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How to stop the Gallery app from asking me to sign-in?
I don't want my pictures to be synced with any of my accounts ever, I just want all of them to be stored on the phone without getting uploaded anywhere under any circumstances (neither I want it to download my other pictures from Picasa or anything else to my phone). I prefer to download them to my PC via cable and put them where I want to store them manually. The Gallery app, however, only offers me options to upload the pictures to Google, Facebook or Dropbox but not just to keep them locally and keeps asking me to sign-in. How do I configure it the way I want (local storage only)?

Note: if that should be impossible (I cannot tell as I'm not using that), you could simply "disable" that gallery app and use one of the many alternatives. I'm sure you'll find one you like :)

Thanks, @Izzy, I'l take a look on the alternatives but I have little idea of how to disable this. Perhaps I could use some hacky tool of those that let a root to uninstall system apps but I'd prefer not to remove it completely.

Settings › Apps, select the "All" tab, scroll to the Gallery app, tap it, tap the "Disable" button (if it's not there, you might have to tap the "Uninstall updates" button before). Same place you can re-enable it if needed.


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Which phone configuration is better?
I want to buy Moto G4 Plus phone but I am confused as they are giving us two configurations.
1) 3 GB RAM with Snapdragon 617 Octacore 1.5GHz processor and 32 GB ROM
2) 4 GB RAM with Snapdragon 617 Octacore 1.5GHz processor and 64 GB ROM
As I searched it on Google everyone is saying that the combination of RAM and Processor always matters.High RAM and Lower processor or vice versa doesn't give us better performance.
So my question is which configuration is better? why?

Well generally speaking I would say that more RAM won't hurt. More applications can reside in it without having to be closed / cleared from the RAM so multitasking should be a bit better. However this also depends on how motorola has configured android to use the RAM. The latest example of "more RAM isn't always better" is the One Plus 3 with it's RAM-Management Issues. I doubt that it makes a big difference. Check the reviews

Enough amount of ram but your first priority must be processor, GPU and chipset .
Of course, Ram should be good for seamless performance .
Go with always snapdragon SOC, for good performance and gaming..
Hope that helps..
My devices:
Moto g
Redmi note 3
One plus 3

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How to prevent the screen from turning on on incoming calls?
I carry the phone in my pocket and when I take it out it often accidentally accepts or rejects the call because the screen automatically unlocks on incoming calls? How can I prevent this, preferably without setting a password or pattern for incoming calls, as I can do with some apps. Ideally, I'd like to take the phone out of the pocket, press the power button and see exactly the same screen as I usually see on incoming calls, where I can accept or reject the call by just swiping.
The phone is Samsung Galaxy J1 2016, if that is of any help. Android 5.1.1.

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Using another phone's GPS signal as location
I have an android phone (Device A), and an android tablet (Device B). Device B has a decent GPS, but Device A's is pretty much unusable. I would like to use Device A for navigation, but to do so I need a GPS quality only Device B has.
Is it possible to make Device A accept Device B's location as an external GPS signal (i.e. with the usage of mock location) while none of them being rooted? If not, does rooting Device A help?
I am interested in a general answer, but also in a more device-specific one if it is better:
Device A: Prestigio 5517; Android 4.4
Device B: Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.4 WiFi; Android 5.0

I've never tried that, but it should be possible. On device B you'd need an app to Use your Droid as BT-GPS Mouse, and on device A the corresponding counter-part to Use an external GPS mouse. Could you try and confirm that works?

@Izzy Confirmed. I tried a setup like this before without success, but I could make it work with Bluetooth GPS on device A and Bluetooth GPS Output on device B. Some other pairs also worked. Thanks for the link!

Another approach is tethering GPS with an app like TetherGPS Lite. It sounds more efficient since it can be more optimized, but this awaits confirmation.

Thanks for the feedback! I've made it an answer then, including details provided by you :)

As a test confirmed, this is possible via corresponding apps:

on the device providing the GPS signal ("B"), you will need an app to Use your Droid as BT-GPS Mouse. An approved candidate would be Bluetooth GPS Output for this.
on the device where you want to access that "external GPS" from ("A"), you'll need an app to Use an external GPS mouse. Approved candidate for that is Bluetooth GPS.

As you yourself found out, another approach is tethering GPS with an app like TetherGPS Lite – which you write "sounds more efficient since it can be more optimized". As this waits your approval, please approve below this answer then :)


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Android locked MicroSD card (all files read-only)
I own a Wiko Rainbow with Android 4.2.2. Out of the blue my MicroSD card got locked and I can neither create nor delete any files on my phone (such as photos). At first, I did not even understand why, until I checked the file permissions in the AndroZip file manager. All files and folders have been set to read-only.
I tried restarting my phone, but nothing changed. I also unmounted and reattached the MicroSD card in the Android settings. I opened my phone, removed and checked the card, but it did not help. The card has no mechanical write lock.
How come that Android locks my MicroSD card? I did not install any new software, my phone is unrooted and all I do is update my apps occasionally. I read that Android 4.4 had some issues with memory cards. Did Google maybe lock the MicroSD card with an update?
How can I fix the problem and make the card writable again (and prevent future locks). I do not own any MicroSD card reader, so the only solution is creating a backup of the card's content and reformatting it in Android, right?
Do Android or my apps store any data on the SD card (such as user settings or contacts)?

Open a terminal and run the mount command. Is there a errors=remount,ro at your card? That may have occured during boot when errors were found,

Exactly my guess, too. Additionally, you could check the system logs for hints.

@ott: As mentioned, I do not have a card reader (yet). But if the errors property would be set as you mentioned, how would I fix that? Alternatively, would it solve the problem if I reformat the card within the phone?

Did you try to write files on your external SD card? Google has blocked the write access to External SD card for third party apps on Android 4.4. Lots of apps became useless on KitKat. You can try upgrading your Android system to 5.0+. Also please try using your mobile default file manager to read or write files to see what will happen.


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What URLs are needed to use "Ok Google"?
I own a fire tablet what I lock ALL internet traffic for using my router configuration. Works as expected.
But while I need no Internet at all on that device I want to use "Ok Google" which itself needs to have internet connection to analyze my commands.
So my idea would be to whitelist the URLs needed for "Ok Google" to work. But I cannot find any list of those URLs on the net.
As my Router does not log any outgoing connection (at least not that I can watch it) I cannot just look into my router.
Long words short: Does anyone have a list of URLs needed for "OK Google" so I can whitelist them?
To clearify: I need a specific URL. So no "Google.com", but "assistant.google.com" (or what ever the right url might be)

Not that, but an idea "the other way around": you could use a tool like Network Connections to monitor what the Google app wants to access, see e.g. this screenshot.

Looks promising. But seems not to display hostnames, but only IP-Addresses

True – but AFAIK one can use IP addresses with firewall rules :) Guess you mention this because you want to filter more closely, in case e.g. Playstore would use the same IP but a different URL? Might be good to specify that in your question if that's the case (you know, not everybody goes through all the comments ;)


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Low space On my Android
I have a LG android and I bought a sd card because I would always end up with insufficient space. I have gone through all apps and moved to sd card when it would allow. I still have so much space on the sd card and my phone will continue to say insufficient space! I have cleared cache several times and still have tons of storage on sd card! Help!

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Android Kitkat 4.4 no volume button
I forgot my password on the Android Kitkat 4.4 tablet how do I unlock the device? There is no volume button, only power and home button.

For a starter, please check with our locked-out tag-wiki. Also consider checking questions using this tag.


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Google play stuck on "Waiting for network..." when installing an app on mobile data
I recently bought a Meizu m3 note. Everything works fine in the play store (after I put the SIM in), except the downloading on mobile data connection.
I can browse, search apps and request to install. But the download won't start. It's stuck on the "Waiting for network..." message. See screen cap below.
When switching to WiFi, everything works OK.

Same issue and same axon 7 phone. Seems to be related to axon 7 nougat.

It seems that when disabling Data on WLAN only, in the Download app, Google Play's app download started. See screen cap.
Strange that the Download app and Google Play are connected.

I have the axon 7 go to settings then apps then Google play then tap 3 small boxes in top right corner and uninstall update.... This worked out for me

Thanks Man, that worked like a charm. Appreciate your help.

I had same issue on my Xiaomi Mi5, reseting preferences and changing setting didn't work. Finally I tried uninstalling updates in Google Play Store app and that worked.

Funny how this was posted 5 hours ago, I have the zte axon 7, and this fixed my problem!

Goto All Apps settings and Force Stop default(preinstalled) download manager app. Cheers!

Axon 7 owner too, and this fixed it for me. I've disabled it as well, will see how that works out.

Edit: Disabling the download manager app makes Google Play request it to be enabled. Seems the only solution so far is just to force stop it when it glitches up. Disappointing!

just got done troubleshooting with Google via the play store help feature. I was told that i am experiencing an issue with the current nougat 7.0 OS. I know this thread started before nougat was released, but I just started experiencing this. Running nougat on Axon ZTE 7. They're flavor of nougat is MiFavor 4.2. developers are aware and are"working on the issue work phone manufacturers."

Try the comment below, I have zte axon 7 too, and that worked for me.

Same issues here.  ZTE Axon 7 running 7.1.1 with "waiting for network" message when attempting to download anything from the Google Play Store.
Only fix thus far is to "Uninstall Updates" from the Google Play Store application. Be careful to cancel the automatic update of Google Play Store app the next time you open it, or you'll have to repeat the process.
I have found that doing this seems to bugger my Android Auto, and basically removes links to any 3rd party apps (Like Slacker or Pocket Casts) and requires an uninstall & reinstall of those apps for Android Auto to "re-link" them into the app. This seems to be a Google Play Store issue, not an issue that is specific to one particular manufacturer.

