What are the location based alarm applications available for Android? I want to know what apps can sound an alarm depending on my location.

Obviously it would be better if the battery consumption is low.

I'd be happy if the application is free but wouldn't mind paying if it's working properly with not much battery consumption. Also please post (if you can) only applications that you've used.

UPDATE: Sorry guys, I should have been more clear. The alarm I am looking for is something where I can set an alarm when I am in the bus/train and make it sound the alarm and wake me up before my stop.

Llama. A laymans version of Tasker. It can do so much more but should suffice with minimal battery impact as it uses cell sites to identify rather than gps.

Check this Milwus Location Alarm app.

Works nicely, it's exactly what you're looking for.


How to root my LG Escape? I haven't been able to find any information on how to do this. The only thing I found was this, which seems a little shady and isn't even for the Escape, it's just a generic tool. I've also seen this question but there are no LG phones listed & I'd rather not try a 'generic one-click' tool unless I know it's going to work.

Also, I'd like to be able to do it from Ubuntu. I CAN do it from Windows if I need to, but I'd much rather not.

A quick Google search turns up this guide on XDA.

You need to have propers drivers installed.

"Download the zip and unzip it to your desktop. Go into your phone's settings and go to developers options. Turn on USB debugging. Go back to settings and go to security. Turn on unknown sources. Now plug your phone in and run the .bat file that you just unzipped. Follow the commands on the and that should be it."

Most rooting tools are released for Windows first, and Linux/Mac only if there is considerable demand. I'd suggest getting it done on a Windows system if you have access to, rather than searching for a Linux compatible tool.

As for your comment on 'generic' tools, you should know that most tools work by exploiting known security vulnerabilities, many of which are specific to a kernel and/OR ROM version, and this may carry over to multiple devices (example would be OneClickRoot). If such a tool is reported to work for your device, you can try it.

LG locked out the ability to root if you have their current firmware (10i as of my last knowledge and at time of writing). Key points from that thread are: to successfully root, you must be using firmware 10f (or presumably earlier). In that event, the rest of the 'easy root toolboxes' (I used one produced by bin4ry; available here. I believe his toolbox comes with both win and *nix binaries, but the reason *nix is irrelevant I explain below)

In conclusion: Use the information outlined in this post keeping in mind the following.

Ensure your firmware is 10f (if not, you must pursue the kdz and the downgrade process)
Use bin4ry's toolkit


I used AutoRec on my LG Gpad 7.0 LTE and it wiped my storage When I used AutoRec, a recovery tool on my Android tablet, it instantly shut down and whenever I connect it to a PC, it shows up as a removable storage device and there are only 2 remaining folders titled /Images and /verinfo with 8.26 MB on the storage in total.

What happened? Any assistance? I think I completely formatted my tablet and I hope that isn't the case.

Change camera mode PTP to media mode MTP type connection...then you will be able to see the storages of internal & external as  removable device ..
Go to setting > usb connection
There you will find the option to change connection mode


Key symbol in notification bar when swiped once on Xperia with Lollipop I've recently upgraded to Android 5.0 in my Xperia C3. I don't seem to find the user profiles symbol on my notification or any sign of it anywhere. I also see a key symbol on my notification bar near to the battery indicator. What does it mean? And why don't I have the user profile options?

Yes, the key symbol means, your network is being monitored. If you run "Mobiwol" (a non-root firewall), it creates a VPN.


Android 4.4.2 not automatically connecting to wifi I have a samsung galaxy tab 3 8.0 running android 4.4.2 unrooted. My tablet is not automatically connecting to wifi networks. It was previously automatically connecting to two wifi networks (both are home networks secured with a password) but now I have to re-enter the password every time I try to connect to either of these networks. How can I get my tablet to remember the wifi networks?

Try Factory resetting the tablet or if you don't want to do that then try shutting down the tablet and then turning it back on,then remove the network and then re-add it.

Just restart the tablet it's annoying but it works for me


Enable USB Audio out on ASUS Slider SL101? I have an ASUS slider SL101, and I want to know how I can enable USB audio out. Running Android 4.0.3. I broke the headphone port, so I need an alternative. Solutions greatly appreciated.

Depending on your device (does it support USB OTG) and your Kernel (does it support USB audio) you could probably use any USB class compliant USB interface. You also need to use software that can "talk" to the USB audio device.

One that worked for me was the Shure X2u with one XLR input and a stereo output. I used it to record high quality audio; it also plays back all my music when plugged in. The device I'm using does not have a SIM card so I don't know if this also works for phone calls.

Look at this Android Enthusiasts post for more info.

EDIT: at the moment it's quite hard to find out if those things work on a specific device. Manufacturers don't include the necessary data in their specifications. If your kernel does not support USB audio you can try others but most kernel threads on xda developers don't give information on USB audio so trying yourself is the best option.


Make phone calls using a computer through an Android phone, both connected by WiFi I have a computer and Android phone connected by WiFi. I want to use my computer to make calls through the phone. Is there any way to do this?

Remote Phone Call (Click Here to View App on Play Store) might help you with the GSM Calling via WIFI & BLUETOOTH.

Google VOICE & HANGOUT (Default app on android Phone)
for PC you need plugin for installing HANGOUT..


Why can't I overclock a rooted Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500 beyond the default maximum 528MHz? I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500 running stock Donut (Android 1.6). I tried a couple of overclocking apps such as SetCPU and CPU Master, but none of them let me actually "over"-clock the CPU, because I can't set the maximum to be more than the default 528 MHz. I have read about speeds of 624 and/or 710 MHz possible with either the Galaxo custom ROM or GAOSP, but I want to achieve those kinds of speeds with stock Donut.

I've tried GAOSP b3 (Gingerbread) and Galaxo 1.6.3.4, but I prefer the feel of stock 1.6 (that's why I love my stock Nexus S running 2.3).

Is it possible to set the CPU speed beyond 528 MHz in my rooted Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500? How?

It is my understanding that some ROMs allow for Overclocking, whereas others dont. It depends on how the kernel is setup. I couldnt Overclock my Samsung galaxy s2 for example on the stock rom with it rooted. I could however once I installed Cyanogen. Perhaps that is the case.

The look and feel of CM7 is superior compared to most stock rom's. So if your reason for not switching from the stock rom is the look n feel, you wont be disappointed with CM7.

Get CM7 for your phone from cm.get, install it. Once done go to

  Setting --> CyanogenMOD settings --> Performance --> CPU Settings --> Change Min Frequency

That is it, but be careful you can screw up your system, there are available governors, i suggest you use them.


How does freezing an app work technically? Apps like Link2SD and Titanium Backup are able to "freeze" other apps, that is disable them without removing them. What do these apps do to achieve this?

Titanium Backup etc just use in-built Package Manager (pm) to freeze an app. pm has a feature to prevent apps from running & from appearing in Launcher. To use it, Titanium Backup etc execute following command:

  pm disable {package_name}

You can freeze apps by yourself without using a dedicated freezer app. Just use the above command in Terminal Emulator or ADB Shell.

For example, if you want to freeze Stock Web Browser, open Terminal Emulator & switch to root using su command. Then, execute # pm disable com.android.browser.
It'll return #Package com.android.browser new state: disabled. Done!
Restart your Launcher (some devices may require reboot) to see the app icon gone.

To defrost the app, just replace disable with enable in the command.

In Unix systems, files have 3 authorizations: read, write, and execute.

(For 3 categories of people: the owner of the file [usually its creator], a group of people, and everyone else, but it is out of the subject).

If you remove the execute authorization of the file, it cannot be launched (executed) anymore.


In Samsung Galaxy S3 mini TalkBack is always speaking when switching home screens From one day to the next, TalkBack started to tell me on which home screen I am. It is always using the Google voice, even if I set it to Samsung TTS.

Texts:

Page 2 of 5. (German pronunciation)
Der Ordner ist geöffnet.
Der Ordner ist geschlossen.

(My locale is German)

TalkBack was switched of before and when I go to settings, the text entry of TalkBack reads "off". When I enter into the TalkBack settings however the slider is switched to "on". Switching it of does not help as it always stays on but displaying off in the textual list view.

My next try was deactivating the TalkBack app completely. This did not solve the problem either.

Is there a setting I do not know about or another trick I could try?

Problem can also be caused by airDroid. Go to settings accessibility and ensure AirDroid notifications are turned off. It took nearly 2 hours to find this one as I had done everything suggested in this thread. Frozen screens just remember to use 2 fingers

Disabling "Google Text to Speech" worked to kill it for me.


How can I reset my phone without losing everything? I have a Samsung Galaxy S I9000, it keeps lagging; freezing and turning on and off by itself. I want to reset it, if I do will I lose all my photos, contacts etc etc..? I can't figure out how to transfer everything on to my SD card.

If you do a factory reset, your SD card will not be touched.  Your pics, etc will all stay put.  If you've selected your Google account as the default way to store your contacts, they will all repopulated from Google after you set up your phone.

If you want to be sure you're saving settings, etc. download Titanium Backup from the Google Playstore and do a full backup.  After you've reset your phone, reinstall Ti and then do a restore from back up.  Super simple!

There's an app My Backup Pro which you could use. From the description it allows you to:

  Backup (with schedule option) to our online secure servers, or SD card, your Applications, Photos, Music, Videos, Contacts, Call log, Browser Bookmarks, SMS (text messages), MMS (message attachments), Calendar, System Settings, Home Screens (including shortcut positions), Alarms, Dictionary, Music Playlists, APNs, and more...

You can read more about it here.


Moto G3 (android marshmallow) not detecting SD card anymore Was stored as internal storage. The SD card when in the phone says "not inserted" and it's the card I've always used for it. The card shows up in another device and other cards show up in this device. I stupidly didn't have a backup so can't retrieve my images. I can't even access the SD card on my PC without formatting. Motorola told me that it's because the card is encrypted.

I think i'm going to end up formatting then trying data recovery software and hoping for the best. Because the card was treated as adopted (internal) storage I can't access any of my phone's contents via a USB wire either.

