# Question
Title: 2-step authentication calling me in Thai. I don't speak Thai.
I setup google 2-step authentication through Google Apps.

I linked my Skype number by Voice instead of SMS. SMS wasn't going through. It's a US number.

I'm trying to login on my Android phone in Thailand. I bought the phone in Thailand with a Thai sim. I set the Android language to English.

2-step is calling me and giving the number in Thai. I don't speak Thai.

There's no obvious setting to change the language of "Google sign-in" app on the phone.

I looked in the Domain Admin app and didn't see a setting to change the language. It's pretty frustrating.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

# Answer
> 1 votes
Did you took a copy of **Backup Codes** which are provided while enabling *2-Step Verification*? They can help you to login if you've them.

Otherwise, try resetting your password. That's the only option left. And, from the next time install the **Google Authenticator** App from PlayStore as it creates code by itself and comes very handy. No reliance on SMS/Call.

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Tags: localization, 2-step-verification
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# Question
Title: Where does music downloaded from Google Play go on my phone?
New Nexus 6 with Lollipop. I downloaded some music from Google Play, but cannot for the life of me find where it is on the phone. I've searched through the entire thing using Astro, and can't find my music. (The Play app sees it, but I want to make one of my songs a ringtone, and apparently with Lollipop, you need to copy your file into a certain location for it to be available.)

# Answer
I'm afraid that's not possible. Like with iTunes, Google uses DRM (**D**igital **R**ights **M**anagement) technology in order to prevent you from illegally copying music. So, the music is stored on your phone in an encoded way and thus you can only access the music through the Google Play app.
> 2 votes

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, google-play-music
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# Question
Title: Turn your android device to a wireless set?
I would like to know whether there is any app to share audio from an android device to a pc as well as to other android devices connected to the same WLAN network. So that people can communicate to others like using a wireless set without using any mobile network. I know there will be a limit for the range of this setup, but it's not a problem. Also, I never mind installing any software for this purpose in the pc.

# Answer
I would like to know what do you mean by 'share audio'? Is it *sharing music Files* or *streaming music*. If it is about sharing Music Files, you may use **Xender** from PlayStore which can send files over WiFi to any other user having Xender installed. For PC, you may use **AirDroid** from PlayStore to access any file or separately any Music File from any Browser on PC over Wifi.

If Streaming is your goal, I suggest running a HTTP or FTP server on your android device. You can select the app that suits you from here.
> 1 votes

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Tags: wi-fi, audio
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# Question
Title: I'm having trouble making a custom ringtone
I have an LG-LS855. I don't seem to have any way to plug it in to my computer. I've made a ringtone I want to use. It's an mp3 file. I've uploaded it onto Google Drive. The only thing I seem to be able to do from my phone is play it.

I've downloaded three apps for custom ringtones. The only one that came close to helping was Tone Picker. It lets me use an mp3 from Google Drive as a ringtone. Or at least, it appears to. The phone still uses its default ringtone.

I've also figured out how to use any of the music on my phone as ringtones, but I can't figure out how to download the mp3 as music either.

# Answer
> 1 votes
answer taken from the question:

> The Dropbox app actually lets you download stuff onto your phone. Once I did that, the phone's ringtone manager let me use it fine.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Have you tried Ringdroid? Lots of people seem to have success with it.

> Create your own ringtone, alarm, or notification sound from an existing audio file, or record a new one directly on the device.

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Tags: downloading, ringtone, mp3, google-drive
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# Question
Title: Where to place a binary file to make it executable from all APKs on device?
I have a binary that I want to make executable by all applications on my Android device, just like the commands in /system/bin (ls, etc.).

What is the best way of doing this? Does it have to be in the /system/bin folder and does the device have to be rooted?

# Answer
I cannot fathom what you're trying to achieve by doing this but you must mark the binary permissions executable for all. You can do so by using any Terminal App from PlayStore. Download any of them, fire it up, type **chmod +x your\_file\_location**

Otherwise, you may use **ES File Explorer** app from PlayStore, place your binary wherever you want, go to its properties, and change the permissions by selecting all **x** boxes.

And, you need to have rooted device if you want to place your binary into any folder other than of SD-Card or Internal Storage.
> 0 votes

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Tags: applications, root-access
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# Question
Title: Can you fully remove Google system apps from Android including the Play Store updates?
Believe it or not, but I want to remove a few Google Apps which I have no use for and want to free up space, resources and mobile data usage by not having them on my phone at all.

These include:

* Google Currents
* Google Play Music
* Google Play Movies
* Google Play Newsstand
* Google Keyboard
* Google+

I have ‘uninstalled’ them via the Play Store, but they still appear in my ‘Installed’ items in ‘My apps’ in the Play Store and instead of ‘UPDATE' and ‘UNINSTALL’ for any other app in my ‘Installed’ list, they stubbornly remain and only have ‘OPEN’ AND ‘UPDATE’ options.

Also going in the ‘All’ list in ‘My Apps’, all these apps are also different from other ones, where unlike other locally uninstalled apps that have their payment status (‘FREE’ or ‘PURCHASED’) and a ‘X’ at the top to remove it from your Google Account entirely, these Google Apps that I don’t want on my Android and want to be completely optional for my Android experience, only have an ‘UPDATE’ and no X up the top of their listing.

I don’t mind them remaining on the Google Account if Google insists on this, but I just want listings to ‘update’ them in my Google Play updates list to be removed, given this is Google basically forcing me to reinstall them against my will.

Is there a way to do this?

I’m on stock 4.3 Gnex.

# Answer
The solution is to ‘Disable’ the apps from the Android system settings and they will no longer appear in your Play Store updates list.

E.g. for Google Currents:

Settings \> Apps \> All \> find ‘Currents’ - tap it, select ‘Disable’.

The same applies to the all other listed apps in the question (with the exception of 'Google Play Newsstand’ which I couldn’t find in the list), and when you open the Play Store updates list anew, they will finally be gone from it as desired.
> 11 votes

# Answer
Above answer only stops them from appearing, it doesn't remove them. For that you'll need to root. Here's a guide that kind of answers your problem: Be careful! Droidviews: Removing Stock Apps.
> 5 votes

# Answer
Unless rooted, there is no way of uninstalling stock (system) apps.

That being said, even rooted uninstalling a stock app does **not** give you any usable free space (they're not on "user storage"). Disabling these app however, as suggested before, gives you all the other benefits you desire even on a stock, non-rooted Android.
> 5 votes

# Answer
This is getting more complex than I thought. Even if ROOTed, the phone apps may be on ROM (much cheaper than Flash) and there fore impossible to remove. It depends on how the phone was designed.I am beginning to think Disable may be the best option. It turns off (I think) at least some of that task and along with Clear and Default should free up some resources. I do worry about the warning (every time?) that it "...may cause other apps to misbehave..."

Some smart guy with a rooted phone and lots of experience needs to check memory before and after Disable and then Root remove and compare. It is harder and more dangerous to use root and we all need to know if it is a benefit to resources, including RAM, CPU cycles, as well as more ephemeral things like reliability and useability.
> 1 votes

# Answer
I rooted my phone then installed Link2SD and Root Explorer. I used Root Explorer to backup the `.apk` files in the system folder, then from the Link2SD interface selected carefully the system (odex) apps I didn't want and uninstalled them.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I rooted my phone (Pantech P9070) and froze a lot of unwanted stuff using Link2SD. I thought freezing was a better option than removing, just in case. I also installed DCentral1 to see what apps could be spying on me.

https://sites.google.com/site/androidbloatware/freeze-able-bloatware
> 0 votes

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Tags: applications, google-play-store, 4.3-jelly-bean, uninstallation, google-apps
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title: micromax A110 canvas 2

text:
# Question
Title: micromax A110 canvas 2
where to find unmount OTG storage option in file manager / settings of my phone . If I remove my pen drive, message appears as `unexpectedly removed`

# Answer
> 0 votes
Go to Settings \> Storage \> Scroll down and unmount your Pen Drive.

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Tags: 4.0-ice-cream-sandwich
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# Question
Title: Wi-Fi connected but there is no internet access
I have a **Samsung Galaxy S Advance (Android upgraded to 4.1.2 Jelly Bean)** which I got only one month before. Wi-Fi was initially working great, but now it doesn't have any internet connection even if Wi-Fi gets connected.

The Wi-Fi gets connected to my laptop, my PC and my father's Android mobile phone, but not on my device. What might be the reason?

# Answer
> 3 votes
You can try changing your wifi network settings from DHCP to Static and a little tweaking of DNS server addresses should work. refer this link for complete solution.

Under advance settings Change IP Settings from DHCP to Static

IP Address : Most probably your Gateway address will be 192.168.1.1 change your IP Address my changing last digit in this address use any value preferably between 2 to 20.

Change DNS1 to 8.8.8.8

Change DNS2 to 8.8.4.4

# Answer
> 2 votes
Go to wifi settings. click on the access point, remove the password, and input the password again.

If still doesn't work then follow the steps:

1. Go to your dialer and type `*#*#4636#*#*` (`*#*#info#*#*`)
2. click on wifi-info \> wifi-api
3. then disconnect \> disableNetwork -\> enableNetwork

and you are good to go

# Answer
> 2 votes
My father's Galaxy S Advance suddenly lost it's WiFi connectivity one day. I tried the code `*#*#4636#*#*` and tried to update the WiFi connection by disabling and enabling it, but that didn't work for me.

Then I came across this blog post which worked:

1. Turn off WiFi
2. Turn on the static IP option (you can find this in "Advanced Settings")
3. Turn on WiFi
4. Turn off the static IP option - make sure to tap the screen to get the "save" option for this.
5. Your device should establish a connection

# Answer
> 1 votes
My tablet does this too, it shows perfect WiFi connection but apps don't connect. I read in another forum that the date/time gets reset somehow, nobody can figure out how or why and Samsung is oblivious, but...

Go in and set your date/time to the correct one and voila, it connects! It will reset again eventually and you'll have to go in and do it again but it works.

I was shocked to see when I read that, that the setting was in fact at January 2012, but I did it and it worked. I also read about seeing the severity from the WPA to A..something, (AEP?) I'm not really familiar with security settings, and I couldn't find where to do it, but many people said that it corrected the problem for them. Lastly, the KIES has also worked for some, I guess turning it on with WiFi makes it connect. I have only tried the date/time setting, but they may all be connected somehow.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I had had the same problem with my GS2. I tried all the steps defined here and in other blogs... but it didn't work with my problem.

