Join/Merge external SD with internal SD card? I have a Samsung device of 8GB with an SD card of additional 32GB.

I'm using many apps that cache data for offline use (mainly Google Play Music), these apps are not smart enough to determine the 32GB of available space and take advantage of it, but instead claim 'no space'.

I thought perhaps there is a workaround for it by merging the external storage with the internal so the apps 'think' there is 48GB.
I don't use several SD cards which means I'm not gonna switch SDs back and forth any time soon.

Do you know a hack for it? Or any solution to make Google Music store its stuff into all available space wherever it is?

I've read this link, but since I'm not so much into Android development, I didn't understand it, can anyone refer me or translate it into a more detailed guide (I'm not a complete noob, but I'm not a hacker).

P.S. My device is rooted.

Instead of mergin your internal an external SD card, I think its easier to just bind the directories with high data to the external SD card. The idea is to link the folder were Google Music stores the offline cache with the SD card, so it will write it there instead of the internal memory. This is valid for any other app that writes to the internal memory, just follow the steps:

Go to Settings > Apps > Running and close Google Music.
Open your file manager and go to /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache and delete all files.
Create a folder in your external SD card, for example MyMusic
Create a file in your internal SD card with the mount options, for example MusicScript.txt
Insert the following in the file (check the directories path as it might change):
mount -o bind /emmc/MusicCache/ /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.Android.music/
Go to Google Play store and install Script Manager.
Open Script Manager, grant it root, open the MusicScript.txt file you've created and select Open As > Script/Executable.
Select su and boot and hit save.
Reboot your phone.
Open Google Music and click on Choose on device music. You should be able to see the total space available is the same as the space available in the external SD card.

As an alternative, if you have a kernel that supports init.d scripts, you can skip steps 6 to 8 by adding the file as executable to /etc/init.d/, that way it will be executed at boot.

How to find your internal SD card path:

Use ES File Explorer and it should display your SD card content once you open it. You can check the SD card path in the toolbar at the top.
Use any Terminal (e.g. ConnectBot) and type mount or mount | grep sdcard, the command should display the mount point or path of your internal SD card.


Adb command(s) to get screen state and locked state Background:

I'm using automated tests on many different variants of devices (Samsung tablets and smartphones such as Galaxy A5, S8, S7 etc.) where the devices have different versions of Android (6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0 and 7.1.1) - all in varying combinations.

Some of my tests require locking the screen (turning it off) and then turning it on and PIN-ing in. I have not been able to find a (universal) adb-command to get the phones' state. Ideally, I would like one command to tell me in which of the following states the phone is in:

Screen turned off (Assumed locked as well)
Screen turned on, locked
Screen turned on, unlocked

My best solution so far is to use the following 2 (bash terminal) commands:

#1:
adb shell dumpsys display | grep "mScreenState"

#2:
adb shell service call trust 7

Command #1 tells me whether the screen is on, off or "dozed".

Command #2 tells me whether the phone is locked or unlocked.

Questions:

Is there a single adb command which can give me the information I need? Is this command compatible with the Android versions listed above?

On Android version 6.* command #2 always indicates that the phone is locked. What is the "Android 6.* compatible" alternative of command #2?  ----> By pure chance I found that "service call trust 6" works as expected on Android 6. devices!*

Note:

The resource I've found that most closely resembles my issue is the following SO question/response. However, not all of the devices have/use NFC so the following command (although compatible with most devices/versions) is not acceptable in my tests:

adb shell dumpsys nfc | grep 'mScreenState='

Since timing is an issue, the proposed solution (best answer in the link) is not acceptable either.

I am a Windows fanboy, so the solution contains find instead of using grep, just replace find with grep.

adb shell dumpsys power | find "mWakefulness="
adb shell dumpsys power | find "mHoldingWakeLockSuspendBlocker="

  Screen OFF and Locked = mWakefulness=Asleep &
  mHoldingWakeLockSuspendBlocker=false

  Screen ON and Locked = mWakefulness=Awake &
  mHoldingWakeLockSuspendBlocker=false

  Screen ON and Unlocked = mWakefulness=Awake &
  mHoldingWakeLockSuspendBlocker=true

P.S: I've tested it on Android 7.0, don't know if it'll work with other versions.


Can a MM download, being sent to one phone, also go to a third party who is concurrently sending the mutual receiver a text message? I got a MM download that was being sent to someone to whom I was in the process of sending a text message; is this actually possible?  We both ended up with the MM download; the mutual receiver of both of our messages couldn't believe I ended up with the MM download that was only intended for him, and the sender of the download didn't intend for me to receive the download either.

Yes, this was possible on Android 2.2 owing to an error in Android. On versions with the bug, if you receive an SMS (or MMS) message while composing another, the message being composed has its recipient replaced with the sender of the message you received.

It was fixed in Gingerbread, as well as with an update to Froyo, but not all manufacturers or carriers may have passed the fix onto end users.


I have a Oneplus 2. The bluetooth and wifi stopped working. It also does not get detected when connected to my laptop. Just keeps getting charged. This issue started after the phone fell in water. I had given the phone for servicing. Still no use.

The phone has water damage and these effects are permanent.

There isn't much else I can say.


Lenovo Yoga 3 10' sd card? HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

So basically i'm trying to find any info what SD cards does Lenovo yoga 3 supports.
Would it support SAMSUNG 32GB MICRO SDHC EVO PLUS CLASS 10

Thanks

Lenovo Yoga 3 10" MicroSD card slot supports every MicroSD card upto 128GB, so this Samsung what you have mentioned will be a good choice.


Differnce in between Android 4.2.2 and 4.2.1 Just updated my HTC One X from cm-10.1-20130119 to cm-10.1-20130304-EXPERIMENTAL.

The only difference I noticed is my android is now on 4.2.2 from 4.2.1.

Can anyone list me difference in between them ?

As far as Android is concerned, 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 contained only a few things. They include:

Show remaining time for downloads from the Play Store
Provide a system notification sound when wireless charging begins
Allows long-pressing on certain tiles in Quick Settings

In reality, since you have a device that doesn't support wireless charging, the second point obviously doesn't apply to you. And since CM already heavily modified the tiles for Quick Settings and offers far more options that this update introduced, the only benefit you would get out of this update would be showing the remaining time.

But, CM has new features being added all the time that are separate of the features added by Google. If you look under Settings -> About Phone -> View Changelog, you can see a big list of all the major features that CM 10.1 adds to Google's Android 4.2.2 release.

And if you want to look at all the specific changes (usually around 10-50 per day, although, some are new features, some are bug fixes for devices not related to yours, and some are new/updated translations), you can see it online at http://changelog.bbqdroid.org and clicking on your device and CM version. You can browse through the changes for each nightly there, and although some of the subjects can be cryptic, you can still usually make out what new features are being introduced.


Hide device information pop-up on Galaxy S3 In my Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300, rooted, SuperUser installed), I have a static pop-up that shows some information about my device hardware and doesn't hide. The pop-up has a background color and yellow text. It has some information like:

PDA:blah
Phone:blah
CSC:blah
and more...

How can I hide the pop-up?

It seems your device is in Factory Mode. To exit from it manually:

Open file manager that can access root folder (e.g. Root Explorer, ES File Explorer)
Go to /efs/FactoryApp/
Open factorymode file as text file. Change the content to ON and save the file
Open keystr file as text file. Change the content to ON and save the file
Reboot the device

Alternatively:

Install Terminal Emulator
Type su
Type (or copy-paste)

rm /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
rm /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
reboot

You can also exit factory mode and remove the annoying message without root, but it won't fix it:

Go to Settings > Application manager > All
Search Factory Test and "Clear data", "Clear cache"

Reference: ZiDroid - How to Exit Factory Mode for Samsung Galaxy Devices


How to stop an app from draining the battery without uninstalling that app? I know how to identify which apps are using the battery, but I'm not sure what to do about it. There are some apps that I occasionally use but I don't want them draining the battery while I'm out and about. Is there any easy way to disable those apps without uninstalling them?

You can try Greenify it freezes the app when you are not explicitly using it. There is an experimental feature to make it work without root but I didn't try it since my phone is rooted.

There is also Disable Service that can disable single services. It requires root access.


How to disable notifications about phone being in DND mode? I use DND mode a lot with my Galaxy S6 edge, every day at work to avoid getting interrupted by phone calls, messages, etc.

It has been working great, up until the most recent Android update (I got v7 a week or two ago).

What happens now is that 10-20 times per day, the phone shows a notification "your phone is in DND mode and you might miss calls". As if I didn't know that? That's the whole reason I put it in DND.

Anyway, this notification keeps coming back constantly and needs to be clicked on to make it go away. It is quite annoying.

I did some google searching but couldn't find an instruction for how to turn off this notification.

It seems to come back every 30 minutes or so, roughly.

This is usually caused by applications such as peel remote. As a solution try disabling the application.

Try disabling the app:

To disable an app, go to Settings √ Apps √ Applications √ Peel Smart remote then choose option.
Alternatively deactivate it in drawer; Go to the app drawer, tap Edit, you will see minus sign besides the given app at the top-right of the screen: When you select the minus sign, you will see the selected app no longer in the background. You will also stop receiving any updates which also stops unnecessary drain on resources.


Debugging an app from the Google Play Store? Is it possible to use USB debugging on an app that is not yours, and was downloaded from the Google Play Store?

I don't really need any in-depth information, I just want to be able to see general errors that may be occurring.

I'm basically trying to debug a scrolling issue in my US Bank app on my own because their response is terrible, slow, and I've done redundant "troubleshooting" steps.

The phone I have is a Google Nexus 5 running Android 6.0.1, which is not rooted.

On an unrooted phone you can enable the Android Debug Bridge.
When the phone is connected to your PC and the smartphone is unlocked you can log in via adb from the PC and see the logcat output of the app you want to monitor.

If this is helpful for you depends on the app (some apps do log anything) and what you want to achieve.


How do I override charging current on Huawei Honor 6? On SonyEriccson Xperia X10i I do this:

echo 1000 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/gadget/chg_current

This allows faster charging from computer's USB port (if I know it can source more than 500mA) or limited/prohibited charging in case of I to economize the power of computer.

But how do I do this on Huawei Honor 6? It doesn't seem to have msm_hsusb.

