Can anyone confirm updates to an application are what causes the notifications to turn back on? I have turned off all notifications in Android 5.1.1 (although from my research, it doesn't appear to be limited to that OS- 4.3 and up at least). It appears every time I update the app, it resets the notifications to "on." Which is only mostly annoying at 1am. :/ I can confirm it isn't a reboot, and mine is not related to crashes of the apps themselves. I have run some brief tests to confirm it's the update, but don't have enough data to confidently say it's the update. Anyone? Related: Does anyone know if Marshmallow's (6.x) "specific app permissions" alleviate this problem? Thanking you all in advance!

This depends on whether or not the application is replaced, or simply updated. If you do it through the Play Store, it will likely reset the notification settings. If you were to install it through other means (such as adb install) then it depends on whether or not the original application was 'updated' or re-installed


Can't seem to be able to change a whatsapp contact name I'm having trouble editing a whatsapp contacts' name. I feel like I've tried EVERYTHING you can possibly try by googling; deleting the contact, playing around with whatsapp permissions, etc.
Also: if I'm on the contact page in whatsapp, clicking the dropdown-menu "edit" or "view in addressbook" simply doesn't work, so I think this is some kind of sync problem. I have this contact saved in my contacts list with the desired name, whatsapp just doesn't want to use that name apparently. I can even see the whatsapp "voice call", etc. options from the contacts screen in my contacts app.
In my contacts app (Nexus 5X, btw), when I select "All Contacts", there's only one version of this specific contact, under the correct name, so I don't think there's a duplicate with the wrong name, unless whatsapp has somehow hidden this duplicate.
Any insight is very appreciated, this is extremely infuriating!
Thanks!!!

(How it seems to me: Whatsapp has some kind of hidden contact list somewhere that I can't view/edit, from which it keeps syncing the wrong contact name)

In Whatsapp, press the green icon (message) at bottom to go to "Select Contact" page.
Press the "3 dots" on top right side. Dropdown will show 4 options. Press "Refresh".
Done.

I have gone through this phase... and YES ITs very very annoying. But I have found one solution (the only one to my knowledge) Bit lengthy but effective for sure.

uninstall whatsapp
refresh contacts list of android phonebook's (irrespective what make of mobile you are using)
Be alert that you have uninstalled whatsapp, as it is the only way you can edit whatsapp names in your phone book
after editing whole lot of your phonelist, install whatsapp again (confirm on the step to restore chat history, which is stored in your phone memory by default. You will get your entire whatsapp history back in minutes with edited names.

p.s. restoring messages will work only at the entry level of installing whatsapp back. Once you skip that step , you wont be availed with chat history restore option. You may have to uninstall & install it all again to have that option, work.

Hope this guides you.


Lollipop Contact Count I have a Nexus 6 with Lollipop 5.0. I am wondering how many contacts I have on my phone. Of course I could go through and count each one but is there a way to put the contact count at the bottom sort of like the iPhone contact count. How

How can I enable this?

Thanks.

In the Contacts app, press the Menu button and select Memory status.
Then you get a screen displaying you the total number of contacts used for every single account/storage.
This only works for custom ROMs, though (don't know why).

Just scroll down to the bottom of the Contact list -- you'll find the total # of contacts


Sony Xperia L won't turn on but it works well when I removed the SD card Help! My phone was recently repaired for water damage. It works fine but when I put my SD card in, it won't turn on (on the pick-up day). I went back to the shop and told them; they tried to put in their own SD card and it worked and they said that I needed to format my SD card. I formatted the SD card and still my phone won't turn on. The SD card works with other devices,e.g. Samsung Galaxy fit s5670, samsung slide phone, laptop. So, it's just my phone that doesn't work. Any idea why?

Try this formatter https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/

The standard formatter integrated in windows isn't that great. Give it a shot. You can also try to set your phone back to factory settings after you did the format.


How can I disable the softkey backlight? I've been using Voodoo Display Filter to dim my screen further than the normal minimum at night, and it works great.  I want to do the same thing with the backlight for my touch buttons since it's incredibly bright.

I wrote a small script to try to do this:

cd /sys/devices/virtual/misc/melfas_touchkey/
while [1]; do
    echo 2 > brightness
    usleep 50000
done

This almost does the trick, but it seems to prevent some touches of the buttons from registering (presumably due to all the events being processed) and the light flickers when I touch one of the softkeys.  Is there any solution that avoids these issues?

Total Screen Control doesn't really work and I'd rather have a free solution anyways, since I'm pretty close already.  I believe CyanogenMod lets you control this as well but I want to stay on my current ROM (Bionix NextGen v1).

You can try Screen filter app in google play.


How can I close Skype so that it stops running? I installed Skype on my wife's phone (HTC Desire), played a bit with it and then exited using the back button as suggested in other question. I can still see her account saying she is logged-in though. How can I exit Skype so that it really stops running?

In the Skype app, press Menu -> Sign out, or use the Sign-out button on the top-right corner of the app's home screen, then confirm.

Try signing out first. And than back button.


I have an HTC desire C and want to turn off Google voice typing The keyboard is so small that I keep hitting the voice typing microphone icon but I don't want to use that feature ever. It's too slow and lags.

So, I want to turn it off completely. Under settings>language & keyboard> keyboard & input methods, there is no option to turn it off.

This thread: How to turn on/off voice typing is similar but addresses another model that does appear to have an on/off feature or box to check to enable or disable. HTC Desire C does not seem to.

So how can I turn it off or disable it?

Disable both Google Voice Typing (in the keyboard menu) as well as Voice Input key (under Languages).


How can I view/transfer non-image files from my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini to my computer? I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini running Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), and a computer running Ubuntu 12.04.

When I plug the phone into the computer using the USB cable that came with the phone, the phone gives a notification that says "connected as an installer", and it shows up on my computer as a folder containing some unidentifiable files.  When I click the phone notification I can change it to connect as either "Media device (MTP)" or "Camera (PTP)".

When I connect with MTP, the phone shows up on my computer as a folder containing all the same folders that it actually contains (as viewed from ES File Browser on the phone), but from the computer those folders all appear empty.

When I connect with PTP, the phone again shows up on my computer as a folder containing all the correct folders, and this time most of the folders' contents are shown as well.  However, only image files seem to be shown (for example, I see .gif, .jpg, and .png files, but not .ogg or .mp4 files).

So, two questions:

Is it possible to make the other files show up, or not?
If not, is there any app that makes it possible?

First, when you say unidentifiable files what are you referring to? Second, PTP is only gonna display video based files(exactly the types you listed although .ogg is usually used for ring tones and such). Keep in mind that even though Android is a GNU based operating system, it may sometimes require a few tweeks in the terminal along with ADB to get it functioning properly with your device, hence the computer folders appearing empty.

You Could try samsung Kies. However it's a horrible piece of software (IMO).
Download Link: Kies

And if that doesn't work try reinstalling your device drivers (which Kies does for you)


Realtime Transfer (Stream) the Audio to "another mobile" device "directly" without any in-between components? How to do if I want to play some (any) sounds on one device, and then want another device to hear the same thing at the same time?

And what i also mean is to be able to connect "directly" (via BlueTooth or WiFi) by not using any in-between Server or any such components. Or, should i say point-to-point? P2P? (Lets say without Internet)

There are many apps in the market which you may use to achieve this;

StreamFurious
ServeStream

Both app require you to posses access to a ShoutCast server. (which is a server technology to host what you broadcast. learn more). Services like listen2myradio provides such services for free. This will allow anyone in the world to listen what you play, realtime!

You may also use bluetooth (with apps like Bluetooth Music Player) or wifi (with apps like WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker or WiFi Speaker) if you want to stay at a limited area.


Setting any e-mail accout in Android Can we set Any e-mail address as the main or primary account in Android device like Yahoo! e-mail account?

And with this Email Account, can we get all access to the Google play store?


Is there any way to install apps incompatible with Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) After looking around on the Google Play Store, I've found a lot of apps that 'I like the look of'. But by tapping on them, quite a lot of the time it says "This app is incompatible with your Android version." Is there any way around that?

P.S:I don't have any other Android devices and no, I haven't edited any of the files.

The Android Market pulls the OS version directly from the system.  As far as I'm aware there's no way to fake this other than building a custom ROM that fakes it, or possibly some sort of code injection.

As ce4's comment says, you'll need to obtain the app from a different device running a supported OS or through some other means (a different app store for example).

Yes there is a way first download apk editor pro from ihackdit.com then open it select any apk file that u want to run then click on it then tap on the option full edit then slide to third page and then select option below application line the type min version14and Max14 then click save above and then install the app and enjoy


how to close an application in android Possible Duplicate:
  What is the right way to close apps in Android?

Is there any proper way as suggested by google or android official documentation to close an application in android with out using any task killer tools ....

I ask this question as a android use not as developer.....

Android keeps closed applications on memory as long as possible so that when you return to the application it will still be on memory and will load faster than loading from the internal memory or SD card; but if another applications needs memory, unused applications and background applications will be automatically force killed to give way to the foreground activity.

In short, Android is not Windows, don't treat them the same.

You should only force close misbehaving applications, not for freeing memory; without a dedicated task killer, you can do this from Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > *name of application* > Force Stop

in your application home/first/main page, press your back key/soft-key/icon.

this is the only common way for closing applications not suspending it.


How do I stop the home button from waking my Samsung Galaxy S5? I've only had my Samsung Galaxy S5 for about a week now.  I've been mowing the lawn whilst listening to music.  Every so often, the music would stutter or skip to the next track.  When I took my phone out of my pocket, it was still locked, but awake.  And on the lock screen whilst playing music are controls to pause and skip tracks.  So I'm guessing that the home button is being pressed by my leg and the controls on the screen are being pressed.

Is there some way of making it so that the home button does not wake the device, or at least not when it's in my pocket?!

