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An App disappeared after downloading, Where is it?
When I download an app from play store, The download process is completed (100%) but the app disappeared and silently failed to install on my phone.
I would like to know where the source file of the app is downloaded so that I can reach it and install it manually.
Phone Type: Techno P5
Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
Phone storage: 2GB ( 1GB free )
SD Card: 8GB (3.6GB free)
512 MB of RAM
1.2 GHz dual core processor
App size: 100 MB

Can you link the app what you are trying to install on your device?

@BálintBabics - This question is well-formed, and almost all other information is freely provided. My guess is that the app we are being covert about is probably cracked, or something else.

Is the app in question a theme?

@wbogacz well, without knowing the exact app (e.g. theme, icon packs, game), we can't give the exact answer though....

Can you find the app on the Android's app managers (from Settings)? If not, then it's not installed, and the source file (e.g. APK) is not stored on the device.

@BálintBabics
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pikpok.turbo&hl=en
Here is the link of the app. I also need a general answer so that I can fix this issue for any other apps.

@AndrewT. Well, I can't. It is OK if I downloaded the app again. But How can I get rid of this issue?

@DeathMaskSalesman Not its a game. I provided the link in a previous comment.

It appears there is an issue with your phone with Google Play not installing correctly.

If the app is in Google Play you can't install it manually
When you go back into Google Play and search for the app you have installed, do you see the button Install or Open?

If the buttons Uninstall & Open show the app is installed
if the button Install shows you will have to reinstall


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Catching real cause of android reboot
I am currently using my phone with CM installed (newest release, clean install). For some reason the phone keeps rebooting at random moments, when sleeping (never when awake). I wonder if it is possible to find out the real reason of rebooting, other than checking /proc/last_kmsg: for me, it only states if it was caused by unsecure-watchdog-bite, or kernel panic. I am curious about finding out, which process' irresponsiveness caused the watchdog-bite, or what made the kernel panic.

Details:
Moto G xt1032, newest firmware
CM13.0, release ZNH5Y
recovery: twrp 3.0.2

Tl;dr: last kernel message is not informative enough about last restart reason.

Edit: link to kernel messages: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AqQWXVmn2ZoKonIJgnToo58XmoVy

You can try to use adb logcat command from the terminal/command prompt to examine continuously your device log. On your device has to be enabled USB debugging in Settings -> Developer options section.
Or after the random reboot try
su
cat /proc/last_kmsg > /mnt/sdcard/last_kmsg

from a terminal window on your device. You can download terminal app from Play.
For the su command your device has to be rooted.

I have been exactly using your latter solution to map kernel messages. I edited my main comment to add some links to kernel messages.

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Is it possible to completely disable radio signal in a phone without a SIM card?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, powered by CyanogenMod 13 (Android Marshmallow 6.0.1), which I use as Wi-Fi only, being it without SIM card.
The device antenna, though, seems to be constantly connected to a cellular tower, so I'm afraid that this fact may result in an increased battery consumption (even if slight, that is). Plus, I don't want my position to be triangulated due to this behaviour.
Simply dialing *#*#4636#*#* and disabling the antenna from there seems to suffice, but the change does not persist between reboots, and repeating all of the procedure each time is a nuisance.
What I wish for, is a way to make the abovementioned change persistent, without the need for a whole app, which I deem overkill for such a simple task. Even better, I favor a solution that makes use of the built-in Terminal, be it a single command or a function, and I'm open towards solutions that require root access.
Is there such a way to accomplish this?

As of now, I've found a way to accomplish what the question asks. This solution has been tested on CyanogenMod 12.1 and 13.

From the Terminal
Disabling RIL
If the operation is not to be performed frequently, a single line of code will be all that is needed:
su -c "setprop persist.radio.noril 1"

. This will make the phone ignore the Radio Interface Layer, thus ignoring the presence of the antenna. A reboot is required for the change to be in effect, and it will persist across reboots.
Plus, disabling RIL also makes the "No SIM Card icon vanish.
Enabling RIL
Enabling RIL again is just a matter of flags. As can be seen from the below example:
su -c "setprop persist.radio.noril 0"

, the command is equivalent, save for a 0 instead of a 1. As before, a reboot is needed.

As a custom function
I've also devised two functions to be added to the /system/etc/mkshrc file. Of course, it's usually needed to remount the /system partition as read-write, but the procedure will not be covered in this answer.
This file takes care of various environment variables and aliases to be loaded by the Terminal once it is started, so fiddling with it is often discouraged. We can, though, add our personal functions and customizations just before the line that reads:
: place customisations above this line

. I would like to remind that : is a special shell builtin, and thus must be left untouched.
Disabling RIL
Here, we'll define a custom function radiooff, which will next be callable from the Terminal at will. The code is as follows:
# This function detaches a device from the cellular network
# Upon execution, a reboot must be performed
function radiooff {
 if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then
  echo "Error: must be executed as root."
  return 1
 fi

 if [ "$(getprop persist.radio.noril)" == "1" ]; then
  echo "Radio is already disabled."
  return 1
 fi

 setprop persist.radio.noril 1

 if [ "$(getprop persist.radio.noril)" == "1" ]; then
  echo "Radio is now disabled. Please reboot."
  return 0
 else
  echo "Error: unable to disable radio."
  return 1
 fi
}

. I'd like to remind that it's vital to place this code at the bottom of the file, but above the line mentioned at the start of this section.
Enable RIL
This function, as the comments explain, is the inverse of the radiooff function:
# This function connects a device back on the cellular network
# Upon execution, a reboot must be performed
function radioon {
 if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then
  echo "Error: must be executed as root."
  return 1
 fi

 if [ "$(getprop persist.radio.noril)" == "0" ]; then
  echo "Radio is already enabled."
  return 1
 fi

 setprop persist.radio.noril 0

 if [ "$(getprop persist.radio.noril)" == "0" ]; then
  echo "Radio is now enabled. Please reboot."
  return 0
 else
  echo "Error: unable to enable radio."
  return 1
 fi
}

. Upon saving the modifications, the functions radioon and radiooff will become available for use after the CyanogenMod Terminal application is started, or restarted. The procedure for using them is simply to enter the name of the needed function and enter.
It may be obvious, but the second solution will not work if the user uses a Terminal that is not CyanogenMod's.

Use airplane mode to disable the cellular radio. This is simple and does not require an app, use of terminal, or root access.

Of course it will work, but then I'd have to manually turn on the Wi-Fi, won't I?

Just tested it to be sure: just enabling airplane mode leaves the No SIM Card on the notification bar, as well as obviously placing the Airplane icon. Surely it works, but it has its downsides. Thanks for answering!

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Camera not opening on ported rom
I'm porting CyanogenMod13 for the UMi Super and camera isn't working.Can anyone tell me what it means and how to fix? This is the error that comes up in logcat, when trying to open camera:
08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E MtkCam/devicemgr: [getPlatform] dlopen: libcam_platform.so error=dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "_Z9SmoothCCMRK10AWB_GAIN_TiiR26ISP_NVRAM_MULTI_CCM_STRUCTRN11NSIspTuning15ISP_NVRAM_CCM_TER16ISP_CCM_WEIGHT_Tii" referenced by "/system/lib/libfeatureio.so"... (getPlatform){#96:vendor/mediatek/proprietary/hardware/mtkcam/legacy/module_hal/devicemgr/CamDeviceManagerBase.platform.cpp}
08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E MtkCam/devicemgr: [openDeviceLocked] No Platform (openDeviceLocked){#386:vendor/mediatek/proprietary/hardware/mtkcam/legacy/module_hal/devicemgr/CamDeviceManagerBase.openDevice.cpp}
08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E CameraClient: Could not open camera 0: -19
08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E CameraClient: initialize: Camera 0: unable to initialize device: No such device (-19)
08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E CameraService: connectHelper: Could not initialize client from HAL module.

Propably you are trying to use your device's camera with an incompatible lib. So you have to determine your device camera type and find a compatible lib to controll it. After you should use this lib with the camera app.

The problem was with libfeatureio.so, I forgot to port that. Thank you for your feedback.

I upvoted, but users under 15rep don't change the publicly displayed post score. Thank you again tho.


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Cannot synchronize contacts on Huawei Honor 8
I just acquired the new Huawei Honor 8 from China (international version), but I have a few issues with the contacts. When I synchronize the contacts from my Microsoft account, I only retrieve 16 contacts in my list (whereas I have 300+ contacts). I checked the parameters, they are not hidden, it just managed to synchronize only 16 contacts.
I decided to migrate my Microsoft account contacts to my Google account, so I can try to synchronize the Google contacts on my phone. Once I managed to do it on the Google website from my computer, I found a bad surprise in the contact app : there is no option to synchronize Google contacts. HiCloud, Outlook, Facebook messenger, Linkedin, Skype and WeChat are the only options here. Have I missed something ? Do I need an extra app to do this ?
I'm wondering if this issue could be related to the Chinese ROM shipped on my phone, would you recommend to install a new ROM ?
Edit : I have installed "Google sync contacts" by directly downloading the APK. Now i can see the Google account in the list of the synchronized accounts in the contact app. But, after having double checked that the synchronization is activated for this account and a reboot, still 0 contact from Google in the list.

On your device there is any Google relevant application? My guess is you have to install on your phone Google services like Google Play, Framework and so.

I have the Play Store, Youtube and Gmail so I think the Google services & framework are OK. I have also installed an extra apk, see my edit

Then check your Google account sync settings in Settings -> Accounts -> Google, make sure Contacts are selected.

It is selected, this was what I meant by saying "having double checked that the synchronization is activated"

I'm also on Chinese version (FRD-AL00).
I have exactly the same problem with contacts. Did you manage to have it working?
Alex

Yes, strangely you have to initiate the synchronization from the Outlook app.  Go to Parameters > select your account > toggle the contacts synchronization.

Hi, looks like you've found the solution by yourself, which is great! Consider posting it as a proper answer since self-answering is not only allowed but even encouraged. Thanks!