Please Help.

From what I have seen, it appears to be a known issue with the phone. I have had two SanDisk 32GB Class 10 MicroSD cards that have both had the same problem. However, I have seen forums that say the Class 6 cards work fine.

Forum where I learned about the problem
Card I found that will (hopefully) fix the problem

I have yet to test the new card, so I don't know if it fixes the problem, but I will update this post after testing it for a month or so.

Yes after formatting it as internal it won't work anywhere besides..phone itself...
You can revert it from settings→ storage


Rooting the Samsung Galaxy LITE (SGH-T399) I have recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Lite (SGH-T399). I am having trouble rooting it. It would be easy if I had a Windows PC, but I only have one Mac and one Linux PC. Instructions on how to root the phone would be helpful.

There is really easy ways to root your device from linux/mac using heimdall which is an open source alternative of odin PC.
I will put two methods one auto root ,and an other one to root using heimdall choose the one that suite you best.

First I should say : in my opinion self rooting apps are not really secure ,since you will root blind when you have no custom recovery ,which makes it really hard to get back to a working phone if something goes wrong specially for your device ,like you may noticed on XDA there is a lot of bricked phones without solution. if you still want the auto root follow method 01 ,if you don't method 02 is for you.

Method 1: using impactor (Mac OS and linux)

Get Cydia impactor for your OS Mac OS X , Linux 32bit and
linux 64bit
Depending on you OS for mac OS install the software and run it ,for linux extract the archive somewhere where you have the right to execute then open impactor.
a window like the figure below should appear.

Leave the window open and grab your phone ,GO to settings > developer Options > activate USB debugging also see if there is an option called Verify apps over USB if there is unchecked it.
Now go to settings > security and check unknown source.
Plug the phone to your PC.
On the window of impactor click on start (make sure your phone screen is on it will show an authentication pop-up for adb accept it) and wait if the process succeeded you will be asked to reboot your phone ,if not this method will not work for you go to method 02.

Method 02 : using heimdall on linux (ubuntu and it's variants)

like you said in the question :

  "It would be easy if I had a Windows PC"

We will do the same method but we will use heimdall instead of Odin

Pre-required : :

Download CWM or TWRP (both odin version choose one of your
liking) and save it on your PC then extract it you will have a file
named recovery.img put it somewhere safe.
Download UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.00.zip and put is on your phone's SDcard we will need it later

in my example here I will be using ubuntu ,the method remains the same for other ubuntu variants and the same for Mac OS except for the installation part (see method 3 for info).

install heimdall and heimdall-frontend using this command

sudo apt-get install heimdall-flash heimdall-flash-frontend
Once the installation is done launch heimdall-frontend

sudo heimdall-frontend

This is what heimdall looks like :

Power down your phone then Press and hold Volume down + Home button + power key until the warning screen appears Press Volume Up to go into download mode.
Now Plug your phone to PC.
On heimdall front end go to Utilities tab

click On detect ,you should read device detected on the console at the bottom.

Now that your device is detected we are going to get your current partitions information as a .pit file.
stay on Utilities tab ,click on save as then choose where to put the .pit file once done click on download

Now switch to Flash tab

Now click on Browse and choose the Pit file we saved earlier.

Now the Add button (on the right) should be click-able click on it.
click on partition name on the left ,a roll down menu should appear choose recovery.

Click on Browse under the partition ID (not the one under PIT !) then choose recovery.img we extracted earlier.

Now that we are all set , make sure the repartition box is not checked ,that the partition name is set to recovery (look at the above screen-shot) if every thing is right ,click on start at the bottom right.
while heimdall is flashing don't unplug your phone ,don't close heimdall ,don't open other programs ,don't touch the pc or the phone until heimdall show the message flash successful and your phone reboots ,if it doesn't click and hold power button until the phone shut down.
Boot into recovery (power + home + volume up) , (optional : Do a full backup might be handy in case something go wrong) then  flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.00.zip we downloaded and putted on your phone earlier.
Now reboot your phone ,you are rooted and have custom recovery installed

Method 03 : On mac OS

replace the first step by this :

Download and install heimdall and heimdall suite ,follow the rest of the steps just like ubuntu method.

References :

heimdall french ubuntu doc (couldn't find english version)

heimdall installation and compilation cyanogenmod wiki

heimdall prebuild downloads on github

heimdall source code

1.Install VirtualBox on either your Mac or Linux
 2. Install VirtualBox Extension Pack (on VirtualBox download page)
 3. Install a Windows virtual machine of your choice
 4. Enable USB 2.0 in VirtualBox for the Windows VM
 5. Install Kingo andriod root inside Windows
 6. Root
you are welcome.


Want to install kitkat 4.4 on Samsung Star Pro (S7262) I want to install Kitkat 4.4 on my Samsung Star Pro S7262 (rooted). I could't find a solution by googling. If it is not possible or not available for my phone right now, please suggest me any other version which is greater than jellybean 4.1

http://guidesdna.com/update-galaxy-star-pro-s7262-android-4-4-kitkat/

http://techbeasts.com/2014/02/17/update-galaxy-star-pro-to-android-4-4-2-kit-kat-custom-rom/

I am willing to try this on star pro. Not done yet although. Do it on ur own risk ;)

I recommend trying to get in contact with some Samsung developer on XDA forums and request him to develop for the device.
There are less chances of this method working but this is the only thing u can do other than developing yourself.


Phone dropped in water - Now screen won't turn off (Samsung Galaxy S2 (SII))? I currently have a Samsung Galaxy SII (S2)(I9100) that got dropped in water. I took the phone apart (removed the screws on the back and properly took the back off) and left it to dry in a warm place overnight.

The phone works absolutely fine as you'd expect it to, but it now has this weird issue where the screen won't turn off at all, whenever I press the power button to turn the screen off, it comes straight back on again. If I let it go to sleep with it's own "timout" it just comes back on straight away also.

It has been factory reset and still does it. It has stock Android that came with the device, never rooted or had custom ROMS installed.

Here's a video of the problem actually happening:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4UViRT64Ss

I assume it has to be a hardware issue from the water damage, but has anyone experienced this? Is it likely I'd be able to change any of the parts inside to try and fix it?

The water evaporating has left now undissolved mineral ions on your phone (ions conduct electricity).Now electricity doesn't go as designed.Also heat cycles will possibly change chemical and physical structure of your hardware.The more you use it the more likely something will get worse

Instead of drying to get rid of water and leave the ions on your phone you should have hoovered the water being cautious not to discharge static electricity to the phone (even though theoretically almost everyone should have damaged their hardware with static many times in their lives it somehow never happens)

Now maybe you should clean it properly (isopropyl alcohol should work the purer the better at least 99%)

The better way to clean it is with bathing it in the alcohol and use ultrasound at the same time which some more professional phonerepairers do with special machines.(You can find some good replacements of the machines for about 50usd)
It most often works without ultrasounding but the ultrasound method is much better and fixes the performance of water damaged phone more.

change the charging connector in the phone.


How can I send a file wirelessly without bluetooth or a Wi-Fi network in ICS? I know that one of the new features is WiFi-direct for ICS (noted at the very bottom of the page in the link).  Is there a way to leverage this new feature to transmit files from one ICS device to another?

This would be useful because the WiFi speeds would be greater than bluetooth, and you wouldn't need to be connected to a WiFi network or create a hotspot.

The Samsung Galaxy S II apparently has this feature built in pre-ICS (go Samsung!). Is this same method available in ICS? Or is there an app for it?

EDIT:  Because the galaxy nexus is made by Samsung, and is the only device out with ICS right now, I'm not sure if this "WiFi Direct" sharing (per the link and Ryan's answer below) is built in to ICS vanilla (Samsung did have WiFi Direct sharing pre-ICS, after all).

As such, I've added a vanilla tag, so I'm asking, is in the vanilla source code to allow a way for users to share files using WiFi Direct?  If not, is there an app for it in the market?  I want to know how to do this on all ICS phones, not necessarily just the galaxy nexus.

Android 4.0 introduces WiFi Direct in to the core of android. it basically creates an adhoc connection between one device and another using WiFi by creating what I guess could be considered an Access Point. You do not need a wifi access point to use WiFi Direct, and actually, if you are connected to wifi when turning on WiFi direct, it will disconnect you. You cannot be connected to both an Access Point and enable wifi direct.

The host device acts as an access point for other devices to connect to, then through other pieces of software, files and other data can be shared or streamed to the client device(s).

To use Wifi Direct, in settings -> wireless & networks you have to enable it. Then you should have an option to "share" via wifi. This works a lot like bluetooth sharing, where the other device has to be "ready to accept" your files. You will only be able to do wifi direct with devices that have explicit support for wifi direct. Android 4.0 is the the first version of the OS to have built in support for wifi direct. The Samsung Galaxy S II does have support for wifi direct as well. This was an added feature Samsung put in to their TouchWiz version of Android. While the settings for it are a little different then in Android 4.0, they basically work the same.

There are other devices, like some TVs by Sony, that also have wifi direct support.

Wifi Direct is not hardware specific, its part of the OS. If the device supports wifi then it supports this. It is part of the CORE OS in Android 4.0. Any device that has Wifi and is running ICS, this will work with. Some Samsung devices (I think only the Galaxy S 2) have support for wifi direct even though they are not running ICS. This is because Samsung added the support for it in to their version of Android.

While the Galaxy Nexus is manufactured by Samsung, it does not run the Samsung modified version of Android. It runs a completely "Google Experience" version of Android. The WiFi direct that exists on the Samsung Galaxy S II is different then the one built in to Android 4.0.

Here is the android SDK docs that talks about support.

  Wi-Fi Direct allows Android 4.0 (API level 14) or later devices with the appropriate hardware to connect directly to each other via Wi-Fi without an intermediate access point. Using these APIs, you can discover and connect to other devices when each device supports Wi-Fi Direct, then communicate over a speedy connection across distances much longer than a Bluetooth connection. This is useful for applications that share data among users, such as a multiplayer game or a photo sharing application.

