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How can I enable calling over Wifi for a T-Mobile based Moto X?
T-Mobile allows for unlimited calling when I'm tethered over Wifi, on my old Blackberry Bold this was called "UMT" or something like that  (it would appear in the status bar).
Since I still have poor reception I rely on wifi calling to get signal in the basement of my house.
How can I enable this T-Mobile specific (and no it's not Skype) wifi calling to work over a standard Wifi connection?

The Moto X does not support T-Mobile's WiFi calling. Customer support reps have stated that this is because it is not a carrier branded device, meaning they have not modified the system ROM to add this feature:

The Moto X does work on our network but because it is not a T-Mobile branded device we do not support WiFi Calling on it.

You'll either need to set up some other VoIP service or get a different phone that supports this.


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Can't log in to Hangouts
I just uninstalled and reinstalled Hangouts to get the updated version.
(Even though the market showed the new version, it didn't have "Update" yet).
Now, I cannot log in to Hangouts... it keeps asking me to add a Google account.
I've tried rebooting the phone, but no joy.
Gmail and other google apps still work fine, it's just Hangouts.
I've tried adding my account, and it tells me that it already exists on the device (which is true).

Have you tried to associate the app (Hangouts) with the google account on your phone? Check your setting from within the app.

I cannot get into the app. As soon as I click on the icon, it pops up with the "Add a Google Account" form, and just gives me the options of [Existing] or [New]

You should probably try adding your existing account from that option.
Or Try checking Settings > Accounts & Sync > (Your Google account)

As stated above, I have tried adding my account, but it then tells me that the account already exists on the device, which it does. And under the sync settings, I do not see an option for Hangouts. :/

Okay... I figured it out. I am running the XPrivacy Xposed module, and when I reinstalled Hangouts, XPrivacy defaulted it apparently to not have access to the accounts on the device. I cleared the XPrivacy settings for it, now all is good! :)

So this turned out to be a pretty easy fix, once it dawned on me what it was.
I just recently installed the Xposed framework, and the XPrivacy module.
When I uninstalled the old Hangouts, it must have deleted all the old permission settings in  XPrivacy, and then when I reinstalled it, it defaulted to maximum restriction.
With access to the phone accounts restricted, Hangouts was not able to see my google accounts.
The fix was as simple as fixing the permission settings for Hangouts in the XPrivacy module.

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Google Maps does not support "geo:" intents, any alternative that does?
In Android Firefox (or HTML viewer), when you click on such a Geo URI link:
Wikimedia Headquarters

... you are asked what Map app to use.

Select Google Earth and it correctly zooms to the right place
Select Google Maps (or Maverick) and it only opens the app, not taking you to the right place :-(

My goal is to walk to the said place (so the map app should show both the said place, and my current location/direction using GPS/compass).
Unfortunately, Google Earth is not made for this kind of use. It does not "pin" the said place, so you can't be sure where it was exactly. Also, it does not show my own direction.
Any app that does it?

When opened from a Geo Intent, pins said place.
Also shows my own location and direction.
Bonus for offline maps.

I'm not quite sure, but you may try OsmAnd if it does just that. It has a fully functional free version and a reasonably priced paid version. It's FOSS also, so you could ask for the functionality to be included or you could send a patch yourself. There's also nightly builds available.

https://code.google.com/p/osmand/issues/detail?id=172

OsmAnd is an offline navigation app and should support geo intents since 2011. It has a fully functional free version and a reasonably priced paid version in the Play store. It's FOSS also, so you could ask for the functionality to be improved or you could send a patch yourself if needed. There's also nightly builds available on the project's site.

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Tagging a file to multiple folders in Google Drive Android mobile app
With the web interface on Google Drive, a Ctrl+click can place a file or folder into several folders. But with the mobile app on Android, this feature seems to be missing. I tried a Ctrl move but to no avail. Even worse when the file has been in several folders before that structure is lost.
Does anyone have any idea how to move a file into multiple folders using the Android app?


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What is the range of my wifi tethering network?
My Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360L) can run a wifi tethering network at 32 dBm, according to iwconfig. This is almost 2 watts. Is this reading accurate, (my battery is 1200mAh, 5v, or 6 watt hours, so it seems sort of fishy, but it does drain my battery really fast when I run it), and if it is, (assuming nothing blocking the signal) what is the range of the network in meters?

While I don't think the question is off-topic, I don't know that we on Android Enthusiasts will be able to give you a definite answer. I certainly  don't know how to approximate the range of a wireless hotspot from its output power - and even if I did, there are specific paramaters we're missing. We don't know the antenna gain for your phone, for example. If we assume minimal antenna gain, we can say the power is around 32dB.

Googling for a formula to find signal loss over distance, I found this page: http://www.tp-link.com/en/support/calculator/. I tried to use the formula on the page, but my assumptions for its use may be flawed because I came up with a value less than one meter (which seems entirely unrealistic... unless that's about what you're experiencing with your phone of course)

Just for the sake of more information: If we assume your antenna gain is around 12dB (Seems high though, I'm not familiar with this stuff), then the formula gives you almost 2 meters.

32 dBm equates to 1584.89mW according to this calculator:
http://www.radiolabs.com/stations/wifi_calc.html
Assuming a 12 DBi Antenna Gain from the comments above, that gives us 44 dB of antenna power.
The signal loss for 2400 MHz/Km is 100.03dB, citing the same site.
At the assumed 44dB of power, we'll round and say .044Km which is ~144 feet.
Since throughput is inversely related, You're going to have a pretty poor download speed at 144 feet, barring there's nothing between the phone and the computer, on a clear day.
This is half guesswork, but hopefully it helps.

Thanks for referencing my comment! Your numbers sound much more realistic than mine (I saw that calculator too, but couldn't make heads or tails of it lol). Please note that it's probably not actually 12dB gain on a mobile antenna - that just seems way too high to be realistic - I just used 12db as kind of a "What if" situation.

Oh, there's one important thing to note here. Signal loss over distance isn't as simple as "100.04dB/KM". This is due to the logarithmic nature of dB. (20dB is 10x more than 10dB. 30dB is 100x more than 10dB). To demonstrate this, try plugging 5KM into that calculator. You get 114.01. That site is actually using the same formula that I used (Which kinda weirdly confirms my unrealistic numbers) loss (in dB) = 20log10(distance in km)+ 20log10(frequency) + 32.44

Signal loss at 0.044KM using that model would be 72.9dB, significantly higher than the 32 (or 44dB) we're assuming he can pump out.

Of course, I can't really say that either of us are right or wrong with any authority.

My experience comes with CATV. Not exactly the same. The frequencies are much lower, but the numbers seemed right, in theory.

You have more exprience than I (My only experience comes from a college networking class that I took years ago). I think maybe the best answer might just be "Turn on wifi tethering in a park and run around with your laptop!"


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How to add street and time as text to a photo?
I am looking for a way to automatically add the street address and current time as text to a photo. Failing that, I'm looking for a way to post-process any photo I choose to add that information as text. I would rather not have to write the text myself, but something that uses my current location to automatically add the text.
Is there a way I can do this? Perhaps via an app?

Please note that recommendations like Is there an app for X are off-topic here (see What topics can I ask about here? for details). For where your question might fit better, you might want to look into Where can I ask questions that aren't Android Enthusiast questions?

There is a problem to be solved here. I think this question is okay (but it would be nice to de-emphasize the "help me find an app" aspect of it).

I have taken a stab at making the question more about the problem to be solved than an app to be found.

Are you after something that will update the photo's metadata, or something that will "stamp" the text onto the picture?

Do not close question. Rephrase seems legit.


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How can I uninstall the Cyanogen Mod 7 for my Htc Incredible 2?
I bought an HTC Incredible 2 on Amazon and found out that it is modded with Cyanogenmod 7. I didn't install it myself. Is it possible to uninstall CM7, or is it just built in? It doesnt even look like how an HTC Incredible should look or act.
Im wondering if I got another version of the HTC Incredible 2, but I didnt think there is another version.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094422It's probably a refurbished model that you bought from the Amazon marketplace, and not from Amazon itself (this model is out of production for some time). Generally, CyanogenMod 7 is very stable, often more stable than HTC's original software. And it has features that the original might not have (Wifi-Tethering, less bloat, pure Android 2.3

It looks like you purchased a used phone on Amazon. CyanogenMod is an extremely popular Android ROM that tries to give you something close to a "Pure" Android experience by removing customizations that HTC and other manufacturers put on the phone. Personally, I would recommend you keep CyanogenMod.
But if you just don't like CM, there is a tutorial on XDA Developers that will guide you through the process of restoring the phone back to its original state. Restoring the default software looks pretty difficult for the Incredible 2.
You will need to get...

The HTC ADB Driver
The Android Software Development Kit
The SuperOneClick tool
Apparently, two versions (Links: 2.2 and 2.3) of the Android software for your phone.

The steps to follow are listed in that post, but they may be outdated. If they're wrong, or if you mess up somehow, your phone could very well get broken permanently.
All in all, you're free to try to remove CM from your phone. However, you may want to consider keeping it for two reasons:

CyanogenMod is considered by many to be superior to HTC Sense (Especially older versions like on the Incredible II).
Trying to remove it could lead to very bad things, like a permanently broken phone.

Please note that all the links are provided by third parties, not by HTC. I got the links from the XDA Post that I linked to in the second paragraph


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Unable to install system images for the Android SDK: "Failed to create directory"
I've just installed Xamarin, to use C# on Android: on their tutorial about how to install the emulator here. I saw they installed Intel x86 Atom system image and ARM v7a system image, so I did the same and got this with both API 18 and 15, but only ARM vt7a (15) was successfully installed

Downloading ARM EABI v7a System Image, Android API 18, revision 2
Installing ARM ABIv7a System Image, Android API 18, revision 2
Failed to create directory C:/Program Files (x86)/Android/android-sdk-windows/system-images/android-18/armeabi-v7a
Downloading Intel x86 Atom System Image, Android API 18, revision 1
Installing Intel x86 Atom System Image, Android API 18, revision 1
Failed to create directory C:/Program Files (x86)/Android/android-sdk-windows/system-images/android-18/x86Done.
Nothing was installed.

