Battery draining extremely quickly Galaxy S7 My phones battery was draining extremely quickly a few moments ago, around 1% per 2 seconds. It's been doing this fairly often but when I go to device management and clean everything it usually stops draining.

This time though, the battery kept on being chugged and I couldn't find any explanation as to why it would get drained like that, everything was asleep or off. Even after turning off and on my device, the battery kept going down and the phone kept getting hotter and hotter.

Would any one know what else I could do? I feel as though I tried everything possible.

(in case this happens again since it randomly decided to stop chugging.)

Thanks,

to note:

Device software is up to date.
Device is 1 1/2 years old.

This has being a common problem with S6 due to update to marshmallow, I believe this should also work for your S7.

Wipe your phone cache or system partition by following the steps below;

  Go to Settings

  Storage and USB

  Cached Data

  OK. This should wipe your system partition.

Or you can also do the same thing from recovery mode by following the steps bellow:

  Turn off your Galaxy S7.
  Press and hold Power
  When ‘Samsung Galaxy S7’ appears, immediately release the Power key and then press and hold the Volume Down button to access Fastboot
  Use the volume buttons to highlight Recovery and press Power to confirm.
  If you see the Android robot, press Power, then Volume up briefly to access Recovery.
  Scroll down to Wipe cache partition and hit Power to confirm.
  Scroll down to Yes and hit Power to confirm.
  Reboot

If the problem persists, you can also clear the app cache for your device and the last resort is to do a full backup and perform a factory reset. Wiping your device and restoring your apps and data is one of the simplest and best ways to avoid any weirdness battery drain and general system performance issues.


Do I loss Apps and Data I have installed Lineage OS 14.1 on my Redmi 1S, and installed GApps(Aroma) from opengapps.org. I have increased /system partition size to install GApps package. New nightly with some fixes are available. If I continue to install nightly and GApps, Do I lose my apps and data?

previous observations:

1. Installed Nightlies many times using TWRP(I think it has been overwritten).

2. Installed Gapps(earlier used pico) several times.(I think it has been overwritten).

Above two steps doesn't ends up in error, and booted to system well(no data loss).

But, now steps are different:

i. place a file named part in one of the root folder.

ii. install partition increase zip

iii. wipe all

iv. install ROM

v. execute resize

vi. install Gapps.

I am confused that whether I loss, system app's and user app's data after installation if I skip wipe all.

Installing ROM on an unwiped system partition can be dangerous. It would be better to just wipe the partition. And of course you will lose the data.


removing appstore android from the cloud there has been discussion about this item in earlier years, but I want to know this:
I want to reload the App Store because the apps I bought with it do not function any longer after I removed the App Store (because I did not plan on any further purchases via this store); reloading fails, probably because the version I tried to remove is not removed from the Cloud Library. It seems to me impossible to acces the Cloud-library. So: what to do?

If you've installed payed apps from Amazon's store, they will need the corresponding Amazon app to work: it is used to verify their license. So if you uninstall the Amazon app, they no longer can do that – and thus refuse to work, as they assume you've got no valid license.

So you've few choices:

re-install the Amazon app
stop using those apps (uninstall them)
uninstall those apps you've bought from Amazon, buy them again from another store you plan to keep, and re-install them from there.


When do Force Closes imply hardware problems? In general: how do you know if random Force Closes (FC) are due to faulty hardware or not?

I experience a few FC's per day on standard apps (Skype, Facebook, Chrome) using stock Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 (ICS) on my Galaxy Nexus.

If it was another random Android device I would get it, but not on Google's flagship with this much development behind it.

Random force closes are only suspicious if it's truly random (i.e. no plausible causes) and it's only happening on your device. In most other cases, it's simply due to poorly coded third party apps.

There are two kinds of force close dialogs:

Android offers to force close applications that fail to respond to an input event within five seconds. When this happens, the force close dialog offers you to either "wait", "report", or "force close" the app (this is also called the ANR/Application Not Responding dialog).
There is also another force close dialog that happens due to an unrecoverable crash or unhandled exception (e.g. null pointer error, stack overflow, array out of bound, etc). This crash dialog would not offer you to "wait", just to "report" or "force close".

In any case, check the report dialog and see if you can scrap any useful info (most importantly, the traceback) to determine whether it's an application bug. Google the traceback message with the name of the app to see if it's probably a common issue with that particular version of the app.

Make sure you keep your apps up to date.


How to prevent WhatsApp images and other local pictures folders appearing from Google+ Photos app? I've enabled auto backup for camera photos except local folders. Although local folders are not uploaded to the cloud, Photos app keeps showing these folders and making a mess. I'd like to have this app clean with only camera photos just like Dropbox's Carousel do.

Update: How to do it in the new  Google Photos Android app:

Open Google Photos.
Go to Settings on the left panel.
Click on Backup & Sync.
Scroll down a bit.
Click on Choose folders to back up...
Activate or deactivate each folder by clicking the switch.

Google+

From: Back up photos & videos automatically

Turn on or off for individual folders

Open the Photos app .
Touch the menu icon   at the top left and then On Device.
To the right of each folder title, touch the cloud icon to turn Auto Backup on or off for that folder:

 Auto Backup is on for that folder.

 Auto Backup is off for that folder.


Use WhatsApp for one-way communication to a group I am a teacher. All my students are using WhatsApp. I want to create a group for my students, and hide the group members to see others' contact details except my contact details.

Also I can only post the messages and others will not post in that group. It will be one way communication for their assignments and quizzes.

Is it possible in WhatsApp Messenger?

If you use a group this might not be possible. However, you can create a Broadcast list - in this way you can send a message in a shot to all participants and they will not be able to see the other members

On WhatsApp click on the overflow button (3 dots) and chose New Broadcast

Hope this helps


System slow and apps not working on Lineage OS 14.1 Recently I updated my Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (GTS7582) from CM 13.1 to Lineage OS 14.1 using the unofficial build I found here. It ran smoothly at the beginning and I took to it immediately. However, after installing some apps, I'm experiencing serious speed issues on my phone. Newly installed apps don't even open; if they do, they just stop working and quit. I observed that Lineage is using the same amount of RAM that CM used to use... so I'm guessing the problem is with the ROM I used and not my phone. If anyone knows of a way to speed up my phone, please advise me. If not, can you suggest another ROM that is lighter and more stable. My key requirement is that it should support extending main memory to the SD card, so that the SD card can be used as main memory. This was my primary reason for upgrading to Lineage in the first place, because my phone doesn't have much in the way of internal storage. It should also, ideally, look as good as Lineage.

Thanks :D

I am facing similar issues on OnePlus 2, but I have tried custom kernels which caused battery life issues. I tried to modify the cpu settings with Kernel Auditor (from google play, requires at least root). It did help a lot but somehow the app intersects with wifi hotspot, so it wasn't a solution.

Today I found a risk free option worth trying:
http://www.androidbeat.com/2017/03/how-to-stop-android-apps-killed-marshmallow-nougat/

Hope this helps


How do I unlock my device for KIES? I've got the latest version of KIES installed for a Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon).  Currently on the June patch level for Android 6.0.1 (and want to use KIES to update to the September patch level).  However, whenever I connect my phone, KIES says "The connected device is locked - Please enter password on the connected device".  I don't see anywhere to enter a connection password on the device.  I'm in the menu, I can run apps, so I'm already past the screenlock password.  What exactly do I need to do for KIES to be allowed access?

Try this

On your phone go to settings > developer options > USB configuration > and enable USB debugging

To enable developer options, go to settings > about phone > and tap on the build number seven times.

(Make sure the phone is unplugged from the computer)

Plug the phone in, pull down the shade from the top, and select the USB options button.  Hit that, select software install.


What if I erase an undelivered message My questions are concerning Whatsapp.

If I send a message, there are three indicators - one tick,two ticks and two blue ticks. If I delete it when it's still being sent (one tick),will the second side still be able to read it?

By the way, is there an option how to change or delete a message in a short period of time after sending it? (As it is possible at gmail?)

Thanks a lot.

Axessa

1 tick = server received the message. After this you can't stop the message to be sent.

You can stop messages to be sent if you delete them before the first tick appears. If you get lucky you have time for that...or you can try to quickly turn off WiFi/3g but most of the time messages get sent to server too quick for that


Android owner locked: Can't update phone i am samsung galaxy tab E user. I don't have custom recovery system in my device. The owner of tablet is locked and I forgot the password. I know the google account signed in owners it's mine but there is no option of using that to unlock owner. Earlier I used by creating another user but I cant update my device OS now. How do I reset owner account or get option of opening it using google account signed in in there?

You can try  resetting the device to factory then when you'll be promoted to verify your Google account, simply put the owner account that was synced with the device then after that you can put any account and you should be able to download OTA updates


Clock Work Mod Recovery isn't picking up External SD Card I have Clockwork Mod Recovery installed on my phone and I'm trying to install a custom ROM on it. But when I go to 'install zip from external SD card' it gives the effect as if it's going into the SD card but nothing is displayed (none of the files, folders etc that's on the card).
And when I try and go back it doesn't want to either...

Some details:

Samsung Galaxy Note II (GT N7100)
Clockworkmod 6
Trying to install Paranoid Android 3.99

Thanks in advance for some advice!

Check the size and format of your SD Card.  The current ClockworkMod recovery version (6.0.3.x) doesn't support exFAT partitions. If you have a newer card that is over 32GB, chances are it's formatted using exFAT file system, due to limitations of FAT32 on Windows. The solution is to either use a smaller card formatted as FAT32, or use a different recovery that supports exFAT, such as TWRP, for example.


.htaccess protected HTML5 videos not playing I have videos in a directory which is protected through .htaccess. I want to deliver the videos by means of the <video> tag.

Here is an example:
protected video

Use test/test to login.

Without the protection the same video plays fine:
unprotected video

I've tried it with the stock browser and also Chrome.
I am on a custom 4.0.4 ROM.

Am I the only one experiencing this issue? I couldn't find anything on Android's Bug Tracker.

Both worked fine for me in Google Chrome.

