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Suspicious notification from "Find My Mobile"
I just received a notification from Samsungs "Find My Mobile" service, without having triggered anything. The same thing happened to my work mate today morning.
As I almost never use my Samsung account, and never even configured this service, I…
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How can I reboot into recovery from fastboot?
I have a phone that is bootlooping after a power failure + battery depletion during system encryption. How it got bricked isn't important here, the trouble is that I can't get into the recovery mode. Usually turning on the phone¹ via Volume Up+Power…
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How do I move the clock back to the right in Android Pie?
I have just installed Android Pie and the clock has moved from the right of the status bar to the left. Is there a setting to move it back?
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Is it possible to use an Android device as a second monitor?
Sort of like this iPad app. Is there any way to extend your desktop onto your phone or tablet? Not looking for VNC solutions.
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Minimum volume is too high with headphones
Got the HTC Sensation XE recently. Liking the phone and the beats headphones/ear-in phones that come with the phone.
However, the minimum volume is just too LOUD!!!
The beats integration was one of the reasons I bought the phone so I don't want to…
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What's the difference between an AOSP ROM and a stock ROM?
I'd like to know what's the difference between these two.
What are the Advantages or Disadvantages of using a AOSP ROM vs a Stock ROM?
Is it just the Theme/Skin/UI and Bloatware that's different or is there something else?
Uri Herrera
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Insert inlined images on Gmail app
I tried using the attached image option and thought I would be able to drag the image into place but this didn't work.
Is it possible to do insert inlined images directly on Gmail?
Jake
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How can I flush the DNS Cache?
How can I clear my DNS cache on my android phone? (Droid3, Gingerbread, rooted to be specific)
Ideally I'm looking for a command to run through a terminal emulator, something similar to
ipconfig /flushdns
On a windows machine.
What's the Linux…
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pm hide VS pm disable -- the identity crisis
What's the need of pm disable when pm hide already does its job?
I've compiled some information based on my search and research: click here to see the table (edited).
As you can see, pm hide can achieve what pm disable can, but without needing root…
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How does WiFi in android detect if the device has to sign in or not?
When the device tries to connect to an access point or router, it has to sign in on the captive portal page with the message saying
"Sign in to Wi-Fi network".
How does the access point/router identify that a sign in is required for the device and…
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Can I use Gmail while offline?
Is it possible to download the new emails from the Gmail account while online, and then read them while offline? Is it possible to write emails while offline that will be sent when online?
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What does the "Aggressive Wi-Fi to Cellular handover" option in Developer Settings do?
In Android Lollipop 5.0, I noticed that "Developer Options" features a checkbox for "Aggressive Wi-Fi to Cellular handover" that is unchecked by default. Does anybody know what this setting does and why it's disabled by default and hidden under…
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What is the relation between ROM Manager, ClockworkMod and Nandroid? Which one(s) do I need?
So I understand the first thing I need to do with my phone, after rooting, is to back everything up. But I was confused about 3 of the apparently popular tools used for this.
For example, is Nandroid an application I run on a computer connected to…
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How can I find the comparison of specs and features of Android devices?
I recently got fed up with my previous smartphone (name omitted) and I'm considering switching to an Android-based phone. However, I have been stumped by the sheer number of handsets. I'm more than willing to change carriers and I have no…
tzenes
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Why does my Nexus 5 keep forgetting all wifi passwords after a reboot?
A month ago I got a Nexus 5. It's running Android 4.4.2 (kernel:3.4.0-gadb2201). I noticed after using it for a while that it constantly keeps forgetting all saved wifi passwords after a restart. In the beginning I thought it might have something to…
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