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Is it possible to record yourself while reading?
I'm looking for an app that allows me to display some text on the screen and lets me record myself with the front camera. I have to send in a recorded interview, however I'm finding it difficult looking at the camera/screen while glancing over my written notes.

Why you just not use an external source for reading? (like a monitor...) The angle is the key :)

Unless you're using HTC Desire EYE, there are better recording solutions that using a front camera.

I think you may need something like Detective Video Recorder or Secret Video Camera Pro. I use the second one, just make the desired adjustment for orientation.

Second app does the trick!


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Huawei mobile File Transfer to my computer doesnot work
I used to transfer files but now I can't. The USB cable transfers from another Huawei, but from my Huawei mobile it doesn't. I turned debug on. Still my computer does not identify it.

Did you installed the drivers on your computer. Did you manage to change the mode in which phone acts when linked to computer (USB storage , MTP, PTP)?

Did you try to install the drivers?
If you didn't do this you should install Samsung Adb drivers, it might say Samsung, but it's for all devices. First install it from this link:
(Samsung) Adb drivers
After that:

Reboot your PC.
After the reboot press  + R and type devmgmt.msc.
Find the phone, do right click on it →  Properties →  Update drivers.
Select Browse my computer for drivers.
Select Let me pick a driver from a list of installed drivers.
Select "Adb drivers" (it might be called something different).
Select Samsung Android Adb interface.
Select Yes to continue (if you get a warning)

You're all set to copy.

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How can I get Google calendar to play a sound notification for an event?
Is it possible to get an audible notification of an event in Google Calendar?
I have a new Android smartphone which I'm trying to fathom out. I'm new to all this.

If you have a "Calendar Event..." app, the settings in there can override other settings.

Take a look at "Notifications" part of Google Calendar Help page. It has full details about notification setting in all devices like Android, iOS and Computer.

Open the Google Calendar app.
In the top left, go to the main menu (touch on 3 horizontal lines).
Choose "Settings" at the bottom.
Select "General".
To change or turn off the sound, touch "Tone", and choose another sound or None.
Switch "Vibrate" to on or off.

Hope this will help you.

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Flickr is always opened after unlocking the screen on Note 4 running Lollipop
Recently I have updated my mobile phone to latest firmware (3G Hutchson). All went fine, but there is one annoying thing happens almost every time I'm unlocking my phone. For some reason it's trying to load some Flickr page, every time the same: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/71393709@N06/7854822950
I'm not sure which application is causing it, but previously everything was fine and I have not installed any new app since update.
Is there a way to find out which app is causing it, as I'm not a Flickr user and not planing to download that app?

I had the same issue, my unlock setup was with the fingerprint reader and the lock screen had live wallpaper of the current weather. At the bottom of that is the "flickr" ad which links to the corresponding photo on Flickr. If you touch that with your finger somehow before swiping your print, it will open when you unlock your phone.
Two choices I found: Stop using the fingerprint reader or change the live wallpaper on the lock screen.


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Set/Get value of variables in '/proc/sys/net' using terminal
consider these values which are stored in their respected files in this path: /proc/sys/net
/core/rmem_default 32768
/core/rmem_max 65536
/core/wmem_default 32768
/core/wmem_max 65536
/core/somaxconn 1024
/core/netdev_max_backlog 3000
/ipv4/tcp_rmem "4096 32768 65536"
/ipv4/tcp_wmem "4096 32768 65536"
/ipv4/tcp_low_latency 1
/ipv4/tcp_slow_start_after_idle 0
/ipv4/tcp_timestamps 1
/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle 1
/ipv4/tcp_tw_reuse 1
/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling 1

How can we get and set above values using terminal?

You can get the values easily but can't set them without root access because the files are read-only (rw-r-r) for "others".
Get the values

Use D. Gibbs's answer to setup ADB.
Launch Terminal/cmd in PC and enter:
adb shell
find /proc/sys/net/ -type f | while read -r file; do echo $file $(cat $file); done

find will find the files under the location /proc/sys/net/. Tweak the location if the need arises.
while read will read each line of the previous output as a file,
do will allow execution of tasks (echo "filename" and show its value using cat),
done to complete the task.
Sources: 1, 2.

Snippet of output:
/proc/sys/net/core/dev_weight 64
/proc/sys/net/core/message_burst 10
/proc/sys/net/core/message_cost 5
/proc/sys/net/core/netdev_budget 300
/proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog 1000
/proc/sys/net/core/netdev_tstamp_prequeue 1

You may save the output into a file by using > <FILENAME> at the end of the step 2's last command.
Some files won't be saved or shown because of file permissions. In that case, root the device and repeat the aforesaid steps using su after adb shell command.

Set the values
Now that you've a table of file -> value, you can change the value using echo, provided that you've root access.

In the terminal, enter:
adb shell
su
echo <VALUE> > <FILE_PATH>

Change <VALUE> with the value you want to set and <FILEPATH> with the path of the file. E.g.
echo 46 > proc/sys/net/core/dev_weight

You can apply the steps in a terminal app on Android as well. Just make minor changes relevant to the environment, like > <FILENAME> in find command, and not using adb shell.

You can use  ADB(Android Debugging Bridge) to access these files on the device.  There are two things you need to do to get ADB working:

Install ADB: You can find many tutorials of installing ADB for Windows from Google or use the provided link.
You must enable ADB debugging on your device then start a command prompt on Windows to access the shell.

After you open a command prompt (Windows: Click start-> type in cmd in the search bar, then click on Command prompt) type in adb shell to start the Android shell.  After than, simply navigate to the directory of your choosing cd /proc/sys/net.

sysctl is a standard Linux tool to set/get kernel configuration in /proc/sys/, available on Android as toybox applet. Or you may use busybox applet.
~$ /system/bin/sysctl --help
usage: sysctl [-aAeNnqw] [-p [FILE] | KEY[=VALUE]...]

Read/write system control data (under /proc/sys).

-a,A    Show all values
-e      Don't warn about unknown keys
-N      Don't print key values
-n      Don't print key names
-p      Read values from FILE (default /etc/sysctl.conf)
-q      Don't show value after write
-w      Only write values (object to reading)

Use a terminal emulator app or adb shell:
~# sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps=1
~$ sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps
1

Setting values is only allowed to root.

RELATED:

How can /proc/sys values be changed at boot (sysctl.conf does this on normal Linuxes)?

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How to set default SIM for calls on Lenovo A7000?
How to set default SIM for calls on Lenovo A7000 running Android Lollipop 5.0 and Lenovo's Vibe UI?
PS: I have bought an Android phone for the first time.

The setting can be found in :
Settings->SIM Management

Open Stock dialer → Select the options from top right (Action overflow button - 3 dots after the voice search assistant).
Select Settings → Call Settings → Phone Account Settings → Make calls with.
Here you can select 3 options. If you select Ask first - you'll be prompted every-time you make a call, to select from which sim you want to make the call.
Or select either of the SIMs directly (using 2nd and 3rd options).


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Unable to install Custom Recovery
I am unable to install custom recovery on my phone. I am following these instructions : http://www.informationlord.com/root-micromax-canvas-a1/. Every time I try to do it i get the following error:

error: cannot load recovery.img
Please help.
P.S. I have enabled USB debugging and successfully unlocked bootloader.
After many attempts, I got this in my last attempt.

When I try to get into the custom recovery, it always takes me to Android System Recovery instead of Philz.

Related http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/53971/clockwork-error-cannot-load-recovery-clockwork-no-error

@Firelord: This article contains the link for installing custom recovery too.

I think your phone again reflashes the stock recovery on reboot.So after flashing philz, **

just boot into recovery without booting into os

** and then flash the root file.

When you are all rooted and unlocked install minimal adb and fastboot, then connect your phone. Open the winshell and type
adb devices

to check, if you are properly connected. Adb's output should be your phone ID. Then make sure you have the boot.img placed in your adb folder then type
fastboot flash boot boot.img

EDIT:
Grant superuser-access and wait. Then try to boot in recovery.
Then you should load Framaroot http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/framaroot/root-framaroot-one-click-apk-to-root-t2130276 to your phone and start with choosing aragiorn This should root phone and install supersu. After doing that unlock your bootloader and flash recovery. When you use Windows 8 try to reboot holding shift, choose the problem related menu entry and reboot. Then choose option 7 (will turn off driver signature) reinstall driver and try again.
Had the same issue with my adb and phone driver (xperia z2) on my windows 8 machine.

Did you see the link that OP mentioned? It's about rooting. The link assumes that boot-loader is unlocked and recovery is flashed with custom one, so that supersu.zip can be flashed via recovery. How come then OP would be able to follow your answer(I wonder)? You did mention the point about which I agree but the beginning assumes something which OP is unable to achieve.

But as he says in the beginning of the post he successfully unlocked bootloader, what means he has to be root on his phone.


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Prevent battery from overheating
I have the habit of leaving my phone in charge all night while I'm sleeping, but I've read that this is going to make the battery last less time.
Would it be possible to automatically stop charging the battery when it reaches 100%?
I have a Samsung Galaxy A3 with Android Kitkat.

possible duplicate of http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/1020/does-constant-charging-harm-my-android-cellphone

All phones automatically stop charging once they reach 100%. They then carefully monitor and "bounce" the battery level to ensure it doesn't drain too much, but doesn't overcharge, either. But they're definitely designed with this core concept in mind to reduce damage. Besides, if it stopped charging it at 100% and didn't start back up again, odds are by the time you woke up you'd need to start charging again to get back the 20-30% you lost, which is another charge cycle, causing exactly what you were trying to avoid.

You could buy any wireless plug and switch like we have some of the products from belkin. You can set timer when you want to stop them through your phone itself.

Thanks for your answer. Would this imply the phone to be connected to wi-fi even at night?

