Does AVG have any features that Lookout doesn't have, or vice versa?

Lookout

Free

Security

Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware, Anti-Spyware

Backup

Contacts Backup
Restore Data to Existing Phone

Missing Device

Find Phone (Locate & Scream)

Support

Standard Support

Paid ($2.99/Month or $29.99/year)

Security

Block phishing and malicious websites
Protect your privacy with Privacy Advisor

Backup

Photo, Call History Backup
Transfer Data to New Phone

Missing Device

Remote Wipe
Remote Lock

Support

Premium Support

AVG

Free

Security

Scan whole device and identify and remove viruses with a simple click
Automatic scans can be run weekly, daily, or on demand
Check apps for malware before downloading from app stores
Check web content, emails, and SMS for malware before downloading to device

Theft protection

Locate lost or stolen device using GPS
Create and display onscreen message remotely
Lock device and wipe content
Manage applications remotely

SMS spam protection

Basic protection from SMS spammers

Paid ($9.99 One time charge ???)

Premium SMS security

All text messages checked for malicious content and spam in real time
Text message spam blocked at source

VIP support

Anti-Virus PRO customers receive premium level support whenever they need it

No disruption

Anti-Virus PRO is free of advertising and other disruptions


Blocking numbers from my phone and WhatsApp

Blocking a contact will not prevent that user from sending you messages on WhatsApp.

Hence, you need to explicitly block that contact using the WhatsApp settings.

Here is what happens when you block someone in WhatsApp:

WhatsApp messages sent by a blocked contact will not show up on your phone and will never be delivered to you.
You will not be able to send messages to a blocked contact until you unblock them.

There is one important feature blocking does not change:

Blocking someone will not remove this contact from your WhatsApp list, nor will it remove you from the list on this contact's phone. To delete a contact in WhatsApp, you must delete the contact from your phone's address book.


Is there an open source or other equilvent to Android Sync Manager?

If you are just talking about files, I'd take a look into FTPSyncX or FolderSync. I can only talk for FTPSyncX, as I am using it myself -- but most of the following should be valid for both apps:

You can setup directory pairs (one on your device matching another on your PC), and have them sync bidirectionally or unidirectionally. You can configure the sync interval: globally, per server, or even per directory-pair. You can even tell it to only sync when you're in your Home WiFi, or only when you request it (via Widgets, from within the app, or even event-based controlled by Tasker.

If this answer didn't catch your intention, feel free to comment, ask, or update your question :)


What do you mean 'should I install it?' What are you going to flash on your phone?

BTW since your tablet lacks official support, try looking on xda-dev if there's any unofficial support for your device. There's little to no hope so I wouldn't count on it much. Even if you can find an unofficial support, its likely to be very buggy and unstable. Better stick to your OEM firmware.


How to monitor API calls made by an Android App?

The XPosed framework allows to hook and therefore monitor every App and Android method. Therefore it can be used for creating a log of certain API methods.

However this require to hook every API method you are interested in.

I found two open source projects aiming in what you want. Both are implemented as an XPosed module:

Droidmon (last change in 2016)
Sensitive_API_Monitor

You may have to expend those projects if APIs you are interested in are not hooked by those projects.


Transparent notificationbar/statusbar for Android 4.3

If your device is rooted you could install Tinted Statusbar (Xposed). This will do what you want.


Havoc Os v2.2 is out, (see on xda thread for Oneplus 3/3T)

This version correct the problem and everything works as expected now.


Don't use busybox dd (compiled with bionic libc). Instead you may use static dd binary from gnu coreutils compiled with glibc or musl. On my device all binaries work well; Android's toolbox dd, meefik's busybox dd and statically built dd.

Bionic is confirmed to be buggy with large files.

PS: Playing with eMMC is dangerous, particularly when testing buggy dd. dd is a killer, in my opinion. You can accidentally overwrite initial few bytes of mmcblk0 rendering your device useless.


Will flashing CyanogenMod reset the status of SIM lock on Nexus S?

Will upgrading to CyanogenMod lock my Sim Again?

Nope!

CyanogenMod doesn't have anything to do with lock or unlock of sim cards.

But by the way, isn't CyanogenMod 11 the same as KitKat?


How to play one-channel audio in both headphones?

Two of the comments made by @AndrewT have suggested to me the good solution:

true mono audio shouldn't be a problem when played on stereo speaker
(it will play the same waveform on both left & right channel)

and

the audio source is actually stereo, but the audio is only recorded on
1 channel

As the youtube audio in question is not a mono but a stereo with just one channel (Audacity was right, Mediainfo was wrong), a solution is exactly the one that initially seemed to me the opposite of what I wanted: rendering the file as mono — and thus, playing it through both headphones.
This solution works on Android 10, the setting is under Accessibility, Audio& on-screen text.


Why my S3 device sounds when magnetic card is put on its back?

Your S3 has an NFC chip in it that can read and write NFC tags which are a type of RFID. RFID is most commonly used for things like identification chips for dogs and NFC for public transport payment cards like Octopus or Oyster. It's also in quite a lot of credit and debit cards now too.

The card will have some kind of tag in it - the NXP TagInfo app will give you information about what kind of tag it is.


It seems pretty absurd to me, but while Security didn't see the certificate, Docs to go actually installed it. However, this forced me to have a pin on the lock screen, or a password, which are both very uncomfortable for me, so this opens a new question.


Shoutcast Stream not running in Android Browser - File Is Not Supported Error

I believe you need to install Winamp or another Shoutcast-streaming client.


The consequences of disabling the RIL daemon (rild) is hardware dependent. Because RIL is getting more and more involved in all aspects of Radio related items, including WiFi. The easiest way to stop RIL is by killing rild. But you need to have a rooted device to do this. Open a command shell and get root prompt (#).

# kill -9 `pidof rild`

You can then check the current status with:

# getprop |grep init.svc.ril
...
[init.svc.ril-daemon]: [stopped]
[init.svc.ril-qmi]: [stopped]

To restart rild you have to point it to the right device and library files. You can find what these are with:

# getprop | grep rild.lib
...
[rild.libargs]: [-d /dev/smd0]
[rild.libpath]: [/system/lib/libril-qc-qmi-1.so]

Then restart with*:

# rild -l /system/lib/libril-qc-qmi-1.so -- -d /dev/smd0

* PS. I haven't actually tried this line, so feel free to edit this post. It's possible you also need to supply the correct SE context to SU as well...


It is quite possible that the LCD backlight has died. This would indicate a hardware fault. But before we jump to conclusions,

Make sure you don't have a screen filter like (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor) active.
Factory reset it and see if the problem persists.


And what to do before that, also important. OK, short guide – assuming your .apk has the name metro.apk, and you're in the very same directory on your computer where that file resides:

PC> adb push metro.apk /data/local/metro.apk
PC> adb shell
$ su
# pm install /data/local/metro.apk

What I'm just wondering: What makes you think you need to be root for that? Taking the shorter road:

PC> adb install metro.apk

Saves a few steps :)

OTOH, if you're talking about a system app, things might look different:

PC> adb push metro.apk /data/local/metro.apk
PC> adb shell
$ su
# mount -ro remount,rw /system
# cp /data/local/metro.apk /system/app
# exit
PC> adb reboot


Difference between "T-Mobile G1" and "HTC Dream"?

Not that I have found. It's just different names for the same phone. (A pretty standard marketing practice.)

Some more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Dream


Password protected access to phone features

You can use Smart App protector or similar software. However I haven't tested it personally. I use MIUI rom which have these functions built in.


Automated deployment of app to multiple devices

Zebra devices use a program to serve and deploy smartphone apps, called StageNow

You can connect to your devices wirelessly through the same network using the adb from android studio, once connected install the app with an adb command

there should be more options provided by the official android team, in my opinion, some times they treat android developers as if they were all hobbyists, i deploy apps for production in a factory, we use StageNow which allow rapid deployment


Restore app data from a copied 'com.company.appname' folder

Very likely, you need to adb push them to the appropriate folder in your /data/ partition which is different than your /sdcard/ partition.


Insufficient storage when attempting to download app

Depending on where your phone is saving your downloads to, it may have insufficient space there (most likely the internal storage). Then your system may have already notified you that the system may misbehave and you should clear some storage. If not, then your storage may be messed up and the system is not allowed to write to a specific folder (I don't know what you try to download and what you use to download that).


Get all users by Organization name in People app of HTC One X

You can install Go Contacts EX.

One of its features is Quick find: by any letter, name, company, keyword.


Added simulated external display in Developer Settings and can't boot now

You can try wiping cache and dalvik before entering the safe mode. A similar problem is addressed on an XDA thread here.

If the above doesn't work, you can restore the previous backup (hopefully a NAndroid one). If that doesn't work, you can try flashing CM again. Finally, if none of the above works, you can do a full data wipe and factory reset and flash + restore again.

Yet another approach is manually editing the developer options database via ADB as discussed here.

adb shell
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
delete from global where name="overlay_display_devices";
reboot

If the above doesn't work, then as said in above XDA thread, delete the developer settings manually as follows (all system specific settings will be reset), first mount /data in recovery:

adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/
delete settings.db
reboot

If nothing works, the problem could be something different than the secondary display.


Force Uber app to launch when requesting Uber ride within Google maps?

You could just use the Uber app to use Uber rather than using Google maps.


Something causes my phone to hang and reboot

Actually I don't think this is related to the SD card per se. Some applications just don't handle being placed on SD or being back-upped and restored with Titanium Backup too well. I've experienced trouble with restored apps myself and solved the problems with removing the app and installing a fresh copy from the Market.


