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How to setup K9 Mail properly for free email services offering multiple aliases for same email box?
Tried Googling for a lot of results but did not find any that can show how to setup email accounts that offer using multiple email aliases to users on same email. I am talking mainly about Outlook.com and ability to send from my email account there using different aliases like joedoe@outlook.com or superjoe@outlook.com while all arriving email will arrive to main email box. I also wonder if certain filters can be set up that would establish folders for respective email aliases to keep myself organized)
I tried playing with settings, different combinations but nothing worked and brought me errors.

I tried settings like using @outlook.com instead of @hotmail.com or
my email address but without @outlook.com or @hotmail.com for my
username.
Tried m.outlook.com and snt-m.outlook.com and same with hotmail.com
Tried enabling SSL/TLS security with default port 443 and no security

Can anyone suggest me appropriate course of action to setup K9 Mail at least for Outlook.com to be able to use email alias I have there? I think it involves setting up exchange type of account.
Thanks.
Android 4.3
K9 Mail latest version

And do you want K9 to be able to use IMAP/POP to send and receive email as the alias email instead of the final destination mailbox?

@StephenSchrauger I guess it's rather using multiple aliases for the same mailbox, which are handled by the server – so e.g. john@example.com and john.doe@example.com end up in the same mailbox automatically (note the free email services offering aliases in the question's title). Boris then most likely wants to answer mails adressed at john@example.com with this address, and john.doe@example.com the same way (respond with the address the mail was sent to).

In K-9, when in your Inbox, hit the Menu key and chose Settings→Account→Compose→Identities. You should see a "Standard Identity" already in place. Hit Menu again, and chose to add a new identity. Think of "identity" as a synonym to your "alias".
I've not used this feature myself, but reports say K-9 also automatically choses the correct alias when replying to a mail.

Not good. All it does is add my alias to "Reply To" address but still sends from main address.


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Can you change the runtime on an encrypted phone (KitKat)?
Nexus 5 owner here.
Basically, I encrypted my phone a while back while on Dalvik Runtime and recently wanted to give ART a try again (to check app compatibility).
The problem is that when I set ART as the default runtime and reboot, it doesn't try to apply to change and reverts back to Dalvik. [it worked fine prior to encryption]. Is this a known/common occurrence (search engines didn't give me much)?
Thanks!

Decrypt the device, convert to ART, then re-encrypt again?

Once encrypted you can't decrypt the volume again.

Yeah, the only way to decrypt is a reset IIRC. Pretty odd that there's no clean way to change the runtime when encrypted though...

I would be inclined to think that the encryption and therefore, encrypted apps and their runtime are dalvikvm based, hence switching to ART will not work as its entirely different, apps are the same but underneath the runtime engine's bonnet - different. On the next release of Android, this will be default - ART that is, and would expect the same thing to happen that you're experiencing, in the exact opposite - ART and encrypted device, switching to DalvikVM will revert back to ART.

Do you have installed Xposed?

A small comment on the check compatibility thing: please note that the experimental version of art provided in kitkat and the stable version used in Lollipop differ a lot. So if the whole purpose of your question is that you want to check your apps for compatibility before upgrading to Lollipop, this might not be reliably possible.

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Why custom roms are .zip filed than made as .ftf
I am asking about Sony Xperia devices and I dont know this suites other brands or not. The custom roms provided by the ROM cooks were .zip files where we need to flash the kernel and then the rom zip to install. Why the roms were not made as a .ftf file so that it can be flashed easily via flashtool?

.ftf are more suited for the older line of Xperia devices and is proprietary format, the trend with newer Sony devices is .elf instead. The custom ROM's you're referring to is more of a "universal generic" method, some manufacturers are free to deviate and use their own method of how its done.

Can a rom developer create custom rom using .ftf or .elf ?

.ftf / .elf are more of kernel images specific to Sony, IIRC, FlashTool can combine them into that image specifically for this case, there's a script lying around somewhere on Sony's OpenSource portal to do that for you.

then why they are made in .zip rather than the .ftf/.elf

Hang on, .ftf/.elf are kernel images (read that sentence above!). If you compile your own kernel, special handling is required to convert the kernel image into a .ftf/.elf. If you're talking about ROMs as a whole, that is contained in a zip, ready for flashing via CWM or TWRP. The kernel needs to be manually flashed first before flashing the ROM itself. Look at LegacyXperia and follow their corresponding threads. What part of this do you not understand?

Thanks now I get it. Thanks for explaining with patience.

Can you combine that and make as an answer

.ftf are more suited for the older line of Xperia devices and is proprietary format, the trend with newer Sony devices is .elf instead.
Their layout of kernel image is non-standard, this requires a special script to run against the freshly built kernel image to convert it and add extra special markers to make it compatible for the Xperia to enable booting.
Without the markers, the flash will fail, Androxyde's Flashtool has the capability to generate the .ftf, .elf by concatenating the kernel image (usually gzipped raw flat binary) with a header called .sin which has some proprietary encoded binary that fixes up the bootloader's address from which to boot up under. The script can be found on Sony's Opensource portal website, that contains a blog entry highlighting how to create a flashable kernel for Xperia S model.
The custom ROM's that the OP is referring to is more of a "universal generic" method, which contains the kernel and the files that composes of the ROM, that is made suitable by the likes of ClockworkMod (CWM) and TeamWin Recovery (TWRP)  to use them.
Some manufacturers are free to deviate on how their kernels are created and if necessary, applicable handling to convert it to a form suitable for flashing, such as Sony's own format, rather than using mkbootimg which is a more generic form of creating a flashable kernel (this combines the kernel image and auxiliary supporting files), that is compatible with most, if not, all devices with some exceptions, like Sony.
As case in point, the kernel has to flashed separately first before flashing the ROM. For others, CWM/TWRP can directly flash the newly built boot image file created via mkbootimg first behind the scenes then write out the files into the /system partition.

hey one more I have to ask, I can find all the generic .ftf files of an Xperia phone. Is this released by Sony or someone who got the update extracted it?

More than likely, yes, there's a few that comes with Flashtool buried in their respective folders. Use the wrong ftf for your device could result in a fine mess, so beware. Each of them are Sony model specific, for example, using Xperia Mini's ftf on a Xperia Sola model will have consequences.

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Can't connect Samsung Note 3 to Windows 7
I am having problems connecting my Samsung Note 3 to Windows 7 64bit on my laptop. I have installed Kies and drivers already and still nothing. Under device manager it is still labeled "Unknown Device". When I plug in my Note 3 in it will attempt to install device driver but ends up saying "Device unplugged".
I tried both of my USB port on laptop and none of them works. However when I plugged it my desktop it work straight away. Also the weird thing its that the first time when I plugged my Note 3 into my laptop it actually worked for a while. I could access the files in my phone but all of a sudden it just stopped.
Any someone give some advice?

What i would try the following:
Remember to try to connect to the laptop between each stage and if it still doesnt connect, go to the next step.
Doublecheck that your phone can connect to another computer, since my list assumes that the problem is on the pc, and not any settings on the phone.

Use a short usb cable without extenders, and use the best usb port to make sure that your phone gets enough power and speed for the connection. If you have a blue usb port(USB3.0) in your laptop, use that one And use the stock usb to micro usb 3.0 cable.
Make sure your phone is up to date by going into "Settings"-> "General"-> "About device"-> "Software update" -> "Update"
In early stages of new samsung updates, you need to do it via Kies. Check for an update via your other PC(desktop). Open Kies -> "Tools" -> "Firmware upgrade and initiation"
Reinstall Kies and make sure Kies is up to date(under "help"->"check for update")
Reinstall the USB driver. Open Kies -> "Tools" -> "Troubleshoot connection error"
Reinstall the USB driver manually. http://developer.samsung.com/android/tools-sdks/Samsung-Andorid-USB-Driver-for-Windows


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App Memory Hog Problem
I swipe apps closed and they still appear to be using memory. Then I use task kill, but I can immediately refresh and they're open again. So I goto manage apps and force stop. Once again if I click back and go back into the app setting it's open again! Why is this and how can I stop it? It's mostly system apps I don't want/need and I'm afraid to uninstall them and possibly wreck my phone. Already had too many problems fixing errors because of just that.

It seems you're not "getting" how Android manages the apps.
Note: do not use task killers! There's an extensive Q&A on this
When you launch the app, it appears in the foreground, note, I am not getting into developer specifics about life-cycle of apps themselves.
There are two scenarios:

When you press back, depending on said app, it will either go into the background, Android will eventually reclaim the memory occupied by the app.
A high priority app that appears, incoming calls is one prime example of this, Android will push the app behind, and bring forward the dialer screen where you can either lift the handset to engage or cancel the ringing.

To further embellish more:

There is a background app, called a service that is running intermittently, perhaps, polling on checking a website, Google Play Services is a prime example of it, and if there's any app update, the service will trigger the package manager to download the update and proceed, in the background.

That is primarily the reason why you should not force-stop an app, because, they may have a service running and killing that will only re-start the service which has a knock-on effect, more CPU cycles wasted in bringing up the service again, and therefore wasting yet more battery juice in the process.
Also, to force-stop an app can actually induce bad behaviour on the app itself, what if it's saving data or querying a backend content-provider, terminating it can lead to corruption or mis-behaviour. Again, this statement is only a brief example which is beyond scope of site, i.e. relating to developer in how to handle the situation in event of force-stop.

they still appear to be using memory

"appear" is the keyword, give it a few minutes, Android will run a sweep across the memory and reclaim it if apps are inactively running or not using in fact, that memory sweep is carried out on a regular basis very actively.
At the end of the day, Android does a pretty darn good job in reclaiming memory so should not interfere with that process.

So then how do I stop my phone from lagging so bad. I have Cricket Kyocera Hydro C5171. It just seems that there is simply not enough RAM to support the phone without even adding apps. I rooted and uninstalled like 30 system apps and the phone IS faster, but still lags pretty bad at times. Any ideas?

