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2014/02/20 | 578 | 2,563 | <issue_start>username_0: When you are viewing an app in Google Play store, it displays the following : Updated, Size, Installs, Current Version, Requires Android, and Rating.
I am trying to do some research and figure out the initial release / publish dates of different apps. Is there a way to get this information from Google Play, or perhaps a website with this information?<issue_comment>username_1: You could try typing the details of the app on the search box and include the details of the previous version or release and see what Google play brings as results. I believe its possible because some people still use old phones and if they access the Google play store using their phone then Google shows the options for that OS whether its new or old.
Take for example you need to find the later version of UC browser, click on the search box and type versions of UCbrowser or be specific;UCbrowser Cloud version for Java8.5.0.185...it all depends with the application. some you will get the later versions but for others i doubt.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: May be not NO!
But if you need to get this information, you need to check the comments section if there are less comments, you can analyze that the least commented DATE (or approximately) will be the initial launch date of that app.(Assuming that every developer starts giving ratings and reviews as soon as app launches to boost Downloads.)
OR
if you have access to developer console, You can check there under "current installs" section, the starting point's date on the Graph will be the Launch date of a particular App.
Also, in developer Console -> under your application -> Select Statistics -> then in the Box after "STATISTICS" heading Select "TOTAL USERS" option and then to the far right in the same line, with the option "SHOW", Select "ALL". Now in the below graph, you will be showing some pin points dropped, which indicates your respective published versions of the application/game in google play. If you hover at the first pin point on the far left of the graph, it will show "JANUARY 1: Published version 1".
Here obviously Jan 1st will be the date at which your application has come LIVE on Google play.
Respectively, you can get all the successive dates of your app updates.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Check in [www.appbrain.com](http://www.appbrain.com/) for Android apps. It shows all possible information about app. Moreover, it shows release dates with respective released version numbers and number of downloads.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2014/02/20 | 479 | 2,098 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using a Nexus 4 and currently using the Cyanogen Mod 11 ROM. I was using Paranoid Android Beta 4 for KitKat before but switched to Cyanogen Mod due to the stability that Cyanogen Mod offers right now.
I was wondering what are the pros and cons from ART and Dalvik. Especially since I am no longer running the Nexus 4 stock ROM. Is there any other ways of improving battery life by switching governors?<issue_comment>username_1: Currently, very few apps properly support ART. So, the performance difference is not really noticeable. As for battery consumption, there should be little to no difference if your CPU settings are left at default.
ART is a great innovation, and I can't wait to see some great performance numbers in the near future, but we are not there yet.
If you're running CM11 nightly builds, you might see some poor battery life. If you do, try another kernel, such as Devil.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The new ART runtime is still **experimental**. It will make your phone less stable, and some apps just won't work at all. That's why the option to switch from Dalvik to ART is in the developer options: it's only there to let developers and system integrators test their stuff and help Google fix problems.
For this reason, it's a little pointless to measure the performance of ART right now, since bugs in it might cause artificially low or high performance, even in situations where the bug doesn't occur or isn't apparent. Fixing a bug might reduce performance (increasing battery or memory use, or decreasing speed) because extra checks or a slower algorithm are needed to avoid the bug; or, it might increase performance by making some computation unnecessary. Also, further work on improving the performance of ART will certainly be done before it's turned on for everybody.
Combining the effects of fixing all bugs, and all the performance improvements that are made, it's very hard to predict how the finished product will perform. The performance could completely change before ART is ready for mainstream use.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/20 | 547 | 1,780 | <issue_start>username_0: I use OsmAnd when riding my bicycle.
I would like it to display my current speed in a corner of the screen or somewhere similar.
It should not interfere with normal use of OsmAnd, in particular it should not be a different screen.
Is there a way to do this in OsmAnd, via an option or plugin or custom fork or anything?<issue_comment>username_1: You could use an "overlay" like e.g. [Ulysse Speedometer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binarytoys.speedometer), [Map Speedometer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Map.Speedometer), [GPS HUD Speedometer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ascendapps.aaspeedometer), [DigiHUD Speedometer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mrchops.android.digihud), or [Navigation Speedometer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Map.Speedometer):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tWCEE.png) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yp2vs.jpg)
*DigiHUD* and *Ulysse* as map overlays (source: Google Play; click images for larger variants)
Though above screenshots are not from *OsmAnd*, the overlays work the same there :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: In OsmAnd:
* Open the navigation drawer (swipe from left or bottom left button)
* “Configure screen” (Gear icon)
* “Right panel” should have a line for “Speed”, tick that.
The speed will be shown, somewhat small, in the top right list. I think standard is to show only the number of satellites, but there are a few items that can be shown there.
Eta:
I also set “Trasparent skin” at the bottom of the “Configure screen” list. Makes the speed &c. a bit less obtrusive.
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/02/20 | 863 | 2,914 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought a Sandisk Ultra microSDXC card with 64GB to use in my Samsung s3 mini. When I put it in the phone doesn't find it (presumably); going to `settings` -> `storage` and scrolling down to the bottom it says
```
Mount SD card
Insert SD card
```
but it is greyed out, so nothing happens when I tap it. The SD card seems to work perfecly fine as a storage on my Windows 7 computer.
Googling around it seems I might have to format the SD card to fat32 (I tried first reformatting it with exFat, the default, and also NFTS, to no avail). But that is not an option when using `right-click` -> `format...` on windows 7.
So I try [Fat32Formatter](http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/). When I start it it claims the SD card is in NFTS format (even though it's formatted to exFat). Trying to format it to Fat32 I get the error `Failed to determine the drive`.
I also tried [HP USB disk storage format tool](http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html10962200.html), but when I start it all the options are greyed out and I'm not even able to select a device.
Lastly I tried "MiniTool partition wizard", which indicates that the SD card is `(Bad Disk)` and doesn't let me format or do anything to it. I try using Partition Recovery Wizard on it, but that doesn't change anything.
Any ideas?<issue_comment>username_1: Firstly you are saying there's no option to format the memory card in fat32 on Windows 7. Which version of Windows 7 are you using??? I have windows 7 home premium and ultimate both have the fat32 as default, infact they have four options to format i.e ntfs, fat, fat32(default), and exfat.
And secondly yes you will need to format that memory card in fat32 format for it to work.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Easy solution **for anybody with a card-reader** in their pc. (Relaid from: forum.xda-developers.com/)
1. Place the card in your PC's card reader and determine the drive designation (i.e., G:\, H:\, etc.)
2. Download the fat32format utility in GUI version from here: <http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/guiformat.exe>. Click on the picture to retrieve the file.
3. Launch the guiformat.exe.
4. Choose the drive that corresponds to your SD card.
5. Choose the size of the SD Card you are formatting.
6. Check the Quick Format box.
7. Press Start.
Source: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773735>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: The S3 Mini only supports up to 32GB MicroSD cards. [Link](http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i8190_galaxy_s_iii_mini-5033.php)
And for reference, no, Windows does not support FAT32 formatting above 32GB.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Thanks for answers!
It turned out to be a hardware issue. I returned the phone and they repaired it, after which other formatting fixes mentioned above worked (I can't remember which one at the moment).
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/20 | 763 | 2,913 | <issue_start>username_0: Does the [Bluelight Filter for Eye Care](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.ne.hardyinfinity.bluelightfilter.free) app really work? Can you tell me why it is helpful to protect eyes?<issue_comment>username_1: These apps really work. There are lot of apps that I have used to reduce eye strains such as [lux auto brightness](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en), [darker pro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mlhg.screenfilterpro&hl=en), [juice defender](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender&hl=en)'s brightness settings, etc.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Sorry to tell you that no app can really filter the blue light emitted from your digital screen. This kind of app does reduce our eye strain because it helps to change the contrast, adjust the brightness, and add some shades. Want to know whether the eye care app filters blue light effectively, you should use a spectrometer.
In this video, you can see clearly how blue light has been filtered by T’amie blue-light protection glasses with the use of a spectrometer.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmUebEu3GzE&noredirect=1>
In fact, most of us computer workers pay more attention to eye care from blue light and eye strain. But we should make the right choice to protect our eyes.
Hope this helped!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Some useful apps can truly block blue light and offer eye protection. And I also approve the upstairs' point: blue light blocking percentage differs due to the different apps and products. Generally speaking, I enjoy the F.lux on my Android phone very much.
Besides, a blue light protective eyewear is great for eye protection, too.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Bluelight filter apps do help to reduce blue light.
Assume you have a fully blue screen on your mobile. Each pixel would obviously be emitting blue light. The effect of blue light is not the effect of the waves unlike UV rays that damage cells. Its effect on human beings arise from the fact that our biological processes associated with sleep is linked by nature to an absence of blue colored objects in nature at night. Now, let us place a red opaque screen on top of the blue screen described earlier. Obviously, the eye now sees a red screen and it does not trigger any sleep hormones. A blue light filter app uses this phenomenon by using a semi-transparent non-bluish overlay that increases the reddishness and/or greenishness of the screen.
We have developed an app to reduce the bluishness of the screen. It has no ads, over 400 good reviews, and small file size (~86kb). You can try it out or just read through the reviews to understand how it is helping users.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.panagola.app.bluef>
Affiliation: Developer, Non-profit
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/21 | 152 | 566 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently acquired my Nexus 5. While I'm absolutely in love with the device, I haven't been able to find a way to set a custom ringtone for specific contact groups.<issue_comment>username_1: Try downloading a app from the play store like ringtone maker, it worked for me.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: As a Nexus 5 owner I was not able to do without a specialized 3rd party app (I used Group Ringtone:
<http://www.appbrain.com/app/group-ringtones/com.appventive.groupring>). This feature seems to be missing in Android.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/21 | 2,595 | 9,728 | <issue_start>username_0: I use my WiFi-only tablet for turn-by-turn navigation. I either use wifi hotspot tethering or bluetooth tethering through my phone's data plan. (Or USB tethering once I get a Y charging cable.)
My problem is that my tablet apps run their background updates and syncs while I am tethered, consuming my limited data plan. The worst culprit is Google account autosync.
While most apps nowadays are wifi/3G-friendly, that is, they have a setting to do heavy downloads only on WiFi, they do not differentiate broadband wifi or my phone's wifi hotspot. The Play Store app on my tablet would particularly update large apps in the background while I am driving!<issue_comment>username_1: For completeness the answer will also include everything some of which you already know.
I understand in your situation that the phone is not distinguishing from your hotspot style of Wi-Fi (using expensive data from a cell tower) to any other Wi-Fi connection that the data would be cheaper to use.
**Manual and automatic methods**
There are methods to both easily manually disable Auto-Sync, and methods to automate the disabling of it:
**Automatic**
* If connected to "Home WiFi", then Turn on Auto-Sync (less account data).
* If connected to "TeatherName WiFi", then Turn off Auto-Sync
Simple "scripters" like "MacroDroid", plus other simple "rules creators" can pull this off.
Example:
I mention these 2 because I could not program my way out of a paper bag, but I can make a few scripts, or rules, or constraints, using those methods. Probably tasker and automate-it could also perform these functions. Auto-Sync off is a "easy one".
In my short time with that Macrodroid app, I was also able to have it reliably recognise that specific Bluetooth devices are connected (keyboard), so that could also be applied to make a auto-sync change.
It can also use a "hotspot" trigger and actions , which won't do any good in your situation, because the hotspot isn't the device you need to control. That method would have to be applied to the hotspot machine, and some creative firewalling, that does not sound so easy.
**Stopping Google Store auto updates Manually**
To access the setting when your in the Google Play store application hit your menu button, and select settings.
Go to the Auto-Update section of the settings. Setting your apps to never auto update does mean that you have to manually update them, but that gives you the option to choose when the updates occur, giving you control,
The google play store settings for update applications can be set to update as follows:
A) Do not auto-update apps
B) Auto Update at any time
C) Auto update apps over Wi-Fi only
**Manual updates at the google store** are made easy
When you select the play store icon, and go to My Apps section.
The google store sorts apps that have updates available to the top of the "My Apps" listing
By carefully adding updates to your device manually you can know if a specific update is causing problems.
**Widget Auto-Sync switch**
There are many "widget" programs that will add an icon on your home screen to disable Auto Sync easily.
**Widget Manual Sync Starting**
There are also Widget apps that have "Sync Now" button, with SyncNow syncing will be updated manually at the press of a button. On my machine this activity ends, after any needed sync is done.
**Background Data from Apps**
**Manual settings**
In the network settings you click on the mobile data
Clicking on the menu button to get to the settings.
We can see the Restrict background setting, and the auto-sync data setting.
**Automatic , Identifying a mobile hotspot for no background app data**
In the above settings Mobile data / menu button / Mobile Hotspots
In the Mobile hotspot settings , you can select exisiting mobile hotspots , to restrict background app data.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: In Android 4.2 and later, you can tell Android which Wi-Fi networks are mobile hotspots. In the device **Settings**, go to the **Data usage** page, then open the overflow menu (the three dots in the top-right) and click **Mobile hotspots**. It shows a list of Wi-Fi networks known to the device: tick any that are mobile hotspots.
Then, when you're on a network that's ticked on that list, Android will tell apps that the device is on 3G. Any "Wi-Fi only" update settings in apps or in the OS will act accordingly.
In addition, if the mobile hotspot is an Android phone running 4.3 or later, the hotspot will communicate this to the tablet, so it will automatically treat that Wi-Fi network as a mobile hotspot, without any user intervention.
For earlier Android versions, certain apps (such as my app [Showr](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shadowburst.showr&referrer=ase-63987)) have similar settings to the Android 4.2 mobile hotspots page, allowing you to treat a Wi-Fi network as 3G within that app. This is less useful than the Android-wide setting, because not every app supports it, and you need to set it for each app individually, but it works just as well if you can't update to 4.2.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: As you indicated a firewall might do the trick, but you've got no root: You might wish to take a look at [NoRoot Firewall](http://www.appbrain.com/app/app.greyshirts.firewall) and [Mobiwol: NoRoot Firewall](http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.netspark.firewall), which both claim to require no root (as their names indicate).
*NoRoot Firewall* works based on defined IP rules:
>
> NoRoot Firewall requires NO ROOT. It protects your personal information from being sent to the Internet. NoRoot firewall notifies you when an app is trying to access the Internet. All you need to do is just press Allow or Deny button.
>
>
> NoRoot Firewall allows you to create filter rules based on IP address, host name or domain name. You can allow or deny only specific connections of an app.
>
>
>
So this will probably not do, as it would apply to "everything". However, *Mobiwol* should fill the gap: it registers as a VPN, and explicitly claims: ***Disable background activity for selected apps***
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YBtIE.png) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OlZSA.png) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rph9h.png)
*MobiWol:* App-specific rules, settings, logs (source: Google Play; click images for larger variants)
As a side-effect, you can see in the logs which apps connected *where to*, and might catch some performing suspicious activities ;)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I found four partial solutions to this, with varying thoroughness:
**1. Configure Tasker or Llama to turn off auto-sync.**
See the question [Auto sync only when connected to a specific wifi network](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/35594/auto-sync-only-when-connected-to-a-specific-wifi-network). Instructions are similar for Bluetooth or USB tethering. This eliminates the background sync of Google apps such as Calendar, Contacts, Gmail, Maps, etc. All other apps, such as weather apps, could and would still update.
**2. Set the Tethering AP as a "Mobile Hotspot"**
This is a duplicate of ["Treat certain WiFi networks as mobile/cellular"](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/61405/treat-certain-wifi-networks-as-mobile-cellular?rq=1). You would check your phone's hotspot AP name as a mobile hotspot. Reading off the screen,
>
> Select the Wi-Fi networks which are mobile hotspots. Apps can be restricted from using these networks when in the background. Apps may also warn before using these networks for large downloads.
>
>
>
See [username_2's answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/64004/10787) for further information.
However for wifi-only devices the Google Play Store doesn't have a "Auto-update apps over only WiFi only" option. I don't know yet if the Play Store updates apps while on a mobile hotspot. Maybe. So I guess the solution is to keep app auto-updates off.
**3. Use Bluetooth or USB Tethering**
Bluetooth and USB Tethering *are not Wi-Fi*, so therefore apps that set to update only on Wi-Fi will not update while the tablet under Bluetooth or USB Tethering.
Turn off autosync, as per #1, and this appears as comprehensive as one can get....
However for wifi-only devices the Google Play Store doesn't have a "Auto-update apps over only WiFi only" option. I don't know yet if the Play Store updates apps while on bluetooth or USB tethering, so again I guess the solution is to keep app auto-updates off.
**4. Enable/Disable a Firewall**
The most thorough solution? If your tablet is rooted, then you can install a Firewall to block all internet access except the turn-by-turn navigation app. Then all you got to do is enable or disable this firewall.
See also [Izzy's answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/64009/10787) which mentions a VPN-based firewall.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/21 | 605 | 2,431 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an 8GB Nextbook7 running Android 4.0.4. Recently, I discovered that I have 2 files named .thumbdata3... eating up all my internal space of 5+GB. These files are found in the .thumbnail folder under the DCIM folder. I have read on the internet that these files are produced by Android Gallery, but there is a bug in the OS that causes these files to grow so large and max out all the available internal storage space.
I have tried deleting the files, but they come back. I have tried writing small text files and saving them with the name .thumbdata3... as in the problem files, but that does not work either. I have downloaded an app called Thumbnail file deleter, which deletes the problem files, but the files will rebuild themselves again until the space is maxed out.
Does anyone have a permanent cure to this .thumdata3... problem? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: **If your SD card is using ext4 filesystem**
There is no need to do anything here, since these files, despite reporting massive sizes, actually use very little space, as they are so called "Sparse Files". I left more details on the android ticket about this issue:
<http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39546#c79>
**If your SD card is using FAT/exFAT**
Then the problem is real, since FAT has no support for sparse files and their apparent and real sizes would always match. In that case you should resort to trickery described in the other reply - create the folder with the same name as an offending file after removing the file.
This Cyanogen fix sheds some light onto the problem:
<http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/36850>
It looks like .thumbdata3 consists of sequence of records indexed by integer ID associated with a picture (not sure which app is in charge of assigning them). If file is deleted and is being recreated, and the minimum ID is, say, 10000 then 10000 empty records would be skipped over in .thumbdata3 on the assumption that sparse file handling would do its job and these 10000 records would consume no actual space. Except that on FAT there are no sparse file support and you end up with 10000 records worth of zeroes in you file which suddenly becomes couple of Gb big.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Delete the `.thumbnail` folder (this has all the camera caches, and is useless for us), then create a new file called `.thumbnail`.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/02/21 | 416 | 1,648 | <issue_start>username_0: I live in South Africa and we recently received the 4.3 update for the Galaxy S3. When I perform general functions on the phone (open apps, browse web, run multiple apps), everything goes very slow. As an example, if I push the home button, the apps on my home screen are gone and then return again after a while.
Why would this update do this to my phone? How can I increase the performance of my device which now runs on 4.3?<issue_comment>username_1: This is because of the update not being done on a clean install. Also Samsung phones have TouchWiz overlay on android which is a bit heavy.
To make your phone fast do a full factory reset after taking a full data backup so that you can restore everything! Doing this would clean up any mess left behind by the update process.
Always try and do a clean install for a major update.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have tried many things but I have found a cause of the problem.
The RAM on the phone was full. My carrier is T-Mobile, There is a free app, T-Mobile My Account, which has a tab Device Health. Click it, you will find `Device Performance --> Show all tests -->RAM Usage --> Memory Boost` (tab to clear all RAM usage).
Give it a try! My two-year-old phone is back to life again.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Every time another app start running, more of the phone's RAM is used, if too many apps are t=running, the phone will slow down... Get a RAM optimizer like Memory Booster. <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.memorybooster.lite&hl=en> Works for me, I have it on all of my Androids...
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/21 | 396 | 1,551 | <issue_start>username_0: Since my Samsung Galaxy SIII was updated to 4.3, I have had problems when listening to music.
The sound is very low when my equalizer turns on. I've already tried to configure the equalizer accordingly, but that doesn't seem to help. I uninstalled the equalizer but the sound is still low.
What can I do?
Thank you in advance.<issue_comment>username_1: This is because of the update not being done on a clean install. Also Samsung phones have TouchWiz overlay on android which is a bit heavy.
To make your phone fast do a full factory reset after taking a full data backup so that you can restore everything! Doing this would clean up any mess left behind by the update process.
Always try and do a clean install for a major update.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have tried many things but I have found a cause of the problem.
The RAM on the phone was full. My carrier is T-Mobile, There is a free app, T-Mobile My Account, which has a tab Device Health. Click it, you will find `Device Performance --> Show all tests -->RAM Usage --> Memory Boost` (tab to clear all RAM usage).
Give it a try! My two-year-old phone is back to life again.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Every time another app start running, more of the phone's RAM is used, if too many apps are t=running, the phone will slow down... Get a RAM optimizer like Memory Booster. <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.memorybooster.lite&hl=en> Works for me, I have it on all of my Androids...
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/21 | 1,404 | 4,737 | <issue_start>username_0: Possible duplicates:
* <https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/60139/ice-cream-sandwich-cant-obtain-ip-address-what-do-i-need-to-delete-to-reset-wi>
* [Device stuck on "obtaining IP address", then sets network to "disabled"](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/13793/device-stuck-on-obtaining-ip-address-then-sets-network-to-disabled)
---
I have a *Sony Ericcson Mini Pro* (Codename “Mango” at CyanogenMod) with CyanogenMod 9.1.0-mango. This is Android 4.0.4.
The problem
===========
When trying to connect to a wireless network, it will be stuck in an “Optaining IP Address” loop for a while, until it shows “Bad Connection”. This is what it looks like in the wireless network system settings:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Xu2o.png)
My tablet with CyanogenMod 10.2, Android 4.3, can connect to that wireless network without any problems, so can my Kubuntu 13.10 laptop with an Intel wireless card.
Tried so far
============
While looking for the cause and a fix for the problem, I found numerous posts that suggest to use a static IP address. This is a legitamate workaround, and I might resort to that, but I would like to fix this in general.
1. The first thing I tried was to [change permissions of `/system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks` to 555](http://androidforums.com/avail-all-things-root/583407-easy-real-wifi-fix-obtaining-ip-address-loop-found-me.html). This did not have any effect, though.
2. Then I downloaded the [WiFix](http://mhotspot.com/blog/fix-obtaining-ip-address-android-wifi-problem/) app and ran it in automatic mode. Did not do anything either.
3. Last thing I tried was [deleting `/data/misc/dhcp/*`](http://thealarmclocksixam.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/dhcp-failure-on-android-wifi-stuck-on-obtaining-ip-address-how-i-solved-it/). No effect at all.
4. *Update 2014-02-21*: As you can see in the screenshot, the signal strength is really weak, although the phone is one meter apart from the router with a desk in between. Now it connected while being on the table. The signal strength is full now. I read in [a different question](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/13800/27017) that the issue might be caused by a weak signal. Could that the be underlying issue?