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According to ZTE Support, Google is aware of the issue and is working on it... I haven't seen a fix yet.  The latest .APK for Google Play Store that I pulled from APK Mirror still doesn't work (Link to ZTE Support article:  https://zte-iqorsupport.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5177/kw/play%20store/related/1)

Uninstalling the google play update worked for me..
This now raises new questions and concerns, but yeah this got the downloads going again for me


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How to allow google to save & sync wifi passwords?
My Galaxy S7 is not saving wifi passwords. I think the reason behind this is that I refused google to sync wifi passwords with my account. I searched for a way to enable that feature. I'm supposed to open the Settings app, click on "Google" and change the Networking settings. The problem is that there's no "Networking" option in the "Google" section.
I can't root my phone because it's still on a warranty period so most solutions suggested on this question-board don't apply to my case.
I tried to clear the cache of the Google Backup Transport, but it doesn't have any data to clear (0.00B of internal storage used).
Passwords are lost only after disabling and enabling wifi. If the wifi is turned on all the time, I can reconnect to my wireless network without the need to enter a password.

Are you trying to sync wifi passwords between your devices, or are you trying to make them save locally on your S7?

Go to Settings->Google->Smart Lock for Passwords and make sure everything is on.

I think the option you are looking for is now in Backup menu in Settings. Try searching for "backup" and "back up". Screenshot:

After enabling it you also need to select your primary backup account (search for "Backup" this time if you don't see it).

That explained it pretty well, thank you. Unfortunately it didn't solve the problem - wifi passwords are still lost after turning off the wifi. Looks like I've ran into the XY problem.


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SwitchMe App crashed while switching to new user
I have installed SwitchMe app to use multiple users. When I tried switching to secondary user, the phone rebooted and stuck up on EULA and Diagnostics screen. When clicking next not responding and showing up an error 'Unfortunately Google Play Services Stopped'. I dont know how to boot it to my original user account. I have not took any back up of my data. Please help.


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How to upgrade Android on Nesus 6 after it`s downgrade
I have an Nexus 6 phone in my company which is used for automatic testing purposes. After release of Android 6.X our framework was not ready to work with new permission system so we downgraded Nexus 6 to Android 5.X official images.
Now we have deal with permission problem and now want to make Nexus 6 run on Android 6, but inside menu Setting -> About Phone -> System Update there is no available updates. What is the best way to install Android 6 with ability to automatically be informed when new updates will be released (6.+ and android 7.+)

The best way would be to manually flash the Google factory images to get to Android 6.0.1, then all the monthly security updates will come via OTA, and when 7.0 comes out, eventually the phone would get that as well.
Google Nexus Factory Images

Why android can not do it on its own if I am also running official Android 5.1.1 image?


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SM N900A rooted Google Play Store Immediate Shutdown Hosts File Deleted
Recently i rooted my phone. Note 3 att. using kingo root.it worked fine google play was fine but after some days some shitty thing started to happen and my facebook, gapps were all shut.no updating. when i opened my google play it simply shut down almost instantaneously."Google play has stopped working" was all i got and sometimes not even that. i deleted google play from system downloaded new one also deleted play services and downloaded latest ones.it didnt work "connection failed retry" and "unreliable network" problems. finally i did some research and found this "root browser" and deleted hosts file from system/etc, rebooted and bam google play worked i started getting updates notifications and i thought it went fine but after i opened google play for about 10 seconds after accepting the google terms of use it crashed and every then and now it keeps crashing immediately as i open them. i dont have google play sign in problems or syncing problems like before all things fine just the play store crashes freaking spontaneously. IDK if its the host files ive deleted or play store being faulty. I am SERIOUSLY PISSED non stop 2 days of googling(never googled so long in my entire life) and im tired of this. ANYONE HAS ANY IDEA how am i gonna fix this. and please spare me the cache, data wipe and factory reset and rebooting bullshit. ANY HELP IS TOTALLY APPRECIATED. HELLLP PLEASE.

Not really enough info. Can you supply a copy of your build.prop (In /system) and your hosts file? It is bad practise to delete the file, you can just delete its contents EXECPT the top line. Always works here.    Cant be the play store if you have a fresh install of it.

I am so sorry to be this late. And as for my problem i managed to tackle with it from some guy( I swear i had literally memorized his name for 10 times)over the internet. Actually all i needed to do was get link2sd ,shift playstore and google play services from system into the sd and reboot and again put it back to the system and voila! It worked like a charm.Guess the gapps need to be jolted into the system so as not to have a connection timed out error and the crashing THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION THOUGH.

No problem. Since that method worked, add it as an answer and mark it to help others.

Actually all i needed to do was get link2sd ,shift playstore and google play services from system into the sd and reboot and again put it back to the system and voila! It worked like a charm.Guess the gapps need to be jolted into the system so as not to have a connection timed out error.HOPE THIS HELPS!!


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What app/skin is this pop up from?
This looks like a Samsung theme but i'm not sure and like the look of it. What app or theme is this pop up notification from?

Looks like a custom theme with a custom ROM...

Using the Google Image Search I found it's the "Material Design Flat Theme".


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TWRP 3.0.0.0 Failed to Restore Correctly
I backed up my Nexus 9 and then did a CyanogenMod update, which then lead to me not being able to use WiFi. So I went back to TWRP and restored my backup which was 5GB. It consisted of my apps and games nothing major – but once I rebooted I had no apps or Gapps was like a did a hard reset. So I went and restored a even older backup which I call my baseline backup which is consists of a fresh CM13 and Gapps install, so I had to start over none the less and redownload everything.
Any ideas what went bad? I'm kinda scared to rely on TWRP backup now or to even update CM.

From what I've found with TWRP, it does not backup any apps but the ones in /system (system apps).

@Qiangong2 TWRP doesn't backup apps, but partitions. So if the backup covers /system and /data, it covers all apps (system apps as well as user apps). By default, these two partitions are included in a TWRP backup – and you have the option to include others, de-select one of the two, or make your own selection at all.

I backed up System and Data

@user1871 Did you check whether you had enough space, before starting the backup?

yes i had 20 free gb


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Xperia Z3 Android 6.0 : How to share my computer internet with USB?
Having troubles sharing my internet connection from my desktop computer to my Xperia Z3 compact phone. I went to Settings -> Network connections -> USB connection. From this post (a bit old, it's meant for KitKat and not Marshmallow), I expected to view an option like USB internet. But there is only an option called Software install that I checked. But what software is this option about and how to install it, I don't get it.
I tried to connect my phone to my Windows 10 computer after checking the option, nothing special comes, no software install. I can choose several options :

charging only
transfer files (MTP)
mass storage (MSC)
MIDI

Choosing MTP, I can move files from my computer to my phone. But unlike what is presented in this post, no additional network connection do appear on my computer. I tried to share my connection (because my computer have two Ethernet ports, I can activate it anyway), but that does not work. No internet on my phone.
Sorry if the menus or options from this post are not strictly the same in the english version, my phone is in another language. Anyway, What I describe should be clear enough (otherwise just say, I'll explain more deeply).
Can anyone help ? I guess it's something special to Sony phones, or maybe it did change from Android 4 to Android 6, but I'm a little confused...


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Huawei P8 Lite - email client not synchronising with BT email server
Our Huawei P8 Lite (2016 Android 5) email client is not synchronising correctly with the BT mail server.  It picks up all the incoming mails, but does not seem to take account of mails deleted on the server by either the iPad or under webmail. We have three 'routes' into our email - webmail from various Windoze machines, the iPad and the Huawei.
The outgoing IMAP is set to port 25 while the incoming is set to port 110. 'Delete mail from server' is set to 'when I delete from inbox'
Ironically, the old Prestigio (Android 4.4 KitKat) phone with exactly similar settings, except for the ports, does synchronise correctly.
Most puzzled.

This is a bit confusing: port 25 is SMTP, port 110 is POP3 – but you speak of IMAP :) Second confusing thing: why aren't you using the same port settings on both clients, if it's for the same server? If you configured the P8 with "IMAP" but specified ports for POP3, I wonder you get any mails at all. Could you try with the same settings you use on the Prestigio – or is there any reason you need a different setup that doesn't allow for that?

Thanks Izzy,
Your pointing out the confusions in my question woke me up and set me to looking up POP3, SMTP and IMAP.  OK, mea culpa, I should have done this before posting, but better late than never.
The Huawei wizard will set up an email account with port 110 incoming and 25 outgoing if one chooses the POP3 option, which I can only assume that I must have done originally. That is not a good choice as it provides no security and BT will not actually allow emails to be sent on that setting.  Apparently, according to the BT help pages, they require SMTP for authenticating users' sent emails as a way of reducing spam.
What I had really wanted was IMAP to keep emails in synch across the various devices used.  To get that on the P8 Lite it is necessary to choose 'Manual' set up. In so doing it is advisable to choose Secure Socket Layer (SSL) security to avoid one's email address and password being sent as plain text.
IMAP and SSL requires port 993 incoming and port 465 outgoing (SSL and presumably SMTP).
It looks as if Android 5 does not indicate in the account list which protocol has been selected for the account, unlike Android 4.4 which does.
So, I think we have a solution in that the P8lite now sends and receives mails correctly.
Thanks.


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Google App "search pending" notification stuck on Marshmallow
"1 search pending" notification from Google App is stuck on my Marshmallow phone since yesterday. Based on other answered questions about stuck notifications, I tried:

To Cancel the pending search
Rebooting my phone
Turning off and turning back on the notifications for Google App
Forcing the Google app to close
Turning off the notifications for Google App, rebooting the phone, and turning notifications back on.
Trying to search the same thing again

None of the above "solutions" worked.
I had applied the June 2016 security updates from Google last week. Not sure if this had something to do with it.
Any help in this regards is appreciated.

Possibly related: Google play stuck on “Waiting for network…” when installing an app on mobile data Can you check if the answer there matches/solves your issue as well?

When you try to uninstall the Google app, it would ask you if you want to replace the app with the factory version. Select yes. That should do it, worked for me. :)

Thanks. This worked for me: uninstall Google app (replace app with factory version), then go to app updates in Play Store and reinstall update for Google app. Caveat: it also reset my current widgets and app shortcuts :) Had to re-create my home screen and re-add the widgets, minor inconvenience I guess.

It can be done without downgrading the Google app or wrecking your home screen. See my answer.

