Mi max not able to boot up after flashing I successfully flashed my Mi Max prime 3/64GB to helium_global_images_V9.1.2.0.NBDMIEI_20171109.0000.00_7 ROM using mi flash in edl mode. Now the problem is the phone doesn't start up. It shows mi logo and android logo down the screen, its loading dots go for a few seconds, it vibrates and button lights gets on, and then it switches off completely.

I also tried going to recovery mode and wiped all data after flash. but it seems nothing works.

my device is not unlocked that's why I flashed it in EDL, and I prefer it to stay this way if possible.

any suggestions?

It turns out the problem is with the battery. the connector that connects the battery to the main board was damaged. so I guess it didn't provide enough output for the main board to boot the operatinng system up.

Sorry for the one who gave you a wrong answer previously
About battery connector seems he have no idea that problem it's happening because you phone bootloader locked if you can unlock it you will just need to wipe data then start it up normal.. i experienced this problem in mi max 1 the 32gb version ... try to search for unlocking your device by ADB method it will work with you


Pattern Lock can't be disabled through settings my girlfriend set up a pattern lock and we're unable to remove the pattern now. The Settings show the disabled Option and the text: "Admin, Guideline or login data prevent this". So I disabled all device admins, deleted all VPNs, removed all Login Data and found out that this helped nothing.
The device is a HUAWEI P8 Lite (no root/no bootloader enabled) running on Marshmallow.
Does anyone have an idea how to resolve this problem?

If you have locked it through third-party app then try this. If there is Advanced Protection enabled on your pattern locking app, then you you need to deactivate the Advance Protection. You can do this by going to Settings >Security >Device Administrator >Uncheck the app. After this disable/force stop/uninstall the app. If you have put pattern on settings too then Goto SafeMode. Google it

  Goto SafeMode [Your device brand] [Your device model]

After going into SafeMode do the above steps and after that restart your phone. Hope it will help.


Remove unneeded 'system apps', and notifications (tool) There does appear to be cumbersome methods: (that you may not know of ..)
(1.) Goto: Settings > Applications Manager
For each application, un-tick 'Show notifications', press 'Ok'.
( repeat 100 times )
(2.) Goto: Settings > Applications Manager > (scroll to right) (select ALL)
For each SYSTEM application (you don't want, eg. Google+):

un-tick 'Show notifications', press 'Ok'
click 'Force Stop', wait .., click 'Ok'
click 'Remove Updates', wait .., click 'Ok'
click 'Disable', wait .., click 'Ok'  (option not visible, until updates removed)

( repeat as needed, for: Chat On, Group Play, Hang Outs (Talk), You Tube, Game Hub, WiFi Direct + WiFi Direct Share )

My real question ..
Is there a tool to automate this? (global disable-notifications, simple un-tick for system 'bloatware')

Why is this not in Google Play (from desktop browser)? More of a philosophical question.
What portion of (unwanted) data traffic is caused by this 'bloatware'?

As WiKi says, such a tool would require root on your phone. For security reasons, only system apps can enable and disable notifications for an app, only system apps can force-stop other apps, and only system apps can disable other apps. You really wouldn't want every app on your phone to be able to turn on notifications for itself and disable the Settings app so you can't turn them off again.

If you want to disable most of your system apps, it sounds like it might be better for you to replace the OS with a custom-rom. The tag wiki for that page will give you some hints to get started. Be warned before you decide: you do need to unlock the bootloader to achieve this, and you should take a backup first as it's an advanced procedure: people do manage to brick their phones this way.

As a quick note: most of the apps you list are Samsung's apps. Samsung are known for shipping particularly bloat-heavy software, so you may find it easier to buy a phone from a different manufacturer next time. Nexus phones in particular run a very minimal Android: that's their main selling point.


S-voice on Samsung Galaxy S4 "No response from server..." I saw similar post about this problem from 5 days ago (8/15/13). That is also when S-voice stopped working on my Samsung Galaxy S4, even though it was working perfectly for the past 3 weeks. My internet connection is working.

I spent 1 1/2 hours with AT&T Tech Support and Samsung Tech Support on 8/17/13 and they could find no problems with my phone settings or internet connection.  However, Samsung tech suggested doing a master reset on my phone. I did not do this yet because I do not believe it is a problem with the phone, especially since I now see another posting for the problem occurring on the same day.

Is this a problem with an AT&T Server or is it Samsung?  How can we get someone to check this out?

UPDATE 8/22/13: I spent another 2 hours on phone 8/20/13 with new Samsung tech.  He was convinced that it was not my phone after he also checked all the postings about this problem online, so he "elevated" the "ticket" to a "system" problem.  Yesterday evening, I found that my S-voice just started working again!

I was having the same issue with S-Voice on my Samsung Galaxy S4 all of a sudden. A Samsung support tech helped me figure it out by telling me to start the phone in Safe Mode to see if S-Voice worked that way.  He said if it did, it was most likely a 3rd party app.  Turns out he was right.  I deleted Music Download Paradise Pro, which was the most recent app I had downloaded and S-Voice has worked since then.


Android Wear smartwatch Samsung Gear Live won't turn on, while charging I have the Android Wear smartwatch Samsung Gear Live and it wont turn on. When I'm trying to turn it on while charging (and it was charging for at least 3 hours) it will show the initial logo, then the booting animations and at one point before completing the screen will turn black. When pressing the button to turn on again it shows the charging battery animation.

Is there anything I can do to hard reset maybe?!

I tried to hold the button for long time or unplugging it from the power supply, but it keeps trying to boot and stops without success.

most of the time they will charge from a laptop usb and not an outlet.Also if you take it apart and disconnect the battery it will fire up 90 percent of the time.


Is there a solution to 'Windows does not recognise this device' trying to connect a Samsung Galaxy S? I have tried loads of ways to connect my phone to my PC (it used to work!).
The PC will not even recognise the phone as a device anymore. I have also tried reinstalling the drivers via Samsung Kies. What is the solution?

Remove the SD card and the SIM card. Restart the phone and only plug it in when its restarted completely. Make sure the phone is set to USB Kies. Check the cables too!

Try to disable USB debugging. When you connect you will then have a button labelled "Connect USB" on the phone. Press it and it will install itself. It worked for me.


i'm totally ignorant and my unrooted tablet is stuck in a boot loop I have an unrooted Smartab ST1009x, which did not have ADB enabled.

After a system update, I think I interrupted an app update [I tried to disable the Google app while it may have been mid-update; I admit I wasn't paying attention.]
It instantly rebooted and has been stuck in a boot loop ever since.

It looks like I could just do a factory reset, but I really want to recover some files from an art app, so I'd like to avoid that.

It seems like applying an update via an SD would repair the damage I did.
Unfortunately I'm completely ignorant when it comes to programming. Everything I find on the internet about doing this presupposes I rooted my machine or I have ADB good to go -- I don't! Heaven help me I'm not even sure what version of Android I'm running.

Does this mean I'm out of luck?
If not? Maybe there's a good walkthrough (for someone unfamiliar with Java and programming, real outsider idiot-friendly stuff) that I didn't find -- can you please send me a link?

I have been through the same situation
 After the factory reset, I faced a similar situation. You can take out the SIMs and memory card and do a factory reset. After the factory reset, latest Android update pre-installed with Google Siri which has speech recognition and face recognition technology and I can assure you, once you get used to it, it can do wonders.
Regards,
Mithun


What's in Chrome's data? I'm running stock 4.1.2 on a Wolfgang AT-AS43D4 (not rooted). According to DiskUsage, I have about 755 MiB app storage in total, of which I have currently around 100 MiB free space left, so I try to keep the internal storage as empty as possible.

I see Chrome taking up 94.4 MiB, (134 MiB after the latest update) of which about 24.3 MiB is data (up to 28 MiB by now).

My question is twofold:

What is in there? What does Chrome keep there that's almost over 25 MB big?

How can I selectively clean that? I can delete the data wholesale, but I don't want to. Is there any other way? I tried various options in Chrome, but couldn't find anything useful.

Edited: a previous version of this question mentioned an insufficient memory error. This had little to do with the question; I was conflating RAM and app storage.

Well, "insufficient memory" sounds like you're having problem with your memory(RAM), not your storage space.
DiskUsage is a very good tool, but it only checks disk space and not your memory(RAM) usage.
I just checked out the specs on your phone, and you have 512mb memory(RAM). That's 1/6 of what i have got on my phone, Samsung Galaxy note 3 with 3000mb memory(RAM).
I know it can be confusing with the terms when reviewers and everyone use memory, sdcard, storage and ram very loosely. I use the same terms people use on computers.
My chrome application is currently using 91mb of storagespace as "data". I believe that chrome is just storing pictures and tempfiles for the open webpages in data, along with your settings, passwords and so on. You can at any time go into the settings on your android menu, choose "applications", find "chrome" and delete data. Your Chome application will then act like you just installed it. You can try to see if this helps. and it might help for some time.
I think the main problem is that you don't have enough memory(RAM) on your device, and running a almost new os(4.1.2).
If you compare your phone with my previous phone, Samsung galaxy S2 as it was released in 2011 and has twice as much memory(1000mb RAM) as your phone. This phone came with Android 2.3. which does not require as much as newer versions.
I looked up on your os, Android 4.1.x, and the minimum requirements are as following:

7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage
"Device implementations MUST have at
least 340MB of memory available to the kernel and userspace. The 340MB
MUST be in addition to any memory dedicated to hardware components
such as radio, video, and so on that is not under the kernel's
control."

Source: http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/source.android.com/no//compatibility/4.1/android-4.1-cdd.pdf
This won't give you much left to other applications.
Well, i think that Chrome also have a share of the blame, as this is no lightweight browser. To solve the problem then I'd first try to set for another browser that is lighter. I would, for example, try "opera browser", which is designed to use as little data traffic as possible and to run on slow phones. The browser also has a feature that allows when you're phone is asking for a webpage, it will fetch the entire page onto Opera's servers and compress images before the webpage is sent to your phone. This means that the images are not displayed in full quality, but since the screen of a cell phone much smaller than on a pc, its just as well. Since the images is compressed, and use less data traffic, it will also use less space on the cellphone's storage-temp-space. Hopefully, this will solve your "insufficient memory" problem.
I hope this helps :)

It turns out that all of the data Chrome stores is actually the Internet Cache. If you look at the Desktop counterpart of Chrome it regularly stores ~100+ MB of Internet Cache.

