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Reverse tethering isn't working completely
I connected my phone to my pc's ethernet connection via (USB cable) reverse tethering AndroidTool on my PC and USB tunnel on my android. Now, the problem is, it is going well with UC browser but isn't working with hike, telegram, google play, mobogenie, etc.

I just found the solution here basically you need to install the HackTool, reboot the phone, open the hack app and select "force wifi" and also "activate traces". Then open Android Reverse Tethering Tool and job is done ;) Enjoy full Tethering!

To get full tethering across all apps (assuming you are rooted), you additionally need Xposed framework installed and install Hack connectivity service tool (but it is normally included in the same package with android reverse tethering tool).
You then choose wifi and activate traces
See below:

This module forces the Connectivity manager  to return Wi-Fi networking info as active.
For detailed usage instructions please refer to this thread: Android Reverse tethering tool for Windows users (Troubleshooting (FAQ)
But one important thing to note is: For Android 4.3 and upper : You must  connect your phone/tablet to a working Wi-Fi or 3g once after each boot before using reverse tethering
An alternative tool (if Hack connectivity service module is not working) is Fake Wi-Fi Connection module. Sometimes some applications won't work when no Wi-Fi is detected so it simulates  an active Wi-Fi connection in order for apps to get internet. It uses the same concept as the above tool.

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How to copy to PC?
I downloaded Droid Explorer correctly, Busy Box and can view my files (on my Android device) .. but when I select the file to copy how can I drop it on to my PC drive?

There are a couple ways to accomplish this.
You select the files (folders are currently not supported) and click the "copy to PC" toolbar button.

The other is to select the files (folders are currently not supported) and right click and click "copy". Then paste the files to your desired location.

There are plans to attempt to allow for dragging and dropping, but I do not have a timeline.

Disclaimer: I am the developer of Droid Explorer

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How do I change my gmail password from Lollipop?
I am running Lollipop and want to change my gmail password. How do I do that?

Go to this page in your webbrowser: https://myaccount.google.com/security/signinoptions/password

Go to your @EMAIL for Android (not the one for Gmail and not in your account settings).

Select the email account then hit your menu tab. Go to -> More -> Account settings -> Incoming -> change your new password here.

If this doesn't work, change your password in outcoming too.

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Can I reflash stock with kies
I'm on a Samsung Galaxy s4 sgh-i337 from att and I messed up my system a little bit I want to reflash and restore stock firmware with kies. Will that work?  Also, I am rooted will kies work with me?

It should, but if it doesn't, it won't hurt to manually flash your stock firmware with Odin.
It's also worth noting that Kies sometimes has trouble recognizing devices which no longer boot up normally (speaking from experience); in which case you would be better off using Odin or Heimdall.

Kies just ended up messing up my phone and so I used Odin to flash stock firmware. Using Odin was a lot easier than I thought


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USB Drivers for Dragon Touch E70 (or how to install an APK from PC on this device?)
I purchased a Dragon Touch E70 tablet from Tablet Express. I am developing an app, but I cannot get Eclipse to detect the device. I can't find where to download drivers for this device either. Any ideas, or other ways to get the app on my tablet for testing?

What OS are you using on your PC?

No need for any USB drivers. Go to your Eclipse workspace -> your app that you are developing -> bin. There you will find your app's APK file. Transfer that file into your tablet and test it.

I had a similar issue using a DragonTouch K10 and found this question - The issue I discovered I was having was that I needed to enable developer tools on the device. I went to Settings>System>About Tablet, then tapped the Build number 7 times to turn them on. Then my SDK was able to detect it with the drivers I had installed.


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Where does Inbox (by Gmail) store downloaded attachments?
I'm receiving email with attachments on Google Inbox. While online, I could open the attachments. Later I would be offline and would like to access those attachments.
So, anyone knows the path where those attachments were downloaded into?
(NB: I'm rooted)

You can check the following location to view the attachments:
(root)/data/data/com.google.android.apps.inbox/files/downloads
In this location you'll see a random code something like cd8ca9801230132321232sd312312ad312
Navigate to that folder and you would see few other folders named

attachments
avatars
smart_hero_mail_image
smart_mail_image

To view the attachments, navigate to "attachments" folder. Here you'll find lot of folders with random name. Sort the folders based on date, so you could file the most recent ones on top/bottom. The attachments will be stored on random folders, based on when (date) you opened the files via Inbox application.
Hope this helps.

Hi @devav2, on my device it was found at /data/data/com.google.android.apps.inbox/files/downloads/{some hash}/attachments/{more hashes}/<here goes your files>. Thanks for giving the idea. The only difference is /data/data/... rather than just /data/....

You are right /data/data is the correct path

On my Galaxy S6, /data is empty, and /sdcard/data/data contains only one Samsung folder. The Inbox folder seems to be /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.inbox, but it contains only an empty cache folder. Where else might attachments be saved?

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TWRP restored backup and now "google play services has stopped" pops up every second
TL;DR On turning on pops up "google play services has stopped" and on clicking ok it pops up again after 1/2s so i cant do anything then 1click at a time. Also my account isnt in google play- it asks for new account.
Full story
Samsung S3 I9300.
Had Omnirom. With TWRP did a backup 2 months ago. Tried Neatrom and now i wanted back my system with Omnirom with all backup. So i did clean restore of both System and Data. Clean cache and dalvik cache, Restart, 5min loading and then problem.
On turning on pops up "google play services has stopped" and on clicking ok it pops up again after 1/2s so i cant do anything then 1click at a time. Also my account isnt in google play- it asks for new account.

Try clearing the cache in TWRP.

Updated that cleaned cache as allways

I had a similar problem with my OnePlus.
This helped:

Go to “Settings”
Select “Apps”
Swipe left until you in the ‘All’ column
Click on the 3 dots in top right
Select “Reset app preferences”
Reboot phone
Reselect preferred launcher

via http://blog.forret.com/2015/06/getting-rid-of-google-play-services-has-stopped-on-oneplus/

Wow. Actually I didn't wanted to clear all settings so I cleared then just that proves settings and cache of Google Play Store and Play services, so one of them clearing helped. Change solution to that and it's accepted! Also if that won't help for some maybe they need also to clear some more or all. But for me only one of these 2 clearing helped!

Uninstall Google Play Services with for example titanium backup and then reinstall Google Play Services from Google Play.

Not easy. Slow process couse keeps poping up that error. But why did it actually happen is it knowable?

I've had that problem too and I never knew why. I think it is just a strange bug. And if helped please accept my answer.

Did my answer work for you?

Try flashing right google apps aka: GAPPS  to your backup with TWRP.
It must be corresponding to your backups android versio.

Tryd restoring all then gapps. Restoring system then gapps then data. System then data then gapps. Allways cleaning cache and dalvik cache between each action. Allways still same error but also icons of desktop lost.


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Bluestacks Home Screen
I had installed BlueStacks and the home screen was like an Android tablet in landscape mode. Due to some problem COC game was not working, I uninstalled and reinstalled BlueStacks. Now the home screen is showing app categories and apps to download. How can I get back to the previous homescreen which was like a tablet?
Installing lauchers turns the screen in to portrait mode.
pls help

I'm not sure what you're asking actually. Do you want to set up BlueStack as tablet, or phone on landscape mode? I never install BlueStack, so I'm not sure either, but check the installation step carefully. Also, if by "app categories and apps to download" means Play Store, then you can just tap back. Please clarify.

Install Apex Launcher from Play Store. After you install Apex launcher open it and set it as the default laucher by pressing Home button and selecting Use default option. Some games require your device to be played in portrait mode and it will switch back to landscape once you exit the game, so I guess you Bluestacks is corrupted. So if using the default setting of Apex din't switch to the landscape mode try the following.
If it still is in Portrait mode then, select the "Tablet UI mode" under
Apex Settings > Home Screen Settings > Tablet UI mode

This way your homescreen will be displayed in landscape mode overtaking the default portrait mode. Even if the above settings don't work for you I recommend you to completely uninstall the Bluestacks which means you need to remove the data of you Bluestacks app when prompted while uninstalling the Bluestacks Player. This would redownload the app data while installing the Bluestacks again and you would have a fresh installation of Bluestack working fine.

Install Nova Launcher from the Play Store and then in settings of the nova app you can change the orientation.
However to uninstall a launcher go to the settings of bluestacks (somewhere at the statusbar) and uninstall the custom launcher.

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How to prevent Whitescreen occurence in Kitkat
I intermittently see nothing but white screen as I lock my Sony Xperia E1 powered by Android Kitkat 4.4.2. Have you any solution, guys? Thank You for your answer.

If you have rooted device
Go to root > data >system_layout
open background.xml and set backgrounnd as transparent.


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Is it possible to schedule closing a named app
Is there an app (or other way) to schedule the closing of only one named application at a particular time each day? My situation is I use the Night Mode app at night to reduce the screen brightness but if I forget to turn it off when I go out the next day the screen is so dark to be unusable in daylight. So I'd like to schedule to kill Night Mode at 9 am every day (but not other apps).
(I've found ones that turn off the speakers after a configurable time for listening to music as you go to sleep, or general task killers with auto killing of background apps, but nothing to kill just one app at a set time.)

Hello there, and welcome to Android Enthusiasts !
We are sorry, but this question is clearly in violation of the regulations of this site. Please read http://android.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic before asking a question here, and do help us prevent spam or other such questions that might be a burden to the moderators. However, for your question, see https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=il.co.kix.minitasker. Thank you!

@rjt.rockx Though the title looks like an explicit app request, OP signaled to be open for any solution ("an app (or other way) to" achieve X). So it looks like a valid "how can I achieve X on Android" question. So you might go on makeing your recommendation an answer (I just had the same in mind with the "big" Tasker, but that would be like stealing the hint from your comment for my rep :)

@rjt.rockx. Thanks for the suggestion of Condi minitasker, that does indeed have a feature to kill an app at a set time, though it didn't actually work in my case so I'll try to fix that or try other similar apps in the 'multi-purpose scheduling assistant' vein. As for being an inappropriate question, I understood that clause being to avoid non-useful subjective 'this app is better than that one' threads, but I just wanted a factual "how can I do this?" knowing the answer was probably an app.