Here is a screen shot (taken from this video) showing wifi direct setting available on a Nook Color running CM9. The video is at the location where it shows wifi direct working.

Here are 2 screenshots from my viewsonic g-tablet that is running ICS (this is not a CM9 Kang, it is vanilla AOSP android). The first shows the setting, the second shows that i turned it on.

To show that WiFi Direct is actually part of the core of android and not just CM9, here is the source code for the WiFi direct settings. This is the github mirror of the AOSP. You can compare it to CM9 source too.

For Samsung G-Note users (possibly SII and SIII users too), go to Settings, then under the Wireless and Networks section select More..., and you will see the option there.


Why can't music players find my audio files? On my Nexus 4, there's a folder called /sdcard/Music/ (or just /Music when browsing the phone's storage; Windows 7 calls it Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music) and I've put a lot of songs in there but the music player doesn't see any of my songs.
Why can one app (the file manager, and e.g. Dropbox) see the files, but not another app (Play Music, Apollo, Jukefox)?

Notes:

LG Nexus 4 16GB, unlocked, with CyanogenMod 10.1
(nightly build 20130212 because nothing more stable is available but there are no crashes.)
The songs are stored in the path format /sdcard/Music/Artist/Album/Song title.mp3 (simply because that's how they're stored on my media drive).

Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Eagles\On the Border\1 Already Gone.mp3
Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Kashmir\The Good Life\10 Kiss me goodbye.mp3
Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Christina St眉rmer\Freier Fall\1 Geh nicht wenn du kommst.mp3
(yes there's a Chinese character in there and I don't know why; it's a German ü (umlaut u) on my original Windows media drive)

I know that the songs are present and that they work because the CyanogenMod File Manager shows them and I can play them individually. They do exist!
Running Rescan SD as suggested below didn't make the files appear in any of the player apps.
I'm fairly certain there are no .nomedia files: The CyanogenMod File Manager doesn't display files that begin with a . (I renamed an existing TXT file and it promptly disappeared :)) but I used the Root Browser Lite to look through /Music and subfolders -- the only match I found was the one I had renamed, and I have deleted that now.
My Windows pc at work couldn't see the files either, but after unplugging/replugging the USB it now can see+open+play the files. (I've now revised this question to remove the Windows part.)
I'm still mystified by the fact that file-browser apps see the files but music-player apps don't.

Seeing a file name like Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Christina St眉rmer\Freier Fall\1 Geh nicht wenn du kommst.mp3 points to a special problem with "special characters" (such as German Umlauts) which got messed up on data transfer: While Windoze uses its own character set (MS-ANSI or wone of the WIN-12xx, depending on configuration), Android expects UTF-8 -- which is why it's a good custom to use only 7-bit ASCII characters in file names.
Due to this mismatch and the "unidentifyable character", the media scanner most likely has crashed. Which resulted in the media database not being populated, from which follows: The players think "no media files there".
Proposed actions
I'd suggest to either temporarily delete or at least rename all affected files, so that no file with "special characters" in its name remains. Then have the media scanner run again (e.g. triggering it with Rescan SD). Once that's finished, I'm pretty sure your media player(s) will find something to play (with).
That being approved, you know what to look for in the future. As said before, I strongly recommend to restict characters in file names to 7-bit ASCII -- that avoids a lot of problems, though some names might look a little strange ;)

I mounted and un mounted my sd card and all apps recognized the files again


What is the fastest way to turn the phone into silent mode? The title kinda tells it all. Sometimes I need to turn silent for a meeting and the procedure is like:

Unlock the phone
Click on Menu
Go to Settings
Click on Sound
Enable Silent mode

Apart from (1), which can't be shortened (can it?), I want to minimize the remaining 4 clicks.

EDIT: I have a Nexus S, but I'm more interested in things that are not specific to models. Also, please feel free to add model-specific answers, as other people may find it useful.

Personally, I think that the easiest way (apart from sliding right to left, but that's not available on all phones) to put the phone into silent mode is to hold down the power button for a short period of time, then select Silent mode.

There is an android app named as Profilo which provides a lot of features to silent your phone quickly. This app has four features location based, voice based, time based and a shake functionality. The quickest way is that shake your mobile once and it will be silent. Shaking again will unmute it. You can schedule your phone as well. You can save a location. At that location your cell phone automatically will be on silent mode. Here is the link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apptrekkers.profilo


FFMpeg stream to FFServer from Back Camera I'm looking for a way to stream my camera video from my Android phone to an FFServer, like I would with FFMpeg from the command line in Linux:

ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 http://IP:8090/cam1.ffm

This command works perfect from any Ubuntu machine, of course. I'm looking to be able to do both audio and video from my Android to my FFserver.

I tried installing FFmpeg 4 Android. It installs fine, starts and binds, but it won't stream. No error message or anything passing it this param:

ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/graphics/fb0 http://IP:8090/cam1.ffm

Not sure if it's just that program or what since there is no error message at all. Or is there another software that will allow me to do this?

Some device manufacturers dont use /graphics/fb0 to access camera due to different camera drivers. My help to you is going on a native NDK application to do that. Look in here http://javacv.googlecode.com or https://code.google.com/p/spydroid-ipcamera/. Regards


How to open youtube links on my facebook messenger app, in the youtube app? I am unable to play YouTube videos from the links I get on my Facebook Messenger app.

Here's what happens:

A friend of mine posts a video link to me (YouTube link) as a message on Facebook.
I receive it on my Android mobile in the Facebook messenger app.
I click on it and it shows a Dialogue-Box (you can call that a pop-up) which asks me to choose an app to open the video with.

Now earlier, there used to be the video player apps in my mobile along with the internet browsers installed on my mobile that used to come up there. So I would select an internet browser, and it in turn would re-direct me to the "YouTube" app itself.

However, now, I am only getting video-players in that Dialogue Box as an option to open the YouTube video, but of course, if I select them, they are not able to stream the video.

Has anyone found a way around this problem? It is really bothersome.

Go to settings on Facebook messenger app on Android. Then photos and media. Activate/turn on open links in default browser.

Try going on to app settings and turn on "links open externally" fixed it for me.


Setting Skype as The Default Dialer on Nexus 5 These two posts, Setting Default Dialer and Setting Nexus Custom Dialer, make it seem straight forward, but it is not.

I am not prompted to choose which dialer to use, it only uses Google Dialer

Neither the Phone nor the Google Dialer apps have defaults set, thus the clear defaults button is not enabled.

I consider myself tech savvy and have already spent half an hour trying to figure this out. Unacceptable for something that should be easy.

The answer, after spending considerable time in Nexus and Skype chat support is that Skype does not provide dialer support for Nexus 5 KitKat. Unsure if other manufacturers using  KitKat have the same issue or have delivered a solution.

I was told by Nexus support I could contact LG for a possible solution, but that the change could void my warranty.

The worst part is that this is not obvious from a Google search. Nothing at all on either sites. Support acts like they don't know. Nexus support would not answer the simple straight forward question, can Skype be a dialer.

I find it hard to believe that both companies are not fully aware that this is the situation. The customer suffers. What exactly does poor android support gain Skype? They just had to refund my prepaid year and lost an opportunity for a lifetime revenue stream....

Disable phone defaults. Go to "manage app" in settings, select phone and clear defaults.
Go to the menu,remove the phone icon and replace with the Skype dialer


How to change Google+ notification sound on Android 8 After the upgrade to 8.0, the Google+ app notifications sound change to the default notifications sound. I went through the settings to change the sound back the way it was but that setting is completely missing. The Ringtone option is not there anymore.

Is there a different way to change the notifications sound for this Google+ app?

Settings > Apps & notifications > App info > Google+ > App notifications

From here, you can enable/disable specific notifications, change their importance to a level with or without sound, and/or set the sound you want to use for notifications.

Here's what I was able to find for my Android 8 phone (no one told me this, it wasn't documented anywhere that I could find, I just kept searching).
While in Gmail, go to Settings.
Tap your Gmail account name (not your General Settings, although this will work from there also).
Tap Manage Notifications.
Tap Mail (make a sound)   EVEN if the toggle switch is on indicating you have a sound set.
Then tap Sound.
Unlike in earlier versions of Android, you can not select a different sound for
different "labels", just one sound for ANY label.
I have the exact same version of Gmail on my Android 4.4.2 tablet and I can set different sounds for different labels by going to Settings, My Gmail account name and Manage Labels ?
Seems strange to me that the same version of Gmail works differently on different versions of Android........but......

Hope this works for you also.


Laptop Camera works with Bluestacks but not with Nox So i really need the camera to function using Nox Player,
i have an MSI laptop with an integrated webcam.
I've read everywhere that camera is supposed to work out of the box with Nox.
However, it doesn't. i installed bluestacks to check and it worked with bluestacks.
on Nox whatever app i install it acts as if there is no camera.

please help

thanks

MEMU is suspect and is "not safe" to use in my experience...and my camera has sync issues with that emulator that messes up my apps and network settings.  My understanding is the latest NOX version uses android 7???  The webcam at this time is not supported....that's all the info I can find on this..and sadly, the Blue Stacks records me sideways...

so i gave MEMU a try, and it has all Nox features + camera works !

So MEMU is an android emulator very similar to Nox Player,
can be downloaded here: https://www.memuplay.com/

installation is straight forward, nothing special is needed. and the camera works out of the box.


How to have a different password for Facebook and Facebook messenger? I have an Android phone.

I want to use Facebook messenger as IM.

But I don't trust my Android phone enough to give it my Facebook password.

Q: Is there any option to set a different password for Facebook Messenger?

Yes.  I have the messenger app on my phone.  When I log in, I use my phone number and a password.  When I log into Facebook I use my email and a different password.


Recording Screen on Android 1.6 I have an old device running Android 1.6. Is there any way that I can record the screen on this device? Most tutorials for doing this rely on having a more up-to-date version of Android.

