# Question
Title: Apps crashing after updating Lenovo A2010 to Android 5.1 Lollipop
I updated my Lenovo A2010-a to the latest version (Android 5.1): I just clicked on a message that says "You have a new update. Update has downloaded and can be installed" then it opened a new window. On that window, I click on the button "install", then the phone rebooted and was updating (showing a green Android icon). The battery was in normal condition (not low). After that, the phone booted normally.

After updating, I have an error on all applications installed on my phone. Error for all applications in one separate window, one after one. With text like this (translated from Russian to English)

> Error in application "Google Keyboard"

What I can do to resolve that problem?

# Answer
In the end, I came to the Lenovo site and chose to chat with the tech support.

They say:

> You need to reset the phone to factory config.

That's all.
> 1 votes

# Answer
### Some background

While Lenovo suggested doing a (which always is the last-resort you get by support hotlines before they have you sent-in your device), this would have been easier to resolve (without data loss) – provided either your device is rooted, or you have a custom recovery available:

Whenever you switch to a different ROM, or upgrade/downgrade to a different Android version, it is recommended to wipe your cache and Dalvik/ART cache. Background is that different ROMs/Android-versions use different versions of the Dalvik/ART engine which might have (subtle or not-so-subtle) difference in structures – so when the "new version" accesses structures of the "previous version" which it doesn't understand, it leads to problems as described in the question.

For OTA updates provided "the official way", the responsibility to take care for that lies in the vicinity of the provider: Their update script(s) running on a level having access to both, and thus should take care to wipe cache as well as Dalvik/ART cache when needed (so blame them if they didn't).

If you flash a custom ROM, this task lies in *your* vicinity – as the "ROM cook" cannot know in advance if you're flashing it over a different ROM/version. Installation instructions for those custom ROMs usually include that step.

### TL;DR

If you happen to be in the situation as described in the question, but don't want to root your device or install a custom recovery, you can either perform a factory-reset (WARNING: all your data and the apps you've installed are lost then, so take care having a good at hand) – or you can **\*boot** (not install) a custom recovery once to wipe cache and Dalvik/ART. One recovery usually supporting that is :

There's a guide to *install* TWRP on the Lenovo A2010 which includes a link to download TWRP for this device (**Note:** I cannot vouch for the safety of those sites or integrity of the download – so better check yourself for a reliable source, or verify this one).

Once you have the TWRP image file, you also need the tool on your computer. Boot your device into mode, then run `fastboot boot twrp.img` (replace `twrp.img` with the name of the `.img` file you've got). Now your device will boot up into TWRP. Select to wipe cache and wipe Dalvik/ART, let it perform the action, then have it reboot normally. TWRP will be gone from your device, and everything should be "back to normal" – while no data have been lost.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I've just recovered from this issue by removing all updates of Google Play Services. The procedure is quite tricky, since "Application stopped working ..." messages keep popping up. But after you confirm about the first 20 popups, they pop up more slowly and it is somewhat possible to navigate through menus.

Open Settings from the device pull-down menu, select Applications -\> All -\> Google Play Services -\> Remove all updates (it may ask for deactivating device manager, confirm deactivation). Wait for the uninstallation to proceed, then long power button press -\> Reboot. Upon next boot you should see "Optimizing application x/n", it takes a while, but the phone should be usable again.

Then you should upgrade Google Play Services and reboot again to have a fresh version.
> 0 votes

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Tags: updates, 5.1-lollipop, ota-update, crashes, lenovo
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# Question
Title: Unable to sideload a file to One Plus One. What are my alternatives?
I have a oneplus one which had CM 13 installed on it. The recovery is TWRP. Last day I tried to install Kali Nethunter ROM on the same from recovery. However things got messy and the phone didn't boot. To make things worse, I by mistake wiped everything on the device.

So I now have A device with NO OS and NO Data.

Then I booted the device to recovery and tried to use sideload. However the device wasn't getting detected on my laptop. Following commands resulted no positive results.

```
adb devices [no devices connected]
adb push [failed]
adb sideload [failed]

```

Since the device is not even getting detected as an unknown device in the USB port, I tried installing the universal adb driver available. That also didn't help.

What could I be doing wrong?

# Answer
You can flash the phone in fastboot mode.

1. First you need to unlock the bootloader (if it wasn't done before):

* Power off your phone then boot into fastboot mode with **power button + volume up button**.
    * Connect your phone to your PC via usb cable.
    * Open a command prompt
    * Check your fastboot connection by issuing this command: `fastboot devices` *It should return your device serial number, if not you need to make sure your drivers are installed correctly*.
    * Once you've confirmed your fastboot connection issue this command:

fastboot oem unlock

*The device will now go through the automated unlocking process, just let it do its things*.

* Done

    2. Flashing thee Cyanogen OS Fastboot Images
    * Download the latest stock images
    * Reboot your device into Fastboot Mode (power + volume up) and connect your phone to your PC via usb cable.
    * Unzip the file you downloaded and put its contents into your fastboot folder.
    * Open a command prompt.
    * Issue these fastboot commands (Every line ends by hitting enter):

fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.mbn

fastboot flash dbi sdi.mbn

fastboot flash aboot emmc\_appsboot.mbn

fastboot flash rpm rpm.mbn

fastboot flash tz tz.mbn

fastboot flash LOGO logo.bin

fastboot flash oppostanvbk static\_nvbk.bin

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash cache cache.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata\_64G.img

or

```
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

```

(if you have the 16gb model)

* Reboot your device with this command:

fastboot reboot
* Done.

Let me know if something goea wrong.
> 0 votes

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Tags: rom-flashing, custom-roms, usb-drivers
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# Question
Title: Debugging an app from the Google Play Store?
Is it possible to use USB debugging on an app that is not yours, and was downloaded from the Google Play Store?

I don't really need any in-depth information, I just want to be able to see general errors that may be occurring.

I'm basically trying to debug a scrolling issue in my US Bank app on my own because their response is terrible, slow, and I've done redundant "troubleshooting" steps.

The phone I have is a Google Nexus 5 running Android 6.0.1, which is not rooted.

# Answer
On an unrooted phone you can enable the Android Debug Bridge. When the phone is connected to your PC and the smartphone is unlocked you can log in via `adb` from the PC and see the `logcat` output of the app you want to monitor.

If this is helpful for you depends on the app (some apps do log anything) and what you want to achieve.
> 2 votes

# Answer
I had a scrolling problem too. I factory reset the phone then reinstalled the us bank app then worked fine. I believe it was a config type error when transferring to the new phone. I have a Galaxy 3 android v6.
> -1 votes

# Answer
Let me get it to point directly, ***if u don't have the source code ,you cannot read the error log messages*** .
> -3 votes

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Tags: usb-debugging
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title: Naming a folder

text:
# Question
Title: Naming a folder
I recently bought a coolpad note 5. In CoolUI when I made a custom folder, there was no option of naming it. Means other already made folder had naming in them but when I tried to made a folder by myself &naming them then there was no option of naming it.

Here you can see that SYSAPP was made since the time I bought this smartphone Now I made a custom folder of my own (link given in comment sction)

This folder consist of 2 apps setting & coolmanager but you can see that no name is created & also when I click on the space next to SysAPP. Nothing happens. See it is like this on home screen

can anyone please tell me how to name a custom folder in coolpad note 5.

```
Specifications are
coolpad note 5
android version-6.0.1
Build number- V029

```

# Answer
Seems like your default launcher doesn't permit the renaming of folders.

The only way to do so is by installing a third party launcher.

I'd suggest you Nova Launcher.
> 0 votes

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Tags: applications, 6.0-marshmallow, screen, launcher
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title: Kingroot how to uninstall

text:
# Question
Title: Kingroot how to uninstall
I downloaded kingroot downloaded the root access and was working properly. I uninstalled it then again instsalled it (3 times). Now I have root access and now I want to remove it. I tried my old way ( uninstall kingroot from the settings in kingroot) but now it is showing error. I tried system cleaner apps. Those didnt work. Now what should I do to unroot. ( while rooting I didnt do anything other than installing kingroot I didnt unlock bootloader)

# Answer
You should be able to unroot your phone with SuperSU.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 5.1-lollipop, sony-xperia, sony-xperia-c3-dual
---


# Question
Title: How to factory reset my phone via my pc when i cannot get a start up logo on the screen on my phone
When I dropped my phone the screen showed some weird colours on upper right corner. I replaced the screen. Now by using the recommended three button sequence the led in upper left corner comes on for a few seconds as well as the home button and the other two lights up and then go out. I call the phone and it vibrates but screen remains black. Can I reset the phone using my PC? How can this be done when I cannot get any response from the screen OR is the mother board at fault?

# Answer
A factory reset won't do you any good. This is hardware damage somewhere else in the phone and it needs to be brought to an electronics repair shop or sent to the manufacturer.
> 1 votes

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Tags: samsung
---


# Question
Title: In Google Voice, do all SMS messages have to be transmitted via a data connection?
If someone is using Google Voice, do they need a data connection (cellular or WiFi) to be on in order to send/receive any SMS messages?

This seems to be a big limitation, as keeping data on all the time can really drain the device's battery (and can get expensive with all of Android's background data).

Also, signal strength for a functional data connection generally has to be stronger than the minimal signal required to send/receive traditional SMS messages. Inside buildings, it is commonly hard to get a data signal, but SMS messages can often still be transmitted/received.

# Answer
> 0 votes
If you are using the Google Voice or Hangouts app to send or receive messages using your Google Voice number, then yes it must have a working data connection, but it's data usage will be extremely minimal.

In Google Voice you can setup your SMS messages to forward to email or your actual carrier's SMS service if you prefer. You can replay from either email or carrier SMS via both methods as well.

# Answer
> -1 votes
**No**, if you're using Google Hangouts to send message then only it will use data(or when you're calling someone via Voip).

If you SMS to someone on your contact list(only phone no.) using hangouts app it'll use your service provider to send message.

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Tags: wi-fi, sms, data-connection, google-voice, cellular-radio
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# Question
Title: There is no System Updates when I go to About Phone, please help?
recently I bought YotaPhone 2 from Aliexpress, and I wanted to update its android which is currently version 4.4.3, and when I go to Settings and About Phone, the first thing from the top is Status, and there is no System Updates option, my phone's processor is Qualcomm MSM8974PRO-AA. please help me.

# Answer
The system updates differ from country to country or varies place to place. Same phone from one place may be provided with an update whereas same phone from another place cannot be updated. The reason for you not getting might just be this.