@Izzy , Tasker might be a bit too complex, and it has a steep learning curve for users who don't know much about the details of an Android system.
Well, if it is okay, then I have no objection. I just wanted to help, that's all.
By the way, you could have gone ahead with the 'Tasker' recommendation. There are way too many to be mentioning each and every one here, so, the best could be mentioned. I just gave it as a hint, not as the correct answer, feeling that it might be useful. You could have asked me to delete it and post it as an answer, I thought.

@Uberdude could you try if Tasker does that for you? There's a 7-day trial available for that (see the tasker tag-wiki). This one should be relative simple: Condition is Time (with the time you want), and task is App › Kill App (select the app to kill).

I tried but failed to install the Tasker trial, but I tried using llama but that didn't work either. I think the problem is as of Android 2.something one app isn't allowed to kill another unless it gets root permission. I'm running non rooted Samsung S3 flavour android 4.3.

Get a free app called automateit then once you know how to use it, you can create a rule by using the time trigger and set it to 9 am, use the kill app action to kill whatever then you name the rule and set it to be active every time, save it then your done!

I don't see any action that would kill an app.

Asking to gain points to download rules.


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Flashing ROMs with adb sideload
Can I flash roms with adb sideload without rooting my android device ?
I have tried installing custom recoveries once, but it didn't work. I had rooted my android device before, but due to some reason, I unrooted my device. From then, I can't root my device because, when I try to root my device with Framaroot, my phone hangs for a few seconds, and then the app just closes itself directly. I also tried to root using the Kingo Root app, but my phone just restarted several times. It was of no use.
I am using Samsung Galaxy Core GT-I8262 running Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2.  I have tried factory resetting the device, but it was of no use. Please help me with this problem.

@user4767861 as that's a Samsung device: to my knowledge, you can flash any compatible ROM using Kies. It will show you a warning, but accept it. At least that's what I've read; I have no Samsung phone (and no Windows), so I cannot tell from my own experience, though

Flash CF-Auto-Root in downloading mode then a recovery right after. Boot into recovery and flash a new ROM, obviously make sure it is the correct ROM and correct CF-Auto-Root file before you flash it. You might want to make a backup NAND file. With my experience the rooting applications you download onto your phone such as "King Root" tend to fail more times then they succeed..


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WiFi not starting : accidentally deleted wpa_supplicant file
My device is moto g xt1033 android 5.0.2 (rooted). During my experiments for enabling reverse tethering over USB, I accidentally replaced the original WPA_supplicant file from system/bin folder with the one downloaded from internet.
Now my WiFi , Wi-Fi hotspot won't start.

Options: 1) use the one from your backup (oh... yeah, I guess it already, so) 2) find someone with the very same device & ROM to get a copy (wrong place here for that), 3) flash your ROM again. And no, a factory-reset won't bring it back.

Arun, have you noticed what point 2) in my previous comment says? This is the wrong place to ask for sharing files, sorry. You might also wish to consult Where can I ask questions that aren't Android Enthusiast questions? for a fitting place to your question.

@Izzy sorry, I'm new here. :)

finally flashed stock from here

For the "being new": We have a nice Tour to learn how this site works, and a good [help] (<- recommended reading :) // If your issue is solved: You might consider to answer your own question and accept that answer then, so that becomes clear to possible others in a similar situation. Thanks a lot!

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How to reinstall Calendar Storage?
I wanted to uninstall the default Calendar app to replace with Google Calendar. However, I accidentally uninstalled Calendar Storage before uninstalled the default Calendar app. The Google Calendar app won't work every time I try to create an event/plan. I assume this is because I uninstalled the Calendar Storage (app?).
How do I retrieve it? Is there a repo wherein I can just download it? I tried Googling, found nothing. My phone is a Huwawei Y320, Android OS version is 4.2.2

Is your phone rooted ?

Yes, phone's rooted.

@rjt.rockx you cannot uninstall calendar storage without root :) // OP: if you didn't make a backup beforehand, you're pretty much doomed: unless you can find someone with the same device and ROM (to obtain the deleted files from), you most likely will have to flash your ROM again. And no, almost no calendar app will work without the calendar storage – as that's an OS service most expect to be simply there.

Whew! My mom has the exact device. How do I "send" her Calendar Storage to my phone?

@Izzy, it can be done. I just installed the Kitkat version on my device, and when I tried to uninstall it, it got uninstalled directly, although it was a system app. Could be a glitch or something for specific phones. My present one wasn't rooted. To solve a problem, you have to experience it first. Precisely why I tried out my answer before posting it here. No need to worry, it worked out. Safety First :)

This should help http://rktool.blogspot.in/2014/08/lg-d802-422-stock-firmware-guide-how-to.html?m=1  It also talks of installing a part of ROM

Thanks so much the link http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/104979/uninstalled-calendar-storage-google-calendar-not-working worked ! ! !

You will have to download this app and install it as a system app, using Link2SD or any similar app. This is just another apk file from another Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 phone.
Note : Please backup all your data before trying to do so. This way of installing apps is actually not recommended, but works out most of the times.

By the way, this does work, I have done it with my own device several times. Once, I even deleted SystemUI.apk, thinking it was unnecessary. When I realised my mistake, I installed it by creating a recovery script and flashing the app to the system/apps/ partition. It worked for stock AOSP, but custom ROMs are a doubt. Calendar Storage isn't linked in that way, so it is pretty much the same across almost all phones having the same Android version.

I downloaded this file: http://download.apks.org/?server=12&apkid=com.android.providers.calendar&ver=4.4.4-a1d45e8141
EDIT: This is for Android 4.4.4.  If you have another version of Android just do a Google search for the apk file.  Then, get it from a site you trust.  Also,  I have android 5.1, and it still worked,  so there's a possibility that it might work if you have a newer version of Android.
Next, I installed the apk file from the downloads folder.
Finally, I downloaded a /system/app mover from the Google play store (requires root), and made the calendar storage app a system app.
I rebooted, and now my calendar works perfectly!

Note that the provided link downloads the Calendar Provider for Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) while OP's version is Android 4.2.2 (JellyBean). Always install the same version as your Android, since different version may have different structure and incompatible with your device (source: self-experience on digging Android Calendar structure's source)

Here is what I did in a LG L90:
First, I went to Settings > About Phone > Common > Update Center > App Updates. Then I looked for the disabled app. There it was, Calendar Storage. I had to reinstall it, and then the problem was gone.

If you found this question via google because you deleted your Samsung Calendar Storage APK and your calendar app no longer works, then try this.  None of the above methods worked for me, so don't waste your time.
REQUIREMENTS

The original state of the ROM before you deleted the APK.  This can be in the form of a TWRP backup or you can flash the original, identical ROM you currently are using.
ES File Explorer
Root access - but you most likely already have this because you can't delete a system APK without root and you wouldn't be here in the first place.

PROCEDURE - PART 1

Do a TWRP backup of the current state of your phone.
Hopefully, you made a TWRP backup before you started debloating your phone, if so, restore that backup -OR- reflash your original ROM.
After you're done restoring or flashing, install ES File Explorer
Open ES File Explorer
Touch the "menu" button (3 horizontal lines)
Touch "Root Explorer"
Touch "Backup app and data"
Touch "User Apps" dropdown, select "System apps"
Touch & Hold "Calendar storage"
Touch "Backup" on the bottom bar

PROCEDURE - PART 2

Go into TWRP and restore your phone back to its current state, using the backup that you just created.
After you're done restoring, reboot phone
Install ES File Explorer if you don't already have it
Open ES File Explorer
Touch the "menu" button (3 horizontal lines)
Touch "Root Explorer"
Touch "Backup app and data"
Touch "User Apps" dropdown, select "Backed-up Apps"
Touch & Hold "Calendar storage"
Touch "3 Dots" button on the bottom bar
Touch "Install"

Done!

DO NOT use ES File Explorer. It has been involved in spam/malware incidents and displaying other suspicious behavior a handful of times in the last couple of years: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/es-file-explorer-malware-dianxin-folder-t3348545

Assuming your mum has es file explorer ( not necessarily if she has root) launch the app and on the default screen tap apps. All her users app should open .you should see a section at the left top where it says apps tap on it and select system. There you should find the app you are looking for . Long press on the app and tap the sharing icon .share Bluetooth or whatever. You may want to install before converting . Or you may just enable root explorer in es file explorer along the dashboard  copy the apk file. Go to the es file explorer dashboard , tap local , select device , go to system , app, and paste it there  then reboot  .`

"launch the app" - which app?

DO NOT use ES File Explorer. It has been involved in spam/malware incidents and displaying other suspicious behavior a handful of times in the last couple of years: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/es-file-explorer-malware-dianxin-folder-t3348545

When debloating your phone, it's likely that you have to use an app for uninstalling root apps. Check if your app has a recycling bin. If you have, then restore it from there and restart your phone.
The app I use is System App Safe Remove.

Here's an update for lollipop+. I did the same.
Downloaded this http://download.apks.org/?apkid=com.android.providers.calendar&ver=5.1.1-981c9024fa&server=darkkiller
Install-Moved to system-reboot. Job done :)

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Android device with USB HUB and Charge
I have a Chinese android tablet with MTK8392. It has only 1 micro USB port. The OTG function is working well, I can use a special USB keyboard with OTG.
Is there ANY way to use this USB keyboard AND charge the tablet simultaneously? If it helps, I can use an active USB hub with self charge.
I bought a cable from dealextreme called "Micro 5 Pin USB OTG Data / Charging Connection Cable" but it's not working..