Yes and you can also set the sleep timer for wifi or particular time slot


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Is there a way to "own" an app so that if it becomes paid, you will already own it?
In the Amazon Appstore, you can own any app, even if it is currently free.  That way, if the developer later charges for the same app, you still own it.  Similarly, if it is currently on sale for free, you can own it forever.  This ownership survives uninstalls, device resets, and switching to new Android devices.
Is there any way to do this in the Google Play Store?
From what I can tell, in the Play Store, you don't actually own any app that you got for free or through a sale that reduces the price to zero.  As soon as you uninstall it, reset your device, or switch to a new one, it seems like you lose it.  Hopefully I'm mistaken.

Related on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25111007/is-it-possible-to-distribute-a-selling-app-as-free-for-a-limited-time-on-google

Google doesn't allow a free app to switch to paid status. So if you download a free app and they later choose to charge for it, they'd have to do so via an in-app purchase, in which case there's nothing you can do about it beyond raising a stink to the developer and Android blogs. Something else developers regularly do is make a SECOND app available on the store, this time paid, and rename the original app to indicate its lesser status, then either stop updating it permanently, or turn it into a trial version. Either way, you'd be SOL in this scenario.
Also, I don't believe they have any sales that reduce app prices to zero on the Play Store (someone can gladly correct me if I'm wrong), unlike Amazon. There was one year they put a ton of apps on sale for $.10, but that's the lowest price I've ever seen a paid app discounted to. That said, if they did put it on sale for nothing, you would go through the purchase process and see the full price, along with a discount of the same price, which means it would still count as a purchase on your account. The same way they do regularly with movies and music. Those have all gone back up to full price, but I still own them.

You're correct, there's a minimum price for paid app. It can be also be changed to free, but cannot be switched to paid again

@TurboFool Thank you so much for the excellent info.  When some developers claim "get this app now for free while it's in beta" there must be some sort of catch, as it doesn't sound like they can switch from free to paid.

It's possible that betas have different rules attached to them, but more likely is that via you signing into the app with your Google account, you'll be marked, or "grandfathered" as owning a license to it within their system, and when they release a final paid version they'll maintain the free track as well, but it will work only for people who have a license. One of a few ways it could be managed.

@TurboFool  Although your answer is excellent, I'm starting to wonder whether or not it is accurate.  App of the Day recently offered the "Notepad +" app for free through the Google Play Store.  It is now a paid app, and I believe it was a paid app beforehand.  According to your answer, that doesn't seem possible.  Can you explain the apparent discrepancy?

My understanding of App of the Day is that they provide you with the free version of the app, and then auto-load it with a code that unlocks all IAP content which basically brings it up to, or above, the level of the paid version. Looking at the five apps on display in it now, all five have free versions with IAP, and Notepad+ does as well. So they're giving you the free version, then tying the unlocked features to your Play account. It's basically what I mentioned in my second sentence, with App of the Day footing the IAP bill.


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Is it possible to charge one discharged smartphone from other?
Suppose u are having 2 twin smartphones of same brand. one is fully charged and other one is fully discharged.
My question is that Is it possible to charge one discharged smartphone from fully charged other smartphone?

If the smartphones has OTG support, then you can connect them using OTG cable and USB cable. I tried this on two different phones. One was charging from the other. Didn't try to know why the other wasn't the first to charge.

Related http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25759365/connect-two-android-phones-with-usb-cable

The fact optical USB mice work just fine with OTG, taking enough energy to light the LED suggests this is possible technically. I think it depends, however, on how much power does the device being charged need and if the controller in the donor device will allow this. Anyway, if this doesn't work the simple way with an ordinary OTG cable, I believe it is possible to engineer a proxy device that would make it possible.


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How do I get Google Calendar event invitations through the Calendar app for Android?
In the webapp's settings, there's the option for email or SMS. In the Android settings, there's no option for event invitation notifications.
Is there a way to just get a notification from the Calendar app and no email?


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Dialer lags when making a call in Yu Yureka running Lollipop
I upgraded my Yu Yureka to Lollipop using the inbuilt update, and ever since I am seeing a lag while making calls. It takes up to 10 secs to show the call screen after I make the call. I tried clearing the app data, but no luck. Anyone else facing this issue? Any help would be appreciated.

During this 10 secs (before Call screen appears) , do you see a blank screen or the dialer?

this update might solve the bug
Update Size: 130Mb Android version: 5.0.2 Software version: Cyanogen OS 12 (YNG1TAS1K0)
"We are excited to announce a new software update for Yureka which will lead to improved battery performance for YUREKA. (with Cyanogen OS 12 YNG1TAS0W0).
This performance update has been rolled out post feedback from our beta testers community and the roll out process starts today.
Over the next few days ALL users who have official Cyanogen OS 12 YNG1TAS0W0 software on their YUREKA, will receive the update."-YuGod
Click here for the original post on yu forum

Perform a factory reset so that it cleans the phone. Check if the phone lags before installing the extra apps. It won't lag.

It won't lag. -- but if you're certain then why this -- Check if the phone lags


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moto e not power on after update
While updating from KitKat 4.4.2 to 4.4.4 my moto e switched off.
During this process, the battery level was less than 50%. I've tried charging and nothing happened but if I press the power button while charging the notification LED blinks.
Please help me to fix this problem. Thanks.

Are you using the stock charger? Is there a possibility that the charger isn't working?

@1990clb Yes I am using stock charger. It used to charging other mobile.


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battery is getting discharged in one minute when it is around 30 %
My Samsung duos s 7582 is getting discharged very quickly in about a minute when the battery percentage shows in between 25 to 30 %. When the battery is fully charged it runs the mobile for 8 to 10 hours till the battery shows 30 % . But after that battery gets discharge in a minute.

It might be because of an old battery, did you buy a new battery to test it, otherwise you can go to any good repair shop to test it and to get a new battery.
Otherwise the battery might be bad calibrated. You need root to try to calibrate. Here is one of the many links to the many apps.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitula.batterycalibration


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what are iss-realsec ,nrpe ,cbt services and are they good?
I am playing with nmap command and for testing using my Lenovo A6000+ phone. When I have scanned its IP with nmap command , its gave me a bit strange result which I am not familiar.
Could somebody help me to understand what are these services and why they are running.
thorin@thorin-BONEFISH:~$ nmap -A -v 192.168.10.18

Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2015-05-16 12:05 IST
NSE: Loaded 110 scripts for scanning.
NSE: Script Pre-scanning.
Initiating Ping Scan at 12:05
Scanning 192.168.10.18 [2 ports]
Completed Ping Scan at 12:05, 0.23s elapsed (1 total hosts)
Initiating Parallel DNS resolution of 1 host. at 12:05
Completed Parallel DNS resolution of 1 host. at 12:05, 0.09s elapsed
Initiating Connect Scan at 12:05
Scanning 192.168.10.18 [1000 ports]
Discovered open port 8888/tcp on 192.168.10.18
Completed Connect Scan at 12:05, 5.80s elapsed (1000 total ports)
Initiating Service scan at 12:05
Scanning 1 service on 192.168.10.18
Completed Service scan at 12:05, 6.29s elapsed (1 service on 1 host)
NSE: Script scanning 192.168.10.18.
Initiating NSE at 12:05
Completed NSE at 12:05, 1.76s elapsed
Nmap scan report for 192.168.10.18
Host is up (0.025s latency).
Not shown: 996 closed ports
PORT     STATE    SERVICE     VERSION
2998/tcp filtered iss-realsec
5666/tcp filtered nrpe
7777/tcp filtered cbt
8888/tcp open     http        AirDroid httpd 2.0
|_http-favicon: Unknown favicon MD5: D2A1848B617951B8DA6977F8671BF664
|_http-methods: No Allow or Public header in OPTIONS response (status code 200)
|_http-title: AirDroid
Service Info: OS: Android; Device: phone; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel

NSE: Script Post-scanning.
Read data files from: /usr/bin/../share/nmap
Service detection performed.

Thank you.

Note: Partial answer to address "what are these services".

About ISS-Realsec

PORT     STATE    SERVICE     VERSION
2998/tcp filtered iss-realsec

According to this manual on Nmap:
iss-realsec 2998/tcp    0.000351    # ISS RealSecure IDS Remote Console Admin port

On querying Google for ISS RealSecure IDS Remote Console Admin port, though obvious, various sources points that the port is used by ISS's Realsecure software, a Network based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS).  Info from few sources is mentioned below.

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security mentions it as:

ISS RealSecure is a commercial firewall/IDS package, designed to provide security protection for large, complex networks. Sensors can take input from hosts or networks and report anonmalies back to a central management station.
Source: http://www.iss.net/
  Platform:

Windows
Unix

Network Security Resource and SANS also has the similar info here and here, respectively.

Note that ISS stands for Internet Security Systems which is now, IBM Internet Security Systems.
About NRPE

 PORT     STATE    SERVICE     VERSION
 5666/tcp filtered nrpe

According to this manual on Nmap:

nrpe  5666/tcp    0.006614    # Nagios NRPE

Querying Google for Nagios NRPE gives result, more or less similar, and is mentioned below.

Nagios on its exchange website states that:

NRPE [addon] allows you to remotely execute Nagios plugins on other Linux/Unix machines. This allows you to monitor remote machine metrics (disk usage, CPU load, etc.). NRPE can also communicate with some of the Windows agent addons, so you can execute scripts and check metrics on remote Windows machines as well.

(See similar info on Wikipedia.)
What is Nagios? What does it do?

Nagios is a powerful monitoring system that enables organizations to identify and resolve IT infrastructure problems before they affect critical business processes.
By using Nagios, you can:

Plan for infrastructure upgrades before outdated systems cause failures
Respond to issues at the first sign of a problem
Automatically fix problems when they are detected
Coordinate technical team responses
Ensure your organization's SLAs are being met
Ensure IT infrastructure outages have a minimal effect on your organization's bottom line
Monitor your entire infrastructure and business processes

About CBT

 7777/tcp filtered cbt

The aforementioned guide for Nmap doesn't have any information to lead.

