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2013/06/12 | 714 | 2,892 | <issue_start>username_0: This happened yesterday night first. My phone's battery was very slow, so I decided to charge it. It didn't start charging after plugging in the charger. Frustrated, I kept trying with different USB cables and laptop USB ports and wall adapters. I tried with my wife's phone too, and it started charging.
Eventually, the phone died, and I plugged it in anyway. After that, it started showing the battery symbol and the charging animation (as it always does when charging when switched off), but the animation would stop and the display would go off, and the entire symbol and charging animation would repeat. This would keep repeating.
I gave up, stopped charging it and when to sleep.
When I woke up in the morning, I decided to give it another shot, and it just started working! I had to go to work, so it could only charge to around 50% before I left. I tried charging in the office with the USB port, but it very slow, almost not charging at all, just keeping up with the discharge!
I just got back home a little while ago, and it's the same story as last night. It is refusing to charge, and there is 10% battery left!
A few days ago, I left my phone in my pocket when I was on the treadmill in the gym, and it was getting tossed around in the pocket a lot.. I don't know if this has anything to do with it.
Will replacing my battery help? Is there anything else I can do? Software reset?
Edit: It just started charging now. It was just kept switched on and plugged into my laptop, with airplane mode enabled (as battery is low, and I live in a bad area with poor reception). I didn't even try to reinsert the charger. Looks like I am going to sleep a little more peacefully tonight, but I am still concerned as to why this happens, and would like to fix it.<issue_comment>username_1: This sounds like a loose usb port on the phone. The microUSB port on smartphones are delicate things and can easily become loose and no longer reliably charge. If you use your phone or leave it connected but with the power connection taut (like if it's plugged into the wall and fully extended so the power cord is putting pressure on the microUSB port), over time this can and WILL loosen (or even break) the solder joints that connect the MicroUSB port to the circuit board. Eventually leading to a scenario like you're seeing now.
Hopefully your phone is still under warranty, as a mainboard replacement is likely in order here...Unless you're VERY skilled at micro-soldering work, then you could take the phone apart and see if you can re-solder the loose/broken connects.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The nexus has replaceable charge ports. All you need is a tiny phillips screwdriver and watch one of the youtube videos. I purchased a charge port off amazon for less than 10 dollars and fixed my phone in 20 minutes.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/13 | 1,596 | 5,324 | <issue_start>username_0: I have scoured the Internet and come here as my last hope.
I currently have the Galaxy S4, M919v. I own two 24 inch Samsung monitors.
Is there any method for me to display my Android screen onto one of my monitors?
I want to basically play my Android games, using my Android phone, but have them displayed on my monitors. My 24 inch monitor has the same resolution as my phone, so I figure the graphics should be great.
I am trying to find a WIFI/micro-usb cable solution to this problem without buying any types of additional connectors.<issue_comment>username_1: A solution is a dock or MHL (micro-USB form factor) to HDMI adapter. A quick [Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=usd%20to%20hdmi%20galaxy%20s4) or Amazon search should find what you need under $20 USD if you go with a 3rd party and not Samsung.
Note: some ROMs on some models of phones don't support HDMI out (e.g. CM10 on the i9100 I have) probably not be an issue on your S4 but if you've flashed a non-Samsung ROM you might want to double check.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Mugen Power Batteries released a [USB Desktop Cradle with HDMI Support](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151395725267172&set=a.10150123256557172.279049.88525637171&type=1) for the S4.
Unfortunately, it seems to be [out of stock](http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-usb-desktop-cradle-with-hdmi-output.html) right now. You can try and tweet [@MugenBatteries](https://twitter.com/MugenBatteries) when they will restock. I bought extended batteries from them, and will usually give you a discount code if you ASK. :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: You mentioned in your question that you don't want to buy any additional connectors. Any reason in particular? How unwilling are you to spend money? Resolution isn't going to be the problem, it's latency.
If you're absolutely adverse to paying, try running a VNC server on your phone then connect to it using a VNC viewer program on your computer. Laptop Magazine has a very good walkthrough here: [How to Control an Android Device From Your PC](http://blog.laptopmag.com/control-android-from-pc). They reference [VMLite VNC Server](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver) which is $9.99 but you can find [other VNC server programs](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=vnc%20server&c=apps) that are free (though several don't look terribly trustworthy, IMO). You're getting what you pay for, however; a cheap wireless solution means input lag. Your games are going to be very hard to play and the experience will be generally poor.
If you can manage a few dollars, then an [Micro USB to HDMI MHL Adapter](http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=108&cp_id=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=8675&seq=1&format=2) (with [5pin to 11pin Micro USB Adapter](http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=108&cp_id=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=9716&seq=1&format=2) for your S4 - be sure to read the fine print!) as referenced in username_1's answer is the way to go. $15 (ish) plus an HDMI cable gets you a wired solution with very low latency.
If you want something wireless but are also wanting to be able to actually play games, your best bet is an adapter that takes advantage of the S4's WiFi Direct/Miracast capabilities. That means a [Samsung WI-FI All-Share Cast Hub](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0089VO7MY) ($55), [NETGEAR Push2TV](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00904JILO) ($60), or similar.
How much is it worth to you?
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: Just to update this answer-- the [Chromecast](https://store.google.com/product/_chromecast) and [Nexus player](https://store.google.com/product/_nexus_player) or any Android TV device can now [do this](https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6059461?hl=en) for you.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_5: No need to pay for an expensive hardware connector.
You can simply use [Screen Stream Mirroring app for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobzapp.screenstream.trial) :) ->
I think and I hope it answers well to your question.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: I would suggest you take a look at the [srcpy](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy) application available for all platforms.
Fully open source. No need to install anything on the phone. Works very well over usb cable (one can game or even stream videos without any lag). Works over the TCP/IP network too.
All you need to do is enable USB debugging on your phone (you may also need to allow USB debugging input in some phone if you want to control they phone). Enabling usb debugging is the same as the no root install instructions for the screen stream app above.
You can also consider [changing the display dpi](https://www.technipages.com/android-how-to-change-display-dpi) of your phone so that it looks much better on your monitor
You could change it in Settings > Display > Display size.
Or
Open an adb shell or a root shell and type `wm density DPI` where DPI is the typically higher dpi that looks good on the PC monitor. Rotating to landscape view also helps. You may need to reboot for the dpi settings to be activated, but typically not required. Be sure to set it back otherwise your phone UI may become too small.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/13 | 1,512 | 4,985 | <issue_start>username_0: I currently use uTorrent but I need to be able to choose one file to download instead of all the available files in a folder. I can't seem to find one Play. Any way to achieve this?
OS: 4.1.1
Samsung S3<issue_comment>username_1: A solution is a dock or MHL (micro-USB form factor) to HDMI adapter. A quick [Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=usd%20to%20hdmi%20galaxy%20s4) or Amazon search should find what you need under $20 USD if you go with a 3rd party and not Samsung.
Note: some ROMs on some models of phones don't support HDMI out (e.g. CM10 on the i9100 I have) probably not be an issue on your S4 but if you've flashed a non-Samsung ROM you might want to double check.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Mugen Power Batteries released a [USB Desktop Cradle with HDMI Support](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151395725267172&set=a.10150123256557172.279049.88525637171&type=1) for the S4.
Unfortunately, it seems to be [out of stock](http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-usb-desktop-cradle-with-hdmi-output.html) right now. You can try and tweet [@MugenBatteries](https://twitter.com/MugenBatteries) when they will restock. I bought extended batteries from them, and will usually give you a discount code if you ASK. :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: You mentioned in your question that you don't want to buy any additional connectors. Any reason in particular? How unwilling are you to spend money? Resolution isn't going to be the problem, it's latency.
If you're absolutely adverse to paying, try running a VNC server on your phone then connect to it using a VNC viewer program on your computer. Laptop Magazine has a very good walkthrough here: [How to Control an Android Device From Your PC](http://blog.laptopmag.com/control-android-from-pc). They reference [VMLite VNC Server](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver) which is $9.99 but you can find [other VNC server programs](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=vnc%20server&c=apps) that are free (though several don't look terribly trustworthy, IMO). You're getting what you pay for, however; a cheap wireless solution means input lag. Your games are going to be very hard to play and the experience will be generally poor.
If you can manage a few dollars, then an [Micro USB to HDMI MHL Adapter](http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=108&cp_id=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=8675&seq=1&format=2) (with [5pin to 11pin Micro USB Adapter](http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=108&cp_id=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=9716&seq=1&format=2) for your S4 - be sure to read the fine print!) as referenced in username_1's answer is the way to go. $15 (ish) plus an HDMI cable gets you a wired solution with very low latency.
If you want something wireless but are also wanting to be able to actually play games, your best bet is an adapter that takes advantage of the S4's WiFi Direct/Miracast capabilities. That means a [Samsung WI-FI All-Share Cast Hub](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0089VO7MY) ($55), [NETGEAR Push2TV](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00904JILO) ($60), or similar.
How much is it worth to you?
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: Just to update this answer-- the [Chromecast](https://store.google.com/product/_chromecast) and [Nexus player](https://store.google.com/product/_nexus_player) or any Android TV device can now [do this](https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6059461?hl=en) for you.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_5: No need to pay for an expensive hardware connector.
You can simply use [Screen Stream Mirroring app for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobzapp.screenstream.trial) :) ->
I think and I hope it answers well to your question.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: I would suggest you take a look at the [srcpy](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy) application available for all platforms.
Fully open source. No need to install anything on the phone. Works very well over usb cable (one can game or even stream videos without any lag). Works over the TCP/IP network too.
All you need to do is enable USB debugging on your phone (you may also need to allow USB debugging input in some phone if you want to control they phone). Enabling usb debugging is the same as the no root install instructions for the screen stream app above.
You can also consider [changing the display dpi](https://www.technipages.com/android-how-to-change-display-dpi) of your phone so that it looks much better on your monitor
You could change it in Settings > Display > Display size.
Or
Open an adb shell or a root shell and type `wm density DPI` where DPI is the typically higher dpi that looks good on the PC monitor. Rotating to landscape view also helps. You may need to reboot for the dpi settings to be activated, but typically not required. Be sure to set it back otherwise your phone UI may become too small.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/13 | 215 | 864 | <issue_start>username_0: Have root. Tried "autorun manager" app which gives option to display system apps & uninstall, but still said "uninstall not successful"<issue_comment>username_1: I quickly read the description of [Autorun Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autorun), and it doesn't mention the ability to uninstall system apps, but there are several apps that can do this, for example [Root Uninstaller](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.free). Do a search on the Play Store for "root uninstall" for more.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: If you already own a copy of Titanium Backup you can uninstall a system app with this tool too.
Anyway Root Uninstaller mentioned by username_1 seems to be free and therefore cheaper as Titanium Backup Pro (if you haven't already bought it).
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/13 | 1,813 | 7,167 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to flash a new rom, but it will change my android ID. Is there any way to just back up my current android ID WITHOUT make a whole-system-backup?<issue_comment>username_1: Backup the "Settings Storage" app from TitaniumBackup. That will help you store your android ID. If you want to restore it, unfortunately, you'll have to use TitaniumBackup pro since it is the only app which lets you restore your Android ID.
Taken from [XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24069391):
>
> Settings Storage - Be careful when you restore this. For eg: its not a good idea to restore CM9 settings to an AOKP ROM or vice versa. This is best used when you know exactly what you are doing. Also, a lot of differences between ROMs will probably be the fact that it provides some new customization options in the settings. So restoring this doesnt make sense unless you know for sure that they are the same. Handle with care.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: 1. IF you simply backup an Apk application, from within TiB, and then restore that app, you probably WILL have problems, for such system apks on some devices (certainly, that's my experience on Lollipop for several devices lately).
2. Instead, use the built in function to restore the DeviceID from another Nandroid-style backup, or when it prompts you during the startup wizard -> avoid restoring entire system apks, even within the same ROM, for the same device, and save major version of android (if this doesn't apply to you, consider yourself the lucky and rare).
3. There is an ALTERNATIVE TO TiB, which doesn't require a purchase, (scroll down to the most recent download attachment) here: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109484> or be generous and support the DEV via the Play Store (search for apps/details id=com.liamw.root.androididchanger)
* NOTE: The above app needs to be a system app, which is why it needs root.
4. You can have more than one device ID, for example, when a device has multiple users (available on certain devices running Android 4.2 or higher), in which each user appears as a completely separate device, so the ANDROID\_ID value is unique to each user.
5. In most cases, if you can't gain root on your device (and workaround locked bootloaders, which are often the case), then you probably shouldn't be messing with DeviceID. Walk before run, is a better slogan than "if you aren't an expert" -> because EVERYBODY at some point was clueless what they were doing. Just climb the smaller hill first.
6. For a highly relevant XDA Discussion on restoring ONLY the ID, or other stuff too, look under (google this..) nexus-4/general/titanium-backup-android-device-id-t2006461
NOTE: Above thread regards restoring lots of crazy stuff (no longer doable on most modern devices), or just the ID itself (which may be ok in many cases, STILL).
7. Document Your DeviceID (don't just back it up): Search for Play Store App id=com.evozi.deviceid, which can be used to document the ID via text, for your own records (along with IMEI, Mac, etc, a good first step with new devices, BEFORE you root).
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**ANDROID\_ID (String) Official Definition from Google:**
A 64-bit number (as a hex string) that is randomly generated when the user first sets up the device and should remain constant for the lifetime of the user's device.
* GoogleSearch for this Info, via Domain: developer.android.com Under > reference > android > provider > Settings.Secure.html ...
* Which reveals this ID is a string, found in the: android.provider.Settings.NameValueTable
* One of the values in: android.provider.Settings.Secure
Java Class Object: Settings.Secure (public static final class / extends Settings.NameValueTable)
* NOTE on CLASS: Secure system settings, contain system preferences that applications can read but are not allowed to write. These are for preferences that the user must explicitly modify through the system UI or specialized APIs for those values, not modified directly by applications.
---
**How to Verify the Device\_ID from TiB via 2ndary Source:**
* The ID provided by the play store app by evozi (that's not me, btw, and I don't know that DEV), you will find MATCHES the value in the DB for DeviceInfo backed up by TiB, which I often move to SDext2
* So, use something like aSQLiteManager, go to the Database: /path.you.set.in.TiB.prefs/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/settings/databases-sysinfo
* Then look at the Table: deviceInfo for the Field: androidid:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
**How To Backup Restore And Changing Your Android-ID With Titanium Backup**
From a webpage named: "how-to-backup-restore-and-changing-your-android-id-with-titanium-backup"
* Some applications or games use it as a identification ID for your account. As an example, all games from Gamevil will save your Android ID in their game archives. When you try to hack one of their games, your Android ID will get banned. And you wouldn’t be able to play their game anymore from your Android device.
* To be able to play Gamevil games again, you will need a new Android ID. As far as I know, Titanium Backup is the only application in the store that have the function to changing, backup, and restore your Android ID.
Changing your Android ID is a good way to experiment with some hacks before you use it in your game data. And it is the only solution when you get banned by Gamevil.
**BACKUP**
* Run Titanium Backup
* Click on "Backup/Restore" tab
* Find "Setting Storage" from the list.
* Try to use the "Filters" if you have a long list of apps.
* Click on "Setting Storage", and choose "Backup !"
* After the Backup process, click again "Setting Storage" to open the "Backup properties"
* Click the title part of your new backup (area between the Restore and Delete button)
* Scroll down untill you find "Protect this backup" and click it
* Now your Android ID is protected and will not get overwritten when you make another backup of your new Android ID. So you can have multiple Android ID as much as you want
**CHANGE**
* Run your Titanium Backup
* Press the menu button, click on More, and choose Manage Android ID …
* TB will show you a dialog window with your current Android ID as the title
* To change your Android ID, click "Create new (random) Android ID"
* TB will showing your new Android ID and asking your permission to reboot the device.
* Click "Yes, do it" to change your current Android ID with the new one you see on the screen.
* Your device will be rebooted and have a new Android ID
**RESTORE**
* Run your Titanium Backup
* Press the menu button, click on More, and choose Manage Android ID …
* TB will show you a dialog window with your current Android ID as the title
* Click on "Restore Android ID from a backup"
* TB will show you a list of all Android ID you have.
* Click on any Android ID you want
* TB will showing your new Android ID and asking your permission to reboot the device.
* Click "Yes, do it" to change your current Android ID with the new one you see on the screen.
* Your device will be rebooted and after the reboot your Android ID will be restored.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/13 | 468 | 1,892 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently started using a Samsung Galaxy S4 and one of the features in a synchronization between text messages and email accounts.
When a text message comes in it throws a copy into my Exchange email accounts that are one the phone. I want to turn this feature off but cannot find a setting for it anywhere.
Any ideas?<issue_comment>username_1: It's in the settings for your Exchange account, hidden rather well.
Go to:
1. Settings
2. Accounts
3. Exchange
4. Settings
5. Select your Exchange account
6. More Settings
7. Uncheck "Sync SMS"
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: To stop this you simply need to disable the **Sync SMS** feature on your Android phone which is enabled by default.
To disable the Sync SMS feature:
1. Open the Email `Account Options` settings.
2. Disable(uncheck) the `Sync SMS` feature.
Now you won't be receiving the text messages in your email inbox.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: In Settings-Accounts on my S4 both under KitKat and under Lollipop there was/is NO Sync SMS settings.
The only way I got that checkbox to show was to delete and recreate the Outlook account. Then, on sync settings list during the setup wizard, Sync SMS was an option along with Contacts, Calendar, etc...
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: In the native 'Email' application, disable Sync Message.
Detailed instructions:
* Open the Native Email application
* Select 'More'
* Select Settings
* Select your work account
* Scroll down to 'Exchange ActiveSync Settings'
* Turn 'Sync Messages' to OFF
Found on "Android Central Forums"
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I had the same problem. Some of the above responses apply to other phones. Finally found it on my S6. Go to: Settings, Device, Applications, Email, then find the email account and click on it. Scroll down to find the Sync Messages option. Turn it off.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/13 | 679 | 2,990 | <issue_start>username_0: You notice Samsung Galaxy S4 is different than MetroPCS Z500.
Does the manufactuer update the drivers depending on the hardware their Android OS is tweaked. For, I.e., different support drivers. This question doesn't concern policy, but the software Android runs on different running platforms with different hardware.
For example extra hardware must be mapped diferently to access, so new Linix drivers must be written right?<issue_comment>username_1: That's what usually delays an Android update being rolled out to the end user's device: Even if the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) announced a new Android version being available two months ago, it's still only available to Nexus users (their drivers etc. are included with AOSP) -- while OEMs first need to adjust their drivers, and test how that goes along with the new Android version. For some devices, they might even decide it's not worth it, and not adjusting the new version.
The same applies once more to vendors/carriers shipping branded devices: they first need to wait for the manufacturers to finish their adjustments, and only then can start adjusting the branding (and testing their adjustments again). Another delay. But now you might uderstand why some carriers proudly announce a 4.0.x update to some devices, while 4.2 is long available and even 4.3 already knocking at the door.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Short answer: yes.
In fact, it's a little more complicated than that. The device manufacturer or *OEM* buys different components (chips and sensors) from other manufacturers. Some of those components (such as the *SoC* or *chipset*) in turn contain hardware designed by other companies. For example, an LG phone might contain a SoC manufactured by Qualcomm, which in turn contains a GPU designed by ARM.
Just like how the hardware contains components from different vendors, so does the software. In the example, when ARM licenses (sells) the GPU design to Qualcomm, they also supply the source code for a *reference driver* for the GPU design. (They'd include source for whatever platforms Qualcomm is interested in, including Android.) Qualcomm would adjust all the parameters of the driver (such as the *memory map*, which you mentioned) for their SoC, and put it together with drivers for all the other components of the SoC.
Then, when LG buys the SoC from Qualcomm, Qualcomm would supply this combined driver to LG. LG puts this together with the drivers for other parts of the phone (such as the touch screen), adds their UI customizations, and builds a ROM image that they can flash onto the phone during manufacture.
There's sometimes an extra step, too: the carrier might change the ROM to include more pre-installed apps, a different boot animation, or other customizations.
So, although in general each component manufacturer or designer is responsible for the driver for their own components, that driver is changed further down the line.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/14 | 661 | 2,882 | <issue_start>username_0: I have HTC One X and I have stored my contacts in the People app. I have put Organization name in their details. I want to view all the users belonging to a particular organization. I am unable to find a way to do that.
Is there a way to view all my contacts in People app by Organization name or at least search by it?<issue_comment>username_1: That's what usually delays an Android update being rolled out to the end user's device: Even if the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) announced a new Android version being available two months ago, it's still only available to Nexus users (their drivers etc. are included with AOSP) -- while OEMs first need to adjust their drivers, and test how that goes along with the new Android version. For some devices, they might even decide it's not worth it, and not adjusting the new version.
The same applies once more to vendors/carriers shipping branded devices: they first need to wait for the manufacturers to finish their adjustments, and only then can start adjusting the branding (and testing their adjustments again). Another delay. But now you might uderstand why some carriers proudly announce a 4.0.x update to some devices, while 4.2 is long available and even 4.3 already knocking at the door.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Short answer: yes.
In fact, it's a little more complicated than that. The device manufacturer or *OEM* buys different components (chips and sensors) from other manufacturers. Some of those components (such as the *SoC* or *chipset*) in turn contain hardware designed by other companies. For example, an LG phone might contain a SoC manufactured by Qualcomm, which in turn contains a GPU designed by ARM.
Just like how the hardware contains components from different vendors, so does the software. In the example, when ARM licenses (sells) the GPU design to Qualcomm, they also supply the source code for a *reference driver* for the GPU design. (They'd include source for whatever platforms Qualcomm is interested in, including Android.) Qualcomm would adjust all the parameters of the driver (such as the *memory map*, which you mentioned) for their SoC, and put it together with drivers for all the other components of the SoC.
Then, when LG buys the SoC from Qualcomm, Qualcomm would supply this combined driver to LG. LG puts this together with the drivers for other parts of the phone (such as the touch screen), adds their UI customizations, and builds a ROM image that they can flash onto the phone during manufacture.
There's sometimes an extra step, too: the carrier might change the ROM to include more pre-installed apps, a different boot animation, or other customizations.
So, although in general each component manufacturer or designer is responsible for the driver for their own components, that driver is changed further down the line.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/14 | 585 | 2,397 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an HTC Desire with cyanogenmod 7.2 (with pdroid patch) and with an partitioned microSD card (first: FAT, second: ext3).
The second partition gets automatically mounted read/writeable as `/sd-ext` as it should be.
I'm using S2E to store my apps and the app data on this ext3 partition. The `mount` command shows me that the ext3 partition is not only mounted to `/sd-ext` but also to `/data/app` and `/data/data`. All of them are mounted read/writeable.
My first question: Is it normal and secure that multiple directories are bound to the same partition? Are there no conflicts?
In the beginning everything worked fine. I could install and use my apps without problems. But after a while more and more apps begun to crash and I always had to restart my phone to get rid of those crashes again. I discovered that the crashes where caused by a read only data partition. In fact all the directories `/sd-ext`, `/data/data`, and `/data/apps` where suddenly mounted read only.
My second question: Why does Android sometimes remount my ext3 partition in read only mode while I work with my phone?<issue_comment>username_1: Remounting as read-only is an action taken by Linux-based operating systems (including Android) in case of errors accessing the filesystem. In this case it probably indicates that your micro-SD has been (partially) corrupted. There are several possible causes of corruption like this:
* Using the phone as a USB mass storage device and unplugging it while a write is in progress
* The phone rebooting while an app or the OS is writing to the filesystem
* A bug in the ext3 driver in the ROM you're using
* A physical error on the SD card due to excessive heat or cold, mechanical shock, manufacturing defects, strong magnetic fields, &c.
Whatever the root cause, try plugging your card into a card reader on a PC and checking it for filesystem errors (for example, using `fsck` on a GNU/Linux box).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I finally managed to get rid of the filesystem corruptions. I configured S2E so that it mounts the ext3 partition only to `/sd-ext` and `/data/apps`. Since then the partition is not remounted read only anymore. So it seems that the simultaneous write access to the different mount points of the ext3 partition (`/data/apps` and `/data/data`) caused the filesystem corruptions.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/14 | 925 | 3,725 | <issue_start>username_0: **Short Description:**
I am using JellyBean in a dual SIM featured phone. I am using Go SMS software also standard Messaging also I used. I find it peculiar to know that there is no such feature to know to which SIM an SMS was received.
**Detailed Issue:**
I am using XOLO A1000 Dual SIM phone which is running in JellyBean. I am using two SIM cards one is by Aircel and another is by Airtel who are two different service providers in India.
In my inbox (threads of SMS) either using Messaging app or by Go SMS app all SMS are stored by senders. Now my problem is when I receive a new spam SMS I am not able to know to which SIM that SMS was sent to. To my SIM1 or to my SIM2. Both the apps doesn't show any marking to distinguish that. I even checking 'Message Details' it doesn't contain destination number detail.
This is important if I need to file complaint against spamming. Any help will be much appreciated. This is basic required feature but I wonder why I am not able to help myself, I even Googled it and found nothing.<issue_comment>username_1: The underlying problem here is that these apps are assuming, rightly so, that there will always only be one destination number (that is, only one SIM). Android doesn't officially support dual SIMs. From StackOverflow:
>
> **[Android dual SIM card API](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11305407/android-dual-sim-card-api)**
>
>
> ...the dual sim features are available but not documented and hence not officially supported. Having said that it doesn't mean that it will not be usable, it just means that android is not liable to support [that] functionality.
>
>
>
Also,
>
> **[Dual SIM card Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5255147/dual-sim-card-android?rq=1)**
>
>
> The current Android platform does not have support for multiple SIMs. A device with such support has been customized for this, so you will need to get information from that device's manufacturer for any facilities they have to interact with it.
>
>
>
[A third question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/16279210) was even asked specifically about building an app for dual SIM handsets that has gone unanswered, likely for this reason. So, while it sounds like a reasonable expectation, without official support or APIs for developers to use I wouldn't expect many apps to account for two destination numbers.