If you rooted your S5 it is pretty simple (and you don't have to install third party apps):
1) use a file manager and go into root -> system -> usr -> keylayout and find the file  gpio-keys.kl ;
2) Open it with a text editor and find the lines with "WAKE" written in them;
3) Go to the one with "HOME" written in it and just delete this word and all the spaces between the number on the left and "WAKE" on the right;
4) Save the file and you're done;

If you can't do this 30seconds thing because your S5 is not rooted then I'd suggest you to root your phone: a new world opens right in front of you ;)

Get a s view case. Not only does it have room cut out for the button, the magnets stop the phone also to unlock..


com.qualcomm.embms keeps popping up every few minutes In Lenovo Phab, a message : "Unfortunately, com.qualcomm.embms has stopped." keeps popping up exactly twice every few minutes, to which I've to click 'OK' every time.
I've tried force stopping it from the settings manually but it's still going on. I've scanned the device with McAfee but there are no threats. But a Quadrooter scan tells me I've the following vulnerability : (CVE-2016-2504).
Is it possibly popping up because of that? Or is it just a bug? What should I do to make it stop popping up? Help would be appreciated.

A new widespread vulnerability that affects millions of Android devices around the world could allow hackers to read your SMS text messages, phone records, and perform any capabilities the radio allows.

This hack involves the netd daemon, which is the network interface in Android. The problem arose when Qualcomm released new Application Program Interfaces (APIs) as part of the network_manager system service, which also involved the netd daemon. These APIs allowed additional tethering capabilities.This vulnerability is labeled as CVE-2016-2060 with a medium risk.

Devices ranging from Gingerbread to Lollipop are likely affected. So, if you can upgrade your android that would be the best option.

Also, The FireEye Mobile Security app will detect the Qualcomm vulnerability, but it’s only for enterprise customers. If you have a corporate phone, check with your administrator to find out if your company subscribes to the service.

The good news is that FireEye has been monitoring the use of the API, and hasn’t found any occurrences of it being exploited. However, that could change as hackers learn of the flaw.

Looking at the big picture, it’s still more unlikely than likely that you will fall victim to an attack.

You can read more about this issue in this blog.


How to set Google dialer as the default dialer in Sony Xperia Z3+? I hope you are well. I have recently switched from a Google Nexus 5 to a Sony Xperia Z3+. However, I'm slightly annoyed at all of the default apps that Sony bundle with it. I have already replaced the Xperia keyboard with the one from Google, and that was fairly easy. I am now trying to replace the default dialer with the awesome Google dialer that I am used to.

I managed to find online an APK for the Google dialer (all verified as genuine) and installed it to my phone. However, I cannot find the option to select it as the default dialer.

I went to Settings → Apps → All → Google Dialer.

The 'Launch by default' option is greyed out. Does anyone know how to get this working as I really love being able to search for a number by typing the name of a company and don't like the Sony dialer?

You may need to clear out the default for the Sony Dialer first.

Settings > Apps > All > [insert Sony dialer app here] > Clear Defaults

I find that dialing a number from your contacts may not prompt you for a new default, either. Instead, navigate to a website that has a properly formatted number like(###) ###-#### that you can tap on to have it open in a dialer - that should prompt you for a default selection.

After your default is selected, you can disable the old dialer so it doesn't show up in your app list.

First, make sure you have the latest version of the app that is compatible with your device.
You can get it via Google Play Store or via APKMirror.
You need ADB to install APKs.

Usually, when you want to set an app as default, you need to clear the previous defaults.

Settings /
Apps /
Phone /
Open by default /
Clear defaults

You can also
DISABLE +
FORCE STOP +
CLEAR DATA
the unwanted app to make it easier to change the default behaviour.

Then, normally, in
Settings /
Apps /
Configure apps /
Phone app,
you should be able to select your desired phone app.

If this doesn't work, then you need a custom Android.

Do you have z3, z3c, z3dual, scorpion or scorpion_windy?

Either way, you should get CyanogenMod and OpenGApps, then install them using ADB. This will allow you to do way more than just changing the default phone app.

I know this isn't the place for personal opinions, but here's mine : Refund that and get back your Nexus 5.


Unfortunately, Process has stopped Ok so guys I'm getting kinda irritated by this problem. It is telling me Unfortunately, <process> has stopped. Meaning, when I go to launcher, it says Unfortunately, Launcher has stopped; to Google, Unfortunately, Google has stopped; and so on. How in the world do I fix this?  I can't go on the launcher or settings or anything.

I wiped cache but no luck. What should I do? Maybe Restore User Data?

Factory reset will resolve this issue! To get to that option though you have to be in recovery mode. To boot to recovery mode press the power button and volume up button simultaneously! And then you will get this screen:

Then just reset to factory version and it should work!

You should wipe data, system, etc but not internal storage. Then you should reinstall your ROM. You may want to back the data up via titanium backup or another tool. I wouldn't recommend a nandroid backup.


Dropbox files won't open, 'Permanent Failure' Opening files from the Dropbox app seems to always result in a 'Permanent Failure' message. I see that some of the progress bar fills before the error appears. In the past I used Dropbox to view many file types, including JPG, TXT and PDF.

I am googling the problem but I don't see anything specific in the results. I'm wondering if it is due to having too full of an SD card. I will test that shortly.

Device: HTC Incredible (Android 2.3.4), App version: 2.0.1

I fixed this by removing data from the SD card. It was nearly full. Freeing up ~1GB of the card solved the problem. It's likely that the application uses some SD card space to open files.

I had the same problem and I just cleared the cache and it worked. You can do this in Settings → Apps → Clear cache


State of VLC for Android / Media Player that plays AVI files Does anyone know where the VLC developers are up to with VLC for Android. Is there a beta out, an APK somewhere?

I'm trying to play an AVI on my HTC Legend, to no avail. If VLC is not ready, does anyone know a media player which will play AVIs (is there more than one codec for AVI types?).

Thanks very much.

Rockplayer has decoders built-in and can play divX files. AVI files are containers - you should also find out what codec has been used for the video. Use a utility like GSpot Codec Information Appliance on your PC to check.

There's also yxPlayer but not too many satisfied users from what I hear although YMMV.

Have you tried Arcmedia? Maybe that will work.


Touchscreen problems with a rk2918 tablet I have an Evolio Evotab 2 (RK2918) running gingerbread

http://www.gsmland.ro/tableta-evolio-evotab_2-4090

(sorry couldn't find english site with specs)

When typing fast it repeats the last letter instead of the one I just pressed. (for instance If I type Q and quickly go to K I get QQ )

I tried flashing other roms from similar chinese tablets but couldn't find one where everything worked.

Also it happens more often in landscape than when typing in portrait mode.

Can anybody tell me if this sounds like a software or hardware issue?

This is what I tried so far:
-other keyboards than stock
-tried typing in different places (browsers,apps)
-other rom's
-wipe+flash+root and uninstall allmost everything with TB = still happens.

Thank you.

Hmmm.. a quick google-fu yielded this linky

To quote:

  GPS: What should I do if touch screen ( display) is not responding? In
  case that the product is E100, E205, E300 or E400 press the RESET key.

  If is S1200, A1700 or Xroad, follow the steps:

  Turn on the device and press key Menu M (up left), in case the GPS is turning on rolling an application it will return to the home
  menu.
  In home menu press key Menu then press 4 times key +( plus, up right) and once key – (minus, down right).
  If the steps were correct executed, on screen will appear a cursor +. Press, with careful, in the      center of the cursor using
  the GPS pencil, marking the screen coordonats, center and four
  corners.
  After marking the coordonates, touch the screen anywhere for saving the coordonates.
  Next step “Touch Test” will confirm that the settings are right and will have effect on the device, press the center of + and if the 5
  coordonates were been set correctly  it will pass at sound test, or it
  will return at the calibrating screen .
  If you executed correctly the steps and you arrived at “Sound Test”, turn off and then turn on the GPS.
  Assure that you executed correctly the procedure  and if the problem persist, contact our service.

Try that or use one of the hidden secret Android codes to get at the service menu, there may be an option in there to calibrate the touchscreen?


How to downgrade an app if it has been updated via Play Store? I have an app installed on my phone, which I've installed from the Google Play Store.  If I update the app and don't like the upgraded version, is there a way to undo the update and downgrade back to the version of the app that I had previously installed?

I tried searching a bunch on this site, and I found lots of questions about downgrading the OS/ROM/firmware, but nothing about downgrading app versions or reverting an app update.

There is an idea  by Firelord in the comment here which I think should work:

  The best way I think is to have a backup of the app (at least its APK if not the data files; APK of earlier version of an app can also be obtained from some websites (beware of malware) if you updated the app and doesn't have the backup) so that if you end up disliking the updated version, then you can simply use that APK to revert back to previous version. That was for non-rooted devices. For a rooted device, well, use Titanium Backup to take complete app backup.

Check out this website.

http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/apps

On this website you can find freeware applications and many older versions.

Other alternative is F-Droid who allows you to choose which version you want to install. And all available apps on F-Droid are here.


Get files of phone with broken everything Dropped my Oneplus One recently, and have bought a replacement already, but would like to get my files off.

The problem:

screen works, but only top left inch of touchscreen registers
volume buttons don't work
USB debugging has disabled itself for some reason (I usually leave it on for this reason)
when I connect it to the computer using the original USB cable, it just keeps connecting over and over but never shows up (and adb devices doesn't list it)
I have a USB OTG adapter but it's not registering my mouse or keyboard

Other possibly helpful stuff:

wifi is connected
bluetooth is on
I have an 'ftp server' app on my phone that I could connect to to get the data off if I could open it
TWRP is installed, phone is unlocked
lock screen disabled

I've read through the nice broken screen wiki, but nothing on there helps

any creative ideas?

If your ROM and the functionning touch surface of your screen allow it, try to go to settings and activate 0°-90°-180°-270° screen rotation. By turning your phone sideways or upside-down, you might then be able to enable USB debugging again, and proceed to get your files with adb pull.

