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How do I connect my tablet to my tv?
I broke my Coby Kyros' screen and now I want to make an emulator console out of it.
The problem is my model did not have an HDMI out.
I noticed that there is a ribbon cable connecting the tablet screen to the rest of the tablet.
So I need a way to connect my tablet's ribbon cable to a television.
Is there any way to convert that ribbon cable slot to a VGA/HDMI/RCA port?
Or is there some sort of ribbon cable to VGA/HDMI/RCA cable?

I think its possible, but you'll need to read the datasheets and the pinouts for the ribbon cable and the VGA that is if you want to make it yourself.. Otherwise, I think you can purchase a ready made one from the shops e.g. eBay.
Here are a couple of links that might help:
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?p=1888439
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_kw=vga+ribbon+cable
Then you can purchase a VGA to HDMI convertor cable.


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Rooting and run adbd service automatically
I try to use create root package that run adbd service automatically,so:

I download root package for gti9300 from autoroot.chainfire.eu
I extract package multiple times to get recovery.img and cache.img
Unpack it
So I opened and edited default.prop like this:

ro.secure=0
ro.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb

Pack recovery ...
Going mobile to download mode
Upload it with odin

It roots completely OK but it's not running adb service.
How can I root and run adb server at the same time? (I want avoid going to download mode one time)

use adbd insecure app then enable it (also at boot). give it root permissions using superuser pro v1.0  and reboot your phone. I did it to gain default shell as root on my phone samsung galaxy star duos.

tanx for try to help me but i know about apps like insecure adbd or i can run adbd insecure using shell or ... i just want create a root pack (recovery.img) for rooting and running adbd service ;) and i want to create something like root packs in autoroot.chainfire.eu with only some changes like running adbd..

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What is true name of android (download/fastboot/odin) mode?
i saw every where to write something and named it this mode as download mode or fastboot mode or odin mode ..? what is true name of this mode? in iphone we named DFU mode that like this mode in android and done. What is the true name?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Is it possible to play real media on an android tablet?
I would like to play the real media videos at http://www.cs.princeton.edu/theory/index.php/Main/AdditiveCombinatoricsMinicourse . However neither vlc nor mxplayer seem to work. Is it possible?

Have you tried real player? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.real.RealPlayer.na  Alternatively have a read here: lots of media player recommendations: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/11498/video-player-to-play-all-files?rq=1

@RossC  It isn't even listed as an option when I click on the .rm link.

That's really pants... Sorry I just assumed it would work. Any of the other ones viable?


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where to find the folder "/driver/net/"?
I am trying to build an adhoc network using Samsung Galaxy S4.
Having established the network on the first handset, I am trying to connect another SGS4 to the same network.
The second SGS4 seems to discover the network and connect to it, however it generates, locally, a different network MAC address (BSSID) and hence can't actually connect to the same network, though it is connected to the same SSID (network-name).
In order to set a fixed BSSID in the second SGS4 I need to change some flags on the wireless-driver which usually is located in /driver/net/wireless/. Nonetheless, looking around, I can't find this folder in my rooted Samsung Galaxy S4. I've searched almost everywhere but can't find it.
If there is any other way to set a fixed BSSID, I'm of course open to that as well.

Could you please [edit] your question and add some background: What do you need that directory for? What should be in there? What do you want to accomplish, what issue to solve? It could e.g. be you're "on the wrong track", or there's a better approach to solve your issue (see: What is the XY problem?).

Yepp, much clearer now (fixed up the remains and added the adhoc-specific tag). Guess I don't need to point you to How do i enforce wpa_cli to change the BSSID of a network?

Isn't the path in question a path in the kernel source tree rather than a path on the running device? Where did you read you need to set flags there?

@DanHulme: please check in here

The discussion you've been reading is about compiling a modified kernel and a custom ROM for the Galaxy S4, using a replacement wireless driver that's been changed to add support for ad-hoc Wi-Fi networks. The path /driver/net/wireless is a path in the kernel source tree, which contains the source code for the driver that needs to be changed before compiling the new kernel. It doesn't refer to any path on the device itself, or anything else you can change on the device.


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How can I fix this Nexus 4 erratic ghost/phantom touch input issue?
I have a Nexus 4 16GB stock on 4.2.
It is experiencing a ghost/phantom touch issue, as you can see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f61TPtL4WBk
This doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen regularly (every 5-10 minutes) in Chrome, Dropbox, the stock Settings app and an app I'm developing.  It doesn't happen on the homescreen, though - at least not that I've noticed.  It may happen only when the device is warm, but I can't really tell as it's not that consistent.
I tried updating to 4.3 (using the standard OTA) and the touchscreen becomes completely unresponsive, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSt5GFSTr0E
In this state you can't even unlock the phone, though it is responsive as you can see.  I also tried sideloading 4.4 onto the phone, and this didn't work.  I tried rebooting (by holding power for 10 seconds), going into fastboot and wiping the phone and nothing would enable the touchscreen to come alive.
I then restored the phone back to stock 4.2 (using instructions from here) which allows the touchscreen to work, but the original ghost/phantom touch problem remains.
Any ideas please?

Did you ever resolve the issue?

I didn't - but as I'd only recently bought the phone from a second hand shop I decided to return it and switched it for a Galaxy S3.  I'll happily accept any answer that has upvotes enough to suggest it works, but I can't help any more - sorry!

have the same issues as the first bloggers that posted.
I have the Nexus 4 16Gb and in February 2014, I cracked the screen and changed the digitizer.  In the process I tore the lithium polymer bag for the battery and subsequently the phone started to have a sweet smell. After 5 days the phone started acting up with these ghost images which was typing the same random characters in Google Plus, the camera took photos by itself, it shut off by itself and made squealing noises and just have been crazy. Only upon plugging in the phone into the adapter charger would stabilize and use it on a regular basis.
After reviewing several blogs, one person recommended changing the battery, which I did and this has fixed the phone. I've had a new battery in the phone for over 4 days now and it's working perfectly fine. I am running Kit Kat 4.4.2 and have all of the different kinds of apps installed on the phone. screen replacement and battery replacement can be found on YouTube.
FIRST! Change your battery, don't give up the phone. Spend the money ($21 Amazon) and don't regret because you didn't try to change the battery and see if it works again.
Hope this helps and pass it on to others you may know!
**UPDATE:  Apr 13, 2014.  Phone is working as normal using USB charge and wall charger.  IT'S THE BATTERY CAUSING THE GHOST IMAGES.

You can try side loading 4.4.2 and then a factory reset from that android version


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Could a thief reset a stolen phone from its default config + screen lock?
For this scenario let's assume the following:

The phone is stolen and locked. The thief does not know the lock combination and cannot determine it.
There is no external SD slot.
USB debugging is disabled.
The bootloader is locked.

In case it matters, the phone is a Moto G from Motorola (i. e. not the Google play edition)
Is this enough to hinder a smart thief from resetting or flashing my phone? If not, what else could go wrong?

This will most likely depend on the phone, so I don't think you'll be able to get an entirely generic answer. On a Nexus device, for example, the answer would be "no". You can use fastboot to unlock the bootloader and re-flash the phone even in the circumstances you've described (your data should be wiped in the process, though).

I guess what eldarerathis wrote is valid for most devices. If I had such a device (not stolen, of course), I would simply enter recovery-mode and do a factory-reset. Voila, a virgin device (not necessarily on the Virgin network, of course). // If the thief could access your data is a completely different case; for that, above mentioned measures already offer a decent protection.

@Izzy Thank you for that insight! - even though it's a pity :(. Despite that protecting access to all my Google data is obviously more important which is comforting.

A lost device can be replaced with "a little money" provided. But nothing can pay you for lost data (make good backups!) or your personal data gotten into the wrong hands!

@Izzy I'll always upvote posts that recommend to make good backups :)

"Just restore the backup!" – "The what?" #D // Another place you might wish to take a look upon discusses all the different ways to deal with a device you've locked yourself out from, and how to re-gain access: Can not unlock my Android device as have no internet connection?

Although difficult to generalize, in a pretty good number of cases, using a lock screen PIN/password is not going to be sufficient to prevent someone from wiping your phone and/or flashing it with a new ROM. It may be an effective enough deterrent to prevent them from accessing your personal data, but there are a few considerations that go along with that, as well.
Firstly, if the bootloader is unlockable, then there is effectively no way to prevent someone from reflashing the device. The fastboot utility will give them the ability to flash unsigned images once the bootloader is unlocked, and unlocking it will not be prevented by any userspace security (like a PIN/password or keeping USB debugging disabled). Nexus devices always have unlockable bootloaders, so those are a given. For other devices, you can typically find out if your device has an unlockable bootloader by visiting the development portal of your manufacturer's website. Samsung devices will use Odin/Heimdall instead of fastboot (excepting some outliers, like Nexus devices made by Samsung which also have fastboot), but you can generally find out if a Samsung device will accept unsigned images via a bit of searching (in many cases they will).
Some devices have other ways of accessing fastboot/recovery, some more esoteric than others. It's not terribly uncommon for there to be a key combination that will boot a device into its stock recovery system, which will provide some means of performing a factory reset, thereby removing any lock screen security that was configured on the device. Another complication can be if the device recognizes a factory cable. The Kindle Fire, for example, would let you flash an unsigned image with a factory cable, meaning you could actually get a custom recovery installed without wiping the device. This would put all of your data at risk if the attacker was properly equipped and technologically savvy.
There are probably other concerns that I'm not considering here, as well, but these are the basic ones aside from bootloader exploits and the like, which are not really predictable in the long-term. In general, though, there is a saying about security which Microsoft sums up as such:

If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore

...and that's a pretty accurate way of putting it for an Android device. If your concern is securing your data then userspace security like a lock screen password, locked bootloader, and keeping USB debugging off are going to be great defenses. If you're looking to secure your device such that no attacker could make use of it, then you've got a significant uphill battle, and the odds of winning are going to be very slim (and quite possibly zero).

