The current New Nexus 7's only support wifi. They do not support any mobile data yet. But once they are released with mobile data support, you can count on them supporting older networks, like 3g (HSPA/HSPA+) as well as supporting 4g (LTE). LTE coverage is not wide enough for them to only support 4g.


Skipping "Swipe screen to unlock" screen?

Your phone do not need to be rooted. Go to Settings > Security > Screen lock. Then select None to disable the lock screen (which should be set to Swipe or something like that in your casesince you get the Swipe screen).


High frequency noise from headphones when connected to cellphone

Attempting to Force Stop MediaServer might help if the problem exists within videos too.


Whenever you root your device, you are adding root access to the current OS. If you just perform the Factory Reset, it will retain root (as this just deletes user data), but if you restore the stock image, it will completely wipe the OS and will put the system back as HTC intended it (which would remove root). You would then need to re-root the device.


Transfering contacts from one Android smartphone (with smashed screen) to another

Have you tried using a third party app to get the contacts to PC?

Here is an example https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snappea, but there are more, pick one. Install it using adb and then access your phone from PC.

Hope it helps.


Bad news it seems. Bug report on Google code

The most relevant post is this:

  Yes. It is as design. "autoplay" is disabled for Chrome for Android

It seems that Android 4+ changed the requirements for the play() method to require user interaction.

 Article on this issue

It's worth nothing that many comments refer to getting it to work with a hack/workaround, only to find it works on some devices and not others.  Stack Overflow question on the coding side. In this example the answer mentions:

  sample code that works on HTC and Samsung, but not Galaxy Nexus 4.1 (requires user interaction to play)

This seems to suggest, even with a workaround you have no guarantee it will actually work on a particular device / version of Android.

Apple have imposed the same restriction in Safari and iOS in general.


How to insert a SIM card on a MyWigo City?

Well, finally I had to contact the company to figure out how it works. The pictogram shows 1. a micro-SIM (on top) and 2. a standard SIM (below). I didn't notice the first time but below the slot for the micro-SIM, there is a small space where the standard SIM is supposed to go.


How to determine if the bootloader is locked

There's no fastboot for Samsung devices - Download mode is the semi-equivalent, except that it's only accessible via Odin/Heimdall. You will need appropriate drivers to get the PC to recognize a device in Download mode.

Most Samsung phones come with their BL unlocked or unlockable (notable exceptions are AT&T/Verizon devices). To root these devices, turn on "OEM Unlocking" in Settings - Developer options (if the switch exists), find a custom recovery made for the device, and flash it with Odin/Heimdall, then finally flash SuperSU/Magisk. Alternatively, make a CF-Auto-Root package for your device and firmware version with firmware.mobi and flash it.


How to change default PDF viewer on Nook Color?

Find the app that took over the PDF intent in Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> All, and then tap on Clear defaults button.  Next time you click on a PDF file, it should prompt you which app to use.  Check the Use by default for this action box, and tap on ezPDF Reader.

Alternatively, you can try uninstalling and re-installing the ezPDF Reader app.  It should re-register its own intent for handling PDFs, and prompt you for an app next time you try to view one.


Upload an APK to a non-rooted galaxy s4 mini

First, do you have unknown sources checked under Settings --> Security???
Also, have you tried another APK? If it is one you, or someone else developed you may need to uncheck Verify Apps in that same spot.

Second, do you only have windows? I don't know about permissions on Windows, but Linux requires sudo adb install or adb install as root user... actually any use of adb requires root or sudo permissions.

Second, does it just say failure? Does it say permission denied? Have you ever had that app installed before?

  adb install application.apk

will give a failure response if you have a left over /data/app-lib/application folder or /data/data/application folder, or if you copied the apk to /data/app first without installing it, and then try to install it with adb, because the place is taken up already.

If that is the case try (reinstall flag):

  adb install -r application.apk

You should also try (install to sdcard flag):

  adb install -s application.apk

or last:

  adb push application.apk /sdcard

and then install from sdcard with a file explorer, or package installer.


Connecting a USB keyboard to Xiaomi Mi A1

I have the same device. Female to female adapter as pointed out in comments doesn't work. You have to use OTG adapter. I use it for USB storage

Aside, phone only works with vfat formatted USB / Ext. SD unless you use custom kernel


As Federico Perez pointed out in his comment on the question, the problem was caused by moving the app to the SD card. I moved the app back to internal memory and it worked for me as well (so thanks to Federico for pointing out).


Google keyboard (gboard) keeps crashing, won't go away

It's very easy - just follow the instructions below:

Open Settings/App Management/Gboard/Storage;

Then clear up the cache and you are good to go! If it does not work even after this step, you have to follow the exact same instructions but instead of clearing cache you clear data. That is a sure shot method to get it to work, but I do not recommend it before you clear cache as when you clear data your preferences are reset.


NEVER EVER FLASH ANDROID ROM WITHOUT WIPING DATA / CACHE WIPE DALVIK CACHE
FORMAT SYSTEM (optional, but requires for some rom)

Always read instructions carefully before flashing any Rom / Mod and reverify whether its for your phone model only.

Anyway, as you said you are not able to go to Recovery mode, therefore there is no use of having a backup. Try to reset your phone, (ie, press power button for approx 7 - 10 sec). If nothing works, follow below instructions:

Take out the battery. Put on the back cover.
Hold both volume + and volume - while plug in the USB cable to a PC. It will automatically get into FTM mode.
Then flash generic 2.2 firmware on it.
After flashing, it may stuck in the FTM loop. Put in the battery and flash again.
After 2nd flashing, take out the battery for 10 seconds. Then put it back.
Press and hold both Power and Volume + to boot into Android.

I have no experience with ZTE v9, so i can't hand on step by step tutorial . Hope your phone gets well soon.

Sources:

Modaco: ZTE bricked
AndroidForums: ZTE unbrick manual


Connecting Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to a hardwired Ethernet

The short answer is no, there are no USB-to-ethernet dongles that the Galaxy Note 8 recognizes. The long answer is Galaxy Note 8 only supports wireless network connections unfortunately; however that could change if Samsung decides to include support for wired ethernet dongles in updates to the Note 8.


You can try Next Lock Screen.
During the initial settings, give the app the required permissions. Open the app, make sure that "Enable Next Screen Lock" is on. Click on Screen Lock, then "Next screen lock". Set a Pin for the app (preferably different from the PIN of your phone). Go back then, click on "Fingerprint lock" and turn it off.

Important: Don't disable the phone fingerprints that you set in Settings -> Security.

The app will work the following manner. If you enter your fingerprint first, then you will be required to enter the app's PIN.If you enter the app's PIN first, then you will be required to enter either the phone's PIN or your fingerprint.

Note: The app is no longer on the Play Store. I don't know if Microsoft will bring it back in the future.


Do I root to my model, or my version number?

In order to root an Android phone, you have to take into account the Manufacturer of the phone and the Model, and also you need to take into account the Android Version installed. The process to root a phone is based on some exploit in the system, and each Android version with each model has a different method, which takes advantage of different exploits.
There are common exploits across some models, but in general, you need to look for a rooting method for your phone model and the Android Version it has.
I have used this page on some occasions to look for tutorials, but you can also look in xda developers


Have you scanned the WLAN frequencies to see how strong is your own AP in relation to the other ones? I used Android program called Wifi Analyzer that does that; it shows you visible APs and their channels, and how badly their signal leaks into other channels. You can also see signal strength of you AP from that.

The mobile phone often has a lot crappier Wifi antenna than laptop, just because it needs to be smaller and lighter. Also, the orientation of the device varies more.

If you problem is signal strength, or other networks overlapping yours, changing channels or installing better antenna can help a lot. In this case I direct you to look at a sister site.

And, to me your setup sounds pretty geek-normal! I, too, use a Linux home server as AP, with PCI-E and USB Wifi adapters and hostapd.


The extra space is taken up by system apps so you will always see this difference. Once you root your phone and install app like Titanium backup then you can delete some of the pre packaged apps which can't be deleted otherwise.

Caution: Don't go on deleting system apps as you may face random crashes while using your phone.


Could a virus be preventing me from installing an Anti-virus?

If your device is not Rooted, it would be impossible for an App to block installation of another app.  If it is rooted, this is possible (anything is possible), but still very unlikely.

Bottom line, it is very, very unlikely that malicious software is blocking installation from the Play Store.

Things to try:

Try to install it directly on the device (ie. don't push from Web).
Clear the cache and data for the Play Store App


How to move application to SD card in samsung galaxy s3 mini?

Starting with about ICS (Android 4.0), not all devices do support App2SD anymore (for reference, see also: How to move application to SD card in samsung galaxy s duos; the Galaxy S Duos and LG Optimus 4X are two of those devices -- looks like your Galaxy S3 Mini is another candidate, if the "Move to..." option is not there at all).

This is, however, not the fault of Android; it's rather the manufacturers/ROM bakers who decided such: Whatever their support might say (and at least LG support blames Android 4.x not being able to do App2SD), Android 4.x itself can deal fine with App2SD, as plenty of devices prove.

As for a possible alternative, you might want to check move app to sd card, which suggests a.o. Link2SD. Note, however, that root is a pre-condition for this app.


This may help

Go to Setting:

  1.Sound

  2.Default Notification Sound (None)

.

  Choose the None option!


Yes there are a dozen of them, go to the below link and download the app.

Vote up and choose answer if I helped :D

NightMode


Disable vibrations for notifications on Xiaomi Mi A3

You wont find any vibration settings to change in Sound settings. You will have go for Settings › Accessibility › Vibration&Haptic › Notification to turn off vibration.


Disable/pause audio when active playback device changes

You can achieve it with Macrodroid by creating macros to pause apps such as VLC.

Open the app, select Add Macro.
Under the Connectivity section, select Headset Insert/Remove, then choose Headphones Removed. Click OK.
Go to Actions tab, under the Media section, select Control Media, select Simulate Media Button, click OK, then select Pause. Click OK and select the app you want to mute/pause. Click check the check mark button on the bottom right, give the macro a name.

When completed, the macro will look like the image below (there are 2 Media Pause because 2 apps where selected).