I'm on win 8, 64-bit, do you think the problem is my laptop architecture?

Looks like an access right problem to me. Are you administrator on your box?

I'm not a native english speaker: do you mean computer? if yes, yes, I am an administrator

Yes, your PC. Failed to create directory C:/Pr... looks like the SDK isn't allowed to write to this place

you are right: i had to "run as administrator" SDK manager, it's a windows8 issue that I really hate

Posted this as an answer...

The SDK needs to be run as admistrator to be able to write those files.
Just retry and run it with elevated rights.


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Is there a way to have Gmail autocomplete "To" only with Gmail contacts (and the same for Email and Exchange contacts)?
I am never going to email work folks via gmail, nor friends and family through my work email, and I'd hate for that to happen accidentally.


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How to Disable Auto Silence
My Motorola Electrify M keeps auto-silencing the ringer.  How do I disable auto-silece?  My phone is running Android version 4.1.2.
It seems to go on silent when I have meetings scheduled.  It wouldn't be so bad, except that it never re-activates the ringer, so I keep missing calls!  Any thoughts on how to disable the auto-ring silencer would be great.  If it makes a difference, I'm also using the calendar app aCalendar.

@JimFell I've taken the liberty of adding that information to your question. You can [edit] it if you have any more to add.

The Motorola Electrify M comes with a set of functions called Smart Actions, which can be deployed. A sample from their User Guide is the silencing of the ringer when inside meetings. See the User Guide here to find help in refining the criteria triggers, so that the ringer is restored. Look for \Control and Customize\Smart Actions\Help.Like most trigger-based actions, each comes with some downside, so either some refinement, or complete disabling will solve your difficulty.


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Can I download apps via my Linux PC then install them on Android from there?
I have a Motorolla Citrus smart phone.
I have Linux Mint Nadia Cinnamon
I am a total newb to smart phones and don't understand much of the terminology and what can be done.
I am temporarily out of data/an internet connection on my plan.
Is it possible for me to download an app from the google apps "store" to my Linux PC, then to transfer it over to my Android/Citrus?
If so is there a guide that explains it in baby steps?
If not, my phone is a "3G", how fast would it take to download an app?  I could probably go to a Starbucks or somewhere with a WiFi connection.
Thanks

How can I download an APK file from the Play Store? and How can I install an app given only its APK file? would be relevant reading.

If you like FOSS, the https://f-droid.org market may also be for you.

ce4, I hate to ask, but I know so little about smart phones.  Is it safe to get apps from anywhere other than the Google store?

F-Droid can be considered "save" I'd say. But generally your skepsis is reasonable: one should be careful with other sources. Best choice would probably be getting a WiFi router to connect both your Linux PC and your Android device to, so you can use the Playstore app directly. Other than that, see the links eldararathis posted, they contain all necessary information.

@Izzy 's concerns are correct. Generally don't trust 3rd party stores and obviously not those that offer "free" (as in cracked) games. Those are inherent security risks. However the f-droid market specializes on free, non-tracking proper open source apps. It's not completely risk-free (as Google's store isn't either), but it does mitigate most risks, even respects your privacy by not allowing ad-libraries into apps (in contrary to most ad-supported Play apps)

You can connect your device to the internet (using Wifi) and continue to use it just as you would with a plan.
So you can download as many apps as you want to your device using Wifi.
You don't need to be connected using the cellular network to access the Play Store (but do need the internet).
There are certain alternative App stores that are trustworthy, but be wary of downloading APKs directly off the internet.  There is no guarantee these are safe - generally, use the same caution you would use downloading software to your computer on your phone.  Only install from reputable sources.
You can actually pull an APK (Android App Package) off one device, and put it on another (using your Linux box), but this is not a task for a newb (you would need to install and use the developer tools)


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LG G2 Native SIP client (where Is It?)
For some reason I couldn't find the native SIP client on this Phone. On my Note 2 N7100 it's under Settings-> Call Settings-> Accounts
Will someone please show me where it's hidden?
Note: LG G2 D802 international version

Maybe it went to the same place as Where did the SIP settings go to on my LG Optimus 4X?

@Izzy
Tried that link before posting here...
It won't work as there's a missing process from LG G2 firmware. LG took that process out. This is what happen - "unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped."

That is what happens when? When you try "starting" the action from the shortcut? Happens to a lot of them, yes. Continue looking for another one with a similar name, that did it for me. In the worst case, try them all (oops).


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What happens when using a cellphone when charging?
What happens when a phone is being used with the charger connected?
Will it take power from charger and save the battery usage?
OR
At one end, the charger keeps charging the battery and at the other
end, phone discharges the battery simultaneously?
(I am using Sony Xperia SP with Android 4.2.1)

As using the device also uses some power, the device cannot "charge with the normal speed" at the same time. It will however primarily use the external power source for its consumption. Depending on whether you "consume" more power than the source can feed, either it compensates by taking whatever is needed additionally from the battery, or feeds whatever is left to it.
A side effect described in the other answers already is true, however: the device will get "warmer" this way. I already described that in another answer:

Recommendation for cold days to get warm fingers: Take your device with both hands, plug in the charger. Now stream a HD video from youtube via 3G, play it fullsize, and in the background do some video recording which in parallel gets uploaded via 3G. CAREFUL !!! Wear gloves... #-)

The answer is :

Your phone is charged no matter what.
But at a slower rate than normal.
Making it warmer than normal.

"No" to #1. If your actions require the same or more power than the source can supply, the battery cannot be charged – but it will discharge slower, as the device primarily uses the external power source. "Yes" to the other two points, however ;)

Your phone charges with the normal speed or rate.
And it makes your battery heat up more and nothing else.

How is your answer different to Parag_Baji's? Also the charging current is split into two parts: The current needed to power the device and what's left goes into the battery. So, it charges slower than normal. If you use a power hungry app (e.g. navigation or a 3D game) it may even discharge your phone (at a slower rate though).

how is my answer different, because i have seen battery full notification while charging and playing heavy game (temple run)

It depends on your usage. Do a heavy download over LTE, play a power hungry game and set your screen to max brightness and you'll see the effect. Depending on your charger type and the charging circuit in your phone, it will surely slow down charging or may even discharge. My Galaxy Nexus is capped at 1Ampere charging current and does discharge when playing ingress, for example (the phone uses more than 1A to operate, then, ie. 1A from the chrager, the rest is drawn from the battery).

May be you are right, but I never got low battery alert while charging is on, no matter what I am doing on my phone. At least not in my lg optimus. That's why I wrote above that your battery is always charging when plugged in.

Yeah, it's just that operating the phone and charging the battery both compete for power from the wall charger and the former gets priority. If the operating power consumption tops the wall chargers supply, the rest must be drawn from the battery. Example: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/24232/battery-drains-even-when-plugged-in-while-using-nav-app-on-long-road-trips or http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/418/what-causes-battery-to-drain-faster-than-it-can-charge or http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/25008/whats-the-safe-limit-on-charger-output-for-a-galaxy-nexus


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Can Scrap Booker be replaced with Evernote in Air Command on Galaxy Note 3?

Scrap Booker – save anything you encounter – such as websites, maps, and pictures – into organized scrapbook categories with accompanied notes and information for later browsing. (from Phandroid Galaxy Note 3 review).

What makes this special is that it's quick accessibility from Air Command menu that is activated via S-Pen.
But functionality wise, this seems like an equivalent of (or subset of) Evernote.
On one hand, as an Evernote user, I'd love to NOT have to have parts of my data in a separate scrapbooking application. On the other, Air Command menu and S-Pen integration is a big win.
As such: Is there any way to integrate Evernote with this scrapbooking functionality in Note 3?
I'm fine with any solution (e.g. full on replacement by Evernote, or even something as simple as a way to import 100% of my current Scrap Booker data into Evernote).

No, you can't replace anything on air command.
If your phone is rooted, then there might be an app that allows this, however, I know of none.

I've found that Evernote is one of the share menu options from scrapbook. If you share the text and images of a scrap note, it will share to Evernote as any other note.

But does this apply to the "Air Command" feature of the Note 3?


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Can I change proxy settings on my stock Android browser?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3, and I'm not experienced enough in Android to want to root it yet.
However, I need a proxy server. Is there any way to change the proxy settings (for both WiFi and network, either through the phone or over adb)?
Thanks.

Do you need to have a proxy server on your phone? Or do you just need to change the proxy settings of your phone, so your data goes through that proxy?

@geffchang Just need to change proxy settings.

With terminal on your droid or via adb
The android web browser will read the proxy settings in its settings database.
Spawn a shell:
> adb shell

Init sqlite3 database manager to edit the settings database.
# sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

Run the query bruh.
sqlite> INSERT INTO system VALUES(99,’http_proxy', 'proxy:port');

Close the session.
sqlite>.exit

Profit.

Upvoting due to the sass

You can try Orbot - Proxy With Tor for proxies through supported browser called Orweb.

For Android 5 and newer, you can enable proxy servers globally on a per-WiFi-network basis.

Go to Settings: WiFi
Long-press on the network you want to use a proxy for
Select Modify network
Click Advanced
Fill in your proxy details and save
You can then use the Proxy Troubleshooter app to verify that you’re using the proxy you configured.

Some vendors made this setting available in Android 4.4.4, but not all. It’s available in stock Android starting with version 5.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4, but there should be something similar to Settings > More Networks > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names > [APN] in the S3. You can change the proxy and port from there.

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Undo removed prediction in swiftkey android app
I have by mistakenly removed some predicted texts and confused how can i get them back ? this has happened without my awareness when the phone was in pocket without display lock.
I have lost many of my words and finding it very hard to text using swift key nowadays.

swiftkey stores personalized predictions in the sd card but probabily in a hidden file. in order to change your predictions I think you should reset your typing data under Advanced in the app. afterwards, you have to re-teach your expressions (3-4 times the same words).
hope this helps

i re installed swiftkey and it worked charm!


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How to find android apps occupies RAM memory space?
I wish to know about which app is occupies more memory space in RAM when i use multiple apps
Note: i just have RAM capacity of 256MB so that my battery downs soon.

