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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajithwarren:
Solutions above don't work

Hey I'm from Sri Lanka and I own a Galaxy S4 Snapdragon 600 variant.

When I bought the phone from a Samsung Centre in my country, Google Now wasn't available. I browsed for a solution to activate it on this forum and I found one, which worked. It involved uninstalling updates to Play Services, then activating Google Now and then updating Play Services, and this was when I was running Jellybean 4.3.

When I upgraded to 4.4 Google Now worked flawlessly like before, and about two days back I accidentally turned Google Now off from the Google Now Launcher settings. When I tried to reactivate it it said that location services were unavailable and that location reporting is unavailable for my country. When Google Now worked it worked with no issues with it using location services.

How do I fix this? I've tried multiple methods (some of which are mentioned in this thread), but invain. I've uninstalled, disabled, and updated my Play Services multiple times with no positive results. How can I get Google Now working? I'm quite a heavy Google user so I feel sort of handicapped.

Help?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arniingi:
Same here does not work, the Google search 2.6.7.apk file will not install
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sybozz:
"Enable Google Now" [solved]

That's so simple and worked fine for me. Though it required a restart. And after that it just took some moments enabling Google Now.

Thanks a lot!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docles:
No method did work

Hi Guys,

I am stucked with this issue and I have tried patiently the 3 methods presented in this thread.

No one did work.

Do you have any further ideas?

I am in Brazil and my wife's moto g (purchased and activated locally) does have the Google now working.

Thanks for your help

Docles
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ivan Tesla:
Great Method

This worked great. It is the easiest straight forward method.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ivan Tesla:
Lollipop

Hey Ok now that we have Android Lollipop, will this method still work to activate Google Now cards??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbowwow02:
None of these methods work with Lollipop. I on't know why Google even bothers updating all their stuff. None of it works without location services including Google Fit.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iFeelYouJohanna:
No but this method works

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/root-how-to-enable-google-android-5-0-t2927591
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sami-shalhoub:
you can try this, it is working for me.

http://xdaforums.com/android/help/g...-nowgoogle-t3138439/post61425631#post61425631
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shehan Rathnayake:
In M8 there's no uninstall update button showing.

i tried to enable Google now on my device(M8) but i cant uninstall updates or disable play services.what should i do? please help! :confused:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suici Doga:
After I factory reset my Nexus 9 Google Now started working.But then later after an update it stopped working and I cannot use it now.

I am in Sri Lanka and the Nexus 9 is running Marshmallow
[Micromax A116] shivambajaj:
Can soneone port this rom for canvas hd

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/xiaomi-hongmi-nexus-5/
[Micromax A116] eagledipesh:
New baseband

I am interested in the base band, its updated.

P18 (04/07/2013) V/S (21/08/2013)
[Micromax A116] shivambajaj:
Cool....what are the advantages of a later baseband ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] sholdowa:
I use wireless at home, wireless at work, and gprs otherwise. These obviously use separate smtp servers to send mail. How can I set this up???
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] davebo:
SMTP

You can set the outgoing smtp mail server on each account. Just set up multiple accounts.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] sholdowa:
yeuch! I see microsoft thought long and hard about that one :(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] rgates2000:
How else do you imagine your email is going to be sent using another account? That isn't the fault of your device, it is the way SMTP works. Most smart companies have Relay turned off on their servers anyway. Yes they could set it up to allow Relay on authentication, but from a useability standpoint I believe that setting a specific SMTP server per account is the smart way to go.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ZeBoxx:
well, I'm not sure about SMTP in other places, but in NL it's often a case of whether your ISP-assigned IP address belongs to the same company running the SMTP.

E.g. when I'm up north in the country, I'm using wifi on an @home network, and need to set my smtp to mail dot home dot nl . But when I'm back at home, I'm going through Casema, and need to set smtp to smtp dot casema dot nl.

I *could* set up two accounts, but then all my e-mail is separate as well. Instead, I just change that little variable, and I'm all set for the duration of my stay at either location.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] lsainsbury:
LOL! I have the same issue! I want to manage mutiple SMTP servers but the only way appears to be manualy changing the setting.

Surley somebody could write a small app with perhaps common SMTP servers and the ablility to add your own server settings and then poke it into the smtp setting?

I'm not a programmer but I don't think it''l be that difficult? All you would need is a selection screen od smtp servers and then get the app to change the setting???

Any programmers up for that challenge? :shock: :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] rastip:
multiple smtp servers - solution

Hi Guys

The only thing I see for this problem is to use server which does not check where are you connecting from. Something like www.inmail.sk

In this case I use for all my account different pop3 receive server, but all have the same smtp (smtp.inmail.sk). Just every account using they own email address. This way the emails will be send as they would be from different accounts.