A solution to disable sound only for VLC if you are unable to use the steps described above:

Open VLC, go to Settings, then to Extra settings, click on Audio.
Go to Headset section, enable Detect headset.

Note: I didn't test it with a Bluetooth headset.


Can Scrap Booker be replaced with Evernote in Air Command on Galaxy Note 3?

No, you can't replace anything on air command.

If your phone is rooted, then there might be an app that allows this, however, I know of none.


Take a look at touchqode.  It comes with a virtual keyboard specifically for programming.


Trying to install a stock rom on a samsung captivate

Assuming that your phone is Captivate (from the filename I897), here's a list of stock firmware files found on sammobile. They can be used with Kies too.

Alternatively, try Check Fus, which can get the right stock firmware for your phone.

I assume you know how to flash the files, if not, let me know and I'll dig up some good links for you. Hope this helped! Don't forget to accept the answer if it did.


As there's no response anymore from the OP, a short summary from the comments for possible solutions:

This issue can have multiple reasons:

broken/damaged sd card
trouble with the file system on the card (damaged or simply not existing), or with the partition table
broken/damaged sd card slot
incompatible sd card specs (speed, class, brand, ...)

These are the things you should try

Best in the order of their listing:

Put the card into a card reader, and attach it to your computer. See if it is recognized and readable.

If it's readable and working fine on the computer, this elmininates reasons 1-2 from above, leaving you with reason 3-4. Continue with 2.
if the computer claims errors, these are most likely the same keeping the card from working on your Android device. Check what the errors are, and take appropriate actions. Skip to 3.

Check a different card with your Android device (either you have another one around, or a friend might borrow you one to check with).

If that card works fine, it eliminates reason #3. As you already eliminated #1 & #2 above, this leaves you with #4 -- Buy a new card (by now you know at least one working brand/class/size combination -- from the card succeeding here), no more checks needed.
If no other card seems to work, that almost eliminates reason #4 (though you won't be able to check all combinations of brand/class/size, it's unlikely to have tried 5 different combinations and none is working), which leaves you with reason #3 -- a case for the service station. Either get your device repaired, buy a new device, or live without a sd card available.

If you got here, you obviously have some trouble with the card itself which might be solveable. So here are several things you could try to get it working (again). Consider all data lost which have been on the card (data recovery is a different issue, but if needed, it should take place before you apply any of the below steps!). Stop whenever one of the following steps brought you success:

Try formatting the card from within your device
Try the same from the computer
It might be needed to fix the partitions. With a Custum recovery (e.g. ClockworkMod Recovery) on your device, this can be done from there -- otherwise you might need to do it from your computer. That done, format it again
check different file systems. FAT16/32 should always work, when in doubt

That should be a nearly complete How-to-fix-It. If I forgot something, feel free to mention it :)

TL;DR -- short variant:


keyboard will not show up using play store

Try disabling Google Voice typing. For this, goto Settings>Language and Input


Accessing Port 8888 in Android Web Browser

You should just be able to add the port to the end of the domain as you would with a desktop browser, e.g. http://mysite.com:8888. Chrome and the built-in Browser app definitely support this as I use them in this fashion on a daily basis; I'd imagine other browsers would as well since the syntax is defined in the RFC specification.


I cannot stop my Google contact addresses from displaying in Maps

The setting you are talking about will only remove contacts from showing up in the actual map.

To remove contacts from showing in my places tab, do the following:

settings  → Google  → [general]  →
Personal info & privacy  → Activity controls  → Web & App Activity  → Turn "Web & App Activity" off


Restore nandroid backup on an other phone

The guy in this site did this. It might work if you have TWRP because he did this

Made a quick backup to generate the proper folder structure and the correct directory name needed for my new phone.
Copied the folder that contained the backup I intended to use from my old Hercules S2 to my replacement Hercules S2's TWRP backup directory.
3.Copied the name of the folder of the backup I made in step 1 to the clipboard.
deleted the folder I created in step 1.
renamed the folder I imported by pasting the name from the clipboard.
restored the backup.
Done.

The link to the chat discussion http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949020.


Constant battery use will generate more heat over a short period of time, yes.  Ordinarily, this will not damage the device.  However, heat can greatly impact the longevity of your battery.  I would suggest shutting off the monitor when you don't need it; if you really need to constantly monitor the network, the task is probably better suited to a PC.


Samsung Galaxy Y asking to install CDC ACM DATA?

Here they say, installing Samsung Kies should solve the problem.
I haven't tried it yet, but it is available on Samsung's official website for their various phone models.


Why is the com.android.browser process draining my battery?

The root of the problem is Internet sync related. The system is not able to sync internet settings.

http://blog.abrah.am/2011/12/sync-is-currently-experiencing-problems.html


Is there any way to programmatically turn on airplane mode on non-rooted android?

As I promised before to post an alternative option using Tasker and AutoInput plugin, here is the proceedure:

Firstly create and profile that suits your needs (i.e when to trigger airplane mode e.g at a specific time etc)

Task

Create a new task "New Task + "
You can name this Task Airplane_mode or anything.
Click "+" to add new Action

A1: Settings  ➡ Airplane Mode Settings

We need to add a task wait action for just about 1 or 2 seconds (to allow screen to load in time).

A2: Task ➡ Wait [Seconds:2]

A3: Plugin ➡ Auto input ➡  Action [ Go to the "Airplane Mode Settings" screen in your Android settings.

Swipe down on the notification bar and touch the "Add" button in the AutoInput notification.
Touch the "Airplane Mode" setting
Touch "Accept" in the notification and go back to Tasker. There select the "Airplane Mode" text and accept (tap on tick) these settings.

A4: (Going back to original screen) Add an "AutoInput Global Actions" Tasker action. Plugin ➡ AutoInput ➡ Global action [Select the "Back" option]. Accept the setting (tap on the tick)

Tap back to exit from this task
Save this task and exit

Nb: This require screen to be unlocked as the previous workaround

Edit

AutoInput has a built-in option to unlock screen if it is disabled in tasker. Simply add this action to the top in the task:

A1: Go to new action >> Plugin >> AutoInput >> Unlock screen (note: some screen lock options are still not supported e.g fingerprint but its worth a try)

Acknowledgements

Toggle Airplane Mode At 1:20 PM


How to remove apps from android market website?

Well, Now you CAN remove the unwanted apps from your market website as well as from the market history. All you have to do is delete from your all apps list.
Goto your play store app and select My Apps Then swipe the screen to your left to see the ALL apps list.
Just click the crossed circle icon (pointed with the green arrow) to remove the desired app.

Make sure you have uninstalled the app before removing. You can uninstall the apps directly from the All apps list as well.
Note: It seems that this list only contains market installed apps. (i.e. apps other than user installed .apk apps)


unable to use whatsapp on wifi xiaomi a3 device

Is there an X icon bottom-right side of the wifi icon? Try "forget this network" and reconnect. It happened to me a few times and this is how i solved. Check network related whatsapp settings also.


How to Prevent all contacts being added to WhatsApp

You can use XPrivacy so long as you are rooted to EASILY limit this behavior.

You simply select WhatsApp within XPrivacy and check off "Contacts" then it will disallow it(WhatsApp) to access your contacts.

If you are NOT rooted, I do not believe it is possible to stop.


Are home screen icons restored after reinstalling a Nexus device?

Assuming you are using the stock Google launcher...

In my experience, no, they are not restored automatically. Only the wallpaper is restored.

That being said, if you had made a backup using Titanium Backup or something similar this would be able to restore your home screen design. Just reinstall your apps first and then restore the backup.


Where is "Back up my data" stored? Can it be edited?

There isn't any way to get to it. It is basically turning on and off a developer facing backup feature. Each app can write what it wants to into a certain amount of space, and Google takes care of sending it back to the app when it is reinstalled.

Even if you were to write an app for it, you'd only be able to access the storage linked to that developer key, not the other apps that use the service.

For more info on what that option does, see my answer here.


I am on a custom ROM using Android 4.2.2 and I can change exactly that behaviour in system settings > lock screen > maximize widgets (translated naming from german version)
(I am using NovaLauncher if that matters)


Go to Settings -> My Device Tab -> Language and input and check if the settings are correct. If the default keyboard is set properly and still not working, try to install another keyboard application like SwiftKey and make it default keyboard.


The comments on your question already cleared things for you. It is a scam. If a website or an app suddenly or  ever claims that something is wrong with your device, its accessories, its OS, a web account, your bank account, you can be damn well sure that the other  party is trying to scam you.
10/10 times these scams appear as ads, so using an adblocker for both your web browser and and your device is suggested. I use Ublock Origin addon (on Firefox for Android) which greatly helps in reducing ads nonsense when browsing. To stop nonsense ads on Android apps I use AdAway (you can also use Blockada) adblocker app. Some folks give moral reasons not to use adblockers but I keep security, privacy and web sanity over morality. You are on your own with morality here.
In a browser, 9/10 times these ads are able to load through javascripts, often third-party scripts. Using a solution which blocks at least third-party javascripts is recommended to everyone for browsing the web with sanity. I use NoScript addon (on Firefox for Android).
You also need to know about WAP billing frauds (you click something on some [often] not-so-popular webpage, and guess what XY amount of money is automatically deducted by your carrier. You apparently gets subscribed to some XYZ value-added service!). WAP billing frauds are facilitated by third-party javascripts.
The list can go on but it is best that at this age you spend a couple of hours to learn about privacy and security on the web, Android or whatever OS your mobile and PC are using, on at least a monthly basis. What you would learn would be far better than a quick fix I have suggested.


Is deleting /system/bin/dex2oat file safe?

Runtime is an environment in which programs written in a specific language run. Android Runtime (ART) is Java-like runtime which runs Dalvik Executable (DEX) bytecode (from apk files) in a Virtual Machine. Like other Runtime Environments ART can run the code in three different modes:

Interpretation
Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation
Ahead of Time (AOT) compilation

In order to improve performance, JIT and AOT compilers translate DEX bytecode (during or before execution respectively) into native machine language. JIT compiler was part of DVM, readded to ART in Android 7. Since then AOT compiler also supports profile-guided background compilation. App profiles are created during JIT compiled executions.