My router does not have an external antenna, therefore, it might be a little unpredictable where the signal is strongest. I set the phone onto the router, and it still had the problem. So signal strength should not be the issue.
5. **Update 2014-03-04**: I installed the [latest nightly build of Cyanogen Mod](http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=mango) on the device using their [instructions](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mango). This installed Android 4.1.3, which had a severe problem with the wireless. It was turned off when I started the device, and it got stuck at activating wifi. So I reverted to the latest stable version which still has this endless loop.
6. **Update 2014-03-04**: For my home network, I set up a static IP address, although I really do not like it. However, the internet connection works now.
7. **Update 2014-03-06**: Checked for `/system/bin/sh -> mksh`, and it is present. This does not seem to cause the issue.
How could I fix this apparent DHCP issue?<issue_comment>username_1: I had the same symptoms while cooking a ROM when the symlink of `/system/bin/sh` to `mksh` was missing.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Try changing the WiFi channel in your router settings. This fixed the issue for me.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: As you described that *on static IP, the connection works*, this leads to the problem with the setting to your router of yours.
For that, you need to **login to 192.168.1.1 as admin** when you are connected to the router. (Please use a laptop to get all functions of the router since many routers have desktop UI settings only.)
Go to settings and search for advance setting which has DHCP setting. Now, check for the range of DHCP WiFi IP addresses. You may need to increase the range.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: On the router, set static IP addresses. If that doesn't fix it, go to Setting > Wifi > Select your network and go to Advanced settings. There, select (input) an IP address that is not taken, such as 10.0.0.24. That should fix the problem.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: This exact symptom can be fixed by changing permissions on
`system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks`
to `execute` on all accounts: `user` `group` and `others`
[As mentioned here](http://androidforums.com/threads/avail-easy-real-wifi-fix-for-obtaining-ip-address-loop-found-by-me.583407/)
You need rooted device and root browser.
Hope this helps
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/21 | 707 | 2,680 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using Moto G with stock android running 4.4.2. I would like to share contact detail via SMS. I don't want to use 3rd party app for this basic functionality. Was this functionality available with previous versions?<issue_comment>username_1: Kitkat has only 3 defaults for this:
1. Bluetooth
2. Email
3. Gmail
Other options can be added with 3rd Party software, e.g. ES File Exploere adds "Share over LAN".
As per [the Google products page](https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/Ingpl6tyUTE) this is a know issue.
>
> I too am annoyed that this issue is happening with the Nexus 5.I can only hope that they will have an update that will resolve this issue.I work in the transportation industry in which I often have to send forward a contact phone number to another driver and at this point is very cumbersome not to be able to quickly Share a recent calls number with another driver.I've been checking the Play Store to see if there is an App dialer that will resolve this issue for me.
>
>
>
From [this Android Central thread](http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-5/336090-neophyte-nexus-how-do-i-send-contact-via-text.html) it confirms that this feature is missing and the solution is to copy and paste, or install 3rd party app.
Without installing a 3rd party application, there is nothing you can do for now.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Try [Contacts via Sms](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huboltapps.contactsviasms&hl=en). It is a simple option to solve this problem in version 4.4.2
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Hi go to the contact you wish to share and there you can see the option share aand click it and select via message .
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: 1. Go to the contact details
2. Touch the vertical dotted lines for drop-down menu
3. Select share
4. Select messaging from the pull down menu
now the contact details will be in messaging application and ready to send as mms
5. remove the mms by clicking remove button and send
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Using Hangouts I can send contact cards but I have to change MMS delivery using drop down menu on left.(Change from highlighted Blue to Grey MMS delivery. Basically changing from Google Voice to Carrier\*)
\*On Sprint so my Google Voice number and my Carrier number are the same. Doesn't make sense that I have to change delivery method.
Trying to suggest they smooth out this delivery process, as it should be more fluid to perform a simple task.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: From the Log of the calls..select Name -> and select Send number
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/02/21 | 236 | 1,003 | <issue_start>username_0: On my linux system I have a directory in `/home` where all my personal files and local program configurations are stored. Where does Android store that type of file?<issue_comment>username_1: There's no direct equivalent in Android. Each app has its own directory in `/data/data` (for a multi-user system, it's `/data/users/*n*`). Apps are encouraged to show a metadata-based view of user data, instead of requiring the user to worry about individual files. Each app stores the files and databases that hold its documents, and its configuration files, in its directory.
For data that already live in files, the SD card contains appropriately-named directories such as `/sdcard/Music`, `/sdcard/Movies`, which are shared between all apps (with the appropriate permission).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: If you're trying to access the files you see in your device when you're plugging it in a computer, then it's there :
* `/storage/emulated/0/`
* `/sdcard/`
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/02/21 | 305 | 1,128 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way to digitally convert stereo sound tracks to mono ones, while playing?
I need this feature because sometime I split my headset with other people, and hearing only one channel is quite awful.
I do not want to change my music player, which is n7player (paid).
My phone is Galaxy S4 with Cyanogenmod 11 (Kitkat 4.4.2).
The only answers I was able to find were to use PowerAmp player, but again, I don't want to switch to it.<issue_comment>username_1: In S4, go to `Settings > My device > Accessibility > Hearing`. You will find the Mono audio option there.
EDIT: You can download Boeffla Sound Control from play store. This app is able to convert Stereo sound to Mono. For this you must first install Busybox which is also available on play store. Your devices needs to be rooted. Hope this solves your issue.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: On Android 4.4:
1. From your homescreen, hit the `Menu` key and open *System Settings*
2. Go to *Accessibility*, tap cancel on "need a screen reader" to bypass / scroll down to "Mono Audio"
3. Uncheck box
Done!
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2014/02/21 | 361 | 1,428 | <issue_start>username_0: In the customized Android system, all pre-installed google apps are missing and it's not allowed to add google account. I downloaded the Gapps from <http://goo.im/gapps>, but I cannot install the apps due to signature issue
Is there other possible way to retrieve the "add google account" option back?
Thanks
**Update:**
I wasn't aware that I need to push the Gapps into /system/app to avoid signature problem. When I did, it works!<issue_comment>username_1: Google Apps (Gapps) is the only way to sync with Google. Whatcustom ROM have you downloaded, and which device do you own? Try to find Gapps installation somewhere else.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: That's pretty normal for (almost) all Custom ROMs: They are not *permitted* to include Google Apps. GApps are proprietary, and to ship them bundled with *anything* requires an explicit license from Google.
However, Custom ROMs come rooted usually. and also usually, you (at least in most cases) have a custom recovery when installing them. So if you feel you need a way, you've got two choices primarily:
* pick the GApps package corresponding to your Android version from [Goo.im](http://goo.im/gapps), and flash them via your custom recovery, or
* head over to XDA and check for the [NOGAPPS packages](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715375) if you prefer an open-source replacement
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2014/02/22 | 309 | 1,216 | <issue_start>username_0: I Brought a 16GB Lexar micro sd card for my LG Optimus L7II and installed the micro sd card and I've have tried downloading apps but it keeps coming up insufficient storage space available! How do I get the SD cards to work?<issue_comment>username_1: Google Apps (Gapps) is the only way to sync with Google. Whatcustom ROM have you downloaded, and which device do you own? Try to find Gapps installation somewhere else.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: That's pretty normal for (almost) all Custom ROMs: They are not *permitted* to include Google Apps. GApps are proprietary, and to ship them bundled with *anything* requires an explicit license from Google.
However, Custom ROMs come rooted usually. and also usually, you (at least in most cases) have a custom recovery when installing them. So if you feel you need a way, you've got two choices primarily:
* pick the GApps package corresponding to your Android version from [Goo.im](http://goo.im/gapps), and flash them via your custom recovery, or
* head over to XDA and check for the [NOGAPPS packages](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715375) if you prefer an open-source replacement
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2014/02/22 | 186 | 623 | <issue_start>username_0: I am visually impaired and have a hard time reading small fonts. In Osmand I can read the fonts when I zoom and the screen still has to be re-drawn. How can I change the default font size for street names to, say, 150%?<issue_comment>username_1: Long-Press the ZoomIn button and choose a map zoom level.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: In OsmAnd+ 2.3.5:
```
tap the menu button -> Configure Map -> swipe up to reveal more options
```
and set the text size from there:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RdHbG.png)
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/22 | 210 | 820 | <issue_start>username_0: I just wanna ask that after rooting Nexus 5 will I be receiving OTA updates by Google ? Or I'll have to install a custom ROM ?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, you should still be prompted for OTAs. However, they could remove root.
Source: My N5 prompted me
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Yes, OTA updates will still be suggested to your device when you're rooted. Under most circumstances, they will also be applied. However, be advised that if you performed any root-required tasks that altered system files, such as editing build.prop, freezing apps, removing apps, etc, then the OTA may fail.
When the OTA does come, if you apply it OTA rather than flashing a pre-rooted image, you will most likely lose root, and Towelroot will no longer root the device.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/22 | 848 | 3,096 | <issue_start>username_0: Cannot find menu: how to make google map available offline. I googled and [found](https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/2650377) but dont have menu `make available offline` in settings.<issue_comment>username_1: Type 'ok map' in search box and press enter.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: That help doesn't work for me, but it's not for the same version I'm using, which is v7.6.1. The help for this version doesn't work either, though (typical for Google, really), but this does:
Press on the Search bar, next to the magnifying glass.
Scroll to the bottom of the page.
Click on "Make this map area available offline".
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: As of [Google Maps v9](https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567?hl=en&ref_topic=3273087), Google has changed the method to save offline map:
>
> 1. Make sure you're connected to the Internet, then open the Google Maps app .
> 2. Search for a place, like "San Francisco."
> 3. Pull up the place info sheet at the bottom of the screen, and touch the menu  in the top right corner.
> 4. Select **Save offline map** to save the selected area of the map. (Sign into your Google Account, if you haven't already.)
> 5. Only what's on the screen will be saved. Adjust the map by moving it and zooming in or out, as needed, then touch **Save**.
> 6. Name the map, and then touch **Save**.
> 7. After a few moments, you'll see a message confirming that the map area has been saved.
>
>
>
Note that typing "OK Map" in Search Bar method is still working, and might be preferable since you don't have to do searching for a particular place first.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Starting on November 10, 2015, Google Maps will roll out a new offline mode for Android allowing for driving directions and search. It's designed to fit seamlessly alongside the online version of Google Maps, allowing data connection to drop in and out without interrupting the app itself.
From the [Official Google Blog: Navigate and search the real world … online or off](https://googleblog.blogspot.co.il/2015/11/navigate-and-search-real-world-online.html):
>
> You can download an area by searching for a city, county or country, for instance, and tapping *Download* on the resulting place sheet, or by going to *Offline Areas* in the Google Maps menu and tapping on the + button. Once downloaded, Google Maps will move into offline mode automatically when it recognizes you're in a location with spotty service or no connectivity at all. When a connection is found, it will switch back online so you can easily access the full version of Maps, including live traffic conditions for your current route. By default, Google Maps will only download areas to your device when you are on a Wi-Fi connection to prevent large data fees.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NSFqg.gif)
(Click image to see animation)
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/02/22 | 826 | 3,044 | <issue_start>username_0: Was just wondering is it possible to Install apks directly from pc. I am not talking it through Google play . I have a rooted device.<issue_comment>username_1: Type 'ok map' in search box and press enter.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: That help doesn't work for me, but it's not for the same version I'm using, which is v7.6.1. The help for this version doesn't work either, though (typical for Google, really), but this does:
Press on the Search bar, next to the magnifying glass.
Scroll to the bottom of the page.
Click on "Make this map area available offline".
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: As of [Google Maps v9](https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567?hl=en&ref_topic=3273087), Google has changed the method to save offline map:
>
> 1. Make sure you're connected to the Internet, then open the Google Maps app .
> 2. Search for a place, like "San Francisco."
> 3. Pull up the place info sheet at the bottom of the screen, and touch the menu  in the top right corner.
> 4. Select **Save offline map** to save the selected area of the map. (Sign into your Google Account, if you haven't already.)
> 5. Only what's on the screen will be saved. Adjust the map by moving it and zooming in or out, as needed, then touch **Save**.
> 6. Name the map, and then touch **Save**.
> 7. After a few moments, you'll see a message confirming that the map area has been saved.
>
>
>
Note that typing "OK Map" in Search Bar method is still working, and might be preferable since you don't have to do searching for a particular place first.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Starting on November 10, 2015, Google Maps will roll out a new offline mode for Android allowing for driving directions and search. It's designed to fit seamlessly alongside the online version of Google Maps, allowing data connection to drop in and out without interrupting the app itself.
From the [Official Google Blog: Navigate and search the real world … online or off](https://googleblog.blogspot.co.il/2015/11/navigate-and-search-real-world-online.html):
>
> You can download an area by searching for a city, county or country, for instance, and tapping *Download* on the resulting place sheet, or by going to *Offline Areas* in the Google Maps menu and tapping on the + button. Once downloaded, Google Maps will move into offline mode automatically when it recognizes you're in a location with spotty service or no connectivity at all. When a connection is found, it will switch back online so you can easily access the full version of Maps, including live traffic conditions for your current route. By default, Google Maps will only download areas to your device when you are on a Wi-Fi connection to prevent large data fees.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NSFqg.gif)
(Click image to see animation)
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/02/22 | 870 | 3,160 | <issue_start>username_0: I need to repair my Android phone (it is Jiayu G4 with Android 4.0.2) since its display is not working. Yet, touches are being handled. Could anyone with Android dev tools installed at their PC instruct me which gestures should I do after
```
adb backup -apk -shared -all
```
command?
It expects me to unlock the device and allow backup, but I cannot see which button to press.
Good answer is:
1. Press button at 3/4 of height and 2/3 of width of the screen;
2. Swipe selector located at 1/10 of height in the left...
3. ...or something.
Please help.<issue_comment>username_1: When you invoke the `adb backup` command, this is the screen popping up on your device:
The button you would need to hit is "Back up my data". So after invoking the command, wait for 3..5 seconds to be sure the screen is "loaded", then hit the area on the lower-right where the button should be. The backup process then should start immediately. Even if you see nothing happen, give it another 30s or so, then check (from a different terminal/command shell); you should see your backup file growing then.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: (For later Android versions)
[You may want to try ways to mirror the screen.](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy) ([Method 2 involves mirroring over WiFi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPJcR_Iosm4))
[Or narrate the screen.](https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/6007100?hl%3Den)
With a totally blank screen, you can:
```
# enable USB debugging (not shown here, but the prompt is in the upper 40% of the screen. Yes is on the right)
# verify the phone is recognized and has authorized your PC
adb devices
# unlock the screen on the phone (power button, swipe, enter password, etc.)
# send the backup command (adjust as needed and try quotes or escape characters)
adb backup -apk -shared -all file.ab
# Respond to the prompt on the phone
```
The prompt is full screen and the confirm button is in the bottom right, above the launcher tray (back, home, recent apps).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AJEyf.png)
Once confirmed, there is nothing on the destination PC that shows it's working.
On the source phone, it will display each package as it copies them (seems that way).
The destination file will show as 0 KB (empty) until the process completes.
Use a reliable cable and leave the phone somewhere it can safely rest without moving or even touching it. It took around 30 minutes to backup a Pixel 2 (16 GB backup, about 64 GB of data on the device). [Not everything is part of ADB backup](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28296/how-to-fully-backup-non-rooted-devices/28315#28315).
If you ctrl-C the process on the dest PC, the dest file will fill over the next few seconds with the incomplete backup. The phone will also show more packages that it was iterating through to copy. You could maybe use this to verify the backup was working.
It's not clear what the collision policy is on sending a backup with the same name as an existing file.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/02/22 | 818 | 3,067 | <issue_start>username_0: I changed the password for my Gmail account a couple of days ago. Since changing it, my Galaxy S4 cannot load the webpage. Whenever I try to load Gmail in the web browser, it gets stuck loading and reloading the webpage, though no content ever resolves.
I've been trying to load the page daily for about a week now with no success. I thought it may have the old password saved on my phone, but I enter the new password on the step before loading the page.
Tips?<issue_comment>username_1: When you invoke the `adb backup` command, this is the screen popping up on your device:
The button you would need to hit is "Back up my data". So after invoking the command, wait for 3..5 seconds to be sure the screen is "loaded", then hit the area on the lower-right where the button should be. The backup process then should start immediately. Even if you see nothing happen, give it another 30s or so, then check (from a different terminal/command shell); you should see your backup file growing then.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: (For later Android versions)
[You may want to try ways to mirror the screen.](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy) ([Method 2 involves mirroring over WiFi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPJcR_Iosm4))
[Or narrate the screen.](https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/6007100?hl%3Den)
With a totally blank screen, you can:
```
# enable USB debugging (not shown here, but the prompt is in the upper 40% of the screen. Yes is on the right)
# verify the phone is recognized and has authorized your PC
adb devices
# unlock the screen on the phone (power button, swipe, enter password, etc.)
# send the backup command (adjust as needed and try quotes or escape characters)
adb backup -apk -shared -all file.ab
# Respond to the prompt on the phone
```
The prompt is full screen and the confirm button is in the bottom right, above the launcher tray (back, home, recent apps).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AJEyf.png)
Once confirmed, there is nothing on the destination PC that shows it's working.
On the source phone, it will display each package as it copies them (seems that way).
The destination file will show as 0 KB (empty) until the process completes.
Use a reliable cable and leave the phone somewhere it can safely rest without moving or even touching it. It took around 30 minutes to backup a Pixel 2 (16 GB backup, about 64 GB of data on the device). [Not everything is part of ADB backup](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28296/how-to-fully-backup-non-rooted-devices/28315#28315).
If you ctrl-C the process on the dest PC, the dest file will fill over the next few seconds with the incomplete backup. The phone will also show more packages that it was iterating through to copy. You could maybe use this to verify the backup was working.
It's not clear what the collision policy is on sending a backup with the same name as an existing file.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/02/23 | 373 | 1,382 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an app that has tiny tiny writing that I need to read and I can't take a hundred screenshots to zoom in to read each one and the developer has yet to fix it but I was wondering if there was a way to have a magnifying thingy on top of this app and move it around the screen to enlarge whatever I can't read in realtime. Any tips? And, the text is not able to be copied or pasted etc.
OS: 4.1
Phone: S3<issue_comment>username_1: If your Android version is 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or greater, you can find magnification gestures under your system settings.
1. Go to *Settings*
2. *Accessibility*
3. *Magnification Gestures*
Info:
* [Magnification Gestures](http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/mcmw/magnification-gestures-android-jelly-bean-4-2-2/)
* [Usage](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2929058?hl=en)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It may/may not solve OP's problem depending on the OP's resources, but it could be helpful for the other android users for other alternatives. You could record the screen of your mobile using a screen recording app and view it on a large computer/tv screen to view the text clearly.
Alternatively, you could also use an emulator such as Bluestacks and install the app you want to zoom and view it on your computer screen or a projector to make the small objects and text clearly on a larger screen.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/23 | 680 | 2,199 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an *Huawei Ascend y210d* on which I installed CWM recovery. After that I installed a custom ROM, but now I want to flash its official firmware.
But its official firmware is not installing. It got told using Huawei firmware Indian version [downloaded from Huawei](http://www.huaweidevice.co.in/Downloads/HUAWEI_Y210-Android-2_3_V100R001C151B854SP01_India.rar). I am using this procedure:
* first copy dload (in dload folder `update.app` file is present) folder to the root of the SDcard
* then turn off your device pick out battery then again insert battery
* then press buttons `volumeup`+`volumedown`+`powerbutton`
* then its start unpacking the update package But in step 2 it failed on installing.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4nmBy.jpg) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Co4R.jpg)
Screenshots (click images for larger variants)
This is the error.log I get in SD Card :
```
{filename = /mmc1/dload/update.app
call RCV_MODULE_END_EVENT failed,module = OEMSBL_VER_LIST
CMD=0xf,moduleaddr = 0xf0000000, len_tmp=0x2c54
filename = /mmc1/dload/update.app}
```
What can I do to get this fixed?<issue_comment>username_1: Install Any Recovery Like CRM or TWRP....
search for "Room original del huawei y210D" in youtube. Exactly as given.... u will see one HD video link in search result.. downlaod the file mentioned in description of the vdo...
Download the rom file mentioned in youtube vdo description
Wipe the OS of ur mobile. wipe cache.. and others. Keep downloaded zip file in SD card.
Install using recovery....
Enjoy....
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Following the instructions, flash each `UPDATE.APP` in order:
1. Transfer > put the `UPDATE.APP` file in a new folder `sdcard\dload` and run forced upgrade (vol up + down)
2. dload (main) > overwrite `UPDATE.APP` in `sdcard\dload`, run forced upgrade again
3. vendor > overwrite `UPDATE.APP` in `sdcard\dload` and run forced upgrade for the last time
Note:
* the `UPDATE.APP` needs to be copied from each folder to `sdcard\dload\`
* phone should reboot after each forced upgrade
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/23 | 164 | 703 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the differences in ROMs that are from different countries? Like for the S4 GT-i9500 4.3, There are some many country versions. Is it just localization differences? or something at system level?<issue_comment>username_1: If you install different countries ROM, you will get some different app that follows in that country region.
Upvotes: -1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Yes, it's OK to flash stock ROM from another country. BUT, take note that it may have different languages, and a different baseband/modem. Having a different baseband can cause network issues (or a very hot phone), but you can flash a baseband that works for your country.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/23 | 890 | 3,216 | <issue_start>username_0: A relative of mine brought me his *Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9190*, which is stuck at boot. When I boot into recovery it gives the error `Failed to mount /system (invalid argument)`.
How can I dig through the file-system of an android phone which doesn't boot, except in Recovery? The goal is not to flash it but to recover the data if possible.
I don't mind rooting or flashing, but I don't want to overwrite the system partition that may still have the valuable info on it. I've managed to install clockworkmod according to [these instructions](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398143 "xda-developers CWM on I9190").
**Is there a way to mount it, or expose the raw device to USB, or just back it up to SD, *without* overwriting it?**
**EDIT:** Now I have Clockworkmod installed. Trying to use it to make a backup of `/system`. It fails to mount `/system` with the message:
```
mounting /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/b/system on /system failed: Invalid Argument
W:failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system (File exists)
```
**EDIT 2:** with ADB shell I looked into `/system`, found an empty folder called `bin` and removed it. Now mounting `/system` fails with a longer error:
```
Error mounting /system!
W:failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system (File exists)
I:Can't partition non mmcblk device: /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host
```<issue_comment>username_1: My not-so-great solution ended up like this:
1. **ClockWorkMod**, installed with Odin according to the [instructions](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398143) (Odin seems to be slightly un-official so you're unfortunately always downloading from someone's Box or google drive, which is a bit uncomfortable)
2. **ADB shell**, (on PC: install java SDK, install android development kit)
1. Mount the SD card with CWM
2. In the shell, using **DD** to clone the unmountable partitions I wanted onto the SD, for later recovery
3. using CWM to mount the SD as a USB drive, moving the piece-of-partition to the PC
4. Repeat
3. Download fresh firmware from **Sammobile** and flash with **Odin**
4. Scratch through the partitions with a hex editor, to find the data I needed. Fortunately this was just text, things like pictures would have been harder.