From a consumer perspective this means that we're at the mercy of manufacturers to develop apps that function correctly with two SIM cards. Unfortunately it sounds like the your phone's stock messaging app isn't fitting this bill. Try reaching out to XOLO.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Since Android doesn't appear to have an easy way to get this information, have you looked into getting the messaging information from your phone bill from your carrier?
I'm not sure if all carriers do this, but on the carriers I've used, if you receive a "detailed" bill with complete usage records it will have a list of time and date and phone number for all incoming texts. Sometimes this information can be accessed through the carrier's website as well. If your carrier(s) support such detailed billing, it should be easy to correlate between the phone records from your carrier and the messages on your phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Well, At last I found the answer keeping @t0mm13b as inspiration. The problem is on the Messaging app and Go sms app. So I had to find out a suitable app for my need. [Youni SMS](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snda.youni&hl=en) is one such and it is working so great. It is clearly marking as sim1 or sim2 for every SMS received and sent.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/15 | 935 | 3,637 | <issue_start>username_0: The icons changed to a green scheme instead of the normal blue scheme, and it persists even after reboot. The autocomplete text is yellow now, as is the browser loading bar. What happened??
This screenshot is from a while ago, when I was using a different launcher, but it shows how the colours were until yesterday. (There's also some unrelated background corruption.)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SfcZG.png)
Now the Wi-Fi and cell and messaging and browser icons are green:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dUY0e.png)
I tried reflashing the same version of CM7, and it's still green:
I don't care too much about the color, but I don't know how this could have happened and wonder if it indicates some kind of corruption of the phone's Flash, etc?<issue_comment>username_1: The underlying problem here is that these apps are assuming, rightly so, that there will always only be one destination number (that is, only one SIM). Android doesn't officially support dual SIMs. From StackOverflow:
>
> **[Android dual SIM card API](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11305407/android-dual-sim-card-api)**
>
>
> ...the dual sim features are available but not documented and hence not officially supported. Having said that it doesn't mean that it will not be usable, it just means that android is not liable to support [that] functionality.
>
>
>
Also,
>
> **[Dual SIM card Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5255147/dual-sim-card-android?rq=1)**
>
>
> The current Android platform does not have support for multiple SIMs. A device with such support has been customized for this, so you will need to get information from that device's manufacturer for any facilities they have to interact with it.
>
>
>
[A third question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/16279210) was even asked specifically about building an app for dual SIM handsets that has gone unanswered, likely for this reason. So, while it sounds like a reasonable expectation, without official support or APIs for developers to use I wouldn't expect many apps to account for two destination numbers.
From a consumer perspective this means that we're at the mercy of manufacturers to develop apps that function correctly with two SIM cards. Unfortunately it sounds like the your phone's stock messaging app isn't fitting this bill. Try reaching out to XOLO.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Since Android doesn't appear to have an easy way to get this information, have you looked into getting the messaging information from your phone bill from your carrier?
I'm not sure if all carriers do this, but on the carriers I've used, if you receive a "detailed" bill with complete usage records it will have a list of time and date and phone number for all incoming texts. Sometimes this information can be accessed through the carrier's website as well. If your carrier(s) support such detailed billing, it should be easy to correlate between the phone records from your carrier and the messages on your phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Well, At last I found the answer keeping @t0mm13b as inspiration. The problem is on the Messaging app and Go sms app. So I had to find out a suitable app for my need. [Youni SMS](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snda.youni&hl=en) is one such and it is working so great. It is clearly marking as sim1 or sim2 for every SMS received and sent.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/15 | 770 | 3,061 | <issue_start>username_0: I've bricked my old Galaxy S (GT-I9000) into a bootloop.
Trying to fix that, I've uploaded Semaphore's ClockworkMod Recovery to my device successfully via Linux.
However, when I press VUP+POWER+HOME, I get to the boot screen and it keeps flashing without booting into recovery mode.
Download mode works fine.
What can I do to restore the functionality of my device?<issue_comment>username_1: The underlying problem here is that these apps are assuming, rightly so, that there will always only be one destination number (that is, only one SIM). Android doesn't officially support dual SIMs. From StackOverflow:
>
> **[Android dual SIM card API](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11305407/android-dual-sim-card-api)**
>
>
> ...the dual sim features are available but not documented and hence not officially supported. Having said that it doesn't mean that it will not be usable, it just means that android is not liable to support [that] functionality.
>
>
>
Also,
>
> **[Dual SIM card Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5255147/dual-sim-card-android?rq=1)**
>
>
> The current Android platform does not have support for multiple SIMs. A device with such support has been customized for this, so you will need to get information from that device's manufacturer for any facilities they have to interact with it.
>
>
>
[A third question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/16279210) was even asked specifically about building an app for dual SIM handsets that has gone unanswered, likely for this reason. So, while it sounds like a reasonable expectation, without official support or APIs for developers to use I wouldn't expect many apps to account for two destination numbers.
From a consumer perspective this means that we're at the mercy of manufacturers to develop apps that function correctly with two SIM cards. Unfortunately it sounds like the your phone's stock messaging app isn't fitting this bill. Try reaching out to XOLO.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Since Android doesn't appear to have an easy way to get this information, have you looked into getting the messaging information from your phone bill from your carrier?
I'm not sure if all carriers do this, but on the carriers I've used, if you receive a "detailed" bill with complete usage records it will have a list of time and date and phone number for all incoming texts. Sometimes this information can be accessed through the carrier's website as well. If your carrier(s) support such detailed billing, it should be easy to correlate between the phone records from your carrier and the messages on your phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Well, At last I found the answer keeping @t0mm13b as inspiration. The problem is on the Messaging app and Go sms app. So I had to find out a suitable app for my need. [Youni SMS](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snda.youni&hl=en) is one such and it is working so great. It is clearly marking as sim1 or sim2 for every SMS received and sent.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/15 | 377 | 1,641 | <issue_start>username_0: I cannot find a way to disable weather notifications from Google app. Every a few hours I get in the notifications list "How it is like outside" - temperature and clouds.
I searched all over the place and couldn't find a way to disable that.<issue_comment>username_1: Open the Google app and press the menu button.
**Settings** => **Google Now (click to the left of the toggle)** => *Scroll down and toggle the weather off*
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: These notifications are still there in Google app, however, they are now not limited to weather. For instance, I was also getting traffic notifications. There are other categories like news, stocks and restaurant suggestions.
The feature is now called "Discover notifications" and is located in Settings -> Notifications -> Discover. There is a middle-ground option called "Data Saver" which is designed to save network traffic, but also results in the notifications being shown less frequently, if you still want to see them sometimes.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: When you get the notification hold your thumb on it for a few seconds. Two options will appear. Choose stop notifications.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: If this is from the Google app and not from the Assistant:
* Click on it, you should get the Google app showing a weather search.
* At the bottom right, click on the thee dots "... More" button.
* Settings
* Notifications (around the 2nd entry)
* 2nd entry, "Notifications (on)"
* Now you have a list of active Google notifications. Just untick "Current weather conditions" (5th tick box on my phone).
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/15 | 393 | 1,542 | <issue_start>username_0: I have 1000+ text files without extension in my DropBox folder.
While looking the list of them by the DropBox app for Android, I touched one of them to see and edit but the app just said I should download any app to open the file and does not open it.
How do I open the files have no extension as a text file?<issue_comment>username_1: One way is to use another app to manage your dropbox that enables this functionality. I use [Astro File Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro) to generally manage the files on my device and this can also link directly to your Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, etc.
Astro gives you the additional option to "Open As", from which you can choose Text, Audio, Image or Video. Select "Text" and you get the usual list of apps that can open text files, including the DB Text Editor.
**UPDATE:** Unfortunately there appears to be a limit to how many files Astro FM is able to retrieve from a Dropbox folder. Somewhere between 1,000 and 1,100 files I get a "Connection Failed - Could not establish a connection to Dropbox" message when trying to browse the folder. 1,000 files (exactly) seems to be OK. There is no such limit with ordinary folders on the device.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Currently the official Dropbox app can open a file which has no extension with external editor. (I prefer VimTouch)
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/15 | 431 | 1,674 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to be able to turn the automatic date time settings on and off from tasker. I don't see a way to do this directly but I can use tasker to issue a shell command. I know I can just use the date command to change the date to some specific date but is there a way to turn the automatic setting off and on from a command line or tasker?<issue_comment>username_1: It might be useful to check the android [source](https://android.googlesource.com/) to find the exact package name to the system [settings](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/), specifically this [source](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/master/src/com/android/settings/DateTimeSettings.java) responsible for date/time, line 226 is the key!
*Have played with tasker before, but can tasker directly modify system properties?* as in directly do this, I am quoting line 228 the pertinent part:
```
Settings.Global.putInt(
getContentResolver(),
Settings.Global.AUTO_TIME_ZONE,
autoZoneEnabled ? 1 : 0);
```
In short the actual direct name to the package would be `com.android.settings/.DateTimeSettings`, if that's of any help!
By using `adb shell`'s Android Activity Manager, `am`, one can start the activity to go directly into that screen as in `am start -n com.android.settings/.DateTimeSettings`, experiment and see if that fits your needs as I have not actually played with it. :)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: turn on:
```
settings put global auto_time 1
```
turn off:
```
settings put global auto_time 0
```
source: Android sourcecode
Upvotes: 3 |
2013/06/16 | 248 | 1,121 | <issue_start>username_0: Anyone can set up a gmail account and anyone logged into gmail account with their android phone or tablet can leave google play app ratings (with android 4.2 I can even have multiple google accounts for the same tablet)
So is there anything preventing someone from just creating lots of gmail accounts, then logging into their android device, leaving a 5 star rating for their app?<issue_comment>username_1: Short answer: No.
There is nothing that prevent developer from making lots of additional Google Accounts to provide 5 star ratings. Google recently made a change that require a Google+ enabled account to post reviews/star ratings on Google Play (at least using the on-device Play-app on certain phones) which is a small improvement from the past where a simple Gmail account would be enough.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You cannot post a review unless yo have downloaded the app.
So, in my opinion, it would be very tiresome to make so much accounts and then login with each account and then download the apps, especially in the case of paid apps.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/16 | 1,173 | 4,190 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to access light sensor raw data logs from an Android device (in my case, an LG Optimus)? If so, how is this possible and what format would the log be in?<issue_comment>username_1: The Android system monitors the light sensor (for things like auto-adjusting the backlight), but to my knowledge doesn't specifically log that data by default.
You can get an app like [AndroSensor](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fivasim.androsensor) which allows access to all your phone sensors and can monitor and log the data for you.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Sadly, although Android does have light sensor data, it does not store it anywhere (as far as I'm aware anyway). Luckily, there is a *very* simple way of accessing and storing the data yourself!
Just follow the steps below, and you should be up and running with light sensor data in no time!
---
1. Download **[Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)** from the **Play Store**
2. Make a new **.txt** file in your documents folder and name it to `Light_sensor_data.txt` (You may need a file viewer/editor such as **[File Explorer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx)**).
3. Open **Tasker** and click `+` → **Event** → **System** → **Device Boot.**
4. Click on the gear (back) in the top left corner.
5. A pop-up menu will appear. Tap on **New Task** and name it `Light Sensor Data` (Or whatever you want).
6. Within the task, click on `+` → **File** → **Write File**.
7. To the right of where it says **File**, there is a magnifying glass; Click on it.
8. Now tap **Documents** → **Light\_sensor\_data.txt**
9. Click the "pencil" to the right of **Text.** Now scroll down the list that says **Variable Select** and find **Light Level**. It is close to the middle.
10. Now click the **Gear** or `Back` button.
11. Tap `+` → **Task** → **Wait**. If you need your results to update quickly, I would suggest setting **MS** to anywhere between `10` and `100`, however this will use a lot of CPU so if you're ok with slower updating results, I would set **Seconds** to between `1` and `5`.
12. Once again, click on the **Gear** (back). Now select `+` → **Task** → **Goto** and set **Type** to `Action Number` and **Number** to `1`.
13. Tap the **Gear** (back) twice to get to the **Tasks** screen. Now click **Profiles** at the top of the screen.
14. Tap on `+` → **Event** → **System** → **Device Boot** and click the **Gear** (back). A menu should pop-up; select **Light Sensor Data.**
15. On the **Profiles** tab there should be a **On/ Off** switch to the right of your **Task.** Turn it to `Off` and then back to `On`.
16. Restart your device.
**Important note**: not only you must have a light sensor on your device, but it must also be enabled. You can check if it is enabled or not by hitting the three dots in the upper right corner of tasker → Preferences and selecting the *monitor* tab. Now scroll down to *Light Sensor* and ensure that *Yes* is selected.
---
Given that everything was setup properly, you should now be able to access light levels by reading **Light\_sensor\_data.txt** You can also *read* the light level data using **Tasker** and even create a pop-up displaying the current information.
Good luck, and I hope this helps you.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I have a rooted Samsun 7 device (sm-g935v) and I can read the raw data from:
`/sys/class/sensors/light_sensor/lux`
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Easy way to access it is to install [Termux](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux), a Linux terminal emulator that gives you access to the Linux commands on Android. On Samsung A3, you can access the data with
```
cat /sys/class/sensors/light_sensor/lux
cat /sys/class/sensors/light_sensor/raw_data #alternative
```
You can install Python with Termux and write a Python script that will read the content of these files, and publish it on any Pub/sub system with MQTT. I've tried Mosquitto, and it works perfectly with Termux. You can even publish to cloud IOT of either AWS or Microsoft or Google. Any IoT broker will do.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/17 | 1,287 | 4,686 | <issue_start>username_0: Today I received two suspicious SMS from two different sender - both from the same provider.
The messages only contained the text "request failed". The numbers do not look like some special expensive numbers.
Can anyone guess what happened?
Is there a way to find out if there is an app which is allowed to send SMS on my phone?
**Update:** now that I've seen that there is no suspicious app with permissions to send SMS, I try to reconsile the SMS in my SMS history with the ones from my bill. But I noticed that it's hard to get a chronological list of SMS from the build in app - any idea how I can get a chronological list of sent SMS and not conversations?<issue_comment>username_1: The Android system monitors the light sensor (for things like auto-adjusting the backlight), but to my knowledge doesn't specifically log that data by default.
You can get an app like [AndroSensor](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fivasim.androsensor) which allows access to all your phone sensors and can monitor and log the data for you.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Sadly, although Android does have light sensor data, it does not store it anywhere (as far as I'm aware anyway). Luckily, there is a *very* simple way of accessing and storing the data yourself!
Just follow the steps below, and you should be up and running with light sensor data in no time!
---
1. Download **[Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)** from the **Play Store**
2. Make a new **.txt** file in your documents folder and name it to `Light_sensor_data.txt` (You may need a file viewer/editor such as **[File Explorer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx)**).
3. Open **Tasker** and click `+` → **Event** → **System** → **Device Boot.**
4. Click on the gear (back) in the top left corner.
5. A pop-up menu will appear. Tap on **New Task** and name it `Light Sensor Data` (Or whatever you want).
6. Within the task, click on `+` → **File** → **Write File**.
7. To the right of where it says **File**, there is a magnifying glass; Click on it.
8. Now tap **Documents** → **Light\_sensor\_data.txt**
9. Click the "pencil" to the right of **Text.** Now scroll down the list that says **Variable Select** and find **Light Level**. It is close to the middle.
10. Now click the **Gear** or `Back` button.
11. Tap `+` → **Task** → **Wait**. If you need your results to update quickly, I would suggest setting **MS** to anywhere between `10` and `100`, however this will use a lot of CPU so if you're ok with slower updating results, I would set **Seconds** to between `1` and `5`.
12. Once again, click on the **Gear** (back). Now select `+` → **Task** → **Goto** and set **Type** to `Action Number` and **Number** to `1`.
13. Tap the **Gear** (back) twice to get to the **Tasks** screen. Now click **Profiles** at the top of the screen.
14. Tap on `+` → **Event** → **System** → **Device Boot** and click the **Gear** (back). A menu should pop-up; select **Light Sensor Data.**
15. On the **Profiles** tab there should be a **On/ Off** switch to the right of your **Task.** Turn it to `Off` and then back to `On`.
16. Restart your device.
**Important note**: not only you must have a light sensor on your device, but it must also be enabled. You can check if it is enabled or not by hitting the three dots in the upper right corner of tasker → Preferences and selecting the *monitor* tab. Now scroll down to *Light Sensor* and ensure that *Yes* is selected.
---
Given that everything was setup properly, you should now be able to access light levels by reading **Light\_sensor\_data.txt** You can also *read* the light level data using **Tasker** and even create a pop-up displaying the current information.
Good luck, and I hope this helps you.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I have a rooted Samsun 7 device (sm-g935v) and I can read the raw data from:
`/sys/class/sensors/light_sensor/lux`
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Easy way to access it is to install [Termux](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux), a Linux terminal emulator that gives you access to the Linux commands on Android. On Samsung A3, you can access the data with
```
cat /sys/class/sensors/light_sensor/lux
cat /sys/class/sensors/light_sensor/raw_data #alternative
```
You can install Python with Termux and write a Python script that will read the content of these files, and publish it on any Pub/sub system with MQTT. I've tried Mosquitto, and it works perfectly with Termux. You can even publish to cloud IOT of either AWS or Microsoft or Google. Any IoT broker will do.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/17 | 740 | 2,835 | <issue_start>username_0: Soon, I'll have to give my phone (a non-rooted LG Nexus 4) to another person for some time. As the phone contains very sensitive information, I do not want this person to be able to access any of it. Unfortunately, I don't have data encryption turned on, so I can't just turn the device off and be sure that the other person won't be able to decrypt it.
Basically, I want to wipe my phone right now and then restore it to *exactly* the state it was before the wipe.
Therefore, I was thinking of backing up my device completely, wiping it and then restoring the backup. How can I do this? Will `adb backup -all -shared -apk` be sufficient? I guess not, since I'm afraid there are some settings that adb won't detect. Is there a lower-level way, like making an image of all the phone's memory with fastboot/recovery or something?<issue_comment>username_1: You would need to root your phone and install a custom recovery in order to make a nandroid backup of your entire system. There are YouTube videos on how to do this. Please remember that there are risks in rooting and in flashing recoveries.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: As username_1 already states in [his answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/47442/16575), a [nandroid](/questions/tagged/nandroid "show questions tagged 'nandroid'") backup would be the first step. Basically, this creates an image of all partitions on your device (read more in [its tag-wiki](https://android.stackexchange.com/tags/nandroid/info)). But this doesn't cover the SDCard(s), which you would need to copy -- at least the internal, the external you could simply remove.
Now you've got your data backed up. But you still need to wipe your device. A factory-reset won't be enough for this, as it a) still leaves traces which can be [carved](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_carving), and b) might not even touch the SDCard. So for that, you might want to take a look at apps like [Nuke My Phone](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avengermobile.nukemyphone), which safely *wipe* all data (i.e. not only delete the files, but overwrite everything with "garbage data"), so there's nothing left to recover.
Oh well, *you* can recover: Simply restore the Nandroid backup you initially created, copy back the data to your internal SDCard, and insert the external SDCard. Et voila, you're done :)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: If you don't want to root (as given in the other answers by @johnF and @username_2) you can try an application called [Helium](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=en) which can backup your apps and app data.
A factory reset will remove all the data on your device... just make sure you check the backup to see that everything was indeed backed up before you do it.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/17 | 773 | 3,194 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been researching anti-virus apps and before choosing one I was wondering if I could get the same detection by using my Windows anti-virus.
I realize that an app will provide real-time protection, but aside from that, is there any difference in virus detection?<issue_comment>username_1: Forgive me my sarcasm, but if you're looking for a virus on Android, you could also use a flatbed scanner :)
Honestly: No, you can't use your Windows AV program for that. If you really want to detect all malware possible sitting on your device, the app would need to access the entire device, including internal storage. Windows can't do that, as Android would not let it. Usually, only the SDCard(s) are exposed to an attached PC.
---
As for my initial sarcasm (which I hope you forgive me): the term "virus" is quite ambiguous. See [this Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus):
>
> A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another.
>
>
>
There's nothing like that for Android. Which is, strictly speaking, an AV scanner is as effective as a flatbed scanner here (or vice-versa). The article continues:
>
> The term "virus" is also commonly, but erroneously, used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have a reproductive ability.
>
>
>
So you're more likely looking for malware :) Still, you cannot do that from your Windows computer.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Not usefully. You need different software to run on your Android device to what you run on your Windows desktop because they use completely different formats for programs. An Android program is a different sort of beast to a Windows program.
A virus-scanner for Windows understands the format of Windows programs, and has a list of known viruses for Windows. If it looked at an Android program, it wouldn't understand what behaviour it would do, and it wouldn't find it in its list of Windows viruses.
The best you could do with a Windows virus-scanner is to scan the SD card of your Android device to see if it contains any Windows programs which would, if run on your Windows computer, be viruses. That's to say, it's exactly like virus-scanning a USB stick. It's only useful if you use your Android device as a USB stick, to transfer programs from one Windows computer to another.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Windows AV would scan threats against the its operating system, nothing more. Perhaps you may try a scan on SD card for hidden viruses but nothing else.
I suggest you try the following apps
Antivirus Security AVG
Lookout Security & Antivirus
<https://play.google.com/store/search?q=antivirus&c=apps>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: if your phone is rooted windows can access all files includeing pre installed stuff on rom but however like most people said windows scanner is in windows code etc so scanning it would be useless but if rooted your pc can delete rom installed programes etc from the command line or a basic apk phone manegemnet programme like apk installer will do it as well
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/06/17 | 471 | 1,740 | <issue_start>username_0: When I restart my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100), I get an error message:
>
> Voice Command
>
>
> An unexpected server error occurred. Please try again.
>
>
> [OK]
>
>
>
This started ever since I download the trial version of (redacted) earlier tonight, but its still happening even after I uninstalled it.
I've not accepted the Voice Command agreement. Whenever I accidentally activate it by pressing the home key the wrong way, I select `Decline`.
What does this error message actually mean?<issue_comment>username_1: For now, you can disable voice commands from `Settings->Applications`. I am sure it is a Samsung server issue.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I was getting this error constantly today, so I went to `Settings` → `Applications` → `All` → `Voice Command`. From there I clicked `Force Stop` → `OK` then `Clear Data` → `OK`. Then I relaunched the voice command by tapping the microphone button on my Google search widget.
The Voice Command worked perfectly, and I haven't seen the error message in about an hour.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: [On this forum](http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130617193907AAynvxv&cp=3) someone mentioned the following:
>
> I just called samsung technical support. Google voice has a problem with their server in the mean time you can disable voice command under settings - applications - All - voice command click that then click disable. Was told the message will stop popping up. Tech # 1800-762-7864
>
>
>
I did notice the same problem on my SGS2 yesterday but I haven't seen any error messages since yesterday evening so I suspect the issue has been resolved by either Samsung or Google.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/18 | 493 | 2,025 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a vanilla Samsung Galaxy S3, and just a month or two ago the back camera won't work. Whenever I use the default Jelly Bean camera app, it just pops up a message saying: "Camera Failed." then closes the app.
I downloaded a third party camera app to use the forward-facing camera, which works fine. This happened very recently after I got the phone (it was a replacement) and has been in a rugged case the entire time. I don't recall any trauma to the camera itself, either.
Any fixes or what I might be doing wrong?<issue_comment>username_1: I have had my gs3 with T-mobile for about 11 months. Two days ago I began receiving "camera failed" warning. I was beginning to think, after researching this issue, that my phone would need to be replaced if I wanted a functioning camera again. But moments ago, with the "camera failed" warning showing on my screen, I started squeezing the top of my phone between my fingers in different places, and suddenly my camera started working again. I'm a bit afraid that it is going to stop working again, but at least I know this is a mechanical error. I'm thankful I didn't reset my phone for no reason. I have never posted to any site before this, but if this can help anyone else having this problem, I thought I should mention it. I do hope it helps.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Power off phone. Take out battery for 30 seconds. Power back on phone. Camera app worked again for me.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I turned my Galaxy S3 off and turned it back on again. It fixed itself; no need to clean or wipe your Gallery or phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: This is a pretty common problem on the Galaxy S3. If the phone has been dropped or the camera has been bumped hard enough the connection to the back camera may have come loose. My suggestion would be to take it to a repair shop and have them open it up or open the phone up yourself.
If the phone is under warranty I would file a claim with Samsung.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/18 | 444 | 1,850 | <issue_start>username_0: I think I used to have the clock and the alarm time being shown on the upper part of my lock screen.
All of a sudden, since a couple of days ago, I'm now being shown the calendar on the lock screen.
### How did the calendar get into my lock screen, and how do I remove it?
If relevant, my device is a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.<issue_comment>username_1: On the lock screen swipe left so that there's a big + sign on the screen (or maybe another widget) and then scroll back to the calender so that it's now full screen. Long press the calender and drag it to the top of the screen to remove it.
On my phone the clock was automatically re-added to the lock screen after this but if it isn't then go to the lock screen, swipe till till you see a big + again. Click on this and from the menu of widgets that appears select the digital clock.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Long-click on the top portion of the screen with "calendar events", and it'll be possible for this screen to be removed.
Then the lock screen will show one of the leftover screens, which will likely have whatever lock screen was before the calendar lock screen.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Settings > Security > Notification settings
Then uncheck what u want :)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I've also had this problem for the past few days and it drove me crazy. None of the things listed here worked.
However, I noticed I could slide the event screen to the right and the next screen was the clock that use to be my lock screen home page. I slid the screen back to the left and there was the calender event box. I held the top bar of the box and something red seemed to pop up at the top behind it. I slowly dragged the event box up into that red remove slot.
This successfully removed them from the lock screen.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/18 | 237 | 904 | <issue_start>username_0: I have many apps, i want to organize my 150 apps in folders (but not on the home screen). Any suggestions how to do this properly?<issue_comment>username_1: It depends on the launcher. Most stock launchers won't, but I know Nova Launcher (only Prime version) has folders in the App Drawer. It's all manually done, though.
