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force stopping of a preloaded app on kyocera rise
Can i press force stop on preloaded app on device by pressing on force stop? Would it free internal memory by doing so? i realize that the preloaded device apps cannot b uninstalled however If i wanted to release memory on my internal drive would i be able to stop the app n its programs from running on a permanent basis if i press "force stop" on the preloaded apps which i hv absolutely no use for?

What should that help? Killing apps is not for saving RAM (rather it's for stopping misbehaving apps running havoc). You might better check if you can disable it in the same place, so it does no longer get started automatically.

No, Force stop doesn't stop the app running again. It just interrupts it if it's running right now. It doesn't free up any internal storage. It doesn't make any difference to RAM usage: Android will already kill background processes to free up RAM when it needs to, without you pressing Force stop.
As Izzy suggests, try pressing Disable if you're running a recent enough Android version to have that button: it's on the App info screen, right next to Force stop. (You might first have to Uninstall updates.) This will remove the system app from the app drawer, stop it running completely, and stop it being updated. If you're on an older Android version, you can uninstall the app completely only if you root the device and use a third-party app to do so.


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How can I have Android automatically connect to a VPN only when on an unsecured WiFi Network?
Let's say I want to connect to a WiFi hotspot, but it is unsecured. I'd like to connect to a VPN server, but only if I'm on an unsecured WiFi network. If I'm on a secured network or data, I'd like it to stay in VPN off mode.

Have you looked into Tasker?

Please clarify... Do you know the set of wifi y you want to connect to or are looking at a solution that first determines if the network is open or not  and then act accordingly

I don't think any app can do this, given that you want to run another app or script to connect to a vpn based on conditions of open/secure WiFi
Hence, you need to look at automation, I prefer MacroDroid ,being easier to learn-that's why I use it :-), and free version offering creation of upto 5 macros.
Coming to the solution, approach is based on this logic

Connect to an open network only if not connected to secure network.
You have a list of open networks to start with, which can be manually updated. Detection of a new open network and dynamically updating list of open newtworks is creating complexity , since you may not want to connect to any available open network for reasons like- how long it permits your session, ease of logging into it, stability, speed amongst others.
You have an app of your choice to create a VPN connection.

The macro would look like this.  I have tested only once , since there are no open networks around where I live.  The app used for creating VPN was VyprVPN. That is the app site link. My PS is not connecting to give you PS link . This app also gives you option of connecting to untrusted networks automatically, once you enter the network name. Connection beyond a limit is subscription based.
Trigger
WiFi enabled (macro will only trigger if any WiFi is connected)
Actions
Wifi connect to network> configure> connect to network> select all open networks from the list ( you have connected to these in the past and show up on your cell)
Wait 30 Sec (wait before next action, configurable)
Launch Application . From the drop down menu choose preferred app to create VPN
Constraints
WiFi State > not connected to network> from list choose all secure networks
The macro gets triggered only when WiFi is enabled, and actions executed only when the constraint is TRUE, meaning you are not connected to any securenetwork. It then connects you to open WiFi from the list of open networks and after a pause launches the application to create a VPN
This is the skeleton macro and can be tweaked for optimal performance after testing and you may like to add additional things like sounding an alarm, announcing that you are connected to open network, popping up a notification etc.
Hope this solves...all the best

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Advertising on website opens Google Play Store. How can I prevent that?
A website I recently visited on my Android device (http://forums.mtgsalvation.com) has code on the page (likely in the advertising banner at the top) that forces my Android's Google Play Store application to open up to Candy Crush. The link it's using:
market://details?id=com.king.candycrushsaga&referrer=ACID155-1378233900389-90097883

This is an unwanted action. Other than no longer visiting this site on my Android devices, is there a way to prevent this from happening?
I had two thoughts on the matter. Changing the agent to something that would not indicate that my device was running Android, or to disable the Play Store by deleting the vend app from a rooted device.
I'd like to avoid such nuclear options if possible.

That's what the market: protocol is supposed to do, although if they're automatically opening that link I'd bet it's violating Google's ToS. (And that looks like an affiliate ID to boot. Dirty pool all around.) I think your best bet is to use a browser that lets you change the user-agent.

Or just don't use such a sleazy site.

To start with, I write a fiercely worded complaint to the website admin, and then make sure I tell everyone to stop visiting such spammy websites.

If it's actually in violation of Google's TOS, then https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/1085703?hl=en ... report it to Google.

Better way - block it on that site.
Try installing Adblock Plus for Android. According to Adblock Plus official website it
"Blocks banners, pop-ups and video ads - even on Facebook and YouTube".

If your device is rooted, you could use AdAway to block advertisment of almost any kind on your device.
The app uses android's hosts-file to block/redirect queries to online adresses hosting advertisments.
In other words, every time an app tries to load advertisment from a specific online source, it's very likely that AdAway successfully redirects or blocks that attemp. In that case, the advertisment simply won't appear at all, resulting in an ad-free experience while using your phone.
Sadly, though, Google decided to take down ad-blocking apps like AdAway for violating Android's Developer Distribution Agreement.
If you wish to use AdAway anyway, you'll have to resort to third-party-sources. Please note that this bears significant security risks. Proceed at your own responsibility!

Make sure the installation of apps from unknown sources is allowed in system settings under security.
Download and install F-Droid
Open F-Droid, search for and install AdAway.
Open AdAway and grant root-access when asked.
Click on Download files and apply blocking.

That's it, you're all set. You can refine some of the app's configuration under settings, e.g. automate the update of hosts file process.

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Launch a "shortcut" in Tasker?
Can Tasker launch an app's shortcut as an action? I can't find "Shortcuts" as an option in the "Select Action Category"-dialog when creating a new task. This works without problems in Locale.

What do you mean by "launch an app's shortcut"? Do you mean, "can Tasker launch/start an app?"

Apps can declare "shortcuts" (e.g. the SMS-app can declare a shortcut to its "Compose new text"-screen). The available shortcuts can be viewed if you long-press a free area of your homescreen and select "Shortcut" instead of "Widget". The "Locale" app can start these shortcuts (instead of the app), I'm asking if the Tasker-app can do the same.

Strangely, this does not appear to be possible in Tasker, by default. However, I see there is the AutoShortcut app on Google Play which is meant to allow it. Interestingly, Tasker itself will tell you about AutoShortcut (complete with a link to Google Play) if you press the magnifying glass icon when attempting to add a plugin action to a task (I'll update this answer with screen shots when I get around to it).
Theoretically, it should also be possible using the Send Intent action, but that seems way more complicated than should be necessary for such a simple task. If AutoShortcut doesn't work for you, let me know, and I can try to figure out what the Intent settings should be.

Thanks, Trebor! Yeah, I found it weird, too, especially since Tasker has a gazillion of "target" options, including shortcuts should be a pretty intuitive/basic choice. Thank you for the "AutoShortcut"-suggestion, this does indeed look very helpful. I'm developing an app that I want to integrate with Tasker, and it already has a number of shortcuts, so I didn't want to develop a standalone Tasker-plugin on top. I'll direct my users to the AutoShortcut-app.

Seems like Secure Settings lets you launch shortcuts from Tasker in the same way as AutoShortcut but without all the annoying ads and nags. So I prefer using that method.
But neither method is really that great, I have a bunch of shortcuts they can't seem to launch.

My advice would be to switch to Automagic. What you're asking is a simple matter of selecting the "class" option in "Launch App." It gives you a complete list of available "shortcuts" to launch. Automagic has 90% of the functionality of Tasker, and requires fewer plugins. However, it will also use all the plugins Tasker can use.
Also, the interface is a hundred times easier to learn.

LS
In tasker there is a field data. When starting Chrome, one can fill in a url is this field and Chrom then starts with this url. I asume that othe apps will also react in a simular way.
Regards, Martin


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I rooted my kindle fire hd, installed android. When I video chat in google hangout the mic doesn't work
as above. I rooted my kindle with the hope of installing decent apps on it, including all google apps. When I try to video chat in hangouts the mic doesn't work...

Which custom ROM did you install?


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Popups, dialogs, notifications, toasts: what's the difference?
I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem with an unwanted pop-up message, and the person who's trying to help asked what kind of pop-up it is. It's just a message on the screen, what difference does it make? And how do I tell what kind it is?

It's really been a while, but Android added more pop-up types like snackbars and banners. Since this question looks canonical, is it okay to expand this Q&A?

@AndrewT. Sure! This could be a community wiki if you like; I only made it to help when people ask things like "a message came up, what app sent it?"

Android has different ways for apps to give you information or get your attention, and they all have different names. App developers need to know the differences, and when to use each one, so they can code the correct behaviour in their apps. Even as an end user, if you want to troubleshoot a problem, find which app is giving you messages, or describe some behaviour (for example, when reporting a bug to a developer), it saves you time and confusion if you can call each thing by its correct name.
Notifications

Notifications are the most common feedback mechanism on Android. They look like icons in the top-left of the screen (the notification bar). On Honeycomb and ICS tablets, they instead show up in the system bar, in the bottom-right next to the clock.

In Jellybean and above, once you've expanded the notification drawer (like in the screenshot), you can long-tap a notification to get a menu with one item, App info. Clicking this item tells you which app is responsible for the notification. You can also stop this app showing any further notifications from that screen.
Some apps create notifications to advertise things at you. This is now (since September 2013) banned under Google Play's rules, so you should report as malicious any apps that do this, from the app's page in the Play Store app.
Often your phone will play a sound or will vibrate with a notification, but not always: it's up to the app which created it.
Toasts

A toast is a small message that shows up in its own box near the bottom of the screen, and disappears on its own after a few seconds. It's usually a response to an action you've just performed, but in fact a toast can come from any app, not just the one in the foreground. A toast can't interact with you (you can't click on it or type into it), so there's no need to worry about it "stealing focus" like on a PC. There's no indication of which app created the toast.
Dialogs

A window that appears, with buttons you can click or a list of options to choose from, is called a dialog box, or dialog for short. (It's spelt the American way even in British English.) They almost always relate to the foreground app. Strictly speaking, from a developer's point of view a "dialog" is any non-fullscreen activity window, but they're usually used for simple confirmations or choices, like in the screenshot.
Interstitials
In the marketing world, an interstitial is a page or screen that comes in between two others. They're commonly used to show large-format ads in ad-supported apps and games: you click a button in the app, and an interstitial shows for a few seconds before you get to the next screen.
Summary
Next time you want to discuss or troubleshoot some kind of message that pops up on the screen, you'll know what to call it, and you can make it easier for others to help you.


