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2014/03/28 | 1,627 | 6,046 | <issue_start>username_0: Im completely new user and inexpert. I made a video with the phone. How do l transfer it to an ubuntu pc? I plugged in the usb cable but apparenntly my pc does not see the phone. Thanks for help<issue_comment>username_1: Consider using `gmtp`. Although advertised as a media player, it is an effective tool for transferring files via MTP.
```
sudo apt-get -y install mtp-tools mtpfs gmtp
```
and try to use its GUI as necessary!
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: **First of all you don't need any USB cable.**
You can transfer files from/to your android device with the Wi-Fi network of your device. Just install [airdroid](http://www.airdroid.com/) on your android device. Then activate wi-fi hotspot on your android and open the airdroid app. Next connect your pc to that hotspot, open any browser in your pc and enter the url provided by the airdroid app there. It will ask for your permission, click to connect. Done.
The good news is that this technique works in any Linux distro as well, I tested it on Ubuntu 14.04.1. It just uses your android wi-fi device and there is no issue related to mobile data plan i.e. you can use it without the mobile data.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: It can be done without cable in few ways.
One simplest way is to install “Dropbox” on your phone and then access the pictures from the Web. Given below link is for **"Ubuntu desktop platform"**:
<https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx>
**Link for Android**
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android&hl=en>
After installing it on both the systems, sign in to your account (or create an account if account doesn’t exists) and start uploading all the pics on your phone.
*Let me know if this information will help you out.*
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: A bit late to reply to this post. You can use KDE Connect utility to transfer data from android phone to your Ubuntu. Its really easy to setup and works like a charm. You can easily find tutorials to setup KDE Connect to Ubuntu.
Installing KDE Connect on Ubuntu
```
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vikoadi/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-kdeconnect kdeconnect
```
Install KDE Connect app from playstore and open it. Send request from Desktop to pair with your phone(vice-versa doesn't work for some weird reason)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: Adding another option for copying files to/from any Linux/BSD/etc pc and an Android device (in my case, Nexus 10 tablet):
* on the Android device, I installed "ES File Explorer", which comes with an ftp/sftp client;
* then, with normal sshd running on the Linux/Ubuntu host (make sure this is installed),
* *from the tablet* : select the files you want to copy, and paste into the linux/pc desired folder. (Or vice/versa.) All from the tablet. No cables necessary -- just wifi.
This is using the useful/flexible/free "ES File Explorer", but any Android-based file-transfer (sftp) client will work. (I'm open to other recommendations for this, especially any rsync tools.)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: 1. Just share or copy files in your phone via "ES File Explorer"
2. connect your phone (need cable) with computer and thats it
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_7: Assuming you have installed MTP on Ubuntu, you may still need to enable MTP transfer on your phone. There's an article [here](https://www.technipages.com/connect-nexus-5x-to-computer) that covers this. Option 1's steps 1-3 were enough for my phone to appear in Ubuntu's "Files".
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: In Ubuntu 16+ all you need to do is click the swipe on the phone after plugging in the usb cord and select "File Transfer". The default mode is "USB Charging", and it will hide the file system from you.
When you do this, it creates an [MTP mount](https://askubuntu.com/questions/342319/where-are-mtp-mounted-devices-located-in-the-filesystem), which automatically pops up on Nautilus, the file explorer. Tested on Android 11, Pixel 3a.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_9: You can do this with a USB cable, this is faster and more secure than using your Wifi router. Just plug your phone in with USB-C or whatever, and you should be able to load the contents of the DCIM folder. I had to mess with this for a while, but just be patient when you open the DCIM folder and it should work. I tried AirDroid, but the USB solution seems much better (faster and more secure and don't have to download any 3rd party apps..).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_10: I figured it out real simple. No downloads. My Android phone (8.1, Moto G5 Plus) has an option in settings that allows me to mount the phone directly and see all the folders: **Settings > Connected Devices > USB**.
There you can pick "Charge this device", "Transfer files (MTP)", "Transfer photos (PTP)" or "Use device as MIDI".
I had to unmount and remount the phone in Nautilus/Files after changing the option in my settings. Worked without a hitch in Gnome 3.30/Ubuntu 18.10.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_11: The most foolproof technique is to install on your phone an FTP server ...
android app ftp server : Ftp Server by The Olive Tree
... launch this android app and click the red widget in middle top of app to enable server so widget turns green as in
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nsfTY.png)
then on your Ubuntu box connect over wifi using an FTP client
ubuntu ftp client : FileZilla install using
```
sudo apt-get install filezilla
```
launch filezilla on ubuntu ... enter values shown on your phone ftp server for following fields
Host: 192.168.0.133
Username: francis
Password: <PASSWORD>
Port: 2221
( your values may be different )
In filezilla on left side will be your ubuntu filesystem on right your phone filesystem ... now just drag and drop files between those systems
If you have just added a file to your phone you can view it using a File Manager app or the app called `Files`
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/28 | 618 | 2,426 | <issue_start>username_0: I searched lot on google but I didn't find any working solution to stop receving messages from "50"
I tried these solution but didn't work for me - [Is there no option to turn off cell broadcasting messages in HTC Desire 500?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/54673/is-there-no-option-to-turn-off-cell-broadcasting-messages-in-htc-desire-500)
Does anyone really have a proper solution (have experienced).
Also please dont mark this question as duplicate.<issue_comment>username_1: Yes. Just remove the SIM from the phone. In the message settings of phone, it will show as disabled.
Restart the phone, and check and uncheck cell broadcast settings. Then insert the SIM in your phone. It worked for my phone, so hopefully it will work for yours as well.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Please open your stock "messaging" app --> go to settings inside messaging app --> scroll down and you should have "cell broadcast settings" option. Click on that and there uncheck the option provided.
Hope this solves your problem.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Setting->call->cell broadcast->uncheck it (Surely can stop **Cell info display** in **HTC ONE M8** by this way)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I have an HTC 10 and someone just told me this was happening from me to them. This is how I fixed it (oddly, no one else told me they get this odd CB# thing). CB is cell broadcasting or in my case, CALLBACK. Go into your mssging, then the 3 dots (settings), go to GENERAL. Scroll down to the bottom. I DIDNT have CELL BROADCAST, I had CALLBACK.
Remove the checkmarks out of Callback Number for SMS and Callback Number for MMS. This should resolve the issue for YOU sending the callback to someone else. I verified with my person that Im not sending her the callback line anymore.
I cannot find a setting if someone is sending it to you. THEY would need to fix on their own phone. If you don't know the person texting you, I suggest you BLOCK them.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I finally managed to solve it.
Go to `default messaging app` -> goto `Settings` -> select `Cell Broadcast`. Suppose, if everything is off, but you still get messages, then, go to `Customized Channels` and add `channel 50` (the one that serves me annoying messages). It will be enabled default. Click on it again, and set it to disabled to block the channel. That is it.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/28 | 249 | 894 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Galaxy S2 (4.1.2), with 2 GB for app storage, and 16 GB of storage. I have no external SD card and no desire to buy one.
The 2 GB app storage is now almost filled, and I can't find a way to move apps to the 16GB internal storage. My internal storage is almost empty, but I simply can't utilize it. The move app to SD option does not work because the internal storage is not recognized as SD.
How can I deal with this?<issue_comment>username_1: I think this is an unresolvable issue but you can find more info at the link below
<https://android.stackexchange.com/a/12108/57153>
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Type in keypad \*#9900# option 2 delete dumpstate logcat it really works and gets rid of that annoying disk thing at top of notifications and can download again
Hope it helps. I had the same issue and this worked.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/28 | 646 | 2,486 | <issue_start>username_0: How to download and INSTALL apps in the SD memory card? (and not the phone memory known as Device Storage)
Since when I download something on Aptoide it says that my memory is full. The fact is, my device storage memory is full but my SD memory card is empty.
I have an Android based Samsung Galaxy.<issue_comment>username_1: I may not be completely up to date on this but there may be no solution to this, as (most?) android apps cannot installed on the sd card, some of their data can be moved (resources and such) if the developer prepared for that.
So a solution to your memory problem may be to attempt to move some of the app data to the sd card (if you run into issues to this, let me know your version of android and I will try to help).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: check out this <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ljmobile.move.app>
may be it can be helpful. There is a bit work but it get the job done.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Please visit this link :
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278349>
The post is to help you set your phones default install path to your phones sd card on any android device.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: You can try the following:
1. free some space on device (by uninstalling unnecessary apps) to download desired app
2. move downloaded app to sd-card so that it will require less space on device
3. you can use Link2sd app to move app forcefully (root require)
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: My mobile(Android 2.3) **has in-built option** for that:
```
Settings>Applications>Manage Applications
```
then Select app and click "Move to Phone".
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I believe it was in 2013 that Google supposedly instructed apps writers to discontinue allowing apps to be installed to SD cards. Something about apps not working any longer after an SD card is removed, then re-installed. I discovered that after purchasing a 16GB Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 with a 64 Gigabyte microSD card. I currently have 4Gigabyte available of the 16 original in the system available for use. Though I can't put apps on the card, I put the card in a laptop
PC and transferred videos mpg4, photos, songs and documents on the card then reinsert ed the card into the Samsung. It works fine. There are a few apps that may still able to be installed on the card, but still won't work if the card is removed then reinstalled.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/28 | 420 | 1,525 | <issue_start>username_0: So today I unlocked bootloader on my HTC one X then flashed CWM recovery then attempted to install cyanogenmod. It said in the recovery that zip file installed successfully, but when I reboot it is stuck at the cyanogen logo boot screen. I did a full wipe before I installed the ROM. Now I cant use adb, device not detected, can't install another rom because I cant use the phone storage. All I can do now is go to the recovery or bootloader screens, the device is detected by my pc though. Did I just brick my phone? any leads to what I should do? I can lock/relock bootloader and flash the recovery<issue_comment>username_1: You Need
WinDroid HTC One X Toolkit
HTC One X (At least 50% charge)
Windows XP - 8.1
USB Cable
Read this [XDA Thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437459) this Can Help You..
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Don't panic. Try this:
1. On your computer, browse your ROM .zip file, there should be a file named `boot.img` at top level. Extract it somewhere on your computer.
2. Plug your phone into your computer via USB cable.
3. Boot your phone into bootloader mode. (Power + Volume Down button for 5 seconds.) At bootloader screen your phone should say `FASTBOOT USB`.
4. Assuming you know where your `fastboot.exe` is on your computer, issue this command in `cmd`:
`path/to/your/fastboot.exe flash boot path/to/your/boot.img`
5. After that restart your phone and see if it can boot into your ROM:
`fastboot reboot`
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/28 | 317 | 1,342 | <issue_start>username_0: I have the BLU STUDIO 5.5 on T-Mobile, however its not a T-Mobile device. I only get Edge. It's pretty slow for video watching. However, it loads sites in less than 2 seconds. Sometimes less than 1. How is that possible? On 4G sometimes I didn't get that, especially when I was throttled after using my complementary LTE data.<issue_comment>username_1: When loading a web page there are two different aspects to the speed. First is how long it takes the beginning of the request and response to traverse the network. This is your latency (usually referred to as "ping time" and measured in milliseconds). Second is how long it takes the bulk of the response to follow. This is your connection speed (usually referred to as "bandwidth" and measured in bits or bytes per second).
If a page is relatively small, just a few tens of kilobytes, then the latency will play a bigger role in the page loading than the bandwidth will, and a "slower" connection could "load" pages faster.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Some sites which you recently visited are stored on your browser memory as cache and cookies, so when on slow speed data connection it comes up as a plus point because sites load in a second.
Try this: clear cookies and cache and now try to load the same site on edge. It will take long!
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/28 | 494 | 1,787 | <issue_start>username_0: Mine is HTC One X and I am going to buy a mhl to hdmi adapter in our local store. Can I expect samsung or other random mhl adapters to work on my HTC One X in case Stock adapters are out of stock or too expensive?<issue_comment>username_1: Generally its better to get one that matches the brand. However it is the same technology so it MAY work. Ask about the return policy to make sure you can return it in case it doesn't work. You should be fine, though I cant say with 100% certainty.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Be careful - I've tried this this week and was unsuccessful. I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3/4/Note etc mhl cable thinking they were all the same and the micro USB is longer than normal. It wouldn't fit in my Nexus 7 or my HTC One X.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Samsung has two types of MHL cable: an *11-pin* one for their more recent phones, and a *5-pin* one for their older phones. The 5-pin one is standard and will work on non-Samsung phones. The 11-pin one only works on newer Samsung phones.
Third-party manufacturers tend to also sell both kinds, so look at which phones the cable says it is for. If it says it's for Samsung Galaxy S4, or if it's Y-shaped with a second USB output, then it's an 11-pin one and won't work with your phone.
See [my other answer on How does MHL work?](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/49447/12442) to learn more about the difference.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: I would recommend not to use the one for Samsung on HTC One--I tried several times both for charging and for using MHL HDMI cable connecting to TV-- the micro USB for Samsung Galaxy S4 and S5 did not smoothly fit into HTC One though they all use micro USB and they all look the same.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/29 | 658 | 2,720 | <issue_start>username_0: I dropped my Nexus 5 a week ago and the screen cracked diagonally 8cm from side to side.
Since then I am sure that the battery drains faster than before. Previously I was always happy at how much battery life was left during the day, based on my experience of Nexus One and Galaxy Nexus. Now I am always noticing how quickly it is going down.
I didn't measure battery usage before the damage so I can't prove my suspicion. The battery usage settings screen shows the screen as the highest battery user, as before. Again, I'm sure the recorded percentage of screen battery use is higher than previously, but I don't have figures from before the break.
So, could there be a reason for the screen to use the battery more when it is cracked in half?<issue_comment>username_1: It could be that the visible crack isn't the only damage to your phone. If a connector is shorting in the screen or another component, that could be draining the battery (as well as generating heat).
A short could also cause sparking around the damaged component, which will cause further damage over time. You should get your phone repaired. If you tell the technician that you broke the screen by dropping it, they'll know to look out for other damage while they disassemble the device.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It is not because of cracked screen. It's because something has broke inside, I believe that's causing the battery to lose efficiency. Get it checked at the service center, it may cost you much for the screen, as much as half the price of the phone sometimes, so you may want to consider buying another, over repairing. Your preference.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes, a cracked screen can drain your battery massively, due to generation and loss of heat.
I have walked around with a cracked screen for 1.5 year. During this time I had to replace my battery three times, with two times my battery was bulging and the last time it just barely charged anymore. I thought it was just the Samsung battery, because after a while, they don't work well. After the last time, less than two months ago, my battery slowly started to drain heavily. My screen took more than 40% of my battery usage.
In cold weather even more, so I decided to test it. After I replaced the front glass myself (only the front glass was broken), my phone sped up almost like it was new again and battery drainage now is 1 to 2% for my screen. I did nothing else than replacing the front glass.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Yes my screen was cracked very badly and drained up to 91% of my battery life from the screen. And now that I fixed it is up to one to 2% as well.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/29 | 522 | 2,195 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Micromax A25 running Android version 2.3.6. The camera no longer works on it. When I open up the camera app, it closes with an error message saying `.com.mediaket.camera has stopped unexpectedly`.
What should I do?<issue_comment>username_1: There are two fixes main to this problem that I know of.
1) The first is restarting the device.
2) The second is factory reset. (If you choose this you may want to make sure you backup anything important.)
Other fix:
Clear your device cache. (Sometimes this works, doing it differs from device to device.)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Clear App Cache/Data
--------------------
The first thing you should try is clearing the cache for your camera app. In the phone settings, go to the applications manager and locate your camera app (the same screen you would use to uninstall the app). If your camera app is built-in, you may have to navigate to a tab that shows *all* apps installed, not just ones installed by the user.
There should be a button called `Clear cache`. Click this and then try opening the camera app.
If it still crashes, go back to the same screen and click `Clear data`. This will *not* delete your photos; it will reset the camera app settings and return it to the initial state when it was first installed.
Use a different camera app
--------------------------
Try installing another camera app from the Play Market. There are plenty of free ones available. If those work, perhaps your camera app is simply buggy or doesn't work with your device.
If other apps still can't access the camera, you may have a deeper problem.
Factory Reset
-------------
As a last resort, you can reset your device to factory settings. Make sure you back up any important data to your computer or to an external SD card.
Re-flash Rom
------------
If a factory reset doesn't do it, you'll have to delve into deeper waters. Look around on XDA Forums or other places on how to flash a Rom to your device.
Replace Hardware
----------------
There is always the slight chance that your hardware is physically damaged. In that case, you'll just need to replace it or live without a camera.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/30 | 532 | 2,238 | <issue_start>username_0: * Running slimkat modded rom 4.4.2
* I would like to keep full functionality of google now, but just hide the srarch bar from view on the home screen (clean screen, with no "say 'ok google' " on top of the wallpaper)
* Any help provided would be very much appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: There are two fixes main to this problem that I know of.
1) The first is restarting the device.
2) The second is factory reset. (If you choose this you may want to make sure you backup anything important.)
Other fix:
Clear your device cache. (Sometimes this works, doing it differs from device to device.)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Clear App Cache/Data
--------------------
The first thing you should try is clearing the cache for your camera app. In the phone settings, go to the applications manager and locate your camera app (the same screen you would use to uninstall the app). If your camera app is built-in, you may have to navigate to a tab that shows *all* apps installed, not just ones installed by the user.
There should be a button called `Clear cache`. Click this and then try opening the camera app.
If it still crashes, go back to the same screen and click `Clear data`. This will *not* delete your photos; it will reset the camera app settings and return it to the initial state when it was first installed.
Use a different camera app
--------------------------
Try installing another camera app from the Play Market. There are plenty of free ones available. If those work, perhaps your camera app is simply buggy or doesn't work with your device.
If other apps still can't access the camera, you may have a deeper problem.
Factory Reset
-------------
As a last resort, you can reset your device to factory settings. Make sure you back up any important data to your computer or to an external SD card.
Re-flash Rom
------------
If a factory reset doesn't do it, you'll have to delve into deeper waters. Look around on XDA Forums or other places on how to flash a Rom to your device.
Replace Hardware
----------------
There is always the slight chance that your hardware is physically damaged. In that case, you'll just need to replace it or live without a camera.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/30 | 215 | 804 | <issue_start>username_0: I upgraded to faux kernel not a long time ago and I am having a lot of issues with it. I want to go back to the original kernel. I even tried restoring to factory defaults but it didn't restore the kernel. I don't have a backup of the old kernel. I am running 4.4 on a nexus 4<issue_comment>username_1: You should look around XDA-developers. Someone there will be able to point you as to where the kernel is located. Once you get your hands on it, you can flash it like you did your current kernel.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Here is a list with stock kernels for nexus 4. As said before, simply download it and flash it like any other kernel.
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/kernel-stock-flashable-kernels-t2381128>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/30 | 219 | 795 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to find a particular .gif but I only have phone access. Can Google images search for .gifs or just images? I can't see an option to upload a.gif and try to find where it came from...is it possible? I have a .gif and I want to find the source on my S3?
OS: 4.1<issue_comment>username_1: You should look around XDA-developers. Someone there will be able to point you as to where the kernel is located. Once you get your hands on it, you can flash it like you did your current kernel.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Here is a list with stock kernels for nexus 4. As said before, simply download it and flash it like any other kernel.
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/kernel-stock-flashable-kernels-t2381128>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/30 | 316 | 1,278 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a strange problem for about a week. I have 3 input languages enabled on my smartphone (EN, RU, DE). To switch between them, I usually could slide the space-bar of the on-screen keyboard to the left or to the right.
However, recently this function has suddenly disappeared. The triangles do not appear on the space bar. I've found a few other posts on the internet, and there the authors connect it to the 4.3 Android upgrade. I am not sure though. I thought I upgraded quite a while ago and everything was OK. But I may be wrong.
Interestingly, if I switch to the hand-writing mode by tapping the "T"-button to the left from the space bar, the triangles appear on the space bar and I can now switch the language.
Any ideas?<issue_comment>username_1: I had faced the same problem myself.
System settings > device > accessibility > services.
Something in there is set to On. Switch it to off and you will be OK. I had the same problem because I had an application set to on. Instant fix!
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: For Me the solution was similar but different. I had nothing under the accessibility options excepted "Talkback" turned off. I turned it on then off and VOILA! it brought back the arrows.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/30 | 248 | 988 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a computer and Android phone connected by WiFi. I want to use my computer to make calls through the phone. Is there any way to do this?<issue_comment>username_1: Remote Phone Call ([Click Here to View App on Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=justPhone.remotePhone)) might help you with the GSM Calling via WIFI & BLUETOOTH.
Google VOICE & HANGOUT (Default app on android Phone)
for PC you need plugin for installing HANGOUT..
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There is a startup in YCombinator's incubation center that is currently solving this very problem, they are called PushBullet.
<https://www.pushbullet.com>
Unfortunately though, their app is still a chrome extension, and it does not allow you to directly make calls from PC, your phone is connected with PC over LAN (read wifi), and it binds a port from your phone to the PC and allows you to add one more layer of abstraction between your phone and PC
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/30 | 454 | 1,875 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently tried installing an app that was around 1.8GB to my Nexus 7 (8GB). it's a device with unfortunately small internal storage, so I had about 2GB free before attempting the install. I come back later, the download has failed due to not enough storage space. no big surprise there. but now, my device only has 350MB free! strangely enough, the graph in storage settings appears as if it had that full 2GB or so free, but lists only 350MB.
how can I get my free storage space back from the failed download? my device is rooted, no root file browser or terminal, but I do have the Android SDK and tools.
another thing to note: my device is constantly complaining about its free space in the form of a notification. also, every app download from Google Play (even a tiny 2MB app) fails due to not enough storage space. for some reason, that always happens when my device goes under 500MB free. I don't understand it, but, it's 'normal'.<issue_comment>username_1: When we download big games (such as modern combat series), first play store download its additional files. Application/games additional files are saved on internal memory folder called "Android". Inside of that folder, there's two directories. One is "data" other one is "obb". You can access that folder with any file manager app or by connecting your device to a PC (via USB or WIFI). (No need the root)
Search your app additional files in those folders and delete them. Most of the time additional files are saved with the app named folder. For an example "deadtrigger 2" game additional files saved folder called as "com.madfingergames.deadtrigger2".
