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Can Google Photos sync up iOS Photos *albums*?
Is there any way to get Google Photos sync on iOS/OS X to recognise my albums and retain those photos in those albums when on Google Photos?
I am looking for ways to return to Android.
Thanks.

With the web interface for Google photos you can upload any pictures from your computer storage. If the pictures are synchronized across your apple devices you should have a directory on your computer that contains them. Just click on the cloud with an arrow inside symbol on the right of the search bar and choose said directory as source.

Photos doesn't store files by the albums they belong to. They can't because any photo could be in multiple albums. The questioner is not trying to sync photos, he's trying to sync albums. This is the Photos equivalent of syncing iTunes playlists. It's not just about copying files. I'd like to know how to do it, too.


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Call: vibrate, Whatsapp: don't vibrate
When I'm at work, I'd like to put my Nexus 5 (Marshmallow) on silent. My definition of silent is: for incoming calls the phone should vibrate, for everything else (i.e. messages) I don't want any sounds or vibrations. How can I get this working? Do I need a 3rd party app? Thanks a lot!
Fuad

There is a built-in function in Marshmallow. Slide down the quick settings panel, you will find a 'do not disturb' icon. Tap on it and choose the option 'priority only'

Thanks Nicola, but that option doesn't do exactly what I want. I.e., it completely mutes messages but allows the phone to go off when I receive a call. I'd rather have it vibrate instead. Any ideas?

The 'do not disturb' mode allows only certain notifications to pass. And that is its only purpose. Once a notification/call/alarm is allowed, the phone handles it normally, which means: if you have the notification volume turned up, the phone will ring. Just set vibration, by turning the volume all the way down, and for the allowed calls it will vibrate.

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Prevent Accidental Reboots when holding down the power button
I often end up accidentally rebooting my Nexus 6 while having it in my pocket, because the power buttons gets pushed for more than 10 seconds.
Considering the long boot times, this can be very annoying.
I can see why it is important to have a way to force-reboot your when it gets stuck, even though I haven't had this type of issue  yet.
Is there are way I can change the force-reboot behaviour?
Perhaps increase the time in which power button must be pushed or change it to a combination of buttons (i.e. volume up + power button for 10 seconds) ...anythign that makes it less likely to be triggered by my pocket.

If you can get your hands on the equipment and code to alter the BIOS residing on the motherboard of your phone, it may be possible, but as far as I know, all Android devices reboot after holding down the power button for 10 seconds as a kind of emergency reboot. Imagine your phone hangs and does not allow you to reboot, even has a built-in, non-replaceable battery; you would have to wait until the battery is dead to you can use your phone again.

@GiantTree I am aware of why this feature exists and have mentioned it. I was just wondering if anybody figured out a way how to tweak the firmware.

I can't evade the force-reboot directly but I was thinking, what if you can be notified using vibration that the device is in pocket and button is stuck for long (at most 500ms)? That can be done. I want to know, is the device rooted?

Was about to say tasker, but I cannot find a power button variable

@Firelord that is a very interesting idea! I wouldn't mind rooting it to make it work.

@DanB You can try AutoInput with Tasker. In my answer below I suggested an experimental case. Please see if you can make it work.

I was hoping some flexibility in long-press timeout using AutoInput but the apps slows down my OS considerably to do anything with it.
Anyhow, all I suggest is to use Xposed Additions (free/paid; requires Xposed Framework; if you've Android 5.x, you would need to flash some files from custom recovery. See this XDA thread by rovo89 for such case).
We need Tasker (paid, 7 day free trial) too.
Instructions
(Tested on Android 5.0.2 and 5.1.1)

Install both the apps → activate Xposed Additions's module → launch Xposed Additions
Tap Buttons →  set Long press delay slider to maximum (500ms) → Add new Key → press Power key to select it → Power
Tap Add new Condition → Screen Off → Screen Off → enable Long Press → Shortcut → Task Shortcut → New Task → name the task.
Note: You can try MacroDroid's MacroDroid Shortcut in place of Task Shortcut. The free version is restricted to one action per macro, so you wouldn't get any flexibility, but it is acceptable here.
For your task, action would be:

Alert → Vibrate → Time: select the vibration time (in milliseconds)

It is possible that vibration for 1000ms would not be enough for you. In that case, add combination of actions. For example, in addition to last Vibrate action, you can also do:

Task → Wait → select MS or/and Seconds slightly greater than milliseconds selected in last Vibrate action
Wait is important because if you add continuous Vibrate actions then you would end up skipping almost  of them except the first one. Tasker doesn't queue vibrate requests, as it seems to me.
Now, add another Vibrate action and copy-paste the whole cycle as much as you want.

Select an icon for your task and there you go.

You can now test your solution.

Experimental
For users having AutoInput satisfactorily running, you can emulate long-press of a key. I tested my solution on Volume Up key and it worked perfectly. Well almost!
For Tasker:
Profile 1: Event → Plugin → AutoInput → Key → Configuration:

select your key under Keys
select Key Action to Key Down

Task 1: Actions:

Variable → Variable Set → Variable: %Set → To: 0
Task → Wait → select MS or Seconds for your desired long-press timeout. Choose 1 Second for experimental purposes
Task → If → %Set eq 0
Alert → Vibrate → Time: 1000ms

Profile 2: Event → Plugin → AutoInput → Key → Configuration:

select your key under Keys
select Key Action to Key Up

Task 2: Actions:

Variable → Variable Set → Variable: %Set → To: 1

Use the action Key Suppress from Plugin → AutoInput → Modes, wherever feels necessary. Also, I didn't yet experiment with screen off state.
Now, the theory: The flow is in this manner:

When your selected key (say Key-X) would be pressed, profile 1 would activate.
When the key would be released, profile 2 would activate.
We know that for long-press the key needs to be continuously pressed for some time.
Now, if I long-press Key-X then for that time being profile 2 would not activate and so I can set %Set to 0 in profile 1 → wait for long-press timeout (slightly less) → check if %Set is still 0 (%Set would become 1 if key gets released) and then execute the Vibrate action.

Simple! Let me know if it works for Power key.

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How to remove the icon, caused by a voicemail, from Status bar?
I have a Sprint Nexus 6 running Android 5.1.1.
The icon that I see in my Status bar when I receive a voicemail does not swipe away. It remains in my Status bar even after I listen to the message and delete it.
The only solution that I have found for this is to reboot the phone. Is there another way around this?

What happens when you force-stop the app which is causing that icon in status bar or go to Settings -> Apps -> All apps -> your app -> uncheck "Show notifications" -> check "Show Notifications"?

@Firelord I can't I don't have a voicemail app I just use Google Dialer v2.1 and I can't do the can't change those settings via the path you posted.

@Firelord I see the notification comes from "Phone" so I go into "Settings -> Apps -> All" and there are 3 "Phone" apps and one "Phone/Messaging Storage". I force-closed the middle one and the app went away, but now I'm confused as to why there are 3 apps in here of the same name. Do you know anything about that? Also thank you for helping me.

See why are there multiple versions of "Phone" installed under all apps on my android lollipop 5.1.1 phone? Order of reading: Read the comments on the question followed by the answers.

@KazRodgers, where you able to find a soultion? This VoiceMail drives me crazy too:)

Yeah do long press on the icon, go into settings and remove notifications once you close the menu and swipe up the notification should be gone. This works on nougat. I can't speak for 5.1.1 though. Try out firelords solution below for that. It worked back then

This is an app independent answer.
For cases where an icon seems to be stuck in the Status bar, choose any of the following approach:
Force-stop the app

Find the app causing that icon.
Usually, it is easy to know just by looking at the icon and matching it with app icons under Settings -> Apps -> All apps. For some exceptional cases, you can use apps like Notification Saver or Notification History or setup adb in PC and use the command:
adb shell dumpsys notification

Single out your notification and look for the package name of the app behind that icon. Read View app's full package name? to get the label for the app from the package name.
Assumption: The app causing the issue is "AppX".
Go to Settings -> Apps -> All apps -> AppX -> Force-stop.

That should remove the icon from the Status bar.
Uncheck Notifications

Find the app causing that icon.
Go to Settings -> Apps -> All apps -> AppX -> uncheck Show notifications -> check Show notifications.

Works well for user installed third-party apps.
There may be apps where  the option Force stop or/and Show notifications would be greyed out. For such apps, only the mighty root can help. Any app having root privileges should be able kill such apps, such as OS Monitor. For example, in Terminal Emulator you can kill an app using its package name and am:
su
am force-stop PACKAGE_NAME_OF_APP

Related readings:

"Show notifications" is greyed out for some apps. What's causing it and how do I change it?
I've rooted my phone.  Now what?  What do I gain from rooting?

Open 'Jio4GVoice' app > Open Settings(3 dots on the top of the Jio4GVoice app) > Select 'Settings' > Select 'Notofications' > Untick 'Show app status in the notification bar'.

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Turn off vibration for 'Sign in to WiFi network' notification
Since the Android 6.0 update on Nexus 5, everytime I get the notification 'Sign in to WiFi network' the phone vibrates. Any idea where I can turn this off while keeping the vibration for calls, SMS, WhatsApp messages, etc.?

I am suffering with the exact same issue. I searched extensively and it appears to be a new problem with v6.0. Very, very annoying.