Other launchers, which I can't name right now, can probably organize it for you.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes nova prime can organize in your drawer.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: This isn't a difficult thing to do. You just need to use a 3rd party launcher which is highly customizable. Like Nova or Apex Launcher.
You could also give "Aviate Launcher" by YAHOO a go which automatically makes a few "categories" as your home screens. But it's nothing like the usual launcher we use so liking it or not will be upto you.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/18 | 354 | 1,592 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought a 3G prepaid card that offers internet, but I want to stop getting Internet through the card and use WiFi to connect to his home router or certain WiFi networks of choice.
I know how to connect to WiFi. My question is how to shut off prepaid 3G internet, other than removing the card, which I find tedious.
The reason is simple, I want to use my card for phone calls only and I want to use the WiFi for Internet. Plus, my prepaid card internet is damn expensive.<issue_comment>username_1: *To manually start and stop internet:* Go to **`Settings -> Wireless and networks -> Mobile networks`** and disable **`Mobile data`**. This will stop internet connection through mobile network. Enable this to start internet again.
*To stop it permanently:*
Some application may start internet automatically, So to prevent accidental internet consumption, Create a new dummy **`Access Point Name`** in **`Mobile networks`** section and select that APN. So from next time your whenever you or any application try to connect to internet though mobile network it will try to connect though that dummy Access point and internet won't start. Internet will only work when you connect to WiFi.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Android will always use WiFi once it is connected. You just have to disable mobile data. To do so go to `Settings` → `Mobile network settings` and uncheck `Data enabled`.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Go to settings and tap SIM management and select always ask for mobile data connection... That is all...
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/18 | 202 | 626 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to re-install the OS (Android 2.3.6) on to my GT-S5830i?
If yes, how can I get that done?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes.you can reinstall the OS.
There's a low level flash tool called [heimdall](http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/) (or [Odin](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841)) that can be used to reinstall the firmware or install [aftermarket firmware](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Cooper_Info) onto the Galaxy Ace.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: you can do that in Kies, by updating to factory version from the update menu
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/18 | 351 | 1,351 | <issue_start>username_0: My Galaxy s3 suffered from what seems to be the "sudden death syndrome". It had been turning off once in a while and wouldn't turn back on unless I removed and the battery and put it back in. But the last time it turned off it would not turn back on. When I connect my phone to the PC, the PC will make a sound recognizing the device has been connected but does not read it. When charging the phone to a wall socket, nothing happens. But if I remove the battery and connect it to either the outlet or the PC, the red led goes on. The battery isn't the problem though because I tried a different galaxy s3 battery and it did not work. I sent my phone to Samsung for repair under warranty but my question is whether they will be able to tell if the device is rooted despite the phone not turning on at all. Thanks a lot for the help!<issue_comment>username_1: Yes.you can reinstall the OS.
There's a low level flash tool called [heimdall](http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/) (or [Odin](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841)) that can be used to reinstall the firmware or install [aftermarket firmware](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Cooper_Info) onto the Galaxy Ace.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: you can do that in Kies, by updating to factory version from the update menu
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/18 | 278 | 1,130 | <issue_start>username_0: I am helping a friend who has an Android tablet with an app for Gmail. Her mail contacts appear if she starts typing a name, but she wants to be able to go to Contacts and check off multiple people to send mail to. We cannot find any access to Gmail contacts without going through the browser to the full Gmail site.<issue_comment>username_1: You can access to them through the "`Contact`" app of your tablet. If you do not see them at first sight, go to the parameters to select the contacts you want to show.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Syncing of Google Contacts must be enabled in the system settings in order to see them in the Contacts app. This can normally be found under `Settings > Accounts > Google > *<EMAIL>* > Sync Contacts`. Just make sure it is checked.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: One way is also to open [Google contacts preview](https://contacts.google.com) interface in your browser.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: In my Samsung Galaxy Tab E, I go to Apps, Then to Contacts. Really stupid and cumbersome, I know, but it is what it is.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/19 | 638 | 2,557 | <issue_start>username_0: In our organisation, we are providing Android tablets to some users. There is an app we have installed on the devices that we don't want users to be able to remove.
I have searched for "app lock" in the Play Store, and tried the various 'app lockers' which password protect the apps I choose.
If I then use the Android menu to try to uninstall an app that I have protected with the app locker app, it prompts for a password - which is good.
But, if I go into the Play store app and try to uninstall through there, it removes it straight. And I don't want to password protect the Play store. Is there any way to prevent uninstallation of certain apps in a foolproof way?<issue_comment>username_1: One way to achieve what you want would include the following steps:
1. (temporarily) [rooting](/questions/tagged/rooting "show questions tagged 'rooting'") the device
2. converting the app in question into a system app (e.g. using [Titanium Backup ★ root](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup), but there are also other apps helping you with this step)
3. unroot the device again
As the app now resides in read-only space (`/system`), the user cannot delete it without either rooting the device or flashing a ROM -- which of course could be done, but it's a higher inhibition threshold at least.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Izzy's method works just fine, but if you don't want to temporarily root your device(s), you could make an update script which copies your app to the root of the device, so that it's been recognised as a stock app.
Take a look at the following tutorial:
<http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-create-android-update-zip-package/>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Is the app developed by your organisation?
If you can control the source code of the app, you may prevent users accidentally uninstalling your app with the help of [DevicePolicyManager](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html). The advantage is that you don't need to convert the app in every tablet to be an system app. Once the app is installed from Google Play, it can not be uninstalled unless users disable the DevicePolicyManager in security settings.
If you can't change the app, then convertit to a system app. Because there are many devices to handle, you should write a script to do the job.
In both ways, if the users really want to uninstall your app, they can always find a way. So make sure your user do not hate your app.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/19 | 388 | 1,464 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been watching the caniuse.com site for a while now, and at one extreme we have Firefox releasing a new browser once/week (okay, slight exaggeration), and at the other extreme the Android list of 2.1/2.2/2.3/3.0/4.0/4.1/4.2 never changes. There is still nothing in the "Near future" or "Farther future" rows.
There are a number of HTML5 technologies not implemented even in 4.2, and I'm wondering when there is a new version coming, and what we can expect it to support. (EDIT: I'm looking for links to official announcements, developer blogs, etc. or a confident "nobody knows"; not speculation.)
(E.g. <http://caniuse.com/eventsource> )
(BTW, the StackOverflow Android tag seemed to suggest this was the best place to ask this kind of question. But if another site is better please let me know.)<issue_comment>username_1: [The default browser is being replaced by Chrome as of Android 4.1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Development) for stock Android, so I doubt it will see any updates in the future. If you want to use sites that have HTML5 features, you should install Chrome and use that (and by extension if you're targeting Android devices with a web app, you should be targeting Chrome).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You can install the Dolphin Browser, and change the user-agent to ipad.
Then dolphin can use html5.
You see these instructions when you try to activate flash in Dolphin.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/19 | 850 | 3,373 | <issue_start>username_0: I've got a notification on my phone where the length of the text exceeds the width of the screen and it doesn't wrap, just wanders off the edge. How can I see the full text of the notification?
I've seen a suggestion [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/12667286/902766) that long pressing for ~5 seconds shows it however all this does is bring up the `App Info` menu. Maybe on older versions of Android that didn't have the `App Info` menu this worked? Ideally looking for an answer that works on Ice Cream Sandwich and above (since I think that was when the `App Info` came about?) but I have a Nexus 4 running Jelly Bean 4.2.2 phone.
Here's the notification that I received. Hypothetical: *Why did I lose data connectivity? What did I do!?!*
<issue_comment>username_1: In 4.2.x Jelly Bean you can [pinch-zoom or two-finger glide in order to toggle between base and expanded [notification] layouts](http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html). Not all notifications can be expanded, however. The next time the notification appears try using two fingers to "pull" the notification down into an expanded layout.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Not sure if this works for all notifications, or 4.x as originally asked, but I am using Lollipop (5.0.2) and just double-tapped a notification (from Google Play Store, about not being able to update an app because of insufficient storage space). It came up as a dialog box with the full text.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: On my Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 5.0.1 I can just "pull down" the notification (using one finger) or pinch-zoom it (using two fingers) to see the full text:
* first, pull down the notification bar
* then pull down the single notification, where the text is cropped
I don't know whether this is specific for Samsung's TouchWiz or if it's a standard Android feature. I just tried it with various notifications from Spotify, Gmail, etc.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: In addition to other answers, if pinch zoom and two-finger glide din't work, try to rotate screen to landscape mode by switching on the auto-rotate feature and read the notification in Landscape. It may help you read the notifications most of the times. Because clicking the nofication will open the specific app and you wont be able to read it until it shows up next time by itself and long press can show menus to turn off notifications compeletly. So the auto-rotate worked in my case(Not all the times but most of the times in my Lollipop).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: use: Notification.Builder(context).setFullScreenIntent(pendingIntent, true),
manual to make the notification to show full screen
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: You can expand it by touching the notification and dragging down. The touch part of the gesture is very brief, so it feels like a single, quick gesture. This works on Android 7.1, I can't confirm for earlier versions myself, but would be interested I hearing if it works in earlier versions also.
Android 7.1 also shows a little caret (arrow) pointing down to the right of the notification time in the title area. Clicking the title area expands and collapses the notification, and you'll see the caret switch from pointing up to down.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/19 | 408 | 1,604 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to know where Google Play stores downloaded **.apk** files. I've heard that Google Play doesn't send you an `.apk` file and installation is completely online. Is it true?<issue_comment>username_1: `.apk` files are downloaded and stored in subfolders under a location on your device called `/data`.
By default, you do not have permissions to read from that location. In order to read/write in that location, you will need to root your device.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: For now, Google sends you APK file and once it is finished downloading it installs it.
Seems the location of temp files is likely to change from time to time and can vary based on OS, as well as what you're downloading. I'm Presently, using MIUI 8.5.3
Downloads from Google Play Store go into different location for New and Existing apps.
**New apps** (as in you don't have previous version), go into:
Folder: /data/data/com.android.providers.downloads/cache
Filename is:
* While it's downloading: download.bin.midownload (mostl likely
OS-specific name)
* Once complete: download.apk (file
is deleted some time after the download, usually not immediately after)
**Updates to Existing apps**
Folder: /sdcard/Android/data/com.android.vending/files
Filename is:
* While it's downloading: #######.midownload (extension is likely OS-specific as well)
* Once complete: ??
Also, the following folder is created when you download new app or an update to existing one (## are numbers): /data/app/vmdl#####.tmp
It's empty during the downloading.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/19 | 935 | 3,954 | <issue_start>username_0: Anyone know exactly what "app data" consist off? I'm refering to the new App Data-backup adapter that Google pushed out a while ago.
I have a notes application. From what I can see, it don't save the notes to the memory card unless I choose to export them. Question is, are the notes saved in the data folder and are my (very private) notes therefor somewhere within the Google cloud now?
(This backup happened behind my back - I have all sync adapters turned off, but this one was installed silently and of course enabled by default. I'm not comfortable at all with this.)<issue_comment>username_1: From [AndroidPolice](http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/05/13/apk-teardown-google-play-services-3-1-part-2-all-your-app-data-in-the-cloud-a-new-cloud-based-location-service-and-more/):
>
> Google will, of course, give you control over your cloud data. The
> language used here is particularly interesting: they call this data
> "app data stored with your Google account," which means **it's the same
> "app data" we all know and love from the "clear app data" button**. That
> means all your 3rd-party app data in the cloud, seamlessly synced
> across devices.
>
>
>
However, it's not clear yet how much data is being sent, or if there is a max limit that can be stored on the Cloud.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Google has documented details of the [Android Backup Service](http://developer.android.com/google/backup/index.html) and of the [Data Backup Framework](http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/backup.html) on its Android Developers website. The descriptions are targeted to developers writing applications but are still helpful:
>
> Android's backup service allows you to copy your persistent application data to remote "cloud" storage, in order to provide a restore point for the application data and settings. If a user performs a factory reset or converts to a new Android-powered device, the system automatically restores your backup data when the application is re-installed. This way, your users don't need to reproduce their previous data or application settings. This process is completely transparent to the user and does not affect the functionality or user experience in your application.
>
>
>
They also specifically address user privacy:
>
> Google securely transmits backup data to and from Google servers in order to provide backup and restore features. Google treats this data as personal information in accordance with Google's [Privacy Policy](http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html).
>
>
> In addition, users can disable data backup functionality through the Android system's privacy settings. When a user disables backup, Android Backup Service deletes all saved backup data. A user can re-enable backup on the device, but Android Backup Service will not restore any previously deleted data.
>
>
>
**TL/DR:** If the Notes app is configured to use the Android Backup Service and has defined your notes as data to include in the backup, then yes, your data is being stored on a Google server. Toggling `Backup my data` will delete currently saved personal information from Google's servers that is associated with your Google account. This will affect all of your current apps' backed up data.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Generally, it's entirely up to each individual app what data to back up, if any. Google's Android Backup Service provides an interface for apps to tell it what data to back up. That might include files from the data directory, settings, files from the SD card, databases, or even media files that are already visible through the Gallery or Music apps. If the app is badly written, it may also include transient state or cached data.
As a user, the only way you can tell is by asking the developer of an app. Google encourages developers to add backup support to their apps, and many users request that feature.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/19 | 802 | 3,034 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Nexus 7 tablet and Windows 7 computer. I can see the tablet in the device manager as a Nexus 7. It shows up as nexus 7 when I view it on my PC as a drive.
When I drag a photo to the tablet from the pc, the photo file on the nexus 7 shows up there. I cannot view the photo no matter what I do on the tablet, it says 0 photos. I also cannot get any video file to play on the tablet after I drag and drop it. No sign of it on the tablet, but I can see it in the folder on my pc.
I am using USB. This is so frustrating.<issue_comment>username_1: you should try pushing them using adb
```
adb push name_of_the_files_or_directory /sdcard/pictures
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Please see that the photo and video formats are supported by default. Else you might need to install apps that are available in google play. Use a file manager to open the picture by browsing to the location. Once you open it, they might start appearing in the gallery automatically.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: There is an app that allows you to drag & drop file by Wifi and should be easier to show picture and play movie on your device : <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.filesdnd>
It's "free" (with some limitation) on Android, and totally free on Pc and Mac.
There is a paid version without any limitation on Android (you can buy it by in-app payment). Basically you just need to install the app on your Android device and the software from the website : <http://www.filesdnd.com> on your computer.
Then drag your files on your device (the device must be on the wifi network), and with the paid version of the Android app, it will open automatically. With the free version, it will save it on your device, and then the file will be displayed in the left pane of the Android app.
If you don't have any application that can read your file, there will be a toast that will say it. Then you can uses application like DicePlayer for the movie, or QuickPic for the picture !
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: [AirDroid](http://www.appbrain.com/app/airdroid-best-device-manager/com.sand.airdroid) is great for that. I personally use it for everything. You can drag and drop files from desktop to your Android, or vice versa. You can access or modify clipboard, you can view your file browser, music player, you can send SMS, track your device and more.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: [Airdroid](http://www.appbrain.com/app/airdroid-best-device-manager/com.sand.airdroid) is a first of its kind to do this hassle free... I used to just use a file sharing application like [ES File Explorer](http://www.appbrain.com/app/es-file-explorer-file-manager/com.estrongs.android.pop) and choose "Cloud" – but *AirDroid* is a better choice if you want more freedom.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I know this sounds extremely basic, but...I could not drag and drop either. But cut and paste worked for me, as long as I had one window open (wouldn't work with 2).
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/06/19 | 161 | 650 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a sony ericsoon xperia x10 mini. when I send a text message, a tick appears to let tme know it has been received by the recipient. This costs me money, how do I turn this off? I have looked through the menu and cannot seem to find the answer.<issue_comment>username_1: I advise you to start the Messaging App to see if a Settings menu is attached to the application, rather than as a General Setting. Look for a setting similar to the name "Delivery Report" or "Delivery Confirmation", and turn it off.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: **Message** App--> **Setting** -->***Turn off* Delivery Report**
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/20 | 371 | 1,683 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with untouched Android 4.1.2 and problems with logging into accounts on any website, in any browser, as long as the password contains an exclamation mark ("!").
I use the default Samsung keyboard for typing in the password. The language of the keyboard is set to German. The Android interface language is set to English. I use the exclamation mark which is seen on the first of three special character pages.
I tried this in the Chrome browser app and in the default "Internet" browser which comes preinstalled. If I change that exclamation mark in the accounts password to something else, I can login flawlessy on my smartphone.
Is this a codepage error? Do I have to set up some special localization or is it just a bug?<issue_comment>username_1: In the comments, ce4 pointed out what was going wrong.
A space gets inserted automatically after each exclamation mark (and probably other sentence limiting characters like full stop, half stop or question mark too), resulting in an invalid password with a space char too much.
Whenever I enter an exclamation mark, I also enter the following character, use backspace twice and then enter the following character again. Seems to be the simplest solution yet.
Samsung should consider turning off these weird auto-complete stuffs in password boxes!
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have also encountered this "bug" but with a $ character. Whenever I typed `$` it automatically inserted spaces before and after the $ character. My solution was to turn off "automatic spacing" on the Samsung keyboard settings and this worked for me ever since.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/20 | 436 | 1,696 | <issue_start>username_0: I use [Local Sync](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.psencik.simple) as my main address book. Several of my contacts are linked to different address books (e.g. LinkedIn, Skype, Whatsapp, Viber).
In my case, I found a contact having a very beautiful photo in Viber but I chose to set an old ugly picture in my address book
The question is: how do I tell Android to select the contact picture to display for a given contact not from Gallery/Camera apps but from that same contact's linked Viber account?
The question can be generalized and rephrased to cover not only Viber:
> how do I tell Android to select the contact picture to display for a given contact not from Gallery/Camera apps but from one of that same contact's linked accounts?<issue_comment>username_1: I just found the answer, which is a little tricky.
In general
==========
When you need to set a default picture t oa contact who is linked to others, simply press `MENU` and go to `Defaults` menu. There you have the `Caller ID` setting in which you can choose the picture being displayed on call.
In the Viber case
=================
That is not possible, since Viber doesn't actually create linked accounts, unlike Whatsapp. If the application that allows people to set a photo to themselves and manages contacts doesn't implement writing to address book that won't be possible
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: For Viber, use Viber Contact Photo Sync.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.booleanaxis.vibercontactphotosync2>
For Whatsapp use:
[Contact Photo Sync](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rm.android.wcps)
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/20 | 433 | 1,833 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Sony Xperia Z with version 4.1.2 running.
My question is about removing all of the Google baggage from the phone.
I have no Google account tied to my phone and would really like to get rid of all traces of Google from my phone for a few reasons:
* Battery performance: Google services ranks in the top 3 of what uses up my battery
* Privacy: I try to minimize what Google siphons from my phone with the exception of Google maps
* Less Dependency: I don't want to be dependent on one company for all my needs.
So are there any Android versions out there that are minimalistic and do not invade your privacy?<issue_comment>username_1: Most after-market ROMs ship without Google Apps by default. Take a look at e.g. [CyanogenMod](http://www.cyanogenmod.org/), which is available for many devices. So if you can install custom ROMs, that's one way to go.
A different approach would be disabling all Google apps, or even remove them (on a rooted device). This might be a little more tricky as you would have to figure out all dependencies yourself.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Another thing you need to consider if you have no Google account is what to do about your contacts and calendar.
Since you are not going to synchronize your phone contacts and calendar with Google, you need another solution. A good option is to keep your data in Outlook on your computer and use [Akruto Sync](http://www.akruto.com/) to synchronize it with your phone.
Akruto Sync runs on your computer, allowing your Android phone to connect directly to your computer across the Internet, the same way it connects to Google, except that you are not sharing your information with anyone. Your Outlook contacts and calendar are always up-to-date on your phone and they stay private.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/20 | 173 | 681 | <issue_start>username_0: Can I receive / send SMS of cellphone number with an Android tablet using a dongle? Any SMS application for the Android tablet?<issue_comment>username_1: Very probably not.
Reason: While (some?) USB dongles do support sending/receiving SMS, Android doesn't have a means to make use of it as is. 3rd party SMS apps rely on the Android API, but your device's firmware is very probably not built to expose 3G dongle's SMS capabilities via that API.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: What you're looking for is <http://mightytext.net/> , it can provide you with access to your mobile phone sms & mms. There could be probably more have a look..
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/20 | 354 | 1,328 | <issue_start>username_0: Galaxy nexus, CM10.1, standard lock screen/ cLock. If I repeatedly turn the screen off and on it goes back and forth between the two screens below. Super annoying...
**Edit to include a question mark:**
How do I make it NOT switch between the two different lock screens every time? I just want one lock screen; the one with the calendar and weather widgets I added...<issue_comment>username_1: Unfortunately I don't think you're going to find a setting change to fix this. It's likely a bug in the ROM, or the lock screen or cLock apk(s). I'm also running CM10.1 on my phone (LG Nitro HD) and I can't even get the cLock app to change to using an analog clock (vs. the Digital). Even after multiple reboots and confirming that indeed I have the right settings in Settings->Lockscreen.
Some rudimentary net searching and you can see issues with the lockscreen on CM10.1 is not unusual.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Finally tracked down something official:<https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=48164>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Do you have Lockscreen Policy installed? That's most likely the issue.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/20 | 682 | 2,448 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the modifications done in linux kernel to make it an android kernel ? By this question I mean what are the differences between linux kernel and android kernel ?<issue_comment>username_1: The differences change from version to version (both of Linux and of Android), and the exact kernel is different for each device. A kernel for Android is a mainstream Linux kernel, with additional drivers for the specific device, and other additional functionality, such as enhanced power management or faster graphics support.
Many features in the Android kernel are later added to upstream Linux after the open-source community has accepted (and perhaps modified) them, but others are never upstreamed, either because they're not acceptable to the Linux kernel developers, or because they're only applicable to Android or to specific hardware.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Beside the device specific differences and wake lock that username_1 and <NAME> mentions, Android removed System V IPC features (message queues, shared memory segments, semaphores) that could lead to resource leaks (<http://www.kandroid.org/ndk/docs/system/libc/SYSV-IPC.html>). This probably is just a matter of configuring the kernel build. Also the Android IPC of choice, called Binder, has some support in the kernel that to my knowledge is not included in standard Linux kernels.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: I think this [Android Source](https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/kernel/android-common) is a great documentation for understanding it.
And [here](https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/android-4.14) is a list of changes done from mainline kernel for android kernel 4.14.
The largest features include:
* 19.8% Energy Aware Scheduling (kernel/sched)
* 13.8% Networking (net/netfilter)
* 13.5% Sdcardfs (fs/sdcardfs)
* 9.4% USB (drivers/usb)
* 7.2% SoC (arch/arm64, arch/x86)
* 6.2% f2fs (fs/f2fs -- backports from upstream)
* 6.1% Input (drivers/input/misc)
* 5.4% FIQ Debugger (drivers/staging/android/fiq\_debugger)
* 3.6% Goldfish Emulator (drivers/platform/goldfish)
* 3.4% Verity (drivers/md)
* 11.6% Other
**Differences from LTS**
When compared to LTS (4.14.0), the Android common kernel has 355 changes, 32266 insertions, and 1546 deletions (as of February 2018).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CKfod.png)
Upvotes: 3 |
2013/06/20 | 713 | 2,916 | <issue_start>username_0: On a tablet I have a situation where I have multiple users with multiple accounts, and I am trying to have the phone's state backed up in such a way that if I upgrade the operating system, every user's data is backed up.
I would like to do this without imaging the phone, so that this backup can be applied to say, a newer version of the Android OS. I am ok with the backup being finicky, if there is some significant changes to the OS, so long as minor changes don't break it.
I have tried Titanium Backup, and while it works perfectly for a single user, it does not work when multiple users are involved. Neither the user's, nor their data, is backed up.
What application that can achieve this?
Edit: To elaborate, backing up each user individually would work but it would be slow. We may be doing this on many devices, so this is primarily a way to save us time.<issue_comment>username_1: *Probably just a wild guess.* If you have multiple users, and want to use Titanium Backup, you probably need to perform back-up on each account.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I don't think there is a way to do this without imaging. I was going to suggest `adb backup` but as far as I can tell this only backups up the current user, not all users data.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: We have found a tool included in AOSP debug builds called rawbu: <https://github.com/GeekRom/android_frameworks_base/tree/master/cmds/rawbu> that does exactly what we need it to do if you push it the right way. It backs up the entire data partition of an Android device, though it is outdated and crashes if not executed properly since they fused the sdcard.
The default directory used by rawbu is sdcard/backup.dat but since that is fused to data/media/0 this will crash on devices ever since that change. So when running rawbu you must specify data/media/0/backup.dat as the backup and restore arguement so that it knows where to backup and restore to. Since the sdcard isnt backed up, only data is, this should work on newer devices. If you don't do this, it will restore the backup.dat file to itself corrupting itself while performing the restore.
Cons:
* There are a lot of hoops to jump through that I haven't tried yet (I've only tried this on a debug build, so I haven't tried building and pushing it to a release build that's been rooted.)
* Your phone has to be rooted for this to work.
Pros
* Theoretically it works
* It's faster than running titanium backup on each user if you have a lot of users to backup.
* It also restores your phone to the exact same state you had if your phone crashes.
In closing it is unfortunate that there are no good methods for backing up multiple users. However with google's new push to make multi users a stronger feature, we can hope that the adb backup utility will be improved at some point in the near future.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/21 | 330 | 1,166 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an LG-LS855. I don't seem to have any way to plug it in to my computer. I've made a ringtone I want to use. It's an mp3 file. I've uploaded it onto Google Drive. The only thing I seem to be able to do from my phone is play it.
I've downloaded three apps for custom ringtones. The only one that came close to helping was Tone Picker. It lets me use an mp3 from Google Drive as a ringtone. Or at least, it appears to. The phone still uses its default ringtone.