The two items are not connected at all: Why should you save battery by estimating how much RAM an app uses? In order to "eat your battery", an app does not necessarily need a lot of RAM.

Please follow the following:
Menu - Settings - Apps - Running

And check out which apps are consuming more space in your Android Device.

how to find which app consume more battery power

@YellowFlash,
[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.berkeley.cs.amplab.carat.android&hl=en]
That link takes you to download Carat App.
Which claims to recommend you killing or stopping some apps.
It has a pretty good review.

Though they are not necessarily linked, to find RAM usage:
Menu/App Drawer > Settings > Apps > Running

Some apps listed in this section might not be important but drain lot of battery over time.
Try to uninstall suspicious apps one at a time and figure out the effect on battery life. Find alternatives to apps which are eating up lot of resources, if possible.
You could also use an app (such as AVG Anti-Virus) to stay safe from malicious apps and have a control on various factors which could contribute to battery drain, such as GPS, Wi-Fi, screen brightness etc...


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Get my samsung password without reset it for my stolen android device
My galaxcy s2 is stolen and i need to track it using my samsung account but i dont remember the pass; Can anyone please tell me how could i know my samsung account password without resting it as used in samsung account SignIn procedure to find password by email

Unless Samsung are complete muppets, even they don't know your password: all they know is a special hashed form of the password, which is an irreversible function a bit like encrypting it. When you type in your password, they hash what you type in in the same way, and then compare the two hashed passwords. This way, they can check your password without knowing what it is.
For this reason, there shouldn't be any way to find out what your password is without first changing it. If that turns out not to be true, it would be a very embarrassing security problem for Samsung.
If you want to find a lost or stolen phone, there are other options that don't involve your Samsung account. See the answers to My phone was just stolen an hour or so ago. Are there any options for tracking? for some alternatives that you can install remotely via Google Play.


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Is there a way to auto backup my phone files to my PC via wifi?
I am looking for a way to automatically transfer files in my phone to my PC (Win7) if my phone connects to my home wifi network. Thanks

I'm assuming you mean your photos/music etc. that are stored on the 'sdcard' (even though it may not be an actual SD card). If so there are a number of apps that can do this.
I personally use FolderSync (There is a lite version with some limitations)
Another option is SyncMe Wireless but i've not used it so can't comment on how good it is.

Can you sync an offline folder like /Desktop/DontWantCloud/ ?

@user1603548 as long as it's accessible on the network you can sync any folder you like without needing to go via the internet/cloud.

You may want to be careful about recommending Cheetah apps based on a new report out about Cheetah, and Google Play actions against them. See this: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-bans-600-apps-play-store/.

try BitTorent Sync. Its the best i have ever used. After all its torrent.


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How can I resize the system partition in NAND using PhoenixSuit / Livesuit?
I'm using a Android 4.2.2 ROM (sun7i_android_sugar-cubieboard2-8192cu.img) for Cubieboard.
I need more room in system partition for install more goodies!
After flashing, the partition table is like this:
NAME          SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
nand          3.8G
|-nand1        16M            Volumn
|-nand2        16M
|-nand3        16M
|-nand4       512M
|-nand5       512M
|-nand6        16M
|-nand7        32M
|-nand8       320M
|-nand9        16M            PRIVATE
|-nand10      256M
`-nand11      2.1G

The SYSTEM partition is the nand4 (nandd). As you can see, its size is 512MB.
(http://linux-sunxi.org/Android/partitions)
Inspecting the sys_partition.fex file, I can see nandd info:
;------------------------------>mmcblk0p7/nandd
[partition]
    name         = system
    size         = 1048576
    downloadfile = "system.fex"
    user_type    = 0x2

The first point is: 1048576 is not 512MB ( it's 1GB ).
Any changes in this file do NOT changes anything in final result after flashing the re-packed image (the partitions size does not change).
How can I change the partitions size in "Stock" ROMs before flashing to NAND?

All of these steps is working fine: Unpacking stock ROM, repacking stock ROM, flashing stock ROM (with PhoenixSuit).
I don't need resize the partition IN the device. I need resize BEFORE flashing, to share my new ROM with other people.

The size is probably in 512-byte sectors, and 1048576 sectors is 512 MiB. And everything related to the internal partition table is usually highly specific to the device (or, at best, to a series of similar devices based on the same reference platform).

@Sergey Vlasov : I think PhoenixSuit creates the partition table during flashing process, using the sys_partition.fex file ...

The full history is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46563720#post46563720

@Sergey Vlasov you're write but don't solves the problem.

same problem here with a different board (Marsboard A20)

I will consider not possible to tell PhoenixSuit resize Android partitions.
So I will give up.

Seems the XDA people found a way to do this. Follow this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1753473&page=19

You must say yes when PhoenixSuite ask if you want to format the flash, Else it don't change the partition size, even if you changed the sys_partition.fex.


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Corrupt ROM file at CyanogenMod server
I am trying to install CyanogenMod in my N7000 issue is the file I am downloading cm-10.1.3-n7000.zip from here seems to be corrupted as when I try to install it from sdcard through install zip from sdcard. it gives me similar unable to read error. cant open cm-10.1.3-n7000.zip (bad)
Plus I also tried extracting it manually on my PC same happens and the zip seems to be corrected I have tried downloading couple of time using download managers but still no changes.
Is there any other link/server from where I can get the latest ROM for my phone or any other ways to solve the issues?

This could easily be a permission issue. Does the md5 check correctly? You can download an md5 checker and compare it to that string of numbers on the cyanogen site. If your download is good the numbers will match. Edit: Which recovery are you using?

I am following (this) tutorial [http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_n7000] so i am probably using Heimdall recovery.

Is the ROM on your external or internal storage? Sounds like it needs to be on the root of your internal. I've had this issue before with CWM, and just had to move the ROM. Hopefully it's that simple.

i copied it through adb push cm-10.1.3-n7000.zip /sdcard/ this commands, i think thats the root?

Can you mount the USB storage? If you can get to it with your PC, try moving the ROM to your internal storage and trying again.

If you're following that tutorial, then you're using ClockWorkMod Recovery. Heimdall is the software you're using to install CWM. =)

well it was the corrupt file, downloaded the other version, repeated the process and everything is fine now.

Head over to http://get.cm/?device=n7000 and note the MD5sum of the download (take care that build name / date match, of course).
You can then check it on your phone against what was downloaded using FileSums together with any File Explorer app (filesums acts as possible target for the "send to" share button when you long press the .zip file). Open the file explorer, navigate to
/storage/emulated/legacy/cmupdater/

and then long press the file you want to calculate the MD5sum to "send  it to" filesums.
Or you can download it from your phone using your computer (via MTP or a SD card reader in case your phone has a removable one). Then check the file's MD5sum locally using the commandline tool md5sum (on Linux) or any Windows MD5sum utility (looks like http://www.md5summer.org has a decent one, or just google it).


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How to flash the gapps package after installing CyanogenMod
I have recently installed the CyanogenMod in my Samsung N700.
Issues now i want to install Google apps like play store, maps etc. Learning from here i have download the .zip package and it is in my sdcard now.
Issue is now i don't know how to use it, if i try to open it its says no application to handle such(zip) files.
Can anyone please guide me through this?

The Gapps zip file is in the same format as the CyanogenMod ROM, and as such needs to be installed in a similar way. However, unlike the ROM installation, Installing Gapps won't remove anything (other than currently installed Gapps, if any) from your phone.
You need to boot into your Recovery (Based on your previous question, this will be ClockWorkMod Recovery) and install that zip file in the same way you installed the ROM. Booting into recovery mode will be easier now that you have CM installed. I believe you should just be able to long-press the power button to get the reboot menu, and select "Recovery".
Edits may be helpful, but if I'm remembering CWM's process correctly, it'll be:

Install from zip
Choose file
(Find and select the gapps.zip file to install)

Also go to Advanced and clear your cache and dalvik cache afterward.

I have TWRP custom recovery instead. Does it matter?  I flash gapps the same time I flashed CyanogenMod, but gapps don't show.  Do I need to wipe the system first before reattempting (both), or can I just reattempt gapps only?

CM recovery is not suited for the task. Also, why do I need to clear dalvik cache afterwards? Will this remove my already installed app data, since I am updating CM?

@RahulParashar CWM Recovery is perfectly suited for this. TWRP is also a popular option. CM and CWM are not the same thing. The dalvik cache is only a cache; clearing it does not remove any data. You should clear it because it may still contain cache data that is incompatible with the newly installed Gapps. Whether or not your apps will be removed depends on whether you perform a Factory Reset while upgrading CyanogenMod.

Okay, I understand, good for avoiding bugs.
Also, I am saying CM(CyanogenMod) not CWM, CM is not suited to flash Open-Gapps. I have encoutered errors, as in ERROR suggests to install using TWRP, after failing many times. Then, I went on and flashed CWM, after that I could install Gapps flawlessly.

@RahulParashar, you'll notice that I never suggested using CM to flash Gapps. Such a suggestion wouldn't even make sense.

Yes, That is what I am saying. Actually, we are both saying the same thing.

@RahulParashar Then why is your first comment, "CM recovery is not suited for the task."?

CM(CyanogenMod) is not suited for the task of flashing open-gapps. Isn't it correct?


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How to edit custom spelling dictionaries?
Is it possible to extract the custom user spelling dictionaries from a rooted Android 4.0 phone? The built-in dictionary really sucks for languages other than English and I'd like to complement it with a few thousand more words.