But please recheck :

According to GSM ARENA you phone can be updated to 5.0.

Also update is the must the flashing a custom rom is also an option.
> 0 votes

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Tags: applications, 4.4-kitkat, 5.0-lollipop, 6.0-marshmallow, updates
---


title: Restore Whatsapp

text:
# Question
Title: Restore Whatsapp
I have formatted my phone, but I made a Nandroid Backup before.

I then installed Whatsapp again, expecting it to download the chats from the cloud. It didn't. I then deleted Whatsapp and the newly generated /data/data/com.whatsapp, extracted it from the Nandroid Backup and put it on my phone, and reinstalled Whatsapp. However, it immediately crashes. It starts and just closes again.

If I copy back the newly generated com.whatsapp folder without my messages, it starts but my chats are gone. If I copy the folder from the backup, it doesn't even boot.

How do I get my chats back? Can I "mix" the working folder with just the msgstore.db from the old one? I don't want to mess more up ...

# Answer
> 2 votes
To restore WhatsApp's functionality, you need to uninstall and reinstall it again. Then, open a terminal and issue

```
su
ls -l /data/data/com.whatsapp

```

, noting down the content of the third and fourth columns. The third identifies the file **owner**, while the fourth is the **group**.

After that, restore your backup and, in a terminal, issue

```
su
chown -R <owner>.<group> /data/data/com.whatsapp

```

, replacing `<owner>` and `<group>` with the data you previously noted down. This procedure sets the correct ownership for WhatsApp data, letting you effectively restore your backup.

---

## Reason behind the failure

I was finally able to reproduce the issue.

Your phone has SELinux installed, and set in **Enforcing** mode. Now, SELinux is able to limit even the root user, and it does so by enforcing certain so-called **contexts**. The appropriate context for app data is **u:object\_r:app\_data\_file:s0**, while the context of the backup was **u:object\_r:system\_data\_file:s0**. This can be seen at line 13 of your log, which reads

```
02-22 11:38:10.673  7269  7269 W SharedPreferenc: type=1400 audit(0.0:909): avc: denied { read } for name="com.whatsapp_preferences.xml" dev=mmcblk0p12 ino=73372 scontext=u:r:untrusted_app:s0:c512,c768 tcontext=u:object_r:system_data_file:s0 tclass=file permissive=0

```

(`tcontext` is the file's context).

Basically, SELinux denied WhatsApp the right to operate any changes under **/data/data/com.whatsapp** despite ownership and permissions, because the app isn't allowed to edit anything belonging to the abovementioned tcontext.

---
Tags: backup, whatsapp-messenger, twrp
---


# Question
Title: How to add devices to the LineageOS github repo?
My phone isn't currently supported by lineage, and many other phones that either my friends or I have. So I would like to know, how to add a new device tree and kernel for any self-builder to use out there.

# Answer
> 2 votes
First, you need to visit the Community page of LineageOS, which will guide you on how to contribute to LineageOS. If you are a developer, then this page will send you to Gerrit to do online code reviews about LineageOS.

Once you are familiar enough with how LineageOS works, you can actually go to GitHub and contribute until you are confident enough to ask to be a member of LineageOS' team.

Then, you can create a new repo under LineageOS' name which will use the codename of the device you want to add and start developing on it.

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Tags: custom-roms, kernel, lineageos, builds
---


title: No "None" Option For Lockcreen

text:
# Question
Title: No "None" Option For Lockcreen
When I go to disable my lockscreen, there is no "none" option. This is really annoying as I am unable to get a custom lockscreen with the stock lockscreen overlapping with it. I've looked through multiple forums and tried all the suggested solutions but they don't work. The none option isn't even greyed out like people have reported, it's just not there. I'm running android 6.0.1 on an LG X Power.

Click image for larger version

# Answer
Use this video as it seems exactly like your problem, try it then comment if it works https://www.youtube.com/embed/LV\_7APlAvvc

So, basically what you need to do is :-

1. Go to settings and remove your pin/passwords if you have any.
2. Go to \`settings\>security' and at the bottom of the page you should see "clear credentials" tap on it and clear your credentials.

3 Now go back to lock screen settings settings and you should see the "None" option waiting there or you.
> 0 votes

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Tags: lock-screens
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# Question
Title: Change File System of Internal Storage to EXT4
I have an Ainol tablet Novo 7, which has 16GB internal storage in FAT32 format. Due to the file system restriction, it can accept up to 4GB file size only. How can I format the internal storage to EXT4, which I can put bigger files inside?

Can't use MicroSD, as the slot is damaged / broken.

# Answer
> 3 votes
1. Install twrp recovery (google it)
2. Boot into recovery
3. Go to wipe -\> advance wipe -\> select the system partition -\> change file system -\> select ext4 format
4. Done

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Tags: file-system, ext4
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# Question
Title: Android 6 Home screen sweep right (stock)
(in stock Android, no any UI gadgets installed)

At home screen I can sweep to right direction
(screens right of home screen) and more screens appear to put my icons...

In old versions of Android I could also sweep to left direction
to put icons... but now appears a google search screen...

How can I configure Android get the old behavior...
same as saying... sweep to left and appears a empty screen to put my icons...

Thx

# Answer
That's how Google Launcher is intended to work, so if you wish to swipe left/right to have available screens for widgets and icons, you'll want a third-party launcher to do that.
> 0 votes

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Tags: screen, home-screen-shortcuts, home-screen
---


# Question
Title: Is the Android default calendar open source?
I did a little of research and found nothing.

# Answer
All Android git repos are here https://android.googlesource.com and the Calendar one is here: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Calendar keep in mind that this is the stock AOSP calendar, not the Google Calendar however they function the same. Here is another open source calendar: https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar that is probably closer to Google's implementation rather than the AOSP one.
> 2 votes

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Tags: calendar, open-source
---


# Question
Title: My yu Yureka is bricked now I tried installing nougat with cm-14 but there is a error being displayed while installing cm 14 (comparing tz version)?
error 7 looks like the both the firmware's are not compatible(googled). now the only solution available online was to flash with twrp recovery which needed the phone to start which is not possible for me. P.S currently i have installed CWM recovery i have attached a picture or the error.

so is there any other easier solution to this problem? can you please also mention the steps? thanks

# Answer
> 0 votes
The error

> Comparing TZ version TZ.BF.3.0.R2-00034 to TZ.BF.2.5.2-00005
>
> assert failed: cm.verify\_trustzone("TZ.BF.3.0.R2-00034") == "1"

is quite obvious: it means this ROM requires a new version of TrustZone. You will not be able to install anything sufficiently new until you update that.

Such base components can be upgraded via flashing a factory firmware. For Yureka, the latest Cyngn offers is Cyanogen OS 12.1. Flash it via fastboot using the guide offered on YU's forum. After that, flash a custom recovery again, then finally load the custom ROM you wanted.

Additionally, I have downloaded the package and verified that it does have the TZ component inside:

... and the version is right:

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Tags: cyanogenmod, 4.4-kitkat, rooting, root-access, 7.0-nougat
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title: My phone uses excessive data 0

text:
# Question
Title: My phone uses excessive data 0
I have a sansung s7. It is gobbling up data. I've disabled as many programs as i dare from running in the background but no help. Is there anything i can do about it?

# Answer
That's not good to hear! If your Samsung S7 Edge is rooted then I would suggest running an application such as AFWall+ and setting custom rules to block applications communicating to web-servers etc.

You did not mention how much data you have to play with, but you could go ahead and install an application such as 3G Watchdog to view what applications are using an excessive amount of data. (This can also be viewed in `Settings --> Data`)

I would suggest you ensure your accounts are not set to sync frequently, and that apps are not updating over 4G.

Lastly if that all does not help, here are some good forums:

Android Authority - Android OS destroying my Data!

Samsung Forum - OS Application using extensive data

Reddit - S7 Edge using heaps of data

All the best.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Try disabling background data and also stopping sync services like photo backup. Sometimes cloud storage services provide the option of keeping the cloud files on the device. Which means if this facility is on, any large file may be downloaded to you device from the server to keep sync.
> 0 votes

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Tags: mobile-data
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title: How to set a blank property

text:
# Question
Title: How to set a blank property
I'm trying to configure Android M

I would like to set erase a persistent property like

```
getprop | grep dhcp
.../...
[dhcp.wlan0.domain]: [acme.com]
.../..

```

I would like this property became like this :

```
[dhcp.wlan0.domain]: []

```

I tried the `setprop` command with a blank argument and I got an error message :

```
 setprop dhcp.wlan0.domain
usage: setprop NAME VALUE

Sets an Android system property.

setprop: Need 2 arguments

```

I tried `[]` as argument and the property has been changed like this :

```
 [dhcp.wlan0.domain]: [[]]

```

I believe this last property is occurring error

Thanks for you help

# Answer
> 2 votes
To pass an empty value, you need to pass an "empty string" – which is usually specified by two quote marks with nothing between them. For your specific command this would look like

```
setprop dhcp.wlan0.domain ""

```

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Tags: 6.0-marshmallow, settings
---


# Question
Title: Delete pre installed apps under oem/apps folder?
I have already rooted my android tablet. I am able to access internal system locations e.g. data/data/com.example.src.

However, I am unable to delete aps's under oem/apps folder. I have already tried "RootAppDelete" app to uninstall thses apps, but this app says it has no root access. But the data/data/packagename location only becomes accessable after rooting the device, and as I mentioned above I am able to access this location.

Can someone tell me how to delete apk's under oem/apps folder?

# Answer
give the root permissions to the RootAppDelete app from the superuser app.

and I would recommend you to use titanium backup to delete pre installed app
> 1 votes

# Answer
it's not that easy to remove those apps. I would suggest installing a custom ROM like Cyanogenmod (that's what I did myself). You might have some problems with apps that do not work under that custom ROM and there is no way back...

I assume that you want to use google play store therefore the "google apps" come by default included in this proprietary package.

I have found a script for doing what you want to do, it didn't work for myself and I ended up using a custom ROM try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307355 it is a script which you can modify, you need a rooted device and cwm or twrp
> 0 votes

# Answer
You have to do this : Click file or folder \> right click\>change permission After has change then delete file that you want it
> 0 votes

# Answer
If you've Superuser, make sure it is giving the app superuser privileges. I used this app: System App Remover Pro v3.0.1035 (com.jumobile.manager.systemapp.pro)
> -1 votes

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Tags: root-access, system-apps
---


# Question
Title: With a rooted mobile ,Can I free up some internal storage (ROM) after delete some google apps from system
With a rooted mobile ,Can I free up some internal storage (ROM) after delete some google apps from system. After deleted that's apps is there any problem to other google apps like play store, google ply games and other apps in my system ? . is there any problem to my phone or system ?

