# Question
Title: Google Drive has taken over my internal memory
OK so I decided to migrate all my pics (10gb+) from Dropbox to Google Drive. Everything went as planned but surprisingly after installing the Drive app from the Play Store, it synced all my 10gb data back onto my internal memory

Forgive my "noobness" but isn't the whole point of cloud storage the avoidance of such nuisance? How do I get back my internal memory without losing my data on Google Drive

Thanks in advance.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Logically, from what I know about Drive, all items that are marked appropriately will automatically sync to all devices where Drive is installed (to provide offline access).

I don't personally use Drive often at the moment, but I believe there is both a switch for offline access while viewing detailed file info, as well as a star feature, that both function to show which items are set to sync to all devices (there's been a few updates since I used Drive often).

**You might have accidentally checked a setting that told Drive to mark all those uploaded items as favorites/offline accessible files, while uploading.**

I've never personally added so many files to a current versions of Drive, web or app. So, I'd have to compete a test of the activity with some test files and follow directions based on what exactly you did to identify, with certainty, what happened.

And in order to correct the issue, regardless of the cause, it may be easier to use one interface rather than another. For instance, Drive via webpage/PC may allow you to select all folders and mark all internal contents as not available offline in one click, but the app may not.

I'm not sure which would be more efficient for such a purpose, I just wanted to suggest that it may be worth experimenting.

And there's always the possibility that it is just because of a glitch in drive.

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, google-drive
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title: From nightly to official

text:
# Question
Title: From nightly to official
I'm currently running a CM 12 nightly on my OPO, but after hearing of the CM12S update which is coming in a matter of days, I decided I wanted to go back to receiving official OTA's.

I've read a couple of tutorials on the forums of OPO, but all the methods include returning back to CM11S which is painful.

So I was wondering, if there were any other ways to receive the official CM12s update without returning back to CM11s?

# Answer
> 2 votes
You can flash the CM12S update over the CM Nightly. I did it myself.

Just make sure you have a custom recovery installed and make a backup just in case!

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Tags: cyanogenmod, 5.0-lollipop, android-versions
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# Question
Title: What is the "Attempting HD" icon when placing calls?
I have an HTC One with Sprint, and I recently updated to Android 5.0.2. After the update, my calls now say "Attempting HD" in the corner. I tried googling for "attempting hd android", "attempting hd htc one" and "attempting hd sprint" with poor results. What is this? Can I disable it if I don't want it?

# Answer
This icon comes from Sprint's HD Voice feature. The "Attempting HD" icon appears in all calls, but the feature only activates on Sprint-to-Sprint calls where both devices are supported.
> 1 votes

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, calls, htc-one, sprint
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# Question
Title: Any way to set lockscreen notifications on AT&T LG G3 Lollipop?
AT&T appears to have completely disabled the lockscreen notification settings in their LG G3 Lollipop update. Anyone know of any way to change which notifications are shown, which are sensitive, etc.?

# Answer
> 0 votes
If you go to **Settings -\> Sound**, and scroll down to the **Notifications** category. The **Lock Screen** selection allows to choose Hide sensitive only, show all, or hide all. The **Apps** selection is a list of apps, which will let you select app behavior. However, the sensitive option is only available if you select "Show all notifications" option above. Additionally it appears some applications have an invisible sensitivity setting that allows them to display information when "Hide sensitive only" is selected. I have several apps on my phone that display info/controls when the screen is locked, and I have it set to "Hide sensitive only" I found some discussion of the above information on this site, but nothing to explain the fact that some apps seem to default to nonsensitive, most don't.

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Tags: notifications, lock-screens, 5.0-lollipop, lg-g3
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# Question
Title: Connecting Sony Xperia U with my Windows XP laptop
I am unable to link my phone with my laptop. When I connect the USB it says st25i camera connected. I use a Sony Xperia U model and my laptop has Windows XP OS. What can be the issue?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Most probably driver issue, following resources may help you

# Answer
> 0 votes
first of all you need to install a Sony Pc Companions in your pc and then connect the device through it. after this u can share, transfer the pic and docs. you can download it from sony xperia site which is easily available.

Rao Saahil Umar

# Answer
> 0 votes
1. Right click on My Computer icon (on desktop) then Click "Manage"
2. Click on Device Manager, and select "Portable Devices" from the list. Double click on Device Manager and select ST25i (Your phone Device) from the list.
3. Right click on ST25i (Your phone Device) and click "Update Driver..." from the list (which will open a Hardware Update Wizard)
4. Click "Install the software automatically (Recommended)", then Next and the wizard will search for correct Update automatically.
5. Click on Finish.

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Tags: usb-connection-mode
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# Question
Title: "This app won't run without Google Play Services which are missing from your phone" on Samsung Galaxy S2
I recently rooted my Galaxy S2 GT I9100 phone.

I search some of the video on YouTube about how to upgrade OS from Jelly Bean 4.1 to Lollipop 5.02. I did the same and succeed in it.

The problem I'm facing right now that my phone has been updated to CyanogenMod Lollipop 5.1, but I'm not able to use any Google services Apps e.g. WhatsApp, Gmail, Google Maps, Youtube

I'm able to use pre-installed apps like Music Player, Dialer etc.

When I clicking on Play Store or any Google apps it is showing `This app won't run without Google Play Services which are missing from your phone`.

And **2nd Problem** I'm facing is although it is updated to Lollipop, the phone is not starting like a Lollipop. When rebooting a blue Android appear and it is blinking and a yellow error sign or logo appears just below the Samsung Logo when the phone starts.

What should I do to use all the Google apps and phone work as it work in any other Lollipop Android phone?

# Answer
You can do this *the easy way* by just (re)installing your Google Apps. Download the right GApps package from CyanogenMod / XDA / Goo.im and flash it in recovery.

**OR** you can also use the APKs linked on the site in your comment. **This method is not recommended and may dump your phone into a bootloop!**

You probably want to download this one. Install it by connecting your phone to PC (make sure USB debugging is enabled and that you have ADB installed on your PC) and typing these commands in a terminal:

```
adb push <path to downloaded APK> /sdcard/GmsCore.apk
adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /system
# cp /sdcard/GmsCore.apk /system/app/GmsCore.apk
# chmod 0644 /system/app/GmsCore.apk
# rm /sdcard/GmsCore.apk
# mount -o ro,remount /system
# exit
$ exit

```

Then reboot your phone.
> 1 votes

# Answer
It seems that Google Play services isn't installed or updated.

Try installing it from the plays store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms&hl=en

Edit: oops. Skipped my mind u can't use play store. Get the apk from XDA here and install it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-google-play-services-t2795911
> 0 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, rooting, 5.0-lollipop
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title: How to add comments in build.prop file?

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# Question
Title: How to add comments in build.prop file?
If it differs across Android versions, provide answer specifically for KitKat and Lollipop. Thanks

# Answer
> 3 votes
Just precede your comments with the `#` character.

```
# this is a comment
ro.lcd_density=160    # this is another comment

```

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Tags: customization
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# Question
Title: How do I change my gmail password from Lollipop?
I am running Lollipop and want to change my gmail password. How do I do that?

# Answer
Go to this page in your webbrowser: https://myaccount.google.com/security/signinoptions/password
> 0 votes

# Answer
1. Go to your @EMAIL for Android (not the one for Gmail and not in your account settings).
2. Select the email account then hit your menu tab. Go to -\> **More** -\> **Account settings** -\> **Incoming** -\> change your new password here.

If this doesn't work, change your password in outcoming too.
> -1 votes

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Tags: google-account
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# Question
Title: Can I get this latest update off my phone (Galaxy S4, Lollipop)?
Can I get this latest update off my Galaxy S4 phone? I can't handle the color changes and need it off my phone.

# Answer
> 1 votes
If you updated your phone to android 5.0 through Samsung OTA updates. Then I'm sorry. You can't go back because you updated your Knox boot loader. One thing you can do is install Cyanogenmod 12.

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, samsung-galaxy-s-4
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# Question
Title: Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 firmware update issue
I was updating the firmware of my Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 with Samsung Kies 3 on my Macintosh and suddenly my laptop turned off, so I disconnect the phone and tried to reboot it and after it displayed the following message on its screen:

> Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.

Also on top left of the screen there is some text being displayed in the tiniest readable font it seems, which says:

> ODIN MODE
>
> PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9505
>
> CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
>
> SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL
>
> KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
>
> KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
>
> CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
>
> WRITE PROTECTION: ENABLE
>
> eMMC BRUST MODE enabled

Since, the laptop turned off in the middle of the update, when I restarted it Samsung Kies 3 had no idea what happened and now my phone won't even show up in the Firmware emergency recovery window of Kies 3. Firmware upgrade and initialization also doesn’t work since ‘GT-I9505’ doesn't support initializing.

Can anybody help me?

P.S: My cell phone isn't rooted or anything. I don't have any custom recovery installed. I was just using the official Samsung ROM and OTA updates whenever they arrive.

# Answer
> 0 votes
You should be able to repair your phone with Odin 3.07.

**THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY!**

1. Go to www.sammobile.com
2. Then go to firmwares.
3. Search the right firmware for your device.
4. Download Odin (do a google search).
5. Extract Odin.zip
6. Put the md5/tar in the PA/PDA slot.
7. Click on start/begin/OK.
8. Wait a few minutes and your will reboot.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-4, samsung, stock-android, samsung-kies
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# Question
Title: I'm having trouble opening my play store
I have a galaxy s3 and the play store will not open, I've i tried every way I can think of to open it but it won't work:

I restarted my phone many times, I've also tried opening it from the application clearing page where it has the option to force close, uninstall and clear data. I also tried deleting some apps, and nothing.

When I click on it to open it opens for a second and displays Play Store on a white screen but in about a second it closes. When I'm doing anything on my phone an error saying play store has unexpectedly stopped and the only thing I can press is an "ok" button. I have also tried downloading apps directly from a website and it doesn't let me, instead it closes the page.

Any ideas?

