Gmail Notifications on my Galaxy Note10 I've used Galaxy Note 10 for about 6 months and one of the major issues that I have experienced was related to my gmail notification. I’d go several hours without receiving any emails and just think to check the app and as soon as I open the app then I’d have like 20 emails just sitting there that I had never received a push notification. Do you know any easy fix for this?

Navigate to Settings > Device Care > Battery > App power management > Apps that won't be put to sleep.  Add Gmail to this list to prevent it from being put to sleep for battery optimization. You could also disable this feature entirely by disabling "Put unused apps to sleep."


How do you disable geotagging for stock camera? I have stock (i.e. pure Google with no manufacturer customizations) Android 4.3 and I use the built-in camera app. I searched around on the camera app settings but couldn't find any mention of GPS or geotagging. I also searched around the settings → location but didn't find anything specific to the camera.

How do you disable geotagging for the built-in camera app?

Follow these steps, if the icon in (3) has a line through it then it will not store your location in your images.

Open the menu
Choose settings
Tap the location icon


Android password requested after fastboot I am trying to reset an intel machine with android 5.0 using fastboot.

If I do a complete reset, I have no problem, it encrypts normally & boot & works as a charm.
But what I need is to reset the machine while keeping the data, so I removed this command:
fastboot format data

After booting the machine I got a screen saying "to start android, enter your password"
whatever last password enetered, I get the folowing (as if the password is wrong) & start resetting the machine..it works well, but no data is there too.
I have no idea to what password does it means nor any of my known passwords work.
Any Solution?

what happened with me is not a full solution, just a partial:
I connect the device to a keyboard via a USB & then we can switch using the arrows to move to android booting.
Too bad we will have to connect it to this keyboard each time we restard the android device.
But at least you can can now save your stuff, before loosing the device.


How can I make my Droid2 push Facebook-originated contacts to Google? On my Droid2 (Android Version 2.2) (System Version.2.3.20.A955.Verizon.en.US), I fully utilize the phone's ability to log into a Google, Facebook, and Twitter account, and link the contacts together. Often it chooses the wrong name to display, but that is another question entirely. I have already set the option in ...

(Contacts) -> [Menu] -> "More (+)" -> "Settings"

... to automatically push any newly created contacts to my Google account. If I create a new contact traditionally, via ...

(Contacts) -> [Menu] -> "Add contact"

... then it works exactly as expected, creating a new contact in both my Phone Contacts and Google Contacts. However, sometimes there are people I know whom I have no contact information for until I friend them on Facebook. At this point, the only contact I have for them is my Facebook contact. I don't like having to rely on only a Facebook contact, and I always take this opportunity to start a Google Contact for them, duplicating what Facebook has already told me. This is where the unexpected behavior begins.

If I select a contact from my phone which is purely a Facebook contact, and click ...

... [Menu] -> "Edit"

... it brings me to the traditional contact editing screen, presenting me with all of their Facebook information as immutable fields, allowing me to manually duplicate this data into what I would expect would be both a Phone Contact and a Google Contact.

But it's not!!! After manually re-typing in, say, their birthday, e-mail address, and cellphone number (information traditionally available via Facebook), and I click ...

"Save"

... the resulting contact reads as ...

Linked profiles (2)

Facebook: John D.
Phone Contacts: John Doe

... with a Google contact nowhere to be seen!! Even if I initiate a manual resynchronization via ...

(Home Screen) -> [Menu] -> "Settings" ->  "Accounts" -> "[my Google account]" -> [Menu] -> "Sync now"

... the information is still not pushed to my Google Contacts!!

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

So far, my only work-around is to recognize a new Facebook contact, navigate away from it, manually create a new completely empty contact by the same name, link the two, then begin duplicating the data. This is cumbersome and should not be necessary.


Nexus 5X no "Charging rapidly" on original (stock) charger After 7 months LG Nexus 5X now doesn't show "Charging rapidly" but only "Charging".

Ampere app shows 1700 - 2100 mA max. Overall charging time now 50% longer than initially was.

In accordance to screenshots of Ampere I see the following wattage:

4.07V * 0.89A = 3.62W

or

4.26V * 1.79A = 7.62W

Both measurements are far from 15W declared by Nexus 5X specs.

I have checked my original 5X charger with Nexus 6P phone - it displays "Charging rapidly" on 6P from my charger. This makes me to believe the issue with the phone or its battery or QC IC (Quick Charge integrated circuit).

Update:

My charger is OK with Nexus 6P -> "Charging rapidly"
Nexus 6P charger doesn't detected on my 5X at all -> no charge, nothing
Switching cables on 6P charger with 6P phone -> 5X cable OK on 6P "Charging rapidly"

Conclusion: Phone Nexus 5X itself is suspected: battery or charger chip or system.

I had the same issue with my Nexus 6P. Tried everything but nothing worked. Visited service centre and got it fixed. They told some hardware issues with the fast charging chip.

 I read somewhere that flashing the firmware again using Fastboot on the phone solves this issue for some users.I didn't worked for me. Might you wanna try. Good Luck!!


Does the Nexus 4 have 4G? I know it doesn't have LTE, but what about the 4G networks of other carriers?
If I happen to buy one, will I be able to use it T-Mobile's "4G" HSPA+ network?

Yes, it has HSPA+ which is what T-Mobile's "4G" actually stands for.

This article on AndroidAuthority should help you understanding  why it doesn't have LTE.


What do I have to do to get my file system to recognize foreign characters? I have some MP3 files that have Cyrillic in the mp3 data, as well as being named Сyrillic (the file names themselves as in "музыка.mp3". Is there some additional language package that can install to have my music player and file system render the Cyrillic data correctly?

I realize these are two separate features. I'm happy to get answers for both.

TIA

My assumption would be you need to install some kind of language package, buy a phone from the country of origin for that language, or convert the files back to English language.

When I go to Settings > Language & keyboard and look at the languages I can only choose from English and Spanish. So to install another language search the market for it like so, "Russian Language Pack". Install and go back to the language place in settings and select it. Then see if you can play the files.

If that doesn't work you are going to have to try the other two options.


My EVO 3D is narcissistic and won't stop taking pictures of itself My SD card is filling up with screen caps. I mean, it's not a big problem that's taxing my storage. Still, with all the activity in my pockets, my phone frequently like to waste time photographing itself like some webcam girl.

I am running a stock EVO 3D from HTC; no roots, no screen cap apps or anything. I am thrilled that there might be native screen-capping. However, when I have googled to find out how to do it, there are either non-native instructions (it's native), or there are instructions to just shake the crap out of it (which I have tried, and does not cap screens). I admit it is totally possible there is some key-combo I have not found yet; but if there is one, I need to disable/remap it.

My question is two fold;

So assuming the problem is between the keyboard and chair, and assuming that the behavior leading to the screen caps isn't going to change (i.e. me putting my phone in my pocket); How can I get the phone to stop screen capping at random times?
As mentioned in the comment below, hitting [LOCK+Home] will take screen caps with my HTC EVO 3D; can these buttons or this behavior be remapped?

You could try this app: ButtonRemapper (XDA Thread)

It takes a little reading to figure out how to properly configure this to your needs but once it's done it should solve your problem.


What are the /firmware and /efs partitions on Samsung devices This is specifically the Galaxy s3.  Out of curiosity what are these partitions exactly.  Are they part of the android OS or something lower level than that? If I were to delete everything in these partitions will I brick the phone even after a complete factory restore from "Download mode"? If these are not in fact android partitions why do some ROMs flash them?  What is the difference between /firmware and /efs and are these flashed with most ROMS?

I've been googling the partition structure of my device and these things are not clear. Please help me clear them up :)

According to this linky here this is what it has to say

  What is EFS? It is a place that stores your Android smartphone
  important data like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth MAC address and IMEI
  (nv_data.bin).

After reading the above linky, it would be prudent to make a backup of that partition otherwise well and truly hosed! :)

As for /firmware I am guessing that is where the original stock firmware goes into when updating via the official route a lá Kies.

If anyone has a better insight feel free to comment, and I will gladly amend this accordingly :)


How can I share directions/route from Google Maps App? In the web based version of Google Maps it is possible to create a link to a set of directions between two places and send it to a friend in an email or instant message. For example I can send someone a link to show them some walking directions.

Is it possible to create a link similar to this in the Google Maps App for Android?

I know how to create the route with the directions in the Maps app. I just don't see any way to share it - for example by E-Mail or SMS. I'd also like that the resulting link will work on a non-Android phone, if possible.

I have not been able to find out how to do that either. However, I have found you can share places by clicking on them and then selecting "Share this place."


I don't want to see DP of a particular contact on Whatsapp I don't want to see the DP of a contact on Whatsapp without blocking them.

Can anyone help in getting that done?

Please note. I have an Android phone Samsung S8.

Thanks

Try this out. To summarize the steps in the link:

Resize the pic you want to use to 561×561.
Save it in /sdcard/WhatsApp/Profile Pictures on your phone.
Then rename it to your friend's phone number, including country code first. (If Jenny lived in Manhattan, her filename would be 12128675309.jpg)
Reopen WhatsApp and the picture should be there.


adb devices doesn't list Samsung Galaxy S Cyanogenmod 7.1 I am unable to list my device under adb devices and my problem is similar to that of Mad Scientist except that in his case Windows took the Google Drivers from the android SDK.

Ever since I have installed the Cyanogenmod 7.1 on my Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000, Win 7 recognizes the device as a Portable Device, Manufacturer as Android and Location on UMBus Enumerator. WUDFRd.sys and WpdFs.dll get loaded as shown in this image

I have tried to uninstall this driver but it automatically gets installed every time I connect the device. My device always looks like a mass storage device. I am unable to install android_winusb.inf from android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver.

Windows 7 returns an error saying  -

  The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation.

How do I install the correct drivers so that my device is listed in adb devices?

Connect your phone
Open the Windows Device Manager
Open each relevant device (if more than one is shown), choose "Update Driver", and select android_winusb.inf


Does android keep a log of when it starts? I'm making a parental control/accountability app for android. It consists of a monitoring service that runs in the background and starts when the phone is booted.