While interpreter is part of ART libraries, dex2oat tool is used as JIT and AOT compiler. Documentation states:

  At install time, ART compiles apps using the on-device dex2oat tool. This utility accepts DEX files as input and generates a compiled app executable for the target device.

And here:

  JIT and AOT use the same compiler with a similar set of optimizations

On your Marshmallow ROM AOT compilation won't work in the absence of dex2oat which may adversely affect the apps performance. Also the installd native service and PackageManager Java service rely on dex2oat during app installation or profile updation of previously installed apps. So they may break due to missing file.

To summarize, installd or dex2oat crashes are serious bugs in your ROM which need to be fixed. Deleting dex2oat binary isn't a solution but a workaround which is very likely to fail.

RELATED:

What is needed to run ELF binaries compiled from android APKs?


Will hangouts phone call use data or cellular

Being an online mobile app, Hangouts uses only data (your bandwidth) to make the calls, not your actual telephone line. As per this Google support link, calls to most destinations in USA and Canada are free of cost from Hangouts so you shouldn't be billed anything (but you will be billed for the data/bandwidth used, of course!)

The exception is a few rare locations mentioned in that link that cost 1 cent per minute. And those calls will not be billed by AT&T, to pay for those calls, you'll have to purchase Google calling credit from here separately.

Reference:

https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3187125?hl=en

  Or will hangouts first check if this contact has a phone number associated with it, and instead use that.

You can either dial a number directly, or if you have that person in your Google contact list, you just type the name and number will come automatically. Even if the person doesn't have a number, Hangouts will work and you'll be able to make the call since that contact's identity will be based on the Google account, not their telephone numbers (check the Making a call with Hangouts section in the referred link). Google is all about seamless communication!

Edit

But what I don't understand is why are you paying for both a data plan and  talktime to AT&T? As per the support link, US & Canada calling is mostly free from hangouts, so if you already have a data plan, I don't see any need to buy that sim card for "making calls at a reasonable price".


I don't know about any app that would allow creating a contact with wildcard or regex but you can consider Tasker to execute a particular action as a recognition of those particular numbers.

Profile: State → Phone → Call

Type: Incoming
Number: *01

* is the wildcard here which would  match anything. 01 is the suffix you want at the end of the number.

How you want to recognize those numbers is up to you. Under a task you can show a:

Toast: Alert → Flash
Notification: Alert → Notify
Popup: Alert → Popup
May be, a Scene like this:

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Phones that can have bootloaders unlocked

Only a portion of devices powered by Android has feature that bootloader can not be unlocked - to clear ambiguity and be precise - unlocking method has not been found.

Bootloader lock and carrier lock are two completely different things. With bootloader lock, OEM vendors force regular users to use only their - stock - ROM. But, with carrier lock, network operators force same users to use only their cellular network infrastructure. In both cases, those locks can be removed.

Bootloader can be unlocked, even if seller factory reset device && relocked bootloader before sell.

If not acknowledged by seller, you as a buyer can not know whether device bootloader is (re)locked or not. Also, if model is same, it can not exist in

exist in bootloader unlockable versions and manufacturer bootloader unlock disabled versions

it is simply a matter of applying correct procedure to unlock bootloader of particular model.

Most valuable resources about possibility to unlock bootloader and install custom ROM is devices' wiki on LineageOS and list of TWRP custom recovery images.

There are device projects that are done by community side or unpublished at all, but, in that particular case, consult Google.


How to customize which camera app is launched when double tapping the power button?

Defualt camera app will be opened by double tapping power button. To set the app as default camera

Clear deaults of the stock and desired camera app. This can be done in app info.
Double tap the power button twice
It should pop up a dialog with a list of installed camera apps. Choose your app and click always.


How can I schedule Focus Mode on my Android phone?

On one plus 7 Android 10,you can schedule this way: Digital Wellbeing &  Parental control → Tap on Focus mode → on next screen select distracting apps → Set a schedule → Set schedule (set days of week and time) → turn on now. From 3 buttons menu you can also add a quick settings shortcut.

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Remove internet access for pre-installed apps that you can't disable

With Android 4.x you can Disable carrier installed applications by going to the Settings -> Applications and select the app. You should then see "Disable" for the application.

Now, Samsung has found a way to prevent some applications to not be disabled, like their Launcher, Email client, stock browser.

You can also go to Settings -> Data usage and select the application and choose "Restrict background data". This will prevent the application from using the mobile network, but if you are on wifi, it will allow it network access.


Application connection errors after phone reset

Try going into Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> WordFeud and clicking both the Clear cache and Clear data buttons. Clear data may remove your account, so you may have to log back in, but it should help the problem.

If it doesn't, I'd have to say uninstall and re-install.


Usually you would go to settings > lock screen but it could also be in settings > security.


How to move tasks from GoTasks app into another phone

In the end, I was able to use google synchronization and a reasonable amount of manual work to get the tasks on the new phone.
Here is what I did.
Step 1 through 5 are on the old phone, after that they are on the new phone.
Step1
Rename a list of tasks in TasksGo to add "local" or "old" at the end.
Step2
Create a new task list with the original name of the list renamed at Step1. Here, you need to link this new list to your google account.
Step3
Put the new list below the old one. Then, from the last to the first one, start drag and dropping all task from the old list into the list.
Step4
Delete the now empty old task list and repeat step 1 to 4 until there isn't any local task list anymore.
Step5
Hit synchronise in the app's menu. This wasn't enough for me because automatic sychronisation is off on my old phone. I had to go into Android:"Setting\account" to mannually hit synchronise on GoTasks's data there. If you don't have a google account linked to your phone, this is also the place to add it.
Step6
On the new phone, open goTask and hit synchronize and to import all the good stuff. Your might need to do the manual sych. in the phone's setting like for step5 if automatic synch is off.
I had many list of tasks that each had plenty of tasks, so I had to find a way. With the amount of data I had, it took me an hour, but it should be much less than that if your usage of this app is lightlier than mine.
Author of this application is Evgeny Shurakov. Since the app was renamed, searching for the author is easier to find back this application now a day.


Impact of removing the launcher from Android device

Touchwiz is not just the launcher, it is an entire framework they have built into Android. It controls the notifications, the settings, the whole OS is basically Touchwiz throughout.
Samsung do not provide the stock launcher with the device (Like old HTC devices used to) so if you remove it you will just have no launcher, no way to open apps etc. You could just install Apex, Nova, Google Now or whatever launcher before doing this, and freeze the launcher rather than completely delete it to ensure there is no unexpected outcome(s). Generally it will either default to whatever launcher is installed, or it will give you the 'Choose your launcher' screen where you can accept whatever one you want and click "Once only" or "Always" as you do with other apps.
As Touchwiz is the framework, you would need to remove the whole ROM from the device and install a Non-Touchwiz ROM like AOSP, CyaongenMod, Google Play Edition (if your device has one) and so on.

Note: any changing of frameworks in Android can completely brick your device, so proceed with caution and make nandroid backups! You can never have too many backups!
Note 2: you could remove all of Touchwiz and rebuild the ROM, but that would be way outside the remit of this site. It would probably be reinventing the wheel anyway and there are plenty of AOSP ROMs about.


Help diagnosing constant CPU usage of phone during sleep (Battery Historian Chart)

These two wake locks are related to the OS
and android doesn't give any control over the system wake lock without root
Some times the OS gets buggy and it will not release the wake lock.
your best bet is to reboot the phone and wait about 5 hours to see if the battery drainage is the same after the reboot. if that did not fix it then it is an OS bug that only Samsung can fix. not that I think that they will


Is there a way to find the 'the last factory reset time'?

Yes, it seems there is a way to find out about the last factory reset -- provided it was followed by a Google account initialization:

Go to the Google Dashboard, login with your Google account.
Scroll to the section labeled "Android" and expand it (by clicking its title / the LGM [little green man])
Check for the device in question

Associated, you will find a date of registry. That doesn't reflect the first time a device was added, but the last time the Google account was activated on the device. So if you activate your Google account following a factory-reset, this field is updated and thus reflects this point-in-time.


How do I make wi-fi calls from a cell phone with no number now associated with it?

It's not possible to have the same number on two different phones.

On your Nexus S, you could install Skype. That will give you FREE VOIP for Skype-to-Skype calls. You don't need a number for this, just an internet connection (and a Skype account, which is free). Take note, however, Skype to mobile / landline is not free.

For other alternatives, search for voip in Google Play.

Edit #1: I looked around and found IPKall. It gives you a FREE Washington number. Is this the kind of service you are looking for?


The following applies to Memo app version 1.0.4517634 on Android 4.4.2.

The memo files are located in /mnt/shell/emulated/0/BeamMemo and have a .memo extension.

Each .memo file is a zip archive that contains a media folder and a memo_content.xml file.  The text of the memo is in the /contents/content node of the xml document.

I was able to find the files using adb, with the command:

adb shell 'ls -Ra 2>/dev/null | grep -i memo'


Transfer Data from Android Mobile to Android Tablet

If WiFi is acceptable, you might wish to take a look at FolderSync. Aside from cloud services (Dropbox & Co), it can also deal with Samba (Windows shares), FTP, SFTP (ssh with Unix/Linux), and more. You can define "Folder Pairs", i.e. which folder on your Android device should be synchronized with what folder on the remote machine. Sync can be done uni- and bi-directional.

I'm using that with all my Android devices and my PC, to keep different stuff in sync. Easy to do with e.g. photos or the music collection: Add a file on one device, and it gets synced across. FolderSync even supports tasker, which gives you plenty of possibilities to deal with: Having the device synced as soon as you're at home, or only when connected to a power source, at specific times, whatever.


