Why aren't my app icons showing up after installed? I have Moto X Style phone having Android 6.0.

Today I installed "Stereo Bluetooth Headset SBH52" app on my phone, but I am not able to open this app because there is no app launcher icon in the launcher. In Play Store, it's also showing Uninstall button only. I am able to see the app in Setting > Apps. Here, only Uninstall button is enabled.

I have one more app "Exchange Server" which is there in Apps list, but the icon is not available in the launcher.

I also have restarted the phone. I removed the SD card, then again installed these app from Play Store, but still the issue is there.

Why are there no app icons showing up?

Not all apps have explicit launchers (or app icon).
Take an example from Stereo Bluetooth Headset SBH52 app:

This application will not be visible in your phone's home screen. Access application settings via Smart Connect (LiveWare™ Manager), or via your phone's status bar.
(Emphasis added)

As for Exchange Server (or Exchange Services on Nexus stock ROM), it's only a back-end service used for communicating with Exchange server, with stock E-Mail app as its front-end UI.
Another example is Google PDF Viewer, where it's only prompted when opening a PDF file. (see How to open Google PDF Viewer app?).
If you want to force open the app, you might be interested in List all activities of an app.


Moto g unable to receive SMS after android 4.4.4 Recently I updated my motog from android 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 through OTA after that I can able to send SMS but unable to receive any SMS. Before updating everything worked fine.
I don't know what happened I changed my default SMS app to hangout but no success, even I uninstalled the hangout updates and reinstalled still no success.

When I send SMS from another mobile its not received.

Please help me to get out of this.

I just resolved by doing a factory reset. All other things didn't worked


Where are books downloaded from Amazon Kindle stored? I download a book from Amazon Kindle, and would like to transfer it to my laptop. Where is it stored in my Android 4.4.2 phone (Kyocera Hydro Icon)?

Is it possible to find it out using some download history of Android?

Is it possible to search the file (with guessed file name) in the file systems on my phone using some command or program?

Where is Amazon Kindle app stored? Can the book be stored in the same directory?

On my tablet (non-rooted) it exists at

storage\emulated\0\Android\data\com.amazon.kindle\files\

Mine has about 500 folders, which, I assume is one per book.
The names are some 10-character string of the form Bxxxxxxxxx, where x is alphanumeric. Inside each are a few files devoted to the book, probably the text in the file Bxxxxxxxxx_ebok.prc (it has the largest size), and a couple smaller files tracking reading progress, etc.

I have not been able to determine a translation between the coded folder and file names to the actual book, though I would, if I had tracked my download progress, have a rough idea based on calendar.


Why can't I send pictures from my LG Optimus L90? My LG Optimus L90 will not send pictures. I don't get it: my data is turned on and I even have tried to turn off WiFi to see if it will send, and I always have no luck. It just says "sending" for the longest time until it eventually says "picture is unable to send. Please try again later".

How can I get it to send pictures?

Go to settings then tethering and networks, on that screen press default SMS app. send a text picture message to yourself, once you get your message restart your phone.


Why won't my phone update to Lolli, and can I force it to? I was totally looking forward for the update but nothing happened, even when I went to look for updates. Weird. It's a Moto X 2nd generation, with Verizon as my provider and hasn't been rooted. I have no idea why it wouldn't update, I tried looking it up but couldn't find any definite answers.
At one point since the release I have had to reset my phone, and the update still hasn't happened, so I'm sure that anything that could've been blocking it should be gone, if that's a possibility.

I have thought about rooting it, but not only am I unsure of how, I don't know how to tell if my phone'll get bricked.

First of all I would suggest ring up your carrier, which in your case would be verizon. I had a similar problem a year or so ago with the Kit Kat update and my carrier pushed the update through. It's worth a try.

Also, if you're planning on rooting your device i would wait till after you have 5.0 Lollipop as many people can not get the update due to having certain root files stopping the phone from reciving it. On top of that there is no telling whether or not your device will get bricked but 95% of the time there are never any problems with rooting your device aslong as you follow all the appropiate steps. There are multiple step by step guides on the internet to follow aswell as videos. Read up about how to do it and watch a few video's before trying it so you get used to all the steps. Once you have rooted it is really worth it.

Coming back to getting 5.0, have you thought about side loading the update on to your phone?


Is there a way to get pictures out of a nonfunctional Samsung Note 4? My Samsung Note 4 has been acting up lately and is now practically dead. It doesn't turn on whatever the method is. As much as I want to let it go, it holds a lot of pictures that I didn't put on my memory card that I don't think I want to disappear. I have been consulting it to numerous people and they suggested to reprogram it, which means to wipe out every single thing on it. I thought of removing the physical internal memory of the phone and put it to another Note 4 and access the pictures there, maybe even the whole phone itself.

Is there a better option to salvage my pictures? Thanks a lot :)

For the highest chance of getting important data back in a situation like this, it would be best to find a reputable company that has experience fixing this for other people.

I would look for phone repair specialists first, to see if you can get the phone turning on again.
And if not, there are (pricey) businesses that can do data recovery on the storage chips themselves, but you may run into issues with encryption. From my quick research, it looks like the Note 4 was released with Android 4.4, which is after Google had implemented full-disk encryption. I'm not sure if it's enabled by default on your Note 4, and software updates over the years may have enabled it afterwards as well.

I wouldn't recommend attempting to swap the storage chips on 2 phones yourself, unless you have some equipment, and recovering your data isn't super critical. Here's an entertaining video on what the process of soldering these types of chips can sometimes look like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shn7LdIrViQ

My overall recommendation is call a few businesses, see what their professional opinions are, and decide if the price would be worth it to you. It would probably still be cheaper than buying a few spare practice-phones and trying repairs at home.


How do I stop remote access? I have a Samsung Galaxy 10. Somehow, my ex has gained access and is able to see my texts and video calls in Whatsapp and Telegram, etc. He is listening to or watching every conversation. I became suspicious when he mentioned details from private conversations. He admitted to mirroring my device but will not provide details and says he has stopped. However, I believe it is still happening. When I am on video calls in WhatsApp and Telegram, the calls freeze and it seems the signal is bad even when I am on WiFi or have full bars. How can I stop this? Please help.

It all depends on how far your ex went with installing unwanted software on your device.
In most cases a factory restore would remove unwanted software.
Just make sure to copy your important data (photos/messages/etc.) somewhere else before doing it.


Limit on Android version on an Android device I'm trying to make changes to the Android framework as a part of a project. As ambitious as it sounds, I want to flash a Nexus S with an Android 5 image. Can this be done, or is there a limit to the Android version supported by a device?

Strictly Speaking I do not think so.

If you look on the google images for android site (https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images) the highest the Nexus S goes is up to 4.1.2. Also, according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_S) the highest modded version is 4.4.3 KitKat via the CyanogenMod. Hope this helps.


Getting total CPU time of a process I need to get the total cpu time of a process in android. I am trying to use adb shell top commands, but it gives only cpu usage in terms of percentage.

But I need the total cpu time of the process. I can get this info in my Ubuntu, but I could not find a way to get the TIME+ column in android.

Any suggestions?

You didn't mention which version of Android you are running, but I believe this will work in most modern versions.  The exact location within the settings may change depending on version and device manufacturer.

If you go in to Settings -> Battery and then select an app, you get some or all of  the following details:

CPU total time in seconds
Keep awake time in seconds
Data send
Data received

I believe these details are valid from the last time the device booted.


Re-installed Play Store doesn't work I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360, running on Gingerbread 2.3.6.

I accidentally uninstalled the Google Play Store. I re-installed it and I am able to search for applications on the Play Store, but I'm not able to download them. It shows that Google Play Store (com.process.vending) has stopped working. Once the "Not Responding" message is gone, I am no longer able to search. Is there a way to fix this?

Ensure that the Google Play store is installed as a system application.

Once done, clear the data for the Google Play store, the Google Play Services and the Google Services Framework apps.

Open the Google Play Store (you will get an error, don't worry!).

Reboot, and open the gTalk app. Log in to your gTalk account using the gTalk application (you may have to do it a few times, wait until it says you're online).

Reboot and open the Google Play store again :)


LG G5 - Fingerprint Scanner gone I have an issue with the LG G5. I bought it like 3 weeks ago and used it very carefully. Now just while using the fingerprint scanner went away. it said restart the phone. After restart even the option is gone.

The same issue is reported here as well but no solution:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-g5/683019-fingerprint-options-missing.html

Can anyone help me please?
Thanks

I have checked all forums for a way to fix my lg G5 fingerprint option that just dissapeared, i came across something, if you go into settings>general>lock screen>choose "none" exit and reset your phone once it starts up go back to settings>lock screen> and miraculously you should be able to activate your fingerprint option again


Delete file with special characters from un-rooted device How can I delete a file with special characters from an un-rooted Android device?

I used a web site to download a YouTube video to my mobile phone. The video name contained special characters (emoticons and alike) and the Android browser downloaded the file right away, so I could not rename it.

Now I'm stuck with a file that I cannot delete with the stock file manager of my phone. It is a Wiko device with some shady file manager app. I also tried AndroZip, which is usually more reliable.

However, the file has a size of 0 bytes and I can neither delete, nor rename or move it. I do not get any error message, simply nothing happens. In AndroZip the file does not even show up, so I'm not sure whether the Wiko app cached the file name somewhere and, in fact, it does no longer exist, or if AndroZip cannot display the file due to the special character, even though it exists.

Long story short: The device is not rooted and I want to get rid of that broken file. What can I do without resetting or rooting the entire device? Is there any helpful app that can handle special characters? Is there any safe mode option that would be of use?

I converted the file into a 240p MP4, downloaded it using Chrome, and I was able to delete the file using Solid Explorer easily.

I was also able to  delete it using Termux. I installed it, enabled Storage permission for it from Settings app, launched it, and used these commands:

cd /sdcard/Download/   #I had downloaded it in Download folder.
rm FILE_NAME           # to type file name, I didn't actually type it. I used Hacker's Keyboard which comes with Tab key for auto-completion. I typed JER and pressed tab key to automatically load the full file name including emoji (which actually renders as a flame in Termux).

