Can i connect my androidphone to the LAN from outside to reach the TV-box?

Usually this should be possible, however it can get a bit complicated:

Check your Internet provider if you really get your own IPv4 IP address when connected to the Internet. If you are sharing the IP address with other people you can just give-up here.
Set-up a VPN server in your LAN (an old PC or a Raspberry). There are a lot of potentials servers and configurations. Make sure you choose a secure on and protect your account with a strong password.
On your router forward the VPN port to the Internet. Warning: If you set-up the VPN not well secured anybody on the Internet can connect to your home network and connect to all your devices that are usually not visible from the Internet
When not at home you must be able to find your VPN server. Usually you use a dyn-dns service. On the computer running the VPN service ayou can also install the dyn-dns client. It updates the dyn dns record in case your public IP changes.
Configure your Android device to connect to your VPN server. After the connection has been established the Android device is visible in your home network and video streaming should be possible.


How to add secondary patition on sd card to internal memory?

Note: Techicnally you probably couled use a FAT32 partition but I've had issues on several devices.

For Link2SD you need 2 partitions:

1) FAT32 this is your file storage, photos, media etc.

2) EXT3 (Or EXT2 or EXT4, but 3 has always worked for me) partition. This is the part this will be recognised as new 'internal memory'.

 There is a full tutorial on XDA here and the keypoints are:

  Next, create an ext2/ext3/ext4 partition (I suggest ext2 cause it works on all roms and kernels). This is where your apps will go. I suggest a value of 512Mb would be big enough.

Personally I use 1024 Mb.

  Open Link2sd. You will be prompted to choose between ext2, ext3, ext4 and FAT32. Select the one you used.

  It will say mount script created. Reboot your phone now

  Go to Link2sd > Settings > Check the autolink (to automatically move apps upon installation)

  To check your memory, select “Storage Info”. This will show you the current state of your internal memory, FAT32, and Ext# partition.


Wi-Fi hotspot with access of device storage

Your question is not quite clear and I assume that you wanted to turn on Hotspot on your first device and connect to the Hotspot on your second device and access the Internal Storage of the first device.

What you could try is by using a File Manager app called "FX File Manager: The file manager with privacy" and it is available for download in the Google Play Store

Step 1:
Open up FX and navigate to the Web Access feature.

Step 2:
Turn on your Wi-Fi Hotspot

Step 3:
Turn on Web Access by pressing on the "Power On" button

Step 4:
A web "link" and a password will be displayed and you will need to type in this "link" on the second device (make sure you are connected to the first device's hotspot on your second device)

Step 5:
Enter the "link" displayed in Web Access and enter the password if prompted.

There you have it, you should have access to your first device's storage!


Soft bricked Moto G4 (XT1625) after SuperSU install

Proper research would have prevented this, in the future if you need information on rooting a device, go to a REPUTABLE source like XDA or a similar forum and make sure the information is specific to your device AND the current Android version. Lollipop, Marshmallow, and now Nougat are changing the way rooting is being done.

All retail/unlocked Moto devices running Marshmallow have an extra step that is required when flashing to force a systemless root installation by the SuperSU install script.

After successfully flashing TWRP and booting it, go to Advanced - Terminal and enter:

echo SYSTEMLESS=true>>/data/.supersu

And press Enter, then exit. The spelling and spacing must be exact or it won't work. Then go to the main menu of TWRP and flash SuperSU normally, you should see the script specifically state it is doing a systemless install and patch the boot image (and in your case, cleanup an old standard root installation).

Source

Please use only the referenced version from my thread (yes, I am the original author of that source thread), they are tested and working to both root the device, and cleanup a failed root.

Be aware on the first boot after this procedure, the device will boot loop twice, do not be concerned, this is normal, then it will boot normally after that.

And since you did not do a nandroid backup before rooting (shakes head), you may need to flash back to stock via fastboot before this procedure will work. The image for your device is available here. Remember that you cannot flash this in TWRP, you MUST flash each partition manually with fastboot and this will return the device to out of the box condition.


How can I move application user data (user specific settings, savegames, ...) to a different user?

I would use the app Titanium Backup.
1. Install Titanium Backup on the first user profile
2. Make a backup of the app or apps from the first user.
3. Install Titanium Backup on the second user profile
4. Restore data only to the second user profile

That should do the trick.

For instructions on how to use Titanium Backup look here: http://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/titanium-backup-kb/titanium-backup-user-guide.html#backup


Is there a DLNA enabled media player for Android?

UPnPlay is an Alpha release and apparently still a bit glitchy, but still some positive reviews.


Never had this problem before, and my Moto 360 updated OK.  I know it is a pain in the butt, but I would do a factory reset on the watch.  The best way to fix problems on these wearables are to reset them - there's no way to debug when they're just Bluetooth.


How can I monitor the device battery consumption?

You could take a look at SystemPanel1 or System Tuner2. Both let you monitor your ressource consumption (not only battery), and (at least in their respective Pro versions) also offer to do so in background, collecting data for later evaluation. System Tuner2 also offers a bunch of nice widgets3 for your homescreen, if you need to watch things for a while.

EDIT:

After seeing Mihic's comment above, I noticed I missed another important point: While up to Froyo, "dialing" the magic number *#*#4636#*#* brought up a nice system menu (it still does that part) including many battery stats, the latter (battery stats) have been removed since Gingerbread. If your device is rooted, BetterBatteryStats can bring those back -- and do a great deal to help you identifying battery hogs:

These two screenshots show you the most important information BetterBatteryStats provides: Which apps used the most battery power while the device tried to sleep3 -- and those who kept the device awake4, preventing DeepSleep and such "PowerSave Mode". Just helped me getting 20% more battery out of my device ;)


Does wi-fi sleep policy "never" mean that my phone's battery will be drain a lot faster?

If you have "wifi-sleep" on, when the device goes to sleep, the wifi connection will disconnect from the access point. It doesn't happen right as the device goes to sleep, but a little delay after. It shouldn't drain the battery much more then just having wifi on.

Of course, if you have very network active apps running, then it may drain it a bit more. But on the other side, if wifi goes to sleep, and you have network active apps, they will just use your mobile connection, if it is available.


Loren, this is most likely due to your internal storage being full. By default, applications may be installing to your local storage. The easiest solution here will be to uninstall any unimportant applications and then install AppMgrIII or a similar application. This will then allow you to migrate larger applications to your SD card.

From memory (this may not be accurate) all applications that are not system installed applications can be moved to the SD card.

If you feel I have answered this please mark it so. If there is anything I have missed, or something wrong, let me know.


Although the OS of Moto phones bears a resemblance to Google's stock or AOSP, Moto themselves isn't as committed as Google themselves to bring security patches in time - in fact, they explicitly stated that they will NOT guarantee monthly security patches like Google does with its Nexus/Pixel line.

As of now there's nothing you can do if you want to keep your warranty and stay away from custom ROMs.


Why do I have duplicate contact birthdays on Android calendar?

"
TomSawyer_2112

Hey Guys,

I had to clear the Calendar Data for the Bday to show on my calendar. This is what I did,
Go to Settings-Applications-Manage applications, then select Calendar Storage then "delete data". After doing this the screen (HTC EVO) will reboot (white screen with the HTC Logo).

After clearing the data, go to the calendar setting and add the Bbay.

Hope this work for you.
"

Source:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=58d284f1a1f36866&hl=en


Yes. Qualcomm devices come with an Emergency Downloader EDL mode which helps to recover from a hardbrick. You need a Flashtool and Qualcomm EDL drivers. In order to access EDL mode, you need to use an EDL cable or short JTAG pins inside the phone.


How can you add an reoccuring appointment at the last day of every month in the calendar

Not exactly.  Here is what I ended up doing.  Maybe it will work for you:  In my case, I wanted an appointment to appear at a specified time on the last day of the month and remind me 1 hour early.  I ended up making my appointment on the 1st day of every month and then setting reminders to SMS message me 25 hours early and 24 hours early, respectively.

It seems that if you want it exactly on the last day, most people resort to setting up 12 separate appointments, one for each month, that repeat annually.  But, then you'll have that 29th day of February to deal with as was the case this year.  Mine worked anyway...


How can I determine the space used by contacts on my Android device?

Go to the Settings app (not the settings in the Contacts app). Go to the list of apps (Apps or Applications manager) and change from Downloaded to All. Find an app in the list called Contacts storage and click on it. There you can see how much storage it's using. Since this app only stores your contacts, all that storage is being used for your contacts. (Actually, it takes up some space even when you have no contacts, but only about 4kB.)


How to change contacts name in Whatsapp?

You can follow these steps:

Rename the contact in your phone book and save.
Go to Settings > Account > whatsapp > sync now (or any similar option)
Check if this has worked.

TIP you can force close whatsapp and try.

If the above method doesn't work

Backup contacts
Go to edit contact of the one you wanna change.
Copy the number of that contact.
Delete the contact.
Go to whatapp and refresh whatsapp contacts.
Add the contact number you copied with the desired name you want as a "new contact" in your address book.


Can't flash custom TWRP recovery image on Motorola Moto G7 Power phone

G7 Power, being a new device, has the new A/B partition layout, requiring new installation procedures that differ from standard A-only devices. This is clearly outlined in the thread where you got your image from:

  This device has 2 "slots" for ROMs / firmware. TWRP will detect whichever slot is currently active and use that slot for backup AND restore. There are buttons on the reboot page and under backup -> options to change slots. Changing the active slot will cause TWRP to switch which slot that TWRP is backing up or restoring. You can make a backup of slot A, switch to B, then restore the backup which will restore the backup of A to slot B. Changing the slot in TWRP also tells the bootloader to boot that slot.

  Decryption only works when TWRP is permanently installed.

  Installation

  To temporarily boot this recovery:

  fastboot boot twrp-version-build-river.img

  To permanently install it:

  Temporarily boot TWRP
  Put the TWRP image in your external SD Card or, in case you don't have one, push it to /data with adb this way: adb push twrp-version-build-river.img /data/
  Tap Advanced -> Install Recovery Ramdisk -> Navigate to /data or /external_sd and select TWRP -> Swipe to Install
  If you previously installed Magisk: Select Fix Recovery Bootloop from Advanced to fix/avoid recovery bootloops
  Done! Optionally you can delete TWRP from /data or from your external SD Card now.