I've also figured out how to use any of the music on my phone as ringtones, but I can't figure out how to download the mp3 as music either.<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried [Ringdroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ringdroid)? Lots of people seem to have success with it.
>
> Create your own ringtone, alarm, or notification sound from an existing audio file, or record a new one directly on the device.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: answer taken from the question:
>
> The Dropbox app actually lets you download stuff onto your phone. Once
> I did that, the phone's ringtone manager let me use it fine.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/21 | 387 | 1,493 | <issue_start>username_0: Using Samsung Galaxy ACE s5830
Android 2.3.6
Well I made a mistake. I was recording an important video with my smartphone (the default video recorder) and then I put the cellphone close to my chest. I noticed later that the video stopped but i thought it was saved. seems like somehow the jacket touched a cancel button (not delete) and then ok. odd but it happened.
now i dont find the video.
My question is if anyone knows if i have any chance to recover the video from a place in the SD memory, probaly using an forensic tool to recover deleted files. I mean if the data was being created somewhere in a temp file until its done, It could be recovered but as this is android i dont have idea.
The video was important so I'll try anything.
NOTE: checking in windows, it shows the modification date in the folder DCIM\Camera, corresponding to the moment i was recording. So at least there was access to that specific folder.
thanks<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried [Ringdroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ringdroid)? Lots of people seem to have success with it.
>
> Create your own ringtone, alarm, or notification sound from an existing audio file, or record a new one directly on the device.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: answer taken from the question:
>
> The Dropbox app actually lets you download stuff onto your phone. Once
> I did that, the phone's ringtone manager let me use it fine.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/21 | 234 | 823 | <issue_start>username_0: I can't connect my Samsung Galaxy SL GT-I9003 via USB. When I try to connect via usb mode the phone doesn't respond, it only charges. I tried restarting and restoring my device, but it still won't connect. I want to update my Android OS from Froyo to Ginger Bread.<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried [Ringdroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ringdroid)? Lots of people seem to have success with it.
>
> Create your own ringtone, alarm, or notification sound from an existing audio file, or record a new one directly on the device.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: answer taken from the question:
>
> The Dropbox app actually lets you download stuff onto your phone. Once
> I did that, the phone's ringtone manager let me use it fine.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/21 | 287 | 1,065 | <issue_start>username_0: I tried unlocking the bootloader (which I apparently succeeded at.) I then tried rooting it, which I failed at. I just want to reset the phone back to factory settings but when I try to do a factory reset it will reboot into the (and I don't know if this is the right name for it or not) bootloader screen, where it says my phone is relocked and gives me the options "bootloader", "reboot", "reboot bootloader" and "power down"
What do I do? If I reboot the phone will restart but nothing has been erased.<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried [Ringdroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ringdroid)? Lots of people seem to have success with it.
>
> Create your own ringtone, alarm, or notification sound from an existing audio file, or record a new one directly on the device.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: answer taken from the question:
>
> The Dropbox app actually lets you download stuff onto your phone. Once
> I did that, the phone's ringtone manager let me use it fine.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/21 | 1,423 | 5,305 | <issue_start>username_0: I know this might be duplicate but I couldn't find any relevant solution myself.
Today I tried to be adventurous and install Ubuntu Touch on my Nexus 7 and it was a failure. As a safety measure I backed up my device's data using the following command on a Windows 7 OS:
```
adb backup all -f ./nexus.ab -shared -apk
```
It took forever and created a 1.6GB file (sounds reasonable to me). But the thing is, when it was done even though the back up screen on my device was gone but the command didn't return in Windows and I had to press ctrl+c.
So I went through my adventure and in the process I had to unlock my bootloader and as a result all my data was wiped out (I read that it will happen and I was ok with it since I had already backed up my data). Once I was through with my adventure (and failed), I tried to restore my data using the following command (on the same machine as I created the back up):
```
adb restore ./nexus.ab
```
It takes for ages and after it is done, it prompts nothing (no success or failure). I can tell that it is done since the restore screen on device will be gone and the command will return in Windows. But when I turn on my device it's the same as it came out of the box. So is there any hope left? How can I make sure if my back up file is corrupted or everything is going fine? Do I need to do anything after my back up file is restored?<issue_comment>username_1: Try looking at the `logcat` output. I had a similar issue with multiple devices (all of the same manufacturer, though not yours) -- and it turned out they obviously had a bug in ADB implementation (`logcat` showed a parse error for the backup file).
If your situation is comparable (some ADB bug on your device's firmware), you can forget restoring that backup *using ADB.* Still, there are alternatives:
As you can read in the [tag-wiki](https://android.stackexchange.com/tags/backup/info) or our [backup](/questions/tagged/backup "show questions tagged 'backup'") tag, there are other apps which can read and restore from ADB backups. Such as e.g. [Titanium Backup](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup). I'm not sure if this feature is reserved for the Pro version, but it's at least worth a try with the free one. And even if, this app is worth buying. Note, however, that **your device must be rooted** for this.
Copy your `nexus.ab` to the SDCard of your Nexus (I know it has no microSD slot, but the internal SD should do). Then use *TiBu* to restore from that backup file. You might not be able to restore *everything* (I never tried, so I'm not sure how far it goes) -- but at least your apps and their data should be able to get restored.
A second way (to be used for the remaining things) is to manually unpack the backup archive. Details can be found here:
* [How do you extract an App's data from a full backup made through “adb backup”?](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/28481/16575)
* [Is there a way to look inside and modify an adb backup created file?](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/23357/16575)
You might also wish to consult [other questions tagged "adb+backup"](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/backup+adb) for additional information.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Use `adb logcat` command to check system log for exceptions during the restore process. Try looking for BackupManagerService messages like these:
```
I/BackupManagerService( 716): Reusing existing agent instance
D/BackupManagerService( 716): Invoking agent to restore file fbreader.ui.xml
E/BackupManagerService( 716): Unknown tar entity type: 76
E/BackupManagerService( 716): Parse error in header: Unknown entity type 76
W/BackupManagerService( 716): io exception on restore socket read
W/BackupManagerService( 716): java.io.IOException: Unknown entity type 76
W/BackupManagerService( 716): at com.android.server.BackupManagerService$PerformFullRestoreTask.readTarHeaders(BackupManagerService.java:4117)
W/BackupManagerService( 716): at com.android.server.BackupManagerService$PerformFullRestoreTask.restoreOneFile(BackupManagerService.java:3406)
W/BackupManagerService( 716): at com.android.server.BackupManagerService$PerformFullRestoreTask.run(BackupManagerService.java:3282)
W/BackupManagerService( 716): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:841)
D/BackupManagerService( 716): Killing host process
I/BackupManagerService( 716): Full restore processing complete.
D/BackupManagerService( 716): Full restore pass complete.
```
In above example, you find a message `E/BackupManagerService: Unknown entity type 76`. It means that the .tar archive inside the .ab file was created with GNU version of the tar tool and used GNUTYPE\_LONGNAME ('L') in a file's header.typeflag field, which is not understood by your Android's BackupManagerService. Using `tar --format=posix` should fix the problem.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: As said in `username_2` answer it may have to do with format of tar archive, but using `posix` format didn't help me and i still got errors, after trying diffrent formats i find out that `--format=ustar` (which is older posix format) works just fine, since it doesn't create any PaxHeaders which break stucture of archive.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/21 | 647 | 2,510 | <issue_start>username_0: At Google I/O, Google announced Androids new Google Play game service. From what I remember and from what I've been reading online, it has already been released. Though, I haven't seen it on the Google Play store.
Is this something that exclusive to certain devices?
I have a rooted S3 if that matters.<issue_comment>username_1: End users don't need to install anything from their side. *Google Play Services* APK in your device would have already been updated to support Gaming ([You can manually install/update Google Play Services framework if something's wrong](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms&hl=en)). Just find a game which uses [Game Services API](http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/games.html) and enjoy!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The new game features announced at I/O 2013 are [enhancements to Google Play Services](http://www.webpronews.com/google-io-2013-google-play-services-brings-more-google-apis-to-apps-2013-05). Google Play Services is a framework that [allows app developers to take advantage of standardized Google services](http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/index.html) like Maps, Google+, and the new Game services. It's up to app developers to implement changes and new features to these services, so you'll need a current version of Google Play Services *and* applications that take advance of the new stuff ([Riptide GP](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vectorunit.blue#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLnZlY3RvcnVuaXQuYmx1ZSJd) was advertised as an app taking advantage of the new cloud save and achievement services, for example). Google Play Services is updated automatically in the background and is normally installed on Android devices by default (if they're allowed access to the Play Store by Google; your S3, in its stock configuration, is). If for some reason you're missing it, though, you can download it from the Play Store [here](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms&hl=en).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: While the Games Services are a background service that comes as part of the standard Google Services, Google have recently released a new [Google Play Games](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.play.games) app that centralizes your list of games into one launcher and (for games that support the new Game Services) also shows and syncs achievements between devices.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/22 | 432 | 1,563 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using an android tablet at my work place. For some weird reason, WIFI has been disabled in the tablet. The only way to connect to the internet is via ethernet.
At this point, I have a USB-Ethernet adapter. I am able to enable ethernet and connect. I even get an IP address assigned to my tablet.
But, the problem is, I am unable to access the internet on the tablet. When I try to open any application that requires connectivity to internet, I just get the error message "This application requires a working data connection".
Not sure if this is relevant, but I checked the file "sys/class/net/eth0" and it says "up".
Can someone help me out here?
Thank you ..<issue_comment>username_1: i had the same problem. EBay app told me the solution. My date and time were set manually in 2011. I set the good time and date automaticly and now my apps have access to internet.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: If you can shell and run netcfg, there are a couple of other things you have to do. Namely set up DNS and a gateway:
To see network status:
```
netcfg
```
To bring up the ethernet connection, if it isn't already:
```
netcfg eth1 dhcp
```
Set up DNS, replacing the IP address as fit for your environment (this can be found via a Windows PC running on the same network with "ipconfig /all"):
```
setprop net.dns1 10.30.28.180
```
Set up the default gateway IP (which can also be found by running "ipconfig /all" on a Windows PC on the same network):
```
route add default gw 10.31.60.1 dev eth1
```
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/22 | 213 | 1,002 | <issue_start>username_0: I can not change language on my new android 4.1 tablet. On my phone I am able to change input language by long clicking on space bar button, however on tablet space bar does not have such functionality despite several languages are selected in android keyboard settings.
Tablet just picks first selected input language and thus if I want to change input language I need to uncheck all other languages that are before which I want to set. That seems to be some kind of a bug or I am missing something.<issue_comment>username_1: Oh, I found how languages may be switched :). There is a small keyboard icon in the notification area which allows to do that.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: To change languages, layouts and keyboard apps you can always tap on a text field (the keyboard must be active), then drag down the notification bar and tap aon keyboard settings/input methods. Now you chose the keyboard application or configure it to change its language.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/23 | 407 | 1,550 | <issue_start>username_0: On my Galaxy S4 (Sprint), I regularly get a voicemail icon in my notification bar with the message:
>
> With this update, you will be able to enjoy premium Ad-supported features such as inline playback and auto forward to email.
>
>
>
I have no interest in "enjoying" these features, and I cannot figure out how to make it go away.
* "Allow automatic updating" is not not checked.
* I have no messages that haven't been listened to.
* I do not want to disable all notifications from the voicemail application, as I would like to be notified when I have messages.
* Clearing the notification makes it go away for anywhere from 5 minutes to a day, but it always comes back.
Is there any way that I can disable this specific message?<issue_comment>username_1: Please try the following:
1. *Android Settings*
2. *Application Manager*
3. *All Apps* (drag page to the left)
4. search your app and tap on it
5. make shure, the box *show notifications* is unchecked
6. Problem solved?
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Accept the update, it doesn't charge you unless you subscribe to the premium package. Aside from that, you could decompile the apk and remove the push notification for updates.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I was able to remove the ads from my Sprint voicemail without root.
On the Android device, go to **Voice mail > Menu > Settings > Uncheck Display Ads**.
Hope this works for you.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/23 | 729 | 2,845 | <issue_start>username_0: I have selected a few hundred images as "favourite" in the stock Galaxy S3 Photo Gallery app. I can view these photos by tapping on the "Albums" drop down and choosing "Favourites". Once in this view I can open individual images or start a slideshow. There is no multi-select option like in "albums" view which allows for bulk sharing of images.
Does anybody know a novel way to export/share *all* favourite images?
I have tried other gallery apps in the hope they shared the "favourite" database but each has their own. AirDroid also does not have a "show favourites" option.
Or does anybody know if the list of favourite images can be exported from some sqlite database and I can script out the file names for copying?
Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: Tap a photo so that the thumbnail views appear at the bottom. Then long press on one of the thumbnails and you then get an option to select all
Additional Hint: "Select all" you will find in the upper option bar where you usually choose your album "Favorites". Use the Share-Button and one of the given options to save the files to another folder (e.g. use "ES Explorer Save as"-Option).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You need to use the Photos app instead (it [no longer requires a Google+ profile](https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6142214?hl=en)) which has the option you are looking for [in the latest 2018 version](https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/5/21/17377738/google-photos-favorites-new-feature). But you cannot export or migrate your favorites out of Gallery and the Gallery app is [removed by Lollipop](http://www.androidcentral.com/where-did-gallery-go-after-lollipop-update).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I'm from 2017. Here 3 years into the future the Gallery App does support the option to "share" favourite photos, by selection and hitting the share option in the menu above.
HOWEVER, in the case you want to "save" these to a local folder of their own you're are screwed. Sure you can "share" them over WiFi through the social media apps, but simply transfer/move them locally into an organised folder - no chance - thanks Gallery. Cutting edge stuff! It cannot be hard to add this option here. I mean the option exists outside of favourites, so why not inside. Makes life painful and no sense!
Finally found a solution though thanks to @greenux 's contribution above! With the ES Explorer File Manager App installed you can save the Favourites locally through ES Explorer using the "share". Gallery should provide this natively.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Here is the trick :
1. Create a New Folder in the Gallery
2. Click on Add photo icon "+"
3. In the options you can see Favorites Folder
4. Select the pictures you want to export and then select Copy/Move option.
5. Done :-)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/23 | 228 | 757 | <issue_start>username_0: Does anybody know how to root the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini?
* Model Number : GT-I8190
* Android Version : 4.1.2<issue_comment>username_1: You can root your Galaxy S3 Mini without computer without PC.
1. Go to Settings>Security>Check Allow Unknown resources.
2. Download **Root Master 2.0 apk** from [here](http://d-h.st/Ou9).
3. Install it as normal apk. Open the app and click **root**.
4. Now the phone will restart and you'll see **Kinguser** in your app
drawer.
5. To Verify Root, Download **Root Checker Basic** from Playstore.
Regards,
username_1
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I used towelroot
<https://towelroot.com/>
to root a GS3 Mini (another variant though) successfully. I guess its worth a try!
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/23 | 2,439 | 10,538 | <issue_start>username_0: Mobile network operators (also: telephone companies, telcos, providers) sometimes offer low cost data packages that are usable only on the phone. Or so, they say.
*How can they distinguish between a user browsing the web with a browser on his Android phone and a user using a browser on a laptop tethered to an Android phone?*
In early 2012 I was in Paris and I was using an Orange mobile data package with a Nokia E51 (Symbian S60). Indeed, I could only access the Internet using the phone's browser, not from my laptop tethered to the phone. Now, I a have an Android 2.3 phone, and I am thinking about subscribing to a similar data package in Spain (operator Más Móvil).<issue_comment>username_1: How they detect that someone is tethering a device isn't something that network providers often want to talk about, for the obvious reason that the more consumers know about how this is being detected, the easier it is for them to find ways to hide the fact that they're doing it, and avoid the associated extra charges *(1)*. However there are certain known techniques that will give away the fact that you're currently tethering, if your Service Provider happens to be running the right tool to check for these indicators:
Your Phone asks your network if tethering is allowed
----------------------------------------------------
The first and easiest method is that some phones will query the network to check whether the current contract allows tethering, and then totally disable the tethering options on the device in software if not. This generally only happens if you are running an OS version that has been customized by your Provider, [example 1](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/36313/) [example 2](http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/379738/can-the-network-tell-if-you-tether-your-pc-to-your-phone).
Your phone tells your network that you are tethering
----------------------------------------------------
It's also rumoured that some phones have a second set of [APN](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Point_Name) details saved in them by the phone network, when you enable tethering they switch over to using this second APN for all tethered traffic, while using the normal APN for traffic originating on the phone. However I haven't found any concrete evidence of this, other than people finding odd APNs and wondering what they're for (bear in mind that an unlocked phone bought off-contract may have hundreds or thousands of APNs stored on it, ready for use on whichever network in whichever country the eventual owner decides to use it).
Inspecting the network packets for their TTL (time to live)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Every [network packet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_packet) travelling across a [TCP/IP network](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol), like the internet, has a built-in time-to-live ([TTL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live)) set on it, so that in case there is a problem with that packet reaching its destination this will stop it travelling around the network forever clogging everything up.
The way this works is that the packet starts with a TTL number (say 128) set on it when it leaves the sending device (your phone, or laptop), and then every time that packet travels through a [router](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_(computing)) of any kind (like your home broadband router, or a router at your ISP or phone company) that router subtracts one from the TTL (which would decrement the TTL to 127 in this example), the next router it travels through will in turn decrement the TTL again, and so on, if the TTL ever reaches zero then the router it's at discards the packet and doesn't transmit it again.
When your phone is tethering it acts like a router so, as the packet passes from your tethered laptop through your phone and onto the phone network, your phone will subtract "1" from the TTL to show that the packet has passed through its first router. The phone networks know what the expected TTLs from common devices are (for instance packets from an iPhone always start at a TTL of 64), and so they can spot when they're one less (or totally different) than they're expecting.
MAC address inspection
----------------------
Devices on a TCP/IP network, like the internet, all have a unique [MAC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address) ID set on their network interfaces. This is made up of two halves, one half identifying the manufacturer of the interface, and the other half being a unique identifier assigned by the manufacturer (like a serial number). Every network packet that is sent out will have been "stamped" with the MAC address of the originating device's network port. The MAC address of your laptop's wifi card will have a very different manufacturer and serial code than the MAC address of your phone's 3G interface.
[TCP/IP Stack Fingerprinting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_fingerprinting)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Different computer [Operating Systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system) (eg Android, iOS, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, etc) set up their TCP/IP stacks with different default values and settings (eg the Initial Packet Size, Initial TTL, Window Size...). The combination of these values can give a "fingerprint" that can be used to identify what operating system is running on the originating device. A side-effect of this may mean that if you're using an uncommon OS, or an OS that's similar to your phone's on your other device, your tethering [may not be spotted](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/5983/).
Looking at the Destination IP/URL
---------------------------------
You can learn a lot by what a device regularly communicates with.
For instance, many OSs these days do [Captive Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal) Detection when they first connect to a wifi network (such as your wifi tether connection), they do this by trying to connect to a known web server across the internet, and checking to see if they get the response that they're expecting. If the expected response is not received, then it's likely that the wifi connection you're on is a "captive portal" and may need you to log in, or pay, to connect to it. As Microsoft OSs (like Windows Vista and Windows 7 [check with a Microsoft server by default](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee126135%28WS.10%29.aspx) and other OSs like Android, MacOS and so on all connect to their parent company's servers to do these checks, it can be used as a good indication of the operating system just after the initial connection is made.
Additionally, if a device regularly contacts the Windows Update servers, then it's very likely that device is a Windows PC or laptop, whereas if it regularly checks with Google's Android update servers, then it's probably a phone. Or if they can see that you're connecting to the Apple App Store, but the [IMEI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Station_Equipment_Identity) of the device that your SIM card is in indicates that it's not an Apple device, maybe you're tethering an iPad to an Android phone?
More sophisticated systems can look at a whole range of data seeing who you're communicating with (eg are you connecting to the Facebook app's API servers which is more likely from a phone, or to Facebook's web servers which is more likely from a PC) and add a whole load of these indicators together to create a fingerprint that indicates what sort of device you're likely to be using. Some of these fingerprints can be caught out when new device types and services come out, for instance there are reports that just after tablets with built-in 3G came out, some owners of these on the AT&T network [received mails](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893424&page=2) warning them that they'd been tethering when they hadn't, as the fingerprint from this new style of device didn't look like a typical phone.
---
*(1)* Obviously before trying any methods to by-pass tethering detection please remember to check your phone contract and your phone company's policies on tethering. They may have penalty clauses buried in their contract, Fair Use Policy, or Acceptable Use Policy for people who try to bypass their restrictions and limits.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In reality Mobile Network Internet Providers predominantly use Deep Package Inspection with URI fingerprinting to detect tethering. It is the only method that is feasible to use for large scale operation. They can use known sites, e.g. the Windows update server, to detect that it is a non-phone device that is accessing. Or for HTTP, read web browser user agent to detect that the browser is for a non-phone platform.
Having said this, these methods have some significant limitations.
* Timing offset from start of use until detection can take minutes
* Detection can be neutralised by using end-user encryption
* Using all possible fingerprinting techniques often result in triggering false positives
So the reality is that tethering detection is a balancing act from an operator perspective. They typically only implement enough to be able to block regular, non-geek users (which constitute the wast majority of mobile users). Deploying tighter detection to block tech savvy users is typically not worth the effort, and may backfire by generating too many false-positive events. As long as they get paid for used data, they will look the other way.
They rather concentrate their effort on hackers and blocking revenue leakage due to network exploits.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: The simplest method is TTL inspection. If you route your connection to the second device (via mobile wifi hotspot or in any other way feasible), the phone company's routers will spot that some TTL values are different from the others when packets pass them. Since there are tables of expected initial TTL values available for many devices (their operating systems, more specifically), phone company will immediately spot that something is amiss, as they can easily calculate "how far away" is the source of the packet. It DOES NOT require deep packet inspection, since TTL values are available for all to see, in any kind of IP packet, and are actually MODIFIED by routers (decreased by 1 at each pass) as the packet is passed to the destination. The workaround is therefore quite simple.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/24 | 2,433 | 10,609 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using a Nexus 7 device and whenever I download a file greater than 28MB, the Chrome browser renames it to Download.bin no matter what the name of the file. When I download a file less than 28MB, the type (jpg, for instance) remains intact but the name of the file is changed to "Download". When I use Firefox within android, the files are downloaded as expected no matter what the size. My hunch is that this is some security feature built into Chrome. The site is hosted by IIS 7.5 and I'm using the BOM with JavaScript to download the file. Any idea of a workaround for this so that Chrome downloads the files correctly? It works correctly on the desktop version of Chrome, but not the android version of Chrome. Would appreciate any help!<issue_comment>username_1: How they detect that someone is tethering a device isn't something that network providers often want to talk about, for the obvious reason that the more consumers know about how this is being detected, the easier it is for them to find ways to hide the fact that they're doing it, and avoid the associated extra charges *(1)*. However there are certain known techniques that will give away the fact that you're currently tethering, if your Service Provider happens to be running the right tool to check for these indicators:
Your Phone asks your network if tethering is allowed
----------------------------------------------------
The first and easiest method is that some phones will query the network to check whether the current contract allows tethering, and then totally disable the tethering options on the device in software if not. This generally only happens if you are running an OS version that has been customized by your Provider, [example 1](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/36313/) [example 2](http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/379738/can-the-network-tell-if-you-tether-your-pc-to-your-phone).
Your phone tells your network that you are tethering
----------------------------------------------------
It's also rumoured that some phones have a second set of [APN](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Point_Name) details saved in them by the phone network, when you enable tethering they switch over to using this second APN for all tethered traffic, while using the normal APN for traffic originating on the phone. However I haven't found any concrete evidence of this, other than people finding odd APNs and wondering what they're for (bear in mind that an unlocked phone bought off-contract may have hundreds or thousands of APNs stored on it, ready for use on whichever network in whichever country the eventual owner decides to use it).
Inspecting the network packets for their TTL (time to live)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Every [network packet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_packet) travelling across a [TCP/IP network](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol), like the internet, has a built-in time-to-live ([TTL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live)) set on it, so that in case there is a problem with that packet reaching its destination this will stop it travelling around the network forever clogging everything up.
The way this works is that the packet starts with a TTL number (say 128) set on it when it leaves the sending device (your phone, or laptop), and then every time that packet travels through a [router](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_(computing)) of any kind (like your home broadband router, or a router at your ISP or phone company) that router subtracts one from the TTL (which would decrement the TTL to 127 in this example), the next router it travels through will in turn decrement the TTL again, and so on, if the TTL ever reaches zero then the router it's at discards the packet and doesn't transmit it again.
When your phone is tethering it acts like a router so, as the packet passes from your tethered laptop through your phone and onto the phone network, your phone will subtract "1" from the TTL to show that the packet has passed through its first router. The phone networks know what the expected TTLs from common devices are (for instance packets from an iPhone always start at a TTL of 64), and so they can spot when they're one less (or totally different) than they're expecting.
MAC address inspection
----------------------
Devices on a TCP/IP network, like the internet, all have a unique [MAC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address) ID set on their network interfaces. This is made up of two halves, one half identifying the manufacturer of the interface, and the other half being a unique identifier assigned by the manufacturer (like a serial number). Every network packet that is sent out will have been "stamped" with the MAC address of the originating device's network port. The MAC address of your laptop's wifi card will have a very different manufacturer and serial code than the MAC address of your phone's 3G interface.
[TCP/IP Stack Fingerprinting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_fingerprinting)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Different computer [Operating Systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system) (eg Android, iOS, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, etc) set up their TCP/IP stacks with different default values and settings (eg the Initial Packet Size, Initial TTL, Window Size...). The combination of these values can give a "fingerprint" that can be used to identify what operating system is running on the originating device. A side-effect of this may mean that if you're using an uncommon OS, or an OS that's similar to your phone's on your other device, your tethering [may not be spotted](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/5983/).
Looking at the Destination IP/URL
---------------------------------
You can learn a lot by what a device regularly communicates with.