If you wish to keep your default keyboard, Termux provides two more means to use Tab autocompletion. Either use Volume Up + T to send a Tab to the shell, or use Volume Up + Q to display an additional button row on top of your keyboard, which contains frequently used commands such as Esc, Ctrl, Alt and Tab itself.


SD Card unmounts automatically Each and every time I restart my phone, a Samsung Galaxy Duos version 5.0.2, the SD card unmounts itself.  What could be the problem and what should I do to stop this.  Whenever this happens all the applications do not show up.

I think it's probably with the phone.The problem doesn't persist whenever I go to the settings and firstly unmounts  SD card and then restarts.It's a solution I discovered and as a precaution I have to take before restarting the Os.Take note also that-After restarting I then heads to the settings and re-mounts back- However,you asked if I have tried another SD card.Well I have two handsets and each has the card and I have verify.Huawei doesn't exhibits what I see with this Samsung Duos.Another thing that tends to overwhelms me recently is that;pictures from my gallery doesn't uploads either through android browser or within individual applications.Thanks for your great concern.


How can I ensure that I'm logged out of Google Latitude? When in Google Maps, when I go into the menu, I see "Join Latitude" option next to Latitude icon.

When I am on Google Latitude web site, it tells me "Location sharing is not turned on"

Does that mean that I am 100% logged out of Google Latitude?

The reason I ask is that I was experiencing major battery drain via Google Maps, and many people on forums heavily recommend signing out of Latitude as a solution. However, it seems that my Latitude is already off.

If you see "Join Latitude" then your latitude options are already "off". If you also now see "location sharing is not turned on", then your account is not set up to share the location information and it will not be sharing the information.

If you don't already, turn off wifi & gps when you are not using them, mpas will be less likely to try and get "pin point" information if you do not have these running.


How can I make anonymous calls for everyone but contact list? I want to show my caller id to everyone in my contact list but be anonymous for new numbers... do you know a method/app?

One possibility would be to prefix all numbers in your contact list by *31# (which turns the callerID on for that call only), while having callerID disabled in your settings. Depending on whether the phone app is intelligent enough to detect this as to not belonging to the number, incoming calls should still be matched fine (you could of course first try it out with one number to check).

Second possibility is the other way around: Having callerID globally enabled, and prefix manually entered numbers by #31#.

Being unsure which method to use, take a third option and a look at Prefixer, which should be able to do the one or the other for you -- depending on how you configure that app.


Moto G5 Plus Wi-Fi disconnects every now and then Moto G5 Plus (XT1686 - Boot-loader locked) running on Stock Android 8.1.0 with latest security patch(August 2018) disconnects from Wi-Fi network for no apparent reason. My device is right next to the Wi-Fi Router (Other devices have no issue with connection at the same location) , the Network strength is high. 10 seconds after getting disconnected from the network, it tries to connect back to the network and it works for another 2 minutes before getting disconnected from the network.

This issue occurs randomly (Could not blame/pinpoint certain installed Apps). I booted into Safe mode to check if it happens because of a particular App on my phone. But the issue occurred on Safe mode.Also, I don't think the problem is my Wi-Fi Router(D-Link DIR-600M) because the issue occurs with WiFi Routers at my workplace, Friend's home as well.

I tried every workaround mentioned in the forum here.

I have turned OFF Turn off WiFi Scanning
Forget Network, Add it back manually
Tunnel the network through VPN
I have factory reset several times hoping to fix the issue but to vain.
I have reset the Wi-Fi network, changed Router configuration from Auto Channel to a fixed Channel
I have changed the Router configuration - Security encryption method to WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK

I have no clue as to what is the issue here, I'll be grateful for any Fix / workarounds / Creative solutions. Let me know if you need any more information.

Actually, the issue here seems fairly clear in looking at your troubleshooting... discounting the fact that your router is 9 years old and likely not up to current standards, you did state:

  I don't think the problem is my Wi-Fi Router(D-Link DIR-600M) because
  the issue occurs with WiFi Routers at my workplace, Friend's home as
  well.

Considering you have tried this on multiple networks and connections, and you have factory reset and performed a network reset multiple times, the conclusion can only be that your phone is defective. You should contact Moto for a warranty replacement, or just consider replacing it if it is no longer under warranty.

In looking at all the troubleshooting you have done, and given the above quoted statement you made there doesn't seem to be any other possible cause.

There is no known issue with WiFi on the Moto G5+ in any Android version or release, and since this is not related to a single router or connection, the issue seems quite clear, your Moto is defective.


How to fix internal sd mounting error? I have a T-Mobile Vibrant i9000 SGH-T959 variant phone,

phone suddenly stops working error message:

movinand open fail

 E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or
 /dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or
 directory) E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't
 mount SDCARD: copy default media
 content failed

Is there anything to fix this ?

I tried various odin roms, only one working: Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.tar.md5
phone booting up but, settings → sdcard and phone storage says: unavailable

It does sound like your internal storage has been corrupted, but I don't know if I would try to format it via your PC. this is not actually an "SDCard", it is the internal storage on the device (which is a SGH-T959, not an I9000).

I would revert back to STOCK ROM using ODIN and return the phone under warranty. If you are already having issue with the internal storage, I would want a new device.

Now I guess you could try and format it via your pc (I dont know if you can even access it when its mounted via USB because I never mount it) but I, personally, would not, I would get a new device.

For reference, the i9000 is the international version of the Galaxy S phones. None of the US carriers sell the i9000. They sell different versions of the the Galaxy S phones. For example, the T-Mobile Vibrant is the SGH-T959, The Verzion Fascinate is SCH-i500, the AT&T Captivate is SGH-I897. While they are ALL Galaxy S phones, they are all also different devices. They have different hardware, like some have a front facing camera, led flash, 4 buttons, etc.


how to display text on TWRP recovery screen using a sh file? I'm trying to display message on TWRP 3.2.3-0 recovery screen using a .sh file.
i was thinking using echo command to make that.

my update-script is like this

ifelse(is_mounted("/system"), unmount("/system"));
ifelse(is_mounted("/data"), unmount("/data"));
ui_print("-- Mount partitions...");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");
package_extract_dir("test", "/tmp");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/test.sh");
ui_print("run test.sh");
run_program("/tmp/test.sh");
ui_print("END OF PROCESS");
unmount("/data");
unmount("/system");

and my sh file is

#!/sbin/sh

if [ ! -e "/efs/imei/mps_code.dat" ]; then
    mount /efs
fi
csc_id=`cat /efs/imei/mps_code.dat`
echo "$csc_id" > /tmp/csc_id.prop
echo "Your active csc is $csc_id"

echo works because i see it in recovery log but displays nothing on recovery screen

Is there a way to activate echo or an other command to display message on recovery screen using sh file?

This piece of code is extracted from the ZIP package of SuperSU. It's working correctly on all devices I've ever had (displaying text to the TWRP terminal)

OUTFD=1
readlink /proc/$$/fd/$OUTFD 2>/dev/null | grep /tmp >/dev/null
if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
  # rerouted to log file, we don't want our ui_print commands going there
  OUTFD=0

  # we are probably running in embedded mode, see if we can find the right fd
  # we know the fd is a pipe and that the parent updater may have been started as
  # 'update-binary 3 fd zipfile'
  for FD in `ls /proc/$$/fd`; do
    readlink /proc/$$/fd/$FD 2>/dev/null | grep pipe >/dev/null
    if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
      ps | grep " 3 $FD " | grep -v grep >/dev/null
      if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
        OUTFD=$FD
        break
      fi
    fi
  done
fi

ui_print_always() {
  echo -n -e "ui_print $1\n" >> /proc/self/fd/$OUTFD
  echo -n -e "ui_print\n" >> /proc/self/fd/$OUTFD
}

To display message, use ui_print_always "some message" instead of echo.


Wifi access point login page everytime I open the browser via an intent This one is driving me mad :)

A few days ago, I connected to a free WiFi AP at a store.  The network requires a logon and showed the logon page when I opened the browser.  The terms and conditions included me giving them permission to send me marketing SMSs so I just ignored the logon.  Chrome was my default browser.

Now, every time my browser opens via an intent other than the launcher, e.g. from Flipboard, it displays this logon page.  This happens whether or not WiFi is enabled.

I've cleared all data and defaults for both my browsers (I only have stock Google browser and Chrome), rebooted my phone and "forgotten" the WiFi AP but still it shows up.

I'm running stock 4.1.2, rooted, on a Galaxy S3 GT9300.

Any ideas before I have to do a factory reset?

Thanks.

Found it.  When I say "e.g. Flipboard", it is only Flipboard that has the problem.

If I clear data on Flipboard, it stops happening.  I went back to the same store and repeated the process of accessing the AP but not completing the logon, and it came right back.  Cleared Flipboard data and all good.

I've bugged it with them.


Switched off device is kept charging for a long time? Is this okay? Is it harmful for a switched off device to be kept charging for a long time? If yes, I would like to know why. (Not a very deep explanation but just a plain explanation as I am not an expert).

It is not altogether harmful, because once the battery is fully charged, it stops receiving more current automatically. This is true because most laptops can be use plugged in while fully charged to save the juice.
But however, its good practice to unplug your device once its full because some non-li-ion batteries tend to decrease in efficiency due to contactly being plugged in while full.
Hope this answered your question...


how to stop motorola moto G5 from automatically rebooting? I have a Motorola Moto G5S (it is displayed exactly like this in the about/status config) running android  7.1.1 (stock ROM from my telecom)

Sometimes it reboots out of the blue, even when I am using an app. The device is not having any storage shortage, or overheating.

Is there a way to stop it from doing so?

Assuming you have keep a stock ROM on your phone (don't have root it), the cause can be both hardware and/or software.

I explain myself: either the cause is material, or a heat problem putting the temperature sensor(s) on alert or even the components themselves overheating thus obliging them at a given moment to stop. In this case, you would already feel a significant increase in warmth with your bare hand when picking up your phone.
The last possible cause of this scenario would be a design flaw, it seems to me that this phone is recent, perhaps reason why this kind of trouble starts to make edge effects and therefore untimely restarts.
The battery may also be involved, voltage variations that would no longer power the phone enough for a few seconds, forcing Android to turn off.