# Answer
No. Deleting apps from the system does NOT free up usable space. System applications are stored in the /system partition which is not usable space to the user, you will not gain any usable space this way.
> 2 votes

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Tags: 5.1-lollipop
---


title: A Daydream of OnePlus 3T

text:
# Question
Title: A Daydream of OnePlus 3T
According to Carl Pei (OnePlus CEO) are there no plans to add support for Google's Daydream VR platform to there latest smartphone, the OnePlus 3T.

So my question is, is the OnePlus 3T nevertheless capable of running the Daydream VR Environment (App & Controller) without hacks?

*There is a hack for the OnePlus 3, which involves rooting and side-loading, which i would really want to avoid.*

# Answer
> 2 votes
Without One Plus guys adding support there will be no direct way to do this. however rooting is one of the ways but I would prefer not to do so.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Supposedly the hack for O+3 (2 extra XML config lines) should work for O+3t as well. Rooting + side loading part: How to flash and root OnePlus 3T on Linux?

---

I managed to get it working during the summer, but during the fall the hack stopped working after an OS update :(.

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Tags: oneplus-3, oxygenos
---


# Question
Title: How do I set up Slack to send notifications to my Android phone?
I must have missed something, but I can't get push notifications working for the Slack app on my Android phone.

In the settings of the app, I've set the *Send me push notifications for* option to *Activity of any kind*, with a *Push timing* of *As quickly as possible*. I also deactivated the *Do not disturb* feature just to be sure.

The Slack app is authorized to send me notifications in the OS settings.

What did I forget? Is there a hidden option in the Slack web application that I'm not aware of?

# Answer
> 1 votes
It is a Huawei related issue. The OS is configured to optimize battery use, and therefore forbids Slack to run when the phone is deactivated. For a reason I don't know, some applications are, as soon as they are installed, allowed to run in the background, that's why I got notifications from them (facebook, gmail, whatsapp, snapchat, etc.)

Here is a copy/paste of the procedure to fix the issue (source) :

**Step 1**: Go to settings --\> advanced settings --\> battery manager --\> protected apps, then find the app you want to see notifications from, and protect it. This is "whitelisting" the app so Huawei's overeager software doesn't shut it down for no reason.

**Step 2**: Go to settings --\> apps --\> advanced --\> ignore battery optimizations, then find the app and ignore it. Don't be tricked by the misleading wording, "ignoring" the app actually means to let it run, because you're telling the battery optimization function, aka Doze, to "ignore" that app.

# Answer
> 1 votes
You might have different settings for each channel, so that the channel you are testing with, does not send mobile notifications.

With a channel selected in the sidebar, click the Notifications icon (the bell), and check the settings for the channel you are viewing:

In the *Mobile push notifications* section, make sure you have not selected *Nothing*. And make sure you have not checked the *Mute this channel* option:

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Tags: notifications
---


# Question
Title: Where to find "adb" version 1.0.32 to install on Ubuntu?
My laptop has Ubuntu 14.04 as OS. I installed latest version of "android-adb-tools" available in "Synaptic Package Manager". After installation, `adb` command `--help` says that `adb`'s version is **1.0.31**.

I used `adb sideload` to install a new ROM on my Samsung device (with TWRP version 2.8.4.0 as recovery), but command returns `error: protocol fault (no status)` and TWRP says that I have to use `adb` with version **1.0.32** or higher! Where i could find "android-adb-tools" package with `adb` version of 1.0.32 or higher?

# Answer
> 7 votes
Download and untar

https://skia.googlesource.com/skia/+archive/cd048d18e0b81338c1a04b9749a00444597df394/platform\_tools/android/bin/linux.tar.gz

After this, just copy the extracted executable "adb" over old one in /usr/bin.

# Answer
> 3 votes
You should download the Android SDK and use it to install the Android SDK Tools, which includes `adb` and `fastboot`.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Uninstall old adb. Get this,

https://packages.debian.org/sid/android-tools-adb

Install android-tools-adb and its dependencies manually from the above link, (sudo dpkg -i xxxxxxx.deb)

This will install adb with version 1.0.32 . Hope this helps.

# Answer
> 0 votes
The other option is to install a recovery that doesn't require the new version of adb. I install CWM and was able to get around it this way.

# Answer
> 0 votes
If you are running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu, you need to install some 32-bit libraries with the following command:

```
$ sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386

```

Then install adb and fastboot:

```
$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot

```

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Tags: adb, linux, twrp, side-loading
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title: Locate a lost phone that is being used

text:
# Question
Title: Locate a lost phone that is being used
My android cell phone was lost an year ago. But I can see someone has started using it, and that person has not yet removed my email ID. I am looking for a way to turn ON the location services of the device to get the approximate location of the phone. Is there any way to turn ON the location services of the device remotely?

I thought of using OLA can app. But it is too heavy, I am looking for a light weight app available on play store.

# Answer
Maybe Android Device Manager could be helpful.

I hope it can help you.
> -1 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, gps, geolocation, gps-tracking
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# Question
Title: I can't see my device in Android adb list
I have `LG G3` with `android 5.0 lollipop` and I want to connect it to my laptop with `windows 8.1` OS (For using unity remote).

When I connect my phone I can access to storage but `I can't see my device in adb.exe`. I tried many solution like this and this but nothing work for me.

For now in developer mode I checked these:

* Stay awake
* USB debugging
* Allow mock locations

And I installed the driver from lg website. This is output for `adb usb` command:

```
shell@g3:/ $ adb usb
adb usb
error: device not found

```

Actually I really confused because I think it recognize my device and show `g3` name but I don't know why it can't show my device name in attached device!!!

This is windows command prompt screenshot:

Without lg driver installed, my device in device manager is like image below and when I try to update the driver using `Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver` it say: `Windows could not find driver software for your device`

And when I install lg driver, my device is like image below and again i can't update driver and it say: `Windows has determine the driver software for your device is up to date`

# Answer
> 4 votes
Go to Settings--\>Storage--\>Menu(3 dots in the corner) and tap USB computer connection. When there, make sure MTP and PTP are both unchecked.

# Answer
> 2 votes
I had a hard time getting this to work with my LG G3 on Windows 10. Here's what worked for me:

1. Uninstalled the LG USB Driver.
2. Installed the Universal ADB Driver. (Thanks, @Lucia!)
3. Restarted my computer.
4. Plugged in my phone, went to device manager, and installed it manually as an "Android Composite ADB Interface".
5. Switched the USB connection type on my phone from "MTP" to "PTP".
6. Allowed USB debugging on my phone.

Success!

*Note: Some of these steps may not be necessary, for example, just switching to PTP might work just fine, but I'm documenting what eventually did work for me, and I didn't want to take the time to experiment because if it ain't broke, don't fix it. :)*

# Answer
> 1 votes
I was facing this problem for two days, and I solved installing the USB driver for my phone LG G3 on my Mac Yosemite. I downloaded the file LGMobileMacDriver\_v5.0.zip and installed it and than `adb devices` just worked.

Before anything, just confirm that debug option are enable.

You can try to install the USB driver of your phone, maybe it'll help. Download Location for Driver http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-LGD850

Best,

# Answer
> 1 votes
On windows I had to install this software: http://www.koushikdutta.com/post/universal-adb-driver After the installation android studio started recognizing my phone.

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Tags: adb, usb-connection-mode, usb-debugging, usb-drivers
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# Question
Title: Can't check 'Phone Audio' setting for a Bluetooth headset
Somehow, suddenly I can't hear phone calls with my Bluetooth headset - I don't know what happened.

I tried to check the *Phone Audio* option under the device's 'Use for' settings, but it is impossible! It can't be checked.

# Answer
I found this fix/workaround: Go to Settings, then Bluetooth. Turn off the Bluetooth and the screen should show a link for the scanner settings. Click the link to turn off "Bluetooth scanning." Then it works...

I copied it from here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/v3\_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/MotoG4thGen/thread-id/16482/page/4
> 53 votes

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Tags: bluetooth
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# Question
Title: How to revert Androidone X510 to Lollipop
I am making use of Androidone, Model:X510 Version: 5.1.1

Recently, my phone received a system update, so I installed the system update, and my device upgraded to Android Marshmallow 6.0.

After this update, I started having problems with most of my apps. These apps have refused to run. For example, I installed Modern Combat 4, but after the update, the game doesn't display, it just shows a pink screen.

I have tried everything I could, but I am still having this problem, and there is no way I can contact the manufacturer, because the phone is made by Google.

My main question is this—

How do I uninstall this new update of 6.0, and return my device to its former stage, which is 5.1.1?

Thank you.

# Answer
I'll try to help you, maybe it's not relevant to your answer (but I think it's kinda). So, yesterday I've got a little problem too when try to installing Modern Combat 4 on my lollipop device. I downloaded the Modern Combat 4 from this link http://apksaurus.com/modern-combat-4-android-apkdata-download.html

Unfortunately, Modern Combat 4 isn't working normally on Lollipop device, yeah the model will become a pinky object like this.

>

And then I'm doing a quick search on Google just want to know how to fix this, and voila. Maybe you can try this **youtube.com/watch?v=m7qj16vnutM** To be noted, it's not a promotion, that's not even my YouTube channel nor video, I just want to say that if you want to play this game on your 6.0 device, you can.
> 0 votes

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Tags: android-versions, android-device-manager, android-sdk
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# Question
Title: Unknown error code during application install: "920" while installing Google Keyboard
Unknown error code during application install: "920" while installing Google Keyboard on Android ver. 4.0.4

# Answer
> 5 votes
Possible solutions:

* **Clear the cache *several times*.** `Settings > Apps > All > Google Play Store: Force Stop, Clear Data, Clear Cache`
* **Re-add Google account.** `Settings > Accounts > Google > Click on your Gmail email address > Remove account`. Then, add it again.
* **Restart Wi-Fi connection.** Turn off Wi-Fi on your phone, and reconnect.

Sources:

# Answer
> 4 votes
**Error 920 seems to be a server-side error. Just wait 10-15 minutes and try again.** This appears to happen most often if you download a bunch of apps from Google Play at once (like after you wipe your device).

