Internal storage missing: Nexus 7 16G down to 5.8G TOTAL My Nexus 7 now believes it has only 5G internal storage. It's shown in storage properties.

I noticed it after factory reset, and then a 4.3 update (I remember getting 4.3 OTA update twice, is it possible?)

I installed ClockworkMod recovery (back when it was on 4.2), but never rooted it.

No storage space analyzers show hidden files or such. Rebooting doesn't change anything.

I found /sdcard/0 directory with a content of my previous sdcard before a factory reset, deleting it freed some space, but total is still at 5.8G.

I found one complaint about a similar situation, but it's drowned in a simpler problems and was never answered.

df output:

Filesystem               Size     Used     Free   Blksize
/dev                   487.4M    32.0K   487.3M   4096
/mnt/secure            487.4M     0.0K   487.4M   4096
/mnt/asec              487.4M     0.0K   487.4M   4096
/mnt/obb               487.4M     0.0K   487.4M   4096
/system                639.8M   515.7M   124.1M   4096
/cache                 436.0M     7.3M   428.7M   4096
/data                    5.9G     2.7G     3.2G   4096
/mnt/shell/emulated      5.9G     2.7G     3.2G   4096
/mnt/asec/com.teslacoilsw.launcher.prime-1     2.0M    84.0K     1.9M   4096
/mnt/asec/com.loudcrow.goodnightmoon-1     5.0M     3.4M     1.6M   4096

cat /proc/partitions output:

major minor  #blocks  name
   7        0       2111 loop0
   7        1       5229 loop1
 179        0    7467008 mmcblk0
 179        1      12288 mmcblk0p1
 179        2       8192 mmcblk0p2
 179        3     665600 mmcblk0p3
 179        4     453632 mmcblk0p4
 179        5        512 mmcblk0p5
 179        6      10240 mmcblk0p6
 179        7       5120 mmcblk0p7
 179        8        512 mmcblk0p8
 179        9    6302720 mmcblk0p9
 179       32       2048 mmcblk0boot1
 179       16       2048 mmcblk0boot0
 254        0       2110 dm-0
 254        1       5229 dm-1

mount output:

rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,seclabel,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,seclabel,relatime 0 0
selinuxfs /sys/fs/selinux selinuxfs rw,relatime 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/secure tmpfs rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=700 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP /system ext4 ro,seclabel,relatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/CAC /cache ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,errors=panic,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,nomblk_io_submit,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/UDA /data ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,errors=panic,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,nomblk_io_submit,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/fuse /mnt/shell/emulated fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/block/dm-0 /mnt/asec/com.teslacoilsw.launcher.prime-1 ext4 ro,dirsync,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1 0 0
/dev/block/dm-1 /mnt/asec/com.loudcrow.goodnightmoon-1 ext4 ro,dirsync,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1 0 0

I had the same problem as OP flashing to 4.4.3 on a Nexus 7 16GB (2012).  My total storage as reported by the storage module of the settings app was like 6GB and running df from BusyBox/adb was reporting the same.  This is clearly a partition table problem and not hidden files or anything else.  I think that the problem was caused by several failed/aborted flashes that I did.  I was able to fix it by reflashing from adb.

In other words, I downloaded the latest image, decompressed it, and ran the flash_all.sh script.  (Of course after running adb reboot-bootloader).

For the record, I did NOT have to change the commands to fastboot format X.

It would be nice to understand this problem better but for the time being, going from ~6GB to >13GB of usable space is quite a relief.


Why Android device screen rotate only in Portrait and Landscape orientation? I have android device LG E400 which has only two types of orientation first one is Portrait and Second is Landscape.
It works on 90° Orientation(Left Landscape), 270° Orientation (Right landscape). Why can't it rotate in 180° (Bottom side to Top ).
Why Android OS couldn't have made that feature yet?

Some phones do not support 180° rotation because it is not supported by the rom. A lot of manufacturers prevent 180° rotation I believe for sake of simplicity. Theoretically, you only need one landscape mode and one portrait mode for basic functionality.

To fix this 'problem' you could install a custom rom that supports 180° rotation. Alternatively, you could root your phone, install the Xposed framework, and install a module that will enable all rotations. I have also heard that there are apps that let you do this but I have not used any myself and therefore cannot confirm if they work or not.


Bricked my Xperia SP in CWM recovery It seems like I have bricked my phone. I have installed CWM recovery, and I accidentally wiped all the data it had. Now I can do nothing with it.

When I choose "mount sdcard" it says "error mounting sdcard". I was trying to install cyanogenmod, but I didn't find any update.zip in the downloaded file (I have followed the tutorials in their official site).

How can I fix my device? I don't want to throw away my brand new shiny phone :(

If your phone won't mount your SD card, there are a couple of recourses. Take faith- as long as CWM is working, your phone is not really bricked- just soft-bricked.
If you haven't installed ADB on your device, you'll need to for this method. I'd recommend Minimal ADB and Fastboot for this.

So I have the answer to at least part of your problem. The "update.zip" file doesn't exist- in the instructions any instance of that should be replaced with the version of Cyanogenmod you downloaded- for example, cm-11-20140923-NIGHTLY-huashan.zip.
Per the instructons here:

"Push and install method: Open a command prompt (or Terminal on Mac and Linux) and navigate to the directory holding the package(s) you would like to install. On the device, navigate to the mounts and storage menu. If you see /storage/sdcard0 as a mountable volume, go ahead and mount it. If you do not see this directory, then instead mount the /data directory. Take note of which volume you mounted.

Now, push the package(s) to your device:

If you mounted /storage/sdcard0, then: adb push update.zip /storage/sdcard0/
If you mounted /data, then: adb push update.zip /sdcard/0/

where update.zip should be replaced with the package filename. Go back to the main menu and select install zip. Choose to install from the same directory where you pushed the package(s). If you are installing multiple packages, install CyanogenMod first and then install any subsequent packages on top of it."

If you still have issues mounting the storage, please reply. I'd be happy to help.


Lenovo A6000 isn't turning on My Lenovo A6000 is not working when I try booting it. It shows me a blank screen. When I press the power button multiple times, it keeps blinking showing me a white screen then black afterwards. I tried to remove the battery, and waited for a couple of minutes and tried it again. I tried charging it, but it keeps blinking.

Try to press the Power button for 30 seconds. Also try to start in fastboot mode (usually volume up or volume down + power button) while being plugged to a computer.

Also, maybe worth a try but will delete user data:

Switch off the device
Press & hold Power and Volume up until screen changes to recovery mode.
Select Recovery mode.
Using Volume up & down for navigation. Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset and enter it through Power key.
Now, Select Yes (delete all user data)


What are the Android 4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich Easter Eggs? I heard that there are some Easter eggs hidden in ice cream sandwich version.

How can I view the Easter eggs hidden in my android device and how can I view them? I'm using Android 4 ICS.

Go to Settings->About Phone (this is the last menu item in the settings menu) and find the version number menu item in the menu.

1. Find the android

Quickly tap the android version number several times and an android will appear on your screen:

2. Find the nyan-droid

Press and hold the android n the screen and it will grow. Keep holding it and at the end a set of androids wearing ice cream sandwiches will fly across your screen, like so:

Enjoy!!


fetch date and time of last activity by any android app I am trying to find the last used time of an android application. UsageStats is a way but prior to lollipop this information is not accessible pragmatically, please suggest me some way if it is possible to access UsageStats for version below lollipop.
what I tried to get the last used is:
access date and time of the folder generated by app's in /sdcard/Android/data/pkg_name
but the problem is not all the apps make this kind of data folder, so is there any another possibility to access date and time of the applications

One can access last modified date of /data/data/{package_name} programmatically, the directory structure inside {package_name} is not visible in a non - rooted device,but last modified date of {package_name} folder can give an approximation when the user last access an app


Keep flashlight on while in camera I'm looking to use an old phone (like a Nexus 5 or Honor 5X) as a nighttime security camera with the Manything app, but this doesn't seem practical as I just can't get the flashlight working.

I plan to use Macrodroid/Tasker to turn the flashlight on automatically at night (as Manything doesn't natively support it), but the problem is that the flashlight turns off when opening the Manything camera view and can not be turned on while using the camera.

Is there a way to keep the flashlight on while using the camera in Manything? Or is there an Android skin which allows the flashlight to be turned on while the rear flashcamera is active?

This seems like a device specific issue. Some phones will allow the flashlight to be on while the camera is on, others won't.

The phone I'm using, Galaxy S5 has no issue with the flashlight that comes preinstalled, being on while the camera is running.

So if you're anyway buying a phone for this, Galaxy s5 or any other phone that allows it, should be your choice. (In my humble opinion, instead of buying this phone, you're better off buying a security camera with night vision...)

In the screenshot below, I have the manything app in recording mode, and the flashlight on, and I'm facing a mirror.

Using galaxy S5 on AT&T Android 6.0 flashlight widget that comes with the phone.

Note: other flashlight apps didn't work while camera is on.

I wouldn't post this as an answer had there not been a comment from OP saying:

  @Abochur I mean I'm literally going to buy an S5 for this express
  purpose :). Could you help me make sure I get one that'll let me use
  the flash like you can?


Phone won't boot and won't enter recovery, even after reflashing TWRP I have a Xiaomi Redmi 2 phone on which I installed Cyanogenmod. So, after upgrading manually, the phone won't boot anymore (neither into recovery nor into the system). Only fastboot works. (Probably because whatever was in the recovery partition was lost).

So, I can get into fastboot mode, and the phone reacts correctly:

# fastboot devices
78768331    fastboot

# fastboot getvar version
version: 0.5
finished. total time: 0.003s

# fastboot oem unlock
...
OKAY [  0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.003s

# fastboot erase recovery
erasing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.041s]
finished. total time: 0.041s

Then I tried flashing a new TWRP recovery, that I just downloaded:

# fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-aries.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11136 KB)...
OKAY [  0.353s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.290s]
finished. total time: 0.642s

TWRP was the recovery I had installed before.

I also tried flashing the stock recovery, but it still won't boot.
What else can I try?

edit: I can boot a recovery image using fastboot boot recovery.img.