Further to answer from @PratapPatil who has given the Android details.
This is a convention in programming, specifically here Java.
The Java Tutorials package details give details and examples.
With programmers worldwide writing classes and interfaces using the Java programming language, it is likely that many programmers will use the same name for different types. In fact, the previous example does just that: It defines a Rectangle class when there is already a Rectangle class in the java.awt package. Still, the compiler allows both classes to have the same name if they are in different packages. The fully qualified name of each Rectangle class includes the package name. That is, the fully qualified name of the Rectangle class in the graphics package is graphics.Rectangle, and the fully qualified name of the Rectangle class in the java.awt package is java.awt.Rectangle.
This works well unless two independent programmers use the same name for their packages. What prevents this problem? Convention.
Naming Conventions

Package names are written in all lower case to avoid conflict with the names of classes or interfaces.
Companies use their reversed Internet domain name to begin their package names—for example, com.example.mypackage for a package named mypackage created by a programmer at example.com.
Name collisions that occur within a single company need to be handled by convention within that company, perhaps by including the region or the project name after the company name (for example, com.example.region.mypackage).

For an alterative angle on this the StackOverflow quesion is around naming a hobby project.  The naming could be something like rossc.android.exampleproject  since I don't have a domain of my own.


All current GPS chips can work in one of two modes: GPS Standalone or AGPS (either MS-Based or MS-Assisted), where AGPS is the abbreviation of Assisted-GPS. The latter requires internet connection to contact an AGPS server which helps the chip to get its first fix.

When on gps standalone mode (in your case when you deactivate mobile data), the chip is not assisted in any way, and it may take about 12.5 minutes to resolve its location.

Read more on wikipedia.


International roaming, forbidden networks, hidden sim toolkit on one plus 5T

I had same problem with Airtel but in another country. But same SIM worked in same phone in some other countries. When I used to land in one particular country it won't latch to any network. I was having this problem for almost one year. I managed by inserting the SIM in a feature phone and it worked well. Finally I figured out what needs to be done to make it work in a smartphone. Please go to manual network selection and select your operator even if it shows as forbidden. It worked for me and might work for other also.


Try to format the card in a device other than a computer or Android device. As example a camera that supports the card. This must solve partition / space allocation problems.


When I remove a payment profile will I still be able do install my purchased apps?

It appears you are confusing payment method with payment profile

If you close your payment profile then you can't install earlier purchased apps as explained in Google payments center help

When you close this profile, the service(s) below will be canceled:

Google Play Apps

YouTube

Google Play Movies

Instead, Add, edit, or remove a payment method


Droid RAZR MAXX encryption downgrades max camera resolution

It is the result of encryption, unfortunately I cannot find any documentation.

My device (Razr) showed the same message when I enabled device encryption on setup, before I had any ActiveSync accounts added.


Will Android be able to install OS updates without Google account?

OS updates are provided by the device manufacturer. They are retrieved directly by the device and don't require any user account.

The only requirement for an OS update is a working Internet connection and enough free space on the device.


linux kernel not seen from android filesystem?

The linux kernel for an android device will be built separately from the vanilla AOSP.
Of course, one can configure to include the build of linux kernel inside the Android build process.

The kernel will be compiled and compressed into an image along with the ramdisk image. This is essentially what constitutes the boot.img which will be placed in the boot partition.

BTW there are several partitions divided inside whatever storage is used for the target android device.

While the linux kernel resides in the boot partition inside the boot.img, the android system will be stored in system.img which will be located in the system partition.

For a typical android build, the root account is inaccessible to the user(android system). Thus, a typical android user will not be able to check out the root directory.


how to select wipe data/factory reset in iball andi 4p class x V-8 in recovery mode

Hey go to recovery mode again and to proceed further u need to click home button and the button which is on ur lefthand side that is the option button next to  home button .. Press those button all at once


Changing the appearance of messages in the Messaging app on Droid RAZR Maxx?

The easiest solution is probably to use a third party messaging app such as Handcent or Go SMS Pro. Changing the default app itself probably needs rooting and some difficult mangling.

Please bear in mind that I have not tested these apps, and cannot say if they work well or not.


How do I get my phone to ring on a calendar notification?

There are apps available ( listed at end ) but IMO , automation is the preferred way for this since :

You are looking for conditional actions
Customisation options to suit individual needs

I prefer using Macrodroid automation app because it's free ( upto 5 macros ) and very easy to learn

You would need two macros for this

(Triggers / Actions / Constraints are added by +   on the right side of each panel )

Logic:

Ring on Calendar Notif Macro :   Whenever you get a notification from your calendar app, alert you with a non - stop ringing , at a volume level and sound customised by you
Stop Ringing Macro :  Manually stop the ringing using a widget on your home screen and set the Volume levels to what you would prefer in your normal device usage

Barebone implementation of this logic is implemented in Macros below. You can customise it later by experimenting

Don't get intimidated by the long explanation - it's detailed so that you don't waste time setting it up ; shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes to set up :)

Ring on Calendar Notif Macro

Trigger: Notification Received → Select your calendar app  → Text  → Any
Actions
Set Macrodroid Variable  → New Variable  → Stop Ringing , Type Boolean  → Set it to false  (initialising variable that controls when to stop / start ringing )
Repeat Actions ( second item on drop down when you press the plus sign on action panel ) → While condition repeat → Conditions + → Macrodroid Variable → Stop Ringing  →OK → Select False and OK

This creates a while / do loop wherein we want you to be sued when notification arrives something to be done when . You see now a WHILE / DO - End Loop created . Tap the End Loop and you will get a pop up Add action above. Tap that and add actions below

Volume Change → select Media / Music and set slider to say maximum % tap OK
Play → select any sound from drop down list
Wait before next action → set it to 2 seconds

Constraints: Leave blank

Stop Ringing Macro

Trigger:  Empty Trigger

Actions

Set Macrodroid Variable Stop Ringing to True
Volume Change - set the Volume levels you normally have on your device

Constraints: Leave blank

Go to the widgets section of your launcher , drag and drop Macrodroid widget to your home screen and assign it to Stop Ringing macro

Alternative app option

Calendar event Reminder claims ( not tested by me ) to

  With this simple app you can override or replace default reminder with "unmissable" ones - they will ring like phone call how long you want, with melody you want!

See Izzy's collection of Calendar Alarm Fixes


Core GMS package Suddenly started Malfunctioning (old Huawei Honor 8, ~2 years in use)

The issue was resolved. Since only certain Google-related apps were affected, I was able to back up everything else I had on the phone, including data and apps. After that I ran the Factory Data Reset and used my back up to make the process of setting up the phone and all the apps, I had been using, easier. The problem was resolved immediately after the reboot and I was able to set up the phone with my Google account.

/Posting this answer to end the thread/

P.S.: Prior to running a factory reset, I attempted clearing cache and data for the affected and related apps and resetting phone settings without deleting all data. That did not work.


How can I remove the notification header in Android 4.3? (Big hour, date, clear all button, notification/quick setting switch)

Not easily- no. The notification shade is part of the systemUI APK which will need to be de-compiled and reverse engineered to do so. I know of no custom ROM or MOD at this time which will allow for this behaviour; although posting this request on the relevant sub-forum for your device on XDA-dev might turn up a lead.


OP solved the problem:

  it was the power cord on the converter causing the problem. I don't know why but when I unplugged it the sound came through prefect.


How can I access iCloud.com from an android device when I don't have access to any Apple device?

You can use the email app that comes with your phone to access your iCloud account.

1.Open the Email app and tap the menu button in the top-right corner. (If you’ve never used the Email app before, just open it and go to step #3.)

Tap Add Account.
Enter your iCloud e-mail address and password, then tap Next.
Select IMAP and tap Next.
When you see the Incoming Server Settings page, remove the “@icloud.com” from your username.
Change the IMAP server to “imap.mail.me.com.”
Set the security field to SSL/TLS (Accept all certificates).
Make sure the port is set to 993, then tap Next.
On the Outgoing Server Settings page, change the SMTP server to “smtp.mail.me.com.”
Change the security setting to STARTTLS and make sure the port is set to 587 and “Require sign-in” is checked.
Tap Next to complete the process.

Once you’ve gone through this list of steps and saved your changes, you’ll be able to access your iCloud mail via the Email app on your Android phone.

(Source)

Hope this works.


How do I properly install a system app given its .apk?

You will need to push the .apk to the phone to the System partition to the folder /system/app or /system/priv-app when using Android 4.3 using adb. You can find more info about adb here: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=ADB.

In order to write to /system you likely have to remount it read-write:

adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system

Or, do it entirely from the host's ADB:

adb root
adb remount

Now you can place the .apk:

adb push my-app.apk /sdcard/
adb shell
su
cd /sdcard
mv my-app.apk /system/app
# or when using Android 4.3 or higher
mv my-app.apk /system/priv-app

Afterwards if the flags are not already set change the permissions. All System-Apps need to have the permissions rw-r--r--. You can also change them via ADB with the command chmod 644 /path_to/your_file. Though it's quite old, this may help

After you have placed the .apk you need to reboot your device. For example with adb reboot.


How to install from an unknown source with my AT&T Galaxy S phone?

You need to download and install Android Central Sideload Wonder Machine to your computer and connect your device to the computer. This link will surely help you out. Just follow every step carefully and you will get rid of that issue. Hope that helps.


Why do applications update when I have declined the Google Play terms of service?

Samsung has its own appstore: Galaxy Apps. The bloatware on my Galaxy S6 is installed and updated through that instead of through Google Play. Could that be going on on your Note 3? I don't know if Galaxy Apps updates apps installed through Google Play, but perhaps it does.


Those things are not viruses rather they are called Pop-up Ads. You'll face this pop-ups on almost all the browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Opera etc. These ads always try to install Malware, Bloatware apps on your phone when clicked.
There are two browsers which blocks ads successfully...
1 - Firefox (with extension AdBlock Plus installed)
2 - UC Mini (with speed-mode enabled)

P.S : Your phone does not have a virus.


Two Asus Transformer TF300s, same JB version, different skin

Asus provides two launchers in their 4.2.1 rom - they differ as you descibed in your question. The one with the notifications in the lower right is the same one as used in their 4.1 rom and the one with the notifications at the top is the vanilla Android 4.2 launcher.

You can switch between them at will by opening settings and then navigating to Device -> Launcher (it requires a reboot to switch).


Changing default phone for Google login device

Go to myaccount.google.com, sign in and click on Sign in and Security.

Scroll down and go to Account Recovery Options and click on Recovery Phone

Add/remove the phone numbers according to your preferences.

