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Connect my lollipop device via USB in mass storage mode
I have Samsung S5 dual sim variant which runs on android v5.0 stock based custom rom, and having some trouble with MTP mode such as very slow copying speed and can't play media directy (I have to copy each file to my local storage and then play them) is there any way I can connec it in mass storage mode so that it acts like a flash drive?

AFAIK, you can't do it because your Android doesn't has any support for it. There may be some massive hack which I don't know but I would rather prefer a file / local http server on my phone to get the things done, streaming too (see Is there a viable alternative to MTP for file transfer?), or perhaps use the method Izzy once mentioned here

@brauliobo, it is not possible to have that actual USB mass storage functionality since Android natively doesn't support it in Lollipop or Kitkat. However, there are various ways to achieve what you want ranging from accessing filesystem using ADB to mounting a server running on Android in PC. I just want to know the exact requirement of yours and the clarification: did you consider any of the solutions mentioned in my earlier comment?

yeah, I've ended up using an ssh daemon and transfered data via scp command, but the ideal for me would be an rsync daemon, but couldn't find a good app with it.

@brauliobo some busybox variants might have that built-in. I only know apps for the opposite direction (working from the Android device), see Synchronisation via SSH

Related: Why can't I see Android storage as a partition on PC?

Connecting your phone via UMS (USB Mass Storage) won't be possible. It's been removed from Android, so the only way would be for you to fork the Android source and program it in again. I assume that's not what you want to do.
There were a few reasons for this, but mostly because UMS is prone to crash third-party apps and also files cannot be dual accessed from apps and the computer simultaneously.
MTP isn't really bad per-se, but unfortunately the support in Windows is lacking. A colleague of mine uses MTP with Ubuntu and is very happy with it.
Here are some suggestions about what you could do though:

If you really want to transfer files via USB, you could do that with adb pull and adb push. You could make a little script that runs as soon as you connect your phone and synchronizes a specific folder.
You could, and this is the most comfortable way, install a samba server on your phone. That way you would be able to mount parts of your phone's storage on your computer, as soon as it is connected to your WiFi. The bandwidth would probably also be enough to directly play music files, maybe even videos (depending mostly on the number of antennas your phone has). For that solution, please have a look at these two apps SambaDroid, Samba Server as well as this question regarding root access Using SMB server without root access.
Another option would be running an SSH server. You can then also mount remotely with SSHFS on Linux and OSX. For Windows I recommend SFTP Net Drive, which is free for a single connection and personal use. Advantages over SMB would be that file transfers are encrypted and that it's more suitable to also be used over WAN. Also it already comes with file integrity checks. Disadvantages would be that over high latency connections (WAN), speeds might drop significantly due to physical limitations from the bandwidth delay product.
Last but not least, there is the option, if you're on Linux, to use adbfs. It is using FUSE to mount your adb connected phone. So it will appear just like any other mount. This is probably the closest you can get to what was UMS.

You can install app to enable USB mass storage. Download apk from this and just select the 'Enable UMS (Hard Method)' in that app..
Source;
Enable MASS STORAGE Mode

Can you edit your post to include the relevant parts from that XDA thread, so future readers can see the solution.

On my lollipop system ( custom rom) it wasn't option to change usb connectivity, but actually it was, all I need to do do is to plug phone to pc via usb, then go to settings and in search box (it must have coz it is lp), and type there usb, you'll get  something like usb connection, tap on it an you'll get standard menu to chosse between MTP, PTP, charge only, an usb mass storage.

Which custom ROM and which build of it exactly? USB mass storage (UMS) on Lollipop? That's interesting. Is it ROM available for Samsung S5 dual SIM variant or the device which brauliobo is yet to mention?

On my stock-based custom rom(xstrestolite) for Samsung galaxy S5, I've tried this but there is no option related to UMS.

Sorry i've forgot to say that I don't use samsung S5, I tought that this might work on your device, but it seems i'm wrong.. Maybe, but just maybe, you can try slimlp rom for your device if it exist, maybe there will be option with metod i've mentioned..

I've SlimLP (Android 5.1.1) for OnePlus One. I followed your method and I don't see UMS.

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how do i move the setting to sd card for the downloading apps
My problem is, when I download apps in my mobile through playstore which is android it says insufficient space even tho I have space of 16 gb in memory card and the setting is also on ad sd card,it's says primary storage on sd card,but my phone's memory is full,and I have to download it to sd card but still while downloading it says insufficient space

The apps in android are installed in the /data partition which is in the phone internal storage and have fixed size on some devices like yours ,the android system offers the ability to move some apps to sdcard but not all the apps are compatible and this option is useless ,there is some work around to make your data partition bigger using some space from the SD card but you gonna need root ,busybox and init.d support ,if you have those tell me I will post the full explained methode on how to do it

Please take a look at our insufficient-memory tag-wiki to get started on this. Especially follow up to What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage? and How can I deal with “Low on Space” messages on my Android?

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Does beep over SSH work when root?
I tried running a busybox version of beep over SSH but recieved the following error message:
$ beep
beep: can't open console
$ ls -l /dev/console
crw-------    1 root     root        5,   1 Jun 22 23:32 /dev/console

If I were to invest the time in rooting my device would this work? I imagine that this may not be the only complication...

To add further more info, I tried this command with root privileges, got the same error. Don't know what it is but thought I should add my part.

I can't believe no one up voted this question ,it is a serious question even if the asker never came back to see an answer

After a long time of reflection and a good night sleep ,I came back to edit my answer.
Short answer:
beep will not work under Android as Android devices do not have an internal system speaker and no kernel module pcspkr. I tried to beep old school way with the command echo -en "\a" > /dev/tty5, but it will not work since Android doesn't have an internal speaker.
Whenever I run beep with root or without it always return the same error:
   beep : can't open console

After reading the beep documentation I think the problem is not that you don't have permission – but due to beep command not finding the console (for info: beep will use tty0 as default console to beep and not the /dev/console) and that's why it returns "can't open console" and not "permission denied". To fix this you would need to compile beep from busybox source with option to change the default console like in the beep desktop version.
But nothing is impossible you can make your own beep program easily following this steps :

make sure you have the binary aplay on your phone have it under /system/bin it is used by the system to play boot sounds if you don't have it grab the arm version from here and put it under /system/bin on your phone and give it the right permission it have to be executable.
download this beep.wav file from here and put it somewhere on the system partition of the phone or any where else your choice in my exemple it will be /system/beep.wav.
now you can either beep usin this command
aplay /system/beep.wav

or you can make a script file name it beep and put it under /system/xbin or /system/bin you can either over right or rename the old copy since it is just a symlink to the busybox binary. You can always call the original beep by busybox beep command and don't forget to give it the execute permission.

Here is the simple exemple of the script to write:
#!/system/bin/sh
aplay /system/beep.wav

This will beep your device with the current default speaker it can be the phone's speaker, headset or Bluetooth headset, you can change that using the aplay option -Dnameofpcmdevice
This script can only beep once but, I see many possibilities can be added easily, like playing other sounds alarm and adding arguments like frequency – and much more.
externel links reference and assets :
http://linux.die.net/man/1/beep
http://www.soundjay.com/beep-sounds-1.html
http://media.io/ >> great online service to convert sounds to wav format supported by aplay
I hope this will solve your problem or at least give you an alternative

@LôrdRalfAdolf May I still ask if you verified what you wrote on an Android device (and if so, on which)? Neither me nor Firelord were able to have that "work just fine", but both got the same error: "beep: can't open console" in all cases (via adb shell, via ssh, and via local terminal).

I can confirm what Izzy and firelord said ,the command beep return can't open console even with root ,tested on HTC one with CyanogenMod on local terminal ,adb shell and ssh

@Izzy I updated my answer with a proper explanation of the beep binary and what may be causing this issue ,but I can be wrong :D please read and tell me what you think

I cannot verify currently, but it sounds great now (I've just applied a little formatting, hope you don't mind ;) Now let's wait for the OP who is likely to have the urge of verification :) Thanks a lot for all your effort. That alone is worth an upvote: though I cannot really "try it out", it seems sound to me. Great you don't only say beep doesn't work, even explain why – but also include a way to "fake" it. Good job I'd say!

Thanks @Izzy I don't mind the edit ,I appreciate it ,I know I am not getting any spell or text formatting awards any time soon ,I will try my best next time to save you the trouble

If you can, that's fine of course. If not, I'm there again, no probs :)

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How to change my phone's firmware nationality?
For some unknown reason the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (GT-I9195) I bought in Switzerland is actually a Polish version, i.e. that's the default locale which I cannot uninstall and that's why only today I was offered an OTA to I9195XXUCOD3 instead of I9195XXUCOA2 back in February. While my question basically boils down to

can I simply download the Swiss firmware image and flash that via Odin?

I'd prefer a general (not device-specific) answer for the following points:

How to figure out whether the firmware and device of two different countries are compatible (e.g. is the hardware sufficiently identical/compatible)?
how to modify the device's nationality, i.e. is it sufficient to replace the firmware or are other steps required?
does having the device rooted help/hinder?

For Samsung devices (unbranded ones) the answers are pretty simple:

As long as the model is the same (exactly the same, even the characters after the numbers), the ROM is compatible. (Usually the bare models without any special characters after them have more international firmwares).
Yes, it's enough if you flash an international/regional firmware on top of the old one. Sometimes it needs a factory reset but usually rebuilding the dalvik-cache is the case.
It doesn't matter if your device is rooted. You may be able to flash using Mobile ODIN if you are rooted (no PC needed then) but root access is usually not needed if your bootloader is unlocked (usual case).

So in general you can flash any ROM that suits your device model.