You have to go on the app list look for Google sync contactstrust the app and give the app access to contacts, after a restart you will have access to your google contacts.

I had the same issue with my Honor Note 8 Chinese version (EDI-AL10). I tried a few things, including installing Google Contacts Sync, Services, and Framework. Nothing fixed the issue until I noticed that Google Contacts Sync didn't have system permission to access contacts, once I enabled that and restarted all my contacts showed up.

Struggled for ages with this (Huawei P9) - in the end it was donlaoding and installing the right version of google contacts sync apk that worked;
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-contacts-sync/google-contacts-sync-6-0-1-release/google-contacts-sync-6-0-1-android-apk-download/


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Le eco le 2 Android 6.0 : How to share my computer internet on my android with USB?
Having troubles sharing my internet connection from my desktop computer to my LE ECO LE 2 compact phone. I went to Settings -> Network connections -> USB connection. From this post (a bit old, it's meant for KitKat and not Marshmallow), I expected to view an option like USB internet. But there is only an option called Software install that I checked. But what software is this option about and how to install it, I don't get it.
I tried to connect my phone to my Windows 10 computer after checking the option, nothing special comes, no software install. I can choose several options :
charging only
transfer files (MTP)
mass storage (MSC)
MIDI
Choosing MTP, I can move files from my computer to my phone. But unlike what is presented in this post, no additional network connection do appear on my computer. I tried to share my connection (because my computer have two Ethernet ports, I can activate it anyway), but that does not work. No internet on my phone.
Sorry if the menus or options from this post are not strictly the same in the english version, my phone is in another language. Anyway, What I describe should be clear enough (otherwise just say, I'll explain more deeply).
Can anyone help ? I guess it's something special to Sony phones, or maybe it did change from Android 4 to Android 6, but I'm a little confused...

As far as I know, only a few manufacturers include the USB Internet option in the menu.
I was looking for a way to reverse tether my Android devices some time ago as well and eventually developed my own solution. The result is an app that works on devices running Android 4.0 or higher on client side, and all major desktop OSs on the host side.

The app is available on Google Play: ReverseTethering NoRoot


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How do I prevent my GPS-tracking app from stopping?
I'm running a very simple open-source Android GPS tracker:
https://github.com/herverenault/Self-Hosted-GPS-Tracker
I have it set to post GPS coordinates from my phone to my server every 30 seconds.  The problem is: it sometimes works, and sometimes sleeps for 3 minutes, or 8 minutes, or sometimes seems like it is completely stopped.
What might be causing this and is there anyway to prevent it from happening?
This is not a "secret" app or malicious in anyway; the person running it knows they are running it.  I just don't want to make the user re-launch the app every 5 minutes, or even whenever they restart their device (which the code says it supports already).

I'm using this on several devices, but my primary phone is a Galaxy S5 running 6.0.1

The Android OS intentionally tries to prevent applications like this from running to prevent battery drain. For Android 6 specifically, you need to know about the doze and app standby features. Doze prevents applications from running when the device is not in use. App standby defers network activity for seldom-used applications. Both of these are likely affecting your usage.
Running GPS (actual GPS, not just location services), is a huge power drain.
If you don't care about power, you can try:

Keep device on with your application in foreground.
Whitelist your application for doze and app standby (see above link).

I'm familiar with these, and I know GPS is one of (if not the) biggest drains on battery.  That said, I still want my tracker to be posting updates anyway.  Is there no way to force this "stay running" behavior in Android?


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CyanogenMod Nexus 6 LED Control
Yesterday, I upgraded my Nexus 6 from stock Android Marshmallow to CyanogenMod. I have managed to get everything working properly except for controlling the built in LED that is not used by the device's stock Android build. I do not want to use the LED at all, and I've tried disabling it in the settings, but flipping the switch to off did not work, so I instead changed the LED color to black and flipped the switch off. That seemed to solve the problem, until I powered my phone off and tried charging it, at which point the LED came on. When I restarted the phone, it was on again, and the only way I could shut it off was to reboot the phone without it plugged in.
What can I do to solve the problem?


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Install Custom ROM Samsung S4 SGH-i377
I'm going to make this short and sweet:
I have a Galaxy S4 AT&T on 5.0.1 variant that I want to install Resurrection Remix on. I cannot find any way to do this. This phone has a locked bootloader.
How can I unlock the bootloader, and install a custom recovery as to flash the ROM? [Possible to downgrade to 4.4.2 and then install it??]

First thing to know when you purchase an Android device from AT&T or Verizon: bootloader is locked and not unlockable. Downgrade is also a no-go for Samsung devices.
XDA-Developers is the place to go to if you want any sort of development. There is a way around the locked bootloader (namely, Loki/Safestrap), but it's nowhere as elegant, and since I don't have the phone myself, I don't know whether it applies to your current Android version. Do read carefully and good luck tinkering with your phone.


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How useful is Android Wear without Google Apps?
I'm thinking about flashing my phone to Cyanogenmod, but I have an Moto 360, so I'm wondering how much of Android Wear is still functioning without Gapps. Does anyone have experiences with this?
I don't really mind things like Google Maps not working properly, but I would like Google Search to work (at at least basic task). I also wouldn't mind installing just the Android Wear app.

...I thought you can't pair Android Wear without GAPPS? That's what I've experienced. I got a G Watch by the way, which is now abandoned...

When flashing cyanogenmod you can also flash GAPPS. But without it your watch will pretty useless. You won't have maps, hangouts, agenda, Google, Keep, Play Music, Reminders, etc. So I would HIGHLY recommend flashing GAPPS along with CyanogenMod.


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Has my HTC got spy apps installed on it?
I have an HTC Desire 510 and have received weird text messages like "link HTC **********" and "htcpairerrorreboot 25:%. \" and then a heap of random signals. I also have to keep adjusting the brightness as it keeps going to the lowest setting. Do u have any idea what is going on?

Your device may have a virus/malware on it that is corrupting your phone. I recommend using Avast Antivirus or some other virus remover app that checks the contents of your phone and wipes away the pesky little buggards.

It is quite possible that your device might have a spy app installed.
Unfortunately, it's really hard to find the malware app (if it's really there) as these apps can hide from the menu and from app settings too. Uninstall any suspicious app you don't recognize.
If your device is rooted, try checking for root access logs in your root manager and see if any unwanted app has root access. Also, check for device administrators (settings->security->device administrators) to see if there's any unwanted app has become the admin.
If none of the above options shows anything. Your final option is reflashing the stock ROM. Formatting will not help as the malware apps gain higher level permissions and stay hidden in the phone to be activated again.
Reflashing the stock ROM again will ensure that there's nothing left.


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Ads page opening on browser startup
I'm getting incredible bored of this situation.
2 different friends phone got infected with some kind of ads-malware that open internet page at random while navigating with news, shopping and google fake searchbar.
I've joked they for weeks for let getting this 'malware' (nb: undetected by all antimalware apps that I know) installed on their phone (nb: different models, different carrier, no root, never connected to the same wifi. Basically never encounted). They simply download app from playstore, do web browsing and using whatsapp and telegram... They use in a 'casual' way their phone and they seriusly don't know what they are done wrong...
Today I've got a similar problem and I seriously don't know what I've done, cause I didn't have installed any app since several months, didn't used anything aside chat app and gone through the same 3-4 website I check usually.
What's the problem?: every time I open a browser (whatever it is, chrome or firefox) it try to open a page full of spam and sh1t. If I press HOME button and reopen again the browser I got another tab with the same page... And so on: if I tap 10 times on chrome or firefox app icon it will open 10 tabs that redirect on that crap site.
The deal is that I usually use firefox with adblock and ghostery and it's strange that I got infected with something.
I've not installed nothing strange, and nothing at all since 2 months ago. I didn't done any app update since...ever. I'm using 5.1. I think maybe I got something surfing the web, but I can't discover what or HOW I got screwed.
Also I can't get rid of this, tried everything I know: cleared ads ID, cleared cache and checked dns and....nothing.
How can Android be such insecure? How can I understand what's causing it? Any ideas?

It may be an app installed on your phone that is displaying ads while also running in the background. Uninstall any apps you feel display an excessive amount of ads if you don't need them. Also, depending on the phone OS you can go to the recent apps and see a "screenshot" of what process you are doing on the app. if it shows an ad on that screenshot, then that is the app which is doing it.
If your problem is the web browser then uninstall and reinstall those apps again. Do not add any extensions and see how the apps work.
If you are receiving any type of virus or malware then I would recommend using Avast Antivirus or some other virus remover app that checks the contents of your phone and wipes away the virus.
If you've been through these 2 steps, and the problem still persists, you may have to go through and flash your phone with the stock image again. This will remove all your data, but at least you'll know you don't have a virus on your phone anymore.


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WiFi doesn't automatically connect
I have a Nexus 5 running Android 6.0.1, not rooted.
When I travel from one known WiFi network to another (possibly even am inactive at home), the phone does not automatically connect to WiFi. When I check the settings, WiFi is turned off. When I turn WiFi on, it connects happily. The WiFi signals are strong.
In the settings menu for this phone, I have gone to Settings -> WiFi -> (top right menu) -> Advanced -> "Keep WiFi on during sleep", and turned this on. It has been on for weeks, and still the phone turns WiFi off.
Question: How can I prevent Android turning WiFi off?
Due diligence: I have checked the forums, and nothing seems to solve this exact problem. (The setting above is mentioned as a solution. I wish it worked.) Also, few posts are recent.

Try Macrodroid. Triggers 1  WiFi state transition 2  WiFi SSID change Action WiFi configure connect to network or other choices Constraints none

Also see if enabling WiFi roaming scan always on in developer options makes a difference

Observe the behaviour and if WiFi roaming did the trick for you, let me know to post it as answer. You will need tag me as @beeshyams

Is there any battery saver/hibernator or such applications installed?
There is a possibility of these apps turning wifi off, while you are not accessing any data(ie, if there are no active foreground apps using the wifi).
The next case i'm not sure about is Android Marshmallow's Doze feature.
I have seen people complaining about wifi being turned off, while doze kicks in.
As a solution, you can install any device automation tools like Macrodroid as mentioned in the comments above to tweak/bypass your problem.