# Answer
> 2 votes
As the OP didn't report back, it seems safe to assume that the hints given in my comments to the question solved the issue:

One of the general solutions to issues with the *Google Play Store* app:

* From your homescreen, use the `menu` key/button, and go to *Settings › Apps*
* On the resulting screen, make sure to select the "All" tab
* Scroll to the *Google Play Store* entry and open it
* Chose to `Clear Cache`, then `Delete Data`, and finally `Uninstall Updates`1
* Reboot your device (either by switching it off and on again, or long-press the `Power` button to bring up the "Power Menu", where you possibly can select "Reboot" directly)

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**1:** you can try with `Clear Cache` only to see if that's sufficient, and if not add the other steps one after the other until you succeed

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Tags: google-play-store, samsung-galaxy-s-3
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# Question
Title: apps and google play cannot connect to the internet after rooting
My phone is a samsung s duos gt s7562. I rooted my phone recently. But Iam having some problems after that. My apps, except for opera mini and instagram, cannot connect to data services. I tried factory resetting, enabling background data and even unrooting but of no use. Only the above mentioned apps are working. But when I am accessing internet through wifi everything works fine.I got a hunch that may be it has something to do with the busybox i installed. When I was installing it, it gave a lot of things to install when I selected advanced installation but i ignored it and selected the normal one where the busybox installer will select the necessary stuff and install it.

Anyone got any remedy to this??? Please help because I am fed of searching for remedies.... Nothing helped so far

# Answer
> 1 votes
Be sure and check your Date. Had problems with google play suddenly stopped working. After trying multiple suggestions, realized the date was reset back to 2008. Once reset, things started working again.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Just follow these steps.

1. Root your Android phone by using super su nd root checker
2. Download Lucky Patcher
3. Grant root to Lucky Patcher
4. Then go to toolbox
5. and click on block ads options
6. and then click on "clear the local hosts file" option
7. All done, come back to home and reboot your Android

Hope this helps. Do this on your own responsibility.

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Tags: rooting
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# Question
Title: Hangouts doesn't show the content of vCard
When I receive a vCard (.vcf), Hangouts does not show the content of it! Is there a setting for this or simply this feature is omitted in Hangouts?

Here, in this picture I sent a vCard and the other persons sent another vCard. I cannot see the content of either of them.

And when I tap the message, I still cannot see the content from there.

# Answer
Android doesn't have native support for vCards and it's annoying. Fortunately, since they come through as SMS/MMS messages they aren't *only* in Hangouts, any SMS/MMS-handling app you install can read the messages so long as you haven't deleted them. You can install bizcardmanager (it's $1.50 but there's a free version too) and it will show a list of vCards received via SMS and you can import them to your contacts from there. There are other apps which claim to share contacts, not all work very well. I recommend bizcard (I have nothing to do with the app or its developer) simply because I know for a fact that it works.
> 2 votes

# Answer
Not a great solution, but you can forward the MMS to your Gmail. When you open the attachment in Gmail, it will import the contact.
> 0 votes

# Answer
They do actually work, I have had the same problem with my Nexus 5 & 6. I just have to randomly press the vCard icon repeatedly, fast presses, slow presses, holding it just until the message options pop up, closing Hangout and reopening, I haven't been able to work out which one it is though, but they will always work eventually. So it is not an unsupported issue, it is a bug on opening them issue.
> 0 votes

# Answer
You just need to touch the vCard green icon. A new window "view content card" opens, and there you have all the information at the pulldown arrow. The option "add to people" is also available on the top of the window.
> 0 votes

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Tags: mms, google-hangouts, vcard
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title: Storage space running out

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# Question
Title: Storage space running out
I got my Moto G (2nd gen) just one month ago and ever since I got it its been this annoying notification that won't go away saying that my "Storage Space is running Out" and that "Some systems functions may not work" ... I don't know what to do

I ALREADY -took half my photos of my phone & put them on my computer -deleted half my apps -and cleared data on the remaining apps I have And it won't let me download any other apps, if .... Keeps stating I don't have enough room. Some one please please help!!!!

# Answer
> 1 votes
Go to settings --\> Application manager, now you see which apps which holding more space (which is specified under every application) if it's some google services app which can't be uninstalled click **unistall updates** and then Go to play store settings --\> Auto-update apps --\> Do not auto-update apps to avoid facing these problems in future.

This may help you in losing storage space for nothing. Hope this helps.. :)

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Tags: motorola-moto-g
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# Question
Title: How to perform a factory reset without access to owner profile?
I recently bought the RCA Voyager 7" tablet from Walmart.

I opened the settings app and added a slide password to my device. When I was finished I clicked 'OK' and the settings app closed and a message popped up saying

> Settings has unexpectedly closed.

I was unable to open the application until I rebooted my tablet. Upon rebooting it asked me for a password and I performed the slide gesture I had set as my password. It said the pattern was incorrect.

(Btw the tablet is running android 4.4)

I tried it again with similar results. Then again. Then again. It finally asked me if I had forgot my password and I tapped yes. It asked me to input my account information (email and password) and I did.

Then a message popped up saying:

> The username or password you have input is incorrect. Please try again.

I decided to input my username in the email text field and it still replied with the above pop up.

I remembered reading online that if I turn the device off and hold the power button and the volume down button simultaneously it would bring up a screen that allows me to wipe my phone.

I know this works because I tried it on my Android 4.0 phone after I downloaded a malicious Ubuntu 'unity' launcher from the Play Store. However the device simply booted up without displaying the options I wanted. I tried inserting a pin into the reset slot but it also didn't work.

I have no access to my device and everything has failed so far. Please help me. **To recap, how can I go about resetting the device?** There has to be some way to do it.

# Answer
> 5 votes
Follow the detailed instructions below on how to completely reset your RCA Android 7 Voyager (RCT6773W22) tablet.

**Step 1.** With your tablet off, press and hold the volume up (+) button and power button until you see the RCA splash screen with Nipper and Chipper. Release both buttons to reveal the Android bot on his back with a caution symbol above him.

**Step 2.** A new screen will appear asking you to use your volume up/down keys to move and the power button to select.

**Step 3.** Use the volume down (-) button to highlight "wipe data/factory reset." Once highlighted, select using the power button.

**Step 4.** A new screen will appear asking you to confirm your selection. Use your volume down (-) button to highlight "Yes -- delete all user data." Press the power button to select once highlighted.

**Step 5.** Once the tablet is finished wiping data, you may press the power button to select "reboot system now." This will restart your tablet.

**Step 6.** The system will begin to reboot and once again display the RCA logo with Nipper and Chipper. The next "Welcome" screen will prompt you to select your language of choice. Scroll through the options using your finger and press start when finished. Congratulations, you have successfully reset your RCA 7 Voyager tablet.

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, factory-reset, password, hard-reset
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title: my SD card is not working on my phone

text:
# Question
Title: my SD card is not working on my phone
my SD card is not working on my phone, it keeps on appearing damaged SD card each tym I insert it but then it works on other people's phone , it seems the problem is with my phone, \***Samsung s3 mini, please could someone help me out?

# Answer
At first bring some another sd card and try it out in your phone to make sure that your sd card is damaged or not. If the new SD card too shows damaged SD card then there is a problem in your SD card. And if the new one works perfectly, put the damaged SD card in your Computer using Adapters and through Disk Management repair your SD card. It may recover your SD card.
> 0 votes

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Tags: external-sd
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title: how to change upgrade android jellybean

text:
# Question
Title: how to change upgrade android jellybean
I have just bought spice mi 504 and I want its android jellybean to upgrade to android kitkat. I have tried to root the phone in order to upgrade it but it don' t even root nor it shows any update option what should I do

# Answer
> 0 votes
Look, this is about your phone `Rom Region`, it means, **if** kitkat Update availabe *for your Rom Region* or *your country ip* , then you can update the phone.**(OTA Update)**

**else ;**

if the update availabe for manual flash (or install) just find the rom you need from below link then flash (or install it)

**Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?**

# Answer
> 0 votes
Most probably the phone don't have official update from the manufacturer, also there is always ROM s made by developers to solve This kind of issues. To install this ROMs you need to flash, unlock and root your device, this is not an easy job specially the first time, I recommend go to website called xda developers "Google it" and search for your mobile exact model number, you will fine many people explain how to do and how, you should be really Patient or geek, this may teak up to ten hours for the whole process.

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Tags: updates
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# Question
Title: The camera LED on my OnePlus One is continuously on
I recently got a OnePlus One phone (64GB model). I noticed that the LED for the front camera is continuously on. Is there any option to turn it off?

# Answer
When you say LED for the front camera, do you mean the notification LED? That can be easily disabled in Settings - Display and Lights - Notification and Battery light. If you're referring to the flash LED of the back camera, you can try taking some pictures with the flash turned off and see whether it works. If not, try hard reset via recovery.
> 1 votes

# Answer
Go to setting \> gesture \> toggle flashlight \> disable it "Unchecked"

I think this caused by a feature in OnePlus can turn the flashlight on by drawing V on the screen, for me it used to work by itself sometime or in my pocket.
> 0 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, oneplus-one
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# Question
Title: Will updating the kernel reset the phone memory?
I updated my OnePlus One phone to the company-owned system, Oxygen OS. The battery now is miserable - it depletes within 5 hours. I am looking for a solution to fix that without wiping and reinstalling another OS. I read that installing a different kernel can solve such an issue. I flashed many ROMs on many devices previously, but never updated a kernel. What I will lose if I did it? What is the best way to update the kernel?

# Answer
> 2 votes
If you're directly writing the kernel with fastboot then it shouldn't touch the user data. If you're flashing it through recovery it should also be OK, but it's possible for the update.zip file to perform other actions that could wipe data.

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Tags: battery-life, kernel, oneplus-one, rom-update
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# Question
Title: How can I enter Fastboot or Recovery mode on the eSTAR X35?
My eSTAR X35 is stuck in a bootloop and I can't reach fastboot mode. How can I get there or into Recovery mode?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Press the volume down and power button at the same time. If that does not work try pressing all three buttons at once (power, volume up, and volume down)

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Tags: recovery-mode, fastboot
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# Question
Title: Where is Voice Privacy on OnePlus phone?
Can someone give me a step by step on finding the Google Voice privacy on my OnePlus phone?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Since Voice Privacy is a CDMA network function, and OnePlus One is a GSM phone, there is no such option to be selected. GSM technology doesn't have the same vulnerability as CDMA.

