title: Changing android password remotely

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# Question
Title: Changing android password remotely
I have Nexus 4 with Android 5.1.1, lock with a PIN code. Somehow the right 3 vertical dots don't response for touch, therefore I can't unlock my phone.

I want to cancel / change the password.

* I don't have root
* I don't remember if the Debug Mode is turn on or not, but my computer usually recognize the phone just after I unlock it - just connecting the USB do nothing.
* In addition, the command "adb devices" show nothing.
* Inserting 5 times the wrong password just locking me out, without giving me the "Forgot Password" option.
* Using the "Lock" option of the Android Device Manager put black shade on the screen with a chosen lock message, but I can't find the place to enter the new lock password I chose. I only see the 2 soft keys (circle and triangle) and when I touch them the screen move to the regular lock screen with the PIN code... \[See Edit\]

I'll appreciate any help!

Thanks in advance.

**EDIT:**
When I try to set new password through the Android Device Manager (ADM), after 2 seconds the website says: "Since Google has verified that a screen lock is already set, the password you entered won't be needed.", it's mean that my new password that I chose will not set, and that the reason I couldn't use it from the first place. Still looking for help!

# Answer
> 2 votes
It might be a bit late but I had a similar issue and found a genius idea that might help others.

If you have an OTG cable, you can plug in a mouse and use that to unlock the phone, then cancel / change it as you normally would.

Hope this helps!

# Answer
> 2 votes
in your phone, go to recovery, wipe/ clear cache then reboot the phone. wait for 5 minutes, then through this link to lock the pin with new pin https://www.google.co.in/android/devicemanager

use the newly entered pin in the above link to unlock ur device

i forgot to tell you how to clear cache.Press and hold the Volume Down button, then press and hold the Power button at the same time until the phone turns on. You'll see the word "Start" with an arrow around it. Press the Volume Down button twice to highlight "Recovery mode."Press the Power button to restart into Recovery mode.You'll see an image of an Android robot with a red exclamation mark and the words "No command." While holding down the Power button, press and release the Volume Up button once. And then just clear cache and reboot your system

# Answer
> 0 votes
just try to enter wrong pattern or pass code for 5 or 6 times,then one dialog will appear saying you have entered wrong code and bla bla. Hit the ok button. then at the right bottom corner you will find one option called "Forgot Password?". Tap on that, then it will going to tell you to enter the email and password. Enter your gmail id and password. It will unlock your phone.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Maybe logon to your Devicemanager and try to unlock it from there?

https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager you should be able to unlock it there under "LOCK" ... approaching from the "other" side to unlock your phone requires obviously Network Connection;).

After Login to Google ADM: \- Select your Device \- Select LOCK \- Enter Temp Password (you don't have to enter the recovery msg) \- Hit LOCK again \- confirmation should now be on Screen \- now, you should be able to see a Password field \- enter your temp Password \- rest your lockscreen Settings!!!

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Tags: lock-screens, touchscreen, password, android-device-manager, remote-access
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title: Sony Xperia Z1 status bar issue

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# Question
Title: Sony Xperia Z1 status bar issue
I have a Sony Xperia Z1 that suddenly decided not to react when I pull down the status bar.

I restarted my mobile and also tried to use the developer options to show touches, but it still didn't work.

When using the developer options on Nexus 4, the Y coordinate changes from 0 to over 1k. On Xperia Z1, the Y starts from 87 and then moves as it should be downwards.

Aka. the touches over the status bar is not registered in the device... Any idea why?

# Answer
This suddenly solved itself :

What i did is to enable developer settings and suddenly it started working after about 10 minutes.
> 1 votes

# Answer
Just install from "play store" the free application "DropDownStusBar", it worked for me.
> -1 votes

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Tags: notification-bar, sony-xperia-z1
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# Question
Title: How to disable the notification badge on Whatsapp on LG G3?
I have LG G3. I want to disable all notifications from whatsapp, when I mute a group the only thing left is the notification badge (red number) on the app.

Browsing for "android turn off badge notification lgg3" only gives me hits regarding Samsung TouchWiz and iPhone, and I so far haven't been able to locate anything in the menu of the app either.

How can I turn off the display of unread messages on the icon of the Whatsapp app?

# Answer
> 0 votes
I believe icon unread badges are managed by your laucher and not by the app itself. Try looking in your home launcher's options. For example nova launcher allows to control this setting through TeslaUnread.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Head to your settings, apps, and look for whatsapp. Tap it, and untick "show notification" and you are done.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I don't know if anyone still needs help but I was able to diable the app badge notifications by using ROM Toolbox Pro.

From the main ROM Toolbox Pro screen go to: App Manager \> \[Tap on app that you want to remove app badge notification\] \> Swipe from right to left until you are under 'Advanced' \> Advanced Freeze \> Under 'Receivers', tap on anything similar to 'NotificationBroadcastReceiver' \> Tap 'Ok' to disable

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Tags: notifications, whatsapp-messenger, lg-g3
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# Question
Title: I am unable to see recent calls,dailed calls after installing 5.1
I am unable to see recent calls,dailed calls after installing 5.1. Any idea why it is.Which default apps are responsible for this? I stopped few default apps like google news,music etc.

Regards, Vijay

# Answer
> 0 votes
Issue resolved after i took backup and reset to factory settings. Even i got my contacts back.Thank god. And even the version remain same as 5.1 only but everything fine. But i didnt find how to set to vibrate or silent in this.

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Tags: history
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# Question
Title: clearing settings app data causes any future problem?
i've cleared data from settings app. settings -\> apps -\> settings app -\> clear data. i've heard a rumor that clearing data of settings app causes os disturbances. is that right? please explain.

# Answer
No that's not a problem clearing the settings data will clear any option you have selected in the settings app
> 0 votes

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Tags: applications
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# Question
Title: Does Cyanogenmod Kernel support loop devices?
Since I am failing to mount a Nandroid image and since I have read that the kernel needs to support loop devices for that I need to know if anybody has managed to mount a loop device on CM7 or similar. Any information on mounting loop devices in Cyanogenmod or other Mods are highly appreciated.

Cross-posted to the Cyanogenmod forum

# Answer
According to zivmo on the linked thread, Cyanogenmod 7.1 stable and later ship with loop support built into the kernel, so loop devices just work without having to compile or insert a kernel module.
> 1 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, kernel, mount, loopback
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# Question
Title: Samsung s duos not booting into recovery
I have flashed the recovery.tar using odin by following this tutorial http://www.droidiser.com/2012/10/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s-duos-install-cwm.html

but after this,when I try to boot into recovery mode by pressing `volume up+volume down+home+power` key simultaneously,it shows samsung logo followed by cwm recovery icon but then it just goes off and boots up normally.

what am I doing wrong ? please help...

# Answer
I had to release the buttons just after samsung logo and not after seeing cwm screen
> 0 votes

# Answer
Sometimes you need more tries to go back into recovery. If it does not work, you might have to re-flash the proper .tar file with Odin.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Some of the latest Samsung devices do not boot into recovery on a phone reboot. The device needs to be shut down before. You need to hold Volume Up + Menu Buttons for a few seconds. The power button only triggers the phone startup, do not hold it.
> 0 votes

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Tags: recovery-mode, boot, samsung-galaxy-s-duos
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# Question
Title: Where in the filesystem are settings saved? Namely ADB backup password
Where in the phone filesystem are settings saved? I've lost my ADB backup password and simply want to delete it. If it affects other settings that won't matter too much.

I will be interfacing the filesystem through a root shell.

# Answer
In my stock Android 4.2.1 the file responsible for holding Desktop backup password seems to be `/data/backup/pwhash`.

I took a backup of it, renamed it, restarted the device, and the password was reset to empty. Now I could create a new password from the **Settings** easily.

In CM12, I had to rename two files, namely `pwhash` and `pwversion`, and everything went well after a reboot.

**Note**: I noticed file modification in `/data/<FOLDERS>` to proceed and ultimately reach my conclusion, which of course works here.
> 2 votes

# Answer
This worked for me on Moto X Play (6.0.1), stock ROM, unrooted and may be of use to others

I wanted to remove the password set earlier for a different reason

In USB configuration, I entered the previous password, in *Enter your current full backup password* and left **blank** in both *Enter a new password for full backup here* and *Re-enter your new full backup password here* and clicked on `Set Backup Password` and it accepted it meaning that I didn't have a backup password now !

I verified this running Helium chrome extension which requires backup password to be **blank** and it worked
> 0 votes

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Tags: root-access, file-system, shell
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# Question
Title: How can I recover data from lg g4 stuck in a boot loop?
My lg g4 is stuck in a boot loop. It still powers on and can charge up but my phone wont stay on for long before it shuts down and starts booting up again. I dont really care about saving the phone but i just want to get all my data from it.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Well, you can connect your mobile to your computer via **ADB** (Android Debug Bridge) and easily copy all your stuff to your computer.To do this, just:

1. Boot into recovery mode by holding the Power & Volume Up buttons on your phone. (if Volume Up doesn't work, try Volume Down and if there are other hardware keys try them too).
2. Now connect your mobile to your PC using a USB.(You must have the usb driver installed on your pc). Download ADB from the internet and run command prompt or terminal.
3. Use the command **adb pull filepath+name destinationOnYourPC**.
4. Congratulations, if you were successfully.

> For more detailed information, prefer a quick search on the internet. Even if you are new to this, you can easily learn these all by watching tutorials on YouTube. But I hope you are familiar with all this. By the way, what stuck your phone in bootloop.

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Tags: boot-loop, data-recovery, lg
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# Question
Title: Recovering Information(Contacts,Messages) from the Android Backup file
My Android Phone Micromax a99 canvas got locked due to unknown number of trials by My kid's friend.I was left with two options \- Restore factory settings \- Delete/wipe user data

I preferred second one , I also took the backup of the user data by booting into recovery mode( volume up/down powerbutton combination) and then copying the backup into my PC. Now I did restore factiry settings and then tried to restore from my backup file but to my amazement(but thats likely as well) after restoring the phone I again got the same phone lock issue , since it was the part of my old user configuration.Now I am left with just one option \- To recover my contacts/messages on the PC and store it on My phone manualy.Oks thats not a problem for me , I just want few important contacts. Is there any free/opensource tool I can use to extract the contacts from my .backup Android Backup file.