Then go back, scroll down and click on Recently Used devices and remove all the devices that are not in use. If your Iphone is not displayed here then make sure that you've signed in in your IPhone with Google Account.


Cannot use internal memory partition in my Nextbook 7 16GB tab

Every user of this tablet is having this issue. The company supposedly put out a firmware fix, but when you download the files to install it, they are corrupted. Which either means they are incompetent or purposely put out files that are corrupt so they can say "oh sorry" and never address the issue. Either way I'm not too optimistic.

http://nx700qc.blogspot.com/2014/11/trying-to-update-firmware.html?showComment=1417564996972#c1557705469401201898

http://www.nextbookusa.com/download.php


Is it possible to do a factory reset without losing application data?

A quick search provides:

~ Titanium Backup
~ Helium
~ (you guessed it) App Backup and Restore

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/02/featured-top-10-backup-apps-android.html

I've used and personally prefer Titanium


My Samsung Galaxy S doesn't recognize when it is plugged in to USB

This has happened many times to me, and every time it has been a bad cable. If you have one, try finding another USB cable to test it with, and see if it works. Often some connection goes bad in the cable just from use and wear and it will only charge and refuses to transmit data.

The other possibility (this is known to be a problem with the EVO 4Gs, but i don't think i've heard of it on the Galaxy S) is that the USB port on your phone has been damaged or gone bad. This happened to my dad's phone (EVO) and they sent him a replacement.

Let us know what happens after you try a new cable!


Taken from the android build process:

out/host/linux-x86/bin/dex2oatd --runtime-arg -Xms64m --runtime-arg -Xmx512m --boot-image=out/target/product/ranchu/dex_bootjars/system/framework/boot.art --dex-file=out/target/product/ranchu/obj/APPS/Telecom_intermediates/oat/arm64/package.odex.input --dex-location=/system/priv-app/Telecom/Telecom.apk --oat-file=out/target/product/ranchu/obj/APPS/Telecom_intermediates/oat/arm64/package.odex --android-root=out/target/product/ranchu/system --instruction-set=arm64 --instruction-set-variant=generic --instruction-set-features=default --include-patch-information --runtime-arg -Xnorelocate --no-generate-debug-info --abort-on-hard-verifier-error --no-inline-from=core-oj.jar


What I ended up doing was starting another ssh server in the android environment using another port, from which I then can stop and start the adb daemon. Not nice, but it gets the job done.


ADB driver MK808 installed but ADB is not working

just use google usb driver in sdk/extra/google/usb_driver/android_winusb.inf
you must add three lines in the file

;MK808B
%SingleAdbInterface%        = USB_INSTALL, USB\VID_2207&PID_0006&MI_01
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB_INSTALL, USB\VID_2207&PID_0006&REV_0222&MI_01

Then update the MK808B driver select from disk, use this file sdk/extra/google/usb_driver/android_winusb.inf then select first option is work fine for me.


Transferring pdfs from computer to android

There are multiple ways to copy files between your computer and your Android device:

simply connect the two using an USB cable, and mount your Android device's storage to the computer -- then deal with it like with any other drive
create "shared folders" on your computer, and use an Android app which can deal with them, like e.g. ES File Explorer File Manager
Use an app which can share your Android device to your computer, for even more manageability -- like e.g. AirDroid
use cloud services like e.g. Dropbox or Google Drive which are accessible from both, your computer and your Android device, to share documents between the two
lame, but also listed for completeness: Send the files to your Google Mail account, and then save the attachments from the GMail app

Far from being complete -- but it should give you an idea of what's possible.


Create 'Add to Home Screen' shortcut for local offline HTML page

1. Using Chrome Browser (without root)
If you are looking for a solution using Chrome app, Chrome isn't associated with Html files, thus you can't associate it with HTML files, but you can:

P.S: Allow the storage permission for the Chrome App

Open Chrome Browser
Type the path of your file Ex: file://mnt/sdcard/Documents/App/index.html
Goto Options Menu (Three dots on the upper right)
Tick the Star on the top to Bookmark the html file in Mobile Bookmarks.
From your launcher put the "Chrome Bookmarks" widget on the desktop to access your bookmarked local file.

2. Using Total Commander (without root)

P.S: First, Allow the storage permission for the Total Commander App

Install & Launch Total Commander - file manager
Locate your "index.html" file.
Tap & maintain on the  index.html file.
From the pop-up Menu, tick the option "Create Link on Desktop"
Select the shortcut name.
Select the app used to open HTML files (I suggest to install Opera or Firefox before this)
Choose an Icon if you want.
Tap OK/ Apply.

3. Using Opera Browser (without root)
Opera Browser is a solution for your situation, maybe other browsers are also fine.

P.S: First, Allow the storage permission for the Opera App

Install Opera browser - news & search
Type the path of your file Ex: file://mnt/sdcard/Documents/App/index.html
Goto Options Menu (Three dots on the upper right)
At the bottom of the Option Menu, tick the option "Home Screen"
Select the shortcut name, and tap Add.


How do I configure which programs autostart when connecting to the internet?

Without root you only have the control the app developers give you: If an app allows you to configure this behaviour, you can do so -- otherwise you can't.

If your device were rooted, on the other hand, you'ld have several possibilities:

Use DroidWall to define which apps may use 3g, which Wifi, which both, and which none (1st pic below)
Use LBE Privacy Guard to do the same, and more (2nd pic)
Use Autorun Manager to disable certain listeners of apps, so they no longer get informed about network changes (3rd pic; experienced users only!)

This is just a selection, and thus the list is very incomplete. As you already wrote your device is not rooted, it doesn't make sense to put all those details here; it's just to give you an idea what would be possible with root, not to elaborate all options ;)


Why doesn't Samsung Kies show an update for my Galaxy Ace?

My phone is also on 2.3.3. The updates get pushed out depending on a number of factors including region (as mentioned by Crashhh in his comment) and carrier.

From my understanding, often the releases will be controlled by the manufacturer (and in the case of Samsung and most others, customisation occurs). Once the manufacturer is ready to support it in a particular region, it will release the software to the carriers. Many carriers will also make their own modifications (and add their own bloatware). Only once this process is complete, will the update be available in Kies.

With the release of Gingerbread in Australia from my carrier, I know that the release went back and forth between Samsung and the carrier a few times, delaying its release to customers.

I'm speculating, but the update you received may have been some sort of patch to the manufacturer/carrier specific software, and therefore I wouldn't expect it to increment the version number of the OS.


Android keeps track of fallback fonts via a file at /etc/fallback_fonts.xml. After adding your fonts to /system/fonts, you can add a new family node to the XML file like this.

<familyset>
    <family>
        <fileset>
            <file>Custom-Font.ttf</file>
            <file>Another-Custom-Font.ttf</file>
        </fileset>
    </family>
[rest of file...]

Make sure to make a backup first, and you might need to reboot for it to take effect completely.


SAMSUNG G. J710 RAM Capacity - 2GB or 3GB

From what PDAdb listed and Samsung official websites said, only the Chinese variants (J7108 and J7109) have 3GB of RAM: Samsung J7108 (Chinese), while other versions, including vanilla J710F, have 2GB: Samsung J710 (French).


Android v4 or v5 icons on android v6 smartphone

Well if you want them just on your home screen and app draw you can use a custom launcher such as nova launcher, go launcher, lightning launcher, etc. Then you could use a KitKat or lollipop icon pack and change your icons that way. Another way to do this system wide is with an Xposed module called Unicon which replaces icons system-wide but requires root, Xposed, and costs money.


Maybe the user you're trying to add doesn't have a telegram account or go to settings app manager telegram clear the cache out only the cache then try again


Unknown error code during application install “-24” installing Instapaper

You would need root to access /data/data, and rooting would require unlocking your bootloader, which would wipe your data.

Other than doing a Factory Reset, there may be no other way.


Why is the same sd-card partition mounted on 7 different mount points?

what version of CM are you using? A bunch of those mount points don't even exist in my version of CM (CM7)

tmpfs                   173052        32    173020    0% /dev
tmpfs                   173052         0    173052    0% /mnt/asec
tmpfs                   173052         0    173052    0% /mnt/obb
/dev/block/mtdblock2    192000    146684     45316   76% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock3     81920     35816     46104   44% /cache
/dev/block/mtdblock5     16384     14512      1872   89% /radio
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2   1935192    286276   1648916   15% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock6    176128    156340     19788   89% /datadata
/dev/block/mtdblock4     12800      6756      6044   53% /efs
/dev/block/mmcblk1p2   1874206     32898   1741308    2% /sd-ext
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2   1935192    286276   1648916   15% /cache/download
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2   1935192    286276   1648916   15% /cache/download
/dev/block/vold/179:1  13824672   4444320   9380352  32% /mnt/sdcard
/dev/block/vold/179:1  13824672   4444320   9380352  32% /mnt/secure/asec
/dev/block/vold/179:9  5869368    1714680   4154688  29% /mnt/emmc

There is what i get when i do a df. I did think it was interesting that /cache/download was in there twice though. But, also, if you notice, both /data and /cache/download are on the same device. Really, it is not uncommon that a device could have multiple mounts.


First of all become a developer on Moto 360 and enable Debugging.

Launch Settings
Select About
Tap on Build number until you become a developer :-)
Above will enable Developer options in Settings on your Moto 360

Enable ADB debugging and Debug over Bluetooth.

Under Developer options enable ADB debugging and Debug over Bluetooth
Launch Android Wear on your phone/tablet
Press settings (gear) icon
Turn on toggle button Debugging over Bluetooth
Connect your phone via USB and make sure USB debugging is enabled
Run adb devices from the command line.
If device called “localhost:4444” is listed, you are already paired and can continue at step 13.
From command line run adb forward tcp:4444 localabstract:/adb-hub then run adb connect localhost:4444
Launch Android Studio. When you launch your app your device should be available in the list for debugging in Choose device dialog under Choose a running device checkbox.

Hope this helps.


How to root the SM-G900F Android 5.0 without tripping KNOX?

I did it following from this guide here. Broadly (though I strongly suggest you follow the guide):

1) make backups

2) buy mobile Odin Pro from android market (5 USD)

3) downgrade using Odin (normal one on PC) to 4.4.