None of the suggested fixes below work for me. I use Priority mode for its intended use (e.g. when I am busy or sleeping); I don't want my phone in priority mode all the time. And none of the other fixes seem to actually work (and Andrew T's answer seems to indicate why). Is there a fix for a stock rooted rom? Involving an Xposed module? Will it be fixed in later versions of Android?

There is a workaround involving Do not disturb's Priority only mode.
To put it simply, you must use Priority only (from Quick Settings - Do not disturb) since it has per-app setting for notification alert that can overwrite system's default setting. Priority only mode will still show all notifications. However, only priority notifications will be alerted (sound, vibration and LED light).
The idea is to treat all notifications as priority (from Settings - Sound & notification - App notifications - [app name] - Treat as priority) except for captive portal notification, which is under Android System app (by default, system apps are not listed. You need to tick Show system from overflow menu. Leave this app as non-priority, but don't forget for the rest of system apps).
However, there are some disadvantages that you might consider first before using this workaround:

You sacrifice the intended usage of Priority only mode, only leave Total silence as the only option (however, if you never intend to use this feature, then you're fortunate since you can utilize it).
If you have many apps installed, it's quite tedious to set all apps to treat their notifications as priority (perhaps a script might help...). Also, every time you install a new app, you must not forget to treat its notification as priority (unless you don't care about its alert).
You won't get any alerts for all notifications from Android System (you need to experiment with this, since I don't know what notifications are considered by Android System).

TL;DR
If you still want to have vibration on all notifications except for captive portal (this particular issue), I'm afraid you can't.
It's as dbasch mentioned in the comment, that the vibration (actually, the notification alert itself) was added in Marshmallow.

Technical Details
When Android detects that the WiFi needs to login to captive portal, as you already noticed, it will create a notification. It's done by setProvNotificationVisibleIntent() function in ConnectivityService.

Show or hide network provisioning notifications.
We use notifications for two purposes: to notify that a network requires sign in
  (NotificationType.SIGN_IN), or to notify that a network does not have Internet access
  (NotificationType.NO_INTERNET). We display at most one notification per ID, so on a
  particular network we can display the notification type that was most recently requested.
  So for example if a captive portal fails to reply within a few seconds of connecting, we
  might first display NO_INTERNET, and then when the captive portal check completes, display
  SIGN_IN.

The relevant code to the notification alert that is used in Android 6.0 Marshmallow:
Notification notification = new Notification.Builder(mContext)
    ...
    .setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_ALL)
    ...

Note that Notification.DEFAULT_ALL will "use all default values (where applicable)", which means that it depends on your system's notification setting (sound, vibration, and LED light).
Compared to the one in Android 5.x Lollipop, the code is:
Notification notification = new Notification();
...

No more, no less. That's the relevant code. new Notification() will "construct a Notification object with default values". While it seems that there's no change in the meaning, note that defaults is not set/initialized to  Notification.DEFAULT_ALL (value: -1). Instead, since there's no initialization, it will be defaulted to 0, which is no alert.
Whether it's a bug overlooked by Google which has been fixed in Marshmallow or not, I don't know. Also, that's the reason why there's no alert in Android Lollipop, but now there is in Android Marshmallow.

"You can't". I bet you can with an Xposed module (or at least some preliminary reading makes me think this), although one might have to write it oneself...

Only way I found to get rid of that annoying vibration is to disable completely the 'available wifi' notification. To do it go to setting-> wifi -> tap on the three vertical dots -> go to 'advanced settings' and disable the notifications for publicly accessible wifi networks. Waiting for a fix, I think it is the only solution and not so bad a loss to disable them, I always thought them useless enough.

Thanks for your answer. This does not seem to work however, it still displays a notification and vibrates even after turning off the 'Network notification' option.

This fix does not work on my Nexus 5 either.

I had tried this on my Moto X Pure and it doesn't work there either.

Nor on my Moto E second generation

Settings > Apps > Google Connectivity Services > Notifications > Block turns them off entirely.

Thanks, (assuming this works)! Now I just need a way to remember that I blocked this when they fix it...

Sadly, that assumption was incorrect... did not work on my Moto X Pure

That notification is initiated by Android System (android). You can use appops to deny Android System the permission to vibrate the device in any situation. Provided that you've adb setup in PC, do:
adb shell appops set android VIBRATE deny

Try connecting to a Wi-Fi with no internet access. You would still get that notification but with no vibration. If you also intend to hide that notification, you may follow the rest of the answers posted here or on this website.
To revert the changes, do:
adb shell appops set android VIBRATE allow

Vibration for calling is initiated by Dialer app, for SMS it would be your default SMS app, for WhatsApp messages, it is the same app, so they are not going to be affected. There may be unforeseen consequences of that command which I'm unaware of, so let me know about them through comments.
Note:  this solution is tested on an unofficial CM13 build.


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I need help with some SD card troubles
I have a Samsung core 2 I have android kernel version think is 4.4. I recently ran out of memory and installed a 8gb SD card but my apps won't store there. When I try to install an app it says insufficient memory. Help please

I down-voted this because it has been asked hundreds of times before. Please Google search for answers before posting a question like this and try to solve it for yourself. Please also describe what you have done to try and fix the problem. But to be clear, the SD card has nothing to do with installing apps. Apps are installed on the internal memory. The best thing to do is to go to your System Settings-> Storage and find what exactly is taking up space. If your system storage is full (or close) it can cause more problems than just installing apps.

There are several apps that visualize what's taking up memory. You can get a better insight with Storage Analayser,DiskInfo,Disk Usage & Storage Analyser, DiskUsage or Memory map

You must move applications one by one from internal memory to SD card.
For help in this download this application: "AppMgr III (App 2 SD)".

Root your device by using any rooting method ( I used kingo root).
Download (link2sd).
Use your computer to make partitions on your SD card (two partitions) ... make the first one fat32 and leave the second one without a type.
Insert your SD and go to link2sd it'll ask you about the type of the second partition, choose ext2.
Choose the app you want to move to your SD and choose great link.
This method worked for me your apps will be stored in the ext2 partition and it will be used as extra internal memory and the fat32 partition stays as your external SD if you made each of your partitions 4 GB you get 4GB extra internal memory and 4Gb external.

Seriously- rooting is not the answer to every question. This is an extensive suggestion considering we don't really know what the OP's problem is.

@paulmz this is the method that worked for me, I'm just trying to help


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How do I join a hangout from my Calendar?
I recently purchased an LG Tribute phone (Virgin Mobile carrier).  If I open up my Calendar, I can see a scheduled meeting in their that uses Google Hangouts.  Under "Location" there is a link that reads "Use Hangouts".  Unfortunately when I click on that link, I am taken into Google Maps.
What I would like is to be able to join the meeting using the Google Hangouts app on my phone.  How do I do that from the meeting invite on my calendar?
Thanks, - Dave


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How to hide roaming network icon from Status bar?
I'm using Lava Iris Atom 2 phone with Vodafone's SIM. I'm in home network. Problem is, I see the roaming icon in the Status bar.
I tried all the settings like select network or hide roam.  If I remove click from data roam, my internet wont work.
Please give  an accurate answer  on how to remove roam network icon from Status bar?

You Android needs to be rooted because that icon is managed by SystemUI and you can't tweak it without having root privileges.
A simple way is to use GravityBox (requires Xposed Framework). It is available for Jelly Bean, Kitkat and Lollipop.

Install it → activate its module → launch it
Go to Statusbar tweaks → check Disable roaming indicators

That's it.
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Unfortunately, the "disable roaming indicators" setting seems to be no longer available (tried on Marshmallow)

I see. See if this module helps. http://repo.xposed.info/module/net.caze.roamingcontrol


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Why Android says that I am using a lot of storage in pictures and videos?
If I see the Internal Storage, it says that I am using 4.7 GB in "Pictures, videos". However, when I do click in it, I see the gallery, where in total I am using 93.98 MB!!
How is this possible? What is wrong? How to fix it and get more free space?
My phone is a HUAWEI P6-U06 with Android 4.2.2

Look into those folders with a file manager, it's possible that the cache folder contains some large cache files. Make sure you made invisible folders visible (those beginning with a . for instance).

Give us the output (screenshots) of Diskinfo and DiskUsage.

Maybe the pictures and videos are hidden from the gallery.
Install "Total Commander" or another app to search on entire disk for files *.jpg, *.avi, *.mp4, etc.
Ensure you delete WhatsApp photos and videos.


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Resize digital clock
Is there any way to make my digital clock smaller on my T-Mobile ZTE Zinger cellphone homepage?  In the widget app, it shows 3x2.  I would like to make it 1x1.  There is a white box with dots, but I can't resize it.

Not all widgets allow resizing, if you see the dots it's probably cause of the launcher that displays them by default but they cannot be moved if the widget has a fixed size. Try installing different clock apps from the Play store, making sure in the description resizable widgets are mentioned.

Many uneven sizes, like 3x2, cannot be shrunk, only enlarged. There are exceptions, but I don't think the clock is one.

As already mentioned by others in the comment that the Clock widget can't be shrinked less than 3x2 size dimensions. You can alternatively try a third party app from the Play Store. Ony such example is,
1x1 Clock widget in which you can have clock widgets in multiple sizes with the customization options available within the app. You can find the source code of this app on this GitHub link.
Or if you want analog clock, you could try Simple Analog Clock - Widget from the Playstore to create a 1x1 clock widget.