A few features were still not working, WiFi for one, so the phone had to go back to the shop to be flashed with official firmware. At least it had the official bootloader on it at that stage, not CWM.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I just ran into this issue and my fix was flashing TWRP and using their partition file system correction tools. I used rashr to replace CWM recovery with TWRP and after the fixes from TWRP, I was able to flash ROMs again.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: 1. Just enter into fast boot mode and connect my mobile with PC
2. Just flash the same ROM, Which I have already have in my mobile (I haven't done "erase userdata")
3. After flashing the ROM, Reboot my mobile
4. I got all apps and datas.
5. Also, I connected my mobile with PC, now its detected the internal memory of my mobile, here I can copy the required pictures and data to my PC.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/23 | 2,925 | 7,751 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using OS Monitor to look at CPU usage because I've noticed a drastic performance decrease lately. The app shows that `system/xbin/sh` is consuming anywhere from 10% to 70% of the CPU. This happens constantly, the process never stops appearing at the top of the list. I have a two questions:
1. What is `system/xbin/sh`?
2. What could be causing it to utilize so much of the CPU?
3. Is there a way to track which apps make calls to `system/xbin/sh`?
More Info:
* Android version: 4.1.2
* Phone: Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD
* ROM: Droid Nexesque v3.8 (AOSP-based ROM) (through safestrap)
* Rooted: yes
* not running any anti-virus or the like
`adb shell top` output:
```
PID PR CPU% S #THR VSS RSS PCY UID Name
6214 0 97% R 1 182528K 92452K root /system/xbin/sh
...
6211 0 0% S 1 1428K 448K root /system/xbin/sh
6212 0 0% S 1 53500K 52596K root /system/xbin/sh
...
```
`adb shell ps` output:
```
USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME
root 1 0 544 404 ffffffff 00000000 S /init
...
root 6211 1 1428 448 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/xbin/sh
root 6212 6211 53500 52596 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/xbin/sh
root 6214 6212 293976 214156 ffffffff 00000000 R /system/xbin/sh
...
```
`cat /proc//cmdline` output:
```
"level 1" process: /system/xbin/sh /system/bin/debuggerd
"level 2" process: /system/xbin/sh /system/etc/init.d.loader
"level 3" process: /system/xbin/sh /system/etc/init.d.loader
```
`/system/etc/init.d.loader` contents:
```
#!/system/xbin/sh
############# ############# #############
# init.d.loader by puppet13th@xda
# Version 0.7 19 June 2012
# to run script in background append .bgrun to script name
# example : "myscript.bgrun"
# ############# ############# #############
logfile=/data/init.d.loader.log
loglength=65536
bgrunsign='.bgrun'
if [ -f $logfile ]
then
log=`cat $logfile`
currentloglength=`length "$log"`
if [ $currentloglength -gt $loglength ]
then
rm -f $logfile fi
fi
echo " * `date` * init.d.loader start . . .">>$logfile
echo " ">>$logfile
if [ ! -d /system/etc/init.d ]
then
echo " creating init.d folder . . .">>$logfile
mount -o remount rw /system >>$logfile 2>>$logfile
if [ -f /system/etc/init.d ]
then
rm -f /system/etc/init.d >>$logfile 2>>$logfile
fi
mkdir /system/etc/init.d >>$logfile 2>>$logfile
mount -o remount ro /system >>$logfile 2>>$logfile
fi
echo " ">>$logfile
echo " i : running init.d scripts . . .">>$logfile
for script in /system/etc/init.d/*
do
if [ -x $script ]
then
bgrun=`grep $bgrunsign $script`>/dev/null
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
echo " - running $script in background . . .">>$logfile
/system/xbin/sh $script & >>$logfile 2>>$logfile
else
echo " - running $script . . .">>$logfile
/system/xbin/sh $script>>$logfile 2>>$logfile
fi
fi
done
echo " ">>$logfile
echo " * `date` * init.d.loader end . . .">>$logfile
echo " ">>$logfile
```
`/system/bin/debuggerd` contents:
```
#!/system/xbin/sh
#init.d.loader
/system/etc/init.d.loader
/system/bin/debuggerd.bin
```
Checking `/data/local` for things other tools might have left to "plug into `init`": There are four empty folders and a file named `RootToolsMounts`. `/data/local/RootToolsMounts` contents:
```
rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdataorig /datamedia ext4 rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdataorig /ss ext4 rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system ext4 ro,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,barrier=0,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc,discard 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache /cache ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/persist /persist ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem /firmware ext4 ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/pds /pds ext3 rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/fuse /storage/sdcard0 fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:97 /storage/sdcard1 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
```
Looking at `/data/init.d.loader.log` (~50 MB file), it is running the `init.d` scripts approximately every 10 seconds. I'm not too familiar with the underlying components of Android, so I'm not sure if this is a lot or not. The two scripts in `/system/etc/init.d./` are `init.d.loader.test` and `minfree`.
`/data/init.d.loader.log` contents:
The log file is filled with these entries repeating every 10-12 seconds
```
...
* Sun Feb 23 18:46:09 CST 2014 * init.d.loader
start...
i: running init.d scripts...
- running /system/etc/init.d/init.d.loader.test...
- running /system/etc/init.d/minfree...
* Sun Feb 23 18:46:09 CST 2014 * init.d.loader
end...
* Sun Feb 23 18:46:20 CST 2014 * init.d.loader
start...
i: running init.d scripts...
- running /system/etc/init.d/init.d.loader.test...
- running /system/etc/init.d/minfree...
* Sun Feb 23 18:46:20 CST 2014 * init.d.loader
end...
...
```
`init.d.loader.test` contents:
```
#!/system/xbin/sh
# init.d.loader tester
# check /data/init.d.loader.test
echo init.d.loader test >/data/init.d.loader.test
```
`minfree` contents:
```
#!/system/xbin/sh
echo "2469,4938,6584,33756,36971,40186" > /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree
```<issue_comment>username_1: My current guess is that the script took a lot of CPU time because it uses a very inefficient way of calculating the log file length, which is to read the entire log file to memory and use `length`. This shouldn't have been much of an issue if the log file is small, but since you said that log file's current size is more than 50MB, this shows that the log file isn't getting trimmed properly. Another concerning issue is that init scripts are supposed to only run once at startup, but this script is obviously being run periodically.
If my guess is correct, you may be able to fix this temporarily by deleting the log file, but eventually the slow down will occur again when the log file is filled again. Check if you have the latest version of your ROM, maybe it's fixed in the latest version? Otherwise if it's an unmaintained ROM, you'll need to figure out a way to fix the script.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I'm only **GUESSING** but have you tried lowering the log Buffer size? **Feature is listed in Dev Options** *`>Settings>Developer Options>Logger Buffer Size`*
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/02/23 | 476 | 1,633 | <issue_start>username_0: About a week ago my Samsung Note II started tracking all touch input with a bubble. It acts sort of like mouse trails, although there is only one bubble. I don't remember turning this feature on, and after looking through all the settings and applications I can't find any way to disable it. The phone is running a CyanogenMod 11 Nightly (Build cm-11-20140222-NIGHTLY-i605.zip) but I noticed it on previous builds of CM 11 as well.
Here are some screenshots of the bubble tracking touch input in various applications:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0PhjX.jpg) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2IOT9.png) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/M2lgI.png)
Screenshots (click images for larger variants)
Does anyone know how to turn this off?<issue_comment>username_1: Found it. I remembered installing a beta app from Cyanogenmod called [Screencast](http://androidflagship.com/3230-cyanogenmod-screencast-beta-download-google-play-store) which can be used to record the screen if you have a CM 11 ROM. When you start recording there is an option in the notification bar to Show Touches. I had enabled this when playing with the Screencast app, and it continues to track touch input even after you stop the recording. Disabling the Show Touches option fixed my issue.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qTv6j.png)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Go to Setting -> Developer Options -> Show touches -> Off
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/02/24 | 656 | 2,351 | <issue_start>username_0: My 8-year old son have a Denver TAC-76001, he loves testing settings etc. After setting a pin-code password he cannot recall the code.
Since we cannot start the tablet I have tried make a factory reset without success. This is what I have tried:
1. Shut it down.
2. Press power and Vol + (or Vol -) until the boot android robot is displayed.
( at this point there is no (visible) boot menu )
3.1. Press Vol + (or Vol -) as if there was a menu and press on/off as enter-option. No success - pin-code needed.
3.2. Wait about a minute (which leads to reset according to a youtube-clip) until it restarts - pin-code needed.
3.3. Download firmware for the tablet, follow the instruction in order to format and re-install. No success - nothing happens when I try to format the tablet.
Now I am out of ideas...
* New ideas, tools etc. are warmly welcome!
Regards!
---
I moved the problem from stackoverflow.com since this seems to be a more accurate forum.<issue_comment>username_1: According to the [manual](http://www.masterpiece.dk/UploadetFiles/11174/138/DENVER_TAC-70051__-_English.pdf) for your tablet, there should be a "Reset" button. Try holding it while powering on the tablet and see if it boots into special mode (recovery) that lets you perform a reset.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: *DENVER ELECTRONICS A/S* explains to access the recovery mode (e-mail):
---
You can factory reset the tablet the following way:
1. Plug in the adapter. Press the reset button on the back of the tablet and wait for approx. 20 seconds (until the battery icon disappears and the screen goes black).
2. Press the power button for 5 seconds.
3. When the Denver logo appears, press the power button 2 times (short fast press). (If the tablet powers of for start with “Android” – start again at step 1.)
4. Wait until you enter the recovery menu. Press the power button 3 times (don’t hold the button, short fast press).
5. “4. Wipe data/factory reset” must be marked.
6. Press and hold the power button for approx. 3 seconds, then release.
7. Use short fast presses to get the cursor to “8. Yes – delete all user data”.
8. Press and hold the power button for approx. 3 seconds, then release.
9. “1. reboot system now” must be marked.
10. Press and hold the power button for approx. 3 seconds, then release.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/24 | 382 | 1,591 | <issue_start>username_0: I 'Cleared Data' on whatsApp by mistake while closing some applications. Ever since, WhatsApp is trying to re-register me and I am stuck on the 'Initializing' page for the last 48 hours. However, I can continue to receive WhatsApp notifications and see that I am receiving messages. But if I click on WhatsApp, it takes me to the 'Initializing' page! Any solutions to this?<issue_comment>username_1: Please try to to make sure of the version of the messenger you have is (Version 2.11.169), and then try to download the application manually from whatsapp website (<http://www.whatsapp.com/android/>) and install it manually, while installing it it will ask for replacement, hit yes and continue installing, this will give you the previlage to avoid losing all previous data and to recover whatsapp's data.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Even i had faced this issue and my initialisation was stuck with the 4-5mins timer auto activation.I simply did a restart for my device and then after few time opened the application and pressed continue to load the initialisation page. With good internet connection I was able to get back to normal what's app and the best part is that I did not lose any previous chat history it loaded back as it was.
Or
Go for voice activation wherein you get a call for a one time password through which also you can get back in the account.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Kill the app, clear cache and if required, reboot. This is a common issue during setup.
Wiping data and restarting the setup too will work.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/24 | 298 | 1,104 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy Star Duos GT-S5282. I installed ClockworkMod Recovery 5 and I was messing with it. I went to "mounts and storage" then chose `format /sdcard` and then rebooted the system.
It is stuck on the logo and restarting and isn't loading. How can I fix it?<issue_comment>username_1: I'm afraid you delete the whole system on your device, so that there is currently no rom to boot.
What you can do now is to flash a rom. If you have an external SD card slot, then push your rom files and g-apps onto it and insert the card and flash via recovery.
If your device does not have an external SD card slot or you do not have one, you have to flash the rom via adb. Here's a link to that: [xda-Wiki](http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flashing_Guide_-_Android#ROM_update_without_SDcard)
I hope I understood you correctly and that it helps
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I guess your phone is soft bricked. Try re-partitioning it with the pit file and flashing the original stock firmware. This will not take 4-hours.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/24 | 217 | 836 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a non-branded, non-rooted Chinese tablet with model number X5. It is working fine for a few days. But one day, when I started the tablet, it got stuck on the Android screen. After 10, 20, and even 30 minutes, it remains there and then goes off.
How to fix it?<issue_comment>username_1: I am not an expert on the subject, but if you hold down the power key for ten to maybe thirty seconds, you can get them to reboot completely. Mine got stuck on a screen when I first got it. It just stuck on some arbitrary screen but I think that's how I got it to reboot. But I am not sure how long you have to hold down the button, but it is some length of time.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Press the power key and volume up key to enter recovery mode.
Delete user data and restart the device.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/02/24 | 598 | 2,239 | <issue_start>username_0: My FairPhone appears in the [Android Device Manager](https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager), its location is picked up, and I can ring it:
As you can see the separate *Lock* and *Erase* options do not appear as illustrated [in the help](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3265955?p=android_device_manager):
If I click the *Setup lock and erase* the website says it sent a setup notification. I do not see anything arriving on the phone.
On the phone I have turned on both *Remotely locate this device* and *Allow remote lock and erase* options [as described here](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3265955?p=android_device_manager).
In the play store, my device is set as 'Visible in menus'.
FWIW, I'm not signed in to Google+.
What am I missing?
Device: Android 4.2.2 'JellyBean MR2' / FairPhone 1.1 'Caju'. Not rooted.<issue_comment>username_1: You have to setup the lock and erase first! This just means clicking that button then setting up a service on Android to allow the Android Device manager to manage the device. The nexus 4 has this built in, so there's no need to set it up.
But as you have already clicked it, its a matter of checking if your phone has a good internet connection and can connect to Google. Also make sure that the Android Device manager is installed on the Android device in question
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: It sounds like Android Device Manager may not have administrator privileges. Go to:
```
Settings/Security/Device Administrators/
```
and make sure that Android Device Manager is checked. If it isn't, check it and agree to the popup. Then you should be able to enable it in the Google Settings app.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It is now the morning after the evening I wrote this question. My *Lock* and *Erase* settings are now automagically present in Android Device Manager.
I have not changed any settings or powered off the phone, it was just 'sleeping' last night.
So it looks like the Google servers needed some time to enable the settings.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/02/25 | 285 | 1,125 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a 16GB Galaxy S3 with a 64GB SD Card. However, it appears that files have been saving to my device and not the external card. I only have 4 Gigs left of the 16. Is there any app that can "take all internal storage and move them to SD Card"? Or is there an easier way?<issue_comment>username_1: You might want to try moving apps installed in internal memory to sd card by long pressing on the desired app from the app drawer and dragging it up to the app info panel ,scroll down and there you may find the "Move to SD card" option. However afaik you cannot move apps to SD on the s3 unless rooted. You got to manage your files and apps using the 11 GB available or else root your device.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Yes you can move apps to external on a sgs3.? I had this phone previously and used app2sd no problem simply download it from Google play store, then once you open up the app it will tell you which apps can be moved to the external sd card. you can download it for free from the Google play store.
<https://play.google.com/store?hl=en_GB>
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/02/25 | 397 | 1,524 | <issue_start>username_0: Yesterday I was watching a video on my andorid GTP3-100, and my batter was at 97% after 15 min I looked at my battery it had gone to 17%, and it was draining battery fast and after 5 min its went to 7% so and I had no application running in the background I usually charge with my usb wire in my office . I have also noticed something strange since I have started to charge with my usb wire suppose the battery is at 77% if i plug in the usb wire to my pc within 1 second it goes to 100%.<issue_comment>username_1: By process of elimination, i would try a different charging cable, failing that backup and factory restore? If still not working you probably have a worn out or faulty battery, replace if removable. All else fails could be your charging socket or board related, in that case bin it and seek replacement.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: I believe it is your battery which is at fault. I've seen this problem as well. How old is your phone?
Also, you may try charging the battery separately once from an external charger. If the problem you mentioned persists, then you should get yourself a new battery.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Agree, ive seen it on my old GT-i9100 with the battery was "jumping aroud". What you could try thou is a battery calibration.
For example this seems to do the work : <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ignisoft.battery.calibration>
(Thou i havent try this app, battery calibration have helped me before )
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/02/25 | 320 | 1,179 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way to do messaging on my PC and my Android? In other words, using either has the same contacts and you can see the same messages in both places?<issue_comment>username_1: [Telegram](https://telegram.org/) does that. It is a valide alternative to WhatsApp, the account(and contacts) are shared among every device you use. It also has some Unofficial Windows/Linux/Mac OSX clients.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Line is a great messenger that works for PC and Phone. It is also the second most populated app, I believe, about 100 million less users than WeChat.
<http://line.me/en/>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: You can use Whatsapp messenger on PC using Blue Stacks, Windroy, Youwave android etc.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: [Google Hangouts](http://www.google.com/hangouts/). Does text chat, video chat, and can even send and receive SMS messages.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: MightyText is app that does what you asked for. And it's pretty popular, too!
I personally did not try it yet, but it was recommended to me several times.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texty.sms>
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/25 | 510 | 1,993 | <issue_start>username_0: My Moto G has USB OTG mass storage drivers - I can use a USB drive with a standard USB-OTG dongle for extra temporary storage.
This is *awesome* except for one thing -after I properly unmount and remove the USB drive I seem to be unable to dismiss the USB storage is removed notification until I reboot the phone.
Thats the notification I get. I can't slide to dismiss, and tapping on it throws me back into the home screen
I also have this little icon on top when I'm looking at other things
I'm running a Moto G XT1033 (8GB Asian edition) with the 4.4.2 update. I'm using a standard USB OTG adaptor with different USB drives, and as I said, have properly unmounted the drive (there's an error message if I'd been silly enough to do that). I've not rooted the phone in any way, and USB OTG mass storage support is natively supported.
Is there any way I can dismiss this notification *without* restarting my phone?<issue_comment>username_1: Thats probably a bug. Almost every moto g users are facing that issue. It is expected to be solved in the future update. Inform Motorola about your issue.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Yeah this happens on Moto X too. You can long press on the notification and click on App Info. Then force stop the application that posted the notification (System UI). Doing so doesn't seem to affect anything else. Annoying we have to do that but better than restarting phone.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I found that killing the process associated with the notification worked, with the annoyance of resetting my wallpaper. Plugging in something, then unplugging it *inappropriately* then swiping out the message for that seems to work perfectly. Of course, its still a bug, and its an utterly improper way to unmount a drive but it seems to work
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/25 | 218 | 920 | <issue_start>username_0: On my friends S4 the internet connections (WiFi etc.) turn off automatically from 10pm and turns on again at 6am the following morning, so he gets no messages between those times.
Is there a way we can change it maybe?<issue_comment>username_1: Try the profile settings. He probably has set a "night"-profile which turns down the volume and activates the plane-mode. The profile settings can be found in the normal settings of your phone.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: In your notification shader, look for the "Blocking mode" icon, tap and hold it. You can activate the blocking mode there, pick a time frame for when it is active (e. g. 10pm - 8 am) and select what should be disabled from incoming calls, notifications, alarms and the LED indicator.
You can also allow only calls from certain contacts to go through to you, which can be helpful for emergency situations.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/25 | 776 | 2,717 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a map that was created on a desktop (map with a set of pins pointing to specific types of shops in a town - [this one](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=201928560945354448703.00045e51ad6f1abc1c6b5&msa=0)). I am able to save this to My Places and it shows as being bookmarked when I'm using the full desktop browser. However, when I open up the google maps app on my HTC One I can't see how to access any saved maps or bookmarks.
All I can see in my map profile (selecting the person avatar next to the search field) is my browsing history, but not my saved map. There is a 'saved places' section in my map profile page, but there's nothing in there and it's not a selectable item as far as I can tell.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hwpXU.png)
Screenshot (click image for larger variant)
How can I save maps via the 'desktop' browsers so I can access them on my phone at a later date?<issue_comment>username_1: Since the update to Google Maps last year you should now use [Google Maps Engine](https://mapsengine.google.com/map/) to create custom maps and access these on Android via the corresponding [Maps Engine app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.m4b).
From Desktop Maps you can get to Maps Engine by clicking in the search box and then clicking 'My Custom Maps'.
To import existing maps saved to 'Classic' My Maps:
1. go to 'My Custom Maps'
2. then 'See all my custom maps'
3. in the 'Open a map' window, select 'Classic My Maps'
4. tick the maps you want to import and then 'Select'
5. followed by 'Import'
You should then be able to find these maps in the Android Maps Engine app under 'Open a map' > 'Classic maps'.
If your map wasn't created by you (will show as 'bookmarked' rather than 'created by you' in [My Places](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/mm)) then you might need to re-import it into 'My Places' as KML to make it available to import into Maps Engine...
1. Click the name of the map in 'My Places' (found by clicking the little cog icon in the bottom right of 'new' Maps or at <https://www.google.co.uk/maps/mm>)
2. In the left hand panel copy the link to the KML file
3. Back at 'My Places', click 'Create with classic My Maps'
4. Give the map a title then 'Import'
5. Paste in the URL of the KML link and 'Upload from URL'
You should now be able to go back to Maps Engine and import the map as above.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Google finally integrated My Maps with the regular Android Google Maps app. Click on the menu in Google Maps app, then Your Places, and you will see your My Maps listed near the bottom after Saved Places.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/26 | 3,076 | 10,196 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to batch install apks from my desktop directly. Such as I downloaded many apks on the desktop and want to install apks without actually touching my android.
How to do this?<issue_comment>username_1: That's done easiest using [adb](/questions/tagged/adb "show questions tagged 'adb'") (see the [ADB tag-wiki](https://android.stackexchange.com/tags/adb/info) for details on what ADB is and how to get/install it on your machine). As you don't state the OS you're using on your desktop, I write how it could be done on Linux (which I work with); should be easily adaptable to other platforms:
* put all your downloaded `.apk` files into a single folder
* connect your Android device, and make sure it's recognized (`adb devices` should list a connected device)
* open a terminal/command prompt, and change to the directory where your `.apk` files reside
* run `for file in *.apk; do adb install $file; done`
* watch all the apps getting installed, without requiring any further interaction :)
---
NOTE: If you have `.apk` files which have "spaces" in their names such as 'Xposed Framework', 'Adobe Flash Player' etc. then you will have to rename them, as ADB cannot handle that. Either remove the spaces altogether, or replace them e.g. by underscores. Linux provides a Perl script for that (`/usr/bin/rename`) which you can use:
```
rename 's/ /_/g' *.apk
```
It replaces all `space` character with `_`, which makes names like this `Xposed_Framework`, `Adobe_Flash_Player` which are recognizable by adb.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If you have apks in different folders (like if you used `adb pull`) then you can use my script below:
`for /r %f in (*.apk) do adb install -r "%f"`
Just run it in the folder above all your APK Files and it will recurse and install all of them.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: You can install APK directly from your computer to Android mobile through ADB. First, download ADB and install it. You can download it from [Google's DL Repository](https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r28.0.1-windows.zip) if you did not have it already.