Of cause you have to get one inmail account. Which is free anyway.

rastip
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] genetru:
The better solution is to find out if one of your email providers supports smtp authentication.

As someone mentioned earlier most providers block "relaying" -- sending email while connected to a network other than their own -- so people can't use their server for spam.

Luckily, some of the smarter email providers also provide a solution to this problem -- authentication, which just means to provide your username and password. Then you can use their server no matter what network you happen to be attached to whether it's gprs, wifi, or whatever.

You can find out whether your smtp server supports authentication by telnetting to it from your desktop computer.

At a command prompt type

telnet yoursmtpserverhere 25

then type

ehlo yoursmtpserverhere

If it returns something like AUTHENTICATION or AUTH PLAIN TEXT, you're golden.

Use that server for all of your email accounts and enable authentication in each account by going to the last email account set up screen and clicking Options. On the second Option screen, check the box "Server requires authentication".

Then click on Use Seperate Settings and enter the username and password for the email account of the smtp server you're using.

Now you'll be able to send email no matter what network you are connected to.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Huangiez:
Is there a way to delete the smart stay icon in notification bar when smart stay is turned on?

I always leave it on and the icon in my notification bar is useless
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
If you're rooted Wanam xposed has an option. If not then don't think there is another way.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hookwai:
Anyone knows of a solution to connect the G pad to the ps3 controller like the nexus 7 2013? I tried connecting my ps3 controller to an otg cable then to my G pad, nothing happen... seem not link.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaetheran2107:
Sixaxis App

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 4 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ken_alpha24:
Just upgraded to 4.3 today but my data services don't seem to function well. Can someone please help me?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whyomax:
Same problem here..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BadKingDookie:
Looks to be an issue with TWRP, have either of you tried the latest CWM recovery? I was hoping to avoid it since my nandroid backup was TWRP (I'm honestly not sure if there's a difference) but a few posts in the main threads are reporting a similar thing.

EDIT: Nope, same issue, at least for omnirom.

I take that back, it does work. :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolozaur:
Go to Settings - Network Connections - More Networks - Mobile Networks - Access Points Names

Check and see if you have the APNs from your provider, they usually are 3 ([Provider] Internet, [Provider] WAP, [Provider] MMS - in my case). Make sure [Provider] Internet is selected. When I usually re-install some ROMs, the WAP APN is selected by default and that will show me the 3G data icon but it will not let me access internet resources with my data services.

If by any chance you are missing the Internet APN, search a bit on the internet for your provider APN settings for internet access.

Hope this works.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BadKingDookie:
It just acts like there's no SIM card at all. I don't understand it completely, but CWM is doing something that TWRP is not (or vice versa) and is causing this issue. Took my 7105T from virgin vanilla stock to the omnirom 4.4.2 nightlies yesterday and when I flashed from CWM the issue was resolved.

That said though, I'm unsure how this will affect omnirom's updates so I might need to switch to cyanogenmod. Shame, because I do prefer TWRP.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumondhk1:
try to change different modems.

i hope it will work

dont worry, it happened to me also
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabharwalrahul91:
Kindly check ur imei if its generic 0034*****

I got the same problem also
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zygzoo:
try to revert to original stock rom
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waldemarz:
Try to change modems.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ijsiregar:
try to factory reset your device

it seems you missing your IMEI

it happens in some device,,,

or if you still have warranty just go to your retailer
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ken_alpha24:
Problem solved. Got to the service center to reflash FW. Ty guys
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuasulwer:
cant access apn settings after 4.3 update

I don't know what you guys are talking about but I can't even access the APN settings, its invisible. I have a SCH R950 note 2. H2o wireless already took my money but told me I needed to unlock it, even though I can't unlock a CDMA phone. im so confused because it is quad band and has sim card slot but no one can unlock it and I cant find how to flash to h20
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyber_Dragon001:
Hi Everyone...

I've just started upgrading my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830

I already got the Odin 4.38, Cooper_v1.0.ops

All im missing is the firmware

I already gone to SamMobile to find the firmware, i found it but can't download

can anyone give me a working mirror of the firmware S5830DXKT5 for Galaxy Ace?...

*Also this firmware is Asia (im on the Philippines)*

Reply plz...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharingan:
select smartphone then android then ace and then select Philippines {sun} and download the S5830DXKT5 file brother

it is easy

if you have any problem ask me :laugh:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyber_Dragon001:
Thats the problem, the sammobile website is down because hotfile is terminated by the gov.

