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Cyanogenmod is dead. Are there any android phones that I could just download AOSP and compile it instead of using LineageOS?
I know Cyanogenmod has turned into LineageOS, but I just had a completely different idea: I would like to know if there's a phone that I can have root builtin, compile AOSP and flash it. Is there a list or blog post somewhere that shows which phones and models are AOSP compatible? Or am I stuck with only Nexus and Pixesl line?
Can I create zip updates like Cyanogenmod used to have, or all updates erases my device? Anyone here has experience on this?

No, AOSP does not include any drivers/low-level firmware for anything other than the Google flagship devices.

What grudge do you hold against LOS? It's practically CM - the maintainers stay the same.

You can have a root in cm it's just a sepaeate zip, not big deal..

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Google now cannot display cards because of low storage space
My android phone has 5.5gb of internal storage and I have used around 3.9. I have the rest of the apps on a SD card set as adoptable storage . Google now says it cannot display cards because of low storage space. Why is that?

I've had the same, with cleared cache, and ~15GB free; not sure what's going on.

Just clearing the cache didn't fix the problem. But restarting the phone afterwards solved it.

I think it is becasue of cache files go in settings>storages>cache data and clear them.

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Google Now Launcher still exists inside launcher settings
I have used Google Now Launcher on my Redmi 1S that runs Lineage OS 14.1. And, now I am using Nova Launcher as home app(launcher). I have uninstalled Google Now Launcher, and also, its not present in app list. But, it is still listed in launcher settings (Settings->Apps->Configure Apps (settings icon)->Home App). I have tried to clear cache from recovery, but have no result. I have uninstalled Nova launcher, but still it shows Google Now launcher, and Trebuchet to set as Home App. May be it got saved somewhere permanently, otherwise I have tried to make Google Now launcher as system app, it may be happened due to this. How to solve

I installed Google now launcher from play store. And the default launcher is Trebuchet which is similar to that of Google now launcher.
The device is rooted, and I tried to make Google now launcher as a system app. For, that I changed permissions of app using ES file explorer.
This may got saved, and that's why it not removed from default app list.
I performed a fresh install of lineage os which solved from this issue.

Did you install Google Now Launcher as part of a Google Apps package? If this is the case, Google Now Launcher will be installed as a /system app. Therefore, you'll have to remove it manually using a file manager or recovery mode.

Google Now launcher installed from playstore

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How to transfer files securely P2P over internet?
Is there any way to exchange binary files over secure encrypted channel from one Android device to another, avoiding any public cloud services or 3rd party server?

I am sure you could use a intetnal FTP with a NAT or even XMPP chat?

Doesn't look like FTP is secure way to transfer file, even though somehow possible to overcome NAT issues.

What about rsync over ssh?

Looks too complex. I was thinking there is some way not for geeks.


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Retrieving an old WhatsApp backup from Google Drive
The phone was stolen and I would like to retrieve an old WhatsApp backup from Google Drive. I do not want the most recent backups offered, as these were since my phone was stolen.
I want an old one that is visible on Google Drive, but when I click it, the only options are to delete it or turn it off. I want to install it. This chat file is not visible in my WhatsApp/databases folder.

You can't access raw files of WhatsApp from Google Drive (it is a hidden folder), and you can't choose which version you want to restore from (I cannot even see versions at my account).
But, you can try to restore the last backup from Google Drive, and then manipulate
WhatsApp db files in order to delete some of your messages.
There are plenty of guides out there on how to decrypt WhatsApp db, after you decrypt it, delete the non-relevant messages and put the db back in your sd, Didn't try but it might works.

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How to download files larger than 4 GB on Android external SD card
So I wanted to download a file that is 7GB to my memory card on my Android phone (Lollipop). What should I do? I have heard that I should format my SD card to exfat, but I don't know how to do that. Any help will be appreciated.

Formatting your sd card will erase all data stored on it!
You can format your sd card easily on android. Go to settings -> storage -> sd card. Now you should have a format menu option.
You can also format the sd card with most desktop os' like Windows or macOS. In Windows you can select format in the context menu of the connected sd card.

Just a record, sometimes FAT32 is the default for a phone, making formatting on-phone useless.


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How to correct issues of Proximity sensor
I have Lenovo a1000.When I am calling,the screen doesn't turn off.I checked for proximity sensor error on Lenovo companion app,its not correct.Please help.

That would be hardware damage. Bring it to your local electronics repair shop or send it back to the manufacturer for repair.


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Google Calendar is ignoring silent mode
I'm having an issue with the Google Calendar app, specifically its notifications. It ignores the sound profile of the phone. For example, if my phone is silenced, it still makes its notification sound. This isn't an issue with any other app, just Google Calendar.
The device is a Moto X 2013 running CyanogenMod 12.1 on the last stable release that is available (which, I continue to find, is a sad excuse for a stable release).
Does anyone have an ideas on how to stop this? Turning off all notifications for the app is not a possibility and I've tried resetting its cache already.

I've found this too.  I uninstalled it :/

@Matthew Read as a college student, that's unfortunelty not an option. I need Google calendar.


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how do I install supersu (not systemless) in Samsung?
I try desperately install supersu in my Samsung s7 Edge (g935f) from TWRP flashing supersu2.76.zip in traditional way (not systemless).
After startup from supersu app I see "install supersu into /system not available in system-less root mode"

Pretty sure stock Nougat requires a systemless install or it will bootloop. What is the problem that you need to try to install it into /system?

because I have an app that wants system mode root.

The app must be outdated... Go back to the developer, system based rooting isn't possible in stock Marshmallow or Nougat, so at least 18 months ago it has been the "new" standard. Lollipop was the last version that supported traditional rooting by placing su in /system.

exactly app is knox reset (counter) available on Google play. developer sent to me a version of supersu that should works as system-mode root. but (for now I hope) does not work.

I can't find your app, but assume it is similar to this one https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/disable-knox-reset-knox-counter-to-0x0-t3414890 and it doesn't work in Marshmallow and newer, it requires Android  4.x or 5.x to work. My understanding that the KNOX flag is now permanently tripped on newer devices, no going back or undoing it as it is not a software marker any longer.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.venus342.donate

According to their website and app listing it should work. I would contact the developer at this point. There is no way on a stock ROM to do a traditional system based root on Marshmallow, so what you are asking in your question is not possible to my knowledge.


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Accessing SIM Toolkit in Android settings spawns duplicate SIM card entries?
I have OnePlus 2, rooted and has Xposed Framework. I don't recall ever visiting the SIM Toolkit menu before. But I tried it today and this happened:

Settings -> Wireless Settings -> Sim & Network Settings -> Click on a SIM (SIM 1 or SIM 2, this one is dual-SIM) -> Scroll to the bottom of the list and click on SIM Toolkit.
This opens up an empty SIM Toolkit menu (which seems to stay empty no matter how long you leave it (tried several minutes)), and when you go back out of it, you see a couple of new SIM entries have appeared in the list of the current SIM's menu. They each have a checkbox slider thing next to them, but if you tick one slider, in a second all of them will get ticked.
I realised SIM Toolkit is an app. I can force-close it, but I can't seem to be able to clear its data or cache. I managed to freeze it, rebooted, but the existing SIM duplicates are not gone.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to proceed with fixing this?

I haven't figured out exactly what was misbehaving and why, but I accidentally now (years later) found out how to force a refresh: I put the phone in flight mode, opened the sim tray, swapped the sims, put it back in and disabled airplane mode. This cleared all the duplicates.


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What is the name of this activity?

I've seen it being used by some Google apps, as well as some others, always at the first opening of the app. It usually presents instructions about how to use the app (in a high level) and its features.
Navigation consists of swiping left/right and, when on the last screen, an 'Ok' button appears to end the widget's presentation.
What is this activity's name, and is it implemented in any android UX library?

Not implemented as a UX library, yet.
3rd Party Solution: https://github.com/apl-devs/AppIntro
DIY: You can create your own UI and can leverage ViewPager for the effect.

AppIntro would be the "official" name for it?


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Random files keep reappearing on phone memory
I've bought a Lenovo a6010 a few months ago and after a while, on the phone memory files keep reappearing even after deletion.
My question is, is it something to do with the amazingness of Lenovo's modified os, or is there an app that just doesn't know how to and where to put its files. If it is an app how can I trace and see what exactly made it this way?
Thanks for your time.

What is name of folder where are this files are located?

Internal memory, /storage/sdcard0 or /sdcard (they link to the same folder). No other folders, that's why it is disturbing.

What is size of files try to open them with some text editor

Opening with an editor shows me machine language. (in other words lots of null and all that stuff).
The amount of files is exactly 100.
The size of the files in total is 11.26MB.  One file being around 52.73KB.
The most disturbing fact is not the size but the amount that floods in the home folder.

That's shame I tought maybe files will contain something usefull to determinate which app is creating them. So because sd card is world readable you can trace files back to apps, UID and GID will allways be the same for all apps. You can only try deleting one app and those files and then check if they are back. Try that if you have some not so famous apps. Edit: Mybe, just maybe some game creates this files because of ads or such things.

Games and ads, or who knows what, those things are ugly xD
We'll see what I can do about it, thanks for your time.

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XPrivacy: ability to batch-set one permission for all apps?
I would like to select all (or multiple) apps in xprivacy, then revoke (for ALL of them, at the same time), the media/microphone permission (etc.)
(how) Is this possible?

I found that the ability to select multiple apps and then batch-applying a template is available in the Pro version of the app. That's not exactly what this question asks for, but it does seem that if applying just one permission change (instead of a whole template) exists or will ever exist, it will also be a Pro feature.
Source: https://forum.xda-developers.com/search/thread/2320783?query=batch


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Lowest temperature that sensors can measure
So I've doing some work and phone wasn't in my pocket but in room where temperature was low (let's say about 3°C) I was curios what phones battery and cpu temperature sensors say and you see what they were saying. So what is lowest temperature which they can measure?

