Questions tagged [5.1-lollipop]
Only use this tag if your question is specific to Android 5.1 Lollipop, an incremental update over 5.0 announced on March 9, 2015.
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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 ...
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Lollipop hide quick settings on Lock screen
I'm sure this would have been asked before. But I couldn't find out yet.
I recently updated to Lollipop in my Sony Xperia Z phone. The notification bar and pull down settings are great.
But on lock ...
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When will my device get the Android 5.1 update (Lollipop)?
Android 5.1 (Lollipop) was officially announced on March 9th, 2015.
You can review the high-level changes at the announcement on the official Android blog.
Of course, not all devices will get this ...
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Run adb command inside the terminal emulator or programmatically without root
Is there a way to run theadb backupcommand on the device itself without using a ᴘᴄ computer ?
Of course when I try to do it,adbcomplains the daemon isn’t started and it fails to find a device.
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Can user data be recovered after formatting and flashing stock ROM?
I am exchanging my old Android L phone for a new one. I have formatted the whole phone including bootloader and flashed its stock ROM using SP Flash Tool twice. I hope my data has been overwritten.
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Battery percentages per app nowhere near total
when I look at my Nexus 5 with android 5.1. battery screen, I can see something like this:
Screenshots (click images for larger variants)
Sum of all per-app percentages in list is 10. However as ...
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How can I permanently change my hotspot tethering IP address?
IP address is 192.168.43.1 by default and there is no option to change it permanently. Is it possible to change it without root access?
My phone is Huawei Android 5.1.
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Retrieve WiFi password [duplicate]
How to get saved WiFi password from my android 5.1.1 without rooting?
I checked the path /data/misc/wifi/ using adb pull from terminal, but it's empty
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How can't install a 338KB app when I have 474MB free?
I have a Motorola phone, with 8GB of internal memory.
To my surprise, in a few days, I had 474MB of free space, but couldn't install a 338KB app!! So, clearly the limit of ~25MB referred to in some ...
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App permission management is running notification
Is there any option to get rid of those not useful, permament notifications on Android 5.1, in particular App permission management is running
They are just taking space and focus, are not helpful to ...
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Is it possible to simulate touch without root?
Is there any way to simulate a touch (anywhere) on the screen without root?
If not, is there any other way I can perform a cardboard 'select' action without magnet support, or opening up my cardboard ...
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A phone with a WiFi signal icon appears on the status bar (Samsung Galaxy S6, Android 5.1.1)
What does the following icon that looks like a phone with a WiFi signal in my status bar indicate? And how do I remove it?
As far as I know, I didn't turn any setting on that triggered it. I can't ...
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Multi-user option not avilable in Android one after Lollipop update
I have Karbonn Android one phone. It is updated to Lollipop 5.1. I read that multi-user option is available in Lollipop. But in Settings the Users option is not available.
How can I enable it? Is it ...
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"Can't connect to camera", Nexus 6 - Lollipop 5.1
My Nexus 6 is unable to start the camera. The google camera app hangs when it starts and nothing shows up. Earlier the camera used to open but it lagged a bit when HDR was on. Now the camera isn't ...
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"Access Point Name settings not available for this user"
This was probably an issue before but only became an issue when I changed providers in a foreign country. Running CM12.1 nightlies.
I can't connect to data and get the above message when I try to ...
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Cellular data not working since 5.1 Lollipop flash
Cellular data stopped working immediately after "upgrading" to 5.1-lollipop OTA (from 5.0.2) on my Nexus-4. I am seeing the exclamation point in the signal strength indicator at all times, except ...
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Spotting Cause of Excessive Battery Drain
I have a Nexus 6 phone and it has always been amazing with battery power, I can usually go 2-3 days before absolutely needing to charge it and that's with heavy news reading, game playing, phone calls,...
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How to root HP Pro Slate 12 tablet?
Is there any working rooting method for HP Pro Slate 12 tablet (Android 5.1.1)?
