{"id":"11541","title":"How can I hide some contacts from dialer?","text":"I am playing around with my brand new Motorola Defy and trying to find a way to manage my contacts. Of course it synced every contact in my Google account... I want to hide some of them, you know, those people you don't contact often but whose coordinates you want to keep in case you ever need to. I haven't had any luck so far. I have 3 apps on my phone that deal with contacts : * one called Contacts that is just for managing contacts (no tabs like dial or favorites) -- you can call someone after selecting them, then selecting the phone number, then call -- in there I can select groups I want to hide but too many clicks to call someone * the dialer (my phone is in French so it's called \"Appeler\" = Call) with tabs : call, recent, contacts, favorites -- works as I'd want to but display all contacts with a phone number, and I haven't find a way to hide some groups (and it does display \"visibility: hidden\" when you select the contact) * Go contacts, that I installed in hope it would be everything I wanted, but I can't hide groups, as when I try remove a group from the app it deletes it from Google I don't know if the 2 apps that came bundled with my phone (contacts and dialer) are stock Android or Motorola. BTW, I skipped the configuration of Motoblur so no Motoblur account or anything like that. And it's running Froyo (already installed when I got it). Does anyone have a solution for me ?"} {"id":"18572","title":"Access to android usb port from chroot linux?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Android chroot ubuntu - is it possible to get ubuntu to recognise usb > devices IS it possible to communicate over the real USB port of an android host when running linux in chroot?"} {"id":"5988","title":"What is a widget?","text":"What distinguishes a widget from an app or a shortcut? I can understand the concept of an app, as something that runs on Android to provide a particular use or function. I can also understand the concept of a shortcut, to provide a way of accessing an app. Is a widget a special type of app or a special type of shortcut or is it characterised in a way that is distinct from both an app and a shortcut?"} {"id":"19398","title":"\"sendmsg: Connection refused\" trying to root a Nexus One","text":"Following the link taken from this question, I got the following error. $ .\/freenexus [*] Android local root exploid (C) The Android Exploid Crew [*] Modified by ak for HTC Nexus One [+] Using basedir=\/data\/local\/tmp, path=\/data\/local\/tmp\/freenexus [+] opening NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT socket [+] sending add message ... [-] sendmsg: Connection refused Does this mean that method is now outdated?"} {"id":"19394","title":"How can I use an app purchased from the Market on a Kindle Fire?","text":"I bought \"Cut the Rope\" on my Nexus One cellphone from the Android Market. When I open this game on my Kindle Fire it asks me to buy it but I expected it to be \"Purchased\". How can I add my Google account to Kindle Fire's Amazon appstore account list?"} {"id":"82449","title":"Intex Router Sign into wifi network error on LAN","text":"I'm a Broadband user and running 7-10 computers with same connection. My BSNL Modem is directly connected into LAN thus I don't have to Connect every time via dialing while accessing internet. Now I'm trying to access the same Internet Connection through my Android Phone(Samsung Galaxy S2) after connecting a wifi router into 2nd LAN switch(I have 2 LAN switces connected to each other). The problem that's occuring is when the Router is connected to the LAN\/switch, sometimes the internet works properly in both my Android Phone as wel as in my computers. But after sometime automatically or as soon as I shut down any of computer the message \"Sign into wifi network\" starts appearing in my phone and internet stops working in Phone even. PC's IP is 192.168.1.1 and Router IP is 192.168.0.1 ... The Connection is done in following Manner BSNL Modem is connected to 1st LAN Switch\/Hub through which internet connection is going to other computers and another i.e. 2nd LAN Switch\/Hub(for connecting internet to remaining computers) and then the Router is connected to the 2nd LAN. I explained the problem to my best. I hope you got it. Please help me out ASAP. Thanks in advance. Regards Vishal"} {"id":"82442","title":"Restore the default Android settings app","text":"We just got a new Android smartphone. It is an LG L1 II E410i. The provider is HOT mobile. The phone's default language is Hebrew, and I can't seem to change it. The normal Android settings app is not available - they seem to have replaced it with their own. Is it possible to get the settings app back?"} {"id":"23010","title":"\"Insufficient storage\" when trying to install new app","text":"Every time I go to install a new app, I get the message \"Insufficient storage\", and an unable to install _anything_! I have spent quite a long time moving every possible app to the SD card, and still most of my space on the phone is gone. However, that isn't even the weird part. I have 250mb of free space on my phone, and it still unable to install even 300kb apps. I read this answer, but that is mentioning space as small as 13mb remaining, while I have as much as 250mb! **How much space is required on my phone to install a simple 300kb sized app???** Btw, I am running the ~~newest~~ second newest (this problem is getting so bad, I can't even install an update) update on an HTC Thunderbolt, which I believe is android 2.3"} {"id":"77782","title":"Im trying to download apps but it says insufficient storage but I have plenty of storage and an sd card","text":"I try to download apps like Vine and other apps but, it continuously says insufficient storage and I have an sd card and enough internal storage to download. It makes me angry. Please help, I need don't want but need some apps and it wont let me download. I have a Samsung galaxy ace style and I got it June 13th. Thanks."} {"id":"37697","title":"Insufficient space when downloading Go Launcher EX?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > “Insufficient storage” when trying to install anything on htc thunderbolt When I download the Go Launcher Ex App from the play store, it downloads okay but shows \"Insufficient memory\"(The internal memory) when it tries to install it. :\/ It is a 6 or 7Mb app, where as my internal storage has 25Mb free and the SDCard has almost 1Gb free space. I don't get what the problem is. My Android version is 2.3.6 if that helps. Would really appreciate it if someone helped me. :)"} {"id":"76985","title":"Insufficient space message when downloading applications","text":"I am using a Huawei y210d, and when I try to install any app, after downloading I get an insufficient space warning. Can anyone tell me how I can solve this problem?"} {"id":"82489","title":"Memory Issues On My Huawei G610s","text":"Recently I've been having problems on Huawei G610s. Recently I've been having a problem. I had storage problems in the past but recently i cleaned up my phone and changed my default storage to SD Card however whenever I try to install or update any apps i still get this error: **Error downloading \"app name\". There is insufficent space on the device**. Guys please help me solve my problem I've already transferred most of my apps to my SD Card. Thank You in advance"} {"id":"40412","title":"Insufficient storage with Link2sd","text":"I finally got Link2sd to work. I have Nexus One with 168 MB of internal storage. After some linking, I ended with 41 MB of free space. Now I'm trying to install Swiftkey, which is 6 MB download. AFAIK, it's around 27 MB unpacked. Play Store says insufficient storage when installing. What should I do? I need it! :)"} {"id":"81115","title":"\"Low Memory Space\" but my space is plenty","text":"As of right now i have 144mb on external, and 44 on internal. But i can't download a 8mb app? I fixed it once but i had to do a lot of stuff to it and I'm only 14 so yeah not a tech wiz. Its getting really annoying. Help? When i clear the data for Google Play Store Services and Google Play Store (application manager > all) the low memory space notification thing foes away for like 10seconds and then comes back"} {"id":"66489","title":"Insufficent storage","text":"I have 332 MB free internal storage on my phone but I can't update a 10 MB app because it shows the error mentioned in the title, why?"} {"id":"78789","title":"i have 500mb available but can't install 2mb app!","text":"i have 500mb available but can't install 2mb app!!! it's so frustrating i tried uninstalling apps, clearing cache, deleting files ... nothing works. Please help."} {"id":"46136","title":"Nexus 7 won't boot up after the colorful X","text":"My Nexus 7 will not boot up past the start-up animation (colorful X)-it's not a power problem as it charges up OK-just will not get past the X. I've powered it up and down several times but it hasn't solved the problem."} {"id":"46133","title":"How can I find a good bash terminal emulation for Android Gingerbread?","text":"I want to install a bash terminal emulation on my factory Android Gingerbread mobile? Is this even possible without a rooted gingerbread? Where can I find a good bash terminal emulation? I need it for remote server application."} {"id":"17152","title":"Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?","text":"There are several reasons to be looking for a ROM: * Upgrading or downgrading your stock ROM * Looking for firmware from a different region\/language * Flashing a custom ROM for different features, removing bloat, etc. But where can one find ROMs in the first place? What sites are likely to have the ROM I need? _This question is intended to be canonical; please add to the wiki answer instead of posting separate answers._"} {"id":"69036","title":"How to install new android os 4.4 onto my micromax canvas?","text":"i don't know much about android, but i want to ask i have micromax canvas elanza and have 1 GB ram and 4.2 jelly bean now i'm looking to install a new OS 4.4 into it is that possible ? obviously micromax will not update it through, so is that possible to install new OS 4.4 suppose if i download an ISO of 4.4 android but problem is how can i install it onto my phone? pls help thakns in advanced"} {"id":"19894","title":"Can we install Android 2.3 on Samsung Wave Y GT-S5380K","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I have a samsung smartphone Wave Y GT-S5380K with Bada 2.0 OS installed. Can one install android OS on this Phone ? If yes then how ?"} {"id":"13405","title":"How can I update my Desire S from Android 2.3.3 to Android 2.3.4?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS in my device? How can I update my Desire S from Android 2.3.3 to Android 2.3.4? Is it possible to update the OS for this model?"} {"id":"24575","title":"When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)?","text":"Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) was announced at **Google I|O 2012** on June 27, 2012. (You can review the high level changes in Android 4.1 at the official Android Developer's site.) Of course, not all devices will get this update right away and others won't get it at all. Each manufacturer and carrier often choose to add their custom modifications which tend to delay the official release. **When will each device get Android 4.1, either officially or unofficially, if ever?** See also: * When will my device get the Android 4.2 update (Jelly Bean)? * When will my device get the Android 4.3 update (Jelly Bean)? * When will my device get the Android 4.4 update (KitKat)?"} {"id":"61376","title":"I need the Official ROM for mi PADO tablet","text":"I need the Official ROM for mi PADO tablet is urgent Thanks for all."} {"id":"27749","title":"Will there be 4.0 (ICS) Android version for i9000 phones?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? Will there be 4.0 Android version for i9000 phones? I can't find any answers online."} {"id":"43042","title":"Install Android. v 4.0.4 on a STAR H3000+","text":"I've got mobile \"STAR H3000+\" (a rip off iPhone5) with Android v4.0.4. I just wanted to ask if it is possible to install Android v4.2. or newer. Does anyone know how to do it?"} {"id":"58123","title":"Where can I find stock ROM and Recovery for HTC Desire 200 and load it?","text":"I have tried to install CWM recovery to HTC desire 200 and I bricked it. I only see htc logo and red \"This build is for development porposes only.Do not distribute outside of htc without htc written permission\" note under HTC logo. Unable to boot. I can only enter recovery. I could not find stock ROM for this model. There is not any RUU for htc desire 200 in htc developer site. I need help to recover this phone. Stock recovery, stock rom may help. Please guide me. Thanks."} {"id":"60680","title":"When does 4.3 jelly bean come available to Samsung Galaxy S4 4G+ (I9506) in Finland?","text":"The 4.3 for I9506 has been released in France, i believe? I just bought the galaxy gear because i was told in multiple places that they would work together, but the gear needs 4.3 android in order to work\/connect. Or is there anyway to make it work with the 4.2.2? And i have tried kies and OTA."} {"id":"14766","title":"When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?","text":"Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) was officially announced on October 19, 2011. (You can review the high level SDK changes in Android 4.0 or the official changelog at the official Android Developer's site.) Of course, not all devices will get this update right away and others won't get it at all. Each manufacturer and carrier often choose to add their custom modifications which tend to delay the official release. **When will each device get Android 4.0, either officially or unofficially, if ever?** See also: * When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)? * When will my device get the Android 4.2 update (Jelly Bean)? * When will my device get the Android 4.3 update (Jelly Bean)? * When will my device get the Android 4.4 update (KitKat)?"} {"id":"24966","title":"How to update my galaxy s?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS in my device? I have a samsung galaxy s GT-I9000 and I want to update it. I have android 2.3.3 but I read there's an update to 2.3.5 or even 2.3.6 with a value pack. I plugged my phone on my pc and I installed Kies but it tells me I have the latest version. Is android 2.3.3 the latest version for my device? What can I do ? Thanks! ps: in that case I want to remain using only official updates. ps2: the OTA updater tells me theres' no update available..."} {"id":"34078","title":"Upgrade to Jelly Bean in Sony Tipo","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? > When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)? I have Sony Tipo (Android OS 4.0 ice cream sandwich) . I need to upgrade Jelly Bean . How can I do this. Can I get update version automatically or manually will update??"} {"id":"8616","title":"Android for Nokia Nokia 5230","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? Is it possible to Port Android to Nokia 5230? I would love to run Android OS on my Nokia."} {"id":"57628","title":"Re-installing Android","text":"Mobile phone technology has been growing rapidly. Nowadays, we have mobile phones with the same configuration as a Pentium-1,Pentium-2 processor + 1 GB Ram 20GB Hard disk as we had a few years ago for Desktops. For eg: I have just ordered for Galaxy S-III, which as 1 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM and 16 GB Permanent storage. So, my question is : can we format (same thing as we do on a Desktop) such mobile devices and install whatever OS (Android only for now) we like ? If so, I would like to install latest Android version on my mobile. Similar to the CD-Rom drive that can hold the OS that we are going to install on our fresh Desktop, for mobile devices can't we use any USB storage drives that has the latest Android (installation source) ?"} {"id":"64304","title":"How to upgrade android from 4.2.2 to 4.4 kitkat in XOLO Q1010?","text":"I have bought XOLO Q1010 it has Android version 4.2.2. Is it possible to upgrade to Android version 4.4 KitKat? if yes then how? Thanks."} {"id":"81224","title":"specific roms for zte v7275","text":"I own a zte v7275 tablet with dual core 1.0 ghz processor adreno 203 gpu 512mb ram android 4.0.4 kernel version- 3.0.21-perf-gc8726c4f (jiangyungin@androidsw) I would like to know the rom which I could flash and will actually work for this device????....I do not want to know know where I can find its roms but which rom could be flashed to this device. And also which custom kernel would work on this device???.... Please help to find a custom rom.....have been searching for past 8 months....."} {"id":"79509","title":"To know about karbonn titanium s1 plus custom rom","text":"my device is karbonn titanium s1 plus and i am jast rooted it successfully. But how to know is tgere any custom rom for my mobile??"} {"id":"664","title":"Installing Android on iPhone 3G","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I read somewhere that someone managed to get Android running on an iPhone 3G. Is there an easy tutorial on how to do that? It's just for testing purposes. Thanks!"} {"id":"78309","title":"How can I keep an old device up-to-date?","text":"I've got an old HTC Wildfire S from 2012 and it stopped updating a year ago at least. It's now currently stucked on 2.3.5 (probably because HTC decided it that way). When I look for updates, it tells me the software is up to date (yeah, like I belive you). I have a new SmartPhone now and I'd like to use that old one for testing purpose. One of the tests I want to perform is force-updating it to the newest version of Android. How do I do that? What and where should I start looking for? I also want to try rooting it (which I never did) so if the phone needs to be rooted in order to force-update it, that's not a problem."} {"id":"51579","title":"How to upgrade my samsung galaxy ace plus GT -S7500 from Gingerbread to Jellybean","text":"I would like to know How to upgrade my samsung galaxy ace plus GT-S7500 from Gingerbread to Jellybean.? Details are as follows 1. Model Number: Samsung GT-S7500 2. Android version: 2.3.6 3. Baseband Version: S7500DDME1 4. Kernel Version: 2.6.38.6 dpi@DELL235#1 5. Build Number: GINGERBREAD.DDMF2 Please help..."} {"id":"26726","title":"How to I upgrade my Galaxy Fit from 2.2 to 2.3 using Ubuntu?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I upgrade firmware on my Samsung Galaxy S without using windows? > How do I update the OS on my device? I have a Samsung Galaxy Fit (GT-S5670) running Android 2.2.1. I'm trying to upgrade it to 2.3 on an Ubuntu machine. I tried to run Samsung Kies using Wine, and below is the output I got: fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L\"thillaiselvan\" (nil) 0x32c264 (nil) 0x32c268 0x32c25c - stub fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L\"thillaiselvan\" 0x1449b8 0x32c264 0x14d270 0x32c268 0x32c25c - stub fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L\"thillaiselvan\" (nil) 0x32c264 (nil) 0x32c268 0x32c25c - stub fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L\"thillaiselvan\" 0x152638 0x32c264 0x150b18 0x32c268 0x32c25c - stub Then Kies stopped. What is the problem here?"} {"id":"6840","title":"Can we uninstall Symbian and install Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I have an Nokia 5233 mobile which has Symbian OS installed. I was wondering whether its possible to remove that Symbian OS and install Android OS? Something like we remove Windows OS and install Linux instead ??? Reason for change? 1) Symbian is giving me lot of problems including viruses, mobile getting hang frequently, applications not working. 2) Want to try Android OS"} {"id":"25492","title":"Are there any ROMs (other than CM and MIUI) for the HP Touchpad?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I'm looking for a ROM which is closer to stock Android for my HP Touchpad and haven't had much luck finding any information for ROMs other than CM and MIUI. Is there anyone out there who's working on a AOSP ROM which hasn't been modded too heavily (aside from making it work, obviously)?"} {"id":"46010","title":"Is that possible to upgrade HTC wildfire s os?","text":"Is that possible to update the HTC wildfire s OS from Gingerbread to some other higher versions."} {"id":"78842","title":"How to remove android update","text":"I have upgrated my grand 2 by kitkat (4.4.2).BT when i am going to make a call the netwrk vanishes.the message shows \"the process com.android has been stopped\".I want remove the kitkat virsion.How can I uninstall the android 4.4.2 &get back the virsion 4.3 ?"} {"id":"22484","title":"How can I upgrade to the latest Android version?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS in my device? I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace and would like to upgrade to Android 4. How can I do that?"} {"id":"55451","title":"how to insatll jelly bean to zigo nebula 6.9 tablet","text":"I'm using a Zigo Nebula 6.9 tab and it runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich.. Is there any way to install Jelly Bean on my tablet?"} {"id":"10069","title":"Upgrade Samsung Galaxy Tab to Android 2.3.3","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? > How do I update the OS on my device? I live in Uruguay and I've recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab. The device's system is Android 2.2 and I want to upgrade it to 2.3.3 so I can deploy an app I've been working on, that won't run on previous versions of Android. I've read on the internet that it's possible to upgrade the device by doing it through Samsung Kies or on the device settings. The problem is that the device says that it's up to date and that there are no updates available. I'm positive that the device's firmware version is 2.2 so I'm starting to think that this upgrade is not available on my region. Does anyone knows how can I upgrade my device or the reason why I can't upgrade it? Thanks in advance. Mikywan."} {"id":"58488","title":"Samsung Galaxy Tab 7\" 2gb Android upgrade is it posable","text":"I have a sch-i800 galaxy tab and I wouldlike to up grade the programing so I can use some of the newer programs out there is this posible? hardware version i800.0.4 firmware v 2.3.5 baseband v S:i800.0.4v.ei04 kernal v 2.6.35.7 Build # sch-i800.mc2"} {"id":"11120","title":"Are there any known rom(s) with full device encryption incorporated?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? Are there any recommendable known rom(s) with full device\/disk encryption incorporated? Device specs: Samsung ARM Cortex A8 processor at 1GHz, and 512MB RAM, right now runs Android 2.2."} {"id":"15895","title":"Samsung Epic Touch 4G - ROM Listing","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/wiki\/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic\/ROMs is a great page for ROM listings for HTC. Is there a similar page out there somewhere listing details on custom ROM's compatible with my Samsung? Thanks."} {"id":"69301","title":"i have galaxy s anycall android version is gingerbread.i want to update it in jellybean.how? please help me","text":"i have galaxy s anycall . model number is SHW-M110S.its android version is gingerbread .i want to update it in jelly bean.how?"} {"id":"4184","title":"How do I upgrade to a new version of Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? So, I got an ePad AKA zenithink zt 180 (I know, I know it's cheap and I should have got a better piece of hardware, but i was too eager to get a tablet and this one was affordable) It has 2.1 on it and I want to upgrade to 2.2 (for adobe flash). The copy of Android looks like they just took the developer edition (i see a dev tools app pre-installed... not sure) and slapped it on there with no customization. So, can you guys help me with step-by-step instructions on how to upgrade and where to find the latest copy? I have a developer account already if that helps... I would appreciate any help as I'm afraid of bricking it. There's no way to automatically update this thing either (that i can find) :-\/"} {"id":"49594","title":"Upgrading HTC Wildfire S to Jelly Bean","text":"How can I upgrade my wildfire s to jellybean? Help anyone? What are the risks? I tried to look up on google but couldn't find anything usefull..HELP!"} {"id":"25648","title":"Installing ICS or JellyBeans on Sony Xperia U","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? I'm considering getting an Android mobile phone and Sony Xperia U fits my needs. However, it comes with Sony TimeScape UI (which I don't like) and an old Android version. Is it possible to install Android 4.0+ on Sony Xperia U? If yes, would you please tell me how? _I'm new to Android world and know nothing :)_"} {"id":"36469","title":"What are my firmware options for Desire HD","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? My requirements: * Wifi hotspot needs to work properly since it often provides Internet access for my tablet. * I connect to several Blutetooth devices they should work too. (Speaker, Car, send files to other phones) * If possible i'd like the most recent Android version, as vanilla as possible. * I want an easy, scheduled backup solution I really don't need the whole HTC Sense thingie. I am prepared to lose all data stored on my phone. I am a bit of a newbie concerning custom roms, so maybe there is a proper tutorial on how to proceed with getting root, etc. My Phone is currently on Android 2.3.5 Sense 3.0, Build Version 3.12.405.1 CL199157 release-keys (latest stock firmware i guess) and i do not have root."} {"id":"55888","title":"Is it possible to upgrade an Orange Cool Tablet? (Android 2.3 Cortex A8)","text":"Someone gave to me an Orange Cool Android 2.3 Tablet (it's a Brazilian brand, Model tb7800), complaining about slowness and hang ups. _I did some research with the aim of flashing a better ROM, however this model is not well-known and I'm kind of lost among all the different ROMs and architectures, so I would appreciate if someone could just point me in the right direction..._ **First of all** : is there any better ROM compatible with this device? These are the details reported by CPU-Z: Model: OR-TB7800 (rk29sdk) Display: eng.koffu.20111209.175.607, 800x480 Android: 2.3.1, Kernel architecture armv7l, version 2.6.32.27 CPU: ARM Cortex A8, 1 core, rev. r3p2, 408Mhz-1Ghz GPU: Vendor= Vivante Corp, Renderer=GC800 core. Total RAM: 271 MB Internal, Storage: 1GB **Second** : if the answer is yes, I would appreciate some hints with regards to the recommended ROM and flash procedure (just some hints, I'll do my homework and continue from there, I promise!). On the contrary, if the answer to the above is no, is there anything that you would recommend me besides rooting the device to uninstall some bloatware (Facebook, etc.). The IPS display seems good and the tablet is as new, it would be a shame if I can't find some good use for it... Thanks in advance for the help,"} {"id":"768","title":"HTC Tilt 2 -- possible to get Android on it?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? One of my friends recently got an HTC Touch Pro 2(US Cellular) and I really like it. It has Windows Mobile on it, but somehow he downloaded a special program to his SD card so that he runs some Windows program and it will boot Android. To get back to factory settings, he just has to turn the phone off and on. I looked for a similar phone for my carrier(AT&T) and the closest thing to it is the HTC Tilt 2. I'm aware of some of the changes including different keyboard and no 3.5mm jack. Is it crippled in anyway which would prevent me from doing the same thing my friend did though? Also would it void the warranty or anything like that? Also, one last question. When running Android like that do you have \"root\" capabilities? Like can I install unofficial applications and\/or get to a root terminal?"} {"id":"26161","title":"How to update my Vodafone 858 Smart?","text":"I have a Vodafone 858 Smart, a branded Huawei U8160 running Android 2.2 Froyo. If possible, how can I update its firmware to Android 2.3?"} {"id":"5094","title":"Upgrade unlocked Motorola Droid","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? Is it possible to upgrade unlocked Motorola Droid to any Android OS version. Can this be done through wifi or does it has to be pushed through Verizon?"} {"id":"57171","title":"How do I get Android kitkat 4.4?","text":"I have Android 4.3 jelly bean on my Nexus 7. How do I get Kitkat? I have tried exploring the Android website. I have also found some tutorials out there like this one - http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/android-44-kitkat-update-how- manually-update-nexus-7-latest-android-firmware-tutorial-1469800 but they seem to require taking steps that are quite low-level. I don't think a consumer like me is supposed to delve into such a low-level ..."} {"id":"10990","title":"How to upgrade Android 2.2 to 2.3 on Olivepad VT100","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? I want to upgrade Android 2.2 to 2.3 on my Olivepad VT100 as it does not support front camera for video chat in 2.2. Is it possible to upgrade it to 2.3? Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thank you."} {"id":"20113","title":"Any information on when ICS will be available for the Nexus S GT-I9020A (AT&T\/Fido\/Rogers)","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? I know the version for T-Mobile (GT-I9020 or GT-I9020T) Nexus S has been available for download since December, but is there any information on when a similar update will be available for the AT&T\/Fido\/Rogers (GT-I9020A) Nexus S?"} {"id":"48214","title":"How to upgrade android version in spice Mi 350n","text":"I have a android phone spice Mi 350n, android version is 2.3.4. I want to upgrade it, is it possible, if yes upto which version? Any link for tutorial is helpful. Thanks!"} {"id":"5443","title":"Any recommendations regarding flashing a particular rom on a Nexus One?","text":"I was wondering and hoping that someone might point me in the direction of a nice and stable rom for a Nexus One. Currently I'm running the Rodriguezstyle v2.42 which is pretty stable but I just don't like the iPhoneiness of it too much. And it came bundled with too much stuff that I don't need. Prior to this one I've had the Cyanogenmod 6.1.1-N1 which I had to remove because I could not get the Market application to run for the life of me. So, what I'm looking for (ordered by most important first) * robustness\/reliability * speed\/performance * no bloatware - less is more :) * the sense ui (not required but i'd like it if available)"} {"id":"34361","title":"ICS ROM for Samsung Galaxy Y","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I am looking for a custom rom for my Samsung Galaxy Y S5360. I want to install Android 4.0 ICS, but most of the custom ROM's I find are actually ICS themed, meaning they just have the ICS look and feel but the actual OS is still Gingerbread. I want ICS so that I can install apps that are incompatible with Gingerbread. Please give me a link to a bug-free ICS ROM."} {"id":"38551","title":"looking for a stable gaming custom ROM for Xperia Neo V","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? Gingerbread seems to be better in gaming on my device. I will really appreciate it if someone could point me to a stable custom rom built with gaming in mind"} {"id":"70236","title":"Is it Possible, install os in mobile device from using android sdk and eclispe?","text":"Any possibilities install or update android OS latest or old version OS, In my smartphone(Samsung Galaxy S2 G-I9100) or any other smartphone . If possible then how to do it? if no, then any other possible way brand new android os install in smartphone any(specially Samsung galaxy s2 G-I9100). Thanks for cooperation."} {"id":"25258","title":"Is there any Vanilla ICS ROM for Galaxy Note?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? Is there a plain ICS ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note? I'm looking for something that is relatively stable and without any kind of mods\/frills."} {"id":"73035","title":"Stable custom ROM for LG L3 E400","text":"Which is the stable custom ROM for LG L3 E400 ? Rooted my mob and looking for a stable ROM to flash.Cynogenmod is not stable for this model."} {"id":"65709","title":"Reinstalling Windows Phone to Android","text":"Is it possible to change phone OS from Windows Phone to Android?"} {"id":"56822","title":"how to know is a rom compatible with my android phone?","text":"I have bought an android phone and it is a local company which made it so it is not known outside my country however I want to change the ROM of my phone so i can't decide whether the ROM is compatible with this device to install it. Is there any way to know that? And another matter how can I get the stock ROM from the device if it is possible? and don't tell me about ROM Manager and GooManager cause they don't support my phone !!"} {"id":"53675","title":"Simple Custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy Y","text":"I am looking for a simple Custom ROM for Galaxy Y. An update to running Android broke my phone. I need to install a new one. Which one is good. CynogenMod is not officially available for Samsung Galaxy Y. What are the other options?"} {"id":"32584","title":"Update Android 2.3.4 on HTC Sensation","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? I have a an HTC Sensation with Android 2.3.4. I tried to check for updates. It says that there are no new updates. Is there any way to update my system to Android 4.0 manually?"} {"id":"37220","title":"Galaxy Ace Duos S6802 jelly bean support","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)? Is Android 4.1.X support available on Galaxy Ace Duos S6802? Can the device be successfully upgraded to Jelly Bean?"} {"id":"60863","title":"How to force update android","text":"I have an android tablet and it's an older version of jellybean and certain apps aren't compatible anymore. I've heard that Kit-Kat is fully compatible with all. I tried to figure out how to update and I discovered from the internet that I go to settings and then update. When I go there it says I have the newest version. I read that some versions of android are modified and distributed from your manufacturer from the factory when you buy your device, so I contacted the manufacturer and asked them how to update it and they said \"it's a Jelly Bean tablet\". Now it seems to me that that is a bunch of baloney and I should be able to put any type of android on my tablet that I want to, not just the version they want me to have. How can I force update my android?"} {"id":"181","title":"How do I upgrade firmware on my Samsung Galaxy S without using windows?","text":"So far Samsung has been rolling updates out using its windows only software Kies, and not over the air like the rest of the android world. Is there anyway that non windows users can get these updates?"} {"id":"44632","title":"Stable Android 4.x ROM for HTC Desire GSM","text":"I'm looking for a stable ROM for a HTC Desire on Android 4.x. This is for quite an important task, as I am supposed to be testing an application he has written that only works on 4.x+. Is anyone able to help me here? If so many thanks. EDIT: This has been flagged as already answered, I understand there are probably many answers for HTC Desire ROMS with ICS or Jelly Bean, this question is trying to gauge opinion on which one is the most stable. Thanks"} {"id":"23808","title":"ICS ROM For Galaxy S","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I want to update My Galaxy S with an ICS Android Version But I Can't find a stable One, I tried some ROMs on the net but they are broken with missing functionality and they slow down my phone. So I have turned back to Gingerbread. If someone has an already tried, tested ROM for Galaxy S could they please provide a link?"} {"id":"81559","title":"how to update software of micromax A50 with windows 8 32-bit","text":"I want to update software of my phone(micromax A50). so please can you guide me the step by step process?"} {"id":"77256","title":"Custom rom for android tablet","text":"Where can I find a custom rom for an wondermedia wm-8859 android tablet? I have problem today that background loading of data in apps doesn't work."