Then enable developer mode on your mobile. You can find it in the settings of your mobile.
And then run this command.
```
adb install "path to your apk file"
```
For example:
```
C:\Users\Owner>adb install C:\Users\Owner\Downloads\android-agent.apk
```
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: For windows, open command line:
```
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\path_to_your_platform-tools\
```
then
```
for %e in (*.apk) do adb install %e
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: So you have a problem that you have tons of apps to install and you didn't do a backup like Titanium Backup or other backup-restore app. But one-by-one installing and confirming and waiting would take forever, not to mind it's so tedious!
I tried to find an app that could do it to save me the effort, but after trying them all, none of them worked. So I was doing it one-by one and it was taking so long that I decided to just do it with ADB.
No worries, I am here to save you, if you are using Windows. You can solve this using ADB. You might not know how to use ADB so I will write the full instructions here. Don't worry, it's easy.
How to do it in Windows:
On your phone,
1. Be sure your phone's drivers are installed. For example, Samsung drivers or LG drivers form the manufacturer's website.
2. Go into `Settings > Developer Options` (Click on `Settings > About Phone > Software > Build Number` 7 times to activate Developer mode)
3. Turn on `USB Debugging`
4. Turn OFF `Verify apps over USB`
5. Connect your phone via a USB cable to your computer.
6. On your phone select the popup that says allow USB Debugging. If you don't see it or missed it, just turn off and back on USB Debugging and it should pop up again if your phone is connected.
Now you are ready for the next step.
On your Windows computer:
1. Download Android [SDK Platform Tools](https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools)
2. Extract the `platform-tools` folder into your computer. I recommend the root of your `C:` drive, so that it is located at `C:\platform-tools\`
3. Get all your APK files you want to batch install and put them into a folder and put it into your platform-tools folder. For example, you might make a folder named "apks" located at `C:\platform-tools\apks\`
4. Open a CMD (Command Prompt) window. (Ideally, right-click and run as administrator just to be sure. It may not be necessary.)
Now, your phone is connected and you have ADB installed on your computer, so you are ready to enter the following into your command line.
First, test to see if your device is connected.
```
cd C:\platform-tools\
adb devices
```
If your phone is properly connected, you will see something like this:
```
* daemon not running: starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
List of devices attached
Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1 device
```
where `Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1` is the device ID of your phone.
If you saw that, you are successful. Proceed to do the install commend:
```
for %e in (apks\*.apk) do adb install %e
```
If it worked, success! Enjoy watching everything get installed quick. It's probably faster to do this than to manually install 300+ apks on your phone.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l3XbI.jpg)
---
**ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS**
If you get the error `more than one installed` and you saw `emulator-5556` under your device, try this (or you can skip to the end and see the way to get around this problem):
1. reboot phone
2. `adb kill server` in the CMD window
3. When phone finished rebooting, type: `adb devices`
4. If it worked and only your phone shows, then great!
5. Type again `adb kill server` in the CMD window (don't check adb devices again)
6. If you still see emulator then try [these instructions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39247033/how-to-remove-an-offline-emulator-from-avd-devices).
Then run the final command and watch everything get installed.
* If you get error "FAILED ALREADY EXISTS" it is because the app already exists on your phone and it won't reinstall it, it will only install apps which are not installed yet.
* If you get your phone crash and disconnect, it's because the screen timed out while it was installing. You could swipe the screen on the desktop occasionally and it should prevent it from sleeping and blocking your install making you start over.
All apps might not install because your computer is too fast for the command prompt and some might say "more than one device/emulator", while others install normally. In this case, I have a solution.
1. Type `adb devices`. Take note of your device ID like the `Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1` in the output above.
2. Specify your device ID after `-s`.
See an example command below:
```
for %e in (apks\*.apk) do adb -s Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1 install %e
```
where `Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1` is the device ID of your phone.
This is going to make sure that ADB ignores any other devices and it will prevent the "multiple devices" error.
Hope it helps!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: In addition to `adb install`, you can directly use `package manager` from `adb shell` to install apps. Place `.apk` files in `/data/local/tmp` and make sure files are readable, SELinux context must be `u:object_r:shell_data_file:s0`. Now:
```
~$ cd /data/local/tmp
~$ ls *.apk | xargs -I {} pm install '{}'
```
Another simple root solution - though not from computer - is to use some file explorer e.g. MiXplorer to batch install apps. Select all `.apk` files and tap on `Install` from menu.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: For Linux, in the directory that APK is located, open terminal and type
`find . -name "*.apk" -exec adb install {} \;`
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: For **Windows**:
Using **ADB** (Android SDK Installed & PATH set correctly)
and **Command Prompt** on Windows
Run the following to make sure ADB is working
```
adb devices
```
Place all APKs in a folder
```
cd C:\your\path\to\folder\of\apks
for %e in (*.apk) do adb install "%e"
```
Improved version based on @username_5's [answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/214145/331480) (works for file names with space/symbols)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_9: I just ran into the same situation. Am writing this soln which is enhancement from the ones given for two reasons
--You have a LOT of apps to install most likely your previous backup . Cant afford to keep phone connected . If your `adb` snaps you should know what you already installed and not waste time, going over everything again
--If some apps erred - need to know which ones and avoid them
I did this with `adb shell` but you can do it from outside much the same. My Apps were lying in my memory card `partition`.
```
for apk in `find . -iname *apk -type f` ; do pm install $apk
( test $? -ne 0 && mv $apk $apk.ni ) || mv $apk $apk.ok ; done
```
sample output of bad installs
```
# find . -iname *.ni -type f
./org.satok.gweather-bSyZZ3_Zu8ElvJR_4l5sJg==/base.apk.ni
./com.teslacoilsw.launcher-AAZW9c2u4qCjIL3ZmVKsQg==/base.apk.ni
./com.linkedin.android-hLWhs0ddIZ2KWTRO-bZG_Q==/base.apk.ni
./com.google.android.apps.youtube.music-arEVgcC5NTbNUAwP-oYz6A==/base.apk.ni
./com.udemy.android--4YWw0rFLDSA-koaYxCsRA==/base.apk.ni
./com.theporter.android.customerapp-rKFfqbF4WgXvCouQ4ZcvUQ==/base.apk.ni
./com.vested.investing.android-tx7OKTeaemkmdOnomJqTGg==/base.apk.ni
./com.inscripts.namaste-TnRILvo6qbtjjen2r-BTSw==/base.apk.ni
./com.google.android.soundpicker-13nSUeHMYf5qIkXTC1I56Q==/base.apk.ni
```
and good installs
```
find . -iname *.ok -type f
./org.videolan.vlc-UMth4_20QtXe66eAx1qzRw==/base.apk.ok
./com.zoho.meeting-0fFi8KgjQBd2N0OZcwdyqA==/base.apk.ok
./sulekha.yellowpages.lcf-JGBM0zpT3hVj2XShwoKvRw==/base.apk.ok
./com.teradata.tcapp-BjVV7TLB5aBUfbW32KzN2A==/base.apk.ok
./com.oasisfeng.greenify-_OK3qGqs7MsTO-QY5aKOeQ==/base.apk.ok
```
Its a good idea to also Id `apks` which have `split apks` within & move them elsewhere before you kick off the run.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/26 | 441 | 1,796 | <issue_start>username_0: I live in a large city and there are random open wifi networks everywhere that allow my Android to connect to their network but won't give internet access because there is a paywall. This is only apparent when you start a browser on the phone. (And is annoying because working mobile 2G/3G access is suppressed in the mean time)
Is there an (automatic) way to stop my phone connecting to a wifi network unless it's password protected ie when I'm at home or at a friend's house?
EDIT: The networks are often named the same eg "BTOpenZone" (but have different IPs so can't be blocked one at a time). There are a wide variety of providers like BTOpenZone. I'd like to block them all, adding exceptions if I ever find a non-paywall connection.<issue_comment>username_1: It shouldn't be connecting to WiFi networks unless you have previously connected to them.
If you go into `Settings` and view your WiFi networks you should see a list similar to:
The ones that are listed as 'Not in range' are networks you have connected to previously. If these are the open networks that you no longer want to connect to you can click on each one and click the 'Forget' button that appears.
Your phone should not connect to these networks again (unless you tell it to).
EDIT: After your edit it appears like [this question](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/8011/how-can-i-tell-my-device-to-ignore-a-public-wi-fi-network) will help.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You will be connected auto only when you have connected to that WIFI network and Selected the checkbox auto connect when this network is availabel..You Have to go to WIFI settings and Remove the unwanted networks listed
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/26 | 549 | 2,013 | <issue_start>username_0: Yesterday I upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android 4.4 KitKat and had the bad surprise that it cannot write to my SD card anymore... I know this problem is widely documented everywhere, but has any workaround been found for it yet? (Other than removing the card physically from the phone and opening it on my PC) Also, because of the KNOX flag I can't downgrade to 4.3...
(PS: Rooted or not, it makes no difference)<issue_comment>username_1: Found an answer to my own question! Might as well share how I did it (DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK, it worked fine for me). Needs root obviously.
1. Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to `/system/etc/permissions`
2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE\_EXTERNAL\_STORAGE permission.
3. Add an additional group definition for this permission...
4. Save the changes to the file.
5. Restart.
Credits go to ***mateenf*** from the [XDA-developers forum](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921)
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I used this workaround to edit tags from my external SD card on my rooted LG G3 (LG-D851). Audio player is PowerAmp.
1. Download and install Xposed installer from the Google Playstore: Instructions: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj_fgrpgDRU> (GadgetHacks)
2. In Xposed Installer click on "Download." (you may have to hit refresh symbol to load modules).
3. Click on and download "KitKat SD Card Full Access" from the repository. Make sure you have the download from Unknown Sources box checked (settings >security >unknown sources).
4. Once the module has been downloaded and installed, reboot your phone and tag away to your heart's content.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I found a way better solution! With uTorrent I was not able to write to
```
"/storage/extSdCard/"
```
But I am able to write to:
```
"/storage/extSdCard/Android/Data/com.utorrent.client"
```
So look for a folder on the SD card that your app has access to given by Android.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/26 | 512 | 1,767 | <issue_start>username_0: Does this tablet support exFAT file system on micro SD card? Can this tablet recognize micro SD card formatted with exFAT file system?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, as indicated on the user manual. I'm currently using a Sandisk Class 4 32GB formatted with exFAT, works just fine. Stock ROM, unrooted.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Just format everything to FAT32.
Your mobile,flashdrive and PS4 all just format to FAT32.
Format everything to FAT32 the best.
For example:You use FAT32 files from PS4 to FAT32 flashdrive(5GB),then you transfer the files in your flashdrive to my mobile(ExFat and FAT32) driver.
The transfer will be exactly 5GB,because FAT32 and FAT32 has no side effect of expansion of files.
Beside,adding FAT32 to your mobile is very cheap.
Just pay $1 to $2 and you will have no issue in the future.
It is very likely that Samsung Tablet use EXFAT,because it exceed 32GB in it's memory slot.
I am refering to Memory card.
To prevent expansion of files,I add FAT32 to my Samsung Tab.
Beside,it is so cheap.
Pay less than $2 and you can forgot about all worries.
Let say one day........
You tranfer 5GB of files to your flashdrive and then transfer it into your mobile,which is EXFAT.
But,the EXFAT expand your files to 10+GB.
When you tranfer the files to your flashdrive and then transfer it to your PS4,you can't save all the data to your PS4.
<http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/exfat-take-up-more-space-than-fat32-4746802.html>
Just set everything to the same format and if it is less than $2.
Just buy the add on.
In the future,you don't need to worry which porn video in your mobile must you delete.You don't need to delete some of your PS4 games to make space for your data.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/02/26 | 825 | 2,969 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a Nexus device running the latest stock OS version (v4.4.2), I already have Google Play Services installed (v4.2.43 according to the App Info in settings). Why is some unknown app asking me to update it? (I realise that the `com.google.android` part of the package name indicates that this probably an app made by Google that is probably part of their Google layer on top of AOSP Android, but why the odd error message and lack of proper app name)?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/b8q7N.png)
>
> **An application requires installation of Google Play Services**
>
> Requested by com.google.android.gsf.login
>
>
>
What is `com.google.android.gsf.login` and why should I do what it is asking? It doesn't have a [store page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gsf.login) and it doesn't appear in my apps list with that name. A bit of investigation with [Android System Info](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.electricsheep.asi)'s more detailed Apps view shows that Google Services Framework is `com.google.android.gsf` and the Google Account Manager is the `com.google.android.gsf.login` that we're looking for.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EWRK0.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AXXx3.png)
Clicking the notification from Android's notification bar takes me to the Play Store's page for Google Play Services where the latest version mentioned in the "What's New" section is 4.2.42, which is older than what I've already got installed, and I don't have an Update button (which suggests I'm already running the latest version).<issue_comment>username_1: You could try installing the newest version of [Google Play](http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Business/Shopping/Android-Market-121182.shtml)
. If you don't want to do that, try one of these:
1. Go to Settings->Accounts->Google->Sync Data and disable all your Google Account sync items individually. Then enable the App Data and try again before enabling the rest of your sync items.
2. Go to Settings->Apps->Menu->clear app preferences.
3. Clearing the Play cache.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I have had a similar issue on my Nexus 4 device, here is what I did to stop the issue:
Go to your 'Settings' menu, then go to 'Accounts'. Select 'Google' and check which google service has a sync issue. If you cant see any apps with sync issues, you will have to do as user 'username_1' mentioned above: disable them all, and re-enable them one by one, checking that it syncs properly (before enabling the next one). When you find the app with sync issues, open the problematic app and login with your google credentials.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/02/26 | 577 | 2,094 | <issue_start>username_0: I am setting up my friend's network for his kids. I have Tomato firmware running on their Linksys with OpenDNS filtering as well as timed Access Restrictions (ie, no more internet access after 11:30pm). That's all fine and dandy as long as my friend's son's phone stays on his network. However, he is getting access to a friend's router nearby (however, he does not have data on his phone; so I don't need to worry about that).
In Tomato, I can go to Tools > Wireless Survey and I can see all the BSSID's that are all around their house.
I also have rooted my friend's son's Android phone. Is there any way to block the phone from connecting to specific BSSID's? I have AirDroid installed and can access the root files from my house. Is there some file in there that I can edit?<issue_comment>username_1: Might be worth a shot to try this:
```
$IPTABLES -A "afwall-reject" -m mac --mac-source 00:00:00:00:00:00 -j DROP
```
the switches in `iptables` are case-sensitive.
Replace 00:00:00:00:00:00 that with the MAC address of the BSSID that is transmitting wifi beacon packets, and password protect it to prevent mitigation attempts in trying to override it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I figured things out. For one, after I added the iptable rule, I needed to REBOOT my phone for it to apply (which I wasn't doing). Secondly, I needed to use the LAN Mac Address (NOT the BSSID/Wireless MAC address) in order for the iptable rule to work.
Thirdly, I downloaded AFWall+. It allowed me to set it as administrator to prevent uninstallation. The only thing missing is that the developer needs to password protect removing the app as administrator.
Then I downloaded Android Terminal Emulator. In order to find the LAN MAC address for the connection that I am looking to block, I typed this into the emulator:
```
arp -n
```
Then I used the MAC address that was given in the terminal and put that into this rule here to be place in "custom scripts" in the firewall:
```
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -m mac --mac-source 00:00:00:00:00:00 -j DROP
```
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/27 | 675 | 2,691 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy Note III(3) and when I open my gallery there is a folder for each hangout conversation that contains images I have sent.
Is there a way to delete the pictures or folders from the gallery or at least have the gallery not synced with the Hangouts application?<issue_comment>username_1: You can delete the photos via the Google+ app or web interface. From the left-hand menu, click **Photos**. If you haven't turned on auto-upload and don't want to, click **Not now** to get rid of the prompts. Then, if you're in the app, open the menu that slides in from the left again, and choose **Albums** from the menu; or in the web interface, click **More** on the top, then **Albums** on that menu.
From there you can see the **Hangout** photos, listed separately from the 'real' photo albums. You can select and delete them to your heart's content. Note that "deleting" a photo from this view doesn't delete it right away: it moves it to the "Trash" or "Bin". To finish them off, you can find that on the same menu you were just on, or just wait for 60 days.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Hangout photos that you have shared can be edited or deleted. Hangout photos shared by other people with you cannot be edited or removed. I find this process to be much faster on the website as opposed to the cell phone/tablet interface because you can search the page.
Finding your hangout photos ([direct link](https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/search/%23Hangouts)):
1. Go to [Google+](https://plus.google.com/)
2. Using the dropdown menu on the upper left side of the page, select *Photos*.
3. In the search box in the top of the screen, select the down arrow. - Animated gif on the [Google help page](https://support.google.com/plus/answer/4528877) shows where this is located as it is not intuitive (expand *Desktop computer*).
4. Select *Hangouts*.
To find hangout photos shared with you, view all your albums in Google+ and search for an album with the prefix "Hangout:". They can also be found by clicking a photo in a Google Hangout message.
Note: you will not be able to edit photos shared to you by others. This can be very annoying as there is a questionable photo my wife sent me which I cannot remove from the shared album. In this case, I had to ask her to remove the photo from the shared album so it would no longer pop up in my photo gallery.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Just remove your account from your device and the re-login but this time make sure you stop syncing all the data from your google account. Select the options in the settings where you untick sync google+ photos option.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/27 | 325 | 1,097 | <issue_start>username_0: My Moto X with Android kit Kat does not recognize my own number from the Sim card. Is there a way to edit it manually? Any app that does that?<issue_comment>username_1: from moto support
>
> If the contacts are not backed up with Gmail, back them up.
>
>
> Clear cache/data on Dialer, Contacts and Contacts Storage (for the latter, make sure the contacts are backed up in Gmail)
>
>
> Log into Gmail on a PC > Contacts > More > Merge Duplicates > Restore
>
>
> Edit one of the contacts that keeps appearing as unknown. In the phone number, add spaces (ex: 07894561234 would become 0789 456 1234)
>
>
> Try another SIM from another network.
>
>
> Try with only one active SIM (the second SIM can be disabled in Settings > Dual SIM settings)
>
>
> Select the Network Manually in Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Network Operators
>
>
>
the last one helped me
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: the best way to solve this issue... its rlly just borrowing someone's phone and insert your sim card and edit phone number to solve this issue.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/02/27 | 586 | 2,387 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought this huawei cellphone in China and I can't access the google store. I can access some apps through Baidu Store but then some doesn't work because I don't have Google Play Service. I've tried installing it through Baidu Store, it just crashes, and through "Google downloader" (an app on baidu) and now Google Play launches but doesn't connect (no connection).
I don't know what to do anymore, any idea?
I'm willing to root etc... but there is no thread explaining how for my phone.<issue_comment>username_1: you might install mobogenie .it gives u one -click root feature.so you may root that ways.and moreover huawei phones have a large range and most of them are not known.so either buy a well known product or go for samsung products
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: do NOT root or do any other huge thing,
you just need a VPN
so download a VPN in your computer, and download play store in your computer aslo,
connect your phone to your computer and install both,
that is it, i was in a town close to Shanghai and i had the same problem, it solved so easily,
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: You can flash a Google Apps package, also known as Gapps.
This adds Play Store to your apps.
As for Google being blocked in China, try any VPN solution, such as Hotspot Shield.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Three steps to regain full control over your phone,
1. Root your phone. There are dozens of rooting software out there. Last I used for a Huawei phone was Kingo Root, did the job quite well. Note: This might involve factory reset.
2. Install custom recovery. It might be tricky to learn which version will work with your phone. XDA should help. Otherwise trial and error. Note: This step might be optional, depending on your ROM.
3. Install GApps using (custom) recovery. There are plenty of different GApps packages out there, just google it. I normally go for the smallest GApps package, with just Play services and Play store. All other Google apps can be downloaded from the Play store later. Note: Not all GApps "editions" work with all ROMs, you will also need to use trial and error method.
ALTERNATIVE METHOD:
Check manufacturer's website for a non-Chinese ROM version. It will almost certainly have a working Play store. You should be able to flash it easily without rooting the phone.
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/27 | 567 | 1,832 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an Android Device running Android 2.3.7 . The device is locked due to exceeding pattern attempts. So now Android is prompting me to enter my gmail id and password. The problem is, the WiFi is turned off and the Data is turned off.
I have found using this [thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10282484/android-adb-turn-on-wifi-via-adb) that you it is possible to turn on wifi using ADB. But on my device, even usb debugging is not turned on. So, I cannot access the device using adb.
So, I figured may be you can access device using adb in recovery mode ( my phone is not rooted ). But so far, in recovery mode, running `adb devices` does not list my device.
Is it possible to access a device using adb if your usb debugging is turned off ( on a non rooted phone ) ? How about in recovery mode ?<issue_comment>username_1: I had a similar problem. I almost gave up and was like an inch from hard reset when something strange happened. When I connected the phone to USB as usual USB entry screen appeared, but I noticed that in this screen it is actually possible to lower the notificationbar and bingo — I was able to turn Wi-Fi ON. And then I just entered my Google account info and the phone was unlocked.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Depending on the type of device you use, you can install a custom recovery and flash this [file](https://doc-0k-2k-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/arej00octoa18lodh4dhco4osfmm7k86/8b1mfp6hknqfq474ne4igl9as6m31ve9/1439560800000/02436240734439225096/10571333608444078774/0BwKYnK_7TuyBdlp6NWtfeFV2SHM?e=download) to unlock without data loss
---
If you have *root* shell run the following command in it's order:
`adb shell` then `su` then `rm /data/system/gesture.key`
OR
`adb shell` then `rm /data/system/gesture.key`
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/28 | 517 | 1,678 | <issue_start>username_0: By closed I mean clicking "switch off" in notifications panel and closing it in "recent apps".
Waze consumes at most 20% of my battery during normal use but after turning it off, my cell phone keeps getting hotter for no apparent reason.
Things I tried:
* Turning it off and back on. It does cool down when it's off but after turning it back on the heating continues gradually.
* Using Juice Defender in agressive mode. No change.
* Troubleshooting with Watchdog Lite. The process consuming the most energy is Android System (around 10-15%).
I suspect Waze has something to do with this because the problem exists even when I only opened this app that day.<issue_comment>username_1: I had a similar problem. I almost gave up and was like an inch from hard reset when something strange happened. When I connected the phone to USB as usual USB entry screen appeared, but I noticed that in this screen it is actually possible to lower the notificationbar and bingo — I was able to turn Wi-Fi ON. And then I just entered my Google account info and the phone was unlocked.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Depending on the type of device you use, you can install a custom recovery and flash this [file](https://doc-0k-2k-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/arej00octoa18lodh4dhco4osfmm7k86/8b1mfp6hknqfq474ne4igl9as6m31ve9/1439560800000/02436240734439225096/10571333608444078774/0BwKYnK_7TuyBdlp6NWtfeFV2SHM?e=download) to unlock without data loss
---
If you have *root* shell run the following command in it's order:
`adb shell` then `su` then `rm /data/system/gesture.key`
OR
`adb shell` then `rm /data/system/gesture.key`
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/28 | 444 | 1,388 | <issue_start>username_0: Call logs are not showing in my mobile from last 7 days. I did all things whatever I know, like clearing up in badge provider and then restart. I even removed the battery, re-inserted it, and re-started the device – but to no avail. It's showing messages whatever I am getting, but not calls.