Googling, it would seem Doze is the culprit. I'm pretty sure I haven't installed any battery saver / hibernator apps. I tried disabling Doze for Google Connectivity Services, but the problem persisted. Googling, it seems that Doze is way too aggressive, and activiates even when its documented functionality says it shouldn't. I'm going to hang out for a fix in 6.1. Macrodroid looks like it might be a solution, but I don't want to go there - yet.

@GuySmith: you can try  Macrodroid out. If it works , at least you know of a work around and then i can post it here to help others who may consider that

Also see if enabling WiFi roaming scan always on in developer options makes a difference

Thank you! Turning on the WiFi roaming in the Developer Options seems to have done the trick. For those who can't find Developer Options - they're hidden by default. Googling "access nexus 5 developer options" found me this: https://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/11/10/enable-developer-options-nexus-5-kitkat/

Uh-oh. The WiFi Roaming made it better, but the WiFi setting is still turned off sometimes. :-(

I've coded and uploaded an app specifically for this. It's called WiFi No Doze. It's pretty rough, but it seems to do the job.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gingerdroids.apps.wifinodoze


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Wireless Hot Spot - how to limit accessible websites?
I'd like to allow users to use my phone as a hot spot. However, when they connect to it, I want them to only be able to use it for web browsing (e.g. not for Skype, etc.) and it should only be able to browse a website I specify. Is this possible to do?

Is your device rooted?

Also mention your device and Android version in the question


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How to Make Spotify the Default Music Player in CM13?
I cannot find any setting for the feature in Settings.
I want Spotify takes over the buttons' actions in the lock screen. So drawing the next symbol should play Spotify's song instead. I do not want to remove the built-in one (Eleven).
Phone: Oneplus 2
OS: Cyanogenmod 13
Related: How to set Spotify as default Music Player?

How do you want it "default"? Play music when clicked file in a file manager, or take over media button actions?
Maybe simply disable/remove the built-in one (Eleven)? Do note that Eleven is capable of playing music directly from file managers, and Spotify may not have this function.

Take over the button actions. So drawing the next symbol should play Spotify's song instead. - I do not want to remove the built-in one.

@Masi Try using apps like MyAndroidTools to disable Eleven's MediaButtonIntentReceiver. That will at least stop Eleven from responding to media buttons.

I tested MyAndroidTools. It only works with root access, but I do not want to enable it.

@Masi Enable root, do the tweaks in MyAndroidTools and disable root. The changes should theoretically persist even if MyAndroidTools is gone.


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How to Have better on-screen Gesture-control in CM13 of many phones?
There is currently drawing circle (camera) and drawing V (flashlight). However, I would like to have other shortcuts such as drawing up-arrow.
I have noticed that the first two gestures are specific to Oneplus phones.
I have not managed to get them for Samsung phones.
So it would be great to find some software which gives you sufficient gesture-control in all phones.
Phone: Oneplus 2, Samsung Galaxy S4, ...
OS: Cyanogenmod 13

IMO, the question would become more clear if you replace gesture with off-screen gesture, since there are already multiple apps that can help with on-screen gestures.

@Firelord I changed it to on-screen gesture-control, because I think touching is about it.

Have you tried https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontroldemo?

@firelord Tested now but it just loops trying to get root.

Not supported by default at the moment. Waiting for better sensors in the devices.


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How to disable "dreams" system service
Some Android users often complain about some system service constantly executing, so just want to get rid of it at any cost to avoid battery drain. In my scenario it's DreamManagerService which is unimportant right now.
Since this is a system service (service list | grep -i dream) i can't find it in the process list (ps -x | grep -i dream), and interestingly also not seeing it in init.rc or similar. So my question is more about: how to stop a system service? (specifically on android)
EDIT: android version is 5.0.2 for the current question. It has been reported by other users that in android 6 apparently this service is visible and can be handled much better.

As a short introduction (bonus FYI), the so-called DreamManagerService namely DayDreams or simply screensaver, makes sense for OLED screens which turn off black pixels, but some LCD IPS phones also allow this functionality (unreasonably).
Obviously I have already checked that the configuration is okay (disable screensaver), but the service is still running and somehow preventing the CPU from sleeping, thus eating up the battery. This fact can be diagnosed by using Wakelock Detector app or similar one.

Nopes! This internal service is not listed no-were in the app -- I've already investigated with disable service,  additionally can't find any app named My Android Toolbox.  Did you try it yourself?  Internal service name is "dreams".

I  used ROM toolbox to freeze that Basic Daydreams on 6.0.1- you need to edit your question to mention android version and this is the other app, sorry wrong name earlier My Android Tools

Thank you @beeshyams, i've been looking at your suggestion but apparently on Lolipop does not work (still hidden). I'll post my 'manual' answer later.

The short answer to kill whatever is running on Android is by using the Activity Manager, Package Manager, and deal with the Service Interface (see here).
However the DreamManagerService on my Lolipop is very tricky and it will complain it's not running at all (even if it is). So what I did was:

Enable the simple screensaver Clock and configure it to run only
when docked. This makes sure it's working properly.
Execute with root the KillDreams.sh script, which kills everything relevant. As a bonus I run it automatically after every reboot using Apps2SD.
sleep 5
echo Normal procedure for am...
am stopservice dreams
sleep 1
echo Force procedure for am...
am force-stop android.service.dreams
am force-stop android.service.dreams.IDreamManager
sleep 1
echo Stop service...
stop dreams
echo Finished...

And voilà! It worked!
Currently my battery lasts nearly double, compared to having it run in the background.


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LG G5 Slowing Down house internet (Problem found)
2 days ago I posted a question
LG G5 Slowing down the house internet
regarding an LG G5 slowing down the internet drastically. After a suggestion I saw in the comments to see what is using the most data I found a suprising result.

My sister owns a lot of photos, but we know people who do the same and won't experience this issue.
Is this a problem with the application itself? something in the settings that is wrong? How do I fix that?

Quite surprising, as you said. See, Google Photos usually backups any photo under the DCIM folder to Google servers. You may want to try a different gallery, and see if the problem solves itself.


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How to send notifications to an Android device from a PC via USB?
I have seen Pushbullet, but it works over the internet

Should be possible utilizing adb and the am command – but I've never tried it, so I'm not sure what intent to call for that.

@Izzy You'd need to make an app to receive the intent and create the notification (or find an existing one).

Actually, I expect you could do this with Tasker. Use adb to send a "run task" event to Tasker, and make a "Notify" task in Tasker, reading the notification task out of the intent.

You can use adb shell and Notify4Scripts
source: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69859668&postcount=18
date: 30th November 2016, 02:32 PM
Two years ago I was in need of a simple notification tool that could have been run by a command line in a script. So far the best I found was this thread and the tiny app made by corruptor64. That wasn't exactly what I was looking for so I finally decided to try to make the tool by myself. Starting from scratch (I am not an Android developer) in a few days of studying and developing I ended up with a working small app, that I named Notify4Scripts and I made it public only this past June, here on GitHub https://github.com/halnovemila/Notify4Scripts
Note that since the app is basically a service that has to be launched by the Android's shell "am" (activity manager) command, the Android system needs to be rooted first in order to be able to use such am command and have notify4scripts executed.

Try AirDroid3 ,I know you have specified this via USB but just in case you need to work with wireless setup.
Well with this you don't need USB cable to connect to your pc or mac. Airdroid3 on web as well as desktop client.
Notification Mirror is a feature introduced in AirDroid v2.0.9. It allows you to view all the app and system notifications on your computer. WhatsApp, WeChat, Line, Facebook, Twitter... all user and system app notifications are supported:
How to enable Notification mirror??

Go to Settings in AirDroid App>Notification Mirror>Notification Mirror Service:

Check the box next to AirDroid Notification mirror service and tap OK:

3.Setting is done now. You can go back to AirDroid Settings and create a test notification to see if it works:

A notification will pop up at the bottom right corner (you need to sign in to web.airdroid.com first):
You'll also receive a pop-up on your computer if you've signed in to AirDroid Windows/Mac:
If the service is working perfectly, you will get a notification on your Android as well as on your desktop (if you have AirDroid open in one of your browser windows.) saying "Awesome. AirDroid notification mirror service is working". The third option is "Allowed Apps".You can choose the apps whose notifications you want to receive on your desktop. For example, you might not want to get email notifications on your desktop if you already have an email client running on your computer, or you might not want notifications from gaming applications.
Note: To receive desktop notifications when you are not focusing on web.airdroid.com, you need to enable desktop notifications(and even choose the language in which you wish to be notified) on web.airdroid.com > Account > General:
Well it not only gives text notification but also you can send and receive notification for phone call and you can reply back with text message if u cannot pick up call when you are busy working or your phone is not around .You can see this in the links provided..
For more information check following links:
Android3 brings android device mirroring, desktop clients and more...
Airdroid3-how to control android device..
Offical Site oF AirDroid
Other Apps you can give try :

IF you don't need to go for browser based services You can try DeskNotifier with this currently your phone and PC need to be connected to the same WiFi network or via USB cable.
AndroidNotifier works with WiFi and Bluetooth only,

Hope This Helps!!!

@Izzy I have edited my answer .Hope this clears your doubt . I know OP explicitly wanted to work via USB but just in case OP is looking for better options..other than USB cable...I have suggested other apps also which are not browser based..Thanks for your suggestion for improvement..

Yupp, MUCH better. May I suggest a second check, to better meet the requirements? Wasn't there an option to use Airdroid via USB (or at least restrict it to the local WiFi)? I vaguely remember something like that. Currently, it explicitly contradicts the requirements: OP definitely doesn't want to use Internet fpr that, but your recommendation of Airdroid requires to configure things via "web.airdroid.com"?

