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- Android MTP - To mount an Android 4 phone (I have a Galaxy S2 with Android 4.1.2), you must use the MTP protocol. You can no longer mount it using the USB mass storage protocol, because this won't work on devices that have only a single partition (because you can't ...
- Nexus 10 - Disable Google Now shortcut The application launcher at the bottom of the screen will launch Google Now when swiping upwards. I find this incredibly annoying as it’s easy to launch by accident and I don’t use or even like Google Now. To disable it, i...
- Google Photos, Picassa, Gallery sync mess on Android - I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 4.1.2) and its image gallery apps and sync had become a complete mess. The phone came with a Gallery application but I later added Google Photos. In 2015 I had the following sync settings related to photos/gallerie...
- Misc Android notes - Miscellaneous Android notes. These Android notes are mostly for Android 4.1.2 on the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100. Some notes, where stated, are for a Nexus 10 on Android 5.1.1. Because I use Android on the Galaxy S2, the OS contains Samsung-specific c...
- Android gotchas and bugs - Notes on Android oddities that I’ve come across. These Android notes are mostly for Android 4.1.2 on the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100. Some notes, where stated, are for a Nexus 10 on Android 5.1.1. Because I use Android on the Galaxy S2, the OS contain...
- Recovering Android encrypted SD card - So I started my phone (Samsung Galaxy S2 running Android 4.1.2) and I was met with greyed-out icons for each app that resides on my (encrypted) SD card. The notifications area showed the following messages: Preparing SD card Checking for errors. ...
- View source in Chrome on Android - To view a web page’s source code in Google Chrome on Android… Add a bookmark (of any page). View bookmarks and edit it. Change title to ‘View source’. Change URL to javascript:document.location='view-source:'+document.location; To use, visi...