Then,

**I connected my phone to another router, then reconnected it to my own router... it worked perfectly.**

# Answer
> -1 votes
I also experienced same problem with my Samsung Advance for couple of days.

I rebooted my phone, reset the factory settings, removed the battery/SIM, turned ON/OFF the static IP option, but it did not work.

Last thing I did was: I clicked the KIES AIR, and clicked WI-FI. After a few moments, I got a signal to our company Wi-Fi. Try this option, and hope it will work out.

# Answer
> -2 votes
Go into your WiFi list and forget all of your remembered networks, then reconfigure them.

# Answer
> -2 votes
I had a similar problem, after a lot of struggle finally found out the issue was with the security type, changed the router\`s security type from wpa2 to wep128 bits, and it worked fine :)

# Answer
> -3 votes
try to update your cellphone date and time... ^\_^

# Answer
> -3 votes
Have you tried your Wi-Fi on any other device? It could be possible that it is connecting as a remote hard drive.

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Tags: wi-fi, 4.1-jelly-bean, samsung-galaxy-s-advance
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# Question
Title: Is it normal to see ClassNotFoundException when opening Google Plus app?
I recently have my first Android phone. It is a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (KitKat). It is not rooted yet and all apps are from Google Play.

Every time I launched Google Plus or Google Photo, I see the following `Exception` in logcat:

```
E/Parcel: Class not found when unmarshalling: itw
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: itw
   at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native method)
   ...
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "itw" on path: DexPathList[[directory "."],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
   at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)

```

`com.google.android.talk` also have the following single error message without stack trace (these errors are from the same process id):

```
E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'av', referenced from method f.a
E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'ax', referenced from method f.a
E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.app.RemoteInput[]', referenced from method f.a
E/Babel: canonicalizeMccMnc: invalid mccmnc
E/Babel: canonicalizeMccMnc: inavlid mcccmnc nullnull
E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'com.google.android.libraries.hangouts.video.ScreenCaptureVideoSource$2', referenced from method com.google.android.libraries.hangouts.video.ScreenCaptureVideoSource.<init>`

```

Looks like `itw`, `ax`, `f.a`, etc are obfuscated names. I would like to know wether these errors are normal or not.

*Added more information to question*:

Google+ is a built-in application located in `/system/app/PlusOne.apk`. As I don't have root access, I can't remove and reinstall it. Based on process id, looks like `/system/bin/tlc_server` raised this exception. I don't have any idea what is `tlc_server`. If I use the original version without updates, exception is raised when I view any photo (`java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: hay`) or opening G+ (`java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: ejf`). After upgrading to the latest version of Google+, the following exception appears only for the first run:

```
java.io.InvalidClassException: eqb; Incompatible class (SUID): eqb: static final long serialVersionUID =8874316054258000122L; but expected eqb: static final long serialVersionUID =0L;
   at java.io.ObjectInputStream.verifyAndinit(ObjectInputStream.java:2343)
   ...
   at com.google.android.apps.plus.service.EsServie.d(PG:5584)
   ...
   at elj.a(PG:70)
   at bd.b(PG:425)
   at bd.a(PG:395)
   at dm.b(PG:104)
   at dh.a(PG:73)
   at iak.a(PG:120)
   at iak.b(PG:16)
   at dg.a(PG:61)
   at dt.b(PG:47)
   at dz.handleMessage(PG:474)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
   ...

```

# Answer
These errors are not normal, I don't have them.

For the google talk error, do you have hangouts installed?

And for the g+ error, have you tried reinstalling the app, or a full factory reset.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, samsung
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# Question
Title: is there a way to reverse whatever happened to my phone today?
I went snow shoeing today. Before setting out I turned off my phone. It's a Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verizon. After snowshoeing I turned it back on and everything was gone. it looks like it did some kind of reset:

* All of my apps were gone.
* my launcher was gone.
* my pictured were gone.
* my accounts were gone
* Everything was in Vietnamese

The only things preserved were my contacts. This might be because I use Backup Assistant Plus.

Does anyone have any idea what happened and if I can reverse it?

# Answer
> 1 votes
It does look like it did a factory reset, I'm unsure why, but that appears to be the case. Did it get wet? or very cold?

Unfortunately, there is no way to recover all your data (unless you took a full backup onto your PC). However, as you probably know, many apps sync with the cloud, so it isn't that much of an issue.

If this happens again I would recommend contacting Samsung (if your phone is still under warranty).

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-4
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title: I am unable to connect to wifi network

text:
# Question
Title: I am unable to connect to wifi network
I am using motog first gen mobile, i have upgraded to lollypop os, after that i am unable to connect to wifi router(netgear) in my room, it is not showing in the display, outside room other networks are showing in display, except my room network. please help me on this

Regrads, Praneeth l

# Answer
There are several things you could try. Have you tried restarting both the router and the phone?

If it still doesn't work I would recommend trying to connect to your router using another phone or laptop.

If another phone or laptop can connect, I would recommend reseting your phone.

If another phone of laptop can't connect, you need to debug your router
> 1 votes

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Tags: wi-fi
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title: Trying to download foreign aps

text:
# Question
Title: Trying to download foreign aps
I've been trying to customize my android. Found a cool set of buttons but one problem. The app store says it is "not available in (my) country" I have tried spoofing the GPS but that did not work. Does anyone have an idea about how to spoof cell towers or IP addresses to get around the lock out?

I have surfed through the "duplicate" questions and tried all of those suggestions to no avail. Best I can tell the problem is the cell towers. But there should still be a way to hack this.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Download an app from the play store called Psiphon: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.psiphon3&hl=en\_GB

It allows you to create a vpn, connect to the US one.

If it still doesn't work, you can try several other steps:

1. Changing the locale of your device
2. Turn off location all together (easier than GPS spoofing)
3. Change your home address on google

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Tags: google-play-store, gps, ip-address
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# Question
Title: Bridge Wi-Fi through router > Galaxy S3 > desktop Windows
I'm usually hooked up to a wall Ethernet port on my PC, but I'm away for a little over a week now and I only have access to Wi-Fi. The signal is just *barely* out of range. I can use Skype and whatnot with my poor connection, but can't browse the web.

I set up a mobile hotspot on my S3 and have a speed of roughly 5 Mbps (download), so that's wonderful, but I figure I'll run out of data quickly (I've already used 40 MB in the past minute) -- I'm unable to connect to Wi-Fi while my phone is a hotspot, so I don't believe I can continue using the hotspot without running out of data if it's going solely off of my data plan.

My phone has a better wireless card than my desktop, and can browse the web, etc perfectly -- since my phone has such a good connection, I figure I can bridge the connection from it to my PC and not have to use up my data plan. While researching why I couldn't use Wi-Fi and the hotspot at the same time, it turned out that since my phone only had one Wi-Fi antenna it couldn't handle both of them at the same time. I'm not sure if bridging the connection from my phone to my computer would require more than one -- maybe it will, maybe it won't. Is this possible?

Windows 7 Non - rooted Galaxy S3 Android Version 4.4.2

# Answer
Simple solution, connect your phone to your computer via a good quality usb data cable.

Disable your computers wifi, connect your phone to your wifi.

Go to settings on your phone and enable 'Usb-tethering" (it will be in the same place as wifi tethering was. Wait a couple of seconds for your computer to recognise it, and you're done
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, windows, wifi-hotspot
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# Question
Title: Many installed apps crash after OTA update to Android 4.2
I had run over the air update from Android 4.1 to 4.2 on my Samsung Grand GT-I9082. It seems to have completed fine (screen with robot and progress bar for a while, then some messages about "optimizing" and "running" applications, then boot).

After update the phone itself works fine, however a lot of third party apps now crash on launch with "Application \[name\] has been stopped" (loose translation since my phone interface is not in English). It is consistent and specific to the app - either it always crashes or it just works normally. The one slight exception is Chrome which opens and closes immediately, but doesn't give the message.

1. Clearing cache for the app doesn't fix it
2. Uninstalling app completely and re-installing does fix it (so far - for those few I did it for)

What else can I try?

At this point I guess reinstalling every crashing app would fix them, but that seems very boring and menial option, not to mention losing settings and data in those apps where it's relevant.

# Answer
If your device is rooted, and you have a custom recovery installed: Wipe the cache. Next boot will take a little longer (as the Dalvik cache has to be rebuilt), but the problem should be gone.

If the above is not an option, you could try to backup the affecgted apps and their data using e.g. Helium Backup, then uninstall the apps, and restore them (including their data) from their backup. This way their Dalvik cache would be rebuilt as well, you don't lose your data, and *Helium* can do that in a batch-process to save you a bunch of clicks.
> 3 votes

# Answer
Doing a factory reset of your device may solve the problem. Make sure that you do not restore from a back-up and set up your device as fresh. This would be a permanent fix for your problem. Otherwise, 3rd-party apps will crash every time you update them. Uninstalling & reinstalling is only a temporary fix.

\**Back up important files to Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
> -1 votes

# Answer
In Developer Options, Try changing the Runtime. If **ART** is set, it could cause a problem because currently 95% of Android apps run on DVM (Dalvik Virtual Memory).
> -1 votes

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Tags: crashes, ota-update
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# Question
Title: how to unlock Xperia from emergency call display
After booting, my Xperia M2 mobile is locked and displayed Emergency call

How should I do to get out from this screen and go to the home screen ?

Regards,

Patrice.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I have resolved my problem I activated screen lock with the SIM code. So I had to enter the SIM code twice.

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Tags: lock-screens
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# Question
Title: how to backup contacts if the touchscreen is not working?
My HTC Explorer A310e fell and now its touch screen is not working. I mean display is fine, but it isn't taking any input. Is there any way I could take a backup of the contacts? To suggest the extent damage: it rings but I can't receive calls.

I am travelling and can't go to a service centre until next week so if there was a way I could get my contacts out of it.

