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    Help Android 11 gps signal disconnect when screen turned off. Anyone else?

    Annoying issue in Android 11 with my moto phone where gps signal will disconnect after 1 minute if the screen is off. Battery conservation is too aggressive or something. When i was on Android 9, there was an app that could keep the gps connection alive when the screen was turned off, but that...
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    Help ES file explorer will not open photo on sd card unless file is renamed

    Android 9. ES file explorer has all permissions, read and write privilege on sd card. Whenever I copy a jpg file to the sd card, or the camera saves photo on sd card, ES can't open the jpg unless I rename the jpg. It will show the thumbnail of the jpg, but it will not open unless I rename the...
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    Router set to 40mhz 802.11n, but all phones limited to 65mbps

    My laptop with a dual band Intel wifi chip connects to the router at 300mbps, so I know the router is set to 40mhz mode double channel width. I should be getting 150mbps with a 1x1 antenna. and yet, all my android devices can only connect to the router at 802.11g speed... 65-72mbps, instead of...
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    My phone specs say front camera does 720p max. Open Camera is able to record 1080p. For real?

    This is interesting. New BLU Vivo X5 phone with android 9. The spec sheet on my phone says the 8mp front camera only records in 720p maximum, and the 13mp rear camera records 1080p. In the stock android camera app, it truly limits me to 720p from the front cam, and 1080p from the rear cam. I...
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    presidential, amber alert settings grayed out. Can't change

    I have a new BLU phone with Pie, and the emergency alert settings are grayed out, can't be changed. Is this a stock android feature? Is there a way to get around this? I don't want the stupid alerts to be going off randomly.
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    Help proper uninstall of system apps? leftover folders and files.

    i uninstalled some system apps, and it looks like junk folders are left over. for example, i removed youtube, and there's still an odex file in /system/app/youtube/arm/ are these folders and odex files safe to delete? they're hogging space
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    Help TWRP internal storage 0MB. how to fix?

    LG L90 phone. I noticed twrp showing internal storage as 0mb it says Storage: sdcard (0 MB) There is no external sd card plugged in. I seem to be able to browse the system if i go to /data/media/0/.... But this 0mb is definitely not right. TWRP log says E: unable to mount /sdcard during GUI...
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    Help CM13, unable to skip through audio track in music players. Decoder problem?

    There's a weird problem when I try to play mp3s. I cannot jump to the middle of a song. When I tap, instead of playing that point of the song, it jumps to the end, and plays the next track in the playlist. And if I just let the playlist run, it will finish a song, and then go silent on the...
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    Help Is there a power button app that brings up the system power menu?

    I'm looking for an app that brings up the built-in power menu (the one that pops up when you press the power button.) Is there such an app? I'm rooted on CM13.
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    Help marshmallow adoptable storage still doesn't use much of the sd card

    cyanogenmod 13. installed 32gb sd card. Using as Internal mode. Storage and USB settings have two items... Internal storage (very limited space 3.96gb) and Sandisk SD card 29.70gb. Every time I install a new app, my Internal storage gets consumed more than the SD card. 891mb used on Internal...
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    use sd card as internal memory with dataonSD

    http://androidforums.com/threads/make-sd-card-as-internal-memory.887942/ Dang, the L90 forum is dead. I just wanted to say that this hack for the LG F6 and L70 works 99% for the L90 too, on stock lollipop rom. Just follow those instructions. Everything seems to work fine. The only small...
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    Help LG L90. Can't unpin app from Lollipop.

    When I pin a screen and try to unpin it, my phone says to hold the Menu and Power button. But when I hold the Menu button in the lower right corner, and the power button, all it wants to do is reboot in 4 seconds. I can't unpin the app. help?
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    Looking for flash notification app that has no blink limit

    Every camera flash notification/call/sms app I've tried has a hard limit on the number of times the camera led will blink. The problem is, if I'm not near my phone, and it blinks only 10 times and stops, I will not know I have notifications. Is there an app that can set the camera flash to...
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    Help external sd to internal hack. why old sd card can't be mounted after reflash stock rom?

    http://androidforums.com/threads/sd-hack-for-storage-expansion.908126/ The above link is that hack I had installed for a long time on my LG F6. It basically copies the phone's internal /data files to sdcard ext4 partition, and runs from sdcard, fully ignoring the phone's internal storage space...
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    Help LG firmware website dead? csmgdl.lgmobile.com

    http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com this website used to allow direct download of kdz firmware files. now it doesn't work. Has this website been dead for a while? I need to reflash my phone because it's stuck in a nonfixable bootloop
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    Help how to Repeat notification sound until dismissed?

    My d415 does not have an LED button, so notifications don't light up. Is it possible to make the phone loop a sound when a notification comes in, until I dismiss it? How would i do that? If I can't see a notification with the screen asleep, I'd like to hear it at least.
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    Help How to find out what's eating the battery?

    On my LG L90, sometimes a 100% charge will last just 48 hours idle, while at other times it will last 6 days idle. After the most recent instance of short battery life, I rebooted the phone, and it seems the battery has lasted a lot longer. I rarely use any apps on the phone. The last time it...
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    Root [MetroPCS] Anyone running stock rom rooted? Does google hangouts work?

    Anyone running stock rom rooted..... can you install the latest Google Hangouts from the play store and see if you can make or receive phone calls from the hangouts app?
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    Help fat fingers grab screen without opening apps?

    is there a feature or app that allows you to handle the phone with a fat thumb across the screen without accidentally opening a bunch of apps on the home screen? or is the only way to turn off the screen first?
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    Help knock off works. but knock on does not.

    gentle double tapping the screen turns off the phone just fine. But to turn on, I have to double tap hard. I have to jolt the phone. Actually, I can turn on the phone by tapping the plastic on the side of the phone. I don't even have to touch the screen. Anyone else having this problem?
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    Help jellybean dialer with small popup?

    My LG F6 is running 4.1.2 jb. Whenever a call comes in, the call popup takes up the full screen, and I can't get out of it until I either answer or decline the call. So if I'm using another app, the default dialer hijacks my screen. In contrast, KK has a small dialer popup at the top of the...
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    Help Unlock phone with SPCK only ?

    nevermind. nck code does not apply
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    Help How to make ms500 work with tmobile wifi calling?

    Has anyone been able to use metropcs f6 with tmo's wifi calling? I can't use metropcs f6 with tmo wifi calling unless I register a 911 address with metropcs, and I don't have a metropcs account.
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    Help how to calibrate/drain battery when phone keeps turning off at 0%

    What I mean is, I think my new phone battery still has some juice at 0%, but android is programmed to turn off when it hits 0%. I can still turn on the phone, even though it says 0%, but android shuts it off right after it boots to home screen. So how can you calibrate the battery to account...
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    Root does lollipop improve standby battery time?

    Does lollipop have better battery management than stock LG rom ? The L90 has awful standby battery time compared to my F6. The only big difference is the L90 is quad core and the F6 is dual core, but that battery use difference is huge even though both phones have the same battery size. My F6...
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