It may depend on the sensor your device have and I will not suggest exposing device to extremes to measure its sensor limit

Many cell phones have operating limits for temperature, for example the Nexus 5x's manual states the operating temperature of the device is between -4°F and 122°F which would probably cover most devices, yours is well within that limit. The sensor's operating conditions could be different, and it would vary based on manufacturer and firmware, but clearly those readings are incorrect. 1080°C is the melting point of copper, so I highly doubt that is correct.

@acejavelin so you say my phone isn't limited on which temperature he can operate, meaning that it may work on possibly dangerous temperatures?

Depends on your definition of "dangerous"...  -4°F/-20°C to 122°F/50°C are hardly dangerous in my book. I can tell you from living in a varied climate area that the phone will operate outside these ranges for limited times as well (I have used my phone in -30°F/-35°C but not for very long). Extreme cold for extended periods will shutdown a device, and excessively high temps will cause this as well, the phone will throttle itself to attempt to cool off, then will shutdown to protect itself.

@acejavelin So in your opinion what is lowest and highest temperature (°C)  in which phone should be used, without worrying of damgeing device

For extended periods of use, I would say -4°F/-20°C to 122°F/50°C is a good rule of thumb. Your device manufacturer should have stated operating conditions that are supported.

@acejavelin ok thanks form an asnwer from theese coments, I found out what I want from them.

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Pattern not working - Locked out of phone
I have an Android 6 device.
Since this morning when I woke up, my pattern is no longer working and the wifi mobile hotspot was turned off during the night (it was on when I went to sleep).
After a few tries and waiting 30 secs, it lets me access the phone thru the backup pin, but if i try to change the pattern (settings -> security -> security lock) or to reset the settings, it asks for the pattern again, which of course no longer works.
Any ideas what to do about this situation? Would prefer not to lose all my apps / settings / data.

First of all, you'll NEED to root your device if you haven't done that (You didn't specify what device you have, so Google "(device's model number here) root")
But READ this post: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-disadvantages-of-rooting-Android-devices/answer/Ashwin-Afhen before rooting your Android device
Now, download THIS terminal emulator AFTER rooting your Android device: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm, open it up and type these commands:
su
rm -f /data/system/locksettings.db*
rm -f /data/system/gesture.key

And now, REBOOT your Android device and you SHOULD see no pattern lock or a pattern lock that can be unlocked with ANY pattern (and then, unlock your device and set a new pattern)
And unroot your Android device
That's all I can say for now

No easier solution?

@Click Upvote Yes

From this addictivetips.com post:

Enable USB Debugging (find it somewhere under settings in
developer or development or about phone submenues or by tapping 7
times on Build number according to make and model of your phone)

Download and install ADB tools (there is this guide referenced)

Connect phone to PC using USB cable

Run the followin in a command prompt (if 2nd one fails just continue):
adb shell
mv /data/system/gesture.key /data/system/gestur.oldkey
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock'
update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently'
.quit

how can he enable usb debugging if he is locked out ?

He told he could enter the phone by a sort of fallback PIN code, but he is not able to manage the pattern setting. Of course I think he could also do a factory-reset but it is not what he desires currently.


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Gboard doesn't save new words and use my personal dictionary?
I have both swedish and english activated in GBoard, but I'm using the swedish layout so I get easy access to the letter  å ä ö.
My problem is that Gboard doesn't seem to "learn" some new words. A specific example is when I'm swiping hon (swedish for her), it never suggests hon, instead it autocorrects it to jobb (swedish for work) every single time. I've erased the suggestion, I've typed h o n manually and clicked it in the top bar - I even added hon to my personal dictionary in the Gboard settings, but nothing seems to help.
It's gotten so ridiculous that I just stopped erasing and correcting it when texting some of my friends, I just informed them that if they see an oddly placed jobb, just assume I mean hon :)
On a side note - both me and one of my friends (who's using Sony's built in keyboard) seem to experience periods of our predictions going haywire and suggesting completely wrong words, or in my case often weird acronyms like DF, DT, DGV etc. This seems to last for a few days and then it gets better for few weeks. Might just be coincidental, but I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing something similar?

I just figured it out while trying all possible Gboard settings. Turns out that "block offensive words" was activated for some reason, and apparently the word "hon" is considered offensive in some places.
I had no idea it was an offensive word, and either way I'd have thought Gboard was clever enough not to block english offensive words when I'm in "swedish mode" (i.e. when the last word i typed was in swedish and all the suggestions it comes up with are in swedish). Turns out it doesn't care, and "hon" gets blocked either way.

Ett enormt tack! Detta har stört mig i flera år. Vågar inte ens räkna på hur mycket tid jag har lagt ner genom åren på att rätta jobb och hob till hon. Glide type skriver nu: Hon hon hon hon hon hon. Underbart!

Thank you, but the suggestion above didn't work for me since I already had the 'block offensive words' disabled. However, I found out that for Gboard to learn the words I typed, I also had to enable the 'personalized suggestions', under settings > text correction. Hope this helps :)

I think I found a solution for this. Write the word manually and select any emoji but don't put a space between the word and the emoji, and the word will have a red underline instead of a blue one. Tap over the word and it says ... 'add to dictionary' (like in the old days). If you write the word, space, backspace and emoji, it wont work. If you do this, then delete some of the few last letters and write them again, leave no space and insert emoji again. That worked for me.  Gboard is not learning automatically but at least you don't have to be writing the words every time or adding them manually in the dictionary (well, you are actually but while you are writing the message).


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Nextbook 8 internal storage error
So my nextbook 8 tablet has always been very finicky. I can do with the power button troubles and everything, but theres one thing that made my tablet near useless. I was on a trusted app, when suddenly my tablet froze, and stayed frozen for almost 12 hours. When i finally was able to restart my device, it had performed a factory reset, which means all my apps were gone. Every single one. But the memory in the internal storage still appears as if i still had all my applications. I am left with 121MB of storage space which is unusable, and my tablet is showing nothing that could be using up my storage space. The downloads screen shows the "no apps installed message" when i open it up. How can I fix this?


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Kingo Root issue
My android device is 4.4.2. I rooted my device with Kingo Root with PC.
Without any error message, it was successful.
However, after rooting Screen Lock is not working properly. Sometimes screen lock works and sometimes it doesn’t work.
I removed root access and reset my device. Then Screen Lock is working fine. Again after rooting, Screen Lock is not working fine.
I have been using Kingo Root with PC for long time. And depending upon scenario, I removed root access, reset device and re-root device. I never had any issue with it. Now I am facing Screen Lock issue.
Please let me know, how to fix it?
Regards
InTech

what do you mean by screen lock not working properly?

I tried I these locks; Swipe, Pattern & Password; after rooting. Screen goes OFF but it’s not locked. And sometimes without asking for pattern, swipe or password, it gets unlocked.

check whether problem continues with other rooting methods

I prefer rooting with PC only. And if I try other apps for rooting with PC, generally there is (are) some limitation(s)/issue(s) in that app. For example, in case of King Root, it appears with other language (not in English). That’s why I don’t prefer to use it. Kingo Root was working fine from beginning with my device. Now it’s creating problem so please let me know how to fix it.

I tried other apps like farmaroot, z4root, TunesGo Root etc (with PC and Without PC). In almost all cases, there are some issues/errors in rooting process. Also in some apps, language is not English that’s why I didn’t prefer to proceed. TunesGo Root is paid app. Only Kingo Root with PC and Kingo Root without PC can root my device successfully. But after rooting device, I see same issue i.e. screen lock issue.

Please let me brief my scenario. I prefer rooting with PC and I tried some apps like iRoot, King Root, Kingo Root, vRoot. In my case, except Kingo Root, almost all apps are detected as Trojan and Malware by Eset Internet Security installed in my computer, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile and Kaspersky Internet Security for Android. Therefore, according to Eset Internet Security 10, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile and Kaspersky Internet Security for Android; no need to worry with Kingo Root.

My device couldn’t be rooted with Farmaroot. Also no Custom Recovery and Custom ROM are compatible to my device. Therefore, only Kingo Root is suitable with my device. However I have an issue with Kingo Root. Even after successful rooting process, Screen Lock issue occurs in my device after rooting. From beginning, I have been using Kingo Root and earlier there was no such issue with Kingo Root.

To resolve this issue, I have gone through a series of steps. I removed Kingo Root access. Then Screen Lock issue resolved. Then I rooted by both ways; Kingo One-Click and Kingo with PC. Again same issue occurred in both cases. I re-flashed Stock ROM. Then rooted by both ways; Kingo One-Click and Kingo with PC. And again same issue occurred. Therefore, please help me to fix Kingo Root issue.


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How to root Huawei Y3II L02 4G
How do I root my Huawei Y3II and when would a method be available for my device

If a rooting method isn't already available, how do you think we'd be able to predict its availability?

For Huawei phones, KingRoot works best, you download the KingRoot app from the internet and try cloud based rooting (internet required). Check if this method works


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Samsung GT-S 5300
sd card:
 total space: unavailable
available space: unavailable
mount sd card: insert sd card-
Format sd card:
my problem is that sd card is inside but it keeps telling me to insert it. How can I solve that problem?

Well for the lack of information in your post, there could be many issues here. A damaged card or slot for one. An incompatible file system. Try formatting the card on your PC and re-inserting to see if it works. If not, it's time to get a new card.
If you card works on your PC and not on your phone, than it's a fault of the SD card slot of your phone.