For instance, many OSs these days do [Captive Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal) Detection when they first connect to a wifi network (such as your wifi tether connection), they do this by trying to connect to a known web server across the internet, and checking to see if they get the response that they're expecting. If the expected response is not received, then it's likely that the wifi connection you're on is a "captive portal" and may need you to log in, or pay, to connect to it. As Microsoft OSs (like Windows Vista and Windows 7 [check with a Microsoft server by default](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee126135%28WS.10%29.aspx) and other OSs like Android, MacOS and so on all connect to their parent company's servers to do these checks, it can be used as a good indication of the operating system just after the initial connection is made.
Additionally, if a device regularly contacts the Windows Update servers, then it's very likely that device is a Windows PC or laptop, whereas if it regularly checks with Google's Android update servers, then it's probably a phone. Or if they can see that you're connecting to the Apple App Store, but the [IMEI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Station_Equipment_Identity) of the device that your SIM card is in indicates that it's not an Apple device, maybe you're tethering an iPad to an Android phone?
More sophisticated systems can look at a whole range of data seeing who you're communicating with (eg are you connecting to the Facebook app's API servers which is more likely from a phone, or to Facebook's web servers which is more likely from a PC) and add a whole load of these indicators together to create a fingerprint that indicates what sort of device you're likely to be using. Some of these fingerprints can be caught out when new device types and services come out, for instance there are reports that just after tablets with built-in 3G came out, some owners of these on the AT&T network [received mails](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893424&page=2) warning them that they'd been tethering when they hadn't, as the fingerprint from this new style of device didn't look like a typical phone.
---
*(1)* Obviously before trying any methods to by-pass tethering detection please remember to check your phone contract and your phone company's policies on tethering. They may have penalty clauses buried in their contract, Fair Use Policy, or Acceptable Use Policy for people who try to bypass their restrictions and limits.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In reality Mobile Network Internet Providers predominantly use Deep Package Inspection with URI fingerprinting to detect tethering. It is the only method that is feasible to use for large scale operation. They can use known sites, e.g. the Windows update server, to detect that it is a non-phone device that is accessing. Or for HTTP, read web browser user agent to detect that the browser is for a non-phone platform.
Having said this, these methods have some significant limitations.
* Timing offset from start of use until detection can take minutes
* Detection can be neutralised by using end-user encryption
* Using all possible fingerprinting techniques often result in triggering false positives
So the reality is that tethering detection is a balancing act from an operator perspective. They typically only implement enough to be able to block regular, non-geek users (which constitute the wast majority of mobile users). Deploying tighter detection to block tech savvy users is typically not worth the effort, and may backfire by generating too many false-positive events. As long as they get paid for used data, they will look the other way.
They rather concentrate their effort on hackers and blocking revenue leakage due to network exploits.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: The simplest method is TTL inspection. If you route your connection to the second device (via mobile wifi hotspot or in any other way feasible), the phone company's routers will spot that some TTL values are different from the others when packets pass them. Since there are tables of expected initial TTL values available for many devices (their operating systems, more specifically), phone company will immediately spot that something is amiss, as they can easily calculate "how far away" is the source of the packet. It DOES NOT require deep packet inspection, since TTL values are available for all to see, in any kind of IP packet, and are actually MODIFIED by routers (decreased by 1 at each pass) as the packet is passed to the destination. The workaround is therefore quite simple.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/24 | 197 | 728 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just bought an HTC Desire and it seems to have stopped working.
On startup, I just get the O2 splash page, then it buzzes 7 times, and that's it.
I tried holding down the Vol down key, then the power button, and it gets me into some menu called HBOOT. There is a recovery option in there, but it just reboots the phone, and I'm back where I started.
How do I wipe the thing and get it starting up again?<issue_comment>username_1: when u go into recovery try to wipe cache...
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I gave up and returned the phone to the guy I bought it from on eBay, saying it was faulty. My conclusion was that it was an intermittent hardware fault.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/24 | 523 | 2,095 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to install ArchiLinux on my multipad. I have tried to root my Prestigio MultiPad (model: PMP3670B) using some rooting apps I had found on the Internet, but all of them have requested an adb driver, which I have problems installing on my XP because it won't autodetect the device. As mentioned in all the instructions I had set my device to USB Debugging Mode and to MTP Mode.
I downloaded SDK and, using a couple of instructions, including some on modifying android\_winusb.inf and adb\_usb.inf, several times tried to install it manually. The Device Manager displayed MultiPad as two devices (MTP and Android), that had an icon with a yellow question mark. The best I could achieve was making the Add Hardware Wizard detect the MTP (it still wont detect the Android).
Using The command prompt I opened platform tools folder and executed `adb kill-server`, `adb start-server` and `adb device` commands, but the "List of devices attached" was empty.
Also when I tried unchecking the USB Debugging Mode on the Multipad and my XP started displaying it as a Portable Media Player.
This is my first tabled, so I'm really inexperienced. I guess I'm making a mistake somewhere, but I can't figure out where.
Maybe someone has rooted this or similar Prestigio MultiPad on XP and could help me?<issue_comment>username_1: Here's how to do root Prestigio MultiPad PMP3670B:
-download application "Motochopper"
, after extracted, just run the file "run.bat"
-I think you know the rest: to have installed the USB drivers to have enable "usb debugging" etc..
:)) I searched for two weeks, every day, after I found a forum Rusia.Daca.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Simple way is just do it from your computer. Yes I did it. Do not follow stupid internet long discussions and links loaded with catches and adverts and prerequisites..
King root is free and does the job. Use the PC version it is available on official king root website. Just follow instructions..initially when root succeed it will not show with root checker but reboot and it will show.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/24 | 466 | 1,906 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a Huawei U8825D/G330D running Android 4.0.4 on a contract with China Unicom. I have used two Android phones in the past, and was always able to sync all my Google services by logging into a Google account on my Android, but I haven't been able to add a Google account on this Huawei phone.
I tried going to Settings > Accounts and Sync > Add an Account, but the only types of accounts available for adding in the menu are Huawei Cloud+, Company, Email, and Wandoujia (an app store service popular in China). There is no option to add a Google account. This doesn't only create the problem of not being able to sync Google services - without a Google account enabled on this phone, I cannot even open Google Play store, Gmail, and the like. I am able to install these apps on the phone, but when I click on them, a screen (of the background frame of, say, the Play store) would briefly show up before the app closing itself in a moment. I tried restoring the phone to factory settings but it has not worked.<issue_comment>username_1: This may be a late response but after finding the answer I thought I should publish it. If you have a Huawei phone that's been set up for the Chinese market then you'll find you cannot simply add a Google account.
First, using Huawei's own application manager, find Google's Play Store and install it. Once installed, use it to install Google's own YouTube app.
From YouTube you can sign in add any number of Google accounts.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: * download the google play .apk using the built-in browser of your smartphone (browse the apk file)
* then, open google play and install gmail
* then, download Google Contacts Sync 4.4.2-1289630.apk using the built-in browser of your smartphone
* then go to your contacts menu option and then you will se that you can sign into the google account
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/24 | 775 | 2,869 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to figure out why my apps don't work on tablets manufactured by the company Ainol.
USB debugging is already turned on, and I took a look at all of the settings that I could find on it, but the USB debugging bridge refuses to find it.
I figured out that it might be because the tablet ALWAYS connects the USB file transfer (either as mass storage, or media, or camera, but it ALWAYS connects, and I found no option to not connect).
How can I force ADB to find it somehow?<issue_comment>username_1: Normally you should have to install the driver of the tablet to have ADB working with it. On the opposite, mass storage usually work out-of-the-box because any PC recognize this standard.
After some search on Google I found some info that may work with your tablet here:
[http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/70585-adb-drivers/page\_*p*\_805857](http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/70585-adb-drivers/page__p__805857)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I gather you are under OSX so no need for driver or `udev` rules but there is some points you need to make sure you follow .
1. Make sure your device is unlocked when connected to PC.
2. Make sure you have accepted the pop-up message on your tablet allowing your PC to debug it.
3. Make sure your usb cable is working perfectly.
4. The usb storage ot mtp mode doesn't matter.
5. If you are still struggling and couldn't make it work via usb try making it work via network.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Download PDANet [from Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pdanet) and for [Windows in your PC](http://pdanet.co). After doing a few configurations your PC should be able to detect your device.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Go to settings and visit developer options (if it's not there see the end of my answer). Then enable developer options and enable USB debugging.
Enabling developer:
Go to settings=>about=>software info=>and tap build number a bunch of times very quickly.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: You don't need to force USB debugging to be able to use it. But if that is your biggest concern, there are some two files you may need to take it if you access the superuser privileges. These are "/system/build.prop" and "/default.prop". Here are the lines of code to look for in build.prop and default.prop to modify them to exactly how I have written them here or else create then:
persist.service.adb.enable=1 persist.service.debuggable=1 persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb
Or if you have a custom recovery like twrp you can access terminal and run these commands:
```
adb shell su
mount -o remount,rw /system cd /
echo "persist.service.adb.enable=1
echo "persist.service.debuggable=1
echo "persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb
```
Once you reboot into Android you should be able to see ADB persisted always.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/24 | 839 | 3,281 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a HTC HD2 / Windows 6.5 / several years. A week ago I got a Samsung Galaxy S4 / Android 4.2 /. My question is what program I could make a backup of the old phone, so I can restore them to the new. Thanks in advance for all the help.<issue_comment>username_1: HOW TO TRANSFER/BACKUP DATA FROM WINDOWS MOBILE TO ANDROID
----------------------------------------------------------
To make backups and transfer that data to your Android device, you'll need to install *PIM Backup* on your Windows Mobile device.
Go to [www.dotfred.net](http://www.dotfred.net) and download the *PIM Backup* CAB file for Windows Mobile 6.5 (direct link: <http://www.tinyurl.com/PIMBackup65>).
Move it to your HTC HD2 and install it.
Contacts:
---------
1. Make a backup of your contacts with *PIM Backup* and save it as a CSV file.
2. Copy the file to your computer and go to [Google Contacts](http://www.google.com/contacts/). Click on More -> Import.
3. Choose the CSV file and press Import. Once your new phone has a proper connection to the internet, it'll automatically synchronise with the Google servers and you'll see a complete list of your contacts in the Contacts app.
Calendar/Appointments:
----------------------
1. Use *PIM Backup* to backup all of your appointments to a CSV file. Copy that CSV file to your computer.
2. Go to [Google Calendar](http://www.google.com/calendar) and click the mechanical wheel and click Settings.
3. Go to Calendars and click Import calendar.
4. Choose the CSV file and press Import. Once your new phone has a proper connection to the internet, it'll automatically synchronise with the Google servers and you'll see your appointments in your Google Calendar app.
Text Messages/SMS:
------------------
1. Use *PIM Backup* to backup your text messages to an `.xml` file. Transfer that file to your phone to `/sdcard/SMSBackupRestore`.
2. Install the free app [SMS Backup & Restore](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore) on your Android device.
Start it and restore the XML file.
Call Log:
---------
1. Use *PIM Backup* to backup your call log to an `.xml` file. Transfer that file to your phone to `/sdcard/CallLogBackupRestore`.
2. Install the free app [Call Logs Backup & Restore](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.CallLogBackupRestore) on your Android device.
Start it and restore the XML file.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: If you are also a Outlook user and used activesync to sync your old Windows Phone, then a very nice tool to use is Local Sync.
I migrated my contacts, appointments and other data flawlessly from my windows phone to android.
But not SMS data, because that's not data what Outlook handles. But pimbackup should be fine for that.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: I hate to sync with cloud/online service. My contacts list is confidential not to be uploaded on Google account.
I use dual boot on HD2 and for having the same calendar and contacts on Android HD2, I found MyPhoneExplorer. It will sync your Outlook with your Android device. It is possible to require phone Android drivers.
The Contacts were synced with photo and everything.
Be patient, MyphoneExplorer is not so quick as Activesync.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/24 | 739 | 2,850 | <issue_start>username_0: I accidentally clicked 'Always Display Images from This Sender' ('Always show pictures from this sender' in 2020) and was wondering if there's a way to undo this setting in Android gmail.
It's straightforward to undo on web Gmail, but not the same with Android (that I know of). Any help is appreciated!<issue_comment>username_1: In the Android Gmail app,
From the main inbox or inside any email: Bring up the Menu > Settings > General Settings. Now click the Menu button again to bring up sub-menu of options > Clear picture approvals.
**WARNING**: This clears ALL your approved sender settings, I believe there is no option to revoke by individual email senders.
Upvotes: 7 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If you do it from from gmail you can do it on a by sender basis. Here are the instructions: <https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/v0rJQjdR-Pc>
>
> click show details then click Images from this sender are always
> displayed. Don't display from now on.
>
>
> NOTE YOU WILL ONLY SEE THAT OPTION IF THERE ARE EXTERNALLY LINKED
> IMAGES - NOT IF THERE ARE INSERTED OR ATTACHED IMAGES
>
>
>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I needed to clear this setting for a single email address. I followed these steps:
1. Open Gmail (mail.google.com) in a web browser
2. Open an email from the sender which *has* an image in it
3. In the top left of the email it will have the sender's name and below that "*to me*" with a little down arrow next to it
4. Click the little down arrow and then click *Don't display from now on*
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7fe2A.png)
Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_4: In 2020 there is still a working solution to the problem of having accidentally chosen "Always display pictures from this sender" in the Android Gmail app (how I miss Inbox).
Gmail app > Settings > General Settings > Triple Dot Menu > Clear Picture Approvals.
PS I'm adding my answer here even though it's a partial duplicate of another (with lots of up votes). I ignored the other answer since it referenced a specific version of Gmail from 2013 figuring that it was no longer valid. Hopefully this answer will help others like me who skip the other answer.
FYI If all else fails there is a "nuclear option":
Clear the Gmail app's storage
1. Open System Settings app on Android.
2. Find the Gmail app details where you can clear cache and storage (Settings > Apps and Notifications > See all applications > Gmail on Android 10).
3. Choose "Clear storage".
Your stored accounts should persist but the unintended consequence of this action is that all your Gmail settings customizations like more sensible swipe behaviors will be lost. You have to ask yourself if the cure is worse than the disease.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/24 | 1,058 | 4,549 | <issue_start>username_0: Most modern top-level Android devices, e.g., Samsung S4, has:
* 2GB internal RAM
* 16/32/64GB internal memory/storage
* up to 64GB exernal/removable memory/storage
Does the amount of internal memory/storage make any difference - for instance **how many apps** you can install or does the size of the storage only affect the number of images/music pieces/... you may download to the device?
I agree with the answers on the performance part but what the number of apps?<issue_comment>username_1: The internal memory is where most things are stored by default such as: apps, music, pictures, and any other things that require to work offline at times. External storage handles the same things, except it can be removed from the device and usually serves as extra space if you want to install several apps, keep lots of music, or take tons of pictures, etc. You also might have to specify if you specifically want things stored on the external memory.
The internal RAM is the same as that on a computer and just allows process to run faster as there is more memory for them to access when they need it quickly. You ideally want the most of everything, but all phones are going to have much less RAM compared to internal and external storage. This is all very similar to the way computers handle things too. The computer has a small bit of RAM, and then a much larger hard drive.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Secondary storage does not really effect standard performance, since most memory written and fetched is in RAM. Secondary storage should be seen as a priority in terms of managing space and resources and to help increase [access time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_time), but the real performance is dependant on architecture design of the system, RAM, and CPU speed, cache, and other factors weighing in.
Also, secondary storage is for storing data so it remains there when you turn the phone or, battery dies, etc. RAM is electronically erased when there's no power in its capacitors, and all data fetched, retrieved, executed, or otherwise executing is gone. Secondary storage is [non-volatile](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-volatile_memory), so the data remains on it. Think of it as a drawer where you put stuff in, but takes time to open and move stuff out of. Think of the top of the dresser as RAM, where you're always moving stuff ...
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: The answer is...It depends.
As a rough equivalent between Android and Windows PCs:
* RAM = RAM
* Internal Storage = C: drive
* External Storage = D: drive etc...
Allocation of RAM works differently in Android, vs. say Windows or Unix. The usual notion of more is better doesn't necessarily correlate here.
As I understand it, it's diminishing returns once you go beyond what's required. Android basically tries to keep the apps/files you use most cached in RAM. Swapping in and out as it finds necessary. Once you're beyond what's needed, then it seems like Android just starts caching random and useless things. That's why if you use a Task Manager on your phone there always seems to be "stuff" running that you might feel inclined to just kill and free ram...But there's a lot of debate that says you should leave it alone and let the Android OS handle it.
As for Internal Storage, I personally go for the biggest I can get in my budget. The Android OS files go there, all your settings, music, photos, and apps by default are installed here. Nowadays though internal storage offerings from manufacturers are larger and larger and options to put files on external storage are getting better and better.
Considering today's offerings and requirements, I'd personally suggest when buying a new phone to get:
* **At least 1GB, 2GB preferred** (As new apps with more bells and whistles come out, their RAM footprint also increases. 2GB is still probably way more than most average people need, but it's quickly becoming the standard on newer phones anyway.)
* **Internal Storage at least 16gb** (Again, as new apps come out with more bells and whistles and cameras with higher megapixels and recording High Definition movies, they all keep demanding more space. The more you have now, the less you'll have to deal with later if you have to start cleaning up or moving things off to external)
* **Get whatever the cheapest option offered with the phone (if it's offered)** (Buying the external storage from a 3rd party is much less expensive and likely faster and more reliable).
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/25 | 1,152 | 4,466 | <issue_start>username_0: I got my mobile (HTC One X) wet yesterday and I could not take out the battery since it is not removable.
Currently, everything works fine but I can see a dark blur shadow on the right of the screen and few dark spots all over the screen.
What should I supposed to do ? Do I need to take it to technician right away or I can stay calm ?
<issue_comment>username_1: It looks like your screen has been effected by the water and needs a new screen.
You can also [open it up](http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC+One+Teardown/13494/1%29) and dry the screen and digitalizer carefully. Maybe the screen and digitalizer are still wet on the inside. [iFixit](http://www.informationweek.com/mobility/smart-phones/htc-one-impossible-to-repair-says-ifixit/240151951) has said that it's "impossible" to repair it (open it up and being able to close it again), so be warned.
The other option is to turn your phone off and put it in the oven for a short few minutes. The heat will come into the phone and the water will dry up, but it's not guarenteed, since it looks like the screen has already been infected.
It's best to let a technician do it's thing. Take note that waterdamage is probably not a warranty thing, so that they're charging serious money. It's your choice to let it repair or not, because I don't think your phone will suddenly stop functioning. If it does, you can always let your phone being repaired later.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You could always try the trick of sticking the phone in rice along with the things that username_1 pointed out. But in the end, since you can already see the damage, it might already be too late. Seeing that you have a newer phone, you might still be under warranty, so I hate to say it but that probably will be your best bet if you want a completely fixed phone. Water damage is the worst to phones!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Depending on your warranty, budget and how much time you've got to invest in the fix...
* **Under Warranty**: If your phone is under warranty, contact the store you bought it from and find out if water damage is covered...If it is, you're golden! Let them fix it for free. Otherwise, read on...
* **Cheap, doesn't void warranty, but takes time**: Start with using a desiccant to try to dry-out the phone. This is the least invasive way to try to fix the problem as you don't have to take the phone apart, but as much water as it seems you've got in your phone...It could takes days to dry it out. If you've got rice around, then find some kind of container/tupperware that you can seal your phone in along with a bunch of rice. Then leave it sealed (important to seal it, so the rice is pulling the moisture from the phone and not the air) like that for several days. The other option, if you want something a little stronger than rice is to stop by an art&craft store and buy some desiccant bags. Do the same thing with sealing your phone in with the desiccant and leave for a couple of days and then check on it.
* **Cheap, but risky and could potentially void warranty**: Check the internet and sites like iFixit for directions on taking apart your phone. Do so and carefully dab dry any pools of wetness you find and then leave all the pieces out in the open air to dry overnight. Put it all back together the next day and the phone should be all better...And you'll have had the experience of taking apart a phone!
* **Safest, doesn't void warranty, but likely expensive**: Bring the phone to an authorized repair store and have them fix it. If the warranty doesn't cover it, it'll likely cost quite a bit but since it's done by an authorized repair shop, you won't lose warranty status in case something else happens.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I dropped my HTC m9+ in the toilet and it was completely drowned. There was water inside the display within seconds.
I tried turning it off asap but it kept
turning back on automatically 2 or 3 times because it was getting short circuited internally. After a few tries it turned off.
I took out the sim and sd card and placed the phone in a box of raw rice. After 6 days i plugged it back on into charging (in a wall socket) and the phone turned back on perfectly alhamdulillah. Its been more than a month, there is some problem with the sim tray though. The rest is working perfectly alhamdulillah.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/25 | 1,212 | 4,797 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way to record phone calls? I tried some apps that appeared to work but it seems these only record thru the mic, ideally it should work with headset and earphones too but it doesn't and the sound quality is really poor and buggy. Is there a market leader for this purpose? I want to automatically record all calls and preferably automatically save them to Dropbox, Skydrive or Google Drive. I have Samsung Galaxy S.
Update
------
I tried all the phone recording apps and none work.
Update
------
Why is something simple so difficult? I tried all the phone recording apps and none work. They don't even look good. This feature lacks support and it is important. We are many users who need to record phone calls. Why can't we?<issue_comment>username_1: It looks like your screen has been effected by the water and needs a new screen.
You can also [open it up](http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC+One+Teardown/13494/1%29) and dry the screen and digitalizer carefully. Maybe the screen and digitalizer are still wet on the inside. [iFixit](http://www.informationweek.com/mobility/smart-phones/htc-one-impossible-to-repair-says-ifixit/240151951) has said that it's "impossible" to repair it (open it up and being able to close it again), so be warned.
The other option is to turn your phone off and put it in the oven for a short few minutes. The heat will come into the phone and the water will dry up, but it's not guarenteed, since it looks like the screen has already been infected.
It's best to let a technician do it's thing. Take note that waterdamage is probably not a warranty thing, so that they're charging serious money. It's your choice to let it repair or not, because I don't think your phone will suddenly stop functioning. If it does, you can always let your phone being repaired later.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You could always try the trick of sticking the phone in rice along with the things that username_1 pointed out. But in the end, since you can already see the damage, it might already be too late. Seeing that you have a newer phone, you might still be under warranty, so I hate to say it but that probably will be your best bet if you want a completely fixed phone. Water damage is the worst to phones!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Depending on your warranty, budget and how much time you've got to invest in the fix...
* **Under Warranty**: If your phone is under warranty, contact the store you bought it from and find out if water damage is covered...If it is, you're golden! Let them fix it for free. Otherwise, read on...
* **Cheap, doesn't void warranty, but takes time**: Start with using a desiccant to try to dry-out the phone. This is the least invasive way to try to fix the problem as you don't have to take the phone apart, but as much water as it seems you've got in your phone...It could takes days to dry it out. If you've got rice around, then find some kind of container/tupperware that you can seal your phone in along with a bunch of rice. Then leave it sealed (important to seal it, so the rice is pulling the moisture from the phone and not the air) like that for several days. The other option, if you want something a little stronger than rice is to stop by an art&craft store and buy some desiccant bags. Do the same thing with sealing your phone in with the desiccant and leave for a couple of days and then check on it.
* **Cheap, but risky and could potentially void warranty**: Check the internet and sites like iFixit for directions on taking apart your phone. Do so and carefully dab dry any pools of wetness you find and then leave all the pieces out in the open air to dry overnight. Put it all back together the next day and the phone should be all better...And you'll have had the experience of taking apart a phone!
* **Safest, doesn't void warranty, but likely expensive**: Bring the phone to an authorized repair store and have them fix it. If the warranty doesn't cover it, it'll likely cost quite a bit but since it's done by an authorized repair shop, you won't lose warranty status in case something else happens.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I dropped my HTC m9+ in the toilet and it was completely drowned. There was water inside the display within seconds.
I tried turning it off asap but it kept
turning back on automatically 2 or 3 times because it was getting short circuited internally. After a few tries it turned off.
I took out the sim and sd card and placed the phone in a box of raw rice. After 6 days i plugged it back on into charging (in a wall socket) and the phone turned back on perfectly alhamdulillah. Its been more than a month, there is some problem with the sim tray though. The rest is working perfectly alhamdulillah.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/25 | 2,009 | 7,465 | <issue_start>username_0: Could you list all the possible directories where Android apps may store data? Can you also provide description of the kind of data stored in each directory?<issue_comment>username_1: The answer to your question you are asking is too big. I can, however, give you a basic answer which covers the basics.
There are two kinds of apps:
**Root** and **non-root**.
**Root** apps can basically store/modify files wherever they want.
**Non-root** apps can only store/modify files here: `/sdcard/` and every folder what comes after.
Mostly, the installed apps store themselves at `/sdcard/Android/data` or `/sdcard/Android/obb`.
Some apps store their save games/configuration data files on `/sdcard/APPNAME/`, or just on the `/sdcard/`
To be able to use **root** apps, you'll need to have rooted your Android device and have given permission from one of the superuser apps.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: All apps (root or not) have a default data directory, which is `/data/data/`. By default, the apps databases, settings, and all other data go here. This directory is "private" to the app – which means no other app and not even the user can access data in it (without root permissions).
If an app expects huge amounts of data to be stored, or for other reasons wants to "be nice to internal storage", there's a corresponding directory on the SDCard (`Android/data/`).
Apart from that, all apps can store data anywhere on the SDCard, as there are no restrictions -- and many apps do so. They can use directory names freely (and they again do), which is what often makes it hard to decide what all that "junk" on the card is intended for, and what of it can be deleted.
Though, as [Tom pointed out](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/47925/16575), root-apps could store their data almost everywhere on your device, they usually follow the same rules as other apps.