I just need to get my Contacts !!! Thanks in Advance !

# Answer
> -1 votes
there are some ideas to restore backup and reset screenlock without flashing anything.

if still interested please come back to forum.xda-developers.com and answer my question regarding solution C.

solution A is easiest way, but i have not tested 1. create userdata\_20160208\_095026.backup 2. root the phone. don't flash custom recovery 3. factory reset 4. copy /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db to /cache 5. install some shell script to copy back settings.db on every boot 6. restore userdata\_20160208\_095026.backup with stock recovery

solution B, tested on MT6582 Jelly Bean, works! (because some phones dont have fastboot and its difficult to flash) 1. use my script to convert stock backup to cwm backup 2. root the phone. don't flash custom recovery 3. install stericson.busybox and jackpal.androidterm 4. insert sdcard with ext2 partition 5. mount ext2 partition 6. copy /data to sdcard 7. unmount /data partition and symlink sdcard to /data 8. mount /data partition to /cache/data 9. unpack cwm backup 10. replace settings.db

solution C (with flashing) tested on MT6582 works! 1. use my script to convert stock backup to cwm backup 2. replace settings.db in cwm backup 3. root the phone 4. flash custom recovery 5. restore cwm backup

currently i am writing a shell script for solution B. it works at moment for cwm backup only, try to fix up some errors regarding stock backup...

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Tags: backup, restore
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# Question
Title: How can I take a photo when battery <20%?
How can I take photo when battery level is less than 20%? My Samsung Galaxy S always says "battery low" and then closes the camera application when I try to. Is there a way to get around this? Or is 19% not powerful enough to take a photograph (my camera has no flash).

# Answer
Try downloading and using a third-camera app from the market. The restriction is apparently on the stock camera app, not on the hardware (the camera itself). I downloaded Retro Camera, and it is able to take a picture when my Galaxy S is on low battery. That might not be the app you want, so do a search on the market with the keyword "Camera".
> 8 votes

# Answer
This is, unfortunately, not adjustable in the stock version of Android. If you root there are 3rd party versions that modify this low battery level.
> 6 votes

# Answer
I think I've found a solution. It's pretty simple - just try to hold the Menu button. The info about battery disappears and allows you to use the camera.
> 2 votes

# Answer
Try turning the flashlight on it works on the Galaxy Core Prime. Turn the flashlight on first then take your photos.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, battery, camera
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# Question
Title: How to Block Third Party Apps from Creative Spam Shortcuts on Home Screen?
It's either I had virus on my phone or some apps I installed lately started to add shortcuts on my home screen. These shortcuts look like apps and will take me to the download page of the apps. I like to block this behavior but I don't even know which app or virus is doing this. I like to know if there is a master switch to turn off this feature or if there is an app where I can monitor such activity. Thanks.

# Answer
Unfortunately `INSTALL_SHORTCUT` is not the only permission an app can use to create shortcuts on your home screen - especially if your shortcuts take you to "the download page of the apps." `INSTALL_SHORTCUT` usually only run once, but permissions like `WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE` can give an app unlimited power to run however many shortcuts on your screen - and direct you to ads to boost the developer's revenue. This is often seem for some non-playstore apps because they do not have to obey the rules from Google.
> 1 votes

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Tags: home-screen-shortcuts
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title: ADB doesn't detect the phone

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# Question
Title: ADB doesn't detect the phone
My device is stuck in bootloop and my USB debugging is disabled. When I type adb devices in CMD, it says adb is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file. Please help

# Answer
> 0 votes
ADB is only accessible from recovery or a booted phone. When stuck in bootloop, reboot into bootloader and use the fastboot.exe instead. Then enter `fasboot reboot recovery` and continue via ADB

# Answer
> -3 votes
If(custom ROM==true) { \- go to recovery mode from boot loader \- wipe data \- wipe cache, delvik cache \- reinstall a better rom } Else \- reset factory settings from rm

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Tags: adb
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# Question
Title: Phone in Boot Loop & Need to Recover Data
My LG G4 is stuck in boot loop and I need to recover the data. I thought that Andriod would have a system similar to Apple's icloud backup, but it doesn't seem they do (I thought this is what 'Sync' did).

Please could one of you guys point me in the direction of how I can recover my contacts & photos. Is there an online account that i'm not aware of or can I plug it into my Mac using special software?

Any help would be much appreciated

# Answer
You can access your data trough TWRP. In case you don't have that installed, try re-flashing your current rom via fastboot or stock recovery.
> 0 votes

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Tags: backup, data-recovery, lg-g4
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# Question
Title: How can I delete Internet Browser form built-in apps?
I want to turn off completely access to www for my kid (quite smart kid :) ) and this is what I have:

1. Sony Xperia Tipo, rooted
2. Android 4.1.2. Cyanogenmod 10

What I need: 1. Ability to remove completely Internet app (not to deactivate it !!!)

My 12 yo kid knows how to use factory settings reset and unfortunately SAFEMODE access as well. I installed Applock (blocks Settings access) and Droidwall (android firewall app) but she restarted phone into SAFEMODE and removed my password protected apps (because they didn't started up in SAFEMODE) then after reboot all internet apps and settings was accessible !!!

# Answer
> 0 votes
You can move apps to the `/system` directory so they will not be uninstalled after a factory reset. (For example an app that locks the internet browser). However, it is still possible to install apps by using the Play Store, ADB, or root access.

Whatever you do, if you reflash the firmware, everything will be wiped and you can start over again. So the `/system` partition won't be a solution.

The only thing you can do is not tell the WiFi password, but then there are still open WiFi network.

Simply said, it is not possible.

# Answer
> 0 votes
You can delete the internet browser from the built in apps, but if the reason behind this is to block or limit your kid from internet access, it will be pointless. Chances are, that your kid knows that you can re-flash firmware, basically wiping the System partition and re-acquiring it.

In comments, you did however mention that your kid does not have permission to install software on the Ubuntu laptop. This is not a restriction to flashing the ROM, because if one does not have root permissions, he can still install software locally, and that should be enough to flash something as far as I can tell.

A solution might be to make some sort of read-only partition, that not even root can edit, and on there, you would have a small program that counts, and limits through something like Xposed. I however doubt that the above would work and/or be practical, as you might need to make the program yourself, and I think that read-only partitions can be mounted as read-write.

Another possible solution would be to go to your router settings and limit the internet access there, however this is only a partial solution as you mentioned that you wanted to set up a counter that counts even when not at home.

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If you have any questions regarding the router setup to achieve this goal, you can ask your question at Super User SE, where this would be more appropriate.

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Tags: cyanogenmod, internet, call-screening
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# Question
Title: Partial Wakelock - Android System *backup* = NO deepsleep/doze mode
I'm seeing following partial wake lock through BetterBatteryStats (inside of *Partial Wakelocks*) and it seems that, this wake lock keeps my phone awake at all time and prevents deep sleep / doze mode(

> \*backup\* (Andriod System)

I'm using Huawei Nexus 6P (stock, rooted (no mods)) with latest Android 6.0.1 (MHC19Q).

Please advise.

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*** UPDATE ***

I created following:

Issue 207700 - android - Partial Wakelock - Android System *backup* = NO deepsleep/doze mode - Android Open Source Project - Issue Tracker - Google Project Hosting

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workaround(s) (*NOT* fixes):

* `reboot` \- temporarily address issue (until phone is plugged & unplugged to/from charger).
* `Settings` -\> `Backup & reset` -\> `Back up my data` -\> Toggle `On` to `Off` \- long(er) term solution, yet you're left *without* backup going forward...

# Answer
> 2 votes
I had the same problem, but it occured after I had restored my phone from google backup. More precisely the "backup" wakelock appeared when I unplugged the phone from the charger. Thereafter the wakelock kicked in and remained doing so until I restarted the phone. But whenever I plugged in the charger, the wakelock came back again and another restart was a must-do.

How did I solved that? I just disabled the "back up my data" under "backup & reset", restarted the phone and enabled the "back up my data" again. At least for now the wakelock has not appeared again.

This was my trick.

# Answer
> -1 votes
it's a general issue with Android 6.0, i also have this bug on my Galaxy S6 using ORO CSC and latest ROM (G920FXXS3DPE7 May-2016). It appears only after the phone is unplugged from charger and the backup app keeps the phone awake (not entering Deep Sleep). For the moment the only fix possible is to disable backup (Google "back up my data).

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Tags: backup, 6.0-marshmallow, wakelock
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# Question
Title: Is there anyway to move apps and data from regular android phone to xiaomi?
Helium back up doesn't seem to work for xiaomi at all.

Anyone ever did restore helium back up to xiaomi?

What are the other alternatives? Google play restore doesn't seem to work either.

Note: I do NOT need to back up the APK. What I mainly want is to back up content of chat applications like wechat, whatsapp, etc.

# Answer
Yes there is an app called Mi Mover which helps to transfer data from one Android Phone to a Mi phone. Users can refer Xiaomiadvices for download links and tutorial on how to transfer data using Mi Mover app.
> 2 votes

# Answer
Try Super Backup. It works on both other Android mobiles as well as Xiaomi mobiles.

This link will help you to install google play store and other apps.

If installed google apps not working then refer this link
> 0 votes

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Tags: xiaomi
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title: userdata .backup android

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# Question
Title: userdata .backup android
My tablet is not rooted. I made a backup of it through console (in recovery mode):

1. boot my tablet in recovery mode
2. go down to menu "backup user data"

After that, in my sdcard, I have three files:

* `userdata_20160211_092627.backup`
* `userdata_20160211_092627.backup1`
* `userdata_20160211_092627.backup2)`

Then I moved the sdcard to another tablet (which is the same model), and recovered this backup there through recovery mode (steps as above, just selecting "restore user data"), but after about 10 seconds I get this error:

"Checksum compare fail".

Does any body know how to fix this error or how to disable the checksum in the .backup file? (this works if i recovered on the same tablet that i have made a backup in)

Thanks

# Answer
The checksum prevents of stealing data (put sdcard into someones phone and create a backup). You can not restore to even similar phones.