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You can solve this problem by rebooting into recovery mode (typically `volume up` + `power`, or `volume up` + `home button` + `power`) and selecting the option to clear cache.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/31 | 551 | 2,441 | <issue_start>username_0: I google this question but there is almost no discussion. So only very few apps really use more than one core?<issue_comment>username_1: It's a pretty subjective question, since no one really knows how many apps do or don't do any given thing. You'd have to carefully analyse each app to find out how much use it can make of multiple cores.
Likely, more apps than you realise are doing this. First off, Android makes it very simple for app authors to work in multiple threads, with helpers like `AsyncTask`. App developers are encouraged to do most operations in background threads, such as loading bitmaps from storage, transferring data over the network, or long computations. Running those on a second core keeps the app more responsive while the operation's going on.
If the app does anything with GL (most graphics-heavy apps and almost all games do), then it's certainly using two cores. How much use it's making of that freedom to parallelise is different for each app, but again, it lets the app do long-running operations while still responding to you.
On top of this, even if the app you're using right now is only running in a single thread on one core, anything else Android is doing in the background will be running on another core, which again lets your app stay responsive. This might include activities like drawing the system UI, running background *services* from other apps to check your mail &c., features like "Smart Stay" on Samsung phones, listening for the "OK Google" *hotword*, and more.
So in short, while we can discuss how much use any given app makes of the power available to it, a sweeping statement like, "very few apps really use more than one core," sounds like the kind of thing an uninformed salesman would say to try to impress you.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: There is no central repository where in the apps that are uploaded in Play store or any other store for that matter are sorted into
1. Apps that use the camera
2. apps that use one core etc etc
This is because majority of android users do not care how many cores apps use!
Also due to restrictions on clock speed / computational power you can't actually do compute intensive stuff on android, there is CUDA for that, you still have to revert to desktops.
And it all depends on the developer really and we can't really say for sure if there are few apps for android that use multicore.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/03/31 | 248 | 998 | <issue_start>username_0: Often in ebooks there are links embedded in paragraphs that reference some image or figure in the previous chapters or sections. Once I've clicked on it (and viewed that image), how do I get back to the paragraph I was reading?
Hitting android's back button always exits the app.<issue_comment>username_1: To return to the last page you visited, you can just tap on the screen to notice a bar in the bottom. If you look closer you can see a blue triangle that marks the last visited page. Click on it and you'll return to that page!
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/14jJ8.png)
Click image for larger version
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To return to the previous location just tap the centre of the screen to bring up page navigation and then click the back button.
Note: looks like the previous functionality of a blue triangle has been removed.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/31 | 924 | 3,896 | <issue_start>username_0: I know we can use the teamviewer app to connect to PC using internet connection for remote desktop connection.
But I want to know if it is possible to connect the PC with Phone using the Wifi connection. Both the Android device and the computer are on the same network, and I want to connect them directly, without needing internet access.
Teamviewer has an option to connect to PC's within same LAN. But these settings needs to be configured in the systems to be communicated.
I don't know how to change these settings in my phone. Does anyone know how to achieve this or know any better free app that allows remote desktop connection using wifi, without needing internet access?<issue_comment>username_1: For that you need the full version of TeamViewer.
reference: <http://www.teamviewer.com/en/help/40-Can-TeamViewer-be-used-within-a-local-network-LAN-only.aspx>
You can establish Remote control sessions on your local network directly by using IP addresses or computer names. By default this feature is deactivated because software firewalls may open an acceptance dialog when configured this way.
To activate the LAN mode in TeamViewer full version and Host module:
```
In the menu click on Extras and then on Options
On the General tab activate Accept incoming LAN connections
```
When selecting accept exclusively it will display the IP-address of the computer in the ID-field.
A connection can now be established using the IP-address or alternatively using the host name.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The 1st thing to do is
1.Connect your android device with your Lap or PC using wifi hotspot.
2.Turn off your mobile internet which was shared with the connected Lap/PC. This makes sure that no internet is shared and only the network connection remains between these devices.
3.Once these 2 steps are done properly, the TeamViewer ID changed from number (Eg:164716358) to its local IP address (Eg:192.168.43.118). So connecting with this IP address connects the mobile and Lap/PC using wifi and this allows remote desktop connection.
But still using this method file transfer was not successful, still remote desktop connection was successful, which solved my issue after lot of research :D
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I found a way to establish a working TeamViewer connection between my android tablet and my windows pc. I use mhotspot to create a wifi hotspot on my windows laptop and connect my android tablet to this new hotspot. TeamViewer is accepting this way immediately.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: There's another android application, named [Bluetooth Remote PC](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.rozkovec.android), which will give you the remote connection to your laptop by using either your android cell phone's bluetooth or wifi connection.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I am currently looking to do this too, I have done some research this morning and this is the one that seems to do what I / You want:
<https://www.mobizen.com/>
Google play link:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rsupport.mvagent&utm_source=androidtapp.com&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=Install>
I have not tested it though as I am at work, will check it out tonight.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: You can establish Remote control sessions on your local network directly by using IP addresses or computer names. By default this feature is deactivated because software firewalls may open an acceptance dialog when configured this way.
To activate the LAN mode in TeamViewer full version and Host module:
In the menu click on Extras and then on Options On the General tab activate Accept incoming LAN connections
When selecting accept exclusively it will display the IP address of the computer in the ID-field.
A connection can now be established using the IP-address.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/31 | 926 | 3,779 | <issue_start>username_0: Yesterday morning when I woke up I turned on my smartphone and I saw that all my application have disappeared!
When I entered in Setting menu, Applications management (my mobile phone is in spanish, so I don't know how it is called in english) I can see the list of my apps, but instead of the icon there is an standard image. Even Play Store and Google Services apps have disappeared!!
All the applications where installed in the internal memory.
My smartphone is a Samsung Galaxy S2, android 4.1.2 version.
Please, I need your help!
(Sorry for my bad english)<issue_comment>username_1: For that you need the full version of TeamViewer.
reference: <http://www.teamviewer.com/en/help/40-Can-TeamViewer-be-used-within-a-local-network-LAN-only.aspx>
You can establish Remote control sessions on your local network directly by using IP addresses or computer names. By default this feature is deactivated because software firewalls may open an acceptance dialog when configured this way.
To activate the LAN mode in TeamViewer full version and Host module:
```
In the menu click on Extras and then on Options
On the General tab activate Accept incoming LAN connections
```
When selecting accept exclusively it will display the IP-address of the computer in the ID-field.
A connection can now be established using the IP-address or alternatively using the host name.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The 1st thing to do is
1.Connect your android device with your Lap or PC using wifi hotspot.
2.Turn off your mobile internet which was shared with the connected Lap/PC. This makes sure that no internet is shared and only the network connection remains between these devices.
3.Once these 2 steps are done properly, the TeamViewer ID changed from number (Eg:164716358) to its local IP address (Eg:192.168.43.118). So connecting with this IP address connects the mobile and Lap/PC using wifi and this allows remote desktop connection.
But still using this method file transfer was not successful, still remote desktop connection was successful, which solved my issue after lot of research :D
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I found a way to establish a working TeamViewer connection between my android tablet and my windows pc. I use mhotspot to create a wifi hotspot on my windows laptop and connect my android tablet to this new hotspot. TeamViewer is accepting this way immediately.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: There's another android application, named [Bluetooth Remote PC](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.rozkovec.android), which will give you the remote connection to your laptop by using either your android cell phone's bluetooth or wifi connection.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I am currently looking to do this too, I have done some research this morning and this is the one that seems to do what I / You want:
<https://www.mobizen.com/>
Google play link:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rsupport.mvagent&utm_source=androidtapp.com&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=Install>
I have not tested it though as I am at work, will check it out tonight.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: You can establish Remote control sessions on your local network directly by using IP addresses or computer names. By default this feature is deactivated because software firewalls may open an acceptance dialog when configured this way.
To activate the LAN mode in TeamViewer full version and Host module:
In the menu click on Extras and then on Options On the General tab activate Accept incoming LAN connections
When selecting accept exclusively it will display the IP address of the computer in the ID-field.
A connection can now be established using the IP-address.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/31 | 534 | 1,932 | <issue_start>username_0: Just to clarify, it's my first time trying to unlock and root my phone, so I'm not very knowledgeable in this matter.
I basically followed the steps to unlock the bootloader.
Everything worked perfectly, I reached the recovery, went on 'apply update from ADB'.
But then, when I enter in cmd,
```
adb sideload 'whatever the filename
```
it prints out the Android Debug Bridge instructions on cmd rather than transferring the zip file to my phone, and the phone keeps on asking "now send the package you want to apply to the device with adb sideload filename ".
N.B.: the phone is recognized by adb, even when I enter adb devices, it is recognized.
Any help would be appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: `adb` sideload does not transfer the file to the sdcard permanently. To sideload correctly, you need to pick that option from the recovery first and then when the phone is waiting for the sideload type,
```
adb sideload
```
If you want to push the file to the phone's sdcard, you could try,
```
adb push /sdcard/
```
That should copy the file over to the sdcard. Keep in mind that there is no progress bar.
EDIT: Try the following to restart the adb server,
```
adb kill-server
```
then,
```
adb start-server
```
Then check if the instructions work again.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To solve this you can do it like this:
1. Create an empty zip file (and name it, for example "sideload").
2. Install adb drivers (adb setup 1.4.2 for example) or MTKdroid tools.
3. Open CMD (or open MTK droid tools and click on "adb terminal")
4. Type `adb sideload` ("sideload.zip" for example)
Like this: `adb sideload C:/Users/User/Desktop/sideload.zip`
5. If you do all the steps well, and type that in de command prompt it will go back to recovery and be able to reboot the phone.
PS: That's the only solution that worked for me (with an HDC S6).
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/31 | 142 | 621 | <issue_start>username_0: Does delivery report mean that the person reads the message on android phone?<issue_comment>username_1: No, delivery reports generally just tell you that the message has been delivered and is sitting on their phone. It does not necessarily tell you that they've been read. There isn't a way to tell if its been read as far as I know.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Numerous Messenger apps provide the possibility to see if a person has read your message.
For text messages though, it is not possible to get a read status as it is not part of the SMS protocol.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/31 | 738 | 2,730 | <issue_start>username_0: There is a possibility to download and play videos via coursera android app. But I want to play the downloaded video with my desired video player in my android device. where is the downloaded video file saved? In other words, how can I find the video file with my file manager and in which directory it's been saved?<issue_comment>username_1: The app downloads the videos to /data/data/org.coursera.android/files/courkitDownloadedVideos/ instead of the standard user space of /sdcard/Android/data/\* and even worse yet, the files are named file2.mp4 file3.mp4 etc. making it difficult to figure out which file is which course. I personally find this very frustrating as I would love to stream the videos to my XBMC box using Yatse.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: You can copy the videos from this app's location in `/data/data/org.coursera.android/files/courkitDownloadedVideos/` if your device is rooted. It could instead be found at: `storage/extSdCard/Android/data/org.coursera.android/files/Download/` if you have an external SD card.
On an un-rooted device, you can use `adb backup` function to backup the app and its data to a file on your computer, and then extract its contents:
1. Install and Android SDK and USB drivers for your device.
2. In Windows open Command Prompt (or Terminal in Linux), navigate to a directory where you want to store the backup, and issue the following command: `adb backup -f courseraBackup.ab org.coursera.android` This backs up the app and its data (including the downloaded videos) to your computer's C drive.
3. Convert the backup to an archive using command `dd if=courseraBackup.ab bs=24 skip=1|openssl zlib -d > courseraBackup.tar`
* If you use Linux, then just issue the above command in Terminal.
* On Windows, it's a tad more complicated since you have to download and install Cygwin from [here](http://cygwin.com/install.html) (install all packages,) and then use the Cygwin Terminal to run the above command.
4. Extract the archive either using `tar xvf courseraBackup.tar` (in Terminal for Linux of Cygwin in Windows,) or using your favorite archival tool (e.g. 7-Zip.)
You should now have a directory on your computer containing all the data from the app, including any downloaded videos.
Refer: <http://nelenkov.blogspot.ca/2012/06/unpacking-android-backups.html>
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: You can also use an app called, coursera on the go that lets you choose the location of download matterial, (move to external sdcard for example) and also labels the files like a sane person would do.
[http://www.amazon.com/Aliaksei-Radzinski-Coursera-On-The/dp/B00COJ2KTE](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00COJ2KTE)
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/31 | 1,056 | 3,806 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a galaxy s3 SGH-t999l which is the t Mobile G3 LTE version. I'm rooted using the root 66 MK4 stock recovery tar in odin. I'm running TWRP recovery as well.
The problem is that I cannot get wireless tethering/hotspot to work no matter what I try- here are the things I've already tried-
Wifi Tetherr Treve Mod - I've tried nearly every version of Wifi Tether as well, with nearly every possible setting. Tried setting it up with s3 profile, with galaxy nexus profile, etc.
All this ever does is start with errors, tell me to check the log and then when I do tell me that there is no log file.
Native Hotspot mod - this is an odin tar that is supposed to work, but there's no version for my baseband (Mk4), just MK3 and all that does is make android hang at boot to where I have to reflash android back to the t999l root66 MK4 stock.
Wifi tethering 4.3 enable- there are a number of these, from zip files to install in cwm to directions on what files to edit and how in the android system. Nothing has worked.
I got this app Wifi Tether Router that supposedly worked, but while I can get it to actually start up without any errors, as far as I can figure wlan0 doesn't exist. When I do a netcfg in terminal no wlan0 entry appears, at least.
I can currently use FoxFi to tether with a usb cable and pdanet, so I'm not that pressed I'd just like to figure out how to get it to work.<issue_comment>username_1: The app downloads the videos to /data/data/org.coursera.android/files/courkitDownloadedVideos/ instead of the standard user space of /sdcard/Android/data/\* and even worse yet, the files are named file2.mp4 file3.mp4 etc. making it difficult to figure out which file is which course. I personally find this very frustrating as I would love to stream the videos to my XBMC box using Yatse.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: You can copy the videos from this app's location in `/data/data/org.coursera.android/files/courkitDownloadedVideos/` if your device is rooted. It could instead be found at: `storage/extSdCard/Android/data/org.coursera.android/files/Download/` if you have an external SD card.
On an un-rooted device, you can use `adb backup` function to backup the app and its data to a file on your computer, and then extract its contents:
1. Install and Android SDK and USB drivers for your device.
2. In Windows open Command Prompt (or Terminal in Linux), navigate to a directory where you want to store the backup, and issue the following command: `adb backup -f courseraBackup.ab org.coursera.android` This backs up the app and its data (including the downloaded videos) to your computer's C drive.
3. Convert the backup to an archive using command `dd if=courseraBackup.ab bs=24 skip=1|openssl zlib -d > courseraBackup.tar`
* If you use Linux, then just issue the above command in Terminal.
* On Windows, it's a tad more complicated since you have to download and install Cygwin from [here](http://cygwin.com/install.html) (install all packages,) and then use the Cygwin Terminal to run the above command.
4. Extract the archive either using `tar xvf courseraBackup.tar` (in Terminal for Linux of Cygwin in Windows,) or using your favorite archival tool (e.g. 7-Zip.)
You should now have a directory on your computer containing all the data from the app, including any downloaded videos.
Refer: <http://nelenkov.blogspot.ca/2012/06/unpacking-android-backups.html>
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: You can also use an app called, coursera on the go that lets you choose the location of download matterial, (move to external sdcard for example) and also labels the files like a sane person would do.
[http://www.amazon.com/Aliaksei-Radzinski-Coursera-On-The/dp/B00COJ2KTE](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00COJ2KTE)
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/01 | 521 | 2,113 | <issue_start>username_0: this morning going to work I had my battery at 55% was listening to music and chatting in skype. All of the sudden skype started lagging really hard and then phone restarted. When it turned back on, the battery had went down to 13% and phone restarted quite a few times ever since
what could cause this?<issue_comment>username_1: Was the battery life decrease sudden, or has it been getting noticeably worse recently? If so, might be time to get a new battery for your device. Regarding the restart, are there any apps that you've installed recently that might have a bug or something leading to restarts? When a phone reaches that age, I would personally root it and flash something like CM or Slimbean, to get some solid battery life back out of the device (I've personally flashed ChameleonOS on my S2 to get the best of both customization and battery).
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have Faced the Same issue on my device. It was 2 years or so when I started experiencing the Problem. the Battery was draining inside 3 hours, even when the phone was in Stand By,flight mode .
When i checked my battery status
```
*#*#4636#*#
```
The battery Health was shown good.
I checked the Battery operating voltage during the same period and the discharge voltage using a Mulimeter. The was a bit higher than expected and operating range, meaning the Battery was short.
Under the circumstance, i changed my battery.
Inside 3 Months I experinced the same problem again. The issue was traced out to the Charger, which was sourcing by Battery with a Higher than expected voltage continously causing damage to the Battery.
Proper Solution,
1. Change the Battery, It would have already been short by now.
2. Check the Charger, (I dont know to check, i approched a specialist for this), get it replaced if necessary.
Now my phone is about 3 year old with still awesome battery performance. Only,issue at present is Touch Wiz RAM Hog, which wats up 80% of my RAM even on first Booth and Wiping Cache memory and disabling PreBuilt apps which I dont Use.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/01 | 533 | 2,486 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an s3 mini. It has an app called "My Galaxy" - a marketing adware kind of thing. It runs without me launching it. How is that done? Is there a scheduler somewhere that launches this app? Can I make changes to that scheduler?
I don't just want to stop "My Galaxy" (I could uninstall it), I want to know how it gets run automatically.<issue_comment>username_1: There are many ways in Android of scheduling things to happen later on certain conditions. One of them is the `AlarmManager`, which lets an app run at a predetermined time, or at a given interval between 15 minutes and daily. This is how most recurring tasks work on Android, such as checking email. There's no user-modifiable control for the `AlarmManager`: it's up to the app to expose appropriate settings.
Android apps can also register [broadcast receivers](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/46096/12442) to be notified when certain conditions are met or when events happen. For example, the email app might also register a broadcast receiver to be triggered when an internet connection becomes available. That way, if it misses its times for checking email because you were offline, it can check email once you go back online.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Its not about startup or autostart.... You might have some application that is installed on your phone and you would have mistakenly given the right to run... Not an issue... just see the application name in Setting>Apps>Running and uninstall/Disable. Or if you want to do another thing just force stop and then clear application data fully. Then application cache will set to defaults. And you have give any right to execute it will ben revoked and your problem is resolved without harming the parent application.
**Another thing is that**, you cannot start an application natively, automatically... But yes there are some few apps in Play store that will automatically launch that application at scheduled event.
**Note**: *The launching of application is not same as that of the application running in background (background service). Background service is meant for some specific task to be done automatically that generally do not need any user input/intervention. You can launch application at scheduled time either by programming or installing third party scheduler app that will meet your needs. But you cannot start application's background service..... And technically its not of worth for you.*
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/01 | 262 | 1,020 | <issue_start>username_0: I used to power off my phone at night while charging when I was using Desire S. Recently I bought HTC One X and can't charge with power off anymore. It keep turning on with the battery and bolt logo and display don't turn off. If I press the power button, the phone is boot again into Android. Now I have to turn on Airplain mode at night when charging. Am I the only one who encounter that problem because I doubt that is happening as I unlocked bootloader. I ain't sure as I unlocked the bootloader since the day I bought it. How can I charge with power off?<issue_comment>username_1: Sorry, Min, but that is a built in feature that I believe one **cannot** change. Could you cover up the screen with something at night or just turn it over?
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Don't know if you've done this, but try turning off the stay awake setting while charging?
1. From the Home screen, tap All apps.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Developer options.
4. Tap to check Stay awake.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/01 | 599 | 2,439 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been experiencing this problem quite randomly. I've asked some friends around who have Android phones as well and this happens to them as well, so my first thought was that this is an issue with Android.
I try to call a number, and without ever hearing it 'ring' anytime, I get a `Conditional Call Forwarding Active` message and a small beep, and it hangs up. I then re-try, and sometimes the call goes through, sometimes I get the same message. Sometimes, on occasions I have to try 4 - 6 times to be able to make the call. On very rare occasions, everytime I try I keep getting the message, beep, and hangs up. This is extremely frustrating. Any idea how I can look into this?
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, stock Android (4.3 as per latest update).
---
**Update 1**
This has nothing to do with Call Forwarding apparently. I've disabled it from the Call Settings, and now it still happens, without showing the `Call Forwarding activated` message.<issue_comment>username_1: If you go to: `settings-call-call settings-call forwarding-voice call forwarding` -- You will most likely see that for unanswered or unreachable calls it's not disabled because it forwards it to your voicemail, that's why it says conditional call forwarding is active. If you disable all options you won't get the message but then unanswered calls won't go to voicemail
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: As strange as it may be, I did find a solution to this problem. I noticed that if I switch data / 3G, the call would immediately go through. I've tried this a lot of times where I couldn't call, switch off 3G and it immediately works.
Also, I've recently switched to CyanogenMod from the native Samsung Android installation, and I don't recall this happening again. Not sure if it is some kind of bug in Samsung's version of Android. I'm also using a more recent version of Android, so that could also be the reason.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: When this happened to my Note 4, I had to reboot, which fixed the problem instantly.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I tried calling on my Galaxy Note 5 and had same problem with all numbers. I rebooted phone and it started back working.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I deleted my call log, and all my text message conversations, cleared my cache, restarted my phone and now it all seems to work. Hope this helps!
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/01 | 448 | 1,799 | <issue_start>username_0: I just "upgraded" to a HTC One M8 from a Galaxy S3 and I can't see how to add the alarm home-screen widget.
On the S3 there's the '2 x 1 Alarm' widget which is great. How do I add this to my M8 please?
Also, is the disappearance of this due to a newer version of Android or is this widget only available on Samsung phones?<issue_comment>username_1: If you go to: `settings-call-call settings-call forwarding-voice call forwarding` -- You will most likely see that for unanswered or unreachable calls it's not disabled because it forwards it to your voicemail, that's why it says conditional call forwarding is active. If you disable all options you won't get the message but then unanswered calls won't go to voicemail
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: As strange as it may be, I did find a solution to this problem. I noticed that if I switch data / 3G, the call would immediately go through. I've tried this a lot of times where I couldn't call, switch off 3G and it immediately works.
