# Question
Title: My apps don't have access to my mobile internet
I have a very weird problem with my phone. I don't have mobile internet on any of my apps, but I can surf the internet with no problem when I am using my browser. I think it is good to mention that I am using the browser which comes with android operation system.

When I am connected to a wifi network, everything is fine. The problem is only with my mobile internet. Can someone tell me where the problem may be?

I am using HTC WildFire S. Android version of the phone is Android 2.3.5. The phone is very old and this is the final version that I can update.

# Answer
> 1 votes
There could be several reasons

1. Check your device's date if it is set for today.
2. Try to reset your Internet settings that is access point settings
3. Make sure that you have enough memory
4. Clear catch and app data for that particular app
5. Try restarting your device two or more times
6. Make sure you have the latest updated apps

If any of the above does not work unfortunately I have to say that you need to reset your device. Let us know which one of above solution works for you

# Answer
> 0 votes
Some phones have an option to disable Internet access to the apps in the Settings -\> Apps. Check if (the app you want Internet) has Internet access in there.

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Tags: applications, internet
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# Question
Title: Difference between leaked android 5.0 and Official Samsung
Is there any difference between leaked version of android 5.0 for Samsung galaxy notes and the Official release from febuary

# Answer
This case is about **`Download Server`** and also For **`Region`** and add Language & another reasons.

About Download server, it can maybe not safe and its better to download from `Official`, `valid` and `Safe` server.and also it can a `Custom Rom`.

like : Sam mobile

its safe and valid.
> 0 votes

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Tags: android-versions, samsung-galaxy-note-3
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title: All notifications have stopped

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# Question
Title: All notifications have stopped
All notifications have ceased except for text messages and one shopping app. No audible notification, no notification symbol on my status bar at top of phone.How do I fix this? Thank you!

# Answer
Try going to the notifications page in settings and check if everything is set to on.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung
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title: How do I use VR on my HTC 816?

text:
# Question
Title: How do I use VR on my HTC 816?
I installed Cardboard, now what to do next?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Now buy google cardboard and build it. Place the phone inside and launch the app. This will allow you to get VR effect.

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Tags: google-cardboard
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# Question
Title: How to troubleshoot overheating and high battery drain in an Android Device?
### **Device info**:

* Model : Micromax Canvas Nitro A310
* Android Version : 4.4.2
* Kernel Version : 3.4.67
* Device Status : Rooted, Philz touch recovery, Xposed Framework installed

### **Issue**:

My(relative's) device is getting overheated (avg temperature ~ **48 deg** Celsius, max reached ~ **65 deg** Celsius) and the battery drains (**100% to ~9% in less than 7 hours** with usage of attending few calls only) very quickly even when its idle.

---

### **About Overheating** :

I used CPU Temperature for profiling the apps with respect to temperature. Based on that, I auto-hibernated those apps in Greenify(**all experimental features enabled** except Telephony Wakeup, **working in Boost Mode**).

1. One main culprit I noticed is the Runkeeper app which requires **high-accuracy** (more battery consumption) location mode for smooth working. If I put this app in Greenify then it can't possibly be used **(will get hibernated)** for its intended purpose if the device screen turns off or goes to sleep.
2. Other culprit noticed was **Google Play Services** and **Gmail** (both updated to latest version) which I don't have any option to hibernate the former in Greenify and I'm not supposed to disable the former because of Runkeeper's demand for Maps and location.

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### **About Battery Drain**:

Battery usage from Settings didn't reveal anything useful at all. At the time of writing this question, I've put to test three apps:

This profiling will take at least 1-2 days and I'm not having high hopes from DS Battery Saver. Another point, my relative keeps GPS Off when not using Runkeeper. Usage of Runkeeper is for around 1-1.5 hour roughly in the morning.

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### **About Device**:

The device is only six months old with **2500mAh** battery. The surrounding environment temperature isn't much more than *34 deg* Celsius to corroborate any additional heating. Furthermore, no new apps were installed before when these issues came into my relative's attention. I take it as some new update in Google Services or other app could be a reason for this. But that is just a wild guess.

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### **Question**:

I need to know how should I proceed to troubleshoot both of these issues effectively? Is there a guide here or elsewhere for such, to do this in a sound manner rather than being haphazard? I aim to pinpoint the culprits here.

### **Note**:

Although I have already made Nandroid and ADB backup, I don't want to reset my device. That is left if all else fails.

# Answer
> 1 votes
BBS is more confusing than GSAM battery companion. It provides more detail, but GSAM + root can tell you a lot. If you could provide screenshots of full charge, to fully dead we can point you in right direction; if this happens in 7 hours with the screen off and no interaction all the better it should be very trivial to find.

From there, you could use Xposed App Opps module to disable apps with excessive spyware.

I don't really help people (relatives, friends) with this stuff unless they're willing to understand 'why' themselves, easier to just recommend iPhone.

There's almost certainly a rogue app running around doing something. A picture would be worth a thousand words

# Answer
> 0 votes
It would be preferred to restart the device, but before you do that, try clearing the ram and recent applications ALL THE TIME. If this fails, try battery doctor. It is a very useful tool that closes background apps and things you are not using.

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Tags: battery, troubleshooting, overheating
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title: Battery Trickle Charging, good or bad?

text:
# Question
Title: Battery Trickle Charging, good or bad?
What are the side effects of using apps that trickle charge battery. App like "Battery Doctor". It charges around 30-50 (varies with device) mins after battery is fully charged, which results in a bit longer battery backup as I found out. But is that harmful for battery health? Like damaging the battery? Or should I charge normally up to the device says "Fully Charged"?

# Answer
especially on a rapid-charger, this is normal charging behavior to achieve complete 'depth' of charge. I wish they wouldn't report it as "charged/100%" if it was still trickling.

Here is a graph of the charge curve. note the voltage on the battery tops out but the current is still drawn.

It's somewhat an EE question, but higher voltage is provided to the battery until the charge rate (current draw) drops to 5-2% of C, with C being the total storage. IE, on a 3000mAh battery this would be a charge rate of 60mA. Lower cutoffs (1%) are detrimental to battery health (IE, over 3-500 charges degrades capacity by, oh, 5-10%), but given OEM replacement batteries are $10-15 FOB from China, it is wiser to consider them sacrificial and not concern yourself with their health.

I know it's a shift in thinking but it's much easier to convert to Qi charging (just get a TPU case too to help hold it on) and just drop it on the pad whenever you are at work or at home. Once you have a phone with Qi you won't be interested in one without. plugging in twice a day (once to top up) is hard.
> 1 votes

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Tags: battery
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# Question
Title: How do I disable "Link Preview" in Chrome?
This feature magnifies links when it seems unsure of which you touched. This article talks about an "Enable Link Preview" setting as if you can turn it off.

Beyond its annoyance, as I have to click everything twice, this bubble seems to break several dropdowns, as the menus will not expand in the zoomed view because the zoomed view is just a glorified image.

# Answer
This is called the "Link Disambiguation Popup" and is a chrome flag on all builds EXCEPT the Android one where it is explicitly left out. Go figure.

Here's the code of interest. Next on my todo list is write an Xposed module for this.
> 3 votes

# Answer
There is *nothing* in the settings for this, not even in the Chrome beta app.

I don't see anything at all in `chrome://flags/` either. If this ever was a setting you could control it's gone now.

It looks like your only viable option is to choose a new browser. Fortunately, there are plenty to choose from.
> 1 votes

# Answer
This feature can not be turned off in Chrome.
> 1 votes

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Tags: chrome-for-android
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# Question
Title: Does the Verizon HTC One (M8) restrict GPS in China?
This is a cross-post of "Why does my phone's GPS not work in China?"

Based on some of the answers and comments there, I am attempting to figure out what GPS sensor is being used in my phone, and what, if any restrictions Verizon and/or HTC and/or Google has placed on it.

I am currently in Beijing, China now, and have a China Unicom SIM card in my phone, not that it makes any difference - the GPS doesn't work with my Verizon SIM in either.

My phone:

* Model number: HTC6525LVW
* Hardware version: 0004
* Android: 5.0.1
* HTC Sense version: 6.0
* Software #: 4.17.605.5
* HTC SDK API level: 6.55
* Kernel version: 3.4.0-ga9a3f03 and@ABM010 #1 SMP PREEMPT
* Baseband version: 1.12.20.1211
* Build number: 4.17.605.5 CL452965 release-keys
* PRI Version: 2.90\_002
* PRL version: 00000
* ERI Version: 5

# Answer
> 0 votes
As far as I can tell, it doesn't. I was simply running into a classic "urban canyon" problem.

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Tags: gps, localization, gps-tracking, htc-one-m8
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# Question
Title: does every menu item in an app have an intent?
In order to filter through my music better and get rid of 'stuff I know I don't want to hear again', I'm considering 'how to best go about writing a Tasker plugin' to 'delete the currently playing song'.

Detecting what's currently playing, searching for, and deleting it would be more complicated than being able to emulate the code that runs via menu item-\>delete-\>Yes dialog.

# Answer
the AndroidManifest.xml inside the APK \[the APK is just a compressed folder that you can open with WinRAR\] contains a list of the available intents.
> 0 votes

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Tags: tasker, intents
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# Question
Title: Is there a way to revert an android version update without flashing a ROM?
I'm not very familiar with the Android system, but I recently updated my phone from 5.0.1 to 5.1. Unfortunately, one of the games I play doesn't support 5.1 yet, so I would like to revert to 5.0.1. From what I've read online, the main way to do this seems to be to flash a ROM on your phone, which, as I understand, is similar to factory resetting your phone with an older factory image. The problem with this is that it seems it would also delete the game data.

Is there any way to revert back to version 5.0.1 without this process?

# Answer
There's no sort of "rollback" feature on Android. Due to device space limitations the old OS image is not kept around.