You can find a general explanation of the Android directory hierarchy in [my answer here](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/46934/16575). For your specific question I might add some more details on the `/data/data/` (and corresponding SD-part):
* `databases/`: here go the app's databases
* `lib/`: libraries and helpers for the app
* `files/`: other related files
* `shared_prefs/`: preferences and settings
* `cache/`: well, caches
There might be several more directories in this place, or fewer -- it all depends on the app. In its own "home directory" (and that's what it basically is, spoken Linux-wise) they can place files where they want. Usually, these files and directories are only accessible by the app itself (and root, of course) -- other than those stored on the SDCard, which are accessible by all apps.
Upvotes: 8 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Some major changes occurred to storage in Android 4.4 (see [Android's Storage Journey](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/218469/218526)). So, the following is generally true for Android 4.4+ and particularly 6+.
This is from my detailed answer to [How disk space is used on Android device?](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/216132/218526). Apps' files are saved (by the system and the app itself) to internal and external storage under different categories.
| Directory | Description/API |
| --- | --- |
| **App code** | |
| `/data/app/\*` | (user apps installation directory) |
| `/data/app/\*/base.apk` | (original `.apk` file) |
| `/data/app/\*/lib//\*.so` | (shared libraries) |
| `/data/app/\*/oat//base.[art|odex|vdex]` | (compiled executable code) |
| `/data/dalvik-cache//\*.[art|dex|oat|vdex]` | (compiled executable code, only for system apps) |
| `/data/misc/profiles/cur///primary.prof` | (ART profile) |
| `/data/misc/profiles/ref//primary.prof` | (ART profile) |
| **Internal storage** | |
| `/data/user[_de]//` | `getDataDir` |
| `/data/user[_de]///files` | `getFilesDir` |
| `/data/user[_de]///[code\_]cache` | `getCacheDir` or `getCodeCacheDir` |
| `/data/user[_de]///databases` | `getDatabasePath` |
| `/data/user[_de]///no\_backup` | `getNoBackupFilesDir` |
| `/data/user[_de]///shared\_prefs` | `getSharedPreferences` |
| **External storage** | |
| `/storage/emulated/obb//\*.obb` | (shared by multi-users, exposed in following view) |
| `/storage/emulated//Android/obb//\*..obb` | `getObbDirs` |
| `/storage/emulated//Android/media/` | `getExternalMediaDirs` |
| `/storage/emulated//Android/data//` | `getExternalFilesDirs` |
| `/storage/emulated//Android/data//files` | `getExternalFilesDirs` |
| `/storage/emulated//Android/data//[code\_]cache` | `getExternalCacheDirs` |
* All of the above paths on internal and external storage (primary and secondary) are the app's private directories which are accessible to the respective app without requesting any permission. Apps can also create [other directories](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#getDir(java.lang.String,%20int)) (not explicitly available through APIs) in their private storage. All of these directories belonging to an app are deleted when the app is uninstalled.
* Additionally, apps can put their data anywhere on primary external storage (including some [standard directories](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html#fields_1) and other apps' private directories) if `WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` permission is granted (`getExternalStorageDirectory` returns `/storage/emulated/`). For secondary external storage and removable storage, SAF is used. See details in [How to save files to external SD card?](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/218338/218526).
However, in Android 10, writing directly to primary external shared storage is deprecated (`getExternalStorageDirectory` and `getExternalStoragePublicDirectory` are no more available). Apps need to use one of Android's built-in content providers; either ***MediaStore*** (for media files) or ***SAF*** (for any other type of files).
* `/data` paths may get replaced with `/mnt/expand/[UUID]` when using Adoptable Storage. `/storage/emulated` gets replaced with `/storage/[UUID]` when using secondary external storage (like an SD card).
* For multiple users/profiles, is different, the device owner is always `0`. `/data/user/0` is a symlink to `/data/data` for historical reasons. Secondary external storage is only available to the device owner.
* OBB directory is shared among users/profiles (up to Android 9) to save space. FUSE/`sdcardfs` always exposes `/storage/emulated/obb` as `/storage/emulated//Android/obb`.
* `/data/user_de` is the Device Encrypted storage on FBE devices which lets certain apps run on boot without asking for user credentials.
* `/data/misc/profiles` are used by ART for [profile-guided compilation](https://source.android.com/devices/tech/dalvik/configure#how_art_works) of app code.
* Description of each directory is somewhat evident from names, details can be seen in [API documentation](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html).
* Caches are cleared by OS when running low on storage, keeping apps exceeding the allotted quota on top.
* Apps' private `files` directories in external storage aren't automatically scanned by [MediaScanner](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/209119/218526) but `media` directories are.
* Caches and `no_backup` directories are not backed up to the cloud. See [official documentation](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/autobackup#Files).
Upvotes: 5 |
2013/06/25 | 1,737 | 5,850 | <issue_start>username_0: I have followed various instructions and finally was able to connect my ZTE Blade to my Ubuntu laptop for USB debugging. The same setup does not work when I exchange the phone by my "no-name" i.onik TP10.1-1500DC tablet.
I have tried different cables and different USB ports. Do I need a special type of cable to connect a tablet for USB debugging?
This is what I get from a root shell:
```
~# adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
~#
```
(I know that it should be possible to run `adb` as non-root, but this test was to rule out permission errors.)
The `lsusb` output is special for this device, no textual description is shown. The first entry below is from another device, the second entry from the tablet. I have verified this by running `lsusb` with and without the tablet attached:
```
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 10d5:5000 Uni Class Technology Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 2207:0010
```
Of course, USB debugging is enabled in the tablet's settings, and I have already rebooted it.
Any further hints?<issue_comment>username_1: As described in [Configuring ADB for Nexus 4 on Ubuntu 11.10](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/39431/16575), under Linux it is important to be listed in either `~/.android/adb_usb.ini` (user based) or `/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules`. Syntax for both files differs: while in the first case it's sufficient to simply add the vendor id (`echo 0x18d1 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini` for a Nexus 4), the entry for the UDEV rule is a bit more complex. Details can be found in the linked question (or rather its answers).
Im krlmlr's case, it was not an "either-or", but seemingly both parts were needed (I never had that before, and I never even used the `adb_usb.ini` -- but that doesn't mean there are no such exceptions). By adding the device in both places (which cannot hurt anyway), the device finally showed up.
Two additional remarks: After changing the UDEV rules, the UDEV service needs to be restarted to accept the changes. On Ubuntu, this can be done via `sudo service udev restart` (alternatively, you can simply force UDEV to reload its rules using `udevadm control --reload-rules`). If your device is still not detected, it most likely was plugged in while you did the changes; you need to disconnect and reconnect the USB cable then. Of course, *USB Debugging* must be enabled in your device :)
Example
-------
by krlmlr
Based on the following output of `lsusb` for the Android device in question:
```
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 2207:0010
```
it was necessary to create `/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules` as `root` with the following contents:
```
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2207", ATTR{idProduct}=="0010", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
```
**and** to create `~/.android/adb_usb.ini` with the following contents:
```
0x2207
```
The first is required to allow regular users (that belong to the group `plugdev`) to access the device. Note the permission mask `0660` instead of the frequently seen `0666` which is weaker from a point of view of security (the latter allows "world" access, while the former only allows "user and group" access). The second is required so that `adb` attempts to talk to the device in the first place. After that:
```
sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
adb kill-server
```
and unplug+plug your Android device. Then,
```
adb devices
```
finally showed the Android device.
Remark by username_1:
For my *LG Optimus 4X HD*, it was sufficient to add one line to `/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules`:
```
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1004", ATTRS{idProduct}=="61a6", MODE="0666" GROUP="androiddev", SYMLINK+="android%n"
```
Maybe the `SYMLINK` option makes the difference that I didn't need the extra entry in `~/.android/adb_usb.ini`.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Izzy’s answer is misleading. Two unrelated things were mixed up (the vendor ID list in adb on one side and the permission setup in Linux on the other side).
**1) devices considered by adb:**
Adb has a hard-coded list of USB vendor IDs it tries. E.g. HTC mobile phones use 0xbb4, which is listed ([source file usb\_vendors.c](https://github.com/android/platform_system_core/blob/master/adb/usb_vendors.c)), while 0x2207 is not.
The *only* way to add to this list (without patching the source) is to put vendor IDs in the file `$HOME/.android/adb_usb.ini`, line by line. (HOME is set up right?)
No special cable is needed.
**2) permission setup for non-root access:**
The udev-fiddling is to give user-access to e.g. /dev/bus/usb/002/009 (bus number/device number change; see `lsusb` for current values).
The details of this are not relevant to the original poster’s question, as he ran adb as root.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Try to edit adb\_usb.ini and add your device id you can find it by going to the device manager find the "Android ADB Interface" double click on it go to the details tab, and on the "Property" drop down menu select "Hardware Ids" on the box below it labeled "Values" You should see something like "USB\VID\_2207&PID\_0010&MI\_01" The numbers maybe different based on your device vendor id, for example my vendor id is "2207" No open the adb\_usb.ini located on the folders below and add your device id in hex format
for example my device id is "2207" I'll put it there as "0x2207"
It is usually located in
1. XP: \Documents and Settings.android\
2. Windows 7: \Users.android\
3. Windows 7: \Users.android\
But if the folder doesnt exist try to create it by using cmd. And if the file adb\_usb.ini also doesnt exist you can create it using notepad and only pasting only your device id and save it on the .android folder.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/25 | 1,002 | 3,510 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I delete any system app? I deleted a wallpaper app in my app folder but I don't see any changes? I want to delete some apps especially default factory-installed apps. Is there a simple way?<issue_comment>username_1: If you are rooted, then you can delete or hide them with the Titanium Backup app, but if you aren't rooted, I don't think there is a way to delete the system apps.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: you can not uninstalled them if not rooted,but you can disable some of them.not all!
go to Setting --> application manager --> then select application that want disable --> and disable it
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: **Root:**
You can install [Titanium Backup](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup) to uninstall unwanted apps [easily](http://www.guidingtech.com/13523/freeze-uninstall-android-system-apps-titanium-backup/).
**Without Root:**
I found an interesting article which helps you creating a script to remove certain stock APK files.
Check it out [here](http://droidviews.com/2013/easily-remove-stock-appsbloatware-from-your-android-phone-without-rooting-it/).
1. Download the recovery flashable BloatKill script in `zip`. Do not
extract it: [bloatkill.zip](http://d-h.st/BFI).
2. Download and install a zip manager program on your computer, such as
WinRAR or PowerArchiver.
3. Double click the `bloatkill.zip` to open the `zip`
4. Now browse over to `META-INF\com\google\android\`
5. Right click the `updater-script` file and extract the file to
desktop. You can also extract this file by dragging it to the
desktop.
6. Open the file with a suitable program like NotePad++, or Adobe
Dreamweaver. The opened script file should look like this:
```
ui_print("Unwanted stock apps remover.");
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("Partitions mount");
#Properly unmounting to avoid issues
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/cache");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/data");
#Then mounting
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/cache");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("Unwanted stock apps remover");
delete("/system/app/StockApp.apk");
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("Unmounting partitions");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/cache");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/data");
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("Finish");
```
The line `delete("/system/app/StockApp.apk");` being the app you want to delete.
1. When the editing is over, save the changes and exit NotePad++ or the
editor you are using.
2. Now drag the `updater-script` file back to its place:
`META-INF\com\google\android\` folder in `bloatkill.zip`
3. Now copy the `bloatkill.zip` file to the root/main directory of your
phone’s SD card (`/sdcard/`)
4. Open phone Settings and enable `USB Debugging Mode` from `Developer
Options`.
5. Turn off your device and boot it into `Recovery Mode`. The method
involves a special combination of hardware keys that are pressed
simultaneously and differ from device to device.
6. In the recovery mode use the volume keys to scroll/highlight and
the power key to select an option.
7. Scroll to an option called `apply zip from sd card` and select the
`bloatkill.zip` file.
8. Confirm your choice by selecting `yes`.
9. Finally, select `reboot system now`.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/25 | 579 | 2,109 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently bought a Nexus 4 and I encountered a real issue with my computer (Windows 8 Pro 64 Bit) not being able to connect in USB mode. It does however work with Camera PTP mode, which I find very strange.
I have tried/tested with:
1. Different usb cables
2. My computer with the same OS of Windows 8 64 bit isn't connecting compared to another computer with the same OS.
3. Removing its current drivers on my computer and reinstalling drivers from [Nexus 4 ToolKit](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688)
4. Restarting the computer
5. With/without USB debugging mode
Note that the device is visible on the computer although it's not recognized:
<issue_comment>username_1: Hope you are expecting mass storage USB mode which is not supported with Nexus4 (stock android)
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: I have Windows 8.1 and I had the same problem, PTP working, MTP not. I was following the steps suggested in [this page](http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/1k1akl/nexus_4_not_showing_up_as_a_media_device/) but it wasn't doing the job, until I made some previous steps, and slightly changed the last part. Summarising what I did is:
1. Connect your device.
2. Unistall ALL the drivers from the Device Manager, be sure to go in "View"->"Show hidden devices" and then check that all of the following are unistalled:
**a)** Android Devices
**b)** Other devices
**c)** Portable interfaces
3. Now disconnect your device.
4. Check the PTP mode and connect your device. Wait for the drivers to be installed.
5. Without disconnecting check the MTP mode on your device and wait the drivers to be installed again.
Now it should WORK!! At least it did it for me ;)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I solved the problem by just :
1. Deleting Acer Adb Interface not just Uninstalling it
2. Disconnected my Phone and then connected it back
3. Waited for drivers to be installed.
Then the pc recognizes it, in Usb Mode not as a ADB interface.
Hope this can solve your problem.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/25 | 1,310 | 4,979 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone doesn't have enough space to store backup files so I wonder if there is a way to do Nandroid backup and restore with files stored on pc.<issue_comment>username_1: A thread on XDA developers describes [How to make a nandroid backup directly to your computer without using sdcard](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818321 "XDA Developers: How to make a nandroid backup directly to your computer without using sdcard"). Of course it only works on rooted devices. Further requirements include either a Posix OS like Linux/MacOS (Windows users can emulate this with Cygwin), and ADB (so either the entire SDK, or at least a [minimal install](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/42474/16575 "ASE: Is there a minimal installation of ADB?")). Moreover, `busybox` must be available on the device, and *USB debugging* activated.
The article describes step by step the commands needed to create a Nandroid backup. Basically, it's using [dd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29 "Wikipedia: dd") via a [named pipe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe "Wikipedia: named pipe") to create a block-level copy of your device's partitions – what a [nandroid](/questions/tagged/nandroid "show questions tagged 'nandroid'") [backup](/questions/tagged/backup "show questions tagged 'backup'") basically is.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I noticed that (if you already have ADB configured, your phone is rooted and you're working on a Linux system or similar) it is possible to dump the partition content by a single one-liner:
```
adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0
```
This is the same as what is described in the XDA thread for getting the bit-for-bit contents of flash memory, except without the dance with netcat and pipes (which might be needed or not depending on circumstances, I guess). Obviously no partition on the flash memory should be mounted while copying the data (ie. do it from a recovery while `adb mount` doesn't list any partitions mounted), otherwise you'll risk an inconsistent backup in places which Android decided to write data at the time of backup.
Note that for restore a simple:
```
pv mmcblk0 | adb shell dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
```
will not work, as `adb shell` does not support piping. But if you somehow can do a `dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0` on the device itself, I suppose it should restore your backup. Don't trust me on this though, it might as well brick your phone. I haven't tested it yet; so far I only needed to recover a single partition and `dd` was fine for that.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: 1. Show Developer Options (`Settings > Developer> tap build 7 times`)
2. Enable USB Debugging (`Settings > Developer > USB Debugging`)
3. use recovery to avoid OS root limitations
`./adb reboot recovery`
4. do the pull
`./adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0 mmcblk0.img`
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I have written some tools for *exactly* this purpose, due to similar frustrations: <https://github.com/dlenski/tetherback>
These tools are written in Python and use `adb` to create either nandroid-style backups (raw partition images from `dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0pXX`) or TWRP-style backups (mixture of raw partition images and tarballs for `ext4` partitions).
They attempt to probe the correct partition layout, and show the progress of the backup:
```
$ ./twrp_backup.py
Device reports TWRP kernel (3.4.0-bricked-hammerhead-twrp-g7b77eb4).
Reading partition map for mmcblk0 (29 partitions)...
partition map: 100% Time: 0:00:03
Saving TWRP backup images in twrp-backup-2016-03-17--18-53-12/ ...
Saving partition boot (mmcblk0p19), 22 MiB uncompressed...
boot.emmc.win: 100% Time: 0:00:05 3.10 MB/s
Saving tarball of mmcblk0p25 (mounted at /system), 1024 MiB uncompressed...
system.ext4.win: 2% ETA: 0:06:29 2.69 MB/s
```
**This is a work in progress—feedback is very welcome!**
Requirements:
* Python 3.3+ under Linux/OSX/Windows.
+ `progressbar` package is needed (`pip install progressbar` should do it)
* `adb` (Android Debug Bridge) command-line tools
* Rooted Android device with [TWRP recovery](http://twrp.me/) installed.
+ The requirement for a rooted device and a custom recovery is *never going to go away*: if you don't have root access, then you have no means to copy the entire contents of your device's memory, simple as that.
**EDIT:** Looks like most of the traffic to <https://github.com/dlenski/tetherback> comes from this thread. The early issues with data corruption described in the comments below have all been resolved; tetherback now includes very strong checks against corruption.
Upvotes: 4 |
2013/06/25 | 722 | 2,734 | <issue_start>username_0: In my terminal app when I type `ls /?` it gives me `ls /d`. Where can I find the other options? For example I want to list the file attributes and file length. I have tried also busybox to no avail.<issue_comment>username_1: I would generally not expect `/?` to provide meaningful output, because it's really a DOS/Windows thing. Linux/Unix command option are typically passed with hyphens, either a single one for short flags (for example, `ls -l`) or two hyphens for verbose ones (e.g. `--help`). Two possibilities that you can try:
1. If you're using a version provided by `busybox`, you can use `busybox ls --help`. Doing this without the call to `busybox` at the front of the command may not yield any results (e.g. CyanogenMod just responds with `unknown option '--'` if I try `ls --help`).
2. The Linux [man page for `ls`](http://linux.die.net/man/1/ls) is readily available online. The options there are probably not all implemented in the Android binary, but it will give you a bit of an overview. You can also check the [man page for `busybox`](http://linux.die.net/man/1/busybox), which has all of the commands it implements as well as the options they support. I am not sure if the Android version implements all the same commands/options, but it very well may.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It sounds like you want the extremely common
```
ls -l
```
For reference, the complete busybox help for ls:
```
BusyBox v1.21.0-Stericson (2013-01-28 21:49:55 GMT) multi-call binary.
Usage: ls [-1AaCxdLHRFplinsehrSXvctu] [-w WIDTH] [FILE]...
List directory contents
-1 One column output
-a Include entries which start with .
-A Like -a, but exclude . and ..
-C List by columns
-x List by lines
-d List directory entries instead of contents
-L Follow symlinks
-H Follow symlinks on command line
-R Recurse
-p Append / to dir entries
-F Append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
-l Long listing format
-i List inode numbers
-n List numeric UIDs and GIDs instead of names
-s List allocated blocks
-e List full date and time
-h List sizes in human readable format (1K 243M 2G)
-r Sort in reverse order
-S Sort by size
-X Sort by extension
-v Sort by version
-c With -l: sort by ctime
-t With -l: sort by mtime
-u With -l: sort by atime
-w N Assume the terminal is N columns wide
--color[={always,never,auto}] Control coloring
```
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/26 | 955 | 3,598 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in the middle of trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 according [to Wiki instructions](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_p5110) and I'm getting stuck when I try to go into recovery mode. I tried to flash it to koush's ClockworkMod Recovery (recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.3-p5110)
I've tried using `Power` + `Vol Up` and by using `adb reboot recovery` in the terminal on my PC. It seems to start into recovery mode with a message in blue stating it's entering recovery mode, however, it just goes black and I can't progress passed this point.
I can still boot into the stock and into Download Mode fine.
It's possible there was a problem installing the custom recovery as I never saw a progress bar as described in the wiki. Instead, it seems to stay at the "Don't power off target device" screen, despite the message in my terminal stating that it was finished. If the custom recovery was botched, how can I remedy it?
What can I check to narrow down the problem?
I'm running off a PC using Linux Mint in case that helps.<issue_comment>username_1: I would generally not expect `/?` to provide meaningful output, because it's really a DOS/Windows thing. Linux/Unix command option are typically passed with hyphens, either a single one for short flags (for example, `ls -l`) or two hyphens for verbose ones (e.g. `--help`). Two possibilities that you can try:
1. If you're using a version provided by `busybox`, you can use `busybox ls --help`. Doing this without the call to `busybox` at the front of the command may not yield any results (e.g. CyanogenMod just responds with `unknown option '--'` if I try `ls --help`).
2. The Linux [man page for `ls`](http://linux.die.net/man/1/ls) is readily available online. The options there are probably not all implemented in the Android binary, but it will give you a bit of an overview. You can also check the [man page for `busybox`](http://linux.die.net/man/1/busybox), which has all of the commands it implements as well as the options they support. I am not sure if the Android version implements all the same commands/options, but it very well may.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It sounds like you want the extremely common
```
ls -l
```
For reference, the complete busybox help for ls:
```
BusyBox v1.21.0-Stericson (2013-01-28 21:49:55 GMT) multi-call binary.
Usage: ls [-1AaCxdLHRFplinsehrSXvctu] [-w WIDTH] [FILE]...
List directory contents
-1 One column output
-a Include entries which start with .
-A Like -a, but exclude . and ..
-C List by columns
-x List by lines
-d List directory entries instead of contents
-L Follow symlinks
-H Follow symlinks on command line
-R Recurse
-p Append / to dir entries
-F Append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
-l Long listing format
-i List inode numbers
-n List numeric UIDs and GIDs instead of names
-s List allocated blocks
-e List full date and time
-h List sizes in human readable format (1K 243M 2G)
-r Sort in reverse order
-S Sort by size
-X Sort by extension
-v Sort by version
-c With -l: sort by ctime
-t With -l: sort by mtime
-u With -l: sort by atime
-w N Assume the terminal is N columns wide
--color[={always,never,auto}] Control coloring
```
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/26 | 1,305 | 5,243 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to upload pictures from my S3 to laptop.
There is no problem with my cable and laptop because my phone was able to charge when I connect my phone with the laptop. However, my laptop didn't detect any device when I connect my phone in with the cable. Hence, I am unable to upload images / add songs to my Samsung Galaxy S3.<issue_comment>username_1: Did you install the correct USB drivers for the Samsung Galaxy S3? If not, download and install Samsung Kies.
You also need to make sure USB tethering is disabled: `Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Tethering & portable hotspot`. Then, check USB settings: `Settings > Device > Storage > Menu > USB computer connection`.
[Source](https://support.google.com/android/answer/1650161?hl=en).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: We people have issues like that too. I am not so sure about Samsung S3, but I am sure about Android, I had an android phone, whose Drivers were perfect! I have checked for Drivers by the CD that came.
The issue is either not because of the cable, because if it charges well then it must connect to PC too, then where is the issue?
Here are the two major reasons:
1. Please check that your USB supports fast data transfer (USB 2.0), because Android would try to connect to a faster one.
2. Please note that there is alot of issues with Android itself too. Like many other apps running. When you connect to the USB, you get a popup that connecting usb storage would stop many other apps bla bla. So that is a reason too as android does not want to stop some personal apps from working. For this, you can restart the phone. This way this issue would be resolved, I have checked this one more than 5 times.
And USB tethering is just related to Internet, you won't get to use Internet on your connected PC, if you're having the tethering settings turned off. So that has nothing to do with the USB Storage!
**Tip:** When android gets the favourable conditions it would itself show the Connect dialog, otherwise you might need to change the port of USB you are connection too. Ory try **the might Restart-the-phone trick.** This way, you will get the images there! There is no other issue, I have been facing this issue for a long time. Then I caught the errors, the basic one is the USB port, then the Android apps; for that you can restart the phone.
USB drivers are installed by Default while you're connecting the device by general. In Windows OS (That's the only one I use) you would see the popup saying Installing Device Drivers, if that goes perfectly, then you can connect the device. Otherwise the only is this! Or there is a bug in the ROM (if you installed a custom ROM).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: My problem was solved when I restarted my phone. After that, it automatically detected my phone from my laptop
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Samsung has very bad connections on that line of phones (S3, N2) I know this because I have a Galaxy Note 2 and about 6 months ago it was doing the same thing, then eventually it stopped charging all together. I also have a friend with S3 and the exact same thing had happened, except it wouldn't charge(luckily his was still in warranty).
You need to check if it is being detected in another PC, if not, the connection is broken.If you really really need to be able to plug it into a PC, you will have to buy a [replacement charger dock port](http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Charging-Charger-Dock-Port-Flex-Cable-For-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-II-N7100-/371009882424?pt=US_Cell_Phone_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item5661e98938).
Or you can use [airdroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid) to wirelessly transfer files to an from your PC over a wireless network.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Few Samsung phones have issues with their micro USB ports. Even my Galaxy Nexus has had this problem. The easiest way to fix it it use a pin(something shard) and push the micro USB port of the phone slowly and very carefully to the screen.
I suggest you to take it to a authorized service center though.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Maybe you have connected the device as PTP but not MTP. Follow these steps to connect through MTP-
1. First connect the USB cable to your laptop then scroll the notification bar down and you will have USB icon box ,Click on that and change your connection to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) to transfer files in Windows.
2. Now that you have the proper settings you can connect to the Laptop. As soon as you connect your laptop the Windows Operating System will try to identify the hardware(Mobile device) connected and install its drivers which would be already present in the Operating system thus making it a plug n play Operating System.
3. Else if you still are unable to change the setting then visit this [link](http://support.bell.ca/Mobility/Smartphones_and_mobile_internet/Samsung-Galaxy-S5.how_to_change_the_usb_connection_options_on_my)
it has a complete description along with pictures
Else if not available then you need to update your drivers either through the windows update >USB Drivers for Samsung or manually download the drivers from the Samsung site.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/26 | 522 | 2,201 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently gave my old Galaxy S2 to a friend as I just got an S3 and before I did, I copied the "My Files" folder from my phone to this computer via USB debugging mode and then factory reset the phone.