I am using Mac Book Pro with OS X Maverick and the latest version of Google Chrome.
On firefox ( latest version) it displays an error:

No video with supported format and MIME type found.

On safari it keeps loading. See the screen shot please.


Will restoring a backup unroot my rooted device again? I have made a full backup of my formerly unrooted android device using Android Debug Bridge, later rooted it and now would like to restore the backup while maintaining root access.

Will this work by restoring the backup with adb restore or will my phone possibly be unrooted (just like with a factory reset)?

Edit: My Samsung Galaxy Nexus GT-i9250 is currently running on Android 4.3, the backup was made with the same version using the command adb backup -apk -shared -all -f.

Update: I restored the update and my device is still rooted (checked with Root Checker from Super User), though a few apps and some data were not restored.

As long as you don't restore the system partition (I don't know whether this is backed up by ADB), your root access should be preserved.

You could just make a backup of the state of your device now and restore it, when needed.


My gmail is going to my boyfriends phone how can I disconnect my boyfriend from my gmail. He says he is going to and still has not. He on his way over now and thought I might be able to do something

Go to myaccount.google.com.

Scroll down to Recent Activity>Devices.
Click on any device your account should not be associated with and then click Remove.

Then scroll down to Connected Apps and Services>Account Permissions. Click View All. Select any app or device that should not be accessing your data and click Revoke Access.

It's a good idea to go ahead and run though the security check at the top of the accounts page. As others have mentioned, you may want to go ahead and reset your password, as well.


Is it possible to change the background of a keyboard or change the color of a key? I want to change the look and feel of the keyboard , by changing its background and also the color of individual keys. Please help if there is a way to do it.

If you're not too attached to your current keyboard, there are loads of other ones you could try.

SlideIt keyboard is good, and it has a new support for skins! so you can make it look however you want :)
Swype has about the same functionality as the former, with a single skin that is more of a darker grey.
FlexT9 has the same support as the first two, with a white skin.
SwiftKey is good if you don't like the swipe to type thing, and has a couple good-looking included skins.

The only way to change the default keyboard on your device though, will be rooting and finding a ROM that has a keyboard that you like (or making your own if you're developer inclined ;) )


Android Wifi Hotspot turn off all the time Phone: Honor 8 with EMUI 5.0.1 and Android 7.0

Each time I try to turn on my wifi hotspot, it turns off after several minutes. A notification of Android System is sending and tells me that "no device is connected. Wifi Hotspot disabled" while my laptop or other devices are still connected...

Is it possible to deactivate this setting?

Android turns off the hotspot automatically if no device connects to it for "several minutes". Now, since you are connecting your other devices and it still turns off, it seems that the your Honor is unable to recognize the connected devices and continues to feel that no external device is connected to the network.

I'm not sure why it does that, but is definitely an issue. As for Android, there is no way to turn this setting off. It will continue to turn off hotspot if no devices are detected. You can try a "factory reset" if it is possible for you.


How can I determine which app is accessing GPS? I have an Evo 4G with one app that I allow to access GPS periodically so I leave GPS enabled.  However I see the GPS icon show up far more frequently than is scheduled for that app.  I've shut down everything I could find that was a likely source.  Any way to tell which app is accessing the GPS?

I do have some other apps that can be battery hogs at times so watching battery usage isn't really going to cut it on this one without some usage changes.  I'm hoping for either an app, a setting, or a log that will tell me.

Download Spare Parts.

When in the app, tap "Battery history", then in the first dropdown select "GPS usage".

In the second dropdown select whichever you want to see ("Since last unplugged", "Total since boot", or "Total in all time") and you should see which apps have accessed the GPS.


Apply manual update on Xoom without an OTG cable So the ICS update came out for Xoom and applying it is straight forward enough - pretty much like in any other case. Except, it seems to require the OTG cable.

Would anybody know a way to do that without using such cable? I mean, applying the patch either from the internal memory or from the sd mount?

If you live in non-US country, then you can follow a guide for installing the US-based ICS on you Xoom that I've written up on my blog. The basic procedure is:

  Install Android SDK and Motorola USB drivers on your PC
  Download US honeycomb stock ROM from here
  Extract all files from this ZIP file into platform-tools folder under Android SDK
  Boot the device into fastboot mode.
  Then from command prompt (with current directory ‘sdk/platform-tools’) run following commands-

  fastboot oem unlock  (this is red pill, at this point your device warranty voids! welcome to matrix!!)
  fastboot flash boot boot.img
  fastboot flash system system.img
  fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
  fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
  fastboot erase cache

  now reboot the device
  go to settings -> about -> update, this will download subsequent ROM update and will install it, and then reboot
  repeat step-7 until all updates are done (will normally need 4-5 update cycles)

Note that it will void your device warranty


Moto G XT1039: Random reboots to bootloader with "failed to initialize partition table" message I have a Moto G 4g (peregrine XT1039), which in every one or two days reboots to bootloader with "Fastboot reason: failed to initialize partition table", see Image(1).

In Image(2), you can also see "Device is LOCKED" on the photo, but I've unlocked it as you can see when I rebooted to bootloader manually.

(Click any image to enlarge it)

Image(1)                                                        Image(2)

I was using CM12 but tried to solve this by flashing a stock image following this thread. I also tried to solve this by replacing battery with a new one, but it didn't help. I think my device is defective, but I lost my warranty unlocking it and replacing battery.

Does someone know how to get rid of these reboots?

I know that the thread is old but for other people it can help a lot.
I had nearly the same symptoms and i found a reason why my phone dont wanted to start again. In my case it was the battery: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/MOTO-G-MOTO-G-4G-LTE-1st-Gen/Solution-Moto-G-4g-LTE-random-shutdown-2-4-times-a-day-and-after/td-p/3446925


how i can unlock my phone lenovo a7700 pattern lock I use pattern lock but today I forget my pattern so please tell me how can I unlock my phone my phone os  version is 6.0 Marshmallow

You'll need to perform a hard reset, but this will remove all your personal data. You could have a look  here


My photos disappeared from my Samsung S5 sd card. Trying to recover photos or find hidden files My photos disappeared from my Samsung S5 sd card. I know sd cards get corrupted but there were a couple of weird things that happened in conjunction with the disappearance. I saw a message on my screen briefly saying something about my photos not being gone. About a week later I saw them again just once when I went to look at other photos on the Google + app. I saw a suggestion to try to do a disk check on a computer to recover corrupted files. Disk check says the info cannot be directly accessed.I also have read that some files can be hidden. I need some help with this. Any ideas?

You can goto My Files, settings, check Show Hidden Files. Now you can see hidden folders beginning with "." (say .hidden) in your device explorer. Check you sd card for such folders beginning with . that may contain your files. If not then you can connect you sd card via card reader to your pc and run the windows app "recuva" (search recuva by piriform) to search for deleted files.
Hope this helps :)


How do I get HDR+ working on Cyanogenmod for Nexus 5? HDR+ does not work on Cyanogenmod for Nexus 5. The Google Camera app simply crashes when selecting HDR+. How do I get it working?

PA-GApps has packaged the necessary support files, which are flashable as a zip. You can use just the Google Camera module.

  HDR support files from the Nexus 5 factory image have been added to
  all GApps packages. This may help users who prefer to install Google
  Camera from the Play Store [Stock/Full/Mini/Micro]


Save accepted untrusted certificates on email app (HTC Sensation) I have a problem with the mail (not gmail) app on my HTC Sensation, that I'm guessing is part of HTC Sense 3. I'm using a server that has an untrusted certificate, and every time I try to refresh my email a dialog requesting the certificate to be accepted pops up. The problem is that when I try to send an email from that account the messages get stuck in the outbox until I manually refresh the mail forcing the certificate to be accepted again.

Is there any way of storing the known/already-accepted certificates for the mail app?

Thanks!

I'd suggest switching to an alternative mail app -- K-9 Mail probably is a good choice. I use it for about 2 years now with a mail server having an "untrusted" (self-signed) certificate, and never experienced what you describe -- so this should solve your issue.


Multitasking Android 5.0 I have an LG-V400 running Android Lollipop 5.0.2. I want to be able to multitask in dual windows with apps that did not come with this device. When I try to multitask, I am given this prompt:

which only allows me to multitask with Google apps. How can I multitask with two completely different apps? (i.e. SoundCloud and DropBox)

(I am fine with rooting my device if that is what the solution requires, although I would prefer not to.)

Thank you!

There is an xposed module called xmultiwindow that will do the trick.  You need to root your phone and install the xposed framework.  I can't confirm if its compatible with your model though but try it out.


How can I deal with unwanted system applications without rooting? There are a lot of system apps in my mobile that I do not use, and have no intention of ever using. I know that is is possible to uninstall system apps and bloatware with root, but is it possible without root?

Are there any non-root options that will help me to deal with unwanted system applications?

No, that is impossible -- as only root can make the system partition writable (which is required to delete a system app, which is stored there). However, using ICS (Android 4.0) or above, you can at least "freeze" them (make it "invisible and unusable") -- and, if you later decide otherwise, also unfreeze them again (see e.g. How to Remove / Disable the Bloatware Apps in the HTC One X or Bye-bye, bloatware: Disable system apps in Android Ice Cream Sandwich).


Do DropBox favorites sync? Do files I mark as favorites in Dropbox sync across iPad and android phone?  I have marked some photos as favorite on iPad and they do not show up in the favorites folder on my android phone.

Can I sync them? If yes, how?  I have the app on both iPad and android phone and camera uploads work fine. Thanks.

No. Favouriting a file in Dropbox for Android is like "pinning" in some other software: it downloads the file to the device and keeps it there so you can access it offline. I don't use the iPad version, but I assume it has the same effect there.

Since you might want different files on different devices (for example, you might want a lot of PDFs or videos on a tablet with a bigger screen and more storage to put them on), favouriting a file only applies to the device you do it on.