I posted the ektoric solution, please download the script from page 2. This skips checksum and makes it restoreable to other phones. Root is required, but no need to flash custom recovery.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528969&page=2
> 0 votes

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Tags: backup, recovery-mode, restore
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# Question
Title: Can’t enable the developer options of Samsung Galaxy Tab
I have several time tap on “Build Number” for 7 times but it does not show any toast message and also not enable the developer options.

Where can we find the USB Driver for the Tab.

I have Samsung Galaxy Tab(GT-P1000).

# Answer
> 1 votes
Have you looked under Settings/Application for the option *Development*? If not, do that first. That option should be enabled.

Look under Development for *USB Debugging*. It may not be enabled. Go to *Settings/Wireless and Network/USB Settings* and choose *Ask on connection*.

Go back to *Settings/Application/Development*. The USB Debugging option should now be enabled.

If you're on Windows, download Samsung drivers, install them and then connect your tab.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Check if you have accesibility settings enabled, specifically the magnification gestures, as this setting can prevent you from corrrectly detecting the multiple taps on the build number. Once you have it disabled, tap repeatedly until you see the message, if you still cant see it , it might be already enabled.

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Tags: settings, usb-debugging, samsung-galaxy-tab, usb-drivers
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# Question
Title: How do I move multiple app icons at the same time?
I have an HTC Incredible running Miui with Go Launcher EX. Is it possible to move multiple icons at the same time?

# Answer
> 3 votes
Unfortunately you can not do so with GoLauncherEx. Your best bet would be to contact the dev team at their blog, or other forms of contact like Twitter, facebook, etc. and just ask them to include this feature. As of right now (Mid-2012) I don't believe there is a launcher on the Android that has this feature yet.

Feel free to contact the dev team. http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/

GoLauncher is really innovative and usually has features long before other launchers and updates frequently. They have a very active development, with the largest user base of all other launchers, so its not really out of the question for them to support this feature if asked.

I do believe it would be pretty handy at times. But who knows how much of a priority they would make this innovation, as their is only 8 home screens and once you pull an icon over to another screen it automatically takes you to the overview of all home screens, so its a pretty efficient and fast situation. But the "Go" devs love what they do, and love their user base so I don't see why they wouldn't work on it if you asked.

The only way to find out is to try and contact them! :)

Hope the best.

# Answer
> 0 votes
This exact feature is available in the default MIUI launcher, just pinch your screen or looking press on a empty area and you will open window editing mode from there you can select and move multiple apps simultaneously, from screen to screen.

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Tags: home-screen, go-launcher-ex
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# Question
Title: How to clear blank entries from Titanium Backup (pro)?
I often delete those backups which are no longer useful to me. Backup entries are removed from list (popup), but app/element entries aren't removed even when those app/element are not installed.

**Here's an example:**

You can see `No backup yet` & the app is no longer installed. How to remove these entries?

I'm rooted and have latest version of Titanium Backup Pro.

# Answer
Your screenshot suggests you simply uninstalled those apps. In TB, hit the menu button, select "batch processing", scroll to the end of the list. There you'll find "Delete Backups". Second item in that section should read "Delete backups of uninstalled apps" (or the like -- I run a localized version, was just back-translating). That should get you rid of those "striked" entries.

For more details (as well as solution to other TB-related issues), you might want to visit the Titanium Backup Knowledge Base, which provides you with a user's guide, FAQ, troubleshooting tips, How-Tos, and more.

As for the one circled entry, the linked knowledge-base a.o. states:

> You can easily remove orphan data by running the “Remove orphan data” batch job.
> 3 votes

# Answer
The app is uninstalled but still in the system partion root/custom/app or root/vendor/operater/app after finding these apk's you need to delete them
> 0 votes

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Tags: titanium-backup
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# Question
Title: Link2SD Mount Script Error. [4]: can't create /system/etc/init.d/11link2sd: > Not a directory
I want to move some of my apps from my internal memory to my extsdcard. I followed this to do so(I'm not using Marsh Mellow so skip the first part of the guide). When I installed Link2SD and rebooted my device it flashed an error saying:

> "Mount Script Error. \[4\]: can't create /system/etc/init.d/11link2sd: Not a directory"

I searched for this error and landed on this page. The solutions provided here do not seem to work for me and I wonder if it'd be dangerous to manually delete the file "init.d" and create the directory that Link2SD has been trying to create. But before I do so **I want to know what exactly is this file for and would it be safe to delete it**?

Bonus Question: Even if I delete it, would it be created again after I reboot my device?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Link2SD couldn't create folder "init.d" in `/system/etc` because there existed a file with the same name. I deleted the file manually by browsing to the location, launched `Link2SD` and selected the "Recreate mount script" option. It worked for me. I feared that something might go wrong with the device when I'd reboot it but everything is fine.

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Tags: internal-storage, external-sd, init.d
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title: Locked in a User Account

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# Question
Title: Locked in a User Account
My device (maybe) doesn't support Multiple Users. I have a rooted device with Xposed Framework installed.

I installed an app from the Play Store (I think it's named as "Multi Users", or other similar to that ...), grant that app a root access, and enable that feature. Then, I go to "Settings", and the "Users" Option was there. I add another account, and when it opened a Dialog Box telling me to setup that account now, I rebooted my phone because it was too slow ...

Now, when the phone had finished rebooting, my apps are gone (I mean, when I try to open them, they keep telling me `Application not installed`); as well as my third party launchers, lockers, clocks, etc.

Previously, I had done this before (but with a different app), and it gives me options on the Lock Screen to switch to Users. But, this app doesn't have that option.

Also, the "Users" options is now hidden / not displayed on the Settings.

I also downloaded the ".apk" file of Root Browser (I already downloaded ES File Explorer, but cannot launch it due to that "Application not installed"), but it won't let me install either.

Will fix this? - *I hope so ...*

My device is running Samsung Galaxy Core Prime - Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Root and Xposed Framework installed.

**Please HELP!**

# Answer
> 0 votes
I can think of two possible things:

* Hold the power button. Some phone has "Switch User" option on power menu.
* Hold the "Power Off" option and select "Reboot to safe mode". May be you can figure out something from safe mode.

# Answer
> 0 votes
*I'm so lucky, I just tested it, and it worked!*

So, the `USER_ID` for the Primary User Account is `0`.

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Using your favorite Root - Only File Manager, navigate to `/data/system/users`, delete the other User Accounts ...

For example, the "unknown" `USER_ID` is 10, delete these files / folders:

* Folder named `10`.
* `10.xml`
* `10.xml.mbak`
* And, edit the userlist.xml removing these line:

+ `<user id="10" />`
* And if you want, you can also delete that line from `userlist.xml.mbak`.

+ *(I think nothing will happen if you delete that file, because I think this is only a backup)*

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If your stock File Manager doesn't let you access the root drive / system files, follow these steps:

* You may have to download an `.apk` of the Root File Manager that you want to use, using another device.
* Push the downloaded `.apk` file to `/system/app` on your Android Device using .
* Reboot the device.
* The `.apk` should now be installed automatically, and you are ready to do the steps above.

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**Bonus tip**: You should also delete other files / folders, if you want to only use the Primary Account.

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, root-access, multi-user, xposed-framework
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title: Problem in rooting

text:
# Question
Title: Problem in rooting
Two weeks ago I tried to root my android phone using Kingo root app on android but somehow it went wrong and it stopped but it copied the `Superuser.apk` to `system/app` and now I want to delete that file using `adb`. But when I type `rm superuser.apk` It gives the following error : `rm failed for superuser.apk, Read-only file system` and when I use to mount the file system with read write access with this command : `mount -o remount,rw /system` I get this error :`mount : Readonly file system.` I dont know how to delete `Superuser.apk`, Please help me, thanks

# Answer
> 0 votes
I think your phone has been rooted and the just thing you need to do to remove that **Superuser.apk** is

1. Open adb shell.
2. Type **su**(It will give you superuser access).
3. Then change the file permission (mount the system folder to read and write) and just simply remove that app.

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Tags: adb, root-access, superuser
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# Question
Title: Secure container for Android Tablet user
I've got an Android tablet that has multi-user support. Galaxy Tab 3 if I remember correctly.

Now, I'd like to store some of my files on it but so that apps and I could access it on my user, but not other users or their apps on that tablet. It must only be accessible if my user is unlocked on the tablet, if I lock the screen it should stop being accessible.

# Answer
> 1 votes
According to this post on StackOverflow the storage should be separated.

Each user gets their own space on the emulated storage which other users cannot access to read or write (assuming the device is not rooted, in which case all of this goes out the window...).

As far as installed apps are concerned, the fact that there are several installations of it on one device is indistinguishable from being installed on several devices. So each user can access the app as though they are the user of the device.

Therefore you should be able to store files on the 'sdcard' (internal storage) and they will not be accessible to other users of the device. Assuming your user has a lock screen PIN/Password/pattern/etc. then they will not be able to access the files unless you unlock the device and 'log in' as your user.

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Tags: samsung, multi-user, samsung-galaxy-tab-10
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title: Phone will not let me ENCRYPT

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# Question
Title: Phone will not let me ENCRYPT
I want to encrypt my apps and personal data, such as passwords to email etc.

If I have factory reset my phone (GS2sprint) and it is fully charged (over 90%) and plugged in. So I went to *Settings→Apps→Security*, and from there to *Encrypt* or *Encrypt SDCard* -- but it won't let me encrypt: The buttons are grayed out.

Why won't it let me encrypt? I have a new file that I have not seen before which is sprint extention. It will not let me stop it and like I said after Hard Factory reset it still will not let me encrypt anything.

# Answer
I know I am late to this discussion, but, for others out there that may have not gotten an answer to this yet, device encryption on some devices may only work with a strong password. A (medium security) PIN may not be enough.
> 1 votes

# Answer
You already have to have a strong password selected and installed and then the encryption button will be available for you to press.
> 0 votes

# Answer
The Android phone must be fully charged (100%) and charging in order to encrypt your phone. The button will change dark when your phone is fully charged and charging. There is now a notification text about the thing in the Android 6.x. It also says that the encryption may take one hour and more.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-2, encryption
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# Question
Title: Why my mobile eats hell lot of wifi data
I have a Micromax Canvas a200 turbo mini. I have started using WiFi since last month. In one month "Android OS" and Google Chrome have used 63 GB of WiFi data. I have tried using third party apps, but they are only useful when you are using cellular data. I have tried reset factory as well.

What would cause this high data usage?