I don't think it understands ranges in that notation, have you tried 10.* or 10.*.*.*?


What are the location based alarm applications available for Android?

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


How do I turn off "Retrain OK, Google" notification?

On your phone, touch and hold the Home button.
On the top right, tap More and then Settings.
Next to "Google Assistant," turn off the switch.


Wiping /data and /cache of course won't help because Xposed writes to /system.

EDIT: As @DeathMaskSalesman points out in the comment, you should try the Xposed uninstaller available in the official Xposed thread. If that succeeds then great, you won't need to continue reading the risky part!

The Xposed zip shouldn't have allowed flashing on a wrong SDK at all, but now that the damage is done, back up data (internal storage) via TWRP first (you've already done a factory reset so I assume no app data needs to be backed up), then flash a factory firmware available at SamMobile with Odin to get a fresh start.


Remove preinstalled apps without rooting

There are two kinds of preinstalled apps, system apps and preset user apps.

User apps, even if they are preinstalled, can be removed normally. However, they will come back at every factory reset or settings reset.

For system apps, it's a little bit complex.
TL;DR In general we say you can't. Actually, yes you can, but the method is even more complex than rooting, so it's highly impractical. Yet you really can, though.

First of all, generally speaking, you can't remove system apps without root. System apps are installed in /system, which you can't mount as read-write without root normally. Thus you can't remove them.
However, as is mentioned above, as long as you can mount /system in read-write access, you can remove system apps. By far the easiest approach is to flash a cusrom recovery (this is more complex than rooting). With the custom recovery, you can modify every corner in your device, /system included, but beware of potential damage. In the recovery you can mount /system as r-w and then delete unwanted system apps. The real conplexity is that in most cases you must do this in an ADB shell, or deal with the not-so-friendly UI of TWRP.
Furthermore, I haven't yet learned that someone is flashing a custom recovery without rooting his phone. Only ones who want to maximize control over their devices gets custom recoveries, and rooting, in this case, is more basic than a recovery.


Full backup of only firmware and ROM from non-rooted Android devices (namely Samsung devices)

So, after the discussion in the comments you can backup the phone using the command adb backup [-f <file>] -all to backup all of your data, where file is you should put a recognizable name for the back up to track it easier when you will need it. Store it somewhere safe.

If you will ever need that you can use the command adb restore *name of the backup* after the flashing of the stock firmware and all will be as you wanted it.

There is more: in the case you don't want to backup ALL data, you can leave the -all option and use specific selections:

-obb/-noobb: you can save the OBB data of every application

-apk/-noapk: you can save the application themselves

-shared/-noshared: you can do a backup of the SDCARD contents

-system/-nosystem: backup of system apps (stock ones)


I tried to format /sdcard/ via the recovery, but it would do nothing, contrary to what it logs.

So finally i've formatted it via newfs_msdos (/system/ needs to be mounted, the command is located at /system/bin/newfs_msdos ) :

/system/bin # ./newfs_msdos -F 32 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
./newfs_msdos: warning, /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 is not a character device
./newfs_msdos: Skipping mount checks
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1: 5992960 sectors in 93640 FAT32 clusters (32768 bytes/cluster)
bps=512 spc=64 res=32 nft=2 mid=0xf0 spt=16 hds=4 hid=0 bsec=5994496 bspf=732 rdcl=2 infs=1 bkbs=2
/system/bin # ./newfs_msdos -F 32 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
./newfs_msdos: warning, /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 is not a character device
./newfs_msdos: Skipping mount checks
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1: 5992960 sectors in 93640 FAT32 clusters (32768 bytes/cluster)
bps=512 spc=64 res=32 nft=2 mid=0xf0 spt=16 hds=4 hid=0 bsec=5994496 bspf=732 rdcl=2 infs=1 bkbs=2

and then my sdcard was fine, I could write on it and use it via USB. I guess it was somewhat corrupted.


Locus Tweak allows Google Maps download, not OSM!

There is a clause in the OpenStreetMap Tile usage policy which does not allow offline storage:

  Bulk downloading is strongly discouraged. Do not download tiles
  unnecessarily.

  In particular, downloading significant areas of tiles at zoom levels
  17 and higher for offline or later usage is forbidden without prior
  consultation with a System Administrator. These tiles are generally
  not available (cached) on the server in advance, and have to be
  rendered specifically for those requests, putting an unjustified
  burden on the available resources.
  ...

From Locus itself, you can also see that OSM is not downloadable, versus Google's (assumed to have limits, as mentioned in their TOS).


Should you delete apps moved to SD card with new ROM?

Yes. You need to uninstall or move the app to internal storage

When an app is moved to SD ( in versions before Marshmallow or portable storage of Marshmallow ) it does not move the complete app to SD card. A portion of the app remains on internal storage - that's why when you upgrade to a later version of app it again reverts to internal storage and you need to move it to external SD

When you install a new ROM or factory-reset only that portion of what is on your internal storage is being overwritten. The portion of app on external SD occupies space, though it cannot be used. So to reclaim that space you would need to uninstall the app first or move the app completely to internal storage

If you are using the adoptable-storage feature, then you are treating the external SD as internal storage anyway, so you needn't bother doing this

See Appendix 2 and 3 of this reddit for additional reading


"Your Phone Companion" only works on unlocked phone

when laptop accessing some data from your Samsung galaxy mobile. Your mobile should be unlocked. Security features hinder access of phone. You can temporary disable screen lock.
And reduce brightness of the mobile so less battery will be used.


I should have waited a bit more. But maybe this helps someone else with the problem. I had just had to restart, load the app, see it still detected no contacts, leave the app, go on another app, wait a bit, and get back to Contacts app. Then it showed the problematic contacts. And I was able to delete them, only from the Contacts app.
And I think the problem is really from the apps that put duplicates --> Whatsapp, MBWAY, Google account, any other account on the system that synchronizes contacts. It creates duplicates and the phone got everything mixed up. Not sure if it's my fault or those apps' fault in mixing the contacts. I just wanted only the SIM contacts on the entire phone... But no.... The apps have to put the contacts of their own there. Cool. Thanks a lot. Amazing... But at least it's fixed. I deleted all the contacts and put them back one by one. Now I'll install the apps back and put my account and see what happens...


Security patch no longer supported android phone

If nextbit has open sourced it then you can build it and it will work. But this is an overkill for this purpose as in order to install you have to unlock bootloader and install a custom recovery.

So installing a custom rom look a better option.


How to disable flash messages from telecom carrier?

These Class 0 messages are also called flash messages, that can be disabled by :

Calling Airtel service and requesting (personal experience)

On your device (SOURCE that lists methods for other  Indian carriers also)

Open SIM toolkit application and tap on Airtel Now! service. Now click on Start / Stop and select Stop to deactivate flash SMS completely.

In addition, you can also message STOP ANOW to 58234 to request the service deactivation.


support of Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean CM10 ROM on Samsung Galaxy Ace s5830

According to the CyanogenMod Devices Overview page the Samsung Galaxy Ace is not supported by CM9 and CM10. The download page for the Galaxy Ace only has CM7 ROMs and the links for CM9 and 10 lead to their Google Plus post about not supporting first generation Snapdragon devices past the CM7 branch. That post can be seen here.

It looks like someone may have compiled a CM10 "Lite" ROM from the CM source that can be found here and someone at XDA compiled a full ROM here. If you installed either of those I would suggest rebooting into recovery and clearing data, cache, etc. and then try re-flashing the ROM. There's also a list of ROMs in XDA's development forum here.


If I flash my ROM or wipe my device after buying an app, will I have to buy it again?

No, the market keeps track of your purchases.

Purchased apps can always be downloaded using the Android Market, assuming you are signed in with the account that you used to make the purchase.


How to use different keyboards in different apps without paid software?

You can try Macrodroid

Steps :-

Download, install and launch
Go to Marcos
Add new Marco
In trigger select the app launched and select the terminal app
In actions select Keyboard switch(i guess this would cause the keyboard list popup so you will need to tap once on hakers keyboard)
Repeat same for App closed trigger (add both trigger in same macro)

Hope it gets the job done

Do report back

Update:

Try putting constraints of app running or app in foreground on app closed action

And app not running or not in foregroung on app launched action

I would also suggest to try to keeping 2 different macros for launching and closing and also it should work without legacy support


emoji issues or in other words you could say problems

Diddent quite understand that. But I i
 think I can answer:

What's you android version only 4.0 and higher has emojis.  (go to settings, my device and look at android version) you can get emojis on Android version 4.0 and bellow but you have to be rooted.

If you want to type emojis, download SwiftKey+emoji (free)  from play-store


How to get dumpstate logs in samsung galaxy grand?

You don't need an adb shell to get dumpstate logs in this case.

Every Samsung device has a built-in tools like SysDump, just follow these steps:

1) Open the Phone app in your device and type: *#9900#

2) Depending on how much detailed logs you would like to get change Debug Level and Silent log options (by default Debug Level is Disabled/LOW and Silent Log is turned Off)

3) Click on Run dumpstate/logcat/modem log (should be first option) wait until process finishes

4) Click Copy to sdcard(include CP Ramdump). This is important step because by default collected logs will be stored in /data/log directory, which is under root permissions so you can't access to it without root permissions

5) Your logs will be stored in /log directory on your DEVICE STORAGE.(this means that you don't need root access to find it just use file manager).