Unfortunately, I have found that when android is started in "Safe Mode", services are not started automatically, and because of this my app has a serious flaw.

While in safe mode, the web and other apps can be started without my monitoring service running.

I thought that if it isn't possible to monitor app activity while in safe mode, maybe I could at least have my app detect if the phone was previously in safe mode. Then it could maybe alert the parent or accountability partner?

Does Android keep any log of this? Or any boot log in general?  I'm very open to suggestions and alternatives.

I think you have caught yourself out, in short, nothing you can do!
Have a look at this source that explains why, specifically in this section:
System Partition and Safe Mode

The system partition contains Android's kernel as well as the
operating system libraries, application runtime, application
framework, and applications. This partition is set to read-only. When
a user boots the device into Safe Mode, only core Android applications
are available. This ensures that the user can boot their phone into an
environment that is free of third-party software.

Keywords is free of third-party software
Edit:
When Android boots up, it keeps a cache of the logcat, in a temporary buffer that is reserved found in /dev/log. That buffer gets recycled when it hits the threshold, obviously, the bigger the threshold, the slower Android gets with the continual spamming into the logcat buffer hence kept to minimum - iirc, its around 64K:
#define DEFAULT_LOG_ROTATE_SIZE_KBYTES 16
#define DEFAULT_MAX_ROTATED_LOGS 4

Source: system/core/logcat/logcat.cpp
Do not ask how many lines that can be, as to each and to every app, its different. Not alone that, the logcat disappears upon reboot!


Kindle screen suddenly became very dim on LG tablet running 4.2.2 Can't increase brightness How can I increase brightness of Kindle screen on my LG tablet running 4.2.2? Screen suddenly became very dim. Thanks.

Here's a much easier solution,  especially if the screen is so dim that you can't read any of the display options. Simply place TWO fingers on the screen and slide them up for brighter, down for dimmer. Simple!


My android keeps telling me my lock password is wrong but it's correct After rebooting my  rooted, unencrypted, android phone, the lock screen keeps telling me my password is wrong. But I am very sure that the password is correct. Because I input this password once per day. I have adb debug enabled and I can connect this phone to computer, what can I do now? I don't want to reset my phone, that will lose my data. Thanks a lot.
PS: Another weird thing is even if it keeps telling me my password is wrong, after attempting this correct password many times (more than 30 times, I didn't count), there is no password failure attempts warning at all.

I found a working method in XDA article 1 and XDA article 2. It's lucky that my android phone is rooted, so I can simply remove the key files and reboot :
adb devices
adb shell
su
rm /data/system/*.key
rm /data/system/locksettings.db
rm /data/system/locksettings.db-wal
rm /data/system/locksettings.db-shm

One more thing which bothered me is I have no ideas what the problem really is at the beginning. I did see some online questoins regarding the same issue such as link, but so far, no one can provide a logic explanation about this issue.


Where do Android apps store data that survives uninstall? TL;DR On non-rooted devices, where do Android apps store data that survives uninstall?

Backstory: I installed an Android app a couple months ago and configured it to my liking.  After a couple weeks, I no longer needed it, so I uninstalled it.  After the uninstall, I didn't see any files left behind in Internal Storage, and the device had no microSD card installed, so no files were stored there either.

To my surprise, when I reinstalled the app, it remembered all of it's configurations.  I use a firewall, so it didn't download the configurations from the cloud.

Thus, the question: On non-rooted devices, where do Android apps store data that survives an uninstall?

Apps are supposed to store their data and related files either in /sdcard/Android/data/com.app.id or /data/data/com.app.id; however, many apps (especially ones from China) don't abide by this guideline and create folders in storage individually, that store various information.

For example, apps using Aliyun SDK will generate .DataStorage, .SystemConfig and .UTSystemConfig directories under the root of the internal storage, primarily for storing device ID info. Such info can be used to identify users even if they haven't registered an account of respective apps.

As for what you described - fully-locally-stored data (no access to cloud) - it also is possible. I have one such example on my phone which is a 3rd-party app to a forum (I prefer not to disclose what exact app it is), with several features like signatures, custom ID flairs to enhance the original app. It stores all settings related to those enhancements under .db files in a folder under the root of internal storage. When the user changes device, he can just copy the folder over to the new device, and upon opening these customizations will be read and appear intact. Below shows one of the pages of its main .db file, storing key setting values (sensitive info redacted):


Custom Flashing to Nexus 7 - product info I am trying to flash the latest 6.0.1 build onto my Nexus 7 tab.
I picked MOB30X build from here

naveen@gandalf:~$ fastboot devices
015d2a4ffd181016    fastboot

But, when I do

naveen@gandalf:~$ fastboot flashall -w
error: neither -p product specified nor ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT set

What is this product about?

Further,
Looking like the build comes with a nice installation file flash-all.sh
While running

fastboot -w update image-razor-mob30x.zip

I'm again hitting this error

  checking product...
  FAILED

Here's the complete log file

You need to set ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT in /etc/environment.
You may have a folder with boot.img and system.img etc. in, this is the right folder.

Example:

ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT=/path/to/folder/with/images/

After that you can call sudo fastboot flashall -w

It also works for self builds.


Should apps take up any internal storage when installed to SD? I'm running very low on interal phone memory storage - I'm down to 5 MB of the 180 MB available. I understand that not all apps can be installed into SD card, and those will instead use up my internal storage. Luckily, those are rare.

However, I recently installed an app that is listed as being installed on the SD card, not internal storage. Even so, after installing it I'm now getting the "low on space" warning. The app takes up 16 MB, and I seem to remember I had a bit over 20 MB internal storage space before... So judging from the space, it looks like it's still taking up space on internal storage.

So my question: Should an app that's installed onto SD card take up any internal storage?

What could be causing this? Does the market store the installation files somewhere in internal cache or something as weird? Why on earth do I need to worry about apps consuming space, when I have gigabytes of free space for them on my SD card?

My device is GT-S5570 running 2.2.1.

An app consists of dex files, apk files, data files and libraries.
When you install apps in SD card, not all of the parts of the apps are kept in SD card. Some of them remains in internal Storage.

However if you have a rooted phone, you can use program like link2sd to move all the pieces of app to SD card.

EDIT:

You can use program like app2sd to easily see what program can be moved to SD card. You can manually move shown apps or ignore some of them.

If you go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications, the size shown there is the size its taking in the internal storage. This is just my guess based on the calculations performed by noting the free space on internal storage, moving some apps to SD card and subtracting only the reduced space of the apps.

I'm sorry I didn't mention you need second partition for link2sd to work. But if you had given hint in your question that you were willing to root, I'd have talked in more depth about it. Also your main question was whether apps moved to SD card should take internal storage  or not. It wasn't about link2sd, the term just came while answering. Anyways, beside second partition you are recommended class 6 SD card. I've written a blog post about using link2sd here, you might find it useful.


Is is safe to remove the stock email and calendar app on Cyanogenmod or AOSP? Is it safe for me to remove the stock email and calendar applications on from Cyanogenmod ROM? I'm using Gmail and Google Calendar so I don't have need for the stock ones. I could simply disable them but if I removed them entirely, I might be able to save a bit on space on my system partition.

YES, you can delete the stock Email (Email.apk) and stock Calendar (Calendar.apk, CalendarProvider.apk) app. For a list of other apps you can delete on CyanogenMod, see the expandable list at the bottom of the CM wiki.

I'm not so sure for AOSP though.


How to quickly switch between two apps on one half of the split-screen view? I'm in this scenario a lot:
I'm using split screen opened to App1 taking the first half of the screen and App2 taking the second half of the screen. I frequently need to switch between App2 and App3 on the second half of the screen while keeping App1 on the first half. One way to switch between them is to tab the recent apps button then drag the app window to the second half of the screen. Unfortunately this process takes from 5 to 15 seconds each time I want to switch between App2 and App3, which is very exhaustive as I need to switch between them in a very frequent manner (About 3 to 10 times within 5 minutes).

How could I switch between App2 and App3 on the second half of the screen quickly just by some gesture and the apps get instantly switched without the need to drag or re-position the apps windows in order to re-fit the split screen each time?
A gesture example could be: swiping from the buttom edge of the screen to upwards on the second half of the screen (if screen is in horizontal mode).

Important clarification:
I'm asking about switching apps while being in multi-app split screen view. I'm not asking about single app view.
One example of apps which works very well for the single app view is EAS App Switcher. What I need is that when I switch to another app it's opened in the second half of the splitted screen (not the full screen which destroys the split screen view).
Let me clarify more. I have App1 and App2 active (in split screen mode). EAS will do the job if it replaces App2's window with App3's while keeping App1's as is. What it does is that it opens App3 on full screen (single app view) destroying the split-screen view and App1 becomes in the background instead of keeping App1 active and next to it is App3 on the other screen half.
It would be very helpful if exist some app or launcher that achieves this.
I'm on Android 6.0.1 on Samsung Note 4 with root access.

Tested on Oreo 8.0. lt works as described without destroying split view

Try EAS App Switcher
it creates a floating icon that can be hidden as well and find it particularly good in switching to previous to previous app , that is juggling with three apps ;

In Settings Single tap on second icon → switch to second last app does this

It prompts to you to change the home which makes it faster. It doesn't support gesture navigations that you are looking for but offers some like fast pull to display notifications etc


Does "Visited " shown on Google's My Activity mean that the app has been installed? My minor child has 'visited <name of app>' in her Google's My Activity from the Google Play Store multiple times. Does this mean she has/had the app?
She recently got a new phone and was setting it up from her old phone.
This is the actual activity:

Google Play Store
Visited Reddit
Mar 12, 2019, 5:52:48 PM EDT
Google Play Store
Visited Plenty of Fish Free Dating App
Mar 12, 2019, 5:52:48 PM EDT
Google Play Store
Visited Plenty of Fish Free Dating App
Mar 12, 2019, 5:52:37 PM EDT
Google Play Store
Visited Twitter
Mar 12, 2019, 5:52:25 PM EDT

No, Google's My Activity showing "Visited <name of app>" on Google Play Store doesn't mean that the app has been installed. It literally just means that the app detail has been seen on the Google Play Store app, regardless if it's installed or not. In fact, My Activity doesn't even add any entry for app installation, so there's no way to know if an app is installed from there.
Alternative ways to know are:

Searching for "Used <name of app>" in My Activity instead
Browsing Google Play Store's My Apps. It lists apps that have been installed at one time unless the entry has been manually removed by the user from the Play Store app


What's the native wallpaper resolution of HTC One? I don't mean 1080p, but actual unscaled image size so when I set the wallpaper to an image with that size, it won't ask me to crop. It will fit without scaling.

