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I can reverse tether now by using alias but it stops on adb shell command
I made some aliases to quickly reverse tether.
alias t='r && sh && n'
alias n='netcfg rndis0 dhcp'
alias sh='ad shell'
alias r='ad kill-server && ad start-server'
alias ad='adb'

I want to enter t (which turns on reverse tethering) but the aliased command doesnt do anything past sh
How to automate this better?
(I guess its because its not in first shell anymore but android adb shell)
UPDATE: I edited the .bashrc as answered by Stephen Schrauger but the command enters me into adb shell and when i disconnect usb cable I get netcfg: command not found

The aliases are now:

alias t='r && sz $n'
n='netcfg rndis0 dhcp'
alias sz='ad shell'
alias r='ad kill-server && ad start-server'
alias ad='adb'

What is wrong now?
UPDATE2 moved here:Help with this ADB REVERSE Tethering Script?

Made update 2 added autoturning on tethering (no more need for paid apps constantly bloating device) and wrote current issues

This is more of a linux question, and it may need to be moved to superuser.se, but I can answer it.
On linux, you string commands using && (or || or just ;). With &&, the first command must finish executing and have no error codes in order for the next command in the sequence to run.
In your setup, it looks like you want to open an ADB shell, and then run netcfg rndis0 dhcp on the adb shell. However, Linux doesn't do that. Instead, it is waiting for the ADB shell to exit without errors, after which time it will run netcfg rndis0 dhcp on the desktop computer's shell.
If you want to run a command on the Android device, you don't start an interactive ADB shell (the default); rather, you pass the command like so:

adb shellnetcfg rndis0 dhcp

You'll need to change your alias for n to be a variable instead. Remove the alias directive so the line just reads n='netcfg rndis0 dhcp'. Then change your alias for t to be as follows

alias t='r && sh $n'

And, by the way, you probably shouldn't use sh as an alias, since most linux systems already have a command for sh.

Thank you for your answer.Please tell me why i still get a failure

You need to reload your aliases after you edit your .bashrc file. The easiest way to do this is simply to reboot your desktop. It sounds like your old aliases are still hanging around in memory.

thanks it works! :D (I exited the terminal and launched it again as I always did to reload .bashrc changes but it didn't work and after relogging in it works :D) where did you learn that $n ? (I want to learn more about Linux) Btw can you help me with the apps not recognizing internet question please?

I'd like to upvote you but I need 15 reputation

The $ is just the way bash references variables that have been set. So you set a var like myvar=123 and reference it with $myvar (ex echo $myvar). As for learning more about linux, I suggest looking at this question at the superuser stackexchange site. That site is dedicated to linux questions. https://superuser.com/questions/36605/learning-the-basics-of-linux-unix

I just improved my command but I have a few more inquiries.Please help.Also I just upvoted you because Ive enough reputation

I think the updates you made would be better made into a brand new question. It's preferred to have a single question per stackexchange question, rather than multiple ones. If you start a new question, you can link to this one so people can understand a bit more of the background.

ok Ive done as you wrote


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Wrong caller ID for home number
I recently had to wipe my Nexus 4 in order to root it.
Prior to that when I received a call from my home telephone it would display my wife's contact from the caller ID.
Since rooting it now displays my own contact instead.
My contacts are synced from my Google account and I haven't changed anything on my Google account.
The only thing that has changed is the wipe and root.
How can I get it to display my wife's contact again?

You could always remove the home number from your contact information. It will then match your wife when getting a call from home. You can try re-adding the home number back to your own contact card and see if the change sticks.
If you have the home number in your own contact info as well as your wife's, Android will display the first contact it finds. Since your 'self' card was probably synced before your wife's card, Android shows your 'self' card as the incoming contact. (Whereas before, you likely added the home number to your wife's contact first, then to your 'self' card later).
There's another android.se question asking a similar question.

Ah, interesting thought - is it alphabetical order or order of being added to the phone? I'll do some testing. Thanks!

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Disable calls and SMS and use only mobile data with active SIM card
I have a Sony Xperia Z1 packed with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. I'm interested if it's possible to setup my phone to not receive any phone calls or SMS.
I would like to use my Internet connection only, and I don't mean WiFi - my mobile ISP connection from the SIM card.
Is this possible? If so, how?

There is one hack by which you can block your incoming calls.
Go to Settings -> Call settings -> Call forwarding
Now Click on Always forward and enable it to forward the calls to a wrong number.
This will ensure that calls will not come to you and the caller get the tone that call is being forwarded and number is wrong.
You can disable Call forwarding anytime you want.
Hope this will help.

I have the same question, but I have to be able to enable and disable phone/sms, quickly and effortlessly, while commuting (so Google Maps keeps working). So digging through settings each time isn't going to dig it.

I don't know about SMS but you can block all incoming calls.
Just go to Settings > Call Settings (under "Device") > Call Blocking and select your preferred settings i.e. Block incoming calls.

Sorry under call settings there is call blocking that is what you need to click on

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Activate text to speech
I want to activate text to speech in Google hangouts in my nexus 5 phone so that messages can be read aloud . I couldn't figure it out. Please guide me.
Can this service be used in Gmail and whatsapp. If yes then how

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It sounds like you talking about TalkBack, the accessibility program that comes with a lot of Android devices.
In order to activate TalkBack (assuming it is installed), open your phone settings, then go to the Accessibility section. Select TalkBack and enable it (and accept the warning that TalkBack will be able to see sensitive information).
After it is enabled, you should look through the settings for TalkBack and configure it to your needs.

Stephen is wrong in a way, Actually Talkback is for differently abled people, or the one's weak at vision, it will read out loud everything, its not what the questioner means. It will not specifically read out elements, and that would be very irritating.

Install Hancent but retain Hangout as the default SMS app.You'll get incoming text in both apps but you'll get nice text to speech in your Bluetooth earpiece when connected.


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How to select file to attach to E-mail from "My Files"
I'm using the stock e-mail client in Android 4.3.  I have a file in my Downloads folder that I want to send in an e-mail.  When I try to attach, it asks me where I want to get the file from.  Most of the apps are unhelpful (Images, Video, Calendar, etc.)  The only one that looks like is helpful is "My Files" which has an icon of a folder on it.  Why it doesn't offer any of the File Managers I have installed, I don't know.
But when I tap on "My Files" and it brings up a file explorer, I can navigate to the Downloads directory, but when I try to select the file to attach, it pops up a new "Complete action using" modal dialog.  If I try to open it with anything, it goes to that app, instead of returning me to the Email app.  There is a Cancel/Done selection in the upper right, but only Cancel is allowed.  What do I need to do to cause a selection (so that the Done option is allowed) without it popping up something that prevents me from completing the action?  I have already looks at the menu (no help) and have tried long tapping (does nothing until I release, then brings up the same modal dialog that a short tap does).

It may be your file explorer isn't written well. You could try to use a different file explorer, such as ES File Explorer.
Or, try going about it from a different way. Instead of using your email program to look for an attachment, use your file explorer to 'share' the attachment, and choose to share it via your email app. It will add the file as an attachment and open your email app. As long as your email client is listed as a possible 'share' app, this should work.
If neither of those work, try getting a new email client. Since the email client isn't showing all of your file explorer apps when selecting to add an attachment, it may have written its own (poorly designed) app selector.

It's apparently the stock explorer built into Android (there isn't any App that has this icon); the two File Explorers (FX and Astro) don't show up.  The "Share" equivalent worked great though, so I'll accept on that.  Thanks!


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How do you get the EmotionSoiD app to load the BIOS?
I downloaded an app called EmotionSoiD which is supposed to be a PS2 emulator for Android here:
https://app.box.com/emotionsoid
I got it and it installed and runs and stuff, but a black screen pops up that says to load the EmotionSoiD BIOS, but it doesn't give an option to do so within the app...
I read another forum and it said that you might have to possibly put the file in the /data folder, but you can't access that without root and I can't risk rooting my phone.
I tried contacting the developer but I can't find any email/etc. What else can I do now????!!!

The app is most likely asking you for PS2's original BIOS files. Usually BIOS files are copyrighted by the manufacturer, and are illegal to distribute.  You will have to do your own research on how to obtain them.
Your best bet of getting developer's support is over at their SourceForge site, which seems to be the origin of the app.


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How to make apps know that I actually have internet /make them not check for wifi etc when I'm reverse tethering?
I've researched the issue of some apps not connecting properly to internet  and it is caused by the apps checking the state of wifi and other standard Android internet connections instead of actually trying to connect to internet which makes them not connect to internet even though the device is connected.
I've also done what the thread at XDADev says with the reverse tether guide:
netcfg rmnet0 dhcp and other netcfg (like wlan0 and p2p0 which appear after you turn on wifi. (They appear as a response to ifconfig.))
How do I fool them?/Make them know I am connected?

The best answer is that you can't. Apps act on their programming and unless you plan to modify significant parts of Android, what you want is not easily done (if at all).


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How to transfer a file from my downloads folder to my media folder? (Nexus 4)
I have downloaded an mp3 I want to use as a ringtone. I don't want to connect my phone (Nexus 4) to my computer, I just want to transfer the file from my downloads folder to the appropriate folder where it can be used as a ringtone. I'd rather not download an app for this. Any suggestions?

Either you can use a root browser like ES Explorer or even easier is to add a folder on SD denoting what you wish to use it for ie. Ringtone, alarm, ui, notification

Add a folder named 'Ringtones' to your SD card.  Add your ringtone files to that folder.
In the same manner add folders named 'Notifications', 'Alarms ' etc


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I have less than 40 apps (including system apps); What else can I remove?
I'm trying to remove as much bloatware as possible, but there is no information about some of them on Google. Here is the list of apps I'm not sure what they are for:

com.android.provision
com.android.keyguard (WHY doesn't it have a name in apps list? After removing it, I couldn't use the S2 home button. The phone has to be rebooted to make it fully removed or installed)
Input Devices
Documents (com.android.documentsui)
Package Access Helper
Market Feedback Agent (Is it for adding your apps to Google Play my apps list?)
HTML Viewer
External Storage (Storage works without it)
Key Chain (Is it for storing passwords?)
Settings Storage (Can't settings store data itself?)
Google Services

Im guessing what some of these apps do but I want to make sure that they don't do something I don't know about

Such questions are often very specific to the device, ROM, and your "personal preferences" – so generic answers are close to impossible. CyanogenMod had lists for that (just google for cyanogen barebones – and you'll find a lot of them, probably not 2 of them identical). Just as much: Remove Google Service, and most Google apps (plus many others) will stop working (properly).