The path in this answer didn't work, guess it is not the true path.

Here is my own post at XDA forum showing a script running using a macro. The path according to what worked for me and steps involved are explained. It shows a macro based implementation allows the path which works for me.

I am thankful for the earlier post that pointed this file.

To summarize:

Path posted earlier lead me to the file but did not allow me to change values. Probably because this is a sysfs file and the path turned out to be
/sys/devices/amba.0/fdf0a000.i2c/i2c-0/0-006b.
For some reason I could not echo 0 to the file to change it. Only option I could think of was to copy the file when it's not charging into a separate
folder in SD card and paste this into the system at the desired charging level to fool the system into behaving as if it was charged.
To do this, I mounted sys as rw first making SELINUX permissive and copied the file into SD card. Next was writing a script  to copy this into system.

su –c "cp /storage/emulated/legacy/for_testing/enable_charger /sys/devices/amba.0/fdf0a000.i2c/i2c-0/0-006b"

To run the script at appropriate charge automatically I used a macro written using MacroDroid app (far more  easy to learn compared to Tasker)

This whole exercise ran smoothly.

I would be happy if someone can:

suggest a better way
help with file information pertaining to note 2 , my old device and if at all possible to do


Stuck in bootloop Neffos X1. No recovery mode My phone (Neffos X1) is stuck in a bootloop since yesterday evening. I haven't done any updates (at least not manually) or new installations recently, so it just happened out of the blue. It loads till the Neffos logo and then restarts over and over again.

Since I can't take the battery out, I tried letting it run out of energy and then restart, but as soon as I connect it to a power source the bootloop will start again.

My Phone won't react to any button combination, so I also can't access recovery mode, or any other mode by that matter.
I tried flashing it via SP Flash Tools, but the phone doesn't react to it.

My laptop actually doesn't seem to detect my phone at all, so I can't use ADB as well, can't unlock bootloader or get into fastboot. At least I don't know how.
I tried removing my SD card, since that seems to be the problem sometimes, but it also didn't help.

Is there anything I can do to get out of the bootloot or is it beyond fixing? Like I said, it just happened out of the blue, so it would be pretty upsetting, if my phone just broke for no reason.

I would appreciate any help very very much, so thank you in advance.

On every android I've had holding down the power button 30-90 second will hard power the phone off. you should be able to enter the bootloader by holding the entry button combination and letting it bootloop


Show the original timestamp on received messages Is there any way I can change the message settings on my LG Nexus 4 to show the time a message was sent to my phone, rather than the time it was received?

This was raised as an issue in June 2009 and despite being discussed extensively there doesn't appear to be any way to show the original timestamp in vanilla Android. This leaves you with a couple of options:

Use a custom ROM like CyanogenMod which supports this, or
Install an app like SMS Sent Time which appends the message sent time to the message itself


Google Verify account I have tried to reset my phone as was given by elder whom the owner is past of which the owner details are not know and I stacked on How to bypass “Verify your account” (Factory Reset Protection) on Nokia 5

The quickest way is directly flash your android phone.
You can get more detail from XDA.
You might need to unlock bootloader first.
Than go to download and flash Recovery Image from TWRP. (This is kind of like BIOS on PC)
After that, you can flash a new Android OS without any issue or verify anything.

Or try this: [This may not work]
1. Go to Android Website and download Android Platform Tools
2. Unzip it and put it in to C:\x
3. Open CMD from windows  (while the phone is connected to your pc)
4. Type:

cd c:\x

5. Type:
adb shell settings put secure user_setup_complete 1
adb shell settings put global device_provisioned 1

Reboot your phone. (or type adb reboot)


How to remove a team from Slack Is it possible to remove a team from the Slack app for Android, without uninstalling and reinstalling the app?

Yes.

Connect to the team you wish to remove and tap the vertical elipsis menu. Go to "Settings".  Scroll down until you see "Sign out of " in red. Tap it and confirm.


Battery drains even when plugged in while using Nav app on long road trips I have a Nexus S running Android 4.0.3 and Google Maps 6.8.1.

When I use the Google Maps navigation app, the battery slowly drains, even when plugged into my car charger.  After 5-6 hours, the phone will shut down due to loss of power.

I have already tried:

Using only 2G mode
Configured all of my (configurable) apps not to check for updates, fetch mail, etc, except when I tell it to.
Reduced CPU speed, changed CPU governor, etc

I've had limited success reducing the CPU speed too much, as it makes the nav app unresponsive when I set it too low.

I have not tried dimming the screen much, as I can already barely see it when driving with sun glasses on.

Is this normal behavior, or is my phone faulty (or misconfigured)?

What else can I do?

Perhaps there's a better way to charge my phone (different charger/USB cable?)
Perhaps there's some way to automatically disable the screen except when within a certain distance of a turn?  I.e. if the screen auto-blanked after 5 minutes, then would re-activate whenever there were spoken instructions, that would be fine with me.
Perhaps there's another nav app that's more friendly on the battery?

EDIT Even in my car, I use an A/C charger with a DC/AC inverter, rather than one of the round cigarette-lighter style chargers.

It's probably your charger.

I tested my Nexus S with the following:

dumb charger (only had +/- lines connected), capable of 2Amps (2.000mA)
Inlined voltage meter to measure currents
Brightness maxed, set CPU to 1.2GHz, performance governor, benchmark running

The device adhered to the USB standard and never draw more than 500mA (0.5A), although the charger is capable of 4x more current. It lost 2% percent during <5mins when the benchmark ran.

I know that apple encodes power settings into their wall chargers by setting voltages to D+/D- pins of the USB connector. I'm not aware of how to tell the phone to just draw more power and dismiss the USB's 500mA safety regulation.

If you have such a charger, give it a try.

EDIT:
I could fix my own Nexus S' charging behaviour by using a kernel with force AC fast charge option enabled (for example Trinity kernel for Nexus S / Android 4.0-ICS) and this Fastcharge widget.


Controlling music from phone only I have a HTC One m8. I am extremely annoyed by my headphones, they're about 2 years old and only when they're plugged in do they skip the songs I'm listening to on their own. The headphones are Skullcandy Titan if that helps. The mic area is cracked and probably the cause of my frustrations. I am looking for a short term solution to my problem by disabling that feature somehow and only controlling my music by going directly to the app in using to listen to music (I use Google play, Spotify, Tidal, Beats Music and Sound cloud. Looking occurs with all apps)

This will fix your problem: download Headset Button Controller (trial), it allows you to override all the headset button functions, override what they do. With that in mind, set ALL button functions to "Disabled". This will prevent any skip tracks, previous tracks, or pauses generated by cracked mic.

Hope that helps


How "Google Pixel (XL)" activates the "unlimited full resolution photo and video backup" Google offers Pixel-Phone customers "Unlimited Full resolution photo and video backup".
Does anyone know how Google handle this?

I can imagine 3 options - but does anyone know which one matches or how it will be handled exactly?

Three thoughts:

For instance, someone is buying the phone via the Playstore online with his google account and he wants to give it away as a gift.
Does the unlock only counts for the user who bought the phone?
or will it be activated for the person who activates/registers the phone the first time with a Google account?
or does this always counts for any further user of the Pixel-Phone? Let's say Google Drive excludes the space-calculation for any picture/video which was taken with a Pixel-Phone?

From Google Product Pixel help

  Question: ....Do you think that the unlimited photo/video backup will be tied to

  1)  a single account,

  2) any account that is signed in on the Pixel

  3) any photo/video with Pixel in the EXIF info or

  4) something else entirely?

This question is pretty similar to what you are asking

  Answer: Essentially you can only backup to one account at a time. the unlimited storage applies to that account. If you switch the account that you backup to , then the unlimited storage applies to that account.

(Emphasis Supplied)

IMO , applying this to your options

Option 1: Not Applicable - since it is not yet tired to your account, you can buy and gift it to your friend
Option 2: Yes, as long as the person continues to use it
Option 3: Counter starts afresh for new user

While this is not the official explanation from Google, it does seem logical


How can I stop my sent emails from containing raw HTML? When I send an email from my official exchange server, the person who receives it, whether through web access or through Outlook, gets the email with HTML coding! It is very embarrassing and I have searched for the solution in vain. How can I stop this behavior?

Making text encoding the default behaviour for the stock Android Email app is not possible. You can use K9mail instead. This question is already answered here.

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/9237/disable-html-emails-in-composer


MOTO E battery drops suddenly to 0% My moto E phone is not even a month old, and already I'm having a HUGE problem with it.

I charge my phone to full battery, sometimes during a whole afternoon or night. In the morning or at 100% I unplug the USB. The phone then last a while on battery, but suddenly the battery drops to 0% and the phone shuts down. I can't get the phone back on again unless I plug it in with the USB to charge it.

Then, the battery charges ridiculously fast to 100%, sometimes in just a few minutes. When I check the battery graph, it shows that the phone uses the battery steadely for a while until there is a sudden and steep drop for no reason whatsoever. This drop occurs seemingly randomly sometimes happening at around 90% charge, sometimes 80%, 70%, 60%... There are no special apps running, and the phone is not even connected to the internet, not by WIFI or the phone network.

Why is this happening? I can't leave my house with my new phone without the charger cable, even at 100% battery, because often I end up looking for a computer to charge my phone on after only an hour or two because my phone has shut down!

Can anyone help?

OK - This issue is still happening.
I hope, since your phone was new and under warranty, that you took it back to get a new one.

There are people still experiencing this same thing. It is being discussed in the Levono/Motorola forums.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/MOTO-E-2nd-Gen/Moto-E-2nd-sudden-battery-drain-and-power-off/m-p/3862539#M4467

The solution presented by a Motorola Agent was to plug the phone in to a wall charging unit, let it charge to 100%, and then keep charging it for awhile. This seems to have worked for me. My phone is about 2 years old. So, I can't take it back for an exchange.

But, another user isn't as lucky as me. So, any addition information or solution suggestions would be helpful here or on that other forum.


Does TWRP recovery support encrypted /data/ partition? I have a smartphone that is running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. I encrypted the device using the builtin mechanism. Unfortunately I forgot the password (intentionally). The only option to recover the phone is to Factory Reset the device, either from its recovery mode or using fastboot.