So, I got it working again. The method was to not flash using fastboot.
I actually booted the recovery remotely with

fastboot boot recovery.img

Then flashed cyanogenmod (the system) and gapps from the external SD card.
On reboot, the system updated itself and it's working again.

And I can boot into cyanogen recovery mode (but not TWRP, as before).

Seems that it's fixed! :-)


How to download unsupported files from the default browser? When I try to download an SVG through the default browser (eg, by clicking on the image on a Wikipedia illustration - despite the .svg extension, that page is actually showing a PNG preview), the 'Downloads' says, 'Cannot download. The content is not supported on the phone'.

I tried installing a SVG editor, thinking then the phone would figure out I could view SVGs, but no luck.

[ETA: Is it a mistake by this program that it hasn't registered itself on my phone as a .svg handler?]

Luckily Firefox displays SVGs natively, but still, there should be a way to download files even if the phone "thinks" it can't display it! Any ideas?

Running Froyo on Samsung Galaxy S.

Download Crutch registers itself as a handler for all files, letting you download any file type.  Download it on a PC and save to your SD card, then install from your phone.  Third-party sources must be enabled in Settings -> Applications.


Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition Crash when Uninstalling I decided to move from Verizon Samsung Note 2 to a T-Mobile Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition.

When I logged in to my new phone, all my apps (including Verizon undeletable crapware) synced through my Google account into my new phone. But, since these were not system apps but user apps in my new phone, I happily clicked the "uninstall" button (on my Note 2, I only saw "disable" but no uninstall options for the bloatwares) and my phone immediately crashed and restarted!

Now, my phone crashes everytime I try to uninstall ANY apps (even new ones I just installed)! So I just have a uninstall folder containing my old Verizon crapwares and some other apps I want to uninstall now.

How can I fix this so I can uninstall without rebooting?

You are not alone. Inability to uninstall any apps and crashes in Settings, are some of the nasty bugs in Sony's recent Google Play edition devices. Currently there are no workarounds, and you must wait until Sony releases an update with fixes for these issues.

Sources: Android Authority, Android Community

[Edit]
Allegedly, the upcoming 4.4.2 OTA update will fix most of the glaring issues.

[Edit 2]
Confirmed, the just released 4.4.2 OTA update fixes those nasty bugs on the Z Ultra.  Check to see if you have it (keep in mind it's probably a staged roll-out, so you might not see the update immediately.)


AOSP ROMs Video Playback Capability I have one problem with AOSP roms and I consider this as the biggest one.
I have a Galaxy S3 I9300 running Stock 4.3 deodexed, zipaligned etc.

Now with this ROM I am able to play almost all types of video files...Why is this not possible with AOSP roms?

I have always seen people installing different types of Apps (MX Player, VLC Player etc. etc..) to get all the videos playing...
But TouchWiz plays almost all types of videos out of the box...As of now I don't have any third party video player installed on my phone...

I am a big fan of CM, but refrain from installing it just because of this one reason!

Can someone please explain this to me...would be great !!
And please correct me if i am wrong...

Thanks.

AOSP Video Playback
Samsung's Touchwiz framework includes Samsung's own Video Player for Android. It's a decent player and covers a lot of different video formats.
AOSP (Android Open Source Project) ROMs come with the 'Stock' video player, which does not seem to have the wide array of features that Samsung provide.
Samsung Video Player APK:
I found a link to the apk for Samsung Video Player.  Here is the player
As you said, you would have to install VLC, MX or an alternative player on AOSP to enable more video formats. I think the trade off of downloading an app, vs reinstalling the laggy, bloated Touchwiz is an easy choice, but it depends on what you prefer. It'd personal choice really.

Galaxy S5 Video Player
You can actually install Galaxy S5 apps on your S4/Note 2/3 as well.
This XDA thread has the apk files for Galaxy S5 applications, including Video Player

Added Bonus: Other Samusng Apps:
This XDA thread has Samsung apps you can flash via custom recovery. However, it requires a custom recovery, and the Video player is not listed. Here are the apps you can install, perhapst he Samsung App Store would have the Video Player:
Samsung apps store
Polaris office
Touch Wiz 4 HD Launcher
Touch wiz clock package
Samsung Task Manager
Memo (not S Memo)


Mobile hotspot working but no data with lollipop 5.1 I have a Motorola e xt1528 phone on Ultra.  When I try to start the mobile hot spot app it checks if the service is allowed and then activates the WiFi.  Any device that connects gets an IP however there  appears to be no dns and I can't ping an IP address numerically either.

I tried two different APN configurations for Ultra but neither worked when the client tries to ping or fetch html.

I am using the mobile hotspot app that is preloaded for this phone for Verizon/Motorola because when I tried a couple from the app store neither seemed able to activate the WiFi.

Any ideas on what I could try to fix this connection problem?

I've tried both APN configurations from http://bestmvno.com/apn-settings/ultra-mobile-apn-settings.html if I use the proxy even the phone looses its data connection.  The second APN setting seems to work ok but the devices connecting to the hot spot have no data.

Edit

I tried using T-Mobile APN setting and it briefly worked probably because Ultra is their wholesaler.  The T-Mobile network cut off my data connection completely after about 5 minutes to both the phone and the clients. So it seems there must be a configuration issue somewhere because with Ultra the clients are the only ones with data issues.

Turns out Ultra does not allow data sharing and they block it.  Too bad they don't mention this in any of their brochures.

The work around might be to set up a local vpn network and then bridge to Ultra with something like open garden.


How can I search for different types of items on my phone? I recently got a Samsung i5800. I was hoping that the search widget would search everything on my phone - contacts calendar, memo - but it seems all it does it to search contacts.

Can anyone recommend a better search app that will do what I've listed above? To be specific, I'm looking for an app such that if I have a memo, calendar entry, or contact with the word Jugular and I type Jugular in the edit field of the app, it will display the memo, calendar entry and contact.

Thanks in advance.

Go to SETTINGS > SEARCH > SEARCHABLE ITEMS

Then tick mark all the things you want to be able to search for from the Search Box. Applications like Evernote, Dropbox, Catch, Meridian, ColorDict and many others which are compatible and you have installed should be listed. You can pick and choose whichever options suit you.


App site with reliable ratings + comments? While Android Enthusiasts is nice, it's still a very small site.

I need to find some applications for Android smartphones, and was wondering where people went for ratings + reliable comments from users? PlayStore? Other?

Incidently, I need to find two applications for a friend who wants to study English and Chinese, but don't know where to go to find the best apps for this.

Thank you.

We'll reliable is somewhat subjective. But I can recommend App Brain (Play Store App) and App Aware (Play Store App).

App Brain provides some additional features compared to the Play Store and App Aware allows you to follow app streams based on a topic (games, sw development, etc.). Both try to suggest you apps based on the apps that you have installed. And both are not a new app market, they just redirect you to the Play Store if you want to install a app.


Huawei Ascend P7: Problem with Push Notifications I've just purchased 2 brand-new Huawei Ascend P7 phones and have problems with both: The Push Notifications do not work properly: messages come in delayed, sometimes only when I enter the corresponding app.

This is not restricted to a specific app, and occurs on both Wifi and mobile data. I have given all apps push notification permissions within the Notification Manager, I have also disabled Smart Power Saving Mode and enabled always-on mobile data (hope that helps keeping the GCM connection alive).

One of my phones already received the new system update to P7-L10V100R001C00B121SP01, the other one is still on L10V100R001C00B116SP3.

I've googled a bit, this seems a common problem with those P7s. Any ideas?

Make sure you've turned on Datasync in Settings
Use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andqlimax.pushfixer to set notification heartbeat interval
If nothing helps, factory-reset your phone
Check if the same problem appears on both phones, if yes, try a different telephony company


Installing CWM without android sdk Any software that'll help installing CWM

Is there any software that will allow me to install CWM other than android sdk.
For some reason I am not able to install android sdk.

You can flash CWM or TWRP directly from your phone using an app called Rashr. You can also choose to download the IMG files if you don't have them. Make sure you flash a compatible and stable version of the recovery.


Flash rom in a bricked phone I tried opening TWRP recovery but the phone turned off and then a splash screen appears and then turns off again (repeat). adb and fastboot are not recognising my device. But when i connect it to PC it makes a sound. My device is Intex aqua power hd.

Did the brick occur after performing a particular operation?

It's possible to acces the recovery menu to perform a Hard Reset of your device? (here how you can access it from your phone model).

If not, another way to reset your phone is using a third-party pc software like SPFlashTool or Odin to manually flash the original firmware. You can retrieve your firmware on websites like this.


No text message notifications on Android 4.4.2 I just upgraded my Note 2 with 4.4.2, and since then I stop receiving notifications from text messages, voice mails and emails. I do not see the LED blinking on any text messages or voice messages.

Everything is active in my LED indicator, everything in my "messagings notification settings" is enable, all my volume are at 100%

What can I do to fix thiS?

sorry but I have to ask, did you restarted your phone and checked if that fixes the problem, if so then go to System Settings->Notifications and check there if everything is set there.


Gmail Recording in Chrome For a couple days now, Gmail unexpectedly gets its red "using microphone" circle on the tab even if I wasn't using hangouts or my microphone. Any idea why this is happening? This is on a laptop running on Windows 10 (From what I found on the meta, this was the best place to ask questions about Gmail, so sorry if I asked on the wrong SE.)

Have you considered seeing if an extension has access to your microphone on Google Apps? If it's not a clean install of chrome and you've previously installed chrome extensions the microphone may be in use by one of these extensions.

The only other thing I could think of is if you have a Google Voice or Hangouts conversation open that you are unaware of... but I highly doubt this would be the case with your issue.


Latest Gmail update is not working on my Samsung Galaxy S3 I have the Gmail app installed and in the latest update it said we could reply to emails directly from the drop-down status bar without having to open the app.  I don't see any feature like this.  How do I activate it?

OS: 4.1.1
Samsung Galaxy S3

I have GMail 4.3.1 on my AT&T 4.1.1 S3. I find that the Archive and Reply action buttons only appear on the new mail notification sometimes. As near as I can tell, two conditions need to be true for them to appear:

There must be only one new email. Multiple new emails will change the notification style to a list of new emails. So if you get a lot of email, you'll never see the action buttons.
There must be enough room in the notification pane to show an expanded notification without needing to scroll the notifications. So if you have a lot of ongoing notifications, you'll never see the expanded new mail notification with the two action buttons.