Querying Google for such results this page et al. which states:

 Service                                                                    [Default TCP]     Notes
 Oracle HTTP Server non-SSL or Oracle9iAS Web Cache HTTP Listen non-SSL     7777              This port is IANA-registered for "cbt" by cs.ucl.ac.uk

(IANA here doesn't have useful info other than the name of the Assignee. )
Wikipedia has the following info :

 Port     TCP     UDP     Description                                             Status
 7777     TCP             iChat server file transfer proxy                        Unofficial
 7777     TCP             Oracle Cluster File System 2                            Unofficial
 7777     TCP             Windows backdoor program tini.exe default               Unofficial
 7777     TCP             Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Mod Server                    Unofficial
 7777     TCP             Xivio default Chat Server                               Unofficial
 7777     TCP             Terraria default server                                 Unofficial
 7777             UDP     San Andreas Multiplayer (SA-MP) default port server     Unofficial

(There can be a malware running on this port as noted here. Also, Oracle has a link here using Netcat (nc) to connect to a machine using 7777 port.)

About Airdroid

PORT     STATE    SERVICE     VERSION
8888/tcp open     http        AirDroid httpd 2.0

Based on the info in the question and my own experience, Airdroid uses this port to host a server on your phone so that a user can access it through a browser.
What is Airdroid?

AirDroid is a free and fast Android device manager app that allows you to access Android phone/tablet from computer remotely and securely. Manage SMS, files, photos and videos, WhatsApp, Line, WeChat and more on computer.

(Click here to see Airdroid's usage guide which uses port 8888.)

Other than port 8888, I can't comment possibly why your android device has these open ports which reflects services that are not known for Android at least, which makes this answer not very useful to resolve the question but enough to lead you further :-)

Man , you are just AWESOME. Thank you. I will forward to see some more reliable answers on these three services and I will try to add to your answer.

Sure; looking forwards for it, since I'm interested to know why these desktop services are found running in your Android.

May be lenovo want their users to be more secure.

IDK about phone but  you may take a note on Superfish on Laptops.


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HTC One model c525c, errors downloading from Play Store (491, 905, 915, and insufficient space)
Earlier this month I thought I had a virus so I factory reset my phone, which is rooted. I have been trying to reinstall my games, over 40 of them. Only have 6 of them now and my phone keeps telling me I have insufficient space, with all the apps and games that I can move to my 16 gig SD card, which only has less than one gig used on it.
I used to always get error 491 before factory reset. I have been getting 915 and most recently, 905. And the ones that do download to 100% lockup at 100% and won't open. Plus I can't even update. Please help me fix, especially the 915 latest error.

Have you seen our google-play-store tag-wiki with its list of error messages? There's a link for at least two of yours: Downloading from Play Store gives error 491 and Can't I install or update Apps from Play Store: Error 905 . How to fix? As for the space issue, please take a look at our insufficient-memory tag-wiki.

Try to download SD maid in your device clear your phone cache and reebot you device i think that should work, if works don't forget to download anti virus in your device like avira..

What does an anti-virus have to do with that?


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What are options for power button
I have Moto E (2nd Generation Android version 5.0.2) .I use power ON/OFF button to lock the smartphone phone or to go into the sleep mode.
Due to frequent use of power ON button, the switch is not working properly.It needs to press it long and hard.
So are there other options available except power button
1.To lock the smartphone
2.To make smartphone go into sleep mode.
and
3.To turn ON the smartphone.

IDK about 1. but 2. can be achieved easily by "Gravitybox" (your OS should meet it's requirements; root required) and 3. can be achieved by  a custom kernel that supports double-tap to wake up. Please [edit] your question and mention the Android version you're using; are you willing to root the device?

@Firelord I have edited question. Due to frequent use,I had to replace the switch of the power button. that's why I want other keys or shortcuts which can do the work of power button.

You can use apps like.   https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enlace.doubletap
For sleep or wake this app works pretty well but I don't suppose if it's ever possible to power on the phone with an app installed in it and phone is switched OFF.


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Upgrading Sony Xperia E to Android 4.3
I have the Sony Xperia E and want to use a Bluetooth Smart/Bluetooth Low Energy Heart Rate Monitor with it.
Unfortunately this requires Android 4.3 and Sony stopped upgrading it at Android 4.1.1
Is it possible to install a later version on Android on this phone? I looked at the Cyanogen website (http://download.cyanogenmod.org/) but couldn't see the Sony Xperia E listed, the phones product number is C1505.
I'm happy to root the phone, flash it etc as long as I have good instructions to follow.
Thanks,
Andrew

Note: Partial answer to address Cyanogenmod unavailability.

The reason why you couldn't find your device here is because Cyanogenmod(CM) didn't port it on your device model for some reason. To be precise, there is no official CM for your device. That said there are some unofficial custom ROMs (including CM) available for your device.
(Click here to know the difference between official and unofficial CM.)
According to a user in this link, the official XDA thread for your device is here, and the relevant ROMs are:

CM11 (4.4.4): http://forum.xda-developers.com/xper...-11-0-t2648316
AOKP (4.4.4): http://forum.xda-developers.com/xper...4-4-4-t2795440
CarbonRom (4.4.2): http://forum.xda-developers.com/xper...icm11-t2783757

(The instructions to flash are mentioned in the corresponding links. Otherwise, you may go to the official XDA thread.)

Be cautioned to check the "Status:Stable" for any unofficial ROM that you want to flash.

Unfortunately I won't be trying the OS upgrade as the phone hardware only supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (see page 9 here http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/c1505/whitepaper_EN_c1505_xperia_e.pdf) Thanks for the advice about doing the software upgrade, hopefully it will be useful for someone else!

Also Sony never open sourced this phone's drivers, so the video camera doesn't work, for example.


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I bought an Android ringtone at Google Play Store on my PC. How do I transfer it to my phone and select it as my ringtone?
I bought an Android ringtone at Google Play Store on my PC. How do I transfer it to my phone and select it as my ringtone? The song is Money Talks by ACDC. I bought it at this link: Google Play link to buy ringtone

Follow this -
Menu > Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone > Sound picker > Music library > Select tone

Remember, this is the general way to pick a tone in Xperia (Sony) phones. Terminology may be different in other devices.

The ring tone does not appear as a ringtone option under settings with the other ring tones. It only plays in Google Play Music app. It was sold to me by Google Play as a ring tone and yet this happens.

Download any other music player and search the tone. Tap and hold on it to see various options like Use as, Set as, etc.


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Did "restrict background data" *per-app* just disappear in Android 4.2.2 update?
Just noticed this now on Android 4.2.2, I'm pretty sure the option to restrict background data per app was there a few days ago.
Now I can't stop the Play Store from using up my data. There is now a global "restrict data access" but it doesn't seem to apply to some apps - like the Play Store.
EDIT: weird, now they're back again. I think the only thing I did was log out (via about:debug, then Setting -> Debug -> Reset prelogin, the last one)

The option is "Restrict Background Data" and you can access it on Settings -> Power Saving, after choosing a proper power saving mode.
To stop Google Play from hogging your data, open the Google Play app settings and look at the "Auto-update apps" option. There is a possibility to only update when connected to an wifi network.

the per-app Restrict Background Data is in Data Usage, after you touch on an app, at the bottom. The global option is on the menu button of Data Usage. I don't have Settings -> Power Saving, so I think we have different versions (mine is 4.2.2). Anyway, it came back (see my edit), so this is just FYI.

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how to fix framaroot :exploit work but installation of super su and su binary fail
4.2.2 cherry mobile cherry jelly and I'm trying to find some rooting access applications to root my
Phone, and then i found the framaroot, after that it works perfect I have super su installed in my device after that I try to factory reset my device, and then I installed the framaroot again when I press some selection like boromir and it says  :exploit work but installation of super su and su binary fail: plss help me guys I want to root my phone again :-( .

Try to root with aragorn. If you have installed supersu from the playstore delete it completely. And don't forget to turn on USB debugging and allow unknown sources.
Edit:
Here is a rooting method for cherry:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2286251

Hey techmod what version is framaroot with aragorn

Actually you can choose directly in framaroot from the dropdown menu. You can also try toweloot or kingroot.

The towelroot and kingroot doesn't work for my android

Use the link above


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My sdcard is showing up in storage, but I can't place apps on it. 0
My sdcard is mounted, but I can't store apps to it. My HP tablet run Android 4.2.2.
This is a new Sdcard.

Did your old SD card work? Have you tried a different new SD card? What does "can't store apps to it mean"? How have you determined that you can't store apps to it and what errors, if any, are you receiving?

Should I assume that "Move to SD card" is either not available or greyed out under Settings ->Apps of any app?

Unless you have a rooted phone with a proper Android ROM, you will not be able to place all apps in the SD card. Specific apps allow you to do so, but others, like Whatsapp, don't even allow to place media on the external storage. That's a shame.
Starting with (non-rooted) standard Android 4.2.2 ROMs, apps no longer can have full access to SD card.


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How to make hangouts forget your accounts password
How to make hangouts forget your accounts password ? I don't want my friends to use my account since they are likely to stir up trouble so ....

Which Android version are you using? If it's Lollipop then you can use Guest/New user to get rid of your issue.

i think may be by clearing data it can be done.

One way to do this would be to:

Go to Settings
choose Applications (or applications manager)
swipe left/right to see all (installed) applications
click on Hangouts then Clear all data.

Note: This erases all data Hangouts had stored on your phone (just in case, you might want to do backup first).


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sleep of death nexus 4
I have Nexus 4 with Android 5.1. Recently it started to get Sleep of Death occasionally. I think it started after updating Android from 4.* to 5.*. I read that it's bug in Android Lollipop and some advises to fix it for example to turn off wi-fi when phone sleeps. I tried, but it didn't help.
Some other advises: one, two, three. I don't know which I should follow, it required a lot of time to try them all.
And I want to avoid rooting.