Read more carefully next time...


How to select menu item in Android System Recovery? LG Optimus One P500

What type of System Recovery do you have? On my P500 everything is fine.

In AmonRA Recovery there are such bindings:

VolUp/VolDown - moving through menus
Back - previous menu level, cancel action
Menu - select menu item, approve action

Also I've noted that from some time back button doesn't work every time as I press it. I think it is hardware problem. Maybe I need to disassemble phone and make it maintenance.


What is the file path of a sd card when it is formatted as internal?

It would be located in the /mnt partition under the expand folder.
For example mine is located:

  /mnt/expand/ee031623-1634-40d1-9f9f-902d68eceaee/


Emil! Believe it or not, it's not the problem of your SD card,but your phone. In fact, the crash of our SD cards is not common. Generally speaking, lots of phones have difficulty in loading large memory SD cards. So when you make some abnormal operations, your phone will pop up some warning information. But at this moment, you should stay calm and you shouldn't consent its requirement, or it can not recognize your SD any more. Therefore, you'd better shut down your phone and power on it again. If the phone screen pops up "SD card is blank or has unsupported filesystems", you just tap"No".


What is the difference between GSM and WCDMA when switching to manual Network Mode?

What the phone's essentially asking you here is, do you want to use only 2G data networks, only 3G data networks, or automatically switch between them depending which is best?

The GSM setting will give you access to 2G (and 2.5G) data networks using GPRS or EDGE data standards and speeds.

WCDMA will give you access to 3G networks (using either normal 3G or HSDPA standards and speeds).

The normal setting would be Auto, which lets the phone automatically select the best (normally fastest) data network that it can pick up in the area that you're currently in, but as this involves using all the 2G and 3G chips and antennae this uses more power than forcing the phone to always use one or the other.

The downside to picking GSM is that it will stop your phone connecting to high speed 3G data networks, but will save power as the 3G (WCDMA) chips and antenna won't be used.

The downside to picking WCDMA is that it will stop your phone from using 2G networks at all (so if you're in an area with no 3G support, then your phone will have no data signal) but if you're in an area that you know has good 3G signal, then selecting this will save power.


It appears like your SD card is corrupted, take backup of your important files and do a format.

Some linux formatting guide can be found here SD card formatting linux


How do I delete podcasts downloaded by podbean?

I'd prefer if it didn't download them unless I tell it to...

Unless you click on the 3 dots (top right) to download, it won't. And you can remove downloads from same place

  .... allow me to delete them when I'm done listening to them

Settings → Disable Delete Played episodes

For more understanding on how the app works see this YouTube Video


Photos in the Camera folder in the Gallery were deleted automatically in my Android phone

In the comments you said:

  I have found many previously sent images in WhatsApp now which confirms that images has not been deleted. But the matter is that the images are not shown in the gallery. What should I do to recover image?

So you are telling me that the images are still on your phone, but not deleted? If that is the case it may be cause of a .nomedia file in the same folder as your photos.

You should check in your whatsapp folder and look for a .nomedia file. (/Whatsapp/).
And for your photos you made with the camera app, you should look in /DCIM/Camera/ (you can do that e.g. using the "My Files" app which is pre-installed on your device; the .nomedia files could be in DCIM or in DCIM/Camera – ignore other locations for now).
If you find a .nomedia file in one of these directories, then you should delete the file and then your photos should appear again in your gallery. If you still don't see the photos after you deleted the file, reboot your phone.

Hope my answer helps! If there is no .nomedia file, leave a comment below so I can help you further.


Where is the default alarm clock melody stored on Android 4.1?

/system/media/audio/alarms

Care to search?

Copy them to the Alarms directory under internal storage of your Note 3 - you should't need to put them into the same system location.


When is an "in app purchase" not an in app purchase?

I think that you have mis-interpreted

  For applications and all in-app products that you choose to sell on
  Google Play

to mean all purchases made through apps distributed via Google Play rather than purchases made using the Google Play Store. When you use the Ebay app they don't take payment via Google Play and therefore do not need to pay Google 30%.

Having said that... as mentioned by Dan Hulme the Google Play terms prohibit using other payment mechanisms for purchases that are are entirely within the app (i.e. excluding magazine subscriptions, other kinds of downloadable content, and purchases of physical goods)

  App purchases:

  Developers charging for apps and downloads from Google Play must do so by using Google Play's payment system.

  In-app purchases:

  Developers offering virtual goods or currencies within a game downloaded from Google Play must use Google Play's in-app billing
  service as the method of payment.
  Developers offering additional content, services or functionality within another category of app downloaded from Google Play must use
  Google Play's in-app billing service as the method of payment, except:

  where payment is primarily for physical goods or services (e.g., buying movie tickets, or buying a publication where the price also
  includes a hard copy subscription); or
  where payment is for digital content or goods that may be consumed outside of the app itself (e.g., buying songs that can be played on
  other music players).


As your contacts are synchronized with your Google account, you can:

get them in Google Contacts or
use an export tool to select just the contacts you want and export them to a CSV file.


How to disable screen lock on Huawei P8 lite?

I have same problem and nothing worked, including clear credentials. Only thing that I didn't try is set pattern lock + extra PIN and then provide wrong pattern 5 time. On other topic they say that is working. Here is the link.


As the device has failed to be recognised correctly (failed) I would suggest uninstalling the device from windows or updating the driver, however looking up device id in this forum,suggests various other options could fix the problem.


Add an APN to Samsung Galaxy S3 running 4.1.1

I have been told by Verizon that it's a bug on the Samsung Note 2 and S3 after Jelly bean. Verizon / Samsung are working on a fix so you can modify the APN in near future.

Verizon didn't intend a deliberate prevention on their part (confirmed by the fact Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2 running android DOES allow you to modify the APN and works perfectly for calls/text/data overseas). I have both so I should know

Roll on a fix fast....


How does one install an emulator onto the Playstation phone (Sony Xperia Play)?

Yes there are! Currently I found a Mame, Gameboy, N64, Snes, ScummVM (emulates classic adventure titles like Secret of Monkey Island, THE DIG, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango and Broken Sword) and a Genesis emulator.

All of them use the PSX buttons but you need to configure all of them in the internal emulator configuration.

I have them all installed but I only tested the MAME, Sness and ScummVM emulator. I also have been told that some of these were removed from the market since they were paid apps that were copied from open source emulators. I have no idea about the legality of the use of emulators.

Since some of the APKs are not available via Market you'll need to install a file manager and allow the android system to install apps that are not from the market.

I really can't find the direct links to the emulators, but here it is their websites:

Gameboy
N64oid
SNES A. D.
ScummVM
Genplus-Droid (GENESIS)
Tiger Emulator (MAME)

Btw: The Tiger Emulator page says that it also emulates other platforms, I've only tried Marvel vs Capcom and Metal Slug.

Oh yeah, they also run great with zero lag but they'll usually suck your battery dry.

Edit: I tested all of them and everyone works like a charm, with the exception of the N64 emulator. Some games like Mario Kart 64 run OK and other like Pillotwings64 are unplayable.

Double Edit: I've been doing some research about PSX emulators and some close friends have recommended me FPse (Free Playstation Emulator) - it's supposed to be free but someone is selling it on the Droid Market.

I haven't got the chance to test it and I'll only get my PSX games after the weekend I believe that if someone does want to emulate PSX, it seems like a good way to start.


LG G6 - "Charging blocked, moisture detected", would rooting help?

Try cleaning your charging port. There might be water there.


What is true name of android (download/fastboot/odin) mode?

It is Download mode you boot the device into to use Odin. I've included a bit more info if you wanted anything deeper.
 See this post "What is Download mode"

As for Download mode, for example ODIN is commonly used on Samsung devices to flash ROMs, those devices needs to be in download mode prior to flashing. However, ODIN is not the official way to do it, rather Kies, is the official route in upgrading the firmware, this is for Samsung devices for example.

You can boot into Recovery mode also to use your recovery to make backups, wipe data, flash ROMs directly on the device.
XDA Wiki on Android Recovery and here is a short extract.

Recovery is stored in a disk partition separate from the main Android partitions (boot/kernel, root/system). It contains its own Linux kernel, separate from the kernel of the main Android system. Because of separate kernel+recovery_apps, the device is able to boot into the recovery mode even if the main system is broken, allowing the user a set of tools to fix the device. The recovery is completely independent of the Android system.

 See here for the CyanogenMod wiki on Fastboot and an extract:

fastboot is a small tool that comes with the Android SDK (software developer kit) that can be used to re-flash partitions on your device. It is an alternative to the recovery mode for doing installations and updates.
Because fastboot mode can start on your device even before Android loads (and can even run when Android isn't installed at all), fastboot mode is useful for updating the firmware quickly, without having to use a recovery mode. In fact, it's frequently the preferred way to initially install the recovery image on many devices. Fastboot can also be used for developer operations like unlocking the bootloader of Google's Nexus devices.


How to receive call and force that call to ring indefinitely to the caller but not the receiver

What you want is mostly a carrier-specific circumstance, and less of an Android device one.  Though, some OEMs support the ability to turn off call forwarding via Call app settings:

Device > Apps > Phone > More settings > Call forwarding > Voice call.  Then, disable these three things: "Forward When Busy", "Forward When Unanswered" and "Forward When Unreached".  This option may not be available on your device.

If the above option isn't offered on your device, you will have to log onto or call AT&T customer support to turn off voice mail for your account.

See: https://forums.att.com/t5/AT-T-Phone-Features/Turn-Voicemail-On-and-Off/td-p/3606949


How can I increase the lock screen delay?

Try using Delayed Lock - works with ICS but you need to be rooted ONLY if you want Pattern Lock. PIN and password lock do not require a device to be rooted to use this app.