I tried clearing my Google Play Store data and cache, restarting wifi, and rebooting to no avail. (I didn't try to remove and re-add my Google account, because that seemed too annoying.)

Source: https://plus.google.com/+ArtemRussakovskii/posts/H82TA6h8YQA and experience.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Could be because you added a new google account to your device. It should be resolved in a max of 30 min. If that doesn't work you can try clearing Play Store app data and cache.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I cleared my data in WhatsApp and it worked for me.

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Tags: google-play-store, updates, settings
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# Question
Title: Where is the IMEI located on a Motorola phone?
I have two motorola phones - One that I fastboot erase all'd 'accidently' and lost £300, so I was wondering if I could just transfer the IMEI from one phone to another?

# Answer
> 0 votes
No, you can not move one IMEI to another phone. That number is a lot like MAC address of every device that we use now a days. In theory, and with the help of root. Yes you can change the IMEI. However, that is alot of work.

The IMEI is unique to each phone and is how the authorities can help locate missing phones or even in many cases missing persons.

As for where you might find it. Look in your battery bay. or on the covers. if you have any of the documentation or even the box still.. you can also locate them there.

# Answer
> -1 votes
You can reset or change your IMEI number without rooting your android phone.

Just follow this tutorial -\> http://crazytechtricks.com/change-imei-number-android-mobile-phone-without-rooting/

Note: But, The risk is yours. There may be anything gonna happen.

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Tags: imei, motorola
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title: How to Emulate hardware menu button

text:
# Question
Title: How to Emulate hardware menu button
I have the Sound Manager app . The app dates back to Android 2.2 and needs a hardware menu button press to launch its menu .

Can I emulate the hardware menu button on my KitKat 4.4 device , so that I can see the menu?

# Answer
> 0 votes
On my Samsung SM-J100H (Android KitKat 4.4.4), I can get the effect I want with a *long press on the App Switch hardware button*. I tested it in two apps:

On Sound Manager app, the menu slides out from the bottom of the screen.

On the Stack Exchange app, an 'Ask Question' button pops up across the bottom of the screen (but only in portrait orientation.)

# Answer
> 1 votes
Apps that could either customize the navigation bar or generate another way of navigation would get it done; however, I've yet to seen one emulating MENU key without requiring root permissions.

LMT Launcher is the app of this type I've been using - it hides a pie-shaped control tray into the edge(s) of your screen that you can activate by swiping from the edge, and contains not just regular navigation keys like BACK, HOME, MENU but also custom keypresses (e.g. POWER) and actions.

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Tags: vanilla-ui
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title: Google Maps Navigation Icons

text:
# Question
Title: Google Maps Navigation Icons
I'm trying to get hold of the icons used in the step-by-step view of Google Maps

I've extracted the APK from my device and scoured through the drawables folders etc but cannot find them anywhere. They are also not listed on the Material Design Icons webpage.

Does anyone know where they are stored?

# Answer
Although not exactly what I was after, I have found a way I can get hold of them for now.

Stupidly, I didn't even think to have a play with desktop Maps. I followed the image URL for an icon when using directions on the desktop app which gave me a PNG with, what seems to be, all of the icons - maneuvers-2x.png

May be of use to anyone else interested
> 1 votes

# Answer
I have no idea where they are stored but below are sources to obtain

Google Navigation Icons has some them. See material design navigation icons on GitHub\- perhaps this is what you are looking for

For other icons

Google Earth/Maps Icons has

> a useful cheat sheet showing all the standard icons to use in Google Earth, Google Maps, and other map related applications. All icons are PNG images and include standard symbols for weather, highway, roads, numbers, arrows, etc.

**Source: Google Product Forum**
> 0 votes

# Answer
I am not sure this answers directly the question, but it can help. Actually, I think you asked two questions.

**1. How to get hold of the icons?**

The JavaScript API can get hold of the *maneuver icons* for specific directions. See the links below. I do not know if this will provide a straightforward access to each icon, but in the worst case you might get them by "brute force", by requesting directions that you know the icons they will get (perhaps one at a time).

a. Google Directions API question has very useful info.

b. This answer to Google Maps v3 Direction Icons is probably the most useful.

c. This answer to Get between streets in Google Maps.

d. This is also interesting.

**2. Where are they stored?**

The location you are looking for is apparently not yet documented. See for instance this. One place to get them is tt3.png (similar to what you found).
> 0 votes

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Tags: google-maps, google-maps-navigation, app-icons, icon-packs
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# Question
Title: Is there a music player that supports play counts and smart playlists?
I'm looking for a music player for Android that supports smart playlists and play count metadata like the iPod and iTunes. Ideally I'd like something that:

* Keeps track of statistics like last played, play count, last skipped, etc.
* Allows rating of songs from Android.
* Supports smart playlists that are live updating (for example, if I have a smart playlist to match all songs I haven't played in a month, and I play a song from it, the played song drops off the playlist **without having to sync back with my PC** since it no longer matches that criteria).
* Is supported by a desktop PC media management application such that these statistics are synchronized back to the PC. (I'm open to switching, so as long as it's supported by a stable, relatively featured desktop app, I don't care which).

I've tried the stock music player, which doesn't support any of these (to my knowledge), and doubleTwist, which supports ratings but doesn't support smart playlists or play counts yet.

# Answer
iSyncr does this. They also do wireless sync. lifehacker article

Unfortunately (for me at least) it uses iTunes and I hate iTunes, but it does work. I think I hated iTunes so much I bought an Android to avoid it, but now have to use it anyway because of the smart playlists. It is the only thing I've found that keeps smart playlists, playcounts, and ratings updated. Everything you said you wanted. Plus you already use iTunes and seem to not hate it.

I think iSyncr could work for you. :)

You should be able to use the stock music player, MixZing, or a half dozen other popular other android players in combination with the sync app which pushes playcounts and ratings to iTunes.
> 7 votes

# Answer
I haven't looked into it much, but perhaps you should check out Winamp. They have an android player in beta now that supports wireless and USB synchronization to a PC that is also running Winamp.

The App is currently not available on PlayStore. You can download the apk from the official Winamp forums and download the app under the Android category,

Download WinAmp Page
> 1 votes

# Answer
Nobody mentioned PlayerPro Music Player \- which does exactly what you need.

Here's the related PlayStore description,

> Music stats and SMART PLAYLISTS: Recently added, Top rated, Most played, Recently played, Least played. Build additional custom playlists using the SMART PLAYLIST EDITOR and the many different criteria it offers: album, artist, genre, title, play/skip count, last played/added, rating, is a podcast, duration, year, file path etc. All smart playlists are AUTO-UPDATED.

There's also a 10-day trial version of this app available on PlayStore, if you want to try out the features,

PlayerPro Music Player Trial.

***Note:*** *The Pro version is standalone. Please uninstall the trial version after purchase.*
> 1 votes

# Answer
MixZing Music Player, I believe, does both. At the very least, it supports "semi-smart" playlists generated according to your rating tracks.
> 0 votes

# Answer
A commonly recommended app for this is DoubleTwist. Along with the desktop app it will let you import any iTunes playlists, counts, etc. as well.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I will only say that the Winamp player has 'Rating' from android in their 'to-do' list. I'm hopeful for this.

I will second the op's criteria for what I'm looking for in Android. At this point, I think Winamp has the potential for really being the iPod/iTunes combo killer. To make all of the above happen somewhat flawlessly, there needs to be a true "library" type sync, and not this reliance on the last.fm scrobbling. If it can keep a small version of a library on the phone, and use THAT to sync up to the main computer, it could be AMAZING.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Rocket Player Pro does that exactly.
> -3 votes

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Tags: applications, sync, media-player
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# Question
Title: Galaxy S5 screen won't turn on, how to factory reset with Odin?
So, my mom has had a Galaxy S5 phone for awhile, but I went into her room today and found her old Galaxy S5. She claims it's not working properly, so I offered to try and fix it. I spent a few minutes messing with the phone and I noticed that I could not get the screen to turn on, but the phone vibrates when I plug it in, and my PC makes the device connected sound. I'd like to know how to reset the phone to factory settings, but also flash a custom ROM onto it. (In this case, I want to flash Resurrection Remix) My mom will be okay with this since she doesn't use the phone I'm trying to work with anymore. The phone is of the AT&T variant.

Edit: I asked my mom about the screen problem. She stated that the top of the screen started to dim and within 48 hours the screen wouldn't turn on at all.

# Answer
**Follow this guide for restoring stock rom**

https://www.idroidspace.com/official-stock-rom-for-samsung-galaxy-s5/

**Follow this guide to install TWRP which is a custom recovery which is needed to install any custom rom.**

http://www.droidviews.com/install-twrp-recovery-samsung-galaxy-s5/
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-5, att
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# Question
Title: Using your smartphone as Laptop and Desktop with a DisplayLink-Setup (with S7 for example)
I want to buy an Samsung S7, but I also want to use it as a laptop and desktop replacement. What I have in mind is a workflow like seen in this youtube video. After some researching how this could be done with the S7 I found out that it hasn't MHL (which might be problematic), and that what is done in the video might not work. Luckily I came across the DisplayLink technology.

So I want to buy a compatible docking station, for example this one. And as I read with USB OTG the phone could not charged I would use a wireless charger. Then some mouse and keyboard (bluetooth or usb with the docking station) and I would be happy. Also I would buy me a portable display and a power bank.

But before I go and buy it, has anybody experience with such a setup? I find it rather difficult to find information on these setups. I found this post here, but it is from 2011 and so not very up to date. So will this setup work? What solutions have you guys for such a setup?

If it might not work, or might be problematic, please feel free to offer alternative solutions, also suggesting different phones, as despite the S7 is my favorite up to now I am still open for other options that do what I want them to do.

EDIT: At the end of this post a user confirms that the Lenovo's DisplayLink (AN9017A1) works with the S7.