The screen resolution of the HTC One is 1080 x 1920 pixels. This is also the same resolution when you trigger a screenshot on the phone.


Is it possible to manage filters from Gmail app? Is it possible to manage filters directly from the Gmail Android app?

No. This feature isn't implemented in the mobile app.


How to transfer apps, contacts and settings between two identical phones? I'm having trouble with my new Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant running 2.1.  It constantly reboots and I'm going to return it for a replacement unit.  How can I transfer all of my phone settings, contacts, apps, app settings and pictures/movies from the old phone to the new one?

Lookout should do all, or at least most, of this for you.
(Warning: Market-speak follows)

Your mobile device is your most personal computer. It contains your personal data including contacts, photos, video, e-mail, and text messages. Backup your data and keep it safe and secure.
Whether you accidently delete data, your phone is lost, or even destroyed--your data is safe. You can restore any data with the click of a mouse. Changing devices is just as easy and your data can be transferred in seconds.


Can one determine the kernel version of a Samsung device from the Android version? Basically, does an Android version map to a specific kernel version on Samsung devices? For example, can I assume that Samsung devices running Android 4.4.2 will have kernel version 3.4.0 (or some other version)? If not, can I tell from the build number? I am aware that this question exists, but I am looking for a concise answer.

Also, related to this, does the build number of a device map to a specific Android version or are all these three properties, Android version, build number, and kernel version, independent ?

No, the Android and kernel versions are numbered independently of each other.

For example the Galaxy Note 2 (KitKat stock ROM) has a kernel version of 3.0.101. The Galaxy S4 (also KitKat) has a kernel version of 3.4.0.


What are the folders 'burstlyImageCache' and 'burstlyVideoCache' and can I delete them? I'm interested in the following two folders found on my Samsung SIII:

/storage/sdcard0/burstlyImageCache
/storage/sdcard0/burstlyVideoCache

Together they only come to about 1.5 MB on my device.

What application creates these, and can they be safely removed?

They're cache directories that hold Ads for games. I've read Angry Birds is one such game that uses those directories.

Yes, you could delete them, but they'll keep coming back everytime a game reloads their Ads.


Remote Access/Editing files from Android without rooting on any other remote platform I have a Nexus 7 Tablet and a Samsung Galaxy Ace Phone. I wish to use WiFi only. The phone does not have a 3G tariff.

As the Nexus 7 Tablet does not have an SD card slot of any type, I wish to find a way to connect the Nexus 7 Tablet to other devices including the Samsung Galaxy ACE phone or any other form of inexpensive external storage while mobile, and Windows/Linux PC's when at home.

More specifically I wish to access files stored remotely, to edit the files, and save them remotely, without writing the file to the Nexus 7 local storage at any point from opening to saving and closing, and using any application on the Nexus 7, such as a Word Processor/Spreadsheet.

I wish to accomplish this without rooting either the Tablet or the Phone. I am concerned that rooting will compromise what little security is built into Android. My concern stems from the fact that there is little guarantee that some applications will not accidentally or deliberately take advantage of the device once rooted.

I am aware of applications such as ES File Explorer, and would choose to use such an app, if I could connect it to another Android Device, perhaps if there were a Samba/CIFS server which could use custom ports (>1024) as long as I could also use the same ports on ES File Explorer (or similar app) either through the config of the apps themselves or by some mechanism to reroute ports as may be found in a Home Firewall Router.

I would also be open to using SSH as a means of facilitating a connection if necessary.

I do not wish to use Cloud Services as I do not trust that the Operator will not copy, use, or lose any data I upload.

I guess the part rendering solutions close to imposible is without writing the file to the Nexus 7 local storage at any point from opening to saving and closing. If that should also exclude automatically created temp files, you're very much out of luck.

Additionally: and using any application on the Nexus 7 Yo. That means either all apps have to support Samba/CIFS/whatever network protocol to be used – or you need to mount that network drive locally. This brings it down to apps like CifsManager (last release: 4/2011) or Mount Manager (requires root; I would wonder if that doesn't apply to CifsManager as well). Moreover, on your remote device you will need the counterpart providing the network drive, of course. No problem on the PC, where it comes with the OS. For your other Android device, as pointed out in my comment on your question, that could e.g. be Samba Server.


Why phone encryption without screen lock is possible under Marshmallow? Since phone encryption is irreversible, I'd like to ask before applying it to my phone for the first time.

I have a slide-screen unlock set under my Moto E3 / Android 6.0 Marshmallow. No PIN, no pattern. How it is possible that my phone / Android allows me to encrypt my phone in this situation?

Here are all the warnings I can see.

First screen warns me that:

I need to power up my battery to something around maximum,
I need to connect my phone to charger,
phone encryption takes 1+ hour.

Second screen warns me that:

phone encryption is irreversible,
phone encryption takes 1+ hour.

But, on both screens I can tap Encrypt Phone button without any problems.

What am I missing? Shouldn't I be rather warned that phone encryption is not possible in my case, because I failed to set PIN-lock or pattern-lock for my screen / phone? Shouldn't Android 6.0 rather disallow me to continue with phone encryption in this case?

I have a Galaxy S5 (Android Marshmallow), and when I hit the encrypt phone button, my phone stopped me and forced me to have a password or pin in order to continue. If you use finger print or face recognition, you will need to enter the password or pin on device restart. So the answer is Yes your phone will disallow you from continuing with phone encryption without a password or pin, your phone will just ask you nicely for a password as a part of the encryption process rather than send you back into the settings to make a password.


Battery charging indicator went crazy on my Samsung Duos S6802 While I was playing a game, my cellphone warned me that my battery went too low. I plugged the charger but it was like it didn't work (charger indicator didn't show the bolt icon). After several efforts I found out that the battery was charging, simply the indicator didn't work. Unfortunately on my panic I had done a format (USB Storage) thinking that an installed app was causing this. However, this was not the case.

The battery charge indicator is now working half the times I am plugging it for charging. Upon going to the battery statistics, I observe a strange behavior: it shows it is almost (or half) -empty but the battery timer says that there is enough battery for 3 days while in another phone with similar battery and phone usage it shows full battery but 11h remaining time only.

How should I proceed?

Samsung S6802 - v.2.3.6 Gingerbread

The game's creators did not take right precautions for the version of android I have and it ran into some issues. Unfortunately, it is not recoverable with format; the problem isn't obvious at first sight though.


how can i connect the usb cable from my lg p350g into my computer to transfer its stuff? i have done it before but the notification does not appear its charges my phone but cannot connect the phones internal SD to my computer. Please help

When you connect your phone to your computer, You get a pop-up showing a green android with one hand being a USB.
There, click on Mount SD card or an option similar to that.
You should be able to use the SD card as a flash drive.


Xiaomi android always boot in recovery (twrp) mode I tried to install twrp in my xiaomi redmi 7A, and it worked, but now i'm not able to boot the system.
The steps i followed are as follows:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot boot recovery.img

It seems like i have to flash the firmware, but i want to see another solutions for obvious reasons.

Yes, the best solution is to flash the stock firmware. Or the other option is if you backed up recovery partition then you can flash it through twrp to go back to stock recovery, which can solve your problem.


Samsung Galaxy S2 takes a long time to get GPS signal My Samsung Galaxy S2 takes a long time to get a GPS signal (maybe around 5 minutes). Anyone know why and what can I do about it?

Install FasterFix from the Play Store and follow the prompts.


If I install something from Google Play, can I be sure it can uninstall itself? So recently bought an Android tablet, having first had an iPhone.

So with Apple's strategy, apps seem quite restricted. They can really only do a couple of minor things outside of the app (like notifications etc.) and they're also reviewed by Apple.

Android seems to allow a lot more freedom. You have apps that change the keyboard, or change the start up screen or allow you to share across apps etc.

So my question is... if I install something from Play Store, do I know that it will always uninstall properly? Do app developers actually need to write an uninstall program or is this done automatically in the OS?

Short answer
Generally, apps are cleanly uninstalled, and most if not all of their data will be removed along. Some exceptions may however apply to their data stored on sdcard, if any.
Detailed answer
Android uses a data structure which is defined by the developers API, and developers should stick to it. There are also not too many ways they could deviate, as e.g. file system permissions prevent this.
Aside from the .apk (the app itself) installed at a defined place, there are also defined places for the apps data: All these can only go below /data/data/<package_name> on internal storage (rare chances an app can access other places in internal storage to place its data, except from some "temporary" or cache locations. As for the sdcard, the API strongly recommends to use Android/data/<package_name> as corresponding place (see API documentation).
As long as developers stick to these rules, uninstalling the app will also remove all its data (as the system takes care for all those locations defined by the developer documentation, since these are easily identified via the package name). However, on the sdcard there are almost no restrictions which places an app can access (which is due to the FAT file system used for these cards), and some apps go wild here.


How can I do usb tethering with Mac Os X (using gingerbread Acer Liquid Metal & snow leopard)? I would like to use my Android phone to let my hackintosh (10.6 snow leopad) surf the internet.
The standard way of selecting usb tethering on android and plugging the usb cable tested on windows and ubuntu doesn't work...
Thanks.

EasyTether i think would be your best option. The free version is full-figured, and paying for the full market version will get you https:// sites. And the drivers for it are available on their website for download.