I have since noticed that I had saved a few of my contacts on my old phone rather than to the sim since when I put the new sim in, there are some missing contacts. I was wondering how I might recover the contacts I had saved to my old phone from the copy of files I made on this computer.
I have the following files:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ijswt.jpg)
Is there anything I can do to get the old contacts?<issue_comment>username_1: SIM contacts are not synced, neither are "phone" contacts. If you had used Google contact, they would have been synced with your Google/GMail account -- but then you wouldn't have noticed their loss, as they would have been synced back to your new device. Had you saved them as SIM contacts, they'd also be on your new device.
Which leaves us with the other non-synced variant: "phone contacts". Those are stored on device internal storage (to be more precise: in a database file located in `/data/data/com.google.android.providers.contacts/databases`), which is not directly accessible by normal users, so you could not have simply copied it.
Conclusion: as these data are not stored in "My Files", you have not copied them. And as you've factory-reset the original device, you cannot simply restore them from there. So apart from a quite expensive forensics recovery (done by a data recovery specialist) from your old device, there's no way to recover those contacts, sorry.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It is possible to recover your contacts from your old Galaxy S2 if the contacts are not overwritten by new files. A fact is that, the deleted files in your phone are still in your phone but hidden and inaccessible to you. That is why you cannot see them. To recover them, you need to use an Android Data Recovery to enter the file system to extract the contacts. In the market there are many such software, try them, your contact may be back.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/26 | 872 | 2,868 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I halt an android phone using adb command? I can reboot, but I don't know how to halt.
I tried `shutdown -k wait` command, but it did not work.<issue_comment>username_1: Try `adb shell reboot -p` to shutdown the phone.
Upvotes: 7 <issue_comment>username_2: here is an another method, go to android shell then shutdown the phone!
```
adb shell
shutdown
```
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: To shutdown the phone use this command on PC:
```
adb shell halt
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: **Note:** All the following commands below require root access.
On [Android Oreo](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/oreo-release/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml#3567), this works and *does a graceful shutdown*:
```
adb shell su -c 'am start -a com.android.internal.intent.action.REQUEST_SHUTDOWN'
adb shell su -c 'am start -n android/com.android.internal.app.ShutdownActivity' #alternative; the aforesaid intent is supposed to be passed to this component under normal circumstances, but calling the component alone works too
adb shell su -c 'svc power shutdown' # alternative; tested on Android 5.0, 6.0.1 and 8.1.0
```
Following is an alternative and is tested on Android 4.2, 5.0 and 6.0.1. I do not know about Nougat but it doesn't work for Oreo though.
```
adb shell su -c 'am start -a android.intent.action.ACTION_REQUEST_SHUTDOWN --ez KEY_CONFIRM true --activity-clear-task' # I kept this here for historical purposes only.
```
For low-level and instant shutdown
----------------------------------
If you're running Android [KitKat](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/android-4.4_r1/services/java/com/android/server/power/PowerManagerService.java#2235) or above\* and have root access, you can try this command:
```
adb shell su -c 'setprop sys.powerctl reboot,recovery'
```
* replace *su -c* with *adb shell* to run the command using [adb](/questions/tagged/adb "show questions tagged 'adb'")
* replace *reboot,recovery* with *reboot* to reboot the device
* replace *reboot,recovery* with *shutdown* to [shutdown](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/android-4.4_r1/services/java/com/android/server/power/PowerManagerService.java#2221) the device
---
\* The last version on which the command is tested upon is stock Android 6.0.1.
Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_5: In Windows Sub-system for Android(WSA) `shutdown` doesn't work instead try doing
`adb shell reboot -p` or
```
adb shell
reboot -p
```
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vTd5e.png)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_6: Try
>
> adb shell "input keyevent 26"
>
>
>
It's work for me.
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/06/26 | 1,022 | 2,689 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Nexus 10 (unlocked & rooted) and I wanted to get the openssl binary on there so I can verify HTTPS certificates:
```
$ openssl s_client -connect
```
However, no matter what I do I can't find a simple way of getting OpenSSL on Android so I can run the command above. I found something about 'opkg' but I couldn't get this process working. It was also incredibly complex. There is also an app called "Botbrew", but this project seems dead and doesn't work.
Anyone know how to get OpenSSL binary on my Nexus 10? At the very least, how can I view the certificate chain that Google uses when negotiating SSL handshake for the Gmail app (this is ultimately my goal)?
Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: Your best bet will be to build it from source.
There are a few StackOverflow questions that you might want to reference if you haven't already.
[How to use openSSL Library in the ANDROID application](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3046573/how-to-use-openssl-library-in-the-android-application?lq=1)
[How to build OpenSSL on Android/Linux ?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5728828/how-to-build-openssl-on-android-linux)
[Openssl Build Issue with Android NDK r8](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11856688/openssl-build-issue-with-android-ndk-r8)
The first SO has an answer linking to [a GitHub project android-external-openssl](https://github.com/fries/android-external-openssl/blob/master/README.android). I would suggest trying to work with this code as a starting point.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Have a look at <http://curl.haxx.se/download.html>:
It seems that <http://curl.haxx.se/gknw.net/7.31.0/dist-android/curl-7.31.0-rtmp-ssh2-ssl-zlib-static-bin-android.tar.gz> contains an openssl binary.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: The link in other answer is expired.
Built my own, for various archs:
* <https://vi-server.org/pub/openssl_1.1.1_android_static_arm>
* <https://vi-server.org/pub/openssl_1.1.1_android_static_aarch64>
* <https://vi-server.org/pub/openssl_1.1.1_android_static_x86>
* <https://vi-server.org/pub/openssl_1.1.1_android_static_x86_64>
"static" here does not mean actually static, just that libssl and libcrypto are inside.
```
SHA256 (openssl_1.1.1_android_static_aarch64) = 1bf30e1a15d309e42240cce4902d7436005c2f79973bb2e0126d4c49aa2a05bf
SHA256 (openssl_1.1.1_android_static_arm) = 87fe53abbdd68378e1497848d27fc63384dfeeaa17e38874522d21f998731c34
SHA256 (openssl_1.1.1_android_static_x86) = aa70c8a82d3f0b198aae5f26f688d4137fc87bc3bf70aa01782399b5e3e9f7f6
SHA256 (openssl_1.1.1_android_static_x86_64) = 9c3717a51cfb133a33552985f84d2eccb7c125a217d3be4c1cde1696d4410605
```
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/26 | 600 | 2,439 | <issue_start>username_0: Ever since I changed the settings in my camera to store the images on my external SD, there have been two folders in my gallery called "camera." One of these is where all of my photos that I take normally with the camera go, and then the other appears to be the one that Android associates with the default camera gallery and only has a few photos in it. The photos that go to the default camera gallery are normally only ones that I take directly from apps such as when I capture a picture and send it all from my text messaging app.
I have tried deleting the default folder to see if it would then associate the other folder as the default camera folder, but that doesn't solve anything. As soon as I take another picture straight from my text messaging app, there are two folders again. Is there a way that I can merge the folders, or change the settings in my camera app to store the pictures on the external SD and still view them as if they were taken by the default camera?<issue_comment>username_1: You can use [URSafe Media Redirector](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.venator.app.mediaredirector).
>
> * Get rid of DCIM folder for pictures, videos and much more ...
> * Redirect files to any folder for any application you want.
> * Easy to use !
> * Fast and Lightweight !
>
>
> Most of Android users, like me, do not like the folder where Pictures and Videos are written by default because they are mixed, so we developed a tool that enable you to redirect each type of file for its correct place, in an automatic way.
>
>
> For example, you can redirect all 'Image Files' from '/sdcard/DCIM/Camera/' to '/sdcard/MyPictures', and all 'Video Files' to '/sdcard/MyVideos'. Once these redirections were created, you do not need to worry anymore because all Pictures and Videos taken will go to its right place alone and automatically.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I had the exact same issue. It also caused a related problem. When I tried to browse the Camera folder on my external sd card, it hangs for about 60 seconds. So I went to Terminal (if your phone doesn't have this app then download the Terminal Emulator) and did the following (case-sensitive):
`cd //storage/extSdCard/DCIM`
`mv Camera Recent`
I took me a lot of experimentation to discover the problem and to find a simple fix, but this works just fine for me. I hope it helps you.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/27 | 424 | 1,715 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 2) is lost.
I want to delete data from it, especially my personal photos.
I don't remember my Play Store account which was associated with my Note 2.
I tried to contact my local carrier, but they can just issue my SIM again, which I did.
Through IMEI they can't do it.
I'm from Saudi Arabia.
Here they can't do it.
So is there anyway to this or any international assistance from Samsung?<issue_comment>username_1: If you can remember that you had used (doesn't matter which) a Google account on your lost Note2, you could go to [accounts](https://play.google.com/store/account) page of the play store in a computer. You can see the devices that are attached with the account with its registered and last used date.
Since you have multiple Google accounts (that's what I understood from your question) you have try logging in with each and try the above said in a computer. With the last used and registered date you can identify which account was last used in your lost Note2.
If you are confident that the lost phone is still switched on and connected to Internet, you use [AndroidLost](http://www.androidlost.com/#getstarted) to get into the process of identifying it or manage your stuffs.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I know it's too late, but here is a quick tip you can follow in case you lose it again and still not remember which account you used:
Get all your Google accounts (all you can remember), then try logging in with all of them one by one in this site:
<http://www.google.com/android/devicemanager>
One of your accounts will locate your phone if it is still on and is connected to the Internet.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/27 | 617 | 2,593 | <issue_start>username_0: This question may look ridiculous at first look, but this is more sad than funny. In some cases, standart web browser (or any of the alternatives I tried - firefox, opera, dolphin) simply doesn't offer an option to paste anything in some text fields. But typing long complex password manually is deal breaker (hard to use keyboard + need to constantly switch apps back and forth unless I have super human abilities to remember all text at once)
How can I paste something in such cases?
Android version is 2.3.4
P.S. I'm already using Hacker's Keyboard, maybe it can help if text pasting can be done with some key combo? (like in most desktop OSes)
P.P.S. I know how to copy and paste text in *most* situations when a bunch of buttons appear after double press inside text field. The question is about the case when this doesn't work.<issue_comment>username_1: When you are using [Hacker's Keyboard](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard) you can simply press `Ctrl` + `V` to paste.
Please note if you don't have a `Ctrl` key, you can enable it in the keyboard's settings.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You can simply have the password typed in plain text. Keep it inside a sms conversation, e-mail, note, or anywhere you like. Nobody would know that is is your password since there is no indication to that matter in the place where the password is typed.
When you are required to type the password in your browser, just select all by pressing ald holding the typed text and copy it. Now go to the password field and touch and hold for a second or so and then a button named `paste` will appear. Then simply touch that button. The password will be pasted into the filed. Done!!
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Stumbled on this link when I found an in-app password field that disallowed pasting. I happen to use Lastpass that supplies an additional keyboard input method (press and hold space bar with the elipsis dots to switch input mode after configuring input methods). I switched to that and it worked. Presumably other input keyboards have the ability to override default paste behavior. Good luck
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I was also looking for this answer, specifically for signing into Google using the Web Signin (Required if using secondary auth). For the password I just typed in a single letter then touching and holding the icon showed up for highlighting the text. Above it was the paste. I simply pasted my password, then deleted the first character.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/27 | 556 | 2,060 | <issue_start>username_0: A friend has a factory fresh, unrooted Samsung Galaxy S Duos, and except for Whatsapp every other internet accessing app works fine on a 3G or EDGE connection.
She has un/reinstalled Whatsapp several times. It works fine over Wifi. She's no power user, so any solution involving rooting the phone is not an option.
To clarify - there is nothing wrong with 3G or EDGE on her phone, since she can browse the internet and use other such apps perfectly fine.
**Update** - She's on Vodafone, as I and thousands of people in India are, and no, Vodafone is not blocking Whatsapp for any reason.
Searching for solutions on Google only leads to 'No shit, Sherlock!' type answers with genius level solutions like 'check whether your 3G connection is working' or 'get the latest version of Whatsapp'.
So is there a workaround?<issue_comment>username_1: i also had the same issue. Incase you are on vodafone network, try and select vodafone gprs as ur default settings.
It worked for me the same way.
Hope this suggestion helps
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I faced similar problem until recently I found the fix. I use Vodafone 3G Pack.
* If you are an android user, check the network and `settings` -> `Access Point names`
* In that check if APN is set to Vodafone Live.
* If yes, change it to default settings and it should be changed to vodafone Mobile connect.
* Also, then check the value of MCC and MNC. It should be as per country code and mobile operator.
I didnt understand, why this changed on its own, but after making this change and rebooting phone, it worked for me.
I hope this works for you too..
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Good morning..Here are the solution-options for your mobile, if "What'sApp" NOT working on mobile-data pack.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UZQ6N.png)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I had a similar problem. Reset the APN settings to their defaults and it will start working.
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/06/27 | 303 | 1,268 | <issue_start>username_0: With Google Now, more specifically, the "time to home" card, is there a way that you can add more locations than Work and Home?
I found it set home by itself, and then later I stumbled upon how to set up a "work" location which I called school at the time. Now I would like to have a school location, a work location, my home location, and maybe even others if it is possible. Can this be done manually, or is it only automatic once Google Now suspects that I keep going to the same location several times?<issue_comment>username_1: I have found that if I search for an address (or other location), not too long after that I get a card with driving directions to that location. If I tap the card, I'm asked if I "care about travel time to this location". Usually I say no, but if I say yes I'll have a new card that gives me the travel time to that location, just like for work or home.
In case you're wondering, the place to edit your work or home is `Settings | My stuff | Places...`. only home and work are available for me, but maybe they'll add some more custom locations in the future.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In Google Maps, you can save locations as favorites. They will eventually show up.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/27 | 250 | 1,026 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a new annoying icon on my Razr notification bar. It is a tiny blinking symbol that sort of looks like a tiny house with a cloud over it. It is blinking above the network strength bars where the "x" would be if there was no service.
Anyone know what that is?<issue_comment>username_1: I have found that if I search for an address (or other location), not too long after that I get a card with driving directions to that location. If I tap the card, I'm asked if I "care about travel time to this location". Usually I say no, but if I say yes I'll have a new card that gives me the travel time to that location, just like for work or home.
In case you're wondering, the place to edit your work or home is `Settings | My stuff | Places...`. only home and work are available for me, but maybe they'll add some more custom locations in the future.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In Google Maps, you can save locations as favorites. They will eventually show up.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/27 | 828 | 3,425 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently installed PdaNet+. To use wifi tethering it asked my to accept a certificate and set a screen lock pattern. I have since uninstalled it and removed the FoxFi certificate, but I still can't disable the screen lock (which I don't really want).
Any suggestions?<issue_comment>username_1: You should be able to turn off the lock screen security somewhere in Settings>Security>Screen Lock and then change it to none or just a simple slide to unlock or whatever you want. This is how you get to it on my S3, but yours should be similar no matter what phone you have.
To fix your other issue, also in the Security tab on my phone, there should be a tab called "Device Administrators." When you go into this tab, it allows you to check and uncheck which apps have access. If you uncheck the app that is preventing you from changing this, it might solve your problem.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I just had that same issue today.
Go to `Settings`, and make sure you've removed Foxfi as an administrator. Go to `Trusted credentials > User > and remove Foxfi`. Then go back into `Settings > Security > and Clear credentials`. It'll let you change the lock code then! :)
Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_3: Settings>Security>Device administrators
and you disables all administrators
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: This turned out to be a red herring for me. I just had to enter my password one last time to get rid of the lock screen. I hadn't pushed on an unlocked door.
so go to Settings->Security->Lock Screen Enter Password
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: There is indeed a way to remove the lock screen while keeping the certificate: set a pattern lock and try to unlock the phone with a "bad pattern" for 5-10 times, it will show you an error message, now select "Forgot Pattern?" and enter your gmail/password. After these steps the screen lock will be removed without removing the certificate. "
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: There is a simple solution to this one. First of all change password lock to pattern lock. Then enter wrong pattern 5 times. You will see forgot password. Click that and enter account details. Then a screen will appear saying to change the lock type. Simply hit the back button and it will be automatically set to none.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_7: Same thing happened to me.
All you have to do is go to "security" then go all the way down to "credential storage" then clear all credentials. Than you can go back and it's all done.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_8: Go to settings and go to more, which is below data usage option. Then go to VPN and delete all vpns (jus clear it all). It is that which is blocking that screen lock setting.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_9: **disable by administrator encryption policy, or credential storage**
if you are using Androidlost.com
1. go to andoridlost.com
2. Sign in with your device gmail account
3. click on Security option
4. lock phone option - clear all number & other
5. Unlock phone
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_10: You need to check if you've installed any 3rd party Device Management Applications, like Kaspersky Device Security, KNOX, etc.
I just solved my issue by deleting Kaspersky and all goes well.
Try to see which applications manage your device such as "Tracking your device against thieves so you could erase it remotely".
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/27 | 428 | 1,581 | <issue_start>username_0: So I partitioned my 32gb micro sdhc card with USB cable, both partitions FAT32, the bigger one set as active, and when I start Link2sd it doesn't ask me to select the file system of the second partition in order to create a script there and use it as install location, even though it shows up in the storages in Link2sd menus...
How can I make it recognize the second partition, do I have to format the sd card with card reader, because I don't have one right now<issue_comment>username_1: According [Link2SD](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5idWFrLkxpbmsyU0QiXQ..) page, also the second partition should be primary:
>
> You should have two partitions on SD card and both should be primary.
> The first FAT partition is your standard SD card storage. The second partition is used for application files and can be ext2, ext3, ext4 or FAT32.
>
>
>
Check if the second partition (the first one can not be used to link apps) is primary and not an extended partition.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Apparently it was some bug in the app itself, I had to clink the options, go to More, and there select Recreate Scripts, then it asked me what file system was the second partition, restarted, and it worked just fine after it.
And all of that without card reader, like they are suggesting everywhere
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: The second partition has to be formatted as either `ext2`, `ext3` or `ext4`, if you're on a custom ROM.
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/06/28 | 1,169 | 4,494 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I transfer photos on Samsung galaxy note 2 to computer? I'd like use my new note 2 cell phone to take photos, So I want to backup all the pictures to the computer. I can't do this easily since USB mass storage is not supported natively in the Samsung galaxy note 2.<issue_comment>username_1: You can do this easily using an app such as [SG USB Mass Storage Enabler](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler). As you already know, your device does not support mass storage facility. So You have to ask help from MTP modes or enable the Mass Storage mode.
The app stated above does the latter. It is easy. *But* you have to have the root access. If you don't know how, use [this guide](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2143479) to know how.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Aside from using [mtp](/questions/tagged/mtp "show questions tagged 'mtp'"), if you have trouble with that, there are several alternatives you could use. The easiest probably is a tool like [AirDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid), which simply runs on your Android device, and can be accessed from your computer using your web browser. Another possibility (which I use regularly) is [QtADB](http://qtadb.wordpress.com/), which requires a little setup on your computer (see: [Is there a minimal installation of ADB?](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/42474/16575)), and *USB Debugging* enabled on your Android device. \*QtADB contains a file manager, which allows you to easily transfer files to and from your device, and also to install `*.apk` files directly from your computer.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Option 1: (Easier)
If the two devices are connected to the same Wifi network, you could transfer files to and from the Note 2 via an app called Airdroid. It's actually quite easy to use. After installation on the Note 2, just follow the instructions. You'll need to open a browser, such as Chrome, and navigate to the url displayed on the Note 2.
Option 2:
If you want to get techy, I've figured out a way to turn my tablet into a mini HTTP server using Python and the SL4A scripting layer. After a little bit of setting up, just run the script and navigate to your mobile device's IP address. Then make your way to the files on the device, right-click and save. Zipping the files you want to transfer on the device first saves you a lot of time. If you need to find out your device's IP address, you can use an app called Wifi Analyzer.
Here's the link for the [SL4A scripting layer](http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/). Please follow the Python instructions.
P.S.
Make sure you only so this on a secure network. Anyone with your device's IP address would be able to access your files.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: i just asked asked a similar question at [Move photos from Android to PC wirelessly \*in one step\*](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/77004/move-photos-from-android-to-pc-wirelessly-in-one-step)
after becoming frustrated that the seemingly common task of moving photos from a phone to a pc (crazy, i know) was met with suggestions ranging from rooting and tweaking the phone to adb to cumbersome file transfers (fine for us techies, not fine for e.g. my grandmother), i found ...
* **TL;DR:** [Photo Transfer App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phototransfer)
* Optional: Application for Windows side (www.phototransferapp.com/win/) or Application for Mac side (www.phototransferapp.com/mac/). if you dont install them (or are using Linux) you can just connect to the phone in a web browser.
... which does almost exactly this, except it cant delete photos off the phone (not that i can tell anyways). at the time of this writing it is a reasonable $2 usd. as a bonus it supports phone-to-phone and pc-to-phone transfers as well.
its faster than airdroid and good when theres no internet connection; also the pc-side software can autodetect the device and gives clear access to photos, and doesnt require any rooting or special features or anything like that. if it could delete the photos it would be perfect.
airdroid kinda works too but relays the files through an internet connection, which given current (i.e. past 15 years) technology isnt actually necessary to transfer photos from a phone to a pc.
thank god there are still some sane developers left in this world.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/28 | 758 | 2,874 | <issue_start>username_0: I made a backup with Clockworkmod and now when I go to restore it it just says no files found. I have tried moving the backup into different folders on the SDcard like `sdcard/0` and `sdcard/0/0` and it still can't find the files.<issue_comment>username_1: When you are performing a full factory reset, it wipes most of your internal storage, and most likely it is also wiping the backups that you are creating. If you want to restore from a backup, make sure that you create that backup somewhere on the externalSD or move the file over to your computer before you perform a factory reset.
This is why you can never find the backup after factory resetting. You are essentially deleting it right after you create it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: CWM stores its backups in special folders below `/clockworkmod/backup`. Folder names reflect the times the corresponding backups where created, e.g. `2013-02-01.00.28.49`. In those directories you should find the [nandroid](/questions/tagged/nandroid "show questions tagged 'nandroid'") images. If you place yours there, CWM should find them.
Alternatively, you can also use apps like [Nandroid Manager \* ROOT](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore) or [AppExtractor](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handyandy.appextractor) to restore individual apps/data from your Nandroid backups.
Note that when you've used TWRP to create those backups, this uses different locations, as you can see in the screenshots of *Nandroid Manager*.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Maybe this is too late but I will post it for future refence for those who end up here and encounter the same problem like I just did. After wiping everything and putting the backup back on the SD, I had to reboot the phone in order fo CWM to recocnize the backup. When I had put the back up into the SD from the PC while in CWM, It wouldn't recocnize the backup and the same error msg popped up.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: i had similar problem and on reaching here i followed up on the discussion and i was able to make the CWM see the backup by making sure the file structure was in place
sdcard/
-------- clockworkmod
------------------ backup
-------------------------- 2013-02-01.00.28.49
----------------------------------------- \* list of backup files \*
ending up having something like this ..
sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2013-02-01.00.28.49/
the mistake i was making was that i refused to include the last part of the file structure i copied the files inside to the backup directly so doing the cwm refused to see the files since the folder structure is not complete
and on adding the last folder to it which is the 2013-02-01.00.28.49 (note : yours
can be different based on the time the backup was made
... And it worked
---
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/28 | 1,127 | 4,179 | <issue_start>username_0: I have my Verizon Wireless Samsung Galaxy S4's developer options enabled with USB debugging turned on. Whenever I connect it to my machine, it displays "Connected as Installer" in the notification window. However, after about thirty seconds, it switches to "Connected as Media Device" without me having done anything. This behavior is seen no matter which operating system I connect to (tested in OSX and Windows with appropriate drivers installed). I would like it to connect as a media device by default.
Does anyone know how to permanently keep the phone in "Connected as Media Device" mode?<issue_comment>username_1: After connecting via USB and receive the message "connecting as installer" on your phone's screen, make sure you're phone isn't on the lock-screen and swipe down from the top (or at least on my Verizon device) you can access "USB PC connection" settings under the "ongoing" tab. Check one of two options, MTP or PTP. This would be the same pull-down where you would quickly alter various settings, view downloads and be able to link to recent notifications. This will effectively switch out of installer mode so that you can access your phone's directory and that of any sub sequential micro SD card. Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Are you using a USB 2 port? I had the same issue and I was using a 1.0 port. The issue disapeared once I plugged into a 2.0 port. I have an S3 instead, but it may be the same problem.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: In android 4.2, it was possible to access a hidden setup menu and fix the usb settings. The 4.3 update reverted usb setting to the broken default. The access codes for the advanced setup menus have been changed or removed. Samsung claims they've removed access, for what ungodly reason I don't know, and repeated requests and hours on the phone with them got me nowhere.
Until someone can break back into the advanced setup menus, there isn't any way fix this behavior besides rooting the phone or reverting to a previous version of android.
<http://www.linuxine.com/story/hidden-services-menu-galaxy-s3-android-43>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: The files needed for rooting are not able to be transferred via MTP, switch to 'Camera' for PTP file transfer and it should work just fine!
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I've had the same problem with my Verizon S4 Mini LTE (SCH-I435).
I was able to solve it through the hidden dialer. Here is a utility that was able to bring the dialer back for me, since it wasn't accessible (I am not the author):
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2434415>
If you'd rather not trust the apk, it just implements this technique:
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303905>
Once the menu comes up go to USB Settings and change the usb protocol to MTP+ADB. Note, the first time I used it it was already on MTP+ADB. I had to switch to PTP, save come back and switch to MTP+ADB to get it to work.
The settings stick now.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: In case anyone with a Samsung S4 running USB Mass Storage Enabler and Busybox runs into this issue, be sure that the USB computer connection is set to MTP. This setting sometimes toggles
off for some odd reason on my phone. Click the text box and you should be good to go.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_7: When you plug it in, it says "connected as media device - touch for other options." Click that and then on the next screen turn 'Software Installation' to the off position.