User Dictionary Manager might be what you are looking for.
From the description:

UDM is an application that allows you to
  edit/export/import/delete/clean the user dictionary words found on
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how you can lose / keep IMEI over after factory reset?
Here it says as a solution for a type of a phone. There are other question ( upvoted) but closed by somebody marked as to localized. Of course it is localisez for each type... why don't want to allow to get help?
I am searching like a week how to solve my THL W8S problem.
I could go on others answers too, but those questions it seems they aren't active anymore.
Tried with MTK tools, and other tools, since this phone has a MK5689T version on it. Used the hidden engineering mode too with dialing a "secret" number. On that case I could set the old IMEI back, but that will be lost after factory reset.
Please correct me if  I am wrong:
/data/nvram/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI/MP0B_001

This holds the IMEIs (  I have dual sim )
/data is wiped after Factory Reset => IMEI lost after factory reset.
Question is what to do to make it persistent?
At /etc/firmware/modem.img I have the .img, but don't know how to read it, where to mount it,even on Linux after saving to desktop.
Has that img inside of him a MP0B_001 file? Would it work if I mount , unpack change the file and repack?
I have downloaded the official rom: http://www.thlmobilestore.com/news/
THL W8S ROM support: Multilang
Friday, September 27, 2013 2:34:40 AM America/Los_Angeles
Title: ThL W8S
ROM Version: ROM Android 4.2.1
Link: Here
The ThL_W8s.JB2.FHD.EN.COM.16P256_MT6589TV1.0.3_20130815 content is:

If I unpack  I see a boot.img
That file need to unpacked to get the modem.img?
Where it stored the phone serial number? - I  need to restore that too ( to original one)  I have found only which environment properties has it, not where it is stored. It is formatted the NVram accidentally by pressing the Format on a SP Flash Tool.
At baseband version I see: Moly.wr8.w1248.md.wg.mp.v7 and I see a file BPLGUInfoCustomAppSrcP_MT6589_S00_MOLY_WR8_W1248_MD_WG_MP_V7 there it should be written the SN + IMEI?
Thanks for any try to help.


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Why are personal dictionary entries unavailable in some input fields?
So my android 4.3 personal dictionary abbreviation/expansions work fine in some text inputs such as memo pad or text messaging, but it seems if the input is specialized such that it knows to expect an email or a phone number, the expansions are not available. Is there a way to make these always available when the keyboard is active without exception? If not, how can I otherwise avoid typing out my long email address when setting up settings, filling out web forms, etc?

As you've noticed, the app you're typing into can tell a "hint" to the keyboard app (or input method) to let it know what kind of text to expect, such as an email address. It's then up to the keyboard app to decide how to interpret that. For example, it can look in your contacts for email addresses.
You haven't said which keyboard app you're using, but from what you've described it seems that this app chooses to ignore expansions when it receives this hint. Since it's up to the keyboard app what to do, you might like to install and try out a different keyboard app. I don't use expansions/abbreviations myself, so I can't recommend one, but there must be one out there that lets you use them for email addresses, phone numbers, etc. as well as normal text.
Do bear in mind that a keyboard app can record all the text you type, so be extra careful to only install apps from reputable sources and developers.

OK, good tip. I'm using the stock android keyboard at the moment because in 4.3 and 4.4 the swyping is so good I haven't tried any third party ones yet, although I have tried several in the past on earlier android versions.


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Rooted Device + MS Exchange Mail = Security Issues?
I am using a rooted Epic 4G Touch (Sprint GSII) @ JB 4.1.2. I am accessing corporate email via MS Exchange ActiveSync.
I have recently been told that a rooted device is not permitted to access MS Exchange and my ActiveSync permissions will be turned off unless I unroot.
Does using a rooted device (i.e. superuser access) create any new security issues vis a vis MS Exchange / ActiveSync? Particularly, are any vulnerabilities there that would not affect a stock/unrooted user?
If so, how is this different from remotely accessing MS Exchange (OWA, etc) via a Windows or Linux computer with admin rights?
Thanks
Stephen

Exchange is the last thing I would let touch my device. It literally locks it down by installing a device manager, taking away the freedom to decide for yourself what kind of device lockscreen to use, or whether you really want to encrypt your device. To me that looks like selling my soul. If a customer wanted me to use Exchange on a mobile device, he should provide the device as well. OWA is just Web access, and not that integrated into the device (guess that brings some limitation along when it comes to supported features). No data is stored on the device with OWA AFAIK.

Thanks for the feedback. I agree the restrictions imposed by exchange are excessive, but that's the job i've got and it is BYOD. What I am looking for, really, is information on how/why a rooted device creates security issues for the server-side exchange/corporate network.

Understood, and apologies for my "rant". For above mentioned reasons (and having no need for it), I've never investigated closer into Exchange stuff. But with root powers it should be possible to circumvent the one or other restriction imposed by its setup, which one could count a "security issue" (from the Exchange admins point of view, as the Android user could trick his rules this way). And considering sensitive enterprise data being stored on the device (as opposed to OWA, which shouldn't store anything), this is even understandable.

See: override security policy, avoid security policy, remove corporate settings – just to name a few examples.

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Want to programe my phone so that when i plug an aux cord the music app will automaticly start
I want to programe my phone so that as i plug in my headset(aux) a music app will start simultaneously.

Good idea. Just go ahead! Do you also have a question? This is a Q&A site, so the "question" part usually should contain a question. Making a guess: Have you searched the playstore for "headset control"? Some nice apps there doing exactly what you describe :)

you can try NRG Player.It has all the functions you need with headset.


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To connect a Samsung 10.1 Tab, Model GT-P 7500 to the Ethernet
I have purchased a BobjGear USB to RJ45 Compact Fast Ethernet Adapter made for Android Tablets, as well as a I-Tech USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet Adapter.
I also purchased an Adapter Cable OTG for the Samsung Galaxy TAB Android 10.1, GT-P 7500.
Both USB Ethernet Adapters come with a Driver (CD)
I have installed the Drivers to my PC Windows 7 and also installed the Drivers to my wifes MAC.
QUESTION IS: HOW DO I INSTALL THE DRIVERS ON MY TAB ? As it seems that I need the Driver in order to make it work.
Is there anyone out there who can help me  ?
Thank you in advance.

How to make Ethernet work on Android over OTG?


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How to increase sound and vibration
I have a rooted Android 4.0 phone but the ringer volume and vibration strength for incoming calls is too low/weak for me.
Can I increase the ringer volume and vibration strength beyond the currently allowed maximum level?

You might want to take a look at How can I boost the volume on my Droid's speaker? / How can I make my Samsung Galaxy Nexus volume go louder than what stock allows? / How can I increase the maximum speaker volume? / How can I boost the music volume higher than the max limit? / Search: volume boost

Thanks For These Links But what about Vibration>

The very same pattern: search for "vibration increase" turns up e.g. Increase vibrate strength / Improve Nexus 4 Vibration Intensity. Just try the search box on this page to refine search terms; we've got these questions a lot, so you should find many similar, already answered questions.


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How to skip music tracks with screen off?
Is there a way to skip songs/music with hardware buttons and without having to turn on the phones screen?
A while ago, I had a phone with a custom ROM that allowed me to skip between songs by long pressing the volume buttons. Long press in VOL+ changed to the next track, and in VOL - to previous track. It was very useful, specially when I was driving, having my phone connected via a simple 3.5 plug to plug cable (to the aux. port), so i could just grab the phone, and press the keys without having to even look at it.
Now, with my new phone, and stock ROM (4.1.2) , I don't have that option, so are there some apps or hacks that i could use to allow such functionality?
I am already rooted, but there are (currently) no custom roms for my device (a motorola RAZR D3 XT919),
so what is my best option?

Did you try double tapping and triple tapping volume buttons?

Are you using a headset that comes with a button (normally used to accept incomning calls)? If so, search the playstore for "headset button" or "headset control" gives you a bunch of apps that let you use that button to skip, fast-forward, rev, adjust volume, and more using a kind of "morse code" with the single button (e.g. long tap = louder, short tap = play/stop, two short taps = next, etc.).

Try Smart Pocket app, you can skip tracks with single or double volume clicks.

maybe you cant.but you can shake your phone to change tracks. try fusion.it has wave control too.


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Nexus 4 speaker no longer playing any audio
The speaker on my Nexus 4 suddenly stopped playing audio a few days ago. No sound at all, no music, ringtones, etc.
Is this software problem or hardware?
If I reinstall Android 4.3 again manually, will it unmute the speaker?

Have you checked your settings? Maybe you've activated some silent mode (e.g. via the mute button in the notification area). If not, you could first try a factory-reset before "re-installing". If that doesn't work either, it's likely to be a hardware issue; in that case I'd contact the service.

thanks Izzy,    i did watever you mentioned but still speaker not working.. if i reinstall android 4.3 will it work ?  right now im using android 4.3.....if install again will it get blocked ? thanks ill wait for  your answer

If a factory reset didn't solve it, it's more likely to be a hardware issue. A re-install thus won't change anything.

It was happened to me when I was out during a rainy day. The day after everything was right. I hope your phone "solve" the problem by itself :)

Check to see if it works with headphones.  If so, try inserting/removing the jack a couple of times; sometimes, the switch in the jack that mutes audio when the headphones are inserted may get some oxidation or foreign matter.  I've had problems with headphone jacks like that on several different devices.

First thing to do is to check the device's settings. It might very well be you just "silenced" your phone one way or the others. There are different places to look for:

Open the notification area. On many (recent) devices, it holds some shortcuts to frequently used stuff as toggling WiFi, airplane mode, and also mute (i.e. switch between "complete mute", "vibration only", and "normal noise").
Check all your stuff in the Settings menu. Different manufacturers/devices/ROMs have different settings in different places which might cause this
If you use some "automation tool" like Tasker, Llama, or the like, check whether it could be one of its profiles

If the above still didn't solve the issue, make a good backup and then factory-reset your device. If the device still stays mute after that, it's unlikely to be resolved on a software level, but rather a hardware failure. So in that case, you should contact the service; if the device is still under warranty, they should fix it for free.

Anyone else who has this should also try plugging in headphones to see if that makes any difference.
When it happened to after on a rainy run, I couldn't hear anything through the main speaker so I plugged in some headphones and they were OK.
Happily, once I'd unplugged the headphones, the main speakers were OK again.
I can't be certain but it's my guess that some moisture from the rain had made its way into the headphone socket and the resulting circuit made the phone think that headphones were connected. When I plugged out the headphone jack, maybe it cleared the moisture.
Whatever, it's working now :)

Happened to me.
Just try turning it off and on. (The whole phone)

Turn off bluetooth.  I had same problem and as I looked through the settings I noticed the blue tooth was on.