What is the major issue, any s/w issue or normal only? How can I solve this?<issue_comment>username_1: I had a similar problem. I almost gave up and was like an inch from hard reset when something strange happened. When I connected the phone to USB as usual USB entry screen appeared, but I noticed that in this screen it is actually possible to lower the notificationbar and bingo — I was able to turn Wi-Fi ON. And then I just entered my Google account info and the phone was unlocked.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Depending on the type of device you use, you can install a custom recovery and flash this [file](https://doc-0k-2k-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/arej00octoa18lodh4dhco4osfmm7k86/8b1mfp6hknqfq474ne4igl9as6m31ve9/1439560800000/02436240734439225096/10571333608444078774/0BwKYnK_7TuyBdlp6NWtfeFV2SHM?e=download) to unlock without data loss
---
If you have *root* shell run the following command in it's order:
`adb shell` then `su` then `rm /data/system/gesture.key`
OR
`adb shell` then `rm /data/system/gesture.key`
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/02/26 | 857 | 3,032 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is about the new WhisperPush-feature in CyanogenMod-ROMs:
<http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/whisperpush-secure-messaging-integration>
Prerequisite:
=============
* Me and a friend of mine have both enabled the new WhisperPush-feature on our CyanogenMod-phones.
* Our mobile plan allows us to send unlimited SMS without extra cost.
* We don't have a constant internet connection (no mobile-data plan)
Scenario:
=========
1. I currently have an internet connection (via WiFi) and send a SMS to my friend
2. WhisperPush sees, that we're both using WhisperPush/TextSecure and sends my message (encrypted) via TextSecure.
3. My friend does not have an internet connection right now.
As far as I understand the system, my message will not be delivered until he gets online somehow. Correct me if I'm wrong.
---
Since this is not what we want, we both want to disable WhisperPush.
Question:
=========
How do we do this?
If we just uninstall the WhisperPush-App, wouldn't that mean:
1. That our accounts remain active (and the data remains on the servers)?
2. If a third person using WhisperPush sends me a message, it will be send via TextSecure, but never received by me, because I disabled the app?
Since the App does not offer any option to delete my Account, **how am I able to effecively disable my account and delete the app without any further consequences?**<issue_comment>username_1: I have an answer for you.
Cyanogenmod should implement a simple solution!
The fix can be found on the final post of this page:
<http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/87482-critical-flaw-in-whisperpush/>
You'll need android studio installed on your PC to use "adb" in terminal/command-line.
---
These are the steps that are suggested on that site:
>
> You could try to unregister manually:
>
>
>
> ```
> pc:$ adb shell
> phone:$ su # (enable root for ADB first)
> phone:$ cat /data/user/0/org.whispersystems.whisperpush/shared_prefs org.whispersystems.whisperpush_preferences.xml
> # take note of pref_push_password and pref_registered_number
> pc:$ curl -v -X DELETE --basic --user $pref_registered_number:$pref_push_password https://whisperpush.cyanogenmod.org/v1/accounts/gcm/
> # add -k to skip the certificate warning
>
> ```
>
> The HTTP response code should be 204.
>
>
>
Source: <http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/87169-disabling-whisperpush/#entry448596>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Cyanogenmod now has a website that allows you to unregister from WhisperPush if you forgot to unregister during first setup right after installation. With this you can stop using the service completely or switch to [Signal Private Messenger](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms) (formerly known as TextSecure).
How to unregister from cyanogenmod whisperpush:
1. Visit the [Whispertool website](https://whispertool.cyanogenmod.org/)
2. Enter your phone number
3. Enter the verification code they'll send you
4. Done!
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/28 | 585 | 2,007 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently installed Google Now app in my Note 3 and I found its working and helping me in my daily work.
By any unknown command I swipe the informatiom on the card it appears for me. Now when I want it back it will never turn on. Any idea on how to get the cards back or how to add a new card manually for any information we need in the nearly future?<issue_comment>username_1: I have an answer for you.
Cyanogenmod should implement a simple solution!
The fix can be found on the final post of this page:
<http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/87482-critical-flaw-in-whisperpush/>
You'll need android studio installed on your PC to use "adb" in terminal/command-line.
---
These are the steps that are suggested on that site:
>
> You could try to unregister manually:
>
>
>
> ```
> pc:$ adb shell
> phone:$ su # (enable root for ADB first)
> phone:$ cat /data/user/0/org.whispersystems.whisperpush/shared_prefs org.whispersystems.whisperpush_preferences.xml
> # take note of pref_push_password and pref_registered_number
> pc:$ curl -v -X DELETE --basic --user $pref_registered_number:$pref_push_password https://whisperpush.cyanogenmod.org/v1/accounts/gcm/
> # add -k to skip the certificate warning
>
> ```
>
> The HTTP response code should be 204.
>
>
>
Source: <http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/87169-disabling-whisperpush/#entry448596>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Cyanogenmod now has a website that allows you to unregister from WhisperPush if you forgot to unregister during first setup right after installation. With this you can stop using the service completely or switch to [Signal Private Messenger](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms) (formerly known as TextSecure).
How to unregister from cyanogenmod whisperpush:
1. Visit the [Whispertool website](https://whispertool.cyanogenmod.org/)
2. Enter your phone number
3. Enter the verification code they'll send you
4. Done!
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/28 | 2,984 | 10,989 | <issue_start>username_0: *Problem*
I'm looking for a motion detector that can be set up to wake a rooted Android (4.3) tablet and turn the screen on when someone passes by it in a radius of maybe 2-3m.
*Ideas*
I'm definitely willing to get an external device for this and invest a (reasonable) amount of money, it would just have to be one that I can somehow connect to the tablet.
Are there maybe any proximity detectors from the home automation field with a decent detection quality (good angle and configurable distance) that can send Android push notifications?
I'm able to write some code from scratch if necessary, but I'm very clueless and unexperienced in the hardware field, so I wouldn't know how to hold a soldering iron, for example. ;)
*Background*
The idea here is to transform an old tablet into some kind of stationary dashboard screen, so I'm not particularly worried about battery wear (it's end-of-life now and will from now on be used with the power cable plugged in until it dies) or intense usage (unless we're talking about 100% CPU 24/7, which would probably kill it in a few days).
*Previous research*
I investigated a little bit whether this could be done with the existing sensors in the device and I believe that is not possible.
The problem with using the proximity sensor is that it really only returns whether something (assumed to be your ear while in a call) is right next to it (a few centimeteres away). But I'm looking for something in the 2-3m area.
The other idea would be the front-facing camera, but the problem seems to be that a) the camera in many devices automatically shuts off when the screen is off and b) only foreground apps can access the camera, but I want the tablet to show another app on detection.
I had a quick look regarding waking up the screen in response to push notifications and that doesn't seem too hard using the [PowerManager API](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/PowerManager.html). Not sure how quickly the device would respond to a push when in deep sleep, but that's a secondary problem.<issue_comment>username_1: You might want to check out [Wimoto](http://www.wimoto.com/). They are small, and cheap, bluetooth sensors that come in a few flavours (temperature, motion sensing, liquid detection etc). They say that there is an Android app incoming, and that there is going to be an SDK released in the near future for it.
Then again, if you want something more simple (and your tablet has a front facing camera) you could simply use an app. For example (just after a quick search so haven't used it) [Camera Trigger](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.busywww.cameratrigger).
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The only affordable and reasonably accessible motion sensor I could find is the [Belkin WeMo Motion](http://www.belkin.com/us/p/P-F5Z0340/).
<NAME> created an inofficial SDK for the WeMo called [Ouimeaux](https://github.com/iancmcc/ouimeaux/) ([docs](http://ouimeaux.readthedocs.org/), [PyPi](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ouimeaux)).
My current plan is to write a tiny application running on a Raspberry Pi that uses Ouimeaux to respond to a signal from the WeMo Motion and send a push notification to the Android device. And then an even simpler Android app that responds to the push notification and wakes up the device and turns on the screen. (The latter might also be doable with Tasker instead.)
As a second step, the relevant parts of Ouimeaux could be rewritten in Java and then it would be possible to connect straight from the app to the WeMo, making the Raspberry Pi superfluous.
Improvement suggestions welcome, of course. In particular if you know an existing way to wake up an Android screen from a Python/shell script/otherwise trigger push notification. That sounds too trivial to require writing a new app.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Just to let you know I have some up with a simple solution it combines an app from the app store called Motion Detector by jastrzab: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.motion.detector>
Then install a plugin called Turn Screen: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jastrzab.plugin.screen>
1. Install both apps.
2. Open the Motion Detector app and turn on "Send" at the bottom of settings. Click on motion detector (at the top) and then scroll down to "camera" and select "front".
3. Open the Turn Screen app. click the only button to make it active.
4. Open android settings, Turn off the lock screen or select "none".
5. Change the sleep settings to time out in the desired time.
6. Turn off Daydream.
7. Open the app (or home screen) you want to have displayed on the screen when the tablet wakes, and you're all set! Wait for the screen to go to sleep and walk by or wave at your camera and it will wake it up.
Works great during the day or with the lights on. I'm currently working on an external PIR motion sensor that will allow the tablet to wake in darkness. Simple design so far just uses a cheap PIR sensor and a small led light mounted below the camera. When I walk by the PIR triggers the LED light allowing the camera to see, which triggers motion. Hoping to figure out how to eliminate the LED and just run the PIR directly into the tablet using the headphone jack or USB on the tablet. Suggestions welcomed.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: I don't know if this suits you but what about a power plug with a movement sensor? When it detects movement, the tablet will get the power connected and the screen will turn on. Plus with Tasker you can configure much more things to do when it detects movement.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: As mentioned by *username_3* [here](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/64525/turning-on-android-device-with-motion-detector-external-device/80884#80884), there is a free app called [Motion Detector](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.motion.detector). I've been using it for a while, and can tell you it will work with other apps in the foreground and with the screen locked. This will detect motion using the built-in camera, so it's free. Also, you don't have to root your device for this.
You said that you didn't know how to solder, but there is a very simple way of making your own external sensor for this. Out of two methods that I'm aware of, I've mentioned one below:
### Method #1. Using built-in camera
1. Download [Motion Detector](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.motion.detector).
2. Download [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm).
3. Download [AutoStart](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.autostart)
4. Launch **Tasker** app and tap the three dots in the top right corner.
5. Tap **Preferences** → **UI** (at the top), uncheck **Beginner Mode**.
6. Exit out of that, and tap the **Vars** tab at the top.
7. Tap `+` and name it **%DISPLAYSTATE**.
8. Go to the **Profiles** tab, and tap `+` → select **Event** → **Display** → **Display On**.
9. Tap `Back` key/button. Tap **New Task**, name it `Display On`.
10. Tap `+` → **Variables** → **Variable Set**. Tap the pencil icon next to **Name**.
11. Tap **%DISPLAYSTATE** and where it says **To**, make it `1`.
12. Repeat "step 11" except that change everything to **Display Off** and change where we put `1` to `0`.
13. Go to the **Scenes** tab at the top.
14. Tap `+` and name it something.
15. Hold down and drag on the dashed line and make it the size of your screen.
16. Tap the gear icon in the upper left corner to go back.
17. Tap on **Profiles**, and create a new one by using the `+` button.
18. Tap on **Event** → **System** → **Intent Received**.
19. You can ignore everything except where it says **Action**. Here you need to enter `org.jastrzab.move.ACTION_GLOBAL_BROADCAST` (caps are important). If this doesn't work for you try the following instead `org.motion.detector.ACTION_GLOBAL_BROADCAST`.
20. Tap the gear icon (back) in the top left corner. It will pop up with a menu.
21. Tap **New task** and name it something.
22. Within that task, tap the `+` again and hit **Scene** → **Show Scene**.
23. Where it says **Name**, tap the magnifying glass icon (not the pencil) and tap on your *scenes name*.
24. Now where it says **Display As**, "Activity, Full Display, No Bar".
25. Scroll to the bottom and it will say **if**. Tap the pencil icon and select **%DISPLAYSTATE**.
26. Tap the button in the middle and change it to Equals. On the right box, type `0`.
27. Tap `+` and do **Task** → **Wait**.
28. Change **MS** to somewhere between 25 to 100.
29. Tap `+` → **Scene** → **Destroy Scene** and hit the magnifying glass icon on **Name**. Select your scene.
30. Now go back to the main screen of [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) app.
31. Go into the [Motion Detector](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.motion.detector) app, and make sure it is turned off. If not, tap the blue circle.
32. Go to the bottom and where it says **Send**, make sure it is **On**.
33. Go back to the top and tap the blue circle again to make it turn on.
34. Open [Auto Start](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.autostart) and make sure it says **On**.
35. Tap **Add** → **Show all applications** → **Motion Detector**.
36. Check "go to home screen after auto start" and change "start delay" to `5`.
**This has been working flawlessly for me!**
Also, do note that in **Motion Detector** there are settings you can change when Motion Detector is *off*. One of the most important is Camera. If you are experiencing problems, please make sure that **Camera** is set to **Front**.
You did say you wanted an external sensor that could sense distance within 2-3cm, but if your fine settling for a farther sensing solution, this is very reliable and relatively easy to set up! But if you still have your heart set on a external sensor, I would be more than happy to give you some instructions for that as well!
Good luck, and I hope this helps you!
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_6: I hate to say it guys but all I did was attach my feed from my PIR in the ceiling (which already controls leds in the shower) to my android. When someone comes in the power switches on the phone and bob's your uncle.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: I have been looking for a way to have the tablet screen on when I get close to the Tablet which is mounted on the wall to monitor my home. Just like the Nest thermostat. I recently purchased the Konnected alarm system board and the wifi module from <NAME> He suggested me to use [www.ozerov.de/fully-kiosk-browser/](http://www.ozerov.de/fully-kiosk-browser/) There is a small licence fee. It works well for the intended purpose. I am using Actiontiles integrated with my Smartthings. My tablet is wall mounted with continuous power supply.
```
<NAME>
```
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/02/28 | 768 | 2,756 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I get Gmail new message notifications without having to sync an account with my Android phone?
I thought there may be a way by either :
1. going through XMPP somehow
2. configuring Gmail to notify Google+ when I get a new email and then I would get a G+ notification which would be fine.
I just want my phone to tell me "you have a new email" without having to actually sync anything.<issue_comment>username_1: Here is a (mostly) non-Android solution for you.
You'll need to (sign up for and) use [If This Then That](http://ifttt.com).
Create a recipe.1
Your **This** will be the [Gmail channel](https://ifttt.com/gmail), specifically the [Any new email](https://ifttt.com/channels/gmail/triggers/185-any-new-email) trigger.2
Your **That** will be however you'd like to be notified. I like [Pushover](https://ifttt.com/pushover) but [SMS](https://ifttt.com/sms) will work just as well. You'll use the [Send me an SMS](https://ifttt.com/channels/sms/actions/3-send-me-an-sms) action (or [send a notification](https://ifttt.com/channels/pushover/actions/75-send-a-notification) for Pushover).3
Now you can be notified of new messages in your Gmail without even actually having Gmail on your phone.4
---
1 If you prefer, you can just use [this recipe (SMS)](https://ifttt.com/recipes/150020-send-sms-when-gmail-arrives) or [this recipe (Pushover)](https://ifttt.com/recipes/150086-send-pushover-notification-for-new-gmail).
2 If you don't want to be notified on *every* new message, there are other triggers you can use, like "New email from" or "New email from search" that can be more specific.
3 Unfortunately there is no Google+ channel. There a lots of other channels for lots of other services.
4 IFTTT triggers usually don't go off more than every fifteen minutes, so don't expect your notification to be instantaneous.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I gave the answer to <NAME>. For taking the time to help me and provide a great working solution. ( though not the solution I ended up going with as 1) I didn't want to fork over $5 for the pushover app or 2) I'd already implemented another solution that works great as well.
THE SOLUTION I WENT WITH WAS THIS
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.shapeservices.impluslite>
The app is called IM+
It's free to use and install with ads.
Set it up with your email accounts and go into settings and switch on "Google push mode" in "push settings"
Turn off or even disable the gmail app and voila -- gmail push settings without syncing. The great thing about the XMPP Network is, there are a lot of other services you can get push notifications for for free.
Thanks to everyone who helped out with this.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/01 | 413 | 1,394 | <issue_start>username_0: What's stopping the ability of charging a cell phone from another cell phone? If I were to create a crossover/patch USB cable and connect it between two phones or tablets, would there by any way to have one of their USB ports provide a charge to the other?<issue_comment>username_1: It's fully possible to do that if the charge-from device has USB On-The-Go (OTG) support.
You just need a USB OTG host cable (like [this one](http://www.monoprice.com/Product?ab3=b&utm_expid=58369800-11.R-enhtUGRrSdHz5vzpVS2g.1&c_id=108&cp_id=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=9724&seq=1&format=2)), which you connect to the charge-from device, then plug a normal micro-USB cable into that, then into the device to be charged.
The only obstacle you may run into is current limitations. A USB OTG port almost certainly will not provide as much current as an all-up USB port, much less a charger.
Best case, this will mean that the charging device will charge slower.
Middle case, you won't get enough current to charge the device while it is powered on.
Worst case, the charge-from device will simply say "You're drawing too much current. You're cut off."
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I was able to charge one Moto G XT1032 with another using a USB Connection between the two, a fully charged phone can only half-charge another phone due to overhead.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/01 | 1,987 | 7,460 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm running stock 4.1.2 on a Wolfgang AT-AS43D4 (not rooted). According to *[DiskUsage](http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage)*, I have about 755 MiB app storage in total, of which I have currently around 100 MiB free space left, so I try to keep the internal storage as empty as possible.
I see Chrome taking up 94.4 MiB, (134 MiB after [the latest update](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/67250/51314)) of which about 24.3 MiB is data (up to 28 MiB by now).
My question is twofold:
What is in there? What does Chrome keep there that's ~~almost~~ over 25 MB big?
How can I *selectively* clean that? I can delete the data wholesale, but I don't want to. Is there any other way? I tried various options in Chrome, but couldn't find anything useful.
---
Edited: a previous version of this question mentioned an `insufficient memory` error. This had little to do with the question; I was conflating RAM and app storage.<issue_comment>username_1: Well, "insufficient memory" sounds like you're having problem with your memory(RAM), not your storage space.
DiskUsage is a very good tool, but it only checks disk space and not your memory(RAM) usage.
I just checked out the specs on your phone, and you have 512mb memory(RAM). That's 1/6 of what i have got on my phone, Samsung Galaxy note 3 with 3000mb memory(RAM).
I know it can be confusing with the terms when reviewers and everyone use memory, sdcard, storage and ram very loosely. I use the same terms people use on computers.
My chrome application is currently using 91mb of storagespace as "data". I believe that chrome is just storing pictures and tempfiles for the open webpages in data, along with your settings, passwords and so on. You can at any time go into the settings on your android menu, choose "applications", find "chrome" and delete data. Your Chome application will then act like you just installed it. You can try to see if this helps. and it might help for some time.
I think the main problem is that you don't have enough memory(RAM) on your device, and running a almost new os(4.1.2).
If you compare your phone with my previous phone, Samsung galaxy S2 as it was released in 2011 and has twice as much memory(1000mb RAM) as your phone. This phone came with Android 2.3. which does not require as much as newer versions.
I looked up on your os, Android 4.1.x, and the minimum requirements are as following:
>
> 7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage
>
>
> "Device implementations MUST have at
> least 340MB of memory available to the kernel and userspace. The 340MB
> MUST be in addition to any memory dedicated to hardware components
> such as radio, video, and so on that is not under the kernel's
> control."
>
>
>
*Source: <http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/source.android.com/no//compatibility/4.1/android-4.1-cdd.pdf>*
This won't give you much left to other applications.
Well, i think that Chrome also have a share of the blame, as this is no lightweight browser. To solve the problem then I'd first try to set for another browser that is lighter. I would, for example, try "opera browser", which is designed to use as little data traffic as possible and to run on slow phones. The browser also has a feature that allows when you're phone is asking for a webpage, it will fetch the entire page onto Opera's servers and compress images before the webpage is sent to your phone. This means that the images are not displayed in full quality, but since the screen of a cell phone much smaller than on a pc, its just as well. Since the images is compressed, and use less data traffic, it will also use less space on the cellphone's storage-temp-space. Hopefully, this will solve your "insufficient memory" problem.
I hope this helps :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It contains:-
* Resource files for Chrome itself. These are really part of the app, but they're downloaded by Chrome itself so the APK doesn't need to contain all the resources for all locales, and to make them easier to update.
* Local storage for websites that use the HTML5 local storage feature. For some sites (e.g. Twitter) this can get quite large.
* All your preferences, just like any other app. This amounts to a few KB.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: It turns out that all of the data Chrome stores is actually the Internet Cache. If you look at the Desktop counterpart of Chrome it regularly stores ~100+ MB of Internet Cache.
**I have done some experiments**:
I have cleared the cache and ran chrome without browsing to any sites: Just started it
It did not grow very big ~5MB or less.
*BUT* when I did browse to sites got big very fast. I have a Nexus 7 v1 and a ZTE 665c and both replicated the same results.
This is typical of Google Chrome and the Internet cache. What I would recommend to you is getting a better Storage medium *if you can*. If not then I would recommend to browse in private mode because it keeps the internet cache to a minimum.
Here is some interesting facts on what is deleted. I know that is for the desktop version but most of it applies to the mobile version.
<https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95582?hl=en>
*And as `username_2` Said it also stores this data:
It also contains:*
>
> * Resource files for Chrome itself. These are really part of the app, but they're downloaded by Chrome itself so the APK doesn't need to
>
> contain all the resources for all locales, and to make them easier to
> update.
> * Local storage for websites that use the HTML5 local storage feature. For some sites (e.g. Twitter) this can get quite large.
> * All your preferences, just like any other app. This amounts to a few KB.
>
>
>
To wrap it all up the main offender is the internet cache. The websites that you visit also give you extra files as stated above and last but not liest are the settings. The give you only a few KBs but it all adds up!
Have a great day!