Your internal storage space could be running out, minimum threshold is at least 35MB free, there could be crash logs lying around (ANR logs) that may be chewing up space.

I have a lil over half a gig left on internal storage. Could it be possible that some of the system apps I moved to the SD card are causing the lag? I had to use System App Remover Pro v. 3.0.1035 with superuser permissions to force those apps to the SD card.

Yes, very much so, system apps have a preference to run from internal storage regardless if rooted, moved about, there's your answer.

If you're rooted you could try Link2SD as a better alternative to Android's default 'move to SD' feature. Should also work for system apps (creates a symlink pointing to second partition on SD card).


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Rooting the Nexus 7 2nd gen 2013
How do I Root my Nexus 7 tablet.It's not straight out of the box I have quite a few app installed... Can I keep the apps and data already on the device ?

Try Nexus Root Toolkit which should do the job.

Dont use a toolkit as the commenter above has said. They will only make you more clueless about the whole process, and it honestly isnt that hard to root a nexus manually anyways. There are basically 3 steps:

Unlock bootloader
Install custom recovery
Flash root binaries through custom recovery.

For more elaboration on these steps, read here.

What's different? have you actually used it? Its a Win GUI frontend that does what that XDA post does... designed for noobs ;)

All it does is run fastboot and adb ands behind a gui. Its designed for noobs, but then they'll never learn how to do things properly.


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PDF on a https server can not be downloaded with Chrome
I try to download a pdf on an https server (with an authenfication) but this is unsuccessful with Chrome or LG Browser.
This is ok with Firefox.
I found this answer/comment :
Unable to download from an authenticated webserver.
Is there a solution for a non-power user ?

I don't understand the point of your question. You've found the existing question about this subject, and you know that the workaround is to use Firefox. What more do you want to know?

May be there is no answer, I'd like to know if there is something new or alternate solution.


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passwords on restricted accounts (KitKat)
I created a restricted account on a nexus 7 (gen1) with KitKat for my 9y/o daughter.
She has worked out how to add a password to the restricted account. I understood it wasn't possible to this, but seems I was wrong.
Q. Is it possible to retrieve the password from the main account?
Q. Is it possible to prevent a password being applied to the restricted account?

It seems that restricted users can add a 'screen lock' in the 'security' page in 'settings' - an of feature to leave to the restricted user!


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How do I switch to ART runtime on my Samsung Galaxy S4?
I have Galaxy S4 and I'm trying to find the menu to switch to ART runtime, but I can't find it. The Android version is KitKat 4.4.2. Does Samsung disable this feature?

Tap on build number 7 times in settings > about phone, to enable developer options, then go into settings > developer options, select runtime...

@t0mm13b The GS4 doesn't have this option for Touchwiz ROMs, the only option is a custom Google Edition / AOSP ROM with ART Support. I've done the same myself on the I9505. ART is not fully there yet though and expect some weird glitches.

ART is not in the GS4 Developer Options. It's not compatible with the TouchWiz UI, so it was left off the GS4 update.

Sense is HTC's product for their phones, and isn't on Samsung phones.

TOUCHWIZ is Samsung's UI, Sense as Dan said is HTC's one. ART is not official yet and is there for developers only. HOWEVER, you can install a custom KitKat ROM with the ART option there, but some apps are not copatible. Head over to XDA and check out some of the Google Edition ROMs and see what has ART.

Go to settings > about phone > press build number / kernel version 7 times > back to settings and you find developer options > developer options > Runtime > ART > ok. That works for me.

On which android version are you? And are you running a custom rom not based on samsung touchwiz? Like RossC pointed out in his comment - the Galaxy S4 didn't had ART Support in 4.4.2


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How many devices Android 4.0+ can support connected simultaneously?
Did anyone know how many devices connected simultaneously Android 4.0+ can support using Wi-Fi hotspot? Is there any limit?
Just to make sure that we are don't talking about 'operators tether limitations', I'm presuming that we are creating a Local WLAN with an Android device. It's like use an old Galaxy S2 as a home Intranet to connect my TV, smartphones, tablets, computers to a media server, without any outside (Internet or 3G) link.

As far as I can see, there is no software limitation, and google's page on it says nothing about that (https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2812516?hl=en&ref_topic=3416342).  However, your phone's hardware may not be able to support that, for instance my Nexus 4 gets very hot with only one computer connected, and it will also be slow as all connections have to be routed using the phones limited processing power.


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Can't launch Google Now with swipe up from home key

I googled it and found that this may be what many people were looking for but I don't know why it started to behave like this.
I do find the swiping up from home button gesture useful for me to launch Google search but somehow it stop working. There usually should be a semicircle with 'Google' on top when halfway swiping up but what I get now is a search icon that function as it will launch last used app (if swiping gesture is done in launcher) or will do nothing (when gesture done in any app other than launcher). I did not disable Google Search, reboot didn't help, and clearing cache of Google search didn't help too.
I don't know what I did to get this as a result. Any clue on what's happening? Nexus 7 2013 stock kitkat
Edit: Dolphin browser is causing this. Uninstalled it and everything's back to normal

Google Now is Google Search. Are you sure on the latest version?

@AlE. Yes I know, and I'm on the latest version. But I found the root of the problem. Dolphin browser is causing it so I uninstalled it and everything is back to normal. Thanks anyway

Be sure to add that as an answer for those who encounter the same problem in the future.


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How to download a phrasebook from google translate
So i've been using google translate for a while and there are a bunch of translated words and phrases that i have asked for to date stored on the device. I now want to take a copy of them to my PC (in any tractable text format) so that i can use a decent text editor / script to convert them to anki format (a flashcard app) so that i can memorize them.
Does anyone know how to get at this data? I had a quick look through the file system on my android phone (which incidentally, is a samsung galaxy S III) and i couldn't see anything obvious there. I reason that the phrases i have used must be in there somewhere because they are displayed on the phone even when there is no internet access from the device.

I'd actually be glad if there was an automatic tool to achieve this... or an easy way to sync my phrasebook to Anki when I add more phrases to it.

If you are logged into your Google account, your Phrasebook will synchronize across devices and you can also access it from the web interface of Google Translate. Furthermore, after importing to Anki you can synchronize your decks across devices.

In the web interface of Google Translate, show the Phrasebook by clicking the Phrasebook icon in the upper right corner:

Export the Phrasebook to a Google spreadsheet by clicking the Export icon, again in the upper right corner:

Click "Yes, import the data".
Export the resulting spreadsheet to .csv format:

The .csv file has four fields: source language, target language, source phrase, and target phrase. To import the data into the Anki desktop application, choose File -> Import in the menu, and in the dialog that opens, choose Front for field 3 and Back for field 4:

Click Import, and you're done :)

Great tip with the Export Phrasebook to Google Sheets. However one thing I notice is that my entire Phrasebook is not exported. I looked into it further and found that all phrases that I have saved using the Google translate app on my phone were not synced with the phrases I saved from the web version of Google translate. Is there any way to sync the web and phone app versions?

Here is a tool to import from Google Translate:
https://github.com/jamhed/anki

Welcome to  Android Enthusiasts! Link-only answers are frowned upon all over SE. Please [edit] your post and add a few more details, including the name of the tool (or if the link dies, your post will be pretty useless – which would be a pity, as this "Anki" tool seems to be well tailored for the OP's issue). For further hints, please see: How do I write a good answer.


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Will after i batch restore on titanium backup will it restore to the same location?
I have done a backup with titanium backup (except system apps) More I am switching to another ROM.
My question is when I will batch restore then will my internal apps(apps not installed in SD card ,installed on phone storage) that I have installed will be restored to same location as of previous ROM?ie . internal apps to internal and SD card apps to SD card.
Switching to same ROM version android 4.1.2 JellyBean
Thanks in Advance!

Yes. Don't worry. It usually restore in the same location. Even if it doesn't it isn't supposed to cause problems. You can always move them.


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Using two messaging apps on Ice Cream Sandwich?
I want to use Textra for SMS and Handcent for MMS, because they're both top in each class, respectively. I want to use Textra as if it were the only messaging app. Then when I want to send an MMS, I would open Handcent and sent my picture, video, ect. The problem is when I get any kind of message both apps show a popup and a notification. Textra is set as my default but I'm still getting notifications from Handcent. Can I disable notifications within Handcent and accomplish my goal?

Which version of Android are you using. SMS handling changed in Kitkat, I think, so you might want to specify if your OS is Kitkat or not.

Ice Cream Sandwich

Got it, went snooping into Handcent messaging settings and turned off pop up and notifications.

Glad that you figured it out. Kindly mark your solution as answer.


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Nexus 7 (2013) WiFi Connection/Reconnection Issue
I have been using Nexus 7 (2013, Android 4.4.2) for a few months now, and it has issues with both work WiFi and home WiFi that all the other mobiles devices do not have (8 laptops plus a dozen Android & iOS phones/tablets).
Basically the issue is that sometime when I turn off WiFi and turn it back on, it either cannot find any WiFi AP or more often that it would only find some WiFi AP, and if I try to connect to a WiFi AP that I know is there and working, the connection would fail. The problem would either resolve itself within a few minutes (usually) or that I would be forced to reboot the device (rare).
So my question is that:

Is there anything I can do to fix it
Would sending it back to Asus help

Looks like it's related to "Wi-Fi optimization" option under "Advanced" setting in Wi-Fi screen. By turning it off I can consistently find the WiFi AP I was looking for. Once it's connected I can turn it on again without negative consequences.
Edit:
Nevermind, looks like it only help some of the time, there are still times when the device cannot find the AP every other device has no problem discovering and connecting to...

You should consider updating your operating system, as bugs like this are usually fixed in newer versions.