The second hypothesis, namely the software, therefore in this case Android, could be the cause, in this case, the diagnosis could become more complicated than for a material cause.
Indeed, it could be that a system or user application poses a problem. If the last words i quoted don't scare you, then you might find an anomaly in the system log files, namely in the logcat, an explanatory tutorial has been written very well on XDA, i let you read it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726238

Always in a software case, the problem could simply come from an old application, not updated for a certain time that you would use to perform a very precise task in a very precise way.

I would suggest you to make a complete backup of your data on your phone before anything else, and this in a separate way (a backup of each type of data such as SMS MMS and call log on one side and photos, videos, music on the other side). Then a simple cleanup of the data partition, cache, as well as the dalvik cache through your reovery menu, followed by a reboot to test your phone.

By hoping you find this information useful.


How to do USB tethering with an Android Froyo and a Mac OS X? With Android Froyo (OS 2.2), how can I do USB tethering with a Mac OS X?


Delete constrained 2048px images and upload "high quality" < 16MP photos I'm attempting to delete my constrained 2048px images off of google photos to make way for the new less than 16MP photos "high quality" version of the photos.

My concern is that by deleting the photos off of Google Photos, I will delete my original quality local versions (I have taken backups).

I have tried:

Turning off sync on  (local copies still removed when deleting from Photos)
Copying photos to new directory, and uploading (doesn't upload new copy, I suspect their dupe checking is via date/time)

Has anyone successfully removed their lower quality images, and re-uploaded the originals at the higher quality successfully?

Right, so I think I've roughly worked out the process, please feel free to comment, or correct if you find this is inaccurate:

It appears that deleting from google photos (at least on my Galaxy S5, and Tab 3) does not delete the original. My photos are held on the external SD card on both devices. Not sure whether this matters. Having deleted the photos on the web, I can still see the originals in my camera folder. I'd be extremely cautious attempting this test on a stock Android phone as it may be different.

What deleting does do, is it seems to retain the record of the file on their server. So even when I cleared app data after deleting the photos, and backing up again, the photos did not back up.

Now what I have found useful, is that despite this shortcoming on Android (may be a workaround somehow, perhaps going a step further and deleting the app?), I can import the previously deleted photos onto a computer, and upload via the Photo Backup service, or manually via the web app.

I think it's theoretically plausible that I could delete all my smaller photos uploaded previously and re-upload without issue, but I think I'm going to do them slowly and carefully.

I wish Google would provide a bit more insight into how Photos checks that a photo has been previously uploaded (and perhaps deleted) but I hope this is helpful.


Phone wont unlock bootloader in adb So Ive tried to unlock my bootloader but its not working, ive followed the steps from this site to unlock it but its stuck on the unlock bootloader screen. I have two options to choose from yes or no I click yes but it doesnt work, yet I click no and it takes me back to choose from fastboot, recovery and normal. My phone is a Alcatel Pixi 4.

I have enabled developer mode enabled usb debugging. I also have confirmed the RSA fingerprint for the computer. Also I have enabled OEM unlock in dev settings. This is what my cmd prompt window loooks like. I will also take a photo of my alcatel frozen on bootloader screen.

C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
5HQGTCEQCAVS7TTS device

C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb reboot-bootloader
C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot oem unlock
...

This is what my phone looks like that im stuck on:

does anyone know why this is happening or know how to fix?

issue has been resolved the bootloader is unlocked by default.


Samsung J5 stuck on Downloading Mode The big problem it's that the phone doesn't have the power button at all, so I can't use the usual combination (VOLUME DOWN + POWER).

Any idea what can i do?

I have had this problem and I tried the volume buttons option and I don't think there's any other way that's not exclusive to your phone. You might just have to take it the manufacturer


How can i change app data location? My default write disk is external sd card , my internal sd total space is 5.28 gb available is 4.66 gb my sdcard total space is 14.83 am using 16 gb available in sd card is 11 gb . my phone storage RAM is 1 gb (0.89) available is 65 mb .but when ever i downlaod any apps from play store its showing insufficent memmory like that. that time i goto settings > storage > phone storage > apps then i clear data of some apps i mainly used. my default write didk is external sd 11 + gb free . then i download apptosd app from playstore after also i am facing same issue . is there any option to change our app data phone storage to internal sd or external sd please. (my os is Android 4.4.2 kit kat ) ("Remember I can move app to sd card and internal sd ") by using of cm clean master app ) i cannot move app data to sd card or internal)

Application data is secure data stored on a partition with many restrictions.  Android does not allow you to move your data somewhere, where no such security for your data exists. If it would, malicious apps could easily steal user credentials, debit card info, etc. Therefore, Android does not allow you to move your applications' data.


Can Hike messenger steal our whatsapp data As per new update of Hike messenger, giving reward upto ₹10000 for making your friend join Hike. To do this Hike asks accessbility permission. And when you refer a friend or a group, all messeges starts showing in Hike. So now I guess Hike can read our all whatsapp text messages and media shared.

But the problem is that after getting accessibility permission, it can read all the notification, even OTPs of our transaction. So how can I assure my security and privecy.

Is it a big concern or am I missing something with their terms and condition?

"The problem is that after getting accessibility permission, it can read all the notification, even OTPs of our transaction. So how can I assure my security and privacy?"

Turn off SMS, NOTIFICATION ACCESS permissions to that app.

Kindly add more details about your smartphone so I can answer better.


Gallaxy S3 recharging prob-Master reset? will I loose contacts? I've had a Gallaxy S3 for a little over one year without problems. All of the sudden it won't charge up. Barely to anything after being turned off and plugged in for hours! I've switched chargers, even tried usb to PC, switched batteries with my husband, same problem. It's my phone, not the battery. I've done a cach partition wipe. No change. NOW...to my question. I am looking at doing a master reset. Will I loose my contacts and pictures?? Thank you for helping me. Can't afford a new phone at this time.

Yes, a master reset will wipe your downloaded apps and personal data.

You could backup your photo's on your PC. Another option would be Google Drive or any other cloud service.

Your contacts you can open contacts under settings. There should be import/export option. Then you can export them to your sim card or what every option is available. Also another option that maybe available is to save them to your Google or Samsung account.


Google plus application is 24 mb after wrong update I was updating from the market this app and I got a package error. I uninstalled it and installed it again from scratch. No problem.
Now the app is 24 mb!
To me it sounds like the broken package is still sitting somewhere in my internal memory...
Cleaning dalvik and application cache didn't help :(
Any hints?

The new update has made the size bigger.


New owner of phone and I need to get admin access! I have a Samsung Galaxy SII that I got from work. When I got it it was on a vodafone plan and linked to the work gmail account. I left the company but bought the phone off them, returning the sim card.

My new sim works fine, but the phone seems tied to the old email account. I can't update many of my apps as I am prompted to enter the password for the work email account which I dont have! When I try to remove that email it says I cant as it is required by some apps and I will need to do a factory reset.

Is there any other way I can get control over the phone? If not what will I need to save before doing the factory reset? Im not fussed about reinstalling apps but should I save all my pictures etc first?

Is that an Exchange email? Then YES, removing it will trigger a Factory Reset. This is standard operating procedure, for security purposes (of the company).

As dotVezz said, you should back-up all your data (pictures, documents, downloaded files, etc). To back-up your apps and its data, you can use Titanium Backup; needs ROOT. Just to be on the safe side, also copy the Titanium folder (contains apps and data) to your PC. After doing a Factory Reset, just restore the files with Titanium Backup (which you'd need to download from Google Play after the Factory Reset).


How do I route traffic from WiFi Hotspot to USB? Note:- I've found out that to achieve what I want, there is a simpler,
  more flexible way than reverse tethering. If you are ever in my
  situation, read the answer below.

I reverse tether internet from laptop via USB, and wan't to share it further by creating an Hotspot on my rooted android phone.

I get internet not just on my browser, but everywhere including Play Store and Whatsapp, when I reverse thether it from my laptop via USB.

The only issue is that when I start a WiFi hotspot on my phone so that other devices can share this internet, they don't get internet. How do I fix this?

Here is the commands I used to set up my phone to accept internet from my laptop:

ifconfig rndis0 10.42.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 10.42.0.1 dev rndis0
ifconfig ccmni0 0.0.0.0

Where ccmni0 is my Mobile Data interface and rndis0 is the interface from which I get internet.

Why I want to do this is irrelevant to the question, but read on if you want to.

The reason for doing all this is that me and my room mate has to share a single LAN cable. Both of us run linux and have Broadcom WiFi cards, whose linux drivers don't allow you to create an AP from the laptop. I have linux only, while my friend uses linux only at times. When he is on Windows he creates a WiFi AP from his laptop using connectify. But when he is on linux, I want to temporarily create a hotspot via by mobile to share the internet.

Although this does not specifically answer my question, I solved my problem. What I wanted to do is to share my internet with my friend via WiFi using my android mobile because my Linux powered laptop doesn't have driver support for creating WiFi APs. Broadcom sucks!

I use my mobile phone to create a WiFi network(via hotspot), connect my laptop (source of internet) and other devices that require internet to the network. Now I configure my laptop to be a gateway and configure other devices to use my laptop as gateway.

Here is the guide I followed. Lucky for me, I run Arch Linux. But this should work even if you are on some other linux distro like Ubuntu. So here it goes:

Start hotspot on your mobile and connect the laptop which has internet and the device which needs internet connection.
Create a script named start-gateway.sh with the following content.

#!/bin/bash
sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
iptables -A FORWARD -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i wlan0 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT

The script assumes that the interface which has internet is eth0 and you need to forward packets from wlan0 (your WiFi interface) to your Ethernet connection. So please confirm if these are the names of the interfaces from ifconfig output.

Make the script executable and you are done:

chmod u+x start-gateway.sh

Whenever you need to start the gateway, execute the script with root privileges when connected to the WiFi:

sudo ./start-gateway.sh

Now all you have to do to get internet on other devices connected to the WiFi is to set the manually set IP configuration on those devices, giving the gateway as the IP address of your new gateway. Remember that by default the gateway will be the phone which is hosting the WiFi network(which has no internet), and you need to change the gateway to the one you have created.