} {"id":"64375","title":"Cherry Mobile W5 (.vxp apps) to .apk application","text":"Please help me with my cherry mobile W5 if it is possible to convert the os to android.? the apps extension is .vxp...."} {"id":"24604","title":"Installing Android on Nokia N96 need help","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I am using Nokia N96 mobile phone with S60 OS. Is it possible to load Android OS in my phone. From where can I download the OS. Which tool I have to use for OS installation ( tools like PC suit\/ OS installer ) After installing the Android OS is it possible to put back the old S60 OS?"} {"id":"40","title":"Where to find an original Android image?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I have found many custom ROMs for download. But now I want to use the official ROM for my phone. Is there any way to do it without a NAndroid backup?"} {"id":"37532","title":"Looking for a custom ROM for HTC Inspire 4G","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? The ROM should have: * Android 4.0+ * WiFi hotspot * 4G capability * Long battery life * Increased volume * Fast speed"} {"id":"37314","title":"Is there a JellyBean ROM for Xoom2 ME?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? As the question's title says, I'm trying to find an upgrade ROM for my Motorola Xoom 2 ME WiFi-only (MZ607). At CyanogenMod, I could find a ROM for Xoom, but not for Xoom 2. Does anyone have an idea where could I find one? Thanks in advance!"} {"id":"23590","title":"Can I update my Nexus One to Android 4.0, and how do I do it?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? I've never even used Android before, and I've been given this Nexus One for app development by my supervisor. I'd like to get it updated to Android 4.0 from 2.3.x, but I'm not sure how and I can't find clear-cut instructions. Can it even be done?"} {"id":"58250","title":"Need OS upgrade for my HiTech S200","text":"I just rooted my HiTech S200 model android phone with 1GHz, 256MB RAM phone. Please help me upgrade the OS on it to v4.0. The phone is currently running on Android OS v2.3.6, Gingerbread."} {"id":"35014","title":"Has Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean officially released for the Samsung Galaxy SIII?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)? Does anyone know if Android 4.1.2 has been released officially for the Samsung Galaxy S3? If so, where can I download it? I only want the official version."} {"id":"25552","title":"How to put android 4.1 (jelly bean) on nook color","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)? I am running CM9, just so you know that it's been flashed before. My question has 2 parts: 1. Will the nexus 7 rom work (https:\/\/developers.google.com\/android\/nexus\/images#nakasi) 2. If not, how can I make it work?"} {"id":"71339","title":"How do I get the latest Android update?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, I am running Android 4.2. I select check system updates, and it checks for updates, but it never updates to Android 4.4. How do I get it to update itself?"} {"id":"81967","title":"A stock rom for Samsung Captivate?","text":"I need to flash a stock ROM to my Samsung Captivate i897 as a part of unbricking process, but I can't find one. Odin one click roms don't work for me as Odin one click doesn't see my phone (regular ODIN does see the phone so I assume the drivers are ok). I need a rom that I can either install in recovery or using regular ODIN"} {"id":"8037","title":"Original OS For Samsung Galaxy S I9000","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I put a ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S I9000 and now it doesn't fully work. I was wondering if there was a way to get the original ROM, that came with my device, from an official site somewhere. I was told that apparently you can do it on the Android site, but I can't see any place to do that."} {"id":"25164","title":"Unoffical roms 4.0 or 4.1 for Galaxy Note?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I've been over to XDA forums and am overwhelmed by the amount of information available. I am interested in getting 4.0 or 4.1 on to a Galaxy Note but don't really know where to start with the whole process. Currently the device is rooted and runs 2.3, but that's about it. What options are there right now? The few I've found cautioned users strongly against using them at the risk of bricking a device. Obviously this is always a concern, but it seems to be mentioned far more on the Galaxy Note. Any advice or links to unofficial roms or guides on how to get this going?"} {"id":"67221","title":"Android on Samsung Jet S8003?","text":"I have recently got the urge to install and test different devices on uncommon OS markets. I have discovered that I still have an old Samsung Jet S8003, and would like to install Android Gingerbread on the device. First and foremost, is it possible and would it be able to operate fine without bugs? Second, could I install a later version of the Android OS like Jellybean or Kit-Kat? I have tried JetDroid but have failed as the OS loads up in ssh and then it says that it cant load from ext2."} {"id":"77077","title":"custom recovery for alcatel one touch 5020D not 5020X","text":"hey guys can someone get me the Alcatel One touch mpop 5020D cwm recovery or any other recovery for that phone. this phone stops at the boot animatio always"} {"id":"34136","title":"How to update a Samsung i9220?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? > What can you do with Samsung Kies for Android phones? I tried to update my phone: About phone -> System updates but it gaved this message: network connection lost ..I was connecting via wifi to the internet, but it gave the same error message when connecting to mobile network. Why? Why does it gives this error? The phone has Android 4.1.1, with kernel 3.0.13, type number: B928A"} {"id":"23515","title":"Is it possible to install ICS in BlackBerry Playbook","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? Is it possible to install ICS in Blackberry playbook ? If so is it possible to revert back to Stock ROM ?"} {"id":"47027","title":"Installing incompatible ROMS","text":"I was wondering if you are able to install ROMS, for example, the Ubuntu Touch OS for the GS2 i9100 onto the GS2 SPH-D710. Will it brick my phone?"} {"id":"75791","title":"Samsung Galaxy S5 ROM for Micromax Bolt A068","text":"Where can I find a Samsung Galaxy S5 ROM for Micromax Bolt A068? If an S5 ROM is not available, then please provide a download link for S4 or Note 3 for my device."} {"id":"23349","title":"Alternative of CyanogenMod-5 but Android 2.1 for HTC Dream G1","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I am currently using Cyanogenmod-5 (Android 2.1) for my HTC Dream G1. But it runs quite slow and I dont want to go back to Android 1.x series. I am looking for some other Android 2.1 OS (other than Cyanogenmod) which are faster and have low memory requirements or does it remain the same among all Android 2.1 distributions? Another reason for change is that every 1 or 2 months, Cyanogenmod-5 starts behaving funny and I need to re-install my OS. For example, currently I am unable to read any texts (Messaging service - SMS) on my phone; application keeps on crashing. In the past similar issues were with Gmail and GTalk. So, I want to switch to something other than Cyanogenmod but Android-2.1. Any suggestions?"} {"id":"42377","title":"Installing Jelly Bean on China-made Ice Cream Sandwich tablet","text":"I just bought this China-made tablet, **Flytouch** , and it has Ice Cream Sandwich installed on it. Is there anyway to install Jelly Bean? I Googled some and couldn't find a good source. Do you know any? thanks"} {"id":"15715","title":"how do i upgrade my rooted LG optimus-c to the newest version of android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? I cannot find a place to download the most recent stable version or even where to find it for my phone."} {"id":"15779","title":"How can I install an updated version of Android on my device?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? I have an Android mobile device which has Android 2.2 and I want to update it to Android 2.3. What possible ways are there for me to update the OS?"} {"id":"69357","title":"Updating 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean ) to 4.4.1 ( Kitkat ) on Micromax Canvas HD a116i","text":"**Hello** , **I am using Micromax Canvas HD a116i** for past 4 months and I am planned to update my android os version from jelly bean to kitkat. **Does my device supports kitkat ?** or do I have any problems on or after updating ? **Help me**.."} {"id":"55256","title":"How can I uninstall the Cyanogen Mod 7 for my Htc Incredible 2?","text":"I bought an HTC Incredible 2 on Amazon and found out that it is modded with Cyanogenmod 7. I didn't install it myself. Is it possible to uninstall CM7, or is it just built in? It doesnt even look like how an HTC Incredible should look or act. Im wondering if I got another version of the HTC Incredible 2, but I didnt think there is another version."} {"id":"13762","title":"How can I install Android built from source on a bare device?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I did look at this Can I install Android on my non-Android device? But my question is a little bit different. I am trying to install Android on Sony Ericsson Satio (Symbian S60). Can it be done? If yes, then the question is how? Are there guides\/installers\/tools available? Thanks, Aseem Chiplonkar"} {"id":"77353","title":"Gingerbread 2.3.4 To Gingerbread 2.3.5\/2.3.6","text":"My Mobile Is A Galaxy Y. The OS is 2.3.4 Gingerbread. what i wanna do is Update it to 2.3.5 \/ 2.3.6 . By Updating Will I Loose My Applications Which Are On Mobile?"} {"id":"59291","title":"What are the custom roms available in market for android and ios for micromax funbook P 300?","text":"I am working to add custom rom that are available for ios and android,I need to add add custom rom in my android phones, I was using **\"androios\"** rom that is featured for both ios and android, but its not rebooting properly in > **`micromax funbook p300`** Can any one please help me, Regarding Custom Roms that have features of both ios and android, to add in micromax funbook p300."} {"id":"4997","title":"Can I boot Android on the LG Arena KM 900?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I have searched (hopefully well enough!) on the internet to see if we can load Android on the LG Arena KM 900. Though there was this forum which kind of talked about it, it was still not clear as to how to do it. http:\/\/androidarena.pytalhost.net\/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=76&pageNo=6&s=12839d124f983ac19ea9e43226073557b26abf3f Has any one tried this? Appreciate the time taken to answer my query."} {"id":"48063","title":"Can we upgrade AT&T SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 Galaxy S to Android 4.1?","text":"I have the AT&T Samsung Android Mobile with 2.3.5 OS and it's model no is SGH-I897. Now I want to upgrade my mobile os to lates 4.1 or 4.2, So can any body help me how to do that. Thanks in Advance."} {"id":"81978","title":"which rom i need for my mt 6582 processor","text":"I have a qmobile i6 here are its hardware screen shots. https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=814733215224552&id=100000636445674 It has mediatek mt 6582 1.3 quad ccore with cpu architecture cortex a7 GPU is mali 400mp RAM 1gb Front cam 2mp Back cam 5mp Which phone's rom i can use on this device?"} {"id":"20195","title":"Is there a way to upgrade my Galaxy to ICS (even by rooting)?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? I have a Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5 (YP-G70), it currently has 2.3 installed on it. I would love to get the newest Android version (4.0) on it. Is this possible by ANY way?"} {"id":"20016","title":"For updating an Android OS which one is better amongst the, official Update and Custom ROM update","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS in my device? > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? I am using the Sony Xperia Arc phone. I came to know that,The Official Mobile Update OHLA(open handset alliances) will be delaying the release of Android OS(ICS 4.0). I have a little confusion about updating Android OS.I have seen some mobile OS update forums and they mentioned that we can update our Android phone easily to higher version i.e. Android OS(ICS 4.0) by rooting the device.But it seems the mobile warranty will be broken,the data will be lost and even we can find the bugs as well while updating through custom OS though we can update easily. So I want clear solution for this confusion so could any one help me for this problem. What would be my further steps for updating it to 4.0?"} {"id":"20600","title":"Samsung galaxy S2 can't upgrade to 4.0","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? i have Samsung galaxy s2 with android 2.3.6 and when i try update it with Kies to 4.0 (ice cream sandwhich) it shows that I9100XXKL1\/I9100OXAKL1\/I9100XXKL1\/I9100XXKL1 (KOR) can't be updated. This is old phone, broken android or i should wait for update?"} {"id":"7180","title":"When is the Nexus S Android 2.3.3 update coming to the UK","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? I have a UK Nexus S and it is still on 2.3.2. It's been a month since this update began being pushed out in the US, but so far I've seen nothing. Have any UK users received it, and is there any news on its UK roll-out?"} {"id":"15464","title":"Nook Color - Honeycomb ROM","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? Is there a stable Honeycomb ROM for the Nook Color that can be installed on the phone's memory and not exclusively run off an SD card? I am currently running CM 7.1 and like the stability I get but might be willing to sacrifice it to try out HC."} {"id":"77081","title":"Custom rom and custom recovery needed","text":"Hello I have hummingbird developement board with allwinner a20 cpu and model wing-k70. I need recovery and custom rom for this can any one help please?"} {"id":"35850","title":"Can I convert my Samsung Focus - SAMSUNG SGH-i917 to an Android platform?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I have searched more than one site trying to decide how to convert my Samsung Focus to an Android platform. I'm still wondering if such a process can be accomplished."} {"id":"43434","title":"Samsung Champ (GT-3303k) to be converted to Andoid?","text":"I have a Samsung Champ. Model number GT or CT3303k. I want to convert this phone to an android system. Can this be possible for my phone specifically ?"} {"id":"12153","title":"Gingerbread upgrade for Samsung Galaxy Gio?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? A few days ago I bought the Samsung Galaxy Gio, an Android phone that ships with Froyo. My regional Samsung site implies that a Gingerbread upgrade is available to me. I then installed Samsung Kies to see if I could upgrade the firmware, but it said that currently no update was available for my device. (Related discussion about the cryptic update message.) ![Samsung Kies](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/08vfu.jpg) How do I find out whether Samsung plans to release an official Gingerbread upgrade for my device? Are there any unofficial firmware upgrades available that work with my device? Would you recommend them? What about security?"} {"id":"60102","title":"Where do you download the current firmware for the Galaxy Note II?","text":"I bricked my phone via the official Kies update function and now I want to restore it with Odin. However, I find no place where you can download the current firmware files, most of the sites are only for registered users or the file is taken down... Does anyone know an official firmware repository or something similar? My model number is _GT-N7100_."} {"id":"9687","title":"Is there any custom firmware for the LG Optimus U?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? A quick search shows that I'm the only one on this site with an LG Optimus U, or the only person who's ever curious about them, but maybe I'm wrong. I was wondering, does anyone know of any custom firmware \/ ROMs for the Optimus U? There are a ton for it's brothers, Optimus T, Optimus V, Vortex, Phoenix and Thrive, but none for poor little US Cellular, as far as I can find. :("} {"id":"10408","title":"How to upgrade Android 2.2 to Android 2.3 on Samsung Galaxy S?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? I have a Samsung Galaxy S (LCD version) with stock Android 2.2. How can i upgrade it to Android 2.3?"} {"id":"63547","title":"Is Android 4.4 (KitKat) Custom ROM available for Atrix 4G?","text":"Motorola Atrix is not going to have an official update to KitKat I guess. But is there any custom ROM for Moto Atrix 4G."} {"id":"78176","title":"compatible rom for zte v7275","text":"I bought a zte v7275 tablet Device information model number - ZTE V7275 android version - 4.0.4 kernel version- 3.0.21-perf-gc8726c4f cannot find any roms for this tablet on any website.... does anyone know anything about a compatible rom made for this tablet......... ANYONE........."} {"id":"12762","title":"How do I get Android 2.3 on my Verizon Droid 2?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? > How do I root my device? I have a Droid 2 with Verizon and the Android version is 2.2 (froyo). I am looking to update to 2.3 (gingerbread) but when I go to the check for updates section it says it's up to date. How can I get 2.3? I have never rooted before but if that's what I have to do to get it then I will. Any resources that could point me in the right direction would be much appreciated."} {"id":"73235","title":"Removing touchwiz and flashing stock android rom in my device, is it possible?","text":"I have a samsung android phone which has android 4.04 ics with touchwiz on top of it. I want to know if it is possible to flash the stock android rom to my device. Here what i mean is I donot want to flash custom roms \/ modified roms. I want to flash the direct stock android rom which google puts in their android devices. Is it possible..? if so, let me know where to download those stock roms"} {"id":"78850","title":"A way to remove all data from smartphone including ROM and do fresh install","text":"I tried to find a way to to remove all data from my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S3) including ROM and user data. I found out that I could use \"factory reset\" option but it seems not not really to do what I want. I would like really to format all partitions and then install the latest stock ROM. Can somebody give me a good manual?"} {"id":"16672","title":"Will it be possible to upgrade a Lenovo K1 to Ice Cream Sandwich?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? I am currently running a K1 Ideapad with Honeycomb 3.1. I am interested in the new android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich, and have checked a whole bunch of sites including the Lenovo website but can not get a straight answer. Will I be able to upgrade this tablet?"} {"id":"40964","title":"Android distro for reading?","text":"Is there an android distribution that presents a stripped-down ereader interface and nothing more? The reason for this is just a matter of ultimate usability."} {"id":"55535","title":"How to flash a RUU on a rooted HTC One X (Evita) using TWRP","text":"Is it possible to flash a ruu on a rooted HTC One X (Evita). Actually, I have a AT&T HTC One X (evita) and I want to flash with an international rom of HTC One XL. It will be good if any one know a link of rooted stock rom of HTC One XL international version. I am no more using AT&T and dont want any AT&T apps."} {"id":"58068","title":"Where can i find a custom rom for my I.onik Tablet?","text":"I own an I.onik tablet please help me find a custom rom for it here is the link for the specs of the tab http:\/\/www.i-onik.de\/en\/tp7-dualcore"} {"id":"12045","title":"Gingerbread on Samsung Galaxy Mini","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? I recently bought Samsung Galaxy Mini with Froyo installed on it. Can any one tell me when can I get Gingerbread on it using Kies? I did not buy it from any operator. Also, I live in Pakistan (in case region matters for updates). I do not have any experience of using Android before (though I have written a couple of apps for it :P )."} {"id":"78496","title":"Installing Android on the Flame device","text":"I have the latest firefox os device --the flame-- the developer reference device. I was wondering if it is possible to install android on it. Given that FirefoxOS is built on top of Android kernel and use the same drivers, albeit with different GUI and less buttons. Would that be possible? This question is very specific to the flame device, so it's different from other posted questions about generic devices"} {"id":"82137","title":"Is there a working kitkat rom for rockchip 2918 tablets","text":"Or , any good and fast rom for my 3q rc0710b tablet - which has an rc 2918 cpu . Thank you very much . I want a custom rom making my slow, 3q rc0710b tablet, run faster !"} {"id":"64411","title":"Galaxy S4 not receiving official update","text":"> Edit: (Not a duplicate) This question is not related to another question on > the forum, this is related also to android 4.3 jelly bean, and furthermore I > have provided my serial number of Galaxy S4, so read the question fully. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 i9300XXUAMDK, and I still have 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. I don't understand why I am not even getting the 4.3 Jelly Bean update when 4.4 KitKat is rolling out for Samsung S4. Does someone have any clue?"} {"id":"14353","title":"Installing Android on a ARM tablet","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I have a Toshiba Journ.e Touch (ARM processor) with Win CE on it. I want to replace it with Android, but I faced a lot of problems. First of all, I'm totally new to the Android world, so I'm not even sure it is possible to do something like this. Second I came across a lot of distributions, mod's and other stuff, that I'm not sure which is the best choice. Can someone point me to the right direction?"} {"id":"25354","title":"How do I upgrade my Galaxy i5510 2.2 froyo to 2.3 Gingerbread?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? can any one tell me how to upgrade Samsung galaxy i5510 2.2 froyo to 2.3 Gingerbread"} {"id":"9248","title":"Where do i get an HTC-Hero ROM","text":"I have an HTC Hero Android Version:2.3.3, i want to figure out if i can downgraded it to a previous version that the Hero can actually handle. * I don't know if my android is rooted, and not sure how to find out * I don't know if my phone is upgradable\/downgradeable or not and * and I have no idea Where I can get a nice clean ROM for my phone"} {"id":"66179","title":"How Do I carry out an Upgrade?","text":"I want to upgrade from Android 4.1 to 4.3 on my Sony Xperia SP smartphone. Please, how do I go about it to have a successful outcome without losing what I have already on the phone?"} {"id":"30259","title":"Jelly Bean update for an Unlocked AT&T HTC One X?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)? Now that the Jelly Bean update for the One X has been made official for atleast the GLobal version: http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2012\/10\/02\/htc-jelly-bean- one-series\/ Would I be able to update an Unlocked \"AT&T\" HTC One X when the update is releasaed? Thanks"} {"id":"20602","title":"Install android on Nokia","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I would install Android (no matter the version) on my Nokia 5800 Xpress Music. Is It possible? Someone ever tried to do this?"} {"id":"25870","title":"can i get a froyo 2.2 or other latest android OS which i can put on my samsung omnia i900 with all bluetooth, wifi, cdma and other phone features?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? my phone specifications: Samsung i900 Omnia Also known as Samsung WiTu GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 \/ 900 \/ 1800 \/ 1900 3G Network HSDPA 2100 Announced 2008, June. Released 2008, July Status Discontinued BODY Dimensions 112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm Weight 122 g DISPLAY Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors (65K effective) Size 240 x 400 pixels, 3.2 inches (~146 ppi pixel density) - Optical trackpad - Handwriting recognition SOUND Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack No MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 16GB (verified) Internal 8 GB\/16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM DATA GPRS Class 12 (4+1\/3+2\/2+3\/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps EDGE Class 12 Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b\/g Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP USB Yes, v2.0 CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Features Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, image stabilization, wide dynamic range Video Yes Secondary Videocall camera FEATURES OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional CPU Marvell PXA312 624 MHz Sensors Accelerometer Messaging SMS (threaded view), EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging Browser WAP 2.0\/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java Yes, MIDP 2.0 Colors Modern Black - Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer) - MP3\/AAC\/AAC+\/WMA\/OGG\/AMR player - DivX\/XviD\/WMV\/MP4 player - TV-out - Voice memo BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1440 mAh Stand-by Up to 500 h (2G) \/ 450 h (3G) Talk time Up to 5 h 50 min (2G) \/ 6 h 30 min (3G) MISC SAR US 0.39 W\/kg (head) 0.52 W\/kg (body) SAR EU 0.67 W\/kg (head) Price group TESTS Loudspeaker Voice 70dB \/ Noise 64dB \/ Ring 75dB Audio quality Noise -79.3dB \/ Crosstalk -78.7dB"} {"id":"77140","title":"What can i do to update the android version of my android device if there is no available update available for my device?","text":"my device is ondo vi10. it is a android tablet i bought from a IT Fair. The current android version is 4.0.3. What are some ways i can update it?"} {"id":"32929","title":"how to upgrade my android phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? I've got Sony Ericsson X8 currently running android v1.6. Now I want to upgrade it to gingerbread. Provide me some solutions...? Thank You..."} {"id":"65619","title":"Looking for a multilanguage stock rom Jelly Bean 4.2.2 for a Hike X1 828 device","text":"I'm looking for a multilanguage stock rom of Jelly Bean 4.2.2 for a chinese device which brand and model is \"Hike X1 828\". I found this rom in www.needrom.com but it takes only Chinese and English languages and I need Spanish language. Can anybody help me to find the multilingual version of this rom? Thanks in advance :)"} {"id":"82055","title":"Can't find Android 4.4.4 ROM for ZTE Score","text":"I am trying to upgrade my ZTE Score (Gingerbread 2.3.4) to Android 4.4-4.4.4 with a custom ROM. I can't find a place to download a custom 4.4 ROM. Where can I find a ROM for my ZTE Score?"} {"id":"30750","title":"Can I install the latest Android version even if my manufacturer doesn't release updates?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS on my device? These days android tablets are hitting the sweet spot and I'm considering buying one. This is the tablet that I'm looking to buy: Karbonn launches Smart Tab 3 Blade, Smart Tab 9 Marvel with Android 4.0 However I'm not sure if the manufacturer will release periodic updates to the firmware. Is it possible to install the latest version of Android myself, just like I'd install Linux or Windows on my laptop? The manufacturer isn't the biggest, so I reckon that there won't be many people having these unlike the nexus devices. What are the procedures involved in this? Please excuse me if a similar topic has been addressed before."} {"id":"29394","title":"Flash a smartphone with vanilla Android ROM","text":"Is it possible to flash a smartphone like the Samsung Galaxy SIII or an LG Optimus 4X with a vanilla Android ROM like the one that has been flashed on Galaxy Nexus or Motorola phones (I think)? I am asking because manufacturers like Samsung, LG, HTC tend to make ROMs for their smartphones and tablets with preinstalled launchers like Touchwiz or HTC Sense. They explain their decision by saying that they want to make their devices to look unique against their rival devices. The problem is that Android updates for their phones and tablets get delayed and there are incidents in which some devices - which are more than capable of running the upcoming version of Android - fall way behind or never get updated at all. So, what I am basically asking here is if there is a way to install vanilla Android, excluding CyanogenMod or any other modified vanilla ROMs, on an Android based smartphone?"} {"id":"40960","title":"Any ideas on when 4.2 will be available for my phone?","text":"I have a Motorola Electrify M 4G through US Cellular and I received the 4.1 Jelly Bean update OTA nearly a month ago and I'm a bit eager to get the 4.2 version but I can't find anything online about a release date for my phone. I know 4.2 has been out for a while now and there's even people talking about getting the OTA update to 4.2.2 and even speculation on a release date for 5.0, Key Lime Pie. With each upgrade, I need fewer and fewer apps to make my phone work just right for me. From a built in task manager in ICS to notification widgets in the latest JB. Anyway, I'm eager to get this update! Thanks!"} {"id":"75159","title":"How to upgrade Samsung galaxy s duos","text":"i have samsung galaxy s duos. Is there upgrade available for it. I want to upgrade it to jelly bean. Pls help me."} {"id":"61649","title":"Bricked GT P1010","text":"I was trying yesterday to flash my p1010. I found on internet that I could put jellybean but it didn't work out and now my tab is stuck on the galaxy tab logo and is not booting the system. I'm able to go to download mode as well as to recovery mode and I tried to install new firmware on my tab but I can't find the right version anywhere on samfirmware.com there is only link to chinese vesrion and i bought mine in UK in 2011. IF anyone could send me over some links to good working firmware i'd be really thankfull ..."} {"id":"67675","title":"Tablet with android 4.0 update to the latest android OS? (currently 4.4)","text":"Is it possible to update a tablet that has android 4.0 to the latest version (4.4.2)? I'm looking into buying a tablet. It has android 4.0 which is cheaper than the other tablets that have 4.0 (which doesn't make senec to me)."} {"id":"6849","title":"Can I install Android on my non-Android device?","text":"Many people want to try\/use Android without buying a new Android phone. How can I install Android on my current phone or device running Nokia Symbian, Maemo, or MeeGo; Microsoft Windows Mobile or Windows Phone 7; Apple iOS (iPhone); RIM's BlackBerry OS; Palm's WebOS; Samsung's Bada; or other phone \/ operating system?"} {"id":"70287","title":"How to Change Os from Nokia Lumia 710 with WP 7.5 to Any Os Android","text":"Need Help to Change My Os from Windows Phone in nokia 710 to Any Android Os"} {"id":"67994","title":"Where can I get the stock untouched ROM for HTC Desire C?","text":"I just checked XDA Developers, and I can't find the stock ROM for HTC Desire C. Is it actually discontinued, and is my desire outdated?"} {"id":"54550","title":"FRESH installation of jelly bean 4.2","text":"I have alcatel m pop device with 1GHz dual core processor, 4 GB rom and jellybean 4.1.1 want to install jellybean 4.2 . please reply"} {"id":"56155","title":"How to make an Android update for your own device?","text":"I have this devices which the android version is 4.2. After read some articles about Kitkat, I'm really excited and want to try to experience it on my phone. However, it seems the manufacturer won't update it to Kitkat in the future. So I think I'll do it my own. I understand and accept the risks. So, what should I do now? I read some articles about this but can't make a check list of things to do. Will it be a build from the scratch or I can re- use the old kernel? How can I extract the old driver? If someone can provide me a guide or a check list, it will help me so much! Any idea will be appreciated!"} {"id":"63816","title":"Getting KitKat on my Galaxy S4","text":"I was wondering if there was like an installation that you can install to a Galaxy S4 device to enable you to get KitKat? I know some people with Galaxy S4's have already got KitKat installed, but it is taking forever to come through as a software update. Do Samsung push out the KitKat update or the mobile carrier?"} {"id":"17140","title":"Where can I find a 2.3.6 stock ROM for Nexus S (i9020)?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I've installed a hacked version of ICS three weeks ago or so and now I want to switch to the stock 4.0.3 ROM. As it needs the 2.3.6 stock ROM, I'll have to downgrade to it so that I can install ICS again. I've found a 2.3.3 on ROM Manager. I know it may be possible to update from it to 2.3.6, but I'd like a direct approach. I have a Nexus S (i9020), bootloader unlocked, clockworkmod recovery installed, rooted, with a hacked version of 4.0.1."} {"id":"79577","title":"sir my tablet pc stuck on boot logO and i can't find his firmware tablet name ainol novo 7.8 inch advanced mini 8 gb","text":"sir my tablet pc stuck on boot logO and i can't find his firmware tablet name ainol novo 7.8 inch advanced mini 8 gb plzzzZ get the firmware of this tablet and give me plzzZ thankxx Regards:Ghilmaan"} {"id":"80678","title":"moto g cyanogenmod 11 android 4.4.4","text":"Are there any links for cyanogenmod 11 for moto g android 4.4.4? If there are then please suggest me the one which is stable,equipped with the theme engine and is under 100mb."} {"id":"66066","title":"How do I update an old Samsung Vibrant's OS to something higher than 2.1?","text":"I have an oldish Samsung Vibrant. I used to be on T-Mobile and it was supposed to OTA-update its OS from 2.1 to 2.2, but it never did. Anyway, I subsequently got a new phone and didn't use the old Vibrant. But now I'd like to start using it again. I don't have any carrier service; I'm just using it with WiFi. And having the old operating system is quite bad; in particular, the \"Market\" app simply doesn't work, and it seems impossible to get Google Play instead. Is there something I can do to upgrade the operating system? Ideally, a way that will keep my data, contacts, etc. This Samsung website -- http:\/\/androidadvices.com\/how-to-update-samsung-vibrant-to-2-2-froyo-with- kies-mini\/#.Uy86bvldUrU \\-- has some instructions, but it seems from the comments on the page that it has worked out poorly for people. Thanks!"} {"id":"37452","title":"Looking for stable ROM for Samsung SGH-T759","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? Does a stable Android ROM, Ice Cream Sandwich or newer, exist for the Samsung SGH-T759? SGH-T759 is the Exhibit 4G, but the older model; the SGH-T679 is the newer model with the same name. My phone is already rooted, but I'm unable to find a ROM for it in any of the usual places (namely, XDA)."} {"id":"38426","title":"Installing Android on Symbian Phone","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I want to know if I can install Android on my Symbian phone. Please provide the link where I can download Android, and install on my phone."} {"id":"69804","title":"How to upgrade to ice-cream sandwish","text":"Can i upgrade my gingerbread android (v 2.3.6) to icecream sandwish android (v 4.0)"} {"id":"75904","title":"How can I get the KitKat update on LG Lucid","text":"I want to get Android KitKat on my old LG Lucid 4g LTE and don't know how. It's a bit slow so I was hoping updating and overclocking would help. Thanks."} {"id":"41568","title":"Update Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i) to Jelly Bean","text":"How can I update my Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i) to Jelly Bean (Android 4.2)? Please provide me the best step by step guide."} {"id":"56112","title":"When will my device get the Android 4.4 update (KitKat)?","text":"Android 4.4 (KitKat) was officially announced on October 31, 2013. (You can review the high level changes in KitKat at the official Android Developer's site or the announcement on the official Android blog.) Of course, not all devices will get this update right away and others won't get it at all. Each manufacturer and carrier often choose to add their custom modifications which tend to delay the official release. **When will each device get Android 4.4, either officially or unofficially, if ever?