I needed the same thing and after a bit of googling found a couple of plausible options:

Acasis H027 Mobile Tablet PC Charging Cable OTG Micro USB HUB 3Ports Simultaneous Charging Power Transmisson Cable Black - looks no name, and there are similar producs on AliExpress. relevant links: this youtube video, this forum post
Dell Micro USB Dongle for Data and Charging - more expensive and less ports, but hopefully more reliable brand

Additionally, if you're interested on the electronics side of it, this electornics stackexchange post looks very interesting. Slightly off topic, this PoE Android project looks interesting too.
Update The Dell Dongle arrived today and I tested it. It works but I found one minor caveat: the dongle needs to connected first, then power (microUSB), then the USB device. I didn't have success with a difference connection sequence. (I tested on a Nexus 7 tablet on Android 6.0.1 and a Lenovo smartphone running Android 4.2.1 using devices such as usb hub + usb stick + usb keyboard/mouse + usb to ethernet)
Update2 The Acasis OTG Micro USB HUB arrived today. While the Dell Dongle doesn't power the Android device every single time (unplugging/replugging required), the Acasis one surprisingly does. The only catch is it's switch needs to be set to position 3 (otherwise it powers the tabled but doesn't use the attached USB devices). It's also nicer that it provides 3 USB ports instead of 1 and it's cheaper.

Thanks for the information, before I ran out of time I bought a Nexus 7, charged from custom docking station so I could use the USB properly. At least some info for legacy :P


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Google drive only backup new photos
How can I only backup photo's I make after I turned on automatic backup?

Move all your existing photos into a different directory anywhere else. Then just be sure to not allow Google Photos to backup folders. It will by default grab just the DCIM/Camera folder.
Gallery/other file managers will still have full accessibility.

You can do this:
Press the menu button
Settings>Automatic Backups
Backup all photos now

This is going to back up everything which the OP does not want.


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Cannot log into the WiFi due to blocked website called hla2.safemovedm.com
I just got a new LG G3 running android 5.0. On my schools WiFi, there are blocked websites. When I try to connect to the school WiFi, it comes up with a terms and conditions screen (like the ones you see at Starbucks or other free WiFis), but it says that I am trying to access a blocked website called hla2.safemovedm.com.
I can bypass this by getting one of the teachers to log me into their administrative accounts, but I don't want to have to do this every time. Is there a fix for this?

Might be related, but I found it hard to research further: http://forums.androidcentral.com/android-security-talk/358086-hotspot-login-assistant-possible-malware.html

Do you have an app installed called 'Hotspot Login Assistant'? It appears as though it could be related to an app that attempts to log you into hotspots automatically.
I've found several sites on the safemovedm.com domain which imply that this is caused by 'Hotspot Login Assistant'.

I don't see an app called that... So you know another way i could remove it?

do you know how

The app that makes calls to this site from my phone is the "Sprint Connections Optimizer" which is my phone company's network spy. If your service provider is Sprint then this is definitely your problem. It was tracking all my wi-fi connections in hopes of creating a dynamic map of networks to the benefit of Sprint, from which to steal bandwidth rather than giving me the unlimited access to their data network for which I have explicitly prepaid.

Solved by going to setting/data and deselecting the connection opptimizer

I downloaded an app called Hotspot Shield.
All you need to so is start it and while on your school's wi-fi, it will unblock everything.
NOTE: This app uses alot of data so make sure you are connected to wi-fi first.

I cant even connect to the wifi in the first place

@JettC I see what you mean now, my bad :)

@Jonco98, as this doesn't answer the question, you might consider removing it (to avoid others becoming confused).


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Get to system settings in google now launcher
How do I get to the normal system settings?  I seem only be able to find search settings.

Notification bar pull-down twice (lollipop) or quick settings (kitkat)

What phone do you have, and version of Android are you using?

There's a settings app in the application drawer.


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"Unable to forget Hot Spot" - Can't disconnect from it either
I am running stock kitkat (4.4.4). There are some hotspots my phone will connect to whenever I am near. If I try to disconnect from it, I get an error message that says:
Unable to forget Hot Spot (sic).
My only options are to disable WiFi or keep connected.
If I am not near that hotspot, it won't even show up on the list of memorized hotspots.
What is happening here?

These are probably hotspots set up by your carrier, designed to reduce load on their 3G/4G network by offloading some of it to WiFi. You would not be able to prevent using these unless you turn off WiFi (why is that a problem for you?) or root / use a custom firmware.

That seems... Presumptuous...


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Why does my Android 4.4.2 sudden have a battery drain (Wiko Bloom)?
I'm currently using a Wiko Bloom, with Android 4.4.2, using the latest manufacturer update.
A few weeks ago I was trying out the Llama app and after a while I noticed that out of nowhere my battery charge would drop very suddenly to (almost nothing). If I'd see it in time, before it hit 0, then i could recharge it, but often it just depleted completely. This happens in a matter of minutes.
I thought Llama was the culprit, so I did a factory reset, but the problem still persists.
Battery stats reports about 47% phone idle, 46% mobile standby and 7% Wi-Fi.
Battery graph 1 (notice the steep sudden drop of about 45%!), and then Battery graph 2 (again... a steep drop):

Screenshots: Graph 1 (left) and Graph 2 (right; click images for larger variants)
I installed GSam to try to get pinpoint on what is causing it, but since I'm not running root, I can't get a full report:

GSam screenshot (click for larger variant)
However, in my opinion, this doesn't seem very much out of the ordinary.
I wrote to Wiko and they want me to send in my phone to have it serviced. Before I do that (costs involved, not having my phone, might not be solved, etc.), I wanted to check if maybe there's a wizard here who can help me some more?
I don't have BT turned on, Wifi is on sporadically. Really the only apps I have installed and frequently use are GMail, Google Keep and Firefox.
If I need to go root to figure it out, that's fine; I'll just need help to do it (and to be able to restore it to a pristine state afterwards should it still not work).
Should I need to provide more information, don't hesitate to ask me.
In any case, thank you.
Edit (19/07/2015):
I have rooted my phone a few weeks ago and installed root version of GSam, together with Wakelock Detector. I believe these report more acurate data on what processes are running and such.
I have yet to pinpoint the exact source of the sudden drop in battery level.

Screenshots: Graph 3 (from GSam), GSam root, Wakelock Detector (right-click images for larger variants)
I noticed that even after plugging in the charger, the % of battery continues to drop for another while.

Screenshots: Battery rate of change (right-click image for larger variant)
I'm still getting a very good number of days out of my battery (mostly because i'm not at all an active user), so no complaints here. But i'm beginning to wonder if the battery perhaps is being misread? That my phone thinks it has more power during the first few days, and then suddenly has to catch up when the voltage dips below a certain point. (The battery is indicated for 3.7V, 2000mAh)
Also: GSam sometimes indi
cates an active period, but without any effect on the battery. I'm wondering what this is.

Screenshots: Active, but no drain (right-click image for larger variant)
I don't notice anything wrong with the radio strength.

Screenshots: Radio strength (right-click image for larger variant)

There seems to be some issue with the radio, it looks like. Is coverage a bit shaky there? The corresponding graphs show no "coverage gaps" (just average to good signal), but the "big drops" are always at the points where the "good signal" (dark green) stops. Which doesn't exactly explain the amount of drop in that short time when it happens. You might wish to try a signal monitoring app to watch out for frequent cell changes, and check with your provider & Wiko support (might be a modem firmware issue).

When I had the Llama app installed (which uses cell location polling), I did notice there are a lot of cells around my home (like 19 that got discovered). Maybe some of those are less than good. But like you say: it doesn't quite explain the amount of drop. Especially because the previous months my phone had been working great.

I've disabled 3G and I'm now getting a -69dBm/22asu signal on GPRS (as opposed to about -100dbM/11asu on HSPA). Maybe that will do anything. Maybe not. I'll see when my battery gets low again.

I could imagine frequent switches between 2g and 3g in specific locations, but that shouldn't give you an almost vertical line in those graphs. You could give RF Signal Tracker a try to verify that (neither the newest nor the best rated app – but a look at the 3rd screenshot should tell you why I recommend that: it logs each cell switch, you can have that as CSV file and also watch the graph).

PS: Also watch out if that always happens around the same area. I remember a comparable case I had personally: provider had re-configured several of its cells, and the modem firmware couldn't deal with the new parameters. Manufacturer took it in, updated the radio image, problem gone. So that's something you could ask your provider for – and also try to find out whether other folks with a Wiko Bloom have the same issues (maybe you even can get hold of a second Bloom to check for yourself).

Thank you for your comments, Izzy. I will consider it all and continue monitoring my crazy battery.


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Request desktop site on stock Android Chrome by default for certain websites
For certain websites on my Nexus 5 running stock Android 5.1, I would like to always display the desktop version instead of the mobile version.
My current workflow is as follows to navigate to a desktop version of a frequently-visited website:

Open Chrome bookmark from a Bookmark widget
Wait for Chrome to begin to load the mobile version of the website
Check the "Request desktop site" option in the Chrome menu
Wait for Chrome to load the desktop version of the website.

I'm aware of this XDA thread that shares how to configure Chrome to always request the desktop site. Is there a way for to set up a bookmark so only that bookmark loads the desktop site?

Possible duplicate(s): Always use desktop mode for specific websites on Chrome, Set Chrome to use desktop version of website


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Change color scheme on Samsung Galaxy S4 running Lollipop 5.0.1
I updated to Lollipop 5.0.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S4 this morning. Now my color scheme in apps such as the texting/messaging app is Orange, Blue, Green, and Yellow. All together. It even changes the status bar to orange while the messaging app is open. This is horrible on my eyes and just plain ugly in my opinion. I however, cannot find a way to change this color scheme at all. I have searched the phone, google, SO, etc and cannot determine how to change this scheme.
As far as I know the bootloader cannot be unlocked on the S4 so I cannot customize that way.
If it helps:
Android Version: 5.0.1
Kernel Version:
3.4.0-4408911
dpi@SWDD5005 #1

LOL The S4 doesn't have a locked bootloader. It already is "unlocked".

I just checked the issue by screenshot, and just realized that's actually the new feature of Lollipop to color the toolbar and notification bar. A pity that some people don't like it. It seems the answer is: you can't change it (unless provided on the settings by developer); use alternative messaging app instead.

Andrew, thanks. That's the conclusion I have come to as well. I have not yet switched messaging apps, but I see myself making that change this week. It is just hard for orange not to hurt your eyes. I also think that I will be switching phones soon anyway.

