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Why do I have to get permission to save to my own phone?

As @Robert mentions in his excellent comment, the permission system on Android is not user-based, but app-based. Although newer Android versions have some multi-user support, the general attitude of t …
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Removing multiple entries easily from the Google Play Store's "My apps & games" library

Google Store doesn't offer a public API like most Google products/services, thus writing an app or service with this capability would be a tedious work, and would require probably some low-level hacki …
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Nexus 4 won't charge or boot (red light)

My experience is that it happens, if the batteries are old and they are completely depleted. Probably somehow the characteristics of such batteries changes so, that the power of the system can't handl …
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How to connect an Android phone to PC for internet via USB

Yes, it is possible, but you need to root your device. The Android kernel supports it, simply there is no option to do that in the GUI. There are also apps to do it, but all of them requires root pr …
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Why does my WIFI turn off randomly?

Practically all mobile phones are using the Google Contacts app to manage your contacts. They create a backup of your contacts to the Google, and continuously synchronizing with it. This is why you ca …
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A small app with a surreal name appeared on my phone. What is it?

As rule of thumb, if you can delete the app on an unrooted device, deleting it is safe. Its size is very small, most likely it is some crap, or it might be some harmful thing, too. Note also, that @ …
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