I have done some experiments:
I have cleared the cache and ran chrome without browsing to any sites: Just started it
It did not grow very big ~5MB or less.

BUT when I did browse to sites got big very fast. I have a Nexus 7 v1 and a ZTE 665c and both replicated the same results.

This is typical of Google Chrome and the Internet cache. What I would recommend to you is getting a better Storage medium if you can. If not then I would recommend to browse in private mode because it keeps the internet cache to a minimum.

Here is some interesting facts on what is deleted. I know that is for the desktop version but most of it applies to the mobile version.
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95582?hl=en

And as Dan Hulme Said it also stores this data:
It also contains:

  Resource files for Chrome itself. These are really part of the app,    but they're downloaded by Chrome itself so the APK doesn't need to
  contain all the resources for all locales, and to make them easier to
  update.
  Local storage for websites that use the HTML5 local storage    feature. For some sites (e.g. Twitter) this can get quite large.
  All    your preferences, just like any other app. This amounts to a few KB.

To wrap it all up the main offender is the internet cache. The websites that you visit also give you extra files as stated above and last but not liest are the settings. The give you only a few KBs but it all adds up!

Have a great day!


Galaxy S2 not recognized by computer When I try to connect my Galaxy S2 device to my computer via USB, I get an error saying that the device has malfunctioned and is unrecognized. It appears as "Unknown device" in device manager.

I'm using Windows 7.

I tried this from my Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus and it worked:

From your mobile, click MENU > SETTINGS > APPLICATIONS > DEVELOPMENT
UNTICK USB debugging, Stay Awake, Allow mock locations
Insert USB cable from mobile to PC/laptop > "Enable USB debugging" > OK
Drag down the the USB icon from the upper left part of the screen
Tap on "Connect USB" > "Connect to USB storage"
Then, automatically, your PC/laptop will now detect new mobile/sd device
From the laptop/PC, select "Open folder to view files"
There, you'll see MEMORY CARD storage and MOBILE storage as "Removable Disk..." (mine is G)
You should now be able to transfer files from PC>mobile and vice versa.

Isn't it so strange that on some computer config it is not a problem??? In many cases a third party software is the badass ( e.g. firewall, antivirus apps.) Always try on another machine before you go back to the shop:-)


With the Android 4.2 camera app, how can I tell if I have a GPS lock? My Galaxy Nexus has just been updated to v4.2 of Jellybean, Google seem to have totally changed the camera app in this update and there's a few functions that I just can't find.

As I'm travelling a lot at the moment, I like to make sure that most of my pictures are geo-tagged so that I can work out where I was and when later! As I'm not in my home country, I have data disabled to save on extortionate roaming charges, so most of the GPS-Assistance functions don't work and GPS locks take longer than normal.

Previous versions of the Android camera app have had a small icon near the top of the screen in the camera app that flashes to indicate that the GPS is searching for a lock, that then turns solid when a good GPS lock is achieved. There doesn't seem to be any similar icon in the built-in camera app in the stock GED version of 4.2.

Is there any way that I can tell if the camera has achieved a GPS lock before I take a picture?

You can press the right soft-key (switch application soft-key). The application switcher in Android 4.2 includes the notification bar, which shows if there´s a GPS fix. You can press the right soft-key again to return to the camera app.

When you open your camera, touch the "setting" widget that shows up by default on the right hand side.  The bottom choice looks like three sliders, that's your settings.  One of the choices is "store location."  That enables and disables geotagging.


SMS message text absurdly large My LG Optimus Fuel (running factory-installed, non-rooted KitKat) is displaying SMS and MMS message text in the Messaging app at a very large size, as seen below.

I have looked through the app's settings and System Settings, to no avail. System text size is set to "Normal", but this problem still occurs, and only in this app.

Any solutions?

I've found the solution. I was easily able to fix it by using pinch gestures on the screen. It works the same as viewing a webpage. Pinch apart to zoom in, pinch together to zoom out.

You could also just use the volume keys to zoom in/out.


Android Tablet Stuck at Boot Screen I am new to this forum. I just wanted to seek your help. I have a tablet which is working fine a few days. But one day when I started the tablet its got stuck at android screen. 10-20 and even 30 minutes it remains there and then goes off. Please help me.
I also want to include that the tablet is a Chinese one and it is NOT Rooted.

Edit: It is a Chinese tablet so there is no brand name written on it. Only thing is that its model no is X5. Hope this helps.

I am not an expert on the subject but if you hold down the power key for ten to maybe thirty seconds you can get them to reboot completely. Mine got stock on a screen when i first got it. it just stock on some arbitrary screen but that I think how I got it to reboot. But I am not sure how long you have to hold down the button but it is some length of time.

Press power key and Volume up key to enter recovery mode
delete user data and restart device.


Google play fails to install application with RPC:S-5:AEC-0 Someone has reported me that he cannot install or upgrade applications on Google Play. It fails with error RPC:S-5:AEC-0

What does that mean? How to fix this?

I found this working answer on Androidcentral: Remove and re-add the main Google account

I have this issue with my tablet and found that saving all my important info and factory resetting the tablet. once I had done this I set up a new g-mail account. so basically starting a fresh. this worked and did not show the error msg any more (RPC:S-5:AEC-O). HOPE THIS HELPS


New Gboard dual language suggestions, how do I disable it? Recently the Google keyboard has activated suggestions for both of my selected languages.  This is a real nuisance since the suggestions are a mess IMO.

How can I disable it and go back to switching languages manually?

How can I get back to manually switching between languages? Is there a
  setting I've missed, or do I have to roll back to an earlier version?

On the the keyboard options you'll find settings for Languages, Preferences, Theme... and in Text correction you'll find the toggle you're looking for: multilingual typing.

Go to Gboard keyboard settings/Text correction and Untick Show suggestions


Is the Websocket protocol supported on Android? I haven't been able to find much information on the state of Websocket implementation. Is it currently supported in the stock Android browser? If not, are there any browsers for Android that do support it?

Neither Gingerbread nor Honeycomb browsers support web sockets. However, Firefox Beta v.7 and Firefox Aurora (which is a nightly of v. 8) both support the current spec of web sockets off the box.

The browser in Honeycomb 3.2 does support WebSockets.


Recurring Notifications Problem I have an HTC One M8 running Android KitKat 4.4.4, HTC Sense version 6.0. I've owned the phone since Dec. 30, 2014.

Not sure how, or why, but about 3 days after purchase, I started to have a problem with notifications, regardless of whether the phone was set to silent, sound, or vibrate. If I don't address a new notification the moment comes in, my phone proceeds to vibrate every 3 minutes until I can get to the notification (I teach all day, so I can't get to my phone). As you can imagine, this is quite frustrating.

I have gone through every setting on every app (installed or purchased) four times to ensure the vibration setting is shut off. I have done a factor reset, and put my backup on the phone. I do not have a purchased app giving me notification reminders. I have contacted HTC for device support, spent 4 hours with them, and they have suggested I send my phone in. Not a fan of that.

This seems really similar to a setting on iPhone which allows you to set when you want to be reminded of missed notifications. I just can't seem to find where to shut it off on this device.

TIA for any help/advice.

go to setting > accessibility > notification reminder.


Warn or Block Internet Access When No VPN? I use a paid VPN service (TorGuard) and when I run it on my computer, I am able to configure the client to completely block Internet access if the VPN is disconnected...

The Android version of my VPN client does not have this option, so my question is, is there another way I can completely block Internet traffic if my VPN is disconnected?

Alternatively, is there a way I can get some sort of warning when the VPN is disconnected?

I'm using a Kogan Agora 6+, running Android 6.0 ("Marshmallow").

If you set up your vpn connection manually in settings. The three dot menu bar has this option in one if its menus.


How to take screenshot in Sony Xperia Neo l without third party app? Since volume-down + power key doesn't work, is it possible to take screenshots on Sony Xperia Neo l? If so, how?

Press and hold Power button and Volume-down button exactly at the same time and hold them there until you take a screenshot.(in ICS)

I tried it now. And its working.

I know this isn't the easiest way but if you are desperate you can do This...But before you do that, try hitting the power button slightly before you press down the volume-down key. If that doesn't work than maybe Sony just overlooked this feature on the update.


How to fix soft bricked Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 after /data reformat I jot got brand new Galaxy Tab A 10.1 tablet (580 model running Android 6). After using Odin 3.12.1 to install TWRP 3.0.2-0 custom recovery I tried to do a full image backup and it failed with "can't mount /data (Invalid argument). So I Googled around and found the "[SOLVED] Cant mount /data" video https://youtu.be/X7yDPszoQ5s that suggested to change data partition type from ext4 to exFat. After that the tablet does not boot and gives some criptic error about data encryption and dropping devices. Nothing, even factory reset helps. I read that Samsung does some encryption but I am not Android expert. Can someone help?

The solution was to choose "Format data" in TWRP.


Jar of Beans "sd card not exist" I installed wine and ran "jar of beans.exe". It successfully loaded. I tried creating the SD Card, by clicking "settings", umpteen times. Still, it says "sd card not exist". Moreover there's a button "Start android default" or "Start android aneesh" depending on the name of the android virtual device. I've clicked it many a time, in vain.

Also, I tried executing it with a command in the terminal, It produces errors saying that the processes "adb.exe" and "emulator-x86.exe" weren't found! The interesting thing is that these executables are very much present in the jar of beans extract!

These are the errors to be precise:

    fixme:ole:CoResumeClassObjects stub
    fixme:win:LockWindowUpdate (0x1009c), partial stub!
    fixme:win:LockWindowUpdate ((nil)), partial stub!