Reverting from custom rom to stock rom I am currently on custom rom lineage 14.1 nougat 7.1 and my device is asus ZenFone 2 Z00AD.but i want to come back to stock rom but my stock rom is in lollipop version so, do i need to first downgrade to marshmallow version of stock rom and then to lollipop version ?

You should be able to just go down to the lollipop version. Going to marshmallow then lollipop won't really do anything other than waste time. Just make sure you flash the stock recovery before going back to the stock rom. You should be able to get everything you need from Asus' site.


OEM driver not available for Galaxy S5? I followed this document and it gave me this link to Samsung's website to download the OEM driver for my Samsung Galaxy S5.

However, I couldn't find its model in the list. My phone's model is SM-G900F as shown here:

The list contains many similar models such as SM-G900A but not exactly my model.

Where can I find the OEM USB drivers for my phone? My goal is to debug using a physical device in Android Studio.

Drivers are usually not device-specific - manufacturers package drivers for most if not all their devices in one package for installation. In Samsung's case, it's called Samsung USB Drivers for Mobile Phones. It's up to you to Google and find the latest version, although someone has some hosted at OdinDrivers (external site - safety not guaranteed).


Nexus 10 stuck in bootloop after Lollipop flash no ADB and no Fastboot So .... I flashed the mantaray-lrx21p image from Nexus Factory Images on my Nexus 10 (16GB Wifi) and it's stuck in a bootloop.

No problem, I thought, I can get into fastboot and fix it, right? Maybe do a wipe and try again? Yeah, not so fast. I get the bootloader screen, but the only option is 'Start' which just boots into the system that bootloops.

That's OK, I'll just use fastboot to wipe it. Nope. Fastboot doesn't detect a device.

I've tried both ADB and fastboot on Mac & Linux. Same issue.

Ideas?

Had the same issue right now. fastboot oem lock didn't find the device.
Disconnected the device from USB and held the power button for 10s to reset. Booted like a charm afterwards


In Android Is it possible to access the physical layer of 2G/3G to transmit voice/data I wanted to make an walkie talkie app in android, i know there are a lot of apps like these but they use the Wi-fi or they are just web services. But if we want to like transmit voice/data on 2G/3G frequencies, is there an option in android ? or "is it even legal ?" considering it will be a short range transmission.

i know that 2G/3G are not device-device communication systems but if we can directly access the physical layer of 2G/3G(the transmission hardware) of the phone then we can transmit data through it.

The short answer is No, the baseband firmware is not for public usage (read carefully, I am referring to the programmatic details of this, i.e. API's)

The baseband radio is isolated and proprietary and does not "exist" outside the realm of Android, rather, its using libraries which are closed source that interacts with the radio firmware.

If you are curious to know exactly behind the scenes in how Android works with the radio firmware, look at my answer on StackOverflow, it is technically orientated but will emphasize my previous paragraph.

And also, for consideration, to be honest, there is a grey area involved in using the GSM frequencies for short band transmission like as in Walkie Talkies, and furthermore, those GSM frequencies are explicitly reserved for the usage of GSM network traffic, 900Mhz, 1800Mhz, 2100Mhz.

Another aspect, you may have to acquire a license for this to be able to do so as far as laws are concerned within the jurisdiction of your country. - That I do not know!

Edit:

Radio FM apps that receives radio broadcasts of music, news etc, that is a different story, that uses a FM transmitter which is a S-o-C; this will vary depending on the chip-set used, so do not get that mixed up either with Radio firmware as far as 2G/3G is concerned :)

Disclaimer: I am not a legal expert, but if, and this is a big if this is possible, to do this - take heed and consult with your local laws.


The ps command shows many repeating processes named "app_process". Why? as of today my phone (Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.1.1) slows down a lot. I noticed following:

root@android:/ # ps | grep -c app_process
136
root@android:/ #

and here is few details:

root@android:/ # ps | grep app_process | tail
root      3651  1     429424 12600 ffffffff 40061c74 S app_process
root      3667  1     429420 12596 ffffffff 400e3c74 S app_process
root      3680  1     429420 12596 ffffffff 4013cc74 S app_process
root      3681  1     429416 12596 ffffffff 4003bc74 S app_process
root      3682  1     429432 12608 ffffffff 400b4c74 S app_process
root      3711  3710  429424 12600 ffffffff 40102c74 S app_process
root      3722  3721  429424 15244 ffffffff 4004fc74 S app_process
root      3726  3725  429416 15236 ffffffff 40049c74 S app_process
root      3727  3723  429420 15240 ffffffff 4004ac74 S app_process
root      3728  3724  429420 15240 ffffffff 40014c74 S app_process
root@android:/ #

I just boot my phone run adb logcat on my laptop and it's been 15 min already and screen already off yet I still see something going on through logcat. Is this normal?

I cleared /cache and dalvik cache - that didn't help

I had a similar problem before. In my case, the culprit was one or more background services. Deleting Google Goggles solved it for a while, then it came back.

This time, I removed Trust Go. So far, so good.

Whether or not you have those specific apps, I'd say there's a fair possibility that one of them is the problem.

I tracked it down by going to Settings > Developer Options and checking the box to overlay the processes on the screen. This is important because the act of using another app to check on what's happening can itself change things. I saw that even though a system process was eating all the CPU, Trust Go was frequently in the top five. Removing it seemed to cure it for me


I bought app when it was paid, now it is free and I have to watch ads I bought game a few years ago. I performed factory reset on android tablet because it was slow. Installed game after some time. Now I see ads. But I paid for that app? What can I do to get add free version? Or can I get refund?

Follow these steps

Contact the app developer if they are not able to resolve your problem follow other steps.
Use Net Guard app or any other network blocker app to block that app's internet access.
Use LuckyPatcher and remove google ads package (before you try this step I tell you in 3 option google-play-store give you warning to remove the lucky patcher app). Try 3 option at your own risk.


Automatically insert recipient name in WhatsApp's broadcast message I have a broadcast list of about 115 and would like to send a broadcast message on WhatsApp and personalise the message to each person.

The message would read:

  Hi <Name>, thanks for spending time with us. Have a good day further.

I know there are codes for fonts and text effects but if anyone knows of a code that would allow me to do this I will be very grateful.

you can use the custom WhatsApp broadcast tool for web.
It automates sending of custom message uploaded in a csv using web.whatsapp.com
Link to the program
https://whats-app-dialer.com/#broadcasthtml


How to unroot HTC Droid Incredible rooted to Unrevoked? How can I unroot a Droid Incredible with Unrevoked Forever to CyanogenMod?

You've got to do 2 things:

First, download the S-ON tool from unrevoked's site and run it according to the instructions.  The main thing to keep on top of is the radio compatibility, particularly if you've flashed any of the Evo's radios to your Incredible.

Once you're back to S-ON, flash the latest RUU.  Right now, it's 4.08.605.2.  This will replace the ROM & recovery with stock versions.  Be careful doing this, last I heard there's no way to permanently root the Incredible and regain S-ON after you've flashed a stock Gingerbread ROM.  If you would like to re-root in the future, at least keep S-OFF.


How can I merge SMS and Hangouts messages within Hangouts? It made sense to me to merge SMS, WhatsApp style messaging and video calls into one app to save resources and switching between apps so I set up Hangouts to be the SMS app.

I just had one problem - how to send SMS messages from Hangouts? (If I know the person has a problem with data reception, then I do specifically want to send an SMS at that time, for instance.)

According to Google:

"Choose a contact from your conversations list. Touch someone's name at the top. You can then choose SMS from the drop-down menu."

But that is not true in practice. It appears the reason I couldn't do that was because I was in the "hangout" for Hangout messages (I will call it MoIP - Message over IP - in the following) and video calls for that person, not the SMS "hangout" for that person.

Integrating the two in one app and then separating them seems to be going half a step backwards again, so does anybody know if I can merge those two hangouts and do SMS, MoIP and video calls to a person from the same "hangout"?

My phone is a Moto G 1st generation without 4G (XT1032) with Android 5.0 "Lollipop".

If you long press on either hangout (MOIP or SMS), then press on the other one you should get an option to merge them. This should then give you the option to send either from the same hangout.

There is also a setting within Settings > SMS to Enable merged conversations which needs to be enabled.


"Phone" item using 10-15% of Battery Life I've attempted to search for other questions answering this, but keyword ambiguity is working against me.

On my Galaxy Nexus, my battery drains rather quickly. Very frequently, when viewing the battery use details, the "Phone" item is the second-largest battery use after Screen. Items such as Cell Standby use much less. This happens even on days when I do not make any voice calls, so I'm not certain what this could be.

Is there something I can do to reduce this battery drain? What causes "Phone" to use this much battery?

edit: Here's a screenshot demonstrating what I'm talking about. I don't believe I made or received any calls on this day.

Try booting into safe mode. It should set things right up. You could determine the problem much easier there. That will turn off all 3rd party services, leaving plain android behind.

To goto Safe Mode,
Press the Power button on your device.
Touch & hold the Power off option in the dialog box.
Touch OK in the following dialog to start safe mode.


Fresh Cyanogenmod install, location doesn't work Yesterday I installed Cyanogenmod using the one click install on my Nexus 4.

There is a little problem though: when using location in the battery saving mode, when it only uses cell and wifi signals to guess your position, it simply can't locate. Using GPS is fine, it locks position within seconds, but it's too battery hungry, kills my phone in a few hours.

Is this a known thing? Can it be fixed?

EDIT: After 2 days, location in power saving mode comes and goes.

If your using cyanogenmod 11, then the issues your having are very common. Its still under development so there are things that don't work. Some of the times something works, but then is broken again in the next release. Right now your best option would be to either flash cyanogenmod 10.2 or just bear with it and wait for a release that fixes the issue.


How do I add a new language? The aftermarket ROM I use seems to have the language list parred down to just a couple selections, probably to save space.

I would like to add a language back into the system. I can already set the locale using programs such as MoreLocale 2 so that applications with my language support start with the right locale code, however that doesn't add missing system languages. Having the system in another language would be nice, but the main thing is getting the dictionary files for the keyboard auto-complete. How does one go about adding the language support files for an input language to a system or ROM?