However, since yout OTG adapter doesn't seem to work, it's likely that your USB port is broken too.

So you have TWRP installed. Boot into TWRP, and try to get them via ADB. It should work If device/data is not encrypted.
Best luck


Remove App icon background I have a Xiaomi mi5 (MIUI 8) and I would like to remove the white background of these icon but I don't know if It is possibile

I don't own a Xiaomi device, but on my Samsung J5 I have the option to remove those background at Settings > Displays > Icon frame. Check to see if there is something similar.

You can try using nova launcher and apply the Android stock icon pack from the look and feel option in settings. It will remove the backgrounds in the icons. Alternatively, you can try using some icon packs if you are not a fan of the stock circle icons. I made a list of popular icon packs for Android on my website. Check them out Top 5 Android Icon Packs


Is it possible to open a locally saved Flash file on the Ideapad A1? Is it possible to open a Flash file (.swf) locally on Lenovo A1 tablet? (Something like open it through the Android browser?)

Thanks!

Your browser should be able to open a swf directly if you have flash installed.
If clicking on the file doesn't do it, then your file extensions for swf need to be set up, to associate swf with your preferred browser.


Disabling ALL roaming? It's relatively easy to disable data roaming on an Android device in the "Wireless & networks" settings section, but the phone still tries to connect to other services via roaming like voice and SMS.  Is there a way to disable ALL roaming whatsoever?  I know about airplane mode, but that completely disables all connectivity, and it's also annoying to have to remember to keep turning airplane mode off and on again when I enter/leave the vicinity of this network.  I'd like to be able to connect to my network but not allow any roaming.

Why disable?  Becuase the network offering the roaming isn't one I trust, as I think it may be intercepting and recording my data.  So I don't want my phone to use it.

I don't think this is possible.

I think when carriers agree to let users roam on each others use their network, that probably their policies would comply in the way that when you can trust your carrier, you can probably trust it when it trusts the other one.

EDIT: Actually I recently found this out:
When you go to Settings > Wireless and Networks > Mobile networks > Network operators, you can choose to select your network manually instead of having it done automatically. But in fact, I'm not sure what it will do when you go out of coverage of the network you chose.

The best way to do this in 2017 is to first turn on aeroplane mode which disables everything, then enable WiFi manually.


Error 7 when attempting to flash ROM I'm trying to replace the stock ROM on my OnePlus 3 in an attempt to find out if another ROM has fixed a set of really annoying bugs present in stock. My phone is running the latest OTA from OnePlus (ONEPLUS A3000_16_170610).

I've followed the following steps:

Flash TWRP and SuperSU. Reboot several times.
Disable lockscreen security.
Boot to recovery and do a full backup.
Reboot and copy new ROM and Gapps to /sdcard.
Reboot to recovery.
Wipe dalvik, system, data, and cache.
Attempt to install the ROM. At this point, I get the following error:

Checking for MODEM build time-stamp 2017-06-27 21:43:31
assert failed: op3.verify_modem("2017-06-27 21:43:31") == "1"
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7
Error installing zip file '/sdcard/RR-N-v5.8.4-20170806-oneplus3-Official.zip'

This example is using the latest Resurrection Remix ROM, but I've also gotten the exact same error from the latest LineageOS.

What's wrong?

This will likely be closed as off topic, but twrp is telling you exactly what's wrong. Your modem does not match the accepted one that you should use. Usually means you need to update firmware (bootloaders, modem, any vendor partitions etc).

You have to flash kernel first given in the following xda tread !!! Without flashing the custom firmware you cannot flash the rom !! Resurrection remix uses its custom kernel


Change maximum number of notification icons? My phone shows only three app notification icons in the status bar at most, but there is space for six (most of the time).

How can I increase/change the maximum number of notifications shown at once?

I don’t care if they end up overlapping with system indicators on the right.

I run CyanogenMod 7.1 (rooted, s-off, adb available, compiler as well...) and editing the source is acceptable.

Number of icon to show on status bar depends on programmer how he wrote that status bar application code . We really can't do much here.
You should be contacting customer support of developers of CyanogenMod 7.1
they might consider your request and change it to your needs.


How to get frequency band in which device getting signal from operator? I have to find the frequency in which device is working currently. Ex: My device is connected with ABC network which is 4G and run on 2100MHz or 1800MHz, So I want to know the frequency(i.e. 2100MHz or 1800MHz).

Please share your experience Which will help me to find the frequency band. But guys I don't wanna to know the network type. Is there any way by using reflection Please share.

Dial *#*#4636#*#* then select phone information.


How can I physically remove the internal memory device from my Samsung Galaxy S2? My Galaxy S2 has recently died completely over night. It does not turn on regardless of which combination of buttons I try and how long I press them. I've tried with two different batteries, without a battery, SIM, no SIM and so on. It still seems to recharge the battery as it builds up heat when connected to a charger in the top left corner below the display side camera.

Since I'm certain it is beyond repair I've ordered a new phone and am now thinking about how to get to the stuff that was not on the SD card of the broken one, which I neglected to backup for a few month. I've been thinking about removing the memory device physically. No harm done if I break anything else as I consider it broken already anyway. Unfortunately, there are hardly any resources on the internet that I was able to find in that regard.

So my question is simple: where is the internal memory in the S2 and how can I rip it out?

I don't care if I break any other components as long as I get to that memory device.

This may not be as easy as you think. The eMMC is connected to the board with a Ball Grid Array (BGA) connection, which is pretty difficult to reconnect once removed.

You can see photos of the chip and more discussion on the topic on this XDA post.

As for where the chip is, you might be able to find it on some teardowns, but my eyes didn't catch it in iFixIts photos.

Have you tried this? If not and you are not familiar with electronics, get someone to help you out
http://com.odroid.com/sigong/blog/blog_list.php?bid=139

Works for me...


How to clean up old application folders from prior ROM? I installed CM10 on my GS2, and during the process I didn't format the file system as I wanted to retain my photos and music on the device.  I was aware of an app called "SD Maid" that is supposed to be able to be able to clean up all these old app folders, but it doesn't seem to work.  Does anyone know how I can clean up all these folders, or does a person have to just go in and manually delete all of them?

(For an app to do this, the OS would have to have some sort of a referencing system of known installed files & folders, don't know if it has such a thing though.)

If you're changing rom (I.e. from AOKP to CM10) you should always do a factory wipe, data on the sdcard will still be

I'm amazed it booted if you didn't do a factory wipe before flashing a different rom

my answer is using the app sd III is all for the good a great application to uninstall and reinstall applications to your phones hardware it clearly cleans up the internal storage by moving vice internal storage to the phones modem and then cleaning every single application and downloadable file you then set your data to transfer to the mobile phones external hardware it really does work and doesn't lose any phone data it's as simple as that and I mean simple.


ping  fails, but ping -I eth5  works in Android shell I am trying to enable Ethernet on my Android-7.1.2. Now, it can acquire ip address from DHCP server. ifconfig shows that the Ethernet port can receive lots of packets, but just sends a few out, as below:

  eth5      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:9f:04:4d:51

  inet addr:10.193.20.83  Bcast:10.193.20.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

  inet6 addr: fe80::204:9fff:fe04:4d51/64 Scope: Link

  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

  RX packets:10513 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

  TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

  RX bytes:926773 TX bytes:2204

  Memory:1aea000-1aeafff

And ping -I eth5 10.193.20.64 can work:

layerscape:/ # ping -I eth5 10.193.20.64

PING 10.193.20.64 (10.193.20.64) from 10.193.20.83 eth5: 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from 10.193.20.64: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.345 ms

64 bytes from 10.193.20.64: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.354 ms

However, ping 10.193.20.64 fails with:

layerscape:/ # ping 10.193.20.64

connect: Network is unreachable

And here is my route:

layerscape:/ # route -n

Kernel IP routing table

Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface

10.193.20.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth5

What am I losing?

Finally found the solution for this issue:

layerscape:/ # ip rule add from all lookup main pref 0


Download full WhatsApp history Is there any way to make backup of WhatsApp history with all emoticons and media? (no .txt file)

I have non-rooted Android 2.2.

It's very simple. Connect your phone to your computer, search for the Whatsapp directory (just called Whatsapp), and just copy it to your computer. Everything you wanted is stored in that folder.

When you want to restore your backup, you just copy the folder back to the phone and then install Whatsapp. You will then be given the option to restore backup.

Try to backup the app with data using titanium backup. Hope this is what you want.


Google Maps >9.60: Can't access the layers. How to turn off/on layers? I recently opened Google Maps and found the traffic layer to be enabled. And so I tried to turn it off by swiping from the left to open the App Drawer (aka Hamburger Menu).

Unfortunately the usual button for layers was grayed out and said that the "Layers have moved":

When I click the button it just closes the App Drawer.

I can't figure out how to access the "Satellite & traffic" or any layers. In the new version of Google Maps, how do you turn on/off the layers (i.e. Satellite, Traffic, Topology, etc)?

version is: 9.62.1

I tried to search for how to access the feature. But all I found was some webpages that said the layers feature in Google-Maps was moving... but nothing about how to access the layers feature after it moved.

I have this change on my Samsung tablet.

I have a new button at the top right of the map, where the compass symbol used to be,  which accesses layers.

I found the answer! About the button on the menu, choose where says Settings, then choose turn on.


A specific app works fine with tablet owner account, but crashes for other users I've played Modern War on the owner account on my Nexus 7. It opens and works fine. But when I go to another user account and try to open the app it goes halfway through the upload then Force Closes. I've done it with two more user accounts and the same thing happens. The only account where opens is the owner account. Does anybody know why this is happening? (I figured if it was separate space and storage it should be like having two phones.)

I've just run into this issue on my Nexus 7, too.  Any account other than the admin causes my app to crash.