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Stop from Samsung Galaxy S4 turning on when receiving text message
Summary: Is there a way to stop the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen from turning on when receiving text messages (without disabling the notification light)?
Details:
I've got a Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verizon.  I've noticed that sometimes when it's in my pocket that it will turn on and access apps, etc. (for example one time I saw it had posted something to Facebook).
I think that the problem is when I receive a text message that the phone turns on and then from there the touch screen might do whatever it wants.  The reason I think the phone screen turns on when I receive a text message is I've noticed that happen sometimes.
So really what I want to do is prevent the phone from turning on in my pocket, but I don't think that is an actual option.  But I thought there should be a way to stop incoming text messages from turning on the screen, while still allowing the notification light to flash.  But I haven't found an option that does that.

No everything is totally stock.  I just got the phone less than a month ago and the only think I've done is install some apps.  Thanks for the comment, I might talk to Verizon tech support about it sometime.

Looks like I'm not the only one who has this problem, so I guess it is a stock setting from Verizon: https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/804529

Duplicate of: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/46752/prevent-samsung-s4-screen-from-turning-on-every-sms

It looks like having the screen turn on when SMS messages arrive is a stock feature of the Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verzion (possibly applies to other models and carriers as well).  I saw threads here and here discussing the problem.  There is no setting to disable only the screen turning on.
The workaround that I ended up using is as follows:
1) Disable notification in the stock app: go to settings and scroll down to Notification settings and unselect "Notifications".

2) Install SMS Popup.
3) Enable SMS Popup.  Then go to Addition Settings and disable "Screen on for Popup".

Maybe someday Samsung/Verizon will fix the problem, but for now this workaround seems to work for me.

In the galaxy S4 SMS application, go to Settings and there is an option called "Screen On". Untick this option and you should be able to do what you want.


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Can I download WhatsApp on Ice Cream Sandwich?
Is Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0 to 4.04) compatible with WhatsApp?

If you can see/install it from the Play Store on your phone/tablet, it's supported.

Yes it supports Android 2.1 and up.
Play Store

Did you check their website?

Which Android devices are supported?
We support all Android phones provided they meet the following requirements:

Your Android phone is running Android OS 2.1 or later.
Your Android phone is able to receive SMS or calls during the verification process.
You will also need an adequate data plan in order to receive messages when outside the range of a Wi-Fi network.

We do not support tablets or Wi-Fi only devices at this time.


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Google calendar created on PC won't show on galaxy 4 active
I have created a new calendar in my Google calendar and I can't get it to show up on my calendar on my Galaxy 4 Active.  I cannot locate a menu icon in the calendar app on the phone to add the calendar to this device.  Any advice out there???  Items added from my phone show up on the calendar on my PC if they are added to any of the other calendars that were previously created.

I have the Verizon S4 and this is how you do it with that phone:

Open stock calendar app
Hit the left hand soft key for menu options
Chose Calendars from that list
All of your calendars should be listed there
Hit the Display option to choose which calendars you want to display all the time (All is also an option). Check All or select individual calendars.

That might be an issue in Sync. Have you checked the Settings --> Accounts --> Google (your_account_name) --> Calender. Is it checked? Please make sure, this one is checked so that Google could sync the data.
Also if this is checked, sometimes the ISP might block the service.
On top the issue is just with the sync.
On this post, the issue is somehow posted: http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/calendar/vrkNNwbOdwg
The guy had S4 and he managed to work it out, by going to settings. Try it out. :)

I've tried going into settings and "sync calendar" is checked. I've unchecked and rechecked and resynced.  I also tried the possibilities in the post you referenced.  No luck.  :(  When I add an event it lists the calendar as one to choose from to add the event.  However, when I add the event it doesn't show up on my phone. It does, however, show up on my PC/laptop.  I had this problem with my previous iPhone 4 as well and became so frustrated I stopped using the calendar app.  It's like I need to find the place to choose which calendars show up on my calendar app, but I can't find it.THanks!

I was having a similar issue - I'd added a new calendar to one of my google accounts and it would not show up, regardless of the calendar app I used.  Occasionally it would be on the list of calendars, but when I went to show it, it disappeared from the list.  Finally, I removed that account and added it back.  Thus far it seems to be working.

My phone Galaxy S4 was syncing but then quit. I think it has to do with upgrades that come thru.
Here is what i finally did that made it sync again. It took me a week to figure it out.
On the google calander (blue one ). click on calendar select + sign choose event. Now right under where it says enter title, times etc click that and then click the events tab under your google address. Mine synced right a way


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My android earphone socket doesn't work
When i plug my apple earphones into my phone it only plays on speaker. But when i put them into other devices sound comes out. I checked my phones socket to see if anything was maybe stuck in there, looked in my settings, but there was nothing connected to either. I know my ear phones work, but i don't know what else could be wrong. Please help?

Do other earphones work?

FYI: Would Apple EarPods work on my Android phone?

I don't know, I didn't try other head phones yet, but Yes they should work.

Well, that's basic troubleshooting. All the advice in the world won't help it's your headphone jack that's faulty.

Are you running a custom ROM? Did it used to work?

From the sound of your question, it sounds like your earphone jack is faulty and isn't recognising that earphones are connected.
You would have to send your device for repair.


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After installing CM 10.2 nightly, my Galaxy S4 only shows the Samsung logo and turns off right after. How can I fix this?
I have the Samsung Galaxy S4 Rogers Canadian version that came with TouchWiz out of the box. When I heard that 4.3 Jellybean was out, I immediately tried looking for a guide to flash my S4. In the end, I flashed it, everything seems to be working, but I am not sure If I flashed it the right away. This isn't my main problem, just summarizing what i have done to my phone incase it might help.
So my problem is, I can't flash my phone with CyanogenMod 10.2. I went into recovery mode with CWM and I erased data, cache and dalvik cache. Install from external SD zip --> clicked the CM 10.2 Nightly file and it installs. Rebooted phone and it wouldn't boot up, samsung logo would show up but it would just turn off right after. After that I went into recovery mode and deleted the dalvik cache and rebooted and to no avail, same thing happened.
So in my head, I was thinking that maybe its not working because I flashed the stock 4.3 wrong. So i downloaded a stock 4.2.2 Rogers Canadian Rom and tried doing the same procedure to install that, but this time i got an error saying (might not be the exact error, just thinking from the top of my head) " E: can't open /external_sd (bad)".  I had researched this error and people were telling me it was from a corrupted file, so I downloaded another one.  This time it didn't say anything, just said "Aborted (sorry somewhere along those lines i completely forgot)"
Please, please help me. I am so frustrated and confused.
Phone Info
root: yes
Recovery: CWM
Model Number: GT-I9505G

The "GT-I9505G" model number suggests a Google Play edition of the Galaxy S4.  Canadian GS4 models are SGH-M919V (Wind Mobile, Eastlink, Videotron) or SGH-I337/M (Canadian Bell, Rogers, Telus.)  Are you sure you were using the correct ClockworkMod Recovery and ROM that correspond to your specific device?

The nightly builds of Cyanogenmod are for testing only. They're not suitable for a phone that you actually want to use. The nightly build can be completely different from one night to the next, and might not even have passed any tests. Not booting at all is a very likely outcome; the next day, it might boot fine, but corrupt your filesystem as soon as you try to use it.
If you want to install Cyanogenmod on your phone and actually be able to use the phone, you should download and install the stable build. If you want something that's newer and not quite so well tested, but still likely to mostly work, you can try a release candidate version instead. There are no guarantees whatsoever for the nightly build.
Looking at the Cyanogenmod website, it appears there isn't a stable release for your device yet. Perhaps this is why you tried the nightly build. If there has never been a stable release for your device, it's even more likely that the nightly build is in an incomplete, not-working state, and will continue to be until the volunteers can test it on real devices and fix all the problems. That said, there does seem to be a release candidate for 10.1.3, so that is probably the best choice.
The bad SD card error you got might be a symptom of the nightly build having corrupted your SD card. Before trying to flash a new ROM, you should try to put the SD card in a PC and scan the filesystem for errors (e.g. using fsck, or another method depending on the OS your PC uses), or use a fresh SD card. After that, try again to flash a stock ROM or a stable release of Cyanogenmod.
Supporting 10.2 on your device would take a lot of volunteer time, and devices to test on. If you want to help get a stable release for your device sooner, you could offer to help the developers with your time or money to support the development. Details are towards the bottom of this page.

First, there is something off about the model number you mention.  GT-I9505G is the model of the Galaxy S4 Google Play edition that you purchase directly from the Google Play Store. It works well with all US GSM carriers' HSPA+ and LTE frequencies, but I'm not sure about its compatibility with Canadian carriers.
In Canada there seem to be two variants of the Galaxy S4: SGH-M919V which is sold on Wind Mobile, Eastlink and Videotron, and SGH-I337/SGH-I337M which is sold on Canadian Bell, Rogers and Telus.
Your trouble may be because you flashed incorrect version of ClockworkMod Recovery and CyanogenMod ROM, which are incompatible with your phone's model.  Seeing how you are on Rogers, you should be using recoveries and ROMs made for the SGH-I337/M variant.  The device code for this model is "jfltecan".  The corresponding CWM recovery can be downloaded here, while CyanogenMod ROM can be downloaded here*.
* According to CyanogenMod's latest post on G+, September 6th and 7th nightly builds have issues with being unable to boot on most devices.  Use Sept 5th build to be safe.

hi there, im sorry, I have downloaded recovery-clockwork.img but what do I do with it ? I am sorry im terribly confused.