# Answer
> 3 votes
Not having MHL is not problematic.
Most recent Android phone will be able to act as host and therefore talk with a docking station with DisplayLink technology inside.
You simply need the app and an OTG cable. You are correct that the USB standard, until Type-C, only allows a device to be charged, not the host. However, some phones do charge whilst being host. They are not compliant, but in this case it may help you! It means you can find non-compliant cables to do that, which may not work with your phone model.
Android stock only allows you to have 1 external display in mirror/clone. The mouse is handled on one display properly. Android stock does **not** allow you to have an extended desktop because the launchers need to be modified to ask where to launch the app, and the mouse pointer also needs to be handled. DisplayLink, my current employer, has shown it is possible by modifying the launcher/OS. It just needs a manufacturer to embed that in their image...
Here are my recommendations on this. If you use it at a desk and not mobile, I would use a USB travel adapter plugged in to a standard monitor. This will allow you to plug to any conference room/hotel TV to display videos, presentations, show photos to family on their TV... directly from your phone.
If you wish to have a mobile office, the mobile monitors are very nice. They are also quite interesting for trade shows as light and not requiring a power adapter. Still, driving the display and the back-light needs juice! Your mobile phone may not be able to provide all that juice directly (and even if it does, you may not want it to :) ). Some of these monitors come with a USB Y-cable. You would plug one to the OTG, the other cable to power bank.
Personally, I use a USB-C to Type-A adapter and a miniRay projector from my Oneplus 3 phone.

I hope this helps you see a bit more clearly what's possible!

Thanks, Alban

# Answer
> 1 votes
use chromecast.

The setup would be:-

* A chromecast connected to a display by HDMI port
* the phone connected by bluetooth keyboard and mouse(Something like Logitech K480)
* the phone charged by usb.
* Phone's display mirrored on the chromecast

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Tags: samsung, usb, usb-on-the-go, external-keyboard, external-display
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# Question
Title: Do hotels send out wifi signals that place you there?
I need some clear cut answers to a question that gave birth to a divorce after 15 years of marriage. My ex husband's phone( Samsung Galaxy 6) would show him at many questionable places that he says he was not while he was supposed to be "at work". For example it showed him at hotels and he told me he didn't know why it would show that. Then gave me the reply that if you drive by a hotel they send out wifi signals that place you there just by driving by there. Now I have driven by a lot of hotels in our area and they never pinged me at any of them and we had the same GPS location feature. Mine always lined up where I went that day and his would be at all kinds of places.I asked around and no one has ever heard of this and I really want to know is this true???

# Answer
Yes, WiFi is a major part of location services and is used to locate Android devices. It provides a coarser location fix much more quickly than GPS. It's accuracy is usually ~50m or better, but there are examples of it not working properly, so take the entire history into account and not single location fixes.

If you drive by a hotel while you are supposed to be somewhere else and your phone locates itself using the hotel WiFi, you were still at or near the hotel. WiFi signals by design do not travel very far, unless you specifically setup special directional antennas, which definitely do not come with Android phones.
> 2 votes

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Tags: wi-fi, geolocation
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# Question
Title: “There's been a change to your Google account” message and password prompt?
I got a message on my device yesterday (2017-02-23):

> "There's been a change to your Google account"

along with a prompt to re-enter my password.

I follow good security practices and have regularly run through the security wizard at myaccount.google.com. I also use two-step verification.

Could someone be using my account or is this a known issue?

# Answer
> 1 votes
It looks like this is a known issue, and Google is on top of it.

From the product forums:

> We've gotten reports about some users being signed out of their accounts unexpectedly. We're investigating, but not to worry: there is no indication that this is connected to any phishing or account security threats.
>
> Please try to sign-in again at accounts.google.com and if you cannot remember your password, please use this link (g.co/recover) to recover your password. If you use 2-Step Verification, there may have been a delay in receiving your SMS code. Please try again or use backup codes.

Essentially the same message is currently displayed at the top of the Accounts Help: Can't sign in to your Google Account page.

Also, from @google on Twitter:

> We know some of you had issues signing in today. Please try again now. Rest easy -- your account's security was not affected.

See also:

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Tags: security, google-account
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# Question
Title: How come my phone says I'm connected to the wifi yet the internet doesn't work?
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime and it says I'm connected to the wifi, but none of my apps actually work. I get notifications of the apps, but when I click the app it says "network connection problem" or "please check your network connection". The wifi works on everyone device in my home except my phone.

# Answer
> 2 votes
There are many ways you can use to get rid of this issue and Here is how I could fix this issue:

We will first try the easiest checklist and then go to advance options later.

1. Reboot your phone and check if it works.
2. Have you installed any Anti-virus apps? If yes, try uninstalling it and check if it works.
3. Boot into Safe mode and check if it works.
4. Clear app data by going to Settings \> Application Manager and that particular app.

Hopefully the above method does work for you, If not follow the instructions below.

**Modify Network Configurations:**

4. Go to Settings \> WiFi Networks
5. Tap and hold for 2-3 seconds on the network your device is connected to.
6. Choose "**Modify network config**"
7. Further tap "**Show advance options**"
8. Finally set proxy settings to **None**

Hopefully this fixes the issue, If not follow the 2nd method.

**Factory Reset Method** This method will wipe the data stored on the device so make sure you've already taken backup of important files.

* Go to Settings
* Under the personal tab, choose Backup and reset.
* Finally I am sure you should have everything working fine.

# Answer
> 0 votes
This is most likely a router problem. The WiFi network exists, but there isn't an internet connection. Restart your router and check all the cables. If it still doesn't work contact your ISP...

# Answer
> 0 votes
Try turning off any VPN connections in your settings. If you're using opera Max for example. I did this and WiFi connection was back to normal.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I deleted an Anti-virus app and it worked straight away. I had this problem for a while and this fixed it.

# Answer
> -1 votes
Rebooting fixed this for me. You should also check that your time and date are correct.

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Tags: wi-fi
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# Question
Title: How to boot on android if on windows 10?
I got a myphone my51 tablet, it has a dual boot feature for android and windows 10.

I was able to boot easily from android to windows, but could not get back to android. Is there any command I can do to reboot the tablet to boot on android instead of windows?

# Answer
> 0 votes
use this application, it is needed to switch between the different OS's

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Tags: windows, dual-boot
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# Question
Title: What is my phone doing when the boot takes a long time?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S with stock Android 2.3.3 (with carrier modifications, regretfully).

Usually, when I reboot the phone, it shows the boot animation for a few seconds, then goes to the lock screen while it finishes booting. Every once in a while (though more often lately than it used to), the boot animation screen gets stuck for about 5 minutes before showing me the lock screen.

This happens both on clean boots (i.e. shutting it down from the power button menu and then restarting) as well as when the phone freezes and I restart it, or when it crashes.

What is the phone doing at this time?

Why does it do it sometimes and not at other times?

How can I avoid this?

# Answer
> 7 votes
Download and install the Android SDK. On your handset's manufacturer website find and download USB drivers for your device, and install them. On your phone go to `Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Development` and enable the `USB debugging` option. Now when connect the phone to your PC via USB, you should see the "USB debugging connected" ongoing notification.

On your PC (I'm assuming Windows) start command prompt by going to Start -\> Run, typing "cmd" and pressing enter. Navigate to the "platrofm-tools" sub-folder of where you installed the Android SDK (e.g. "C:\AndroidSDK") by typing the following:

> cd C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools

and press enter. Now issue the following command:

> adb devices

and press enter. If everything was installed correctly, the adb service will start and show your connected handset's serial number:

> * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
> * daemon started successfully *
> List of devices attached
> HT035xxxxxxxx device

You can now issue the `adb logcat` command to review your handset's logs in real-time. Reboot while your handset is still plugged into USB (you will need to re-issue the `adb logcat` command when the phone restarts) and you will be able to see what your phone is doing during those long boot-up sequences.

# Answer
> 0 votes
If I had to guess, I would guess it runs fsck. On Linux and EXT3/FAT filesystems there's no way to check the file system when it's being used, so it's usually checked on boot.

However, it taking 5 minutes on such small disk sounds abnormal. Be sure to have backups of all data you have on your phone, it's possible that the hardware is failing.

If you have a memory card in it, it might make sense to take it out and run some diagnostics for it on a real computer. If the problem is in internal memory of the phone, then, well, apart from rooting the device it's hard to know.

# Answer
> -2 votes
You can use the live boot app by chainfire, it will show you what your phone is doing while it's booting. It needs a rooted phone with SuperSU installed.

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Tags: 2.3-gingerbread, samsung-galaxy-s, boot, system-freeze
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# Question
Title: randomly trying to call will not ring once, beep and hang up
I've been experiencing this problem quite randomly. I've asked some friends around who have Android phones as well and this happens to them as well, so my first thought was that this is an issue with Android.

I try to call a number, and without ever hearing it 'ring' anytime, I get a `Conditional Call Forwarding Active` message and a small beep, and it hangs up. I then re-try, and sometimes the call goes through, sometimes I get the same message. Sometimes, on occasions I have to try 4 - 6 times to be able to make the call. On very rare occasions, everytime I try I keep getting the message, beep, and hangs up. This is extremely frustrating. Any idea how I can look into this?

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, stock Android (4.3 as per latest update).

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**Update 1**

This has nothing to do with Call Forwarding apparently. I've disabled it from the Call Settings, and now it still happens, without showing the `Call Forwarding activated` message.

# Answer
As strange as it may be, I did find a solution to this problem. I noticed that if I switch data / 3G, the call would immediately go through. I've tried this a lot of times where I couldn't call, switch off 3G and it immediately works.

Also, I've recently switched to CyanogenMod from the native Samsung Android installation, and I don't recall this happening again. Not sure if it is some kind of bug in Samsung's version of Android. I'm also using a more recent version of Android, so that could also be the reason.
> 1 votes

# Answer
If you go to: `settings-call-call settings-call forwarding-voice call forwarding` -- You will most likely see that for unanswered or unreachable calls it's not disabled because it forwards it to your voicemail, that's why it says conditional call forwarding is active. If you disable all options you won't get the message but then unanswered calls won't go to voicemail
> 0 votes

# Answer
When this happened to my Note 4, I had to reboot, which fixed the problem instantly.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I deleted my call log, and all my text message conversations, cleared my cache, restarted my phone and now it all seems to work. Hope this helps!
> 0 votes

# Answer
I tried calling on my Galaxy Note 5 and had same problem with all numbers. I rebooted phone and it started back working.
> -1 votes

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Tags: calls, stock-android
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# Question
Title: How can I disable voice commands when double pressing the home button on the Galaxy S 4?
How do I disable the Voice Command on my Galaxy 4s when pressing the Home key twice?

# Answer
This seems to be a function of S Voice, which can be activated with the Home key. To disable it, open S Voice, and open its application settings.

Uncheck 'Open via the Home key'.

