title: Galaxy S6 Folder is Empty on PC

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# Question
Title: Galaxy S6 Folder is Empty on PC
I connected my Galaxy S6 to my PC (Windows 7) for the first time. My computer installed the driver successfully and the device is showing under "Removable Storage." When I click on the device from my PC, however, the folder is empty. There are no folders visible at all. I tried the option of automatically importing the pictures, too. I got a message the no pictures were located. I have never had trouble doing this with any other Android phone. I tried a different USB cable, but the result was the same. Thank you for your help.

# Answer
> 5 votes
I just had this problem resolved. On the home screen of your Samsung, pull the notifications menu up by swiping your finger from the top of the screen. Click on USB charging tab. Click on File transfer or Photo transfer. In windows explorer on your computer, click on your device. You will then see your phone details come up.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I wound up going into the Developer options in Settings and changing USB configuration to MTP. It worked fine.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I would agree with Marty L. I recently upgraded my Nokia to a Gallaxy s7, and couldn't figure out why my desktop PC would "see" the phone, but when I clicked on it in the PC's file directory, there were no files or directories shown - just a big blank area where they should be. If you've just gotten a NEW phone, then you'll need to address this challenge in two steps.

First step is, you need to turn ON the Developer Options. This is turned off by default at the factory, and turning it on is a bit of a chore. A blog at Recomhub.com explained it as follows:

"When users turn on and enable developer options on the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, you have the ability to control some hidden features that you can change. With Developer Options you can control additional aspects of your device, change settings, or enable USB debugging for advanced functions will need to enable the hidden developer menu in settings."

So to turn on Developer Options, go to Settings\>About Phone (all the way at the bottom of the menu list).

After opening "About Phone", you'll see there are a lot of items listed. The item you want to find is called "Build Number". Now here's the bizarre part. Start tapping on the "Build Number" item. After a number of taps, the phone will notify you that it's turning on Developer Options. (Weird. I wonder who came up with that idea......)

Once you've activated the Developer Options, use the "Return" arrow on your phone to back out of the menus until you return to your Settings list. Now when you scroll to the bottom, you'll see a new menu item called "Developer Options" above About Phone.

Now for Step 2. Go into Developer Options menu, and scroll down until you see the "USB configuration" menu item. In smaller letters below that menu item, it should identify the status as "Charging". What that means is that the USB port is only configured to "Charge" at this point, not transfer files. Tap on the USB configuration menu item and change it to "Media Transfer Protocol (MTP)".

Now back out of Settings completely and return to your phone's main screen. You will discover that your PC will now "see" the files on the phone, shown as a "Card" directory (assuming you've added extra memory), and a "Phone" directory. Double clicking on the directories will show you what's stored in each on your phone.

The unfortunate part is this - and others here can correct me if I'm wrong. It seems that every time you hook up your phone to your PC to transfer files via the USB cable, you will need to turn on the MTP again (Step 2 in my instructions). That means you'll need to remember to navigate to the Developer Options menu items in Settings, and scroll down to "USB configuration" and turn on the MTP. A real pain, but it's a security feature, so I guess it's worthwhile. But hopefully, you can save this information to your phone, and just reference it next time you want to transfer files.

To everyone else out there, please comment if I've gotten this wrong.

This was all a little challenging to figure out. The multiple sites I visited each seemed to have pieces of the solution. However the posters invariably left out key steps, or their information was incomplete. I'm hoping my post contains the whole shooting match, and is a help to folks.

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Tags: samsung, images
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# Question
Title: I have credit on a Google Play account. How do I send it to my primary account?
So here's what happened:

I got a $25 Google Play card. I tried to redeem it on my account, but I got an error due to my country. I used VPN. It still didn't work. Trying to solve the problem, I went into my secondary account, and I wanted to see if it would work, but I would cancel it before it got redeemed. But, it turns out I redeemed it on my secondary account.

So how can I transfer the credits? Can I?

# Answer
> 4 votes
It's not supported, but you may be able to make use of those credit using Google Family Account.

There is 2 things you have to do:

1. Add your secondary account as family member
2. Buy apps using secondary account that **supports**  family sharing.

After that your primary account will be able use that purchased app for free.

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Tags: google-play-store, google
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# Question
Title: How to choose external SD Card in Storage Access Framework (Open Camera App)
I am using Open Camera, I want to store photos in an extarnal sdcard. The FAQ says:

> you can enable "Settings/More camera controls/"Use Storage Access Framework", and this should allow you to save to external SD cards. If when choosing a folder, you only see "Recent", you may need to click on the three dots at the top right to open the menu, to enable showing the drives

However when I do that, I don't see anything but this:

How can I include an sdcard option in that screen?

# Answer
I had the same issue. I followed all your instructions and ended up with just "Recent" showing. But if you tap the three dots at top right of your screen on that page you get an option to show the SD card. That actually is the secret. It seems to work!
> 1 votes

# Answer
I had the same issue ( with different app) using HTC 728G. I have 'fixed' the issue by reformatting from exFAT (default? for \>32GB) to FAT 32. \[I also relabelled but that hadn't worked on its own. \]
> 0 votes

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Tags: external-sd, 5.1-lollipop, camera
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title: How do I get my Android to turn on?

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# Question
Title: How do I get my Android to turn on?
I have a Motorola Turbo 2 Android. It won't turn on. It just stays on the Power By Android screen. I have tried turning it on by holding the volume up and power buttons. The screen shots up but I get lost at this point. It does not give me any option to start.

Now going from the Powered By Android screen... on and off.

What must I do to turn it on?

Might I be over charging it?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Seems like your phone is soft-bricked. You'll need to hard reset it.

* Begin by switching off the device by holding down the Power key for a short while.
* In the next step press and hold **Volume Down + Power button** *simultaneously* for a few seconds.
* Press the Volume Down to select option "Recovery", and press the Power button to confirm.
* When the Android bot shows up on the screen, hold down the **Volume Up** for a couple of seconds.
* While holding the **Volume Up** hold down the **Power key** and after a short while release all buttons.
* Afterwards press **Volume Down** to choose "***wipe data/factory reset***", and then push the **Power key** to confirm.
* Select "***Yes--delete all user data***". Use **Volume Down button** to scroll and **Power key** to select.
* To restart the tablet, select "**reboot system now**".

Your phone should boot normally.

Note that after a hard reset, the first boot takes several minutes, so be patient.

Please comment down if something goea wrong.

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Tags: boot-loop, motorola
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# Question
Title: Calls and texts in tablet with mini-USB SIM adaptor
I was hoping to find out if I can use my 10.1 inch Android tablet running Android 4.1 for calls and texts using a SIM card attached through a mini-USB (or if not, how?). Surely there must be a way.

# Answer
I think what you're looking for is a full-blown 3G USB dongle, not just a SIM card adapter. See, for example: Can I receive/send SMS of cell phone number with a tablet using dongle?

A SIM card adapter would simply be a device that can read the contents of the SIM card and possibly edit it. So it's pretty much like an SD card reader. To send and receive text messages and voice calls, you still need a transmitter, which is what a USB 3G dongle will provide (if your tablet doesn't have built-in 3G support). However, I'm not sure if you can use a 3G dongle to make voice calls, although SMS is pretty much a standard feature for such devices.
> 1 votes

# Answer
I have a 10.1 in tablet with a SIM card. Tablets lack the hardware to make cellular calls - Those with cellular SIM cards can only use it to access the internet. You might use a service like Skype but I am not that familiar with those types of services.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I have a Freelander 9.3" tablet with sim slot. I have used it to call as long as I have a bluetooth headset. Got it from China, but the vendor doesn't carry it any more see item # CVAGW-104152. It works great if you need to use your computer AND make a call too. It is quite handy, but not pocket worthy... Wished I could get a newer version for my wife.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.1-jelly-bean, calls, tablet
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# Question
Title: Blocking notification based on content or sticky-ness
I have a messaging app (TextNow) that sometimes likes to put a sticky notification up (to notify me that I have used up my data and am being throttled), which I do not want and cannot be disabled in the apps settings.

Normally when an app abuses notifications like this I simply disable notifications for that app. However, in this case I would miss text messages if I did that. Therefor I was hoping for some way to either:

* Block notifications based on their content.
* For this specific app, only allow dismissable notifications.

I do have a rooted phone.

Example of the notification:

Note: I have posted an answer to this question, but I am still looking for better options.

# Answer
This can be done in a hacky way using an automation tool such as Automate or MacroDroid. Others will also likely work, but I haven't tried them. First note that:

* This requires root.
* This will dismiss any other notifications that also happen to open from the same app at the same time.

Make a macro that:

1. Waits until the notification has been posted.
    * On MacroDroid, set a trigger for "Notification Received". Set the content to match the notification you want blocked.
    * On Automate, use a "Notification posted?" block with "Proceed" set to "When transition". On the flowchart, connect "No" to "In"
2. Disables notifications for the app.
    * On MacroDroid, use Configure App Notification \> Disable
    * On Automate, use the "App notification set state" block, with "Notifications" set to "off"
3. Enables notifications for the app.
    * Same as above but enable (on) instead of disable.

Thanks to beeshyam's comment for getting me most of the way there.
> 1 votes

# Answer
is preferred option, since OP is looking for *context* based actions . Many apps are available. I prefer using MacroDroid, since it is free (upto 5 macros) and easy to learn (app guides you through the settings - make sure from the app settings you activate *ignore battery optimisations* if using Marshmallow)

OP has confirmed in his answer that Macrodroid approach as suggested by me in comments worked and his answer covers another automation app as well

You would need two macros for this to start with ( **needs root**)

First macro would look like this (Triggers / Actions / Constraints are added by **+**)

## Macro 1 : Remove notification (name of macro )

**Trigger** : *Notification**Notification Received**Select Application**Choose App**Text Content**Contains* (Notification Text which you wish to disable)

**Actions**:

*Configure App Notifications**Choose App**Disable*

**Constraints**: No Constraints

**Logic:** We need to identify the content of notification to disable this notification from appearing. Not specifying any Constraints means we want the macro to always run

In the next macro, we make sure that if the content of notification is anything else, that notification is shown

## Macro 2 : Enable notification (name of macro )

**Trigger** : *Notification**Notification Received**Select Application**Choose App**Text Content**Excludes* (Notification Text which was disabled in earlier macro)

**Actions**:

*Configure App Notifications**Choose App**Enable*

**Note:**

1. Tested and working on Moto X Play, Android 6.0.1, with a different app, since app in OP doesn't work in country
2. In my experience, heavily modded OS's like Samsung, Huawei, MIUI at times produce unexpected results, so it is better to have two separate macros - easier to troubleshoot from the app logs.