P.S. it's only $4.99 right now in the Amazon Appstore ;)


How to play single album on Spotify when bluetoothed? When I am riding in my car I have my android phone hooked up to the sound system via bluetooth. I download an album to the Spotify app my phone at home on wifi because I am cheap and don't want to pay data costs. When I listen to a downloaded album on repeat, then only the downloaded album plays. However, if I do not have the album set on repeat, then, when the album is over, Spotify starts playing something else. Usually it is something on a different album by the same artist. This incurs data costs, which I would like to avoid. So, is this a bug or a feature? How can I listen to a single album with Spotify and have it stop playing when the album is over when I'm hooked up to bluetooth in my car?

(NB: I haven't tried this outside of my car using cellular data, so I'm not sure if that detail is spurious or important.)

In the Spotify app, go to:
"Your Library" (lower right) -> Settings (cog in the upper right) -> scroll down and turn off "Autoplay". That should do it. Autoplay does exactly what you said. "Keep on listening to similar tracks when your music ends."

You can also or alternatively turn on "Offline mode" at the top of the settings screen. This will only allow the app to play already downloaded songs and will not use any data. You can leave the app in Offline mode for almost a month at a time. They require you to go back online after 29 days to confirm that you still have Spotify Premium and then you can go back to offline mode if so desired.


Can I hide the time on the Cyanogenmod 7 Lockscreen? I've flashed CM7 onto my phone, and am wondering if there is a way to hide the clock. The only way I see is the Widget Layout setting to Default/Hidden/Centered. But this hides ALL text on the lock screen, I want to hide ONLY the clock (because it is in the statusbar anyway), and NOT hide the next alarm, next calendar appointment, battery level, etc.

Or, as an alternative, if there is someway to make the font for the clock a LOT smaller.

The reason I want to do this, is because I am using Contact Owner to display lost phone text on the lock screen, but with that giant clock up top, it pushes the owner info underneath/behind the unlock controls.

Also, setting the Widget Layout to hidden hides the owner info as well, which kinda defeats the purpose.

UPDATE: With a little help from this question, I'm using Cyanogenmod's own owner info ability, but it still suffers from the same problem.

BTW, I'm running on a Galaxy S Captivate.

Well, I didn't find a way to hide it; but switched to using WidgetLocker for my lock screen and just disabled CM's.


How do you get AdAway to update the hosts file on 7.1 Beta? I'm trying to get Adaway to work on 7.1 beta on my Nexus 6P. Unfortunately, the flashable zip did not work to move the hosts out of system. Neither did the flashable hosts file. I tried some of the workarounds to move the hosts file through the terminal, and that did not work. Finally, there were some suggestions of having BusyBox installed, and it does not seem to want to work.

The phone I'm running is on 7.1 beta, encrypted, with stock recovery, and phh's superuser.

Plug your phone in, open up terminal, and open the shell

adb shell

Now execute the following. Pro tip: $ = non root, # root. If root, 'exit' to go back to non-root.

angler:/ $ su
angler:/data/data # rm /data/su/binds
angler:/data/data # exit
angler:/ $ su --bind --ls
angler:/ $ su --bind /data/hosts:/system/etc/hosts
angler:/ $ su --bind --ls
2000 /data/hosts => /system/etc/hosts

Double check to see if you have two hosts files

angler:/ $ su
angler:/data/data # ls -l /data/data/hosts /data/hosts /system/etc/hosts /su
ls: /su: No such file or directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2109504 2016-10-25 13:38 /data/data/hosts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2109504 2016-10-25 13:37 /data/hosts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      56 2009-01-01 00:00 /system/etc/hosts

Remove the second hosts file

angler:/ $ su --bind '!system/etc/hosts'

Go to AdAway, Preferences, target location, select /data/hosts
Apply AdBlocking, do not create symlink.

Reboot.

Open up AdAway, it should be enabled.

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/528mfs/help_with_adaway_on_android_n/d7js3sj/?context=10000
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/59cm1u/how_do_you_get_adaway_to_update_the_hosts_file_on/


Broken screen on HTC Wildfire S - possible to root to extract data? My girlfried recently suffered a broken/cracked screen on her HTC Wildfire S, rendering it inoperable. We managed to get her considerable backlog of photos saved simply by connected the phone via usb to my laptop.

However, her contacts list would only be accessible if the phone is rooted. Is this possible given that the screen is broken?

You can possibly use the htcdev utility to gain access but you need to read up on it as the root procedure I found requires using a new recovery utility which would require a working screen. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-wildfire-s/help/2015-root-flash-bootloader-unlocking-t3227482

And more generally:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-wildfire-s


Authorize adb in recovery mode I need to authorize adb in recovery mode on my Galaxy S3 I9300 (international edition) in order to make a backup of my files.

The problem is that I cannot boot the cyanogenmod which is install on the phone and I don't know why.

Currently I have ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.4.3 and when I try adb pull /sdcard/DCIM I get the following message:

error: device unauthorized. Please check the confirmation dialog on your device.

Please help me, I have a lot of valuable information on my phone which I need to recover.

In order to pull the files with ADB from my phone I flashed the latest TWRP recovery with ODIN (3.0.7, not the latest), then by default you have an authorized ADB devise in recovery, so I just entered

adb pull /sdcard/*

and waited for the files to transfer.


Can't uninstall any programs in safe mode Every time I try to open App manager(in Safe Mode) spams pop up, porn icons installs and so on. Simply, I  don't have time to reach the app manager. Help me please!
Smartphone: Getnord Cat

first can you download any apps if so download Avast mobile antivirus and do a scan if not plug the phone into your pc and copy all your pics,videos,music ect onto the pc. then do a hard reset on the phone. sounds like you got a bad virus.


Special Wi-Fi authentication I got access to a Wi-Fi network which claims to use PEAP-MSCHAPv2 authentication. My phone (X10 mini pro with Android 1.6) was able to detect it as a WPA-EAP network. It even asked for the password to connect to it (which I have), but as far as I know I have to use an user name with PEAP-MSCHAPv2 too.
The question is: can I somehow connect to that network with my username+password? If not, will it be possible after the 2.1 update for X10?

Yes, connecting to a PEAP-MSCHAPv2 network with 1.6 is not possible due to a lack in the network manager. After an upgrade to 2.1 or 2.2 it is possible.

Alternatively you might want to root the device and enter your login credentials in your wpa_supplicant.conf file manually.


Why does Google Play Store show installed apps in the "Previously installed apps" section? When I go to the Previously installed apps section of Google Play Store, some apps that are currently installed on my phone are also shown. I thought that may be all of the currently installed apps shown were not updated, but that not the case for some of them.

Should it not be only apps that were removed or not installed that should appear?

I have checked the issue with phones using Android 6.0.1 & 8.1. As you can see on the image below, VLC is installed, yet it is listed on previously installed apps.

I surmise that because you can have multiple devices with the same account. It puts apps that were installed on a device in that section, regardless of them being installed on the current device or not. Though I do not see why they could not filter out apps that are installed on the device.

I would suggest that if you think it is an issue, you can report it using the feedback. Aside from that action, I do not think there is anything that could be done on the user side to fix this.


error copying files after rooting I rooted my micromax a27 a few days back. It installed an app Kinguser to give root permission.

Earlier it was working fine.

I did a factory reset last night.

Now, when I try to copy file to root folders like /system/media/ directory. It gives error as Permission Denied.

Please help how to recover root access.

I am using ES explorer with root access enabled.

In es file manager, slide the menu out and tap on "root explorer" (not the switch) and choose mount rw. Then tap on the radio button in the rw column for all rows. Now you should be able to write to those partitions.


Need to delete this file to be able to backup data on TWRP Been trying to find this file for hours but don't know where it is. Any advice?

I:Error adding file '/data/anr/3i6xjEcwwZbkn6mZ,+ccwD' to '/data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/c51c11bd/2020-05-05--09-33-29/data.ext4.win000'
Error creating backup.
I:ERROR tarList for thread ID 0
Error creating backup.
I:InfoManager saving '/data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/c51c11bd/2020-05-05--09-33-29/data.info'
createTarFork() process ended with ERROR: 255
Backup Failed. Cleaning Backup Folder.
I:Copying file /tmp/recovery.log to /data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/c51c11bd/2020-05-05--09-33-29/recovery.log

just mount /data and type rm followed by the file name in single quotes. TWRP has a build-in Terminal, but i recommend to do it from adb shell

adb shell rm '/data/anr/3i6xjEcwwZbkn6mZ,+ccwD'


Android suddenly refuses to play ANY videos in any app on my galaxy tab s2 Is there any way to fix this without restarting?
Attempting to play any video in any app on my Galaxy Tab S2 will cause the video tile to load forever or else cause that app to freeze. YouTube will load the thumbnail and spinning icon but, if I switch to another app, even YouTube will be entirely frozen when I return to it. Likewise, if I attempt to record a video using any camera, the camera app will also freeze.
This does not appear to be related to audio processing as I can play audio streams fine, but if the file itself is a video file then I get the same result.
This is a new behavior not limited to a single app. The device is a galaxy tab s2 and developer mode is enabled. Clearly, whatever processes video streams in Android is bugging out on my device and needs to be restarted... but I would rather not fully restart my device as it is also suffering from a 'grey screen' problem where if I turn the screen off, there's a very high likelihood that turning the screen back on will result in it only displaying a solid grey screen, and it is very, very difficult to get it to display normally from there. Even straight from boot it will only display grey. I can still use the tablet by using an HDMI cable and using a tv as a screen, but I can only get the screen to display normally under some very arcane, specifc conditions: the tablet needs to have only about 20% battery life, and I need it to suddenly draw a lot of power all at once, such as by loading a power hungry app, while also attempting to turn the screen back on. Even this will only work once every 100 times. Yes, I know I need a new tablet. No, this one is no longer under warranty. I'd just like to get this one operational again, please.
Tldr: Is there a way I can restart the Android video engine without restarting the whole tablet?
PS: there are absolutely zero display artifacts, besides the grey screen issue.
Thanks!

See the version of Android. If it is not the newest version, there may be a problem.
My phone, which before the major update a few months ago stopped playing Audio and lagged, and when i updated it all got fixed.
But another thing is, and i am not trying to scare, there may be a very bad software issue, or there could be a virus.