Drag to change route in Google Maps In the web version of Google Maps, we can use "drag and drop" to get a custom route:

How can we do this on Google Maps for Android? I tried to drag, but it doesn't work. It provides several alternative routes, but none of them is what I want.

I figured out that the only way to get around not being able to drag and change your route on the Google Maps app for Android, is to add multiple destinations. This is how you do it (according to Google support, with my CORRECTIONS added in)! ;)

Add multiple destinations:
Open the Google Maps app maps.
Search for your destination or tap it on the map.
In the bottom right, tap the blue circle. It'll show a car, bus, bike, taxi, or person walking.
Start the navigation.
In the bottom right, tap the little icon with the three dots in a column, and "search along route". Then "search for more places."
The search bar will appear at the top, and you will have to type in the intersection where you want to stop or "detour" to. You can also add a specific place, like a restaurant, for example.
Touch the location on the map when it pops up, and then "add stop" at the bottom right.
Now it will alter your route to include that stop along the way! PRESTO! :)

Notes:

You can (EDIT: are SUPPOSED to be able to) add up to 9 stops (but I haven't figured this out yet because it won't let me add any more than ONE STOP)!
Directions to multiple destinations, or waypoints, aren’t available for public transit or rides.
To change the order of your stops, find the destination you want to move and then touch and hold Reorder  and then drag the destination.
You can search for places along your route.

I HOPE THIS HELPS! "HAPPY MAPPING!!" :D


What causes NFC on Nexus 4 to stop working? Sorry for the vague question title, I am open to suggestions, but I am not sure how else to phrase this.

I recently got a new phone; the Nexus 4. When I got it, NFC tags were working fine. They would scan successfully about 90% of the time (as good as it gets with NFC it seems).

Now, all of a sudden, it is down to 0% success. About once every couple minutes it will make the faint low-pitched jingle it makes when it detects NFC but does not read successfully (successful read results in higher pitched jingle).

What happened?! I can't get it to read anything no matter what I do.

Tested with 2 tags here at work. I will try a couple more when I get home too.

I was trying to install a custom NFC apk today to allow NFC while the screen is locked, but even when I revert back to stock apk I get the same behavior. I didn't test NFC today before attempting to install the custom apk, so I don't know (or think) that is what has caused this.

Anyone have any ideas? Seems so bizarre that it would just suddenly stop successfully scanning NFC.

I flat out REFUSE to send it back to LG. They already had it once and I didn't get it back for 2 and a half weeks.

EDIT: I have also tried removing some of the apps I have installed in the last couple days (avast and tasker specifically). Could rooting the phone have something to do with it? Really stuck here.

EDIT #2: So I have restored from some old (nandroid) backups I had. Still no dice. Probably going to attempt a factory reset when I get home at this point (my original settings and apps are so far gone now anyway). But honestly, it looks like it is hardware at this point, which has me extremely irritated. This would be the second time sending my phone in, and the last time I sent it in, I had to fork out for a manufacturer defect. This time, I'll probably crack it open and attempt the repair myself.

Pro Tip: NEVER BUY FROM LG.

Looks like this might be hardware, but not broken hardware.

EDIT: See comments below, but I suspect this is actually the tag hardware I was using and not the phone hardware causing the problem.

This appears to be a design flaw with the nexus 4 and I would absolutely love to hear from any other nexus 4 owners who use NFC tags.

I managed to get it to work consistently with some tags at home (i.e. not broken hardware). The only tags I can get to work though are "sticker" tags. The other tags I have are wrapped in some kind of hard plastic enamel to protect them from damage and allow you to carry them on a keychain etc... (also some which are specially designed to work near metal and other sources of interference, they did not work, I assume because they are also thicker than paper).

Any NFC tag that was made of the thicker plastic (i.e. not a pure sticker) would not scan, I am thinking this has to do with range. I could get them to scan somewhat inconsistently so I know the tags were ok (also tested on other phone). They also scanned better when I removed the back cover, but this cover is literally 1mm thick. Maybe 1.5mm. It's a Ringke Slim. So I have to conclude there is something internal to the Nexus 4 that is ruining the range. Seems like a massive oversight, but what other conclusion can you draw from the results I have so far?

Will update if I learn more.

Does anyone have a nexus 4 and use a thicker NFC tag (basically anything that is not paper thin)? If so, let me know, otherwise I'll accept this answer in a few days.


How do I switch to ART runtime on my Samsung Galaxy S4? I have Galaxy S4 and I'm trying to find the menu to switch to ART runtime, but I can't find it. The Android version is KitKat 4.4.2. Does Samsung disable this feature?

ART is not in the GS4 Developer Options. It's not compatible with the TouchWiz UI, so it was left off the GS4 update.


Possible Virus? Link at the bottom of some messages My friend is getting this Chinese writing at the bottom of the odd sent text message, only on very few texts. It seems to be a link to a website something like 11.am. I have used AVG, Malwarebytes and Kaspersky, and they didn't find anything.

Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

It is a website. It goes to a chinese casino webpage (or something like that). Anyway, because the text 11.am is written like that, without a space between the dot and a, it looks to see if it is a link, and since it is a valid link, it processes it as so.


Track down what is putting icons on my desktop Starting in the last week, something is putting icons on my desktop. I've not installed anything new on this phone (Android 4.2.2) in at least 2-3 weeks (and anything that was installed has been deleted). So far on the desktop I have icons for:

Game Of War  x2
Brave Frontier  x 3
GettingApps
EZ PZ RPG
DomiNations
Slotomania
Heroes Charg

None of those appear as installed apps in the "Installed" tab of "My Apps" part of Play store. In fact, every single app I have installed is by "Google Inc." (with a little blue icon next to it, which I'm guessing means it is trusted?).

Clicking any of these icons does nothing - ah, no, a click on the "Getting Apps" one brings up a dialog saying "Install Blocked: for security your phone is set to block installation of apps obtained from unknown sources".

I've tried a reboot, in case it was just a virus in memory, but it has survived that.

When I answer a call, then go to hang up, there is an ad on screen, which I then have to close. (This part is also new, just the past few days, so definitely related.)

Note: there is nothing appearing in the notification bar. The closest I've found to a duplicate question is this: Google Play is putting adds up when I'm doing anything on my phone. text, games, gallery etc  (from Apr 23rd this year).

UPDATE: For the moment I've cleared away all the icons from the desktop, and done another reboot, so it is clear again as I type this. (I did the same thing earlier in the week, but only removed a couple of them at that time to see what would happen.)  I just tried calling the phone, and there was no dialog popup, nor new app, this time. So, perhaps the icons were able to keep breeding as long as one remained, and getting rid of all of them was key? I'll keep an eye on it and report back.

UPDATE #2: It did come back. Each of those pop-ups seems to create a desktop icon even though I click the close button in the top-right. I should've said I had already tried AirPush Detector, and it found nothing. Just trying CMSecurity, as suggested by Mason's answer. It has found 7 "danger" problems: (Er, I only count 6 - not sure what the 7th was!)

3 apps with privacy issues: Messaging, YouTube, Email.
BroadAnywhere system vulnerability
FakeID Exploit system vulnerability
SMS Phishing vulnerability

(It also found 8 search history entries, 107 browser privacy issues, 156MB junk; I let it deal with all them, too. It did not say it was required, but I also did a reboot.)

So, again, I'll report back if the problem comes back!

UPDATE #3: Problem still happening. CM Security tells me everything is virus-free. I have nothing to try uninstalling - everything there is one of the built-in Google apps (except CM Security). (The best I can do is "uninstall updates to this app", and I'm thinking that might do more harm than good?) I'm going to try watching the "running apps" screen for a while, to see if anything changes before/after a new desktop icon appears.

Seems like someone had the exact same issue but posted it on the Android Forums, not here. :(

Things to try:

Install one or several of Airpush Detector, Avast! Mobile Security, AVG antivirus, or/and Addons detector.
Install CM Security to prevent things from slipping by unnoticed again.
Start Uninstalling apps one by one starting with the most recent to see which one is the problem, and then don't reinstall that one.

I hope you can get your phone back to normal soon!


Samsung FRP lock - Android 5.1 have access to Settings Not a duplicate as per other threads, due to the final step, Go to Backup and Reset and do a Factory Data Reset. As per my other answer, this will remove FRP from the device. The FRP lock is still there in my issue.

I have tried the methods listed here: How to bypass "Verify your account" (Factory Reset Protection)

FRP lock on Samsung S5 Neo

Android 5.1

Have full(ish) access to device

Using various methods, 5.1 Samsung camera download trick in this instance, I have access to Settings, and the rest of the phone. This is the 2nd time I have got to this stage as the first time, I followed the tutorial and did Settings > Backup and reset > Factory reset > Erase everything; but the FRP lock was still on!! Even though it isn't in the videos.

I have now got to a stage again where I have device access, but this time I wanted to enable Developer options to enable ADB and force the change in the settings/secure Content Provider, however enabling dev options tapping Build Number doesn't work!!

Any ideas?

Honestly... I'm not 100% but here goes....

After fiddling around, flashing a custom bootloader (which got blocked due to FRP lock) I reflashed 5.1 stock ROM and did the camera trick for the 3rd time, however I got boot loops and so the phone started up in Safe Mode.

I then restarted the phone to get out of Safe Mode and the FRP Lock was disabled. I had done nothing different except that the phone booted itself into Safe Mode. After Safe Mode and normal reboot, Settings/Build Number taps worked fine whereas it previously hadn't. I believe Safe Mode to be the crucial step to disable FRP Lock/Google verification.... Now need someone to verify.

Manual way here:

Power off the device.
Press and hold the Power key for one or two seconds to turn on the
device.
When the Samsung logo displays, press and hold the Volume down key
until the lock screen displays.   When the Lock screen is displayed,
Safe mode is displayed in the lower-left corner of the screen. To
exit Safe mode, restart your device.

TLDR; FRP Lock/Google verify > Boot into Safe Mode, then reboot again into normal mode > FRP Lock gone?

The only extra step was that it rebooted into Safe Mode from a privileged state, e.g. I had a lockscreen setup.