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Tags: google-voice, oneplus-one
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# Question
Title: Play Store gone from my Cyanogenmod 7 Galaxy Ace. How can I get it back?
Recently, the play store went missing from my apps list. I have tried reinstalling it from the apk file but the apk installation tells me I am out of space. I have deleted all my apps and have 80mb of internal space and it still gives the same error .I have tried older versions and I get the same error. I then went into system/apps and data/apps and data/data and there is nothing left over from the playstore. I have also tried to reinstall all of gapps from recovery but that didn't work either.

I am really stuck and wondering what I can do. I wanted to use clean master to get rid of all the obselete data files but that has the same installation issue. Any help would be appreciated.

# Answer
Format the system Partition and reflash Cyanogenmod and Gapps in recovery. Unfortunately you will have to reinstall all apps (even ones on the SD card).

Note: Sometimes, bizarrely, it can wipe part of a SD card. I lost photos and videos and also appdata (which was ext4) but all my downloads and recovery zips remained. Not sure if that it a problem with the OS, my phone or the recovery system I use. Just thought I would mention it as a warning, just in case.
> 0 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, samsung-galaxy-ace
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# Question
Title: How can I determine if a device is really running Android?
In our area there is gadget called "IRobot" which the supplier claims has Android 1.4 inside. I am afraid that it might be a "fake" version of the Android OS. I do not have experience with Android so are there any guidelines I can use to check that a device is really running Android? Also, is there a way to check if a version of Android can be updated?

# Answer
> 2 votes
You could try entering `*#*#4636#*#*` into the phone's Dialer application. This should open up a menu with all kinds of data about the phone.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I've never heard of Android 1.4, but it could exist. It could be a dev release or something but just was never widely used.

Go to your wireless carrier store and see what OS the phones should be running. Then make a purchase.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Android 1.4 doesn't exist. Instead, 1.1 went directly to 1.5; and each release were alphabetically named:

1. **A**ndroid / **A**lpha (1.0)
2. **B**eta (1.1)
3. **C**upcake (1.5)
4. **D**onut (1.6)
5. **E**clair (2.0)
6. **F**royo (2.2)
7. **G**ingerbread (2.3.x)
8. **H**oneycomb (3.x)
9. **I**ce Cream Sandwich (4.0.x)
10. **J**elly Bean (4.1.x - 4.3.x)
11. **K**itKat (4.4.x / 4.4W.x)
12. **L**ollipop (5.x)
13. **M**arshmallow (6.x)

# Answer
> 0 votes
Go to setting and check for device version located at the end.

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Tags: operating-system
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title: Software Load Balancer for android

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# Question
Title: Software Load Balancer for android
i have H+ data network from my mobile phone network operator and 2Mb connection with Wi-Fi router connected to the DSL in home.
i want to Combine this two in my android device (galaxy note II ) for faster and more reliable Internet.
is there any software that do it for me?

# Answer
> 0 votes
There's an app called "Super Download" that seems to be what you're looking for. From the XDA page:

> **DESCRIPTION**:
>
> Download web files much faster by using wifi and mobile data at the same time! Share or open a link from any program, like the web browser, and download it at speeds up to two times faster than usual. This is the only tool that can download using wifi and mobile data connection simultaneously\*!

It's a paid app on Play Store, but free on XDA.

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Tags: internet, samsung-galaxy-note-2, 4g
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# Question
Title: Registering Viber in a Virtualbox Android
I have Android installed in Vistual Hard Disk and I run it in VirtualBox. Everything works fine. But I cannot register a Viber account in it. In fact, it was registered in my first trial but after a few minutes a message appeared saying this registeration is no longer valid:

and I could no longer sign into the account. And I could no longer register with the same phone number in the virtual android because viber thinks it is not run in a phone:

Is there a way to solve this problem?

# Answer
After a lot of searching and contacting Viber, I found out that, such version of android does what is regarded as unusual activity by Viber. This results in blocking all phone numbers used in such version of Android.

To unlock my phone number, I insisted sending messages to Open a Ticket, explaining the situation. They sent an email and I had to explain again as a reply to that email. Their first answer was a template answer:

> Our system has identified your account as a source of spam messaging due to an increased activity on Viber. The account has been automatically added to a block list and can not be unblocked.
>
> No further information is available at this time. Please do not reply to this e-mail.

And I opened another ticket explaining that I could not be a spammer only in a few minutes. This time they had a non-template answer:

> Your numbers seems to be blocked at this time due to unusual activity on Viber. We have unblocked them and you should be able to register to Viber again.
>
> Please note that if your numbers are blocked again after being removed from our block list, we will not be able to unblock them in the future.
>
> Best regards, Orlando Viber Support Team

So the answer is that such widely used virtual versions of android are in Viber black list and may result in clocking your phone number in Viber.
> 1 votes

# Answer
Your "username" on apps like whatsapp, viber is your cellphone number, so when running an emulated android device you don't have a phone number assigned so the service won't work.
> 0 votes

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Tags: viber-messenger, virtualbox
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# Question
Title: Lollipop (sony experia Z3 compact) - disable mobile data notification
I just recently upgraded to lollipop. One thing that is annoying, is with notifications.

Most of the time I have mobile data disabled, because in most places I can connect to wifi (when I need mobile net, I just simply enable it through settings). But now every time I turn my screen on I see mobile data notification and when I unlock it also in upper left of the screen. I don't see a way to disable it.

Is there a way to do that? Cause I really don't need that (I could really disable all notifications in main screen (that new one, before unlocking).

**Update** OK so managed to disable notifications on lock (in sound & notification - "when device is locked", choosing to not show any notifications). But mobile data notification in upper left corner is still up there all the time..

# Answer
Well there was a button near notification (when I hover it over) (like a stairs icon or something). Pressing it cleared notification and now it is not appearing, so I hope it wont show it again :).
> 0 votes

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, notifications, notification-icons
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title: Android 5.1 on Samsung Galaxy S4

text:
# Question
Title: Android 5.1 on Samsung Galaxy S4
I have upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android 5.0.1. It is full of bugs, but I don't wont to downgrade to Kitkat.

I have heard that Android 5.1 is available. Is it possible to get it for my S4?

# Answer
> 0 votes
We are just ***Android Users***, it means, you need to follow the Sites or below link for find any update you need it :

**SamMobile - Firmware Search**

also, if you need `5.1.0` you can use custom roms if this version availabe for your phone.

good day.

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, samsung-galaxy-s-4, 5.1-lollipop
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# Question
Title: How can I solve Play Store Error ”unknown error code during application install:-102“
When I update the ES File Explorer today, I met the error. And I have checked a lot of site. Most of the site never mentioned the -102 error code. How can I solve it.

I have checked this post on the xda-developers, but I cannot found the error code -102.

This question mentioned the error code -102, but the question is I am not the developer. I cannot change the signing certificate.

# Answer
A Google Search turned up different possible reasons for that. Let's walk them one-by-one:

### Installing from Android Market. Unknown reason-102

This post on our sister site gives the most likely reason in your case, being a problem with the certificate:

> I solved this with using a different signing certificate. The Android docs suggest a life of 10,000 days, but that now creates expiry dates after the end of time in \*nix timestamps, which is some time in 2038. I generated a new cert that expires in 2037 and resubmitted the apk and it now installs ok. Unfortunately I had to change the identifier of the app and copy all the descriptions/graphics to the "new" app because play won't let you change the cert on an existing app.

As you cannot fix *this* yourself, it would mean contacting the dev to check and fix.

### Android InApp Purchases Error Code 102

Unlikely to match your case, as *ES File Explorer* is a free app requiring no payment. But for others coming here because of the "error 102" in the title, let me quote from that post on our sister site as well:

> Error Code 102 refers to connection refused.
>
> ```
> Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED): Unknown error
>
> ```
>
> Please go through the following link I hope it may help. Link gives the description of network errors but related to Chrome. As your error is a standard error and might not because of your code but due to some configuration settings. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/117805?hl=en
> 1 votes

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Tags: google-play-store
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# Question
Title: HTC One M7 DCIM folder isn't listed by HTC Sync Manager
Running the most recent software update on my phone and the most recent HTC Sync Manager and I can't see DCIM folder in HTC Sync Manager. I can see it via HTC native File Manager app, though.

I had run into this problem before and it resolved itself somehow. Anyone else running into this problem? Anybody knows what to do?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Check inside storage. The folder that is first presented seems to be different under lollipop on my M7. But storage\emulated\0\ has all the folders that used to be there!

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Tags: file-management, htc-one
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# Question
Title: Syncing Outlook Calendar Events to Google Calendar
Good morning everyone,

I am having a peculiar issue with syncing calendar events between outlook, my phone, and Google calendar. I have been using Android Sync to import all of my outlook calendar events onto my phone and have not had any issues with syncing that way. Android sync gives me the option to sync to a local calendar on my phone or to sync to my Google account. Either way it appears that only a local sync is completed. If I sync to my Google account, the calendar events show up on my phone, and are readable/editable, but as soon as Google calendar refreshes (usually via reload on PC) all of the events are removed from my phone.

I am trying to convert from using a local copy of my calendar to a shared copy so that other employees can have access to my schedule.

Thanks in advance!

# Answer
Not sure, as an alternative: An alternative to the google calendar outlook calendar sync issue is as follows:

1. Ensure that you export all outlook calendar into google calendar once only (ensure that you use your google calendar not the phone calendar for all appointments or change them so that they are)
2. Use google calendar to create and update all events
3. To then use outlook: export from google calendar and then import this calendar into a NEW outlook calendar
4. Rename the new calendar in Outlook to today's date (deleting or hiding other outlook calendars)
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 on a regular basis , deleting the out of date ones from outlook

Regards

Chris UK
> 0 votes

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Tags: google-calendar
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# Question
Title: Why does the Play Store's download percentage never reach 100%?
I've owned two Android phones so far. While both are HTC ones, I've used several customised ROMs on the older one, so the following does not seem to be specific to one maker or installation.