Battery icon has a question mark in it I checked a lot of forums, like a lot, but no one had my exact problem. I have an ASUS Tablet with Android 4.2.2 and the battery icon in the notification bar has a question mark in it. At least when it turns on cause ocasionally it crashes on boot and reboots itself before even reaching the lockscreen.
Anyways, when I'm lucky and it turns on, it eventually crashes and reboots after a few minutes. If it is on and I try to get to the battery settings, it crashes and reboots.
I didn't manage to get to the battery to check the contact, like most forums say, but I don't think it's the case as it's getting juice from it to turn on...

I tried reseting it by the way.

There can be three reasons for this:

Your battery is dead or the Battery Status Indicator (BSI) pin on your battery is faulty. In either case, you have to replace the battery.
The BSI pin head on your phone hardware is faulty.
The firmware on your phone has a bug, and is unable to properly read the battery charge.

The third one is very less likely. The second option is less likely, but in my case (a Samsung Galaxy On7), both 1 and 2 had occurred at the same time.


Is PNC Bank's Virtual Wallet accessible from Android? I am a college student in need of a new bank account. PNC Bank's Virtual Wallet service really appeals to me, except I have one unanswered question: Will I be able to keep an eye on it from my Android phone?

Virtually every major bank appears to offer some sort of free downloadable app for Android, but I read comments that the standard PNC Bank app does not work well with, specifically, a Virtual Wallet account, due to it's three-fold Checking-Reserve-Savings system. Nowhere on PNC's website do they clarify this issue.

Seemingly in response to this issue, PNC Bank has published an app specifically for Virtual Wallet customers, but this app appears to be available only on the iPhone, not for Android.

Since a real app does not seem to exist, one might wonder whether the Virtual Wallet website is well-behaved in the standard Android mobile browser, and how much functionality I might be able to expect. There appears to be no way to find out except to open the account first and try it for myself, which is unacceptable, hence my question here.

Can anyone with a PNC Virtual Wallet attempt to log into the administration website from their Android phone (I have a Droid2) and tell me if it's even slightly usable?

It is actually very usable! I use it all the time and am quite pleased with it. The interface is slightly different then the desktop site but you can tell that it was redesigned to run on mobile phones. Just go to PNC.com and log in, it will auto-detect that you are on a mobile browser and load the mobile version of the site. I was a little upset at first that there was no PNC app for Android but after using their mobile site I honestly don't care anymore, it is just as good as a dedicated banking app. Definitely do not make your decision because there is no app the mobile site provides all the info you need, and it doesn't take up space on your phone.

EDIT: I'm on a Droid 1 BTW. Just in case it doesn't auto detect your browser Here is a link to the mobile site.


How to disable Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Camera permanently? Need to permanently disable Wi-Fi, bluetooth and camera for work on a few work only devices.
Can this be done through Terminal?
I've tried ifconfig to disable Wi-Fi but it just enables automatically after a few seconds.

I don't need something that literally "permanently" disables Wi-Fi, bluetooth and the camera, just something that isn't very simple for an average user to enable. For instance, I deleted the Camera.apk. I know a user could technically add it back to /system but in order to do so they would need root access as well as know to mount /system as rw instead of ro.

The easiest way would be using a "profile switcher". As your demand is time-based, a good and easy choice would be Timeriffic (available for free and high rated). Here you could simply say: 24h/day disable these things.

An alternative would be ProfileScheduler, which also allows switching profiles by click (so you don't need to setup a schedule, just the profile).

Ah, btw: Needless to say that this does not require a rooted device ;)

Edit:

If your intention is to keep other people from tempering with certain apps, you might want to take a look at so-called "App Lockers" -- with which you can password-protect some/all your apps (including e.g. the play store app to keep them from installing something else). Here possible candidates include:

App Lock (free, high rated)
App Protector (free, good rating)
Ultimate App Guard (free, high rated)

and many more.

And btw2: using an app locker, you can also protect the settings menu (to avoid easy changes to e.g. bluetooth status).

Edit2:

If the devices are rooted, you could even bring a "local firewall" into play: Use Droidwall to define which apps may access the internet (via mobile and/or WLAN separately), plus an App Locker to password-protect Droidwall. This way the apps themselves would be accessible (unless you lock them completely as well), but their access to the net would be handled separately (by Droidwall).


Using Google Play Music on Galaxy S6 WITHOUT starting subscription This is so annoying. I am trying to add music to my mothers Galaxy S6 and play it with the default player: Google Play Music. But despite getting all the files onto the phone in the music directory, I CANNOT GET Google Play Music to do  ANYTHING but show an invitation to start subscription (besides looking into the settings).

Can anyone confirm that it is possible to use the player without a subscription - and possibly how to do this?

I have tested the steps below with Google Play Music version 8.19.7938-1-M:

Clear Google Play Music's data. Restart the app.
It will show some subscription plans (Individual and Family). Select "No Thanks".
The app will then ask the permission to access your media files. Click OK.
You will then be asked "Get unlimited, ad-free music". Select "No Thanks".
On the menu select "Music Library". All your music will be listed based on playlists, artists, etc and can start playing/listening to them.


Must the Nexus 4 be rooted in order to install custom ROMs? Do I need to root my nexus 4 in order to install custom roms such as cyanogenmod etc or just unlocking bootloader is enough as i have flashed my nexus with ubuntu 13.10 by just unlocking bootloader?

You don't need to root to install ROMs on a Nexus 4. Just unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom recovery (Such as TWRP or CWM) through fastboot is all you need to start installing custom Android builds.


Android System WebView is disabled and cannot be changed I updated my Nokia 8 to Oreo 8.1 beta, and while going through some settings, I noticed that Android System WebView is disabled by default, and cannot be changed.

Why is it disabled?

Even though I noticed it only now, the change was introduced in Android 7 Nougat itself. Chrome will take over its place.

Read beeshyams answer for further info.

If I go to apps manager and disable Chrome, then the Webview app is automatically enabled, and can be updated from Play Store.

If I enable Chrome, WebView is automatically disabled again.


Can't connect to "Secured Network" via Wifi. Get stuck at a Lock screen OS: OxygenOS version 2.2.0
Android version: 5.1.1
Phone Model: ONE 2005 [OnePlus 2] (Build number: One A2005_14_151211)

When I connect to a Secured Wifi network that requires that I "Accept" some sort of agreement, normally I would click on "Sign into Wi-Fi Network", which pops up on my status screen and then I would "Accept" the agreement. Now when I click on "Sign into Wi-Fi Network", all I see is a screen with a big circle around a lock. I can't tap on anything on this screen, except exiting out. If I exit out, I am taken back back to my homescreen and not connected to the internet. All that happens is that "Sign into Wi-Fi Network" appears in my status screen again. If I click on it again, I go right back to the lock screen.
I feel stuck in this:
for (a = 0; a < wifisuccess.length; a++) {

I can't be the only 1 having this problem...Or maybe I am? Any insight would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

================

UPDATE:
(First of all, I now realize that I can't type Javascript code as a joke and have it show up properly. I also learned that I need to add Line breaks if I want things to show up. Good to know. If you're confused, the above code was supposed to imply a LOOP on my situation..har har har.)

Upon further investigation, I saw Option Dots on the top right on that screen with the big lock on it [DUH!]. I tapped the Option Dots, which brought up a menu with the following 2 options:

"Do not use this network"
"Use this network as is"

I selected "Use this network as is"

After doing this, I am taken back to my home screen as before. This time, the "Sign into Wi-Fi Network" option is no longer on my status screen and I am still not connected to the internet when I tried to access my email, Facebook, etc.

SUCCESS! I did the same steps as I mentioned in the Edit to my Question:

 1. Touch "Sign Wi-Fi Network
 2. Touch the Option Dots
 3. Touch "Use this network as is"

I then did 1 additional step:

 4. Manually open a browser window (Chrome)

and SUCCESS!

 5. Now I was given the screen where I was able to "Accept" the terms and log into the network. Internet for all Apps/items on my phone now worked.

[Note: After this worked, I rebooted my phone and tried doing the above steps again to make sure this solution worked again and it does.]

I feel like somewhat of a bonehead for not noticing the Options Dots, but the fact that I have to manually open a browser after connecting to the network was a valid thing for me to overlook.

Hopefully this solution helps someone in the future.


How to send notifications based on location? I  have multiple places I visit Home , Office , Church and 2nd office.

Every time I reach any of those,  I  need to call my parents. I am trying to have a notification sent as soon as I reach any of those locations

There are many many apps on the Google Play Store that do this.

If you want to stick to a basic and free app, you can use Google Keep.

Simply create notes for each event and add the location to the note, Google will then remind you.

Here is a tutorial, on an external site.


Add functionality to home button? What application will let me allot a certain functionality to the home button? Currently, I want to make it so that pressing the Home button twice will activate Voice Actions. Do you know of any app that does that?

I'm rooted.

EDIT:
Okay, while doing some further research, I found out that one of the ways to achieve this is via a launcher app. I'm currently using ADW Launcher Ex. Is that modifiable via theme to do something like such?

There is an app in the Google Play Store called Advanced Home Button. Although this app won't allow you to directly configure Home button's single press, this may allow you to replace the double-tap which is configurable.

However, this app does mean replacing your default launcher (in your case, ADW launcher). You, may, though, try it out whatsoever and see if it helps your issue.

Edit: There have been  many negative responses on the app saying the app causes issues with the home button. So you need to be careful while installing such an app.


How to delete podcast on Google Play Music? I use Google Play Music and I need to delete old podcast, but have not been able to find a way to do it. Any ideas that might assist?

If you downloaded them within Google Play Music, you can delete them one at a time.

Tap the info icon to open the episode details
Tap the check mark that indicates it is downloaded
A menu will pop us asking if you want to "REMOVE" or "MANAGE SUBSCRIPTION".  Tap Remove.

To delete all episodes of a podcast, within the MANAGE SUBSCRIPTION menu, unsubscribe and save.  If you still want to be subscribed, the resubscribe and reset your download preferences in the process.