Yes it's a software problem and I had the same problem. I went back to Android 4.3 and then it worked.

authors: المقنع الفاعوري


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Cyanogenmod 10.2 crashes when trying to access storage settings
I have just installed CyanogenMod 10.2-20130727-Unofficial-i9300 and I am facing a problem with connecting to USB on Windows. Windows won't install drivers when I connect to USB (MTP USB device driver) and Android shows an error that says:

Unfortunately the process android.process.media has stopped.

Also when going to Settings > Storage it crashes the Settings menu. Can you please help me fix this issue?

The phone won't install drivers? Sure not, there's no need for that. As for the crashes: Could you please [edit] your question and add a few more details on that: any error message displayed? What steps you are performing when it crashes?

Please also add what build of Cyanogenmod you have: is it a stable release, a release candidate, a beta, or a nightly? If it's a nightly, the solution is probably "install a stable release or a  different nightly that doesn't have this problem".

I have updated the question!


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how to solve Network not found problem in Samsung Galaxy s2?
I have UK based Samsung Galaxy s2 gt-i9100 and i was using since last 2 years without any problem in india but suddenly i found it says network problem so how to solve this ?
model number - Gt-I9100
android version - 2.3.4
plz help

it display no service message.

Put your SIM in another phone and check if its working.

Manually searching for networks for your Indian Carrier under settinga>more>mobile networks should register your SIM with your network.


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How to always use a particular browser for certain URLs
I have two browsers on my device: Chrome and Firefox. I usually use Firefox, but I have to use Chrome for some sites to work around Firefox bugs. All the same, I get bored of having to choose the browser every time I click a link, when it would be simple to teach the computer which sites I want to use with Chrome.
Is there another way to handle links so that I can set up Chrome to open automatically for some websites and Firefox for others, instead of having to choose every time?

I did search before posting, but the related-questions finder must be more effective :-(


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Can't read Comixology comics purchased on my Kindle Fire since app update
Since the Comixology Android app update a few days ago, I've been unable to read any comics that I had previously purchased on my Kindle Fire. The app tells me that the device is not authorized to read these comics. I'm directed to sign in, but I'm already signed in on that device with my Comixology account.
I saw on their Facebook page that they have some work-arounds to try, but they don't list them anywhere on their site.  How can I read comics in the updated Comixology app that I had purchased before the update?

There are a few things you can try before contacting Comixology support.

Go to the Settings of the Comixology app, and then tap the Restore Purchases button. That might solve things if you're logged into your comiXology account.
If that doesn't work, you can go to the Purchases section of the app and Read from there. Click on the Comixology icon in the top left corner of the app to view the menu to switch from Featured, Publishers, Purchases, etc.  Once you're on the Purchases screen, click on a book, then click the Read button.
The final solution to try would be to re-install the Comixology app.

What I did was: the comics that you see in my books on your Comixology account in a web browser and don't see in the app, try archiving them and then extracting them. You can archive them by pressing "..." on the selected comic Archive series, going to the archive,  selecting the same comic and pressing remove from archive. Takes a bit of time but at least it's something.


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How to run virtual machine on my nexus device?
Are there any virtual machine players such as virtualbox, I can use to run .iso images on Android? If I need the device to be rooted that is fine, but I prefer a portable solution

A .iso file is just a way of storing a filesystem in a single file. Does your filesystem contain a kernel and binaries for the processor inside your phone (usually a version of the ARM architecture), or for some different processor (such as i386)?

I want to run a linux image

But is the Linux image for Intel PCs or for ARM processors? It makes a big difference.

It is of course for X86 but I will compile it for ARM, is it possible at all to run X86 compiled kernel on ARM using VM ?

Duplicate How do I run Windows or Linux as a virtual machine on Android?

It really depends on which OS you want to run. Regardless, whenever you want to run a OS meant for computers (x86 architecture) on a mobile device (ARM architecture) a fair amount of time and processing power is needed to convert instructions from one format to other.
I'm not sure if there is a one stop solution like VMware on Android like that can run both *Nix and Windows OS's.
You can try the app Windows, Linux, Unix Emulator but I'm not sure how far it will be successful.

I want to run a linux image


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Will my apps still auto-update if I root?
I'd like to root my Nexus 4 with rasbeanjelly because I heard it increases battery life. If I do that, will the apps that I have installed still auto-update from the Google Play Store like they do now?

Yeah they'll auto update as long as you have enabled it under settings in Play Store.
Keep it in your mind though, rooting or installing custom ROM will void warranty.

Yes, being rooted doesn't interfere with Google Play's autoupdating, nor the update mechanism of other apps (such as the Amazon app store).
Just remember that, in most cases, rooting involves a factory-reset, so remember to back up your stuff first.


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How to make an HTTP request for incoming/outgoing calls?
I am looking for a way which will allow me to make HTTP requests to my web server when there is an incoming call (or outgoing/missed called etc if possible).
This is so that I can log the information (CallerID primarily) and perform actions in my own system based on the number that is calling or being called on the handset.
I need the request to be made while the call is either ringing or in progress - i.e. what is happening now, not what happened previously.
An example use for this is so that I can present information about a caller on another computer which is connected to my system when someone calls.
An alternative to HTTP would be fine, such as SMTP or some other notification/external communication.

You might want to take a look at Tasker, the mighty automation solution on Android. I have not setup something as you request, but it's definitly possible, and basically should work like this:

Condition: Event → Phone Ringing
Task: either HTTP GET or HTTP POST to your server's URL.

For the task, you can make use of the many variables Tasker has preset (see: Tasker UserGuide, Variables). In your case: Call Name / Number/ Date / Time (In) = %CNAME / %CNUM / %CDATE / %CTIME
You might need to play a little with it to get it working exactly as you wish. Hint: A free trial version of Tasker is available via its homepage (7-day trial; on day 6 export all your settings, on day 7 uninstall, re-install, and import all settings for another 7 days, the dev said so). I use Tasker for years, it never let me down, and I don't regret a single cent from its fee ;) Couldn't do without it anymore...


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Root Debug FS doesn't work
Whenever I run Root Debug FS for my Samsung Galaxy Stellar (4.1.2 jb, Model # SCH-I200, baseband I200VRBME1), I get this error:

ADB.exe is an application in the same folder as the batch file, but it says it won't run. When I run ADB.exe it just flashes the commnad line and goes away after writing out a ton of text (it dissapears too quickly for me to read it)

Running adb without parameters causes it just to show its "help page". Please try the following: Open a command shell, change to the directory adb.exe and your batch file are in, and try running the batch file from there. My guess is that directory is not in your %PATH%, and thus the batch cannot find adb.exe when executed "from elsewhere".

Glad to read! I made it a full answer for you to accept then, listing up the other possibilities along. Enjoy!

As it turned out: with adb.exe not being in the %PATH% (or $PATH for Linux/Mac users), the batch file was not able to find it. So there are 3 solutions to it:

fixing the batch file to look in the very same directory
fixing the %PATH%/$PATH to include the directory
changing into the directory the batch (and ADB) files are located in, and running it from there

For a one-time run, #3 is the easiest approach:

open a command shell (on Windows via the start menu, open a cmd – on Linux via ALT+F2 and entering e.g. xterm)
change to the directory (using the cd command with the directory as argument; on Windows, you might need to switch to the correct drive letter before)
run the batch/shell script from there

If you need that script more often, it might be worth trying one of the other two approaches. Not being a Windows user, I don't know where exactly to add the PATH information there (AFAIR it was in "Environment variables" somewhere in the settings of the control center); on Linux you can just do so in your $HOME/.profile or $HOME/.bashrc, adding a line like
export PATH=$PATH:/where/is/adb

(of course using the correct path instead of /where/is/adb).
Fixing the script/batch is a little beyond the scope of our site :)


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Samsung Galaxy 2 (Jelly Bean 4.1.2) In the stock "Phone" app, on the "Keypad" tab, how can you enter a "space" character?
I was wondering if there is a way to enter a "space" character on the keypad in the keypad tab in the Phone app.
For example, I have 3 different "Mike" contacts:
Mike Smith
Mike Jones
Mike Rothe
In the keypad, when I type "6453" (mike), it then shows the first contact "Mike Smith", and gives me the option to press the "3" button next to "Mike Smith" to see my other contacts with "Mike" as the first name.
I would like to be able to press "6453" and then a "space" character, and then "5" ( J ), so it narrows it down to "Mike Jones", instead of making me go through the "Mike"'s to find "Mike Jones"
I can't figure out how to punch in a "space" though. Is it possible?
If not, I would be willing to download a better "Phone" app than the 4.1.2 stock phone app, if that would help.

Isn't the "space key" usually assigned to 1 there? Maybe you could try 6453 1 5 for mike j?

It's not specifically the Phone app. You can't enter a space into any field where the app has said it's expecting you to type a phone number.
On the Samsung dialer, you can use a * to match a space in a contact's name e.g. 6453*56637 to match Mike Jones. I don't have an S2 to check this on, but that's how the dialer on the S3 works, and I'd expect they're both the same.


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Reduce number of home screens to 1
The solution from this page:
https://android.stackexchange.com/a/30484/43575
doesn't seem to work in Android 4.3
There's no home.apk. I found a Launcher2.apk file but it doesn't contain any integer.xml file.
Does anyone know how to do it in 4.3 too?

Sounds like too much effort to me.  Why not just use another launcher, such as Nova Launcher, which lets you edit it more simply?

authors: Петър Петров


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Root debug FS doesn't complete
When I run root debug FS, I get this error on part one:

On part two:

After that:

When I hit no:

I've followed all the instructions (debugging, unknown sources, drivers, etc) and it doesn't work.
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Stellar (4.1.2 jb, Model # SCH-I200, baseband I200VRBME1). What's wrong?

It failed already in step 1, so the other steps missed the base to operate on (they require those 3 files to be there). Without a closer look at the script, it's hard to say what went wrong there: /data/local is usualy world read- and writeable. I'd contact the author of the script with that; it's hard to solve that here on a Q&A site.