What I've discovered so far is that with my app, there is a permissions issue when it tries to access the game database. I receive this:

  java.io.FileNotFoundException... open failed: EACCESS (Permission denied).

That database is stored in the data/data/{package name} directory... So it looks like secondary users may not have rights to access the data/ directory.  I'll try to remember to let you know if I find a resolution or find anything else that is useful.

Is the game download and installed from a valid source or it's a cracked game. If you have installed it from a valid source try reinstalling it.


Unlocked bootloader with OEM locked inside system in Oneplus3. HELP? I have a OnePlus3 device which was rooted(TWRP + magisk + stock rom). But as new rom was buggy, i install old stock rom + stock recovery without root. After installing by mistake i lock OEM from the developer menu. Now after a restart, I stuck in the bootloader. Now, bootloader can't be locked or can't install new recovery. I can access bootloader and recovery but can't get into System. I tried to sideload rom but it keeps loading.What to do now?

Boot to bootloader, unlock oem and start the process all over again. You need to flash a recovery first, then the full ROM.zip.
If this doesn't work or you can't get it right, use the unbrick tool. We can provide you with the links if you can confirm your device


Contacts are not displaying after marshmallow update Recently I upgraded my Moto g(Second gen) to android marshmallow. But after that my Contacts app is not displaying any contacts and call logs. What i am getting is one blank screen only. I tried installing other apps like contacts + , true dialler etc. But same result. Infact contacts plus is not launching only. Its getting stuck while launching. So , after marshmallow update my phone is of no use , because I cant make any calls , see my call logs etc. Is this a bug with marshmallow? Any solution for this issue? Thanks in advance.

I could fix this issue by doing the following steps.

First Wipe the Cache partition. (It won't erase any files or settings)

To wipe the cache partition do the following steps.

Ensure the device is powered off, and unplugged
Press and hold the Volume Down button and Power button (located on the right edge of the device) for approximately 3 seconds then release.
From the "Boot Mode Selection Menu" screen, select Recovery.

Note: Use the Volume Down button to scroll through the menu options        and the Volume Up button to select.
From the "No Command" screen (Android figure lying on his back), press and hold the Power button, tap Volume Up once and then release the Power button.
Select "wipe cache partition".
Note: Use the Volume buttons to highlight and the Power button to select.
"Reboot system now" will be highlighted, press the Power button to select it.

Note: Allow several minutes for the reboot process to complete.

Once you are done with the Wipe procedure , go to https://contacts.google.com and export your contacts as .vcf file and copy to your device.

Open Contacts App (Phone app) -> go to options on the top right corner (3 dots) -> choose import/export -> import from .vcf file. This will restore your contacts..

I think the problem is phone number format, Phone apps use format "+XX XXX-XXX-XXX" so contact with number format "+XXXXXXXXXXX" will not displayed.

I fix all my address book with apps called Twitch!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=angel.twitch

After fixed my call history shown address book name, not numbers.


"Unfortunately, the process com.sec.ims.android has stopped." What does this error message mean? I have a Samsung Note 3. It normally works very well, but I just got this error message:

Unfortunately, the process com.sec.ims.android has stopped.

    OK

When I selected "OK", the error message went away for just long enough to do something very quick (such as a single button click, a small scroll, etc.), then the same error message came back.

After ignoring my phone for quite a while, I found a different error message:

Process system isn't responding.
Do you want to close it?

    Wait    OK

When I clicked "OK", the error message went away – and the original "Unfortunately" error message came back.

I tried a slow-click of the right button, and the "Device options" dialog box came up – underneath the "Unfortunately" error message. And this time, the "Unfortunately" error message wouldn't go away, not even long enough to select from "Device options".

My next step was a battery-pull power cycle. That appears to have resolved the problem – for now – but the few answers I found with a web search for the "Unfortunately" error message suggest it might recur again soon.

So, two questions:

Does anyone have a general solution to the problem? I can pull the battery, but that's a hassle (remove armor, remove back of phone, pull battery, put everything back together). Ideally I'd like a fix that makes it go away and not return. Failing that, I'd like a fix that minimizes recurrence.
Can anyone explain what the process "com.sec.ims.android" is, and what it does? (A web search suggests that "IMS" in this context means "IP Multimedia System".) Is it specific to Samsung?

Since I mention web search results, and they might not be there next time someone searches, here's a summary:

One reply suggests this [sic]:

Go into settings>General>app manager>All> find contacts and open it then clear cache. If that doesnt help. Clear cache and data. Fixed it for me.
Another reply says that clearing cache and data in contacts fixes the problem, but only for a call or two.
Yet another reply says that dismissing the error message once solves the problem.

Call your provider, they have a patch to fix the issue. After they download the patch you will just have to remove your battery and sim card for one minute. After about five minutes of use, the problem is solved.


Stuck on Download Pending in Play Store after Updating to Lollipop Good day, as the title states, whenever I download an app from the Play Store, it just says Download Pending.

There is no queued apps being downloaded. I tried the force stop, clear cache, clear data and uninstall updates of Play store and Download Manager, restarted the phone, but still no luck.

One thing I notice is that when I revert it to the factory version, I managed to download an app, but when I tried to download another, it just says Error 907. When I opened the Play Store, it's the latest version again.

I think its in the version, but I'm hoping for other fixes to this

Phone - Cherry Mobile Flare S3

OS - Lollipop

Google Play Store Version - 7.3.07.K-all [0] [PR] 139935798

You need to clear the Play Store data following these instructions.

From the Settings app, choose Apps.
Choose Google Play Store from the list of apps. A new screen will appear.
Click Force Stop.
Click Storage and then Clear data.
At the top right, click the three dots, then Click Uninstall updates to revert to the original version of Play Store that came with the phone.

Follow the same instructions again for the Google Play Services app, but this time use Clear cache instead of Clear data.

If you installed launcher on your mobile then uninstall it. Because sometimes if you have multiple launchers installed on your mobile then play store doesn't work as expected.


Complete reset of SGS2 (factory reset not sufficient) background here:
Recovering internal memory on SGS2 (CWM, not root, boot to recovery only)

The problem is that having recovered that data, and having done a factory reset (wiping /data, /cache), the phone still doesn't boot. It goes to the Galaxy S2 screen, and then turns off (not getting to SAMSUNG screen).

So I assume there must be a problem with /system.

Is there a log somewhere on the phone that I could access that might show me what the problem is? Otherwise should I try to flash other roms (or reflash the stock rom?) in the hope that this would resolve it?

Many thanks!

I think you should just flash another ROM. You will still have all your data on the Internal SD so no need to worry about that. This would wipe your /system. So what you want to do is follow the standard procedure of installing a new Custom ROM and you should be good to go without any data loss (Eg. Pictures, Videos etc. You still lose any app data not backed up on the cloud).
A great site with recommendations which I use for my own phone is GalaxyS2Root.
Some ROM recommendations I can give you from my own personal usage are AOKP JB MR2, Resurrection Remix v5. Try to avoid the ones with battery drain issues and you should be fine.
Going thru the phone log with your phone not booting up is a hassle which is unnecessary in this case. Just do the above and you'll be fine.

Have you  considered going back to stock rom? You can flash it with Odin and all your data will remain intact.


How can an app access Android Pay data on a rooted phone? According to an Android Pay engineer on the XDA forums, Android Pay is not compatible with rooted devices because of security concerns: on unrooted devices apps run in a sandbox and can only obtain limited information.

How is this different on an unrooted device as apps must request permission from SU?

Could an app trick SU into giving it more permissions than possible?

I am interesting in getting Android Pay working on my phone but have concerns about the security of my data as my device is rooted.

By default, only the application itself (and, under some circumstances, the applications written by the same company) can access to its (private) data. So Google Pay can store securely banking-related information.

If you root your phone, however, any application with root access can access to any folder on your file system. Including applications private data. And Google Pay's banking-related information.

I have no idea what Google Pay stores. But there is at least a way to authenticate as yourself. From there, an application with root access could probably do nasty things. Not nasty for Google, but for you: make payments on your behalf.

If you find a way to hide the root from Google Pay (I don't know if it's achievable, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was), and are entirely trusting the applications you give root access to, sure, go ahead. Personally, I would not.

This is a problem with Knox. Google is liable if Google Pay is cracked on a device and maleficence was done i.e. rooted user steals or gets stolen from BY using the application etc. The only way to protect themselves is to eliminate access with modified OS. I don't see a way,other than going into the application and finding out if you could change what the application sees. My thinking is if the application can't get root, or isn't shown the device is rooted then it should work.


Is there a way to get a history of Facebook profiles that I've visited? I have visited a profile on Facebook recently but now I've forgotten the name of person. Is there a way that I can get a history of the profiles which I have already visited?

I am currently using Android Facebook application

From Facebook help center,

  To view your activity log on the Android app, first go to your timeline. Under your cover photo, you should see a group of tiles (ex: About, Photos, Friends). Swipe the tiles left until you see the Activity Log tile, then tap on the tile to view your activity log.

Then,

  Tap Activity Log > Filter
  Scroll down and tap Search

For the desktop version, click on the little down arrow at the top left of the screen, then Activity Log, then MORE then scroll down to Select.

I don't think you're going to be able to do this in the Android app. At least if you were in the desktop version you might be able to look through your web browser history...


Force Portrait Screen Rotation in MS Remote Desktop App I'm using Microsoft's Remote Desktop Client v8.0.11.25133 to connect to a Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Session Host (Terminal) Server.  I want to force the RDP session to display in Portrait mode only, regardless of the orientation of my Android phone.  My RDP session is established in Landscape mode and nothing I have done changes this.

What I've tried:

Disabling (and enabling) auto-rotation in Android Settings.  Despite this setting, the RDP session never displays in Portrait mode, even if I rotate the phone
Searched the Remote Desktop Client app for settings to control rotation
Searched the Internet for appropriate terms.  I found this post in which a commenter complains:

  The MS-ified version [of the RDP app] locks you into portrait mode.