## Optimal approach

Once you have them working satisfactorily, you can *elegantly combine* above macros to have a *single macro* (not tested by me since I don't have any apps that produce multiple sticky notifications but should work). This is a *better approach*, since notifications aren't lost as pointed out by OP in his solution

> This will dismiss any other notifications that also happen to open from the same app at the same time.

**Macro : Enable / Disable notification selectively**

**Trigger** : *Notification**Notification Received**Select Application**Choose App**Text Content**Any*

**Actions**:

*If Clause**Add Condition**Notification Present* → Select Application\* → *Choose App**Text Content**Matches* ( Notification Text for which you wish to disable )

* Add Child action ( by long press of above action) of first Macro
* Add *else clause* ( long press *if*) and add action of second Macro
> 3 votes

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, notifications, samsung-galaxy-s-5
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title: The 10.1 tablet charger

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# Question
Title: The 10.1 tablet charger
Does the 10.1 tablet have a special charger. The one for the phone says adaptive fast charging with a electric symbol. It doesn't appear to work properly on the tablet. The tablet shows a symbol with a red x in it whilst the special one for the tablet is plain and shows the correct symbol while charging. The 2 different chargers are a puzzle unless you are aware and use only the dedicated one which is nearly identical to the others. Thanks Samsung for this hidden tidbit.

# Answer
> 1 votes
A little bit more information would have been nice e.g. charger models.

Anyway since the phone charger isn't charging your tablet i suspect that the phone charger does not deliver enough power. The Samsung adaptive charger i know of does support up to 2A although the website only list support for new samsung smartphones. I guess it will not recognise your tablet as a fast charge compatible device and it will charge it with the standard usb 2 power (500 mA) which isn't enough.

I recommend you to simply label your different charger to recognise them easier.

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Tags: charging, samsung-galaxy-tab-10
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title: Stuck in recovery after CF root

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# Question
Title: Stuck in recovery after CF root
I tried rooting my Samsung Galaxy J3 and now it says:

> "recovery is not seandroid enforcing"

I used CF root and now it wont boot out of recovery.

How do I repair?

# Answer
> 0 votes
I had experienced that before, 2 times ( one with CWM and one with TWRP). I fixed it by:-

1. Pulling out the battery, re-insert it, and boot into download mode (vol up + power button + home button).
2. Use Odin (if you don't have one, download it here)
3. Download the stock firmware for your specific device here
4. Once your stock firmware finished downloading, head over to Odin and click AP. Browse for the stock firmware you've downloaded and click OK.
5. Connect your phone to your computer and click start at Odin.
6. Wait for a couple of minutes, and there you go! You fixed your phone.

Hope this helps.

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Tags: rooting, samsung
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# Question
Title: Is there a way to start a torrent on my Android stick remotely?
I have a Windows home computer with uTorrent installed. With the BitTorrent WebUi addon to Firefox I am able to start downloads from my office computer.

I am planning on buying an Android stick, is there an app combination that can do the same? So I browse from my **Android** tablet, find a good magnet to download, do something not too complicated, and the **Android stick** starts to download it?

# Answer
You might want to take a look at Torrent Manager:

> Torrent Manager allows you to take control of your remote uTorrent, Vuze / Azureus, Transmission and Deluge clients. With this app you will be able to list, add, remove, start, stop and manage the queue order all your torrents from your remote desktop.

Other, similar alternatives are e.g. TorrentToise and Remote Transmission (Transmission is a torrent client on Linux, so this is not for you). Find more on AppBrain (or Google "Tiles" Play) by following their related apps ;)
> 1 votes

# Answer
Possibly the solution wasnt possibly in \`13. Currently you can install utorrent on your TV box and use Transdrone to control it. It works pretty well.
> 1 votes

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Tags: remote-control, torrents
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# Question
Title: ADB shell-ing to wifi connected device when usb device present
I have two devices connected to my workstation simultaneously, one by usb, the other over wifi.

```
C:\>adb devices
List of devices attached
Cxxxxxxxxxx2            device
192.168.60.69:5555      device

```

I'm not sure how to shell into the wifi connected device while the usb one is present.

I've tried the following

```
C:\>adb shell
error: more than one device and emulator

C:\>adb -s 192.168.60.69 shell
error: device not found

C:\>adb -s 0xxxxxxxxxxxxxx1 shell
error: device not found

```

where 0xxxxxxxxxxxxxx1 is hardware id of wifi connected device

Only way that works is to disconnect the usb connected device. However, I'm going to eventually have multiple wifi connected devices, I still don't know how to distinguish between them when trying to shell in?

**Edit (6/13/2014)**

I see why I was omitting the port, b/c the connect command returns the following error when trying to connect and cannot (say for instance the devices wifi was accidentally turned off)

```
C:\>adb connect 192.168.60.69:5555
unable to connect to 192.168.60.69:5555:5555

```

This made me think that adb would append port based on ip. However this is not the case, since after wifi was enabled on the target device, the above command did work

```
C:\>adb connect 192.168.60.69:5555
connected to 192.168.60.69:5555

```

I needed to mention something to show that I atleast know tcp/ip connect fundamentals (ip and port). Kinda embarrassing...

# Answer
> 7 votes
You need to include the port number.

```
adb -s 192.168.60.69:5555 shell

```

If you're using a sensible shell with configurable tab-completion (i.e. not Windows), then you can type `adb -s``Tab` to get a list of devices.

# Answer
> 0 votes
When multiple device are connected with adb specify device with -s before command to get result. Suppose you have three device connected with and device id is x,y,z. Now you want to know IP address for device y, then scenario will be

```
adb -s y shell netcfg

```

(`-s` is used to specify device for adb command)

note: always mention port number after IP address to specify a device connected through Wi-Fi.

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Tags: wi-fi, adb, usb-debugging, multiple-devices, device-administrator
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# Question
Title: Is it possible to enable vendor-disabled user accounts in rooted device with Android 6.0?
I recently purchased a Doogee X5 max pro device, which comes with a version of Android 6.0. I understand that this version of Android supports multiple user accounts, but it seems that the vendor disabled this possibility, at least it is not accessible in the standard way.

Since it is a relatively new device there are not many custom ROM's available.

Is there a way that I can enable user accounts? My phone is rooted and it has TWRP installed. If I have to do it from a computer, then preferably Linux, though I do have access to a Windows machine as well.

# Answer
> 1 votes
If you cannot access the multi user menu in the settings app it is possible that the manufacturer completely removed that feature from its android version. Luckily you can install a similar feature manually but you need the Xposed Framework.

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Tags: multi-user
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# Question
Title: Is there a way to bookmark all tabs in Chrome?
Is there a way to bookmark all tabs in Chrome for Android? (i.e. right click and `Ctrl` functions are not available)

If it helps, I'm using Android *tablet*.

# Answer
I came across this question while looking for a way to do this as well, and it appears that Chrome for Android does not currently have this option.

The following proved useful to me as a workaround:

* Open Chrome on your desktop (logged into the same account as on your tablet).
* In a new window, either hit (Ctrl + H) or go to 'Settings \> History & recent tabs \> History'.
* From there, it should show your History/Tabs sorted by device.
* Next to the name of your tablet, there should be a small box with a arrow pointing down. Clicking on this will give you the options to either 'Collapse List' or 'Open All'.
* Select 'Open All', and all of your tabs from your tablet should open.
* Now you can either hit (Ctrl+Shift+D), or right-click on one of the tabs and select 'Bookmark all tabs...'.
* Select a folder for your bookmarks, and you should be set.

Granted, a bit more leg-work than simply hitting a button, but it is the only real option I've found for when you have 100+ tabs on your tablet that need bookmarking.
> 19 votes

# Answer
Maybe some day Google Chrome for Android will support extensions, for now Yandex Browser for Android support Extensions from Opera.
Yandex Browser and Opera both based on Blink web engine, same as Google Chrome.
> 0 votes

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Tags: chrome-for-android, bookmarks
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# Question
Title: How to find that I am rooted with Systemless
I have flashed, SUPER SU 2.79 SR1 on Oneplus 3 running OOS 4.0 (Nougat 7.0). How to find that I am rooted in systemless mode ?

# Answer
I have systemless root and a few ways

* The superuser su binary will not be found in `/system/xbin/`, like in normal system-based root. See Systemless Root
* On your terminal emulator enter `which su` , it should show the location of su binary other than `/system/xbin/` ( in my case it shows in the `/su/bin/su` location ). You can leave a comment to show the result in your case. Thanks
* In Su app settings, option to install SuperSU as system app is greyed out and the text reads that this option is not available being systemless root

* Some apps which have their path hard coded to search for su in above location will fail. ES Explorer is one such app, which will not work with root privileges, though rooted \- not a reliable method, since the app can be updated
> 4 votes

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Tags: rooting, supersu, systemless-root
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title: adb 1.0.31 fails to detect device

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# Question
Title: adb 1.0.31 fails to detect device
I noticed a strange behaviour. I am fixing different bug, so I am trying different version of `adb` one by one on my phone.

I tried `1.0.26`, `1.0.29`, `1.0.31`, `1.0.32`, `1.0.36`, all except for `1.0.31` are able to detect my device.

my phone is `MI4LTE`

Android `6.0.1 MMB29M`

and I am using MIUI `MIUI 8.1 | Stable 8.1.3.0(MXDCNDI)`

Anyone has an idea what could possibly cuase that?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Problem was caused by phone not set in USB charging mode in settings

`Settings > Additional settings > Developer options > Select USB Configurations > Charging only`

This made `1.0.31` behave just like remaining versions of ADB mentioned in the question.

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Tags: adb, usb, usb-debugging, xiaomi, xiaomi-mi4
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# Question
Title: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 keeps restarting as mad when charging (until airplane mode)
My Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 keeps restarting as mad when I charge it, but when the airplane mode is turned on, it tends to behave.