Click image for larger version

# Answer
> 1 votes
You can try opera max. It is VPN service that having app management features. There you can manage which app to allow network connections. And then only allowed apps would be able to access network bandwidth.

# Answer
> 0 votes
The only reason I know why an OS would use a lot of data connection is downloading upgrades. Did your phone install (a) lot of system updates recently? Are you using stock firmware or did you install a custom OS like CynogenMod, possibly even a nightly build that updates every night?

For Chrome data usage there may be a lot of reasons - it usually completely depends on what you do with your browser. If you download large files, for example, that would be counted as Chrome data usage, too. Also watching videos or complete movies via browser will be accounted as usage for Chrome.

Maybe you might want to try 3g watchdog, which is a very good app for traffic supervision that I use for 2 years now - perhaps that would split the individual system components using wifi data better.

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Tags: wi-fi, internet
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# Question
Title: Automatically modify bluetooth settings when launching an app
Here is my use case: my phone is connected to my car via bluetooth, with only the `Phone audio` enabled. `Media audio` is off, so I can keep listening to the phone's GPS and the car's radio at the same time.
But from time to time, I'd like to listen to Spotify directly through the car's audio system, which means I have to switch the bluetooth connection's `Media audio` back on.

Is it possible to automate that ?

> While connected to the car's bluetooth, if Spotify is launched, enable the connection's `Media audio`.

Perhaps with Tasker or IFTTT, but I couldn't find how to do it with IFTTT, and I couldn't find a way to try Tasker for free.

# Answer
Depending on Bluetooth device, routing audio through it may only be possible using SCO. Try automating it with Automate (free), it has an Bluetooth SCO set state block.
> 0 votes

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Tags: bluetooth, automation
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# Question
Title: Is there an app or setting available to increase video recording duration?
My question is similar, but not identical to this one. Essentially I'd like to record videos of unlimited length on my android device(s) - that prior question seems to deal with a technical limitation: max filesize for FAT32. My issue is with an arbitrary limitation: the GNex uses EXT4 so max filesize isn't a reason to cut off my recordings at 30 minutes so I can only assume that this limit must be hard-coded into either the camera app or Android itself.

I understand that for many users you need to do some hand-holding and keep them from sucking down battery life, but I intend to record on a tripod while plugged in so none of that really matters to me. I'm also aware of an antiquated tax act in parts of Europe that heavily taxes devices that can record for \> 30 minutes as "video recording devices" but I don't live in Europe and don't want to be limited by the obscure tax code of a country I don't even live in.

Is there a way to disable this limitation so the built-in camera app can record for \> 30 minutes? Is there some alternate video recording app that doesn't have this limitation? Do the answers to these questions change if I root my phone?

# Answer
> 5 votes
Try Magisto. I just tested it initially and managed to record for almost 2.5 hours before I stopped it.

# Answer
> 3 votes
open camera has done the job for me. https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=opencamera&fdid=net.sourceforge.opencamera

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Tags: video-recording
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title: Browser which always allows scale/zoom?

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# Question
Title: Browser which always allows scale/zoom?
I absolutely 100% hate, hate, *hate* mobile-optimized design sites, particularly ones that disable zooming. Up until now, I've done pretty well spoofing a desktop user agent to get the full pages, but with the advent of responsive design, it seems like more and more sites are feeling comfortable using viewport meta-tags to set user-scalable to false, which means that I am in effect forced into using the horrible mobile sites.

From what I understand, viewport tags are ignored by desktop browsers - is there a browser on Android which does the same thing, preventing web sites from removing key functionality from my phone? Maybe a Dolphin add-on?

I think potentially a greasemonkey script excising the offending viewport tags would also work, but I'm not sure there's a stable version of greasemonkey for android yet, and it might be preferable if the browser itself were built to always allow zooming.

# Answer
> 8 votes
Just found the setting in Chrome. If you go to Settings -\> Accessibility and then tick the option "Force enable zoom" then you should be able to zoom in on any site. (I have read a few sites still manage to stop you, but the vast majority should then work).

# Answer
> 2 votes
UC Browser already has capability of forced zoom on mobile sites - and not only that, but the possibility of automatic text wrap when zooming. As far as I know, it's the only browser to have this behavior. Plus, with hardware acceleration browsing is just smooth on low specs smartphones, like I have :)

# Answer
> 0 votes
In Firefox mobile and derivatives (IceCat, Nightly, anything else based on "Fennec"), you can make it ignore the 'user-scalable' tag by toggling the preference `browser.ui.zoom.force-user-scalable` in `about:config` to `true`.

# Answer
> -1 votes
You can use Chrome or Opera Mobile.They Support Zooming the web pages

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Tags: browser, zooming
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# Question
Title: How to resume app restore after stopping it on first opening Google Play?
I've installed a fresh stock ROM from Google site on my Galaxy Nexus.

At the time I've opened the Google Play and started installing the 157 apps... the problem is that I needed to stop downloading in the middle as I needed to move to an area without wifi coverage, so I pressed stop.

Now I don't see any option to resume that installation.

Is it really a one shot? How could I have paused it to avoid downloading it on 3G?

# Answer
Use `bmgr` from `adb shell`. See this answer for a complete explanation of backup sets.

Root access is ***not required***.

```
shell@maguro:/ $ bmgr list sets
  1234567890abcdef : droid48
  34567890abcdef12 : galaxy49
  ...

shell@maguro:/ $ bmgr restore 1234567890abcdef
Scheduling restore: droid48
done

```

This triggered a full restore of all the previously installed apps on my device instantly.
> 35 votes

# Answer
There's no option to resume. If you stop you can only manual download later.

If you didn't pressed stop, **you could just disable data transfer and, when connected again, download will continue**.

If you stop, the current sync state will be sent to the server and it will be (without the apps that weren't installed) stored as the device final state after restore.

And by the way, clear market data will not help (Tested \>5 times on reflash my Desire)
> 8 votes

# Answer
If you had turned off 3G, or even the device altogether, the downloads would have 'paused' so to say, and would have been resumed as soon as a data connection became available.

Apart from that, there is no way to pause an app download from Google Play, to resume later.
> 2 votes

# Answer
I had this same problem. Don't know exactly what I did but I removed the Google account from my phone and re-signed in. Then I opened the Play Store and all my previous apps began downloading. Hope this helps
> 1 votes

# Answer
A similar problem happened with me and I try to factor reset a few times. It did not work. What worked was as follows:

1. Factor reset the phone.
2. After setting the language, the phone will ask you to connect to wifi. While connecting with wifi, go to top taskbar, swipe data, and disable mobile data.
3. Once the wifi is connected go through the process and while selecting the reset, if there is more than a day old (not today's) backup is available use that. You may loose one or two days worth of data, sms etc but mostly other stuff will be recovered. It will also save you the trouble of going through installing each app separately.
> 0 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, restore
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# Question
Title: Whenever i tried to root my Xolo a1010 it always shows an error, How can i root my device.?
I want to root my device XOLO A1010, whenever i try to root it with kingoroot, kingroot, frameroot it shows an error occured. Pleae help me to get my phone rooted..

# Answer
Try rooting using **PC**. Some good softwares are available to root the phone directly. If pc method fails, then try rooting by flashing **SuperSU zip** via a **custom recovery** for your device, which you will need to flash to your device via `fastboot` or similar.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat
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# Question
Title: Can I launch a shell script from home screen?
There's one tweak of my phone I'm applying/removing through two some pretty simple shell scripts. But going to terminal emulator and typing the script names each time aside, the tweak actually makes on-screen keyboard unusable and may necessitate adb access to start `deactivate.sh`

Is there a way to launch the scripts from the home screen - just place them as icons, the way you can just double-click a .bat file on your desktop on Windows?

# Answer
**YES**, Download **terminal emulator** app from playstore.it gives the access to commands directly by using **Widgets**.through this you can place the widget in homescreen and launch a command in a 'click'.
> 0 votes

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Tags: shell
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title: Some Music Missing on Huawei Tag-L21

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# Question
Title: Some Music Missing on Huawei Tag-L21
Alright, so I connected my phone to my laptop through a chord and moved a bunch of albums into the Downloads folder on my SD card, and all the music transferred over without a problem. However, when I was checking to see if all the songs were there, 9 songs were missing. I was still able to navigate to all the songs in the fie manager and play them all the way through, but they weren't showing up in the music player. They are all mp3 files. I am using the default music player. It seems to be a problem with the music player, because when I downloaded doubletwist, all the songs were there. I don't wanna switch to using doubletwist though, I wanna keep using the default music player because I prefer it's interface. I think it might be because of the file size, as all the missing songs were under 2000 kb. Please help, this is infuriating me to no end. Thanks.

# Answer
> 0 votes
May be default settings of music player.try changing settings of that music player.may be the songs which are missing are false recognised as ringtone.

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Tags: music, huawei
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title: Stuck on moving to SDcard

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# Question
Title: Stuck on moving to SDcard
I have Alcatel 5054D with Lollipop (5.1.1) on board. I tried to move some apps to SDcard by pressing "Move to SDcard". Some of these apps moved successfully and some stuck in "Moving" state. I tried to reinstall these stuck apps, but they still show "Moving" instead of "Move to SDcard/telephone". I do not understand if they still in the phone memory or on the card. Any suggestions?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Try clearing **cache** and **reboot** your phone. If still the problem presist, try 3rd party apps available on playstore like link2sd,move2sd and more.

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, external-sd, sd-card
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# Question
Title: How to transfer file to internal usb storage on Samsung Note?
I am trying to install a p12 certificate on my Samsung Note. From what I've read, this can be accomplished with: menu-\>settings-\>Location and Security-\>Install from USB Storage (or SDCard storage, depending on the phone).

So, how do I transfer a file to the USB storage?

# Answer
> 1 votes
**For transfering files thorugh pc to USB:** Goto settings\>about phone\> and tap **build bumber** several times until it shows you are **now developer**. Now goto settings\> developer options\> enable **debugging mode**. Now try connecting to pc (Make sure you have **USB drivers** installed).

**For transfering files from phone to USB:\*** Make sure you have working **otg cable**. Use **es explorer**(recommended) to copy paste the files from phone to USB.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Go to settings-applications-USB debugging and enable that. If you're running ICS, go to settings-developer options instead. Now when you connect your phone via USB, it will show up as a mass storage device and you can directly copy files to/from the mass storage (and SD card if you have one).