My smartphone has the TWRP recovery. When I wanted to Factory Reset the device using this mode, I simply couldn't do that because TWRP wasn't able to mount the /data/ partition:

So the question is simple: How to Factory Reset an encrypted device using the TWRP recovery? Is that even possible? Does TWRP recovery support this action?

I've managed to solve this issue. Apparently the ported TWRP image didn't have support for encryption. That's why it tried to mount the encrypted /data/ partition. I've build the image from source, and I've set the following flag:

TW_INCLUDE_CRYPTO := true

Now it can detect the encrypted partition:

The only problem is that it can't decrypt the data with the right password. Maybe something else is missing.


Delete a path too long An unstable version of Android 5.1.1 caused a bootloop on my phone. I fixed things, but after the incident the 0 directory located inside /storage/emulated/0 dived DEEPLY DOWN. Now I can't delete anything inside.

I guess it's because the path is too long. I successfully used 7zip once I had that problem in Windows, I wonder if something like robocopy or subst method is possible on Android. Here's a screenshot of me gaining root access and then trying to wipe things out which was not successfull.

Screenshot - (Click to enlarge image)

Wow, that looks crazy! /storage/emulated/0 isn't "real" and you shouldn't be deleting 0, if you are trying to clean out /data/media/0 pass a wildcard rm -fr /data/media/0/* that will flush out your internal "sdcard"


How to use tablet-only apps on normal 5 inch phone? I want to install an app on my phone, Yu Yuphoria. However in play store it says your device is not compatible with this version and its not available for phones, it is only available for tablets. Is there any way to use it?
I tried Market Helper but it is not working either.

Yes, there is a workaround you can use. You need to change the screen dpi to match that of a tablet.

•First of all you will have to install ADB. Download the tool from here.
• Enable USB debugging.

•Now connect your phone to your PC. If you get notification. Click OK to allow USB debugging for that computer.

•Now open command prompt in ADB tool folder; Shift + Right-click in the folder and then click on open Command Prompt.

•Now you have to check whether your device is connected and ADB can detect it. To check enter the following code in the command prompt.

adb devices

Check current DPI with DPI Checker

Proceed and change the DPI using the following command. In the following code the DPI is changed to 480. Change the value as you want DPI for your tablet.

adb shell wm density 480 && adb reboot

Just check the target DPI corresponding to a phone and use that value. In this example is 480.

•If you want to go back to previous DPI. Then enter the default DPI in place of the value previously changed.

Open playstore and see if you are now able to download the apps meant for tablet devices


Installing Google Now on Verizon Galaxy S3 (SCH-I535) I'd like to get Google Now on my (rooted) Verizon Galaxy S3 without flashing Jelly Bean on my phone.  Is this possible?

Although I'd love to have Jelly Bean, I want to avoid flashing ROMs (and unlocking my bootloader), because I don't want to lose all of my apps and settings every time I do an upgrade.  So I'd like to continue to receive stock OTA updates so that I can keep my settings intact while upgrading.

I did find this method, but I'm not sure I understand the implications.  It mentions flashing a Google Now ROM to your phone.  Does that mean I would lose my current settings?  Does it mean I would have trouble later doing an OTA upgrade to Jelly Bean?  Would I need to unlock my bootloader?

If you follow the method found in the LifeHacker article, you would indeed need to root your phone, which would mean that you wouldn't be able to receive OTA updates, unless you were to later un-root your phone, going back to the stock firmware (ROM).

You wouldn't necessarily lose your current settings, but you would have trouble upgrading to Jelly Bean via an OTA upgrade unless you un-rooted, as mentioned above.

I'm sure you would have to unlock your bootloader as well, prior to rooting, although I'm not really familiar with your particular model of phone.


Avoiding Cross-Contamination of Auto Suggest Dictionaries I recently switched to the Galaxy S5 and am encountering what I can only think to describe as cross-contamination of my auto suggest dictionary. I use multiple languages every day, and so the first thing I did when I set up my new phone was to  install the German, Turkish, and Spanish keyboards (stock keyboards, not third-party apps).

As a result, now when I type in English on the English keyboard, I get auto suggestions based on the other languages installed.

For example:

  for -> för
  I (capital i) ->  İ
  Ask -> aşk

It is almost as if there is a single dictionary that now contains entries for all languages, regardless of which keyboard is selected.

So, is there any way to prevent this "cross-contamination"?

While not as complete of an answer as I'd like, I was able to improve my typing experience vastly by doing the following:

First, it is important to understand the difference between auto-correct (or auto-replace, as it is known in the settings) and predictive text. Predictive text, when enabled,  is what is shown in the black bar above the keyboard. Auto-replace automatically replaces whatever string you've typed with the most probable string pulled from a dictionary file.

Instructions:
By going into my keyboard settings and enabling predictive text AND auto-replace for ALL installed input languages I was able to greatly improve the function of the keyboard. For whatever reason, it would seem that unless auto-replace is enabled for all languages, the probability algorithm doesn't effectively limit it's results to the current input language.

I tested English, German, Turkish and Spanish and was able to receive useful predictions and auto-replacements for each language.

That said, it isn't a perfect solution. Text predictions at the beginning of a sentence are more likely to contain unhelpful suggestions (probably due to limited data fed into the prediction algorithm), and intruders do still occasionally make their way to the front of the auto-correct list.

For this reason, it's probably important to absolutely avoid lazily entering text in a language other than the currently selected keyboard in order not to muddle up the predictions.

Notes:
It is still unclear to me how the dictionaries are actually stored on the device, so hopefully a more in-the-know user can provide a more satisfactory answer in the future. From the observations I've made, it would seem that a single, combined - language dictionary file is being used.


Phone setup--Google sign in error | pop-up loop I recently upgraded to Marshmallow on my LETV-x500/Letv-1s (base on cyanogenmod). Then I flashed GApps 6.0 Micro. But then after my phone rebooted and I had those "Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has stopped" error. I fixed it by giving all permissions and rebooted again. And then this error popped up:

I keep on clicking on "set my phone" and this keeps popping up.

i had set all permissions to the google-play-services and this change nothing.

I used TWRP.

Please help me. Nothing in my phone is working.

Do you isntall Gapps just right after flashing the rom? I mean after rom flashing don't reboot your device, and before these are you wipe all of dalvik/art cache, system, cache, data?

Update:
okay I searched further because my LeEco(LeTV) Le 2 X620 had the same issue, but for this until now haven't CM-based Rom, but this issue not depend from it
but there is a Google framework deep inside the rom, thats used the google apps too, but some reason OpenGApps used a diferent one (I don't know which the original, not inportant, the important is these not compatible with each other)
that framework included every OpenGApps package but if the installer find inside the rom not overwritten by the installer, other words OpenGApps not work on LeEco phones right now (most of them not work, explain later)
so I advice to install the core Google apps/services manually, what you can search for it and download there, and install it in this order (sorry my low reputation not authorize to use more than 2 link in post)

Google Account Manager
Google Services Framework
Google Play Services
Google Calendar Sync
Google Contacts Sync
Google Play Store

some of them has many version depends on DPI, Android version, achitecture
so choose wisely
if that complete you are able to sign in store and install other apps
to make sure everything work well the reboot probably necessary
that's not the best solution, only a workaround but I do my best
I hoped that helped


How to copy the entire contents of an android device to a linux PC I am trying to create an exact copy of the filesystem on my android tablet on my PC.

The device is a rooted Nexus 7 (2013).

I opened a shell on the device through adb and attempted to create a tarball of the whole root directory, but my root access was limited to 15 minutes so there was not enough time for completion.

Can anyone help here, either by showing me how to copy the whole root directory?

*Note that I do not want a backup .ab file, only and exact copy of the filesystem

The correct reference would point to our nandroid tag-wiki, as a Nandroid backup is what covers all content. However, this is only available via custom recoveries.

An alternative to that would be the dd command ("Disk Duplicator"1).

Disclosure: the following describes an application I wrote and maintain:

My tool Adebar is able to generate you dd scripts for all partitions your device holds, which you then can cross-check before execution. While doing that, Adebar tries to figure out what each partition is used for, so you won't end up just with cryptic names on the disk-images. To get to the content, you still had to figure the file system used on each partition (to be able to mount it as a Loop Device). But for the "worst case", you should be able to use these images to restore your device to the state it was in when you've created them (though I must admit I've never tried that yet).

files pulled/generated by Adebar (click image for larger variant)

Adebar is mainly written in Bash version 4, and utilizes adb to communicate with the device. It definitely runs fine on Linux. I have not tested it on other systems, and so far got no feedback from users maybe having tried that.

1: careful: it's nick-named "Disk Destroyer", as if you use it the wrong way around (i.e. swap source and target), you can end up with a "disk without content"


Is it possible to keep track when my Android phone is startup and when it is shutdown? Where can I get the information about when and what time my Android phone is being shut down and also being start up. (shut down / start up - meaning that someone press the Power button to cause it to shut down / start up OR a program that cause it to start it or shut it.)

Information should look something similar like the following:

=========================================================
| Date          |  Time       |  Operation |   By       |
=========================================================
| 12 Dec 2012   |  11:59 PM   | Shutdown   |   User     |
| 13 Dec 2012   |  10:00 AM   | Startup    |   User     |
| 13 Dec 2012   |  10:59 AM   | Shutdown   |   Program  |
| 13 Dec 2012   |  02:16 PM   | Startup    |   User     |
=========================================================

If the shut down or start up is caused by a Program, it would be better to display the program name that cause it to shutdown.

Prefer method that does not require rooting and for Android version below 4.

My standard recommendation again here: Tasker, the most complete automation solution available for Android. Tasker can react on different events and perform tasks when they occur. So you could setup two profiles:

Profile "Startup":

Condition: Device Boot (this is boot_completed))
Task: Write File (with your information specified in the parameters)

Profile "Shutdown":

Condition: Device Shutdown
Task: Write File (with your information specified in the parameters)

For the text you can use Variables like e.g. %DATE. Only difficulty will be to determine whether the shutdown was caused by the user or a program -- no easy recipe here, especially not for un-rooted devices. This information might be extracted from the system logs somehow; but starting with JellyBean, this would require root permissions.


How can I restore my mobile internet connection? I was tinkering with some settings to try and improve my battery life. I used several settings widgets to turn off some settings, but when I tried to use an app that required a mobile internet connection, it wasn't working anymore.