It appears to have fixed itself with 5.0/5.1, but the hw is failing - all sensors would fail some time after rebooting, disabling auto orientation in the process, and the touch input may become unresponsive. Basically I found out the reason for its low, low price :-/


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Best Practise for deploying a 'clone' image across 200 android tablets (Samsung GT-P7510)
My objective is to be able to create a master 'image' of an android tablet, and then duplicate that image across about 200 identical tablets to streamline the administration of a university's pool of loan tablets (e.g. to roll out updated/new apps, to 'clean' them when they are returned, etc.)
What would be the best way to do that?
(I've seen a number of posts around the subject, using nandroid backup, adb, zen toolkit, and so forth, but all rather old and nothing definitive)

Currently the tablets are Samsung Galaxy 10.1 (GT-P7510) running
stock Android 4.0.4 - but it'd be nice to have a procedure that ought
to work if these are replaced by some other tablets.
The tablets aren't currently rooted, but could be if that made things
much easier.  It'd have to be a real advantage, though, as that might
compromise the warranties on future new stocks of tablets.
These tablets don't have external SD storage, but it'd be great to
have a process that would re-initialise ALL aspects of a tablet, even
if it did have external (or ancillary internal) SD storage.
I'd ideally like to create/document a procedure that someone in basic
first-line tech support could follow.
If it could avoid having to buy 200 paid app licenses, then that'd be
great too :)

I'd appreciate any pointers you folks could give on how best to do this:  I would imagine with android tablets becoming much more popular over the past year, that there must be corporations, education establishments and the like doing this...

the only way, am afraid, its catch 22 though, root devices, take nandroid backup from master, copy that across to others, and restore it, yes, requires custom recovery, the cheat way, factory reset every single one of them... then they would all be identical?

Thanks t0mm13b - I'll do some reading on nandroid backup/restore (unless you have a specific good current writeup to reccomend?).  Unfortunately a simple factory reset would be inadequate, as part of the objective is to roll out suites of software, content and so on - that wouldn't be present in a factory reset.

Related  Is it possible to clone a Phone then flash image on other phones?

That is exactly what happens with the nandroid backup. You root, then do all installation of applications pre-stage, then remove the bloatware, remove all email accounts, then take nandroid backup. This becomes your gold ROM so to speak. It is stored in another partition of the master tablet. You need to move it to a removable SD or USB.
All rest of the 199 tablets will be rooted with TWRP/ClockworkMod, and then nandroid restored from the master image on the USB.
It is fugly, but until Acronis or Symantec come out with a tool, I am not sure how else do it. Clearly hardware companies have something that clones the disk.


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Cannot remove folder from Internal Storage
I have a aroblem with my rooted Galaxy Nexus running Paranoid Android 4.3 (3.99). I have 2 folders in the main memory named /rom and /roms which I cannot remove nor with a file manager nor with a terminal. Can anybody help me?
Here is my console output:
root@maguro:/ # cd storage/sdcard0/

root@maguro:/storage/sdcard0 # ls -al
[[many more, I am hiding the rest]]
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-01-14 20:02 rom
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2013-10-12 11:45 roms

root@maguro:/storage/sdcard0 # rm -rf rom
rm failed for rom, Permission denied

255|root@maguro:/storage/sdcard0 # rm -rf roms
rm failed for roms, Permission denied

255|root@maguro:/storage/sdcard0 #

I know you're running as root but....have you tried this command WITH sudo?

your syntax looks correct according to the man page can you try rm -Rv ./rom
-v turns switches into verbose
-v, --verbose Explain what is being done

Okay I found another solution: I went into TWRP and deleted them with the file manager.

Might be already too long already, but could you post your comment as an answer, if that really solved your issue? Self-answering is acceptable and even encouraged here.


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How can I increase the size of the notification bar?
My mom recently got a nexus 5, and she really likes it, but she has moderately bad vision and so she can't see the icons in the notification bar (so she doesn't know when she gets a notification). Can I increase the size of these icons?

I'm not sure if it will work, but have you tried LCD Density for Root. Requires root access though.


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KitKat issue: device turns on when plugged in
Yesterday I updated my Samsung S4 to 4.4.2 (I9500UBUFNA2 - Kernel 3.4.5-742022 18-Feb-2014) via Kies 3. If device is turned off then I plug in, picture of measuring battery image appears for 2 seconds and then disappears as usual, then instead of battery level image, phone turns on. Same behaviour when I turn it off while charging: phone turns on again. I think battery level image cannot load due to a Kernel problem. Any idea ? Thank you.

Solved: installed I9500XXUFNB3 (via ODIN)


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deleting pop3 mail account not possible
I want to delete a pop3 mail account, but I can't find the option to do that. All I can do is synchronize! I can find the option with my Google account, but I don't want to delete that. I use Android 4.4.2 on a Nexus 7.

Is this on the GMail app, or the Email app?

I want to delete an Email app account.

If you add a Google account in sync, it will always show up in the GMail app. The best thing you can do is to uncheck/disable the Mail sync while retaining the other syncs that you need. However, you can still refresh the GMail content by refreshing manually.

@geffchang: I don't mind the GMail sync, I just want to get rid of the Email sync. I disabled it for now, but I'm wondering why you can't delete it.

So it shows up in both the Email app and the GMail app?

@geffchang: I think the GMail sync doesn't even exist. I use a different app for my emails.

So you are using the Email app? If not the Email app, what app are you using for emails?

@geffchang: It's a custom app from the email provider I'm using.

Well, I suppose you should be asking them how to delete that email account.

No, I don't want to delete that custom email account. That's the only one I want to use! I want to delete the android email account. The symbol is a white envelope with some yellow parts.

@geffchang: Here is a picture of the app. I think it's the standard Android email app.

If geffchang's answer didn't work, you can try this at a last resort.
System setting > Apps > ALL > Email > Deactivate.
However, this not only removes the account you wanted to remove but also all other accounts.

I didn't have that option available.  For me on a Nexus 5 running Kit Kat it was System settings > Apps > All > Email > Clear data.

Google stuffed up the labeling here - the way to do it is to go to your phones main Settings.  Under Accounts you will find IMAP (should have been labeled "Email"). Tap IMAP. Then tap the account you want to remove, and then tap the dots at the top right and choose Remove account.  Done.

Your answer is basically the same as geffchang's answer.

System Settings > Accounts > IMAP > [email account] > top-right menu: Remove account.

There is no "Remove account", only "Sync account".

@gartenriese Are there any other email accounts in the Email app? Because if it's the only Email account there, I can recommend something for you to try.

It's the only account.

@gartenriese System settings > Apps > ALL > Email > [Clear Data], [Clear cache]

@gartenriese Any updates from your end?

Ok, this didn't work. I just deactivated it, that should stop it, I guess. Now it's not listed under accounts anymore.

Alright, I'll do that. :)

Guys I could get rid of my email account in email app of android 4.4.2 : app>all>email>clear cached data as well as memory. It removed all email accounts from email app, and then I added which I wanted to keep.


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How do I mount an existing Truecrypt container on an AOSP rom like Cyanogenmod?
I have an existing Truecrypt container (AES encryption), how do I mount it on my AOSP rom?
I have already downloaded Cryptonite (which contains Truecrypt in command-line form) but I'm not sure what I'm meant to do next?

In order to access TrueCrypt containers/files, you need to use 3rd party apps like EDS or Cryptonite. For the latter, which you already have, follow the instructions in their FAQ to mount with correct permissions:
truecrypt --fs-options="uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=0002" volume.tc /sdcard/tc


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Pipo M8 pro launchers
I have a new Pipo M8 pro max tablet. I accidentally deleted the launchers when I tried to get rid of a few apps. I now realise that launchers are a necessary part of the android o/s. I have tried the Pipo website but it will not load. I know very little about adding upgrades and firmware but I might need to go down that road. Could anyone offer me any help or advice so that I can use my excellent tablet to its full potential?

Use any third party launcher like apex, Go launcher, Adw, Holo, Nova, KK launcher

Hi avirk thank you for the info. Is it a matter of simply downloading and installing or is there a process involved. I don't want to ruin anything

Its just matter to download and install, no root require nothing would be brick.

Any preferences on the launcher or are they all pretty much the same. I am an Android newbie so much research required; bricks, roots, flashed....all in good time, til then i ask and appreciate any responses

If you are on Ics, or JB apex,  nova,  and Kk launcher is good for me.  Apex is highly recommended due to easy interface. Just download free version from play store.


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How to turn off "applying profile" and "profile applied" notifications in Tasker
Whenever a new profile is applied there is a small gray round popup at the bottom of the screen that reads "Applying profile: {profile name}" and then "profile applied"
I want to stop these notifications.

I found the culprit. It's an app called Kernel Tuner. The notifications are called "toast notifications" It looks like a program bug that even though i turn toast notifications off, when I reopen the app, they are ticked back on again and cannot be unchecked.

Furthermore , even though the app has a bug in kitkat and continued to display those annoying toast notifications,  i was able to disable all notifications from the app by going into system settings -> apps and finding the app and unchecking notifications. Problem solved.


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How to retrieve Google contacts
November 2013, I had changed my phone and I did not face any problem retrieving my all contacts through my Gmail account. After that, in my new phone (Gionee E6), I kept saving all contacts in one of the options (Google). Unfortunately yesterday I lost my phone. Today when I am trying to retrieve my contacts, I could  retrieve only those contacts which were saved before November 2013 (when I had changed my phone.
Moreover, on my desktop Gmail it is showing 6800 contacts whereas in my mobile, after sync, I find about 6000.
Is there any way I could retrieve contacts saved during last 4-5 months?

That rather sounds as if your "new contacts" have never been synced (maybe sync was turned off?). If that's the case: No way without physical access to your lost device.

@Izzy If that were the case, they wouldn't show up in Gmail from the desktop machine.

@DanHulme OP didn't state the 800 additional contacts are the new ones entered, or that the new ones are showing up in Gmail from the desktop machine. Though this seems to be a logical assumption, admitted.