But ive downloaded that in other sites, and ive successfully updated my ace to 2.3.6 :silly:

But thanks thou :laugh:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharingan:
try terafile link
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Sherl:
I have installed te Dr.Ketan wifi patch in my S.W.A.R.M Rom. I need to remove it now. SO can anyone provide me the flashable/Odin file of old BMB 4 Bootloader?
[General Questions and Answers] thebiggboss180:
Hello

I want to ask..how to prevent any android device from sleeping

..I don't know if this is the problem. But I got a tablet that. If I lock the screen for 5 min. After turning it on. All games got a bad laggs. Even 2d games

The tablet have dualcore CPU and 1 g ram

And thx in advance
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kamy0074:
hello all i have my SMSs in vmg format i want convert them to csv or text to restore in my arc s!!

do u know anyconvertor program??/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] georgesmh:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.toilelibre.libe.athg2sms&hl=en

But your post shouldn't be here dude.. there is a Q@A thread in the General Section
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kamy0074:
thanks man!!!can u tell me name of the app?

and so sorry for that wrong
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] LeroViten:
Within two days since the release of CM10.1 with hybrid ION/PMEM allocation, I happen to see more and more people asking for the explanation of that ION thing we are all talking about.

In fact, all you need to do is a Google search because lately there's been quite a bit of discussions about Android "ION". What exactly is ION? Is it just some fancy name or is there more to it?

Let's talk about some history of Android first.

Since the very beginning, vendors of Android devices like HTC, Samsung or Motorola all use different System on a Chip (SoC) solutions from Qualcomm (MSM/Snapdragon), Nvidia (Tegra) and TI (OMAP). Each SoC has its own kernel drivers for managing memory buffers (chunks of scratchpad memory) used by Graphic Processing Unit (GPU), Audio processing, and Camera Stills and Video processing.

Every vendor had their own version of memory management, such as PMEM for Qualcomm, NVMAP for Nvidia and CMEM for TI - private memory not shared with anyone else. Each Android graphics, audio and camera libraries had to be customized to work with each of the SoC's own flavour of memory management, which makes it a nightmare for the Android Maintainers to maintain the fragmentation and compatibility issues abound. However, this was the case for all pre-Ice Cream Sandwich OS like Froyo, Gingerbread or even Honeycomb.

For Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich), Google was finally fed up with the private memory manager structure and decreed that all newer devices with Android 4.0 native should use the new, so called "ION" memory manager.

So what is exactly the Android ION?

In a simple words, Android ION removes ARM specific dependencies. The ION memory manager provides a common structure for how memory will be managed and used by GPU, Audio and Camera drivers.

Common functions are:

- Memory allocation / de-allocation

- Direct Memory Access Pools

user-space (Android libraries)

- memory passing to/from kernel space

With these common functions and structures defined, kernel drivers from each SoC manufacturer needed to rewrite their drivers to be compatible with Ice Cream Sandwich.

Once the drivers adopted to the new common structure, the graphics, audio and camera libraries can now be more generic and could care less about the nitty-gritty details of how different SoC vendors' drivers worked.

It was painful at first, but it was a necessary move for Google to impose to all the SoC vendors.

Now looking back, this new ION manager enabled manufactures and third party Android projects (like Cyanogen-mod) to quickly bring up newer Android releases for various devices and also reduce the "hidden" Android fragmentation.

Thanks Google for a powerful Search Tool and the author of this:

Original Article
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] aieman88:
A very good explaination in terms of general basic stuff as my head would be spinning around if you explain it into 'high level wizard' stuff.Hehehe.Thank You.:)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] hotheabilly:
Clearly described. Thank you :D
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] xlollomanx:
Very clearly explanation! Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] jglory:
Thanks for the explanation sir, at last, i know what is ION :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] TiTAN-O-One:
Thanks for the explanation! Been looking for one LOLS! So does it mean ION is better than PMEM?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] ahaiqali:
What's the advantage of ION?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] aieman88:
I'm not a dev, but in my understanding the biggest hurdle for porting ROMS is device drivers. It is relatively easy to port a ROM from the AriesVe to the Ancora, because they are made by the same manufacturer, have the same system-on-a-chip manufacturer (Qualcomm) and have a similar stock kernel based.

But porting a ROM from, let's say a HTC One is highly impossible, because it uses a different system-on-a-chip exclusive to HTC phones and its stock kernel is based on it. And even though Android is based on Linux, each of the phone manufacturers have slightly different ways of organizing system files that set the various system options. So a kernel patch that works on one device probably won't work on another. (kernel level features such as GPU overclocking, two-way call recording etc. rely on these system setting files).

Even among phones made by the same company, you may have hardware differences such as different camera technologies, different screen resolutions, etc. that make porting harder.

That's why CyanogenMod, AOKP and MIUI are so valuable and appreciated, because they organize porting of a ROM that, as far as the kernel and GUI are concerned, vary little between devices. However those projects still have to rely on what manufacturers choose to release as open source to develop hardware device drivers to port the ROM to each device.