I suppose it's not a hardware issue, but something more complicated. I suppose the device tries to upgrade software when charging and it fails which causes software (it kept asking me about manual updates, each time I tried to update, it failed). My current MIU version is 6.1.14 beta, I have no idea how outdated it is. That misbehaviour makes it impossible to charge phone, because each restart eats more power than it was charged in the meantime, until airplane mode, which renders phone useless when charging.

Is there anything that can be done to save the phone, or it simply belongs to trash bin?

The phone is relatively new, it was used by about half a year.

# Answer
Your phone is in beta rom.Try to flash latest global stable rom by edl mode,maybe this may solve the issue.
> -1 votes

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Tags: charging, reboot, xiaomi
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# Question
Title: Lenovo Vibe K5 Note USB connection issue
Whenever I connect my mobile to Laptop I'm not able to view mass Storage option. Instead of that only getting "Lenovo CD" option which includes USBdrivers and other Lenovo softwares. (MTP option is already enabled). Current Android Version: marshmallow 6.0

# Answer
Ive found 2 ways to solve this problem.

1. Goto C:/Windows/INF and search for wpdmtp.inf & right click and install it.
2. Turn on safe mode in yor phone and then connect it to pc then remove safe mode.
> 1 votes

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Tags: 6.0-marshmallow, lenovo, usb-mass-storage
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title: Motorola X Broken Digitizer

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# Question
Title: Motorola X Broken Digitizer
A while ago, I dropped my Moto X, and my digitizer slowly stopped working. I can no longer see my screen or unlock it. Is there anyway that I could get the files off of the phone without replacing the digitizer? It is not rooted.

# Answer
I think that moto x supports usb-otg. so you can connect a mouse and copy the files to an sd card or send them through bluetooth to another device.
> 0 votes

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Tags: data-recovery, broken-screen, moto-x
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# Question
Title: Google play constantly asks for permissions
A few weeks ago my Xiaomi phone (MIUI 8) started showing a permission error, stating that more permissions are necessary. After enabling all of them, the error reoccurred after a few minutes, this time asking for other (previously enabled) permissions (mostly body sensors, storage, sms, etc).

It is somewhat annoying, since I get a notification every few minutes with the same error, which wakes up my screen. How can I fix this problem and make sure the permissions are always enables?

# Answer
> 1 votes
This issue seems to me like a bug with Google Play Services, probably caused by some of your data within the Services app given that this isn't happening to everyone. Try these steps in order until the issue is resolved:

* Check Google Play Services for an update in the Play Store, and if available perform it.
* Force Stop Google Play Services in `Settings` -\> `Apps` -\> `Google Play Services` -\> `Force Stop`.
* Log out of your Google account.
* Restart your phone.
* Log back into Google Play Services.
* Clear its data and/or cache in `Settings` -\> `Apps` -\> `Google Play Services` -\> `Storage` -\> `Clear Cache`/`Clear Data`.
* (According to OP, not necessary): Clear your phone's system cache.

**Note:** See OP's comments above for how they fixed the issue.

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Happy to hear this helped!!

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Tags: permissions, google-maps, google-play-services, miui, xiaomi
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title: YouTube and AdAway whitelist?

text:
# Question
Title: YouTube and AdAway whitelist?
I use AdAway to modify my hosts file with quite a few aggressive sources. Unfortunately when my filters are active I can't see any channel or user pictures in the YouTube app. I can't figure out what hostname(s) I need to whitelist to fix this.

I've tried using the tcpdump log to add a bunch of Google/YouTube hostnames but this hasn't worked and I don't understand why. Any help would be appreciated.

# Answer
> 2 votes
I finally resolved this on my own. After lots of DNS logging I found the necessary. hostnames.

* s.youtube.com
* s.ytimg.com
* youtubei.googleapis.com
* yt3.ggpht.com

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, youtube, ads, hosts
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title: Get the full Play Store on Tecno M7

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# Question
Title: Get the full Play Store on Tecno M7
How do I get Play Store on my Tecno M7 phone? It didn't come preinstalled.

# Answer
To get the Play Store on a device that doesn't ship with it, just download the APK for it.

This should work on any Android phone, though you may need to get an earlier version if you're software version is too old for the current version of the Play Store.
> -1 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, tecno
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title: Change Google Maps Navigation language

text:
# Question
Title: Change Google Maps Navigation language
I use my phone in English (UK). But I would very much like to change the Maps navigation language to Turkish, since the English voice sucks horribly in reading Turkish place names (especially while using Android Auto). How can I do that without having to change the language of my phone?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Unfortunately you can't do that on your mobile device but is possible on your computer . See map help

Language selected on device is common to Google map. If your device is rooted , you can use Xposed App Settings to change language of apps

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Tags: languages, google-maps, android-auto
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# Question
Title: is it possible for an app to crash the phone at the logo screen stage?
My wife has a Samsung Galaxy A5 running the carrier-supplied Marshmallow. Carrier is Tesco Ireland which I think is reselling the O2 network. Anyway the phone is completely standard in that respect, not even rooted, no custom ROMs or bootloader.

Edit: It *may* have just done an OTA update, as at some points it would start into the 'optimizing apps' sequence and get a certain number of apps into that, then reset again.

She had problems last week with it restarting itself and getting into some sort of boot loop. Sometimes it would just restart to the initial Samsung A5 logo screen, sometimes would start the animated 'Samsung' loading screen, and then restart again.

Initially I wiped first the cache then cache+data via the recovery menu, to no avail. It didn't seem like a battery or other hardware issue as it would quite happily sit in the recovery menu for any length of time.

As it's still under Samsung warranty I brought it in and got it back in a few days wiped and with Marshmallow on it.

She then went about reinstalling all her apps and that evening had it charging when it started into the reboot cycle again. The last app she had put on was the FitBit app. Eventually got it to start and removed the FitBit app and it has been OK since.

My question is - I can understand how an app could affect a successful boot later on in the process but could it affect things so that the phone won't even get past the initial switch-on splash screen which I assume is in the firmware?

# Answer
Apps start only after successful boot of Android OS. There is no way in Android app can start before or while booting.

Your case looks unclear to me. The issue has to be of a system app.

Did you phone had a software update recently?
> 0 votes

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Tags: 6.0-marshmallow, boot-loop, crashes
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# Question
Title: Cannot switch between users on Android 4.4 (CM11)
I have enabled multi-user support on a phone running CyanogenMod 11 (KitKat) by adding the following to `/system/build.prop`:

```
fw.show_multiuserui=1
fw.max_users=4

```

and I was able to create a new user after that.

However, I still can't switch between users because there is nothing on my lock screen that would allow me to do this (no user switcher or whatever it's called), same in Power menu. I rebooted the phone multiple times.

I can only switch between users via adb or a terminal app using `am switch-user <user-id>`, and only as root (so not from non-owner user).

After reading this question:

How do I switch between multiple users in KitKat via Lockscreen?

I additionally added `lockscreen.rot_override=true` to build.prop in order to enable rotating into landscape mode for lock screen but it didn't work.

How do I enable the GUI for switching between users?

# Answer
> 0 votes
It turns out I forgot to disable rotation the lock in display settings. This was preventing lock screen from rotating.

(Still nothing in Power menu though.)

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Tags: cyanogenmod, 4.4-kitkat, multi-user
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# Question
Title: How to get search of different location?
On android device, whatever we do Google search, we get search content of nearby location.

* Is it possible to get search content of another location?
* If yes, what I need to do in my android device?

Regards GNS

# Answer
You can use applications like FakeGPS.

Using which you can mock your device's location. Hope this helps you
> 1 votes

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Tags: google-maps, google-search
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# Question
Title: Stop Android Wear Time to Leave Notifications
On my Moto 360, I get time to leave notifications repeatedly. Anytime I have an event on my calendar with a location, I'll get multiple alerts from the Google app about when to leave for it.

So, if I have a dinner at 6pm at a certain restaurant, it'll buzz at least 5 times earlier in the day (often much earlier, like at 1pm that day) telling me the estimated time I need to leave at to arrive on time for the dinner. This is incredibly annoying and I can't figure out how to get it to turn off save for blocking the Google app from sending me notifications at all (something I'd rather not do).

I have time to leave notifications off in the Google app on my phone (Google app -\> Settings -\> Notifications -\> Time to leave -\> off) and thus don't get such notifications on my phone (but they do show up on my watch).

Here's what the notifications are like on my watch:

**How can I stop these notifications from appearing and buzzing my wrist?**

# Answer
I haven't seen similar issue yet. So, I am not sure of the answer but you can:

Make sure you are on the latest Android Wear app update Make sure you are on the latest Android Wear watch update Make sure your watch is paired with your phone or tablet Check that your phone is connected to the Internet Make sure your watch isn’t in Theater mode Make sure that you’re getting notifications on your phone (vibrate mode is on) Make sure that you’re getting notifications on your phone Make sure app notifications and system notifications on your phone are turned on Try restarting your watch If none of this works, then try unpairing and pairing again

Another tip that some users experiencing this recommended:

1. Go to the watch -\> Settings -\> Permissions -\> System Permissions -\> Google Services Framework -\> read instant messages ENABLED.
2. Restart phone and watch.

If Nothing works at all, wait for future updates! Hope it helps.
> -1 votes

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Tags: notifications, google, android-wear, motorola-moto-360
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# Question
Title: Phone won't reflash or won't let me install a rom (Galaxy S5)
I forgot the password to my phone, and I didn't have anyway to restore it, so I tried to do a factory wipe, but it made my phone stuck in a bootloop (with the samsung logo), and the thing is - I tried to reflash the phone, and even tried to make a firmware upgrade and initialisation, but the phone won't let me do so. I finish downloading, everything is fine, the phone starts to install the firmware or something (it's has a loading bar and says install... charging... and then it says erases and everything is the same again). I got it in a video so you can see it clearly and understand what I mean: https://youtu.be/QxZ-mEo4sRg so, what should I do in order to not let the phone erase upgrade or reflash I am trying to do. Thanks so much in advance!

# Answer
If you can acces the **Recovery Mode** and acces the storage via usb, you can try to flash a new rom, like a **Custom Rom**. You can search online, there are plenty of them. Or if you do not stole that phone, you can contact Samsung Support, i'am sure that it's gonna be helpful.
> 0 votes

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Tags: rom-flashing
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title: Can HTC Desire 530 be rooted?

text:
# Question
Title: Can HTC Desire 530 be rooted?
I have a HTC Desire 530, Android 6.0.1, can it be rooted? I want to make sure before I root it with Kingroot.