The Touchwiz Lollipop skin has a limited number of color schemes available to use that can be accessed through Developer Options. I am not entirely sure what the purpose for them really is since they merely drain away colors and mute everything. Anyway, the new way to access Developer Options is to go to the About Device under the More tab in your settings and scroll down to Build Number. Keep tapping Build Number until the Developer Options are turned on (you will see a message below where you are tapping). In the Developer Options now under the More tab, scroll way down to Simulate color space. You'll 4 options including grayscale/monochromatic.
In my opinion, these options suck. I've had my S4 for 2 years. Maybe it's time to pick up a phone from another manufacturer.

Yeah my coworker had the exact same phone and same customization problems with it and recently switched to the Moto x. It is still Android so he has a sleek and flawless (and customizable) experience with it. I think I see a change coming in my future too. Is there a way to just disable or override touch wiz so that I might be able to access more customization options?

Somebody suggested: "please note: this facilitates the disability of the RGB make up and effects everything" (sic).

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Can't play currently recorded mp4 videos on my android phone
I have a gopro camera which records MP4 videos. My android phone was always capable of playing these files; but recently I have recorded two videos and my phone just says I do not support this type of file for playing! What's wrong? What may be happened to my phone or camera or recorded files?

@M4T I have tried to play files in S5 with its default video player

well, check this files Screen size and can you try it with Powerfull video player like Mx player?

Try play it with VLC  media player for android. It can play mp4.


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Android doesn't connect to proxy server
In the past I could connect to a proxy by entering the proxy's settings in the APN settings or Wireless settings.
However, now android seems to ignore my set proxy - after hitting Save it disconnects from 3G for a few seconds (I have no internet access), and then it connects again as usual.
To check it I also set a fake proxy (fake address/port) and it doesn't fail to connect - it just ignores my settings.
I have Android 5.0.2, so I tried to find some info about lollipop having this issue but with no luck. Maybe someone can confirm it, or has some sort of a solution?

Looks like the issue isn't related to Android itself, but to apps installed: I had ESET Smart Security (antivirus) installed with a firewall - and the firewall blocked (or ignored) my set proxy. Disabling the firewall solved the issue.
I'm posting it to help other people facing the same issue.


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What does the LOST.DIR folder contain?
Whats the use of LOST.DIR folder actually?
why does is automatically appear after every reboot?

How can I recover the files in LOST.DIR on my SD card, and what are they?, How to prevent Android from creating LOST.DIR on SD card?

The Lost.dir is a system folder. Its a place where the Android OS places files that were recovered during a system boot up.
lost.dir in android

What is the folder for?

Its quite evident that there is no application named LOST.DIR
  installed on your device. At times the folder's size can range in
  gigabytes. In such situations one may wonder about the contents of the
  folder and its use, and whether it is safe to delete the folder to
  save memory.

Can I delete the contents of LOST.DIR ?

In order to save precious memory space its completely normal to delete
  the contents of LOST.DIR as it only acts as a recycle bin. You can
  also delete the LOST.DIR folder itself but it will reappear the next
  time the system boots up. When your Android system throws up a message
  saying 'Preparing external SD card' its actually checking the contents
  of LOST.DIR, and if it fails to locate the directory, it creates one.

ref :
All you need to know about LOST.DIR folder on Android devices

Is it safe to delete? @M4T

"Use authentic android antivirus software to protect yourself from virus-attack." LOL (sorry) To my knowledge, there's not a single virus available for Android. I understand fighting malware – but anti virus is … well, placebo. Can't fight what's not there. Besides, that has nothing to do with LOST.DIR. // Good answer, apart from that one line. You might wish to fix that up :)

@Izzy,  you're right.there's not single virus for android OS but, there is many Malwares for this OS.and according to my experiences, anti viruses app on android isnt powerfull for find this malwares.Thank you, edit and updated.;)

though that's better, the term "antivirus" is definitely 1) misleading (use e.g. "security software" instead), and 2) completely unrelated to this question (I'd remove that entire line altogether). // I don't trust any app on Android that calls itself "antivirus" – as that term just plays with the fear of people.

Now, i think it's better and updated with related reply to this question.


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How to fix play store signing in issue?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (model:GT-I819ON).
All of a sudden the Play Store has stopped working and whenever I try to sign-in into it, a message is displayed saying that it couldn't sign-in "problem connecting to a reliable server".
I have tried everything: rebooting, clearing cache data, uninstalling and installing it again.
How can I get the Play Store to work again?

Have you already checked with our google-play-store tag-wiki?

Is date and time set correctly?

have you tried backing up the files you would like to keep from the device onto the SD card, and reflashing a fresh system and GApps .zip entirely? this may solve your issue, but i am unfamiliar with the common operation of your specific device, this is sort of a blanket, last resort panacea type solution. hope this helps :] Note that this requires a decent fastboot usage knowledge and root access

I tried it already my phone is rooted but it say my phone is not provisioned for data services

maybe the radio partition you are using is incorrect, usually phones have different partitions for bootloader, boot, system, userdata, radio firmware, etc. you may have the improper radio installed? silly question but necessary, are you currently paying for data services, and if so what network?


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External devices interfering with GPS
I recently bought a FM transmitter to broadcast my music to my car's speakers. However, I discovered that while the transmitter was plugged into my phone I couldn't get a GPS signal.
I imagine that the reason for this is that the phone uses headphone devices as an antenna when they are plugged in. This transmitter plugs into the headphone jack. Unfortunately though, this transmitter does not make a good antenna.
Question: Is there a way for me to force my Samsung Galaxy SII (Epic Touch 4g) not to use that as an antenna?

Samsung denies the antenna theory. I guess the device is simply interfering.

II guess the Samsung employee denying that didn't know what he was talking about. Phones offering an FM radio to my knowledge all use the headset cable as antenna. You should be able to verify that: turn on the radio, and try using the integrated speakers (by unplugging your headset cable). See whether it continues "playing", and if the quality stays the same. I'm pretty sure the speaker will turn on, but the station will be gone – or at least the quality will drop markably due to "antenna loss". If so, ask "Samsung" for the reason :)

About FM radio you are no doubt correct. My question is about GPS, which doesn't need anything plugged into the headphone jack. I was wondering if it switches over to using the headphones as the preferred antenna.

Shouldn't do so for GPS (AFAIK GPS always uses its own antenna), but I'm not sure whether some software-bug could trigger exactly that. Afraid not much we can do; as indicated, I'd confront Samsung with that. I'd consider it a serious limitation they have to act on, at least when the device is under warranty, and should either repair or replace the device at no cost for you.


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After Full Disk Encryption, are all subsequent new files automatically encrypted?
I am not talking about the new Lollipop which encrypts everything by default. The older versions, such as Androd 4.2.1/4.2.2 etc. Suppose you went to settings -> security -> encryption, and chose full disk encryption. All files on disk are now encrypted. Now, if you create a new file on the disk 5 minutes later, would that be automatically encrypted right away, or would you need to encrypt it again using full disk encryption?

First, both encryptions you name are the same – only that Lollipop enforces this automatically on some devices.
Second: it's not the files being encrypted, but the entire partitions – thus everything saved to it ends up in (using simple terms) an "encrypted container". Everything transparent, so you won't notice. No need to re-encrypt.


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Z3C New Firmware?
I just got a message from Sony saying new firmware is available for my Z3C (23.1.A.0.726). Anybody else get this? Anyone know what's in the update? The PC companion software doesn't give any details. Is this an update to 5.1? Thanks!

It's 5.0.2. Probably some bug fixes only.

USA. The Sony website doesn't list it yet, but PC Companion has it.

You can check all firmwares (or even download them before OTA comes) using XperiFirm

I have access, just curious as to what is in the update.

Could you add any references about this? Or is it based on your experience?

Confirmed 5.0.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/23-1-0-726-rolling-t3076962/page3


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Error Message: Unfortunately Settings Has Stopped
When I tried to access Settings > About Phone today on my rooted Micromax a069 running Android 4.4.2 Kitkat, it displayed the error message, "Unfortunately Settings has stopped".
What might cause this, and how can I fix it?

Has this happened before? Did you do something recently before this error occured?

Just clear data and cache of Settings application under the phone by going into:
Settings >> Apps >> All >> Settings >> Clear Cache, then Clear data.
It should be working fine after doing this.


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Why is my new screen upside down and mirrored?
I broke and replaced the screen on my Nexus 5.
Once I booted the phone up, the new screen is upsidedown and mirrored, also touch doesn't work at all.
I can see how the touchpart is caused by a broken connector or something, but the mirroring?

Any change that you reversed the connector?

@JanDoggen Nice idea, but that's no it unfortunately. The screen only fits one way, so the connector can't be put in upside down.


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How can I know the exact number of downloads for an app on Google Play Store?
I need to know the exact number of downloads (count, not range) for my app hosted on Google Play Store, is it possible?

possible duplicate of How to see download count of an Android app on Google Play store?. If you want to ask development-related question (i.e. using API), then [so] might be the correct site, but as of current writing, it's off-topic to ask for 3rd-party library recommendation.

The duplicate explains what the options for an end-user are, but note that questions about publishing to the Play Store or otherwise using it in a development capacity are outside our scope.

In order to see a number of downloads, you need to login to Google Play Developer Console. All information is there.


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Cyanogenmod custom recovery can't backup, restore or apply an update!
I just installed Cyanogenmod. It's my understanding Cyanogenmod is a ROM so I was bit suprised when my TWRP custom recovery was replaced by Cyanogenmod's own recovery. Why is this?
Cyanogenmod's recovery can't do anything; it has no backup or restore options and each time I try to apply an update it says-

signature verification failed.

Is it possible to get back to CWM or TWRP or somehow get Cyanogenmod's recovery to work?

I can't flash a new custom recovery from the phone since Cyanogenmod's recovery fails at flashing, and I tried using fastboot from the computer and it appears to flash TWRP but then it just goes by to Cyanogenmod's recovery.

I once read that TWRP/CWM only work with stock kernel and Cyanogenmod has it's own kernel so they won't work. Is this true?

I don't think it's relevant to the question but my phone is Xperia Z2 D6503 and the CM is 12 (Lollipop)

I have no idea about the answer to this, but, could you specify your device model and number? After all, you should know to do so, I mean, look at your reputation. Come on.
By the way, CyanogenMod doesn't come with its own recovery. I have installed official builds of various devices, and it has shown no such replacement of the sort.