Requirement: Rooted phone Samsung Phone
AccountAndSyncSettings.apk -- NO, Sync settings, this is required, even if out don´t sync, this is because it syncs more than just calendar and contacts, it is the effective sync to your google account, required for just about anything.
ApplicationsProvider.apk -- NO, required for application installation and uninstall.
audioTuning.apk -- ?, not really sure about this one. I guess this is an automatic sound adjustment according to background noise, however I´ve never seen this into effect. If you´re feeling lucky, you can try removing it, however I´ve never monitored this actually showing up resource managers.
AxT9IME.apk -- YES, This is the stock Samsung keyboard. You can remove it, but even if you have swype, swype doesn´t have all of the keyboard layouts. I´d leave it, to my opinion, this is kind of essential.
BadgeProvider.apk -- NO, Something to do with messaging and email. Removing this causes SMS and email related apps to force close. Even if you manage to keep the program open for long enough without it foce closing, you won´t be able to send messages, they´ll just be stuck on "sending".
Bluetooth.apk -- YES, incorrectly named, this apk actually manages the Bluetooth printing rather than the bluetooth itself. If you have no need for bluetooth printing, this won´t ever be missed or will never bother you in any occasion.
BluetoothOPP.apk -- NO, this apk actually manages file transfer between phones. Remove this and you´ll never be able to transfer files. This actually includes streaming music through Car bluetooth and headsets, since they effectively speaking, file transfers.
BluetoothServices.apk -- NO, provides general framework for Bluetooth. If you´re going to use bluetooth for any reason, this apk is a must. Removing this one breaks all other bluetooth applications.
BluetoothTestMode.apk -- YES, this is activated when you need to test the fidelity of your bluetooth. You can do that by going into the test section by typing the secret code ##197328640##. Removing it is possible, however, some BT connections actually test the bluetooth to measure how much data is transfered. This way, it calculates the buffer size it needs to use, and at what quality media can be streamed. Removing it can disrupt communications with those BT terminals or you can experience fade-outs, where while listening to songs, the sound will fade every few seconds, because of inadequate bandwith. (this can occur even with this application left as is, if your BT terminal doesn´t have the auto regulation feature)
Browser.apk -- YES, removing this will make you lose your browsing ability (not internet as a whole). If you have firefox or opera for android, and like those best, you can remove this without any problems.
BuddiesNow.apk -- YES, this is just that widget offered by the TouchWiz launcher. If you don´t use it, remove it.
CallSetting.apk -- NO, do you like to use your phone for... umm calling people? This is kind of essencial, it will allow call setting to be edited. Stuff like call waiting and forwarding will not work if you remove this, as well as other stuff I didn´t have time or willingness to test, as soon as I confirmed dialpad and other things while calling had been disabled.
Camera.apk -- NO, this is the camera application. If you find an alternative one (I don´t think there are any on the market) you could remove it.
CameraFirmware.apk -- NO, this is the actual ROM (if you will) for the camera. Without this, camera.apk is useless.
CertInstaller.apk -- NO, Installs certificates for the apps you install. I assume without this, you cannot give permissions for apps to do things and access certain folders and files. I´m guessing if you don´t have this installed, you couldn´t even install root on your phone. So in short, no.
ClockPackage.apk -- YES, however this controls the alarm clock, stopwatch, world time and timer. There are alternative applications online if you want, but this seems to do the job pretty well and all under the same apk.
Contacts.apk -- NO, this controls the contacts application (the contacts / groups / history / activities tabs). Removing this will make you have to call everyone by physically inputing their number.
ContactsProvider.apk -- NO, this controls contacts sync. Pretty useful if you still don´t use google contacs sync, you should try it. In theory if you don´t use it, you could remove it, but I don´t know what effect it would have on your contacts.
CSC.apk -- NO. This breaks CSC. According to insanity, this can be removed after first successful boot, but if you ever have to hard reset or restore factory settings, this will not allow you to boot successfully.
DataCreate.apk -- NO.
DialerTabActivity.apk -- NO. This controls the dialer. Even if you have all your contacts already stored, you cannot call them without this app.
Divx.apk -- YES. This is some licesing information for the video player. I don´t really watch alot of videos on my phone, but after removing this I´ve never had any problems. If you do remove it, and have problems, post it on the comments.
Dlna.apk -- YES. This is allshare. Never had any use for it, and it shall not be missed.
DownloadProvider.apk -- NO. Handles file downloads and market downloads.
DrmProvider.apk -- NO. In theory, you cannot remove it, it will break your ability to play DRM protected files, aka, Ringtones and SMS notifications. I´ve been in the process of de-DRMing my ringtone files. I would imagine, if you don´t have a reason to play DRM protected files, this could be removed. However keep in mind all DRM protected files will not be able to play. This apk takes up a lot of memory and stays on all the time on the background. It is one of my most hated apks, it serves no function rather than to protect you from copying or editing the stupid samsung ringtones.
DrmUA.apk -- NO, see above.
DualClock.apk -- YES. Dual clock widget. If you don´t need, remove it.
Email.apk -- NO. According to insanity, removing this will break things.Haven´t tried it yet though.
EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk -- YES. This controls that ability to hold the menu button for a second or two and the search menu pop up. I usally keep it.
FactoryTest.apk -- YES. Removed it without any problems. If you have ever run autostarts, you´ll realize how much of a hog this apk really is during some actions.
FlashPlugin.apk -- YES. This allows flash content to be displayed, so even though you can, I don´t recommed it.
FlashSVGPlayer.apk -- YES. As far as I know, this is the player which provides you to view the flash content through the plugin above. Removing this might break your flashplugin.
FMRadio.apk -- YES. Radio player.
Gallery3D.apk -- YES. This is a battery hog. It´s that fancy 3D accelerometer enhanced gallery. If you remove it, you won´t be able to easily access photographs though. If you want a good replacement, I would suggest QuickPic, it does the job, it´s fast and doesn´t hog memory (although its not fancy like the 3D Gallery)
GlobalSearch.apk -- YES. This is the search function on your phone. Remember the Enhanced search this above, well, that actually accesses this to do the search. That can be removed and this will be fine (although you´ll have to access the search feature by the app drawer). But if you remove this, the enhanced search will be useless.
Gmail.apk -- YES. Don´t use gmail? It can be removed, but will break Talk.apk as well.
GmailProvider.apk -- YES. I guess it is tied to gmail.apk. See above.
GoogleApps.apk -- ?. This is didn´t even come installed on my phone, so I guess it´s not that important.
GoogleCheckin.apk -- ? Same as above.
GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk -- YES. Syncs contacts through google. This can be removed, but you won´t be able to sync contacts.
GooglePartnerSetup.apk -- NO.
GoogleSearch.apk -- YES. This is the google search widget you can add onto your launcher desktop.
GoogleSettingsProvider.apk -- NO.
GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk -- ?. Don´t know, this is not on my phone.
GpsSetup2.apk -- NO. This sets up GPS configurations.
gtalkservice.apk -- YES. You might have this as talk.apk or gtalkservice.apk, although it´s all the same thing, it´s Google Talk.
HTMLViewer.apk -- YES. No side effects were noticed when removing this.
HwCodec.apk -- ?. Don´t have this on my phone.
IcsService.apk -- ?. Don´t have this on my phone.
InfoAlarm.apk -- YES. This is the daily briefing widget. Don´t need it remove it.
InputEventApp.apk -- NO.
Layar-samsung.apk -- YES. Layar. Seems awesome on paper. Never has been of any use in reality.
LbsTestMode.apk -- YES. GPS testing mode. Can be accessed via ##197328640##, but not needed per se.
lcdtest.apk -- YES. Removing this will cause your screen to not turn off when you lock your phone. By installing spare parts you can fix this, however if you don´t use spare parts for any other reason, that´s just replacing a passive apk for one that invades your phone on all levels. So I rather just leave it and not worry about it.
LogsProvider.apk -- NO. Lots of things will crash and force close if you do.
Maps.apk -- YES. Google Maps apk. If you don´t use it, remove it, but it is pretty useful, since it has gps navigation as well.
MarketUpdater.apk -- YES. Safe to remove but when the market gets updated you won´t be recieving the update.
MediaProvider.apk -- NO. Needed to access media files and ringtones.
MediaUploader.apk -- YES. This uploads pictures to picassa (facebook as well?). If you don´t need it, remove it.
Memo.apk -- YES. Remove it and you won´t be able to write memos though.
Mms.apk -- NO. This controls MMS sending and recieving on the phone.
MobileTrackerEngineTwo.apk -- YES. This app and the next control the tracker ability on your phone. What this does is if you lose your phone you can use this to track it down and find it. If it gets stolen, you can use this to lead the cops to the thief. Although this is an awesome idea, if you don´t live in a perfect world, it would be wiser not to go after the guy who stole your phone in case he decides to, hum..., go kill you afterwards... Besides, I live in Argentina, and the cops cannot be trusted to do this kind of job... they´ll tell you they can´t do anything. These things stay on memory all the time and really consume battery, so if you don´t care about this feature and really just take care of your stuff, you´ll not be needing these two apps.
MobileTrackerUI.apk -- YES. See Above. I forgot to mention though an extra feature this offers though. If you have these 2 apks installed, you have the samsung apps and singin (you´ll see them later further down), you can use another apk called wipereciever.apk to remotely wipe all the data on your phone, in case you are very privacy concious. However, removing any of these 2 apks, removing samsung apps and not setting up a samsung apps account before your phone gets stolen, this feature becomes disabled. Really in my opinion, its too much stuff to be worried about, and my phone doesn´t contain any nuclear launch codes. So I rely on my lock screen password to protect my data. (Most thieves don´t have the knowhow to crack the lockscreen protection and access the info inside the phone. At most they´ll get bored and might find the info on how to flash a new ROM or reset to factory settings, where your info will be deleted and your privacy sensitive stuff with it).