There's a trial version which I highly recommend you try and use before making a decision. There are also available free plugins to automatically keep the device unlocked while connected to a specific WiFi network / Bluetooth device or at certain locations.


How to go back to stable rom from beta rom in Redmi Note 4?

I would suggest to apply for the unlock. The possibility of not being accepted is rather low. it takes around two days to get accepted but do not forget to go into the developer mode and pair the phone with the account because that needs to be done 3 days prior to attempting an unlock.

Now to the main question. You can download the zip for the version of the ROM you want to go back to and from here
Throw it in the downloaded_rom folder, go in the updater app, click dots on upper right corner, choose update package.

Now... there is a slight possibility that it might not work, failing when it tries to verify the package. If that happens then unlocking the bootloader is your only option.


i9300 is international model of Samsung Galaxy S3. So it won't come up with any specific carrier. You can also use i9300 with any carrier as you like.
but there are some other models with specific carriers. If you want use them ,you need to unlock it.
Like:
1747- At&T US....

You can check carriers and S3 model names here


Stuck at Logo, Download Mode doesn't appear, Vol buttons don't work in Recovery mode

I could not solve this problem without using a jig.

I bought a USB jig for the device and forced it to enable Download mode. Odin did rest of the job.


how to downgrade moto g 2nd gen from lollipop to kitkat without root

A downgrade (as well as an upgrade) can be performed by flashing the corresponding ROM that match your device configuration, that is  MOTO-G (2nd Gen.)

So, first thing is to find Appropriate ROM for your device MOTO-G.(2nd Gen.)
You may find more hints at this LINK.

Once you find the ROM, you can downgrade(or upgrade), as needed. Refer rom-flashing for more details and instructions related to ROM Flashing.


Mobile Google Maps' setting for receiving location share notifications

First of all try clearing the cache of Google Maps application.

Secondly try changing the appropriate notification switch using the following steps:

Open the Google Maps application
Tap Menu Menu, go to  Settings >> Notifications >> People and places >> location sharing (get updates when people share with you on maps)
Next to the notification (location sharing), turn on the switch (if enabled already, turn the slider off and then on).


The screen is definitely damaged. The only solution is to replace it.


TI SensorTag firmware Update through OAD(over-the air ) in android

It's not available because you have an old version of the TI firmware in your SensorTag. Some months ago they added the "Connection control service" to the SensorTag firmware to enable OAD with Android. If your firmware is not recent, it has the OAD Service but not the Connection Control Service, so you'll have to use iOS to to OAD.


Can I purchase apps from the Amazon App Store without an Android Device?

By using an Android emulator such as Genymotion or the one provided by Google, you can download the Amazon Appstore on that "device" and authorize it that way. From then on, you can just get the App of the Day by visiting this link from your desktop browser.


Make Google Play Books store ebooks to external storage

You must root your device and move the application to an external storage because the application stores the E-books in com.google.android. file. Unfortunately your application won't work if you move that folder without rooting.


where can I find fuse.ko file for my huawei u8160?

You can build that module yourself from the source code of the Linux kernel your device is running (presumably some Cyanogenmod kernel).

You can find out which kernel your device is running, and with which compiler it was built, using cat /proc/version.  Try finding the corresponding kernel sources in the Cyanogenmod repositories.
The kernel configuration file used to build your kernel (.config) should come with the kernel sources.  If you're lucky, you can dump it with zcat /proc/config.gz on your device.  Put the .config file into your source tree.
Find a matching compiler.  Typically, one of the compilers coming with the NDK will be fine.
If the kernel uses modversions, you first need to build the kernel to get the Module.symvers file right.  Assuming the NDK's cross compiler is in your path, try:

make -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-androideabi-

One you have a kernel, add the modules you need to the configuration by using the xconfig (or menuconfig) make targets:

make -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-androideabi- xconfig

Build the module.

make -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-androideabi- modules

If insmod'ing the module fails with an error saying that _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ was not found, try adding the -fno-pic option:

make -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-androideabi- XTRA_CFLAGS=-fno-pic modules

Good luck.


How to create playlist for all files in folder?

I know this is old, but it's in the top results for "Android create playlist from a folder" so I thought I'd add this:

Playlist Creator 2: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ksdeveloper.playlistcreator.v2

(From what I read, the not so good rating comes from the inhability of the developer to explain how it works, but it's really simple)

Download and open the app. (Duh)
Top right> Use file explorer.
Navigate to the desired folder and long press it.
Pick "Add whole folder as playlist".
Press the top right icon to open the playlist, name it, Create Playlist.

And voilà, you'll see the playlist in the Google music app and any common music player.


Can I stop a WhatsApp message from being delivered?

Whatsapp marks messages that have been delivered from the sender to the Whatsapp servers with a single tick, and messages delivered from the Whatsapp servers to the recipient with two ticks. After the single tick has appeared, the message is already on the server and can't be removed/aborted.

If your data connection is slow/unavailable, you can cancel the message by deleting it before the tick appears.


How can I search for a contact by its phone number?

HTC's Sense UI gives you this functionality out of the box.  In the Phone app if you start typing the phone number, it will filter your contacts that include either that number, or the contact's name via T9 representation.

If you are not running Sense IU, I suggest trying 3rd-party apps that imitate the HTC Dialer functionality.  Try Dialer One or aContacts, for example.


How do I enable multilingual suggestions in GBoard

https://android.stackexchange.com/a/165510

"On the the keyboard options you'll find settings for Languages, Preferences, Theme... and in Text correction you'll find the toggle you're looking for: multilingual typing."


What are the advantages of Android apps being single threaded?

Android apps aren't single-threaded. Although there's one main thread as described in the documentation you quoted, apps can start as many other threads as they need.

The advantage of all GUI interactions being on one thread is that the GUI code can be simpler, faster, and more predictable, because GUI state isn't being changed concurrently from different threads. It also makes thread-safety easier for app developers by providing a message queue, similar to those found in other OSes' GUI frameworks. The app author just needs to make sure all long operations are performed in background threads, sending messages back to the main thread to update the GUI, and that way the GUI remains responsive all the time.


Remove recent texts from phone contact screen

I think I found the fix. Settings -> Apps & notifications -> App permissions -> SMS permissions.  Remove permission for it to access Contacts.  It's kind of backward thinking.  It looks like the Messaging app (default on my Pixel) was posting my recent text activity to the Contacts app.  My phone history is still listed under each contact as most apps do.


Looking for a log file telling me when my phone was on?

I found this answer useful. It might help you with what you're looking to accomplish:

Log file locations

As an alternative, there's an app that can help you analyze logs:

aLogcat (free) - logcat


HTC One internal storage performing very slowly

Resetting my phone did the trick.

This isn't a very good answer, as I don't know the root cause. I'm going to slowly add back apps and see if there's a particular one that might have been a bit IO greedy. So far I've added most back and its still fantastically fast again. Haven't signed into Facebook yet... I've always had my suspicions...


You can try :

Air Display by Avatron
iDisplay
Splashtop


Is there a way to reinstall a built in application in my Android phone?

You can find disabled apps in Settings, Then App Manager(might be named something similar, per your device) Then you should be able to swipe left and right to find Downloaded apps, Apps on SD Card, All Apps, Then there should be one for disabled apps. Select the app and it will bring up the menu you used to disable them. Then you can re-enable them.


Avoiding "my cheek hung up on you" on an Optimus T?

It turns out that by avoiding touching it with her cheek she was turning the phone a bit and moving the proximity/light sensor away from her ear, which turned the screen on and was causing the hangups.

When she presses the speaker firmly against her ear the screen locks like it's supposed to.


How do I get my apps from device A to automatically install on device B when I sign in to my Google account?

If you go Menu -> Settings -> Privacy there are two options.  They are Back up my data and Auto restore.  Are they both checked?


Sync Chrome Mobile with Desktop Firefox?

There's no direct relation between the Chrome Mobile and any Firefox version.

What you can do, is to synchronize the information from your Chrome mobile to the Chrome desktop version, and then, using a desktop application, pass the bookmarks for any other browser.

Xmarks is a FREE Bookmark Sync application that supports among others, synchronization between Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox:

  Install Xmarks on each computer you use, and it seamlessly integrates with your web browser and keeps your bookmarks safely backed up and in sync.

  Xmarks will sync across browsers too. Today we support Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Safari (Mac OS).

Additionally, you can go Premium and benefit from the Android application to ease the process:

Premium Features Overview

  Xmarks on Android
  The Xmarks mobile app for Android is available in the Google Play Store. You can also install via lastpass.com/xmarks.apk

  It lets Xmarks Premium users access all their desktop bookmarks and open tabs on their device.

  Supports Google Android 1.5+

Xmarks for Premium Customers by LastPass available from Google Play Store.

  Bookmark Sync and Web Discovery

  Application that will allow you to carry your Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) data around with you.

  Sync bookmarks with Android Browser
  Add, update, and delete Bookmarks
  View Open Remote Tabs

As for the remaining browser capabilities, like saved passwords, AFAIK you can only pass them to the Google Chrome desktop version.


Enable framebuffer console in Android kernel source

You didn't really say what you were trying to do exactly-- but if I understand right, and you're any good with soldering, it sounds like you might want to find the UART pins on your device, then tap that and use a serial connection to your computer to read the bootloader output (via minicom or some other terminal emulator) and access the live console that way.  You may also be able to get serial data from the USB during boot.

Of course, if you are just stuck with a non-booting system and trying to recover a device, you might use odin/heimdall to reflash your boot image (including a new kernel) or install a custom recovery image and use that to flash a ROM with a good kernel.

It sounds like you're possibly deliberately messing with your own built kernels- maybe to upgrade to a new kernel base or something?  If that's the case, an alternative to seeing the kernel messages onscreen is to enable PSTORE (the file system-based replacement for /proc/last_kmesg), which will let you view the dmesg/kernel console + any panic messages after a bad boot on the next reboot (so long as the ram doesn't get overwritten).  Take a look at this example from the trlte (Samsung Note 4) kernel for how to implement it in the newer kernels.  (If it's an older kernel you may just need to turn on last_kmesg.)


