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Useful Tricks on Android

Any device

For those who are not yet guided by the forum! This topic is not about useful programs, not to search for programs or help with devices!
You can ask only for android specific problems androidofonam, excluding third-party software, pre-searching a solution on the forum and in the Google.

We are looking for programs here.
The most necessary / must have / programs here.

What is this topic about?
Lifehaki, nishtyaki, utility, hidden capabilities of various software, components of "iron" smartphones and not only, find which even know how to use the search, is unrealistic. I bet that most of these features are unknown to you! Much here from personal experience, as in the description of different excellent programs there are no very useful things. Many nishtyakov scattered around the forum and usually come across the instructions of the caps of the topics on devices. But almost always there they remain, and users of other devices about their existence do not even suspect.
That is, this topic is not for the functions that are the main purpose of a program, but for disclosing their hidden features as well as all non-obvious techniques when using android smartphones that may be useful for someone, but obviously little known.


Forward using tweaks marked[R] (you must have root-rights), you must do Nandroid! I and the authors of the instructions for the bricks do not bear!
[T] - it is necessary to have a recovery (although there are options that will not need to install zips through it).

Separate useful program functions.
[T] [R] Android patches. Just an indispensable thing for those who put the program is not from the market or enjoy the benefits of different mods and Russified versions! Installing mods over the original versions, installing older versions and programs that have never been installed before! To install В® Xposed (if not) and then В® LuckyPatcher by ChelpuS , mark it in the list of modules and reboot the device.

[T] [R] Block unloading of certain programs from memory. Prevent the standard Task Killer from unloading the applications you need. All devices. (Post by shchelkynchik # 21751572)
For droid 5-6 put this versionAttached filede.robv.android.xposed.mods.appsettings-4cbfcda7a57bc7eb1b4530755ae377e5.apk(166.94 KB)


Downloading clips and even movies from sites where this possibility is not provided. Videoder (Post by alekcei1977 # 30639878)

[R] Solving the problem of recording on a memory card on Android 6 (maybe 5) Xiaomi Redmi 3S / 3X - MIUI Firmware (OS 6.0) (Post armind94 # 51928245) . There is also a xposed module, it almost completely restores access to the card on the 6th droid - http: //repo.xposed.inf…/com.pyler.xinternalsd

[R] Saving battery by turning off unused cell frequencies. Xiaomi Redmi 3s - Discussion (Post Ildar16 # 53367597) . There may be problems with the Internet / connection!

[R] Saving battery by turning off the media server. Just click on the first switch in https: //play.google.co..._cliff.sdfixtool&hl=en It does not hurt if you use programs for viewing / listening to media in which you want to specify the scanned folders. Otherwise, the database of songs or galleries may lose relevance and in the same program you will need to rescan manually.

Watching video at great speeds. from other devices, routers running Ftp server. Suddenly! ES File Explorer File Manager (Post dim ^ n # 49725014) You only need to set up an FTP connection in this program, and open video files!

Record any audiostrim. To install ES File Explorer File Manager open m3u list with it, long press on the item, share button. Record move from /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.estrongs.android.pop/tmp/share/ manually, then click "cancel" in the ES Explorer.

Always know how much space is left on the drives. To put Elixir 2 (Post Lares # 8808483) And set the "Status Bar", that is, the widget in the curtain. As an option, it will be so
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"Day mode". Who can not add a separate "Invert" button to the curtain, you can configure the "Special features" settings shortcut via QuickShortcutMaker or set CF.lumen (Post OmgGG # 33279259)

Internal file associations. If you often open different files through the file manager, and the system is tired of what often forgets which program to open. Total Commander for Android (Post spidey_07 # 12252154) . Also it can ES File Explorer File Manager .

Set scrollable or fixed wallpaper to choose from. Just install through QuickPic Gallery if launcher supports options.

[R] Display color calibration

[T] [R] Firmware utilities from recovery.
A large selection of sound packs from different smarts! Xiaomi Redmi 3s - Modification and decorations (Post dim ^ n # 58914017)

Improving cameras 13-16Mp Xiaomi Redmi 3S / 3X - MIUI Firmware (OS 6.0) (Post dimon03091970 # 54958865)

Increased performance due to system cache. ZTE Blade GF3 (T320) - Firmware (Post No_Hammer # 73925836) What makes the patch.

Hibernation instead of shutting down. For CM11 Sony Xperia Z - CyanogenMod Firmware (OS 4.x.x) (Post BrateloSlava # 32892463) for CM12.x Sony Xperia Z - CyanogenMod Firmware (Post Mr. Mayor # 42582744)

Reset password / fingerprint / key lock screen , if you forgot or as a result of some bug it stopped working. Useful Tricks on Android (Post bullik01 # 56646077)

Fix to defrost all applications if the system failed due to freezing. В® Link2SD (Post intro555 # 25738191)

Save space on / data by disabling the creation of dalvik / art cache in full. Most likely, it does not work on Android 7 and above. Sony Xperia M - CyanogenMod 12 Firmware (OS 5.x.x) (Post intro555 # 41277907) . Attention, the overall performance will decrease, a variety of system glitches are possible !!