    Z:\home\aneesh>taskkill /f /im adb.exe

    Z:\home\aneesh>taskkill /f /im cmd.exe

    Z:\home\aneesh>taskkill /f /im emulator-x86.exe
    Error: Could not find process "adb.exe".
    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 41 was forcibly terminated.
    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 43 was forcibly terminated.
    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 49 was forcibly terminated.
    Error: Could not find process "emulator-x86.exe".
    CMD Version 1.4

    Z:\home\aneesh>CMD Version 1.4

    Z:\home\aneesh>
    Z:\home\aneesh>taskkill /f /im cmd.exe

    Z:\home\aneesh>taskkill /f /im adb.exe

    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 53 was forcibly terminated.
    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 55 was forcibly terminated.
    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 57 was forcibly terminated.
    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 59 was forcibly terminated.
    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 61 was forcibly terminated.
    Error: Could not find process "adb.exe".
    Error: Could not find process "emulator-x86.exe".
    fixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx (L"C:\\users\\aneesh\\Temp
    \\7D17DC9D.ttf", 0, (nil)): stub
    aneesh@nb14:~$
    Z:\home\aneesh>taskkill /f /im adb.exe

    Z:\home\aneesh>taskkill /f /im cmd.exe

    Z:\home\aneesh>taskkill /f /im emulator-x86.exe
    Error: Could not find process "adb.exe".
    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 71 was forcibly terminated.
    Process "cmd.exe" with PID 13 was forcibly terminated.
    Error: Could not find process "emulator-x86.exe".

Is there something more to be done?

UPDATE: I wrote to the author Manuel Trebbi about 5 hours ago. Hope I get a timely solution from this humongous and helpful fraternity of android enthusiasts.

The processes and executables are different.

Please make sure the entire Jar of Beans process is killed, and then start again. Make sure that you kill all add processes.

Apart from that, you will have to wait for the owner to reply.

Go to where you extracted Jar of Beans and create a folder named sdcard.


Is it possible to Unlock bootloader at phone with MIUI without registration? Is it possible to Unlock bootloader at phone with MIUI without registration at:
https://en.miui.com/unlock/

No, it is not possible. You must register.


How can I bulk install apps with Play Store or App-Brain? I'm trying to restore a new device with apps from my old device, but neither Android Market nor AppBrain seems to automatically bulk install them? When I use the Execute method in AppBrain it seems to only send me to manual install of all apps, which probably would take a long time since I use a number of apps.

Is there some way to make AppBrain bulk install a list in a batch or is it possible to move the apps from my old device to the new one?

This might be a new feature of newer versions of Android (I'm using 4.4), but I can easily mass install apps from the Play Store.

How to mass-install apps with the Play Store:

Open the Play Store
Go to My Apps
Go to All
Keep your finger pressed on an app that has not been installed yet for a second or so.
Now the play store goes into selection mode, you can simply select all the apps you want and press the "Install" button at the top when you
re done.

You can install Titanium Backup in your old device and backup all "user installed" apps + data to SD card.  In your device, put this SD card and install Titanium Backup again and restore "user installed" apps + data.

Though I have not tried this across devices, I had tried this with same device using different ROM. I had backed up from a stable ROM and whenever I install a new ROM I would use the above method to install all my apps with its data.

I had already asked this question and it has been answered referring Titanium Backup.


Can't scan QR code for WhatsApp web due to camera inverted or tilted on Galaxy Y Duos First of all, I already read the other posts about problems reading the QR Code, and my problem is different.

I have a Galaxy Y Duos, so my screen is bigger than 4 inches.
I do get the "Ok, got it" message, and can successfully press it.
I'm using Google Chrome.
My WhatsApp is up to date (re-installed it several times trying to solve the problem)

What is happening is that the display for the camera inside WhatsApp is inverted (or tilted sideways). When I move the phone up and down, the image goes left and right, and vice-versa. It is like that both for taking pictures to send someone, and for scanning the QR code.

So, since the QR code depends on orientation of the image, the app cannot read the inverted image. I tried inverting the PC screen itself to correct the issue, but it seems that there's no screen orientation that gives the proper reading of the code. Plus it's really annoying trying to focus the code, as the image doesn't behave as expected.

The camera works fine outside WhatsApp and other QR readers (I have QR Droid installed) works perfectly.

The problem is also independent of screen auto-rotation, I turned it on and off, and tried to manually rotate the screen, but the camera image stays tilted.

I had the very same issue with my Galaxy Y Duos. Rotating the phone or laptop screen through screen preferences didn't help me. Finally the solution was to use 'Flip This' chrome extension and rotate the QR code by 90 degrees. The WhatsApp logo at the center of the QR code would not change its orientation on the camera (as it is a different image) but the QR code would be rotated and your phone would be able to scan it.

I found the solution for me, I used the app Set Orientation, I used the Portrait mode and I managed to capture correctly the QR Code, the image is not too distorted. Good luck mate


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

When I send SMS from another mobile its not received.

Please help me to get out of this.

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


Can't mount /data, /cache, and /sdcard I have a Xiaomi Redmi 2, (device ID is 2014813) and there is a serious problem going on with it.

This morning I saw a message from the phone, saying that the full encryption was unsuccessful, and all my data is inaccessible now, so I have to do a factory reset. I booted up into recovery, tried to do a factory reset, but it said that it couldn't mount /data, /cache, and even /sdcard.

I tried flashing in fastboot with MiFlash, without any luck, it fails at setting up the partition table. ADB sideload works, but I can't do much with it, because even if I install a ROM with it, I can't boot that ROM up.

I NEVER wanted to do an encryption on this device, I don't know why did it do that.

There are a couple ways to do this:

Using adb

create a folder named external_sd in /sdcard/  with your file manager

Use  this code in commamd prompt (adb) (to make this folder to mount sd card in /sdcard/):

su

    mount -o bind /mnt/emmc /sdcard/external_sd

Alternatively via terminal (need busybox installed and root):

busybox mount --bind /mnt/emmc /mnt/sdcard/external_sd (as su)

Credits

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1724278


Why does Wi-Fi fail to connect to certain public networks? It won't connect to certain free official public networks in shopping malls, caffees or hospitals for example where it supposed to even with signal strength bars being 3-4. That's right gentlemen, almost full signal strength and it just stalls stating it is aquiring IP address but after a few minutes disconnects. I have this network connectivity log if it can help, otherwise guide me to the right direction and I will supply you with required logs.

03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): got scan complete
03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): wpa_supplicant_get_scan_results:return scan results2
03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[AndroidAP],rssi[-83],BSSID=b4:07:f9:4c:b8:c1
03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[bneizion],rssi[-59],BSSID=1c:af:f7:7d:f6:d9
03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[],rssi[-67],BSSID=00:15:70:d1:60:ac
03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[],rssi[-73],BSSID=00:15:70:5f:f8:b4
03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[orange-TSZQ],rssi[-86],BSSID=00:21:04:db:fe:42
03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[zerbrachot],rssi[-73],BSSID=00:16:e3:f0:9f:39
03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): Received 1400 bytes of scan results (6 BSSes)
03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): wpa_driver_wext_get_scan_results---
03-19 13:12:22.381 D/GpsLocationProvider( 1344): GetGpsInterface+
03-19 13:12:22.381 D/GpsLocationProvider( 1344): GetGpsInterface-
03-19 13:12:22.381 D/lib_locapi( 1344): loc_eng_inject_location, accuracy = 209.0
03-19 13:12:22.411 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - mLocationListener: onLocationChanged() location = Location[mProvider=network,mTime=1332155542386,mInfo=244.94112160000003333295.25668425,mAccuracy=209.0
03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - handleMessage() incoming message, what:1
03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - mLocationListener: onLocationChanged() location = Location[mProvider=network,mTime=1332155542386,mInfo=244.94112160000003333295.25668425,mAccuracy=209.0
03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): Util - isSetupWizardCompleted(): true
03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): Util - wifi connected
03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - processLocationBundle() distance to current is less than 1000.0m, bypass update
03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - handleMessage() within range

If your phone is waiting for an IP address, then your WiFi is connected. And the third last row in your log seems to confirm this status:

03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): Util - wifi connected

If you can't get a valid IP address, then:

the network doesn't have a DHCP server
the network has been explicitly instructed not to give IP addresses to everybody (a whitelist)
your WiFi lost a DHCPOFFER packet so it's not able to go on with the negotiation

The interesting part of the third case is that it's not necessary for the signal strength of the network to be excessively low. I suspect that also the implementation of the network components has its role in such cases. For example, I recently had lots of issues setting up a temporary WPA2 network using hostap on my home computer. My Android phone simply refused to get an IP address more than half of the times. Whatching my DHCPserver logs I noticed that the negotiation procedure stopped just because my phone stopped answering packets in the middle of the negotiation for apparently no reason. Well, I didn't investigate further the problem (too much time lost with it) but now I know that there are really many things that can go wrong setting up a WPA network.

Many public WiFi hotspots require a user to log in via a web page. Sometimes, there's a trial offer like for 30 minutes after which one might need to pay for extended use etc.

It's best that you enquire with the tech support / help desk of the mall/airport / organization that provides the access.

UPDATE: Also, in case the hotspots are configured as Ad-Hoc networks, android devices by default don't connect. There are some ways around this though. Depends on your phone and OS and of course, one needs to be rooted.


How do I create a ClockworkMod installation package? I'm a seasoned Linux veteran and recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 from T-Mobile.  I've been feeling the tinkering bug, so I opted to download the source code from Samsung's site and start fiddling.

My problem is that I've already got ClockworkMod installed on my phone, so I don't want to odin flash a new kernel and thereby corrupt ClockworkMod, so I'm looking for details on how to create a proper ClockworkMod install package (generally/always a zip file?) so that I can test the newly compiled kernels.

My searching on google thus far has brought up naught.  The ClockworkMod page seems to be pretty barren of documentation.  Can anyone point me to some documentation on the install package creation process?

The required part of a kernel .zip file looks like this:

META-INF
    com
        google
            android
                update-binary
                updater-script

You'll also want to have the kernel zImage file somewhere else, easiest if you just have it in the root of the archive.

updater-script contains the following at minimum (assumes zImage in the root):

assert(package_extract_file("zImage", "/tmp/zImage");
       write_raw_image("/tmp/zImage", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p8");
       delete("/tmp/zImage")
);

You can also do things like show a progress bar, print messages, wipe /cache, and so on.