So to downgrade you'd have to flash. It's not necessarily the case that you'll lose your data when doing this, but it depends what the ROM's updater script does and whether the ROM will work with the data left by the previous version (you might need to manually factory reset, which is generally recommended before flashing). As Andrew noted in the comments, unlocking your bootloader will wipe the device so if you need to do that to flash then you're out of luck. As such it is always recommended that you do a backup before flashing.
> 1 votes

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Tags: rom-flashing, android-versions
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# Question
Title: Any way to kill a crashed app on a non-rooted CM11s device?
Every once in a while, I find my phone battery draining unusually quickly, and the 3rd-party "OS Monitor" tool shows some app running in the background, using lots of CPU when it's not supposed to. Sometimes, it's a music app actually playing audible music in the background, despite no evidence that the app is running - no notifications, and nothing in the recent apps list. Invariably, if I open the app info screen and click "Force Stop," it does nothing at all.

Certainly an enthusiast-friendly, developer-friendly system like CM has *some* way to kill a frozen app... right? Without rooting my phone, is there anything I can do other than rebooting when this happens?

# Answer
**Edit**

Settings \> Apps \> Running

Once here, you can manually kill the app's processes. Also, there is a button at the top called "Show Cached Processes". You can also remove the cached processes from there.

Note: Removing the cached processes will kill the (cached) process of course, but the next time you launch the app, it will again call the necessary initialization functions to work, using more clock cycles. It is preferred not to kill the cached processes. But if you there is an app that's behaving weird, then go ahead and kill it!

**Original Comment**

open the app and hold press the back button... it should kill the app... also, why not disable the app that's draining your battery?
> 1 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, crashes, oneplus-one
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# Question
Title: Pulling an apk of paid app from the device
I was pulling the .apk files from the device using the following command:

```
./adb pull /data/app/com.example.tracker-1.apk

```

When I tried using the same command for the encrypted app as below:

```
./adb pull /mnt/asec/net.stfj.spelltower-1/pkg.apk

```

I get the following message

```
failed to copy '/mnt/asec/net.stfj.spelltower-1/pkg.apk' to './pkg.apk': Permission denied

```

The device is not rooted and the app is a paid app. The intention of pulling is not piracy but to understand the library and architecture of a set of apps. Is there a way I can retrieve that .apk file?

# Answer
> 2 votes
You wont be able to pull a "protected app" without root, sorry.

This has nothing to do with the app being payed, except that usually only payed apps are "protected" (theoretically, free apps could be "protected" as well); think of it rather as a kind of "DRM".

Once your device is rooted, you can use "root powers" to pull those `.apk` files. This can be done either using a specialized app (such as AppMonster), or via `adb pull` if the ADB daemon runs in root-mode (it usually doesn't, but that can be achieved using adbd Insecure). `adb root` usually doesn't work on "production devices", so you have to use this different approach.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Unless you want specifically to play with `adb`, you could use either of these two 100% tested workarounds (each one requires installation of another app, though).

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Approach\_1: (needs a rooted gadget)

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* download & install a backup/resore app (such as Titanium Backup or AppMonster; free versions will do just fine);
* backup the app you need;
* navigate to the /sdcard/TitaniumBackup dir (in case of AppMonster you'll need to look into AppMonster's settings to see its backup data dir) and get your APK from there

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Approach\_2:

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* install Busybox (in case of factory rooted devices --- on so-called developer phones/tablets --- it'll be there already)
* download & install a terminal emulator (such as Terminal Emulator by Jack Palevich)
* run it and type this (don't use $ or #; they are merely shell prompts for your convenience; replace desired\_app\_name.apk with the real APK name which you'll see listed after running the 'ls' command):

```
$cd data/app
$su
#ls
#cat desired_app_name.apk > /sdcard/Download/desired_app_name.apk
#exit
$exit

```
* get your APK from Download dir (of course, you can use another unrestricted dir)

It doesn't matter what apps we are talking about, free or paid.

# Answer
> -1 votes
You need to root your phone to get access to /mnt

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Tags: adb, root-access, apk, permissions
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title: Finding ways to root my TWM Amazing X2

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# Question
Title: Finding ways to root my TWM Amazing X2
I want to root my new phone, TWM Amazing X2
But I can't find it anywhere, seriously. So I'm stucked here.
I've tried doing some google-surfing, bing, and all sorts of China softwares to root but none of it returned suceed.
Some infos:

> Phone: Taiwan Mobile Amazing X2
> Model number: Amazing X2
> Android version: 4.4.2
> Kernel: 3.4.0 ZTE-kernel@Zdroid-SMT

# Answer
At last, I've rooted my phone using the way on http://apk.tw/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=622501&extra=page%3D5
> 2 votes

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title: Dropbox export folder to SD card?

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# Question
Title: Dropbox export folder to SD card?
Is it possible to download a folder (or at least download multiple files at once) from Dropbox to SD card?

I do not seem to have the export option when selecting folders

Note the "Share" option doesn't have save to SD either.

# Answer
> 14 votes
ES File Explorer has support for several cloud storage providers. It allows to "copy" folders from your dropbox folder to your SD-Card etc in a similar fashion as you would copy files locally. The "Network" Tab allows you to add an account.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Astro File Manager (like ES File Explorer) also has support for dropbox and allows you to download folders.

For a dedicated app, there is Folder Downloader for Dropbox which works just with your dropbox account.

# Answer
> 0 votes
(I don't use the Dropbox app on Android; does it not keep local copies?)

DropSync keeps specified Android folders synced with specified Dropbox folders. No need to export; it's (almost) always there. 'Almost' as in: the changes I make on Android get uploaded right away; changes made to Dropbox files by some other device get downloaded at the next scheduled (or manually initiated) sync. The only time I ever need to think about it is when I have two devices open and I'm working with both of them.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I highly recommend Total Commander for Android and its totalbox plugin for Dropbox files manipulation tasks. It's almost as convenient as on a PC.

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, samsung-galaxy-ace, file-transfer, files, dropbox
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# Question
Title: What is the star icon in notification bar on Lollipop?
Does anyone know what this icon means? The device is running Android 5.0 Lollipop.

# Answer
> 19 votes
This means that you only have priority notifications enabled. Pressing a volume button will allow you to select different notifications which show/make a sound.

There is a choice between no notifications, all notifications, and priority notifications, which can be changed by pressing a volume button. Going into Settings/Sound & notification allows you to set which notifications have priority, such as only showing SMS and missed calls.

More help can be found here: https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6111294

# Answer
> 0 votes
In Samsung Galaxy S4, it is called "Interruptions" under "Sound and notifications" menu.

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, notification-icons
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# Question
Title: USB drivers for using ADB with Samsung Galaxy S on CyanogenMod 7.1?
I recently installed CyanogenMod 7.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and I have some problems now to get ADB on my Windows 7 64-bit computer to recognize the device.

Currently, `adb devices` returns no entry for my phone and the Device Manager shows a device called "Galaxy S" but with a yellow exclamation mark because a driver is missing.

I've tried to install Samsung Kies as well as the Google USB driver for Windows Revision 4 and point the device manager at the directories with those drivers. It doesn't find anything it can use there.

Which drivers do I actually need for the phone now that it is running CyanogenMod 7.1? And where do I get those and how can I install them?

# Answer
Use the drivers that come with the android SDK. The samsung drivers do not work once CyanogenMod is installed.
> 4 votes

# Answer
For anyone else who struggled with not detecting their phone. Here's what happend to me: First I was trying to uninstall the automatic portable device that windows adds when I plug in my galaxy s3. That was silly seems if you manually install the driver it will pick up. I had to go to right click my computer -\> Manage -\> Device Manager - \> Action -\> Add Legacy Hardware -\> Choose Android Phone -\> Browse to ..\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb\_driver and select android\_winusb.inf -\> Then I selected the "Android Composite ADB Interface" option

**UPDATE**

Ok, the above solution wasn't working any more after a reboot of my pc. So this time I saw my phone was under "Other Devices" in Device Manager. Clicked Update driver, choose from my pc, "Have disk..." and forced it to use the above mentioned composite driver despite the warning and then it worked again.
> 2 votes

# Answer
If you found your device on devices-\>other devices as android then what you need to do is install the driver for your device. Even if it is cyanogen moded samsung phone, in most cases installing samsung driver will fix the issue.. You can get samsung drivers on the following link:

Android USB Driver for Windows | SAMSUNG Developers

I'm using samsung galaxy s duos with cyanogen moded cosmic ROM. It worked fine for me.
> 1 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, cyanogenmod, adb, usb-debugging, usb-drivers
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# Question
Title: How do I disable the triple vibrate of Viber?
When I get a notification in Viber it vibrates three times, as well as playing the sound. How do I stop it from vibrating three times!?

I saw the question about receiving multiple notifications but that doesn't apply as I don't use Viber for SMS.

# Answer
> 1 votes
In version 5.3.0 for Android, on my HTC one m8 I couldn't find ANY option to disable vibrations, exept for the "incoming Call" one. So my phone sounds one time and vibrates 3 times when I receive a message...

Later edit: Just wrote Viber, they answered that a fix will be available shortly !

# Answer
> 0 votes
Go to :Settings =\> Notifications =\> At the bottom you will see Options for Notification sound and Vibrate when ringing option (just un check them and done.)

# Answer
> 0 votes
Use **System Sounds** instead of Viber Default Sound, Vibration for **Messages** Depends on it!

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Tags: notifications, vibration, viber-messenger, moto-x
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# Question
Title: How do I stop the home button from waking my Samsung Galaxy S5?
I've only had my Samsung Galaxy S5 for about a week now. I've been mowing the lawn whilst listening to music. Every so often, the music would stutter or skip to the next track. When I took my phone out of my pocket, it was still locked, but awake. And on the lock screen whilst playing music are controls to pause and skip tracks. So I'm guessing that the home button is being pressed by my leg and the controls on the screen are being pressed.

Is there some way of making it so that the home button does not wake the device, or at least not when it's in my pocket?!