MtpApplication.apk -- YES. Required to sync with Kies. Do you flash your ROMs rather than update through Kies, this is useless to you then. (Updating through Kies is the equivalent of upgrading from XP to windows 7. It does the job, but it never works as well as installing from scratch.)
MusicPlayer.apk -- YES. This is the music player. If you remove this, you can still preview sounds and stuff through the SoundPlayer.apk. This can be effectively replace by PowerAMP and Winamp. In fact, if you have a stable music player alternative installed, I would recommend you delete this, since it could cause clashes and you might even get both players playing different songs at the same time via Bluetooth.
MyFiles.apk -- YES. This is the default file viewer installed by Samsung. If you use RootExplorer, this is kind of pointless. However, I sometime do things on the go and need to access things fast. I usually use this for everyday use and leave RootExplorer just to do alterations such as what we are doing in this list, so as to not delete important things by accident.
NetworkLocation.apk -- YES. This is the semi-accurate GPS simulation. It uses Cellphone Cell information to estimate your location, rather than using the battery hog GPS antenna. If you remove this, things like automatic weather location will be broken (you´ll have to input your location manually). I usually leave this on, because since it uses the very GSM network used by the phone, it seems like hitting two birds with one stone. Using the real GPS will force you to have two antennas working together. This wastes a lot of battery, and really most of the time the network location does a pretty good job of narrowing down your location. If you use GPS A LOT, I recommed just buying one of those TomToms or Garmin GPS, it has better maps, better accuracy and the very device is optimized to use only the GPS antenna, therefore wasting less battery, and not wasting your phone battery life.
OtaProvisioningService.apk -- NO. According to insanity, this is required. However see wssyncmlnps.apk to get more of an idea.
PackageInstaller.apk -- NO.
Personalization.apk -- NO.
Phone.apk -- NO. Remove this and you won´t have the dialer application. Even though your phone will theoretically work, you just won´t be able to dial out or view missed calls and stuff.
PhoneCrashNotifier.apk -- ?. Don´t know, my phone doesn´t have this.
PhoneErrService.apk -- NO.
Phone_Util.apk -- NO.
PicoTts.apk -- YES. This is part of the text to speech (not speech to text). If you´re blind, this is kind of important, because the phone will read via a a robotic voice things to you. This is also part of the Google GPS application where it will tell you "turn left" "keep right". If you remove this, GPS navigation will work, you just won´t have someone talking to you. If you decide to remove this, remove TtsService.apk as well.
Preconfig.apk -- NO.
RilFactoryApp.apk -- ?. The galaxy 3 seems to be the only phone in the world that has this. Nowhere I have seen is this apk mentioned. I have no idea what this does.
SamsungApps.apk -- YES. Samsung apps, if you remove this, you can remove signin.apk as well. If you remove this, and you manage your music and have apps via Kies, they might not work, however Kies will still connect (if you want to update firmware via Kies). By removing this, your samsung and touchwiz widgets will still work.
SamsungWidget_CalendarClock.apk -- YES. Calendar clock widget.
SamsungWidget_FeedAndUpdate.apk -- YES. Feeds and Updates widget.
SamsungWidget_StockClock.apk -- YES. Stock clock widget.
SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk -- YES. Weather clock widget.
SecDownloadProvider.apk -- NO. I believe this has to do with the maket, so I´d just leave it alone.
serviceModeApp.apk -- NO. Required for secret codes and service tasks, such as those accessed by secret codes.
Settings.apk -- NO. Isn´t settings explicit enough?
SettingsProvider.apk -- NO. Some Carriers will send you settings via sms or internal message. This is mostly for those people who don´t really know how to configure their phone (anyone not reading XDA ). Although it seems banal, it could be useful at some point, and some people have reported things force closing because of this
SetupWizard.apk -- NO. In theory can be deleted after first successful boot. However this could cause problems if you need to factory reset
shutdown.apk -- NO. Tells you your battery is low and manages shutdown notifications.
signin.apk -- YES. See SamsungApps.apk
SisoDrmProvider.apk -- NO. Has to do with the DRM. If you successfully manage to remove DRMUA and DRMService, maybe this can be removed as well. Don´t know, haven´t been able to rid my phone from drm still.
SnsAccount.apk -- YES. Does the feeds sync with facebook and twitter. Without this, you won´t be informed of new tweets of your friends saying "OMG! I´m at the toilet reading cosmo magazine. LOLZ".
SnsProvider.apk -- YES. See above.
SoundPlayer.apk -- YES. This, not to be confused with MusicPlayer.apk plays sounds and previews ringtones. Even though it can be removed, you´ll be pretty limited if you do, since it works a bit faster and to the point than MusicPlayer. It doesn´t genera playlist, history and has no visualization. It just plain to the point plays sounds. Even if you have Winamp, PowerAMP, cubed or whatever I recommend keeping this.
Stk.apk -- YES. You know those annoying menus your carrier offers you, you know, to inform you about your hororscope (no I didn´t misspell it), roaming information or traffic information, making you send a message so they can send you the info back? This is the menu apk for that. Don´t want to download your carrier (payed) games or apps telling you bad jokes? Delete this.
Street.apk -- YES. Streetview for Google Maps. Removing it will not break google maps, but you won´t get to view street pictures.
Swype.apk -- YES. Swype keyboard, and awesome alternative to samsung´s. It does a good job at predicting text, but not essential if you like to manually type all words out.
syncmldm.apk -- YES. Device Management. I read something somewhere but don´t really remember what it was. I deleted this accidentally while trying to delete syncmlds.apk but nothing has broken yet...
syncmlds.apk -- YES. This has to do with the Synchronize page options in the settings menu. If you don´t use it, it has no meaning in your life.
Talk.apk -- YES. Google Talk. There was some chatter about removing this breaking Gmail or the Market. As far as I´ve read, this can be removed, although I still haven´t gotten around to trying it out.
TalkProvider.apk -- YES. See above.
TelephonyProvider.apk -- NO.
thinkdroid.apk -- YES. This is the mobile version of a microsoft office clone. Removing this will not let you open .doc or .xls or .pps on your phone.
TouchWiz30Launcher.apk -- NO. Even though if you use Zeam or LauncherPro or GoLauncher, removing this is kind of dangerous. Let me explain. A while ago when I was a virgin at ODIN flashing and new to the phone, i deleted this because I was using LauncherPRO. I had also deleted something that made my phone force close all the time. I didn´t trust flashing yet, and in my haste, I decided to restore factory settings. The thing is, when you do that, it deletes all non stock apps and reconfigures the phone to use stock apps. When I that, even though the phone booted, I couldn´t access anything, because launchers also control the appdrawer. My phone was literally blank, although if was working. The problem is, if you factory reset, the settings that control your USB connection as MODEM or PDA go back to its original settings. As mine did. So I couldn´t get to anywhere on my phone and couldn´t get my computer to recognize the phone. Until I flashed it via Odin (after a 7 hour desperation overnight, and finding some miracle Samsung USB x64 drivers for mobile phones on a forum) the phone was in effect soft bricked.
If you remove anything from this list and have problems, you can factory reset or prepare you contacts and apps for a flashing via ODIN. If you delete however, you won´t even be able to prepare yourself or backup anything. I wish this upon no one, so I advise keeping this, just to be on the safe side.
TouchWizCalculator.apk -- YES. Calculator app, although can be removed, it´s pretty cool and functional.
TouchWizCalendar.apk -- YES. Calendar app, although can be removed, it´s pretty cool and functional.
TouchWizCalendarProvider.apk -- NO. This has something to do with calendar sync and seems to be the connection between the calendar app and the phone´s internal calendar and date settings.
TtsService.apk -- YES. See PicoTts.apk
TwWallpaperChooser.apk -- YES. Wallpaper Chooser. If you have 3DGallery or QuickPic installed, you can use those to set wallpaper, even though there are some wallpapers (internal to this apk) you won´t get.
UNAService.apk -- ?. I have no idea what this is, and so doesn´t insanity.
UserDictionaryProvider.apk -- YES. You know when you add new words, like names and nicknames to your keyboard prediction? This is where those are kept. Delete this and you´ll have to write like the English Academy of Words wants you to write. LOLZ and WTF won´t be recognized as words and you´ll have to write them out everytime you write them, rather than it being available to you via prediction.
Vending.apk -- NO. Part of the Android Market. Actually this IS the Market.
VideoPlayer.apk -- YES. Video player. Do as you wish.
VoiceDialer.apk -- YES. Allows you to dial by speaking someone´s name. Most people´s names when I say them, tend to return something entirely different from what I was looking for. Sometimes though, it surprises. For some reason this sometimes doesn´t work if you don´t have mobile internet activated, making me believe this actually sends via internet the recording, and an algorith somewhere in the Google empire sends the decodification back... Very ineffective.
VoiceRecorder.apk -- YES. Allows you to record your voice. Some people complain the quality is too low, however I use this as a notepad, rather than writing my to-do list, I speak them. Much faster and much easier. Don´t see why something such as this would need audiophile levels of quality.
VpnServices.apk -- YES. VPN for Android. Perhaps gMote or applications that allow you to control your phone via PC desktop might require this. I don´t , so I delete it, and it doesn´t break anything.
wipereceiver.apk -- YES. Remember mobile tracker? This is the apk that lets you wipe your data remotely.
WlanTest.apk -- YES. Tests wireless settings, via the same test menu mentioned on the above test apks. Required for OTA updates.
WriteandGo.apk -- YES. Write and Go application.
wssomacp.apk -- NO. Required for SMS messaging.
wssyncmlnps.apk -- YES. This is Over The Air Programming. What this does is if your provider decides it has a better way to configure your device or alterations to do to improve something, they´ll send you a message telling to dial such and such number. Your phone will go into download mode and somethings will be updated. My carrier never has done such things, and really I trust the guys from XDA to configure my phone way better than my carrier. I usually remove this.
YouTube.apk -- YES. Since android has limited flash support, this application allows you to take the full youtube experience, rather than having to access youtube through the browser. Delete it if you don´t watch videos.
Source: XDA

