Here are the instuctions I found

  Directions - Please read them carefully

  Please make sure you have your LG Drivers installed before you start this process
  you can go to Lg site to get current usb drivers
  Please download one of these zip files from this links below

  LS840ZVC https://www.dropbox.com/s/j63hoo0jsocid8y/LGVIPER.zip

  LS840ZVD https://www.dropbox.com/s/3timbamztkewkdh/LS840ZVD.zip
  Unzip and place the LG folder in C: root directory
  Please have at least 60 percent battery or more and put the phone in download mode.

  You can do that by Plugging the usb cord while hold vol up and power.  Keep holding it until you see a screen that says downloading in progress.

  Now go to your device manager and look for your com ports and find your LGE Android USB Serial Port.(not modems) Now double click it and look for advance and then click it. now we have too change the com port to 41. press ok and close it out.
  Unplug your usb connection from phone and leave phone in download mode.
  Now open your windows explorer go to C:\LG\LGFLASHTOOL\LGFlashTool.exe run as admin.
  Model config will open select manual mode assign LS840...dll for dll and .tot for s/w.
  Go to port settings and select port 1 only.
  Now plug your usb cable back into the phone.
  start the flash by pressing the arrow on the top left side and let it run

  --> !! Please don't let your desktop or laptop cutoff during the process. Please do not remove phone from usb cable until after the first reboot complete.

  It doesn't matter what percent your LG FlashTool is showing and you can close out LG FlashTool at that point. do a factory reset after you get too your home screen for the first time. now you device is ready too be used.

  don't forget to update profile on phone after it reloads

Source


What do I get if I install a custom ROM instead of installing new launcher, new phone app, ...?

Two major cons to simply using a different launcher Vs. a whole new ROM:

Custom ROMs often offer a later version of Android than is available for your device from a manufacturer or carrier.  No amount of launchers will give you the newer functionality of latest OS versions.
Very often removing manufacturer/carrier "bloat" is not as easy as deleting some APKs from /system/app directory.  In cases of custom UIs such as Samsung's TouchWiz, or Motorola's BLUR, or HTC's Sense, many of their apps which replace stock core functions (e.g. Phone/Dialer, Contacts, etc.) are interwoven with the system and each other in such a way that simply removing them may cause crashes or other system instabilities.  Installing 3rd-party replacements does not resolve anything, since these apps are always running in the background, using up valuable resources.


a media server, using e.g. BubbleUPnP
a machine for development/coding, using e.g. Terminal IDE
a "picture frame" (before mentioned BubbleUPnP should be able to do that along, but many gallery apps in slideshow-mode as well)
a web server, e.g. with AndroPHP / Bit Web Server (PHP,MySQL,PMA) / Ulti Server: PHP, MySQL, PMA – also see: Turn a Android Phone with broken screen into dedicated Web server
have it ready as emergency/backup phome with some prepaid card
use it as "modem"/router for devices without a SIM card (tablets etc.) or without a data-plan, utilizing its hotspot functionality (sure you could use your main device for it; but using the old one keeps the juice in your main device ;)
use it as "test device" for any apps you want to try. With no important/daily-use/private data on it, you could even use some "risky sounding" apps here, and easily factory-reset it afterwards. For this, a separate Google Account might prove useful as well.


Automatically disable mobile hotspot when no device is connected, using Tasker

I know this is an old thread, but i did not find any solution anywhere when i  wanted. So just posting the solution for other enthusiasts.

Ok so i just added a time profile with 5mins interval (choose the time which suits you better) as the trigger.

I added a new task with actions as follows:

A1:-

    Code > Run Shell

    Command:                     ip neigh show dev wlan0
    Store Output In:             %ipneigh
    Store Errors In:             %ipneigherr
    Continue Task after error:   Yes

A2:-

    Net > Wifi Tether

    Set:                         Off
    IF:
         %ipneigh !~ *REACHABLE*   AND
         %ipneigh !~ *STALE*       AND
         %ipneigh !~ *PROBE*       AND
         %ipneigh !~ *DELAY*

PS: I don't know the workings of ip neigh command. I implemented this by shear trial and error. But It works for me and i am not sure of any bugs yet. Will update with edits if i encounter or anyone comments with any.


Yes it is possible for that person to reformat the phone by going into the recovery or going through factory reset in settings, but if you report your phone stolen, the IMEI won't allow that person to access the network towers. They can however use WiFi to get on the internet though.


Get installed apps as APK within Android?

Backup apps using Astro File Manager.

Alternatively, you can use a little app dedicated for this task: App Backup & Restore.


What does the "eye" symbol mean at the bottom of Telegram messages?

As per Telegram's official blog:

Each post in a channel has its own view counter.

Views from forwarded copies of your messages will be included in the total count.

That eye icon is usually used to depict the total page or post views. For example, Quora uses a similar icon:

You can find some more icons here.


Save more then 200 SMS per contact on 2.3?

In the messaging app, access menu > settings > text message limit

and set it to a higher number you like.

Hope this helps.


Is there any way to replace the desktop dock app on the Droid 3? Or at least change the widgets/dock area icons in productivity mode?

If you've got a replacement app, you could utilize Tasker for that:

Condition: Docked
Task: Start App [your-replacement-app-here]

On the next docking, you would be asked for the app to perform this action with. Decide for "Tasker" and see if it works as expected. If it does, make it the default next time.

As alternate app you could e.g. use Desk Clock Plus, which might even support this without the help of Tasker.


It happens sometimes after an update/update that the phone sticks into a bootloop if the data partition is not formatted.
So to solve this, you simply need to reset your phone from the recovery menu.

Boot in to the recovery then perform a factory reset. The first boot may take some time, just wait.

The error you are getting is because you are trying to downgrade which is not allowed by the bootloader.


Spflash tool is supported for your device. Thus you won't need to turn on your phone. You'll first have to install the drivers for your device on PC. Then download the stock ROM for your device. Then remove the battery and flash via spflash tool.

This might help you: http://www.gogorapid.com/flash-stock-rom-iball-andi-4-5-k6/


Android Browser -Can it be set to NOT open new tabs?

There's no such setting in the Android browser as far as I know. You could try using a different browser that does not have tab functionality, like Orweb, although that may have issues with cookies and may complain when the phone is not connected to Tor.

If that doesn't work, you could try Firefox with the Tab Killer extension; it may not work on mobile, but it might be worth a shot.


How can I access USB tethered device from WiFi hotspot?

I had the same problem: Raspberry Pi B+, laptop, and android phone. I wanted to use putty from laptop to administrate the Pi.
Solution was:

Install proxy server on android: Proxy server
Install a software to find out network connections of android, for me this worked: Ping and DNS
Connect Pi to android phone through USB tethering. How to: Accessing Internet from Pi using USB Tethering of Android - Raspberry Pi Forums
Connect laptop to android phone using WIFI hotspot

Now your phone sees both devices, but Pi cannot see laptop. Solution is to forward packages from laptop to Pi using any relevant phone application (like proxy server mentioned above)
Let's assume that we mainly need to do SSH from laptop to Pi using Putty. So at the end we should have:
LaptopPutty->AndroidProxyServer->Pi
AndroidProxyServer will accept connections from LaptopPutty on XX port
then AndroidProxyServer will forward the packages to Pi on port 22 (the SSH port)

Run Ping and DNS->network on android and find out what IP address does your Pi, and android phone have. (you will use both later)

Android proxy server setup:

open app
Add a server
Name: any you like
Port: any you like, it will be used in Putty (XX)
Connection time out: put something huge like 999999, otherwise server will terminate your connection in the middle of some calibrations to your pi
Switch to "Rules" tab on the top of the app
Add a rule
Host: your laptop name. (proxyserver will apply rule if connection comes from this host; laptop name could be found by "whoami" command in windows cmd.)
Forward to host:IP address of the Pi, found in step 5
Forward to port:22

Run the Android proxy server

on laptop run Putty, and under session set:

Host Name (or IP address):Ip address of your Android phone, which you found in step 5
Port: XX, the one you put when setting up Android proxy server in step 6
Connection type:SSH

Should be working now.


Using software keyboard in AOSP custom build emulator

I found a solution. I don't know if it is the best place to do such a modification, but I was able to edit the default emulator skin at

development/tools/emulator/skins/HVGA/hardware.ini

And set hw.keyboard=no there.


Unlocking Bootloader to wipe internal storage

There is nothing like storage partition. What you see under /storage/emulated is a FUSE implementation of /data/media/userID. Whenever you unlock or relock the bootloader, fastboot causes factory reset of the device which wipes data and cache partitions. No bit of data escapes it, including what you see under /storage.

Source:

printf("oem unlock requested:\n");
printf("\tUnlocking forces a factory reset and could\n");
printf("\topen your device up to a world of hurt.  If you\n");
printf("\tare sure you know what you're doing, then accept\n");
printf("\tin %d seconds via 'fastboot oem unlock_accept'.\n",


Not implemented as a UX library, yet.

3rd Party Solution: https://github.com/apl-devs/AppIntro

DIY: You can create your own UI and can leverage ViewPager for the effect.


Will Nexus 5 be allowed to update to Android L?

The latest version for nexus 5 is 4.4.4. Once L is ready to be released to users, you will be allowed to update.

Currently L developer preview is available.


How can I encode an MP3 file in Android using LAME?

You can't use the Linux or Windows versions of LAME in Android, just like you can't run the PC versions of MS Word or OpenOffice in Android.  Applications are written for particular OSes and architectures, or for cross-platform frameworks like Java.  (Android doesn't have a true full JVM, though.)

A quick search returned Lame4Android, an Android app you can use to encode WAVE files as MP3.  It doesn't look like it can do anything else; if you need more functionality then you probably need to find or make a native port of LAME or another encoder.


There's a reason why pressing OK has to be done and cannot be avoided is this - the PIN number can be of any length of your preference, and by pressing OK that is signalling the intention that There I have all the PIN digits entered, now Android, please verify!

If there was a way to avoid pressing OK, that would impose the restriction on the length of the PIN digits used, once the length of digits is reached (for example the PIN can be four digits long), then it would be automatic, but unfortunately in this case, no, you do have to press OK.