Automatic adjust brightness through out the day

An application like Locale ($9.99USD) will let you do that. At say 9 am you can adjust the brightness to one setting, then add another condition to adjust the brightness to a different setting at a different time.

Tasker should be able to do it as well. It does a lot of what Locale does, plus more. It also supports all the Locale plug-ins. It is also about $5.99USD.


Adding a new account to Gmail/Youtube shows a Password Error

At least for me, it was actually the device password - used to unlock the phone. So basically it asks for the device password when you try to add a new Google account for some reason. I formatted my phone thinking something else was the issue - but if you enter the device password, it then asks for the account name as normal.


How can I sync a folder *to* android using syncthing?

Here's what I did.

Firstly I was in the same situation - devices were visible to each other, windows had the files, android did not.

I created a folder on android with syncthing and gave it the same name as my folder on the PC ( not essential ) but crucially, I used the same folder ID as the folder on the server.

Then I selected the server ( slide switch on ) and saved my folder in android. Now they are syncing files.

Summary make sure your folders have the same folder ID (on the general tab).

Hope this helps. Please give it approved answer if it solves.


Want to disable album art in music player

Google Play Music has two modes, one of which displays the album art fairly small (about 1/8 of the display). It doesn't really use the space to give the title and the artist more prominence, though. On the other hand, instead of a blank square it uses auto-generated album art that consists of album and artist name and a solid coloured area.


APN setting is missing on Nexus 5 bought from US

It seems the problem is related to GSM/CDMA network. As you bought the phone in US which uses CDMA networks, I kind of believe that the default setting is to use LTE/CDMA network.

You can change the preferred network type by:

Dial *#*#4636#*#* (i.e. *#*#INFO#*#*)
Select Phone info
Scroll down to Set preferred network type
Select the one with GSM (e.g. LTE/GSM auto (PRL))

In case it's already selected, select any, and select it back.

Reboot the phone, and the APN setting should be back.

Source: Cyanogenmod forum.


I want to push this file to my cell phone

If you want to push your files inside sdcard. You need to push it inside /mnt/sdcard/. That is where your sdcard is mounted inside adb shell


Can I update my Saudi Arabian Samsung Galaxy S2 to the latest Android version over the air in India?

OTA update will depend on the CSC of your phone. CSC is Country Sales Code; it tells you which region your phone can be used in and which networks it will work with.

If you are in India (and your phone is connected to an India network), and your phone has CSC for Saudi Arabia, you will not be able to get OTA updates. What you can do is flash a stock ROM for India on your phone using Odin. After you do this, you will be able to get future OTA updates.  WARNING: Changing ROM might require a wipe of your phone.

Some ROMS have Multi-CSC that might support the region you are in. In this case, you don't need to flash a new ROM. You can just change it with the "Samsung Galaxy S / S2 / S3 CFC" app in Google Play. WARNING: Changing CSCs will wipe your phone.

The CSC code for India is ODD.


Automatic switching to the strongest Wi-Fi Access Point

While not the easiest way around the problem, it is possible to do this using Tasker. This is a program that allows you to script various things within Android (e.g. I have it set to turn off the keyguard when I connect to my home SSID.) The following profile for detecting Wi-Fi signal is quoted from this thread:

Profile: Low WiFi (1)
Event: Display Unlocked  Enter: WiFi (2)  Task: WiFi Sig (1)
A1: Variable Set [ Name:%wfs To:%WIFII Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A2: Variable Split [ Name:%wfs Splitter:Sig: Delete Base:Off ]
A3: Variable Clear [ Name:%wfs1 Pattern Matching:Off ]
A4: Variable Split [ Name:%wfs2 Splitter: Delete Base:On ]
A5: Variable Set [ Name:%WIFISG To:%wfs22 Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A6: Array Clear [ Name:%wfs2 ]  Task: WiFi (2)
A1: Write File [ File:wifitest.txt Text:Task start: %DATE %TIME  Append:On ]
<Signal check>
A2: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:15 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A3: Goto [ Type:Action Label Number:1 Label:End ] If [ %SCREEN ~ off ]
A4: Goto [ Type:Action Label Number:1 Label:End ] If [ %WIFII !~  *CONNECTION* ]
A5: Perform Task [ Name:WiFi Sig Stop:Off Priority:5 Parameter 1  (%par1): Parameter 2 (%par2): Return Value Variable: ]
A6: If [ %WIFISG < 3 ]
A7: WiFi [ Set:Off ]
A8: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:0 Minutes:5 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A9: WiFi [ Set:On ]
A10: End If
A11: Goto [ Type:Action Label Number:1 Label:Signal check ]
<End>
A12: Write File [ File:wifitest.txt Text:Task end: %DATE %TIME  Append:On ]

I've never personally done anything that complicated with the Wi-Fi, but the profiles I have set around SSID work like a charm.


The best thing to do is to try to restart your phone. Check your settings and make sure everything is on in the wifi settings.

Keep in mind that if the wifi network is hidden, it won't show up - you have to manually enter its name and password to be able to connect.


Square dot between two square brackets notification icon?

That icon indicates that your phone is in vibrate mode.

Here is a similar question asked a year ago about that icon on a similar phone (The Yu Yuphoria):

What is this notification , how do o get rid of this


Go to settings>call>voicemail. Change the number to the one your carrier requires. Check online to find out what number that would be. I'm not sure if dialing #101 will do the trick, but after changing the above settings, long press on number 1 in the dialing app and that should bring up your voicemail


I had the same problem on my Nexus 7 (2012) on 4.4.4.

Do you have multiple user accounts on your tablet? If so, have you tried installing the update from the other account(s)?

I have two accounts, and when the 5.0.2 update got pushed to my device, both accounts got the notification. However, one of them had the same symptoms you described -- nothing happened when I pressed the notification, and the settings app didn't say anything about the update. From the other account, the update worked.

Strangely, the account that worked was not the one I created when I setup the tablet.


Things I would try:

a) Just reset the phone if you haven't done already(turn it off and on

b) Uninstall the app, remove the sd, and install it again. There might be a problem with your SD card, and if the app is automatically installed there, maybe that's the reason you can't see it

Which launcher are you using? I believe you can see the app in the settings -> applications list?


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


You might want to take a look at Andmade Share -- an app that claims to replace your share list with a completely customizable one, as the following screenshots show:

As you see, you not only can get rid of unwanted entries -- but also re-organize the order of those left, so you can have your most-used on top.


Google Now gives absurd times for arriving on time

Have you enabled Location Services? Google Now determines the time you may take to get to your appointments from your synced calendars and your current location. I am sure you have synced calendars because Google Now reports an appointment. Location Services maybe an issue. If you are using the stock ROM for your device, enable Location Services and sign into Latitude to set your current location. Setting your location manually may also solve your problem. If you are on a custom ROM, you can set the device up to use only the Internal GPS to report your current location to Google Now. Hope this helps. If you give this a shot, report back with results for others to help you or be helped.

P.S.: This may be useful.


Tapping on a contact makes call, how can I see a contact's phone number on Android 8?

In stock Phone app (com.android.dialer), you can tap on the picture (extreme left) of the contact. It'll show the details of the contact, won't make a call.


Is there a stopwatch app that also records time of day timestamp?

UltraChron StopWatch Lite. It doesn't time stamp each lap but does the start time.


How do I unlock the screen when forgotten password?

If you log on to android device manager, you can send a lock request, allowing you to change the password. Just be sure to change it after!

As a alternative, keep getting it wrong until "forgot password?" and login in via google. It will then let you reset the password


"Trust" is a small world for a large field. You have to look at each variant individually:

Trust that the custom ROM does not brick your device or destroy smartphone components

The more people use a specific custom ROM, the more likely all serious problems are known and may be even already fixed. For that reason, I personally prefer LineageOS-based ROMs without any modifications (or the minimum to support the specific device).

Trust that the custom ROM does not contain malware

I assume that purposely infected ROMS are very unlikely. Most custom ROMS are created by experienced developers that are active for years. Publishing an infected ROM would result in a loss of reputation for such people. As a lot of users use their ROMs rooted, the chance is high that the infection would be detected. Therefore (as long as the developer account has not been hacked), infected ROMs are unlikely.

However, I would recommend to check the history of the author and only use popular ROMs from XDA-Developers or better those directly provided by Lineage OS.

Tust that there are no backdoors or similar

Custom ROMs contain a lot of compiled code. Especially the kernel and other sensitive software running with high privileges is usually compiled by the author. Even if the sources for the kernel used by the ROM are public (and is free of backdoors and so on), it is a common problem to prove that the source code is really the one used to build the kernel. Detecting something malicious in a kernel or a different compiled software is very problematic.

Again, you have to trust the author of the custom ROM...

Trust that the all security features work as intended

The main factor of security is that some actions are forbidden/denied for certain entities. The usual testing approach of custom ROMs is "it works for me". Therefore, I assume that most of the security features are not well-tested in custom ROMs. If something goes wrong in the build process, it may remain undetected for a long time.

One common problem for example is that custom ROMs are signed with AOSP private key (which is public). Therefore, it is easy for malware developers to sign an app with the system keys to gain special system permissions.


Does rooting a phone expose the phone to security risks?

Yes and no.

If you carelessly install apps to your phone without reviewing permissions, then yes your system is more vulnerable to malware and such.

But if you "read the fine print" and are conscientious about what you install, then no your system should be just as safe as not rooted.