You can use adb + Termux + Termux:API like this:
adb shell "export PREFIX='/data/data/com.termux/files/usr' ; export HOME='/data/data/com.termux/files/home' ; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib' ; export PATH="/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin:/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/applets" ; SHELL='/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash'; cd $HOME ; /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash termux-notification --sound --vibrate 500 -c 'test notification'"

source
TIP: I've wrapped the part of the command before "/usr/bin/bash" in a script, so i can easily launch similar Termux:API commands.

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Which are the undeniable Google Play Services permissions?
I just got a new phone (Wileyfox Swift) with Cyanogen 13.0 installed and I am playing a bit with the app permissions.
I am trying to understand which permissions can be denied to Google Play Services and which not.
After messing up a couple of times with my phone, I think it's a good idea to ask around if anyone has an idea about it... so at least I could avoid to factory reboot once more! :)

Google Play services is pretty much the front end of all things Google on your phone, so  playing around with it's permissions can have unexpected outcome in some other part of OS/ app - so it's best to leave it as it is - my 2 cents

@beeshyams Say that I use the standard Cyanogen permission lock. Then some windows pop up asking for location, SMS and contacts. I deny all requests, but then the system freezes and reboots and needs a factory reset. Shouldn't it be that at least the standard lock has been tested in a way that the phone (out from factory, without any additional app) works anyway?

I can't answer that..sorry


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Nexus 7 - moving pictures/videos to pc
Have hooked by tablet up to a computer using a USB cord.  I have over 500 pictures and videos that I want moved to my computer, but when I click on the nexus 7 folder, it's blank.
I have been able to do this before so quick and easy, but not sure what the dealio is now.
Help!!!!!

Did your computer recently upgrade to Win10, and have you checked your drivers? The driver may be incompatible with Win10, and need a complementary upgrade, too.

If your N7 has been upgraded to Marshmallow (Android 6.0.x), then when connected, look for a notification in the notification dropdown that lets you change USB mode to "file transfer".


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Adoptable Storage Problematic
Hi I have and LG G4 Beat with 8 GB storage . After factory reset that device only have 2.5 GB free space . So I don't have free space for applications . I am using adoptable storage function . But some of the applications for example emulators need faster storage . Even an UHS-1 card didn't fix my problem . So without root how I can write my files to internal storage again . Seems only some applications installable to there . Which folder in internal storage is writable ? How I can see it when using adoptable storage function ?


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"Always allow Wi-Fi roam scans " - is it of any help to end user?
In Developer options, there is a setting called "Always allow Wi-Fi roam scans" with the description:

Always allow Wi-Fi roam scans
Allow/disallow Wi-Fi roam scans based on the amount of data traffic present at the interface

The description leads me to guess it might be useful when you are on the edge of the WiFi coverage zone, switching to another WiFi may be faster.
Googling threw up results confirming my guess on posts like this (a few more on similar lines). However, would request more explanation, since this is not encountered commonly as a suggestion to counter WiFi drops.
Is it of any use for end-users to activate it?

Define "helpful". … "Always allow Wi-Fi Roam Scans" which forces it to go looking for a stronger signal, but with the side effect that it will ditch an existing connection mid-transfer if it finds a better one. (source) It most likely means: if your connection is weak but there's a lot of data to handle, be more aggressive looking for and switching to a stronger WiFi signal / AP.

@izzy:  thanks for additional link, which add to what I linked in my Question but why is this is not encountered commonly as a suggestion to counter WiFi drops is the question with penalties of course . Maybe users are not expected to opt for such penalties ?  I suspect this to be the answer

I cannot answer that. Haven't played with it myself – in fact, I've not even checked if it's there with one of my devices.

@izzy also didn't seem to help OP here https://android.stackexchange.com/q/156965/131553

Different case. That device already favored (useless) WiFi over mobile data. If there's no "useful" WiFi available, what should that option help? It's not about any stronger signal, but just about WiFi – so it wouldn't favor a 5 bar mobile signal over a 1 bar WiFi, but just a 2+ bar WiFi over that 1 bar WiFi. But it would always favor WiFi, while the questioner there wanted mobile in that case.

My assumption is that it will help handover on a mesh network.

Looks like this setting went missing after some Android versions... (still available on Android 8.1, not anymore on Android 12), though there are now some external articles/discussions about it (1, 2).

enabling it will automatically connect to the best wifi around with best signal strength and best speedbut it also effects your battery life

Thanks for the answer but it doesn't help. What you are saying is already covered in my question. I am looking for explanation backed by sources to support.

Besides this site expects answers to be backed by sources - in the absence of its just an opinion and is liable to get down voted. I Suggest you delete your answer to avoid down votes

My guess is that WiFi will scan for the best signal, but there's a caveat to this. If it goes for the stronger signal, you may not connect to it, if you can't get past whatever security it uses. It may make it impossible to connect to the access point, that you have the credentials for, as it will scan away from that connection to the stronger signal, which you don't. This is a option, that may not be of any benefit, if you don't know the security of the stronger networks, but will work if you do know them. That's why there's a switch for that.

Thanks. Please see the comments on other answer, equally applicable here. I am looking for authentic sources

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Can you play Pokémon Go on Oneplus 2 with CM13?
It worked in Oxygen OS but now lagging.  Fig. 1 No appearance of poketops and pokemons, loading sign at the left top corner

System: CM13 with GApps installed
Phone: Oneplus 2

You absolutely should be - so far I haven't had issues with proprietary games on CyanogenMod 12 & 13 and I don't even have Google Play Services installed (I download apps by other means). Generally OnePlus and Nexus phones are most compatible with third-party ROMs.

Oneplus 2 and Pokemon Go do not work well together as of August 2016 if GPS is in the high accuracy mode.
If you enable GPS only mode and restart then Pokemon works normally.

Well, you should try using GPS only especially if you don't have GApps installed.

@user598527 I have GApps installed.  I've posted a followup question here http://android.stackexchange.com/q/155555/9897

I've cleaned up the comments here and edited the answer -- please note that Community Wiki is intended for wiki-style answers, not self-answers.


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What is "Smart Standby"?
My phone, a Blu Studio C 5+5 running Lollipop, has a toggle icon in the quick settings pulldown area labeled Smart Standby. I've found nothing in the phone's documentation or on Google that indicates what it does. Can somebody explain it?
Note: I've discovered that when Smart Standby is enabled, Tasker profiles which are tied to my calendar activate up to ten minutes late.

This doesn't seem a standard feature on Android. Can you find the respective feature on Android Settings? What menu is it under?

@AndrewT.: I'm sure it's a part of Blu's ROM; if it were AOSP, it presumably would be documented. There's no corresponding settings menu item that I've found.

After some digging, I found a German site https://durcheinandr.de/technik/smart-standby-welch-eine-option
To save you the hassle of translating, it states that enabling smart standby allows the device to automatically lock and turn the screen off when the phone is placed in your pocket, or on a flat surface.
I barely remember my German. God, that was hard.

In that case, it must not be working properly on my phone, because if I put it into my pocket, it's very likely to switch the screen on, and I'll find it on some unknown screen next time I look at it. In addition, with it enabled, Tasker tasks which are supposed to be triggered by calendar events run up to 10 minutes late.

@ScottSeverance Its all I could find. It's possible that it is just a buggy mess- might explain why it was hard to find documentation on it, since google could a phased it out.

Buggy mess is probably the size of it. I doubt this is a Google feature; I think it's more likely that the phone manufacturer added it.

@ScottSeverance Yeah, forgot that! :)


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Can't download the ZIP file of CWM Recovery from its official site, why?
I recently found an old phone (Samsung Galaxy S2) and wanted to download the fitting ClockworkMod Recovery.
Well, when searching for the .zip files on http://clockworkmod.com, I found out that something changed.
What happened to CWM? Why aren't the .zip files not accessible anymore through the browser, and how can I get them anyway?

Discontinued since 6.0.5.1.
There should still be (many) copies scattered around the web, including PhilZ ones, but it's still suggested to switch to TWRP as it's actively maintained, especially if you want to flash KitKat and above.

Flashing TWRP would be an option and I already recognized it if it wouldn't need SecRec (or something like that) in the system which isn't supported with the stock firmware of named smartphone

@Ov3rfl0w IsoRec, right? Indeed... I found this one on CM's wiki guide for i9100 (yours is an i9100, right?): link, hopefully it's usable.


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question regarding message internal updation
i am using Samsung galaxy A8, my question is that only one of conversation is converted into like "whats app" in internal message app, while rest of the conversations just as simple as other mobile phones conversation.. how can i convert all the conversations into above mentioned pattern?
i mean one of the person conversation in my internal mobile app is showing that MSG is delivered and MSG is read and it sounds interesting so how can i make other conversations n this pattern

It sounds like you're talking about SMS messages. SMS messages don't have delivery and read indications. The one contact that acts differently is using the same message app as you, so the app isn't sending SMS message to that contact, but using its own system, which does have delivery and read indications.
If you want features like an instant message system, you have to use the same instant message system that your friends have. You can send SMS to any phone, but it's an older technology and it doesn't support those features at all.


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Reducing Android power usage
I have an Android app that accesses the camera and sends SMS messages. My problem is that the phone will be charged by a battery, so the power usage has to be the minimum.
I realized that the screen consumes most part of the battery. Is there a way to open the camera with the screen blanked?
I also thought to remove the display, but I read that Android performs a hardware test in the boot. The system will boot without the display?
What other ways to reduce power usage in Android do you recommend me?
Any tip will be very helpful,
Thanks

This question better fits on Android.Stackexchange. SuperUser is primarily for Computer related questions. Also hover the android tag to see that its off-topic here.

Displaying blank screen won't help you because Even if you display a blank screen, the screen is still consuming power.I guess you only want to use camera feed in your app and you have the control of your android phone as well, so saving battery is one thing that you can manage only with your app though you can't control the most of the apps although there are are couple of things that might come handy.