Toggling notification block for the Google app seemed to clear the stuck notification on my HTC One M8 running Lollipop. This should also work in Marshmallow:

Long press on the stuck notification until it says the app name, in this case "Google App"
Press the 'i' to open notification prefs (or go to settings > sound & notification > app notifications > Google app)
Switch "Block" on then off again
the stuck notification should be cleared

No uninstall needed. No settings lost. No home screens cleared.
Note: The question mentioned "turning off notifications for the Google app" which is unclear. There is a notification on/off setting in the Google app, but a notification block at the system level is different. Unsure if the OP tried this method, but it worked for me.

This worked to clear the notification for me temporarily, but it pops right back up after reenabling the notifications.

first you should try to disable Google app updates, after that application manager will ask for the turning factory version you should accept that request. that solution worked with me.


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Can I use my adoptable storage chip after a factory reset
I need to do a factory reset of my android marshmallow phone, but I use adoptable storage. Will I be able to use the adoptable storage chip with the apps installed after I do a factory reset?

No, it will be wiped during the reset. If you remove it and then factory reset, it will remain encrypted to the "previous" system and will not be usable even in the same device with out formating and adopting again.


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Samsung Galaxy I939 Sim card not recognized after Cyanogenmod
I just upgraded to CM 13 nightly from yesterday on my Samsung Galaxy S3 but now it shows no SIM card. Here is what I tried:

Clear system cache
Reboot (>20 times)
Verify the SIM card works by switching it to a different phone
Insert a piece of paper on top of the SIM card to improve connectivity

The phone can not call and say "No SIM card - No service."
Also, this phone came from China (Samsung Midas (I939) by China Telecom).
Thanks in advance!

Did you downloaded Cyanogenmod for I939? Cyanogenmod for I9300/I9305/I9300I won't work (I had those 3 phones, they all have different modem). If the ROM you've flashed is not for I939, go back to Samsung stock ROM. Otherwise...
Do you have /efs backup? If you do, restore it, should help. If you don't...
Well, I haven't found any flashable modems for I939, so you should go back to stock Samsung ROM (you can try getting it here (if you are in China you may need to use VPN) or just search it, or look for f.e. "I939KEDLK6_I939CTCDLK6_I939KELK6_HOME.tar.md5" file). It's flashable with Odin.
If it doesn't help, try:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pai4BH3AWq8
http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blogger/2014/03/efs-folder-imei-corrupted/

If it still doesn't help, you'll need:

working /efs backup (nothing bad happens if 2 phones have the same IMEI afaik), then just restore it and you are done OR
working nv_data.bin file. Those aren't common in the Internet, you should look for other people with working I939.

If you have nv_data.bin, do as this Polish guide says:

go back to Samsung stock ROM
root it
(flash recovery if it got deleted)
install "18060]三星 I939 番茄花园 4.1.2 三网版 5.0" ROM from tomatolei.com
download Root Browser or Total Commander
(perhaps remount /efs as RW - download Terminal Emulator and run su -> enter -> mount -o rw,remount /efs -> enter) <- guide says nothing about it
remove everything in /efs (or better, move it somewhere else)
reboot your device
(perhaps again remount /efs as RW)
edit /efs/factoryapp/factory_mode contents: change "OFF" to "ON"
reboot your device again
(perhaps again remount /efs as RW)
put someone's nv_data.bin in /efs, overwrite existing file if any
reboot
create /efs backup (for example with "efs professional")
go back to Samsung stock ROM
root it
right now I'm not sure, if you IMEI is not correct, try installing "18060]三星 I939 番茄花园 4.1.2 三网版 5.0" again or Cyanogenmod

After this you should get correct IMEI number, if not then you'll have the same IMEI as someone else.
If nothing helps, go to service. Official Samsung service may refuse to help you, but you may find unofficial one with Z3x tools

Thanks a lot for the answer! I will get back to you after i try all 3 billion of those possible solutions :)


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Is there any way, to set up dualboot on Android devices?
I would like to dualboot my phone, because I'm making a custom ROM. Is possible to have a stable system on the built-in storage and my custom ROM in development on my SD card? And if yes, how to do it please?

There were a few apps in the early Android days, but they took too much memory.
You're better off just using a Nandroid backup and restoring between systems. If you just swap the system and boot, it'll be quicker and you can work on as many ROMs as you want.
I used to run CM9, CM11, and CM12 when I was still working out CM 12.

What about 7 years later when devices typically have more storage?

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Tasker: Wi-Fi On When I Turn Screen on in the Morning
I want to set up Tasker to turn on my Wi-Fi in the morning, when I FIRST turn the screen on that day AFTER 7AM.
I've managed to create the Wi-Fi On task and I assume I would also need to use the Display On event. This is my first time using Tasker so I'm unsure how to set it up to be triggered as mentioned.
How do I setup the task mentioned above in Tasker?

First you have to decide when the morning ends, but let's say this is between 7 - 9 am.

Create a profile that's active between 7 and 9 am. Also, this profile is ony active if Wifi-state is set to Off and if Display state is set to on.
Run the task "wifi on"-task you previously created.

Now when all the conditions in step one is true, the task will run.


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ADB detects but, fastboot does not detect device in windows 10
I am trying to root my phone. I have flashed TWRP recovery from here using Odin. I have installed Android Studio for Android SDK. The command adb devices shows the device connected but fastboot devices just gives me a blank. I have searched for solutions but most of them suggested to install drivers. I have installed the drivers suggested whenever applicable but, the result did not change. I have this issue too, when I select Apply update from SD card in custom recovery I get the following error

E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)

The solution suggested in many sites to side step the above error was to use adb and fastboot. Please help me solve this issue.
My Phone Info:

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Android 6.0.1
SM-925T
G925TUVU4EPF1

You are aware fastboot and adb are used at different times right? Adb when the device is fully operational and fastboot when you are in the bootloader, they don't mix.

fastboot is not detecting the device in Odin (download) mode.

You generally don't use fastboot on Samsung devices (I don't think they support it), you use ODIN.

I guess the problem is that you are still using the stock-recovery as it seems.
Apply update from SD card is typically used in stock-recoveries.
TWRP typically looks like this:

Thanks to Technobuzz for this picture
So again you have to follow this procedure for the Galaxy S6 Edge on Android 6.0.1:

Download TWRP 3.0.2.0 from their official site and place it on your desktop.
Download Odin3 from here and extract it to your desktop. It is a german site - but the download starts after 3 seconds and is clean atleast.
Make sure Samsung Kies is not running, then start Odin with administrative privileges.
Add the downloaded TWRP file under AP / PDA in Odin.
Boot your phone into download mode (volume down + power button), then confirm the dialouge by pressing the volume up button and connect it to your pc via USB.

Your setup should look something like that (don't mind the filename) :

Thanks to pocketpc.ch for providing this image
Then start the flashing process, wait until Odin says PASS! in its message box. Then reboot your phone into the recovery mode and you should be good to go.
If this procedure does not work for you, repeat the process but untick the Auto Rebootcheckbox before flashing. Then manually reboot by holding the power-button for like 5 seconds and try booting into the recovery.
Further Readings:

HOW TO: Install TWRP 3.0.0 Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

For most Android devices, there is a fastboot menu with and image of an open Android and some options. Accessing it usually involves turning on the phone while pressing one or both of the volume buttons. However, Samsung devices have it differently.
Instead of using fastboot, you use Odin. (These instructions are for a galaxy tab 3, might vary by device.) If you turn on the phone while pressing home and vol down, you enter download, or if you used Odin before, Odin mode. This is used instead of fastboot to flash Roms.
There are many videos on how to use Odin to flash Roms like CWM and TWRP, so search for one of those.

fastboot is not detecting the device in Odin (download) mode.

You don't need fastboot if you are using Odin. Just use Odin to flash Roms.


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Whats app encryption
Is the encryption automatically turned on or do i have to physically tap it to turn it on? I have sent some inappropriate messages to one of my contacts on Whats app and don't want ANYONE to see it. I cant remember if I turned on the encryption physically and I am afraid that that contact may show the messages to the wrong people or that someone can access the messages from another device or app

WhatsApp's encryption protocol just protects the messages while they are in transit. Once a message is received, it is decrypted and stored as plaintext. Furthermore, encryption does not prevent your contact to "show" that conversation to third parties.

Encryption is always activated as long as both of you are using latest version of WhatsApp and there is no way to turn if off too.
You can also verify the encryption from "Verify security code" screen in the contact info screen.
Source: https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/28030015


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Android Trojan removal
I have the Android smartphone “Lava Iris 455”. My phone is not rooted. Since last week I installed APK file from some website. After a second day I realize that a trojan is installed on my phone. It is downloading Android apps automatically when data connection is on my phone.
I installed AVG Antivirus from Google Play Store. It is showing following trojan is installed on my phone:

Name : netalpha 3.1.8
package : com.play.photo.json.alpha
location : /system/app/LibsCore.apk
installed Date : 2016/07/19**

AVG antivirus failed to remove this trojan.
Lookout antivirus shows un-installed unsuccessful
After factory reseting, it is getting back again.
I tried manually to force stop service, disable, clear data. it is getting enable automatically.

I searched this problem on Google, but I did not found a solution.
Last option is flash android stock ROM to phone with flashing software.
I have two questions:

How is the trojan installed on /system/app directory even if my phone is not rooted yet?
Obviously, if it installed on System App directory, then it should be removed without rooting my phone.

"then it should be removed without rooting" – obviously too late already. If it installed in /system/app, it already rooted your device (if only for itself). No way to remove that without rooting. But even with rooting, you cannot tell if you really got rid of it; the only safe method would be flashing a clean ROM – as Andy points out in his answer.

Hmmmmmm...... I have the feeling "LibsCore.apk" is useful for something. Can't remember what. App seems a tad legit, tbh.

, it seems LibsCore is a app that gets popular search results. Possibly a google backend app.

@Izzy Got an answer up. Who'd have thought that AVG had a Wikipedia of viruses and stuff available for viewing anytime?

dear lzzy, i mention already, my phone is not rooted yet. please read carefully my question and then reply.

After reading this, Iwent and saw on my phone that /system/app contains folders for Google apps, more likely the stock apps.
Make a backup of the phone (backups only include apps from the play store and other data) and wipe it. You may need to obtain an image file for your phone, install a recovery like TWRP or CWM, wipe the system partition, and install the os image and restore.