+1 Nice. Is there a specific thread on XDA where you got this info, or is it from several threads?

Sorry I dint remember exactly actually I saved this list in my mail for my friend

Im sorry that this doesn't answer any of my questions and some of the things you copied are partially wrong.

I am sorry you asked "What else can I remove" thats why I posted the list. Can you tell what is wrong so I can correct.

There really needs to be a spreadsheet/master list of app names, functions and whether they can be removed, kind of like the WinXP days where sites would show you what services you could safely disable.I have a Huawei phone and spent ages trawling the internet looking for info on packages I can remove.

UPDATE: (will update soon enough)

com.android.provision uninstalled (no issues encountered)
com.android.keyguard (WHY doesn't it have a name in apps list? After removing it, I couldn't use the S2 home button. The phone has to be rebooted to make it fully removed or installed)
Input Devices uninstalled (no issues encountered)
Documents (com.android.documentsui) uninstalled (no issues encountered)
Package Access Helper left it
Market Feedback Agent (Is it for adding your apps to Google Play my apps list?) I left it before because I thought it makes a My Apps list in playstore so you can check for updates but sideloaded apps (like from a backup) never appear in My Apps anyway so I uninstalled (no issues encountered)
HTML Viewer someone supposed it is for better rendering so I guess it is for better html content experience but I uninstalled anyway (no issues encountered)
External Storage (Storage works without it) I* also removed some mediaprovider/whatever stock Gallery app fails to find anything but still opens images when using open with inside file manager so I replaced Gallery with a better alternative
Key Chain (Is it for storing passwords?) (google play still works) uninstalled (no issues encountered)
Settings Storage (Can't settings store data itself?) after freezing Rom was stuck on its animation (confirmed twice restoring to different backup and freezing again to verify if it always does that) so I leave it as it is
Google Services

UPDATE 21st March 21st.Still no issues encountered.


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Will deleting my whatsapp account delete my messages from my contacts phone?
I wanted to know if my messages will still be visible to the people I sent them to in the past when I delete my whatsapp account. I basically want my whatsapp messages to be deleted from their phone.

The messages you sent will still reside in the recipient's Whatsapp even if you delete your Whatsapp account.

The messages will remain on the WhatsApp interface.
Also, there is a history of all conversations in the WhatsApp folder on your internal storage. You may also want to get rid of them, if you don't want backups of all of your messages.
Basically, once you send a message to someone they receive it and it goes to their storage, so you cannot delete those.

No they wont be deleted and stored in a private whatsapp directory. When you again Install whatsapp it will search for that content and if found you can reload all your contents with news version installed. And you do not have whatsoever any control on the messaged that you have already sent to other users they are stored locally on their side So just deleting your account does not make them vanish from other users device.

Did this changed recently? There was a number a chatted with and it seems they pulled the plug on their number and now I can't find the old conversations.

@htellez lot of things have changed with WhatsApp recently. So I won't be surprised if it has but if you have a cloud backup enabled for your whatsapp account you should be able to retrieve all the emessages.

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How can I use Samsung Apps in CyanogenMod 11?
I got my Galaxy S4 today (i337M), it's wayyy better than my old SII hehe.
I immediately removed the stock Bell firmware and put the latest snapshot available from CyanogenMod.
I'm wondering if it's possible to convert apps like S Planner, S Note, S Health to CyanogenMod.
Current stock android version available for i337M is 4.2.2.
Latest Android version for CM is 4.4.
If I install CM 4.2, can I import/install the APKs and then upgrade to 4.4?
Hope you'll be able to help me :)

Or if you know good alternative to those? (Because what's the point installing CM if I install all the stock crap coming with the phone lol)

Most Samsung apps will not work on CyanogenMod because they are TouchWiz-based. CyanogenMod is AOSP-based. You would need to flash a stock ROM, or any custom ROM that is TouchWiz-based.

Oh I see - and that make sence... even if it's stupid haha. Thanks for clarifying that :)

its about kernel. There are stock based touchwiz kernels and other cwm based kernels.
But for some phones like my old N7000 there are hybrid kernels too thanks to some XDA devs.


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Where is the iTunes equivalent for Android?
I have searched this forum with no success for a few days, I apologize if this question has already been answered.  I am a new Android user, switching from an iPhone to a Galaxy Note 3 with Ice Cream.  I have tried using Samsung Kies 3 to replace the features I had with iTunes with no success.   It reports complete syncs, but the information is not complete.  It does not allow the user to manipulate the screens and organize apps the way iTunes allows.  I am looking for software that has all the features of iTunes.  I have found a few that are loaded with ads and very few features.  So far, I have not found any app that allows me to manage apps in terms of updates. Google could have an app that can handle the basic needs of an Android user.  I have not been able to find this.  Your help is appreciated.

Questions asking us to find or recommend an app, device, ROM, accessory or off-site resource are off-topic for Android Enthusiasts as they tend to attract opinionated answers and spam and become obsolete quickly. Instead, describe your situation and the specific problem you're trying to solve.

You won't find a good "iTunes for Android" for your desktop computer, because Android was designed from the start to eliminate that dependency on a desktop computer. An iPhone uses a protocol that only iTunes understands, so iTunes is the only way to get music and photos onto it (Originally, you had to install apps through iTunes too: there was no App Store on the iPhone itself.)
In contrast, Android phones use MTP to act like any media player device, so they show up as a drive on your desktop computer. (Originally they used the USB mass storage protocol, but that approach had shortcomings.) You can just drag and drop files onto the phone, or you can use a more specific piece of software.
For example, if you want to put music on your phone, and you don't want to drag and drop files, there's a choice of music software that support syncing to non-iPhone music players, including Android phones. Rhythmbox and Clementine are two examples.
Similarly, if you want to put some photos on there, you can just drag-and-drop them if your folders are neatly organised on your desktop computer, or you can use a photo manager like Shotwell or Geeqie.
In your question, you say:

Google could have an app that can handle the basic needs of an Android user. I have not been able to find this.

and the answer to that is that you've been looking in the wrong place! If you want to organise your home screens and install, update, and remove apps, don't run to your desktop computer: the place to look is on your phone. All that functionality has been on Android phones right from the start, so there's no need for a huge "manage my phone" program on your desktop.

Dan - good answer, but... Apple and iTunes has stuff scattered everywhere. Its not really possible to sync music, movies, books, etc from a Mac or MacBook to an Android device. You would waste days traversing the file system moving on piece at a time.

iTunes can never be found nor used in Android phones. It is "only" meant for Apple users. Unlike Apple gadgets, Android only can manage the content of their phone via their phone only, there's no trick or there's no app available to do it just like what iTunes does. That makes Apple and Android very different. I used both Apple and Android and the truth is, I love managing Android more than Apple, it's less complicated and I don't have to worry about syncing most of the time.
Samsung Kies only is used for you to sync your phone to a computer, it won't do you anything else. You have a nice phone, Galaxy Note 3, why not try to explore it and maybe you'll realize it's much easier to use than your phone before? :-)

Samsung Phone has its default management tool such as Samsung Kies, HTC has Sync manager, but  if you find Samsung Kies crashed from time to time, you can find its alternatives. The free web app AirMore is the iTunes equivalent for Android. Simply use your browser to connect your device and PC.

Although I made the edit and removed the unnecessary info and the promotion link  the answer still feels a spam.

I would say the your best option would be Wondershare Tunesgo. It costs a little bit of $$$ but it's worth it. I believe they have a free trial version to see if it's a fit for you.


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Error 492 in Google Play Store
I have android 4.0 and I am getting Error 492 while downloading any app from Play Store. I have tried resetting my SDCard and doing Factory Reset.
I have HCL ME U1 Tablet and It isn't rooted and I don't want to do the same.

Is this stock ROM, or custom ROM like CyanogenMod?

What do you mean by 'resetting your SD Card'?

I had the same error and did some research on it. Here is what I could find out.
This error seems to be a little mysterious as it comes and goes. I've tried many things from several forums but in the end, waiting solved the problem. It just disappeared from one day to another and I wasn't the only one experiencing this phenomena. Some even say it's a problem on the side of Google.
If you want to take action, here are the steps I could find and have tried:

Unlink your Google Account from the phone. Do so in the Account Settings
In the Application Manager, find the Play Store and delete data and caches
Relink your Google Account
If that did not help and if it is possible on your Phone: Delete the Dalvik Cache, which stores information about the apps and the structure. Do so by booting into maintenance mode -> Option 'Advanced' -> 'Delete Dalvik Cache'
While you are there, you might want to wipe the Cache Partition
I have not tried this and on an unrooted phone it might not be possible, but several people said it helped them to delete the ".android_secure"-file with a file browser though I am not sure about the consequences of this.
If all fails, wait for a couple of days (which worked for many people I've heard of including myself).

I hope this could help you.

Helped me a Lot!

We have some more simple fixes which might help you out in fix the Google Play Store 492 Error.
try the below quick fixes before you attempt to do it the hard way.

Reinstall the Google play store application.
Uninstall any of the recently installed app.
Downgrade Google play store application to lower version.
Remove application cache.
Switch Google Play store accounts.
Remove the SD card and try opening the application.
Simply Reboot your android phone (Yup, sometimes that's all it takes :P )

Hope this helps.


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Synchronising files over SSH
I have an SSH server providing access to my files at home, secured by a private key.
I'd like to be able to synchronise those files with my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy Note, running Cyanogenmod 11 (Android 4.4.2).  I need two-way synchronisation: edits and deletes on the phone should be synchronised to the server, and edits and deletes on the server should be synchronised to the phone.
Ideally, this tool would run in the background, but I would be able to trigger it manually if required.
Does such a tool exist?  I've been unable to find one either in the Play Store or F-Droid.

3 and a half years later and still no solution for this simple task. None of the software from answers are working/maintained today.

@madneon I've added a new answer: https://android.stackexchange.com/a/186319/56413

thanks for mentioning, but it seems Syncthing requires installing peer2peer agents, which doesnt suits me.