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Is it bad to kill tasks in android, by using things such as holding down the home key and selectign "close all"?
I use advanced task killer pro and also hold down the home key until a list of apps open shows up and choose "close all". Someone was telling me this is bad for the device. Is this true? How else can I speed up the device when it is running slowly?
I forgot to mention what I find strange is when I hold down the home key to display running apps, its list is different than the list of running apps advanced task killer has.

Short answer is: "That's Ok for device, don't worry"
Long answer is: killing task is the only way to speed up your system. When you kill an app by task killer, you close the app itself and all services or receivers bounded to it. That action would be harmful for the application, if it's downloading some data from the internet (some content update for example). Or application will stop sending notifications about new events. Almost all core apps will raise again in a few minutes. That's Ok for device, don't worry.


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My GS4 won't boot to CWM?
So, I've tried flashing CMW a few times with different files, etc. ODIN says that the flashing was a success, and according to ROM Manager, it's installed. However, when I hold volume up and power and home to boot to CWM, it just boots to the Samsung recovery. ROM Manager also says I have TWRP installed. My phone is not rooted. Could that be why? If no, why isn''t it working


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Can I use a Galaxy Gear without a Samsung Phone?
I got excited about the prospect of writing code for a watch and ordered a Samsung Galaxy Gear. Currently the device does nothing unless paired with a Samsung phone running the proper version of the official software.
My goal is to enable debug mode and use adb to install apps, not necessarily use all the phone-gear functionalities.
Any idea on how to do anything without a Galaxy phone? The obvious answer is no, but I'm hoping some clever hacker in this site may have found a way.

Just for clarification, do you want to unlock the Galaxy Gear to be used on a phone that's not officially supported??

I want to unlock it just enough to enable debug mode so I can install apps via adb. I understand that expecting to use the full set of features with an unsupported phone is unrealistic.

Has Samsung gone in and put some weird requirement that you have to have a Note 3 to enable ADB sideloading/installing? O_o (That seriously sounds plausible, now that I think about it)

http://www.androidauthority.com/side-load-galaxy-gear-apps-281864/ seems to indicate that you can use adb without any special requirements.

The thing is that unless you have a Note 3 the "smart" watch does nothing but require you to pair it to a Note 3. It does not even tell the time.

Oh. I wasn't aware of that. My answer in its current state just won't do! It does look like it should work with S3 and SIII, along with the Note 2: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/23/galaxy-gear-compatibility-gs4-gs3-note2/

Oleg has provided a link to an XDA thread where people are possibly making it work! I've updated my answer with details.

New information has surfaced and I've updated my answer.

I have gear and note 2. I rooted my phone and watch: everything went OK. Finally got internet on the gear Bluetooth tether to my phone.
Got new KitKat on the note 2. I installed Null ROM onto the gear. The gear with it original stock OS ROM sucks, its pure garbage. But with custom ROM its a lot better.
Beware: Rooting the gear you can mess it up.

Null rom is awesome!

Thanks to this thread on XDA Developers, I've just paired my Galaxy Gear with the Nexus 4 and was able to turn on the USB debugging.
Hope it helps.

Oh that's awesome! I've upvoted you and I hope you don't mind if I integrate this information into my answer.

I'm not the hero, all the credits should go to Blaze, I've just followed the steps from his thread. A few remarks: 2. "com.sec.android.fotaprovider" is probably not needed, I've installed it on mistake, have overlooked that it was not an "com.samsung.*" APK. 3. Yes, the Gear Manager does throw some errors, it hangs and crashes sometimes. I have not tried to use the watch with the phone as Samsung intends, I've just needed the access to the hardware of the watch to test my Apps over the adb. I think it's the same that Felz has needed.

This looks promising. Gonna try it out.

@Felz, let us know how it goes. I'm really interested in hearing about your (and Oleg's) experience using this method so I can improve the instructions in my answer (Which are currently based solely on the comments in that thread)

It requires Bluetooth 4.0 LE, which is only in a few devices right now (But that number will grow). If your device doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0 LE, you're out of luck. Period. Buy a new phone if you want to use a Galaxy Gear.
Updated Friday, November 15th, 2013
Another XDA user has posted a very detailed and interesting walkthrough of the steps taken to get it to pair with his Nexus 5. It requires access to a Samsung phone compatible with the Gear, but it seems like a much better solution than the one above.
Not all of the steps he's taking seem necessary. Here's my version of the hack:

Connect your Gear to a compatible Samsung phone.
Pull the file /data/data/com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager/shared_prefs from the Samsung phone and hold onto it for now.
Enable ADB on the Gear.
Using ADB, modify the following file on the Gear: /data/misc/bluedroid/bt_config.xml. Find the lines where you should insert your phone's data, replacing the Samsung phone data. Here's an example with a Nexus 5:
<N1 Tag="your n5 bt mac address">
<N1 Tag="Name" Type="string">Nexus 5</N1>

Reboot the Gear.
Pair the Gear with your non-compatible phone over Bluetooth normally.
Sideload the Gear Manager application onto your phone.
Remember when we pulled that file from the Samsung phone in step 2? Push that file to the same directory on your phone.
Run Gear Manager. You're done!

The previous method is still listed below.
A thread on XDA Developers (Many thanks to Oleg, who posted this in his answer and deserves upvotes) has interesting news! The software needed has been identified, and the APK's have been extracted. According to one user (Our hero, Oleg), following the steps on the thread and using the files provided there allows you to pair the watch and unlock it with a Nexus 4. A basic description of the processis follows...

Install all the Samsung APK's from this upload, provided by XDA User blazespinnaker.
Install com.sec.android.fotaprovider from the same upload. (Maybe not necessary?)
Run Gear Manager. If you have errors, close it and run it again(?).
Pair Manually with your Galaxy Gear.

Note that this is still not a perfect solution. Some features may not be working. However, you should apparently be able to unlock and enable ADB!
I'll update this answer as more information becomes known.

But for the rest of your question (about ADB).
This article indicates that you can enable ADB mode on the Galaxy Gear itself, which is actually kind of exciting. The steps are simple. The article also has a helpful video!

Swipe to "Settings"
Scroll all the way down to "Gear Info"
Enable "USB Debug"

If you're on Windows, you'll doubtlessly need the Samsung USB Drivers. But other than that, you should be pretty much set!


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What system apps can be safely removed with Titanium backup on Nexus 4?
Is there an official list or something? :D
I'd like to remove some of them to improve battery life, but not sure which are safe to remove

If your real purpose is to improve battery life, you just can freeze them ($6 dollars spent very well for Titanium Backup). If you don't want to spend money, i think you can use Root Uninstaller Free, that includes "disable" option in the free version: all you have to do is to open it and disable the ones you don't want.
it also includes backup and unistall options if you don't trust. (backups to sdcard/rootuninstaller i think)
you just have to pay attenction to the ones you remove, bacause no official list is findable: just don't uninstall or freeze the app if its name does not convince you like OPP, HTML visualizer, package installer, SIM toolkit,... and so on.
just do a complete backup of your device and, in the worst case, reset your phone.
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how to ask google to repair nexus 4?
Glass on my Nexus 4 is broken (touch doesn't work) after it falled from relatively small bed (just about 50 centimeters from the floor).
I purshased Nexus 4 on google play, can they fix this by warranty or for pay (how much?)
I've tried to call US support team from here but it is not possible. When I press '3' in Skype they do not recognize that and keep asking me to make a decision.

Cracking your screen most likely isn't covered through a warranty. This is a good reason why you should purchase a screen protector. Mime Ghost Glass would be my recommendation as far as screen protectors go...
You can try to email Google's support: googleplay-support@google.com, explain what happened and you can probably pay to get it repaired, however the Nexus 5 should be coming out in the very near future for $350 so it may be better to just purchase a new device for a little more as screen repairs are usually $100+


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adb shell superuser access without approve from phone
I'm running MIUI 3.9.27 on my HTC Desire S.
I accidentally froze my miui launcher (com.miui.home) and after reboot, phone stuck on boot animation, but seems everything running except miuiHome.
I know that for defrosting app from adb I should run adb shell pm enable com.miui.home but it'd say Killed and nothing happen. I read somewhere that I should run it as superuser but when I run su adb wait for phone root access approval, and since phone stucked on boot animation I couldn't approve root access.
Is there anyway to access superuser without approving it from phone? or doing pm from recovery?
P.S: I think if I could push LBE Guard data (that adb root access has been granted and remembered) into /data/data it may work but I don't know how I could do this


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Samsung galaxy stellar root
Is there a way to root a samsung galaxy stellar (4.1.2 jb)? I've searched all over google and have come up inconclusive.

maybe you searched the wrong way because i get a lot of results: that's the link to theunlocker, that worked for a friend of mine. Superoneclick should work on all androids, you could get it here.
don't worry if your rooting fails: generally there are no collateral effects
more results here

I already tried all the things on google - All of them are either for the S3 or outdated (for ICS).

you can try ODIN http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539 (specially for samsung's phones).

Tried that, it eventually said FAIL.

oh... I think you are really unlucky.
even theunlocker?

http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/53601/is-it-possible-to-root-my-phone-without-installing-a-custom-rom
that's my last comment: if it doesn't work, probabily it's your device


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How do you root safely?
I am thinking of rooting my android.
In general, it seems that one downloads the "unlocked" firmware from a website (not the manufacturer's) and then runs it on the phone.
How do I know if that firmware is safe (in other words, how do I know if the "rooted" firmware doesn't have a keystroke logger, for example)?

It all depends on trust. Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com and search for your device. There are high chances your device will have a separate thread on rooting. Read the entire discussion and try to root.
Just remember one thing, always backup before doing anything. The thread will, most probably, contain a guide to backup your factory image too.


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how to recovery lost imei no Samsung Galaxy s2 gt-i9100?
i have Samsung Galaxy s2 gt-i9100(unrooted)  and suddenly my network signal was missing.
and i dialed *#06# and display no imei no so how to solve that problem.
detail -
gt-i9100
android version - 2.3.4
baseband - unknown
lernal version - 2.6.35.7-i9100xxkh3-cl479037
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Samsung galaxy Y does not factory reset
Lately my samsung galaxy Y has been switching off at random times, and does not switch on again. Well it switches on, and the samsung logo appears, but then it just switches off again. I have tried factory resetting, by pressing volume up, power, and home button. Whilst doing that, the menu for factory resetting appears, and whenever I want to select the reset now option, it switches off again. What can I do? Please help me!!! Thanks :)

is your phone rooted?

is the battery fully charged, and have you tried described steps with the charger connected? You could also try removing the battery for a few minutes to "reset the circuits" by making them definitely powerless.