I've noticed that whenever I download an application from Google Play Store, the percentage never reaches 100%. It's usually between 40% and 60% when the progress bar disappears and the status changes to "installing".

I considered the possibility that the system begins to install the package before it's fully downloaded but, besides that being a bad idea, many times the installation takes a much shorter time than the rest of the download would have (assuming constant speed).

It seems that, instead, the percentage reported is wrong, and that the file is in fact fully downloaded while the screen shows 40%. Does that happen to others as well? How is it explained?

# Answer
This started happening at the same time that Google introduced the concept of "delta" updates. This means that only the portion of the app that has been modified is sent over, as opposed to the entire app. However, they never changed how the Play Store app calculates the download percentages - it's still taking app's full size as the base 100%, instead of the size of the delta update being downloaded. It simply never bothers to check with the download manager (which works correctly, as reflected in the notification tray) for the correct size of the delta.

This is why you are seeing the percentage stop at random times - the difference in sizes of the full app and the delta is what's making the play store think the download is larger than it actually is. For example, if an app's full size is 10MB, but the update is only 5MB in size, the Play Store will still think it's downloading the full 10MB, and will stop at 50%, when the 5MB download completes.
> 3 votes

# Answer
Don't worry, this is not a problem with your device.

You can see the actual download status in the notification tray.
> 0 votes

# Answer
That is a hiccup in the Play Store application. Swipe down to reveal the notification tray and you'll find the actual percentage progress. And as far as downloads taking less time, it might be possible that your ISP caches popular play store downloads. Mine does. So I know what you mean.
> 0 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, installation, downloading, apk
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# Question
Title: Send a SMS for every Android notification (goal: get notifications on Garmin Edge 1000)
I am wondering if there is a way, or an app, to send a SMS for every notification the Android phone is getting.

My goal is to try to find a way to send all the Android notifications to my Garmin Edge 1000 device. That device does receive SMS and Phone notifications, but nothing else.

So I was wondering if some feature or app could do that for me. It could send an actual SMS, or it could create a SMS event without actually sending one (not sure if possible).

Any ideas?

# Answer
In fact, the best way I found to do that for any kind of events that can occurs on the Android phone is by using the Tasker application.

That way, I can choose what notifications will be sent as a SMS, and then the Garmin device will be promptly notified.
> 0 votes

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Tags: sms, notifications
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title: How to invert mount of SDCard

text:
# Question
Title: How to invert mount of SDCard
I've Android 4.3 Build JLS356C rooted. It's a wiko WAX. I've three partition in my storage view: the Internal Storage 2Go, Phone Storage 500Mo and my SDCard 32Go. I use SD2link for passing the space and of the applications to my SDcard. I don't know why but my phone storage is full and my android tells me I don't have sufficient space disk. Here my df command:

```
Filesystem               Size     Used     Free   Blksize
/dev                   440.3M    48.0K   440.3M   4096
/mnt/secure            440.3M     0.0K   440.3M   4096
/mnt/asec              440.3M     0.0K   440.3M   4096
/mnt/obb               440.3M     0.0K   440.3M   4096
/system                755.9M   424.5M   331.4M   4096
/cache                 263.8M     4.4M   259.4M   4096
/data                    2.0G     1.1G   887.4M   4096
/mnt/modem              15.7M     4.2M    11.5M   4096
/mnt/log                78.7M     4.0M    74.7M   4096
/storage/sdcard1        29.0G     6.1G    22.9G   16384
/mnt/secure/asec: Permission denied
/storage/sdcard0       499.0M     1.6M   497.5M   4096
/mnt/asec/com.google.android.ears-1     4.0M     2.2M     1.8M   4096
..../....

```

I modified the fstab.ceres on the root partition but that haven't any effect.

How to tell the Android for put all data on the SDCARD.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Data is stored on the `/data` partition, while "phone storage", `/storage/sdcard0`, is user available memory where you put images, music etc. If you want to have more space for apps, you need to increase the `/data` partition. If you want to put the data on the external SD card, you'll have to further modify your system.

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Tags: 4.3-jelly-bean, stock-android, insufficient-memory
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# Question
Title: When I try to connect to work wifi I am asked to sign in
My work wifi runs netgear routers via a lan. when I try to connect with my Samsung galaxy s5 I am asked to sign in but these are open routers no security. When I try to sign in I am redirected to google home page. Connection only stays active for a short period of time then drops the connection. Everyone with a Samsung device is having the same problem but iPhones are ok. I have no problems with my home wifi. This started after the latest android update.

# Answer
WiFi "sign in" now includes dealing with landing pages asking you to accept terms & conditions. I've noticed more and more public routers throwing these out, and then terminating connections if you don't hit the right web page quickly enough. I've seen iOS and Android respond differently to these things, depending on when the device finds the connection, how tolerant the router is, and so forth.

The solution I've found that works for me on any device is to shut off WiFi, give it a few seconds to "calm down," then start it up again and watch your notifications. If you get a "Sign in to ..." notification, tap on it as quickly as possible. If you don't, and you know it's an access point that exhibits this behavior (like at your place of work), tap the browser icon to open it up, then go to some page that's likely not cached (like SE here), or force a refresh. You should get to the sign-in landing page. Accept, and you should be good at least until your phone goes to sleep (which, sometimes, will cause a disconnect and make the access point whine at you to sign in again).

Yep, it stinks, but the issue seems to be on the access points, not Android.
> 1 votes

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Tags: wi-fi
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# Question
Title: Galaxy S3 heats up while using net or data
My phone gets very hot while using internet or data and it starts going slow. Can you tell me if something is physically wrong or give any advice on how to rectify the problem.

# Answer
> 1 votes
There have been several reports of the S3 experiencing heat problems.

> Many users have reported problems with their Galaxy S3 overheating and sometimes even freezing or crashing as a result. The S3 is very thin with a big screen, a big battery, and a powerful set of internal components, so the more you use it, the hotter it will get. This generally only rears its head as an issue after prolonged gaming or if you do something else that’s graphically intensive. If your Galaxy S3 is getting very hot and crashing without intensive use, then you might have a hardware problem.
>
> Solution: The obvious solution is to take a break for a few minutes and let the phone cool down. If you’ve been running something for hours, then it will inevitably heat up. If it is heating up on standby or with low levels of usage, then you should contact the seller or carrier and check if the hardware is faulty. You should be able to get a replacement handset if they confirm the problem.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/galaxy-s3-problems-what-users-complain-about-the-most/#ixzz3XabgupCo Follow us: @digitaltrends on Twitter | digitaltrendsftw on Facebook

If you use a case for your phone, make sure the case is appropriate for the phone so that any heat can dissipate. You may also want to try an app like Clean Master that can warn you if the phone is experiencing a heat problem. Beyond that, you may have a rogue app that could be responsible.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, overheating
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title: Network App Restriction

text:
# Question
Title: Network App Restriction
I recently bought a japanese cellphone (Fujitsu F-06e NX). It came with some really cool apps but most of them have limited functionality due to network work restrictions (Phone must be on docomo ntt network). I was wonder if there was a way to bypass this restriction. Thanks :)

# Answer
> 1 votes
Install Orbot Proxy by Tor. You will have to root the phone if your apps don't have their own proxy settings. Tor is a very good anonymizing network; in fact, Stack Exchange has their own website for it: StackExchange

You can also configure a VPN and connect your phone to that, via Settings or by downloading a VPN app. You can subscribe to a private VPN server (small monthly fee), you can create your **own** VPN server, either with OpenVPN software or Windows 7 VPN wizard, or, if privacy doesn't matter, you can connect to a free, public VPN server.

Other than those two methods, options get very difficult from here. There's no reason the above VPN method shouldn't work, unless your device doesn't support it. Still, try a VPN app (This one seems to be legit and has pretty good reviews).

Sometimes VPN's are blocked as well (think massive corporations), although it is almost impossible to completely block one. Try hosting your own VPN server, in the situation where they have a targeted block-list.

Also, in the event that if your device rejects everything you install on it, one would have to modify the .APK's of the apps themselves to target a custom VPN or proxy server. Programming knowledge is a requirement. This would all be to avoid rooting.

I think that is the entire list. Good luck

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Tags: applications, sim-card, mobile-network
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# Question
Title: When app is removed from the play store, is it removed from everyone's phone that downloaded it?
I woke up this morning and noticed a missing icon for an app. I don't know which app; it's just a missing position in a grid of icons. It made me wonder... When app is removed from the Play store, is it removed from everyone's phone that downloaded it? Does having auto-update matter at all, and in any case, what happens to the user data? Will I receive an email notification of the app's removal?

It's disconcerting that someone else could have uninstall power over apps on my phone.

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S3 SCH-I535 Running Android 4.4.2

# Answer
> 24 votes
In general the answer is no - however Google do have the capability of remotely removing apps (i.e. Malware) from everyone's device as required, and if they do so they will provide you with a notification.

This was explained by Rich Cannings, Android Security Lead in an Android Developers blog post, back in 2010:-

> ... In cases where users may have installed a malicious application that poses a threat, we’ve also developed technologies and processes to remotely remove an installed application from devices. If an application is removed in this way, users will receive a notification on their phone.
>
> Recently, we became aware of two free applications built by a security researcher for research purposes ... \[a\]fter the researcher voluntarily removed these applications from Android Market, we decided, per the Android Market Terms of Service, to exercise our remote application removal feature on the remaining installed copies to complete the cleanup.
>
> ... a dangerous application could be removed from active circulation in a rapid and scalable manner to prevent further exposure to users. While we hope to not have to use it, we know that we have the capability to take swift action on behalf of users’ safety when needed. ...

This was then used to remove 60 malicious applications back in 2011

> On Tuesday evening, the Android team was made aware of a number of malicious applications published to Android Market. Within minutes of becoming aware, we identified and removed the malicious applications. ... But given the nature of the exploits, the attacker(s) could access other data, which is why we’ve taken a number of steps to protect those who downloaded a malicious application:
>
> We removed the malicious applications from Android Market, suspended the associated developer accounts, and contacted law enforcement about the attack. We are remotely removing the malicious applications from affected devices. This remote application removal feature is one of many security controls the Android team can use to help protect users from malicious applications. ...