Revisiting this after several years, I've found a solution that works across all my devices (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Android): Syncthing
It provides free (as in speech, and as in beer), secure, and easily installed peer to peer file synchronisation.  Literally does everything I want, out of the box.

And if you want a tool with a nice GUI, take a look at FolderSync. It not only offers SSH, but plenty of additional protocols – including Samba, FTP, and a bunch of cloud services (yes, even ownCloud). More alternatives can be found in my list here.

Rsync is a great utility that can synchronize files using SSH, which I personally and at work for backups.  Looks like there is an app available in the Play Store called rsync backup for Android.
EDIT: Also if you want a more Linux-y type solution, CM has busybox included, which I believe has rsync. Looks like this guy has a setup that seems similar to what you want.  Check out his blog post.

I ended up choosing Unison, which supports Linux, FreeBSD, Windows and Android - the full set of OSs I use on a regular basis.
See https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/65691/synchronising-files-over-ssh for my replacement for Unison.


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nexus 4 “storage space running out” issue
I'm using Nexus 4 which is not rooted.
My phone started to giving me the low memory warning after have lot pic n video recording. I deleted stuff of about 400 MB, but still when I try to install an app, even very small ones, I get an error saying could not be installed, free up some space and try again.
Any suggestion how can solve this issue?

Have you looked at https://android.stackexchange.com/tags/insufficient-memory/info?

yes...I deleted some of app and even media files also...n then restart device as well..it is showing some 400 MB available...but still problem is same...any suggestion?


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Brightness below system minimun
Is there tool or application that can set the brightness of the screen below the system minimum?

Use screen filler pro

My personal favorite for this task is ScreenFilter, which is completely free (no ads, even) and has Tasker integration.

Yes there are a dozen of them, go to the below link and download the app.
Vote up and choose answer if I helped :D
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Mobile data is not working after missed call
I have this strange issue in Sony Xperia U. Currently I am using 6.1.1.B.1.100 bulid ICS 4.0.4. There is no option in mobile network to select 2g or 3g or 2g/3g. All I have is Use only 3g networks in my settings. But I managed to select 2g network from the code *#*4636#*#* (Phone info) and select GSM only in Select prefferred network type.
But the problem is this when I am using 2g data( to save juice) whenever I get a missed call after that my mobile data is unavailable( I know unlike 3g in 2g you cant use data during voice call but this is after the missed call). This is not happening if I am in 3g and only for missed calls alone.
The only way I am able to use the data again is I have to enable 3g again and change back to 2g.
Is this normal? Any workaround for this? I didnt find this when I am using previous build.

A typical A-GPS-enabled receiver will use a data connection (Internet or other) to contact the assistance server for aGPS information. If it also has functioning autonomous GPS, it may use standalone GPS, which is sometimes slower on time to first fix, but does not depend on the network, and therefore can work beyond network range, and without incurring data usage fees. Some A-GPS devices do not have the option of falling back to standalone or autonomous GPS.

What does aGPS have to do with the original question?


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Reinstalling Windows Phone to Android
Is it possible to change phone OS from Windows Phone to Android?

All my research tells me mainly **No**. There are ways of doing this on older Windows Mobile Phones, and on full-fat x86 Windows tablets (not 'RT'), but there seem to be no ways of doing so on Windows 7/8 phones for levels early-adopter or higher. The reason for the unusual wording of the previous sentence is that I am almost positive that this is doable, but would require some serious, pioneer-level hardware/software chops, as very few people have a motivation to make this work.
For Google and Microsoft, the conflict is obvious. Each would rather you buy a phone from their partners, and then use their services. Android phone geeks would likely consider it not worth the effort, as they would have to illegally hack the Windows phone to figure it out (their internal bits are proprietary), and Android devices of almost any category can now be had for less than $200. Windows phone geeks face the proprietary thing, plus they would rather you use Windows Phone OS.
The last time I saw a real effort to port Android to a device less popular than IOS and Windows Desktop was the HP Touchpad running WebOS. This was a 10' tablet selling for $99 in a fire sale, when most/all other tablets cost $400+. So there was a real value motive involved.
If your phone is "Windows Mobile", (read: several years old), there likely are ways of installing older versions of Android on it. But most of them are device-specific, so I would need to know more to help you out.
Bottom line: probably not worth the effort, even on the outside chance that I could send you a list of instructions that a non-professional could understand and carry out.

I asked for this not because I consider the OS change, it was just the curiosity. Thank you for your answer, it leaves no other questions to answer in this topic for me.


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No 3G connection in HTC Desire 500
I am not able to receive 3G network (the area has excellent 3g coverage) on my HTC desire 500. I have activated 3g on my carrier. It receives only EDGE 'E' Symbol but when I select WCDMA only the symbol changes to G for few seconds and entire network is lost, I tried with two different carriers. Should I need to add more details like my carrier name , APN settings for this question ?

ok seems like folks share there carrier name mine is TATA DOCOMO , I tried with Airtel too but same issue. Phone was brought in India and not in US.

You select WCDMA only and in network operator try changing manual and also simultaneously search in another 3g enabled phone. Check whether you able to see your mobile operator name.

@above no doesn't work

what doesn't work? Can you able to see the operator name in your phone? What about the other? Is both phones showing the same operator name


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How can I recover Samsung Galaxy contacts?
I lost all of my Samsung Galaxy contacts by accident. Is it possible to recover my Samsung Galaxy Contacts? How can I restore contacts from Samsung Galaxy? I've tried many way, but doesn't work.

We probably need more information than this in order to help you. What are some of these "many way" you've tried to recover your data?

Is your phone synced to your Google account? If yes, go to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?pli=1#contacts then click on the "More" button and select "Restore Contacts".
Google saves all changes that were made to your contacts in the last 30 days.


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White Background In Landscape Text Input
I'm sorry to bother you but I couldn't find anything anywhere on this:
I installed CM a couple of days ago on my Samsung i9305 (Galaxy S3 LTE - CM stable release 10.1.3 based on Android 4.2.2) and so far am very happy about it. There is one thing to annoy me though and I couldn't find a way to change it.
I'm using my phone a lot to write, especially when it's dark, so naturally I've chosen dark themed text editors.
On portrait, text input is as it should, I can write simply within the dark themed app.
As soon as I put the phone in portrait mode (which is desired for longer texts), I get this awful white text input thing popping up with the "done"-button on its side which really takes me out of it (Form editor?).
I have searched the settings high and low, tried changing the theme and have tried installing other keyboards (which has nothing to do with it but it was worth a shot) but no success.
Is there any way to get rid of that function?
It may be possible for it to just be an Android 4.2.2 feature, which I would find odd since it breaks the immersion into an app, so the question remains.
Thank you very much for your effort.

I assume you have a screen like this one? There's a way to disable the so called "fullscreen landscape keyboard". Some custom roms have feature an option by default, but not CyanogenMod.
What you could try is to download the Xposed Framework and disable that fullscreen landscape keyboard through Xposed Modules like "Gravity Box" or "XBlast Tools".
Those two modules also feature a lot of other useful tweaks.
I hope I understood you correctly and that this will be helpful.
EDIT: Those two modules I mentioned above may be a bit confusing at first. So I would rather recommend this module instead: No Fullscreen Keyboard Xposed - Android Apps on Google Play

That's an idea, thanks! I've actually used XPosed on my phone before installing Cyanogenmod but have never needed these mpdules specifically. I'll try right now.

This answer is correct, though "No Full Screen Keyboard" didn't do the job. XBlast did it! Thank you very much.

You're most welcome!


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Odin detecting Galaxy S plus only in Ramdump Mode
I have a Galaxy S plus (GT I9001), I installed Tiger Jelly Bean recently, which was working fine. But phone was lagging a lot so I decided to install the stock rom again. I installed Kies(latest version) with drivers and connected my phone to my PC, but it was not detected by Odin. Every time I got Samsung Composite USB Device driver installation failed. So I searched and installed drivers from Here and Here . But they didn't worked either. I tried again after changing USB Cable but still no luck. Then I installed Kies in my Laptop and tried to connect the phone. Still it wasn't recognized.
Things were not working with downloading mode and Stock rom tar file cannot be flashed with recovery mode. So I searched a converter for .tar to flash able .zip file and found THIS. I installed this tool and tried to convert the tar file to zip. Didn't noticed that it require knowing "Mount Point", so I converted the tar file to zip without changing the mount point and copied the file to internal storage of phone and flashed the zip file. After that phone restarted , and stuck at Samsung Logo.
New I can't even to recovery Mode, nothing happens when I keep Pressing Vol Up + Power. Phone starts and stuck at samsung logo. Odin was already not detecting the phone so I tried connecting the phone on Ramdump Mode and some how drivers were installed and odin detected it correctly. But odin can't flash phone in ramdump mode so it didn't worked.
So now the problems I am facing are:
1- Phone is stuck at samsung logo, can't go in recovery mode.
2- Odin not detecting phone in downloading mode.
Is there something what I can do to fix this?
Please help!
Thank you.

Did you uninstall Kies before trying the drivers from the first link you posted?

Yes I did, I uninstalled Kies and then installed the driver.

@ygssoni, could you remove all the drivers for your phone. You can use this link for reference. Then restart the PC and try reconnecting the device. It might detect, if not re-install the drivers from your link. It might work.

@ygssoni uninstall the kies or be sure there is no process of kies is running then use ODIn otherwise ODIN will not work. Also press the VolDown+Home+Power button to start the phone in download mode.

I also faced the same problem in my phone, when I flashed a wrong Rom. But I had USB Jig which reset my phone to Download mode automatically. Then I was able to flash with ODIN.
Try using USB Jig (you can buy it on eBay) to force your phone into Download mode.