Why does "Google Services" take up increasing RAM and spawn new services over time? I have a rooted OG Droid which I install custom ROMs to frequently. I've noticed in all builds of Froyo and Gingerbread that I've tried, over time of being on, certain services will take up more RAM and spawn new processes.

Specifically I've noticed that Google Services does this consistently. Initially it'll take maybe 7MB of RAM and only have 1 process (com.google.process.gapps). But after a good 10+ hours it'll spawn Android Core Apps (android.process.acore) and Calendar Storage (com.android.providers.calendar). Currently it's sitting at 21MB of usage.

This memory is never reclaimed and the phone will bog down as the internal Android task killer has to kill tasks more frequently. I eventually have to reboot.

Why does this happen and can I fix it?

The additional processes are created on demand (e.g. if you open the calendar). The increasing memory consumption comes from the fact the Java is not able to release (heap) memory back to the system. That's why google has implemented the ActivityManager, which from time to time kills the whole process only to restart it later with a lower memory footprint. That is exactly what the task killer app try to do, which is kind of redundant.

The ActivityManger does it's job pretty good on my Galaxy S with only 329 MB RAM available to the system. I never needed no task killer. But, this is only a workaround for resource constrained devices like smartphones. Current high-end android devices have up to 1GB of memory or more, so that the ActivityManger will become more and more out of work.


Is there a way to erase my personal data without losing my apps? I have an ADP1 running 2.2.1, and used it with my Google Account. I have to give it to a friend, and want to erase all my personal data viz. email, chat logs, photos in the gallery synced with picasa, and any other stuff that might be synced. But the problem is, I do not want to lose the apps. Is there a way to erase my data, without losing the apps?

Backup your apps using Astro File Manager or MyBackupPro or Titanium Backup.

THEN perform a Factory reset to wipe everything.

Finally, from the backups, restore the Apps, but NOT the data. (Most backup apps allow you to do this.)

Be warned that some apps store data on the storage card, so a fresh install might still pick up the old data off your SD card. Be sure to erase your SD Card too.


How do I restart my phone without using my power button? Recently my Huawei P8 Lite decided that it doesn't want to play videos in apps anymore. Videos that I tap on on Twitter, Youtube, Youtube Go, and Reddit just load infinitely and don't do anything. Videos in my browser work completely fine, however, and videos that I've recorded myself play just fine, and there's audio, but the screen stays black.

I've tried clearing caches and deleting/re-downloading apps, but nothing seems to work. The only thing I can think of is to reboot my phone. The problem is that my power button is broken, so I have no way of turning it off. My phone doesn't have a Home button, and my volume buttons aren't separate so I can't press them both at once. So I don't think a lot of those fixes are going to work for me.

Do I have any other options? I've seen people recommending apps that will reset my phone for me, but that usually means rooting my phone, and the ones that don't require rooting don't work. I'm not rooting my phone, so those options are out the window.

Is there anything else I can do? I just want my videos to work again.

There are two possibilities:

Reboot via ADB

Enable Developer options on your device and enable Android Debug Bridge (ADB).
Install the Android SDK or at least the minimal ADB environment on your PC.
Now connect your phone via USB to your computer
Execute adb reboot

Reboot via app (requires root)

Rebooting your phone from within an app requires root permission. If your device is already rooted you can use one of the reboot apps from PlayStore:


How can I force the Sense UI home screen on my Evo to landscape? I have an Evo running with very default settings. How can I force the home screen (Which I believe to be running Sense UI if I'm not confused) to be in landscape format.  I use my kickstand all the time, and it's a pain to tilt my head to look at the home screen.

The factory implementation doesn't support landscape.  (When you configure the background, you get a hint about this from the dimensions of the image).

Lanscape mode would require a custom ROM.


Timezone is not updating with WiFi and ethernet network in Android I am working with Android AOSP. When I connect my Android device with cellular network, then the timezone is updating (if I enable the "auto-update time zone" option). But if I connect my device with WiFi or ethernet network, then the timezone is not updating (even if the "auto-update time zone" option is enabled).
I studied some forums, they are saying that the timezone will not update with WiFi and ethernet network.
Is it right? Please give some summary regarding this issue.

Time synchronization via Wifi/Ethernet bases on the NTP protocol. All NTP server are running with UTC time, hence they can not provide a time zone.
If if they would the time-zone would be useless, as an NTP server can be located anywhere in the world. Typically one NTP DNS name consists on multiple NTP servers, and based on a region the closest server is selected, but that still does not mean that the server is located in the same time-zone as you are.
Only the cellular network has the Network Identity and Time Zone (NITZ) service which provides not only time but also the current time-zone. As a mobile network cell is limited to a very small area it is possible to deliver correct time zone data via cellular.


Can anyone explain Android storage space? My Hannspree tablet running Android 4.4.2 has 3 distinct storage locations:

Internal storage - 1GB,
Internal SD card - 12GB,
Removable SD card - 32GB.

What's the point of the internal SD card if all the apps insist on using the Internal storage of 1GB? Most of that 1GB is occupied by Google apps I can't delete.

More information:

I thought I had moved all the apps that were possible, but I found a few more. Available space has now increased from 119MB to 190MB. With one exception, all the Google apps do not have that option and also many of the others including many of the real space hogs.

There's a trick I have found useful but its effects are temporary. What I do is uninstall all the Google app updates and that free up around 400MB. When the updates are reapplied, there is still an increase in space. Uninstalling and reinstalling apps like Firefox also has a useful result.

There seems to be some sort of software level sensor which says that space cannot be allowed to fall below about 100MB. Installing a new app with size 2MB or updating an existing one can fail when space left is 100MB. Perhaps you are familiar with Zinio. It quotes available space as 12GB and then puts data into the 1GB partition?

You can always resize your partitions (if you have root). I've doubled my /data partition (the place where apps are stored), by reducing the emulated SD card and enlarging the data partition. It is not the easiest task, but it may be worth your while since I think that your device is not much usable otherwise.


App can't see wide angle camera in xiaomi redmi note 9 I have Xiaomi Redmi Note 9. With standard Camera app I can make video using wide angle camera (x0.6). But using DJI Mimo, A Better Camera or Filmic pro I can use only my standard camera (x1.0). Can I fix it somehow?

As far as I know such "special cameras" are often not accessible via Android's standard camera API, hence each app needs to be adapted for your device to be able to use e.g. the wide angle camera. This require a lot of effort so not every camera app developer does this.
Therefore the answer is: You can't fix this on your own, only the developer of the camera app can adapt the app to make it work.


insufficient space on the device in my Micromax canvas 4 what to do What to do ?
I can not install any application in my device?
I have tried clearing cache of all the applications .

Your best chance is try and move as many apps as you can to External Storage such as SD Card. Remember, you can only move "Certain" apps to SD Card, and not all.

Also, check below link.
What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage?

You may be able to find useful tips which should help you mitigate the problem that your currently facing!


Helium (carbon) won't recognize backup files I backed up to an SD card using Helium before factory resetting my Samsung Galaxy S5. Helium could find my backups and gave the option to "restore" before factory reset - after, it's not.
I've tried this method:

Start Helium
Pick any "dummy app" to create a backup from
Exit Helium
Check where it placed the backup files, and which files those are (a backup consists of multiple files)
Copy your backup files to that location
Check if for each app there are all the files you've checked above1
Start Helium again, it now should find the backups
Restore whatever you wanted to restore

But it still only sees the recently backed up apps, not the many others I've pasted there.
What is different about my previously backed-up apps that it is not recognizing?

It's because the files within the com.koushikdutta.backup/files are deleted whenever

You uninstall Helium Backup, or
The phone has been factory reset

If those files are missing, Helium Backup will fail to recognize any of your backups, even if they exist and is easily restorable.
Requiring those files to exist in order to restore backups is honestly quite a retarded system.


Will I get OTA updates from Vodaphone Australia by flashing stock I9300XXEMC2 ROM on Samsung Galaxy S3? I have an Australian Samsung Galaxy S3 from Vodafone (GT-i9300T). I want to flash a non-branded ROM to it using Odin. I found a ROM on samfirmware.com called I9300XXEMC2. Will I be able to get OTA updates if I install this? It is a stock ROM, but I've read that it might have problems if the modem and CSC don't match up.

Here are the details of the rom:
GT-I9300 Galaxy S III
PDA: I9300XXEMC2
CSC: I9300XSAEMC2
MODEM: I9300XXEMC2
Added: 2013-03-28

Will I be able to get OTA updates if I install this?

CSC of XSA or VUA works for Australia. As long as it's stock ROM, you should be able to get OTA update. If it doesn't work, try to update via Kies on your PC.

  I've read that it might have problems if the modem and CSC don't match
  up.

It's OK for modem and CSC to be different, but CSC must be correct if you want OTA updates.


why does my tablet say insufficient space? I have a few apps, but this tablet is new and I want more apps. Every time I say download, it says I have insufficient space. Please help!

Go to settings>storage and take a look at what you have for space.  Some devices come with very little to start with (4gb) while others have buckets (64gb).  Downloading a few movies or games (or loading a big music library) can push a 4gb device to its limit fairly quickly.

If you've checked settings and see that you have very little available space, doing some app housecleaning will obviously help.  Some devices will accept an external microsd card, so you have a relatively inexpensive way put a bunch more room on your tablet.

If you've checked setting and there is a lot of available space left, then we need to explore other options.


How the name of a song can be displayed when listening to local FM channel in MyRadio? In MyRadio app, when I listen to local FM channel the name of the song playing is displayed near the channel name. How do they do it? Does the broadcaster do some effort to display it?

The broadcast channel is surely using Radio Data System (RDS), also called Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS) in the United States. It is now common practice (at least in my country) to transmit informations like Channel's name, programme's name or song's name with this system.

Your app simply receives and parses these data to display it, like a compatible radio set or car's radio would do.


Can I block specific apps from using GPS? I like to leave GPS enabled so that it's ready to go when I open Maps or certain other location based apps.