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: In dealing with the limited 8GB of RAM in my Samsung Tab 4 7.0 disk space used by app data, caches, downloads, et al, affects the RAM/internal memory available to run programs(apps) and even the OS itself. I may have some of the official names and labels wrong but the bottom line is that the Windows model of internal RAM, hard drive space and virtual RAM does not exactly apply to the Android OS as there is no physical hard drive
Settings|General|Store|Device Memory lists:
Total space 8GB
System memory@ 3.28GB
Used space 4.14GB
Cached data 11.46MB
Misc files 125MB
Available space 460MB
Under Settings|General|Application Manager it lists:
Device memory 4.3GB used / 469MB free
RAM 1.0GB used / 230-290MB free@@
@ "The minimum amount of storage space required to run the system"
@@ The numbers varied as I switched between apps and the screens in Setting while composing this post in Evernote
In any case I definitely wish that we could delete the huge Internet cache in Chrome without deleting our personal settings and passwords. :-(
I will try the Incognito mode in Chrome 46.x.x (I run older versions of Chrome which work fine with KitKat.)
username_4
P.S. All of this is based on my own observations in dealing with the limited RAM on my Samsung tablet. I dl a lot, saving articles, etc., so I am *always* freeing up disk space just to avoid those nasty messages about having insufficient space available. :-(
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/01 | 1,559 | 5,651 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, `mm-qcamera-daemon` has been causing massive battery drain on my Nexus 5, and making it become rather warm. At the same time, the camera appears to be locked, meaning opening the default camera app (or any camera app) causes the alert `Camera is currently in use` to appear.
Numerous forums around the web site apps such as `Snapchat` and a Yahoo video app as the issues, but I've never installed these apps before.
Restarting the phone does seem to fix the issue, but after awhile (more than 12h) later, the battery starts draining again.
**UPDATE**: Like the top answer says, this problem should have been fixed by the 4.4.4 Kitkat update that rolled out.<issue_comment>username_1: I had this problem - after uninstall of Skype and phone's restart problem disapeared.
More information you can find here: <https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=60058>
I have N5 4.4.2 - I understand that some camera apps can cause this issue - for me - Skype is camera application. At this moment the only non-system application with camera access is zxing code reader.
All I know is that this error occured while I had Skype installed, and had not occured since the uninstall of Skype. I do not know if is it coincidence, or I "solved" the problem.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I feel your pain.
In the Google bug thread, someone suggested a temp fix that worked for them. Install [Disable Camera device ICS/JB](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.ne.neko.freewing.DisableCameraDevice).
While not being able to take pics without enabling the camera is a pain, randomly having a dead battery on your N5 is worse.
I have installed the app and will see if it helps me any.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I had the same issue on my Nexus 5 (stock). mm-qcamera-daemon was draining 50% according to battery stats. The issue started when I tried to take photo from Hangout app, camera could not started. I don't have Snapchat or use Skype for video call from my phone.
I went to Apps and cleared data for `Camera` app.
[**Old**](https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=60058#c435):
By far, I now see the percentage dropping to 24%. My phone does not get hot when using other apps as it did while qcamera service was running.
**New:**
`mm-qcamera-daemon` is not even in the battery stats list. 2 days by now. I regularly use Hangout app, which initially triggered `mm-qcamera-daemon`.
I can't say this is a fix or workaround.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: **Solution:**
Wait for the next Android maintenance update:
[Comment #475 on issue 60058](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=60058)
>
> Thanks, everyone, for reporting about this problem.
>
>
> We believe we have fixes for the current high CPU reports on N5 due to
> mm-qcamera-daemon, and they will be included in the next maintenance
> update. At this point, we don't need more reports of the problem, with
> some exceptions I'll detail below.
>
>
> More details:
>
>
> We've had scattered reports of persistent high CPU usage of
> mm-qcamera-daemon since our last maintenance update, and based on
> those, found a number of bugs that were then fixed.
>
>
> More recently, there's been a significant increase in the frequency of
> reported problems. These may be related to a recent update to Skype,
> which seems to access the camera regularly from its background service
> in some way that triggers this bug (note, we don't currently believe
> there's a bug in Skype itself). Investigating this, we've identified a
> few additional fixes that we hope resolve this issue for good.
> However, since the high CPU usage is an intermittent problem, we're
> continuing to test our fixes to verify the problems are gone.
>
>
> Unfortunately, I can't provide an estimate for when the maintenance
> update will be ready, due to all the testing we need to do for this
> and other fixes. Until then, rebooting the phone is the only way to
> stop the high CPU usage/lack of camera function once it starts.
>
>
> Uninstalling Skype may substantially reduce the likelihood of this bug
> appearing, but I realize Skype is a very important application for
> many people. Other camera-using applications may trigger this bug as
> well, but that's been relatively rare. Most applications also do not
> access the camera when not in the foreground, so they will only
> trigger issues when actively used.
>
>
> I'd also like to note that instances of high CPU use of
> mm-qcamera-daemon on other devices besides the N5 need to be reported
> to their manufacturers - while those devices also use a Qualcomm chip
> for their camera processing (and thus have a mm-qcamera-daemon
> process), each has differences in their software and issues with them
> do not necessarily mean the N5 has the same problem, and vice versa.
>
>
> If you are seeing high CPU use of mm-qcamera-daemon, and you have not
> used the camera at all, or installed an application like Skype that
> has a background service that accesses the camera (typically,
> applications that provide video chat may do this), we would like to
> know about it.
>
>
> Otherwise, for Skype and other typical camera applications, we believe
> we have fixes identified, and you don't need to add more information
> to this bug - remember, any note added here will send updates to
> dozens of people.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/01 | 308 | 1,073 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a S4 (4.3, verizon) and want to download the photos I have in "Auto backup" in my gallery. It has a picassa web albums logo ([this](http://media.motoricerca.net/upload/picasa-logo.png) thing) on it, but I can't find it on:
* My phone, when connected via MTP (I tried searching for a specific image as well)
* Google+ images
* Picasa web albums
I want to *somehow* download it, how can I do this?<issue_comment>username_1: You can access them from the Google+ website. There is an auto backup album under photos.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: For Auto Backup access there are several options open to you.
1. Phone: Select the **Gallery** app which should bring up a listing of your **Albums**. One of your albums will be titled **Auto Backup** (assuming you have photos/videos in the album - otherwise the album will not appear).
2. Website: [Google+ Auto Backup](https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/search/%23AutoBackup)
3. Website: [Picasa Web](https://picasaweb.google.com/home?alabel=instant_upload)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/01 | 265 | 1,051 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible for someone to install a spy app on an Android phone JB os? Do these spy apps really work? Can anyone install this spy app to your mobile phone without your knowledge? If you suspect that it's been installed to your mobile phone, how do you find it and uninstall it? Would it show as an installed app in your internal files accessible by apps like All-in-One Toolbox?<issue_comment>username_1: You can access them from the Google+ website. There is an auto backup album under photos.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: For Auto Backup access there are several options open to you.
1. Phone: Select the **Gallery** app which should bring up a listing of your **Albums**. One of your albums will be titled **Auto Backup** (assuming you have photos/videos in the album - otherwise the album will not appear).
2. Website: [Google+ Auto Backup](https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/search/%23AutoBackup)
3. Website: [Picasa Web](https://picasaweb.google.com/home?alabel=instant_upload)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/01 | 711 | 3,109 | <issue_start>username_0: here is my problem. I recently bought an samsung s4 Active. When I started using it I noticed that there was a random picture next to my name on all my outgoing emails from my phone. The picture is a random screen shot from a youtube video I uploaded years ago. I come to find out that google has taken it upon themselves to somehow link all my stuff together and now assign this picture as my "profile picture"
After some internet searching i find that I need to delete the album inside of Picasa that is labled "profile pictures" that i never created. That didnt work.
Now im told to create a google+ account and then turn around and delete it to remove this picure association. That didnt work either.
So my question is:
If I dont have a google+ account, have deleted any folder that is called "profile picture", and gone into my gmail settings to select "no picture"...what else do I need to do to remove this random picture that appears next to my name on all my outgoing emails from my phone???<issue_comment>username_1: The picture is linked to the google+ profile. When YouTube switched to g+ for comments, existing YouTube accounts were basically converted to a limited g+ profile. So, you may actually have more than one g+ profile.
Go to Google+ on the computer. Trust me it will be easier than the mobile site or the app. In the upper right corner, click on the picture or icon that is there. You should see the g+ profile you created and below it your YouTube profile.
If you are already on the profile with the picture, click on the "change photo" banner that appears over the profile photo.
If you aren't on the profile with the picture, click it to switch to that profile. Then click the picture in the upper right again and click the "change photo" ribbon over the picture.
Now you can change the photo to whatever you want or just upload a generic or even solid color picture. I don't know of a way to completely delete it, so maybe just upload an all white box instead.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Google has linked YouTube to Google+, so now, if you have a YouTube channel, you have a Google+ profile.
To delete the profile picture:
1.) Go to your Google+ profile. press the picture that you have as your profile picture, and then press on the blue button that says "View Profile."
2.) Once you are there, you will see a profile picture and a cover photo. Press on the profile picture. When you hover over the picture, you will see a camera inside a circle. Don't click on the camera, just click anywhere on the profile picture other than the camera.
3.) You should see your profile picture. On top of the profile picture, there is a row of things that you can do. At the very right of that row, there is a picture of a trash can. When you hover over it, it should say, "Delete photo." Click on the trash can, and your profile picture is gone. The photo should switch back to the default profile picture, and voila!
I'm not very sure if this will delete the screenshot that you took, but it will delete the profile picture.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/02 | 300 | 1,121 | <issue_start>username_0: My wife has an iPhone 4. She's due for something new, and I want her to get an Android just so we have the same OS.
She's concerned about losing contacts and her iTunes music. How hard is it to move these to a new Android?<issue_comment>username_1: Music can be easily copied. Just open the folder where you keep the music on your hard drive and just copy & paste it on your Android device.
For contacts and calender, check [this](https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/138740?rd=1) Google Help article (screenshot below):
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: For contacts, use a PC and [transfer the iPhone address book to the Android](http://www.copytrans.net/support/how-to-transfer-contacts-from-iphone-to-android/). For text messages, back up the iPhone with iTunes. Then use the iOS backup file for the SMS messages and import it to your SD card on the Android phone. Next, download iSMS2droid freebe app from Google Play and locate the iPhone SMS database file from within the app.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/02 | 355 | 1,318 | <issue_start>username_0: I was handed a phone from my friend who installed Firefox OS over Android, but now wants Android back. I know roughly how to flash ROMs, but am not sure how to go into download mode or equivalent in Firefox OS. Any help would be appreciated.
The model of the phone is a ZTE Kis. If I can supply any more information just ask!<issue_comment>username_1: Go to the Play Store and download and install a launcher e.g. Google Now Launcher. When you open the launcher it will give you options to select an interface you wish to use. Select a new one and your phone will exit the Firefox OS Launcher. Then if you'd like to permanently delete the Firefox OS Launcher go to Settings/Personal/Home and you'll find your launchers there. Hope this helps someone.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Steps to Access *Download Mode* on ZTE Kis 3 Max
1. Turn off the device
2. Remove the memory card from the device
3. Press and hold `Volume Down` key + `Volume Up` key simultaneously
4. Press and hold `Power` key until the device completely freezes.
You can flash a ROM as usual after that. The stock ROM for your phone can be downloaded [here.](http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/373101-zte-kis-3-zte-open-c-stock-roms/)
[Source](http://www.recovery-mode.com/android/zte-kis-3-max.html)
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/02 | 794 | 2,666 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung note 2014 which I rooted following [this tutorial](http://www.theandroidsoul.com/root-samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-2014-lte-p605-cf-auto-root-tool/). However I now have problems with SELinux which (apparently) is preventing me from installing a Linux virtual box. I backed up and uninstalled KNOX using Titanium backup but still no success. When I type `setenforce permissive` in a terminal, if get no error message but when I type `getenforce`, I get "enforcing".
Is there any way I can change this? The device is running Android 4.3.<issue_comment>username_1: You need to open a local terminal shell, by using a "Terminal Emulator" like app. Otherwise you will not get an `su`'able shell. Since AOS 4.2.2, ADB is not letting you use "su", to get root shell, on stock "Enforced" SELinux devices.
Then do this:
```
su 0 setenforce 0
```
If you need to make this permanent to last between re-boots, you need to find where this is originally set in the various `init.*.rc` files in boot.img and change it, and reflash...
**EDIT: 2015-09-22**
The above trick **no longer work** on Stock devices using AOS 4.4.4 and above, even with insecure kernels. (Such as those provided by *cf-autoroot*.) That you can blame Google who made *Enforcing* permanent. Your only option, other than re-compiling your own ROM, is learning about *SEAndroid* and context changing using SuperSU's `supolicy` command to inject the policy files.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: **Getting around Militant SELINUX**
-----------------------------------
You need to run a custom kernel build.
1. Samsung open source is [here](http://opensource.samsung.com/reception.do)
2. My harvested info for setting up your build system for Linux is [here](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59718268&postcount=3)
3. The kernel patch you will need to fix SElinux to permissive is [here](https://github.com/username_2/kernel_samsung_SM-T530_EUR_LL/commit/2e4de065b266a7a15e1d392ff3f80f5c089a423d). It should absolutely work for Kitkat source as well.
I would post the diff but it doesn't wrap right.
You should not need to set the SElinux boot flag and userspace disable options during `menuconfig`, but do remember to disable Samsung anti-root in the kernel hacking section.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: In Terminal emulator app, enter `su` and then enter `setenforce 0`. Now check the phone. It should show "permissive" until a reboot. You can execute the commands again after reboot or get [SELinuxModeChanger](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524485) from XDA which switches it automatically at boot.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/02 | 959 | 3,567 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, Android 4.0.4. For the last few days I can't sync my gmail or update any apps.
This, of course, is a barefaced lie. There is plenty space available:
But still, I have this constant message, "Phone storage space is getting low".
And I can't update any apps, because this tells me that "Application cannot be installed in the default location".
I have been using this phone for 2.5 years without needing an SD card, and I don't see any reason why I should now suddenly need to get one for my phone to continue working the way it has for the past couple years.
After googling and finding many other posts with the same problem I have tried every suggested solution that I found:
* Restarting
* Cleaning the app cache
* Cleaning the contacts cache
* Removing my Google account, then re-adding it.
* Uninstalling every unnecessary application.
But this stupid message keeps appearing and preventing my phone from updating.
Anyone else have any ideas how to fix this?<issue_comment>username_1: It seems to react on your low, internal memory. And while 178 MB should be enough for a few small apps, there might be something that denies more installation due to already low amount of space.
Now, the first thing I would advise you to do is uninstall any app you don't really need. However, many apps come with the phone, so they can not be removed. For these, and any app you do not want to remove, you can clear the cache. To do that, hit settings -> Application manager -> Slide til you see a list called "all". Now all you have to do is hit each app you want to clear the cache off, and choose "Clear data" and "Clear cache". Beware that the "clear data" option will likely delete any saved password or settings the app uses, and thus you might need to redo those settings. It *may* also delete some information attached to the app, so use the "clear data" option at your own risk. Tho for apps like facebook and twitter, the option should do no harm.
You can also choose to move some apps to the SD card. While I have not tried that out myself, it should push some of the stuff from internal to "external" memory.
You may also want to download *Clean Master*. It's an app somewhat similar to CCleaner, if you are familiar with that (deletes cache and junk files). I use it myself, and it helps a bit. It's free and you can download it here: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard&hl=eng>
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I had this same issue. To fix go to your number keypad enter "\*#9900#"
You would get some options.
Select "Delete dumpstate/logcat"
This frees up space occupied by uninstalled apps
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I found no other way than freeing some space.
1. Removing apps I don't use.
2. With [All-In-One Toolbox: Cleaner & Speed Booster](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.toolbox.full&hl=en).
3. Removing cache.
4. Clearing data from Microsoft apps [Microsoft apps always eating up space with data, for apparently no reason](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/184163/microsoft-apps-always-eating-up-space-with-data-for-apparently-no-reason) .
5. If a system update is pending, execute it
(see Note in [this answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/205713/81584)).
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/02 | 1,041 | 4,212 | <issue_start>username_0: I ran some tests in my Moto G and it was quite disappointing. The first hour was dedicated to measure the performance in 'Intelligent Power Saving Mode', followed by an hour of the app uninstalled. This was repeated for a total of 6 hours and the results are in:
**App installed**
* 1st hour: 66-61 = 5
* 3rd hour: 58-55 = 3
* 5th hour: 52-45 = 7
**App Removed**
* 2nd hour: 61-58 = 3
* 4th hour: 55-52 = 3
* 6th hour: 45-42 = 3
The numbers indicate the percentage of battery charge consumed. During the test, the phone was in standby all the time. What's going on here? This app has more than 800k ratings averaging a 4.5 score! Am I doing something wrong? Is the app supposed to run only when not in standby?<issue_comment>username_1: Most of the battery saving applications are better termed as "settings managers", if you already know how to turn things on & off there isn't much they can do for you. Plus it is another application now running.
Newer phones also have employed better hardware , better techniques and more power savings into the whole system, improving that before installing these. The newer phones are also going to sleep/standby using less power than they did before, still staying radio connected to the towers. Plus the phones have thier own settings for user adjustable power savings, like WiFi off when screen off , and data control.
Larger screens taking more power, plus major cpu sleepy modes, means there are times when a automatic backlight control could save more than (something like) turning off bluetooth. Again all depending on how you use it.
The displayed percentages of a battery and its voltages are not a great indicator of a specific ammount of power used, Or capacity left. Depending on the method employed to provide the battery level vision to the user. Testing for a whole battery cycle even might not determine a small ammount of savings achieved. High power use can drop the voltage seen quick, and other factors that do not represent the actual capacity left, or the moment it will no longer be able to make a call.
So in conclusion the usual battery management applications would be more useful for the unaware, and uncontrolled use of a phone, the automation that can save some power, most of it the same control that a user in controll can do manually. The phones themselves being much better at it , than when the origins of this type of application would have shown more differances.
You would also have to test for days, not hours, somehow doing everything exactally the same as before, which includes odd things like distance to the tower, which is more power employed to connect to it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: What you did cannot really count as a testcase. How much a battery "drops" depends on many criteria – including the amount of charge left. Furthermore, just to check for single hours gives no meaningful results. If you really want to measure how much that (or any other app) might save you, you'd need to setup a real testcase, at least repeating each step 2, better more times. This could e.g. incolve:
1. charge the battery to 100%
2. start the app
3. disconnect the charger
4. let the battery run down to at least 20%
5. check how long that took
Compare with: Same procedure, omitting step 2. Now, having done that in standby with display off, you have some results – but still, nothing really useful. What should the app save when nothing runs? It consumes some battery itself, as it needs to run and check the device's state from time to time. So I wouldn't wonder if your device was running down faster with the app installed – it rather seems quite logical.
So additionally to the order of steps and their starting and end points, you'd need to apply the very same usage patterns: Leave standby, use the device as you would do normally. Or, to have something for more exact results, setup yourself a schedule like "from 9 to 9:30 read news, from 10 to 10:15 watch a youtube video", etc. Then follow the same schedule with and without the app. Repeat it, best multiple times, to have average values from both cases. ***Now*** you have meaningful results you can compare.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/02 | 374 | 1,589 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering if there was any way I could activate Google voice search simply by saying OK Google while using any app on my phone.
I tried searching the XDA forums and couldn't find what I was looking for so I figured someone here might be able to help me out.
If not, thank you for reading this post.<issue_comment>username_1: No, only phones with dedicated hardware have that ability. However, some phones let you use a long press on one of the buttons to activate the google voice recognition.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: After a recent update of the [Google Search](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox) app (version 3.5 and above), it became possible to enable "Ok Google" from any screen on Android 4.3 and above. Follow these steps:
1. Open Google Search on your phone
2. Go to Settings by either pressing the hardware Menu button if your device has it, or scrolling to the bottom of all cards and tapping three dots, and select "Settings."
3. Navigate to Voice -> "Ok Google" Detection, and enable the `From Any screen` option.
4. This will first train the device with your voice, and we are done
Note that this does not work on all Android devices. Some Motorola handsets like the Moto X have their own voice recognition software that supersedes Google's, and you will see a message `This option is not supported on this device`.
Also, currently only the English language is supported for this feature, although Google will probably enable it for more locales in the future.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/03 | 330 | 1,318 | <issue_start>username_0: I've faced with insufficient storage problem on my HTC One X (rooted, stock ROM 4.2.2, CWM recovery).
I've solve this problem before on a Samsung device by dialing \*#9900# then press Delete dumpstate/logcat. However, I try that with HTC and it doesn't work. Anyone know how can I delete logcat or other method to fix this problem?
Updated : FYI, I have plenty of storage in phone storage as well as in SDcard. I also try installing other app which seems to installed without problem. The app I'm having problem is Gallery Vault. Earlier, the app is installed and I uninstall it. Now I'm trying to reinstall it and I get insufficient storage error.
Thanks<issue_comment>username_1: Clearing logcat can't make any difference to your storage problem. The logcat output is stored in a ring buffer, so it has a fixed size, and the ring buffer only exists on RAM: it isn't written to the storage at all.
See the frequent questions under the [insufficient-memory](/questions/tagged/insufficient-memory "show questions tagged 'insufficient-memory'") tag for what to do when your phone storage is getting full.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I try deleting all file associate with the app (apk, settings, etc) I can now install the app. Seems like residue files are the culprit.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/03 | 312 | 1,230 | <issue_start>username_0: I see the issue talked about online but none of the fixes work. I haven't been able to view for over a week. Does anyone have any other ideas? It also appears that some otherer html5 based videos aren't working but I can't think how to fix that.
Attempts:
* Phone off and on
* Clear YouTube cache
* Uninstall YouTube
* Check that my WiFi settings are suitable (no proxy)
Details:
* Stock Nexus 4, android 4.3
* Latest YouTube app
* No adblocker
* No root<issue_comment>username_1: I think I found a solution to the problem "Connection to server lost, touch to retry" on Wifi. In fact I used to encounter this problem on my Samsung Galaxy S2 device. The solution is as follows:
1. First make sure you have a Google account which you use to download applications from Google Play Store.
2. Open the YouTube application on your device.
3. At the top left hand corner of your screen, you would find the YouTube icon with 3 short lines to its left.
4. click on it (touch it) and there is a pop up menu which appears
5. If you have not yet signed into YouTube with the gmail account, the
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Uninstall all of the updates to YouTube and it will fix the issue.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/03/03 | 560 | 2,155 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it a waste to load two anti-virus apps on your mobile? Are two AV apps more effective than one?<issue_comment>username_1: No. I'll even go to the extent of saying using an Antivirus is of no use if you only install apps from Google Play.
But if you install apps from third party sources (i.e APKs, etc.), using an antivirus might actually make sense. But using 2 AVs doesn't make sense in any scenario imho.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: A known issue with running 2 AVs is that they'll consider each other as a potential virus.
This has to do with the behaviour of these programs. They scan directories, perform root-operations (if you have installed the AV on a rooted device), and so on.
This is true on any system, not only mobile devices.
You can in most cases run an AV together with an anti-malware product.
I do say *in most cases*.
As mentioned by username_1, there is no real need for AV software as long as you only run Google Play / Appstore apps and you don't download any rubbish from sites you visit.