Also, I've recently switched to CyanogenMod from the native Samsung Android installation, and I don't recall this happening again. Not sure if it is some kind of bug in Samsung's version of Android. I'm also using a more recent version of Android, so that could also be the reason.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: When this happened to my Note 4, I had to reboot, which fixed the problem instantly.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I tried calling on my Galaxy Note 5 and had same problem with all numbers. I rebooted phone and it started back working.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I deleted my call log, and all my text message conversations, cleared my cache, restarted my phone and now it all seems to work. Hope this helps!
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/01 | 6,586 | 14,981 | <issue_start>username_0: ```
Samsung Nexus S, android 4.3.1, cyanogen 10.2.0-crespo, usable memory: 383MB
```
I have this mobile for three years now. The phone seemed to work okay until ICS and it started to get worse with Jelly bean. Now-a-days the phone is really slow and it is mostly unusable. It becomes more unusable when enabling data/wifi. I assume many apps are sent the broadcast message at the same time and they are all trying to perform updates at the same time.
I used to have Watchdog app and for quite a long time I have been monitoring cpu utilization and load average and found it to be high at most times. Until one day, I spotted the available memory was close to zero. Then i assumed the cpu is performing a lot of wasteful GC at most times. Later, I spotted more occurrences of memory plummeting to zero. I noticed that the garbage collection kicks in when I view 'My apps -> Running' and I am not sure whether it happens often enough to make the system performant.
In order to debug, I decided to reduce the number of apps and started uninstalling many of the apps including watchdog but that approach has not solved the problem. I have installed cyanogen updates and that has not solved the problem. I did notice the phone is much faster with the default apps from cyanogen. after installing gapps.zip, android installs more apps based on purchase history and the phone becomes slower. also the phone seems to be faster on restart and after a few days of uptime, it has less memory to work with. i believe there may be a memory leak and not enough memory to launch new apps and does wasteful GC work.
the ways I realize the phone to be slow are
1. when looking at running apps, android seem to be killing many non-foreground apps as I notice status 'restarting'
2. when i use the button on my microphone, the beep to the interrupt arrives either too late or it is completely missed.
3. if i come out of an app to the home screen, I can notice trebuchet initializing
guys, can you please offer some suggestions to debug the issue?
Thanks
Currently installed apps
```
xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?
```
System information:
```
u0_a41@crespo:/ $ uname -a
Linux localhost 3.0.101-Cyanogenmod-g7421011 #1 PREEMPT Mon Dec 2 14:43:29
PST 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux
u0_a41@crespo:/ $ free -m
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 392408 377584 14824 0 1180
-/+ buffers: 376404 16004
Swap: 0 0 0
u0_a41@crespo:/ $ ps
USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME
root 1 0 584 448 ffffffff 00000000 S /init
root 2 0 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kthreadd
root 3 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S ksoftirqd/0
root 6 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S rcu_kthread
root 7 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S khelper
root 8 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S suspend
root 9 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S sync_supers
root 10 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S bdi-default
root 11 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kblockd
root 12 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S khubd
root 14 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S cfg80211
root 15 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S cfinteractive
root 16 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S rpciod
root 17 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S khungtaskd
root 18 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kswapd0
root 19 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S ksmd
root 20 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S fsnotify_mark
root 21 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S nfsiod
root 22 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S crypto
root 37 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kapmd
root 38 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S pvr_timer
root 39 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S sec_jack_wq
root 40 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S irq/38-sec_head
root 41 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S irq/167-fsa9480
root 42 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mtdblock0
root 43 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mtdblock1
root 44 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mtdblock2
root 45 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mtdblock3
root 46 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mtdblock4
root 47 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mtdblock5
root 48 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mtdblock6
root 49 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S spi_gpio.3
root 58 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S f_mtp
root 59 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S file-storage
root 60 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S irq/308-mxt224_
root 61 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S irq/173-k3g
root 62 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S gp2a_wq
root 64 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S irq/172-s3c-sdh
root 65 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S binder
root 66 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S krfcommd
root 67 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mmcqd/0
root 68 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mmcqd/0boot0
root 69 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S mmcqd/0boot1
root 70 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S dhd_cfg80211_ev
root 71 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S dhd_watchdog
root 72 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S dhd_dpc
root 73 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S dhd_sysioc
root 74 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S irq/334-cypress
root 75 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S max8998-charger
root 76 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S irq/39-max8998-
root 77 1 512 304 ffffffff 00000000 S /sbin/ueventd
root 78 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S yaffs-bg-1
root 79 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S yaffs-bg-1
root 81 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S jbd2/mmcblk0p1-
root 82 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S ext4-dio-unwrit
root 83 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S jbd2/mmcblk0p2-
root 84 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S ext4-dio-unwrit
system 86 1 924 220 ffffffff 00000000 S
/system/bin/servicemanager
root 87 1 4128 512 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/vold
audit 90 1 976 296 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/auditd
root 91 1 9916 904 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/netd
root 92 1 960 244 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/debuggerd
radio 93 1 7160 996 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/rild
system 94 1 50844 34260 ffffffff 00000000 S
/system/bin/surfaceflinger
root 95 1 291036 12620 ffffffff 00000000 S zygote
drm 97 1 10404 952 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/drmserver
media 98 1 38252 3228 ffffffff 00000000 S
/system/bin/mediaserver
install 99 1 952 316 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/installd
keystore 100 1 3292 648 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/keystore
gps 101 1 26124 1980 ffffffff 00000000 S
/system/vendor/bin/gpsd
shell 104 1 848 212 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/sh
root 105 1 588 32 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/xbin/su
root 115 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kauditd
root 116 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S pvr_workqueue
system 368 95 471676 107716 ffffffff 00000000 S system_server
u0_a39 446 95 369460 70424 ffffffff 00000000 S com.android.systemui
radio 564 95 351644 28920 ffffffff 00000000 S
com.android.phoneu0_a13 572 95 318548 16920 ffffffff 00000000 S
com.bel.android.dspmanager
nfc 580 95 321468 15204 ffffffff 00000000 S com.android.nfc
theme_man 589 95 314312 14152 ffffffff 00000000 S
com.tmobile.thememanager
root 677 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S loop0
root 678 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kdmflush
root 690 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kcryptd_io
root 691 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kcryptd
root 692 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S ext4-dio-unwrit
nfc 694 95 317504 13424 ffffffff 00000000 S
com.android.nfc:handover
u0_a48 788 95 314072 13252 ffffffff 00000000 S com.android.smspush
u0_a49 2181 95 361244 24236 ffffffff 00000000 S
com.google.process.gapps
u0_a49 2204 95 352248 17264 ffffffff 00000000 S
com.google.process.location
root 3158 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S flush-179:0
u0_a1 3844 95 325584 19564 ffffffff 00000000 S android.process.acore
root 17538 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kworker/u:3
root 21485 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kworker/u:1
u0_a24 22634 95 321564 32460 ffffffff 00000000 R
com.android.inputmethod.latin
root 23014 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kworker/0:2
root 24625 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kworker/u:0
root 25153 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kworker/0:0
root 25948 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kworker/u:2
root 26130 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S kworker/0:1
root 26146 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S flush-31:4
root 26147 2 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 S flush-31:6
wifi 26386 1 3252 908 ffffffff 00000000 S
/system/bin/wpa_supplicant
dhcp 26418 1 952 440 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/dhcpcd
u0_a66 27191 95 352376 50764 ffffffff 00000000 S com.facebook.katana
u0_a41 27231 95 310040 27240 ffffffff 4011f6f0 R jackpal.androidterm
u0_a41 27247 27231 848 468 c0040f64 4002fef8 S /system/bin/sh
u0_a67 27258 95 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 Z ogle.android.gm
u0_a49 27275 95 439248 26740 ffffffff 00000000 S
com.google.android.gms
u0_a17 27356 95 313376 24288 ffffffff 00000000 S android.process.media
u0_a41 27388 27247 1172 460 00000000 4004215c R ps
u0_a41@crespo:/ $ uptime
up time: 10 days, 21:42:08, idle time: 07:47:10, sleep time: 10 days,
07:34:03
u0_a41@crespo:/ $ df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 191.6M 64.0K 191.5M 4096
/mnt/secure 191.6M 0.0K 191.6M 4096
/mnt/asec 191.6M 0.0K 191.6M 4096
/mnt/obb 191.6M 0.0K 191.6M 4096
/mnt/fuse 191.6M 0.0K 191.6M 4096
/cache 469.5M 89.6M 379.9M 4096
/efs 6.8M 4.6M 2.2M 4096
/system 503.9M 380.8M 123.2M 4096
/data 1007.9M 483.1M 524.8M 4096
/storage/sdcard0 13.3G 5.6G 7.7G 4096
/mnt/asec/imoblife.mtsoundsleep-1 17.0M 16.0M 1.0M 4096
u0_a41@crespo:/ $ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
18: 4434 s3c-uart
22: 4434 s3c-uart
28: 7 s3c-uart
30: 5924 s3c-uart
33: 5651790 s5p_vic_eint acc_int
34: 237 s5p_vic_eint proximity_int
38: 88976 s5p_vic_eint sec_headset_detect
39: 19 s5p_vic_eint max8998-charger
43: 106060 s5p_vic_eint modemctl_mbox
44: 0 s5p_vic_eint pn544
47: 2 s5p_vic_eint modemctl_bp
50: 0 VIC s3c-pl330.0
51: 0 VIC s3c-pl330.1
52: 0 VIC s3c-pl330.2
58: 179 VIC System timer
61: 16928706 VIC rtc-tick
78: 341601 VIC s3c2440-i2c.0
83: 535608 VIC s3c2440-i2c.2
88: 0 VIC s3c-udc
90: 8682840 VIC mmc0
92: 354172 VIC mmc1
95: 3416889 VIC onenand
97: 247260 VIC s3cfb, s3cfb
101: 3249 VIC s3c-fimc0
102: 0 VIC s3c-fimc1
103: 0 VIC s3c-fimc2
104: 9 VIC s3c-jpg
106: 1490590 VIC pvrsrvkm
109: 45691172 VIC s3c2440-i2c.1
110: 0 VIC s3c-mfc
112: 854208 VIC
130: 1695299 VIC mmc2
157: 0 VIC debug-signal
164: 156714 s5p-eint bcmsdh_sdmmc
165: 3 s5p-eint bt_host_wake_irq_handler
166: 1912 s5p-eint gpio_keys
167: 21 s5p-eint fsa9480 micro USB
169: 197 s5p-eint gpio_keys
170: 155 s5p-eint gpio_keys
171: 3738 s5p-eint akm_int
172: 0 s5p-eint s3c-sdhci.2
173: 9764 s5p-eint k3g
174: 105 s5p-eint
308: 41106 s5pv210-eint-group mxt224_ts
334: 1347 s5pv210-eint-group cypress-touchkey
FIQ: fiq_glue
Err: 0
u0_a41@crespo:/ $ netstat -an
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp6 0 0 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:192.168.0.6:48308 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:172.16.17.32:443TIME_WAIT
tcp6 0 0 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:192.168.0.6:52519 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:172.16.58.3:443ESTABLISHED
tcp6 0 0 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:192.168.0.6:41936
::ffff:172.16.31.10:5228ESTABLISHED
tcp6 0 0 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:192.168.0.6:48137
::ffff:172.16.58.3:443ESTABLISHED
tcp6 1 0 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:192.168.0.6:50009 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:192.168.127.12:80CLOSE_WAIT
tcp6 0 0 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:192.168.0.6:35612
::ffff:192.168.127.12:443ESTABLISHED
tcp6 0 0 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:192.168.0.6:52520 fdf8:f53e:61e4::18:172.16.58.3:443ESTABLISHED
```
<issue_comment>username_1: There RAM usage seems a bit disturbing. I try to see to it that it has a min. of 15% - 30% free space.
There is a bit of a lag on our crespos. But, that relates to how many Apps are executed from Internal Memory and / or USB Storage.
Did you try moving Apps in and out of your Internal Storage. However, RAM is needed immaterial to your App's location.
Did you try any options, as yet?
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I have one of these phones as well, but I don't use it as my primary phone anymore. Honestly, the device has been over run by today's software. Apps keep evolving to make use of the more powerful hardware available and these older devices just can't keep up anymore. I still use my Nexus S as a play device for my kids. It has a very bare minimum installed and is still frequently low on or out of RAM. The 512 MB total RAM available isn't enough by today's standards. With the aggressive nature many apps have to keep themselves running, killing them doesn't do much good and even Android's memory management can't keep up.
I see you don't have a lot installed either as you've been removing things during your troubleshooting, but some of those apps that are left can be pretty weighty and run in the background most if not all the time. Check the Show Cached Processes as well as Running Apps and you'll likely see what else is hogging your memory.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/02 | 399 | 1,616 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the most reliable way to detect if a script is running on Android (instead of a regular Linux build)?
To run scripts, I'm using bash, the Terminal app, and BusyBox.<issue_comment>username_1: There RAM usage seems a bit disturbing. I try to see to it that it has a min. of 15% - 30% free space.
There is a bit of a lag on our crespos. But, that relates to how many Apps are executed from Internal Memory and / or USB Storage.
Did you try moving Apps in and out of your Internal Storage. However, RAM is needed immaterial to your App's location.
Did you try any options, as yet?
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I have one of these phones as well, but I don't use it as my primary phone anymore. Honestly, the device has been over run by today's software. Apps keep evolving to make use of the more powerful hardware available and these older devices just can't keep up anymore. I still use my Nexus S as a play device for my kids. It has a very bare minimum installed and is still frequently low on or out of RAM. The 512 MB total RAM available isn't enough by today's standards. With the aggressive nature many apps have to keep themselves running, killing them doesn't do much good and even Android's memory management can't keep up.
I see you don't have a lot installed either as you've been removing things during your troubleshooting, but some of those apps that are left can be pretty weighty and run in the background most if not all the time. Check the Show Cached Processes as well as Running Apps and you'll likely see what else is hogging your memory.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/02 | 113 | 422 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung S2 4G T989 from T-Mobile which is unlocked. It is currently using ion Indian carrier.
I want to Factory Reset it. Will it be locked again after performing a reset? I don't have any code with me.<issue_comment>username_1: NO. A Factory Reset does not re-lock your phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: No because efs files will not be updated by factory reset
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/02 | 486 | 2,009 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using an Micromax A57 running Android 2.3.5. Since there was a problem in the launcher, I reset the phone to factory settings, taking my SD card out before doing so. Since the phone's internal memory is very small, all the contacts, call log and SMS are saved on the SD card.
While doing the factory reset, my assumption was that I could restore this information from the SD card afterwards. However, when I re-inserted the SD card, my phone could not get any of my contact, SMS or call log information. I searched the Internet for the past 2 days and tried several applications to get it back but all in vain. My questions are:
First of all, would it be possible to get the SMS, contact and call log back from SD card (as I reset mobile alone taking SD card out)?
If possible, how to restore SMS, contact and call log?
Phone is rooted and I am sure the data lies somewhere in the phone as bits and bytes. Experts advise please.<issue_comment>username_1: Your assumption that Contacts, SMS and Call Logs are automatically saved to the SD Card was incorrect. They are indeed stored on the internal memory of the device. `/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/` is the most likely storage location. That can change though, depending on Android OS version, manufacturer/carrier modifications, or even 3rd-party apps that you use in place of built-in Contacts/Phone/Messaging apps.
Unless you synced your contacts to your Google account, backed up SMS and call logs, they are now lost after a factory reset.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It is possible to retrieve your contacts as google may have backed it up.
Just add your google account to the phone and when sync is enabled the contacts will be back.
But SMS and Call Logs may not restored.
Also from now on use any app to backup contacts, SMS, call logs etc.
You can use [Super Backup](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts) from Play Store.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/02 | 987 | 4,368 | <issue_start>username_0: According to the recent news, google apps are closed source and one cannot use it after forking android.
But, as I understand, I can fork Android, create my own OS and then install Gapps manually.
If the users can do it manually, theoretically anyone with any device can use Gapps, than what is the advantage of closing the source if it does not prevent Google from creating other Android alternatives, e.g Cyanogenmod?
EDIT: I am quite aware of the advantages of having closed/open source. The question is that Google wants to get rid of competitors and prevent Android fragmentation. People can fork Android and one day become major OS provider. OF course, forking android without google services has very little value for users and it is extremely difficult to write such services from scratch. So, Google tries to keep its leadership in Android market by closing its service.
But, if one can fork android, customize it, than use Google services (even if installed manually), than this does not help Google at all in reaching its goal, i.e. prevent competitors and Android fragmentation.The Google services still can be very easily used and everyone can have its own alternate Android. So, what is the point to close the services?
Besides this, again, what is the meaning to have Google approved devices?I can manufacture devices and use their services without having the approval.<issue_comment>username_1: The advantage to closed source apps is that I can write my app and add features and then sell it. This makes me money. But if it is open source, other people can fork the source code for my app and modify it. They might even make it better. But then I'm not getting any money because they are using the better version although I was the first one to come up with it.
Even though the user can manually load up Google apps, they are not able to modify it *at all*. Companies such as Cyanogenmod can't take Google apps source code and make it better because they don't have that source code.
Lastly, this is very common in software development and you shouldn't expect most things to be open source.
After your edit,
It does help Google. You must understand that Google does not directly generate revenue from Android as an OS. They generate revenue when people use Google services on Android. If you use Google services, Google makes money even if they didn't explicitly tell you so. Google is not going to come after you as an end user using their services.
Now if you are an OEM or company that wants to tack on Google services on *your fork* of android, you require to be certified as explained in the other answer. Then Google rightly wants a part of the money you make because you are marketing your device with Google services!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Technically, you are not allowed to "install Gapps manually" unless your phone already comes with them pre-installed. The Google Apps package (that includes Google Play Services, Play Store, and several other apps) is Google's intellectual property, and nobody is allowed to distribute it, except for Google's certified partners that have passed [CTS](http://source.android.com/faqs.html#what-is-the-purpose-of-the-cts).
For example, CyanogenMod ROM does not include, host, or distribute the Gapps package. Instead, they have scripts built into their tools that back up Gapps that are already installed on your handset prior to installation/upgrade, and restore them afterwards. Any other ROMs and maintainers who do host Gapps packages are doing so illegally, and are infringing on Google's copyright. For the most part, Google chooses to not enforce their copyright against small-time guys, but will not hesitate to unleash their army of lawyers [when they deem is necessary](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanogenmod#Licensing).
To answer your question, Google's services are essential for their grip on Android's ecosystem. Only the big guys like Amazon or Samsung can afford to completely steer clear of Google's services with their own offerings. For example, not having access to Play Store on an Android handset is a huge drawback for a smaller manufacturer like HTC, Huawei, Motorola, etc., since the alternatives are usually lacking in both numbers, as well as (perceived) security. Google uses this as both a carrot and a stick.
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/04/02 | 863 | 3,341 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently updated my HTC One from the stock 4.3 firmware it came with to the stock 4.4 firmware via an OTA update. Since this update occured, I am no longer able to connect to the device with adb for the purpose of installing apps in development on a Windows laptop. `adb devices` tells me no devices are found HTC Sync Manager is also unable to detect the phone.
However, I am able to transfer files via MTP, something I was unable to do on 4.3 while USB debugging was enabled. Additionally, Windows detects the phone and installs drivers for the device (recognised as "HTC One" though some resources seem to indicate it should appear as "My HTC"). When USB debugging is disabled, it also installs MTP drivers. When USB debugging is enabled, it fails to install MTP drivers and states that the device was disconnected during installation. This does not appear to have any impact on the functionality of MTP however.
However, I have USB debugging enabled under developer options, I have my Android SDK completely updated and HTC Sync Manager fully updated.
I have tried:
* Different USB cables which did not work.
* A different phone (my old HTC Desire HD) which still works over adb.
* Uninstalling and reinstalling HTC Sync Manager & Drivers.
* Using a USB 3.0 port
* Not using a USB 3.0 port<issue_comment>username_1: * Make sure cable is connected properly.
* Try other usb port.
* Close all programs running that is related to adb.
* Go to developer Options and tick on USB Debugging.
* Delete HTC android drivers in device manager and reinsert you cable
:) then restart.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Try uninstalling the previous drivers and after that connect your device to the PC and let the system detect your device drivers and download it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: As it turns out, the issue was that my phone was no longer being recognised as a composite USB device by Windows, meaning only one of ADB, MTP or HTC Sync was capable of running at a given time. After the update, MTP was always recognised first. This explains both the 4.3 issue of MTP and ADB conflicting, and the 4.4 issue of no ADB.
The solution was provided by [HTC's support website](http://www.htc.com/ie/support/htc-one/troubleshooting/):
>
> Step 7. If you could see your phone as the portable device on your PC, but there is still no "Android USB Device" in "Device manager", please try to manually update the driver for your phone.
>
>
> * Expand "Portable Devices" in "Device Manager"
> * Right click on your phone's name or "MTP USB Device"
> * Update driver software
> * Select “Browse my computer for driver software”
> * Tap “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my
> computer”
> * Don’t check “Show the compatible hardware”
> * Select Standard USB main controller
> * Select USB composite device in the right hand side list as the screen shot below and then click Next
> * After you click Next, if there is Warning message window pop up, please choose Yes.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: <http://plugable.com/2012/12/01/windows-8-and-intel-usb-3-0-host-controllers>
Updating 3.0 drivers from Microsoft to Intel makes HTC devices connect through ADB and FASTBOOT!
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/02 | 628 | 2,361 | <issue_start>username_0: When my Samsung S3 battery gets down to 20-15%, the phone becomes unusable. The signal goes completely and the phone screen starts flickering. As soon as that starts, I watch the battery go down from 20% to 1% and die within minutes.
I've only had the phone for 4 months, and it is still under warranty. But I don't want to send it away to be fixed and be phoneless if I can help it. The phone is running the latest software. And I have done antivirus checks and nothing seems to be the problem.
The battery lasts perfectly fine until it gets to around 20% - 15%. Any ideas on what I can do to stop it from happening? Is it the battery or the phone itself?<issue_comment>username_1: That's really not normal. The phone should behave completely normally right up to the point it turns itself off.
Since it's still under warranty, you should make a warranty claim. Trying to fix it yourself (or taking it to someone else to fix) will void the warranty, and might not fix the problem, which would leave you worse off than you started.
