent) swiFTP, but it doesn't have this feature. I also tried File Expert.

Or, if not FTP, and not rsync/scp, but an SSH server (like DroidSSHd, a free/libre SSH server which I could find that would work on my non-rooted Galaxy S with Android 2.2), you could use the simple script rpush-into to continue an interrupted transfer.

In rpush-* scripts, I've implemented the file-transfer through SSH with the help of only the basic cat and ls on the remote side. So that it can be used even if the SSH server on Android doesn't provide scp, sftp, or rsync.


Disable 'end call' tone? I would like to disable the "beep" that is played when I hang up.
My Android 2.3.4 phone has no option to do that in the settings.

What can I do? Do I need to upgrade my Android version, or what?

For those who may encounter this in the future (trying to rip this tone perhaps?)
apparently, this tone is not saved locally as a file but rather appears to be generated on the fly by android:


How to run android apps on pc? Now i want to run android apps on my pc.I runned apps on pc by using bluestacks but i want to know any other way to run android apps on pc.Is there any alternative to this one.

An quite easy way is to configure an android virtual machine (using virtual box or VMware). You can find   the Android ISO image here: http://www.android-x86.org/
It exists many guide on the Web to install Android on a virtual machine. (only google "Android x86 virtualbox for instance)

You can also use Genymotion (requires register) which configure a VM according to the device you specified


Forgotten Google account password I lost access to my account due to someone else getting into it. Google locked my account. When I finally got it back I was instructed to change my account password. Now I am trying to put my account on new phone and cannot remember my new password. How can I get or change my PW without going through google recovery, last time used recovery took 3 weeks to get my account back. Is there another way?

https://sourceforge.net/projects/crackerpassword/?source=directory This might help you out some with cracking it . I cracked one on a computer i bought using this . Good Luck !!


Control a PC with Air Gestures I'm aware of a few questions that talk about controlling a PC with an Android phone:

control android device from pc
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2925/is-there-an-android-application-for-remote-control
How to Remote Control Android smartphone, if not in same subnet
How can I turn my android phone into a remote control (mouse/keyboard) through bluetooth for ubuntu/linux

Is there any support for Air Gestures of the Galaxy S4 in any of these products? I would love to place my phone on table during a presentation and wave my hands around to magically advance the slides.

If you take a look at the Air browse feature under Air Gestures, you will see that it is limited only to the following applications:

Gallery
Internet
Music Player
Music on lock screen
S Memo

So NO, you can't use it for presentations.


How to reset the device information in Google Play Store? I was using Samsung Galaxy with android, then I bought the new Motorola DROID RAZR using same SIM card.

when I'm trying to download any app from Google Play Store, it still refers to my previous device. How would I update my device information?

You can visit the accounts page in your computer and click on "Settings" tab. Under "My Devices" section you will have all the devices that your account is being tied with.


How transfer documents (not music/video/photo) from Mac to Tab S 10.5? HELP:  Really stuck just can't seem find a solution to move documents (powerpoint etc) from my Mac to a new Galaxy Tab S 10.5 - nothing seems to work - any suggestions please (of course i can fall back on dropbox I suppose but why can't the device be seen as an external memory source same as the Galaxy Note??

The Galaxy Tab S 10.6 seems to use MTP as USB connection mode. Since Mac OS X doesn't support MTP, your Mac can't see your device. I suppose that your Note has Micro SD card installed, and your Tab doesn't. If your Tab has a Micro SD card, it might be able to connect with your Mac.

For your question, I suggest using Airdroid (the first version) or anything similar to it. Since it transfers your file via LAN, transfer speed is a lot faster. Hope this help ;)


Need Help in Downloading Applications from Android Market? I had an android mobile whose version is 1.5 , in that device, can i see the application in the market whose versions are 1.6 and above, is it possible to do this.


Nexus 4 not recognised by Windows 7 machine after KitKat update I have a Nexus 4, which I used to be able to connect to my Windows machine via USB, to test my code on. When I plugged it in, if I tried to run an application on it from Eclipse, Eclipse would tell me that there were no devices, and ask me if I wanted to start a virtual device, unless of course I waited a bit, until Windows popped up a dialog box asking me if I wanted to treat the Nexus 4 as a directory for photos, or audio, etc.

Now however, Windows never gets to the point of showing me that dialog box, so Eclipse will always tell me there are no connected devices. How do I fix this?

Turns out that uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers solves the issue. The strange part is that before I uninstalled the drivers, the name on the driver said it was for a Samsung Galaxy device, which the Nexus 4 clearly is not.


Why do applications enforce read-write and read-only permissions for other apps to use it? While reading a book, Android Wireless Application Development, it tells that

  Applications might also enforce their own permissions by declaring them for other applications to use. The applications can declare any number of different permission types, such as read-only or read-write permissions, for finer control over the application.

I couldn't get why do applications need to set read-write or read-only permissions for allowing another application to use its applications.

For example, as illustrated in Android Developer, it shows how an application uses another Map application to show its address. But why do the app needs to set read-only or read-write permissions for allowing another app to use it?

Because if the app is storing your data, it's responsible for keeping it secret. To take an example, let's say there's an app to store something you'd rather keep quiet, such as your collection of Jason Donovan albums. This app would have a database with the relevant information inside, and this database is private to the app. No other app can read it (without root), and thus your embarrassing music taste is kept secret.