# Answer
If you rooted your S5 it is pretty simple (and you don't have to install third party apps):
1) use a file manager and go into root -\> system -\> usr -\> keylayout and find the file gpio-keys.kl ;
2) Open it with a text editor and find the lines with "WAKE" written in them;
3) Go to the one with "HOME" written in it and just delete this word and all the spaces between the number on the left and "WAKE" on the right; 4) Save the file and you're done;

If you can't do this 30seconds thing because your S5 is not rooted then I'd suggest you to root your phone: a new world opens right in front of you ;)
> 3 votes

# Answer
I don't think you can without installing a custom ROM.
> 1 votes

# Answer
If your phone is rooted (recommended for so many reasons), you can install Xposed Framework and a module called Wanam Xposed. After you've installed these and rebooted your phone, open Wanam Xposed, go into "System," scroll down to "Disable wake HOME button" and put a check mark in the box. Reboot your phone again to apply the change.
> 1 votes

# Answer
If anyone is searching for a solution here, here's what I did. I use the "SlideLock" app for my lock screen. This way I get iOS style notifications on the lockscreen. In the "Settings" \>\> "Lockscreen" for SlideLock, there's an option to "Block home button" - prevent unlocking the device using the home button. I activated that, and now that stops accidental activations or turning on of the phone. Hope that helps. :)
> 0 votes

# Answer
Get a case or cover for your phone that covers the home button.

Your phone will still have the same functionality and will be protected from accidental wakeups. Additionally it will also be protected from scratches
> 0 votes

# Answer
Get a s view case. Not only does it have room cut out for the button, the magnets stop the phone also to unlock..
> -2 votes

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Tags: lock-screens, samsung-galaxy-s-5
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# Question
Title: Unable to send attachment, but there is no email?
Since I have updated my Nexus4 to Lollipop this error appears in the notification bar : "Unable to send attachment : object". If I tap this error it links me to the sending email and display that there are no e-mail to send.

I searched in my Google mail box but I have no email with this object and I have no elements in the phone with this object.

How can I block this notification?

# Answer
The problem seems disappered after a clean update of Android OS. Maybe the last updateby OTA was not done in the right way and take that error
> 0 votes

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Tags: notifications, 5.0-lollipop, nexus-4, attachments
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title: Xposed module for expanded volume panel

text:
# Question
Title: Xposed module for expanded volume panel
I own a Nexus 5, running stock Android 5. I'm looking for an Xposed module which allows me to adjust all types of volumes (ringtone/media/alarm) when I press the volume keys.

I've seen an extended notifcation panel in other ROMs where you could exactly do this. Is there something similar available as a module?

# Answer
> 0 votes
The feature you have requested (Expandable Volume Control) is present in GravityBox (Lollipop).

You can find it at the Xposed Repository .

You can download it directly here (3.54 MB).

However, do note that the Xposed Framework is still in Alpha, so some features of the module might not work properly. If you find any, do report them at the official XDA thread for this module. Any discussions can be done there too.

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Tags: stock-android, volume-control, xposed-framework
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title: Stereo to Mono Sound

text:
# Question
Title: Stereo to Mono Sound
Is there a way to digitally convert stereo sound tracks to mono ones, while playing? I need this feature because sometime I split my headset with other people, and hearing only one channel is quite awful. I do not want to change my music player, which is n7player (paid). My phone is Galaxy S4 with Cyanogenmod 11 (Kitkat 4.4.2).

The only answers I was able to find were to use PowerAmp player, but again, I don't want to switch to it.

# Answer
> 10 votes
On Android 4.4:

1. From your homescreen, hit the `Menu` key and open *System Settings*
2. Go to *Accessibility*, tap cancel on "need a screen reader" to bypass / scroll down to "Mono Audio"
3. Uncheck box

Done!

# Answer
> 3 votes
In S4, go to `Settings > My device > Accessibility > Hearing`. You will find the Mono audio option there.

EDIT: You can download Boeffla Sound Control from play store. This app is able to convert Stereo sound to Mono. For this you must first install Busybox which is also available on play store. Your devices needs to be rooted. Hope this solves your issue.

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Tags: audio, samsung-galaxy-s-4
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title: Unable to Install Certificate

text:
# Question
Title: Unable to Install Certificate
I am trying to install this certificate on a **Google Nexus 7** tablet.

I have copied the certificate file (from Win7x64) onto its internal storage and opened it in a file manager to install it. This procedure worked for the previous (now expired) version of the certificate (which I have removed on the device before attempting to install the new one).

However, for this new certificate, the following message appears:

> Couldn't install because the certificate file couldn't be read.

The same file could be installed flawlessly into various certificate stores on the computer that I connected the tablet to (hence, the downloaded file is not corrupted). I copied the file several times to the tablet and tried again, always with the same result (hence, the copied file is most probably not corrupted, either).

The tablet had Android 4.4.4 at first, then I upgraded to Android 5.0.2. I am getting the same error message on both systems.

The administrators reponsible for providing the certificate had not received any such reports so far, and the certificate seemed to install flawlessly for other people on Android devices of different types.

I could not find many related issues on the web; googling for the error message quickly led to the localization resource files that specify that message (usually a bad sign with respect to frequency of users out there to encounter an error message). The most promising links still seem to be dead-ends:

* The error message is mentioned in a Forum post, but the only reaction to it seems to be *hmm...not really sure what that is. I'll look into it though* (from December 2013). I couldn't find any follow-up to that issue, and the rest of the thread appears to be unrelated chatter.
* There is an open SO question citing the same message (though referring to something called "Android Moto G") from March 2014, but no-one has provided an answer so far.

**Hence, my questions are:**

* **What issue does the error message actually point to?**
* **How can I install the certificate file?**

EDIT: Here is the log output of what happens when I try to open the certificate in a file manager app on the device:

```
I/ActivityManager(  540): START u0 {act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/infcacert.crt typ=application/x-x509-ca-cert flg=0x10000000 cmp=com.android.certinstaller/.CertInstallerMain} from uid 10083 on display 0

E/ActivityManager(  540): Invalid thumbnail dimensions: 720x720

I/ActivityManager(  540): Start proc com.android.certinstaller for activity com.android.certinstaller/.CertInstallerMain: pid=11644 uid=10008 gids={50008, 9997} abi=armeabi-v7a

E/CertInstaller(11644): Failed to read certificate: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/Download/infcacert.crt: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)

D/OpenGLRenderer(11644): Render dirty regions requested: true

D/Atlas   (11644): Validating map...

I/Adreno-EGL(11644): <qeglDrvAPI_eglInitialize:410>: QUALCOMM Build: 10/28/14, c33033c, Ia6306ec328

I/OpenGLRenderer(11644): Initialized EGL, version 1.4

D/OpenGLRenderer(11644): Enabling debug mode 0

I/ActivityManager(  540): Displayed com.android.certinstaller/.CertInstallerMain: +362ms (total +453ms)

V/RenderScript(11644): Application requested CPU execution

V/RenderScript(11644): 0xa330c400 Launching thread(s), CPUs 4

D/TaskPersister(  540): removeObsoleteFile: deleting file=7_task.xml

D/TaskPersister(  540): removeObsoleteFile: deleting file=7_task_thumbnail.png

```

The crucial part of which seems to be *java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/Download/infcacert.crt: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)*. I do not understand this message - I have successfully copied and opened other files to the device the very same way as I did now with the certificate file. Moreover, how would I even set these file permissions appropriately when copying them to the device via Windows Explorer?

# Answer
Just had the same issue.

Go to `Settings` \> `Security` \> `Install from storage`.
Locate your certificate file and install it.

***Edit:***
If instead of `Install from storage` preference you have `Install from SD card` (this is what being displayed when you use API-19 emulator for example), then one extra step required. Because in this case the activity shows only `Recent` and `Downloads` menus without simple way to pick the certificate from the sdcard.
The workaround for me was to put the certificate on my desktop's local web server (mongoose for example). Then (on emulator) I used the stock browser to open the web directory, tapped on certificate (see below) and selected `Save link`. The file will be downloaded and shown in Downloads view and you will be able to pick it successfully.
> 31 votes

# Answer
Another caveat: when installing a certificate via **Settings \> Security \> Install from storage** on my Nexus 7, Android 5.0.2 I had to navigate to the file via **Internal Storage**:

Trying to select the file via the shortcut to **Downloads** did *not* work.
> 10 votes

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Tags: nexus-7, certificates
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title: Micro-USB to HDMI

text:
# Question
Title: Micro-USB to HDMI
I've bought this adapter, but I couldn't make it work. I've read about MHL, but I don't really know if my phone supports it: I have a THL 5000 (also I have a Sony Xperia M dual), and a Hyundai DLF40285 40" Smart TV.

Can someone help me to make it work?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Check this site: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/thl-5000-octacore-mtk6592t-root-recovery-t2835857/page21 `THL 5000 phone supports HDMI?`

I don't think so ;)

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Tags: usb, hdmi, mhl
---


title: fail reading whatsapp backup files

text:
# Question
Title: fail reading whatsapp backup files
Kindly help,how do i read or retrieve watsup backup files stored in database folder. Everytime when im opening a file it says 'no application can support this action"

# Answer
This feature availabe only with WhatsApp for `Backup and Restore`.

(only whatsapp can Open and use it)

for backup and restore, follow below link.

**WhatsApp FAQ :** **How to save and restore chat history backups**
> 0 votes

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Tags: whatsapp-messenger
---


# Question
Title: How to receive a notification for each new message in a conversation?
If I have a conversation with unread messages, I get no new notifications for new messages in the conversation. Is there a way to get these notifications?

# Answer
On Android, go to settings, then bundle notifications. There should be a little bell icon next to each category that you want notifications about. This took me forever to realize how to fix, but much better now! Good luck.
> 0 votes

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Tags: notifications, inbox-by-gmail
---


# Question
Title: Uninstall official lollipop Samsung Galaxy s5
Yesterday, I installed android Lollipop on my Samsung Galaxy s5. It was an offical update, since I dont like to flash my device, because it is a work mobile.