You'll want to grab update-binary from another kernel package for the SGS2.  One at random is attached to this XDA post.

I tested this method on my SGS Vibrant without issue, using a kernel from an Odin package and an update-binary from another Vibrant kernel .zip.  Note that this is perfectly safe as long as you're writing to the correct partition -- for the Vibrant it was bml17, for the SGS2 it appears to be mmcblk0p5 (based on the kernel from XDA I linked above) or mmcblk0p8 if you're flashing an entire boot image (see comments below).  You'll want to verify it for sure.  Worst case your kernel doesn't work and you flash a known good one.

I've found you can use fastboot without affecting CWM.

sudo /path/to/fastboot boot boot.img

or

sudo /path/to/fastboot flash:raw boot /path/to/zImage /path/to/ramdisk.img


How can I disable mobile data completely? I have a pre-paid plan and don't want to use my mobile data except for two days in the year. However, since there's the quick option button mobile data, I fear I might press the wrong button when I'm dizzy.

So is it possible to deactivate mobile data completely, such that a press on the "mobile data" quick button won't activate it anymore? Or a little bit more drastic: how can I remove that feature from my phone?

If the solution is device specific, I'm looking for an answer for a Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100, running stock 4.1.2), but I would like a general solution.

Create a dummy APN and select that as default.

With this, even if you enable data accidentally via toggles, it would still not connect.

 PS: Added as an answer as suggested by OP

Arrange your notification icons and move data to where it is inaccessible via quick buttons, then either create a new APN or delete existing APN and choose it as a default.

In my experience with Apple, the best option is deleting existing APNs, except for the MMS APN.


Contacts app not showing all contacts! I sync'd my PC-based Outlook contacts with my Sony Xperia XA, using MyPhoneExplorer.  It tells me 3526 contacts are sync'd, and in checking the phone with ContactsOptimizer, it reports the same number.  When I open the Contacts app, it does not show some of my contacts! I discovered this, because the first one I looked for was my own - not there!

However, when I called my phone from my house phone ... my contact entry came up!  Picture and everything! And when I clicked "View Contact Entry", it showed me the whole thing - perfectly! But I go back into the Contacts app ... not there!

This happens for a relatively small (but significant!) number of contacts that I could see so far - in other words, not just one ... at least 10 I counted.

I tried Settings->Apps->Media Storage->Clear Data and reboot ... clears the picture data, for sure, but not Contacts!

PLEASE somebody help me get sane again!  How can the contact be in the phone, but not show in Contacts?!  I can't find any specific way to rebuild the Contacts app's database - only to CLEAR DATA, which I don't want.

PLEASE ... help me get sane again:-)

From the surface clues, I thought the index was corrupt. Not the issue at all. Being a newbie to the Android, I was unaware of all the myriad features of the beast:-)

A lot more digging found the "problem". Namely, I use lots of category designations in my Outlook contacts. MyPhoneExplorer does a 100% correct job of transporting all these ... BUT, turns out the Android contacts app in its FILTER option treats these in a bizarre way. Namely, if you try ...

Contacts->->Filter->Display contacts->Local

... you see that ALL the existing categories are checked ... BUT, the very bottom one ("All other contacts") is NOT CHECKED. The result is that all contacts WITH categories get displayed, and any without a designated CATEGORY are NOT displayed.

Simple solution (discovered after a week of hell:-)) ... just check the "All other contacts" box, and PRESTO! Now I see everything.

Post-script: whoever designed this "Display contacts" feature has it backwards! The default should be to show ALL contacts, with option to the user to narrow the selection by UNCHECKING various boxes.

Goto Contact ==> Settings ==> Contacts to Display ==> Enable all options ==> Restart your mobile.
These options will be having to display contacts from SIM1, SIM2, gmail and etc. While displaying contact, do not forget to select All.


How can I use external modem for voice calls on Android tablet? My tablet doesn't support calling/messaging function by default and also it doesn't have an app for that by default.

Is it possible? In my case I use Micromax Infinity P275 tablet and Huawei E1732 modem. ICS is my OS. I can connect to the internet with that modem.

Root your phone, and download PPP Widget from Google Play.


Is there anyway to save my contacts and texts on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus with broken screen? Broke my screen, and it's dead. I searched the forums, and I could not find an answer. I don't care about my media files, but my contacts are really important to me. I already ordered the new Nexus 5, but I need those contacts.

I tried Holo Backup, and it doesn't work. Any Ideas?

I'm missing some information:

Is your phone rooted?
Do you have USB debugging enabled?
Are your contacts synced to your Google account?

Since it isn't clear from the question - have you checked that your contacts aren't already backed up to your Google account? If you had your contacts synced - then they should all be backed up to the cloud / your connected Google account.

If that's not the case, and all you need is to be able to see your screen and control your phone (via the app of your choice) - you can try this kind of solution - an an MHL-enabled USB port.

Also, maybe Airdroid, can help as well.

My brother had a Samsung galaxy S-4, and he started having minor issues with it so he brought it into the store. the end result was him walking out with an S-5, and he explained to me a galaxy-specific process that allowed him to put everything into the new phone. his contacts, wallpapers, music and everything else. i assume that he started the process on the older phone, and this might not be helpful to you, but that's all i know and hopefully this is helpful to you somehow. wish i could do more, that's awful.


How do I get my phone to connect the internal SD by USB? I recently rooted and upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S2 to version 4, ICS.

Since doing so, when I connect my device by USB to my Ubuntu computer, only the 12GB internal storage shows up on my desktop and in Banshee.

How do I get my 16GB SD card to also mount on Ubuntu, so that it is available for transferring music files and so on?

Update

According to one answer below, and also in instructions I've now seen elsewhere on the web, I should be able to adjust my USB connection mode by following the following instructions:

  1.Bring up Settings.

  2.Click More… (under Wireless and network).

  3.Then select USB utilities ~ Set USB cable connection mode.

  4.Select Connect storage to PC

However, I am stopped at step 3 because I do not have a "USB Utilities" option under Settings -> More.... What I have looks like this:

I don't know if this is the make-or-break factor that will get my USB connectivity as hoped, but in any case, shouldn't I have the option since everyone else seems to? What can I do to get it?

Details

Here is the storage settings as seen on my phone. As you can see, there are 2 entries of "Internal Storage", one of about 2GB, and one of a little under 12GB.

Then there is an "SD Card", which seems to have about 15 GB, but it is grey and I am unsure if this is really my SD card or not.

Then under "USB Storage", I have the option to mount an SD card, which is problematic, because I already have my card inserted, and seemingly mounted (as described after this image):

If I press the menu key while in the storage settings interface, I get two options:

For "USB computer connection", I have these settings which I don't think I want to change, because MTP does not work with my Galaxy Tab, so I'm not confident it will work with my Galaxy S2. I tried the camera option, but that made it so my phone appeared with a camera icon on my computer, limited the directories, and did not do much to help:

For "Storage configuration", I tried "Use internal Storage" both on and off, but it does not seem to make a difference:

Here is a screen shot from PowerAmp, which seems to think my music is located in a directory called "emmc". The music is accessible from within PowerAmp, but I can not access it when I connect my phone by USB:

PowerAmp tells me I can actually find the emmc directory, where my music seems to be stored, in two locations, /emmc and /mnt/emmc:

When I connect my phone by USB, it looks like this. Note no emmc directory, nor any Music directory, and if you look at the side, there is one 12 GB Filesystem, no entry for my 16GB SD card:

And lastly here is the 12 GB drive's properties:

There's no problem with Ubuntu, problem is most probably in your phone settings or your phone system. It would be very helpful to know from which source did you get your upgrade, was it official update from your phone provider or something found on the net?
According to your picture you have 12GB of internal storage and 16GB SD card inserted in your phone. Numbers you see are the result of conversion of 16.000.000.000 bytes (which is 16GB as memory or HDD manufacturers think) into the gigabytes, each containing 1024*1024*1024 = 1073741824 bytes. If you divide the 16.000.000.000 by 1024*1024*1024 you'll get your 14.9GB or something.
Grayed out "Mount SD card" under USB storage possibly represents the external USB storage you might insert into the USB port of your phone. There's no reason to click on it, unless you have the external USB storage plugged in. And even then, I'm not sure if this is actually supported on SGS2.
Missing from your screen grabs, there supposed to be a "menu" option below the "Storage" page, usually represented as three dots aligned one above the other. If you click on this "menu", you'll most probably be shown "USB computer connection" submenu or something similar. Once you get there, you may change how your phone represents the memory you have to the computer. If you make a screen grab of that screen, I could tell you which option to select.
As a side note, it's not a very good idea to remove/insert SD card without unmounting it first. Please, next time you remove SD card from your phone, power the phone off or issue "Unmount SD card" from the "Storage" screen you've shown in the question.

If you could not find "USB computer connection" submenu on the Storage screen, you may try this approach to make USB mass storage to work on your device:

Open Settings, then click More… (under Wireless and network).
Select USB utilities / Set USB cable connection mode.
Select "Connect storage to PC".
Connect USB cable from phone to PC.
Click "Turn on USB storage".

Also, you might need to turn OFF "USB debug" before trying this.

Easiest way I know, a little late, but if you are stilll wondering. When you plug in your phone to the computer, it comes up under drive H, I believe, and then a secondary drive opens. Also on my windows computer it's under drive J, and that there is your SD card.


my galaxy tab s only showing todays emails in outlook, email received from same account is ok on pc and smartphone Email inbox only showing todays email not those received yesterday or last week etc. Tried settings to increase number of messages etc but no joy. The same account working fine on pc and smartphone problem only on my tablet

I can almost guarantee it's a mapping issue. Your PC is set up to pull emails off of the server they are originally sent to and they are then stored on the computer. (Outlook is configured this way by default, but nowadays will email on our cellphones it really should be changed). This deletes them off the server, so when you go to check your emails on your phone, the old messages are no longer in the server and the android email client is reflecting that. Your iPhone is likely set up to not delete these messages when they are deleted off the server like your android is (I know this is what my iPad always did). Change the email fetching settings your computer from POP3 to IMAP if possible. Make sure they are set to mirror each other and not to delete the original once they are fetched. If you can't use IMAP, this setting should technically still exist in POP3, but I've fought with it in the past.