I looked through all my regular settings (2g vs 3g, roaming etc) and couldn't find what I turned off that's blocking my mobile internet connection.

So what could it be that I turned off?

You may have turned off your APN.  Quick Settings provides the most complete access to settings that I have seen. After you install it you have to customize the view to see all the different options but after you do you'll be able to toggle the APN, Mobile Data, and Airplane mode all separately to isolate which setting isn't allowing you to connect.


How to force Backup Assistant to sync in airplane mode with WiFi on I recently switched phones but am keeping my old phone for use on WiFi.  I have put the phone in airplane mode to improve battery life and keep it from looking for the cell network (as this is futile, it is no longer activated).

However, now every morning I am getting an error telling me that Backup Assistant was unable to sync.   At first I thought this was very strange as I have a WiFi and Internet connection.  However when I finally went into the app to see what was going on it told me I was in airplane mode and asked did I want to exit airplane mode or cancel.  Obviously I don't want to exit airplane mode so as to save battery life, nor do I want to have to manually sync as that defeats the whole purpose of automatic backup.

How can I get Backup Assistant to work without leaving airplane mode?

Definitely contact the dev about that, like Izzy suggests.

You could simply not use Airplane mode (you're not really saving battery life if you're still enabling WiFi and other radio connections like Bluetooth and GPS) and just disable mobile data on your device.
This article indicates that you can easily disable Data by going to Settings > Battery & data manager > Data Delivery > and un-tick the Data enabled option. This might vary across devices and carriers.

That should allow you to use your device without a mobile carrier network connection, saving battery by not searching for the network, and allow the app to work just fine.


Plug in the charger the wrong way? Yesterday, I mistakenly tried to push the charger plug in my phone upside-down.

The phone seemed to react to it. Does it matter which way the plug is turned for charging?

Yes, it matters. The pins on a micro-USB connector are inside, and they're only on one side of the connector, so you can't get power or data through the connection if it's upside-down. If you got a reaction, it was probably just from the outside of the plug, which is connected to ground. If you're pushing it in hard enough to do that, you're probably damaging the socket, so try to avoid doing that in future.


File permission os SD card (FAT32) Android uses FUSE for SD cards. Does FUSE support file permissions for SD card? If no - how do I install some apps on SD card? Cause there is no support for symlinks, execution permission etc.

Usual (FAT32) SD Cards do not support permissions, they allow everything because they are only mass storage and were never designed for such advanced things.
You can of course format your SD Card with a compatible file system (ext4 for instance) that supports permissions.
FUSE does not support file permissions because it just wraps around an incompatible file system. Changes are unsuccessful because there is nothing where you could save those permissions.

Apps on SD card are also not on your external SD Card (FAT32) bit on yourinternal one (ext*) which has support for permissions.


Cannot get Lynx browser to work I downloaded a compiled lynx binary from XDA and everytime I start lynx it tells me that it is unable to connect to remote host. I changed the lynx.cfg to use localhost and it loads, but when I enter an URL, nothing. I tried it with 3G, 2G, and WiFi, and had no luck. What should I do to get it work?

The problem is that DNS binding support is different on Android. Lynx, wget, etc, if statically compiled by standard GCC under Linux, will not be able to lookup the domain name, but would work with a numerical ip address. You can see that problem in many of the busybox implementations for Android.

There is some discussion of this at Kevin Boone's KBOX2 Project


Sim change alert - Unforunately, Settings has stopped I'm trying to disable the SIM change alert in my phone, but both "Remote Controls" and "SIM change alert" options in my Settings app are crashing it with the message "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped"

The phone keeps sending SMS to a friend's number every time I restart the phone. I had set this up a long time ago, but now that I changed the SIM on my own phone I need to stop it (or at least make it know that it is me and not a thief who changed the SIM).

I can log in to my Samsung account successfully on the Find My Mobile website, but I can't find any way to authenticate my Samsung account in my phone. Samsung Account is not even listed as a choice in the Accounts section of Settings app.

Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9305, rooted Stock Android 4.3

I found the issue is because I had disabled the Samsung Account app using CleanMaster's App Manager (which allows me to disable any app including system apps). Once I re-enabled it and updated it, I was able to sign in to my Samsung account and change the settings.

I disabled (saved) and re-enabled (saved again) the SIM change alert feature, after also changing the custom alert message. SMS messages were not sent out anymore.

This also restored Samsung Account as a choice in the Accounts section.


How can I drag and drop files to Nexus 7 from a Windows PC? I have a Nexus 7 tablet and Windows 7 computer. I can see the tablet in the device manager as a Nexus 7. It shows up as nexus 7 when I view it on my PC as a drive.

When I drag a photo to the tablet from the pc, the photo file on the nexus 7 shows up there. I cannot view the photo no matter what I do on the tablet, it says 0 photos. I also cannot get any video file to play on the tablet after I drag and drop it.  No sign of it on the tablet, but I can see it in the folder on my pc.

I am using USB. This is so frustrating.

Please see that the photo and video formats are supported by default. Else you might need to install apps that are available in google play. Use a file manager to open the picture by browsing to the location. Once you open it, they might start appearing in the gallery automatically.


How to use OTG cable in Motorola Moto G2? Recently, I purchased an OTG cable model S-K07 to use with my Moto G2 mobile. When I connected the OTG cable with 4GB pen drive, FAT32 formatted, it did not work.  After some time, the pen drive got heated up and I removed the pen drive from OTG cable.  When I plugged the pen drive into my laptop, it was not recognized by the computer.

How can I use the OTG cable with my mobile?

The device should be visible to use on any file manager that supports OTG (eg. Solid explorer). If your flash drive is not usable anymore, maybe your otg cable, phone or flash drive has/had an issue and burnt the flash. Its usually plug and play unless its an ntfs partition, in which case if your OEM/file manager does not support it properly you may have issues.


Is there any way to sync my Outlook calendar to my Samsung Galaxy S without Kies? I am trying to sync my Outlook 2010 calendar to Samsung Galaxy S using Kies.  For some reason, it doesn't sync.

Kies has a nasty habit of hanging, so I would really like to use something else, if possible, instead of trying to understand why it doesn't sync to begin with.

Are there any tools out there that will sync the calendar directly to the phone without using Kies?

You might give Google Calendar Sync a try. It's a tiny application which will run on your Windows PC and synchronize your outlook calendar with googles calendar, so you'll have all your appointments always on your mobile. Works like a charm for me, and you'll not nitice it's even running.


Workaround for Android 4.4 not being able to write to SD cards? Yesterday I upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android 4.4 KitKat and had the bad surprise that it cannot write to my SD card anymore... I know this problem is widely documented everywhere, but has any workaround been found for it yet? (Other than removing the card physically from the phone and opening it on my PC) Also, because of the KNOX flag I can't downgrade to 4.3...

(PS: Rooted or not, it makes no difference)

Found an answer to my own question! Might as well share how I did it (DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK, it worked fine for me). Needs root obviously.

Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to /system/etc/permissions
Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
Add an additional group definition for this permission...<group gid="media_rw" />
Save the changes to the file.
Restart.

Credits go to mateenf from the XDA-developers forum


Is it possible to do an advanced compare of two apps based on instalation history? Is there any tool which classifies apps by their features. Something like Pandora (music genome) for apps (apps genome).

For example I installed 'Chess Free' and after 3 months I installed 'Free Chess' (app2). Can I somehow see a matrix which would say: app2 can save games (unlike app1), app1 I can customize figure icons. (to better see the king vs. queen). App 2 has ads on top (app1 does not).
Perhaps this is asking too much. and Google may not like it so it would have to bee from external start-up.

Or alternatively (no matrix) - can I only read reviews of users who (1) wrote a review for app2 and (2) also have installed app1 and (3) mention app1 name in their review. (i.e., "app2 in comparison to app1 review").

Or any server which comes close to this vision?

Not exactly what you asked, but Mapsaurus Beta comes close to it. You can also use the corresponding website: Mapsaurus: Just enter the app you look for "alikes", and it shows you related apps:

Click on one of them, and the tree continues. A separate frame (not shown in my picture) gives you the Playstore link to the centered app. The screenshot was made from the website.


How do I clean up remembered files in builtin files app? Default files app is showing many files (mostly photos) that don't exist anymore. How to clean it up?
All of these files existed under /sdcard and were cleaned via synchronization with my PC over ssh. I don't keep my old photos on my phone, and most of the rest was just junk.
(Yes the files really don't exist. If I tap them it just spins. It's like the files app can't handle the file not being there.)
I've operated this way for a long time, but it's glitched out now.
This is an rooted essential PH-1 phone; firmware is from this year. Note that rooted PH-1 phones run patched firmware.

Delete cache of the file manager and photos app.

Go to the app info section in your settings, enable "show system apps" on the hamburger menu, locate media storage, delete it's cache. Reboot, wait for a few minutes for the media databases to build up again and your problem most likely would be solved.

This may not always solve the problem as explained very well in this answer by Irfan Latif and you may have to resort using apps such as AZ media rescan


Am I overcharging my phone? Possible Duplicate:
  Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone?

I am using my Xperia Active for application development. Given that scenario, I obviously have the phone connected to the laptop most of the time since I want to be able to easily test my app on the device.

The thing that's worrying me is that when I go to Settings > About phone > Status, the Battery level is set to 100% and the Battery status is set to Charging (USB).

Am I overcharging my phone? Is this bad for the battery's health? If yes, what do I do about it? I use this phone on a daily basis and I don't want the battery's performance to be affected by my development cycle.

I doubt it. The charging circuits should be smart enough to avoid this. More likely they aren't actually charging your battery but directly powering your phone from the input while leaving the battery mostly alone.


How to install CyanogenMod 12 or above on Galaxy S2 I have stock Galaxy S2 with gingerbread 2.3.X . Now i bought LG G5 so i want to install CyanogenMod 12 or above on old buddy S2 to give it new life  but i'm totally noob in this sort of thing.

What are the things involve in installing custom ROMS. A guide will be very helpful

Thanks ...

First priority: get it updated to official Jelly Bean (4.1.x). Since you're rooted, you can't get it by checking for updates on the phone, so just do it via Odin. You need a PC with appropriate drivers installed, of course. Follow this guide, but get the official firmware for your region from SamMobile instead. Let the official ROM boot once before you proceed.