How can I change the default app that opens when double tapping the screen of my Galaxy note with the S Pen?

I use the app Pentastic for that.
https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/com.samsung.android.pentastic
I was actually looking for a way to disable this shortcut. This can be accomplished by combining the above with the app "Do Nothing".
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=i.donothing


The easiest way to recover your phone is to flash the original factory firmware on it.

After much searching I found a thread at XDA which explains how to do this for the LG Optimus series phones including the P509 (yours).

You can obtain the original firmware by following these directions (substituting P509 which you have for P500).

After you recover, remember that the first thing you should do after rooting a phone is to install a custom recovery (usually Clockworkmod Recovery) as this gives you access to tools to manage situations like this.


Meaning of Options in FastBoot Flash Menu

Well, I don't know what all of them mean but I can get you started. You are currently in the bootloader.

Recovery: This is the partition in memory that has a recovery installed. A recovery program allows you to connect via adb (android debug bridge), flash update zip files (or ROMs), perform backups (nandroid backups), wipe data, factory reset the phone and some other stuff.

Factory: This option will restore your phone to factory settings. In other words, it will wipe all your data and the phone will start back up like it was new.

That's all I know.


Indeed, Android's native "Move to SD Card" does not move the entire app to the card.  Things like app's data, cache and dalvik-cache (optimized bytecode) are left on the device's internal memory.  You can try to mitigate this by regularly clearing out the cache of apps you use most often (e.g. Browser, etc.) by going to Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> All, then selecting the app, and tapping the Clear cache button.  However, you will just be delaying the inevitable.

Also, the fact that not all apps support being moved to SD does not help the situation.  For example, widgets and sync adapters may not be moved to SD Card due to a limitation of Android.  Other apps simply have not been updated to support this functionality.

If your phone is rooted, you have more choice to mitigate this shortcoming.  First, some custom ROMs (e.g. CyanogenMod) allow you to move all non-system apps to the SD Card, even if they don't explicitly support this functionality (even Widgets can be moved, but will stop working after a reboot.)

There are also alternative "Apps to SD" solutions that can move all non-system apps to the SD Card on a rooted phone.  For example, the S2E app works wonders on CM ROM, and is very easy to install and use.  The DarkTremor A2SD script is a lot more difficult to set up and configure, but works on different custom ROMs.


Unfortunately, contacts has stopped Galaxy note 1 stock firmware

This is a firmware issue, and needs to be addressed by the manufacturer.

If you have done a factory reset, then you should contact the manufacturer and tell them that after the latest upgrade, the contact and phone app no longer work.

They should release a new upgrade to fix this issue.


Can I modify a Google Document document table from Android or on the Web?

Yes you can do this within Google Drive/Docs app. Enter the edit mode of the document that you want to edit; tap on the cell you want to add row/column on, a hover menu will appear; then tap on the overflow menu (circled red):

A list of actions you can do on the cell will appear, scroll through the list of actions to find the ones for inserting row/columns:


How can I prevent applications from running on startup?

Please, please, please, please put down the task killer.

It isn't needed.  The operating system knows how to handle and end applications just fine.  Otherwise you are going to waste performance/battery because when you kill a task it is going to re-spawn back up.  And if you  killed a task that was writing to disk (or a database), then you could potentially create corruption.

The only time you ever, ever, ever should kill a task is if it is obviously running wild or hung up (and usually when this happens you get the Force Close screen.  If not, go to Settings --> Applications --> find your app and kill the task there).


Can't install from market: INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT

When I rooted my G1 and was using Cyanogen and we had a similar error we didn't need to reflash the rom, but just the gapps package - try reflashing that. Or other wise on AndroidPolice they have the latest market apk file which you could download and trash flashing that and seeing if that will install over the current market.

If that still doesn't work consider reflashing the ROM and GAPPS package again, but make sure you wipe before flashing. I always found that doing a wipe before each flash made for far fewer issues and errors.

Case in point is my wife is using my G1 running Cyanogen's 2.2 version of Android and has been up and running for the last 6 months and we haven't had any crashes or errors yet on it, and I made sure to do a wipe and clean install when loading it.


How disk space is used on Android device?

Android's filesystem hierarchy is a bit complex and people often find it difficult to grasp. A major reason for confusion is that Android isn't very expressive in explaining these things and it's not very clear which files Android put in which category. Another reason is that mostly devices are not rooted and users don't have access to filesystems to verify the things themselves. We can try to understand it from root.

VIDEOS, PICTURES, AUDIO AND "OTHER":

Android uses file extensions to decide if a file in Public Shared / External Storage (i.e. /sdcard excluding the private directories of apps) is video, picture or audio. This header file defines a mapping between file extensions and categories. Further details can be found in this answer.

Simply put, we can use file extensions to categorize files and calculate their size:

~$ find /sdcard/ -type f ! -path '/sdcard/Android*' | grep -iE '\.3g2$|\.3gp$|\.3gpp$|\.3gpp2$|\.asf$|\.asx$|\.avi$|\.dif$|\.dl$|\.dv$|\.fli$|\.lsf$|\.lsx$|\.m4v$|\.mkv$|\.mng$|\.mov$|\.movie$|\.mp4$|\.mpe$|\.mpeg$|\.mpg$|\.mxu$|\.qt$|\.ts$|\.vob$|\.webm$|\.wm$|\.wmv$|\.wmx$|\.wrf$|\.wvx$' | xargs -I {} du -b '{}' | sort -n | awk '{sum += $1} {print} END {print sum}'
...
75696063        /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/VID_20190726_190531.mp4
97849262        /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/VID_20190721_142818.mp4
331238039       /sdcard/TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE_ A Journey to the End of Time (4K).mp4
1554180683

So I have 1.55 GB of videos on my /sdcard.

~$ find /sdcard/ -type f ! -path '/sdcard/Android*' | grep -iE '\.art$|\.arw$|\.bmp$|\.cr2$|\.dng$|\.gif$|\.jng$|\.jpe$|\.jpeg$|\.jpg$|\.nef$|\.nrw$|\.orf$|\.pbm$|\.pcx$|\.pef$|\.pgm$|\.png$|\.pnm$|\.ppm$|\.psd$|\.ras$|\.rgb$|\.rw2$|\.srw$|\.svg$|\.svgz$|\.tif$|\.tiff$|\.wbmp$|\.webp$|\.xbm$|\.xpm$|\.xwd$' | xargs -I {} du -b '{}' | sort -n | awk '{sum += $1} {print} END {print sum}'
...
31944   /sdcard/.recycle/1565980569828.3/2080952923/Screenshot_20190816-155104_Firefox.png
34099   /sdcard/OLD_sdcard/Download/iptables_overview.jpg
6839118 /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/PANO_20190421_132245.jpg
7726000 /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/IMG_20181123_144811.jpg
669063808

And 669 MB of pictures. Combined with videos it becomes 2.22 GB.

~$ find /sdcard/ -type f ! -path '/sdcard/Android*' | grep -iE '\.aac$|\.aif$|\.aifc$|\.aiff$|\.amr$|\.awb$|\.flac$|\.gsm$|\.m3u$|\.m4a$|\.mka$|\.mp2$|\.mp3$|\.mpega$|\.mpga$|\.oga$|\.ogg$|\.pls$|\.ra$|\.ram$|\.rm$|\.sd2$|\.snd$|\.wav$|\.wax$|\.wma$' | xargs -I {} du -b '{}' | sort -n | awk '{sum += $1} {print} END {print sum}'
...
196556  /sdcard/OLD_sdcard/Alarms/Freedom.ogg
451614  /sdcard/OLD_sdcard/CallRecordings/0507189091_190225_191938461.amr
5652322 /sdcard/.recycle/1564398739475.3/710629278/L'Orfeo(preview).mp3
186868393

And 187 MB of audios. Now total space taken by files:

~$ du -bs --exclude=/sdcard/Android /sdcard/
5330784600      /sdcard/

It's 5.3 GB. Subtracting video, pictures and audio, it's 2.89 GB which is the size of "Other"; shown as "Files" on my device:

Non-root part is over here. Next to explore /data you need root access. First to make clear, throughout the whole life of device, a common user interacts only with one partition labeled userdata. But it's not very uncommon to have 50+ partitions on Android devices. Details can be seen in this thread. So we are talking about the space usage on userdata partition which is mounted at /data. One of its sub-directory /data/media/0 is the one we see in file explorers or at /sdcard or at /storage/emulated/0. See What is /storage/emulated/0? for details.

TOTAL SPACE USAGE:

Now have a look at space usage reported by Android. It says 16.73 GB out of 32 GB are used. Let's analyze.

~# cat /sys/block/mmcblk0/size
61071360
~# df -B1 --output=size /data
  1B-blocks
25762942976

Note: Don't confuse units. 61071360 sectors equal 31268536320 bytes, which equal 31.27 Gigabytes (GB) or 29.12 Gibibyte (GiB).

Total available size of eMMC is 31.27 GB (ignoring e.g. RPMB and provisioned space etc.) and size of /data filesystem is 25.76 GB (See! I thought it would be 32.00 GiB). It means 5.5 GB space was occupied when device was shipped from factory. It's mainly taken by system, vendor and cache, and a small part by other partitions. Partition table takes a few KBs but there are possibly a few MBs left free in between partitions, some space is wasted due to encryption, and so on. Following screenshot shows the complete partition table:

(Click image for enlarged view)

Now coming to used space:

~# df -B1 --output=used /data
       Used
10407436288
~# du -b -d1 /data | sort -n
...
30932548        /data/system
89343105        /data/user_de
252376438       /data/dalvik-cache
1537995332      /data/app
1817762284      /data/data
5460784600      /data/media
9250761612      /data

Space usage reported by filesystem is 10.4 GB, while the apparent size of files is 9.25 GB. This difference of 1.15 GB could be variable and is used by the filesystem. Details can be found in this answer. May be a part of it is being used by f2fs log structure on my device.

So total used space on device is 15.9 GB (5.5 and 10.4) out of 31.27 GB. Note the difference with values in screenshot. The difference in total size could be because of rounding-off the sum of /data and /system to nearest power of 2.