However, this offical lollipop release from Samsung keeps crashing. It crashes while the screen is off and I want the turn it on again. The indicator LED flashes and the device reboots. This doesn´t happen every time, but it does happen extremely often. So my phone is unworkable.

I cleaned the cache partition of the device but this did not help. So to remedy this problem, I want to uninstall lollipop and revert back to Kitkat. However, when I do a factory reset, it will only whipe my personal data, not the update.

What should I do?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Yes, you can, with Odin! Done it couple of times, but unfortunately it will start to download the Lollipop update again and will continue to keep asking you to install it. :(

# Answer
> 1 votes
Without flashing your device to a new ROM completely, there is no way to "downgrade" a device to a previous version.

You can completely re-flash your phone, or you will have to wait for updates to fix your existing OS.

Bottom line, there is NO downgrade path possible without performing a complete reflash of your device.

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, samsung, crashes, uninstallation
---


# Question
Title: What happens if I uninstall the Google Settings app?
My android device frequently runs low on free memory space.

Can I delete the Google Settings app?

I want to install a game but it is not installing what should I do?

# Answer
> 0 votes
I don't think you CAN uninstall that App. At a minimum, you would need ROOT to do it.

This probably wouldn't have any immediate effects, until you wanted to make any change to your settings (in which case, you wouldn't have the tool to do it).

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Tags: google-play-store, insufficient-memory
---


# Question
Title: Does Wifi P2P require *both* android devices to be 4.0+?
According to the android developer guide...

> "Wi-Fi peer-to-peer (P2P) allows Android 4.0 (API level 14) or later devices with the appropriate hardware to connect directly to each other via Wi-Fi without an intermediate access point"

Does this mean that both devices need to be 4.0+, or can one be a 4.0 device while the other is a (rooted) 2.x device?

# Answer
> 1 votes
"Normal WiFi" and "WiFi direct" are separate things. If you want to use the latter, the answer is yes: both devices must be supporting it. If, on the other hand, your question is whether there's a way to directly connect the two: there's always the "hotspot" feature, which was introduced already before 4.0. So one device (supporting this) could act as a WiFi hotspot, and the other could connect there as to any other WiFi router.

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Tags: wi-fi, wifi-direct
---


# Question
Title: Reset permissions of app versus Google Play Game Services
When installing an app using Google Play Game Services (GPGS) on Android and booting the app first time, we give the app permission to do this and that with the user's account (or similar) on GPGS. How can I reset that permission, so that when the user accesses GPGS from the app the next time (using the same account as first time), it will ask for permission again?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Within the GPGS service (leaderboard) inside the app itself, there was a button to access settings for the user vs the GPGS. I could disconnect the app from the account by digging around there. With that the permissions were revoked.

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Tags: permissions
---


# Question
Title: Cannot reinstall WhatsApp on Samsung Galaxy Note Pro
I have installed WhatsApp on my Samsung Galaxy Note Pro previously but uninstalled it a few days later. Now that I want to install it back again, it says the device does not support WhatsApp.

Please advise why am I able to install at 1st and not now?

# Answer
> 1 votes
WhatsApp provides the APK file to install without the Play Store. The APK can be found here: http://www.whatsapp.com/android/

# Answer
> 0 votes
Please provide more specific detail. Is the error warning appears on the Play Store or when you try to open WhatsApp? What Galaxy Note Pro do you use?

If you are using Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 WiFi only, based on this WhatsApp FAQ, your device is unfortunately not supported.

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Tags: google-play-store, samsung, whatsapp-messenger, installation, tablet
---


title: Change Play Store (web) device order

text:
# Question
Title: Change Play Store (web) device order
My device order in Play Store web is currently like so:

I haven't even powered on the Nexus 4 in a month. How do I make Note 4 the default without disabling Nexus 4 altogether in Play Store Settings?

# Answer
The list is sorted by last used date.

Go to the Play Store on your phone, maybe download or update an app, and the last used date should be set to the current date. And next time, it should be at the top.
> 0 votes

# Answer
As far I know, it can't be done. Google Play lists the devices in alphabetical order by default.
> -1 votes

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Tags: google-play-store
---


# Question
Title: Is it possible to assign a static IP address without a DNS?
Is it possible to assign a static IP address without a DNS in Android 5.1? Is there anyway to achieve it? I can do this in iOS so I'm wondering.

# Answer
First, without DNS the network connection won't be much helpful to you: you will need DNS to resolve host names to IPs – or entering something like `www.google.com` into the browser's address bar will just give you an error.

Which does not mean you cannot use a DNS server other than Google's.

From your homescreen:

1. Press the `Menu` key, select *Settings*
2. Go to your WiFi settings, where your list of known/available networks is displayed
3. Long-Tap (tap-and-hold) the entry for your AP
4. Select *Edit*
5. Tap *Advanced*

Now you will see a form allowing you to override things: you can disable DHCP, then specify a fixed IP plus the related network settings – mask, default route, and – Tada! – DNS servers.
> 4 votes

# Answer
Check this : `http://androidforums.com/threads/set-up-static-ip.503213/`

if doesnt work or you can't find it, for dns,

set Google dns. Example :

```
Dns1 : 8.8.4.4
Dns2 : 8.8.8.8

```

hope this helps.
> 0 votes

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Tags: stock-android, networking, dns
---


# Question
Title: Play Music app is activated by Words With Friends
Let me just say that I have used both apps independently for a couple of years. I have a Galaxy S III. Recently I replace it with same due to battery issues. I don't know if the replacement is new or used. I play Play Music and I also play Words With Friends. Recently I have had strange occurrences with the phone. When I play Words With Friends the last song I listened to on Play Music will start playing. The App is NOT running until I start playing WWF. I think this is probably a unique situation and I'll just wait until the phone is eligible for an upgrade next month.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Go to Applications Manager \> Play Music and clear defaults.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, google-play-music
---


# Question
Title: Where is Settings.apk on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 (4.4.2)
I can't find Settings.apk file in /system/app directory. I use the latest stock firmware. Where can I find this APK on this device?

# Answer
You're right, in `kitkat(and up)` it maybe deleted from above address but,

I found this on `Lollipop 5.0.2` in :

> `/system/priv-app/Settings/Settings.apk`

Hope you can find it.

---

**Edit** : file founded in `KitKat`-`emulator` ***(API-19)*** with below address :

> `/system/priv-app/Settings.apk`

**Proof :**
> 4 votes

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, settings, samsung
---


# Question
Title: Disabling Android Device Manager location notification on Galaxy S4
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. When you use the Android Device Manager to locate your phone it shows a notification that it was utilized, which is stupid in my opinion as it tells the bad guys/gals what you are doing.

I went to Settings, Application Manager and All and tried to locate the "Android Device manager and Device Manager" to disable it as was indicated by another responder, however I did not see either to be listed.

I would like very much to know how to disable this notification.

# Answer
The "location accessed" notification comes from **Google Play Services**. (You can find out what app a notification comes from by long-pressing it and then selecting "app info.")

To disable notifications from **Google Play Services**, open Settings \> Apps \> All \> Google Play Services, and then untick *show notifications*, then accept the prompt.

*Note: After disabling these notifications, you may not receive certain alerts from that app, like updating Google Play services.*
> 2 votes

# Answer
According to Google's site

* From your device's apps menu, open Google Settings .
* Touch Security.
* Under "Android Device Manager," move the switches next to "Remotely locate this device" and "Allow remote lock and factory reset" to the on or off position. Make sure you sign into your Google account on your device if you want to use Android Device Manager.

Make sure you're going to "Google Settings", not just the normal "Settings" menu.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-4, geolocation, notification-icons
---


# Question
Title: If an Android device is stole and wiped, does it stay connected to your Google+ Account/Dashboard?
I am asking out of curiosity. I think my phone may be stolen but I can't find it. I am wondering if a thief erased/wiped the phone would it "remove" itself as a listing on my Google+ account?

# Answer
> 5 votes
If the stolen device is wiped, then your phone will disconnect from your Google account and **you will not be able to locate it.** It will stay as an entry on Android Device Manager, but you will not be able to locate or access it in any way.

*If you believe your phone has been stolen, you should contact your carrier immediately as they have your IMEI on record and can try to locate it. If that doesn't help, try looking on local Craigslist or eBay listings.*

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Tags: google-plus, lost-phone
---


# Question
Title: Possible to Alter and Differentiate Between Media Audio/Sounds?
What I mean by this question is if it's possible to mute one app that plays sound/audio directly to the media stream(?), and keep another app that is directly affected by the media sound slider with its audio/sound?

For example: Spotify plays songs, but a video playing in Firefox is muted or independently altered to some degree.

Sorry if this sounds a bit noobish, I'm new to this.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Unfortunately, this functionality is not yet available in Android. There is currently no way to separate apps that use the media stream. Your best bet would be to go to the app's settings and find a volume setting in there.

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Tags: video
---


# Question
Title: How do I add other apps to Samsung's multi-window/sliding app in Android 4.1.2?
I just got the Android 4.1.2 update.

I know how to disable the multi-window/sliding app section. I know how to add and remove the preassigned apps there, but how can I add other apps (e.g. camera, calculator, standard music player and other apps I have downloaded and installed)?

# Answer
> 1 votes
You can't add just any app to the multi-window list (the one you get by clicking **Edit**). That list only contains apps that have been written using Samsung's vendor-specific library to support the multi-window feature. (I suspect that the feature also has special-case code to enable the Google apps in the list such as Hangouts, but that's just speculation on my part.)

You can only make an app appear in that list by contacting the developer of the app and asking them to support it. It may be an up-hill struggle to convince them to invest time and make their app larger to support a feature used by a minority of users on one manufacturer's devices.

# Answer
> 0 votes
By default, you can't add other apps to Samsung's multi-window feature.

However, you can use apps like Samsung Multi Window Manager to work around this limitation. It also has a Pro version that has additional features.

> Using this Multi Window Manager, you can enable ANY app to take advantage of this awesome new feature.