(In order to comment as opposed to answer one needs 50 reputation points.) Unable to root my device I relied on a digital camera and edited to reduce byte size and to crop image to the screen.   Take pictures in dark to reduce reflections, use a consistent setup to avoid misalignment.  ( Only a few devices on Gingerbreadwill takescreenshots.)

Yes the min requirement is gingerbread. It's not possible on lower versions.


Can I make Android require Fingerprint + PIN to unlock the screen? I have a Galaxy S5 with a fingerprint reader. I'd like to be able to unlock my phone with a PIN or pattern unlock, but I also want to protect myself from shoulder-surfing.

Is there a way to require both a fingerprint and a PIN/pattern to unlock the phone? If the fingerprint fails to read correctly, then a much stronger password would be required to unlock.

This would let me scan my fingerprint and put in my PIN/pattern without worrying that someone might see my PIN and unlock my phone later. It also protects me more from governments that can require me to unlock my phone with my fingerprint, since a PIN would also be needed.

Is there an lockscreen app, XPosed module, or other method that can enable this two-factor-like authentication?

I have a rooted Galaxy S5 running Android 5.0.

One solution is to use Tasker. Set up your phone to use a fingerprint as the standard unlock mechanism, with a strong password as the backup unlock (required if the fingerprint fails, or every time the phone reboots).

Next, create a Task named Screen Unlocked (or similar). In the Task, make it run the Display->Lock action. Set the Code to whatever pin you want. Check the Remember Till Off and Full Screen options, and make sure Allow Cancel is unchecked.

Next, create a Profile in Tasker for the Event of Display Off. When that profile is triggered, have it run the new Task you created. Add a second trigger to the same Profile to prevent this lock from happening if a call is in progress (using Invert). Otherwise, putting the phone to your head will turn off the display and cause the PIN lock (even though android knows it isn't actually locked and doesn't require tour fingerprint),and removing it from your head will show the PIN and block the call end and other buttons.

Finally, add a second Profile for the event Display Unlocked, and have it run the same Task. That way, if you do manually lock the phone while in a call with the power button (tripping the standard android fingerprint lock), it will properly show the PIN request on the screen again, without interfering with the end call buttons. Don't worry, having the lock show for display off and display unlocked will not, in fact, require you to type the pin twice.

With this setup, you unlock your phone with a fingerprint. When that is accepted, Tasker will prompt you for a PIN as well.

The reason you run this task on Screen Off instead of Screen Unlocked is that the Screen Unlocked creates a delay between unlocking the phone and showing the PIN request. By running the task on Screen Off, the PIN request is shown the instant you unlock with your fingerprint.

Note that this setup requires the PIN even if you use your backup password (if your fingerprint can't be read). However, I'm willing to live with that, since I rarely need to enter the master password anyway, and typing in a PIN afterwords is fine.

Protect Tasker

Since the PIN is stored in plaintext in Tasker, you should probably setup a PIN to open Tasker. Tasker has this built-in to its preferences, so you can require a PIN to view and modify any Tasker profiles and settings. Otherwise, if you leave your phone unlocked, anyone could find your PIN by viewing the Tasker config. In any case, don't use the same PIN for your screen unlock as you do for any other service like ATM cards or voicemail.

I use NOTE4 N910C. After upgrade to 6.0.1 such feature is avaliable by default. As I can see on http://www.sammobile.com, MM 6.0.1 is available for S5 so simply update Your phone via Odin


Is there a way to pay for apps with paypal? Is there a market where I can buy apps with PayPal?
Will the original Market going to support payment with PayPal?

Thanx.

With the recent legal bickering between eBay and Google, I'd say that the Android Market starting to accept PayPal (owned by eBay) is highly unlikely any time soon:
 http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0528/EBay-sues-Google-over-stolen-secrets-poached-employees

There are other alternative markets like SlideMe that I believe do offer PayPal.

You can buy a gift card and use it yourself. I have used paypal to buy gift card from www.pcgamesupply.com and redeem it on google play.


Android Playstore speed problem on Stock Android phone I am using Android One phone with Stock Android 8.0.0, I see some major speed problem in my playstore- while downloading from playstore I only get 250KBPS speed whereas my actual speed is 1.3MBPS -which I get in other apps..and even other phone's playstore while connected to the same network..
I don't know what is happening..
Any help and tips..?

It is basically the problem of the software version  of the current update..There is no other way to wait for the next update.


Contact with 2 phone numbers - how to distinguish between them on WhatsApp? I have what I would think must be quite a common situation - a friend has 2 phones, one for work and one for personal, and I've created a single android (google) contact with the both phone numbers in, identified appropriately.
However, WhatsApp displays this as 2 contacts with the same name and no way of distinguishing between them. If I want to add them to a group I have to guess which one it is, then go into the group and select them, then I can view more details to see if I've picked the right one.
Is there any easier way to distinguish between them in WhatsApp?

Just save them as a separate contacts? Solves everything at minimal fuss.


Accidentally Uninstalled Download Manager I was using my phone ASUS Zenfone Max when I accidentally uninstalled my Download Manager, I thought it was a random pop up download when you go to sites so I deleted it. After that, when I tried download photos from Google, a window popped saying "The Browser has stopped working". I have also tried to download from Google Play Store, but it won't let me download any apps at all. I also tried opening the "Downloads", that can be found on the settings, but this pop up window shows up see photo. I tried downloading an apk file using another download manager (named ADP), it got installed, but when I tried to download photos again from browser and apps on Play Store it still won't let me. I think the reason is that the one I deleted is the built in app. I don't know if I reset my phone will help me to download files again. Please help, I have already searched the internet but I still can't find a solution.

My big brother has the same phone (ASUS Zenfone Max). He installed an app where he can send built in apps to other devices via APK. So he sent the Download Manager APK on my phone, tried to install it but the "com.android.providers.downloads is not working" still keept popping out. In the end I decided to Factory Reset my phone. And it worked.

My phone is not rooted so I was shocked that I deleted a built in app. Maybe because of the pop up download I got when I went to a website (I was checking sites to download Korean Dramas). I read from forums that if they deleted a built in app and chose factory reset there was no assurance that the said app will be in the device, so I presumed that by sending and installing the original apk file of DM and by choosing Factory Reset the system will recognize the installed apk file and reset it.

If your phone is rooted and custom recovery is installed then you can reflash gapps it will solve your problem(choose gapps according to your mobile architecture) open gapps link here.

Disclaimer I'm not responsible if you bricked your device. Do it your own responsibility.


Download email attachment bigger than 15 MB I got an email (MS Exchange 2010 / Native Mail App / LG G2 - 4.4.2 / connection->mobile-data[HSDPA]) with an PDF file with a size of ~18 MB.
When I click on it, it is trying to download it. After one second I got a message " was not downloaded".

When I am trying on an iPhone 5 (iOS 7.1) I can download and open the file.

Any work arounds or fixes for that issue?

the only work around for that problem is, to use this app -> CloudMagic (https://cloudmagic.com)

solved my problem but it would be reate when google will fix this for the stock email app.


Leaving wi-fi on all the time Does it highly affect the stand-by time to leave wi-fi open all the time on my phone?

Yes, I would imagine leaving WiFi on all the time would drain the battery faster. Even if you're not actively connected to an Access Point (AP), the phone is still constantly scanning all the APs in the vicinity of where you are and that takes energy.

Yes, it decreases standby time because WIFI is one of the more significant things draining the battery. As long as WIFI is enabled, your phone is constantly scanning for new networks and "listening" on TCP ports.

Additionally it will be sending data from applications, requesting updates, etc.; and if you have the Play Store set to automatically update apps then it will also be downloading and installing apps, which also significantly drains the battery.


My Galaxy mini having trouble with charging Today I noticed that my Galaxy Mini is not charging properly.

In morning it was switched off even after charging for the whole night. Some weeks ago the same problem had occured, but some time after when I plugged it in with the USB cable it was getting charged. When I connected the charger, it was working fine.

Well, my problems don't stop there. Today I did all the possible tricks, but it doesn't charge. In fact it is showing the charging symbol, but its not increasing. It's not even showing the charging percentage. When I connect it with the PC via USB cable it is charging and battery level increasing too, but it again suddenly decreases or again increases.

What is the problem? And how can it be solved?

The battery may be ok.

I had this problem and fixed it.

1) Plug the phone into a charger.

2) The pins get loose, so press the battery towards the pins and press the on button.

3) Once the phone starts to boot up, you can take the pressure off and replace the back onto the phone.

Whoolahhh!

Try using a different battery. Samsung phones have user-replaceable batteries, and your current one may be defective.


Android Lollipop not displaying H or E symbol when Data is on I just updated my Moto G (1st gen) from KitKat to Lollipop. Everything is great except two days after loading the update, the symbol displaying 3G (H) or 2G (E) stopped showing either even when data is up and running. Any suggestions?

For Moto G (1st Generation):

Goto "Settings". Under "Wireless & networks" select "...More", then select "Mobile networks". Select "Access point names", click on "+" to add new APN.

Name: Aircel GPRS

APN: aircelgprs

Proxy: not set

Port: not set

Username: not set

Password: not set

Server: not set

MMSC: not set

MMS proxy: not set

MMS port: not set

MCC: 405

MNC: 803

Authentication type: not set

APN type: default,supl

APN protocol: IPv4

APN roaming protocol: IPv4

Bearer: Unspecified

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

MCC MNC for different states:

404 17 WB

404 25 Bihar

404 28 Odissa

404 29 Assam

404 37 J&K

404 41 Chennai

404 42 TN

404 91 Kolkata

405 800 Delhi & NCR

405 801 Andhra Pradesh

405 802 Gujarat

405 803 Karnataka

405 804 Maharastra & Goa

405 805 Mumbai

405 806 Rajasthan

405 807 Haryana

405 808 MP

405 809 Kerala

405 810 UP (East)

405 811 UP (West)

405 812 Punjab

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

Save it, and select it as your default APN. After this, 'H' symbol gets displayed.