You flash it just like you did the first time around.  If you are new to modding Android handsets, I suggest you read up on it.  A good place to start is xda-developers forum for your specific device.  You can find walk-throughs and instructions for flashing custom Recovery images and ROMs.

hey thanks for the reply! One question.  If I made a backup with CWM on my current version, would I be able to load that up with the CWM that im going to install ? And if so, after going to advanced restore, what restore options do i restore for my messages, pictures, and contacts etc ? Thanks again!

Found this on Google after having the same problem, turns out the screen was just off but the phone was still booting, so try leaving the phone for a few minutes after the Samsung GT9505G logo goes off.


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Text To speech feature on selected text
I wonder if there is ability to replicate this feature from iOS :

In iOS you can turn on Accessibility function that add the "Speak" button to the "selection menu". And if you click, it would turn on Text To Speech engine and read selected text. Can I do the same thing in Android ?
Thank you very much in advance
PS: I assume that regular app could not modify "copy, paste, cut menu" so I probably need custom ROM.

Not that directly, maybe – but would a "talking clipboard" be an acceptable work-around? I.e. something that speaks what you copy to your clipboard, or export via the share menu?

@Izzy Of course it would be acceptable :) Yes, share button works with "Talk - Text to voice" app. It is not super comfortable but it works. "speaking everything what is in clipboard" would be more comfortable... :]

OK, in that case I've just added a few hints in an answer. Hope one of them proves useful for your purpose!

Maybe not exactly what you had in mind, but coming close: There are several clipboard-action apps available which might come close to that. I didn't try them, so no guarantees – but their descriptions are promising they can do that. Two examples would be:

Speaklip
Auto Speak Clipboard 2

Hopefully one of them proves helpful to you. Good luck!

Glad to read – enjoy :)


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Block calls for everyone except for contacts
Is there a way to block (or mute) all calls except for those on my contact list?
I'm using android 4.1.2 on a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. Thanks in advance.

The app Calls Blacklist mentions exactly that as one possible use:

There are four block modes of call blocker:

Blacklist
All except the whitelist
All except contacts
All numbers

(emphasis mine). There are plenty other similar apps available, just search for "blacklist" or "call blocker" on the playstore.
[Update 25/5/22] In the free version the block behaviour is 'ignore', so the call still appears to ring for the person calling. In the pro version you can choose to immediately reject the call.

Worth noting that the app mentioned is FREE (as in beer). Great because blocking through phone settings seems to vary between phones, but apps don't.

I just installed this app and it seems to work well.  Depending on the settings you choose, the blocked calls may or may not be able to leave voice mail messages.

Although you mentioned using Android 4.1.2, I recently stumbled across this question and thought a more recent answer might be useful to others:
On Android 5.0 "Lollipop" and later this can be accomplished using the "Priority only" Do Not Disturb mode:
Configure Do Not Disturb Priority Allowances

Open your device's Settings app.
Tap Sound, then Do Not Disturb preferences, then Priority only allows.
Set Calls to From contacts only and adjust any other preferences for this mode to your liking.

Turn on Do Not Disturb "Priority only" mode

Swipe down from the top of your screen with 2 fingers.
Under Do not disturb or your current option, tap the Down arrow.
Turn on Do not disturb.
Pick Priority only.
Choose how long you want this setting to last.
Tap Done.

Am I right in thinking this will only silence the call, not stop it from ringing altogether?

@ChrisA I believe so.  My understanding is that Do Not Disturb does not automatically decline incoming calls or hide the notifications; it only disables any ringtone or vibration.

Calls Blacklist Pro did the trick for me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vladlee.callsblacklist&hl=en_GB

@ChrisA That's great!  I'd encourage you to submit it as an answer to make it easier for others to find.  (Or suggest it as an edit to Izzy's answer if Blacklist Pro is the replacement for Blacklist Plus, since it's the same developer.)

Not sure if it exists on the S3 mini, but on the regular S3 running 4.1 and later, there's a thing called Blocking Mode that will allow you to block incoming calls (and other notifications) from non-contacts, or limit it further to only favorite contacts or make a custom list of allowed callers.

It so often happens to me in all things Android, what worked yesterday may not work today… the above may be valid, but didn’t work on my phone. If your phone is rooted, or you can obtain and install a silent ringtone, the following has worked perfectly for me over several years and several versions of Android:

Download and copy a silent ringtone file to your phone’s ringtone library. (Google: SILENT OGG for a file)
Set your default Ringtone to use this file.
Set the individual contacts who can call you directly to any sound producing ringtone you want.

The neat thing about this is that if someone has not been assigned a sound producing ringtone, they can still leave a message for you and you can call them back if you want. If the call is from a telemarketer or a phone spammer, they will rarely, if ever leave you a message. Is that perfect or what?
Tip: If you want to occasionally receive a call from someone to whom you would normally not respond, e.g., the notification that “your table in the restaurant is now available,” create a dummy contact such as “Guest” and update this contact’s phone number as necessary.
PS:  If any Android programmer has the spunk to do this, I’d like to help.

Android 10 upon selecting "Do not Disturb," will block all calls except those on your contact list.  Happy days.

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Time zone automatically reset
When I set an event in the S Planner under Pacific Time (GMT -7) and then later try to edit it, the event opens under London/Dublin (GMT +1). How can I fix this? I have set the time zone to Pacific.
(Galaxy Ace 11x)


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Nexus 4 (Android 4.3) doesn't have "Advanced Settings"
The majority of tweaks I see people mentioning online are in the "Advanced" settings panel, which my Nexus 4 lacks. Also missing are "Lock Screen" settings. Why are they missing from my Settings app, and how can I get them back? (preferably without having to mess around with custom ROMs/Cyanogen mod)

What kinds of tweaks specifically are you looking for? It sounds like they simply aren't available on vanilla Android. That's part of the draw of custom ROMs - they provide extra options and features that standard Android does not. I don't think you'll be able to easily "add" them to your Settings, and even if you did they would likely not work correctly since the underlying implementation (in the frameworks and what not) would be absent.

For example, the lock screen interface can have 5 points to which the lock can be moved, with each one being assignable to an application to launch (or to the right to unlock). I've seen this on many of my friends devices (not running CM) under settings>lock screen which I don't have on my N4

That's not a standard feature of Android. It's either added by the manufacturer's UI components or they're using a lock screen replacement app.

Strange, it seemed REALLY well integrated.

@XAleXOwnZX the source code for Android is available, so it's easy for custom ROMs such as Cyanogen mod to add features in a "well integrated" way. For instance the Cyanogen way of implementing t9-style selections from the contacts felt better integrated than the actual feature as implemented in Android 4.3!


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Nexus 4 wrong time zone
My nexus 4 is showing the wrong time zone. Every single time i turn the automatic time zone and the automatic date & time on, my timezone switches to eastern daylight time (-04:00) but i live in Eastern standard time (-05:00). When i turn both on it becomes the 'right' time but i know that it really isn't since it says -04:00 but it still shows my time. For example, my time here would be say 12:00 A.M on my computer clock but then on my phone if i set it to eastern standard time it would show 11:00 P.M instead of 12:00 A.M . its hard to explain but then when i turn it all off and i change it manually to the right time it works perfectly... except for one thing. When I send something it says that I sent it one hour ago. For example, if I send a snap on snapchat it would say that I sent it one hour ago when I clearly sent it in that moment. Does anyone know how to fix this? Its something I could live with but I just dont like to not be accurate with my time. Thank you

Eastern Daylight Time is correct if you live somewhere that observes daylight saving time. Eastern Standard Time is for the fall and winter, EDT is for the spring and summer (i.e. right now). Do you have a SIM from somewhere that observes DST, perhaps?

Nexus 4 running Android 4.3 JB. I have a similar problem. I set my time zone to auto, and all is well. But every so often -- a few times a week or so -- the phone just reverts to "non-auto" time zone, which changes the time display to something way off. no idea why this is happening. Happened too often, and too many actions requires for it to be a pocket-button-mashing event.


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About disabling application in ics 4.0.4
I don't know about this feature but does disabling application can help to reduce my devices RAM usage?

While basically agreeing with Dan, it depends on the app you disable. Some of the pre-installed bloatware runs services in the background, which are quite unlikely to be killed by the OOM (Out Of Memory) "manager". So disabling such an app, other apps can benefit from it: Memory no longer consumed by the disabled app is available to other processes, and their likelyness to be killed due to "memory shortness" is reduced.
Whether you really feel a difference is depending on how much RAM your device is equipped with: on devices with a small amount of memory it "counts more", with 2 GB and more RAM to command you might not notice (except for the battery effect Dan already described).

Not really. Android treats the RAM like a big cache of apps that have run recently. It doesn't remove things from RAM just to make free space, because free RAM doesn't provide any benefit: it just makes it more likely that Android would have to use more power loading the same app from storage again next time you want it. Android only removes processes from RAM when the foreground app needs more RAM.
When you think of it this way, you'll see that nothing usefully reduces your RAM usage, because Android will keep all the RAM full anyway. Disabling applications has two uses:

It removes the app from the app drawer, so you don't have to see it (and maybe click it by accident).
It stops the app running down the battery by running in the background, maybe stopping the device going to sleep.


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How to install apps on the second external SD card?
I have an Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) tablet. It has two external memory cards. All apps are installed on external memory card 1, but not on external memory 2, even though I have lots of space on external memory card 2. How can I change that?

You might wish to take a look at Installing to SDCard by default.


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How to move apps from old Nexus7 to the new one? (multi users)
I bought a new Nexus7 and now I'd like to move a few games from my old Nexus7 to the new one. On the old and new device I have two users. (if it matters anything)
I tried a few ways...at first I tried TitaniumBackup, but when I move my backup to the new one and check the integrity, titanium backup says that there are faults. When I try the restore, the app hangs at 0%.
Then I tried the adb backup with the Nexus Root Toolkit...but when I restore, the restore windows ever appears at the first user even though I'm logged in at the second user.
Then I thought about, I can do it manually..
I know that the main app data will be saved at /data/data/package and the specific user data will be saved at /data/user/0 or 10 etc /package. I tries to copy the files from one device to the other...but when I start the
app after the copy process, the app crashs.
So can anyone please help me?
PS: Google Backup Service did only work for a few apps.