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Transfer backed up iphone data to android phone. is it possible?
My iphone recently won't charge and it is dead. However, I have managed to backed up the data through itunes sync before the incident. Now I want to get a new android phone. But can I transfer the backed up data to android phone directly?
(I can't turn on my iphone anymore.)

These articles shows,how to transfer your contacts, calendar, images,mails etc  1.http://www.greenbot.com/article/2937339/smartphones/how-to-switch-from-iphone-to-android-and-keep-all-your-stuff.html 2.http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-transfer-from-iphone-to-android-ultimate-guide-363230/ 3.https://www.android.com/switch/

Did you even read my questions? My iphone is dead. I can't turn it on anymore. All I have is the backed up file in my computer. None of the above 'guide' works in this situation.

A backup created by an iPhone might not be readable/understandable by an Android phone afaik.

Android will certainly not be able to read anything from your backup. However, there are programs specifically designed to extract data from a itunes backup and copy them to an android phone.
This is one of those programs.


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Does Google have a record of my fingerprints from the Android devices?
My phone has a fingerprint scanner. I notice on the Google Play Store, it has the option to verify your identity with a fingerprint scan instead of typing in the password when making a purchase.
Does this mean Google has a record of your fingerprints? When is this record made, when you first enable the screen lock with your fingerprint?

No. That's against the privacy policies. They can only read the fingerprint data that is stored in a secure location on device memory.

No, your fingerprint data never leaves your device.

Your fingerprint data is stored securely and never leaves your Pixel or Nexus phone. Your fingerprint data isn't shared with Google or any apps on your device. Apps are notified only whether your fingerprint was verified.

Source
Source is from Nexus/Pixel support pages hence why it mentions them specifically. The same should apply for other devices however)

When you activate the fingerprint authentication for any third-party app, what it does is that it asks your Android system to initialize the fingerprint hardware which checks for your fingerprint. And if it matches, it passes that information back to the system and then to the app. The only information that the app gets is that the scan was successful. Your fingerprint never finds a way into the app.


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How can I use Whatsapp without scanning any QR code?
My phone is broken, and I need to use Whatsapp. I already tried Whatsapp Web, but it is asking for me to scan a QR code, which I can't. Is there any other way to access my Whatsapp account through my PC with the help of an OTP or something?

Is your phone completely broken? You need a phone to use whatsapp.

Nope. Currently QR code is the only way to access the messages on your PC. The messages never leave your phone, they're merely just displayed on your PC, unlike Telegram or other messengers, where messages are synced online through their servers.

Your problem's solution is genymotion emulator its easy and fast
Go to this  link and select download for personal use.
As you said you can get otp, so it will be a perfect solution.

Can you tell us how to set this up for using Whatsapp?

It should be normal process, just like setting up whatsapp in a mobile device.

Can I have Whatsapp on Genymotion and on my phone linked to the same account?

If your phone is broken you can download whatsapp via an android emulator on your pc and use it easily that way.

Great suggestion! However would have be even more impressive if you gave examples of emulators, download links and brief instructions.

More importantly, if the questioner's phone is broken, how are they going to get access to their account on an emulator, when accounts are tied to phone numbers?


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Can I see if an installed app has registered a URI scheme?
I have an app installed, I'd like to know if I can see if it has registered a custom URI scheme (so it can be opened by other apps and the browser) and if so what the scheme is (e.g. someapp://)

Settings > Apps > Configure Apps (Cog in top right) > Opening Links
YouTube video walkthrough on Android N


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Bluetooth consistently turning itself off
I'm having issue where my bluetooth will occasionally turn off.  This is an issue because I have a smartwatch that connects with bluetooth.
My SO also has a smartwatch, but doesn't have this issue.  I noticed in my battery usage that Bluetooth shows up as an entry in my phone, but does not on my SO.
When I tap on bluetooth, there is an option for 'Adjust Power Use'.  It's apparently set to 'Turn off bluetooth when not in use.'  I can tap on this option, but all it does it take my to the Bluetooth pairing screen, which doesn't seem to have any way to change the option.  I also do not have battery saver mode on.  There's a variety of things that are battery optimized, but my list of apps matches my SO's phone as well, so I don't think that's an issue either.
Clearly I don't want my bluetooth to turn off, otherwise it makes my watch kind of useless.  Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix the issue?

Have you tried checking logcat output? The kernel prints out all sorts of messages. Some debug info would help us track the issue.

I haven't yet, no.  When it turns off is kind of random, so sitting and watching logcat isn't something I considered.

So if you go into BATTERY> : MENU> BATTERY OPTIMIZATION> and change "NOT OPTIMIZED" to "ALL APPS", you can then select each app or service you want "NOT OPTIMIZED". Try Bluetooth Midi and Bluetooth Sharing to set Not Optimized.

Unfortunately, this didn't fix the problem.  Thanks for trying.

My phone had this problem, and I narrowed down the problem to be caused by the Fitbit app syncing to my Versa watch.
The "problem" was actually just a mis-configuration in Fitbit app related to the the bluetooth sync options.


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SMS is stuck as "not received" and reappears each restart
Several months ago I received a spam message on my Android phone (nothing unusual there).
What is unusual, is the fact that this SMS is now stuck somewhere inside my phone's messaging module and it keeps "receiving" every time I turn the phone on (including after restart).
I have contacted my SP, and they are not related to this issue. In fact, I tried different SIM, and this SMS is received again for entirely different SIM.
What I'm inferring from this is that text is stuck somewhere on my device marked as "new SMS" forever, and each time phone turns on, it looks into that list, finds it and displays it, but somehow fails to take "new SMS" flag away from it.
The question the is:
Is there a queue(or a file) where I can find that stuck message and delete it manually?
Rolling back to factory defaults do not seem like a good option to solve my problem at this time.
If this matters, my SMS app also always displays "you have 2 new SMS" badge (strange that it displays 2, but it does).
Phone details:
Lenovo S660 with latest available for it official Android 4.4 firmware. Unrooted (rooting is possible).

Did you try clearing data and cache of the SMS app? This should solve the issue. Otherwise  it  might be a malware or somethings.

Are you using the stock messaging app?  Try a third-party app like Google Messenger, EvolveSMS, Textra, or many others, and see if those show the message(s) so they can potentially be received/deleted.

@RMarkwald, I use stock Lenovo app. However, I did try google one, and I seem to recall it being present there as well. But it was quite a while ago, so I don't remember exactly. I'll try again and update the quesion with details.

@esQmo, wouldn't that clear all my SMS in the process? I was hoping there'd be a more targeted solution.

Ofcourse it will, all those are not on the SIM card

@esQmo OK then. I'll hold off on that for the time being. In the meantime, can you help me work out the possible cause of what's happening?

@M. Prokhorov I really have no idea  of what  can be causing this. May be something with the cache memory.  By the way, you should  try clearing the  cache from the recovery  menu. (No data loss of course )

Power the phone  holding  volume up button then select  recovery.


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List of broken apps on Android 5.0
I had some apps installed on my Sony Xperia Z external SD Card.
Now the SD card is damaged for some reason, and my mobile won't show those apps.
Instead of each app icon, I get a green Droid icon with a little red sd-card icon on its top left corner. Obviously meaning that those apps are missing and can not be loaded from SD Card.
Is there a way to get a list of those apps, so that I would re-install them from Play Store? Even groupId would be enough (e.g. com.example.foe) and I will do the search manually to figure out all those missing apps.
Thanks!

adb shell cd /system/data pm list  packages (should  work) or cd /system/app pm list packages

Thanks @esQmo but this lists only the installed apps. I think the apps on the SD card are not considered installed anymore. However the Sony launcher is able to fetch them somewhere from some resource. I wish to be able to get a list of those apps?

if an app installed on the SD card and it is removed, the app still appear on the app list and even on the desktop.

Appears on the desktop but not in the app list provided by that command :(

so you see have the app name you need?

No I don't. I only see list of already installed apps.

Oh, but in the app list, they should appear with their icons greyed out.

Yes, this is what I'm trying to explain. So in the app drawer and on the desktop; They are kinda disabled.
If I run the pm list package, I don't see them in the given list.

If you put the SD card in a computer or another phone?

And what about the list in Settings -> Apps?

@owlswipe the SD is corrupted, I can not read it using any other device.
And the list in Settings is the list of currently available and installed apps, not the list of apps previously on SD card and with broken shortcut on desktop..

Hmm...How about in the Play Store?

@owlswipe in Play Store I have under "Installed" the list of currently installed apps not including the broken shortcuts, and under "All" the list of all apps installed since ever, which is too huge to filter them.

Hmm. Do you have a backup of your phone? And if so, on what service?

@owlswipe Only the normal Google Account backup, nothing else

I also had some manual apps backup on the SD card itself :)

Alright, found what I was looking for.
All apps that were stored in the SD card, are located inside this file:
/data/data/com.sonyericsson.home/shared_prefs/home_external_storage_apps_pref.xml
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Is possible to setup a wifi hotspot that uses wpa enterprise on a non rooted android device
Android stock wifi hotspot settings page only allows for WPA2-PSK authentication. I was wondering if there is a way to have WPA-Enterprise PEAP authentication where I can just enter the address and port of a remote radius server. Also, if possible, I would like to do this on a non-rooted android phone.