From what you've described it's not possible to tell where the source of the fault is. If you have a friend with an S3 you could borrow, you could try their battery in your phone to see what difference that makes; but if you make a warranty claim, they'll likely want to test both the phone and the battery, even if you think you've isolated the cause yourself.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You Need to fully drain you devices battery until it turns off by itself at then plug it in the outlet and leave it overnight.
Explanation:
>
> Battery needs to be calibrated especially if you are not charging the
> battery to a full 100%.
>
>
>
Tips:
* Charge your battery to 100% at least a week :)
* [Ample Power Company suggests](http://www.amplepower.com/primer/full/):
>
> Conditioning Batteries
>
>
> How do batteries that are only four months old die? Perhaps they
> weren't broken in properly; maybe they sat deeply discharged for a few
> days or more; perhaps they were allowed to self-discharge. There's
> plenty of ways to murder batteries.
>
>
> All batteries that refuse to accept a charge are not necessarily ready
> for the scrap heap. Often, a deep discharge followed by a slow charge
> will recover lost capacity and charge acceptance.
>
>
>
>
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/03 | 497 | 1,902 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Huawei Prism II, and my laptop is running Win7. When I connect it to my laptop's USB port, I get a notification that says "Connected as USB storage," but when I go to My Computer, the phone is showing as:
```
CD Drive (E:) Mobile Partner
0 bytes free of 7.75 MB
CDFS
```
So the SD card's memory isn't available to transfer files. When I go to the Notifications screen and tap "Connected as USB storage", the radio button for "USB storage device" is already selected. I can select the "Media device (MTP)" option and successfully perform file transfer to/from my SD card this way, but I'm wondering why the "USB storage device" option doesn't make the SD card available.<issue_comment>username_1: It looks to me you need the USB driver on your pc. Search Huawei site for "USB driver". Also set "USB Debug" on (on your phone, that is. I don't know if this alone would solve your problem, though).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: My phone is Amoi N828 and I have a similar problem. My workaround is disable the USB debugging :) Then reconnect your phone to the computer :)
Hope this help.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: SOLVED!
My phone is an HTC Droid Incredible running Android Jelly Bean 4.1. I had the same issue as well, but [as Tiana suggested](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/74656/16575), I turned off USB debugging, rebooted the device (not power off, but actual reboot) and it worked fine.
I had turned on USB debugging previously because I was downloading CM10 but had forgotten to turn it off afterwards.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: First Go to [settings]. Then go to (general column). Then go to [developer options]. If you are not getting developer options, then in the same area go to [about the device]. Go to [build number]. Tap on it 5-7 times. Then go to developer options. I guarantee this will help you.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/03 | 1,001 | 4,111 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Sony Xperia ZL running Android 4.2.2 . There's a background process named "Mediaserver" which uses most of my battery, while the phone is on standby. If I charge it to 100% and leave it alone, the "Mediaserver" process by itself will account for some 30% of all battery usage after 8 hours or so... Mediaserver manages to have "Keep awake" CONSTANTLY!
I've spent quite a lot of time searching about this, and went around many ideas, including that this excessive battery usage could be caused by some corrupt media (audio/picture/video) file stored on the device. But, despite having flashed several stock ROMs from around the world, without even having any kind of media (or even any app but the stock ones), the problem persists!
I have also tried the apps "Rescan Media Root" and "Mediaserver Killer" from the Play store (of course, I do have root access). For my misfortune, they were not useful.
As a fairly advanced user, who likes to be in control of things, I've tried to find "Mediaserver" under Settings / Apps hoping to stop it but it's not there. I'm believing to have found it under /system/bin/Mediaserver (no extension), but how can I stop it from running all the time? It seems to me that deleting/renaming this file isn't really a good idea.
Ps: I also tried a few Task Managers, but still couldn't find/stop the running process.
Any ideas on this will be appreciated, including possible some more information on how to manage built-in background processes on Android. Anything, really, I don't care if it envolves turning to ADB or running commands from Terminal Emulator.
Thank you everyone!<issue_comment>username_1: The media server application indexes all your media on the phone.
Its common that if you transfer media files to your phone that the power consumption of the media server will go up but only for a short period of time. This is necessary, otherwise app's won't be able to find your newly imported media.
But in your case, since you seem to be having troubles with the media server app constantly consuming battery. I think that you may have a/or several corrupt media files in the phone or on your SD card. Causing the media server app to constantly trying to index files.
Just to do a quick test, try to copy all your important media and other files to your computer then delete them from your phone or do a format on your storage memories and check if you still experience this.
If you don't, the problem is as I suspected a broken or corrupt media file. The hard part is to figure out which one.
Source: <http://talk.sonymobile.com/>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: It could be that it's not a particular file that's corrupt, but the filesystem itself. I've had a similar problem on a Galaxy S3, and the culprit was a filesystem error on the SD card. Removing the SD card and scanning the filesystem for errors from a computer fixed the problem.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Try to FORCE STOP applications that use your camera such as snapchat and skype. I did and it worked. Good luck!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I have the same problem. (Xperia running 4.4.4) It happened to me when I plugged my phone in to my car USB (ironically to charge the battery). The car system must request a list of media for it to play (I hope it is clever and doesn't ask for photo's too.) From then on my phone started to heat up and my battery started discharging rapidly. This went on for a few hours, long after I had disconnected the phone from the car. Even turning the phone off and restarting it did not clear it. In the end I just looked for running apps, found two processes being run by media. I closed these and the drain stopped. I reckon what is happening is that media keeps trying to handshake with the USB port (or something like that). Some sort of bug in the program keeps it looping when it should close.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I had the same problem on my Samsung Galaxy S5. I deleted LOST.dir and the Android map from my SD card, and it fixed the problem.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/03 | 301 | 1,105 | <issue_start>username_0: Does it make Knox's "void warranty" = 0x1<issue_comment>username_1: Lucky boy! When I did the root procedure on my Galaxy S4, I did not figure out that I was going to lost my warranty increasing the Knox counter... Infact almost any root procedure will do this.
But, as I told you before, you are lucky because there is some new root-procedure that will not increase the Knox counter. You can read further on this: <http://www.theandroidsoul.com/universal-root-de-la-vega-script/>
Hope I've helped you!
Luca
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: There are two events that will trigger the Knox flag to change from 0x0 to 0x1.
1. Unsigned recovery (recovery.img) is flashed
2. Unsigned kernel (boot.img) is flashed
It's not the actual custom rom that trips Knox when you get to flashing. It's the step before that, getting a custom recovery loaded in order to flash the rom itself.
This is also why the de-la-vega root method works, because it flashes a prerooted stock system image to your device without touching the two partitions that DO trip Knox of modified.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/03 | 346 | 1,071 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently moved from Note 2 to Moto X. In Note 2, the 'Mobile Networks' page inside Settings had the 'Network Mode' setting with options: **GSM/WCDMA (Auto mode), GSM only or WCDMA only**.
In Moto X however, instead of 'Network Mode' there is 'Prefered network type' which has the options: **4G (recommended), 3G or 2G**.
Through this I can force 2G, I'm assuming, but not 3G or 4G (there's no 4G in India yet anyway).
Is there any other setting or any app that can force only 3G (or 4G)?<issue_comment>username_1: Try `*#*#4636#*#*` in your dial pad (type the \* and # also). Under `Phone information` you will find `Preferred network type`. Select `GSM` or `WCDMA` from there.
You will find
1. `WCDMA preferred` this will use both 2g and 3g whichever has the
better reception
2. `WCDMA only` this will use only 3g
3. `GSM only` this will use only 2g
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Install [Network](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mangelow.network) app and try the option WCDMA only.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/03 | 358 | 1,422 | <issue_start>username_0: Disclaimer: I'm new in the smartphone world.
So, I have my new smartphone (LG5), I open the browser and I would like to surf internet as I do from my laptop.
I go to google, search a site, for example a newspaper page, I click and... I'm automatically redirect to a page starting with and "m" like m.normal.site.addres which is the page for mobile devices, and which is often a pay-service.
How can I see the normal web page without being redirect?
Thanks in advance for help!<issue_comment>username_1: In Chrome for Android, you select "Request desktop site" from the menu in the browser.
I don't know if your phone ships with Chrome as the default browser or something LG have cooked up, so the option might be named differently, but there should be an equivalent.
Most sites will respect this, but you might find that if a site is redirecting you to push you to a pay service, they have another way of redirecting you anyway.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Maybe your smartphone does not support Chrome browser. By the way, you can do the thing suggested by @username_1 with almost every "custom" browser on the Play Store.
Opera is a good choice (you must consider the lightest one) but Firefox, expecially in the last updates, is another good choice.
If I remember well, the stock andoird browsers has this option too: try to check in the settings!
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/03 | 355 | 1,428 | <issue_start>username_0: I am reading a [link](http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/android-partitions-explained-boot-system-recovery-data-cache-misc/) that explains what partitions exist in Android.
Can someone tell what is the purpose of ramdisk in Android ?
The link says ramdisk is present (along with the kernel) in /boot partition. However, when I try to do some searching based on that, I encounter pages where people try to copy boot.img and ramdisk.img to the phone.
Is ramdisk part of boot ?
Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: In Chrome for Android, you select "Request desktop site" from the menu in the browser.
I don't know if your phone ships with Chrome as the default browser or something LG have cooked up, so the option might be named differently, but there should be an equivalent.
Most sites will respect this, but you might find that if a site is redirecting you to push you to a pay service, they have another way of redirecting you anyway.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Maybe your smartphone does not support Chrome browser. By the way, you can do the thing suggested by @username_1 with almost every "custom" browser on the Play Store.
Opera is a good choice (you must consider the lightest one) but Firefox, expecially in the last updates, is another good choice.
If I remember well, the stock andoird browsers has this option too: try to check in the settings!
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/03 | 902 | 3,296 | <issue_start>username_0: I am reading a tutorial on the sideload command at [link](http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2013/12/ow-to-use-adb-sideload.html).
It contains the steps of rebooting into recovery mode and using adb sideload [file].zip.
My question is that what does sideload actually do with that zip file ? In the past I have compiled AOSP and flashed a device using
* adb reboot-bootloader
* adb fastboot flashall -w
Is sideload trying to achieve something similar to the above ?
**Edit**:
I think my confusion relating to sideload stems from my lack of understanding of how Android's memory is structured. I found two links.
First is a link that explains Android partitions : [partitions](http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/android-partitions-explained-boot-system-recovery-data-cache-misc/)
Second is a SO answer, that explains Android's memory: [memory](https://stackoverflow.com/a/4634858/682869)
Now my understanding so far is this :
Android has RAM and ROM. ROM is divided into several partitions, namely, /system, /data, /boot, /recovery, /cache, /misc and /sdcard.
Now the link relating to sideload states that this command installs a zip file.
What I don't understand still is that, is this zip file, going to replace the entire ROM in Android ? Namely, will it have to have the right partitions as in the list above ?
This also makes me confused about a similar command 'fastboot flashall'. I know when I run it, the terminal goes by saying its writing to several of the partitions. So my questions boil down to these :
1) Is sideload replacing entire ROM ?
2) Is the related command 'fastboot flashall' also replacing entire ROM ?
3) Are there ways to replace select partitions ?
Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: 1. Adb sideload command just loads a zip file from the computer to the phone. The creator of the zip controls what it does (the recovery just uploads it from the computer and looks at a specific file).
You can do a lot with it, but it's not a full rom, it's cannot replace a rom.
Here is an example of an update.zip I once wrote and sideloaded it to a phone:
`mount("yaffs2", "MTD", "userdata", "/data");
delete("/data/system/gesture.key");
delete("/data/system/password.key");
ui_print("Done!");`
It deletes a couple of files, and prints a successful result.
2.The command `fastboot flash all` can replace an entire rom, because it does a bunch of operations like format a partition and install a new rom. But you can flash other files that don't do those things (but often this command do exactly that.)
3.You can do a lot of things in the adb command line, like delete a partition a flash or just copy something else to it. What exactly do you want to do? On which partition?
Hope this is helpful, and check out the android developers page on adb ( <http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html> ).
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It allows you to flash new firmware or install apps you have developed with the Android SDK.
This is discussed in my question here:
[Alldaymall A88s popping up a bunch of junk from PornClub. I have it rooted. Now what?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/181337/alldaymall-a88s-popping-up-a-bunch-of-junk-from-pornclub-i-have-it-rooted-now)
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/03 | 517 | 1,895 | <issue_start>username_0: I found couple of questions about it but they are two year old.
So Is it better to disable (in the top panel) 3G when I have an active WiFi connection and disable WiFi (in the top panel) when I doesn't have active WiFi connection and enabled 3G Data connection?
By better I mean consumes less battery power<issue_comment>username_1: 1. Adb sideload command just loads a zip file from the computer to the phone. The creator of the zip controls what it does (the recovery just uploads it from the computer and looks at a specific file).
You can do a lot with it, but it's not a full rom, it's cannot replace a rom.
Here is an example of an update.zip I once wrote and sideloaded it to a phone:
`mount("yaffs2", "MTD", "userdata", "/data");
delete("/data/system/gesture.key");
delete("/data/system/password.key");
ui_print("Done!");`
It deletes a couple of files, and prints a successful result.
2.The command `fastboot flash all` can replace an entire rom, because it does a bunch of operations like format a partition and install a new rom. But you can flash other files that don't do those things (but often this command do exactly that.)
3.You can do a lot of things in the adb command line, like delete a partition a flash or just copy something else to it. What exactly do you want to do? On which partition?
Hope this is helpful, and check out the android developers page on adb ( <http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html> ).
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It allows you to flash new firmware or install apps you have developed with the Android SDK.
This is discussed in my question here:
[Alldaymall A88s popping up a bunch of junk from PornClub. I have it rooted. Now what?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/181337/alldaymall-a88s-popping-up-a-bunch-of-junk-from-pornclub-i-have-it-rooted-now)
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/04 | 532 | 2,127 | <issue_start>username_0: I really need ur help I hope u will do CZ I'm so in trouble with my husband becz of Gps mistakenly located my position I'm. A specialist. Pediatrician working in hospital and that day I.have oncall duty and I was working in the hospital all that time my husband can not belive I'm oncall he was tracking my position I think by my Gmail. Because he knew my email password later Gps photo showed to him that I was not at hospital and I was go out to 3 different place and he do not want to believe. Me he insulting me although all what Gps point is not true and I ask him to asks the nurses and security that night when I was oncall where I am but he do not want to believe he is trusting that Gps than me I attached here the Gps he view showing where I have been although all the time I was working in the hospital ?is there anyway I can prove Gps being wrong or Can I contact Google Maps and can they give an official printout of that certain day and every location I was? I really need to prove my honesty to him and hope there is a way.<issue_comment>username_1: First, Google does track your *Android device's* location not solely on GPS. They use also WiFi Access Points and cell towers to do so. This makes not only the accuracy sometimes very inaccurate, but could also lead to false location reports.
I doubt that Google will be helpful here. This is more of a social problem then a technical one, consisting of the absolute believe in technology, which is wrong, and the distrust in persons, which is also wrong.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can check this on [google location history](https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0).... and I can attest it isn't entirely accurate
(more so when the points are several kilometers apart, and I probably walked at supersonic speeds)
As @flow has said though, its more of a socio/cultural issue as a technical one - I shouldn't be judging someone elses culture but this kind of unfounded suspicion and emotional abuse isn't *right*.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/04 | 324 | 1,309 | <issue_start>username_0: I rooted my Android Phone and deleted some unwanted apps with google play store, google play services and google text to speech.
Now how to add these apps again (latest version) as a system app for future factory reset?<issue_comment>username_1: First, Google does track your *Android device's* location not solely on GPS. They use also WiFi Access Points and cell towers to do so. This makes not only the accuracy sometimes very inaccurate, but could also lead to false location reports.
I doubt that Google will be helpful here. This is more of a social problem then a technical one, consisting of the absolute believe in technology, which is wrong, and the distrust in persons, which is also wrong.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can check this on [google location history](https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0).... and I can attest it isn't entirely accurate
(more so when the points are several kilometers apart, and I probably walked at supersonic speeds)
As @flow has said though, its more of a socio/cultural issue as a technical one - I shouldn't be judging someone elses culture but this kind of unfounded suspicion and emotional abuse isn't *right*.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/04 | 749 | 2,599 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to remove all the icons on the desktop, (and also in the bottom bar) and place new ones via ADB.
My script already removes all the apps, but icons/shortcuts remanin there!
Is there any command to do this? Or maybe a xml file or something that I can edit?
Note: I have root access.<issue_comment>username_1: Try this:
```
adb shell pm clear com.android.launcher
```
(i think it's the unique name of the launcher in 4.4.2, change it if I'm wrong)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The default launcher in my stock Android 4.2.1 and CM12 contains those home screen shortcuts in a table named `favorites` inside `launcher.db`. If that's your case then all you have to do is flush the content from that table, restart the launcher and the stuff would be gone for good.
A general query would be:
```
adb shell su -c 'sqlite3 /data/data//databases/<.DB\_FILE> "DELETE from
"'
```
(Download [sqlite3](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ptSoft.util.sqlite3forroot) if it's not present in the system.)
For my stock launcher in Android 4.2.1, the query would be:
```
adb shell su -c 'sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.launcher/databases/launcher.db "DELETE from favorites"'
```
However, you first have to analyze which `.db` file, and which table in particular, actually holds the relevant stuff.
* For that you can use [SQLite Editor](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.sqleditor) or [aSQLite Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.andsen.asqlitemanager) to locate the relevant database and table. Or, you may `adb pull` all the launcher's database files and open them in an sqlite program on PC like [DB Browser for SQLite](http://sqlitebrowser.org/) to find the correct table.
* For a command-line way, you can use this command to list all the tables in a supplied database:
```
adb shell su -c 'sqlite3 /data/data//databases/ ".tables"'
```
In order to create shortcuts you first need to know their structure in the table. Use `.schema` then `SELECT *` to see the content. You can take help (in making a query) from [this resource](http://www.tutorialspoint.com/sqlite/sqlite_select_query.htm).
However, I would recommend choosing GUI over CLI to see the information about shortcuts. Also, **always take backup before tweaking such stuff**.
Once you're done flushing the table's content, do:
```
adb shell su -c 'am force-stop '
```
E.g.:
```
adb shell su -c 'am force-stop com.android.launcher'
```
or
```
adb shell su -c 'am force-stop com/cyanogendmod.trebuchet'
```
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/04 | 309 | 1,169 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I take a screenshot on my Samsung Galaxy 10.1 without the volume display showing on screen?<issue_comment>username_1: there are many free app on the Play Store that can acquire a screenshot without pressing any physical button on your phone. Please take a look there: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.screenshoteasy>. Hope to help you!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Press `Vol -` plus `Power` button at the same time.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: I assume you're on TouchWiz and are trying to take a screenshot by using Vol - and Power.
On TouchWiz it's Home + Power.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I have battled this issue ever since they pushed Android version 4.2.2. On my Galaxy Tab model GT-P5113 the `power` + `volume down` would work only about once every 10-20 attempts. Since the new build was pushed last week I checked it again. Now the screen shot does not work at all.
But I gave up long ago and came up with a solution. I use my Samsung Victory telephone to take a picture of the tablet and send that to the tablet to by whatever share method is handy.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/04 | 514 | 2,058 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm still learning about VPNs so forgive me if this sounds horribly mistaken, but if I understand it correctly a VPN is an encrypted internet connection between two computers that can also be used as proxy. My question is: supposing I am ON MY LAPTOP at a library/work/school and the WiFi has a filter that prevents access to some websites, in theory would I be able use the unfiltered 4G data connection from my Android tablet or phone to gain access to those sites remotely?
I know I could just tether the device and use the connection that way but I'm curious if it'd possible to use the data plan on the tablet that I leave at home (it has perfect 4G data service there) that way, should I ever need to use an encrypted connection to get around some web filters, I could always have that available to me. I currently don't have a home computer that I can leave running all day, otherwise I'd run something like Hamachi.
Thanks for reading and sorry if this is a noobish question!<issue_comment>username_1: there are many free app on the Play Store that can acquire a screenshot without pressing any physical button on your phone. Please take a look there: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.screenshoteasy>. Hope to help you!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Press `Vol -` plus `Power` button at the same time.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: I assume you're on TouchWiz and are trying to take a screenshot by using Vol - and Power.
On TouchWiz it's Home + Power.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I have battled this issue ever since they pushed Android version 4.2.2. On my Galaxy Tab model GT-P5113 the `power` + `volume down` would work only about once every 10-20 attempts. Since the new build was pushed last week I checked it again. Now the screen shot does not work at all.
But I gave up long ago and came up with a solution. I use my Samsung Victory telephone to take a picture of the tablet and send that to the tablet to by whatever share method is handy.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/05 | 373 | 1,481 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a LAN accessible over wifi that I'd like to connect my Android device to, but when I go to Settings->Connections->Wifi and try selecting the network, it doesn't connect. If I enable internet access on the wifi network it will connect, but then as soon as I disconnect the wifi network from the internet, the phone disconnects from the wifi network. Is there a way to force the phone to connect to a wifi network, regardless of internet accessibility?
The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4, with Android 4.3. Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: If you are using a wireless router, what is the brand and model? Your device should be able to connect to the router regardless if you have internet or not. Unless the wireless network was disabled instead of the internet connection. Cheers.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Got it - went to Wifi->Advanced->Unchecked "Auto Network Switch." It seems to be something specific to Samsung phones with Android 4.3: [see here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20551658/disabling-samsung-auto-network-switch-for-wifi-connection)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: If you have root access to your phone, then this solution is the best in my opinion
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37218510/android-6-0-1-force-wifi-connection-with-no-internet-access>
Simply run `adb shell settings put global captive_portal_detection_enabled 0`
Edit: please upvote original author's post instead of mine
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/06 | 198 | 811 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a galaxy s4 from AT&T with knox on it. And I just want to root (no custom roms) but if my phone breaks or something I don't want to void my warranty because it's rooted. So is my warranty voided automatically with root or is it voided only if the root is the cause of the problem.<issue_comment>username_1: Rooting your phone will void the warranty from both the carrier and the manufacturer.
No matter what happens to be wrong. If they found that the phone's rooted then you'll have to face the consequences.
