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  • 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...

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