So I am hopeful this is possible.

I am using a Cubot X6 phone running Android v4.2.2

The Microsoft RDP android app didn't support portrait mode... but with your input on https://remotedesktop.uservoice.com/forums/272085-remote-desktop-for-android/suggestions/6851819-portrait-mode it finally got implemented:

  Our latest update to the app supports connecting in portrait mode. The
  remote session adapts to your device orientation dynamically. You will
  get the best experience using Windows 8.1 and newer.

The solution is Ericom AccessToGo RDP
have both portrait full screen mode and barcode scan option


Why can't I access my files on my SD card after marshmallow update? I have a AT&T galaxy note 4 which recently updated to 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

My phone reads that the SD card is in there, and all the file directories are there but when I try to open or view them it'll tell me I can't open/view the file. My music player still reads all the music just can't play them, ("could not play this track") or my gallery still has all the photos but can't display them

All photos show as:

The phone is not rooted but is encrypted along with the SD card. I tried decrypting it but it didn't do anything, along with taking out the SD card, cleaning it, ect.

It seems though I can add data to the card and it will save new data to the card.

What can I do to fix or recover my data? thanks.

Also, my problem is very similar to the one below, except under different circumstances.

Why can't I access the files on my SD card?

You have to provide run time permission for that.


Multi-user option not available after modifying build.prop in Lollipop I edited the build.prop file in /system/ as per
Multi-user option not avilable in Android one after Lollipop update
namely, adding two lines of code to the end of the file:

fw.show_multiuserui=1
fw.max_users=5

I have rebooted and nothing seems to have changed (i.e., there is no user icon in the swipe-down screen)
I checked and the lines of code are indeed in the build.prop file.
I'm running 5.1.1 on a Lenovo Yoga TAB 3
Any ideas..? Thanks in advance!

I had a similar issue and searched for "users" while in the Settings app and it took me to a usable dialog box just as if I had got there from the icon. I added a user and it all worked.  So you just have to search from the magnifying glass in the Settings screen then click on the user you wish to switch to.


Bricked Droid Razr while trying to flash a custom ROM, Safestrap gone I'm so sorry for being one of these "help me, I don't know what to do!" noobs, but that's exactly my situation.  This is my first Android phone and my first time trying to do this.  I do come from a programming background, so I didn't anticipate it giving me any trouble.

I have a Droid Razr and I had Gingerbread 2.3.6 on it before I rooted it.  After the root, it started giving me notifications for the 6.1...something update, but since I rooted it, the update wouldn't take.

I tried to put Eclipse ICS ROM on it.  First, I backed up my apps, put Safestrap into safe mode, and created a backup.  I followed the directions here for flashing the ROM.  I waited about 5-10 minutes after rebooting - the Motorola logo came up on my phone, followed by the Safestrap boot options, then nothing.

I rebooted and got into the Safestrap menu and tried to restore my backup ROM.  The restore failed.  I tried formatting the device through Safestrap and it still didn't start up.

I followed the directions here up to step 7 to unroot/unbrick.  This uses Droid Razr Utility 1.42, and everything I tried came back with a "command failed" message.  I thought it was a little strange that the only option it was giving me was to restore version 6.12.173 while I had 2.3.6, but I figured I would at least try it, and I thought that was why I was getting the "command failed" message.  After googling, I downloaded Droid Razr Utility 1.8 and tried restoring it to 6.16.211 (official kernel) - again, the only option it gave me.

After that, I can no longer enter Safestrap.  The phone doesn't boot - it goes through the Motorola logo and then shows a small bar of static right at the bottom of the screen.  Fastboot recovery and restoring the phone to factory settings makes an error show up on the screen (the Android mascot and an exclamation point in a triangle).

I can still enter into Android recovery and I still have access to the contents of my SD card.  I can see the folder where my Safestrap backup should be, but there's nothing in there that the phone recognizes as bootable.  I can still also access the Eclipse.zip file.  I haven't tried flashing it again.

I don't know what's going on or what to do next.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well, If you would have read the instructions for the installation of Eclipse ICS, you would have seen that you're not to install the ROM on top of Gingerbread.

That being said, have no fear.  Batman is here to save you.  Check out the trusty internets and get you a copy of this file.

DroidRAZRUtility1.6.zip

You will need to run this utility to restore back to factory ginger bread (option 1 I believe).

There are guides for this online.  I can't find the source right now.  Basically you put the phone into ap fastboot mode while Matt's utility flashes it back to factory.  then if you so desire, you can take the OTA ICS update.  Only then can you install safestrap and eclipse ics.

Hope this helps.


Cannot paste files into System/Media I am looking to change my boot audio but cannot change it due it not copying from my computer to my phone but I can copy from the device to my computer.

I have the latest version of Android Studio / SDK
I have the latest version of Droid Explorer

I can view my files and copy from but can't paste to my device.

Please can someone help

Hello my device is rooted and has supersu and exposed framework and BusyBox

Also I can make those changes if I copy to sd card and use es file explorer to paste them to system media folder.  Also before I installed busybox the folder contents of my device didn't display in Droid explorer it would connect but was a blank directory so that's been fixed but as for file permissions it hasn't as I have rooted it and given ADB root permissions etc but can only take files from the device in Droid explorer but can't paste them to the device

You need to root the device and give permission to copy files using any root explorer.


Does full device encryption protect my data from Google and the government? Apple recently made waves within the tech community by refusing to comply with law enforcement in regards to accessing encrypted user data.  Their statement was that they do not have the technical ability to decrypt this data.

As an Android user, is there any similar possibility (preferably built in to the OS instead of third party) that I can use to achieve similar protection from even Google and my device manufacturer? I know there is the "Full Device Encryption" in my settings, but does this prevent Google etc. from accessing it?

For reference, my device runs Android Lollipop and is a OnePlus Two. If other versions like Marshmallow would allow me to do this that's fine.

Google has no idea what the encryption key for your device is. The entire process takes place on your device and the key is never transmitted anywhere. The key itself is also not stored in plaintext on your device:

Storing the encrypted key
The encrypted key is stored in the crypto
metadata. Hardware backing is implemented by using Trusted Execution
Environment’s (TEE) signing capability. Previously, we encrypted the
master key with a key generated by applying scrypt to the user's
password and the stored salt. In order to make the key resilient
against off-box attacks, we extend this algorithm by signing the
resultant key with a stored TEE key. The resultant signature is then
turned into an appropriate length key by one more application of
scrypt. This key is then used to encrypt and decrypt the master key.

So even if someone had a copy of your encrypted master key, they could not decrypt it without the TEE key from your device's SoC.
Therefore, outside of a flaw in the implementation, full device encryption will prevent anyone from accessing your data unless they know/obtain your password OR can guess your password (e.g via brute-forcing it or some kind of social engineering techniques). On devices that lack the necessary hardware-backing, FDE will attempt to encrypt the key using a software-only method.

Full device encryption will protect your device if you use a key too long to brute force, even when the attackers are able to use brute force techniques -- assuming there are ways to allow them to do this.  Snowden says 64 characters is long enough for truly unbreakable encryption. So complete security is attainable - if you don't mind typing in a 64 character passphrase every time you wake the phone.


Can I change the app icons? Is there any way I can change the icons (displayed on the home screen) for apps on my Android device?

(Apps includes both system apps and apps downloaded from play store)

As beeshyams has already written in the comment, it is possible with this app.

Alternatively, another launcher can be installed. Many launchers (Like Nova) can be customized with various themes.

If you want to change icons and edit the size, placement, color virtually anything i suggest a launcher. go to the play store and download Nova Launcher. install it and play around with its many options. As you will see editing your entire Android experience can be done with this launcher. However you need tp go back to the play store and down load some Icon packs. I cute icons I downloaded upbeat monsters icon pack.
after it is down loaded go into Nova settings and choose look and feel. a list of icon packs will be listed choose upbeat monsters and it will automatically change them. for more editing you can long press any icon and it will give you options to edit if you pick upbeat monsters again you will get a ton of icons to choose from.
This is only one example of many launchers and thousands of icons


Android: huge thumbdata4 file in DCIM folder I have recently noticed a huge (>3.5GB) file in the DCIM/.thumbnails folder. I have tried deleting it, but the next time I open the Camera app it rebuilds the file (and locks up the phone, sometimes displaying a "media scanning in progress" message, in the process.)

The total file size of all the (approximately 2,000) photos displayed in the Gallery is around 500MB. There are in addition around 35,000 images in folders which contain .nomedia files to instruct Android to ignore the media therein. The total file size of these is around 1.5GB. The Gallery app is correctly ignoring these images, but I wonder whether the Camera app is misbehaving and actually processing them.

I think this problem has emerged since the ICS upgrade ... either when the phone (Samsung Galaxy Note) was first updated from Gingerbread or at some later date.

Any ideas, please?

This happens when you load many images at one time through third party applications like whats'app or pixlrxperss. The only known solution till now is replacing the .thumbnail file with a small .thumbnail file of same name. There might be utmost 2 such files you might have to replace everytime.

First, delete .thumbnails folder from DCIM folder
Then in DCIM folder create file with name '.thumbnails'

You are done.

Notes: Create a file, not a folder.  If you don't have file manager, then download ES file manager from Play Store for free.


Will a UK Android telephone work in Japan? I am on the UK carrier Vodafone, and wish to upgrade my phone soon. I am going to Japan for five months next year, and would ideally like a phone which I can use out there, with a Japanese sim card.

Will an android phone I get here (e.g. the HTC Desire) work in Japan? Will it need to be unlocked?

Sim-locked phones need to be unlocked for use on other carriers.  Almost every phone you get will be sim-locked.  The most easily unlocked phones I know of are the Galaxy S line.

The only other thing you need to check is the radio frequency bands used by the device and the carrier.  If they match, you're in luck.  "Quad-band" devices should work on every GSM network.