I don't want to flash fresh ROM in my phone. i asked 2 questions. if you have answer then you are welcome.

After some research (I.e. the AVG database) it flags three things
LibsCore.apk is the victim in this. Let it live and love.
com.play.photo.Jason.alpha throws up as NOT a trojan, but a collection of three separate malware modules. They are

Airpus
Generic malware
gp ei ccc (can someone explain that name?)

Generic Malware is malware that, well, does the basics, like throw cake and log keystrokes (passwords, etc.). The sort of thing you expect a hostile piece of code to do.
airpus is malware that does a HELL of a lot less than Its generic, boring brother. The only common thing they do is rob personal data. However, airpus is also adware, and will display adverts EVERYWHERE (trust me from personal experience there)
gp ei ccc seems to inject itself into devices by using legitimate AND illegitimate websites. It can pose a threat to privacyz but also cracks open root access for the other malware modules.

So what can you do??
Well, as I see it, you have 4 options

Root the device, and remove LibsCore.apk and hope nothing falls apart. It may not work if the malware has a survival script.
Root the device, do a clean install of The ROM*. This yields the best success chance, but is not 100% likely to work (Murphy's Law.)
Live with it.
Get a new phone.

Sorry to be blunt with the last two, but they are options.
Good luck, and Happy hunting, Enthusiast!
*Izzy said it first, so he can have credit. I don't mind. Hell, I'd probably forgotten to put it in the answer otherwise.
To answer your questions...

many apps can use exploits and system vulnerabilities to gain root access for themselves,  such as the malware.
No, im afraid. The malware used an exploit to gain root and install itself into /system/app. So you will also have to gain root to modify the /system/app directory. Malware essentially gives itself root, so you have to do the same to yourself.

Nevermind that I said that first – I didn't invent it. If you've got scrambled eggs into your sugar box, you don't try to clean up the sugar – that would be too difficult a goal to attain. You empty the entire box and fill it with fresh sugar instead. Same with malware that made it into your ROM :) – Besides, Andy had this already covered.

@Izzy Yeah. But why punch a gift horse when you can praise it? Anyway, the options are there, and it is much, much easier to just do a clean install, but some people are nitpicky mother truckers. It may be easier to empty the box, but sometimes stuff can get stuck on it.

Don't forget you've got to reconfigure everything in the afterplay – which is one of the main reasons some people hesitate. But trying to clean up definitely has a lower success rate than starting with a fresh install. But we won't start a discussion here, this ain't no forum :) // If something still sticks, you need a new device ;)

@Izzy That is very true. And we are no forum. You go to XDA for that :)

Good information about trojan. i like details. but my questions are not solved yet. anybody there to answer my questions?

@ParagHumane Any better now (see the bottom of the answer)


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Keep Rebooting After Installing Fake GPS For Pokemon GO (I Think It's Not Bootloop)
Today I'm installing the Fake GPS app for Pokemon GO, I watch the tutorial from here: Trik akali GPS pokemon GO - Fake GPS POKEMON GO trick
Well, at the first try, I don't have any issue.. but, after a few hours it got rebooted by itself.
Just like this: My Rebooting Video
-Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 GT-S2720 Android 4.2.2

Turn on Mock locations to set gps, Then turn it back off before opening Pokemon

Okay then I'll try

My reboot problem's not solved :3

@FerdiRamadhan You can fix this rebooting issue all you like, but do keep in mind that Niantic will catch on almost instantly that you're spoofing your GPS, and will softban you from the game. So, there's that.

Perhaps a little OT but how did you get Pokemon go to work on 4.2? Isn't 4.4 the minimum required version?

Lol i got the unlocked apk from youtube, and using apk editor app

In fact, the code it uses makes the app compatible even on JB. Heh, all business.

Just factory reset my phone *frustated =w= And I think, I know what's the problem that made my phone rebooting like that. The Fake GPS app itself, I've been testing it after a few factory reset.. well i think it's a bug =w=
My advice:
Never Install Fake GPS


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stuck while updating android in samsung GT-I9003
while updating my samsung GT-I9003 using odin i removed the cable now my phone is showing a logo of a mobile and a computer. please help please

Did you already try to reboot the phone in Odin mode (via the VolumeDown+Home+Power combination)?

Seems like there is a software corruption. Try the following steps.

Turn off the device.
Go to Android System Recovery screen.
Wipe data / factory reset and select delete all user data.
Reboot system.


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Why won't Adoptable Storage work on my H811 LG G4?
I have an H811 LG G4 running the latest patches (20o) and can't get my adoptable storage to work for a 64G external SD card I plugged in. I've found a lot of info about bunk SD cards as well as many claims that LG has disabled adoptable storage/external SD because they didn't want a bunch of whining about performance hits. However, just as much info out there from people with this same device who do have access to their external SD card. One reddit thread I ran across showed how to use the sm command to enable adoptable storage. I can't seem to get this working however. The SD card I'm using is a Samsung EVO Class 10 and I am able to mount it and format it under Linux just fine. I have also tried using a different SD card known to be working in a camera with a VFAT filesystem on it. Again, works fine in Linux, fine in the camera, but LG G4 doesn't see it. I've checked dmesg output and have attached it grepping for mmc. It seems like the device is seeing two SD cards and one is throwing a error -110 which google says is a timeout. Any thoughts?
This is the output of sm command:
   root@p1:/sdcard/tmo_update # sm has-adoptable
    true
    root@p1:/sdcard/tmo_update # sm list-disks adoptable
    root@p1:/sdcard/tmo_update # sm list-disks
    root@p1:/sdcard/tmo_update # sm get-primary-storage-uuid
    null
    root@p1:/sdcard/tmo_update # sm list-volumes all
    private mounted null
    emulated mounted null