However, one app that I don't want to access GPS is Facebook. There is, as far as I can tell, no option within the Facebook app to prevent it from trying to access GPS whenever it starts.

Is there another app or setting I can use which will allow me to leave my GPS enabled, but block specific apps, like Facebook, from accessing it?

Note: I took a look at this question, which suggested using Tasker to essentially whitelist certain apps. I have Tasker installed, but I can't get it to do what I want, which is essentially blacklist specific apps.

Note 2: My phone is not rooted, and I hope to find a solution that does not require rooting.

Note 3: I have Android 2.3.6

With LBE Privacy Guard you can block positioning permissions for certain apps.
You can download it here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite

It is important to note that LBE does require your phone to be rooted.


How to flash a factory image onto a Nexus 5x with locked bootloader? This happened today:

I was using my Nexus 5X when it suddenly started rebooting.
It got stuck in a bootloop. It would never boot past the Google logo and I couldn't turn it off.
I was able to enter fastboot mode and even recovery mode from there.
I wiped the phone from recovery mode which didn't help.
I left the phone lying with the fastboot menu open because I thought maybe it is overheated and will cool down (it was slightly warm).
When I returned, the phone was off. I started it and this time it went past the Google logo up to the Android logo (with the animation). However, after displaying "Android" it would just power off.
I tried to boot it a few times but it would never go past the Android logo. Eventually the bootloop started happening again.
I am now back to step 2 except I can't enter recovery mode any more. If I choose recovery mode from the fastboot menu, I never see the lying Android figure with the exclamation mark.

I found many tutorials about fixing bootloops on the Nexus but they all seem to require an unlocked bootloader.

The bootloader on the device is locked. I can see the device in fastboot devices but I can't unlock it.

Any idea how to repair this? Can I somehow flash a factory image onto the device even though OEM unlock is disabled? There is no data on the device that would need to be preserved. I'm ideally looking for a Linux-based solution.

The only possible way for you to get "OEM unlocked" is to freeze your phone and then turn it on, hoping that it will boot normally again. (Put phone in an airtight plastic bag and place it in freezer for about 1h.)

However, the Nexus 5x bootloop problem is a hardware problem which cannot be fixed using software. (One processor core is broken and as it is turned on during boot, the device crashes.) The XDA work-around simply disables the broken core, I think, but this leaves you with a slower phone.

Since you don't need to save any data on your Nexus, I'd spend my time finding a (cheap? second-hand? lineage-os/treble-ready?) replacement device.


Disable android on-body detection suggestion Before the latest Android security update every time I have some form of Do Not Disturb on I get suggestions from Android to enable On-Body Detection. I click on the three dots and then it goes away - temporarily that is and it just keeps coming back.

Motorola Moto G4 - Noughat 7.0

As mentioned here in the comments by Android Explained.

  You need to go into Google settings, activate on body detection and
  then deactivate it again. Once that is done then you won't get
  reminded about it anymore.

(This worked for me)


Dynamically theming Status Bar according to app's Action Bar? I have no idea whether this question is on-topic or off-topic here, because it is related to problems with an Xposed Module. Moderators, please tell me if this is off-topic or not.

I'm running on an AOSP-based Jelly Bean 4.2.2 ROM, rooted and having Xposed Framework. I have GravityBox, Tinted Status Bar, XBlast Tools, etc. and many other modules installed on my device, including the Monster UI module, which themes my device framework to make all apps look like having Material design (checkboxes, progress bars, ripple effects, etc).

I have applied a system-wide Material design colour scheme, including dialog boxes and action bars for apps which were using Holo themes, all through Monster UI. On top of that, to get the full Lollipop effect, I have used the Tinted Status Bar module to tint the Status Bar according to the app's Action Bar colour. When I launch any app's main activity, it works fine, and tints the Status Bar accordingly. But, when I switch back and forth across various activities in the app, the Status Bar gets tinted White, and sometimes that makes the Action Bar turn white too, rendering the text/icons which both were supposed to display, invisible.

How do I fix this ?

Note : All modules work perfectly, and none are conflicting with each other. I checked MANY times for any such conflicts, but there were none. Disabling other modules too didn't work out.

Look's like a bug in Tinted Status Bar module, because other than this everything works fine.

So, give your feedback to module developer MohammadAG - XDA Profile
or Tinted Status Bar thread - XDA


Command to install app from phone? I'd like to SSH into my phone, download an APK, and install it remotely. Is there a command available on the phone that would allow me to do this?

EG:

wget localhost/file.apk
android_install file.apk

Need to automate an install, as I just accidentally wiped my SD card and everything on it. :(

In adb shell or terminal emulator (and most likely over SSH) you can use the pm utility to install apps.  The command is:

  pm install /sdcard/app1.apk

The following are the switches of pm:

usage: pm [list|path|install|uninstall]
       pm list packages [-f] [-d] [-e] [-u] [FILTER]
       pm list permission-groups
       pm list permissions [-g] [-f] [-d] [-u] [GROUP]
       pm list instrumentation [-f] [TARGET-PACKAGE]
       pm list features
       pm list libraries
       pm path PACKAGE
       pm install [-l] [-r] [-t] [-i INSTALLER_PACKAGE_NAME] [-s] [-f] PATH
       pm uninstall [-k] PACKAGE
       pm clear PACKAGE
       pm enable PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
       pm disable PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
       pm setInstallLocation [0/auto] [1/internal] [2/external]

The list packages command prints all packages, optionally only
those whose package name contains the text in FILTER.  Options:
  -f: see their associated file.
  -d: filter to include disbled packages.
  -e: filter to include enabled packages.
  -u: also include uninstalled packages.

The list permission-groups command prints all known
permission groups.

The list permissions command prints all known
permissions, optionally only those in GROUP.  Options:
  -g: organize by group.
  -f: print all information.
  -s: short summary.
  -d: only list dangerous permissions.
  -u: list only the permissions users will see.

The list instrumentation command prints all instrumentations,
or only those that target a specified package.  Options:
  -f: see their associated file.

The list features command prints all features of the system.

The path command prints the path to the .apk of a package.

The install command installs a package to the system.  Options:
  -l: install the package with FORWARD_LOCK.
  -r: reinstall an exisiting app, keeping its data.
  -t: allow test .apks to be installed.
  -i: specify the installer package name.
  -s: install package on sdcard.
  -f: install package on internal flash.

The uninstall command removes a package from the system. Options:
  -k: keep the data and cache directories around.
after the package removal.

The clear command deletes all data associated with a package.

The enable and disable commands change the enabled state of
a given package or component (written as "package/class").

The getInstallLocation command gets the current install location
  0 [auto]: Let system decide the best location
  1 [internal]: Install on internal device storage
  2 [external]: Install on external media

The setInstallLocation command changes the default install location
  0 [auto]: Let system decide the best location
  1 [internal]: Install on internal device storage
  2 [external]: Install on external media

For example, you can force the app to install directly to the external storage (Froyo/Gingerbread style.)

P.S. The wget utility should be available via BusyBox on CM7.  If not, you can always install it via Android Market.


Setting/finding Android 7 encryption password With some hassle I updated the 2016 firmware on my Lenovo P2 to Android 7 (I think my carrier decided that their own app was more important than security updates).

Now that I wanted to put the TWRP recovery onto the phone instead of the stock one, I find out that the phone is encrypted, which it wasn't before. I have not asked for it (it appears Google does this by default now for Android 7) and I have never entered a password explicitly for encryption.

However, TWRP asks for a password for decryption purposes, I believe.

I use fingerprint/PIN as screen lock. This answer and others suggest it should be the PIN, however while that works fine for a normal startup of the phone, that doesn't work in TWRP.

How would I find or set the right password to use (doubting there is a default password!)?

It turns out that there either is a bug in TWRP in that it won't accept a blank password (or that there is a default password in Android 7).

In either case, if I set the password under

Settings -> Security -> Screen lock -> [PIN] -> Password -> Require password to start device

(which I have never set before), then this password can be used in TWRP and must then also be used to unlock the phone instead of the PIN.


adb pull /data fails I have rooted my device HTC Evo Design 4G and I try to adb pull /data data and it says "0 files pull 0 file skipped"

I was able to pull /System/build.prop. How can I pull root folder.

Thank you
iua

Files and directories below /data/data are protected from the "average user", so you cannot simply "pull" them unless the ADB daemon is running in root mode. Other than the file you were referring to (/system/buildprop is at least readable by all apps), folders below /data/data are "invisible" (except for root), so they cannot even be read.

To be able to use adb pull on them, you need to make your ADB daemon run in root mode first. Depending on the device, a simple adb root command might do that – but most devices will refuse to do. In those cases, you can use chainfire's adbd insecure: Install this app on your device, start it there, and manually switch to "insecure" mode. Now the pull should succeed.

Remark: It's called "insecure" because running adbd as root gives everybody with a computer and an USB cable access to everything on your device. Just in case you wonder.


network issue in cyanogenmod 13 in Redmi 1s I have installed cyanogen-mod 13 as custom Rom in my android phone. Now, I found a problem in network connectivity. While connecting data(3G), after sometimes, 3G data automatically shifting to 2G data. I have set APN settings based on service provider(automatically set).

Open dialer, and type *#*#4636#*#*.

It will enter into Testing mode.

Inside that, tap on Phone Information, look for Set preferred network type, and set it as WCDMA only.

This Setting will be lost after a reboot.


App updation- Google Play Store wants to update an older version of app when latest version is already installed? I manually update apps and on selective basis. Recently, I noticed that apps that have been manually updated continue to be shown in awaiting updates list, despite manually updating them

Example of Macrodroid. On the left is the Play Store showing an earlier version and on the right is app version , which is much later

Few other apps show the same version - on the device and awaiting updating on play store.
Some apps get removed from Play Store once updated.

This inconsistent behaviour foxes me

Why does this happen and how to fix it?

Details: Android 6.0.1 on Moto X Play- Play Store 6.8.24. F- all 3085398

Isn't v3.14 newer than v3.13? It's quite common to have a {x}.{y}.{z} versioning system where a bug fix increments {z} and a new feature increments {y} or maybe {x}.