Galaxy Gio doesn't find GPS satellites after minutes of searching I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Gio (GT-S5660). When I try to connect to the GPS satellites, 75% of the time the built-in GPS is unable to locate me within a few minutes. I keep seeing the blinking GPS icon. The other 25% of the time I get a GPS signal within 15 seconds.

Is this unusual behavior? If yes, what can I do to find the cause of the problem? Are there any known "death grip" issues related to GPS chips?

I should note that I don't have a data subscription for my phone and I've disabled mobile internet on my device, but I have offline maps (certain areas in Google Maps and my entire country in MapDroid) so the GPS chip should be able to operate without data or WiFi.

Apparently Samsung has a lot of problems handling the GPS feature.

It is no news that the Galaxy S is really flawed regarding location (see this). Personally, using one, I have felt the pain, as I had the same problems. I don't know if the problem is the same with the Gio, but some of the things I've tried were:

Turn GPS off and then back on;
Reboot the phone;
Bang my head on the wall.

It also appears that the problem tends to be resolved by upgrading the OS. What is yours?

More: there are several ways to reduce the GPS problem on the SGS, check that thread out, I hope you get some ideas for your problem.

Personally, I don't think the "death grip" is a problem, nevertheless you can make some tests to check out if it really makes a difference (I actually don't know where the GPS receiver is located within the phone).

The fact that you have no Internet connection is also not a factor.

Also make note that you can obtain a course location via network triangulation and/or wifi networks.

Typing *#*#3214789650#*#* worked for me
once gpstest2 opens up you can then go to commands->Get position
it gave me lock on some satellites and i was able to get my accurate position in maps without WiFi and gprs

I also found a useful app in android market known as 'gpsFix' which pretty much does the same thing but it had trouble finding satellites when i was indoors.


Phone won't boot after Cyanogenmod 10.2 update I just updated my HTC One X from Cyanogenmod 10.1.13 to 10.2 RC1, which seemed to go smoothly.

It completed the "Checking apps" stage, and when it rebooted, it got stuck on the boot screen (the spinning concentric circles) for about 15 minutes, at which point I held the power button to turn off the phone, but it just restarted and it's stuck in the same place.

What are my options? The problem I have at the moment is I can't turn on or off the phone (just restart) and I also can't get adb to work when I connect it to my PC.

(oh, and no...I didn't backup before updating - because that would have been a smart thing to do)

Thanks for any help.

I managed to fix the problem myself in the end.

The solution: I had to flash the boot.img file.
To do this:

Download the CM update from here that matches the update you installed. Make sure you choose the correct device as well. (HTC One X is "Endeavoru")
Unzip the file, and copy the boot.img file to C:\Android\android-sdk\tools (or wherever you have the Android dev stuff installed).
Boot your phone into the bootloader (power button + volume down for HTC One X) and choose Fastboot from the menu, using the volume buttons to go up and down the list and the power button to choose.
Connect your phone to your PC via USB. It will install Fastboot drivers.
Open a command prompt window and cd to the \tools directory mentioned above. Run the command fastboot devices to make sure your phone is connected.
If it shows, run fastboot flash boot boot.img to flash the boot.img file to your phone.
Finally run fastboot reboot to restart the phone. Your phone will go through the "Android is upgrading" process and you should be back in business once that finishes.

You will also need to flash gapps or any other custom mods/addons you had installed before upgrading. There are plenty of guides online explaining how to do this.

a faster way odo it is download the cm rom to yu micro sd card  and istall the update (by the waythis only works if you have a clowckwokod or teamwin recovery ) then install then go to installupdatefromsdcard1>downloads(or whatever folder it may be in)>yes and let it insall, the n re-root the device after update is installed then after root file is complete reboot into recovery and reset device and reboot after that it works


Unwanted underlined in words when using Fleksy Keyboard I have recently downloaded Fleksy Keyboard from the Play Store.

I am facing issue with it. Although the issue is not so much important but I don't want it.

Whenever I tried to type word, my word are underlined.
I have disabled the auto correction, but I'm still getting that line.

How can I remove this?

I researched on Fleksy Keyboard and there's not Spell checker for disable it. so,

 Goto -> Android Settings -> Language & Keyboard -> Touch Input -> Text input -> Spell correction

or, on Lollipop :

  Goto -> Android Settings -> Language & Keyboard -> Spell checker

and then, turn it off

How to turn off red-dotted-underline spelling check when text-messaging?

it tooks a couple of hours before i got the option how to stop this unwanted red underline in the text..I never stop to find solution until suddenly came along my mind a one question  "what if i add another language instead of only English?"Because when i reviewed the matter of what causes having underline in some words but others are not.Of course the spelling,right?I checked my language input which were English US and UK. So it could be possible that u can use two languages on the same time.Then i did type some words of English and Tagalog. English word got no underline but Tagalog got underline.So i got the hint over and over! Thinking like that was really got me to try adding more language!I switch on and added the Tagalog which is my native language in the input language and yeah it works!..then i started hating my self when i found out that it is so easy to solve it..so guys u should try that..adding your language can can stop the underline!


Can I "clone" my credit card using the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus's NFC chip? If not, why not? Can an android app read my credit card's NFC data, store it and then send this data to a contactless pay point (PayPass)?  Thus I would use my Nexus to pay for my coffee, conveniently.

If yes, is there an app for this? If not, why not?

No, you can't. To oversimplify - wireless payments (NFC, RFID chips on cards, etc) aren't a simple 'what's your card number' transaction (because that would be insecure beyond belief), they are more of a 'here, encrypt this block of data with your secret numbers and return it' type of thing.

The block of data to be encrypted changes for each transaction, and there's (supposed to be) no way to get the device to spit out it's secret numbers.

So you can't EASILY clone your cards onto your phone (if you could, then so could anyone else who walked near you).

That's not to say it can't be done at all (if, perhaps, you found a flaw in the way the crypto works, you could perhaps deduce the secret numbers of a device), but it's not something you're going be buying an app for.

Yes you can, using NFC Proxy on 2 units of NFC enabled phone - one as proxy and the other as server. this application is / was mainly for security researcher to audit and test near-field applications that uses rfid, mifare, etc. as an open source project, i see some progresses made by the community and the developers do maintain the project and update the wiki to keep up with current technology or application trends. i am still currently playing around with this and use my nexus s for exploring the potential, reliability and vulnarabilities in daily applications such as hotel cards or to trigger automation.

however, if you are plan to use your debit/credit card, loyalty/membership or even ez-pass (for toll/subway/bus) cards on your nexus S, applications such as google wallet, square wallet and isis (to name a few) should suffice. ive used paypal, google wallet and square wallet for both making and receive payment. when properly configured, linked and verified these applications have the potential to substitute the content of your wallet. it is edgy, modern and powerful but with great power comes great responsibility because these fancy-schmancy stuff will create soft spot or weak chain on your security and privacy.

let me know if you too are interested in using your nexus S as a playset. it is such an interesting piece of hardware between nfc, obd and sdr there is always new thing to discover with this old device.


Can't tell if HTC One V is GSM or CDMA I recently won an HTC One V and I want to sell it, but I'm not sure what carriers it supports. I won it from an HTC stand I went to, and all they said was that the phone was unlocked so that it could be used with any carrier. How can I tell if it's CDMA or GSM? I can't remove the cover to see an ESN or HEX number, and I don't see any spot for a SIM slot. On the label of the phone it has an IMEI number, an S/N number and a P/N number. Any ideas?

I see listings on ebay that say GSM and other listing that say GSM/HSPA. How do I tell?

Based from an article on Wikipedia regarding to Electronic Serial Number (ESN),

  ESNs are currently mainly used with CDMA phones (and were previously used by AMPS and TDMA phones), compared to International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers used by all GSM phones.

(Emphasis mine)

So, if there is IMEI, then it's GSM. Otherwise, it's CDMA.

Alternatively, theTuxRacer suggested on the comment

  Remove the back cover on the chin. Under the "Made in China" sticker, there should be a small box which should mention something like HTC One V T320e... They are called as Primou U and Primou C for the GSM and CDMA version respectively!

GSM arena provides full description and features of most phones, you can search it.
OR
Just search for the device specification on google.


Samsung a71 virus detected so uh, i just went onto a website, and I apparently have 4 viruses on my phone, it said "Your sim card has been damaged by a virus!" I dont know if this is fr and I'm only 14, but i know when not to click on something stupid. But I have to ask, is this real? I know how to deal with it if it IS true, but it is weird. It says my sim card is already 48% damaged.

The comments on your question already cleared things for you. It is a scam. If a website or an app suddenly or  ever claims that something is wrong with your device, its accessories, its OS, a web account, your bank account, you can be damn well sure that the other  party is trying to scam you.
10/10 times these scams appear as ads, so using an adblocker for both your web browser and and your device is suggested. I use Ublock Origin addon (on Firefox for Android) which greatly helps in reducing ads nonsense when browsing. To stop nonsense ads on Android apps I use AdAway (you can also use Blockada) adblocker app. Some folks give moral reasons not to use adblockers but I keep security, privacy and web sanity over morality. You are on your own with morality here.
In a browser, 9/10 times these ads are able to load through javascripts, often third-party scripts. Using a solution which blocks at least third-party javascripts is recommended to everyone for browsing the web with sanity. I use NoScript addon (on Firefox for Android).
You also need to know about WAP billing frauds (you click something on some [often] not-so-popular webpage, and guess what XY amount of money is automatically deducted by your carrier. You apparently gets subscribed to some XYZ value-added service!). WAP billing frauds are facilitated by third-party javascripts.
The list can go on but it is best that at this age you spend a couple of hours to learn about privacy and security on the web, Android or whatever OS your mobile and PC are using, on at least a monthly basis. What you would learn would be far better than a quick fix I have suggested.