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Insufficient memory nfs most wanted
I have samsung galaxy ace plus s7500 with 1.8 GB available internal storage and 8GB memory card. I want to run NFS most wanted on it that take around 2GB of space. Could you please tell me a way to run it on my phone. Please help.
Thank you.


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Which factory reset should I use?
I have the motorola droid 3 and it can be factory reset from either the settings menu or the recovery menu. What is the difference between the two?

Results should be the same, so you can use either.
The item in the recovery menu you could count as a "backup switch": How else could you reset a device which refuses to completely boot up? That would otherwise be a "vicious circle": In order to boot up you'd neet to factory-reset – but in order to factory-reset, you'd need to boot up. So with the recovery menu, you've got a "reserve switch" for cases like that.
The switch in settings, on the other hand, is easier to find for "novice users" not aware of those "Vulcan nerve pinches" (or "three finger salutes", whatever you prefer) to boot the device into "special modes".

If you wanted a complete out-of-the-box experience, i would suggest using the factory reset option in the boot menu. This can be accessed like so; With the device powered off, press volume up and down and the power button all at the same time. Then using the volume down key to scroll down to the factory reset option and select using the volume up button. BE AWARE: This method will erase all personal storage and the sd card, back up data and remove the sd card before starting this process

There is no boot menu in Android. Are you referring to recovery options? Second, ever since Android 5 this out-of-the-box experience cannot be replicated because of factory reset protection. On first screen the system would demand last Google account to setup the device. That breaks out of the box experience. Besides, factory reset, when it comes to deleting user data, works the same way, whether done using Settings app or recovery.


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Android OS using a lot of background data
My phone (Xperia P running Jellybean 4.1.2) is consuming a lot of background data (about 70 MB in just 15 minutes) Since, I have a restricted usage of 2 GB, it's causing a great problem. I've already disabled auto sync, background data and other related stuff. Don't know the reason. Please help!

Are you rooted?  If yes, then try Droidwall. Its an android firewall app which will give access to only those apps which you want thereby saving a lot of data. Hope this helps.


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Is there any battery-less Android-based device
I'be been working on some Chinese (bit crappy) device, with own system, that had one wonderful (at least for me) feature. When constantly powered-up (plugged to power adapter) it could work without the battery inside.
Is there any Android-based phone or device that does the same? Or the only option here is to keep battery inside, keep it powered up all the time (I have some reasons for that) and replace battery quite often, since it will be charging and discharging it the same time (will it), thus lowering its life-span.

Don't you worry. LiIo batteries are not that concerned about that. What really lowers their life span are "complete discharges", not frequent "trickle-charging". It's even recommended to charge them as soon/often as possible (and practicable, of course).
See e.g. Wikipedia: Lithium Ion batteries for details, and also take a look at our question Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone? and its answers.

Perfect answer! Thank you. The only thing that concerns me was, that mentioned previous crappy Chinese phone was also powered by LiIo battery and even so, user guide advice to remove battery, if device is constantly powered via charger. But I assume, that this could be some form of phone's manufacturer disinformation. Thank you once again.

They always want to be on the "safe side". If it was for the manufacturers, only their butter fits on their bread – and nevermind standards ;)


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Cannot move app to sd-card?
My sdcard has plenty free space but I cannot move any apps. On my sdcard there's the old  Android/data path with many older apps. Why cannot it be possible to move apps here? Maybe I can create a symlink?

I've just added the app2sd tag to your question. You might want to check its tag-wiki and frequent questions, as that's asked quite often (Unable to move few Apps to SD Card / Can I force move to sd card applications that don't want to be moved there? and more).

Thank you but I read the wiki. My apps is moveable in Android system setting (and also app2sd) but when I push the button it gives me an error unable to move.

Well, it looks like you should [edit] your question and add all the details it's missing; our crystal balls are all out for maintenance currently ;)

I'm not sure what you want. I wrote I have old path Android/data in my sdcard with many old apps.

Maybe you describe step-by-step what you've tried to achieve your goal, and what happened. Don't forget to include any possible error message. E.g. your comment above introduces a detail missing in the question: you push a button (where?) and it gives an error "unable to move" (move what? which app? Maybe the app doesn't support App2SD?).

Hmmm. Do you know even android system settings?

This is not a chatroom here – but we have one of course. Maybe you want to come over there to discuss it?

@Izzy: I apologize, I should add old to my question.

I think I found the solution.  I need to be root to move the apps.

You may have found that being root allows you to move apps to the SD card, but that is usually no needed. Perhaps in your case (and it may work for others too) it is a workaround.


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Does Google back-up application settings?
In Settings > Backup & reset there is a "Back up my data" option under which it says "Back up app data...".
Does it really work?
Because I got into one of those "boot loops" and had to do a factory reset. After that I re-installed the apps I had previously installed, but the application settings were not restored by Google.
Do I need to do anything?

Only apps that are coded to use the Google service will back-up and restore data. See this post for more information.
Does the built-in Google app data backup work?

authors: сергей кульгун


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How do I fix my NATPC M010SE (Allwinner A13) touchscreen/WiFi/camera?
My tablet wasn't booting at all but my dad managed to install this firmware update, now the touchscreen doesn't work, or the WiFi, or the (front) camera. Any help? I've tried installing some TS drivers but these are designed for a specific Jelly Bean ROM, not ICS (which my tablet runs on).
I've tried flashing the suggested the Faaast JB ROM suggested in the forum post where I found the TS drivers but I can't seem to get into update mode (and I've tried holding down the volume up button and then the power button and then plugging in the USB connection and pressing the power button lots or just holding it down - I've also tried sudo adb reboot-bootloader with the device connected but it just reboots it, not into the bootloader.)
Edit #1: I can get into the bootloader with the command previously mentioned but it is in Chinese...can anyone give me a link to a translation somewhere? Because Chinese doesn't use the Latin alphabet I don't think I'll be able to type it into Google Translate...
Edit #2: Windows 8 doesn't have a driver to connect to the device and I have no idea how to get it. Can I flash the ROM using Ubuntu (because Ubuntu can detect the device)?


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updating software of HTC
HTC one V has a special feature of beats audio, but I have not updated its software since I brought it.If I update the software  of HTC one v, will it remove beats audio feature from my mobile

Beats audio is anadvertised as an outstanding feature of top HTC phones.
Why should HTC remove an advertised feature with a software update? Of course will it continue to work. I fail to see why one may question this.


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Can I change the phrase "OK Google Now" to something else?
I want to say a different name or phrase when I wake up my Moto X android.
Is there any way, or hack that I can use to change the name?
Ideally I don't want to "root" the phone because I don't know what that does and think that opens me up to security issues.

For what it's worth, it seems the magic phrase is now just "OK Google". Supposedly, "OK Jarvis" (aka, the computer from Iron Man) works as well.

Apparently you can use the training software it includes and just train it to hear something else. As in, if it says "read this: " just say whatever you like.

You can use the attempts described in Louis's post here, but they have limited success.
As of now, there is no way to change the Touchless Control hotword to anything you want, but as per the "hack" you requested, using AutoVoice with Tasker would be the way to go. You can set up AutoVoice to listen continuously for any hotword you want, then use that hotword through tasker to trigger Google Now. A tutorial for the setup can be found here that also uses AutoShare.
Be aware that this workaround won't give voice responses, as it essentially records your voice and uses the input to do a text search. If I find a more usable example, I'll share it here, but this may be as good as can be done without root.

Sorry but I found out that you can not change that phrase. I tried to but in the settings there is no option, only the enable and disable. It would be great if they did that but Google is not yet so modern. Hope Google fixes that problem because it would be great. We need to wait a few more years and hopefully this problem would be changed. Sorry everyone who wanted to change the phrase or the quote on their computer,laptop,iphone or android.

Moto X users (and possibly others) can now change the phrase to anything they want with the 5.0.2 updates that was just released.

Use Open Mic from the Google Play Store

This answer might be helpful if you add a link to the app you're recommending. Also, please confirm what relationship (if any) you have with this app: it's OK to recommend your own app on this site, provided you're honest about it.

OpenMic and OpenMic + Donate has a constant media beep which goes on continuously and interrupts other mic-based applications. Check it out @DanHulme. I don't think it's worth it.

I use KitKat 4.4, Moto X.
You CANNOT use any phrase you wish. I tried, and it does not work.


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Phone dropped in water - Now screen won't turn off (Samsung Galaxy S2 (SII))?
I currently have a Samsung Galaxy SII (S2)(I9100) that got dropped in water. I took the phone apart (removed the screws on the back and properly took the back off) and left it to dry in a warm place overnight.
The phone works absolutely fine as you'd expect it to, but it now has this weird issue where the screen won't turn off at all, whenever I press the power button to turn the screen off, it comes straight back on again. If I let it go to sleep with it's own "timout" it just comes back on straight away also.
It has been factory reset and still does it. It has stock Android that came with the device, never rooted or had custom ROMS installed.
Here's a video of the problem actually happening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4UViRT64Ss
I assume it has to be a hardware issue from the water damage, but has anyone experienced this? Is it likely I'd be able to change any of the parts inside to try and fix it?

The water evaporating has left now undissolved mineral ions on your phone (ions conduct electricity).Now electricity doesn't go as designed.Also heat cycles will possibly change chemical and physical structure of your hardware.The more you use it the more likely something will get worse
Instead of drying to get rid of water and leave the ions on your phone you should have hoovered the water being cautious not to discharge static electricity to the phone (even though theoretically almost everyone should have damaged their hardware with static many times in their lives it somehow never happens)
Now maybe you should clean it properly (isopropyl alcohol should work the purer the better at least 99%)
The better way to clean it is with bathing it in the alcohol and use ultrasound at the same time which some more professional phonerepairers do with special machines.(You can find some good replacements of the machines for about 50usd)
It most often works without ultrasounding but the ultrasound method is much better and fixes the performance of water damaged phone more.