APPS SPACE USAGE:

5.3 GB out of 9.25 GB is used by public files in /sdcard as explained above. Rest of the 3.95 GB space is mainly taken by three categories of files. Keeping things simple, following are the major directories which sum up to total app size (1, 2, 3, 4):

App size    /data/app/<pkg>*
            /data/dalvik-cache/<arch>/<pkg's_dex_odex_vdex_art_oat>
            /storage/emulated/<user_id>/Android/obb/<pkg>
            /data/misc/profiles/ref/<pkg>
Cache       /data/user/<user_id>/<pkg>/*cache
            /data/user_de/<user_id>/<pkg>/*cache
            /storage/emulated/<user_id>/Android/data/<pkg>/*cache
User data   /data/user/<user_id>/<pkg>
            /data/user_de/<user_id>/<pkg>
            /storage/emulated/<user_id>/Android/data/<pkg>
            /storage/emulated/<user_id>/Android/media/<pkg>
            /data/misc/profiles/cur/<user_id>/<pkg>

User data size should exclude Cache size.
For user apps compiled binary files are stored in installation directory (/data/app/<pkg>/oat/<arch>) since Lollipop. But for system apps those are saved to /data/dalvik-cache which is counted for apps size. Actual .apk files of system apps are not counted, except if an app is updated. .odex files for Android's framework apps (.apk/.jar) however might be already stored in /system/framework/ having only symlinks in /data/dalvik-cache/. Things have changed with A/B implementation.
For more details see Where Android apps store data?

Taking sum of all these directories:

~# du -sb /data/app /data/misc/profiles/ /data/dalvik-cache/ /storage/emulated/*/Android/ /data/user/*/ /data/user_de/ |  sort -n | awk '{sum += $1} {printf "%-15s%s\n",$1,$2} END {print sum}'
94152          /storage/emulated/11/Android/
611998         /data/misc/profiles/cur/10/
837897         /storage/emulated/10/Android/
1013850        /data/misc/profiles/cur/0/
1109311        /storage/emulated/0/Android/
1602419        /data/misc/profiles/ref/
3294944        /data/user_de/10/
10283019       /data/user/10/
86048161       /data/user_de/0/
252376438      /data/dalvik-cache/
1537995332     /data/app
1817762284     /data/user/0/
3713029805

It's 3.7 GB, leaving only 250 MB behind, some of which is taken by /sdcard of other two user profiles (/data/media/<user_id>). The rest is used by system logs and configuration files, particularly in /data/system* and /data/misc*. This system usage is shown as "System" which excludes shared storage size (5, 6). Some figures differ from Android but after all we know how the space is actually used, and where it's being wasted.

RELATED:

Android's Storage Journey


Is it possible to stop certain apps from updating via Google Play?

I am not sure if you don't want auto update or you if you want to remove it from the update all list. All apps will appear in the update all apps list. You can not remove them from that list.

To remove from auto update go to Google Play Store > Find the app you don't want to auto update > Select the 3 dots on the top right of the screen and deselect auto updates.


Adjusting aperture, ISO and shutter speed manually? Huawei P9

Contrary to standalone digital cameras, most smartphones have a fixed aperture due to concerns such as device thickness. P9 is no exception, and is equipped with a f/2.2 fixed aperture lens. Under the "DoF control" mode in the stock camera app, different apertures are simulated using the data captured simultaneously from two camera sensors.

Since it's not a hardware implementation of aperture, it's unlikely any 3rd-party software will be able to make use of it (proprietary algorithm). As of now, unless Huawei themselves decide to add such feature to the stock camera through an update later, you're out of luck.


I mistakingly cancelled my android software system update I can get it back again and what are the procedures

Yes you can get it back by going to . Settings >> About phone >> System Update. There you will see updates of your phone that are available. You can start the updates of your system from there and it work back again.


How to upgrade Galaxy Nexus 4.1.1 to 4.3

I think the easiest way is to use GNex Toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310


Based on the suggestions given by Gmail Help (website) forum  just double these issues:

Make sure you are not using an alias email to send your emails
Usually the signature does not show when drafting a message but is appended when sending (try tapping 3 dots at th bottom of message and check
if see the signature)
Sometimes its the way the app is designed:

  The signature does not show during drafting a message it is appended
  upon sending.

  Try checking  in your "Sent Mail" and if you don't see the signature,
  there are three faint dots at the bottom of the message, click that
  and you will see the signature.

Sources:

Why is my inbox signature not showing in my email after I send
Signature hidden by "three dots"
Adding a signature to reply and forward emails


Samsung Keyboard of keybinding of switching input methods

I use a Microsoft Wedge keyboard and what solved it for me was installing SwiftKey or some other keyboard alternative and setting that as the default instead of the Samsung one.

This is a fantastically annoying default shortcut that's impossible to turn off and easily identifiable to anyone using an external keyboard and writing in English, every single time I would write "I", it would eat the space after it and change language instead... The problem probably exists for all physical keyboards as with the on-screen keyboard the shortcut still exists, but most people are not fast enough to trigger it there.


Their website doesn't say that you need to be rooted to use it.  Just need a NZB file and a Usenet account.


Can't I change the sound volume with the screen locked?

That most likely depends on what phone and interface you have. On, say, a Galaxy S3 with the stock TouchWiz UI, when music is playing in the Samsung player or in Google Play Music, the volume control is enabled at the lock screen. On some other devices, it may not be possible. May I suggest editing your post to include which phone model you have?


Not sure how much reliable this is, but I found this app: SMS Gateway

Their description says that e-mails via POP3 can be sent via SMS, while SMS can be sent via HTTP GET request.


How do I disable the on screen keyboard? I have a USB keyboard attached

Null Keyboard is what you want. I do this same thing with my bluetooth keyboard. It does require you manually switch the input method each time, but keeps the pesky on-screen keyboard from popping up.

Another option I've used is to use the method described here to program one of your keys to a Back button, which you can press to remove the on-screen keyboard each time it pops up.


System time not updating while screen is locked

Wiping cache with stock recovery seems to have solved it for me.

Power off phone (be sure to turn off fast reboot in settings first). Boot into recovery by holding volume-down key and then holding power key until boot menu appears. Volume down to RECOVERY and tap power to select. HTC logo appears followed by a blank, dim screen. Wait about 30 seconds for red triangle icon to appear.
Now, hold down volume-up and tap power button. Recovery menu appears. Volume-down to "Wipe cache partition" at bottom of list and tap power key. Cache gets cleared. Then select "reboot system now" by tapping power key again. Done!


cyanogenmod 7 mytouch 3g cannot connect to wireless

I remove the saved networks and it started working again.

Hope this helps someone else.


you can try
fastboot --set-active=a

or
fastboot --set-active=b

ane one of them should work if your other slot is not corrupted


Installing an app I created solely for myself

So the question can be boiled down to

  Can I install an app I created only on my own device?

Yes you can! If you create the app yourself you are not forced to share it on the Play Store. To actually install the app you will first have to accept apps from unknown sources in your settings. This can generally be found in the security section of the settings.
While the Play Store is the most popular app store on Android (I assume), it has nothing to do with android itself. You can find apps on alternative app stores or even on forum boards or in email attachments.

If you don't share your app in any way, you will be the only person with that app.

Of course, once someone gets access to the apk file it becomes trivial to install it on another device.


How do I restore a contact I deleted on my Android phone, but not in GMail contacts?

Method 1
Stop syncing with Google account, check that all Google contacts are gone, set up sync again.

Method 2
Remove the Google account, add it again.

(You can do both in Accounts & Sync from phone Settings.)


Why doesn't my android start daydreaming?

As mentioned in comments, I also have a Nexus 4 (4.2.2) and it daydreams OK when charging (USB to wall charger) when set to sleep after 15 seconds.

"Daydreaming" is triggered when the device goes to sleep (or when sleep mode would normally be triggered). It would seem that if the "stay awake" option is checked in "Developer options" then sleep mode is never triggered and the device never daydreams. So, the solution is to uncheck the "stay awake" option.

"Daydream" is like a conditional stay-awake option. The screen does not switch off and for this reason a device can only be set to daydream when it is connected to a power source.


Completely wiping all contents and storage in SmartQ T10 tablet. No Recovery, no CWM, no ADB

For a real safe and complete wipe, you might want to take a look at Nuke my Device.

If you're just after a factory-reset, this can be find in Settings. But then you shouldn't forget about your other storage (SDcards – internal as well as external – are usually not dealt with by a factory-reset, though some ROMs do so).


You have luck, you can safely factory reset the secondary tablet. All the data on it will be deleted, but your main tablet will remain unaffected.
Factory reset is a device-only thing.
Androids are no different than ordinary computers, only the most important apps have the habit that they automatically backup everything to the network (typically into the cloud service of the developer company). They also like to make cloudy the border between the files on your device, and the files backed up to them.
Backup all the important data on your secondary tablet and you can make the factory reset safely.
In general, it is very useful to have backup all of your important data. Most apps does it (for example, most androids automatically uploads the photos into the google cloud), but not all of them.


Black screen during outgoing call on Galaxy S3

I resolve it by this:  Call settings ~> Auto screen off/on during calls.


Samsung Champ (GT-3303k) to be converted to Andoid?

Nope sadly you cannoy convert it to Android.


Android default calling app don't suggest other calling apps even after reseting defaults

Your question indicates that you expect Android to present a list of available calling applications when you press the call button in an application. This is not the case.

The "open with" dialog only appears when an Intent is broadcast for which there are multiple applications that have registered to receive that Intent with an Intent Filter. When a call is started using the default phone app, no such Intent is sent.

Your question doesn't specify what Intent you are trying to listen for, but I'm going to go ahead and assume it is ACTION_CALL. An ACTION_CALL Intent is broadcast when an application that does not have calling functionality wishes to initiate a call (and thus allow another app to handle it). It is not broadcast from the default phone app because the default phone app can make the call itself.

I would recommend reading through the Intents and Intent Filters documentation again to ensure that you understand how they work and why the behavior want doesn't happen.