I believe that the "Other" contacts you refer to i.e the 800 which do not show up on your phone (I am going to presume that they are valid and have numbers in them as well) are not assigned to "My Contacts".
If they are in a different group, try shifting them all to where the other 6000 contacts lie. This should fix your problem.

You can login to your Google Contacts at http://contacts.google.com and see all your contacts in the web browser.


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How can I determine the hostname of another machine on the local network?
I am trying to set up an Android SSH client to connect to another machine on my local network. I can connect if I use the IP address, but the IP address can change. How can I determine the hostname that my Android device assigns to the other machine, so that I can connect using that instead?
(Right now the specifics happen to be using JuiceSSH to connect to an Ubuntu 13.10 laptop running sshd and mosh-server, but I'd like to learn a general approach that is not client or target specific. Ideally, a system-level Android command.)

For that, you'd need a local DNS server on your local network, which gets updated by the DHCP server assigning the IP to that machine (many routers offer this feature).
You can then tell your Android device to use that DNS as primary when connected to your WiFi network, while leaving the secondary as-is (so the latter would still resolve everything outside your network). This option is located in the WiFi APN settings: Long-press the entry for your home WiFi, select to edit it, enable "advanced options".

I think you're answering "how can I use the same IP address on a given network every time?" - what I'd like to do is find out what hostname the Android device sees, so I can use that instead of the IP address - let me know if I've misunderstood your answer

No, I don't. The DHCP server is assigning the IP to your PC. If the same server acts as DNS server, it can tell that to your device. For details on this part, [SU] is the better part to ask. On the Android part, you just configure what DNS servers to use. I'm not sure it that setting persists when you switch back to DHCP afterwards, so you might be correct that using a fixed IP address for your Android device could be involved as well.

ok, I think I get it - the Android device can't tell me "I see that the hostname of your laptop at IP address 123.45.67.890 is yourhost.local" but I can dig into the DNS server itself to see what hostname it has assigned to my laptop, and then hook up my Android device to that DNS server and use that hostname

(and without access to the DHCP and/or DNS server, there's nothing I can do)

Yepp, you've got it right now :) How should your Android device know what IP to check in the first place? And it could get "local information" only after connecting it – if there's not a DNS server assisting it. // Besides, this is the way I use it in my home network. With a "static IP" on my Android device, though (told the DHCP server to "always assign the same IP to that MAC").

@d3vid every machine on the network should be able to query the DNS server, that's exactly what it's there for. I can't try them at the moment, but if you search the Play Store for something like "nslookup" those tools should allow you to query the DNS server.


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One chat for 2 number
I've got a Wiko Iggy on 4.2.2 Android and try unsuccessfully to bind both numbers of a workmate on one sms chat.. what should I do?

As far as I know there are no chat/SMS applications which will support two numbers of the same user/contact at the same time.
If there are two numbers, there will be two threads/conversations.

Contacts+ will do that for you.
It will also let you have one fixed primary "to send" number.

It's great if you only want to send to one of his numbers and he only wants to send from the other. Your workmate texts you from number X and you just have to write and send and the sms will be sent to number Y automatically.


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Samsung Galaxy S3 keeps restarting, stuck on Samsung logo
Two days ago I got the official update of jelly bean 4.3 to my Samsung Galaxy S3. Last night phone was dropped from a small height. Today morning when I switched on the phone it worked fine. But in the evening, suddenly my phone restarted and goes to Samsung Logo Splash Screen (Samsung galaxy S3 GT-I9300T) and keeps rebooting. I removed the battery and insert it after a few second. After that the phone worked fine and again the same problem happened.
If I remove the battery to switch off the phone and if I insert the battery again, phone switch on by itself (without press power button) and keep restarting.
I try to open the Home + Volume Up+ Power On button option. But is not working. If I plug the phone to charge, gray battery shows and again restarting to charge. (I mean, phone won’t stay in a stage).
If i try Home + Voulme Down + Power On option, phone shows the download mode for 5 seconds and restarts again.
So can you please let me know it’s a software problem or hardware problem?
If it’s a software how to fix it ? ( I tried the emergency firmware recovery through kies, but kies couldn’t fine my phone).
My phone current status video below
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xvq6bd93qjmdt6o/20131012_235047.mp4
Note : I downloaded the video from youtube, because I wanted to show the current situation. ( But my phone is critical than what is shown in the video)
Thank You.

I have the exact same issue.. Do you have any solution yet?

It does look like a stuck power button. (as ridiculous as it may sound)
The behaviour in your phone is exactly as it is when I press and hold on my power button for an extended period.
By right, the device should not turn on by itself when the battery is inserted. It should remain turned off - only a hardware switch can turn it on. As your phone turns on by itself, it clearly shows that the power button is being pressed.
Furthermore, the power menu shows when you turn the phone on without touching the phone at all and again showing the power button being pressed.
I suggest you bring your phone down to someone who knows how to open up your phone to see if there has been any damage to the power button.

I agree with this. Sounds like a faulty power button. If you hold the power button on most devices it will restart.

I can suggest to follow these steps:

Remove USB cable and battery.
Re-insert battery.
Hold Volume Down and Home, then press Power.
If you can enter the recovery system, try to clear caches.
If that doesn't work, do a factory reset.
If that still doesn't, go back to download mode, and try to restore using Odin and a corresponding firmware.

What I do is take the battery out, wait 15 minutes, and then put it back in.

Your phone is stuck as a result of memory overload caused by some bad program. Following will do the trick for you:

Turn off your Samsung Galaxy S3.
Press and hold down the “Power” button, “Home” button, and the “Volume Up” button.
Wait for your phone to vibrate, then release only the “Power” button.
Wait for the Android System Recovery screen to appear, then release the “Home” and    “Volume Up” keys.
Press the “Volume Down” button until the “Wipe data / factory reset” option is highlighted.
Press the “Power” key to select the option.
Press the “Volume Down” button until “Delete all user data” is highlighted.
Press the “Power” button once again to select the option. Your phone will then perform the reset process and display “Reboot system now” when complete.
Press the “Power” key to select the reboot option and complete the master reset.

In case you face any problem, check the following link:
Samsung Galaxy S3 Factory Reset
Hope it helps :-)

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

@bmdixon apologies on my part. I have edited my answer :-)

This happened to me many times. In my case, the main problem was the on/off switch got stuck.
What I did was: I presses the button until the phone opened again. Solved it for me.


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I installed an incompatible kernel with CyanogenMod - what do I do?
I installed Faux kernel on my Nexus 5 with CyanogenMod 11. I forgot about CM's special kernel setup when installing Faux - how do I uninstall, or wipe my phone to reinstall CyanogenMod?
I use ClockworkMod Recovery and know ADB

Post your "Resolved bit" as an answer, it's okay to answer your own questions!

Resolved: Using this (http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.ca/2013/12/how-to-copy-rom-zip.html) Then flashing the zip uploaded to the device. Note: If your cellular stops working or glitches out re-flash the stock radio (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701) Or completely re-flash stock then you are free to continue ROMing!

And it would be good to accept it, but now you can do that after 24 hour. :P

Nexus 5 is pretty easy to correct that issue
Just find a working CM Kernel...
This ones kinda nice: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/kernel-bum-5-t2774572

Boot to Recovery.
"adb push [your new kernel file here.zip] /sdcard/
then wait...
Flash the new kernel.
Zap the dalvik cache.
As they say "profit"...

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How configure stock mail with MobileIron?
MobileIron app doesn't show my samsung galaxy nexus stock mail app. But it does shows TouchDown for Smartphones . TouchDown experience is not up to the level of the stock app.
How can i configure MobileIron to work with my Stock mail app. My device is rooted and running CM11 Snapshot M4  on PA Gapps.


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How come my free ram keeps getting less and less?
I have a Samsung gs3 gt 19300 running on cyanogen mod 10.2 stable version, so far it has been smooth other than the  ram problem (which I also encounter when using stock ROM)
Whenever I restart, I often have around 300 + MB of free ram (after recent apps are all cleared)  however, a few days later, I find that my free ram drops to less than 100 MB (with all recent apps cleared as well)
Well I checked the list of running services on the background and their sizes, but there were the almost the same compared to when the first day after restart, but if the running services are the same, how come the free ram drops that much? What is the problem? Is it memory leak by apps? What's the best way to handle it?

Do not worry about your RAM being full as in a Linux OS it is not a bad thing. The system tries to fill up your RAM as you open applications and whenever you open an App again it is loaded from the RAM which takes fewer resources then loading the App from scratch. Letting an App stay in RAM does not take a lot of resources and the system is smart enough to only keep the most frequently used Apps in RAM.
So unless you are experiencing severe performance issues you do not have to worry about the RAM being full.


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Samsung Galaxy Note stopped vibrating
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 1 and it has quit vibrating. All the options for it are turned on but it has quit working. What do I do?

Please edit your post as it is not clear what are you asking, it will be good to edit it and elaborate to help you by others. If you will not do so I'm pretty sure it will be closed soon as "Its not clear what are you asking?"

What do you think may have caused this? Did you install any app , or change a setting somewhere?