See this article at AndroidCentral.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-4, voice-command
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title: My Nexus 6P just entered bootloop mode

text:
# Question
Title: My Nexus 6P just entered bootloop mode
While doing absolutely nothing, my phone, Huawei Nexus 6P entered a boot-loop mode (it's not going further than showing "Google" text). The only thing I can do is to enter secret menu, but when selecting "Recovery mode", nothing happens. OEM is locked, fastboot flashing unlock is not working because of this. Now I am trying to figure out what happened and I got nothing yet. Does this happened to some of you?

# Answer
> 1 votes
this happened to me you need to call android support and tell them your serial code and then you work with them from there if that does not work send it off to where it came from p.s make sure they are legit if you give them your serial code

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Tags: boot-loop, huawei, nexus-6p
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title: Email notification on Huawei Mate 9 Pro

text:
# Question
Title: Email notification on Huawei Mate 9 Pro
How can I get email Notification on my Huawei Mate 9 Pro? Used to have it but now it has disappeared. No sound is heard and no icon shows up for incoming emails. Any comments appreciated.

# Answer
If you are using the Gmail client for Android, then as documented on the Google support page:

By default, notifications are turned on for any messages in your Primary label.

### First, turn on notifications & choose your settings

1. Open the Gmail app .
2. In the top left, tap Menu
3. Tap **Settings**.
4. Select your account.
5. To turn on notifications, check the box next to "Notifications."
6. Tap **Inbox sound & vibrate**.
7. Choose your notification settings, including sounds.

**Note:** Your Android device also has notification settings that are separate from the Gmail app.

### Change notification settings for certain labels

1. Open the Gmail app .
2. In the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap **Settings**.
4. Select your account.
5. Tap **Manage Labels**.
6. Tap one of your labels, like **Important**.
7. Tap **Sync messages** **Last 30 days** or **All**. If you don't sync messages, you can't turn on notifications for that label.
8. Choose your notification settings for that label. Repeat this for any labels you want to get notifications for.
> 1 votes

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Tags: notifications
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title: Recover passwords from Android browser

text:
# Question
Title: Recover passwords from Android browser
I have an Android 5.1 device. I have saved my passwords for some web pages in the Android browser (default browser). Whenever I need it, I just open the page and I am already signed in. Somehow, something has happened. Now it asks me for the password which I forgot. My phone is always locked and no one else can possibly open it, so I don't know what happened exactly and why.

I can't choose to click the password recovery/forgot password, as I used a college email address and now is blocked/deleted.

I'm ready to do anything with the phone, root and all. I read some reviews about rooting and then recovering the passwords from `webview.db` from `/data/data/com.android.browser`, but, this folder is empty. Not sure where to locate `webview.db`, does it show up only after rooting?

I will really really appreciate any tips or advice on this.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Android browser should automatically back up any passwords on your Google account (the college email, but signed in on Google). The first step I'd try is to recover your google account.

Hopefully, you had some alternative contact methods (secondary email, registered phone number, chosen account trustee, etc). These allow you (sometimes) bypass password entry provided you answer any questions accurately enough.

In my last use of the recovery option, it asked me about previous Google purchases and significant email communications and it let me in after 24 hours.

Beyond this, I am unsure if rooting your device will be successful as major parts of the OS are.

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Tags: data-recovery, browser, password
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title: Google Now cards not loading

text:
# Question
Title: Google Now cards not loading
For the last week or so, whenever I go to the Google Now page (swiping right from the home screen with the google now launcher), I don't get any Google Now cards. No weather, recommended news, etc.

If I try to reload the page by pulling the screen down, it loads for a while but nothing happens.

I've already tried reinstalling the launcher, deleting the Google Now cache and deleting the card preferences.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I was able to fix the issue by deleting all data for the Google App (including search history).

# Answer
> 1 votes
Google now is not supported everywhere. Check these links:

See or remove cards in your feed

Turn your feed on or off

Here are few things:

1. Check what account are you signed in to google app. If your google account from an unsupported country then cards wouldn't show.
2. Cards also depend on your location. If you are in an unsupported country then, no cards!

If you want to enable now card in unsupported country then check below links:

Enable Now Cards: No ROOT needed

Enable Now Cards \[Root Needed\]

# Answer
> 0 votes
Maybe you have to delete your entire phone cache data. It solved it for me.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Same issue here. I'm not in an unsupported area.. I'm at home where it always used to work. Started about a week or so ago. If I restart the phone it works again.. but eventually stops. I'll try the cache suggestion.

BUG !

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Tags: google-now, google-apps
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title: Why fastboot devices is empty on Linux?

text:
# Question
Title: Why fastboot devices is empty on Linux?
I'm using Ubuntu Yakkety Yak, 16.10.

According to Android SDK manager: Android SDK Tools v 25.0.3 Android Build Tools v 25.0.2 Android SDK Tools v 25.2.5

My phone is a OnePlus 3**t** and I'm developing for it for a while, `adb` works normally, `udev` rules are configured. I enabled OEM boot, and manage to reboot in a way which looks like to me fastboot. After rebooting to "fastboot" the device's USB id is exactly the same as in normal boot. That's suspicious because I read in some forums that it might be different after fastboot boot (I checked if I have to adjust `udev` rules).

```
fastboot devices

```

doesn't show any devices. My suspicion is that I don't really boot into fastboot mode. Here is capture when I reboot, I press the power button:

If I don't press the power button, the up/down offers recovery mode. In recovery mode I can wipe all data or the cache and also install from internal storage or ADB. data decrypts successfully. Needless to say I cannot install SuperSU, TWRP img doesn't appear in that install menu.

(My goal is to unlock the bootloader, install `TWRP` and `SuperSU` so I can perform the `xml` file config mod for DayDream.)

Any help is appreciated.

# Answer
> 3 votes
I misunderstood what does it mean to boot to fastboot mode. By reading through tutorials I thought when I saw the screen on the screenshot, I still needed to boot (power button) into fastboot mode. Turns out that when I saw that screen above, I was already in fastboot mode and could issue the unlock or flash commands.

Looking at some more detailed Youtube videos made that clear. After tackling a typo I successfully flashed TWRP, installed SuperSU. The OP3 DayDream mod is not working yet though: DayDream apps still displayed as not compatible with my phone in the app store, even after the XML modification and reboot.

One extra advice: a simple `adb backup -all` won't backup everything, as I learned.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/help/oneplus-3t-fastboot-ubuntu-16-10-t3561732?goto=newpost

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During 2017 summer I managed to get the DayDream hack working, I used SuperSU. I just transitioned to Magisk, so I can use Android Pay and hardware tokens. The DayDream hack does not work since the last couple of OS updates in the fall.

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Tags: linux, oneplus-3
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# Question
Title: How to block incoming advertisement sms from senders with no visible phone number?
I get spam ad messages from a few companies regularly on my phone. And when I try to block them using the option given on the messaging application a custom message says that the number is invalid and cannot be blocked. So, how to stop such messages sent by unknown numbers?

# Answer
Try this SMS Organizer app.
Apart from a host of other features, this app lets you set 'rules'. For example, you can set a rule to auto delete any message when the sender's phone number/contact name contains a certain sequence.

If you are unsure about deleting, you can also set the rule to move the sms to a folder (This app also lets you create folders for sms), say a spam folder
> 1 votes

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Tags: sms, sms-blocking
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title: Search Text Messages

text:
# Question
Title: Search Text Messages
I would like to search my past text messages. I often forget which person I was talking to about the different issues and global search is helpful. Here is a picture of the equivalent functionality on the iPhone.

# Answer
Not sure if you are looking for this functionality in the default message app. If not ChompSMS is an option. This app seems to provide this function.
> 3 votes

# Answer
This SMS Organizer app has advanced search capabitilies.

It can search for any keyword, in the message content and also in the sender's name.

While you can search for all the messages in the "All Conversations" view, you can also arrange messages into folders, which can make searching and locating sms-es a lot easier.
For example, you can create a folder for all messages from a particular contact, so later you have to search in only that folder.
> 1 votes

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Tags: sms
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# Question
Title: How can I block annoying SMS From all numbers that start with a specific numbers?
I received a lot of spam SMS from a lot of numbers which are started with 60 , so **is there any android app that allow me to block all sms came from any number start with a specific number like 60 ?**

# Answer
Try SMS Organizer
This app can auto-delete messages based on senders phone numer/contact name or even based on keywords in the message text.
The app lets you set 'rules'to match which numbers to delete. For example, you can set a rule to auto delete any message when the sender's phone number/contact name contains a certain sequence.

If you are unsure about deleting, you can also set the rule to move all those sms to a folder (This app also lets you create custom folders for text messages) and then delete them from the folder.
> 2 votes

# Answer
I'm using this fine app here and I like it. But if you go to play store and search for "sms blocker" there are many of the kind, having customer/user comments which are a good idea to read to have a picture of the app.
IMHO always start with trial version and use the one fits best your needs.
> 1 votes

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Tags: sms-blocking
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# Question
Title: How do you bypass the google account on an RCA RCT6873W42 Android 6.0 tablet?
I factory reset my tablet, but before I did the reset I went into settings and turned off backup and reset. So when I did the reset I pressed wipe data/factory reset then it said am I sure I want to do this it had two options yes or no and I pressed yes. So now it's saying enter the last account that was synced but I cant because I turned it off.

Can someone help me get bypassed the google account set up so i can just get on my tablet? I've tried everything nothing seems to be working. I even called tech support but they're closed.

# Answer
> 0 votes
> So now it's saying enter the last account that was synced but I cant because I turned it off.

You need to remove all accounts before you factory reset! Just enter the last account used on the device to start again.

* It's locked to the last account for security reasons ( Eg. stolen and hard reset devices )
* You'll need to type the exact credentials that you last used on the device to unlock it
* Sync settings have nothing to do with the extra device security features

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Tags: factory-reset, tablet
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# Question
Title: Magnify (zoom) part of image application
I'd like to edit an image to add a "magnifying glass" ring with a magnified region inside, like in the screenshot below. The standard Gallery editing tools can't do that, and I've tried a few other apps with the same result. Is there any way to add this effect (zoom certain part of image) using any kind of Android app?

# Answer
> -1 votes
use this https://github.com/nomanr/android-image-magnifier

may u like this...................... ............. ............. .............

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Tags: photos, gallery, zooming
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title: Can't install TWRP on Note 4

text:
# Question
Title: Can't install TWRP on Note 4
I'm trying to install **TWRP** ("`openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.1-trltetmo.img.tar`") on Samsung Galaxy **Note 4 SM-N910F** with Android 5.1.1 . I tried to do it with **Odin** versions v3.09 and v3.10.7 using different USB cables and ports. The process always seems correct: it shows '*ID:COM*' and finishes without errors, showing **green** and ends up resetting the device, but after that I try to boot into '*Download mode*' and after pressing "*volume down*" + *Home* \+ *Power* it keeps showing the **default recovery**, it doesn't boot on TWRP.