\**So your warranty will be void automatically with root. \**
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Your friends just got lucky. thats it. No manufacture in this world will provide you warranty services after you have rooted the device.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/06 | 321 | 1,215 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to do some css / javascript changes to a webpage with the android stock browser.
How does one clear the stock browser cache, on the Samsung galaxy s3? I've checked settings and settings -> developer settings as well.<issue_comment>username_1: Clear the browser by hitting the settings on your phone.
Navigate to privacy settings Hit clear cache.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: And to continue what Dan wrote, if you mean for the stock Android or Samasung browser (it's not the same app, but it's in the same place), it's what @Dan Hulme answer.
but if the browser is chrome press on the 3 dots > "History" > "Clear Browsing Data.." > pick "Clear the cache", Here is a picture:
**Hope it's been Helpful!**
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: go to android settings from there select application manager. under the tab "All" scroll down to "Internet".You can find options to clear cache data as well as other data such as saved passwords.etc
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/06 | 452 | 1,784 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone is a samsung s duos gt s7562. I rooted my phone recently. But Iam having some problems after that. My apps, except for opera mini and instagram, cannot connect to data services. I tried factory resetting, enabling background data and even unrooting but of no use. Only the above mentioned apps are working. But when I am accessing internet through wifi everything works fine.I got a hunch that may be it has something to do with the busybox i installed. When I was installing it, it gave a lot of things to install when I selected advanced installation but i ignored it and selected the normal one where the busybox installer will select the necessary stuff and install it.
Anyone got any remedy to this??? Please help because I am fed of searching for remedies.... Nothing helped so far<issue_comment>username_1: Clear the browser by hitting the settings on your phone.
Navigate to privacy settings Hit clear cache.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: And to continue what Dan wrote, if you mean for the stock Android or Samasung browser (it's not the same app, but it's in the same place), it's what @Dan Hulme answer.
but if the browser is chrome press on the 3 dots > "History" > "Clear Browsing Data.." > pick "Clear the cache", Here is a picture:
**Hope it's been Helpful!**
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: go to android settings from there select application manager. under the tab "All" scroll down to "Internet".You can find options to clear cache data as well as other data such as saved passwords.etc
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/06 | 675 | 2,569 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for a way to do the following: I have a contact with 2 numbers. He sends me messages through one number and I have to reply to the other one. I want to merge the threads and have a number to send by default.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with stock ROM Android 4.1.2. I use the default texting app which I think does not allow me to do this.<issue_comment>username_1: [Hangouts](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk) does this.
(And here's a useless sentence because SE thinks an answer can't be less than 30 characters.)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: As of February 2017 none of top SMS apps are capable of merging SMS threads either from same contact or different contacts or same contact same number with just different number formats.
However there is a workaround that did the job for me.
1. As a preparatory step you can merge/link your contacts beforehand (if needed) with any contact manager app. I have used True Phone for that.
2. Get Google Hangouts v10 from [apkmirror](http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/hangouts/hangouts-10-0-123391178-release/). Recent versions are worthless as they have [killed conversation merging][3] starting from v11.
3. Immediately after installation disable automatic update of Hangouts via Play Market (app page -> menu -> uncheck *Auto-update*).
4. Run Hangouts and select settings in menu. Turn on *Enable merged conversations*. Tap *SMS*, enable it and choose Hangouts as a default SMS app.
5. Unfortunately you will not be able to run Hangouts directly as [it will insist on update](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/169299/how-to-prevent-google-hangouts-from-showing-nagging-upgrade-required-screen) on each run. But it can be launched from any other app that wants to send SMS.
If your stock dial application support messaging - launch hangouts from it. Alternatively you can install any good 3-rd party dial application (drupe worked for me). I just find contact, drag it to SMS, Hangouts is launched with a proper merged SMS thread. When sending you can select which number of destination contact to use. Nice feature of drupe is merging SMS with other IMs(skype, whatsup, viber, etc) into one feed per contact (only summary is there without message details).
PS. Beware of drupe's downsides: it is very aggressive app and it will use your contacts in a way that you may not like.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: You can use Microsoft's SMS organizer. It does what you want. Easily available in Google play.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/06 | 407 | 1,605 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been using WhatsApp for a very long time in a dual mobile HTC Desire U under a specific network. Now, I would like to use WhatsApp for the other network too.
Is it possible to use watsapp for both networks under a single roof? I have tried suggestions many other sources, but I did not find any solution.<issue_comment>username_1: You are saying that you want to use whatsapp for another phone number of yours???
It is possible to create one whatsapp account for a single number. You cant combine two whatsapp accounts into one.
If you want to create independent accounts for both your phone numbers and use whatsapp for them from your only phone then it is hell of a difficult thing.
you have to logout every single time to get into the another account of yours. Otherwise you should have two whatsapp apps in your phone that is impossible.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can install one app per phone So you cannot use it for more than 1 network in the same phone(dual sim phone)
From [Whatsapp FAQ](http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/general/21009863)
>
> Your WhatsApp account can only be verified with one number, on one
> device. If you have a dual SIM phone, please note that you still must
> choose one number to verify with WhatsApp. There is no option to have
> a WhatsApp account with two phone numbers. If you attempt to
> frequently switch your WhatsApp account between different devices, at
> a certain point, you may be blocked from re-verifying your account. So
> please do not repeatedly switch between different devices.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/07 | 262 | 947 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to delete call logs and sms that are older than a few days. Is there any way to delete call logs and sms that are older than 5 days?
I using android 4.1.2, micromax a110q.<issue_comment>username_1: Try [Call Log Monitor](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softrelay.calllog) app. This is free app. [Call Log Master](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wlan.calllogmaster.free) is another great free app but it will only work for call logs.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You can long press and choose remove from call log. Unfortunately, you'll have to delete the entries one at a time, but it can be done. But if you want to completely [erase contacts](http://www.safewiper.com/tutorials/erase-iphone-contacts-before-selling.html) from your iPhone, you have to try professional data eraser app, due to the simple deletion can be recovered by some data recovery app.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/07 | 320 | 1,429 | <issue_start>username_0: I am developing an app that requires testing without google play services (I'm on a Samsung S3). I've turned google play services off in Application Manager and tested everything. Afterwards, I went back in and turned it back on, but I can't seem to get my app to recognize that google play services are re-enabled. What ways are there to check it Google Play Services is indeed enabled again on my phone?<issue_comment>username_1: Under Application Manager, there should be two Google Play Services instances under "Running Apps". These instances will also indicate which services are active, and that they were launched by an application.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: After further debugging, google play services' connection was coming across as needing an update in my app's code. It turns out I had to clear Google Play Service's cache. Once I did that and turned on, it prompted me to install updates. I did that, and now it recognizes it as re-enabled as it should.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Go to Settings - Applications, then go to options tool and select "Reset preferences". It will start working again. I tried in Micromax.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: The easiest way is reset app prefernces. Go to settings-app management-reset app prefernces. I tried all the above methods and nothing worked. I tried this by trial and error method and work done.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/07 | 325 | 1,400 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a friend on what's app I cannot only see his last seen status, I was able to see it & since a week now I cant see his last seen status. Although I can see when he is online. Message is send me are delivered as I see the double check mark, so don't think he has blocked me, but not sure why I cant view his last status, I can see my other friends status, but not his????<issue_comment>username_1: Under Application Manager, there should be two Google Play Services instances under "Running Apps". These instances will also indicate which services are active, and that they were launched by an application.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: After further debugging, google play services' connection was coming across as needing an update in my app's code. It turns out I had to clear Google Play Service's cache. Once I did that and turned on, it prompted me to install updates. I did that, and now it recognizes it as re-enabled as it should.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Go to Settings - Applications, then go to options tool and select "Reset preferences". It will start working again. I tried in Micromax.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: The easiest way is reset app prefernces. Go to settings-app management-reset app prefernces. I tried all the above methods and nothing worked. I tried this by trial and error method and work done.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/07 | 313 | 1,195 | <issue_start>username_0: I have 1 android device, 1 wired headphones, 1 wireless headphones, 2 ppl willing to watch film.
When I connect both of headphones only wired work.
Is it possible to use both of headphones simultaneously?<issue_comment>username_1: Use the adapter that allow to connect wired headset. The smartphone switchs automatically to the wired headphone if inserted.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: <http://androidforums.com/threads/using-2-bluetooth-headsets-at-once.178052/>
There are a few recommendations but this seems like it would work:
Buy a Y splitter which will turn one 3.5mm headset jack into two
Buy a Bluetooth Audio Transmitter like this one
Plug your headphones into the one Y jack
Plug your Transmitter into the other jack
Enjoy headphones + bluetooth working simultaneously
Theoretically, you could also connect 2 wired headsets or 2 bluetooth headsets with this method. This is more of a worst-case scenario hack. It seems devices with Bluetooth 4.0+ are already able to support multiple profiles:
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: i have tried and tried, never works, either use 2 wired earphones or use 2 wireless Bluetooth earphones
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/07 | 199 | 864 | <issue_start>username_0: My android phone keeps connecting to random public wifi's that don't work very well. So I turned off wifi completely. Is there a way to say: use wifi if either my home wifi or work wifi is available, otherwise never use wifi?<issue_comment>username_1: Android won't connect to a wifi access point without you specifying that you want to and saving it.
Under settings, wifi, long-press on the names of any access points you don't want to connect to and choose "Forget Network".
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You can remove wifi networks under Settings -> Wireless -> Wifi -> long press on unwanted network -> remove.
Some apps like the automatic hotspot login from the german "Deutsche Telekom" are adding SSIDs to the list of known networks. If you remove such an app, the network is maybe not automatically removed.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/08 | 1,037 | 4,006 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Nexus 4 running CyanogenMod `10.2.1.-mako`. While trying to figure out why my battery life seems to be shorter than usual, I have noticed that my Wi-Fi is constantly on.
Shouldn't the Wi-Fi turn itself off when the phone is not in use? Could this be responsible for my lower battery life? (I had much longer battery life on earlier CM versions)
<issue_comment>username_1: Wi-Fi is usually turned `ON` or `OFF` manually. If it's turned on, and it's not in use or phone is considered sleeping, it's still running.
You might want to check with the CyanogenMod forums if there is any Wi-Fi issue for that version.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Actually, wifi can be turned on or off manually, but you can set how the wifi will behave when the display is turned off - be it allways on, or turn off when screen is turned off and leave only 2G/3G/4G on. This settings can be found under the Advanced setting in menu on wifi settings page. Downside is that you are using your carriers data connection during the phone sleep and there may be some lag when waking-up the phone thanks to wifi reconnect.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: The Wi-Fi device inside your phone (that includes the radio transceiver as well as the hardware that decodes the signals and tells the main CPU of the phone) has several different power states. Even when the Wi-Fi is on, after it's idle for several seconds, the Wi-Fi device goes into a low-power state. In this state, it's still connected, and can still receive data: when new data arrive via the connection, or when the phone wants to send some data, it quickly powers up to the working state.
The low-power modes aren't made visible to the user, so all you see is that the Wi-Fi is on or off, regardless of whether it's draining power because it's working all the time, or saving power by staying in the low-power state.
If you're using a custom ROM, it's possible that a bug in the driver integration is preventing the Wi-Fi device from going into its low-power state. It could also be caused by a poorly written app sending or receiving data very frequently for a long period: even if it's a small amount of data overall, if it's sent intermittently, it could keep waking up the Wi-Fi device, draining power unnecessarily.
As others have pointed out, you can choose for Wi-Fi to turn off completely when the device screen is off. This setting isn't always practically useful. If you have 3G turned on instead, then the phone actually uses more power to send data that way (but less power to stay connected-but-idle). If you have 3G turned off or it isn't available, then turning off Wi-Fi means you don't have any network connection at all, and can't get notifications of new mail &c. until a few seconds after you next turn the screen on.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: One more solution to your problem is to use an application like [JuiceDefender](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender).
The answer to your questions also remains, **Yes** it is normal for the WiFi to be always on and as others mentioned you can either turn it off manually or let an app/OS do it for you.
Some ROMs manage it well in built but still require the data to be turned off, otherwise there is persistent battery drain. I'll highly recommend JuiceDefender as I have been using it for quite some time and it can prolong battery up to **2x**.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: This is because option "scanning always available" is turned on in WiFi Advanced Settings. Turn it off may solve this issue.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zhdX3.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GJtH3.png)
(*Click on image for larger preview*)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/04/08 | 1,819 | 7,867 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm really confused about Android memory management.
I just read [here](http://lifehacker.com/5650894/android-task-killers-explained-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them) that killing apps by swiping from recent list or using task killers won't save your battery but drain more because this cause the OS to load the apps all over again next time you launch it or startup by themselves. They also said the actually thing we should worry is CPU usage, not RAM usage.
Is that mean using too much RAM doesn't drain battery? As RAM is a hardware, holding something on it shouldn't drain battery? What if I was playing Temple Run and just press home button so the app will load faster next time I launch? Or should we just press back button until the app exit as we always do? I've also searched the internet but some said it would drain battery as it sits on RAM, some said there is no difference between RAM holds actual data or nothing. Should we let go of our app-killing habit and just feel relax?
Some precise answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. :)<issue_comment>username_1: I doubt that there is a direct correlation between battery consumption and RAM usage. The hardware doesn't know which RAM cells contain 'used' data and which not. So there can be no difference in battery consumption on that level.
But I think that one could say that unnecessarily killing Apps causes a few extra CPU cycles when those Apps have to be re-started and therefore "uses more battery".
And yes, you definitely should let go of your app-killing habit. In most cases, Android is capable of managing the system's resources quite well and you shouldn't bother with manually killing Apps. They definitely won't drain more battery if they just idle around and consume some RAM. Of course, if those Apps are constantly using the CPU, they will drain battery (but this is usually a sign of a bug within the App or a badly implemented App).
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As the article explained to you, it doesn't matter how much stuff is loaded into the RAM, so that's completely okay if you don't close the applications that are idle. But if the app constantly does some activity, like syncing some data, or downloading, or even recording sound, it would drain your battery, because it uses the CPU, which sucks the energy from your battery, in that case, closing the apps would be a good thing to consider. Otherwise, if you're sure that the app will not perform constant activity in the background, then you shouldn't worry about it being stored in the RAM, it's just the same as storing your files in SDCard (I mean SDCard doesn't use battery, right?).
So just relax :) I guess temple run doesn't do any activity in the background, so don't worry to leave it in the ram.
Hope I explained to you. Cheers!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Think of RAM like a paper notebook. You can write data into the book (with a pencil), and you can erase those data and replace them with new data, but the book's always the same weight. The book doesn't get any heavier, whatever you write in it. The same way, with current RAM technology, the battery use of the RAM is fixed, regardless of what (if anything) is stored in it.
From Android's point of view, it doesn't matter whether you leave an app with the home button or the back button. **Pressing the back button doesn't kill an app or remove it from RAM. Swiping an app out of the 'recent apps' list doesn't kill the app or remove it from RAM.** The only difference it makes is changing what the app shows you next time you launch it: the screen you were on before, or the main/first screen of the app.
Imagine you have a notebook (as before), and a big bookcase with lots of reference books. You can't carry the reference books around with you, so if you need to know about a subject, you have to copy the information out of a reference book into your little notebook. When you run out of space in the notebook, you use your eraser to wipe some information you don't need again, so you can copy more information into it.
All this copying is tiresome. So once you've copied some information, you want to keep it in your notebook for as long as you think you might need it. You keep track of what information in the notebook you're using right now, and what information you use often, and what information you haven't used for a while. When you want to make space, first you erase the information you haven't used for a while. If you haven't got any of that left, then you erase some information you use often but not right now. Only if you're really desperate for space (maybe there's one big subject that takes the whole notebook) do you erase the information you're using today.
This is exactly what Android's doing with your RAM. The big bookcase with reference books is like your phone's internal storage: you can't use it directly (because the books are printed, not written with pencil), so it's expensive (it takes time and energy) to copy data into your notebook (RAM) to work on.
A task manager app is like a schoolteacher who thinks your notebook looks untidy with all those pages of notes you're not using any more. The schoolteacher comes along every so often and erases whole pages of notes. This is unnecessary, because it doesn't make the book any easier to carry around: the book weighs the same regardless. Not only that, the schoolteacher **doesn't know** which information you use most often - he might have a vague idea, but he doesn't know as well as you do - so sometimes when he erases information, the cost is an extra trip to the bookshelf, which you wouldn't have needed otherwise.
Thinking about it this way, it's easy to answer your question. Using more RAM doesn't use any more power directly. A task manager app can make you use more power, because you're having to copy things from internal storage to RAM that you wouldn't have had to otherwise. In the same way, a single RAM-hungry app costs you twice: first you have to write all of that app's information in the notebook, and then when you finish with it, there's a lot of information that you had to erase (to make space), which you have to copy from the bookshelf again.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_4: There is a big difference between iOS and Android. iOS freezes the apps, Android doesn't. The logic he explains in that article cannot be applied to Android, where some apps will drain your battery while in the background. If you care about this, use something like Greenify instead of a task killer.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Answering the question of the title: "Can using too much RAM drain battery?"
(Not your "real" question, but possibly useful for others interested in the questions title.)
Yes, when too much RAM is used by apps or services trying to run at the same time, the system may need to kill some of them very frequently, even multiple times per second, and restart them soon as they are needed by something else.
That is using lots of CPU cycles, and thus some battery capacity.
Note that is not a normal case, like "not killing some apps manually", it's a "very broken" state - but I have seen it happen, seems to be related to many services interfering and competing for memory.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Since main RAM is dynamic (made of capasitors which loose info) they must be refreshed.
This refreshal takes power, and a full (or used) block, should take more power to "recharge" than once containing all 0's or somehow knows it's not being used.
However, if this is actualy noticable is for someone with more electronics know/how.
I have always noticed higher battery usage on all computers when more ram is used, regardless of CPU level, but there must be some other factors at play here.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/08 | 1,697 | 7,354 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an HTC One running Android Revolution HD (ARHD), with Android 4.4.2, and I've been getting this error that says "Bluetooth share has stopped working".
The problem is that I have *no clue* what's causing this error to appear. I think it started appearing after I clicked the "share" button in an app - but even after fully rebooting my device, I STILL keep getting this error.
Does anyone know what could cause this error? And more importantly - how do I debug what app is causing this error? I just don't even know where to start investigating.<issue_comment>username_1: I doubt that there is a direct correlation between battery consumption and RAM usage. The hardware doesn't know which RAM cells contain 'used' data and which not. So there can be no difference in battery consumption on that level.
But I think that one could say that unnecessarily killing Apps causes a few extra CPU cycles when those Apps have to be re-started and therefore "uses more battery".
And yes, you definitely should let go of your app-killing habit. In most cases, Android is capable of managing the system's resources quite well and you shouldn't bother with manually killing Apps. They definitely won't drain more battery if they just idle around and consume some RAM. Of course, if those Apps are constantly using the CPU, they will drain battery (but this is usually a sign of a bug within the App or a badly implemented App).
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As the article explained to you, it doesn't matter how much stuff is loaded into the RAM, so that's completely okay if you don't close the applications that are idle. But if the app constantly does some activity, like syncing some data, or downloading, or even recording sound, it would drain your battery, because it uses the CPU, which sucks the energy from your battery, in that case, closing the apps would be a good thing to consider. Otherwise, if you're sure that the app will not perform constant activity in the background, then you shouldn't worry about it being stored in the RAM, it's just the same as storing your files in SDCard (I mean SDCard doesn't use battery, right?).
So just relax :) I guess temple run doesn't do any activity in the background, so don't worry to leave it in the ram.
Hope I explained to you. Cheers!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Think of RAM like a paper notebook. You can write data into the book (with a pencil), and you can erase those data and replace them with new data, but the book's always the same weight. The book doesn't get any heavier, whatever you write in it. The same way, with current RAM technology, the battery use of the RAM is fixed, regardless of what (if anything) is stored in it.
From Android's point of view, it doesn't matter whether you leave an app with the home button or the back button. **Pressing the back button doesn't kill an app or remove it from RAM. Swiping an app out of the 'recent apps' list doesn't kill the app or remove it from RAM.** The only difference it makes is changing what the app shows you next time you launch it: the screen you were on before, or the main/first screen of the app.
Imagine you have a notebook (as before), and a big bookcase with lots of reference books. You can't carry the reference books around with you, so if you need to know about a subject, you have to copy the information out of a reference book into your little notebook. When you run out of space in the notebook, you use your eraser to wipe some information you don't need again, so you can copy more information into it.
All this copying is tiresome. So once you've copied some information, you want to keep it in your notebook for as long as you think you might need it. You keep track of what information in the notebook you're using right now, and what information you use often, and what information you haven't used for a while. When you want to make space, first you erase the information you haven't used for a while. If you haven't got any of that left, then you erase some information you use often but not right now. Only if you're really desperate for space (maybe there's one big subject that takes the whole notebook) do you erase the information you're using today.
This is exactly what Android's doing with your RAM. The big bookcase with reference books is like your phone's internal storage: you can't use it directly (because the books are printed, not written with pencil), so it's expensive (it takes time and energy) to copy data into your notebook (RAM) to work on.
A task manager app is like a schoolteacher who thinks your notebook looks untidy with all those pages of notes you're not using any more. The schoolteacher comes along every so often and erases whole pages of notes. This is unnecessary, because it doesn't make the book any easier to carry around: the book weighs the same regardless. Not only that, the schoolteacher **doesn't know** which information you use most often - he might have a vague idea, but he doesn't know as well as you do - so sometimes when he erases information, the cost is an extra trip to the bookshelf, which you wouldn't have needed otherwise.
Thinking about it this way, it's easy to answer your question. Using more RAM doesn't use any more power directly. A task manager app can make you use more power, because you're having to copy things from internal storage to RAM that you wouldn't have had to otherwise. In the same way, a single RAM-hungry app costs you twice: first you have to write all of that app's information in the notebook, and then when you finish with it, there's a lot of information that you had to erase (to make space), which you have to copy from the bookshelf again.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_4: There is a big difference between iOS and Android. iOS freezes the apps, Android doesn't. The logic he explains in that article cannot be applied to Android, where some apps will drain your battery while in the background. If you care about this, use something like Greenify instead of a task killer.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Answering the question of the title: "Can using too much RAM drain battery?"
(Not your "real" question, but possibly useful for others interested in the questions title.)