4) install towelroot and run it

5) use mobile Odin to flash rooted lollipop ROM *

6) use normal odin to flash compatible bootloader and modem.

*For some reason, using mobile Odin did not trip Knox when I did this, per the guide I linked. It still warned me that Knox would be tripped, even though it wasn't. I have no idea why it didn't trip Knox, so I can't guarantee it won't when you do it.


How to upgrade Galaxy Nexus to android 4.3

The waiting on the device means that your phone is not being located.
Try the following code:

fastboot devices

And check if there are some devices recognized. If not, it probably means that you don't have the correct drivers installed. What O.S. are you using? I guess that Windows. Which version? x86 or x64?

EDIT: Explanation about drivers of Android Phones in Windows. This is a general idea, so some technical mistakes are allowed, but in general, an Android phone, when plugged to the PC, identifies itself as several devices. One is to mount the data (dependeing on the version, it uses MTP, or mount the SDcard), another is the Android Phone to use the adb, and two more are when the phone is connected but in recovery or in bootloader. For each of this "Virtual devices", the O.S. needs a driver, usually a different driver. So you might have the adb drivers installed, but not the fastboot.


Move app data (on /data/data) to SD card

First, when they say there is 4 GB storage, they count all partitions, so there is 4 GB on your phone.
To move data to an SD card, you will have to use an app called Link2SD (root required) or use an adoptable storage feature (Android 6+ only). In both cases, you don't move folders manually if you do that you will probably screw up something.
Also, if you really need a Facebook app, use the lite version, or access it via a browser. The normal version uses too much space and too many resources. Generally, I say this because I assume you don't have more than 768 MB of RAM, so use it wisely.
Check out the Link2SD's tag wiki


How to record a short audio clip as quickly as possible

Might be a job for tasker, the most famous automation tool. Other automation tools might be capable of the same (think about llama) – but as a Tasker user I'll describe it this way (feel free to adapt).

The "task" to be exececuted would be:

Keyguard › Off
Disable screen lock. Might require the SecureSettings Plugin if the native variant doesn't work.
Media Control › Pause
to stop your podcast, music, or whatever media stuff might be running. This can be set as "toggle". You might need to experiment a little here; consider e.g. what would happen with "toggle" when no podcast is currently played – that would have the opposite effect then, so maybe better just "pause" here directly.
Launch App
Select your voice recorder here.

Note that manipulating app controls is more tricky (and might require root). I didn't play with that, so I cannot give advice on it. I just know theoretically that Tasker is capable of that as well. Another tricky thing is the "continue podcast" part, which might not be wanted if it wasn't played before – but you've got the idea, I hope.

Now, we need a trigger and assign it the task from above. Multiple choices here with Tasker alone – and many more with the tons of plugins available (see e.g. my collection of Tasker resources). So I only give an example here which should make sense:

Shake lets you define a shake-pattern. So e.g. "shake the device twice from left-to-right" could trigger above action.

Even limited to the steps I've explicitly described, this would minimize the steps you need to take: Shake the device, hit "record", hit "save", and then (optionally) continue your podcast.


Rooted device, modified the hosts file and rebooted but still have access to blocked sites

Just try adding these three hosts name and replace ip address 127.0.0.1

    facebook.com
    www.facebook.com
    m.facebook.com
    mobile.facebook.com

As I checked when typed facebook.com, the site will be redirected to m.facebook.com, so we won't be able to access.


Missing space/Storage space running out Galaxy S2 [tried almost every solution I can find!]

Just so anyone reading this who's having trouble knows, I figured out the answer.

My phone has several data/log folders (for some reason), and definitely had saved dumpstate files to those locations before so I assumed that when they were empty that wasn't the issue. HOWEVER.

I thought I had looked everywhere on my phone, but using ES File Explorer, even with 'see hidden files' turned on, doesn't show you all the files on your device automatically. Turning on Superuser lets you view more files, and there was another data/log file full of 1GB of dumpstate files hidden in another folder. Deleting this sent my storage space back to normal.

So, if you've tried deleting log files with a file explorer app and it hasn't worked, check your settings, make sure your file explorer app has all the access permissions it needs, and look harder. They're probably there.

Knew I was doing something wrong! I had never read anything in existing answers saying that this might happen when you look through your phone with a file explorer app, so hopefully this helps someone who's still stuck (that or it was just me).


Can an app run code if you don't open it?

Take a look at Broadcast Actions (scroll down to Standard Broadcast Actions).
All intents that are declared as a Broadcast Action can be received by an app that declared a receiver in its manifest.
There are some broadcasts that require explicit registering in the system (Annotated with You can not receive this through components declared in manifests, only by explicitly registering for it with Context.registerReceiver().).
The most important ones for apps that run code after installing are:

ACTION_USER_PRESENT: Sent when the user is present after device wakes up (e.g when the keyguard is gone).
ACTION_SCREEN_ON: Broadcast Action: Sent when the device wakes up and becomes interactive.
ACTION_SCREEN_OFF: Broadcast Action: Sent when the device goes to sleep and becomes non-interactive.
ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED: A new version of your application has been installed over an existing one. This is only sent to the application that was replaced. It does not contain any additional data; to receive it, just use an intent filter for this action.
ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG: Wired Headset plugged in or unplugged. Same as ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG, to be consulted for value and documentation.
ACTION_DATE_CHANGED: The date has changed.

(Source: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html)

Is it even possible for an app to act as a receiver to an alarm timer so that it automatically gets run every minute?

Yes it is possible using the ACTION_TIME_TICK Broadcast Action. It has to be registered using Context.registerReceiver() but after that the registered service is called every minute.

Many people run App Ops right after installing an app to limit exposure. But it seems like it would be almost trivial for an app to run code immediately after being installed.
Is this correct, or are there safeguards to prevent this?

Your assumption is quite correct. Theoretically any app could declare a Broadcast Receiver to receive one of the above mentioned Broadcast Actions and start executing some code. This is even more crucial when updating an app because of the ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED broadcast to execute code right after the update is completed. That's the reason many people use AppOps to prevent apps from running if one of the more often sent broadcasts are sent.


Is there a browser that will display Armenian letters?

I've tried visiting both those sites in a few browsers, and see the same problem with the square boxes rather than letters. It looks like this probably isn't a problem with the browser(s) but more that the fonts being used to show the sites in the browser don't have all the necessary characters.

Are you able to see Armenian letters in emails or text messages at all?

There was a previous question about installing Hindi fonts, that no one's come up with an answer for yet. Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) does add support for more languages, but unfortunately Armenian doesn't seem to be one of them.


Option 1.
Look for any software that can help you import the photos from the phone instead of looking for the pictures in directories ##google has a lot of hits.

Option 2.
Click one those extra pictures, check the details and see the folder path of the file. You can then look for that folder when you connects the phone to the pc.


Point 1: The error u have shown regarding cant mount **** has nothing to do with your phone bricking. Its just compilation errors in building CWM recovery (i blv this is the one u hv used)

Point 2: Unbricking by use of Odin is by far the easiest way to get ur phone back and working. This link will help you if u follow it properly link

Point 3: Regarding your driver issue I have a solution which will definitely solve ur problem (as it worked with me thrice..!)

Install Samsung USB drivers software which u will find in the above link.
Put ur phone in Download mode
Connect it to the PC
After it fails to recognize the drivers, go to device manager and check for "Unknown" device
Select options Manual Installation > Select from list
Select Samsung ADB driver
Proceed to Odin flashing...!


Can a group admin remove the group creator on WhatsApp?

The way WhatsApp works is whenever a group is created by user he is himself an admin by default and can add other people as admins. And all admins have the same privileges so basically, an admin can remove anyone from the group including the creator as simple as that.


Installing apps from Android Market or alternatives to a virtual Android x86 device

I am not familiar with that particular distribution.  However, in general unless the build you installed contains the "Google Experience" apps (or if there is a separate Market package for it,) you will not be able to use the official Android Market front-end to send apps to your virtual device.

There are some alternate markets, such as Amazon Appstore, GetJar, SlideMe, etc.  Most will require you to download and install their own Market app in order to get other apps.

If you already have APKs of the apps, you should be able to side-load them either via ADB shell (from Android SDK), or via the bundled package installer by executing the APK from the storage area with some sort of a file system browser (if included with the build.)


Does Flashing Stock ROM in Odin Clear out the System Partition First?

If you use Odin then I am asuming you have a samsung device. Depending on what Stock rom you use, I mean if you will flash using 1 file or 3 file rom, if you have a 3 file rom then you have to put in the pit file to, and then you can enable the re-partition.

If you use 1 file rom in odin, i think it will re-partition by default so you do not have to check the repartition check box in odin.


Nexus 5X can't connect to internet over cell connection; X on signal strength indicator

I figured out what was causing the problem. I had been using my phone as a hotspot, and it used an unusual amount of data, causing Ting to cut off my connection. I called their support number (1-855-846-4389) and talked to someone, and they re-enabled it.


What user agent does Chrome Mobile Beta have?

Here is the useragent from chrome beta on my transformer prime

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.3; en-us; Transformer Prime TF201 Build/IML74K) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Safari/535.7


Reason for chroot failure: tmp-mksh: chroot: not found

The Reason for this failure is that Android blocked chroot for som reason. Like Death Mask Salesman pointed out, it is possible to get information about the command type via type commandName e.g. in this case type chroot.

To solve the tmp-mksh: chroot: not found-error it is only required to install BusyBox.


Custom Marshmallow ROM - encryption fails without error

I figured it out - the solution is to perform a factory reset on a clean system right after installation. After this, encryption works normally.


How can I find saved WiFi passwords within non-rooted phone?

Without root there is no way to find the passwords of Wi-Fi networks on your device. That's because the Wi-Fi passwords are saved in the root folders.

On CyanogenMod devices, and possibly other AOSP ROMs, you should be able to grab it from the /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf file. Without root this is not possible since you won't have permission to read the /data directories.


A quick solution : just copy them in DCIM (to use Gallery as a source) or store them in Picasa.