Here is dmesg output:
[    8.747255 / 01-01 00:00:08.739][1] mmc1: mmc_sd_init_card() failure (err = -110)
[    8.747269 / 01-01 00:00:08.739][1] mmc1: error -110 whilst initialising SD card: rescan: 0
root@p1:/ # dmesg | grep mmc
[    0.834728 / 01-01 00:00:00.829][4] [200] read_image_info_from_emmc: total_image_num (36)
[    0.834832 / 01-01 00:00:00.829][4] [270] read_image_info_from_emmc: total_image_num (36)
[    2.287669 / 01-01 00:00:02.279][0] mmc0: no vqmmc regulator found
[    2.287697 / 01-01 00:00:02.279][0] mmc0: no vmmc regulator found
[    2.287894 / 01-01 00:00:02.279][0] mmc0: SDHCI controller on f9824900.sdhci [f9824900.sdhci] using 32-bit ADMA
[    2.327221 / 01-01 00:00:02.319][0] [LGE][MMC][mmc_rescan        ( ) START!] mmc0
[    2.344356 / 01-01 00:00:02.339][2] mmc1: no vqmmc regulator found
[    2.344385 / 01-01 00:00:02.339][2] mmc1: no vmmc regulator found
[    2.344583 / 01-01 00:00:02.339][2] mmc1: SDHCI controller on f98a4900.sdhci [f98a4900.sdhci] using 32-bit ADMA
[    2.402164 / 01-01 00:00:02.399][2] mmc2: no vqmmc regulator found
[    2.402194 / 01-01 00:00:02.399][2] mmc2: no vmmc regulator found
[    2.402379 / 01-01 00:00:02.399][2] mmc2: SDHCI controller on f9864900.sdhci [f9864900.sdhci] using 32-bit ADMA
[    2.402466 / 01-01 00:00:02.399][2] mmc2: mmc_add_host: device_disable_async_suspend
[    2.447215 / 01-01 00:00:02.439][2] mmc2: sdhci_msm_probe: device_disable_async_suspend
[    2.448061 / 01-01 00:00:02.439][1] mmc0: BKOPS_EN bit = 1
[    2.457339 / 01-01 00:00:02.449][0] [FS] mmc0: sdhci_msm_execute_tuning: finally setting the tuning phase to 10
[    2.464365 / 01-01 00:00:02.459][0] mmc0: new HS400 MMC card at address 0001
[    2.464383 / 01-01 00:00:02.459][0] [LGE][MMC][mmc_add_card      ( )] mmc_hostname:mmc0, type:MMC
[    2.464823 / 01-01 00:00:02.459][0] mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 032G74 29.1 GiB
[    2.464951 / 01-01 00:00:02.459][0] mmcblk0rpmb: mmc0:0001 032G74 partition 3 4.00 MiB
[    2.466834 / 01-01 00:00:02.459][0]  mmcblk0: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 p11 p12 p13 p14 p15 p16 p17 p18 p19 p20 p21 p22 p23 p24 p25 p26 p27 p28 p29 p30 p31 p32 p33 p34 p35 p36 p37 p38 p39 p40 p41 p42 p43 p44 p45 p46 p47 p48 p49 p50 p51 p52 p53 p54 p55 p56
[    2.469498 / 01-01 00:00:02.459][0] [LGE][MMC][mmc_add_card      ( )] device_add & uevent posting complete!
[    2.514681 / 01-01 00:00:02.509][0] mmc2: slot status change detected (0 -> 1), GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH
[    2.585606 / 01-01 00:00:02.579][0] [LGE][MMC][mmc_rescan        ( ) START!] mmc1
[    4.677755 / 01-01 00:00:04.669][0] mmc2: slot status change detected (1 -> 0), GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH
[    4.677847 / 01-01 00:00:04.669][0] mmc2: slot status change detected (0 -> 1), GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH
[    6.837751 / 01-01 00:00:06.829][0] mmc2: slot status change detected (1 -> 0), GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH
[    6.837844 / 01-01 00:00:06.829][0] mmc2: slot status change detected (0 -> 1), GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH
[    8.747255 / 01-01 00:00:08.739][1] mmc1: mmc_sd_init_card() failure (err = -110)
[    8.747269 / 01-01 00:00:08.739][1] mmc1: error -110 whilst initialising SD card: rescan: 0
[    8.751137 / 01-01 00:00:08.739][1] [LGE][MMC][mmc_power_off     ( )] host->index:1, already power-off, skip below
[    8.751186 / 01-01 00:00:08.739][1] [LGE][MMC][mmc_rescan        ( ) START!] mmc2
[    8.751200 / 01-01 00:00:08.739][1] mmc2: mmc_suspend_host: enter
[    8.755155 / 01-01 00:00:08.749][1] mmc2: mmc_suspend_host: exit
[    8.755196 / 01-01 00:00:08.749][1] mmc2: mmc_resume_host: enter
[    8.755207 / 01-01 00:00:08.749][1] mmc2: mmc_resume_host: exit
[    8.829019 / 01-01 00:00:08.819][0] [FS] mmc2: sdhci_msm_execute_tuning: finally setting the tuning phase to 12
[    8.833221 / 01-01 00:00:08.829][0] mmc2: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x91 (3 bytes)
[    8.833264 / 01-01 00:00:08.829][0] mmc2: new ultra high speed SDR104 SDIO card at address 0001
[    8.833275 / 01-01 00:00:08.829][0] [LGE][MMC][mmc_add_card      ( )] mmc_hostname:mmc2, type:SDIO
[    8.833402 / 01-01 00:00:08.829][0] [LGE][MMC][mmc_add_card      ( )] device_add & uevent posting complete!
[    8.833413 / 01-01 00:00:08.829][0] mmc2: mmc_add_card: device_disable_async_suspend
[    8.849799 / 01-01 00:00:08.839][4] bcmsdh_sdmmc: bcmsdh_sdmmc_probe Enter
[    8.849904 / 01-01 00:00:08.839][4] bcmsdh_sdmmc: bcmsdh_sdmmc_probe Enter
[    8.858041 / 01-01 00:00:08.849][0] mmc2: slot status change detected (1 -> 0), GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH
[    8.858087 / 01-01 00:00:08.849][2] [LGE][MMC][mmc_rescan        ( ) START!] mmc2
[   10.315581 / 01-11 10:49:53.939][0] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p53): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: barrier=1
[   10.315609 / 01-11 10:49:53.939][0] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p53, type ext4), uses xattr
[   10.316240 / 01-11 10:49:53.939][1] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p54): Ignoring removed nomblk_io_submit option
[   10.318442 / 01-11 10:49:53.939][1] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p54): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: nomblk_io_submit,errors=remount-ro
[   10.318465 / 01-11 10:49:53.939][1] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p54, type ext4), uses xattr
[   10.365923 / 01-11 10:49:53.989][1] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p54): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: barrier=1,noauto_da_alloc,errors=continue
[   10.365950 / 01-11 10:49:53.989][1] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p54, type ext4), uses xattr
[   10.366938 / 01-11 10:49:53.989][1] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p55): Ignoring removed nomblk_io_submit option
[   10.371687 / 01-11 10:49:53.999][1] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p55): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 377080
[   10.372180 / 01-11 10:49:53.999][1] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p55): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 376938
[   10.374243 / 01-11 10:49:53.999][1] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p55): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 401977
[   10.375890 / 01-11 10:49:53.999][1] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p55): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 450610
[   10.376942 / 01-11 10:49:53.999][1] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p55): 4 orphan inodes deleted
[   10.383800 / 01-11 10:49:54.009][1] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p55, type ext4), uses xattr
[   10.419853 / 01-11 10:49:54.039][1] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p55, type ext4), uses xattr
[   10.440908 / 01-11 10:49:54.059][4] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p23, type ext4), uses xattr
[   10.447660 / 01-11 10:49:54.069][4] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p1, type vfat), uses mountpoint labeling
[   10.465462 / 01-11 10:49:54.089][4] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p41, type ext4), uses xattr
[   10.483082 / 01-11 10:49:54.109][4] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p40, type ext4), uses xattr
[   10.501178 / 01-11 10:49:54.119][4] SELinux: initialized (dev mmcblk0p42, type ext4), uses xattr
[   11.127447 / 01-11 10:49:54.749][4] init: Warning!  Service set_emmc_size needs a SELinux domain defined; please fix!
[   11.127468 / 01-11 10:49:54.749][4] init: Starting service 'set_emmc_size'...
[   11.176983 / 01-11 10:49:54.799][0] init: Service 'set_emmc_size' (pid 431) exited with status 0
[   22.549934 / 07-22 09:33:52.066][5] type=1400 audit(1469180032.066:6): avc:  denied  { relabelfrom } for  pid=463 comm="installd" name="busybox" dev="mmcblk0p55" ino=402123 scontext=u:r:installd:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:system_file:s0 tclass=file permissive=0
[   22.550166 / 07-22 09:33:52.066][5] type=1400 audit(1469180032.066:7): avc:  denied  { relabelfrom } for  pid=463 comm="installd" name="sqlite3" dev="mmcblk0p55" ino=402127 scontext=u:r:installd:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:system_file:s0 tclass=file permissive=0
[   28.469043 / 07-22 04:33:57.986][5] mmc2: slot status change detected (0 -> 1), GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH
[   28.469083 / 07-22 04:33:57.986][4] [LGE][MMC][mmc_rescan        ( ) START!] mmc2
[   28.700959 / 07-22 04:33:58.216][0] [FS] mmc2: sdhci_msm_execute_tuning: finally setting the tuning phase to 12

UPDATE: force adoptable
root@p1:/ # sm set-force-adoptable true
root@p1:/ # sm list-disks
root@p1:/ # date
Fri Jul 22 16:51:49 CDT 2016

and the dmesg output:
[32495.404963 / 07-22 16:51:33.591][0] pet_watchdog
[32499.935271 / 07-22 16:51:38.121][1] type=1400 audit(1469224298.121:166): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=398 comm="vold" name="fd" dev="proc" ino=582796 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0
[32499.936358 / 07-22 16:51:38.121][1] type=1400 audit(1469224298.121:167): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=398 comm="vold" path="/proc/389/cwd" dev="proc" ino=582798 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=lnk_file permissive=0
[32499.936414 / 07-22 16:51:38.121][1] type=1400 audit(1469224298.121:168): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=398 comm="vold" path="/proc/389/root" dev="proc" ino=582799 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=lnk_file permissive=0
[32499.936466 / 07-22 16:51:38.121][1] type=1400 audit(1469224298.121:169): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=398 comm="vold" path="/proc/389/exe" dev="proc" ino=582800 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=lnk_file permissive=0
[32501.674275 / 07-22 16:51:39.851][5] type=1400 audit(1469224299.851:170): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=398 comm="vold" name="fd" dev="proc" ino=582796 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0
[32501.675872 / 07-22 16:51:39.861][5] type=1400 audit(1469224299.861:171): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=398 comm="vold" path="/proc/389/cwd" dev="proc" ino=582798 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=lnk_file permissive=0
[32501.675957 / 07-22 16:51:39.861][5] type=1400 audit(1469224299.861:172): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=398 comm="vold" path="/proc/389/root" dev="proc" ino=582799 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=lnk_file permissive=0
[32501.676031 / 07-22 16:51:39.861][5] type=1400 audit(1469224299.861:173): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=398 comm="vold" path="/proc/389/exe" dev="proc" ino=582800 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=lnk_file permissive=0
[32502.005651 / 07-22 16:51:40.191][0] [CC] current batt_temp[27], batt_temp_state[0], current batt_volt[4403], batt_volt_state[1]
[32503.399588 / 07-22 16:51:41.581][5] type=1400 audit(1469224301.581:174): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=398 comm="vold" name="fd" dev="proc" ino=582796 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0
[32503.400788 / 07-22 16:51:41.581][5] type=1400 audit(1469224301.581:175): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=398 comm="vold" path="/proc/389/cwd" dev="proc" ino=582798 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:r:logd:s0 tclass=lnk_file permissive=0
[32504.129651 / 07-22 16:51:42.311][3] SELinux: initialized (dev fuse, type fuse), uses genfs_contexts
[32504.137571 / 07-22 16:51:42.321][3] SELinux: initialized (dev fuse, type fuse), uses genfs_contexts
[32504.148736 / 07-22 16:51:42.331][3] SELinux: initialized (dev fuse, type fuse), uses genfs_contexts
[32504.161187 / 07-22 16:51:42.341][2] FUSE: SHORTCIRCUIT enabled [sdcard : 31316]!
[32504.161469 / 07-22 16:51:42.341][3] FUSE: SHORTCIRCUIT enabled [sdcard : 31315]!
[32504.162207 / 07-22 16:51:42.341][0] FUSE: SHORTCIRCUIT enabled [sdcard : 31314]!
[32505.428839 / 07-22 16:51:43.611][0] pet_watchdog
[32515.444837 / 07-22 16:51:53.631][0] pet_watchdog
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Could you try sm set-force-adoptable true, then sm list-disks?

Thanks. Nothing seems to have changed. I've updated the original question with the command.


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Phone listed in Device Manager isn't mine
I have found two phones in my Device Manager that I don't recognise, in fact if I'm not mistaken they appear to be phones that are on American networks but I live in South Africa. They were last online a few months ago (May 2016) but nonetheless I'm concerned about the security of my account. I would also like to remove those devices from my manager. What should I do?

Follow the instructions below. I suggest you should change your password just in case.

Use your phone's browser to go to myaccount.google.com.
In the "Sign-in & security" section, touch Device activity & notification.
In the "Recently used devices" section, touch Review devices.
Touch the device you want to remove > Remove.

Source: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6264236?hl=en


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How to check if my Xperia M4 Aqua is unlocked without a SIM card
I need some help! Can someone tell me if my phone is unlocked?
Here is a screenshot


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Google Now Stocks - customising
I was trying to add a stock - by trail and error - but I got it wrong. The newly added stock was not appearing in the 'Interested In' list so I was unable to delete it.
I have selected that I am no longer interested in stocks and don't know how to get them back.