Also, the developer doesn't actually have to change the 'Version' number that shows in the Play Store, they only need to increment a build version (which is not visible anywhere in the Play Store) so the version that is shown may not change. This allows for quick fixes to be pushed out without incrementing the actual version number.

Although the information isn't visible in the Play Store it can be seen in the AndroidManifest.xml within the apk. I use Solid Explorer which can display this information without needing to extract the apk manually. In the screenshot below you can see the 'Version code' which is the build version that must be increased when uploading a new version of an apk to the Play Store.


Is Galaxy Apps a legimate App? (kitkat, samsung galaxy app 3) So on my samsung galaxy tab 3 running android kitkat, I noticed something in the notification bar. An app named samsung apps was downloading new apps, as if it was like the normal app store. One was Samsung billing.

After each download I was prompted, "Google may regularly check installed apps for potentially harmfull behaviour. Learn more in Google Settings > Verify apps."

It was followed by an accept and decline. I just pressed the back button and it went away. Then I noticee samsung apps was renamed Galaxy Apps.

Is this a legitimate new update? Did anyone else get this? (If you use a samsung device).

Galaxy Apps is the new name of Samsung Apps.

Samsung Billing is also legit, as per Informer answer:

  The application is used to purchase apps through Samsung Store
  application that is delivered with Samsung phones. Samsung Billing
  acts as bridge between Samsung Store and payment servers. Without it,
  you will not be able to purchase anything. It's safe to be removed
  because it can be installed at a later date in case you actually need
  it.


Cannot download apps I recently have received error 495 on my Nexus 6P running Nougat, causing none of my apps to update. I tried common solutions like clearing cache and signing in, but they didn't work. I eventually reset my device and restored the apps from a backup. The apps downloaded and installed fine, until the error came up again. In Google play, the downloading loading bar would show, but it wouldn't do anything else.

Also, I tried downloading an APK for Amazon app store (and a few other apks), yet there would be no downloading notification, and eventually, it would say unsuccessful.

I think the error has to do with download manager. Does anyone have tips on solving this problem?

UPDATE: it is an issue with downloads. I tried downloading a file from a generic download test site, and the same thing occurred with the APK downloads.

Apparently it had to do with the VPN adblock Block This! I disabled it and now it downloads normally.


How can I stop the native clock app's countdown-timer from throwing one notification per minute? I have Android 8.1.0 installed, and when using the countdown of the native clock app, it throws one notification per minute. I would just like to turn that off.

In the Settings under:

Apps & notifications

Clock

App notifications

ALARM_NOTIFICATION_LOW_CHANNEL

Importance

I picked "Low - No sound or visual interruption".

When I listen to audio from another app, the timer doesn't make a noise, but it pauses the audio I am listening to and shows a notification dropdown. This dropdown is also annoying while using a browser, because it overlaps the URL bar and the top part of a site...

Unfortunately, googling made me no wiser. Thanks for any tips on how to turn that off.

Changed the settings in ALARM_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL, instead of ALARM_NOTIFICATION_LOW_CHANNEL and that fixed it.


Unbricking a phone without being able to access recovery I have rooted my Zenfone 2 ZE551ML using a method which permanently replaces recovery (I didn't realize it back then). Can I unbrick it using only fastboot? I can't use adb, as I can't open recovery. I basically need a fastboot adb sideload alternative for flashing the entire firmware/ROM. I tried to flash every single part (except for the system.img, which I couldn't flash) of the firmware using fastboot separately, but it didn't work.

You can flash a new recovery image with fastboot.
The command is:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

where 'recovery.img' is the name of the image.

If you enter fasboot on the command line with no options or parameters you will see the usage, which is:

fastboot flash [partition] [filename]


Device rooted by Seller? My nephew parents had bought their son a new tablet, and while I snooping around his device and checked about tablet's information, I saw under kernel version option, it has:

root@tom-desktop #116

Does this mean the seller has rooted the device?

It is perfectly normal for a device (usualy import models from China) to have a kernel version such as "kernel version-- 3.4.0 root@tom-desktop#1" etc. and this has nothing to do with "rooting" a device. If I am not mistaken the "tom-desktop" is the default hostname when building a kernel.


Folder on phone not showing in Windows I'm in the process of developing an Android app and using my Nexus 4 as the test device. One of the functions of the app is to create a folder on the phone for storing data. If I browse the phone using ES File Explorer I can see the folder/files, but when connected to a Windows 7 (64bit) PC I cannot see the newly created folder. The missing folder is called "Cruise Speed".

Desktop screenshot:

Mobile screenshot:

This is a famous issue affecting USB file access over MTP.
I can't even remember how many hours I've lost trying to access files created by my first app on a PC (and I'm talking about GBs of important files).
If you start the app and it creates the folder, then you have to reboot the device in order to let your PC be able to correctly display the folder.
This happens only if you use USB and MTP.
You could solve the issue using MediaScannerConnection in your code or cleaning Media Storage's cache but I suggest you to do the simplest thing: use AirDroid ;)


Is there NTP like time syncing for non rooted phone? I need from time to time sync clock on android phone from internet. Traditional way on non mobile devices is to use NTP servers and daemon.
To run NTP daemon and automatically set time on android phone one requirement is to have a root access.
Is there really any similar solution for non-rooted phone?

Unfortunately, you really need root for this.

From ClockSync, Google themselves have mentioned this:

  Hi, it is by design that applications can not change the time. There are many subtle aspects of security that can rely on the current time, such as certificate expiration, license management, etc. We do not want to allow third party applications to globally disrupt the system in this way.


How can I install apps to 'Phone capacity' I have a General Mobile Discovery 16GB, Android 4.2.1 -- Kernel 3.4.5

When I go to my storage settings, I have this screen.

Click image for larger version

Now my apps are installed on system capacity part. Is there a way to make them installed on Phone Capacity?

Go to Settings->Apps, select a app and choose "Move to SDCARD", it should move it to Phone capacity, but if that doesn't work, root is the only solution I guess


Accelerometer/gyroscope not used by apps LG L70 When I tried to watch a 360 youtube video, I noticed I couldn't look around using my accelerometer. So I installed an app to debug accelerometer information, and it seemed to work just fine.

I do have a custom rom (unofficial cyanogenmod 12.1) on my LG L70 but this was also a problem with the stock LG rom.

Any tips on fixing this?


How to fix this Google+ sync problem? Few months ago, I restored a full Nandroid backup which was created few hours ago. When I booted up, everything went fine, but Gmail & Google+ went out of sync. Perhaps, it was a timestamp problem.

Problem was this: If I read an email on web, the read status was reflected to app, but reverse wasn't true. If I read an email on app, the read status wasn't reflected to web or other devices/apps.
The exactly same thing was with Google+ notification read status.

I cleared data of Gmail app and the problem was fixed. I did the same thing with Google+ app, but no benefit. I even uninstalled & reinstalled the Google+ app, but again no benefit.

I left that for months. I have notified Google, updated to every new version, but the problem is still here even today.

How to fix it? Don't suggest factory reset, please.

Device: Samsung Galaxy S with ICS (rooted)

You state you're running ICS on your Galaxy S so I assume it's CM9 or so and rooted.

Some thoughts of mine:

Do you have any sort of firewall set up (e.g. droidwall)? That has bitten me often so far.
Is there a 2nd device where it does not happen?
Just trying to sort out a general problem with your account or G+
Maybe G+ doesn't even sync by itself but outsources some of it to other GApps (or the Android framework)? Aka, the problem is not directly within the G+ app?

My steps to narrow it down would be:

Make a backup via CWM and be sure everything is backed up by Titanium Backup too. You want to be able to revert to this current state once all is debugged and the problem is found & fixed.
Be sure your SD card has enough space left, I found CWM (v3.x) to not report that and silently fail in case of a no space left on device error.
Reboot into normal Android, remove unneeded apps and start a cycle:

clear app data of suspected problematic app (Google Services Framework, etc.)
test
retry and clear data of more apps and narrow down more if still present

If problem is found, revert to your backup, apply the fix and see if everything works fine still
Report your findings :-)

I know you don't wanted this answer but I include it nevertheless:
Wipe (with CWM and Titanium Backups ready of course). Then go partially back step by step (userland apps only) with TitaniumBackup. It's time consuming and tedious I know. Having a CWM backup ready leaves you the option to roll back at any time though.


Micro SD card stopped functioning after inserted when phone on. Android and Windows recognize the card, but can't read it. Can I recover my data? Android and Windows say I have to format the card in order to access it, but I don't want to lose my data. I have tried to read the card with Recuva and iCare Card Recovery Pro, but they can't access the card either. The card is partitioned, I don't know why. Disk Management, at Control Panel, shows one partition of 16mb and other of 7,2gb.

Is there a way I can recover my data?

Android version: 6.0

The card was used as internal storage.

"The card was used as internal storage" - This means it is encrypted and tied to the decryption key on your device. If your device is already rooted, you Might be able to access the key and use this to access it, it requires Linux and some terminal use, Windows will not be useful for this operation.

If you removed this card while the device was powered up and the card mounted, which it will always be as internal storage, you likely corrupted the drive's file system, and recovery of data from a damaged, encrypted file system is extremely difficult and often requires professional forensic data recovery if the decryption key is available, it's impossible without it, and those services are rather expensive and can be thousands of dollars in some cases.

When a drive is adopted as internal storage, it is reformatted to Linux ext4 file system and encrypted, it is intended to never be removed from the device, ever, unless you go through the process to convert it back to portable storage. The encryption used is very secure, without the decryption key it is generally considered impossible to access the data even if the file system is completely intact and undamaged.

So basically I am saying you're most likely out of luck... The chances of recovery of the data is near zero.


How to access GBoard clipboard manager without turning on 'Show suggestion strip'? Is there anyway to access clipboard manager in google keyboard without enabling suggestion strip? It seems I can't find a shortcut or way to access it. I'm using the latest version from Playstore

For the time being, the only way to access the clipboard manager is when the suggestion strip is enabled in Gboard settings. There are no shortcuts on the keyboard nor is there an option for it in the settings.