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CyanogenMod 12.1 on Samsung i9500 intl caller echo
I've installed CM 12.1 nightly (currently nightly 20151013) and people who call me complains that they have an echo, and they hear them selves.
I already tried the following:

Update Nightly (started at 20151008)
Doing a fresh install clearing all cache.
Flashing the modem with different versions (currently i9500XXUBMG9)
Stop "Ok Google"
Changing the voice recognition to "Basic Google recognition"
Try different ROM (PAC Man)
Edit the build.prop and modify the persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=false

I'm 90% sure that the problem is with the noise cancellation, because when I mute my mic the echo on the other side stop.
This problem did not occur on the stock (4.2.2) I had before moving to CM.
On the stock ROM I had an option to enable/disable the noise cancellation, this feature seems to be missing on CM12.1 ROM.
Do you have any suggestions?
Do you know how to enable/disable the noise cancellation?
Update:
I've installed the stock rom with Android 5.0.1 and everything works well.
Thanks,
Liron

I have the same problem with the same rom just lower the call volume two notches down from the max and it works fine

Thanks for the suggestion, but I already tried it.
It did help a bit, but people kept complaining.
At the end, I un-rooted the phone and installed Samsung`s 5.0.1 version which works Ok.


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App with colorful 'C' icon on blue background and a Chinese name -- what is it?
I just got a new Samsung Galaxy S3 for a family member (first "smart phone"). I have one myself, but this one has an app on it I can't identify (and isn't on my device), and which claims a LOT of privileges. It makes me nervous. This is what it looks like in the App manager:
(Click image to enlarge)

You can see why I would be mystified. What is this app? Do I want it? I think I don't, but might be convinced otherwise.

Okay, so I traced it back to mygyapp.com

But  your screenshot shows the name:

Well, based on my little search, the app in the screenshot is part of that site. That app or its mother, the site, seems to be some sort of app market. That's my educated guess. I searched the string 应用酷 on that site and came up with this app -- which is what you've in your screenshot:

The translation differs. One translation names it "Application of cool" and the other, "Applications cool". The product page shows:
(See original here; Bing translation)

More info:

App name: 应用酷
Package name: com.mgyapp.android
Permissions:

uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.INTERNET'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.GET_TASKS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.DELETE_CACHE_FILES'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.CLEAR_APP_CACHE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_LOGS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_OWNER_DATA'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_OWNER_DATA'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_CACHE_FILESYSTEM'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_CONTACTS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_SMS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_SMS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.SEND_SMS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_APN_SETTINGS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_CALL_LOG'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WAKE_LOCK'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.VIBRATE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.CAMERA'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.FLASHLIGHT'
uses-permission: name='com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT'
uses-permission: name='com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT'
uses-permission: name='com.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS'

(I used the answer for Obtain package name AND common name of apps via ADB to obtain the aforesaid permissions.)
Simplified permissions:
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Not important to read.

How did I find all the info?

Fortunately, you provided a screenshot with good resolution so I separately cropped app's icon and name.
I extracted the name from the image using a website featuring online OCR.
I used the raw name into Google/Baidu search and there we go!

Of course, I did too many mistakes here and there.

The permissions are for the version 3.0.2.

I just recalled that since you've the device in your possession, it could've been a lot easier to dig all this info. Just open it and browse it into "About us" or something.


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Silence volume control rocker click
I have an FonePad X, android 4.4.2.  When I go to bed at night I turn down all my volumes.  But the volume control rocker emits a beep when I use it to turn down the volumes.  I don't need a notification that I'm turning down the volume, and I'm trying to be quiet so as to not awaken my sleeping partner.  I find this annoying.
Is this volume control notification sound silence-able?

Is the device rooted? Gravitybox can do this easily. No root needed: Tasker combined with AutoInput can also do the job. There is more. You can create  a shortcut on home screen that will decrease all the volume so you don't even have to touch the volume rockers, let alone disturb anyone in vicinity.

No, I'm not rooted, and I can't root as I use my phone for work related stuff (calendar things) and they prohibit rooting.  My latest trick is to install a white noise app and start that app before I enter the bedroom.  And I now go to bed first, so it becomes a moot issue.


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Unable to delete old calendars from Microsoft Outlook Android App
Software:

Microsoft Outlook App on Android
Microsoft Outlook for Windows, version 2007

I currently have a work account which I have synced with my Android, and for some reason, all of the calendars I've ever accepted on my work's account (and deleted on my desktop) are still showing up on my Outlook App on my Android.
Aside from being annoying (given that all their respective reminders are still popping up), I have on many occasions accidentally added a new reminder onto an old calendar which, if isn't a "shown" calendar, ends up hidden and I never know about it.
How to delete old calendars from Microsoft Outlook Android App?

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I found the discussion on Microsoft Community helpful:
What worked in my case was:

Deleting both Outlook account from account settings and Outlook app
Creating a Microsoft Exchange account according to instructions from the link above
Installing once again Outlook app, but this time using not Outlook settings but Microsoft Exchange settings

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SMS messages restored from Titanium Backup were automatically deleted
I understand I should have used a different app for backing up my messages, but I did not. I used Titanium Backup and made a full backup of apps and data. I was apparently also using Android Messenger and not Google Hangouts to store my SMS. This service was apparently deprecated in August. I go to Titanium to restore my messages, and for a moment, it looks good! I see all my messages. Then they rapidly delete themselves before my very eyes!
I try again, I reload app + data, or data only, and the same thing happens---I see all my messages, then I watch it delete them one by one very quickly.
What is happening in this process, and how can I prevent it?  Where are they going?
About adb backups, not Titanium Backup, is this Reddit thread relevant (could I get my SMS back if I have an old ADB lying around?)?

May be, check if this answer could help you extract the related data you want.

"made full backup of apps and data." -- did you take backup of Phone/Messaging Storage app? It's a system app.

I think so.  On titanium, I did "Backup all user apps + system data."  And adb backup, I did adb backup -all -apk -shared -f mybackupname.ab  I restore messenger as a system app, and it restores, but then immediately deletes the texts.  I watch them vanish one at a time before my eyes.

OK, here's the deal...
So, the issue was that Messenger vs Hangouts is controlled external to your application, and external to your Google account manager, it's an OS-level setting.  So, the issue was I had to sign into Messenger, agree to the terms, declare it my default SMS manager, and then when I did the restore, it didn't automatically delete.  I guess prior to this, Messenger and Hangouts were in a fight somehow.
This is probably a one-off problem, I had not converted from the deprecated messenger to the supported Hangouts, my phone was kind of grandfathered in, while the default SMS program had changed.
If you are in this situation in the future, set your default SMS to Messenger, and Hangouts won't delete your messages.

The very same thing happened to me as well. But no Hangouts is involved here. I just used the files of a TWRP backup, but OAndBackupX or Neo Backup will behave just the same.
There seems to be some other location where Android keeps the number of messages processed. Logcat says:
SyncCursorPair: Not in sync; # local messages = 9453, # remote message = 1*

What's pretty puzzling is that on a fresh phone, if you send 1 test message, then overwrite the bugle_db with your backup, all messages get deleted but your test message remains. There has to be some other storage for them as well.
I found https://github.com/tmo1/sms-db and it was quickly setup on Debian. Extract the bugle_db from whichever data backup you have.
Just issue
sms-db.pl -f bugle -i bugle_db

and then
sms-db.pl -f bugle -o msgs.xml

The resulting msgs.xml can be imported with https://www.synctech.com.au/sms-backup-restore/ (APK available for download, no Play Store necessary).
Worked reliably on a LineageOS 19.1 just now.

As a side note: use SMS Backup+ (F-Droid/Aurora Droid).
It can easily be configured to use your own mail server (I certainly don't want to hand my most private messages over to someone I don't know)
Aaaand: Make sure your <insert relative here> also regularly uses it after you set it up for them ;-) Would have made my life easier, it was there all the time on the old phone/ROM version anyway.
I also found https://github.com/p1ne/SMS-Tools and https://github.com/Nerdmind/Android-SMS-Extractor. They might come in handy as well.


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Hide my device type when connected to Wi-Fi
I have seen that many scanning tools and commands show that my device is a Samsung.
Is there any way to mask my device type into a different device or into Unknown?. My Galaxy S5 mini is rooted as well.

They're probably identifying the manufacturer from the MAC address of your device. How to change the (permanent) MAC address on my android phone? and Change MAC address Android using ip link? might be helpful.

@Huey I have Pry-Fi to change MAC address. I can search a list of manufacturer's MAC address range and change it. Trying now and scanning to see if that works

@Huey I changed wlan0 mac to an apple one. Still says Samsung phone... Could actually be because my phone itself did the scan, but are there any other identifiers that scanners would use to determine if it's a Samsung phone, or an Apple MacBook?

It could do a port scan to identify what open ports there are and the kind of services running. I'm not an expert, but Android phones probably have specific ports open for services like GCM that can strongly suggest a particular device runs Android. Manufacturer-specific services such as Kies can also identify a Samsung phone for instance.