# Answer
in this link they provide you with some usefull commands to try to get the contacts. Basically, you need to install the Android SDK, but I think you need to have the USB debugging option on in your phone. Not sure if you need root also.

```
cd <android-sdk-dir>/platform-tools
[In linux] ./adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db
[In Windows] adb.exe pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db

```

The path to the contacts database might vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.
> 1 votes

# Answer
from a Forensics background, you could download the ViaExtract virtual machine which you can download here.

ViaExtract is a tool that can help recover almost everything from a connected android device n it has an easy-to-use graphical user interface. just connect your device to the virtual machine and start the extraction procedure. it will recover bookmarks, contacts, messages n a lot of other stuff. the above link also has a video tutorial on how to go through the extraction process too.

the configuration process may seem hectic but considering how often people may need help recovering stuff from their phones, it's kinda worth it.

other mobile forensics tools you can use are OSAF or SANTOKU
> 0 votes

# Answer
SAMSUNG KIES worked for me - not rooted, developer mode off, screen not working
> -4 votes

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Tags: contacts, backup, touchscreen
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# Question
Title: Xiaomi Redmi 1S: Deleted system and framework folders
I have a Xiaomi Redmi 1S. Through Root Browser app I unfortunately deleted system and framework folders. From then onwards my phone is not getting booted up. I tried wiping and resetting my phone from recovery (holding volume up and power button), but this did not work.

I backed my data up with an app called App restore and backup. The bakcup is in my SD card.

I'm waiting for a solution...

# Answer
> 3 votes
The `/system` folder contains your operative system. That is why it won't boot anymore.

Xiaomi's default MiRecovery permits only installing a ROM located in your root directory (the main folder, corresponding to location `/`) and named `update.zip`. Since you can't access your phone directly, you have to put this file in it using your computer. This will include installing a better recovery.

This instructions are for a Windows system, if you are using another OS just tell me.

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## Step 1: Install Fastboot on your Windows system

---

Download this file, it is an installer for the strict indispensable tools you need to put files on your softbricked phone from your PC. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

Install it and say yes both to the adb and the driver questions.

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## Step 2: Download latest MIUI ROM for Xiaomi Redmi 1S

---

Download the last MIUI ROM for you device from the official MIUI Eglish forum. Move it to the `C:\adb` folder the installation process created.

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## Step 3: Reload your phone to fastboot and flash CWM

---

When your device is turned off, connect it to your PC via USB and hold the power and volume down button. You should see the MiBunny operating as a mechanic to an Android robot. Open a command prompt in Windows (Start --\> cmd.exe). Type `cd C:\adb` and then `fastboot devices`. You should see an hexadecimal code followed by "device". If not, tell me in the comments.

Now download the file you find at this link, it is our recovery. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95747613655040280

Extract the `.img` file you find inside and rename it `recovery.img`. Place it in `C:\adb`.

In the command prompt, address this command

```
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

```

Now reboot your phone to recovery using the power and volume up buttons. You should see the new recovery.

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## Step 4: Copy the ROM in your phone

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While your phone is in recovery mode, type `adb devices` and you should see again a code and "device". Then move your rom `.zip` file in your `C:\adb` folder and address these commands:

```
adb shell
mount /data/
adb push nameofrom.zip /data/

```

Obviously replace `nameofrom` with the name of the zip archive of the rom you have downloaded (probably miui\_HM1SWC\_JHCCNBL50.0\_42c35e6c1b\_4.3). If you want, rename the zip to address the command with more ease.

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## Step 5: Install the ROM

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When the push process has succesfully finished, navigate through your phone's recovery to `install zip`, `install from internal memory` or something like that. Select the zip you just pushed. It will start installing and, after finished, your phone should boot again upon reboot.

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Tags: 4.3-jelly-bean, installation, operating-system, miui
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# Question
Title: Rooted phone having problems with switching on
I recently rooted my samsung galaxy s5, i did something wrong on one of custom roms, I thought I was installing the new system or something, it got me into the boot system.
I choose apply (something) and it restarted... ever since I cannot switch my phone.
I mean it does switch on but then the home screen is completely black, and the notification shows `unfortunately, settings has stopped` it shows a notification to almost every single app saying it stop working. Once I press OK every single notification, it just black screen, nothing changes if I press anything.
I tried to restarting, rebooting, re-rooting...nothing.
Does anyone have a solution for this.

# Answer
i suggest going back to official firmware. its the only thing i can think of. if you want to download official firmware got to this page http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and find your variant, its latest firmware, and install it. the page has instructions as well.
> 0 votes

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Tags: rooting, screen, samsung-galaxy-s-5
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title: Whatsapp usage with old lost number

text:
# Question
Title: Whatsapp usage with old lost number
I lost my android phone (samsung galaxy grand) . Can I use whatsapp with the same number on my new phone, if I don't have the sim card with that number ? Except for the sms code/call, is there some other method of opening my whatsapp account ?

# Answer
> 1 votes
No, this is impossible. If I were you, I would send a broadcast message to all of my contacts regarding my new number.

# Answer
> 0 votes
you could ask your carrier to disable your old sim card and enable a new one (which you need to get) with the same number.

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# Question
Title: Unable to unlock/turn on Nexus 4 : Lollipop 5.0.1
I am running Android 5.0.1 on my Nexus 4. This has started happening recently. Whenever my phone is locked, and I try to unlock, nothing happens on pressing the power button. Initially I thought my battery was getting drained to zero and phone was shutting down, but that's not the case. I need to long press power button and restart my phone forcefully. Some observations are:

* This issue was not there when I was on 5.0.0.
* Also I am finding that this is happening when I play a game and then close the game and leave the phone. Most recently, I have been playing Swish and Drift Zone.
* However, even after uninstalling the issue persists.

Any suggestions/references to overcome this issue are welcome. TIA.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I have experienced many problems with Android 5 on both *my* Nexus 4 and my wife's exactly identical Nexus 4. Strangely enough, both phones experienced slightly different problems. The main issue with my own phone was WiFi - it simply did not work except for a few hour period after rebooting.

I have not experienced this issue since switching to Cyanogenmod using the instructions from their Wiki:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install\_CM\_for\_mako

My wife's phone has experienced the same exact problem as you. Sometimes it won't show anything on the screen, won't wake up. After rebooting everything is fine. This occurs even when plugged in and fully 100% recharged.

So my solution is to get away from Android 5 Lollipop. I don't know how to downgrade to an older version of Android, but moving to Cyanogenmod has fixed my own phone and I will be switching my wife over probably this evening.

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Tags: nexus-4, 5.0-lollipop, reboot
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title: WiFi network not detected (Nexus 4)

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# Question
Title: WiFi network not detected (Nexus 4)
My home WiFi network is not detected at all on my Nexus 4 (lollipop). I've got no problem connecting with my laptop.

What could be the reason?

# Answer
> 0 votes
I had the exact same issue with my Nexus 4 after the Lollipop update.

Rebooting the phone will fix this temporarily, but only for a few hours from my experience.

So far there is only one thing that has resolved this issue for me - I replaced the stock Lollipop with Cyanogenmod, using these instructions:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install\_CM\_for\_mako

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Tags: nexus-4, 5.0-lollipop, internet
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# Question
Title: What should I do to use my hard drive on a Samsung Tablet?
I have a 2 TB hard drive full of movies. I am getting bored watching movies on the computer so I decided buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab. My hard drive is NTFS and my friends told me that I have to convert NTFS to exFAT to able to see my files on the tablet. My question is, if I convert my hard drive from NTFS to exFAT, will I be able to watch the files on the tablet? If not, what should I do to be able to do so?

# Answer
> 1 votes
The Galaxy Tab appears to support exFAT, so yes — you could back up your files, format the drive, and restore the files. Then the connection should work.

If you are rooted, there are ways to mount NTFS drives directly. Paragon Mounther should be able to do so.

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Tags: ntfs, tablet
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# Question
Title: How to disable Android Wear's "Listening via TCP" notification?
I don't have an Android Wear, but I always get a notification from the Google Play Services app with this content:

> Android Wear
> Listening via TCP on 127.0.0.1:5601

I want to disable this tracking. Any idea? Also, how is it tracking my phone?

*Quick fix: stop the process.*

*rooted Device*

# Answer
> 2 votes
Try downloading the Android Wear app. Open it up and see if it says *Emulator Connecting* in the top left. If it does, go to the menu and select *Disconnect Emulator* and then *Forget Emulator*. It worked for me. I was getting the same notification.

# Answer
> 1 votes
If you're rooted:

1. Download ROM Toolbox (paid app) and run the app
2. Open the *App Manager*
3. Select the *Google Play Services* package
4. Select *Advanced Freeze*
5. Scroll through the list of activities/services and disable all Android Wear items

I did this on my device yesterday because I was sick of having useless services running on my low memory device. Lo and behold, my device now has more free RAM and is working better in general.

**P.S. Don't forget to do a nandroid backup first.**

# Answer
> 0 votes
I have seen that when I had the Android wear app installed from the Google Play store. Check your app drawer and uninstall the app if it is there. You might have to restart the phone after. I can't remember if that is necessary or not, probably not.

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title: Show an app's context menu on Nexus 7

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# Question
Title: Show an app's context menu on Nexus 7
My Galaxy S1 (Gingerbread) has a context menu button below the lower left of the screen which brings up various extra soft-buttons. For example, in the Twitter app, I use this to pop-up an additional menu which includes a `switch user` soft-button.

I have recently acquired a Nexus 7 which is lovely. However, the three screen buttons are `Back`, `Home`, and `Multitask[I think?]` and I can't work out how to bring up the same context menus which I use to use. When I press the `Multitask` button in any app, I just get a list of running apps.

Have I missed something? Is there no context menu option in Jellybean?

How do I get to the Twitter App `switch user` soft-button (etc)?

# Answer
> 4 votes
Since Android 4, devices no longer need to have hardware soft buttons for menu, back, home etc.

They are now part of the screen, provided by the OS. The menu button has now been replaced by 3 dots in the top corner of the program - if these 3 dots on top of each other are not visible, then the app hasn't been updated for ICS+, and you will not be able to access the menu items (unless you are rooted).

If you are rooted, you can download the button savior app that will overlay buttons onto the screen - you can set one to the menu button, to then access the apps menu.

Here is a screenshot of the button you have to press to access the app menu:

(See the thing in the yellow square)

# Answer
> 6 votes
* Connect your device with a USB cable,
* activate USB debugging
* issue: `$ adb shell input keyevent 82`

Alternative geeky answer, let's say.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Very device and rom dependent, but some devices offer an alternative method to perform a menu press. For example, the Galaxy S5 and similar generation galaxy variants have a soft button that works like the multi Tasker button on short press, but is the menu button as a long press. Earlier Galaxy S4 had the functionality reversed, with the menu button being the default. The sidekick 4G had hard buttons with similar short/long press functionality.