Try placing the certificate in the root directory of your SD card and then import it.

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Tags: file-transfer, samsung-galaxy-note
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# Question
Title: insufficient space while updating WhatsApp and other apps
Whatsapp has forced everyone to update their apps before June 8th. Everytime, I tried to update it I got the 'insufficient storage space' error and now, on June 8th, I can't access my Whatsapp. As of now, I have:

* **2.43 GB available on internal card**
* **5.69 GB available on SD Card**

I have **rooted** Sony Xperia SP running on Android 4.3. I have tried every possible thing on the Internet. The problem is Google Play Store is allowing me to install some apps but giving error on other apps installation/update. I was successfully able to download Sound Cloud and Clean Master, but couldn't update Whatsapp or install System Cleanup. I even tried to download System Cleanup manually through apk file but it gave me the same error. I think my solution is somewhat mentioned by these two people here: insufficient space while updating WhatsApp on CyanogenMod

However, the problem is I can't download System Clean up and I don't know how to manually delete dead folders

**Update** This is how far I have come:

* I can see all the contents of /data and /data/data
* I even deleted some whatsapp related files that I don't remember. They neither did any good nor harm the phone.
* I have read that I have to delete 'dead data folders' and 'affected libraries'. However, I have no idea exactly what to delete or how to know which libraries are affected!

# Answer
Try clearing 'cache' through stock recovery or any appropiate apps and **reboot** your phone.

If the same problem presist, then try clearing google play store app **cache** and try **clear data**.
> 0 votes

# Answer
As stated by @devwaseem, clearing cache helps. Most data hogging culprits are google maps, google photos, gallery. You may try uninstalling maps and then install whatsapp to see if it helps. This has worked many a times back in the day with the cheap phones I used to own. However, you may run into the same trouble while reinstalling maps (or anything else you momentarily removed) again.
> 0 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, whatsapp-messenger, insufficient-memory, 4.3-jelly-bean
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title: Re-Calibrate Android Compass

text:
# Question
Title: Re-Calibrate Android Compass
I have a Nexus 5X and was in a bit of a hurry when I followed the setup steps. There was a calibrate compass wizard, which I skipped because I wanted to do this later.

However, I've not figured out yet how to launch the compass calibration wizard again. I found this question on Android.SE telling about the general process, as well as this Google support article, but I couldn't figure out how to launch that wizard again.

Any ideas?

# Answer
> 1 votes
As long as your phone is aligning you on the maps with the right direction, it should be fine. I've noticed that the wizard coms up automatically once in awhile, (roughly more like once a week) on my 6P. You could try clearing the cache on the maps, but this is not a sure shot way for the wizard to show up.

**Issue resolved by following google recommendation after opening the app (wizard popup was not mandatory)**

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Tags: 6.0-marshmallow, nexus-5x, calibration, compass
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title: Download history on s5 mini

text:
# Question
Title: Download history on s5 mini
Is it possible for items one hasn't ever downloaded to appear in the download history of an s5 mini?

# Answer
Yes and no. Android's *Download Manager* gives apps a way to ask it to download files for them. Those downloads still show up in the list of downloads within the *Downloads* app. Sometimes they might show a notification while they're downloading or when the download finishes, but that's up to each particular app.

So all the items that show in the Downloads app are files that the Download Manager has downloaded, but not all of them are files **you** have asked it to download: some items can be added to the list and downloaded without your input.
> 1 votes

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Tags: downloading, history
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# Question
Title: Microphone not working properly during call (LG G2)
I have an LG G2 (d802) with a rooted Lollipop rom installed. During any call the person I'm speaking with has difficulties hearing my voice due to stuttering and distorted sound. Sometimes they stop hearing me altogether and I found out that if I mute and unmute the microphone it starts working again for a very brief period of time. Before dispatching it to the repair shop, is there anything I can do to try and fix the problem? To rule out any (possible?) software bugs. Thanks

# Answer
Give Microphone Guard app a try.

My Mobile was working only on Loud-speaker (software issue) and it helped me.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, microphone, lg-g2
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# Question
Title: I installed a nightly or unstable build of a custom ROM and now my phone doesn't work
I installed a nightly build, but now some important features of my phone don't work: it boot-loops, or can't make calls, or can't use mobile data, or something like that. What can I do about it?

> **N.B.** This is a "canonical question" for all similar questions, because questions about specific bugs in one particular nightly build of a ROM are way too specific to have any long-term value. See this meta question to learn why this question was created, and why your particular question about nightly builds might have been closed as a duplicate of this one.

# Answer
> 21 votes
As our tag wiki explains:

> *Nightly* builds are created each day, and represent a snapshot of development, with minimal testing and quality control. They often have missing features or critical defects, changing from one day to the next, and are **not recommended** for everyday use. If you ask a question here about unusual behaviour in a nightly CM build, we'll probably suggest you switch to a more stable ROM. *Experimental* builds are the same as nightlies, but are one-off special builds outside of the nightly routine.

That quote had a lot of words, so let's repeat the crucial bit.

### If you want to use your phone, do not install a nightly build.

If you already ignored that recommendation and installed a nightly build, and your phone doesn't work, stop using the nightly build. Reinstall the latest stable, release candidate, or milestone build for your phone, or the stock ROM for your phone. If that means going to an older Android version, you probably need to wipe userdata (i.e. factory reset) at the same time.

If you don't know where to find a stable version of the custom ROM, or the stock ROM, check out Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? The exact steps to install a ROM are different for each phone, but if you already installed a custom ROM, you probably already know how to do it for your phone. If not, just search this site with your phone model, and you'll probably find step-by-step instructions.

You should probably also report the bug to the developers. They might not be interested if it really is a nightly build. **ROM developers don't expect the nightly build to work**. But if it's an experimental, unstable, milestone, or release candidate build they probably will want to know. If the ROM in question is an official LineageOS port, you can report a bug using their Jira bug tracker. More information about their bug reporting process can be found on the LineageOS wiki. If it's an unofficial Lineage port, or different custom ROM, you probably need to contact the developer directly, or check the forum post you got it from.

In particular, if you installed a nightly build and it broke something, this site is **not** a good source of help. Generally, the only fix for the problem is to install a different (working) ROM build, so that's all we'll ever tell you to do. If there's some workaround for the bug, maybe only the ROM developer knows it, and the best place to get their advice is by the means above: the bug tracker, or whatever forum they hang out at.

Maybe you installed the nightly and it actually broke your phone hardware, or installed a new bootloader that can't flash images any more. If that happened, tough cookies. You played the lottery, you lost. Nightly builds can do all these things to brick your phone, and more. That's why even the ROM developers advise you not to install them unless you're willing to take that risk.

If there's **only** a nightly or unstable build for your device, you might read Why isn't there a Cyanogenmod stable ROM for my device? to learn about why porting ROMs is hard, and what you can do to help accelerate development of a stable, usable ROM for your device. But until then, you'll have to either stick with a different ROM, or just take the lottery of not knowing whether tonight's upgrade will finally be the one that bricks it.

# Answer
> 0 votes
What I normally do before I choose which ROM to use on my phone is, make a list of all the functionality I want to use or that the phone has and read up on the ROM and check change lists to see what is working on that ROM or not. From there you can make and pick of you can do without certain functionality or not. Next i would check the apps that I use, do they work on that ROM. I once had a ROM I would have loved to test out, but skype voice was not working on that ROM. So I waited until they sorted that out before I flashed to that ROM.

I use a custom ROM on my daily driver. And works great. Before updates I check the change log then from there decide. I think it is not a bad idea to flash so long as you are informed. If you do end up in a bit of a spot try flash it to an older working version that you knew was working, else wipe and reflash original ROM. Always my last option that.

Goodluck!

# Answer
> -1 votes
I did the same once.

Download the original rom from the vendor for your phone. Then do the same procedure to install this rom instead of the modded one.

If you copied the rom to the phone internal memory (and now because of the loop-reboot you cant access), it would be nice to have an external memory. Copy the rom in the external memory and install the new rom from there.

Regards

Edit:

1) Download the rom for your phone from :

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/

2) Copy it to external memory and put it into the cell.

3) Reboot cell in recovery mode ( up + power + home )

4) Install or format your phone with new rom.

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Tags: custom-roms
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# Question
Title: Migrate Clash of Clans data from Android to iOS
I have a CoC account on my iPad. I got an Android phone and set up a second account there. Now I got a new iPhone and I want to use my Android CoC account on that, but when I log in my iPhone, it pulls the one I have on iPad.

I have logged out of Game Center but no idea how to move into my Google account on the iPhone to pull that account over.

# Answer
> 2 votes
You just need to link your ios device to android device

Log in to Apple-account/game center on both devices. After that follow the steps-

1. On android device, go to settings inside Clash of Clans
2. Press "Link a device" on android device
3. Press "This is the old device" on android device
4. On iPhone go to settings inside "Clash of Clans"
5. Press "This is the new device" on iPhone
6. Press "I want to link to another device" on Android (you will see a code)
7. Enter (on iPhone) the code you have on Android.
8. It will ask you if you want to replace the village you have on iPhone with the village you have on Android.
9. Hit "Yes" on iPhone
10. Type in "CONFIRM"
11. Hit enter.
12. It will now load up and you have your village on both devices. Enjoy!
13. Keep in mind you can only have your village open at one device at a time.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Another option would be to link it to your facebook or google profile. There after you can sign in from any device and still have it sync with your profile.

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Tags: data-transfer, ios, google-play-games, clash-of-clans
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title: Device can only boot into download mode

text:
# Question
Title: Device can only boot into download mode
I have rooted my Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-S920L) running with Android 5.0 and while trying to load TWRP recovery I messed up with my device and now, I can only get into download mode. It says "Set warranty bit : kernel". Samsung's website doesn't list my device and it turns out to be a model Samsung makes for the TracFone network, so I am at a dead end. Using Odin I have tried other firmware with no luck and Samsung Kies is also of no use.

What can I do now to get my phone working again?

# Answer
> 0 votes
You need to reinstall the Samsung drivers from kies then go install odin on pc then download the stock recovery.tar it must be the .tar or it will not work with odin. Then open Odin on pc then plug in phone then click the AP button in Odin then select the .tar file and hit run. All is good.