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How to delete my @gmail account from GMail client while leaving on Email client?
I'm have a Samsung S5 which has two (preinstalled, I suppose) email clients, GMail and Email. GMail client has a white envelope with thick red edges icon, while Email has a white envelope with monkey sign in red&white in the middle like a stamp.
Upon setting up my @gmail account and my @company account in the Email client (which is the only one I wish to use) I noticed I started getting notifications from the GMail client as well from my @gmail address. I tried deleting my @gmail account but that deletes it from both email clients.
How can I delete my @gmail account for just one client (GMail) without affecting the other. I originally wanted to just uninstall GMail client but that seems to be impossible since it came preinstalled on the S5, along with a lot of other applications.

Did you set your Gmail account using the Gmail option, or as a standard pop 3 or imap option?

@cde - Using the Gmail option I guess; I didn't need to setup anything but login data, as far as I remember.

Is there a good reason for rolling back to revision 2?

What you can do is,  disable notifications for email arrival in your Gmail application and enable notifications for your account in default email app.
I won't recommend disabling the Gmail app because you may want to configure any other email account(s) with your Gmail app and sync mail and other settings to your phone, like contacts and calendar.

Gmail app has nothing to do with syncing Calendar and Contacts. They are synced very well with Gmail disabled.

Thanks Alex, for clarifying this. But as we can configure almost all email accounts with a single Gmail app, I personally find it easier and more convenient to use.

In the end I went with the "turn off notifications option". As much as it is annoying that you can't uninstall software, this solved the problem at hand.

You can disable Gmail app. Another option is to turn off syncing email in Gmail: Settings → Accounts & Sync → Google → choose your Google account → uncheck Gmail.


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how comes I am getting unidentified messages and calls on Whatsapp?
I've started receiving messages and calls from an unidentified call with a number in Middle East +973 ....
how is this possible?.  I thought only my contacts could message me. Has my phone contacts file been hacked or that of one of my contacts?

Everyone can message and call you on Whatsapp. It's like a usual sms and phone call. You can block this number by going to chat -> Menu -> More -> Block.


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Droid Explorer wont change anything (Delete, Paste, Uninstall)
I want change files in root but I can't.  It can't delete any system file (No change).
In addition it can't add any file in system/app or anywhere in root!
It can't uninstall any system app from system/app. (Droid Explorer Stopped working).
It can't update any system app like secCalculator2. (Droid Explorer Stopped working).
How can I change files from the PC not with an app in my phone.

device: Note Edge Rooted (deodexed Samy Rom) - Android: 5.1.1 - Kernel: Stock (permissive with busybox)

You have to mount the /system folder as r/w. To do this, execute:

adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system

Now you can modify your files.


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Need more memory in micromax Canvas colors 2
I have my one year old model of  micromax Canvas colors 2. As many of you may know, it has limited internal memory, So I cannot install app which are only stores in phone memory. I have to install so limited apps on my phones due to this drawback. Can anyone tell me how can I solve this issue?

I suggest starting with our insufficient-memory tag-wiki, which contains several hints/links on exactly this topic. Then come back here and either answer your own question (if you found a solution), or [edit] your question with what you've tried and where you're stuck. Note that not all hardware limitations can be overcome, so the only real solution might be buying a "better device".

Right Izzy, agreed with you about hardware limitation , but I thought there may be some 'tricky' tools which can be helpful.

Those you might find using the mentioned tag-wiki as starting point :)

Is your device rooted ? If it is you can use link2sd it can increase internal memory by adding an SD card.
If it's not there are many apps that you can move to SD without any program in settings.

I will try your first solution, For 2nd, It is only useful if app can be installed in SDcard, Where I am blocked.


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Disable personal language library feature of Swype
I dislike the way keyboards build a personal language library. I currently use Huawei Swype and whilst yes, every now and then I can clear the library, I would like to not have to do that.
Is there any way to disable this feature on Swype?

Have you tried using the Google Keyboard application? It pretty much allows you to disable personalized corrections and a few more options.

@benjaminS I did actually check it out because it comes pre-loaded on my phone as an alternative. I apparently overlooked the setting that was necessary! Make it an answer and take the points, it isn't the prettiest of keyboards but it does what I wanted where Swype seemed to refuse to

I just want you you to note that a part of the question is off-topic here (e.g. Is there an app that does X? ). Visit [help/on-topic] to know what's on-topic here et al.

@Firelord thanks for pointing it out, I admit I did not visit the android stack's help centre, probably should have done that before posting the question. Thanks for the guidance

I removed the bit about asking for recommendations. This question is fine as it is, currently.

Have you tried using the Google Keyboard application?
It pretty much allows you to disable personalized corrections and a few more options.
You have the option to change the following settings:

Block offensive words: Block Google Keyboard from suggesting
potentially offensive words.
Auto-correction: Set the spacebar and any inserted punctuation to
automatically correct mistyped words.
Show correction suggestions: Show suggested words while typing.
Personalized corrections: Set Google Keyboard to learn from your
typing to improve its suggestions to you.
Suggest Contact names: Use names from your contacts for suggestions
and corrections.
Next-word suggestions: Use the previous word in making suggestions.

source: Google Support Page


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Battery Issue with Android 6.0
I upgraded my Karbonn Sparkle V to Android 6.0 recently. after a couple of days the battery drains quickly. hence charging the phone also takes hours. this was not at all a issue when it had lollipop 5.1.1.
yesterday the battery was 54% at night 12:00. closed the web browser, all apps, locked the phone as usual and slept but in the morning when I saw it had 4% battery remaining.
when I saw battery settings morning 4 new menus displayed, apart from display(6% usage) and chrome(4% usage), viz. Phone Idle, Wi-Fi, Android OS, mobile signal. they all used 1% of battery each. what might be the problem. Wi-Fi was always on from the day1 of purchasing the phone no issues at that time. only now issue arises. what might be the problem?
and I saw this post(Android 6.0 drains my Nexus 5 battery within an hour).
It only changes settings and display like a new one but battery issue is same.

Do you use any apps to display the battery percentage in the status bar?

no.I used some battery monitors for a day but they show the same thing that the phones battery menu shows. btw the battery percentage is already displayed in the drag down menu na.

Okay. I want to confirm that you are using the system readings of the battery percentage for the reference. Because third party apps may not always show correct percentages.

this user seems to have same problem-(http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/125070/spotting-cause-of-excessive-battery-drain)

@Lucky I've found the exact opposite to be true. For me, the system battery monitor is terribly inaccurate and GSam battery monitor is far more reasonable. ( I don't think with 2 1/2 hours of screen use it's only 1% of my battery for the day)

@Vishu I've seen a few of these already. Nearly all of them were wakelock issues. Check and see if the "awake" section of the battery graph is just a flat on bar.

@Ethan Z ---YES!!!! I was goin to ask the same. I saw the battery graph awake bar was complete green. i.e,it(Awake) was active all the time

@ Ethan Z -  awake section in battery graph is always green( fully active-flat on bar) If you know a way out Please Reply!!

@Vishu is your device rooted?

No it is not rooted. My device is karbonn sparkle V.

Let us continue this discussion in chat.

The Marshmallow 6.0.1 update seems to have solved this battery drain problem.
Source: AndroidPit
2 users have confirmed it in that link. Please check.

Yes! the battery life is much better after the 6.0.1 update.Thank you!

Even I have updated my Karbonn Sparkle V to 6.0.1. The battery backup is much better than what it was with Android L.

Welcome. I am happy my answer helped.

I can't comment so I write here, use app named wakelock detector, and there give a look what is always ON. Sometimes this is problem with custom roms, or like in my situation phone doesn't go to sleep coz of some widget. You obviosly have problem with deep sleep...

For this case, IMO, link for the app, a brief description and use-case (optionally: screenshots) for the goal is required for this answer to be  considered detailed. Please read How do I write a good answer?

How can I overcome this deep sleep problem. Wakelock is asking to be installed as a system app should I do it?

"You obviosly have problem with deep sleep..." did you mean that my phone is not going to deep sleep when not being used? my device is always awake as it shows in the battery graph. If you cant answer then please lets chat. Welcome!

Hit yes, but I think your phone must be rooted. Also did you tried wiping cache, andd dalvik from recovery, someone had this same problem after upgrading to M, also you can try factory reset..

Nope!My device is not rooted.wakelock needs rooted phones to be installed into na.hence i am unable to give it root access which it is asking for.I tried cleaning cache but not working. I didn't try factory reset.and what do mean by "add dalvik from recovery". Do you mean to install dalvik cache cleaner? Thanks for the response! As you said my device is not going into deepsleep when it should be doing so.

Hmm, did u tried manually clean per-app  cache, from settings? I've tought you have custom recovery, but obviosly you don't have it, so I don't know how to clear dalvik on other way.. If this don't help then you only can try factory reset, which is not 100% garant that will help, but u can try if you want.

Thank you!I uninstalled some apps to see if it makes a change.I'll comment soon if there is any change.BTW there are some some apps in play store that clear dalvik. Ex- Clear Cache app.

You can try that apps also, try clean master to clear cache, maybe will help..

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How do I change the Android Market email?
I bought a second-hand mobile.
When I open Market it asks for the password of another account. I don't know how to change the account.
Also, when I go to the Google Play Store and try to download something it is says that the id is missing even when I have signed in to my gmail account.