Rooting also provides a variety of extra options, like editing the keyboard layout files to add or change the soft and hard button functionality, virtual buttons at the bottom or in the status bar, over lay buttons, etc.

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title: Voice dial without Internet connection

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# Question
Title: Voice dial without Internet connection
I'm new to Android, just purchased a Sony Xperia Arc S.

So far I haven't been able to figure out how to do voice dialing (in car etc.). I've read that you can use Google Voice Search, but this fails if there is no data connection (and why do I need to send data to Google for an internal operation like this?).

Perhaps I am missing something? ( My 6 year old nokia feature phone does this :/ )

UPDATE:

It seems that the 'google voice search' way is the only method on this phone, so I've tried it out. However it doesn't seem to work for me (just comes up with 'did you mean', and a list of unrelated terms) - perhaps its an accent thing. So I'm still looking - currently I'm unable to dial while driving, which is pretty important to me.

# Answer
Last time I checked **hands-free voice dialing is not possible with Android**.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9817

Put simply, Android is NOT car-friendly telephone.

In fact, Android phones may be banned from use while driving in some states, as Android does not support hands-free operation.

Perhaps, nothing wrong with that if we consider it as just a small internet tablet and not demand full telephony capabilities from it.
> 4 votes

# Answer
***"Voice Control without Internet by K&J Software"*** app seems like all you'll need.

### Description from the Play Store:-

> Unlike most voice applications on the the market which require internet connection, this application installs a light-weight speech recognizer on your phone, so it can run locally WITHOUT internet connection. You can make your own speech commands to start an app, call a friend or browse a website. Speech commands can be defined by phonetic alphabets, so it literally supports any language.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.KnJSoftware.VoiceCommander&hl=en

I haven't tried it out yet, but it looks promising and has decent ratings. Not sure how well it performs..

It also seems you can set the "voice dialing feature" through this app. Hope it works out well! :)

Note: Free version has a few limitations.
> 2 votes

# Answer
Voice commander works ok..it is slow and clunky. but it is better than nothing. I would like to take the salesman out and beat him to a pulp for upgrading me to a phone that will not do what my old one did easily.
> 1 votes

# Answer
If you enter the dialpad to call, you should see a microphone icon that you can click to voice dial. You can also add a voice dial icon to your home screen.

As for needing a data connection, it's not the processing that's the issue - it's the amount of data that would need to be stored on your phone in order to do that processing that's the problem.
> -1 votes

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# Question
Title: Galaxy S5 Active home button - weird long press behavior
I've got an S5 Active on AT&T. After the latest update, my home button started registering almost any press as a "long press." Does anyone have an idea of how to fix or mitigate this problem? Also, if anyone else has experienced the same thing, please let me know as I'd like to think I'm not crazy!

# Answer
The good news: you're not losing your mind. The even-better news: there seems to be a solution.

Head on over to ifixit and take a look at their thread.
> 2 votes

# Answer
The solution I've found while waiting for an update to fix the update is to turn off auto updates if it's on, and uninstall all updates to the Google application, restoring that app to factory. Hoping there's a better fix soon so I can turn auto updates back on.
> 0 votes

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# Question
Title: Lenovo S920 repeatedly shuts itself off and back on by itself
I just bought a Lenovo S920, new set about a week ago. It's been turning itself off and back on every single day since the second day I bought it, at least once or twice **every one hour.**

An information that might help you figure this out for me, on the second day I downloaded every app I needed & packed about 70% of the phone storage, plus about 50% of my 32GB microSD. Also, my phone has 4GB Internal storage.

Does it have to do with those apps and tonnes of audio/video files? And ultimately, how to fix it?

# Answer
> 1 votes
As that behaviour started when you installed all that stuff, it at least suggests a relation. It could be one of the apps causing this; the audio/video files are unlikely to be the culprit.

I'd suggest you factory-reset the device and start over, but do not install all apps at once; instead only install one at a time and see if all stays stable before continuing with the next.

Once the trouble starts over, uninstall the last app you've installed and see if that cures it; if so, skip that app and continue with the next on your list. If all stays stable then, you know which app is problematic: contact its dev for further advice then.

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A helpful thing to investigate *before* going the "hard way" described above is to "debug" the issue. As you didn't state which Android version your device is running, I will describe an approach that should work for most versions:

You need ADB on your computer (see: Is there a minimal installation of ADB? for how to achieve that), and connect your device via USB. Then start `adb logcat -v time -f debug.log` from your computer's command shell. Let it run.

As soon as the device reboots, stop the logcat task. Now check `debug.log` from bottom to top to see what initiated the reboot. If you have trouble reading/interpreting it, upload the log and add a link to your question, so we can help you with it.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Just take it to the authorized service centre and they will fix it. My Lenovo S920 USB connection did not work and in service centre they fixed it saying that the "soldering" of the port disconnected. They corrected it in one hour time. So there could be chance in your on/off switch too. So check with service centre and its safe.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I had a similar problem with my S920 one year back in Jan 2014. It kept restarted itself every hour or so. Though I did not have too much installed on it, I pinned down the problem to the firmware update S114\_130626. A restore back to the original S110\_130515 worked for me.

However, now that much of my internal storage is being consumed, I notice that it sometimes (once or twice a week) restarts itself. So, perhaps it could be the full utilisation of the internal storage that is causing the problem.

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title: Apps Startup on Power Up

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# Question
Title: Apps Startup on Power Up
When I turn my phone on, many apps also turn on in the background. This slows down my phone. How do I shut them down? Why is the OS built this way? Doesn't make sense to me.

# Answer
The apps which start automatically with your phone have it in their permissions to start together. Apps like Messengers need to start with your phone so as to be able to run in the background and show latest messages received etc.

You can try an app called Greenify(which can hibernate apps in the background or permanently). Give this a read.
> 0 votes

# Answer
There are valid reasons why some apps need to start at bootup, but the honest answer why many apps do this is that the developers don't think that maybe you have 100 other apps installed that also want to run at bootup. You're right, it slows everything down.

The most valid reason to run at boot time is to execute a process that always needs to be running, such as an antivirus program.

The not-so-wonderful reasons are to track your habits for marketing or to display advertisements. Another unfortunate reason is to pre-load some part of the app so that it *appears* to load faster the first time; the reality, of course, is that the device still needs to spend time performing this operation and thus it can make bootups take an unreasonable amount of time (especially if more than one app is performing this undesirable practice).

The easiest way to stop apps from running on boot is to use a program like Autostarts available on F-Droid and on the Play Store (to help support the development), or Startup Manager available on the Play Store.

The trouble with blocking an app from running on boot is that you don't know what it was really doing. It might be nothing, or it could be database maintenance that, if never performed, could result in a corrupt or bloated database for that application. There is always a little gamble involved.

Another option is to use a program like Greenify available on the Play Store which can be configured to temporarily hibernate applications when they are not in immediate use. Support for Greenify is available on xda-developers.

The best practice for developers is to never have their application start on bootup unless it is essential. A second choice is to make it a user-configurable option. In either case, the developer should publicly document exactly why the app needs to start at boot and exactly what the consequences are of disabling that option.

Users can voice their concerns directly to the company that developed the app that starts on boot and by choosing to not support applications that unnecessarily start on boot.
> 0 votes

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# Question
Title: Google Play Error Retrieving Information RPC:S-2:AEC-2
Whenever I try to update an app, I get the error in the question title. I am also unable to view my installed apps. I've already tried wiping the store's data and cache, and removing and readding my account. Nothing helps.

I'm using a Droid Turbo running 4.4.4. Anyone know what the problem is?

# Answer
> 1 votes
I am having the same problem. I have a nexus 9, running Lollipop. It only happens with the Google+ app. Research I've done says it might be a problem on Google's side. There were a couple of people who signed in using another Google account and downloaded apps that way. Haven't tried it yet.

Update: tried using another account and it didn't work.

Update: it's Google's problem. Read comments in Google Play.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I uploaded a new APK to the store today and I'm having the same problem with my application (BeepMe), I tried to install it on various devices and got the same error. My guess - it's a problem on Google side, maybe on a recently uploaded APKs.

# Answer
> 1 votes
For fixing this issue just do as following: Settings -\> Application Manager -\> Google Play Store -\> Clear data.

And then try again...

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# Question
Title: Is it possible to scan WiFi access points without turning on WiFi?
Just as the title says, is it possible to scan all WiFi access points around the Android phone device when WiFi is turned off (e.g. only using 3G)?

# Answer
Starting from Android 4.3 JellyBean, it's possible to scan WiFi access points even if the WiFi is off. It's called "Scanning always available"

From PCMag.com,

> As those who have taken a spin around the Android 4.3 ROM have noticed, Google has made a change to devices' Wi-Fi settings in Android 4.3.
>
> "To improve location accuracy and for other purposes, Google and other apps may scan for nearby networks, even when Wi-Fi is off," describes Google.

If your device is Android 4.3 or newer, you can enable it from *Settings - Wi-Fi - Advanced Wi-Fi - Scanning always available*.

> Fire up the Settings app and tap your finger on the Wireless and Networks option. Tap on the Wi-Fi option, and then tap on the Overflow button on your phone's screen (the triple-dots icon). When this submenu pops up, tap your finger on the Advanced option. From there, you'll want to make sure to check the "Scanning always available" option if you want to participate in the new Android 4.3 feature. Otherwise, if it's checked, you need merely to uncheck it to ensure that "Wi-Fi off" really means "Wi-Fi off."
> 1 votes

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# Question
Title: Play Store won't download or update apps
I am using Samsung Galaxy Duos GT-I8262. Yesterday I encounter this strange problem. Whenever I download or update an app from Play Store, it only shows downloading bar and the app won't download in a century. Things which I have already done:

1. Clearing cache/data Play Store and Play Services
2. Deleting Google account
3. Enabled download manager
4. Rooted phone and edited `hosts` file by inserting `#` in the start of 2nd line
5. Reset the phone twice
6. Checked phone date and time

In short, I employed every possible solution but still no luck. Any other solutions?