I have it a shot, indeed it worked without problems so far. now off to rooting it again... I wonder if installing TWRP is worth the effort or whether I'll simply use chainfire's autoroot again


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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9006: Chinese knockoff/clone or genuine phone?
A few months ago a relative picked up a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9006) while in China. The price was low so he didn't think much of it. The phone looks genuine and when it boots up it shows the Samsung logo and all that.
While researching a problem with the preinstalled apps - see my other question here - and looking into rooting it, and/or installing a custom rom, it was made clear that I had to be careful to pick the right rom for the device. It was also pointed out that there are clones of these phones which complicates the problem.
So, my question is, how do I know if I have a genuine Samsung Note 3 or a cheap clone?

Device Info:
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9006
Android 4.4.2
Baseband: MT6582
Build: JSS15J.N9006ZCUBMI5

EDIT:
It was suggested that if a code in the dialer can NOT bring a debugging menu on screen then it is a clone. Well, the code worked for me. It showed a set of buttons for various hardware components like, wifi, flash, speakers etc. They did perform basic tests on a couple that I tried.

I deleted my  answer since I was reading that the method suggested isn't reliable.

It seems that your device uses a MediaTek MT6582 chip, as seen in this line of your device info:
Baseband: MT6582

There are no Samsung Galaxy flagship devices (e.g. Note / S devices) that use MediaTek chips. Samsung uses Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, its own Exynos chips, and the occasional Spreadtrum chip. MediaTek chips just don't deliver the level of performance that Samsung wants in their flagships. I'm afraid the device is a clone.
One way to confirm this is by going to the dialer app and typing *#0*#. On a genuine Samsung device, you'll be taken to a debugging menu right after you enter the last #.
After some more research and consideration, it does appear that your device is indeed genuine. The *#0*# test you did (and passed) further strengthens this claim. (I apologize for my previous answer.)

I did the dialer test and it DID go into a debugging menu. So what do you make of that?

Seems your information is out of date. It was reported that they would begin using MediaTek chips. Newer article here. Maybe it finally happened?

@Vic There aren't any Note 3 variants that use MediaTek chips, or any flagship Galaxy device for that matter. See Bruno Vaz's answer. (And yes, I've read that report too.)

Although it's been a while, I'd still question this: how did you end up geting the conclusion that it's indeed genuine? Just having that model and passing that test doesn't mean it's genuine - nowadays some clones even port full Samsung UI, including settings, etc., so it's possible that the debug menu is ported too.

In contrast to Bruno's answer, it is a genuine Samsung Galaxy Note 3 produced for use in China and it's listed on Samsung's official website for model N9006 (in Chinese).
A rooting thread on XDA Forum also mentioned that it is "the most international version of the Note3 in China". Consider it as another Galaxy Note 3 variant, not as a fake clone.

I have searched for the "SM-N9006" and it is a clone. The original Galaxy Note 3 models are:

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9000 (3G)
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9002 (Dual SIM)
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 (LTE)

Even though the debugging menu works, this model is fake. When searching for ROMs and Root, search for the "SM-N9006" model, then you'll find only the files made for this specific device.

Baseband: MT6582
this is definately a fake note 3,  and i bet the sticker in the back of the phone is not like the regular sticker u find in all samsung,  reason i say this is becasue MT6582 +++ are basebands they use to sell copy phones,  if u search any china wholesale phones supplier you will see that they all use this baseband,,,,,  while the SM-N9006 is a real and genuine samsung,  it  must have the correct basebands , not the MT6582

For reference and as a supplement to the answers above, one more evidence pointing to a fake clone: the Android version string says 4.4.2 but the build number is JSS15J which corresponds to Jelly Bean 4.3 (and an early build of that).
Add that to the baseband saying MT6582 (where genuine phones would say something like N9006ZCUBMI5, similar to the build number's second part), and clearly you have a fake.

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Android 4.4.2, Google Play Store error: No connection, but pages loads fine in browser
The Android version is 4.4.2. When I open Google Play Store, it says "Error, no connection"But when I open browser I can load pages like Google.com.
I tried clearing cache, logging with other Google account, but it isn't working.
Any ideas to resolve the issue?
EDIT: I downloaded Anututu and it says that there is root access..

I haven't opened Google Play on this phone before..It just shows that error message..Also youtube isn't blocked..

going through this answer might help you
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/108967/cant-connect-to-google-play/116688#116688

It happened to me when I did factory reset, solved after upgrading the play store, go to the play store settings scroll down and click on version number it will update to the latest version of play store

I had this issue once too when flashing a custom ROM. Download an Play Store apk for Android 4.4.2 and install that.

Try going to Settings > Applications and finding Google Play Services. Clear the cache and force stop the app. If that doesn't work, try clearing data instead of cache and then force stopping it.

I can't clear the data, also I can't Force stop it, because I can't press the button..Clearing cache didn't help.. :\

Sounds strange: If you cannot clear its data, have you setup a Google account at all (and if so, when)? Is the "uninstall updates" button enabled (also check this for the Google Play Store app)? For how long are you using the device already?

Yes, I've logged in my google account. I tryed clearing the data from Google Play Store app, and force stopping it, but it didn't work..There is no button uninstall updates..The device is new, from 1 day.

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Are there options to modify the task manager for Android's new update Lollipop?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5, and for the past few months I have held back on getting the Lollipop update. One of the big reasons why was because of this- not being able to go to the home screen through the task switcher button.
(by pressing on something other than the apps in the navigation window)
 I finally got it today, but I just want to know if it's possible to do this in the Lollipop update, because I used it frequently in the Kit Kat OS. I want to be able to navigate between apps and the home screen without having to ex-out all my apps or repeatedly press the home button.
Thank You for your time.

I'm not understanding your request. Are you saying that previously, when you tapped the recents button to display the recent applications, if you then tapped on a part of the screen that wasn't an app, it would take you to the home screen? And now, in Lollipop, it doesn't do that? If I'm correct, why is it that you don't wish to simply press the Home button to go home? And it shouldn't require multiple presses, unless there's something I'm unclear about.

@TurboFool I guess he means that he has to minimize all apps to be able to switch to another one and not see the running app through the background of the task manager. I guess it's not possible to change that without massive effort on a custom rom.

@TurboFool Yes, that's exactly what I mean. The reason I don't just press the home button is because I don't want to press it again and again (don't want to break it from overuse), and I got used to doing it that way. If it's not possible, I'll just have to accept it, but I first wanted to ask if I can change it, maybe through an app or manually configuring it through the computer or something.

Btw, I know that there's an assistant menu that allows you to go home through it (like the iPhone's button-on-screen-thing) but I wanna know if I can do it through the task manager.

I don't believe it's possible. And the phone was designed for you to hit the home button over and over. If it can't withstand that, it should never have gotten past product testing. Honestly, the feature you were relying on is likely to be VERY problematic and jarring to users. If they tap wrong, they're taken to an entirely different place. I would imagine there were complaints, and that's why it was removed.

@TurboFool Okay, thanks. I'll get used to it, and they updated the assistant menu so I'm thinking of using that. Sorry for the trouble.

Forgive my late tuning in (oh, just 1h late), but there are several apps allowing you to re-assing keys. E.g. Button Saviour, which emulates soft-keys (but requires root). Maybe one of those can help you out?

@Izzy Thanks for the suggestions (I checked all in the Edit Keys Section) but none have really worked for me. (I also don't have root) The website seems to have a lot of stuff though so I'll check back if I need anything else. Thank you again

Anytime, @TimBob – was worth a try. And yes, lots of stuff hopefully well organized (and kept up-to-date). Be welcome to the articles section as well! I've actually set it up to support Android.SE, amongst others, for cases like this ;)

So it turns out you can't edit task manager behaviors. The option to go to the home screen through the task manager has been removed, probably because it hindered users switching between apps, which must be why the switching app windows are are considerably larger in Lollipop.


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Can't install Cyanogenmod on Galaxy S3
I can't seem to get Cyanogenmod installed onto my Galaxy S3. I've followed the steps on their website, and I've gotten the custom recovery installed just fine. But actually installing the Cyanogenmod Nightly isn't working, both for the sideload and push and install.
I am admittedly new to Cyanogenmod so I'm not sure what's going on with it, or if I'm getting a simple step wrong.
When I try installing from zip in the recovery nothing actually happens and nothing changes when I reboot the phone.
Then when I try to install it via push and install, I use the command:
adb push cm-11-20150426-NIGHTLY-d2lte.zip /sdcard/0/

It tells me:
3426 KB/s (227230178 bytes in 64.765s)

And again when I try booting the phone up nothing has changed.
I got something different when I took the /0/ out of the code
So I put in:
adb push cm-11-20150426-NIGHTLY-d2lte.zip /sdcard/

And I get:
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon start successfully *
error: insufficient permissions for device

Thank you Firelord (I'm new here so I'm not sure if I'm able to include a quote of your answer)
I seemed to just be doing it out of order.
Now that I've gotten it working I'm running into an issue with the install on the device.
When I try to install from the zip it tells me:
-- Installing /sdcard/0/cm-11-20150626-NIGHTLY-d2lte.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Can't install this package on top of incompatible data. Please try another package or run a factory reset
E:Error in /sdcard/0/cm-11-20150426-NIGHTLY-d2lte.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted

I did a factory reset and got a new version of the zip before I edited the post and got the same error.

That 3426 KB/s is the copying speed with which data is copied in that said SD card. 227230178 in 64.765s is ~230MB data copied into the said location in 64.765 seconds. Seems like it's the size of your ROM.

adb push cm-xxx.zip /sdcard/0 wouldn't install the ROM or any zip file but would just copy it from SOURCE to DESTINATION, as what push literally implies.

In order to install that file, it is mentioned in the link (step 7) to choose "install zip from sideload" so that you can do something like adb sideload cm-xxx.zip, or choose "push and install method" where you actually pushed the ROM but needed to do tap "Install zip" -> choose that ROM from SD card, and proceed for installation.

error: insufficient permissions for device -- I think you were running your Android OS when you entered that command.