Well your "one" and "three" links don't seem to require more than a few seconds each to try, have you tried them?

for one: I didn't find Wake my Android Pro in Google Play.  three: wipe Google Play Services' data, does it mean clear cache?.

And maybe it takes several seconds to try but I should wait several hours or days to check if it has effect.

I assume it means clear cache, settings, and data. Several hours or days isn't a "lot of time" to wait to see if your phone behaves normally. You're going to have that phone for months or years anyways. Just try one of the solutions then go enjoy the weekend, get back to work next week, and if it happens again, try something else. Besides, no matter how you look at it, if the problem itself only happens once every few days, you're going to have to wait a few days no matter what solution you try. The fact is, the Sleep of Death doesn't have a single known cause, it's different for everybody.

okay, will try with Google Play. As I said I tried with wi-fi before and several days it was okay, I thought it was fixed, but then it started again.

If this issue still persists, then ultimately you may need to reflash the ROM (and even the kernel) and losing the data (still, you can backup the data first), but let's hope we don't need to do that. Meanwhile, try some that are mentioned on this article and this. It seems there's no clear cause, so you have to try everything you can first.

@ Andrew, I did wiping Google Play Services' data couple weeks ago and didn't have SOD since. Hope it's fixed now.

just wrote that it's okay now and got this SOD again.

I wiped Google Play Services' data again and didn't have SOD for two week, got it again today. Should I wipe data every 2 weeks?

I have used my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Charger and had success every time to wake up my phone from SOD. It takes around 5-10 min before you can see on the screen that it is charging. But a fast indication can be that the fixed red LED will start to flash and after a couple of minutes the screen will wake up and show that it is charging.
PS: I have discovered that both Samsung and LG phones are very picky when it comes to which charger you are using. Samsung and LG phones usually accept each other's charger but they will not accept unbranded ones or ones from other brands like Sony. So if you don't have a Samsung or LG charger go to your local store and buy one. I can't guarantee that it will work, but it does work on my phone.


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GPS and direction in Google Maps not working correct with S5
I have a Galaxy S5 and I am using Google Maps or Komoot to navigate with my bycicle. I am in the mode, so the map directs to where I am facing to. Walking works fine and cycling very slow too. But cycling above 15 km/h the map shakes around and its not working correct anymore.
Does anyone knows howto fix this or what is the problem ?

A good mobile signal is needed for proper navigation support.

I dont think thats the problem. Locically  Otherwise it would also be a problem with low velocity.

Velocity would never be a problem. I've used Google maps at 80kmph. It's accurate. Is it the problem with Komoot?


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How do i root my HTC One S (no computer access)
Hello I have a question I hope you have a answer to. I have a HTC One S and I would love to root it although I have no computer access. Is there any way I can root my device?

See Methods/apps in the answer here.

Try to download and install framaroot in your device that should work


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Using a phone as a game console- HDMI out and USB in simultaneously
I have a pico projector, which I use to display HDMI from my Galaxy S3 via an MHL cable. I recently learned that my phone (and most newer Android devices) can be controlled with USB gamepads, mouses, keyboards, etc. with a USB OTG connector, and I have MegaN64 (a very good Nintendo 64 emulator) on my phone, which works great with my USB gamepad.
I'm trying to combine these two features: I want to be able to provide HDMI input to my projector from my phone, and have a USB gamepad controlling it at the same time. Is there any way to do this? I can't with my current equipment, because MHL takes up the micro USB port, so I can't have anything plugged in at the same time. Even if I had a simple micro USB splitter, as far as I know the micro USB port will not work as a USB port and an MHL port at the same time (PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong).
I know there are wireless HDMI receivers available, like Chromecast, but all of them that I've seen use Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth, and most only work with certain apps, instead of just mirroring the screen. I plan on using this setup while camping, so sending HDMI over Wi-Fi won't be an option for me.
The only close-to-a-solution I've come up with so far is to connect a controller over Bluetooth: there are a good few apps that will connect a phone to a Wii Remote, but that's not the best controller for some of the games I want to play. I've looked into connecting my preferred (USB) controller over Bluetooth, but I haven't been able find a way to do that.
Is there any alternative to MHL for outputting HDMI which doesn't require Wi-Fi, or a way to connect a USB device over Bluetooth?

do you have a ps3 controler ? or a Bluetouth  game pad ? because I think it is the only good solution

Yeah, the whole point was to be able to use the controllers I already have, which are all USB. I still haven't found a way to do this.

Well if the already build adapter doesn't work you can make your own folowing this steps (if you are not able to do all the soldering ask a professional nearby like a phone repair shop) :
Background : Samsung made the new 11pin MHL technology on the galaxy note 2 and the S3 (those are the first devices to have it any top shelf phone out after that day have that technology ) ,samsung made it specially to sell it's own Smart Dock station where you can transform your S3 to a desktop ,the smart dock was (may still) sold to companies only for 100$ , the member @its.mahmud on XDA succeeded to make a clone of that device after reading the source code of the samsung galaxy S3 see reference .
Now How to build a DIY smart dock :
pre-required :

A Micro USB 5 To 11 Pin HDMI HDTV MHL Adapter Converter For Galaxy S3 S III i9300 search for it or get it from ebay
A 40.2 k ohm resistor (they are sold by lot by you can buy a piece from any repair shop)
A USB 2.0 A female to Micro USB B female adapter cable FF (by from near by electronics shop or from ebay (if you already have a female USB port somewhere else you can use that instead)
A samsung galaxy s3 under JB stock rom.

Lets start breaking stuff and making new stuff :

Cut the A Micro USB 5 To 11 Pin open and get the mother-ship this is what it looks like this on the 5pin side:

As you can see in on the ship where it's written R1 and there is a rectangle around the resistor ,yo need to take off that resistor ,do so.
Replace the removed resistor by the 40.2 K ohm resistor.
Cut the A USB 2.0 A female to Micro USB B female adapter open to remove the female USB port (if you already have a female USB port somewhere else you can use that instead).
Now solder new 4 wires  and shortcut the sense and ground with the 40.2 K ohm resistor as shown is the picture below.

Optionally you can cover the wires with duck-tap or any plastic material of your choice.
You can plug a USB Hub to the female USB port you just made to plug multiple USB devices (mouse and keyboard) or two controllers (android natively detect and use one controller only you need a third party app to manage multiple controllers.
Now you have a USB or multiple USB ports and An 11 Pin HDMI HDTV MHL to plug on your TV.

Reference :

Multimedia Dock(I/F: Micro USB 11pin)
DIY Smart Dock tread on XDA
Proof

Disclaimer :

None Of the component (devices and micro electronics ) used in this unswer are sold by me the links included are here to make it easy to find you can buy them from where ever you want.

if your phone supports Both MHL and USB host protocols you can connect both your projector and a USB gamepad BUT you gonna need the proper adapter to do that (see figure bellow)

(this picture is to show the kind of adapters not to advertise this specific product)
you can find a lot of those on amazon the price is between 10 -50 $ here is a link or you can search for it on the web using this keywords "Adapter MHL HDMI / USB / SD for Micro USB"

if this picture is violating rules of the site let me know I will doodle an adapter instead

Thanks for the research, but as detailed in the answer I linked to in the question, phones can't use MHL and USB simultaneously- the features lists, user reviews, and instructions on some of those Amazon search results confirm that...

This is the only way I know ,if you know for sure they can't use both mhl and USB why are you asking for using both ? I think you are wrong about it being impossible the USB and mhl don't use the same protocol they can work both simultaneously but always keep in mind the mini USB port of the android can't provide power you need to feed the adapter with power from an external source...

The question was more how I could connect a USB device via Bluetooth, or output HDMI without MHL or Wi-Fi. USB and MHL DON'T use the same protocol, but they DO use the same physical connections, which is why they can't both be used at once.

It can work ,I will think of it more and I will be back to post a more detailed answer and proof that it could work

I hope so! I'm looking forward to what you discover. Thank you :)

Let us continue this discussion in chat.

still don't get why this answer was down voted ! it's one of the ways to do it ,it's well formated and doesn't break any rules

This can be done and it's an amazing thing to pull off. I hoped the connection kit device allows for 5 to 11-pin MHL. If so, that device will allow this to work. This would be perfect for an emulation device and would be cheaper and more powerful than any single board computer like Raspberry Pi.


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Flashing CM 10.2 to 11 TWRP flash not working
Background
Today and yesterday I tried to upgrade my HTC One X+ from CM 10.2 to CM 11. I knew from before that if I use the build-in updater (Settings-->About phone-->CyanogenMod updates), it successfully restarts and performs the flashing. However after that it gets stuck during booting and the CyanogenMod icon keeps spinning.
From this: https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/guide-cm11s-cm12-nightlies.231709/ I think it's most likely that the problem lays with Gapps. This means I have to manually update CM 11 in the TWRP menu and then Gapps. However flashing either CM 11 or Gapps for CM 11 like this, gives an error that it failed.
This is strange for the following reasons:

Flashing CM 10.2 or Gapps for CM 10.2, it succeeds
Flashing using build-in CyanogenMod updates, it works with the exact same .zip

I tried first flashing Gapps for CM 11 (it still starts CM 10.2 after this) and then flashing CM 11 both using CyanogenMod updates. However now it hangs a bit at the HTC screen and then automatically goes to TWRP.
Questions
Any inspiration why using Install in TWRP fails? What do I do wrong that I cannot properly update to CM 11?
System

Device: HTC One X+ (enrc2b)
Current Cyanogenmod: cm-10.2.1-enrc2b.zip
Trying to install: cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-enrc2b.zip
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=enrc2b&type=snapshot
Custom recovery for Android: TWRP v2.7.0.1 (https://twrp.me/)

You can install it,
First of all try to update to a new TWRP version if possible like you installed it before.
Or you might want to go to the bootloader/fastboot on Samsung devices you need to press
Volume up + home + power

On other devices you must press
Volume up + power

and connect your phone to your PC and install the drivers if not done before, you can install the naked Adb drivers from twrp's site.
This is the link for your device:
https://twrp.me/devices/htconexplusinternational.html
You also can connect it to your PC install the drivers and type
adb reboot bootloader

You can find more info on TWRP's site.
put the Gapps/Google apps on the SD card, you might want to use
adb shell push gapps.zip /storage/sdcard0/
Downloads

All after each other.
Or setup mtp for TWRP.
You can do this at the settings mount and enable MTP.
Then push the update zip to your device which is the same as above.
Install the update and wipe the caches.
Then you're all set.