**"} {"id":"13510","title":"How do I update Android on my device?","text":"> This Community Wiki question is designed to be the \"canonical question\" for > questions asking _how_ to upgrade one's device to a new Android version. I want to get a newer version of the OS for my Android device. **_How_** can I do that?"} {"id":"68035","title":"Where can I get the Original ROM for Q-Mobile A8","text":"I am looking for the Original ROM of Q-Mobile A8. Can anyone please share a link with me? I have been looking every where and unable to find one!"} {"id":"38779","title":"How to install Android on the Touch Pad","text":"How can I install Android on the TouchPad? Looking for the latest android mod that can run on the TouchPad and support sound."} {"id":"74811","title":"How can I get the newer version of android?","text":"My device (Samsung S4 mini i9195) carries a 4.2.2 version. When I ask for a software update manually, it says that the latest version is already installed. How can I force it to accept the actual latest version (4.4.2) as depicted in this page?"} {"id":"13618","title":"HTC Desire Z Stock ROM","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? Does anybody know how I can find HTC Gingerbread Stock ROM? I've just found an old Froyo (2.2) ROM through google search. Thanks! :)"} {"id":"14907","title":"How to upgrade 2.2 Froyo to 2.4 Gingerbread on Alcatel OT-990?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? I Recently bought an Alcatel OT-990 Android 2.2 Froyo unfortunately it has some software bugs like turning display off when in voice call not to operate on touch screen...! Can i upgrade the os to the next version? or atleast can i reinstall the same version in it? How can my problem solved? Details: **Brand:** Alcatel **Model:** Alcatel One Touch 990 **Firmware Version:** 2.2.2 **Baseband Version:** 60501005 **Kernel Version:** 2.6.32.9-perf android-bid@aclgcl-ubnt #1 **Build Number** :FRG83G.V568-0 Region: **India**"} {"id":"23935","title":"Can I install Android on a Samsung B3410W Ch@t?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? Can I install Android on a Samsung B3410W Ch@t?"} {"id":"66694","title":"Android OS on old nokia phone","text":"Is it possible or has some one devised a way where we can update old nokia phone like nokia 6630 to android OS?"} {"id":"10862","title":"How do I upgrade my Dell XCD35 from 2.2 Froyo to 2.3 Gingerbread?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS in my device? I'm not an expert in this, and need help. I have serious issues with the Froyo build and want to upgrade my brand new phone to Gingerbread. How can I do this? It is not available as a standard upgrade through the manufacturer."} {"id":"4678","title":"How to reset Nexus One to Android 2.2.1 or 2.3?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I have a Nexus One (with the radios for the AT&T network) which has an old beta version of 2.2 on it. It doesn't receive over the air updates, and I'd like to get it running something more recent. Where can I find a download for Android 2.2.1 or 2.3? There's a link to an updater on Google's site that's given by numerous blogs but it's always broken. It's kind of bizarre to me that this phone is stuck in an OS limbo since it won't receive updates and there's no place to download the latest."} {"id":"55877","title":"Android for Nokia c5-03","text":"Is it possible to Port Android to Nokia c5-03? I would love to run Android OS on my Nokia."} {"id":"26461","title":"Is there a known custom Android ROM without apps bloating","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I am looking for a very scaled down version of Android similar to CyanogenMod but with much less apps. I think just the OS , a basic landing screen and App Store. Is anyone aware of such ROMs ?"} {"id":"65009","title":"Samsung Galaxy S4 not getting software updates of 4.3 or 4.4","text":"I have a galaxy s4 device running on 4.2.2. I am not getting any updates for the same. When I do check for updates it says \"You already have the latest version\". I know 4.3 has officially released for galaxy s4. I don't want to root my phone and update it. Since it is officially released why i am not getting the updates ? Please suggest any solution so that i can get my phone on latest OS version. Thanks"} {"id":"58997","title":"Vanilla Android for Epic 4g Touch","text":"Where can I find a Vanilla ROM for my Samsung Epic 4g Touch\/Galaxy S II (SPH-D710)?"} {"id":"56289","title":"Android Nexus 4 KitKat","text":"I am looking to buy a nexus 4. I know that the new nexus 5 is coming out, and it is being released with Android KitKat installed. If I get a nexus 4 from a store such as best buy or another one, will my Nexus 4 come with Kitkat? If not, When is KitKat expected to be realised for the Nexus 4. If I am not in a rush to get a new phone, would it be better to by the Nexus 4 now, or the Nexus 5 in a few months?"} {"id":"61190","title":"Stable (and close to the original) Kit Kat ROM for Samsung Galaxy S2 (i9100)?","text":"The title basically says it. I am looking to get Kit Kat on my Galaxy SII. An official version is not available which is why I am looking to find a stable ROM that comes with the same features as if I installed the original Nexus version from Google. Good simplistic user interface, stable, quick. What are my best options at present?"} {"id":"32663","title":"Is it technically possible to run Android on MS Surface Windows RT tablet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? Is it technically possible to run Android on MS Surface Windows RT tablet? How would I make a dual boot solution or run Android inside WinRT host OS? with touch screen and everything working?"} {"id":"22879","title":"Can I install Ice Cream Sandwich on my HTC Wildfire?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? Please, I want to install Ice Cream Sandwich on my HTC Widlfire, can I do? If I can, how? Thanks so much."} {"id":"26532","title":"Samsung Tab P7500. How to upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? is the update for Ice Cream Sandwich for the Samsung Tab 10.1 WiFi + 3G available yet? From where should I learn about it?"} {"id":"40914","title":"Galaxy Note Jelly Bean update India","text":"Is there any Jelly Bean update available for Note N7000 in India? Any one know when this update is coming?"} {"id":"2889","title":"Is it possible to get Android on a Nokia e65?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? Does anybody know if it is possible to get android on a nokia e65? Thanks for your time"} {"id":"19376","title":"How to revert back to stock rom for Galaxy S 2?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I did the whole exercise and rooted my Swiss Sunrise 2.3.4 Galaxy S II ending up installing CM9 and the ICS 4.0.3 preview without TouchWiz shown and described here: http:\/\/devsrom4android.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-android-ice- cream.html I do not have a backup of the original stock rom from Sunrise for Switzerland and with this new version I cannot install home banking application (it's restricted for swiss devices and for OS version) neither can I install the new Chrome Beta for ICS because it tells me country is wrong. where can I find a step-by-step guide on where\/how to find the original rom and put it back possibly also unrooting so to bring the phone to its original state\/configuration? Thanks!!"} {"id":"3932","title":"Can I install Android 2.2 or 2.3 on a Samsung Omnia 2?","text":"I would like to install android 2.3 or 2.2 in my Samsung Omnia 2. Could you tell me how should I do?"} {"id":"64526","title":"Android 4.2.2 on MK802","text":"I have a MINI PC for Android 4.0. I want to upgrade the software to Android 4.2.2. I just can't seem to find a good version of Android 4.2.2. I tried several versions. I am using LiveSuit. Anyone who knows if it is possible to get 4.2.2 on the MK802? And if yes, how? Thanks in advance."} {"id":"3475","title":"When will Gingerbread be release on UK HTC desire","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? Does anyone know when the 3 network will release Gingerbread for the HTC Desire?"} {"id":"77907","title":"Upgrading my Smartphone's OS","text":"Can I upgrade my Samsung GT-S7500 from Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich?"} {"id":"56952","title":"How can I update to Android 4.4 manually?","text":"I have Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1' with Android version 4.1.2. Is it possible to manually to update to Android 4.4, and if yes how?"} {"id":"20782","title":"Ice Cream Sandwich OTA on Nexus S?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? So the OTA Ice Cream Sandwich deployment for Samsung Nexus S was stopped because the deployed version caused too much problems. Does somebody knows if another corrected version is another debugged version is to be deployed OTA anytime soon?"} {"id":"61162","title":"Android Version Upgradation","text":"I have an Android Version `4.04` ICS on my Samsung Galaxy S Duos phone, how do I upgrade to version `4.1` as I am aware it is possible, did try to `Google`, but in vain as I did not find satisfactory answers. Is it possible to use the Debugging Mode to upgrade the version. Thanks in advance"} {"id":"2695","title":"When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)?","text":"Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) SDK was released on December 6, 2010. (High-level user highlights) Of course, not all devices will get this update right away and others won't get it at all. Each manufacturer and carrier often choose to add their custom modifications which tend to delay the official release. **When will each device get Android 2.3, either officially or unofficially, if ever?** See also: When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?"} {"id":"11355","title":"Is 2.3.3 update available for Google Nexus S & Samsung Galaxy S2 Phone's in India ","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? Is the 2.3.3 update available for Google Nexus S & Samsung Galaxy S2 available in India . I am building applications in NFC which requires it ."} {"id":"59891","title":"rooted my phone but want to go back to stock rom","text":"Okay so i rooted my Samsung Galaxy Express to jelly bean 4.2.2 using the method below. but i cant access Samsung kies because it doesn't recognize rooted phones. So i was wondering if there was any way to keep the rooted features but go back to the stock rom? And if there is how do i do it and where do i get the file from? Here are the steps I took to upgrade my phone: > Flash Clockwork Recovery > > 1. Download Express OUDHS CWM.exe. > 2. Turn off the phone > 3. Press and hold volume down and power to enter download mode (if this > doesn’t work, press and hold volume down, power and home key) > 4. Connect your phone to your computer via USB > 5. Window ID: COM should be highlighted in yellow, this means your phone > was properly detected > 6. Press start and wait for installation > 7. Disconnect your phone, recovery is now installed > > > Install SuperSU > > 1. Download SuperSU v1.25 > 2. Connect your phone to your computer via USB > 3. Copy the SuperSU v1.25 file to the root of your SD card (make sure you > have an SD card in your phone) > 4. Turn off your phone > 5. Hold volume up, power and home key to enter recovery (as soon as you > see blue text on the top of the screen that read entering or booting > recovery, immediately release all the buttons) > 6. Click on install zip from SD card and locate SuperSU file > 7. Select the SuperSU file and install > 8. After installation is complete, reboot your phone > > > You will now have both custom recovery and SuperSU installed on your phone, > which allows you to install custom ROM’s, which is the next step. (Make sure > USB debugging is still enabled). Please note that these versions of CM10.1 > and CM10.2 are unofficial builds, however are stable enough as daily > drivers. > > 1. Download CM10.1(Android 4.2.2) or CM10.2(Android 4.3) > 2. Download Gapps (Google Apps) for CM10.1 or Gapps for CM10.2 > 3. Connect your phone to your computer via USB and place ROM and Gapps > files in root of SD card (make sure they are on SD card) > 4. Download ROM Manager and reboot into recovery. You can also manually > reboot into recovery by powering off your phone, pressing and holding volume > up, power and home key. > 5. Create a backup. > 6. Wipe data\/factory reset, wipe cache partition and dalvik cache (found > in advanced) > 7. Install the ROM from the SDCard > 8. Install Gapps from the SDCard > 9. Reboot phone and let it sit for a few minutes while it boots for the > first time. It may take a few minutes, and this is only evident upon initial > boot. > > > You will likely run into issues with non functional WiFi. To resolve this, > after flashing the ROM, follow these simple steps: > > 1. Download this file. > 2. Power off the phone. > 3. Hold volume down, power and home button to enter download mode. > 4. Press volume up to enter download mode. > 5. Connect phone to your computer > 6. Open Odin and flash the downloaded file as Bootloader (You should see a > green box that indicates that the method passed and worked) > 7. Reboot the phone and test WiFI >"} {"id":"53201","title":"Where can I find an 4.0 ICS download for my HTC Merge?","text":"Is there any possible way to install 4.0 on my HTC Merge?"} {"id":"77420","title":"HELP NEEDED WITH PROVIDING ZTE BLADE FILE","text":"can someone please please please send me the original \"vold.fstab\" for ZTE Blade V880\/orange San Francisco. i accidentally lost mine and i can no longer access the SD card. please please please!!!!!! :-( i have checked for many solutions on this problem but they keep providing me with a file for another android phone which is not for my phone. and it looks like there is no place i could get it."} {"id":"78650","title":"How install android on Tunsten E2","text":"I had posted this question in stackoverflow and there they said that I should post here so here is a duplicated from the question: \"I have a Tungsten E2 Device with Palm Operative System (I think that it is v5). This Operative System is really old and therefore I want migrate to Android. But I do not know how install neither I know how begin. Please. Can you give me some instructions? I have seen some Palms with Android but The videos never give any instruction. A lot of Thanks\""} {"id":"43289","title":"Can I install Android on my Samsung Omnia W8350 - windows 7 phone?","text":"I have a samsung omnia w 8350 with windows 7.5, I want to install Android OS on the phone, can anyone help?"} {"id":"34499","title":"Best designed android ROM for LG Optimus 2X P990","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I am really busy trying to find a ROM that fits my personality for my LG Optimus 2X P990. I have used CM7. CM9, CM10 and MIUI. I really like MIUI v4 and above, but i haven't found any MIUI v4 ROM that is stable enough for daily basis. I really like ROMS that has kind of flat buttons as seen in the metro UI and ics and above roms. I like it professional with not like big really graphic intense UI's. I have searched a lot, and i have looked into the Prada rom for the LG Optimus 2X, but i couldn't find a download link. Do anyone of you have a ROM that is fast, professional and stable enough for daily basis? Thanks"} {"id":"70020","title":"What Custom Rom Alternatives Are Available To Users Of The Oppo Find 7a?","text":"For those who wish to try something other than the default ColorOS ?"} {"id":"18425","title":"Are there any custom ROM's for the Pantech Crossover?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I can't find any ROM's that support the Pantech Crossover, since it's not a very popular phone. Are there any?"} {"id":"4797","title":"Can I install Android on my HTC Touch HD?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I have an HTC Touch HD running Windows Mobile 6.1. Is it possible to run Android on my phone instead of Windows Mobile? If so, how do I install Android and will it be possible to revert to Windows Mobile if the need should arise?"} {"id":"9656","title":"Android 2.3 for HTC Wild Fire","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)? Is there any update on Update for HTC Wildfire to Android 2.3 . I have android 2.2 ."} {"id":"18788","title":"Is Samsung Galaxy Tab P7300 upgradable to Android 4?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? I am looking into buying this: http:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/mobile\/galaxy- tab\/GT-P7310MAAXAR I am wondering if I can upgrade the 3.2 version of Android to 4.0?"} {"id":"51204","title":"Change of OS in Samsung Rex 80","text":"I have a Samsung Rex 80 Mobile. Is it possible to change the OS to any Android version? I am trying to change it to Android so give me some solution whether it is possible or not ?"} {"id":"73179","title":"Kit Kat update for Samsung Note 7000","text":"Does anybody know when will Kit Kat update be available for Samsung Note N7000?"} {"id":"39397","title":"HTC One V without Sense 4","text":"I have an HTC One V with Android 4.0 and HTC Sense 4. Unfortunately, the phone is quite slow. I suspect for the htc sense and other unnecessary application. Can I install android 4.0 without htc sense? Does anybody have a link to the ROM that I need to use? My phone is a HTC One V on the T-Mobile network (HU) and I got it in January. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!"} {"id":"71369","title":"Installing pure android to Huawei Ascend P6","text":"Is it possible to install pure (not manufacturer modified, without Emotion UI) Android version (4.2 to 4.4) to Huawei Ascend P6? If above is possible, is it possible to recover original Huawei Android version (with Emotion UI)?"} {"id":"21919","title":"Android 4.0 ICS in Samsung galaxy R","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I want to install Android 4.0 in samsung galaxy R. However i have installed ClockWork in my phone by following this link. But i haven't find any ICS ROM for samsung galaxy R phone. I have also remarked that the reference i have found to install ICS is all for Samsung galaxy s2, and i have also downloaded the ROM named ALPHA7.zip of Sam. Galx. S2 . If i will install that rom in my sam. galaxy R phone then will it be cause the problem? If yes then please give me a good reference from which i can install ICS in my sam. galx. R phone and also downloadable link of ICS ROM for sam. galaxy R. Thanks in advance."} {"id":"57662","title":"Latest Samsung Galaxy Note 1 update via adb?","text":"I am trying to update my soft-bricked Samsung galaxy note 1 via adb. It has the option to apply update from adb side load. Can someone please point me to the correct update zip file?"} {"id":"58572","title":"s5380 to android version","text":"I am Uma Mahesh from India.I bought Samsung s5380. It's os is bada. it has 800 mhz processor and 200 mb ram.I want to change my os to android.please help me how to change my os to android?"} {"id":"24495","title":"Android 4 for Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070)?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? Does Samsung provide an update to Android 4 for GT-I9070 Galaxy S Advance?"} {"id":"45107","title":"Xperia U and Jelly Bean","text":"I've searched and got many results. Some people were telling JB for Xperia U would be comming soon. Some were telling never. Is is possible to port Jelly Bean in XPERIA U? Did anyone succeed yet?"} {"id":"2129","title":"Anyone know of a custom GPS ROM for Samsung Galaxy 5?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy 5 (model number GT-I5500) and I'm new to the android world. I'm not satisfied with the performance of the GPS on my cell phone so I thought it would be interesting to use a custom ROM to see if it improves a bit. Anyone knows of a ROM that was tested in this model?"} {"id":"56278","title":"Will there be a way to get an Android 4.4 ROM onto the Galaxy S3?","text":"I have a galaxy S3 and I was wondering if it would be possible in the near future to get android 4.4 on it."} {"id":"23225","title":"How can install stock Android 4.0 on my rooted Galaxy S2?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I've just rooted my Galaxy S2 to remove all the Samsung applications. I wanted to install stock android 4 on my device, but i can't seem to find anywhere where the android zip exists. So please if you can point me where to find the latest release and how to install it. Note: I have a Mac so I can't install odin."} {"id":"29389","title":"Update Android on non famous manufacture Android Phone","text":"I have a QMobile A100 with Android 2.2.1 (which is very old). I want to upgrade it to the new version (2.3 Gingerbread). In `Settings > About phone` it shows that there are no updates to the firmware. How should I update my device? It is not a popular phone and I cannot find an updated ROM for it. If it matters, the phone has a 500 MHz CPU, 200 MB RAM with 250 MB ROM."} {"id":"43624","title":"Upgrade Galaxy S Advance from 2.3 to 4.1","text":"I have the Samsung Galaxy S Advance which is currently running Android version 2.3, can I upgrade it to Android 4.1? I googled and found this It is telling that I need a rooted phone. What does this mean? Is there high possibility of any problem?"} {"id":"38074","title":"Can you install vanilla Android on any phone?","text":"I have an Samsung Galaxy S3. TouchWiz is great, but I want to use the vanilla Android OS you see on the Nexus 4. Is this possible?"} {"id":"20850","title":"Custom ROM on Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro (MK16i)","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I do really hate the system that Sony Ericsson has placed on the top of Android and I would like to have ICS (but no problem if not possible or recommendable). I have tried googling and looking around for a couple of days to find how and what custom ROM I could install on my telephone, but I have had no luck in this venture. Does anybody here know about a custom ROM I could install on my telephone? Preferably as clean as possible or similar to HTCs system and ICS if possible and usable."} {"id":"49832","title":"When will my device get the Android 4.3 update (Jelly Bean)?","text":"Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) was officially announced on July 24, 2013. (You can review the high level changes in Jelly Bean at the official Android Developer's site or the announcement on the official Android blog.) Of course, not all devices will get this update right away and others won't get it at all. Each manufacturer and carrier often choose to add their custom modifications which tend to delay the official release. **When will each device get Android 4.3, either officially or unofficially, if ever?** See also: * When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)? * When will my device get the Android 4.2 update (Jelly Bean)? * When will my device get the Android 4.4 update (KitKat)?"} {"id":"25116","title":"Gingerbread,HoneyComb,ICS ROM for Galaxy S","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I have recently purchased a galaxy S with Froyo to do some tests on my App. I would like to upgrade to use ROM like Gingerbread, Honeycomb,ICS. I have searched the web and I have found many ROMs but i can't tell if they are trusted or not (no bugs, no low performance..). I would appreciate if someone points me to some ROMs that he had used before for these Android version. I know that I can use Nandroid Backup if I disliked one tested ROM. Does some Roms able to turn my phone out of service?"} {"id":"20013","title":"Android HTC Touch2\/Mega","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? Language Turkish. Merhaba ; Benim HTC touch 2 bir telefonum var.Çok uzun süredir araştırma yapıyorum fakat bir türlü android yükleyemedim.Android yüklemek acaba mümkün mü?Bu konuda bilgi veriseniz çok sevinirim. Teşekkür ederim... * * * **Google Translate:** Hello; I have a phone in my HTC touch 2. A kind of research I'm doing for so long now, but could not load android. Is it possible to install Android wonder? Information on this subject I would be glad veriseniz. Thank you ..."} {"id":"33981","title":"China copy of Samsung Galaxy Note II","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? My uncle recently bought a China copy of Samsung Galaxy Note II. It does not have Android. Is there any way to install Android OS on it?"} {"id":"23613","title":"HTC Amaze 4G (Videotron) - Is there a way to install Android 4.0?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I just got my new HTC Amaze 4G with Videotron and I only have Android 2.3 on it. Videotron says that they will release Android 4.0 soon. Is there a way to install it before this? Like a Beta or something like that?"} {"id":"847","title":"(how) can I install android on an iphone 4?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I know it is possible to install Android on an iPhone 3G. How about the iPhone 4? Is it possible to run Android on it? If yes, how, and what are the risks? If no, is that a \"not yet\" or a \"can't happen, because of X\"?"} {"id":"5877","title":"Installing Android on an Ipaq","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? Is it possible to install Android on an Ipaq rx1950? And in general, what is the process of installing android on different gadgets?"} {"id":"55585","title":"Does android starshine support android 4.0.4","text":"Does android starshine support android 4.0.4? and how to flash it with an android global, my phone is rooted with SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse and now it's under froyo 2.2."} {"id":"12218","title":"How to upgrade to Android 2.3 from 2.2?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS in my device? I own a Sidekick 4g currently running Android 2.2 (Froyo) and I want to upgrade to 2.3 (Gingerbread) to use my front camera on video chat with family on Skype. How do I upgrade my Sidekick?"} {"id":"37382","title":"Stock JB ROMs for Chinese-made devices","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I'm looking for a good source for MT, RK and Allwinner-based phones and tablets, but I couldn't find any. Most just target specific western models."} {"id":"64550","title":"How to install Stock Android on Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 s7270","text":"I was wondering if it is possible to install the official stock android operating system from google without the customization of the manufacturer like Touch Wiz on Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 s7270, is there a way to do this"} {"id":"57180","title":"Samsung Tablet Update","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It is not the tab 2, but I would like to upgrade to android 4.3. Is this possible on my device or is it too old?"} {"id":"13503","title":"How do I upgrade my Android OS from 2.2 to 2.3 on an HTC Desire?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS in my device? I am carrying a HTC Desire. I want to upgrade the OS from Android 2.2 to Android 2.3. How do I upgrade the OS?"} {"id":"64058","title":"Force install of custom rom on unsupported device (MT6575)","text":"A friend of mine bought a fake iphone coming from Thailand. It have a fake iOs rom on it which is translated in English but a lot of part aren't... Is there a way to install a CyanogenMod even if the device is not supported ? Info : BB Chip : MT6575 MS Board : mobitek75_ics2 UBoot Ver. : 2010.06 Kernel Ver : 3.0.13 (root@zonglibo-desktop) (gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC) Android Ver. : 4.2.0 SW Ver. : ALPS.ICS2.MP.V1.20 Custom Build Verno. : 1371628671 Thanks !"} {"id":"53628","title":"Where to get Samsung galaxy Y android version","text":"I was trying to install Cynogen Mod on my Samsung Galaxy Y. And that broke my phone. I dont have any backups. How could I change back to the old samsung android version? Is it downloadable from Samsung site and can be installed like Cynogen Mod?"} {"id":"25025","title":"How to upgrade to Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) for an ASUS Transformer TF300 or TF201?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)? If the Android device is a tablet but not a phone -- such as for ASUS Tranformer TF300 -- then how can the device be upgraded to Android 4.1?"} {"id":"51559","title":"Installing Android in Samsun Omnia M","text":"Can I install android on samsung omnia m mobile. Currently it is running on windows 7.5 mango. It has 4gb internal space..but no slot for micro sd card. If yes, then which version of android will be suitable for my device?"} {"id":"57174","title":"Where can i get a custom rom for my I.Onik tablet?","text":"I have an I.Onik TP7-1000DC metal tablet the link is here http:\/\/www.i-onik.de\/en\/tp7-dualcore ... pls help me"} {"id":"60714","title":"CAN I INSTALL ANDROiD ON MY DIVICE","text":"On the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic it is spec'd at 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of ROM. There is also a MicroSD (up to 16 GB) expansion slot for increased storage capacity."} {"id":"63617","title":"Samsung s4 update to 4.3","text":"Please is there an update for Samsung s4 19505 from the 4.2.2 to 4.3 operating system as I can not update my phone?"} {"id":"48203","title":"How to nexusify galaxy s4?","text":"I was an iPhone user for long time and recently switched to Samsung Galaxy S4 which is supposed to be the best android phone out there (at least best samsung phone). I like to try the real android the Google experience. What kind of apps, widgets, launcher, ... should I install?"} {"id":"22957","title":"Install Android OS To Other Mobile Phones is Possible?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I want to install android os to other mobile phones like nokia and other non branded china mobiles....! if it is Possible? or not Possible? Thanks...!"} {"id":"925","title":"Can I convert Samsung Omnia WinMobile to Android OS phone","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I have Samsung Omnia I900 one of first line Omnia devices on WinMobile 6 OS, Since phone is now near end of its life, Ill like to try BOOT Android on it. Is that possible, Does exists any tutorial for that. I once fund one site which was on way to boot android on Omnia, but they in that time did not have all drivers for Omnia."} {"id":"2297","title":"Can Android run on an iPad?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? Can Android run on an iPad ? 1. Please answer only if you are 100% sure (or even better if you tried) 2. If yes, should I use a jailbreaker ? Could you suggest me one ? 3. If yes, what are the limitations.. are the applications running on it without issues ? 4. If not, why... is there a good tablet to test Android applications ? thanks"} {"id":"75673","title":"Is possible to install Android on Samsung GT-S5220?","text":"I have a Samsung GT-S5220 without android, I want to know if is possible to get Android on it. So, is this possible? If yes, how? If not, there is any site similar to Google play?"} {"id":"20906","title":"How to reinstall\/upgrade android OS in my phone","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I update the OS in my device? I purchased MicroMax A60 mobile phone which was not provided with any PC suite. This phone in-built comes with Android V2.1 Eclair OS. I searched manufacturer's website and found that they are not providing any user tool to re-install\/upgrade android OS. Is there any free third party tool to re- install\/upgrade my android OS?"} {"id":"66472","title":"Want to upgrade: Have Android: v4.0.4 with Build: Omega v13.1","text":"It's been I think almost 2 years since I've done this. So it's probably all changed and I'm worried I'll mess something up. I currently have Android v4.0.4 with Build: Omega v13.1 (very old I know) I want to upgrade to the latest Omega Rom v58 with Android v4.3. But not sure how to go about this. Do I update Android first? Then apply the rom? If so, how do I update android to 4.3? What's the first step?"} {"id":"32589","title":"When will my device get the Android 4.2 update (Jelly Bean)?","text":"Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) was officially announced on October 29, 2012. (You can review the high level changes in Jelly Bean at the official Android Developer's site.) Of course, not all devices will get this update right away and others won't get it at all. Each manufacturer and carrier often choose to add their custom modifications which tend to delay the official release. **When will each device get Android 4.2, either officially or unofficially, if ever?** See also: * When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)? * When will my device get the Android 4.3 update (Jelly Bean)? * When will my device get the Android 4.4 update (KitKat)?"} {"id":"56110","title":"Galaxy Nexus and KitKat","text":"Now that Android 4.4 aka KitKat is out, I couldn't find out whether Samsung Galaxy Nexus will get the upgrade or not. Does anyone have any information on this? I hope it will get it, this why I bought Nexus device in the first place."} {"id":"19853","title":"Has there been any custom roms ported for the ZTE Score?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I've been keeping an eye on CWM and CM7 for the past few months.. And now I'm slowly but surely giving up hope on ever finding a custom rom for the ZTE Score, aka ZTE X500. I'll most likely keep an eye out for awhile longer; but I'm curious if there will ever be one. Anyway, has anyone heard any news that I may have missed? Custom\/Stock Roms?"} {"id":"79628","title":"How to update\/upgrade any phone to Android 4.4","text":"Variations on this question appear to be a common unanswered question; often they have a comment or two that I don't understand. I'm hoping someone can answer with some general background information, the concepts. E.g. I see reference to \"rooting\". Do I need to root a phone before I can upgrade it? I've had previous Android phones that got auto-updated (either by the carrier or manufacturer: I just find a message that says: \"a new update has been downloaded, click here to install\"), and I didn't need to root them. E.g. Can any smartphone be upgraded to Android 4.4? If not why not? And why might a manufacturer not want users to update their phones? Are some manufacturers more open to having phones updated, and some not? Does anyone keep a list of \"upgrade-hostile\" manufacturers? E.g. does the phone being sim-locked (to a specific carrier) matter? I'm not going to say what my phone is because that will distract from the more general answers I'm after."} {"id":"56135","title":"Upgrade jelly bean in HCL ME","text":"I have HCL ME tablet which already installed ice cream sandwitch by company, i want to upgrade it with jelly bean, please tell me how can i do this. and also it does not supports google play."} {"id":"73480","title":"How can I install Android on a Samsung Gear 2?","text":"The Samsung Galaxy Gear came with Android OS installed, but the Gear 2 (slight spec bumps) is bundled with Tizen OS. Does anybody know how to get Android OS (preferably a clean Google version) installed on the Gear 2? Thanks"} {"id":"2225","title":"How to install the official Android 2.2 (froyo) on Samsung Galaxy S without Windows\/Kies","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I upgrade Firmware on my Samsung Galaxy S without windows Froyo has been finally released for Samsung Galaxy S. The update seems to be only available via a Windows application called Kies. I don't have access to a Windows computer any more (I use Mac and Linux systems only). Does anybody know how to install the update (the official one, not CyanogenMod) without this application? Can I use Custom Recovery for this like in this related answer?"