# Answer
> -1 votes
You can try clearing Proxy Settings on your device

you can get more help on this topic at inforaid

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Tags: google-play-store
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# Question
Title: LG G2's native camera app does not want to record anything
Here is my problem :

If I try to record a video using my LG G2's native camera app, the recording does not start and tells me that I cannot record a video while calling someone. However, I am not calling anybody! I tried to completely close any app that could call (native phone app, skype, ...) but it does not work... the message is still showing up...

Edit : I forgot to mention that this only happens in "Normal" mode, every other modes work fine.

Edit 2 : It used to work fine, but this problem just randomly popped up and I can't get rid if it...

# Answer
The problem was that the "Ok Google" feature was activated. The camera wouldn't allow recording because Google Now is constantly using the mic.
> 0 votes

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title: A miracle for finding a stolen phone

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# Question
Title: A miracle for finding a stolen phone
# Background

Recently my phone got stolen from my pocket and then I was almost thrown in street and run over by a car. The police won't move a finger because of a new law, which means I'll have to wait for over a year to get it back, but of course I did file a complaint with all the documents regarding the ownership of the phone.

# Question

Is there any possibility of tracking your phone considering the fact that you have no pre-installed or rooted app and even if you do have it they can do factory reset/boot or do a full wipe? Can you track your IMEI or is there a service that could track it for you?

# Answer
Yea there is one miracle app which should be already installed in your device. Android Device Manager is built into all Android phones and allows you to do almost anything you want and you can operate it with your google account that you used on your mobile but it only works when GPS is activated.
> 2 votes

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title: Unlock screen with device manager

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# Question
Title: Unlock screen with device manager
so im trying to unlock my galaxy s4 screen, using google device manager, or something similar (any suggestion ?). cuz my screen recently cracked a i wanna get backup from all my data and reset it before i change the screen entirely. but an app like "Kies" requires the screen to be unlocked in order to enable any file transfer! can anyone help me?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Unlocking the screen from outside is not possible. (without root privileges).

If you have a custom recovery installed then you can boot into it and make a backup via `adb shell`

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Tags: lock-screens, file-transfer, broken-screen, android-device-manager
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# Question
Title: Is there any way to read long notifications in Android KitKat?
Some apps will create notifications that are too long to be read on the screen (horizontally or vertically). They get truncated and you can't read the end.

Is there a way to read notifications that are too long to fit in the notification drop-down list?

Please ensure your answers are specific for Android KitKat.

For Android Jelly Bean, see this question.

# Answer
Have you tried pulling down the notification using two fingers? If that doesn't work then it maybe that the specific app doesn't support it. Not all apps support viewing the entire text in the notifications panel.
> 2 votes

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# Question
Title: How do you handle a tablet where all screen input and keys have become unresponsive?
How do you shut down the tablet in the condition where neither screen, nor any buttons accept any input? It is possible the tablet is locked in this condition by the active software, last noted to be the Kindle app, but could be a condition caused by any active application?

# Answer
My Galaxy Tab 3 sometimes freezes without capability to manipulate the restart functionality, or the application Force Close functionality. Since it is a tablet, opening its case to remove the battery is not an available capability, unlike the occasions this happens on my phone, a Samsung Galaxy S3. This is a rare occurence; it has happened twice in recent memory to my tablet. This time the active application was the Kindle app, and it may have even been so when this occured last, several months ago. This time the tablet presents a blank screen, which is active, since it emits a bare shimmer of light. The screen feels slightly warm, indicating the tablet is active. I am uncertain of the specifics of the previous occurence, finding it totally unresponsive when I took it out of my bag on a flight, after i had pre-loaded books to read on that same flight.

I am unsure this is the optimal technique, but the similarity to the last occurence led me to experiment with just letting the battery fully expire. Then plugging it in to power up and reboot into a fresh session. It appears to have restarted properly. I have not witnessed either affected memory or corrupted files so far. The Kindle app seems to have all recent books stored and available.

TL;DR - manage a way to let the battery fully discharge. Plug in and start a fresh session. Check for damaged app or files.

UPDATE 2015/06/03 - This has happened again today, again on a day when I updated my Amazon Kindle app by downloading books. Except today, I downloaded books over 2 sessions. When I recall the first instance, Christmastime 2014, this seems also plausible, since I may have refined my download and search query for some additional downloads. The second instance of this (March 2015) I am unsure about. Now that I have a refined theory, I can experiment. However, this tablet was fully charged this afternoon, so it will be a day or more before I can attempt anything in order to fully discharge the battery.
> 0 votes

# Answer
try Holding the vol up or vol down and power button together for about 30 seconds, if it doesn't take you into recovery then just let the tablet stay until the battery depletes then connect the charger, wait until its full and try to power on the device.
> 0 votes

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# Question
Title: How to enter password for decrypt without system keyboard on android
I was trying to release some internal memory on my CUBOT GT-99, so I started disabling some system apps using one rooted app. One of apps I was disabled is system keyboard because I don’t use it beside Swift Keyborad. I was totaly forget that I use system keyboard whan I turn on my phone, becouse I encrypt my phone, so I need system keyboard to enter the password. Now phone ask me for decrypting password but don’t show me the keyboard, so I can’t enter password and can’t system run.

One of my idea is to use Android SDK, if there's some tool or something (?) to use PC Keyboard instead of disabled system keyboard (I don’t know anything about Android SDK).

If there is no other option I'm ready to do hard reset, but I don't know how to do this in this situation.

Please can someone give me any other idea and tutor how to solve this.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Solved.

First of all, I didn't know how to enter in **Recovery Mode** on **CUBOT GT-99**, but accidentally I enter in it, and I want share this with you because I didn't find it on internet.

Press **POWER for 1 sec** and than release...phone vibrate...Immediately after vibration **press and hold POWER & VOLUME+** button.

In recovery mode it alows me to:

**apply update from ADB/sdcard/cache**

**wipe data/factory reset**

**wipe cache partition**

**backuo/restore user data**

I tried to establish a connection with the ADB, but it did not work because of encrtyption. I made a **backup user data** and after that I dona **Factory Reset**.

The new system had the same problem, there is no system keyboard. so I've installed the **Swift Keyboard** from computer using the command `adb install %PATH_OF_PACKAGE_ON_PC%`.

I finally had some keyboard with which I could enter my email address and password to enter in Google play. There I **installed Root App Delete** (with which I had previously disabled the system keyboard), to **re-enable the system keyboard**.

In the end all I needed is to go to the **system recovery** and **restore user data** witch i made before Factory reset.

That's it. :)

# Answer
> 0 votes
I don't think that the above answer is quite correct as when you enter in "recovery mode" (on an encrypted device) the /sbin/sh pm command can no longer be used since the device needs a password for decryption. (I even decrypt my phone and still could not perform the command :(

Also thinking about it more running that command to re enable a package would open up a security hole for encrypted devices so this command would of run useless on an encrypted device (which is not "decrypted" in the first place)

If you have TWRP installed as your recovery they have their own keyboard layout which you can enter in your decrypt password and then use one of your backups to revert back (which I hope you have done) to recover your keyboard layout.

Otherwise you'll need to install/flash back to your stock rom :(

# Answer
> 0 votes
**A simpler solution**

I had the same issue, but I don't have an SD card in my Moto X. That means, if I backup then factory reset, my backup will be gone too.

I found another solution. You can just reflash the Google Keyboard to your device using TWRP. The zip I used is here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95855108297851240

If you don't have TWRP recovery, you can flash it from fastboot.

After flashing, the keyboard should work again and you can enter your password for decryption.

# Answer
> -1 votes
I think that if you entered in recovery mode (any of them) you can use Adb to enable frozen apps. It can be done throught the command `"adb pm enable packagename"` where packagename the app of the keyboard . if you dont remember the exact name use the command `"adb shell pm list packages -f"` to return all the installed apps and find there the disabled keyboard. An excellent tutorial of how to use adb can be found here http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/AndroidCommandLine/article.html by Lars Vogel.

# Answer
> -1 votes
This worked for me : connect usb OTG cable and a regular pc keyboard, then power on.

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# Question
Title: Google Authenticator keeps crashing after OS upgrade
I had no problem using Google Authenticator for the first month. Two weeks ago, my phone's operating system upgraded and now Authenticator will not work.

I have uninstalled it, re-downloaded it, and reinstalled. No matter what function I choose (sync time, setup) I get an error message that Authenticator has stopped working. Also, since I need the two-factoring for our website, the codes stopped working on that. I keep reporting the issue to Google but of course, have had no response.

Any suggestions?

# Answer
> 0 votes
If you can't access to **Google Authenticator** in any way, I suggest trying Duo Mobile or FreOTP Authenticator

I tried Duo Mobile and I personally use it for my personal Google Account. It works like a charm. Feel free to draw feedback if that resolves the question for you.

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# Question
Title: My phone was just stolen an hour or so ago. Are there any options for tracking?
I realize this is a long shot, but my phone was lost or stolen a few hours ago.

At the time it was stolen, I didn't have any specific applications installed to track it or wipe the data. So... my bad. I'm hoping the fact that I have a pattern lock will at least prevent anyone from accessing my data.

My question is, do I have any options for tracking or data wipe after the fact? (I'm more interested in tracking.)

Note: I have read similar questions, but unless I'm mistaken, they all address the question in terms of preparation before losing the phone. I'm asking about fallback options *after* losing the phone.

# Answer
> 33 votes
You can install Plan B remotely to your phone via the Market's web interface. Plan B was made exactly for this, to get the location of your phone AFTER it has been stolen.

# Answer
> 5 votes
Android Lost is another app that you can install **after** your phone has been stolen.

Quote from the link:

> **No pre installation required**
> You didn't install AndroidLost on your phone? No problem! You can push the AndroidLost app to your phone from google market and initiate the connection to googles servers by sending an SMS with the message "androidlost register" to your phone.

# Answer
> 3 votes
Same situation here. However if you changed your account's password before installing Plan B and your phone was off, you still have a chance to get that app installed and trace it, at least it worked for me after changing it.

# Answer
> 3 votes
I'm surprised that no-one has suggested going to the play store / device manager and using the built-in tools for locking and erasing the device in question. Go here: https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager?hl=en&u=0

# Answer
> 2 votes
Whoever stole it probably turned it off. You should probably call your carrier if you know the IMEI.

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Tags: security, lost-phone
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# Question
Title: If the owner installs an app can a secondary profile use it?
It appears that in Lollipop secondary user profiles can no longer install APKs from unknown sources.