I can access other ROM's or the AOSP project to rip things out, but I don't know where to start. What files do I need and what modifications need to be made? Is there an easy way to do this with say a language-pack or is it hackery all the way?

My ROM is fully rooted and I have adb access if necessary. It's Android 2.3.7 (Unofficial CM 7.1 port for Dream/Sapphire) and I'm using the stock Android keyboard. The language I want is Turkish, although unless somebody has a download to point me to it's mostly the process I'm looking for here.

Adding full language support for a device is done at rom level, the languages that the default keyboard will support are added before compilation and the android keyboard will only give you the option to download dictionaries for the languages it supports.
A good workaround is to download a keyboard app (such as GOKeyboard) that supports adding languages unto it.

Locale changing apps are nice but they may not be as thorough in their translation as a rom that was made or specially translated to a specific/your desired language. If your language is Bi-Di (Bidirectional, such as hebrew or arab) and the rom doesn't support it, it may introduce bugs as well!

The best solution will be to flash a new rom that holds your desired language, either a stock rom made for your area by your device manufacturer or a custom rom, Cyanogen is good because it probably supports every language that complies to the unicode standard (including turkish).


How to be invisible on whatsapp? It’s related to a specific user and a specific group.

I don’t want to block that user and don’t want to quite that group.

Whenever that user send me a content (text, image or video) or whenever anyone share a content in a group; I want to see all contents but I do not want them (a specific user and members of group) to know that the contents have been delivered to me and I have seen the contents.

Also, if I am online, I do not want them (a specific user and a specific group members) to know that I am online.

Please let me know.

What settings are required for both?

Regards

Smith

There are apps that get around the limitations you mentioned, and they're able to retrieve the messages without you opening WhatsApp.

There are many similar apps on the play store, one of them is called private read for WhatsApp it displays the messages and media in it's own app without you having to open WhatsApp, this way you can view the content without the other person knowing. I've never tried the app, and so I cannot vouch for it's accuracy.

As for hiding the fact that you are online while using Whatsapp, you should first disable your last seen from WhatsApp settings, and then, every time you want to open WhatsApp, you should put your phone into airplane mode. That way no-one will be able to see that you're online. (The messages will be sent after you exit WhatsApp, and go out of airplane mode)


Can't change input language for Samsung Note 2 keyboard after a software update I have been experiencing this problem for a while now. My keyboard is not working properly: usually I have input languages in Korean and Japanese and English, and I can just slide the space bar and the input language changes. Then, after software upgrade, I can't slide the space bar anymore and I can't use the other languages. I have tried checking the input settings and checked and unchecked the input languages but it's still not working. I hope someone can help me. Thank you!

I have a galaxy note 2 (Android 4.4.2) with build number KOT49H.N7100XXUFNL1 and it is still working the same way it used to work previously.

Check that other languages are downloaded or not.

Here is screenshot highlighted in red showing scrollable languages.


How does Android WebView Update from Google Play work? One of the touted features of Android 5 is the updates of WebView through Google Play.

The official documents state:

  The initial release for Android 5.0 includes a version of Chromium for WebView based on the Chromium M37 release...

and:

  Although WebView has been based on Chromium since Android 4.4, the Chromium layer is now updatable from Google Play.

Does it mean that the default built-in "Android Browser" is now actually Chromium M37 after updating to Android 5.0?
Does it mean that the default "Android Browser" auto-updates itself like the evergreen browsers on desktop? Assuming Play Store account is set up.

After updating a Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android 5.0, What's My User Agent? shows that the default Internet Browser is "Chrome 34". What's going on?

It means that applications that use the WebView class (for displaying a web page within an app, basically) will now use the Chromium version of WebView and thus render things the same way Chrome does, rather than the old way.  This also allows it to be updated so that any rendering/other errors can be fixed, instead of you permanently being unable to see/use certain pages or elements within WebViews.

And yes, the old Android browser has been replaced by Chrome as the default bundled with Android.


Can't hear people unless switched to speakerphone on Galaxy S4 I have Samsung Galaxy S4 and I cannot hear callers unless the speakerphone is on. The caller can hear me well but there is only a very faint which is inaudible sound back.

I have gone to all the settings but it does not change anything.

How can I fix this?

I fixed mine using following instructions:

Go to Settings → My Device → Sound → Samsung Applications → Press Call → Turn Off Noise Reduction.


nexus 5, can't see new texts for one person Yesterday, I was texting this friend with whom I am romantically involved when all of a sudden, I couldn't see the texts between us anymore.
That is to say that I type the text and send it and she receives it but it never shows up on my screen, at all. On my side, it's like I never sent it. As stated, however, she receives it and can send some back, which I, again, don't receive even though it shows the text as delivered on her side.

I recommend unistalling the app the install one more time if it do not help the simplest thing is installing another messeanger ( in google store there is a lot of it )


What do these screen mean black background yellow or blue with date and time? Some times my phone gets stuck at this screen. I can take a screen shot but it is otherwise unresponsive. What does this screen mean. It's usually yellow or blue with the time.

I want to think if I can take a screen shoot, I can otherwise recover from them. But each time I get it I have to restart the phone. I got these with Lineage 14.1, and now I'm getting them with 15.1 too.

Believe it is the flip cover, due to faulty hall sensor. Disable in settings (after reboot) seems to be the answer. According to this post, the setting can be disabled by going

Settings
Connected Devices
Smart cover
Off


How to activate clock on lock screen? I am using Android 6.0 / Cyanogenmod 13.

Somehow I have deactivated the clock on my lock screen and I can not find the place where to activate it.

Now I have only the unlock pattern there, the place for the clock above is free.

How to activate the clock?

The thing you are searching is known as daydream. You must have changed its setting while doing something in settings. It can be any place but generally found under display setting.


What is "flash" partition? I were going to flash recovery, but this happened:

$ fastboot flash flash twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v8.83_treble-op5_op5t.img
Sending 'flash' (28672 KB) OKAY [ 0.675s]
Writing 'flash' OKAY [ 0.013s]
Finished. Total time: 0.694s

And then, I've tried to actually flash recovery:

$ fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v8.83_treble-op5_op5t.img
Sending 'recovery' (28672 KB) FAILED (remote: No such partition.)
Finished. Total time: 0.008s

So, I don't even knew, that "flash" partition exists
My question is - what is "flash" partition and how to recover it now? I'm still in fastboot because afraid to reboot, to not mess things up even more
Thanks in advance

Device is OnePlus 5T and I was on latest OxygenOS Open Beta 13, if it matters

UPD: I've tried to turn it off, but it rebooted, and everything just fine.
So my questions now:
Why it said that "flash" flashed successfully?
Why it failed t find recovery after that?
Why everything fine now?

If you have not already solved it, try to erase the partions first using "fastboot erase recovery" "fastboot erase boot" and boot into twrp again using fastboot boot twrp afterwards, then using an otg and usb or somehow accessing the internal storage flash over the rom.


Nexus 7 is not booting up after android marshmallow update I received OTA for my nexus 7 tablet few days back and since then my device is not booting up. Can someone please help how to get it working ?

Download the Nexus Root Toolkit from here.  It has options to restore any Nexus device back to its factory settings, including bricked or boot looping devices, under the Flash Stock + Unroot button.  You should select the option Current status of Soft-Bricked / Bootloop.  The toolkit will walk you through, step by step, restoring your Nexus to working condition.

You may lose any data stored on the device.


Asus Transformer - Show Virtual Keyboard When Docked Asus Transformer tablet provides a dock with a hardware keyboard. I can not find information on showing the virtual (on-screen) keyboard while being docked. Is it possible?
It is Android 3.2.1.

It's simple: when the hardware keyboard is attached, the tray (lower right of screen) has a keyboard icon. Click it and the top option is use hardware keyboard on/off.


How to browse files on a Motorola Defy (Android) with ubuntu 10.04? I want to browse files on my mobile with ubuntu.

Android 2.1 (Eclair)

Plug in your phone
Pull the notification bar; tap on "USB connected (Select to copy files to/from your computer)". Tap "Mount".
Ubuntu should autoprompt you to browse the phone using File Manager (Nautilus)

Android 2.2 (Froyo) (and probably Android 2.3)

Plug in your phone
Android should autoprompt you to enable USB Mass Storage.
Ubuntu should autoprompt you to browse the phone using File Manager (Nautilus)

(Froyo image shamelessly taken from http://droidfreeapps.com/2010/05/usb-mass-storage-tweaks/)


Can I use side buttons of my phone to turn (by holding) next/prev track without root? I have xperia M. It has normal walkman player. But choosing music is not comfortable, it needs taking out my phone from a pocket. How can I custom side volume buttons to turn next/prev. track by holding it a while? (How it was in old walkman telephones)

Thank you in advance.

There are several possible approaches to this.

If you're using a headset (which I assume you are), there are several apps for headset control allowing you to use your headset button for that (e.g. one click = pause/play, double-click = next, etc.).

On the other hand I've seen C Locker is capable of exactly what you're asking for: using the volume rockers for that while the screen is locked.


Leave ear-speaker active when using headset (cable/bt) Is it possible to just use a headset's mic but keep the phone's ear-speaker active?

After some further research I think it's not possible.
At least on a level where one is not modifying the OS.


Calendar sync with Google Calendar notification time Events sync-ed from Google Calendar have a default notification time of 10 minutes in advance. Sometimes that's not enough.

Is there any way to automate this and have the default be something else?

Thank you.

In your Google Calendar on the web you can set a default notification period for the events you subsequently set up on the web calendar.  In the calendar app provided with Gingerbread I don't see any similar default setting but you can set a notification for each event you set up.

FYI Google has numerous problems with alarms in Gingerbread.  One is that if you subsequently change an alarm that was set up in the web calendar using the web calendar that change may not sync to the phone.  Another is that eventually notifications will start coming late and there is no known fix (in spite of Google presumably knowing about it for almost a year although they've only apparently actually acknowledged knowing about it for about six months).


How to clone an NFC tag (e.g. MIFARE Classic) to an Android device? I use a MIFARE Classic NFC access card.