# Answer
> 12 votes
While not exactly an answer to your question, I saw this happen recently, and the cause was that an app developer had changed the name of the app. When it did an auto-update, the old app disappeared, and the new app was installed. But, the icon was removed from my launcher page, and the new one was not put there. Once I had figured out why I had an empty spot, and what the new name was, I was able to just put it back.
It did have me confused for a bit, and it could have been what happened to you. I don't know why an update would consider the two apps to be the same, but the launcher would not, but that is what happened.

# Answer
> 7 votes
No, it is not removed automatically. I actually use several apps that have been removed from the Play Store since I installed them.

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Tags: google-play-store
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# Question
Title: Mounting an USB wireless adapter to a Nexus 4
## Brief problem

In short I am trying to mount an external USB wireless adapter to my Nexus 4 so that I can put the wireless adapter into monitor mode to use a tool called reaver.

## System

I have a Google Nexus 4, running CyanogenMod 11 (`11-20140308-SNAPSHOT-M4-mako`), (`Android 4.4.2`) I have also flashed kali nethunter 1.21.

## The problem

I can't get the wireless card into monitor mode using airmon-ng. After some searching I discovered that the wireless chip-set does not support monitor mode. So the only way I was going to obtain monitor mode was to use an external wireless adapter.

## What I have tried so far

When I plugged the a USB wireless adapter into the Nexus 4, it was not getting picked up. I used the `ifconfig` command to try to detect it but then realised that the problem must lie with the Nexus 4 not providing the 5V needed to power the adapter. So I bought an otg y cable:

After using this I could see that any device plugged in was receiving power, but it still wasn't working. So I tried mounting a flash drive to see how that would work. It turned out that there was a software limitation preventing me from mounting a flash drive as the OS was missing the OTG components.

After doing some more searching I came across this. I then flashed it in recovery mode, and after rebooting I was able to mount flash-drives. I then plugged the external wireless adapter into the Nexus 4 hoping that it would detect it but still no luck. I also tried an alternative wireless adapter but still nothing.

## Wireless adapter

I am using a "wireless 11n usb adapter". I am not certain but I believe it may be a driver problem. If so, I have no idea on how I would go about installing a driver on android. My wireless chip set is RTL8188EE.

## The question

How do I mount an external USB wireless adapter to a Nexus 4?

# Answer
You don't say much about the wireless adapter and which chipset it uses. This is critically important as it will determine which kernel wifi module you'll need. I'm pretty sure Nethunter as distributed already has native support for OTG/host mode as well as some kernel patches to support monitor mode, but not 100% which chipsets are supported/recommended.

You're right that the N4 is lacking a lot of power to the external USB, but a Y-splitter should do the job.

FWIW-- I am guessing here, but I think the mako (Nexus 4) kernel source for Nethunter is here. OTG is turned on here in the lollipop branch (not sure what version of android you're using).

As for how to install a driver in Android-- the drivers are usually created at the same time as the kernel and pre-included with Android itself if necessary. I won't go into the ugly details of how to manually load the wifi module (or if it's even necessary as it may be built in), but given the lack of specifics that I think will help here (which wifi chipset, which version of Android, etc.), the best practical solution I can suggest is that you jump on the #nethunter channel in freenode IRC and ask for suggestions. Binkybear, one of the lead developers of nethunter, owns and tests w/his Nexus 4, so he probably has some solid advice. You may also want to visit the nethunter forums, particularly this thread.

The easy solution now that you've worked out the power issue will likely be to use an external wifi module that is definitely supported.

(Full disclosure-- I've contributed a little to NH.)
> 2 votes

# Answer
There is a very good chance that you **may not have a driver problem**.

There is a **very important detail** everyone seemed to miss about using network connections via USB: they **must** be plugged in before the phone is powered on! The phone must also have Wifi and Data turned off, and potentially Airplane Mode! All before the device is turned on. Some devices can get away with not needing a reboot sesh, but this is the general rule explained with BobjGear and their Android ethernet adapters.

Secondly, another very important detail, is that *sometimes*, you need to **manually** configure the adapter and its ip address through ADB or Terminal Emulator. The commands follow this format, as described in this article:

```
ifconfig [eth0|eth1|eth2|etc] [IP] netmask [NETMASK]
route add default gw [GATEWAY] dev eth0

```

`ifconfig` is not a typo. You will have to figure out which network "slot" your dongle is attached on via `netcfg`. It will list all network components in use or idle, usually `wlan0` is built-in wifi, `rmnet` listings are mobile data, and `p2p0` is VPN. Your dongle will probably fall under `eth0` or `1`, or `wlan1` or `2`.

Finally, if all else fails, you may need to find an adapter that either **a)** has matching (or close to matching--starts with RTL8) chipsets, or **b)** a (Android/linux-confirmed) truly universal wifi dongle.

If that cannot be done, this XDA post explains how to modify a Nexus CM11 kernel (your lucky day) via `modprobe` to enable additonal drivers. You may want to contact him for help, as his flashable kernel is specific to a custom CM11 ROM posted on XDA, just to match the checksums.

Good luck!
> 4 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, wi-fi, usb, nexus-4, usb-on-the-go
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# Question
Title: Google Play Services has access to my car speed
Digging around in my Note 4 settings and discovered under location that the Google Play Services has access to my car speed? Really??? Why would Google need to know how fast I drive?? What if any functionality would I lose by force stopping the service? Is this specific to Samsung and the Note 4? Or a general setting for all Google users? Curious

# Answer
How do you suppose you get the convenient "heads up" that your drive home from work is going to take longer than normal because traffic is backed up on the highway?

Answer: Google Maps uses Android users' "location data" (speed is a part of that data) to plot traffic flow. So yeah, you can disable it, but then what if everyone did the same? All of the Apple (iPhone) users would be lost or stuck in traffic lol
> 2 votes

# Answer
Access to your car's speed seems like a new permission added for Android Auto. The fact Google Play Services has that permission allows it to act as a common provider for this information to other apps (apart from using it for analytics).
> 3 votes

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Tags: google
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# Question
Title: Phone is reporting using more space than the total available storage
I have looked at the various other issues regarding used space, but they seem different from my issue. I'm using Samsung Galaxy Ace 3, not rooted. The device has 4 GB internal memory in total, and yet as shown in the image below, the used space plus system memory is more than 4 GB already.

And yet the system does not report being out of memory, presumably because it also detects that it still has 484 MB available. All existing apps are also running without any issue. However, despite this amount of available space, I currently cannot install anything new from the app store.

The other threads I've looked at generally recommends using \*#9900# to delete some logs. I've tried that, but it has no effect. And in any case, for those other issues, it is mostly that the used space reported is higher than expected, but the available space and the sum still makes sense, which is not the case here.

# Answer
I would first try booting into stock recovery (look up how to do it because its device specific) and then using the volume buttons navigate the selection to wipe cache. Not wipe data! Then click the power button and wait for a while while it does its thing.

If that doesn't work go into app manager in settings and click on Google play and hit wipe data (do the same with Google play services). You will have to sign in again but it should fix the problem if it's a problem with the play store.

If that doesn't fix it, try clearing the data of the settings app (I'm pretty sure you can do this in the app manager in settings (it will wipe your settings)).

If nothing else works then backup your data using *Helium Backup* (if you want to keep your app data), *Samsung Kies* (you would probably have to use an older version), or just having all your stuff in the cloud) pictures, some games etc.), then go to settings and find where it says backup and reset (most likely the accounts tab) and click factory reset. Make sure if you used helium backup that you backed up backup to the cloud or an external SD card if you have one. Then follow the instructions and presto, it should be back to factory settings when it's done. If not you might want to look into flashing stock firmware with Odin or Kies (only as a last resort and with extreme caution).
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.2-jelly-bean, insufficient-memory
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# Question
Title: My galaxy S2 battery loses all of it's charge in about 6 hours of minimal use
I switched over to an old phone (like a really old phone) from a windows phone, due to the limitations of that app store. However, I have noticed that it quickly discharges with not much use. I have done the battery spin test and it did not spin like a top necessarily, but did spin a little bit. The white strip is white, so there is no water damage. How can I find out what is causing this. PS. i ordered a new battery and it is coming by next Friday.

# Answer
Try the extra battery when you get it but in the meantime look up how to calibrate your battery with or without root (depending on your setup (if you don't know what root is you probably don't have it and it's probably not worth messing around with) . There is an app on the play store called battery calibration pro that should work without root. Also try booting your phone into safe mode (look it up) and going through a day like that, if your battery life is better it may be an app that you downloaded causing the battery loss. Either way go to settings, more, battery and looking at what is using up your battery. Also, consider buying an extra battery charger to charge two batteries a night and swap them out during the day or buying an extra battery case.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-2, battery, battery-life
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title: Exchange on Lollipop

text:
# Question
Title: Exchange on Lollipop
I have updated my Samsung S4 to android 5.0.1. I have exchange client that eats all my battery. In office I use exchange via wifi and out office via mobile network. Previous Android version was working in both cases without problems. Lollipop in office wifi case fails to connects to exchange server and tries for many times. How to solve this problem?

# Answer
Try clearing cache in recovery, clearing exchange app data and cache in app manager in settings and if all else fails backup and factory reset from setting. Google any instructions you don't understand. Good luck.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, exchange
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title: how to SoftBrick an android phone

text:
# Question
Title: how to SoftBrick an android phone
What is the easiest way to soft brick an android phone and i can later revive. I know this sounds awkward but i recently acquired a new phone and my son keeps on playing with my old one which has stopped him from accomplishing various tasks like house chores, homework etc

# Answer
> 2 votes
> 1.What is the easiest way to soft brick an android phone

**Flash the Incompatible (*another android Device*) Rom.**

> 2. and i can later revive

**for revive later :**

Flash the `Stock Rom` of your device and then you can use the phone.

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Tags: stock-android
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# Question
Title: Why won't my no SIM Android phone pair with an Android Wear watch?
I have got a brand new Nexus 6, and brand new LG G Watch. Everything seems to work fine, but when I try and pair them, at the final stage the watch says "Just a minute" for a long time, and then finally goes to the dialog saying "Can't connect to the Internet. Swipe for some tips."