Try to use marshmallow which automatically helps you to save memory (if you have control of device).
You can disable wifi network and other connectivity services to save battery (look for code online but every code won't work on every version).
For wifi ,

WifiManager wifiManager = (WifiManager)this.context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(status); // pass false to shut it down

you can create your own customize rom(cyanogen mod is most popular ) which can be modified just with minimal number of required system apps and platform apps so that there will be less number of app to manage and which automatically lead you to less number of system resources requests hence longer battery

Hope this will help.Good luck


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4 viruses on my phone?? Is this message legit?
I received a message on my phone that says, "Your browser is heavily damaged by (4) virus!" Right above that message it says Google & at the very top is www.cirplana.top. Is this legit? It says that if I do not remove virus now it will cause serious damage to my Samsung SM-S90L.
It says this is from recent adult sites. That is not true. Not once have I ever visited an adult site.
Do I click to repair?
Thank you for your help.

No, this is not a virus, it's a phishing site. It even shows the URL on the top of the screen. Check your recently installed apps and reset your  homepage settings across all installed web browsers.

It is phishing site, I've just had the same on my Samsung S7,
All I did was cleared my chrome browser history and closed all opened pages! Doubled check with a free Avast antivirus run a scan and nothing on my phone at all!

It's just a phishing website and it is totally normal if you are seeing this.These kind of websites generally pops up when you are trying to download something (songs,apks etc) and you can't actually do a lot to get rid of these websites but if your device is rooted you can use apps like adaway to block these websites

The Four Viruses is just a scam… Do NOT click OK and/or Repair Now.
Instead, press your Home button and then navigate to:
Apps —> Settings —> Applications —> Application Manager and then scroll down to your browser that has the offending pop-up message… most likely Chrome.
Next, follow these steps (in order):
Click Chrome,
Click Force Stop,
Click Storage,
Click Manage Storage,
Click Clear All Data
Finally, Restart your phone.
When you re-launch the Chrome browser, you will need to either login to your Google account, or click No Thanks to continue.

I think clearing Chrome's data just because you went to a dodgy website is a bit of an overreaction.

Just say for fun.

Your phone is heavily damaged by 100 viruses.

I'm saying it here. Do you believe it? Definitely no!
For the same reason, there's no point in believing that page. It's just a webpage, with tricky phishing information on it. All you need to do is close that page and (recommended-ly) clear your browser's history and cache.
In case you're still worried, you can optionally get an antivirus software with good reputation and review, though this is hardly ever useful. It's just an assurance to your mind that your phone isn't really infected.

This just happened to me so I did some research on it being really scared. I found out it is fake and a scam. If you look you will see that it does not say the site is secure as "Google" pages will, it is not a "Google" Google message.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE WHAT IT TELLS YOU TO. (Viruses could occur.) If you are still worried try clearing all history, restarting your device, and do some farther research. Just take a deep breath, your device is fine.


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App installer not finding the apk's
I just installed Marshmallow. I have apk files on my SD card and have in the past used Easy Installer to install them. For some reason it doesn't detect any. I tried another apk installer and it couldn't detect any either. I can use File Explorer to manually navigate to the apk folder on the SD card so I know its there. How can I install apk's (easily using an app) on Marshmallow? I remebered to check option "allow installation of apps from unknown sources".

Why the down vote?

I'm not the downvoter, but: have you checked the permission manager? I have experienced a permission reset after upgrading to Android M for the first time, so you might need to check some apps permission to make sure that they can access the Storage again.

@AndrewT. how do you change the permissions for the app?

Go to Settings - Apps -  - Permissions, then check if there's disabled permission.

Nope I checked and storage is allowed. However I tried dissalowing it and got the warning say "this app was designed for an older version of android and turning this off may break it" so maybe the app really is just not compatible with M.

Go to file manager then explore the directory of sdcard where the apks are exists then click on it to install and check unknown sources if asked by android , by this you know whether the apks exists and supported by your mobile phone new upgrade.
Then you need to go to application manager select Easy Installer  and check its permissions required to explore sdcard and install apps.
Another important thing is that it may be possible that your apks are old and not supported to marshmallow.
Or you can simply go to application manager then go to Easy Installer clear all app data then restart it.
Then definitely it will ask for all the required permissions.
or you can check for update , the latest version is 3.1.6 , check it that you have the same else update
another thing is that many peoples reporting at google play that this app is not able to find apks now.
here is the url:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.installer&hl=en
read the review carefully

do you know every android app has target sdk version as well as compile sdk version, if the target sdk version is Lolipop then that app i incompatible with marshmallow

it seems you  developed the Easy Installer that's why you are presenting too many questions here

Let us continue this discussion in chat.


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Can't access Google Apps (Play Store, Youtube, Drive etc) on Data
Asus Zenfone 2 Ze550ml, Lollipop 5.0, Non-Rooted, AT&T 3G
The Play Store, Youtube and Drive(which won't sync on data) Apps work perfectly on Wifi but not on Data (It shows a message saying Check your connection and try again). Maps works on Data though.
It used to work on data I remember at some point but I must've turned on restrict background data at some point, but I have since turned it off in Data Usage.
I've tried the 4 years in the future time trick, clear cache and data of google playstore, framwork and services trick, removing all google accounts from the phone one, my hosts file in etc has just one line Localhost 127.0.0.1 , all to no avail.
Anyone with any other suggestions on how I can get back use of these apps on data?


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How to restore from Titanium Backup with file on computer?
I flashed new firmware and before doing so backed up apps and data with Titanium Backup. How do I restore? I have the folder on my PC which contains two .gz files and a properties file.

@beeshyams yes, in fact I didn't even have to copy contents from computer to phone. I guess the backup was saved to SD card.

It's simple. Copy from PC the entire folder on your external SD or internal storage and name the folder as you wish

Use the Detect option on TiBu

Preferences → Folder Location  → Detect → All
Select location, click Use Current ( where current is the folder you have copied )

How to restore your backups on a new phone, or after installing a ROM (if you wiped your phone

Click the Backup/Restore tab
Click Menu (the button), Batch
  Click “Restore all missing apps + system data”
Reboot your phone

Caution: If you are restoring on identical device with same ROM step 2 is fine.
For Restoration on other devices , other ROMs/ upgrades (as in your case), doing this will cause serious problems as

What is user app on one ROM may be a system app on another
ROMs may be "cooked" differently so replacing a system app from different ROM can cause serious problems
Apps that are device specific e.g., Samsung Planner will not work on a Moto device

In this case, choose Restore all apps with data and a menu shows up, where you can de-select what you don't want to restore (like the first few in picture below)

Not even mods can give +2 :) Big thumbs-up for including the "Caution remark" and being that detailed! I'm using TiBu for over 5 years now and never checked this out LOL (I always have TiBu's storage on external SD, so it finds its config even after firmware flash or on a new device and I never had the need to do the above).

Some tips for using the “Backup folder location” dialog to manually select a location, if Titanium Backup fails to auto-detect it: 1. Press the Back button to change the current folder to its parent, and tap a folder in the list to make that the current folder. 2. If your backups are on an external SD card, you can find that SD card’s folder within /storage/. It may be called /storage/extSdCard/, but if not, look for a directory called something like /storage/5DEC-CC79/.


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I see repeated annoying pop-up messages claiming I have viruses. When I click "Remove Virus", I'm sent to the Google Play store. What should I do?
this pops up whenever I lock my phone and unlock it. How do i fix this?

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note 3. When i click on 'remove virus now' it redirects me to a page on google play store which shows a cleaner app.

Visit a different site (and avoid this one in the future). That's a fake warning wanting to trick you into some download. Definitely do NOT hit that button labeled "Remove virus now" – if you do that, you'll have your device infected with some malware for sure. Don't get irritated by the Google logo, this is not a message from Google (they have other ways for "desinfection").
Never trust any such popup if it says your Android device has viruses – there are no viruses on Android (malware yes, but no viruses – there's a subtle difference). Second proof: a website cannot scan your device for malware, so how will it know?
One more pointer is the "countdown" in the second screenshot, which clearly identifies the message as Scareware: No sincere and trustworthy software would issue an ultimatum to the user. The only intention here is forcing you to "switch off your brains in panic".
So either that website got infected – or it's even an intentional malicious site. Your device is fine.

The thing is I see this pop up even if I'm not in a web browser. Meaning when I unlock my phone, this automatically pops up.

a) the browser might still be running in background, and have the page open (go to Settings › Apps, open the Browser's detail page, force-stop it and "clean cache". Also consider to wipe its data from there to get rid of all open tabs). b) you might already have caught some malware which is showing those popups. I think a) is more likely, as the report is associated to a web adress (your first screenshot).

I saw exactly the same screen! I just closed the browser without pressing anything (and killed it from the running apps screen) and never visited that page again. I also downloaded Avast and run a scan for viruses in my phone but nothing was found. It's been more than a month now and my device is fine. This happened though when I visited a specific page and not upon locking and unlocking my device

STEP 1: Uninstall the malicious app from your Android phone
Android phone will get infected with viruses from a malicious app that is installed on the smartphones. In this first step, we will try to identify and uninstall any malicious app that might be installed on your Android phone.
To uninstall the malicious app from your Android device, go to the
Settings menu, then click on Apps or Application manager (this may differ depending on your device). If you cannot find the malicious app, we advise you to uninstall all the recently installed apps.
Touch the app you’d like to uninstall.This won’t start the app, but will open up the program’s App Info screen, then click on “Uninstall” button:
A confirmation dialog should be displayed for the malicious app, click on “OK” to remove the malicious app from your Android phone.
Reboot your Android phone
Step 2: Delete Junk files.
Now it's time to remove all junk files from your Android device (e.g. temporary Internet files, applications cache, etc.). This step is very important to maintain your Android device clean and safe. Some Android users have also reported that after clearing the browsing history and cache content, they managed to disinfect and remove the scam (fraud) Police lock screen message from their Android device.
Clear Internet history and cache on Android
STEP 3: Scan and protect your Android phone from viruses with Avast Free Mobile Security or MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
As you have seen cyber criminals have started targeting Android users for malware, and we do expect that in the months to come the number of infections will grow. In this final step, we will scan your Android phone for malware with Avast Free Mobile Security, and provide a real-time protection from future malware attacks.
You can download Avast Free Mobile Security from Google Play Store to scan virus (if any)


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What device is this?
I've seen a particular phone on Engadget and many other sites but I can't figure out what it actually is.
Here is a link: https://www.engadget.com/2016/05/22/google-science-journal-for-android/
Any ideas?