Can you please mention your Android version? And what is this Market App? Amazon? Please elaborate.

You can factory reset your phone, in that you can add a new google account.

Before you reset your Android One, see options for backing up your data.
On your mobile device, open the Settings menu.
Under "Personal," touch Backup & reset. You may need to enter your - pattern, PIN, or password.
Under "Personal data," touch Factory data reset.
Read the information on the screen and touch Reset phone.
If you have a screen lock, you'll need to enter your pattern, PIN, or password.
When prompted, touch Erase everything to erase all data from your device's internal storage.
When your device has finished erasing, select the option to reboot your device.

Now just add new gmail account by going to settings  --> Accounts --> Add New Account. Add your gmail account.
Original Source:
https://support.google.com/android-one/answer/6088915?hl=en
Hope that helps !!

Just in case you don't want to reset your phone. Add a new gmail account by going to settings --> Accounts --> Add New Account. Add your gmail account. Once you are logged in launch your Google playstore app. Click on menu (in left top looks like 3 stacked horizontal lines) you will see old email id, click on that and select your newly added email id. I hope that should do the trick.
EDIT:
To remove your old account launch settings -> select accounts -> select Google -> select the account you want to remove -> click on options at top right (or hardware option key if your phone has one) -> tap on remove account.

As the "old account" belongs to the previous owner, it might be decent to remove that after having switched to the "new account". I've already upvoted your answer (good alternative) – but to make it even better, maybe you could include details on removing the "old account" as well? Thanks!


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Kindle Fire - Set 3rd Party Launchers' Wallpaper
I've had this issue for a while now. I've rooted my Kindle Fire 2nd Generation, installed a boot animation, a custom font, and made everything the way i want it. But, when I go and switch over to Apex Launcher, there is a black wallpaper. I set the wallpaper in the menus or themes, but it doesn't work. Later, I switch over to Nova launcher, and the exact same thing happens. Is there any way to set the wallpaper for a 3rd party launcher on a Kindle Fire?


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Difference between Linux containers and Dalvik VM in Android
As far as I know, Linux containers are those that run on a shared OS kernel using a virtualization software. Is there any correlation to Dalvik VM which runs multiple apps on top it?

No, they're different types of virtualization.

The Dalvik VM works like an interpreter or just-in-time compiler: installed apps consist of Dalvik bytecode, but the CPU only knows how to run ARM or x86 machine code, so the DVM reads the Dalvik bytecode instructions and translates them into equivalent ARM or x86 instructions to make the app run.  It's similar to an emulator, except that term is usually only applied to instruction sets that have been implemented natively in hardware.  (There are no CPUs that directly understand Dalvik bytecode.)  The Java VM and .NET CLR work similarly, and this explanation applies to those as well.
Linux container systems, like Docker and LXC, aren't involved at all in the actual running of programs; they just set up boundaries to isolate programs from each other and control how they can interact.  The programs you run in a container are normal Linux programs that could also run on a normal Linux system without containers.

In short, containers virtualize the software environment surrounding a program, while a VM like Dalvik virtualizes the computer itself.

Thanks and also in google developer docs its written "Each process has its own VM". What does it mean?. And each application is given a linux user id. How to interpret this?

Does the dvm do any of the isolate programs and how they interact with other applications.if not who does that?

The Dalvik VM is a program.  Each app runs a separate copy of it.  And the reason for running different apps under different user IDs is so that they can't access each other's files; each app's data is private to that app.


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How to enable the landscape mode on the default launcher on Android Marshmallow?
I can read on various news websites that in Android 6 Marshmallow, it is possible to rotate the screen on the launcher.
I can't find any setting about this on my Nexus 5 and when I activate automatic rotation, it doesn't rotate on the launcher.
Any idea how to enable this feature?

The latest version of Google Now added a home screen rotation option in its settings. To access the home screen settings, either long-tap on the home screen or choose Settings from the Google Now "hamburger menu" (the menu that slides in from the left). Allow rotation is the bottom option in the settings.
Source

Please link the source backing your answer

Can you post a screenshot showing the feature you claim to have been added in recent update? I don't see any mention of it in What's new of app's description.

source link added. the link also contains screenshots.

Odfly if you flip the switch in Google Now, it doesn't for the entire home screen. That is a very strange place to place that setting in my opinion.

@Firelord I've tried the linked instructions on my phone and they work perfectly.

@HansGruber It looked like your answer was an attempt to reply to this answer, so I've moved it to a comment. Feel free to delete the comment and post a new answer if you want to actually answer the question.

Auto rotate Home screen was one of the top features of 2nd Android M Developer preview.
I hate to burst the bubble, Auto rotate home screen feature was not incorporated in the final version of Android Marshmallow 6.0.

We're  disappointed to see that auto rotate support hasn't made it to the home screen, however. In the second developer preview, the Google app added an "allow rotation" option to the home screen settings, which let the home screen rotate like any other app on the system. We loved it. It never made the jump to the final version, though.

Source

However, if you have got a rooted phone, you can modify build.prop file to get this feature.

Navigate to and open /system/build.prop file using any Root explorers
Add log.tag.launcher_force_rotate=VERBOSE at the end of the file
Optional step: Add lockscreen.rot_override=true to enable screen rotation in your lock screen
Reboot to see the feature working!

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It works perfect if you follow the directions.  Simply put, touch the google icon,  once it pops up push the hamburger menu,  find settings, scroll all the way down, last item on the list "allow rotation" tick it,  now landscape mode is working,  I know it's working on lollipop, marshmellow,  and Android. N. strange place to place this setting,  but what the hey,  that's why we have hard working and devoted devs and enthusiastic members that look for this stuff.  I've always like landscape home screen.

Welcome to the site. This is a good answer in itself, but it doesn't really add any information that wasn't already in Jude's answer. You can achieve more if you focus on questions that don't already have an accepted answer.


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Amazon Video download location
Amazon Video now allows you to download certain titles from their library but you have to use their video player.  Does anyone know where those files get downloaded to on your phone?

Hi! Please read How do I ask a good question? Did you thoroughly search/research for an answer before asking your question?  Tell us what have you tried so far and why it didn't meet your needs? This demonstrates that you've taken the time to try to help yourself and it saves us from suggesting non-working answers.

Kevin, if you haven't found those files on your SD card (have you checked?), they most likely end up in the app's "private space" – which nobody but the app itself (and Mr. root) can access. They don't want you to copy them, they want you to use their products and nothing else.

Actually the videos are stored in /data/data/com.amazon.avod.thirdpartyclient, but they are stored in small parts as a different file format so you cannot play it through regular means.

After searching the web I found the answer provided by Sonickyle27 which was the closest answer for my Android Moto Z phone. However I had approved the storing of my videos on my SD card, so I found the data stored in pieces using my file manager on the external storage (SD card): Android/data/com.amazon.avod.thirdpartyclient/files.
I use BETTER quality (medium), have 76 videos, 59 hours, 20.4GB in downloads. The file manager shows 76 folders with video and audio files that cannot be played outside the app.


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How can I root the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900V?
I recently updated my phone to Android 5.0. I have been searching for a way to root this device for days and have tried every tool and technique out there including Cf-Auto-Root, Kingo Root, and Towelroot without success.
People say that Towelroot worked on Android versions prior to the latest updated version 5.0. They say that the bootloader is locked and no tool available currently works. Is there any way to get this device rooted or is it impossible to root it?

Man, I've been trying to root my SM-900V allllll day now. They even made it impossible to downgrade back to 4.4.2 (where it is possible to root). It must be strictly a Verizon thing because I've found several ways to successfully root different models of the device. Looks like we're out of luck for now. :/

It's as simple downloading the ArabicTool and these steps: How to us:

Enable usb debugging.
Accepte notification in your phone to Allow USB debugging authorization.
click Read Phone Info
click root and wait to comliting root.
Install SuperUser form google play.

@DeliriousSyntax Did you actually try the method you mentioned with SM-N900V 5.0? Because I highly doubt it's that simple.

@chaosifier Why would you doubt it to be that easy? It's called a one click root method for a reason. One Click Root is actually one of the most popular method to rooting because it is literally that simple.

@EcstaticSnow, can you provide a link to the tool that you're talking about?

@chaosifier I actually did post the link(and 2 other links for other methods I found), but one of the mods deleted that comment, so I don't know if I should/could.

@EcstaticSnow, if you really think your solution works, then dafaq is this : http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/141101/how-to-root-galaxy-note-3-sm-n900v-running-5-0-lollipop

@chaosifier Someone pointed me to those links after I posted the Question... And yes it works

A bootloader unlock also just came out for this device 3 days ago. Will try it soon

@EcstaticSnow, please do. And make sure you share your solution at xda as well and also make a video tutorial if possible. There are people who would kill to get their phones rooted.

@chaosifier I found it on XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/official-note-3-verizon-bootloader-t3359370

@EcstaticSnow, Thanks man!! You were right about the Arabic Tool, it did the trick! I finally got my phone rooted! See my answer for the rooting process.

@chaosifier Your welcome mate I did post the links to it a while ago. Sorry you couldn't have seen them before they were removed. Glad it helped you though. And just wondering what OS were you using on the PC you used to root?

@EcstaticSnow, it was Windows 10.