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Can't connect to college WiFi even after changing the MAC address
First of all this is completely for education purpose, there is no intension to access college Internet without official permissions.
So In my college, WiFi is only accessible via laptops. Students have initially registered their laptop's MAC address to the college, and they have given local IP addresses to each student to connect to WiFi using their laptops.
So first I've changed my MAC address of my rooted phone (Red MI Note 3) and then configured the WiFi, as I'm doing in my laptop, but this only connects my Android device to the WiFi, but can't load the student login page on the mobile phon.
So what possible firewalls or blockers are they using to block only mobile devices even if they have same MAC address as the laptop?
Is there any way to show Android device as laptop to the WiFi router? So that It allow access to mobile phones?
I've seen this post from XDA Developers but no helpful answers.
Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

It is only guessing from this perspective, as there might be several reasons.
First you should check with a simple ping or similar that the network is working.
If this is successfull any you try to open the login page with your browser it might be possible, that your university checks your browser's http request for your operating system or other signs, that you are using a smartphone and no laptop.

So can we install browser which does not reveals it's identity(Android or Laptop)?

Basically it is the UA string you want to set reference. It seems, that there are addons for e.g. Firefox but I have not tried them.


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Format Preloader and reflash (mtk6582) Sp flashtools
The problem is that spflash tools says:
"PTM changed for the ROM: It must be downloaded."
The solutions are, download the preloader.bin (not work for me), and format all + download....
but I want not format /system either /data .....
I've try do manually format (except bootloader, system and data) but the problem is not solved .... Can some one help me?

I have a Importart question
What happen If I manually format the Bootloader of my mt6582, If I do manually for example (it's for my phone), erases from (0x0000000000000000 to 0x0000000000c00000) >> (bootloader to begin of mbr).... Then I would like download the preloader.bin with spflash tool.
Could it brick my phone?
Note: I want not do a readback

I think playing with that could easily brick phone if you are not sure what are you doing, and if that isn't verified by someone else. Better wipe system and data it's less painfull just backup data you need

@ЈеднорукиКрстивоје Maybe you have reason.. Hey due, I've done a test with spflash, and he says "Error: Flash NAND was not detected !", do you know what file contain the NAND information? in a mtk??

I don't know that. What are you trying to do with sp flash, to flash stock firmware or what?

I try Download a recovery, but the spflash tools says "PTM changed for the ROM: It must be downloaded.", i want not lose the system and data... I am in a bootloop

erasing preloader, really!? happy bricking...

@Milor123 when the flashtool say that "pmt change for the blah. blah.." the only thing you can do is to format(auto) your device through the  tool and then click download next step.it is the BEST way to do it and succeed with what you want to do with your phone. hope this helps you.

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Hacker keyboard emoji button
While in Discord on Android 5.0, Hacker Keyboard puts an emoji button instead of enter, putting enter to be accessed only by going to the special buttons(numbers and the sorts). I have to note that the keyboard is used in portrait mode with "4-row Gingerbread layout" for which I need an answer, 5 rows has the enter in its place.
My question is, is there a way to disable the emoji button and put the enter where it belongs without going to the special characters? Going through the settings I could not notice any option that would help me do so.
Thanks in advance.

In most phones, when you are using a Messaging or SMS app, that button changes to the smiley button by default.
You can long press that button and swipe up (or left - differs from keyboard to keyboard) in order to access the Enter button quickly.
Try using your keyboard in some other apps. If the problem persists, you may need to change your keyboard app.

"Hacker Keyboard" - the keyboard that I'm talking about has no behaviour when I swipe left/right or up/down. The enter button is present in some messaging apps, but on Discord for which I need a solution there is the emoji button which is useless.
Google keyboard on the other hand has no "enter" button no matter what I do. I was searching for a way to disable that button(forever), no matter the ways involved.


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What is this notification icon for

Can anyone help me figure out what this icon is for???

What is shown when you pull down the notification panel?

The logo is of google play news stand.

I believe that icon indicates a new notification from Google Play Newsstand.
Edit:
Confirmed my assumption this morning when a notification popped up:

I don't know how to take a screenshot of the status icon bar, so you'll have to take my word that the icon appeared there too.

To check which app is giving you that notification, pull down the notification tray and you will see a notification item with that icon. Make a long click on that notification icon and it will show you the name of the app and other options for notification control.


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Cannot update Android
I have a ZTE Citrine LTE II from TracFone. I'm running Android 5.1.1. I can't seem to update Android to the latest version. Clicking "Software Update" near the bottom doesn't work (images are too large)
Following some guides tells me to click on "About Phone" and then look for a software thingamajig at the top...

Is there any way to update a non-rootable TracFone?

With most Android phones it is down to the manufacturer to push updates to the phones.
I had a quick Google and it seems your phone's latest Android release is 5.1.1. Unless your manufacturer pushes another update you're pretty much stuck with that version I'm afraid.


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Is the MAC address stored in software or hardware?
I'm trying out a ROM.  It seems to be flashing the whole system.  It claims it is a total wipe.
However, the MAC address seems to never change.  So my question is, is the mac address for an Android stored in the ROM or is stored somewhere in the hardware?

MAC addresses, and similar persistent information, are stored in a protected partition... They never change under normal flashing of ROMs or images..

A media access control address (MAC address) of a computer is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications at the data link layer of a network segment. MAC addresses are used as a network address for most IEEE 802 network technologies, including Ethernet and Wi-Fi. Logically, MAC addresses are used in the media access control protocol sublayer of the OSI reference model.
MAC addresses are most often assigned by the manufacturer of a network interface controller (NIC) and are stored in its hardware, such as the card's read-only memory or some other firmware mechanism. If assigned by the manufacturer, a MAC address usually encodes the manufacturer's registered identification number and may be referred to as the burned-in address (BIA). It may also be known as an Ethernet hardware address (EHA), hardware address or physical address (not to be confused with a memory physical address). This can be contrasted to a programmed address, where the host device issues command to the NIC to use an arbitrary address.


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New sd card doesnt work in my Android Alcatel one touch phone
I purchased a new sd card for my Android phone to increase memory.  Its a 32 gb card, but my phone still says not enough memory when I try to download an app. I tried selecting sd card and it shows 32 gb available but still cant download apps.  Then I switched to internal memory just to see if that worked but it did not.  It shows I have 32 gb of memory but phone says not enough memory. I tried to format new sd card but still getting same message.  HELP!!

What android version are you on?  Older Android didn't support running apps off of SD cards.

There isn't any problem with your SD card since it is recognized buy the phone. You know what else? Apps can't be placed on sd card without some help. Phone shows to you message 'not enough memory' because you lack internal memory where apps go when installing. So please rephrase your question. And check out this:
insufficient-memory' tag wiki,
'app2sd' tag wiki,
link2sd tag wiki,
adoptable storage tag wiki

Some data can be stored on SD cards and others not. This depends on how the SD card is integrated in your device.
A rule of thumb is, that apps should be stored on the internal storage of your phone (often this is the only possibility). While pictures and music can be also located on the SD card.
I can not read this from your posting, but maybe you should try to move such user data manually to your new SD card to make space available on your internal memory.


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How secure is application lock?
I have locked some of my apps using Application Lock. Does this only lock the individual applications or does it also add a layer of encryption on the application data?
Just for clarification, I'm talking about the in-built setting, not an external application to lock other applications.

Mind telling us the brand and model please? This feature isn't built into Android natively.

I've seen it on following models: Xiomi Mi 3 and 4 as well on Lenovo K6


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How to disable fingerprint from opening a locked phone, but enable for applications?
In Android 6.0.1, there is an option to 'Enable fingerprint' in Application lock, but it forces the phone to be unlocked via fingerprints.
Since most likely, the application lock only prevents sensitive data (messages, account information, etc.) from  being accessed/viewed easily, it makes more sense to me to selectively allow usage of fingerprint to unlock apps (and not the phone) because for the phone, a secure PIN/Password makes more sense.
Why is it so? Is there a way to achieve the desired result (using no third party tools)?

I believe you can lock applications with a password but I'm not sure about this.  Why isn't a password enough?

It's not about being enough. Since I have a fingerprint scanner on my phone, and don't want to use it to unlock my phone, why not put it to some use


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USB thermal printer apps works when tested, but can't find a way to print a PDF, any help?
I have a thermal printer (epson tm-t70) it works fine with Windows, but am trying to get it to work with my Android device.
I downloaded all of the first results apps after a "pos printer usb" search on google play, and all of them works when it comes to testing a print, they do detect the printer, and they do print a test.
But NONE of these apps have a way to print a PDF, they don't have an option to select a PDF, and they don't appear in the "share" menu, the only one that does is an app called "PrinterShare" but this one doesn't even detect the print.
Any help please ?
the apps that worked :

USB POS Printer Boost
Quick Printer (ESC POS Print)
APP WEB IMG POS PRINTER DRIVER

Technically, any non-plaintext document are converted first into their raster bitmap format. If your app supports PNG or JPG or any other image format, try to convert your PDF into that format and see what happens.


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How I know my device screen ratio
I have a game where the monsters list appear in 4 columns on my devices, But I have seen videos on youtube where display 5 columns.
Even one of my very old device 1280x720 screen resolution also display 5 columns
But my newer devices doesnt.

One is Galaxy Tab S 10'' 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA) ~288 ppi http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gala...5_lte-6235.php
The other is LG Flex 2 Curve 5.5" (1920 x 1080) with 403 ppi http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g_flex2-6916.php

So what is the difference? I think maybe is something regarding the screen ratio. But not sure what or how I check so when I buy my next device work properly

Isn't the ratio just a simple calculation? e.g. 2560x1600 -> 16:10.

Problem is, the layout also has to do with the density setting of the device. That is something you can't figure out by just looking at the specs of a device.

@AndyYan So how I get that?

Check /system/build.prop and look for ro.sf.lcd_density - it controls the overall scale of UI. If you're rooted you can modify that value to your desire; it's also possible to modify it on a per-app basis, so that only this app gets scaled. I'll not go into details now, look it up first.