So, if I install an APK from the owner profile, can I give a secondary profile access to that app?

*Suggested tag: secondary-profile*

# Answer
Yes, as long as the user is a Restricted User. When you first create the user, you must choose "Restricted User". Then you can choose what apps the user can access (4.2 style).
> 0 votes

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, profiles, side-loading, unknown-sources
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title: I can't remove my lock screen

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# Question
Title: I can't remove my lock screen
I cannot disable lock screen. When I try to go to settings --\>security--\>screen lock the none option is not there it has just been disappeared. I have a nexus 5 with android 5.1 build number lrx2cc

# Answer
Try Factory resetting your phone.

Switch off the phone and power on by holding volume up key and power key at once,this will take you to other setting something like bios of the phone, hope you find something usefull there
> 0 votes

# Answer
I think this is a duplicate of How can I disable the screen lock password in lollipop?

Basically, you should be able to go to: Settings -\> Security -\> Deactivate Administrators. Then deactivate anything listed.

Next, go to: Settings -\> Security -\> Clear credentials.

It should work now.
> 0 votes

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Tags: nexus-5
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# Question
Title: How do you turn off the message indicator in Hangouts?
I don't want people to know when I saw their texts. Is there a way to turn the message indicator off?

# Answer
From google's site:

"Hangouts:

When chatting with someone who is using Hangouts, please keep in mind that you can't appear invisible on Hangouts.

When you set your Google Chat status to invisible, Hangouts users will see your profile picture without a green dot in their contact list, meaning that you may be idle or unavailable on your computer.

If you are signed in to Hangouts, you won’t be able to set your status to invisible."
> 1 votes

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Tags: google-hangouts
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title: Win8.1 doesn't see Android device?

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# Question
Title: Win8.1 doesn't see Android device?
Not sure why, but even though my Android is connected, charging, and set to Media Device mode, Win8 will not even notice it. Any advice? Ask any questions necessary.

It's an Moto X 2nd gen KitKat and I'm trying to connect it to a Win8.1 laptop. It doesn't have a slot for SD cards, and for some reason my cell provider isn't letting me update to Lolli.

Update: Just installed Motorola Device Manager, and nothing changed.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I believe your computer does not have the drivers needed to communicate with the phone. **It is like speaking german to an american, you do not understand what they are saying.**

First of all, You can search for your phone's drivers via google search. Trust me, i know what the problem is, this also happened to my Nexus 4.

It all should be good from their. If there are still problems, just PM me. Or you can tell me the device name. (ex. Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Nexus 5, OnePlus One, etc.) or if it is a generic phone. tell me.

EDIT: Search ADB Drivers on google. It is a universal driver, and its the one I used with my phone. If this doesn't work, then I don't know what.

MORE GOODNESS:

Also, I forgot to point out. You have to enable USB DEBUGGING on your phone. If you already have developer options enabled in settings, it should be there. **IF YOU DONT HAVE DEVELOPER OPTIONS UNLOCKED**, go to settings \> About Phone. And tap on the build number 5 times.

**IF YOU NOW HAVE DEV. OPTIONS**, go to settings \> developer options. And click on "Enable USB debugging"

Hope this works.

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, windows, usb-connection-mode, usb-drivers
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# Question
Title: How do I prevent the Browser and Dolphin HD from deleting old history entries?
So I've noticed that for both the default browser and for the Dolphin HD browser, all the history entries get deleted when you go beyond a certain number of pages visited. Does anyone know how I can prevent this from happening? I often do like to look at what I visited in the far past.

# Answer
## **Dolphin Settings**

Well, for starters, I'm looking at my own Dolphin Browser Settings page right now and under **Data** settings, you have the option to manually clear certain data types like *history* and *cookies* and also have the option to manually back the data up to your local or external (SD) storage disk.

## **Data Backup**

In addition, under **Sync** settings, you can actually backup an unlimited amount of your history, bookmarks, cookies, etc. to your Dolphin Connect Account (which you can connect to Google or other social services). So that may be an option you may want to look into, is data backup so you'll actually have access to unlimited amount of the data you use from any device you use Dolphin on, despite Dolphin's local limit.

## **Drawing The Line**

As far as I'm concerned (and someone, correct me if I'm wrong), at this stage I don't know that there is an option for you. The new Dolphin Browser doesn't have any limit so I'm not sure how much assistance any one of us will be knowing that Dolphin HD is an outdated version of Dolphin which is no longer supported.

The new Dolphin Browser can be found here.

Good luck and let me know if I can help any further! I'll continue looking in the meantime, but it is doubtful that I'd find much.
> 0 votes

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Tags: settings, browser, dolphin-browser
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title: Clear user session on profile change

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# Question
Title: Clear user session on profile change
My wife's company want to loan android tablets (Nexus 7's with 5.0 in the pilot) to clients for the duration of a consultation. Restricted profiles in lollypop make this more achievable. Question : is there a way when the client has finished to wipe his/her data automatically? Obviously an app would be ideal but writing something might work. The use cases are basically privacy (obviously) but also ensuring that users don't leave anything inappropriate for the next user.

I currently write java apps on unix but am a novice with android. Is it possible for instance to write something that listens for a profile change event? A restricted user "template" with allowed apps prepopulated so the user profile could be quickly deleted and recreated?

# Answer
I think Guest Mode is made exactly for this purpose: http://www.androidbeat.com/2015/01/activate-guest-mode-android-5-lollipop/

As far as I can tell, when you exit guest mode, it deletes any data/settings they have entered. The only downside is that you would need to reinstall any special apps you want clients to be able to use.
> 0 votes

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Tags: restricted-profiles
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# Question
Title: How to configure smartphone/tablet to have no data connection?
Before going on a trip overseas with no data plan, I need to check how well my Google Nexus 7 tablet works to geolocate me with just GPS + Glonass + GSM towers.

From experience, I know that just relying on GPS with no data connection pretty much doesn't work: Even after being outside in open skies for hours riding a bike, my GPS-only smartphone had a very hard time geolocating me, and wouldn't follow after it did, while it did work in just a few seconds when connecting to the Net through wifi.

So, I'd like to experiment while I'm still home: Is it possible to configure an Android device to have no data connection and only rely on other means to geolocate the user?

If needed, I don't mind moving to different ROMs such as CyanogenMod.

Thank you.

# Answer
> 3 votes
In theory, any GPS device should be able to decode ephemeris and almanac data from the raw GPS signal, without requiring a wireless connection. However, I know there are some Android devices that were engineered to supply this data only over a wireless connection. This is defined at the GPS chipset layer, and typically you can't find any documentation this - you have to actually try it out (or deep dive through online forums to find someone else who has). To my knowledge there is no way to change this by loading an alternate ROM such as pure AOSP or CyanogenMod, since they use the same underlying GPS drivers.

One way to test is to put your phone in Airplane Mode, turn GPS back on, and then use an app like GPSTest (disclaimer - I maintain that app) and the option to "Clear Aiding Data" to force the GPS back to a clean state. You'll then be able to see if it gets a fix without a network connection.

Alternately, you can put your phone in Airplane Mode, and reboot it, and then turn on GPS. This usually clears the assistance data and forces the phone to find a fix again.

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Tags: gps
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# Question
Title: Is it possible to use Gmail Android app without SSL?
I'm interested on using my email without SSL on my Android phone, yet I haven't been able to find the option to do it or to load the emails server without SSL.

I want to be sure it's not possible before giving up. Is it possible to use the Gmail app without SSL on Android?

# Answer
> 3 votes
Gmail has been HTTPS only since early 2014. Even if plaintext connections *were* still supported, it would be insecure. Gmail has fully supported HTTPS since it launched, so there was really never a reason to disable it anyway.

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Tags: gmail
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# Question
Title: Where is the apk file stored in android phones?
Where is the apk file stored when it is downloaded from 9apps? I can't find it.

# Answer
If you downloaded the apk from the internet like it sounds it would most likely be stored in your download folder.
> 1 votes

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Tags: apk
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title: Notification remain on home screen

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# Question
Title: Notification remain on home screen
I am using GFive Presdent Tango 7. Its showing notifications Like "Viber is denied to read sms" and "android.google.setting denied to read location".These notification appear on screen one by one .. and not disappear.

# Answer
This is because you have enabled App Permissions in Security Settings of your phone.

So for making it dissappear.Just go to Settings\>Security and disable App Permissions.

And one more those notifications where shown because your have denied accessing specific permission requested by the app before sometimes.

This is a security feature.If you want to enable it and still wanna get rid of it.Jz goto App permissions and select specific application for which you want to grant access specific permission.

Hope it answered the question.
> 0 votes

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Tags: android-emulator, android-versions, android-sdk
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# Question
Title: Photos/Media/Files and Full Network Access
Does anything stop an application with Photos/Media/Files and Other ("full network access" and "run at startup") permissions from simply uploading ALL of your photos and videos to some stupid server they control?

Is it access to store and read their own photos/files, or total access to everything on the phone? Does it matter if it's on an SD card or internal storage?

# Answer
If an app has access to your data *and* the Internet, there's actually nothing to keep it from doing such things indeed. But if it did, it probably won't go unnoticed (as it would use bandwidth for that, someone surely would have noticed). Which is one reason one should prefer apps already used by many people, and from a trustworthy source.
> 1 votes

# Answer
If your device is Android version 4.3 and 4.4 or above, Google introduced AppOps application permission manager functionality,You can control the way an app can access specific permissions like Internet,File read or write,Read gps locations,etc.

Just goto Setting\>Security and enable App permission.So each and everytime an application tries to access anything specified in its permission.And notification will be shown asking you to confirm access or jz deny it.

Hope it answered the question.
> 0 votes

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Tags: applications, security, permissions, file-permissions
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# Question
Title: How to remove radio from quick settings in Asus zenfone 4
When i bought my phone it had only 4 icons highlighted in green and some others which could be removed in and were highlighted in blue but suddenly the radio icon appeared and i am not able to remove it and I haven't even update any thing plz help

# Answer
> 0 votes
Open the toggles bar and on the top along with the settings button there will be an icon of pencil and a page tap that and quick settings menu will launch there will be two headings scroll down the first one and uncheck fm radio and select any thing else you want to

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Tags: settings
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# Question
Title: Asus memopad7 170C, unlocking bootloader fails
I'm trying too root my Asus memo pad 7 (170C), I've tried EVERY method, using KingoRoot, SuperOneClick, Frameroot, motochopper. None of them worked.