You will struggle to get a SIM card that's not on a contract in Japan. Even then, it's really hard if you don't have a Japanese passport.

The best option I'm aware of would be to get a SIM from www.mobalnarita.com. Disable data on your phone and use wifi only. Data charges in Japan are really expensive.


How to install Google Music on a non-US phone? I am trying to install Google Music on my phone from outside the US. After using Market Enabler Play Store correctly displays and even downloads the app, but then aborts with "this app cannot be installed in your country". It still doesn't work after rebooting my phone. Is there any way around this?

I had no trouble getting it myself, but that was a while ago.  Have you tried using a US proxy or sideloading the app?  Another option would be to switch to data or Wi-Fi for the download, whichever you weren't using, to see if it's just the particular network that the Play Store has a problem with.

I know that this has been marked as answered, but I wish to add this:

Most apps like that tell which country your from from your locale setting. This can be changed from the settings menu, or using the app locale switcher.


Failed upgrade, now stuck in recovery mode(Myphone model:my27) My phone is now stuck and when I turn it on, it says NO COMMAND/Error

it happen when i update my system, because it always updates. I leave my phone at my room but when I came back, my phone says Error and when I try to turn it on it wont work again, its stuck!

I tried to reset my phone but it wont reset it says that its done resetting but its still stuck.

Please someone help.

First, turn off the phone by using the Power button.
Press and hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power key for some time.
When you see a menu with two options, remove your hand from buttons.
Afterwards, press the Volume Up to enter Android System Recovery.

 5. Select the "Wipe data / Factory reset" by using the Volume buttons and press the Menu Capacitive key for confirmation.

Then choose "Yes--delete all user data". Use Volume Down to scroll and Menu button to select.
Success your reset.
Here I provided more mobile hard reset solution.
Thanks......!!!!


Stop Android File Transfer Popping Up Bit annoying that Android File Transfer pops up whenever I connect my Nexus 7 to the Macbook. Is there any way to keep it active but hidden initially?

In my case the Android File Transfer App made my whole Macbook touch input freeze, so I had to find a away around this problem. The solution from this page worked: https://cooltrainer.org/taming-android-file-transfer-on-mac-os-x/

Kill all Android File Transfer (AFT) processes using Activity Monitor
Remove AFT from your login items
Remove the agent with the following terminal command:

rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Android\ File\Transfer/Android\ File\ Transfer\ Agent.app

Rename the agents copy with:

cd /Applications/Android\ File\ Transfer.app/Contents/Resources
mv Android\ File\ Transfer\ Agent.app Android\ File\ Transfer\Agent.app.disable

Open Activity Monitor, select a process Android File Transfer Agent, click Quit Process.


How to operate Android from PC Is there any way to completely use my android phone from my PC ? I got a damaged display and touch will not work for some parts of my phone. the phone is Sony Xperia J. My phone currently have a default lock screen (sliding from left to right) as that part of touch is not working, I cannot access my phone. Please help. Android Version is 4.2.

The following reply needs USB Debugging option to be activated on the target device.

You can easily operate your device with Vysor, it's an Extension for Goolge Chrome.

Refer to the link below for further details : How to fully control your android device from any computer

You can install snapPEA on your PC, and also make sure USB Device drivers are working fine.

Using snapPea you can manage the apps, music, photos, and SMS messages on your Android phone from your PC. Its free for windows.


How to recover contacts from phone with broken & unresponsive screen? I had a Samsung Galaxy Ace 4. Last week, it fell of and the screen broke. Still, when turned on, it seems to be everything else OK (the notificacion bar shows some pending messages, the hour keeps getting up to date, the USB symbol appears when connected to a PC), but below, all is bright white within the lines of the broken screen.

I got a new phone, as probably it'd be cheaper than waiting for the old one to be repaired, and once the SIM was inserted, I realized most contacts were stored on the device memory.
I've been looking for a (cheap) way to recover the missing contacts, but almost every found solution has any of the given problems:

USB debugging should be enabled, seems it wasn't before the incident.
Requires the use of some app running, which I can't achieve (say Kies or AndroidLost).
Contacts coud be synced with the Google account, but it wasn't setted up.

Is there any other way to access this information to create de 'back-up' on a PC and restore it on the new device (even through console management of the phone)?

I appreciate in advance any given help.

http://www.easeus.com/android-data-recovery/recover-contacts-from-broken-android-phone.html
You can try this..
Or this program.. http://www.fjsoft.at/en/ .. that ive used and it works very well


No Mobile Network In Samsung Grand Prime Samsung Grand Prime Phone. There is no Mobile Network. I tried *#*#4636#*#* but it didn't bring up the Testing Menu. I am not able to search operator or change the network mode. The IMEI in *#06# and in the phone is same.

When I remove the sim it displays insert sim card. When I reinsert it, it's able to find there is a sim inserted but there is no signal.

I installed Network Mode app and it shows Radio is Off. Turn Radio On is not working.

When I get into settings for mobile network, it will not allow me to search. When I click search it will say mobile network not available. Both automatic and manual search says the same. The SIM works fine in another device. I can confirm its definitely device.

Can somebody point me in the right direction?

EDIT

I have updated the phone using Kies and now its in 5.0.2. Still no signal. There is a Blocked Symbol near the Wifi Symbol

EDIT2
How to check that I have correct modem for the phone ?

I can confirm that the stop sign symbol in Android 5.0 appears whenever your mobile network's service is down/unavailable. (In Stock Android Phones running Android 6.0, the stop icon is associated with Do Not Disturb, however on Samsung Phones with Android 5.0, the stop sign means the network provider's service is down).

One common reason as to why there may be no service is because you are using your phone in a remote area (where service is generally not available)

Now to try and solve the problem, take your phone to your carrier and explain the problem to them (hopefully they will have a solution), or maybe try using a different carrier and see if the problem is solved that way.

dear i think u have to open your mobiles setting,in setting open mobile network and chose 2G.....


How to stop "Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped" in Moto E? Today I flashed AOKP Marshmallow ROM in my Moto E. After that I flashed Nano GAPPS from OpenGapps. Since then this message keeps popping up for about 2-3 minutes after I launch any Google Play related app.

I have tried every conventional solution. I wiped cache and data of Google Play Store, Google Play Services and Google Play Framework, but to no avail. Just now I flashed another GAPP (pico). But still the problem is there.

So what can I do to make it stop?

Hy,

I searched for it, too and find certain solution, no one universal, but I explain which worked for me:

go to settings through notification bar (i mean pull down notification bar and there touch the gear icon)
there search for apps menu item,
in this at the right top corner, in the options touch the show system
scroll down to setup wizard (maybe you have two - one for the OS and one for the Gapps)
in permissions grant all of it want (if you have two, check both)
maybe you need restart

there is a video to show it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUiGHlXEK8k

not the best solution, but works

Beginning at Marshmallow, every app ask for permission from user when it need for it, but setup wizard start before permion control service could running, so you gain permissions manually to work correctly

sorry for my bad english, I hope you can understand it and the solution worked

Factory-reset the phone (WARNING: this will delete all your data and the apps you've installed, so make a backup first):

Switch the phone off
switch it on again while pressing and holding the volume up key.
An android manager will appear (this is the recovery-menu). Select factory-reset
the phone will then reboot

Just try.. Worked for me


reduce memory usage of "Internet" and "contacts" The DiskUsage app shows 14,8MB data used for "Internet" and 11,5MB used for contacts.

Is there a way to reduce memory usage?

I know I can delete Internet data using the general app settings but I fear this will also delete all saved passwords and I'd like to avoid that.

As for the contacts: In the global account settings (sync) I use only my two Google accounts and weather. I had Facebook sync activated while back, though, and it import a number of contact photos, which are still visible.

Any chance to reduce memory usage without removing too much useful data?

Assuming by "Internet" it means the default browser, then you should be able to go to Browser Settings to delete History and other cached data (press Menu button on the Browser, then select More, then Settings).

As for Contacts, if your address book are synced to your Gmail Address Book, you can Clear Data in the Manage Applications. After a short while, the Contact app will resync to Gmail Address Book hopefully without the Facebook contacts.

It seems a database for the browser may bloat for some reason, if you're root you can check the files in /data/data/com.android.browser, see if one of them is unnecessarily huge, and move/delete it.


Rooting lenovo s920 after upgrading to kitkat 4.4.2 how can i root my lenovo s920 upgraded to android 4.4.2 . i have tried the Framaroot method , but it is not working.

Lenovo S920 and other Mediatek CPU based phones are an easy task, most of the time, to get rooted. There are several tools on the market that can do this with one click. Some of the are iRoot (previous name Vroot), KingoRoot etc. Beware because some of these tools have been uncovered that install malware as well. I have used iRoot in the past without any problems.


Android KitKat Bug With Default Browser Actions I'm having a problem with my nexus 5 and I'm getting mad: I installed Dice player as usual, after a factory reset, but Dolphin browser doesn't ask me which app should it use to play videos (from mobile youtube or other sites).

How can I reset the default app? I tried to look into settings-app-reset to default but nothing. It won't ask me to use another app, it just opens stock browser player. I tried other browsers too but no luck. Tried resetting app preferences but nothing.

I updated to 4.4.2 thinking the issue was solved but again, same problem. I did a full wipe, tried stock ROM and then Purity ROM, different kernels but no luck.

Am I the only one having this issue? Could you try to reproduce it for me?

Steps:

install a browser (dolphin browser or chrome in my case)
install dice player (or MX Player if it gets updated)
open youtube (or any site with video files) from browser and open a video. see if it asks to play it with dice player or it just opens stock browser player

This could just be a shortcoming in Dolphin. It's up to the app to decide if it wants to open a new URL itself, or offer it to other apps. Last year, Firefox had a similar problem, that it wouldn't ever offer a chooser when you clicked on a link in Firefox. Even a link to a YouTube video would open the mobile interface in Firefox instead of offering to open the YouTube app.