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Is it possible to root Samsung Xcover3(sm-g388F) 5.1.1
Is it possible to root Samsung Xcover3 sm-g388F on Android 5.1.1?
Read in a lot of forums that it is not possible, but also read in numerous Times that it is possible. Can you Clarion this to me?
 Best reegards Pierre Hellner Gothenburg Sweden

Check this please :)


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Forgot screen lock PIN on Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Logged in to device manager using gmail account. Over internet locked the phone and reset the password. Received the message on the phone that it is locked using android device manager. But when I try unlocking the screen using new pin it says 'wrong pin'. I do not want to loose data by resetting to factory setting. Can anyone help please.

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts! Starting point: our locked-out tag-wiki. Especially take a look at: How to unlock Google Device Manager remote lock? and similar questions with answers.

Follow this simple steps to unlock forgotten password/pattern lock on android
It is mostly seen that when you type wrong password few times, your phone will give you message “Try Again in 30 Seconds”. Apart from this it will also gives you an option: Forgot Password or Pattern.
Step #1: Tap on this option.
Step #2: When you click on Forgot Password option, you will get two options: Unlock with security question OR Unlock with Google account.
Step #3: Tap on Google account option.
Step #4: Login with Google account to get connected.
Step #5: Now you can select a new pattern or type in a new password.
Step #6: Type new password and access your android device easily without losing any data.
Disclosure: I'm the author of the linked article.


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I have all Phone apps. But I do not have the Phone Icon Anywhere
I have all Phone Apps, but I do not see my Phone Icon Anywhere.
How Can I Put my "PHONE" Icon Short cut back on Tray?

For All those who had the same problem, when an Icon goes missing on your tray or anywhere else, I found a solution.
1)- Download "ES File Manager" From Google Play and Install it.
2)- Go to Apps and select System Apps
3)- Either Find or search for the App you need
4)- Long Press on it and it will become selected
5)- From the Option button Select "Add to Desktop"
The App short cut appears again on the desktop. Now you simply drag it to wherever you want.

Note: ES has not the best reputation lately. Have you checked your app drawer before? Isn't the phone app listed there? Because if it is, you could simply tap-and-hold it there, and then let it drop on your homescreen. That's how app icons are added to the homescreen usually.

+1 what Izzy said. Also, please accept your own answer.


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Log what an application does and accesses
I'm a bit paranoid about the permissions that certain applications require to work on an Android phone. Specially the "Access to your storage" permission. What I'm scared of is if an application is able to access the internet and is able to access my personal data, it could simply upload it to a unknown destination.
Since I don't know much in Android, I wanted to ask if it would be possible to "log " what an apps is doing on your phone, something like:

ThisApp entered this folder
ThisApp used this file
etc...

Is there any way to do something as I've described above?

Download a terminal emulator, run *logcat > /sdcard/log.text" ( no quote marks), press enter, then home while nothing is happening. Everything is now being logged to a text file on your internal storage

i guess i have to be root to do this ?

No, actually. It's a fairly low-level job. But with root, it will show more


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Flashing Custom Recovery (TWRP): Are there risks involved beside the usual?
I am looking to flash twrp on my device. Are there any risks involved in it, beside the bricking,etc.
I understand that the bootloader will be unlocked, but is this any risk of something such as a privacy issue?
Twrp is supported on my device which is a Samsung Galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition smp605.

The risks that are commonly mentioned, as RMarkwald said, are bricking your device and not being able to receive OTA updates. In my opinion, though, if you install a custom recovery such as TWRP, is because you want more control and flexibility than those provided by a stock device.
Regarding privacy... it must be said that, very often, a mere combination of keys and physical access to your device are required to start the recovery, thus enabling a potentially ill-willed user to perform malicious operations.
Now, on a stock (3e) recovery, the possible operations are very few, the worst being a factory reset. From a custom recovery such as TWRP, though, one could:

sideload and install unsigned ZIP packages;
format only selected partitions;
push and pull files arbitrarily;
change file permissions and ownerships;
convert user apps to system apps;
features both a terminal and a file manager.

May this serve as a general overview. Thanks to @DanB for the reminder.

Probably worth pointing out that twrp allows the wiping of /system, and of a few other partitions, AND has a Terminal, so smart kids could wipe out the kernel.

I don't believe the bootloader will be unlocked, that'll remain locked.
Risks?  Bricking the device, not being able to take an OTA update are the big ones.  If you flash something not meant for your device, you could brick/cause issues requiring you to get back to stock.
I'd recommend making sure you know how to flash and get back to 100% stock before flashing a recovery/rooting the phone.

Thank you for that insight, I will surely look into getting 100% back to stock before I root my device. I really only intended on flashing CyanogenMod, a version supported, so not too worried about that.


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Possible to install a 1 GB game into external storage, how?
I am using Android 6.0 marshmallow. I have 8 GB internal memory and 64 GB external memory (storage). Now I got a game from a friend which needs 1 GB of storage and I have only 400 MB as internal memory remaining. The file and directory I got from him is as -
a. game2.apk 24 MB
b. com.gamecompany.game2 (folder) 800 MB .
When I open the folder/directory I have another compressed file saying main.xx.com.gamecompany.game.obb which seems to mean it needs to go to either the data sub-directory or the /obb sub-directory, don't know which.
Now how do I install it so that the game is installed and it takes all the files it needs from the external storage. If possible I would like the game to be installed in the external storage there and it should be able to find the game files from external storage by itself. I do not know if it is possible.
Is there a way to do it ?

The folder name does not indicate where to put it. Ask the person you got the data from where it has been copied from.

Sorry for no instructions,
• Android folder is on internal SD Card
( /sdcard / android / obb)
• Game data stays inside folder (not renamed)
• Install but don't open apk until data is copied !
Instructions For OBB

I have added/edited the question bit more, maybe that gives a bit more clarity.  I'm looking for more instructions than you have shared atm or even more insight into how the internal order works so as to know what to do next.

fixed answer for the instructions to use obb

I still have a query. So should the .apk should be installed inside gamedata folder/directory or should it be installed outside or it doesn't matter ? I looked at the OBB instructions .mp4 and do thank you for the effort.


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Android One Storage

My question is internal storage for use is 2.23 GB and I use 1.64gb & system show 1.97 GB why?

Have you taken the /sdcard section into account? It mainly does not belong to a specific apps, it is usually located on the internal storage.

I can't understand

I have 16 GB card but I want to know where is 330mb and I want to delete /cache/recovery/_log file how to remove

May be you should edit your question and provide more details and what your question is (not just "why?").

I use Android One device

You have not made clear where you're seeing the 2.23 GB (which looks an odd number to me to define "device internal storage": storage chips usually come in numbers of 2n – i.e. 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB etc.), but let me try an explanation:
Not all of the device's storage is visible to you, or visible in a direct way. See e.g. my answer here: your device's internal storage is divided into multiple partitions, only one of them is for your apps and their /data. There's also the /system partition (with the OS on it), the /cache partition, /boot, /recovery, and so on. Not all of those are mounted at the same time (e.g. /recovery is not mounted/shown when you've booted your device normally).
As initially said, 2.23 GB looks strange in this context. So for a more detailed explanation, we'd need more details from you than just "I use Android One device".


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Hangout crashing
I run the Android N Developer Preview 4 on my Sony Xperia Z3. Works fantastic only Hangout crashes when I wrote anything.
Then when I can wrote it must wait ~15 seconds then the message is showing up. Anyone with the same issue?

I have the same issue with a stock Nexus 6.


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Cannot remount /system partition even when rooted (Sony xperia M2)
I have a Sony xperia M2 D2303 with kitkat 4.4.4 and compilation number 18.3.1.C.1.17. I have rooted using KingRoot v4.9.5. I have checked that system is rooted using tools such as root checker. Now, I am trying to remount /system partition as RW but without succcess.
I have googled and tried several solutions but nothing works for me:

Access to /sys/kernel/security/sony_ric and try to disable sony ric
security using:
echo 0 > enable

problem is that sony_ric folder is empty, there is no "enable" file and I cannot create it as partition is RO (read-only).

Using ES file explorer or other file explorers as root I have tried
to remount partition as RW but it fails.
Using ROM Toolbox pro, and then from terminal emulator I have tried
some commands but all fail:

1st attempt:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system

2nd attempt:
su
system/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system

3rd attempt:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system

I have tried to install busybox but it fails as well because I
cannot write to /system partition.
I have tried the methods explained here but nothing works:

Method A -> Cannot be applied in my case since sys/kernel/security/sony_ric/ is empty, no "enable" file exists.
Method B -> Cannot install busybox since /system partition is read-only and I cannot make it rw using mount, etc...
Method C -> I have not tried install init.d because I do not know if it a trusted method and whether it works in my device... Could someone confirm if it works?
Method D -> Cannot be applied in my case, no "enable" file exists in sys/kernel/security/sony_ric/
So at this point I have no idea what to do... Any help will be highly appreciated.

Use a kingroot remover and replace with SuperSU
King Remover V9
USE FORCE REMOVAL INSTEAD OF START
Once you have root with SuperSU you should have more control ! ( Kingroot works with a temp root )
Init.d is just a simple folder to hold network security tweaks ! ... However People use it to implement Before-Boot operations that aren't always to do with network security !

Ok, I will try. One question. If some day I decide to unroot the device, will I have problems if I have replaced kingroot by supersu? Also is it safe to replace with supersu? Many thanks for your answer.

King remover v9 you provided does not work. It conplete 72 steps (100%) and then nothing happens. Kingroot is already there....

King root is the most unsafe way to gain root.  I'll check king remover again !

Did you try pressing on the second button Force removal !...   You may need to close the app and re open it after accepting root, and then try force removal

Force removal does nothing. I get the same results. It completes the 72 steps correctly (100%) and then nothing happens. SuperSu is not installed automatically and I should install it manually. But when instaling SuperSu it forces me to update binaries so I update it. After that it says that it has been detected other root apps, so I press ok to uninstall it. Finally SuperSu starts installing but it fails. Also king remover v9 has not deleted kingroot, purify apps and icons. They are there and they even work. What is the homepage of king remover v9? I have not found it in google.