# Answer
> 0 votes
# Wanam Xposed Method

On a stock Samsung ROM, there is no option to edit the Multi-Window apps, and you can only select from a few apps.

However, you can work around this with an Xposed module called **Wanam Xposed** which lets you customize which apps are shown in that viewz as well as many other aspects of a stock Samsung ROM. To use this, you will first need root. There are many tutorials about how to root various devices on the XDA Forums. You will then to install the **Xposed Installer** and then activate the xposed framework and the module. You should then be able to customize many things on a stock Samsung ROM, including the Multi-Window apps.

***Note: Please read all warnings pertaining to root, and research about root access before you try modifying your device, as it can lead to unwanted changes in your system. Always use caution when dealing with root or any modification of your device.***

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Tags: samsung, multi-window
---


title: PC can't transfer files to android

text:
# Question
Title: PC can't transfer files to android
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and Windows 7 operating system. I'm trying to transfer files, specifically music, through USB to my phone but it's giving me an error. It's saying I do not have permission to create this item.

I'm not sure what exactly is going on. I have actually transferred music files from my computer to my phone before using the exact same method, but now it doesn't work anymore. I highly doubt it is the issue with the USB cable and computer not recognizing my phone, because it recognizes it fine. And I'm not going to download any software just so I can transfer music; because I've done this before and it worked so ....

If this involves UAC, then mine is on the lowest setting which means I don't need administrator permission, even though I am administrator.

# Answer
I figured out the error. It turned out the music files I had, apparently I didn't have ownership over them so I couldn't transfer them ....
> 2 votes

# Answer
I had a similar problem a few weeks ago (same phone, same OS).

I turned off the phone and took the battery out for about 1-minute. Then put the battery back in and restarted the phone.

Not sure if it will work for you, but I figured I'd try to help.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, file-transfer
---


title: Display turns on at midnight?

text:
# Question
Title: Display turns on at midnight?
Every day at midnight the display on my tablet (Asus Transforer TF101 ICS) turns on for a few seconds. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a big deal, but I am using the Screebl application, which keeps the tablet awake when it's vertical. Thus, the device turns on in my bag and then never goes to sleep, draining the battery.

Is there a way to find out what application (or system component) is waking the device up at midnight, and how does one stop this behavior?

# Answer
try to trigger it manually.

Root reqired:
Install BetterBatteryStats to view 'alarms', aka programmed low level device wakeups (you can find a free .apk on xda here, search for 'Attached' http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809 ). set your clock just before midnight and reset bbs' logs.

If you can trigger it, you should see which app has caused a wakeup in BBS' log.
> 1 votes

# Answer
I had the same problem. After turning off the network time, I set it back manually and then it didn't turn on the screen at midnight.
> 0 votes

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Tags: battery, screen
---


# Question
Title: Google Play does not work and shows "No connection" or "There was a problem connecting to the network"
I've got a Droid X, running Android 2.3.4 and System version `4.5.621.MB810.Verizon.en.US`.
Just recently, Google Play stopped working.

Whenever I open Google Play, it immediately displays:

> No connection
> (Retry)

YouTube also doesn't work - nothing will load. It says:

> There was a problem connecting to the network
> (Retry)

The Retry button doesn't fix anything.

I've already tried the following:

* Set Date/Time to Automatic (network-provided)
* Stop + Clear Cache for Google Play and Play Service
* Reboot Phone
* Toggle Airplane Mode
* Toggle Wi-Fi

The phone's internet is working fine - I can browse the web and everything, but the Play Store and YouTube don't work. I have Application-Specific Passwords enabled, and my phone is signed in via one.

I have no Data connection, but the phone is connected to Wi-Fi.

# Answer
First thing to take a look at in cases like that is the color of your connectivity icons in the status bar. Any color other than green (\< Android 4.0) or blue (Android 4.0 and up) indicate trouble with your connection to Google's servers.

Possible causes vary, and might include (but are not restricted to) the following:

* **some (temporary) routing problem:** If you've already got some terminal app installed on your device, you can check this with the `ping` command on some of the Google servers, e.g. `ping chatenabled.mail.google.com`. No response, or huge packet loss would confirm this cause. If you wonder why it might work on a different device at the same time: they might use different local mirrors.
* **some (temporary) "outage" of Google Services:** If your internet is otherwise working, or you have some working internet available on another machine, you should be able to verify this with Google's Dashboard. Any outages/unavailibilities should be indicated here (unless they just started whortly and the Dashboard was not yet updated).
* **trouble with authentication:** These should usually manifest in frequent popups asking you to place your Google credentials. You *could* of course try to solve these by deleting the Google account from your device (or by revoking its access codes to force it requesting new ones), and re-creating it – but I wouldn't do that immediately. In many cases, this solved itself after a while (or after switching to a different network, in my case).

As the case of the OP proves: most times this requires nothing but patience, until the issue "resolves itself".
> 1 votes

# Answer
My son and I both had the same problem on multiple devices. So I restarted my router (not reset, only *restarted* it), then it worked just fine. It's a router problem.

My Google Play Services were working on mobile data, just not my WiFi. It was going on for a couple days and we restarted the router. Now it works fine.
> 1 votes

# Answer
I have had a similar problem earlier. Try connecting other devices (Android devices) via the Wi-fi or any other Smartphone devices.

This generally happens when the Wi-fi connection hasn't been setup properly.
> 0 votes

# Answer
First delete data for Google Play.

Then open a browser on your Android phone. and go to: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/05/download-latest-google-play-store-4-5-10-with-shared-play-store-activity-iap-indicators-and-more/

(or simply search: `android police latest google play`)

Download and install Google Play.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Same thing happened with me: Playstore stopped working and google account won't sync people details.

Here's what i did and thanks God its fixed now:

1. first of all try syncing you google account in settings
2. if it doesn't sync properly:
    1. reboot your device
    2. turn off WiFi (in my case the Playstore didn't work in WiFi but worked in data connection)
    3. turn on your data connection
    4. clear cached data of Google related apps
    5. now in sync folder in its menu choose sync all (it would hopefully sync properly now)
3. open your Playstore (it should be working by now)
4. turn on your WiFi and than try using playstore with WiFi
5. then if it does work turn off your data connection and enjoy using WiFi
> 0 votes

# Answer
I had same issue wIth my Asus padfone 2. No connection to Google play. YouTube and Gmail worked. Connection was tried with WiFi and mobile data, neither worked. Tried all the common answers, like emptied caches for play and other Google software. Did a factory reset a few times when nothing worked. Finally took phone to service and they installed the motherboard software again. Same version as before. This fixed the issue.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Okay! So I got a perfect solution first root your phone by finding some apk file like towelroot in any browser and after rooting download hosts editor pro(apk free)and there is 1 host there click on that host and press toggle u can see a “#” so that means u can now sign in with no problems I hope u find this helpful.it worked for me.after this if u want to uninstall root use super su
> 0 votes

# Answer
Try this, (your mobile should be rooted first)

1. Install Root Explorer
2. Open it and grant SU permission to the app
3. Click folder `/system`
4. Click folder `/etc`
5. You will be able to see a file named `hosts` (no extension).
6. Delete the file. Don't worry, it won't affect your ROM as well as your device.
7. Reboot the device.

Now, try to login to Gmail again on your device.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I had a customer with the issue. He had disabled all google applications to save memory causing it to google play not to work.. Hope this helps
> 0 votes

# Answer
just go to settings, app manager, find play store, and clear its data. it should work. one thing, you just need to set again the preferences of your playstore. ;)
> 0 votes

# Answer
Try flashing gapps on your phone . hope this helps
> -1 votes

# Answer
Try "Wipe cache partition" and "Wipe dalvik cache" in recovery mode.
> -1 votes

# Answer
Go to app menu, delete data for Google Play services, and retry.
> -2 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, connection-issues
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title: Lollipop Update Issue: Google Apps

text:
# Question
Title: Lollipop Update Issue: Google Apps
I'm using a Moto G 2nd Gen, and I have recently updated to the new lollipop version. In the last day, I've had to restart the phone a dozen times, as after being powered on, it becomes completely unresponsive in about 10-20 minutes. None of my Google Apps work, the phone freezes, and it is impossible to use.

I wanted to do a factory reset but it won't even allow me to transfer or backup my recent files. It just freezes.

I've seen a few other questions with this issue, does anyone know any fixes?

edit: it occasionally gives me the notification "Google Apps is not responding" but I can't do anything as the screen is unresponsive.

# Answer
Boot to recovery, and remove gapps manually. You can also backup apps and their settings using `adb backup -all -apk -nosystem`
> 0 votes

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, motorola-moto-g
---


# Question
Title: Control an Android phone remotely from the computer
I have a Nexus 4, I've had it for 2-3 years running in Cyanogenmod rooted with no problems. It fell many times but nothing bad ever really happened to it until yesterday.

It fell and had a tiny crack in the screen, then the screen was no longer responsive. I've seen many people with cracks in their screen able to use their phones but I guess that wasn't the case for the Nexus.

Now since there's nothing wrong with the phone beside the screen, is there a way to control it from my PC? I find a screen replacement would cost as much I bought it.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I have found another app called Droid Explorer on GitHub. Download the required setup (x86 or x64) and install it.

After installation, follow the video of ANDROID Controlled from PC (How-To Remote Control ANDROID Phone) by MobileTechVideos. The video shows the complete procedure of using Droid Explorer.

**Requirement:** Android SDK

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Tags: cyanogenmod, touchscreen, remote-control, broken-screen
---


# Question
Title: "There was a problem parsing the package" when uninstalling an app
I have Android phone which I flashed. Now, I want to download WhatsApp, but after downloading it, I can't open it. It continues to display "There was a problem parsing the package" when I try to uninstall the app, I can only disable it.

I'm trying to download again, but it is just showing me to update it, meaning that I still have the app on my phone. How to fix this?