From your description, it sounds like Dolphin has the same problem. (I don't have Dolphin to test this myself.) You should report it to the developers and ask them to offer video links to other apps. At least they should be able to confirm whether this is what's happening.

Touch&hold on the video until a menu opens and at the bottom you will see something like open with an app - And thats your prompt ... select your player and have fun ... :DD


Briefing news not updating on S3 I have set up a Briefing alarm clock. I love hearing news when I wake up.

The problem is that since a week the synthetic voice of Samsung always reads me the same headline. Right now I tried to recreate the problem setting a briefing alarm. Right now, the news got updated, but reading the screen I found something the voice doesn't tell: the article was written on 16/3 and today is 20!!

News should always be fresh. There is always something new for Reuters to write...

Anybody had the same experience? Anybody knows if the app needs tweaking? I don't think it's a DroidWall problem otherwise I couldn't get any news!

I had the same problem now I finally worked it out basically you need to go to widget on your phone and  look for yahoo news. Then drag yahoo news to your screen and the problem will be solved.


Could not enable mobile hotspot function on HTC One X I am using HTC One X and I was trying to enable mobile hotspot function, so I could enjoy internet from my PC adhoc wireless network but it says :

 There is a temporary network problem that prevents the
 enablement of the Mobile Hotspot function.
 Please retry later.

Looks like you've messed up some terms:

  I was trying to enable mobile hotspot function, so I could enjoy internet from my PC adhoc wireless network

First: the mobile hotspot function is to share your Android device's mobile Internet connection to other devices not having Internet on their own, e.g. a tablet or laptop, via WiFi.

Second: only few Android devices support ad-hoc networks. There are solutions, but all of them require your device to be rooted.

Third: if you wanted to use your PC's Internet connection on your Android device, that would be reverse-tether, and again require root to be established.

I faced this problem three days. and Today I'm happy. Because I found the answer. Some Carriers such AT&T (my Case) use to block mobile hotspot feature. You may want to solve it as I did. I flashed/install the ODEX for my HTC ONE (M7, Not ONE X) Stock rom. But solution should be very similar.

Before flashing it, you need to consider prerequisites. (1) Root your device (2) install a Recovery Manager  (I recommend the "TeamWin Projects - TWRP 2.5")
(3) Download the ODEX or DE-ODEX, depending on your current rom.

Please visit the next reference, I did it and it Works :) x 1000

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285047

Good Luck!!!


How to create Android EC2 AMI from scratch? I've tested all Genymotion on-Demand AMIs, but they doesn't work for me, since some apps are not compatible with 64-bit platform.

I'd like to create my own x86 (32-bit) AMI where I can install The Open GApps, then install some other apps. What would be a good starting point to do that?

To save compile times of the entire Android OS (see: Requirements and Building of Android OS) and your custom ROM builds from hours, it is possible to use Android Open Source Project AMI as a starting point for building the entire AOSP build environment which is pre-configured and completely synced with the repo on this app and ready to go.

Once the instance is ready, run these commands to compile the Android OS:

$ cd aosp && . build/envsetup.sh
$ lunch aosp_arm-BUILDTYPE
$ make -j4

The BUILDTYPE is one of the following:

user: limited access; suited for production,
userdebug: like "user", but with root access,
eng: development configuration with additional debugging tools.

See: Preparing to build.

The solution above eliminates the need to host a build environment on the local machine, or require the Linux OS.


Is it possible to play music from an Android device to Airplay speakers? I'd like to play my music, podcasts, pandora, etc. on a Libratone Airplay speaker in my house.

I bought the Airplay add-on for DoubleTwist thinking it would let me do this, but it appears to only support AppleTV http://www.doubletwist.com/help/question/what-devices-are-supported-by-doubletwist-airplay/

The reason appears to be that there's no UI to select a device in airtwist.  Instead, you have to broadcast your availability and then pick the device from the AirPlay device.  Sadly, most airplay speakers do not have a UI to select devices.

Is there a way to send music to my Libratone or other UI-less Airplay speakers?

Bubble UPnP works great, although I don't find the interface all that easy to use

you can always try beta version of our AirPlay & DLNA media streaming app for Android. We are just looking for beta testers! Have a look at our landing page: http://streambels.com


Unable to access Google account in Android Market on HTC Desire HD After resetting factory settings, I am not able to access my Google account in Gmail / Market / Talk. Whenever I try to "sign-in" to Android Market using Google account, it shows error with title as "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server" and the message as "This could be a temporary problem or your phone may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call Customer Care."

What can I do to access "Android Market" from my HTC Desire HD? I'm using Bangladeshi net gp.

This would indicate that you are not connected to the Internet.

When you did the factory reset, the APN data for your network/carrier might have been erased.

You will have to check with your network/carrier for the correct APN settings.

You can also connect to a wifi network to connect your Google Account.

You can enter the APN settings by going to System Settings->Wireless and Networks->Mobile Networks->Access Point Names->Menu Button->Add New.


Change predefined SMS messages as a reply to being busy Can predefined SMS messages that you can select when not being able to pick up the call be somehow configurable? Can we change them somehow?

I know there's the last option of writing a custom SMS message, but I would rather change and localise existing ones to suit my needs and to not repeat the same typing over and over again.

You can edit them by going to:

Dialer (Phone app) -> Settings -> Quick Responses

I have tested it on Android 4.0.4 CyanogenMod 9.

In Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus
settings -> call -> set reject messages


FRP Huawei P9 Lite with Voice keyboard only I have recently just installed the Huawei P9 Lite Nougat beta update (EMUI 5 Update) and, when I wanted to setup the phone, I needed to do the FRP Verification (Which I can't because I have the voice keyboard only)
Does anyone know the bypass for this or maybe a solution? Thank you!
P.S. It is the test keys version.

I just used this keyboard, dictating my data by letters, then i opened the Google play and downloaded a normal gboard. That wass really hard, but i did it.


How to make an Android smartphone actually go to sleep? When I turn the screen off on an Android smartphone, I want battery life to be conserved.  Thus, I don't want any third-party apps running in the background, and I don't want the device periodically turning on WiFi (or connecting via 2G/3G/4G/5G).

I set up a test Android Samsung smartphone running Android Nougat, and installed just 25 popular apps.  I set all 25 apps to "Always Sleeping" in Settings.  I then let the device sit for 8 hours with the screen turned off.  During those 8 hours, the Android device connected to a WiFi router 59 times and transmitted/received data each time.

I don't want to turn on Airplane Mode, because I still want the device to be able to receive and log incoming phone calls.

Is there a way to accomplish this with Android (on a non-rooted device)?

As discussed in comments

You want to make sure that the device enters doze mode quickly and disconnect wifi / mobile data when the screen is off. Aeroplane mode is not an option because you need to be able to make /receive calls.

You can achieve that by Naptime app:

Naptime lowers your device's power consumption while the display is off by empowering Android's built-in doze power saving functionality.

Faster idle means less power being consumed uneccessarily. By default doze can take a while to kick in so Naptime just speeds-up that process automagically for you.

It can also automatically disable W-iFi, mobile data, location & bluetooth as soon as doze kicks in.

In addition, Naptime  can also help in enabling doze while in motion (phone in your pocket and you are walking).
It requires root but for unrooted devices it works with elevated privileges through adb commands given in app instructions.
This is a one time process and need not be applied on reboot (AFAIR).

In addition, have a look at this question How to tame "Phone Idle" battery drain on unrooted device? for other apps that can help you. I would recommend you try Wakelock Detector [LITE] (XDA thread)  which is handy in detecting apps that keep your device awake. It gives a better metric than the one you mentioned in question (make sure you follow the instructions).

You can identify such apps and decide on suitable alternatives.

As a second line of defense, in case you aren't happy with Naptime, try, Greenify is another useful app that can come in handy to tame troublesome apps. This works with unrooted devices with adb privileged permissions. Alternatively, you have an open source app Brevent that works as well but adb privileged permissions are required after a reboot. IMHO, with improved Android battery management in recent versions, you may not need this line of defense at all.

Also see this for more Disable autostart on boot and restrict background execution

I do it by disconnecting from data, wifi & bluetooth
Then turn on airplane mode & power off.

Can also go to dialer pad and dial

         *   # * # 4636 # * # *

(Star pound star pound 4636 pound star pound star)

tap phone information and scroll down to enable radios and move selector to off position.


Why does my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc LT15a reboot itself and not even load the home screen? I have Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc LT15a and suddenly the phone started to reboot itself. I'm assuming it's the memory is too low to load the OS main screen. Now, I have important data on the phone internal memory under the app called NoteEverything and I'm desperately trying to retrieve it somehow. Is there a way to start up the Xperia Arc in safe mode and delete some apps to free up memory? OR should I open the phone and disconnect some hardware maybe this will free up memory? How can I copy the ROM info which is the internal memory of the phone to another device or extra storage?

What should I do, what do you suggest? I am willing to do the impossible to have it up and running so at least I get my data backup!

p.s., I don't want to use the PC companion and delete my internal ROM coz it will delete everything and I don’t want this in the first place.

Try:

Removing SIM
Restart phone then go to setting -wireless networks-more-mobile n/w-n/w operator
Here you select search mode manual then select your network in 2G mode(ex. Vodaphone 2g or Airtel2g etc). Make sure not to select a 3G network.


Google Play Error - could not be downloaded due to an error(403) Today I got brand new Cubot GT-99, added my Google acc but when I try to install any app it throws error:

"Some App Name" could not be downloaded due to an error(403)

Also app update throws a bunch of errors:

Update for "Some App Name" could not be downloaded due to an error(403)

I tried factory reset, and even another Google account and it still doesn't work.
Also, I tried clearing proxy settings, and still no results.

This is the only problem with this phone, everything other works excellent.

Any help, please? Thank in advance.