Is there any way to clone my card on an Android device (e.g. on Samsung Galaxy Nexus or Asus Nexus 7)?

Note: this question is not about duplicating an NFC tag onto another NFC tag, but rather use the smartphone as an NFC tag. (This should be possible since it is possible to use the phone as NFC tag for contactless payments.)

See the edits for recent updates to this although the answer is still a general 'no'

In short, no, not easily anyway.

You can get all of the information off it by using an app such as NFC TagInfo however currently stock Android phones don't support emulating NFC cards even though their hardware allows for it.

If you were willing to install a custom ROM on the device then there may be a working ROM that allows for the functionality on those devices, there is one for the Nexus S, however these ROMs usually only let the phone act as a tag so you can't put data on it directly from the phone, you'd have to write the data onto it from another source.

I also haven't seen one that allows for the setting of the UID (Unique Identifier) which is what most door readers and access control systems will work with so even if you could emulate the information on a tag you still couldn't open the door as the UID would be wrong.

EDIT: It is now possible to load applications onto your device and have them communicate with a reader via NFC however for this to work you must be running Cyanogenmod and this still doesn't solve your problem, the app still can't change the UID that the phone shows.

EDIT EDIT: With Android KitKat 4.4 the ability to have the phone act as an NFC card is built into the operating system so you no longer have to rely on Cyanogenmod. However it can't actually emulate a tag (such as a MiFare tag) which is what most access cards are and it can't set its own UID. n.b. I haven't had a chance to play with this much so I'm just going on what I've read.


File Transfer: How to transfer files betwen my Xperia Neo (Android 2.3) and Kubuntu Linux? I have bought a Xperia Neo which runs Android 2.3 and I'm running Kubuntu Linux on my Laptop.

I just connected the Phone using a USB Cable and set it to Mass Storage Mode. I expected to have the phone SD card in my devices list, so I can mount it and use it as a file storage. But there were no device added.

A few Googling led me to some Microsft Applications, (Activesync, etc.). Does it mean I cannot connect to my phone's SD Card in Linux?

Should I really use Windows for such a simple task, Tranfering files using a USB Cable?!

Note

With the help of @onik I tried to mount the SD card manually and here is the result:
in Mass Storage Mode

takpar@skyspace:/media$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /media/android/
mount: no medium found on /dev/sdb

takpar@skyspace:/media$ sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/android/
mount: /dev/sdb: unknown device

takpar@skyspace:/media$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb /media/android/
Error opening '/dev/sdb': No medium found
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb': No medium found

and in Media Mode there would be no /dev/dsb anymore. But a window opens with url: camera:/MTP Device@usb:001,021/ and empty content.

In my case (KDE4 on a Debian Squeeze) it worked easily after setting the device as MSC. It was directly automounted by KDE.

To do this just go to: Settings -> Xperia -> Connectivity -> USB connection mode

As I have Spanish language in my Android I suppose the translation will be something like that.

It also worked in the same computer on a WindowsXP inside VirtualBox.


Can I use Adblock Plus for Android and still see per-app data use? I have a rooted device and I'm interested in installing Adblock Plus for Android. The app, that is, not the Firefox extension. The FAQ says:

  To filter ads, all traffic has to pass through Adblock Plus. Android considers this to be the traffic caused by the app, while it is in reality the sum of all traffic.

Does this mean that the usage won't show against the app that really is responsible, or that it's double-counted (i.e. it shows against the originating app as well as AdBlock Plus)? If the former, is there a way I can still see each app's real data use?

From my tests, data usage still show normal usage. E.g. using Firefox, firefox data usage increase, using Google+, Google+ data usage increase, etc... Also, it is not double counted for Adblock Plus. (I used ~15MB total, and Data usage report 340KB for Adblock Plus).

Tested on Android 4.1.2.


How to add memory on an android phone I brought a sandisk memory for my android but its still saying insufficient space on device. What do I do about putting the memory on the phone?

I assume that you are asking about your internal memory on your phone and how to free some space.

What do I do about putting the memory on the phone?

Move your medias such as photos, videos to your SD card with a file
explorer
Move some of your apps to SD card

This process should free some space in your internal memory


Where can I find the Xposed Framework for Nougat and Oreo? I have a OnePlus 5 running stock Android 7.1.1. I'm planning to upgrade to 8.0 when it's available.

However I'm a huge Xposed fan and I use a lot of modules, so the availability of Xposed Framework is a great concern to me.

Last Updated: March 30, 2018

You can follow the Xposed Framework to monitor) community on Google+ so you can keep up to date with the news.

Update 3

Xposed for Oreo 8.0/8.1 is available in beta.

Update 2

Official Xposed v89 for up to SDK 25 (Android 7.1) is available as of December 17, 2017. A new version of Xposed Installer is available as well. rovo89 says the Xposed for Oreo is almost complete:

  95% of the code are ported, basic functionality is working on Genymotion. The remaining 5% are obviously those parts of the code which are more difficult to port. I literally just upgraded my primary device to Android 8.1, so I can hopefully start some real testing soon.

Update 1

Official Xposed v88.1 for SDK 24 and 25 (Android 7.x) is available as of October 10, 2017.

Original Answer:

An unofficial build of Xposed Framework is available from XDA. I have tested it with my OnePlus 5 and it worked almost perfectly, except for some small bugs (random reboot aroung 3:00 AM when I'm sleeping, requirement for /data decryption).

The XDA newsfeed article is here and the thread is above.

  Important Notice
  If you are using your stock ROM, make sure your /data partition is decrypted. If it's encrypted, you may have to format it. Be sure to back up your data carefully before proceeding. Also you should flash a "DM Verify and Forced Encryption Disabler" package.


Any application to scan non-standard QR codes Following this question. Typical QR Codes have control squares in three of four corners of each code:

It there any application or method available for Android system to scan non-standard QR Codes? For example:

QR Code with only one, central control square (I can't provide detail about company using these, because I've seen them in dozens of places, but I've heard, that many airlines uses these):

UPS diamond-codes / MaxiCodes:

I've tested many different QR Code reading applications in Google Play, but none of them were able to scan any of these non-standard QR Codes and all of them were limited to standard QR Codes only.

NeoReader should match your specification:

  Scans all standard 1D and 2D code types – QR, Data Matrix, Aztec, EAN, UPC, Code 39, Code 128, PDF 417 and more!
  Automatic detection of code type

(emphasis mine)

As GiantTree identified one of your non-standard codes as "Aztec", this app sounds promising. It doesn't explicitly mention your other candidate, but that could be covered by "and more" (or we simply were not able to connect it with one of the other names).

I've personally never used this app, as I only need EAN (1D) and standard QR codes – so I can give no personal experience here. But again, rating (4.2) and votes (>30,000) speak for it. If you want to check some alternatives, be welcome to take a look at my list of Barcode Readers.


SGH-S730M SAMSUNG DESCOVER i have my sgh-s730m Android phone my problem is my screen is being locked it appears EMERGENCY CALL can you help me on how to solve this kind of problem?

You should call an operator to fix this kind of problem


How to disable Play store from updating itself? I don't quite like the new design of the play store, and wish to stay with version 3 of it.

Is it possible (by root if needed, and I think it is needed) to disable it from auto-updating?

Will I even miss anything from the new versions ?

For now, the only solution I've come up with is to use the really old 2.3.6 version of the market app.

This is the only one that doesn't auto-update itself.

In order to install it, you have to uninstall the play store, install it, and convert it to a system app.

If you wish, you can use titanium backup to backup the old version for later use.


Why does GMail appear on my phone without unlocking? If I use GMail and then lock my phone, when I switch it back on, GMail is usable before the PIN has been entered. I can use it entirely as normal but for the absence of the show all apps button at the bottom of the screen, and pressing home takes me to my lock screen.

This is obviously a massive security hole! Is there an option somewhere that I've missed to enable this functionality?

I'm using a rooted Nexus 5 with The Xposed framework and GravityBox.

I am also using the App Settings extension, and 'Show when locked' was enabled. D'oh. I don't think I did this, but might have done whilst experimenting with my new phone!

Thanks @Chahk1 for the helpful comment which gave me a hint on where to look. :)


What is the difference between USB charging and AC charging? I've recently got hold on an HTC One X  having moved from an HTC Desire.

I noticed that my One X charges very slowly when connected to the USB socket on my PC, whereas the Desire was comparatively fast. When charging the One X from the supplied AC adapter the charge is very fast. So, I purchased a new Mains Adapter to keep in the office.

However, when connecting the phone to this mains adapter the device still says Charging : USB under the battery status tab and it isn’t as fast as I thought it should be

So, is there some difference between the supplied AC adapter and this third-party one I have purchased? Presumably the power supplied s not as high or is there something more?

In fact the charging time depends on two points:

the output current of the adapter or the USB. The output current of the PC is only 0.5a, it may charge slowly than most of the AC adapters (most of the AC Adapters are 1A or more).
the input current and the charging convert rate of the phone. Different phones have different input current due to Limited current protection for them. For example, the limites current for Nokia is 0.5a, the input current is only 0.5a even you use an ac adapter with 1.0a output. Beside, the charging convert rate is also different according to the models.


How to change Android 2.1 themes? I just bought Xperia x10 and upgraded it to Android 2.1 but I am struggling with themes. I have downloaded couple of them from the market but I do not know how to install them. How do I change themes for Android 2.1?

In order to use those themes, you'll need to use the alternative launcher ADW.

As it says at the top of the description:

  *Must have adw.launcher 1.3.1+ to use*

http://www.appbrain.com/app/adw-launcher/org.adw.launcher


Unknown tablet without Android A friend of mine offered me a tablet that he doesn't know the brand, he tried to install some version of Cyanogenmod with ClockworkMod.

Now the tablet just bootloops and I can only access Clockwork with recovery mode.

Factory reset or what-so-ever doesn't help now. I only have 2 options:

Find out the brand with only Clockwork and get a custom ROM for it
Install a general Android version (if that exists)

Can somebody help me with this?