# Answer
This parsing error appers when either:

* The APK file is corrupted (unlikely if you're downloading from the Play Store)
* The APK file is not compatible with your Android version (again, unlikely if the Play Store works fine for other apps)

If the APK file is not provided by the Play Store, it is likely that either of these errors occur.
> 0 votes

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Tags: google-play-store
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title: Whatsapp chat conversation email

text:
# Question
Title: Whatsapp chat conversation email
I tried exporting my whatsapp conversation via email. This conversation is received to mail box in .txt file attachment. Once the file is downloaded to pc and opend with notepad as usual, the chat messages with our local language (hindi, india) are not displayed. Only square boxes are displayed in notepad. (making the conversation backup useless) What i need to do so that all the messages are displayed in pc ? (Eng msg are displayed correctly)(emoji not displayed is ok for me)

regards

# Answer
Your system doesn't support Devanagari fonts. If you're using Windows, install the fonts from Microsoft Support.

Update:

* Download this(press the big blue `Download Now` button)
* Open the downloaded file and click on`Install` button(requires administration privileges)
* Open the log, and select encoding as UTF-8

Update#2: For details on how to set the encoding to UTF-8: \- click on the File menu - click on save as - on the drop down menu beside the field encoding, select

```
CHARSET UTF-8

```
> 1 votes

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Tags: email, whatsapp-messenger
---


# Question
Title: How to add S/MIME certificate to samsungs native email app on galaxy s3
In my Android 4.3 Samsung Galaxy S3 there is a builtin Email App. If i open the account configuration there is an option to sign outgoing emails.

Configure Email Account \> Security Options \> Sign outgoing Emails (check)

Below is another item called PRIVATE KEYS. If i open it, it shows an empty page. I can click Menu\>Import Key and it shows me another empty page.

I have S/MIME certificate signed by a trusted root CA (StartCom) and i copied it via USB to my phone. The file is a "filename.p12" file maybe this is the problem but it worked for outlook on my computer.

How can I add my private key to my email accout to be able to use the "sign outgoing emails" option?

Please help me, i am struggeling around since hours. It cannot be the case that nobody used this option before.

# Answer
After a long time of researching I found this useful link:

http://www.gridshore.nl/2013/09/30/setting-up-keys-to-sign-emails-in-samsungs-android-email-app/

It seems to be the case that it is not trivial to make android to find the keys. You need to place them in a special folder with a special filename.

But the worst is that samsungs email client supports S/MIME only for exchange connections and not for pop3 or imap. I cannot imagine why this is the case but it seems to be true.

All of that makes me belive that some people dont want us to encrypt or sign our emails. What a shame!
> 3 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, settings, email, 4.3-jelly-bean
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# Question
Title: LG G3 (d855) Lollipop: cannot set custom ringtone
I'm having a weird situation: I cannot add a custom ringtone to my LG G3.

I made an MP3 file with Audacity, I uploaded it using AirDroid and set it as default ringtone (like I used to do on my GT-I9300 with CyanogenMod) but it won't take it, when I receive a phone call the default LG ringt one is used. But apparently everything is set up correctly, after setting the ringtone with AirDroid if I go on the phone settings I see the correct file seleced, not LG's one. I tried playing the audio from there and it works.

To make sure it wasn't a problem with the mp3 file itself I tried:

1. cutting down the size of the file: from a *full song* (3M) I tried stripping it to something like 30s (1M)
2. changing format: the short file, saved as OGG instead of mp3
3. manually uploading in a different directory (instead of using AirDroid)

All tests have the same result: LG's ringtone!

What **works** is using one of the other default ringtones provided by vendor. If I choose one of the existing tones the setting is correctly honored.

I'm getting mad, I don't understand what I am doing wrong. I'm now running the latest version available for my phone (V20h-EUR-XX). I had Android 4.4 for a week or two, and as far as I can remember (it wasn't my priority) this wasn't working with that version either.

I found a popular AE question about ringtones and Lollipop, but sadly I cannot find the *Clear cached data* option on my LG.

# Answer
Thanks to the useful suggestion of a forum post I managed to fix by

1. copy the ringtone in the `/Music~ folder (instead of`/Ringtones\`)
2. start the bundled music player, play the song I want for ringtone, then in the menu select *Use as ringtone*

This way I could finally change the ringtone with a custom one!
> 0 votes

# Answer
U delete the internal memory Ringtones folder then create the small letter use ringtones folder copy the ur song paste the ringtones folder then select the song Its work for moto g2
> -1 votes

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Tags: ringtone, mp3, lg-g3
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# Question
Title: my android phone keeps asking sign in to wifi network.
My android phone keeps asking "sign in to wifi network" I'm wondering because I have a signal but I can't access. Please help to fix this problem

# Answer
> 2 votes
This usually means that you've accessed the WiFi network, but you need to log in to some database for it to grant you internet access. Some form like this should appear once you click on the notification.

Screenshot of a *captive portal* (click for larger variant)

# Answer
> 0 votes
You have to be connected to that network, open your web browser and it redirect you to the sign in page where you have to agree to the terms and agreements of the network. Then, it should allow you access to the Internet.

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Tags: samsung, samsung-galaxy-s-duos-2
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title: What is the Lock Screen?

text:
# Question
Title: What is the Lock Screen?
I don't understand the concept of "Lock Screen", can someone explain it? Is it the main screen? I have a Moto G 2nd gen.

# Answer
> 1 votes
The lock screen is the screen that shows up when you first turn on the phone, or wake the phone up. It is the first layer of defense for your phone. You have many options:

* No lock screen(least amount of defense.
* Swipe motion(which means you just have to swipe it to open it up)
* Face recognition(which when you want to unlock your phone, you will have to face it and it will recognize your face with the camera)
* Pattern lock(which is just as it sounds, gives you 9 dots and you have to make a 4+ pattern to unlock the phone)
* Number lock(where you pick a 4 digit code that you must input before you can unlock the phone.)

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Tags: lock-screens, motorola-moto-g
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# Question
Title: How do I mount an NFS share on an CM 12?
I'd like to mount an NFS share on my Android cell phone, with perhaps a mount-unmount button on the home screen. Any ideas of how to accomplish this?

My `/system/lib/modules` is empty. It doesn't have `nfs.ko`.

# Answer
There are many apps that can do this:

And also this thread on XDA-Developers suggest using BusyBox (it's simpler to just open the thread on go trough the discussion than for me to copy that stuff here, you'd need context to understand)

Finally, this research was done by a simple Google search, you should do your research before posting.
> -1 votes

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Tags: networking, kernel, shell
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# Question
Title: Notification icon with lowercase "a" with a curved line below it resembles the mouth of a smiley face
I am trying to identify an icon on my kids phone. I noticed it and I am unfamiliar so I am a little nervous. It was a notification icon so I don't know what the app itself is. The icon is essentially a lowercase "a" in the exact font that this message is in with a curved line below it that resembles the mouth of a smiley face. Thanks in advance

# Answer
Sounds like the Amazon Appstore, which notifies Android users through the notification bar that its store application has an update available. You can confirm this by either clicking the notification icon, or by starting the Appstore itself. The Appstore's early startup actions presents a dialog that a new version is available, and allowing the user to decide to install it.
> 0 votes

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Tags: notification-icons
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# Question
Title: Unable to backup/export/access an SMS conversation on Android
I am attempting to use "SMS Backup and Restore" to backup 2 particular SMS conversation threads from my phone. The SMS app I use is Textra. My problem is when I go to select the conversations (or export ALL conversations), it seems to NOT include the conversations I'm after in the list. In fact it appears to show every conversation (in descending datetime order, UNTIL this conversation, and then no more before that)

I don't know why this is the case. It almost appears like there's an issue with that conversation, and when it gets to that thread, it can't get beyond that. I understand that Texta supposedly inserts a copy of SMS's into the android's main SMS database. I'm not sure if the issue is with the backup program, or the data in the internal SMS database, or something Textra has done.

Two possibilities came to mind:

These 2 conversations are VERY large in size, thousands of messages, and a number of MMS/images/etc. Could this be the reason they're not available for exporting? Perhaps too large in size or something?

I switched to use an SD card at a certain point. Is it possible SMS Backup and Restore is only looking at SMS records that have been inserted into the SD card database and not the internal storage? (assuming that's how it works?) if that's the case is there a way I can have it look at internal? Is there a way to test this?

Note this is actually a very critical issue, involving a fragile, legal situation. I need to export/access these SMS's so I can access/format/print them out etc.

I have in the past been able to do this with SMS Backup and Restore without any problem.

I basically want to know how I can access and export these conversation threads. Does anyone have any suggestions? Would be extremely grateful and appreciative for any advice.

If there's another way to access the SMS data and get it onto my computer (raw data??) I would be willing to explore that if there's no other options.

I'm using Sony Xperia z3, with Android 4.4.4.

# Answer
I have finally found a solution to this issue. Rather than repeat what's already been written very clearly and concisely, I will just refer to the URL:

> http://blog.shvetsov.com/2013/02/access-android-app-data-without-root.html

This provides a way to get access to the SQLite database that Textra uses, and export it to a computer, without needing root access. I am sincerely grateful to the guy that posted this! Potentially saved me from serious legal consequences had I been unable to access this information on my phone.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, sms, backup, sony-xperia, sony-xperia-z3
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title: Can App Ops run on 4.4.4?

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# Question
Title: Can App Ops run on 4.4.4?
I have installed and tried several of the "App Ops" starter apps from the Google Play store. When I run any of them, a dialog pops up saying "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." and my only choice is to tap "OK". So, I still have not been able to get to the App Ops settings.

However, this app claims to work on 4.4.4.

I am running on the stock Moto G (2nd gen), Android version 4.4.4. Not rooted.

Are unrooted 4.4.4 users generally restricted from running App Ops or is there something wrong with my setup? If it is as simple as getting another app to run App Ops for me, can someone point to one that works in 4.4.4 without the error?