I can go into download mode, but the problem is sometime the phone is detected ,some times not.And when it is detected the odin always stuck at check plcatform verification

There are different boot combos for different galaxies.
On my phone it is up + home + power. Sometimes I have to hold it for almost two minutes for some reason.
If you cant boot injto recovery then boot into bootloader/downloadmode and flash there with .exe like odin or heimdall.On my phone down home power  boots into bootloader.
Make sure the drivers are newest from samsung official site

I can go into download mode, but the problem is sometime the phone is detected ,some times not.And when it is detected the odin always stuck at check plcatform verification

When I first rooted my galaxy It had detection problems and when it would magically somehow detect my phone the flashing wouldn't finish; often because of an error.I fixed it by using the latest available version which was 3.09 at the time (not some outdated 1.85) and using latest drivers from official samsung  site. IF you don't have root the file you are flashing via odin or recovery or anything else needs to be signed otherwise it will be rejected SO you flash a signed file that will enable you to flash unsigned files like roms kernels audio engines anything you want

If above doesn't work try the same but with Heimdall instead of ODIN


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How to permamently change partition attributes?
I've a rooted phone. I want /system partition to be rw on every boot. Partition's attribues are defined in /fstab.<model_name> file. It seems that this file gets restored to the original version after each reboot -- my changes are discarded by the OS. How can I prevent that?

Have you tried modifying /system/etc/vold.fstab instead? I believe that is loaded on boot.

@Chahk: I don't have this file on my device.

Must be for older Android OS versions then. Are you running 4.4+?

@Chahk: <4.3 ver.


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What is actually Move To SD Card?
I recently moved  Dead Trigger 2 to my SD storage, but when I open my file explorer it still shows that Dead Trigger 2 is in my internal storage. When I checked my storage details it is showing only a 10MB difference, so I'm totally confused about the 'Move To SD storage' concept. I thought moving a 486MB game to SD storage is actually moving a 486MB game to SD storage, but my recent experience proves that I'm wrong. What is really meant by "Move To SD"?

There are different approaches to App2SD, which are briefly explained in our app2sd tag-wiki. The App2SD built-in to Android only moves parts of the app to SDCard, while other parts (e.g. the app's data and its dalvik cache) remain on internal storage. How much (or what percentage) gets moved varies from app to app – which is what you experience in the described case. Moreover, an app needs to explicitly support this mechanism.
There are different other approaches pre-installed with some custom ROMs (such as App2SD+), or separately installable on rooted devices (such as link2sd or Data2SD) trying to fill this gap; to completely move an app out of internal storage, one often has to use combinations of at least two of those tools.
Please see the linked tag-wiki for closer details.


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Will restoring WhatsApp chats from a backup also restore blocked contacts' chats?
If I want to restore my conversations on WhatsApp and I'm reinstalling it from the latest backup, will the conversations with the blocked contacts appear? Will the blocked contacts continue to be blocked?

Yes, restoring from backup (like with Titanium Backup) will restore all conversations. App settings will be restored as well, so blocked contacts should stay blocked.

Thank you! Which means that they will still be blank? because basically if i "cleared the conversation" and then i blocked the user, even after a restore, the chats will be blank?

The chats should be in the same state as when the backup was made. So if you cleared them, they should be clear.

The blocked numbers don't have any relation with restoring backup or not. They're stored online. So, even if you don't restore the backup, the numbers will be there in the blocked list.

chats are stored locally too

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Battery Life of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with andriod 4.4
Since the update on my Note 3, I have noticed a decrease in battery life. So my questions are, does the 17% increase in performance come in a decrease in battery life? Is it 4.4 using up more processing on my mobile CPU? What can I do to help with the battery life other than reverting back to 4.3?
Note: The Note 3 I posses is the T-Mobile version. Also I thank everybody in advance for the contribution of this post.

While waiting for a specific answer, you might wish to consult our battery-life tag-wiki, which gives some useful hints and first-aid.

I have the same device, and I also had battery-drain issues. The solution was to disable Location Reporting.

Android Menu -> Location > Location Reporting.
Turn them all off (one per account on the phone).

This increased my battery life almost three-fold and solved other issues that I was having with the device.


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Cyanogenmod 10 on Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562
Can I flash CM on my Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562? I would like to know if it's possible!
Thanks

Have you checked on XDA developers for your device or googled around? It seems you can, but be sure it's the EXACT model of device http://thedroidarea.com/samsung-galaxy-s-duos-upgrade-to-cyanogenmod-10-1-jellybean-4-2-1/

Will it support dual SIM options??? (I am not sure). Moreover, I was asking because I could not find out if it is really supported or not. I had also flashed CM to my two previous mobile phones without encountering issues.... I might do a backup and check if it works!

I've no way of knowing if it will work, it will have to be the EXACT SAME model, to the letter, otherwise it'll just brick. Glad you mentioned backup! That's the key bit really! Frankly CM builds outside of stable release are very buggy and prone to many issues, by their very nature, and a browse of the tag alone will show you how many problems people are having with it!


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How to do reset/wipe on galaxy nexus with encrypted data
My galaxy nexus, rooted, open bootloader, was running cyanogen mod 10.2 with encrypted data.  I tried to wipe and sideload 11 maguro onto it, and install hung on fixing fs_size in crypto footer.
On rebooting it hung on the cyanogen face.  I wiped a few more things and tried to put 10.2 back on and now the encryption password does not work anymore. So I cant boot the device.
I saw that a total wipe and restart is possible, but Im not sure how.  Sideloading another ROM I am guessing wont help anyway since I cant boot past the encrytion screen as my password is not being accepted.
When I boot into recovery I use clockworkMod Recovery v6.0.4.7
What is the best method to start again with my device, to get some type of OS working on it?
My options from my recovery menu
- reboot
-install zip
- wipe data/factory reset  (next menu only asks to wipe data)
- wipe cache partition
- backup and reestore (all involving the /sdcard which it cant mount)
-mounts and storage (the next menu does allow for format /system & /factory - but not sure what that will do?)
- advanced (reboots and logs)

If you can, boot into fastboot by holding down both volume keys and pressing the power key, then start recovery and do a factory reset.

yes I can get into recovery mode, but my recovery gives me 7 options.  One is wipe/factory reset.  but that menu just says this will wipe all user data no yes or go back.  The yes fails to mount a few drives and basically does nothing...  Is there another way to do a factory reset?

I was able to install the TWRP recovery image which I found better than the clockwork.  The factory reset failed, but I wiped everything including the encryption, and then the factory reset worked.


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Calendar read aloud feature
How can I make the Calendar read out its notifications and reminders out-loud? 3rd-party apps would be acceptable too.

Talking Calendar Reminder App, Hongi Apps claims to do that.

Speaks aloud calendar event reminders and alarms

I haven't used it, but a search in the play store turned that up.

Please link the app in future and quote the reason for recommending it. That's the way to do it on our site. Thanks

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How can I toggle email notification setting on/off?
I use my phone for emergency notification of critical systems 24/7.  So when I sleep, I can't just put my phone on "Silent", I must mute only my eMail notification (which I do need on when I'm not sleeping).  In this way, SMS emergency messages always go through.
But to do this, I have to press: , , , ,  and then a silent ring tone.
Is there not a simple toggle?  I've tried to make use of apps "MyProfile" and "Notification Toggle", but they don't offer toggles into the eMail system settings.
I am using a new Samsung Galaxy Victory Model SPH-L300 with Android V4.1.2.
How do I get to toggle the notification of incoming email?

Gmail app? Outlook? Samsung stock email app?

Stock Samsung eMail app, but I'd be happy to change to another if that would help!  My eMail server is MS-365.

outlook app offers settings to silent notification based on time

Can you elaborate as to why you only want incoming email notifications disabled and not other notifications from the app? If I understood you correctly you won't be satisfied with disabling the notifications for the email app or would you?

Toggling "Sync" on/off does what I need - blocks eMail update (even pushed updates) yet still allows in my SMS for emergencies to get through.


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Disable phone calls while in certain apps
I have lots of games on my phones, and they tend to have to restart when an incoming call comes in, even while hitting the Ignore button. Is there a way, on a rooted stock Android phone to set certain apps to block incoming calls, so the foreground app does not get interrupted? I am aware of Airplane mode, but that would require me to wait for it to activate, then turn my WiFi/Mobile Data back on, then go into the game, then remember to turn it back off.
Optionally, if I could set one or two phone numbers that could interrupt (i.e. Work or the spouse), that would be awesome too. My goal is that my phone knows not to disturb me if I'm in the middle of a game, without hitting 3 or 4 buttons before launching into the game, and remembering to disable something after leaving the game.

With the latest build of Cyanogen Mod based off of Android 5 Lollipop, incoming notifications will not end the games. A drop down bubble that is easily dismissed is all that appears.

Nope I dont thing there is an app to do that. The game developer has to build a game such away that when game starts airplane mode has to start or even a setting for to change airplane mode on/off. As far as I know apps cannot block incoming calls.
Workaound is you can try Callcontrol and schedule the time to block calls

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Update work address
I configured my work address and now I can't change it. Sometimes Now shows me: "15 minutes to work" and the route, but it is the old one.
In and older version of Android you could just hold for a sec on location settings, but now you can only enable/disable and see which apps requested permission to my location.
Update: using CyanogenMod 11 (android 4.4.2 KitKat).

Install Google Maps.
Under Settings from Menu select ' Edit Home or Work'

Thanks, that is exactly what i needed. Not the first place I'll look at, but makes sense.


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Google Now, gives walking directions for car rides
Google Now likes to tell me how to get somewhere on time, except it tells me how to do it by walking and suggests I leave 3-6 hours earlier than I should to realistically reach a destination. How do I change the directions from walking mode to driving mode or public transportation or other.
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Music files become unplayable after transferring to SD card
I am currently using Sony Xperia L. After I transfer MP3 files from internal storage to a SD card using the option from settings, the files become corrupted and can not be played. What will be the problem and how can I solve it?

options from which settings

Sounds like your card may be defective. I had a similar problem a few weeks ago. Try testing it with h2test2 ( http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/H2testw.shtml). Note that you will have to format the card first (quick format is fine), and it may take an hour or two.


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How to manually change default save location to phone storage
My phone Iocean X7S has opportunity to save apps to either internal storage, phone storage or external SD-card. However, I can't use phone storage as apps saving location. There is Phone storage and SD card opportunities in Settings -> Storage -> 'Default write disk' . However, whichever I choose as primary, there doesn't happen anything. If external SD card is mounted, there is "Move to SD card" button in apps and a tab 'SD card' in Settings -> Apps. If I unmount SD card, there disappears opportunity to choose primary save location, SD card tab and button to move app another location. However, there reads 'Phone storage app 0.00B' and 'Phone storage data 0.00B' in apps instead of 'SD card app and data' when SD card is unmounted. So I think it is some kind of software issue.
I have tried factory reset different ways without any result, there is still only opportunity to keep apps in internal storage or SD-card. In \storage\sdcard0 is external SD-card and \storage\sdcard1 is phone storage.