So I decided to do the rooting stuff myself, first I tried on Windows 8, the fastboot driver was not recognized, I installed the PdaNet, It recognizes the device now, the problem is when I run "fastboot oem unlock" or "fastboot oem unlock0x0b05" (ASUS VendorID), it returns : "**FAILED (remote: unknown OEM command)**"

I enter bootloader with "adb reboot bootloader" or by pressing Volume Up and Power.

I have also tried in Ubuntu 14.04, It doesn't even recognize the device in fastboot, and yes I run fastboot as root, still no chance :-( "fastboot devices" returns nothing, and "fastboot oem unlock" returns "Waiting for device"

I did run "usbls" command, and it was clear that the OS has recognized the tablet, but why the fastboot does not?

Here is some information of my specs: ASUS MemoPad 7 (170C) Windows 8.1 64bit AND/OR Ubuntu 14.04

Bootloader: DroidBoot Provision Os, DroidBoot Ver: WW\_MeMO\_Pad-11.2.3.28-20141230 IFWI Version: 64.25

PLEASE somebody save my life as I'm stuck with it for a very long time!

# Answer
Ok, I searched for it a lot, tried everything and here is the final solution:

The propper rooting tool for ASUS tablets that use a x86 processor is "RootZenFone", the old fashioned way "fastboot oem unlock" and replacing the the recovery with something else DOES NOT WORK (As the time being).

If you have bricked your tablet (as I did!) you can perform a full recovery by following the instructions in this page. (Remember to install the USB drivers, provided in the same page)

If you are encountering the "Unfortunately Asus Demo has stopped" over and over again (even after a full ROM recovery), you need to run the RootZenFone (I tried version RootZenFone-1.4.6r.apk and it worked) after a fresh ROM recovery (using the link I provided above).

And it's really important to remember to "Forget each WiFi network" And "Disable the WiFi". If you are getting "Unfortunately Asus Demo has stopped" error, you NEED to disconnect the USB cable before you proceed to root the device using RootZenFone.

Just follow the instructions and you are good to go :)
> 1 votes

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Tags: rooting, adb, bootloader, fastboot
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# Question
Title: How do I put a link to a screenshot on my homescreen?
I have a screenshot of my university timetable I want to be able to easily access on my Android phone. How can I create a link to this on my homescreen?

# Answer
You can try this widget : Photo Widget, which allows you to put images on your home screen. Or the application Evernote but it is a bit heavy for what you need however this app is very useful.

Hope this will help
> 2 votes

# Answer
Many devices (or their pre-installed launchers) already ship with a widget called "image frame" or similar, which is what I'd check first: Open your app drawer, and check for available widgets which have a name like that – then add it to your homwscreen (when found). It should ask you for an image to put into the "frame", and you should be able to select your time table.
> 1 votes

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Tags: screenshots
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# Question
Title: How to make Google Keyboard use word usage in predictions
I use the word "smash" a lot as a short version of Super Smash Bros. Yet, every time I try to type smash, Google Keyboard turns it into "snag". Doesn't Google Keyboard use word usage in word prediction? How do I turn it on?

P.S. I'm using the swipe feature.

# Answer
Go to settings \> Language & Input (or Language & Keyboard)

From there there are two settings, one is under keyboard \> word suggestions (and make your choice of preferences from the menu); the other is Personal dictionary (or User dictionary, depending on the phone). Click on Add and have at smashing!
> 0 votes

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Tags: keyboard, auto-correct
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title: moto G MTP not connected on windows XP

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# Question
Title: moto G MTP not connected on windows XP
My Moto G MTP is not working in windows xp for any files transfer from pc to device. I tested the same device on Windows 7 and ubuntu, and it worked like a charm . Does Windows XP needs any special drivers to detect the device MTP ?

# Answer
> 1 votes
The MTP driver was bundled with Windows Media Player 11 on Windows XP. To get Media Player 11, you must download it from the Microsoft site here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/download-windows-media-player

# Answer
> 0 votes
Well, I guess the drivers need to be installed, why don't you try connecting your PC with the internet and then try connection you device. If it still doesn't works then I couldn't say much about it but I think the problem may lies because Microsoft has take down support with the XP. So, I think that may be the reason behind !

# Answer
> 0 votes
You may try this:

1. Go to `Run` and type `gpedit.msc` and hit `OK`.
2. Go to `Administrative template` under `Computer Configuration`. Then `Custom Policy setting` and select `Click on Restrict Drives`.
3. Double-click on Disable USB Removable Drives .
4. Select Disable for Allow to USB Removable drives and click `OK`.

Now go to `Run` again and type `regdit` and hit `OK`.

1. Navigate to the following registry path: `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor`
2. Click on USBStor , then Click on Start in the Right Panel.
3. Type `3` in Value data Box , and click on `Hexadecimal` , then click ok

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Tags: mtp
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# Question
Title: Why does reinstalling an app sometimes work to fix problems?
It's not uncommon for people to recommend reinstalling an Android app if it isn't working properly. For example, see this post on this site.

Why does this sometimes work? What is goes wrong with the Android app installation that allows them to load and partially work, but not fully work as expected?

# Answer
It's not necessarily the installation process which goes wrong.

A file which is non-essential (a sound file for example) may have been corrupted for any number of reasons, and a simple re-install re-writes the corrupted file.

It's the same principle as with a computer application. An error pops up at a random time, yet the rest of the program still works.
> 1 votes

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Tags: applications, troubleshooting
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# Question
Title: I need to do a factory reset on my phone
I need to do a factory reset of my phone. I have the Alcatel one touch fierce 2 How and where do I back up my apps and data.

# Answer
> 0 votes
**Back Up Applications:**

* Tap "Apps" while on the home screen.
* Tap "Settings" and go to "Backup and reset".
* You need to be logged in to your Google account to back up your apps, so if necessary tap "Backup account" \> "Add account" and follow the on-screen prompts to sign in with, or create a new Google account.
* Mark the "Back up my data" check box.

**Restoring Apps:**

* Tap "Apps" from the home screen.
* Tap "Settings" and go to "Backup and reset".
* Sign in to the Google account you've used for backing up the apps. To do so, tap "Backup account" \> "Add account" and follow the on-screen instructions.
* Mark the "Automatic restore" check box.

**Backing Up Contacts:**

* Tap "Apps" from the home screen.
* Tap "Settings" and select the account to sync.
* Mark the "Contacts" check box.
* Press "Menu" and tap "Sync now".

**NOTE: Contacts will automatically be restored the next time you sign in with your Google account.**

**Backing Up Media Files:**

* Open the apps drawer and launch the "Photos" app.
* Press "Menu" and tap "Settings".
* Tap "Auto Backup".
* Tap the "Auto Backup" switch and set it to "ON".
* You need to be logged in to a Google account, so if necessary, tap "Backup account" \> "Add account" and follow the on-screen instructions to log in or create a Google backup account.
* Set the "Backup Storage" preferences as you desire. Set the "Backup Settings" preferences.
* To learn more about backing up media files using this method, tap "About Auto Backup".

**NOTE: Media files will be restored automatically after you sign in with the Google account used for the backup.**

**Alternatively, as Firelord correctly pointed out, you can use the Helium app or a MTP connection to back up your apps and data.**

**Factory Reset:**

* From the home screen, tap "Apps".
* Swipe to "Personal" and tap "Backup & reset".
* Scroll to "Personal Data" and tap "Factory data reset".
* Tap "Reset phone" \> "Erase everything".

**Source**

# Answer
> 0 votes
Super Backup can backup your apps, contacts, calendars, messages and call logs. If your phone is rooted, it can also backup your apps' data.

In terms of data, just plug your phone into your computer and copy paste everything you need.

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Tags: backup, factory-reset
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# Question
Title: Recovering google authenticator codes on a broken phone
So recently my galaxy s3's screen broke and I lost my Google authentactor app. I thought I had all the backup codes stored in my laptop but when I went to recover them I found out that one of my family members decided to go on a cleaning spree and deleted a bunch of files because they "didn't know what they for" So my question is there anyway to recover the codes off of my old phone?

# Answer
> 1 votes
You cannot recover codes from this app as it produces new ones every minute and doesn't provide **Backup codes** functionality. Perhaps, file recovery software might help you in recovering them from laptop but that's more like an opportunity lost here.

I always have my backup codes saved in a cloud in case any tragedy occurs.

# Answer
> 1 votes
you could flash a custom recovery to your phone such as Clockworkmod, reboot into recovery and from there you can use ADB to pull /data/data directory, in there would be the google authenticator app.

if you got another S3 you could flash a custom recovery and then push the /data/data directory(after installing the app again) and google authenticator would then work as it did on the old phone.

its possible to flash a custom recovery without a working screen as it uses the volume keys and the power button.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, google, google-authenticator
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title: Does ART run apps code natively

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# Question
Title: Does ART run apps code natively
Since the new ART runtime is compiling the apps AOT, I was wondering whether running an app still includes a virtual machine, or the code is executed directly on the system. I haven't been able to extract this information from articles around the web as some mention a virtual machine, where other talks about the apps being compiled to ELF files (to my knowledge, the binary format used by the Linux kernel suggesting that the apps are run natively).
Can anyone help me out on this?
BPou

# Answer
> 5 votes
Short story: yes, ART translates apps to code native to the actual phone's architecture and therefore apps execute natively without the need of a JIT compiler.

Long story: For reasons of compatibility, applications are still bundled in apks carrying the java code compiled into dex files. But instead of just optimizing the .dex code and executing it inside Dalvik VM (DVM), the code is compiled down to native code. This is done on the device using a tool called *dex2oat*, where oat files are embedded within the regular ELF file format.

The following figure depicts the difference between the usage of DVM and ART:

(Wikipedia: Diagram of the Android Run Time architecture, recreated from information published at A Closer Look at Android RunTime (ART) in Android L.)

The performance improvement comes from the fact that the DVM used JIT compilation each and every time an app is executed, while AOT compilation only happens at install time.