NB: For your specific scenario: the Moto G is supported by Motorola's bootloader unlock program. Therefore, userspace security will not prevent someone from resetting or reflashing your device.

Wow, this is a very elaborate answer and it addresses all the concerns that I had! Thank you very much for the time you took to write it. I've come across the saying that you quote before and was worried, yet Google's android device manager description says that it "locates lost devices and helps you keep your device—and the data inside it—safe and secure." Since keeping the data safe is more important for me, I won't have to be too paranoid about loosing my phone thanks to this answer. :)

One other thing, unless you have full disk encryption, then it would not be too terribly difficult for a determined attacker to bypass userspace security to read your data from the storage. If you have full disk encryption, then obtaining your data should not be possible without some fundamental weakness in the implementation of the disk encryption (e.g. as in recent iPhone vs FBI debacle)

If you flash a custom ROM with a bootloader that cannot be unlocked for any reason and that does not have a factory reset option, disable data transfer if stolen, prevent safe mode of any kind, enable gps tracking with no signal in or out of the phone/tablet except gps, encrypt the device, then you could possibly prevent a thief from using your phone. I do not know of any such custom ROM.

Sidenote: You can't flash a ROM with a locked bootloader. But some manufacturers allow relocking of their bootloaders.

If you have a motrola phone ( Moto G as you have described it)  with locked bootloader then your safe thief cant unlock bootloader without having access to your email.
In short if you have any motorola phone and you have not unlocked your boot loader and you have a lock screen password or pattern then your phone cant be reflashed or reset.


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Accessing web server application from server itself?
I have downloaded a web server program, and when launched it gives an IP address to access it through port 8080. However, nothing happens, so I can draw the conclusion at these possible problems:

The server is not pointing to any files, hence, nothing shows when you type that IP address and port number in the browser. In such a case, I can't figure out how to configure the server, and the developers do not explain in good detail.
There's an issue with accessing port 8080, which would be a restriction by the kernel or a related sort(unrooted operating system).
The server doesn't work correctly.

Now, in general, the program is installed in the SD card, the SD card is obviously mounted, and it automatically is set to access itself in directory format as follows: mnt/sdcard/server/
However, the HTML files are stored following: /server/HTML/index.html
I do not know how it is, by default, configured, and there's very many configuration files in Extensive Markup Language(XML). So, these following questions I directly ask:

Is there any default blocking of port 8080, or otherwise noteworthy issues that could explain this port number, the local machine connection to it, etc.?
Is accessing data from the server while on the server problematic?
Is there any standard way server software is configured/set up(so I could maybe tweak around with a goal specifically in mind)?

The server app is: PAW server. Despite following its instructions just fine, nothing loads when the IP address is typed in, and a "welcome page" reportedly should.
What I've tried:

Accessing the IP address without the port number; nothing happens.
Changing the directory the app points to; app doesn't work then.
Changing the files in the HTML directory; still nothing.
Digging through and editing some presets that seemed off in some XML files; still nothing.
Changing the port number; still nothing.
Accessing from another device; still won't load the page.
Using HTTPS instead of HTTP; still doesn't work.
Adjusting browser's settings, trying different browsers, etc.; still doesn't work.

Screenshots (click to enlarge)
PAW is supposed to show a "welcome/sign in" page by default configuration, I believe.

As you've made that part of your screenshots unreadable: Are you using a local (WiFi) IP address – or are you trying the mobile IP assigned by your provider? In the latter case, it could be the provider blocking that access (either to the specific port, or generally for "incoming connections"), which is not unusual.

No, there's no default blocking of port 8080, accessing an HTTP server from the same machine doesn't itself cause a problem, and there's no standard way to configure a server. The standard way to configure anything in Android is through the application itself, with the GUI it provides, not by editing XML files.
After trying everything you have, I'd suggest it would be best to ask the developer for help directly.

Try accessing your server using the address: http://localhost:8080/ or http://127.0.0.1:8080/
Those are called loopback address and should always refer to the machine running the program.

Is there any default blocking of port 8080, or otherwise noteworthy issues that could explain this port number, the local machine connection to it, etc.?

Unless your device is configured otherwise (e.g. with firewall or iptables), when an application have privilege to full access to the internet, they will be able to connect to any port and listen to non privileged ports (specifically > 1024).
Many network providers have firewall which blocks incoming ports, which can interfere with your ability to connect to a device if you are using your external IP address or machine name. loopback addresses are resolved locally and can only be blocked by a local firewall.

Is accessing data from the server while on the server problematic?

No it isn't, and it shouldn't.

Is there any standard way server software is configured/set up(so I could maybe tweak around with a goal specifically in mind)?

Refer to your web server documentation.


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How can I merge my social network contacts with regular contacts in android
Suppose, that I have a contact Ann Fisher in my phone (it's syncing with my google account). And suppose that this Ann Fisher has google plus account Annie Fisher.
How can I tell my phone, that this is the same person?
Right now I see, that it would only 'knew' it if both names (in G+ and my phone contact) are exactly the same.

Open up http://www.google.com/contacts and perform a search for the person you want to merge.

Tick both contacts, click "Add to my Contacts" and the Google+ contact will have a copy of itself made from "Other Contacts" to "My Contacts", then click More -> Merge

Thank you for your answer. I was actually hoping that I could do that in my phone, but that is also acceptable.
But I have a difficulty. Not all my contacts can be merged somehow...


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Android Download PDF Giving Download Unsuccessful
I have been trying to figure out what this error is and how to get rid of it.
Whenever I try to open the pdf file from this website on chrome:
http://www.stdavidtheking.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=247
I get the error download unsuccesful. What can I do to fix this?

Possibly related: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/54805/how-to-open-pdf-from-notification-bar-and-fix-cannot-open-file-error

In my previous experience, I've always had problems downloading with Chrome. I'd try a different browser like Boat Browser or Dolphin Browser.

This sometimes happens to me in Chrome. What seems to work better is, instead of tapping on the link to the PDF, long-press on the link and choose Save link.

It works, thank you! This is very old Android bug, that has not been fixed. See in official Android bug tracker: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=19951


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My dialer's in-call experience is sideways
Okay... something really weird that just started happening.
Before getting into the details, my phone is an AT&T Galaxy S3.
I'm running AOKP build aokp_d2att_jb-mr2_milestone-1.
The in-call experience, and the "answer call" screen on my phone are "sideways", for lack of a better word. Normally, the in-call experience should look like this:

However, my in-call suddenly started looking something like the following image:

I have no idea how it got that way, or how to turn it back. Can anyone tell me how to reset the orientation of the call experience screen?
The same thing happens on my "answer call" screen, but the actual DIALER screen, to place a call, displays normally.

This may be solved by clearing the cache and data of the dialler app.
To do this, go to Settings › Apps › swipe to All › select the Dialler application from the list › Clear Cache and Data.

Did it! Awesome, thanks. Wish I knew how it got that way... but, least I know how to fix it now.


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Can one "saferoot" 4.4.2?
I know that a Samsung 4.3 can be rooted using a method called saferoot. What it does is find a security hole in the OS and performs a "privilege escalation" on the process.
The advantage of this is that it doesn't touch the ROM and has little risk of bricking one's phone.
I assume that they fixed this specific exploit in 4.4.2. I want to know if there is another method like this?

Technically speaking there's no completely safe rooting of any devices, this is because rooting allows complete access to device files. So rooting no there's no really 'safe' way. You can however root your phone and then just be careful with what you install and do on your phone. I honestly don't see much of a reason to root a phone, but if you want to then just be careful. Also there had not been a release of saferoot and probably won't be for awhile due to Android 4.4 KitKat still being a fairly new OS.

You seem to be answering the question "is it safe to 'root' my phone?" The actual question, though, is there an equivalent to "saferoot" for Android 4.4.

Safe means safe from the device, not safe from me. I have "root" on my computer and I still didn't format it. The problem with flashing a ROM is that if something goes wrong (wrong device, mistaken options), your device is bricked.


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Why does the preview image for my FFC look sharper than the actual captured image?
I feel this has been a problem on my Sprint Galaxy S3. The preview looks very crisp but when I actually take picture it becomes faded and bit blurry.
I know it's not motion from the tapping the button because it does not do it remains clear if I take a screenshot of the preview which is more shaky than just pressing the screen.
I took a picture and a screenshot of the picture to show what I am talking about:

Preview / Captured image (click images for larger variants)
In the preview you can clearly see the texture of my shirt and the freckles on my face while on the captured image it is just a solid blur.

Do you have any image filters/effects/night mode enabled? Try disabling them all?

Yes, I have all filters turned off. I have the "image quality" setting set to "super fine" and have tried both an auto white balance and fixed ones.


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Changing Administrator of WhatsApp group due to non-working mobile and migration to another country
My friend is an Administrator of our group on WhatsApp. He migrated from Singapore to US and as a result, his phone is not working. I would like to take the Administrator privileges for adding him back to the group using US phone number. Can you please share suggestions for solving this issue?
Thanks,
Aniruddh

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

Your friend need to change the whatsapp number first.
Whatsapp -> Settings-> Account-> Change Number... and follow instructions.
Next Step add the one who needs to be the admin to the group(here you)(skip this as you are already in the group).
Remove all others except you and the present admin(your friend) from the group.
Now your friend (present admin) needs to 'Delete and exit ' the group. Now the one who's left will become admin.
Add all your friends back to group.
Voila :-)
Source

I think this will help:-)

Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.

