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[Vyom]

Try to turn USB Debugging off.
Also if you are on same wifi as your PC, then you can try Wireless transfer using ES File explorer, which provides an FTP interface to transfer files.

 

[ithehappy]

What's the best Android emulator for Windows? I sue Blue Stacks and its the slowest and laggiest software I have ever used. Is there something which is really smooth?

 

[ariftwister]

What's the best Android emulator for Windows? I sue Blue Stacks and its the slowest and laggiest software I have ever used. Is there something which is really smooth?

Try Andy.. Andy the android emulator.

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I've installed kruti dev Hindi fonts on my Windows 7 system and I'm able to properly display Hindi text in Notepad. But when I paste that same text into Photoshop cs3 the characters are displayed as boxes with an x inside. What is odd is that in my Layers Palette the layer title of my TextBox properly displays in the copied Hindi text. Does anyone know why or what I can try to ensure the Hindi text properly displays inside the TextBox itself?

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have got samsung s6 ... bt there is no default FM app (no net required), cant find on playstore the default app ... can anyone tell me where it is ??? seen many radio apps bt they need net connection ... i want to listen to radio bt without net connection ... plz help

Samsung Galaxy S6 doesn't have FM radio (chip). And thats why there's no app for the radio..

 

[pratyush997]

What's the best Android emulator for Windows? I sue Blue Stacks and its the slowest and laggiest software I have ever used. Is there something which is really smooth?

Aye, Genymotion.

 

[ithehappy]

Aye, Genymotion.

Thanks mate, I have found something called AmiDuOS and I really like it so far, only the UI is not utilising my monitor's whole screen, so I guess I will give Genymotion a try.

 

[amjath]

@ariftwister ... bt i did try the net radio, it works ... whats the default radio apps name ???

I guess you are talking about internet radio.
FM Radio is the app name

 

[ariftwister]

I guess you are talking about internet radio.
FM Radio is the app name

Exactly, FM Radio works with the help of antenna from your headphones. Now a days they are not included in smartphones.

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Guys a small doubt, where does cache of each apps and games gets stored?? And what does /cache partition contain ?? The other day, i tried clearing /cache partition from recovery and Clashofclans apk still contained around 200mb of cache in it. So i had to manually clear it.

 

[thetechfreak]

[MENTION=169037]ariftwister[/MENTION] Here's the best answer I found about the Cache partition:

/cache partition is mostly for saving the downloads from Google Play Store, found in /cache/downloads. It also can hold the recovery log found in /cache/recovery called last_log as well (this holds any errors and/or diagnostics from the recovery binary a lá CWM or stock, which will get logged in the file to aid debugging and development of the recovery binary).

Source: What is the /cache partition? - Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchang

Also, the cache of individual apps is stored in SD card/internal storage(wherever the app is installed) in their respective app folders afaik.

 

[ariftwister]

[MENTION=169037]ariftwister[/MENTION] Here's the best answer I found about the Cache partition:


Source: What is the /cache partition? - Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchang

Also, the cache of individual apps is stored in SD card/internal storage(wherever the app is installed) in their respective app folders afaik.

Thanks for clearing that up.. Also i got to know about "lost+found" folder which was a puzzle to me for a long time.

 

[thetechfreak]

Hehe yeah. Some folder have rather obscure names.

 

[kg11sgbg]

Is Kingo Root installable under Android-5.1.*(Lolipop) version?
Please clarify,Friends.

 

[amit.tiger12]

Is Kingo Root installable under Android-5.1.*(Lolipop) version?
Please clarify,Friends.

Don't know about kingo root, but KingRoot working on 5.1 lollipop. Try that. Or try iRoot.

Sent from my Lenovo P1ma40 using Tapatalk

 

[insaneYLN]

Backup Android contacts using a Google account

Hello everyone.


I know this is a very artless question, but to backup the contacts list on my Android phone, do I use the following path -
Settings > Accounts & sync > choose the desired Google account > {on the drop down options} tap Sync Contacts (to backup contacts list), tap Sync Calendar (to backup calendar entries)?