You can check any unknown apps is installed remove it.
Clear cache of web browser.
You can scan your mobile using antivirus. You can use avg, Avast or panda antivirus. You can use free trail of anti virus.
You can erase your mobile.


How to flash phone, if it stucks in bootloop My phone gets stucked in a bootloop if I start it. The last thing I did was changing the fonts. I replaced droidsans by Segoe ui. Well I already deleted the cm10.zip on the phone and now can't flash it from CWM recovery. What shall i do now?

I read that this procedure here helped others. You should give it a try.

Following the advice from ZnewmaN I am "copy-pasting" the instructions here. The article refers to Galaxy Nexus w/ Android 4.0.2 but you can follow similar steps for other scenarios too.

Download the factory images to your PC.
Unzip the file and its contents into your SDK/Tools folder (wherever your adb.exe and fastboot.exe files are). *Make sure they are not in their own folder, but have all been extracted to Tools.
From within your Tools folder, open a command prompt (SHIFT + right click – “open command prompt here”):
Type the following commands, allowing each to finish before moving onto the next:

`

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-toro-primekk15.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-toro-i515.ek02.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio-cdma radio-cdma-toro-i515.ek05.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w update image-mysid-icl53f.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem lock

Reboot your phone by highlighting “Start” and pressing the lock switch.
It really is as simple as that. Your phone is now back to a 100% stock, unrooted and locked state.


Android tablet very laggy and freezing for 3 minutes (slow internal storage?) I have Pipo M9 Pro with Android 4.2.2

OS is quite laggy and to use Chrome is almost impossible... it is so very slow and sometimes I cannot do anything for 3-5 min because of freezing.

I made some tests with AndroBench and it looks like the internal storate is very slow.

Could this be the main and only problem? Also for the freezes?

Should I just get a fast SD card and link everything to there? With which app? How can I then take the card out and copy something to it?

From the specs about your tablet on       http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/PiPo_M9_Pro
They look good.

You should check how many apps that you have running at one time, too many apps running  can slow down your device. You should check how many apps you have installed, and check that your storage isn't completely full.

I also believe that you do have a slow internal storage on that device.

As far as linking everything to SD , there is a program called Link2sd in Google Play.
In order to use this , you will have to be rooted, as well as have a kernel that supports
mounting an external partition.

If you want to copy something to the card manually from a pc, you would need to find the microsd card slot , take out the micro sd and then plug it into a microsd to sd adapter, or a microsd to usb adapter. Then you will be able to transfer files.

I had the same freezes and all vanished with this kasty firmware. I am so happy like I bought another tablet. Go for it!


I think I have a virus My phone will not download anything from my app store. Everytime I get on my browser I will get a notice that says I have multiple viruses...can I please get help with this issue...and if I have to download an app I can't..

Those things are not viruses rather they are called Pop-up Ads. You'll face this pop-ups on almost all the browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Opera etc. These ads always try to install Malware, Bloatware apps on your phone when clicked.
There are two browsers which blocks ads successfully...
1 - Firefox (with extension AdBlock Plus installed)
2 - UC Mini (with speed-mode enabled)

P.S : Your phone does not have a virus.


Not able to send media file via WhatsApp I recently downloaded the CyanogenMod on my Galaxy S2 but I'm not able to send any music files via WhatsApp does anyone have a solution to this problem ??

The error message is "your music player does not support this option try with Android music player"

The music player that comes with CyanogenMod doesn't support selecting the music file to send.  As you mentioned in the comments, custom ROMs may prevent the use of some features, and in this case, sending music files doesn't work.

You could try another custom ROM or reverting back to the stock ROM to enable this feature.

Download another music player like Google Play Music. It's working fine. It's just a problem of adaptibility. Hope it works for you as well.


How to set signal strength threshold for switching WiFi on and off? When the WiFi signal strength is low, the phone switches to a 4G
network.
When the WiFi signal strength is high, the phone switches to that WiFi
network.

This is normal behavior for any Android device and all too familiar to Android users, or to users of any WiFi enabled device in fact. But the problem I often run into is that the WiFi signal is too low to be usable, and too high to switch to 4G automatically.

WiFi signal strength 0 < x < 0.5 marks (bars), the phone switches to
a 4G network.
WiFi signal strength x > 0.5 marks, the phone switches to that
WiFi network.

These values are not real measurements. They are merely my own perceived points at which the phone switches between the two.

TL;DR:
Is there a way for me to optimize the auto-switching between WiFi and 4G to my own liking? Is it possible to set that threshold point manually? What I would like is to switch over to 4G as soon as the WiFi signal is below the 2 mark point.

What I am often forced to do, in order to get (usable) Internet access, is to enter the Settings menu on the phone and disable WiFi altogether in order to force my "smart" phone to switch over to 4G!

Would it not be better if the user could control the threshold at which the phone switches between WiFi and 4G? I think the default threshold is too conservative. It's set up to conserve 4G bandwidth by free-riding on available WiFi networks for as long as possible and whenever possible (available).

Devices are optimize to make use of WiFi as much as possible, due to associated data costs on 4G networks. But this is a nuisance! My Internet access is almost completely crippled for many of the WiFi networks I have access to, whenever the signal strength is below the 2 mark point. On the other hand, I have over 4 GB unused bandwidth on my carrier network, for which I have a much stronger signal, but I have to disable WiFi first in order to connect to 4G. That's not convenient when you're on the move a lot.

I have recently started using the 4G network almost exclusively. I have stopped using WiFi because I have had enough with enabling and disabling it back and forth, and having to remember to do it when I'm on the move. So I am looking for a more permanent solution to this.

This would be messy for a comment, so consider it a partial answer.

The following task can stop or disconnect a WiFi if the signal level is below your preferred level.

Create a task named "Wifi" and create following actions in it:

Code → Run Shell:

Command → echo "%WIFII" | awk '/Sig: [0-9]/ {print $2}'
Store Output In → %Signal

Alternatively, since awk requires installation of Busybox, for non-rooted devices use the action Variable → Variable Search  to search the integer next to Sig: in the variable %WIFII and save it in %Signal.
Task → If:

%Signal Maths: Less Than INT

Replace INT with the signal value (0-9) at which Wi-Fi should disconnect
Net → WiFi → Off | Net → WiFi Net  → Disconnect

It is up to you how you want to use this Task.

Note: Tasker has a profile option "WiFi near" under "State" where you can select SSID and/or Signal level of WiFi in proximity.

Hint: You may try running that task with a bit more modification under an infinite loop.

No, there simply isn't something like this. Maybe someone has made an app for this, but this function isn't to be found in An


Running am commands in terminal without using su Android: JB 4.2.2

I am trying to launch Android apps from the terminal emulator using the am command. When I tried the phone's terminal emulator application, it gave me an error:-

java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: startActivity asks to run as user -2 but is calling from user 0; this requires android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL
    at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1425)
    at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1379)
    at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.startActivityAsUser(ActivityManagerNative.java:1906)
    at com.android.commands.am.Am.runStart(Am.java:494)
    at com.android.commands.am.Am.run(Am.java:109)
    at com.android.commands.am.Am.main(Am.java:82)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:235)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

If I go into root mode, then the am command works. Any idea how to get am to launch browser without doing an su in the terminal emulator?

You just need to add the --user 0 option to your am command.

I was trying to start service from terminal and i got similar output.
In my case  i just added qoutation marks and that helped.

su -c 'am startservice -n "com.example.app/.YourSe-rvice" -e "extra' "value"'


Trying to root Galaxy SIII Mini (Canadian) SM-G730W8 for additional language support I bought an S3 Mini in Canada, but have noticed that I do not have a language option for Portuguese.  I have done some research, and found that it is likely that the Portuguese language is included on the ROM, but is not accessible with my carriers version of Android.  I can modify some language xml and config files in order to enable access as per this link http://www.pcwired.com/2013/07/how-to-add-international-languages-into-settings-on-android-samsung-galaxy-s4

However, the problem is that I need root access to do this, and there isn't a confirmed root for the Canadian version of the phone as there is with AT&T and Verizon versions of the S3 Mini.

Can anyone give me some advice on how to enable Portuguese language on this phone either through a rooting method that will work, or through another approach?

Am I out of luck until there is a root?  I am disappointed that the carrier would hide this language as an option when it is, as I understand, already baked into the ROM.

use towelroot app to root the sm-730w8 version


Galaxy S4: "Application cannot be installed in the default install location" I had uninstalled some of my apps but now I can't install them again. Play Store gives me "Application cannot be installed in the default install location" error when the download is complete.

I guess it's a common problem but none of the solutions worked!

I don't even have an SD card! How the hell am I going to solve this problem?

Duplicate of Play Store 4.9.13 insufficient storage error and icon issues

But my rep can't comment yet, so I'll repeat my answer:

The correct answer to this problem, and I always see wrong explanations, is that you have a duplicate /data/app-lib folder for the app or apps that are giving you that error.

To fix: Using adb, terminal, or root explorer:

compare /data/app to /data/app-lib

you will see, for example:

/data/app/example-app-1.apk
/data/app-lib/example-app-1
/data/app-lib/example-app-2

OR

/data/app/example-app-2.apk
/data/app-lib/example-app-1
/data/app-lib/example-app-2

So for 1st example remove directory: /data/app-lib/example-app-2

and for 2nd example remove directory: /data/app-lib/example-app-1

Then your app will install just fine!

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO KEEP THE SAME NUMBERS,

IF THE APK IS 1 REMOVE 2... IF THE APK IS 2 REMOVE 1!

Well, It might be that you have a lot of stuff that filled up your storage. Deleting a little might not help. Try deleting some stuff like, videos you made from camera, apps you never used, or other. If your not comfortable with it, then you have to try get an SD card. It can be your only solution.


Any way to find a Wi-Fi connected (unactivated) phone? I'm ALWAYS losing my phone at home, in various obscure places (on a shelf in the basement, under the coffee filters, behind the toilet, etc.,) and I was wondering if there's any way to find it.
The thing is, I have no cell package at all. None. No call, no text, no data. It doesn't even have a number.