} {"id":"57514","title":"When will I get Android 4.4 KitKat update on Nexus 4 in Romania?","text":"I am in a bit of worry because I own a Nexus 4 device, and I noticed many articles on the web stating that an OTA update to 4.4 is out but I didn't receive any notification on my device. Also, when I check for updates, the update is not showing up. Should I be concerned about this, or does it just takes more time for the update to get to me? I am in Romania. **UPDATE** For those of you who are really eager to install the new update you can check up this link: It's still an OTA, nothing will be wiped on your device and the update files are the official ones provided by Google! Link: http:\/\/phandroid.com\/2013\/11\/21\/download-the- nexus-4s-android-4-4-kitkat-krt16s-ota-directly-from-google\/"} {"id":"17662","title":"ROM\/MOD for pure Android experience","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I'm looking for a Mod or Rom for a HTC Desire S and a Motorola Xoom which provides the cleanest Android experience without modifications. Similar to that of the Nexus range of phones. Eventually, I'd like to put ICS on both of these devices."} {"id":"70137","title":"How do I update my Samsung Galaxy Europa?","text":"What is the latest official firmware for Samsung Galaxy Europa? I am currently on 2.2 Froyo at the moment. Can I update it using Samsung Kies, or do I need to update from somewhere else?"} {"id":"81004","title":"Cyanogenmod for Galaxy Y","text":"I have a Samsung galaxy Y device. It's running Gingerbread stock rom, and I want to upgrade this to Jellybean. Is there any custom rom for Galaxy Y?"} {"id":"3430","title":"How can I get the official froyo ROM for SGS to use with heimdall?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I want to upgrade my SGS to froyo, but have given up on Kies which seems to be the most unreliable piece of software I've ever encountered. I've got heimdall running, and now I want to upgrade to the official ROM for my device (GT-I9000\/optus). Is there a way of getting hold of the official ROm from somewhere? Cheers, Victor"} {"id":"73149","title":"is there a stable Note 3 mod utilizing S-pen?","text":"Is there a stable Mod that does not compromise on the S-pen of Note 3? Since a mod could better utilize the raw power of the device."} {"id":"3340","title":"Is it possible to change the Operating System of the K599 (chinese iPhone)","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? I have an electronic device the model is K599 was built in China. The operating system of this device is a minimalist FreeBSD with java installed. I would like to know if is possible to change the operating system from Actual FreeBSD to Google Android. **Another doubt:** Is it possible to install a new operating system inside the SD memory card? I have been stuck on this for a long time. Does someone have the same problem? Please Help."} {"id":"75234","title":"Which current, major roms include permission management?","text":"Current, major and trustworthy ROMs only please. I'm not implying that smaller ROMs all contain malware - 99% probably don't, but for something like this I want to be as sure as possible. A simple revocation like CM used to have in version 7 would be fine, though blank data would be preferable. I'm aware of Xprivacy, but prefer something simpler and built-in. Xprivacy's communication with its server is a negative as well."} {"id":"4278","title":"Android and other OS at the same time","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? Is it possible to have Android 2.2 as well as say Windows 7 Mobile on my smartphone? Any idea how that can be done? Thank you."} {"id":"6498","title":"Installing android on htc touch 2","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install Android on my non-Android device? It is possible to install Android OS on HTC Touch 2? And if it possible can you guys help me with a tutorial or something like this ?"} {"id":"60747","title":"Upgrading Motorola xt502 from Android 2.1 to 2.3.3","text":"I am looking to upgrade my Motorola xt502 cellphone from Android 2.1 to 2.3.3 but I am unable to find the proper download. Does anyone here have a download link?"} {"id":"8843","title":"Upgrading LG P500 (Optimus\/Maximo One)","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? > How to backup an Android device? > How do I backup and restore SMS Messages? I've thinking about rooting my LG Android for a long time but I've been hesitant because I use it on a daily basis and I'm afraid I might mess it up and not be able to restore it to the previous condition. The main reason reasons I want to root it are: 1. Get rid of my providers' bloatware. 2. Upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. 3. Possibly overclock it ( _how safe\/risky is this [on this phone\/model]?_ ). I've never rooted an Android phone before and I would like to get some answers on these questions: * * * ## How do I root it? Sorry if this question seems lame, but I honestly have no idea. I read some threads on the XDA forums and from what I gathered the SuperOneClick application seems to be the way to go, right..? Is there any precautions I should take? Also, I think I also need a to get a new Girgerbread \/ Froyo ROM compatible with my phone model. What is the \"place to go\" to get this? * * * ## Can I backup the current ROM \/ state of my phone? So that if anything goes wrong I can restore it? * * * ## Exporting \/ Importing Contacts and SMSs I'm not very worried about contacts since most of them are also stored my Google Account, but what about SMSs - is there any way \/ tool I can use to avoid losing them? * * * **EDIT:** Thanks to the links @Matthew posted I've managed to root and save all my phone data, however I'm still stuck regarding the ROM upgrade, I've found a forum thread on XDA that has a 2.3 ROM compatible with my phone model, but it still has some annoying bugs I would rather avoid. I see a lot of hype around CyanogenMod but it doesn't seem to be compatible with my phone ( ~~is it?~~ ). So, can I get a 2.3 (or even 2.2) ROM that works on my phone without any major problems? Thanks!"} {"id":"25974","title":"Are there Andoid versions > 2.3 for my Sony Xperia ST25i (as of July 2012)?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)? Like the question says, are there higher versions of Android for my phone? Will Sony release a 4.0 update for my phone?"} {"id":"41046","title":"Install different rom on Chinese made android phone","text":"Recently I bought a Chinese made android phone. Specifications of the phone is given here. The phone has mediatek mtk6577 processor. I been thinking to install different ROM in my device. But, I can not find source to download this ROM. Is it possible to install google stock rom in this phone and where can I find this rom? How do I know which rom is compatible with my device? Any kind of help is appreciated. Thanks."} {"id":"57684","title":"update samsung galaxy fit s5670 android version 2.3.4 to 4.2.1","text":"How to Upgrade my Samsung Galaxy Fit S5670 Android version 2.3.4 Gingerbread to 4.2.1 jelly bean?"} {"id":"46814","title":"Revert an Android phone to vanilla rom from Google","text":"Can we install a vanilla ROM to a non-Nexus Android device? I have an Android phone (version 2.3.6) and I don't like the ROM installed by the manufacturer. I want to revert it to a vanilla ROM like Nexus devices have. Is it possible, and if so could you provide a guide?"} {"id":"72864","title":"Where i can find original android version for ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Idol Mini?","text":"Where i can find original android version for ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Idol Mini? this phone"} {"id":"18827","title":"ICS on Desire HD","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? I'm planning to wipe my phone and in the process I also decided to try some alternative ROM. From what I understand MIUI 4 and CyanogenMod 9 should be ICS based, but I can't find these ROMs in a pure form. On XDADevelopers forums, there is gazilion of MIUI and CM ROMS, but all of them seem to have some custom modifications. I want to go for something reasonably stable right now. So where do I find some ICS ROMs for Desire HD without crazy modifications?"} {"id":"56848","title":"Revert to official Android from Cyanogenmod","text":"I have installed CyanogenMod 10.1.x on my Note 2, but I find it very unstable and it often goes on a reboot loop. I use ClockworkMod recovery. I would rather work with a stock android at this point. Questions: 1. Since I have ClockworkMod recovery, I presume I can use it to flash the \"official\" ROM? Is this correct? 2. Can someone point me to the official stock android from Samsung?"} {"id":"19977","title":"Ubuntu font cannot display latin extended characters","text":"I changed the system font (by Font Changer) to Ubuntu font (0.8). This font has Latin-Extended support and can display Vietnamese just fine (I tested this on http:\/\/font.ubuntu.com\/). However, after I changed to this font, Vietnamese chars are replaced by boxes. Can anyone explain this for me? Any idea on how to fix this?"} {"id":"19979","title":"How do I disable the data usage warning and notification in ICS?","text":"I'm running ICS on a Galaxy Nexus and my data plan is grandfathered in from the days of unlimited data with my carrier- so I don't need any warning or notification for the amount of data I'm using. However, ICS on this phone has an annoying warning and notification when I hit either 2 or 4 gb before the month is over. The notification persists in the background and will not close. How do I disable this?"} {"id":"12014","title":"Samsung Kies in Virtualbox Win 7 64bit?","text":"I try to run Samsungs Kies in a Virtualbox running Windows 7 64bit on a Linux host ( **Ubuntu 11.04** ). After installing all updates and Service Packs I can run Kies and check for updates. I have the most recent version of Kies installed. But when I try to connect my **Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100** to the virtualbox, the installation of drivers always failed. I tried to connect the device in Kies- and USB-mode without luck. Does anyone have a similar setup? And maybe any tips for me?"} {"id":"12016","title":"AT&T Nexus S: is this sold SIM locked \/ boot-loader locked?","text":"I know this is a bit localized, but I can't find ANY information on this at all on the internet, because all of the information for the Nexus S assumes the T-Mobile band version. I would only purchase this phone to immediately unlock the bootloader for custom ROM development. Is the only difference between the two phones the bands the 3G radio uses?"} {"id":"50491","title":"What is the difference between AOSP and AOKP?","text":"What is the difference between AOSP and AOKP? Are they related to Stock ROM?"} {"id":"64670","title":"Locus Tweak allows Google Maps download, not OSM!","text":"I am going to develop an app for Android, and I'm trying to understand whether it is possible to store maps for offline usage (anyway I am not sure this is a question for developers). Google Maps TOS is enough explicit about the fact that maps can't be stored (if not with some strict limitation), see https:\/\/developers.google.com\/maps\/terms?csw=1 (10.1.3): (b) No Pre-Fetching, Caching, or Storage of Content. You must not pre-fetch, cache, or store any Content, except that you may store: (i) limited amounts of Content for the purpose of improving the performance of your Maps API Implementation if you do so temporarily (and in no event for more than 30 calendar days), securely, and in a manner that does not permit use of the Content outside of the Service; while OSM provide public free API and resources for the exploiting of its knowledge base. Now, I am really confused about the Locus Tweak behaviour. It allows me to easily store tiled maps by Google maps even for wide areas with good definition, when it would be supposed not to be allowed, on the other hand when I try to store OSM maps, the answer is: ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/mWNfo.png) Searching on Internet and the page http:\/\/support.locusmap.eu\/hc\/en- us\/articles\/200090132 is not of help, what am I missing here? In conclusion: I would like to understand how an app downloaded by 100.000+ users can use this way Google Maps, and OSM which would have been my second choice, seems not to allow it."} {"id":"17250","title":"Why doesn't the Gmail app delete my e-mails permanently?","text":"Android 2.2 on an LG GT540. If I delete an email from my inbox in the default Gmail application then the email is in the trash, OK. But why isn't there any options to delete the e-mail from my trash? Is it a security feature or what?"} {"id":"52467","title":"Installing applications with larger size on S DUOS","text":"I am using Galaxy-S-Duos Android 4.0 Internal memory 1.8 GB ! What if I want to install application like Modern Combat-4 (1.9 GB) These applications require to be installed in phone memory for their 1st run. After that the can be moved to SD card.. Is it possible to install them directly to SD card?"} {"id":"63024","title":"When flashing a custom ROM, why do I get an error on getprop(\"ro.product.device\")?","text":"Whenever I try to flash a ROM on my ASUS Transformer Prime (tf201), I get the following error: assert failed: getprop(\"ro.product.device\") == \"tf201\" || getprop(\"ro.build.product\") == \"tf201\" I've got around it by opening the ZIP file of the ROM, navigating to `\/META- INF\/com\/google\/android\/updater-script` and just removing this check. The ROM installs fine then. But still I'm left with the question: why isn't my device recognized as a tf201, while it obviously is? Is it because I formatted the `system` partition in a format frenzy?"} {"id":"14218","title":"Can I set the schedule for automatic Market updates, e.g. every night?","text":"Is there a way to schedule when the Market updates my installed apps? Ideally I would like to run it late every night, that way I won't have to be bothered with them when I'm actually using the phone."} {"id":"53739","title":"Manage one Android device from another","text":"Is there any app that allow to manage one android device from another ? For example via Bluetooth delete files on device I manage and also send files from device I manage from. I just a have decent tablet and want manage fast my HTC wildfire S device without turning on PC."} {"id":"63020","title":"youtube app - is there a way to resume play back","text":"I have an android set top box call Pivos Xios. It is running android 4.0.4. This is plugin my 1080p TV. This device is great because for 100$ you get to have a browser on your TV and all the play store app you already purchased are available. So I have installed the youtube app which works great. I logged in my account and get to have my history and my watch later videos, that is just awesome. I was just wondering if there was a way to resume playback of a video that I stop\/paused for a later view. I know I can do that with the XBMC app and the youtube plugin installed, but the interface is much less intuitive an user friendly that I prefer to use the youtube app directly. On my PC, sometimes (I haven't found what triggers it), when I reload a page of a youtube video I've already been watching, it is sometimes cropped from where I stopped it. There is a bracket added to the timeline. I'm looking to have a similar functionnality over my youtube app on android. Any advices are welcomed."} {"id":"9257","title":"Map Image Overlay App","text":"I want to take a picture of a trail map, then overlay it on google maps or somehow use it as a navigation image linked to GPS? I want to do this all on the phone, while i'm hiking\/walking about and encounter a trail map. How can i do this?"} {"id":"46792","title":"How can I update the \"multiwindow\" setting in Tasker?","text":"My GS3 just received an OTA update that gave me a multiwindow setting. Cool! Except, I want to turn it off automatically when I'm using apps that take up the full screen (like some games). I can't find this setting anywhere, but I am also pretty new, so I could be missing it. Since the setting is also pretty new, there probably isn't a variable for it. Is there any way to get a list of settings and\/or set one by name? Thanks"} {"id":"46791","title":"\"Encryption Failed\" on my Samsung Note 2 & it asks me to reset device. Is there a way to back up my data","text":"I have _Samsung Galaxy Note 2_ from AT&T. At the reboot it displays \"Encryption failed\", and would ask me to reset device. I cannot access my phone. I have very important data on this phone. I want to save my data, I am not bothered about the device, all I want is to save my data and after that even if the phone doesnt work I will get a new phone but I want my data as in pictures and contacts. Is there any way to recover them?"} {"id":"21618","title":"How do I enable Umlauts on \"Phone Keypad\"-style keyboard?","text":"First of all, I know long pressing on a char like 'a' gives me choices e.g. 'aä..' so the special char (umlaut) 'ä' can be selected. But this works _only for me for the \"international\"-style keyboard_ (aka QWERTZ keypad). When switching to \"Phone Keypad\"-style keyboard (aka multitap\/T9 keypad or 4x3 keypad), I will have no umlauts, though correct localization (set to \"German\"). Do you have any tips to make it work? I also observed the same behavior for the \"Compact\"-style keyboard. **Phone:** * HTC Desire S * has Android 2.3.3 stock firmware * No additional keyboard apps, as I recently bought the phone (5 days) * Not using Swype (I know that this has pretty nice umlauts handling due to the dictionary)"} {"id":"15361","title":"How do I add a new language?","text":"The aftermarket ROM I use seems to have the language list parred down to just a couple selections, probably to save space. I would like to add a language back into the system. I can already set the locale using programs such as MoreLocale 2 so that applications with my language support start with the right locale code, however that doesn't add missing system languages. Having the system in another language would be nice, but **the main thing is getting the dictionary files for the keyboard auto- complete**. How does one go about adding the language support files for an input language to a system or ROM? I can access other ROM's or the AOSP project to rip things out, but I don't know where to start. What files do I need and what modifications need to be made? Is there an easy way to do this with say a language-pack or is it hackery all the way? My ROM is fully rooted and I have `adb` access if necessary. It's Android 2.3.7 (Unofficial CM 7.1 port for Dream\/Sapphire) and I'm using the stock Android keyboard. The language I want is Turkish, although unless somebody has a download to point me to it's mostly the process I'm looking for here."} {"id":"27214","title":"Chinese-bought Samsung Galaxy S2 has a very limited language list","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I install additional languages on Android? I bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 in China and have used it in English but now I bought the new S3 and want to sell my S2. Since I live in Norway I need to be able to change the language to Norwegian, but it only has some Asian languages (four of them) and English UK, English US. Is it possible to add the languages that are missing?"} {"id":"40145","title":"How to change language from chinese","text":"I have one problem and i will be very grateful if anybody can help me. I bought htc desire v about half year ago and i bought it in serbia. But on it is only 3 languages **english(china), ant 2 tradicional chinese languages** and my **htc marketplace is on Chinese too** i dont know what to do, any help to change it to classic english ? At least app shop ?"} {"id":"66754","title":"Can I update my Nexus tablets to include other languages?","text":"I want either of my Nexus 7 or Nexus 10 tablets to include a Welsh or Czech language option. 1\\. Is this possible? 2\\. How do you do it, then The tablets come with other (less useful) language options."} {"id":"17462","title":"How to add\/delete languages from android phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I add a new language? I want to deleted some installed languages from android phone and also add some languages to android phone. How this can be done? (android 2.3.6)"} {"id":"24028","title":"Swedish language on my Android (Samsung Galaxy Ace)?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I add a new language? Just bought Samsung Galaxy Ace! I love it but the only thing I haven't been able to figure out yet is **if** and **how** can I have a language that isn't in the Input Language list, like _Swedish_ for example?"} {"id":"68243","title":"how to add hebrew to my Samsung s4?","text":"I have bought a new samsung s4. I try to change the OS settings to be in hebrew. I remembered how to do it from another s4 my sister has. Went to settings --> Languages and input ---> but there was no \"hebrew\" to choose. Then I have tried \"more locale 2\" but it should solve some other issue, no? anyhow either i did it wrong or it didn't help as well. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/6tnz1.jpg) ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/vCnNl.jpg) ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/SJutU.jpg) ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/SSGnR.jpg)"} {"id":"47796","title":"How to download language","text":"I can not change the language to Arabic because it does not exist in the list of languages How to download the Arabic language for system Android Phone HTC Rider x710a"} {"id":"55241","title":"Add Amharic Language in Android 2.3","text":"Is there a way to add Amharic language to Android 2.3.6? Currently am using Samsung Galaxy Ace plus."} {"id":"65039","title":"HTC Desire 500 - Adding new language","text":"Is there some way to add language of my phone - HTC Desire 500 operating system? I mean status bar, options, everything...I would like to add language which are not in menu?"} {"id":"48924","title":"Android 4.2, Jelly Bean upgrade for Tab 3.0 7 inch...need Polish OS","text":"This is crazy, I bought 4X Tab's 3.0 in 7 inch on Sun before going to the airport since they were under an embargo. Now I find out that 4.1 does not support Polish. Before I bought it I was shown Note which had Polish in it. Now I have 4 Tab's in Poland that nobody can use. Does anybody know how to add Polish to it or when 4.2 upgrade is coming as Samsung does not know."} {"id":"36471","title":"Installing different language on phone","text":"Is it possible to install a different language other than the ones already in the system? I want my phone to display in Japanese. Everything...the menus, status bars, labels. Just as if my phone was made in and for Japanese."} {"id":"40344","title":"Arabic123 instea","text":"I need to remove Hindy numbers off the Clock and date from the system of my nexus 7, when I have it in Arabic language. I neeeeeeed numbers in this Format 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Not in those middle eastern Format where Zero is a point and five is an o. I know how to change Languages!!! My problem is with the format of the digits and numbers system wide. So it is not a question that has been asked! Wake up guys."} {"id":"49561","title":"How many apps available for android which have option for setting up a proxy authentication","text":"I am running Android 2.3.5 on my HTC Explorer phone.And I always connect to internet through my college's wifi which is behind a proxy server and requires basic authentication.Till now i can only connect my browser to the internet,By setting up the proxy server in wifi settings. I want to know are their other apps available,other than web browsers which have options for proxy settings.Like some online music app,mail checking,some online video viewing app etc. I dont want to root."} {"id":"49563","title":"Disabling long press on empty area of home screen","text":"I have a HTC Desire X running Android 4.0.4 (not rooted). If I long press in an empty area on my home screen, it automatically opens the widget which allows me to add\/remove apps\/widgets on the home screen. This is very inconvenient because I accidentally long press on the home screen few times a day & then without realizing the add\/remove widget is on, I accidentally click on an icon or two which adds something I don't want to my home screen. Is it possible to either disable the long press on the home screen action or at least make it less sensitive? I am not sure if this is a general Android thing or HTC Specific behaviour."} {"id":"69172","title":"force close when add contact","text":"I have a problem which just occur this morning when I woke up, which is whenever I try to add new or access a contact, the contact app keeps force- close and it pop out `android.process.acore`. I tried to reboot my _Samsung Galaxy S2_ which I browse from Internet and they told to do so, but is still didn't work, deleting _Google+_ , my phone doesn't have that apps install. I'm using a non-rooted _Samsung Galaxy S2_."} {"id":"69174","title":"CyanogenMod installer won't connect to internet","text":"As per screenshot below, I have been unable to proceed with the CyanogenMod Installer (Windows). This is what I get: **_Having internet troubles? Please check your network connection._** ![screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/TZ0iIm.png) Screenshot (click image for large variant) I've tried adding extra inbound and outbound exceptions for Cyanogen Mod Installer (`%USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\CMInstaller.exe`) in the Windows Firewall (accessible from Control Panel), but it didn't help. I am not behind a proxy. And there's nothing wrong with my Internet connection : I'm accessing all other online content. I'm using Win8x64, and trying to install CM on my Samsung S3 GT-i9300. Has anyone encountered the same issue? *UPDATE: I tried running the msi installer via an admin command prompt, didn't make any difference."} {"id":"69177","title":"Upgrade with encrypted storage","text":"I would like to upgrade my cyanogenmod to the latest M build. but my storage is encrypted, so i guess this will lead to some problems. First of all i cant even seem to make a backup with CWM."} {"id":"17587","title":"How to root a HTC Desire running official Android 2.3?","text":"I have an HTC Desire (Bravo, A8181, GSM) sold in Sweden. I updated it to Android 2.3 using the official release, which is as of 2011-12-29 available at HTCdev with instructions from here. Now I want to root it. I did some googling and it seems like it isn't possible to root a Desire that has been updated to the official Android 2.3. I tried following this guide, but it failed at step 6 in _How to: Root_. When I attempted to run unrevoked, the progress text `running root...` was followed by the error message `Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?`. I also tried searching for a way to downgrade it to Android 2.2, with no luck. How can I root this phone?"} {"id":"38295","title":"What's the best method for rooting HTC Desire?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to root a HTC Desire running official Android 2.3? What's the best method for rooting HTC Desire? Do I need both S-OFF and root? How are these two things related? I essentially want to root because I am often short on space so I want to be able to store apps and associated data on the SD memory card instead of the internal phone memory. For this I will need root, right?"} {"id":"45447","title":"Why does Android 3.x have no market share?","text":"According to the Android Developer Dashboard, the market share of Android 3.2 is only 0.1%, and no other 3.x version has even as much as that. Versions 2.x and 4.x have all the market share. Can someone please explain why there's a whole major version of Android that is apparently unused, while the previous and the next major versions are in wide use? Was 3.x quickly replaced by 4 and all devices forced to upgrade? What would have made 3.x so bad that no one uses it?"} {"id":"44796","title":"backing up system image before rooting: please help","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S III i9300. On Windows 7 there is something called a recovery partition which contains a full compressed image of the operating system from which Windows 7 can be installed. On Android, instead, there is a recovery, which as I understand it is a partition with a full micro-operating system from which can be used to decompress an operating system from an image on the sdcard and make it the current operating system. What I want to ask is. I want to root my device. For this, I can use Odin 3 and ChainFire. Once the device is rooted will I be able to go back and unroot the device? In order to do so I would like to save the program which reinstalls the android operating system from scratch. Where is this program. I want to back it up in case needed, I don't want to lose it or customize it. I can see my image on sammobile.com, but the download is slow if you do not pay for the download, and I was unable to download the image. If I install ClockworkMod as my recovery, I need to root the device first before installing ClockworkMod, so when ClockworkMod overwrites the recovery, the old recovery will be gone and I will only be able to restore the rooted version of the OS. Plus, I will not be able to reinstall the old recovery as once overwritten by ClockworkMod this old\/original recovery will be gone. Is this correct? What if I want to back up the unrooted version of the OS? Thanks."} {"id":"58078","title":"News about the missing Enter Key in Swype?","text":"I think that Swype could be exactly the Keyboard I need, I like it very much, but without an Enter key it is impossible to use for me, makes no sense. Does somebody have news about this theme? Will it be solved or is it already solved? Thanks"} {"id":"58071","title":"SD Decrypt process Interrupted on Note 2","text":"Running NOTE 2 GT-N7100. Stock ROM not rooted. Enabled full device encryption and SD encryption a couple of month back. Today decided I wanna decrypt the device (process went successful) and then proceeded to decrypt SD card. SD Card decryption process was interrupted by a random device restart. Now my phone sees the SD card as full decrypted but no data can be loaded. I see folder structure, file names, but unable to open any of the files on SD card. Any ideas?"} {"id":"54173","title":"How to root my huawei mediapad s7-301u","text":"I need to root my huawei mediapad s7-301u android tablet. Currently it is running android 4.0.3. My development PC is on 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I tried so many sites about rooting this tablet but getting so many issues here. I am explaining the issues below I faced while rooting. Currently there is no google-play,CWM-recovery in my tablet so please consider this situation also when answering. 1. So I downloaded android-sdk on my PC and got the adb and fastboot. 2. then I downloaded a zip file and put it on my tablet and tried to reboot into recovery but I can't see anything like \"install zip from sdcard\". Only I can see 4 menu items reboot fastboot,reboot,recovery and power off. 3. I tried the recovery one when I do that one android logo with some setting icon animation appears in green and the tablet goes to normal boot process and starts normally. 4. When I press the power button and volume down button also nothing happens at boot time. 5. Then I downloaded boot.img to flash it using fastboot. But here also fail. The fastboot lists my devices with command \"fastboot devices\" but when i try to flash, it stucks at \"waiting for devices\". Now feel confused and messed up with tablet for rooting. Can anybody please guide me step by step process to check and root this tablet. I will be so much grateful to get the answer."} {"id":"12330","title":"How can I download an APK file from the Play Store?","text":"I can't download apps from the Play Store on my Android device (maybe due to a network issue), so I'm wondering how could I download the APK file of an app on my PC from http:\/\/play.google.com\/store?"} {"id":"25430","title":"Download Google Play Apps from Computer?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I download an APK file from the Play Store? Can I not download the Google Play Android apps first in my computer and then transfer it to my mobile and then install and use it?"} {"id":"64111","title":"How to Install apks from computer?","text":"Was just wondering is it possible to Install apks directly from pc. I am not talking it through Google play . I have a rooted device."} {"id":"58294","title":"How to install a file manager to Xperia L WITHOUT internet connection?","text":"It's a big **shame** that this phone does not have any file manager by default. I have the .apk installer of the file manager on my PC, but how to install it on phone **offline**? (offline = no internet connection) Help"} {"id":"29350","title":"Install your own software","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I install an app given only its APK file? I'm thinking abount getting a smartphone, mainly for tinkering with it. On iOS, in order to install your own code, you need to either root the device, or buy into Apple's developer program. What's the current state of things in the Android world? I see the SDK and developer documentation are readily available, but people talk about Kindle's Fire and Google's Nexus as closed systems."} {"id":"728","title":"Is there a way to download applications from the Android market for offline installation?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to download apk file on PC from market? Is there a way to download an Android installation package from the market so that it can be installed offline at a later time (e.g. from an SD card)? This might be useful for backing up applications so you don't have to search for and download them all again. It could also be useful setting up multiple devices or just sharing an application with a friend in an area without network access."} {"id":"26866","title":"How do I download app's APK file from Market to my desktop computer?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I download an APK file from the Play Store? Is there any working tool I could use to download app's APK file from Market to my desktop computer? I know there was a Chrome extension but it no longer works."} {"id":"55286","title":"Can I download apps via my Linux PC then install them on Android from there?","text":"I have a Motorolla Citrus smart phone. I have Linux Mint Nadia Cinnamon I am a total newb to smart phones and don't understand much of the terminology and what can be done. I am temporarily out of data\/an internet connection on my plan. Is it possible for me to download an app from the google apps \"store\" to my Linux PC, then to transfer it over to my Android\/Citrus? If so is there a guide that explains it in baby steps? If not, my phone is a \"3G\", how fast would it take to download an app? I could probably go to a Starbucks or somewhere with a WiFi connection. Thanks"} {"id":"17134","title":"Can I download Android apps to a computer and then transfer to my phone","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to download APK file on PC from Market? I'm wondering if I can download Android apps to my computer then transfer to a phone because I don't have a wifi connection on my phone to download."} {"id":"58901","title":"How to install an app outside Google Play?","text":"How can I install an apk app outside of Google Play. Like if I downloaded it from another site and I try to open it, it says unable to install and I read that you have to do something to get it to work. What do you have to do?"} {"id":"12692","title":"How to install and uninstall apk application from MAC to my mobile android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I install an app given only its APK file? I need to install a apk application into connected android mobile in my mac.Is there any way to install it?"} {"id":"6596","title":"Install .apk on android phone","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I install an app given only its APK file? First, as I understand, if I do not have the SD card slot on Android phone (e.g. Samsung Nexus S), the only way that I can install the .apk file is to either download from Android Market or use the SDK (description is e.g. here http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/guides\/install-apk-files-on-android\/) and the USB cable (With SD card I'm copying the .apk to SD card and then I'm using the ASTRO file manager). Installation by sending .apk file over Bluetooth (like it is done on Symbian) is not possible, I guess - at least I was not able to send an .apk on any Android phone (the Bluetooth transfer was always rejected by the phone). How can I install an .apk file on an Android Phone which does not have a SD card slot?"