Keep a copy of the CM ROM you're about to flash either in internal storage or in a microSD card inserted in the device. The latter is preferred.

After that you're clear to read CM's official installation guide here, but instead of using Heimdall, keep using Odin which you used in the last step. Replace official firmware with this in the PDA/AP slot, leave other slots empty and start flashing. As the flashing comes to its end, quickly hold VOLUME +, HOME and POWER to boot right into recovery mode.

From there, use VOLUME keys for navigating in menu and HOME/POWER for confirmation. Choose wipe data / factory reset then choose install zip and select the location where you've put the ROM at. Select the ROM to start flashing. When done, do not immediately reboot, but instead install IsoRec TWRP recovery by following this guide, or else you'll have no usable recovery after boot. Reboot system now after that.

I know it's quite a mouthful for you to handle right now - do it step by step, report each error and choke points, and in case anything goes wrong, the first step (Odin + official firmware) should always reset things back to beginning.

To other members: although I had much experience flashing Samsung phones and Android devices in general, I don't own this particular device, so feel free to edit and correct faults if you have sufficient backing.


Difference between a gyro sensor and a compass sensor? Some Android devices feature a gyro (gyroscope) sensor.  Some only have a compass sensor.

Besides a gyro being 3D and a compass being 2D, what are the differences between a gyro sensor and a compass sensor?

A compass is showing north, nothing more.

A gyro sensor checks the horizontal position, where is up and down. With this sensor you can create these funny games like "Waterslide", where the phone checks, to which side you hold your phone. The gyro sensor cannot see where north is, like the compass.


A music widget that works with Google Music streaming and offline service? I'd like a widget to display playing info and cover art that works with latest Google Music app, more importantly both while playing offline tracks (those marked to be offline, so actually Google Music cached tracks) and also streaming ones.
Do you know any?
Thanks.

Go check "Plug in music widget" at Android Market. It's working with Google Music and free.


What can I do with an Nexus One with a broken LCD? I've managed to acquire a Google Nexus One, that had an unfortunate encounter with a car door.  The screen still accepts touch input, but the LCD itself is broken - no display at all.  What is something "cool" I can do with it?  My main concern is, is it possible to root it and get a remote shell without being able to see the screen?

You can get a remote shell with it, without the screen working. You will have to install the android SDK on your PC.

Another thing you can do is use Android ScreenCast to view the screen remotely. It doesn't have the best frame rate, but at least you will be able to interact with the screen. You may have to use this to get the remote shell working, as you may have to turn on USB Debugging in Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging

You can also get a replacement screen, I found a couple on ebay, ranging from ~$50 - ~$100. Some are just the LCD screen, some include the the touch input panel too.


What do you mean by mDataConnectionReason=dataAttached? What do you mean by the output that we obtain on running telephony registry using adb?

mDataConnectionReason=dataAttached

mDataConnectionReason stores the last connection/disconnection reason of the mobile data network. The values can be found in com.android.internal.telephony.Phone.java.

0159     /**
0160      * Optional reasons for disconnect and connect
0161      */
0162     static final String REASON_ROAMING_ON = "roamingOn";
0163     static final String REASON_ROAMING_OFF = "roamingOff";
0164     static final String REASON_DATA_DISABLED = "dataDisabled";
0165     static final String REASON_DATA_ENABLED = "dataEnabled";
0166     static final String REASON_DATA_ATTACHED = "dataAttached";
0167     static final String REASON_DATA_DETACHED = "dataDetached";
0168     static final String REASON_CDMA_DATA_ATTACHED = "cdmaDataAttached";
0169     static final String REASON_CDMA_DATA_DETACHED = "cdmaDataDetached";
0170     static final String REASON_APN_CHANGED = "apnChanged";
0171     static final String REASON_APN_SWITCHED = "apnSwitched";
0172     static final String REASON_APN_FAILED = "apnFailed";
0173     static final String REASON_RESTORE_DEFAULT_APN = "restoreDefaultApn";
0174     static final String REASON_RADIO_TURNED_OFF = "radioTurnedOff";
0175     static final String REASON_PDP_RESET = "pdpReset";
0176     static final String REASON_VOICE_CALL_ENDED = "2GVoiceCallEnded";
0177     static final String REASON_VOICE_CALL_STARTED = "2GVoiceCallStarted";
0178     static final String REASON_PS_RESTRICT_ENABLED = "psRestrictEnabled";
0179     static final String REASON_PS_RESTRICT_DISABLED = "psRestrictDisabled";
0180     static final String REASON_SIM_LOADED = "simLoaded";
0181     static final String REASON_NW_TYPE_CHANGED = "nwTypeChanged";
0182     static final String REASON_DATA_DEPENDENCY_MET = "dependencyMet";
0183     static final String REASON_DATA_DEPENDENCY_UNMET = "dependencyUnmet";
0184     static final String REASON_LINK_PROPERTIES_CHANGED = "linkPropertiesChanged";

As far as I can tell, dataAttached just means that a data connection has been enabled and the connection has been established correctly.


[Galaxy S8} How to set default alarm sound? There is no option in settings. I have also tried setting it like in the thread: How to change the default alarm sound?
but the method presented is not working for me. I get "set success" message, but still have android default alarm sound. (Even after restarting phone)

I have no idea how can I get around this. I would prefer to use default clock app.

When you're setting your alarm, you can set the song, that is one of solutions


How safe is the Aptoide apk? I was going to install aptoide, but some of the permissions raised concerns for me. Why does is need my precise location, need to be able to add or remove accounts, create accounts and set passwords, find and use accounts on my device? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Aptoide is also an app store like Play Store which needs an account. This is like your Google account for Play Store. So it will have permissions (just like Play Store) for creating/modifying accounts (only for Aptoide). Location access is for viewing apps according to your location. Aptoide is safe but be careful with the apps downloaded from it.


Someone PLEASE help me get rid of my startup pin. I've done everything and I'm at wits end with this I own an axon 7 with TWRP and I flash noms pretty regularly. recently I installed a new rom and accidentally ticked the "secure start up pin" feature or whatever (this also created a pin on TWRP for some reason. but with that I noticed it took my device almost twice as long to boot it seemed so I disabled it in the settings, but that did nothing.

I've wiped system, data, cache, Dalvik, everything and NOTHING will get rid of the pin. I've gone into the file manager in TWRP, DELETED THE KEY FILES, AND THEN WIPED AND FLASHED AND IT STILL HAD THE DAMN PIN on startup.

Please someone help me. if this is related to encryption I'd also like to learn how to disable that as well.

thank's in advance for your help, I know you don't have to give it :)

It's /data encryption. You must format your whole /data partition to decrypt it. Backup everything first, your photos, musics, etc. will be gone.

YOU WILL LOSE ALL YOUR DATA, INCLUDING INTERNAL STORAGE IF YOU PROCEED. THIS CANNOT BE UNDONE


Is it safe to manually "clear cache" of apps on Android? Ever since I updated Device Care on my Samsung Galaxy A10s running Android Pie, I lost my "Clear Space" option that clears unnecessary data, including cache of all apps including system apps on my phone!

Since, I'm not installing any third party apps, for this purpose, I decided to manually "clear cache" of any desired apps from Settings > Apps > App name and tapping Clear Cache. To my surprise, I found the Gallery app has about half a GB of cache, and I immediately cleared it.

I realize that apps cache stuff to improve performance, predict data to auto fill on text boxes, and various other stuff, to improve user experience. But that's taking up a lot of my Internal memory!

My question is :

Is this a safe practice?
Will this procedure damage the executable or normal functioning of my app?
Or, whether all these are dependent on the App developer / manufacturer ?
For default apps like Gallery or Chrome is this a safe practice?

Clearing cache of apps is one of the to-do things if your app is laggy, unresponsive or misbehaving.

It's absolutely safe, unlike clearing data of apps which makes you lose all the app data, accounts, settings etc.

For 1,4 a definite yes. For 2, 3 it is no. Re: safety being app dependent, it is possible that the cache is used for storing data and in the process of clearing cache, one may lose data. This is not a recommended way of app development, also mentioned in developer documentation
and more of an exception, owing to bad practices.

Android framework shows a "Storage Low" notification when the free storage space reaches a minimum threshold. But even before that when free space is 1.5 times (as of Android 10) of the threshold, apps cache is cleared to free space as much as possible before warning the user. Since Android 8 apps are allotted filesystem quota to store cache files within given limits. Apps reaching or exceeding quotas are given priority when clearing caches.

For more, see

What is the purpose of the cache?
Android App Cache Security

You don't want to install third party apps but I would recommend even making it a scheduled operation (in case you frequently need to) for which I find SD Maid an excellent option (even the free version would do and I am not promoting this app, I am only recommending based on personal experience).


'Error retrieving information from server' while downloading app from Google Play I recently reset my Samsung Galaxy Tab plus which runs on Android 3.2. I then tried to set up my tablet again by downloading applications, but it shows that there was error retrieving information.

This is a common problem with the Play Store. Give it a few hours and try again.

It should eventually come good. :)


Time needed for full device encryption on Android L with 128GB microSD Card So last night I decided to enable full device encryption on my Android L device (Sony Z3 compact running CM12). Right as I started I realized I had forgotten to unmount and eject the microSD card. I wasn't sure if it would encrypt the SD card, but the screen was still dark after I woke up and I assume that it is.

The microSD card is completely full (has 90% of my music collection on it). Since there's no status indicator during the encryption phase, I was wondering how much longer my phone would be out of commission? I'm hoping it won't take more than 24 hours, but that is a lot of storage and microSD cards can be pretty slow.

Turns out the device wasn't actually encrypting. After a day I reset the device and it rebooted fine. The device is rooted and I've read some places that full device encryption doesn't always work correctly on rooted devices. Also the encryption process apparently has an indicator too (I think?) and my screen was just blank the entire time.


How to delete Android contacts at once? can you help me delete my contacts at once? I don't want to spend my whole day deleting them one by one. can you suggest a free application for me to use? thanks

The simple way to do this is to use Duplicate Contacts.
Although it is meant for duplicate contacts, it also manages other contacts as well that are stored in your different accounts, including deleting all of them if you wish

Deleted contacts are stored as a .vcf file in the root of sd card storage.