Switching it off and completely submerging it (including the battery) in isopropyl alcohol for 15 minutes, then taking it out and letting it dry for 24 hours fixed it! Thank you so much for answering!

@BT643 I'm interested if you submerged it completely disassembled and did you wipe it with something?

I didn't completely disassemble it, I just removed the back battery cover, and removed the battery (but also put it in the alcohol with the phone). I didn't wipe it, just took it out and left it on the side for 24 hours to dry. Shocked that it fixed it! It was just a "first attempt" :)

I had same issue with my Samsung S3 mini as desrcibed here and did the same: 15 min into Isopropylalcohol, then I left it on the air 2 days for drying and now it works.
Thanks a lot for help and explanation!

I'd try an app to turn the screen off, such as this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en
Sounds like you've done well to only have this little damage. Perhaps even this will recover in time.

In my case the Screen Off app solved the problem. It allows the user to turn off the screen without pressing the power button.

change the charging connector in the phone.

and how would that help ? can you explain further ?

FIXED: I am a Phone/PC Technician, I just fixed a customer's phone, the issue was the screen wont turn off via power button nor when the phone goes to standby it would come back on... The Samsung Galaxy J5 fell in his toilet which he quickly grabbed it out..
The FIX was to remove the board and use clear rubbing alcohol and a small flat head screwdriver to scrape and to clean all contact points which had some white corrosion, even the internal metal edge that grounds against the chassis and board. Screw phone back together ensuring all contact points are touching then test to see if all is working.  All the best to you!


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Moving keyboard app to SD card?
I recently rooted my phone, so obviously the first thing I did was
 pm setInstallLocation 2

then move all my internal storage hogging apps to the SD card. I left the widgets, wallpapers, and system app updates because moving them will break them apparently. My question is, can I move my keyboard app to the SD card without breaking it?

Which keyboard app are you using? It doesn't break normally on SD card. I have used stock and SwiftKey both on SD card. Never cause any problem to me.

Works fine on SD card, using swype on external memory.

It worked fine for me. Obviously if you unmount your SD card you can't use it, so, since you want so save space, my advice is to download a small-size keyboard and install it in the internal memory. Trust me, not having a keyboard when needed is a big problem

"trust me when I say you that can't using the keyboard is a big nuisance"....? Sorry, but I don't understand your point here.

i said that staying withot a keyboard is a big trouble :)

Right. The Samsung default keyboard is extremely annoying.


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Android Unknown Memory Usage
I have been having a problem with my Android 2.3.3 Samsung Galaxy S, that it was shutting 2 essential applications down: messaging app and call protocol. I have been tracing the cause of that by looking phone logs with SDK in eclipse. I have spotted this error:
I/ActivityManager(524): Low Memory: No more background processes.
So I assume this is the reason for the crash... eitherway I want to understand, why I do not have enough memory. I do not have many apps running in the background and I am very careful with what I am installing. I have looked at the memory allocation in eclipse DDMS view and there were:
217 MB (75 %) was unknown,
8 MB (3 %) free
1 MB (0 %) buffers
35 MB (12 %) inactive
14 MB (5 %) slab
12 MB (4 %) page tables.
Of course now I want to know what that unknown place means. Because if I force close some system services or app services I can only reduce unknown allocation down to 55 - 60 %.
How can I find out what this unknown memory usage is?


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Error installing apps
I'm trying to install a game on the Play store, and I get the following error every time:

Sorry, we had trouble processing your request. We're working on fixing the issue. Please try again later. [BM-PPH-01]

I've been trying to get this fixed for almost two months.  Android support directed me to the app developer's support, who in turn directed me back to Android.
It doesn't matter whether I attempt to install from my tablet (Toshiba AT300), my phone (HTC Evo 3D), or directly from the Play store.  I get the same error from all thee.

The answer can be found on our sister site StackOverflow, with the question Google Play Alpha App BM-PPH-01 Error:

BM-PPH-01 error message is usually shown when there is an incompatibility between any of the three App,Google Pay, Device.
The incompatibility can be the device's location such as Google play features not available when device is in China . An app can be restricted for downloading in US only.

This would explain why "try later" might not work in your case: if it's either your device or location, and you didn't change either of the two, the cause would have remained.
For more details (ans helpful links) see "over there".


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Audio problems with my Vizio Tablet
I have the 8 inch Vizio tablet Model VTAB1008.
The audio stops working out of no where. Even if I plug the headphones in, it doesn't work.
Usually when I completely turn it off, and then turn it back on again, the audio will work for a while, but then it will eventually stop working again.
The apps I use are just facebook, twitter, youtube, or instagram. No game apps or anything.
I've tried reformatting it, putting it back to default settings, didn't work. I've also tried SoundAbout, didn't work either.
The customer service guy told me to kill my apps before going to another app, saying sometimes one app doesn't give permission for another app to play sound, so I have done that using the Advanced Task killer, but no solution.
Anyone know what could be wrong?
Thanks for the help.

One thing to note: The customer service guy should not be telling you to kill apps. http://www.howtogeek.com/127388/ Killing apps is not going to be a solution for this kind of problem and is almost never an actual solution to a problem in Android.


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Samsung S3 Mini power save mode activity
I'd like to use power saving feature available in Samsung's TouchWiz in Llama but the only way to do this is to tell Llama particular activity/intent to run I guess.
As in this thread on XDA. I'm wondering if you know how to execute this action so I can control power saving from Llama.

Are you asking how to create an Intent using Llama? Or are you asking for the specific Intent details you would need in order to (en/dis)able power saving?

The latter. :) :)


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How can I determine the SD card's path?
I'm on a Thinkpad with Android 4.0.2 trying to open an HTML file on an SD card, using the default browser. Answers here have indicated you should access file:///mnt/sdcard, file:///mnt/sdcard-ext, file:///sdcard, and many other combinations, but none of them work for me: I just get "Webpage not available".
Apparently different machines mount the SD card to a different path. How can I find out which path my SD card is mounted to? Or if that's not the problem, what is?

Out of curiosity, and partially because of some things you mentioned in other comments, what is on the HTML files you mention? You used the term "html-based apps" in a comment, and I'm wondering what you meant by that.

adb shell 'echo ${SECONDARY_STORAGE%%:*}'

You can also just do echo $EXTERNAL_STORAGE in a terminal emulator.  But this gives me the path to the internal "SD card" (/storage/sdcard0) on my Galaxy S3 rather than to the physical SD card (for which the path is /storage/extSdCard)

what about echo $SECONDARY_STORAGE?

echo $SECONDARY_STORAGE gives me /storage/extSdCard:/storage/UsbDriveA:/storage/UsbDriveB:/storage/UsbDriveC:/storage/UsbDriveD:/storage/UsbDriveE:/storage/UsbDriveF, so we get the external SD card as well as a bunch of other stuff.  Not sure if those mount points existed before I used a USB drive on this thing or not.

echo ${SECONDARY_STORAGE%%:*}

@AlexP. will this work on all Android devices? Is it possible to get only the current ones that are mounted?

@Compro01 That's the internal storage on newer Android versions.

On most devices, the SDCard is either mounted or at least linked to either /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard. However, when the device features both, an internal and external SDCard, the latter usually is to be found "inside" the former, e.g. at /sdcard/external_sd.  Alternatively, it may be mounted at /mnt/extSdCard or /storage/extSdCard.  Note the capitals.  Android filenames are case-sensitive.
For a user, the easiest way to figure out where it is (or in your case, rather where your ''file'' is located), is using a file manager which allows you to not only browse your SDCard, but the entire system. I for example use ES File Explorer: If I start the app, it automatically places me on my sdcard (I didn't configure it such, so I assume that is as it always works). The path is displayed at the top of the display, so you'd see it immediately. If it's too long to be displayed there (even if you switch to landscape), you still can "navigate up" until you only see / there, and note all steps – so you would end up with the complete path.

Interesting. I wonder what ES File Explorer does to find the sdcard mount point.

Any way without a file manager? The reason I need to do this is because I have no wireless internet, and want to access HTML based apps from the SD card. Without wireless internet I can't download a file manager.

Since none of these URLs work, are there any other reasons why I'd be failing to access the SD card?

@dotVezz they use a special system call that gives back the directory where the external storage is mounted to. Jack: you could use a terminal emulator (and shell commands like cd and ls), but I guess you have none installed either. If you've got a computer attached via USB, you also could use adb shell for the same procedure. Apart from that, I'm out of ideas currently.

Seeing Compro01's edit: What's your Android version? Somewhere on the path to 4.2, some more paths got introduced, like /storage/sdcard0/.

@Izzy: Cool! Any info on what that system call is or how to invoke it in a termal emulator/adb shell? EDIT: On second thought, it doesn't look like you were saying that it can be run in those environments. My mistake =)

See: Check getExternalStorage() is real SD card. And that is development stuff, so head there for more details :)

Just six years later...
I am using the android app sshelper (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arachnoid.sshelper) on the android device.
It acts as an SSH server on the smartphone and allows me to login via ssh.
This allowed me to dig around and find my sd card by:
- automatically beeing sent to SDCard somewhere is a linux filesystem
- finding out that this directory points to /storage/emulated/0 by using ls -lha
- finding out that this is the internal storage by browsing the content
- finding out that /storage/ contains a strange directory like "5674-9865" which was the entry to my sd card.


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How can I apply and use Vodafone Australia firmware/USIM on my Samsung Galaxy SIII SHV-210S?
Over last 1.5 years, I've been using a Samsung Galaxy S2 on Australia's Vodafone network. I got a Samsung Galaxy S3 (SHV-210S - South Korea SKTelecom version) and want to format it with Vodafone Australia firmware and USIM. With Vodafone Australia USIM to SHV-210S, I can make a call, send/receive SMS/MMS, but some settings/configurations are not fully catered for Vodafone Australia.
Would Australia Vodafone S3 (GT-I9300) firmware be compatible to apply to a SHV-210S device?