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Android phone "charging slowly": How to make it faster
This is not a software setting: Android is just telling you that the power source you connected the device to is not giving enough electrical power to charge as fast as it could.
It seems that:
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Mount Android device directly in Mac OS X Finder
Transferring files between macOS and Android or any other MTP devices has always been a nightmare. I have tried a lot of apps and was disappointed with the poor support for Android phones on macOS. ...
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Android phone "charging slowly": How to make it faster
Other answers have explained about how to make it charging faster, this answer tries to explain more about the threshold that the Android uses.
The charging speed is not configurable; it's just a ...
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Flashing Nexus 5 factory image fails on writing userdata
I encounter the same problem today :)
flash-all script failed when writing userdata
I have managed to solve this issue by manually continue the flashing process:
1) extract image-hammerhead-m4b30z....
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"Screen overlay detected" dialog?
Simple Resolution / Answer
I had this same problem with my Nexus 5X, using Android M. I also went ahead & turned all the permissions off, except for Twilight, the suspected culprit. I still had ...
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How to enable the landscape mode on the default launcher on Android Marshmallow?
Auto rotate Home screen was one of the top features of 2nd Android M Developer preview.
I hate to burst the bubble, Auto rotate home screen feature was not incorporated in the final version of Android ...
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"Screen overlay detected" dialog?
This is a kludge and probably only a partial solution. I followed the messages to the permission screen, selected the option "apps with this permission" then proceeded to turn off the overlay ...
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Android phone "charging slowly": How to make it faster
This is by way of supplementing OP's research with additional relevant inputs
"Charging Rapidly" always is neither desirable nor changing the charger mode user configurable
Why is it not ...
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Mount Android device directly in Mac OS X Finder
That is how Android File Transfer works for Mac, since Apple doesn't support MTP mode by default.
The only way for this is to mount your device in USB Mass Storage Mode (because by default, Mac ...
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Boot loop after flashing Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Nexus 5
I too faced this issue and issuing the fastboot commands manually (instead of relying on flash-all) and it worked well.
These are the commands to use (just forget everything and make sure these ...
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Strange WiFi battery usage on Marshmallow Nexus 5
There is a known issue on Nexus 5/6 with Marshmallow and wifi. This wifi drain has been noted by many users, me included.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/wifi-plaguing-android-...
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Is there any way to disable Direct Share on Android 6?
If you are rooted but don't want to use Xposed you can use Android's native Intent Firewall to block direct share. This works on Android 6.0 all the way up to 8.1:
As answered earlier here:
Removing ...
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Flashed addonsu-arm-signed.zip on LineageOS, still no root
Go to Settings.
Click on About phone and then tap 7 times on the Build number.
Navigate back, open Developer Options.
Tap Root Access.
Select Apps or Apps and ADB.
Now you have root and Titanium ...
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Strange WiFi battery usage on Marshmallow Nexus 5
A few days back I had the same problem and I was able to fix it!
Now all you need to do is go to Settings → Location → options (3 Dots top right corner) → Scanning → Uncheck Wi-...
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How to enable the landscape mode on the default launcher on Android Marshmallow?
The latest version of Google Now added a home screen rotation option in its settings. To access the home screen settings, either long-tap on the home screen or choose Settings from the Google Now "...
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How to end do not disturb mode?
Greetings! Sincerely hope (and, quite likely!) you have already figured it out. Here, hoping it would help others with this same query, a simpler solution —
Simply pull down the volume to vibrate
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Mount Android device directly in Mac OS X Finder
It is possible to use the "Android Debug Bridge" command line tool. It is intended to test and install apps, however it enables developers to run commands like adb ls to list all files, and adb pull &...
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How can I install Marshmallow?
Conventional Way
This is what you want if you have a Nexus device but you've never heard of/don't use MultiROM. You should have an unlocked bootloader. If you don't have this, take a look at the ...
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How do I select a non-OEM charger for my device?
When you are switching to a different charger from What is OEM supplied, things to bear in mind:
Type of battery (not really relevant these days as most batteries are Li-Ion or Li-PO . Both have sane ...
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Can I prevent Android from booting in Safe Mode altogether?
Right way to do this
Disable the broken VOLUME DOWN key by editing /system/usr/keylayout/gpio-keys.kl and /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl as root and commenting that key out. Longer instructions on ...
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How do you get the permissions popup to come back?
Settings - Developer options - Revoke USB debugging authorizations.
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"Sorry, something went wrong" when trying to "Set up nearby device"
I had the same issue today. I had to replace my old (broken) Nexus 5X to a new Nexus 5X.
After unsucessfull tries (same error message as you) I started to all reconfigure manually when I noticed my ...
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Mount Android device directly in Mac OS X Finder
There is an application called SyncMate that claim:
SyncMate can easily sync personal data, media files, folders and lots more between your Mac and Android device. Mounting Android device as Mac ...
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How to disable airplane mode switch when phone is locked
Note:
The following solution is tested on COS12 (Android 5.0.2) and Carbon ROM (Android 5.1.1).
For this answer, you would need ADB setup in your machine, USB debugging enabled in the device and ...
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"Access Point Name settings not available for this user"
edit: I should mention this fixed issues with Sprint for me, but perhaps googling in this vein could lead to finding a similar fix for other carriers.
tl;dr: I booted to recovery (TWRP), wiped, ...
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How can I find the name of the Kernel and its version that is running in my phone?
Unless Marshmallow has some unnecessary native changes, you should be able to see the kernel version in many Android releases from Settings → About phone.
(Click image to enlarge)
A command ...
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Strange WiFi battery usage on Marshmallow Nexus 5
@VenomGT rightly pointed out the 'new feature' which affects the battery.
You might also want to adjust your settings to not use wi-fi when your screen is black/off. To do that, use:
Settings -> ...
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Remove google app (velvet) from android marshmallow
You need to go settings/apps/configure apps (cog)/default apps/assist & voice input select NONE then Reboot, uninstall Google app and reboot and you have no bootloop enjoy!!
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Which factory image to download?
According to comparisons on the internet, they are the same, but updated versions (OTA) of each other. They are the smaller updates that you might witness sometimes when you are informed of a new ...
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