As CM 10.2 is a derivate of Android 4.2.2 (JellyBean) and CM 11 is a derivate of Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) the GApps will refuse to work. And making a huge firmware jump like that is always risky. Try the following:

Take a Backup, if you still can
Wipe your Phone completely (/systen, cache, dalvik)
Make a clean CM11 install, restart and flash PA Gapps for CM11
Restore your apps

The thing is that my TWRP refuses to install CM 11 through the Install option, but CM 10.2 works when using that option. The zip can't be corrupted, because the CyanogenMod updater works, although it doesn't start after that anymore. So if I first clean the phone, I cannot use CyanogenMod updater anymore.

Then try a Recovery capable of handling kitkat.


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Can I recover my data after accidental factory reset?
My phone just managed to do a factory reset, all on its own. Can I somehow retrieve at least the portion of the lost data? On computer for both linux and windows there are programs that can recover parts of harddrive which have been marked empty but still contain data from deleted files.
Is there a way to do this on Samsung Galaxy with Android 4.1.2? Because I really need my contacts and some of my memo notes were really important.

Have a loot at Questions/Answer under the [tag:data-recovery] tag. I'm sure you'll see something useful in there.

Actually all of the data mentioned by you is stored in the cloud. Except your pics unless you have uploaded them via picasa etc.

It says sync error. Either google is broken or my phone is. Either way, I don't actually remember syncing anything...

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Where can I get Google Apps (gapps) for Xperia Mini STi15 ("smultron")?
I am want gapps for cyanogenmod9
goo.im is no longer accessible and everyone seem to still share the same link.
Please share the updated link to me.
Just so you know when I say not "accessible" what I really mean is that the site contains only the following text --

Hello,
Unfortunately, as of this time, the main portions of goo.im have been
  disabled. Due to a finance issue, our CDN account has been suspended,
  and all files stored on it are effectively non-accessible. Due to some
  RL issues on my(Alexander)'s part, once goo started actively losing
  money 6 months ago, I had changed jobs a bit to help support goo.
  Unfortunately, this wasn't enough combined with some other issues that
  crept up on me. Due to this, I'm formally shutting down Goo. There is
  an offer in to take over the files and hosting from a generous
  sponsor, however, until the financial issues are sorted out, they are
  unable to adsorb Goo. It's been my pleasure to serve files for you all
  for the past couple of years, and I wish everyone good luck into the
  future.
-- Snipa/Alexander Blair
If you have picked up a sponor account within the last two months,
  please reach out to us if you'd like a refund. It may take some time,
  but we'll do our best to get these processed and sent out. -- Thanks
  for everyone who's supported us over the years.

Here you can download Google Apps


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Insufficient phone memory
When I bought this phone Sony Experia CC51, I have more than ten apps, and now I uninstalled them one by one until they were all gone because it always said "Insufficient phone memory". I hope someone can help me solve this it as the phone always has insufficient memory when i try to download apps.
Thank you

You can take a look at Q/A under the tag [tag:insufficient-memory] on this website.

Try to download and install SD maid in your device and clear your phone cache and reboot your device that should work

Could you mention a link for this app?

This is the download link of sd maid link:http://m.hiapphere.net/down/sd-maid-pro-%E2%80%93-system-cleaning-tool.             Cache cleaner apk link:http://www.appsapk.com/app-cache-cleaner/

@MatthewJob Thanks; but I already knew the link. My goal was for you to mention the link in the answer (not in the comment). Please edit and add it. Also, do the similar thing in this answer as well. http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/109605/how-do-i-get-room-in-memory-i-have-tryed-to-move-apps :)


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Google+ is filling up my phone
I was running out of storage space on my phone, mainly due to photos, so I decided to sync all my pictures and "home movies" to Google+ and then delete all the photos/movies from my phone (deleting using the "On Device" option in the Photos app main menu) to recoup space.
This process didn't require much manual labor, but it did take a very long time. Unfortunately, the result was unsatisfactory because my phone is still nearly full. Now, when I look at how my device storage is being consumed, I see almost nothing under "Pictures, videos," but instead Google+ (which is now full of photos) is using up all my phone storage space.
So, in essence (and I believe I read this somewhere but can't find the link right now), it appears that Google+ is still keeping a copy of the photos on my phone, as part of the Google+ app. This doesn't do me much good in terms of clearing space on my phone. My intention with syncing to Google+ was to remove the photos completely from my mobile device.
My questions are

Is it possible to sync photos from my phone to Google+, delete
"On Device" photos through the Photos app, and have those photos
completely off my phone?
If I move all photos from my phone to my laptop and sync from my
laptop, will the Google+ app still fill up my phone? (I ask this
rather than try this because there are no more photos in the Photo
app on my phone and trying to recreate the sync scenario would take
even more time than it took me the first time.)
Is there another alternative that I am not considering? My
qualifications here would be that the service would have to offer
similar appealing features to Google+. Namely, unlimited (or a very
large amount) of photo storage, web-viewable photo pages, and the
ability to share photos with exactly whom you want to share with.

Regarding (3), there are thousands of backup services that are not Google+.

Although I am most interested in the answers to #1 and #2, I have added a qualification to #3 to reduce the thousands of alternatives to hopefully only a choice few.

The photos G+ has on the device are just cached for improved performance. Clear the G+ apps data and if you open the gallery G+ will get new thumbnails to show.

Thanks for this information, @abraham. I will see if I can try this in a controlled manner because of the scary warning message you get if you try to clear an app's data. I.e., hopefully I won't lose my photos. I will report back if this works.

Photos backed up to plus.google.com/photos will not be effected by clearing the apps data.

For interested readers, I feel that @abraham's advice was correct, but I remained afraid to try it as my phone was still functioning fine on low free storage capacity. However, a few months ago when Google made the switch from storing photos in Google+ to instead using the Photos app, my free storage went way up (Google+ cleared out on its own and the Photos app doesn't seem to cause the same local storage buildup) and I didn't lose any photos.


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Check whether moto g 2nd gen refurbished or not
I bought moto G 2nd gen mobile two days ago from Flipkart. Phone is nice but sometimes it has some lags, battery doesn't stay more than 4 hours of continues use of 3g. I found a small dot size crack in top of my phone but it just didn't matter and I continued using the phone. After seeing some posts here I wondered if this phone is refurbished or not. I can get to the RTN menu by typing neither *#*#786#*#* nor ##786#. Also I tried something like installing launcher pro and selecting shortcut from hidden menu. But nothing worked. Now I want to know how can I find out if my mobile is refurbished or not. My mobile came with the Android Lollipop update.

possible duplicate of http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/21101/how-to-tell-if-your-phone-is-refurbished

I did all the things mentioned in that but unfortunately none of them are worked also I've mentioned the things I've done

On some devices, yes, there is a way. I am not certain which specific devices this works on, but there are two methods you can try. The most platform agnostic way to do it is generally the following:

Install a launcher that allows you to create shortcuts to Activities. ADW Launcher and Launcher Pro are both free and allow this.
Long press on an empty space on your home screen and select Shortcut->Activity.
Look for one of the following in the list of Activities. Either:
A. A package named com.android.hiddenmenu which you can expand to reveal the RTN activity OR
B. An activity simply named com.android.RTN (this is what I have on my Galaxy Nexus, CM9).
Create a shortcut to the RTN activity. If given a choice between multiple ones, select the "View" activity.
Launch RTN from the shortcut and look for the "Reconditioned Status" entry in the list. If it says "Yes" then it's a refurb. If it says "No" then it isn't (or it has not been properly noted as one for some reason).
(Click image to enlarge)

The less portable (manufacturer dependent) way of doing this is to open your dial pad and enter the dialer code ##786#, which will also take you to RTN if the dialer code is supported. On some devices it may also work with *#*#786#*#*.

You can contact your wireless carrier and give them the IMEI.  They'd able to tell you if it's been activated on their network before, at least.
You can also contact Motorola to check on the status of the warranty and whether or not the phone has ever been sent back to them for service, etc.
The IMEI is the "International Mobile Station Equipment Identity" - a number you can usually find in the "About Phone" section of a phone's settings.  On your phone I think it would be Settings > About Phone > Status.


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What range of tcp buffer size do you suggest for slow and fast networks?
If you search the net, you come across with ranges like these that claim would enhance your net throughput:
net.tcp.buffersize.default=4096,87380,256960,4096, 16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.wifi=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.umts=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.gprs=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.edge=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960

In place that I live, the net speed of gprs/edge connectivity is so slow that even sending just a sentence of text via instant messaging apps like Whatsapp could take up to 5 seconds and even fails to send some times! but on the other hand my wifi connectivity is very fast;
so; what range of tcp net buffer size do you recommend for these two connections that better suits me?(or maybe any other effective variable)

Is there a reason to believe that the smart Android engineers did not choose the "best" values for the buffersize? I'm usually skeptic about recommendations "from the net", and I doubt that your issues will improve when you modify the buffersize, because I don't think they are related.