The reason it is bootlooping is probably because cyanogenmod was installed and it isn't for that device.

There should be serial/model number on the back of the device. This is a requirement (AFAIK) by the FCC.

  The certification mark is a stand-alone logo (as shown above) for the part 18 class of devices while, for the part 15 class, along with the logo, the label should display other data viz, the trade name of the product, the model number, and information whether the device was tested after assembling, or assembled from tested components.

You should be able to use that to figure out what device it is. Then you can see if you can find a version of android for it from that.


How can I reinstall Play Store? I was having some issues with my samsung galaxy s2. I took it to an I.T. store to get it fixed and now all is working fine, except play store is no longer there. I went into 'all applications' in settings and  play store is not there either so there is no way for me to set it back up. When I try and download straight from the internet version of plays store, an error tells me I do not have a device. Can anyone please tell me what I can do to fix this or if there is any other way for me download apps such as facebook and snapchat? Thank you in advance.

Of course you can install all your applications via their .apk package, downloadable from the internet (you'll also find several alternative markets like aptoide and F-Droid).
As of play store: the website only tells the android app to install a certain app, so if you don't have it installed, you won't go any further.

install play store via it's .apk  there
if, once it is installed, it opens and then closes immediately, it is possible that the company that fixed it flashed a firmware without it. In this case, you'll need to flash the appropriate GApps package

PS: I highly recommend to flash gapps as most apps have google-modules dependencies (for instance google play services)


can not access recovery on htc one m8 What I basically need: I want to access recovery(or bootloader, I am not sure what its really called) to do a factory reset.

History of the problem: My little sister entered the pattern incorrectly too many times and now the phone is locked asking for gmail and password. Although I know it, but the phones wifi is disabled, so it says "wrong username or password" and hence I can not unlock it. I want to do a factory reset via the recovery but the phone is not going into it even though I press volume down + power(I also tried the volume up).
USB debugging is off, and the device is not rooted...
please help me, how can I get around this damn problem?

If your volume down button isn't broken, may be the "fast boot" feature is activated in the settings (not to be confused with fastboot) that can prevent the phone from booting in the HBoot.
Try this:

From the lock screen, press the power button
Then select reboot or restart. The phone will reboot
Hold volume down button before the phone power itself on.
You should be in the HBoot Menu (3 android guys)
From the just select Clear data

Hope this helps you.


How can I root my Moto G2? I want to root my Moto G2 (running Marshmallow). I've never tried this before, so please tell me exactly step by step.

Download the latest SuperSU zip file and save it to your device at the root of the internal storage.
Download and install the Android SDK Tools and the latest Motorola drivers.
Enable Developer Options on your device by going to Settings → About and then tapping the build number 7 times.  Then go into Developer Options (again under Settings) and enable USB Debugging.

                                                                                source
Unlock your bootloader.  This will wipe your data.

Connect your device to your PC, open a Command Prompt / shell, and run:

adb reboot bootloader

Wait for the device to reboot, then run:

fastboot oem get_unlock_data

Enter the resulting code at this Motorola site  (making sure to format it as it says).
Enter the resulting key from that site in another command:

fastboot oem unlock <key>

Download the latest TWRP image to your PC and flash it:

fastboot flash recovery twrp-<version>-titan.img

Reboot your device, repeat step #3, then run:

adb reboot recovery

From TWRP, choose Install and then select the SuperSU zip file you obtained in step #1.  Follow the prompts to flash the package and then reboot your device.

You are now rooted!


Disable xposed from TWRP An xposed module screwed my interface. It's all black.

I can't access /data/data from within TWRP due to some stupid encription problem.

Is there another way to disable xposed ?

Losing data is out of the question.

Can't access data through ADB either: debugging is disabled

Update:

Too late.

Did something on TWRP and lost everything. Even the ROM got corrupted. Had to reflash EVERYTHING

Chaos was going on: the screen was not only black, but completely irresponsible. The only dialog available was the Turn Off/Reboot. Safe mode useless.
TWRP showed Internal and External storages as 0MB. Couldn't mount either. Not even system could be mounted. Written... even less.

Maybe all this had something to do with encryption. I could never disable encryption on this phone (apparently it is impossible)

If it still has some use:

XT1925-5 (Moto G6)

TWRP 3.3.1.0

Boot, Xposed and Magisc were all flashed by either fastboot or TWRP

I can't remember the exposed version. The module was something like P-fy (change appearance of Oreo to look like Pie. Stay away from this crap)

Update 2:

There seems to be a way to disable xposed by machine gunning any hardware button after logo during boot. Can't test now.
I was trying to cripple xposed by modding something at data/data/. Hard way it seems.

Finally: For the reasons above, I can't evaluate the answers of those who attempted to help. Hope it helps the next guy. By me, the thread can be deleted.

There is an Xposed disabler zip file that can be found on this thread from Xda-developers. In case you installed the systemless Xposed, I am not sure if it will be disable. You need to install the zip from TWRP as you would for other zip files.


How exchange messages between 2 android devices through wifi and bluetooth without internet? I am currently working on the creation of an application for mobile devices with Android which should be capable of sending and receiving messages through local means like wifi and bluetooth. After making a research about it I found out that Android doesn't have a native wifi ad hoc functionality and that the only way to achieve that is through rooting your device and patching the wpa_suplicant and some other similiar methods which are not generic for every device.

Synopsis of what I am trying to achieve:

An application for Android that scans for devices nearby and tries to connect to them automatically. If the other device also got this application isntalled then it automatically accepts any connection request it receives and when the connection is established it sends back a message which ensures that it has this app installed so that both can start exchanging messages automatically and the users don't have to allow/deny any of the sending/receiving in real time.

My questions are:

Is there any way of sending messages through wifi between 2 android devices without the use of internet?
Since Ad Hoc is not supported, is there any alternative?
In case the answer to 2 is no , then is it possible to make one of the devices to be an access point so the other can connect to it and vice versa.
As for bluetooth, is it possible to skip or automate the allow/deny pop up of an incoming connection and the pairing procedure?

I'll be glad if you could give me an answer to those and/or any suggestions.

I've myself worked on similar project in which not just text messages we were also interested in having audio chat (real time). As you pointed it, Android doesn't really support ad-hoc wifi functionality as of now (like u said that patching the wpa_suplicant isn't generic and frankly I'd call that method useless.) Also as your needs even I wanted to NOT use internet, so not being able to find any other way, for that time I just went with using any local wifi connection in proximity to connect with (just to be clear, still we're not using internet) I hope this possibly answers your points 1/2/3. I'm not sure whether a better solution to 1/2/3 exist atleast as long as Android people doesn't allow an ad-hoc to be created (or atleast joined..as of now one can't even join ad-hoc wifi from android if I'm correct)

Regarding 4, I'm again sorry to say that answer to that is also 'No'. When two devices connect first time, pairing has to happen. And, as far as I remember (I did this project a few months back and didn't get any time to continue/build upon) for subsequent connections to already paired devices it didn't ask for any confirmation besides our own confirmation which we asked to accept incoming voice call. Other than that bluetooth method actually worked perfectly fine.

Hope that helped. Let me know if there is something I can clarify more.

-Atul


remove password from my verizon S4 mini I forgot my password for my phone and i eventually did a factory reset which i was told would remove all my data including the password. Well that was not the case. They password is still on the phone.  and verizon was no help either.Please help me. I'm not in the position to purchase a new phone. Thank you in advance.

I FIGURED IT OUT!! I went back into factory reset mode because it had other options on the list besides factory reset, I noticed that it had something about cache and then i remembered that when you want to do a clean install of anything and want to start from scratch, you have to make sure that you clear the cache too. So that's what i did first and then i did another factory reset which worked this time. No more issues with the forgotten password!!! – elaine.c


the games on my sony ericsson live (ics) keeps on crashing two days ago my phone was alright ,but now when i open any game it loads and crashes .im not able to play any game.would be appreciated if solution was for root users without clearing game data or factory reset.

There might be insufficient working memory.. (memory is being used by other application that you are not using..). to fix it go to Setting>Applications>Manage Applications, Click on the Runnning Tab. now Force close applications or games that are running but not needed. And dont forget to force close the games/apps that has this issues. I hope this helps.


S5 corded Desktop access I changed some settings on my S5 to reduce battery drain. Now I can't plug my charging cord into a PC or laptop and access the phone card or SD card. Can't figure out what to "turn" back on  ! Any help ?

SO, I figured it out. Two things by the way - I discovered some usb cables are only good for charging a device, others will charge and do data transfer. When I plug my phone in, I get a notification about what to do with the unit, I click on the notification and I get options, the second option is transfer data problem solved


How can I make my photos automatically geo-tagged? Is there a way I can make photos taken by Camera be automatically  and reliably geo-tagged, so that the location is recognised when I upload them to Flickr?

I have 'GPS' enabled in the camera, but it seems that if the GPS is not enabled or not 'ready', it isn't recorded (when I check the photo's details in Gallery, the location is 'Unknown').

Alternatively, is there a way I can geo-tag a photo after I've taken it? (edit: made this a separate question)

If it's relevant, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S.

As long as you have GPS switched on on your phone (on a Galaxy S the easiest way to do this is from the buttons that appear when you pull the notification bar down from the top of the screen) and have GPS switched on in the camera, you should see the "satellite receiver" GPS icon appear and start flashing when you open the camera app. As long as you see this then your phone is trying to geo-tag your pictures.

Be aware that even in the best of conditions your phone can take 30 seconds or more to get a decent GPS position locked, so wait a bit after you open the camera app before you take the picture.

You can also speed up the GPS lock by making sure that you have the assisted GPS features switched on, see this previous question for details on how to switch those features on.


Honor 9 fails to update apps over Wi-Fi There is a new Huawei Honor 9 with Google services pre-installed.

When I download/update an app via wi-fi it gets "Downloading..." for a long time and then it finishes as:

  Can't be downloaded. Try again, and if the problem continues, get help troubleshooting. Error 503

Other phones/notebooks consumes the same wi-fi internet without a problem. Honor's Chrome can access internet normally. Google Play app can access wi-fi internet too (loading app info and pictures) except the one thing - downloading/installing an app. There is no such error via mobile data.