Its general description is:

  Simple tool to see and delete duplicate contacts. You can see a list
  of contacts sorted by name or by number and you can select which to
  delete. The duplicate contacts are automatically selected. The removed
  contacts are saved on vcf file on sdcard.

From experience this is one of the very few  applications that serves its purpose - to delete and NOT to merge contacts.


Remove Apps Button From Favorites Tray In 5.1.1 I'm running 5.1.1 on a rooted LG Tribute LS675ZV5. I would like to remove the apps button from the favorites tray. This version of Android doesn't have that setting in the homescreen settings. I've googled(DuckDuckGoed actually) high and low and can find no solution.

Although I did discover Xposed and it seems you can do anything you want to Android with that. Perhaps including this?

I decided to give another chance to Izzy's list on Home Replacements (Launchers/Homescreens) and ended up using Smart Launcher. It works great.


FireFireFire Kindle Fire stuck in strange bootloop I have a Kindle Fire (1st gen) using the FireFireFire bootloader to boot TWRP and AOKP. It has worked fine for a while before. Now, I cannot turn it on when it is not plugged in. When it is plugged in, it automatically boots to FireFireFire, then turns off, then back to FireFireFire, and so on. I do not have time to choose a boot. I also cannot get ADB to recognize the device because it is never on long enough. What can I do?

Thanks for any help.

I had the same problem with my kindle fire 1st gen.  i had to open the case, remove the battery connection to the motherboard for 20 seconds.. plugged in the battery and it started working again.


Is there a multi-protocol chat client that doesn't require a separate account? I use Pidgin on all my desktop computers because it's completely cross-platform (even Linux) and really like it. Unfortunately they don't have a mobile app. Is there a mobile chat client that allows you to add accounts from multiple protocols (AIM, GTalk, MSN, ICQ, etc.) and DOESN'T require you to create a separate account for their service first? I've tried Trillian and IMO, but both want me to create an account for their service before I can add my other accounts.

IM apps that don't require an additional account tend to be few and far between on Android (in my experience, anyway), but so far I've seen two:

eBuddy - This does have an associated "eBudy ID" account that you can register for, but you're not required to do so in order to use other protocols.
IM+ (free, pro) - Same as eBuddy above. Another potential selling point is that the tablet interface is much nicer, IMHO.


my samsung galaxy tab GT-P1000 is not charging my samsung galaxy tab GT-P1000 is not charging after i plugged in the usb cable in my laptop. but when my tablet is off it is charging but it takes so long to chrge my tablet. what will i do?

try screw the 2 dot behind the USB cable then release the cover housing using Safe Open Pry Tool then remove your battery that's it


Rooted Verizon S4 on OC1 Accidentally Took the OF1 OTA and Now I'm STUCK I just installed OC1 a few months ago and re-rooted with King Root a month ago.

Everything was going fine until a few weeks ago until I started getting OF1 OTA pop-ups from Verizon.  I was on the stock rom.

Now I never remember hitting the, "yes, please install this and mess up my phone," button but I believe after a while it just installs automatically.  I was very busy Saturday night and finally unlock my phone late Saturday night to have it automatically restart on me and begin to install the OF1 update.

I didn't want to brick my phone so I just let it install and now it gives me a prompt that says, "Android is Updating," after playing the boot sequence audio to a blank screen.  That's it.

Every time I try to go into stock recovery it just installs the OTA again.  I can go into Download Mode but that's it.

Any help is appreciated.  I just want to back up all of my texts, calls and files from memcard0 before I just wipe everything and install a rooted OF1 through Odin like I probably should have weeks ago.

Thanks.

This happened to me the other day, except I willingly took the update thinking it was an upgrade to 5.1.1.

I ended up unable to boot...

I suggest using Kies and Smart Switch to force-reinstall android. Know that it will flash OF1, and, you will loose root.

Download mode will work fine using Kies and/or Smart Switch.


is there any way to read the sd card when phone connected to PC in Mass Storage Mode I am working on a project where a .Net application stores data on phones SD card. I need to read the data and display in notification. But the problem is that my application Can't read the sd card when my phone is connected in Mass Storage mode. And .Net application can't store data im MTP mode. I dont want my android device to detach from the PC but want to read the SD card.

No. In mass storage mode the phone effectively acts as a card reader, so the PC has complete control over it. If the phone were to mount the card at the same time as the PC, the filesystem on the card would become corrupted. That's why Android phones don't offer USB mass storage any more.

With MTP, the PC goes through what's effectively a file server on the Android phone, instead of mounting the card's filesystem completely. That way, the phone still has access to the card, and the phone can control what the PC can access.


Blue ticks in whatsapp Would the blue ticks appear if a person does not have you in their whatsapp contact list?

Although you can see whether the message is delivered, you cannot see their name or status. So I wasn't sure what was the case with whatsapp's new 'read' feature.

You cannot control this thing in whatsapp as of now. Read status is enabled for everyone by default. The only thing you can control is 'last seen status'.


Droid Eris CELB Rom compatible with ROM Manager? I've got a Droid Eris that I've loaded the CELB Froyo 2.2 Rom, which is based off Cyanogen Mod 6.  I know before that ROM Manager was basically useless with the Eris but I was wondering if it works now.

Depends on the Rom developers. Unfortunately no one but someone with an Eris or someone that develops for Rom Manager could answer this question. Just download it and see what you get.

The way Rom Manager works is the developers have to contact the Rom Manager team with the appropriate information that can then be added to the app. So Rom Manager team can only do so much to get Roms in it. Plus there are a lot of side conversations about how well clockwork recovery actually works when wiping, but I have never had a problem with this. And the issue of some Roms do not play well with Clockwork recovery either.

On the Evo Cyanogen is very good about keeping the ROM up to date in Rom Manager. Which is nice since it is updated nightly. I say try it again.

Remember that paying for it will give you access to all the Roms, so if you haven't paid for it you might not see some Roms that you would otherwise see.


Remove branded shutdown animation Does anybody know where the shutdown animation is located in my branded phone?

I don't like this branded stuff, so I'd like to remove it.
It's been simple for the boot animation (it was where Android forums tell to look - /system/media/bootanimation.zip).
But for the shutdown animation I still have no clue... It is not located in the standard path /system/media/video/shutdown.

  Information on my phone:
  - Model LG-P692
  - Android version 2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
  - Kernel version 2.6.35.10-perf+
  - Build number GRJ22
  - SW version V10e-JUN-04-2012

IMPORTANT: Make a backup before trying any of the following steps!

Usually the animation video is stored at: /system/media/video/shutdown You can rename this to something else. Or delete all the files from there.

If it's not there, check /system/customize/resource/ or /data/local/ May be it can be found there.

In some cases shutdown animation may be handled by an APK. Check under system/app if you have a Shutdown.apk or PowerOff.apk. If yes (like in LG-P692), you also have PowerOff.odex there. Do NOT touch PowerOff.odex.

In this case you can modify the PowerOff.apk. This is how:

Copy the PowerOff.apkto your PC
Use 7zip or WinRAR or any uncompressor software you have, to open the APK. Go to res/drawable folders. You might have up to 3-4 of them like: drawable-ldpi, drawable-mdpi, drawable-hdpi, drawable-xdpi (in case of LG-P692, only drawable-mdpi will be found).
There you can see some .png or .jpg files. Replace those with any images that you want. If you don't want anything there you can use plain black images. Make sure that you put the images with the same resolution that of the original images. Replace images in all the drawable folders.
After you replace those images, make sure the APK is in the same format as it was earlier, except the images that have been changed.
Now copy back the PowerOff.apk to your phone where it was.
Power off your phone. REMOVE your battery. Power on. And now test.

See how this helps.

Tested with an LG-P692.


How to view all calls logs for a contact? I am using Galaxy S 3 phone with Android 4.1.2

Is there a way to view all call logs for a specific contact?

Call History Search allows you to search by name or number in your call history, but is limited in the number of records it searches.

The description for Faves says "See talk time, last call, number of in and out calls per contact; Individual call logs per contact;".

I've not used either app, but found them in a search of the Play Store. Caveat emptor.


Google Play Subscription I have bought a subscription on some google play app but when I was paying for it I have entered wrong email address that I am using on google play.

Now I cant see my subscription on "my subscriptions" list.
Is there a way to cancel it now?

These are the steps to Cancel or change a subscription on Google Play

  Cancel a subscription

  Uninstalling the app will not cancel your subscription.

  On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store Google Play.
  2.Check if you’re signed in to the correct Google Account.
  Tap Menu Menuand then Subscriptions.
  Select the subscription you want to cancel.
  Tap Cancel subscription.
  Follow the instructions.

  If you have a subscription with an app and the app gets removed from Google Play, your future subscription will be canceled. Your past subscriptions will not be refunded.

  What happens after you cancel

  When you cancel a subscription you’ll still be able to use your subscription for the time you’ve already paid.

  For example, if you buy a one-year subscription on Jan. 1 for $10 and decide to cancel your subscription on July 1:

  You’ll have access to the subscription until Dec. 31.
  You won’t be charged another yearly subscription of $10 the following Jan.


How can I tell if a car stereo's controls can be used with my Android phone? I'm thinking about getting a Pioneer DEH-2200UB, which advertises itself as having controls compatible with iPods. I will be using it with my Samsung Fascinate in my 2005 Honda Civic. Is there any way to tell if a car stereo is compatible with Android Phones (by compatible, I mean the controls can be used to control my Winamp player, or as a last resort, the default player)?

Note: I am asking for a general solution, not one specific to my particular car/stereo/phone combination (though feel free to give me a specific solution in the comments).

If the car unit support the A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth profiles, it should be able to control your Android music player app; both my Droid (FroYo 2.2.2) and my Bionic (Gingerbread 2.3) honor the play/pause and forward/back controls on my Sony MW600 headset.

The Android 2.3 Compatibility Definition states:

  7.4.3. Bluetooth
  Device implementations SHOULD include a Bluetooth transceiver. Device implementations that do include a Bluetooth transceiver MUST enable the
  RFCOMM-based Bluetooth API as described in the SDK documentation [Resources, 32]. Device implementations SHOULD implement relevant
  Bluetooth profiles, such as A2DP, AVRCP, OBEX, etc. as appropriate for the device.