Automatically add lines to build.prop . If you constantly flush, and tired of adding your options to build.prop Android update-script (Post intro555 # 22780360)

Firmware archives for firmware in system, data, script execution. Just add any files to your archive manager and flash it through recovery! Description in the name of the archives! Autoreboot - autoreboot into the system after flashing.


Possible solution to turn off overlay error . Not tested on MIUI!
Samsung SM-G935F Galaxy S7 Edge - Unofficial Firmware (Wlryss Post # 51825566)
Network
If the Internet disappears while being in the network mob. the operator. Solution options.

[R] If WIFI is slower than I would like . Carefully! The path for this file may be different, but the effect will still be!

[T] [R] Possible increase in 3G connection speed. Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro - MIUI Firmware (OS 5.x - 6.x) (Post SerVBul # 51030238)

Everything is different.
Zram. Increased multitasking without noticeable minuses.
If there is Memory Optimization in the "For Developers" settings, then we can say that lucky, no, it means using third-party programs.

[R] Deleting your Google Account.
microG Services Core (Post dimych_vd # 70313656)

How to allow access to the Google account to third-party programs.
K-9 Mail (Post Risen Symbian # 90687472)

Opening mht (saved web pages). Options - The way to open * .mht files

How to find out the password from the wifi in the connected phone?
Help in finding programs for Android OS (Post MAOQ # 54351529)

How to add letters to the contact number Useful Tricks on Android (Fast pechkiv # 71775570)

If the lock type "hold on the screen is not active. Useful Tricks on Android (Post shiftalt55 # 61614801)

[R] How to speed up the system slightly. Useful Tricks on Android (Post OMOIKANE # 82505126)
Another option.

If not downloaded downloaded apk
Useful Tricks on Android (Post dim ^ n # 66690328)

[R] New camera features - camera2api . What is it - http://www.marginz.co.nz/snap/?page_id=152 Installation - add line to build.prop
persist.camera.HAL3.enabled = 1
In Snap Camera, FV-5 Camera, Manual Camera, enable this item in the settings. Glitches are possible, then return as was build.prop and camera settings.

[R] Does your firmware support init.d. В® Improving battery performance tenfold (Post Bobko_904 # 30753902)

[R] How to change the file system from ext4 to f2fs, getting a speed boost.

How to enable power saving mode Doze.

[T] Delete all contacts via TWRP

Fast charge

[T] [R] Replacing the proprietary (from Google) system application WebView (VEBVEY) on
Bromite System WebView


[R] Possible ways to reduce energy consumption.

How to choose the APK for download from the resource 4pda.

Why can there be specific bugs that no one knows how to fix? Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 - Informal firmware (OS 4.xx) (Post Ersten # 29096890)

[R] How to get logs when a bug / departure / reload occurs (logcat and kmsg) - Sony Xperia M / M Dual - CyanogenMod 11 Firmware (OS 4.4.x) (Post intro555 # 31741395)

Separate selections
[R] Releasing internal memory. Sony Xperia M / M Dual - Discussion (Post agur4ik09 # 30650863) Most of the ways are my workings out. In addition to the substitution of memory, the methods are universal for different devices!

[R] Tweaks build.prop Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro - Discussion (Post all1651 # 50061260)
Topics
The Android device optimizer from the category of "all in one", to improve performance and energy saving without harming anything.

Extremely miniature replacement for the Market and other gaps microG GmsCore is a FLOSS framework . What a good idea - it takes a couple of dozen and not hundreds of megabytes, does not load and does not sit down the device, does not update, so it does not consume the traffic and memory of the device, there are not many specific market sores, such as the inability to download or departures, because the assembly is very easy and works well.

The operator blocks the distribution of the Internet

Create update.zip patch for firmware through recovery

[T] Install Busybox

Recover data from internal memory

Uninstalling Android system apps

Google Account Bypass (FRP) Ways After Reset

The whole topic of tweaksScripts, tweaks, collect them all


Post has been editeddim ^ n - 26.10.20, 17:51



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Wandered the forum and found this topic ...
From myself I can offer a useful thing (universal)>>Graphic lock. Screen lock code - problem solving. (Post bullik01)
This is an archive that resets passwords in Android (Code, Graph. Block, Imprint, etc.)

Prints remain. I tested it on my Xiaomi Redmi 3S 2/16 - everything works.

Post has been editedbullik01 - 30.12.16, 15:46



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QuickBoot is just a gorgeous thing. Quickly hibernating :)



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Sorry, I'm probably writing the wrong topic. but I do not know which one. maybe you will advise!
On a tablet with android 5.1 from any screen tilt. even insignificant. spontaneously pops out the top quick settings menu. so zadolbalo, there are no forces. How to disable it, fix it. Maybe tell me what topic to contact. Or what to do. Thank.