Yes, when too much RAM is used by apps or services trying to run at the same time, the system may need to kill some of them very frequently, even multiple times per second, and restart them soon as they are needed by something else.
That is using lots of CPU cycles, and thus some battery capacity.
Note that is not a normal case, like "not killing some apps manually", it's a "very broken" state - but I have seen it happen, seems to be related to many services interfering and competing for memory.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Since main RAM is dynamic (made of capasitors which loose info) they must be refreshed.
This refreshal takes power, and a full (or used) block, should take more power to "recharge" than once containing all 0's or somehow knows it's not being used.
However, if this is actualy noticable is for someone with more electronics know/how.
I have always noticed higher battery usage on all computers when more ram is used, regardless of CPU level, but there must be some other factors at play here.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/08 | 512 | 1,920 | <issue_start>username_0: There has been a big [vulnerability discovered in OpenSSL](http://heartbleed.com/) today, are android applications affected, and what can we do to get a secure version?
What about people with older devices (such as the HTC desire HD I have) that are on old android versions (2.3.5), is it possible (for example) to get a up to date browser that doesn't use the installed openSSl, or to get security releases to old versions of android?<issue_comment>username_1: Android devices are only susceptible to this bug if they connect to servers which have not updated their server-side OpenSSL components. If the server component of OpenSSL is secure, no data is leaked. Therefore the main focus of this vulnerability is to server admins, not individual users.
Most probably this can be fixed with app updates as a temporary fix, but it will be incorporated to future OS updates. The release of OS upgrades is impossible to predict yet and depends on the manufacturer and carriers.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: From the article you posted:
>
> OpenSSL 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f (inclusive) are vulnerable
>
> OpenSSL 1.0.1g is NOT vulnerable
>
> OpenSSL 1.0.0 branch is NOT vulnerable
>
> OpenSSL 0.9.8 branch is NOT vulnerable
>
>
>
According to the [Security Enhancements in Android 4.2](http://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/enhancements42.html) article, Android started using OpenSSL 1.0.1 as of version 4.2. This means that older Android versions (like 2.3.x on your device) are probably not vulnerable to this attack. It's really difficult to say for certain, since there is no definitive way to [find out the actual version of OpenSSL](https://serverfault.com/questions/587324/heartbleed-how-to-reliably-and-portably-check-the-openssl-version) used, since each vendor is free to modify it and implement their own version numbering if they so wanted.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/08 | 1,108 | 3,923 | <issue_start>username_0: I've got a Nexus 4 with Android 4.4.2 and want to record my voice calls.
My first idea was to simply use a recording app, so I've tried a whole bunch of call recording apps, but none of them work. They only record my voice, not the other side. Or they require the speaker / handsfree mode in order to record the other person (and then still sounds like crap).
After some reading it seems not all phones/models support full 2-way voice recording. However I did read some claims about people pulling ot off on Nexus 4 (although it's not clear to me if this necessarily involves rooting and/or custom roms, which I'd rather avoid).
Is there ANY way (preferably without rooting) to do proper 2-way phone call recording on a Nexus 4 running Android 4.4.2?<issue_comment>username_1: Try [Easy Voice Recorder](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coffeebeanventures.easyvoicerecorder). It works for me (Nexus 4, Android 4.4.2 without root).
When you have root privileged, it is much easier. But without root, I don't know any apps that can record the other side in a way that you can hear him "clean". But as I said, Easy Voice Recorder did a very good job for me. Not perfect (crystal clear), but good (I can here the other side in the record without any issues).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Call recording for non-rooted phones seem to only work with the Mic mode, when your speaker is on. This makes your volume not so clear. I tested this with [Automatic Call Recorder](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appstar.callrecorder).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Apparently you need hardware support in your kernel and root access for line recording. Otherwise you're stuck with mic recording, which only picks up your voice (at least on my Nexus 4)
The only one that worked for me was [this "Call Recorder"](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skvalex.callrecorder) app. It costs $10 and requires root access, but it does a pretty good job. There's a trial version link on the Play page, you might want to try that and see if it works for you.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: CallRecorder [from XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441643) this is the only APP that allowed me to record my conversations properly, I own a Samsung SGH-i537 (S4 Active) and Samsung decided not to allow native recording for it, so you HAVE to root your phone before installing this APP (in the link there's a trial version so you can see if it works on your phone).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I tested Boldbeast Recorder (the special version provided by the developer). This is a free app, and it works very well for my LGE Nexus 4. It records calls perfectly in two directions.
Have a look at what settings you should use in the app suggested by the developer.
[Link to the XDA post](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56507567&postcount=98)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: 2-way call recording on Nexus 4 is disabled by the manufacturer.
If you have root, try [Jit Call Recorder](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.UIApps.JitCallRecorder.App), it records both sides of the call very well
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: I updated my Nexus 4 from Android 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.2. From my experience only Boldbeast Call Recorder ([Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boldbeast.recorder)) works well for all these Android versions.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: Just install the [Total Recall](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.killermobile.totalrecall) call recorder application on your Nexus 4 smartphone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_9: Try this android call recorder, Which i had found in
[XDA Forum](http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/android-call-recorder-smartphone-app-t3073998)
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/08 | 1,045 | 3,632 | <issue_start>username_0: The "[Heartbleed](http://heartbleed.com/)" vulnerability in particular versions of OpenSSL is a serious security issue which allows malicious servers or clients to undetectably obtain unauthorized data from the other end of an SSL/TLS connection.
My Android device has a copy of OpenSSL installed in `/system/lib`. Its version number is 1.0.1c, which appears to make it vulnerable to this attack.
```
shell@vanquish:/ $ grep ^OpenSSL\ /system/lib/libssl.so
OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012
```
* How does this affect me? Do Android apps use OpenSSL? If not, why is it there?
* Can I expect a firmware update from my carrier? If I root my phone, can I update it myself?<issue_comment>username_1: There is now [a new attack](http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/meet-cupid-the-heartbleed-attack-spawns-evil-wi-fi-networks/) that targets wireless networks and devices connected to them. Simply connecting to a corporate wireless network (one that uses EAP for security) is enough, if you are running a vulnerable version of Android. However, it is unlikely (don't quote me on this!) that they will be able to retrieve anything particularly sensitive from your Android device with this method. Maybe your wireless connection password.
---
You can use a [detection tool](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.heartbleeddetector) ([more info](https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2014/04/09/heartbleed-detector/)) to check if you have a vulnerable system OpenSSL lib on your device. Note that, as [username_2](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/58226/lars-duesing) [mentions](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/67287), it's possible that specific apps are statically linked against vulnerable versions different from the system library.
---
According to [this comment on Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/22ghj1/the_heartbleed_bug/cgn3roj?context=4), certain versions of Android *are* affected by this bug. Worse still, some browsers, especially the built-in one and Chrome, possibly use it and are therefore vulnerable.
>
> Android 4.1.1\_r1 upgraded OpenSSL to version 1.0.1: <https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/openssl.git/+/android-4.1.1_r1>
>
>
> Android 4.1.2\_r1 switched off heartbeats: <https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/openssl.git/+/android-4.1.2_r1>
>
>
> **That leaves Android 4.1.1 vulnerable!** A quick grep on my access logs reveal there is a lot of devices still running 4.1.1.
>
>
>
Some other sources indicate that **4.1.0 is also vulnerable**.
It seems the easiest way to fix it is to upgrade off that version, if possible. If you're lucky, your carrier will release a new version - but I wouldn't count on it. If not, you may have to investigate custom ROMs, possibly a downgrade, or rooting and manually replacing the library.
**It is highly recommended that you resolve this issue.** This bug can result in the theft of data, including usernames and passwords, from your browser by a malicious server.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Short hint: MAYBE some apps use their own openssl-libs (or parts thereof). That MAY open problems on any OS-version.
And: [Google is aware of the problem](http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.de/2014/04/google-services-updated-to-address.html). Their official statement says that only Android 4.1.1 was vulnerable.
>
> All versions of Android are immune to CVE-2014-0160 (with the limited exception of Android 4.1.1; patching information for Android 4.1.1 is being distributed to Android partners).
>
>
>
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/04/08 | 737 | 2,624 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to get the welcome screen again after going through it without having to wipe the device? I mean the screen where you pick language, configure your Wi-Fi, log into a Google account, etc.
I know all those things can be done from the Settings menu, but still, I want to get the welcome screen again, without having to factory-reset. The phone is rooted, in case it matters.
I want to make the welcome app start when switching the phone on, so I guess this might involve editing some config file which is read at startup.<issue_comment>username_1: You can find it in your app drawer. Some vendor named is Setup, some may named Wizard. You might want to sort your installed apps in app drawer and start looking from oldest ones.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: >
> **EDIT:** This probably won't work, because `SetupWizard.apk` doesn't have a launchable activity.
>
>
>
Although this question is almost a year old, others may still find this useful:
```
adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardActivity
```
I'm not sure why do you want to run the setup wizard on the next boot, though. If you want to give your device to a relative, why not do a factory reset, or if you want to keep the data on the device, just tell them to change things manually in the settings?
Anyway, if you're using a ROM with `init.d` support (such as CyanogenMod), create a new file called `00Asetupwizard` with the following contents:
```
#!/system/bin/sh
adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardActivity
# "Self-destruct" to make sure the setup wizard is not reexecuted on subsequent boots.
# This may cause an issue if the device is rebooted before completing the setup wizard,
# but I don't know how to fix that.
rm -f /system/etc/init.d/00Asetupwizard
```
Then run the following commands on your computer, connected to your phone over USB:
```
% adb remount
% adb push 00Asetupwizard /system/etc/init.d/
% adb shell chmod 0755 /system/etc/init.d/00Asetupwizard
```
If `adb remount` gives an error, try the following instead:
```
% adb push 00Asetupwizard /sdcard/
% adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# mv /sdcard/00Asetupwizard /system/etc/init.d/
# chmod 0755 /system/etc/init.d/00Asetupwizard
```
(In the above examples, `%` indicates the shell prompt on your computer, to distinguish it from the ADB shell prompt.)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: for those you got newer GMS, it seems the name of activity changed, try
```
adb shell am start -n cotupwizard/.SetupWizardTestActivity
```
instead.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/09 | 162 | 649 | <issue_start>username_0: I purchased Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (Model SM-T211) and I am searching for Radio in the Home Menu. Does the Tab 3 have radio functionality?<issue_comment>username_1: Sorry to say this but this facility is not there..!!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I own a SM-T211 myself. **There is no built in radio functionality for this device.**
However, you can install internet-based radio apps from Play Store. Hope it helps.
As a side note, a quick search for the Galaxy Tab product line on PhoneArena reveals that none of them, starting from the first to the fourth generation tablets, have radio functionality.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/09 | 301 | 1,265 | <issue_start>username_0: Am using Samsung Galaxy Y model phone. I rooted my mobile and installed Jelly Blast v3 ROM in my phone. Now how to install a different custom ROM over this ? or if i install a new ROM in my mobile will that cause any problems ? Please help me get through this<issue_comment>username_1: You need to install custom recovery and flash new ROMs from this recovery. If you choose the correct custom ROM for you phone and follow the developer's installation guide, there won't be any problem. If you wanna know where you can find custom ROMs for your phone, take a look at [this question](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17152/where-can-i-find-stock-or-custom-roms-for-my-android-device). I recommend XDA developers. You can find a lot of ROMs with user's reply so you can consider before flashing the ROM.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: If you are already rooted and using a custom rom you probably have a recovery installed. You wont have any problem if you change the rom but make sure you have made a nandroid backup before doing anything so that you can revert back to your current state in case anything goes wrong. Choose the new custom rom wisely and follow the instruction therein and you will be alright.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/09 | 479 | 1,920 | <issue_start>username_0: I have purchased my [HTC One mini](http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_mini-5505.php) for a full price from an independent store. I have connected it to [MegaFon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaFon) (Russian cellphone operator) and now there is a carrier's app on a phone and it is recognized as "MegaFon HTC HTC One mini".
I don't want my phone to be carrier-branded. How did it happen and how do I remove it?<issue_comment>username_1: How it works is that mobile companies buy the rights to the Android OS to change the boot screen menu. Thus allowing them to set a brand logo on the start-up menu.
You are going to have to contact MegaFon to unbrand the device as it is a clear indication that the phone was branded to be locked by them.
---
OR
You are going to have to uninstall the Android OS and re-install it again.
This OS versions can be found on the Android homepage.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: SIM card subsystem is more complex than most people realise.
SIM cards can store applets, which can be run silently (without user acknowledgement) when a phone is booted with a sim installed. It would in theory have privileges to perform system actions like install an app or boot animation.
If the branding is being initiated by the SIM card, then you have no way of stopping it other than using a different network, or rooting and overwriting the customizations.
Having said that, while it is possible, it is uncommon and unlikely that is what happened.
It is also possible that the ROMs in the Russian market contain code which checks your sim card and performs some carrier-specific device customization.
It does seem more likely that the store sold you a branded device from the outset, but which only became activated once the SIM was installed.
It would be great to know what happens if you do a factory reset and install a sim from another network!
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/09 | 497 | 2,140 | <issue_start>username_0: I've got multiple Android devices and have a plethora of apps.
I've just done a factory reset on one in order to use it for development purposes only, however there are a couple of apps that I need that I've already paid for.
If I attach my Google account to this device, by default, the device will begin downloading ***all*** of my apps.. and while this is a good feature for some, I don't want all that crap on this device.
How can I prevent my device from automatically downloading apps when I attach my play account?<issue_comment>username_1: The best way I know (using CM11 as a reference) is to go to Settings -> Backup & Reset and removing the checkmark next to Auto Restore. It may be under another heading on different ROMS so you may need to look around for it. It is best to do this before you do the factory reset.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If you've already allowed Google Backup to backup your apps, then changing settings before you do the factory reset won't make any difference.
After the factory reset, when you next start the device, it'll go through the first-time setup steps again: where it guides you through connecting to a Wi-Fi network and signing into a Google account. On the screen where you sign into your Google account, there's a checkbox there to automatically restore your apps and data onto this device (I forget the exact wording).
Uncheck the checkbox at this point, and no apps or data will be restored to your device. You'll still be able to install any paid apps you previously bought. If you later turn on Google Backup on this device, it'll start a fresh set of backup data. Once it has backed up to this fresh set, next time you factory-reset this device, the restore will be from this fresh set. (If you factory-reset again before making any changes, or before it's had a chance to back up, you'll still get the old set.)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: <https://www.google.com/settings/dashboard?hl=en>
This is the exact link to where you can go down the rabbit hole to delete google android play store restore data.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/09 | 1,776 | 6,356 | <issue_start>username_0: I own a Nexus 7 tablet (the first Wi-Fi + 3G model - only front-facing camera, no support for phone calls). Yesterday, I wanted to take a screenshot on my tablet and tried various key combinations; i.e. power key + up/down volume keys; I am not sure about the exact combination, especially because I didn't expect anything bad to happen.
I am not sure that's the exact cause, but there's no other way it'd have gotten into safe mode.
**So, how do I get my tablet out of safe mode?**
I've tried:
1. [As stated](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2852139?hl=en) in the official docs ([and confirmed](https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/nexus/dQ6bB4rIib8/hGbuaPE0gGgJ) by a Google rep.), simply restarting the tablet (i.e. power off, then power on) should fix it.
>
> ...restart your device to get it out of safe mode
>
>
>
2. Following [these exact steps](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2852139?hl=en), I tried manually booting into safe mode, and then restarting the tablet to get out of it.
3. [This](http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-tablet-2012/192601-how-do-you-get-out-safe-mode-nexus-7-a.html#post2843968):
>
> It is necessary to hold the volume control switch to "high" and then operate the "on" switch, to get out of safe mode [...] hold the "on" switch for at least fifteen seconds.
>
>
>
4. Reset device to [factory settings](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4596836?hl=en).
5. Reset device [in Recovery mode](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4596836?hl=en).
(Followed steps [under Nexus 7 section](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4596836?hl=en)) successfully from 1 to 5. Volume buttons become unfunctional at this point, and I am unable to use them to *scroll to "wipe data/factory reset"*. **Mind you**, the volume buttons worked in the first few steps, so there's nothing wrong with the buttons themselves.
6. [Battery pull](http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-tablet-2012/347541-cant-get-out-safe-mode.html#post3347448), i.e. holding the power button until the tablet restarts.
7. Remove SIM card and restart. Insert SIM and restart.
**But... NONE of them worked.** My tablet is still in safe mode and I'm out of ideas. Is there anything I can do to fix this?<issue_comment>username_1: If your cell phone or other Android device is always booting into Safe Mode, follow the steps below.
1. Remove any case or gel skin from the phone. If the case is pressing on the Menu key it can cause it to load into Safe Mode.
2. Remove the battery and SIM card (if present) from the phone.
3. Wait at least 30 seconds.
4. With the battery still out of the phone plug the phone into its wall charger.
5. Place the battery and SIM card back into the computer.
6. Turn the phone back on. While the phone is loading do not press any keys or buttons.
**After the above steps have been followed your phone should be able to load into normal mode each time you start the phone. If the phone continues to load into Safe Mode an app you've recently installed may be preventing the phone from loading normally. Remove any recently installed app on the phone and try the above steps again.**
Finally, if the phone continues to load into Safe Mode after following all of the above steps we suggest performing a master reset, which will reset the phone and erase all settings and software.
Source: <http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001362.htm>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Try solve it with the Android Toolkit wich helped me. Boot it via the program itself (boot stock....). You might need to install the drivers first(the program helps you with it). See more here: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I had the same problem. Spent a night to fix it. First i thought it to be a software issue.. browsed and tried infinite fixes. I tried **re seating** flex cable that connects the volume buttons and the motherboard.I tries to factory reset through boot loader. Thought of flashing a different ROM. Dint work out for me.
**Here is what worked for me.**
1. Open the back panel of the tablet.
<https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nexus+7+Power+%26+Volume+Button+Cable+Replacement/9926>
2. Flip up the retaining flap on the 'power and volume button ribbon cable' connecting to the mother board. **DO NOT PULL OUT THE CABLE NOW.** Be ready to pull out the cable.
3.Press the power button to switch on your tablet.
4.The moment you see Google logo, pull out 'power and volume button ribbon cable'. This will disconnect volume down key, which forces the tablet into bootloader.
5.Now the tablet is ON in normal mode.
6.Plug the 'power and volume button ribbon cable' into its mother board socket.
7.Close the panel and enjoy using your tablet.
Be very careful with 'power and volume button ribbon cable'. A slight twist or bend will short the connections inside the cable.
P.S : **After powering on, Try not to switch off the tablet.** The volume down key might malfunction again and your tablet might go back to boot loader. Charge it before the battery dies out. In worst case, you'll have to repeat the above steps again. Messing with the power keys cable is not always a good idea :D
The volume down key and power key combination lets you to go into boot loader. So when volume down key is malfunctioning, your tablet might go for a toss. This could be for various reasons ,
a.Volume key is abused
b. volume key cable is damaged
c. Mother board is unable to supply enough power to volume keys.
d. volume keys socket in the mother board is damaged.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: My Nexus 7 (2013) had this problem and the volume rocker switch was bad. Found a new OEM part on ebay for $15 (including shipping) and looked at youtube for how to pull the device open and then the replacement was easy!
Sometimes switches go bad. When your device is out of warranty why not give a replacement a shot?
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I had this issue and I solved it by replaceing the OEM power and volume ribbon. I picked it up from Alibaba for only $3. Today I installed it and it works as it should now. My issue to start with was a Monster can bursting all over it in my laptop bag. Saved my laptop saved my old but good tablet. Nexus 7 wifi 2012 version
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/09 | 252 | 917 | <issue_start>username_0: Which engine does the stock Samsung Browser use? Is it based on WebKit, Gecko, or something else?<issue_comment>username_1: Android default browser uses WebKit.
Check out the second paragraph of [Wikipedia WebKit description](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WebKit&oldid=603213415).
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: After reviewing some user-agent strings, all native Samsung browsers I saw use WebKit.
There are particular idiosyncrasies when working with this family browser amongst devices, and a lot of weird behavior. According to [*What browser does the Samsung Galaxy use?* on Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/a/19551809/489396), there is some "value-added" by Samsung to the AOSP browser.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It is based on Chromium, it uses Blink (WebKit fork).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Internet>
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/09 | 531 | 1,968 | <issue_start>username_0: I just installed Cyanogenmod 11 on an HTC One, and now I'm completely unable to connect to it via USB from my Linux PC, so I'm unable to transfer any more ROM or applications.
How do I enable USB access, similar to the "USB debugging mode" seen in the stock Android ROM? I've looked through the settings, but there's nothing labeled USB.<issue_comment>username_1: Go into settings > about phone
Toward the bottom of the list, you'll see an entry for "Build Number"
Tap it 5 times and you'll see toast pop-up letting you know that the Developer Options have been enabled.
Go back to the main options menu and tap Developer Options and you'll see a tick box for USB Debugging about halfway down the list.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Settings -> Storage -> Press Menu -> USB computer connection
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Here's the best solution:
Go to **Settings** → tap the search bar and type `usb` → choose **Revoke USB debugging authorisation**. And now you can enable Android debugging.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Though probably not the case for the HTC One, if you have a new/less frequent model, it may be that you need to add the USB Device ID to ~/.android/adb\_usb.ini :
First check the USB Device ID by checking what ID appears when you insert your phone:
```
$ lsusb
[...]
Bus 001 Device 049: ID 2970:2282
[...]
```
Then, add to ~/.android/adb\_usb.ini:
```
echo 0x2970 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
```
This worked for my newish Wileyfox Storm.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Settings -> About Phone -> Repetedly click Build Number -> Go to Developer Options -> Tap on Usb debuging
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: In case some of you have Cyanogen 13 and you wonder where did the USB Debugging option disappear: there is now another option inside Developer options, and it's called "Android Debugging" (and it's disabled by default).
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/09 | 550 | 1,797 | <issue_start>username_0: While updating Chrome, I repeatedly get the following error:
```
Unknown error code during application install: "919"
```
This is on a Wolfgang AT-AS43D4, running stock 4.1.2. I have about 100 MB free space in my app storage.
This happens both on WiFi and on 3G, so the top answer to [this question](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/56258/51314) is not applicable.<issue_comment>username_1: Using a [cache cleaner](http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.cache), I freed up some cache, netting me a little over 130 MB free space in the app storage.