A2DP provides for streaming stereo content, AVRCP provides for remote control support.

Wikipedia entry for Bluetooth


WhatsApp contact's icon not showing I have WhatsApp installed on my HTC Sensation running Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). I also have other social contact related apps such as Google Voice, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. For my Google Contacts, it links each of these services up to the people in my address book.

When using WhatsApp, only a few of my contact's icons shows up for the screen with recent messages. When I view the contact in my address book, they have an icon (headshot) either from Google contacts, Facebook, or some other social service.

Why do only some of my WhatsApp contacts have icons showing? The other WhatsApp contacts default to an Android avatar. I've refreshed the WhatsApp contacts list and the problem still persists.

Maybe you are talking about the contact picture. The contact picture is only visible if the user has specified it.

By default you can have contacts sync with all account but Profile pictures will not be sync'd in app. Each app may have different profile pictures.

Try this: go to sdcard -> whatsapp -> profiles Pictures->

Here you should see what and how many pictures are there. Only those will be shown in WhatsApp contact list.


How to completely wipe an android phone through a PC? I dropped my smartphone and now the screen doesn't work, but the software functionality remains intact. I can receive calls and messages for instance, but I can't see a thing on the screen.

Having said that: Is there a way to completely wipe the phone without any interaction with the phone screen at all? (In a way that data recovering tools such as Recuva cannot recover the files)

The phone is rooted.
Its a Moto X1 (xt1058).
Developer mode is activated.
Not sure if USB debugging is activated. (I tried using Droid Explorer, but the phone isn't detected)

If you can boot your device in bootloader mode, you can use fastboot for this task (see our fastboot tag-wiki for details):

fastboot -w            # erase userdata and cache (and format if supported by partition type)
fastboot format cache  # format cache and userdata
fastboot format userdata

This does not make it completely impossible to recover any data with forensic tools, but makes it sufficiently hard to not being worth the effort – unless data stored on the device is that valuable that one would invest some thousand dollars to get it.

Of course this requires the appropriate tools (and on Windows, also the drivers) to be installed on your computer.


Get Chrome to translate web pages I'm using a Samsung Galaxy 10 tablet. How can I get Chrome to automatically translate a web page? My laptop will do so, either on its own or by right clicking. I have turned on Google translate, but it never offers to translate anything.

By default, Chrome offers to translate pages written in a language you
  don't understand.

If this functionality seems to be broken, then you can try some workarounds:

Reset translation preferences

In Chrome settings, go to  Site settings > Google Translate >
tap Reset translate settings.

In most cases you should be now getting the popup that asks if you would like to translate the page.

Using alternative browser with  Language translate add on

Browsers for example Dolphin browser have Dolphin translate add-on which support translation of other languages.

How to use this add-on:

Translate a word or sentence

Select a desired sentence on your current page and choose “More”

Translate the whole page

Select “Dolphin Translate” and choose your target language

Hope this helps


Will Cyanogen 13 update to Lineage 14 and preserve apps, data etc? I have an S5 with TouchWiz (i.e. standard rom) I want to change, but I don't want to have to wipe and reinstall everything twice over.

There is a stable Cyanogen 13, and an experimental lineage 14, for my device. I don't want to install an experimental build.

If I install Cyan 13, will it be able to update to Lineage 14 when it becomes stable, without me having to reinstall everything? Or should I just wait till Lineage 14 becomes stable?

If you install CyanogenMod 13 then you cannot install lineage OS 14 without wiping the device.
If you install CyanogenMod 14 then you can directly install Linage OS 14 without wiping the device, but it is not guaranteed.
If you install CyanogenMod 13 then you may install Lineage OS 13 without wiping the device, but it is not guaranteed.

Lineage OS web site as more clarification.

http://lineageos.org/Update-and-Build-Prep/


Lockdown pro suddenly stopped working. Is there anyway to un/reinstall? I had Lockdown pro app installed and everything was working fine until the latest update from Samsung which brought some new features such as battery app optimizing.

Now the Lockdown pro no longer works and can never be accessed by the dialing code as well. I also have the option to hide the app icon with disable the uninstalling option for it.

So my question is how can i uninstall this app?

Since the app has been given system administrator permissions, follow the steps:

Go to Settings –> Security –> Device administrators.
Here, you can see the various apps checked for Device Adminstrator access, just uncheck the app that and Deactivate it in the next screen.
Now you can go ahead and uninstall the app normally.


How to change soft key actions I have a HTC one v, rooted, stock ROM. The home, back and recent app keys are touch on the glass, but not on the actual screen. In some Roms, it gives you the option to change what it does, but not in the one I'm using. Does anyone know how to change it without too much coding?

Figured it out. I installed xposed framework, got xposed additions from play store, and changed it.


Recover soft-bricked wrongly mounted Galaxy S4 gti9506? I just rooted my SG S4 Android 5.0.1 with auto root and (a friend's) Windows Odin. Everything worked fine (root complete and SU installed) till I think I gave a bad mount command in the root directory on the phone in terminal (i guess here it went wrong, not sure. Or perhaps during installation of bash or nano) when I was installing bash and nano. Since it rebooted, I lost the wifi and cannot adb shell into my phone anymore from mac.

However, everything except the wifi is still working. Adb and usb functions are still working. I can push and pull, however I just can't enter root directories through terminal anymore. I get the following error:
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: Permission denied (13) -

I think my phone is still recoverable, however I don't know what to do and don't want to risk making things worse. Which andoird wizard can help this poor wifiless  guy?

Ref: http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-full-bash-shell-with-nano-tab-completion-and-color-over-ssh.124506/
Download-File: http://66.197.42.222/bashnano.zip

Below here were my bash nano install commands:

./adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp -r /storage/extSdCard/bashnano/terminfo /system/etc
cp /storage/extSdCard/bashnano/profile /etc
cp /storage/extSdCard/bashnano/bash /data
cp /storage/extSdCard/bashnano/nano /data
chmod 755 /data/bash
chmod 755 /data/nano
cd /system/bin/
mv sh sh.old
ln -s /data/bash sh
ln -s /data/bash bash
ln -s /data/nano nano

export TERMINFO=/etc/terminfo
export TERM=linux

mount -o remount,ro /system

P.S. So I also performed a regular mount in root, which i think is what made things bad!

Ok fixed the problem by installing firmware from sammobile.com. The Odin flash failed at the hidden.img, but I could recover the thing by running the instructions here:
http://www.s4miniarchive.com/2014/07/solution-what-to-do-when-odin-fails-at-hidden.img.ext4.html

And I have my wifi back but lost root (but that's not a big deal).


Exchange on Lollipop I have updated my Samsung S4 to android 5.0.1. I have exchange client that eats all my battery. In office I use exchange via wifi and out office via mobile network. Previous Android version was working in both cases without problems. Lollipop in office wifi case fails to connects to exchange server and tries for many times. How to solve this problem?

Try clearing cache in recovery, clearing exchange app data and cache in app manager in settings and if all else fails backup and factory reset from setting. Google any instructions you don't understand. Good luck.


How to take a screen shot in 2.3.5 android zte tablet Please tell me how to take a screen shot in reliance zte 2.3.5 android tablet?

Have you tried simultaneously pressing the power button & volume down an holding? If that doesn't work try with home + volume down combination. If zte has not provided a shortcut, just use a digital camera or another phone camera to take a snapshot of the screen.

Advanced: If your phone is rooted some apps will help you take screenshot. A cumbersome way would be to turn on the developer mode in your tablet and use adb.exe that is part of the android sdk after connecting your phone to the usb port in your PC.


Does Android continuously notify the user to update the OS? I am wondering if Android notifies the user daily to update their OS like Apple's iOS does?  I'm a long term iOS user and the automatic software updates implemented recently has me considering switching over to Android.     I've never used or owned an Android and am curious what the experience is like.

Daily updates no, but it does depend upon the device provider. That is they have to customise the OS to suite the device.

My experience, on a Lenovo Tablet, is that updates are pretty low in frequency, less than on a monthly basis and applying the OS updates is not compulsory.


How to paste text between existing words? When writing on Android, such as YouTube comments, I sometimes need to change word orders or paste words. Cutting an existing word is easy: just long press the word and then select "Cut". But I have been having difficulties in pasting the test at the right position.

For example, let's say that I have copied "vicious" in the clipboard, and I want to paste it into an existing sentence "I saw a dog." between "a" and "dog". If I try to long-press the space between "a" and "dog", the word "dog" gets selected. I can then select "Paste", but then the current selection gets replaced by it, which is not what I want. I cannot find anyway to past a word without selecting anything.

I am using Gboard (Google Keyboard).

Select the Google symbol in the top left of Gboard.

Select the -I-.

Use the arrows to move the cursor where you want to paste the word. Select paste.


How can I disable the little preview on Youtube (to save mobile data)? I am running on mobile data on my Galaxy S7 Edge on Oreo, and was wondering if you can disable the little previews. They take a lot of data, and I only get 3GB of data before it slows down to 2G. The reason they take a lot of data is cause they play at highest quality, but I watch Youtube at 144p on mobile data to save. Does anyone know how to disable them?

Android: YouTube now shows video previews in the Home panel, which uses up data and is otherwise just annoying. Happily you can turn them off.

Just tap your profile picture at top-right, then tap Settings > Autoplay. Turn off the “Autoplay on Home” toggle, as shown above, and you’re done.

It makes sense that YouTube would add a feature like this, because it gives users a very clear idea of what the video in question is going to be, but at the same time I understands why users might find this annoying. Happily it’s easy enough to turn this off.

Thanks to my friend Nancy Messieh at MakeUseOf for pointing this out to me.


Trouble playing videos on Chrome I have Moto G4 Play (6.0.1) with chrome 62.0.3202.84(latest) installed. I tried to play videos from www.southpark.cc.com but the play button wouldn't appear.

A temporary solution was to open in incognito mode or to close chrome from drawer and opening it again.

I tried Firefox but Firefox used its own video player. This disabled captions and  plus the videos are in three part so only 1st part was being played.

The site seems to be working fine on my brother's android. Any solution will be appreciated. Maybe someway to make Firefox use the site's player or fixing chrome

Disable Data saver

In chrome, click the 3 dots in top right corner, then settings, then disable data saver in the andvanced section.