How to cancel an announced Android System update

You can not cancel the update itself because it has already been applied.
Modern Android devices have the system partition twice (called A/B partition). One that is currently active and one that can be used for installing updates "seamless" (so called by Google). Which partition is currently active on next boot can be changed.
The screen you show means that an update has been downloaded and installed on the non-active partition. The only step left is rebooting into the updated partition.
I am not sure if you do the reboot but not switch to the updated partition. No matter even if you would manage to do so I assume that the system would start to download and re-apply the update again on the other partition and then ask for rebooting into it to finish the update.
Prevent updates via Developer options
Edit: Even if it is too late for you I stumbled over a settings that might be helpful in similar situations:
On a Pixel 3a running Android 11 I saw in the Developer options and entry called Automatic system updates - Apply updates when device restarts
Therefore if you have such an option and disable it while there is already a pending update plus a scheduled reboot you can cancel the update installation.
If you decide later to install the update you can do that by manually triggering it in the Android system settings.


What is the system app "Bluetooth share" for?

Bluetooth Share does what its name says.
It sends files wirelessly using Bluetooth

Try it out by going to a picture (or file), select Share, Bluetooth, and your recipient bluetooth device


Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT - P5100), shortcut button to close/exit from any app/game

No, there is no common shortcut to close/exit any program.  The "android way" is to let the OS decide when to actually close/exit an application.  Just hit the "Home" button or the "Recent apps" buttons to switch to another application when you're done with the current application, or tap the physical power button to turn off the screen.

The OS will take responsibility for deciding when to suspend and when to terminate a background application.  It generally does a good job of this, but some people cannot stand this behavior and so install task manager applications to explicitly terminate background applications.


How to change a WebEx button on Note 3 found on the phone call screen

known issue with Samsung Kitkat build, this is not a WebEX app issue and has been reported to Samsung:
http://kb.webex.com/WBX82788


What's this icon that looks like 3 vertical waves in the status bar of my Droid X?

The third table in this page mentions "Vibrate":
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/48504/~/droid-x---phone-status-%26-notifications

Even though the first table clearly depicts a different icon for the vibration mode, although with the same zigzag pattern.

The pattern is also the same as the icon I have for vibration mode on my SGS:

Cheers!


If you're rooted you can use this...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jasongong.tether.usb

There are other apps out there that do the same, but that one looks reliable and is free.


Can I make home screen contact icons update their picture?

Looks like it is logged as an Android bug. If I'm reading right, there is no current plan for the Android team to address this.


You have to download a rom for your mobile.

Download it from

https://xperiastockrom.com/category/firmware

Download a flashtool from

https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/flash-tool/

open the  flashtool
Connect a USB cable to your computer.
Turn off your phone.
Connect your phone to the USB cable while holding the Volume down key.
Select the software you want to flash in the Service list. The tool automatically detects the phone model and lists available software versions.
Click on Apply Service. The phone will now be flashed.
When you have flashed your device, you can disconnect your phone from the computer. The first time the boot-up might take a little longer than normal.

Hope it will solve your problem...


Installing Samsung Smart Switch or Samsung Kies will definitely give you the drivers you need, without needing to install any drivers from Shady sites.


Yes they are the same.  The one x and x+ use identical display and digitizer.  Buy the assembly the digitizer is adhered tightly to the lcd.


Can you disable gmail sync in Settings > Accounts > [Your gmail account]?

I don't have a Gingerbread device to hand to test this out but it's available in ICS +


How to 'Forget' Password to Google account on my Mobile?

Settings › Privacy and Security › Remember Passwords.

Unchecking this option seems to do the trick.


Samsung S2 not deleting sent emails on gmail

I had this issue in the past with my Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant. What I did, and it solved my problem was:

Go in to Settings -> Accounts & Sync
Select the gmail account with issue
Turn off sync for Gmail
Turn back on sync for Gmail

If this doesn't fully solve the issue, but it did for me, try the following:

Go in to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications
Select the All Tab
Find the Gmail Application and select it
Click on Clear Data and Clear Cache
If you have multiple accounts on the device, it may remove them from accounts and sync. At the very least, you will have to go back to accounts and sync to re-enable Gmail sync.

It really isn't that big of a deal to clear the Gmail data because it is all constantly sync'd with the Google servers. It will clear out any Gmail app settings you have set, like your signature on your phone if you set one.


Clock Work Mod Recovery isn't picking up External SD Card

Check the size and format of your SD Card.  The current ClockworkMod recovery version (6.0.3.x) doesn't support exFAT partitions. If you have a newer card that is over 32GB, chances are it's formatted using exFAT file system, due to limitations of FAT32 on Windows. The solution is to either use a smaller card formatted as FAT32, or use a different recovery that supports exFAT, such as TWRP, for example.


I don't believe you can tag the videos themselves. You cannot actually view them in the native app either, when viewing it takes you to a video player of your choice.

As far as creating a post with a video and tagging a post I am not sure about.

Hope this helps.


Is it possible to call AT-commands in android?

Unfortunately the response is "it depends".

If the modem is used by the Radio Interface Layer (RIL), i.e. it is in use by the system, no, unless you stop the ril daemon. You can stop it by using the "service stop rild" command from the android shell.

Stooping the RIL will prevent all functionalities depending by the phone framework to work: receiving, making and detecting calls, texts, etc.

If you stop the ril, or if the modem is in a secondary serial port (for example, it is a secondary modem), you can open the port and send AT commands as you'd do in a standard posix system. You can also use pppd, chat, etc.


Can I mark sms as read in the notification menu?

Yes indeed you can! It's not a 'stock' or 'Hangouts' feature though, but there are apps that can perform this functionality.

 SMS notifier on the  Google Play store has this option as you will see in the screenshots for it.

Off the record a friend said that Google tend to prefer you to Activate something, rather than mark as read! That's why you don't see this option very much.

As per bmdixon: This does not work in Hangouts. It seems OK if hangouts is not the default SMS application, but this may vary between Android Versions and OEM devices.


Rooting lenovo s920 after upgrading to kitkat 4.4.2

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


Can not answer phone after enabling Google Voice

If you have not yet rebooted your device since this problem started, do that first, then try the following if that still doesn't correct the issue.

Log in to the Google Voice site and go to Settings -> Calls and turn off Call Screening.

Now see if a call will go through, you wont have to press "1" because you are no longer screening. If you do want call screening, Try to now turn the call screening back on.


How to access the phone via adb; broken screen

By default your contacts are sync'd to Google.  You should be able to find your contacts by logging into Google and looking at contacts under gmail.

Also when you get your replacement Android, just setting up the same account that you did for your broken android will bring all your contact to the new android.

Of course if you, for some reason, disabled the automatic sync, this method wouldn't work.

But again, without any changes or having performed special configurations on your part.  This will work.

Update information for consideration:

For some (particularly me) my data is substantially more important than the hardware.  A resource to consider in gaining access to your android is to actually repair it.  It's more expensive than some of the suggestions and links provided by Dan Hulme, Izzy, AI E, Chahk, and andeldererathis.  But it's very likely to get you your important data.

First, the cracked screen won't stop your access to your device.  However, a damaged touch screen will prevent you from being able to access it.  To the surest way to resolve the issue is to invest in repairing the touch screen.

You may find the replacement part on Ebay or Amazon.  This is an idea of what would be involved:

Youtube: How to disassemble karbonn a15 completely:

Again, this is a hardware resolution to recovering your data.  Working with the tiny parts isn't something that most of us can handle.  So you'll have to search for a service center to do it for you.

While rather timely and expensive, it's not as costly as trying to hire clean room services to recover data from a hard drive.


Loss of internal memory after rooting HCL ME V1

It can't be possible that you lose your internal storage because of rooting, as firmware is your OS and drivers. Which are taking space and don't even related to rooting in any way.


I accidentally uninstalled viber but I cant now re install it on the same device

Go to settings clear cache, etc, n uninstall. Then reinstall as usual. :-) hope this helps.


No idea about other apps but Angry Birds save data is stored to /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files

If you copy over the contents to a separate location, then re-install Angry Birds and move back the old save data into the same location after re-installing Angry Birds, you should have the same save state.


Well, after accidentaly deleting my su binary, I downloaded and flashed the zip from http://download.clockworkmod.com/superuser/superuser.zip.


How to disable pin/pattern lock in android device

This is the right place, but it seams easier for people to help if they know your device as pretty much every settings screen is different for every device manufacturer.

For instance in my G4 I can:

Go to Settings
Go to Display
Go to Lock screen
Select from (None, Swipe, Pattern, Pin, Password)

As it seams None is disabled for you, I'm guessing you had an app installed that required an Administrative rights.
Go to settings -> General -> Security -> Phone administrators -> Remove the app that made you set the screen lock from the administrators list
(Or if it was a certificate from an app, go to Certificate Management and clear credentials)


Why can I not install Firefox on my HTC G1/Dream with CyanogenMod 6.1?

Firefox also requires an ARMv7 processor. The HTC Dream/G1 is officially unsupported because its processor is ARMv6. See the supported/unsupported device list on the Mozilla wiki:

  These devices have ARMv6 processors and are not compatible with
  Firefox for Android:

  ...

  HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1, Android Dev Phone 1)

  ...


android browser with 3rd party image blocking capability?

Found out that Firefox mobile can do this by going to

about:config

in adressbar and setting

permissions.default.images         3

1=load all images, 2=no images 3=only images from current url

Saves a lot of bandwidth (e.g. User Avatars on Stackexchange not loaded, while with "no image loading" one doesnt see voting arrows). I just don't like mobile views of sites that much. Add-on would be nice to easily switch this config setting for single website like quick image addon on Firefox Desktop.

If dolphin hd had this feature it would be unbeatable. Unfortunately Firefox is lacking speed and tap gestures of Dolphin.


The only way I found was to uninstall Google Calendar and to reinstall it.
Be sure that your event are sync with Google so that you don't loose any data.


Are there any thin/precise styluses that are compatible with the Droid X?

Thin styluses are usually for resistive screens, they don't work with Droid X's capacitive screen.

The difference between capacitive and resistive touchscreens


Any way to find the list of webpages I added to homescreen from Chrome Android?

Unfortunately, the information you are looking for is simply lost. The shortcuts that a user adds to the homescreen are saved inside the default home launcher's data directory. Typically, it is a database (named launcher.db or similar to it), usually within a table often named "favorites".