 

[adityagupta]

Re: Backup Android contacts using a Google account

Hello everyone.


I know this is a very artless question, but to backup the contacts list on my Android phone, do I use the following path -
Settings > Accounts & sync > choose the desired Google account > {on the drop down options} tap Sync Contacts (to backup contacts list), tap Sync Calendar (to backup calendar entries)?

Yes i think so

 

[amit.tiger12]

Re: Backup Android contacts using a Google account

Hello everyone.


I know this is a very artless question, but to backup the contacts list on my Android phone, do I use the following path -
Settings > Accounts & sync > choose the desired Google account > {on the drop down options} tap Sync Contacts (to backup contacts list), tap Sync Calendar (to backup calendar entries)?

If you care what Google products offer,
Then try contacts.google.com for contacts backup, organise it.
keep.google.com
Photos.google.com
Calendar.google.com
About Google - Products
Earlier there was more products available..
One of them was, sms.google.com

 

[ajayritik]

Guys do we have any android apps which will list only contacts who have phone number rather than contacts who have email address as well as. Currently having this problem with my Yureka

 

[sling-shot]

Guys do we have any android apps which will list only contacts who have phone number rather than contacts who have email address as well as. Currently having this problem with my Yureka

ASUS Contacts is one such option. You have to go into Settings and set it to display only contacts with phone numbers.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Guys do we have any android apps which will list only contacts who have phone number rather than contacts who have email address as well as. Currently having this problem with my Yureka

Contacts + - Android Apps on Google Pla

IIRC, I've recommended you this app sometime in the past too.

 

[insaneYLN]

Integrity of Custom Labels within Contacts app entries

If you care what Google products offer,
Then try contacts.google.com for contacts backup, organise it.
keep.google.com
Photos.google.com
Calendar.google.com
About Google - Products
Earlier there was more products available..
One of them was, sms.google.com

@amit.tiger12 , thank you for the informative suggestions.
:smile_NF:

Personally, I prefer not to subscribe to the notion of syncing my system data with a Google account, as I have run into an issue in the past after syncing contact entries with Google. I am not laying the blame on the syncing process, and admit I very likely cocked it up on that instance!
However, having found no alternative for a specific issue while moving from one ROM to another (described in the paragraph below), I was compelled to primarily sync my contacts list to one of my Google accounts.

I was previously using a custom TouchWiz Ice Cream Sandwich firmware (CriskeloROM Note ICS v11) on my Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 and subsequently desired to move to CyanogenMod 9. While using CriskeloROM Note ICS v11, I had numerous entries within the Contacts app for which I had created custom labels, as depicted in the illustrative screenshot below.

*i.imgur.com/NN7mgYk.png

A backup created using the native method within the Contacts app - Menu > Import/Export > Export to SD card; which generates a .vcf file, did not maintain the custom labels upon restoring the said file on the newly flashed ROM.

I was unable to find any app(s) that maintain/s the custom labels of contact entries across any type of firmware; stock/custom (and/or TouchWiz/AOSP in my specific case). If someone is aware of such app(s), I await your recommendations.
I have not attempted to restore System service with useful data from Titanium Backup, but will give it a try very soon.

After successfully flashing CyanogenMod 9 on my device, I restored the backup of contacts list; created using Super Backup. Nonetheless, this restore did not integrate the custom labels as well.
:thinking_NF:

 

[ajayritik]

Contacts + - Android Apps on Google Pla

IIRC, I've recommended you this app sometime in the past too.

I think this one is not displaying contacts that are in SIM. Don't know if the problem is with the Yureka phone itself.

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Guys I'm not sure if this is the right place.
I was earlier on post paid plan and hence setup the mobile data monitor for 300 MB per month as was my plan and it served well. App used was Onavo Count.
However now I have moved from postpaid to prepaid couple of months back. What do you think is the best way to have me monitor the data usage for my mobile data considering I may take mobile data packs based on number of days validity and the limit.