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What should I try to bring a rear camera back to life?
I have been handed an H801+ Android phone, where the rear (main) camera has stopped working, and I have been trying to fix it without much success. I am looking for ideas as to what to try next.
The phone has been obtained from eBay and seems to be of no-name Chinese manufacture. It has 2GB of RAM and a 4-core CPU. It has three SIM ports, two cameras, a 2800 mAh battery, and all the usual wifi/bluetooth/GPS/gyro interfaces. The screen is approximately 6 x 2.5" in size and supports full HD. It is running Android 4.2.1 (I believe this is Jelly Bean).
I am told that the rear camera used to work, but now no longer does - I am wondering whether my friend received an Android update via her provider, which stopped it working. The front camera seems to work, although (since I am not used to large-screen devices) it seems to be permanently auto-focusing and clicking every few seconds. I don't know whether this is a feature or a fault!
Having done some research, I believe a "swirl" arrows icon should appear superimposed on any live camera image to toggle between camera devices, but I cannot see this anywhere. I have tried the following apps:

Camera (stock app) - front camera works fine, no way to switch to rear camera
HD Camera Ultra - crashes
Camera (downloaded) - only front camera
Dual Camera / Double Shot - crashes

Both of the crashy apps seem to have a lot of Play reviews, so I am minded to think there is a problem on my device specifically, rather than just that these apps are of low quality.
I notice that if I put Camera (the non-stock version) into Panorama mode, it tries to connect to the rear camera, whereas for movie and pictures it uses the front camera. However it seems to fail to connect to the rear camera:

Camera error
Can't connect to the camera.

I suspect this is a good sign - it is perhaps "half connected"!

I wondered if it just needed a factory reset, so I have done one, taking it back to "here's a demo of your device" state. However this hasn't made any difference.
My thoughts on the reasons why I cannot get this to work:

The rear camera has developed a hardware fault
The whole phone is fussy about what version of Android it uses and/or — given that it is unbranded — has not been tested as well as it should have been
The front camera is stuck repeatedly auto-focusing and as a result does not give the rear camera an opportunity to initialise (update: I don't think this is the case now; if I hold the phone far enough away, and focus on something in good light, the focus box goes green and the front camera stops auto-focusing)

There are a few things that might be worth a try:

Find a test (camera) app to give me techie info about the devices the phone can detect. I have looked for such a thing but cannot find one
Do a hard reset with a pinhole switch, though I cannot find one, and presume this is not an option
Downgrade Android an official way (using my SIM). This might bring the camera back to life, but possibly it may be overwritten when my friend puts her SIM back in
Upgrade Android the approved way. Using my SIM I have searched the Play store for "upgrade Android" but cannot find anything useful. I believe (from material on the web) there should be an upgrade option in "About this phone" but I don't seem to have that
Root the phone and try a later minor version
Root the phone and try a later major version

I haven't asked whether my friend would mind me rooting the phone, but I am given to believe it is safe these days. What do you suggest?

Can you enclose a picture of the device in question or a linky? Its hard to tell from the question above? If its faulty and is a no-name chinese phone, there is a very good chance that there is no known update either, or that your friend got ripped off?

Thanks @t0mm13b, link added (obtained just via a search, so not sure if it is exactly right, but at least it matches the model number). It's possible that it was a rip-off, but the spec of the rest of the phone seems genuine, there really is 2G of RAM, the screen is great, and general responsiveness suggests a pretty decent CPU.

Interesting spec, just spoke to someone about it - a HTC One clone! Uhmmm... might be best to get an RMA on the device and return it back to get that camera fixed?

That might be the only option, @t0mm13b. I am told the sellers are not responding via email, though I suspect if it is indeed an eBay special, eBay may be willing to help. I will try to persist via a technical route first, and if that fails will return the advice with "get yer money back" advice. In the meantime, is it possible to force an upgrade to the latest minor version of 4.2? I feel that is worth a go, but haven't ever done that before.

Try it, but what makes me question it, is there actually a official updater for the MTK6589T chipset? You may have to google-fu around a small bit, probably end up hitting some site somewhere in China, just be careful! :)

I don't know if there is an official updater - do you mean that the chipset is (or is not) recognised by Google, who would deliver updates automatically? I will do some more searching, as you suggest.

Google will not deliver automatically via their updater found in Settings > About Phone > Update - that only applies to Nexus series only.

I am still interested in responses to this question. For the time being, given the research I've done, I am assuming that my options are limited to: (a) asking for a fix from the manufacturer, which will probably not be forthcoming (b) asking my friend's provider to force an upgrade via their usual channels - I don't know if providers are generally willing to do that on request - or (c) rooting the phone and trying to install a different version manually.

Ah, I have just found an "APKs Install Assistant" on the device - I presume that is a way of installing non-Market software. Is there a trusted source for Android upgrade packages I can use with this?

Still looking for responses to this. I'm hoping to find an Android image I can just drop onto the device, possibly of a later minor/major version than the current 4.2.1.

Did the rear camera works with HedgeCam 2? If the rear camera is not working with HedgeCam 2, try OpenCamera Put the results of the 2 apps (HedgeCam 2 and OpenCamera) (crashes, only front camera, error message or others) in comments

This is a common problem with this unit. I contacted the manufacture about it (http://www.orientdeal.com/orientphone-one-max-5-inch-1080p-screen-quad-core-1.5ghz-2gb-ram-32gb-rom-android-phone.html) and was told that due to the heat that builds up around the camera the modules fail. They recommend replacing the entire camera module. My unit they told me was under warranty and the work would be completed without cost, IF it was returned to them in China. I sent the unit off and many months later it was returned as "Undeliverable" I contacted them again and they re-confirmed I was shipping it to the correct address and had no idea why it had been returned. I sent the unit back again (At another $14 cost!)and once again after many months it has been returned as "Unclaimed" This time the manufacture will not return my emails or chats and I am beginning to question their honesty. For purchasing a brand new phone, I have now had to buy another to have one that works. I recommend looking at Elephone, quality is good and so far they stand behind their products. I am looking into replacing the camera module myself, but I doubt I would ever buy Orientdeal products again.

Thanks for your feedback on this, and sorry to hear of your own woes! I would agree that there is a risk in purchasing a product where only overseas support is available, that the warranty is likely not be honoured in practice. I don't know if the one I had was from the firm you mention, but given that I did not know how to proceed last year, I had to give it back to the owner unrepaired.

Success, after a very long time researching this problem I have found the answer!
It appears that the camera's sub-mini connector is very poorly soldered to the main board. With vibration it starts to loosen until eventually it comes completely apart sticking into the camera's connector. The bad news is this is an extremely small multi pin connector and requires special soldering and precise alignment. Even with soldering paste and a precise heat gun I doubt if a repair can be made successfully. Perhaps knowing what the problem is though, a local repair facility with the proper surface mount equipment might be able to attack it. The best news is that there is another way to repair it. Ali-Express carries an exact replacement board with the camera connector attached for $55.70 to 59.79.
Store: Cyberezone-China Professional Accessories Supplier                                                                "Original mainboard 2G RAM+32G ROM Motherboard for Mlais MX59 MTK6589T Quad Core 5.0 inch FHD 1920x1080 Free shipping"
Yes it says Mlais MX59, but it is the actual board as used in the H801+ also. They also carry the replacement camera, but I am sure my camera is still good. Just pull out the embedded connector and plug into the new board. I wish I had not spent all the money waiting for Orient Phone to honor their warranty. This is a quicker fix and in the long run costs less!


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Dowload PDF in Dolphin Mini?
It seems to be a relatively new feature that pdf files are shown directly in the browser instead of downloading them.
How can I download them instead?

I have updated to the latest Dolphin, but it asks me to download the PDF file. Have you tried with a different site? Just to test, search for a PDF file in Google, and try to download it. Let me know if it still opens on the screen for you.

@geffchang Upps. You are right! There seems to be a difference between Dolphin and Mini in that aspect - I updated the title of my question accordingly. I tried with mini and assumed this to be a general behaviour.

Dolphin Mini blog post documents how to download the PDF file.

Q2: How to download PDF files?
A2: 1) long press the link of PDF files, choose the “save link” option
  in context menu. 2) click “download” option at the bottom of the page
  after you click the link.

Can you answer the follow-up-question as well?


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using cam in gotomeeting
I have tried to use Nexus 7 for GoToMeeting appointment. I installed app from Google Play, but I didn't have video during meeting. I could not find any button for web cam and didn't see any video in options. I tried Nexus 4 also with the same result.
I have again GoToMeeting appointment and don't know if can use camera. Anybody used GoToMeeting in Nexus? Maybe some options settings?
PS: I used video in skype on the same devices without problem.

I do not see any reference to that app in relation to camera usage on the Play Store?

you mean this app doesn't use camera at all? I used GoToMeeting on computer before and used web cam on it. People, who sent me GoToMeeting invitation want to see video, but I don't have web cam on computer now and used to use tablet or phone.

Read comment: "No Webcam Capability?! Mobile devices come standard with a front facing camera. How does this program come standard WITHOUT an option to enable your webcam to do video conferencing???

So, video is not available for this app?

Can anybody just confirm this?

Judging by the reviews and comments - it could well explain why there's no camera facility, perhaps write a  1-star review on the playstore explaining why and ask for ETA for a camera integration?


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Screen uses 99% of battery
I have a Galaxy Ace S5830. I tried using many different Jelly Bean and KitKat ROMs, and with each one (clean installs, without additional apps) my battery behaves weird. When the screen is turned on, even on the lowest brightness, it drains the battery very, very fast. I think with the screen turned on I can't get more than hour of battery life.
But when the screen is off, I can, for example, listen to the music for hours and hours and battery behaves normal.
And what is also interesting, whenever I go to Battery Stats, it shows Screen as 99% user, and sometimes it shows WiFi as 1%.
EDIT: Important addition: When my battery gets drained and I put it to the charger, it gets fully charged for few minutes! I tried wiping battery stats before and after every ROM installation, tried using Battery Calibration app, but nothing helps!
So what should I do to get my battery to behave normally?

It could very well be the light sensor reading by way of the kernel driver that is faulty or perhaps needs calibrating, which is affecting the autobrightness of the screen? Or possibly a known issue with the ROM in which it is not releasing the wakelock for the screen? Check with your respective forum where you got the ROM from?

As I said, i tried numerous different ROMs, and it's same...
Also brightness is set to lowest level, autobrightness is turned off.

And quite possibly all those ROMs are using the same or derivative of that kernel that has the issue.