Android Tablet Refuse to Enter Recovery Mode One of my Tablet(ET-86V2G-A23) refuse to enter recovery mode. I did long press volume up and power switch together and nothing happens and I also tried holding down volume up, plugging in USB cable to PC, tap power switch up to 10 times and then release volume up. That didn't work too. I want to flash the Tablet because it stops at boot flash screen. Are there any other method to force it to boot mode?

I also figure out that kernel version in system/bin/sh keeps failing.

Is it possible to rewrite files in system/bin via adb using command. I think it may also solve the start up problem. I can remember the problem started after installing busybox. Seems something went wrong after installation.

I solved it by doing a firmware upgrade with phoenix flash tool. I also figured out that there is a lot of fake firmware that do not work. they are just empty .img files.


How does Android measure connectivity state? I know Android has some sort of connectivity measurement, because when there's connectivity the wifi or phone network icons will turn either green or blue, depending on the Android version.

In my opinion, this measurement isn't perfect, because although it will indicate accurately the absence of connectivity (e.g., lost wifi connectivity), it is not so accurate when the phone is connected to the Internet: at work, my Defy running Cyanogen 9 (Android 4.0.4) has icons that are always gray, no matter what, even when the connection is obviously up (see image below).

I wonder how, exactly, Android measures the connectivity status. Is it by performing a ping or other sort of probing of a server? By listening to a port? By testing if some protocol is enabled? Or what? This accepted answer to a closely related question doesn't seem to answer it.

All of the information about it is pretty vague. Probably because they don't want people attacking a particular Google server.

For instance, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 owners manual has this to say:

  Note: Network status icons turn blue if you have a Google Account added to
  your tablet and the tablet is connected to Google services for syncing
  your Gmail, Calendar events, contacts, backing up your settings, and
  so on. If you do not have a Google Account or if, for example, you are
  connected to a Wi-Fi network that is not connected to the Internet, the
  network icons are gray.


my tablet is not using my external SD card for storage I have an 8 gig SD card I plugged into my tablet. When I go to settings and look at storage I can see I have a 7.2 gigs free on my external SD card. I downloaded a 700 meg file to /mnt/sdcard/Download but after doing this and checking storage I see  there is still 7.2 gigs free on my SD card.

I also have torrent programs which point to this same location on my SD card to save files. but none of these programs can actually download any files because they are reporting this location as only having 100 megs free, so I have concluded that my tablet is lying to me. Mnt/sdcard isn't actually my sdcard! this is infuriating how do I fix this?

This is an Azpen A727.

Android version: 4.2.2

I have rooted my tablet as well.

Edit: okay so I read that the actual location of the SD card is a folder called mnt/extsd. I rooted my tablet but when I try to use the folder as the download location for my programs it says I don't have access how can I grant the programs access?

I get error my app (a torrent) throws when trying to set the sdcard as the download location- the right location of the SD card. I can create folders extsd but can save any files there

I also have the A727. :)

It appears that whoever designed the system should have been more careful with how he named stuff -- the internal hard drive is called "sdcard," as you mentioned in your question.

To use the SD card on your tablet, you need to hit the "SD card" button on the top of the screen (using the built-in file manager), as in the picture shown below. There you can see the folder labelled "extsd" = external SD card. (as opposed to the internal one?)

Then, when you open that folder, you can access the files on your SD card. Enjoy! :)


Is there anyway to connect to a WPA Enterprise Wi-Fi network with version 1.5 on a Motorola Backflip? The only available security options when adding an new Wi-Fi network are:

None
WEP
WPA Personal
WPA2 Personal

I was hoping to connect to WPA Enterprise either by getting it added to the list, or finding a workaround/hack to do so.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1386

Short story; Android uses wpa_supplicant for its WPA support, so it can connect to WPA Enterprise, however the configuration app lacks the UI to configure wpa_supplicant for WPA Enterprise.

As a workaround, you can configure wpa_supplicant configuration files manually, try this: http://waipeng.blogspot.com/2009/08/howto-wpa-enterprise-on-android-htc.html


Photos not visible in gallery I'm using Samsung S Duos 7582. My phone was hanged and i restarted it , after that the pictures in my device storage and SD card is not visible in Gallery. And not able to select the mp3 songs as my ring tone, I've restarted the mobile device many times. But no change , kindly suggest.

It seems your SD Card has been corrupted.

Here i will suggest check with another device so it will be clear that what's the main problem.


Change the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 white dial pad to another color I just got a black Galaxy Note 3 from an att store with my upgrade. I saw that the phone dial pad was white when I got it, but I thought I could change it later. WRONG!

I have been on lots of Android websites but can't find an answer. I am already an Android central member where I get most of the answers to my Android questions. There are a lot of people with the same issue.

It looks like the US got the white keypad and background and Canada got black on black. This is way too bright for me. I have eye issues. I know I can use a third party app if I have to. Any help would be great. Thank you.

You can always try a different dialer like GO Contacts Ex, and have it replace the stock dialer. It lets you change themes / colors.


Bluetooth Tethering issue Galaxy S4 to Samsung Note 10 Hi I tried to tether from my S4 to my Note 10.1, via bluetooth, even though I am able to pair both, on the galaxy note 10.1 it says No Internet Connection.

Would really appreciate your help.

You need to do 3 things, to get a running bluetooth tethered connection:

Pair both devices as usual and enable Bluetooth on each
Enable BT-tethering on the access point device (needs to be set each reboot):
Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> More..-> Tethering -> Enable Bluetooth tethering`
Activate Bluetooth tethering on the client device:
Settings->Bluetooth->"John's Phone"-> Options"-> enable "Internet access"

If it doesn't work the first time, switch off/on Bluetooth on both devices and retry.

These are the steps as I use them to tether my Nexus 10 to my Google Galaxy Nexus.

PS: If you don't like to manually enable BT tethering each reboot, use Bluetooth Auto Tether to have it enabled automatically during boot.


How to stop screen from coming on with intermittent charging I know we have this very old question and answers
How to keep screen turned off when plugging charger?
but why isn't this implemented by Android?
My scenario is that I use my phone for navigation on my bike, and it's connected to a hub dynamo charger.  The charger output isn't buffered so it will stop charging if I go too slowly (a hill or traffic lights, etc), and then start again when I'm up to speed.  This can cause the screen to come on a lot.  Ideally I would like to disable this behaviour.
What's the current best solution and why doesn't Android have a check box to disable this annoying behaviour?

One of the earlier answers on this recommend using Snoozy. However it's no longer on Google Play, so you have to load the APK directly from the website mentioned.


Motorola Fire XT on boot loop - flash/recover without powering on? I rooted my Fire XT with SUT and SuperUserOneclick .. so far all seemed good. Then I ran Android_AIO_Flasher_1.00 and tried to install the NoLock apk.

After that the phone has just been going into a boot loop.. constantly booting up, and then rebotting (without reaching the home screen). ADB recognizes the device in offline mode for a few seconds after which it reboots anyway.

I've tried removing the battery and have now let it drain actually.

If I try going into recovery mode, I do get a 'enter recovery mode' message, but then I get a white triangle with an exclamation mark and an android.. and nothing happens then.

Can someone suggest any possible actions please?

Thanks!

PS - the whole reason why i'm trying to operate on this phone, is that I want to use it for my app testing , and secondly, because i need to unlock the screen somehow as there is some issue with the touch screen - the screen stays on the lock mode and doesn't accept any touch events.

your phone is bootlooping, I don't know what kind of app you've installed on your phone.
about recovery mode, that's it, you're in recovery mode, after presing vol up + vol down when you turn on the phone, after a while you'll find your screen blank with "enter Recovery mode" on screen, it's normal you've seen white triangle with android mark, just touch home softpad to enter the real recovery mode, try to reset factory from it.
if your phone still won't boot to the system, so the only way I can suggest you is by flashing with sbf ROM via RSD Lite.


How to auto-restart media playback when connecting the headphones I am looking for a way to restart media playback where it was stopped as soon as I reconnect the headphones. I know there was a media player with this feature (I cannot remember which one), but I did not like its way of managing/playing the playlists.

I am running Android 4.0.3 on an HTC One V, using the default media player that is installed on it.

The best solution for you would be to use Smart Connect Liveware™ Mgr.

As you can see, you can set actions to start when you plug a device (headset, HDMI, charger, etc.) and actions to start when you unplug the device. I have a setting to start playing music when I connect my headphones and stop playing when I remove it. There are many things you can do with this.

The best part is that you can manage your music with your own music app! Simply create an event for actions to be done upon the connection pf a headphone and forget this app!

This was originally developed for Sony Xperia Handsets. But should work with any, which has a good hardware configuration (src) and an OS higher that ICS (which you already have).


System crashed and not rebooting on Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus I have a Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus with MIUI 8. My system crashed today and then the phone tried to reboot but is stuck eternally in the boot screen with the Mi and Android logo. I only had 100 MB free space, so maybe the system cannot boot because of that? I tried to clear caches with fastboot but it says "device is locked. Cannot erase". Also flashing TWRP is not possible. When trying to start adb shell it only says "error: closed". The newest version of Mi PC Suite cannot connect and an older MiPhoneAssistant version is only able to flash the ROM.

So I really tried a lot, but maybe someone has another idea with which I don't lose my data?

EDIT: So, instead of starting the bootloader I left the phone in the booting process and then I could connect with adb shell. But without root permission I don't have access to user data.

I don't think there is anything we can do about it you will loose the data. Download the Mi Flash tool. And flash the stock firmware.


Android SDK Can't Find android.bat? I just downloaded the Android SDK (primarily for the purpose of running SDK Manager to install the Google USB drivers to connect a device), but the SDK Manager fails to run.  I get the following error:

I can confirm, however, that there is an android.bat in the tools folder, which is one folder above the SDK Manager executable.

Has anybody run into this before?

For reference I'm on Windows 7 64 bit and I downloaded the 64 bit ADT Bundle to try to run this.

It's because it's looking for a relative path from the .../sdk/tools/lib/ folder, as that is where you are running the exe from.