Answer edited.! Thanks for the information. @bmdixon

Actually to reach the OP's stated goal of having his friend be a member with his new USA number, the friend only needs to follow  the first step of this answer. Once he's changed his account number, all should be well.


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Log off on Nexus 7 2013 V4.3
Can you log off gmail on Nexus 7 2013 V4.3 ?  I would like to share tablet (to play games) without them reading my mail. I do not wish to open up new accounts. Thanx

Logout from Gmail on my device

Settings -> Sync -> Google : untick Gmail.
Settings -> Applications -> Gmail : Clear Data, Uninstall updates, Disable.


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App download from own server shows unknown resource, How to make it trusted one
May be I am asking discussion related question, I am sorry if you feel it wrong,
but I am really stuck while deciding what to do.
For first time app Installation I have to give Download link for users from My own server because users don't have access to other Internet (also play store).
I have uploaded app to my own server and gave download link to other users from there.
Now while installing that from that location gives warning that it is from untrusted location and ask to change the setting and tick unknown location. maybe because I haven't signed this app with play store.
Now,
If I sign it with play store key and upload it to app store also, but for first time If I give same app download from my server, will it give same warning ?
Or else what things I can do to remove that warning while downloading from my own server.
Any other ways of dealing with this scenario will be helpful.

Unknown Sources simply means applications that are not downloaded from the Google Play Store. Even if you put your applications on Amazon App Store or other alternative stores, your users will have to enable Unknown Sources.
You can't change this behaviour, except maybe by modifying Android's sources, but I'm sure you don't want to.

will this help me add my download URL to app store

@user2934866 As the page describes, that's only useful if you have Google Apps on your domain, and all your users also have email addresses in that domain.


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testing an app in htc explorer jelly bean
I m trying to run the android application project on my phone htc explorer,developers mode on when I run it shows unknown serial number when i check my devices

As the screenshot looks like you're running Linux: Have you setup ADB correctly? See my answer here for closer hints (though it's on a Nexus question, same steps apply for any Android device).

yes I'm running linux mint yes it;s configured correctly and I have used the nexus emulator as well it's working

thank you very much I could use your answer and make my device appear...on my console

Just wanted to write there might be a difference between "emulator" and "real device" :)

yeah I tested it on the emulator first now I'm trying it on my htc device

You are basically having a "no permissions" error, where your PC's adb is not able to identify the device that you're connecting. As you said, you have a HTC Explorer, which I do too, with KitKat ;) So here's how you'd be fixing this "no permissions" error:
First, you'd need to create (if inexistent), the 51-android.rules file. Since you have a HTC Device, we'll just be adding the "rules" for a HTC device, so that your adb can identify your device correctly.
First, obtain superuser permissions using:
sudo su

and type in your password. Note that you can't see the password being typed, but its still being typed. Then, create the file, if not exists, using the following command:
touch /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

This basically creates a 51-android.rules file in the appropriate place, if it doesn't exist.
Now, for adding the rules, we'll just append some text to the file, a correct config, which can be done using the following command:
echo "SUBSYSTEM==\"usb\", ATTR{idVendor}==\"0bb4\", MODE=\"0666\", GROUP=\"plugdev\"" >> /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

This basically appends the following text, to the 51-android.rules file.
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

What the above text is, is the appropriate permissions for a HTC Device.
Now, disconnect your device, kill your adb-server, if running, using
adb kill-server

and, reconnect device. Now, try running the following command, to see if your device's actually connected :)
adb devices

You should see an output similar to:
List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXXXXX    device

Hope this helps :)
P.S.
In case you're searching for rules for other android devices, this link at source.android.com might help: Initializing a Build Environment. Look for the "Configuring USB Access" section :)
Also note:
A better option would be to install the "android-tools-adb" and "android-tools-fastboot" packages available in the Ubuntu repositories.
This can be done using the following commands:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot

^edited... :) and, this would actually work, for I have the device too :p

If you've got a different device, see my answer here (includes the steps for how to find the VendorID).

"a better option": those tools do not automatically create the rules. And to me it looks like OP already has the complete SDK installed, in which case these two packages are redundant, as their tools are already included. // Thanks for your update, Vineeth!


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How to remove parental control on Amazon Kindle
I have an Amazon Kindle Fire HD with parental control, but I have forgotten the code.
How can I remove it without losing anything?
I think it involves some kind of "reset", but I want to be sure I won't lose something from the device before I start and that I won’t have to spend a lot of time re-sending stuff to it.
I see something about de-registering, so perhaps it is not so difficult, though when I try to do it, parental control is blocking me, also it is blocking me from connecting to the Internet with Wi-Fi.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2414022
suggest to rename ParentalControls.apk - but I am not able to (seems to be locked).  Also I am not able to find the data-file mentioned.

@Olav somehow do you want the solution for this or you offering the help for the OP, BTW if you are rooted then you try to delete the data folder of the parental control using root explorer can help you. Another thing on Google i read some people enter their Wifi password and it let get them in, or I read on XDA a user renamed the parentalcontrols.apk and parentalcontrols.odex to .bak and it doesn't ask for parental control but he can't connect to Wifi after this.

another thing i can say if you are rooted then use Titanium backup or Go backup to make a backup of your device applications along with data and leave the parentalcontrol app backup and reset it, I don't think it will loose root and then again restore using that tool I have done it many times.

i thought only parents can do it :)

If you have Kindle Paperwhite, you can enter 111222777 as the parental controls password, which will trigger a factory reset https://www.lifewire.com/reset-parental-password-kindle-5222250

Look at this amazon help forum about this issue. I found this:

This is a bug in the kindle. Don't reset your device people!!! Just go onto your amazon account and "manage your device" and deregister it. That resets the parental control password. Go to the device and hit resync. When thats done go into the settings gear, my account, and register it using your amazon account info. It will be as before, nothing lost. I just got off the chat with a helpful amazon tech rep who gave me this information.

Also take a look at this answer on a forum found at askville.amazon.com:

If you forget your password, you can deregister your Kindle Fire from Manage Your Kindle (www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle) to reset the
    parental controls password. Deregistering your Kindle Fire will also
    allow you to keep any downloaded items on your device. Once your
    Kindle Fire has been deregistered, tap Sync from the Quick Settings
    menu on your device, tap More, then select My Account to reregister
    your device.

If you're unable to deregister your Kindle Fire from Manage Your
  Kindle, you'll need to reset your device to the default factory
  settings to regain access. If you've added any personal documents,
  music, videos, or other content to your Kindle Fire, ensure it's been
  backed up prior to resetting your device. Resetting your Kindle Fire
  to the default factory settings will delete all content on your device
  and you'll need to register it again before downloading items from
  your Amazon account.
To reset your device to the default factory settings:
K6:

Tap the Quick Settings icon in the top right corner of the screen, then tap More.
Tap Device, then tap Reset to Factory Defaults.

K9 / K9-HD / K10:

Swipe down from the top of the screen, then tap More.
Tap Device, then tap Reset to Factory Defaults.

To ensure your Kindle Fire has the latest software update, visit:
http://www.amazon.com/kindlesoftwareupdates
Kindle Fire also supports Parental Controls for in-app items purchased
  through the Amazon Appstore.

Try out these links:

How to Undo Parental Controls on a Kindle Fire
Kindle Support

Factory reset is the on more option. You will lose your data, so back-up your data before resetting.

The first link just explains how to disable Parental Controls if you already know the code. It also says "If you forgot your Parental Controls password, you'll have to reset the device". So that link doesn't provide a suitable answer. The second link is just a generic link to Kindle's support page.

You could just try de-registering your Kindle from your Amazon-Account and you may get rid of the password. Note that that WILL delete all Amazon content (like books, apps and so on) but it should leave other things untouched (like your own photos, music or other stuff you have sideloaded to your device). You would de-register it at Manage Your Devices on Amazon. After re-registering you should be able to download all your content from Amazon again, including books, apps and so on.
Answer found here: Yahoo Answers

no (see question)

If you can't seem to find the answer to this question on one of Amazon's FAQ sites and/or the in the instruction manual, back up your data and do a factory reset. It's also the quickest way than rather run around in circles, but be careful, that data could have some stuff that you can't afford to lose (like my "Flappy Bird" high score).

My son's Kindle Fire HD 2014 had the same problem with the parental controls password.  Somehow the Kindle went offline and I couldn't turn WiFi on and the password was not working. I de-registered it directly on the Kindle since it was not online. Then I registered it again and everything is back on his Kindle. I was concerned he was going to lose the level he was on on all his games but he didn't!
So, do not reset back to factory settings because you will loose everything. Just de-register and register again.


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How do take good close shot photos of documents
One of the purposes of my phone investment is to quickly take photos of documents.
I find this difficult.  When I hold it with my hand it takes a long time to get “focused”.
I have a Notes 3.
Stability would help of course, but don’t know exactly how to do that.  What could help is if the photo is automatically taken when focus is achieved, perhaps with “retries” until it is OK.

How is it an Android issue?

@SachinShekhar The answer might be a special-purpose camera app that can compensate for motion blur or sharpen text. For example, there's one in the "related questions" that might be useful.

I rawly remember having seen a photo app doing exactly that (auto-shoot on focus), but I do not remember which one it was...