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Zhurilov @ 05.05.17, 23:26*
Maybe tell me what topic to contact.
Write about your tablet in the subject.



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Export contacts and from GOOGLE account to YANDEX account (Creating two accounts on the phone)



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Another useful thing to lock the screen. I think it happened when there is a pattern key or password (no difference) and return"hold the screen" no possibility (button not active). The exit is simple. In the Security tab click "Clear credentials (delete all certificates) . Everything! Now we can safely put the usual lock.



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If the downloaded apk is not installed, and you know for sure that this is not due to patches of the lacquer patcher, and the program is exactly compatible. Looking for root-rights.

  1. IGTV (Post iMiKED # 74504043)
  2. ViaВ® Titanium Backup
    agur4ik09 @ 04/06/14, 21:28*
    Titanium Backup - menu ->Cleaning Dalvik-cache, this method removes cache files of the virtual machine dalwik, which by mistake could remain after the removed programs.

  3. Re-sign withВ® MT ManagerClick on apk ->options ->subscribe.
  4. Need a recovery!Flash the system firstarchiveWith the program that you put in that archive in the app folder.
  5. Need Xposed! We look at the first item.


If I remember more options, add: rolleyes:

Post has been editeddim ^ n - 20.08.20, 18:38



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From personal experience.

I noticed that auto brightness does not work correctly on many Android smartphones. Invented a way to improve its work.

Problem: for example, I read from a screen while lying on a sofa and, if the light from a desk lamp or a ceiling spotlight fails to hit the sensor, the smartphone turns up sharply brightness, despite the fact that the overall brightness of the ambient light changes slightly. Moreover, if I reduce the slider, then nothing can be seen in the daytime bright light. This problem was on all my Android smartphones (Huawei Nova 2i, Mate 7, Alcatel Pop 4S, Xiaomi Mi Max 2, Meizu M6 Note, etc.).

On the iPhone 6,7,8, the auto-brightness of the screen works almost perfectly. Therefore, the idea emerged that the sensor in many Android devices does not know how to correctly average the overall brightness of the illumination and point sources of illumination confuse it.

Cut a circle with a diameter of 3-4 mm out of black tape and pasted over the light sensor. The design does not spoil it. Despite the black color, the light still passes through the duct tape and the sensor works. But the insulating tape now seems to smooth out sharp changes in brightness from the spot lighting of the room. It was necessary only to slightly adjust the brightness slider once.

Now auto brightness works perfectly and spotlights do not interfere with it.

Of course, it is probably better to use not black duct tape, but another more transparent material that simply scatters light (matte film). I will experiment later.



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On some devices, you can speed up the system slightly without causing bugs by turning off the creation of a lot of file garbage in / data / system / dropbox. Via Root explorer, Total Commander or 3c toolbox, all permissions are selected, as in the screenshot.
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Tested on stock and custom firmware with 4, 5, 6 android.

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* dim ^ n,
And then you can clear this folder or better not to touch?



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Log`in @ 1.02.18, 13:59*
And you can then clear this folder.
it is possible, but you will not get much free space.



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Dear craftsmen, help to completely turn off the vibration, tell me some script to turn off the vibration as this program doesВ® StreakVibrations (Post ppmand # 5496817). The program helps me, but after rebooting I will have to disconnect again. Everywhere he turned off, but some programs still make this annoying sound.



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* n3522 , for sure it is possible through Tasker, ask better there - Tasker



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* dim ^ n, thank. But I would like less software, without unnecessary programs running in the background.



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* n3522 then Scripts, tweaks, collect them all



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Where did the built-in memory go? What folders weigh how much? [guide for beginners]

Hello! As I noticed, many beginners (and even a bit more experienced) users do not know how to see which folders are the hardest in the built-in memory, and where the place went. Although the method is elementary and does not require any root or paid programs!

  1. We put Total Commanderfrom the market(if the market swears that there is not enough space, we setapk from the forum)
  2. Open the second panel (right icon)
  3. Click the plus sign
  4. Type - built-in command, command - calculate the space occupied
    It turns out this:
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  5. Sort icon - by size, also sort folders, descending
  6. PROFIT! Go to the root of the built-in memory, click on "counting the place", wait a bit and see which folder is "weighing".


In general, there are a lot of programs that show folder sizes. The total commander is convenient because you can immediately open folders and files, move or delete them, so to speak, without departing from the cash register.

I was prompted to write this post by a user who quite seriously advised to click on the folders one by one and look at the size properties.


Post has been editedEgor3 - 16.03.18, 15:07



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* Egor3 , DiskUsage / SD Card much more convenient in this regard.



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* dim ^ n Thank you, good option!



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* 8040466 This topic is not for searching programs. Look here in the header / ask Help in finding programs for Android OS


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