# Answer
App Ops can be activated using Xposed Module, but for that you need to root your device. And an alternative to App Ops is XPrivacy.
> 2 votes

# Answer
App Ops can't be run without root privilege. If someone tell you the opposite, it is most likely a lie, or if it is real then the whole Android OS is worthless because what makes Android secure is the permissions. If you can bypass them with a regular app, then why bother making permissions?
> 0 votes

# Answer
Unrooted Verizon Note 3 user here. Not sure why, but App Ops Starter works for me on 4.4.4 even though it didn't on 4.4.2 (I think I had the same or a similar crash-out issue that you have described).
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, permissions, privacy
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title: Set Android to update only via WiFi?

text:
# Question
Title: Set Android to update only via WiFi?
I own an Android phone (a Nexus 5, so it's "standard" Android) and use it with a very limited data plan. Sometimes it downloads huge updates over the mobile network, even though it's at home and could use our Wi-Fi.

I haven't caught it in the act, so I don't know if the updates are for the operating system itself or the apps.

Is there a setting I can use to configure the phone to download software updates exclusively via WiFi?

# Answer
> 9 votes
Yes. Probably, these are app's update, because if they are OS updates you would be asked to restart your device or install the update. To avoid auto update from app's:In the Play store app, swipe from the left edge to the right. Go to settings. Under the "General" list, select "Update app's automatically"and mark with a dot "Only through Wi-Fi"

# Answer
> 8 votes
Also ;

**Goto** : `Settings -> About Phone -> Software Update -> Auto Update checked`

or other options for ***Enable Update*** with **Wifi** ...

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**Edit :**

If you want to instead auto-update apps only when you're connected to a WiFi network, tap `Auto-update` apps over `Wi-Fi only` in the same pop-up.

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Tags: nexus-5, ota-update
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# Question
Title: seeing someones last seen on whatsapp when they have disabled it
My friend has disabled his whatsapp. But I want to see his last seen. Is that possible? I have not tried anything because I don't know what to do

# Answer
As per the `WhatsApp` Privacy settings mentioned in their Official Link, you may not be able to see a contact's last seen info in below situations:

* They may have set their Privacy Settings to hide this information.
* You may have set your Privacy Settings to not share your last seen. If you do not share your last seen, you cannot see other people's last seen.
* You may have been blocked.

And since you already mentioned that your friend has DISABLED `WhatsApp` itself, it is unlikely you will be able to "last seen" info using Official `WhatsApp`.
> 0 votes

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Tags: whatsapp-messenger
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# Question
Title: Is there a way to only load text for websites?
In an attempt to not waste time or data on loading images or videos on website, I've been looking for a way to setup my phone to only load text of a website. Unfortunately, my Google-fu is failing me here. How can I set this up?

# Answer
Step 1 : Download the UC Mini Browser App and Install it.

Step 2 : Open it.

Step 3 : Go to the Settings part.

Step 4 : Set the Image Quality to Text-Only.

Step 5 : Enjoy.

Note : This option is only for the app, there is no system-wide option to do so.
> 1 votes

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Tags: nexus-5, 5.1-lollipop
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title: Extra icon by share button

text:
# Question
Title: Extra icon by share button
I was playing around with Android's "share" feature and now I've got this extra icon which I really don't like and I can't figure out how to make it go away.

The icon is to the right of the share button and has the icon of the app that I was sharing to. In the screenshot below it shows as the Gmail icon.

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah291/Micheal98/Screenshot\_2015-04-01-11-17-14\_zpskm0lit2i.png

# Answer
> 0 votes
I got rid of it by going to the app's "App Info" page and tapping the "Clear Data" button. Obviously that won't work if you want to keep any of the app's other data but in my case I was willing to sacrifice the thumbnail cache to get rid of the extra icon.

The strange thing is that I remember trying that before I asked this question but I guess not.

# Answer
> 2 votes
Unfortunately, I cannot use the comment system yet, but I know what you're referring to. Once you access the "share" feature, it automatically provides a "shortcut" to the last app you tried to "share" with. I actually find it a pretty convenient feature. I don't think you can get rid of it (unless you find a custom gallery or something). If you share your photos with anybody, I'd use the most-oft used app to share with, and just leave it there. i.e. messaging / facebook / etc.

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Tags: share-menu
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# Question
Title: How does a phone store date and time even when the battery is removed?
I have seen android phones which do not ask users to set the date and time even if I remove battery and reinsert and start the phone. If I have a SIM card inside it, I understand it fetches date and time from the network provider. But what if I do not have SIM and there is no Wi-Fi connected?

# Answer
“There is in fact a second battery in every phone.” (Cf. answers 15., 19. and 48. of this discussion.)
> 6 votes

# Answer
They use a Real-time clock, the same as just about any other electronic device that keeps time. Newer devices have largely begun to move to supercapacitors to power the RTC, but batteries are also used. The decision depends on a variety of factors, including space and relative cost of the components.

If you want some really in-depth details on how an RTC might be designed, Texas Instruments has published the specifications for the various RTCs used in their chipsets. Here is the spec for one of their OMAP systems-on-a-chip (warning, PDF file).
> 4 votes

# Answer
As @eldarerathis said, there are secondary batteries or Real-Time-Clock (RTC) chips built into the SoCs (System-on-Chip) of each device. They are built into the circuits by the SoC provider, like Qualcomm, MediaTek, etc. Newer devices use semiconductor arrangements like the CMOS (Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) battery in computers, which do the same thing. This feature is present even in many sub-par non-Android devices running proprietary operating systems.

If you dig deep into the specific operating system, (in this case, Android) you can find an option to disable it. This causes the phone to completely eliminate any power transfer inside it in some cases. However, this cannot be guaranteed to be present in all devices. It is just used to store energy to keep track of time or prevent any specific circuit from idling away.

In some cases, the time-record may be lost if the device is not used for long periods of time. In such cases, there would be no current flowing inside the circuit, because all of it would be completely used up.
> 2 votes

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Tags: system, clock
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# Question
Title: Repartitioning Android phone's internal memory
I have a Micromax Unite 2 on Android 4.4.2 KitKat. The original internal memory was 8 GB, but now it shows me only 1.67 GB.

I used a third-party app to see what happened. It shows me unallocated space in 4 different partitions, each one is 700 MB. Other partitions are system, userdata, cache, etc.

Is there any command to do that from the terminal? How to allocate that space?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Do not attempt to correct this, mine is having the same problem. So, I've started using an SD card. Once I tried to correct this, my phone went dead. Luckily it was under warranty.

If it is partially serviceable, the service centre will figure out that you have used third-party software. Be careful.

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Tags: internal-storage, insufficient-memory, partitions
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# Question
Title: Ringtone is starting late as a result of this it gets cut
When we receive a call the ringtone is very slow for the first 3 secs and after that the ringtone plays with full volume. Is that a fault of my phone or everyone is facing the same? The first 3 secs of the ringtone is getting cut as we are hardly able to hear the song.

# Answer
> 0 votes
That's how it is on every device. The ringtone starts with a low volume and increases slowly. Set the ringtone volume very high and choose a ringtone with high pitch. I'm not sure if that'll solve your problem but just give it a try.

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Tags: ringtone
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# Question
Title: Whatsapp message doesnt delivered but the profile picture and status are changed
Hello i have one friend on whatsapp , so i sent to him 2 messeges but he didnt recived them so the messeges were with one check mark, after maybe 24 hours or less , i enter in whatsapp and i see that he changed his photo and status but the messeges are still not delivered (still with single check mark) what is going on ? Am i blocked or something or problem with whatsapp ? (my friend turning off the phone usualy , and im in europe he is in asia maybe because of this or?) ..

Any idea or same issue ?

# Answer
WhatsApp messages with one check mark even after a long time usually means that the other person has blocked you. But since you can see profile pictures and status updates he hasn't blocked you.

From WhatsApp's official site.

There are a couple of indicators that you may be blocked:

1. You can no longer see a contact's last seen or online in the chat window.
2. You do not see updates to a contact's profile picture.
3. Any messages sent to a contact who has blocked you will always show one check mark (message sent), and never show a second check mark (message delivered).
> 0 votes

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Tags: whatsapp-messenger
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# Question
Title: How do I prevent unauthorized accession of my data when my phone is connected to the internet ?
I have an Android smartphone and my data connection is always enabled. I often use browsers like Opera Mini and UC Web as they are faster than the inbuilt browser apps. I often use Mobile banking services for several purposes. I have heard that the hackers can steal data from Android smartphones without my permission when my phone is connected to the internet.

1. How do I get to know that my private data is being accessed by others without my authorization?
2. Other than installing an Antivirus app, is there a way to prevent my smartphone from allowing access to my data? Like, is there any default inbuilt security option in Android smartphones as of such?

# Answer
Yes, just like for any Linux PC, you can install a Firewall to block wifi/mobile internet accesses and *XPosed* to keep track of all access attempts made to you device from programs. But unlike what Google and Samsung want to make you believe. Rooting your device is essential to allow you to have far better control of leaked data and unauthorized access. I highly recommend using apps like:

These are just a few fundamental steps to take to better protect your privacy, to mention a few. In addition you should also know that **Google AOS/API often circumvents *iptables* based firewall settings on many devices.** This is especially true for mobile carrier provided phones. See for example, *Android betrays tethering data*.

Finally, Anti Virus, is almost useless in the mobile device world, as there are so many other attack vectors that can be far more easily exploited, than what's detectable by signature based heuristics.
> 0 votes

# Answer
You can disable background data. That way applications will use data only when they're running in the foreground. For this, go to

* Settings \> Data Usage
* Menu \> Restrict background data
> 0 votes

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Tags: settings, security
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# Question
Title: Seeing ads on every website no matter where I visit on my android phone
I don't know what I've installed to my android phone but something cause my phone to show ads on every page I visit.

It doesn't matter if I use Google Chrome or default android browser. I try to uninstall every app I got suspicious but it did not helped.

Here is a few screenshots of the problem (Click for full size):

# Answer
After uninstalling nearly all the apps downloaded from Play Store (except a few like Twitter, Facebook etc.), I still had the issue.

I, then, tried to uninstall Google chrome which seems to be not allowed to do in normal ways (I guess it is one of the default apps of the phone).