I then updated, and it worked. Freeing the cache *again* after the update, I only had 100 MB left. I also saw that the cache for the Play Store was about 28 MB, so apparently that's the size of the download for the Chrome update.
Using a [disk analyzer](http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage), I found out that Chrome (after the update) uses over 100 MB for the apk (103.5 MB).
---
What I think happened, is that it downloaded about 28 MB, then unpacked that to 103 MB, then *replaced* the existing apk with that. So I needed 28 MB + 103 MB = 131 MB to do the update.
To be honest, I think that's quite a lot. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do the next one.
Also, as noted in [my other question](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/64566/51314), Chrome uses quite a lot of data as well. It was at 25 MB when I asked that question, it's now a whopping 28 MB. I have no idea what's in there and no clue how to clean that other than deleting it *all*, which probably isn't a good idea.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Even I get same error when I have slower internet speeds. Probably slow internet is the mere problem.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/09 | 509 | 1,751 | <issue_start>username_0: How do you stop the Apollo music app in Cyanogenmod 11 from launching whenever you unlock your phone's screen?
No matter how I left my phone, after I unlock it, it **always** brings up Apollo, and its driving me nuts. I can't find any option to disable this "feature" (other than disabling the entire app itself in settings).<issue_comment>username_1: Using a [cache cleaner](http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.cache), I freed up some cache, netting me a little over 130 MB free space in the app storage.
I then updated, and it worked. Freeing the cache *again* after the update, I only had 100 MB left. I also saw that the cache for the Play Store was about 28 MB, so apparently that's the size of the download for the Chrome update.
Using a [disk analyzer](http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage), I found out that Chrome (after the update) uses over 100 MB for the apk (103.5 MB).
---
What I think happened, is that it downloaded about 28 MB, then unpacked that to 103 MB, then *replaced* the existing apk with that. So I needed 28 MB + 103 MB = 131 MB to do the update.
To be honest, I think that's quite a lot. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do the next one.
Also, as noted in [my other question](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/64566/51314), Chrome uses quite a lot of data as well. It was at 25 MB when I asked that question, it's now a whopping 28 MB. I have no idea what's in there and no clue how to clean that other than deleting it *all*, which probably isn't a good idea.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Even I get same error when I have slower internet speeds. Probably slow internet is the mere problem.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/10 | 912 | 3,769 | <issue_start>username_0: I've got an S3 on 4.1, and I have a lot of apps which have push notifications. This is convenient, but I want to know if 4.1 is set-up to use push notifications efficiently with regards to battery drain. Would having Android 4.3+ use less battery for push?
I have push enabled for 4 apps. After adding another push one last night, my battery loses 20% in an hour. I am starting to wonder how much battery do push apps really drain. I noticed some Twitter apps state that while they use push, they use their own server which apparently uses less of our battery.<issue_comment>username_1: Push notifications are designed to be the solution to battery draining apps that constantly monitor for data that has changed locally or on a server. Because of this they are very battery efficient. My phone typically will get 20 notifications in a few hours with less than 1% total battery use.
If your having huge battery drain problems, your phone is probably not sleeping properly which is usually due to an app that is preventing the phone from sleeping. I might be able to help you resolve this With some more information, such as Phone, Android version (or ROM if your rooted) and a screenshot of your battery screen after your phone has been running for a few hours. I will update my answer accordingly.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: >
> I want to know if 4.1 is set-up to use push notifications efficiently with regards to battery drain
>
>
>
Well the short answer is Yes, but this sounds like a misguided question. Push notifications have been around for a lot longer than 4.1 and to my knowledge there aren't any major "efficiencies" that were added to the Android OS after 4.1 to improve handling push notifications.
For push notifications to work, you need 4 components:
**(1)** An app server that's processing data for you in the cloud and wants to inform you about an event (for ex: Twitter/Facebook servers)
**(2)** A Push Notification Server that can receive requests from **(1)**, figure out who its intended for, and dispatch a push to the right user/device combination (ex: Google Cloud Messaging server)
**(3)** A counterpart Android app/service that is always running in the background and has a persistent (always-on) connection to **(2)** so it may receive the push, figure out which app it's intended for, wake up that app and send it the small push data (ex: Google Play Store native app)
**(4)** An Android app that can receive this local data from **(3)** and figure out how best to inform the user about this push notification (typically by putting up a notification indicator in the status bar) (ex: Twitter Android app). This is what the end user thinks of as a push notification. Not all push notifications needs to show themselves in the status/notification bar though, they are sent silently by **(3)** and it is up to **(4)** to determine if a notification should be shown to the user
Ideally, even with push notifications setting turned on, **(4)** isn't awake. It'll be awakened by **(3)** when **(3)** receives the push from **(2)**. Google provides the GCM framework that provides **(2)** and **(3)**. So provided your apps are using GCM (or other equivalent services like UrbanAirship, Xtify etc), any excessive battery drain you might notice is the fault of (1) or (4), both of which are the fault of the app developer.
(1) and (2) maybe combined, as can (3) and (4). So if the apps you're installing have their own push service, that's still an issue with their code, not your device or the OS.
Additional reading: [Google Cloud Messaging Architecture](http://developer.android.com/google/gcm/gcm.html#arch)
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/10 | 290 | 1,027 | <issue_start>username_0: Telegrams FAQ only explain what the green ticks mean in a normal chat ( <https://telegram.org/faq#q-what-do-the-green-ticks-mean> ).
Does anyone know what the second tick in a group-chat **exactly** means?
Does it mean **one** person has read the message? Or **all** people in the group? Or maybe **half** of them?<issue_comment>username_1: It means exactly what it says in the FAQ.
One tick - Your message has been sent successfully and is waiting for them to open the app and look at it.
Two ticks - They have opened your message.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: >
> Same as in normal chat. **One person** read message.
> -- *DrKLO (github.com)*
>
>
>
Source: <https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram/issues/397>
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: As long as the tick gets doubled soon and during this short period it's not possible for all of the members to open the chat, I assume that at least one has read the message. But I like the "half" theory :)))))
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/10 | 1,003 | 3,817 | <issue_start>username_0: I have samsung galaxy nexus with CM-11 nightly 07-04-2014.
About twice a month I update my version to the latest nightly build and it was pretty good for a while. Unfortunately last time ( for a couple of weeks ) there were two updates which really slowed down my device. Every app starts now up to 10 seconds. Even when I get a phone call sometimes the phone is not fast enough to display me an answer call button. And the network became slow as hell. CM update download over wifi will take up to several hours, while before it was about 5 minutes. However wifi in local network works a bit faster. gprs inet also works very slow. 100K pdf download takes up to 5 minutes, while it was up to 10 seconds before.
I tried to downgrade to the last stable version I had ( it looks like any before 03-25 ), but without success.
Important note: I did not perform the whole wipe during downgrade. I only formatted /system and /cache. I also tried to install other nightly builds with the same result.
There is nothing suspicious in dmesg or logcat. Sometimes in dmesg I can see messages about killing some users apps but it seems normal to me.
How to find the root of such slowdown?
And I'm not sure if the whole wipe will help me, as I'd like to save app data and restore it after wipe.<issue_comment>username_1: As far as I now Android device slowdown can occur for several reasons:
1. **Very low amount of free RAM**.
Check under Settings>Apps>Running how much free RAM you have
If your free RAM is too low (70-150MB or less) it's probably the cause so check which app/apps, if it's not an app maybe it's a bug in the ROM. (see 3)
2. **[Low free space on internal storage](https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39154)**. (check under Setting>Storage)
If the free space is too low (~2GB or less), try free up some space and check if that helps
3. **Kernel bug/misconfiguration**.
Try to check your CPU usage stats, clock speed, governor, number of active cores etc...
(If you havn't flashed a custom kernel and never changed the governor/clock speed or other performance settings it's probably not the problem)
4. **ROM bug**
You can try perform a nandroid backup, then reinstall the rom after full wipe and see how it performs, if it's still slow, try clean install of the version that previously worked fine (only if you know what you doing!)
5. **Bug in one of the user apps**.
If your CPU/RAM usage is too high for no reason maybe one of your apps eating it.
I recommend you to try [OSMonitor](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eolwral.osmonitor) or any similar app to find which app eating your CPU/RAM.
6. (Lack of TRIM, TRIM does exist in Android 4.3 and up so it's not the problem)
7. (In some rare cases bad sdcard can cause such problem but it's not the problem too since Galaxy Nexus doesn't have card slot)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Cyanogenmod nightly builds are **unstable** and will show bugs like this from time to time. They're really not suitable for everyday use, and sooner or later one of these bugs might wipe all your data, or turn your phone into a pocket heater by running the CPU at 100% continuously.
To avoid the problem you've seen, either update (downdate) to a nightly that doesn't have this problem, or switch to something more stable such as a beta build.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I would suggest a full wipe to determine if it's a hardware or software issue. You can save data from your apps through a utility like Titanium Backup (be sure to copy the backup files out of your device after you have performed the backup tasks).
Just to be sure, did you change the runtime to ART or are you still on Dalvik? ART is extremely unstable on CyanogenMod builds since 31 Mar 2014
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/11 | 489 | 1,993 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently I switched my Samsung Galaxy S3 (model number SPH-L710) from TouchWiz (Jellybean) to SlimKat (KitKat) 4.4.2 build 4.1 stable. As of right now, the phone's vibrate function does not work except for when first booting the phone. The vibrate function works for around 30 seconds to a minute (I test this by repeatedly changing the volume from the quietest to vibrate using the rocker). Eventually, the phone just stops vibrating when this occurs, and no other app can get the phone to vibrate as well.
I double checked all my application settings, but I haven't installed any new apps aside from the ones I backed up using Titanium Backup, and the vibrate worked fine while it was on TouchWiz. Is this a SlimKat bug or do I just need to dig harder to find the app causing it? If so, what are some problem apps/services that can cause this?<issue_comment>username_1: It shouldn't be possible for an app to prevent all apps from using the vibrator. This definitely points to an error in the custom ROM.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can also check if you don't have an app that automatically selects a profile depending on a trigger. Although it could be a bug in your ROM, it could also be caused by an automatic change of profile. Make sure the profile that is selected when you turn on your phone is the same as the one when the vibrator stops working, and that the definition of the profile didn't change.
The behavior you describe could be consistent with a change of profile since some apps might take a few minutes to be loaded after you start the phone, including your profile manager.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: In my case I had turned on power savings mode. Am not sure but I believe that in 4.4.2 power saving mode comes with "Disabling Haptic Feedback" turned on. This can be rectified by going to Settings->My Device and then clicking on Power Saving Mode. There uncheck the "Disabling Haptic Feedback" checkbox.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/11 | 663 | 2,324 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using Samsung Galaxy Mega Duos and use two SIM cards - one sim with very low charge for 3G connection (called SIM1) and the other with very-high fee (called SIM2).
I go to `Setting - Connections - Data usage` to turn off 3G on SIM2 but the checkbox `Mobile data` seems to be synced between the two e.g. if I check it on SIM1 and then go to SIM1 to turn it off, SIM2 is turned off too!?
My question: How can I turn of 3G for SIM2 but keep it for SIM1?
<issue_comment>username_1: I had the same issue. Found this solution on another site:
1. Open "Settings" App
2. Go to "SIM Card Manager"
3. Tap on "Data Service Network"
4. Choose the SIM as the Data SIM
Note that only the first SIM slot supports 3G Internet. So if you want to use 3G you must plug your 3G SIM in the first slot.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: With regard to "Note that only the first SIM slot supports 3G Internet. So if you want to use 3G you must plug your 3G SIM in the first slot."
In
Settings --> More Networks --> Mobile networks
You can set the "Network mode" for both SIMs separately, but only one card can be set to fast internet (WCDMA) at a time. This can be especially bothersome if you are in Korea, where parts of the country only have WCDMA and no GSM.
Please also note that mobile data is switched on automatically if you select a SIM card as explained in the first answer. You can then switch it off and on in the "sliding" config menue -- it seems to remember the setting you have made.
JCS.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I couldn't find the settings mentioned in other answers (OnePlus with Android 7) so I made an dummy APN setting.
Add a new APN:
>
> Settings > SIM & Network > Sim 2 > Access Point Names > (+)
>
>
>
Now you can add the APN details. Set APN to a dummy domain, e.g. `dummy.invalid` and hit save. Make sure it's saved and showing as selected on the "APNs" screen.
*Note 1: I haven't yet verified this technique as that SIM doesn't currently have credit. Hopefully someone else can verify this.*
*Note 2: ".invalid" domain is reserved [for this purpose](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2606). It means your phone won't be trying to connect to a real server.*
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/11 | 384 | 1,497 | <issue_start>username_0: My nexus4 2G RAM and 16G ROM, android 4.2.2. Got the root privileges afte bought it last year.
The situation puzzled me these days. Each time I tried to install app from google play or somewhere esle. **Out of space error** came out and suggested me *Free up some sapce and try again*, *Cancel* or *Manage apps*.
In fact 8.9Gb is available, Apps(app data & media content) occupies 733m. And this **Out of space error** doesn't come out when I updating apps.
I did some seach, uninstalled some apps, cleared app cache(one by one), even entered **recovery mode** and cleared **dalvik cache**, but it doesn't work.
Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: The only answer is a factory reset and even that doesn't work as it is supposed to. Shows formatting but nothing is removed when you boot up again.
I imagine the problem comes from Google servers restoring everything. I don't know how to get around that.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: (from an Android 4.4.4 user)
I began to have this problem after installing the Xposed module "**XInstaller**". I uninstalled that module and everything went back to normal.
Important: It can get easy to confuse all of these X words. It wasn't "Xposed Installer" that was the issue. The issue was the module for Xposed called "**XInstaller**". This module lets you change some of Android's default app installation/uninstallation behaviors. For now, I'm leaving that module alone.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/11 | 797 | 3,119 | <issue_start>username_0: I dropped my Samsung S3. Now I cannot see anything, just a white screen with purple, black, and green lines. Before it blanked out, it wasn't recognizing my finger touch. Any idea on how or what to repair? I want to save my phone so I can backup all my data.
Screen has a small crack on the lower right part of the screen:
* the colors are all messed up
* can't press anything
* can be turned on and can hear the starting sound
* can still receive calls and text
* USB debugging WAS NOT ENABLED<issue_comment>username_1: install [kies](http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/#none) and connect your phone with usb cable. Then go to backup/restore and you can easily backup your important data from there.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Not possible if debugging is disabled.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: FOUND A FIX!!!!! Hi Everyone, I just experienced the same thing: my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was dropped and the LCD stopped working. However, the phone would turn on. I could not receive calls or call out. My USB Debugging was turned off. This is how I managed to retrieve my TEXTS, other Rooted info and normal files. I am not sure if the front end of this fix had much to do with the over-all fix, but it seemed to.
1. I turned my phone on. I pressed my "Volume Up" button until I heard it beep. While still pressing the volume button, I pressed the "Bottom Face" button, then my "On/Off" button. Pressing them all down at the same time, but in that order. This seemed to put the phone in recovery mode.
2. I went to this website and downloaded Kies 3 software from Samsung (free). <http://www.mobile-phone-transfer.com/extract-data-from-kies-backup-sbu-file.html>
3. I opened the software and then plugged my Old phone in. DO NOT plug your phone in until the program is opened. Choose the files you want to backup and then press the backup button (may be called something else, but you get my point)
4. Once the backup is complete, plug your new phone in and restore all of the selected files (you may choose which ones) onto your new phone.
It worked with no worries about the "USB Debugging" being turned on or off!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yahooooooooo.
I wanted to share this as not other option worked for me. Good luck!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Apologies for putting this on an old thread, however having spent a week paining over how to do this if your screen is locked and totally broken. Buy a USB OTG cable from Amazon (they're quite cheap), plug a USB keyboard into this and then plug that into your phone. You should be able to type the PIN to unlock it if this is what you have, then you can use Kies to backup the phone. Just worked for me (yay). *This method only works on certain devices.*
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: I broke the display and digitizer today on my Galaxy S4, without USB Debugging turned on. I used [Samsung Kies](http://www.samsung.com/in/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/) to backup everything on the internal storage, apps, music, ringtones and their settings, text messages, contacts, all of it.
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/11 | 512 | 1,989 | <issue_start>username_0: The Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system sends warnings for weather and other emergencies. On my AT&T Moto X, the alert is a super loud sound and an alert box with an OK button. Once you push OK, the alert vanishes. Is there any way to recall it and see the alert text again? On iOS, WEA alerts are visible in the usual notifications pane. That doesn't seem to be the case for Android. Does anyone know if there are plans to fix this?
I imagine most people push OK in a panic to stop the loud sound, and then are left wondering what it was exactly that was so important.<issue_comment>username_1: There should be and app on the phone called Emergency Alerts with a red triangle and a white background that will let you view the active emergency alerts in your area.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Using Oreo (8.1)... Settings -> Apps & notifications -> Advanced -> Emergency alerts -> Emergency alert history.
In 8.0, it might be called "Mobile broadcast settings" instead.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YXcJc.png)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Try Settings > Connections > More connection settings > Emergency alerts.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: in Oreo 8.1.0
settings --> network & internet --> wireless emergency alerts
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: On my device, they are hidden in a different place. Navigate to:
*Settings › Sounds and Vibration › more sound settings › Emergencey Alerts › Emergency Alert History*
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I use an Android phone and had the same reaction you experienced. I made several attempts to get info via some emergency info links I'd saved to my home screen to no avail. .BUT I found the alert story by visiting a local TV news website like bay area abc7news.com, where a red Breaking News banner appears at the top of the page. I clicked on Amber Alert link & it took me to the story & details.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/11 | 685 | 2,848 | <issue_start>username_0: Right now, I have two phones - my now-old Galaxy Nexus and my new Galaxy S5. I want to keep my Galaxy Nexus around as a Chromecast controller and (via wi-fi) streaming media device. As such, I want to remove apps that aren't useful to me for this purpose without affecting my Google backups that helped me set up my S5 quickly. However, when I go to uncheck the "Back up my data" option on the Backup & reset menu, it says that disabling it will delete all my data from Google's servers. I don't want this, since my S5 should continue to use this service.
Is the fact that I have an S5 with this setting enabled sufficient to prevent my backup data from being wiped from Google's servers? If not, how I can unlink my Galaxy Nexus from this service? Or, alternatively, do I need to? The only thing that I'm trying to avoid is unnecessary syncing of apps and settings to a device that I want relatively free of apps.
In the event that I'm running on some false assumptions, I want the apps and settings on the S5 to be the ones restored on a new phone or following a reset. I effectively want the apps and settings on the GNex to be ignored as far as other devices are concerned.<issue_comment>username_1: You don't need to do anything. Every device using Google Backup with the same Google account keeps its own separate set of data. When you sign into your Google account for the first time after a factory-reset, the device will look through all the backup sets and try to pick the most recent one from the same device. It'll restore from that set of data, and use that to create a new backup set.
Only if you sign in on a completely new device that you haven't used before (not even before a factory-reset) will it choose a set from a different device: in that case, the most recently backed-up set.
So, you can leave your Galaxy Nexus backing up to its own set, and your Galaxy S5 backing up to its own set. If you factory-reset one of them, it'll restore the apps and data from the same device.
For a much more complete explanation of how Google Backup keeps track of different sets of backed-up data, see my answer to [Google Backup: Multiple devices using the same account - what happens on Restore?](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/42245/12442)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You should "Root" your Nexus to gain superuser privileges, that way you can delete all unnecessary apps and data that doesn't correspond with its new uses as a mobile streaming media device. <http://lifehacker.com/5886876/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-nexus> If you are unsure what an app does, before you delete it you can google the app name and find out its function. It would be better to save the app or file to your computer instead of deletion in case you need it its easily retrievable.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/11 | 578 | 2,000 | <issue_start>username_0: This is semi-related to a [previous question](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/62912/53017) and I have a new theory I want to test. I am looking for a camera app that will store it's images in PNG format (what screenshots are stored in) instead of the lossy jpeg.
[Camera FV-5](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flavionet.android.camera.pro) is the only app I could find that mentions PNG support, but it does not support the FFC.<issue_comment>username_1: In terms of JPEG to PNG, there are apps out there for conversion (based off of a quick search), one of them being: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.valsior.resizer>
Also, if you have a Samsung device, I found this little tidbit that caused someone to save all their images as PNGs:<http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2/669470-camera-saves-images-default-png-format.html> . Even then, they only save as this format after passing through Samsung's proprietary Photo Editor app on the person's Note II.
In terms of pure shooting in PNG, though, Camera FV-5 appears to be the only choice. :/ Hope this helped, and if anyone finds another app that can perform this function, I'd be interested in checking it out as well!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can write your own using this [Cam API tutorial](http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/AndroidCamera/article.html).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: JPEG with 100% compression quality is not lossless but maybe the picture quality will be good enough for you, here are two apps I know which has the ability to set the compression quality to 100%:
* [Snap Camera HDR](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snap) (JPEG Quality: Best = 100% according to the [developers website](http://www.marginz.co.nz/#settings)), [trial here](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snaptrial)
* [Camera MX](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magix.camera_mx)
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/12 | 214 | 857 | <issue_start>username_0: First, I'm an android rookie. I'm managing a softball team. I need to be able to send 40+ phones the same message at the same time (SMS is fine), but get individual replies (each player/parent's reply should come to me but not go to the whole team). I just switched from an iPhone 4 to a Galaxy S5. iPhone app "Group Text!" was perfect - I'm having trouble finding something comparable for the S5/android. Advice?<issue_comment>username_1: I used GO SMS Pro with previous android. Has an ad at the top of each screen unless paid for. Good functionality.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Whatsapp broadcast list may help you, i'm not %100 percent sure but it says "you should use broadcast lists to message multiple people at once." and as long as it is not group the others dont see the individual replies (i think)
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/12 | 501 | 1,867 | <issue_start>username_0: Because of processes stoped working and fixing them was taking too long with 0 rezults I tryed to reset it to factory settings but that didn't work so I also wiped the cache and media patitions and now it's in a constant rebooting state. I doesn't even load the OS just shows a logo and a loading screen with images like this one: [link](http://s1.emagst.net/products/411/410541/media/res_b6552f64fc00b1ec9559e8d6bf9a38db.png).