I checked the relevant database (for Nova Launcher) after adding some Chrome shortcuts to the homescreen, and then disabled Chrome, and then checked again. The relevant entries were no longer there, and they were also not restored when I enabled the app again.

Unless your default launcher was provisioned to be backed up by Google and was indeed backed up recently, or if you manually backed it up (highly unlikely), it would be futile to proceed in this direction any further.


Pictures and videos disappear from my gallery after connecting via USB

Check if you have a hidden file named .nomedia (double check also for uppercase name) on device memory (storage folder) and delete.

Go to Settings -> Apps -> ALL -> Media Storage. Select Clear data + Clear defaults. Disable the App.

Reboot the device. Now enable again Settings -> Apps -> ALL -> Media Storage.

Wait a couple of minutes (so it should reindex files). I think all files should be now again in Gallery. Note: Do not try to run any rescan App, just follow the above steps.

Source: Images have disappeared from gallery, but still in "My Files" (Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, 5.0.2)


Preventing auto login to the default email on an android tablet

If it is possible to sign out, the login will appear the next time you try to sign in like signing out from the desktop or laptop.
However, it is not possible to sign out of Gmail for Android unless you remove your account as stated in Sign out of Gmail

  The only way to sign out of the Gmail app is to remove your entire account from your phone or tablet

A possible solution to add a security layer before opening Gmail app is to install an app lock from Google Play Store or any market of your preference. These apps allow to lock individual apps. You will still be login to your Gmail account but before opening the app, you will be prompted to enter a pin or pattern.


Import pdf files to google play book application

I'm afraid this is impossible. It's the number one most requested feature but, as far as I can tell, there are no plans to implement it. I suspect this is because Google is under quite a lot of fire for enabling piracy. Allowing people to load their own books into the books app would intensify that.


Google Maps 5.1.0 crashes often. Any solution?

You can usually uninstall updates from the app's page in the market. However, previous updates to Google Maps had similar problems for users that never turned their phones off. Try just restarting your phone.


I asked the same question over on Ask Ubuntu and someone suggested it was a dodgy USB cable. I'm kind of speechless, but indeed, swapping the cable solved my problems. Now when I plug my phone in to a USB port, I get a little notice that the USB is connected. Onward.


I've run out of space  in comments so let's look at some options:

1) Go to Settings > Apps then go to Google Play Store and 'Uninstall Updates'. Then let the Play Store automatically update. Try downloading another keyboard.

2) If you have error 110 it MAY be hardware related.  Thread on similar issue
You may need to contact the seller or Samsung on this issue.

3) If you have error 101 then perhaps  Google Play Services is to blame try installing this from the link provided, reboot and try installing another keyboard.

4) Go to Settings > Apps and see if 'Samsung Keyboard' or similar is there at all, it MAY be disabled or something simple like that! (It will say 'disabled' beside it) You can go into it an click enable in this case.

5) See if you can download any apps at all from the Play Store. Pick something popular like "Facebook" or something from a reliable source. If this also fails there is somthing more fundemental wrong here.

6) If you are a bit more adventurous you could pop to XDA Devlopers and ask someone to post the APK (android application package, basically the app to be installed) for your keyboard and see if you can install it. This is a bit more advanced and I think best left til last resort for now. I'll talk you through it if you think it is a valid option. "Side Loading" is the term to look up!


Update an app that is not in Google Play

You might provide them a link! A link on your website, that would provide them with the .apk file. After downloading, the user would install that file in his android phone.

After installing, the previous version is auto-deleted and the new version is installed! User data is saved. But I have never used the developer tools from Google Play. So I am not sure, whether the Google would mark it as spam or not, because some user try out Verify And Install instead of Package Installer. Verify and Install is a Google service to check whether the app is spam or not.

So I think, if the user tries Verify and Install instead of the built-in installer, he might get some errors, saying this signature is not found on Google Play! Or something like that.

But just my guess, if your beta is placed on Google Play, then they won't show up any errors, as they would find a signature on Google Play too.

Hope I am not wrong: Because I have never used either Verify and Install or Google Play Developer tools. So I might be wrong somewhere. But still there is a functionality to install apps, but that also depends whether the user is allowing the installation of Unknown Apps (Apps which are not downloaded from Google Play).


Android system cant start because of "No space left on device"?

Most likely your application has either filled up the /data partition or (if your tablet is rooted) even the system partition. Likely suspects are log files and SQlite databases growing infinitly.

A communication every 5 minutes over 2 days means 576 communications - if every communication uses up a MB of storage, you have used up more than half a Gigabyte.

Adapt your application to never ever write to system
Adapt your application to keep a firm hand on disk usage on data
Adapt your application to stop if less than half a Gig of storage is available

Then factory-reset your tablet via recovery and try again.


Tethering an Toshiba AT100 to a Nokia E71

Try bluetooth tethering instead.

Benefits: Consumes less power, you can leave bluetooth enabled 24/7. Works out of the box.
Drawback: BT 2.1 may cap your maximum UMTS speed (usually not an issue on the go).

There are two profiles for this to tether via bluetooth:

Bluetooth PAN:
Supported by Android 3.0+ out of the box. See Wikipedia entry for more info on PAN profile.
Bluetooth DUN:
Needs 3rd party app like BlueVPN (ICS version here). See Wikipedia entry for more info on DUN profile.

Stock Android 3.0+ and custom roms like CM should support Bluetooth PAN. Your Nokia E71 supports only DUN profile (Archos users can enjoy added DUN support out of the box however) .


What is the meaning of "flashing a custom ROM"?

Note: the CyanogenMod and Fresh 3.5 links below are links to EVO Roms as an example - you need to find the correct ROM for your device

"Flashing a custom ROM" basically means to load a different version of the Android OS.  This site actually explains it very well.  A custom ROM is the full Android OS customized by the ROM builder usually to make it faster, provide better battery-life or add new features.

AOSP ROMs like CyanogenMod offer stock Android which will remove things like HTC's Sense or Sprint's Apps.  CyanogenMod's ROM is one of the more popular ROM.

Other Roms like Fresh 3.5 offer a ROM very similar to the default experience (with added speed and battery-life) by leaving Sense (or whatever skin your device has) and incorporating over the air updates into an updated version of the ROM.

In order to flash a custom ROM you must first root your device. For information about rooting see Matt's comment on the OP or my original answer below:

When I had the same question this is where I found it:
http://www.talkandroid.com/7686-what-is-rooting-and-why-should-i-do-it-the-pros-cons-of-android-rooting/

Depending on what device you have the rooting method will be different though.  Personally I suggest reading up on your device at XDA.


Assuming I'm understanding your question correctly, you want a "pinned" notification, meaning a notification that stays in the notification bar after you tap it and open the app in question.

If I am correct, you might want to look into apps that let you create your own notifications, like the app Custom Notification.

This could clutter your app drawer a little bit though; I know referencing Tasker without a specific task is poor form, but you might check into the Tasker subreddit, and tell them exactly what you are looking for. Someone might be able to recommend a profile that pins a notification to the status bar until you are done with it.


How to format SD card that has been formatted as internal storage for Android?

You may go to Settings > Storage. Then go to the more button at the top right corner. There should be an option "Format as portable". Would that work?


Google's USB Drivers are for the Google reference devices (Nexus series) only. You'll need to install Archos' drivers. They can be found on Archos' support page with instructions on how to install them and get ADB working.

Install the drivers
Add the vendor ID 0x0e79 to your adb_usb.ini, e.g. echo 0x0e79 >> "%USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini"
Done!

Edit: The driver's from the support page didn't work, but these did. They came from an unreliable source and had other drivers from 2005 with them, but I stripped them and repacked. Feel free to verify with virus scanners.


Delete VIBER account from one number forever

I'm guessing you want to deactivate the account associated with the number so do this:
1.Open Viber.
2.Enter the More Options menu.
3.Select Settings.
4.Select Privacy .
5.Select Deactivate Account.


Are my contacts encrypted on my Android?

At least honeycomb allows user to encrypt all data (see article on http://www.netbooklive.com/android-honeycomb-can-encrypt-all-your-data-7497/).

You can export all your contacts from the application (tap in contacts app on menu, then import/export and choose export to SD Card)


No. Both ends lack functionality for this. USB isn't designed to output in this way without pricey adapters that act as port replicators, forcing your CPU to act as a virtual video card, then outputting through a video port on the replicator, and adding USB, Ethernet, etc. But then you'd need to go from that adapter to your phone, and your phone has no inputs for this type of communication, or software functionality to handle it.


Your system is heavily damaged by Four virus!

It it absolutely nothing to worry. Feel at ease and close that shitting tab.

There's a special word, or terminology, for this kind of behavior of a random webpage, "scareware". Scaring pages frighten and threaten you by telling you that you're in danger, and try to make you download their promoted software (or even a real virus - though that's rare but that does happen from time to time).

Next time whenever you see something like this, close the tab with confidence. You're in no real danger. It's just a fake page.


Prevent call taking over screen during navigation

Haven't tried much other then Macrodroid - PlayStore

Steps:-

Install app
Add new macro
In triggers search and select "Call Active" (also check any contact, any number, non contact, unknown caller)
In actions search and select "Press Back Button" (would need accessibility permission)

Note:- I am using Rooted(but this Particular macro shouldn't need Root) Moto G5+(Almost stock Android N 7.0 that Google provides) and samsung uses customised version so give it a try
It should work but still can't say anything without trying

Also Note:-
The time you want to use call screen you will have to disable the macro or you can also create a Toggler Macro (to toggle it on/off)

Do report back


GMail attachment download does not complete

Though not the identical issue, the solution provided with the question Download stuck in Gmail solves it as well:

Clear the cache of the Download manager. To do so, go to Settings→Apps→Manage Apps, switch to the "All" Tab, scroll to the "Download Manager". Tap that entry, and hit the button labeled "Clear Cache". Optionally, also tap "Clear Data", if cache-cleaning alone does not solve the issue.


What storage data does keyboard apps on Android accumulate?