@rjt.rockx hmm device model/number are irrelevant. You don't understand the question. It's do they make custom recoveries so they need a specific kernel? and does Cyanogenmod count as a custom kernel (it has mod in it's name, people call it a ROM, so I don't know). You clearly don't know what your talking about as cyanogenmod does come with it's own recovery and that's the whole point of the question. You say you have never used it so why would you know?

@Celeritas :- There is this option in Developer Option menu that I must mention. While I do not understand the reason for such, in Cyanogenmod's Developer Menu, you might find an option like Update CM Recovery. As long as it remained checked, no matter how hard I tried I couldn't replace my recovery through fastboot. Fastboot showed me no error but rebooting the phone to recovery didn't booted into new one. I unchecked and it worked.

@Celeritas :- There is another thing that I never understood. I've OnePlus One and the first time when I tried to replace the recovery with fastboot, it didn't worked. No error in fastboot command but didn't booted into new one too. All I had to do was factory reset and after that it worked. I know it makes no sense that how could or why should be it working out this way but I thought I should convey my point here.

@Celeritas:- However, you didn't mention that whether you tried flashing TWRP/CWM recovery from inside the Android like through Flashr app.

@Celeritas :- About this I once red that TWRP/CWM only work with stock kernel and Cyanogenmod has it's own kernel so they won't work, is this true? No it is not true. If you doubt my words then please consider heading over OnePlus forums here. Folks there run Stock Kernel that came with device and loaded with Cyanogenmod runs TWRP/CWM recovery. But those using other kernels like some AK Kernel also uses the said recoveries with no issues.

CM is virtually always used with a custom recovery.

@Celeritas , I have never said that I have never used CyanogenMod recoveries. I have flashed various builds of CyanogenMod (both official and unofficial) to many devices, and then I have installed a custom recovery (usually CWM or CWM-based) on top of it. I have had no such issues, so I mentioned that I have no idea about this topic.
I know what I'm talking about. Please don't start an argument here. I don't wish to argue with you. If you don't want me to continue this conversation, then I don't see any reason to object against your decision.

What I meant to say was that whenever I installed a custom recovery, it would never get replaced again by CyanogenMod's own recovery.
If it was with a specific device model and CyanogenMod version, then I could have tried to emulate the same thing and find out what the problem was, in order to find a correct solution. So, I asked for your device model and number. Hope you understand .

@rjt.rockx What I meant to say was that whenever I installed a custom recovery, it would never get replaced again by CyanogenMod's own recovery so you've successfully flashed a custom recovery after flashing CM? I can't do that. It's CM12 with Xperia Z2.

@MatthewRead in what sense do you mean that? I certainly had a good custom recovery before I flashed CM but then CM replaced it with its own crappy recovery.

@Celeritas , Yep, many times. CyanogenMod12 is doubtful, because I have only tried it out once, and it worked (on Micromax Canvas A1 (Android One - India)) I had the ThunderZap kernel and PhilZ touch recovery running on it, and it wasn't refusing the installation of a newer version of CWM recovery. I dunno about other devices, but it has always worked out fine for me.

I got it working. I used the app Rashr to install the custom recovery TWRP and it worked.

From xda thread: CyanogenMod recovery is basic, so you have to flash another one. The easiest way is to use rashr app and it worked for me perfectly

I tried this without success on Android 5.1. It said flashing is done, but it starts the Cyanogen Recovery after that again. Fashify (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en) worked for me, though.

In case you are having this problem with a galaxy s2 and cyanogenmod 12.1, then the solution is to flash the original developers alternative stock kernel with TWRP installed. It is signed and thus can be flashed with the cyanogenmod recovery.
For details and further links see my answer on this question:
How can I backup and restore Cyanogenmod 12.1 rom installed on my Samsung Galaxy 2 i9100?

Especially for Galaxy S2. I stuck with Cyanogen Recovery for a couple of days. Neither Rashr nor Flashify worked for me. In the end, reflashing a TWRP kernel (Apollo 9 light) with Flash Gordon did the trick.

for Galaxy S2 I9100,  recovery image with IsoRec support (like recent TWRP 3.0.2+) will allow you to keep using TWRP instead of CM Recovery - see https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys2i9100.html. You need recent CM too (like cm-12.1-20160203-NIGHTLY-i9100.zip; cm-12.1-20151116-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1JN-i9100.zip won't work as it lacks IsoRec support)


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Turn on flashlight when volume button is held
I have Nexus 4 on Android 5.0 Lollipop, and I'm using Tasker. Is there any way to get the Flashlight to turn on when screen is off and the volume up or down button is held for 2-3 seconds? Then turn off the flashlight if the button is held again.
I know there's a %SCREEN variable for the screen part, but how can I detect if a volume button is held?

I don't know how to detect a Volume Up/Down button press for 'n' seconds, so I would give an alternate  solution. You would have to install Xposed Additions Pro and TeslaLED Flashlight. The former needs root access and Xposed Framework installed.
Instructions

Visit my answer here. Under the heading "Instructions for Xposed Additions" follow steps 1-6.
For step 7, choose Screen Off instead of others.
Tap the newly created entry, activate Long Press by ticking the check-box, then tap on Long Press.
Scroll down and select Shortcut → TeslaLED Toggle. It will show a screen like:
(Click image to enlarge)

Also, the delay of 2-3 seconds is way too large in my opinion. Anyhow, the app doesn't allow long press delay more than 500ms and you may configure in step 2 of my linked answer. I settled for 250ms.

You may use Tasker instead of using the TeslaLED app (officially recommended) but there is no guarantee that the native method would work. In fact, some users reported that even the latter app didn't work for them.
The action in Tasker to activate torch is Alert → Torch. It would show up in red color if it's not supported on your device.
There are some other ways mention in this Reddit thread which seems to be device specific but nonetheless could give you a lead for better web search results.
For example, in my One Plus One running CM12 there is no class named camera  let alone a file /sys/class/camera/flash/rear_flash. But it does have a class leds and the file /sys/class/leds/led:flash_torch/brightness too. The default torch brightness in my device is set to 53 instead of 100.

I also tried the Tasker plugin AutoInput but it doesn't seem to support long press hardware buttons.

Unfortunately, Tasker cannot turn the flashlight on by Alert>Torch. Torch is not available at Lolipop or better.


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How to Update Telegram on Android?
I have installed Telegram 2.6.1 on my Android Device.
I need to update it to the last version (Currently 2.7.0).
How do I update Telegram to last version?

Where did you download it from originally? Generally, the app store you got it from will provide the updates. If you installed it manually, you'll probably need to update it manually as well.

You can get the latest APK file from APK Mirror (AFAIK, it's secure, but always beware of 3rd-party website). Otherwise, you can compile it yourself from its official source code.

Open Google Play Store, swipe right from the left edge.
Tap on my apps.
From there, navigate to Telegram. Click on Update. Accept permissions.

Is there any way except Google Play Store?

I'll upload the .apk to a file sharing site if that's okay with you.

No thanks. I want to update it inside program like it's desktop version

That is doubtful. It might or might not work.


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How to batch delete files in several folders on Nexus 9
On a Nexus 9, using bookshelf with fbreader, I have copied lots of folders from Calibre on a PC to Books folder. Each folder contains a metadata.opf file which the bookshelf for some reason considers and shows as a separate book, but when opened it shows nothing.
So I want to delete all these metadata.opf files, but going in succession to all these folders and deleting them one by one would take ages.
If I could get into the Books folder from the command prompt on the pc I could issue a single shell command to do what I want.
But I don't know how to do it. Windows Explorer shows portable device Nexus 9 connected, I can get inside from Windows Explorer, I can search for all metadata.opf files in Windows Explorer, and it gives me a long list of these files, but I cannot delete them all - I can delete them one by one but when I select them all and choose delete, a window pops up telling
An unexpected error is keeping you from deleting the file. If you continue to
receive this error, you can use the error code to search for help with this
problem.

Error 0x80004002: No such interface supported

What can I do?

Have you tried using a terminal emulator and just do for f in $(find . | grep 'metadata.opf'); do rm $f; done?

@aureljared Well there are several ways to do it on the Android side - finally I easily did it with Simple Explorer, it was just that I was working from pc and wanted to do it right away. So strictly speaking it is a Windows question rather than an Android question...

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Increase Multi-touch points
I have an Infocus M2 running Android 4.4. It supports only two finger multi-touch, which causes problems with some games. Is there any way to increase the number of touch points it can recognize?

You cannot increase touch points as this is related to your hardware (screen) not the software. You would need to purchase a new screen for your device that supports multi-touch features.


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WiFi stop working after few days
I have problem with WiFi on Android 4.4.2. (phone ZTE Geek 2)
After few days of working  WiFi stopped work and WiFi connetion has an error: “Saved, secured with WPA /WPA2”
Router reset, change configuration phone restart didnt work
I made hard reset of conifiguration of phone and it worked for few days (about 5 days) But it stopped work again. And now only that hard reset helps to make WiFi work again
Tested with 3 different routers.
Another phone work. This phone work only few days after reset.

I think it might be a bug in your OS. Are you using a custom ROM?
There are some apps called "wifi fixer" or "wifi connection fixer" and similar. Take a look at them. They perform magic to fix your wifi connection. The wifi connection fixer helped me in the past but that was for a different problem.

I used WiFi Fixer and it was disconnection every time phone was attempting to establish connection.


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Do applications run in user profiles that are not active / run in background profiles?
I configured 3 user profiles with each their own google account on my device (Nexus 5 with Android 5.1).
When I switch the user profiles, do the applications keep running in the user profiles that are not active at the moment and consume CPU, RAM,  battery and data?
E.g. Does my email app/Facebook/Twitter keep on running and receive Push Mail and consume network traffic while the corresponding profile is not active?