To be clear: is it the game's saved data you want to move, rather than the game itself?

Related: Android Apps from Old Tablet to New Tablet / Is there a way to move installed apps from one device to another? / Questions about phone migration using rsync / How to migrate applications to other user account without downloading the applications again?

I wanted to move the games saved data (the free and bought  apps are still available in the play maket).
I looked at the linked forum posts..but all suggestions uses adb backup/restore (or apps like carbon, which uses adb backup/restore), but adb backup/restore does only work for the device administrator.


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How do does rooting in Cyanogenmod 10.2 work?
Cyanogenmod 10.2 comes pre-rooted, but some people don't like the built-in SuperUser program, and would like to either update the su binary or use a completely different su program. Can this be done? If so, how?

Are you talking about some custom ROM for 4.3?

CyanogenMod 10.2

Thanks for clarifying. I've taken the liberty of adding that information to your question, to avoid confusing any future visitors, and to make your question easier to find by those who can answer it.

No, I don't use CM. We do have a few regulars who know much more about it, so I'm sure someone will be able to help you.

At least SuperSU (an alternative to SuperUser) has the feature to replace other SuperUser apps. One normally doesn't care that much about the su binary; it's rather the different features of the managers people are after.

Flashing a SuperSU update zip via recovery will override Android 4.3's built-in Superuser. From then on, you can use SuperSU, but you will need to keep Superuser enabled in Settings.


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problems detecting Asus nexus 7 on Windows 7 Home Professional (driver installation problem)
I am having problems getting my Asus Nexus 7 detected on a laptop with Windows 7 Home Professional
When I connect the device to the computer, it says USB debugging mode enabled, but the computer does not detect it as adb device, MTP or camera, and it is displayed as a Nexus 7 with an exclamation mark in Device Manager.
I went to this website, but the drop down menu called OS does not show any options for some reason. After reading this post, I seem to remember that I had to install Windows Media Player 11 on another computer running Windows XP to get it to detect the Android device. Is there any way to do this without having to download Media Player 11 in this computer? Why isn't driver for Windows 7 available at the Asus website? Or is there any other location from where I can download it?

We had that question already a couple of times. AFAIR Koushik Dutta's Universal ADB driver often proved helpful.


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Fastboot is getting stuck while trying to flash CWM onto Nexus 4
After successfully unlocking the bootloader of my new Nexus 4 using adb and fastboot I now want to install ClockworkMod Recovery onto my device.
Sadly it is not working properly.
I am using Gnome Ubuntu 13.04 and installed adb and fastboot with apt.
While in fastboot mode my device is visible when testing with
$ sudo fastboot devices
002847af108bXXXX    fastboot

when I try to flash the ClockworkMod image recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.6-mako.img using
$ sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.6-mako.img
sending 'recovery' (7814 KB)...

it gets stuck. I already waited for 40 minutes to complete but since the size of the image is around 8Mb I suppose it cannot take that much time and something is not working correctly.
Strangely also my USB-connected keyboard and Bluetooth-connected mouse are ignoring my inputs while fastboot is running.
I also tried renaming the .img file to recovery.img with the same result.
Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I have no idea what the problem could be.

Try another USB port. It helped for me.

I am not sure whether to be happy or sad, that this worked for me, too...

I'm having the same problem here, but with Xubuntu 14.04 and a Nexus 10. Unfortunately, switching USB ports didn't help, although it did cause the terminal to pause a bit longer before displaying sending 'recovery'... Any ideas or more recent experiences?

I had the same problem and I could fix it changing the usb port, it works!


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List of default applications for a given android version
Is there a list for the stock applications (those who are installed by default with android), and libraries? for example: Atci_service, calendar, com.mediatek are they default applications? Or where there added by someone else?
Thanks.

You might want to check on android.com, which contains the list of apps included with each version:

1.1
1.5 (Cupcake)
1.6 (Donut)
2.0 (Eclair)
2.1 (Eclair)

Unfortunately, they stopped that listing after Eclair (2.1). And of course each "ROM cook" might have added other apps (and bloatware) to the list...


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Getting into the trending list
What are the criteria being used to decide which apps go into the trending apps lists on Google Play?
When I look on the trending lists, I don't see a lot of consistency. I see apps with as little as a 1000-5000 downloads and others with 500K-1M downloads.
I guess the real question is, any idea what Google takes into consideration when deciding what's trending?

This explanation is inferred from Android Developer's 3rd tab: Distribute. In that section, it is clearly taught how Google gets an app in Trending portion.
The main factors are: ratings, downloads and great apps that users are providing a great feedback with are mainly on the top of the Trending Apps, but there are two type of trending app sections, Free and Paid. So make sure you are viewing the section that is mainly for you.
That's all what Google would use:

Feedback
Ratings
Downloads
Content


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Battery status stuck at 15% for 2-3 hours, then jumps to 33% after a reboot
I charge my phone running Android 4.1.2 at night, wake up in the morning, pull it off the charger, about 9-10 PM it drops to about 15%. It will sit at 15% for 2-3 hours without losing a single percent, so I thought why not reboot my phone, and what happened shocked me. I expected it to suddenly be at 1-5% after reboot, but it wasn't, tonight it was at 33%. It went from 15% to 33% after a reboot.
I have tried letting it run all the way down then charging it completely back up to 100% and this seems to have no effect.
This isn't really a big issue, but I just wanted to know if this is normal behavior or a software bug? Does anyone know of any way to possibly make the indicator more accurate?

If you are rooted, you can try this.

In CWM recovery, Advance -> Wipe battery stats
Reboot and drain the battery fully
Recharge the battery 100% without any interruption

If you are rooted, wipe battery stats by using the battery calibration app on Play Store. If not, then I suggest taking it to the device center because it looks like your phone's battery has got old and lost its retaining power/actual capacity has been reduced. Or it may be a ROM issue, I can't tell because you didn't mention the manufacturer's name.


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Unable to turn off auto-correction on HTC one
I just received a HTC one.  I cannot turn off the autocorrect for 'Word Prediction' (under prediction preference) in the > HTC Sense Input Setting > Advanced section. The words are gray colored and the checked box does not respond. Other functions I can turn on and off.
Any suggestions on how to disable this function would be appreciated.

You have to turn off the keyboard trace. Unfortunately  through a very poor design, you can't have trace without the autocomplete.

If using the stock keyboard: Settings > Language & Keyboard > HTC Sense Input > Advanced > Word prediction. Uncheck the box.


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adb start-server and listen on all interfaces
ADB in Android 4.3 SDK implemented -a option. What I want is:
adb -a start-server

so the background process is bound to all interfaces, but it does not work. I need to start it like this on Windows. I have managed to start the server in foreground mode with the following command:
adb -P 5037 -a fork-server server

(copied it from Linux)
Is there any proper way of achieving the same?

This is a bug in the current implementation. Although adb has the -a flag, it doesn't forward it to the daemon when it launches it, so the daemon still only listens on localhost. Until this is fixed, launching the daemon in the foreground seems to be the only solution.
Another improvement would be to keep the command server on localhost, but to allow adb forward to bind to all ports. I guess I should open a bug for that.

Just to add to the answer, this is the command to start it in foreground: adb nodaemon server

This is really a solution. Checked and launching server in foreground with adb -a nodaemon server really makes it listen on all ports (while -H and -P arguments seem to be respected by adb in the client mode only). As of version 1.0.36, adb client still doesn't forward the -a option to the daemon. Also, running in foreground is a good thing in itself if you want to launch it using init system like systemd.

ADB 1.0.41 still have this issue, adb -a start-server doesn't makes adb server listen on all interfaces, it listens localhost only.

The only way of doing this is recompiling adb as explained here:
http://rxwen.blogspot.com/2009/11/adb-for-remote-connections.html
You can also use the precompiled binaries from that site..


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Can Android NFC devices be used to clock in a RFID/HID timeclock for work? (As a tag?)
Can Android devices be used to clock in a RFID/HID timeclock for work using NFC? Using the software, I can register the cards with the timeclock. But would I be able to register phones?

Generally no, unfortunately Android phones can't be used as a card easily as phones running the stock OS can't emulate a card. This is due to restrictions put in place by the Android operating system rather than the underlying hardware. See also this and this where I've answered other similar questions.
Saying that it depends on what you're using as an RFID timeclock. If you were making your own then you could use Android's NFC peer-to-peer mode to talk to the clock. Another alternative is instead of using the stock Android OS is to use Cyanogenmod which does allow for emulating certain card types.

It might be possible with Android 4.4.2 kitkat since they enabled the card emulation feature. Refer to the documentation will help.

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Permission denied for adb push file to /data/data/xxx/file/
I used "adb pull" to backup Final Fantasy III saved data and it worked well, but it doesn't allow me to push it back after the factory reset.
D:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools>adb push d:\save.bin /data/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFIII_GP/files/save.bin
failed to copy 'd:\save.bin' to '/data/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFIII_GP/files/save.bin': Permission denied

My phone is Nexus 4 with latest stock rom (4.3), not rooted, and I don't want to root it only for a game's save files.
As a linux user, I understand the file/folder might have no 'w' permission for the adb user, but this link:
http://androidforums.com/nexus-7-gen1-2012-all-things-root/683029-titanium-backup-saved-games-can-restored.html
Says Titanium could restore the save file for Final Fantasy III, any idea how to do that with adb?

OK Seems
adb shell
ran-as "package-name"
...

Should do the trick, but because of a bug, this cannot be done on 4.3 system.
Bug:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58373

note: it's "run-as" you made a typo there.