} {"id":"56858","title":"How do I get an android media player without going to the google play store ? I will transfer the media player to the smartphone using bluetooth","text":"How do I get an android media player without going to the google play store ? I will transfer the media player to the smartphone using bluetooth. step 1: I download the android media player to my notebook. step 2: I transfer the android media player to my smartphone. step 3: I install the android media player on my smartphone."} {"id":"19030","title":"Is there a way to add Kindle Fire as a device on the Android Market","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I download an APK file from the Android Market? I want to download APKs from the Android Market and sideload them to my Kindle Fire. I'm able to run APKs using ES File Explorer but not able to download them :("} {"id":"5566","title":"How can I install an app given only its APK file?","text":"I downloaded the APK file for an app to my PC. How can I install it on my phone?"} {"id":"47709","title":"How to install apps into android device without internet connection?","text":"I have: 1. A Windows XP with internet connection. 2. The .apk file in the computer. 3. A USB cable. 4. A rooted android device with sdcard. I do not have: 1. WiFi connection for my android device. 2. **Any file explorer app in android device.**"} {"id":"15590","title":"How can I get an .apk file to my phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I install an app given only its APK file? I just made a 'Hello World' app using Eclipse. Now I'd like to know how I can actually put the app onto my phone. Must all apps be downloaded through the marketplace, or can I simply transfer it to my phone?"} {"id":"54176","title":"Samsung Galaxy S3 losing 3G connection","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and once or twice a day I keep losing the 3G connection completely (Not even H+ \/ H-) and when I restart the phone, it works fine again. I have tried to take out the sim card and put it back in again, but No luck."} {"id":"62088","title":"Micromax A26 USB Debugging mode Not working","text":"I am having a Micromax A26. I have enabled the debugging mode of my phone and when trying to root it doesn't show up. One of my friends is a android developer he tried to use my phone for development purpose and he is also not able to detect my phone on android emulator even if the debugging mode is on. Everything else is working. USB data transfer and stuff works. But even if it is enabled debugging mode it doesn't detect. Can some one help me find a solution for this? Thanks in Advance."} {"id":"20253","title":"Auto focus not working on Galaxy Nexus","text":"I seem to have lost the auto focus capability on my Nexus. The phone is stock, only one update done (so it's XWKL2). I don't use the camera much, but I think I had auto focus when I first started using the phone. Now I have to manually focus by tapping the screen. I'd rather not clutter my phone with 3rd party apps for camera since I don't use it much, but I'd like to have AF for my random quick snaps. Any tips?"} {"id":"20250","title":"Sending all contacts *with number* via Bluetooth","text":"I would like to transfer all my contacts to a different phone from my Android 2.2 device. In my phonebook I disabled showing contacts without numbers. When I choose sending via Bluetooth however all contacts show up, thousands of them without number. I would like to send only those that contain number. I have the option \"select all\" but this includes and sends all contacts. How could I send only the ones with numbers?"} {"id":"50076","title":"Is there any way to know the RAM of an Android phone?","text":"I bought a Spice Stellar Jazz Mi-353. It tells me that it has 116MB of RAM, but it is supposed to be 256MB. Is there a way to check how much RAM my device physically has before deciding to get it replaced?"} {"id":"44426","title":"Motorola XT610 (Droid Pro) Root","text":"I've tried rooting my phone using z4root and after the entire process, I still get access denied with the `su` command in `abd shell`. I followed the instructions at droidforums. The first result from Google suggests the same tool. Is there anything else that I may have missed, or is this procedure outdated? System Version: 4.7.3.XT610.Verizon.en.US Model Number: Droid Pro Android Version: 2.3.4 Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9-ge13b57a"} {"id":"69263","title":"Is it possible to force an app to use cellular data instead of WiFi?","text":"Our local office provides free public WiFi for phones and tablets, but blocks access in ways that means that some applications (like WhatsApp) are unable to connect. Is there any way to configure Android so that a certain app (in this case WhatsApp, but could be others) will always use cellular data even though it is connected to a WiFi access point? Bonus points if it'll only do it for a specific access point, so we can configure it to use cellular data for the office but at home it'll still go over WiFi. Currently the only alternative is to either keep WiFi off (which is much slower and eats into data caps) or keep toggling WiFi on and off (which is really quite annoying). (Free or paid solutions appreciated. Using Android 4.3. Would prefer solutions that don't require root, but if that is the only way then so be it.)"} {"id":"31966","title":"Wifi Direct and internet simultaneously?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I connect to a wifi ap and 3g network simultaneously? Is it possible to use Wifi Direct and regular internet at the same time? For example, could an app be written that connects to the router's Wifi AP as a Wifi Direct peer? Would this app need root? If this is possible, please link to any code samples or existing apps or documentation that would be a helpful starting point. Thanks!"} {"id":"80864","title":"Is there a way to use the mobile network for data when connected to a WiFi network?","text":"I have two devices that I routinely connect to my android phone through WiFi that do not offer internet: * When in my car, an OBDLink MX WiFi https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/obdsol\/obdlink-mx-wifi-a-wireless-gateway-to-vehicle-obd * When downloading or viewing pictures and videos, a GoPro 3 Silver. Is there a way I can remain connected to these devices and yet use the mobile network for data? I don't see any settings for this, and lose internet connectivity until I disconnect from these devices - this is especially annoying in the car. The phone is an HTC One (m7vzw) with Android 4.4.4 (CyanogenMod 11M9)."} {"id":"75826","title":"Use data connection when WIFI has no internet access","text":"My friend has a wireless router in his car that supports streaming music. I would like to stream music to this router from my google play (or other internet source), but as soon as I connect to his router, I lose internet access (since his router doesn't have any kind of outside line). It seems that even though the router clearly doesn't have internet access, android is shutting down my 4G connection. Is there any way to change this behavior, or is it expected to change in Android L? It is a little disappointing that this doesn't work as it seems the iPhone has supported this for quite some time. For reference I am on android KitKat 4.4.3"} {"id":"20732","title":"How to remove apps from \"all downloaded\" in Play Store","text":"In the new Android Market\/Play Store (3.5.15) they have now got a list of \"all downloaded\" apps. I have had an android phone for a good 2\/3 years now and the list is huge, plus sightly more questionable apps which should have been lost in the ether of the internet have now been dredged back up to haunt me. Can I remove apps from here? Thanks"} {"id":"26635","title":"Removing Apps from \"Other apps in my library\" in Google Play?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I remove an app from the \"My Android Apps\" page? Is it possible to remove some apps from appearing in \"Other apps in my library\" in \"My Apps\" in Google Play when logged in from my Google Account?"} {"id":"22624","title":"How do I remove an app from the \"My Android Apps\" page?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to remove apps from “all downloaded” in Play Store I have a bunch of apps that I tried before then uninstalled. Now they're showing up on https:\/\/play.google.com\/apps but I don't think I'll be installing them any more in the future. How do I remove them from there?"} {"id":"53192","title":"How do I remove apps from my apps on the webpage","text":"Is there a way to remove apps that I've uninstalled from the My Apps section on the website?"} {"id":"21841","title":"Is there a way to clear your Google Play App history? (Not the search history)","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to remove apps from \"all downloaded\" in Play Store I'm looking to see if there is a way to clear the actual history of installed apps in Google Play, as opposed to the history of searches (which one can do right from the app). It'd be nice to be able to wipe out the old apps that I tried months ago and uninstalled. The sorting of the \"All\" apps list is actually pretty good, in that such apps tend to be at the very bottom; but if I go on a tangent trying a dozen different similar apps until I decide on one, I'll have those in my list for a bit. And, sure... there are a few apps in that list I installed then removed that might generate a blush or two if someone else saw it. I wouldn't expect to be able to remove apps that I have installed on any of my devices (nor would I want to, anyway)... just apps that I installed previously but do not have any longer."} {"id":"40961","title":"Factory reset a woo tablet","text":"I tried to reset a woo tablet 7\" without success: 1. When pressing [Power button] + [Volume Up] I can see the android icon with the warning icon but nothing happens! 2. pressing [Power button] + [Volume Down] opens a weird menu in a korean-like language. How I can perform a factory reset on a woo 7\" tablet? ## Update I can't access to the tablet, it's locked with gesture pattern."} {"id":"29760","title":"Google Talk alert sound","text":"Is it possible to change the alert sound when a new message arrives for Google Talk? My colleague and I both have Galaxy Nexus' running Jelly Bean and when either of us get a Google Talk message its very confusing! :) I can't see a setting for it in Google Talk and it doesn't seem to use the \"Default notification\" sound that is set under Settings -> Sound -> System. Thanks!"} {"id":"40968","title":"android app google chat","text":"My girlfriend and I have been enjoying google chat and the feature that lets you know when the other person is on their phone indicated by a green circle vs a red circle when the phone is in sleep mode. For some unexplained reason, my phone now indicats her status as being red all the time even when we are talking to each other. Shey says she has not changed any settings, can anyone tell me how to fix this or what woudl cause this to happen?"} {"id":"23449","title":"Aoson M19 -- Need Device Drivers","text":"Myself and a few others have an extra Aoson M19 android tablet on hand, but can't seem to find any USB device drivers for it. I assume this is because it isn't an overly popular tablet. Does anyone know where some drivers could be found? Perhaps someone wrote their own?"} {"id":"29927","title":"Screen issue on Asus Transformer Prime TF201?","text":"Sometimes when using the Asus Transformer Prime TF201, I see some artifacts or static occuring along the left side of the screen as pictured below. It kind of looks like a white barcode. It is running the latest version of Android 4.0.3 the **\"Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 Firmware: V9.4.2.28\"** this tablet has not been unlocked, yet... ![Asus Transformer Prime TF201 screen distortion](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/WYSpJ.jpg) Asus Transformer Prime TF201 screen distortion (click image to enlarge) Happens most often when viewing web pages in Chrome, etc. It does not happen all the time. Any ideas what might be causing this? Software, hardware, anyone else ever seen anything like this? Is this a hardware aka warranty issue?"} {"id":"82229","title":"What are alternative IDEs to ADT eclipse ? the emulator in adt eclipse is VERY SLOW","text":"I tried to develop apps in standard ADT - but it is very slow to respond to my clicks on the virtual smartphone.. Are there other FASTER alternative IDEs to ADT and better simulator coming with it?"} {"id":"12836","title":"How to move contacts and other data from Symbian to Android?","text":"I am changing my mobile from Symbian( **Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - S60v5** ) to Android( **Samsung Galaxy SII** ). I want to move the following data from my old mobile to the new one somehow. * Contacts * Calendar Entries * Bookmarks * Notes * _SMS, if possible_ Other data like images, videos etc I can transfer using my memory card. I have synced my contacts,notes already to Ovi Sync and calendar entries to Google calendar via Mail for Exchange."} {"id":"78527","title":"HOW TO ACCESS THE PHONE VIA ADB ;BROKEN SCREEN","text":"My karbonn s2 screen got cracked ,i need to transfer my contacts on pc.i tried using droid at screen (adb).since i can't go to usb debugging option because of damaged screen.While using droid@screen it doesn't read the device.How to solve it ? any help would be appreciated!!"} {"id":"77015","title":"How to get back my files from my Xiaomi mi 3 with broken touch screen?","text":"I have read through other places with similar questions and still cannot find a clue. My phone is still working (e.g. power button and able to turn on and off) but my touch screen isn't due to a crash. I haven't sync all of my things in micloud and I want to get it back. The main problem is I haven't enabled the USB debugging before I got my phone crashed. Therefore I cannot use the ADB to take control of my phone so as to access my files. All my things are stored in the internal storage of my phone as the phone doesn't require any sd card. Can someone please help ?"} {"id":"50853","title":"How to enable debug mode on Sony Xperia V with broken touch screen?","text":"My Sony Xperia V touch screen is broken in the right corner. The rest of the screen doesn't respond, but the LCD works fine. I need to make a full backup, but I can't activate debug mode. Also, Windows can't see the internal or external memory. Do I have any other options on retrieving my data? **UPDATE:** This problem is **SOLVED**. I got debug mode turned on by using a USB (Female) to Micro USB cable (Male). I connected a regular wireless mouse, and moused it through the settings."} {"id":"69040","title":"How to access data remotely in android","text":"Hi I need a bit help of you. My android phone display and Touch screen had broken. i want to recover my all data. Unfortunately My USB debugging is OFF so I can not use adb shell and access my device. but my phone is automatically connects to my home wifi. I read somewhere that you can access adb through wifi. is it possible to do like that.? NOTE: I can not able to enable or disable anything because My touch screen is not working. Your help would be appreciated. Thank you"} {"id":"69564","title":"How do I enable USB debugging on my broken digitizer nexus 7?","text":"I dropped my Nexus 7 and the screen is broken (I can still see the background image, but the touch-input is broken. Everything else still seems to be working). I'm a noob at android, but I think I found a way to use adb to remove the lock screen so I can continue using my device with my bluetooth keyboard. Is there a way to enable USB debugging from ADB on my computer?"} {"id":"77633","title":"Remotely activating USB Debugging","text":"I have two android phones with broken screen (black, touch seems to work though). These phones are not mine but of a friend. I personally have a (working) Galaxy S3. The idea is to get back data (photos, videos and music) back from the phones. USB Debugging is not activated on the broken phones as my friend is not the kind of user who needs such thing. First, I have to mention one thing that surprised me. Since when `adb` doesn't show a connected device, even though USB Debugging is not on? Second, I thought about something like `androidscreencast` or `Droid@Screen` to use my computer to see and enter the different PIN. The latter works great, obviously, with USB Debugging on. So dead end again… So, is there anyway to use adb to force USB Debugging or any other way? PS: I'm on MacOS X, if that matters. But in the worst case, I'm fine using a VM or anything cause buying new screens would be more expensive and not much useful."} {"id":"81583","title":"Enabling adb via recovery mode","text":"I'm using a HTC One S (Ville C2) with TWRP as the recovery image, however I currently cannot see anything on the screen because the screen is cracked. I'm trying to recover the data inside the phone (no recent backups) however I'm faced with some problems. Fix 1: turn on phone, and use `adb` to `adb pull` the data inside the phone. The problem here is that USB Debugging resets itself upon phone restart. Hence this method cannot be used. Fix 2: attempt to recover data via adb in recovery mode. I realised that the internal sdcard had to be mounted, however it kept on giving me the `\/etc\/fstab` directory not found error. Had no idea how to mount it. Fix 3: attempt to enable USB debugging upon next reboot. Attempted to follow the instructions on \"Can't pass the initial setup wizard on SG3 with broken screen digitizer\" however I realised that my \/data\/data partition was empty. Given all these scenarios, could anyone help me retrieve my data? Many thanks in advance!"} {"id":"48169","title":"How to turn HTC Widfire with blank screen into debug mode","text":"My screen on HTC Wildfire has gone blank and so have got my phone upgraded. Whilst the guy in the shop was able to transfer my pictures and video, when he tried to transfer my contact phone numbers he said he couldn't do that without putting the phone into debug mode, and he could only do that if he could see what he was doing on the screen. Is there any way of getting a HTC Wildfire into debug mode without having to use the screen?"} {"id":"64361","title":"Is it possible to enable usb debug without touch screen?","text":"I have a samsung i9100 phone. The screen is broken. Usb debug mode is not enabled. So is it possible to enable usb debug in such situation? I don't want to replace the screen now."} {"id":"59345","title":"Retrieving phonebook and photos from Xperia V with broken screen","text":"I dropped my phone and broke the touchscreen and display, but I need to recover the phone book and all the pictures. Any suggestions? I tried connecting it to a PC over USB but can't configure it."} {"id":"41361","title":"How to extract SMSes from a non rooted device with a broken touchscreen?","text":"I have an HTC Wildfire S A510e (Android 2.3.5, not rooted). I want to extract my SMS messages and import them into another device. # Problems: * There is no free space on the internal memory left. No apps such as SMS backup can be installed. * The touchscreen is broken, I cannot unlock the display or use any buttons (e.g. home, back, search). * Device is not rooted. I cannot view the contents of `\/data\/` and thus can't use `adb uninstall` to free up space. The SMS-database is located in: \/data\/data\/com.android.providers.telephony\/databases\/mmssms.db `ls -l` outputs: -rw-rw---- radio radio 977920 2013-03-12 10:12 mmssms.db However, `adb pull mmssms.db` or `cat mmssms.db` don't work (Permission denied). Any suggestions?"} {"id":"74698","title":"How to root my android device without losing data?","text":"I want to root my android device but i have so much if personal data stored in it and also doesn't have a micro sd card slot. So what i was wondering that is there any way to root my device without losing any data at all? I don't have my PC"} {"id":"64241","title":"Create Backup Image for my Nexus 5 without root?","text":"> I have Nexus 5 with 16 GB Model, and almost 90% of Storage is filled ... I > want to take backup of every thing and save it on my computer as ISO or any > image file . Do a factory reset Installed new apps...and data .. and repeat > same (create image) and i can restore my older image so i can enjoy those > apps i had downloaded earlier .. Is it possible to do without rooting my phone ?"} {"id":"47903","title":"Restore SMS from a phone with broken screen","text":"I have a _Samsung Galaxy S_ phone with a broken screen. I have text messages on it from about 2 years ago (which I need for court). After the screen broke I changed service providers. Now their is no service to the phone. So if I fix the phone will my messages still be on the phone?"} {"id":"75527","title":"Samsung galaxy s3 LCD and screen gone need contacts","text":"I recently broke my samsung galaxy s3 completely shattered screen but still sounds when text or call comes through (unable to awnser or see) and blue button at top on when charging I just want contacts from phone but after downloading lots of various program's to my laptop e.g kies, vibo , lots and lots others , you're mobile needs to be de bugged now I can not access my screen so can not put into the mode for it to then access can someone please help is there away to get contacts or not ? Thank you ."} {"id":"39536","title":"Creating Backup before rooting","text":"I am planning to root my android ICS phone. How can I create a backup of android OS before rooting it? Will creating a backup brick my phone?"} {"id":"72966","title":"Is it possible to transfer EVERYTHING from one Nexus 5 to another?","text":"I just broke the screen on my phone, and the way my insurance works, they're going to replace it with a new one... However, I've spent a lot of time setting up everything in my phone, and would like to not have to do it again... Is it possible to transfer EVERY SINGLE BIT OF DATA on my phone to my pc, and then restore it in a new one?"} {"id":"76997","title":"Retrieving contacts from Android phone (Sony Xperia Z)","text":"My Xperia Z recently suffered from a broken screen and is now not functional at all. YOu can see the screen, but the touch facility has completely gone. I can't even turn the thing off. I have a really cheap alternate phone that I would like to use temporarily but I could do with getting the contacts from the Xperia, on to my SIM card, then in to this cheap phone. This alternate phone I have has no functionality which will allow it to connect to a PC, so I need to get the contacts on to the SIM via other methods. A couple of methods I have been thinking about, but don't know if they are possible or not are: 1. Connect the Xperia to my PC and some how manually move the contacts from the phone to the SIM (I am not even going to be able to enable USB Debugging so I doubt there will be a lot I can do with the phone connected to the PC except explore the files). 2. Move the contacts from the phone on to the PC, then some how store the contacts on to my friend's phone (Samsung S3 Mini), and copy them to the original SIM from there? (I have no idea of how contacts are formatted so unsure whether or not they could just be moved from Sony to a Samsung so simply). They are the 2 main thought processes I have - any feed back on whether these are possible would be greatly appreciated as there are some very important numbers on this Xperia that I need for work! Thanks in advance (Apologies if this is in the wrong section, or doesn't necessarily class as an Android issue!) UPDATE: Seems I can't use adb Shell due to USB debugging being disabled and Screencast is a no go due to the phone not being rooted. I can see files within the Internal Storage such as .anchor, Alarms, Albums), is there a particular file within these subfolders which may contain the contacts which coul potentially be read? Even if I had to manually enter the numbers in to another phone, that wouldn't be so bad!"} {"id":"82210","title":"Unlocking Nexus 4 with cracked screen","text":"Recently a short fall broke not only my Nexus 4's cheap phone case, but the digitizer as well. The LCD and everything else is perfect, however the touch screen only works on the top quarter of the screen. I have no bluetooth mouse\/keyboard and USB On-The-Go doesn't work for Nexus 4. Unfortunately USB Debugging is disabled (I really regret turning it off). How can I unlock it or back up the data on my phone?"} {"id":"37685","title":"Resetting Nexus 4 with cracked and Locked Screen","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I backup data (sms\/contacts) from a device with a broken screen? My Nexus 4 fell and cracked its screen: ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Ohb6P.jpg) One of the caveats in its design is the glass on the back makes it slide down and fall from pretty much any surface. Another caveat is the curved unprotected glass on the front. If it falls down, it'll most likely crack. # Given After it fell, the phone \"lost its touch\" i.e. it does not respond to any \"touching\". It is not rooted, the screen is (pattern) locked, hence I can neither see the files via MTP nor can do: adb shell rm \/data\/system\/gesture.key since permission is denied. I am also unable to adb pull \/data\/data\/com.android.providers.contacts\/databases to save my messages, configs, etc.. for the same reason. The only thing I have backed up is pictures (which of course is \"something\"): adb pull \/sdcard\/ \/destination # Question(s) I need to back up and reset it before shipping it back. * How do I go about backing up the \"databases\" (e.g. SMS, configs, etc)? * How do I wipe it clean, so whoever gets it can't get my data? * * * # EDIT Since this is closed as duplicate, which it's really not, here is the solution to this problem in case somebody else is looking for it."} {"id":"75901","title":"How to backup Galaxy S3 using google?","text":"I am about to switch my phone from an old Galaxy S3 to a new Galaxy S3 and would like to keep my apps, pictures, etc. How can I backup my old phone using Google so I can use that backup on my new phone?"} {"id":"81568","title":"How do I get text messages from broken Samsung Fame","text":"dropped phone grrr. Screen cracked, it lights up but, I can't swipe the screen. I have linked to Kies, got my Contacts over, But, I can't seem to find Texts\/sms. Any help greatly appreciated. Sue Samsung Galaxy Fame."} {"id":"48325","title":"My phone's screen died but it still works. How can I get the text messages from it?","text":"People are still sending me texts even though I can't read them. I've gotta get a replacement quick, but I also need to get the important texts I missed. Is there any way I can get them through my pc? To be clear, the screen is completely blank but I can still unlock it via touch pattern. It takes a few tries but Android File Transfer on the mac will tell me if it can or can't connect. If it can't, I just try again and I can get it. So the touch part still works, it just doesn't show any information. The phone is a Galaxy Nexus. When I connect it to my Mac, I can see the files in it via the Android File Transfer window. However, I can't find the texts here. I have the Android SDK installed and I was told I can do this: adb pull \/data\/data\/com.android.providers.telephony\/databases\/mmssms.db However the device shows up as `offline` when I do `adb devices`. I can't figure out a way get it showing up as `online` without being able to use the screen."} {"id":"75422","title":"Get Contacts only using command line","text":"Is there a way to get the contacts out of my smartphone using linux command line? im not being able to use the touch screen since my galaxy s2 fell on the floor and its screen went black."} {"id":"79403","title":"Galaxy s3 backup contacts google play","text":"How can I get my contacts backs from my galaxy s3 when the LCD doesn't work and the screen is pitch black ?"} {"id":"75691","title":"Get Contacts of galaxy s2 with broken screen","text":"Is there a way to get the contacts out of my smartphone? I'm not being able to use the touch screen since my galaxy s2 fell on the floor and its screen went black. the phone is not rooted, and I am not being able to enable usb debugging. I tried using Kies via usb but I can't unlock the device since I had a keyboard key. I also tried with MyPhoneExplorer but the device isn't recognized when conected via usb."} {"id":"25646","title":"How do I backup data (SMS\/contacts) from a device with a broken screen?","text":"I just broke the screen of my (unrooted) Galaxy S. How do I get back my SMS and contacts? PS: I tried Kies but it won't detect my phone for some reason. (Kies works fine with another Galaxy I possess but not this one)"} {"id":"3135","title":"If I root my Android phone, will I lose all of my data?","text":"As the question title implies, if I root my Droid Incredible (or any Android phone), will I lose all of my data? I'm not interested in installing a custom ROM right now so will rooting cause me to lose my data? Also, which tool should I use to root the phone? **Edit #1:** Based on a suggestion, I rooted my Incredible using Unrevoked, and I didn't lose any information."} {"id":"42227","title":"How do I backup my Nexus 7 and then do a hard reset","text":"I'm really new to using Android, and I was wondering if I could back it up, reset it to see if it fixes a problem, and then restore from my backup if it doesn't work."} {"id":"53995","title":"Read access to \/data\/data\/com.android.chrome\/app_chrome\/profile on a Nexus 10","text":"How's this for a catch 22 - I would like to make a copy of the full folder structure starting at the path above. I have explored: * Finding ways to move the app onto the internet data storage (SD card equivalent), _before realising that it would likely still leave the app data in the protected`\/data` directory_ * Looking for ways to root the device, without wiping the storage, as I have read is possible for a few other mobile devices (Nexus 7 for one) * \"Temporary rooting\" the device - This looks to be most promising, but I cannot find how to do this for the Nexus 10 In my desperation, have also tried to export the Chrome for Android history (least preferable solution), but: * Chrome for Android provides no way of saving `chrome:\/\/history` * The Google based sync is missing many pages, even whole days of pages, when viewing in Portable Chrome on the desktop * The press-and-hold clicking of individual links on `chrome:\/\/history` page, would take too long. * `chrome:history` doesn't display the full URL's, so the screenshots (Power + Volume down, concurrently) I took are only semi-useful Then there is the open tabs: * `chrome:sessions`, `chrome:tasks` present a \"Web page not found\" error, which I presume means that they are not available on the Android version. Does **anyone** have something else for me to try?? **EDIT:** After Dan Hulme's pointing out that there is already a workaround to this, I would like to change this question to ask if there is any way to mount the back file `adb backup` produces, instead of having to recover it to a like device, in order to work with the files contained with the archive."} {"id":"54272","title":"How to perform a full system dump\/backup with a broken screen?","text":"So, yesterday my phone took a serious tumble. It is now essentially useless, as the screen either fails to turn on, or when it does, there is nothing useful to see (just lines of primary colors, mostly). I believe (from the fact that it still chirps at me when emails come in, etc), that the phone is still functional, otherwise. I would like to perform a full system dump, so that I can get off any files from the phone (a TMobile SGS2 (hercules) running slimrom 4.3 build 1). The sdcard probably isn't important, as I can just pull it, but the phone's own internal storage I should like to get a copy of. When I plug the phone into a usb port, it 'mounts' the usb via MTP, and I can see all the files. Unfortunately, when I do a `select all | copy | paste` operation, the paste op dies before transferring all files. I've tried a couple other ADB shell operations, in hope of flipping regular USB mounting on, but nothing has worked. Any ideas how I can get a full dump of my poor phone's contents? # Edit Currently running a `adb pull \/sdcard\/` ... Its copying files presently, but its too early to tell if its going to get evertying I'm expecting. # Edit #2 looks like its going to work...its taking a rather long time, but it appears to be grabbing everything I was expecting it to."} {"id":"54047","title":"Get phone data out when screen is dead","text":"I have rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 with Rootbox Android 4.2.2 installed. My phone screen is dead and I want to get following data out of the phone. * SMS (Most important) * Photos * Other files in internal card Everything in the phone is working except the screen. I can call my phone and everything. Whenever I try to connect to computer, it connects as MTP device and shows nothing inside it. Had there been a way to start the Airdroid or something to take the screenshot in realtime so that I can take backup of data and upload it on dropbox or google drive, it would have been easier. I would like know if it is possible to access screenshot of my device through adb or something? If yes, which softwares and tools I will need to install? Are there any other methods that I can use to make it faster."} {"id":"25698","title":"Can a non-rooted Android 4.0.3 smartphone’s ROM be backed up?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Full Backup of non-rooted devices I am using a smartphone running non-root Android 4.0.3 and am also a desktop Linux user (Ubuntu 12.04 amd64). In Linux\/Ubuntu, I could backup my whole system (whole partition) into a file image and when necessary, restore my whole system (including MBR) back on my desktop computer. (e.g. using \"clonezilla\") It seems that there are similar Android apps (e.g. ClockworkMod) for system backup (Android rom backup) on a rooted Android device. However, I am not sure whether there is similar system backup apps for a non-root Android device ? Could anyone tell whether it is possible ? I have difficulties in using root-device rom backup apps such as \"ClockworkMod\" as my smartphone (ASK SP404) is not a branded smartphone and I could not find any rooting procedures for this phone, although there are good discussions on the web that talk about this, e.g. HOW TO ROOT your Android phone. (This thread talks about Android rooting procedures for many branded phones, but not my phone ! ) It would be great if anyone could suggest a rooting procedure for my phone, or some directions that I could try. Thanks in advance for any advice."} {"id":"48505","title":"How to copy SMS messages to computer with phone screen broken","text":"I own a Samsung Galaxy S III (rooted). My phone recently fell out of my car and was ran over multiple times before I could recover it. The phone still works. I can turn it off and on (sound and vibrate work) but the screen is completely useless. The back and the settings key both light up when I press the home key, but they do nothing and I can see nothing on the entire screen. What I want to know is, I have business texts on my phone that I need to save. Is there a way to pull (or copy) the messages from my phone to my computer? P.S. I attempted using Wondershare Dr.Fone, but it will not work as I need to allow the application superuser access via the phone, which I cannot do because the screen does not work. I am unsure whether the USB debugging is on or off. I have been looking at other questions related to this one, but most of them involve the touch aspect of the screen still working Thank you all in advance."} {"id":"38501","title":"How to backup my app data if my phone is not rooted?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Full Backup of non-rooted devices I'm going to flash (format) my Samsung Galaxy S2 (both the external sd and internal sd) . My phone is not rooted. But there are some app's data that i want to backup before formatting.Those are some of my games' progress,Mozilla Firefox's history,bookmarks etc,Opera Mini history etc. , and the songs i tagged in Shazam . How am i supposed to do that since i know that you can't backup app data such as game progrees if your phone is not rooted ? Also i can't access those apps,whenever i open them they constantly crash,this started 1 week ago,that's why im gonna flash my device (but this is another thread's subject).I would appreciate help with any of the apps above."