"camera app that can compensate for motion blur " I would think you need focus before you take the shot?  Then it is a bit different for correcting for motion in a photo that is already shot.

About "Android issue".  Focusing is part of the software - so it is different from taking a good shot with a regular camera.

I found the app InstaCamera.  (Seems OK, but I don't like the way they seems to use the free version as a bait for the paid one)

Use Evernote. It has a dedicated Page Camera feature for your purpose. You can continuously snap documents with it.
If you are a premium user, keywords from your snapped documents will be indexed with OCR technologies (which will be useful in searching). And, it works great (I am a premium user & I have used it). If you aren't, just buy premium subscription for 1 month... Indexing continue to exist after 1 month (but new documents won't be indexed).

I think perhaps InstaCamera is a good alterantive.  I guess a proble for both it would not work with apps thatare made to create pdf's like a scanner (Since they use the camera directly).

I have been using InstantCamera for a while now, and its definitely better than native.


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Nexus 7 rooting and battery life
I rooted my new nexus 7 the other day using the Nexus Root Toolkit.
Before rooting I was able to get about a full day out of a charge and still be at about 20-30% but now my battery seems to drain faster and even drain while I have the screen locked.
Can root affect battery life? Or could it be an application?

What did you root for? Presumably you rooted your phone to accomplish something that couldn't be done without root access? What have you used your root access for? What root-only apps have you installed, what system settings have you changed? There are lots of things you can do once you have root access, some of these will affect your battery life, some won't. It would be make this easier to answer if we knew what else you've done.

I've flashed Cyanogen and ive used root for. Ore advanced features in  Tasker. I also replaced my boot animation and changed soft keys

Rooting the Nexus 7 means that just some additional applications are installed, e.g. the su binary and the SuperSU app.
Both are not active in background, therefore I assume that your battery life problem is caused by a different app that had been updated or installed more or less at the same time.

I'll have to look as soon as I'm off work. Thanks


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Larger edit area for SMS writing?
The Handcent app has a feature where with a click of a button I can switch to a larger edit area. This allowed me to preview my messages in whole before sending them off and edit them comfortably.
Now I've had to uninstall Handcent due to space issues (old Nexus One, very low memory for apps), and this is the only feature I miss in the stock messaging app. Is there a way I can enable this feature in the stock Messaging, or is there some small app that does this in a natural way without interfering with other functionality?

One way to do this would be rooting the device, to obtain the "Mms.apk", and manually reverse-engineering it (using tools like apktool), and finding the overlay that's showing the text edit area's size (and the step that naturally follows, increasing it :) )


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Control Upload Location on Google Drive for Scans
Google Drive on Android has the really helpful scan feature which I use all the time. However, it would be really great to be able to control where the default location for those files in Drive is.
Is this possible, if so how do you do it?

If you add the Drive Scan widget to your home screen.

Then it will ask you where you want subsequent uploads to go.

Then after that you can just use that shortcut to scan things and they'll go to that default folder.

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Battery-tracking app
I have a Galaxy SIII on Jellybean that's about a year old. I've never had any battery issues with it. The last three days, it's been at 80% when I go to bed at night, and completely dead in the morning. Once it's charged (and it does appear to charge fully), it's fine all day, so there has to be some app that's hijacking it and running down the battery during the night. To the best of my recollection I have not installed anything new recently. I have GPS and wireless turned off by default.
Are there any apps out there that would produce a report of what apps are running at a given time (i.e. that I can look at after the fact; not something that shows me what's running now) and how much battery life they used?

possible duplicate of How can I tell what is really draining my battery?

Not sure it's really a duplicate. That post indicates that the battery life is generally less than the user would expect, and that it appears to be draining over time. Mine is happening suddenly, and always during a very specific set of hours. I will check out the app posted in one of the answers, but am not sure it will help, as I assume that the phone has to be on to see the alerts, and my issue happens consistently in the middle of the night. That's why I'm asking for an app that does reporting.

Fair point. Take a look at Wakelock detector. It should show you if there is one (or more) apps keeping your phone awake overnight.

Will do. Hopefully it's something simple, and not that my phone is being remotely hacked or something.

Wakelock detector should show you if there is one (or more) apps keeping your phone awake overnight.
You could also (if you're rooted) try BetterBatteryStats. It's a paid app but it can be found on XDA if you want to try it out (The thread was started by the author). I've included their message on why they make it available free on XDA below.

BetterBatteryStats is available on the Android market for what I
  believe is a fair price. If you like my work and want to support me
  please fell free to show your gratitude by buying the app.

I used to have the same issue a while ago. I was going through my Facebook and I saw and advertisement for a battery saving app called Battery Doctor. I have tried all kinds of battery saving apps but none of them really did the job quite as well as I was hoping, so I decided to give this one a chance. I downloaded it and was surprised at how well it works. It not only has a unique 3-step charging system but goes through your apps and tells you what apps are draining your battery and gives you the option to close them within the app. It keeps a graph of how many minutes you save when using the app. It is super helpful and i think you should try downloading this app to see if it fixes your problem. The best part about it is the app is free.Here is the link to the app


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How to search one word in Firefox address bar with Google, not OpenDNS?
When I search only one word (which isn't URL) in address bar, Firefox treats it as URL and Website Unavailable notification is displayed with OpenDNS search page. How to replace OpenDNS with Google here?

Good thing is that this behavior is going away soon. OpenDNS Guide (which intercepts unresolved names that cause this issue) is now deprecated. OpenDNS would no longer redirect to the OpenDNS Guide search page when you type in a single word in the address bar, which means that upon receiving domain name resolution failure, Firefox will redirect you to your preferred search page.


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Samsung Knox - Keyboard Problem
I was wondering if anyone would be of any assistance to me.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4  (Google Edition) smartphone.
I have recently setup KNOX for business use, and safely connecting to servers etc.
However, my keyboard does not work at all in the KNOX application, but it works fine in Personal Home?
Does anyone have any ideas of what this may be?
I am using Google Keyboard, since I do not really like the stock Samsung Keyboard.
Thanks in advance,
Ben

Swiftkey is free and works inside and outside Knox

I just set up a Knox container myself and it seems that it is a secure sandbox environment that does not have access to your regular apps (any downloaded keyboard included) or even the Play store at all. It has its own Knox store, I suppose to keep the Knox container more secure. I was able to find a keyboard app for sale (Quickwrite Keyboard) in the Knox store but it's not cheap.

It seems, you changed Keyboard default. You have to setup "Samsung keyboard" as default when using KNOX


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How To Install Latest Cyanogenmod From Clockworkmod Recovery - Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (Intl)
(Short Version)
How to install Cyanogenmod from ClockWorkMod Recovery. What tools do I need as a first timer? (I already have ClockWorkMod Recovery installed)
(Long Version)
I tried to install Cyanogenmod with the get.cm and get.cm/app instructions. But the install process was interrupted by windows driver recognition.
All I have now is a ClockWorkMod Recovery and, apparently, nothing more. The Cyanogenmod Windows Installer recognize the device but can't continue from this point (it asks for enabling/allowing USB Debugging).
What tools do I need to copy Cyanogenmod in Windows 7 or Ubuntu 12.04 to my Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (Intl) with only ClockWorkMod Recovery and proceed with the install process?
Thanks in advance!
(My devices)
Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (Intl) - and a notebook with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 64 Professional

I recently installed Cyanogenmod on a galaxy note 8.  What worked for me was to copy Cyanogenmod to an microSD card.  Then with microSD plugged into phone, boot the clockwork, and install from SD card.
Hope that Helps!!


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How to get full root on a Samsung S-3
I have a Samsung S-3 which was updated OTA to Android 4.3. Trying to get root, I downloaded saferoot (source) from xda.
The exploit works, the process gets root permissions (remounting partitions, read/write system directory, and I was able to add setuid bit to a su executable).
From there, I disabled all KNOX related processes. However, the "system" function doesn't work (permission denied) and neither do any "setuid" executables in /system/xbin.
I suspect it's because SELinux.
Did anyone experience these problems, and what did they do to solve them?

VZW OTA, right? Well, as per the XDA page in question, I'm supposed to taunt you for not reading the red large writing, but the page says clearly, twice, that 'using this WILL NOT set the "Knox Warranty Void" flag.' It sets the "custom" flag; don't worry about that now. Later on,

Resetting the "Custom" and open padlock indication during boot can be worked around using the Xposed Framwork and Wanam Xposed. Get those two from the Play Store. In Wanam, tick "Security Hacks", "Fake System Status".

So you're not unlocking that phone any further than it already is; and you're not installing a custom recovery. You can install Safestrap recovery (unless you have encryption enabled; SS will bootloop if encryption is enabled). SS is a modified TWRP for your rooted-but-unlocked S3; that's the only recovery we OTA Jellybean users have got right now.
Note: you can only use ROMs based on 4.3 modified for a rooted but locked SGS3 (there are a few). Any ROM you install with SS is going to sit on top of the stock ROM that we can't (yet) get access to, and all of that goes in internal memory, so keep ROM size in mind when shopping ROMs.
Last thing: before Safestrap, if you want wifi, you need to flash the kernel modules. All that info is in the SS thread which I highly suggest reading. (I can only post 2 links since I'm new here; I chose carefully, but please read the SS page.)

no, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758

Also, try reading the /data/data without root. I did it :)


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WhatsApp friends profile image not showing
It's been a few days now since my friend's contact images started to disappear on my Samsung Galaxy Sii. WhatsApp is up to date. Android is 4.1.2.
I've already tried:

Turn off/on the phone;
Add/remove the contact from the address book of the phone (my contacts are on the Gmail account);
Clear the phone cache (under App Management). Just the cache. I don't want to lose conversations;
Checked WhatsApp space usage (under App Management). It's like 23 MB in total. Some apps use much more;

Some facts:

Some friends (a few of them) are still showing the profile images. They are from the same source (Gmail Address Book);
If I delete/recreate those friends with profile images, their image is re-downloaded correctly. I also deleted the profile image in the "Profile Pictures" folder and WhatsApp downloaded it again;

My guess: Users that are changing their profile image recently are being set as "no profile photo" (in the server). This propagates to everyone else who refreshes their address book for any reason.
Can somebody check my findings?