Now let's say the app author wants to allow other apps to use the same data. It could be another app by the same author, or he could widen it to allow other authors to access the data. That way, other apps would be able to add a home screen widget with a Jason Donovan album of the day, or create calendar entries for the anniversary of each album's release, or import  anything else. He does this by creating a content provider, adding it to the manifest, and publishing instructions for developers on the format of the data and how to access them. The content provider is like a server: it provides a way for other apps to query the app's data and get results back, without accessing the database directly.

If that's all he does, then any installed app can access the data. You install an innocuous-looking flashlight app that only has "INTERNET" permission, and suddenly it's able to find out all your embarrassing music and email it to scammers for blackmail purposes. Obviously this is undesirable: an app developer who would let this happen should not be trusted with your data.

The app developer can prevent this by creating a new permission, and giving it a human-readable description, such as "Read your favourite Jason Donovan albums". Creating the permission doesn't do anything itself: he also needs to change the content provider so that when an app queries it, it checks that that app has the permission before responding to the request. If the app has the permission, it gives it the data it asked for; if the app doesn't, it might choose to give it an exception (an error that tells the program what the problem is), or simply to return no or partial results. For example, it might tell the app about the Rolling Stones albums you're not ashamed about, but not the embarrassing Jason Donovan albums.

This way, the innocuous-looking flashlight app can't access your data. Before you install an app that wants access to the data, you can see "Read your favourite Jason Donovan albums" in the list of permissions, and you can abort installing if you don't trust the app author with that information.

How many permissions the app creates depends on what kind of access it offers other apps, and how fine-grained the controls should be. In our example, the app doesn't have a way for other apps to add albums, so there's no need for a read-write permission. Even if it did, it may be that the app only has a read-write permission, which other apps need to have to either see the list of albums or edit the list. This might be enough for a simple app like this. But for something like a social media app, it's more important to limit how many apps can send messages (or write content) on your behalf, so two separate permissions might be used in that case. It's up to the app author to decide how many permissions are appropriate for the app, giving users control over their privacy without creating confusing combinations that are hard to understand.


Stock Android 6 (Motorola Moto G 3rd gen) has no 'Exchange ActiveSync' account option I own a Motorola Moto G 3rd generation that's running Android 6 Marshmallow.

I'm trying to do two way contacts/calendar syncing with my outlook.com account.

By using the Microsoft Outlook app, one way syncing is working, but that's not good enough.

Most tutorials I find talk about adding a 'Exchange ActiveSync' account to 'Accounts' under 'Settings'. However, I don't have this choice.

Why is this? What should I use instead?

http://vodafone.intelliresponse.com/index.jsp?id=1593&question=Set+up+Hotmail%2FOutlook+as+an+Exchange+account+on+your+Android+device&requestType=NormalRequest&source=100

The trick is picking manual and then Exchange. The link above walks you through the screens. Won't be exact but close enough.

Ken


How to edit the home dock icons (shortcuts) on TouchWiz 4.0 ICS I recently received the ICS update to my Galaxy Note and couldn't (or couldn't remember how to) change the shortcut icons at the bottom of each page. It seems they have removed one method for changing them.

Touch "Applications"
Touch Menu button
Touch "Grid View"
Touch Menu button
Touch "Edit"
Now you can drag and drop icons to/from shortcut bar


How do I keep my email and passwords secure without full-device encryption? I bought a cheap, no-name Android 4.1.1 tablet a while back, and was dismayed  to find that the "Encrypt Data" option was simply not present in the "Settings" -> "Security" menu.  I then upgraded to a more mainstream Asus Memo Pad HD 7 assuming that this would have the full device encryption option, but this tablet didn't have it either!

So I was wondering if there were any means of keeping e-mails (including ones that were sent unencrypted)/ passwords safe from attackers who have root access in case I lose my device, in the absence of full-disk encryption? Keeping web-browser passwords/ authentication cookies secret would be very handy, too.

Thanks!

I also own the same device but my tablet shows the encryption option. You're sure you are using stock firmware?


Battery slowly charging on Tab S I have a tablet Samsung SM T-805 (Tab S 10.5"). Also I have Samsung A5 2016 phone and original Samsung adapter (2A 5V).

I had custom OS installed on my tablet. At some moment it became to charge really slow. So I have installed Android M on my Tab S. Also I installed 3C battery monitor. First charge after reistalling was fast. In fact it was close to 2A. But now charging rate is only 0.5A. Also 3C shows that battery is in good state.

I don't think that problem is with cable/adapter: A5 shows 1A current while charging (I think it's limit for it).

What I suspect:

Usb plug-in is damaged.
Android is limiting charge rate. I think it's more likely since battery had charged faster right after reinstalling Android.

In case 2 there might be a possibility to somehow remove that limit, but how? If it requires root access it's not a problem.

I have approx 300 Samsung tablets in my company (including ~100 SM-T805). I understand that this could be a software issue with your ROM etc, but in our experience, we often do find that the cables can slowly degrade over time, and even though they display that they are charging at full speed, the speed is actually well below the original maximum.

I would suggest you find an alternative cable to test. Drain the tablet battery to 0%, power the unit down and test a full charge with the current cable, (e.g. 2hr 12mins) and then replace the cable, and re-charge the tablet from 0% again.


Prepaid plans or cards for Android PHONES? I need to access the Web via my Android phone's cell radio only occasionally. Therefore, I am not interested in a monthly plan (and certainly not in a 2-year minimum contract).