I've followed all the tips at g.co/AWhelp (https://support.google.com/androidwear/answer/6058728?rd=1) but nothing seems to work.

The only thing non-standard about my set-up is that the phone has no SIM card. I wanted to play with Android Wear development, and so it is a test/development device.

# Answer
> 2 votes
I eventually dove deep into this, taking bug reports, and wading through them. It turns out it is my ISP. Sigh.

My home ISP is BT. BT annoyingly use a service called Barefuit to interfere with DNS, at this seems to break the Android Wear check to see if internet connection is present.

Anyway, link 17a here takes you to the BT preferences page, where you can turn this off. Having turned it off, everything works fine.

I guess this is why Google have "try using just mobile data" at the bottom of their help page. If this happens to you, and you have mobile data, then do that. If you don't have mobile data, I'd try seeing if your ISP also uses Barefruit, and complain loudly if they do (and try to turn off).

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Tags: sim-card, bluetooth-pairing, android-wear
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# Question
Title: Why music downloader apps return unrelated, foreign-language songs?
Every time I search for music in *redacted* apps, all do the same thing. Any artist or song I try to find, the search results find a few but are not that song or artist. They show up in some weird language.

Why is that?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Such app would be illegal: to keep working they usually do a really simple thing, using a dork they search on google for your song and show an ordered list of results.

Since google is becoming more and more intelligent it will not index copyrighted songs. Just deal with it.

Another way to download song from your phone, is to use a youtube-2-mp3 app/site. Much faster and easier.

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Tags: music, downloading
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# Question
Title: Unable to add exchange email account on LG G3 with Android 4.4.2
I keep getting the message "Login information incorrect. Try again". But the login info is most definitely correct. My work IT department confirmed the domain, port, and server address, and my username/pword were correct. Online search results showed this may be a known issue going back more than a year as described here: http://windowsitpro.com/blog/kitkat-causes-activesync-headaches-android-users, but none of the fixes described seem to apply to my phone. Does anyone have any suggestions?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Login to your email on the Web. Check Settings \> Options . There might be an option such as "Connect Devices & Apps with POP". Ensure that this is set to Enable.

I had the same issue when setting up a Windows Live email on an LG G3. Once the POP setting was Enabled, the email email account set up worked fine.

Good Luck.

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Tags: exchange, lg-g3
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title: C105i tablet won't start up

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# Question
Title: C105i tablet won't start up
I have an off-the-shelf Chinese call-touch c105i android tablet with an all-winner a10 CPU.

Out of nowhere, it crashed and won't start up. When I turn it on, it just gets stuck in the logo screen.

When I enter the reset mode (you know by pressing the volume up and power button together) and choose the factory reset mode, it doesn't seem to affect anything.

Also, when I try to wipe the data, it says that it cannot open the log and install files.

What's the deal in here? I'd like you guys to know that there's no rooting involved in here. Thank you guys for your help

# Answer
> 0 votes
Download the firmware from this site: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1c06Hrck

```
et-86v2g-a23-v1.5
2014.10.13

```

Then download PhoenixSuit and use the .img file to flash the tablet. Make sure you follow the instructions perfectly because entering into download mode can be hard.

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Tags: boot, tablet, crashes
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title: Full file names in ES File Explorer

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# Question
Title: Full file names in ES File Explorer
In ES File Explorer, each folder has its name underneath it. But if the name is long, only a truncated version of it appears. How can I see the full name?

Bonus question: is there a more general way of seeing full file names when only partial names are shown?

# Answer
Assuming that ES File Explorer is on the default view, which is Large Icon, long-press the folder/file, then select **More - Properties** to see its full name.

For a general solution (in case there are many folders/files with long names), the alternative is to change the view to list by selecting **View - (any) List/Detail**. In most cases, it will display a long enough name. The downside is fewer folders/files are shown.
> 2 votes

# Answer
In addition to Andrew's answer (Selecting **More --\> Properties** on the bottom right corner of the app)

You can also select the file and press **Rename** on the bottom next to delete.
> 1 votes

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Tags: files, es-file-explorer
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title: Android spammy ad highjacking

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# Question
Title: Android spammy ad highjacking
This past day my Android tablet has been showing me invasive fullscreen ads (for Candy Crush, as it turns out, which I've never downloaded) while I've been using skype and gmail app. About one impression every five minutes or so. I'm familiar with mobile ad highjacking on webpages, but this is new, since I don't have a browser "open" and I would have thought that the gmail app sanitized the html that it displays.

So, how exactly are those scummy spammers doing it, and how do I kill it?

# Answer
> 0 votes
gmail runs in the background could try a stop and clear (from your Google Dashboard) which should trap or kill off any cookies

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Tags: gmail, skype
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# Question
Title: My HTC desire C says 'type password to decrypt storage' and I can't remember my password
I got a new phone and am trying to sell my old HTC desire C with beats audio. When I turn it on it says 'type password to decrypt storage' but I can't remember my password, any way I can overcome this? It has no SIM card either.

# Answer
Try this:

> Power off your device and wait for 5-10 seconds until the device is fully switched off. Press and hold Volume Down button, then press the Power button to switch on your phone and release it, but keep holding the Volume Down button. └ This will boot your HTC Desire C into bootloader mode You’ll see a screen with option to boot into Recovery mode among several other options. Here, press Volume down once to navigate to RECOVERY, then press Power button to select it and boot into Recovery mode. └ In Bootloader and Recovery mode, use Volume buttons to navigate Up and Down between options and use Power button to select an option.

Credit: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/boot-htc-desire-c-recovery-mode-52061/

You should have an option to wipe device. Unfortunately, if you forget your password, all of your data is just gibberish.
> 1 votes

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Tags: storage, htc, password, encryption, htc-desire-c
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title: Require password to exit app

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# Question
Title: Require password to exit app
How do I make my Android tablet ask for a password when I try to exit a specific application? There should be no way to exit the application without giving the password.

# Answer
If your tablet is running Android 5.0+, you can activate "Screen Pinning" for a specific app and enable "Ask for PIN before unpinning" when activating it so that you have to unlock your phone before leaving the app.

*Screen Pinning* can be found in the *Security* Settings of Android.
> 6 votes

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Tags: applications, restricted-profiles
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# Question
Title: How can I delete backed up Google+ photos off of the phone?
How can I delete backed up Google+ photos off of the phone? I know Flikr has support for this, and I don't think there is a way to do this natively with Google+, so is there a 3rd party app or utility?

# Answer
Using the Photos app, tap the hamburger menu (the three bars in the upper left corner), scroll down and choose `On Device`. You should be able to delete these without touching the backup. If you are prompted `Delete Everywhere`, select cancel, you are in the wrong place.

You could also use a file explorer app, such as ES File Explorer. Your photos are stored in DCIM\>Camera. You should be able to select all and delete.

But if you are asking for something that will auto-delete them as you go, there doesn't seem to be a way to do this with Google Photos. Since they have recently been integrated with Google Drive, a new solution may arise soon.
> 0 votes

# Answer
You need to go to Google+ app and delete your photos from there.
> -1 votes

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Tags: backup, photos, delete, google-backup, google-plus-photos
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# Question
Title: Nexus 6 NFC & Phone Stop working on setup. Cant flash!
Basically when i start up the device right after a factory reset, it boots up just like it should, but it then says that Phone stopped working. Then it says the nfc process stopped working. The second you press ok, they pop up again. BUT there is a split milisecond before they pop up again. SO, for the past hour, i have been pressing the ok button twice, then dialing in one key on the keyboard before they pop up again.

However i have ran into an issue. The bottom buttons "next" dont work. I have tried many times but it seems like i cant continue :(

* The OEM is LOCKED
* Since it is reset, i cant unlock it without going into the settings

How am i supposed to get the messages away? Fix? Anything?

# Answer
since I couldn't reflash it or do anything instead of getting a new phone I ended up spending 45 minutes clicking the OK button and using the split second time to navigate to set up then I navigated to the settings and turn on the developer options which allowed me to install the factory image. I could not flash anything because I didn't have a custom recovery boot.

apparently the 5.1 update that I installed was the OTA update but you didn't contain the entire wrong of the system. The reason the phone and NFC were not working is because Google created an update which allows the SIM cards to be in multiples so you can have multiple carriers. This change some of the code which means of 5.0. 1 in the 5.1 updates were conflicting because the 5.0.s and which caused the phone and NFC which use may have changed my currents and which caused the phone and NFC which use my networking radio failed. the OTA update I install was about 400 megabytes the actual image was about 800 so I installed be full recovery and it worked and I'm currently using the same phone to write this message.
> 0 votes

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Tags: nexus-6
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# Question
Title: Connecting phone contacts with facebook contacts, sync.me can't find right one
I've got a phone contact named Dave T. On Facebook his name is David Tiger. Sync.me can't find him for some reason, though it normally does work. I think it has to do with `Dave` vs `David` how can I fix this? What I really want is the picture beside the contact.

I've got Xperia Z2 running Lollipop.

# Answer
As I've read, this is because of new FB restrictions (which are changed quite frequently), which don't allow SyncMe (or any other app) to use the FB friends list.

What you can do is to try to perform more operations on FB with this contact, so that other ways that the apps (like SyncMe) use to get the friends list will succeed. Maybe tagging in photos is enough.
> 1 votes

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Tags: contacts, sync, facebook
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title: What is "antivirus" on Android?

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# Question
Title: What is "antivirus" on Android?
Today my mobile operator sent me another advertising SMS. They tell that lots of swindlers are trying to crack my mobile phone and steal my money. And I need to buy antivirus, it protects me from swindlers.

Is there real possibility to crack my android? I'm developer, and in our community we heard about holes in android only once during last five years. But we are not crackers, of course.

Is there real possibility to check something about another application? Or to check behaviour of another application? I did not hear before about such API. But hear a lot about dalvik and application isolation.

So what "antivirus" really can do?