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Is it possible to run a PS2 emulator through Android's DVM?
I have heard some random posts from people on forums claiming that Android's Dalvik Virtual Machine can't handle something of the magnitude of a PS2 emulator, such as this one ported somewhat.
Is this true?
Are there obvious limitations to a massive program running under Dalvik, or the DVM's workload?
With the obvious limitation being the hardware and most devices having major trouble with this for that very reason, is there any software aspect that may limit this, in short?

It's not a matter of Dalvik being incapable of running certain types of programs, it's a matter of performance.
Any runtime system based on non-native bytecode (e.g. Dalvik, JVM, .NET CLR) incurs some performance overhead in translating the bytecode into a form that the CPU can run.  For most apps this isn't a problem, since most apps do relatively little CPU work and spend most of their time just waiting for input.  But an emulator is typically a CPU-intensive program, so it's often better to implement it using native code, which doesn't incur the overhead of running on Dalvik.

Dalvik does effectively limit the maximum size of a program, in terms of the number of Java classes and methods you can have. I don't know any emulators written in Java, so I don't know if they would be too big or not, but that reveals a more important point: you wouldn't write an emulator in Java anyway.
Most emulators are written in C or C++, often with the crucial parts in the assembly language of the host platform for maximum efficiency in the inner loop. You would do this on Android just like on any other platform: Android apps don't have to be written in Java. If you don't write the emulator in Java, it doesn't matter what Dalvik can and can't do. So there's no reason at all you couldn't have a PS2 emulator on Android.


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How to make chrome not swallow bluetooth play/pause event?
On my nexus 5, when listening to music, I can pause it on my headset by pressing the pause / play button.  It seems to work regardless of what app in focus.  Unless that app happens to be chrome.
The same follows for starting music (same button).  If I am browsing the web and hit this button it does not work.  It seems like chrome is swallowing this event somehow.
How can I prevent this from happening?

The foreground activity gets the first opportunity to handle the event. You've already observed that Chrome swallows it. What more do you want to know?

Hi @DanHulme I have reworded the question.  I want to know how to work around this problem.  I thought there might be a setting somewhere, but I have been unable to find it, if it exists.

I'm afraid I don't have a solution. I think the only answer might be "report it to Google and wait for them to fix it".


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updated Cyanogenmod 10.2 to 11 and now can't access sdcard0
Hey guys hoping someone can help me with this:
I just updates Cyanogenmod from 10.2 to 11 on a Samsung Galaxy S2 and I can not seem to access SD card 0. The camera does not cuntion and in the file viewer sdcard 0 acts like an empty folder.
In clockwork mod I can see that my files are still there I just can't seem to access them (its like the os doesn't have read/write access or its unmounted).
I have tried: - reverting back - mounting the sd card manually in clockworkmod then booting - soft reset - hard reset - clearing data and resetting phone to factory through clockwork
I am out of ideas. Anyone know this? By googling I can see this is not an uncommon issue but I did not find a solution that helped

Did you format partition while installing cm11? Also can you check in Settings-> Storage. Do you have SDcard listed there?

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Windows 8.1 drivers for low end device
I have a low end device I'm trying to connect to my Windows 8.1 laptop. The device has no markings and was purchased by a friend of a friend (I think it was one of those cheap Groupon buys) and I don't have the manufacturer info as of this time.
Currently in Windows Device Manager, it is showing up in Other Devices as Android. The device status says

The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28).

Windows couldn't automatically find an updated drive and the generic Google drivers didn't work either.
Does anybody know where else to go about finding drivers that  may work?
Here is the information that is available via Settings->About tablet:

Model number: MID
Android version: 4.0.4
Baseband version: 2.1rc
Kernel version: 3.0.8+
tt@tt-System-Product-Name #68
Mon Aug 5 13:36:51 CST 2013
Build number: nuclear_evb-eng 4.0.4 IMM76D 20130725 test-keys

It's very similar (looks the same, specs are a little diff) to this generic tablet

I was able to use a Samsung driver.

Go to Device Manager, find the Android device, and select Update Driver Software.
Select Browse my computer for driver software
Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
Select ADB Interface from the list
Select SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface (this is a signed driver). If you get a warning, select Yes to continue.
Done!

For good measure, I ran adb kill-server and adb start-server. Then when I ran adb devices I finally saw a device listed so I fired up IntelliJ and all is good in the world again!


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Samsung Galaxy S Captivate stuck at the boot screen
I have a Galaxy S Captivate and it has been problematic ever since. I flashed various stock roms (with and without bootloaders) in download mode and the phone always gets stuck at the boot screen (AT&T logo).
Here is a video posted by someone else which shows the same problem I'm facing.
I'm guessing that I messed up the bootloader and I need to reflash/fix it somehow but can't seem find a specific targeted tutorial/guide for this issue. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.


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I flashed Samsung Galaxy S and now it won't start beyond logo screen
I was trying to install Cyanogenmod and after the step in which I went into download mode and moved mod to SD card and do "hermidal zimage" which opened up Hermidal in which everything was successful; no errors and stuff.
Now about Zimage to be renamed recovery.img...that step I didn't do. Because that made no sense; first in the guide it said rename it if you are a Windows user but later on it says to use a file named that, so I had to rename it to the original. But I don't think this is the problem.
I can't get into recovery mode, or start it normally. What I can do is go in download mode.
Whenever I start it, it just shows a big "S" and  the Samsung logo and stays stuck at that boot screen.
It keeps flashing and then just stops flashing but after that the boot logo stays there.

If, as you say, you can get into download mode (Odin), then you can use the Odin desktop app to re-flash the stock firmware. I encountered the same symptoms multiple times for different reasons, and re-flashing the stock firmware fixed it.
The process is a bit tedious but not too complicated:

Download and install the Odin desktop app.

Obtain the firmware files. You can get them from samfirmware.com. For most Galaxy S4 models you can find them through GalaxyS4Root.com, which I find quicker. (You don't need an account to download, you just need to solve the advertising Captcha at the bottom.)

Boot your device to Odin mode by holding the volume down button, menu button, and power button. Add the power button to the combination last, and hold for a few seconds, until you see the warning that says A custom OS can cause critical problems..., then press the volume up button, which should bring up a screen that says Downloading...Do not turn off target!:

Connect the device to the computer with a USB cable. The Odin app on the computer should print the message Added!! in the message area in the lower left corner.

Click the PDA button, and browse to the firmware file with an .md5 extension (you may need to unzip the file you downloaded in step 2). Odin will go through a verification process. If you get an error message about a version mismatch, that means your .md5 file is for the wrong build number. The filename should include the build number (e.g. I545VRUNFNC5). If you don't know the build number—and obviously can't find out because you can't boot the device—just try all the firmware files available for your model.

Click Start. On the device, you should see some messages in red text (START followed by some numbers in brackets), and a blue progress bar. Wait for the process to complete and restart the device.

Be very careful to make sure the process is not interrupted!. If that happens, you can brick the phone (and I mean truly brick it; it's only soft-bricked at this point). Use a computer that's plugged into a power source, make sure your USB connection is not loose, and walk away from the general area until it's finished. Maybe leave the house and take a drive somewhere to make sure the vibrations of your footsteps don't disturb the connection. If that sounds exaggerated, that may be because I'm going through the pain of an interrupted firmware flash as I type this. ;)


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minimum in call volume on lg g2 and samsung s4 too high using headphones
I have tried the Apple and Klipsch earbuds with LG G2 and Samsung S4, however, both phones have a minimum in-call volume that is still excessively loud for me. What are some possible solutions? This is not the case when using an iPhone.
I saw Minimum volume is too high with headphones suggested getting an inline volume control. Will this only work for music or phone calls as well?
I have tried equalizer apps like Fine Volume Control but these work only for media and not in-call volume, which is my main issue.

Try this headset : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00001P4XH/?tag=stackoverfl08-20
Or Try this application
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=opotech.finevolumev2

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GNex factory reset apparently doesn't write anything and I'm not able to update
my gnex (maguro) started rebooting frequently (like every 30 seconds). I hope is not an hardware fault and now I'm trying to restore a factory image so I can rule out any custom rom-derived problems.
I'm trying to flash yakju-jwr66y the problem is when I flash the bootloader and radio everyithing is ok but when it reboots to install the rest of the system the bootloader and radio are still not updated!
If I try to update manually the bootloader this is what I get:
Code:
wax@pasifae:~/Scaricati/yakju-jwr66y (2)$ fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primemd04.img
sending 'bootloader' (2308 KB)...
OKAY [  0.308s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [  7.971s]
finished. total time: 8.279s
wax@pasifae:~/Scaricati/yakju-jwr66y (2)$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [  0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.006s

But the bootloader version is still the primemd03! The same goes with the radio.
What is going on?

The problem was the EMMMC is fried. The only solution is RMA


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Access a word definition from within an app?
Sometimes when I use an app on my Nexus tablet offline, I encounter words for which I would like to quickly check the definition. This is the solution I am currently using

select the word
copy to clipboard
switch to a dictionary app
paste the word and read the definition
switch back to my original app

I have to do this often, and this is quite inconvenient.
Is there a more direct way to access word definitions when offline?

You should be able to invoke dictionary apps like GoldenDict or ColorDict by "sharing" to them:

I think app suggestions are off-topic here.
But you may want to try this Quick Dictionary app...


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How can I stop QuizUp from using up so much of my storage space?
After a few weeks of usage the apps settings show that QuizUp is taking up several hundred megabytes of local data storage.
What is causing this and how can I prevent it? Clearing the app cache won't work.

Edit: After recent updates this problem does not seem to occur anymore, so this answer is probably obsolete.