What does unlocking the bootloader have to do with rooting?

Unlocking boot loader is NOT mandatory for all devices. Unlocking, is to facilitate flashing of unsigned images as in custom ROMs. Even if you unlock bootloader, for rooting only, it exposes you to security concerns (see question linked at end of this answer ).
If your bootloader is unlocked already, there is no need to unlock . There are devices with unlocked bootloader and for those you can proceed to root directly. For example
Majority of devices seem to require unlocking
This question explains well things about unlocking
Is it possible to unlock the bootloader without root access?
Rooting procedures do NOT change the bootloader. That would be dangerous

Also see , Why does unlocking the bootloader wipe phone?


How to install android from my Computer terminal?

You can boot into the bootloader and flash the phone with a RUU file from here or from here. Download the one suitable for your CID (Carrier ID).

adb reboot-bootloader


Its whether or not you've currently got a connection to Google's servers for sync services such as syncing contacts. Gray means you don't but blue means you do.


How do I expand my Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray internal storage?

I am sorry, but you can't expend the internal storage; all you can do is move on SD card every application that accept that.

To do that, you can go in Settings -> Apps -> On SD card, and see that all the apps in that list are checked.

If any app is un-checked, click on it, and chose Move to SD card on its info page.

Also, if you root your phone, you can have complete control over the apps installed on internal memory, delete those that came pre-installed that you are not using, and maybe move more on SD card.


Know of an app that lets you transfer a text message conversation into an email?

In the stock Android messaging app, you can hold your finger on a message for a few moments and then select the "Copy Message Text" option, then paste it into any app you'd like.

That would work fine for individual messages, as far as entire threads go, that I'm not sure.  I'd probably go the geeky route personally and open up the .db file that contains all the text messages with an sqlite3 binary and manually peruse the database, copying what I need out of it.


Though I found no concrete specs saying all (or which) Android devices might (or might not) support it, there are strong indications that it's possible (and at least partly supported):

Jabra advertizes its app for Dolby sound. No explicit mention of "Dolby digital, though.
XDA has a thread titled Beats audio with dolby digital advanced audio; as you can see, this explicitly mentions "Dolby digital". As this discusses an Android app, this pre-supposes the technical possibility.
AndroidAyuda.com has a Spanish article on this topic, which also implicates the availability

There are about 5 million hits for a google search on 'android "dolby digital"', which you might want to check some more from. The few I've picked didn't state any restrictions as to the device (though there are probably some, for what use does the support make if you have no appropriate output, such as HDMI). But it's clear that the Android OS is no hindrance to it.

TL;DR: Android itself can obviously deal with it, if the device supports it.


Can't activate Google Play Store and can't cheat gmail account

You could reboot into your phone's bootloader and re-install GApps (Google apps). You can download GApps from here. http://opengapps.org/


By looking at the inf file, you can find that it tells to use the WinUSB driver. So there is a better solution than disabling driver signature enforcement, you can use the tool Zadig (http://zadig.akeo.ie/). This tools create a self-signed inf for this specific device, using ephemeral keys, added to the trusted certificate store (for this only device / inf), removing the need to disable signature check.

So you can do this :

Download the tool, start it.
Select the "S1Boot fastboot" device
Select the WinUSB Driver
Click Install

And then fastboot devices list your device.


Calibrating/Correctly draining an Extended Battery

Firstly, battery calibration is a myth, normal or extended battery. See Bought a new battery, do I need to calibrate it?
Next, with extended batteries, there is always a possibility that the correct capacity of the battery is not being read  by the ROM and displayed ( since there are two different sources for reading the battery capacity and it may be reading from the hardcoded (ROM) rather than battery capacity files. See for more details here Where are the battery capacity files located?)

What you can do

Measure the actual capacity of your battery as explained here How to determine maximum capacity of a battery in mAh? - received fake battery using the app mentioned.
Adjust the capacity of the battery manually in the app (from Battery Manager → Tap the 4 small square icon → Adjust Capacity or use Configuration Wizard) and create a shortcut on your home screen for the Battery Mgr widget and use that to measure

You can optionally avoid the first step above if you trust the battery provider capacity and adjust on the app


Yes, Every member of the group will be notified when you change(s):

• Group Name

• Group Description

• Group Icon


samsung galaxy a3: block all notifications except email and sms

For most phones with Android Lollipop: on any home screen (while music is off), press the phone's volume down button, then select Priority.

(Click image to enlarge)

NOTE: If you choose None, then you will not be notified of any call, message, reminder or even alarm.

If the volume button shortcut doesn't work, try going to Settings → Sounds → Interruptions. There will be an option to select Allow only priority interruptions. The wording may be slightly different though.

For some Samsung devices, this FAQ  will be helpful.

See also:

Android Lollipop has killed Silent Mode: here's how to use Priority Mode
How to Set Up Android’s Priority Mode (and Get Back Silent Mode)
Set up 'Priority' mode on Android 5.0 Lollipop


What does the "no command" screen mean? (Trying to execute hard reset Recovery)

Moto X Factory Reset is possible in two ways:

Settings → Backup & reset →Factory Data Reset →Reset Phone.

OR

Alternate way (External Reset below)

Vol Dn  + Power  press for few seconds
From the "Boot Mode Selection Menu" screen, select Recovery.

Note: Use the Volume Down button to scroll through the menu options and the Volume Up button to select.

From the "No Command" screen (Android figure lying on his back), press and hold the Power then press and release the Volume Up button to display the menu options.
Select "wipe data/factory reset".

Note: Use the Volume buttons to highlight and the Power button to select.

Select Yes - delete all user data

As you can see from above, you are at the intermediate step of factory reset, while the first method is far simpler

Device is LOCKED refers to the status corresponding to Bootloader is locked. It has nothing to do with security password

Huge thanks to acejavelin for providing an explanation of No Command, reproduced:

  The No Command screen means recovery checked the normal area (/cache) for an update file, like an OTA, and it didn't find one, so it had "No Command" to execute. Android's stock recovery is intended for the normal, everyday user, giving them a menu they could easily access could cause lots of potentially angry people who are just playing around and reset their device by accident. Stock recovery, and it's menu, are specifically engineered so that you have to take special steps to do anything. The No Command screen, meaning no automated script, is part of that safe guard.


How can I find my phone when it's on silent/vibrate mode?

If you have a Google account associated with the device, you can use Google Device Manager to send an alert to your phone.

  Sign in to your Google Account on android.com/devicemanager.
  If you have more than one device, click the arrow next to the device name to select a different device.
  Select any of the following options in the top left corner of the screen:

  Ring: Rings your device at full volume for 5 minutes - even if it's set to silent or vibrate.
  Lock: Locks your device with a new password.
  Erase: Permanently deletes all of your data.

You can also use the Device Manager Android app for this.

  Download and install the Android Device Manager app from the Google Play store on your device.
  Open the Device Manager app on your device.
  Sign in to your Google Account.
  If you have more than one device, click the arrow next to the device name to select a different device.
  Select any of the following options in the top left corner of the screen:

  Ring: Rings your device at full volume for 5 minutes - even if it's set to silent or vibrate.
  Lock: Locks your device with a new password.
  Erase: Permanently deletes all of your data.

(source: Android Device Manager - Google Help)


How can I copy the email address of the recipient when I compose a new email in Microsoft Outlook for Android?

You can't copy email addresses that are already "formatted" as in your image when using Outlook for Android. While other email apps offer this basic feature, Microsoft simply does not implement it.

You must either enter the full email manually then copy it. Or search for the email (using the search tool), when found, click on the email address next to the envelope. A window will appear with "Copy" as an option.


default_gain.conf not present (for volume)

Try the app speaker booster on the play store. It claims to increase your volume/loudness by (up to) 30%, and I must say that (after trying it) it's pretty successful, with a handful of devices not getting boosted by it (it made my LG G2 quieter)

Also, it does not need root.


the problem is not with the installation of google play services, it's actually with the updation of google play services .
To fix either go to googleplay store and update the services or click on the notif that says "this app won't run unless you update google play services".

hope it works :)


Customize date display format? [Android 7]

Try en-CA locale setting.

It uses well-formed English, as well as ISO units and formats.


Can "adb remount" be used on a stock phone (unrooted)?

Without root: No, for security reasons this command is only accessible for the superuser.
Standard firmware, rooted: Yes, if the partition you like to remount is not in a locked flash region (HTC calls that S-on/S-off)


Old files not showing up on PC. Suggestions for Workarounds?

You can use Airdroid to transfer files over local WiFi connection or use adb to pull all files.

Install adb on your PC
Turn on USB debugging from Developer settings
Use adb pull command to copy everything


ADB: Phone is not recognised but Ubuntu 18.04 recognises it

This has solved my problem. I could not turn on USB debugging because the phone was connected to my computer. You have to unplug the phone first, start the USB debugging and plug it back in. Then, adb devices worked.


How do I solve the "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped." on Gionee S6 Pro?

the issue is with all gionee S6 model. The best way out of this is to do a factory reset. But u may loose ur files on ur storage.


How do I uninstall a system app with root?

I quickly read the description of Autorun Manager, and it doesn't mention the ability to uninstall system apps, but there are several apps that can do this, for example Root Uninstaller. Do a search on the Play Store for "root uninstall" for more.


Where and how can I upgrade my Galaxy 5 legally to Froyo?

If the update is available in your region, take it to your nearest Samsung authorised service centre and get it flashed. Make sure to back up all your data and perform a factory reset before handing it across.

I'm uncertain about what you intend to mean by "legal"?


You could try Elixir 2. It lets you add different kinds of toggle widgets, including mute widgets.


You have luck that you have a rooted phone with CWM!

You can enable USB-OTG by applying this patch to your phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/orig-development/usb-otg-externally-powered-usb-otg-t2181820

Then you can plug a mouse and/or a keyboard and control your phone with it.


The WiFi Analyzer will not help you. It's only used to test and show information for the wireless signals around you. I found a forum with several suggestions, one will probably work for you. Click here to go to it. There are many things that could be causing the issues (too many for me to list) but they cover many troubleshooting techniques there that might save you a trip to a service shop and get your S3 back up and running in a couple of hours. Good luck!