} {"id":"49555","title":"paid apps can no longer be backed up on new android os by \"my backup pro\" are there any apps that still do a full backup","text":"\"my backup pro\" response from the developer was: \"Yes these are paid apps that are not longer accessible for backups on the new Android os\". is there a android backup app that works on the new android os?"} {"id":"47975","title":"Is there a way to do Nandroid backup directly to pc and then restore it directly from pc also?","text":"My phone doesn't have enough space to store backup files so I wonder if there is a way to do Nandroid backup and restore with files stored on pc."} {"id":"48431","title":"Is there any way to root JB without losing all data and settings?","text":"Is there any technique to root Jelly Bean (perhaps temporarily) without losing all data and settings? The phone is Nexus S i9020 with Android 4.1.2. The phone has a bad case of the \"Lag\" problem - AndroBench reports: Random rd 4.4 MB\/s (1127 IOPS) Random wr 0.18 MB\/s 49.86 IOPS. I have found \"LagFix\" as a possible solution but it requires root. I have no other reason for root, and would be happy to have a \"temporary\" root that would let me run LagFix to solve that problem, and then be back to unrooted after restarting. I checked the suggested answer (This question already has an answer here:) If I root my Android phone, will I lose all of my data?, but it is from 2010 and recommends a tool (Unrevoked) that only supports specific phones (not including the Nexus S). I saw a different approach here but it appears to be for Gingerbread 2.3.3 and prior. I'm running JB 4.1.2. So I'm still looking for a way to root JB without losing data."} {"id":"80669","title":"Need to recover Handcent SMS\/UPM password db from working Razr Maxx with broken screen","text":"I have an unrooted Droid Razr Maxx with 4.1.2. Dropped it in the driveway and broke the screen. That aside, the phone is functional and presumably works - I still get audible notifications for various things with it. I'd love to be able to recover\/restore my Handcent sms messages, and more importantly, recover\/restore my Universal Password Manager (UPM) database to the replacement I obtained. Any ideas, smart people?"} {"id":"64354","title":"How to do a full nandroid backup via pc","text":"How to do a full nandroid backup via pc using adb or anything or any software specialised for it."} {"id":"28296","title":"Full Backup of non-rooted devices","text":"I know I'm asking for the close-to-impossible -- as a real full-backup certainly requires root permissions. But still there are many folks around not wanting to root their devices -- afraid of voiding their warranties or bricking their devices, or just not having their devices supported by any rooting method. I also know there were a lot of questions asked already on this topic, and I checked all of them having the _backup_ tag -- none covers the entire topic, all just have pieces, and especially people new to Android (but other non- power-users as well) would have a hard time figuring out the best way. So **_I want a detailed canonical answer_** to the question: _**Not_ involving root-solutions, how to achieve a backup as close as possible to a _full backup_?** Please do **not** give simple one-liner answers like \"Use app xyz [full- stop].\" If mentioning an app (and I doubt a single app would be the answer here), include what parts are covered by it -- as well as ideas on how to fill the gaps it leaves. (And to make it absolutely clear: I know the first thing coming to mind is _Titanium Backup_ \\-- I use it myself, but this does _not_ apply here: This question is _strictly about methods for non-rooted devices!_ ) Moreover, the answer should be as _generic_ as possible in terms of applying to a wide range of devices (i.e. it should not be resticted to one device or manufacturer). I already mentioned having investigated all questions here tagged _backup_. These will certainly be helpful providing details for answers here, so I will list up the topmost ones concerning my question: * How to backup an Android device? * How do I perform a full pre-rooting backup of an Android phone? * What info does Google backup? * How can data on an unrooted phone be backed up? * Could a non-root Android 4.0.3 smartphone's rom be backup? * How do I back up (and restore) my phone before installing a custom ROM? * Backup my Android without my Apps, Settings, Config's, etc. All these provide some details for my question (so feel free to get inspired by them) -- but I feel there are still details missing. Also it would be helpful to have a summary -- say, an answer including the full description of \"the maximum possible\". A last criterium: While I'd consider cloud-based solutions ligit, I'd favour local solutions. If you can provide both: all the better. But some people value privacy quite high (I'm one of them), and thus would not trust their data to some cloud service. * * * Thanks to Ryan, we now have a solution for a **really complete backup** of all apps and their data -- which I didn't dare to hope for! The only disadvantage: His solution only works for less than 10% of all Android users; namely those whose devices are running at least with **Android 4.x**. So again, I ask the close-to-impossible: **Any solutions applyable at least on Gingerbread** (2.3.x) or, better, even Froyo (2.2.x) -- so they cover the majority of current devices? These solutions may involve multiple tools (try to keep it as simple as possible though; think of your mother to follow your instructions ;) And keep in mind: **NO ROOT!** * * * To further motivate high-quality answers (and hopefully avoid low-quality ones), I will be a harsh one here: As I rarely do, **I _will_ down-vote** answers not fitting the mentioned criteria on one end -- but on the other end, **I will setup a bounty** for the best answer (which cannot be done immediately, but earliest after 2 days)."} {"id":"54956","title":"How to get your data(Photo's\/Video's) from your broken phone?","text":"Last week my Samsung Galaxy Fame broke, everything still works only the screen doesn't work anymore. It won't react if you touch it but it still works when you unlock it, so basically you can't do anything. Does anyone know how to restore my photo's to my PC, when I plug it into my computer it shows me that there aren't any files, but I have done it before and there should be files. Can anyone PLEASE HELP ME?! THANKS A BUNCH"} {"id":"8545","title":"Motorola Defy Gallery app is crashing upon start","text":"I have for a couple weeks a Motorola Defy with Android 2.1 (Eclair), since today the **Gallery app crashes upon start** , the screen is shown for a less than a second and then it dies. The only odd thing I did was adding a \".nomedia\" file to directories where I store music so that the disc covers would not show up on the Gallery app. How can I fix that? Can I reset just that app? Thanks"} {"id":"8546","title":"How GPS works in android phone","text":"I want to know how GPS works on android phone. Does it send any identification data to service providers\/phone manufacturers\/Map providers? I recently read a new about IPhone tracking users - http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/04\/21\/apple-tracking-location-database\/. I am using Samsung android phone. How can be sure that nobody is tracking me even if I keep my GPS on for my running app tracking? Thanks."} {"id":"8540","title":"What can I expect from the \"Pure Google\" Nexus S 4G?","text":"Sprint recently announced that they are going to sell the Nexus S, and that it will be \"Pure Google\", implying that there will not be any additional carrier fluff on the device. I am considering buying the phone, but I'm hoping others who already have the Nexus S or Nexus One can tell me a little bit about what to expect. * **Are the updates timely?** With my HTC Hero, I found that I had to wait a long time for updates for the OS, and eventually it stopped receiving updates, leading me to install Cyanogenmod for Froyo\/Gingerbread. Will I be getting updates for new versions of Android almost as soon as Google releases it? * **Can I tether?** I'm assuming that if this is \"Pure Google\", it will not have restrictions on it such as grayed out tethering buttons. Is that a valid assumption? Or do I need to root the phone? If I root, do I still get OTA updates? This segues to the next question.. * **What can I not do without root access?** I understand that if I want to install a different boot loader or Cyanogenmod or something, I need root access. But if we're looking at day to day activities, is there functionality that I will be missing without root access? And any other factual comments about things I may not have considered that's materially different from running a carrier-fluffed phone would be greatly appreciated!"} {"id":"50419","title":"Update Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G T769 to Jelly Bean","text":"Device: Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G T769 Android: 4.0.4 (ICS) I want to upgrade it to Jelly Bean 4.1 or 4.2 or 4.3. I searched the internet, and I did not found anything. How do I upgrade?"} {"id":"66507","title":"One-handed operation: Use for all screens mode (tiny screen mode) doesn't work on Galaxy Note 3","text":"I have read all of the instructions I can find and watched several videos on how to turn on this feature and use it. After enabling the feature in settings>controls>On-handed operation>Use for all screens, and trying the back and forth quick swipe on several apps...I still can't make this work. Are there some competing settings or apps that disallow use of this feature? Thanks for your help."} {"id":"50410","title":"Can ADB Handle Multiple Connections?","text":"I am trying to script ADB and I was wandering if it can handle multiple installs at the same time in different threads. Does anyone know if this is possible?"} {"id":"50417","title":"Permanently deleting Email from Default Email app","text":"I have a Nexus 4 running Android 4.3 [OTA came on July 29 \\m\/] and I use the stock e-mail app called \"EMail\" (I don't like Gmail app). Whenever I delete an app, a folder called Imap\/Trash gets created and the mails I delete goes inside this folder. I can see this in the browser. Since I have OCD, I open the browser, delete the mails and remove the label. This is a bit irritating as I have to do this every day. Is there a setting or a tweak or something which lets me delete the mails from my Nexus and move the deleted directly inside Trash (like how it happens in the browser)? Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated! Cheers :-)"} {"id":"66509","title":"How do i download sketchup on an android tablet","text":"Is there an app that I can download to view google sketch up on my andriod table or phone."} {"id":"17414","title":"Is there a way to set app-specific volume?","text":"I'm looking for a way to set the media volume depending on the app being used. I generally keep my media volume down fairly low so as not to annoy my fellow humans overmuch; while playing Angry Birds, for instance. When I go into Doggcatcher, though, I generally want to crank the media volume way up, because I'm listening through earbuds or my car speakers and need that volume way up. Not such a big deal, but if later I go back to Angry Birds and I forgot to turn the volume back down it wakes up the whole house. This is exacerbated by the fact that the media volume does not follow the \"Sound off\" setting (accessed by a long-press of the power button). So, is there a way to do what I want? _(Android 4.0)_"} {"id":"52819","title":"My android earphone socket doesn't work","text":"When i plug my apple earphones into my phone it only plays on speaker. But when i put them into other devices sound comes out. I checked my phones socket to see if anything was maybe stuck in there, looked in my settings, but there was nothing connected to either. I know my ear phones work, but i don't know what else could be wrong. Please help?"} {"id":"60903","title":"Improving performance of YouTube app","text":"I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 (a.k.a. p4, P7500), running Android 4.2.2 rooted (latest CyanogenMod nightly build: 10.1-20131208-NIGHTLY-p4) and YouTube v5.3.28. Does anyone have an idea how to improve the performance of the video playback? What I'm experiencing is a lot of stutter: videos often only show a few frames per second (the audio seems to get priority and plays fluidly). Sometimes videos pause for a few seconds at a time. I'm testing with preloaded, fully cached videos, so it's not a problem of network connection. Killing background tasks helps a little bit when it's really bad, but doesn't fix the problem entirely. Now I know this isn't exactly a high-performance device, but when playing them with MX Player, all 720p videos are playing absolutely fluidly without a single stutter. This also includes the exact same videos that stutter in the YT app after downloading them and playing them with MX Player. So the device is _capable_ of playing back those videos perfectly fine. Any ideas what I could try to increase the YouTube app's performance?"} {"id":"60906","title":"terminal on real android device from PC","text":"I want to run terminal on my device however the small screen is very inconvenient. I wondering if it is possible to run terminal on real android device from PC?"} {"id":"26568","title":"Using External Bluetooth dongle in ICS 4.0.3 Tablet","text":"I have a HCL Me U1 Tablet with Android ICS 4.0.3 OS. Specification It does not have internal bluetooth but has a Micro-USB and USB port. I would like to know if bluetooth devices can be accessed by connecting an external bluetooth dongle through the USB port. And are there any apps for the same? I have not rooted my tablet yet. Any guidance on how to achieve it?"} {"id":"8292","title":"Do you have to root an Android device to install Ubuntu?","text":"Just as the title says. In order to install another ARM based Operating System or to dual boot your phone, do you have to have root access? I'm currently using a Motorola Atrix, not sure if that matters or not."} {"id":"75532","title":"Galaxy S5 stock browser user agent","text":"I have a problem with a site not detecting a stock S5 browser as mobile. I don't own a galaxy S5 so I asked the person who found this issue to send me the complete user agent string, this is what I got: `Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/28.0.1500.94 Safari\/537.36` does the S5 browser really not identify itself as running on an android device? Might this be the result of some custom setting (which I'm told never happened)? How else can I identify the S5 browser as being a mobile device?"} {"id":"14683","title":"Is some of my internal memory missing?","text":"I have an HTC Wildfire (the original, not the S version). It is supposed to have 512MB of memory. When I check my free space in the app manager I noticed I have around 185MB. Why is this? I am using CyanogenMod which is around 80MB, if this wasn't accounted for there is still a lot of space missing. Why is my phone reporting so little?"} {"id":"75847","title":"Internal Storage question","text":"why my internal storage is only 2.05 GB for samsung Galaxy fame however, my mobile features say that the internal storage is 4GB!?"} {"id":"79557","title":"8GB Nextbook8 only showing .98GB internal storage","text":"Running 4.4.2 KitKat. Does the OS really take up 7GB? I've only got like 5 games downloaded and already running out of space for apps. :("} {"id":"78339","title":"Android 4.1.1 system is consuming 4GB of my memory?","text":"I bought an Android 4.1.1 tablet, the ad said \"comes with 8 GB\". But when I go to the system configuration I get: **INTERNAL** 1,18 GB total Apps 0,90 GB Available 161 MB **NAND FLASH** Total 4,55 GB Free 4,17 GB I ask the vendor where is the 8 GB, and they said: \"the tablet comes with physical 8GB, but the Android System makes a partition for different purposes (Recovery, Loader, Apps, etc.) letting available for the user only 4 GB. The others partitions are not visible for the user. This is the same for all Android devices\". They are telling me the truth? or just are a bunch of liars and sold me an 4GB tablet ? Android 4.1.1 Core 3.0.8+ Compilation P758.6.01.01.20 Brand: NOBLEX - Model: T7014AR (official specification: RAM 1GB - Internal 8GB) http:\/\/www.noblex.com.ar\/tablets\/T7014AR Thanks a lot. * * * EDIT: u0_a78@android:\/ $ df Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize \/dev 443.2M 36.0K 443.2M 4096 \/mnt\/asec 443.2M 0.0 K 443.2M 4096 \/mnt\/obb 443.2M 0.0 K 443.2M 4096 \/system 607.4M 440.2M 167.2M 1024 \/data 1.2 G 1.0 G 153.8M 4096 \/cache 629.9M 16.5M 613.4M 4096 \/mnt\/external_sd 941.7M 16.0K 941.7M 16384 \/mnt\/sdcard 4.5 G 382.1M 4.2 G 8192 \/mnt\/secure\/asec: Permission denied \/mnt\/asec\/com.robotinvader.fooding-1 36.5M 34.8M 1.7 M 4096 \/mnt\/asec\/com.vkcode.SpaceTube-1 14.2M 12.6M 1.6 M 4096 1|u0_a78@android:\/ $"} {"id":"77723","title":"Only 2GB of Device Memory is shown on Samsung Galaxy S2","text":"I have Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100. As it has 16GB internal memory but it only shows that it has 1.97GB of device memory. I am not talking about the memory that is free after using some of the space. This is the max memory that it is showing. I have tried resetting to factory settings and erasing everything. Also, I cleared cache and dump logs. Nothing have helped me yet. When I connect it to my laptop, it shows that phone has 8.56GB used out of 11.4GB. But that is USB storage, isn't it? Under settings > storage > device memory [Total space = 1.97 GB]. The problem arises when I install few of the applications and it starts showing that you are running out of storage. I don't understand what it is showing only that much space."} {"id":"13606","title":"What happens with configurations and app data, practically, if I mod my device with custom firmware?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to backup an Android device? If I want to install a modified firmware like CyanogenMod, it seems like I should wipe the phone clean both before and after the operation. But what will happen to all of my * Android configurations (known Wi-Fi networks, bluetooth pairings, etc) * installed apps * app data * app configurations? Is there a simple way to make a backup of all of that and then restore them after the wipe on the brand new OS? What about stuff on SD card? Should I wipe the SD card clean too? What about the apps that are installed there? _(I've tried to look forother backup related questions, but they have to do with restoring the device to the exact same state - which of course would be the usual case when restoring backups.)_"} {"id":"23562","title":"How do I back up my phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to backup an Android device? I need to offload all my info from phone to laptop. I've enabled mass storage and plugged my phone in via USB to do this but it will not let me transfer the info. What do I need to do?"} {"id":"20296","title":"How do I back up (and restore) my phone before installing a custom ROM?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to backup an Android device? I am thinking of installing a custom ROM such as CM7 on my AT&T Galaxy S2 (SGH-i777). I have already rooted it. What is the best practice for backing-up (and potentially restoring) my phone? Notes for answerers: 1. I'm interested in step-by-step instructions to obtain a canonical answer rather than links into forum threads. 2. Will the method described be able to recover the phone if the ROM install process fails and \"bricks\" the phone? 3. Can the backup be moved to external storage (such as a computer) or is it only resident on the phone's internal memory. If it can be preserved off-device please describe this process as well."} {"id":"35816","title":"How to back up applications in Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to backup an Android device? If I have installed N number of applications including big games, and I would like to back up them, so I could restore the games as soon as I factory reset my mobile, how can it be done ? Any free apps ?"} {"id":"3062","title":"How do I back up my Motorola Droid?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to backup an Android device? Hi, I have a Motorola Droid that I need to send in for repair. How can I back up everything to my PC easily? The Moto Phone Portal expects you to individually download each photo. I would rather not transfer everything through wifi to my PC or to the cloud. * Photos * Contacts - gmail * App settings? * Playlists ?"} {"id":"11414","title":"Transfer applications and settings from my old Android phone to my new one","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to backup an Android device? I recently purchased a new Android device and I would like to be able to back up all of my settings\/installed applications\/app settings so that I can easily transfer them from the old phone to the new phone. I know that my Gmail synced items will automatically sync, but this doesn't help me with things like bookmarks and settings on my apps. Are there any good applications available on the market for helping me with this transfer? I'm not sure if it will cause any problems, but the old device is running Android 1.6, and the new device will be running Android 2.x"} {"id":"32224","title":"Prevent SMS deletion when removing Google Account","text":"Before, when I try to switch Google accounts (by removing old then adding new) my SMS got deleted. Is it possible to prevent this? Also, if I maintain two Google accounts then later decide to remove one. Can I prevent SMS deletion?"} {"id":"75288","title":"Access and modify files on the SD card of my mobile using WIFI tethering","text":"I am looking for an application for my Android 2.3.5 Sony Xperia X10i. I want an app that will mount my phone on my hot spot as eg: `http:\/\/192.36.02.08` , which will have both download and upload functions. I want this so that I can quickly transfer files from my computer to my mobile in a hurry, as I have found out that WiFi speeds for file transfers are much faster than that of an USB cable. Are there any apps that can do it? I appreciate any help."} {"id":"3746","title":"Automatically load a text file a few minutes after the alarm goes off - is there an app for that?","text":"Is there a way (presumably via a 3rd party app) that I can set a particular text file to open at a set time, i.e. something I need to read on a daily basis can be set to load at 6.03 after the alarm has finished going off?"} {"id":"75285","title":"How to open PDF in fullscreen","text":"maybe someone knows something that might help. is there an easy way to open a PDF in fullscreen, page fit 100% to screen, without blending effects, just the PDF without any menu? i tried to make a html and open it in a fullscreen browser but it doesnt show the pdf."} {"id":"558","title":"Android 2.2 on Verizon, specifically Droid","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? Does anyone know when 2.2 will be released for Verizon phones? Also, is there a way to install it currently? I'd like to upgrade as soon as possible because it is really nice but, Verizon is so slow in getting these out."} {"id":"8364","title":"Where and how can I upgrade my Galaxy 5 legally to Froyo?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I have a Galaxy 550 and want to upgrade it to android 2.2 where and how can i do this legal? thanks already."} {"id":"1823","title":"Android 2.2 (froyo) update available or not for myTouch Slide?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? I haven't been able to keep up with the update calendars. But I did some google searches to find if the froyo update is available for T-Mobile's myTouch Slide. I heard the update was going to be live for most HTC devices around august but it's been awhile and I haven't gotten the update. Anyone know what I should do about this? Is it available? If so, can I install it manually?"} {"id":"3334","title":"android2.2 for samsung galaxy 5(I5500)","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? hi,can anyone suggest me whether to upgrade my mobile from android 2.1 to 2.2?.the mobile is in warranty now..If so i can do it,can u suggest the steps to do.?"} {"id":"2770","title":"Android 2.2 update for samsung Galaxy 3 (I5801 and I5800)","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? when android 2.2 update will available for Samsung Galaxy 3(i.e Samsung I5801 and I5800)... ? do you have any idea when it is going to available... Is there any otherway around for installing non official 2.2 on it...? Thanks Please note that samsung galaxy 3 !=(is not equal to) Samsung Galaxy S... so please don't post answer that update is available for Galaxy S.. that update can not be installed in Galaxy 3"} {"id":"53223","title":"Upgrade for htc tattoo g4 from iOS 1.6 to 2.2","text":"How do I upgrade to iOS 2.2 on the htc tattoo g4 from iOS 1.6 to 2.2 ?"} {"id":"1691","title":"When will Android 2.2 be ready for HTC Wildfire with Sense (from Germany)","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? I am using an HTC Wildfire on the Rogers Canada network, and I purchased the phone on eBay from Germany. HTC tech support informed me that when Germany releases the 2.2 update it will be available over the air for my phone. Does anyone have an idea when we can expect this update to be available? Will there be any issues with Sense and my installed applications and data when I apply the update? Thanks!"} {"id":"3235","title":"Does SAMSUNG I5500 GALAXY 5 can be upgraded into Android 2.2","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I'm planning to buy an android phone and I've heard that SAMSUNG I5500 GALAXY 5 is the cheapest one. My question is, does SAMSUNG I5500 GALAXY 5 can be upgraded into Android 2.2?"} {"id":"4395","title":"Has android 2.2 froyo being released in India for Galaxy I5500?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? If it has, from where do i have to download it and how to install it?? Can any one give me the steps of how to install it from kies??"} {"id":"3261","title":"Samsung Galaxy 3 (GT i5801) - Waiting for FROYO Update","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? I have purchased **\"Samsung Galaxy 3\" Model number is GT-5801** \\- an android enabled phone, currently it is having Android 2.1 firmware, **`i would like to know whether it is upgradable to the upcoming version or not?`** I am not finding \"System Updates\" options anywhere in the phone so please let me know. I dont want to have updated firmware with the JailBreak or such kind of way !!"} {"id":"3872","title":"Upgrade Samsung Galaxy 5 I5503 into Android 2.2","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I have a Samsung Galaxy 5 I5503 running Android 2.1. Does Android 2.2 is available for my device? If yes, How can I update the firmware and what should I do first before upgrading it? Thanks."} {"id":"3431","title":"will samsung galaxy 5 get android 2.2 update","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? will samsung galaxy 5 get android 2.2 update ??"} {"id":"3665","title":"Is there any Android 2.2 updrate available for Samsung Galaxy S?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? if yes, how to upgrade it with out going service center."} {"id":"19467","title":"Upgrading from Android 1.6 to 2.2","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I'm having issues to upgrade my tablet to the 2.2 system. It's a generic tablet, from Kaser, I'm using it to develop a specific application. Now the specs changed, and I need it to run on 2.2. I had a look at their website and there is no info about the upgrading. Is it possible? Thier page"} {"id":"57668","title":"Pull or backup only the contacts from Android","text":"My phone is on a bootloope _ soft bricked. I have managed to detect it via adb on recovery mode. So now I want to know the exact command to pull contacts first from the phone to my pc. 1. Is this correct? adb backup -apk -shared -all -f C:\\test.ab 2. Next what is the generic (original factory) directory for phone saving all the pictures\/pdfs? What is the command I should run to pull those from phone to pc? 3. Is pulling faster or healthier a bricked phone than backing up into pc? 4. Also due to UK language settings my pc has no backslash, is there a way to get it into command prompt? (Since I am nooby and I just crashed everything I know right now from last night - please have mercy. I want to make sure the commands are precise.)"} {"id":"52103","title":"Titanium Backup - sync via Windows File Sharing (SMB) after backing up?","text":"I have Titanium Backup Pro with sync after backup option, but I don't want to sync to clouds, instead I want it sync backups to my PC via SMB. I also have Foldersync which supports SMB syncing but it works with scheduling only, what I need is syncing right after the backup procedure is done. Any suggestion ? Thanks"} {"id":"52100","title":"How can I restore the encrypted files contents from the Gallery Vault app?","text":"I have reset my device and forgot to open the Gallery Vault app, but I still have my encrypted files while unable to open them. ## How can I restore the encrypted files contents?"} {"id":"69642","title":"How to install custom kernel from source? - Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (GT-P5113)","text":"I have modified the kernel code in attempts to add a driver for USB to Ethernet. I have successfully compiled the code and am trying to install it onto my tablet. I am following the README that came with the source code provided by Samsung (making a .tar for the zImage file), but when I try installing it with Odin it gives me an installation error. Alternatively, I have tried making a zip file and installing with CWM and it again fails. I am thinking that I am missing some files needed to perform the installation. What else besides zImage do I need?"} {"id":"60018","title":"Tablet fails to boot up completely","text":"My Crystal View Android Tablet wont turn on all the way, it shows a few power on screens but then stops on the Android loading screen and stays there, What do i do?"} {"id":"57083","title":"Black screen after Flashed ROM build from AOSP source","text":"I everyone. I have compiled Android 4.3.1 for my device (Samsung Galaxy TAB 2 7.0). After flashed the compiled zip file my tablet stuck on samsung logo. After analyzed the Logcat i have noticed this part : I\/SurfaceFlinger( 109): SurfaceFlinger's main thread ready to run. Initializing graphics H\/W... D\/libEGL ( 109): loaded \/vendor\/lib\/egl\/libEGL_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so D\/libEGL ( 109): loaded \/vendor\/lib\/egl\/libGLESv1_CM_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so D\/libEGL ( 109): loaded \/vendor\/lib\/egl\/libGLESv2_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so F\/libc ( 109): Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0x00000000 (code=1), thread 136 I am not sure but i think my problem is linked to SurfaceFlinger. My problem is SurfaceFlinger can someone tell me how to fix it ? **PS : In case someone ask for it, here's my full logcat :http:\/\/charly1811.ga\/logcats\/logcat.txt or https:\/\/gist.github.com\/charly1811\/7488508\/raw\/60cc1b4795159efb3a4daaf2c05d437d73e7aeac\/logcat** Thanks in Advance"} {"id":"37308","title":"What happens when the Home button on Android phone is pressed?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What happens to a running program when “home” button is pressed in Android > phone? My friend raised a concern that pressing the home button is not advisable and it drains battery. Is it true? What happens when the Home button is pressed?"} {"id":"2065","title":"What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage?","text":"If you're not used to seeing the 'low on internal storage' notification, what is it that you're doing to keep your phone's internal memory from filling up so quickly? The 'SD Card and Phone Storage' menu in the settings doesn't really tell me much other than how much is free. And, I don't really have that many applications installed. The top 5 storage hogging apps on my phone are Gmail (18.6 MB), Twitter (17.5 MB), Facebook (12.55 MB), Maps (9.63 MB), and Swype (6.06 MB). So, are there apps out there (besides your normal file manager ones, like Astro) that will help monitor internal phone storage? Is there something I should be doing to keep my phone storage use to a minimum?"} {"id":"8213","title":"Good ways of clearing internal space?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless I need a good and solid way to find large things which are taking up lots of phone internal memory. My phone really just stops working, sync-wise, when I'm running low on space, which seems to be all the time. I'm running LeeDroid and have set my default install application as the SD card, but it seems that I can still fill up my internal phone storage quickly. I did try the App2SD+ setup, but couldn't seem to partition my card properly. So does anyone have any good tips? At the moment I'm clearing Maps data and Browser cache, but now that's gone also. Do apps on the SD card still put data on the phone? Or do I just need to make more effort partitioning my SD card to get App2SD working? Something which created a list or pie chart or both of internal space with links to clear data or uninstall would be idea."} {"id":"14567","title":"My HTC Desire has suddenly become full and is displaying the \"Disk Space Low!\" Message","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless -- Any help? I have always had a problem with my Desire's phone storage capacity so recently I did a factory re-set and started again. Everything was fine for a few weeks, I had loads of space and could download and install to my hearts content. Then all of a sudden I have the dreaded \"Disk Space Low!\" message again. Thsi is despite having only 39.116meg of apps installed on the phone. All possiable apps are on the sd card and there is nothing in the cache. Also all contacts, dates etc are stored on google. Can someone please explain what is taking up all this space i.e all 139 MB? I cant even download the latest software update!"} {"id":"36536","title":"Low internal memory, but high local and SD memory","text":"I have a MID android tablet which has been giving me low storage messages during some downloads lately. But when I check, the local and SD have practically 3GB free. So, where is this data going, and how can i direct it to local or the SD? I'm new with tablets; this is my first one. the local and SD have 3 GB free combined(sd has 2 GB local has 1 GB), the system disk shows about half full (795 MB left) and I have no idea how to move my apps to the SD."} {"id":"17233","title":"HTC STATUS-INTERNAL MEMORY LOW EVEN WITH SD-CARD?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage? I have the HTC Status, and love it! But lately I'm getting \"Internal memory low\" messages when I try to open or download something in my messages. It tells me to go to the \"settings\" tab and make space. I don't have many Apps on it, the biggest I believe is the FB App-but it's the so called \"FB Phone\" so why am I still having issues? I uninstall and delete data and try to move things to the sd-card and empty inboxes all the time and it just moves a few MB and leaves me alone. It gets bad sometimes, where it won't let me even ope and read a text even if there aren't any pics to load. Any help would be greatly appreciated!"} {"id":"24445","title":"Motorola Triumph - how to decrease internal memory (clear log files)","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage? > Something is secretly eating up my tablet memory and I need help finding it I am wondering if there is a way, without root, to analyze the details of the internal memory on a Motorola Triumph and clear some extraneous (if they exist) log files. Many thanks in advance."} {"id":"75095","title":"Storage space running low","text":"My Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo is saying that my storage space running low and I cant download any more apps. It's saying to delete files or photos. I have also deleted apps and files and it has not made any difference. What can I do?"