Related: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/98074/does-switching-user-accounts-in-lollipop-affect-battery-life-or-performance

Not only related, but that even includes this question (at least partly). No answer, though – but let me quote from a deleted comment: web.whatsapp.com can connect to the whatsapp application in background profiles. This is an indicator that at least some services keep on running. Sounds familiar to you I guess – so I don't have to point out who wrote that #D

I was going to ask this same question. I noticed that there are some anecdotal answers available here, but I wanted to see some documentation. Here is what I've found.
Based on Android Open Source Project documentation it seems that applications do run in the background. It says this:

Secondary. Any user added to the device other than the primary user.
Secondary users can be removed (either by themselves or by the primary
user) and cannot impact other users on a device. These users can run
in the background and continue to have network connectivity.

(Archived page: Supporting Multiple Users | Android Open Source Project (User Types))
However, if you're running a version of android built for automotive use, it's a different story:

The following exceptions apply to headless system user and regular
(secondary) Users in Automotive:

The headless system user does not support work profiles.
By default, regular (secondary) users have full access to phone calls and texts.
By default, regular (secondary) users do not run in the background.

(Archived page: Supporting Multiple Users | Android Open Source Project (Android Automotive Multi-User - Caveats))
Personally I would like the ability to choose whether a user is running or not, Android seems to have the ability to modify this, but unfortunately it's built into the "flavor" of Android that you're using. Perhaps there are some custom roms out there that have modified this.


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Android keyboard flickers on and off when typing
When I type on my Android keyboard, it flickers on and off, I'm not sure why. I'm using Samsung Galaxy S3 if it matters.
How to fix it?

Disable the hardware overlays from the developer options.

Go to Settings - Developer options
Tick Disable HW overlays.

It should drastically fix the flickers or at least help until the fix is merged.

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How to find out which file system is used by my device?
How do I find out which file system is used by my device's /system, /data and other partitions?

Related question: How can I view the Android internal partition table?

DiskInfo displays this information (among other things) when you select a partition to view its details. Works with the internal partitions on my Nexus 5, but should also support external SD cards and the like:

it doesn't tell me what filesystem /sdcard is

It says sdcardfs even though the file system actually is exFAT.

Alternatively, one can use a Terminal Emulator app which requires no usage of adb.

Download a Terminal Emulator of your choice from Play Store here.
Open that app and issue the command mount. You can also use the command df to ascertain the partitions to be looked in the former output.
An alternative for mount is blkid command which shows a much better output for our need.

Note:- 3. requires ROOT access while the other steps can work without it.

df doesn't show me the file system type, only the path in /mnt (not the mount point), two numbers (probably total and used bytes), percentage (probably of used storage) and another path (still not the mount point).

You can use
adb shell mount

to find out which file system is used by all the partitions of your device. You need to have adb installed, of course, for this to work. You can install adb by using (Windows only)Minimal ADB and Fastboot, or you can install full android sdk, if you wish.

Thank you for traveling with... oops :) Yogesh: the linked XDA thread only works for Windows. See our question Is there a minimal installation of ADB? for a more universal solution (supporting Linux and Mac as well). Or minimal_adb_fastboot with support for Mac (plus experimental Linux support).

Adb work also on google chrome in linux distributions like ubuntu, I have installed it and try it and work perfectly, so, my advice for those who know only windows, stop saying anything against linux distributions...


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NullPointerException, getPhone error when trying SKD-21, Messages displaying on Samsung Galaxy s4 after update to Lollipop 5.0.1
Yesterday I updated my Samsung Galaxy s4 to Lollipop 5.0.1. It is important to note that my phone is not moded in any way nor has it been rooted. It is the standard user version phone.
After the update however, there is actually programming error messages popping up on the screen. They only appear for a few seconds at a time so I was lucky to catch a screen shot nor do they only appear when using specific apps, they seem to be at random.
Here is the error message that is displaying for me verbatim:

Trying SDK - 21 ----- getPhone error - java.lang.NullPointerException:
  Attempt  to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String
  com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoner
  outingfix.phone.enumPhones.name()' on a null object reference

Any ideas on why this is displaying or what to do to fix it or get rid of it?
Thanks in advance!

The error is being generated by a package named com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoneroutingfix, which appears to be the package name for SoundAbout. Based on the surrounding context, it looks like there may be a bug in the app that is causing it to misbehave on Android 5.0+, at least in your case. Essentially, the Android upgrade broke SoundAbout.
You could potentially try to downgrade your device if you wanted to, but that would have larger ramifications as well. A better alternative would likely be to simply report the issue to the developer of SoundAbout. You can do this by using the email or contact us feature provided by the developer of the app. I'm sure they'd like to get it fixed, and if you provide the error message it should give them at least a decent start for their debugging.
Unfortunately, there is not much you can do to fix the error on your own (aside from the aforementioned system downgrade).
Note: SoundAbout is no longer available on Play Store.

The linked app is dead now. :(


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No more puncuation shortcuts in lollipop google keyboard?
In KitKat, there used to be some punctuation shortcuts in google's keyboard. For example, you'd press and hold a key (usually in the lower rows, like 'v'), and you could add a question mark, exclamation mark or whatever punctuation was linked to this key.
In Lollipop, there seems to be no such thing anymore, and if you want to add a question mark, you have to go through the hassle of getting into ?123 menu. Worse, if you want an underscore or a tilda, you'll have to go in the second level =\<@ menu.
So, here's my question: how to get the punctuation shortcuts back in Google's keyboard? Has the feature completely disappeared?
Note: this feature is still present in Google pinyin keyboard, but in Lollipop you can't type in english with it anymore for some reason...(when we could with the KitKat version)

Please check in the settings of the Google keyboard app.

Thanks, already did. nothing much here, except using a pc layout, which gives more punctuation keys, but reduce the size of every key, so less usable.
I had missed a punctuation shortcut on the "." key aside from the spacebar, but it's still not as convenient as direct shortcuts on the keys.

What keyboard are you referring to? If you're on the latest google keyboard ( 5.0.25.xxx) then you can turn this on by:
settings > Language and Input > Google Keyboard > preferences > Long press for symbols.

Thanks for the tip, but that's still slower (not as efficient) as what I'm looking for.
I realize my question is ambiguous, but I'm not looking for "long press" solutions. What I'd like is, just like the pinyin input (which I'm using right now), be able to do kind of a "swipe bottom" on a key without holding it and get the associated punctuation.

@KrahnacK - You specifically mentioned "press and hold letters for punctuations". What I said is exactly the same thing. If you find it slower, you need to decrease the long press action time. That is also available in the same options.

sorry my first comment was sent too soon

Almost a year ago but found out only today after scouting lots of sites.
Click on Gboard> Preferences and then Long Press for symbols.
Might not have everything you want but that does help a lot.

Just press and hold the ?123 button, and swipe over to the question mark and release. It inserts a question mark and goes back to letter keyboard.

thanks for the tip, the "." button also works for some punctuation.
it's just a shame that some useful punctuation in the "=<" menu is not available directly from the main keyboard


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Need help fixing system problems after downloading Lollipop 5.0 upgrade for Note 3 today
My device is a Galaxy Note 3. I was prompted to download a new system upgrade late last night (Lollipop 5.0). I clicked proceed and went to bed. I woke to find two recurring system errors, first being "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped", and "Unfortunately, Package Access Helper has stopped".
The phone will allow for sending and receiving of text messages and emails, I can also call out. No notifications show up on my phone even though I hear them come in; the Phone rings when someone calls but I cannot see who it is or answer it; Background screen is black; none of the phones buttons work either (aside from the power button). Research shows people with similar issues have cleared app caches (didnt work), or done a factory reset (would prefer not to). Does anyone have a solution?

I found some people who suggested wiping cache data instead of factory reset.  Did that just now and it's working great, with no loss of data!

Power off.
Power on in recovery mode (this is for the Note 3) by holding down the power, home and volume up buttons until the screen flickers.   I got red messagesaying Booting to Recovery partition or something like that... you get a list of items.
Select Wipe Cache Partition using the volume buttons to move up or down. Power button to select.   It took maybe 5 seceonds to wipe the cache.
Select Reboot.

And my phone is back!

I second this advice (+1)! You can always factory-reset later in case that didn't work :)


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How to make apps update automatically when the screen is off in Google Play store?
My problem is that my device is not updating apps when I hit the auto-update button; it does only update all apps if the screen is on all the time! How do I make them update when the screen is off?  I mean is that new in the higher version of Play store, what is that functionality? Is this just me or all the other devices that have an updated version of Play store?

Simple case - when your screen sleeps, does your network connection, too? Does your Wifi disconnect during sleep?

No it does not ! this happens on all devices that I have, not just this one

Power Saving Mode, or some battery savers, maybe? BTW - My tablet has an advanced Wifi setting - "Keep Wif-Fi on during sleep"; you may have to search for it. Mine is in Wifi\Advanced, and I have it enabled.

Still the same, thx btw :)

One last guess - Do you have an automation app, like Tasker, or Llama, running that engages something like a "sleep" profile, which turns things off? Then a "wake" profile to return them in the morning?

Well no cause my phone is still fresh no apps are installed, my device is Xperia Sp btw , so is this a playstore build in thing ?

I don't think so. Thanks for identifying your device. Google "xperia sp wifi sleep" yields a web page on point. It seems to support the theme of my comments, and specifically my second guess.

Community bump prevention: this question was closed because the question seems to have been abandoned (OP hasn't visited the site after posting the question, and no answers have score above 0). If anyone can evaluate the existing answers, feel free to vote accordingly and reopen the question (or mod-flag the question requesting for reopening). For anyone else having the same issue, please post a new question and refer to this question as additional context.

Go to the settings option in the play store and switch on the Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only. :)

How does this address the screen sleep issue?  Especially when Wi-Fi sleeping seems to be the cause?

He will have to disable background data restriction, maybe.


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Lollipop : Mobile data toggle from lock screen
Mobile data can be switched on and off from lock screen in android 5.0 lollipop. I casually leave my phone on desk for short time while I am nearby, somebody (suppose a kid) can toggle mobile data which can cause problems. For example it can incur a lot of charges if background data is enabled in my settings and somebody switches on the data. Or if I am downloading something in background then it can get interrupted if someone switches off data. Any solutions, tricks, etc. to solve this.

There are already several tickets open for this: 56644 since 6/2013 (Kitkat had a similar problem), and 79670 since 11/2014. Doesn't look like the issue will be addressed. And according to an XDA thread no way around that except using a custom ROM.