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Tags: unbricking
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# Question
Title: How to disable Heads Up notifications in Android Lollipop? (notification popup at top of the screen)
How can I disable the heads up for Android Lollipop, just like it was in KitKat and below?

If it is possible to disable heads up, is it also possible to enable it for certain apps only , like when I receive a call?

# Answer
> 6 votes
A non root option is now available. The HeadsOff app can disable all Lollipop Heads-up notifications on your phone. It can also disable Heads-up notifications only for selected apps. If you purchase the Pro key you can restore the ticker text in the status-bar to see a little notification preview.

# Answer
> 5 votes
On Cyanogenmod 12.1+ (including CM13) there is by default an option to enable or disable heads up notifications. Just go to `Settings -> Notifications -> Heads up` There you can enable or disable the heads up notifications.

# Answer
> 4 votes
Another possibility is using adb:

`adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 0`

(Source)

# Answer
> 2 votes
I presume your device is Rooted. You will need Xposed for Lollipop. Get from here (Official Xposed Lollipop thread)

1. Download, install it and reboot.
2. Open Xposed app and install module named "Restore Notification Ticker on Lollipop". OR manually download from Xposed module repository here and install it.
3. Update and Reboot.
4. Done. Now that head up will no longer bother you. Cheers

Source: Swap Heads Up Notifications for the Old-Style Ticker in Android Lollipop

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, notifications
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title: Grey ticks of whatsapp

text:
# Question
Title: Grey ticks of whatsapp
My friend does conversations with me on whatsapp and respond to each and every message I sent to him yet grey double ticks on my messages do not turn blue. Even in the information pane of message I cannot see the "Read time" of the message. However whenever I asked him to tell me what had I sent to him he replied correctly as if he were reading. How is he able to do that? Is there any trick or my mobile's fault? I have attached an screenshot also

# Answer
he maybe simply reading them from his notification panel and replying. This is in case if u guys are having short conversations ... else it might be either 1) he is using lucky patcher. 2) he has simply unticked the blue ticks in privacy settings.
> -1 votes

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Tags: whatsapp-messenger
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# Question
Title: Can I safely disable google app on my android as I use chrome app?
I want to disable google app as I use chrome app. Is it safe?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Yes, it is. I haven't even had the Google app installed for most of the time I've had my phone, and I only browse with Chrome.

Note that some ROMs do have a dependency on Google Now, so it's possible that disabling it may cause you other issues.

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Tags: applications
---


# Question
Title: Why doesn't my Whatsapp group show in my contacts?
I am new to Whatsapp Messenger.

I have contacts in my address book.

I have been added as a member into a GROUP, why doesn't the group appear in my contacts please the same as my contacts do? Many thanks

# Answer
> 1 votes
Whatsapp does not have an option to display the group in the contacts list.

Whatsapp has the feature to show in which group does the contact is under his profile(and common with you and the contact)

# Answer
> 1 votes
Whatsapp does not have a separate pane to show the groups however if you want to see all your groups listed just like contacts, just select a message from any chat then go to "Forward" option. There you will see a separate pane for groups where you can find all your groups listed just like your contacts.

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Tags: contacts, whatsapp-messenger
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# Question
Title: Accidentally cancelled update to 2.3 this morning; how do I get it back?
I woke up 2 hours ago and there was the message on my phone (HTC DROID Incredible) that a new update was available and that my phone would restart to download and install the update and of course I click the "Install" button, but the way I was holding my phone was odd and my palm accidentally hit the "Cancel" button as it was counting down to restart the phone and it only got down to 5. Now the update seems to have disappeared. When I go into `Settings > About phone > System updates` my phone says that my system is already up to date. I also tried doing that `*#*#CHECKIN#*#*` thing which did not do anything (it said I was checked in but the update didn't come back). I thought the update would have automatically popped back up after 30 minutes but it's been two hours and my phone seems to have no trace that the update was even sent to my phone.

# Answer
Others are reporting similar issues. Is your build number 4.06, 4.08 or other? I would suspect that if you missed the initial rollout you'll have to wait a bit, since they would want to do it gradually and not overload the network. You might get prompted again later or they might enable manual upgrades at some point.

Verizon says you can update over Wi-Fi, though again it looks to be an automatic thing rather than manual, but maybe you'll get a second notification if you connect to Wi-Fi.
> 4 votes

# Answer
You might try doing a manual update.
> 2 votes

# Answer
After a week check system upgrade option in settings when u will open the option they will automatically find new system ....their will be writen deceting a new upgrade and if u will get a new upgrade I will get it...it takes 7-14 days or mabe sometimes less....it also happened with me just wait and u will get new one ......be carefull ..
> -1 votes

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Tags: updates
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# Question
Title: Still stuck in download after uninstalling the app and hard reboot
My Android phone (4.4.2) is stuck in downloading an app. I uninstalled the app and removed the battery and rebooted and when it restarts, it's still trying to download the app!

How can I cancel the sticky download?

# Answer
Go to Settings-\>Apps and swipe to display all apps. Find each of the following and Force Stop them THEN clear data for each one:

* Download Manager
* Downloads
* Google Play Store
* Google Services Framework

Reboot after doing this.
> 0 votes

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Tags: downloading
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title: Downloaded MP3 File Opens Wrong App

text:
# Question
Title: Downloaded MP3 File Opens Wrong App
I downloaded an audio file (a podcast, 41MB, .mp3). After it downloaded, I tried playing the file by selecting the file via the pull-down menu. I also tried by opening up the Downloads app and selecting the file (not long-pressing). Both of these methods opened the .mp3 file in the c:geo Geocaching app, which treated my action as Importing a Geocache map file (Geocaching is a GPS-based scavenger hunt or letter-box game). c:geo opened up its List feature, which is used for storing and sorting Lists of Geocaches, which you would usually store by Location.

I tried to prevent this behavior by looking in the Google Music, Downloads and c:geo application Defaults, to determine whether there was something I could do there (i.e. clear some setting that allowed c:geo to open .mp3 files by default). This may be part of the solution, but I did not succeed.

Does anyone know a straight-forward method to open and *play* downloaded .mp3 files? The ideal solution would utilize Google Play Music, but that's not a requirement; *not* deleting the c:geo app would also be preferred.

The device is an LG Nexus 5, but I'm not tagging the question with that info since I doubt it is device-specific.

# Answer
One fairly simple work-around is to upload the .mp3 file to Google Drive. Google Drive provides its own basic interface for playing .mp3 files from the app. This is not ideal, but it worked for me.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Although annoying at first, try resetting default apps for everything. You will need to select Always for usual apps like your browser etc.

Settings-\>Apps in the 3 dot menu should be "Reset App Preferences"
> 1 votes

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Tags: downloading, default-applications, mp3
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title: Trebuchet search application by name

text:
# Question
Title: Trebuchet search application by name
I use CyanogenMod 12.1 (Android 5.1.1) with the Trebuchet launcher.

How can I search for an app by its name, if I don't want to have the Google search installed?

# Answer
> 0 votes
As far as I can see, it is not possible. So I need to use en external app for this. I found KISS launcher and Hayai Launcher which both do a great job.

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Tags: applications, cyanogenmod, launcher, search, trebuchet
---


# Question
Title: How to create a file folder for use with Listen Audiobook player
I can't figure out how to use this Listen book player, I've Installed.

First I see this.

Hitting OK, I see this:

I can't understand how to tell it where to find my books.

I've downloaded one already, it is in downloads. I can select it (outside of the Listen app) but I can't figure out how to create a folder in which to put it.

I think I'm missing some basic file navigation ideas. I've used Android for over a year, but have not needed to move files to specific locations.

**Edit:** I've installed a File Manager, and added a directory, but no change.

# Answer
Press the overflow menu button in the upper right. Select the show storage option. There will now be a new item below the Recent menu item in the slide out drawer for the devices storage.
> 2 votes

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Tags: file-system, motorola-moto-g, file-management, media-files, audiobooks
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# Question
Title: How to report potential abuse in Aptoide without becoming a member?
The Aptoide store is an alternative platform where you can get Android apps.

I found an app on the Aptoide store via Google that has a size of 3.3 MB. The same app with the same app version in the F-Droid store has only a size of 1.1 MB. So I assume that this app is infected by malware.

The Aptoide's info about the suspicious app is

> Xxxx is Unknown
>
> This classification was assigned because: there is not enough information about the application in Aptoide Anti-Malware platform.
>
> * Scanned with Anti-Virus: Zoner Anti-Virus Sophos Anti-Virus AptoideGuard Malware Analyzer
>
> No Infections Detected No Infections Detected

On the Aptoide website belonging to the app, there is a "report abuse" button but this requires a login (which I don't have and don't want to have)

In the stores impressum, I found an email address so I wrote an email to the Aptoide store admin. I got an automated email reply that I should use a web form to contact Aptoide with a link to the web form. So I filled in the web form and submitted it.

This was a week ago and since then nothing happened. The suspicious app is still available in the store and I got no email response.

Is there any other channel to Aptoide where I can report potential abuse without becoming a member?

# Answer
To answer my own question: Non-member complaint was not possible in my case.

After registering as a new member and then using the "report abuse" link, Aptoide's "copyright infringement-workflow" did the job after one week.

---

After sending the second form I registered as a new user, loaded the page with the potential malicious app, flagged it as "virus", wrote a comment and pressed the "report abuse" button and send my text.

As a result of "report abuse" activity, I got an automated email

> Thanks for your email!
>
> Please submit your support request in this link
>
> The form request is essential for us to help you, the ticket generated by this email will stay on hold with low priority until you send us your request via the form below!

where the link points to https://aptoide.zendesk.com/anonymous\_requests/new

After one additional week, I got an email that the app has been removed from the store.

It was a reply to pushing the "report abuse" link that was made to handle copyright problems with the standard email-text for this use case

> Aptoide is deeply committed with the respect of the IPR of Android Developers.

Nevertheless, the suspicious app is not available anymore.
> 2 votes

# Answer
**First:** Different sizes do not necessarily mean the bigger one is infected with malware. Or rather, that might depend on your definition of malware: F-Droid compile `.apk` files themselves, and while doing that, often exclude proprietary parts – such as ad modules.