If you have a developer ROM, or in any way you have "su" enabled, you could copy to the SDcard and then use the shell:
adb push d:\save.bin /sdcard/.
adb shell "su @ cp /sdcard/save.bin /data/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFIII_GP/files/save.bin"


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Locked out of my phone. How can I backup my sms?
I am locked out of my Samsung Galaxy y Duos Lite and I have forgotten my password. USB debugging is not turned on. Is there any way to backup my sms onto my pc??

Your first read should be: Cannot unlock tablet as have no internet connection?

Reset your google account password on a computer and login with the new password.


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No signal on custom roms (SGS2+)
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 plus and rooted it via Odin and put CWM on it, with which I installed the unofficial Cyanogenmod ROM and later P.A.C.
Unfortunately I had massive issues with the signal: Despite the fact that the sim gets unlocked when entering the right sim pin at start, there were always only emergency calls available. When trying to manually select the mobile service provider and selecting the available networks (Wireless & network->More->Mobile Networks->Mobile Service Provider), there is an error while searching, and when telling the phone to automatically select a network, it says registered in network, but there is still no connection.
Really odd is the fact that when activating the option '2g networks only', the phone is registered in the network of my mobile service provider, but quits after a few seconds.
I got the phone from my MSP, so it's branded. May that be the cause of my problem?
I also noticed that both the Cyanogenmod and the Pacman ROM use the same kernel: 3.0.31/skullface@Ubuntu_13.04#1. This one is from Cyanogenmod.
Any help is appreciated.

P.S.: Some terms I used may be incorrect because the language on my phone isn't english.
EDIT: I found out that the problem has something to do with a possible netlock on my device, because it askes, when there is the pin code validation disabled, for a code to unlock the sim network. At least that was what some forum threads were suggesting (in german, so I won't post them here).
Normally, this behaviour thus shouldn't occur, because I use the same sim card I used with the stock rom. May it be that my EFS directory is corrupt? (the one which contains the IMEI and stuff)
EDIT: I think one needs to flash the modem, which is possible for example with ODIN. Haven't tried it although.

FYI, I found out what the problem was: The stock rom needs to be updated to 4.2 (you can get the official rom here if there is no update available), I think because of the bootloader.


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Windows 7 file sharing , not accessible in Android phone using ES File Explorer
Trying to access a shared folder on Windows 7, using ES File Explorer on my Android 2.3 mobile phone over WiFi LAN.
The scan on APP detects the Windows machine, but am unable to access the shared folder. It shows logon failure consistently.
Tried multiple logins and login names (local user) but in vain.
TCP dump trace reveals the following
60867 5015.029850 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 SMB 304 Session Setup AndX Request, User: BLR5898L\shashi; Tree Connect AndX, Path: \192.168.1.3\SHARE

63058 7068.758590 192.168.1.3 192.168.1.2 SMB 105 Session Setup AndX Response, Error: STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

Have you set up any share on that Windows machine? Might be if nothing is shared, you get rejected. After all, the error message you get reads STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED, which means: You've got no permission to access anything.

yes izzy have shared a folder usual sharewith procedure , with everyone all access

OK, was just a thought. I'm not that familiar with Windoze (I'm using Linux), so I'm out here. From what it looks like, either your provided username/password is mistyped, or it's some problem on the Windows end. You might want to check with Super User for the Windows part, if you get to no solution here (flag your question for mod attention, they can migrate it over; cross-posting is not much welcomed on SE ;).

I had an issue connecting with ESFE to a Win7 PC.
This did the trick for me:
Go to Network adapter configuration -> Tcp IP 4 settins -> WINS -> Enable NetBios over TCP/IP.
ESFE is looking for NetBios over tcp/ip because android probably doesn't natively run NetBios protocol.

When you input the username, use host\shashi where host is the NetBIOS of the Windows machine you're trying to connect to: that is, the name that it's listed under after you scan for machines to connect to.

on scan i see the following machine '192.168.1.3' , tried with username '192.168.1.3\shashi' , still no luck

4087 1340.087753 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 SMB 542 Session Setup AndX Request, NTLMSSP_AUTH, User: ?\192.168.1.3\shashi
4088 1340.090191 192.168.1.3 192.168.1.2 SMB 105 Session Setup AndX Response, Error: STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE


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Built-in alarm, calendar suddenly talking to me. How can I shut them up?
I use the native Clock app, and my alarm used to just have a normal ringtone. I assume there was some automatic update recently because this morning, in addition to the normal ringtone, there was a robotic voice saying "It is 7:25 AM." Then later I got a notification from the native Calendar app, and in addition to my normal ringtone, the robotic voice announced the text of the notification.
How do I shut this off? It's really annoying and I don't see an option in Settings.

Per a coworker's recommendation, I just went into S-Voice and said "driving mode off". Fixed the issue.


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Linux fails to mount Android device in USB MSC mode
I wish to mount my Sony Xperia ST21i (Android 4.0.4) under Linux (Debian) via USB. However, I get this error:
# mount /dev/sdb /mnt
mount: no medium found on /dev/sdb

What I did so far:
On the phone side: Settings > Xperia > Connectivity > USB connection mode: set to Mass storage mode (MSC), instead of the default Media transfer mode (MTP).
On the PC side: dmesg yields
[...] usb 2-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 12
[...] usb 2-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 13 using ehci-pci
[...] usb 2-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0fce, idProduct=e170
[...] usb 2-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4
[...] usb 2-1.3: Product: Android
[...] usb 2-1.3: Manufacturer: Android
[...] usb 2-1.3: SerialNumber: **********
[...] scsi14 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0
[...] scsi 14:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SONY     Mass storage     0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[...] sd 14:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[...] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

For comparison, when mounting a cheap memory stick, dmesg yields
[...] usb 2-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 13
[...] usb 2-1.6: new high-speed USB device number 14 using ehci-pci
[...] usb 2-1.6: New USB device found, idVendor=1307, idProduct=0165
[...] usb 2-1.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[...] usb 2-1.6: Product: USB Mass Storage Device
[...] usb 2-1.6: Manufacturer: P Technology
[...] usb 2-1.6: SerialNumber: 00000000000280
[...] scsi15 : usb-storage 2-1.6:1.0
[...] scsi 15:0:0:0: Direct-Access     UT165    USB Flash Disk   0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] 3948544 512-byte logical blocks: (2.02 GB/1.88 GiB)
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[...]  sdb:
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

Several lines more - is this significant? Does this mean, I need to configure my phone differently before I can hope to mount it?
Following advice in some related threads, I created an udev rule,
# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fce", MODE="0666"

but this had no effect.

That rather looks like a Linux issue. Have you checked on Unix & Linux or Super User?

Mounting a USB memory stick is not a problem. When plugging the Android device, some pertinent lines are missing in the dmesg output. Therefore I tend to think of this as an Android issue.

This question has been answered by @derobert at https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/90069/46841: MSC mode only works for accessing a memory card, which I do not have; for accessing the phone's own file system, I need another access mode.

All I could think of on the Android side (enabling UMS) you've already done. But Android devices might not expose their full storage via UMS. Usually, you only can access the external and internal SD-Cards this way.
For everything else, you might want to take a look at adbfs (see also on XDA) and mc-exfs-adb (which I slightly modified to work better on my Linux system; that version you can find here). Both variants require you to have at least a minimal ADB installation on your computer (see: Is there a minimal installation of ADB?).
I have tried both, and favor adbfs-rootless. Works like a charm. If your device is rooted, you could combine this with adbd insecure from Chainfire to get full access to the entire filesystem.

This commonly happens when you're trying to mount a disk when you should be mounting a partition on that disk. Use ls /dev/sdb* to see if any partitions (such as /dev/sdb1) exists on the disk, and then mount that instead of trying to mount the whole disk.

ls /dev/sdb* yields just /dev/sdb, so unfortunately this is not the solution

I agree with this answer. I had same problem. 'lsusb' showed phone. 'ls /dev/sdb*' showed sdb and sdb1. Phone is set to USB mass storage - also android debugging enabled. But it didn't mount automatically. Creating mount point 'sudo mkdir /media/sonyxperia' and mount 'sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/sonyxperia' worked.

Agreeing with Joachim ...
To access the phone's internal storage you need to install libmtp and mtpfs for your linux distro. Something like :
sudo mtpfs -o allow_other /mnt
... should help.
Good discussion here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720464


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Extract Samsung Galaxy S3 keyboard history
Is there a way to extract a log file containing all keyboard history, and everything that has been typed, from a Samsung Galaxy S3?

You need to first install a Key Logger on the device (Which will need to be rooted for full functionality) and then you will be able to log all key strokes. There are several apps that offer that.

P.S Using keyloggers to spy on people is illegal in most countries.

And does it allow extracting old history (I mean before installation) or just history data after installation?

no, that is impossible


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Desk home screen display appears randomly even when disabled
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and every so often, without any apparent reason, while my phone is idle sitting on my desk (no dock or anything; it's just laying on my desk) the screen will light up and display the time and the icons of my any current notifications appear.
I have disabled daydream and unchecked "Desk home screen display"
It appears to happen randomly after device has been idle for some time. It's not a huge deal, but it's annoying and rather distracting.
My device  is a rooted Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 running android 4.2.2 on baseband VUAME7.

Go to the air gesture settings and deselect "quick glance"

There's some app running that requests a full WakeLock (which requires the screen to be on). You might use WakeLock Detector or BetterBatteryStats to figure out which app that might be:

WakeLock Detector and BetterBatteryStats (source: Google Play; click images for larger variant)
Both apps show what app held WakeLocks in the past. WLD is available for free on Play, BBS for EUR 2. Once you've identified the culprit, you can either re-configure that app to avoid those WakeLocks – or check for a replacement with better behaviour ;)

I don't see the to review "Full wakelocks" in BBS. Just Kernal wakelocks and partial wakelocks.

They have no separate section. Think of "kernel wakelocks" as system-based and "partial wakelocks" as listed by apps. So just check for apps having caused wakelocks will limit the list of installed apps to those possibly causing the issue. Most likely candidates are those dealing with network stuff, e.g. checking network strength or want to transfer data in background.