I thought that finding a prepaid web access card (or plan) for Android phones would be as easy as finding one for voice but it turns out way more difficult than I had hoped for:

T-Mobile's attractive Web DayPass
works with phones, but not with
Android ones.
Verizon's Prepaid Mobile Broadband is
not intended for phones at all
(Android or not).

What are my options really as far as minimizing the cost of occasional web access via my Android phone, legally and reliably ?

At this point, I am flexible as to whether the solution is for CDMA or GSM (it is still much less expensive to buy a new phone than to sign for a 2-year contract)

You can get the LG Optimus V from Virgin Mobil for $150 (total) and pay $25/month for unlimited data and texts and 300 minutes/month of talk time. There are three drawbacks. (1) The screen is a bit small. (2) The internal memory is only about 200MB, so you are limited as the number of apps you can have (even moving apps to the SD card). (3) Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint network which seems to be more limited than say Verizon.

Later this month (I think) Virgin Mobile will also off the Motorola Triumph with 2GB internal memory and a larger screen and a faster processor and a front facing camera (which the Optimus doesn't have, so maybe that's four drawbacks). I plan to switch to the new phone as soon as I can.


Unable to browse even when connected to free WiFi I am unable to browse the internet, even if my phone is connected to my office free WiFi.

I have tried resetting my phone.

Try connecting to some other WiFi source and recheck. Your office WiFI puts some restrictions like only specific MAC IDs can browse. In that case your device will get connected, however will lack in internet.

Also, check if there is a proxy or firewall in ur office that blocks your phone.


Half of the HTC EVO 4G screen is unresponsive I have a HTC EVO 4G, which I got around 6 months ago.

Just recently, the lower half of my phone's screen has become almost completely unresponsive.

For instance, I wanted to allow the use of non-market apps. The confirmation screen that tells me that this could potentially be dangerous is not selectable because of the screen being non-responsive.

How can I fix this? Do I send it back to be repaired?

Your digitizer probably failed.  That is the glass piece you touch with your finger.  On some models it can be replaced, although not something for the faint of heart.  I have had to do this for my EVO 3D.


Backing up Android device on Windows via wireless I need a way to back up my whole Android device on my PC, which is running Windows 7.

I don't have USB cable for my phone, but I have wireless router, so my best option is using Wireless connection.

I have encrypted my rooted Nexus S device, and now I am locked out of accessing SD card via recovery. The only way to decrypt my device is Factory data reset, which will erase all data on my phone.

Before doing that I need to backup all my SD Card content, Apps, App data content to my PC.
I need something much like Ultimate Backup Tool, but instead of recovering data through USB cable, using wireless instead.

In my opinion the best and easiest no-cost and nag-free method of backing up [some or all] files from your Android to a Windows machine, uses an underappreciated feature of ES File Explorer, along with any FTP client software for Windows (my preference is a free download of Filezilla.)

Download & install ES File Explorer from the Google Play store.  (Documentation at bottom of post) ↓
Download & install Filezilla from Filezilla-Project.org.  (Documentation at bottom of post) ↓
 In ES File Explorer:

Tap the "hamburger menu icon" (at the top-left of the screen) to open the menu

Slide down to find and tap "Network" and then tap "View on PC"

Tap "Turn On" (at the bottom of the screen)

Note the IP address and port number that is displayed.
(The port number is the number to the right of the : colon.)

Click Connect.

 In Filezilla, you need to create a new connection to the IP and Port Number you were given.

Click the first toolbar button to open the Site Manager.

Click "New Site" and then fill in the values on the first tab as shown in the image below, and then click Connect.

Create a destination folder on your computer, where you want to store the backup.
You can now copy files by dragging them between your Android (in the right-side of Filezilla) and Windows (the left-side of Filezilla, or directly to desktop or other folders/shortcuts).

  Note that Windows has alternative (less user-friendly) ways to open FTP folders that do not require an FTP client, such as typing the FTP address & port number (exactly as shown by ES File Explorer) directly into the address bar of any browser, or by adding a new Network Location in the "Network & Internet Settings" in the Control Panel.

More Information:

 ES File Explorer:

Official User's Manual
More things it can do
Downsides about it  (I love it anyway and use it constantly.)

 Filezilla:

Official Documentation
Official Tutorial
Alternative Tutorial
Beginner's Guide


Does the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Support ANT+ WSN technology Is the Note 3 compatible with ANT+ WSN technology?

Do all variants of Note 3 come with this or just a select few?

Also, do all networks use Note 3 with ANT+ WSN sets?

This is the current list of supported devices.  There look to be 3 top level variants for the Note 3.  If you select the model then press the more info link there is a list of the actual model numbers.

I am not sure if all the Note 3 variants are ANT capable but I think the majority are, you need to check the exact model number really to be sure.


Determing SIM/network/carrier lock status in software Is there a way to determine if a Galaxy S3 (i747, running 4.1 JB, stock ROM, but with root) is currently carrier locked in software (i.e. without needing to obtain and insert a different network's SIM).

Apparently there used to be a USSD code to do this (*#SIMLOCK#), but that appears to no longer work.

There is a way to do it but it is way more complicated than borrowing a SIM card. The SIM card does not even have to be activated (have service)... just have different MCC/MNC from your carrier.