Sorry! But I've lack of experience with Nightlies, so I'm unable to help you out anymore. Until somebody reaches you with help, I would suggest using Google search for the error. Also, you may see referencing to know site's rules for quoting the content. In addition, use @ followed by the name of the person to whom you are conveying your point. More info is here.

Thank you for your help. I was unsure if the @ would work here.
I'll give the Release channel a shot to see if that will work.


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Using multiple Google accounts in device but don't want some of them to show up anywhere in Hangouts app's menu
I have five different Google accounts (my personal Gmail account used as the primary account and others for different Google Apps for Business email addresses), Gmail, Hangouts, and more, all work fine for each account. However, I don't use Hangouts on three of the accounts, and I'd prefer that I not even see these accounts in the Hangouts app.
While I can sign out of the unused accounts they still show up in the menu in the Hangouts app. Is there anyway to disable the Hangouts app entirely for specific Google accounts?

No, there is not. The Google Account system in Android is an all-or-nothing setup. If the account is configured on your device, and a Google app supports it, then it will be listed as an available option, even if you turn off syncing of that component in the settings.

Thanks, figured as much, good to know I wasn't missing something.

This answer is incorrect. Signing out is possible, see e.g. Leonardo's answer below (tested with Hangouts v10.0, last updated 8 June 2016).

That wasn't the case when this answer was written. Signing out didn't remove it from the list.

Yes you can. Just open Hangouts> tap the three horizontal bars on the top left> tap the Settings option> select the account you'd like to remove> scroll down and select Sign out.
This will sign the account of Hangouts only. You will continue to receive emails and everything else for that account as usual.


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How can I get into my device using command prompt?
My OnePlus One is partially bricked. When it turns on, it does not pass the "1+ powered by android" screen. I do not know what caused this, but there is a more detailed explanation of my issue here. I need to use ADB or some other recovery tool, but i had not enabled USB debugging. How can I use Command Prompt to access my device?
I really need to get my One back
Thanks

If you can boot into Recovery Mode, then try adb shell from there. I think stock CM recovery might have default debugging enabled, and see if you can get shell access from there.

In that case, I would suggest using OnePlusRecoveryTool. It revived my One when it showed no sign of revival. Note that using it would mean complete data loss. // As for PWR + Vol DN, you're supposed to boot into an environment called Recovery Mode, having some 4-5 option ranging from resetting the device, installing updates, and some others.


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Whatsapp last seen versus blue double check for sent messages
I have experienced a weird situation with Whatsapp, and I don't know what it means.
I sent a message and it got the blue double checks at 18:00 hrs, but the person to whom I sent the message was last seen at 16:00 hrs.
How could my message got  blue double checks if the person hasn't opened Whatsapp?

check pointers in this question: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/30781/whatsapp-last-time-seen-online-what-does-it-mean

How about the good ol' first letter capital :D

There could be Two (or more)  possible reason for this:
 All the word "read" is in past tense

Read while Offline
Your friend was connected to net, but whatsapp was closed (not in foreground) and recieved your msg.
Then he got disconnected with internet, and while this, read your message.
Thus the Whatsapp application registered that the user has read the msg.
Then your friend got connected to internet, it is now when Whatsapp fires the "msg read by user" request to server.
But as the Whatsapp is closed, the last seen does'nt change.

Whatsapp Plus
The second possibility is that your friend is using a modded Whatsapp version called Whatsapp Plus (discontinued for now).
It has the ability and option to hide last seen of the user, even when the user is connected to internet and Whatsapp is running in foreground.
Thus, the user can chat with you in real time without changing his last seen!
Now the thing is that, Whatsapp Plus also has an option to Hide Blue Ticks and Hide second tick.
Thus, we can conclude that, it is possible, that your friend has Hide last seen enabled, and rest all disabled.
Leading to the situation in Question.


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Nexus 7 (2013) Boot Failure
I have a Nexus 7 (2013), 32GB, WiFi-only, that won't boot.  I had been using it daily, until it failed.
I had left it running, but on the 1st day after the warranty expired it would not wake up when I pressed the power button.  In fact, there were no signs of life.
Thinking it had just hung up on something, I attempted to force it to power-down by holding the power button for 15 seconds... can't tell if that did anything or not.  Again held the power button in for a few seconds and "Google" appeared, like it was starting up.  It did not change state for the next several hours, so I repeated the process a few times.
Eventually, I checked online and found references to Power+Vol-Down, which I tried and it brought me to the bootloader screen.  I have attempted all of the options there, but they all bring me to the same place... "Google".
I contacted ASUS support and they had me try a few things, including "Recovery Mode", which also failed.  The actions directed by "support" took me to an Android laying down, cover open, with a red triangle on it.  The end result of that conversation is that I should send it to Puerto Rico for repair at a cost of $240 (plus shipping), which is more than I paid for it.  He said they would replace a system board and return it to me.
In further research, I found the Skipsoft Toolkit (v3.1.0) (02-Jul-2015).  I installed it on Windows 7 and successfully attached the Nexus to it via USB and it recognized the device in fastboot mode, but not in ADB mode.
I've tried the function to back up the device, but it just hangs there, even after a couple days.
I've tried the function to unlock the device and I get a screen on the device asking for permission to proceed, but then it hangs.
I'm looking for advice or direction to move forward... or is my device really "done"?
Contents of the bootloader screen:
FASTBOOT MODE,
PRODUCT NAME - flo,
VARIANT - flo 32G,
HW VERSION - rev_e,
BOOTLOADER VERSION - FLO-04.05,
CARRIER INFO - None,
SERIAL NUMBER - 07b04e4b,
SIGNING - yes,
SECURE BOOT - enabled,
LOCK STATE - locked
Any help would be appreciated!!
Thanks,
Dan

"I've tried the function to unlock the device and I get a screen on the device asking for permission to proceed, but then it hangs." Are you referring to fastboot oem unlock?

I am referring to #3 "Unlock/Re-lock your bootloader" from the main menu of the Skipsoft Toolkit.  My understanding is that I need to unlock it before I can recover the device with a copy of the initial image.  Am I on the wrong track?

Well I don't know what that toolkit does exactly, but if it's doing what it's supposed to then yes, it's doing fastboot oem unlock. That's supposed to always work on Nexuses (Nexii?).

I'm still experiencing this problem and I'm still confused about how to proceed.  I can't get it past the "Google" logo in boot.


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Wireless Emergency Alerts not working on identical Galaxy S5
My wife and I have identical Galaxy S5 phones (SM-G900A) on an AT&T family plan. She has received numerous WEAs (weather alerts, amber alerts) in the year we've had them, but I have not received a single one. The only thing different is that she's stayed on Jellybean (I think) while I've upgraded through Kitkat and then on to Lollipop. However, the menu options, and current settings  are the same. I've tried the disabling and re-enabling but won't know until the next alert comes along.
Two part question then:

Can I get a test alert sent to my phone? If so, how?
Is there something about Lollipop that affects WEAs?

(WEAs in US/SoCalifornia)


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Android Music Player - Does the default "Music Player" program store the timestamp of when a song was last played?
I have a question about the recently played items in the Android (specifically v4.2.2) media library.
Does the default "Music Player" program store the timestamp of when a song was last played? Or does it simply increment a play counter or even just append the song's index to a table? Any explanatory information about the two dynamic playlists: "recently played" and "most played" will be most appreciated.
For background: I am trying to determine the last time an MP3 was played on an Android phone (Samsung Beam2 Android v4.2.2) and any help is very much appreciated. I have rooted the phone and pulled what I think are the media SQL lite databases from here:
/data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases/internal.db
/data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases/external.db

Browsing these with an SQL Lite browser I can see all the MP3 files and the "files" table holds columns for "recently_played" and "most_played". However, these columns are empty, so I may have pulled the wrong database. If I found the correct database, what kind of values can I expect to find here? Flags? Indices? Or timestamps?
Any help is very much appreciated, I am an experienced developer but have little experience with Android.
Thank you.

I have been looking extensively online, and found this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8314288/playcount-for-media-files

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How to access "Apps with usage access" setting on LG G3?
I have an LG G3 with Android 5.0, but I can't find this setting.
I read it's in Privacy → Security, but the setting doesn't seem to be there:

Screenshot (click for larger variant)

It seems that LG removed the entry to the setting on LG G3. Whether it's accidental or not, it's unclear.
There are many reports stating the same issue:

on LG G3 Sub-Reddit

I have an app that asks me to go to "Apps with Usage Access". The app instructions tell me to go here: "Settings >> General >> Security >> Apps that access Usage Data". I am not exactly able to find it. My question is -- does your LG G3 with Lollipop have an option called "Apps that access Usage Data"?

by Mark on Google+

I'm using an LG G3 and since I got the Lollipop update I haven't been able to use the LAS app.
  I noticed the app (was) updated and requires to change 'Apps with usage access'. Unfortunately on my phone I don't see the option. I have installed on my Nexus 7 and made the required change and works perfectly again. Does anyone know how to change/access on a LG G3?

both on AndroidForums and AndroidCentral by same user (which has sligthly different issue)

Any time I restart my phone I get an error because of Smart Clean, it apparently resets itself & that interferes with Llama, and I need to go & toggle Smart Clean off again. Does anyone know if I can get to the screen below without going from an error message?

on AutomateIt's FAQ

Due to changes in Android Lollipop, In order for AutomateIt to monitor active apps it requires an explicit permission from the user. You can do that by going to your device Settings→Security and click on the “Apps with usage access option” (This should be the last item on the settings screen). On some devices, that option is not present (such as LG G3) and on those devices, the “Application State Trigger” cannot be supported.

on MobileSyrup Community

On stock Android, this can be found in Settings > Security > Apps with usage access. This is absent from the G3 running Lollipop.

on RescueTime's Blog

It appears that LG has pushed out a variant build of Android 5 missing an entire library that is part of the SDK specification for build level 21 (Android 5), the “android.app.usage” API.