Lastly, I found out that there is an update for the Chrome on the Play Store. I updated the app and surprisingly see that the problem is solved.

Have no idea what happened there and still suspicious about the problem but, seems like I succeed.

P.S. I will be grateful if someone explains what happened to my phone, technically. (Does updating Chrome change things for the default web browser? Because, I was having the same issue both in Chrome and default browser)
> 1 votes

# Answer
If you restore the setting of your default android browser then problem will solve.Actually I was also suffering from this problem. Try it and I am definitely sure ,your android web browser will not longer to show you adds whether you browse on a official websites.It works.
> 0 votes

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Tags: chrome-for-android, stock-browser, ads
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# Question
Title: Return my S4 Mini 4.2.2 Jelly Bean to stock firmware
I want to return my S4 mini 4.2.2 Jelly Bean to stock firmware, but can't find the specific ROM for baseband version I919XXUAMDE/ build numbber JDQ39.I9190XXUAMDE. You could help me a lot if you told me the way to install it - I want to install it from cell phone because I can't use USB cable.

Technical details:

```
Model nr : GT-I9190
Android version  -  4.2.2 // Kernel Version : 3.4.5 whl@server0-br#1
Software version -- V86.08
baseband version I919XXUAMDE
build numbber JDQ39.I9190XXUAMDE

```

# Answer
If you do manage to find it, to install it you'll need to download it to your phone, boot into recovery, make a backup, wipe your /system, /data, /cache, and dalvik cache (NOT internal Memory or your SD card if you have one) then flash the file you downloaded.
> 0 votes

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Tags: rom, samsung-galaxy-s-4-mini
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# Question
Title: Are applications from "Unknown Sources" restricted by permissions?
I know that Google Play applications cannot do anything that is not spelled out in their `AndroidManifest.xml` and will be blocked from doing so. I want to know if non-Google Play applications are locked down with the same security measure.

Will Android tell me what permissions they require before installation and block functions that use permissions not noted in the manifest of non-Google Play apps? Because Google says:

> In the event that an application attempts to use a protected feature which has not been declared in the application's manifest, the permission failure will typically result in a security exception being thrown back to the application. Protected API permission checks are enforced at the lowest possible level to prevent circumvention. An example of the user messaging when an application is installed while requesting access to protected APIs is shown in Figure 2.

Does this apply to non-Google Play apps?

# Answer
> 4 votes
An app has to declare all its permissions requirements, because they are granted to it at installation.

See the section "Using Permissions" here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html

# Answer
> 7 votes
> Will Android tell me what permissions they require before installation?

In general, yes. In most (if not all) Android devices, there's a system app called "Package installer" which handles the installation/upgrade of an app. When you install an APK file from unknown source, this app will run and show all permissions the app requests, which looks like this:

Package installer on KitKat

> Will Android block functions that use permissions not noted in the manifest of non-Google Play apps?

During installation, Android doesn't check/test if a function requires specific permission to run. In other word, user can still install the app. However, the app will throw `SecurityException` (that may crash/behave unpredictably/do nothing, depends on how it's handled) when running the function that needs a permission, but is not declared in the manifest file. **This applies to all apps, regardless from where it's installed**.

**Example**: doing network operation without declaring `<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />` will crash the app with stack trace:

```
E/AndroidRuntime(18698): Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission denied (missing INTERNET permission?)

```

.

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Tags: permissions, unknown-sources
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title: Nexus 5 Update To Android 5.1

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# Question
Title: Nexus 5 Update To Android 5.1
When I try to download the OTA for 5.1 it gets stuck at "Waiting to download". Am I the only one that has this problem or is there a fix? Also, **if** I manage to download it, will I be able to update or will TWRP get in the way?

# Answer
To download the update, I have to reboot my phone a few times.

To *install* the update however, I will need to unroot (to get the stock recovery), install the update (after downloading it you get the option to install) and then re-root my phone (not necessary but if you're like me, you will want to).
> 0 votes

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Tags: nexus-5, twrp, 5.1-lollipop
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# Question
Title: Can I use the CyanogenMod installer on Samsung Galaxy S3 (EE)?
(Note: EE is a british phone service provider.)

I was wondering if I could use the CyanogenMod installer on my Samsung Galaxy S3? It's in the supported devices list.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I can't think of any reason why you couldn't *try* it, because it should either work and install CyanogenMod or it won't manage to install anything. It doesn't *always* work with my SPH-L710 S3 despite my being able to flash with Odin just fine.

Just **do not** install the *wrong* firmware on your own. There are over ten different revisions of the S3, and going against what's showing on http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/SGS3FAQ for which specific model you fall under (*most* are considered d2lte now, but not all!) will likely end in a bricked phone. The differences between the international and the primarily US-only versions are somewhat notorious for bricking the careless.

# Answer
> -1 votes
Yes you can, but I would advise you not to install CyanogenMod, because some parts of your device may not work (WiFi, Bluetooth, camera flash).

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Tags: cyanogenmod, samsung-galaxy-s-3, installation
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title: Android not booting on Virtualbox

text:
# Question
Title: Android not booting on Virtualbox
Im trying to use android on Virtualbox. 4.3. I downloaded an iso, and used this to help me download it. After following all the steps, it told me to remove the iso from the machine which i did. Now it shows this over and over again.

# Answer
I just followed the same tutorial and got to where you are. It took about two minutes of just letting it run before I got to the welcome screen. Are you absolutely sure you're stuck?
> 1 votes

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Tags: 4.3-jelly-bean, virtualbox
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# Question
Title: Can I forward my text messages from my Android phone to a Chromebook?
I am coming from an iPhone and a mac book, and I am used to the idea of being able to send and receive all my texts, calls, and face times from my laptop. After making this huge switch, I am confused how anyone can consider this better. Can someone tell me if this is possible? I am not against any sort of under the table methods of making this happen. I have a Galaxy S3 and a Samsung Chromebook 2, so if Google can't do it, I'm thinking Samsung should be able to.

# Answer
> 2 votes
MightyText: http://www.mightytext.net

and PushBullet: https://www.pushbullet.com/

are third-party apps that provide this functionality.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, sms
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# Question
Title: Backup a Samsung phone before switching to Nexus?
I used to backup my phone through Kies. Now I'm switching to Nexus5, and I guess Kies won't work anymore to get my stuff back to phone. What should I do?

Also, I know that some data is automatically stored by Google and associated with my account, so as soon as I login with my new phone it should get it back to me. What is this data?

I could also backup my files by hand, but I would like not to lose apps and app data. Thank you!

# Answer
> 0 votes
There are many application backup programs available in PlayStore.

Plus the data stored by google will be automatically retrieved by google once you login to nexus.

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Tags: backup, nexus-5, data-recovery
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# Question
Title: How can I disable annoying Xperia application on Windows?
This application appears when I connect my Xperia T (CM12) to the PC:

Usually I just close it, and continue with my work, but even after closing, the application stays open in the taskbar:

There aren't any settings to disable this type of behaviour.

How can I disable this window (at least from the taskbar), without losing the MTP functionality of the phone?

# Answer
Since the Xperia Control Panel automatically appears every time you connect the device, it seems a default action is set on Windows AutoPlay.

Usually, Windows will ask the user what to do when a device is connected to the PC (e.g. open folder to view files, take no action, etc.), and the user can set it as default action (which removes this pop-up and directly run the action automatically).

To change/disable this:

1. Open AutoPlay by clicking the **Start** button, and then clicking **Control Panel**. In the search box, type **autoplay**, and then click **AutoPlay**.
2. In the list next to the device or type of media, click the new action you want to use.

For the new action, you can choose **Take no action** so that Windows won't do anything when you connect the device.
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# Answer
I don't have a definitive answer for you, but I can see one issue you might run into right away. This is a control panel window, so anything you do to stop it from appearing might well affect the whole Control Panel.

Was this something you installed manually or no? If it is, have you tried updating it? If not, I do know that Sony has a standalone PC Companion program, you might try that. The only way I can think to disable this window entirely would be to disable/uninstall your phone in the device manager, but I suspect that's not an option.
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# Answer
I assume you are running Windows 7 on the computer that you had mentioned. If so, type `MSConfig` at the `Start->Run` like this:

Once it is open, Click on the tab "Startup" which will show all the apps/modules that can load during system start up. Scan through the list carefully and disable (clear the tick/check) the item that you could identify close to the app that causes the issue.

Restart the computer to see this app does not start next time. However this method will also disable all other features that app provided. You can run the app manually whenever you want to bring back those missing features.
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Tags: usb, windows, sony-xperia, mtp
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# Question
Title: Is there a way from where I can keep watch on other mobile screen?
I really would like to know if I can keep a check on other android mobile devices. Scenario is I have Android application Developers team with me and gave them phones and tablets for testing and development.I want to keep track of their work and would like to see their screens anytime I want.

If anyone have answer to it please let me know.

# Answer
Here's an article showing some options if you have a PC:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/mobileblog/entry/mirroring\_an\_android\_device\_screen\_onto\_your\_desktop

In my limited experience, realtime viewing is tricky. If screen snapshots are OK, I'd recommend Teamviewer as I've always found their products robust:

http://www.teamviewer.com/en/products/mobile-device-support.aspx
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# Question
Title: Keep contacts local (not google account related already disabled) from other accounts on phone ie hotmail
I've had my nexus 5 for a while now and still haven't found a solution to the particular problem I am having, I want to keep all of my phone contacts local without syncing them to an account, now I've disabled Google Contacts Sync, which stops the phone syncing contacts to a google account, however when using any other account with the built in email application (either corporate, imap or POP3) it begins asking me to sync contacts with that account. It is frustrating to say the least, any insights that you guys might have would be really valued as another question showed me how to disable Google Contacts Sync!

Edit - if its any use I think it as attempting to sync with something related to exchange.

# Answer
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MyLocalAccount adds an entirely local account to your account-list. Within the dialogue for creating a new contact, you can choose the contact to be created into that account.

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