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How to add Google Play support in Anbox?
Anbox doesn't come with Google Services as Google Services can't be installed on an unregistered device / firmware, but there are ways to achieve that in Custom ROMs or even emulators. If you want to use Android to its fullest then Google Play…
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How can I get Google Maps on Android to show metric units?
Google Maps always shows me distance values for direction results / navigation in miles, although it does show me a scale on the map itself in metric units. I rather prefer to get my direction distances in metres/kilometres. Is there any way to…
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How can I check storage I have used on Google photos
I know google photos is giving unlimited storage (for 16MP photos and 1020p videos). I have uploaded around 5000 photos and videos, but I cannot find the storage I have used.
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"Low on space" warning with over 50% free
I recently started getting the following notification:
Low on space: Phone storage space is getting low.
When I click on the notification, it takes me to the "All" applications screen listing how much space each application takes, and at the…
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how to mount /system as read/write in android?
cannot mount /system in android with following command, anyone has a solution for this?
root@hwG7-UL20:/ # mount -o rw,remount,rw /system
mount: Invalid argument
255|root@hwG7-UL20:/ # mount -o remount rw /system
mount: Invalid…
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How to type a question mark without using the shift key in Swype?
One of the reasons Swype is so great is, of course, that I can write very fast no matter how lenghty is a word. But whenever I have to use a question mark, or an exclamation, I have to hit the shift key, then the punctuation, then shift again to…
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Home Screen and Recent Apps buttons don't work
I am using Moto G3 TE. I was happy with the 5th version but because the frequent alert for 6th version was killing me, I gave up and updated to Marshmallow. It's been like 8 days and now my mobile is showing issues which I listed below:
Home Screen…
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How do you set up internet pass-through (reverse-tether) on linux?
I have an HTC Desire S that has the option to connect through usb, and use the computer's internet connection. This works fine on Windows, but I'm struggling to set it up in Ubuntu.
When I plug in and select internet pass-through from the usb menu,…
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My adoptable storage is full. How can I move the data to a bigger MicroSD card?
I've got a Moto G 2014 LTE running CM13. When I found out about the whole 'adopt SD card as internal storage' thing, I was quite excited, as the actual internal storage on this phone is tiny. I set up a 16gb micro SD, the biggest I had at the time,…
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Can we backup the stock recovery.img in any way?
Suppose I plan to flash my recovery with TWRP/CWM, but then later suppose I would like to move back to the stock recovery.
Is it possible to take a backup of stock recovery just like we can take a backup of our ROM?
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What to do before root and flash my phone?
Right now I have in my phone the stock rom and I haven't rooted it. I want to root it and change the rom.
What should I do first, root or flash the rom?
I don't want to lose all the configuration, apps, apps data or files (images, music, videos,…
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How can I boost the volume on my Droid's speaker?
I used to have an app for my Treo called "Volume Care" that let me boost the volume of my speaker beyond what the factory settings allowed. Is there any app or hack that would allow me to push my Droids speaker further than Motorola wants to…
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What does the green/amber/red light next to the time remaining in navigation mean?
I think it's something to do with how fast/slow you're going, but some clarification would be nice.
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What can cause "Android OS" process to use high percentage of battery?
I've read a bunch of forum posts about the Android OS battery drain bug. This is where the 'Android OS' process is showing large percentages in the battery statistics.
For me, I'm running 2.3 Gingerbread. I don't use bluetooth or GPS. I'm on 2G most…
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How to solve the "APN settings are not available for this user" issue?
After upgrading my ASUS Zenfone 5 to Android Lollipop, I am unable to access HSPA/3G data. In Brazil we have to manually input APN settings, and when I try to do so, I receive the following message (in Portuguese, here tentatively translated into…
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