I also have tried other methods like supersu-me and it does not work. Also others explained in xda. All methods fail and I think it is because my / and /system partitions are read-only, not rw. I have tried a lot of methods to make / and /system rw but all fail. So I think the first thing to do is pass this partitions to rw. So do you know an effective method? I suppose the apk you provide for sure make changes to / or /system so it fails....

init.d is not for network security tweaks. Its purpose is to launch any script inside it at boot, and it works only if the device supports it.

any other tool to root xperia m2 d2303? I am thinking to unroot and try another root tool.


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Can't enter recovery mode after installing CWM 6.0.4.5 Advance Edition
so I've been trying to update my galaxy S3 (T-Mobile) SGH-T999 to KitKat4.4 and after following a bunch of tutorials, I just installed CWM 6.0.4.5 Advance Edition on my phone. I used ODIN 3.09 to install philz_touch_6.12.8-i9500.tar.md5 (I know my phone is not a i9500, but one of the tutorials lead me to this file, could that be the problem?), followed all the instructions but now my phone won't go into recovery mode anymore.
Before all this I also rooted my phone (I used KingRoot) and tried ROM Manager, but after this didn't work I read that I needed to get the CWM 6.0.4.5 Advance Edition.
Anyone any idea what's going on or how I can fix this?
Thanks :)
EDIT: Just to describe what I mean by"won't go in recovery mode": When I press volume up, home and power button I get the SAMSUNG recovery screen, and then I let go of the power button and then nothing happens, black screen, phone is basically turned off. It turns on fine, but I just can't reach the recovery mode.

It is heavily discouraged to flash a package not expressly meant for a device. This is because even little differences in a model's hardware may result in software malfunctioning (if you're lucky - and you are -) or bricks. Your best choice would be to flash a recovery that's made for the SGH-T999 and for it only.

If the flashed recovery is correct then,
When you first time flash recovery then at the same boot you need to go in recovery mode
Otherwise your stock recovery will overwrite your recovery and you will not be able to go in your flashed recovery mode
Hope that helps

In that case, OP would still be able to boot into recovery (though ending up in the stock recovery). As per the description, that's not the case: "nothing happens, black screen, phone is basically turned off".

as you can read last two lines in EDIT: phone turns on fine but cant reach the recovery mode so thats why i had given that soln..:)

If the stock recovery had taken over, OP would have landed there then – not at an empty black screen :)

then must be flashed wrong recovery.:)

Exactly what has happened: the question itself indicates that, and our Salesman directly addressed it in his comment on the question. So no offense meant: you raised a very good point, but it's not an answer to the question. It would make a good comment, though: so as a mod, I'd offer to convert it to one (you need a little more rep to post comments, so you can't do that yourself). Agreed?


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Android Browser -Can it be set to NOT open new tabs?
I have an elderly friend that has an app - the app has a button that opens a website. When this person taps that button multiple times during the day a new browser tab opens every time. I can't teach this person how to close tabs, they just don't get it and at the end of a week that have 30 tabs open. Naturally the tablet slows to a crawl....
Is there a setting that prevents new tabs from being opened? Instead just using only one tab for everything?
Thanks for the help....

There's no such setting in the Android browser as far as I know. You could try using a different browser that does not have tab functionality, like Orweb, although that may have issues with cookies and may complain when the phone is not connected to Tor.
If that doesn't work, you could try Firefox with the Tab Killer extension; it may not work on mobile, but it might be worth a shot.

You might have this setting, I turn it off and it makes no difference, so it might be useless!


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Is there a way to project and control a android screen on PC using USB connection
My android screen just recently broke and I can't use the touch. I would like to take some files off it but it is password protected and to access them I need to type in the password.

Take a look at questions under the broken screen tag: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/broken-screen

Unless you had USB debugging enabled, you are unlikely to be able to access your phone's screen over USB (as far as I know).
If you have an external keyboard, you could try plugging it in with a USB OTG cable and using that to type the password, or if you had USB debugging enabled you could try using Vysor.


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How do i retrieve my contacts from google account using my computer
Hie, my phone just stopped working, and now I need to retrieve my contacts asap, how do I go about retrieving contacts

If you added them to your google contacts you should be able to access them here: contacts.google.com hope this helps!


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Is there a way to input a specific language with keyboard that is not supported by the android
I'm using Mi 4i and I wanted to input Thai by using a bluetooth keyboard logitech K480.
I couldn't find out how to input by Thai and asked support center of Xiaomi.
The clerk said that the input Thai with bluetooth keyboard is not supported by Mi 4i.
Is there a way to "activate" or make it possible to input Thai with keyboard?

Try External Keyboard Helper Demo from Apedroid (full version here). It says in the description it supports Thai keyboards.
Also, check out this thread


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Google Translate offline translation
I downloaded tons of offline translation packages for Google Translate some time ago. Then at some point I must have done something, maybe an update, or a setting change (perhaps that Primary Language thing that kept popping up every time I opened Translate?), and suddenly my packages have all vanished! Moreover, when I go under the top-left corner dropdown menu and choose "Offline translation", I end up here:

after getting a message Can't get offline packages list (or that pops up after those two blue texts appear, that varies from time to time), and none of those is a link. How do I get my offline translation back?

I just had the same problem. Just delete your app data and download them again.


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How to export a single WhatsApp chat?
I'm trying to export the complete chat between a user on WhatsApp. I have tried using the "Email Chat" option, but it seems this feature does not export the complete conversation. I believe it has some sort of size limit. I experimented with several large conversations (dating back to 2 year ago) - they should definitely be 4 MB+ in file size when exported, but when I export them via Gmail, the file size is always 2 MB. The messages before that are ignored.
I also tried using web.whatsapp.com and scrolling upwards using iMacros and then selecting the text using jQuery  but that is proving to be difficult. Browser crashes after a certain point.
I don't believe the database backups in /sdcard/WhatsApp/ are of any use - they're heavily encrypted.
Any interesting work-arounds or solutions?

The only solution I could think of, would be to manually pull the unencrypted database from WhatsApp's data folder, and filter it with a thrown-together tool. Unfortunately, this requires root access.

Do you mean the text file it creates before attaching to an email conversation? Yes, it definitely requires root access, but I'm open to ideas. If it works.

Requirement: rooted device.
Download WA Tweaks and install it.
Close WhatsApp process, open WA Tweaks inside the WATweaks App and there you would find a "Conversation" tab. Load conversation.  As your chat sizes are huge it may take alot of time. From there you can get complete conversation backed up / emailed.
You can see demo video of the app here on my channel.
This should solve your issue. If you have a low end phone it will get stuck.

all_licenses: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/


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Android OS Updates On Nexus
I was considering buying Nexus 6P however there would be new Nexus by next September so i was wondering if any one would clarify this rumor. A friend said that he heard from a Nexus user that a Nexus gets every Android OS Update so basically if the Nexus 6P which has Android Marshmallow right now would be immediately be  updated to Android Nougat when the update arrives and so on and so forth. Is this true or is my friend just messing with me.

This link will help you (look for Nexus devices)---  https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705?hl=en&ref_topic=3415518

@MANI You should post the relevant portion of that link as an answer.

Nexus devices generally get system updates in a timely manner, but only for a certain amount of time (as is generally the case for all devices). The Nexus 6P is guaranteed to be updated until September 2017, so it will definitely receive the Android Nougat update.


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How do i install apps directly on SD card in Lollipop?
I have Android Lollipop 5.0 installed on my phone and I already made the SD card the default storage option. However, when I try to install an app from the Play Store, an error message pops out, saying that I don't have enough space to install that application. I tried to make some additional space in the phone storage and i found that applications are installed right there even if the SD card option is enabled.
I'm not looking for a method to move installed apps from phone storage to SD (no Link2SD, rooting etc.).
I also tried to format my SD card both from the phone and the PC but the problem persists.
What should I do? I can't believe this operation is not allowed in Lollipop.

As pointed out by Can I install an app directly to my SD card? and our app2sd tag-wiki, what you want to achieve isn't possible for multiple reasons:

To install the app, Play Store first needs to download it. These downloads usually go to /data/local, which is in internal storage.
Not all apps allow to be installed on SD card. This is e.g. not possible for apps providing widgets or services – due to the fact the SD card is mounted only after the boot_completed broadcast, and thus apps installed there wouldn't receive that; resulting in services not started when they should be.
Even if an app could be installed on SD card, using the on-board methods (i.e. app2sd) it cannot be moved to SD card completely. There's always a "base" remaining in internal storage (below /data/data).

All the above is valid from Froyo (Android 2.2) to Lollipop (Android 5.x). It's slightly different with Marshmallow (Android 6.x) and up when using adoptable-storage, but I have no experience with the latter to tell exactly how it's different (see our adoptable-storage tag-wiki for a starter). As in that case, the SD card is "adopted" as internal storage, all apps you install should basically end up there. But what sounds "great" on a first look has some other "side-effects" you should consider first ;)


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Use accounts on the device permission - please clarify when needed
I've read this: What can an app do with the "USE ACCOUNTS ON THE DEVICE" permission??
In the main answer (by Dan) it's said:

The AccountManager then asks
  you if you want the requesting app (YouTube) to be able to use the
  requested account (Google account). This might be in a dialog that
  appears over the app, or in a notification.

However, upon installing something, e.g. Facebook (which adds facebook account as I understand) and starting to use it, I don't remember some system message asking me to grant access to facebook account to facebook app.
Facebook app can post on facebook w/out using facebook account?

Facebook app provides and owns that account I'd say :) So please also check the counter-part of the question you've linked: What does permission “MANAGE_ACCOUNTS” mean?

@ Izzy, thank you. I've read post I mentioned more closely and see answer. should i better delete my question? Also, maybe you know answer to mine other one: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/151803/use-accounts-on-the-device-permission-can-access-token-be-used-by-other-app-et ?

If the answer is already given there, this question here should either be deleted or closed as duplicate. Maybe the latter would be the better idea, with you providing a comment here clearly pointing to that answer. As for your other question: No specific insights on how operations with that token work – but using it elsewhere would first need that app to reveal the token, right? // PS: Did you check with our permissions tag-wiki already? Lots of useful information linked from there :)

@Izzy, thank you. how do I mark it as duplicate? Also, maybe you can help w/out me creating other question - I have skype on two phones. on 5.1 I see skype account in settings, however on 4.4 there is no skype account (see viber, whatsapp etc.).  Why could it be?