How do I fix it?<issue_comment>username_1: May be it got stuck in boot loop.
You can recover your phone. Search the internet, preferably XDA forum, for your phone model. They will surely help you.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: The steps below will walk you through clearing the partition on your device.
This process will not delete any information from your device.
1. Power up the phone by pressing the VOL UP + VOL DOWN KEY together + POWER KEY .
2. The device will enumerate with different BOOT OPTIONS
3. Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL and VOL UP Key to SELECT
4. Select Recovery
5. The device will start up, now power up to a little Android man logo with Exclamation mark
6. Press the VOL UP and VOL DOWN Key together at this screen
7. The device will display BLUE Text on a Black background .
1. Use the VOL DOWN Key to scroll DOWN and the POWER Key to SELECT the option desired .
2. In this case , press the VOL DOWN key till the cache partition wipe is selected and press the POWER key to confirm the selection .
3. Use the VOL DOWN key again to select YES - delete all user data and press the POWER key to CONFIRM .
4. The device will then start performing the partition wipe
5. Once the Formatting is complete , press the POWER key to confirm a REBOOT
6. The message rebooting is displayed on the phone.
7. The device will reboot and start the normal power up sequence .
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/12 | 375 | 1,505 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way (app, root code, etc) to set a different alarm sound for each alarm?<issue_comment>username_1: May be it got stuck in boot loop.
You can recover your phone. Search the internet, preferably XDA forum, for your phone model. They will surely help you.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: The steps below will walk you through clearing the partition on your device.
This process will not delete any information from your device.
1. Power up the phone by pressing the VOL UP + VOL DOWN KEY together + POWER KEY .
2. The device will enumerate with different BOOT OPTIONS
3. Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL and VOL UP Key to SELECT
4. Select Recovery
5. The device will start up, now power up to a little Android man logo with Exclamation mark
6. Press the VOL UP and VOL DOWN Key together at this screen
7. The device will display BLUE Text on a Black background .
1. Use the VOL DOWN Key to scroll DOWN and the POWER Key to SELECT the option desired .
2. In this case , press the VOL DOWN key till the cache partition wipe is selected and press the POWER key to confirm the selection .
3. Use the VOL DOWN key again to select YES - delete all user data and press the POWER key to CONFIRM .
4. The device will then start performing the partition wipe
5. Once the Formatting is complete , press the POWER key to confirm a REBOOT
6. The message rebooting is displayed on the phone.
7. The device will reboot and start the normal power up sequence .
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/12 | 480 | 1,760 | <issue_start>username_0: I've found that this cache folders take 1,5GiB of my 16GB Nexus 5:
`store_00010001/Pictures/cache/com.google.android.googlephotos/picasa--{0,1,2...}`
Is it cache of some app, which I can easily remove from phone level? (App settings -> clear data/cache?)
Or do I have to clear it from computer periodically?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, you can clear Photos's cache from the phone itself.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: You may install [App Cache Cleaner](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.cache) application. One of the feature is "auto clear all cache at a specified interval".
Configure it once and it will never let the cache grow such large.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: solution: block with empty file
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block folder creation with an empty file
on my phone i created this empty file
```
/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/cache
```
size
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that folder was 7 g on my phone
<https://plus.google.com/photos/yourphotos> say "3306 photos"
recreated daily
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if i deleted the folder, it reappeared the next day
side effect
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no side effects noticed by using this solution
auto backup still works
system
------
tested on my nexus 5
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I was just having this same issue and found that I had to clear the cache data for the Gallery (which you have to get to in Settings->Application Manager->All->Gallery). This cleared up over 1GB of space for me on my internal card.
**Note**: I used an app called Memory Map to get a visual representation to see what was taking up so much space on my internal storage since it was originally just a Google alert telling me I was out of space.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/13 | 192 | 871 | <issue_start>username_0: Does Android keep a history of the files sent via Bluetooth? I didn't see anything like that in the user interface (there's a log of received files, but not sent ones), but maybe there's a hidden log file somewhere?
I need to check past activity. Installing an app to start logging this now won't help me.<issue_comment>username_1: There's a user interface that's providing the log/history of Bluetooth sharing.
To view the log you need to activate Bluetooth and send any file. After sending a notification appears and by clicking it you can view the logs.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Go to settings and turn on bluetooth. Click menu button and you will see the option `Show received files`. Alternatively every files sent via bluetooth will be stored in a folder named `bluetooth` in storage (if the files are not moved).
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/04/13 | 356 | 1,442 | <issue_start>username_0: Does factory reset restore the Device ID or create a new one?
I have a rooted device that I would like to restore but want to keep the ID so that I won't have the issue of creating new accounts on apps that were in use.
Is it possible to preserve the Device ID while doing a factory reset?<issue_comment>username_1: Android\_ID is stored in the settings database and will be deleted by a Factory Reset.
As far as I know most apps are tied to your Google account and not to your Android\_ID. (Although I know at least one app which tied to your Android\_ID)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: It is possible to restore the Device ID with [Titanium Backup](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=en) (root required). If you have this app installed before you wipe, you can make backups of your apps and data, as well as the Device ID.
When you factory reset your device or install a new Rom, you get a new Device ID. Install Titanium Backup and make sure it has access to its backups (usually the external SD card; internal memory will usually get wiped on a factory reset).
It will automatically detect that the Device ID has changed and ask if you want to restore it.
There may be other apps that can do this. The main requirement is that you save the previous Device ID before wiping. If you don't do that, you can't reset the new Device ID to the old one.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/13 | 596 | 2,433 | <issue_start>username_0: I use Google+ to automatically back up any photos taken with my phone. Unfortunately my phone has only 8GB storage. Is there a way to automatically delete the local copies of photos that have already been backed up by Google+ in order to save storage space?<issue_comment>username_1: I have recently started trying to teach myself how to (properly) use [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) so thought this could be a nice little project to try.
Harder than I thought. I couldn't manage to do exactly what you want and it is a pretty crude method but I will continue anyway. I thought if I put it out there, someone with more experience with Tasker may be able to improve it.
So I started by creating the task "Delete last photo". Fortunately, doing this with Tasker is very easy as it has a build in variable `Last photo`.
Now the hard bit I found was choosing a trigger. Ideally it would be when you get confirmation of upload (Tasker does support HTTP responses but that stuff is way over my head, if it is even relevant) or when a photo is taken (which I couldn't find as an event within Tasker). So the way I settled on, and here comes the messy bit, was to have it run everytime the screen is turned on. I know this is a very poor trigger (e.g. If you have no network connection it will delete the photo without uploading it) but I could see no better options within Tasker.
I know this is far from the answer you will have been wanting but as there have been no other (proper) answers I thought I would get this in there, may give you or someone else a better idea.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: There is an app called "flickr uploader", since flickr offer 1TB free it's pretty convenient. This app allows you to auto backup all your pictures to flickr and it has an option to delay the backup so you can delete blurry photos, for example, and of course, the option to delete the photo from the phone 24 hours after successfully uploaded.
I have been using it for a long while, totally worth it.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I am using an app called FolderSync ([paid version](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.full)) to pack up my photos to cloud.
You can set automatic delete of the local files, after transferring them. But with this you can't use Google+ 's automatic upload.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/13 | 251 | 931 | <issue_start>username_0: New to the site and have little technical knowledge.
I have a mx andriod box and it has a custom logo on launch.
How can I remove this and have my custom logo on start up ?
Cheers
Xeine<issue_comment>username_1: You have to be rooted, but any boot animation changer can do this. Here is an example from the play store: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.boot.animations>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You won't be able to do this without being rooted. Lots of custom ROMs (custom Android OSs) will have this built in, or there are apps to do this as well.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: The logo you are referring is known as `Boot Logo`.
You can only change this if your phone's rooted.
After that you can change the logo by replacing `logo.bin` from the system folder manually or your can flash any zip file through cwm/twrp custom recovery's.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/13 | 2,274 | 7,835 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Lite (SGH-T399). I am having trouble rooting it. It would be easy if I had a Windows PC, but I only have one Mac and one Linux PC. Instructions on how to root the phone would be helpful.<issue_comment>username_1: 1.Install VirtualBox on either your Mac or Linux
2. Install VirtualBox Extension Pack (on VirtualBox download page)
3. Install a Windows virtual machine of your choice
4. Enable USB 2.0 in VirtualBox for the Windows VM
5. Install Kingo andriod root inside Windows
6. Root
you are welcome.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Even if all other ways fail, you can still root it the manual way:
1. Go to <http://androidsu.com/superuser/> and download the latest su binary for your phone. (ARM, 3.1.3, I'd assume)
2. Put the downloaded zip file into the root directory of your phone's SD card.
3. Shut down the phone.
4. Boot the phone into recovery mode. On Samsung devices, this is done by holding [VOL UP]+[HOME] during boot.
5. Select "Apply update from SD card" and navigate to the zip file and confirm.
6. The SU binary is now being installed. Reboot your phone afterwards.
7. Install the app "Superuser" (`com.noshufou.android.su`) from the PlayStore.
Your phone should now be rooted. Test it by running the Superuser app.
Alternatively, there's [this instruction](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684210) from XDA.
---
I cannot provide guarantee that this will work. Certain phone manufacturers take the process of rooting your phone as a void of guarantee.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Have you tried towelroot? You can visit the [towelroot](http://towelroot.com) website and download the apk file. Make sure to enable installation from unknown sources if it's not enabled already. Generally that option is located under `Settings\Security`.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: There is really easy ways to root your device from linux/mac using heimdall which is an open source alternative of odin PC.
I will put two methods one auto root ,and an other one to root using heimdall choose the one that suite you best.
First I should say : in my opinion self rooting apps are not really secure ,since you will root blind when you have no custom recovery ,which makes it really hard to get back to a working phone if something goes wrong specially for your device ,like you may noticed on XDA there is a lot of bricked phones without solution. if you still want the auto root follow method 01 ,if you don't method 02 is for you.
**Method 1:** using impactor (Mac OS and linux)
1. Get Cydia impactor for your [OS Mac OS X](https://cydia.saurik.com/api/latest/1) , [Linux 32bit](https://cydia.saurik.com/api/latest/4) and
[linux 64bit](https://cydia.saurik.com/api/latest/5)
2. Depending on you OS for mac OS install the software and run it ,for linux extract the archive somewhere where you have the right to execute then open impactor.
3. a window like the figure below should appear.
4. Leave the window open and grab your phone ,GO to `settings > developer Options > activate USB debugging` also see if there is an option called `Verify apps over USB` if there is unchecked it.
5. Now go to `settings > security` and check unknown source.
6. Plug the phone to your PC.
7. On the window of impactor click on start (make sure your phone screen is on it will show an authentication pop-up for adb accept it) and wait if the process succeeded you will be asked to reboot your phone ,if not this method will not work for you go to **method 02**.
**Method 02 :** using heimdall on linux (ubuntu and it's variants)
like you said in the question :
>
> "It would be easy if I had a Windows PC"
>
>
>
We will do the same method but we will use heimdall instead of Odin
**Pre-required :** :
* Download [CWM](https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407576020) or [TWRP](https://mega.co.nz/#!8cgDyZKR!D5kU6pwl2cSsNSofCQFmcZKNOcNY5Y63jNfnRulXIQ8) (both odin version choose one of your
liking) and save it on your PC then extract it you will have a file
named recovery.img put it somewhere safe.
* Download [UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.00.zip](https://download.chainfire.eu/450/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.00.zip) and put is on your phone's SDcard we will need it later
in my example here I will be using ubuntu ,the method remains the same for other ubuntu variants and the same for Mac OS except for the installation part `(see method 3 for info)`.
1. install `heimdall` and `heimdall-frontend` using this command
`sudo apt-get install heimdall-flash heimdall-flash-frontend`
2. Once the installation is done launch heimdall-frontend
3. Power down your phone then Press and hold Volume down + Home button + power key until the warning screen appears Press Volume Up to go into download mode.
4. Now Plug your phone to PC.
5. On heimdall front end go to `Utilities` tab
6. click On detect ,you should read device detected on the console at the bottom.
7. Now that your device is detected we are going to get your current partitions information as a .pit file.
8. stay on Utilities tab ,click on `save as` then choose where to put the .pit file once done click on download
9. Now switch to `Flash` tab
10. Now click on Browse and choose the Pit file we saved earlier.
11. Now the `Add` button (on the right) should be click-able click on it.
12. click on `partition name` on the left ,a roll down menu should appear choose recovery.
13. Click on `Browse` under the `partition ID` (not the one under `PIT` !) then choose recovery.img we extracted earlier.
14. Now that we are all set , make sure the repartition box is not checked ,that the partition name is set to recovery (look at the above screen-shot) if every thing is right ,click on `start` at the bottom right.
15. while heimdall is flashing don't unplug your phone ,don't close heimdall ,don't open other programs ,don't touch the pc or the phone until heimdall show the message f`lash successful` and your phone reboots ,if it doesn't click and hold power button until the phone shut down.
16. Boot into recovery (power + home + volume up) , (optional : Do a full backup might be handy in case something go wrong) then flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.00.zip we downloaded and putted on your phone earlier.
17. Now reboot your phone ,you are rooted and have custom recovery installed
Method 03 : On mac OS
---------------------
replace the first step by this :
* Download and install [heimdall](https://github.com/downloads/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/heimdall-1.3.1-mac.dmg) and [heimdall suite](https://github.com/downloads/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/heimdall-suite-1.3.1-mac.dmg) ,follow the rest of the steps just like ubuntu method.
References :
============
[heimdall french ubuntu doc (couldn't find english version)](http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/heimdall)
[heimdall installation and compilation cyanogenmod wiki](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_and_compile_Heimdall)
[heimdall prebuild downloads on github](https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/downloads)
[heimdall source code](https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall)
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/13 | 882 | 3,367 | <issue_start>username_0: I unrooted my [HTC Desire](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire) today and restored the stock ROM image, recovery image, etc. It's running Android 2.2.2 now. I noticed that the YouTube app is broken. I can run it, but it complains about not having Internet access, even though WiFi is working perfectly fine and I can surf the web. It also shows no video content, not even video titles, nothing.
I have received the Play Store (came with Android Market app) and I have successfully updated apps like Maps, Facebook, etc. but I can't see any update available for YouTube. I can't even locate the YouTube app.
If I visit the Play Store on my desktop PC I can locate the YouTube app, it's right here:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.youtube>
I can't push install it from the desktop, because it says it's not compatible.
>
> This item is not compatible with your device.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3NtwN.png)
So does this mean that users who are stuck with an old device, and with older version of Android, are not able to use many of the Google apps such as YouTube?
IMHO, it should still be possible to download an older version of any given Android app, one that works with that particular Android version and device. This has always been the Achilles heel of Android, since its inception. Once you go up, to a newer version of an app, be it Google app or some other app, you can't go back.
But Google apps especially, should be made to work with older versions of Android, and users running old versions of those apps, such as YouTube, should be able to use the service without running into errors. In case the service has changed so much that it's no longer compatible with the old app version. The service should be developed to keep backward compatibility with old app versions.
Look at how the Play Store can be offered, installed, and run on old Android 2.2.2. I can even buy movies and music, despite this being an old device with limited storage space. Why can't they make YouTube work on old Android devices as well?<issue_comment>username_1: APKMirror provides mirror for (almost) all version of [YouTube APK](https://www.apkmirror.com/uploads/?q=youtube).
You could try sideloading [YouTube 5.2.27](http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/youtube/youtube-5-2-27-apk/), the last version that Froyo (Android 2.2) still supports.
The next version, which is 5.3.23, already requires Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This might work as a workaround, but I don't know if this particular app is compatible with Android 2.2. The "Dolphin" browser I believe has Flash built in. It would mean that you could browse the Youtube website as if you were using a PC with a browser. The videos would be shown as either html5 or flash plugins, which is built in to Dolphin. I have not tried this recently, but I believe I had this working in one of my older cell phones.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I know this isn't exactly what you're after - but NewPipe is an alternative YouTube app that may run on your device (I couldn't find the exact requirements):
<https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe>
YouTube Vanced is another alternative:
<https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk/>
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/04/14 | 360 | 1,137 | <issue_start>username_0: I have [xolo q700](http://www.xolo.in/q700), not sure if the problem is unique to my piece. During the incoming/outgoing call, voice is not audible (very feeble), however speaker option and headphone provide good volume.
Is there any settings I can change to improve volume during my call in non-speaker/headphone mode?<issue_comment>username_1: Try any Audio Manager app from play store.
[AudioManager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.audiowidget)
[Audio Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aeh.ideos.amgr)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: **Instructions :**
1. List item
2. Enter **Engineering Mode** – Dial `*#*#3646633#*#*`
3. Go to **Hardware Testing → Audio → Normal Mode**.
4. Select “Sph” in type.
5. Select “level 6″ in Level.
6. Enter 160 in value.
7. Press **Set**.
8. Restart the phone.
It will increase your device's volume when you put your volume
to the highest level.
If you want to increase your volume in all levels then
choose from “level 0″ to “level 6″ and enter value you wish to. Max is 160, and min is 80.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/14 | 310 | 1,313 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a very weird problem with my phone. I don't have mobile internet on any of my apps, but I can surf the internet with no problem when I am using my browser. I think it is good to mention that I am using the browser which comes with android operation system.
When I am connected to a wifi network, everything is fine. The problem is only with my mobile internet. Can someone tell me where the problem may be?
I am using HTC WildFire S. Android version of the phone is Android 2.3.5. The phone is very old and this is the final version that I can update.<issue_comment>username_1: There could be several reasons
1. Check your device's date if it is set for today.
2. Try to reset your Internet settings that is access point settings
3. Make sure that you have enough memory
4. Clear catch and app data for that particular app
5. Try restarting your device two or more times
6. Make sure you have the latest updated apps
If any of the above does not work unfortunately I have to say that you need to reset your device. Let us know which one of above solution works for you
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Some phones have an option to disable Internet access to the apps in the Settings -> Apps. Check if (the app you want Internet) has Internet access in there.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/14 | 438 | 1,774 | <issue_start>username_0: I just got a warning from my provider that I had already used up 80% of this month's data plan. So I checked my data usage and saw that Google Keep had used a whopping 201 MB in background data, since april 8th.
Needless to say I immediately turned off background data, but the damage has already been done.
What on earth can have caused for Google Keep to use such an enormous amount of background data? I hardly even use it, only as a clipboard (since sharing to clipboard isn't always available, while sharing to Keep almost always is).
Also, in a case like this which looks like a malfunction, is there any chance for me to get a compensation from the app's maker - Google?<issue_comment>username_1: Well that would be a data leaking app as per April 8th. And I never saw that coming because I have a large amount of data package for myself but would go and check.
This is a hell lot of data being used up by such a tiny app. I mean in my phone 200mb+ data is either used up by Google Play store or a Browser app by which I downloaded files (audio, video, images etc). Otherwise I never saw such event.
However, if you want to contact Google about it. They would be waiting for the feedback and you can include this as the feedback message. But if you want them to get you some data package (maybe I got confused and mis understood your point of view for contact) then they won't do it.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Haha, but it's obvious they won't! Dude, what do you expect? And yeah, if your Google Keep is eating your Data Packet, then stop using it as a Clipboard, because every single time you open it, sync starts. I never found this issue with my Keep. Turn off Google Sync; it's the best way!
Upvotes: -1 |
2014/04/14 | 440 | 1,600 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a solution without any extra app or software for the following:
I have here an old Acer A510 Tablet with my account, also a new Xperia Z2 Tablet - I would like to force the play store on the Z2 Tablet to download every app that I already installed on the old tablet. Is there a way without a backup app?<issue_comment>username_1: [Yes, there is](https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/113410?hl=en), both from the device, or using Google Play on a 'regular computer'.
### Using your mobile device
>
> 1. Open the Google Play Store app
> 2. Touch the Play Store icon and select My Apps.
> 3. Visit the All category.
> 4. Select an app you’d like to install, then touch the Install button on the app’s detail page.
>
>
>
### Using your computer
>
> 1. Visit your [My Apps page on Google Play](https://play.google.com/apps).
> 2. Select an app to view its detail page.
> 3. Click the button that says Install or Installed and select the device where you’d like to install the app.
>
> Note: When an app shows an "Installed" button on its detail page, it means that the app is installed on one of the devices associated with your Google Account.
> 4. Click Install.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can also do one thing...rather then again installing the apps on the New tablet...install ES File Explorer on your old tablet...goto App Manager and tale backup of all apps..and then send that folder to new device..and without any internet connection..Install all the .apk (application) files your want..!!
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/04/14 | 585 | 2,264 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to take a screenshot on my Nexus 5 phone following the obvious [instructions](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2811098?hl=en), which instruct me to press both the down button and the power button at the same time.. nothing happens.
I remember in my previous S3 phone there was some some setting that had to be turned on to enable swiping gestures to take a screenshot.. but i couldn't find anything of that sort with the nexus 5.. any ideas?<issue_comment>username_1: Android's hotkey to take screenshots is Vol Down and Power pressed simultaneously for about 3 seconds.
The delay is there to prevent accidental presses.
( Samsung phones hotkey is the Power and Home button )
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You're right that is the way the image should be captured and saved in the Folder **Screenshots**. But sadly, some of the ROM manufactures remove this feature from the ROM, don't know why, but yes they do so and the user isn't able to use this feature.
I have a phone, Qmobile Noir A8 and on this phone I was able to capture the screenshot through the very same process and this was the very first phone I noticed Android OS has this feature too.
But then I installed a new Custom ROM on it.
<http://www.incpak.com/tech/qmobile-noir-a8-jellybean-4-2-2-download/> (Link for the ROM)
And til then, I am not able to capture the screen shot using these buttons.
So the ROM you're using might not have this functionality or might have been overriden by some other function. If you still can't figure it out, you can try contacting LG for this issue. They would guide you in a better way.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I find a way to do it with custom ROM bug.
Root -> es file explorer
I got the way : /sdcard/Pictures/
You should see a Screenshot folder
Add a new Screenshot folder 'Screenshots' named.
Else, press sound down and power.
Now, the screenshot will eraze the problem with the same problem in the folder screeshot and your news S.S. will come in the Screenshots folder.
It works.
Sun(fr)
:)
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Some applications (eg: mobile banking solutions) are blocking the possibility to take screenshot for security reasons.
Upvotes: 0 |