Once you do this, you should notice tomorrow that the emails are no longer disappearing.

Delete account, and then add it back, fixed my issue with S7 Exchange Active Sync.


Firefox for Android: Download a video file I've got Firefox running on the Nexus 10, and I'm trying to download a video from a URL. When I tap on the video link, it starts trying to play in the browser, instead of downloading the file. How can I download the file?

Long-pressing on the URL does not provide a download or "save" option.

As of December 2012, I don't see any way to get something like "Save link as" option in Firefox for Android. However, in some cases clicking on a video link automatically starts downloading the video, but in most cases it starts playing them. Best you can do is to request Firefox to add this feature. Meanwhile, you can try an alternative browser that has this feature for your video downloads.

Did you try chrome browser. It has the save link option in long press menu.


Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 keeps restarting as mad when charging (until airplane mode) My Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 keeps restarting as mad when I charge it, but when the airplane mode is turned on, it tends to behave.

I suppose it's not a hardware issue, but something more complicated. I suppose the device tries to upgrade software when charging and it fails which causes software (it kept asking me about manual updates, each time I tried to update, it failed). My current MIU version is 6.1.14 beta, I have no idea how outdated it is. That misbehaviour makes it impossible to charge phone, because each restart eats more power than it was charged in the meantime, until airplane mode, which renders phone useless when charging.

Is there anything that can be done to save the phone, or it simply belongs to trash bin?

The phone is relatively new, it was used by about half a year.

Your phone is in beta rom.Try to flash latest global stable rom by edl mode,maybe this may solve the issue.


basic android file system I have a samsung galaxy 8, new to android from iphone 7. Since this system is new to me I wanted to get a rundown on the internal/sd storage files, where system files are stored, how to find apps and where they are stored. Basically I want to manage some files but I don't know the structure on the android system. Example: I want to store some lesser used icon packs to the external storage to free up some space. I don't know where to move them to, and what rules there may be for this.
I also have alot of photo files which I want to store and use from the sd card.
If someone can please direct me to an article that would be really helpful.

You can download Es File Explorer App, click here to download it from Google Play Store. It makes easy to manage your files in Internal/External Storage, using this you can easily move your photos from Internal to External storage.

I hope this will help you.


How does one share Samsung camera "Virtual Shot" (3D spin-around) photos? I recently traveled to Europe and took dozens of beautiful 3D spin-around shots using Samsung built-in camera's "Virtual Shot" mode photos.

These look amazing on my phone, but I want to share them with the world. In the past I've been able to share photos to a javascript-powered website, such as 360 photos via Microsoft's Photosynth.

How can I share these spin-around 3D photos?

Note: if there is no way to do it currently, I am an app developer and web programmer so I'd be happy to build one myself, so let me know if there's any information on the data they are stored in as well

Othr than an MP4 export, you can't. You have to take your photos in Phogy (app, gif, or mp4) or Fyuse (web or gif). Both are lower in pixel quality (slightly) but allow for sharing the interactive experience. The pro version of phogy has higher quality but still lower than 4k.

I hope someone makes a parallax  player that takes raw videos, then all video cameras could share it.

If you click the share button while viewing the shot, you're given the option of sharing as a video file, which converts it to an mp4.


find total incoming and outgoing time I am using HTC WildFire, and what to find how long I have been talking on the phone since purchase?

i.e., I want to find out, my total incoming and outgoing call duration

I found a free app that will track this information for you: Call Meter NG.  I don't know if installing this app right now will give you historical data but it's worth a shot.


How can I disable the low-battery sound in Cyanogenmod? I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 running Cyanogenmod 11 (20140804-SNAPSHOT-M9-i9300). When the battery hits ~15% or 5%, an alert appears with a warning sound. How can I disable this warning sound (without removing the popup alert)?

I've tried removing /system/media/audio/ui/LowBattery.ogg; this did not prevent an alert sound, but the sound did change, perhaps to a fallback. I also tried installing "Suppress Low Battery Sound" (aka "Disable Low Battery Beep" via the web browser), but this had no effect either. I tried installing Sound Manager, and turning the system sound down, but this also had no effect.

As per advice from Narayanan, I replaced /system/media/audio/ui/LowBattery.ogg with another .ogg file. The next time it was triggered, the new file played.

I then tried placing an empty file at /system/media/audio/ui/LowBattery.ogg, but this did not work.

Finally, I downloaded a slient .ogg from here, placing it at /system/media/audio/ui/LowBattery.ogg. This worked perfectly.

Well, I am not going to take credit of this answer, I just googled out the answer of this question.

Head over to the /system/media/audio/ui it will have LowBattery.ogg file rename it to something different like LowBattery.ogg.bak or something else. It will not bother you.

PS: You need to be a rooted user to do that and yes removing the LowBattery.ogg try renaming and let me know about it !


How to change language in Skype I installed Skype on my Samsung Galaxy Tab, and need change default English language.

How to change Skype Tablet interface language from English to other (French, for example)?

Skype for Android uses your tablet's default language. From their support site:

  Skype for Android is currently available in [32 different] languages (based on your phone’s or tablet’s language setting).

What language is your tablet set to? To check (or to change it) go to Settings > Language & input. It does not look possible to change the language used by Skype without changing it for the whole tablet.

Does not exist yet the only way is to decompile the application
Then change each line written in .apk/res/
The folders i found in resources of skype app

anim   drawable       drawable-hdpi-v11  drawable-land       drawable-land-ldpi
drawable-ldpi     drawable-mdpi      drawable-mdpi-v9  drawable-port       drawable-
port-ldpi  drawable-xhdpi      drawable-xhdpi-v9  layout-land  menu      raw
color  drawable-hdpi  drawable-hdpi-v9   drawable-land-hdpi  drawable-land-mdpi  drawable-
ldpi-v9  drawable-mdpi-v11  drawable-nodpi    drawable-port-hdpi  drawable-port-mdpi
drawable-xhdpi-v11  layout             layout-port  menu-v11  xml
or try sending them an email at: skypeuploader@googlemail.com


Cannot download "Office 365" because it is not compatible with Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 I have Office on my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, but I cannot upgrade it to Office 365. I can't download it from Google Play Store because it tells me that

  Your device isn't compatible with this version.

This is a high-end tablet, so I expected it to be compatible.

Is Microsoft still going to support this issue out, or do I, in fact, already have 365 without knowing it?

Based on my memory and this article, there was an old "Microsoft Office" app that was replaced by individual Microsoft Office apps:

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
and more...

However, there are no "Office 365" apps. "Office 365" is a subscription plan that enhances the user experience of individual Office apps with advanced mobile features.

For this particular case:

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 was deemed as "not compatible" by Play Store. The exact reason cannot be known because there are too many possibilities. However, the download is only prevented on the Play Store. You can still find and download the APK file from credible 3rd-party sources (e.g. APK Mirror) and try to install it, and see if it's compatible (working properly).

Regarding the status of your "Office 365", that depends whether you have subscribed to it or not previously. But the migration from the old Microsoft Office app to the newer individual Office apps didn't affect the status of someone's "Office 365" subscription plan.

The type of Office 365 subscription plan you have determines the availability of some mobile apps and what you can do on them. For a plan comparison, see:

| Home plans | Business plans | Education plans | Nonprofit plans |

The information you seek is right here => Office 365 Mobile Setup


Quickly send file from phone to PC via internet? Is there a service/app that provide this functionality? I imagine the inversion of Awesome Drop.

A service like Dropbox should be able to do this for you. It'll sync the files up to the web, and then your PC (with Dropbox installed) should pull them down.

the easiest way is this little software named Sego for me : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nex.sego


Nexus 6P - Fingerprint unlock setup I would like to setup fingerprint unlock on my Nexus 6P. I believe I have it setup correctly, but when I go to unlock the phone by putting my finger on the sensor, it vibrates once then makes me put in my pattern to unlock the phone. Isn't there a way to unlock with just the fingerprint and not have to do the pattern also?

Hope this helps ! Setting up the finger print on nexus devices

You got both finger print and pattern turned on. just shut off pattern


Nexus 7's MTP does not connect in mass storage mode anymore I've had a Nexus 7 for a year now and since the day I've got it, I could easily connect it to my PC and transfer file to/from it in MTP mode. But some weeks ago I tried installing Ubuntu on it and since I failed, I downloaded and reinstalled Android on it. But ever since, it is not recognized as a mass storage on my PC!

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

I've occasionally seen a new (or factory reset) N7 refuse to appear on a PC until you change the storage mode to camera then back to MTP. From memory (I don't have my N7 to hand) go to Settings, Storage, tap the three dot menu and there is an option to change the storage mode there.

Most likely a hardware issue. I recommend you get your device repaired by sending it to Google/Asus.


How can I use (parts of) a managed account without submitting my device to the Device Policy? My kid's school uses Chromebooks with Google Apps. All the kids in school have an account which they can use both in and out of school (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Hangouts, and so on).

I wanted to let my kid log in to that account with his own Android phone (a Wiko Rainbow Jam), but I do not want to allow my kid's school to monitor his phone or erase all his data.
It's not that I'm really afraid they will erase his phone on purpose, but rather more as part of a general action, for instance as part of what they do when a kid leaves school or perhaps even wiping all of their devices at the start of a new school year.

I know it's possible to log in to Gmail through IMAP, but that's just for Gmail. I also found Removing a device from Android Device Manager for a specific account but that seems like a complicated solution, that again just works for Gmail.

I would like him to be able to use all aspects of his school account, without having to subject his phone to the school's device policy.

Is there a way to use his school's Google account on the phone, without allowing the school's device policy to administer his phone?

Alternatively, if I can get the school to do so,

Can the school set an exception to the policy for his device? Or rather, set the device policy so that it only applies to their devices?

This is, of course, not the primary account for his phone, that's something akin to his.name@gmail.com.