Transfer App data from rooted to unrooted new phone I got a new (unrooted) Nexus 6P and want to transfer my app data from a rooted Amazon Fire Phone.

Methods I've considered:

Use titanium backup to backup apps - Can't be restored on my new unrooted phone
Use titanium backup to create apks that contain app data - Installed apps wouldn't be linked to play store (right?)
Use google syncing capability? The fire phone doesn't seem to sync the apps even though I have google services installed.
Use an intermediate rooted device that supports google syncing? Would this actually work? Could I use Bluestacks for this?

I'm open to any other suggestions as well.  The fact that my previous device is rooted seems to help, but I'm not sure how to get around my new device being unrooted since only a system user or each app itself would have permission to rewrite its app data.

Utilize the backup and restore features of adb for this, as they are available on rooted and not-rooted devices alike – provided they run Android 4+. On the old device: adb backup -f <appname>.ab -apk <app_package_name> – on the new device: adb restore <appname.ab>. Either do that for each app separately (recommended, as you can "skip some to be dealt with later") – or create a "bundle" by repeating the <app_package_name> part in the backup for each app. Package names you can find out via their Playstore URL (id=<package_name>).

Some additional details can be found in our adb tag-wiki and backup tag-wiki.


bricked generic chinese android tablet - AlldayMall adm-tp001 I have a generic chinese tablet running Android 4.1.1, stuck on boot. I can get into recovery mode and I did a factory reset. But it is still stuck. I am not sure what to do at this point. I can't find a factory image so I can push it using adb.

please help!

AllDayMall adm-tp001

EDIT

I narrowed it down I was able to get the build.prop from the device using adb. Now I am looking for the original build so I can push it back on the device

ro.serialno=
ro.bootmode=unknown
ro.baseband=unknown
ro.bootloader=unknown
ro.hardware=sun5i
ro.revision=41275
ro.factorytest=0
ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=1
ro.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb
ro.build.id=JRO03C
ro.build.display.id=nuclear_evb-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C 20130628 test-keys
ro.build.version.incremental=20130628
ro.build.version.sdk=16
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.1.1
ro.build.date=Fri Jun 28 17:10:22 CST 2013
ro.build.date.utc=1372410622
ro.build.type=eng
ro.build.user=android6
ro.build.host=Linux2
ro.build.tags=test-keys
ro.product.model=SoftwinerEvb
ro.product.brand=softwinners
ro.product.name=nuclear_evb
ro.product.device=nuclear-evb
ro.product.board=nuclear
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=unknown
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=exDroid
ro.build.product=nuclear-evb
ro.build.description=nuclear_evb-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C 20130628 test-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=softwinners/nuclear_evb/nuclear-     evb:4.1.1/JRO03C/20130628:eng/test-keys
ro.build.characteristics=tablet
ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy
ro.config.ringtone=Ring_Synth_04.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound=pixiedust.ogg
ro.carrier=unknown
ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm_Classic.ogg
dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m
ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0
persist.sys.timezone=Europe/London
persist.sys.language=en
persist.sys.country=US
wifi.interface=wlan0
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=15
debug.egl.hw=1
ro.opengles.version=131072
rild.libargs=-d/dev/ttyUSB2
rild.libpath=/system/lib/libsoftwinner-ril.so
keyguard.no_require_sim=true
persist.sys.strictmode.visual=0
persist.sys.strictmode.disable=1
persist.service.adb.enable=0
hwui.render_dirty_regions=false
ro.property.tabletUI=true
ro.property.copySystem=false
ro.udisk.lable=NUCLEAR
ro.product.firmware=v0.4rc3
eken.board.platform=exDroid
eken.hardware=sun5i
eken.hardware.screen.size=7
eken.hardware.screen.res=800x480
eken.build.version.release=4.1.1
eken.build.version.sdk=16
eken.product.model=A73
eken.product.device=nuclear-evb
eken.product.name=nuclear_evb
eken.product.manufacturer=eken
net.bt.name=Android
net.change=net.bt.name
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt
init.svc.ueventd=running
init.svc.recovery=running
init.svc.adbd=running

Try this Rom i, my tablet is  nuclear_evb-eng4.1.1JRO03C 20130628 , Link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6jtialhe1r4th0g/8064-%E5%8F%8C309-PH_a13-4.1-auto-mxc622x-20130628.img

I hope it works for you. It worked with my tablet. ;)


Galaxy What does 'Secure JTAG Disabled' mean? On my galaxy, when I enter Download Mode it says the following

ODIN MODE  (in red)
Download Speed: Fast (in red)
Product Name: SM-G925F (in white)
System Status: Official (in white)
FRP Lock: On (in white)
Secure Download (in blue)
Warranty Void: 0 (0×0000)
AP SWREV: B:2 K:0 S:0
Secure JTAG DISABLED!!!

What does it mean

My sisters other phone(same model) is hard bricked. Does 'secure JTAG DISABLED' mean that it doesn't support JTAG debugging?

Does 'secure JTAG DISABLED' mean that it doesn't support JTAG debugging?

Yes

Secure JTAG explains

  Disabled JTAG: This mode provides maximum security. All security-sensitive JTAG features are permanently blocked, preventing any debug.....

Related What is JTAG in regards to Android?


Can I connect to a shell from a PC to my Android using bluetooth or USB? I want to run some commands on my rooted android phone. It is not very practical to interact with a shell using the touch screen, therefore I wanted to run a daemon on it and connect to it from a PC. I can't use the wifi connection for that because it is not working properly. I figured that it should be possible to do it via bluetooth or USB, but I could not find information on how to do it.

Is there any ready-to-use solution?

Yes, just use ADB over USB and run adb shell.  See http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html#shellcommands


Samsung Galaxy S3 not turning on My Samsung Galaxy S3 battery died. A green robot with download message appeared when I plug it into a wall outlet to be charged. Seeing this for the first time, I thought it might have been some virus, so I removed and replaced the battery. The same thing happened again. After removing and replacing the battery a second time, the robot disappeared and my phone has been dead since, despite being left to charge for 5+ hours and several attempts removing/replacing battery and using the 2/3keys turning methods and plugging it directly to a laptop. How do i get it working. If fast boot is a possible solution, how is that done?

you can Follow this Guide to Flash your Galaxy S3's Firmware again.

Things you have to do for this are as follows

Download the latest firmware for your device at sammobile
Copy the firmware to your device either by Recovery mode or Samsung Kies or Samsung ODIN
Flash the firmware on to your device using ODIN

The Complete process with pictures is provided in that link. Hope it helps


How to disable device encryption? I am using Samsung Galaxy A7. Today I encrypted my device and secured it with a password lock. Now I need to permanently decrypt the device but I cant. When I go to settings and try encrypt option there is no option to deactivate it.

The only way to remove encryption on a previously encrypted Android device is to perform a full factory reset. This means wiping out everything, including contents of the /sdcard partition and losing all your media, so make sure to perform a back up first.

Keep in mind that some Android 5.1 devices enforce full device encryption by default.  On these devices even factory reset will not remove encryption, as the device will re-encrypt itself upon first boot-up.  The only way to override this is with a custom kernel.


When I call, I dont want other party to record my voice.How can I do that? When I call, I don't want other party to record my voice. How can I do that?

You can't do anything about it but as a precaution you can follow some tips

Do not use cellular calls for such sensitive calls because call recording for such calls is easily available and some OEM such as Xiomi have default settings for do so.

Not to mention bug is SS7 protocol for cellular communications.

Use some other method for call like skype, whatsapp or hangout.

I have not seen any method to record these calls but this is not a full proof solution just a precaution. He can easily record it via putting call on loudspeaker and recording it form another device.

But you will be alert if someone does this because there will be echo of your own voice on loudspeaker.


How can I root my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S? I tried using Flash Software, but it doesn't work for me.

I may have used the wrong version or my process is wrong.

Can anyone tell me the correct process?

Android Version : 2.3.4
Model Number : LT18i
Build Number : 4.0.2.A.0.62

For most of Sony Ericsson Xperia devices, you can use Flashtool.

currently at version v0.9.10.1, last updated on 07/01/2013

There's a guide on how to use this software over at XDAs, that I've used to prepare the instructions that follows.

STEP 01 :: Requirements:

A computer running Windows, Linux or MAC;
The Sony Xperia device;
The appropriated cable to connect it to the computer.

STEP 02 :: Install Flashtool and perform all updates to it:

Refer to the installation instructions and software download on the Flashtool website, tab "installation".

  Windows version:

  Install the full install Flashtool 0.9.10.1 package
  Apply the latest update (each update is cumulative)
  Updates will not be functionnal if full 0.9.10.1 is not installed

  Linux version:

  Unpack the tar.7z package
  Check that libusb-1.0 is installed. On 64bits system, both
  64bit and 32bit should be installed.
  Add these rules to /etc/udev:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fce", ATTRS{idProduct}=="*", MODE="0777"

  Apply the latest update (each update is cumulative)
  Updates will not be functionnal if full 0.9.10.1 is not installed

  Mac version:

  Open the dmg package Copy the Flashtool App to Applications folder.
  It will not run right from the dmg package
  Apply the latest update (each update is cumulative)
  Updates will not be functionnal if full 0.9.10.1 is not installed

STEP 03 :: Root your Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S:

Refer to the tutorial at XDAs.

Start Flashtool

Connect the device to the computer and wait until it's recognized
Click the icon with the "Padlock [the second in a row]
Flashtool will start pushing files, wait till it finishes. Meanwhile the phone will reboot once.
When it's over Flashtool will notify "Root Access Allowed"

On your phone, open the application list and search for the app "Superuser".

For Troubleshooting, you can refer to common situations on the Flashtool website, tab "FAQ".


what should i do so that messages from WhatsApp server to get delivered to appropriate recipient I have send some messages to recipient while she had deactivated her WhatsApp account but now she's back still those single-ticked haven't been delivered. I just need help to deliver those messages because I want her to know I have been messaging all these days.

If she deactivated before 30 days the messages won't get delivered, because WhatsApp stores the message in the server for 30days. Read it here, Even I haven't tested -> Scroll to update section until it gets delivered.

If she activated within 30days probably with no DP or status she should have blocked you.