} {"id":"21976","title":"An app that can give a clear overview of what exactly is eating up my phone space?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage? I'm curious to know how my 2GB memory card could fill up so quickly as well as my internal phone memory. I already cleared up all SMS, taken pictures, taken videos that I can find. But it only changed to mere megabytes of space. I have the Xperia Active and I'm using the Sony Bridge for Mac. From there, it only says that the rest of the space is being occupied by \"Others\". No specific definition about what those might be. On Windows, I use an app like http:\/\/windirstat.info\/ to give myself an easily understandable overview of what's taking up the biggest space, etc. It would be appreciated if there's something like that for the Android or even just a simpler solution. I just want to look at more detailed statistics as opposed to the one the Sony Bridge is giving me (see below). http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/T46FY.png"} {"id":"60023","title":"Android phone system data is keep eating the space","text":"My Android phone system space is keep eating by some unknown application or something which is now showing low on space in phone storage and many times phone gets shutdown'd. Please help me on how to remove the unwanted data in internal storage so that my phone keep working as usual. I have attached the log data from \"Log Collector\" app and a screenshot from \"Disk Usage\" app. Log File ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/kUsUJm.png) Screenshot (click for larger variant)"} {"id":"28037","title":"What else is occupying my android phone's internal space","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless -- Any help? > Something is secretly eating up my tablet memory and I need help finding it I have a HTC Desire phone with android system, which has 148M internal storage and 250M system storage. My internal storage usually works well, but as times goes on, it become less and less, and finally I have to uninstall some software in order to install a new one, and update several app at one time is not even an option as the storage limitation. But: I only have 17 apps installed, each on average is less than 3M, and I even installed most of them in SD card, I really don't see any reason that my apps will eat up all internal storage, but, what else could it be? Thanks."} {"id":"27127","title":"Something is secretly eating up my Acer Iconia A500 internal memory and I need help finding it","text":"I've been a happy owner of an Acer Iconia A500 for a bit over a year now but a couple of weeks ago it started to complain about its internal memory being full. I was a bit surprised as I keep movies, and such on the external SD card but I assumed is was some browser cache, Maps or so which had eaten up a fair chunk of the 32G memory it has internally. However, that doesn't seem to be the case. I have cleared the data of almost every single App I have installed but still if I look at the Storage tab of the settings I see the following (a couple of hours ago): ![700M+643M+0.2M+64M+98M is clearly not 27G](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/5mYGn.jpg) I get the feeling that the rightmost grey part of the bar should be a bit more than 379MB... (SD Card at the bottom of the picture is the external one, never mind that one). I've tried almost every disk usage app available out there and they all show similar results, the following is DiskView (picture taken after I removed a few apps): ![DiskView output](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/dDI4Z.jpg) (in this picture \"SD Card\" is the internal one...) One thing all the disk usage apps seems to have in common is that unless the device is rooted, they cannot see what is in some directories (like \/data) which makes me think it is either Android itself (4.0.3 on this device) which has some kind of cache which is misbehaving or that some process is producing extreme amounts of logs somewhere. Sorry for this long intro, but the basic question is: How do I proceed? I guess one alternative is to find what is worth backing up and do a factory reset or something but I wold really like to find out what happened first. Rooting it is an alternative which would probably help me find out more but I sort of like it as it is (except for this issue). If it is needed to resolve it I could of course do it but it feels like you shouldn't have to with an appliance like this. Is there another way forward? I have this naive hope that there is a button somewhere I haven't seen that clears all logs or reduce the log level from debug to info. **Edit:** One thing I've been considering but cannot investigate is if it could be cores. I've had a lot of crashes lately (presumably because it has been running low on disk). In response to Izzy's comment below. Apps adds up to more or less exactly the 700MB listed as \"Apps\" (seems to be the total of data and the apps themselves)."} {"id":"52049","title":"Phone Storage is getting low","text":"I have a sony xperia neo. I usually had atleast 110-135 mb free in my phone memory. Whatever new apps I install I always move them to sd if it is possible to do so for that app. I also keep clearing the cache for every app almost once a week, infact I also clear the app data ocassionaly when I think the data is unnecessary. Recently, my phone's internal storage just reduced by itself. All by itself. I did not install any new app, infact I actually deleted some. Obviously I did not move any apps back into the phone memory. Yea, some apps like YouTube, Officesuite, Adobe Reader etc. that come pre-installed in the phone memory were updated recently bur these updates obviously weren't big enough to take up all that memory. I even un-installed updates on apps like fb which are on the phone memory n which I don't use often. From having over 100Mbs of internal storage, today I have between 35-25 Mbs available. Why?? Where did all that memory disappear?? How can I fix this?! Please Help. Note: 1\\. I have viber, its moved to sd. Lately, the viber photos folder in the gallery has started having blank 0kb photos in thousands, all by itself. I have 5k photos in that folder of which 4.9k are blank and appeared there all by itself. Could this be a reason why the phone memory got so low, even though viber is in sd? If not, why is this happening anyway? 1. I have avg antivirus (free). My phone is scanned automatically every week. 2. I did not root my phone."} {"id":"5519","title":"HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless -- Any help?","text":"It's been bugging me for a while but getting quite bad lately. I get warnings that my internal storage is full, I have about 13mb left of what I believe is 512mb worth of rom. I have checked with the app \"diskusage\" and my apps take about 122mb, with about 20 more mb being used by \"data\" (unsure what this is). When I check the apps list, my biggest app is some 12mb, and even within the first screen of apps this drops to just over 6mb. So I don't have extremely big apps, and I don't have all that much of them either. I try to put most on my sdcard, so no problem there either. How do I figure out what's hogging all this space, and how do I fix it ? On a related note, what is the Android equivalent of \"formatting\" your phone? I believe factory settings doesn't remove all data (sdcard etc) or does it? **EDIT:** I have done a hard reset on my phone, and the free space available is somewhat similar to what I saw before. So, is it normal to only have about 150mb available for apps when the internal rom should be 512mb ?"} {"id":"70094","title":"I have insufficient storage space","text":"On my Samsung Galaxy y, I tried to update watsapp but found there was insufficient storage space. I deleted apps, videos,pictures and downloads. I also tried all suggestion on the internet but none worked! What should i do?"} {"id":"32608","title":"insufficient storage error while updating installed apps","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to manage my phone’s internal storage? I recently purchased a new Android mobile (Samsung Galaxy Y duos), running on Android 2.3.6. It have 8 GB microSD as external memory. I installed quite a few application and unfortunately now I'm facing memory issue. While updating Facebook app (around 13 MB) or installing any other app with 10mb+ memory requirement, I got error message `Insufficient storage`. I checked available storage, which is as follow: SD card Total space: 7.39 GB Available space: 6.90 GB System storage Available space: 22.47 MB There is lot of space on SD Card but yes system space is low. What is the efficient tricks\/best practices to make sure system utilize more SD Card storage and less system storage so that I can install few more apps. Is there any way to shift few installed apps from system storage to SD Card storage, un-installing and installing is also acceptable for few apps."} {"id":"81271","title":"make external memory as default","text":"I have 2 GB internal capacity and 16 GB as external. My internal memory is almost full. While I am trying to download, an error takes place saying \"Low storage space delete some data\". How can I solve this problem?"} {"id":"32691","title":"Really know what is using internal storage","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to manage my phone’s internal storage? I am constantly running into the \"Low Space\" warning so I would like to know what is really consuming the phone's internal storage. I've checked and removed app after app, moved them to the SD card and done everything else I can think of but can't seem to figure out what is really consuming the phone's internal storage. I can see the storage used per app but it seems like this not entirely correct numbers or something is not attached to an app and hence invisible to this app list. So, is there a way to see what is really consuming the storage?"} {"id":"9752","title":"Backup stock HTC Desire ROM with Unrevoked","text":"I want to play with different ROM's for HTC Desire (which is still under warranty). Based on my understanding, in order to keep the warranty and still play with custom ROM's, the following steps are required. 1. Root the Phone with Unrevoked Method 2. Take a backup of the stock ROM 3. Restore a custom ROM 4. And when warranty is required restore the stock ROM from backup Am I going in the correct direction?. If yes where can I find the guides to perform all of the above mentioned steps. * _NOTE: I don't want to lose the warranty of the phone. I know it will get void once I root it but then there should be options to unroot the device and get it back to factory settings. *_"} {"id":"9750","title":"Which system files are safe to delete?","text":"I got only 160MB internal storage out of which 100MB is reserved by android operating system. Which System files and folders are safe to delete? For example: * de, fr, es and it files in `\/system\/tts\/lang_pico\/` seems useless * `\/cust\/hw\/es` folder seems uselss * As I have moved many of my application to SD Card, many folders in `\/mnt\/asec` seems useless So which files\/folders of Android system are safe to delete so that I can make more space for applications"} {"id":"24146","title":"Did ICS stop supporting clicking a number in text to dial?","text":"I used to be able to click a number inside text (email or web page) to dial it. After upgrading to ics this feature seems to have been removed. Is that so? Any way to get it back? UPDATE: it seems to work with US phone numbers, but not ones that are used in my country (Israel). Can it be that my carrier forgot to update the pattern for recognizing numbers as phone numbers?"} {"id":"24147","title":"What are the two linked contacts under \"Myself\"?","text":"In my phone, there's a \"Myself\" contact that can't be deleted or renamed, which has two linked contacts inside it. Those can't be unlinked or deleted either. Both contacts are marked as \"Phone contact\". Why are there two and why are they not unlinkable? Can I link another contact under \"Myself\"? I want to add my phone number there; which of the two should I add this to?"} {"id":"24145","title":"Why can't I transfer data from my tablet with OTG support to my phone with USB?","text":"## Problem I want to copy music from my tablet to my phone with USB. My tablet can't see the phone when connected which is somewhat strange because the phone sees that it is connected and the tablet has OTG support. Therefore I can't select the phone from 'Explorer', so I can't copy the files. I can connect the phone to a laptop with Ubuntu 10.10 or Windows 7 pro without any trouble so the problem shouldn't be on the phone's side. And the phone can't see an USB stick directly, so even that won't work as file transfer. ## Tablet: Wayteq xTab-100is with Android 4.0.3 and USB 2.0 OTG without Bluetooth ## Phone: Nokia 2700 classic micro USB 2.0"} {"id":"24148","title":"Copy Google talk chat messages to clipboard","text":"I got some message over talk that I want to copy to clipboard. That is not possible. Long pressing does nothing. Tried on 4.0.4-ICS and 2.3.7-Gingerbread without succes."} {"id":"59957","title":"Recover a cached page from the stock browser from my Xperia U?","text":"I have a Sony Xperia ST25i (Xperia U) running its OEM OS (4.0.4) and I want to recover a HTML page from the browser cache. How to do that? I have researched a few things like root access to \/data and have no idea of what is futile, actively harmful(clear the cache) and what works. Advice which is OK for one version does not work for me."} {"id":"67378","title":"Is there an app to use PNG for the FFC?","text":"This is semi-related to a previous question and I have a new theory I want to test. I am looking for a camera app that will store it's images in PNG format (what screenshots are stored in) instead of the lossy jpeg. Camera FV-5 is the only app I could find that mentions PNG support, but it does not support the FFC."} {"id":"158","title":"How can I prevent applications from running on startup?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? I've installed some applications that I mostly like, except for the fact that they all decided they were too important not to auto-start. None of them give me any option _within_ the application to disable the auto-start \"feature.\" Can I stop these applications from auto-starting? And if so, how? Note: My phone is not rooted, so I'm especially interested in solutions that do _not_ require a rooted device, but all answers are welcome, even if they require rooting the device, since I may do this eventually. Also note: I'd prefer **not** to fiddle around with clumsy auto-kill features in task-killer programs, as I've found them to be incredibly unreliable on my phone (Motorola Milestone\/Droid)."} {"id":"755","title":"How can I prevent unwanted pre-installed apps from automatically running on Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? As I can't uninstall certain programs that come with a phone (My case HTC Desire (not rooted)) how can I prevent certain apps from launching or trying to sync? And hide them? Or \"Auto-Kill\" kill them For example * youtube app * faceboook app * stocks (including the sync feature) * twitter (including the sync feature)"} {"id":"1349","title":"How can I prevent services from running in the background?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? Is there a way to prevent the service apps (or any other apps) from automatically running in the background?"} {"id":"2258","title":"apps automatically starting?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? I noticed that some apps automatically starts without me opening it. Some of them runs everytime I turn on the phone (so they are like Windows startup apps in some way). Some others automatically run without an apparent reason, I killed it, and the next time i look at my phone it's there again. by the way I use Advanced Task Killer to kill and see the list of all active apps. And even weirder, some apps are apparently triggered by opening the android market. What is the mechanics of this, and how do I control which app can automatically run?"} {"id":"13758","title":"How to Stop Applications & Services from Starting on Boot?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? I know how to kill running applications and services via `Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Running` but they keep coming back after I restart the phone. Is there a way (or tool) to suspend their restart on boot?"} {"id":"14820","title":"How do you prevent pre-installed (unremoveable) Android tasks\/apps from ever starting without rooting your phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? Some apps are necessary for notifications. For example, without the facebook process, there'd be no facebook notifications. But other apps, like Qik or Samsung MediaHub, don't need to be running be I don't use them at all whatsoever, and i do not receive notifications from them!!!! How do I stop that? Not just kill apps, but prevent them from ever starting without rooting?"} {"id":"25983","title":"How to prevent apps running in background","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? i've an Xperia X10 Mini. This Android devices is limited in hardware: a 600Mhz processor and 128 mb ram. So i'd like to install new apps, but i don't like to have a lot of apps running in background. For example, Facebook app, GDrive, Dropbox ... are great, but why 'damn' thei must run in background either if i don't want to use them at the moment ? This cause my device to run slowly, very slowly... I know that facebook app for example, 'must' stay in background so it can inform me for a new 'friend post' .. but i don't need it! Also Gdrive, Dropbox, Gmail etc: they 'must' stay in background to inform me for something.. but i'm not interested !!! If i want to check mail... i click to gmail.. if i want to check my friend post... i click facebook ! What i want is a responsive smartphone for basic operation (call, sms etc.), and i'm sure a 600mhz processor with a basic 'android' installation and without background app can go fast as a double core Arm with 100 running app !!!! So, at the moment i disinstall them, and my device back to run good, with no slowdowns. I also have installed Advanced Task Killer, but it kills apps each hour, or 30minutes: it don't prevent an app to run in background. Does exists an app that kill others app each time they start in background, immediately ?"} {"id":"28779","title":"Preventing Application Startup","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? I have an LG-P690b and I've rooted the phone and un-installed several applications that I really didn't want. All is well, however, there is one application that I haven't removed because it seems to be started up by the system during boot. In fact, it always shows that it's re-starting. Ideally, I'd like to remove this app but my fear is that if I do that it will bork the phone because it's been told to startup from somewhere else in the O\/S. My guess is that if the app was not set to start up automatically elsewhere in the O\/S I could remove the app. To that end, is my assumption correct and where would the O\/S maintain it's list of services to be started so that I could address this app once and for all. What's the app? It's called GPS Navigator and it seems to be created by Bell. It will not work unless you have a data plan and I tend to use the native Google mapping programs (as they do). So it's not a necessary application by any means. It's just that the darn thing is set to run as a service and that precludes me from jusr arbitrarily using root explorer to remove it altogether. My specific concern is that if it's set to run as a service, and the program has been removed, then the phone may not start. How can I remove the auto-startup as a service for this evil app? Thanks in advance!"} {"id":"30211","title":"How can I prevent apps from running in the background?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? There is already a similar question to this one, but mine is narrower in scope and not addressed in the other question: Consider the case of an app that meets the following criteria: 1. Let's take a file manager as an example, but it could be a different app just as easily. The specific app isn't important to this question. 2. This app has no legitimate need to run in the background. I only need file management when I'm actively using the app. (In case my specific example does turn out to have a need, suppose for the sake of the discussion that it actually doesn't.) 3. The fact that it runs in the background is confirmed by a system monitor. 4. Even though I believe that it has no legitimate need to run in the background and don't want it to do so, I _don't_ want to uninstall it. Can I prevent such an app from running in the background? # Practical application To illustrate the need for this specific question, and why I'm not naming specific apps, consider what I had in mind when I wrote this question: I would like to go through my apps and decide which ones I want to run as services. Some should run without restrictions. Some should never run. Some should only run when some set of conditions is met. Using the information from an answer to this question, I could implement this--possibly by some custom scripting, possibly using Tasker, or possibly using another approach. Trying to handle this via each individual app's settings would be well-nigh impossible. Of course, if what I'm asking in this question isn't possible, then this application of it isn't viable. # Notes based on the comments and answers * The reason why I want to do this is irrelevant. Perhaps it's to save battery. Perhaps it's another reason. This question is about _how_ , not _why_. A warning that a particular solution could have negative side-effects is useful if presented along with that solution. Saying, \"It's impossible\" is legitimate if true. Saying \"Don't do it\" isn't useful. * This is not a duplicate of the question I linked to in my first paragraph. That question was about saving memory. This one isn't. That one said, basically, \"Don't try.\" That's not a valid answer to this question. * The specific apps are unimportant, which is why I was vague. I did give a hint as to a specific example I had in mind, but I'm looking for a general answer here. * A solution must also prevent an app from automatically restarting; otherwise, it isn't much of a solution. * A number of people have stated that this is a duplicate. Let me try to explain more clearly why it isn't: 1. This question is about how to prevent an app from running in the background, which includes stopping it from restarting if killed. 2. The answers so far have fallen into a few general categories: 1. _You shouldn't try, because doing so is unnecessary._ I'm not disputing this point at this time, but \"You shouldn't try\" is very different from \"You can't.\" Logically, it's addressing a different question, namely \"Should I try to kill apps that I don't want to run?\" 2. _Use method X to kill the app._ Unfortunately, when I tried said method, it didn't prevent the app from restarting, just like others predicted. So, it isn't really an answer. 3. _Ping the developer\/it's a bug._ This is the most useful of the suggested solutions, but my question was looking for a generic solution. 3. The other questions that this question has been said to be a duplicate of cover the same ground as in my previous point. Thus, my specific question has **not** been addressed, despite many claims to the contrary. It's appearing, however, that the answer is a simple \"You can't\". 4. There's a related question on meta. In Jeff Atwood's answer, he says in part, \"It's generally sufficient to link to the other question and explain why it doesn't meet your needs.\" The whole thread is apropos to this question. I've done this since the beginning, and provided further details in subsequent edits."} {"id":"16924","title":"Applications keep restarting","text":"Whenever I'm done with an application, I always exit using the back button. Somehow applications like Viber, WhatsApp, Facebook, Videos, Email, Google Maps, etc keep restarting on their own. I have tried: * Using a task killer * Force stopping the apps in the settings menu * Killing them using watchdog ...but they still restart. Any idea how to solve this problem?"} {"id":"65066","title":"App Memory Hog Problem","text":"I swipe apps closed and they still appear to be using memory. Then I use task kill, but I can immediately refresh and they're open again. So I goto manage apps and force stop. Once again if I click back and go back into the app setting it's open again! Why is this and how can I stop it? It's mostly system apps I don't want\/need and I'm afraid to uninstall them and possibly wreck my phone. Already had too many problems fixing errors because of just that."} {"id":"34810","title":"Make apps force close automatically without going into settings","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I stop applications and services from running? I have an HTC Desire and I have been trying to figure out how to always get my apps and things I don't use to force close when I close them with the home button. I have tried pressing the back button until it closed but that does not work as when I go into my app killer it shows that it is still running. Also, when I go in Applications --> Manage --> Running Service, some apps are still open. In addition, the app killer isnt properly working as when I close all apps in the app killer then go into the running services, some of the apps it killed are still shown as open. Can anybody help please?"} {"id":"50077","title":"How to Remove Autostart for Certain Apps?","text":"is there any way you can install an app (for instance WhatsApp) on Android 4.2.1 ICS but at the same time remove its autorun properties sothat it becomes a standalone app and ONLY uses memory, processing power and even more dear battery, only during the time that I start the application. After closing it I want it to remain unstarted! Note: this is different than autokilling it with taskkiller and alike. I want the app to not start in the first place). I find myself installing and de-installing certain apps to overcome this dilemma and I hope there is a better solution otherwise whats the point of Android freedom feeling, right?"} {"id":"77121","title":"How do I disable an app from running at startup","text":"I have a genymotion virtual device which has an app which runs at startup which make the device crash giving me no access to the device. How do I disable the app from my computer. (I am using virtual device)?"} {"id":"56265","title":"How to stop killed apps appearing again?","text":"I have a 0.5GB ZTE Cheapo Android JB phone. I kill apps using Advanced Task Killer and then they start a few seconds later. As a result, I have constant low memory notifications. I've used Manage Apps to look at the apps in question e.g. Viber, Line. I've moved the apps, when I can, to the SD card. I notice that there is a 'Launch by default' parameter, but it's grayed out for the 'naughty' apps. Why do these apps keep re-appearing and what can I do bout it? PS I've tried rebooting but no improvement."} {"id":"39693","title":"Howto avoid autostart of an app (non-rooted)?","text":"I now and then use an app that is written to autostart on every boot of the device. This is pretty annoying since I don't use it that much. How can I stop it ? I know there is an \"Autorun Manager\" app, but it requires a rooted phone. Is there a way to do this on a non-rooted device ?"} {"id":"58382","title":"Hello. How can I forcibly prevent specific apps from starting at boot?","text":"I would like to force a few apps in particular to not stop when I boot, reboot, etc. The reason why is irrelevant ... I would like to know if or how Aneroid OSes, in general, load apps into memory, and how I can alter the part of it that does that to load only what I wish(including system processes, of course). How can this be done? Again, I would like to prevent them from starting, or going to memory at all, not just kill them after they'ce started. Short of what conditions, how can this be done?"} {"id":"63865","title":"How to shut down Skype","text":"First off, I know this question has already been asked three times, but since I can't comment (don't have enough points), I'll just create a new post! So, none of the workarounds mentioned in the other three questions solves the problem. First, I tried killing the background process, but I still get skype messages, for example. Then, I tried to force quit the application, but when something triggers it, it loads again! For now, I decided to uninstall it and install it whenever I want to actually use it. But the lack of respect is really annoying. And my feeling is that it's intentional, not a bug. Anyway... Has anyone found something that really works, except installing a firewall or installing another application that will specifically kill skype? Thanks and sorry for asking a question that has already been asked..."} {"id":"43476","title":"Stop Applications Loading","text":"How can I stop so many applications loading, and slowing down the system. When I clear the Ram I usually see that at least 16 applications have been running. What for?"} {"id":"1949","title":"How to quit Skype on Android?","text":"I'm using the newly released market version of Skype on my ADP1 running CyanogenMod 6.0. I can't seem to **quit** the Skype program. There doesn't seem to be any mechanism for signing out of Skype once signed in. I can kill the task, but the next time anything triggers it it think it has the right to sign in and be online again, bar nothing. The task bar icon just takes you to the program, but the program doesn't seem to have any menus, doesn't respond the the back button etc. Ideas?"} {"id":"38146","title":"Are Memory Cleanup Apps for Android Good or Bad?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Do task killers actually work? I was just going through this article on Lifehacker. Do these kind of apps really help in performance, or do they create more problems?"} {"id":"18488","title":"apps(tasks) restarting even after killing them","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Do I really need to install a task manager? > apps automatically starting? > How can I stop applications and services from running? I have some apps running in background using cpu all the time and draining my batery. I want to stop them. I have a latest `task manager` to kill the background tasks but BUT some of the tasks(apps) are restarting even after killing them, WHY ? Is there any way to permanently kill a particular task ?"} {"id":"519","title":"Is it advisable to run a task killer app on Android","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Do I really need to install a task manager? Should I run a task killer on Android or does Android manage applications well enough on its own?"} {"id":"49186","title":"Bypassing a software that loads on startup","text":"I recently acquired a Motorola Droid XYBoard loaded with GoPago. This software starts up immediately and I was wondering if there is a way to either bypass it or access the operating system around it."} {"id":"4179","title":"Apps that start on their own","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > apps automatically starting? Hello! I am using Android 2.2. I've downloaded and installed an application called Advanced Task Manager from ReChild. It always shows lots of applications open, none that appear in the pre-installed Task Manager that came with the phone. Besides a few that I do actually use, there's some, like the Press Reader, that I have never opened, yet today I saw this particular app in the list of applications I could select to stop. Any idea why this happens? I normally wouldn't care too much if the device wasn't on battery and was plugged in. Thank you."} {"id":"18765","title":"Do task killers actually work?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Do I really need to install a task manager? I am using ASUS Transformer. I think it uses Ice Cream sandwich, from the UI. I tried many task killers but wonder if they actually work. When I kill tasks, I still see them when I click the \"Window selector\" 3rd button of the bottom left screen (the 2 boxes). They do appear to take a while to load, so I suppose the tasks were killed but the thumbnails are still there?"} {"id":"55804","title":"How to stop Skype from starting automatically?","text":"I close the Skype app in my Android phone (samsung s3 mini) If Skype is open on my pc and I receive a call it also starts automacically in my phone without my input! How can I avoid such a strange behavior? Thank you"} {"id":"55406","title":"Is it bad to kill tasks in android, by using things such as holding down the home key and selectign \"close all\"?","text":"I use advanced task killer pro and also hold down the home key until a list of apps open shows up and choose \"close all\". Someone was telling me this is bad for the device. Is this true? How else can I speed up the device when it is running slowly? I forgot to mention what I find strange is when I hold down the home key to display running apps, its list is different than the list of running apps advanced task killer has."} {"id":"9","title":"Do I really need to install a task manager?","text":"Does one really need to install a task manager? My phone does slowdown on rare occasions but it's not something that hampers regular usage."} {"id":"4089","title":"Android 2.2 - How to see applications that run at start-up","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I prevent applications from running on startup? Hello! Is it possible to see which applications are set to run at startup? For example, the idiots at Yahoo made the Android Messenger so that it starts on Android Start-up, but provide no way of preventing this behaviour. They always do this kind of dirty tricks... Anyway, is there sort of an `msconfig` as in Windows? Thank you."} {"id":"30338","title":"Missing application from sdcard","text":"I did factory reset. So, I lost application from sdcard but that application files still exist in sdcard. How do I recovery my application from sdcard. I do not have back up app data file. My phone is version 4.0.4 and non-rooted device."} {"id":"15167","title":"Can you install MIUI themes from different sites?","text":"I'm installing Miui from Miui.us, and I was wondering if I can install themes from http:\/\/miuiandroid.com\/, or will those not work?"} {"id":"64678","title":"Unbelievable fast battery discharge on some games","text":"I've submitted an issue about my phone crashing: Issue Link which nobody here was able to help understand and resolve. Now I have better observations: after starting a game with almost full battery, and about 5 minutes of gaming, my device after connecting to charger shows 15% of battery. It means that 80% of battery was gone within 5 minutes of gaming! Is it really possible that some heavy dynamic graphic game drains the battery to this extent, or is it physical damage of the phone? Other than games applications on my phone seems to function normally, for example Endomondo will discharge phone to null after running about 5 hours in background."} {"id":"35216","title":"Use fixed keyboard for a given app","text":"I would like to tell my Android that when I'm in a given app it should switch to a given keyboard. My use case is that I want to use Hacker keyboard with Connectbot."} {"id":"23266","title":"My keyboard is no longer switching languages","text":"I have a weird thing in my phone, usually I used to switch languages by swiping the `space` button. But suddenly its gone. This started after I added temporary a third language, and removed it. Now my only option to change the language is going into the settings and enabling only the language I want. If more that one language is used, the last one from the list is chosen. Is that a bug or did I mess up the settings? I'm using Android 2.3.5, on a Galaxy S 2. And I'm using the standard Samsung keyboard that can with the device."