Unlocked bootloader with OEM locked inside system in Oneplus3. HELP? I have a OnePlus3 device which was rooted(TWRP + magisk + stock rom). But as new rom was buggy, i install old stock rom + stock recovery without root. After installing by mistake i lock OEM from the developer menu. Now after a restart, I stuck in the bootloader. Now, bootloader can't be locked or can't install new recovery. I can access bootloader and recovery but can't get into System. I tried to sideload rom but it keeps loading.What to do now?

Boot to bootloader, unlock oem and start the process all over again. You need to flash a recovery first, then the full ROM.zip.
If this doesn't work or you can't get it right, use the unbrick tool. We can provide you with the links if you can confirm your device


When phone is off and I plug it in to outlet the phone turns on instead of charging This might be hardware but I'm not sure so thought I'd ask.

Went to plug in to charger at home last night - noticed it didn't charge. Wake up in the morning though and the battery hadn't dropped (or raised)

At work I have a different charger and same thing seems to be happening.

I powered off my phone though, removed battery, put back in, and plugged in. This is where it gets strange - instead of showing me a large battery charging which is what use to occur it turns on immediately.

I checked Software Updates and everything is up-to-date. It is a Samsung Infuse.

update

WHILE PLUGGED IN:

Entered * # * # 4 6 3 6 # * #* to display battery info:

Battery Status: Not charging
Power plug: Unplugged
Battery level: 63%
Battery scale: 100
Battery health: Good
Battery voltage: 3810 mV
Battery temperature: 28.0 deg C
Time since boot: 11:50

What sticks out to me is that your battery status says "Not charging" Instead of discharging. I feel like your phone may recognize that the charger is plugged in, but may have some error in the battery/phone itself. I feel like your phone may just be translating the charger power directly into the phone itself, and is not able to charge the battery. If this is the case, it IS a hardware issue. Sorry that there isn't much you can do.


Rom Toolbox Pro Crashing awkwardly! Rom Toolbox Pro Crashes! I'm using rooted 4.1.2 Xperia P. I used this app to change my stock Font and Boot Animation. It ran so perfectly then. Then I deleted some of the boot animation downloaded by that app (those animations which I downloaded and Previewed) but I kept my Stock animation and the one I used. I didn't delete anything else! Then I opened the app and it crashed! ''Unfortunately Rom Toolbox Pro has stopped'' I wiped cache & then data and when it didn't run I REinstalled it. But still it didn't work!! So, I wiped dalvik-cache of only this app. But still no change! What should I do? I use this app almost everyday. Please help me!

Sorry I cannot add comment for some reason.
Well you can try these:

Install catlog or anyother logger
set on error.
install RTP and run.
Open catlog and save. It should contain the errors.
Post here.

After that.

Delete its data folder in /data/data/ (something like com.jrummy....).
Uninstall.
Rename and move its folder found on ur sdcard (romtoolbox) somewhere else.
Install a previous version.
Try.
If not uninstall and try Rom Toolbox Lite.
Let the dev know about it... Include the log.

If these doesnt work I can give a previous version which works on mine with its data.
Hope it helps!


How to prevent Android from automatically downloading System Updates from the cellular network? I've had Verizon's Samsung Note 5 for about 1.5 years. I don't have (and don't really want to pay for) an unlimited data plan so I use cellular data sparingly and use my home WiFi when downloading apps, updates, etc.

This morning I discovered my phone had, on its own, downloaded the Android 7 system update using my Verizon cellular data. Previously, the phone would only check for system updates and then notify me that an update was available for download (at which point I would use my WiFi to download the update)

How can one prevent Android from using the cellular network to download system (Android) updates without permission?

(I tagged this as Marshmallow since that was the version that had the auto-download bug in it, but I want to know how to prevent auto downloading of system updates in Android 7.0 also)

on the settings of the system update there is the option for ability it automatically or no and there is a check for download mode (wifi or data)


Whatsapp & factory reset I have recently factory/hard reset my Samsung Galaxy Advance. Apparently the Whatsapp application doesn't exist in my phone anymore. Does this mean, my account is deleted or I still need to delete it cause the my contact for whatsapp is still seen on my friend's phone.

Your account will not have been deleted, so you will still show up as a contact for other people. On your phone you will need to first re-install WhatsApp. Then if you want to delete your account go to "Settings" -> "Account" -> "Delete my account".


use a smartphone mic with a mixer I need an app that makes the output jack audio of the smartphone coincides with what is picking up the microphone. In other words, I would like to use the microphone of the smartphone, like a normal microphone to be connected to a mixer. from an electrical point of view it is feasible, I was wondering if it was possible even on the software side.

has a similar app already been created?

here's a built one that I'm talking about....

Direct Download APK from my Google Drive

New Mic2Aux.apk

This version has control over the 3 pin - 4 Pin microphone, using audio source changing in settings.

Hope this helps clarify how it works.

The microphone is recorded into a stream
The stream is played via the headset or main speaker
When using No headset, the Audio is looping from speaker to microphone continually getting louder.
If using Aux cord, there's a delay between processing into a stream and then playing via the output.
It does work as an example app on my device, however not efficient enough for realtime recording.


Is it OK to swap batteries while phone is connected to wall charger? It takes a few minutes to shut down and restart the phone, it would sometimes be handy to be able to swap batteries without shutting down (i.e. swap in a fully charged battery before going out).     Will the phone operate without a battery while connected to a wall charger?   Is it safe to swap the battery without shutting down?

It's device dependent, if the manufacturer can fit in the circuitry to use the wall charger without the battery then yes you'd be able to do that. Most laptops can run without batteries, I doubt many smartphone does though; phones are primarily designed to be used while on the go, while laptops are more likely to be plugged in.

A safe test is to shutdown the phone normally, plug the phone into charger, and pull out the battery, then try booting up the phone with only wall charger. If you can boot up, then it's 90% likely that you'll be able to pull out the battery while it's running without causing a reboot.

  Is it safe to swap the battery without shutting down?

If the phone doesn't have the appropriate circuitry, it will be no less safe than just unplugging the battery. There is no moving parts in a mobile phone and all modern hardware are designed such that complete loss of power will just reinitialize the hardware as if it's just booting up. Therefore the only possible damage you can do is to the file system.

Modern journalled file systems are designed to be able to withstand power loss. If you're using journaled filesystem, e.g. ext3 or ext4, then your data should be safe; if using unjournalled filesystem, e.g. FAT or ext2, then there is a small chance of file system corruption.


Can anyone identify this app notification I have been searching a lot, and, I am unable to identify this app on the notification bar as showed in the image. The icon with a blue circle and a rabbit on it. If anyone can recognize it, that will be very helpful.

Its the Notification for the app named Turbo VPN - Unlimited Free VPN.

VPN proxy
unblock sites
WiFi hotspot secure
protect privacy.


Ia there any way to lock just a single app on my S6? I want to lock just one app for a set period of time on my S6 daily. Where it will remain locked even  after restarting the phone and also automatically lock an app at a specific time.  Is there any way to do this?

Yes try downloading app lock pro from playstore.


Howto setup SMTP server without incoming mailserver? I'm trying to setup my private mailserver as SMTP server in Android 4.4. Every app I tried so far, Built-in Google app, Built-in Mail app and even K-9 mail which was mentioned many times on this forum, all require me to setup an incoming mailserver first. I tried the trick to provide wrong authentication info, but that doesn't work because each of the apps verifies it before proceeding. I'm not interested in having incoming mail on my phone because I've other ways to read the mail. Is it possible to setup the SMTP server without setting up an incoming mailserver?

Things have changed. Currently it is possible to setup a SMTP server without having an incoming mailserver. K-9 mail still asks for an incoming mailserver and complains about the password which I've set wrong but doesn't insist on a correction.


How to disable builtin email app On my new tablet I installed the gmail app and also configured the builtin app. Now I get two notifications for each email. How can I get rid of the builtin email app which does not seem as good as the gmail app?

If you have root you can do as suggested and use Titanium Backup to remove the stock email app.

If you aren't rooted you can remove the duplicate notification by going into the stock email app, settings, and then delete your email account from the app.

If you want to keep your account you can also go into your phone settings and find the application manager, swipe over to the all apps tab, find the stock email app and uncheck show notifications (if your android version is jelly bean).


High battery drain on Nexus 6P with Pixel Experience I have a nexus 6P with a fairly new battery (some months). It worked quite well, until I decided to flash Pixel Experience because it is the only ROM I found which supports the 6P with Android P.
After flashing, the phone suddenly started draining its battery extremely fast (1h screen time, ~4hs idle).
I couldn't find any troubleshooting for that special scenario, do you have any ideas on what to do?
I would prefer to try everything before changing ROM because I really like to have Android P.

Have you tried Greenify? It's on Google Play Store. Install it and grant root permissions. You can read about it here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/greenify

You can also try to flash Derp Kernel

Credit to https://www.reddit.com/r/PocoPhones/comments/askuec/pixel_experience_battery_drain/


I need an app that transfers SMS to SD and can be moved to SD card itself I just transferred phones from a Motorola Droid 2 to the Galaxy S III.  I usually use Handcent, but forgot to back up my SMS before the new phone was activated.  Now I have all my old SMS logs on the Droid, which can't back up because I have no data stream.

I've found multiple apps that can save SMS to the SD card and downloaded them to the S3, however I can't move any of those apps to the SD card to transfer the SD card to the Droid and install the SMS to SD backup app there.

I've tried using this Guide but even then, the apps won't move to the SD card. I don't want to root my new phone just to get an app transferred off it.

Can anyone give me suggestions for an app that meets that criteria or another solution?

You want the old version of LifeSaver2 available from the free & open source Android app repostitory http://f-droid.org

It's available here or via the FDroid market app itself.

To be able to install it you need to enable unknown sources.

If you have no data connection on your old phone: Put the LifeSaver2_1.0.apk on the SD card using your S3 or transfer it via Bluetooth and then side-load it.


/storage/emulated/0 is missing. Apps can't find the directory It began when I accidentally formatted the internal storage with TWRP.