You can also control permissions with the native AppOps or you can use a third party app. A excellent example of that would be My Android Tools. You can enable/disable Activities, Broadcast Receivers, Content Providers, and Services. So even if an app has an undesirable permission you can still control what your apps, while rooted, are doing (even in the background). Not only can you change the settings for user apps, but also system apps. It even has an option to backup the settings before any changes are made, in case of any issues.

Once rooted the Android becomes very interesting. The sky's the limit.

If you don't have AppOps in Settings (because its a hidden setting) you can download a shortcut to it from the PlayStore. There are several apps to accomplish this, just pick one you like.


Annoying functionality of suggestions in newer version of Google keyboard

I downloaded an older version of the Google Keyboard app, which gives the preferred functionality.  For reference, it's 4.1.22063.1974169


Is it possible to run flash applet with microphone support on Android?

No, you cannot use a microphone on the mobile version of Flash Player.
From the Action Script Reference Documents:

Runtime microphone support
The Microphone class is not supported in Flash Player running in a mobile browser.


Wifi scanning for known networks that don't broadcast their SSID

I'm surprised by what you are saying, so let me recap.

Yes, most networks send out their SSID (it is called a beacon).  If your wifi is enabled and you haven't disabled scanning then your phone will listen for those beacons and try to match the SSID in the beacon against your phone's list of SSID's.  Depending on your settings it will also use the beacon to determine your current location and possibly even send the beacon's MAC address to google so google can keep its wifi location database up-to-date.

So far this is all passive - it is just listening for beacons.  The phone doesn't need to actively try to connect to networks unless some of the networks don't send out beacons (hidden networks, as mentioned by @Chahk).  But even if you have some hidden networks in your list, I thought that Android did not actively try to scan for those networks (send out probe requests).  Actually, I remember people complaining about this, and 3rd party apps being written to address it, e.g. see "HiddenSSID Enabler" in the play store.

Has this changed?  Can you tell me where you read about this?

If so, the only solution I can think of is to purge hidden networks from your list of known networks.


Device encryption fails, gives no error and just restarts

Encryption requires that 16KiB remain unused by the filesystem on the userdata partition. You can check if this is the issue by

Do adb logcat > android.log on a computer

enable developer options first
you might need to root, I don't think so though

Start the encryption process in settings

If this is the problem, you'll see the following in the logs:

E Cryptfs : Orig filesystem overlaps crypto footer region.  Cannot encrypt in place.

To fix this issue, you'll need to resize your userdata partition.

If it's ext4, I believe that you can use resize2fs to do this. I'm not sure how to do this though.

If it's f2fs, the process is quite a bit more involved:

Reboot into TWRP. Do adb shell on a computer. fdisk  -l /dev/block/sda to view the partition structure. You'll see something like this:

Logical sector size: 4096
Disk identifier (GUID): 98101b32-bbe2-4bf2-a06e-2bb33d000c20
Partition table holds up to 16 entries
First usable sector is 6, last usable sector is 14145530

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1               6               7        8192   0700  ssd
   2               8            8199       32.0M   0700  persist
   3            8200           73735        256M   0700  cache
   4           73736           73991       1024K   0700  misc
   5           73992           74119        512K   0700  keystore
   6           74120           74151        128K   0700  devcfg
   7           74152           74183        128K   0700  devcfgbak
   8           74184           74311        512K   0700  frp
   9           74312           76871       10.0M   0700  oem_dycnvbk
  10           76872           79431       10.0M   0700  oem_stanvbk
  11           79432           79687       1024K   0700  param
  12           79688           81711       8096K   0700  reserve1
  13           81712           85759       15.8M   0700  reserve2
  14           85760           85887        512K   0700  config
  15           85888        14145530       53.6G   0700  userdata

Make a note of:

the "Logical sector size"
the partition number for userdata
the start sector for userdata
the end sector for userdata

Make a backup of this partition. You will lose the data on it if you don't, it will be explicitly wiped. I believe that TWRP has a function to do this, but I used a tarball & adb pull:

In adb shell:

~ # mount /dev/block/sda15
~ # tar -cpzf /mnt/fs.tar.gz /mnt/
tar: removing leading '/' from member names
tar: /mnt/misc/camera/cam_socket2: socket ignored
...
tar: /mnt/fs.tar.gz: file is the archive; skipping

then adb pull /mnt/fs.tar.gz

Unmount the partition using umount /mnt

Next, wipe part of the existing filesystem to make sure that we don't get any warnings when making the new filesystem: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/sda<partition number> bs=1M count=128. This is the point of no return.

Create a new filesystem using the numbers you wrote down from before: calculate partition_size = end_sector - start_sector - (16384 / logical_sector_size) manually, and make a note of that number.

Then run mkfs.f2fs /dev/block/sda<partition number> <partition_size> to create a new partition of the appropriate size.

Mount it, and use adb push fs.tar.gz /mnt/ to send over your backed up data. cd /mnt; tar -xf fs.tar.gz; mv mnt/* .; rm -rf mnt fs.tar.gz to extract, and you're done!

Restart and retry encrypting! Hopefully everything will work.


The app Wake Lock Revamp - Power Manager
helps to keep apps running in the background.


Is there a (decentralized) open source "Google Latitude" alternative?

OpenGTS provides fleet tracking, and there is a (paid) Android App on the market.  Given that it's open source, it's always possible someone (you?) could develop a free app as well.


I had this problem with LG Android also - accidentally turned ON talkback. Here's how i got it turned off.

You can swipe by using two fingers
Tap once on settings
Then double tap on settings to activate
Repeat process on the following..
General/Accessability/Vision
In Vision you should see Talkback where you can turn it off (again by using the same single, then double tapping process)


Use an usb printer from an Android device

It likely wont. Because two things:

1) Drivers: Android wont know how to operate that printer. All ends here.

2) Even if printer has some Gandalf's spell to be detected by android, AFAIK android doesn't have a mechanism to pass out binary pixel data to printer to print the image.


How to use Tasker to close an app when a different app gets closed

You can do this:

Profile: Voyager Toggler
Trigger: App: Voyager
Task:

A1 : if ( %Count == 1 )
A1a: Open Co-Pilot
A1b: Set ( %Count = 0 )
A1c: goto ( exit )
A2 : if  ( %Count == 0 )
A2a: Home
A2b: Kill Voayeger and Co-Pilot
A2c: Set ( %Count = 1 )
A2d: goto ( exit )

Now go to VARS in Tasker, create a new variable Count and set it to 1.

What's happening over here is that every second time app Voyager opens, it executes what you want.


How can I configure time zones on my Galaxy S?

Seems to me that your PC and your Android are in different time zones. Since you've already mentioned that you're in India, I expect that your Android has the wrong setting.

Settings | Date & time

You may have to turn off "Automatic" so that you can set the time zone yourself.


SMS sort-by-date mixed up after transfer from Nokia (Symbian) to Android

I think the sorting problem depends on your messaging app. Many stock messaging app doesn't sort messages by date but by received time.

The AOSP messaging app does sort by date (in cyanogenmod at least). Textra does (4.0+), Go SMS too, and also the new Hangouts app (4.0+).


Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 has USB OTG (On The Go)?

phoned to samsung hotline today, they said no.


View LogCat from unrooted android device without computer assistance

Without root or a PC: you can't. As you noted, the behavior you're seeing is entirely intentional, and cannot be changed. If you could find a custom ROM that did not enforce these restrictions then you could feasibly install that, but if you do not want to root then I would assume this is also not an option (and I would imagine such a ROM may not exist). The only other option would be to write your own LogCat viewer within your apps, since each app can access its own log data.


I found that the calendar sync does not work when the phone is "full", i.e., far over half of available storage is used by all your downloaded apps, and pictures, documents etc. In my case, I don't remember the exact numbers, but with some 90 % usage, but still say half a gigabyte free, this turned out to be not sufficient for Calendar. I removed some unused apps, and Calendar started syncing again.


AndroidEvolved has guides for rooting your Motorola Flipside.

The easiest solution is to use SuperOneClick.

Download SuperOneClick, and extract it.
Connect your device to the computer. Ensure that SD card is not mounted. If it is mounted, unmount it.
Enable USB Debugging from Phone –> Settings –> Application Development –> Development.
Open SuperOneClick.exe.
Click on Universal tab if you are going to root any Android device like Nexus One, Galaxy S, Droid etc. Click on Samsung Captivate if that's your phone.
Click on Root tab and wait for the process to finish. [this will take some time]
Once completd, you would get a popup box that would confirm that rooting has been successful.
Restart your phone.

Source


how can i acces files on my pc remotely from my android?

Use File Expert

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xcxin.filexpert

Windows/Samba Sharing you can use all your windows file in your mobile by just connected to your router

Note: no internet required (IP Address Required)


Is there a way to block ports when using my Android device as a hotspot?

Your best option is to use NMAP through your computer. Make a hotspot, connect your PC to it, use NMAP and ipconfig. Not sure if that works, but there isn't any other alternative as far as I know. In theory, there are some firewall apps, but those rarely work as intended, and you are much better configuring your Android ports through PC.


How do I find out why my phone is locking up?

Try removing (uninstalling) custom apps you installed in batches, and using the phone for a day or two.

Also try removing SD card if you have one. Sometimes SD card causes this, either because of faulty connection with the card or because it makes the connection to battery lose.

It is a slow method and requires patience, but is bound to work.


A smartphone is capable of performing several functions using a single device. That includes calls, messages, photo, video, internet, social media etc. So, if a manufacturer releases a phone, it should have these default features. That means, after device power on you can see phone app for call utility, camera app for photo, video capture, default keyboard for typing words. If anyone is missing, it would affect device functionality. Likewise, all applications arrangement/displaying  app is called launcher. These are the basic apps required for functioning and they are called system apps.