I tried Kingo Root (both Windows and Android versions), Kingroot, Ding Dong root and none of them worked.
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How to use an external sdcard as internal in Android Lolipop 5.1.1?
I have seen option of making external sd card to internal in android 6 mobile phones but i have android lolipop 5.1.1 how can i make it adoptable or get that option is it feasable to get that ...
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How to update webview without using the Google Play store?
I have an Android 5.1 device, where I have full root access. For this device I have written a cordova application and installed it as a system app. It is working good, however the webview-version of ...
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How to import an existing mmssms.db to an Android Virtual Device?
I've downgraded from Cyanogenmod 13 (Android 6.0.1) to Android stock 5.1.1, and kept my previous mmssms.db file, but it is incompatible with older Android versions. I would like to import this ...
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How do I automate disabling mobile data on Lollipop?
I have recently changed my Moto G LTE (XT1039) from Android 4.x to 5.1. The device is not rooted.
After the update, I found that Llama - Location Profiles's toggle mobile data - mobile data off action ...
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How to find out which app uses mdnsd
My battery life has dropped massively recently and there's an unrecognised app 'mdnsd' that's using a fair percentage of it.
AFAIK mdnsd broadcasts info about services running to a local network, but ...
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Disable Notification Vibration for Specific Apps
I would like to change a setting for my Android (v5.1.1) to make my YouTube app show notifications (on the Lock Screen and Status Bar as it currently does), but without vibration and sound. That is, ...
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How do I get rid of "System Data" that takes up half my hard drive? [duplicate]
So since I updated my phone, there seems to be a mysterious 3-4GB of "System Data" on my phone's hard drive that I can't get rid of.
Here are some screenshots of this:
I have an LG Leon running ...
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Restoring wpa_supplicant.conf [root]
I have a rooted Nexus 5 (Lollipop 5.1) which just decided to restart itself and clear out my saved WiFi passwords!
Luckily I make regular manual backups of the wpa_supplicant.conf file from /data/...
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Toast "The contact doesn't exist" shows up everytime I attempt to assign an image to owner account from User settings
I'm using CM 12.1 SNAPSHOT. Yesterday, I wiped the data and when the phone booted up I finished the setup of accounts like Google, CyanogenMod and everything synced successfully. But the Owner pic in ...
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Disable Internet access detection of WiFi networks?
In fact my WiFi DO HAVE Internet access, but for some reason it keeps telling me I don't and won't automatically reconnect to it. Now I have to manually reconnect every time.
So, is it possible to ...
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How do I exclude a subfolder in DCIM from Google Photos backup?
I set Google Photos to automatically back up pictures and videos I take and nothing else. I use an Xperia phone and it comes with a feature to take "Time Shift" photo which is essentially just a ...
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How do I get my mobile data to work again, after the new Android 5.1 update? [closed]
I am having an issue with mobile data no longer working. Mobile data was working the day after updating to Android 5.1 on my Nexus 5. But now (1 day later) it is not connecting to mobile data. It just ...
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WhatsApp contacts doesn't merge with Google Contacts
I can't really reproduce what caused the issue, but all my contacts show up separately, it's like I'm having two contacts with identical name, one in the Google account containing all his phones, ...
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Nexus 7 stuck on google's logo after flashed the building of AOSP
This is my first time to flash the AOSP build on the device. I just followed Google's instructions to download and build the Android source code. Since I have a Nexus 7 (2013), so I chose the target ...
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how do I enable 180 degree screen rotation on Moto G (3rd gen)?
how do I enable 180 degree screen rotation on Moto G (3rd gen)?
Portrait is default
Landscape rotates the screen by 90 degrees
but is there a way to enable auto rotate for 180 degrees (upside ...
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Does Android Lolipop 5.1 get encrypted by itself upon first boot?
My doubts are,
Would an android device shipped with Lollipop 5.0 get encrypted itself upon first boot? I saw a lot of blogs saying Lolipop does not come with default encryption but in the official ...