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What are the signs your (stolen) phone has been wiped/hard reset?
I had my 2-week-old HTC One stolen. Unfortunately, I was not aware of the Android Device Manager or the ability to turn on remote wipe functionality (nor I had any remote tracking/wiping apps installed). My phone had a lot of private stuff on it. I really dread this stuff being in someone else's hands.
Since the theft to restrict access to my private information, I logged out all other Google sessions, changed Google account password, switched 2-step verification to another device, revoked access permissions to apps on my stolen phone and the phone. However, the best case scenario for protecting my information would be to wipe the phone.
I would like to know the following:

Having changed Google account password and done all of the above, will I still be able to push apps to the phone through Google Play (e.g., Plan B or Android Lost)?
Having effectively stopped my phone from syncing with Google (change passwords etc), if it is switched on with data connection will it still show up on Android Device Manager?
Is there a way - taking into consideration all the stuff I have done to prevent the thief from logging into my apps/account - to find out if the phone has been wiped? e.g., Android Device Manager will stop showing it as registered?

No, as the device will require the new password before it will successfully log in to the Play Store app to download any apps.
Again, No as it will not send any data to Google because you've changed your password.
I'm not aware of any way to find out this information. Unfortunately by changing your password and ending sessions there is no way to communicate with the device using your Google account.


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Start with Second Tablet on Google Play
My old tablet was a LePan II from QVC.  It quit on me.  It wasn"t worth the money to have a pro look at/repair it. So, I got a Proscan PLT9045K (from ShopNBC).  After I got it charged, I went straight to Google Play, but I do not see how to add a new device.  I understand that there's not really a way to delete the original device from my account (and if there is I'd like some help there).  How can I connect my new tablet with my existing Google Play account.  I really don't want to set up a new gmail.

What do you mean that you "went straight to Google Play"?  As in Play Store website?

Yeah. Sorry,I'm not up on specific terminology.  I did mean the Store.

What you need to do is to enter the account information on the new tablet.  It should ask you for it (along with the other stuff like the time and date) when you first power the device up.  Alternatively, it will ask you for it when you open up the play store/market app on the device.
There's no need to remove the previous device from your account nor is there any way to.  You can have at least 10 devices associated to the same google account at the same time.
Also, the device will automatically get removed from your account after it hasn't been in contact with the play store for about 9 months.

My new tablet already knew the date & time.  It didn"t ask me for anything.    I'd like to find where it should have.  When I went to Google, I just logged in with my email address and password.  Should it have recognized I was on a new device?

My old tablet already had the Play Store on it.  Do I need to get it on the new tablet?  If yes, how?

Don't you have it on the new tablet?

This device isn't listed in Google's list of devices supported by Google Play. Not all Android devices have (or can run) Google Play: Android is open-source, so anyone can make an Android device, but only those certified by the Open Handset Alliance are allowed the Google apps and Google Play. It doesn't seem likely you'll be able to use Google Play with this device.
The manufacturer's website looks like it was made by children, and ShopNBC is the only retailer that advertises the device. I'd suggest you stop buying tablets that are cheaply made for shopping channels and buy one from a reputable manufacturer.

Thanks anyway.  I guess I'll have to find new apps through Amazon Appstore and Apptoide.


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How to access Google Now settings on Nexus 10?
The Google app requires a menu button (like I have on my Galaxy S4) to access options menu and edit Google Now settings. However, on my Nexus 10 I do not have an option button. Most apps have the "3 Dots" button in the top right to replace it, but the Google app does not have this! How am I supposed to access the options menu in the Google app on my Nexus 10?

It should be in the bottom-right corner, but you need to make sure you've scrolled all the way to the bottom of your cards. Otherwise the whole bottom bar is hidden.

@eldarerathis Oh god, why didn't I see this?? Thanks, that did it! Please repost as an answer and I'll give you a check mark!

The overflow menu for Google Now (on all form factors, I believe) is in the bottom right corner of the app instead of the top right, where most other applications put it. You need to make sure you've scrolled all the way to the bottom of your cards, though, because it shares the bar with the "Show more cards..." button, which is hidden if your screen is full.


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How to take notes with keyboard input and drawings?
I have a tablet I'm expecting to take a lot of notes with. Is there a way I can type with the keyboard and draw with the touch screen?
I've tried Evernote, which can type with the keyboard, and Freenote, which can draw with the screen but can one app toggle between both?

Use Xperia Notes App. This allows you to add texts, draw pictures and record audios as well. It also has a widget.
But the app may not be compatible with your device.

Thanks. What is the widget called? I can't find it in the list of widgets when adding.

What is this called? I can't find an app named Xperia Note in the store.

This is a native app that comes with Xperia devices. So this may not be available in the play store and may not be compatible with your device as well. The app is listed as Notes

Ok thanks it works. But if I have any questions about it I can't search for the answers. Is there a way to have the page display horizontally? I run out of room when drawing things by hand.

No. You can't @Celeritas
All you can do is to use it vertically.

Please do not use URL shorteners here.


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Turn off vibration notification for ALL apps at once
In my stock, unrooted Android 4.3 on a Nexus 4, if I uncheck the feature Vibrate when ringing under Sound Settings, it only turns off vibration for Calls. This does not turn off vibration notification for individual apps (Whatsapp,FB etc). Therefore what I am looking for is an option to turn off vibration system wide, which means the phone should not vibrate for anything, be it calls, text messages or app notifications.
It's like this feature on iOS...when Vibrate on Silent is Off, switching the phone to silent mode turns vibration off system wide.
Is there any app that enables me to toggle this setting?
If Tasker is a suggestion, please provide a detailed description as I am still on the learning curve.
Update 1
Currently (until Oreo) there's no way to do this without having root and installing the application marked as answer below. For Xposed users, there's a free alternative: VibrationTuner
Update 2
It should not come as a surprise, but MIUI has this. Tested on MIUI 9.5.

you can use tasker http://tasker.dinglisch.net/

Exactly HOW do I use it??

I would urge people to go to the below link where I have voiced this concern and also linked to this question here and attempt to raise the need of this feature in Android phones. Like, comment, star, do possibly whatever you can in the forum there. This might help get Android team's attention. Controlling Vibration settings system-wide.

Update: Android Pie (9.0) finally allows you to disable all the vibrations. Go to Settings app > Accessibility > Vibration. Some ROMs still don't have this option, in which case you may want to check out my old solution.

Old solution - applies to Android Oreo or older (<9.0):
Stock Android does not have an option to disable all vibrations. This frustrated me as well, so I made an app that can turn them off system-wide - https://blade.sk/projects/global-vibration-toggle/
A rooted phone is required, as there is no API for disabling vibrations.
The app is basically a user-friendly wrapper for this shell command: chmod 444 /sys/devices/virtual/timed_output/vibrator/enable.

I searched weeks for this. Somehow my Poco F1 on Miui 11.0.4 & 11.0.5 disabled this.

The feature seems to be removed again on Android 10.

had this working on me before but after factory resetting on android 10, it doesn't get disabled completely

I can confirm that this no longer completely disables vibration. The alarm still has vibration on as default after the change for example.

On Oneplus 5T, LineageOS 18.1 (Android 11) in 'vibration and haptic strength', I only have options for 'ring' and 'notification' vibration in addition to 'touch feedback'.

That's odd. OxygenOS 11 on OnePlus Nord has it under the accessibility section, just like in the answer.

Go to Accessibility and set the notification reminder to off. Otherwise, it will keep reminding you every 15 seconds either by sound or vibration.

I'm not sure if this is what the OP was asking about. Doesn't this setting control a periodic vibration that you get while in a call? I think the question is simply how to disable vibration from all notifications.

Go to settings - sounds & notifications - other sounds turn off vibrate on screen touch.

That won't change the notification behaviour. It's just a setting for feedback when you touch the screen.

Under Settings/Sound/Ringtone and notification/Device vibration a choice box comes up with a create button. I just created a vibration pattern with nothing in it and labeled it none. Switched the Device vibration to none and done.  Seems to work.

Messaging > Menu (bottom left button) > Settings > Notification Settings > Uncheck Vibrate

This just turns off vibration in the Messaging app. The question is about turning off vibrations for all apps.

Go to Settings →Language and Input→Keyboard & Input Methods→ Andriod Keyboard Settings (gear next to keyboard you use) →Under General uncheck Vibrate on Key press.
Now vibrate should be off for all keyboard presses including the Home key, Back key, and others.
If it isn't then you may need to go to: Settings→Accessibility→Under System uncheck HAC(Haptic Feedback) if it is on.
Now with both "HAC" and "Vibrate on Key Press" turned off, your phone should be vibrate free.


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TCL Idol X (s950) stuck in bootloop, after flashing new firmware
I have flashed new firmware on my phone TCL Idol X (s950) and now the phone won't boot anymore :(

It starts but then it ends up with the bootlogo.
I can access it with adb shell but it is read only mode.
Switch it off reboot the phone.
Recovery doesn't start.

How can I rescue it from the bootloop or get into recovery?

Solution that worked for me:

Connect the phone to the charger
Switch it off (10 sec press power button)
As soon as the led light up and the phone screen is black, disconnect it from the charger
The phone should remain off ( wait for 10 sec to be sure )
Connect again the charger and then unplug it after 5 sec
Now try to boot the recovery (power + volume up )

Once you are in recovery:

fix the permission to enable r/w on system.
Clean Cache and Dalvin Cache
if you need flash it again ( you can push file with adb )

Now the phone boots perfectly! I'm using lewa mod for reference.

I start flashtool on pc, choose scatter file, disabled preeloader, mobileinfo and userdatam, then press download
I take my phone in one hand and usb cable in another.
press power button until screen is off and immediately insert usb cable. SPFlashtool will start the process.