I've tried looking over the web for indexes of allowed devices, and I haven't seen it, but I'm not too sure about those lists as well.

So I'm just going to ask here, can this phone be safely rooted or not?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Yup, HTC Desire 530 can be rooted. Check out:

http://www.androidinfotech.com/2016/12/root-htc-desire-530-marshmallow-twrp.html

https://rootthat.blogspot.in/2016/06/how-to-root-htc-desire-530.html

The PC version of Kingo Root works as well.

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Tags: rooting, htc-desire
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# Question
Title: What limits the stated maximum capacity of supported microSD XC cards in smartphones?
microSD XC specification technologically supports capacities up to 2TB. However, a sizable number of even the top smartphone models are stated to only support capacities up to a lower boundary (but still higher than 32GB which is the hard limit for microSD HC).

**What specifically is limiting this number?** Logically speaking, if the onboard devices conform to the new standard, they shoudn't have any additional limitations, no? E.g. can this restriction be lifted with an alternative firmware?

A side question <sub>(comment if you feel it warrants a separte question)</sub>: **What would happen if I insert a larger card into one of these models?**

# Answer
Well, first of, that's a good question.

Periodically members of the industry come together and publish a standard that specifies how a device must perform if it's going to be, say, "Micro SD." This includes a range of capacities that a device must support if it is going to claim to support that kind of device.

Eventually, technology catches up and the original standard is no longer sufficient. For example, the original SD standard supported the FAT 12 and FAT 16 file systems which are good up to 2 GB but no higher. When this was no longer viable they went and modified the standard, which became "SDHC". This standard uses the FAT 32 file system and can use up to 32 GB. The SDHC standard is now starting to not keep up with the available technology, so there's SDXC which again introduces a new file format and a new range of sizes (up to 2 TB now).

If you have a device and you program it to be able to read FAT 12, FAT 16, and FAT 32 then you can read SD and SDHC cards but not SDXC. You could publish this as "Can read microSD and microSDHC cards," but most users don't realize that there are different generations of card at play, so it's easier to just say "Works with cards up to 32 GB."

**It's just the format of read/write, and not the actual hardware that limits the size.**
> 0 votes

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Tags: external-sd
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# Question
Title: Internal storage has been wiped out in blink of an eye
I connected my phone (Redmi 1S) to my PC (Windows 7 64-Bit) as media device to view and copy files from PC to phone's internal storage. I saw some unwanted files & folder are present in storage and decided to delete them. i deleted some junk folders and disconnected my phone from PC. After that i opened gallery to see i recently transfered photos from PC. I just felt shocked to see that the gallery is showing photos only present in SD Card and my internal storage is empty. I opened file manager to check files and there is only pre defined folders are only present like Android, DCIM remaining files and folders are just gone. i don't know what happened. Please help me guys what just happened? and How the files are gone?

# Answer
You've most likely deleted the `storage` folder seen in the PC view.

This folder isn't necessarily present in the root of your internal storage, it's more like a link to your whole internal storage. I don't know about how it's generated, but since Windows disrespect links, deleting it is effectively wiping the internal storage itself. I had this happened to me on my own Nexus 4, and restoring data was a painful process, and in most senses failed - most of my music files are only available as 8MB fragments, and pictures are distorted or simply unreadable.

Do check out the data-recovery tag wiki for tips on attempting to restore it, but as I said, don't get hopes up on restoring data in one piece.
> 1 votes

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Tags: internal-storage
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# Question
Title: Partitioned sdcard not working with link2sd
I have a 4GB SD card which is partitioned into 3GB and 1GB (Well it's not 1GB it's approx. 750 MB) (I used it through my phone 'cause i didn't have a reader and i used mini tool partition wizard) then I put my data back onto the 3GB partition. Link2SD showed me a screen titled :"select the file system of your SD card's second partition" which has 4 options:

* ext2
* ext3
* ext4
* FAT32/FAT16

The 1GB partition is ext2 so I choose ext2 and restarted my phone. It showed the same message every time and it tells me "If you're getting this message after reboot it means that the second partition cannot be mounted automatically at boot"

My phone is a rooted Vodafone 858 Smart / Huawei 8160 it's running CM7.2

I tried to reformat and repartition but nothing worked.

# Answer
Requirements:

* have a SDcard with a second partition that is ext2/ext3/ext4/... formatted.
* be sure /data/sdext2 exists
* be sure that mount-scripts are in place (menu-\>more-\>recreate mount scripts in link2sd)

If unsure, do as root via adb:

`df | grep sdext2` should show you a mounted ext2/ext3/... mmcblk0p2 partition
> 3 votes

# Answer
In my case, I had formatted the partition of interest in ext2 and used on a CM 10.2 build.

I rolled back to CM 7.2 and selected the default ext2 but it wouldn't work.

After rebooting and having the same problem, I selected the ext4 file system and voila!
> 1 votes

# Answer
For CM7, you have to choose ext3 (for CM10.1 and 10.2, none of them works for me).
> 0 votes

# Answer
1. Try making second partition using your clockworkmod recovery. If it does not help got to step 2.
2. Ensure that the format of the second partition is not automatically changing itself. To do this you can follow the following steps:
    1. Insert your memory card into your pc with help of a memory card adapter.
    2. Download , install and run mini tool partition wizard.
    3. Backup important stuff from your sdcard.
    4. Delete every partition on your sdcard and click apply.
    5. After that recreate your desired partitions. This time it won't revert to ext3.. Now you must try to use link2sd and see if the problem is resolved. If not, go to step 2.
3. As described by NaraRockingMyAce at an xda forum :

* With help of MiniTool Partition Wizard delete only your second
    partition on sd card. (use sd card adapter, don't do it through data cable).
    * Create the 2nd partition again and make sure to set it as primary.
    * Apply and verify if the problem is resolved.
> 0 votes

# Answer
that problem (link2sd unable to properly recognized partition) will and has happened to people who used modified link2sdPLUS. make sure you are using the actual free version or download the free version and pay for actual Link2SD\_plus. that's what I've learnt :D
> 0 votes

# Answer
Fat32 partition must be set as first partition, and ext2,ext3,ext4 set as second partition. It is very important that they be in that order.

After, make sure that you have all partitions set as : primary.

Finally, try all ext2,ext3,ext4 - only ext4 worked for me!!

Good luck!!!
> 0 votes

# Answer
I struggled getting the ext4 partition to mount. I saw the answer from denny mihai above that emphasized the need to have the partitions in the correct order. Mine were ext4 first and fat32 second. I used minitool to delete the ext4 partition, move the fat32 and then create a new ext4 partition (making sure it was a primary) . My partitions were then in the order described by Denny. On the next reboot of the Android tablet, link2sd mounted the ext4 with no further configuration. Thanks goes to Denny.
> 0 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, external-sd, partitions, link2sd
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# Question
Title: Can a Samsung galaxy prime be upgraded from 8GB to higher without adding an SD card?
Can a Samsung galaxy prime be upgraded from 8GB to higher without adding an SD card or am I better off to upgrade to a phone with more internal memory? I currently have a 30GB SD card installed and have moved as many apps to it as possible.

Also is there a way to move all my pictures and videos to the SD Card?

# Answer
Only the most popular phones (e.g. Xiaomi ones) have unofficial storage expansion service, which replaces the eMMC on board with one of a bigger capacity. The quality of the chip and soldering can't be guaranteed, and the replaced original chip could potentially mean private data leak. Don't think twice about this way.

You could move pics and vids to SD card just fine - in fact, doing that is more plausible than moving apps, since many apps can't be moved nowadays.
> 1 votes

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Tags: internal-storage
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# Question
Title: How do I make my phone fully customizable?
Recently my friend1 who knows how do stuff with phones has made friend2s phone fully customizable. At least that's what he said. The other day friend2 made everything in his phone to show Hodor. Time, letters, applications, everything. I asked my friend1 how he did it and he spoke about it but I remember only that he did some stuff, flashed friend2 phone a couple of times and **BOOM** done it.

I'm listing these if you need to know:

1. My phone is Samsung I8190 Galaxy S III min
2. Version 4.1.2
3. Has Kingroot
4. Has fx installed

If you need to know anything please ask me.

Sincerely, Seagullman

# Answer
> 1 votes
The Hodor trick is done using this Hodor Xposed module, which requires Xposed framework.

For a rooted device, installing Xposed is indeed a good way to customize without stepping into the realm of custom ROMs, but it comes at the usual risk of bootlooping and other problems. If you're only looking to do it for fun, and have no idea of how to recover from such failures, I advise you against it.

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Tags: hardware, customization
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# Question
Title: HTC One SMS Backup File with no Extension Restore issue
I backed up my SMS an year ago via HTC One phone's messaging application. The backup file that was created on SD card had no extension and its name is "SMS\_nai\_SD\_20160625\_701301\_0".

I was never able to restore that backup but I now need one of the messages in backup and have already lost the phone. If I open the file in notepad, it starts with "HTCMSGBACKUP\_V1" and rest of that are special characters. There is another thread related to same issue that suggests either restore the messages or use emulator. I was wondering is there any other way to handle that if we know the starting characters of the file.

Thank you.

# Answer
Just changing the file extension will not help. As far as I know it's just some kind of encrypted text file. It's either a htc or an android specific file. In order to restore a message from that file you need an android device. It might work with the stock android sms app in an emulator but probably not. I suspect that it's only going to work with htc sms app.

**\[edit\]:**
The backup file is an encrypted sqlite database file not just some text file.
> 0 votes

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Tags: sms, restore, htc
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# Question
Title: Cannot use WhatsApp in Gingerbread anymore
I have Samsung Galaxy S+ (i9001) and the other day had a prompt from WhatsApp to update the app.

The update download but the installation fails and the app cannot be opened.

I tried downloading the APK of the latest version and even many of older versions but the issue is still there.

I know WhatsApp said they are ceasing support for Android 2.1 and 2.2, but my phone has 2.3.6, so it shouldn't be affected.

How to fix?

# Answer
Yes, officially they said they won't support android 2.1 and 2.2, but since the last update only devices with Android 4.0 and above are supported.