Why is the NFC in the Galaxy Nexus battery?

The NFC feature does not sit in the battery, only the antenna does.

NFC consists of:

an integrated chip (soldered onto the logic board)
an NFC Antenna that needs free view  to the phone's back side
(antenna signals from the sticker on the back of the battery only need to pass the back cover)

If you look at the antenna you'll notice how big it is. It's basically just a coil with 4 windings, see ifixit's teardown. NFC allows for passive devices (Credit cards and such) which need to be fed energy from an active device through the antenna. Some engineer decided its best fit would be as a sticker on the battery.

There's only 2 positions where you can place it:

Back of the battery
Inner side of the battery cover (like with the Nexus S)

My guess is this: By placing it on the battery, the expensive and big 2-point connector (as with the Nexus S) could be merged together with the battery contacts to make it cheaper (and/or maybe more robust).


QR scanner that doesn't want to access my contact list

Here is QR Droid Private. It does not access your contact information.

Usually the reason they want contact access is because you can store contact information in a QR code. So when scanned, it sees that it is a contact and adds it to your contacts. without access to your contacts, it would not be able to do this. Another reason is that some of the apps allow you to create QR codes from your contacts. It would need read permission to do this.

Here is an example of a vCard stored in a qr code:

Here is the data that is stored in there:

BEGIN:VCARD
N:John Q. Public
ORG:Acme
TITLE:CEO
TEL:3125555555
URL:http://example.com
EMAIL:john.q.public@email.com
ADR:1234 any street suite 300 Someville\, ST 00000
END:VCARD


Home Screen and Recent Apps buttons don't work

I was facing a similar error with the Nexus 5. Safe mode and wiping the cache partition were not working for me. People also complaining about not be able to use the adb commands because the phone does not connect.

One option I read about was doing a factory reset. This is probably not the preferred option so I found another one. This worked for me although it seems a little unconventional.

Download/install/open Nova Launcher
Long press on screen
Click on widgets
Create a nova activity
Scroll till you find setup wizard
Look for setup wizard test activity
Click on the icon you just created
Run through setup

I also read that it is caused by almost full storage. Unlike in the description I did not get a message telling that the storage is full and the phone is going into a mode optimized for low available storage. After, the phone rebooted (I also can't confirm that the phone rebooted).

Source: http://forums.androidcentral.com/android-6-0-marshmallow/600742-nexus-5-marshmallow-home-button-not-working-many-more-problems-3.html#post5344015

Nova Launcher: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher


Can't place WhatsApp calls as I'm told my phone number is no longer registered

In the message:

Can't place call because this number is no longer registered on WhatsApp

the word "this" means "the number you're trying to call", not "your own number".
Calling other numbers will work.
A belated thanks goes to @aBochur for drawing my attention in this direction.


If i understood you correctly, you want to get notified when a call goes through, not when the other person picks up? You could try Settings -> Call settings -> All calls -> Call status tones -> Call connect tone to get a sound from the speaker when the call connects, so you don't have to hold the phone to your ear. Is this what you were looking for?

Edit: I know, it doesn't answer the title but could help with the problem.


How to stop "Cell Info Display" in HTC Desire X Duos

Put the SIM in another HTC mobile like Wildfire and go to settings > call > cell broadcast > uncheck it and delete any subscribed channels like 50.


How do Google Play app updates work? Are they free?

According to the Google Play Business and Program Policies, you may re-install any app you have purchased, unlimited. (also if the app has been updated since you bought it).

Based on my experience it works like that indeed: I have updated and re-installed paid apps without any issue. Please note that the re-install/update also works on any other android device that uses the same Google account.


Where is the MTP and PTP option in Android 9?

an answer from barlop https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16596877/android-studio-doesnt-see-device/18515360#18515360 mentions that it's now in developer options

i can see developer options now, (And FWIW I turned on USB debugging).  but they moved the sectoin to MTP  from the 'input' section of developer options to elsewhere

To find the USB options now, there is a search within developer options, search for USB. Now it comes under "default USB configuration"

and you see USB controlled by, or USB preferences.. And it's there

update 2020
And if PTP is listed but not MTP, then maybe what android may refer to as "File transfer" is the same as MTP. See my comment  PTP but not MTP   , this link https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/ says "file transfer (MTP)” mode"   which suggests to me that they may be the same. And BTW to install adb you probably also need the driver from the android sdk as mentioned https://windowsreport.com/windows-unable-install-adb-interface/ so you don't get a yellow exclamation mark for adb under "other devices" in device manager.


Download email attachment bigger than 15 MB

the only work around for that problem is, to use this app -> CloudMagic (https://cloudmagic.com)

solved my problem but it would be reate when google will fix this for the stock email app.


Are there any benchmarking apps that measure how smooth scrolling is on a certain device?

Most of the difference you see is likely the result of an addition to Jelly Bean (initially in 4.1 and tweaked a bit in 4.2 and 4.3) called Project Butter.  It basically consisted of vsyncing all graphics, using triple buffering, synchronizing touch response with the vsync, and working to predict and prepare for your next action.  Those seem like small things, but they make a considerable difference.

You can see a slow-motion side-by-side comparison here.  Both devices are Galaxy Nexuses, one with ICS and the other with JB 4.1.  The difference is rather striking, especially with the quick contacts demonstration at 0:45.

As such, the new smoothness isn't going to depend so much on the hardware but on how much the device manufacture has tinkered with things, such as with HTC and Samsung using their own Sense and Touchwiz UIs rather than Google's stock one, and thus benefiting less from Butter.


Long press on the power off switch while plugged in, next tap on the power off prompt.   When it powers off make sure the charging light remains on.    If light is not on press power on quickly just so that the battery percentage shows in the center, it should blank screen again and the charging light come on and remain on.  You can retest battery charge percent again anytime.  When ready to use  long press on power on/off to on and watch or wait for rebooting to take place.


You're best option is to try recovery software such as Recuva or EaseUS Data Recovery on one on the SD cards which once contained the deleted photos. The chances of recovering your data this way are slim, as even just a few missing kilobytes can corrupt whole photos and videos.

Android stores cached images in the following locations:

  /sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails
  /data/data/com.google.android.apps.photos

If you're not rooted, then refer to this guide on how to use ADB to pull the data from the Google Photos application.

If all else fails, then your last two options would be to try contacting Google Support to see if they still have the files on their servers. Hardware data recovery could restore your photos at a price.


I've tried on my Galaxy S3 and I couldn't find a way to do this.

Searching on the web returns nothing more (aside of trying to delete/recreate an account until it's given the color you want, which I didn't try).

You can use another mail client than the one pre-installed on the GS3.

I've tried the following ones:

MailDroid: great one, possible to choose the color for each account from a palette, free version is ad-based
AquaMail: good one too, you can choose the color for each account from 8 predefined colors, free version has no ads
K-9 Mail: possible to choose the color for each account from a palette, no ads, but looks a bit old


How to hide hotspot icon in the drop down after lock

For Android Marshmallow devices, you need to activate SystemUI Tuner which is hidden by default.
To enable the SystemUI Tuner:

Swipe down the notification shade from top. Long-press the Settings(gear) icon.
After about few seconds of holding, it spins and release when it displays a message saying Congrats! System UI Tuner has been added to Settings.
To access it, go to Settings->System UI Tuner(scroll down to the bottom of the screen). Tap it.
On the System UI Tuner device shows a warning message. Tap Got It to continue.
Tap Quick Settings option to customize your tiles.

a. Press and drag to rearrange

b. Drag to the trash can to remove tiles you don’t want to see.

c. Click "Add Tile" button to add any unused tiles you want to include.

d. If you want to go back to the default layout, tap the menu button and choose “Reset”.

Note:

Choose option 5b to Remove the Hotspot tile. After that, you can activate Hotspot only from Settings App, because, icon is no longer displayed under notification shade, until you add hotspot tile using add tile option.


I think headphone jack is shorted, and it needs to be cleaned or replaced by a new one, unfortunately both needs to disassemble the phone, here is a short video for how to replace the jack.

For the contacts, you can try to import the file from pc with a tool like Wondershare MobileGO or latest version of iTools.


My phone keeps on giving a whatsapp error message and ask me to restore chats but when I do so all messages are not restored

what's the error message or is just telling you to restore chats after new install?

Concerning the issue that not all chats are restored, there could be two(2) possible reasons
1. You may have deleted the chats that are "missing" or the backup file is of an earlier date before the "missing" chats
2. Whatsapp encountered 'restore time out' so it just skips them messages.
Hope this helped. Upvotes pls


How to recover "data/data" folder from HTC Desire before rooting

You can backup data in an app's /data/data/<packagename> folder by using Android's backup function.

adb backup -noapk com.app.packagename

You will now be prompted to 'unlock your device and confirm the backup operation'. The resulting 'backup.ab' file on your computer contains all the app's data in android backup format. Use

adb restore backup.db

to restore the backup.


It's a DNS problem. Try using Google's DNS.

Go into your router's advanced setup and change the primary DNS server to 8.8.8.8.


Our default answer on questions like this is tasker – whenever it comes to automation, this is the most powerful tool to be mentioned. Tasker combines Contexts (Events, states, location, time) with Tasks to be fired when such a context is met. For your case, there's an event called Device Shutdown – which you could combine with the task Code › Run Shell to execute your shutdown scripts.

For further reading, I strongly recommend you visiting our tasker tag-wiki, which also links to additional resources like the tasker user-guide or my collection of tasker resources.


Where is the apk file stored in android phones?

If you downloaded the apk from the internet like it sounds it would most likely be stored in your download folder.


How to get Google to appear when swipe left on home screen?

Long press on an empty space on your home screen. Then select the
  settings at the bottom right. Then make sure the Show Google App is
  toggled on.

Credits: Swipe left for Google Now not working?