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Custom keymapping for games?
I'm using an iPega Bluetooth controller with my HTC Desire 510. For most things it works great, but I am running into some issues with Ravensword 2. Ravensword finds my controller and connects fine, but when I start playing, certain actions can't be performed (attacking being one of them).
Is there a way to custom map my controller? I'm not on a rooted phone as I can't find a reliable way to root this device.

For mapping controllers Mantis Gamepad Pro,
Odo Gamepad Mapper, and Octopus is one of my favorite apps since i started playing with controllers. Buy the pro version if you dont want ads
i'm currently using Mantis for mapping my xbox and playstation controller, i don't have wireless ones so i can't confirm if this will work or not.


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Samsung Galaxy S3 Battery dies extremely fast
My SGS3 had an extremely nice and pretty long battery life until a week ago I used a music download app to download some music. After this I get common notifications like this. And it's scary cause it's true, my battery is draining annoyingly fast. In 10 min of using 10% of battery goes bye bye. This is absurd. (i have not yet clicked on the button)

Screenshot (click for larger variant)
After this, I checked and most of my battery goes into "android system" rather then screen or something else you would expect.

Screenshot (click for larger variant)

Stop running unnecessary applications in the background. For example: Bluetooth should be off when not in use and it can be turned on per usage like for example get a call then turn it on or make sure if turned on always plugged in to a charger.
Make sure you get titanium back up; you don't need pro. Go inside play store and download it. Run it and then save them to your ad card make sure it's the sd card.
Then remove any duplicate apps you don't need in your applications menu -- make sure you don't remove system files, just 3rd party apps from any Internet site or the Google playstore. Erase them and make sure you don't run them in background when Android starts or while running because Google play store app doesn't really need to be started with the phone powering on, it is a per usage application.
Make sure any app that you're not on constantly is not running. Shut them off with the task manager, you can also get an application to automate this for you with one click and schedules.  (I'll have to get back to you soon on the exact app)

Uh-oh. A bunch of prejudices. Bluetooth doesn't eat that much (though if you rarely need it, switching it off is a good idea). Cleaning up unused apps is a good idea, too. But some apps need to be started at boot, Google Play Store is one of them (needs to register for GCM to receive update notifications). And shooting around with a task killer is the last thing you should do (see: Do I really need to install a task manager?). Task killers are for apps/processes which hang, misbehave, or otherwise do not respond.

You've caught an app which I'd consider "malware", or at least "spammy". It might run in background without being needed, and even load stuff you don't want. As you already identified that music download app being what it started with: get rid of it (I'd even bet you didn't get that app in an official market like Google Play, but found it elsewhere?). If you're lucky, that will rid you of your issue.
If you're less lucky, it has already loaded other spammy stuff. So better check your device:

From your home screen, press the menu button (or key)
Select Settings
Goto Apps, switch to the Downloaded tab (this excludes system apps)
Walk the list for anything suspicious. If you see any app you didn't explicitely install (or don't need anyway), tap its entry and chose to uninstall/delete it.

After that, to be on the safe side, let's do a little more cleanup:

boot into recovery mode
select to "wipe cache" (don't worry, this only cleans up temporary files; you'll lose no data this way)
select to "reboot"

Now you're back in "normal mode", and hopefully got rid of your culprit. Watch it for a while. In the worst case, that spamware has modified some settings or more, and all that's left to you is a factory-reset. But first let's hope not, and above steps get your device cured.
Oh: And never believe such "battery firmware upgrade" screens. Such upgrades never come that way (downloading an application). Such a screen is a pretty clear malware/spam indicator.

authors: ابووسام التركي


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Why does video screen get brighter and how to prevent it?
This happens on Nexus 7 2013 (Google stock 5.0.2) and also happens on Galaxy Note 12.2 tablet (Samsung stock 4.4.2). I am in a dark room. I have set the system brightness to the minimum (let us call this brightness MIN). To change brightness I use swiping up/down on the left screen area.
With MX Player, when the video starts playing, even the minimum brightness (which is 0) makes the screen brighter than MIN. There seems to be no way to set the brightness to MIN. I can clearly notice that the screen has been brightened, by pressing the home button or the task switch button. I can see that the screen remains bright for about 1 second then changes back to MIN.
With VLC, when the video starts playing, if its previous brightness was 0, the brightness does not change and remains MIN. But if I change brightness once, changing it to 0 does not lower the brightness to MIN. At this point, VLC acts just like MX Player.
Is this a bug of Android? It seems as if the system passes a false minimum brightness of the hardware to the software. Is this an intended behaviour to make video brighter? Anyways, is there any way to prevent this brightness change? This hurts my eyes when I watch videos in a dark room.
==PS==
This behaviour is also happening in CyanogenMod 12 (Android 5.0.2).

You can disable MX Player's brightness controls. To do this, goto Settings>Player>Screen and uncheck the brightness option.
And, an alternate option is to use an xposed module(you need a rooted device) named Minimum Brightness.

I think this could be a problem with just any video player, and not limited to the ones mentioned in the question. Also, since CM12 is mentioned, I've assumed that the device is rooted.
Note: Solution working on CM12.
I wouldn't rely or bother to change every single video player's settings I've got. If I'm in  a dark room and don't want any video player to override my screen brightness setting, then I would choose Tasker to restrict brightness. This answer (by Martin J) has a mention of a location where ROMs typically saves brightness settings, and CM12 is no exception to it.
All you've  to do is create some shortcuts using Tasker which would set max brightness setting (MAX) to your preferred minimum (MIN) value.
Follow the instructions
(In Tasker, any kind of settings are saved by pressing back button once, which would lead you to previous window as well.)

Install Tasker.
Go to your home launcher → Widgets → choose Task Shortcut -> name the shortcut.
Inside Task window, create an action as Code → Run Shell, and do:

Command: echo 2 > /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/max_brightness
Use Root

Change 2 to your desired MIN value. You can find out the lowest brightness value by pushing the slider for minimum brightness  followed by checking the value in /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness. It could be 10 or close to it.
Save it, and choose an icon for the shortcut.
Now the shortcut is ready for action. Whenever you're in a dark room and wanna see some video, just tap that shortcut and no player would dare to bother you again when it comes to overriding brightness setting.

Now, how would you come to back to default setting? Well, create a new shortcut with value 255 or the MAX available for your device. You can check MAX value through the method mentioned in step 3, with slider turned to maximum brightness.
This is a very simple way to deal with the issue. You can configure Tasker to change the brightness automatically if you're at certain Geographical position (dark room), or you see videos only at a certain time, and so on.

This is a screen filter app that I use with all my devices. Its called Darker. It has not only absolute min brightness, but it also has an option for a color as filter. Useful in low light; ie. android LED lighting is blue in light spectrum, using a red filter compensates - so eye strain is less, sleepless nights are less (my opinion and I'm not a doctor, but these are my own observations). Color and brightness filter can be used independent of each other. This can be used with or without root.
Android won't let you install apps when screen filter is active (security measure against malicious attacks), because it is an overlay on the screen.

Thank you. Actually I tried that before posting this question. As far as I know, they draw some kind of layer above other applications. For me, that makes the video kind of unclear as if it was covered with a plastic. Also, since the video is brighter than other screens, using that app made other screens too dark (almost unintelligible).


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White blocks in place of the numbers on the lock screen
My phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) updated recently to Android 5.0.1 and now I have a problem with my lock screen.
Instead of the usual number pad with letters I have lots of white blocks in place of the numbers and most of the letters. Does anyone know how to fix this?

If you can share your device model/version and OS please... But from the general sounds of it maybe your language/locale settings got hosed? You can try to reset your language, locale, and timezone settings.

It's a Samsung galaxy S4, Android 5.0.1.  How do I reset language settings?

This happens on many Samsung Galaxy devices (S3, S4, S5, Note 2 and Note 3). Android forums are full of this and it has nothing to do with language settings.
Long-press power button to restart phone clears it up for some time (days to weeks), then it comes right back. As of this writing, there's no real solution, but apparently it's memory related. Did your phone perchance start giving you occasional random error messages "Unfortunately contacts has stopped working"?

I had this same problem when I updated my S4 software. Within a few weeks I was having white blocks instead of numbers or sometimes it was letters. It also affected PIN lock numbers.
Would you believe I read all the reviews, but in the end I just turned my S4 off and back on nothing else. I didn't reboot, but I was happy when I switched my phone back on and everything was back to normal (no blocks). Please try it before you do anything else

I think turning off and back on is the same as rebooting, unless you have a different meaning of reboot...

I've had the same problem since the Lollipop update. Samsung told me to do the following:

Change PIN lock to pattern lock, then change it back to PIN lock
Go to Settings > Security
Scroll down to "Make passwords visible"
Uncheck and check that option

White boxes are gone. At least for now...

actually if you go into your applications and clear the cache data (which is useless cookies saved from the internet) it fixes it and it should also speed up your phone.

Why would the lock screen have internet cookies? And that is just one potential use out of many. Have you actually faced the issue in the OP?


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Nexus 6 screen goes black during call (w/ Lollipop 5.1)
After updating to Lollipop 5.1, any phone calls made turns the screen off. I cannot get the phone to bring up the screen to end the call, dial another person, or interact with the screen in any way.

This is a known problem with the current Android 5.1 update and screen protectors. The problem is related to screen protectors affecting proximity sensing that normally turns off the screen when it is close to your face. There are a couple of solutions:

Remove the screen protector
Set the Power Button Ends Call setting under Settings > Accessibility.

FYI: I did get the Android 5.1.1 update as mentioned in the link and that seemed to have fixed the issue. I side loaded Android 6 and the issue is back. I wonder if that patch did not make it through to the Marshmallow build. So if you are thinking about upgrading, I would hold off. Also as another workaround I read that plugging in a headset will keep your screen on.

This may be a "duh", but I've found that using a blue tooth headset also prevents this problem from occurring.