Guys at XDA again did the magic and finally found a way to root this infamous SM-N900V running lollipop 5.0. Here's the entire process in detail:
Follow the steps below to root your device:

Install the samsung mobile USB driver. Plug in your note 3 to a PC, a CD drive pops up for few seconds, open it, you'll find the driver for your device there.
Now enable developer mode and USB debugging on your device.
Download and open the ArabicToolApp.
Inside the tool, Select the baseband version of your device, you can find this information under ( Settings > About phone > Baseband version ) of your android device. Note the last 3 characters and select the Version in the Arabic Tool accordingly.
Click on Read Phone Info. Now, note the log messages in the Arabic Tool, you should only procced if no warnings are given there.
No press ROOT button.

The rooting process should not take more than 6 minutes. If it does, cancel the Arabic Tool and do the following and try again.
- Make sure you've restarted your computer after installing the USB drivers.
- Use USB 2.0 cable and port.
If during the process, your device gets stuck on the bootscreen, do the following:
- Turn off your device, Press (Home + Volume Up + Power) buttons to get into the recovery mode, reset the device from the menu and also clear the cache partition. Now, try restarting your device. If the bootloop still persists, follow the next step.

If the above step didn't fix the problem, you will have to reflash your firmware. To do this, download Odin and SM-N900v OF1 firmware from the link provided below.
Start Odin
Reboot phone in Download Mode by pressing (Home + Volume Down + Power) buttons.
Connect phone and wait for the blue sign in Odin.
Add the downloaded firmware file to AP/PDA
Click the start button and wait for it to show the "Pass" sign. This can take upto 10 minutes.

Once your device starts running normally, make sure you follow the rooting steps given above correctly and try again.
To confirm that your device is rooted, you can press the device info button in the Arabic Tool once again to see the root status or, you could also install RootChecker app from the playstore and see it there.
Once you've confirmed that your device is rooted, install SuperSu and follow the instructions in it to install required binaries.
Guys at XDA recently also found a way to unlock the bootloader of this device. Follow the XDA thread below for more information.
Note 3 Verizon Bootloader Unlock

If it worked ( which it seems to) please mark it as an answer? It helps tie up loose ends.

I can't find ArabicToolApp, only unlock_n3


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Hash All Files in a Folder
Is there an app to hash all files inside a folder? I'd like to have a text list like the one you get if you go into a directory in Linux and execute
sha256sum *

I always use sha256, but here I don't really care as long as it's a standard hash algorithm. md5 is perfectly fine.

Hi! Questions such as "Is there an app that does X" are off-topic here. Visit [help/on-topic] to know what's on-topic here. However, [softwarerecs.se] is the fitting place for such questions, provided that you follow their on-topic guidelines.

File Hash by Light Weight Apps lets you calculate the md5 hash of all the files in a chosen directory. It may be frustrating because you have to copy the text generated by hand. It seems like there is no 'save' function.

The link doesn't work. It's like 2 links mixed together.

Here you can find the apk file http://apk-dl.com/file-hash

Download didn't work on my PC (out of download contingent) and redirected me to a scam site on my phone but the application can be found as File Hash in the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fileHash.pkg


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Tried various solutions but still receiving the error code [RPC:S-7:AEC-0 XXXX-XXXX-XXXXX]
Once I was able to download apps from Google Play. But later, I disabled Download Manager for two days, then re-enabled it and opened Google Play to download apps but it started showing the following message whenever I tapped download.

Error while retrieving information from server. [RPC:S-7:AEC-0 XXXX-XXXX-XXXXX]

And XXXX marked letters change every time whenever I tap download.
(Click image to enlarge)

I cleared data and cache of Google Play, Google Play Services and Google Services Framework
I removed the account and re-added it

But none of them worked.

I uninstalled Google Play updates, Google Play Services and reinstalled them --  didn't work as well.
I flashed my phone. So I got back my phone as new one -- it didn't work either.

I am just fed up now. I did everything as suggested. But none of them works. Please someone make solution to this problem.

Even after a factory reset, is there something in your Android that could be blocking some services of Google Play Services or Google Services Framework? I once had this problem.

Please take a look at our google-play-store tag-wiki – where you will find the corresponding information (for many playstore issues). In your case: this question (linked from there) deals with the "RPC:S-7:AEC-0" error – and you've almost described the solution from there: you might just have missed a reboot between removal and addition of your account. BTW: "RPC:AEC:0 error is known as CPU/RAM/Device/Identity failure." So your device brand and model might be relevant.


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unable to connect samsung galaxy s3 via usb cable
I have a Samsung Galaxy s3 and I wish to transfer some audio files from it to my PC, running Windows 8.
When I connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable, the phone beeps and begins charging but displays no USB connection notification. Likewise, the computer doesn't register the connection at all. I have googled the problem but only seem to find partial solutions, which don't fit my situation.
any help?

"I have googled the problem but only seem to find partial solutions, which don't fit my situation." -- please [edit] and tell us what you found and what didn't work. It would save us from suggesting or seeking clarification for all those non-working methods.

First, have you tried a different USB cable? There are some that are for charging only. Second, have you installed the necessary drivers from Samsung? Also try another computer. You need to rule out something to troubleshoot.

So there are several things that could be happening.

Bad cable: it happens, not too often but often enough. Try a different cable if you can.
Improper drivers: you don't have the necessary drivers installed on your computer. Look here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads
Phone is in the wrong mode. When the phone is connected, there may be a notification telling you that it is connected, touch the notification and change the mode from MTP to PTP (or visa verca).

If those aren't it leave a comment with a few more details and I can try to help you out


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Recovering samsung G5 after firmware flash?
So, I purchased two Samsung Galaxy S5 phones from Amazon a while back. I have been playing around with the first after reflashing to a different firmware version - no issues arose. However, when I went to reflash the second phone with the same firmware image I used on the first the phone refuses to complete the boot sequence.
I am able to shell into the device during its boot sequence, but the phone never gets past the Samsung animation. Further inspection of their original packaging indicates that they may be from two different regions.
Now, is there a method for determining the correct firmware version (with respect to locality/baseband version) in order to recover the phone after the original firmware has been wiped? I have been trying various versions of Samsung G5 firmware, but all give the same unbootable result.
tl;dr Assuming no firmware is loaded and we have only the original bootloader, what are the recovery options? Even if I must first use some Samsung tool to recover to the latest version, this is fine.
Any suggestions?

Aren't there any device details printed on the device itself, maybe beneath the battery? You could check the model etc. there. Worst case, you need to contact Samsung with those numbers (or the IMEI if found), who should be able to give a clear answer based on that.

@Izzy, Oh, sorry. Of course! The model is SM-G900F, but I am not sure of the locality information required to download the correct firmware version.

I'm not familiar with Samsung devices, but that specific detail definitely should help. Let me withdraw at this and let us hope someone more familiar with them jumps in with further ideas. Only thing I remember was Samsung is able to give you an exact answer on this if you tell them your IMEI (just in case nothing else helps). Good luck!

Samsung Firmware archive See the packaging box of second phone to know about the region.

try wiping the cache from bootloader menu .
or this
https://www.androidcentral.com/10-basic-terminal-commands-you-should-know this is a starting point to flash twrp or a custom rom using the Android Debug Bridge ADB
Look for a utube how to install ADB and fastboot for your pc . Then when u have adb command window open connect usb to device & use
1. The adb devices command which is "adb devices"
do this first before down loading any of the sdk package as you need to know if your pc can recognize your device.
you could also use somthing like this for the type of device you have this only works for samsung but there are others for different manufactures
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjz65GBkaneAhWlhKYKHaTHBuQQwqsBMAN6BAgDEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJv538rOL5p0&usg=AOvVaw3bIUhWGgbgikQiD3eBUfG1
hope this points you in right direction

This was a while ago now, but I think clearing the cache solved the problem.


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Android contact names does not match Google
I've been plagued by this issue many times:
If I add a contact in Android (5.1.1 SliM ROM), it gets synched to my Google Contacts as it should. But if I change the name in Google Contacts, this change will not be reflected in Android contacts, even when all other info (phone, mail, etc.) are synched correctly.
It seems that Android is storing names in a field that is not editable from Google Contacts? How can I make sure Android and Google show the same names?

I suspect is cause by the name recorded in whatsapp....

happened to me too, on Sony Xperia Z3 compact (Lollypop) and on Moto G 3rd (Marshmallow).
This is super annoying! And I too suspect that it's related to WhatsApp somehow.

Another unlucky one here: other fields sync fine, while the name does not. It annoys. PS: whatsapp is also installed here


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How do I insert an SD card into an Azpen A727 tablet?
I have an Azpen A727 tablet and I want to put an SD card into it.
I have looked all over the internet and the device itself and found nothing.
Does the tablet support SD card?

Did the tablet not come with User Manual or Device Manual? Use it or ask the manufacturer to obtain another copy to get your answer. I don't know about tablet but for phones, the slot is usually in the compartment covered by battery (you got to remove the battery first) or at the left or right side of the phone.

You should find a slot for Micro SD up to 32 GB on the left side. You can see it in this photo:

(from https://youtu.be/XdXHh1Thd58)
According to the official product detail, the tablet supports MicroSD up to 32GB.