ART makes Facebook app non installable (Error: -24)

I've had this same problem. To fix it I did the following:

Uninstall Facebook,
Wipe dalvik cache via recovery,
Reinstall Facebook,
Reboot device,
Sign in to Facebook.


How to dual boot Ubuntu on Asus Eee Pad Slider (SL101)?

Think i found the answer, there's no ramdisk in the blob from the 3.1 patch.. not sure if that's needed or not.. or if we're supposed to patch on top of the 2.6.24.4 kernel, basically i unblobbed it and found just a zImage, the 2.6.24.4 blob has both zImage and a ramfs..


What does Settings->Privacy Settings->Back up my data do?

This setting backs your data up to Google's magic cloud. It includes what apps you have installed, and some apps' settings (if they are written to take advantage of it) which are restored when you first sign in to a new phone.

Relevant quote from the Android 2.3 user guide, pg 18:

  You can choose to back up some of your
  data, such as your bookmarks, your
  user dictionary, your Wi-Fi passwords,
  and many other settings, to your
  Google Account, on Google servers.
  Some third-party applications may also
  take advantage of this feature. That
  way, when you need to replace your
  phone (when you upgrade or replace a
  lost phone), or if you reinstall an
  application, you can restore your
  settings and other data. For
  information about changing this
  setting later, see “Privacy settings”
  on page 370.

That setting controls apps' ability to use this API, which includes Google's apps such as Market.


It's not possible since FP is less secure than password/pattern. And there's another reason.

FP is stored as a "credential", which is by default, encrypted. That's why whenever you reboot your phone, or haven't unlocked your phone for 24 hours, you must unlock with pattern before you can use FP again.


Can I run scripts on startup on rooted Galaxy Note 3?

You might want to take a look at ScriptManager:

  Manage and execute shell scripts and programs in file system.
  All executions run over vt100 terminal accepting user input and esc codes (colors, bel, cursor movement ..)
  Run them at boot-up and/or on network status change possibility.
  Schedule at selected time. (cron jobs)

Alternatively, Tasker can be used as well to execute scripts (and other tasks) at certain events – as, e.g., on boot.


Photos show up as blank after putting them on SD card

Try erasing the photo gallery application data and reboot before starting the app again, so that it has to load again thumbnails and image locations once more when it starts. Perhaps it is not updating propper data.


Motorola Triumph changes Volume between Songs or with Notifications

I reccomend you contact the makers of Pandora about this issue, as this looks like an app bug rather than a phone issue.

I would suggest emailing them with as much info as you can possibly fit in.

Another option would be to check the settings in Pandora - you may have missed an important setting that is causing this issue.


Identifying whether display is broken or the motherboard

You can use ADB to test phone functionality. ADB tool can be obtained from Android SDK. There are a number of test commands which you can use to test your phone. Steps are as follows:

cd to your ADB directory.
Connect your phone to PC via USB.
type the following command:

'adb devices' (without quotes)

You should see your android listed in the CLI. You can also enter device shell:

'adb shell' (without quotes)

List SD card contents:

'ls -l' (regular unix file navigation commands)

If you can access your device shell, it's most likely that your motherboard is working fine. There are several commands to check as well:

Sending user touch events to Android:
adb shell input keyevent <event_code>
1 -->  "KEYCODE_MENU"
2 -->  "KEYCODE_SOFT_RIGHT"
3 -->  "KEYCODE_HOME"
4 -->  "KEYCODE_BACK"
5 -->  "KEYCODE_CALL"
6 -->  "KEYCODE_ENDCALL"
7 -->  "KEYCODE_0"
8 -->  "KEYCODE_1"
9 -->  "KEYCODE_2"
10 -->  "KEYCODE_3"
11 -->  "KEYCODE_4" ..... etc


Phone keeps rebooting itself every 5 seconds

I think you have to hard reset your phone in this way

Turn the Asus PadFone device off.
Keep holding the “power key ” and “volume down key ” simultaneously until you will see ASUS logo and the device will then go to recovery menu mode.
Select Factory reset/wipe data with  “volume down key”.

Note : If this doesn't work then may be it is some mother-board related problem

Hope this will help you out...


What's the standard font called that comes on droid x running 2.3?

Prior to Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich) It's called "Droid", and comes in Serif (Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Sans (Regular, Bold), and Sans Mono variants.

A new font family "Roboto" was released with 4.0.

Wikipedia article on Droid (font)

Google+ post on Roboto


What is the Virtualizer sound effect in music players and how does it work?

In the description of PlayerPro in Google Play this was mentioned:

  STEREO WIDENING effect (virtualizer)

and a quick search on Wikipedia about what Stereo Widening is:

  Stereo widening

  Widening of the stereo image can be achieved by manipulating the
  relationship of the center signal M and the side signal S: M = (L +
  R)/2; S = (L - R)/2. A positive part of the side signal S is now fed
  into the left channel and a part with its phase inverted to the right
  channel. Some boomboxes feature such a process.

  Another way of looking at this same effect, without extrapolating a
  center and side signal from the left and right signals, is to simply
  add the left signal, slightly attenuated and phase inverted, into the
  right channel and vice-versa. Taking this a step further, a small
  delay (20-100ms) can be added to the inverted signal before mixing it
  back in to the original for output, adding a slight reverberation to
  the effect.


adb: Push a folder and add only new files within it

Perhaps your best bet is using an alternative tool: adb-sync.

  adb-sync is a tool to synchronize files between a PC and an Android
  device using the ADB (Android Debug Bridge).

Setup

Android

basically you need to allow USB debugging.

PC

  Install the Android SDK (the stand-alone Android SDK "for an existing IDE" is sufficient). Alternatively, some Linux distributions
  come with a package named like "android-tools-adb" that contains the
  required tool.
  Make sure "adb" is in your PATH.(If you use a package from your Linux distribution, this should already be the case; if you used the
  SDK, you probably will have to add an entry to PATH in your ~/.profile
  file, log out and log back in.)
  git clone https://github.com/google/adb-sync
  cd adb-sync
  Copy or symlink the adb-sync script somewhere in your PATH. For example: cp adb-sync /usr/local/bin/

Usage

To get a full help, type:

adb-sync --help

To synchronize your music files from ~/Music to your device, type one of:

adb-sync ~/Music /sdcard
adb-sync ~/Music/ /sdcard/Music

Additionally you can play around with flags in defined in the help section to get the desired result.

Acknowledgements

adb-sync


How do I flash to a newer Android version when TWRP has trashed recovery image and boot?

First off, make sure you have the proper ADB drivers. Use the PDANet ADB Installer. It should install the right version of ADB.

Next, you're going to want to enable Developer Mode. To do this, open up your settings app. At the bottom of the screen (you may need to scroll), there should be a Developer Options button. Open that up.

  If you do not see Developer Options, go into your About Tablet and follow these steps:

  Find the "Build Number" value.
  Tap the "Build Number" five to ten times. You should eventually see a toast saying "You are now a Developer!" or something similar.
  Exit out and go to the Developer Options menu.

In Developer Options, find the toggle for "Android  Debugging." You want this to be on. It will ask you for confirmation. Go ahead and give it.

Now, go back to your computer and run adb devices. You should see the device there. Download whatever ROM you want to flash, and place it on your device's SD card. If you need Gapps, place it there as well.

  If you still don't see your device, make sure your USB storage mode is set to PTP. Go to Storage in your Settings app and tap the menu button. Select USB Computer Connection and set to PTP.

After this, you're going to want to run adb reboot bootloader. This will place you into Fastboot mode, so that you can flash a clean TWRP.

Once you have downloaded a clean TWRP and gotten into fastboot mode, run this command from the folder that the TWRP image is in (it may be helpful to move TWRP to the folder fastboot.exe is in):

fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_image_name.img

Give it a couple minutes, and your recovery should be installed. Reboot into TWRP using the Bootloader.

  If the bootloader has no such option, let the system boot into full Android and run adb reboot recovery.

When you're in TWRP, you're going to want to install your custom ROM. Consult the ROM creator for instuctions on how to do this.


Does Android swap out memory used by foreground services?

you said :

  (by disabling its Broadcast Receiver)

First let me point out that Broadcast Receiver and Service is not the same thing ,you will get the difference between them along the answer.

Broadcast Receivers :

Quoting : Dianne Hackborn, a Software Engineer see Article Here

  A BroadcastReceiver allows an application to run, for a brief amount
  of time, in the background as a result of something else happening.
  When handling a broadcast, the application is given a fixed set of
  time (currently 10 seconds) in which to do its work. If it doesn't
  complete in that time, the application is considered to be
  misbehaving, and its process immediately tossed into the background
  state to be killed for memory if needed.

So as you can read BroadcastReceiver can't keep an app running in the background for more than 10 seconds kinda limited right ? that's why there is services.

Services :

Quoting the Same author from the Same article  :

  A Service allows an application to implement longer-running
  background operations. There are actually a lot of other functions
  that services provide.

  Android Process management for services is different than broadcast
  receivers, because an unbounded number of services can ask to be
  running for an unknown amount of time. There may not be enough RAM to
  have all of the requesting services run, so as a result no strong
  guarantees are made about being able to keep them running.

  If there is too little RAM, processes hosting services will be
  immediately killed like background processes are. However, if
  appropriate, Android will remember that these services wish to remain
  running, and restart their process at a later time when more RAM is
  available. For example, if the user goes to a web page that requires
  large amounts of RAM, Android may kill background service processes
  like sync until the browser's memory needs go down

  Services can further negotiate this behavior by requesting they be
  considered "foreground." This places the service in a "please don't
  kill" state, but requires that it include a notification to the user
  about it actively running like music players ,Anti-virus etc ...

The app need to show a notification ,in your case it's a System application it doesn't need this requirement it can tell the System that it needs to be running all the time and the System will not kill it only if the system needs more memory and it is the only service still running (What are the odds of that happening).

Now Going back to your Question Will it be worth while ? I think it is because it's a waste (truly a waste ) memory used and will not be freed ,for no purpose.

I will add :

your plan to stop it's broadcast receiver may not keep the service in the background ,I would recommend you disable the app under Setting > application > all and click on disable (if that button is there ) or freeze the application using titanium backup.