Android also allows you to install other apps that provides similar functions as I have mentioned above. They are called user apps.

For example, your device comes up with launcher app, and you can install Nova launcher app from play store. When such similar apps installed, you need to set a default app for use. to do that, go to Settings->Apps->Default apps->home app. set the one you required. It will also asks you to set default launcher while pressing home button after installation.

system apps has options in settings: DISABLE and FORCE STOP
user apps has options in settings :UNINSTALL and FORCE STOP

DISABLE is used disable app function. App icon will be removed from launcher. it will not affect other apps. Also, you cannot disable every system app.
FORCESTOP to stop currently running app
UNINSTALL remove app from device.


Which custom or official kernel should I use on SGS2?

Upgrade your phone to latest JellyBean stock ROM and flash SpeedMod kernel from Odin. Right now is one of the most stable combinations for the Galaxy S II.

If you want more performance you can always install Siyah kernel and tweak it for your needs.

Also remember to do a full Nandroid backup before flashing anything and wipe /system, /data and /cache before installing JB from Odin.


Hold power and volume down (this simulates battery disconnect).
Once the screen shuts down, press (and hold) volume up, home, and power.
It will boot into recovery mode.


Cyanogenmod LG G3 crashes and does not boot

I would recommend a hard reset in recovery. If you cannot boot into recovery, try using a computer to re-flash the system.


How do I get scrolling wallpaper through google wallpaper app on Galaxy J7?

I've seen on this video an app that allows you to do that, called Landscape Wallpaper

I believe there are other apps that also allows you to do that, like this and this. You can be free to choose (I, particularly, don't use any of these).


Setting gmail to sync / push / notify on wifi only?

You can use an app like Llama or Tasker to activate sync only when on WiFi. If you turn off sync, that also turns off syncing of your calendar/contacts/tasks et al in your Google account.

The Gmail app should have an option to only download attachments via WiFi within your specific account options.


LED on Xperia Z only in operation while charging

This is a known bug in Xperia Z (sources 1 and 2).

Currently the only way to restore the LED functionality is to:

de-select Settings -> Backup & reset -> Backup my data and Automatic restore
perform a factory reset from Settings -> Backup & reset -> Factory data reset
Complete the reset manually (that is, without restoring apps/data from the Google account)

Hopefully this will be corrected in the next update.


Will a "standard" "Made for iPhone" headset's remote control button work with a Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570?

It should work IMO. I have used a standard Galaxy Nexus earphone on my iPod Touch; it could do everything from skipping to record voice etc.


How to hide my Google Play downloads from my friends?

I don't think that there is any trick available which you can use to hide the apps downloaded from your friends until or unless you unfriend your friends over your G+ account.

But I have got another trick for you which is going to work for you like whenever you download app, try getting the .apk file downloaded from third party sites say I want to download whatsapp and don't want my friends to see. I will download whatsapp.apk file directly from the Whatsapp website and then I can install the apk file independently and my friends will never know that I have downloaded whatsapp, just make sure you don't get the apps from PlayStore and it will not be shown!


Now it worked. After trying lots of things, the way I made it work was just reinstalling the app.


Google Photos app stuck on "Getting ready to back up"

First, try all of the steps listed in the original question. If that doesn't resolve the problem, then the issue could be that your device and cloud Google Photos are out of sync in an unrecoverable way, and you will essentially have to do a manual sync.

Confirm that your device is out of sync with cloud:

In Android Google Photos, do Free Up Space. This will delete all the local photos on your device that have already been synced to cloud Google Photos.
Now go to Android Google Photos > Device Folders > Camera to look at your local photos remaining. If Google Photos is synced, there should be no photos here. If you still see photos, that means it is out of sync.

If you have determined that your device is out of sync with cloud, then you need to manually sync your device's photos.

Open cloud Google Photos on a desktop browser: https://photos.google.com/
Compare the Android device's local photos with those on photos.google.com
Connect your Android device to your computer via USB cable (you may need to enable MTP transfer mode)
Copy the photos/videos from DCIM/Camera to your computer.
On the computer, upload the photos/videos to photos.google.com
Confirm that all the Android device photos show up in photos.google.com
On Android device, delete all the photos in Android Google Photos > Device Folders > Camera

Now the Android device and cloud Google Photos should be synced up, and you should not see the "Getting ready to back up" message.


Samsung Galaxy S2 factory-reset lead to boot-loop

Get a USB Jig, that will get you into download mode. It's just a 300k ohm resistor that bridges a couple pins on the USB Port. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/221154257373?lpid=82


Direct dial/message shortcuts ambiguously displayed on Galaxy S3

Try the Contact Widget. True one touch. Uses contact picture, and allows you to select which number to direct dial or message(text). Also allows you to customize the label, i.e., "text", "call", or the contact's name (if you forget what they look like)(ish). Works in Go Launcher for my Samsung Galaxy S3, just like direct dial/message widget in TouchWiz home.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.livroandroid.widget.contatos&hl=en

Hope it helps.


How do I change the time zone (which is disabled) in Honeycomb on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1?

I downloaded a free app called TimeZone Changer to fix this problem. Still don't understand why Samsung disables this.


my screen is broken on my droid razr micro so is there any other way to turn it off or restart it without using the touchscreen?

Hold the power button for some long time (~10 seconds should be enough).
It will then shutdown or restart (depends on the kernel configuration) and do a hard reboot (this is not bad, it just means that it doesn't use some weird quick boot technique on boot)

This should fix temporary issues with your phone. If not, then you need to check what is broken and maybe replace/repair it or get a new phone.


HTC Desire HD Android 2.2 disable screen shut off when timer is running

You may try to install KeepScreen application from Android market and configure it to disable screen timeout when your timer application is running.


Android Software or Device to present Application on Screen

You might be able to connect an Android phone via the 3.5 mm headphone jack (using TV out), with a RCA cable if the project supports it, or some variation, of course.
Also, I think there are now tablets which have a HDMI output port (or some variation) which you can connect to a datashow (eventually with a VGA adapter).

When connected, what is projected is exactly what you see on your device.


Set Arrows 301F to automatically accept RSA keys?

Likely you started the ADB the first time as ROOT, and now the device doesn't have the permission to write on $HOME/.android/adbkey
now you have to change the owner of that file (and everything else in that directory)
$ sudo chown <your_username> .android/*
 and eventually:
$ chmod 777 .android/*


Will a factory reset launch to the android stock launcher or can I use my own?

Factory reset will wipe all user apps, thus if you installed Nova regularly (not as a system app), then it will be gone, and after the reset you will be greeted by the default launcher. If there isn't one and USB debugging is not enabled (very likely), you're stuck.

At this moment you should definitely install a launcher (Nova or whatever) as a system app to prevent the worst case.


Nexus 5X data recovery with bad recovery partition

I don't believe flashing a new recovery will wipe your data partition. I would refer to user7610s answer as this seems like a similar issue except that you would like to access the /sdcard to recover your pictures. Best of luck! Edit: This is assuming you already have an unlocked bootloader as you seem to know what fastboot mode is.


Problem downloading add-on dictionaries on Google Keyboard (Gboard), can it be downloaded in different way?

I had the same phone and the same problem.
Yesterday, I have installed "Norton Clean, Junk Removal". Open it and make it clean. After that, I can download any add-on dictionary.


Use

tsu -e

The option -e preserves your environment, and should be enough to run your script without errors.

Also note that tsu is just like Linux su, which opens another shell instead of running a command.


The really first thing you should do is delete the entire history in Chrome. Sometimes this leads to strange behaviors.

The second address would be:

    chrome://flags

Override software rendering list
GPU rasterization
Number of raster threads
V8 caching mode.

If you are already using Developer Options - Force GPU rendering, it might help to use an older Chrome version (I was forced to do this because the latest version always crashes).If all this does not bring anything, I recommend you to switch to another browser like (Puffin etc.), which offload certain things, but i think you know this already.


Everytime I try to add a device (Alcatel) to google account or says login to original owners account

See:
http://www.kriztekblog.com/2017/06/bypass-frp-alcatel-android-devices.html

I unlocked my Alcatel Pixi Pulsar a460g with an altered version of method 4:

Hold power and up volume buttons to hard reset, let go of power button and keep holding up volume.
Select "clear cache"
Select wipe device"
Select reboot
Start android
When asked to pick network, select Adavnced.
Select Settings
Select Backup and reset
Choose Erase
Agree all Protection will not work.
Click "Erase Everything"


Be notified of an update to an app that is not installed

With Changelog Droid being currently "out of order"1, let me mention an alternative:

App Watcher claims to do the very same:

  App Watcher notifies you about updates of applications from Play Store even the app is not installed currently on your device and provides quick access to the "What's new" section.

App Watcher (source: Google Play; click images for larger variants)

1:  (according to a comment from winchendonsprings); by a response I've got from the dev, he's quite busy with other tasks at the moment, but did not abandon the app – he still plans to update it, but cannot give an estimate.


Download mode may appear prior to fastboot mode.

Boot down the phone
Keep holding down Volume Up button.
Put a USB cable that is connected to a PC in to phone.
Continue holding Volume Up button throughout download mode until fastbood mode appears and you can release the Volume Up button.

Extra: Here's the how-to video.


try a usb2 (instead of usb3) port: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2077799#6
do you have a sony? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696320
check your command: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1851811#5


This limitation is not due to the FAT filesystem : Since 4.4, Android only lets a special user group write on the card.