To know your phone's aspect ratio and\or resolution there are many ways. One way is to go to this website and it'll immediately show you:
http://whatismyresolution.com/. If you'd like to know the ratio before buying any device you can simply ask about it. Most game developers intentionally develop games to adjust to any ratio the device is on, but some games aren't developed that way. This is most likely one of those games.. It really depends on your phone's screen size


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LG P880 - No keyboard after factory reset
yesterday I tried to reset my rooted phone (LG Optimus 4X HD) because I thought it would run faster after a factory reset.
Unfortunately I didn't remember that I uninstalled the stock keyboard and now, there is no keyboard installed on the device.
This makes it impossible to get past the setup wizard.
I tried sideloading a keyboard apk via adb but it failed (error message: verifying package ... installation aborted). I also failed to connect the device to the PC suite (I presume this is the case because USB debugging is turned off).
Is there anything else I could try?
Thank you in advance

@ЈеднорукиКрстивоје No I can't. I have to create a google account or setup my existing account. Both are not possible without a keyboard.

@ЈеднорукиКрстивоје I am not able to skip the setup ... Theres no 'skip' button. Do you own the exact same phone?

@ЈеднорукиКрстивоје I've done it  Turned off wifi and cellular data during the setup wizard and then it was possible to proceed without a google account. Thank you so much!

@ЈеднорукиКрстивоје You can do that if you want to ;)

Ok, I cleared comments.

You do this:
Simply skip setup wizard (turn off cellular data to be able to do this), then when get to launcher turn on bluetooth and transfer keyboard .apk file and install it (check unknown sources to do this). Than go to play store and login to google account. To prevent this from happening again use titanium backup and convert keyboard to be system app.

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Any reasonable answer for huge battery discharge when device is off?
Nearly three years ago I have asked this question. It brought certain attention, but no answer. Of course there is no change in Nexus behavior and device discharges its battery up to 30-50 times faster when completely turned of than when it is turned on, but not used at all.
To my complete surprise, after these nearly three years I have notice the very same behavior in many more mobile devices, irrespective of device type, manufacturer or even operating system.
Recently I noticed this in:

Sony Xperia E,
Apple iPad Mini (first edition),
Microsoft Lumia 640 and 650.

Is there any consistent theory or answer, why it is happening? Why device drains battery at all, when it is (should be) completely turned off? And why the discharge rate is so enormously1 high?
I'm looking for an answer at least partially proven or grounded on some verifiable facts. Spy theories -- that it is due to fact that completely turned off device sends a lot of information to Google / Facebook / Apple / Microsoft / US Government -- are quite out of scope of this question.
1I'd say that even absurdly high, given the fact that device completely turned off can't stand more than 24 hours while turned on, but unused at all (lying on shelf) can last up to a week or at least a few days.

There are still some processes running in device that is turned off - for example, a clock (at least in some models). But those obviously aren't at all that demanding. So this is not an answer, just a clarification - even when turned off, devices do still use some power. I'd honestly expect it to be related to battery controller in one way or another. Or just plain battery chem.


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Add language to Google Keyboard
I have a Huawei G8 and hate this phone. Can't use Google Keyboard because on this phone it is not supporting Georgian language. Is there any ways to add Georgian keyboard in Gboard? Thanks and sorry for my English :)

Huawei phones restrict google keyboard/Gboard languages based on regions. I am also having same problem, but so far could not find a solution.

Open your keyboard and to to its settings (tap on "Google" icon at the top, then on cog icon).
Then go to "Languages" and you'll see a list of all available languages there. My phone has two variants of Georgian keyboard (QWERTY and Typewriter).

I know how to see language list and surely know that Gboard supports Georgian, but on Huawei device, it's not listed.  I've tried Morelocatione2 and nothing. have downloaded dictionary ad on in Gboard and still can't use it

I see. It looks like certain phone models do not feature some languages that others do. I can see two versions of Georgian language on my phone. It may be because either there is no official support for the language, and it was added by my phone manufacturer, or because your phone lacks some API that enables support of Georgian. So far I'm unable to find out which of the two is true, and will continue the search. In the meantime, I suggest trying different virtual keyboard app.

@IvaZakareishvili I'm also assuming that you are running the latest available Gboard on you device.

For some reason I was not able to answer this question, so I comment on this one. I had a similar problem with my P10, and got around it by set Gboard to use the system language. If this is not the desired keyboard language, add a secondary system language. Gboard does now have a world icon to change the language. If you use a current version of Gboard it has this annoying feature of multilingual suggestions for text correction, but you can turn this off in the settings. Gboard will remember in which language you typed the last time. Hope this helps


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Device won't boot
I have an HTC Desire 626s. Next month will be a year since I got it, I bought it brand new from Verizon. The battery wouldn't charge so I bought a new one and replaced it.  The phone came on just fine. When I plugged it into a charger the phone got hot and now it won't do anything. I've even tried hard reset with the hardware keys but still nothing.

A fault like this is pretty difficult to diagnose without access to the device. If it's under a year old shouldn't it still be under warranty? I'd personally get in touch with Verizon about getting a replacement / repair.

It's possible, that your charger is to blame. I suggest you take it to the shop.

A year old phone's battery really shouldn't need to be replaced unless it has extremely heavy usage. Therefore, I suspect something else is to blame.
The most likely suspect is the USB cable you're using to charge it. It may be damaged or completely non-functional.
The second suspect could be the AC adapter, better known as "the brick" that you plug into the wall with a USB port on it. It may no longer be putting out any power, and your phone wouldn't charge even if the phone is plugged in.
Lastly, and unfortunelty most drastic, is that something has happened to the charging hardware within the phone. There is a system within nearly every rechargable electronic device that regulates the process of charging the battery. If it is damaged, your phone will never be able to charge again.
To diagnose the actual issue, try a different AC adapter and/or a different USB cable. If your phone begins to charge, then those are broken. If using both a different AC adapter and USB cable and the phone still won't charge, it's likely that the phone has taken internal damage to the charging mechanism. This isn't a cheap fix, and you'd be better off just replacing the entire phone.


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How to bypass restrictions on (system) internal sound recording, rooted 4.4.4 android
I have installed an app called "SCR Pro", it allows to record android screen as video with internal sound, or microphone, or mute.
With youtube as example, it can record video with internal sound and without microphone (exterior sounds) WITHOUT problems.
But with Paltalk or Join.me, when it begins to record, it fails to record the internal sound, it obligates me to continue recording as mute or it stopps.
It says "Only one app can use microphone
at a time. This is an Android
system limitation. Close other app
using the microphone (e.g. Google
Now or Skype) or continue
recording without audio".
I have Android 4.4.4 rooted, I tried to deactivate "Ok Google" service, and I have no Skype App in device, but it still not recording internal sound ONLY with Paltalk or Join.me.
How to bypass this restriction on microphone use in Android?
Thanks for any help!


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How to hardreset android phone?
I'm asking how to hardreset because I googled "android hard reset" and it seems different from factory data reset but the instruction I'm getting from different sites is just the same method for factory data reset.
I'm experiencing some bugs in my phone, notification doesn't work properly, link2sd app says "couldn't obtain root access" though I'm rooted and it already worked before.
I've already factory data reset it 5 times and more, but still the issues I've stated are still there.
(This)[
http://www.yugatech.com/mobile/skk-announces-aura-edge-for-php1999/] is the phone I'm using.

If you are are still experiencing difficulties with your device even after 5 factory resets, I would suggest your reinstall your firmware again. Just download it from your manufacturer website and install, be sure to back up your personal files.
During installation follow instructions carefully to avoid bricking your device.
After reinstalling firmware, restore your user data. You can re-root if needed.
As for how to install the firmware without a PC:
You have to unzip the firmware file if not already unzipped, then extract it to root of sd card directory. Now switch off the device. Press both volume buttons together with power button SIMULTANEOUSLY, and you should boot into recovery mode choose upgrade then scroll down/up to the firmware file. Wait until it finishes installation. It will reboot automatically, you may wish to wipe cache partition before restoring user files from backup.
Note: in some Android models it automatically detects firmware files such that you don't need to press the buttons earlier, but check if this works then try using first method. In addition you need to remove your sd card, just after it finishes firmware installation to avoid repeating the upgrade.

I got the firmware file (size 300+ mb), is there a way to install it without using PC, just the phone?


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Unable to adjust brightness Lenovo Tab3
My brand new Lenovo Tab3 doesn't respond to screen brightness slider at all. Nor does the automatic adjustment work when ambient light changes. Any similar experiences or maybe solutions?

Solved.
Turns out you have to accept the Lenovo customer-whatever and register when first installing the tab to get full functionality. The device is usable without registration, but there seem to be a few functions missing.

Mine did not work as well. Do I need to reset it to make it work?

Factory reset, then start from beginning. Register to the customer program. And post this sort of follow-up questions as a comment, not an answer.


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Need an information on upgrade
I bought a Galaxy S5 (G900F- International Model) two years ago. It was locked by carrier. I can't use any network sim from my country. So I spend some money to unlock the carrier (Country Unlock - This is what we name it). It was&is on Android Kitkat. Now I planned to upgrade it to latest marshmallow from official update using Odin and it's files. I just want to know Will it lock the carrier again?

It will not "relock" even if you use the carrier's specific update procedure and firmware. The status of your carrier lock is not stored in an area of the phone that is modified by flashing a ROM. It is similar to your serial number, MAC address, or IMEI number and is (sort of) protected from change.
You can safely upgrade, or consider a custom ROM without worry about losing your carrier unlock.


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SPlanner birthday reminders for Samsung contacts
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 and I use the S-Planner app. I have my contacts NOT on Google (and I don't want to share them with Google). My contacts are saved as "Samsung account" contacts.
I have contacts with a birthday, and the birthdays are correctly shown in the S Planner app. I also have notifications for all-day events on in the S Planner app. Still, I'm not reminded for birthdays.
How to get reminders for birthdays like for all other calender entries?