# Answer
As GiantTree pointed out in his comment on the question itself: there are no viruses for Android. There's malware, though – but according to stats it's affecting less than 1% of the users (and even less than 0.15% of those using *Google Play Store* as their only source for apps).

I'd never trust an app calling itself "anti-virus" if just for the fact of its name (trying to sound scary and fighting what's not there). I'm using Android for 5 years now, never used any AV app – never got infected. Often the opposite is true: I've read more reports of some "AV app" misbehaving than about one being helpful. Very few are capable of heuristic scans – so all they mostly do is comparing package names with a database of known malware.

A side-effect in many cases is a "wrong security feeling": People having some "AV app" installed think it will protect them anyway, so they're getting more careless. As pointed out, those apps are not really a protection on their own (they might be useful *as a component* – but not as the only one in use; they are completely useless without activating the `brain.apk` in your head ;) – so with those people, they rather increase the risk.

Added the number of "false alerts" outnumber those of "gotcha, bad app" – I feel no need to use one (YMMV). And those SMS you're reporting are just to "make money": someone suggesting me an *Anti **VIRUS*** app for Android makes himself suspect immediately.

The situation they describe is rarely prevented by such an app – but by using your brains when installing other apps:

* Are they real (or a fake just sounding real – e.g. playing on name similarity)?
* Aren't their requested permissions "excessive" (they should match the app's purpose – e.g. no need for a plain wallpaper to do phone calls, or a calculator to read your contacts)?
* Is the source respectable and safe (I wouldn't install any `*.apk` file downloaded "from the wild", e.g. RapidShare or some Donkey exchange)?

That, plus *not* clicking on everything that "pops up" (ads and the like) is protecting your device much better than some strange "Anti-Placebo" app.

See also: Is an antivirus really needed for Android?
> 3 votes

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Tags: antivirus
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# Question
Title: How did my niece's face end up on my daughter's body after being backed up to Google photos?
We took family pictures with my S3 which came out fine. After checked the backed up photos in Google photo I notice that my niece's face had been transposed onto my daughter so that it looks line my niece is sitting next to an identical twin. It really freaked me out. The picture is fine in my phone's photo gallery.

# Answer
This sounds like Google+'s Auto-Awesome smile feature. If you took multiple similar photos then Auto-Awesome will attempt to create a composite picture with the best smiles. Unfortunately in your case it appears to have thought that your niece and daughter were sufficiently similar that it put your daughters smile onto your niece.

You can see more information (and an example) on this site
> 1 votes

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Tags: photos, google
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# Question
Title: Xperia phone not playing audio properly through headphones?
I have an Sony Xperia phone (not sure which model)

Within the space of about an hour, my phone has gone from playing music crystal clear through my headphones to not playing the whole bit of a song. For example, whenever I play "Professional Griefers" I can hear some of the tune, but it seems to not be playing bits of it. Also, I can't hear the vocals in it. I've tried this with other songs, and trust me, it's not just one song. It also has the same effect on videos. I'm sure it's not the headphones themselves either. I just got them a couple of days ago and it wasn't until an hour ago that the problem started.

The audio also appears to be crackly, quiet and very low quality?

However, when I take the headphones out, everything plays fine?

I've had the phone for a while, and I've never had the problem before, so why now?

EDIT: Turns out it WAS my headphones. I tested them on my iPad and I had the same problem.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Check your headphones in another device, clean the headphone jack socket, if the headphones work fine on another device and you cleaned the socket and the problem is still there bad news the headphone socket on your phone is damaged, you can get it repaired but that can be expensive, you may want to think about using Bluetooth audio.

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Tags: audio, music, sony-xperia
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# Question
Title: Even with WiFi turned off it is still the biggest battery drainer (S5 Mini)
I have a Samsung S5 Mini and today I noticed that even when WiFi is off, it is still the biggest battery drainer (oscillates between 20-23%). I also noticed that yesterday the battery drain was much higher than it usually is.

I have disabled everything that makes use of WiFi, tried rebooting the phone, but It remains the same.

Do you have any idea what the problem might be, and how can I disable WiFi effectively?

# Answer
> 3 votes
Navigate to `Settings` -\> `WiFi` -\> `Advanced` (under the context menu) and ensure that `Scanning always available` is not checked. This feature 'Let's Google location service and other apps scan for networks, even when WiFi is off'.

This is most likely the cause of the battery drain. To further reduce WiFi battery use, you could change the `Keep WiFi on during sleep option` to `Only when plugged in` or `Never`. However, this may prevent you from receiving emails, messages and similar notifications while the device is locked.

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, battery-life
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title: Simple volume control on Lollipop

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# Question
Title: Simple volume control on Lollipop
Is there some way to have a simple volume control on Lollipop? It was bad enough when each media stream had it's own volume, but the addition of notification priorities has made the overhead with Android volume management impractical.

With this in mind, is there some utility, app, Tasker profile, etc that will make it so when I press the "volume down" key on my phone, all streams will get quieter, and when I press the "volume up" key on my phone, all streams will get louder?

I would like this to be completely context agnostic; if I try and decrease the volume while media is playing, I'd like it to also decrease the ringer volume, and visa-versa.

# Answer
> 2 votes
A root tweak is one option but if you don't want to do this, SoundHUD (avaliable here) will bring more traditional volume controls back to Lollipop. The app has lots of configuration options too.

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, volume-control
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# Question
Title: Ultra STAMINA mode bug on Sony Xperia Z3?
I had a long night yesterday, and at 5am my Xperia had like 10% of battery left, so I put it in Ultra STAMINA mode and fell asleep. This morning, the phone wouldn't turn on as the battery was completely dead. So I came home, charged the phone a little and turned it on.

Now, it's not in the safe mode, but it looks like that! The default launcher is operating, but I can't switch between none of the launchers neither. I can see only very few applications, and when I turn them on, they shut down immediately. When I reboot the phone, the first message is that Google Play Services has stopped working.

Now if I go to `Setting -> Apps`, I see everything there! Launchers, apps, games everything, also photos and contact are all there.

The Ultra STAMINA mode makes your phone use only the basic functions and I'm pretty sure it turns on the default launcher. Also connecting to computer does not work neither!

# Answer
> 2 votes
Try charging your phone to its max and try again. This should work, do not turn on your phone until it shows that it is 100% charged. Reboot your phone and disable Ultra STAMINA mode, everything should be fine.

If your battery is less than 15%, Ultra STAMINA mode does not allow flash, camera location, 4G which requires maximum power and drain the battery.

1. Charge your battery to max
2. Reboot it
3. See the magic

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, battery, sony-xperia, safe-mode
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# Question
Title: Samsung Galaxy Ace (Android 2.3.5) Not working correctly
I am new to this, I have no idea what to do, as when I went on a trip, and booted my phone, I realised it wan't supposed to be on at all. However, me being in a hurry I didn't have the time to wait until it booted and shut it down, I just removed the battery (smart thinking, I know). The trouble started. My home button is disabled, I have no lock screen, although enabled, and when I hold the power button, instead of saying "Power Off", "Silent", and "Flight Mode", it only says "Power Off". I have no idea what I am doing wrong, I rebooted around 20 times, removed battery and sim card, plugged it in, etc. I would be REALLY happy if somebody helped.

PS: The home button works, it's just not enabled, I know this because when the screen is off and the home button is pressed, it turns un. I have no trouble with any buttons, not now, not before. Also I'm rooted for over a year now, it's ALWAYS been smooth.

# Answer
I assume that you have a GT-S5830. Looks like this is a software based issue. I recommend you to perform a hard reset.

**Factory reset.**

1. To do that power off the phone. Then press and hold the `home, power` keys few seconds. When you see the Samsung logo release the pressed keys. The phone will be boot into the stock recovery.
2. In recovery navigate to `wipe data/factory reset` option by volume keys and press the power key to select it.
3. Next navigate to the `yes` option using volume keys and choose it by pressing power key.
4. Now your device will be reset. Once it's complicated reboot the Galaxy Ace.

If it's not success, install official firmware.

**Install official Samsung firmware using ODIN.**

1. Download your device firmware from sammobile and download the PC Odin in here.
2. Next power off the phone.
3. Press and hold Volume down, home and power keys until phone boot into the download mode.
4. Connect the phone to the PC over the USB cable.
5. Make sure that ODIN "Com Port " area turn to yellow colour.
6. Press "Select Ops" button and choose Cooper.ops file.
7. Under the options make sure that "One Package" checked.
8. Click "One Package" button and choose the firmware .tar.md5 file.
9. To start the flash click on "Start" button. Installation will take few seconds and once it completed phone will be automatically reboot.
> 0 votes

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Tags: root-access, samsung
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# Question
Title: Will hard resetting my device remove the Android upgrade?
I have updated the samsung galaxy s4 OS from Kitkat to Lollipop using system update. Now I want to hard reset. Does anyone know that after the hard reset Lollipop OS remains or it reverts to Kitkat?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Hard resetting simply removes all of your data and apps to make the OS like you installed it. If you wanted to revert to Kitkat you would need to flash the ROM.

So no, hard resetting does not revert to Kitkat.

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop
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title: Skype is denied to use camera

text:
# Question
Title: Skype is denied to use camera
My Skype on my Android 4.4.4 used to work fine, until about 2 hours ago, when it simply refuses to use my camera, flashing a message (AKA toast) that reads:

> Skype is denied to use camera

What gives?

I didn't change or touch anything in any settings that could possibly cause this. Is this a bug?

What could have triggered it?

How do I restore my Skype-on-Android's capability of using the camera?

Thank you.

# Answer
> 2 votes
Some devices with Kitkat can be found with Permission manager in Settings. If it is enabled and an app asks for a permission that the manager is required to scrutinize, you might have inadvertently blocked it, or could be default block for certain apps.

To ascertain that Skype is denied the Camera permission or not, go to `Settings -> Security -> App permission`. Your device might have another name for it but possibly should be at similar location. See if its enabled or not. The situation might also be similar to questioner's:

> Turns out Skype was on `Always deny`... Interestingly, `App Permissions` in Security was **grayed out** while ON! I had to turn it off first, which got me a security warning that I am going to lose manual control over apps. I proceeded with Yes anyway, then turned it ON again, and only then I received the familiar list of permissions to control.