Try installing 2.16.259 over 2.16.225:

1. Download APKs for WhatsApp version 2.16.225 and 2.16.259.
2. Install 225 first, don't open it
3. Reboot the phone
4. Install 259

But soon or later these versions will be dropped as well.
> 3 votes

# Answer
You can install the Whatsapp version 2.16.155, it is the only one that worked well on my Galaxy GT-I5500.

You also need to set the clock to a previous date, to skip the "obsolete version" warning.
> -1 votes

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Tags: whatsapp-messenger, samsung-galaxy-s
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title: Gallary issue in marshmallow OS

text:
# Question
Title: Gallary issue in marshmallow OS
I have updated Marshmallow OS from Lollipop OS in my galaxy J5 mobile. since I updated this, All folders are not seen in gallery. All images are displayed in only one folder. Also there is no option for moving images into another folder in gallery.so I wanted to know how to get back all the folders in gallery instead showing in one folder???

# Answer
Download a file manager from Google play. Open app and navigate to where your photos are stored. Make new folders and move photos in to them. I wood look at this list provided by Izzy https://android.izzysoft.de/applists/category/named/file\_fileman
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-j5
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title: What does TRWP backup include?

text:
# Question
Title: What does TRWP backup include?
If I would take a backup via TRWP, does it include all my apps, app data, messages, contacts or it would just take backup of the ROM only, so I could get a fresh ROM with factory restored when I restore it ?

# Answer
> 14 votes
To my knowledge, TWRP does a . As you can read in the tag wikis of the mentioned tags (nandroid, backup), a *Nandroid backup* takes images of your partitions. It's not a backup on the file level, but on partition level. So it includes everything stored on those partitions. Doing a full *Nandroid* backup of your system thus includes the entire system, one file per partition. There are only very few things not contained, such as the .

So to put it as a short direct answer to your question: Yes, a full *Nandroid* backup would include all your *apps, app data, messages, contacts*.

Though it might be complicated to extract them separately (*Nandroid* can't do that, it's always an "all-or-nothing". But e.g. Titanium Backup can read data from *Nandroid* backups. Just in case you'll need that :)

# Answer
> 5 votes
It is very important to answer this question correctly as many people rely on this backup. Until when you actually need it, you realize that it is not exactly what you think it is, which is disastrous.

Let me answer this question very clearly for everyone: TWRP backup does include apps and their data **BUT skips media files such as your pictures, videos and music!**

I took a full TWRP backup before I sent my phone to service. When it was back, I restored the backup. My phone started like it was before. Soon after I realized that my photos and music was completely gone. I looked everywhere in my phone but there was nothing left from my pictures! Luckily, I for some reason had a hunch about it and copied my photos separately. And music can be restored easily. (Although I remembered that after 3 weeks that I made a separate copy of my photos). It really hurts!

It backs up data partition but for some reason skips the /data/media folder.

Another discussion on XDA

Most importantly the GitHub discussion

# Answer
> 4 votes
TWRP does NOT backup internal media. TWRP specifically states it will not backup /data/media. See https://twrp.me/faq/backupexclusions.html.

"To be absolutely clear when you do something like this:

```
Creating a full backup in TWRP (including /data partition)
Factory resetting your phone
Restoring your previously taken full backup
Result: all your saved data will be there but your data on the internal storage gets LOST!

```

# Answer
> 0 votes
You can backup System,Data,Boot,Recovery,Cache,efs

System , Data , Boot are selected by default which includes your ROM , Apps , Appdata , Kernel and you can choose to backup Recovery , Cache , efs which bundles things on your internal SD card like your contacts and photos and videos. TWRP also provides compression which is pretty handy if your backup becomes large.

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Tags: backup, twrp
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title: WiFi authentication problem

text:
# Question
Title: WiFi authentication problem
I have got my android (Lenovo Vibe P1M) and for a couple of days my WiFi worked smoothly.But when i tried connecting it yesterday it says **authentication problem**.

While my family members can use the WiFi with their phones, I can't.

What I've tried so far:

```
1. turning my WiFi on in Airplane mode.
2. clearing data from google services framework.
3. going far away from my router and trying to connect.
4. factory resetting the phone once
5. Forgetting access points and resetting passwords.
6. restarting my hotspot several times
7. restarting my phone several times

```

nothing worked.

**NOTE:** I see this question has been asked **before** here but that doesn't solve my problem.

Does it mean there is a problem with my device?

# Answer
In my case it was a full memory - deleted Gigabytes of photos -\> worked
> -1 votes

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Tags: wi-fi, wifi-hotspot, wifi-tethering
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# Question
Title: How to not share Goals in a shared Calendar?
My Google calendar is shared with my wife; she can see all event details in my calendar. As a New Year's resolution, I started to use Goals (Android suggested this). Now my wife is totally freaking out because on her phone, the Calendar app is completely filled with her events, my events, and my goals. She does not want to see my goals.

My question is: how can I keep using Goals in a shared Calendar, without the Goals being shared? All other normal events still need to be shared.

I tried setting the events as private, but because of the sharing level, she can still see the Goals.

# Answer
> 2 votes
To answer my own question, because I found a working solution through trial and error.

First, you need to know that Goals are always added to your first calendar. You can add many calendars to your Google Calendar account, but when you add a goal, you cannot choose to which calendar the goal should be added. I tried adding a separate "Goals" calendar, but I could not add any goals to it.

So I did it the other way around.

* On PC, go to the Google Calendar website (it's easier to do it on PC than on Android. Trust me. I tried.)
* In My Calendars on the left, click on the little arrow next to your primary calendar and choose Calendar settings.
* Rename your primary calendar to "Goals"
* Unshare your primary calendar
* Again in My Calendars, create a new Calendar
* Name the new calendar "Shared Calendar"
* Share the new calendar with whoever you had originally shared your primary calendar

This is just the setup. Now comes the fun/boring part:

* For *every* current event in your calendar, edit the event and change the calendar from "Goals" to "Shared".
* Don't bother doing this with past events, you'll get bored soon enough.
* From now on, every time you add a new event, you'll have to remember to add it to your "Shared" calendar.

End result:

* Android Goals are in the "Goals" calendar and aren't shared.
* Events are in the "Shared" calendar and are shared.

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Tags: calendar, google-calendar
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# Question
Title: HTC One VX - Rooted and I can't remove bloatware!
My Note 2 was stolen during a mugging recently and I'm using an HTC One VX (ATT) until I can afford to get a better phone; insurance wasn't much help. The problem I'm having is that I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it (even though it's a temporary phone, it's slow as heck and I wanted to remove all the AT&T bloatware. I've used Titanium and ROM Toolbox Lite to delete those apps, but they keep coming back after a reboot. What can I do short of installing a custom rom (I don't want a custom rom on here unless absolutely necessary)? Or is there a "checker" system app that checks for and reinstalls these apps that I should freeze or remove? I'm open to experimentation and wouldn't mind "too" much if I accidently bricked it, I feel like taking a brick to this phone anyway, lol. This phone has Android 4.0.4.

TL;DR, rooted stock rom HTC One VX, trying to remove bloatware with Titanium and ROM Toolbox but bloatware comes back on reboot.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Stumble across this in a quest ordained to you by the mighty oracle of el goog?

I had the same problem as OP described. After installing a custom recovery and rooting my HTC Desire 610, I began removing bloatware, only to find it reinstalled when I rebooted.

Using Link2SD, you can view where the .apk files are in the system partition, such as /system/app/ATT\_I\_EAT\_UR\_SPACE. I removed them as well as the accompanying .odex files after removing them via Link2SD via the file manager in TWRP and it worked.

I'm no android guru, but it seemed to work, so good luck fellow traveller and may el goog grant you answers more easily in the future.

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Tags: htc, titanium-backup, bloatware
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# Question
Title: Unable to boot my Nexus 5 into recovery mode
I was having Marshmallow stock ROM rooted with TWRP installed. The way I had installed TWRP recoery made the monthly security updates uninstallable.

After learning the mistake, I decided to download the MOB30D build and flashed as I said in my answer.

After installing the phone was working normally. I tried to install TWRP through ADB command line and there was no error messages. When I rebooted the phone in recovery mode I find a red triangle. After some fiddling with power and volume buttons I saw the following recovery screen and used it for rebooting only:

I tried to flash the latest TWRP version, downloading again thinking the download might be corrupted. I then tried several old version of TWRP and same result. I tried flashing stock recovery, doing all these again with erasing the recovery partition first - all results in red triangle.

I then tried Nexus RootKit flashing stock and TWRP image (downloading again); still no use. I tried Nexus Rootkit's "Boot into temp recovery image" which did not work well but suddenly worked. I flashed latest TWRP image through the temp TWRP and it too says all okay, but no joy:

**Question:** I am not sure what else I can do to install TWRP. I want TWRP basically to root and for emergency purposes. What I can do further to install TWRP and if not at least root without a recovery partition.

**Update** I tried CWM recovery as well and same result. I tried to lock the bootloader and unlock again there by resetting everything. Still no use.

# Answer
> 1 votes
The problem is your not flashing SuperSU or deleting /system/bin/install-recovery.sh. Android has safeguards which revert to the stock recovery thru the install-recovery.sh, SuperSU by default disables this function so I'd recommend flashing it after you install TWRP.

Steps

1. fastboot flash recovery twrp.img or fastboot boot twrp.img
2. flash twrp.img inside of recovery if you just booted it instead of using fastboot flash
3. flash SuperSU-2.79-SR3.zip

OR

3. tap the mount tab
4. tap System
5. go back to main screen and tap advanced then file manager
6. navigate to /system/bin and delete install-recovery.sh

I recommend using the SuperSU route but whatever floats your boat.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I am still puzzled about how the recovery issue is so stubborn. However, after reading through a blog post on root-your-android-device-without-flashing-custom-recovery, I understood that you can boot your phone temporarily on a custom recovery and install root binary.

Being lazy and already downloaded the Nexus Root Kit, I just clicked `Root` which exactly did this and voila, the device is rooted.

I am still hunting for a solution for my recovery issue though. Thought this new approach could help some one.

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Tags: recovery-mode, nexus-5, twrp
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# Question
Title: Does Forcing GPU Rendering Affect Battery Life?
I'm currently unsure about this and haven't found anything concrete while searching on the internet. I just recently got my first Android phone a week ago and started tinkering with the developer settings, I am currently using a OnePlus 3T with Android Nougat. Any answers will be appreciated.