To make the things yet more complicated I am able to install certain apps but the majority still fails.

I cleared Google Play cache. Also the wi-fi permission is given to every app listed.

Model STF-L09 / Build STF-L09C10B170 / EMUI 5.1 / Android 7.0

Resetting my router to the factory state solved that mysterious problem.


how to recover data from a broken mobile phone which has an inbuilt storage only My Lenovo Zuk z1 came under a bus and it broken into pieces. Is there any possible way from which I can recover some data from it as it contains some memorable moments of my nephew  adding that Zuk z1 does not have a external memory?

Yes, you can try Chip-off acquisition, physically removing (desoldering) the phone's flash memory chip and then use a specially tool Android Phone Datarecovery DS3000-USB3.0-emcp221.


How can I prevent the YouTube aplication from constantly showing a pop-up for YouTube premium trial? How can I prevent the YouTube aplication from constantly showing a pop-up for YouTube premium trial? I'd like to never have this window.

I have never been disturbed with these popups so far in the modded YouTube app named YouTube Vanced so I suggest you try this app. The app also has background play feature that can be used without a YouTube Premium subscription.

Head over the XDA thread here to know more about this app and learn about its installation.

Note: the app automatically blocks ads served by YouTube.


Project Fi - What Magic Hardware Allows Carrier Switching? Project Fi lists the Pixel, Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P as the only compatible phones with their auto network-switching system, and the FAQ and many reviews state that these phones have special radios:

  These devices are the first smartphones that support our network of
  networks. They work with the Project Fi SIM card, which supports
  multiple cellular networks, and have a state-of-the-art cellular radio
  tuned to work across network types.

However, in the iFixit teardowns they don't have any unique hardware. iFixit says that the Nexus devices use the Qualcomm WTR3925 LTE Transceiver, same as several other phones, while the Pixel uses WTR3925 as well as the Qualcomm WTR4905 LTE RF transceiver. All of these radios are used in several other phones, so why don't those devices support carrier aggregation?

I found this Qualcomm article from 2014 talking about carrier aggregation radios and they appear to be widespread:

https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2014/09/10/qualcomm-extends-benefits-lte-and-carrier-aggregation-entry-level

Can the hardware be enabled in software in other devices?

FWIR, the Project Fi SIM contains the two separate carrier profiles (separate USIM applications with their own IMSIs that obtain the lease for one carrier or another) which are selected by some undisclosed means, as noted here (there is some theorization that this could be done by software on the baseband processor or possibly the SIM card itself, and as likely as not actually a combination of those things together with the Project Fi Tycho App.) The Active carrier USIM can be manually switched using proprietary dialer codes, but at the end of the day you have something in the form of software making a selection in the same way you might find on a dual SIM device (which is not a new concept).

The WTR3925 LTE Transciever is certainly key to being able to handle Carrier Aggregation but since the signal gets processed by the baseband and the actual selection of one carrier over another is being handled by software, it would be easy enough to assume that the unique thing about the Google Devices has more to do with proprietary code than anything else.

As far as enabling the ability to use a project fi sim in another device, it has been reported that while it will work with similar hardware profiles in terms of recognizing the SIM card, it still will only recognize the currently active carrier profile and as the specifics of the switching mechanism is not openly documented at the moment it would have to be switched manually or by attempting to implement a unique selection algorithm written to the spec of the PFi SIM.


How to redirect all web requests from hosts connected to hotspot to a local web server? I literally have the same question as found in this post: How to redirect complete outgoing phone's traffic to a proxy server?

I have an Android phone acting as a hotspot server (using KWS). I am able to connect another device and access my little webpage by typing 192.168.43.1:8080 into the URL search of my browser, so no problem there.

However, I would like for all requests by connected devices to be redirected to my webpage.

The answer in the linked question suggests running two DNS servers using the Server's Ultimate app. My only hesitation is that it is not free, and the 'free' version is a 7 day trial.
I have tried another app called "Set DNS," which seems promising, but it will not recognize my hotspot as a network; it keeps waiting for me to connect to something.

QUESTIONS:

Can I simply change the /system/etc/hosts file as mentioned in the linked post?
Would I add a line such as: 192.168.43.1:8080    *?
If not, must I purchase Server's Ultimate, or is there another alternative?

PS: This is for an advertisement. The webpage is to be static and informative (no malicious activity).

NOTE: Solution suggested here requires root access.

  I would like for all requests by connected devices to be redirected to my webpage

When you create hotspot, Android runs dnsmasq as DHCP/DNS server (up to Android 9). We can use this DNS server to resolve every domain to your desired IP address. Create file /system/etc/dnsmasq.conf and add the following option:

address=/#/192.168.43.1

See details in manpage. Start hotspot and test. Similarly you can use other DNS servers on your Android device e.g. dnscrypt-proxy.

You need to make sure that the connected hosts don't use some public DNS like 1.1.1.1, instead must use DNS provided by DHCP i.e. IP address of Android device. Or redirect all DNS traffic to local DNS server:

~# iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -p UDP --dport 53 -j REDIRECT --to 53

NOTE:

For http://example.com request goes to 192.168.43.1:80 and for https://example.com it goes to 192.168.43.1:443. However if you type http://example.com/test.html it requests page 192.168.43.1:80/test.html which should exist, otherwise an error will be returned. An easy way is to configure your advertisement webpage as index page and default error page. For instance index-file.names and server.error-handler options on lighttpd.

  Can I simply change the /system/etc/hosts file as mentioned in the linked post?
  Would I add a line such as: 192.168.43.1:8080    *?

hosts file is used by DNS resolvers which are usually part of main C library of OS. As far as I know the built-in resolvers on Android/Linux/Windows don't support wildcards, so the * trick won't work. Secondly, domain names are resolved to IP address (192.168.43.1) not ports (:8080). See below links for details on DNS.

Web browsers by default use port 80 for http requests. If you are running server on some other port, you have to mention the port on web browser. Or redirect all newly generated TCP traffic from port 80 to 8080:

~# iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -m conntrack ! --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to 8080

RELATED:

How DNS works on Android?
How name resolutions works?


Tab 2 10.1 P5100 stuck on starting screen Actually I was downloading something when my tab 2 10.1 p5100 suddenly went off. Then the starting screen came up saying,"Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" and it is stuck there. I tried the factory reset by holding the power and volume down button but the process says done.But still it doesn't come on completely.

Can anyone please give me some advice on how to fix this.

One of first links in google. Try it.

http://www.tips4tab.com/how-to-restore-galaxy-tab-2-10-1-p5113-to-stock-android-4-0-4-ice-cream-sandwich-with-official-firmware-ueblh3/

In short:

You need to download Odin and firmware package. You boot to download mode, open odin on computer and connect your tablet to pc. You select the frimware donlowaded earlier and click start.

If something fails then you can do again power+volume up.


How to record (photos and videos) directly to Samsung's Secure Folder? Sometimes or usually I need to take photos or videos of my documentation with my Samsung mobile.

How do I configure Secure Folder (provided by Samsung) to record all I want directly into Secure Folder? I don't want to move them one by one manually.

You can log into Secure Folder before you take any photos and videos. Use the Camera that's inside of the Secure Folder. If it's not there, tap "Add apps" and add it.

You can also do this with a lot of other apps, it's kind of like having a second phone inside your phone but more secure.


Cleaning down phone between uses? I'm project manager consulting for a charity who have a set of LG Nexus phones that are sent into schools as part of a STEM project.  For safeguarding reasons when the phones are returned we need to clear off any photos, videos, audio recordings and any internet cache/history.  There are a couple of apps loaded onto the phones for the students to use that need to be retained.

I'm looking for a fast solution for cleaning the phones.  All the phones are connected to the same Gmail account.

I know nothing about coding for Android devices (or anything about Android devices in truth!) so please be kind with your responses.

Many thanks in advance.

Julia

If the data of the apps that need to be retained is not important, a fast-but-dirty solution would be to integrate those apps into the system partition. That way the phones' data will easily be erasable via a factory reset, but the apps you need will stay installed on the device. That way the only thing left to do after the reset is re-connect the phones to your Google account.

To "convert" apps into system apps, however, one would require root permissions (and possibly unlocking the bootloader), which may void the warranty of the phones based on where you live/where those phones were bought. (In the EU, for example, the warranty would remain intact.) Truth be told there are dozens of "quick but sloppy" ways to achieve this but I don't think any of them apply for your use case.

Another way I can think of that does not require root is to trust Google's cloud device backup -- Since Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), a device's apps and apps' data, WiFi connections etc. are periodically uploaded into the cloud so that, if a customer buys a new device (or resets their current one), the Setup Wizard that launches at first boot can offer to restore the data that was previously backed up. Sadly (though understandably), this only works for applications that are installed off the Play Store. The downside of this method is that a) you'll still have to connect the devices to the Play Store, and that b) the backup functionality only works periodically, so the data that ends up getting restored might be several days old. There are other ways to back up and restore data on an Android device (sadly my reputation won't allow me to post a link, but a quick online search for 'android backup tool' will do the trick) but those are, again, cumbersome and sometimes unreliable.

I've heard some good things about Google Classroom, but I don't know if it supports wiping devices, or if it fits into the scope of your project.


Can't connect to Wi-Fi with special characters in the name I have a Moto G running Android 4.4.4. I am trying to connect to a Wi-Fi network with an accented character in the name. The network's name is 'Sala de Reuniões', but it appears to the device as:

Note that the 'õ' became an 'unknown character'. As a result the device doesn't connect, but a PC can connect to the same network. I can't change the network name as the router is not mine.

What to do?

Have you tried installing Portugese* as a language in your phone settings? Your current language obviously does not contain that character. If you download and install the Portugese* language pack for your phone, it should recognize that character in the Wi-Fi network name.