It'll allow you to get them from another handset if you want :)

EDIT (Thanks to Matt) : You can put the file in any folder of your FS, and Android will find it and suggest it as a wallpaper.


Change temperature unit on Total Launcher

Go to the Total Launcher Options screen, then select Behavior. Towards the bottom is a checkbox to Use US customary units.


Google Play Books - Navigate back to reading passage text

To return to the last page you visited, you can just tap on the screen to notice a bar in the bottom. If you look closer you can see a blue triangle that marks the last visited page. Click on it and you'll return to that page!

Click image for larger version

Hope this helps.


Can I view the HTML source of an email sent to an Gmail address from an Android device?

I'm using Firefox Aurora for Android; I can simply type view-source: in front of the address in the address bar, and a new page loads with the HTML code, etc...displayed in a formatted viewer.  I'm not sure if the other browsers have the same functionality, or what the corresponding command for those would be. You can find Firefox Aurora for Android at their website.

There's also a convenient Add-on that creates a menu shortcut for this function.


To create promo videos of my apps, I use ScreenRecorder. It allows you to record with audio and maintains screen orientation of the app being recorded. I don't think your device has to be rooted. It has a high rating and over 10 million downloads.


ServiceManager: Waiting for service media.audio_policy

The ROM finally booted.

What I did : I replaced /system/lib/audio*.so with file from working ROM (in my case, LineageOS ROM).


Any way to stop ridiculous translations in Google PlayStore?

You can force the language that app descriptions are shown in on the web version of the Play Store by changing the language code in the link. This is shown in the URL as hl=language, for example hl=en for English, hl=fi for Finnish or hl=fr for French.

So for example, to see an English description for the GMail app you'd got to this link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm&hl=en

Or in Finnish:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm&hl=fi

Or to see it in French go here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm&hl=fr

Or in German go here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm&hl=de

You'll see that all that's changed between those is the &hl= bit at the end of the link, yet the whole Play Store page including the description and reviews has changed to the relevant language.


Loss of Image quality when set as lock screen or home screen wallpaper

I have found the solution. The original image size was huge (about 2600 pixels wide). So I used Photoshop and transformed this image to 960 x 480. Now the image looks the same way when set as lock screen or home screen wallpaper like below:


How can I format my thumb drive so that I can be read by Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet

Have you tried FAT16?

As far as I am aware, the standard format for all SD CARDS is FAT16, so it should work for tablets as well.

Also, could it be that the system that you use to connect your drive to your galaxy tab is broken?


How can I tranfer contacts from old Lumia 920 to new S5

Try syncing your contacts with a Microsoft Account, exporting to a file, and then importing into Google Contacts. See this answer and this website.

Sync Microsoft Account with the Lumia
Export contacts from the People app in Outlook online
Import the contacts into Google Contacts


Can I view the sales reports/information from Android Market of my App somewhere?

I use AppMonger by Rectangular Software and I love it. There is a widget that can report sales right on the home screen. The app costs like $4.00 but it is well worth it. The developer updates the app on a regular basis and is good about giving support via email if needed. Also if bugs are reported, there is a pretty good turn around for the fix.

There are different time spans that you can select to get reports for. You can get reports for all apps or specific apps.

Some information that is supplied is:

Daily Revenue/Units Sold
Revenue/Units Sold by Product
Revenue/Units Sold by Country
Revenue/Units Sold by Day of the Week
Revenue/Units Sold by Hour of the Day
Order Statuses
Orders List


Whatsapp says "Your phone date is inaccurate", but this isn't true

Forcing Whatsapp to update through Google Play (uninstalling previous updates if necessary) seems to have fixed this.

It sounds like this is a common problem and is most often caused by a version issue, despite the misleading message (example source).


Start/join Google Hangout without Google+ account

From the support page

Do users need a Google plus account to use Hangouts?
No, but some features—using apps in video calls, sharing photos, and using circles to control who can reach you and how—require a Google+ profile. See the following for more information: Hangout video call features available with or without a Google+ profile and   Hangouts Chat vs. Google Talk

For Google app users the additional information states:

Although Google+ provides a superior experience, it is not required for Hangouts for Google Apps to work.

In the Android gapps package it appears to require a Google account, but only Google plus to send pictures.


How do you clear .thumbnails folder without hanging Windows Explorer?

You could use any file explorer directly on your Android device to do this. A good choice is e.g. ES File Explorer File Manager, which as a side-effect also enables you to directly access your PC from the Android device (accessing your Shared Folders via WiFi), and has many other nice features:

Start the app
Go to Settings → File Settings, and enable Show Hidden Files option
Navigate to the folder
long-press the folder name, and select "delete" from the pop-up menu
Confirm the deletion of folder and contents, if asked for
for "normal operations", you might want to disable Show Hidden Files again

It is pretty safe to delete the entire folder (instead of deleting all files separately). After all, with a new phone/sd card, the folder won't exist either. The app/service using the folder will simply re-create it if it does not (longer) exist.


How do I get my Android tablet on my network without getting stuck in a reboot loop?

What do I do?

Send it back. You've bought a computer that doesn't work, and fixing the problem is the responsibility of the vendor.


Before you flash a modem, try another dialer app, just in case it is at fault. Check if 3g/LTE/WiFi are working at all. Chances are that it is the modem that is causing the issue but it is easier to install an app or two before flashing basebands.
On the Samsung Galaxy S4 International LTE model: GT-I9505 you cannot flash a Modem through recovery. You must use Odin to do this.
Complete list of Modems for GT-I9505 and I9500 is here.
It is with noting that sometimes the first flash fails, and can even read as "Success" in Odin. Untick reboot and try it twice, then reboot the device.
You man need to try a couple of modems, but try initially to flash the one relative to your ROM (in your case XXUFNAD). However, the baseband (modem) can be different depending on your region/carrier/settings/ROM so a little trial and error is required. You may be using a 4.2 modem for example and this probably won't work. Most 4.3 and 4.4 modems will work fine in KitKat.
Edit:  This is the recommended modem with the NEW bootloader. This modem is XXUEMJ5 version. Try this first. Then experiment with others.
Flash it in Odin as below, HOWEVER, do it separetely without the bootloader option.

(source: omega-roms.net)


Can you restart the launcher apart from restarting the phone?

You could probably start the application with the abd shell

in the shell type

am start [DETAILS]

the usage is

usage: am [start|broadcast|instrument]
       am start -D INTENT
       am broadcast INTENT
       am instrument [-r] [-e <ARG_NAME> <ARG_VALUE>] [-p <PROF_FILE>]
                [-w] <COMPONENT>

       INTENT is described with:
                [-a <ACTION>] [-d <DATA_URI>] [-t <MIME_TYPE>]
                [-c <CATEGORY> [-c <CATEGORY>] ...]
                [-e|--es <EXTRA_KEY> <EXTRA_STRING_VALUE> ...]
                [--ez <EXTRA_KEY> <EXTRA_BOOLEAN_VALUE> ...]
                [-e|--ei <EXTRA_KEY> <EXTRA_INT_VALUE> ...]
                [-n <COMPONENT>] [-f <FLAGS>] [<URI>]

Some examples can be seen on this page.

It would require you to know a few details about the launcher in question though. It may be worth reading this thread about am usage from the android-framework google group.


Does Samsung galaxy tab pro 10.1 support exFAT on the SD card?

Yes, as indicated on the user manual. I'm currently using a Sandisk Class 4 32GB formatted with exFAT, works just fine. Stock ROM, unrooted.


Use Quick Responses with Hangouts' Implementation of Google Voice

I don't know about "Quick Responses" in general but for all SMS and MMS messages sent via the Hangouts app, you can pick in the settings which number you would like to send it via. For example in my case I can choose to send from my Verizon number or my Google voice number.


Where are all the statusbar icons stored so that I can change them?

The Status bar icons are found in SystemUI.apk  which is placed in /system/app/ folder. Use APK tool guide and decompile the SystemUI.apk file and follow this guide to make some mods as you wish.

I have used this apk to change the signal icons, mobile data icons (H, E etc), Battery 1% Modification etc.


How to limit an app's access only to specific networks?

You can use rules like this in your custom scripts:

$IPTABLES -A "droidwall-wifi" -m owner --uid-owner 12345 --destination "192.168.1.0/24" -j RETURN

Instead of 12345, you need to specify the UID assigned to the app; you can find that UID in the list of apps in DroidWall.

Remember that UIDs are assigned dynamically, and if the app is removed, the UID previously assigned to it may be assigned to a completely different app installed later.

There are some enhancement requests for DroidWall (#275, #253) requesting to add such feature, but developers did not respond to them yet.


Is it possible to uninstall stock apps in Sony Xperia E3 Dual?

You'll need to be rooted

Gain root access.

Install Titanium Backup or an equivalent

Select Batch Actions (top right corner) > Uninstall all users & system apps

Pick the system apps you want to remove, then press the checkmark at the top right hand corner


Is there any way that I can see what is on a phone that has a cracked screen

Assuming the phone has no security lock enabled, you should be able to see the media it contains if connected to a computer. If it has a memory card, you can try and use it on another device.

Assuming the phone is synced to an online account, its contacts, messages, etc. may be accessed by visiting the account online through a computer, preferably.

The only other choice I see is to repair it.


Is there no option to turn off cell broadcasting messages in HTC Desire X dual sim?

Yes. Just remove the SIM from the phone. In the message settings of phone, it will show as disabled.

Restart the phone, and check and uncheck cell broadcast settings. Then insert the SIM in your phone. It worked for my phone, so hopefully it will work for yours as well.


How to change the thumbs up icon in Facebook Messenger chat?

Using Facebook Messenger, at the conversation window, go to:

Details (top-right) --> Emoji --> Pick your Emoji.

There's no option to change Emoji using the web version yet.


Questions on phone contacts and Google contacts

Go to Contacts. Press contacts to display, then select which merged contact you want to display. Or, select all contacts. You can also customise the contacts to display.


How can I block Android apps to send emails on my behalf?

You will need to go into your Google Account settings and revoke issued permissions for any app which you no longer wish to have access to your Google account.