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How does one share Samsung camera "Virtual Shot" (3D spin-around) photos?
I recently traveled to Europe and took dozens of beautiful 3D spin-around shots using Samsung built-in camera's "Virtual Shot" mode photos.
These look amazing on my phone, but I want to share them with the world. In the past I've been able to share photos to a javascript-powered website, such as 360 photos via Microsoft's Photosynth.
How can I share these spin-around 3D photos?
Note: if there is no way to do it currently, I am an app developer and web programmer so I'd be happy to build one myself, so let me know if there's any information on the data they are stored in as well

Othr than an MP4 export, you can't. You have to take your photos in Phogy (app, gif, or mp4) or Fyuse (web or gif). Both are lower in pixel quality (slightly) but allow for sharing the interactive experience. The pro version of phogy has higher quality but still lower than 4k.
I hope someone makes a parallax  player that takes raw videos, then all video cameras could share it.

If you click the share button while viewing the shot, you're given the option of sharing as a video file, which converts it to an mp4.

This is good. I would like to have it interactive, since that is, well, the whole novelty of the thing. Perhaps there is a interactive MP4 player that supports similar interactivity, such as tilting, or scrubbing on the screen?

I've transferred all my photos to my computer. Did this delete all the 3d spin around information? I can't find it anymore

@Jonathan Resend the files back to your Samsung phone, that you transferred to your computer. The phone would process the image(s) in a while (usually a few mins but can be up-to a few hours) and would start detecting the images as virtual shots. Next share the virtual shot and you'd be given the option to share the image as a video file. This is where you get an mp4 video of the virtual moment. Share this video file with whom ever you want.


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How do I disable all emoticons on incoming/outgoing text messages?
I just received a couple of text messages from a friend. The first message read "Type in this expression exactly, or the script will not work." The second message read "Equals symbol, emoticon, five, emoticon, closing parenthesis, emoticon"

I later found out that he actually sent "=x-(5:O)<3" ("Equals symbol, x, minus symbol, opening parenthesis, five, colon, capital o, closing parenthesis, less than symbol, three")
I have noticed that my outgoing texts have the same problem.
I have searched the internet for solutions, but there is conflicting information about whether or not the emoticons are sent over the internet as text or as images. Some say that smileys are not ordinary characters and are converted into MMS before sending and others think they are just sent as it is and phone translates them later, Furthermore, none of the proposed solutions on the internet have worked for me.
I have 2 questions:

How do I disable all emoticons on incoming text messages?
How do I disable all emoticons on outgoing text messages?

Can you also mention your device model, Android version and messaging app that you use? (I assume it's Samsung Galaxy Note 3's standard Messaging app, based on the link and image?) AFAIK, real emoji are characters with their ID outside of standard characters (latin or other languages), so it seems that your/sender's app automatically converts some familiar emoticons with their real emoji counterpart.

My device is a Samsung Galaxy Note 4.  My OS is 5.0.1.  My messaging app is the only one the phone came with, "Messages".

The Simplest solution for this not to happen is by putting a space between each, but this won't solve you're question. Android has a few default Emoticon it uses, and as such if the correct lettering happens they will auto convert.

You can install a 3rd party SMS app called Handcent Next SMS which provides the option to disable emoticons on all (incoming/outgoing) sms.
Install the app → Settings (inside app) → Custom style → Conversation settings → Disable smileys

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Alternatively if you're on rooted android, you can recompile your Samsung Stock-Messages app (SecMmsCandy.apk) by deleting all the supporting pre-defined resource files and install back the modded version onto the phone although I'm not sure if it's such a good idea and most probably won't work, too. But if you're feeling adventurous here's the path
/system/priv-app/SecMms_Candy/SecMms_Candy.apk

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Calculator WiFi usage on Marshmallow, Nexus 5? What?
I have not used the calculator app.  I also don't know why it would be using the wifi or any kind of external data.  Yet behold, below:

I flashed 6.0 recently and restored some apps from an old backup, but nothing that looked like calculator.  Should I be concerned, or is this a known thing?

For some reason, I believe it should be Chrome (or other browser that you mainly use), but I have no idea why Android refers to Calculator instead. Perhaps a mismatch in internal app ID (not based on package name) on Android system after restoring the old backup... I don't know...

First off,
   They no longer uses Floating point arithmetic al which I read from a blog.
Second,
    Marshmallow have introduced a lot of new features in its calculator which does uses internet for floating/decimal calculations for user-friendly UI and other touch gizmos. Currently its a kind of prototype, so it'll be downloading a bit for the updates but you can always disable the app from system settings.
You can see the new features from this site - http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/06/12/android-m-feature-spotlight-the-stock-calculator-app-has-been-overhauled-no-longer-uses-floating-point-arithmetic/

But OP never used Calculator app, and Calculator using 1.79GB is actually scary. Also, nowhere on the link that says Calculator needs internet for calculation (and I really doubt for simple calculation like this) .

Yeh but they said that they are trying to get the new features user friendly for people so they are making a lot of updates so obviously there are a lot of new updates and new downloads will be there, its just like google translator.

But the app doesn't need any permissions, and thus cannot use internet access...

David, 1.79GB of total updates for such a simple and small app is unrealistic. You're talking about small app updates, not System updates to Android, correct? If 1.79GB doesn't ring bells, expand it into MBs and that would be beyond 1700MBs. Are you saying those new flashy features consumed more than 1700MBs? Can you link cases similar to  the one OP has?  Without similar cases or a strong evidence which shows that Calculator app can consume such huge amount of data and on top of it, without being used by a user, your answer would be considered nothing beyond baseless opinion.


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Can I install Cyanogen OS on Yu Yuphoria (with Stock Android)
I recently bought a YU Yuphoria shipped with Stock Android which is really freaking me as people are saying that Yuphoria shipped with Cyanogen OS  is far better than the Yuphoria shipped with stock Android. So, is there anyway I can put Cyanogen OS now on my Yuphoria??

Doesn't Yuphoria already come with Cyanogen installed? And could you be specific on what exactly is the feature you are interested in that is missing in your phone right now?

Yes but I chose the android stock rom from amazon, they've got both.

In case you aren't aware CyanogenMod is different from Cyanogen OS while the former is developed by community members Cyanogen OS is the official ROM from Cyanogen Team. Here's a link explaining how to Manually Install CyanogenMod 12.1 on YU Yuphoria. Installing any custom ROM means, a preliminary requirement is you need to root your device first. Also this Cyanogen wiki has step by step details on the same.

@Lucky What OP is trying to tell is that Yu Yuphoria comes with both version - Cyanogen OS version and Android Stock version. Related thread on official forum

Here you go: [Guide] Flash COS12 on Yuphoria Android Version

If you want cyanogen OS on your yuphoria on android then you can go to the nearest service center and get it on your phone.
You can check it on their website. I haven't done it yet, but you can give it a shot

Here you go: [Guide] Flash COS12 on Yuphoria Android Version

Yu Yuphoria comes with 2 different version

Cyanogen OS version
Stock Android Version

Related thread on Official forum.

To get Cyanogen OS : You can scroll down to files to your device on Official Cyanogen - Support page. Or Download directly Cyanogen OS 12.1 - 5.1.1 and flash it to your device.

To get CyanogenMod : You can go to Official CyanogenMod support page for Yuphoria. Or Download directly CyanogenMod 12.1 and flash it to your device.

You can install stock android YUOS which is available on Yu official website or install CM website. I am currently having CM 13.0 snapshot release on my yuphoria and very happy using it. CM community did a wonderful job on fixing bugs and adding improvements to 13.0 release.
Install instructions are provided on respective sites and xda forums.
Hope it helps.

Well, Android and Cyanogen aren't two separate OS internally but Cyanogen is the customized form of Android (with extra privileges). And, I would recommend you to stay with the stock Android if you've recently bought the device.
If you want to put Cyanogen you'll have to go through a lot of steps [Flashing another ROM] (it might make your device unusable/ cause errors after installing Cyanogen). Tell your friends to peace out and keep calm. I prefer the stock Android rather than CyanogenMod.
And, at last if you've money to get another smartphone, you can go ahead and experiment by installing Cyanogen. (:-D)

Are you certain that you're not mixing things up? Cyanogen is the name used by Steve Kondik who first developed the now community based ROM CyanogenMod (CM) and owns the company Cyanogen Inc. which works with some OEMs to ship devices with custom tailored version of CM, termed as Cyanogen OS. And Yu Yuphoria comes with Cyanogen OS.

I just explained him in simple launguage. He might be thinking about CM as Windows and Android, like two complete different OS. And, the name has been legally registered that's why they can say it as Cyanogen OS (because Android is Open Sourced). What did I say wrong in layman language? If you say a person who has not even heard of OEM, Flashing etc then should you explain that way?

Don't always make things complex.. What I said I see - "Cyanogen is the customized form of Android (with extra privileges),
and suggested him to not try flashing up a different ROM (If a guy has bought a new device why should anyone suggest him to experiment if he doesn't know about flashing) and stay with the current Android version. What did I miss?

Hey guys cool down I know Cyanogen is a based on android and my phone didn't came with the cyanogen because I choose the android yuphoria from amazon. They've got both but I thought I found it a mistake but as you are saying that stock rom is better than okay. And hey I know how to flash.