Alternately, you could try to manually add the Wi-Fi network to your phone using the network SSID. Simply type in the correct SSID (network name) with the special character instead of trying to auto-detect the network.

EDIT:

As a quick and dirty solution, you could also use an app like WiFi Connection Manager which claims to be able to handle special characters.

Also, according to this page (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/39352/unable-to-connect-to-a-wifi-network-with-a-special-ssid), it seems like the default Android encoding of SSID's is the source of your problem. The only fix I've seen is using an app or writing your own driver or script to connect to the network using the correct encoding for special characters.


Modify search in Google Maps Is it possible to edit a search that I have made previously when using Google Maps on Android?

The situation I have sometimes is that I make a search in Google Maps but it doesn't quite give me the results I want - perhaps because I didn't use the correct term or because there was a typo in my search. Or perhaps the search works but I want to refine it. As an example, I might first try to search for a street name just to get an idea of where the street is. Then later I might want to repeat that same search but also including the house number on that street because I want to get directions to a specific building on that street.

When I open Google Maps and press the search button I can see my previous searches in the history but I don't see any way to edit, select or copy/paste them. If I touch the search in the history it just repeats the exact same search as before without giving me any opportunity to edit or refine it.

My workaround is to manually type the entire search phrase again with the modification I need, but is there a better way?

If your device has a directional pad (or a trackball), then when you press down, the previous search key would show up in the search box and is editable.


Galaxy S 2 battery won't charge while being on First of all, LOVE the Galaxy s2, even though it has some problems - which phone doesnt, right?

I've had the Samsung Galaxy S2 for 2 months. It worked fine.
Since a week my phone won't charge the battery while being on. I would charge my battery almost every night. At night almost empty, I wake up and its full. Now a week ago I woke up and the battery had only 3 % left and it was VERY warm. Unplugged it, tried it again. Turned phone on and off... Nothing worked. When my phone died, I left it to cool and then charged it again in it's off state for a few hours. I turned it on and the battery was full again!

I use the original charger, I haven't changed anything since having the phone.

So now I can only charge my phone while it's off.. Not ideal...

Has anyone had the same problem?? Any advise is welcome!

Thanks!

Try factory reset. My phone had this issue as well. After a factory reset it worked fine. But be sure you back up all the important data first.


Does Google Audit all apps that enter the market place? Possible Duplicate:
  Are the apps safe? How can I make my Android more secure?

There are several 'requires root' apps in the market and one of the most famous ones have more than 5 Million downloads as of date. We all know that an app that uses root privileges has the ability to do anything that it wants to.
Google Play is supposed to be a trusted source. Does this mean that these Apps are audited before it is put on the Play store ? Or, is it possible that some of these rooted apps does something malicious in the background ? I've never uploaded an app to the play store and hence I do not know the process.

Yes.  Google uses a system they call "Bouncer" which automatically analyzes apps submitted to the store for malicious behavior.

A bit more information can be found here.

The system isn't foolproof though.  For example, in July, A few apps on the store were discovered to be downloading malware after the fact from outside the play store.


Unable to complete setup CyanogenMod 12.1 I recently flashed CyanogenMod Nightly 12.1 on my YU Yuphoria, followed by ARM64 Micro Open GApps package. When I booted after successfully flashing, I had to do the system setup which is to be done anytime when the data is reset. I almost completed it but when I reached the step where I need to sign into my Google Account, it shows

Checking info..

And then in 1-2 seconds I get an error screen saying

Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped.

What could be the reason behind it? I'm not able to complete the system setup and use my custom ROM.

Problem solved..

The problem persisted only till the time I had been using Open GApps.. Then I checked out for GApps on the official CyanogenMod website and got an idea to try CGApps instead of Open GApps.. So I downloaded the ARM64 package of CGApps and flashed it.. Thankfully it worked for me.. So if someone's facing problems with Open GApps, CGApps is definitely worth a try..


Battery indicator increase when not charging Basically, two hours ago my battery level is at 8%, then an hour ago, it was at 9%. Now it's at 10%. Why is it going up even though it is not plugged in? Would I need to calibrate my battery?

Note: This is a new phone

Battery app re-calculates the remaining battery based on the battery power currently being used (mV) and history. That's why you can do calibration to correctly measure the current battery status and range of it.

In most case, battery power (mV), it goes down from the top and it usually up & down within a small range but for overall, it goes down.
But sometimes, the current mV is goes up and it's caused by
1. Battery usage forecast was wrong or
2. Battery is recovering its power again - for example, after CPU intensive task, the voltage could goes up
3. the remaining percentage goes up if the battery usage is slower than the expectation (it's not going up because it's not being used. Even the screen is off, the battery is still being used). In this case battery app recalculate the percentage based on the current mV and trend that how fast battery mV is decreasing. If mV is increasing, then battery app will show like it's being charged...
But actually its not being charged, instead battery app recalculates the mV decreasing speed.


Unlocking Google Pixel 2 XL without losing data I need to unlock my Google Pixel 2 XL without losing my data. I figured out the simple solution of doing a hard reset, but I can't lose all the important things on my phone because I need them for court and all of my clients of 20 years for work.
I can't afford to buy any software, so I downloaded an app called Dr.Fone, but unfortunately it does not support Pixel at this time. I am not the most computer or tech-informed when it comes to these things, so I went to a local phone store and ask if they have software to do this and still no luck. I also tried to follow some YouTube tutorials and did not have luck there, either due to my lack of ability to obtain some of the resources or actions that they needed me to perform from the phone because I cannot get into the system.
Is it possible to unlock Google Pixel 2 XL without losing data?

Android devices always delete all user data when unlocking the bootloader.
This is a requirement by Google which has to be implemented by each and every device. In the past there were a few devices that did not perform a full wipe or had other bugs, but as far as I remember Google Nexus/Pixel devices were never affected by such problems.
Therefore I would not trust any software that claims to unlock the bootloader without data loss.
The way to go is to make a backup of all data, unlock the bootloader and then restore the backup. If an app does not allow to make a backup, sometimes the app itself has an integrated backup function to do so.


Is there a Ghostery equivalent for Firefox on Android? I use Firefox on a smartphone with limited RAM, where Ghostery would be most useful (removing useless content). Plus I don't like being tracked anyways.

So is there an equivalent to Ghostery that supports the Android version of Firefox?

Ghostery for Firefox has been reworked to enable it to work with Firefox for Android. Click the link, install and enjoy not broadcasting everything you do to everybody.


Internal Storage doesn't get mounted I'm using PA3+ JB 4.1.2 on my HTC Vivid. Everything was working fine until Gmail app gets an update. After update, phone went into a bootloop. To recover, I went into TWRP and restored factory default, cleared cache and dalvik cache et cetra. Bootloop issue resolved but now when I'm trying to open Gallery/Camera app, it's giving me No external Storage Available error. In setting, when I try to mount internal SD card; nothing happens. I tried to mount card from TWRP but still, nothing is happening.

Should I flash ROM completely? Or is there any workaround to resolve this issue?

EDIT

I'm getting Unable to mount /emmc (Invalid Argument) error quite often in TWRP.

Sounds like it might be your ROM. You could start by clearing the cache and dalvik. If it were me, I'd back up my sms and mms and do a full flash. I doubt a factory reset alone will help. I had an issue with permissions when my phone was connected to USB with certain ROMS, sometimes accessing with my PC, sometimes through recovery. I have to believe it's ROM related since the current version of PAC-man I'm using has been much more cooperative. I doubt it's driver related, but that'd be the safest starting point if you have sensitive data on your phone.


What app needs iipsrv.fcgi? My Samsung Galaxy Note 8 downloaded three copies of a file called iipsrv.fcgi. I have the apps Gamedia Browser, uTorrent and VLC Media player on my phone and am wondering if this download is related to o e of these apps. Should I be concerned about this being malicious files?

I found the answer. These were actually images I saved from Gamedia Browser, which I was able to open like regular images.


Change orientation whithout accelerometer I didn't notice when I brough this phone the lack of accelerometer. And now is an ordeal to read/see certain apps and webpages. Is there a way to do this? I'm looking for a solution that works ootb for 2.2 through if there is a way that requires to upgrade I accept that too.t

To easily toggle the portrait/landscape mode you can install the app Power Toggles from the Play Store. Then add a notification toggle with the Rotation Control. Once enabled when you click on the rotation control icon it allows you to choose between the two view modes (port/land).

Being in the notification bar means you can almost always access it. I find it really useful!


Transfer contacts from android to google contacts I have a Google account, and my android is a Galaxy S. I want to transfer all my contacts from my cellphone into Google contacts. If you use the phones syncing option by default, it is a one way sync from Google contacts to your phone. I have also tried CardDav, which I downloaded from the play store. It does the same time, it just syncs from Google, to your phone.

Can some one please tell me how I can sync all the contacts from my android to my Google contacts?

Just tested this on my phone and my gmail, and it seems to work. I'm running 4.4 with the stock Contacts app on my phone.

On your phone, in the Contacts app: menu button -> import/export contacts
Choose export to storage and it will create a .vcf file to /storage/emulated/0/ which is the root folder for storage
Transfer this file via email, or usb to a computer where you are logged into gmail
In Gmail, go to your contacts by clicking on the little down arrow by GMail on the top left
Slightly to the right is a More button with a down arrow, click on it
Choose import, and select the .vcf file

:)


Can I schedule a night restore/wipe? Or other management solution I (will shortly) have a small (5-10) android tablets for use in my school. I want them to automatically wipe clean at the end of each day (specifically, remove any user data, even more specifically, browsing history/downloads). I'd mostly likely have the devices locked down to just web browsing using surelock or similar.

How can I do this? Titanium backup doesn't seem to have a scheduled restore function.

Alternately, are there other management tools that would achieve a similar result?

There are two products in market which i found awesome :)

SureFox :  Kiosk Mode browser for Android Smartphones and Tablet which restricts user to browse only selected Websites, Which has many more options inside Browser Preferences For eg. Private Browsing and many More. try exploring this.

SureLock : You already Know about it ;)

You can try using SureFox on top of SureLock