To do it the "hard" way you would need to:

find, download, install drivers for Qualcomm DIAG interface
find, download, install QXDM
find how to switch your phone into the DIAG mode (DIAG interface does not enumerate in normal mode)
find the QXDM command to query the subsidy lock status
find how to interpret the result you would get
come back and post the detailed solution


Lenovo S920 repeatedly shuts itself off and back on by itself I just bought a Lenovo S920, new set about a week ago. It's been turning itself off and back on every single day since the second day I bought it, at least once or twice every one hour.

An information that might help you figure this out for me, on the second day I downloaded every app I needed & packed about 70% of the phone storage, plus about 50% of my 32GB microSD. Also, my phone has 4GB Internal storage.

Does it have to do with those apps and tonnes of audio/video files? And ultimately, how to fix it?

As that behaviour started when you installed all that stuff, it at least suggests a relation. It could be one of the apps causing this; the audio/video files are unlikely to be the culprit.

I'd suggest you factory-reset the device and start over, but do not install all apps at once; instead only install one at a time and see if all stays stable before continuing with the next.

Once the trouble starts over, uninstall the last app you've installed and see if that cures it; if so, skip that app and continue with the next on your list. If all stays stable then, you know which app is problematic: contact its dev for further advice then.

A helpful thing to investigate before going the "hard way" described above is to "debug" the issue. As you didn't state which Android version your device is running, I will describe an approach that should work for most versions:

You need ADB on your computer (see: Is there a minimal installation of ADB? for how to achieve that), and connect your device via USB. Then start adb logcat -v time -f debug.log from your computer's command shell. Let it run.

As soon as the device reboots, stop the logcat task. Now check debug.log from bottom to top to see what initiated the reboot. If you have trouble reading/interpreting it, upload the log and add a link to your question, so we can help you with it.


How to tune a frequency like 89.0 on Jusada ICS CM7 stock radio? I am using Jusada Ice Cream Sunday ROM. I have problem with its stock radio app.

I can not tune to even numbers after decimal like 89.0 or 106.2. After the decimal it only let me tune to odd numbers.

How can I fix this? The above mentioned frequencies are popular radio stations in my region.

In the app's settings try changing the default locale.  Different ones (even "China") will change the interval by which the tuner seeks.


Screen goes black after showing Samsung logo in Samsung Galaxy S3 I flashed Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy S3.  I did this process through a program called Odin.  Once I reached PASS! on the Odin screen, I disconnected my cell phone from my laptop as directed.  I did notice that the cell phone did not reboot during the process.  The cell phone did completely shut off.

The process then indicated that I was to look under Settings to see if I had a SuperSu app.  So I thought the next step would be to turn on the cell phone.  The cell phone does attempt to turn on and shows in the upper left corner recovery booting and the center of the screen says Samsung.  However, the phone goes black almost immediately and will not turn on at all.

Do you know what have I done wrong during the flash process to remove this particular Cyanogenmod?

Cyanogenmod might not be removed but if it did not get written on the partition. There is many reason why and not necessarily your fault. If you really have to know depending on a what stage the bootloader is at in loading the system. Really, what needs to happen is the kernel needs to load to point that it starts talking so that we can possibly intercept what its saying.

Alright there is a few weird things going on but the good thing is there is only a little sign of any doomsday alarms going off. the little on is when you the reboot when it did not turn back on are you 100% sure it totally shut down? There is a possibilty that though it looks off its not totally When you explained what was going on when the device was turned on. To verify that this pull the battery for a minute or push and hold the power button for 30 seconds then try to reboot. If its still not starting plug it into the charger and try to reboot incase it was not shutdown and the battery fully drained.

If just pushing power and it attempts to load into recovery instead of the Operating system is rare like some matrix stuff. If everything is normal then it explains the process of booting into the recovery. The crash that followed is usually because of not releasing the power button causing a kinda forced crash. Why forced because the emergency override shutdown is to hold the power button down for 30 second. By the way if at any point in the process you get in a boot loop that's how to get out.

Next what exactly was your end goal was it to run a custom ROM. Trying to Root or flash a custom recovery to root or all of the above. Since I'm unclear of the exact process and the steps taken its best not to assume. Let's try to tidy things up within your device with a data/factory rest to clear up the cache.

Completely power down your device.
Once its totally off press and hold.

  press and hold the volume up botton + home button + power button all at the same time as soon as you see the Galaxy S3 symbol release the power button.

Hopefully you will boot into recovery and to scroll through the menu use the volume up or down.
Go to data/factory reset press the power button to select.
Next a list with a lot of no's and one yes scroll down to the yes and use the power button to select and so the process beginds.
Lastly if use the power button to select reboot system now.

If you were unable to get into recovery or the system fails to load. All is not lost there is an ace in hole that Fix's the majority of software issues. Flash a factory image (return to stock) through Odin but there is some prep involved. If you want some more details as pertaining to your specific device let me know your S3 model number and service carrier. The software is different between s3 variants and service carriers.