If you're talking about the one in the title picture, it's obviously an LG V10, specifically the dark blue color variant. The signature "secondary screen" is present.


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I stop an option to use ringtones or another source how do l re-instate the other source
I pressed the alway use button on ringtones and now can not use any other source how do I reopen this option?

If you set some app to be "always used" for an operation, you can easily revert this:

Open Settings
Navigate to "Apps"
Scroll to the app being defined as default, and tap its entry
On the details page that's opening, you can "Reset defaults"

Next time you chose that operation, you will be asked again.
As the above steps might be cumbersome (especially if you do not remember the name of the app to reset), there are also several helper apps out there organizing defaults for you. Take e.g. a look at Better Open With:

Better Open With (source: Google Play; click images for larger variants)
In addition to letting you configure the defaults, this app gives you an enhanced menu where you still can chose to pick a different app (unless you set the timeout too short, that is ;)


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Why Inbox app disturbs while notifications disabled?
I get a notification each time when receiving an email although I disabled all notifications of Inbox. This fact is disturbing because Gmail app gives a notification too about the same event at the same time.
Fig.  1 My settings of Inbox in Setting > Notifications > Apps

Phone: Oneplus 2
System: CM 13

In your screenshot, the Block all setting is turned off. This means that notifications are not blocked from this app, so they'll appear as normal. If you want to disable notifications, change this setting to on, or turn off the notifications within the app itself.


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Google Now Launcher doesn't list installed apps on MIUI8
I am using MIUI8 on my Mi4i. I have installed Google Now launcher, but the app drawer does not show the list of apps. See the picture:

But searching from the search bar in home screen returns matched apps:

Oddly, the search bar in app drawer doesn't show any result:

Can you tell me a solution? I have tried wiping the cache from recovery mode but it didn't work.
Current android version: 5.0.2 (LRX22G)
MIUI version: MIUI 8 Global 6.8.18 Beta
Google App and Google Now Launcher are up to date.

Google Now Launcher is not being updated from a very long time. It was lastly updated on October 2015. I think it is not compatible with the latest version of Android.

@MANI OMG, yeah. last update was on 15 oct, 2015. Shame!

You can try Nova Launcher which is a nice replacement for Google Now Launcher. It gives you the same UI experience with lots of customizations.

Same problem on MIUI8 on Redmi Note 3

I had exactly the same problem on the same system and this solution helped (http://c.mi.com/thread-27432-1-0.html):

Uninstall Google Now Launcher.
Open Play Store and install Google Now Launcher. Do NOT open the app after it is installed!
Go to Settings > Permissions; turn on "Autostart" permission for Google Now Launcher.
Go to Settings > Dual apps; enable dual support for Google Now Launcher.
Go to Settings > Home screen; select Google Now Launcher as the default lanucher.


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Apps always autoreload
I bought my Nexus 6P in Canada. Occasionally, I travel to China. Then this weird issue starts happening: for every app, the top activity refreshes itself periodically. For example, when I am reading Quora, the app refreshes itself while I am reading, causing the scrollback moved back to the very top. It is almost like Activty.onCreate() is invoked periodically by a scheduler. This issue happens to both Google Play installed apps and 3rd party apps. However, when I return to Canada, everything is automatically fixed.
What is the cause of the issue, and how do I fix it?
Also, having a VPN that unblocks Google Service does not help.


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Root Galaxy S7 edge - KingRoot and knox
Is it possible to root the Galaxy S7 edge Exynos with KingRoot leaving knox to 0x0?
If not KingRoot there are other ways? (Not CF-auto-root as the knox bit will be 0x1)
My model is SM-G935F latest version released, European.

I haven't found any root method that will work, however there is currently an exploit being refined on XDA for the S7. This is the closest that anyone I've found has gotten, so feel free to follow along:
No KNOX Exynos root method via engKernel. Exynos testers needed.

This could be put as a comment, it isn't a full answer to the OPs problem

I think is better an answer 'cause he replied to my questions.. I'll just need to wait (and hope that a future updates will not "accidentally" fix this exploit)


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custom rom with only selected apps and no play store
I'd like to restrict my mobile usage to a few apps only (basically phone, contacts, camera, google photo, whatsapp) and disallow installation of new apps and especially remove all browsers from the phone.
Background: I'd like to use this android phone to "tune off" and be only available for the urgent things.
Now: is it possible to build a custom rom which only the selected apps? Or would it be easier to just root the phone and install the core apps such as play store and chrome?

Install/trim whatever apps you want, then kill PackageInstaller either by using apps like TitaniumBackup (freezing it) or by deleting it altogether.
Back up and have a try - I haven't tried it myself, but that's the trick some of my local forum members have been using for a while


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ES File Explorer Pro returning "server not found" when accessing a SMB share on Ubuntu
With a Windows machine, I can connect with IP, user, and password to some Linux shares. With ES File Explorer Pro, I get strange "server not found" messages.
This is what I do:

Open ES File Explorer Pro
Search the LAN (the machine is listed)
Access the machine (I notice it's getting all the shares listed)
Entering a folder gives a permission error. So I add the folder to ES File Explorer server bookmarks and try to access it again, but I get a "server not found" error.
Then I edit the bookmark (and notice it's logging as an anonymous user) so I set the domain with the machine name, server adding smb://ip/share/ to the address, user, and password. And still, I get "server not found".

All the other machines, some Linux and some Windows are accessing Just fine. Except for the Android devices with ES File Explorer Pro.
What am I missing?

Please try the following on the Linux machine:

Open Terminal and type cd /etc/samba/
sudo gedit smb.conf (Just edit it with superuser privileges on you favorite text editor). Delete all the text you see here, make the file empty.
Now type in the file:
[Name you want to get shown of the folder]
path = path of folder you want to share
browseable = yes
read only = no

Save it and exit. Now open Terminal and type smbpasswd -a 'username'. Note that this username must be the name of the user present on your Linux machine. Then type and confirm the password. This password can be anything.
Then type the following commands
service smbd start
service nmbd start

That's it for Linux machine. Now you can browse it from ES File Explorer. Just go to LAN and search. Remember to keep your Android device and Linux machine on the same network before proceeding. If your machine shows up, type the username and password you entered for Samba server and not Linux username and password. It should connect as I use this process myself and it works 100%.


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how can i use an android tablet that I am locked out of
I was given a cheap, basic, tablet a few months ago, third hand, via my sister who couldn't get on with it.  I tried it a bit then put it to one side to look at another time. When i came back to it (several months later) it asked for a password. I don't remember there being one, and nor does my sister so I'm stuck.  I know there normally ways to do factory resets in a state like this I've tried all of them, nothing works.  The tablet has no markings so I can't even look up that way.  I hate the idea of throwing it away, I'd like to use it as a monitor, or install a linux distro on it, but I've no idea how without the password. if anyone has any suggestion I'd be grateful

You should be able to access the recovery menu or similar and perform a factory reset by pressing and holding some button combination as the tablet first starts.  On most Nexus devices, for example, it's done by holding both volume buttons and the power button.

See how-to-factory-reset-your-android-tablet.
This page states:

Press and hold the correct keys to boot the device into recovery mode. This will vary from device to device. Here are some examples:

Nexus 7: Volume Up + Volume Down + Power
Samsung Galaxy S3: Volume Up + Home + Power
Motorola Droid X: Home + Power
Devices With Camera Buttons: Volume Up + Camera

Similar devices will likely use similar key combinations. For example, the Nexus 4 also uses Volume Up + Volume Down + Power.
If your device isn’t on this list and none of the above methods work, do a Google search for the name of your device and “recovery mode” – or look in the device’s manual or support pages.
Release the buttons when the device powered on. You’ll see an image of an Android lying on its back with its chest open and its internals revealed.

Maybe superfluous, but you'll wipe all data from the device when you reset it to system defaults.


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"Wi-Fi was turned off since internet connection was not available on <SSID>"
I have a local wireless network at my home that doesn't provide me with internet access. If I connect my Android device (AT&T NEC Terrain running Ice Cream Sandwhich v4.0.4) to that WiFi network, as soon as it receives an IP address, it turns off WiFi again and prompts me with the message above where <SSID> is the SSID of my wifi network.
Any ideas how I can turn off this behavior?
I have a linux server hooked up to that WiFi and have full control over its DHCP and DNS, so if I can provide some fake host on the network for my phone to stay connected, that's a perfectly fine solution, too.

This was a painful one, but I figured it out:
When Android connects to a new network, it tries to auto-detect whether it can actually reach the internet via this network. If not, it will display a browser window and open a random http-address in the hope to bring up the captive portal of the network (i.e. your hotel's wifi login page, etc.).
The detection is done by requesting http://clients3.google.com/generate_204 (or similar) and expecting a certain answer. (I deliberately didn't turn this address into a link, because if you try to open it, nothing happens as it returns HTTP Status 204: No Content, which most browsers ignore).
Now, my confusion came from the fact that I did have an HTTP server running to serve this response and did have a DNS server set up to direct the request to that server. But the server wasn't getting any requests from this particular phone (other Android phones worked).
Turns out this particular phone does two things differently:

It simply disables WiFi rather than bringing up the captive portal page if no network is detected, which made it really hard to even understand what was going on.
It didn't use a DNS lookup for clients3.google.com, but instead used a hard-coded IP for it!