He would have to use the web interface via a browser in order to access this account. Adding the account would make it subject to the administrative policy, and this they would be able to monitor and erase his device.

Now, the real question is why would they bother? I can tell you with a fair amount of certainty that no one is sitting there monitoring accounts with their fingers posed over the WIPE button, they don't have time or care and these features are generally never used unless the circumstances are fairly significant, bad enough for a school administrator to be willing to take the heat from a pi$$ed off parent and be able to justify their actions.

These feature are usually employed at the enterprise level, where a person leaves a position, to make sure the company's data is wiped from the device and they do not take it else where, or to be able to locate or clean the device should be it be misplaced/stolen. The ability to "monitor" the phone is somewhat over-rated, as they can't go in and read your text messages or see what calls your making to who, it simply means they can monitor data related to the account that has device administrator access. The problem is these are kind of all in one permissions, for your child to be able to access this account the ENTIRE permission applies.

The answer is although this is a possibility, the concern is likely unfounded. You should be able to allow your child to add his school account to his device with no issue, and when that account is no longer needed the administration rights can be removed and the account with it.

SPOILER: Its off by default

Provided you did not activate the account via the device policy app (just added it as a normal account) You'll be fine. Its the same situation here- the tech team leave notes to remind students to not activate device policy.


How can I wipe cache partition in ASUS Fonepad 7 (K00Z) tablet? I'm running ASUS Fonepad 7 (K00Z, with KitKat updates installed). Here is what I already tried by referring to this and this guide:

I started the phone in fastboot bootloader by pressing the Power + Vol-up button, but it has only these five options:

Reboot.
Reboot fastboot.
SDCARD Download.
Factory Reset.

There is no Recovery mode where I can delete the cache partition.
I also turned on the developer options in settings and then run this command from my linux laptop: adb reboot recovery. But the tablet just starts and quits the recovery screen saying "No command found" or something like that.

Is there any hope of being able to delete the cache partition?

Edit

The issue is still unresolved, but I went a long way towards learning new things in Android testing, thanks to @Izzy. Primarily,

USB Debugging using Android SDK is very helpful. For instance, adb reboot-bootloader will restart the phone/tablet to the bootloader. Of course, the device must be recognized by the computer connected through USB which leads to
UDEV rules should be properly setup (for Linux OS; I'm using I'm using Ubuntu 14.04) or the proper vendor drivers should be installed (for Windows). This Q/A is very helpful in this regard.
fastboot erase cache was supposed to help me, but somehow, my ASUS device isn't being recognized by lsusb while the tablet is on bootloader screen (and thus, logically, neither by fastboot devices). I've raised a ticket about this with ASUS and awaiting a reply from there.

see if this helps :

I installed the temporary custom recovery to root my device, may be you can use that custom recovery to clear the cache.

Search for the methods to root this device.

I will post the link if I can find


Forgot unlock-pattern of android device without registered Google account. Will factory reset work? I want to access a Samsung S6 Edge that I haven't used for a long time,
so I don't care about any data on the device.
I forgot the unlock-pattern and PIN but I never registered any Google-Account on it.

What happens if I do a factory reset? Will there be a prompt for a Google account even if there never was one registered on the phone before? Because I don't want to get stuck on that prompt.

Or will the reset go through without any further security issues?

Or is there even a better way to access the device?

A factory reset will work for this issue. But you may lost your data.

I repeat you may loss because some cyanogen device didnot delete all data in a factory reset(including my device).

So try it.

Factory reset doesn't give a prompt for a Google account if there was none configured before performing it (as in your case), or the one configured was removed. So you can try doing it.


Samsung Galaxy GT-s7562 rooting using (Arch)linux I have a Samsung Galaxy Trend II Duos (GT-S7562) bought from China.(I live in Ireland) Hence, I am not able to access any google services through apps (no access to Play Store, Google based apps).

I guess I have to root my phone and maybe install a custom ROM. However, I see that most of the guides on websites are for windows machines and need Samsung kies/drivers. However, I use Arch-Linux as my only OS for Computer. I can connect my android phone using MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)

Q1) Do I need to install Samsung driver/Kies on my linux machine. If yes, then how?

Q2) Can I install custom ROMs meant for other countries on my phone?

Q3) How should I do all these on Linux? (which does not have odin and other popular tools)

Sincerely,
Android Newbie

Model Number: GT-S7562
Andorid Version: 4.0.4
Baseband version: S7562ZCMH1
Kernel version: 3.0.8-1219573
Build number: IMM761.S7562ZCAMH!

see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49779385#post49779385

You first need to update your Baseband (modem) to the right locale. Then you can install corresponding ROMs.


Difference between bootloader and Download mode in Samsung Galaxy tablets I'm working on Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets, specifically with Tab 3 (SM-T210) and Tab 4 (SM-T230), and being learning a bit about the boot and recovery images and the bootloader. I have not being able to find the answer to this very simple question: Is Download Mode Samsung's Bootloader? If not what is the difference?

Yes and no. The Download Mode is an interface between the Loke component, which resides in the bootloader, and Odin/Heimdall. In fact, if you issue the reboot bootloader from your device's command line, it will boot the Download Mode. (thanks to @death-mask-salesman)


Cannot connect Samsung Galaxy S2 to computer in storage mode via USB I am trying to install an application (developed using Eclipse) onto the computer (I am using Windows XP). When I try to connect the USB cable with the phone, it starts to charge or starts the MTP application, but it does not go into mass storage mode. Here is what I have tried so far:

Turned on USB Debugging and then plugged in the USB cable.
Result: Phone goes into charging mode.
With USB Debugging switched off, USB Utilities -> Connect to Mass Storage button pressed and the USB cable plugged in.
Result: Plugging in the USB cable results in MTP application starting. Switching that off by pressing the home key and then pressing that Connect to Mass Storage button again results in the message: USB is connected. Remove the cable
Tried the *#7284 routine described in thread on this forum. That did not work either. My default settings were USB -> PDA (just the way that thread said it should be).
Checked if the Google USB drivers are all installed. Yes, they are. Other drives also mount from the same USB slot without any problems.
Switched off and then back on the phone.
Used different cables (one from Samsung and the other from Nokia) to see if there could be anything wrong with the cable. The same situation as above. And the Nokia cable is brand new.

After having done all of this and spent a grand total of five hours, I am at my wits' end trying to figure out how I can get the phone to mount as a USB storage device. I have mounted it successfully before.

UPDATE:
I plugged my phone in to a Linux machine and a Windows machine using both cables today. It worked for the both of them!!! So now I know that USB storage mode on my phone works. The problem has to be with my laptop, or to be more specific, with the USB drive on my laptop. My questions now are:

How do I know what USB drive make is present on my computer.
I would like to re-install the USB drivers on my laptop, all the while hoping that it does not screw up my machine.

I highly recommend checking out QTadb. It is a very useful program with a file manager; you can just drag and drop across. If you have an APK on your local machine, you can install it right in the file manager. Plus there is an ADB shell built in, an app list with back up options, and a ton of other stuff.

I would say this is a must-have for an Android developer. It's just extremely useful.

I hope that helps you out.


Messaging apps don't receive messages when on wifi with screen locked I have a galaxy s5 phone running on android 5.0. In home and in office, when I'm connected to wifi network and the screen is locked (sleep), whatsaap doesn't receive any message until I unlock the screen. I don't use so many apps so I can't confirm if this is the case with other applications or not, however, I might have experienced the same problem with email app as well.

Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is set to Always, I don't have any power management application or any particular settings. I checked Whatsapp faq and they suggested checking priority notification, which I don't use. Searching the web suggests clearing cache and data which doesn't solve the problem.

Any workaround?

Edit:

I have observed my phone behavior and noted that other applications (e.g., hangouts) show act the same. Furthermore, I noted another fact that might shed some light: Say I unlock my screen and after several seconds my apps start to notify me about some messages. But time-stamp of these messages aren't for this moment but rather [e.g.] half an hour ago when they were suppose to be delivered.

Edit2:

I have cleared the cache/datafiles, updated the app etc. I would highly applicate if you submit answers that do not suggest these generic (and almost always non functional) workarounds. Thanks.

I think your issue is related to the OS ,as discussed in this forum
Link ,maybe a new update from Samsung might fix this issue.You should contact Samsung service ,some guy exchanged his Samsung S6 over this issue as mentioned in the discussion

Just uninstall whatsapp and re-install again but before doing so you should backup all your files/conversation and it should work fine. Also its better to power-off the phone when you feel that you really don't need it specially during your night sleeping hours or keep on Airplane Mode, it works. Hope this will solve the problem, good luck.


Is there any WEP cracking application available for android? Is there any WEP cracking application available for android?

If not is WEP cracking technically possible with the API's and hardware available on your average android phone?

This is a purely academic question please leave ethical arguments out of it.

The Broadcom bcm4329 chipset in a lot of android phones (Nexus One, Evo, G1) probably many more) supports monitor/promiscuous mode. The driver needs to be modified to allow monitor mode to be enabled.

Here is the source of the current drivers:

monitor mode flag

method to that sets the mode

In the second link, you can see that monitor mode flag is not even in the switch statement so it's just gets ignored when called.

Someone also got tcpdump working on a G1 so it's possible, we jsut need to put in some work to get it functional though.

A few more links about the chipset, drivers, and modifications to them:

http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=281.0
http://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=b43
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

technically no. however you can jailbreak it and install a OS on it and it would look just like a normal OS. just a smaller version. once thats done you can install softwares like aircrack exct. and it would capture the packets and then crack them.. now this does take some time.. anywhere from 15 minutes to a few days all depending on their encryptionsetings. but the average wifi shouldnt take more then 30 minutes.. tops. so yes in theory it is "possible" but it all depends on how much work you want to put into it in order to get it. there is no "app" YET.. im not sure if anyone is converting a software like aircrack from an OS to app compatable.. although im sure someone is somewhere.