I have not run Windows in a while, so bear with me, but if you open a command line, navigate to the .../sdk folder, then run the SDK manager from there by typing

tools/lib/SDK Manager.exe

I suspect it will work.

For easier access, you can create a shortcut to the SDK manager on the desktop, open the properties of the shortcut and change the 'Start Directory' (?) to the base .../sdk folder. Let me know if this does not work.


Run Ubuntu from SD Card on Android Tablet I'll be acquiring my first tablet in a few weeks, and haven't tinkered with Android much besides my 1st gen Motorola Droid (I had an HTC Sense, but a power surge fried it and turned it into a brick, same with my old laptop)

I feel like such a noob asking this but first I want to clarify that.... I DON'T wanna install Ubuntu on the tablet! I still want Android, I just wanna be able to run Ubuntu directly off of a SD Card or Flash Drive. Now I have Ubuntu 11.04 on my old flash drive, and was wondering if I can boot directly to Ubuntu from my flash drive on the tablet. I figure it's possible, just don't know if it's a simple plug in and go type concept, not sure if I'll have to install any additional applications in order to get it functioning properly. I figure it's more then possible. I just want to know what I'm doing prior before I do anything. So if anyone has any tips it'd be greatly appreciated.

There's a FAQ from when Ubuntu announced it was working on Ubuntu based tablets. There, they state:

  The only way to get an Ubuntu tablet is to buy a tablet built and supplied with Ubuntu by an OEM partner of Canonical

So I would say that Ubuntu is not, and will not, be capable of running on any existing Android tablet. Full FAQ can be found at Media FAQ For Press Pack: Tablet.


Nexus 7 (2013) WiFi Connection/Reconnection Issue I have been using Nexus 7 (2013, Android 4.4.2) for a few months now, and it has issues with both work WiFi and home WiFi that all the other mobiles devices do not have (8 laptops plus a dozen Android & iOS phones/tablets).

Basically the issue is that sometime when I turn off WiFi and turn it back on, it either cannot find any WiFi AP or more often that it would only find some WiFi AP, and if I try to connect to a WiFi AP that I know is there and working, the connection would fail. The problem would either resolve itself within a few minutes (usually) or that I would be forced to reboot the device (rare).

So my question is that:

Is there anything I can do to fix it
Would sending it back to Asus help

Looks like it's related to "Wi-Fi optimization" option under "Advanced" setting in Wi-Fi screen. By turning it off I can consistently find the WiFi AP I was looking for. Once it's connected I can turn it on again without negative consequences.

Edit:
Nevermind, looks like it only help some of the time, there are still times when the device cannot find the AP every other device has no problem discovering and connecting to...


Copy Directory to SMB Share Through Terminal On Rooted Android 4.1, I have it set up to be able to make NAndroid backups through terminal emulator.

What I hope to do is schedule a Tasker job to create a NAndroid backup and then copy/move it across wifi to my PC, so I can schedule it to run once a week in the middle of the night.

I know MV will move files/directories, but I'm not sure how to specify the network share as the destination.

I'll keep looking into it, but if anyone has already solved this one I would love to hear about it!

To gain that possibility, you would need to mount the remote (PC) drive on your Android device. This could e.g. be done using CifsManager or Mount Manager. The latter even offers a Tasker plugin, which would fit your wanted feature of being able to handle things directly from Tasker. And if you have trouble with it, you'll find its author/dev here at ASE, I'd say from the name :)


How to access "Apps with usage access" setting on LG G3? I have an LG G3 with Android 5.0, but I can't find this setting.
I read it's in Privacy → Security, but the setting doesn't seem to be there:

Screenshot (click for larger variant)

It seems that LG removed the entry to the setting on LG G3. Whether it's accidental or not, it's unclear.

There are many reports stating the same issue:

on LG G3 Sub-Reddit

  I have an app that asks me to go to "Apps with Usage Access". The app instructions tell me to go here: "Settings >> General >> Security >> Apps that access Usage Data". I am not exactly able to find it. My question is -- does your LG G3 with Lollipop have an option called "Apps that access Usage Data"?

by Mark on Google+

  I'm using an LG G3 and since I got the Lollipop update I haven't been able to use the LAS app.
  I noticed the app (was) updated and requires to change 'Apps with usage access'. Unfortunately on my phone I don't see the option. I have installed on my Nexus 7 and made the required change and works perfectly again. Does anyone know how to change/access on a LG G3?

both on AndroidForums and AndroidCentral by same user (which has sligthly different issue)

  Any time I restart my phone I get an error because of Smart Clean, it apparently resets itself & that interferes with Llama, and I need to go & toggle Smart Clean off again. Does anyone know if I can get to the screen below without going from an error message?

on AutomateIt's FAQ

  Due to changes in Android Lollipop, In order for AutomateIt to monitor active apps it requires an explicit permission from the user. You can do that by going to your device Settings→Security and click on the “Apps with usage access option” (This should be the last item on the settings screen). On some devices, that option is not present (such as LG G3) and on those devices, the “Application State Trigger” cannot be supported.

on MobileSyrup Community

  On stock Android, this can be found in Settings > Security > Apps with usage access. This is absent from the G3 running Lollipop.

on RescueTime's Blog

  It appears that LG has pushed out a variant build of Android 5 missing an entire library that is part of the SDK specification for build level 21 (Android 5), the “android.app.usage” API.

Possible workaround:

Download an app that needs this setting to be switched on (e.g. based on the forum post, Llama).
Use custom ROM that implements this feature (e.g. based on Reddit's post, CyanogenMod 12)


How can I enable haptic feedback on my keypad? How can I enable haptic feedback on my keypad? By keypad I mean the dial pad thing where you input numbers. I can find an option to turn sound on or off for it but not haptic feedback.

I have the xperia x8 by the way.

It seems somewhat buried, but on my HTC Droid Incredible I navigate to Settings > Language & Keyboard > Touch Input > Text Input. Under Other Settings I can set "Vibrate when typing."


Disable the autofocus on click in Google Chrome on Android I am reading a diagnostic book and browsing pictures with my Samsung Galaxy S4.
I do not like the autofocus on click in Google Chrome on Android.

How can you disable the autofocus on click in Google Chrome on Android?

You cannot because the big player do not need to do their best to satisfy minority customers. Change your internet browser: Yandex Browser should work.


Samsung Kies version for both old and new android versions? A friend gave me his older Samsung tablet to upgrade since it kept failing with the OTA update, so like indicated I will try KIES first for updating the device.

However I also have 3 newer android (lollipop) phones... so ... what is the advised way? Deinstall version 3 then install version 2.6 (to work with older android versions) and after that deinstall version 2.6 and reinstall version 3 (for my newer android versions) ?

Anyone dealt with this / has a setup for this?

update I installed smart switch which seems to work for all. It calls ODIN and stuff seems to work.

If i underestand your question exactly,

OTA update is not suggested.

for many reasons, if the current installed rom from another region, maybe you cannot update it with OTA.
(perhaps, android update for your region rom not availabe)

it's better to download the Rom from Official and truted link and flash it on your phone for update.

hope this helps.


Process com,google.process.gapps stopped unexpectedly Started getting this error in the last few days. It is stopping various things like Gmail, Market and Listen from syncing.

I've read that it can be caused by bad data in records and that you should clear the data on the phone and then edit it on the server, but that's tricky if you don't know which item it is or even which app it is in.

Any suggestions? I've switched it off/on several times. The error occurs when I do just about anything in Listen and can't get my Gmail up at all. Only thing I noticed is that one podcast was showing some error in Listen. Dropped it from the queue, but still getting the problem.

HTC Tattoo on V1.6. Not rooted. No new apps added recently.

Didn't find a reason for the error, but ended up doing a factory reset and since then everything has been fine. I had to reinstall my apps, but my Google data came back.


Can I safely use root for I9500, if I have a GT-I9506? Can I safely use root for I9500, if I have a I9506?
Or will it cause any problems?
If not, what root can I use?

I can't seem to find the I9506 anywhere on the internet. Is it a new edition or is it because it's nordic?

EDIT: Bear with me I'm new to android.

If you're thinking of Chainfire's CF-Auto-Root, don't use the files for I9500, I9505, I9505G. Chances are it might not work.

However, XDA has a thread with a pre-rooted GT-I9506 stock ROM. You can try that instead.


I don't have the right HBOOT version, can I still install Cyangenmod? I ran adb reboot bootloader on my HTC Sensation XE and it states that the version is 1.29.0000

According to the wiki I must have version 1.17.0006, .0008, .0011 and .0012, 1.18.0000?

No you can't install a CM Rom without having the correct bootloader. You will brick your device or end up bootlooping it.

Download and flash correct HBOOT, then continue with your choice of Rom.

as per your wiki link

"Pay close attention to the HBOOT revision as newer updates break the tool's ability to work properly"


How to login to resetted phone when verified password not accepted? I reseted my Oneplus 2 phone with OO3.5 by wipe cache and data because I wanted to set up my business gmail in my phone, not my personal:

Wipe data and cache
Volume down + power > Format phone
Now, welcome screen where it does not accept my personal email account's password now

Status in OO support: unable to access or add on your Google account

Both of the gmail accounts uses my personal phone number as the primary, and in some field my personal email address.

Now, the phone requires after volume down + power for 15-20 seconds - - to use the gmail account (personal gmail) which I used before in the phone (some protection mechanism).
However, it does not accept the password which I enter to my account, although I put the correct password (verified at Desktop).
I am trying to pass FRP (Factory Reset Protection) which requires you to login with a previously synced account on that device and you won't use the device.
I have a Desktop access to my Gmail where I can access it.

I have throubleshooted settings here but cannot find anything relevant there.
I also erased all data in the phone by those settings.
However, I am not sure if it is applied because I wiped the data and cache before that.
I know the threads but they do not help

How can I unlock my phone? I locked it using Android Device Manager, but it claims I entered a wrong password
Android lock screen won't accept password from Android Device Manager

Things which I have tried to do with login unsuccessfully

use 2-step password
use app password for the task
use my own password for the task

Error when entered correct password in Android (password verified in Desktop)

  The password is incorrect. Try again.