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Do applications run in user profiles that are not active / run in background profiles?
I configured 3 user profiles with each their own google account on my device (Nexus 5 with Android 5.1).
When I switch the user profiles, do the applications keep running in the user profiles that ...
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Why do I get "IMS Service Has Stopped" Message after update
I've got an Galaxy S5 neo with Android version 5.1.1. and a recent Android software update has brought with it an annoying popup message that reappears 3 seconds after being dismissed.
It reads:
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USB debugging option greyed out in Samsung Galaxy J5 runing Android 5.1.1
As per the rule with a new Android, I have tapped build number 7 times for enabling Developer option. However, USB debugging is shown as greyed out and I cannot start it. Samsung Galaxy J5 comes with ...
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Why can't I install anything since Google Play Store downloads don't reach 100%?
Recently after a hard reset I can't use the Google Play Store on my 5.1 Lollipop. Whatever I try to download from the Google Play Store it gets stuck at some percentage and never reach 100%. Plenty of ...
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Rooted phone missing key features, help!
I have a new MetroPCS Lg Leon running lollypop 5.02. I rooted it with kingroot apk (bad idea) and I cannot get the menu bar or swipe gestures to work. I.e. swipe to search, there is no pull down menu....
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Lengthy sleep command not working in script
I've written a su.d script to periodically (every 4 hours) back up data from an app using a looped sleep command:
#!/system/bin/sh
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# Wait for boot to complete
until [ "$(getprop sys....
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How do I view Android application specific cache
I wan't to copy cache files of an application to see what it stores in cache. I've a non-rooted Galaxy Note 4 running android 5.1.1. Is there any way using adb or something else? This application is ...
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With a rooted mobile ,Can I free up some internal storage (ROM) after delete some google apps from system
With a rooted mobile ,Can I free up some internal storage (ROM) after delete some google apps from system. After deleted that's apps is there any problem to other google apps like play store, google ...
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phone won't connect to wifi after upgrade to Android 5.1
I upgraded yesterday to Android 5.1. Looks awesome but thinks that my home internet wifi is not responding and won't connect to it anymore. (Give me an exclamation mark on wifi.) The new feature (stop ...
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How to install OS in Samsung smg531f which is without OS?
I have a samsung SMG531f Grand Prime. I accidentially deleted my OS in Team Win by selecting the System option coming under Wipe option in the main menu. Now when I switch on the phone it will show ...
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Galaxy S6 not seen by pc at all
I have one week old S6 and now tried to use adb.
I unlocked developer mode, enabled USB debugging, connected to usb and nothing happened. adb devices shows empty list, lsusb on mac and linux as well ...
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Apps crashing after updating Lenovo A2010 to Android 5.1 Lollipop
I updated my Lenovo A2010-a to the latest version (Android 5.1): I just clicked on a message that says "You have a new update. Update has downloaded and can be installed" then it opened a ...
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How can I detect if my phone is in a "Normal calls are restricted by access control" state, blocking incoming and outgoing calls
Sometimes this error occurs on my cell (a Lenny 2 with android 5.1). I'll only notice the error when I try to make a call, there are no obvious warnings that something is erroneous i.e. signal ...
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Prevent app from knowing about root access (sandbox)
I'm running CyanogenMod 12.1 on a Motorola Moto G3. When I tried setting up some app, it failed on me with the message that it won't run on rooted devices, even though I disabled root access.
Now I'm ...
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Wifi turns off when phone sleeps - Not Duplicate
This is NOT a duplicate, I have read the other posts on this forum site and none of them have helped me. I've gone to the wifi settings and made sure Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is ALWAYS and I've ...
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How to delete dumpstate/logcat on Moto E
My phone is running out of internal memory. So I searched online and found a solution, which was to dial *#9900# and then delete dumpstate/logcat. But when I dial the same on my MOTO E, I dont see ...
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