Now the OS can't mount the internal storage and the /storge/emulated/0 directory is missing but when I go to settings -> storage and usb I can see that the internal storage is still there.

I can access my files through /data/media but the apps can't find the directory which is missing from /storage.

I flashed my stock kitkat ROM and it is able to detect and mount it (mounted at /storage/sdcard0) apps can access it as well

What can I do, I flashed multiple ROMs (both cyanogen and AOSP based but they can't find it!)

It may be that it is now located at /storage/sdcard0  since you flashed different ROMs with different configurations as you suggested,

alternately to run the following in emulator ;

mount -w -o remount rootfs /

then ;

ln -s /data/media/0 /sdcard

You can check with ;

ls -l -a /sdcard

Credits:

/storage/emulated/0 missing
Android 4.3 breaks Lil Debi. sdcard: '/storage/emulated/0' not a directory


What is the worst case scenario if you flash a wrong custom recovery? I have a Polaroid phone which doesn't have a lot of product support and I want to port a custom recovery on it and flash it. Before I follow through with it is there any chance of hard bricking it or will the worst case be a soft brick?

Had this problem so many times. So from the personal experience the worst case scenario is that you might soft brick your phone and would have to go stock, flashing the official firmware for your phone (and root it again).


Daydreaming -- does it decrease screen life? Does enabling daydreaming (display a clock while charging, i.e. never turn the screen completely off while charing) affect the life of the screen in any significant way?

As life of LCD screen is measured in hours of its usage, keeping screen turned on does consume some of its life hours.

But, average life of LCD screens range from 30,000 hours to 60,000 hours, so I don't think it would a matter to you.


How to get back system apps? Recently i ran into a problem, i have linked all my apps including the system apps to the External partition using the link2sd app. unconsciously, i have taken the memory card and formatted the whole partition. After re- inserting i found this issue and later recognised what was the cause for this.

I have tried Factory and Hard Reset but it was being hung when the logo [Panasonic] has appeared. later i have tried installing the same apps which were in dead, but the result is negative.

can you please suggest a solution for this?

I had this problem as well, I was unable to move the system apps back to the internal storage.
Re-installing the ROM did the job as it re-installs the apps back in the right path/location.


How do I semi-automatically guess Wifi passwords? In some travel destinations, free wireless APs with simple WEP or WPA PSK passwords are common place. Every hotel, cafe, and so on has one. However, language barriers can make it difficult to communicate the password. Common mistakes include "A" vs. "a", "y" vs. "i", "c" vs. "z", "1" vs. "7", "O" (letter) vs. "0" (number). Frequently, you'll find travellers guessing and discussing passwords. Is there are more efficient solution than manual trial-and-error?

I'm looking for an app or other solution, that

saves the hassle of retyping the same password and variations thereof by remembering previous guesses,
gives faster, better feedback if the connection with the current password fails (weak signal or wrong password?),
can efficiently try a number of passwords (variations of the password I entered or default passwords from a dictionary).

I'm not interested in cracking a network with strong security. I want to  get connected quickly if the waiter tells me "It's just oh, one, two, a, be, zee" while he's on his way to the next table. An efficient WEP or WPA2 cracker would get the job done, but for this purpose it's not required to crack strong passwords.

EDIT:

There's now a project that got monitor mode working on the Galaxy S2 and the Google Nexus One.
See http://bcmon.blogspot.de/

As far as I know there's currently no WEP/WPA cracking app. The fact Android is open and Linux based would allow this basically, however most (all?) wifi chipset drivers don't allow the necessary monitor mode and solutions would be tied to single makes/models with supported chipsets. Using known working USB wifi adapters with OTG ready devices would allow to circumvent this restriction but there has not been a project to do so yet. Update: There's  some effort by the author of Kismet.

This is not covering your question but is somewhat related:
You might however have luck using these 2 tools (root required):
Element53 and ProxyDroid

Background:
Many paid access points allow DNS resolution. Element53 is a TCP-over-DNS tunnel app (DNS has port 53, hence the name) to exploit this. The free version has 10MB traffic limit, here's the explanation from the Google Play:

  Element53, the DNS tunnel for Android.

  Element53 is a ready-to-use DNS-tunnel for Android. It can be used for
  penetration testing (other uses are not supported).


How to know if my phone has NFC technology? Is there anyway to find out whether my Samsung Galaxy Note has NFC technology or not?I bought the phone from Greece,but the store in which I bought the phone brought it directly from Samsung in France(that's what they told me) and the language that the phone had when I first boot the device was in German(so I suppose this phone was purposed for Germany).

Use Z-Device Test app.

  check the GPS signal, camera, compass, accelerometer, microphone,
  speakers, WiFi signals, Bluetooth, GSM / UMTS, FM Radio, Display,
  Battery, CPU, Memory, Vibration, USB, Audio / Video , operating
  system, light sensor, proximity sensor, temperature sensor, flash
  sensor, NFC near field comunication, Barometer, the detection of Navstar satellites in the constellation jointly and individually, .. etc..


Customized Sound from a Specific Person in Gmail I retrieve gmail message in my android and if I retrieve email from a specfic person with the following address for instance "....@test.com" I would like to retrieve the message with another sound instead of using the standard incoming sound message.

Is it possibly to do it?

Thanks!

I don't believe this can be done natively in an app like Gmail or Inbox, or even full blown mail clients like K-9, but there are email notification apps like Email Notifier, Mail Alert, and E-Notifier (just to name a few) where if you disable the embedded notifications in Gmail/Inbox and allow them to manage your notifications you can assign a specific notification tone based on the sender. Another option would be WhoIsIt, but that allows customized notifications for much more than just email, but text messages, phone calls, and some other apps as well.


TWRP createTarFork() error 255 when backing up data I have installed FreedomOS on my OnePlus 5. I'm not sure if this is related to FreedomOS, but when I try to make a backup in TWRP with data, system, and boot, it has an error with createTarFork() shortly after it gets to backing up data. It also says 'read only filesystem' when I try to open Terminal from Advanced and run 'cd /data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/bad7d639 && rm -rf backup-name'. What can I do to fix this and why is this happening?

For me, the error was related to the I/O or file corruption issue.

To find what has happened, browse to the backup location (usually /external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/backupfolder) and find the recovery.log file. Open the file, and at the bottom lines, read what folder caused backup failed.

Delete the corrupted folders using TWRP File Manager, delete the old backup folder, and try to do a backup again. Consider that this may occur for different folders, so you need to read the log file every time.


How to view ringtone associated with a contact in moto g2 I'm using Moto g2 with Lollipop 5.0.2. I can set custom ringtones for a contact.
But Cannot see anywhere which ringtone is associated with the contact.

For fun, I wrote a very simple script to find out which ringtone is assigned to a particular contact. Sadly, the script needs root access and Busybox and its applets installed and available under PATH variable. Once you meet the above requisites, save the following preformatted text into a file named find_tone.sh under /sdcard.

#!/system/bin/sh

list="/data/media/0/list";
mkfifo $list;
content query --uri content://com.android.contacts/raw_contacts --projection display_name:custom_ringtone | sed -e /NULL/d -e 's/,\scustom/\ custom/g' -e 's/.*display/Contact/g' > $list &
while read line; do
    name=$(echo "$line" | awk -F 'custom_ringtone=' '{print$1}');
    content_path=$(echo "$line" | awk -F 'custom_ringtone=' '{print$2}');
    printf "$name\n";
    content query --uri "$content_path" --projection title | sed 's/.*title/Ringtone/g';
    printf "\n";
done < $list
rm $list;

All I'm doing in that script is:

Creating a named pipe under /data/media/0/
Fetching the values available under the column display_name and custom_ringtone from raw info of all the contacts using content tool, filtering out few things using sed and saving the output into the named pipe.
Having each line of the saved output go through a loop to separate contact's name from the line and using the rest of the line to get the label of ringtone.
At last, deleting the named pipe.

Run the file in a  terminal emulator app:

su -c 'sh FILE'   # replace FILE with path of find_tone.sh. If it was saved into /sdcard, FILE would be /sdcard/find_tone.sh.

Here's the file in action:
(Click image to enlarge)

Note:

The output would consist solely of contacts which were assigned a particular ringtone. All the contacts which uses the default ringtone won't be listed in the output.
The solution is tested on Cyanogen OS 12 (Android 5.0.2).


Can multiple androids be paired to work on the same task? PlayStation 3 consoles were combined to make a super computer. Can the Android phones be modified in the same way? Could I use the processing power of 2 phones to play a movie that 1 would not.

https://www.engadget.com/2007/08/11/sonys-warhawk-server-farm-is-made-of-ps3s/

It depends on the workload but you absolutely could use Android phones as a cluster in much the same way they did with the PS3's.

You'd probably need some sort of server-client setup. With a server setup to manage the clients, assign work and manage the overall process and the clients setup to complete the work.

This is an interesting idea, for sure!


Where is Chrome's "Merge tabs and apps" option on Android Tablet running Lollipop? System:

Nexus 9 32GB Wi-Fi
Android 5.0.0 Lollipop LRX21R
Chrome 39.0.2171.93

While researching this myself, most questions I found are about how to disable 'Merge tabs and apps,' but I haven't found one that fits my problem, I'm trying to enable it.

For example, OMGChrome explains how to disable this as follows:

Open Google Chrome for Android
Open the menu
Select "Settings"
Tap "Merge tabs and apps"
Set the slider to off

Reversing these steps, for me, is unsuccessful. The "Merge tabs and apps" option does not exist for me, as far as I can tell.

This is a feature that I'd like to have, but don't know how to get.

The "Merge tabs and apps" option should be inside the "Basics" header. However, as of current writing, it seems Google didn't add this feature for Android tablet. The same case was reported on Android Central's forum, and the reply was

  It looks like that feature is only on Chrome on phones. It may be due to the fact that Chrome on tablets already has visible tabs, while Chrome on phones doesn't.

Chrome 39.0 setting on Android phone

Chrome 39.0 setting on Android tablet


How to root and flash a android Galaxy Ace s5830t? i am trying to root my device which has android 2.3 in it. The reason is something has gone wrong and wifi and bluethooth are not functioning. every time i try connect,  it says error and automatically gets disabled. so i decided to, root the device and install a fresh ROM.  i am able to root it but when trying to install the ROM it doesnt allow me. it prioritizes TELSTRA.