Troubleshooting in fastboot (volume-up + power) by following the guide here

The command adb devices gave first time the device ID.
So I could do fastboot oem unlock and fastboot reboot.

Result: still does not accept my personal gmail account password.

Trying to get to recovery

Now in fastboot, adb devices gives blank. I cannot get to adb device recovery.

Troubleshooting proposals tested but failed

Keyboard-button-bug (here) fails because the bug has been removed in the keyboard layout.
Other strategies presented in the thread One plus two Google lock frp do no work.

Troubleshooting with OO support

  May we know what happen prior to this issue, was your phone recently flashed? And also, what is your current OS version?

No. I upgraded it to OO 3.5 some time ago.
Prior to this issue, I just reseted the phone because I wanted to change my Gmail account and do reseting.

Phone: Oneplus 2
Android: OO3.5, Android 6
XDA thread post about the issue: here #11

Oneplus support says

  Since your account was not recognize you need to wait at least 72 hours to recognize you credential. - - This is between google and OnePlus protocol. - - Make sure not to enter again otherwise it will reset again the waiting time.

So because Oneplus is not Google's, you have worser support. You have to wait 72 h last time you inserted the password as "incorrect".

Option 2

  Either a remote session would fix but we only have 28th of this month schedule or wait for 72 hours. - - The remote session is flashing the device but we will wipe all the data. - - But I don't have available schedule until next Saturday .

So they are in under-capacity, and cannot fix the thing faster because of the protocol difference between Oneplus and Google.

Factors

2-step verification on

History of attempts

Sunday, 22nd jan 3 pm, I ordered Google delete data and everything from my phone, but the mechanism never apparently ended because Google's site javascript about the thing just stayed as [trying to complete]
Sunday, 22nd jan 4 pm failed login with the real password
Wednesday, 25th jan 7 pm failed login with the real password
Saturday, 28th jan 2230 failed login with the app generated password
Activate Option 2 with Oneplus support by providing them both IMEI numbers (1 and 2) 29th Jan.
Tuesday, 31th 2330 pm attempt failed with the real password
4.2.2017 attempt fails because no file transfer possible to Oneplus phone

OO Support plan for recovery

I received the piece of advice to flash back to 3.1.0 but no certainty that it will help

  Flashing guide for OnePlus 2: Downgrading from 3.5.5 to 3.1.0 - - Steps: 1) Download 3.1.1 Intermittent Version and 3.1.0

I could not complete this stage because I could not transfer the two ROM files to the memory of the phone. There is no memory card slot in the phone.

15.2.2017 session with Tech 2 level

They allow only Windows based system for the recovery with the techincal support of 2 level.
They run some Chinese frontend there so very difficult for me to say what is going on.
They initially shared some links about the data files which download processes were difficult because of interrupted connections with one file.
The session time ended after some initial corrections in the system (not specified).
The result is that the phone starts but does not detect Sim-card and restarts automatically after each 5 minute.
I ordered the second technical session.

Had to be persistent for scheduling 2nd technical support

  To schedule a new remote session appointment, kindly contact our live support channel to assist you a new remote session schedule.

  Okay thank you. I suggest you to contact the Amazon UK. All devices bought from Amazon UK will go through to their assistance.

This way, OnePlus was going to reject the case. - - Now, they changed their mind (after pressure here), and accepted me to another tech session because they scheduled too little time.

Details passed to the engineer after the first tech 2 support, for the second tech session on 22nd Feb at 1800 PM my timezone

current state: phone starts, but does not detect sim card and restarts itself all the time.

This troubeshoot session also failed in the same condition.
We did second time the restore session with 2nd level tech support of OnePlus.

Final decision

I claimed the warrant and shipped the phone back to Amazon.co.uk.
I will get full refund.


How to edit a text file in a zip or rar archive, without manual extract/compression? I have a text file in a compressed file (rar/zip) On my desktop, I happen to be able to edit it, and then winrar or 7zip send a message saying the text file was changed and asking if I want him to update it.

The same thing seems impossible to do in android 8.1.0. I have tried Zarchiver, Zarchiver pro, RAR from rarlabs, several text editors, but in the end, the zip file is never updated with the changes I make in the text.

Does anyone knows a way? Or a way that allows me to set a password on a text file that is cross platform between Android and Windows?

Edit nº1

Installed the MI explorer and the archive plugin, and altough it's a powerful tool it's not working. When I try to save the text file it says "Not supported!" regardless of zip or rar file. I wonder if it's because the archive has a password. It also seems he can't open the zip file directly from dropbox app, providing the same "not supported!" error.
Any hint, or any other tool I could try? In the settings of Mi explorer doesn't seem anything could help.

You can't just "edit" an entry in-place in a RAR/ZIP file because it's compressed.

You'll need to decompress it, edit the files as needed, and then re-compress it.

WinRAR (Windows) do this steps automatically. Up to now, I couldn't find an application do like WinRAR (Windows) on Android OS.


Modify AOSP to run a specific shell command on boot in Android 6.0 I am trying to modify AOSP to run a specific shell command on boot.

I tried to modify init.rc in system/core/rootdir/ to run a command on boot, but I could not make it work.

I know that I should use exec so I tried all these variations but none of them worked for me:

exec mkdir /data/local/tmp/test_directory
exec "mkdir /data/local/tmp/test_directory2"
exec -- mkdir /data/local/tmp/test_directory3
exec -- "mkdir /data/local/tmp/test_directory4"

I also tried all solutions on this page on Android 6.0 without any luck.

Anybody have an idea about what I am doing wrong?

You should grab the source code, modify init.rc and recompile it. The rootfs in Android gets 'refreshed' every time the device boots, so it makes no sense to edit init.rcdirectly on your device.
However there are alternative approaches and the following one is what I'm currently using.
Find a system service that you probably don't need at all, which in most times, is debuggerd. Locate its binary at /system/bin/debuggerd, rename it to something like debuggerd.bak, and then put your shell script in that place. Then in a shell, run

start debuggerd

and reboot. Your shell script will be executed every 5 seconds after the previous task died. It's recommended that you add a sleep loop at the bottom of your script if you want it to be run only once per boot.


How to update The Samsung galaxy S2(GT-I9100) to 4.1.2 Via Ubuntu 12.10(AMD64) The title sais is all

Question:How to update The Samsung galaxy S2(GT-I9100) to 4.1.2

Note: I am using Ubuntu 12.10

You can use Heimdall. Its a cross-platform tool suite used to flash firmware, more or less like Odin, but opensource. It has a binary that can be installed in your Ubuntu version.


My phone dials #3282 (#DATA) by itself. Which app did it? For about the last month, I occasionally find my Cricket Samsung Amp Prime (Android 7.1.1) dialing #3282 (#DATA) without me initiating it.  According to my call log, it started on October 1, 2018.  It has happened about 6 or 7 times over about five weeks, with no noticeable pattern.  It does seem to happen after I've been actively using the phone.  On Cricket, this results in a "Your call can not be completed as dialed" message.  I think it used to be an active feature but is no more.

I suspect that an app update is behind this, but I'm not sure which one.  I have about 20 apps with phone permission enabled.  Is there a way to log when an app uses phone privileges?  Or straighter to the point, does anyone know which app might be causing this?

In my case, the app was Nova Launcher.  I had recently enabled the permissions needed for gestures, and presumably, one of the defaults is to dial #DATA when a user swipes down on the screen.

To disable this gesture, start Nova Launcher, go to Settings, and edit the Swipe Down gesture (or whichever gesture is assigned) and choose None or another action.


How can I transfer photos to my Android Jelly Bean device while preserving the original timestamp? I recently bought a Nexus 4 and I would like to transfer my photos of my previous device to it. My previous Android phone used the standard USB mass storage which gave 0 problems to copy back and forth stuff, but the Nexus 4, like many other modern Android phones I suppose, uses MTP instead, which has the interesting feature of refusing to copy the original dates/timestamps of the files, using instead the date at which the files are being copied.

This is obviously a huge bummer when it comes to photos; not only because one cannot check the original date at which the picture was taken while browsing on the phone, but also because they end up completely unsorted.

Is there a way to transfer photos to a Jelly Bean Android phone that doesn't support USB mass storage preserving the original timestamps?

Things I've tried so far:

Transferring via USB MTP
ADB push (both full folders and individual files)
Transferring via SSH (using SSHDroid + WinSCP)
Uploading and downloading from Dropbox
Transferring a ZIP file via MTP and uncompress the file on the phone
Transferring from the other phone via bluetooth
QuickPic "fix date" function
Local Sync
Photo Date Correction
FTPSyncX
Smoke signals
Yelling at the phone

None of them preserved the timestamp, and this is driving me insane.

(Also, I am not rooted yet, but if the only viable way requires root I would welcome that answer as well.)

You can't, this is a current permission problem (bugreport here) of Android 4.0+'s /sdcard folder if it's not using FAT32 (but FUSE).

Reason: There's a transition away from FAT32 to unified user storage for both apps and media data (using ext4) on a single file system.

  We got tired of seeing OEMs include many GB of internal storage for music, while users were still running out of space for apps and data. This approach lets us merge everything on one volume, which is way better.

  -- Dan Morrill, Android engineer at Google

The old FAT32 properties are emulated using a FUSE layer to be compatible with existing apps. Also: /data/ and /sdcard on Google devices starting with the Nexus 7 use a single partition only (/data/media represents the "sdcard" content and is exposed using the FUSE layer to apps).

Here's CyanogenMod's implementation of the FUSE driver if you're interested in seeing the source. Looks like setting timestamp attributes is implemented, though.

EDIT: It only works with root.

Exact reason: All files are owned by root.sdcard_rw (see here).

A caller withouth uid=0 can't call the utimensat() syscall, it fails in the VFS layer already (EPERM) for timestamps other than current:

  the caller's effective user ID must match the owner of the file; or
  the caller must have appropriate privileges.

  To make any change other than setting both timestamps to the current
  time (i.e., times is not NULL, and both tv_nsec fields are not
  UTIME_NOW and both tv_nsec fields are not UTIME_OMIT), either condition
  2 or 3 above must apply.


Displaying the lock-screen clock on the home screen I'm having a problem opposite to How to display my calendar on the lock screen?.