Is it all friends ? If it is just one, are you sure your friend did not remove his/her photo from whatsapp?

just one or two, 100% sure he didn't remove as i could see it in my other phone (iphone 5)

2 things I cannot guarantee it will work !

Go to SD Card / Whatsapp / Profile Pictures and see if that persons pic is present

Refresh your contacts once in whatsapp

tried,not working and now, the whatsapp can't even detect him from contacts

Can you be specific is it just one or is it two, for all I can see is this is a localized situation! Since whatsapp cannot detect him from contacts, can you check if you iPhone 5 still has him ? Refresh the contacts on that phone too

actually is 2 frds in my samsung note 3, i had both of them in my contact list and i did refresh the contacts in whatsapp

I noticed that it happened after my latest Whatsapp upgrade. I could check one of my friends who I can't see its profile pic anymore: she hasn't upgraded it (and yes, she has a profile pic and have me on her addr book). By now I'm narrowing this issue to only whatsapp newest version. Mine is: 2.11.152

I noticed that in the whatsapp site (http://www.whatsapp.com/android/) there was a newer version: 2.11.163. Thus, I've downloaded it directly from there and upgraded my whatsapp on the phone. Seems that friend's profile images are coming back again after I restarted the phone (power off/on).

This week - as of Feb, 17th and forward - it seems that all is well again. I think it was something server related as well. Their e-mail reply to my support request was very vague, like: "this problem has been fixed. Wait for the pics to come back".
In addition, Zuckerberg wanted to have a Whatsapp account and Facebook bought it couple of days ago! That's an expensive phonebook Facebook has now...

From WhatsApp FAQ:

Privacy settings allow you to hide your last seen, profile photo, about, status, or read receipts. You might not be able to see someone else's information because of how they’ve set their privacy settings.
If you can't see someone else's last seen, profile photo, about, status, or read receipts, it might be due to one of the following:

There's a temporary network issue.
You or the user changed your [privacy settings][1] for last seen or profile photo.
You and the user both need to resync your contacts.
You're blocked by the contact.

If it's one friend, maybe your friend removed the picture from his/her profile. If it's happening in multiple contacts, somehow the image cache of the app may have gotten corrupted. If you are used to getting around in android then force stop the app, clear data and cache. Or just uninstall and reinstall the app. Both ways would force the app to load the whole image cache again.

i did uninstall and reinstall whatsapp and even my phone too, but still the same situation

Has anyone tried to grab your friend's phone and add a number from another of your friends (no yet in his/her phonebook) to see if their profile image show up? Example: You have John and Jim on your addr book. John doesn't have Jim on his phone (and vice-versa). All of you have profile pics. Then, you ask John to add Jim on his phone. What does happen?

Seems like WhatsApp has recently applied some patches at their backend. If you have any contacts in your phone who don't know you (i.e. they don't have your number saved in their phonebook) then their profile pictures are not visible. Recently started happening on my phone too.

Any changelog ? Honestly I think this should have come in lot earlier! But i just added someone who doesnt have my number, basically i have a new number ! I can see their picture

both of my frds did save my number in their phone, and we have been chatting all along, just a sudden that i can't see their profile pic

I don't think this 'feature' of not showing profile pictures of someone who didn't add you to their phone is the issue here. I could check many friends who did not remove me from their phonebook that I can't see their profile picture anymore.

If your friend didn't add you into his/her phone book, then you can't see your friend's profile picture.

this is not true!

Actually, it seems to be true since a few days ago...

they did add you into their phone book >.< but still dunno what happened...could anyone help? thanks alot

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Multilingual smart dial in HTC One X
I have HTC One X with default firmware and the latest updates installed. I'm totally fine with the default dialer, but the only feature missing is Russian (Cyrillic) symbols in Smart Dialer. It's where you type T9 versions of names to fast filter your contact list.
Is there a way to add Russian symbols to default Smart Dialer? I want to use both English and Russian symbols simultaneously.
I can use separate app for that, like ExDialer, it does exactly what I want. But I don't want to blunt Occam's razor.
Default dialer is to the left. ExDialer is to the right, since it is doing it right.

It turned out, that when I set system language to Russian, Smart Dialer adds Russian letters. I used MoreLocale2 to add Russian system language. And I had to use the "pm grant" trick to make MoreLocale2 work.


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Track republic wireless texts over wifi
My son has a republic phone and I'm trying to find a way to monitor his texts without modifying anything on his phone because he's fairly tech savvy so he'd be able to remove it. I was thinking about a way to track the texts when they go over wifi. is there a possible way to do that?

I'm not familiar with it, so I won't post it as an answer. But have you seen Mobile Spy or Stealth Genie?

Are you tech savvy? You could try Wireshark.

SMS messages (aka "text messages") don't go over Wi-Fi, so it's not possible to track them that way. If you don't think you can install anything on the phone, the only way is through the carrier, and since intercepting other people's communications is against the law in most places, they're not likely to help you do that.

Please read the question carefully It says republic wireless. Their primary feature is to be able to text and call over wifi

I read the question carefully and it didn't say anything about this being a VOIP carrier. You might like to include that information so nobody else will waste their time trying to help, when only someone local to you will be able to give a useful answer. Regardless, if any of their data pass unencrypted over Wi-Fi, you should switch carrier.

Republic Wireless


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Default email app's notification is disabled on Samsung Galaxy S4
In my Samsung Galaxy S4, under Applications Manager, the email app has its notifications turned off by default.
This is stopping me from knowing when any of my emails come in. How can I turn this on?
I have found that others have the same issue but have not found a fix for this yet. The other people just changed apps to K9 email.

I had the same problem and this is what I did...
Start at your home screen and swipe down from the top to display your notifications. At the top right, tap the gear/wheel (which is settings). Then, tap accounts. Next, email. If you have more than one email on this app, you have to do the following for each email address--I have two on mine.
You will have a screen that has an accounts heading and common settings heading. Tap settings, then, on the next screen, tap the email you would like to adjust. Sync settings will come up. check the email notifications box and then select a ring tone that won't make you crazy every time you hear it! lol! And that should do it!
p.s. you can also change your signature here as well, to personalize your outgoing messages by tapping signature and turning that function on..  :)

thanks for the answer. Unfortunately this was not the fix for me. I had already set the notification when setting up the email account and have just checked that it is still setup which it is. Any other ideas?

great, that finally helped me to switch off that stupid ringing for every new mail!!!

With mine, I had to sync my facebook account with the phone, and the email app started working again.

Click on the button next to the gear that opens settings in the pull down menu and make sure that "sync" has been highlighted. This should fix it.

Have you changed your e-mail password? If so, you will need to update it on your phone, under Settings -> Accounts, then restart your phone.


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Install fonts to Quickoffice?
I'm looking to get the standard Word fonts on QuickOffice for Android. Is it possible? All my searches on the internet have yielded nothing.
If it isn't possible, are the fonts that QuickOffice does have identical to any of the standards?
I mainly just need Helvetica, Arial, and Times New Roman. (Required for some classes.)
Thanks.

Related: How can I install custom fonts on Android? / Does Android support new fonts? / How to install full Unicode fonts / Microsoft “web safe” fonts on Android?

An alternative may be to use the OfficeSuite app instead. It has a PAID partner font app (OfficeSuite Font Package) which includes Arial and Times New Roman; sadly, no Helvetica.


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HTC EVO 3D not appearing on Mac OSX adb
I am having a funky issue connecting my HTC EVO 3D (Running 4.0.3) to my MacBook Pro (OSX 10.9.1). I have connected this phone using adb and Android Studio for development, using the same cord, same phone, and operating system on a different computer.
The EVO is in debug mode, tried swapping out cables, swapping ports, restarting computer multiple times, restarting phone etc. The phone will mount as a disk, but can not be discovered by adb in any connection mode.
This leaves me to believe that either my USB ports on my MacBook are messed up, which I have followed instructions to reseting my SMC and PRAM, which lead to nothing. So then I thought it was possibly a corrupt ADB, so I went ahead and reinstalled the Android SDK This lead to a few hours wasted, but was feeling confident this would solve my problems. Unfortunately it did not, does anyone have any suggestions?
Edit: To add to the confusion, I can get the EVO to mount as a storage device, and upload an apk for development, but this is not very helpful if I have to transfer the file manually every time I want to test.

After months of not being able to debug through ADB, I've figured it out. According to this answer on Stack Overflow, the program EasyTetherUSBEthernet can cause problems with ADB.
Running this in terminal, with a reboot fixed all my problems.
sudo kextunload -v /System/Library/Extensions/EasyTetherUSBEthernet.kextv

If you need to use EasyTetherUSBEthernet you can reload it using:
sudo kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/EasyTetherUSBEthernet.kext


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Find what app is causing popups, NOT in notification bar
I am getting these popups regularly. They do not appear in the notification center so I can't find out what app is causing them. The only app I can think of that I have installed recently, I have already deleted and they still appear. I am using the Nexus 4 Android 4.2.2. None of the ad detector apps have found anything.
How can I determine what is causing this?
Here is a screenshot of an ad, and a screenshot of my task manager immediately after. I am not sure if the app would have to be running to show the ad:

Have you run a few different anti-virus scans? Might find something. Also are you rooted?