Ref :
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/161225/htg-explains-how-android-manages-processes/
http://developer.android.com/training/articles/memory.html


"Blocked by your IT admin" Samsung Galaxy 8

Had the same issue. For me it was only fixed by disabling Google Play Store in personal profile. It wasn't easy process as it depends on Google Play services which can be disabled only after stopping Work profile. So the flow was: 1) Stop Work profile from top menu, 2) Force Stop and disable Google Play Services in Personal Profile, 3) Disable and stop Google Play Store in personal profile. After this I started Work profile again.
Hope this will help.


Is there a way to hide pictures from being shown in Gallery

If you add a file with the name .nomedia (note the period at the beginning) to the folder, the automatic media scanner will skip that folder in the future. Thus no images from there will appear in the Gallery.

You can do this by tethering to your computer or by using one of the several folder-browsing apps in the Play Store (e.g., ES File Explorer, ASTRO).


Android equivalent to Remote Messages/WiFiSMS on iOS?

You could use AirDroid which offers more functionalities.
It does not need internet service

  ✔ SMS: Send and receive individual or group messages.
  ✔ Files: Transfer files between Android and computer from any network. Share files and chat with friends.
  ✔ Notification Mirror: Mirror phone notifications from any allowed apps to computer.
  - Contacts: View and edit all the contacts.
  - Photos: Transfer photos between Android and computer.
  - Music & Videos: Play and manage music & videos on Android and transfer them between Android and computer.
  - Ringtones: Set music as ringtone and export ringtones.
  - Screenshot: View the real time screen of Android devices, take static screenshots. (requires root)
  - Apps: Import and export .apk files.
  - Camera: See through the lens of both front and back cameras.
  - URL: Push url to Android and open it with default web browser.
  - Clipboard: Share clipboard content between Android and computer.

Alterntively, Wifi SMS for android offers to send/recieve SMS


Android Market won't download apps and Google Talk won't sign in after changing to @gmail.com address

I had this issue with my old G1. The only resolution I was able to find was to do a factory reset on the phone and re-enter the Google ID with the @gmail.com extension, as OS version I was running does not have the ability to remove your Google account.

Newer OS versions do seem to have the ability to remove your Google account from the phone and re-enter it with the new extension as I've been able to do this on Froyo at least.


Looking for an app for "boosting" dark photos


Flashing Custom Recovery (TWRP): Are there risks involved beside the usual?

The risks that are commonly mentioned, as RMarkwald said, are bricking your device and not being able to receive OTA updates. In my opinion, though, if you install a custom recovery such as TWRP, is because you want more control and flexibility than those provided by a stock device.

Regarding privacy... it must be said that, very often, a mere combination of keys and physical access to your device are required to start the recovery, thus enabling a potentially ill-willed user to perform malicious operations.

Now, on a stock (3e) recovery, the possible operations are very few, the worst being a factory reset. From a custom recovery such as TWRP, though, one could:

sideload and install unsigned ZIP packages;
format only selected partitions;
push and pull files arbitrarily;
change file permissions and ownerships;
convert user apps to system apps;
features both a terminal and a file manager.

May this serve as a general overview. Thanks to @DanB for the reminder.


The quote I got from here is as following:

  These Miracast dongles have 'WiFi direct' like this Sony has,
  therefore you'd not need a router controlled WiFi home network.

  But if I had a Note I'd look for a Samsung Allshare dongle, just to be
  sure


How to remove telegram's secondary account

Open that account.
Go to Settings.
Tap on three dots in the upper right corner.
Log out.


Is App Data got reset or does it have a limit?

No. That would be awful. App data is your data, the data you create using the app. Deleting it when it reaches a certain size would be like Windows deleting all your documents if you have more than 100. You can choose to clear an app's data through the Settings at any time, but this will delete everything you created through the app (except if the app syncs your things to the cloud, such as Tumblr or Google Docs). Usually, it's better to manage an app's storage through the app itself, which should offer more control over what you delete.

"Cache" is just that: a cache, or temporary copy, of data that's safely stored elsewhere. It's up to the individual app to correctly classify things as "data" or "cache", but you can expect that clearing an app's cache doesn't actually lose any data: it just means some things that were stored in the cache might need to be downloaded again.

The only limit for how much data an app can have is how much storage your phone has. If you use it all up, you won't be able to install or update apps, or store more data.


Moving internal memory to external sd card

You need to use a file explorer to move files from internal memory to secure memory card.

You can download file explorers for free from play store. ES file explorer is a great one for example.

You can then cut and paste your downloads, media files, documents to your sd card. Your internal memory is displayed as sdcard0 and your external sdcard is displayed as sdcard1. They both will be present in /storage folder.

If you want to move app data to external sdcard, you need specialised application. Many such applications would need root access to function. Link to sd is a great app for this purpose.


Google Play Music remove pinned offline music quicker

If you use a file manager, you can browse to /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music and just delete everything you want from there.


Download an older version of the app from a reputable third-party source such as APKMirror or APKPure, preferably version 218.0.0.3.113 or earlier, and install it.

You will need to enable "Unknown sources" when the installer would ask it when trying to install the app.


How to load custom logo on andriod start up

You have to be rooted, but any boot animation changer can do this. Here is an example from the play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.boot.animations


See Goo.im. They have a collection of Google Apps as installable .zip files.

There is an explanation for which packages belongs to what Android version on top.

However there's currently only one separate package for Facelock.


How to disable Enter SIM card PIN window under Android 9?

It depends of your device but usually you can find that settings under:
Settings->Security&Location(or privacy, it depends)->Advanced (this is some times)->Sim card lock->Then sisable Lock Sim card option


Reinstalling TWRP via Odin on Android 4.1, failed after "SetupConnection"

Using the correct version of TWRP solved the issue. In this case, it was twrp-2.8.6.0-gt-n8013.tar.

In my previous attempts, I had used the incorrect versions of TWRP for my specific device: twrp-2.8.6.0-p4notewifi.tar and twrp-3.0.2-0-lt03wifiue.img.tar.


Disable Bixby on Galaxy S9 without root?

You can disable the Bixby button by using
Bixbi Button Remapper - bxActions. This allows you to remap the button to another action.

As for disabling Bixby altogether, I am unsure of how to do it. There were mentions of using Package Disabler Pro+(Paid app) to disable it. I do not know if this will work, but people keep recommending it.

Another mention was enabling developer options, then scrolling to the bottom of that menu to Background Check, then disabling the options for Bixby in there. I did try this, but it did not disable the Bixby Button, nor am I sure it actually did anything with Voice.

You can still remove Bixby Home by holding on the main screen then navigating over and disabling Home.


This is a member of the Viber R&D Team.

Viber is not fully compatible with custom ROMs yet.. :/
However, please try to download from the following link:

Viber Knowledgebase

Let us know if the issue persists. :)


Does ConnectBot supports SSH tunnel /authenticating with pubkey/?

Yes, ConnectBot supports pubkey authentication and tunnels.


Go to Settings -> Language & input -> Personal dictionary and add "esco". If "ESCO" is present, remove it.


How to check support for ext2 filesystem on android device

cat /proc/filesystems is the typical Linux/Unix way of determining this. It works fine on CyanogenMod, but I'm not sure about other ROMs. If you want to filter out all of the other supported filesystems you could grep the output, too (assuming you've got grep, of course):

# cat /proc/filesystems | grep 'ext*'
    ext2
    ext3
    ext4
#


ASUS Zenfone Max Z010d - Bootloop problem

Aside from ADB sideloading, there is a direct option on the phone called "Apply update from SD card" after entering fastboot mode. Maybe, you should try that.

Enter fastboot mode by pressing the Volume down and Power button at the same time.
Once you reach the main menu, look for the above specific option.
On the SD card, the correct firmware zip file required for your phone should be present. Do NOT rename it or alter it.
After entering the option, locate the firmware file on the SD card and select it, apply the changes.

If the problem still persists, I think you should dig deeper into how to unlock the bootloader of your phone.


It's due to noise cancellation was on during a call. I turn noise cancellation off now it works fine.


Installing TWRP on a locked OnePlus One without wiping data

NO. Period.

If you want to unlock the bootloader erasure is inevitable. You can make a backup, but I'm not sure it'll be restored. However what is the point when you flash a custom ROM you'll need to wipe data in that case anyway. However you can move media to SD card pull it out and unlock bootloader (Make sure the SD card isn't encrypted).


Your question is very unclear

If you want to share files like from android to android then you can use an app called ShareIt
If you want your android act as SAMBA server, there's Samba Fileshare app
If you want to make your own app that uses P2P between 2 android devices, then you've probably came to wrong place, maybe you'd like to check stackoverflow from top left corner


HTC One X soft keys not working for 4hours now

I believe this is a pure software issue. If you have custom recovery installed, try to wipe cache/davik-cache. If not, try reseting the phone to default settings.

(Are you on a custom ROM? If so, have you tried asking in the developer's support forum? What software are you using for the soft buttons? Have you tried another ROM?)


try using

adb reboot-bootloader

from the adb usage text

  adb reboot [bootloader|recovery] - reboots the device, optionally into the bootloader or recovery program
  adb reboot-bootloader - reboots the device into the bootloader


How to access sd card from computer in marshmallow

I found a solution of this problem. Each time I connect my phone to my computer I have to go to Settings -> Developer options -> Select USB Configuration and select MTP(Media Transfer Protocol). Then I can access the SD card from my computer. It turns out that whenever its needed to connect the phone and the computer this procedure is to be followed.


"Invalid Sim" even when IMEI number is correct

Partial answer:

A physically damaged SIM card can lead to the "Invalid SIM card" message as well.


Yes.  And not just for the inbox, but inbox and sent may be the only folders synchronized by default.

From within the android gmail client:
Press menu
select more
select settings
scroll down and select labels
change the number of days from which you want messages kept on the phone
change individual labels (effectively folders) to none, this number of days, or all

NOTE: this answer was written about a now obsolete version of the gmail app, which continues to change in its user interface over time.  The answer will not be updated to track that evolution, as there are multiple versions in use at any time which behave differently, and it is ultimately the idea rather than the specific steps which are important.