You need to get the factory firmware. The worldwide web has a lot of choice some of them are highly questionable. Be sure to check that the md5 stated matches up with the md5 on the software along with file size. I am a bit paranoid when it comes to free software but the lack of trust is a two way street. Summing it up that's why Samsung does not officially support the release of their software. With that sammobile.com has a wide variety of Samsung firmware and has a high public trust rating. Regardless of rep always double check. I've seen this happen a lot so must warn you that without cause Do Not select anything involving re-partition
Or PIT

hook-up your device to your PC and get confirmation from Odin that they are visible and able to talk to each other in the upper left corner.
Select PDA and then browse your system files and get the TAR file type you downloaded
hook-up your device to your PC and get confirmation from Odin that they are visible and able to talk to each other in the upper left corner.
Click the start button and I just  don't touch anything while the process runs to try to limit any communication errors due to user interactions. Once Odin finishes it will reboot the device. Since its new firmware it could take a while to load the first time. Wait a minimum of 20 minutes personally though I wait 40 minutes before considering it a failure to launch. Once I saw one persons system load after 5 hours but that just had to have a prayer some luck involved.

Hope fully your up and running again but if not there is still a few things that can be done. If you run out of options and absolutely want this thing going. There is one thing that can be done but that's overy head it involves soldering. Pictures below for reference from Danarama at XDA guide to Odin


Can a dual SIM Android phone receive voice calls to both SIMs? Is it possible for a dual SIM phone to receive calls (not simultaneously of course) to both SIMs without any manual switching?

From what I have seen, Android 4.0 seems to support voice call for SIM #1 and video call (which seems to imply voice too) for SIM #2. That seems like you get 2G voice coverage for SIM #1 and 3G voice coverage for SIM #2. Is this true?

I guess this may vary depending on particular phone model, but what solution is Android dual-SIM industry mainstream currently?

Please take a look at this question and my answer to have basic understanding on how the manufacturers use the terminologies.

These differences are hardware based and nothing to do with Android. Hence, if you had properly chosen your hardware:

Yes, you can receive incoming calls in both SIMs without manual switching - even simultaneously! Yes, the other call will be treated as if you are receiving a call when you are on another on a single SIM phone. Depending on your settings and operator restrictions, you may have enabled call waiting and hence it will be displayed on your mobile screen. You can then hold one and switch to another.  This was tried in Samsung Galaxy Y Duos phone.

I am not sure about your other question about video call.

Update: In Samsung Galaxy Y Duos (a dual SIM phone) though both SIMs were active to receive calls and access Internet simultaneously, only one of them was allowed to use 3G network. If I opt for 3G network in SIM1 and opt for 3G on SIM2, a message says I can't use 3G on both and changes SIM1's network to 2G and retains SIM2's network to 3G as per my input.


Get Gingerbread back on Samsung Galaxy Y I have a Samsung Galaxy Y mobile. In internet I saw a post that update your Samsung Galaxy Y from 2.3 to 4.0. I tried the steps but I went wrong now my mobile getting rebooted again and again. How can I get my previous version?

If you can enter into Recovery Mode(with Power and Volume Up buttons pressed on startup) try to restore a nandroid backup(if made) or flash a new ROM.

If you can't enter into Recovery Mode you need to reflash a stock ROM using ODIN. You need to choose the Right Stock ROM for your region. See XDA-Developers, it also contains a guide to flash these files with ODIN.

Then you can go on trying to update to ICS or JB.


How can I capture tethered traffic and save it as a pcap file? I use my Android device with 3G as a hotspot for my laptop. I also occasionally connect other Internet devices to the network, and would like to look at the traffic.

I need a way to log the traffic on my Android device, and a way to save it as a pcap file so I can use it for Wireshark on my laptop.

What's the best way of doing this? Using Android 2.3.7.

You need this soft which capture packet on android

http://lost-and-found-narihiro.blogspot.ru/2012/11/packet-capture-on-android-tpacket.html


Application being closed due to low memory error in Samsung Galaxy S I am using a Samsung Galaxy S device. For the last month my device is continuously showing  "Application being Closed due to Low Memory Error" notifications.

There is no any question about Internal & External Storage memory, both are 16 GB. Also RAM & ROM are almost clear every time.

Please suggest a solution!

Clear your cache by going to storage-> Internal Storage-> Cached Files


What is the /oem partition? Recently I had an over-the-air (OTA) update fail because the /oem partition did not pass the assert. However, it looks like the update still "succeeded" in that the /system partition had all the updated bits and the update check in Android says I'm at the latest version. I'm guessing my /oem partition is outdated now but it doesn't seem to be affecting anything.

What is the purpose and capabilities of the /oem partition?

The /oem partition is used for any carrier customisations to the Android firmware; if your firmware build is not a carrier-specific one then it might be empty anyway.  This purpose is described in the Android Project Treble documentation.


How to set up Hotmail as exchange ActiveSync on HTC Droid Incredible? On my Motorola Droid, I was able to set up Hotmail as an Exchange Active Sync account. I followed the settings in http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/08/30/hotmail-now-supports-push-email-calendar-and-contacts-with-exchange-activesync.aspx and everything worked fine. However, on my wife's HTC droid incredible I can't get it to work. It seems like I cannot leave the Domain field blank on the HTC Sense acitvesync Account setup.

I tried various tricks like using "." or "\" for the domain field, but no luck.

Other users have apparently faced the same issue - http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/91/t/5031.aspx, http://androidforums.com/desire-support-troubleshooting/180574-exchange-activesync-hotmail-failed-create-account.html, http://androidforums.com/incredible-support-troubleshooting/162643-anyone-have-hotmail-exchange-activesync-working.html,

Any suggestions?

I'd recommend rooting the phone and installing a custom ROM without Sense.