TLDR: Does enabling force GPU Rendering affect battery life on the OnePlus 3T with Android Nougat?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Almost all updated apps have GPU Rendering coded into the build. The reason you have an option under developer settings is simply to test the feature as a developer.

Unless you are ok with the minimal performance increase at the cost of battery life keep it off, if an app can utilize the function it will.

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Tags: oneplus-3, gpu
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# Question
Title: Galaxy S6 won't charge after drain to 0-1%, cannot boot
After letting my Galaxy S6 drain more than usual, I connected it to the fast charger a bit after it hit 1%, and left it for the night while still powered on.

Next morning the phone was off. Powering it on, the phone shuts down before completing boot.

I plugged it in to an Anker charger, also supporting Quick Charging, and left it all day. Same problem. Once it managed to finish booting, allowing me to catch a glimpse of the 0% battery indicator in the status bar.

I tried booting into recovery mode (holding Vol. Up and Home while pressing Power) and left it to charge for about an hour before rebooting. Same problem.

Any suggestions, please? :-)

# Answer
I got the chance to attempt to charge the phone via a wireless Qi-charger which, to my surprise, worked. So it didn't seem to simply be a dead battery, or a weird software loop, but something specifically concerning the USB/charging port.

I decided to bite the bullet and had the phone repaired. They replaced the "Charging Port Flex Cable", a part that can be bought online for 14$ or less, in case you feel like replacing the part yourself.
> 0 votes

# Answer
1. Connect to a charger
2. Wait 30 mins-1 hr
3. Unplug the charger
4. Press and hold the **power key** until you see the Samsung Galaxy logo
> -1 votes

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Tags: charging, boot-loop, samsung-galaxy-s-6
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# Question
Title: Should SD card be formatted before putting into new phone?
I got a new phone and want to put the SD card from my old one into it. Should anything be done to it, such as formatting or deleting files? There is a lot of funky stuff on the SD card, from TWRP and Titanium Backup etc. On the other hand I'd rather not delete just for the heck of it as there's a lot of stuff and some I do want to keep.

# Answer
> 3 votes
There isn't a need to format it. However, depending on how the SD card is formatted (file system), it may at times not readable by the new device, in which case it is best to format it using the device if it has that facility or a laptop. FAT 32 is pretty much recognised across devices but be aware that it can't store files bigger than 4GB. As always, it makes sense to backup your SD card on your laptop, as you say data contained is important

In short, if the new device can read the SD card, don't bother

Additional information on compatibility of SD cards - Source

Should you decide to format and are unsure about the file system, information here should help you ( also consider which laptop OS you would want to work with ) - How many files can I put in a directory?

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title: Hotspot dropping

text:
# Question
Title: Hotspot dropping
Ok guys, I serched all the internet for a solution and couldn\`t find...

I found a couple of topics about hotspot problems here and there but none of them were exactly my problem or would fix my problem...

I have a Moto X Play, and when I create an wi-fi hotspot to use the internet on my laptop, every few seconds, sometimes minutes, the hotspot signal is gone, and than it comes back by itself... after a while it doesn\`t come back at all and I have to reset my phone,

When I enter my hotspot configs there's no such thing as "timeout option", as there are in other Androids,

I saw a guy saying that he fixed his problem by removing the screen block pattern and changing the sleep time to 15s. For me it doesn\`t work..

What it looks like is that when my 4g signal is a bit low, the hotspot turns off and on again, maybe to try to get a better signal, but I don\`t know.

Somewhere I found people saying that it was some config about battery-saving. I tried to change some of those configs on my battery options, as to change Android System for example from 'saving battery' to 'not save battery' but it also didn\`t work..

If anyone has a tip or know how to fix it please let me know, Im desperate already. My laptop has few USB sockets and it\`d be good if I didn't have to use 1 for USB-tethering.

Thanks in advance,

# Answer
> -1 votes
Scan and clean your mobile using Cache cleaner or Internet booster application may solve your issue

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title: LG Escape 2 - bricked

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# Question
Title: LG Escape 2 - bricked
I tried running a script that I got online. I downloaded the whole file which included the `.bat` file. I tried running the `.bat` file while forgetting that I needed to download the drivers (from the same website). I canceled the script, got the drivers and tried running the script again - all the while messing around in developer mode (I hadn't known of the feature).

It ran successfully, but since it was running on my old family PC with Windows 7 running, it froze in the middle of installing the drivers, and I had to install them a second time. This time, the installation finished, but a notification popped up saying that the drivers were not successfully installed.

Since then, my phone will not move past the black start up screen, and I have to take the battery out in order to turn it off. I would like to return the device in any condition, whether it be data free or not. Thank you for your time.

# Answer
May be your phone is bricked.

Try downloading the StockRom or some CustomRom that is compatible to your phone and flash it. This might help you.

If you are wandering about all these terms Bricked, StockRom, CustomRom and flash. Here is a good article that might help you to understand.
> 0 votes

# Answer
See if you can go to xdadevelopers.com (it's the most popular forum for Android developer news and downloads) and go to your phone subforum. Grab the firmware of your model number and version of the phone. Go into download mode in your phone (don't know how to get there on the LG), flash the zip. Not sure of the last step because in a Samsung you just have to use Odin to flash the firmware, so I'm not sure of the program used in an LG phone.

You'll probably lose root though. Also, this is assuming you're soft bricked (meaning you can go to fastboot/recovery mode. If you can't and you've tried all possible ways, you're hard bricked and need to go to your carrier store to fix it).
> 0 votes

# Answer
Link to firmware \- the download is a bit complicated, though.
> 0 votes

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# Question
Title: Fastboot - what to install on Windows Desktop?
I have an older tablet Motorola Xoom Wifi (MZ 604). The tablet stopped working suddenly (while playing a game on it) and it cannot be restarted now. I have tried step described on Motorola XOOM MZ604 hard reset:

* I have tried soft reset (Volume Up + Power), this brings the Motorola logo but nothing more.
* I was able to enter "wipe data/factory reset" option, but the reset did not finish
* I am able to enter a fastboot mode, however no matter what I have tried, I do not see any tools on the PC to connect to the device (or even to list it)

Now before I declare the tablet dead, I would like to try fix it using fastboot. What should I install on my PC (Windows 10 x64) so that I can communicate with the device?

Most guides I have seen want me to install Motorola Drivers from locations like Motorola Support, when clicking through the links, all I get are messages like "File not found" or 404 errors. If I need any drivers, are there any generic drivers I could use?

# Answer
Driver: Motorola End User Driver Installation \- choose 64-bit.

Fastboot binary: Minimal ADB and Fastboot \- Google now does have an "official" package, but it's unintuitive to install and use, so this one is still recommended.
> 4 votes

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# Question
Title: OnePlus 3: Disable hotspot turning off automatically
After updating OnePlus 3 to OxygenOS 4.0.1 the option to keep hotspot on even no devices are connected seems to be missing. I need to keep hotspot on all the time and only manually to shut it down. How to enable this feature?

# Answer
Nougat update for OnePlus 3 and 3t is extremely fresh (I managed to upgrade it only using a VPN to Canada). This must be one of the features which still needs to be polished. The checkbox is missing to keep the hotspot running even if noone is connected for more than 5 minutes.

Until OnePlus releases a new minor update to fix this, workaround can be either using USB tethering or Bluetooth tethering (reported by @MichaelPearson).

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Got another update (01/17) over the air towards the end of January, that still doesn't have the checkbox.

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The latest update (as of 2017 November) still doesn't have it
> 2 votes

# Answer
Workaround when you are (like me) dependent on the Wifi hotspot: Create a script with Automate which automatically reactivates the hotspot:
> 2 votes

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title: How to transfer Whatsapp to new phone

text:
# Question
Title: How to transfer Whatsapp to new phone
I had been using Whatsapp on my old phone. I would like to transfer the messages to the new one. I had disabled uploading to google drive as I consider this too insecure. On the new phone I installed whatsapp but no messages were there.

I remember being able to do this in the past as Whatsapp integration with google drive is a relatively new feature, how did it used to work, did it download the saved messages from the whatsapp server? Since they're still on my old phone I hope they're retrievable. I'm considering using Titanium Backup to make a copy. Would this work?

When I try to open whatsapp on my old phone, it said the number cannot be verified (because I took the SIM card out and put it in my new phone) but I can still see in the background all the old messages.

# Answer
There is two ways you can restore your whatsapp messages from old phone to your new phone.

**1) Using Titanium Backup**

* Backup Whatsapp app+data in old phone.
* Copy the titanium backup of whatsapp to the new phone.
* Restore data in new phone.

**2) Copying Manually the messages**

* Copy the contents of SDCard/whatsapp/Databases from old phone to new phone
* Paste the files in exactly the same location.
* Verify using your number
> 3 votes

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# Question
Title: Turn off phone by holding the power button?
I've been having a small case of my screen not turning on at times. It happens on a 1 out of 100 basis. Anyway, I can confirm that the phone did not shut down because I can take screenshots (via power button + volume down key) and hear the screenshot sound. However, the display remains turned off. What I found to be the fix is to remove the battery to force shutdown the phone and re-insert it and open again.

That would have been an OK solution but my phone has 2 layers of battery cover so it's kinda tedious to do when the random screen problem occurs (especially if I'm outside or on the road). What I want to happen is that if I hold down the power button for some time (5 seconds maybe?), it will power off the device thus, saving me the trouble of having to remove and re-insert the battery.

How do I make holding down the power button for some time turn off the phone?

Phone is Sony Xperia Active ST17i, running MiniCMSandwich Lite rom with RaGe kernel.

# Answer
> 1 votes
There were those *Secret Codes*...

> `*#*#7594#*#*`: This code can be used to change the "End Call / Power" button action in your phone. Be default, if you long press the button, it shows a screen asking you to select any option from Silent mode, Airplane mode and Power off. You can change this action using this code. You can enable direct power off on this button so you don't need to waste your time in selecting the option.

Hm, guess that's what you were lokking for, right? Wanna more? OK, Here's the source, Luke: Secret Codes of Android Phones. Not sure if it works on all phones, though...

# Answer
> 0 votes
The forced reboot which happens by pressing the power button for 5-10 seconds is only applies for the models which doesn't have removable battery. But for the models having the removable battery, holding down the power button does not trigger the forced reboot option.