I am rooted. I've tried about a half dozen scanners.

I would look to see if something unrecognized has set itself up as a Device Administrator, disable, and then remove.

related- https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/126326/some-program-is-showing-ads-on-my-desktop-how-can-i-catch-it . for me 'airpush detector' worked great

If these popups are appearing in front of other apps, look through your installed apps to find any with the "draw over other apps" permission.  Most apps don't have that permission, so this should help to narrow down which one might be the culprit.

And how exactly should people do that? Look through installed apps? Where?

In Settings, under Apps.  Tap on an app to open its details, and there's a section that shows what permissions it has.  There are also third-party apps that'll scan all your installed apps and group them by permissions so you don't have to check each one individually.  And Android 6 (Marshmallow)  has an advanced section specifically for controlling which apps can draw over others — tap the gear icon at the top of the screen in the apps list.

Thank you. Looking for "draw over other apps" really narrowed things down! Nothing else I tried was nearly as helpful!

If such an advert shows up in my device my approaches would be the following ones. Also, at least a day of yours would be killed in doing so but it would reap good results.
Use Firewall

Install a firewall and restrict everything from connecting to Internet. See Closing internet access for some apps and choose a firewall app.
Allow one user app in the firewall to connect to Internet. Use that app and see if the ads popup. If negative, then do it for another app.
A firewall should be keeping a log of which app is trying to connect to Internet, so that should help as well.

Monitor network connections
When that popup shows up, see which apps are connected to Internet. Use an app like OS Monitor. Its Connection tab shows all the connected or apps waiting for connection (listening) on a port.
You can use this approach with a firewall. Restrict all those apps which you saw being connected to Internet at the time the ads popup, allow one of the app and use it, and observe if any ads shows up. Similarly, do it for other apps.
This should help in pin-pointing the source. Otherwise, ad blockers are always a choice to use and forget what's causing those popups.
Kill-all approach
Either manually or using an app or task manager, kill all the user apps running. Launch one of them, use it and see if the ads popup. Do the same for other user apps. Not a very good approach but nevertheless, it may lead you to source.

adb shell dumpsys activity or adb shell dumpsys window may also help.

Try using an ad-block app like AdAway or AdBlock Plus . Most of these apps will show which ads were blocked and from where they originated. You can also check this link to know in detail about how to block ads in android

a) what is the google play store link?  b) it says "It’s available for all major desktop browsers" .  What if an ad comes up but not while i'm browsing?

I had the same problem with my sony aqua and i found a very simple way to find the app that causing the ad all you have to do is when the ad pops up on your screen just hit the recent apps button and you will see what app is causing the ad.. For me it was Bluetooth app sender and i uninstalled it and the ad is gone

Great! This worked as expected. Thanks for a nice tip. The DYI Emoji application on my fiancee's phone was causing ads pops any time she had use phone with internet and they were like 3 ads in 5 sec all the time and we were driving crazy she from ads pop ups and me from Internet Data bill. Hope there is a way to sue app creator for using my data on spam ads. I try to find out thanks. ;(

I had the same issue. Found a few suggestions on the Internet, like Trustgo ad detector and air push detector. Installed the trustgo app and it found the problem app in in a second. May be this info might be useful for others facing the same issue

It might be useful if you [edit] your question and link to the apps you're recommending.

I recently bought a Galaxy S7 Edge. Was getting ADs for Mobile Strike over and over, with sound even when the volume was off. Very frustration. Tried Ad blocker and Malware Bytes. All excellent apps. Nothing worked. Couldn't find the responsible app. Finally had to do a hard reset. That worked.

Had the same problem. Pop up ads even in the middle of playing a game, or just sitting there. I went into setting, and looked at each app. There was an section that says how many megs was used in the last 3 hours. I uninstalled the ones that showed activity in the last 3 hours, no more pop ups! Hope this helps!

Most times, this is caused by malware and uninstalling is not an option.

I had exacly the same ads you are showing in your screenshot, also apps called Insane Stars and Alarm Clock constantly installing, i looked into services and found and app called 'Tasks' being the culpit. If you dont have a service called Tasks, try to open multitasking while the popup is showing, it will show you the name of the app.

Found my apps to be related to skype. Uninstalled and no more pop ups. One of their permissions was to run over other apps thus the pop ups.

Download a terminal application for Android and run the following command:

ps

The "ps" command will list all the running processes / apps.
Inside there you can see and analyze if a "weird" app is running behind and shows those ads.


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Lost some data (specifically my voice recordings
My phone started acting really weirdly lately. It would shut off by itself and turn on again, and sometimes when it just turned on, it would turn off again. The home screen would freeze, and I couldn't do anything. So I backed up everything onto my computer, and I reset my phone. Suprisingly, my phone went back to normal! So I tried moving everything back onto my phone. lost a lot of my photos and music, but it wasn't a big deal. What I'm upset about is that when I moved all of the voice recordings onto the computer, everything was there. But transferring back into my phone, I lost a few voice recordings, especially this one voice recording that is very important to me. I can't find it in its app folder, and can't find it anywhere. I looked in media, music, sub media, videos, everything I could think of yet I can't find it! Is it possible to get it back somehow?? Or do you know where the voice recording could be(stored) ? Please help!
My phone is a samsung google galaxy nexus version 4.2.1.

It depends on what application you record your voice with. But maybe it save the voices in a folder which is hidden. (the folders which have dots at the first of their names.)

ohh i see thanks. So I just have to check through all of the folders for hidden ones?? I looked through most of them, and there is no folder with a dot at the first of their names. and other folders say that theyre 'empty'. any other ideas??

you didn't say what is your application.

An app called Smartvoice recorder

I check this app, actually it makes a simple visible folder named "SmartVoiceRecorder" !!!

Yes, i know! But like, its not there.... I had three recordings, and only one is in the folder, when i made sure that i copied everything.


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What exactly is Device Memory and is it possible to see it's contents?
I'm using Sony Xperia L (Non-Rooted, Stock OS) which shows me I have 1.52 GBs of Device Memory. "Apps and Media" are taking up 0.98 GB and ~240MB is remaining free. I don't understand where all that extra memory has gone to.
So what exactly is this Device Memory? I read that it's "the memory where Android installs Apps". That doesn't really answer my question because I'm trying to get a better understanding of the missing space here and I hardly have Apps installed. So does anyone know:
1) What is the location on the Internal Memory that is considered as Device Memory? I mean is it a Folder?
2) How exactly does Android go about calculating that "Apps & Media"
3) Is there any way of seeing the File/Folder contents of Device Memory?
If we go to Settings> Storage we have a section called Device Memory. Here is a screenshot from my phone.
Notice how the space breakup doesn't add up here.

After a lot of searching around and trial and error I stumbled across the answer to this.

1) What is the location on the Internal Memory that is considered as
  Device Memory? I mean is it a Folder?

Yes. Device Memory is calculated from the Data folder present under root.

2) How exactly does Android go about calculating that "Apps & Media"
3) Is there any way of seeing the File/Folder contents of Device
  Memory?

The "Device Memory" includes all the contents of that /Data folder.

Apps: (apps that are actually installed on my phone),
Data: that is used by these installed apps,
Core. I'm yet to find out about this.
Dalvik Cache: Which gets created for each app that is installed. There is a particular file that is taken from each apk file installed on the phone and put here on the Dalvik Cache.
Free Space: Finally the much needed answer to where all my free space went off too. It got consumed by the way "Device Memory" is architectured. So if you install around 400MB of apps that is enough to actually fill up 1.5GB of Data folder.

Hope this was of help. Here is a screenshot for reference.

You might wish to take a look at our fine internal-storage tag-wiki for a short definition:

Internal storage generally refers to the storage space on your device that can be used for installing applications and their associated data.

It might be a bit confusing, but that's what the terms "device storage" or "phone storage" usually refer to. With most devices, this is where /data points to, and also other partitions like /system, /cache, and /recovery. You can find some additional details in the answers to Android Folder Hiearchy.
As /data is where the apps store their "private" data (well, to be more precise: that would be /data/data), and /system is reserved for, hm, the system, on a not rooted devices most content will stay hidden from you ("insufficient privileges" to see/access).

Internal/Device memory is similar to RAM which android OS makes use of. Its location will probably will remain invisible to you since your device is non-rooted.
I am assuming you want access to internal storage and not internal memory. You can access your internal storage which has the path of
    /storage/sdcard0 where '/' is the root directory.
"Apps & Media" contains all your application data (save files , scores etc), your photos & images stored on the device , music files (mp3, ringtones etc) & videos.
You will need to root your device to see the contents of "/" directory as rooting your device will provide you with super user privileges and thus allow rw access to all directories.
You can check this link to know more about the difference between storage & memory.

"Internal/Device memory is similar to RAM which android OS makes use of." I'm talking about the "Device Memory" that is present shown under the Settings -> storage section. I doubt that it's like a RAM because then it wouldn't make sense for the phone to stop installing new apps with the error "out of memory". Also, it wouldn't make sense for it to contain such a large bunch of media, photos etc.. Why load everything into a RAM memory? And why wouldn't it get reset after restarting the system?