Possible workaround:

Download an app that needs this setting to be switched on (e.g. based on the forum post, Llama).
Use custom ROM that implements this feature (e.g. based on Reddit's post, CyanogenMod 12)

You can access this setting by downloading Nova Launcher from the play store. Once installed hold down on any empty place until the add options coome up. Then click on activities and drag it to an empty place on screen. Now a list of activities will be displayed. Scroll down to settings and click on it. Now scroll down to apps with usage access. Hold it for a few seconds and the apps with usage access screen will open.

There's an app on Google Play called "QuickShortcutMaker" and it not only allows you to make shortcuts to anything sort of like Nova does, but also access any setting via a search function, including settings that are hidden in your ROM, for example if you're using a Chinese phone. That's how I get around hidden options on my ZTE.

On my LG K92 and Lenovo Duet (Chromebook), I had to search for "special app access". Then choose "usage access" and you'll be taken to a list of apps. Choose your app and change settings appropriately.


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How to store Dropbox files locally on my mobile device?
We all know how Dropbox works on a regular workstation. It stores the files on the disk and whenever the file is modified (or created), the software synchronizes the entire folder with the last committed folder (updating the previous files and adding the newly created files).
However this is not the case with Dropbox application for mobile devices (at least for android). The official app gives us just the interface of the folder stored on the cloud (Dropbox server). To access the files, they have to be downloaded. Changes are detected, if made; and then the files are updated.
My problem is I have to access my Dropbox files too frequently but I don't have a decent internet connection all the time. I am barely using 20-25MB of my dropbox space. The files I need to access frequently are merely some txt files of 100-200kB. I want to access them without an internet connection but whenever I update them and afterwards whenever my device finds a decent internet connectivity the files should be updated on the server.
Is there a third party application for it? Or is there any existing Dropbox feature for it, I am not aware of?

I use an app called X-plore, it has an option to sync folders.
Or as your case is specific; I recommend downloading all the txt files on a folder and then using apps like FolderSync to sync it. Or even better, just use another cloud storage app like Box

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How can I check when was the phone rooted?
In the adb shell command when I entered su, it prints:
su
root@hxjgeakt:/ #

It means my phone is rooted right?
How can I check when exactly was the phone rooted?

@Izzy just a simple ls -l <location-to-su-binary> (e.g.ls -l /system/xbin/su). The app checks for 4 possible location (system/xbin, system/bin, sbin, system/xbin/sudo)

As for the first part: Yes, that definitely means your device is rooted.
For the second part of your question, IMHO it's close to impossible to figure the exact timestamp of rooting (apart from yourself noting it in some document). Though there seem to be tools reporting it, as mentioned in this answer1, I'm afraid that timestamp is not much reliable (unless I missed something). According to Andrew's comment, those apps do so by checking the timestamps of certain files, such as the su binary. Depending on several conditions, that might be totally off:

if those binaries have just been updated (e.g. SuperSU updates the su binary when new versions are available), that timestamp is definitely much later than the time you've rooted the device
if they have not been updated, it might report the time the binary has been compiled (depending on how it checks the file's timestamp)
I'm not sure how such an app could distinguish above two cases
if you have restored the device from e.g. a nandroid backup, it could again be wrong even if it checks when the file was "last written"

So if any tool tells you the date, I wouldn't count on the fact the date is correct – unless the dev can explain how the check is performed, and prove why the reported timestamp is correct.

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Apps storing data in non-existent SD Card
I had a few encounters with apps corrupting because part of their data was somehow stored into my SD Card. So I decided to move everything back into internal memory, format the SD Card, un-mount it and remove it physically.
However, after removing the SD Card and restarting my phone, I noticed some peculiar behaviour. 3 of my apps immediately started "storing" data into my SD Card, which no longer exists physically. Skype stores 12kb, Messenger 28kb and 9gag 92kb.
I haven't tried re-updating the corrupted apps, not sure if they would try to "store" into the non-existent SD Card as well. Any explanations or knowledge on this behaviour?
EDIT: Adding in more details
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, below is a screenshot of my phone a few hours after removing my physical SD Card. The answer below further confuses me, as this "SD CARD" menu accessed through Settings > More > Application Manager was exactly what I used to manage which apps gets moved to the physical SD Card before I removed it. It remains the same after I mounted the SD Card back. Does this mean both emulated SD Card and physical SD Card information are combined in this menu?

Could it be they mean the internal (emulated) SD card? Hard to tell without knowing the device and seeing the source of your quote ;)

Would you please explain the point of accepting the edit here?

that was actually me, I didn't know I was logged in differently, so I've added more info to confirm the answers

Please see http://android.stackexchange.com/help/merging-accounts

As I do not know your phone model and features, so tried to explain it with my phone's system (Micromax A089). In my phone there is two internal memories. One called "System Storage" and the other called "Phone Storage or SD Card" (Not the external SD card inserted by me). I think your apps data is storing in the "Inbuilt Phone Storage/SD Card" of you phone. Otherwise there is no explanation for this problem.


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removing a watspp no of my old mob
Hi my old mobile died and i have watsapp on my new no and want to get rid of the old watsapp no contact in my new mob as no need to have it as new no.How do I delete it from my contacts on watsapp as no way i can.

From the WhatsApp FAQ:

How do I delete my account?
You can delete your account from within WhatsApp.
WARNING! Deleting your account is an irreversible process, we cannot
undo a deletion if you complete the process by accident.
Deleting your account will do the following

Delete your account from WhatsApp.
Delete you from your friends' Select contact lists.
Delete you from all WhatsApp groups.
Erase your message history on your phone.
Delete your WhatsApp service payment information.

To delete your WhatsApp account

Open WhatsApp.
Press the Menu Button > Settings > Account > Delete My
Account.
Enter your phone number in the full international format and
tap Delete My Account.

Please note that we cannot delete your account
for you at this time.

Pretty sure those instructions only apply if the phone with the account on it is still working/accessible.

yes @eldarerathis but in this case Diane can delete using a friends phone although there are some issues. Also if a cell phone number is no more used for 45 days it gets recycled on new device as info given on this link link


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How do I disable twitter notifications?
Twitter keeps send me

@Jim and @Bob just retweeted...

notifications on my Android phone.
I've tried disabling the notifications following these instructions from twitter.

However I'm still receiving these notifications. Any idea how to disable?

You probably need to look at the app on your phone and see if that has settings to control what notifications you see.

@bmdixon That's not useful at all. It's entirely speculative, and as it is, doesn't the problem.

Hence why I posted it as a comment rather than an answer. I don't know the answer, just suggested somewhere to look. I know that for the Twitter app I use (Falcon Pro) I can configure what notifications I want to receive, independent of any settings configured in the Twitter settings on the web.

Yeah, I guess it could have been helpful, in which case my response would have been 'Thanks!'. I'd already tried that. My apologies for being a bit short.

Go Settings/Apps/Twitter
Uncheck "Show Notifications" under the "Force Stop" button.

That'll stop private message notificatoins as well right? That might simply have to be the case.

It will stop All Notifications from Twitter App. The Best option for you is to use Falcon Pro as mentioned by @bmdixon. Or may be re install twitter (Forcing it to sync the settings)

This stops all notifications from Twitter.


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How to send a text message to someone who called me using Android 5.1
It seems to me like there should be a way to send a text message to someone who called without having to save that number in the contacts list, but I can't figure out how.
I'm using pure android 5.1.1 with default apps.

Updated Answer, for Android 6:

On the Phone app, go to the tab with the clock icon (the middle tab).
Tap the number that called you.
On the drop down menu that opened below, tap Send a message.

Original answer, for Android 5.1:

On the Phone app, go the RECENTS tab.
Tap the number that called you.
On the drop down menu that opened below, tap DETAILS.
Tap the three-dots-icon on the upper right of the action bar, and choose Edit number before call.
Tap the three-dots-icon to the right of the number, and choose Send SMS.

This indeed solves the problem. If anyone finds any shorter way to do it, I would be interested to know.


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How to filter the contacts by phone number on Android 5.1
I am running Cyanogenmod 12.1 and it appears that there is no option to filter my contacts only with phone numbers:

PS: Local phone account is only for locally stored phone numbers which I have none. The Customise menu only offers to filter thru these options which you already see on the image.

I know it's a sub-optimal workaround, but I wrote a script for myself that I thought was worth sharing. This will filter an exported contacts file. To use go to Contacts > Import/Export > Export to storage, and copy the file to an environment equipped with python.
Edit the script to read from the exported file and write to an unused path, then delete all your contacts and import the filtered file back in.
    READPATH = 'D:/ContactsBackup.vcf'
    WRITEPATH = 'D:/ContactsFiltered.vcf'

    vcard = ''
    vcards = []

    for line in open(READPATH):
        vcard += line
        if 'END:VCARD' in line:
            if 'TEL' in vcard:  # Append contact if it has phone number.
                vcards.append(vcard)
            vcard = ''  # Reset read-cache.

    with open(WRITEPATH, 'w') as file:
        file.write(''.join(vcards))


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i want to set the sd card as default download location in htc desire 500,how?
In my mobile the apps are only downloading in my phone's memory I think which is full my sd card has a space of 16 GB only 1 GB is used in it and I want that when I download apps it directly goes to sd card memory not my phones memory,how do I set the download location to sd card,so that it uses the space of sd card not phones memory and pls show me the to check whether my download location in setting is on sd card or in my phone's memory

Doesn't choosing "External SD card" as default under "Settings -> Storage" help in this case?

This is what I did on my HTC desire and an LG device, and worked for me:
I went to phone storage, scrolled down to storage settings, tapped storage settings, tapped update all and chose the SD card option.

withoust rooting ur htc 626 its impossible to set sd card as a default location,even the photos clicked are also didnt move into it....all are remains in phone memory ,
all u can do is to copy paste every thing from phn to sd card time to time
or ifu can root ur set then i am sure u will find anything that will make it default drive


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how to get radio back after installing new ROM
After installing a new ROM (cm12.1) I have lost my radio app on my LG optimus G E975. What I have done to get it back..
1. I have taken backup of radio app  (on Android ver 4.4). But when I install on Lollipop version (cm 12.1) it says "app not installed".
2. I used Spirit FM also , but unfortunately quality is nowhere near to the original radio.
what should I do now... can anybody help me out please.