Bufferbloat only becomes a problem when the link (i.e. your edge/gprs connection) is congested. If it's not congested, you may just have very poor cellular reception.
If bufferbloat is really the reason you will be unable to do anything locally (because the problem is very probably the largish buffer size on the cellular network equipment).
A few pointers:

try to avaid parallel traffic when using WhatsApp
try to switch off Image loading in WhatsApp (not sure if this is possible as I don't use WA)
(root required) use an outbound app firewall to avoid unnecessary traffic (e.g. AFWall+)
(root required): use an adblocker to avoid unnecessary traffic (e.g. AdAway)


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Set an app to be default without clearing old first
I have unfortunately set Truecaller as the default app to view contacts.
I want the standard Google Contacts app to open contacts.
In particular, when I search for a contact on the phone using the search bar and then tap a contact, I want it to be opened in Google Contacts.
I have found plenty of advice about how to clear the launch by default setting for an app.
However, Truecaller does not think that it is the default for anything.
So, I would simply like to choose Google Contacts as the default without clearing the original app first.
In general I think that first having to find the old default app is a very clunky user interface. I'd like to choose the default app I want, not search for the old app. Especially when it is not clear at all which one that is.
EDIT
Ok, I found that it was Truedialer not Truecaller that had the defaults. But my original question is still valid: If I have difficulty finding the default app, is it possible to set a new default without clearing the old one?

There are few apps in Play Store that claims(I didn't try) to do the job(reset) for you. I found Default App Manager and Default App Reset.

@Firelord Default App Manager is close but unfortunately not good enough. It does not resolve the contact app default issue that is my original problem.

Updated answer: Try Better Open With app, I see they added support for dialer (I can chose from Contacts or Phone).
Old answer: Go to Settings
Go to Apps
Select the app that is currently the default launcher for contacts.
Scroll down to “Launch By Default”.
Tap “Clear Defaults”

My question specifically states "without clearing the original app first"

I tried the above suggested app ( Better Open With ), see it it fits your needs.


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Change the default app in "Open with" dialog
I have at one point chosen Truedialer as the default app for opening contacts.
I would now like to set Google Contacts as the default app.
I have cleared the Launch by default setting for Truedialer.
However, when I click on a contact (found using searchbar) I get a dialog stating
Open with View contact
                  [JUST ONCE] [ALWAYS]
Use a different app
Contacts

(View contact is the Truedialer app, Contacts is the Google Contacts app)
Now, I can choose View contact as ALWAYS, but I cannot choose Contacts as ALWAYS, I can only click it to use it once.
This same dialog shows up every time, no matter how many times I search for a contact. It only gives me the option of setting View contact as default, never Contacts.
How can I set Contacts as default?

The app that is shown at the top, is the app you used the last time to deal with contacts. If you use Contacts now then next time Contacts is on top and you can tap Always. I know, it's a bad design decision.

@GiantTree unfortunately, that is not the behaviour I get. I have opened the Google Contacts app and then immediately after attempted the above search and select operation. The result is the same. I have also chosen Contacts in the above dialog and then repeated the search and select operation. Still the same behaviour.

I have the similar issue where I cant not see supported apps in "Use a different app" section that was previously visible. It happens to me after upgrading to Android 6

I had the same issue with a widget.
For me the following worked:
Go to Settings->Apps and click on the menu button (the three dots in the right top) and select Reset app preferences.
This resets a lot of stuff, but I was able to select Alwaysfor the right app again.


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I can't see my device in Android adb list
I have LG G3 with android 5.0 lollipop and I want to connect it to my laptop with windows 8.1 OS (For using unity remote).
When I connect my phone I can access to storage but I can't see my device in adb.exe. I tried many solution like this and this but nothing work for me.
For now in developer mode I checked  these:

Stay awake
USB debugging
Allow mock locations

And I installed the driver from lg website. This is output for adb usb command:
shell@g3:/ $ adb usb
adb usb
error: device not found

Actually I really confused because I think it recognize my device and show g3 name but I don't know why it can't show my device name in attached device!!!
This is windows command prompt screenshot:

Without lg driver installed, my device in device manager is like image below and when I try to update the driver using Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver it say: Windows could not find driver software for your device

And when I install lg driver, my device is like image below and again i can't update driver and it say: Windows has determine the driver software for your device is up to date

It looks like you already are using your device through ADB. The normal Windows command prompt looks like C:\Users\hossein>, while yours is shell@g3:/ $. That's what a Unix prompt looks like, and that means you're in your device's shell interface. If I am correct about this, then the reason your adb devices command doesn't work is because your phone is looking for other phones connected to it - of which it finds none.

@aureljared I didn't  get it, Why my phone need to connect to another phones? And what I need to do to solve this problem?

I don't think I made my point clear. :D Your phone doesn't need to connect to another phone. What I'm saying is that it's possible that you're already successfully using ADB to connect to your phone, because the screenshot you uploaded (shell@g3) looks like the shell of your phone. What commands did you enter until you got to that screen?

Asking the same with different words: what is that "black screenshot" from? From a command-prompt on your Windows machine, or from a terminal shell on your device? The shell@g3 shows you are executing adb devices on the G3, not on your Windows computer. What happens when you execute adb devices from the Windows prompt?

@Izzy This screenShot is cmd window that run abd shell. And that was the result for adb devices command

@aureljared No it's not my phones shell it's windows cmd.

That's what the other comments were assuming: you try to run adb devices on the device itself, which makes no sense – as (usually) there are no other Android devices connected to it. There are some lines missing at the top; I bet one of them reads adb shell (which opened a shell to the device, so that's where you are).

I think it makes no sense to explain it again in different words as you obviously have no knowledge about ADB. Please get yourself a little bit informed about the command you are using: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html. If you read what especially  the command "adb shell" does you should get what was explained above  :)

Go to Settings-->Storage-->Menu(3 dots in the corner) and tap USB computer connection. When there, make sure MTP and PTP are both unchecked.

Pardon me, but this is impossible to do on some phones that do not support charge-only USB computer mode, such as most Samsung phones post-Gingerbread.

This does not work on my phone, where I am forced to have at least one of MTP and PTP checked.

I had a hard time getting this to work with my LG G3 on Windows 10. Here's what worked for me:

Uninstalled the LG USB Driver.
Installed the Universal ADB Driver. (Thanks, @Lucia!)
Restarted my computer.
Plugged in my phone, went to device manager, and installed it manually as an "Android Composite ADB Interface".
Switched the USB connection type on my phone from "MTP" to "PTP".
Allowed USB debugging on my phone.

Success!
Note: Some of these steps may not be necessary, for example, just switching to PTP might work just fine, but I'm documenting what eventually did work for me, and I didn't want to take the time to experiment because if it ain't broke, don't fix it. :)

Choosing PTP and enabling USB debugging was enough for me to get it working. (Not sure if PTP was needed, started working after enabling USB debugging)

The Universal ADB Driver worked for me. Except I didn't need to do steps 3, 4, or 5. However, I did need to perform an additional step: plugging the device into a different USB slot. (Before installing the universal driver I had it in slot 1, but after installation even plugging in and out didn't help; putting it in slot 2 finally made the Windows "new device plugged in" sound, which was followed a few seconds later by the accept-fingerprint popup on my phone, and then successful ADB connection.)

I was facing this problem for two days, and I solved installing the USB driver for my phone LG G3 on my Mac Yosemite. I downloaded the file LGMobileMacDriver_v5.0.zip and installed it and than adb devices just worked.
Before anything, just confirm that debug option are enable.
You can try to install the USB driver of your phone, maybe it'll help.
Download Location for Driver http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-LGD850
Best,

On windows I had to install this software: http://www.koushikdutta.com/post/universal-adb-driver
After the installation android studio started recognizing my phone.


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Google Play "can't establish a reliable connection to the server"
I have tried all methods to make Google Play work but it still says this:

Please help me.

It may be useful for other users if you could add some additional information to your question, for example which device you're using.

It may be a little too late to answer but this occasionally happens when the server certificate couldn't be verified on your device due to some date/time inconsistency. Try setting your device date/time to the proper value first.

i definitely have this problem with 4.1 devices.  It's a tough one. Very annoying.  I can't visit ordinary web sites like google.com because the cert is wrong.

If you have root, try to delete your hosts file in /system/etc/hosts.
Back it up first.

That might be helpful to someone (IDK really). But could you mention the reason why this file is supposed to be deleted at all?

To be honest, I don't know why it helped me. Even if my hosts file were empty and the Play Store couldn't connect, it always worked again after deleting the hosts file (on Samsung and on Asus).

Interesting! Did you need a reboot after deleting it or it worked just after deleting it?

I didn't need to reboot.

Ah!  One thing that can cause this problem is simply
Be sure to set the date and time, especially the year
on the device.  I had two devices laying around that had this problem.
On one the year was way out since it had been powered down for ages. I set the year and it was fine.
On another surprisingly it was
only out by the time zone
I had it set 6 time zones away.  Fixing the time zone, fixed the problem.
Both of these were 4.1 devices (writing in Feb26; Android 6 is current now.)
Really hope it saves someone some time.

Hey men try to factory reset your device, if not work uninstall update the google play and install with other version of google play ithink that should work...

It may be the package problem. I hope you've tried all the methods for solving the problem so I will give you a manual way to use Play Store.
Below are the links for XDA-Developers (for reference) and Google Play (.apk) file which was featured on XDA-Developers website last week. See if it works.
* XDA-Dev Get it now!
* Google Play v5.5.12


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How do I get room in memory? I have tried to move apps
I have a 64gb SD card an my phones internal memory is full an it's not letting me download any more App's says I have insufficient space,  how do I fix tht i have 64gb. I should be able to download alot,  I've tryed unmounting sd card I moved couple apps to card n memory is still same plz help...

Uninstall some useless app and clear your phone cache and download and install sd maid in your device and try to reebot your device after that try to download what application you want to download, if insufficient space is not poping up, comment me
 if work...


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No Users settings on my Samsung Galaxy tablet running on Android 4.4.2
On my Samsung Galaxy tablet running on Android 4.4.2, I don't see any way to manage multiple users on this device.
From what I can find, there is suppose to be a Users settings menu item, but it's not there.
What's the possible reason, and how to fix it?