Your card could be in NTFS, or EXT or whatever more, you'll have the same problem.

The only way to bypass this limitation is to root your device, and install some 3rd party apps/patchs, or manuallay edit some files.


3G/4G not working in Samsung galaxy S3 SGH-I747M

Check if your settings are correct.

Go to Settings → More networks → Mobile network → Network mode and select as the image below is selected. If this doesn't work it may be the signal strength in your area

(Click image to enlarge)


What happens when I wipe the internal storage of a device using TWRP?

As for your first question: no, wiping data from the recovery just wipes the content of the partitions, not the partitions themselves. So your device's disk will still be divided into /data, /system, /cache etc., but those partitions will be blank.

As for your second question, yes, you will be able to restore the stock firmware, as long as you make a backup in the recovery onto an external SD card.


After wipe Apps are still shown as installed on Android's Web Market. How can I install them?

Simplest thing is to open each app (even if it says "Installed") and install each one.


How to check, if my ASUS Nexus 7 LTE really is LTE version?

The issue is most likely caused by a wrong APN configuration. Though customer care told you their card is "self configurable", this may well be relative: many ROMs (especially custom ROMs like cyanogenmod) come with a built-in list of APNs, which are matched against the provider as specified by the SIM card, and used correspondingly.

While those matches usually are fine, there might be exceptions – e.g. when the provider made changes to his configuration after the ROM was released. Or did not provide all details: APNs might need different parameters for e.g. 3G than for LTE. As you've got a second Android device where the card is working fine,

put the SIM into that device
go to Settings (usually network → telephony or similarly; different ROMs might place it slightly different)
tap the APN and select to adjust it
do not adjust anything, just write down its parameters

In a second step,

put the same SIM to your N7
go to the same Settings page
compare your values and, if something differs, adjust it

I bet your device then will connect fine. If not (or if there are no differences), it's probably a hardware issue, and you need to send your N7 for service.


What happens if google play services data is cleared..?

First lets see what Google Play Services is. It is not an application like those installed on your android device, it is very much like an API package which is pre installed and cannot be removed. It helps developers in communicating with the applications they are working with. So in a way it is linked with an android to a great extent.
Now talking about what it does, it has all the data, settings which are required for other Google apps( Notes, Calendar, Gmail, Maps, and some other Play apps)for running efficiently. For example, Maps on your device gets frequent updates with the help of Google Play Services, earlier it could be updated only when the OS got an update. In today's time many manufacturers cannot manage to roll out updates so early, this is where Google Play Services comes in.
About your situation-
Since you mentioned it consumes around 200MB data, I would say this much space is usually consumed on most of the devices out there. Even if you would delete it, it gets recreated over times. It's your call entirely.
In case you want to delete its data make sure you have a backup of phone before clearing it.
The reason it's consuming so much of internet is because once that data is cleared it is again being fetched online, consuming a lot of data and battery at the same time.


Whatsapp restore error on new phone, stucks at %24

I fixed. I tried for days. Every time I requested a new verification code, the time I had to wait increased every time. Last time, it was 49 hours. Luckily, I fixed and did not wait so much.
I tried lots of time but i will tell what i did for latest try.
Firstly, I deleted drive backup. I did not disable sycn or google accounts.
I had 2 local backups. Deleted one.
And maybe those are important: I gave all permissions from settings to whatsapp. I gave also autostart permission and I gave no battery restriction.
Sim card is on different phone. This is not important i think.
I started to restore. It restored local backup. When it came to %24, i was worried. So, I switched to screens once a second, to settings screen.
Normally it was showing 3.9 gb at first. But when it reached %24, it was 3.18 gb when I was switching to settings screen, i saw it. And 2.5 millions messages are restored and it is 3.18 gb.
I waited it to be 3.9 gb when it was at %24. So that is why i was switching to check but it did not stuck this time. Maybe because i was switching.
Maybe because i removed from drive. This was the first time i tried after removing from drive.
So, switching a lot of times between settings of whatsapp and restoring screen, showed succesfull screen at last. IT said "restored 2.5 millions messaged"
I was shocked. I went to check. 5 days ago, i wrote last message and that 5 days messages also came.
If it was stuck again, i would force stop and continue without waiting restore. I read it from somewhere. But i fixed, i am happy :)


First, you might want to see about the battery. See if you can go to your service provider and see if they can swap out your battery for a newer one
If step #1 doesn't work, you might want to power it on the way you been using it and go to your battery usage and see what's currently using you battery, then stop or force stop those apps. After that, backup all of your things you want and save them to a microSD Card, anything you prefer is just alright. Then do factory reset then set it back up
If steps #1 & #2 didn't work, go to a cell phone shop that you can trust or your cellular provider and see if they can fix it for you. Otherwise, visit amazon.com and look up Galaxy's S4 charger port kits and make sure you pick the right one for your phone and fix it yourself.


Samsung Galaxy Ace keeps updating Samsung app store

If I remember correctly, the Samsung app store required me to install 3 updates before I could use it when I bought my Samsung Galaxy S2. I browsed it once and then never looked at it again because it hardly has any interesting apps. So if I were you, I wouldn't bother with the Samsung app store update, just use Google Play.


How do I delete a desktop home screen on Nexus 7 2013?

When I had the original Nexus 7 (now dead), there was no way to delete a page from the homescreen. So, I'm not surprised the Nexus 7 v2 still doesn't have this feature.

On the original Nexus 7, I flashed the CyanogenMod ROM, which uses the Trebuchet launcher. This launcher had the feature to delete a page from the homescreen.

If flashing a new ROM is overkill, you can install a new launcher, as t0mm13b suggested. I personally use Nova Launcher on my Samsung Galaxy S4, which lets me delete a home screen by launching Nova Settings from the home screen (via left soft key), and going to Desktop > Home Screens.


What's the difference between 'adb push' and 'adb install'?

adb push will copy any file to the phone, whereas adb install will only accept an apk file, and will install it onto the device.


How can I limit the number of fingerprint attempts before fallback to other login type?

It could be nice to know how many "a few" is....

From Marshmallow Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) , quoted here

MUST rate limit attempts for at least 30 seconds after 5 false trials for fingerprint verification

  .... and whether this is an adaptive number that for example may take into account how recently it was correctly unlocked

CCD is silent on this so one could safely assume 5 attempts holds

  .... happy to force it to block fingerprint access after two failures, but I can't find this as a setting

There doesn't appear to be any setting to increase or decrease number of attempts (google search)

LockScreen Tweakbox is said to increase the number of attempts to 20


How can I set the language in Opera Mini 6?

This is a poor workaround, but I assume you could get the English version by uninstalling the app, switching the phone to English temporarily, and reinstalling the app.


Here is my understanding as a developer:

Android 1.5-2.1: Right-to-left support is built-in, but most ROMs do not contain the letters.  This means that Hebrew in most applications will show up as boxes (but in the correct order).  This does allow individual applications to include their own fonts and thereby display Hebrew correctly.

Android 2.2: The default system fonts now include Hebrew characters.  Right-to-left layout still works.  (Although the rules for justification did change, annoyingly.)  Based on some bug reports, Google did not yet consider support for right-to-left languages to be final in this version.  (Note the comments by Google engineers, such as Romain Guy here: https://review.source.android.com/#change,15955).

Android 2.3: The SDK has been released, but no updates for actual devices.  The SDK does include a Hebrew locale for the first time (http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3.html#locs).

Also note that locale support ultimately depends on the vendor of the actual device (either the carrier or handset manufacturer).  They may choose to remove locales they deem unimportant to save space, or they may choose to add some that they deem important for their targeted market.


Why / When do I have to log in to Google?

You're right that Android is supposed to be integrated. Well it is, but it doesn't happen magically, developers need to make it so.
This specific app is a beta and it was last updated more than a year ago. It's a safe bet that the developer(s) abandoned the project.

I recommend that you install the official Google Drive app. It does not ask for your password and it is regularly updated.

Applications that can use the integrated authentication system require various permissions in the "Your Accounts" category.


When it has two sets but one is landscape, that shows what it would look like on tablets, screenshots in portrait are from phones.
And about that when there is 2 or more sets of screenshots in same orientation, I think the uploder do that, don't know why, maybe because of look when there is only 2-3 screenshots, but even when having enough screenshots, I don't know why they do that.


Long click on the keyboard, and it shall show an option to remove the keyboard. In your Apps section in settings, there should be apps like MirrorGo Connector, which you can simply uninstall. However, for a full clean you shall require root.


Most likely, the culprit is the faulty hardware. Send it back for replacement or repair, if it's still on the warranty. There's nothing you can do yourself.


How to change "administrator" in android

The owner of the device remains the administrator no matter what. The device owner is set during the setup wizard, and cannot be changed without a reset.


Unable to install an APK file downloaded from a webserver

There are two main reasons why you don't see an app in Google PlayStore:

The app is not available in your country. In such a case you may be able to install the app manually via APK.
The app is not compatible with your device. If that is the case you can do what you want but the app installation will always fail. Unfortunately the on-device APK installer doe snot display the error message to you so it is not easy to understand why the installation fails. If you have Android Debug Bridge enabled (adb)  you can try to install the APK from your PC via USB and adb (adb install <apkfilename>). Then you will see an more detailed error message why the installation fails (e.g. Android version too old or other hardware features required by the app are not available).