Different question, and I cannot answer that. Please post it separately.


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My Cubot X12´s screen is busted and im still recieving messages which I cannot read or listen to.
So my phone is busted and I get messages from my friends which i can´t read. Is there a way I can read the messages from an another device or even control the phone exteranaly?

Put the sim into another phone


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Are there browsers that automate download time?
Are there any browsers that automate downloading time? For example I want to download a huge file during a certain time that I would be unavailable with my device but I'd like the file being downloaded at that exact time. Are there any android browsers that support this kind of feature?
If there aren't what are the ways that I can achieve this?

ADM - Advanced Download Manager
It has a browser and scheduled download capability.. It also can intercept the clipboard for download links etc...

Is it for gingerbread?

Are there direct .apk download links other than google play? Could you please point to a link that works? The ones that I did find didn't really work? and thanks for the help

You can use Tasker app and create a recipe for it.

I don't really know how to create the recipe? Could you be a little more specific, please?

I think it's unlikely that a browser will support such behaviour; I'm not able to find any, and I think it's especially unlikely that they would support Gingerbread. If you had a newer version of Android, you could use Termux to wait until it was time to start the download, then download the file using something like this command:
cd storage/Download; sleep <time in seconds> && wget <url>

but unfortunately Termux only supports Android 5.0 Lollipop and newer.

what about the ADM mentioned above?

@BeshalJaenal Unfortunately that doesn't work on Gingerbread - you can try downloading it from APK Mirror, but it needs at least 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to work.


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How to get rid of NFC icon?
After a forced OS reinstall by a repair shop a Sony Xperia Z5 Compact started to show a NFC icon in a status bar.
How to get rid of it? It does not give any information as it is always on, so it is just annoying.

The icon is not an option in Display / System Icons
Any other Xperia (even with same OS 5.1.1) does not have it, including this one before the service
in build.prop it is turned off by ro.nfc.icon.enable=false
NFC should be on, I use it, but the icon should be hidden like it was, because there is no info in showing it and clutter the status bar

Stock (unrooted) Sony Xperia Z5 Compact Android 5.1.1

Can't you just go into settings and turn off NFC?

@acejavelin Please read the Q again: NFC should be on, I use it, but the icon should be hidden :)


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Android process needed for location
I am testing the Privacy Guard feature of CyanogenMod. I disabled almost all of every app's permissions (with 'Show built-int apps' enabled) to then enable only those I know I need. The problem that emerged was that for example my Phone and Messaging apps lost ability to read contacts. Even when I allowed them to read them. To fix that problem I needed to give proper permissions to the Contacts Storage - seems obvious once you know that. Now I have similar problem with location. I allow apps to use it but they cannot access it. I tried a couple of apps so I assume that this is problem is only connected with permissions, not the app itself.
My question is what permissions of which (probably built-in) app I need to enable to let other apps (which have proper permission) access my location?

• FusedLocation - for fused network and gps switch
Different devices use different apps other than Fused
Mine is Qualcomm Location

Thank you, I thought that the app is the same for all CMs. For my phone the app is... Google Play services - phone is Nexus 4. Google won this time.


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Google Play Service and com.google.process.gapps has stopped
The following message keeps appearing on my Asus tablet model K01A screen about every three seconds.

Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped

Unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped

I tried to update the Google apps but it doesn't work.
How to fix this?

Have you tried uninstalling the Store and Google services from apps ( revert to original ) Then update again

Simplest solution - reboot your device. This solves most of the common issues

Try updating Google Play Services to the latest version

If that doesn't work, clear the Google Play Services cache. You can do this by:

Going to Settings > Apps
Swipe to All apps (or select Show System from the overflow menu at the top-right corner if your device is rooted and you're running CyanogenMod) and then
Scroll down to “Google Play Services” app
Open the app details and tap on the “Force stop” button
Then, tap on the “Clear cache” button

If that doesn't work either, try clearing the Google Services Framework cache

try S Rao's method in SAFE MODE, because the error notification may not let you do it in normal mode.


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Brutal bug "android.process.acore has stopped" doesn't solve after factory reset
Apparently this bug is prevalent and some are lucky enough to solve it by simply clearing data of Contacts storage but not me. I believe I have tried it all. Even after factory reset (via stock recovery) this error appears immediately after first boot and it keeps popping up non-stop making the phone very hard to use.

Does anyone know a solid fix for this brutal bug?

It's usually caused by a modified system app going hey wire , Or a simple permission fix is required

@user157947 okay but how exactly to fix it?

I wasn't lucky as well, and I needed to reflash the stock firmware on a S3 Neo.

@DeathMaskSalesman This is some crazy shit. I feel for those people who doesn't have a clue on how to flash roms.


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Resize /system partition of Galaxy S4 Mini
I have a Samsung S4 Mini GT-i9195 and recently I've updated it to CyanogenMod 13, it was stuck on Android 4.4.
The /system partition has 1.5GB and it was full with the stock ROM. After updating to CyanogenMod, I got only 600MB occupied and 900MB free. How can I resize the parition to, let's say 800MB, and add the remaining space to the /data partition?
I've found this answer for a very similar question, but I'm not sure if that procedure suits to my phone and I don't know how to create the PIT file. I'm already able to backup it from the phone and edit it with PIT Magic. But I don't know if I can do it with this tool or even how to do it...
Any suggestions?

The Odin part of the procedure should be the same for all Samsung devices. The only thing that changes, though, is the PIT file: you need to grab the one that suits perfectly your device, meaning the one that covers any byte of the eMMC's capacity and not more than that. Regarding PIT Magic... I never was crazy enough to try that myself (and consider that adjective as a compliment), but your question made me think about it again. Since I've a S4 Mini as well, please keep me tabbed in case you make any progress, and good luck.

After some digging, I start thinking that might not be possible. I edited the PIT file with the new partition size and flashed it to the phone, but I've got the error Uploading PIT ERROR: Failed to confirm end of PIT file transfer! ERROR: PIT upload failed!. I suspect the file should be signed or something by Samsung and, in that case, is impossible to repartitioning the phone...

Did you pull the PIT from the phone, eh? What syntax and command did you use?

sudo heimdall flash --repartition --pit i9195-resize.pit --RECOVERY recovery.img --no-reboot

Maybe I was unclear... I meant extract the PIT from the phone, not pushing it on the phone.

Oh, sorry, my english...
sudo heimdall download-pit --output i9195-stock.pit --no-reboot

If you have adb, try with adb shell "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176". Then, proceed by pulling the file from the phone with adb pull /sdcard/out.pit ./. If you don't have adb, open a terminal emulator directly on your phone, issue su and then dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176. Then, move out.pit to your computer and see if the customizations work. Notice that /sdcard refers to where I think your internal storage is. If the location is wrong, fix it accordingly.

Ok, but that is to extract the PIT file from the phone, I was trying to flash the new one that I've created and I got that error.

Did you create it from scratch, or did you customize the pulled one?

I customize the pulled one.

I see. Well, try to pull it manually with dd and customize that one. Just be careful, since dd, if used incorrectly, may be the acronym for Doom & Destruction.


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Can't activate Google Play Store and can't cheat gmail account
Can somebody help me
I had done factory reset on my phone unite A106 unite 2 micromax and now I am unable to use my Google Play Store can't create gmail account what to do?

Try reinstallation

You could reboot into your phone's bootloader and re-install GApps (Google apps). You can download GApps from here. http://opengapps.org/

All you can do is wasteing time am asling you google that a cant sign in to my google account google can help me or what can a do

This answer is non-intelligible.


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Where is the default alarm clock melody stored on Android 4.1?
I've bought a new Android smartphone (a T-Mobile branded Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005, Android 5.0) and I don't really like it's default alarm clock ringtone. By countraries I like the default alarm clock ringtone of my old phone (Samsung Galaxy Ch@t B5330, Android 4.1) pretty much. I'd like to copy the old one to the new phone. But where can I find it?

/system/media/audio/alarms

Care to search?
Copy them to the Alarms directory under internal storage of your Note 3 - you should't need to put them into the same system location.


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Stuck at Logo, Download Mode doesn't appear, Vol buttons don't work in Recovery mode
I currently own a Samsung Galaxy 3 gt i9305 which was network locked by EE. To make it work on GiffGaff I wanted to unlock it.
Current Android version - v4.4.4 (rooted)
I found out that Service mode in v4.4.4 could not be used to unlock the SIM Network. And that I had to downgrade to 4.1.1 to do so.
I was unable to boot into Download mode using hardware keys. They just didn't work and always booted into OS. So I used a on-phone app to boot me in Download mode - It worked!
I used Odin v3.11 to copy the .tar which was used by other users on the forum and seemed to work well for them for the same device. Odin passed! Device rebooted.
Since then, it has been stuck on Samsung logo. Upon further research, I found that I needed to clear the Cache from recovery console, but Volume keys are not working for some reason in the Android Recovery Console 3e. I read on forums that at times they dont highlight and I should use volume keys, assume highlight and use power key to make my selection. Did not work!
Would appreciate any help in reviving the device!
Thanks

I could not solve this problem without using a jig.
I bought a USB jig for the device and forced it to enable Download mode. Odin did rest of the job.


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How can I keep an app always running?
I have started using CM Security on my new phone which runs Android 6.0. I use the Applock feature, but the problem is it doesn't work because... just as I kill the window from my recent apps, CM Security also stops running in the background and as a result the password protection doesn't work.
So I was looking for a way to keep the app always running on the background.
P.S: My phone is not rooted.

If I may go off-topic... uninstall CM Security presto. I was one of their moderators and core members, and I myself resigned. That app will only spam you with ads whilst grabbing data and possibly uploading it.

thanks for your suggestion,
I've been using DoMobile Applock, but when that stopped working, I tried CM

The app Wake Lock Revamp - Power Manager
helps to keep apps running in the background.

It would help if you provide instructions to use this app.

Simply try another security software like Avast, AVG. For example I have system (KitKat) with built in deamon App Permission Manager so it's never stop.

Ok, I'll try that and see if it helps