That's a bug actually. Custom roms doesn't seem to support Radio. Developers are still working on it.


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Cannot install apps on google play
As the title reads, I cannot install apps. Plenty of space available, shows the downloading bar but does not show the downloaded/remaining bar and does not start downloading at all.

That's probably a network problem. Are you on WiFi or mobile data?

Nope, solid wifi connection I setup for myself for home use.

Clear data and cache of - Google Play Store and Download Manager in Settings>Apps>All apps.

Also go through questions related to yours in this site.


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Android Photo/Media/File Permission
I've downloaded an android application, then the application asked about this permission:

I've searched for it but there isn't any efficient answer. Does it mean that the application is able to send all of my files through the Internet?

Google has mentioned following info about this permission here:

Photos/Media/Files
An app can use files or data stored on your device. Photos/Media/Files access may include the ability to:

Read the contents of your USB storage (example: SD card)
Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Format external storage
Mount or unmount external storage

[Does] it mean that the application is able to send all of my files [through] the Internet?

Nothing can be concretely  said solely based upon the data mentioned in the question. However, if the said permission is the only permission requested from the app, then the answer would be NO, the app can't send any of your file through the internet.
This may be of your interest: Photos/Media/Files and Full Network Access

Actually the application also asks for Network and Internet permissions, so it seems that sending files is possible.

Well, in that case, you should add that info into your question, and then please make relevant changes into my answer as well. :)


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None of the google apps are working on Moto e2
I have this moto e 2nd gen (not the 4g one)
It worked fine for 3-4 months..
Today morning i see strange "Unfortunately google play services has stopped" error..
Slowly I figured out that all google related apps stopped working..
 the playstore, gmail all show a blank screen when opened .... whatsapp was working fine but every time a popup with that "Unfortunately...." message comes.

Things that I've tried so far:
1. Reset all app preferences
2. Uninstalling updates of both playstore as well as play services and  cleared caches
3. Tried removing google account but it is not able to do it.. Its showing  this error like "Google sync is currently not availabe..." (I think this is due to the fact that sync itself is a google app)
4. Tried factory reset option but it does nothing even when i click on that  reset button (Strange :(  )
5. Tried factory reset using the recovery menu.. but its not loading only..  Like i enter the bootloader and when i click the recovery option, It  shows just an android in distressed icon... I even tried holding the  volUP + click power button thing on that screen but its not going into  the recovery screen

Its quite strange nothing is working for me

isRooted: false
isInWarranty: true

As even a factory-reset was unable to get rid of the error, and isInWarranty == TRUE, I'd recommend sendToService() (or at least callService()). Something must really have screwed up beyond what a normal user can fix.

Izzy thanks for the reply... my phone factory reset itself mysteriously! God knows whats happened... My phones working fine so I'd like to call sendToService() and callService() routines some time later! :D


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CM11 Kindle Fire - "Incompatible with other applications(s) using the same shared user ID" with Google Calendar
I'm running Cyanogenmod 11 (KitKat 4.4.4) on my 1st Gen (Otter) Kindle Fire, with GApps installed.
I can install other apps just fine, I installed Slack with no issues. However, when I went to install Google Calendar, I got this error:
Incompatible with other applications(s) using the same shared user ID

I've been looking through forums and I haven't found anything that has fixed it. I've tried a fresh GApps installation, wiping the cache, reinstalling the ROM, nothing has worked. I tried to look into the files and could not find a packages.xml file, so I cannot take out the line of code I've seen mentioned that could be causing issues.
I'm seriously stumped by this and would love any input!

Related: Google Calendar install error: Incompatible with other application(s) using the same shared user ID / “Incompatible with other applications(s) using the same shared user ID” when installing Google Play service?

I've tried all of the solutions listed here numerous times and they failed to help. One issue was only fixed after an updated ROM was released, and this ROM is one of the most current.

In order to solve this, I had to install the APK file myself for Google Calendar after downloading it and allowing my device to accept 3rd party apps. Since then I've had no issues!


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Stop emails from auto deleting
I have a Samsung note 4.  I have an exchange email set up.  For some reason they auto delete on my phone.  How do I get them to stop auto deleting?  If I log in on the computer they are still there.

By default, setting up an exchange email with your job allows its system administrators to run a distant flash of your phone. Unlink your exchange sync if they can't manage it right


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How to set up BIOS-like password on Android device?
Setting a screen lock password or SIM pin or both is fine for securing some aspects of your mobile device. But what if, as a nasty joke, someone manages to grab a hold of your device and hits the magic power-home-volume key combination and proceeds to factory reset your device thus deleting your folder configuration, a record of what unpaid apps you had downloaded, and what is more, data stored on your phone!
So, is there a way to set up a password so that it must be entered when such magic key combination is issued (so that you can't factory reset your device without entering such a "BIOS" password?
Thanks!!!

Would be tricky if you forget that password. As you'd no longer be able to reset the device (or reflash it), you could "throw it away" then. If you're afraid of your data being deleted, a backup is the better approach – and against data theft, some anti-theft solution.

I'd never forget that damn password @Izzy. There must be a solution. Backups are good, but I want to be able to set a BIOS password. I don't want anyone areound me to reset my device.

I knew I answered that question already one day :) Thanks for digging that up, @Arch!

The only thing similar to this that I can think of is device encryption, it's built in to the settings panel. Every time you power on your phone, you are required to enter a pass-code, that you created. If you forget it, it will be more difficult to get back into your phone
How To

Go to settings
Click Security
Under the Encryption group, hit Encrypt device (or phone on older devices)
Now it will guide you through the next steps.

Thanks. How do I enable this on my android device?

Actually, there is a way to get back in a device with a forgotten encryption password. You just have to wipe the device from its recovery menu, or plug it into a computer and use appropriate software if there is no such menu.

@Arielle Thanks for the clarification, I updated my answer in response.

I wonder why this answer is approved! Device Encryption will not prevent factory reset or will it ?

Device encryption prevents unauthorised access to data. It does not prevent unauthorized factory reset from recovery menu. If it does, please do explain.


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Stay Awake Option Not Available M9
I am using the HTC M9, and when I go into "Developer Options" the "Stay Awake" option is grayed out. Why? How can I fix? What would cause this?

I don't know about this but I can provide alternative solution for stay awake...
Stay Awake - Play Store
Try this... And if not working you may find other similar apps on store... :-)


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Bricked phone during root process
So, I was in the process of rooting my phone and when it was rebooting, the PC lost connection to the USB (had a faulty driver). The phone is now completely bricked, no recovery mode, no download mode, and flashing with SP Flash Tools did nothing. Luckily it was just a cheap China phone, so no huge loss!
But if the phone was bricked before the root was completed (in the process), would it be identified as rooted? Just interested as to where in the stage the unlocked bootloader, etc. is applied.

China phone and locked bootloader? I don't think so.
If it was a locked bootloader and if you tried to flash some other kernel, I think it's bricked (permanently). And as you said, you were in the process of rooting your phone. That means I can say you had already unlocked the bootloader.
If the phone restarted and it got disconnected, it means the issue might be related (rarely) due to the root process because you saying it's not showing up anything. It might be possible that your battery is low. Also, try some other key combinations and try to plug in your phone with some key pressed (sometimes it's the process to unbrick the phone).

I've tried all key combinations etc. Whatever the issue was the phone is now bricked and flashing to stock won't work. Not planning on doing it because it would cost too much to send back and be too much hassle but would the manufacturer even be able to tell I had tried to root?

Yes they can get to know that you have tried to root it... But as in your case you might trick them... Just day that the phone is not turning on and they will recover it with their firmware and tools.... ;-)

"China Phone and Locked bootloader?" -- I think you meant a Mediatek device and locked bootloader. I have OnePlus One which is a Chinese non-Mediatek phone but comes with locked bootloader. I think Yu phones which are also Chinese comes with locked bootloader.

@LokeshJain ah ok :P To be honest I doubt that for a phone that cost $140 they would be so bothered to check and at worst, surely they would just reinstall the firmware for a small fee?

@Firelord Yes I think he meant MTK Phones. Mine had an MTK 6582 Quad Core Chip

There is a method that may work.

Buy or get a second cable.
Follow these instructions (more to buy, and it should work)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-how-to-make-usb-jig-reset-binary-t1604707
It should have booted into download mode. Install the stock ROM.
Done!

Hope it helps

Thanks but it looks a bit complex for me :P

Its your only method, man. Unless you want to try getting lucky by blaming a "manufacture error", but I doubt It'll be believed

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Can a novice user help to find a bug?
I found that my Nexus 5 suddenly rebooted itself. I'm not a programmer so is it possible to set my phone such that it sends automatically sufficient information to the developers why it rebooted itself?

Not exactly that, I'm afraid – as on reboot, Android will flush its logs. However, if the reboot is at least "somehow predictable" (e.g. it always boots when you do X, or it boots at least once every X), there are possibilities. Which these are, depends on some criteria: Android version, whether the device is rooted, and whether you're able to use ADB, for example.

As @Izzy said, Android logs don't persist after a reboot.  So the answer is no.  Especially if your phone is crashing and not going through a proper shutdown.
One (hacky) solution would be to run ADB on your desktop and run logcat in a command window.  After your phone reboots simply cut/paste everything into a file and send it whomever you wish.  This will probably be the easiest solution for you.
The best (or easiest) solution will be to connect to your tablet with ADB adb shell and then run while [1]; do logcat >> /sdcard/logcatData.txt  done;
This will write all logcat data to a file under /sdcard/logcatData.txt and it will be there even after reboot.  You can then pull that file off the tablet after it's rebooted and send it to developers.
It will require ADB to be installed and minor command line use but it shouldn't be overly complicated.