I successfully rooted ZenPad Z580CA by following these two links:
Link1: http://www.asus-zenfone.com/2015/11/how-to-root-asus-zenpad-s-80-z580c.html
Link2: http://dottech.org/190386/how-to-root-asus-zenpad-s-8-0-z580c-on-android-5-0-guide/

Thanks to the authors of the above links, but some steps mentioned in this link need more clarification, so I am adding a detailed procedure here:

Tools Required
 1. Windows PC
   2. Download ADB Fastboot tool (Download)
   3. Download the Intel USB driver (Download)
   4. Download IntelAndroidFBRL05162015PTR (Download)
   5. Download SuperSu (Download)

STEPS
1. Install ADB fastboot tool, Intel USB driver on your Windows machine. Check the link mentioned in Link2:Step4 for installation and checking whether ADB fastboot tool is working. I followed METHOD 1 mentioned in that link.
2. Activate  USB  Debugging  at ZenPad (Settings->Developer  Options,  if  no
developer options, then go to Settings->About->Software information->tap build number 7 times)
3. Connect ZenPad to your Windows machine (laptop/PC).
4. Copy the SuperSU package (the zip file) to the internal SD storage of the ZenPad device.
5. Type: adb devices in windows cmd (press Windows key + R -> type in cmd -> OK) to check whether your device is connected properly or not. If connected properly you can see some key number as the output for this command in cmd. If your device is connected properly proceed to next step.
6. Extract the IntelAndroidFBRL05162015PTR package on your Windows machine. Click the launcher.bat file that is found inside the same extracted folder. Run it in cmd. Wait until it says your device is detected. Now select T2 and Enter. Wait for the device to boot into the custom recovery after about 2-5 minutes.
7. Once the main page of recovery menu has appeared on your tab, use the Volume keys to navigate through the recovery menu and power button for selection. Choose the Install option to browse the SD card and then install SuperSU zip file (file copied in step 4).
8. Once the installation is done, go back to main menu of recovery mode and reboot.
9. Done

You can see that the SuperSu app is installed in your ZenPad now. You can double check the root status by some root-checker apps available in the Play Store.


You might want to try a trick using the Device Administrator.

Settings > Security > Device Administrators
Deactivate Android Device Manager
in Settings > Apps find the Google Play Services
Uninstall Play Services updates

This might restore the version originally shipped with your phone depending on your vendor.
Check if you can activate Play Services again in Settings > Apps > Google Play Services.
Enable Device manager again, like above.
Edit: If this does not help I'd suggest to backup your data and do a device factory reset. (see e.g. https://www.rd.com/article/factory-reset-android/)


Why are files sent through Gmail renamed?

The newest version of the Gmail app supports file downloads, rather than previews.  If you're using the website I would think that Foley is correct.


How to get Gmail new message notifications without having to sync?

Here is a (mostly) non-Android solution for you.

You'll need to (sign up for and) use If This Then That.

Create a recipe.1

Your This will be the Gmail channel, specifically the Any new email trigger.2

Your That will be however you'd like to be notified. I like Pushover but SMS will work just as well. You'll use the Send me an SMS action (or send a notification for Pushover).3

Now you can be notified of new messages in your Gmail without even actually having Gmail on your phone.4

1 If you prefer, you can just use this recipe (SMS) or this recipe (Pushover).

2 If you don't want to be notified on every new message, there are other triggers you can use, like "New email from" or "New email from search" that can be more specific.

3 Unfortunately there is no Google+ channel. There a lots of other channels for lots of other services.

4 IFTTT triggers usually don't go off more than every fifteen minutes, so don't expect your notification to be instantaneous.


Like Andrew said, there is no way to customise the homepage because Google sets the themes.

If you want personalised recommendations, it does that automatically if you scroll down the page (should see a 'recommended for you' tab.). This is dictated by what apps you have installed, previously installed and what's on your wishlist.

Another way of seeing only apps you like is by going onto the categories tab, and picking your favoured app category to browse.

^_^


How to make Google Keyboard use word usage in predictions

Go to settings > Language & Input (or Language & Keyboard)

From there there are two settings, one is under keyboard > word suggestions (and make your choice of preferences from the menu); the other is
Personal dictionary (or User dictionary, depending on the phone). Click on Add and have at smashing!


scp and rsync to transfer data from Linux to Android

Many things are possible. Installing an SSH Server app (e.g. SSHelper or DigiSSHD / SSH Server) would give you the possibility to login via ssh, or remote-copy via scp.

Terminal IDE (available only for Android 4.4 and earlier, according to the app description) gives you a quite complete package, even including the famous Midnight Commander, and a lot more useful tools:

  javac, java, dx, proguard, aapt, apkbuilder, signer, ssh, sshd, telnetd, bash 4.2, busybox 1.19.2, vim 7.3, nano 2.2.6, midnight commander 4.8, htop 1.0, TMUX 1.5, rsync 3.0.8, git 1.7.8, BitchX 1.1 and a nice terminal emulator are all available.

(emphasis are introduced by me to pick the items your question was for)

So except for Unison, the latter package should cover your needs :)


It's impossible to pin-point such app without closer information. But there are several helpers available to narrow down the list of candidates. Easiest way is if
Your device is rooted
and running Android < 4.1 (i.e. up to 4.0.x). In this case take a look at LBE Privacy Guard: Set GPS to "always ask" for all apps and see which one is touching it. LBE would then pop-up a dialog box and ask you to confirm/deny, optionally also to remember this decision. For all legitimate candidates, simply confirm and let it remember; for unwanted candidates reject and remember. If unsure, just don't let it remember. Along these lines, your candidate should reveal its presence.

With Android 4.1+, don't even try to install that app (your device would be locked into a boot-loop). Instead, head to XDA, where they have localized versions of its companion (e.g in this thread). It's quite bloated, but might help in your case.
Your device is not rooted
This makes it a little more tricky. No fancy popups helping you out here (to my knowledge). But you could use a permission scanner to narrow down the list of candidates. One possible candidate would be AppBrain Ad Detector – with the side-effect to also detect apps with dangerous ad modules in installed apps (SpyWare and the like):

In the first example screenshot (just click the image for a larger variant) you can see "May share your location" listed in "concerns". Which means the app displayed uses location and network. To not have to open each app separately: the second screenshot shows you can list apps by permission.
Alternative helpful candidates include Guardian Droid and Permission Explorer:

With some luck, your investigation leaves you with only a few candiates (with great luck it's just one, and you've found the culprit). Now you can see if you can (temporarily) disable those, and whether the problem is gone this way. If so, enable them one-by-one until the problem re-appears – which is after you've re-enabled the app you're looking for.
PostScriptum
Above described steps can similarly be applied to other permissions as well :)


How can I make Windows remember my Galaxy S3

You either have to forget the network connection,by navigating to Settings >> Network and Internet >>  WiFi >> Manage known networks, and choose "forget" for the appropriate network, then reconnect and see if problem persists or unistall the device driver.

If its USB tethering try unistalling the Network adapter:

Go to device manager >> Network Adaptor>> Right click on your wireless adaptor and select uninstall. (Also enable "show hidden devices" and delete old instances of this network adapter, its usually RNDIS Device)

Reboot and reconnect your device. Sometimes its just occurs because of some corruption in registry.


Canceling the sending of a queued email in Gmail for Android

I didn't try Matthew's solution but it seems the safer solution to try first.

If that doesn't work though, I deleted the entire conversation from the outbox, having given up on trying to keep the conversation. I was surprised to find that this only deleted the queued message. The rest of the conversation stayed intact in my inbox.


Extracting the radio firmware image from an Android phone

You should root your phone and then with an app like Link2SD or even Root Explorer you could get the APK of the Radio app. In fact, with this mode you can get ANY APK of the system.

Link2SD is more intuitive. But if you like the hard way go with Root Explorer and navigate to system/data/app and look for your desired APK


I had the same issue upgrading from Android 4.4.4 to Android 5.0.2 on my Samsung Galaxy SM-A300FU.

The problem was, that I have rebooted the mobile into download mode and did not power off the device. Odin has successfully flashed the modem partition, but it was not really accessible. I had flashed a new platform build, but the baseband version was the same like before flashing.

Maybe there is a similar problem on your Moto. Try to shutdown your device, wait 10-20 seconds to get sure all caps has been discharged and try again to flash your modem partition.


Block app internet access through app ops hidden menu

You might want to use Net Blocker:

  This app is used to prevent apps from accessing the Internet, either
  Wi-Fi or mobile data (GPRS/3G/4G).


FromNokia 3310:
                                Contacts => Option => Share Contacts => Mark => Back => Done => Blue Tooth sharing screen comes => More  => Select BlueTooth Device => conn.

In Android Phone
Go to contact => More (option in top right side) =>Settigs => Import Export Contacts => Import VCard files(VCF) from your device storage to contacts on your device


How do I connect a Samsung Original Stylus Touch S Pen to a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4?

Nope.

A Samsung Original Stylus Touch S Pen for Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will not work on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 has a capacitive digitizer; not an active digitizer that the Samsung Original Stylus Touch S Pen requires.

This review states the issue; bold emphasis is mine:

  The S Pen is an inductive stylus. The display on the Note has what's called an active digitizer under the glass. When the S Pen gets close to the screen, the magnetic field of the active digitizer induces a current that powers its internal circuitry. Power is passed here just like a wireless charging mat and phone that supports its work, it's just not inducing nearly as much power.

And this too; again bold emphasis is mine:

  This is far more accurate than a capacitive stylus could ever be. It's why the S Pen won't work as a stylus on any other phone — it's not an electrical conductor. It's also why the S Pen, or Apple Pen, or Pixel Pen, or Surface Pen, etc. work so much better than a "regular" stylus.