I do have Google Voice, and GrooVe IP, but the likelihood that a call will actually ring the phone is.. unreliable, at best. I've given up on it as a method of locating the phone.

So what I need is a way to "ring" the phone over Wi-Fi. I've set up a static local IP, and I set it not to ever disable Wi-Fi during the daytime, but I need some way to contact the phone.

The phone is a Rooted Droid X with Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread. I am fairly tech-competent, and enjoy tinkering with electronics, so if the solution is difficult or complicated, don't knock it immediately.

The phone is lost extremely often while at home, but never while out, so it's perfectly OK if the solution requires a Wi-Fi connection.

P.S., this is not a duplicate of Question 2603, that concerned phones with the ability to recieve Calls/SMS/Data, and as such, all its answers are irrelevant to this question.

There are plenty of apps on Play supporting that already. The first coming to my mind is PAW Server, which allows that and many more things (basically, you can remote-administrate your device via WiFi with this app). Other, similar apps might offer the remote-ring as well. Several anti-theft apps for example.

For your purpose you can use Android Lost.

EDIT: as with many others, with this app you can force the phone to ring at max-volume even when it is in silent mode. HOWEVER...

...the main difference of my recommended app compared with the Device Manager (suggested by other user) is that here you can select the ring duration, and what's more, if the WiFi mechanism fails for some reason (phone sleeping) your command will be queued until wakeup... and you can send as many as you wish (by using google API).

Additionally, even it does not apply to your case, you also have other alternatives as a desperate failover (sms, etc), and location is not only GPS but also network location. This is just a bonus for other users of the community.

Please, if you find my answer better than others, vote up!


New phone: How to transfer game progress? I'm planning to buy a new Android phone and I'd like to be able to transfer the progress I have made at several games to the new device, so I won't have to play all the levels again from scratch.

I currently have an HTC Desire and will buy an HTC Evo 3D.

There's probably no simple/general solution to this.

But I was wondering if anyone did something similar and could provide some advice (e.g. where to look for files that might hold game progress information).

If you are on Android 4.0 or up, you can use the adb backup resp. adb restore command even without rooting your device. The syntax is:

adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|nosystem] [<packages...>]

To do a full backup, this would e.g. mean adb backup –apk –shared –all –f /backup/mybackup.ab (resp. adb restore /backup/mybackup.ab to restore the backup on the new device). But keep in mind this would mean "all-or-nothing" -- you cannot restore single apps this way. So you rather might want to include the package names of the apps to transfer. To find those, e.g. look up the apps on Google Play -- you'll find the package names in the URL (id=<package_name>). Your backup command then would look like:

adb backup –apk –shared –f /backup/mybackup.ab com.foobar.app1 org.foobar.app2 net.foobar.app3

Restore stays the same, as adb restore always restores everything from the backup file (no selection of parts available here).

For a list of available ADB commands, see e.g. here.

You should check out Helium.  I think it works even without root access.


Where does "Voice Recorder" save files to on Samsung S6? I don't seem to find the recorded files on my Samsung S6. What is the file path to the save recording files? Google doesn't tell me the answer.

I can't say with absolute certainty where they are on a Samsung S6, but on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and I doubt that they change their filesystem layout too much from one device to the next.

I can see them from Windows 10 at:

This PC\SM-N900T\Phone\Sounds\Voice 001.m4a
This PC\SM-N900T\Phone\Sounds\Voice 002.m4a
This PC\SM-N900T\Phone\Sounds\Voice 003.m4a
This PC\SM-N900T\Phone\Sounds\Voice . . .

Obviously the mount point will have a different name through other operating systems, but the path from the mount point will be the same.

As viewed from within the phone itself, they're at:

/storage/emulated/0/Sounds/Voice . . .

If Samsung changes things between devices, well, shame on them. Then this won't help you, but it will at least help people with the same layout as the Galaxy 3.

I found it by searching from within ES File Explorer, and checked for similar names through the Windows mount point. So if it's not in the same place, you can at least search for it that way.


Google Play Store download stops to a certain percentage on large programs Hey fellow Android Enthusiasts,

I have encountered a very weird problem which I hope you could help. When I download a large apps from Google Play Store, it always pauses at a certain percentage, for example:

Angry Bird 2 (about 120 MB of download size), the download always stopped at 61%.
Need for Speed No Limits (About 787 MB of download size), the download always stopped at 97%.

When I say stop, basically the Download Manager would suddenly disappear and then the Download bar in Google Play Store would just be “stuck” at that percentage (data traffic speed also dropped from a few M/s to a few k/s before hitting 0). I have tried downloading via mobile data or Wi-Fi and both still result the same.

I thought it was because my phones are running out of storage space, however my internal storage has 24.58 GB free and SD card has 4.55 GB free, either of which is way larger than the installation size of the two games listed above. It is also weird that the downloader stopped at the higher percentage in N4S game than AB2 game since N4S has much larger download size than AB2.

I have tried canceling the download and re-downloading and it stuck at the exactly same percentage. I have also tried cleaning the cache (/Cache/Download and delete everything in there) and even tried deleting the entire Google Play Store app and reinstalling it, and the exactly same thing happenned. I have also switched to different Wi-Fi network and switched between Wi-Fi and Mobile data.

My Google Play Store is the highest version I can find on Apkmirror (version 7.9.52.Q-all[0][PR]156316931) and I have given the permission to Storage and my Location. Phone is Huawei P9 Plus (VIE-AL10) and currently on Build Number B356 (Android 7.0 with Kernel version 4.1.18-gf6402d0).

Could you please help me?

I would suggest getting APK files from your favorite APK website for the apps in question. Also, try updating Google Play from the Google Play store, NOT Apkmirror.
Not to mention the obvious stuff such as force restarting google play services, or restarting your phone.
You could also just give it a while. My phone does something similar where it will get stuck at 100% and will take a while to go to installing. Good Luck!

i too had face this problem with my home WiFi. for resolving this issue you should reset your home WiFi settins or your


Where whats app stored thumbnails of media in android phone? Today I was observing WhatsApp app behavior.

By using camera I took a photo. That photo got stored in camera directory of my cell phone (obviously that is normal behavior). And after that I shared the same photo to one of my contacts using WhatsApp. After sharing, I deleted that photo from camera directory and checked my WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared the photo) it was still in the list of messages.

Then I found over the Google that WhatsApp also stores sent images in internal directory as well. Then I deleted the same photo from WhatsApp internal memory and checked WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared photo), I found that there was not real photo but blurry image of the same photo was there (that is called thumbnail).

I tried to find out from where it was getting that thumbnail? I searched my whole cell phone directory or even WhatsApp media directory as well but could not find the thumbnail. My question is what is the location in cell where WhatsApp stores the thumbnails? I am assuming that WhatsApp keeps thumbnail url and download on demand. Is that right? Any help?

Go to Explorer/ file manager of your mobile, and scroll down to Whatsapp folder. Open it and go to Whatsapp Media.Then activate Show hidden files option ( Usually a 3 dots symbol at top right corner ).So you can see the .sent folder and open it,search for your photo

Check the thumbnails table in the database at /data/data/com.whatsapp/databases/msgstore.db.


How do I run an application on my phone from my PC? I have a phone with a touch-screen malfunction, I want to run applications on it from my computer, connected by USB. Is that possible?

I've tried applications like http://mymobiler.com, but that has failed me (I can see the screen, it's not responsive).

Sadly, I have ADB turned off, so I cannot use applications like the android screencast, or DroidExplorer.

LogMeIn Ignition may work for what you want to do. It really remote controls the pc but to truly run a PC app it would have to be on a PC.


Todo app that syncs with Google Tasks and has notification badges? Coming from an iPhone, one of the things I miss the most is the little red notification badges on my app icons. I don't understand why more Android apps don't have them (not even the phone!?). I digress.
Is there an app available that both syncs with Google Tasks and uses a notification badge to keep track of the number of uncompleted tasks?

Try a different home screen manager.  Launcher Pro does this on my phone for email and texts in the app shortcuts in the launcher bar.  I don't use Google Tasks, so I can't speak to that one particularly.

Try SplenDo - To Do List.  It shows badge with Today's task count + overdue task count like (2+3)


How to turn off split screen mode in Oreo? I hate this feature because:

I don't use it
I often turn this on automatically

Any way this can be disabled? I've searched the net but nothing useful came up.

Thanks

Step 1. Enter the Overview Screen. If you see the "Recents" button, tap on that to enter the Overview screen.

Step 2. Enable Split Screen Mode. Tap or long-press the icon near the top of the individual app's card until a submenu appears.

Step 3. Exit Split Screen Mode.

How to end your split-screen mode session?

While split-screen mode can come in handy, it’s definitely not something you want to use all the time. There are a few ways to get out of split-screen mode.

The first, and probably most simple, way to end split-screen mode is by long-tapping the split-screen app switching icon. This method automatically closes the secondary app at the bottom of your display.

Another way to end your split-screen mode session is simply by dragging the divider line all the way to the top or bottom of your display. This method allows you to select which app you prefer to keep open, as opposed to automatically selecting the app at the top of your screen.

Furthermore, there is this thread which can help you too.


Everything gets saved to the phone instead of SD card I'm using the Samsung Galaxy Gio, and my problem is that all my apps get saved to the phone, using up all the storage. I've got space left on my SD card but it doesn't want to install anything there. I found a function that lets you move apps to SD card but sadly it doesn't work with 99% of the apps installed.

How do I solve this problem?

Background

Android has specific rules regarding the installation of applications and their physical location. It works like and hierarchical structure:

If the app has a specified location by the developer, this takes priority.
If it is not specified in the app, then the default install location is used.

Android has 3 identifiers for app storage location: that may be mentioned on the application manifest android:installLocation:

"internalOnly":

  The application must be installed on the internal device storage only. If this is set, the application will never be installed on the external storage. If the internal storage is full, then the system will not install the application.