I've uploaded here five screenshots showing what's happening. Here's one of them, showing that apparently everything has worked fine and the device is beeing rebooted:

PC configuration:

* Windows 7
* Already installed Drivers "*SAMSUNG\_USB\_Driver\_for\_Mobile\_Phones.zip*" from here

Device configuration:

* '*USB debugging*' is enabled
* Security =\> '*Reactivation lock*' is disabled.

How can I install and boot correctly TWRP?

Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance

/Angel

# Answer
thanks you all for your answers. It was a mistake of mine when pressing the key combination. I told I was doing "volume down" + Home + Power, but that's to boot into '*download mode*', to boot into *recovery* the combination is "**volume up**" + Home + Power.

Thanks,

/Angel
> 0 votes

# Answer
I was facing similar issue. I flashed TWRP using ODIN but my Note4 (N910G) wouldn't boot to recovery. Then I used TWRP Manager from Playstore (Not the official TWRP application), this had option to boot to recovery , this allowed me to boot to TWRP successfully.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I installed it using odin and it was stuck in recovery booting.

Then I removed the battery and rebooted in recovery and there was a script running that reinstalled stock recovery.

I flashed it once again using odin WITHOUT auto-reboot.

I removed the battery once the flash was done.

Put it back in and used Vol+ + power to boot in TWRP and voilà !

Flashed supersu 2.79 , it patched the root and I'm now fully rooted :)
> 0 votes

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Tags: rooting, twrp, odin, samsung-galaxy-note-4
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# Question
Title: Is it possible for rooted phone to move internal SD to external SD?
I want to make my internal space solely for app installation and then the rest of the data (e.g. big game files, etc) I want to go to my external SD instead. How do I do this with a fully rooted phone with Xposed framework and recovery and running Lollipop 5.1.1?

# Answer
I'm answering my own question here now. What I ended up going with is the Xposed module called XinternalSD. What it does is trick the apps of your choosing to think the external SD card is the internal SD. You can choose which app to redirect so things you want to be faster (like a launcher) can be kept pointing to the internal. This module can also work on system apps so that's really nice. For example, if you set Chrome or Firefox to be redirected, when you download things, it's gonna go directly to external SD.
> 0 votes

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Tags: applications, rooting, internal-storage, 5.1-lollipop
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# Question
Title: How to mount external SD card at a fixed path in CM13?
In Marshmallow (and consequently in CM13), the external SD card is mounted at a path that contains its serial number. I have a bunch of Tasker tasks, the occasional script, and lots and lots of apps configured with a specific path to the external SD card (in my case, /external\_sd because that's where it was in CM12).

Is there anything sensible I can do about this change in Marshmallow? Fixing paths everywhere just because I've upgraded to a faster/larger SD card (which has a different serial number) is not going to be fun.

How would I go about making the external SD card available under "/external\_sd" on CM13/Marshmallow?

# Answer
I've found a reasonably easy way to do something close enough: just set the volume serial number to something fixed. This is easy enough for FAT32-formatted SD cards: just use Sysinternals VolumeID:

```
D:\>vol D:
 Volume in drive D has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 07F5-432C

D:\>volumeid D: ECAD-ECAD

VolumeID V2.01 - Set disk volume id
Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Volume ID for drive D: updated to ecad-ecad

```

("ecad" for "external card" but there are other possibilities, of course)

Now my external SD card is mounted at `/storage/ECAD-ECAD`, which is easy to remember for typing in those apps which don't let me pick a path, and more importantly, can stay the same when I upgrade to a faster card, for example (if I repeat this procedure).

The only complication is SD cards larger than 32 GB, which Windows refuses to format into FAT32. The best tool to work around this is Rufus, an open-source tool with a focus on bootable drives, but it can also just format a large FAT32 drive.
> 2 votes

# Answer
Another option would be to use a init.d script to re-create the sdcard link.

```
#!/system/bin/sh

SERIAL=`ls /mnt/media_rw/ | head -n 1`
FULL_PATH="/mnt/media_rw/$SERIAL"
SERIAL_LENGTH=${#SERIAL}
LINK_NAME="/external_sd"

if [ -e $LINK_NAME ] ; then
    echo "Link already exists!"
elif [[ $SERIAL_LENGTH -lt 1 ]] ; then
    echo "Badly formed path!"
elif [ ! -d "$FULL_PATH" ] ; then
    echo "SdCard path not found!"
else
    mount -o rw,remount /
    ln -s $FULL_PATH $LINK_NAME
    mount -o ro,remount /
fi

```

This script assumes:

* that init.d scripts aren't being blocked by SEAndroid,
* that your device needs to be turned off to change the sdcard, and
* that it only has space for one sdcard.

I assume the reason for the introduction of serial numbers in the sdcard path is for devices with space for more than one sdcard.
> 1 votes

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Tags: 6.0-marshmallow, external-sd, sd-card
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# Question
Title: How to reopen Note 3 Samsung phone in case the password has been inserted wrongly and the phone is blocked
the password of my note 3 phone has been inserted wrongly and the phone is already blocked and TalkBack has been turned on. is there any way to unblock it without losing information.

# Answer
If you have a Google account signed in to the device you can reset your password.

Or a better solution is to reset your Samsung account password. Assuming your device has Internet connection, you can unlock it from the account dashboard.
> 0 votes

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Tags: applications
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# Question
Title: How to access Genymotion files from desktop?
I want to access Genymotion file from my desktop. Is it possible?

What I find every where is about accessing desktop file from Genymotion!

# Answer
> 0 votes
check this out

*C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Genymobile\Genymotion\ova*

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Tags: file-system, genymotion
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# Question
Title: Broken device after uninstalling King Root
I uninstalled the King Root app after rooting my phone. Now my system isn't working correctly.

Symptoms:

* When going in Settings-\>Storage it says "System Used : 16.00GB" (All my storage). I do not have an SD card and because of this I can't take pictures or download files.
* When connecting my phone to my computer (Ubuntu 16.10) a folder pops up but it is empty.

I tried reinstalling KingRoot but I can't download the app since I have no storage space.

I'm willing to do anything (ex. reinstall os) if necessary. Please just explain how.

Phone model: BLU studio M HD

Thanks in advance

# Answer
As @EthanZ said the factory reset solved the problem. Press the up volume key and power key when the device is powered of to get to the boot menu. Select Factory Reset. Done! Thanks EthanZ.
> 0 votes

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Tags: rooting, internal-storage, insufficient-memory, unrooting
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# Question
Title: Mount external SD-card for the secondary user
When I create a new user on my Asus MemMO Pad 10 (in addition to the existing primary user), the new user does not "see" the external SD card (I've tried a 64gb Micro-SDXC/exFAT and a 2gb Micro-SD/FAT32). When I switch to the primary user, "Preparing an external device" is displayed at the top of the screen and the SD card becomes "visible" as "external device".

I.e. external SD card is not automatically mounted to the secondary user, only for primary one.

Is this a feature of the Android system or ASUS tablets only? How can I make my Micro-SD card mount for the secondary user? (In case I need root access, I would consider installing it)

Device: ASUS MeMO Pad 10 (ME102A), Android 4.2.2, root access not installed.

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*Sorry for my English*

# Answer
Some people wrote in 2013 that this is impossible, or at least was impossible back then. Here is what I found on a SonyMobile forum:

"Each user gets their own \[internal\] space and only the owner has access to the external SD-card."

"One of the reasons for not sharing the SD card is security: FAT file system doesn't allow even for the basic Linux type permissions, thus it's impossible to secure a user's files. I agree it's a bummer but they \[Google\] have to go w/ the most secure of the solutions..."

(Link to the SonyMobile forum)
> 2 votes

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Tags: 4.2-jelly-bean, sd-card, mount, multi-user
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# Question
Title: factory reset a device having no volume keys or home button
I got a device that I have to reset to factory settings because the owner of the device has forgotten its password. I checked Debugging is not enabled.

I have seen various suggestions on how to reset a device but all suggestion involve volume keys. Unfortunately this device doesn't have any volume or other key, there is just only one power key.

Device: QMobile E885

How do it reset it ? or unlock the device. any suggestions?

# Answer
There's instructions floating around for a QMobile E790, so this might work for your model.

Try dialing **277634#\*#** or **47328545454#**
It should then give you the option to factory reset.
> 0 votes

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Tags: factory-reset
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# Question
Title: How to remove an already synced Google account from a Samsung Android device?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S6. I signed into my Gmail on my friend's Samsung Galaxy S4 phone quite a bit ago. A few months and all of a sudden, yesterday I was getting notifications on my phone asking if I was trying to sign in. Because he kept getting notifications that action was required for his and my account, so I told him to leave till we could have both phones together to see what was happening. We click on his email, and if you touch the drop-down arrow, it shows mine too.

We have tried everything to remove it from his Google account so my email will not be accessible on his phone, but when we click on mine and manage accounts, it takes mine to the page where you can sync everything, and if I click all the syncing boxes, all my email come up on his phone.

How can I get my Google account off his phone? How do I take my Gmail off his phone if it doesn't sync properly and give me the option to remove my account?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Under *Accounts* in your friend's phone's system settings, there are probably two instances of Google. This may look different depending on your exact version of Android, but something like this (but with two instances).

Click the images for larger versions.

Unless the caption for each account tells you which is which, you'll need to open them to find that out. Once you've found the right one, there should be an option to remove the account. On my Samsung Galaxy S5 running LineageOS 14.1, it looks like this after I click the three-dot menu at the top right.

And on my Honor 8 running stock EMUI 4.1 it looks like this (the language is set to Swedish on this one, but you get the idea).

The red rectangles were added by me, to indicate where the option is found. Unfortunately, I don't have a phone with Samsung's stock ROM at hand, so I can't show exactly how it should look on the S4 or the S6.

Once you've deleted the account, the phone should forget about it, and consequently stop logging in to it and syncing with it. It only deletes the account from the phone, not from Google's servers, so you won't lose anything.

If the above doesn't work, then something is wrong. A last resort is a factory reset.