How to manually flash your android device? Want to update my android version myself. The phone manufacturer isn't providing any updates. Is there a way to update from Jellybean to kitkat manually?
I'm using Micromax A76 Canvas Fun. Currently on Jellybean 4.2.2

Custom ROMs (the unofficial ROMs made by the community) are usually mostly made for popular phones (there are usually more developers), so obscure OEMs like Micromax usually don't get custom ROM ports. Safest place to look for phone modding and customizing is Xda-Developers, if you find a suspicious site that claims to have ported KitKat (in this case), it's usually too good not to appear on xda, in other words, it's probably fake.

Android ROM needs to be tailored for each specific model, you can't just, for example, go somewhere and download the universal Android update and install it on your phone.  You can always try to port CyanogenMod (the most popular custom ROM) to your device, but the process is rather complex and you'll have to learn a lot of things before you get to do such feat.

In case you find a ROM, you'll need to have your bootloader unlocked, so that you can install custom recovery image that will let you get into recovery mode (similar to BIOS on the PC), from where you can install actual ROM files, after which the flashing process is done.


What can be removed from Android Tablet? I was recently given a roverpad tesla 10.1 tablet :

(https://www.imei.info/phonedatabase/16842-roverpad-tesla-101/)

It is total garbage as a tablet but I would like to use as a controller for a mini robot via an android app (via bluetooth). So in order to get a better experience I would like to remove all the unused features (multi apps ? multi screens ? logging screens).

Right now even after doing a 'one click root' = KingRoot (but it is not a total root, so I can delete apps but cannot change the OS) and deleting all the non system apps from the tablet it is still quite laggy (but battery life is way better).

Would you have some advice on how I can optimize it for one single usage (running an app to control a robot via bluetooth) without routing it (well if someone knows a way to root this poor soul, that would be quite awesome).

Thank you in advance,

Artiom

You can gain root access depending on your Android version using various methods on that device.

Try these first,

FramaRoot Application
TowelRoot Application

Then, only if they failed !
KingRoot 4.9.6 Application

  Kingroot will root %99 of Android device's running below Android 5.0, however it is annoying to remove it, that's why i suggest FramaRoot first.


Can I prevent Google from collecting data by using a custom ROM? Choosing a smartphone based on the operating system on a smartphone comes down to two options: Android or iPhone.
Both collect personal data, track activities and track location.

But with Android there's the option of replacing Android with a custom ROM.
Will replacing stock Android on a phone with a custom ROM and removing all Google apps prevent Google from collecting any data?

Summing up from the comments:

There's more to it then just getting rid of "Google Apps" – though running a device without them certainly already massively reduces that data collection. A complete elimination can only be achieved by running the device in airplane mode (i.e. not permitting any network connections).

Using a custom ROM without flashing GApps will massively reduce the data collection, yes. But then you also should avoid all apps from Playstore (e.g. by using F-Droid solely), and don't browse websites (only few, like mine, have no Google trackers involved). As @beeshyams already wrote, a Firewall (root: AFWall+ / no-root: NetGuard) can help reducing it further. Getting it to absolute zero is probably only possible by going into airplane mode.

Even if you disable Javascript completely in the browser, there are still Web bugs to consider: tiny, invisible images (1x1 pixel) embedded into web pages for tracking purposes. Websites which are completely free of trackers are rare; at least two thirds of all existing websites integrate at least one (if not more) Google Trackers: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager (both to be found even here at SE), Google Ads, Google Fonts, miscellaneous Javascripts (ajax.googleapis.com), Google Maps, Youtube, and so on.

TL;DR: You can massively reduce it, but you can't get fully rid of it without breaking stuff. Using a custom ROM without GApps is a good start, avoiding apps from Playstore helps a lot, using a firewall app (AFWall+ if rooted, NetGuard otherwise) helps further. Selectively enable Javascript for websites in your browser (e.g. using the uBlock Origin addon) massively improves on it.

A custom ROM on Android is usually a modification of the factory edition, a port from a different phone running the same kernel and Android version, or a cross-port to upgrade the version by merging needed firmware files with the new release. Sometimes if the custom ROM builder is intelligent enough, they'll build a complete ROM from the AOSP (Android Open Source Project). However, that usually requires access to kernel source and most manufacturers don't release this unless required by law.
To define a custom rom as a modified stock system with proprietary software removed for copyright compliant releases, then iPhone also has custom ROM's (firmware) because you can jailbreak an iPhone and modify the system to "customize it".
So, you can build your own custom ROM that is specifically designed to remove any Google data collecting software on Android, as Android is an open-sourced project, you can modify it to build your own OS if needed (one with removed Google data collecting software).

However, I assume from your question that "you don't want to be tracked in any manner".
Google has several methods of data collection, for example if you prefer to use Chrome then data analytic software will collect a lot of information about your browsing habits (for improvements to the software) and to be sold to third-party data-miners.
Even if you don't use Chrome and avoid using google.com and any related websites/companies or softwares, you'd still potentially have data collected by other applications and websites that'll sell this information to a global analytics company (usually AXIOM). The company releases information back to Google and Google can still "track" you regardless of your product choice.
For example, Facebook is also a company that provides personally identifiable analytics to AXIOM, that can and most probably are purchased by Google and nearly any other company working on artificial intelligence since it needs data to learn.
Anyway, you can remove a lot of data collecting software, but it's only going to either increase someone's interest in your device usage (Google) or end up causing data to be collected more often.
For example, if you used purchased software, it'll be constantly logging to Google that you haven't purchased it, this is because it's constantly connecting to Google's servers to check for purchases by your account, and reporting that it can't verify the purchase because it's missing the Google Play Services application. In time, this should increase someone's interest (Application Developers - Google - Others).
The question is, why? If you need to stop it from collecting your habits, try using alternative methods, like using DuckDuckGo.com (a search engine that doesn't track you).
Turn off unnecessary data collection in every application that you can
(sometimes the switch to turn off analytics is hidden in weird pages like help and info, etc.)
So to answer your question in one line: No, Google has other means of personalized analytics.


Whatsapp does not show a contact. Tried "everything" I have an Xperia Z1 with Android 4.2.2 and the latest version of Whatsapp.
There is at least one contact whom I am sure has got Whatsapp but is not shown in Whatsapp contacts.

The contact is in my phone's address book, with country code.
"Show all contacts" is selected, no hidden contact, auto sync is on; I manually synced, refreshed, deleted and reinstalled both contacts and app.

Other ideas?

Some options you could try:

Option 1

Tap on  icon and then go to  Menu > Refresh.

Option 2

Tap on  icon and then go to  Menu > Help. There are some instructions their which you can try and tap on Show invisible contacts.

Option 3

Follow this article from WhatsApp to try to troubleshoot: How do I add contacts to WhatsApp?


How do I edit my home address for Google Now/Maps/Latitude? I just upgraded to the Galaxy Nexus. In the new Google Now, the traffic for my home destination is listed incorrectly. I also noticed that the Home address for myself under the People listing is incorrect. If I try to edit my local profile, there is no field for address. Long pressing on the address only allows me to copy it.

How can I update my Home address?

Update May 3rd, 2015:

My previous answer was for a much outdated platform (latitude doesn't even exist anymore as far as I can tell). Here are some steps for current Google Maps.

Open the Maps application.
Navigate to Settings.
There should be an option to Edit home or work address.

Previous answer below for historic purposes...

I finally figured out how to do this and thought I would explain (since it is not very obvious).

Open up Google Maps or Latitude
Click on yourself (the tag that shows your name, last update time, and city)
You should be able to click a Location history option
With the history open, click the settings button in the lower right corner
There are options to change your home and work addresses!

Hope this helps someone in the future.

What about going to http://contacts.google.com, log in, and then edit the information about yourself ? In particular, you can edit your postal address and indicate it as your home address.


Can not uninstall facebook I have a brand new Qmobile 400 dual sim tab with jelly bean android 4.2.2 version.
Downloaded facebook from play store but now unable to uninstall it. The message say" delete all the updates on this device" but not the app itself. How do I uninstall it???

You can install Link2SD, an app that allows you to uninstall any and all applications, system included.


very slow performance of Galaxy Grand 4.2.2 After the new update of 4.2.2 on Feb 6,2014 my phone performs very very slow.. cant even run a single application.. cant even pick up the call as the screen remains blank...
Smart phone has become absolute dumb and for no use...

I was facing the same issue after the 4.2.2 Feb 6, 2014 update. Did a factory reset and I'm able to run applications now. The dialing and answering the call problem is resolved, but on the whole, the mobile still lags.

Gallery data may not be the main matter.
The Cache and RAM have to be cleared. Just see that RAM is at least 40% free. Uninstall / clear unwanted apps.


Android 6.0 FTP server with external SD card write support? I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 phone with Android 6.0.1.

After upgrading to 6.0.1 (from 5.0), none of the FTP servers I've tried can write to external SD card. The only one that sort of works is FTPDroid, but it requires root to do that and doesn't work anymore since I reset my phone (and it's an outdated piece of software).

Does anyone know of a server that can do that?

Thanks

Go to settings and select your external SD card as home directory of FTP server.


Google Contact Sync Problem I bought Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (now with Kit Kat) about a year ago and used my Google account to sync contact, calendar, G-Mail, etc. Everything is working fine since I noticed contacts sync problem two weeks ago. Every time I make sync, Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly. message appears. I only have around 260 contacts. I researched and tried some solutions. But sync problem still exists. Some websites suggest to clear data of Contact Storage and I did. Nothing become except all my contacts were gone from my phone. Sync still doesn't work. I hate to do Factory Reset for such problem. I have searched many questions like mine at here but I can't find any solutions. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Go to http://google.com/contacts from PC then log in and check your contact from there


How to install python on my Android GT-P7510? My Samsung tablet 10.1 GT-P7510 is running Android 4.0.4.

I have root access to the device.

What is the best way to install python on my device.

I have tried QPython - Python for Android however the pip console does not show any text as I type into it.

Thank you for your time in advance.

You can try SL4A.
Which can help you to run python on Android. https://github.com/kuri65536/sl4a/releases/download/6.1.1/sl4a-r6.1.1-arm-debug.apk

I installed the hackers keyboard and and now I can type into the pip console which is visible.

Silly me.