I've checked the forums, and nobody has this problem..otherwise, I don't think people would use those ROMs, right?

are you running an app that is chewing up the battery - use BetterBatteryStats to find the culprit?

There is nothin in Battery stats except Screen and sometimes WiFi. None of the apps. OK, I'll try betterbatterystats

@kecman BBS is good app to find out what is eating up your battery with wakelocks and also Gsam battery monitor do that job with easy interface.

I tried both apps, and both of them say that apps use 0% of battery, and screen uses 99%... WiFi uses 1%...

I installed stock 2.3.3 ROM and now everything is fine...I will back it up, and then try experimenting with some newer ROMs :) Thanks for all the responses!

From your answer (phone charged again in a few minutes) I'd say there is a  problem with either your battery capacity or your battery stats (either the phone thinks the battery is empty while it isn't, or it thinks it's fully charged when it's not (and so it's emptied again very quickly).
The screen is always a big battery consumer (I never seen it under 40% on my phone) so if your battery life is reduced, it can drain it completely in a couple of hours.
What I'd recommend is to try to charge the battery for a long time after the phone has drained it, like overnight. You may want to try another charger also since there is always the possibility that something had gone wrong with yours.
If it doesn't help and you know someone with the same phone, try swapping the batteries (after both are fully charged):

If your phone still die in one hour, then you definitely have something consuming too much battery. Try looking into the number of wakelocks as recommended in the comments (also you may try to revert to stock ROM. If the issue is still there, there may be a hardware failure causing this issue)
If the other phone die in one hour and your is still good, it means you're battery wasn't fully charged. If this is the case, try to charge it again on the other phone and do the test again:

if the battery works fine the second time, there is an issue with your phone which doesn't charge batteries the right way. In this case I'm not sure what you can do (that may also be caused by a hardware issue)
if it still doesn't work for more than one hour, then you just need a new battery

Try a complete clean installation. I mean wipe
system
Data
Cache
D-Cache
 Then install the is and gapps only. Probably something stable. Then test it for 2 days .

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Backspace in Evernote does not delete words at an even speed
In Evernote if I hold down the backspace key too long it deletes way to fast. Worse yet there is not undo option. I have lost many notes this way. Is there a way to change the rate at which the backspace key works (or at least hold the rate constant) or is there an undo key? I think Evernote is great but this is almost a deal breaker because if you loose your notes it doesn't matter how good the other features are.
UPDATE: the fact that the main productivity program for Android lacks even these simple functions was the largest reason I got rid of my tablet.

Give this feedback to app developer or comment on the Playstore page.

This question appears to be off-topic because it is about a feature request (or defect report) for an app.

Not really. I'm asking if there is an option to change it. I'm also asking if there's an undo button which certainly isn't a bad question.

Is it definitely just Evernote? I'd expect the backspace behaviour to be set by the input method (soft keyboard), not the app you're typing into.

The backspace key
The backspace keep repeated action is controlled at application level, either by the keyboard App, the Evernote App or the Android System.
AFAIK, there's no setting to control the spead of the action repeat cycle.
The undo feature
A premium user of Evernote has a backup privilege that creates a snapshot of every note on the Evernote server every 8 hours.
HELP: Need to restore text deleted from a note

Note history creates a snapshot of your not on our server every 8 hours.

Aside from that, there's no undo capabilities on the application.

Note: As already suggested on the comments under your question, you could submit a feature request to have a Redo functionality.

At the beginning of the icon bar with Bold, Italics, Underline, etc. there are icons for Undo and Redo (right-rotating arrow and left-rotating arrow). I only noticed them recently.
I too wonder why the backspace speed speeds up uncontrollably.


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LG G2 rooting error
I'm rooting LG G2 (for Verizon) following this instruction.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887
While I'm running root.bat, it seems to freeze showing that
'Looking for device'.
I closed the command window and re-ran root.bat but always the same result.
So I cannot proceed anymore.
What should I do?

Did you performed the steps properly by enable Usb debugging and other instructions? If that post is not clear to you a blog is here


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How Can I Get Access to Photos Taken on My Droid II with "camera" program - from a Linux System?
I used to use a program called "camera" to take pictures. I was able to see what had been taken, and save (or not) as I took them. And when I attached the phone to the USB port of my (linux) computer, I could find the pictures in the phone's memory card file system, which could be mounted.
The program "camera" appears to have auto-updated. I can still take pictures - but that seems to be all - I can't access them, either within the program or via the SD card. I didn't see anything relevant in the program's menu(s) - neither the one I get from the phone's menu button, nor the one I get, briefly on the right side of the screen, when I tap a small non-descript image on the upper left.
Perhaps I'm now supposed to access photos via some other app - on the phone at least? Any idea what it might be called? And how on earth am I supposed to get access to the underlying files?
The phone claims to be running Android 2.3.4

It sounds like the Camera app's default have been reset to save pictures to the phone's internal memory as opposed to SD Card. Are you able to mount your Droid 2's internal storage?

Partial answer, once I figured out the general principle - touch random places on the screen, and this app. sometimes produces briefly visible icons that apparently the designers find cooler and easier to use than using the menu button on the phone, or even an always visible icon on the screen....
If I swipe vaguely near the lower left of the camera app's screen (upper right of the device's screen; these positions are always in landscape orientation, whereas my device [and I] prefer portait) I can make a small square image briefly appear; this image contains a thumbnail of the most recent picture I've taken. When tapped, I can see that picture.

I can then side scroll to get to earlier pictures.
If I again touch the lower left of the camera app's window - which can be reoriented back to portrait when in this state - I get a set of 3 icons + a date at the bottom of the window, and one at the upper left. The date appears to be the date the picture was taken.

If I click the first icon from the left, looking like 2 upward pointing diverging arrows, I get a menu:

photo share
amazon send to kindle
bluetooth
email
gmail
picasa
print to retail
text messaging

Then a label" downloaded apps"

concur

I guess I can send the picture to any program I wish, provided it's on the cell phone. How amazingly useful.
The circled arrow - 2nd from the left - talks about a "quick upload" app. which requires me to set up a "default quick upload account" to use it. No clue where it would be uploaded, or what privacy might apply.
The downward pointing arrow - on the far right - offers me the following list

more  (That turned out to be a header, unclickable)
delete
set as
edit
print
picture info

The icon at the upper left that looked like a camera takes me back to picture taking mode
So,
(1) It is possible to see what pictures you have taken.
(2) It is probably possible to get access to the files from other computers, by mailing them to one's gmail account, then downloading the attachments - much more "convenient" than having access to the image files - NOT. (I say probably because I have not yet tried this. Perhaps it will turn out that there are more bugs here, or another layer of impenetrable user interface)
(3) The files themselves are not made available directly to the unfortunate user/owner of the device.


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'applypatch' process using too much CPU
I have here a brand-new Samsung Galaxy Duos 2 and there's something that bothers me about the "applypatch" process. It uses too much CPU (up to 50%) and runs continuous like a service. Now, what does it do there?
I think this happened after I updated my firmware through Settings > About device > Software Update or maybe after I restored some apps from my other phone. Is this just normal like it would patch something and will stop as soon as it finishes its job or is there something else I should be alarmed? Do I need to stop it?

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have you tried restarting your phone? does it help?

yes, MANY times, actually, it's still there up to now, so it is running for 3 days total.

I have already found out the problem, it's because of the Upgrading of the firmware. I brought my phone to Samsung and they found out that the firmware installed in the device is somehow not genuine (don't know about this, I got my device from Globe Telecom as brand-new.)
Disclaimer: this solution is for Samsung device under warranty period. Samsung said the problem occurs when you update through OTA when you have an inconsistent internet connection making the 'applypatch' running as if it cannot find all necessary files for upgrade and continuously searching and patching it. Solution to this is to backup first your device, bring it to Samsung Service Center then have them format it and install a genuine OS. After that, my device is back to normal with updated genuine Android 4.2.2 Jellybean and just have to restore my data.
If your warranty is over and if you're already rooted you can just reformat your Android device with a legit ROM and everything will be back to normal.


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"sync disabled" and "unfortunately S Planner has stopped"
I am an old lady with her first smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 running Jelly Bean.  Since the last upgrade my email and other apps won't sync and some functions have stopped.  Through 'fiddling' I found an auto sync option which I checked but it made no difference.  I am reluctant to try a factory reset having read about what gets lost in the process.
I don't understand the technical answers to some related questions so could someone please kindly tell me step by simple step how to correct these errors.  I've currently closed all active apps.  I don't have many apps downloaded and don't play games etc but I seem to have accumulated a lot of widgets!  Do I need to do anything with them please?

Could you be a little more specific? "Some functions have stopped": what exactly? Your best bet might be to drop into our chat room when you have time, so we can work together to find out what's wrong.

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts, Anne! Some easy questions: Have you already completely turned off the device and powered it up again? If that didn't help, go to Settings→Apps, select the "All" tab, and look for the crashing app ("S Planner" here). Open its entry, press the force-close button, then "clear cache". Restart the device again. Let us know if that helped. (not the most elegant variant, but certainly easy to follow I hope). For the sync: what Android version is running on your Note 3 (see Settings→About)?

I had the same problem: S-Planner and email would not sync. In the sync settings was also an item saying "master sync disabled" but no indication as to how to enable it!
The fix for me was to go to the options menu of the phone (when you swipe your finger down from the top of the screen). You should then see a few green and blue symbols (bluetooth/wifi etc.). At the top right there is a gear wheel icon and next to this on the right is another button which when clicked will show all the different icons for your phone settings. Press this and look for the "sync" icon. If it is disabled (blue) then click to enable it.


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Partioning sd not detecting
I have partitioned my sd using mini-Partion tool.My sd partion shows unallocted and file system as logiclly and i know that for link2sd it should be primary.how to convert to primary file system.i dint find any option for that in mini-Partion.

