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Error 70 Gapps install – Fixed

Error 70 Gapps

If you are encountering the following error while trying to flash Gapps with your custom rom:

Error 70: Insufficient storage space available in System partition.

Here is the simple fix for the problem:

  • Flash a smaller size version of the Gapps ROM via TWRP.  Pick either Pico/Micro versions of the ram.
  • For Nexus 5 and CM14/Lineage the Micro Version works just fine
  • After installing the smaller version you can install the remaining apps via the Play Store

 

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Android Device Hardware Nexus 5 Open Source Solutions

How To Disable Keyboard Touch Vibration in Android 6 Marsh Mallow (Nexus 5x & 6p)

How to Turn Off Keyboard Vibration

Google Keyboard is the default keyboard in the Android 6(Marsh Mallow). By default, its configured to enable vibration on key press. If you are someone who dislikes this feature and wants to disable it, here is a simple way of disabling it:
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  • Go to Home -> Settings -> Language & input
  • Locate “Google Keyboard” and press it to open its options.
  • Select Preferences
  • Disable the “Vibrate on keypress” option and you are good
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Turn Off Keyboard Vibration in Android Lollipop

How to Turn Off Keyboard Vibration

Google Keyboard is the default keyboard in Android 5, Lollipop. By default, its configured to enable vibration on key press. If you are someone who dislikes this feature, here is a simple way to turn off keyboard vibration in it:

Steps to Disable or Turn Off Keyboard Vibration:

  • Go to Home -> Settings -> Language & input
  • Locate “Google Keyboard” (under Keyboard & input methods) and tap it
  • Tap on Preferences
  • Turn off the “Vibrate on keypress” option

UPDATE: For Android 6 (Marsh Mallow) use these steps

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Android Nexus 5 Solutions

Nexus 5: How to take Photos while recording Videos

The Nexus 5 is capable of taking live photos while recording a video. Here is how to do it:
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  1. Start recording a video using Google Camera
  2. While recording, simply tap the screen in the part showing the video to take a picture. A flash of white on screen will confirm that a picture was taken.

These pictures are limited by the resolution of video being recorded. If you are recording a Full HD video, the picture will be of the size 1920×1080 pixels

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Android – How to remove Unwanted App Notifications

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Unwanted App Notifications are a pain. Also If you didn’t know, these notifications can also be a big battery drain.

Fortunately if you are on Android version 4.1 or higher there is a simple way to permanently remove an app’s notifications. Here is how you do that:

  1. In your notification bar, do a long press on the unwanted App Notification.
  2. You should get a pop up option “App info“
  3. Tap on App Info and you will be taken to the App Info page of the App
  4. Here Uncheck “Show Notifications” and hit OK in the confirmation box.

Now you should be free of unwanted notifications in future 🙂