You can review connected apps at https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens?hl=en


LG G5: Nougat: Your device is corrupt. It cannot be trusted and will not boot

Try this:
Turn off your LG G5.
With your LG G5 connected by USB to your computer, push volume down and power button on your phone, then release power button keeping volume down pressed.

It should boot to bootloader directly.
In this state, you might unlock it with your personal unlock.bin file:

fastboot flash unlock unlock.bin

Then check if unlock is granted:

fastboot getvar unlocked

Also, you could flash TWRP recovery from here with:

fastboot flash recovery twrp-whicheverversionfits.img

If this works, please let us know :)


Emmc replace (inbuilt memory card mounter) with external memory card mounter

There's more to just internal storage in eMMC - it holds a vast array of partitions. Here's an example I just got from my phone.

As you can see many of those "blocks" (mmcblk_p_) correspond to major functions of the phone. Even more, such as EFS (stores baseband info) and sbl* (bootloader) aren't even listed here because they're even more crucial, are loaded at boot time, and doesn't allow a regular user to tinker with.

Now imagine all those partitions all shifted to an external, removable source. With proprietary formats, is it possible in the first place? Even if yes, what if one removes the media in the middle of booting up?

And lastly, eMMCs (and recently-introduced UFS2s) are significantly faster than your average SD card. Running Android on a Class 4 SD card is actually a painful experience - if you don't believe it, burn Android-x86 onto an SD card and try booting from it.


How do I reset the input language to English when I can't read the current language?

I discovered how to do this.

The icons for the various functions remain the same.

I went into

Settings (cogwheel icon) then
Language & input (white square with black A)
Top item in this menu is Language

I tapped this item and was presented with the normal list of languages,
each in its own font.


The app's homepage at http://digitalsquid.co.uk/netspoof/ lists the requirements needed for the app to work:

  Requirements

  Network Spoofer runs on Android devices with the following requirements:

  Which are rooted (‘su’).
  Have an SD card (or internal storage) with >450MB spare space.
  Which has Wifi

So I'd start by double-checking how much free space you have on your device. Then it lists the currently supported (and unsupported) models:

  Supported devices

  Currently Network Spoofer has been thoroughly tested on these devices:

  Samsung Galaxy Nexus
  HTC Nexus One
  T-Mobile G1

  It is reported working on these devices, as well as working on most
  other devices:

  LG Optimus 2x
  Huawei u8150d
  HTC Hero
  Droid Bionic
  Samsung Galaxy S / S II
  Samsung Infuse 4G

  However, Network Spoofer doesn’t currently work with:

  Droid / Droid 2 / Droid X
  Motorola Atrix

  Many other devices should and probably will work, but please
  report any odd behaviour or crashes, so I can get this working
  with more devices.

Your device unfortunately isn't on the list of currently supported devices, which means that the app's author doesn't guarantee that it will work for you.

If you follow the bug reporting link there are ways there for you to provide the dev with more information, so that they can try to get things working on your device. But before you go there, have a look at Network Spoofer's FAQ page which does list some common problems, and some ways to get round them, or what additional information you can provide to help get the problem fixed.

Finally there is currently an open bug report about Network Spoofer not working on an S4, with the same error message that you're getting, that does list how the reporter of the bug got it to work:

  I had the same problem when trying to run bt5 on my phone using the
  Complete Linux Installer app, but solved the problem by changing the
  script from the file bootscript.sh (attached) to the combination of
  the 4 other files (installbt first, then startbt, and bt, then stopbt
  to unmount everything). The chroot command is located in the bt
  script.

That could be worth trying (you'll need to visit the bug report to see the attached files).


Choose whether to connect to a Wifi network by more than just SSID

You can use the free 'WLAN' App from AVM. With it you can choose your hotspot connected to. But it does not work automatically.


ID a caller regardless of custom number prefix and/or suffix

It's possible to accomplish it using automation apps. I have used Macrodroid.

In the Triggers tab, in "Call/SMS" section, select "Call Incoming", then "Select Contact(s)". Choose "{Any Contact]", "[Any Number]", "[Non Coontact]" and "Unknown Caller". Click OK.
In the Actions tab, in "Macrodroid Specific" section, click on "Set Variable", then "[New Variable]". Click OK. Enter the variable name, set its type to "String". Keep it local then click OK.
In the Actions tab, in "Macrodroid Specific" section, click on "Text Manipulation". then "Extract Text" followed by OK. For the "Source text", click the 3-dot and select "Call number", then click OK. For "Text to match (regex)", enter ^99(.+)99$. Choose "Group 1", then for "Save variable to", select the variable create during step 1. Click OK.
Save the macro and give it a name.
Edit the macro. Click the "+" on the Actions tab. In "Conditions/Loop" section, select "If clause". Click the "+" next to conditions, then in "Macrodroid Specific" section, select "Macrodroid variable". Select the variable created in step 1, choose "Contains". Enter \w+ and enable "Enable regular expression matching". Click OK.
In the Actions tab, in "Notification" section, click on "Display Dialog". Enter the dialog title. For the dialog text, press the 3-dot and select the variable created during step 1. Click OK.
On the Actions tab, click the up and down arrows and move the Display Dialog created in step 6 between the "If" and "End If".
Save the macro. It will look like the image below.

Explanation: When you receive a call, the number will be stored in the variable. it will then be checked if it starts and ends with 99 using the regular expression ^99(.+)99$. If yes, the number without the 99s ( the (.+) part of the regex) is extracted and displayed in a dialog box. If no, then no dialog is displayed.

See Regular Expression


Perfect voice recognition, but Voice Commands don't work

According to Google's help pages on using Voice within the Search app, the Voice Actions only work for a limited set of languages:

  For most of these tips, you need to be using Android 4.1+ in English,
  French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, or
  Brazilian Portuguese. Some voice actions are not available in all
  languages and countries.

They are not referring to the Search app's "Language" setting, as that only governs language in which search results are returned.  You must change the system-wide Language setting to one the supported locales under Settings -> Language & input.  Unfortunately there is currently no way to use Voice Actions under other locales.  Google however are always improving their Search app, so it's possible that Voice Actions will become available in your country's language soon.


Gooluck wins app is missing from google playstore

According to AppBrain, that app was unpublished from the Play Store on June 9, 2019, so that's why you are unable to find it in Play Store. Also, I couldn't find a trustworthy place to download its APK from, so can't recommend any non-Google app store.

In the future if you ever come across this situation again with any other app, do a Google search and visit appbrain.com links if they are listed in the search. This site is helpful to get status of an app available in the Play Store, including unpublished ones.


I'm having trouble opening my play store

As the OP didn't report back, it seems safe to assume that the hints given in my comments to the question solved the issue:

One of the general solutions to issues with the Google Play Store app:

From your homescreen, use the menu key/button, and go to Settings › Apps
On the resulting screen, make sure to select the "All" tab
Scroll to the Google Play Store entry and open it
Chose to Clear Cache, then Delete Data, and finally Uninstall Updates1
Reboot your device (either by switching it off and on again, or long-press the Power button to bring up the "Power Menu", where you possibly can select "Reboot" directly)

1: you can try with Clear Cache only to see if that's sufficient, and if not add the other steps one after the other until you succeed


I have 4 Google accounts, so no there's not a limit of 3.  I'm guessing trying two Apps accounts is the problem.  Try adding another standard (gmail) Google account and see if that works.

Edit: I'd try a factory reset at this point.


WiFi dies if phone tries to connect to it

Sigh...

I wiped everything and installed the OxygenOS Oreo beta through adb sideload and now it works.

Hell do I know why this works now, but not even a complete OS switch to LineageOS worked.


My Galaxy i5503 (Android 2.2) is dead, they say it needs new software?

I have bad news:
It almost impossible to get data from your internal storage if your mobile does not turn on.
First we need to know more about the problem:

What do you mean under not turn on?

Does it light up or no signal at all? What if you plug it into the charger? Can you see any lights flash up? Can you get into recovery?

If none of the above happen, then I need to ask: Is your important data stored on your SD card? Most apps store their user data on SD Card so you can access them if you pull out your SD card and read from that.

If you re-install android, you WILL LOSE your internal data so if you have lots of important things on your phone (not your SD Card) you should not reinstall without backup

Colornote does not store your data internally but uploads to the cloud. See Their FAQ


Some apps do not detect an internet connection

It's either iptables, DNS or battery optimization related problem.
Because you've Knox on your Samsung device, acquiring root privilege is not an option in regard to warranty.

By the way, is your device activated with MDM? If it is, your administrator has enforced firewall policy configuration, proxy configuration, URL filtering configuration or Wi-Fi DNS policy or all of them, hence you are out of options.

If it isn't activated, but because you can't flush iptable's chains without root, try with removing VPN app and wiping cache from recovery. If problem persist, again - without root - your options are limited - hence you should factory reset your device and not install VPN app again.


Retrieving contacts from Nexus 4 with broken screen

if you got airdroid working you can use your pc screen.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid

you can get the app installed through google play online.

is your screen broken meaning you cant see it, or it also doesnt accept input?


Can I format android phone's internal storage with adb?

I just did it cant believe...............
I find a command on a website where i just place my mmcblk number that I known via Paragon exFAT,NTFS&HFS+.apk app and run this command as a Super user
  " mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p33 "
and now i got my internal storage back on my phone.


Failed to get default contexts and file mode for storage files

I posted this question over at the XDA developers forum and we have it figured out, if not completely resolved. Turns out the TWRP error was something introduced in the version 2.8.3.0, but is not present in previous versions. I have a different TF700t that had version 2.8.1.0 installed (the version immediately before the error came in). It did not have the error, but when I upgraded it to 2.8.3.0 the error appeared. When I downgraded the TWRP on both my devices to 2.8.1.0, the error went away on both.

Team Win released version 2.8.4.0 a few days ago, so I tried installing it. Unfortunately, it still displays the error.

As for the F2FS error, I found out that you should only convert the /data location to F2FS. The /system and /cache locations should stay at EXT4. Once I changed this, the install went thru just fine using F2FS.


I don't think a rooted Nexus 4 will be able to update automatically. So you might have to turn auto update off. Rooting will void its warranty.

But not to worry, rooting is good. Some how you can flash an updated version of stock ROM manually to your device.