If it's not there, then either your ROM is messed up somehow, or the menu item is hidden extremely well, or Samsung chose not to include the Users functionality in your ROM, period.
There is a way to force your device to display the Users setting screen; working or not. You just need to launch the Users activity in com.android.settings. One way to do that is by installing Nova Launcher, adding the Activities widget to the homescreen, and choosing that activity from the list.
If that still doesn't work, then your device really does not include the Users functionality (which is surprising, as it's a tablet).


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"Android is Updating" on every boot
On every bootup I get the "Android is updating" (Optimizing apps) screen.
I've tried a few methods. I deleted all custom odex files in /data/app dictionary and deleted the dalvik cache but it's still there on every boot up. How can I get rid of it?

did you try to wipe user data ?

No I would like to avoid that and find another solution.

what's you device? are you on some official firmware or did you flash a custom rom?

Samsung Glaxy SM-G350 on stock 4.2. Rooted and Modified with Xposed, but the issue came weeks after modifying my phone.

Cache partition wont write correctly - might be damaged.
Rooted? TWRP?
latest twrp's have fsck (disk check)
Else wise, I have no idea what ur runnin.

I have root and I have a custom CWM.
Any idea how to tell if that's the case with the cache partition?

It might be the dalvik cache which is broken however you can try to reinstall your ROM flash the Google apps if you want to. Then wipe the dalvik cache, you might want to wipe it before reinstalling your ROM

I checked my dalvik cache and everything seemed fine. No errors detected.

Reinstall the rom

That's the problem. I customised the stock ROM myself and I don't have any flashable ROM files, just a backup. But when I install the backup, I'll have the same problem again.


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Does 'fastboot oem unlock' still work?
Does this command still work?

fastboot oem unlock

I ask this  question because I am obviously trying to unlock my phone's bootloader and can't seem to auto-tab the option or see an entry for this particular option in the space documentation.
Can you confirm if this works? If so, please tell me why I can't auto-complete it like other options?
If it matters, I am unsuccessfully trying to unlock a Lenovo p780 bootloader.

also I noticed that whatever I type as options, it won't give any errors. So it could be possible that I am typing a non-existent command option?

Depends on the model not all phones/tablets support OEM unlock. This a manufacture decision. For example some low end lg phones use a custom boot loader that wont even let you boot to it. Nexsus 10 tablets from google on the other hand support oem unlock. Newer androids have a factory reset protection mode that must be disabled for oem unlock to work. The setting for this is control by an "oem unlock" option within android. This option in and of itself does not unlock the boot loader it merely allows it to be done.

It still works, if you need to unlock your phones bootloader you will need the command
fastboot oem unlock

If you're running Linux you'll need
sudo fastboot oem unlock

I own the OnePlus One and this is how I unlocked my bootloader. You need to do this for every phone when you want to unlock the bootloader

When the command unlocks the bootloader any idea what it actually does? Is there a hardware register it sets?

No it triggers a flag in the software here are some links about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Bootloader http://m.blog.laptopmag.com/what-is-an-unlocked-bootloader-do-you-need-one-on-your-phone

Oh my goodness, I just read back on this answer. I was so young back then, like 15, and didn't know it didn't always work. Nowadays I know better but yikes...

Nah.!! personally ive tried unlocking lenovo p780's bootloader..it dosent unlock with fastboot..
although there is a fastboot protocol in lenovo it dosent actually let you unlock it...
but... fastboot oem still works ive tried it on 3 DIFFERENT PHONES..
if u want to unlock it, just root your phone through a playstore app while the phone is booted.. even if it is rooted partially..
then, download any recovery app..which lets you in-turn download a custom recovery.. then give root access to the app..it will install recovery.
Now, for the final part...  boot into the custom recovery u've just installed
.root through flashing supersu from there(optional) and then install custom ROM(if you want!!) happy developing!! :->


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No apps appearing - unfortunately settings has stopped. com.android has stopped
no apps appear at all.
I cant access menu
theres only settings app
play store
ive tried hard reset
error messages of
com.android has stopped
settings has stopped
im lost

Can you please reformulate?

This happened to my samsung ace last week. Unfortunately disabling and uninstalling  those 'pesky' apps caused my phone to lose the ability to msg although I could make+recieve.calls this isn't very convenient on a unlimited text account. After the reset was done the phone went crazy and was blinking off and on, different colored lights too. Then some veŕy small print in upper right corner came up addressing the developer. Koodo people basically said phone was toast. Had to get a new one. Like I said though, it was an Ace so that particular model was crappy to begin with :/

This doesn't seem to directly address the issue elise was having. This seems like an unrelated story of your own similar experience, and one without a solution. Can you please clarify the comment to explain what aspects are the same as elise's problem, and what troubleshooting was done before it was determined it was "toast?"


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How can I prevent battery saver from disabling when the device is charging?
The battery saver functionality in Android 5.0 and 5.1 automatically turns itself off when the device is "charging". Unfortunately, when I'm charging my tablet from my car, most of the time the charge is insufficient to counter the drain on the battery so I would like battery saver to remain on even when charging.
Is this possible and if so, how can I achieve this?


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Where can I find a factory image for the Moto X 2nd Gen 2014?
I went to Motorola's site and requested one, but since it's Sunday, I don't think I will receive the file until tomorrow.
You would think that someone would host the image file somewhere just in Motorola's site went down or something. Is there a place I can download it from other than the manufacturers site that I do not know about?

Email Support.
(No im serious. I couldnt even get mind until I did)


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What happens to CPU frequency when Android downloads a large file with screen off?
For example, I start downloading system update file and hit the power button to dim my screen.
What happens to CPU? Does it lowers its frequency or change its governor to powersave? Or does CPU frequency stay the same when I had screen on?

Some cases:

If it's downloading 1 file from 1 site - barely works: it's offloaded to modem.
If it's downloading via torrent - might work harder; decrypting, hashing, etc.

Basically, downloading takes little CPU.
I assume the reason you're asking this is because "Why does downloading eat my battery so hard?"
If that is the case, then think of your Cell (3G, 4G, etc) and WiFi as giant flashlights that you can't see (technically, sort of what a transmitter is). Network connections at high speed need:

High power
High frequencies
Many other math'thy thingers I shall spare you

There are free apps in Google Play like Trepn Profiler that show you exactly what happens to the CPU frequencies of all cores during a file download. This data is captured in the background so the screen can be off. They also show the CPU load and actual power consumption in mA or mW.
I've found that downloading a large file over WiFi uses more power than you would expect. Downloading a 100MB file over WiFi with the screen off consumed an average of 997mW on my phone. The idle power of the same phone with the screen off was only 27.8mW. That's a huge difference.
This test was done on a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 using a Monsoon Power Monitor. Airplane mode on. All unused apps and services closed.
Disclosure: I’m part of the team who produced Trepn Profiler.

Could you mention the link of the app? I would like to see this app.

Sure. He is the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quicinc.trepn&hl=en

Here's how I profile in the background without overlays onscreen: https://developer.qualcomm.com/forum/qdn-forums/increase-app-performance/trepn-profiler/28721 You don't have to do this, but it consumes more CPU cycles if you do not. After you finish, profiling save as .db. Then select 'Analyse Run' and you'll see a graph showing all of the core freqs. I should mention that I'm on the team who created this app. It's one of several apps in Google Play that can do this.

It depends. It might act the same like when the screen is off, or it could be on a lower frequency. It is up to the kernel.
There are tools which gives you the control, how the CPU frequency will change when the screen is on/off like Device Control (need root).


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Remount /system rw
i'm new here, so i apologize in advance if this is a n00bish question:
how could one remount /system (or any partition, for that matter) in rw and allow suid on a booted system via ADB wifi? here's some particulars:

hardware=custom, no exterior ports
bootloader=unknown
kernel=loop device and module enabled
ro.secure=1
recovery=OEM
version=4.3
root=temp
busybox=yes, custom
mount=ext4; ro; relatime; barrier=1; nosuid

thnx

just fyi, i don't have microUSB access. i have to do this via wifi on a fully booted system.

Once your debug bridge is connected, get it running as root with adb root. Then remount the partition read/write using adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system.
Not sure what you mean by the suid part of your question, but if you can elaborate, I will try to answer that as well.

i suppose the suid portion might be redundant, so nvm that. i have tried that one, no luck with it.

Are you getting an error on either or both of the 'adb' commands? If you are remounting rw and still unable to modify the partition, you may have a bios protection. Some phones, like HTC call this S-ON. This must be changed to S-OFF before the 'mount' command will do anything. It can be difficult to get S-OFF, depending on the model of phone.

adb root returns no error and build.prop shows adb running as root. i get the error when I pass the mount cmd to the shell.

What exactly is the error you're getting?

Try running everything from the ADB shell.
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
If you install something as root "su" you can use chown to change the owner of the file.  It's not quite like using suid but at least you can change the owner.
It also looks likes Busybox has suid built in, if you have the right version.
Check out this website for more info.

tried from the shell and from term emu installed via [adb install]. I have an su binary in /sdcard/Download, as well as one in /data/local, but can't execute the one in /sdcard. i'll try [chown] on the /sdcard/Download binary. thnx for the link. updates to come.

What error are you getting when trying to execute the binary under /sdcard?  You might need to change the permissions chmod 6774 su of the binary.

"system/bin/sh: ./su: can't execute: Permission denied"

And your tablet is rooted, correct?

temp root from a binary pushed to /data/local/ and executed.

Then try running /data/loca/temp_root <root command to execute>  to run it as root and you shouldn't get a permission denied error. where temp_ root is the name of your root program and  is the command to be executed as root.  I've never heard of a temp root before though..

ok. i haven't tried it that way yet. i'll give it a go tomorrow.

temp rooting is when you push an su binary thru adb to a directory you can execute from. in my case, /data/local. the root shell is temporary because it doesn't survive reboot.

@D.Gibbs Isn't it /data/local/temp_root -c <command>? Oh, and the su binary is given 06755 permissions in some Android ROMs, so there's that.