Any help on this is highly appreciated from android geeks.

EDIT1

i was able to flash it and now there is a problem that phone is not starting up. its stucked in well come screen for more than half and hour now. but i saw in the screen instead of galaxy ace S5830T it shows S5830 which is a change. anyways to recover this kind of a situation ?

According to this old XDA post it's the same as the S5830. I'm not really sure though, you need to investigate this on your own if have doubt. Note also, that your S5830 is a legacy device and only really runs Android 2.3 well.

So you could either follow CyanogenMod's installation instructions for the S5830 or search the S5830 section on XDA here.

Note: If you want to replace the stock firmware, you don't have to root it in the first place; it's not needed to be able to flash it. You'll have root with the modded firmware, then.


What is the difference between Samsung 4 files(Repairing firmware) and Single firmware file for flashing? I was flashing a Samsung device with a single file (tar.md5 format) and i saw some people are working with 4 files(Repairing firmware) to fixing the most and actually, Any problems with those 4 files and i've heard that they says, it should fix any(Software) problems after flashing it on the device but i couldn't actually figured out ;

What is the exactly difference between these two which the 4 files containts four files such as ;

Bootloader file
CODE file,
Modem file
and  CSC file

And the single one has the Modem file and the others which we'd introduce it in PDA section?

Or, which one should be the best option for updating a device?

Also, i've seen an application which it could convert the Single firmware to four files and that was more interesting about the question too!

The main difference is that the single file doesn't Factory Reset the phone after flashing, but the 4 file firmware does factory reset and remove absolutely everything and make it like an out of the box phone.

The 4 files are called Binary Firmware which contains all the files in certain order:

Bootloader contains all the boot files
AP contains all the system and recovery files.
Modem/CP contains phone network and wifi software.
CSC contains PIT file and cache removing IMG which puts all the files in order and repairs any damage firmware has before.

Thats why they are called repair files.


LG Optimus G and Mac OSX I just got an LG Optimus G from my carrier, and was extremely excited for it! I finished recovering my documents and such, and then I went to load my music and pictures... But my Mac isn't recognizing it!

I checked my phone, and it was set to just USB Charging. That explains it... I tried the LG Software option, but couldn't find it on their website for Mac OSX. I emailed LG Support, and they said their software does not run on OSX. OK, I got another 3 options to try...

USB Tethering wouldn't transfer files... Maybe Media Sync (MTP)? It says that I can transfer files or synchronize with Windows Media Player. I select that, but nothing appears on my computer, and iTunes doesn't read it. Finally, I tried the Camera (PTP) option; this brought up my iPhoto asking me to download pictures. It doesn't let me add files to the phone though.

So my question is, how can I transfer files easily (preferably via a sync) between my phone and my OSX 10.6 MacBook Pro?

EDIT: I received an email reply back after they told me they do not have their LG software available for a Mac. They told me to try Salling Software to do the sync, along with instructions. However, my phone is not listed (actually, no LG phones are listed) as being compatible with the software. I followed LG's instructions, but it did not help (instructions below)

EDIT 2: A friend suggested Winamp for Mac. I'm just trying to get it to properly import all my media, then I will post the results

The way it works for me is that I use the "MTP" transfer function on my LG Optimus G, together with the Android File Transfer, which is downloadable here:

    http://www.android.com/filetransfer/

And tadaaa! It works.


how to increase inter nal storage Im using cyanogen mod 13.. I'm over with my internal storage which was of 1gb.
How to increase the internal storage to install new apps? And for other functions   also all my files are going to internal rather than  external. "rooted"

It's really too low for internal memory. But if you have SD Card, you can move some apps on it and then free more space on your internal storage. Check your camera config whether you're able to save pictures on SD Card. You can also manually move some files (downloads, for example) to the external storage.


Does build number matter when rooting phone? I want to root a Galaxy Ace S5830, Android 2.3.6 Build Number GINGERBREAD.DXKT5.

I've seen some tutorials that says specific build numbers while some says nothing specific.

Does build number matter when rooting phone?

BTW if you have any tips on how to specifically root this (2.3.6 GINGERBREAD.DXKT5), that would be cool.

No, build number rarely matters.

The main reason to note the build number is because of the baseband - but I normally take no notice of the build number.


Can a Xiaomi / MIUI phone bet set to use dd/mm date format? I have a Redmi 4A that I bought while in China a few months ago.

It works great in English but seems to only offer a choice of only 12- vs. 24-hour time format and American date format, mm/dd/yyyy.

For all English speakers who aren't American this format is very confusing. All my other devices let me change to dd/mm/yyyy format. But so far I can't find a way to do this on my phone.

Android version is 6.0.1 MMB29M and MIUI version is 8.5.4.0(MCCCNED)

It's less Xiaomi than Android 6, which eliminated the corresponding setting from the settings pages unfortunately. The argument is obviously that those formats are bound to the region, and thus shall be chosen by the language you pick (English/US vs. English/UK,NZ,whatever).

What they obviously forgot is that the number of combinations is limited. No way to chose e.g. English/DE that way, to have English language with German date/time & number formats. Or that one user prefers the year in dates being 2 digit while another wants 4… I was looking for a better solution for weeks, but couldn't find it.

Also see: How to change date and time format on Marshmallow?


Connectify network for android I have a wired internet access on my win xp laptop. And want to share it to my HTC android smartphone. So, I've installed Connectify Hotspot Pro 3.7.1, created a network, but my android even doesn't see that network. However, another windows based laptop sees it.

It's because Android can neither connect nor "see" ad-hoc networks. There's supposedly a work around in which you install some third party software on your Android device, but it only works on a small list of phone models. A quick Google search will lead you to the page. Sorry, I'm on my tab right now otherwise I'd link it here.

EDIT:
Found the link to a similar situation: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5100928/how-to-connect-android-wifi-to-adhoc-wifi


SMS sent without my consent from my Redmi 7A phone? I hope this question is on-topic here. I am completely puzzled at this. On 26-Feb-2020 at 4.24 PM IST an unknown SMS has been sent from my Redmi 7A Android Phone without my consent to a completely unknown number.

See the attached screenshot for the message contents (it starts with ACTA and then contains some encoded data). It's all either encrypted or garbage. I have no clue what this is and I can not infer anything from this.

All apps before installation are scanned by built in security check. I have run security scan on my phone and nothing suspicious found except need to update MIUI.  No app was installed on that day and I do not download any unknown apk's from unknown sites. All apps have always been installed from Google Play Store.

The number does not exist in my contact list and has never ever been dialed from or any call received on this phone. Could someone explain this? Any clarification on what this could have been would be great to know.

Truecaller site reports that number as a spam number from India.

Thanks.

According to quick research, the "ACTA" SMS is used by ICICI Bank for a verification/activation message on their mobile apps (e.g. iMobile).

From Mi Community - Unable to activate icici i-mobile app on my POCOFONE F1,

  Post #10

  Solved after the solution given by the online imobile team.
  During the activation process,  you get some random text message (ACTA *** which need to be sent for verification) , you copy the entire text and send the same to 9215676766 instead of +91222208888 (icici server number which is usually busy).
  This sms need to be sent within 90 seconds and jump back to imobile app and proceed with the activation by setting 4 digit pin and grid value verification. [...]

  (Emphasis added)

Also, thanks to the OP for confirming it on the comment thread,

  I then called ICICI Bank customer care and the representative has confirmed that this number (ed. +9184220...) belongs to their iMobile servers and the message is some kind of legit verification message required by the app to function properly. Earlier I must have clicked 'Allow this app to send SMS' so the whole process happened automatically.


Whats app encryption Is the encryption automatically turned on or do i have to physically tap it to turn it on? I have sent some inappropriate messages to one of my contacts on Whats app and don't want ANYONE to see it. I cant remember if I turned on the encryption physically and I am afraid that that contact may show the messages to the wrong people or that someone can access the messages from another device or app

Encryption is always activated as long as both of you are using latest version of WhatsApp and there is no way to turn if off too.

You can also verify the encryption from "Verify security code" screen in the contact info screen.

Source: https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/28030015


Protecting phone from the FREAK bug How can I protect my phone from the FREAK bug?
Phone is a Samsung GT-S5830 running Gingerbread.

tl;dr

Use browsers (e.g. FireFox) that are proven to be not vulnerable to FREAK bug and try to avoid these sites until they've fixed their server. The bug is not device-dependant nor Android version-dependant.

From FreakAttack.com,

  Who is vulnerable?

  The FREAK attack is possible when a vulnerable browser connects to a susceptible web server—a server that accepts "export-grade" encryption.

  Clients

  Update (Mar. 5):   Browsers are vulnerable to the FREAK attack because of bugs that allow an attacker to force them to use weak, export-grade encryption. One example is the OpenSSL bug described in CVE-2015-0204, but some other TLS libraries have similar problems. Far more browsers are vulnerable to the FREAK attack than was initially thought when the attack was announced, including:

  ...
  Chrome on Android
  Stock Android Browser
  ...

  You can check whether your browser is vulnerable using our FREAK Client Test Tool.

  Chrome for Windows and all versions of Firefox are known to be safe. However, even if your browser is safe, certain third-party software, including some anti-virus products and adware programs, can expose you to the attack by intercepting TLS connections from the browser. If you are using a safe browser but our client test says you’re vulnerable, this is a likely cause.

  What should I do?

  If you use a browser …

  Make sure you have the most recent version of your browser installed, and check for updates frequently.   Updates that fix the FREAK attack should be available for all major browsers soon.


How to uninstall AVG which isn't listed under My Apps? That's pretty much it, my Sony Xperia Z3 Compact came with AVG antivirus preinstalled and I can't see how to uninstall it, since it does not show up in Play Store under My Apps / Installed (or anywhere else).
My Android version is 4.4.4 .

Note that my problem is not the one mentioned in this question. In my case under Settings > Security > Device administrators the checkbox next to AVG was already unchecked.
Instead my problem is simply that I don't know where to start the uninstallation process (and I don't understand why all my installed apps do show up as expected under My Apps but AVG does not).