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Watch WWDC session videos on Android
Does anyone know how to watch Apple WWDC session videos on Android (not the keynote)? They are like Google I/O sessions videos but on Apple platforms.
On the Mac, one can watch it with Safari (not Chrome). And on iOS, Apple has built native apps for that. I didn't find WWDC apps in Play Store, neither does Apple allow watching the videos in Chrome.
For example, WWDC 2013, WWDC 2012.
I'm an iOS developer who just bought a Nexus 7 2013 for fun. So I do watch WWDC session videos :)

It might be easier to help if you say what is special about these videos or website that stops them working in Chrome.

I'm not sure, the links are above. Maybe it's checking HTTP header for browser?

It certainly appears to be a deliberate choice on Apple's part not to allow other browsers. You might have better luck trying to find a pirated copy with Bittorrent or similar.


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PDF reader with highlighting and bookmarks
Is there any way to read PDF books with highlighting texts and adding custom bookmarks?
I would like to read a book having about 500 and more pages and I would like to highlight sentences and words and then create bookmarks for these pages in order to find them later without need to list through the entire book. If it could read docx as well it would be great. I don't mind if it is paid.

You can use Adobe Reader to highlight your text while you read and add bookmarks.
There is an app called iAnnotate PDF as well. But it seems tat the bookmarking frature is not available for this APP.

And where exactly can I in AR add custom bookmarks? I only found a menu where are bookmarked all book chapters.


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How do I factory reset my HTC Desire?
I got an old HTC Desire (the first model) which I need to reset.
I've tried to hard reset my phone using the instructions here: http://www.thefullsignal.com/htc/htc-desire/4989/how-hard-reset-htc-desire. But my phone just keeps booting as usual. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
Are there another way for me to reset the phone? Maybe through ADT or something else?
Edit: I've forgot both which Google Account I used and the visual password (It's an old phone). So I can't log into the phone. That's why I want to do a hard reset.

You should be able to wipe via the recovery however, this will wipe all the data on the device including contacts, apps, pictures and videos.

Turn the power off. If your HTC Desire is frozen, pull the battery out and reinsert it
Hold the Volume Down button
Press and release the Power button
You are now presented with a menu that allows for Fastbook, Recovery, Clear Storage, and Simlock
Select Recovery
On the next screen press Volume Up and Power
You should then see the "Android System Recovery"
Select the 'Wipe data/factory reset' option
You may need to confirm your choice (i don't want to wipe the device i have so not 100% sure)

After the phone boots normally, go into the Settings app. Choose SD & phone storage. The last item on the next screen is Factory data reset.

If your phone boots as normal then yes, you're missing the menu you need. When you continue to hold the Vol Down button as it powers on you should see the white boot screen show in this YouTube clip (it's not in English but the process is the same). Once you reach that menu you'll find the instructions you linked to helpful.

I don't see that menu

Can you provide any detail about the steps you take to power the phone on? What have you already done to try and solve the problem?

I tried following the guide that I mentioned in my question + any combinations of the power + volume button. i.e. holding in both, just tap power etc.

Take the micro SD card out if it's in. Worked for me.

That neither factory-resets the device, nor does it disable the lock. Could you please elaborate a little more what exactly it should solve?


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Accelerometer problem in Galaxy S2
In my Galaxy S2 I think that the accelerometer is not all right. When I play games like Asphalt 7 or Temple Run, the character in Temple Run and the Cars in Asphalt 7 always turn left even when my phone is straight.
I use this code *#0*# and check sensor> accelerometer> image test and it gives these results when I hold my phone horizontally and straight (not slanted):
x=25-30, y=55-60, z=9-10
(Even my auto-screen rotation does not work properly.)
I calibrated the gyroscope sensor, but it did not solve my problem.
What should I do?
(Android 4.1.2 XWLSW)

The problem is with your phone Accelerometer(not Gyroscopre). If it is not a hardware problem then Try Restart your phone.
Go to "Settings"-> "Motion" -> "Sensitivity Settings" -> Calibration ->calibrate.
 It automatically calibrates the screen and the gyro sensor.
IF the problem exist, backup all your things & Restore your phone to factory settings.
NOTE : Make sure you keep the device on a flat surface and phone screen facing upwards when calibrating the sensor as it gives better results.


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How do I upload photos from Android phone to Google Plus without sharing?
I would like to upload photos from my SGS4 to my Google+ without sharing to anyone. How do I do that?

If you turn on the "Auto Backup" feature of Google+, your photos will automatically be uploaded and will only be viewable by you (until you share them, of course).
If you want to do it manually, simply share with G+ and choose yourself as the only person you share with. I like to keep a Circle around with no one in it that I can share things to and so I'm the only one who can see them (kind of a "read it later" thing). You might prefer to do that, since it's quicker to choose a Circle to share to than a person.

Thanks. I was looking for a "Viewable only by me" option but I guess I have to actually choose myself. Kinda silly.

Well, that's what the Auto Backup feature is.

I was looking to do the same thing. If you want another way to do it other than adding yourself to your own circle (seems dumb to have to do that) or using Auto backup (this sucks because it does ALL your photos, what if you only want certain ones and also want them in a specific album then I have to move them after the upload) you can use the app  Picasa Tool for Google + Photos in the Google Play Store.  Just select your photos in Gallery and share then select Picasa Tool and you can Choose an existing album or new one, resolution size and also if you want them to be private. Everything one would want and expect for the upload experience. Google needs to get with it.


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The command 'adb root' works, but 'adb remount' results in "Operation not permitted" message
I'm trying to remount /system to copy some files to it. I tried the following with adb:
adb root
adb remount

The first command works fine (because my phone is rooted), but the second tells me that the operation is not permitted. If I open an adb shell and run su I can access the system folder without problems.
What could be the problem?

Could you please edit your question and add the exact error message? That might provide some clue.

@Izzy It is the exact error message, there's nothing else in there.

Nothing about "not permitted on production devices" or the like? Usually, it should not even permit adb root, even if the device is rooted. Are you sure adb root worked?

@Izzy Are there other ways to test if root worked?

adb shell, then type su -. If your rooting process was successful, you should see a popup on your device asking to approve the su request − and having confirmed that, your shell prompt should switch from a $ to a #.

@Izzy Yep, that works fine.

OK. So do you consider your issue solved (i.e. was the question rather "How can I check whether rooting was successful?")? If so: Maybe you update your question, and then I sum up an answer?

@Izzy No, my question is still about adb remount not working despite me being a super user.

Understood. So did it work from the shell after explicitly making yourself root (su -)? The adb root command AFAIK doesn't switch to a root shell, but should restart the ADB daemon in root mode, which officially is not supported on production builds – which could be the reason your original approach failed.

Some phones just don't allow remounting via adb remount.
Mount as RW:
adb shell su -c "mount -o rw,remount,rw /system"

Mount as RO:
adb shell su -c "mount -o ro,remount,ro /system"

Also you could use the Adbd Insecure app, but it's not free.

Chainfire mentions in the app description, that the APK is available for free from the XDA forum. I copied the link for convenience: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687590

su: invalid uid/gid '-c'

mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts

Some builds require the following adb commands to be run first
adb root
adb disable-verity
adb reboot

Then once device reboots,
adb root
adb remount

C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb disable-verity
disable-verity only works for userdebug builds

Could be that SELinux getting in the way. Try this:
getenforce

If it returns 1 or Enable, do:
setenforce 0

Then try your command again.

This seems to usually work for me:
adb root

You will see a message as Restarting adbd as root. Unplug the device from USB, connect again and enter:
adb remount

Troubleshooting:
adb shell

Confirm that you are root if you see # shell prompt.

AFAIK, some devices have permanent (kernel-level I think) write-protection for the /system mount, so even if you're root, you still can't remount it in RW mode. You have to restart the device without this protection, which is done differently depending on the device.

This was about the Galaxy Nexus.

I get the same error if I try to use adb remount. The reason is some kind of protection but can be bypassed by using a root shell.
The following should work (you may type exit to quit the shell):
adb shell
su -
mount -o remount,rw /system

Get adbd insecure from google play store. It helps give write access to custom ROMs that have it secured my the manufacturers.

Problem statement
From the terminal, I connected to my STB using ADB connect IP address of the STB and after executing ADB root, I tried executing ADB remount. I was stuck with the below error message in my terminal.
Android 9 userdebug version execute ADB remount appear:
remount of the / superblock failed: Permission denied
remount failed
Pre-requisite:
The first thing is you need to carry out the below pre-requisite setup,

Need to have a laptop either Mac or windows with ADB installed or in case it's not installed get it downloaded from ADB  but if you have windows well and good.
USB to USB Male( Male -2- Mable cable).
One end of the USB is connected to the STB USB port (White Color port) and then another end is connected to your laptop USB port.
After the above setup is completed, from your command prompt or terminal type adb devices, if it lists the device connected with its serial number that means your connection setup is perfect.

Solution

First thing from the terminal type below command
adb reboot fastboot  //This will reboot your STB
fastboot flashing unlock // After STB reboots and you see the google android preloader, run this command
fastboot reboot //After the above command execute this.

Next
adb root //After STB reboots and you see the google android preloader, run this command
adb disable-verity //Immediately after that run this command
adb reboot //Immediately after that run this command

Last //disable Selinux and mount dir
adb root //After STB reboots and you see the google android preloader, run this command
adb shell setenforce 0  //Immediately after that run this command
adb remount //Immediately after that run this command

After the last set of commands you could see the remount works successfully,
now either reboot your STB ie adb reboot

Try running the command reboot disemmcwp and re-rooting after the reboot. Then do your thing


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Location of Chrome user data (Specifically session data)
I have suffered a good deal of OS crashes seemingly as a result of Chrome 29.0.1547.59 (Interface locks up, mainly when switching back to Chrome after doing something else, and having the tabs visually "swish" back into the tab bar) running on unrooted Android 4.2.1 (Nexus 10).
However, unlike this last time, I usually get back all my tabs. So, as I would do on a Desktop OS, I went looking for the session store, to no avail. I am yet to even find the bookmarks file.
Have tried seasrching the filesystem for "chrome" on Rhythm Software's File Manager (version 1.15.12) and only found /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.android.chrome and /storage/emulated/legacy/Android/data/com.android.chrome which both contain empty ../files/Download directories. Where are these files?
P.S If anyone knows of a semi/full heirachy/info on individual files, of Chrome for Android's filesystem, that would also be helpful.