Done. You can now easily access the files on your phone as any other drive.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: If you have a Verizon Galaxy S5, please follow the instructions here: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/disable-verizon-cd-installer-t2849481>
1.In the phone dial pad, enter but don't dial `*#0808#`
2.Will now show the following, choose the items with \*
```
USB
( ) CP
(*) AP
USB Settings
( ) MTP
(*) MTP + ADB
( ) PTP
( ) PTP + ADB
( ) RNDIS + DM + MODEM
( ) RMNET + DM + MODEM
( ) DM + MODEM + ADB
[OK] [Reboot]
```
3.Push "OK" (no need to reboot).
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/06/29 | 606 | 2,326 | <issue_start>username_0: There does appear to be cumbersome methods: (*that you may not know of ..*)
**(1.)** Goto: Settings > Applications Manager
For each application, un-tick 'Show notifications', press 'Ok'.
( repeat 100 times )
**(2.)** Goto: Settings > Applications Manager > (scroll to right) (select ALL)
For each SYSTEM application (you don't want, eg. ***Google+***):
* un-tick 'Show notifications', press 'Ok'
* click 'Force Stop', wait .., click 'Ok'
* click 'Remove Updates', wait .., click 'Ok'
* click 'Disable', wait .., click 'Ok' (option not visible, until updates removed)
( repeat as needed, for: Chat On, Group Play, Hang Outs (Talk), You Tube, Game Hub, WiFi Direct + WiFi Direct Share )
---
***My real question ..***
Is there a **tool** to automate this? (global disable-notifications, simple un-tick for system 'bloatware')
>
> Why is this not in **Google Play** (from desktop browser)? *More of a philosophical question.*
>
>
> What portion of (unwanted) data traffic is caused by this 'bloatware'?
>
>
><issue_comment>username_1: You need to root your phone for this.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: As username_1 says, such a tool would require root on your phone. For security reasons, only system apps can enable and disable notifications for an app, only system apps can force-stop other apps, and only system apps can disable other apps. You really wouldn't want every app on your phone to be able to turn on notifications for itself and disable the Settings app so you can't turn them off again.
If you want to disable most of your system apps, it sounds like it might be better for you to replace the OS with a [custom-rom](/questions/tagged/custom-rom "show questions tagged 'custom-rom'"). The tag wiki for that page will give you some hints to get started. Be warned before you decide: you do need to unlock the bootloader to achieve this, and you should take a backup first as it's an advanced procedure: people do manage to brick their phones this way.
As a quick note: most of the apps you list are Samsung's apps. Samsung are known for shipping particularly bloat-heavy software, so you may find it easier to buy a phone from a different manufacturer next time. Nexus phones in particular run a very minimal Android: that's their main selling point.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/29 | 650 | 2,671 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a HTC Desire X. I have set Exchange ActiveSync to download past 3 days. However, why does it not keep older mails which are already downloaded? i.e. on Friday, I can see mails from Tuesday on. On Saturdays, I can only from Wednesday on. The Tuesday email which was already downloaded and read is no longer visible?
**Is there a way to make not delete the local copy of older emails?**
There is an earlier question which is similar - [Why does stock email app only keep 25 latest emails?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28780/why-does-stock-email-app-only-keep-25-latest-emails)
However I don't think the accepted answer there is relevant here. From that answer
>
> to prevent large transfers of data that end up using the device communication thus leading to a faster battery drain;
>
>
>
Why would keeping older mails cause large transfer of data? The older mails are already downloaded and are there on your phone.
>
> to preserve memory consumption that in turn would leave your device slow and inefficient.
>
>
>
Just because the older mails are there on disk, it will not increase memory consumption. A better way to program it would be display '3' days but have a way to show older ones on demand - since the app would read it from disk only on demand, it wouldn't increase memory consumption.
My phone runs Android 4.0.4.<issue_comment>username_1: You need to root your phone for this.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: As username_1 says, such a tool would require root on your phone. For security reasons, only system apps can enable and disable notifications for an app, only system apps can force-stop other apps, and only system apps can disable other apps. You really wouldn't want every app on your phone to be able to turn on notifications for itself and disable the Settings app so you can't turn them off again.
If you want to disable most of your system apps, it sounds like it might be better for you to replace the OS with a [custom-rom](/questions/tagged/custom-rom "show questions tagged 'custom-rom'"). The tag wiki for that page will give you some hints to get started. Be warned before you decide: you do need to unlock the bootloader to achieve this, and you should take a backup first as it's an advanced procedure: people do manage to brick their phones this way.
As a quick note: most of the apps you list are Samsung's apps. Samsung are known for shipping particularly bloat-heavy software, so you may find it easier to buy a phone from a different manufacturer next time. Nexus phones in particular run a very minimal Android: that's their main selling point.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/29 | 391 | 1,346 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy S4.
I have a picture that I would like to have as a 2x2 widget. I don't want to set it as background; I want it like the Weather widget.<issue_comment>username_1: There is a 2x2 Picture widget. Drag it to your home screen.
Here's what it would look like:
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can do this with my **free** app [Showr](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shadowburst.showr&referrer=ase48211). With Showr, you can choose a picture from another app (such as the Gallery or Dropbox), you can take it directly with any camera app, or you can have it download from the Internet and update by your schedule.
Showr lets you resize the widget to any size. You can also set what happens when you click on the photo widget: you might want to view the photo in the Gallery, or start some other app, or launch a website. And because I'm active on this site, you know it's going to be easy to get help if you need it.
[](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shadowburst.showr&referrer=ase48211)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/29 | 268 | 979 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I install google apps with adb commands ?
I don't know how to unzip .
I used busybox. But it is not useful.
Please guide me .
Thanks to all and everythings. :)<issue_comment>username_1: Good question. While it's technically feasible (mount /system rw, unpack the zip, install the apks), I don't think that it is currently possible.
The gapps are usually installed with help of the recovery. For more information see ["How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android device?"](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/27808/how-can-i-install-the-google-apps-package-play-store-on-my-android-device)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: If you have a rooted phone with a custom recovery, you can do it:
1. Reboot to recovery
2. Go into Sideload (might be under advanced - if your recovery doesn't have this feature, then you need to update your recovery.
3. On your computer, run `adb sideload`
4. Reboot.
Upvotes: 4 |
2013/06/29 | 411 | 1,568 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S3.
I am about to go abroad and will need to connect my laptop
to the Internet without having someone come and install a
DSL or cable router (as the waiting time to install these is
quite long I would be gone before the internet technicians drop by).
So what I have decided is to purchase a SIM card and connect my laptop
to my android phone to do internet browsing. My understanding is that with tethering I can transform this phone into a router or wireless hotspot.
1. What are tethering options (settings or apps) for this phone?
2. Is it better to connect the PC to the phone wirelessly, via a USB
cable to use tethering, or via Bluetooth tethering? *In terms of speed, I guess Wi-Fi tethering would be superior here.*<issue_comment>username_1: Good question. While it's technically feasible (mount /system rw, unpack the zip, install the apks), I don't think that it is currently possible.
The gapps are usually installed with help of the recovery. For more information see ["How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android device?"](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/27808/how-can-i-install-the-google-apps-package-play-store-on-my-android-device)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: If you have a rooted phone with a custom recovery, you can do it:
1. Reboot to recovery
2. Go into Sideload (might be under advanced - if your recovery doesn't have this feature, then you need to update your recovery.
3. On your computer, run `adb sideload`
4. Reboot.
Upvotes: 4 |
2013/06/29 | 735 | 3,095 | <issue_start>username_0: I have two Android phones: a Micromax A116 and a Samsung GT-S7562.
I am able to connect both of the devices on an XP Machine at the office. But at home I have a laptop running Windows 7. When I try to connect it, both of the phones are not getting detected.
I have installed Samsung Kies for GT-S7562 and I have also installed the Micromax A116 drivers on both XP and Windows 7.
I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling all the drivers. But no use.
I need help. Thanks in advance.<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried going to device manager and right-clicking the top of the tree and selecting "Detect Hardware Changes"? Maybe your "Shell Hardware Detection" service isn't running or not running right?
Or are there any exceptions on the USB controllers of the system in your device manager?
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Any android phone can be easily detected based on the purpose of connection.Just check and ensure the type of USB driver you download is for the correct purpose.
Basically we have two modes of connecting an Android device to a system.
1.As a Personal user(can be any,file transfer,update,backup etc.)
2.As a Developer(to debug,deploy an application etc.)
1.**As a personal user**
If you basically want to connect your device for personal use.Then you need the simple USB drivers which can be downloaded from Samsung.Depending on your Operating system you need to install the required file.For [Samsung](http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads).Contact micromax for the USB drivers as i didn't find any.
**Ex**:-If you have a windows 7 Operating system then it will automatically download and install the USB drivers and if it's Linux then you need to search for the respective drivers regarding Linux and install based on your procedure.But if it's Windows XP then you need to manually search for the USB driver's download it and install them as and where required.Once installed you can connect your device and do your work
**2.As a Developer**:-If you need to connect the android phone as a developer/tester then you need to download the special ADB debug drivers.These drivers are way different from the normal U.S.B drivers as they provide you to test/debug the application on the device but not for file transfer or any other use.
After downloading manually or automatically from the SDK Manager you can connect your device but you need to configure it .Check this [site](http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html) for more details.Once done your device will be detected by the eclipse software and then you can do you work.
Based on the use of yours you can select the choice of connection.
**Note**:-The basic connection setup is the same for all the devices irrespective of their manufacturer.Although there may/may not be any slight changes based on the Android Version.
The difference is may be you have restrictions/U.S.B drivers are missing in Windows XP machine.So just check whether the U.S.B drivers are not disabled and you have access to the U.S.B as well
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/29 | 726 | 3,109 | <issue_start>username_0: My question is similar to [this one](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/8312/how-can-i-can-open-local-files-in-the-default-android-browser), but my HTML file and resources are not on an SD card, as my phone does not accept SD cards. It is currently at `file:///Download/AnotherFolder/here.html`. I have resources like images and javascript in a subfolder. How can I run this is in a browser, preferably Chrome? Just entering `file:///Download/AnotherFolder/here.html` does not work in Chrome.<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried going to device manager and right-clicking the top of the tree and selecting "Detect Hardware Changes"? Maybe your "Shell Hardware Detection" service isn't running or not running right?
Or are there any exceptions on the USB controllers of the system in your device manager?
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Any android phone can be easily detected based on the purpose of connection.Just check and ensure the type of USB driver you download is for the correct purpose.
Basically we have two modes of connecting an Android device to a system.
1.As a Personal user(can be any,file transfer,update,backup etc.)
2.As a Developer(to debug,deploy an application etc.)
1.**As a personal user**
If you basically want to connect your device for personal use.Then you need the simple USB drivers which can be downloaded from Samsung.Depending on your Operating system you need to install the required file.For [Samsung](http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads).Contact micromax for the USB drivers as i didn't find any.
**Ex**:-If you have a windows 7 Operating system then it will automatically download and install the USB drivers and if it's Linux then you need to search for the respective drivers regarding Linux and install based on your procedure.But if it's Windows XP then you need to manually search for the USB driver's download it and install them as and where required.Once installed you can connect your device and do your work
**2.As a Developer**:-If you need to connect the android phone as a developer/tester then you need to download the special ADB debug drivers.These drivers are way different from the normal U.S.B drivers as they provide you to test/debug the application on the device but not for file transfer or any other use.
After downloading manually or automatically from the SDK Manager you can connect your device but you need to configure it .Check this [site](http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html) for more details.Once done your device will be detected by the eclipse software and then you can do you work.
Based on the use of yours you can select the choice of connection.
**Note**:-The basic connection setup is the same for all the devices irrespective of their manufacturer.Although there may/may not be any slight changes based on the Android Version.
The difference is may be you have restrictions/U.S.B drivers are missing in Windows XP machine.So just check whether the U.S.B drivers are not disabled and you have access to the U.S.B as well
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/29 | 1,056 | 4,357 | <issue_start>username_0: So I have an album that for some reason shows up as of an 'Unknown artist' in my library in the Google Music app. I already fixed the tags in Foobar (and also checked them again with [MP3Tag](http://www.mp3tag.de/en/)) and then deleted the old files off my sd card and copied the fixed ones back on it. Yet still, they show up without an artist in the app...
I tried several things:
* Uploading them to my Google Music Library, then they show up just fine. (So the files should be correct. But I want them on my extra SD card, so this was just to see if there was still something wrong with the files.)
* Clear all the data of the Google Music app (menu->apps->google play->clear data.) Didn't change a thing.
* Reinstall the Google Music app.
* Remove the com.google.android.music folder.
* Restart phone.
Nothing fixed it... Now I don't know what else I could try. Obviously something went wrong, since at first the tags were wrong, but I fixed them. Any other program I tried reads them just fine. Any ideas on how to fix it?
Edit:
I just tried another music app on android (doubleTwist) and that also shows those songs under 'Unknown artist'... Yet when I copy the file back from my SD card to my pc it does show both Artist and Album artist correctly. I'm stumped. Is there some kind of cash of android I can clear? (Already tried clearing the Google Music app cash.) I'm completely stumped on what's going wrong :(
Edit 2:
I just found that the 'unknown artists'-songs apparently use an older/different version of Flac than the other files. According to foobar the bad songs are flac 1.1.1, while the other files are 1.2.1. When looking in Mp3tag the bad ones says 'FLAC (FLAC ID3v2)' and the good ones say 'FLAC (FLAC)'.
Thanks a lot!<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried going to device manager and right-clicking the top of the tree and selecting "Detect Hardware Changes"? Maybe your "Shell Hardware Detection" service isn't running or not running right?
Or are there any exceptions on the USB controllers of the system in your device manager?
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Any android phone can be easily detected based on the purpose of connection.Just check and ensure the type of USB driver you download is for the correct purpose.
Basically we have two modes of connecting an Android device to a system.
1.As a Personal user(can be any,file transfer,update,backup etc.)
2.As a Developer(to debug,deploy an application etc.)
1.**As a personal user**
If you basically want to connect your device for personal use.Then you need the simple USB drivers which can be downloaded from Samsung.Depending on your Operating system you need to install the required file.For [Samsung](http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads).Contact micromax for the USB drivers as i didn't find any.
**Ex**:-If you have a windows 7 Operating system then it will automatically download and install the USB drivers and if it's Linux then you need to search for the respective drivers regarding Linux and install based on your procedure.But if it's Windows XP then you need to manually search for the USB driver's download it and install them as and where required.Once installed you can connect your device and do your work
**2.As a Developer**:-If you need to connect the android phone as a developer/tester then you need to download the special ADB debug drivers.These drivers are way different from the normal U.S.B drivers as they provide you to test/debug the application on the device but not for file transfer or any other use.
After downloading manually or automatically from the SDK Manager you can connect your device but you need to configure it .Check this [site](http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html) for more details.Once done your device will be detected by the eclipse software and then you can do you work.
Based on the use of yours you can select the choice of connection.
**Note**:-The basic connection setup is the same for all the devices irrespective of their manufacturer.Although there may/may not be any slight changes based on the Android Version.
The difference is may be you have restrictions/U.S.B drivers are missing in Windows XP machine.So just check whether the U.S.B drivers are not disabled and you have access to the U.S.B as well
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2013/06/29 | 653 | 2,240 | <issue_start>username_0: Rooting Method: mrRobinson
Phone: Samsung Galaxy SIII
Model number: SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
Android version: 4.1.1
Carrier: ATT
Downloaded: Odin307 and root66\_ATT\_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5
Sumsung Driver: Updated
Kies: Stopped and Disabled
What I did:
1. Extracted the root66\_ATT\_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5 from the .7z file I downloaded.
2. Used Odin, put phone into download mode [with phone off, hold vol. down + home + power ], connected to computer and opened Odin.
3. once in odin clicked the PDA field and selected the root66\_ATT\_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5 I downloaded.
4. Left Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked.
5. clicked start and...
Message in Odin:
```
Please wait..
root66\_ATT\_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5 is valid.
Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
Leave CS..
All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
```
Nothing else happens, click on Start again and "All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" shows again.
What am I doing wrong? Please help!<issue_comment>username_1: The issue turned out to be the driver. I went onto Samsung's website and re-downloaded the USB driver and re-installed it. Everything went fine.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I had exactly the same problem on the Note 2 SGH-I747. Windows XP refused to recognize the device, unable to install hardware. I had reloaded the drivers a couple of times. Today I was charging my other Note 2 which was working correctly. XP recognized and installed it. Huh! I plugged the broken one in. It was recognized. Odin then worked perfectly.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: For those with this issue, my problem ended up being the usb cable.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: I had the same problem, I reinstalled the drivers and when it still wouldn't work, I hit the start button several times in a row and the it suddenly started.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I was having the same issue, probably it came up because I had first time checked the box for re-partition. Then I unchecked it , did reset and start again, it was then I was getting the message "Success 0, failed 0"
I powered off the mobile and again put it in download mode and it worked.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/29 | 260 | 868 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to play a video repeatedly in the Samsung stock video player. Is there a way?
Samsung Galaxy S3
OS: 4.1.1<issue_comment>username_1: You should be able to do this by going to `Settings` => `Repeat` while the video is playing and enable it. ([source](http://www.galaxyforums.net/forum/off-topic-forum/1987-android-video-player.html#post22059))
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The stock video player on the S3 doesn't have this functionality. You can achieve it by installing another video app such as [VLC for Android](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Try [IVideo Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.immsoftwares.ivideoplayer) , compatible for Android 3.0+, looping, child lock, brightness control, plays mov, flv, rmvb, mpg, mpeg and etc.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/29 | 300 | 1,041 | <issue_start>username_0: I use my phone like I do the computer. Shopping online with a credit card etc. Surfing unknown sites... Does my phone require an anti-virus application to protect the internal drive of my phone? Can it be damaged by a virus like on a computer?
OS: Android 4.1.1
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S3<issue_comment>username_1: You should be able to do this by going to `Settings` => `Repeat` while the video is playing and enable it. ([source](http://www.galaxyforums.net/forum/off-topic-forum/1987-android-video-player.html#post22059))
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The stock video player on the S3 doesn't have this functionality. You can achieve it by installing another video app such as [VLC for Android](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Try [IVideo Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.immsoftwares.ivideoplayer) , compatible for Android 3.0+, looping, child lock, brightness control, plays mov, flv, rmvb, mpg, mpeg and etc.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/06/30 | 1,961 | 4,915 | <issue_start>username_0: This is actually starting to annoy me!
Every so often, I get the 'Storage space running out' notification. I go into my settings, and it says I have 60MB left.
The thing is, almost a month ago I erased the device because of the same thing - I have my 1.8GB available, and everything was fine and dandy, until now.
I haven't installed anything recently, however I suddenly only have 60MB left. I added up all the app sizes according to Android:
```
Chrome - 65.55MB
Can You Escape - 34.75MB
Facebook - 31.77MB (why does Facebook use so much?)
Gmail - 27.46MB
Skype - 24.04MB
Facebook Messenger - 19.74MB
Search - 18.98MB
Tapatalk - 17.50MB
Hangouts - 17.33MB
Maps - 13.49MB
Google Play Services - 13.49MB
Google Play Store - 10.91MB
Youtube - 10.80MB
System - 10.27MB
Google+ - 9.39MB
Shazam - 8.37MB
Titanium Backup - 8.30MB
Spotify - 6.93MB
Ingress - 6.70MB (I still have 3 invites if anyone is interested)
Media Storage - 4.50MB
3G Watchdog Pro - 4.05MB
Cerberus - 3.02MB
Secret Codes Revealer - 2.99MB
Email - 2.93MB
Contacts Storage - 2.62 MB
Super SU - 2.50MB
Screen Standby - 2.27MB
Settings - 2.20MB
Titanium Backup Key - 2.12MB
DeskSMS - 2.09MB
Exchange Services - 2.05MB
Browser - 2.05MB
Root Explorer - 2.03MB
TalkBack - 2.02MB
Beats Audio - 1.90MB
Google Services Framework- 1.86MB
Google Text-to-speech - 1.78MB
Gallery - 1.75MB
Spirit UL - 1.66MB
Contacts - 1.65MB
Spotify Community - 1.53MB
Sound Search for Google Play - 1.34MB
I then have ~80 apps < 1MB in size.
```
Add them all together, and I get 490.53MB - nowhere near the 1.9GB Android says I am using.
Why is Android reporting me using 1.9GB? What is using this memory? Why isn't it showing in the settings?
And above all, how can I fix it?
I am using a Samsung Galaxy SII with Android 4.2.2 Cyanogenmod 10.1
Output of `df` shell command:
```
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 395.3M 48K 395.3M 4096
/storage 395.3M 0K 395.3M 4096
/mnt/secure 395.3M 0K 395.3M 4096
/mnt/asec 395.3M 0K 395.3M 4096
/mnt/obb 395.3M 0K 395.3M 4096
/mnt/fuse 395.3M 0K 395.3M 4096
/system 503.9M 340M 164M 4096
/cache 98.4M 72M 26.4M 4096
/efs 19.7M 8.3M 11.4M 4096
/data 2G 1.9G 83.9M 4096
/preload 503.9M 204.3M 299.7M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackupPro-1 2M 100K 1.9M 4096
/storage/sdcard1 7.4G 126M 7.3G 4096
/storage/sdcard0 11.5G 4.6G 6.9G 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 11.5G 4.6G 6.9G 4096
/mnt/asec/com.thales.android.view-1 3M 1.1M 1.9M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.nianticproject.ingress-1 26M 24.4M 1.5M 4096
/mnt/asec/uk.co.nickfines.RealCalcPlus-1 2M 340K 1.7M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.mikersmicros.fm_unlock-2 3M 1004K 2M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.eclipsim.gpstoolbox.pro-1 2M 76K 1.9M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2-1 2M 912K 1.1M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.farproc.wifi.analyzer-1 2M 1000K 1M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.shazam.encore.android-1 10M 7.8M 2.2M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.hutchison3g.planet3-2 5M 3.8M 1.2M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.google.android.apps.plus-1 20M 18.5M 1.5M 4096
/mnt/asec/eu.chainfire.supersu.pro-1 2M 64K 1.9M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer-1 3M 1.4M 1.6M 4096
```<issue_comment>username_1: I use [DiskUsage](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5kaXNrdXNhZ2UiXQ..) for situations like this. It graphs the directory structure for you in a very pedagogical way to show you what directories (and subdirectories) that are taking up the most space. It literally solves situations like this in 15 seconds for me, because I'll see a big square with the text "Movies" or something on it, realizing I completely forgot I put an entire season of *Wonders of the Universe* on my device or something — or I'll se a folder with a name of an app that has long since been deleted with a bunch of useless cache :)
Try it out, I'm not sure how well it works on non-rooted devices but I think it should work on those as well, I don't think it does anything else than list directories and add their content size up.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The apps are not the problem. Sometimes there are huge log files or other files which take all the memory.
The solution:
Install SD-Maid app and use the system-clear function.
You may have to root your phone first.
This is the only thing worked for me.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: In settings, superuser, you can switch off logs
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/06/30 | 527 | 1,869 | <issue_start>username_0: So, these files were filling up my `/data/logs` directory, causing me to run out of storage space rapidly.
What are they, why are there so many and how can I stop them clogging my storage?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FLn9k.png)
Screenshot (click image to enlarge)<issue_comment>username_1: I googled the file name and found this post on XDA:
>
> i'm still having the storage is running out error from 3.8. I found
> out it was caused by the signal lost issue because inside the log
> folder located in data folder, it will generate many dumpstate ril
> reset by........xxx..once my signal is lost. so, i'm wondering what's
> the best worldwide modem for 3.8 or lates nightly that won't cause
> signal lost thus my phone won't generate the dumpstate ril reset error
> and indirectly generating many dumpstate ril reset. I'm using dxlpa
> modem.
>
>
>
Looks like your phone might be affected by a bug in CM. I would switch ROM and see if it goes away, if not, you could try an app like [GetRIL](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sibbor.getril&hl=en) to find out what Radio Interface Layer you are using, and if there is another you can use that might help you not lose connection over and over.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Dial `*#9900#`, and delete all your log and dump files.
Note: Only works on Samsung.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: I believe the problem is you have enabled the dumpstate in your mobile, please enter the keystring \*#9900# and press SEND.
Will be open a new screen with some options, verify if SILENT LOG is OFF and DEBUG LEVEL is DISABLE/LOW.
This capabilities are used by developers to verify fails and debug application running in the device, as user you will never use it.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/06/30 | 466 | 1,672 | <issue_start>username_0: I wanted to create a hardlink but I can't. I'm rooted and I want to offload my internal memory and move the dalvik-cache to my sd-card.<issue_comment>username_1: I googled the file name and found this post on XDA:
>
> i'm still having the storage is running out error from 3.8. I found
> out it was caused by the signal lost issue because inside the log
> folder located in data folder, it will generate many dumpstate ril
> reset by........xxx..once my signal is lost. so, i'm wondering what's
> the best worldwide modem for 3.8 or lates nightly that won't cause
> signal lost thus my phone won't generate the dumpstate ril reset error
> and indirectly generating many dumpstate ril reset. I'm using dxlpa
> modem.
>
>
>
Looks like your phone might be affected by a bug in CM. I would switch ROM and see if it goes away, if not, you could try an app like [GetRIL](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sibbor.getril&hl=en) to find out what Radio Interface Layer you are using, and if there is another you can use that might help you not lose connection over and over.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Dial `*#9900#`, and delete all your log and dump files.
Note: Only works on Samsung.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: I believe the problem is you have enabled the dumpstate in your mobile, please enter the keystring \*#9900# and press SEND.
Will be open a new screen with some options, verify if SILENT LOG is OFF and DEBUG LEVEL is DISABLE/LOW.
This capabilities are used by developers to verify fails and debug application running in the device, as user you will never use it.
Upvotes: 1 |