8 Ball Pool (Miniclip) on Android x86 I'm using Android x86 emulator on a Dell Vostro 3500.
I installed 8 Ball Pool by Miniclip
When I try to run the app, I get a message saying I need 20mb additional space before I can continue, but that's ridiculous because I'm using a 1TB drive.
What is wrong and how do I fix this?

it can be from the emulator and you can search for it on youtube or you can change it to bluestacks / nox or tencent gaming buddy if it has the game or you can use an android os besides your current os such as phoenix os / prime os :)


Samsung a71 virus detected so uh, i just went onto a website, and I apparently have 4 viruses on my phone, it said "Your sim card has been damaged by a virus!" I dont know if this is fr and I'm only 14, but i know when not to click on something stupid. But I have to ask, is this real? I know how to deal with it if it IS true, but it is weird. It says my sim card is already 48% damaged.

The comments on your question already cleared things for you. It is a scam. If a website or an app suddenly or  ever claims that something is wrong with your device, its accessories, its OS, a web account, your bank account, you can be damn well sure that the other  party is trying to scam you.
10/10 times these scams appear as ads, so using an adblocker for both your web browser and and your device is suggested. I use Ublock Origin addon (on Firefox for Android) which greatly helps in reducing ads nonsense when browsing. To stop nonsense ads on Android apps I use AdAway (you can also use Blockada) adblocker app. Some folks give moral reasons not to use adblockers but I keep security, privacy and web sanity over morality. You are on your own with morality here.
In a browser, 9/10 times these ads are able to load through javascripts, often third-party scripts. Using a solution which blocks at least third-party javascripts is recommended to everyone for browsing the web with sanity. I use NoScript addon (on Firefox for Android).
You also need to know about WAP billing frauds (you click something on some [often] not-so-popular webpage, and guess what XY amount of money is automatically deducted by your carrier. You apparently gets subscribed to some XYZ value-added service!). WAP billing frauds are facilitated by third-party javascripts.
The list can go on but it is best that at this age you spend a couple of hours to learn about privacy and security on the web, Android or whatever OS your mobile and PC are using, on at least a monthly basis. What you would learn would be far better than a quick fix I have suggested.


Synch a phone to Linux PC without Google Is there a way to synch the SMS/Calendar/Contacts/what not (I am not talking about files, and pictures, etc.) to a Linux (Ubuntu) PC? The quirk is to bypass Google in the process.So I would envision an App running on the phone sending all data to the PC in, say CSV or something like that... Can you advise?

There are multiple ways to achieve this, at least for calendars and contacts:

On Windows: Check out MyPhoneExplorer. Offers a lot of additional features like Backup Assistant, file browser, managing calls – and also syncs SMS.
Using a CalDAV/CardDAV server of your choice, such as Baïkal or ownCloud. I use the latter – so for details, take a look at my article Android without Google 2: ownCloud. This would be independent of the OS on your computer, but you will need a web server. Big advantage: You can access your data from anywhere you've got a web browser working. And with ownCloud this also can include your documents, photo galleries, and more.


Android 9 set volume keys to adjust ringer by default I have a OnePlus 3T, and recently updated it to LineageOS 16, from 15.1 - however I imagine this applies to any device with Android 9.

I realise that Android 9 has changed the default behaviour of the volume keys, to adjust the media volume by default. Whilst I can appreciate that some users might find this useful, I much preferred the ringer volume being changed by default and the media volume changing when media was being played. It seems like now there is no way to change the ringer volume using the hardware keys.

Is there any way to undo this change in defaults and make the volume keys adjust the ringer volume by default? Essentially I want to do the opposite of this question. Ideally I'd like not to have to install some questionable app to do it, I have root access so can use that if there's some command that I can change.

Or at the very least, is there a way to stop the ringtone from playing when I change volume from the "Sound" setting menu? Typically when I am changing the ringer volume I'm trying to reduce the amount of noise I might make, but changing the ringer volume through the "Sound" menu causes Android start playing my ringtone, which is very annoying.

I was very frustrated when Android 9 changed the volume buttons to control the media volume all the time so I developed an app to fix this and make the volume buttons control the ringtone and notification volume as it used to. It's free and you can install it from here: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softstackdev.volumeFix ]

Let me know if you need any help to use it.


How can I digitally merge two sides of stereo into mono sound? I'm deaf in one ear, which means I can't use earbuds as I can only hear one side. I've tried an adaptor that mixes both analogue signals electrically, but the sound quality is noticibly reduced.

What I'd really like for the software inside the phone to digitally mix both sides before it becomes an analogue signal. Is there a setting or a downloadable add-on to do this?

(I use the built-in music player and 'Google Listen' podcast player on a Samsung Galaxy S2.)

I would think that one of the one-ear bluetooth headsets would do this automatically.


How can I control my Azpen Android Tablet with a broken screen without root or usb debugging? I've had this Azpen A700 tablet for a while, but at some point it got the touchscreen broken. I can still see an image but the touchscreen is completely unresponsive. I'd like to still get some use out of it, but it is not rooted and it has USB debugging disabled. Is there any way to control it or root it without the touch interface? I have a USB cable for it, it's just that the USB debugging setting is turned off.

I've tried googling how to control an android tablet with a usb cable and it requires rooting. Then I looked up how to root a device and it requires usb debugging. Is it possible to do it without rooting or debugging?