Do keep in mind that there are some dangerous apps on Google Play. I'm an Android user myself, definitly no iFanboy, and I must admit not all Play apps are safe.
So always check the permissions and intentions of an app before installing it.
I myself have Avast! Mobile Security on my tablet.
This is because I run some off-the-market apps. MS also allows me to protect some apps with a pincode, such as my email apps.
I don't think running an AV is a waste of resources, but if you handle your device with care, there is no real need for one.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: If you don't use much of sharing stuffs from unreliable/unknown sources and you do not visit unknown sites.
Answer is **NO, you don't need a AV.**
Its a waste of resources.
>
> Q. Is it a waste to load two anti-virus apps on your mobile? Are two AV apps more effective than one?
>
>
>
**YES it is a waste. NO two apps are not effective.**
Reason is each AV has it its own heuristic engines to scan viruses, which generally detects another AV as a virus.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/03 | 375 | 1,601 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to configure Amazon app so that all the `amazon.co.uk` links open in the App (or at least ask if I prefer the browser or the app)?<issue_comment>username_1: There is no way to force open URLs through an app if it doesn't show up in the popup menu to choose an app. AFAIK there is a filter in applications called the *intent* filter that is hard coded into the applications code by the developer. The filter is triggered when certain URLs are pressed.
If Amazon hasn't done this you cannot get it to open amazon.co.uk URLs without manually adding it to the apps code.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It's up to the app to register an *intent filter* for URLs it can understand. When the app does this, and you click an appropriate link, the *chooser* asks you which you want to open.
If you've previously had a chooser for Amazon links, and accidentally selected to always use a web browser, you can undo this by going into the device **Settings**, then **Apps**. Select the browser from the list, and then click **Clear defaults**.
If you've never had a chooser for Amazon links, then the app can't respond to them. It's possible to use a third-party app to act as an intermediary, so that you open the Amazon links in that app, and it forwards them to the Amazon app, but if the Amazon app doesn't understand the URL you're using, the results are unpredictable: it might crash, or simply open to the main screen. You'll have to contact the developer through their official support channels to ask them to add this feature.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/03 | 674 | 2,800 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 (i9100), which stopped booting into the normal OS. I have no idea why - one morning it turned itself off, and when I started it, it went as far as the "Samsung" screen, and just hangs.
I have pictures on the "internal" SD card (flash memory), which I would like to recover.
I can boot into recovery, and have installed the latest version of CWM touch, which allows me to mount both the internal and external sdcard. I can do a "browse for update" on both internal and external sdcard, and all the files I want are there. However, even when internal sdcard is mounted, I cannot access it with adb, presumably because I don't have root.
Just to see what I can do without root, I used CWM allowed me to backup the system, but because the backup is written to the internal card, I cannot check whether it's worked. However, it is taking about 1.5GB of space on the internal card, so I assume it must have backed up something.
Any ideas? Could I write a script that would copy the contents of the internal sd card to the external sd card, without root?
If I rooted the phone, would I loose the content on the internal sd card? (I have looked into rooting, but only with heimdall so far, and I could not get it to recognise the phone on linux or OS X.)
Any thoughts and suggestions will be much appreciated!
Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: There is no way to force open URLs through an app if it doesn't show up in the popup menu to choose an app. AFAIK there is a filter in applications called the *intent* filter that is hard coded into the applications code by the developer. The filter is triggered when certain URLs are pressed.
If Amazon hasn't done this you cannot get it to open amazon.co.uk URLs without manually adding it to the apps code.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It's up to the app to register an *intent filter* for URLs it can understand. When the app does this, and you click an appropriate link, the *chooser* asks you which you want to open.
If you've previously had a chooser for Amazon links, and accidentally selected to always use a web browser, you can undo this by going into the device **Settings**, then **Apps**. Select the browser from the list, and then click **Clear defaults**.
If you've never had a chooser for Amazon links, then the app can't respond to them. It's possible to use a third-party app to act as an intermediary, so that you open the Amazon links in that app, and it forwards them to the Amazon app, but if the Amazon app doesn't understand the URL you're using, the results are unpredictable: it might crash, or simply open to the main screen. You'll have to contact the developer through their official support channels to ask them to add this feature.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/03 | 411 | 1,756 | <issue_start>username_0: How does the S-View Flip Cover work? I know some apps that use the proximity sensor to check this and turn on and turn off the screen.
S-View Flip Cover does not require any softwares, so how does it communicate with the device?<issue_comment>username_1: It's simple. There are hidden magnets in the front part of the flip cover. These magnets tell the device that S-View Flip Cover is attached.
The glass window that is on the cover is conductive, through which you can operate only that much part of the screen leaving the rest of the screen non operable to avoid accidental touch.
The idea behind is just like the Apple smart cover. What makes the S-View Flip Cover different is the conductive window functionality to accept or reject calls etc.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I think that there is another element to this - but I have not determined what it is - There is one magnet in the front of the flip cover lets the device know that the cover is open or shut - but it will not work unless the case back is attached to the phone - and there are some contacts in the back cover of the flip case that connect to the phone - I cannot find any magnets in the case back, so I presume that the connections in the case back let the phone know that there is a flip cover installed.
I am working on figuring the rest of this out because I would like to use a different case (not the flip) and have a magnet in my holster to unlock the phone when I take it out of the holster.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Magnetic flip covers use hall effect sensor to switch screen on n off, for example you can cover ur screen with a magnet n the screen goes blank, so does the hall effect sensor
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/03 | 324 | 1,393 | <issue_start>username_0: They both have micro usb ports but i thought I could use my current galaxy s2 cables with the tablet and they don't fit. Are there different sizes and how can you tell when getting a cable?
Thanks<issue_comment>username_1: It should easily go in. The ports on the two devices are the same and with same orientation of the port as well. Maybe there is something stuck inside the port on your Galaxy Tab 3. You can usually tell by the shape of the male port. The two slanted ridges on the size are an identifying feature of Micro USB A/B. B also has two little latches on the bottom. Micro USB standards A and B are compliant with each other as well but these two devices should have the exact same Micro USB B Port.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Watch out for this, yes there are different sized cables they look the same but aren't. You will probably be able to squeeze it in and it will work but may break the connector after a while(this happened to my Galaxy Note 2). It may have something to do with different pins within the cable itself.
I found it very hard to tell the difference but try to just use the one that came with the device. If not just use a different cable but from a newer product as there are definitely different pins within the cable. Best thing to do is if a cable doesn't fit in easily don't put it in.
Upvotes: -1 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/04 | 1,718 | 5,194 | <issue_start>username_0: I see some mentions here of creating an ext4-formatted SD card, but no guide. [This](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/11301/sd-card-formatted-to-ext4-and-permissions) closely-related question suggests there is no way to do it, but my question differs in that my phone is specifically rooted.
I formatted my card as ext4 (GUID partition-table); my Cyanogenmod phone mounted it at `/mnt/fuse/sdcard1`. I followed instructions [here](https://blog.jplitza.de/2013/07/04/external-sd-card-with-ext4-under-android-cm10-1/) to mount the card at `/storage/sdcard1`, by creating the following script at `/data/local/userinit.sh`
```
#!/system/bin/sh
REALMNT=/mnt/fuse/sdcard1_real
if ! [ -d "$REALMNT" ]; then
mkdir "$REALMNT" || exit 1
fi
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 "$REALMNT"
sdcard "$REALMNT" /storage/sdcard1 1023 1023 &
```
I restarted and attempting to copy a file (using ES File Explorer) and paste it into its parent directory, which failed:
```
/storage/sdcard1/foo/bar.mp3: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied).
```
I can actually play the file fine, so I *can* open it. FWIW, when I try copying from the original mount point (`/mnt/fuse/sdcard1`), I get a slightly different error:
```
Failed to copy the file bar.mp3
```
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Cyanogenmod 10.2.0-i9300.
==EDIT==
```
su
ls -l /mnt/fuse
drwxrwxr-x media_rw media_rw 2014-03-04 22:08 sdcard1
```
That was all. There is no `sdcard1_real` in this directory, so I suppose the script is failing?
==EDIT2==
I tried modifying the script to troubleshoot. The script begins fine, but then fails on `mkdir "$REALMNT"` with the error `/data/local/userinit.sh[6]: : not found`.
==EDIT3==
I know that the script doesn't work, so fixing it might solve my question, but I thought the following was interesting. I formatted my SD card in my Linux computer, and transferred some files to it. Oddly enough, permission errors only occur in the subdirectories that I created. In the root of the partition (via `/storage/sdcard1`), I already have write permission.<issue_comment>username_1: Not sure if it is any help, but possibly the issue is that that you are trying to mount in the wrong place ? This is my working script that works on an S3 mini with CM11:
```
#!/system/bin/sh
REALMNT=/mnt/media_rw/sdcard1
if ! [ -d "$REALMNT" ]; then
mkdir "$REALMNT" || exit 1
fi
mount -t ext4 -o rw,noatime /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 "$REALMNT"
sdcard "$REALMNT" /storage/sdcard1 1023 1023
```
The REALMNT location already existed, so of course the mkdir was never called.
And media\_rw/sdcard1 is already owned by media\_rw
I also had to update /etc/permissions/platform.xml to include:
in:
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There was an answer posted up by [adasdadasd](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/59892/adasdadasd) that I wanted to accept, but has since been deleted. I'll reproduce it below, and accept my answer, but if adasdadasd resurfaces, please repost and I'll delete this and accept yours.
>
> <https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-332>
>
>
> <https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_providers_MediaProvider/commit/faf3f77b9222554227740aed8127714ea9e3f407>
>
>
> Fixed by default? New change in github.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: This was [supposedly](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/68714/32143) fixed several months ago, but people are still reporting problems. I can read items on the card, but do not have write permission. To fix it, I combined strategies from a [few](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/58233/cyanogenmod-filesystem-for-64gb-sd-card-files-larger-than-4gb/75306#75306) [sources](http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/79157-ext4-for-storagesdcard1/page__st__20).
1. Partition card with MS-DOS partition table and ext4 filesystem. I used GParted on my (Linux) desktop computer.
2. Insert the card into your phone. (You will probably not have write access now.)
3. Open the [terminal emulator](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en), installed by default in Cyanogenmod.
4. Type in the following (I recommend [WiFi Keyboard](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.volosyukivan&hl=en) for large blocks of text). Give the emulator root privileges when it requests them.
The `$` and `#` indicate prompts, so don't type them in.
```
$ su
# chown media_rw:media_rw /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1
# chmod g+w /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1
```
This changes the SD card's permissions. The owner and group change from `system` to `media_rw`, and it also gives the group write access.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Here the simpeline
```
#!/system/bin/sh
REALMNT="/mnt/media_rw/extSdCard"
mount -t ext4 -o rw,noatime /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 "$REALMNT"
sdcard "$REALMNT" /storage/extSdCard 1023 1023 &
```
And here writable ext4 on external sd
```
#!/system/bin/sh
chown media_rw:media_rw /mnt/media_rw/extSdCard
chmod g+w /mnt/media_rw/extSdCard
```
You can change "extSdCard" like "sdcard1" where your external sdcard mounted
Iam used stockrom with Kingroot, but I try Supersu its trouble with mounting filesystem
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/04 | 203 | 778 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Sony Xperia Z1 that suddenly decided not to react when I pull down the status bar.
I restarted my mobile and also tried to use the developer options to show touches, but it still didn't work.
When using the developer options on Nexus 4, the Y coordinate changes from 0 to over 1k. On Xperia Z1, the Y starts from 87 and then moves as it should be downwards.
Aka. the touches over the status bar is not registered in the device... Any idea why?<issue_comment>username_1: This suddenly solved itself :
What i did is to enable developer settings and suddenly it started working after about 10 minutes.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Just install from "play store" the free application "DropDownStusBar", it worked for me.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/03/04 | 169 | 717 | <issue_start>username_0: When podcast videos or youtube videos or flash videos play, what app is behind that?
I'd like to be able to use that script/app to as a trigger for tasker to do something whenever ANY video is playing.
I don't want to make the apps a trigger because sometimes when apps like YouTube you are just browsing and not watching any video. I want to make a trigger when the media is actually playing.<issue_comment>username_1: This suddenly solved itself :
What i did is to enable developer settings and suddenly it started working after about 10 minutes.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Just install from "play store" the free application "DropDownStusBar", it worked for me.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/03/04 | 143 | 588 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using the free version of minimalistic text on android 2.3.7 and I can't seem to find any option for custom layout. There are references to it on the net but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Is that a pro only feature or have they removed the option altogether?<issue_comment>username_1: This suddenly solved itself :
What i did is to enable developer settings and suddenly it started working after about 10 minutes.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Just install from "play store" the free application "DropDownStusBar", it worked for me.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/03/04 | 574 | 2,379 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I install some apps to android without copying the `.apk` file? I can do the same in iOS. that must be a possible thing, but I couldnt find it neither here nor Google.
**EDIT:**
Imagine you want to install your own app to someone's device without letting them have the apk file.<issue_comment>username_1: The way most developers do it is through an application distribution service (google play, Amazon appstore...). But if you are not ready to publish those options may not seem like good ones. So your alternate option would be to install over ADB, done either over a cable or network.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The APK **is** the app. Installing an app on someone's phone is itself giving them the APK, so it's a nonsense to talk about installing the app without giving them the APK. It's analogous to asking if you can run a program on a Windows machine without giving them the EXE file.
If you instead want to install an app on someone's phone without them being able to copy the app to a different phone, the author of the app needs to use an anti-piracy library (a.k.a. "licensing service") to stop the app when it's run on an unauthorized phone. As programming questions are off-topic on this site, I won't discuss that further.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Provided you have physical access to the device, you can manually install your app by doing the following:
1. Install Android SDK tools from [this page](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) (Download for other platforms → SDK Tools Only.)
2. Install USB drivers for the phone (usually from manufacturer's site.)
3. Turn on USB debugging on the phone (in **Settings** → **Developer options**)
4. Connect the phone via USB (you can also do this over Wi-Fi with a number of apps if the phone is rooted.)
5. Open Command Prompt or Terminal and navigate to the "platform-tools" sub-directory of where you installed the SDK tools.
6. Issue the following command: `adb install path_to_apk\your_app.apk`
Keep in mind though that you are still essentially "letting them have" the apk, since the installation simply copies the APK file to the appropriate directory on the phone (usually `/data/app` or `/data/app-private`) and registers it with Android's Package Manager. A knowledgeable enough user can still retrieve the APK.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/04 | 502 | 1,900 | <issue_start>username_0: Example:
Why is that? Does each color mean something? What is this?<issue_comment>username_1: Purely random placeholder picture. The colors are quite likely different so it looks more colorful than having one single, boring placeholder picture on every contact.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Nothing in the manual about it, and I haven't been able to determine any type of pattern with the colors. I think it's totally random to break up the monotony of the contacts list or something.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It's most likely that you have several different accounts configured on your phone, and have sync'd contacts with each of them. One color back ground shows google contacts, another for hotmail, another for lotus notes, etc. I have the same thing on my android.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: It goes by who you contact the most.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: The varying colors of the contacts is not random on my phone (Galaxy S5).
Each time I add a contact it selects the next color in the sequence...
Blue, Green, Orange, Orange
Blue, Green, Orange, Orange...
It just looks untidy in the Contacts list, and I see no way of changing it - apart from adding a contact a few times until it's the color you want, and deleting the unwanted ones. You could also create some simple color pictures to assign to each profile picture (if you don't have their photo)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: Your answer has arrived. The different colors in your contacts represents the type of phone carrier and device an individual is using.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/04 | 693 | 2,278 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone screen is gradually becoming dark blue and then black--see photo. Started with a single light blueish edge, and growing during the last hours to what can be seen on photo.
The only serious reason that I could think of is that the phone has recently overheated while charging: it stayed for several hours under the pillow, and it was very hot when I took it away from there. Another guess is a recent drop on the floor, but in its 2-years lifetime it dropped dozens of time, frequently much harder than today.
What could be the reason, and how it can be fixed, ideally DIY or at all?
It's Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100.<issue_comment>username_1: Looks like a damaged LCD that's slowly "leaking out." Overheating could definitely be the culprit, as could the drop. Although damage from the drop is usually accompanied with a [visible crack](https://www.google.com/search?q=cracked%20lcd%20screen%20phone&tbm=isch). Most likely it was the combination of the two. The fact that the phone booted up and is (sort-of) functional leads me to believe that replacing the LCD assembly would fix it.
There are plenty of replacements to be had on [eBay](http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=galaxy%20s2%20I9100%20screen%20assembly%20replacement) for up to USD$100. I would go for the LDC+digitizer combination, even though the glass itself looks intact. There are simply too many issues with properly separating LCD from the glass that could cause you to break both and spend even more money. It is definitely doable on your own, provided you have some basic tools. There are videos on YouTube with great walkthoughs to help you along the way: [probably most detailed](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiWFf_zy0hI) (even though it's not on GT-I9100, but on other modification of SGS2); [some](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w73KJAbKqXI) [others](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Y6an6D2PE) specifically on GT-I9100. [A guide at iFixIt](http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S+II+Front+Glass-Digitizer+Replacement/20418) can be also helpful.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Have you checked if reconnecting the LCD cable solves the issue?
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/04 | 1,102 | 4,284 | <issue_start>username_0: There are a lot of spy apps, that can record audio of the surroundings of the phone, take pictures and trace the phone using GPS, Cell towers, and transfering the information to the spy (husband/wife/parents/stalker/criminal) using internet or SMS. Some of these spy applications hide once installed and the user cannot detect them.
Question 1:
Does the factory reset uninstall those spy apps?
Question 2:
Is there any way to see these kind of hidden apps?<issue_comment>username_1: Answer 1: In short yes, the factory reset (as the name suggests) brings the phones software back to the state it was when it left the "factory". There are most likely some hypothetical cases where this wouldn't fix it, but they would require some personal time with your phone and some hardcore technical skills that seem extremely unlikely to occur and are most definitely nothing to worry about (it would be like worrying Anonymous is going to hack your personal website).
Answer 2: There is a very similar question to this one located here: [Android Spy Apps](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/64609/android-spy-apps/64668#64668)
with two answers that should be satisfactory.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: As [username_1 already pointed out](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/64831/16575), a [factory-reset](/questions/tagged/factory-reset "show questions tagged 'factory-reset'") clears all apps, data, and cache from things installed/edited *in user mode* (i.e. without root or system privileges, see our [factory-reset tag-wiki](https://android.stackexchange.com/tags/factory-reset/info) for details). So yes, if you didn't root your device, it's pretty safe to assume a factory-reset removes those "spy apps" along.
Concerning "checking for spy apps": There are plenty of apps on *Google Play* claiming to do that. However, it might be hard to decide what makes an app a "spy app": Recording audio? Fully legit for an audio recorder. Taking pictures/videos? A video recorder/camera app is supposed to do that. Still, there are several "frameworks" or "ad-modules" known as being suspicios, and apps using them will be presented by e.g. [Lookout Ad Network Detector](http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.lookout.addetector), [Privacy Scanner (Antispy) Free](http://www.appbrain.com/app/net.hobbyapplications.privacyscanner), [AppBrain Ad Detector](http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector) (to name my 3 favorites here), and similar tools – which often even offer you to remove "offenders".
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: To uninstall specific app like "iKeyMonitor Android Spy App", you can follow its [FAQ](http://faq.ikeymonitor.com/content/2/44/en/uninstall-ikeymonitor-for-android-free-version.html?highlight=uninstall).
For general guide about how to uninstall other spy apps, there are 2 methods you can try:
1. Go to Android Settings - Application Manager, find the app you want to uninstall. The name may be masked. You should know what's the real name before trying to uninstall it.
2. Factory reset of the Android device will remove all the apps installed.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Yes.
Question 1: Does the factory reset uninstall those spy apps?
Answer 1: It will be better if you uninstall from Application Manager
after unhide the application from Device Manager.
Question 2: Is there any way to see these kind of hidden apps?
Answer 2: Yes. We can see these types of apps
```
Settings :> Security :> Device administrator :>
Here is the list of these types of apps.
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Every modern spy app (unless it's not a fake) admit that factory reset of the host phone deletes the app client. So yes, answering your first question, you can delete them in this way.
Regarding second question, it depends on the type of the app. Every app leaves specific tracks which are unique, has its own algorithms and so on - but neither is completely untraceable.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: You can uninstall the apps simply by GOING IN THE SETTING-> SECURITY or PRIVACY-> DEVICE ADMINISTRATORS-> UNALLOW SPYAPPS (YOU HAVE).
Then you simply uninstall the spyapp just GO THE SETTING-> INSTALLED APPS-> UNINSTALL THE APP.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/05 | 387 | 1,576 | <issue_start>username_0: I charged my phone to 100% before going to sleep. I used it for only few minutes and found out my phone was off in the morning because all the battery was drained. I charged it and saw battery stat and it showed as:
It shows that the screen was totally off the whole night. What caused the battery to drain so fast?
Another stat view:
It is the first time this has happened.<issue_comment>username_1: Open the email client, go to settings > The email ID you have configured > Inbox Check frequency
Change that setting to "Never" if you want to manually refresh emails or increase the duration for the refresh. That should fix the battery draining overnight.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: We are using Exchange on serveral devices at the office (for testing) and what i noticed is that sometimes exchange services seem to drain alot of battery even when set to a low interval or push.
This typically happens when Exchange is trying to pull some data from the server but an error occurs. The end user (you) does not always see the error.
For me usually a reboot fixes the problem, worst case remove the Exchange profile and reinstall it afterwards.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I have found that if you turn the display ON before unplugging the charging cord, the battery stays at 100% all night. My guess is that it also helps if you charge during the day.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/05 | 600 | 2,283 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Galaxy S2 running Android 4.0.4. When people send me text messages with a picture attached, I receive the message but it says something like this, with a "download" button:
```
Message size: 1KB
Expires: 8:52AM, Mar 12
[Download]
```
When I press the download button, it changes to the text "Downloading" for a moment, and then it changes back to the download button and nothing else happens. I was expecting the picture to open, or something. Is there some way I can download & view these pictures?
[Update]: I have seen other suggestions to turn on mobile data. I went to:
```
Applications => Settings => Data Usage
```
and verified that Mobile data = ON. As an experiment, I toggled it OFF then ON again, then pushed the Download button on my text message again, but got the same result (it said "downloading" briefly then nothing).
I have also turned off auto-retrieve here:
```
Messaging app => Menu => Settings => Multimedia message (MMS) settings
```
Auto-retrieve is unchecked & still no success. I'm pretty stumped.
Update #2:
Suggestion to check APN settings. I went to:
```
Settings => Wireless & network
```
But there is no "mobile" choice. There is a "more => mobile networks" but it only has "3G data" and "connections optimizer". Is there some other way to find/set the APN settings?<issue_comment>username_1: I just solved this issue on my phone, mms only works through 3g or 4g. It doesnt work over wifi so turn your wifi off, turn your mobile data on and it will work! Or at least it did with mine anyway. That's had me stumped for a veeery long time haha I hope ive helped someone with this :-)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I was using a Nexus 5 with Android 6.0.1 and had this problem (download button did nothing once pressed and therefore I was unable to receive MMS msgs). Google's Messenger App as SMS/MMS app.