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Tags: samsung, gmail, google-account
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# Question
Title: how to recover data from a broken mobile phone which has an inbuilt storage only
My Lenovo Zuk z1 came under a bus and it broken into pieces. Is there any possible way from which I can recover some data from it as it contains some memorable moments of my nephew adding that Zuk z1 does not have a external memory?

# Answer
Yes, you can try Chip-off acquisition, physically removing (desoldering) the phone's flash memory chip and then use a specially tool Android Phone Datarecovery DS3000-USB3.0-emcp221.
> 1 votes

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Tags: data-recovery
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# Question
Title: Unable to access Gmail, Play Store, YouTube. Basically all google apps
I'm having an issue where I can't access pretty much any of my google services on my Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (running Android 6.0.1 currently). I don't have general internet connectivity issues as my wifi and mobile connections are fine and other apps are running without issue.

My google account information doesn't seem to be the problem as I've successfully signed into the account on my PC and even on my phone through my web browser, it's just the apps which are a problem.

When I try refreshing my gmail account, I get a system notification saying login failed. When I click that message, the phone tries to take me to a screen which says "Enter account information" at the top, but the rest of the screen is blank white.

I also have another system notification saying Account Action Required for my gmail account but when I click that one, it takes me to a Google Play screen where it says "Checking info" but immediately closes. When I go to Google Play manually, I get the same screen then it asks me to choose an account. My existing account is listed but when I select it, I just keep getting taken back to the same screen asking me to select an account. If I choose add account, I get an error message stating "Couldn't sign in. There was a problem connecting to accounts.google.com"

I've done some fairly extensive research already online and tried several steps from various sites, none of which have worked. Listed below is what I've seen and tried:

1. Verified 2 step authorization is not active
2. Cleared Cache and Data from Google Play and Google Play Services. Tried disabling Google Play and reinstalling the factory version.
3. Checked Date and Time settings and they are set to automatic. Turn them off then back on again for good measure.
4. Downloaded ES File Explorer and tried checking the Host file. Apparently the phone is not rooted and I was unable to figure out how to enable rooting even after enabling Developer Options.
5. Downloaded and installed what I believe to be the newest APK for Google Play Services.
6. Plenty of rebooting along the way.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm really at a loss to the cause of this issue and I'm not finding anything more to try online. Thanks!

# Answer
> 1 votes
It seems like everyone was logged out of their phones yesterday, possibly for safety due to a widespread caching bug.

Have you tried removing your Google account, then adding it back in?

Settings \> General \> Accounts. Tap your Google account, then the overflow button, then select Remove.

Re-add the account from that same screen.

# Answer
> 1 votes
So to preface this: I actually had this happen to me all the time, and I eventually was able to purposefully recreate it and figure out what was going on. This was *my* solution; hopefully it helps you, too.

That said, my problem was in fact with my hosts file. Since you said you weren't able to access yours, I believe that might still be the case. Rather than attempt to root your phone immediately, my first suggestion is to look at any apps you might have recently installed and used that may have caused the problem. In particular, ad blockers often try to circumvent ads by redirecting web addresses to localhost. Another possible redirect is billing and license verification. If you've tried using an app for any of those purposes, see if you can undo the changes in said app.

Next up, if that's not the problem: rooting. Not an easy process and, because I probably legally need to, **I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ILL EFFECTS DUE TO ATTEMPTING TO ROOT YOUR PHONE. ROOTING IS DANGEROUS AND WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.** That out of the way, the **most important** thing to remember when rooting your phone is to get software that matches your exact phone model and carrier. If it doesn't, just don't. You'll save yourself a lot of headache. ...there are a million and a half guides on rooting, so I won't reinvent the wheel here, but in general, the process is: find a custom recovery for your model/carrier \> flash custom recovery with a computer program called Odin \> download su.zip \> flash su.zip with custom recovery. Some devices may require a preliminary step called unlocking the bootloader... Google around for your phone, you can figure it out... Now on to the fix!

My particular problem was a redirect of android.clients.google.com. It sounds like your problem might be similar (accounts.google.com). Once you're rooted, use ES File Explorer to open either /etc/hosts or /system/etc/hosts in text edit mode. Search for the suspect line, and delete the whole line! It should look something like:

127.0.0.1 accounts.google.com

If your hosts file is excessively large and you can't search within it, you can actually delete it and replace it with a file named hosts with a single line in it:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Everything should work thereafter. You can even unroot from the settings of the SuperSU app if you want. Hope I was able to help!

# Answer
> 0 votes
Check your mobile date and time And secondly check if BACKGROUND DATA is turned OFF.it too restricts any Google app from working.it will be indicated by a triangle icon in the notification area

# Answer
> 0 votes
Go through following steps: 1.Settings. 2.Accounts. 3.Delete Google accound if exists. 4.Add new Google Account. 5.Restart Your Phone.

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Tags: google, services
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# Question
Title: Webpage objects extend beyond visibility
Usually, when I see mobile webpage issues, I chalk it up to the site's developer not making the page universally mobile-friendly. Sometimes it's videos that extend beyond the bounds of the screen and I'm unable to zoom out, sometimes it's text.

However, I came across this page which is Google's own page. Why is it that on Google's Nexus 6P (with Google's Android) using Google's Chrome browser, the page ends up looking like this:

I can't even watch that video correcty, let alone pause it, without blowing it up to full screen.

If Google can't even keep issues like this from cropping up, part of be thinks it must be pretty difficult from a development standpoint. I don't know if there is any user-end methods to avoid this, so I guess my question is: **Is there some way I can force Chrome to always display objects like this in a usable fashion?**

Note: I have force zoom enabled, but unfortunately that only guarantees the ability to zoom in and doesn't allow the option to zoom out far enough to enclose all content on the pages I'm referencing.

# Answer
It isn’t browser’s fault, the video container has hardcoded width of 560px, that’s about 1960px on Nexus’s screen, which itself has width of 1440px. That’s webmaster’s fault, as it’s possible to make the container smaller on smaller screen.

As the browser simply does its job, there aren’t many solutions, but here’s what I can suggest:

* rotate the screen (in landscape mode you have 2560px, that should be enough);
* set “Request desktop site” in Chrome’s menu. Again, the website won’t be much more usable in portrait mode, but you’ll be able to see the whole video;
* watch it fullscreen.
> 3 votes

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Tags: browser, chrome-for-android, video, text-layout
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# Question
Title: Developer Options not showing up in LineageOS new build
Some weeks back I installed the latest version of LineageO S: 14.1-20170209-UNOFFICIAL-onyx on my One Plus X phone. After playing around with it, there were a lot of issues in the new build. So I decided to uninstall it by opening the Developer Options and tapping 7 times on the build number, but nothing comes up.

Below are the things which are not working in the new build:

* Tapping build number 7 times doesn't unlock Developer Options
* No notifications at all. I can hear the sounds but no success to show notifications
* Google Play Store updates & installation suddenly stopped
* Reset everything option not working

How to open Developer Options so that I can activate the bootloader & install the stable ROM?

# Answer
We have a potential XY problem here...

Instead of trying your utmost to get into developer options, just power off the phone fully, then use the key combo `POWER + VOLUME_UP` to boot into bootloader, from which you can start tackling the problem in ways you'd like.
> 2 votes

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Tags: 7.0-nougat, lineageos, developer-options
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# Question
Title: CM13 x86 not rooted?
I had Cyanogenmod 13 x86 installed on a USB Drive. I looked through the settings and could not find anything related to root, and I even searched for 'root', with no results. I am a little confused because I recently rooted my friends phone with CM13, and it has root.

So, **why does Cyanogenmod 13 x86 not have root?**

(PS) Notice the past tense, I no longer have it now, I will try to provide any more *details from memory* when asked.

# Answer
in developper mode you go to root access then you choose appliccations... and you have already root access
> -3 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, root-access
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# Question
Title: Will Samsung Fast Charge charge a QC 2.0 device as
I have seen that Samsung phones can fast charge on both Qualcomm Quick Charge and Samsung Fast Charge adapters.

But I am unclear if you want to charge a HTC/Sony etc Qualcomm 2.0 device if the Samsung Fast Charge chargers will charge the device similarly to a dedicated quick charge 2.0 charger?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Yes, of course.
Samsung Fast Charge is basically an alias for Qualcomm QC 2.0/3.0 (for S7/S7 edge). They are totally compatible with each other.

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Tags: charging
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# Question
Title: Unable To Bypass Pattern Lock After Encryption
I tried encrypting my android phone and I end up with a screen with "draw pattern to start android" the pattern box is so small (ref : IMG ) after 20-30 attempts finally I draw my pattern "starting android" & power on logo screen and stuck.

What to do

# Answer
> 2 votes
Try booting into recovery mode and performing a factory reset. Normally to boot into recovery the key combination is `VOL_DOWN+POWER`

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Tags: encryption
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# Question
Title: Moto G doesn't boot anymore, not even into recovery
My Moto G 2013 (XT1033) was working (except for the issue I described here, but the other features all working), I restarted it but it didn't come back.

I was dropped into the 'AP Fastboot Flash Mode' and selected 'Normal Powerup' from the menu, but I get the error message *failed to validate boot image*.

Choosing 'Recovery' doesn't works, either, I get *failed to validate recovery image*.

Does that mean my phone is dead for good? What can I attempt?

# Answer
This may be a bit late however I think I have found the solution for my Moto e 2nd gen (XT1524).

If you found that you can't boot because *'failed to validate recovery image'* read on.

1. Download drivers + adb + fastboot (Download standalone version to PC)
2. Ensure fastboot can find device `fastboot devices`
3. Download TWRP (https://twrp.me/) place in folder
4. Use command `fastboot boot [path to recovery].img`
5. You should now boot into TWRP (yay!)
6. Download a rom and move it to the device (with GApps and any other additions) using command `adb push [filename].zip /sdcard/` (or to anywhere you want to flash from)
7. Wait for the files to move over (this will take a while)
8. Backup files (as your system is pretty much kaput not much need to backup the system)
9. Select wipe, advanced wipe, and wipe cache, system and data partitions then swipe to wipe
10. Select install, navigate to /sdcard/ (or wherever else you put the files)
11. Follow the onscreen prompts to install (INSTALL ROM FIRST THEN GAPPS AND ROOT)
12. Finally reboot into the system (**THIS WILL TAKE 20 MINS + LEAVE YOUR PHONE DON'T TURN IT OFF KEEP IT PLUGGED IN**)

You should now have unbricked your device.
> 1 votes

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Tags: recovery-mode, fastboot, motorola-moto-g
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