Do you have windows pc?

If you have windows pc try this. Back up any data in sd card and save it in pc.

Insert your sd card in any card reader and insert in pc
Press Windows Key + R and the Run dialog should popup. Type in
diskpart and hit Enter.
Once DiskPart comes up, type list disk. (This will show you all the
disks that are attached to the system. You'll want to note the
number of the one that is your sd card/flash drive. You should be
able to distinguish it based on it's small size compared to your
hard disks.)
select the sd card by typing select disk number (eg:select disk 2)
Type list part and it will show you what partitions are already on
the disk.
Next to remove all the partitions from the disk just type clean.
Afterwards type list part and the console should say that there are
now no partitions on the disk.
(If you need more than one partition goto step 8 )Type create partition primary and this will create a new partition that fills the available space on the disk. You can type list part to confirm that the new partition has been created.Goto step 11
If you want it a particular size add the size parameter size=20 eg: create partition primary size=100 (with the size in MBs)
select the new partition select partition 1 (you can list partition using list partition command)
Now format it to fat32 format FS=Fat32 label="SDCARD" repeat 8,9,10 to create more partition (you can use exFat instead of Fat32 if you have more than 4gb sdcard, you can omit the label part if not needed)
Thats it now you can close diskpart and eject the sd card and insert in your
android

Thank a lot...But when i tried to open the drive.it asked for format; so i formatted..so i lost the data's.


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xbmc hangs on video loading
I've installed xbmc media center: http://xbmc.org/download
I added a video program ("The Daily Show") -- but I can't access the video files -- because it says "Working..." and nothing happens.
The same procedure works on PC.
I tried both current stable ("Frodo"), and beta ("Gotham") versions of xbmc app.
So my question is: how do I make it work?
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I'm on Samsung GT-S7562 Galaxy S Duos running Android 4.0.4 (KyleOPEN ROM v3.4.0).

It would help to know which device you're installing it on, and the version of Android OS it's running.

@Chahk see edit.

Could you please run the following command in Terminal Emulator (or ADB shell): cat /proc/cpuinfo and see if the "Features" line contains the words "vfp" and "neon"?

@Chahk I did it from terminal emulator in android. Yep - both "vfp" and "neon" are there.

This means the CPU is compatible with XBMC app. Rules out incompatibility issues. Next step is getting the logs while trying to launch the video.

@Chahk good idea. I'll try to research logs.


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Big battery usage
I have Galaxy s2 running android 4.1.2.
My phone can eat near to 25% battery in 6h – and during this time I spend only ~5minutes on Facebook. I downloaded  Wakeuplock and it shows that Google+ is running for 30minutes and keeping my phone wake. Here's a screenshot screen:

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As you can see Activ parameter is over 20% ( so its bad as someone told me).
Can you suggest me something how to improve batery life.
Phone is on the battery save mode all time.

27% drain in almost 7 hours is not that bad, to be honest.

25% -7h in which i used facebook for5 minutes and checked buses  and listening radio for 2 isn't that bad? 95% time this phone is idle with battery saving on

A smartphone with the battery lasting more than 24h is very good, honestly. Many people have trouble to get home before the battery runs out... Are you using the G+ app, or would "disabling" it be an option to you?

I today lunched this app for the first time to check if it's sharing my location xD. If it's possible I'll delete it already

As you state you don't even need "that app", here are two approaches to keep it from eating your battery:
Disabling the app

Go to Settings → Apps, select the "All" tab
Scroll to the app in question (in the current example, Google+)
Tapp its entry to open the details
Tapp the "Force Close" button to end all its processes
Optionally, tapp the "Clear Cache" and "Delete Data" buttons to free some space on the device
If you see a button labeled "Uninstall Updates"1, tapp it. The button will then rename itself to...
Tapp the "Disable"1 button2

The app should no longer start itself now, and thus not eat any battery anymore. If you need it back at a later point in time, it's still listed in Settings→Apps (though it might have been moved to the very end of the list). Opening its entry should show a button labeled "Enable" now, which speaks for itself.
Keep the app from running when you don't need it
On the playstore, you will find an app named Greenify. This can be used to automatically "hibernate" an app when its not running in foreground. Though Greenify is delivering its full potential benefits only with "root powers", it can do many things already without. If its free version cannot deal with the app in question (Google+ here), you might need the Donation package (for ~USD 3), which has additional ways to force apps into "hibernation".

Greenify: Start screen, App Analyzer (Source: Google Play; click images for larger variants)

1 If you have none of the two buttons, but an "Uninstall" button, it's no system app: simply uninstall it.
2 Note that not all system apps permit this (button is grayed out then).

In Google+ app, go to Settings -> [your account name] -> Location Sharing and disable it.  In my personal experience, this is by far the worst offender in terms of battery drain.
If you have automatic photo backup enabled, you may want to restrict this feature to only when the phone is on the charger by going to Settings -> Auto Backup and enabling the While charging only option.

Location sharing was off. I have nothing like Auto backup in the menu. I don't have any photo backup.

The Auto Backup should be in the main Settings menu, right above your account name.

Auto Backup was disabled

25% battery in 6h for a smartphone is good. A smartphone battery typically last less than 24 hours.
If you want to maximize your battery autonomy

disable automatic sync
disable Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth
use minimum brightness for the screen. The screen is the bigger battery killer.

Smarphone is without Wifi/Gps/BT/Brightness all the time + energy saving mode

Then you did your best to improve your battery usage. Last thing you could do is block or uninstall all apps that could run in the background. Or unsolder unused component (speaker, Bluetooth, etc.) to prevent physical battery drain from these components, at your own risks.


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Images from YouTube links are shown in Opera Mini even when "Load images" is off
I use Opera Mini with "Load images" set to off when browsing on mobile data, to speed it up and save bandwidth. This removes most images, however, I've noticed that whenever there is a link to a YouTube video, a still frame will still be loaded and shown.
I assume this maybe is because those are considered HTML video tags, and hence are treated differently?
In any event, is it possible to turn those off, too? Some other setting (I looked but didn't find any, but maybe I just missed it).

I think your assumption is right. If they are in Video tags then they aren't 'images' in the sense of jpgs etc. This would happen with other formats, for example Flash that will load even with images blocked also.


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Gmail - how to get all my email address from mailbox into contacts?
In my Gmail i have total 3000 Emails (inbox, sent item, important etc). But all 3000 Email address is not in my Google Contact list.
how can i export email address from the Gmail inbox/sent item/important into Google Contact list?

This probably isn't something you want to do on your Android. See: Get e-mail addresses from Gmail messages received


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How to prevent someone from powering off an android device?
I have a Nexus 5. Even if I enable security passcode or pattern, someone can still switch off my mobile using the power button. How can I prevent it?

What's your actual goal? Are you just worried about a "friend" turning your phone off to annoy you, or is there something else?

You can also remove the power button and alter it so pressing it no longer presses the actual electronic button inside the phone.  If you drill a small hole in the power button where the electronic button is, you may then use a paperclip to press the button.  There are also apps that turn the device off if you want to turn it off without a paperclip.

@AdamDavis went full-DIY on us :) That would most definitely void any warranty you may have on the phone.

@Chahk Ayup.  But you're already using Android, you've chosen the path of tinkering...

@AdamDavis Fair enough. I'll edit my answer to mention hardware tweaks.

@DanHulme First use case that comes to my mind is thwarting a thief trying to turn off the device to prevent locating it remotely.

Does hitting the device with a hammer count as switching it off?

@brchins I can think of lots of reasons one might want to stop the phone being turned off, but that's irrelevant. The question is why Frustrated Coder wants to stop someone turning his phone off.

remove the physical button ?

My main concern was thieves! They steal your phone and turn it off so that it can no longer be traced!. Lost my Nexus 4 dont want to lose this!

You cannot (barring any hardware tweaks.)
If you root your phone and install a custom ROM, you may be able to remove the "Turn off" and "Reboot" options from the Power menu. However, Nexus 5 (as do most modern phones) has a hard-wired feature, where holding the power button for 10 seconds shuts the phone off.  This is done so that you can restart the phone if it freezes up.  Since Nexus 5 doesn't have a removable battery, this hard reset would be the only way to shut it off without having to wait for the battery to drain.
If you are technically inclined, you can always make hardware modifications to the phone which would prevent the Power button from functioning normally.  However, such mods are not for the novices, and will certainly void your warranty.

Almost every device today has that feature - press long to power off.

Note that on some devices, holding down the power button actually causes the device to reboot.

You could make/modify a phone case so that the power button is covered.  This would avoid having to void the warranty.

...then you have the problem of making the case non-removable.

I would think you'd run into the "now how do I turn the screen on?!" problem first...

Good idea butt i think u can turn the phone off via software

So I would say the best way would be :
1 - custom rom to alter the turn off menu
2 - not to remove the power off option but replace by a fake one that would pretend that the phone switch off (playing a dumb animation as usual) but just putting the phone in sleep/locked mode, actually it should already start at that point to turn on gps, send position thru email, record voice and take picture... only a thief would use a button that a user dismissed.
Aside that a device should not have a lock screen, otherwise a thief would flash it straight  away imho, he should be able to use it as he wants, or supposedly as he wants... probably a fake normal mode without lock activated by the fake turning off described in 2-

@MatthewRead huh? https://repo.xposed.info/module/hk.kennethso168.xposed.apmplus with "Fake Power Off" feature

You can try this app to achieve this - Smart Lockscreen Protector
This app blocks the power menu from showing up if your phone is locked.
So it stops people from powering off or rebooting your phone when its locked.
Note:
However if the person tries to hard reboot by holding the power button for more than 10 seconds (hard reset), then this app cannot support that. As it's hard-wired to do so.
It at least protects your phone to some extent, without rooting your phone.

A device can be halted by long-pressing the power button for few seconds. Does this app prevent it?