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# Question
Title: somehow newly saved contacts get disappeared
I'm using MOTO-G Turbo edition. Somehow my newly saved contacts get disappeared. Sometimes it saves and works fine but sometimes it saves and did not show me in my contacts list.

*Can anyone please suggest me what should I do in this case? Thanks in advance!*

# Answer
> 1 votes
I have the same issue with my Moto G (3rd gen) with just one google account.

When new contact adding it will disappear. I resolved my problem by the following solution. The solution was to disable google contact sync. I fixed my problem. But I not sure what is exact cause for this issue. This is a workaround solution.

I hope this is a help if someone doesn't want to sync contact with google.

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Tags: contacts, motorola-moto-g3
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# Question
Title: Apps install data in phone storage instead of sd card
This is really annoying me. I had deleted a 1GB game to free up space and install a game but I set all download and install locations to sd card but the app store downloads the game to the phone storage and the game spreads out it's data in there aswell! Why does it not install on sd card when I set it so?

# Answer
sometimes the games app are configured in a way that they store their data in the phone storage for security or for getting smooth performance. there is nothing you can do about it.....it is more of an developer choice of storage location.
> 2 votes

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# Question
Title: Can i use NFC for File Transfer in Motorola X?
My friend is using Motorola X with NFC, but he can't transfer files through it. How do you transfer files through NFC on Android?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Yes you can, but you have to use Android Beans

Check this forum if you would like more info

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# Question
Title: Samsung s7edge- can't open attachments on emails
I'm having recent trouble opening up PDf and other types of files on my S7. It was never an issue. I've tried freeing some storage, cleaning out the cache, and also one suggestion was to go into default settings in Applications. can anyone suggest something more specific.My default for internet is AOL

PS. If I go to downloads and open an old pdf file , no problem, it opens

# Answer
Folks, I figured it out. I deleted my aol account and re-installed it. All attachments open up fine. So if its not your default settings or low storage, try that .
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung, attachments
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# Question
Title: How to install US/European ROM on Chinese Galaxy S7 Edge?
I have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G9350) from China, and there are no Google apps, and I still find a lot of text in Chinese (yes I changed the language), and the apps still contain Chinese.

I've never dabbled in installing ROMs or even rooting my phones but I'm a very quick learner. Also, I don't mind if the ROM isn't official, I do plan on rooting the phone eventually.

Was there any way to install the US or European ROM on it?

# Answer
European/US ROMs have to be ported in order to work, but there isn't one that I know of, since the majority of us Chinese value Samsung Pay heavily, and with a non-stock ROM Samsung Pay capability is bombed.

However, at the same time, the G9350 variant is also sold in Hong Kong, which has GAPPS, is more internationalized (presumably with English), and with no hardware difference. You could try out one of its factory firmwares by flashing it via Odin. Brief guidance is on the download page.

EDIT: I've seen your screenshot - from the baseband version, it's quite obvious that your device is *not* a G9350 - rather, a G935V (Verizon variant) flashed with ported G9350 firmware (see what I said about ported firmwares?). In this case you need to go with G935V factory firmwares.
> 2 votes

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# Question
Title: How to prevent specific apps from using mobile data?
So there are some mobile apps that love to use lots of mobile data, and sometimes use it when the wifi signal isn't good (e.g. Spotify). Which then leads to a nasty surprising spike in data usage during those times.

My phone is rooted, btw.

# Answer
> 3 votes
Android itself does not provide such a tool, but you can use firewalls that require root,

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* If your device is not rooted, so no problem, there are some applications that use some trick that can prevent apps from being connected to internet, such as NoRoot Firewall.

> The Trick of NoRoot Firewall is that it opens a Fake VPN connection for making the phone to send all the packets to the Application then you can define for the application which one to allow and which one to deny. So it does not require root access.

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* If your device is rooted you can use Droid Wall and it will do what you want.

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you can download it from Google Play Store.

Note:I'm using NoRoot Firewall on My Xperia S and Xperia Z1 for a long time, even my Xperia S is rooted but i still use this application for blocking apps from being accessed to Internet.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Stock un-rooted Android has a feature in the "Data Usage" sections of Settings that shows you a sorted list of the apps consuming data. For each app, there's a checkbox to block background usage of mobile data, but only allow background WiFi. (To block foreground usage, don't run that app when you're not on WiFi...)

# Answer
> -1 votes
There is a tool in your mobile data setting that is turned on by default that makes this happen. Go into data settings and uncheck the box.

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title: Adoptable SD card in Nougat

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# Question
Title: Adoptable SD card in Nougat
I have recently formatted my SD card as adoptable/internal storage in android nougat 7.0. There is a option of ejecting the card. My question is, if I eject the card, would I be able to use it by a card reader, or would the data be corrupted/deleted?

# Answer
* Your card cannot be read by a card reader, as it is *encrypted* , when you converted it to internal or adoptable-storage. This encryption covers your device (internal storage) and SD. You can read more about that in wiki
* If you eject the card, data is not corrupted on the card, but as Izzy pointed out, your device would be pretty much unusable, till you re- insert
> 1 votes

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Tags: internal-sd, 7.0-nougat, adoptable-storage
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# Question
Title: Cannot cast Android screen to Philips TV
I have a Philips 50PFK6550/12 TV, and a Nexus 5X running Marshmallow. When I try to cast the screen of my Nexus to the TV using the Cast button in the notifications menu, the cast app crashes on my TV:

> Unfortunately, Chromecast Android Shell has stopped.

I can then report this error. If I view the stack trace, it says:

```
java.lang.securityException: Cast mirroring is not enabled.

```

Trying to cast a tab from Google Chrome on my desktop gives the same error.

Is there some way I can make this work, or is this something Google/Philips needs to fix?

# Answer
> 1 votes
I bought a separate Chromecast. This works fine.

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# Question
Title: Can you damage a device using the wrong USB/USB-OTG cable?
I understand the main difference between a USB and USB-OTG cable is that the latter has an ID pin which is grounded.

Does this mean I cannot use a regular USB cable in an OTG (micro-B I believe) port instead of a regular USB cable with the same connector? Will any damage occur? Also, can I power a device from an OTG port like you can with regular USB devices?

# Answer
> 0 votes
> Does this mean I cannot use a regular USB cable in an OTG (micro-B I believe) port?

The USB-micro ports (A and B) always have 5 pins so there is no "regular" (4-pin) cable with a micro connector. Any micro USB cable can be used to power the device and no damage will occur.

This means every micro USB connector does physically support OTG. However, this does not mean that the controller or the software will support it (you cannot assume that every micro USB device will support OTG).

# Answer
> 0 votes
Having turned a regular USB cable into an OTG cable myself, the answer is no. The only difference is that the SENSE or ID pin, pin 4, is connected to the ground (GND, pin 5). This is purely used for the device to detect which type of cable is connected so it can behave according.

It's possible the device might misbehave if it doesn't detect the ID pin, but that is almost certainly going to be on the software side. And unless it's relying on pin 4 to be the ground instead of 5 — which is absolutely wrong no matter how you look at it — and the need for grounding actually arises, it's pretty much impossible for connecting a regular cable to result in any damage.

**TL;DR:** If the device follows any semblance of the USB standard then this cannot be an issue. Any Android device that supports USB OTG will support normal USB connections.

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# Question
Title: How can I see my NFS share in any file manager on Android 6.0.1?
I mounted my NFS shares successfully in Termux with busybox. I mounted the network folder to `/data/media/0/Music`.

I'm also able to see the content of the network share in the terminal with `ls -l /data/media/0/Music`. But when I click the location in my file manager the location is empty. I tried different file managers as well but all display nothing.

Is is a permission issue? What do I have to change in Android to make it work?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Turns out an option in SuperSU blocked me from seeing the content of my mounts. I needed to disable the "Mount namespace separation" option in SuperSU app. Only then the mounts will be visible to other apps! Disabling namespace separation may cause security flaws, but I don't see any other solution yet. Reboot the device, mount your shares and everything will be as expected.

Found the solution here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33611664

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title: Are battery monitors accurate ?

text:
# Question
Title: Are battery monitors accurate ?
I use GSAM battery monitor. i have flashed a few roms,

I get this reading:

~91% battery. 460ma current consumption with regular use(full brightness). 3:40 hours time left(avg last 5 minutes).

So this means that my 91% battery should hold around 1800mah-2000mah (460\*3:40) , but this is strange because my battery is a 4100mah battery, and i have it only for 8 months.

Another strange thing: when i look at Android's battery statistics, the sum of percenatges of the battery that goes towards each app(including screen) is only at ~50%.

As a fix, i tried to recharge my phone to 0% and than fully charge. but the problem stays the same.

So what does this mean ? and are my battery problems due to software or hardware?

# Answer
> 2 votes
> Are battery monitors accurate ?

Battery monitors are an approximation and not accurate :

* They are usually based on Voltage measurements
* You need Voltage and Current measurements to get an accurate picture. Most phones have only Voltage sensors. Current sensors ( Coulomb Sensor) are available in some at OEM discretion ( Honor 6 for example). Even if the device has it, the kernel ( since you mentioned flashing ROMs) need to support it. For more details, see this How does the Android estimate the battery level without a current sensor?

I don't know about your device but let's assume that it has only Voltage sensor as is common. Problems with accuracy using voltage sensing ( apart from current sensor bit)

* How often it needs to be updated (and reflect on the status bar), AFAIK is left to OEM implementation. Is the battery icon on your Android phone telling you the truth? says that updating battery SoC information is manufacturer dependent and not Android driven (emphasis mine and I haven't found any other source to dispute this)

> We contacted Google about this, and the indication is that the battery data given in the Settings is the correct one. The updating of the icon happens "every so often", we're told; quite how often is **entirely up to the manufacturer, rather than being part of the Android code**
* Further voltage is NOT a true indicator of the amount of charge. This will explain in detail why
* Yet another problem with Voltage based measurement is battery behaviour. Li Ion batteries display a "flattish" voltage drop even though the amount of charge falls relatively steep as seen here at Fig.2

Your app like other apps uses Voltage and inherently plagued with inaccuracies, so at best gives a rough estimate

* Starting from Lollipop Android gives you an estimate of *how long* your battery is going to last, so the interpretation in other answer is valid
* > Another strange thing: when i look at Android's battery statistics, the sum of percenatges of the battery that goes towards each app(including screen) is only at ~50%.