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What are the benefits of Lollipop? [Features]
The last thing I want to do is fade out of current times & technology.
So the question: what will I gain, feature-wise, from upgrading to a phone with Lollipop OS? Put speed and Material theme aside. What neat little features did they pack into the OS? For example, in 4.3 it was App-ops. Jelly Bean introduced device encryption, screenshots, music EQ, NFC, boot-to-safe-mode, settings shortcuts, lockscreen owner info, you get it. All the little things we now take for granted.
So, what's the list for Lollipop? I can think of a couple things, but I had to dig deep. Built-in flashlight is an example. But as far as functionality goes, I couldn't find anything that I can't already do on JB.
Enlighten me.

The lockscreen and notifications are easily the most dramatic change.
Notifications on the lockscreen are more powerful. You're able to read and clear notifications without unlocking the phone. Double tapping a notification will bring you directly into an app.
Quicksettings are available from the lockscreen. A 2 finger swipe down from the top in the lockscreen (as well as from any screen in the OS) will reveal quicksettings. You can make limited changes, such as turning on and off wifi, without unlocking the phone.
Smart lock is a number of security settings that allow your phone to automatically unlocked in different situations, depending on location or proximity to another device such as a smart watch or bluetooth keyboard. Face unlock has been folded into Smart Lock. They also added a setting called on-body detection that does pretty much what it sounds like. The main draw to these types of features is to cut down on the times you have to punch in your passcode, even when you are in a secure place.
Another security feature is the ability to put your device in a kind of kiosk mode. Lollipop calls it pinning apps and it basically allows you to lock the phone into a single app so that another user can use that app, but you won't have to worry about them snooping around elsewhere. Phones also now have support for multiple accounts, though that was available previously on tablets.
Recent Apps feature has been redesigned. In addition to the Rolodex-like animation, you can now have it split up your chrome tabs into separate tasks. This has been controversial, but can be turned off.

Multiple accounts support
Ability to hide sensitive notifications from the lock screen
Search in Settings
Battery saving mode (that can be turned on automatically when the battery is low)


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Without switching on, charger lights turns ON when phone gets connected?
It's kinda bad day today as i dropped my phone into a water for 5 sec. Phone turned on & I tried to clean it.
Since the battery gets low, i plugged the charger cable to my phone. Without switching ON the charger, the light turns ON in Charger but the truth is i didn't switched ON.
What issue is this? Is my phone discharges the battery when something gets connected without Turning ON anything? Also, i can't charge the battery. Please help!

Seems like a short-circuit to me. If the charger is turned off but the phone shows that it is charging then it might be broken. If it actually works, try to dry it completely (by putting it near heater or similar) before turning on again. Also remove the battery to prevent another short-circuit.

@GiantTree Never ever the heater (or the sun, or – beware! – the microwave). Do as Yuva did: use rice! – And Yuva: Keep the battery out and the device disconnected until completely dried!

Ok, i think answering my own question will be helpful for other to easily to get.Right,the Solution is

Keeping in an uncooked rice for some hours made phone to work.

As the comments to my question pointed out, definitely …

avoid drying it with heat (e.g. in the sun, on a heater, or with a hairdryer)
keep the battery out of the device during the "drying process" to avoid short-circuiting

Hope it helps others!


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How do I connect a Wii Balance Board to Android via Bluetooth?
Cue the "I've tried nothing and I'm out of ideas"...

What do I want?:
I want to make a Unity game for Android using the Wii Balance Board as a controller.

What have I researched?:
The Wii Balance Board uses standard Bluetooth to connect to the Wii. The board does not have a passcode. All results for connecting the board to an Android device points to two apps FitScales and WiiScale both not compatible with my device. I can't find any other results than these two apps.

What's my question?:
Why can't my phone (Nexus 4, Lollipop) connect to a device with no pin? (It prompts me to put in a pin and "OK" is greyed until I enter a pin). So how can I get it to connect to my Bluetooth?
Other than Bluetooth, is there any other way to get information from the board to my phone?

Notes:

My Windows 8 can connect to my board flawlessly.
Yes, I've tried tuning my phone and Bluetooth "off and on again".
Yes, my Bluetooth works.
Yes, my board works (like I said I could get input from it on my pc).
My board does appear in my Bluetooth list.
Any information is welcome!

TL;DR
Currently it's impossible for Nexus 4 running on stock (AOSP) ROM to connect to Wii Balance Board via Bluetooth.
Reason: On JellyBean 4.2, Android changed its Bluetooth stack, and the new one doesn't "support" L2CAP which is used to connect to Wii peripherals.
Solution: Some custom ROMs (e.g. CyanogenMod) and custom kernels might fix this issue.
(Specific answer for your case: unfortunately, it's not a good idea to make a Unity game for Android using the Wii Balance Board as a controller)

Details
From FitScales's "what's new" and WiiScale's description:

Prevent installation on JellyBean MR1 4.2 due to Google replacing the Android Bluetooth stack. The new stack does not expose the functionality required by FitScales rendering it incompatible for now.

**DOES NOT WORK on NEXUS devices or JELLY BEAN or ANDROID 4.2 devices.

Using that clue as the starting point, I found a discussion on MoDaCo forum:

Post #4: Google broke/removed insecure L2CAP socket support in Android 4.2.x. Wiimotes and other Wii peripherals stopped working because of this. Tell Google to fix/restore this functionality.

And finally, the report on AOSP issue tracker confirms this: Issue #58164: Support Bluetooth L2CAP (consider starring that to follow the progress. Also, there are some constructive technical information posted there).
One thing that might interest you:

Post #50: Alright, so I'm on a Nexus 7 rooted and running the latest official build of CyanogenMod 11. Before I flashed CM, it always asked for a password when trying to connect a WiiMote via straight Bluetooth. Now that I'm running CM, it connects to on without asking for a PIN.

Also, post #113 mentions a link to Android code review which seems trying to support WiiMote (and possibly other Wii peripherals) on Android's next build. However, it still needs kernel that supports the following:

CONFIG_HIDRAW=y
CONFIG_UHID=y
CONFIG_HID_WIIMOTE=y

3.4 based kernels support only the original WiiMote,
3.10 kernels should have native support for 2nd gen WiiMotes,
Wii U remotes did not make it in until 3.11 kernel release.


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Setting up a 2nd tablet to look like the 1st before resetting (and returning) the 1st?
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 and browsed the net and installed some apps on it - fortunately not many as it was basically getting a "test drive" and I had a feeling it wasn't being kept. I was right, I will be returning it to the shop and I'll obviously do a factory reset before doing so. What I'd like to know is whether it's possible to restore/copy the data to a second device so that I've got my apps/browsing history/bookmarks etc etc on the second device rather than having to reinstall everything on the new Tab 4. The movies/music/pictures are all on an SD card which will hopefully help, it's the apps that I'm curious about, especially since some of the games keep track of how far you've progressed and I wouldn't want to start from scratch!
Looking forward to getting some ideas from you. Thanks in advance.

If you look closely, you can find the solution for partial backup here.


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How to lock android sim network?
I want to manually lock the android sim card network is that possible and how to do it?

Did you mean disable SIM Card Network? If so, your device should have SIM Management Option in Settings App. From there You should be able to disable specific SIM and that way you are kind of Locking That SIM's Network coverage!!

From your homescreen ….

Tap the menu button/key
Select "Settings"
In the network settings, tap "more…"
Then tap "Mobile networks"
On the next screen, select "Network Operators"
Instead of "Select automatically", select your network operator manually here

Network selection screen (click for larger variant)
Note that the network must be available in order for you to select it. You cannot e.g. select an US network operator while you're in China :)


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RedMi 2 Bootloop after MIUI update
Today I had I have received a MIUI updated on my RedMi 2.
[Note: The phone is rooted and has CWM installed]
The phone was supposed to boot and start the updated but for some reason it got stuck in bootloop.
At the moment I can only enter in fastboot mode, recovery it is not working.
How to recover it ?

Ok here how I have managed to correctly boot the phone:

Boot in fastboot mode ( power + volume down )
Flash again CWM: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
boot into CWM: fastboot boot recovery.img
reboot the system using CWM (fix root)
re-flash with flashify

step 3 is to be sure that CWM will be rebooted.
step 5 is to be sure CWM is flashed ( in the past I have experienced some problem flashing the recovery image with fastboot )
There is probably some other way but this way worked for me so it maybe useful to other as well.

Don't forget to wipe cache partition.

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Incoming call screen is not displaying on Moto G 2nd gen
I have Moto G 2nd gen. I can't see incoming call display screen on phone. Before 1 day, the phone used to work properly. How to fix it?

Are you covering the screen-off sensor during the call?

Go to Settings -> Apps -> All -> menu and choose "Reset app preferences".


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Win 7 wifi hotspot connection not able to share internet
I have created an ad-hoc wifi hotspot connection using
> netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=WinWlHS  key=MyPassword keyusage=persistent

Then I have started hotspot using
netsh wlan start hostednetwork

I have also shared the intenet connection with Microsoft virtual WIFI mini port & it's also showing that it can access Internet.

When I connect to this hotspot network on my android device it gets connected but there is no internet(All proxy settings have been taken care of). Anybody with some experience to this who can guide ?
Note: I am behind proxy, using windows 7 64 bit, Sophose 5.60 installed, Using static Ip.

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My Galaxy S3 has a white screen with grey lines
My Galaxy S3 has a white screen with grey lines and nothing is working. I don't know if the internal memory is overloaded or if the issue is in the hardware. Can it be fixed or not?

Did this start suddenly? What were the last things you did (that might have led to the current situation)? Is the device rooted, and did you apply any changes involving "root powers" recently?


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ScreenMirroring in moto e
I have moto e (XT1022) 1st gen phone, it runs on android 4.4.4 .
I have a smart TV Sony KDL-40W600B.
I am wondering whether my moto supports Miracast - screen mirroring or not. because it has option of the cast screen. But when I start screen mirroring in TV and go to cast screen option it doesn't show anything, even there is no option of finding the device.
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See the image, there is not option of searching a new device.

I think you should try for yourself if Miracast works because I don't have that phone.

Well it does not work, but there is a option in setting for casting screen, that's why I am asking the question here.

When you are in the cast screen option, press your menu button and tap wirelles display

See the edited question.

long press the recents button. Do you see an option now?

Nothing - no options :(

Then I think your device is not supported.