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Wi-fi stopped working
The other day out of the blue my Wi-Fi stopped working. I've tried fixes I found here in stack exchange (see below), but nothing seems to work. How can I tell if it's a hardware problem or a software problem?
I should note that the Wi-Fi says it's on but dose not show any SSID's and my network history's are no longer there. I have tried...

deleting the data/misc/WiFi folder the rebooting
Fxr fix and rescue

I have a sprint galaxy S3 rooted running Cyan fox 2.02 (KitKat 4.4.2)

Welcome to the Android Enthusiasts! What are the "fixes" you've tried? If you don't want to get the same stuff recommended, it might be helpful to [edit] your question and include those details ;)

Thanks for the update! I've just applied some formatting to make it more obvious. Have to pass the answer to someone else, though. Just one more thing: Did the "out of the blue" go together with some app you've installed/updated? Not that I've heard of such side-effects, but that's usually one the first things suspected.

Actually i did install and un install this app --->     https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.easy.battery.saver      around  the time i noticed that Wi-Fi was gone

Try booting your device in safe-mode and see whether your problem persists. Contact the author of that app and ask him for advice; it might be connected (some "optimizing" might have stuck though the app was uninstalled).

Now we are getting somewhere it works fine in safe mode.....so hardware isn't the issue

Exactly. That is a relatively clear sign some "user-space app" is the culprit. So you just need to figure out which one it is. Trouble is, you cannot easily "disable" them, only uninstall. As you're on 4.x already: Use Helium Backup (or adb backup) to backup all of your apps separately (including .apk and data). Then uninstall them one by one. As soon as it starts working again, you've found the troublemaker – and can restore all other apps+data from that backup. Please report back then :)

Did the one by one uninstall but it did not fix it self.... So I cleaned the cache and the dalvik cache and wiped data. Wi-Fi works now.

Glad to read! I've summed it all up in my answer below. Consider "accepting" the answer (by clicking the check-mark next to it), so other users see it's solved. Enjoy your now-again-working device!

This can have multiple reasons. First thing to look for is always whether a "user app" might have caused this. This can be done by booting into safe-mode: if everything works here, at least the hardware is fine, and the system as well. In that case, next steps would be:

Boot into recovery-mode, and clear (wipe) cache. This is possible on rooted and unrooted devices, each recovery (stock or custom) should permit this (exceptions are quite rare). Then reboot, and see if the issue is solved.
If it's not solved, and your device is equipped with a custom recovery: Again boot into recovery, this time wipe the "Dalvik Cache". Reboot, and check whether the issue is solved now.

If none of these two steps brought you any relief, you need to go the "hard way":

Backup all your apps into single backups (so you can restore them separate), including .apk and data. Useful tools for that: adb backup (see: adb, backup) and Helium Backup, or on rooted devices also Titanium Backup.
Uninstall apps in reverse order of their installation (the culprit it's more likely an app you've installed lately, than an app you've installed a year ago) one-by-one, and after each single uninstall see whether the problem solved. Doesn't hurt to reboot as well (i.e. uninstall→reboot→check, next).
At the point where it starts working again, re-install all apps you've removed (again one-by-one), skipping the last one – as that was most likely causing the issue.

If the issue still persists (or still persisted in safe-mode), last resort is a factory-reset. Before doing that, make sure your contacts etc. are either synced with your Google account, or backed up otherwise (the apps you have already "secured" with above steps). Does the issue stay even after this, it's most likely a hardware issue, and you'll have to turn in your device for service.
If, on the other hand, the factory-reset made it working again, carefully restore from your backups – again one by one, with a reboot in between (to make sure you don't end up where you've started).


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How to recover Google account without username or Gmail address?
I forgot my username and Gmail address. I had to get new mobile phone with a new number. How do I recover my account?

you can go through these links to see if you can get your google account back :
google account recovery - link 1
google account recovery - link 2


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Send email by selecting multiple users from Contacts app
When I need to send email to multiple users in Gmail app I explicitly need to type in their addresses. Is there any way to select multiple users from my Contacts app and put them into the To/Cc/BCc field?
From this question I realize that I can create groups but it won't work for me as recipients keep changing in my case so grouping them would not be feasible. Also I have linked my social accounts so there are some email addresses which are coming from my social accounts but are not stored in my Gmail contacts.
I am using HTC One X with HTC Sense 5 and Android 4.2.2.


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How can I physically remove the internal memory device from my Samsung Galaxy S2?
My Galaxy S2 has recently died completely over night. It does not turn on regardless of which combination of buttons I try and how long I press them. I've tried with two different batteries, without a battery, SIM, no SIM and so on. It still seems to recharge the battery as it builds up heat when connected to a charger in the top left corner below the display side camera.
Since I'm certain it is beyond repair I've ordered a new phone and am now thinking about how to get to the stuff that was not on the SD card of the broken one, which I neglected to backup for a few month. I've been thinking about removing the memory device physically. No harm done if I break anything else as I consider it broken already anyway. Unfortunately, there are hardly any resources on the internet that I was able to find in that regard.
So my question is simple: where is the internal memory in the S2 and how can I rip it out?
I don't care if I break any other components as long as I get to that memory device.

Ask one of the major data recovery companies.

uhhh dismantle the board, need a steady hand with solder... that is an unusual question...

I was not aware it would be that complex. I might give it a try if everything else fails. Did get a new phone by now, and will try with repair companies first. But opening it up is not out of the question, especially after I'm sure I can't break it any further.

This may not be as easy as you think. The eMMC is connected to the board with a Ball Grid Array (BGA) connection, which is pretty difficult to reconnect once removed.
You can see photos of the chip and more discussion on the topic on this XDA post.
As for where the chip is, you might be able to find it on some teardowns, but my eyes didn't catch it in iFixIts photos.

Oh, if it's a BGA, then my answer isn't quite right: you need an oven to desolder it, not an iron.

It's a chip soldered to the main board in the phone. You can only remove it by desoldering it from the board in a soldering oven. (This is a precisely temperature-controlled device: a kitchen oven won't do.)
Even if you did manage to desolder it safely, the chip itself isn't a lot of use to you. Because it's an internal component, it doesn't fit into a standard reader like an SD card does, so you'd have to either try to solder it into a different phone (which might still not work, if anything on the chip is specific to the old phone), or find the specs and build a new board to fit it.

Were you trying to root you phone or install a new ROM on it? It could be possible that if you just plug in the logic board of your old phone into power from an old working Galaxy S2 it might just boot up. If it died overnight without you doing virtually anything to it my guess is that the battery within the phone fails to provide power through the phone i.e the internal circuitry on the power supply which is in the lower section of the phone may not be working. I had similar issues once, mine just magically started working after a month. It was a case of water damage though. If you did try to install a new ROM on the phone it may be bricked and a USB jig might help fix it. They are easily available from eBay or Amazon if you live in the US and are quite easy to make at home as well. You may also try purchasing a new USB MHL board from eBay. Replacement are available for as less at 5$. As onik mentioned, the BGA will be nearly impossible to take out and use yourself. Aftermarket data recovery companies might be able to help though.

Thanks for your reply. I did not do anything at all. It just went black. When I took out the battery, put it back in and turned it on, it froze while booting (the stock firmware). It has been dead since. I tried two batteries and several chargers. I also tried a USB jig already. Nothing worked and I have since proclaimed it dead.

It might be your USB MHL board then. I cannot seem to see a logical reason behind the phone failing as long as all the parts are working correct. Did you try plugging in the battery in another port to check if it had actually charged? It seems that the internal power supply went bad. My concern for this is simply because getting the BGA data recovered will be too expensive for you and nearly impossible to do at home without the required tools.

I've actually not tried someone else's battery, and I have not put mine in someone else's phone. We were afraid either might damage the other person's stuff because the problem could be with my phone, or with the batteries. But I will try that. I might find someone who has a dedicated battery charger, too.

Give it a shot and let us know. Maybe we can provide you more help on the same. I have the same phone too. Cheers!

Tried someone else's fully charged battery - no effect. Seems dead. Thanks for all the good suggestions.

Try replacing the USB flex board. You can find one cheap on Ebay. Here's a link - USB Flex Board


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Restricted Access for SIM when use internet (3G, 2G and wi-fi)
I am using THL W3+ and i have some problems when I switch on the internet (3G,2G, wi-fi) - it is working in normal mode for not more than 5 minutes and then the SIM and voice calls are in restricted mode and PIN is required.
Did somebody meet such problem and did somebody find a solution?

What do you mean by restricted mode? Does the SIM lock? Drop out of the network?

it appears the "Enter PIN" screen, the same as you just switched the phone on. until you enter the PIN and it is successfully accepted, there is no voice call available (neither incoming, nor outgoing)

This sounds like it's a problem with the SIM card. My suggestion would be to check the SIM card seating and verify that there's no dust or debris between the SIM card and the connectors. If this doesn't help, try to use another SIM to test if it's a problem with the SIM card itself. If the device works with the other SIM, take your SIM to the carrier and ask for a replacement. If not, then I'd suggest taking the phone back to the shop for warranty repair.

thank you for the answer. Because it has a common behavior when i use 3G/2G or Wi-Fi ... that is why I consider it should not be a problem of SIM card. To be sure ... i also checked that out and the problem remains even with another SIM card.