**Second:** Aptoide has security checks running on their `.apk` files. You should find a shield in the app description: Green = checked and OK, Yellow = checked and something suspicious found, Red = checked and infection found**1**. You can also find details on the checks, where e.g. signatures are compared with other markets (usually *Google Play*).

**Third:** Different repositories at *Aptoide* have a different trust-level. For example, the repository named "Apps" is manually curated by Aptoide staff, and hence quite trustable.

**Forth:** You can contact Aptoide via a form on their website. You'll have to reveal an email address for that, so they can contact you back.

**Fifth:** For more details, please see How safe is it to use Aptoide?. Especially check this answer from Paulo (co-founder of Aptoide) and my own answer.

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**1**You will never find the red shield, though – that's only visible for staff. At the same time a red shield is attached, the app is made unavailable for the public.
> 1 votes

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Tags: security, malware, aptoide
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# Question
Title: How to detect if an apk is from the Play Store or Sideloaded?
I understand that apps are signed by both Google and the developer.

How do I detect if an `apk` is from the Play Store or if it is sideloaded.

I'd prefer if the method worked on all major platform only if possible including Android itself.

Even if sideloaded I'd like to know the source of the app. Like is it from Play Store.

I'm thinking of using an app or method that uses signature detection.

# Answer
You cannot tell if the `.apk` originally *came from* Playstore – but you can tell whether it *matches* the one available at Playstore. Here's what you need:

* the `.apk` in question
* the `.apk` of the same app in the same version from Playstore
* openssl

Unzip both `.apk` (each into its own directory), and compare their certificates (stored in the `META-INF/` directory. Details on a thorough comparision can e.g. be found here. The command you'd need is:

```
openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in META-INF/CERT.RSA -noout -print_certs -text

```

Alternatively, if you haven't openssl installed but the Oracle JDK:

```
keytool -printcert -file META-INF/CERT.RSA

```

or

```
jarsigner -verify -certs -verbose ../Example.apk

```

If the certificates match, both APK files where signed using the same key. Unless the dev's key got compromised, that should mean the potentially sideloaded APK should be fine (no guarantees the dev himself didn't play games – but if size and MD5 of the APK also match, I'd say it's safe).
> 2 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, apk
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# Question
Title: What is this symbol in the notification bar mean?
What does this symbol on my galaxy grand duo running kitkat mean?

# Answer
> 3 votes
It means that the device is connected to a dock. You can find it described e.g. on this Samsung support page (scroll down to the last third, or `Ctrl`-`F` for "dock or cradle").

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, notification-bar
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# Question
Title: Do not mute Sound on incoming notification - Android, YouTube
**Is there an option to manage sound notification behaviour on a Android phone?**

*Description:* In the morning, I do watch YouTube lectures, but every minute or so I do receive Slack message, that mute the voice in the video for 5 seconds. It is really annoying, and hard to listen the lecture.

**How it should be:**

```
Option 1: Allow a notification to interrupt the sound/video stream without muting it (so the 'bip' would overlay/merge to the sound stream, but the video would continue).
Option 2: (the current system state): Mute the application, but do not stop the video (very annoying)!
Option 3: Mute the application, but stop the stream/video/music.

```

I know that there are some option to mute the phone (manual), or install an app (automatic), but I do not wan't do mute the notification itself. I do want to hear it, just without muting the sound/video/music that is currently playing!

My system Android 5, Samsung Galaxy S5

Greetings Jakub

Related topic: Disable Notification while watching Videos or Listening Music

# Answer
The Don't Pause! app promises to help here:

> Are you tired of Notifications interrupting your music?
> \[…\]
> Don't Pause was designed to keep your device from interrupting you when you are listening to music. If you are listening to music through your android phone and you get a text message or email, by default, Android pauses your music and plays the notification. Don't Pause fills in here. Don't Pause will run continuously once you start it and when you are playing music it automatically puts your notifications on vibrate. After you finish your music, Don't Pause automatically changes your setting back to the normal ringer.

I have not tried the app myself (no use-case for me), but a 4-star rating with more than 2.5k votes sounds promising.
> 0 votes

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Tags: notifications, audio, mute
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title: Nexus 5 stuck on black screen

text:
# Question
Title: Nexus 5 stuck on black screen
Nexus 5 showing black screen

1.Can access fastboot mode

2.Cannot access recovery mode from fastboot : shows google logo and black screen (no inverted android)

3.When selecting Start from fastboot : only google logo appears and then black screen (not even the marshmallow boot animation)

**Things Tried :**

1.Phone was able to ring from android device manager. Tried erase from there. No response

2.Tried flashing the stock rom still no response.

What might be the issue ? Is the internal memory corrupted ?

**UPDATE**

The phone boots up able to hear screen shot sound but still black screen

**UPDATE 2**

The phone had hardware issue, the flex cable was damaged. Replaced the flex cable and phone is working again.

# Answer
> 0 votes
The phone had hardware issue, the flex cable was damaged. Replaced the flex cable and phone is working again.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Since Recovery won't start up, you can clear the cache by powering off your phone and holding down `Power` \+ `Volume Down` for 20-30 seconds. Then you will be able to enter recovery once you restart where you should clear the Dalvik cache and cache again. I had the same problem and this worked for me.

# Answer
> -1 votes
Go to menu \>\>setting's \>\>apps\>\>all

Tap on the top 3 doted line's and tap on the "Reset app preference"

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Tags: nexus-5
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# Question
Title: Can I safely delete the "browser" icon if I use Chrome?
I have a Samsung SM-G313H.

Can I delete the actual ''browser'' icon on my Samsung phone as when I tap on it there comes a whole screen of errors. I can get onto the internet by using the chrome icon. Many thanks.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Depending on where you wish to delete it from:

* **Homescreen:** Tap and hold the icon, then move it to the trash can (which usually appears on the upper border of your screen). This just removes the icon from your homescreen, and you could re-add it any time by long-pressing it in the app-drawer and let it go on the homescreen). Very safe to do.
* **From the app drawer:** This is the list of all apps available, and you usually cannot *directly* remove anything here. Instead, unless the launcher offers you to "hide" items (some do, e.g. *Apex* or *Nova* – I'm not sure for the default TouchWiz launcher as I don't use a Samsung smartphone), you need to uninstall the corresponding user-app or, in case of a system app, disable it. For this, go to *Settings › Apps › All*, scroll to the app in question (here: the browser), tap the entry (which opens the details page for the app), and tap either the "uninstall" or "disable" button.

You can of course re-install an app (as long as it is available), and you definitely can "enable" a disabled app again (same procedure, the button will now be named "enable") – so this usually is safe enough, though you'll receive a warning of possible side-effects. Critical components (e.g. "Android System") cannot be disabled anyway ;)

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Tags: browser
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# Question
Title: Suddenly phone is dead for no reason (it has non-removable battery)
We have a Micromax Q380 at home which is running Lollipop. It was working fine last night and suddenly it is not responding this morning. Power button and it's combination with volume buttons won't work. It just looks like a dead phone. Display doesn't light up at all, even when charging. It's battery is non-removable which is the sad part of the story. What can I try before handing it over to a service store?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Battery got so drained that the display doesn't turn up even when charging it. There was no problem with the mobile at all. My bad. Now it is up and running after hours of charging. I am not deleting this silly question because somebody might face similar silly issues in the future. Ain't they? ;-)

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Tags: 5.0-lollipop, micromax
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# Question
Title: How can I select a router that I want to connect on Android?
In my residence, there's a network which has many different routers to provide Wi-Fi signals. One of these routers doesn't work properly. I can connect to this router, but it can't connect to the Internet through this router. Unfortunately, it has the strongest signal. So, I have to select another router manually. How can I do that?

I know how to connect to the Wi-Fi. My problem is that I have many routers which have the same SSID. But one of the routers which have the strongest signal does not work properly. So, I have to choose another router.

For example, one of the SmartCampus does not work.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I use an app called wifi connection manager. Do you have physical access to the router? If so, you could goto "advanced" in the wifi menu then use WPS to connect to the router by pressing the WPS button on the router.

# Answer
> 0 votes
It is pretty simple. For this you need an app that shows signal of different router ( or channels). I recommend you this app which is free on play store.
I have tried this app in my hostel. You can see every detail of every router near by you even of same SSID. There you can choose which router to connect.

# Answer
> -1 votes
Drag the notification bar and long press the wifi icon. Now you can see the list of available wifi. Choose which one you need to connect and then type the password(if exists)

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Tags: wi-fi, networking, router
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# Question
Title: Most frequently used contact is muted but mute isn't checked, how to unmute/demute?
I mainly use my phone to contact one person. Recently the contact's texts got muted so no notification sounds. In the conversation view the little mute icon shows but in the menu the mute option is not checked/ticked.

This happened before with the same contact and I had to delete the contact and recover the conversation from a backup. It's very strange that it has happened again. I'm seeking a simpler solution if there is one.

Does anyone know how to unmute notifications (demute notifications or reactivate notifications) for a single conversation or contact that has been muted but isn't muted in the menu.

In particular I've tried:

1. using the menu to mute, then unmute
2. using the menu to mute for a set time, on the hope it would then be unmuted
3. set the "ringtone" for the conversation to default
4. set the ringtone for the conversation to a non-default

There is no problem with the contact when receiving calls, texts from all other contacts are notified (none of them show as muted).

The phone runs Android 4.4.2 as in an Acer E380. It's on Three network in UK; contacts are synced to Google manually but I've checked on the Google end and can't see any settings that are relevant. Contact is in a group but other members of the group sending texts causes notifications to sound as normal (and they're all set to the same default "ringtone").

Thanks for any suggestions.

# Answer
I had the same exact problem. I pocket muted my girlfriends notifications. I found the solution however! Go to your messages with the person who has a mute symbol next to the conversation. Then look at the spot that had their name at the top left (with a phone number right under) click the drop down arrow on the right side of the name. And it will say notifications. Then click on. (: good luck. (Galaxy s6)
> 3 votes

# Answer
Same issue here for my husband's text messages; just his conversation was muted and I wasn't receiving any type of notification when he sent a message. I must've pocket muted him :) To fix I opened the conversation, tapped the arrow to the right of his name, and tapped notifications to turn them back on (was set to off). Now the conversation is un-muted and I get notifications! Thank you thank you!!
> 2 votes

# Answer
Whoop, found the answer - open "messaging", click on the conversation for the contact, hold menu button to get the menu and choose "Chat Settings" then press the "..." menu this gives an option which says "Restore default settings" which worked, removing the mute and the mute icon.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Just click on the down arrow beside the phone number and change the notification
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.4-kitkat, sms, notifications, mute
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# Question
Title: How to change incoming call notification size in Nexus 5X
I use a Nexus 5X Android phone and it is quite good.