It seems there is a problem with Google play.

Please take a look at the issue tracker.

Remove google play store from the multitasking menu and try again


Play store apps download but don't install On my pixel phone apps will download but once the download completes it doesn't install. Usually if I restart the phone the apps install but if I wait a few hours I have to repeat the process.

Anyone know of a way to fix the issue permanently?

Having the same issue on 7.1, what seemed to help was: going to the play store app info, force stop, clear data, force stop, open back up. All updates went through and even though there still is a delay after download and before start of install it's significantly improved at about 10-15s as opposed to minutes or never happening. I'll probably try to clear data for other related services to see if it helps any further.

Now you do not have to worry about losing any apps or games you like because there is an app called APK Extractor that helps change the app from Play Store to apk. With this application we can make back up instalan to raw apk file which then we can save or we share to other friends. Here are the steps:

Download the APK Extractor app directly from the Google Play store, this app is available for free.
Once installed, run APK extractor then a list of applications will appear installed on your phone.
Select which application we will back up or change to apk file.
If you select more than one application, tap the application app for a bit longer.
Then select the Extract menu, then immediately extraction process will run.
Once completed, Apk files will be stored in the ExtractedApks folder which is automatically stored in the internal memory.
You can see apk list and then can move it on PC or share it to friends.

That's how to change apps from the play store to apk, as extracted app notes are just freeware or free, because for premium apps there is usually a protector that blocks APK Extractor action.


How to avoid the Hotspot getting disabled during an incoming/outgoing call? I have turned on Hotspot and the data is being used on other Android device but when there is an incoming call the Hotspot gets disabled automatically and gets enabled after the call ,During which I am unable to share the data.

Why is this happening and how to avoid the Hotspot getting disabled automatically on an incoming/outgoing call.

Unfortunately a limitation in 3g is that data cannot be used whilst a voice call is happening. Android turns off the hotspot because data isn't available during the call, so unfortunately there is no fix available until networks start to implement voice over LTE.

You can use whats'up or some  voip application like skype or   CS-IP  app with voip provider credential. In the last case You can have a fixed phone number, , Just ask people to call You ate the virtual number.


Samsung GT-S5360 screen unlock My mother has forgotten her screen lock password. is a four digit number. how can I reset phone so she can use it again?

Please assist!

Follow this process only if mobile data is disabled and phone PIN locked. What I'm giving is Factory Reset method.
(Warning: Factory reset erases all the data from the phone permanently. Phones resets to its initial state.)

Charge the phone fully.
Switch-off the phone.
Try these combinations -

  volume key up+middle home key+power key

-or-

  volume key down+middle home key+power key

A windows pop-ups for confirming Factory Reset/Wipe Data. Confirm it.
The reset process completes in a minute or two.

You can take the help of Google account to reset the password, first of all make sure the wifi/mobile data is turned on, if not then switch the data connection on by pressing and holding the power button until a pop up appears asking you wether to turn the device off, Data network mode use it to turn the mobile data switched on. Once mobile data gets switched on tap over the forgot password put your gmail account user ID and password you will be given the privilege to create new password. Follow the instruction and you are all done.


Chrome's Development Tools on Android Is it possible to open Chrome's Development Tools in Android? Is it possible to do so with Java?

I tried going into the settings and such, but is it possible to access the console and create cookie for the browser?

Directly on the device? I don't think so. If you have a computer running chrome, and a usb cord for your phone, then you can use Chrome's remote debugger to access a web console on your computer that can inspect pages open in chrome, and any in-app webviews that have debugging enabled.

Basically, you just enable the developer options and remote debugging on your phone, and go to chrome://inspect in your computer's browser.

To debug an app's webview you'll need to modify the app to enable debugging.

See Google's documentation for more information and detailed instructions.

You can override the console.log function to save the contents of the console to a local variable. Then output the contents in a div at the bottom of the page.

Alternatively, you could use a bookmarklet to toggle a div that shows the contents.


Custom recovery location in boot.img I am using samsung galaxy y. I have installed a custom kernel and that kernel  has a custom recovery that boots automatically when i boot into recovery. I want to change custom recovery present in the kernel.

I unpacked boot.img and found zimage file & ramdisk.cpio.gz. Then unpacked ramdisk.cpio.gz and found many files. But I have no idea where is that custom recovery.

Please guide me its location and procedure to do so.

Found the recovery location in /sbin directory.


Calander events shifting days In September I added 26 calendar events, one every other Saturday, to set personal goals. Each calendar entry is a separate event, I am not using the Recurring Event feature. I've noticed that some goals are shifting a few days into the future.

The events from 29 November to 13 December have shifted two days forward: instead of being on a Saturday they appear on the Monday two days later.
The events from 27 December to 10 January have shifted five days forward: instead of being on a Saturday they appear on the Thursday five days later.
The events from 24 January to 7 March have shifted eight days forward: instead of being on a Saturday they appear on the Sunday eight days later.
The events from 21 March to 4 April have shifted eleven days forward: instead of being on a Saturday they appear on the Wednesday eleven days later.

And so on, the gaps get larger further into the future.

The only other event that I have added so far out is a recurring event every Tuesday, which is not affected (i.e. has not shifted). I do not cross time zones with this device, and the day shifting does not correlate with any Day Light Savings Time shifts. This is a work phone with a lock screen: my children nor anybody else has access to the device nor to the Google account with which it is associated to. I have very few apps installed on the device, such as Anki and Firefox. I do not have any social media apps, such as Facebook, on the device.

This is on a Samsung Note 3 on Android 4.4.

More information: This is using the stock Google calendar application, with the calendar stored and synced with my Google account 'dotancohen'. As these are the only entries in the 'dotancohen' calendar that far in advance, I do not know if the other entries would have be affected. I do have other calendars which are shown in the Google calendar application, connected to other Google accounts (such as my work account) are not affected. All the affected entries we added one at a time by hand on the device, i.e. I long-clicked the calendar in Month mode and manually added each entry. For that particular calendar (the 'dotancohen' Google account) I have never opened the calendar on another device.

This has happened to me on my Samsung Note 4 just recently under similar circumstances. I don't cross timezone and it had nothing to do with a time change because none happened. I'm also using Lollipop 5.0.1 so it doesn't appear to be an OS issue.

Mine was in the Google Calendar, not the phone's default one also. It did seem that it shifted after I synchronized the calendars with Google. It only happened to the event I had sat as reoccurring on an 'every other' setting.
I'm guessing it may be a bug in the synchronization system trying to figure the days when having sat them with a 'every other whatever' type setting.

I fixed this error by editing the event (selecting ALL events) then moving it back to the correct Saturday and editing the occurrence to 'every second Saturday of the month' as it was and it seemed to correct all of them when synchronized.

I don't know if this can explain the events shifting multiple days, but here is information directly from Google Calendar Support

Time zones can be complicated, and sometimes this complexity can affect your Calendar events. Here are some of the details about how time zone changes throughout the world can affect you, and what you can do to resolve common issues.
Why time zones are not that simple
Here are some reasons why timezone changes can be quite complicated:

Every year, a lot of countries switch between Standard Time (ST) and Daylight Saving Time (DST), and, unfortunately, they don’t do it at the same time. For example, in 2011, Europe switched back from DST to ST on Oct 30, while the continental U.S. switched on Nov 6. This means that the standard 5 hours difference between New York and London was 4 hours between Oct 30 and Nov 6.
Every year, several countries decide to change their time zones or DST rules entirely. Recent examples include Russia, Chile, Belarus, and Egypt. Moscow used to be UTC+3 in the winter and UTC+4 during the summer, but when Russia decided to stay away from DST as of November 2011, Moscow became UTC+4 all year round.

To minimize potential disruptions of these changes, Google Calendar relies on UTC time (Coordinated Universal Time, previously known as Greenwich Mean Time or GMT) -- a single “true” time -- to help avoid conflicts in all locations.
Whenever you create an event, Calendar converts it from your time zone to UTC time, using currently known conversion rules. By using one universal time for all events, Calendar can keep all of your guests’ calendars consistent regardless of which time zones they're in. When we display the event on your calendar, it is converted from UTC to appear in your own time zone.
Let’s look once more into the Russian example. If you in March 2011 created an event for Nov 2011 at 17:00 MSK, then according to rules we knew in March, we would store it as 14:00 UTC. After the switch happened in Russia, Google Calendar takes the new rule and converts this event to 18:00 MSK. Luckily, all participants and rooms that you booked are still available for this meeting.

One way you can test if it is in fact a timezone issue is to add "all day events" if those also shift, then there is something else happening. All day events are based on just the date, so they do not rely on timezones at all.


Not able to send media on Whatsapp...Moto X I just upgraded to Moto X from Motorola Photon. I am not being able to send/receive any picture or media files. The settings for media is turned on but still the media button in mot highlighting.

This can be dependant on the app itself being compatible with your version of android, or the phone itself. Without more information, this is a hard question to answer. I've heard that Whatsapp doesnt like Android 4.4 (KitKat) just yet, or it could be a simple problem with the app that the developer hasn't fixed yet. If all else fails, give it time for the devs to fix the app, make sure settings on your phone allow it the app to work right, or just try reinstalling the app and restarting your phone.

After some tests .. I realized that a temporary solution could be remove the Google Play Music application updates.


"Scanner disabled; location inaccurate" in Ingress Whenever I open the app, the game is stuck on the "Scanning to acquire user location..." screen. If I force the game to go to the main screen by pressing my device's back button, it shows a black screen with the words "Scanner disabled; location inaccurate.""

However, when I use a different app that requires GPS such as My Tracks, or simply Maps (both by Google, Inc), my location is pinpointed perfectly. What's wrong?

Try updating google maps. This is what worked for me (after none of the other stuff mentioned worked.)

So I had the same problem and some how fixed it by going to the in game store and it was able to find my location that way. I backed out and could then start playing. Hope this helps someone else.