And then you have the problem of, what level of Android is officially supported by the manufacturer? Our Galaxy W, for example, is still waiting for an official ICS release it may never get, which means running JB/KK as it is meant to be run is that much harder. It's hard enough , where we doesnt have official ICS/JB/KK kernel source.

That's why I give lots of kudos to people who take custom ROMs like Aokp,CM(Mega Kudos to Arco) Paranoid Android and the like that were developed for other devices and port them to the Ancora.We're talking crazy wizard-level stuff like memory management, camera, hardware graphics optimization (Project Butter).

#copypaste ;p
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] mirosz:
BIG thanks for this amazing explanation *thumbsup*
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] LeroViten:
The main advantage for us is the possibility to update Adreno drivers, get rid of some bugs and feel smooth with some sort of better performance. :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] LeroViten:
Surely ION management is better. If it wasn't, it would have already been left out since ICS times by all the manufacturers. ;)

Sent from my Nokia 1100. :p
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] hurtsky:
agree with you.. last time i use CM10.1 that still PMEM, i gave up to stay with it because it is really poor performance when the phone stay up longer... now with ION i feel happy when using this CM10.1 with ION.. well since ICS until KITKAT all should use ION to fully optimize the memory management itself.. if someone could build ION for ICS.. haha.. that would be awesome...
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] dec0der:
Mates, [MENTION=4723408]hurtsky[/MENTION] & [MENTION=5077369]LeroViten[/MENTION]

Just want to ask :confused:, so for now ONLY cm10.1 b2 custom ROM is compatible with ION kernel? Both ROM and kernel must support ION? Thnx
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] poji94:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] dec0der:
*sighs
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] ades47:
sorry before i noob are "ION" give more life battery to custom rom?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] LeroViten:
Surely not. It has nothing to do about our battery life. We all have different usage statistics and the variety of apps installed. So we all have different battery stats too. For me one with a heavy usage is more than enough. And two days as a calling and messaging device - is brilliant. :)

But no... ION has no influence on battery life... ;)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] xSmart007x:
thanks for the topic... best explanation i've read

Maido Ari...
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] NightSilence:
Thank You For The Explanation :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] ades47:
i expecting ION can do better in battery life since bbm to android my galaxy w 100% battery drain in 3 hours and i install greenify :(
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] LeroViten:
Well... That's what apps like BBM, Viber, Whatssap do... If you buy a Donated version of greenify you'll be able to hibernate BBM without lose of message notification. :)

Отправлено с моего GT-I8150 через Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] kyoshiro67:
i see.. that's why ION on CM10.1 arco is better and much responsive. thanks lero for explanation :good:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] honeyx:
As Lero already said. No influence to battery life. I´m currently having the hybrid CM10.1 on the SGW and am getting 10% lost in 20 hours in StandBy. So theoretically about 8 days in StandBy, which I also got with PMEM. ION is just a newer memory management but it doesn´t do miracles like reducing the power consumptions of onboard devices.

Btw, good explanation Lero :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] mps42:
Thank you so much for explenation

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Explanation **
[Sony Tablet S] Maverick923:
Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix this?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
sdcard/custom_update_signed.zip???

Is this an actual update zip made by AiO??

If it is then WTF as it passed the verification check!!

If that is the case then you are very lucky.

Have you tried a HC file such as 0042. These ignore vendor folders as they did not exist (or were not relevant at the time)
[Sony Tablet S] Maverick923:
OK I found the 0042 file, and tried to use it. Unfortunately I keep getting "E:Prohibit update as a result of checking version or base sku

Installation aborted" Any other ideas?
[Sony Tablet S] 1Hax:
almost same problem. started my own thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49331509
[Sony Tablet S] Maverick923:
Looks like we are in the same boat
[Sony Tablet S] 1Hax:
true true) looks like our devices are dead. last time i broke my PS3 in the same way. after 5 or 6 months i was drinkin beer. tooooo much beer and decided to repair it at any cost! and i found solve my own :D dont remember how, but it still works perfectly!)) i hope some1 with same problem will make this script happen.

PS sry for my damn bad english =( its far as hell from my native.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Can you post recovery.log after trying that
[Sony Tablet S] Maverick923:
OK this is what I got
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
What was the hack_recovery you used earlier? Was that just a renamed zip? As it passed the check then but failed due to 121116036 incremental being larger than the 0042.
[Sony Tablet S] Maverick923:
Yes because another thread I was reading was talking about that, and I was trying what ever.
[Sony Tablet S] Maverick923:
That file is supposed to get you full adb so you can push the recovery I believe.
[Sony Tablet S] Maverick923:
Have any ideas yet on what I should do?
[Sony Tablet S] Maverick923:
So has anyone having this issue been able to resolve? What should I do with this thing? Do I need to jtag, and if so what jtag? I am saving this thing, and wondering if I should continue to save it? Please tell me something.