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Samsung keyboard security bug - was patch released?
Last month, a security flaw affecting the bundled (and unremovable) keyboard app used in many Samsung devices (S4, S5, S6) was announced:

New exploit turns Samsung Galaxy phones into remote bugging devices
Samsung Mobiles Vulnerable To Keyboard Cracking Attack
CVE-2015-4640 - SwiftKey language-pack update vulnerability

Samsung promised that a fix would roll out within a few days of June 18th
However,  I haven't seen any announcements that the fix was actually pushed -- how do I confirm that my device received the update?
Samsung initially reported that they provided a patch to the cell phone carriers, but since carriers are known to be slow to patch phones, especially older models, as far as I know, that patch has not made it out to phones, and it's not clear that it ever well. So Samsung said that they'd push it out directly to users.


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Show app above the lockscreen (i.e. Google Maps)
i have a pattern lockscreen enabled. Now i have an app which plays audio files, but if you want to skip or pause the track, you have to unlock your phone.
So i want that my desired app is above the lockscreen and when i hit return or something else, than it shows me the lockscreen.
You can do this for example in Google Maps.
Is that possible?
Device: N4, Lollipop 5.1, Root, Tasker installed

There might be a better solution out there, but for now this might help.

You can use screen pinning option.
Instructions to pin an app on the screen:

Go to Settings →Security→Screen pinning
Enable screen pinning and also the option "Ask for unlock pattern before unpinning"
Now open the app you want, then switch over to the overview menu
Tap on the pin icon on the app.

You are good to go!

To get out from pinned screen, hold Back and overview button at the same time.
By doing this you get to interact with the app without unlocking the screen, and also as an additional benefit the unpinning gesture helps you from accidentally exiting from the app!

Thank you very much, i knew this option, but i never thought i can use it in this case. Works great. In the meantime i did this with tasker: If the desired app is opened AND headset plugged in, don't show the lockscreen.


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Unable to install software even with enough available space
When I try to update some of my applications, I get the error Unable to install *. Delete some items and try again. When I click manage applications, it shows that I have about 160 MB free space and the app I'm trying to install is under 30 MB.
Android version is 4.1.2 and my device is Samsung galaxy ace II.
(I periodically scan the phone with SD Maid to free resources, but it doesn't help this problem)

On another device with similar restrictions, I was able to do that by moving apps to the sd-card (with another app) and furtheron by cleaning the cache. For even bigger apps like chrome I deleted them and re-installed them afterwards.

@ott-- I already moved every app capable of moving to sd-card. For new apps, I need to install them and only after that I can move them to sd-card.

Devices reserve storage space in order to work. My tablet has 500Mb spare, but it won't let me install below 350Mb to keep it working properly.

I can remember times that I have only 10~30 MB left!

Some devices don't yave that reserve on the main storage, giving you all the memory it says you have left. An alternative explanation may be that something is reserving it, god knows why.


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What does "Network interrupted; server closed" mean?
My phone (a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini running Android 4.4.2) sometimes shows a message window with the text "Network interrupted; server closed". Does anybody know exactly what that means? I've tried googling it, but that doesn't get me anywhere.
The message is in English, even though I've set the phone to Dutch; other messages are in Dutch rather than English.
As far as I can see it happens when I get out of wifi range. I understand the "Network interrupted" part; seems normal if I go out of wifi range (though I'd rather expect something like "Connection lost"). What I don't understand is the "server closed" part. It seems to imply there is a server running on the phone -- does Android run some kind of server? Or is it possible that the message comes from some app that's running in the background rather than from Android itself?

If you have the "File Expert with Clouds" application installed then it may be the culprit. I was having the same issue and suspected it may be that application because it seemed to start happening after I had started and then stopped the FTP server.
I removed the application and the messages stopped.
I then re-installed the application and everything was fine until I started and stopped the FTP server at which time the messages started to appear again.
I removed the application (permanently this time) and the messages have stopped again.
I didn't bother to check to see if I could connect to the FTP server when it was supposedly stopped but I may re-install the app one more time just to see if that's the case. I'll post the result here if I do get around to testing it... Paul

I have "File Expert" (with Clouds, I think) installed. I'll try uninstalling it (I don't use it all that often) and see if that makes a difference.

Since I removed "File Expert", I haven't seen the message anymore. Therefore I accepted your answer (even though there's a chance it's a coincidence). In addition I have the impression that my phone drains its battery much slower now (it's just an impression though, absolutely not scientifically measured).

It is File Expert. I had it on 2 of my devices both showed the same toast notification "network interrupted;server closed" and stopped doing it after uninstalling.
Before ditching the app I tried getting into the devices through ftp (when shut down) but would not work so File Expert probably just constantly scans network activity and displays a toast when the network/wifi is down, keeping the device awake and draining battery. Some bad dev work there.
Try "Solid Explorer" instead, best file browser ever.


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Attempting to update ADB from 1.0.31 to 1.0.32
I'm trying to update Android debugging software from version 1.0.31 to 1.0.32 on Ubuntu 14.04.  I have consulted an earlier Stack Exchange post on the same topic here but it has not helped.
I've been successful at this once before by following some well-written instructions posted here.  I'm including the relevant excerpt below:
adb version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31
wget -O - https://skia.googlesource.com/skia/+archive/cd048d18e0b81338c1a04b9749a00444597df394/platform_tools/android/bin/linux.tar.gz | tar -zxvf - adb
sudo mv adb /usr/bin/adb
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/adb
adb version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32

Unfortunately, I have not been able to replicate my earlier success.  After running the above commands, it appears that adb is not recognized as an updated version (ie, 1.0.32).  Instead, running the command below...
adb version

..provides a response that adb cannot be found.
I can easily revert to 1.0.31 by removing and then reinstalling adb tools:
sudo apt-get remove android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot

But my goal is to update to adb 1.0.32.  An inspection of the archive showed me that it contains two files:
adb (library)
perfhost (executable)

I don't know what to make of these files.  My expectation would be that "adb" should be an executable.  I've tried executing "perfhost" but without any success.  At this point, I'm not quite sure how to continue troubleshooting this.  Perhaps the downloaded archive has changed since the above instructions were posted?  Perhaps I do not understand the purpose of the "adb" and "perfhost" files?  I'd appreciate help locating the updated version of ADB which, as others have noted still needs to be updated in the Ubuntu repositories.

Late answer, but incase someone else runs into the issue down the road and stumbles upon this question.
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386

Adding more information on how this commands helps solve the problem would be useful

My guess at your problem: the versions you have downloaded are 32-bit, and you have a 64-bit OS. The error message when trying to run a 32-bit executable on a 64-bit OS which does not have compat. libraries installed is very bad. It's "No such file or directory".


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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Wont Connect to Wifi-Related Apps
My Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 that I have had for a good amount of years now has suddenly stopped being able to connect to wifi needed apps e.g. YouTube, Instagram etc...
This is really annoying and has never happened before. It all started when it wouldn't charge; I had the battery taken out and back in. When I switched it on, it let's me go on my Internet searcher and works almost perfect, but whenever I try to go on YouTube or even the Play Store, it just says "unable to connect to the Internet". I am hoping that someone can solve my problem.
Also, whenever I click on something on my Internet searcher, it keeps asking if I want to trust it... which is weird since it has never happened before. Please reply soon. Thank you for you're time.

This seems like a simple-ish fix. Assuming you are rooted, open a root-ready file manager, and go to /system/etc. Find a file called hosts. Go into it, and delete it all, other than the first line, which should say:
127.0.0.1          localhost
(if it does not, change it to that)
Then you should be fine (May need reboot)
If you are not rooted, go onto your PC and install ODIN. Find the root file for your device on the internet, and load it in odin. Then, turn your device off, and turn it back on with power+ vol down. It should boot into download mode. Then just click start and wait.(once it's done, it may turn on by itself. That is expected, but if it doesn't happen, turn it on yourself)

Luckily for you, I had this problem twice, and this worked every time


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How can I temporarily unroot my S6 on OS 5.0.2?
I downloaded a Play store app that has no audio and after research found out it's because it discovered my phone is rooted. I use Ping Pong to root which comes with SuperSU. I have read the other questions on this topic on here but they are outdated. So is there any way to stop an app from knowing I'm rooted by isolating it in some way?
Also I can't use Rootcloakplus as S6 is not compatible with Xposed.

What happens if you deny it root?

I never get any persmission popups.

Xposed is basically the only way. You could try changing the apps permissions, see if that works. Otherwise, you may need a serious tinker to get Xposed working.

It doesn't work on Lollipop so far I think.

Hmmm. Might be KNOX related /security based.

authors: Андрей Волуевич


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Salvaging a hard drive/memory from Samsung Galaxy S4
Is there any relatively simple way to salvage a hard drive/memory from a Samsung Galaxy S4? A couple of months ago, it was subjected to some saltwater, meaning that most of the motherboard is fried. However, some parts of it still work (it gets hot and vibrates from time to time when connected to a computer/charger, and the salt deposits are only visible on some parts of the motherboard).
I have a new S4 with working parts, but from what I can see, the only parts that I can move from one phone to the other is the small board (don't know if this is the right word) which connects the USB input to the main board, and the battery.
I have of course tried to clean it with isopropanol, and I have tried using both the "new" USB connector and battery - to no avail, my computer doesn't detect anything at all when it's connected.
Any tips on other things I should try to do to make them connect, or how to salvage the hard drive?
I don't have a pic of my motherboard right now, but I'll take one later if it helps to see the damage.
PS: I hope this is the right board to ask this, I couldn't really see where else it belonged.