There are similar discussions for the Google calender here.
Even there is not a real solution named just workarounds.
However there is recently also an app Contact Events & Birthdays referenced, which I found quite usefull and solved this problem for me. Basically the reminders are then created by this app (and upcoming events can be listed). The app is designed to scan the adressbook for Birthdays and other events.
As you saved your contacts as "Samsung Contacts" I'm not sure if it will work for you, but maybe it is worth a try.

Thanks, I've installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marcow.birthdaylist which worked for the Samsung Contacts as well.


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How to have isolated FIDO access in Android 7.x?
I know the generic thread  How do I use my Google account when I have a FIDO U2F Key attached?
I would like to limit the access to two modes, such that creating an isolated access if you do not have the FIDO key connected to your phone

without YubiKey 4c connected, only basic phone capabilities like in Nokia phones
with YubiKe 4c Connected, all features allowed

I know that there are some custom applications which try to accomplish similar goals etc here.
However, I think the case requires an OS development approach to succeed.
I think the security team and OS development team should target the security tweak in current Android systems where they do not offer by default Android with keys.
Phone: any Android 7.x phone
Android: 7

Not supported by default. No maintainer for the feature in Android 7.


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Is the Gallery app scanning my photos?
The Gallery app is now using face recognition on my images. Is this sending my images to the Samsung server? Is Samsung stealing my pictures and uploaded them to their server? How do I uninstall this app?
Here is the settings view per request below.

Answer edited check

It will NOT send any picture to server, it is feature to easy you task in contacts and social platforms but some times quite annoying.
System apps cannot be uninstalled on Non-Rooted phone.
So to uninstall app you need to root your phone and use any other third party app manager. However rooting voids your warranty , as far I am aware of Samsung.
And there must be option to turn off Face Recognition.
Solution:-

Go in gallery
Open a picture
Open drop down /Tap menu key/ open setting
Tap on facetag
Turn it off.

I don't have that option.

@1.21gigawatts Which phone are you using?

@1.21gigawatts By tapping menu key , there should be option of settings on long pressing on picture

There isn't that option. It has to be sending that information to the server. It's tagging everything.

@1.21gigawatts Is there any yellow box around image?

no there is not


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Is it possible to connect to multiple mobile devices non-wireless and run tests
Is it possible to connect from computer to multiple mobile devices via USB and run tests on mobile devices while they (devices) are connected to Wireless network of another device.?
Scenario: We have some proprietary devices that have their own WiFi radio signal. We need to connect mobile devices to that signal. Then, we need to connect to that mobile device at the same time and inject tests. I've added a diagram to explain our need. Is it possible?
Any help/ pointers would be appreciated!!

This question made my head go all funny - it isn't very clear what exactly your setup is (not to me anyway). I think maybe reword or add some kind of viual aid to help others understand what you're asking.

Why not? All adb commands can be executed with multiple devices connected, you just have to tell it which device is the target.

how can we connect to mobile devices from our PCs  well I really don't get what this meant. But you said you can connect to WiFi right? And then what's you problem?

Firstly sorry for unclear description.

Firstly sorry for unclear description. The scenario is to test an app's features on mobile device which would be connected to an electronic board's own wifi signal. While the mobile device is connected to the board, we need to connect to it and pass on test commands. We need to do this for multiple mobile devices. So, we are researching on any solutions that could enable creating such device farm where we could pass instructions to mobile devices while they are connected wirelessly to electronic boards. Sorry, if it is not clear. I'll add some diagrams.

Yes it is possible .
If your devices are android you can simply use scripts including adb commands
Steps :

GEt Device ID :
adb devices
Pass adb command :
adb -s $device_id shell am start -a android.settings.AIRPLANE_MODE_SETTINGS

Sample Script :
You can take device id as command line parameter
      for($i=1; $i<=$temp;$i++)
      {
      print "\n********* Opening activities : **********\n";
      system("adb -s $devices shell am start -a android.settings.AIRPLANE_MODE_SETTINGS");
      sleep 5;
      system("adb -s $devices shell input tap 200 200");
      sleep 25;
      }


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Multiple Android Startups
I'm really new to this whole open source android thing, but I know there is a whole world of potential. I read in a book once that this guy had a phone where if he entered one password, it would load his personalized OS/version of phone with its own files and apps and such. But if he entered a different password, it would load up a decoy version of his phone with different files and apps and such. Is there an app like this? Or is it even possible?

UPDATE: I am on a Samsung Galaxy S7 if that helps

I cannot remember at what Android version it was introduced, but certainly M and N (6 and 7) have support for multiple local user accounts.
So although there may well be 'apps' that can do this, most modern Android devices can do it out of the box.
On my Nexus 6P, when I pull down the quick settings menu, right at the top next to the date and time is a profile picture of me. If I click this, I'm then taken to the 'User' menu

Yeah some part is true there is a app SwitchMe I currently use it
It help me to run two android version for switching profile I have to reboot the phone but be careful if any thing goes wrong you will not be able to recover your data although it never happened to me
Also you need rooted phone and SuperSu as system app and enable allow root acess to guest user in setting of SuperSu
Wish u gud luck with that


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Is there some way to get the new APK from Google Play Store sooner?
For example, Pokemon Go 0.57.2 was available on apkmirror.com for 4, 5 hours now, but still it is not on Google Play.
Is there any way to get it from official source sooner?  I mostly trust apkmirror.com, but say, what if somebody hacked into apkmirror (which I assume will be less secure than Google Play Store) and target a country in the world and serve a modified apk, or target some IP, then it will be not secure.

If you are taking about

Pokemon go

in specific. Just for your information, app is still available in playstore.
Don't know from which country you are in. I'm in India. And I can find Pokemon Go in playstore
Below Link
Pokemon Go Playstore

If you talking about any playstore apps, I don't think there is any way you can download it apart from source(playstore).
If any website found which allows to download apks . I would warn you not download it and install. Those might be injected and can cause harm to ur details and your contents in your devices.

Note: there are some apps in Google Playstore that can slow down and bring harm.

Google has two mechanism that may be responsible for your observation:

A app developer can publish new apps only to a certain percentage of the users. In case of errors in the new app version the support is not taken down by a DDOS of all the users having problems.
Google allows to start beta-tests with closed groups (hand-picked) that get access to new versions while the rest of the users only get access to the previous version. May be the version uploaded to apkmirror is such a version.

In both cases you can do nothing to receive the update earlier.


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Galaxy S6 Edge clock issue
I just bought S6 edge and it seems there is a problem with clock. When I go to clock app to set the alarm it is just blank and I can't set anything. Thankfully I can set the alarm I need using the Google now. Then I tried setting the scheduled Do not disturb mode. When I click on the Start time or End time fields it says "Setting stopped working". I am not sure how to fix it. I tried few tricks and finally I had to do Factory reset, but that didn't solve my issue either. Does anybody know how to fix this issue?
Here are the screenshots:

If you are not running a custom ROM and you haven't modified the phone in any way, and a factory reset did not help, you should hand it in if it's still under warranty. This kind of behavior after a factory reset could be caused by a hardware issue.
If you are out of support, you might want to try rooting your phone to check if this behavior goes away on other roms.


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Issues in Rooting Android Manually
My android device is 4.4.2.
I am trying to root my android device manually.
I have gone through the link.
As per that link, after running following adb shell commands
adb shell
->chmod 6755 /data/local/tmp/su
->chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
->chmod 644 /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
Its recommended to put Android device into Download mode by holding down the Volume up button and simultaneously turn on the phone using the power on switch.
In case of my device, after holding down the Volume up button and simultaneously turn on the phone using the power on switch, I see Recovery Mode then I see following screen.

Please let me know, what option I need to select.
Also at the end its recommended to pull out the battery from your Android device. My android device is tablet whose battery is not removable.
Please let me know what I need to do in this case?
Regards
EinfoMail

That is, as you already pointed out, recovery mode. As you wrote you need to boot into "Download mode", which usually is bootloader mode. Though following that description I somehow doubt it: in download mode, the device can only be accessed by tools like Odin, Heimdall & Fastboot, which work on partition level. I don't see how one can copy files the way described. But well, might be something specific to the devices named there. I had rather expected a custom recovery with ADB built in being behind it.

I have gone through many links for rooting android manually. In many links, I didn’t see this step ‘Put Android device into Download mode by holding down the Volume up button and simultaneously turn on the phone using the power on switch.” So ignoring this step, please let me know as per my device what I need to do after executing adb shell commands so that I can root successfully.

Performing the steps following the "put it into download mode" requires root access to be present (and the /system partition being mounted read-write). The only way I see for that is via a custom recovery which runs the ADB daemon in "insecure mode" (i.e. as root). With that given, the next steps sound reasonable. Without that, they should fail as you cannot write the files where they must be placed. OTOH, if you have a custom recovery, it would be much easier to simply flash the SuperSU.zip straight away. But for sure, the <3e> recovery (=stock) cannot be used for that.

Earlier I tried many times for unlocking OEM and flashing Custom ROM in my device but even going through proper steps, I am not able to unlock OEM and also I don’t find Custom ROM for my device. The only steps I can go through is rooting my device. And I believe you mean to say, as per my device, rooting manually is more complicated/ not supported or it’s not recommended. Am I right?

Not being familiar with your device, I cannot tell. And it sounds even the creator of the post you refer to just copied the text without verification. Sorry I cannot be of better assistance to you – but I'm afraid I cannot help you any further.