Keep in mind that GBoard provides a lot of language specific functionalities like automatic word correction or offline speech recognition.
It seems like GBoard downloads these language specific data on first use. For example the directory com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/files/superpacks/delight seems to contain the offline language specific speech recognition data file(s).
Therefore a user data of 20MB seems to be reasonable even if GBoard has not been used for a long time. Most of this storage space seems to be occupied by language specific downloaded data.


Does google contact sync also sync the sim card or does it just sync the contacts stored on the phone?

Like the comments by Andrew T said, you have a few storage options:

SIM card.
Phone.
Google account.

During the saving of the contact, it should give you the option to choose, or there should be a default setting.


How do I access to my Whatsapp backup in Google Drive?

There are commercial Products that claim that they are able to extract Whatsapp backups from Google Drive:

Elcomsoft Explorer for WhatsApp

Extract and Decrypt Android WhatsApp Backups from Google Account


Can I install "HTC Wildfire" or "Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini" firmware on "Samsung Galaxy Pocket"?

You shouldn't do that thing. Take in mind that each device is special and each firmware is specifically made for that device.

If you try to flash a different firmware you will brick you phone.


The battery is discharged suddenly on Galaxy S2

Yes, this is fairly normal. It happens on most new devices, i have an Evo and it does this constantly. If i'm not mistaken, it comes from the fact that there are multiple cells in the battery, and when it reads 100%, they may not all be fully charged. Thus, when the battery discharges, the first few percent goes quickly, because it wasn't actually charged completely to begin with.

I assume you did something like this for recalibration:

Turn the EVO on and charge it until the LED indicator turns green.
Unplug it and turn it off.
Plug it back in and charge until the LED indicator turns green.
Unplug it and turn it on.
Once powered on completely, turn it off again.
Plug it back in and charge until the LED turns green.
Unplug it, turn it on, and use it normally.

Without this, i find the battery usually drops to 90% pretty quickly, but if yours is only decreasing to 97% in that time, you're probably okay.

The only thing we can really do is hope that these hit it big soon.


Use 4G while being connected to a WiFi direct printer

This is an ongoing issue that has been described as an optional implementation of the wifi direct. Or rather a lack of implemented options. My self a team testing an app for a developer, found that some phones have an option or feature for load balancing over wifi and data as a feature. Those that have this balancing, print and access internet without issue. Those without have no data over cellular while connected to wifi.


Can default alarms be accessed as audio files?

The default audio files that come with Android are encoded using the OGG Vorbis encoder and therefore you can find them in file-.system as .ogg files.
On Pixel phones the audio files are located in the path /product/media/audio/alarms/ respectively /system/product/media/audio/alarms/ (visible in this path in file manager apps like Cx File Explorer).
Use a file manager app or adb to access those files. the path is a bit different.


what versions of android lets you share saved wifi using qr code?

This is a feature of the upcoming Android Q version.

There are device manufacturers who have already implemented this feature in their current Android 9 devices (e.g. Huawei).


How to restore/edit build.prop after rebooting (and phone stuck in reboot loop)?

After a lot of reading and trying various things I've managed to get control over my phone again.

This guide sounds good, but it didn't work for me as I've encountered an error because of my specific device. This might work with others though.

What worked was this guide(which has problems rendering images sometimes).
I've tried first to unlock the bootloader(BLU button in Flashtool) and used the these instructions to obtain the unlock code based on the IMEI.
After that I've downloaded a stock FTF image (from goo.im), placed in the firmware folder of Flashtool. Then I could flash the FTF to the phone. Also, because I was using Windows 8, had to reboot into trouble shoot more to change an option to allow non signed drivers.

Hope this helps others with similar issues.


Unable to find Android WebView in Google Play store

Update

Android System WebView's update is now released for public. Still, if you want to get (beta) update earlier, then continue reading:

As the article says,

  If you're making use of the WebView in your app, becoming a beta channel tester will give you an early start with new APIs as well as the chance to test your app before the WebView rolls out to your users.

  The first version offered in the beta channel will be based on Chrome 40 and you can find a full list of changes on the chromium blog entry.

  To become a beta tester, join the community which will enable you to sign up for the Beta program; you'll then be able to install the beta version of the WebView via the Play Store. If you find any bugs, please file them on the Chromium issue tracker.

(Emphasis mine)

As of current, the WebView is based on Chrome 37, while the beta channel offers Chrome 40. Also, currently there is no update publicly available, hence the Play Store link displaying "Not Found". To be able to see page (and update the WebView), you have to join beta channel testing. The guide as provided on the Google+ community:

  Join WebView Beta Channel community on Google+.
  Sign up as a tester via this link.
  Go to the Play Store page and ensure your devices are updated with the latest version.


Is it possible to use the 'Samsung Mobile Print' application with non-Samsung printers?

It doesn't work with my HP Wireless printer :-(

At the moment Google cloud print requires a PC connected to the printer - hardware manufacturers are supposedly going to release printers with the software built in - but seeing as the software is nowhere near complete...it could be years and you'll need a new printer!

The HP printer has its own method for mobile printing though. HP have a system where you send a special address your documents as email attachments and the printer will print them.

The same printer works fine with iPhone directly. my wife just taps print and it prints her documents...

I think Android needs to get printing using existing standards ASAP.


Pixel phone privacy. How to exempt data sharing with google

You will need to install another ROM that does not have Google Play services such as LineageOS or GrapheneOS.

I am also not using any Google apps.

It does not matter which Google apps you explicitly use or not, this process is a core part of stock Android.

VPN is always active on the phone

This cannot be guaranteed unless the phone is rooted as some connections might be made before the VPN is setup.


How to map "settings" button to "recent apps" on Samsung Galaxy S4 with cyanogenmod

This is pretty easy to do.
Just go to Settings->Buttons and scroll down to Menu button. Below that you see Short press action and you can select your preferred action (Recent apps switcher in your case).

That's it. Depending on the developer of the ROM you may be able to remap other buttons as well.


How to use Gallery app in Lollipop 5.0.1?

The gallery app has been removed from Android 5.0 Lollipop. You can search google play for a gallery app (cyanogen team has one), or you can use the photos app that comes with Google+. This is what Google wants you to use.

  The Photos app is actually just part of the Google+ app (and therefore part of the Google applications suite) with its own icon in the app drawer. It identifies itself as a photo-handling app and can work with whatever camera app you have installed. Photos has also been updated far more often than the Gallery app has as well, meaning you're more likely to have updated design and features.


Does the Nexus 7 [2013] (Wi-Fi) tablet update to Android 6?

Yes, it is true that Nexus 7 [2013] (Wi-Fi) can be updated to official Android 6.0.1. On Google's factory images page for its devices you can see all the updates.

The concerned apps work fine with Android 6.0.1, at least on my Nexus 6 with Android 6.0.1.


Import 300 vCard files into LG v35 thinq

You can simply merge all .vcf files into one file. On Linux just use cat *.vcf > all.vcf.

Common software should support this all-in-one vcf file (e.g. GMail import). Just import it and all your contacts should be added.


Does deleting a Google account also remove his/her installed apps?

It will not delete the apps but unless you actually want the apps, I would recommend making a different Google account for your own security and your friends' security.Once you remove the email address, you will lose all progress or saved data on those apps though. So as long as you do not care about the saved data with that Google account, you should be fine.


What's this "drawer" in the task switcher and how to configure it?

That section is showing predicted apps. This feature was introduced in Android 9, along with their changes to the recent apps screen. I'm not sure if there's a common name for that UI element, but I found relevant info when searching for "predicted app drawer" and "app suggestions".
AFAIK, you can't customize this - the apps that appear are predicted by the system based on your usage, so over time it will learn and (hopefully!) get better at showing you apps that you're likely to want to use soon.
I don't have access to a Samsung phone to test with, but you can turn it completely off in stock Android 9. You can see screenshots here.

Long-press on the home screen
Tapping "Home Settings", then "Suggestions"
Toggle "Apps" off


My Nexus 5 got stuck when connected to PC

Hold vol down + Power button for few seconds and the phone will reboot to bootloader then you will have choice to reboot anywhere you want


You can install a widget known as Volume Ace. It gives access to all the volume levels in the system. You get 1X1  menu sizes as you prefer.


Well first of all DONT root with Kingoroot, Kingroot, or with any other one click rooting crap. They install ad binaries that run with root permissions mine IMEIs and things like that.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516942

  Remember the little discussion we had going in a thread here regarding vRoot, and i joked about vRoot was mining IMEIs? Well, apparently it's true. We have only ourselves to blame. I'm already rooted so i'll unlock my bootloader and install recovery. That way i don't need to root again if i screw something up. You "should" do the same if you're already rooted and don't care about losing Gracenote and X-Reality. Remember to backup your TA folder.
  What does this mean? What are they able to do with our IMEI's (if they have them)? I'm not sure, and i won't speculate.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515851&page=3

  ...
  What XDA is concerned with is the fact that your devices Serial number and IMEI numbers are collected during the root process. This is something which is not necessary at all in order to achieve root. They also use free servers in China in order to minimize cost to themselves.
  That is the concern. The reason you have seen back and forth on the subject is that it takes time for developers to reverse engineer the process to see exactly what it does.
  So XDA at this time has taken a position that links to the Kingo or vRoot methods will not be posted on XDA. You are free to use Google and search it out and use any method you want. You aware of the risks just like any other mod you do your device.
  Kingo has said they are correcting this and will be coming out with an app which will be self sustained and connection to their servers will not be necessary. They say it will be 2.0
  Until such happens we will not be allowing the links, but you can discuss it all you want.
  To be accusing the Kingo developers of doing underhanded things is just wrong and total made up speculation. XDA has to take the communities safety as priority #1.
  Just look at this way would you take a screen shot of your devices status screen posting all your IMEI and personal information on a public forum on a site of developers and hackers?
  It's always better to error on the side of safety.
  EFM
  Have a great day!

But to answer your question SuperSU can only manage the SU requests if it self has SuperSU, so you need to

Replace it with SuperSU VERSION 2.79 (the version is important)
re-root with CF-auto-root over ODIN or .zip file


Backup using ADB without root or usb debugging

You may need to 'upgrade' the driver to the adb version.
Open Device Manager, find your phone and right click it. select "update driver software". On the window that appears choose the "let me pick" option. You should then see a couple of different drivers, select the one that includes "adb" and click ok through any further windows. (remember which one was selected before so you can repeat this to return to the 'normal' driver)
You should then be able to run the adb backup.