The storage is soldered to the smaller board shown in Step 13 of this teardown. The challenge with this is being able to salvage that part. You could attempt a transplant of that board into your new S4 and see what happens (this is the most realistic answer), but there is no guarantee that it is usable because of the possible damage from the water.
The less realistic answer would be to remove the memory modules from each phone and swap them, but that requires very precise tools and a steady hand. Not recommended.

That's a good suggestion, thank you. Unfortunately, it turns out (as I feared) that it's this part (the board seen in your link) that's faulty, while the "frame" (Step 21) is working correctly. So, if I don't start removing the modules manually, I don't think there's anything else I can do - unless there's another solution.

The modules connected to the board are very sensitive and are almost impossible to remove without damaging them with standard tools - they're not meant to be removed by human hands. I wish you luck, but I don't think it's salvageable unless you can get that board working.


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My google play is logged in a different E-mail than my google account
For some reason my google play is under some other E-mail but my google account it still signed in.. So when I tried to purchase an app it made me add my card info and it added it to this other E-mail. When I try to remove it I am sent to google where I am logged in... So how do I remove my card from this other persons google play account? I have no idea who this is so I cant even ask for them to do it for me.

I am assuming you took the old one off.
If not, just go onto the store, tap the side menu icon, tap the down arrow above the options, and switch account.Then delete it from the accounts menu in settings.
If you did take it off:
Take off every account, and clear the data, cache and force stop the play store. If you must, uninstall its updates. Then re-add the needed account.

You can switch between the Google accounts you have in your phone, from the left menu bar in Google Play. Tap the arrow icon next to the email address (old one) and select the new one.
If you do not use that old account in your phone anymore, try removing that from your Settings > Accounts. That should make your Play Store to ask you which Google Account you want to use with it, the next time you start it.


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Trying to fix bricked Samsung Note 8 (N5110) with `adb sideload`
I have a soft-or-hard bricked Samsung Note 8 (N5110) and now would like to rebuild it to a somewhat workable state. The device has a flaky power-charging system and may not be worth repairing.
I use an Ubuntu 14.04 system with ADB to talk to the device and can get to the apply update from the ADB dialog. From the Ubuntu side, I use adb sideload <filename> where some filename is a small text file. The file is copied to the Android device. But of course, this fails. The device expects an update file. And this is where I am stuck.
What is this file and where do I download the correct version? And, is this what I need to do to rebuild the system?

None on the internet works. However, I did get this information while searching. Here's the link: http://www.tomsguide.com/forum/id-1818822/galaxy-note.html

Firstly, download and install the suitable USB drivers for your device, you can download Samsung KIES for verifying if the suitable drivers are installed on your PC.
Secondly, download the Official Jelly Bean 4.1.2 XXLT6 Firmware file and save it in your PC.
Now, download Odin app and save it in your computer, after the download is done extract the ODIN archive on your desktop folder PC and install the ODIN app.
Extract the downloaded update file on your PC.
Open Odin.
Power off your Note N7000 device.
Boot it into Download Mode, for entering into Download Mode for Galaxy Note N7000 device, you have to press and keep holding the Power + Volume Down + Home buttons on the same time.
Now, with your device booted into Download Mode, connect the device using its USB cord.
Verify into ODIN app and make sure there is a notified “added” message and the ID:COM zone colored on yellow or blue color.
In case there isn’t the added message or is different, you will have to safe remove the USB cable from the PC and to change the USB port for connection to the PC and also re-install the drivers on your computer; After you have done all these operations repeat the steps from the starting.
Now, from the Odin app select “PDA”.
Browse and select the update file from your PC.
Important: make sure that the Re-partition option is unchecked and also don’t perform any other change into ODIN interface.
Next, when you want to beginning the installation process, press the “Start” button from ODIN app, now the flashing process will start, and you need to wait.
After ODIN app will say “pass” message you can disconnect your device from the PC.
Reboot your device.

Thank you.  Some useful hints, though I've had better luck on ubuntu system than with Odin and Microsoft PC.


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Advanced root problems
I am having problems rooting my device after a friend unrooted it.
Now, if this was a pure simple case, it'd already be solved, but:

I can only used soft-roots, like Kingo root.
My "friend" decided to change my android version number and model number before the unroot, making these soft-roots not work.
My device will cease to function if I SIM unlock and bootload. Don't know why.

Please help. I really want to sell my device, but cannot.
-EDIT-
Well, FTP failed, as did using ADB to pull, edit, and push the file back on.

You can always restore your device to factory state. Just tell which one: IBM/370 by any chance?

I already tried resetting the settings, got nothing. I cannot simply reset; my data is a vital asset to my deep-web research. Could I try FTP? And what do you mean by IBM/370? I am using Sony Xperia E C1505

what's the device model ? and the android version ?

Somehow managed to get king root to work...
King root was the original rooting tools I used, and after the change in the build.prop it stopped working. It seems be fine now, tough.


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Can anybody help me root my lg-ms690 2.2.2
I need help rooting my lg ms690 2.2.2. I have tried to get the root kit for my phone but all the links seem to be not valid anymore.

There are a variety of ways you can root your Android phone. Here are 4 apps you can download to root your phone without the use of a PC:

King Root
Frameroot
Towel Root
iRoot

Good Luck Rooting!!
Overall link of all apps (You might have to reload the webpage if it shows up as error)


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How to import my Contact from google contact to Coolpad Android Phone
I'm living in China were Google Play is now not supported but I have a vpn so i can still access my accounts. I just lost my phone and I bought another android phone but it does not have Google on it. I can add my gmail and also Chrome and use them as long as I have my vpn on. I have opened my google contacts on my computer and would like to know how to import them to my phone.

What phone and version of android are you running? Some phones from China aren't built to google specs. So they aren't allowed to run Google Apps, kind of like custom roms. But I know if you install a custom recovery, You can flash Google Apps and get all of the google stuff again. Just need to flash the file like you would if you were installing a custom rom.

If you visit https://contacts.google.com (Contacts Preview) you cannot export contacts. You need to vist the old Google Contacts website i.e. https://www.google.com/contacts and export all your contacts to restore in your phone.

Visit the old Google Contacts website
Click More > Export
select All contacts radio button to export all your contacts
Select vCard format to export your contact as a single .vcf file
Now move this .vcf file to your phone and import the .vcf file to your phone using the inbuilt Contacts app.


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Dialer only displays certain contacts even when all accounts selected
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S4 with Lollipop 5.0.1. It seems that only gmail contacts will display while searching via Dialer. If it is linked or solely on my Microsoft Exchange account they do not show up. They are in my contacts tab. Any thoughts?


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How do I enable USB tethering without turning off the WiFi?
I want to tether my phone's WiFi connection to my computer via USB.
There's a setting for USB tethering, but when I enable it there is a message

Wi-Fi is turned off when USB tethering or Mobile HotSpot is active. To turn on Wi-Fi, please turn off USB tethering or Mobile HotSpot.

But what's the point of tethering if the Wi-Fi is turned off? I have no connection to share with the computer if the Wi-Fi is not on.
If I turn off the Wi-Fi before I try to enable USB tethering, it shows the message

Unable to connect
You need a network connection to use this application. Please turn on mobile network or Wi-Fi is Settings.

So...it needs Wi-Fi to tether, but when I turn on the tether, it turns off Wi-Fi? I don't understand. How do I keep the connection from being turned off when I try to enable the USB tether?
I'm using an HTC One phone.

Looks like this was asked before and answered. http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/3134/can-i-use-my-android-device-as-wi-fi-adapter-for-my-pc-i-e-tethering-to-pc-thr
But if this doesn't help you. Let us know what device and version of android you are running and then we can dig around a little bit more.

Mine works even Wi-Fi is turned on. But when WiFi hotspot, it actually needs to turn off WiFi adapter because it will interfere with the WiFi network.

I resolved this. The solution seems a little bit hacky, but it worked.
I unplugged the USB cable, turned on the Wi-Fi, enabled the USB tether option, then plugged in the USB. When I plug it in, it shows the message

Wi-Fi is turned off when USB tethering or Mobile HotSpot is active. To turn on Wi-Fi, please turn off USB tethering or Mobile HotSpot.

and then after a few seconds

USB tethering is ON

If I turn on the Wi-Fi after the first message but before the second message, the Wi-Fi is not turned off automatically and my computer is able to successfully connect.

OP mentioned that they have an HTC One in the question

I know this is a little old now, and neither the question nor the answer was ever clarified, but I just encountered this issue and found a workaround I wanted to share.
I'm using Joshua Wise's HoRNDIS to tether my HTC 10 (Verizon, 'Android O' OTA update, unrooted, USB C) to my 2017 MacBook Pro (USB C/Thunderbolt). The tethering works fine, if only in a slightly undesired way: my phone demands that WiFi must be shut off in order to tether. I want my phone to bridge the WiFi to my MacBook (i.e. I've forgotten the WiFi password).
Furthermore, trying to turn the WiFi on through the system UI while tethered gives two options, either continue tethering or stop tethering and turn WiFi on.
My solution was to make a Tasker widget on my home screen with the action "Wifi Set On". This Tasker action turned the WiFi on, and my MacBook didn't lose internet access. I verified WiFi usage by turning mobile data off and browsing on my MacBook for a while. It's my suspicion that every UI option to turn the WiFi on is linked the dialog box to turn tethering off, but getting around the normal UI to change your WiFi settings may work (Tasker may not be required.)


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Nexus 9 stuck in endless reboot loop
I tried rooting my Nexus 9 and have ended up getting it into an endless loop of it trying to optimize apps.
I saw an answer on Nexus 9 stuck in endless reboot loop after trying to root it, but being new, what I don't understand is how do I get that file into the Nexus 9 if I can't get it to stop the boot cycle. I am pretty good at following directions if there is some step-by-step way to get out of this mess.