Please understand. There is no text without verification. Sometimes because of unstable Internet connection, I prefer to type my question/ comment in Word. And once connection becomes stable, I copy my question/ comment from file. I have been using rooted android device for last one and half year. Also I tried multiple times to unlock OEM and flash Custom Recovery/ ROM but its failed. From beginning, I have been using Kingo Root but now I am facing issue with Kingo Root.  And some apps show error message and some are not in English language. That’s why I was trying to root manually.

I was referring to the page you've linked: This is not my tutorial and i have not tested this […] Apart from that, as I wrote, I cannot help any further, sorry.

I do agree, you haven’t tested it. Before putting my question here, I tried to resolve it by self after going through various links and just for a reference, I put a link here. Now I am not going to be sticky for rooting manually so leave it. Would like to help me in regards of Kingo Root?

Agreed, I've tested it neither. But please read again: that was a quote from the tutorial you linked, he didn't test it either. And sorry, as I wrote: I'm out. Never used Kingo or the likes. I always took care to only buy devices which had an approved and trusted process for rooting.

That’s good. I read many links for rooting, custom recovery and custom rom. Also I rooted my device earlier. However, I am very far from proficiency and there are a lot of stuffs that I need to know in this regard. At the end, please help me positively for one point. May I know, what are the approved and trusted process for rooting, flashing custom recovery and flashing custom rom? For your convenience, please provide me links. I’ll go through.

May I recommend you our rooting tag-wiki for that? And to follow up the relevant links from there?


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What is this "in app browser" called and how do I disable it
I factory reset my Nexus 5x a few days ago and ever since most apps (if not all) are opening all links in this in-app, stripped down, reading mode browser. Before the reset I'd never seen this:

It doesn't have any onward journey or sharing button so I can't open in a real browser (for eg if it is required) so it is supremely useless.
And I don't know what it's called so I can't figure out how to just open links in chrome.
Can anyone help?

See if updating  Android system web view helps

I think since I'm on android 7 system web view is disabled and cannot be enabled (that's certainly the case the play store and I think I'd correct)

I think I read something about Chrome handling WebViews on Nougat with is custom tabs feature. Do you have Chrome installed?

It was webview. I used http://www.whatsmybrowser.org/ to check.
Even though webview showed as disabled.
I factory reset a second time and it stopped using that browser

¯_(ツ)_/¯


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Boot Loop Not solved
I have a yu yureka AO5510 runs on Cyanogenmod 12.1. I used it without any problem till today morning. But suddenly it started to restarts again and again. If i connect it to the charger, the booting get completed but when it finish boot, again restarts. If I didn't connect charger, even booting is not started. The brand name is shown, again restart likewise. I didn't perform any update, didn't rooted  didn't installed any apps and didn't do anything. I can access to the recovery menu. I wiped the cache but no use. I connected it to pc in fastboot mode but not detecting. All of my important data are stored in it and so I can't erase it simply.
Things I have done so far

Remove battery and inserted again
Recovery mode -> wiped cache
Connected to laptop in fastboot but not detecting.

I checked the recovery logs and it contains something like
missing clock cycle property
IRQ32 no longer affine to CPU4
Started secondary processor

Suggestions I want

How to interact it to fastboot or adb
How to copy data from that device to laptop
How to solve the booy loop issue

You need fastboot drivers to get the phone be detected by the computer. Flashing the phone should solve the issue. Flash only the system partition (With SP Flashtool)

yes. I saw a video on youtube and updated the drivers. No it is detected on fastboot but not on adb. I want to copy the data

The phone must be on and USB Debugging enabled to be detected with ADB. While not booted in android, the phone can only be accessed in falsh mode and fastboot mode/ meta mode.

is there any alternative method for adb pull in fastboot mode

Nope! Fastboot has limited functionalities

There are tools that can dump all phone data, but most are paid.


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how does OTG enabler app work?
There is a device has no USB OTG signal, but the cheker says: "your device OS has USB OTG API, check for USB OTG kernel or driver signal"
OS v.6.0.1 M, i cant find OTG enabler support it.
I want to learn how does OTG enabler work? and What are the files that deal with it?

It will not work unless your mobile supports it.
OTG requires a source of power that need for it to work. Some mobile devices fails to provide enough power for OTG to power up the USB drives etc.
I personally tried in dozens of my mobiles and tablets. Nothing worked!
not sure about rooted devices

I think that right, but what about the case of manufacture? it says this device supports USB. When it says that, it should think about USB power supply

If it says it supports OTG then it has to work!

http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/36887/how-can-i-determine-if-my-device-has-usb-host-mode-otg-support           <- check this link. And this link which is a HTC blog it says, they doesn't guarantee the OTG support with 3rd party

HTC blog -> http://blog.htc.com/usb-otg/  and also some mobiles of same model might have an OTG variant in one country release but not in another. Usually for cheaper market.


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How to troubleshoot this condition of recurrent restarts?
State of my OnePlus2 phone after Tech2 support session, troubleshooted in the thread How to login to resetted phone when verified password not accepted?
I am thinking what to do before my second tech 2 support session is taking place.
The tech support did not manage to resolve the original case completely because time ended of the session.

Phone starts. Welcome screen. It does not accept all inputs (something wrong in the system). Sometimes, it restarts itself during the welcome session and goes back to welcome. If it goes to the desktop view, it restarts itself in few minutes, and goes back to welcome.

I think this condition can be only for OO support but not sure.
Maybe, there is something which could be done, because now, access to the phone frontend.
Phone: OnePlus 2
OS: 3.1 OO, Android 6

In the recovery mode, cleaned all memory. Reinstalled bootloader. No effect on the phenomenon. Finally, money back from warranty because most likely a software issue in OO itself. Two sessions with OO Tech support.


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Need deleted data from locked phone
My moto g phone 5.1 pattern is locked accidently, is there any way to get my images from phone.

If your phone is unlocked, you can try using 'Recuva' software for recovering data from a deleted or formatted phone.
Although the Success of Recovery is not 100% and every file may not be recovered, but you can still recover most of the data which is lost (accidentally or purposely :p )


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Where are actions of buttons' long pressing stored?
I want to remap the long press action  of the menu button to open the dialog box that appears when the power button is long pressed. I know the keybinds are stored mainly in /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl but I can't find where the long press settings are stored.
The settings menu allows me to remap the action of long pressing, but it doesn't offer an option to invoke the dialog box of power menu. As far as I am concerned, the Android API doesn't provide any option to access the power button so I need to change the action inside proper system files. Also, the API doesn't allow me to map the screenshot taking what is the main purpose of mine. So I want either to map the dialog box of power menu or screenshot taking to the long press action of menu button.
I own Samsung Galaxy S3 with Cyanogenmod 14.1 Android 7.1.1

Have you considered an app that doesn't something similar?  I think this question would be better asked on cygaogenmod forums but I have not done this before.

In the meantime I found an excellent app that does the job. Button Mapper: Remap your keys can even assign the power menu dialog to individual buttons. It doesn't require xposed framework nor even root access. I just read that this is not possible without xposed so I didn't look for such application. Problem solved. Needlessly asked I this question.

Can you post this as an answer or allow me to post this as answer to the question?

If you find this necessary feel free to do this.

So there appears to be several apps on the app store.
Button Mapper: Remap your keys is one such example.
Buttons remapper (no root) is another.


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How does Android handle wifi root CAs? Should they be a security concern?
My university requires me to install a custom root CA to connect to their wifi network. When I installed it on my phone, it let me specify "Wifi" or "VPN and apps". I chose wifi, and was able to connect successfully.
However, I'm concerned about the security of this certificate. I don't know who is responsible for it at my university, and whether it's a group of volunteer students who don't know what they're doing.
When I chose the "Wifi" option, does that mean the CA will only be used to authenticate with the wifi network and not for anything else? So if the private key gets leaked and someone tries to make a phishing site using HTTPs to target students, would Chrome/whatever browser I have installed accept an HTTPs certificate for a site signed by the CA I installed for wifi?
I'm on Android 7.1.1

I'm curious:  Take a look at the certification chain on something simple like Google.com.  If your is very different from mine, I'd be concerned:  http://imgur.com/a/s7pLV

Oh, a caveat, if your CA chain looks like mine, it doesn't mean everything is fine, but this is where I'd look first.  If it's different, I'd expect to see something like Bluecoat, indicating a man-in-the-middle proxy.

A certificate authority signs digital certificates. Often times companies will pay an internationally trusted CA such as VeriSign or DigiCert to sign certificates on their own domain.
In some cases it may make more sense to act as your own CA, rather than paying a CA like DigiCert. Your university is doing exactly that, ie using their own certificate authority.
The first thing to understand is that the root CA that you installed is not a private key, but a public key. Take a look at your certificates on the browser you are using and look at the authorities tab, you will see a whole bunch of root CA such as VeriSign.
So lets say your university has an informational webpage university.edu. With out installing the root CA onto your device if you were to go to the web page you would see an error warning you that the site is not trusted. After installing the root CA, the site will show as secure since it is verifing that it is valid using the public key on your device. The unversity.edu webserver will have a private key that correlates to the public key you have. So when you access the webpage it verifies it is a valid site.
In essence having the root CA is not an issue. The only key that could potentially cause major issues if compromises is the root CA private key. Typically CA's are set up with a root CA and then an intermediate CA. The root key is kept offline so that it can not be compromised. That way if the private key used to sign Certificate requests on the intermediate CA is compromised, a new private key would be generated using the root Private key. This would require reissuing keys to all the servers that are verified, but does protect the environment.
Hope this helps.
Take a look at this documentation for setting up a certificate authority for more detailed understanding of how a certificate authority works.
https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/introduction.html

I find the other answer here very misleading.
Installing a root CA is a HUGE risk. That means almost all of your network traffic can be intercepted (which can lead to bigger problems).
But, I'm not sure this is the case. I think you didn't installed a Trusted Root CA, but instead just a "Server Authentication" CA so your client  (your phone) will be able to verify the RADIUS server which is used for authenticating your credentials to the WPA2-Enterprise Wi-Fi.
This is quite common in universities.
That means your university can't sign any certificate for any domain other than the specified server.
Though this is not certain. If you could update your question with a few screenshot of the request you got  - I can say with certainty.