So, I was finally able to solve the problem by setting up an iptables-rule that simply forwarded all HTTP requests to my HTTP server, irrespective of which IP they were targeted at. After that, the phone got its generate_204-reply and everything worked as planned...


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How do I copy a link from Google search results to clipboard on Android Chrome?
On Chrome for Android, when I do a Google search and some of the results are non-HTML documents, like PDFs. How do I copy a clean URL to the clipboard?
Example search: https://www.google.com/search?q=sodium+polyacrylate+msds

Tapping the result just opens the document for viewing, so there is no address bar to copy the URL from:

Long-press then copy link gets Google's indirect links instead, like:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.hmsmedical.com/images/44-oc%2520msds.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwj2msqg3tDOAhXKox4KHdRoAMYQFggeMAA&usg=AFQjCNGEptV-_ZvoTUjoL68GOAAyrYtP0A&sig2=4XRpaDAeBjkQZlxEUXWH9A

Manually deleting all that other stuff then hand decoding the URL parameter is a massive pain on a phone.
How do I just copy the link?

You will need to look for a script or add on that takes care of it.
MakeUseOf has a link for a script to use with desktop firefox and chrome, its possible the script has an Android Chrome variant, or the script is fine for android and that its the engine that you need, to be specific to Android's Chrome browser.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/copy-crapfree-urls-googles-search-results/
eg: look for scriptish or greasemonkey on android, also note since the script provided at MakeUseOf is outside the store, you will most likely have to do the manual-add they mention.
Good luck!

Thanks I will look into this and post back with the results. You'd think Google wouldnt make this difficult for their own search results in their own browser on their own os.

Actually, the link exists for google to track you. When you copy, it may simply imply you want to paste it in another tab, and google doesn't want to miss a single opportunity  to track you.

I looked into this; unfortunately, all the scriptable browsers I found (like the Tampermonkey browser) have too many other shortcomings to make it worth it. But they do work. I'm going to continue to investigate other options first before accepting / posting an answer.

I know this is really an old thread but none of the options here worked for me.   What did work is to drag the link to an input field.   For example, while visiting the page if you first clear out the URL address field in the browser, then tap and hold on the desired link then drag it up to the address field and release there it will paste the PDF's address there, then you can highlight and copy it in the normal way you would for an address (depending on the browser you're using)

Instead of using the google search bar, open chrome for google and type what you want to search for in the address field.  Now when you click and hold on the link you'll get the menu that lets tou copy the link address

I think you are using slow internet connection because I searched the link you provided on my android google chrome and when I long press the search results I got actual link not google redirect. Actually when we have a slow connection so the google automatically compress the results upto 80% so we not go through original links instead it redirects to googleweblight

@Jason C check out my answer

I simply copied the url you   posted in question and pasted it in   chrome

you may try to update your google chrome or try to reset to default setting

does your problem is solved

As an alternative option that should work on any browser, I wrote a little web page to clean up links copied from Google search results: https://urlclean.com


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Google Play Services - taking up over 2GB and random crashing
I have already looked for an answer to this like thus:
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22google+play+services%22  and
https://android.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22google+play+services%22
This question seems to be the same, with no answer:  Google Play Services takes up all internal storage
Recently, my Android (Galaxy S4, 16GB, Android 4.4.2), decided that Google Play Services needed to take up 1.5GB. I figured that it had somehow run amok. I followed instructions to delete the data. That seemed to be good for a while.
Well, just a week or so later, it downloaded 2GB+ (over the mobile data connection, eating up more than my monthly allocation). It is now 2.3GB. I suspect that it would take more, but the phone is saying it is out of space.
So, deleting the data didn't work.
I can't uninstall Google Play Services; I can try to tell it to revert, but it can't because the package is an active device administrator. But, it doesn't show up in the device administrator settings list.
I've looked in the folder, and it looks like it has an email file and an email log. These are 500MB+ each.
Every now and then, Google Play Services (and sometimes "Settings") will crash.
Can I fix this? Can I at least stop it? If I can't stop it, can I tell it to only use Wifi and not mobile data?


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Unable to Downgrade after upgrade to Android M from Android L
I upgraded my MOTO G 3rd Gen (XT1550) to Android M. After that I tried to root My Phone but unable to Root Android M. So I decided to Downgrade to Android L. But also unable to Downgrade.

I got a solution for Downgrading MOTO G 3rd Gen (XT1550) Android M to Android L

1) Extract the folder *.zip
2) Enter in the Extracted folder.
3) If "fastboot" not installed
Then you can download it from here Download Fastboot
4)  Test fastboot by typing: fastboot devices
     You should see:
<serial number> fastboot

5) You are now ready to flash the fastboot files
Fastboot Commands:
"Do commands manually, one at a time - checking that each one returns an [OKAY]."

NOTE: system.img_sparsechunks may differ in number + name - Always check contents of folder you're working with.
fastboot oem fb_mode_set

If you want to Downgrade from Android M to Android L the Don't flash gpt.bin

fastboot flash partition gpt.bin <---- Don't Do this Step

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img

fastboot flash logo logo.bin

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4

fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

fastboot erase modemst1

fastboot erase modemst2

fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn

fastboot erase cache

fastboot erase userdata

fastboot erase customize

fastboot erase clogo

fastboot oem fb_mode_clear

fastboot reboot

For Rooting MOTO G 3rd Gen (XT1550) Android M

1) Flash(Permanent) or Boot(Temporary) with TWRP
You can download TWRP from Here Download TWRP

Flashing TWRP
  fastboot flash recovery {TWRP File's Name with extension}

Booting TWRP
  fastboot boot {TWRP File's Name with extension}

2) Restart the phone in recovery mode (If flashed) <---- Those who use booted using TWRP Skip this step
3) Using TWRP flash the SuperSU
You can download SuperSU from Here Download SuperSU

Seeing the exchange of comments in other answer and the link provided, the problem is with SuperSu:
Version 2.62 ( from memory) is normal SuperSu
Version 2.76 is system less root, which provides root without modifying system partition. My device is rooted with this and I had the same problem.
Systemless root requires different treatment.
First thing to do is shut the device by adb shell reboot -p . Next is to boot into recovery, enter TWRP terminal and key ''echo SYSTEMLESS=true>>/data/.supersu'' without quotes ( I had read of this in this XDA post
After this reboot into recovery for custom recovery to replace stock. Else in some current devices the custom recovery is replaced by stock. See this for more Booting into twrp unsuccessful

+1: obviously you have much more hands-on experience with systemless stuff. I have CM on nearly all devices and system-mode SuperSU on others (yes I deliberately avoided systemless).

@Andy Yan: Thanks. Not really. Not conversant at all with adb commands, so was referring to you for corrections. It was from hastily made notes when i got into the mess of systemless SU without knowing the complications ( accidentally deleted my earlier comment)

Instead of trying to downgrade, just get your phone rooted.
Phones like Moto G can be rooted as easily as unlocking the bootloader, flashing a custom recovery via fastboot and flashing SuperSU through it. If you're using one-click rooters then just give them up.

I tried flashing custom recovery and SuperSu but unable to Root. I tried it atleast 5-6  times.

@beast_f5 What's the syndrome? Did the SuperSU app appear at all after flashing?

After flashing supersu it goes to bootloop

@beast_f5 Sounds like the SuperSU version is too low... Get 2.76 if you haven't.

I tried with version 2.76. But my bad

Seeing this link using exactly the same steps as I gave, I'm out of clues as of now. If you're currently in a hurry to use the phone, back up data from recovery and get phone back to working state first by flashing a stock firmware.

@AndyYan: please have a look at my answer and suggest corrections if need be. Let's crack this


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GT-S6810L Driver for Samsung Galaxy Ace II needs to be installed each time device is plugged in my PC
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace II that for a unknown reason, each time that I plug my smartphone via USB cable to my PC, most of the times, my device is not recognized.
When is not recognized, I have to follow this steps:

Open device manager
Select portatil devices.
Select the driver that has the warning sign > Update driver

And between 20 segs - 1 minute later, I receive this message (in Spanish):
Basically it says that the driver for my device was installed:

The problem that I have is kind of similiar to these questions.
My PC is a Windows 7 Professional - 32 bits.
I bought My Samsung Galaxy Ace II more than a year ago and it wasn't rooted or any similar changes to its system.

After check the Register as says in this source, I can't find the upperFilter entry. I really don't know what else can be done.
I already installed Samsung Kies as suggested in his comment #1, but my device isn't compatible with Kies.
Windows Update sometimes finds and installs Device MTP USB missing driver, but when is not found, I can't plug my device in my PC.
What could be the cause of this behavior?

Does it connect through Kies/ smart switch ?

@beeshyams, no I don't I just use the USB cable that comes with the device and plug it to my PC - no external software driver that I'm aware of.

You can see if installation of this driver helps https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/BQ5iYJEaaEH

Also installing Kies helps sometimes, since it comes with drivers that help recognise the device

@beeshyams I'll try once I get access to my PC again, thank you. If the links that you provided works, I'll tell you for add it as an answer.

Kies you can download from Samsung web site. Please try that also. All the best

you can update your Ace driver via right clicking on it and click on update. but if it doesn't work download the BIOS drivers with your web browser by entering your PC name and model then BIOS on google. and try updating from device manager


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BLU phone having trouble downloading apps
I have a BLU Advance 5.0 and a 64 GB SD card already in it. I changed preferred install location to the SD Card and I also change the default write disk to the SD card. But after every download from Google Play Store, I have to manually put each app onto the SD Card. And now, even though I have every app on the SD Card and have everything set to the SD card, the phone still tries to download every app onto the internal storage, that is still saying "insufficient storage". What should I do?

called the company of Blu. they will be sending a new update that will fix app problem. They were aware of the problem.