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Unwanted processes
I bought a Sony Xperia SP phone 3 days ago.
Nice, fast, everything is seems to be all right, except for 2 things:
Last night, I killed all the tasks, set the stamina mode, and charged it to 100%. I went to sleep at 23:00, my alarm woke me up at 7:30 (GMT+1 where I am).
I checked my phone, and WTF? Battery is on 86%. No wifi, nfc, gps, bluetooth, anything was turned on, and as I mentioned, it was in stamina mode.
I checked the task list, and there were a lot of tasks, that I did not start, I don't touch my phone while I sleep (obviously).
I made a check again today. Killed all of the tasks except:

Advanced
Task Manager
Lookout
Clean Master
Messenger / Facebook. (I do not know why I did not kill this,
because I am using stamina mode, but never mind).

After I killed all of the tasks except those mentioned above, went to home screen, back to task manager, and guess what:
Now running

YouTube
Google Play Newsstand (hungarian lang)
Google+
Facebook
Google Play services
Chrome
Google search
FourSquare
McAfee Security
Intelligent Link
HRS Hotels

etc...
Why is it happening? (Who the fffffff asked to start HRS Hotels for example?)
Ok, if Google search has reloaded itself, I say, ok, or some Google apps, but the others?
How can I stop these apps starting automatically?
The problem is, I check what uses the most of the battery power, and it says: Google Services 22%, Map, 19%.
I checked Google services and here are the list of packages (I tried to translate from Hungarian):

Account manager
Google Play framework
Google Play services
Network location
Bookmark synch
Google contact sync

Ok, I did enable these services, but this whole thing is strange for me.
Please help me to improve to use my battery for longer use.
Thx

Please check: How can I stop applications and services from running? / Do I really need to install a task manager?

@lolka_bolka Believe me, I would love to have this control. This is one of the reasons why I rooted my device. Now I can control what is running and using internet.

Android is not designed to let you control what is running and what not. A badly developed app can drain your power overnight.
In such a case a reboot can improve the situation for a while.
However if you encounter pre-installed apps running you never want to use you can disable them under Settings -> Apps.
Afterwards they can not be started anymore, neither manually by the user nor automatically.

Ok, i realized, all the google synch was enabled, i turned off a lot of them. And download a good app manager (yes, i could uninstall them by manually through settings), and removed unwanted applications. I will check tomorrow morning, what is the difference.  What i realized, google stops starting a lot of services, but facebook and messanger always start. Hate that. I know whenever i want to use that.

OK. Now the removed apps improved my battery lifetime, and after that today morning, now i checked what was the most used process. It was google map. Now (i understood your answer), how can i tilt to start this process when i do not want to run it? Why is it turned on? I turned off all synch except google contact.
If i can solve this issue, i will be happy!

@lolka_bolka Check out greenify on the play store since you are rooted, it may help. It's a great app, it hibernates applications until they are explicitly opened.


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How to Increase font size on LG optimus g pro notepad, not the whole phone
I am setting up a LG Optimus G Pro, and the notepad, both in this widget thing, and in the application itself is hard to read (on the smaller screen).
I know where the phones font size and accessability features are, but I do not wish to increase the size of all the fonts, for example the settings text is large enough.
I had the font on the notepad much bigger, but I cannot find the settings for the notepad itself, tried the menu button, and all the buttons shown.
I attempted searching for this with google , but came up with nothing.

I am hoping that somone with this actual model, knows how I had the fonts there large, without an additional app or changing the overall font sizes.

[Phone needs to be rooted] In case you're interested in an app solution, try Xposed Installer and App Settings.
What is Xposed Installer?

Xposed is a framework for modules that can change the behavior of the
  system and apps without touching any APKs. That's great because it
  means that modules can work for different versions and even ROMs
  without any changes (as long as the original code was not changed too
  much). It's also easy to undo. As all changes are done in the memory,
  you just need to deactivate the module and reboot to get your original
  system back. There are many other advantages, but here is just one
  more: Multiple modules can do changes to the same part of the system
  or app. With modified APKs, you to decide for one. No way to combine
  them, unless the author builds multiple APKs with different
  combinations.

What are some of the things that App Settings can change?

DPI: Changes the DPI used by this app both when loading resources (some might be DPI-specific) and also when rendering them.
Font Scale: Scales the font up or down, similarly to the system-wide "Font Size" setting.


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Viewing Google Earth in offline mode
I have a tablet (Android 4.1) which does not have 3G internet. I have installed Google Earth and I heard that there is a solution for viewing maps offline.
How do I do that?

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-download-offline-maps-in-google-maps/

@Davidenko: Google Maps <> Google Earth

Related discussion on Google Product Forums

As of current writing, Google Earth doesn't support full offline mode, in which you can specify to download certain location's satellite imagery in detail. However, just like Google Maps, you can cache a small portion of it for offline viewing.
Quoting Google Earth product support,

Google Earth works best with a live internet connection. You can, however, cache (save) small amounts of data that you can access when you're offline.
To do so, log on to the internet and visit the imagery you'd like to view while you're offline. Please pay attention to the Streaming indicator, which appears just below and a little to the right of your images. When this indicator has reached 100% for the imagery you're viewing, Google Earth has gathered all available data for that specific altitude and settings, so you can disconnect from the internet.
Please remember that once you're disconnected, you'll be able to view cached areas only.

Note: there's no streaming indicator in Google Earth app. Instead, you can wait until the images are fully loaded.

Note that downloading Google Earth's data probably won't be feasible due to its size. Compared to Maps, which its data can be compressed significantly (using vector instead of real image), Earth comprises of fully image.

If its not too much data you are looking for, you can try to clear the cache before you want to save something for offline use. But the cache size is not too big, so don't expect too much.

As far as I know of, there is a "make available offline" option which allows one to select and download the most recent version of a portion of the map. Of course, you'll need an Internet connection to download it first. How to:
  Menu>Make Available Offline;
  From there you should be able to select a region to download.

Google Earth doesn't have such a menu item. Could you be thinking of Google Maps?

But of course, silly me.


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App force opens Play Store when I try to open Chrome
I downloaded and installed GO Launcher and there was an icon preinstalled with it. I clicked on it once accidentally, and it opened in the Play Store. Now when I try to use Chrome anytime, it force opens the Play Store right away to Spartan Wars. I can't use Chrome at all now and this is driving me nuts.
I'd like to fix this issue without having to uninstall GO Launcher, since I just it set up. In the meantime, I downloaded Firefox so I can ask this question.
I also installed the game then uninstalled it to no avail. Could someone explain why and how to prevent it?

I'm not using Chrome; but could it be it has a "start page" defined in its settings? If so, this is what was probably done by that "icon". Simply remove that startpage from the config (or set it to something else).

Chrome has a bug which cause it to keep the last intent it received from another application when you open chrome normally. For example: you made a search on Google Search/Now, you clicked on a link that opened in Chrome, then until you force close chrome, restart your phone or something, every time you will open Chrome normally, the link you clicked on Google Search/Now will reopen...
So I'd say this is the chrome step that helped you (you can put your answer in a answer yourself and accept it)

From OP themself:

I got it fixed although I'm not sure which one of these things did the trick.
I went into the Application Manager and scrolled across to "All"
I then scrolled down Google Play Store and cleared the data.
Next I scrolled down to Chrome, I force stopped it, cleared the data, then turned it off and then back on.
Doing that seemed to do the trick, although I'm not sure which one of those steps was the right one.

settings -> applications -> manage applications -> chrome -> clear defaults might help you.


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can not link app data to SD with s2e
cm10.1, galaxy gio :
I have problem with "memory full" message after I set DATA mount-point to sdcard
no problem with other options ... just with data.
what should I do ?! :(

i think rooting is required. try after rooting ur mobile then u can open the app


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tablet won't recognize usb keyboard
Azpen tablet android 4.2.2 won't recognize my usb keyboard. I downloaded external keyboard and a usb host controller and it doesn't work. I connected it to my pc and the keyboard works just fine. Any suggestions?

Which Azpen tablet? Azpen is the name of the manufacturer and they sell several tablets.

It's possible that this tablet simply doesn't support USB host mode. If the hardware doesn't support it, there's nothing you can do.

If you mean the Azpen A727 tablet, I just got one of them for $20 through a Micro Center promotion.  The device FAQ states it can't use an external keyboard.
One thing you can try is turning on USB debug mode.  To do so, invoke the Settings app, scroll down to and tap About Tablet.  At the bottom of the About Tablet display, tap Build Number multiple times.  You'll see a message indicating progress, and at the end you'll be told you are a developer.  Once successful, there will be a {} Developer Options menu entry added to the System section of the Settings app, and you can turn on USB debugging from there.
It may also be possible to enable this if you root the device.  I found instructions for doing so at http://zepinventory.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/how-to-root-azpen-a727-tablet/  (It's Windows only.)  I haven't been able to make it work yet, but that's likely because I was trying it from an XP box, and will try again from the SO's Win7 laptop.
It's also possible that USB host mode is simply not present.  The Azpen docs say communication is one way - you can connect the tablet to a PC and get stuff from the tablet to the PC, but not vice versa.  When I connect it to the PC here, the PC sees two removable drives, but neither can be accessed as it doesn't think there is media in the drives.
I'd like to use it with an external keyboard, but I'll live if I can't.  What it does now is more than worth what I paid for it.
Update: Rooting the device removed the restriction.  Once rooted, the device recognized my Logitech Portable keyboard, and a Logitech entry appeared in Settings allowing me to select the preferred keyboard layout. I found a guide to rooting that I followed here: http://zepinventory.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/how-to-root-azpen-a727-tablet/

I have the same tablet and when I connect it to a Windows 8.1 PC it shows up as 2 drives, the "sd card" (really extra internal memory) and the "external sd card" (one that I plugged in).  I can demonstrably transfer data both ways.  My tablet is not yet rooted.