You could get a USB-OTG cable, which allows you to connect USB devices to Android devices via the USB port (so long as the Android device supports OTG, which the A700 does). If you plug in a mouse you'll get a mouse cursor to work with; you could even use a USB hub to attach both a keyboard and a mouse if you want to type instead of using the on-screen keyboard.

You could also use the USB-OTG cable long enough to pair a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard to the tablet, then go wireless.


Xperia V can I relock my bootloader for Bravia Engine to work again? I have unlocked the bootloader to try some roms, but too late I understand that this will make the Bravia Engine to stop working...
If I relock my bootloader will that make the Bravia Engine to work again?

Just relocking won't work, you need to restore the TA partition (which contains DRM keys for Bravia Engine) that you must have backed up before unlocking your bootloader.


Icon Editor for Android platform I was looking for an app that would let me create and edit icons on my Android device. It actually doesn't need to be able to open .ICO files or anything like that, but rather normal image files like jpeg, png, or gif. There are a lot of normal photo editors available, but none of them are well suited to creating icons. I would like to be able to place the individual pixels, like when using the draw tool in gimp or PS. Thanks.

Um, How about Photoshop Touch? Might be a tad expensive for your needs, but it is essentially a toned-down, mobile edition of the Adobe product.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.adobe.pstouch

Of course, if you really want it but can't fork out the dough, there's always downloading the apk (but you didn't hear it from me, developers don't worry I support you guys :P ).

If you're looking to create icons to use as replacements right on your device, and are inclined to a minimalistic style, then Simple Text is a good way to go.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redphx.simpletext


HTC One crashed during update, now it won't start My HTC One was doing a software update then just shut off. Now it won't do anything except show the red triangle with a explanation mark in the middle.

I have tried rebooting it and everything but nothing works.

How can I get my phone to boot again?

First off. See if you can get into recovery mode. Turn off phone and then hold the volume up, home, and power buttons at the same time.
note this button combination may be different based on what phone you have. Look up your model. After you get into recovery mode see if you can restart your phone from there. If you still cannot restart your phone do these steps:

Turn off phone
Boot into recovery using the same method as before
Select wipe cache partition - this will not delete any user files only temporary system files like those related to installations.
Restart the phone

If that worked then there you go. You can try the software update again (make sure your phone is plugged into a charger so that battery loss is not an issue to interrupt your software update).
If the phone still won't update post a reply so I can help you further. Hope this helped


Unlocking the Bootloader on a Nexus One with S-On I'm interested in rooting my (Very recently bought) nexus one, and installing Cyanogenmod over Fastboot.

However, on the boot screen of my device I've noticed the first line tells me that security is on, which disables the USB Interface in the bootloader:

Nexusone PVT Ship S-ON

On the Cyanogenmod wiki page on Fastboot, the instructions say before starting that I need to have a device with S-OFF. However, I've got the impression from trawling through forums that Nexus One phones generally come pre-set with S-OFF (in contrast to the one I just bought).

How do I turn off the Security mode on the Nexus One? i.e. How do I change S-ON to S-OFF?

Nexus Ones do not ship with 'S-OFF', they ship with a "locked" bootloader which then must be unlocked. You can actually use fastboot to unlock the bootloader, just run fastboot oem unlock on your PC using ADB (Android Device Bridge). MoDaCo has a post here with complete instructions and a multi-platform download of the needed tools.


Permission denied on /system/xbin/su when trying to unroot Sony Xperia L I'm trying to root my Sony XPeria L reading this tutorial The firmaware is 15.0.А.2.17, model C2105, and my Android version est 4.1.2

Everything was good until step 9, where I get the following error :
/system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/su: Permission denied

So I ran adb.exe from my computer and try to grant my permissions on this file. I tried some chmod 777 su but this is a "Read-only file system"...

I'm a C# developper and I always used Windows, so Android world is totally new for me. Can anyone help me to avoid this error message ?

Thanks you !

You have to remount read-only partitions with a permission of read and write first.

# mount -o rw,remount /
# mount -o rw,remount /system

Now, you can do anything.


WhatsApp won't send messages I hope this is the right place to ask.
when I click on send button in WhatsApp it is not responding.
I tried:

restarting the device.
reinstalling WhatsApp.
delete WhatsApp cache

I'm using nexus 4 with android 5.11

problem solved. I did SMS authentication again


Once an app asks for root, why does it ask for other permissions? I see apps that require both root as well as regular permissions.

What's the point, as root implies that it can do everything?

Permissions in Android mainly affect functionality within the Android framework and other apps. Being root can't directly get you access to that Android and app functionality, because it grants you lower-level system access.

To take an example, consider an app that wants to access your contacts. When it tries to query the contacts provider (the database of contacts), the Contacts Storage app requires that it have the appropriate permission. In Unix system terms, each app has its own user ID, and permissions are represented by Unix groups, so it's really checking whether the app's user is a member of the appropriate group. If the app doesn't have that permission, the check will fail, even though the app could start a root shell whenever it likes.

Now, since the app has root, it's possible for it to add itself to any groups it wants to, before trying to access the contacts, but that's unnecessarily long-winded. It's simply much easier for the app to just request the permission and be added to the group by Android itself.