It its enabled or similar to the one mentioned above, then either disable it or find your app into it and change the camera permissions.

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, camera, permissions, skype, front-camera
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# Question
Title: How do I collapse outlines in OneNote app?
I understand OneNote for desktop can collapse/expand outlines to any levels. However, I failed to find this feature in OneNote Android app (version 15.0.2727.2300). Did I miss it?

# Answer
Almost one year later and version 15.0.3232.1047 and this critical function is still missing - unless someone can explain how to this?

So I would say the answer is no
> 1 votes

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Tags: microsoft-onenote
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# Question
Title: Nexus 5 Project Abacus - Flash with another ROM?
I purchased a Nexus 5 phone on eBay and it seems to be a "Project Abacus" phone. This phone is used to monitor user data to improve future versions of android. But thing is, it won't update to Lollipop 5.0.

Does anyone know if I can reflash this with the original stock ROM from Android? Will Google disable it if I do this?

# Answer
> 0 votes
From **Project Abacus: FAQ** (mirrored on InfoTomb, I couldn't find the original)

> **Q: What is Project Abacus?**
>
> A: \[...\]. After 6 months of using the research phone, the Nexus 5 will update itself to stop collecting data. It will be yours to keep as a regular phone.
>
> **Q: Can I decide to opt-out during the study?**
>
> A: Yes. To opt out, please contact MFour and notify us that you no longer wish to participate. \[...\]. You will also be required to return your Research Phone.
>
> **Q: At the end of the study do I have to use the compensation phone?**
>
> A: No, at the end of the study you aren't required to use the compensation phone. While we hope you'll love your Nexus 5 at the end of the study, we understand if you want to share it with another. \[...\].

From reading the FAQ, since you bought the phone from someone else, I'd assume that the seller has completed the study without opting-out, so he has the right to "share" (or "sell", in this case) it to other. Therefore, what you have is already a regular Nexus 5 phone, which I believe you can do whatever you want on it, including rooting and flashing it.

**Note:** You might need to clarify the matters with the seller first, whether he has finished the study or not. Otherwise, you are doing the research for him, which I'm afraid it might violate their T&C. You might not using it for 6 months first to make it regular phone, but IANAL.

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Tags: rom-flashing, nexus-5
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title: my screen just went black

text:
# Question
Title: my screen just went black
My Samsung galaxy s3 just went black and now it won't turn on and when I try to turn it on it just vibrates. I tried restarting it I tried taking my battery out. That don't work either.

# Answer
Just let it recharge for some time then try again
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3
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# Question
Title: Battery Drain from mysterious wake locks
I have an huge battery drain issue on my OnePlus One running Android 4.4.2 on stock ROM CM11s O5Q with FrancoKernel R35. I googled and searched so many times but couldn't find anything and I am really desperated now. And hope you guys can help me out.

So, some time ago I noticed that my battery drains over night in "Deep Sleep" 2-8% per hour which is really unusual. I installed "BetterBatteryStats" to look up whats going on, noticing that strange wakelocks are draining my phones battery. Here are to wakelocks event0-875 and event2-875 (see screenshot, this screenshot was taken after charging so dont wonder the -0,5%) which iI dont know and I also dont know to what they belong to.

I read so far that event0 are androidOS stuff wakelocks and at the end of a day I have round about 30-40% left mainly drained buy AndroidOS, as I can see from the built-in Bettery Stats. We have to see that its a 3100mAh battery and i usually dont use my phone at all during the day.

I already greenified some apps to see if its an app which is causing the drain but no success so far.

Today in the evening I cant post you another screenshot from WakelockDetector app. The statistics resets after charging the phone.

I hope you guys can help me, thanks so far!

BetterBatteryStats (click image to enlarge)

# Answer
If you're rooted, try **Greenify**. It will hibernate all the unused apps and thereby releasing resources which sucks up your battery juice.
> 0 votes

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Tags: battery, battery-life, oneplus-one, wakelock, greenify
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# Question
Title: How do I block packet data for background programs?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Gio running Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread.

How can I block packet data for background programs only? When I disable `Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Mobile networks -> Enable packet data` the default browser and Opera Mini don't work.

(I'm trying to keep down my network billing charges!)

# Answer
> 1 votes
If your device is rooted you can use LBE Privacy Guard to allow/deny network access based on a per-app setting (and much more). Since I couldn't find the version I use (and shown in the screenshots) on the market minutes ago I think there's a new version of it available. But I didn't get an update via Android Market on my phone.

# Answer
> 1 votes
If your phone's rooted, use the excellent DroidWall to selectively allow / disallow apps from connecting to the internet.

Like all apps that need root, read the instructions **carefully** and of course, do make a complete backup before trying things out.

# Answer
> 1 votes
In addition to Sparx's answer:

Droidwall has been discontinued and now forked into AFWall+ *Play Store* and continues in the spirit of open-source for the deprecated/obsolete Droidwall here *GitHub*.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Android allows applications enable or disable the "use data packet" from code (refer to this question on SO)

To prevent for enable "Use Packet Data", you can create new empty APN and select it by default:

Settings -\> Wireless and network -\> Mobile networks -\> Access Point Names -\> Left button -\> New APN

Name: None, APN: None

\[Tested on Samsung GT-I8150 (Android 2.3.6)\]

# Answer
> 0 votes
Whether your phone is rooted or not – if it's running Android 4.0 or newer, there's help built-in:

1. Go to *Settings → Data Usage*
2. Tick the *Limit* checkbox
3. Use the bars in the graph to define upper limits (if you don't want any global limits, use "astronomical values": I've set mine to 3 GB, which never will be triggered. But you must set a limit here for the following steps to work)
4. Scroll the list of apps below the graph to find the apps you want to restrict
5. Tap their entry, scroll to the end, tick *Restrict background data*

Done. This app will only use data when it's the foreground app now, or when you're connected to WiFi (above settings are for mobile data only).

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-gio, background-data, mobile-data
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# Question
Title: How do I update app installed from 3rd-party with Google Play Store's version?
I want to update my WhatsApp to be able to use the calling feature. I've used a third party app to update WhatsApp till now. How do I update from Play Store, or will it only happen automatically and not manually?

# Answer
The call feature is available in `WhatsApp-2.12.5`.

The Google Play Store should show you the latest version (If `Notification Checked`)

> How do I update from Play Store, or will it only happen automatically and not manually?

This is only available, when the below option is enabled: if this option is disable, you need to download manually.

As you can see in above option, if there is an update it will be shown in a notification.
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# Answer
> How do I update from Play Store?

1. Open your Play Store;
2. From the left edge of screen do a left to right swipe to access Play Store Menu;
3. Select **My Apps** \- it will open a list of all apps installed from Play Store;
4. Find Whatsapp Messnger, select Whatsapp Messenger and you will be presented with a page of Whatsapp;
5. Otherwise, after "**Step 1.**", type in Search Bar **Whatsapp**, enter and select "Whatsapp messenger" from the list.
6. From there you can select **Update** option if it is available.

> Will it only happen automatically and not manually?

On that Whatsapp page, press Context menu key (usually the hardware key left to Home key in the bottom panel of your phone), and check **Auto-Update** option. Otherwise, you can access Play Store menu, select **Settings -\> Auto-update Apps** option and choose update option relevant to you.

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### **Note**:

> I've used a third party app to update WhatsApp till now.

It is recommended by Google and many security vendors to not to use anything other than Play Store to install or update any app. Be cautioned about privacy and security issue when you use third-party clients.

**Edit**: I've incorporated `Rohit Kabdwal's` points here in this answer.
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# Answer
Upper Points are correctly given to update your WhatsApp application from play store, but if you want to enable the voice calling feature in your application then,

* Find one person who already has the WhatsApp calling feature enabled in his/her application.
* Ask that person to call you through his/her WhatsApp Voice calling feature.
* Then receive that call (Note: your phone should be connected to the internet to receive the call)
* When you end the call, you will see three different tabs in your WhatsApp application.
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# Answer
I know that you mentioned you would like to update the app from the Google Play Store, however when I checked if an update was available using the methods in the other answers, the Play Store said that my app was up to date.

**With this in mind**, if you navigate to the download page of the WhatsApp website, it will allow you to download the latest .apk which you can install manually.
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# Question
Title: Can I play a game on a second device with the same profile with out starting over?
I have been playing boom beach on an android tablet. The tablet is no longer accessible to me. Can I play the game on another android tablet without starting over?

# Answer
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If you signed into you Google+ account while playing the game, then progress is synchronised across to the second device.

While playing the game, sign into your Google+ account on the second device. This will give you the option to load your existing progress.

If you didn't sign into to your Google+ account on the first device, then I'm afraid it isn't possible without access to the device.

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# Question
Title: Xperia Z3 Rooting
Two days ago I upgraded my Xperia Z3 to Lollipop. Needless to say I'm not impressed (mainly due to no longer having great battery life), and plan on going back to 4.4 soon. For some time I've been wanting to root my phone in order to install the Xposed framework, however this would be my first time ever rooting, or flashing any roms on a phone. I have the D6603 model, and want to make sure whenever I root the phone I don't lose the DRM keys and ruin the phone's camera.

Are there any recommended guides or videos for someone brand new to rooting/flashing? I've looked around in the XDA forums, but I run into various threads on rooting, and have no idea what is safe, and what could potentially brick my phone.

# Answer
I have a favourite that is extremely quick, easy and simple.

It was called Vroot, now Iroot. It doesn't even require a PC!

http://www.mgyun.com/en/getvroot

Hope this helps!
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# Question
Title: Windows 7 ultimate, unable to detect my nexus 4 5.01
My windows 7 ultimate laptop isn't recognizing my nexus 4 5.01. Tried to reinstall ADB drivers and android universal usb drivers, but no use.

can anyone please let me know how to overcome this problem?

thanks in advance!!!!!!

# Answer
Download drivers from here

source: XDA forum - Nexus 4 driver for Windows

If this also doesn't work then there is discussion on XDA forum if you are using Universal naked driver. (OR) Above all, save data on Cloud and Factory reset.
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