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Search Text Messages
I would like to search my past text messages.  I often forget which person I was talking to about the different issues and global search is helpful.  Here is a picture of the equivalent functionality on the iPhone.

Not sure if you are looking for this functionality in the default message app. If not ChompSMS is an option. This app seems to provide this function.

This SMS Organizer app has advanced search capabitilies.
It can search for any keyword, in the message content and also in the sender's name.

While you can search for all the messages in the "All Conversations" view, you can also arrange messages into folders, which can make searching and locating sms-es a lot easier.
For example, you can create a folder for all messages from a particular contact, so later you have to search in only that folder.


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Will an Android phone still use data when cellular data is switched off?
I refer to the option under Settings / Data Usage. If that is turned off is there a possibility for the system to still use mobile data?

Of data will still be enabled when it is disabled in settings, than what is purpose of switching on and off. There is chance to some app is able to turn on data but that must be mentioned in app description otherwise app won't be on play store, and it's considered as kind of malware

No that is what the setting is for.  If its a kids device I would advise a network wise data block on the device.  There the device can't be tampered with or overrided with a root.

If that is turned off is there a possibility for the system to still use mobile data?

Absolutely not. That setting turns off the data completely as soon as you use it.
Sometimes it takes 2-3 seconds to turn the data off completely(the LTE/H+ sign to disappear because of network issues), else the data is always switched off immediately.

Just wondering what basis / reference you might have for this answer. Is this documented somewhere?

@user55570 Usually toggle buttons are to switch states such as on and off & their use is documented here: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/controls/togglebutton.html

I was particularly wondering does this switch prevent background data. Because there seems to be a separate switch for this.

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LG V20 turns off wifi when phone goes to sleep
LG V20 WiFi turns off sometime while in sleep mode.  Have to go into settings, Turn on WiFi and Connect to available WiFi when I want to use the phone.
I found other people that have the same problem on other brand phones but answers to the problem do not help me with the problem no matter how I try to apply those answers. My phones settings options are not the same as other brands/models.

Go to WiFi settings and check whether "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" is set to always. Hope this helps


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Can Someone Explain This?
My storage is being used up and I can't tell what by. Thanks in advance!

I think the rest is what Android uses.

Please take a look at our insufficient-memory tag-wiki. As this is a quite frequent question, we've summed up some first-aid there and linked a couple of "core questions" you could follow up to.

Assuming you have Android 5.0 or above (based on your UI), at least 2 gb will be used for the Android OS

By looking at your screenshot it is clear that most of your storage is taken up by apps.  Apps have a tendancy to store cached data. If you click on Apps and click individual apps by name you can clear the Cache files which can free up space.
Apps which have a large amount of cache data tends to be web browsers. An example of how much data web browser can store in cache can be seen below.

No, that's not the problem. It says 4.43gb is used up, but only 2.13gb is used by apps so 2.3gb is used by something (I don't know what).

You seem to have come back with that 'No' awfully fast. Had you already checked the recommended cache review? Or did you have so few apps that it is believable you did so that quickly?

I don't have many apps, also I have been trying to solve this for a while; I can usually solve problems like this on my own.

On a more constructive note, here are a couple of our wikis to read on this type of problem; you can get some recommended methods from them: About internal-storage, and About insufficient-memory

The cached data is your problem. Cached data is in a separate category that is hidden in general. You can clear your cached data by clicking on apps then selecting Google chrome, or something else, then clicking clear cached data. This will not effect your device. After you have done this for about 5 apps, go to the play store and download Norton Clean. This app will clean these caches and any other junk files for you in a millionth of the time.


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Internet Speed Test
I tested my speed with ookla. I also have a speed counter on my status bar (enabled using GravityBox). Both of them show different results. I tried another speed test site as well, an it shows another result. Can anyone explain whats going on and which one to trust?

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

It's the difference of byte VS bit at play here - 1MB/s (byte) = 8Mbps (bit). The 2 speeds displayed match well.
As for different speed testing sites showing varying results: obviously they use different servers, bearing different route and latency. Speedtest (the one you're using) chooses the best based on ping, but not necessarily every site does.


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"Notification ranker" - what does it do, and what happens if I disable it?
After staying for so long on Marshmallow, today I finally made the decision to upgrade one of my secondary devices with Nougat (LineageOS 14.1 to be precise). Everything went smooth and most things stayed familiar... except this weird entry in Settings - Developer options - Running services.

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)
I'd keep the running process list as clean as possible (habit, don't question why), but when I clicked into this "Android Services Library" and tried to stop it, it says it runs a "Notification ranker service" (second screenshot).
Clicking "Settings" there takes me to an app preference screen (third screenshot; likely the same as in Settings - Apps) that contains nothing about the service or the app:
Furthermore, I can't find any reference on how this "notification ranker" mechanism works, or even what it is.
Note that I also flashed stock Nougat on my Nexus 6P before, and from what I remember, that one also has this service running, so it's not specific to LineageOS.
Can anyone with sufficient knowledge tell me what it does, and what will happen if I disable this service via external means, e.g. will notification functions be affected?

From arstechnica:

GoogleExtServices has an app name of "Android Services Library" and
  does actually contain something: an "Android Notification Ranking
  Service." A "Notification Ranking Service" was added in Lollipop, and
  it sorts notifications by "importance" based on things like freshness,
  app type (IM apps come first), and by contact. This seems to be an
  extension to the system that includes support for Nougat's
  "notification bundling" feature. This is a really minor feature, and
  with only this single chunk of code, GoogleExtServices weighs in at a
  microscopic 10KB.

Now for the last part of the question...
...will notification functions be affected?

I just jumped ship to Nougat with my primary device (Nexus 6P), and disabled the service right away, and while I set other things up, all notifications continue to pour in normally, so it definitely does not affect the basics. It will probably affect the fine-grained notification priority in Settings, but since I only use the 2 extremes ("fully on" or "fully off"), this isn't of concern.

I am not sure about lineage OS, but I hope it will be similar to (Show notification - block all - Don't silence or block) which is default in Nougat.
My Oneplus 3 has something similar to this and it has 5 levels. Maybe Notification Controls will something like this.

Indeed I found this toggle soon after, but turning it off does not stop the service from running.


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Proxy error while trying to connect to FTP/computer, but proxy is not enabled already
I'm using Lenovo A7000's inbuilt application. Everything was fine, but suddenly, I am getting an error while trying to access the default FTP service via WiFi.

The folder 'ftp://192.168.1.3:2121' is read-only because the proxy server is not set up to allow full access.

No proxy is set up on WiFi neither on my Android nor Windows PC. And, I am on the same network.

I've verified using another phone, so it's unlikely the Windows problem.
(Moreover, Xender is not working too. When I tap on connect to PC, my computer's browser showed an error unable to connect).

I rebooted and cleared my phone's cache and Dalvik cache via my TWRP recovery and FTP started working.


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How to prevent Google Hangouts from showing nagging "Upgrade Required" screen?
I am using Google Hangouts old version v10 for SMS because its seems no other SMS app does support merging SMS threads by contact (I have tested all top SMS apps).
I have disabled playmaket auto-updates. I wonder is there a way to get rid of nagging "Upgrade Required" screen? Hangouts show it on the every launch. I have tried block this app from internet access - no luck.
It does require internet for initial login. After that even with LightingWall(xposed module) or Flight profile 'Upgrade now' persist forever.
May be some settings can be altered directly? Or apk may be hacked somehow?
I still can launch app indirect although; it is registered as SMS app so I can launch Hangouts SMS threads from say drupe.
UPDATE: Upgrading Hangouts to latest version and using XHangounts does not return proper merging of SMS.

No you cannot, thats unfortunate.
In order to keep the user up to date with the newest features in the application, the Android OS as well as each of the APP ask to update.
The update includes many fixes, security updates and much more.


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What is Android trying to tell me with this pop up about selecting a SIM card?
I have been getting this message for a short time.  Two changes are possibly the culprit:

I switched to cricket from tmobile on a tmobile phone. Shortly afterwards I started getting these.
I have a new ROM. OctOs M, which is based on Cyanogen.

I strongly suspect #1.  I've never seen this message before it started happening, and I don't know what its trying to say.

Phone is a T-Mobile Note 2. When I started with Cricket, it was still inadvertently locked, but I worked with T-Mobile to get it unlocked.
This phone physically cannot use more than 1 SIM.
If you didn't know, "Signal" is an app by OpenWhisperSystems.  Its a replacement sms and mms app. I have deregistered and reregistered with the app, and that did not affect this issue.
I did not do a factory reset when switching to the new service, so I wonder if something is up with Signal?

Is the ROM designed for dual SIM devices?

The ROM is designed for this particular phone, but they do have others they build at the same time.  Presumably it's an automated process though.

Potentially. Apologies I don't know the device very well, perhaps there's a dual SIM variant and the ROM has been designed to support both. If you haven't got an answer later on I'll have a dig about when I'm actually at a device I can search on properly. Out and about at the moment


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Sideload a downgrade
I side loaded 7.1.1 from 6.0, on my 2014 Nexus 6. I would like to downgrade to 7.0 (because of issues such as speakerphone echo). Can this be done via side loading?

I was able to do this flawlessly with the Nexus Root Toolkit. I'm unsure how to do it on a Mac, though.