The only problem I'm experiencing is that when I get an incoming call, it shows only a ***tiny notification*** at the top of the screen so I can't normally see who is calling (all my previous phones could show a full screen caller).

Can I modify it to have a full screen screen of it without installing any lame dialer or caller id app?

# Answer
This smaller Caller ID banner does appear only when on the home screen and when using an application. I assume this was done so as not to cover the whole screen in case the user is doing something critical or the like.

While on the lock screen, an incoming call will take the whole screen to show Caller ID, presumably because the user wouldn't be doing anything if the phone is locked.

I looked through my devices Phone and Accessibility and other settings, and I was not able to find any way to change this. A third party app would be your best bet.

Using Android 6.0.1 to test.
> 1 votes

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Tags: calls
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# Question
Title: Error: Secure Check Fail : aboot, when trying to update firmware on Samsung Galaxy Core Prime using Odin
The things I did to update firmware from Android 4.4.4 to 5.0.2:

1. Installed latest `Samsung usb drivers for mobiles`
2. Installed latest `Samsung kies` and through that I installed `device drivers.`
3. Downloaded Odin `v3.10.6`.
4. Put my phone in `odin mode`.
5. Connected my phone to my pc via original usb cable.
6. ODIN -\> `AP` -\> lollipop firmware (`G360FXXU1BOD9_G360FOXA1BOD9_G360FXXU1BOD9_HOME.tar.md5`) -\> start.

After that this happened;

And my device showed this error in red color : `SECURE CHECK FAIL : aboot`.

Any suggestions, how can I get 5.0.2 lollipop on my `core prime`?

**Edit** : I recently put phone to format, then removed micro SD, and then did everything from step 4 but no luck. It's a new Samsung Galaxy Core Prime SM-G360F (nearly 5 days old).

# Answer
> 4 votes
This indicates that you are using the wrong file for your phone model.

# Answer
> 2 votes
I used to get the same message. Then I removed an option called "sécurité Verr. de réactivation" in french. Translation may be "Reactivation Lock Security". Uncheck it and restart root procedure.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I have an imperfect solution!

If you can still get into your recovery module (TWRP in my case), then you can use a micro-sd card to flash a rom onto the device. In my case, I used CM 12 because I knew it would work, and I was freaking out, panicking that i had bricked it completely.

My experience was with a Galaxy Note 4 on T-Mobile. Hope this helps.

However, I am by no means an expert, so there is likely a better way.

# Answer
> 1 votes
If you are sure that your download file is complete, remove `.md5` by renaming it. Try flashing afterwards, it wont calculate the checksum then.

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Tags: updates, device-firmware, odin, samsung-galaxy-core-prime
---


# Question
Title: Unable to update Google App on Nexus 6P running Android N Developer Preview
A few weeks ago I installed Google App version **5.14.15.NYC.21.arm64** on my Nexus 6P running Android N Developer Preview 3. Now this app is not getting any updates from the Play Store and not letting me install any of its update in the usual method.

If I try, it gives me an error saying:

"The package conflicts with an existing package by the same name".

I tried through adb using:

```
adb shell pm uninstall -k com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

```

However, I got the following error:

```
Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR].

```

The newest version of this app is version 6.0.17.21. Also there is no option coming up on the phone to uninstall this update. What should I do?

# Answer
This is normal behaviour. My Nexus 6P also runs the developer preview and has this version: `5.14.15.NYC.21.arm64`.

The reason it won't update is because the actual version code is higher then the one on Google Play. That's because it is targeted to Android N.

I wouldn't recommend you to install the version on Google Play, because it probably will keep crashing because of no Android N support.

---

In the following screenshot you can see the app has a very high **Version Code** and the **Target SDK** is set to 10000. (=Developer preview)

<sub>(Click image for larger version)</sub>
> 4 votes

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Tags: uninstallation, 7.0-nougat
---


# Question
Title: Manually backup and restore all partitions
I would like to backup and restore manually all partitions. I know this is not the first time this issue has been raised. There are already many links and questions on this issue, and I have reviewed most of them probably.

The suggested answers are divided to the following:

1. Root the device, install appropriate recovery tool (nexus root toolkit, TWRP or clockworkmod recovery), and boot into recovery, then do the backup from the tool.
2. Other solution suggest to use "dd command" but only for boot partitions, not all partitions. I'm not sure why. for example the follwing page warns not to use dd on system partition: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-backup-your-android-phones-boot-recovery-and-system-partition-images/

I wonder how the suggested tools are capable of backup all partitions. If "dd command" is not used, what is the way to manually backup all partitions (which is probably the way these tools do backup in source code) ?

# Answer
> 1 votes
The reason for warning regarding backup is, that `dd` just copies block wise everything, not caring about content. It clones the partition. Of course you can use `dd` also for backup the `/system` or `/data` partitions in recovery mode.

But in normal mode you should not use `dd` for mounted partitions, because content may change during progress (Android is running) and you probably get inconsistent/unreadable result. Unmount the partition first.

Another way is to create a tarball archive. That is what nandroid backup does. But with the same warning - better to do this "offline" in recovery mode, and not in normal mode.

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Tags: backup, restore
---


# Question
Title: How to change Android default-natural orientation?
I have my device running android Jellybean 4.2.2 with Landscape as the default/natural orientation.

How can I change the default/natural orientation of the same to portrait?

Here is what I have tried till now,

1) Added **setprop ro.sf.hwrotation 90** to build.prop and it did nothing.

2) changed **user\_rotation** value in **/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db** and it changed the orientation of apps only. the orientation of Home screen and launcher are still landscape.

3) Modified PhoneWindowManager.java similar to the one given in link : changing phonewindowmanager to change natural orientation

The third option works. But it still shows the bootanimation in landscape and after the animation is finished, the display rotates(with rotate animation) to portrait. How can I avoid this rotation and change the default/natural orientation before boot animation?

Is it something related to SurfaceFlinger? I would also like to point to this article in android website. pre rotation in hardware composer

# Answer
> 1 votes
The boot animation wont change since the boot animation where a series of images. In `/system/media` you will find the `bootanimation.zip` if you open the zip you will find the images replace the zip with your own boot animation of portrait images. There are plenty of tutorial on how to make your own boot animation.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Working Android 4.2.1 method.
Tab or phone must be **ROOT**.
**1/**
Dowloand in playstore : **Root Browser**
Dowloand in playstore : **ES File Explorer**
**2/**
Open **Root Browser** and go to : **system** folder.
Then show file : **build.prop** and touch it long time.
in menu choose : **Copy** and past file in your internal or external sd card.
**3/**
In Root Browser open **build.prop** copied file with **ES File Explorer**
Then modify entry : **ro.sf.hwrotation=0**
Must be **90** to setup default landscape mode :
**ro.sf.hwrotation=90**
In ES File Explorer **save** build.prop file.
**4/**
Open **Root Browser**, go to **system** folder.
Delete (by menu) **build.prop** file.
**FOR SECURITY BACKUP THIS FILE or SYSTEM BEFORE**.
Go to your sd card and copy **build.prop** modified file.
Past it in **system** folder.
Touch **build.prop** long time and set **Permissions** to **rw-r--r--** (0644) :
READ -\> Owner -\> checked
READ -\> Group -\> checked
READ -\> Others -\> checked
WRITE -\> Owner -\> checked
And lets all others entry unchecked and click OK.
**5/**
Reboot. That's all.

# Answer
> 1 votes
There's an App called "App Settings" for Xposed Framework. repo.xposed/appsettings

With it you can change orientation, dpi, notifications, etc. of each individual app. But not the boot animation like samnaction explained.

Alternatively, i found this on stackoverflow: changing-android-device-orientation-with-adb
So you could make a script like this

```
#!/system/bin/sh
content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:accelerometer_rotation --bind value:i:0
content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:user_rotation --bind value:i:0

```

and put it in /etc/init.d for executing at boot
(if you're on stock, you have to mod your rom to have init.d.)

edit:works just on Android 4.3+

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# Question
Title: Can't connect Samsung S7 to Mac
Basically I'm trying to run my application on a Samsung S7 but my Mac isn't recognizing the device. I've tried installing Android File Transfer and it doesn't recognize it either. USB Debugging is enabled as well. Any ideas? The device OS is 6.0.1.

# Answer
Go to Settings -\> SYSTEM(last tab in settings) -\> About Device -\>Tap on " Build Number" 7 times, this will enable developer mode. Go back one screen and you have a new menu option for "Developer Option" tap that and turn on USB debugging.

Google for "Android File Transfer". Install and open the app, connect your phone to the mac.

a directory browser will show up and copying files is as easy and drag and drop.
> 3 votes

# Answer
After you download Kies, use the uninstall part of the software to remove all the Kies drivers (which SmartSwitch uses), restart and then Android File Transfer will work.

Remember to unlock your phone and enable the USB for MTP.
> 0 votes

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# Question
Title: Navigation bar disappears after system update on Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
I just received a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (GT-P3113TS) from school and oddly enough after playing with it just for several minutes, it wanted to update the OS. It ended up updating twice (one larger update and then a smaller ~60MB update) to a final version of Android 4.2.2.

Now, after the system starts up I no longer have a navigation bar at the bottom. Once I get into an application or the system settings I simply cannot press any button to get out of it. There is no home or return button or anything like unto that. Am I entirely misunderstanding how Android's UI works or have these updates completely and entirely broke the system such that I'm no longer able to use this device?

To clarify:

As per request, here is a snapshot of my screen:

# Answer
> -1 votes
Its very easy to bring back navigation bar on any android device.

* Download Root explorer or any other file explorer
* access root permission and goto /system folder
* Open build.prop and add this line *qemu.hw.mainkeys=0*
* If this line already there than it must contain 1 instead of 0. Change it to 0
* Or use Gravity box to enable navigation bar.

Read more at Techorfy

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