App data usually go below /data/data/<package_name> (in case of Chrome: /data/data/com.android.chrome). But those directories are only accessible by the app itself, and by the system/root – so unless your device is rooted, you won't have much luck checking there.
Concerning the file-system hierarchy, you might wish to first consult the file-system tag-wiki, and then follow up to Android Folder Hiearchy.

Thanks Izzy - Do you have Chrome installed on ¿your Rooted Android phone/tablet? to take a look for sessionstore files, and speculate if there is much point in me spending the time to root my device just for this, or if they would likely have been overwritten during the time my tablet has been on since restarting Chrome (without using Chrome more) today?

I don't use Chrome at all, but it came pre-installed with my device, and in the past I'd opened it a couple of times. In my case, the named location looks pretty empty, but I guess that might be due to the fact I might have deleted cache/data from it: there's an empty cache/ folder, a lib/ folder with a single library file in it, and a shared_prefs folder holding a single .xml. I had expected a database/ folder, where the app stores the things you're after; most likely that got deleted with my "delete data" action from Settings->Apps->Chrome.

Okay, thanks, might give it a day or so more to hopefully have someone come across this question that A) Has a rooted device, B) Uses Chrome and can help determine the likelihood that my session data is still in tact, justifying the time to root the device. THE N promptly stop using Chrome (Should have taken my PC experience with the browser as a guide!). Also, can I ask which browser do you find better on Android?

For the latter question, you better drop in chat and ask it there, as a) here it is off topic (see: Where can I ask questions that aren't Android Enthusiast questions?), and b) I'm not the right person to answer that question :)

Good news and bad news. Good news: Izzy's right; bad news: it probably won't help much.
I found my open tab info under /data/data/com.android.chrome/app_tabs/0.  But they don't seem to be stored per-session, oddly; instead, each tab has its own file (numbered sequentially, file name tabN, N=tab number), and there's one additional file tab_state that seems to hold metadata.  No single session file, no session backups, nothing like that that I've been able to find.
Hopefully I'm wrong and I just haven't looked everywhere, but this is all I could find as far as tab info goes.


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New contact shortcut
Is there any way (besides Tasker) to create a new contact in one click? (For example: quick access to save a contact info during a call.)

Call Actions & Reminders does offer this, amongst many other things:

1-click actions after a call:

Copy the call details in the system clipboard
Call back
Send an SMS
View the contact or add a new number to the contacts list
Send an email. In case the contact has an email, the application will use it
Share the contact details with its VCard if available. Id set the application can only share the details as plain text.
Make a Google search of the phone number, which may be helpful to research unknown numbers
Create a reminder associated to the contact or phone number: [...]

Screenshot during an ongoing call (click image for larger variant)
More details can be found behind above link :)


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Increase the space between the dots on the pattern lock
My phone is a Motorola RAZR MAXX, the moto skin that comes with it has one feature I really like: the dots on the pattern unlock screen are very far apart. I recently installed Cyanogenmod, and found that the Pattern is now much harder to use. The dots are now far closer together, which makes it much more difficult to properly enter the unlock pattern. I also have the new Nexus 7, and I have found that it has the same problem.
Is there a way to make the pattern bigger? I do not want more dots, I want a 3x3 grid - with more space. It seems like this should be possible to achieve, since Motorola did it with their skin.

Two down votes, no comments. Is there something wrong with my question?

Unless you want to build a lock screen that is like motorola's one or find a lock screen that you like from the market, I think you are out of luck otherwise.


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I did a factory reset to sell my phone, and my photos are still there according to the new owner…
I need help in this strange situation! I did a factory reset and cleared everything in my HTC One X, erased all files and photos, removed all accounts, and sold the phone.
Now all my photos (2150!) are all back there, as the person who bought it says!
How is this possible? and what can I do to completely clear it up?
I made sure after the reset that nothing was in my phone!

You mention Dropbox in the comments area of another answer. Merely deleting Dropbox data is insufficient to cleansing its folders. You MUST dissassociate the device from your account or the deleted items will re-synch to the device when next possible.Start Dropbox. Settings > Unlink device from Dropbox.If this was not done, or done improperly, I can understand how the recovery occurred to the phone.

hello, and thanks for the input..But, deleting the associated Dropbox ACCOUNT, shouldn't be enough for the device NOT to be able to re-connect to that account?? you need an email address and a password to enter Dropbox, even to sync... So how would the phone would asocciate itself to MY Dropbox account, once that account was deleted on that device? for arguments sake, if the new owner would try to access Dropbox, would have to log in to his account, or create a new one, or not???this is a bit creepy though, regarding Dropbox's security!

And when I asked the new owner if she tried to acceess Dropbox, she said no!!the pictures just appeared in the gallery all of a sudden, so the mystery remains.. :(

In any case, from my desktop Dropbox application, I am able to see which devices are linked to it, right??so there, I can't see my old device anymore. so I can only guess it was unlinked..

If you thoroughly checked that nothing was left, that's a strange thing indeed (and I cannot imagine it returned "by itself"). But as a factory-reset usually only deletes/wipes /cache and /data, the SDCard (internal or external) are not touched in this process, so you might have missed that. Some devices offer to include the SDCard with the wipe/factory-reset, though.
For a real safe clean, however, even a wipe might not be enough, as files still could be restored using appropriate software. So if you're selling your device, you'd better make sure your data is completely nuked: not only "marked deleted", but really removed and overwritten. To achieve this, you can use helpers like Nuke My Phone.

Hello and thank you for your reply!! I DID check that everything-and when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING- was clean!!! I am more than flabbergasted at the situation, not to mention embarrased! the thing is that the mobile is already at the hands of the other person!!I suspected Dropbox, since the photos were identical with my "camera uploads" but this is also impossible!!! I removed EVERY account my phone had, so how could it happen??? now I need a safe way to explain how to thoroughly clean it..do you knowif the HTC ONE X offers a SD card wipe option?

and I will add that when I factory-reset my device, I made sure to check the "erase all data ' button, that offers to clean ALL data in storage!!!so I can't be more perplexed as to justify to the new owner WHY she has 2500+photos in her gallery!you think it might be enough to just ask her to delete all photos and be done with them, or she will have them ALL back again the next day?? or even worse, uploaded in her Dropbox  every time she does a sync???

All that is quite confusing. I never heard anything deleted re-appeared by itself this way. If you've checked the box to also erase all data on SDCard, and afterwards were able to confirm it was all gone, it should not have done so. So normally, simply delete the stuff should be sufficient − but I'm hesistant with any advice in a case that seems to stick to no rules.

lol maybe this is the case! my device was bought already rooted, so maybe it has its own rules!if this is the case, could this slip happened because of the root? any input in this? in any case, I was thinking to guide her to connect the mobile to her pc, and manually empty & delete all photos inside the DCIM folder..and hope it did the job..

Root or not: Deleted should be deleted. Most of my devices are rooted, and I never had such an issue. Unless some recovery app/program is used intentionally, this is completely strange behaviour I'd never expect.

Factory reset means deleteing all app and leave just the one that were preinstaled. For the ones that were preinstalled just delete their data, like contacts msgs etc.
If you want to delete all data when you do a factory reset i think it will promt you if you want to delete exdernal sd card to(external sd card witch is actually the internal memory that you use for your photos etc, long story)
If you don't have that option there then just go to storage and see if you have there an option to wipe everything.

thank you! But I DID suppose that a reset should clean ALL files!! now do you know how to prompt a SD card wipe in HTC ONE X?? my mobile is already at the hands of the other person, so I can only ask that she performs this action..otherwise, she will have all my 2500+photos uploaded in every single cloud service she has  constantly, even if she deletes them from the album!!!!

If she has your pictures, you either didn't erase it properly, or the sd card was not connected when you erased everything. Or, if she is really evil, she downloaded a tool that gets back deleted data from the datablock. As you probably know, deleting files actually means that the disk will, instead of actually erasing blocks from disk, give the block free to be written over, which is why tools can be used to get (some of the) data back. Assuming that she would have done this though is quite a stretch, but I'm just mentioning it as a possibilty.
Let that also be a lesson: Always check at least the /Pictures, /DCIM and any application folders you may have with personal data (/Dropbox I guess) and delete the data you may find manually. If you want the files to be unrecoverable, apps exist that actually overwrite "empty" space, like Secure Delete Android (haven't tested it though). See http://www.securedeletion.com/
At this point though, the only thing you can do is ask her to delete the pictures and hope she is a thrustworthy person.

HTC phones are different from other phones and I don't know why that is, but sometimes when you reset the phone a variety of info stays on the phone. I know that for sprint the number can't change unless you put in a special code under one of the settings. I don't remember right now what that may be, but I'm sure that your service provider has run into this when folks swap there phones for whatever reason. Your service provider is the only one with this code. So you may need to ask them. Their techs might be the best source. Why do I know this? Because I have worked for both Sprint and Verizon, but it has been a while.


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Why doesn't Cyanogen support Droid 2 Global (droid2we)?
Why can't I use the latest version of Cyanogen ROM for Droid 2 Global? The latest available version for this phone is CM 7.2, while the current version is 10.2. The wiki page just says 'hardware limitations', but is not explicit. I'm not aware of any limitations other than it might go a bit slower than a new phone.
What would happen if I installed the latest Android Open Source Project on a D2G?

Why: Because nobody adapted the latest version for your device (it needs to be adjusted for its specific hardware: camera drivers and such). What would happen? It might not boot at all, or it boots but some components don't work. That might be the camera, or even the radios (so you couldn't even call anyone or receive calls).

The wiki pages says "This may be due to hardware limitations or simply because development is not yet complete.". Maybe there is simply no maintainer for Cyanogenmod on the droid2we. Note that simply "installing AOSP on the D2G" will most likely not work or, as Izzy explained, result in some components not working. Creating a ROM for a devices requires many device specific adjustments.

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