Measurement of consumption per app and therefore total can also be misleading. This post, though old sheds light on this How does Android calculate battery consumption by apps?

Now coming to your concern of *battery problems* \- it's hard to say. I would suggest that you revert to stock ROM and then observe to establish ,**if**, there is a problem ( Could be custom ROM, kernel too)

# Answer
> 2 votes
Most popular battery apps including GSam, Ampere, Power Tutor, and Better Battery Stats do not report accurate current readings. OEMs and SoC manufacturers must be able to measure power consumption using hardware and software-based methods. Every mobile device has one or more power management ICs (PMIC) and battery fuel gauge software. If a developer understands how to access this data and interpret it, they can get accurate voltage and current readings, which can be used to calculate accurate power consumption. I know this because I’ve tested software like Trepn Profiler and Battery Mentor using a $700 Monsoon Power measurement hardware and found them to be within a few percentage points off in most use cases. It’s important to mention that newer chipsets and operating systems have made power measurement much harder and in some cases even these apps are now having problems. Some OEMs (e.g. Samsung) also prevent access to this data. \[Disclosure: I work on the team who created Trepn and have given advice to the person who created Battery Mentor.\]

# Answer
> 1 votes
# Specific to your case

First of all I think your assumption is wrong. When the app states:

> ~91% battery. 460ma current consumption with regular use(full brightness). 3:40 hours time left(avg last 5 minutes).

This rather means you have 91% capacity left, or in your case 3731mAh from 4100mAh. It's currently drawing 460mA with regular use having screen on full brightness. And based on the average of the last 5 minutes you have 3:40 hours left.

So the 3:40 hours is not linked to the 460mA the way I read this information.

I didn't go through it but this user guide from the authors might give you more insight.

# In general

I have no experience with that app but first of all you'd want to know how that app calculates these numbers. The app doesn't look like open source so reverse engineering it or contacting them seems like valid options.

The time left on these apps are always an indication based on what you did up to that time (and often starting from the time you stopped charging the phone). Nothing more than a prediction. If you use the phone more/less for the next hours it won't match reality for sure.

This app has some ratings in the store indicating there are bugs:

> Martijn Kösters 5 januari 2017 Starting app Has to be done manually after fully charging. Otherwise fine. Strange?
>
> robert zegers 21 oktober 2016 Bug The widget keeps getting stuck on a certain percentage.. I have to reboot my phone to fix it. Ive got a Oneplus 3

See play store link for more.

If this intrigues you you could always do tests and see how accurate these numbers are. How long does it last you in real life? Are you having issues with battery life? If so try to find out what app causes it by using the Android battery statistics.

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# Question
Title: Phone is killing important background/sync processes (Wiko Lenny 3) – what to do?
My friend recently bought a Wiko “Lenny 3”, which runs Android 6.0.1 After a short while of using it, it seems that this phone is configured by the manufacturer to very aggressively kill background apps, even ones that *should* be left running. For example:

* Apps that should be running in the background and syncing/polling for messages, such as K9-Mail (email client) or the Signal messenger, apparently aren’t left running. Often, when opening K9-Mail or Signal, 10 or more emails/messages/texts will suddenly “arrive” all at once, many of which are hours old by then, so those apps clearly weren’t working in the background like they should’ve been and only got the chance to poll when they were manually (re-)opened by the user. This means that even basic availability and message reception (part of the whole point of a phone, one would think) is not working reliably!
* We put a calendar widget (belonging to Google Calendar) and a news app’s widget (SPIEGEL ONLINE) on the home screen, both of which are just blank after the phone is started and are only “resurrected” by fiddling with them manually (still haven’t figured out a reliable procedure).
* If a live wallpaper is set, then after some time of using the phone (filling the RAM with other apps, presumably) or after rebooting, the phone’s wallpaper will be reset to the default, static one (Wiko logo). This also depends on whether the live wallpaper is set from the home screen (where it already disappears e.g. just from opening the “recent apps” screen) or from the settings (where it lasts longer, but still not permanently). Curiously, this only seems to affect live wallpapers that aren’t pre-installed (Phase Beam etc.), such as Galactic Core or Pixel Rain.

Videos:

Live wallpaper cleared by “recent apps”

Live wallpaper cleared by opening Firefox

A large part of the marketing/“bonus features” for this phone seems to revolve around battery life and “optimizing” performance. It includes a pre-installed “Phone Assistant” app (cannot be disabled!) where different levels of battery saving can be set up, background apps can be killed and so on. This app also puts a “One Clean” icon on the “all apps” screen whose function seems to be killing all currently-running user apps (it plays an animation and announces having freed XXX MB of memory). Tapping this “One Clean” icon always resets the wallpaper to the static default if a (non-pre-installed) live wallpaper was set, which is why I think all this has to do with an overly aggressive background app policy (even the live wallpaper process gets killed).

Demonstration of “One Clean” (clearing live wallpaper again)

Unfortunately, even whitelisting everything in the “Phone Assistant” and disabling as many battery saving/“optimizing” features as possible didn’t alleviate the problem.

(I haven’t tested this, but I suspect that the built-in email, calendar etc. apps pushed on you by the manufacturer, most of which can’t even be disabled, are spared this violent treatment, so many people owning the phone might not really notice these issues. Just an idea.)

Because of these issues with the manufacturer-provided setup, I’m very eager to install a custom ROM on the phone. However, none of the popular ones (e.g. Cyanogenmod or Paranoid Android) seem to support this phone and I certainly don’t want to brick it! Does anyone have any experience with a phone that behaves like this? What would be the best course of action? Is there a (comparatively) risk-free way to try a custom ROM or can I do anything from within the manufacturer-provided installation?

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1 Apologies for linking the German page; for some reason the page seems to be available in every language *except* English. If you find an English version, do tell me.

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*Edit (2016-12-27):* It seems that these issues with Wiko phones are becoming more well-known and affect an entire line of models (Wiko phones on Android 6 (Marshmallow) with only 1 GB of RAM). Even those low-tier Wiko models which came with Android 4 on release and were only later updated to Android 6 seem to then exhibit the problems I described (non-functional widgets, background/synchronization issues etc.) due to Wiko’s messed-up implementation – even though there were no issues before the update.

See, for example: http://ludditus.com/2016/08/10/the-verdict-on-wiko-robby-two-weeks-later/

# Answer
I bought a Wiko Lenny 3 in France 3 months ago. I immediately loved the device as I was primarily using it as a development device with Android 6.0. I write code for a living. I noticed OneClean and PhoneAssist and their brutal, rude and unasked for ways. My background services would get killed whether I had powersave mode on, or not, battery optimized settings or not... I tweaked and tweaked but got nowhere.

And then...

I just today installed Engineer Mode from the PlayStore (it has a yellow and black wheel as an icon).

After launching the app, I chose the secret code for OneClean, there's only one in the list and it says OneClean. Clicking it gives you a menu, I unticked "Low Ram enable" and ticked "Background Enable" and raise "Background service limit from 6 to 8".

After doing that I rebooted and launched Orbot which would never stay on, IT STAYS ON. I am able to have background services running. So far so good.

Try it....
> 1 votes

# Answer
i've just found a working solution for the same issue affecting my Wiko Fever. Went to "Phone Assistant", "Charge management", "Advanced settings", "App"; then in the gear icon on top right corner, I selected "Background app whitelist" and added the applications that i want to keep alive. Doing this, no more unexpected background tasks kills.
> -1 votes

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# Question
Title: Is it possible record videos of my screen?
Suppose that I would like to record some video sessions of Angry Birds on my phone.

Are there any apps that I can use? I have root permissions.

# Answer
> 8 votes
I just read a review of Screen Cast & Screen Recorder that's pretty compelling. It requires root, like any on-device solution I'm aware of, but can record decent quality video at up to 30 FPS. The review has example captures from various games and the videos are good enough for most anything you'd want, unless you need HD video for some reason. The app has a free trial so I definitely recommend trying it out.

# Answer
> 4 votes
Yes you can, even without root, by using adb, ddms, and DroidEx. See: http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/951-how-to-capture-video-of-the-screen-on-android/

The basic idea is to use ddms to capture a screenshot rapidly, and then composing these screenshots into videos.

I haven't actually tried this yet, so I don't know how well it works (or whether it works).

I doubt this can be done practically purely in device-side; problem being that video is extremely memory heavy without compression, and compressing video in real time will be a torture to even the latest phone's CPU.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Airdroid has a "Record Screen" option. It's not a premium feature and doesn't require root. It records the screen along your microphone (*warning! As far as I remember this option is set by default!*) if you do like to make tutorial videos.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Some of my friend use this app I think it will work you too. Here is the link

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# Question
Title: Listing partitions names and mount points
I'm trying to get list of partitions and their mount points in terminal, but I'm not so succesfull.

`"ls -l /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.msdc0/by-name/”` (found this path by using `"cat /proc/mounts"` but it return me a 'permission denied, I guess I need root, but I don't have one. So how to get partitions names and mount points without root? Also there is one weird thing: when I go with Total commander in /dev folder there isn't /block folder inside just file named 'block' with size 0 and not readable (becase lack of root). How is that possible?

# Answer
Type in `mount` to a terminal emulator, root not required.

Lists all mount points active, note: mine is very long due to many bind mounts.

Imgur: https://i.stack.imgur.com/FuFMJ.jpg

Or alternatively

Type `grep /etc/recovery.fstab`
> 0 votes

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# Question
Title: How to fix soft bricked Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 after /data reformat
I jot got brand new Galaxy Tab A 10.1 tablet (580 model running Android 6). After using Odin 3.12.1 to install TWRP 3.0.2-0 custom recovery I tried to do a full image backup and it failed with "can't mount /data (Invalid argument). So I Googled around and found the "\[SOLVED\] Cant mount /data" video https://youtu.be/X7yDPszoQ5s that suggested to change data partition type from ext4 to exFat. After that the tablet does not boot and gives some criptic error about data encryption and dropping devices. Nothing, even factory reset helps. I read that Samsung does some encryption but I am not Android expert. Can someone help?

# Answer
The solution was to choose "Format data" in TWRP.
> -1 votes

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