In addition, it's good for security if the app uses root as little as possible. Ideally, there should be a small component of the app that gets started as root when needed, so that most of the app runs normally (not as root). It might even be as simple as a single command that's started as root. This way, if something goes wrong with the rest of the app - maybe an attacker finds a way to subvert it, or maybe there's just a bug that might delete all your files - it doesn't have the root magic powers to infect or damage the whole system, as it's still protected by the normal security mechanism.

In short: it's possible for the app to grant itself any permissions using root, but it's easier for the programmer, and better for security, if the program only uses root when necessary.


Android 2.2 update for samsung Galaxy 3 (I5801 and I5800) Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)?

when android 2.2 update will available for Samsung Galaxy 3(i.e Samsung I5801 and I5800)... ? do you have any idea when it is going to available... Is there any otherway around for installing non official 2.2 on it...?

Thanks

Please note that samsung galaxy 3 !=(is not equal to) Samsung Galaxy S... so please don't post answer that update is available for Galaxy S.. that update can not be installed in Galaxy 3

The original target was September 23rd of this year, but as of October 28, 2010, Samsung advised that there are some errors they're still working on for the Froyo release for this phone:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-apollo-3/160300-root-froyo-samsung-i5800-galaxy-3-a.html#post1808621

There is no updated target date at this time.


How to update Android System WebView on MIUI I'm on rooted MIUI 10 8.8.9 Android 8.1

Currently there is WebView version 62.0.3202.84 installed inside /system/app/WebViewGoogle/WebViewGoogle.apk with /oat/arm and /oat/arm64 directories containing *.odex and *.vdex files

I've tried to just install newer *.apk, but I get following error "Can't install system applications from unofficial channels".

Looks like MIUI's Package Installer is blocking updates of system apps, so you have to disable "Turn on MIUI optimization" in "Developer options". After that system starts using Android's Package Installer which behaves as expected and allows to update.

Note that if you want to reenable "Turn on MIUI optimization" option, you'll have to reboot your device after that for everything to work again (e.g. your device may stop receiving sms from short numbers).


Internet not accessible even though connected to local network using wifi I have a wifi connection setup at my home. Other devices like my ubuntu laptop and macbook, when connected to wifi are able to access internet. Even my dad's blackberry is able to load websites when connected to internet via our home wifi. My HTC desire is able to connect to wifi, shows a good signal, but is not able to connect to internet. My friend's android phone have same issue. I can access a website running on my ubuntu (apache) using my browser and ip assigned to my ubuntu box, but I cannot open google or any other website. Even marketplace show connection error.

Can someone help me out with this.

Did you try setting manually the IP+DNS, instead of relying on DHCP, as it does by default?

Wireless and Networks -> Wi-Fi settings -> [menu] -> Advanced -> Use static IP


"Charging paused. Battery temperature too high" while connected to car charger I have a Galaxy S2 with ICS.
When I use it in my car, while it is charging from a car charger, I occasionally get this popup:
"Charging paused. Battery temperature too high"

Also Waze is running while this happens.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening?
Does this indicate that my car charger is defective?

Your charger is fine. Only your phone is running hot due to heavy usage.

Your phone has a few components that dissipate heat if heavily used:

The processor when used heavily by an app (yours has 2 cores)
The graphics chip when your app uses OpenGL (also for screen composition)
The display when lit (depending on the brightness)
The battery itself (when charged or discharged heavily)
The modem also needs rather much power for 3G/4G/LTE data transfers

If this all above leads to a high battery temperature a safety mechanism kicks in for security reasons (LiIon battery technology needs this supervision, you may have heard of burning or exploding consumer tech)

Reasons: It's mostly a mix of all things above. Maybe it's also a bad programmed app (requires too much computation, keeps CPU awake, etc.).

What you can do:

lower screen brightness
underclock your CPU via SetCPU
Is Force GPU rendering in the developer settings enabled? If so, disable.
Try another app or file a bug report for waze (maybe)
Does the app work also when the screen is off (I'm not sure what it does, maybe it has speech output that doesn't require you to look at the screen)
maybe it's due to your model (I heard the i9100G generates more heat)
Switch to 2G only in the mobile networks settings:
Settings->Wireless&networks->more->Mobile networks->Use only 2G networks (saves battery)


Google Sign-in not working in new Huawei devices: "There was a problem communicating with google servers" Between the 11th and the 13th of September 2020 something has changed around the method used to log into Google accounts from new Huawei devices after installing Google Mobile Services (GMS).
Before, the method involved installing GMS-related apps and signing into the relevant Google accounts using browser sign-in (a legacy sign-in method kept for old android versions). However, it seems like just after Huawei announced Harmony OS, that backdoor was closed.
Is there any way to sign into Google accounts for GMS from a new Huawei device (such as a P40 pro)?

Disclaimer 1: I hope no one gets offended by this question being asked... I think that from a consumer perspective it is legit to try to find solutions to the side effects of what effectively seems to be a trade war.
At the end of the day, there are hundreds of thousands of users
affected by this situation and they are not the ones to blame for any conflict between governments and/or companies.

Disclaimer 2: The consequences of the ban get to an absurd level, is not just not having Google Play Store, but for example not being able to log into your Google account from your browser to sync passwords, history and bookmarks... Hope this helps people not experiencing the ban understanding the extent of it.

You should change your phone identification to any other smartphone brand and to change IMEI codes as well but let me tell you that it's against the law and I do not encourage it.
But in your place, I will simply sell it on any online platform and buy another smartphone with not a banned brand such as Samsung or Nokia.