Ok. I have figured it out. I've learned quite a bit trying to figure this out, I don't have all the details but here is my Hypothesis:

I believe it is a bug in my router. The router performs a search on the IEEE Standards website to look up the manufacturer of each device based on the first three "octets" of the MAC address WIKI. The first three octets (xx:xx:xx) of the MAC address are unique to the manufacturer of the device. For me, my phone is HTC and so the first three octets for HTC are "50:2E:5C". The router must have a bug where it is doing a search and pulling the first manufacturer from the result and using that manufacturer name as the "Client Name". For instance, for my device: Example you'll notice the first hit is "X2E GmbH" which is what my phone is showing up as in my Client List. I don't know why only the android device seems to have the Client Name replaced by this result from the IEEE lookup and not other devices (as all the manufacturers are incorrect, but the client names are correct), but I think it is enough energy spent solving this mystery.


Bluetooth Headset not recognizing my phone as no phone

It appears to be a pair of headphone, not headset. In other word, it doesn't have a microphone builtin.

Hence the product probably isn't supposed to be used for communication, as in, it doesn't support HFP/HSP in Bluetooth but only A2DP.

As far as I know, Android does not have audio route written for outputting "voice" to A2DP-only device.

EDIT: You may also see if the settings of the paired item has a Call/Phone Audio checkbox in addition to a Media Audio one. If it does and the box is "checkable" (i.e. not greyed out), then you should be able to use it for communication by "checking" the box. After that (No Phone) should be gone.


Why is meet attendance icon not enabled in Google meet?

You'll need a desktop to use that extention as it needs chrome desktop to run. And attendance will show up only when you join a meeting, given you are using a desktop. You can still use Google meet android app(that lacks important features from web) and you can't add features that are not available in there.


How to root a samsung galaxy S3 lite(Samsung S6790)

Are you sure that KingoRoot did not root your device? It is reported as working for the Samsung Galaxy S3 Lite. Please verify with a Root Checker if you have root.

Another known method for that device is DF ROOT (direct download). This app may be in Portuguese, so if it is, here are the instructions in English:

Open DF-ROOT.
Go to "Fazer Root."
Choose "Root."
Now go to "Batal" and close the application.
Open SuperSU, it will ask to update the binary SU, select "Continuar."
Select the "Normal" option and then "OK."

Both were reported working in this XDA thread.


How can I schedule timer to power on and off device?

Depending on the device that you are using, this setting can easily be configured, in fact it comes natively on some devices like Xiaomi (MIUI), LG, Oneplus or Lenovo.

For example on my device running MIUI 9, I can easily configure the timer like so:

Open the Security App → Battery → Settings (Gear icon on top right corner) → Schedule power on or off:

Enter time setting and tap OK, you're all set!.

Alternatively this feature can also be configured on some android ROMs:

Settings → Advanced → Scheduled Power On / Off.
Configure as needed.

Another workaround:

  If neither of these options is available, then you could simply take
  the advantage that your android device can be woken up by an alarm
  even if its in the off state:

  This workaround simply requires any android app capable of turning off the device at scheduled time e.g Tasker, Automate, Macrodroid etc
  Then set an ideally silent alarm (e.g stock CM11S alarm (with a silent alarm) to power on the device.

Credits Oneplus forum: Schedule power on and off


Manage Phone Audio Player through Car Stereo over Bluetooth

Highly depends on the bluetooth profile and capabilities of your stereo. Some only implement call button profiles, some implement audio only and some support audio and buttons. Some have advance support for Playlist and file system. A FM Bluetooth adapter I had could play and stop my music but couldn't see play lists or anything.

If you press the play button twice does it work? Or long press? If you play your music, do the buttons play at that point? But in any case, there is no way to really change it, without replacing the stereo.


Google Process Location Accessing location for whom?

That process is used for all Google apps — Maps, Chrome, Google+, etc.  It does not provide location info for independent apps like MapQuest.


If I delete my WhatsApp account, will my other devices continue to receive messages?

I would assume NO, since it has already been deleted. You will most likely get an error in your other devices.


If they are not being shown it means notifications for the apps are disabled. What you need to do is go to app settings and enable notifications for the individual apps.


if this phone is yours do the following :

login to you device manager on google website here
click on lock and set a new password this will over-write the old password
on your phone enter your new pass word

If this phone is not yours contact the phone owner and ask him to do the last steps


How can I disable "app is running in the background" notifications?

I am on Oreo 8.0.0 and couldn't find a setting for this so ended up using this Hide  "running in the background" Notification

I have several apps running in background and disabled them all using this app, as it serves no useful purpose for me to know

Auto Notification is another app that has this feature amongst other Tasker oriented features if you are interested.

I preferred the first one since I don't use Tasker

Edit: These are Bye the way notifications


Why is my phone vibrating incessantly during calls?

i had a similar problem, for me I had to go into the "profile" i was using "default, silent, work, ect.", and change the phone setting for vibrate to off.


Just long press on the message, its should either highlight and give you the option of forwarding or select text, then just select all and paste it on a new message body


When playing with Link2Sd note that below each application you have:

APK size
Dex size
Lib size
Application Data size
Cache size
Total

When moving to SD card (APP2SD) only APK file goes to SD card, Dex and Lib remains in you phone memory. If you move those apps with Link2SD all files will be move to the external SD card increasing your phone memory a lot. Application Data size remains always in the phone memory so you may consider deleting this, just hold your finger and choose option to clear application data.
The last resort is converting some applications to a system apps which will move them to the separate partition releasing some memory.


How do I stop my Galaxy S5 phone from waking in my pocket?

cause all sorts of bothers (skipping songs, taking pictures, etc)

Is the touch sensitive option enabled. As it will increase the touch sensitivity, your device will work abnormally for any touch like sensations (like that of keeping in your pocket).

  Is there some option in Android OS to stop the screen from waking up when it receives a notification?

I guess not in our S5's stock firmware. So you either use external methods to stop it or turn off the touch sensitive and decrease the screen timeout.


Is there a root for Galaxy S7 / S7 edge US Carriers?

Root is out and a full guide can be found on XDA forums through this link:root guide and files  This root is for Verizon

Other variants can be found below

T-Mobile

Sprint

AT&T

Verizon:

  http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-...-root-t3410403 Also credits to Mastajeff >for originally making the guide for T-Mobile.

  First off download these files: http://d-h.st/PK3q  Extract them to whatever folder you want, there will be 5 files in there.
  Folder named: "su" contains the SuperSU and thing needed to root the phone
  ADB Setup EXE called: "adb-setup-1.4.3.exe" Needed to install ADB and the Drivers
  Special patched Odin that skips the SHA 225 called: Odin PrinceComsy.exe (Mainly for AT&T)
  .ini file named: "Odin3.ini"
  Last, file, named: "Samsung_G935x_QC_Rooted_BOOT.TAR", this is the engBoot for the phone.

  NOTE: Some users have experienced endless boot loop; this seems to be
  caused by using a package disabler that disabled certain services. If
  you used one and end up getting an endless boot loop try wiping the
  cache and factory reset the phone.

  I suggest you backup your phone before doing this, just in case
  something happens.

  Install ADB by running adb-setup-1.4.3.exe
  Make sure to put your phone into downloading mode (Power off--- Hold Down arrow + Home + Power button)
  Open up Odin and click AP and mount Samsung_G935x_QC_Rooted_BOOT.TAR
  Once restarted put the phone into USB debugging mode (Need Developer options for this)
  To get developer mode, go to "About" then tap "build number" about 6 or 7 times
  Go back to settings and you should now see developer options, turn on USB debugging
  Now back on your PC, Move the folder named "su" into your ADB folder (Default Path: C:\adb)
  Run CMD by either Win + R and typing cmd or from the control panel.
  Once CMD is open type this Code:

    cd C:\adb\su

  or whatever your path to your "su" folder.

  After that type root.bat
  Wait for the CMD to finish and then your phone should restart
  Once your phone has finally restarted you will notice that SuperSU was installed and root should be working, download root checker to
  find out for yourself.

  If your CMD just says starting Daemon and doesn't proceed any further
  than that, then you forgot to make sure USB debugging was turned on.
  If everything went well you will see the CMD was able to push SuperSU.

  You can now install Xposed via Flashfire. Unfortunately, TWRP does not
  work on this method, so, DO NOT TRY, there is a chance that you can
  Brick your phone from doing that.

  Fix for wifi bug on restart:
  http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmob...8#post67592828

  Thanks 2swizzle for mentioning this. If you want to fix the
  lag/slowness download any CPU or Kernel Editor or changer. This one
  works fine: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ladiutor&hl=en To
  fix the lag
  1. Open up the APP
  2. Go into the CPU settings
  3. Set CPU Governor to ondemand
  4. Apply on boot You will notice that the phone runs fast as ever.

This root is for Verizon and disables Samsung pay.  The root has many variations for all US carriers.

All credit goes to http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4911585 (br3w3r, Chainfire and Princecomsy) and Argyrus for writing up this post


Any way or app to enable vibrate only mode in Lollipop?

You can use something like IFTTT (If this then that) app + the online service to connect to your calendar.
Here is a sample recipe.
https://ifttt.com/recipes/165618-mute-phone-when-calendar-event-starts


why does my android show -67 on my email icon?

It's buggy.  You should be able to fix it by clearing the data for the email app and/or any related apps (sometimes there's an "Email Storage" app and so on).