"auto":

  The application may be installed on the external storage, but the system will install the application on the internal storage by default. If the internal storage is full, then the system will install it on the external storage.

"preferExternal":

  The application prefers to be installed on the external storage (SD card). There is no guarantee that the system will honor this request. The application might be installed on internal storage if the external media is unavailable or full, or if the application uses the forward-locking mechanism (not supported on external storage).

Old applications may have no choice but to install on the internal storage, as per the Google Documentation:

  The ability for your application to install on the external storage is a feature available only on devices running API Level 8 (Android 2.2) or greater. Existing applications that were built prior to API Level 8 will always install on the internal storage and cannot be moved to the external storage (even on devices with API Level 8).

What can I do?

You can manage the installed applications and set their storage location, all from one place:

Tap "home" to return to your device home screen;
Tap your device "menu" button;
Depending on your device, you either have to:

Tap "Manage apps";
Tap "Settings" > "Applications" > "Manage applications".

Now access the third tab where it reads "USB Storage" or "On SD card" (again, varies with the device);
Here are listed all the applications that are allowed to be moved to your External Storage, tab over one to bring up more options about it;
When the application details panel opens, you have a button "Move to SD card", use it to move that application to your External Storage;
Press "back" to return to the list. If you've moved the app to the external memory, you will notice that a green tick is present on the right side on the list, to let you know that the application file is currently on your External Storage.

This is a safe guide to have your OS managing the applications and moving then from Internal Storage to External Storage without hacks or tricks. You can read all about it on the Google Official Documentation.

You also have to keep in mind that move apps to sdcard will make them slower, and since they still keep data on internal storage, there can be some annoying side effects: for example, if you move Twitter for Android to sdcard, you will have to login again every time.

This link has some good tips about what you should and shouldn't do: http://techgage.com/article/moving_your_non-movable_android_apps_to_an_sd_card/


How can I unlock my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 without factory reset I suddenly cannot access my phone with my normal password. it just keeps saying its incorrect. How can I unlock my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 without factory reset. Very urgent help needed please.

Follow the below steps if you forgot lock screen password.

Enter a wrong lock screen pattern five times (shouldn’t be hard if
you don’t remember the correct one)
Select ‘Forgot Pattern’
Now you should be able to enter a backup PIN or your Google account
login.
Enter either your backup PIN or your Google login.
Your phone should now be unlocked.

You can also follow Device Manager by Android steps

Ensure that you had enabled Android Device Manager as a device administrator under security settings before trying this.

On a computer or other mobile phone, visit:
google.com/android/devicemanager
Sign in using your Google login details that you also used on your
locked phone.
In the ADM interface, select the device you need to unlock (if it
isn’t already selected).
Select ‘Lock’
In the appearing window, enter a temporary password. You don’t have
 to enter a recovery message. Now click ‘Lock’ again.
If it was successful, you should see a confirmation below the box
 with the buttons Ring, Lock and Erase.
On your phone you should now see a password field in which you
 should enter the temporary password. This should unlock your phone.
Now, before you go on with your life, go to your phone’s lock
 screen settings and disable the temporary password.

Disable your lock screen using custom recovery and “Pattern Password Disable”

Download the pattern password disable ZIP file on your computer and
 put it on an SD card.
Insert the SD card into your phone.
Reboot your phone into recovery.
Flash the ZIP file on your SD card.
Reboot.

Your phone should boot up without a locked screen. Should there be a password or gesture lock screen, don’t panic. Just type in a random password or gesture and your phone should unlock

That’s it!

The other two answers are good, this is just another system/recovery way of backing up your data in case you don't have access to a backup PIN or Google Account. But of course, you'll need to have access to fastboot and CWM recovery image of your device for this to work!

Start your phone in fastboot mode by long-pressing DnVolume+Power button.
Connect to a PC using USB cable (ensure ADB drivers are installed) and run this command (replace path with your CWM image path):

fastboot boot /path/to/CWM.img

Once inside CWM recovery you can use adb commands! Mount the /data and /system partitions if they aren't already, and pull whatever data you want. For example, to list all the files and folders in your external sdcard, run:

adb shell ls -al /sdcard/

To copy a file, run:

adb pull /sdcard/foo.bar

This way, you can recover anything you want from the phone/tablet even if you forgot your PIN and don't have access to internet or google account or an OEM alternative method!


Format memory card with NTFS I have a Galaxy SIII and 32GB memory card. I want format the memory card with NTFS just to get rid of 4GB size per file restriction. How can I format the card with NTFS and even if I format it with NTFS will I be able to use it with Galaxy SIII?

You can format the SD as exFAT, removing the 4Gb restriction from old FAT filesystem. You can format it from Windows (or Linux/Mac) without any third party application and the phone will recognize it without problems.

NTFS can be read by linux, whereas exfat cannot be. the only problem is even and android is a linux flavor will it accept ntfs or not at it was a mobile os.


Vibrate only when I'm away Is there an option or app where I can set that my phone only vibrates for notificaciones if I haven't used my phone in the last 5 or 10 minutes, but if not just be silent.
I don't to miss my notifications but when I'm with the phone I don't want that it vibrates meaningless.
I'm running Nougat.

The comment made by @Izzy is correct; you can accomplish it with automation. I am using MacroDroid to demonstrate it.

Assumptions: The screen is off (when the screen is on, you are using the phone).

In the Trigger tab, in the Device Events section, select Notification, then Notification Received. Choose Any Application, on the next screen, click OK.
In the Action tab, in the MacroDroid Specific section, select "Wait Before Next Action", then set it to 5 minutes (or any appropriate time length).
In the Constraints tab, in the Device State section, select Device Locked/Unlocked, then choose Device Locked.
Give the macro a name and save it. It will look like the image below.

When the phone receives a notification from any app when the screen is off, it will wait for the amount of time set then vibrates.

upto my knowledge, there is no app is available in the market.
It can be done by creating one application using Accelerometer sensor functionality, which was an inbuild sensor in many of our mobile phones.


Can't get out of airplane mode: option is greyed out When I go to bed, I usually put my Samsung Galaxy Ace in airplane mode to use it as an alarm clock/music player, while saving battery. I can enter that mode successfully.

However, after I enter that mode, sometimes I can't leave that mode since the option (the second one in the list) is greyed out: I have to reboot. Any ideas?

I'm using Android 2.3.4 and my phone is rooted.

If you either go to airplane mode each night, you might want to try out some automating app like Timeriffic (free) or Tasker (~EUR 5) which could switch on airplane mode at night, and automatically switch it off in the morning. This way you do not get stuck with a grayed-out menu item -- and in case you do and need to get out of it, you may just need to play with some profile in this app.

Another alternative would be using some toggle-switcher (e.g. Elixier or Power Toggles), which provide you with widgets to switch airplane mode and more.

Also, on many Android devices, there's a pre-installed widget available which usually also includes airplane mode -- mostly called something like "Power Widget" or "Energy Widget"; just check the lists of widgets available to be added on your device.

Try getting out of off-line mode while your phone is charging. If that always works the battery might grow old.


How to store reminders from google now offline? I find it very convenient to set reminders using voice "ok google" with Google Now. However, I cannot seem to get it to work when I do not have an internet connection. Is there a way I can set reminders with voice that will also work when offline?

You can do it on the calendar.Press the plus button,the reminders option will come up.
It has slightly less options to it but is still a useful reminder.Good luck x

Go to the time on your phone and then go to alarms and set it up.


No audio out with headphones When I plug a headphone into my Nexus' audio port, the headphones simply don't play any sounds or music. The device seems to detect them, because the built-in sound output stops working. I tried it with another headphone and it didn't work either. There is no error log output.

It really sucks, because I can't hear any music.

How can I solve it?

(Galaxy Nexus with stock Jelly Bean)

I own an OG Droid and a Droid Bionic and both phones eventually had similar audio jack problems.

On one phone I found the issue to be a wad of dust crammed in the jack which I had to fish out with a [enter your choice of small pointy tool].

It could be a result of the internal contact points being pushed back from repeated tension. This would weaken the contact with the audio cable. In your particular case I don't think this is true however.

Other things you can try:

Pull the audio cable in and out several times wiggling it and testing it. (Ideally you'd want to test it with something that plays audio continuously so you don't have to keep hitting play)
Getting a different and potentially better quality audio cable to test with.
You can also try resetting to factory default which may help if the problem is software related. (As long as you have a google account synced with your phone, all your apps will be automatically re-downloaded)
If all else fails, take it back to the phone manufacturer or your phone service provider. They should be able to fix it for a reasonable price.
There is the option of trying to fix it yourself but that isn't recommended if you are uncomfortable working with small/delicate electronics, not to mention voiding your warranty.

I faced a similar issue. Tried increasing, decreasing volume.. removed, put back headphones... nothing worked.. So.. did a restart of Samsung S7 Edge and it started working...


CaptivePortalLogin crashes every time I try to join a network Every time I try to join an unencrypted wifi network that is protected by a web login (e.g. in a hotel), I get a popup message saying "Android System: Sign in to a Wi-Fi network ", I click on this message, and the result is:

CaptivePortalLogin has stopped
Open app again

I have tried also using Firefox or Chrome to find the portal by accessing a random HTTP page or the exact URL that my laptop is directed to to log in.  Firefox returns "Server not found"; Chrome says "You are offline", DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET.  My phone is set to not use mobile networks for data.

Is there any way to fix this or is there a workaround?

System information:

Android 8.1.0 (security patch level 1 June 2018)
Nokia 6.1, model TA-1050
Kernel 4.4.78-perf+ (1/6/2018)

EDIT: I've tried a few apps as a workaround, such as Wifi Web Auth in case CaptivePortalLogin is the problem.  This app errors with "Web page not available", ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED, which seems like an odd complaint for an app designed to establish a connection.  Wifi Quick Login fails as well.

Turn off mobile data
Connect to WiFi
Go to this page: http://google.com/generate_204

Enter Chrome and write http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.0.0. The authentication page should appear.