I discovered a solution, that someone may find useful:

There is a way to make your photos visible for apps that are not seeing them by just opening the photo in original Android photo app. Doesn't work with ES or similar, has to be original build-in app. After that, photo starts to be visible everywhere.


How to write an NFC tag with Driving Directions?

There is a way to create a link to a Google maps' destination which automatically detects user's location and triggers the driving directions. You can find how to do it here, in particular see the voice 'Directions (detect user's current location as starting point)'. You just have to write this link on your tag NFC, with any app that provides the possibility (like NFC Tools). The problem may be the storage capacity of your tags: this kind of link is bound to require a lot of bytes. You can choose the bigger size of tags, which cost more, but be sure the link fits, or you can use a provider of shorten link (which I suggest).

Edit: I didn't see you already tried something similar. With mobile browsers, like chrome, if you open a link that points to google maps you should be redirected to the app. Maybe you set your browser to open this kind of links by default instead of the app?


Check the app you used to backup your internal memory. There should be a restore button in there that will restore the folders back to their original locations. You may have accidently backed up your apps instead of your settings/folders. If you did, then your data is sadly permanently gone. There may also be a setting in the app that lets you choose internal or external storage. I don't use Whatsapp so I don't know if there is, but if you do see the option under the settings, you may just need to switch it from one location to another so it can see the folder you backed up. If you could provide a little more data on how you performed the backup (what app you used, etc.) it would help in troubleshooting the issue further.


Note taking app with handwriting recognition that includes math typesetting (latex preferably)?

S Note that comes with the galaxy note 10.1 has all that, but the math engine has its limitations. As an engineering student I do lots of  work with matrices and it doesn't work that well with it....but it does integrals quite well.


Handset is rooted . The app cannot proceed due to security reasons

If you don't want to actually remove root, there are several methods to try to prevent specific apps from determining that you have root access. Depending on the detection methods used by the apps, you may or may not be successful.

Try looking for root hide or root cloak in the Play Store or on xda-developers.com.

If you can install the Xposed framework, you can also try the module Root Cloak.


Connect to a device with WiFi, but use 4G for Internet

Samsung devices have a direct connect with option via Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi Direct), it acts as a hotspot for your other devices but uses your mobile data for internet. Other manufacturers and carriers offer similar features also, take a peek in your settings and see what you've got.


Fail to transfer whatapp chat - no option to restore

According to this link :

How to transfer WhatsApp conversations to new devices: the easy way

When you have a backup, just you need to install WhatsApp on new device and,

  Do not start the app in new device !

and then, Copy Database files in WhatsApp / Databases and finallly,

Setup your number in WhatsApp , and then go to Restore. or follow above link.


Some songs don't show up in Google Play Music on phone?

Android does not support many formats by its MediaPlayer library.
 Check http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html to see if your codecs are supported.

If you don't use a player that features a custom decoder like PowerAMP, you need to convert them to another format, preferably MP3 or FLAC if they are lossless.

Windows Media Player does have a way to change the default Media Copy format:

Go to Organize->Options
Switch to the Copy Music tab
Select the format you'd like from the drop-down list.
Select your preferred quality setting (in kBit/s, I recommend 256 kBit/s, because 320 kBit/s does not really add more quality for the bigger size)
Hit OK
Copy all the music!


Root galaxy note without extern devices, software or internet

Simply enough: no, there is not. You absolutely, positively will need outside resources. You will need outside tools downloaded to a computer, a USB connection to it, and data pushed to it. The bare minimum that would be possible, which is still not possible with the Note as far as I'm aware, could be rooting it from the phone with downloaded apps that exploit security holes to get through. But again, that would still require Internet and outside tools. There is no way in Android to root without that. It's not like straight Linux where you can visit a CLI and type a few commands and you're there. It's locked down to prevent that.


According to Samsung's website, the Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 comes with Knox.  Are you asking if the Knox enterprise features will be enable (where it creates a "safe" environment on your table) or if it will trip the Knox flags, essentially telling Samsung service departments that you've tinkered with it and voided your warranty?


Watch Coursera's videos with the video app on Jelly Bean

I just download the videos upfront and watch them with MX Player.


Based on the assumption that your router is working and you can use WiFi, there could be two or more explanations to your problem:

Either your tablet and your router are not compatible with each other, the port might be there but might need a higher network adapter compared to the one in your WWE10 tablet.
There's a high possibility that your tablet network adapter is not working and that would mean you having it replaced.
WWE10 tablets are known to have an ethernet (LAN) adapter problem. What you could possibly do to remove this problem is have it flashed by an expert, or try doing it yourself using this how to guide.


I had tried tons of proposed solution and it seem doesn't work for my Samsung Note 3. However i finally solve without installing/uninstalling anything.

Problem Solved as following;

1) Reboot phone to Recovery Mode.

2) Wipe Cache Partition.

3) Restart phone and connect to PC.

Bum!!! Window successfully installed your MTP driver.


How do I restore the microphone button on my Galaxy keyboard

Did you by any chance disable the Google App in your application manager?
 To find out go to settings>application manager then swipe over past "running apps", "all apps" options until you see a list of "disabled" (or "turned off" on some devices) apps. Look to see if the Google App is deactivated. If it is, click on it and press 'turn on'.

I disabled my Google app a while back because it was using a lot of data in the background and I never use that app.  It took me a few days to figure out why my voice input no longer worked because I don't use it that often. Apparently though,  the voice input function is routed through the Google app, so disabling it will make it unavailable.


Cannot upload arbitrary files using Chrome

As confirmed by OP  this app resolved the problem App Picker Classic. From app description

  If you have app choices that are currently hidden - maybe you chose "Always" by accident once, but you'd like to be able to reinstate the app and choose each time - then reset these by clearing the defaults in the application manager of your phone/tablet.

Once you clear the defaults in app settings, and try to upload this app would appear in the choices (in addition to 4 options: Camera, Camcorder, Sound Recorder and Gallery). Using this app you can select the file explorer app on your device to select the file you wish to upload

In addition, this app permits working with some app intents and resolves common URLs.

Note: Solution below did not work for OP but I am retaining it since it worked for me, and may help someone else too

It is possible by Local Storage App which doesn't offer a UI (though it does have) but integrates with Android system to pick all files from within the device and on external SD.

Tested on Samsung Note 2 running custom ROM 4.4.2 using Chrome 53.0.2785.124 in desktop mode ( latest on Play Store)

  Local Storage uses the new Storage Access Framework to allow other applications to read or write any file in your primary storage and read from secondary external storage devices (such as SD cards). On Android 5.0+ devices, you can also select entire directories and rename files.

Documentation on App Github says it is compatible with API 19 upwards

Example

Uploading a .pdf to PDF to doc site . Steps are shown sequentially in the panel of screen shots

Click upload
Choose documents option
From the selection panel offered by the App choose the upload file location ( external SD in my case)
Selected pdf file being uploaded
pdf file uploaded and converted to doc


Error: Application not installed, when trying to install Google Play Services APK

Download System Apps Installer APK file and install it in your phone
Download recent version of Google Play Services app's APK
Install it as a system app by using System Apps Installer

Note: Incorrect use of System Apps Installer will harm your phone


What are the security disadvantages of rooting an Android phone?

If you root your phone, then only the applications that you explicitly grant root access to will have root access.  This does make things fairly safe, as that extra step should be enough to make you stop and think "Why does this app need root?".

If you only grant root access to apps that need root for a good reason, are from trusted developers, and which you acquired from a trusted source then you should be ok.

Bear in mind what apps with root access can do though - from a previous answer on the subject:

  On a rooted phone, an app which has been granted root access can do pretty much anything  that is possible in the hardware. Apps that have root permissions can write on non-read-only storage media (including modifying the bootloader), modify other programs' private data, modify system settings, modify system files, etc. A rooted app can also hide itself from the system, and pretend to be uninstalled while being perfectly well and alive.

I'll let you imagine what the worst-case scenario security implications are for a nefarious app being granted root access on your phone; be careful out there.


How do I get rid of "Network may be monitored" in KitKat?

I was looking into the same issue, and it was answered on XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537794

In short - it is possible if your phone is rooted to move the certificate to the System section.

Very annoying that it is not possible to exclude certificates from this warning - it only produces noise when I know that the cert is OK to use.


How to increase/decrease volume in smaller increments/decrements?

From the look of things Android Nougat has limited options to achieve this, but still a few options exist:
Using Magisk
This method is belived to be ideal for devices running on Android 7.0+ Nougat as is in this case.
Requirements

Magisk
Terminal Emulator app.
Volume Steps Magisk module (recent versions) or XDA link

Proceedure

Install the module by flashing it via recovery or the Magisk Manager app;
Next, open the Terminal Emulator app and type this command: vol_magisk;
Press Enter;
If you used the latest version of the module, you would see some values that you can apply by typing and pressing enter.

*For other android (rooted) versions, please see the workaround in my other post : How can I increase the number of volume levels?*
Edit
For higher Magisk versions (20.4+) find the module here.The default config has media volume steps set to 30, call volume steps set to 10.
However modifications can easily be made by customising system.prop values to your liking and zipping up the repo.
Acknowledgements

Learn to Add More Steps to your Volume Slider with VolumeSteps+

Volume Steps Increase (for Magisk v10+)

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Delete the saved network from the phone, then reboot both the phone and the router and try again.  If that doesn't fix it you'll need to test with another network to see if it's a phone issue or not.


Problem with connection to home Wi-Fi - how to debug?

My Android tablet also stopped connecting to my home wireless and reports connection out of range even when sitting in the same room as my access point (AP). I've looked everywhere for a solution doing everything from restarting my AP and tablet, changing the PW and even security mode (WEP, WPK, etc) with no success. My AP is an old router set to AP mode and uses a single broadcast channel. I went in and reset the channle from 13 to 11 and VOILA! Instant connection with my tablet.