I absolutely love the clock I see on the lock-screen (Xperia Arc S (LT18i), Android 2.3.4):

Very nice appearance, and displays day of week in full. I'm very used to it since my previous phone, Xperia X8.
I want this clock on my home page (as it used to be on Xperia X8).

But when I add it as a widget, I get that:

Much smaller font and no day of week. And I can't seem to find any settings for it.

Google Play tells me the clock is Digi Clock, and it confirms it's that clock that is installed on my X8. I can't install it ("already installed"), I can't remove it (system app) and I can't update it (no updates available).

So how do I make that clock appear in the same way on both the lock-screen and the home screen?

The clock shown on the lock screen is part of the lock screen itself. The clock on your home screen is a widget.

The only way to get the lock screen clock on your home screen is to find a widget that looks the same. There are plenty of widgets on the Google Play store, and if you can't find one you like you could always write one yourself!


How can I export MIUI notes? I'm using a Xiaomi RedMi 3S phone, whose MIUI environment includes a "Notes" app.
The app itself does not have an export feature. Can I somehow locate/extract the note data - for all notes - into text files, or some other readable format?
Note: I don't know where this data is stored.

Choose an option:

Simple copy-paste.
Share/send note option - whichever exists - thereby sharing (exporting) it to the app (and hence format) you prefer.
Screenshot, because that's a readable format too, logically speaking.

Don't know what the version of notes is in your Redmi 3s. Probably very outdated. Otherwise in newer apps, you have a not so good export feature.


Is there any way to find out which application if any uses the camera? I got a camera failed warning (which disappeared after rebooting): is there any way to find out which application if any uses the camera?

I use Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2.

All Android Apps on the Google Play Store have a list of Permissions they use which includes the use of the camera.

It is tedious to look through the permissions of each app manually from the Play Store.

Instead try using an app that lists the app permissions and list apps using the Camera/Microphone permissions.

Eg. Permissions Observatory (I have no connections with this app, I found it randomly, and I don't use it)


Google Apps won't flash on HTC Desire (Cyanogenmod) One of my co-workers has a HTC Desire CDMA phone and is having a problem with flashing CM7 with Google Apps.  It flashes CM7 just fine, and it even says that it installs the Google Apps zip (the GB version) just fine, but in reality, it isn't flashing any of the Google applications. I can try manually flashing the gapps zip file and it will still say it installs successfully, but there are still no Google Apps on the phone.

What else can I try to get Google Apps installed on his phone?

Some people are reporting success by simply wiping data and cache first, then flashing the ROM, wiping cache again, then flashing the Gapps package. Thread on the CM forums here (from CM 6.1.1, don't know if it's a related or similar problem, though).

The flash might not work on a 2.x release of CWM. You can get 3.0.0.5 here, but I don't know how stable it is right now. The filesystem changed to ext4 in Gingerbread and I know the 2.x releases aren't really supported on other devices. They also changed from one update scripting language to another, which I think is related. It creates generally weird behavior from what I've read...

Edit: Also looks like you can get CWM 3.0.2.8 from the CyanogenMod Forums now.

Some relevant discussion can be found on XDA here (from the Desire HD section).

Edit: Since Bryan noted that this solved it for him in the comments: It's also possible to simply push the apps manually onto the system partition. The safest way is probably to boot into recovery, then just mount /system as rw and adb push the .apk files to /system/app. You probably could do it from a regular boot (not in recovery) but it might cause some weird behavior (and I have not personally tried this).


Cant restore stock rom in galaxy y and format failure I installed Hyperion custom ROM. Before installing it I made a complete backup. Then now I thought to switch back to my original OS − but it is saying some error like format failure, cant unmount system etc.

What could be the problem here?

Device name: Galaxy Y
Recovery tool: CWM
Custom ROM used: Hyperion

Error Report:
Checking MD5 sum
E:format_volume failed to unmount/system
error while formatting/ system

You can switch to stock ROM for Galaxy Y by using the latest version of Odin and downloading the stock ROM. You can find these files in other forums.


Is it possible to flash a custom ROM without a custom recovery image For an un-rooted device, almost all articles/forum posts I've read say that in order to flash a custom ROM you first need to flash (or boot) a custom recovery image like TWRP.

I'm not sure I understand why. If the bootloader is unlocked shouldn't it be possible to manually flash images that make up the custom ROM to the required partitions with fastboot flash <partition> [ <xxxx.img> ], and leave the stock recovery untouched.

I realize that this may be difficult and that there is no benefit in doing it this way, but I'm curious to know whether or not it is possible, and if not, why?

Yes it is possible to flash images via Fastboot ?

With an unlocked bootloader you should be able to flash some partitions without overwriting the stock recovery, however each system usually requires a unique recovery to handle factory resets etc..

I have had issue's in the past with Maximum flash size, it wouldn't let me use Fastboot because my system.IMG file was too large to send via Fastboot.. That then required splitting the image into smaller files and flashing the smaller files.

You don't specifically need a custom recovery, however it makes everything a lot easier... For example, most custom firmware requires you to do a full backup of your device prior to installing, you need a custom recovery or rooted device to be able to make a full backup...

Why do they say " Use a custom recovery " ... Well this is probably determined by the firmware creator, they've most likely built everything into a single Flashable Zip file, using Fastboot won't work because the zip file contains more than just .IMG files, usually a ZIP firmware will have a folder called system, the system folder is copied to your device by the recovery, not flashed  .. each firmware usually contains 3 parts ( boot.IMG, System folder, additional files)... However some firmware's contain a complete system.IMG file instead of a folder.. These files can be pulled from the firmware and flashed via Fastboot, however Fastboot can not flash folders ( only a custom recovery can do that )

... I'm starting to get lost here...


Disable bluetooth calling on Android Wear I have a Huawei Watch 2 Sport and a Pixel XL connected together, and I have enabled Bluetooth audio on the watch. This was purely for the novelty value of the Dick Tracy style having a phone conversation via the watch.

However, the side affect of this is that the watch now seems to have grabbed Bluetooth audio.

Symptoms

When turning on a previously paired Bluetooth headset it would auto connect; now it must be manually connected
When turning on a previously paired Bluetooth car kit it would auto connect; now it must be manually connected
When making a call with a Bluetooth headset connected the audio would be via the headphones; now it appears that the watch is interfering with that

So while the ability to use the watch to make and receive calls is useful, it is very niche compared to the daily problems it creates.

So how can I either resolve the problems above, or disable that the watch handles calls? I would prefer a solution that doesn't involve factory resetting the watch.

Usually you can specify in bluetooth settings for each audio device whether it handles Call Audio and/or Media Audio. So turn Media Audio Off for your watch and On for your headset.


Volume controller and screen size controller missing from Youtube app I have Samsung P-3100 Tab. I have youtube android application installed. I am having the following complaints with youtube player (Probably I do not know how to  get to these, so this question! )

1) If I hold the Tab in Landscape orientation, then the video occupies the whole screen (which is as expected). However, I cannot see the screen size icon on the screen, to change the screen size from "Full Screen" to normal screen Mode. I have to rotate the Tab to Vertical orientation to see see any comments or related videos. (this is very annoying!) :(

2) There is no volume controller on the screen anywhere. Is it because youtube app rely on the volume controller on the Tab?

I am sure other people might have faced the same issue. I googled for this issue but I couldn't find anything helpful.

There isn't a non-fullscreen layout for YouTube for 7in tablets, only for 10in tablets. There's no button there because there's nothing to switch to. The developers evidently think there's not enough room to see the video and display other information usefully at the same time.

You're right about the volume control. Because Android already has separate volume settings for media, notifications, and the phone ringer, and it guarantees the presence of hardware volume controls, it's considered bad design to put additional volume controls on the screen.


Is there a "hardware reset" for the Galaxy S? I have had my Samsung Galaxy S for less than a year, and never did anything like rooting it. Just normal use.

About 60 minutes ago I opened from it's "sleep" state to check a web page and left it on my desk where it went to "sleep".

Now about 10 minutes ago, I tried to open it again, but it's dead. Touching the screen doesn't bring up anything. I press and hold the power button which doesn't do anything. I don't remember the battery being low, but I plugged it in anyway.

The recharge screen doesn't come up and it still won't start even with the power cord plugged in.

What can I do ? Is there some kind of hardware reset I can do ?

Sounds like the phone simply froze up. Try taking out the battery, putting it back in, and then press the Power button to start it.


Xiaomi Mi A1 won't show update to Oreo My phone Mi A1 showed first the notification update for Oreo, it failed twice before showing the update for Security Patch of December after which the update of Oreo totally disappeared. Checking for the update manually the phone shows the message that I am on latest update.
I tried the available online solutions of:

Reset Factory Defaults.
Clear data of Google Services Framework followed by a Disable then Enable.

None of them worked!

I have the same device and this may help

There were two December updates for Nougat. You need to have 7.12.19 which is a prerequisite. My son also purchased the device a week after mine and he got the second update just yesterday and no Oreo yet, so I suspect that the roll out in batches is linked to the purchase date
Clearing Google services framework is not recommended but I went ahead and did it, since none of the users who did it reported any problems. Update didn't follow immediately but it came after about 7 hours (overnight)
Some users have successfully got updated after spoofing their location to other countries, using a VPN (US and Germany). I did this too but didn't work

Of course the fastest would be to visit local service centre and get it done free of cost


ADB driver MK808 installed but ADB is not working I wish to setup ADB for MK808

I used Moborobo and it installed ADB driver.

When I connect MK808 I see "ADB Interface - ADB Device" in Device Manager
(instead of unknown device MK808B)

I added 0x2207 to adb_usb.ini in \Users\user.android
It is mine device ID and it was one of common IDs in Moborobo .android folder.

If I connect MK808 I see that device in Device Manager if I disconnect it disappear.

I works only when I able USB - Connect to PC and USB Debugging. So they are checked as well as  allow unknown sources.

But adb is not working and do not see it.

I use Windows 7 64 bit.

PS MK808 shows Bugs debugging icon when connect.

PS on Windows XP I did a trick by taking Google USB driver. I added 2207/0006 device ID and installed it. I also got same buggy icon on device when connected.

and new device in ADB device in Device Manager. But adb is not seeing it.
I added adb_usb.ini to .android folder in my users folder.