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, art
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title: How to report an bug in calculator

text:
# Question
Title: How to report an bug in calculator
How do I report a bug or actually an error in the calculator that comes with Android? The version of Android on my Tab4 is 4.4.2 and 4.1.2 on my Samsung phone. It is the modulus function -- '%'. For example on paper if you divide 24 by 7 you get a remainder of 3, which is the correct modulus. The Android calculator puts a 'x' after the '%' and in front of the number you are trying to mod by. You end up with a 1.68. The only way this could be correct is if the creators of the calculator had something else in mind for the modulus symbol, which probably shouldn't be done. Maybe use '%x' on the button would be more accurate.

# Answer
It is **not for modulo** , it is for percentage.

i.e. : if you consider 24 as 100% value and you want to find 7% of 24 then, **(24\*7)/100=1.68**
> 4 votes

# Answer
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list (you can report here and add it to the bug tracking list){{what you may need}}

MOST USER FRIENDLY https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.robotmedia.bugreporter (bug reporting app on google play)
> 3 votes

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Tags: applications, calculator
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# Question
Title: Enabling soft-keys navigation bar with custom ROM on Xolo A500S
I have Xolo A500S. I want to have navigation bars (soft-keys), but it does not work manually or by any app. Here is the `build.prop`.

```
# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=JDQ39
ro.build.display.id=Dark PureLolli By ACRD
ro.build.version.incremental=eng.root.1376978569
ro.custom.build.version=Dark Purelolli by ACRD TeaM
ro.build.version.sdk=17
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=5.0
ro.build.date=Sat Feb 22 22:51:08 WIB 2014
ro.build.date.utc=1376978866
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=root
ro.build.host=software
ro.build.tags=release-keys
ro.product.model=Y511
ro.product.brand=HUAWEI
ro.product.name=Y511
ro.product.device=HUAWEI
ro.product.board=Y511
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=Nexus
ro.product.locale.language=es
ro.product.locale.region=ES
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=Nexus
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=a101-user 4.4.2 JDQ39 eng.yiqinpan2.1384491559 test-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=alps/a101/a101:4.4.2/JDQ39/1384491559:user/test-keys
ro.build.flavor=
ro.build.characteristics=default
# end build properties

# begin mediatek build properties
ro.mediatek.version.release=ALPS.JB3.MP.V1.2
ro.mediatek.platform=MT6572
ro.mediatek.chip_ver=S01
ro.mediatek.version.branch=ALPS.JB3.MP
ro.mediatek.version.sdk=1
# end mediatek build properties
#
# system.prop for generic sdk
#

rild.libpath=/system/lib/mtk-ril.so
rild.libargs=-d /dev/ttyC0

# MTK, Infinity, 20090720 {
wifi.interface=wlan0
# MTK, Infinity, 20090720 }

# MTK, mtk03034, 20101210 {
ro.mediatek.wlan.wsc=1
# MTK, mtk03034 20101210}
# MTK, mtk03034, 20110318 {
ro.mediatek.wlan.p2p=1
# MTK, mtk03034 20110318}

# MTK, mtk03034, 20101213 {
mediatek.wlan.ctia=0
# MTK, mtk03034 20101213}

#
wifi.tethering.interface=ap0
#

ro.opengles.version=131072

wifi.direct.interface=p2p0
dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=128m
dalvik.vm.heapsize=256m

# USB MTP WHQL
ro.sys.usb.mtp.whql.enable=0

# Power off opt in IPO
sys.ipo.pwrdncap=2

ro.sys.usb.storage.type=mtp,mass_storage

# USB BICR function
ro.sys.usb.bicr=yes

# USB Charge only function
ro.sys.usb.charging.only=yes

# audio
ro.camera.sound.forced=0
ro.audio.silent=0

ro.zygote.preload.enable=0

# temporary enables NAV bar (soft keys)
# amoi:disable NAV bar
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1

ro.kernel.zio=38,108,105,16

# TimeZone China ,chenxc,2012-05-22
persist.sys.timezone=Europe/Moscow

# Boot,Shutdown ring on/off, luohw, 2013-01-21
persist.sys.ring_on_or_off=1

#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
persist.gemini.sim_num=2
ro.gemini.smart_sim_switch=false
ro.gemini.smart_3g_switch=1
ril.specific.sm_cause=0
bgw.current3gband=0
ril.external.md=0
ro.sf.hwrotation=0
ril.current.share_modem=2
curlockscreen=1
ro.mediatek.gemini_support=true
ro.operator.optr=OP02
ro.operator.spec=SPEC0200
ro.operator.seg=SEGA
persist.radio.fd.counter=15
persist.radio.fd.off.counter=5
persist.radio.fd.r8.counter=15
persist.radio.fd.off.r8.counter=5
persist.mtk.wcn.combo.chipid=-1
drm.service.enabled=true
fmradio.driver.enable=1
ril.first.md=1
ril.flightmode.poweroffMD=1
ril.telephony.mode=3
dalvik.vm.mtk-stack-trace-file=/data/anr/mtk_traces.txt
mediatek.wlan.chip=mediatek.wlan.module.postfix=_
ril.radiooff.poweroffMD=0
ro.config.ringtone=Themos.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound=Tejat.ogg
ro.config.alarm_alert=Oxygen.ogg
ro.setupwizard.mode=ENABLED
net.bt.name=Android
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

#Init.d for boot.img
sys.initd=1
sys.initd.loop=1

#Quality pictures 100%
ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100
camera/camcorder mods
ro.media.capture.maxres=8m
ro.media.capture.fast.fps=4
ro.media.capture.slow.fps=120
ro.media.capture.flash=led
ro.media.capture.flashMinV=3300000
ro.media.capture.torchIntensity=40
ro.media.capture.flashIntensity=70
ro.media.panorama.defres=3264x1840
ro.media.panorama.frameres=1280x720
ro.camcorder.videoModes=true
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
debug.sf.hw=1
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=8000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=8000000
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=10
ro.ril.hep=1
ro.ril.enable.dtm=0
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=8 (or 10,12,14) Still looking for more of these though.
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1
ro.ril.htcmaskw1.bitmask=4294967295
ro.ril.htcmaskw1=14449
ro.ril.hsupa.category=6

net.tcp.buffersize.default=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.wifi=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.umts=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.gprs=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.edge=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
# More free ram and apps load faster
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y

#Responsiveness scroll
windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=150

#Improving the quality of the microphone
ro.ril.enable.amr.wideband=1
ro.sf.lcd_density=200
#tweaks
ro.lolly.rom.name=Lolly Rom
ro.lolly.rom.version=v1.00

# Mejora el rendimiento de la bateria
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1
pm.sleep_mode=1
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180

#Mejora Bateria
echo "500" > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs
echo "1000" > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs

```

Please help.

# Answer
You can add this line to the end to fix it

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

It should enable it. I wouldn't understand why you would want soft keys, but there you go.

I would recommend you to use build prop editor in the play store. It backs up your build.prop before you do anything.
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# Question
Title: How to install carliv touch recovery on my MediaTek MT6572
I own a **spice mi 356** which have a dual core 1.0 ghz processor. It is a MediaTek device with MediaTek version **MT6572**. Now, my question is to *install carliv touch recovery(a clockworkmod based recovery)* on my device. I cant install CWM because my device doesnot support it. I found on google that any mtk device which is not supported by cwm can install carliv as it is based on cwm and easy to use. I studied many sites on google that had the way to install carliv but they were out of my mind. So can anybody clearly understand the steps to me. My device has gone into bootloop twice and I know if i have a backup, I can easily restore my device so please anybody help me. If you want some details, comment it. I will surely give it out.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Yes, it is possible. It is very easy to do so by following these steps.

First, you need to have your device rooted. If you have not rooted your phone yet, try to root it using Framaroot (Official XDA thread) , a one click rooting app that roots your phone, and installs the SU binary and the SuperSU app directly, without the need of plugging it into the PC. For rooting MediaTeK devices, try to apply the Boromir, Faramir and/or Barahir exploits. Download the latest version of the application here.

Next, you have to install ADB (Android Debug Bridge) drivers to your PC (Pdanet drivers will do). Note that computers with Windows 8 and/or 8.1 aren't recommended for installing unsigned drivers. I would recommend you to use Windows 7 or an earlier version of Windows instead.

Next, you need to download and install the "CWM Magic Create" program on to your PC. This program will install the ClockWorkMod-based Carliv Touch Recovery to your phone in a simple and easy way.

You need to have an USB data transfer wire to connect your smartphone to any of your computer's USB ports.

Next, you'll have to enable USB debugging to your device if you have not enabled it yet. Run the CWM Magic Create program and follow its steps accordingly to install Carliv Touch Recovery to your MediaTeK smartphone.

Good luck!

For more information regarding the process, the CWM Magic Create tool and the Pdanet drivers, visit this link.

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title: SMS-only to Data-only texting

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# Question
Title: SMS-only to Data-only texting
My wife has an unlimited SMS plan, but she doesn't have a data plan or access to WiFi. I have a data plan, and can receive unlimited SMS but I can't send them for free. We're both on Android. Is there a way for us to send/receive messages without me having to buy a text plan or her having to buy a data plan?

# Answer
If you are located in the USA, Google Voice with Hangouts app may be what you're looking for.

Your wife doesn't need to change anything, as she can text using her carrier's SMS plan. You will need to do the following:

1. Register for a new Google Voice number here using your Google account.
2. Install the Hangouts app on your phone.
3. Open the Hangouts app, and sign in with the same Google account you used in step 1.
4. In Hangouts app go to Settings -\> SMS, tap on "SMS Disabled" and enable the Hangouts app to be the default SMS app. This may be different depending on the Android OS version your phone is running. Refer to this site for more details for pre-4.4 instructions.
5. In the same Settings screen ensure the "Send SMS From" option is set to "Smart Reply".

Now if you open Hangouts and tap on your wife's contact, a new Conversation screen will open. On the bottom, to the left of the text entry area, tap on the green text icon and tap "More". This will bring up all the options, including "... (via SMS)" and "... (via Google Voice)". The "(via Google Voice)" is the option you want, as it will use your data plan instead of your carrier's SMS plan.

You're all set - your wife will only need to make sure that she texts you at your newly created Google Voice phone number, and not your cell number. Other than that, she can continue using her SMS plan, while you will be using the data plan, and avoid SMS charges.

Once again, Google Voice is currently only available in the USA, and does not support sending texts to international numbers.
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