If you don't want to root your device, you should be able to see AVG under the 'All' tab in your list of apps.

If this is the case, open it and there will be one or both of these options available:

'Uninstall Updates' which will reduce the app size and save you space.
'Disable' which will prevent the app from running and will hide it from the app drawer. This will not save you any space as the app will remain on your system.

If you choose to disable it, clearing the data and cache will also save you some extra space.


How do I use Tasker to download web images and set them as my background? I recently purchased Tasker after having it recommended to me by several people. I am trying to take an image from a website (Unsplash Source) and set it as my background daily. As I am relatively new to using Tasker I tried looking for a tutorial on how to do this on but couldn't find one that worked for me. I found other examples that used different websites but have been unable to correctly adapt their instructions to fit the website I am using. I want to use this URL to download the picture from daily (https://source.unsplash.com/2560x1440/?nature/). Is there a way I can do this with Tasker? If so can you please show me how?

Thanks for helping me.

I just messed around with Tasker a little more and found an answer. For anyone who is curious here it is.
 1. Create a new profile set to every 24 hours.
 2. Add a new action
 3. Search for and select HTTP Get
 4. Set the Server:Port to https://source.unsplash.com/2560x1440/?nature/
 5. Set the Mime Type to image/*
 6. Set the Output File to unsplash.jpg
 7. Create a new action
 8. Search for and select Set Wallpaper
 9. Set the Image to unsplash.jpg
That should then change the background to a random image every day at midnight. Please let me know if I have made any mistakes, but from what I can see this works.


Cannot select "Start now" on a dialog when using app to do screen capture on Marshmallow I just upgraded my new Moto G3 to Marshmallow and noticed that both of my screen capture apps (AZ Screen Recorder and Lollipop Screen Recorder) no longer worked. I kept getting stuck at one dialog asking for permission to capture the screen.

Cancel still works, but it wouldn't let me select Start Now at all.

Its very simple brothers.. you cannot click "start now" or
 if u trying to install any 3rd party application you cannot click "install" on moto g4 device .. its because you all people enabled "filter applications" like "blue filter"

Please disable that and enjoy


Forgot password on Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 - how to reset? I've lost my password on my almost new Samsung Galaxy S4. Now I can't unlock the tablet, and I can't shut it down since all these actions require the password. The only thing I can do is restarting it.

Now I want to reset it to factory settings, so I can set a new password. However, all the guides to a hard reset say you have to turn it off first. This I cannot do since it requires the password.

How can I reset or shut down the tablet without a password?

If you have time, let the battery drain. Then power up the tablet with the charger. Press Power + Volume Up to go to recovery (until you see the recovery screen) and reset the tablet.
If not, hold Power + Volume Down for up to 45 seconds to restart the tablet. When it restarts, press Power + Volume Up to go to recovery (until you see the recovery screen) and reset the tablet.

Sources:

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Reset Guide: How to Master Reset, Reset Network Settings, Soft Reset your Tablet

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 - Factory Data Reset (Powered Off)


Configuring GMail to use system email accounts Version 5 of GMail just arrived on my phone, and I was excited that now I'm able to use all my email addresses with it. But it seems like I have to add them all manually, although they are shown under Settings -> email and work just fine with the stock app.

Is there some way to use the already entered data in GMail 5? I'm afraid that in future versions it could rely on the system information and introduce some confusion where to change the settings, so I would like it to rely on the system settings from the very beginning.

I would do that not only for the Gmail app but all the Gmail. Go to your desktop pc, log into your account, go to settings and configure Gmail to receive all your emails inside your account.


Is it possible to enable bootloader unlocking on C6603 (Yuga/Sony Xperia Z)? I was following Sony's official guide for unlocking the bootloader. However, upon entering *#*#7378423#*#* into the phone App and navigating to Service Info -> Configuration under the Rooting Status category, it said Bootloader unlock allowed: No

I tried Googling on how to solve the issue, but I mostly hit dead-ends. A few of the guides claimed that flashing a stock ROM would work, but it was often met with negative feedback from other readers. There are apparently some paid services that do this, too, but I'm not in the position to resort to them. Some people said it's virtually impossible to do it.

The main reason why I want to flash the ROM is because my operator/carrier (T-Mobile) has loaded the phone with bloatware and there's this one application that just keeps giving me grief with notifications. Also, I've grown very familiar with Cyanogenmod with my previous phone, and I miss it!

You can flash a stock Sony rom on to your device by using flash tool just Google it, then you  find a stock ftf rom and you can flash it without unlocking the bootloader.


What are the differences between different versions of Angry Birds Space? I own both an Android phone and a tablet and I am trying to figure out what the differences are between these Angry Birds Space versions:

Angry Birds Space
Angry Birds Space Premium
Angry Birds Space HD

One is free and the other two are paid apps, but looking at the description they seem to have the same content and features. Can someone clarify the differences?

Both premium and HD are ad-free and the latter is for tablets.


Obtaining some 4.0 functions on a 2.3 phone through rooting? I'm thinking of maybe rooting my phone, for various reasons. But one of the main ones is that I find the current version of Calendar, amongst others, that I have, very lacking. And I'm almost sure the version that comes with Ice Cream Sandwich or later is better. It just has to, seeing all the "what the heck?" things there are in the one I have.

(There's also the fact I need to free my super small phone memory as much as possible, which I'm not allowed to, but this is not what I want to ask about.)

To be clear, I know for sure that my device cannot run full later versions of Android. Clearly, unless you can use an SD card as an extension block of RAM and processor AND install the OS on it, I doubt I can do this. My phone is way too basic.

However, I would like to know if there's a way, through rooting my phone, to get some features of Android 4.0 and up. Such as a better calendar with more features, or the ability to put contacts in groups, for example.

I did look at some third-party calendar software reviews, but none of them seemed to beat the original up-to-date one. Every review seemed to point out things like "calendar app XYZ is great, but X function isn't very compatible with Google Calendar", or "XYZ Google Calendar function doesn't work on it yet", for example.

My phone's specs should be:

Samsung Galaxy Q (SGH-T589W)
Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread
Processor: 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 (if indeed it's the same as the Gravity Smart, because information on the Galaxy Q is rare)
Internal storage: 152 MB, some of which I think is taken up by the OS or useless stock software, because I can't ever seem to free it
RAM: 279 MB
SD card: 2 GB

Short answer: No!

That would cause the handset to boot-loop or cause F/C (Force Close) as Ice Cream Sandwich and later, their apps are relying on the v4.x framework.

By bringing it across to Gingerbread could spell disaster and "weird" issues with the handset.

However, bringing across Gingerbread 2.3.x apps across to Ice Cream Sandwich should work, (Paradox ahead...) as ICS upwards would have compatibility layer within their framework for running apps that target below ICS! Hope this part makes sense!


Hotmail contacts not syncing in android 5.1 GPE I've just recently flashed my rom with Android GPE 5.1 on my HTC M7 and it's working great however there's a slight problem where for some reason my hotmail contacts are not syncing after I've set up my hotmail account in Gmail using exchange setup. On my old HTC M7 sense my hotmail accounts synced up and all appeared fine.

When I go to Accounts settings I can see my hotmail account is there under Gmail and I can see it shows Contacts, Calendars and Emails show as synced but only Calendars and Emails are indeed synced as I could see them in Gmail and my calendar app but I can't see any of my hotmail contacts.

I also tried installing outlook and adding my hotmail account but outlook is not appearing under the Account settings.

Anyone got a similar problem and know how to resolve this as I don't want to manually export and import my hotmail into google account?

I did a clean wipe, set up my hotmail in Gmail as an exchange account. At first it didn't seem to work after a few updates I now see the contacts again.


use android phone with broken screen My phone screen has been broken, I have root access and my usb debugmode is on. when i connect my phone to Moborobo, moborobo shows the screen shot on my phone, is there any way to touch my phone screen with pc ? something like real remote that give me this chance to use my mouse for accessing my phone ?

try MyPhoneExplorer at www.fjsoft.at
it provides you access like a remote does to a tv, and you can use the mouse on your pc as a touch control for android.
its not a smooth experience but workable.
you can also use to back up device data as well
hope this helps.


A/B (Seamless) update device questions The internal storage of each Android device is separated into partitions such as system and boot. Most devices have only a single copy of each partition, but devices that support seamless updates have two copies of certain partitions—slot A and slot B, hence A/B—so that one copy of the partition lies dormant while the other is in active use. Because each partition is a copy, they can be used interchangeably to boot into Android. This also means that you can update one partition in the background and then swap to it when you reboot—thus your update is seamless!

I need to know more about this for a stock unrooted device:

After OTA system update, does the device install OS to both partitions? Or  install to only one partition.
whether the device continues to same(current) android version until reboot manually?(after installing version update). Or whether it updates current to latest version overnight.
When normal reboot(not after update), how can a user identify whether device is booted to which slot (A/B)? Else, will the device continues to current slot on normal reboot(for example if it is A).
If any one slot got corrupted, Is it possible to use other slot only.

After OTA system update, does the device install OS to both partitions? Or install to only one partition.

and

whether the device continues to same(current) android version until reboot manually?(after installing version update). Or whether it updates current to latest version overnight.

It installs only to the inactive partition, which becomes active on reboot after update. Figure explains clearly

When normal reboot(not after update), how can a user identify whether device is booted to which slot (A/B)? Else, will the device continues to current slot on normal reboot(for example if it is A)

On a normal reboot, it always reboots into the currently active partition. You can verify by running this command pre and post normal reboot
fastboot getvar all | grep “current-slot” (On Linux)
On Windows, fastboot getvar all and search for current-slot
Edit : You can see current slot using apps like Dev check

If any one slot got corrupted, Is it possible to use other slot only.

If you mean by corruption , the update has failed,

....the device will roll back to the working build on the other slot....Your data is kept perfectly intact, even if the update is borked, as there is only one partition (userdata) which houses your data.

From How A/B Partitions and Seamless Updates Affect Custom Development on XDA and for more technical details see A/B (Seamless) System Updates
Edit: Here is a  more detailed picture from Android Police