I rebooted device many times as well.

I can connect my phone and adb works fine.

When I say adb is not working it means adb devices return 0 list and logcat is waiting for device

just use google usb driver in sdk/extra/google/usb_driver/android_winusb.inf
you must add three lines in the file

;MK808B
%SingleAdbInterface%        = USB_INSTALL, USB\VID_2207&PID_0006&MI_01
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB_INSTALL, USB\VID_2207&PID_0006&REV_0222&MI_01

Then update the MK808B driver select from disk, use this file sdk/extra/google/usb_driver/android_winusb.inf then select first option is work fine for me.


Can I change the time interval between flashes of the notification led on the HTC incredible? I want to be able to change the time interval between flashes of the LED when I have a new notification. Is this possible on the HTC Incredible running 2.1 (eclair) or even on 2.2 (froyo)?

I don't really want to flash my device or install a custom build of android, etc.

My answer here for a similar question points to the Missed Reminder app which appears to have an adjustable LED interval setting. Hope it helps.


Google app displaying temperature in Fahrenheit When I use widget for voice search and say 'weather' I get the results, but it is shown in Fahrenheit, even though,in settings it is chosen to show in Celsius.

Any solution?

The other answer on this question didn't work for me. My phone was already on English (UK) and changing it to US and back did not help.

Instead what fixed it for me was:

Open the Google app.
Scroll down to the Weather card.
Press the menu button on that card.
Press "Change temperature units to °F".
Press the menu again.
Press "Change temperature units to °C".


IM-A870L Radio Interface Layer broke down I am having this weird problem with my Vega Iron since a couple of days. Past 2 days the battery was down and phone shut off. I put it to charging and when I came back after couple of hours, the led indicated green and I pulled it out of charging and powered on. Since then, the phone is not working normal.

It does not show/connect to cell network, thus cannot call or sms
If I try to go to mobile network settings option, the phone hangs (white blank page then black blank page) and I can only manage to get away by using task manager (after pressing back and home keys few times, it shows me the recent tasks where I can close the settings page)
The phone hangs every now and then. For e.g. if I hit power once to close the display, then hit again to open, it takes couple of minutes before it can come back to life
I tried the phone secret info menu *#*#4636#*#* then "Phone information", but the same happens and it hangs.
I tried the secret UMTS menu (##7593#), and it opens with a message "ril socket is not available", if I click the network option (that sets automatic/wcdma/gsm/etc) then same message that ril socket is not available

I tried all this:

Phone restart
Batter removed and then put in again
Sim card and SD card removed
Airplane mode turned on (even on airplane mode, the phone hangs)
Factory reset

The phone battery drains very quick and gets hot as well. I guess phone trying to access RILD again and again.

Is there some way this can be fixed, or at least the RIL call events be shut down? Could the phone be set to work without radio?

Finally I found the answer to my problem!

I took my phone to another expert and he told me that the Baseband IC is gone and it is a hardware problem. He could fix it if I can get him the IC as it is not available in our markets because of being a rarely used korean phone.

This thing is confirmed by another forum post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26827676&postcount=4512%22

where they say:

  type *#06# , and IF you get message "imei null" or imei starts by 0049XXXX or 00000 it should be resolved by software .
  but IF nothing is shown when you type *#06#, that is a hardware problem or look at attached picture below. .

When I dial this code on my phone, nothing happens, so it confirms that it is a hardware problem.

I will try to get the hardware component somehow and see if it works.

My actual problem is not solved but I got answers and atleast I am comfortable that I given it a try!


I can't hard reset or install any apps on my android device I decided to flash my flash my device (Xolo Era 4k) using TWRP. I got little confused after booting in TWRP mode. Then I somehow managed to let my device Boot in normal mode. Then I found that I can't install any apps or apks.

Even hard reset didn't work. My Device was restarting normally even when I tried to hard reset (hard reset menu wont appear).

Device Info:

Xolo era 4k
Android Version 5.0.1
Non-rooted device

Xolo era 4k
Android Version 5.0.1
Non-rooted device

There are some possible reason, You Can’t Install Apps on Your Android Phone

Your Android phone doesn’t have enough storage left
Your phone’s cache could be causing the problem
Your Android OS is too old and needs updating
A factory reset of your phone may fix the problem
You’re using a screen dimming app


Can't create a primary, not a logical partition in SD Card 1. Summary

I can't set primary, not logical partition in my SD Card.

After my attempts, I can't write anything to SD Card.

2. Hardware and software

2.1. Smartphone

ARK Benefit S401,
Android 5.1.1,
CyanogenMod 12.1 ROM,
Rooted, Busybox installed,
TWRP Recovery,
Successful worked with another and non-mounted SD Cards.

2.2. PC

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB EN,
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 10.0,
EaseUS Partition Master (Free) 12.8.

2.3. SD Card

OSMR 8 GB (7,5 de-facto),
10 class,
Error checking:

Surface Test:

I have card reader as well.

3. Steps to reproduce

3.1. Reason

I have 1,7 GB User Partition in my phone, it's not enough for me. I want to move my apk + dex + lib files to SD Card. I read, that I need to use Link2SD and to create new primary partition in my SD Card.

3.2. Partition creating

I create backup all my MicroSD data.

I try to create partitions, use these instructions:

How to use Link2SD App for Partition SD Card — Full Guide,
[TUT]How to Create Partition in SD card/MicroSD for Windows user.

4. Result

I select primary, but in result I get logical, not primary partition:

I can't move my apk + lib + dex to SD Card:

  Second partition not found

After my operations I can't to make screenshots, download applications to SD Card. I probably can't write any data to SD card. I get errors:

  Can't take screenshot due to limited storage space, or it isn't allowed by the app or your organization

  Mod.apk_download: open failed: EROFS (Read-only file system)

5. Not helped

I create logical, not primary partition for 2,5 GB again.
I create ext2 and ext3 partitions instead of ext4.
I try partition recovery:

6. Formatting

1. SD Memory Card Formation

I try format my SDCard use SD Memory Card Formation. Quick and overwrite formatting failed.

2. Diskpart

I try to format my MicroSD use diskpart:

C:\System Volume Information>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.14393.0

Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: DESKTOP-EEOT0TN

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          931 GB  4096 KB
  Disk 1    Online         7681 MB      0 B

DISKPART> select disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly

Disk attributes cleared successfully.

DISKPART> select partition 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> active

DiskPart marked the current partition as active.

DISKPART> format fs=fat32

    0 percent completed

DiskPart has encountered an error: The parameter is incorrect.
See the System Event Log for more information.

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...

3. chkdsk

chkdsk g: /f /r
The type of the file system is FAT32.
Volume Serial Number is 0352-6F30
Windows is verifying files and folders...
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows is verifying free space...
Free space verification is complete.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.
    5,231,600 KB total disk space.
            4 KB in 2 hidden files.
        1,236 KB in 295 folders.
    1,902,568 KB in 1,076 files.
    3,327,788 KB are available.

        4,096 bytes in each allocation unit.
    1,307,900 total allocation units on disk.
      831,947 allocation units available on disk.
Cannot write boot sector.

4. HDD Low Level Format Tool

After these actions nothing has changed.

7. Do not offer

Please do not suggest me to buy new telephone/SD Card/PC.

1. Answer

Unfortunately, in this case you need buy a new SD Card.

2. Argumentation

4pda post:

  Если у вас не записываются новые данные на карту, а старые после удаления появляются вновь, и форматирование не помогает — карта труп, и восстановить её не удастся!

Translate on English:

If:

New data don't write to SD Card (4.3 item of my question)
Old data show again
Formatting doesn't help (6 item)

That:

You lost your SD Card.

I could not refute this in my case.


Can you use cell tower triangulation without a SIM card? Since cell phones can call 911 without a SIM card present, it is clear that they can connect to a cellular network to which they are not subscribed.

Is it possible to use this knowledge to do cell tower location triangulation on Android without having a SIM card present? The use case is location detection when the phone is unable to obtain a GPS lock e.g. while inside a building.

SIM cards are not required for cellular connection. They are just some sort of ID method.

For example: If a phone has AT&T SIMCard, the configuration in the SIMCard will let it connect to AT&T as an identified (with phone number) user and so the SIMCard can be billed for the usage of service.

However, even without a SIM, a phone will always try and connect to cellular networks. But it will be a, let's say, guest user who can't use any of the services since they can't be billed because they can't be ID'd.

911 however is an exception. All services allow 911 calls regardless if the client is identified or not.

I told all these so you can understand the conception better. Now for the actual question: It probably can be traced without a SIM as well. Why probably? Because I don't know for sure nor have I ever heard/seen such a case. But conceptually they should be able to do it since they can also access your phone's IMEI and therefore identify the device and triangulate its signal. It is not something you can do on your own though, it is FBI-class action.

It is completely unrelated to GPS because GPS uses satellite, triangulation uses cell.


Can Droid 2 Global sync with Outlook 2010? Esp concerned with tasks Considering getting a Droid 2. I use Outlook for all calendar, contacts, and tasks. Although it is seamless for calendar items and contacts, task management is critical for me. I am not impressed with Google apps task mangagment and want to keep using Outlook. Is the Droid compatible with a sync directly to Outlook 2010? Under what conditions?

Apart from the grand old man of the syncing world that Ryan's pointed out above, there's also GOATS and TouchDown as other notables.

There's a fairly detailed table at http://www.syncdroid.net/ that illustrates and lists software designed to sync data to Android devices.


How can I create a Wi-Fi network from my Galaxy Tab with no internet access? What I am trying to do is to connect an iPad to a Samsung Galaxy Tab via Wireless LAN. What I don't need is an internet connection.

I also only have an Samsung Galaxy Tab Wifi. I can access the Hotspot Options via a shortcut, but it tells me that I need a SIM to do that.

Is there any way to create a local WLAN network broadcast by the Tab?

The app ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher works with a rooted P1010 tab according to this thread on xda-developers, and as far as I know, iPad can create ad-hoc connections. Haven't tested this so use at your own risk.


Why doesn't my "Trusted Places" work anymore in my Samsung Galaxy s7? Since I just got an update for my Samsung Galaxy s7, my trusted places quit working. In fact, I cannot even find the setting in my settings section.