Overview
This is caused by the results screen. Quizup will download each match question as a screenshot instead of rendering it on the client's side. Not only does this result in a lot of additional mobile data usage but it also takes up a lot of space on your device because all screenshots are cached. Unfortunately there does not seem to be any limit to this caching and there is no way to turn it off from the app itself. Fortunately there are two workarounds.
Workaround 1: Clearing the screenshots cache manually
Navigate to /sdcard/Android/data/com.quizup.core/ on your file explorer of choice and delete the screenshots folder. This will only affect the screenshots cache. As oposed to clearing the app data from the apps menu all user data, e.g. your account and settings, will be preserved.
Workaround 2: Disabling screenshot storage
Navigate to /sdcard/Android/data/com.quizup.core/ with your favorite file manager. Delete the screenshots folder. Then proceed to create a new empty file called screenshots.
From now on no screenshots will be saved locally. They might still be retrieved and continue to cause high mobile data usage, though.
The downside to this method: The Match Questions section on the result page will stop working.
Sources
http://www.reddit.com/r/QuizUp/comments/2059bb/data_usage/


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Tasker does not recognise incoming calls
I have a Galaxy S4 I9505 on KitKat. I use Tasker for various things. I am trying to set up a "caller announce" when I am in the car. So I want to create a profile which when a call comes in announces the caller name (if in the contacts) or the caller number. That part I have working.
Where I am struggling is to get Tasker to activate the profile when a call comes in. I have tried Event - phone ringing and have that linked to my task. That task does not activate on incoming calls. So I tried state - phone - call (incoming), the same result. The phone starts ringing, but the profile does not activate the task (I have tried with a test task too, which sets a variable). From what I have read either of these profiles should activate when I have an incoming call.

Hi, have you got any progress on that?

The one you want is Event->Phone Ringing.  The State->Phone Call would not activate until you've answered the call.  Event Profiles activate and deactivate rather quickly so you probably wouldn't see it if you were trying to watch for the green active color.  However, you mentioned that it did not even set a variable through a test task.  Were you using a global variable for that or a local variable?  Try using the Flash action to flash the caller's name and see if that pops up.
Once you get that working and confirmed, you might need to do some more work on your announcement.  I'm guessing you're using the Say action.  You'll need to uncheck Respect Audio Focus in order for Say to talk over the phone ringer since the ringer takes precedence.  You'll probably also want to turn the ringer off temporarily using the Ringer Volume action to allow the Say action to finish and then turn the ringer back on.


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S Memo home screen shortcut
How can I add a S Memo note as a home screen shortcut? When I first got my Samsung Galaxy S3 there was a shortcut which I deleted.This was not  a shortcut for the app but for a saved note.Now I can't find a way to do it

Go to "Widgets" folder, there should be an S Memo widget in it. Push and hold it. It will give you an option to move a generic S Memo note onto one of your home screens. Once you've done that, you can open it and choose between making this shortcut an existing note and creating a new one.

Can you find S memo in application menu?
if Yes then long press on S Memo and add to home screen.
if No then Download from HERE and do above step
Also search in widget


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Transfer Files Though USB to PC
Browsing my android device though USB shows very old files.
Someone else has had this issue.
I do not wish to reboot my PC or phone every time I want to get files from my phone. I also do not like the idea of having to ssh into my phone though usb.
Is there a simple way to transfer files though USB to PC from android?
I have a Moto G on 4.4.2 and my PC is running Windows 7.

You can use an app like Servers Ultimate Pro to run a file server (say FTP). It's easy. See my answer here to know more about the possibilities.

The files and folder you see via USB (or to be specific through the USB MTP protocol) can be different from the files and folder that are really in the sdcard section on your device.
In my case a lot of files and folders in the sdcard section were invisible via USB.
After executing the app Rescan SD Card the files and folders visible via USB were exactly the one that exist on my sdcard section.


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Ring only for favorites?
Any way to micromanage ringtones?  I'd like to only hear my phone ring when called by people on one of my favorite lists, or family list.  Same with sms/mms sounds.
Edit:
I'd already considered putting everyone but favorites on silent.  However those lists change fairly often.  So only a specific group ringing at a specific time is prefered.

You can do this. I use Zedge to get ringtones. Get a mute or silent ringtone and then select another ringtone and set it manually for specific people. Zedge also helps you set it for individual contacts.


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Strange Android bug - layout reversed
I was doing some debugging on my device, and when I pulled out my lead, my whole phones layout has now been reversed.
So for example usually the clock, wifi battery symbol etc, on the top right, but now it is on the top left. The screens on my home screen have also been reversed, e.g.
At present I have

screen with some apps
weather widget
Main screen
screen full of apps

But now it is the other way round. That is 4 and 1 have been reversed.
Also notice the buttons at the bottom have also been reversed, the back button is on the right side now instead of the left
When I drag down from top of the screen, to see notifications, the icons are on the wrong side.

Click image for larger version
I have seen this type of bug before and have no idea what has caused it. Anyone know a solution? I really don't want to have to do a factory reset. And Yes I have tried turning it off and on.
Any suggestions would be helpful!!

right to left locale? this a custom ROM?

No it is not, I have not rooted my phone and played about with the layout in anyway as I have no interest in that. This just happened when I was debugging some app I was developing, and when I pulled out the lead, suddenly this happened

In the developer options, look for a checkbox that says "Force RTL layout direction" and turn it off.
It's a developer feature that helps with testing how apps will look on a device that uses a right-to-left language (such as Arabic) without having to actually change the device's language.

I had never seen that option before, I must of accidentally clicked it without even realizing. Thanks a lot!!!


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No SIM card detected after installing new ROM
I probably did some mistake which I don't know how to solve. After I installed a new ROM I get message:

Slot 1: No SIM card detected
Slot 2: No SIM card detected

„SIM management“ is inoperable, „Sim Toolkit“ can't launch because it cann't detect SIM card.
Calling emergency number gets „Out of service area“.
Everything else works just fine (including WiFi) except I can't get SIM card to work and get signal.
Information about the phone:
FEITENG GT H9500
Android version 4.2.1
Baseband version MOLY.WR8.W1248.MD.WG.MP.V6.P4
Kernel version 3.4.5 root@android #1
Build number drx_0.1
I have both IMEIs and IMEI VS visible
CWM v6.0.2.8
What I did prior to loss of SIM card functionality:
-   Made backup of „user data“, cca. 350MB
-   Rooted the phone using instructions as follows:
1.Download usb driver ----> mirrorcreator.com/files/RJDKYXRH/ and open Driver_Auto_Installer_v1.1236.00.rar and run install.bat it install driver automatically
2. Plug your phone to pc
3.Download this file ----> www.mirrorcreator.com/files/09XPAELB open Motochopper_Auto_Root.rar and run run.bat your phone has root

Downloaded ROM update FEITENG H9500 - Update - 06/01/2013 and Recovery from:
www.needrom.com/mobile/feiteng-h9500-3/
Followed instructions:
Unpack FlashTools, and Click on Flash_tool.exe
Select a the MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt in Recovery
Turn off your phone, remove the battery.
Press F9 (or hit Download button) and connect your phone into the computer via USB data cable.
The process will start and a red progress bar will appear after color purple, yellow.
And green circles display
Installed ROM from SD card ( in CWM)
NOTE: I downloaded only update file H9500_DRX_03, and in „Flashtool“ only „Recovery" option was checked. I don't remember was the SIM card inside during installation of the ROM (probably wasn't).
FlashTool V3.1252.1.sn104
I installed that ROM with most of its options and wiped data and cache before installation.
ROM got installed and after restart I lost SIM card visibility.
No external damage was done to SIM slot.

What I tried to fix it:
-       Both SIM slots are not damaged, this happened just after reboot
-   Tried different SIM cards from anothers phones
-   Tried my SIM card on other phones to make sure that it works
-   Format eMMC
-   At „factory mode“ Detect SIM test failed
-   Did wipe data/cache several times before and during attempts to install different roms
-   Tried installing another ROMs (with SIM card in and without), all with „clean install“.
-   During installation (download and upgrade) of ROMs from FlashTool selected all options (preloader,mbr,ebr1,uboot etc.)
-   Tried installing „original“ ROM from: needrom.com/mobile/feiteng-h9500
However it said „Installation aborted“ but I see the ROM was installed.
What I did wrong from what I know:
- I didn't backed up old ROM that I got with my phone
- I did „Download“ with update ROM v3 and not the initial version
- I didn't do „download“ the first version and then „Upgrade“ the rest of upgrades (I don't know is that relevant)
- I did not selected all options (preloader,mbr,ebr1,uboot etc.) in Flashtool except for „recovery“ when I first installed the ROM if that is relevant
So, I don't konw is there any relevant information I can provide since I honestly don't know what can be relevant and what not.
Is there something that can help with this?
Thank You for Your time.

SOLVED: http://www.movilesdualsim.com/threads/rom-drx-v0-4-jb-4-2-1-feiteng-h9500-star-n9500.32072/ That is Spanish page, I don't know Spanish, I never translated it completely. There is one line where it points out that there are some problems with loader and recovery so they made modification. I Applyed modification "Actualización rom base" ... uploaded DRX4 and it worked like charm. Thank You for your time.


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insufficient storage
ALright I have the netbook. I recently did a reset and now I cannot load any apps. It's telling me the internal memory is full and I do not know how to erase things and clear it since it won't let me even download an app to debug/clear cache/clean it.
Who has some helpful suggestions?

You reset your phone means there will be no apps in that.To find out what's occupying your phone memory goto settings -> manage application or settings->storage option to find out what's occupying space in your device.
Another way: If you have any file manager application installed in your phone  go to internal storage and find out the things which occupying space in your phone.It may be any files such pictures or videos.


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Default storage issue in some android phone
Does android jelly bean 4.1.2 not supports to move the apps from internal storage of phone to external micro sd card but android jelly bean 4.2.2 or 4.3 can?

It depends. Some phone manufacturers adds the feature of moving apps to sd card in some of their models but most of them does not have this feature by default. Although you can change that manually by rooting your phone and using an app called 'app2sd ' on any version of Android .

The app2sd feature was added to Android back with Froyo (Android 2.2). My feeling is rather that some manufacturers removed it, while stock still has it. But I cannot name a source for that. Do you have a source to name for your variant?