When you say 'endless', how long have you waited? If it gets to the "optimizing apps" screen (or it begins optimizing apps) and stays there for a while, that's normal - first boot on an Android device will generally take longer than subsequent boots. If it goes back to the "android" splash screen, then there's an actual problem.

the rebooting goes through the optimizing process of apps then goes back to the Android screen and the color balls each time and then starts the process over

Bear in mind the following will wipe your device data:
To flash the firmware to your device:
While boot-looping, hold the power button until the screen goes blank. As soon as it does, hold the volume down button and your device will reboot into fastboot mode. From here, follow the instructions on the Nexus Factory Images to flash the firmware by flashing the bootloader and then the rest of the system using fastoiot on a connected PC. After this, you can run fastboot reboot if you're device doesn't automatically boot into Android.


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Is there a way I can make the font size smaller on default messaging app of LG L70
I have a rooted LG L70 (D325) and I want to make the font size of default messaging app smaller. I changed the font size on the settings but it is quite large to me that the person beside my can read my conversations so I want to change it to maybe 10px or smaller.
I switched to different messaging app but delays send/receive messages.
I also want the popup message on the stock SMS App so I can reply easiy. (Similar to the image below, sent by 9122)

Can you please help me how to change it or at least suggest an SMS app that does the same as Pop Up Reply with font customization.

You can try using Textra SMS messaging app. It has options to customize the fonts smaller and change the text color. And you can also reply to messages quicky from the popup of received message. To make text smaller in Textra open Textra SMS's
Settings > Customize Look > Text Size > Smaller


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How to remove soft navigation keys in Xperia without affecting Dialer's call button?
I am using Micromax A310 running a custom rom (Sony Xperia).
Whenever I try to remove the soft navigation keys by editing build.prop, the soft nav keys are removed successfully, but my dialler's call key also disappears. The only option remain is to switch to some third party dialler, which I don't prefer.
Please provide some pointers on how to remove the soft nav keys without affecting the stock dialler's call button.

Which Android version and custom ROM are you using? See if this answer is applicable (change 1 to 0).

Try hiding the soft keys using Gravity Box, a module for the Xposed framework. Gravity box will let you tweak parts of Android without the need for a custom ROM. There are 3 different versions of Gravity Box for 3 different versions of Android (JB, KK and LP). Link for framework: Xposed. Link to modules: Modules. You can then search for the module you want.

Good that you took care of first thing, but would you please (as asked earlier) mention the usage specific to the relevant goal. I use this module and it has humongous options, so do explain the usage.

Well, the OP wants to hide soft keys. I'm just suggesting him to do that using GravityBox.The usage is obvious here. What else should I specify?

An analogy, if you wanna browse an FTP server, you don't just say use "ES file Explorer", you mention: Download, install and launch it -> open server tab -> list XYZ details -> check this or not -> and it will do the job. You guide the person since the app isn't dedicated to the job. As I said, the suggested app has many option, so you gotta tell how to disable/remove soft keys using it.

Well, its been a long time since I asked this, but just want to notify that using GravityBox is not working. Any other method please?

You can hide navigation keys and at the same time save your dialer by installing a Xposed module - Noverflow. After that edit the build properties and restart your phone Twice.


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Insufficient memory with sandisk 32GB micro SD card while having 20GB free space
I have a 32GB micro SD card and I've been downloading my music onto it and I've used 8GB on the card so far. Then I was downloading a song and it said insufficient memory. On my phone the songs automatically go to SD card. So I went to storage and it reads the card and says 20GB free space but any app or music or anything cannot be downloaded due to the supposed insufficient space though I know that it's just not true. If anybody else has had this problem please let me know. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Try downloading SD formatter. it will format the sd card but it will also fix the partition table. maybe your partition table is all messed up

OK great. That sounds good to me. I'm going to try SD formatter right now. Thank you very much for taking the time to help me. Greatly appreciated...


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Android corrupting photos 1 minute after capture
Sorry this is a question but I'm exhausted all other avenues.
I am running Android 4.3 on a Samsung S4 GT-I9505 happily for the past 17 months. I have not changed anything for a long time, it's been rooted since I got it. Nothing new installed or removed lately either.
Starting last Saturday, after I capture an image it's there and visible in the Gallery and any other app that wants to use it, for instance email or uploading to facebook. After a minute passes the file slowly gets corrupted and then is unusable by any app and shows as a "broken image" icon in the gallery.
This is infuriating that it's taking time to corrupt and not instant.
Anyone any idea where to even begin looking at the cause? I'm a software engineer of many platforms including Android so don't cradle the answer.
Thanks!

Have you tried capturing pictures with other camera apps? Where does the images you take stored? Internal or external sd card.?

External. I will try taking it with another app right now.

You may also want to try removing your external sd card first and take pictures. This would automatically store pictures in your internal memory.(Just to make sure your problem is with the memory card)

The SD card was dying. It stopped writing completely shortly afterwards a new card was the only solution.


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How can my lost phone disappear from my Android device manager device list?
I lost one of my phone 2 months ago. I've sometimes checked Android device manager to locate it and try locking it, but recently my lost phone disappears from the list ! How it can happen ? Does a person know the way to skip this link in order to use or to sell the lost phone ? I still have the original box of this phone (with its IMEI).
Please help, thank you.

When the playstore is logged in from a new account,your previous account will notify that the device is removed from the playstore device list. so it will not show your old phone.

Is there any way to identify the new "owner"?

As soon as the new "owner" factory-resets the device, it no longer has a Google account associated – and thus the link to ADM dies. Same if the account is removed from the device: Google services no longer have a way to query the device using your account information, as the device won't recognize those anymore.
There are also other possibilities:

battery is empty, so the device died.
battery was removed
dedive went into airplane mode
device was placed on a train track, and a train passed on top of it
device was drowned in the sea and short-circuited

Many more possibilities, but I better stop here – you've got the idea ;)

All other possibilities, possibly not the a case of removal of account, not even humorously


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How to connect both a monitor and a keyboard to a LG G3?
Using USB-on-the-go I can connect a keyboard to an LG G3 and using a slimport adapter I should be able to connect a monitor. Is there a way to connect both at the same time? Or even better, connect both and be capable of charging them somehow.

If answers turn out to apply to all slimport supported phones I will generalize to that after those answers are given. If not I will keep it LG G3 specific.

Related he is able to charge and connect a hard disk at the same time. In your case you can connect a keyboard and monitor. You need to use an usb single to double usb extender.

possible duplicate of Can I connect an Android phone to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse?

Use your slimport to charge and HDMI and get a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, that is the optimal configuration. The only dumb thing LG didn't predicted is to turn off the phone display when you are using an external.


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Google Playstore
When I enter my playstore it asks for existing account I put it in and it says that I need to have a better connection would sit right next to my router and same thing please help

Did you try a better connection?

Yeah still dosent work

Modify the question title to get more views. And just go through Play Store related questions too.

Did you accidentally erase com.android.Google.gsf.login or similar? Have you wiped dalvik-cache and cache in recovery? Did you try deleting data and cache for Play Store and Play Services in applications? Please edit your question with further details (ROM, rooted/not, what steps you tried, things you may have deleted, and anything else useful) and edit your question title.

You might have to do a factory reset after all that's what Google customer service told me to do after the same problem happened to me. It should work fine after that though.

That's one example, but on the extreme side. You also don't mention to make a backup at all.


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Extract a presentation file as PPT on SlideShare app
I am using SlideShare to view presentation. Sometimes I want to transfer the presentation to my PC and view it on projector. However, in the Android app, there is only a save feature to view it offline.
I know I can use its website to download the .ppt files, but is there any way to get the .ppt from the app?

Can you find it under data folder of your Internal Storage.?

@Lucky that assumes the device is rooted. Checking the SD card would be possible without root as well – and is IMHO more likely to be used here, considered that some devices only have low "internal storage".

@Izzy From the Slideshare faq saving offline slides to external sd card is not allowed even if the phone has external storage and by data folder I meant the Internal Storage/Android/data/ directory. This is the default directory every app stored the data right? and does this require root to view  the contents of the directory?

@Lucky ah, misunderstanding. "Internal storage" is /data/* – you meant the internal SD card (/sdcard/Android/data/*). I've meant both, internal and external SD card. And the part for the external SD card seems out of discussion now by your comment.

I found that the presentation saved by this app isn't in .ppt format but each slide is sliced into a .jpg having a numeric name, and the images are found only under /data/data/net.slideshare.mobile/files/
E.g. A presentation with 78 pages was sliced into images with names ranging from 7456179_00.jpg, 7456179_01.jpg...7456179_78.jpg.
Note that all the related presentation images  will be having a numeric string like 7456179 in the beginning of name, which is exactly the ss_id defined in the table slideshows of database slideshows under /data/data/net.slideshare.mobile/databases/.
Now, here is the disappointing news because all of the said information probably wouldn't be of any worth to you, since this app has declaration of android:allowbackup="false" in its AndroidManifest.xml. What it means is any non-system/root backup app won't be able to touch this app's data, including ADB and Helium which I deliberately try despite clear evidence of failure. It seems that there isn't much of a choice left to backup the presentation (or what has become of it).
What's next? There is one thing that I can think of. If your device is not rooted and you're or can make yourself aware of extracting backup made by your device's Recovery, then go ahead and take backup from it since Recovery doesn't care or even know those "disallow backup declarations", and it should take backup of your app too, among other things.
For root users
You now know what to do:

You can copy-paste images from  /data/data/net.slideshare.mobile/files/ into your SD card and then into PC, or may be do adb pull,
You can also find out easily which ss_id belongs to which presentation using an SQL query or an app like SQLite Editor,
You can take backup by Titanium Backup, export it, and extract it to see the files,
and any possible way you can think of. :)

1)Open slideshare.net on ur browser in your phone.
2)Then,from the dropdown menu in your browser,select the option "request desktop site".
3)The download option on the slideshare page will be available now.
Note:- These restrictions have been implemented only on mobile users in order to boost the slideshare app.
WELCOME;)

OP already knew about that: "When I use its website then i can download the .ppt files."