I learned today from Samsung via the Smart Tutor app that Smart Lock trusted places can have trouble inside buildings if the location service is set to high accuracy using GPS. If the GPS signal is not found it causes a delay of 10 seconds which is too much for unlock to work.
To get it working I should set the location method to battery saving via:

Android Quick Settings menu (pull down one finger from top)
-> location symbol (slide one finger to the left)
-> long press the location symbol for a few seconds to open the Location menu
-> Location method -> Battery saving

However, Smart Lock still doesn't unlock sometimes. Adding more trusted places which differ only at the last digit seems to have improved the situation a bit. However, it is also still not working well for me.


Phone behaves weirdly while charging I recently got my Moto G4 Plus and it has got a turbo charger too. On charging it using a specific plug/socket, the phone just starts tapping randomly. When charging through another point, it works fine. Why? Is it the current issue?

While there is an accepted answer, it is worth pointing out that this behaviour is only observed by OP in one particular charging point and is fine otherwise

This is probably because that point has grounding or other electrical issues, which is leading to this behaviour also called ghost touches. Googling for that would lead you to similar conclusions. I have often experienced this traveling in Indian trains, where the charging points are apparently not well regulated. Andrew (thanks) has located a proper electrical reasoning for this in comments


what does SERIAL and proc permissions stand for? Often in my rooted android device, since I have installed xprivacy manager, applications ask me for serial perm in category identification (hardware) (that very often, translation may be approximate), and sometimes /proc perm in same category as seen in the following screenshots.
what are these perms? Should I allow or deny them?

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)

/proc/ is a filesystem that contains special files describing the current state of processes and the kernel.

/proc/mounts contains information on the current mountpoints. Mountpoints are similar drive letters in Windows.  Since there is only one file hierarchy in Linux, any file systems that aren't the operating system's FS (like an SD card, /proc , etc) need to be grafted onto this solitary tree.

Details on these graftpoints are accessible by reading /proc/mounts.  Part of the info that can be retrieved from this file is the current space utilization and capacity of each filesystem.

Because it's a file system usage utility, this app probably needs this info in order to tell you how much free space there is on the SD card and/or the main OS filesystem.

Serial permission allows the app to grab a unique identifier for for your phone.  I'm not sure specifically how this app intends to use it.


HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless -- Any help? It's been bugging me for a while but getting quite bad lately. I get warnings that my internal storage is full, I have about 13mb left of what I believe is 512mb worth of rom. I have checked with the app "diskusage" and my apps take about 122mb, with about 20 more mb being used by "data" (unsure what this is). When I check the apps list, my biggest app is some 12mb, and even within the first screen of apps this drops to just over 6mb. So I don't have extremely big apps, and I don't have all that much of them either. I try to put most on my sdcard, so no problem there either.

How do I figure out what's hogging all this space, and how do I fix it ?

On a related note, what is the Android equivalent of "formatting" your phone? I believe factory settings doesn't remove all data (sdcard etc) or does it?

EDIT: I have done a hard reset on my phone, and the free space available is somewhat similar to what I saw before. So, is it normal to only have about 150mb available for apps when the internal rom should be 512mb ?

One problem I've noticed is the (at least in Android Froyo), the stock Web browser caches to the phone storage. The browser cache can quickly take up 20+ MB and therefore use up free internal storage.

I've moved to using an alternate browser (Dolphin) and set it to cache to the SD card. This has removed my "low internal storage" limits; my free internal storage space now stays much more consistent except when installing new applications.


How to avoid disabling internet and GPS? My friend have installed an app to watch the location of the children, BUT this app is useless if the kid can disable 4G internet and GPS. How to avoid disabling internet and GPS? Or is there some app to help on this matter?

If you have root access or adb on that device you could use an device automation tool like MacroDroid and make it re-enable the gps and 4g if it is turned off
Triggers would be gps disabled and mobile service status -> diabled
and Actions would be location mode -> high accuracy and mobile data -> on
If you also want to lock wifi then add trigger: wifi state changed -> disabled and action wifi configure -> turn on
In end enable password protection in the settings to prevent anyone to disable the macro


Can I use my Android phone as a bluetooth microphone (for Skype)? I do some international phone-calls. Gets annoyingly expensive. I didn't like a bigger Android mobile, so I got this small Motorola Fuzzout thingy.

Is there any way to link the Android phone as a Bluetooth microphone? I can run Skype on my Mac or Windows PC. However I'm not sure how to connect the devices that way.

Is the Skype app available in your view of the Market?  If so, why not just make the call on the device itself (via Skype)?


Unable to open secure HTTPS websites on the tablet Android My laptop and tablet are connected to the same access point. The LAN port of the WiFi point is connected to the router that uses DHCP protocol. I can access all the websites including secure ones without any problem using my laptop. With the tablet, I'm not able to access HTTPS websites, my Google account, and the Google Play market. Why does it work for the laptop, but not for the tablet? What can cause it, and how can I solve it?

My device is Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7-Inch)

I can access HTTPS websites using other networks so it means that there is a problem with my connection.

We had similar issues in our office router which had expired security certificate resulting in denial of HTTPS URLs. When we updated our certificate this issue was solved.

I guess your issue should be similar. I stumbled on a web page that claims the solution. But looking at the solution I very much doubt its worth.


How to install APK files on SDCARD? I have samsung galaxy 3 (I5801). I have downloaded many APK files from internet. I have no problem in installing APK files. By default when APK file is selected it installs itself to phone memory. I want it to install application on SDCARD. I have made my phone memory full.

So my queries are

How to install APK on SDCARD? APK should install itself to SDCARD.
How to move already installed application to SDCARD from phone memory?

If you're using Android 2.2, you can move your applications to SD from Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications. Before 2.2, you need to have root, create a separate partition in your SD card, and install a custom ROM that supports app2sd.


Why does Yahoo Weather limit my wife to 2 locations but not me Yahoo Weather allows me to add any number of locations.

When my wife, on the very same Nexus 5 phone, tries to add a third location, it asks her to delete one of her existing locations.

What's going on?

Removing and reinstalling Yahoo! Weather on my wife's phone cured this. I guess Cousin Yahoo! has a bug.


Can the Galaxy S2 be rooted without increasing the custom flash counter using adb? Normally, rooting guides for the S2 involve flashing a kernel to the device to install busybox and su. This xda post suggests a method for doing so via adb (found approximately in the middle of the first post):

adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system
adb push busybox /system/xbin/
adb push su /system/xbin/
adb shell chown root.shell /system/xbin/busybox
adb shell chown root.shell /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell /system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin
adb shell mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system

This also seems to be the method tools like SuperOneClick use. Now I recently found this blog post indicating the above method does not increment the hardware counter in the S2 that counts flashes of custom firmware. More than that, it can also be used to install ROMs via Mobile Odin, also without increasing the counter, because they come form the device itself and not from a computer via the USB cable.

I fear to try out myself and lose my precious counter value of still 0. Has anyone tried out a method like this before and can confirm that it really does not affect the counter?

You can make or buy a USB Jig for Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100. It’s a really simple circuit that involves putting 300K Ohms of resistors between pin 4 and 5 of the microUSB connector.

With a USB Jig you can reset the custom binary counter to zero and also remove the yellow triangle on start up if you have rooted your device.

Turn off your phone completely and remove the battery for 10-15
seconds
Put the battery back but don't switch on the device
Plug the USB Jig into Micro USB port of your phone Wait for around 2-3 seconds
You phone screen will show "ERASING DOWNLOAD INFORMATION SUCCEEDED" in ODIN mode and Custom Binary Download : No
Now you can remove the battery and restart the phone.You will also notice that the yellow triangle which comes at start-up is gone now.


Medion P4501 freeze on brand image I have a Medion P4501 phone. After the battery died, i start charging but it frooze on the Medion-brand. I was looking for a long time how to solve it but nothing worked.

The problem is:

the power button + volume up/down doesn't work: after more than 20 times, turns up only the Medion brand
Fastboot (power button + volume up and down) gives an error:
'failed to open file/mmcl/p4501.v1/CONF/P4501.xml with error no -1'
Usb debugging is turned off i believe. When i plugged in the phone, i couldn't find it in the microsoft divice manager.
Adb didnt work because it didn't find my phone
the phone isn't rooted

I hope someone can help me with this. I cracking my brains on it for a few weeks.

Flashing a stock firmware should solve your problem.

Firmware download links from here.
Additional instructions, guide from here


Charging during filetransfer I have recently upgraded my phone from Android 4.3 to 6.0 in my Sony Xperia M.
I'm pretty confused by the new behavior.
Whenever I plug the phone to the USB cable, it is detected in the computer as new connected MTP device but without access to the files (the phone is in the "charging mode".

When I change the connection type in the phone to "file transfer", the charging stops and the file transfer mode hungs somehow after a while of not using the file transfer.

Why it is not possible to transfer files during charging?
The hung seem to be some kind of error.

I'm thinking that it would be much better to use adb or some kind of ftp/ssh/whatever server installed inside the phone for file transfers instead of this crappy UI-friendly functionality.

Is there some better way how to work with the phone?

Quoting from Google Product Forums solution posted by M Power, marked as best answer - this may help solve the hung problem but can't say about not charging during file transfer, but going by your description both seem to be related

  .... Secondly, when doing a transfer, the phone must be unlocked. This was the problem I was experiencing. I would start a large transfer of photos, then during that time my screen would lock and I would get an error. My screen timeout is typically set to 30 secs so this happened quickly for me. Changing the lock to 30 minutes and checking the phone on occasion solved my problem.


Screencast and Wi-Fi can I be connected to Wi-Fi and still use screencast I'm trying to watch YouTube on my TV but I also connected my phone to the Wi-Fi I want to know whether or not is it possible to be connected to the Wi-Fi and still use screencast

Yes, in fact you have to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network that the Chromecast (or whatever device you're trying to cast to) is connected to, because casting works over Wi-Fi.

It may be that when you originally set up the Chromecast, you didn't connect it to your Wi-Fi network, but let it use its own Wi-Fi network. In this case, you'll first have to go into its settings and connect it to the same Wi-Fi network that you want the phone connected to.