I ended up calling FIDO and someone directed me to change the url for MMS proxy (in Access Point Names => FIDO LTE => MMS Proxy) to an IP address. I then turned off my phone, took out the SIM, re-inserted it and turned the phone back on. I was then able to receive text messages. I'm not sure which of those steps actually solved it, but together they worked.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/05 | 346 | 1,365 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5630 phone with IDEA network provider. I am having signal loss problems many times a times. When I try to make a call, it says "Network unavailable". I though this might be the problem IDEA network, but it was not. I tried checking the same sim card in another mobile and it's working fine, this issue is being observed mostly for every 4-5 minutes. How can I resolve this?<issue_comment>username_1: I just solved this issue on my phone, mms only works through 3g or 4g. It doesnt work over wifi so turn your wifi off, turn your mobile data on and it will work! Or at least it did with mine anyway. That's had me stumped for a veeery long time haha I hope ive helped someone with this :-)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I was using a Nexus 5 with Android 6.0.1 and had this problem (download button did nothing once pressed and therefore I was unable to receive MMS msgs). Google's Messenger App as SMS/MMS app.
I ended up calling FIDO and someone directed me to change the url for MMS proxy (in Access Point Names => FIDO LTE => MMS Proxy) to an IP address. I then turned off my phone, took out the SIM, re-inserted it and turned the phone back on. I was then able to receive text messages. I'm not sure which of those steps actually solved it, but together they worked.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/05 | 643 | 2,344 | <issue_start>username_0: My problem is that I need to enable USB Debugging on my Asus me301t. When I go to try and enable it in settings, all developer options are grayed out and I can't enable it using the slider at the top of the screen. I'm using Android JellyBean 4.2.1. Help?<issue_comment>username_1: Try connecting a different USB cable or may be restarting a device might help too.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You may have to enable the Developer option manually. For this you have to go Settings -> About Phone, then tap on the build number 7 times.
Hope that will help :-)
Thanks
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: If you have an enterprise device then it is likely disabled by your IT department to prevent unknown users from accessing the data on the phone. If you need access then you will have to go to the policy administrator to get it unlocked.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I had the same issue with a Double Power tablet I bought for my kids running Android version 4.4.2. Considering @jeffchang comment, I tried simply rotating the tablet from landscape to portrait orientation. The slider to turn on/off developer options now works perfectly - but only when the tablet is in portrait orientation, it does not work in landscape - strange.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: I had similar issue on Samsung GT s7392 Android 4.1.2.
All common issues like slider, tapping build number, were not relevant as they were fine.
Finally found out that it was because of the Worx software by Citrix which had been installed. This had taken away the option to do USB Debugging. Once I uninstalled Worx, the button got miraculously "ungreyed".
Uninstalling Worx is also a bit tricky. Follow the steps [outlined here](http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xmob-dm-85/xmob-android-user-enroll-unenrolldevice-tsk.html):
>
> **To unenroll your Android device from Device Manager**
>
>
> Updated: 2013-06-16
>
>
> 1. Open the Control app, tap the Menu key on your phone and then tap Settings.
> 2. Tap Personal, tap Security and then tap Device Administrators.
> 3. Clear the Connect check box.
> 4. In the Device Administrator dialog box, tap to select Deactivate and then tap OK.
> 5. In Settings, tap Application Manager.
> 6. Select the Worx Home, tap Uninstall and then tap OK
>
>
>
.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/05 | 455 | 1,752 | <issue_start>username_0: background here:
[Recovering internal memory on SGS2 (CWM, not root, boot to recovery only)](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/64699/recovering-internal-memory-on-sgs2-cwm-not-root-boot-to-recovery-only)
The problem is that having recovered that data, and having done a factory reset (wiping /data, /cache), the phone still doesn't boot. It goes to the Galaxy S2 screen, and then turns off (not getting to SAMSUNG screen).
So I assume there must be a problem with /system.
Is there a log somewhere on the phone that I could access that might show me what the problem is? Otherwise should I try to flash other roms (or reflash the stock rom?) in the hope that this would resolve it?
Many thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: I think you should just flash another ROM. You will still have all your data on the Internal SD so no need to worry about that. This would wipe your /system. So what you want to do is follow the standard procedure of installing a new Custom ROM and you should be good to go without any data loss (Eg. Pictures, Videos etc. You still lose any app data not backed up on the cloud).
A great site with recommendations which I use for my own phone is [GalaxyS2Root](http://www.galaxys2root.com).
Some ROM recommendations I can give you from my own personal usage are AOKP JB MR2, Resurrection Remix v5. Try to avoid the ones with battery drain issues and you should be fine.
Going thru the phone log with your phone not booting up is a hassle which is unnecessary in this case. Just do the above and you'll be fine.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Have you considered going back to stock rom? You can flash it with Odin and all your data will remain intact.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/03/05 | 426 | 1,589 | <issue_start>username_0: Since I updated my nexus 7 2013 to Android 4.4.2 I have an issue where my screen rotation is locked without any way to return it to normal (even after turning on/off the auto lock feature). Not sure if this is happening to a lot of people out there, but the only way to fix it is to turn the tablet off for a few seconds and turn it back on. My question is, is there a way to reset the rotation from a software perspective? Is There any service that I can start and stop. I need to make sure this is not hardware related and that possibly the best way to test it.<issue_comment>username_1: I use an android app called Adaptive Rotation.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ui.robot.rotate>
It adds the ability to rotate the screen in any orientation and it STAYS that way. So when apps want to rotate your screen and you want it in Landscape, it stays in landscape, or whatever your preferred orientation is.
As its software it should fix your issue.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Rebooting into `Safe Mode` fixed the issue for me somehow.
To go boot into `Safe Mode`:
>
> 1) Long Press on the power button for 1 second.
>
>
> 2) in the power off menu that appears, press and hold the Power Off option.
>
>
> 3) A Reboot into Safe Mode dialog will appear, Click Ok to boot into safe mode.
>
>
>
After you have booted once into safe mode, check if your auto rotation is working. If it is working then good, reboot normally. If not, then it is most likely a hardware issue and get your nexus 7 replaced/repaired by Asus.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/06 | 548 | 2,227 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a pre-paid plan and don't want to use my mobile data except for two days in the year. However, since there's the quick option button mobile data, I fear I might press the wrong button when I'm dizzy.
So is it possible to deactivate mobile data completely, such that a press on the "mobile data" quick button won't activate it anymore? Or a little bit more drastic: how can I remove that feature from my phone?
If the solution is device specific, I'm looking for an answer for a Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100, running stock 4.1.2), but I would like a general solution.<issue_comment>username_1: Create a dummy APN and select that as default.
With this, even if you enable data accidentally via toggles, it would still not connect.
PS: Added as an answer as suggested by OP
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To stop mobile data, delete the APN's (Access point names).
Long press on mobile data icon on your Android, this opens up the Mobile Networks settings screen. Check which APN's are there, you cannot delete them right away.
Just enter anything junk in all the fields. In MNC, put 000. Also, put 00 in everywhere else where it needs numeric. Now this APN should disappear.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Deleting the APNs on the phones mobile data settings would work. This way, it won't ever connect to mobile data through your carrier.
I discovered that after I tried installing apps that supposedly turn off or disable mobile data, but none of these work.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Ask the service provider to stop the internet services so that they will stop it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Arrange your notification icons and move data to where it is inaccessible via quick buttons, then either create a new APN or delete existing APN and choose it as a default.
In my experience with Apple, the best option is deleting existing APNs, except for the MMS APN.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: I guess Samsung smartphone will outsmart you. It will reinstall the default APN after system updating. Be careful, it will auto-connect to the mobile data when you change the SIM card, especially when the phone is new.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/06 | 651 | 2,709 | <issue_start>username_0: I do not know enough about the original purpose of the different caches. If I do a cleanup in a few months and clear many app cache items, is it safe for me to assume that most programs will not lose `settings`, if I clear the "cache" cache and leave the data cache alone?
*Most programs* means if a few lose settings, it is not a problem. There are many settings in many programs that took me quite some time to setup (and test).
By `settings`, I am referring to the applications own settings, not web settings, or settings that the application has access to. Take a game, for example. I do not care if the game is reset, levels are lost, or log-in is gone. But the `settings` for that game app must stay. In a program, I do not care if it loses its thumbnails, and add-in parts, just that the `settings` for the program stay the same.
If this is all wrong, and programs are not normally supposed to use the data cache for settings, then tell me about it. I just assumed after losing some carefully selected settings that it is there in the data cache.<issue_comment>username_1: Create a dummy APN and select that as default.
With this, even if you enable data accidentally via toggles, it would still not connect.
PS: Added as an answer as suggested by OP
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To stop mobile data, delete the APN's (Access point names).
Long press on mobile data icon on your Android, this opens up the Mobile Networks settings screen. Check which APN's are there, you cannot delete them right away.
Just enter anything junk in all the fields. In MNC, put 000. Also, put 00 in everywhere else where it needs numeric. Now this APN should disappear.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Deleting the APNs on the phones mobile data settings would work. This way, it won't ever connect to mobile data through your carrier.
I discovered that after I tried installing apps that supposedly turn off or disable mobile data, but none of these work.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Ask the service provider to stop the internet services so that they will stop it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Arrange your notification icons and move data to where it is inaccessible via quick buttons, then either create a new APN or delete existing APN and choose it as a default.
In my experience with Apple, the best option is deleting existing APNs, except for the MMS APN.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: I guess Samsung smartphone will outsmart you. It will reinstall the default APN after system updating. Be careful, it will auto-connect to the mobile data when you change the SIM card, especially when the phone is new.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/06 | 520 | 1,833 | <issue_start>username_0: When I connect my Prestigio PAP5400 DUO to my PC, ADB cant find it.
I think the driver is wrong but I can't find right one. I have tried installing many drivers.
PS: I have debugging mode activated. I'm using Windows 8.1.
PPS: Sorry for my English.<issue_comment>username_1: ADB will not automatically connect to your device when it is plugged in. The "Devices" command will give you a list of "connected" devices, not devices available for connection.
To connect your device issue the command: `adb connect localhost`
Let me know if I misunderstood your situation or if there is anything else I can do to help.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: your device manager is showing that the adb drivers are not properly installed. If properly installed there would be no question mark by the left of the icon.
I found the following steps in this article [here](http://blog.itfiser.cz/android-adb-with-prestigio-multipad-pmp5080cpro-and-win7/)
1. First of all you have to Enable the USB Debugging in the Developer settings.
2. Connect your tablet to the computer USB port.
3. Select MTP connection instead of Mass Storage (you can find it at Storage -> USB computer connection)
4. Right Click on Computer->Manage->Device Manager, search for PMP5080C and update driver with Google USB Driver.
5. Download [USBDeview](http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html). In program search "PMP5080 C PRO USB Device" and remember the Vendor ID for me it was 0x2207.
6. Open %UserDir%.android\adb\_usb.ini a write there the Vendor ID (2207) without the leading 0x.
7. Open command line at %android\_sdk%\platform-tools\
8. adb kill-server
9. adb start-server
10. adb devices
Now the adb devices will display your device.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/06 | 388 | 1,668 | <issue_start>username_0: I developed an app in Eclipse, and emailed to me the `.apk` file. It correctly downloads to my phone, then I go in `Downloads` and tap it. I choose "Install" and I'm getting `App not installed` message.
What's the problem?
I have a Nexus 4 phone, and "Unknown sources" option is selected. I can successfully install the app through Eclipse. The `.apk` file was exported in Eclipse from `Android tools -> Export unsigned application package`.<issue_comment>username_1: Do you already have the application installed on your phone (installed via Eclipse)? If so I expect the exported apk is signed with a different key to the version already on your phone. Android will not allow you to 'update' an app if the signing key is different.
Un-install the app and try installing the apk again. If it still fails it may be that the exported app is corrupt in some way.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The `apk` file is also generated in the `bin` folder of the project after running the app at least once.
I've copied the `apk` file from the `bin` folder and installed it successfully on three different phones without any problem both copying directly on phone memory or sending it via email.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Android does not allow installing **unsigned** applications.
You will need to sign you APK (with a debug or release key). Don't use `Android tools->Export unsigned application package`, but rather the regular command to export an Android APK.
The different options available to sign you app are well described here:
<http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/app-signing.html>
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/03/06 | 989 | 4,102 | <issue_start>username_0: One of the main advantage of rooting is removing bloatware [I guess]. Is removing unwanted brand-based or operator-based app any different from disabling it from `All Application` in `Settings`? I don't find any improvement in memory too since these apps were pre-loaded in OS and you can't use those space any way.<issue_comment>username_1: You answered your own question really:
>
> Is removing unwanted brand based or operator based app any
> difference than disabling these app from All Application in Settings?
>
>
>
To which you wrote:
>
> I don't find any improvement in memory too since these apps were
> preloaded in OS and you cant use those space any way.
>
>
>
Disabling an app merely "hides" the app from your app lists and prevents it running in the background. But it still consumes space in the phones memory. Whereas, removing an app deletes all traces of the app from your phone and frees all up related space.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: In either case (removing or disabling), the app won't be running in memory. If it was a service that kept running, like Samsung's apps, you'd have lesser apps using the CPU, and that may improve battery life.
If you remove / uninstall an app, you are definitely going to free up some memory/storage. But if the app is very small to begin with, the freed up storage is probably going to be negligible.
If you disable an app, you have an advantage of being able to enable it when you need it. There's no need to download and install it again.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: As it has already been said: the main difference is that *disabling* an app simply *marks it unavailable* (which can easily be reverted), while *removing* physically removes the app and all connected data from the device.
What was still left open is: What do you gain from *removing* an app, that you didn't get by *disabling* it – so it would be worth the risk of not being easily reverted?
* **Space:** You're probably talking about system apps here. Those are usually installed on the `/system` partition, which is mounted read-only, and cannot be used by "normal (user) applications". So removing the app itself doesn't give you space to "simply install other apps". But still:
+ Almost all apps have *data*, which is stored in `/data/data/`1. While pressing "clear cache" and "delete data" from *Settings→Apps* resets those, it doesn't completely delete everything. Removing the app does. So you gain at least *some* space here.
+ All apps are being "optimized", which results in Dalvik/ART cache data residing on the user partition (inside `/data/dalvik-cache`). If you delete an app, this cache is removed – if you disable it, it remains (see the comment of [Death Mask Salesman](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/152843/death-mask-salesman) below).
* **Performance & battery:** If you disable an app, it becomes invisible *to the user* – but the files are still there. Also, the package manager still knows it exists. Plus the app's "intents" are still available: if another apps directly calls them, the disabled app still responds to the call. It also seems to listen to some broadcasts it previously had registered listeners on (example: my *LG Optimus 4X* has those bloated LG stuff I've disabled. Nevertheless, after each boot I receive prompts from their "remote service" app to approve).
That means, a disabled app can still be running in background, if called from some other place – and consume battery plus CPU, even bandwidth and other resources. A removed app obviously can't.
---
1 Some apps also store (usually "huger chunks" of) data on SDCard, but almost all apps have at least their central data below `/data/data`.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: Another difference that I've not seen mentioned here is that removing the app might cause problems with firmware updates, so I'd suggest clearing app defaults, force stopping, clearing data and then disabling app unless absolutely necessary or your phone is no longer receiving updates anyway
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/06 | 522 | 2,094 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way to limit volume with a parental passcode on android? I know there are apps for limiting volume, but is there any way to secure those limits so a child cannot change them?<issue_comment>username_1: If you are on a tablet running recent version of Android OS (4.3 and above), you can create a [restricted user profile](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3175031?hl=en) for your child. There you can simply disable access to the app which you used to limit the volume.
For older versions of Android OS on tablets and on phones (restricted profiles are disabled for phones even on latest Android OS versions,) you can try various ["app protector" type of apps](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=app%20lock&c=apps), that provide password-based mechanisms for restricting access to various installed apps.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: If you have [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm), you could create a task that detects when the volume is changed. If it goes higher than X, it will run a task to reduce the volume back to X.
Tasker also lets you password protect groups of events, and you can enable Tasker to be an Administrator on the device.
Your child would be able to breifly set the volume higher, but it would always reduce back down. They couldn't disable the tasker event without the passcode, and they couldn't uninstall or disable Tasker since it is a device admin.
Of course, they could always get around it somehow, such as clearing the data on the app or figuring out how to remove the Administrator flag so that Tasker could be removed. It is a cat and mouse game. But this solution should suffice for people who aren't as technically minded.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Kind of late, but I found one I really liked: [Max Volume Control](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.allsortsofapps.maxvolumecontrol). It allows you to lock the controls and starts up when you restart the device. So far my kid hasn't been able to circumvent it.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/06 | 197 | 784 | <issue_start>username_0: Why MP3 music files cannot be played on Note 3 with the default audio player? (It says "The music player does not support this type of audio file".)
This happens to some of my MP3 files when I try to play them on my Note 3. They were all fine when it was transferred to iPhone previously. They can also be played by my Windows Player. I've tried deleting them from my Note 3 and transferring them back again which does not work.<issue_comment>username_1: After trying multiple music players, I found that [Neutron Music Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neutroncode.mp) will play all of the mp3 files that were otherwise unplayable!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I had this issue and restarting my phone solved it.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/06 | 467 | 1,699 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any way to read mail (and calendar) from a gmail account on a Android phone without tying the account to a play-store account used on the same phone?
Theoretically this should not be a problem, gmail offers pop3 and IMAP so i should be able to use a client app and keep google ignorant of the device i use.
I ask because so far i have not connected my gmail account to my bank account or credit card and i would like for these to stay disconnected.
Bank and credit card account identify me by name and surname (phone, address) while gmail is tied to some of my web activities (for example search history). I dont want to make it too easy for google and all those foreign governments to connect the two.
Here are some related questions:
[How do I remove all social integration features with Google+/Google applications](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/49256/how-do-i-remove-all-social-integration-features-with-google-google-applications/49280?newreg=f6e5d00c3d8f45639a22523a9d2204b5)
and
[What information does stock Android send to Google by default, and how do I opt-out?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/43361/what-information-does-stock-android-send-to-google-by-default-and-how-do-i-opt). I would like to set up my new Android phone one step at the time, starting with the gmail and playstore account.<issue_comment>username_1: After trying multiple music players, I found that [Neutron Music Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neutroncode.mp) will play all of the mp3 files that were otherwise unplayable!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I had this issue and restarting my phone solved it.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/07 | 448 | 1,735 | <issue_start>username_0: I have already rooted my android tablet. I am able to access internal system locations e.g. data/data/com.example.src.
However, I am unable to delete aps's under oem/apps folder. I have already tried "RootAppDelete" app to uninstall thses apps, but this app says it has no root access. But the data/data/packagename location only becomes accessable after rooting the device, and as I mentioned above I am able to access this location.
Can someone tell me how to delete apk's under oem/apps folder?<issue_comment>username_1: If you've Superuser, make sure it is giving the app superuser privileges. I used this app: System App Remover Pro v3.0.1035 (com.jumobile.manager.systemapp.pro)
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: it's not that easy to remove those apps. I would suggest installing a custom ROM like Cyanogenmod (that's what I did myself). You might have some problems with apps that do not work under that custom ROM and there is no way back...
I assume that you want to use google play store therefore the "google apps" come by default included in this proprietary package.
I have found a script for doing what you want to do, it didn't work for myself and I ended up using a custom ROM try <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307355> it is a script which you can modify, you need a rooted device and cwm or twrp
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: give the root permissions to the RootAppDelete app from the superuser app.
and I would recommend you to use titanium backup to delete pre installed app
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: You have to do this : Click file or folder > right click>change permission
After has change then delete file that you want it
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/08 | 149 | 572 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Galaxy S4 and I'm trying to find the menu to switch to ART runtime, but I can't find it. The Android version is KitKat 4.4.2. Does Samsung disable this feature?<issue_comment>username_1: ART is not in the GS4 Developer Options. It's not compatible with the TouchWiz UI, so it was left off the GS4 update.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Go to settings > about phone > press build number / kernel version 7 times > back to settings and you find developer options > developer options > Runtime > ART > ok. That works for me.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/09 | 607 | 2,266 | <issue_start>username_0: So i've been using google translate for a while and there are a bunch of translated words and phrases that i have asked for to date stored on the device. I now want to take a copy of them to my PC (in any tractable text format) so that i can use a decent text editor / script to convert them to anki format (a flashcard app) so that i can memorize them.
Does anyone know how to get at this data? I had a quick look through the file system on my android phone (which incidentally, is a samsung galaxy S III) and i couldn't see anything obvious there. I reason that the phrases i have used must be in there somewhere because they are displayed on the phone even when there is no internet access from the device.<issue_comment>username_1: If you are logged into your Google account, your Phrasebook will [synchronize across devices](http://googletranslate.blogspot.co.il/2013/05/take-your-phrasebook-on-goand-translate.html) and you can also access it from the web interface of Google Translate. Furthermore, after importing to Anki you can [synchronize your decks](http://ankisrs.net/docs/am-manual.html#cloud-sync) across devices.
1. In the web interface of [Google Translate](http://translate.google.com/), show the Phrasebook by clicking the Phrasebook icon in the upper right corner:
2. Export the Phrasebook to a Google spreadsheet by clicking the Export icon, again in the upper right corner:
3. Click "Yes, import the data".
4. Export the resulting spreadsheet to .csv format:
5. The .csv file has four fields: source language, target language, source phrase, and target phrase. To import the data into the [Anki desktop application](http://ankisrs.net/#download), choose File -> Import in the menu, and in the dialog that opens, choose **Front** for field 3 and **Back** for field 4:
6. Click Import, and you're done :)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Here is a tool to import from Google Translate:
<https://github.com/jamhed/anki>
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/09 | 334 | 1,360 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been using Nexus 7 (2013, Android 4.4.2) for a few months now, and it has issues with both work WiFi and home WiFi that all the other mobiles devices do not have (8 laptops plus a dozen Android & iOS phones/tablets).
Basically the issue is that *sometime* when I turn off WiFi and turn it back on, it either cannot find any WiFi AP or more often that it would only find some WiFi AP, and if I try to connect to a WiFi AP that I know is there and working, the connection would fail. The problem would either resolve itself within a few minutes (usually) or that I would be forced to reboot the device (rare).
So my question is that:
1. Is there anything I can do to fix it
2. Would sending it back to Asus help<issue_comment>username_1: Looks like it's related to "Wi-Fi optimization" option under "Advanced" setting in Wi-Fi screen. By turning it off I can consistently find the WiFi AP I was looking for. Once it's connected I can turn it on again without negative consequences.
**Edit:**
Nevermind, looks like it only help some of the time, there are still times when the device cannot find the AP every other device has no problem discovering and connecting to...
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You should consider updating your operating system, as bugs like this are usually fixed in newer versions.
Upvotes: -1 |