No, Long-pressing is a hardware triggered operation.
So this app cannot prevent that from happening.

There is no way you can prevent the phone from getting turned off(without rooting, which will void your warranty if the device is in warranty).
If your phone is supposed to get stolen, it will be.
So Only thing you can do is keep your devices safe.

Just root your phone and buy Cerberus. They got this option.


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How to hide / show the pull out drawer that is pre-loaded on some Samsung devices
Some newer Samsung devices have a pull out tab that stores some of the commonly used applications. I have accidentally enabled and disabled it a number of times, but I don't know how. I don't see anything related to it in device settings or any of the installed apps that would control it.
How do you hide / show this pull out bar?

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What device and Android version? I don't seem to get this when I employ the suggested action, and it seems to be an interesting feature.

That's part of Samsung's multi window feature; see also: How to remove this sliding app section?

You can enable/disable this pull out bar by long pressing the back button.

What device and Android version? I don't seem to get this when I employ the suggested action, and it seems to be an interesting feature.

at the current time I am working specifically with a Galaxy Tab 8" (SGH-I467M) with Android 4.1.2. In the past I've seen this same pull out menu thing on other higher end samsung phones/tablets as well, but I don't have a list of all models that I have seen it on.


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Stuck in Fastboot?! Help please!
I tried to get CM11 on my LG G2 on Bell Canada's network and I really messed it up. I can no longer get into recovery, adb doesn't see my phone, but download mode works (though I have no idea how to use it). I even tried the "Get out of Fastboot" tutorial and it didn't work because when I get to the point where I have to choose "Android" under "other devices" in Windows 7 and my G2 is showing up as "SAMSUNG Android Phone" and under that it says "USB Modem Phone ADB Port". The latest drivers for LG are installed so I have no idea what's going on. I had a Samsung Galaxy S2 a long time ago. Could it be that those drivers are over-riding LG's drivers? I have no idea how this stuff works...
So now my phone boot loops to little rows of words at the top of the screen:
[650] Fastboot mode started
[700] udc_start()
Please, what can I do to fix this phone? I need a simple tutorial for a total noob like myself.
Thanks!
Secondly, is there any way I can get CM11 on this Bell phone? I don't like LG's skin...

I would start by un-installing all Samsung drivers, including their Kies application.  Then un-install and re-install LG drivers and see if this resolves your machine not recognizing the phone in fastboot mode.  Also, ADB will not recognize the phone while it's in fastboot mode.  You will need to use the fastboot.exe tool (found in the same place where adb.exe is installed.)

There is most definitely a CM11 version for LG G2.  Depending on your exact model number (d800 for AT&T, d801 for T-Mobile, and d802 for International) you can find it on http://download.cyanogenmod.org/

Chahk, Thanks for the quick responses! Those CM11's you're talking about aren't for the D803 (the Canadian version). I tried a D802 CM11 on my D803 and that's what got me into this mess. Any way to get a D803 version? Or will I just have to wait and hope?

Chahk, I just removed the Samsung driver and all the other crap, rebooted and reinstalled the latest LG driver. The PC is still seeing my G2 as "Samsung Android Phone" and under that "USB Modem Phone ADB Port". Also, when I open CMD and type "Fastboot devices" it says "?     fastboot" I'm guessing that means it knows there's a device but doesn't know what it is... Damn this is frustrating. I hope I haven't completely bricked my phone...

Alright so I may be making some progress here... I'm going to write this out as I learn it. I opened cmd typed "fastboot" then typed "cd \tools" (this tells fastboot to look in my C: drive at a folder called "tools". There was no folder called "tools" in my C: drive so I made one. On the next line I typed "fastboot flash recovery boot.img" the part that says "boot.img" is just the name of the .img file you're trying to flash. I tried to flash a .zip before and it said...

"You cant, it's not an .img" so I extracted the .zip and it had a file called "boot.img" in it. Hence the reason I typed "fastboot flash recovery boot.img".
So then fastboot did a bunch of stuff in the cmd window and ended with "finished!" so I'm here thinking "Great! I finally fixed it!"
So next I typed "fastboot reboot" and my phone rebooted.... Back to the stupid fastboot screen...

So now that I understand (at least a little bit) how to actually flash .img files to my phone with fastboot, how can I get my phone out of fastboot? I was hoping I was stuck in fastboot because my rom was messed up and flashing a .img file would fix it. I guess I was wrong. Most of this comes from me understanding about 5% of how flashing works...
Help anybody?!

For now you should refrain from flashing random images to your phone. The good news is that fastboot is working, and your PC recognizes your phone. Now you need to find a Recovery image for your phone and flash it. More detail as an answer shortly...

If your computer is able to recognize the phone while it's in Fastboot mode, you are half-way there.  You will now need to flash a proper Recovery image, and then use the Recovery mode to flash a compatible ROM.
It doesn't looks like ClockworkMod officially supports your version of LG G2 (d803).  The other well known recovery is TWRP (short for Team Win Recovery Project).  There are two different recovery images for d803 - Bell and Rogers.  Go ahead and download the one appropriate for your carrier, and save it somewhere on your computer.
Now do the following:

Boot up your phone into fastboot mode, and connect it via USB to the PC.
Open Windows Command Prompt, and navigate to wherever the fastboot.exe program is installed (e.g. cd c:\fastboot\)
Issue the following command: fastboot flash recovery [path-to-img] where "[path-to-img]" is the full path to where you downloaded the recovery image (C:\temp\openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.2-g2bell.img for example)

Turn the phone off, diaconnect it from USB, and boot to recovery by holding the Vol Down+Power buttons, then as soon as the "LG" logo comes up release them and press & hold them again, and then on the screen press the Power button 3 times.
You should be in TWRP recovery.  Re-connect the phone to PC via USB, and now ADB tool should be working.
You can now try to find the CM11 version for your phone, adb push it to your phone's memory while it's in Recovery mode, and then flash it with TWRP.  I would also recommend performing a complete wipe via TWRP to clear out any residual files from your previous flashing attempts.
Currently CyanogenMod does not officially support the Canadian variant (d803) of LG G2, but some people had successfully modified the d802's package.  This involves extracting a file from the official CM11 zip, modifying it to include the d803 model, re-packing it into the zip, and finally flashing it.  A different kernel is also required to be flashed right afterwards, and can be found here (you will need the AOSP based one.)

Chahk! You're the best! If you were here I'd have to buy you a beer or something. I can't describe how much suffering you've saved me from! I thought I'd have to buy a new phone!

Now, I just have to see if I can figure out the cm11 thing. I don't want to go back to lg...

Alright... Chahk? I'm in TWRP now but I cannot push the roms. When I type "adb push Cyanogen11-D803.zip" it just give me the adb menu again and nothing happens. If I type "adb sideload Cyanogen11-D803.zip" it starts doing it's thing it gets to 100% then twrp on my phone says "failed" at the top in red letters. What am I doing wrong? I even tried it with the official bell.zip and it doesn't work either...

Alright so I figured it out. I needed to reboot to system through TWRP then it took me back to fastboot. I then had to reflash the recovery with fastboot and then TWRP finally sideloaded the rom correctly using the command "adb sideload ROM.zip" so it worked!


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migrating phonebook/contacts after Cyanogen mod install
Trying to find a straight answer - I have 3 year old Samsung SCI 1500 and am tired of bloatware, most of which just tracks me.  I have backed up the phone with ADB.  I'd like to root it and install Cyanogen, I know this wipes data.  It appears CM does include a phonebook/contact function, is there a way to populate it with the contact info from my ADB backup?  Can't seem to find that answer anywhere.  I don't want my address list on google.

I'd suggest, in parallel to your ADB backup, to consider some additional backup strategies – especially in the context of "moving to more privacy":

Use the apps' own backup features. For the contacts app, this would be the Import/Export item in the menu appearing when you hit the menu key. As the name suggests, the export created here can be imported at the very same place on your CMified device.
Consider other specialized backup apps (no need for contacts, as above export will be fine) for things like your calendar data, WiFi passwords, etc.
Consider Titanium Backup for almost everything. This app for one has a "migration mode" for later restore on a different ROM, and also supports XML backups for different system data (e.g. WiFi passwords).

When going CM, you will certainly install a custom recovery (such as clockworkmod or twrp) as well. Consider making a nandroid backup right after that (and before installing CM), so you have an "image" of your complete system.
For your later restore, and if you want to avoid the GApps, again Titanium Backup comes in handy. I strongly recommend the Pro version, and buying it directly at the dev's site – as that way it will stay "Pro" even without GApps&Play. It can not only read its own backups, but above mentioned Nandroid and ADB backups as well, so you could pick even single things from them which you might have forgotten to backup separately.
Last hint: If you're looking for a GApps replacement, check NOGAPPS. Not yet fully ready, but looks quite promising.
Now, good luck on your way to freedom :)


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Samsung Note 2 slow down
I find my note 2 is getting slower and slower after using it for 1 year. Is there anything I can do to make my phone run normally/faster. It looks like the memory is approaching to the max usage. Is there any way to keep the memory at a lower level?

Memory usage in sense ram or the storage?

regarding to the ram，not storage.

is your phone rooted?

You can try restarting your phone regularly

Have you seen My device is getting slow, apps start misbehaving/crashing. What can I do?

it is not root. any suggestion？

i have tried restarting but it seems not working out.

The speed of your device relates to the RAM not ROM. RAM of NOTE2 is 2GB and RAM is not expandable. RAM is the memory where all your foreground and background process resides. If RAM usage in your device is very high, uninstall or disable unnecessary applications. And install a Task Killer and schedule it in crazy mode at every half hour. It may increase the speed of your system.
You can manually clear your ram from task manager. Long press home button then tap on left most option which is task manager there select ram tab and tap on clear Memory.
If you have root access you can use autorun manager to permanently disable unnecessary background processes from startup.

-1 for recommending task killers, which do more harm than good.