Yup, I'm cool. But, it's not right to assume that a person asking a question always knows the pre-requisites. I'm just irritated at him lowering my reputation without any valid reason. If you're a big shot that doesn't mean you can just put -1 on any one -_-

My mistake: I didn't notice that Yuphoria comes with stock Android as well. Apologies for the confusion caused, but the rest of my earlier comment holds true. Anyhow, I can't argue over other things since it would add to noise here and please don't take voting personally. It implies the opinion of a voter for your post. Please see  Why is voting important? and When should I vote down?


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Samsung Galaxy S6 no MTP,PTP connection error
I am having trouble with my device when connecting it through usb. My device registers through odin in download mode but that's it. When i connect it to my pc my phone just notifies me that its charging. My pc will not detect it period even after uninstalling/reinstalling drivers. I've tried using Linux, MAC, Windows 7,8,8.1, and 10 still no luck. This is extremely frustrating considering i can not transfer anything unless i upload everything through some form of cloud storage. I have even tried changing the radio settings on my phone from MTP to MTP ADB and several others in hope that this would fix it. I have also tried flashing other versions of support OS versions even going back to 5.0.1.

Don't know how to fix the MTP, but a more direct workaround than cloud storage is to fire up a simple FTP server on your phone. This one is open-source and works well in my experience.

but the question is uploading something from my device to that server is still cloud based scenario. Which is reliant on my upload speeds which is between 10/15mbps when you"re uploading a 3 gigabyte file that takes some time. I used filezilla on my linux machine at first but really didn't solve my issue

Double-check you're using the USB cable that came with your device. Try switching USB ports (especially if your device has some USB 2 and some USB 3). Restart in between driver uninstall/installs. Try another PC. Double-check you have the correct drivers (check the Samsung site to confirm or manually download them). Sometimes these things matter and will help, sometimes they don't--it depends on a lot of things.

Possible duplicate of http://android.stackexchange.com/q/109991/274


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Visible to only some people on Whatsapp?
I am afraid of using whatsapp just to avoid so many unwanted messages or unnecessary people contacting you. Just wondering, is it possible that am visible on whatsapp to ONLY some people (all my contacts shouldn't come to know)?

What is your phone model and Android version?

You mention on a comment that Actually, i have windows phone... so, you're on the wrong channel

Yes, you can choose the option to be visible only to your contacts.
Go to Settings --> Account --> Privacy --> Who can see my personal info and choose Last seen, Profile photo, status to My contacts. But configuring this, everyone who is not in your address list can know that you have a WhatsApp account, but they cannot see your last seen, profile photo, status.  You can also block unwanted contacts here. By blocking a particular contact, the other side will not see your last seen, profile photo, status and additionally you will not receive any messages / calls from blocked contact, messages will be shown as undelivered to them.
When you are in a group, provided you set the correct privacy options, the group members can only see your number and the name that you used while adding account on the device. There is no way to change this behavior.
Also, you cannot avoid unknown users adding you to a group. WhatsApp doesn't ask you whether you wanted to join a group or not. All you can do is to quit after joining and block the ones that joined you. Blocked contacts couldn't add you to a group.

Actually, i have windows phone. I have set "noone" in privacy for profile, status & picture yet my contact can see. Can't I avoid it?

I don't own a windows phone. It could be a bug. I see you have asked in Windows Phone section as well. You may report to whatsapp about this.. Mail to support@whatsapp.com

WhatsApp needs the users mobile number to add someone, so I guess don't give your mobiles number to everyone and if someone got your number and is trying to give you unwanted messages then just block 'em.

I don't share or add someone to my phone contacts just like that! I have to  be on certain WhatsApp group to receive some updates however, I don't want all my contact to know about it. Looks like WhatsApp doesn't have support it yet. Right?

Blocking is not practical so it is "per user". People won't be able to send you msgs on WhatsApp but they'll come to know you're on WhatsApp.

so can it be like that the groups are sending you unwanted messages cause thats what happened to me.

There're ppl who are ready to create group & simply add u without your permission. Just want to avoid it.

Then simply long press on the group and delete it.

yea, I am aware. Wish WhatsApp feature which allow you to make urself visible only to few people in your contact


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How to share android directories over LAN using SMB protocol
I want my hone to be used as network drive, by sharing folders over network. So that I can access it from My windows PC. I want to use SMA protocol for that.
I am using OnePlus One, CM12.1 OS with ES file explorer.

If you have a rooted phone, you can use one of these two apps that let you set up a samba server: Samba Server or SambaDroid (they are portings of Samba for Linux). Of course, you can find and use any other equivalent app. Root is required because Windows doesn't recognise non-conventional servers (i.e. which use non-standard ports), so you must be able to change the default ports on your phone.
If your device is not rooted, then you can:

create a Samba server with your PC, granting read/write privileges to the shared folders
use Es file explorer as a samba client (the smb protocol is built in)

In order to do it, follow these steps in Es (I will cover only the android side, assuming you know/will find out how to set up servers on PC):

open side menu, go to 'network' and choose LAN
touch the plus sign at the bottom right corner, this interface will pop up:

leave the 'domain' field empty
fill in the server name (local ip address of your PC), and username and password that you set up for your server
do not check the 'anonymous' box (if your server isn't password protected then check it)
choose a name for the server to be displayed on your phone
And that's it.
This should do the trick (as long as you enable r/w on your PC), doesn't require root and is well built in to Es file manager.


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How to delete Hola launcher on Intex phone?
I can't delete Hola launcher on my Intex smartphone. Once I deleted it from app setting, after some time it's automatically installed again. Another launcher named Launcher3 is on my phone with same problem, it's not removing by factory reset.
How can I delete Hola launcher permanently?

Perhaps related: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/104237/how-do-i-go-back-to-my-original-settings-after-installing-hola-launcher.

Launcher3 is the stock launcher. You can't remove it without rooting your device (it might void the warranty).
And, for the Hola launcher. If it's getting automatically downloaded from the Internet (Google Play Store), then you may disable auto app update or restrict background data to prevent it from getting downloaded.
If it's not getting downloaded from the Internet, then I'm afraid it comes pre-installed (bloatware). You can't uninstall those without rooting your device (voids warranty I repeat).


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Bluetooth keyboard keys are swapped
I have a Samsung tablet and bought a cover with a Bluetooth keyboard. The problem I have is that the @ key and the " key are swapped around.
How do I resolve this?

This can be due to a number of reasons:

You have a layout conflict between the OS and the Bluetooth keyboard, as pointed out by the previous answerer. Resolve this by going into the "Physical Keyboard Settings" option in the settings of whatever 3rd-party keyboard app you may have as default, or if you use the inbuilt soft keyboard, go into
Settings -> Language and Input -> Keyboard app Settings button -> Input Layouts.

Same as above, but in this case the problem is due to a region setting in your phone which conflicts with the layout of the keyboard. Fix this by checking if the region setting on your tablet is incorrect for the keyboard layout, and correct as necessary.

I think this is the problem of the layout of the keyboard. Make sure that the layouts of keyboard on your OS and the Bluetooth keyboard consistent.

I have Samsung Tab S7+ and my keys would change all the time. I knew it happened when I would use the shift key so I tried a bunch of combos. It ended up being shift + space bar. It makes sense it would happen often since I use these all the time.
I was using a Logitech K360 keyboard.

Note that Shift + Spacebar is usually a shortcut to change IME/keyboard layout.


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Settings shortcut widget in Galaxy Tab running Android 5.0.2?
I'm using Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 with Nova launcher. On widgets section, I don't  have settings shortcut. Below is the screenshot. What I want is notifications log from that shortcut.

Are you open to 3rd-party alternative? Perhaps this app can help?

Nope. I want to keep using nova.

Abhishek, Andrew T. didn't suggest an alternative launcher. You can keep using both the Nova launcher and that app at the same time.

Yeah that worked.


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Notification for edited Google Keep shared note?
I see no notices on my screen when a friend has edited a shared note. So I get no hint, and I don't read it until it's too late.
Is there any solution?

While any changes they make will appear instantly on the app, there seems no notification if you're outside the app. Perhaps not a solution, but adding Google Keep 3x2 widget to the home screen will help you to see the notes directly from there.

Are you the owner of the note and that you have shared with your friend?

@AndrewT. Is there a Google Keep 3x2 widget for iOS? Or only for Android?


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Difference between Gapps
What is the difference, if any, between different Gapps providers such as opengapps, tk gapps, pa gapps etc?

Open gapps is open source developed, all their code is available on github. PAGapps is developed by the Paranoid Android team. So there you have it. An app doesnt have to be created by google to work as a google app. Other developers also give you a choice as  to whether you want all or just one google app (gapp) The pico is just the play store, if I remember rightly. I no longer use any Gapps at all. I use a separate apk downloader called Raccoon with a throwaway google account.

I'm looking for the original sources behind your claim. Please provide them. For example, for open gapps, you can link their GitHub page. For PAGapps, there must be some XDA thread or official blog/site link.

Even with those links, I very much doubt e.g. the Playstore app coming with OpenGApps will be open-source. Quoting their homepage: "The Open GApps Project is an open-source effort to script the automatic generation of up-to-date Google Apps packages." (emphasis mine). So it's just the bundling that makes the difference here, not the apps themselves.