@aureljared, thanks for the permissions.  The command might have -c on some ROM's but I don't remember using it.  But that's not to say that I'm mistaken :)  @particlewave_delta: why not just root the tablet permanently?

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How to install a private key (.pfx certificate) on android?
I want to read a protected pdf file. I installed in on my Windows PC and install the .pfx certificate with the password to read it. There I can open it normally. But I can't do the same on my android tablet. When I install it, doesn't seem to be working. It doesn't even show up in the certificate list on the system settings.
Isn't there anyway to do the same on my Android tablet? To open it normally?


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Using adb to backup data on an unbootable & non-rooted phone that does not have USB Debugging turned on
I have a phone (Moto G) that won't boot & I had not turned the USB Debugging on when it used to boot correctly. The motivation is to use adb to get a full dump of the data on the phone before I try to resurrect it using fastboot commands that might be potentially data-destructive.
Is it still possible to somehow connect with adb from a PC + USB cable or it that option impossible now that I cannot access the menus that let me turn USB Debugging on?
Additional details of the problem I've posted on this related Android Stackexchange thread
Of course, if there's any way to backup a phone without using adb, that is welcome too. But I haven't seen anything like that yet.
Edit:
Phone isn't totally bricked. I get the initial splash screens of the Manufacturer's boot logo etc. & then it even does that initial vibrate. After that it goes blank (but backlight stays on) & just waits for ever.
If I connect it to a charger the LED blink & on-screen charging splash screen is also visible with the Charge %.
fastboot can connect to the phone but I haven't gotten adb to connect yet.

Can your phone boot into Recovery, or is the phone bricked (no display, no led, power button vibration, etc)? In the former case, some Recoveries allows access to ADB(default enabled).

Thanks @Firelord Phone isn't totally bricked. I get the initial splash screens of the Manufacturer's boot logo etc. & then it even does that initial vibrate. After that it goes blank (but backlight stays on) & just waits for ever.  I've edited my Question to reflect this.

I can get to the boot menu but the recovery option from the boot menu doesn't do anything & I get a "Boot up Failed" message.

I could not understand "Cannot Access Menus". Will it be possible to tell the reason why you're attempting ADB with the phone (in its current condition)? Could it be the data recovery you want to perform, or something else?

@Firelord: Exactly. Basically, the phone doesn't work and all the fastboot commands I've seen recommended as fixes all advise that a full backup first is safest. And all the backup commands I can see are adb based. That's why I'd want to get the phone to interact via adb if at all possible before I start running any fastboot flash or fastboot erase commands on it.

I advise an overhaul of the question, now that the goal is clear here. If you mention the reason, a reader will then think from the perspective of recovering data (could be some tools that won't need ADB at all). Also add the data-recovery tag in your question. That said, have you looked under the vast repository of questions tagged by [tag:data-recovery]? Please have a look if you've not done so (until I or somebody else can find something useful).

Let us continue this discussion in chat.

@Firelord: Thanks! I've overhauled the question like you suggested. How do we continue over chat?


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High battery use by apps under location services. But location mode is set to battery saving
Under Settings > location in my phone, the apps listed under recent location requests say High battery use. However the location mode is set to Battery Saving (Networks only). I thought high battery use was only when GPS was on.
Does any one know how to fix this? I have tried turning location off and then on again.
Location history is off
Phone: LG G3 (international)

Have you find any solution for this issue?


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Anonymous Battery Removal - Side effects
I am working with an embedded system with BeagleBone (White) as physical framework and Android JellyBean 4.1.2.
For some reasons I have to drop the entire power in the system (like anonymous battery removal).
Are there any side effects to doing this?
Like:

Issue with settings (not saving every time )
Database crash

or any other issues?

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How to Bypass Certificate Errors in Google Chrome Android?
Apparently desktop Chrome has a flag called --ignore-certificate-errors that allows you to bypass all certificate warnings. Is there an equivalent for Android Chrome? I checked in chrome://flags but nothing there.

Perhaps try this approach if possible first. Doesn't mean that it can work, but doesn't hurt to try either.

It's not a permanent bypass, but the flag

chrome://flags/#remember-cert-error-decisions

should make it less painful.

This flag is no longer available. I'm not able to find out when it was removed, but I've used it for a while and just realized that it is no longer there.

Yep it's gone. What a bummer!

On modern Chrome versions you need to disable follow flag:
chrome://flags/#enable-recurrent-interstitial

Like the accepted solution, this too seems to have been removed.

If you have chrome connected to a remote chrome debugging session (see here: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/remote-debugging), you can inspect the tab on the remote side, click on the miniature displayed screen on the remote side and type "thisisunsafe" just like in normal chrome.


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How can I run touch screen games in non-touch Android PC?
I have installed Android ×86 KitKat a few days ago on my Lenovo G580 model-20157 PC. Everything works just fine, but when I installed a game, I could not play it since it was meant for touch screen and my PC doesn't support touch.

You can play it with a trackpad or mouse most of the time.


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How can I turn off all sounds and LEDs apart from my Alarm?
How can I deactivate all sounds and LEDs, except the alarm? When I'm sleeping, I don't want to be disturbed by anything except the alarm.

Priority Mode added in Android 5.0, allows you to 'snooze' alerts until you turn 'All' mode back on or for a set period of time. You can trigger it by touching either of the volume buttons.
In Android 5.1, you can set priority mode to be enabled until your next alarm, which means you can set it right before going to bed and when your alarm goes off it will be back to 'All' mode.
NB. This also applies to 'None' mode as well as 'Priority'
As for the LED's i don't think it is possible with stock android to turn them off just when in Priority mode. It might be possible using an app such as Lightflow Lite (Full) which allows you to configure the LED notifications for your device.

This does not deactivate the LEDs though.

You can use an app, but you need root. First you need to root there are many useful link, you need to find instructions for your own device an useful site is link after that you need this link for xposed.
If you got lollipop 5.1 you need only the apk and this link, if you got non 64 bits you need the arm. Else you need arm64.
After that follow the instructions.
After the instructions you'll need this link for true silent mode.
Edit: if you don't want to root, then you can set the none mode to be enabled until your next alarm, this will disable your led.
Edit 2: you need to have an alarm set in the next 12 hours, so if it isn't there then this might be the reason.
You'll need to use the stock alarm app and Android 5.1/5.1.1 else it won't work.

[...] then you can set the none mode to be enabled until your next alarm, [...], how do I do that?

There is a setting in the sounds settings

I can't find it. I can only enable none mode indefinitely or for a specific number of hours.

Go to settings and then to sounds and then you can set it

As I said, I don't have such a setting.

In your settings app go to sounds

Let us continue this discussion in chat.

It seems that the LED is NOT deactivated. I forgot to check that earlier, sorry.

That's weird @gartenriese


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Major issues on Micromax YUREKA after updating to Lollipop
I am having multiple issues on my Micromax Yureka after upgrading to Lollipop:

I am unable to pick up calls & the display is not coming on
USB storage connection is not functioning & won't connect to the computer
Unable to stop the mobile data when it's already connected, when I click the data option, it's going the open the data usage details only.
Rear camera flash not properly functioning, it's not timely flashing.

How can I fix the issues?

I've added the [tag:micromax-yu] tag, there have been a lot of questions similar to this recently. I recommend you have a look and see if any of them help to resolve your issues.

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts! To make it easier to identify the relevant questions, I've linked the related search for "Yureka Lollipop" questions having answers. #2 & #3 might be solved here: Internet & Play Store problem on Micromax Yureka on Lollipop, #1 is here: Issue with Lollipop upgrade on Micromax Yureka: Unable to pick calls. …

… So please [edit] your question, remove 1-3, and leave only #4: The question-and-answer format of this site works best if you put each question in a separate question post.

Go to Dialpad.
Dial *#*#7769#*#*
A proximity sensor calibration window will pop up.
Press “Start”
The sensor will be automatically calibrated, a message will appear “ Calibration Good”


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Battery life issues on Xperia Z1 after Lollipop update
Since the update of my Xperia Z1 to Lollipop (5.0.2), my battery life is horrible! It takes a very long time to charge it to 100%, and I can only use my phone for a few hours.
How can I fix it ?

Check the Battery usage under Power Management in Settings. There you see list of apps showing how much power they have consumed up to then. Check which app is using more battery and uninstall it. If the app is a System app (like Android OS, Android SDK, etc) then you need to Factory Reset the phone to resolve such issues or if any H/W like Screen, WiFi, GPS, Radio etc are using much power then you may consider complaining about the issue in any service center.

Seems to be the standby. (Screen 17%, Standby 11% !!, OS 10%).

I would recommend a Factory reset if the issue is persistent. It must solve the problem.


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Rooted phone, deleted Google apps, what upgrade options do I have?
Just wanted to know what options I have for updating/upgrading my Android OS, now that I have rooted it and deleted all the Google apps from the device?
It's about time it had an upgrade, but now that I've severed it from Google, is doing a factory reset the only alternative for me, should I want to upgrade the software?
Is there a way to make an image of my current install, should the factory reset fail?
Is there some alternative Android project available for users wishing to use Android without Google?
Grateful for any helpful and constructive advice.
Thanks
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Samsung GT-S7560 - Android 4.0.4

First, a factory-reset won't undo your changes: apps you've deleted will stay deleted. Second: The updates tag was a good choice, you might wish to check its tag-wiki ;) Third, in short: Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? (and our rom tag-wiki) are good starters for your question. As for the image: See our nandroid tag-wiki.

Next: Almost no custom ROM comes with GApps integrated. So if you e.g. install CyanogenMod, there won't be any Google Apps installed. For alternatives to them, see e.g. my answer here and my article series on Android without Google. Last hint:

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts! The question-and-answer format of this site works best if you put each question in a separate question post. You'll get better answers that way.

Thanks for the pointers, will research them for sure. Regarding question & answer format, I'll bear that in mind next time. Thanks :)