Second partition can't be mounted (link2sd) I'm trying to partition my external SD card (32GB SDHC), so I can link application to the second partition with link2sd. Now the problem is that, no matter what filesystem I use, link2sd can't create the mount script/fails to mount. I tried FAT32, FAT16, ext2, ext3 and ext4. Same result everytime, I tried formatting it with MiniTool Partition Wizard and ClockworkMod Recovery. I made the first Partition a FAT32 primary and the second partition an put in filesystem here primary partition. I also tried diffrent sizes between 256MB and 4GB.

I'm on Cyanogenmod 10 running on an Samsung Galaxy Ace (I-5380).

Edit: It seems like the question is quite popular. If you have the same issue, try the things that I said I tried above. In most cases this resolves the issue, my accepted answer is for a silly not so common cause for this issue.

Ok the problem was simple and stupid. SuperSU had denied link2sd its root access permanently, I must have clicked on denied once...
Enabled root access for link2sd and everything was working fine.

Go into ClockworkMod recovery → Advanced → Mount and storage and mount SD ext. Done.


ICS upgrade - Contacts freezing on Galaxy S2 This morning I upgraded my Galaxy S2 from Android v2 to ICS, using Settings/About/Software Update.  Since doing so, I am encountering a problems with my Contacts, which crashes practically every time I open it.  Major downer, not to be able to look up my contacts, as I'm sure you can imagine.

(I also have a problem with Hebrew fonts, which no longer display correctly - but I've opened a separate question here to deal with that.)

I have tried doing a factory reset, as suggested in one of the answers, which I originally accepted, because it seemed Contacts were working OK right after the reset - but later, after the rest of my apps were automatically downloaded and reinstalled, the same problem started happening again.

Are there any apps that are known to conflict with Contacts in ICS?  Everything worked fine when I was on Android 2.  Any other ideas how to fix this?

I would try to backup as much as possible and then factory reset the phone. This gives you a fresh start, so that alone might resolve your problems, or if they still occur after the factory reset you know they're not caused by any data or applications that didn't survive the upgrade to well.

Go into messages (SMS).

Then enter settings (inside the messages SMS app).

Then scroll down to input mode. Change it to Automatic.

This should solve your problem.


Play Store won't download or update apps I am using Samsung Galaxy Duos GT-I8262. Yesterday I encounter this strange problem. Whenever I download or update an app from Play Store, it only shows downloading bar and the app won't download in a century. Things which I have already done:

Clearing cache/data Play Store and Play Services
Deleting Google account
Enabled download manager
Rooted phone and edited hosts file by inserting # in the start of 2nd line
Reset the phone twice
Checked phone date and time

In short, I employed every possible solution but still no luck. Any other solutions?

You can try clearing Proxy Settings on your device

you can get more help on this topic at inforaid


Is it possible to install Android apps on mobile running Cyanogen OS? I have a doubt on Cyanogen OS.

Can I install Android apps (e.g. from Play Store) on mobile (e.g. Lenovo Zuk Z1) running Cyanogen OS?

Cyanogen OS (not to be confused with open source CyanogenMod; is built on Android) comes with Google Mobile Services (GMS) and for GMS to be shipped in a specific device the device must follow Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) as well as pass the compatibility test. Any device which follows the said document and passes the test can be claimed as Android compatible. To know what having an Android compatible device means, refer to the document Compatibility Program Overview.

So yes, you can install (non-device specific) apps from Google Play Store on your Cyanogen OS.

Yes, its absolutely possible:

CyanogenOS is a custom version of the Android operating system. It's here to offer a 'better' version than Google can provide, with more features and more control for the hardcore user. You will be having greater access to resources on mobile hardware as compared to normal android users.

For more info visit their official Website .


Constant decrease in android's internal storage free space I am having a hard time with my phone. My device, which is a simple LG Magna has had a constant decrease in FREE space. That means that something is constantly taking up more and more place in my internal memory. Of course, I did try to clear cache, clear all the useless videos, useless apps, I removed the Facebook app because I know it uses a lot of space, but the used space in the internal memory keeps on increasing. My 8Gb internal memory is already used up by 7.97Gb. And I deleted so much already on my phone.. Okay! I thought about the possibility of having a virus in my android.

So, I did factory reset my SD card and Internal memory. This means, starting every from back to square one. I managed to not download anything from the internet, use only the useful apps from the store like Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, my usual music player which is BlackPlayer(Great app btw, try it, it's simply the best). Now, 2 weeks after the factory reset, I am surprised and also very annoyed to see that the device's internal memory is increasing again. Today, it is back to 7.97Gb.

I have only photos and merely some music on my phone.

Basically, I have absolutely NO free space on my phone and I can't never delete enough to free space.
Can someone please help me resolve this problem? I would be forever grateful!
Thanks in advance.

Seeing the reference to WhatsApp... I installed All-in-One Toolbox today for another problem (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.toolbox.full&hl=en). I happened to notice it has a cleaner just for WhatsApp.

Do you have a lot of pictures?
In my case i had such issues because the thumbnails are created on internal memory.
So i had thumbnails-files (.thumbdata3-[10 digits]) which took some GB of internal space - even though the pictures were on the sd-card.


Does Wunderlist store data in the server in encrypted form? How secure and private is Wunderlist? For example does it only transfer data in encrypted form but stores it unencrypted? I would like to be able to store passwords relating to work on my phone but am not sure this is safe enough.

Wunderlist is safe for all kind of data storage.

Data is encrypted in transit by 256-bit SSL encryption.
Passwords are encrypted through the same protocol in transit and at rest.
Data put into Wunderlist is stored specifically on 6 Wunderkinder servers, operated by Amazon Web Services in Ireland.
As such, 6 Wunderkinder abides by EU and German data/privacy protection requirements, traditionally stricter than US requirements.
Those maintaining the servers operated by Amazon Web Services are trained and screened to the utmost standard. Their site on compliance: http://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
Lastly, 6Wunderkinder’s practices passed through a 3rd party audit, performed by Stratum Security in 2013.
If you have any more questions, especially regarding industry-specific compliance, please reach out to use via business@wunderlist.com


Factory reset doesn't delete everything I tried to perform a factory reset on my phone to give it to a friend of mine. However, I realised that when I installed Whatsapp, I can still have my chats, my photos and songs aren't deleted as well. What is wrong with this?

It looks like your /sdcard partion is not getting wiped. You need to specify more information but I'm assuming you're using a Custom Rom or at least, a Custom recovery. A stock recovery will as far as I know wipe /sdcard too. Only a Custom ROM by default wouldn't do so. So there's nothing unordinary here. Boot into recovery (I can't tell how since you didn't mention your phone's model) and you can use the options there to wipe any partion you want.

Maybe because there's cloud backup?
See, what will happen if after a factory-reset, a whatsapp messenger with different account is installed? What will happen to our conversations? (assuming there's no cloud backup)


Use Tasker with "OK Google" on Nexus 5 OK guys, I have searched and searched but cannot find an answer to this question.

I want to link the "OK Google" phrase that starts a Google Now search on the Nexus 5 to Tasker, or more specifically the AutoVoice plugin for Tasker.

I can attach the swipe up from the bottom to use AutoVoice rather than Google Now , but I cannot figure out how to make the phrase "OK Google" use AutoVoice.

I read that on the Moto X you can use Tasker to watch for the "Touchless Control" App to become active, and then kill it and start AutoVoice. But the Nexus 5 doesn't have the Touchless Control App, In fact I don't know what process or App is actually listening for the "OK Google" phrase on the Nexus 5.

Can anyone shed any light on how I might make this work.

Thanks in advance

Here is a video tutorial on how to get it setup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Woh20ullI

Explanation of Video

This requires the Xposed Framework and the Google Now API for it. You will need to be rooted to install the Xposed Framework.

First you need to do this:

Open Google Now API
Click plugin (example AutoVoice)
Check "Enable" for Google Now integration

In Tasker you will need to setup something similar to task for task:

Create a new Action
Create If (for action category)
For condition select (or type if you cant find) avsource
Make sure condition is set to matches
type in googlenow for what the condition matches
Create whatever action you want for the If (need to be familiar with Tasker)
Create End If

moto x has 2 chips a bit like the M7 chip in iphone 5S which also uses the A7 as its main processor.  The nexus 5 has 1 chip which is why it cant replicate all the goodies of the moto X, although its a much more powerful phone.

This chip uses very little power and has dedicated tasks like geo positioning.  So when you pick up the moto X it knows it is moving, because the 2nd chip is always on, and shows the messages etc.  If the nexus 5 chip was always "listening" for movement, the battery would die in a few hours. So the 2nd chip basically runs on very little power and thus can run constantly.

So the voice commands in moto x will work all the time and you dont need to be in the screen launcher for ok google to work, which cant happen on the N5 without the aforementioned killing of the battery.  So thus there is no touchless control on the N5.

Not sure if that answers your question exactly, but in part - you wont be able to do the Moto X trick on your N5


Which A2SD should I use with AOKP VJ 4.2.2 Jelly Bean v2.1 on HTC Desire I have a rooted HTC Desire with the AOKP VJ 4.2.2 Jelly Bean v2.1 ROM from here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1863780

I have successfully installed the ROM but am confused as to what solution to use for Apps2SD/A2SD.  I'm a real beginner on that stuff!

I have tried 40ad2sdx-a2 installed as in recovery from a zip file, and also installed through adb push, but the phone won't boot.  Have formatted the SD card with 2 primary partitions (FAT32 14gb and then EXT4 2gb).

Basically, I just want a Jelly Bean ROM with plenty of space for apps..!  Can anyone give me a recommendation of an A2SD method that works and step-by-step instructions how to install?

Create an ext4 partition with 1Gb space (for example). Then, the first time you enter the ROM, type in terminal emulator:

su
a2sd xdata
y
y

Now, you have 1Gb internal memory.

I have cm10 4.1.2 on my desire

to get more space I partitioned the sd card (using rom manager I think)

After struggling for some time to get a2sd working with no luck I downloaded mount2sd from google play - this app was great it just seemed to sort everything out with virtually no input from me.

I dont understand it but I assume its a script that analyses the phones memory and then sends commands to a2sd to make it work best with the card - great for someone like me who likes things simple.

Might be worth a try

Martin