Is it possible to run rm -rf / without root access?

First off, running rm -rf / is always a bad idea – but you probably know that already.

Second: Yes, of course you can run this even without root. But it wouldn't be able to delete all files, for multiple reasons:

it can only delete files where the user executing the command has permissions to. Those are, naturally, pretty few (except for on shared storage aka SD card)
parts of the file system are mounted read-only (eg. /system). Those couldn't even be deleted with root powers unless before remounted with write access.


Probably blowed up batery or smartphone with multimeter

Diode test mode is used to:

  .... display the voltage drop measured across the diode under test, as a small current is passed through it.

Diodes in battery circuits are used to prevent accidental reverse polarity of battery
I suspect in your case, you had reversed the polarity while measuring it causing the Diode to blow up ( and saved the internal circuitry).
This has caused the system alert  ( see lg-icons, symbol looks very similar to what you have described in words ) to be flashed as the circuitry is damaged and battery / mains cannot be used to power the device

I am not an expert in these matters but have tinkered with circuits way back

In any case, since you see the system alert and probably can't use the phone, only option is to service center for repair and if possible oversee the repair to see the actual damage. Remember, mobile battery circuits have tons of safety features built in so it shouldn't be a major damage. If it is only a Diode, normally it isn't a challenge to replace it

All the best


Yes. Probably, these are app's update, because if they are OS updates you would be asked to restart your device or install the update. To avoid auto update from app's:In the Play store app, swipe from the left edge to the right. Go to settings. Under the "General" list, select "Update app's automatically"and mark with a dot "Only through Wi-Fi"


Why can't I adjust the brightness and the sleep time on my KitKat device?

Go to sitting then barrery manager and turn off that feature you should be able to adjust your brightness and time out features then it's that simple


SELinux Policy from Permissive to Enforcing

If a custom ROM has SEL set to enforcing, it means the dev is confident that features are working under strict SEL, and you can safely change it to permissive knowing that things will continue to work under a more lax SEL environment.

On the other hand, however, if he chooses to release with SEL permissive (especially if he lists it in the "bugs" section), it means some critical features doesn't work yet under strict SEL, forcing the dev to use permissive for the time being. Under this circumstance you shall not change it to enforcing.

Regarding Google Pay, it's common practice to just use Magisk and let it hide root/BL/SEL status for you instead.


How do I copy the subject of an email in Google Inbox on Android?

If you click the button to reply to a message at the bottom right you’ll be able to copy the subject line as it’ll be plain text at the top of the reply.


adb root then adb remount should be sufficient. However, you can also get addonsu for LineageOS of your version and device architecture, which enables root permissions for apps in Developer Options.

I understand some users might explicitly avoid opening up root for apps, so pick between the two according to your needs.


There is no way to restore offline videos as its location is in the app directory which cant be accessed so one possible way is to just try to login on a different phone if it shows your videos then ok otherwise sorry for the loss!


Turn off WiFi only when the device is both locked and screen turned off

If I understand your question correctly, then there is a very easy way of doing this yourself. Im sure there are many ways of going about this, but this is the easiest and most reliable method that I know of.

You said that you wanted something that doesn't rely on the screen being off. My solution does rely on the "display" being off, however for the "display" as opposed to the "screen" to be off, the device must be locked, meaning that this should work flawlessly for you.

If you just follow the instructions I've provided below, you should have satisfying results in just a few minutes!

Download Tasker from the Play Store.
Open Tasker and click the + button. Now click Event → Display → Display Off.
Click the gear (back button) in the top left corner. A pop up menu will appear. Select New Task and name it Display Off.
Tap + → Net → WiFi and make sure the box that says Set is set to Off.
Click the gear (back) twice so that you end up on the Profiles screen.
Now click + again, then Event → Display → Display On.
Tap the gear (back) and then select New Task. Name it something along the lines of Display On.
Click + → Net → WiFi and change Set to On. Now exit back to the Profiles tab. You should now have both Display Off and Display On.
In the Profiles tab to the right of your conditions, there are On/ Off toggles. Turn both of these to Off and then back to On.
Simply exit out of Tasker and you're done!

Good luck and I hope this helps you!


What is your Android version?

When you highlight the text, just click the highlighted text to copy it.

Then you can paste it by long clicking on a text input field.

On Android 3+ the system changed, and you now copy and paste using the bar that appears when you long press on some text.


In Explorer, after performing factory reset Google play store converted to Market place

Google Play was formerly Android Market. Your phone would originally have had Android Market (I am assuming its an old one, probably Gingerbread). When you did a factory reset all the updates were reverted back included on Android Market (aka Google Play).

Android Market automatically updates itself so give it some time and it should update itself to Google Play.


Overflow menu icon (three vertical dots) visible in Apps in HTC One X and not in Samsung Galaxy S2

Appears to be a bug.  The "Make the recent apps button act like a menu button" setting appears to not be changing the appropriate values to inform apps that a permanent menu button exists and thus apps act as if it doesn't have the menu button.

ViewConfiguration is what handles that.


How do I tether over wifi in rooted Xperia x8?

Download Barnacle Wifi Tether  This app will load it's OWN drivers and actually use your phone as a modem. I have used it once before with my X8 Android 2.1 also.


Blocked SIM card and getting asked for PUK on Lineage OS 17.1

You have SIM password. You enter wrong password. Then it ask for PUK code. PUK code is link with sim card.
Use sim on normal mobile. Is it ask PUK code.
You can get PUK code from customer care. You can also get it from your online register account.
Get PUK code and use it. Weather sim card work after it.


Installing Google Account on i9500 on leaked 5.0.1

Follow the below procedure:

Download the ROM
Download GApps package for Lollipop
Download SuperSU
Put the zip files on your SDCard
Reboot in Recovery
Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Select "Install zip from SDCard"
Choose ROM zip file
Choose GApps zip file
Choose SuperSU zip file
Reboot system

You need customized google apps package.

Courtesy:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/rom-cyanogenmod-12-t2943934


How to set As Lower Brightness as in Clock application, without rooting

The Clock app is setting flags on its own fullscreen window that override the system default screen brightness, but this only affects that app's window.

See the source for DeskClock.java

 551             winParams.flags |= WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN;
 552             winParams.dimAmount = DIM_BEHIND_AMOUNT_DIMMED;
 553             winParams.buttonBrightness = WindowManager.LayoutParams.BRIGHTNESS_OVERRIDE_OFF;

The flags used are documented on the Android Developer site, in particular:

  float BRIGHTNESS_OVERRIDE_OFF Value
  for screenBrightness and
  buttonBrightness indicating that the
  screen or button backlight brightness
  should be set to the lowest value when
  this window is in front.

So, the DeskClock is not using anything special to dim the screen, but it can only affect its own window.


My IP address is wrong. How can I change it

This is due to your cell carrier assigning random IP addresses to the phones connected on its network. It doesn't mean your IP address is wrong, it just means they don't have any available IP allocation available in your area.

The easiest thing you can do is connect to WiFi networks while browsing on the Internet, that will give websites a better idea of your location.

Installed Android apps do not care what your IP address is. If they need your location, they will use GPS to find your location (Google Maps does this). Websites won't use your GPS because that invades your privacy. They don't need to know your exact location, unless you want them to know (such as ordering off Amazon).

I hope this clears up the issue


Android disk encryption - using as a removable device

In the official HTC ICS ROM for HTC Desire S, it is possible to encrypt the SD card in addition to the internal storage. It seems likely that the same would be true for the HTC Desire HD. I haven't been able to find details of how this encryption is done, yet.

With an encrypted SD card it is possible to mount the device as a removable disk when plugged in via a USB cable -- I do this myself for backups.

I assume that the SD encryption uses the same passphrase as the internal storage encryption as no other passphrases are required. It could conceivably be done using some internal passphrase invisible to the user, though I would be surprised.


How to securely/permanently delete sensitive information on a Galaxy S5?

You've done great so far. Now, write junk files again and encrypt the device over ADB Shell:

/system/bin/vdc cryptfs enablecrypto inplace PASSWORD

(Your device may need to be rooted for this)

Now, feel free to wipe.


Does official Gmail app use a secure connection?

According to this Google page the Android Gmail app uses an SSL connection in both directions.


How to disable shortcut to launch (Samsung's) S Voice *without* accepting its ToS?

I just disabled S Voice entirely for now, as explained here and elsewhere:

Application Manager >> All >> S Voice >> Disable, then reboot.


I needed to edit the android-winusb.inf driver descriptor file for the Google USB driver.

Add in the device hardware ID from Device manager under the Google Nexus(Generic) section for the unrecognized device connected in sideload mode as (for both the x86 and x64 sections):

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D002

Switch off Windows Driver Signature Enforcement,
Reboot,
Add the modified USB driver manually to the listed device in Device manager,
Let it install the unsigned driver, and now it works.


Second ring tone for my Google Voice phone number

The only way I can think to do this would be to set up Call Screening and Caller ID like so:

Then set up a contact for your Google Voice number with a custom ringtone.


What to do before reformatting phone or setting back to factory state?

If you have an SD card, I would copy its contents to a PC.  That should save all of your pictures.
Paid apps are linked to your Google account and can always be re-downloaded.
Have you entered your contacts manually and not synced them to your Google account?  If not, you don't need to back them up; they're in the "cloud", to use the common catchphrase.
If you're rooted, you can use an app like Titanium Backup to save your applications and data, so that you don't need to redownload them (and so your settings, saved games, etc. are backed up).


Why is Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate) USB not supported in my Honda Pilot?

do you have the USB set to the right setting?
settings->Applications->USB Settings->[Mass Storage or Media Player]
Try all the different settings, it's not obvious which one the car is happy with (if any)

Also under settings -> Applications -> Development try turning on [USB Debugging].


Kali is very popular and has pretty much any hacking tool u need. https://www.parrotsec.org is also a Security based linux distro there site has lists of everything they include.