I've just published a blog article on that yesterday you might wish to read: Xposed: The mighty Android toolbox. Amongst others, it explains some background on how Xposed works.

Basically, the framework modifies the dalvik cache at boot time (or the corresponding art stuff on Android ≥ 5). So all changes take place on boot. Thus enabling/disabling modules only shows changes after rebooting the device: if you disable a module, it's changes simply won't be applied the next time you start your device.


A while back I read something that suggested this problem could be caused by a dodgy SD card. The suggested fix that seemed to work for me was to unmount the SD card and then power off. I have since bought a new SD card and the problem has gone away entirely.


Is there a way to push the results of an adb query to a file?

Try the following:

./adb shell settings get secure bluetooth_address > results.txt ; ./adb get-serialno >> results.txt ; ./adb push results.txt /path/to/save/file

Explaination: The results from the first 2 commands are saved in a file on your PC, then the file is pushed to your device.


How to use camera without unlocking phone? (Jelly Bean on S3)

WHAT THE MANUAL DOES NOT SAY IS:
Camera Quick Access = On (Might as well switch this off as it cant work out how to get by the Pattern Recognition for the camera to auto start)

WHAT IS DOES SAY IS:
Settings->Scroll down to Personal->Lock screen->Lock screen options->Scroll down to Features->Camera quick access ON

Camera quick access:
While the screen is locked, and help upright tap and hold the screen, and then
rotate the device to the landscape view to launch the camera (when
the camera shortcut is activated).

See p. 152 of the Samsung User Manual from September 2012 Jelly Bean version.


Swapping External SD Card Memory with Internal Memory on Android Lollipop

try with this

sudo mount -t vfat -o umask:0000,uid=1000,gid=1023 /dev/block/vold/179:33 /storage/sdcard0

I'm not sure but it may work or it try to find aosp rom mm6


Does Xperia Mini have automatic camera flash?

As an owner of the Mini ST15i, the answer is yes, it does have the automatic flash for camera in which it can be turned off if the need arises.


How do I add a second Google Apps account to my Nexus 9?

I ran into this issue after updating to Android 5.0 and reported the issue to Google. I was promptly told "it's a known issue, but no ETA on fix". I ultimately resolved the issue for me, using this process below. I hope it helps you!

I was trying to add an account (from my school) that used web-based authentication for Google apps. After running adb and trying to add the account, I captured the following error when the white screen was displayed:

  I/GLSActivity( 5367): [AuthUrlChecker]Untrusted Auth URL: \http://my.pcc.edu/ProcessResponseServlet
  I/GLSActivity( 5367): [AuthUrlChecker]Untrusted Auth URL: \http://my.pcc.edu/ProcessResponseServlet
  I/GLSActivity( 5367): [AuthUrlChecker]Untrusted Auth URL: \https://my.pcc.edu/GoogleAltLogin-2.0.7/GoogleRedirect.jsp
  I/X509Util( 5367): Failed to validate the certificate chain, error: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for certification path not found.

I visted the url "https://my.pcc.edu/GoogleAltLogin-2.0.7/GoogleRedirect.jsp" in Chrome on my desktop, and noticed that there were no certificate issues (go figure!). I used Chrome to view the certificate trust chain for the website, and compared this to the certificates installed by default on my Android 5.0 device (go to Settings->Security->Installed Certificates->System to get list).

I noticed one certificate that was missing on the Android device, "VeriSign Class 3 Secure Server CA - G3". Google Chrome on the desktop thinks this is trusted, so I exported just this one certificate using Chrome, and saved it in the DER-encoded format with a .cer file extension. Then I copied this to the Android device and imported it into the certificate store (Settings->Security->Install from Storage). After doing this, I was finally able to add my Google apps account that uses web authentication!


Bug Report and Power-Bug Report Functions not working on Nexus 7 Android 4.3

I have discovered the solution (at least for my Nexus 7)! Here's what happens:

Tap Take Bug Report
Take bug report "take a while" popup displays - Tap report
After about 30 seconds, the words "bug report captured" appear for about 2 seconds on left side of the top manu bar (the one with Time and Wi-Fi and other icons).
An adroid icon then displays on the left side (where downloads and other status indicators display).
Swiping down on those icons displays an item "Bug report captured"
Tapping on the item brings up a "Complete action using" popup that includes Gmail.
Tapping the Gmail icon allow you to send the bug report text and its associated screen capture to yourself.

Pretty nice, but very easy to miss.


Some more testing reveals the following. I've done this procedure hundreds of times, so I know the results are an ominous sign.

I'm guessing it is a Cortex-A53/ARM-v8a processor, but its configured in 32-bit mode.

$ aarch64-linux-android-readelf -h ./cryptest.exe | grep -i 'class\|machine'
  Class:                             ELF64
  Machine:                           AArch64
$ aarch64-linux-android-readelf -h ./libcryptopp.so | grep -i 'class\|machine'
  Class:                             ELF64
  Machine:                           AArch64

[Push test program to /data/local/tmp, open a remote shell]

shell@cprimeltemtr:/ $ cd /data/local/tmp
shell@cprimeltemtr:/data/local/tmp $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./; ./cryptest.exe v
/system/bin/sh: ./cryptest.exe: not executable: 64-bit ELF file


l format my Huawei G700-T00 and now l cannot install it again

You can get the .apk of Google PlayStore over here get it downloaded over the device memory and try installing it ! I should work for you !

PS: Don't worry about the source it's coming from a trusted source i.e. AndroidPolice


Install applications on android market through my computer

The Play store website works by sending a notification to your phone asking it to install the app. If you're having problems with that make sure that:

Your phone has Internet connection
You logged in with the same Google account that's on your phone.
You're logged in to Google Talk on your device
Background data is enabled
Syncing is enabled for your main account's Gmail.

These are the most common reasons that can cause push notifications (this is the way Web install is handled ) to malfunction.

If your phone doesn't have Internet connection and want to install apps though by downloading them to your computer first you could try following this tutorial.

However I would personally advise against it because it requires you to disable certificate error warnings and enter your password. If you want to do it at least create a second chrome profile for this and enable 2-step verification


How to know if the GPS signal has fixed my position on Lollipop?

Try this app: GPS Status It will show a hollow notification icon when an app requests location, and the icon gets filled in when the GPS fix is acquired.


Send Navigation Audio to handset but music to bluetooth

Audio routing would have to be set in the application code itself.

However, direct audio routing is deprecated since API level 5 (Android 2.0).

Older versions of Android Navigation had this direct audio routing set to the ROUTE_SPEAKER in their application code. But the newer versions of Android have a system wide flag set with setSpeakerphoneOn or setBluetoothScoOn if it should use the speaker or bluetooth.

I'm afraid that you won't be able to change anything about your setup since it is all build into the system and application code. All sounds will be routed through the same audio output in the newer versions of Android and Android Navigation.


Cant remount /system as rw because "read only filesystem" (selinux problem)

Nevermind i fixed it by unlocking the bootloader since doing a factory reset did not solved the problem of the read only filesystem.


Go to Settings -> SYSTEM(last tab in settings) -> About Device ->Tap on " Build Number" 7 times, this will enable developer mode.
Go back one screen and you have a new menu option for "Developer Option" tap that and turn on USB debugging.

Google for "Android File Transfer". Install and open the app, connect your phone to the mac.

a directory browser will show up and copying files is as easy and drag and drop.


Changing Administrator of WhatsApp group due to non-working mobile and migration to another country

No need to remove all users. Just add the person who want to become the admin, then leave or exit the group. The last person you added will automatically become the group admin.


my screen is broken on my moto g. How can i put it into discovery mode on bluetooth?

To turn on bluetooth with root access it is this command:

  adb shell su -c service call bluetooth_manager 6

To turn off Bluetooth with root access it is this command:

  adb shell su -c service call bluetooth_manager 8


Determine ASUS Transformer Serial Number

It should be under "Status", in the "About tablet" menu.


How do I set the Home Time Zone that shows up on the Dual Clock?

And of course right after I finished writing this question, I figured out the answer. Go to Settings, Lock Screen and Security, Info and App Shortcuts, Dual Clock, and that has a "set home timezone" option. It would've made more sense to put it somewhere in the "Time and Date" Settings section, but oh well.


How can I restore the display of the battery status on the lockscreen?

I have noticed that when I connect my phone with high voltage socket for charging it always shows charging percentage, but when I use a low voltage socket(using extension box, spike or similar things) it shows only "charging".


Hide "Successfully Updated" notifications from Google Play/Market

From 4.1 onwards it's possible to do so in the System Settings/Apps/Google Play Store. Uncheck the box that says Show Notifications. That kills all notifications for the app.


Can I use wifi or Bluetooth to get the same kind of connection to my phone that I can with USB?

Probably you can create a Tasker profile to connect to the Wifi network automatically when you arrive at home (or the home Wifi network is in the range)
Another good thing you can achieve it using rSync backup is that, you can use rSync and use a Tasker job to periodically (or conditionally) upload/download data from/to your phone. You can refer to rSync's documentation for its configuration and other setup steps. You can configure it to only specify required one way transfer of files.


How to revert to android 7 on Xiaomi A1 phone

It applies the same concept as this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06rlFAwGJYM

you will need to download the ROM of android 7 and flash the device

its an easy process that take less than 5 minutes


Adding extensions will solve this type of requirements.
But Chrome for android does not support any extensions yet.
Look at the Chrome for Android FAQ

Or else you can use Dolphin Browser to achieve this.   It supports extensions.
If you are willing to use Dolphin Browser instead of Chrome, use this Auto Reload Extension.
You can set time intervals in it.


Remove camera icon from kitkat lock screen?

You can use a custom lock screen. Just pick the one that you like


Using Google Maps in a car with a Hotspot and a cell phone with no sim card

Given that I've sat in a moving bus only using WiFi an can see the blue dot in Google Maps move down the street, it should work.

You may have location problems if there isn't any GPS signal and you are in an area where there is little geolocated WiFi hotspots/signals.


Network disconnecting after returning from flight mode

For some reason this had to do with my service provider. When I activated 4g the issue was resolved! (don't know why and how this is related to 4g activation but it really stopped when I called the company and told them to activate my 4g)