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"10387" using up battery
I have absolutely no clue what this process is. I've never seen it before, and I check the battery usage tab a lot. I'm worried it's a virus or something, although I do have CM Security installed, I download lots of APK files. My phone has been slower than ever all day today, so it is quite concerning.

screenshot of the process information (click image to enlarge)

If the app has no name, its UID is shown here. You can find out the package name from the command line, e.g. using adb shell "dumpsys package" >package.dmp, and then search that dump file for a line assigning that number to a "userId".

Still, if I may, uninstall CMS. It does little more than bother you with pop-ups and spam.


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HTC One M8 resets some settings every time battery dies
Every time my HTC One M8's battery dies, which is roughly once every two weeks, when I charge it and turn it on, a large portion of random settings or configurations are reset to default on the device. This time it happened, it actually erased all of the contacts on my phone, and previously, it's logged me out of all my apps, reset my theme-ing options, and erased all of my music.
Why is that happening? Can I prevent it from happening in the future? Configuring my phone like it's a new device every time the battery dies is quite painful.
The device is on Stock Android 6, latest version available to me (No S-off or Root), and running Sense 7.

Firstly, letting the battery run dry and then charge (deep discharge) is harmful to the life of battery and is never recommended in normal usage
Perhaps, this has caused the battery reset logic to go awry. I am not sure how this would cause the reset of your device, but as an interim measure resetting battery logic as recommended  below may help

This was the reply to user whose device would not turn on after deep discharge on ifixit

Have you tried to reset the charging logic of the device, first you must charge your M8 for a minimum of 10 minutes using a wall charger. With the power off, press down and hold the volume up and down button with the power button for approximately 2 minutes. After 2 minutes, release all of the buttons. After the release the charging logic should be reset. Then charge your phone to 100% using your wall charger.

After doing above, use your device and charge the battery when it falls to 20℅

This may help fix the issue, if it doesn't, at least the battery connection with your problem is ruled out. From the information supplied by you it appears to be linked to battery only

This is a weird issue that others have suffered from I believe... One person on Android Central recommended disabling the news republic app that is baked into sense. Some people had noticed success in doing this....


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Is it safe to root samsung galaxy s2?
Okay I have never rooted a phone and from what I have heard, rooting can cause bricking. Can you guys tell me lile is it safe to do so? And give me link of some easy and safe tutorials? Thanks :)

Rooting doesn't cause bricking. Rooting improperly  may cause bricking

As for how to root your S2, we'd need to know which S2 it is: Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 / GT-I9100 P / GT-I9100 G?

@Izzy Or AT&T's i777, i727, T-Mo's T989, Sprint's D710... Too many fundamentally different S2s.

Well it's never safe to go behind what the manufacturer had set out for you. Cons of rooting include but aren't limited to

High risk of bricking phone (corrupting the bootloader rendering the phone particularly useless)
Voiding warranty

For beginners I'd recommend kingo root app. You literally just download the app and they'll do the rest for you. Kingo also has a lesser chance of bricking your phone/failing to root.
Other ways of rooting include loading a custom rom through the bootloader for your specific phone model but as you said you're a beginner and I wouldn't advise you to go this way until you feel more comfortable having understood the ways of rooting a phone.
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what is irq/464-14c2000 android
What's this process doing in android?
irq/464-14c2000
I see it often - when cpu usage is turned on in developer options of my android device.
Is it some kind of interrupt service routine?
it has a PPID of 2

The only place I've seen mentions of something like this: XDA-Developers
From the names of other items, it looks like it's indeed the interrupt request (IRQ) from various hardware (you can see flip cover, sensor, NFC, power management IC (pmic), etc.), but there are ones with similar cryptic numbers whose purpose is unknown to me.
My advice? Just ignore it.


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"Google Play services are updating" message
Since ~ 27 July, in MapMyRide the map has been blank with a message "Google Play services are updating". GPS works fine in the Google Maps app itself. I thought this was specifically a problem with MMR but today I noticed the same thing in the Meetup app.
I tried uninstalling the updates to Google Play services & rebooting, but this had no effect.
Using Android 4.4.4 on Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9305). Google Play services version 9.4.52 (036-127739847)

Did the uninstall updates actually uninstall them?

Try to delete the cache of the mentioned applications from settings, especially Google Play Services.


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Operate LG G2 phone from Desktop
My LG G2's screen just got a chip in it, and consequently only the top 1/4 of the screen will register touch.
The phone is not rooted, but I have developer options and USB debugging activated. Is there any way I can mirror the phone on a PC or Mac? (I prefer Mac, but have access to Windows 8 as well.) I'm talking about full control with keyboard and mouse.
I just want to know if I can hobble through until the new Nexus comes out and I can finally be rid of this old phone.

This seems really promising, but I'm having trouble. When I open Vysor, and click "Find Devices", it shows my phone but nothing happens when I select it.

I'll create an answer and move the discussion there.

Try Vysor first. As long as USB debugging is on you shouldn't even need to do anything on the phone to get it running. Mouse simulates touch while keyboard input is passed through. If you don't type in English then input method support might be a bit clumsy.

Vysor uses its own ADB daemon by default which is not a good thing. Do you have Android SDK or any other sort of ADB access installed? If yes, close Vysor, manually start ADB daemon by executing any ADB command (e.g. adb devices) from command prompt. Try again after that.

If not, get this set of ADB (link). You also need LG drivers if you haven't, of course.

I have installed the Android SDK on my Mac (haven't tried yet on Windows) but I don't think I ever installed any drivers. Do you know where I can find the drivers for my phone? Are these universal or Windows exclusive?

@Patch "LG United Mobile Driver" (link). I believe it's Windows only.

@Patch Or "LG VZW United Driver" if yours is a Verizon variant. I have them hosted on my own AndroidFileHost too: link

I do have a Verizon phone. I am now on my Windows machine, and still no luck. I installed the ADB .exe you linked above, and ran the command, but Vysor now says No Devices Found.

I also installed the Driver you linked, but cannot find an installer for the Verzion version. When I Google it, everything is just talking about uninstalling it. On top of that, when I run the ADB command in Command Prompt, it doesn't list my phone.

@Patch My comment was edited to include a link for the Verizon driver. You'll need the phone to be detected by ADB for Vysor to work. Just for confirmation, do you have USB debugging on?

Thank you so much! That driver did the trick. I installed it, re-ran the command, and re-opened Vysor, and it worked.

@Patch Awesome. Hope you enjoy your new Nexus should you decide to get one. If you can accept its polarizing design, that is :)


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Internal Android phone storage disappeared
My Motorola G2 has an 8 gigabyte internal storage but some of it has vanished!
In settings/ storage and USB, here is what it shows:

Out of my 8GB storage, 3.15 is used by Android OS so I have 4.85GB of space left. I also have and SD card which contains all my photos, music, videos and some apps, and the "Other" folder.
On the internal storage section

I have used 1.7GB of space in apps and 1.92MB of cached data which doesn't add up the the 4.80GB that it has said I have used out of the 4.85GB which I have. So where has the 3.1GB of memory gone?
I would appreciate any help, Thanks

Your SD card is configured as internal (adopted) storage but it doesn't seem to be used as it should... Press the 3 dot overflow menu and see if you can migrate data to SD card.

Download any file explorer and see the memory usage of different folders. I guess you have some downloads or other files in phone storage.

I have the same issue with several Moto X phones, and a Samsung tablet.  The Samsung tablet takes longer to gobble up space, but the Mot X phones, which are limited to 16gb, tend to do it within several months.  The only solution I have found to work, temporarily, is to factory reset.   Using file explorers is futile, as they cannot see the lost space.


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Calibrating 2 batteries
since I own 2 batteries for my G3 and one of them isn't working properly, I wanted to calibrate both of them. I've just calibrated my extended 5200 mAh battery and it seems like it lasts longer so I decided to calibrate another, original battery (3000 mAh). So my question is: Is it smart to calibrate 2 different batteries? Will calibrating one battery uncalibrate another one?
Thanks in advance

Calibration is a myth. See this question to understand more Bought a new battery, do I need to calibrate it?
So it doesn't make any difference to one or two batteries- it has no affect on battery life or device


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My LG LEON battery dead?
I was charging my LG LEON and it suddenly turned off with a 0 percentage of battery, then when i tried connecting it to the charger it didn't wanna charge. I tried with five different chargers and plugs but it still doesn't wanna charge.  My company is T-Mobile, i called and they told me to take the battery out for 10-15 seconds and to put it on again to see what happens, but it did not work. What should i do?

What does your screen display when you plug the charger in.

it does not display anything.. but when take the charger off and i try to turn it on it says 0 percentage of battery.

There are 2 things that could be at fault here.

The battery as been damaged or has simply reached the end of its usable life. You can bringing it to a professional to be replaced if it is internal or buy a replacement and put it in youeslef if it is removable.
More probable based on your description, the battery charger inside the phone has broken. Inside (almost) all electronics, there is a separate chip to control the charging cycle. This chip can break just like any other piece of your phone, which makes the phone unable to charge the battery and, depending on the internals, unable to report the correct battery percentage. Your battery may have been almost dead when it suddenly shut off. I had a Dell laptop reach its final day like this, so it isn't as ludicrous as you'd imagine. If this is the case, the phone is beyond reasonable repair and will have to be replaced.

If the battery is easily replaceable, do that first. If that doesn't help, your phone is done.


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Decrypting Encrypted Micro SD Card without phone
Since the release of the new Android version, has anyone had any success with decrypting the contents of a Micro SD card without the use of the phone?
I want to encrypt my card incase I lose the phone. However, I also don't want to be in a situation where something could happen and I am left with no way to retrieve contents from the SD card.

I don't think the purpose is to allow any decryption of the SD card without using the phone were it was encrypted. Or you could just add specific files to the cloud so that you don't have to worry about retrievable situations, in most cases people tend to use the cloud for photos and video, especially with the space it gobbles up, having 16gb 60gb worth of files on an SD card is pretty risky vs storing it in the cloud, but to answer your question you need to find it the encryption specifically serves the purpose of preventing the decryption unless the content is being decrypted from that parochial device