} {"id":"23264","title":"Samsung Galaxy Gio network menu","text":"I have a problem with my galaxy gio. It has a network lock (I think) and I've tried to unlock it. The problem is that I have the unlock code but the phone doesn't ask for it. It is there a menu or a key code to open that menu to enter the unlock code or any other solution ? Thanks"} {"id":"23260","title":"Mobile AP gives \"error\" when trying to enable","text":"I'm running Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 on Samsung Galaxy S - Captivate (SGH-I896) I recently rooted my phone because my provider, SpeakOut, only allows internet access through port 80; apps weren't receiving or sending any data and neither was Mobile AP. I rooted the phone and installed Autoproxy to redirect all requests through port 80. Now when I enable `Mobile AP` it shows `Error`; no details given. Is there anywhere to find additional details? I have tried disabling Autoproxy and have tried enabling with both an Open security and a WPA2 PSK security setting. Mobile AP was able to enable before, but connecting to it gave \"No Internet\". Does anyone have any idea of why this may be happening? Thanks for the help!"} {"id":"23261","title":"Can I prevent the off button from locking the device?","text":"I've noticed that tapping the off button locks the device under ICS. Are there any tricks for making it only shut down the touchscreen and wait for the timeout to actually lock the device? You must tap the off button to disable the screen when inserting the phone into your pocket because otherwise the phone gets spurious input, but frequently you'll want to pull the phone right back out again."} {"id":"23268","title":"Better Autocorrection on Galaxy Note similar to Blackberry?","text":"I got my first android device ever and it is the galaxy note. Previously I was on a blackberry. At the moment, I dislike the auto correction on the Galaxy Note. If I want to type \"and\" but accidentally typed \"abd\", the autocorrect puts \"abduction\". With my old blackberry, typing \"abd\" will display the suggested autocomplete inline. If you press the space bar, then \"abd\" remains. If you press enter key, then it will display the suggested autocomplete of \"abduction\". This is great, because you can easily choose between abd or abduction without needing to look to a separate userinterface control for autocompelte suggestions and moving your fingers to a separate userinterface control. Can anyone recommend a blackberry like keyboard for android? Or just somethign that let's me easily choose \"abd\" instead of \"abduction\" when I mispell \"and\"?"} {"id":"1784","title":"How do I send SMS from PC through Android Phone or to Android Phone?","text":"I'm looking for an app that will let me type text messages on my PC and send the SMSs directly from the PC through my phone, or save the messages to the phone for later use. I'm basically looking at something like Nokia PC Suite's equivalent. EDIT: Google Voice is only for US, doesn't work in India at least, and also defeats the purpose (it will go through the internet, why, when it's possible through the usb cable\/modem\/wifi). DesktopSMS is a good program, but kept crashing, for some reason. PDANet worked for me. But I liked the tiny EasySMS. It's weird, and I had to change the bluecove library jar file for Windows 7 x64, but it's compact (a concern for me)."} {"id":"34489","title":"There is an app to send\/read SMS from the desktop using the Internet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I send SMS from PC through Android Phone or to Android Phone? There are many apps to send\/read SMS from the desktop using a Wi-Fi connection, but my cyanogenmod rom doesn't play nice with my Thomson router so I can't use them. There is an app that uses the 3G internet connection for that? Better if it's a webapp."} {"id":"43851","title":"Why does TI backup say there's still unnecessary cache?","text":"I noticed that the newer version of Titanium Backup says I still have unneeded Dalvik Cache to clean up, even after I reboot and wipe dalvik cache in Clockworkmod. Where are these extra cache files, and why aren't they in \/data\/dalvik-cache? Or, is this a bug in TI-backup?"} {"id":"43850","title":"How can I get backup the files from my semi-broken android before shipping it in?","text":"I broke my Samsung Galaxy SIII (Red) last week, got a replacement in the mail, and I'm trying to back up my files (contacts, photos, etc.) onto my computer before I send the broken one in. The only problem is that when I plug it in it doesn't show up anywhere as a device. On my old Samsung it used to be that I would have to go to USB options in my phone before it showed up as a device, but being unable to do that now is my main problem. Is there any way around this? I went to my provider's store and they said they wouldn't do it for some reason or other. Also, I tried backing up my contacts at least through Gmail, but apparently that didn't work either."} {"id":"6770","title":"Select text using keyboard only","text":"I know how to select text (in a view) using the touch screen. Is it possible to do the same via keyboard only? If possible, please provide a way to do this on the emulator (I need this for a programming task)."} {"id":"73443","title":"How to record device audio output (record while listening songs online)","text":"How to record songs while listening (from online source) on Android 4.4\/Nexus 5. I am not able to find any apps for this. All voice recorder apps seems to be supporting only background sound, and not the device sound output (in earphone)."} {"id":"73441","title":"Battery charging issue in Samsung Galaxy S3","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and it is charging very very slowly when plugged into my PC. I deleted all my images and some videos and some other stuff and the charging seemed to speed up. Is battery charging is related to available memory? I didn't think it was."} {"id":"73440","title":"Why do I sometimes get requests for root access from unusual applications?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running a rooted stock firmware, Occasionally I get a popup from my superuser application saying that an application that I did not specifically install or launch has requested root access. I always deny these requests, obviously, but I'm not sure why they happen in the first place. The most recent was from \"Google Backup Transport\", which, being a preinstalled application, seems like it shouldn't be asking me for root. At least one other person appears to be having the same issue, but I can't seem to find much information about it. I don't remember the previous application names, as it only seems to happen every several weeks or so, but it is not the same application every time. Could this be indicative of a malware infection? If not, why is it happening? EDIT: It just happened again - this time it was SyncMLSvc requesting root access - it seems to be a Samsung service."} {"id":"32603","title":"Is there a way to boot to the fastboot mode?","text":"I booted to the TWRP recovery for the first tiem and played with it by wipping everything using all the wipe options. Then I ended up unable to boot to the fastboot mode, normal mode or recovery mode. And here is the message I got: exec '\/system\/bin\/sh' failed: No such file or directory I read that I only have two options to boot to the fastboot mode: 1- Factory cable. 2- Opening the case and using the motherboard. Is there a new way other than these last options?"} {"id":"42813","title":"It seems that I managed to enable \"mousekeys\" on my android. How do I disable it?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. I am using it with the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard. From time to time, I use a VNC client (androidVNC or FreebVNC) to connect to different machines. At some point I must have pushed some magical key combination on the keyboard, which enabled the \"mousekeys\" mode. Namely, the arrow buttons on the keyboard now control the mouse (in the VNC window) rather than act as arrow buttons. It is not specific to the wireless keyboard. The \"Hacker's keyboard\" input method (which also has arrow keys) behaves identically. It is not specific to the machine I am connecting to - it seems the key-to-mousemove translation is happening on the android side. In all apps except for the VNC clients the arrow buttons work as expected. However, as the problem appears for both androidVNC and FreebVNC applications, it is obviously not a matter of misconfiguration of a particular VNC client. Rebooting does not help. Hence the question - could it be that I managed to somehow enable the \"mousekeys\" mode for the android by pushing something? Is there a way to disable or at least to debug it? I have root access. So far I managed to find out there is something fishy about Linux+MouseKeys+VNC."} {"id":"5059","title":"How can I copy pictures to the Gallery?","text":"I have some pictures in a directory on my phone. How can I make them appear inside the picture Gallery?"} {"id":"38566","title":"iMessage like group messaging","text":"My friends with iphones frequently group message me and I am never able to participate because when i hit reply it only sends the message back to the original person sending the message, not the whole group. Does stock android have a feature that allows us to group message other iphone users the way they group message one another? If it helps I'm running an alpha version (albeit stable) of CM10.1 (android 4.2) on a Motorola Atrix."} {"id":"13893","title":"Hacking HoneyTab","text":"I found this strange \"anonymous\" device: HoneyTab. Never wishing to discuss whether it's worth to buy or not (it would be totally OT), my questions are simple and straight: does somebody know if this tablet can be rooted or not? Does somebody know if and how is it possible to upgrade its ROM to future versions of Android or just to modded ROMs? I have little experience with HTC devices only but I never really understood if the same ROM can be used with multiple devices, and if rooting is a standardized procedure or not (I have Android on SD on my HD2, so it's rooted already) Thank you."} {"id":"35847","title":"Can not unlock my Android device as have no internet connection?","text":"I have an Android device which is running Android 4.0.3 (or something like that). My little brother decided to try and guess my lock screen pattern the other day, and ended up locking me out. I have since been unable to log back in to the tablet using my Google Account details. I provided the correct login details, however it says they are incorrect. Could this be connected to the fact I have no internet connection? I have no internet connection as the device is WiFi only, and the WiFi is currently turned off. I cannot turn it on, as I am locked out. How can I log back into my tablet **without** wiping the user data?"} {"id":"63352","title":"Help me ! my phon is locked it has android os 2.3 gingerbread","text":"After attempting too many patterns my phone of spice edge flo mi349 got locked an it is asking me to open through google account but the data connection is off . Pleaz hep me reguarding this ....... Thankyou !!!!!!"} {"id":"51927","title":"How does an android factory reset work?","text":"When performing a factory reset, does Android remove all the added applications and user data or does it completely reflash an image of the OS I am running on jelly bean 4.3 stock"} {"id":"69949","title":"Locked out of my Samsung Galaxy S Duos (forgot password)","text":"I had set a security password on my Samsung Galaxy S Duos mobile and unfortunately forgot the unlock password. I tried hundred's of times to unlock my phone with many possible passwords but was unsuccessful in each of my attempts. Please help me unlock my phone and send me the master code (if any) to unlock the phone."} {"id":"48447","title":"How to save the data when phone is locked via too many patterns attempted?","text":"I am using Samsung S2, due to my nephew attempting too many wrong patterns in my phone now it is locked and it is displaying \" **Too Many Patterns Attempted sign in to your Google account** \". I want to know if I unlock it by using Google account, will it wipe out my all the data that is in my phone memory? If so, how can I unlock the phone without losing any data from my phone memory?"} {"id":"52918","title":"Locked out of my phone. How can I backup my sms?","text":"I am locked out of my Samsung Galaxy y Duos Lite and I have forgotten my password. USB debugging is not turned on. Is there any way to backup my sms onto my pc??"} {"id":"77679","title":"How to control a Nexus 7 Tablet (Android 4.4.4) with Windows?","text":"My Nexus 7 tablet glass' is broken but I don't want to repair it. Everything else of my tablet works. Is it possible to control my tablet by remote using my windows client over wifi?"} {"id":"18587","title":"Too many password attempts","text":"While I was out, someone attempted to guess my phone password. They couldn't guess it and now it displays the 'too many password attempts' screen, which needs to be unlocked with a google account. However, my google account is not working. I enter the username and password correctly, and have attempted to do so about 10 times. So why is it not unlocking? Do I need an internet connection to unlock it?"} {"id":"78119","title":"Locked phone google error","text":"Im locked out of samsung illusion after too many pattern attempts. Despite resetting my google password it still says incorrect\/invalid username or password. Any suggestions??"} {"id":"61594","title":"is there any way i can unlock my samsung galaxy S3 mini when the data is off?","text":"i have a Samsung galaxy S3 mini. recently my son over drew the pattern and the phone is locked and can not open. i am requested to log in with my Google; but my data is off and the phone will not work. i tried the fast boot mode but the phone does not work still. what should i do?"} {"id":"41873","title":"Locked screen on asus tf 300 t","text":"I am willing to post a receipt and serial # if any one can help me unlock what what my girl friend did without losing all my customers info ( yes, I never thought of backing it up ). Boating season is starting, my company is insideoutboatworks.com, I cannot afford losing all my contacts. Any private mail or help will be appreciated and compensated, thanks. NOT A Stolen Item !! Will even send you a pic of my visa card to match the receipt, never hooked it up to any account to keep it private, guess that was dumb or ignorant What shows up on the screen is time and date on left top corner, a line with a small key board icon and qwerty key board, for umpteen times I have tried some resemblance of a password, only to say try again, after ten attempts it says to wait 30 seconds, and it carries on that way never asking for anything else, as I guess I have no account tied to it. I used it more like a customer Rolodex, with all contacts and customers yacht specifications, IE; engines, electronics, and systems."} {"id":"50961","title":"Is it safe to Factory Reset my tablet to improve performance? Will I lose the uninstallable apps?","text":"I'm going to reset my Android tab because its internal memory is low. Is it safe to erase the system data of my android tablet (not rooted)? If I restore the factory setting of my Android, will the uninstallable apps be also removed or only those that can be uninstalled?"} {"id":"62523","title":"locked out with wifi off","text":"I have an Aakash android tablet. The tablet was locked by too many patten attempts. Now I have to give my google account to log in. But the WiFi is not turned on in the tab. So I cannot log in with Google account. There is no hard reset in this tab. Tryed to go to recovery mode my pressing volume and power on. It too didn't work. Now what can I do??"} {"id":"43086","title":"Security lock pattern","text":"My son playing with my phone used up the number of times the lock pattern allows. Now my phone is locked. I use a Gionee Dual sim phone with 4.1 Jelly Bean. Any suggestion???"} {"id":"44831","title":"How to reset android phone which is locked and debugging mode is disabled, plus no recovery?","text":"Anyone know how to reset an android phone which is locked and asking for gmail id\/pass and can't boot into recovery mode, plus debugging mode is disabled?"} {"id":"46164","title":"Forgot login pattern on my tablet","text":"I have forgotten the Patten to get in my tablet. It is an Android system. The brand is IMPRESSION, model no.: i10-LE."} {"id":"18029","title":"Should i do the factory reset? If yes, what will i lose?","text":"My android ( htc desire s ) phone is working fine when i don't put my micro sd card in it ( this card was free with the phone ). But my phone keeps restarting every few minutes if i keep the memory card in it. By that i could say that the phone is fine but issue can be with either the memory card or my phone no more support any memory card. The thing is if the same memory card is inserted in any other mobile, be it android or any other smartphone, that phone will not start and the data is completely readable too. So, memory card is fine. When I insert some other memory card in my phone then my phone too do not restart. So that means the issue is with the `phone + that particular mem card` combo. I am ready to uninstall each and every app from my phone, but will that solve my problem? Should I perform the factory reset? Will it solve my issue ? What will i lose if will do the factory reset? Like: contacts, sms, call logs, APN settings etc . Any free software to backup all these. But may be i am going in the wrong direction. May be there is some easy way to get the phone and memory card working. Please help. FYI The phone and memory card worked completely fine for 8 months"} {"id":"49091","title":"Locked out of htc wildfire, need to get some messages of the phone, pretty much at the end of the line","text":"My HTC Wildfire got passcode locked (too many tries), and the Google account isn't working. I need to get some important messages off of it. I don't know much about behind the scenes stuff but I know I'm pretty much hopeless, because the phone isn't rooted and bootloader is locked too, so if using ADB to find the messaging database wont work since its secure. I guess I'm just looking for any last hopes before just factory-reset and forget about the messages. Anyone think they can help?"} {"id":"46545","title":"How to change a pattern unlock from the phone settings without knowing the original","text":"I have two unlock security options set up on my phone (HTC One). Firstly there is the facial recognition (which works well and lets me in) but on the occasions when it is too dark \/ doesn't recognise my face then it falls back to pattern unlock. However, I have no idea what this pattern is as I set it up ages ago and the facial recognition works quite well so I've not had to use it. I can get into the phone fine with face unlock, and can get to the security settings, but I can't change anything without first having to enter my unlock pattern. If I can't reset this pattern that means I can't ever shave or change my haircut for fear of not being recognised by the phone! Can I disable \/ reset the pattern security from within the phone? I have also got AirDroid set up on my laptop so that might open another route if I can't do anything from the phone itself."} {"id":"55361","title":"Tablet unlocking","text":"I have Domo slate N8 3rd it show google sign in to unlock but it is in airplane mode (so there is no option to connect internet). Please told me how to unlock it. thanks"} {"id":"75121","title":"how do i unlock my icraig jelly bean netbook","text":"I changed the my password and when I went to put it in it would not let me in. I tried using wrong letters in the place of the original letter but that didn't work. I also used my old password but that didn't work. I tried resetting it but all it did was cut off and cut back on. I even tried to take it apart but the back wouldn't come off so now I'm looking for help wherever I can find it."} {"id":"51536","title":"Broken screen\/glass, turned off, pc-controll? HELP?","text":"I was wondering if there is any ways for me to controll my phone (Sony Xperia V) with my computer? Half of the glass\/screen is broken, so i cant write anything on the lower part of the screen! The phone is not rooted, and has also been turned off, so im kinda stuck. So, my question is: Is there any ways for me to controll my non-rooted, turned off, screenbroken phone with my computer? Cheers!"} {"id":"46482","title":"What will I lose when I do a factory reset?","text":"I have Locked myself out of my phone because I entered too many pattern attempts. I can't sign into my Google account because my wi-fi isn't turned on. So I need to factory reset it. I'm just wondering what will I lose. My photos and videos are saved onto my phone, will I lose them? If there are any other options in getting back into my without factory resetting it, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks By the way I have a Samsung Galaxy Xcover"} {"id":"53761","title":"android tablet locked after too many unlocking pattern attempts","text":"After too many unlocking pattern attempts, my android tablet have locked me out.. How do i fix this? Is there a manually direction on how to unlock my tablet?"} {"id":"71459","title":"conect to external display","text":"my problem is that I broke my galaxy note 2 display(completely broken). I would like to connect my phone to PC via USB so I would be able to display my screen and interact with mouse. is this possible and if how? Thanks"} {"id":"75689","title":"how to unlock phone which gs no internate connection","text":"How can I unlock my phone since it needs Google account sign in , while my phone has no internet connection neither wifi connection."} {"id":"48295","title":"Ask for help according to samsung Galaxy Gio GT s5660","text":"I am honestly ask any professional who have an idea about Samsung. I forgot my password i made by my own. as a result, i cant do anything on my phone right now. i can't get through the screen. because I've forgotten my password. could anyone help please? Thanks for your helps"} {"id":"81937","title":"phone screen runner program","text":"The other day I broke my screen and digitizer on my phone, now its completely blacked out and won't respond to any touch at all, and there is stuff on my phone that i need to get and need to have the screen working to get to. Now here's my question, is there a way i can see and USE my phone screen using a computer or other device without having to buy a new screen? Please excuse the grammar!"} {"id":"42426","title":"How to unlock android phone which is locked by entering wrong pin","text":"I have a Pantech Burst Android phone runs on ICS 4.0.4. Which got locked by entering wrong pin several times. Now it is asking to login to Gmail to unlock the phone but neither phone data nor wifi is enabled. How to unlock it. Any help will be appreciated."} {"id":"58254","title":"Too many attempts displayed","text":"My phone displays \"too many attempts\" and I'm not able to enter the user name and password. How can I unlock and use my phone without losing any data?"} {"id":"36860","title":"My screen got broken, how to see on the computer what I'm doing in my device?","text":"My Android device screen got broken and I can't see what I'm doing. That's the only wrong thing with my device, the rest is apparently working OK. **Is there any way to send my device screen to my computer?** I don't want to work blindly anymore!"} {"id":"82140","title":"Samsung GT-S5360 screen unlock","text":"My mother has forgotten her screen lock password. is a four digit number. how can I reset phone so she can use it again? Please assist!"} {"id":"77659","title":"How to salvage a broken android phone?","text":"I have a broken Karbonn A7 Star phone. It has a shattered touchscreen and a white non-functional display. Everything else of the phone works fine. I want to use it for downloading purposes but I'm stuck at the pattern lockscreen. Currently, I can see the screen of phone through androidscreencast software on my computer and access it via ADB."} {"id":"19606","title":"Can't unlock LG Optimus P500","text":"I have an LG Optimus P500 phone with Gingerbread. Suddenly I am not able to unlock it by drawing the pattern. I remember the exact pattern, but its not showing what I draw there. It's not even turning its light on when I draw it. Removed battery, re-inserted, and done every primary thing. Strangely I can receive phone call by swiping to answer. Tried turning it on by pressing power button + home button, but it went to some fast reboot mode and nothing happened. Can anybody help me in repairing my phone?"} {"id":"36342","title":"How to unlock the android phone after \"too many patterns attempted\"?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Cannot unlock tablet as have no internet connection? Just now my android phone ( HTC Desire S ) got locked ( apparently my nephew tried the unlock pattern hell lot of time :( ). Now it is asking for userID and password. This is not the first time it happened. But earlier I used to supply my userID\/pass ( same userID\/pass which I use for stackexchange ) and it always worked. But this time when I tried the same id\/pass combination it didn't worked. Although I can login using those credentials to my gmail account.( that means password is not changed ). After doing the quick google I got to know that I will have to do factory reset, which I really don't want to do. Please help what can I do. My phone is on Android 4.0 if that matters."} {"id":"33471","title":"How do I unlock my samsung galaxy s2 after many attempts","text":"Someone tried to unlock my Samsung Galaxy S2. The result is \"too many pattern attempts\". I use Google account to sign in. I can't remember my Google account. What can I do?"} {"id":"42105","title":"Control Android with broken screen from PC","text":"My rooted Galaxy Nexus has a broken screen. How can I use my PC (ie, via ADB) to control the phone? androidscreencast would be the ideal solution, but its keyboard\/mouse control feature does not work in Jelly Bean. Perhaps someone knows why and we can patch the code? (see: https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/msg\/androidscreencast\/BAeW5iG55FI\/ebTFodV-BZsJ) Installing a VNC server is another, but for the love of me I can't get it to work. Eg, using Droid VNC Server, I install the apk, and am supposed to execute \/data\/data\/org.onaips.vnc\/files\/androidvncserver but there is no files directory inside org.onaips.vnc (instructions from here: https:\/\/github.com\/oNaiPs\/droid-VNC-server\/issues\/14). VMLite is another VNC server that can be started with a special Windows utility (and doesn't need root!) but it's not OSS so I can't get the apk in order to install (Google Play is not pushing apps to my phone prob because I disabled some service--let me know if I can force Google Play to update itself from ADB or install the app). fastdroid-vnc is a binary (not apk) and it runs fine via shell, but something is broken and it shows nothing. What are my options? Let's make this a community wiki, to help anyone who's broken their screen!"} {"id":"44821","title":"How to unlock pattern on Nexus 4 [Developer Option: ON]","text":"Even I have seen duplicated thread as in: Cannot unlock tablet as have no internet connection? But Here's my situation: 1. I have wifi\/data turned off. 2. I have the developer option turned on and my laptop does recognized the device with usb plugged in. (As I'm android developer) 3. I'm using unrooted Nexus 4 . * * * Is there any way of unlock the screen using adb way, i.e: turn on the wifi? If no luck I would probably go with hard reset."} {"id":"45701","title":"Problems with a linsay f-10hd cosmos locked","text":"so I have this tablet linsay f-10hd Specs 10.1 \" 0S: 4.04 Google Android CPU: 1.5 Ghz CORTEX A-8 1 GB RAM 4 GB Hard Drive Internal Memory Web CameraBuilt in 3-D acceleration, 3-D Effect 2160 P HD Wi-Fi Supported: WIRELESS 802.11 B\/G HDMI mini HDMI Support 3 D Vision 2160 P HD Video player: Mp4, Avi you can watch your favorite Movies! USB port to Portable External Hard drive up to 3 TB USB port for 3G use and I got locked out, forgot my email and password and I have been trying to unlocked it by doing a hard reset(vol+ and power)which takes me to the android logo so I try to use adb adb shell cd \/data\/data\/com.android.providers.settings\/databases sqlite3 settings.db update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock'; update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently'; .quit reboot adb shell rm \/data\/system\/gesture.key reboot so i start with adb devices and get 20080411 recovery but nothing I get and error. what can i do"} {"id":"36131","title":"locked out of my android tablet and am not connected to the internet","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Cannot unlock tablet as have no internet connection? I locked myself out of my Android tablet. I went to the forgot pattern, but I am not connected to the internet. How do I reset my password when I am not connected to the internet?"} {"id":"43155","title":"i am locked out of my android after forgetting the pattern","text":"I forgot the lock pattern to my android zte groove and the phone has locked me out. I attempted to use my google email as it requests and it still won't let me in. Is there anyway to unlock my phone?"} {"id":"78983","title":"Cant access my samsung galaxy tab 3 for kids as my google account is blocked","text":"My son has blocked my daughters Samsung galaxy Tab 3 for kids. It wont recognise my google account as it has exceeded the 5 tries. I have tried holding down the home, sound and power buttons and the little man appears but I don't get any msg about factory reset. Can anyone help?"} {"id":"42233","title":"Access phone screen from laptop because phone screen is pitch black","text":"My phone was stolen retrieved and broken. The screen is pitch black, though the phone is on. How can I access my screen from my laptop to retrieve information?"} {"id":"47389","title":"My screen lock problem","text":"Respected sir, With due respect & humble submission I like to inform you that my Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos S6802 phone is lock due to many time drawing wrong screen pattern. So, sir I request to you please solve my problem as early as possible"} {"id":"53355","title":"Unlocking samsung ace duos","text":"When Android is locked after Too many pattern attempts, it will ask you to sign in with your Google Account to unlock, I have my username and password but the mobile data and the wireless are not enabled and i can't enable it because it's totally locked, i don't want to make a factory reset because"} {"id":"38373","title":"How to bypass lock screen for Samsung Galaxy S3","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Cannot unlock tablet as have no internet connection? A few days ago, my close friend's dad passed away suddenly from a heart attack when he was overseas, he left his phone among other things and she and her family really want to find out who he last called and messaged, just in search for answers. His phone was a Samsung Galaxy S3. It's not on developer mode (so I can't root it from USB), and from what I know, it's linked to his gmail. but nobody knows his password. (wee're trying to find that one out) Do any of you have any ideas? This would really help my friend a lot. And it means just as much to me as it is to her."} {"id":"56685","title":"how to unlock my tablet's pattern","text":"I forgot my tablet's pattern and my google account. I already tried android sdk\/adb but cant find a driver that suits my tablet help please?"} {"id":"59431","title":"Locked out of Samsung Centura","text":"I forgot the lock screen password for my Samsung Centura. I've tried logging in many times but it has never asked me for my Gmail info. How can I get my phone unlocked?"} {"id":"64521","title":"Samsung S2 locked due to many attempts - How can I recover photos","text":"I have a Samsung S2 and it is locked, because of too many pattern attempts. It now asks for a username and password but I cannot remember the password. I have tried to reset password on the GMail web browser but I am not able to reset the password as I made the account a long time ago. I also am not 100% sure of the username either. More then anything I want my photos on the phone. When I connect my phone to the computer nothing shows up. There is no SD card in the phone either."} {"id":"36030","title":"Simulate Touchscreen Input On Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Cannot unlock tablet as have no internet connection? I have had a very unfortunate accident with my Samsung Galaxy S2 and the screen has suffered a complete shatter (top to bottom! - was closed in a car door) I have downloaded and am running Droid@Screen to make sure the phone itself isn't damaged and can see that the screen is sat on the pattern lock screen. Is there a way I can simulate a touchscreen input from the PC? I just need to unlock the screen then can use Kies Air to remove all of my pics and videos and important files. Any help would be appreciated, I really need to get these files off :("} {"id":"70096","title":"I can't access my old android device","text":"I have Samsung Galaxy S1 and I don't use it for over a year. In the last time I used it, apparently I put pattern lock. I forgot it' and I can't access it with my Google account because it's my old password and don't remember it. Does Google can open it from their computers or is there any other way to access it or I can contact them?"} {"id":"52397","title":"Locked out of my Galaxy mini due to \"too many pattern attempts\"","text":"I have tried everything on the website and on many others, but nothing has worked for me. What should I do?"} {"id":"75778","title":"How to unlock a Samung Galaxy S5 locked with a pattern on a broken screen","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 that has a shattered screen. It doesn't unlock, but the phone works fine. I purchased a new phone, and I want to transfer all my contents from the old phone to the new phone. The problem is the phone is locked with a pattern, and I cannot accesses it as the screen is broken. Does anyone know how to access it?"} {"id":"36177","title":"S Memo missing after OS upgrade","text":"I have upgraded Galaxy Note to Jelly Bean (v4.1.2). The problem is it does not have the S Memo application installed. Can I get that application and install it to my Galaxy Note? If not, then how do I get it back to its original state where I can use S Memo?"} {"id":"18767","title":"Disable Android Market localization","text":"I'm using LG GT540 with (LG) official Android 2.1. The market has never been updated, but months ago, the top apps show my local (Vietnam) apps. Those top rated are actually very bad, can I disable it, use old international version?"} {"id":"41543","title":"Pandigital Novel running Android Eclair - Need User Manual - How do I access the External SD card?","text":"I have a Pandigital Novel with Android Eclair, but I have no user manual for it. How do I access the external SD card? There is no app to do this, and no Device Manager or My Computer built into the operating system, except Astro, which only gives access to the internal SD card."} {"id":"41541","title":"My HTC One X and media link","text":"My HTC One X has configured with my media link and when plugged in my phone says the device has detected but it wont connect to it. It just times out. How can I solve this?"} {"id":"41547","title":"Cannot open message application on Samsung Galaxy S2 and Deleted all of my Contacts","text":"I was originally getting an error message about the logserver not working, which I fixed through managing the application and forcing it to close, but now I get another error when I try to access text messages: > The application messaging has stopped unexpectedly. > > [Force Close] Then it doesn't let me access messages. When I cleared the data from my contacts like someone advised, I deleted all of my contacts, and messaging still doesn't work! There was not an option to clear the cache data, and when I try to sync my contacts to my phone from Facebook and my Google account, NOTHING happens. I need to get my contacts back somehow and figure out how to get the messaging app working. I have tried to look up solutions but I don't understand what most people are saying and I am so frustrated. I do not understand what it means to be \"rooted\", although I did install the app ES File Explorer which seems to have done nothing. Can someone please help me?"} {"id":"41545","title":"Turning off cell broadcast messages in HTC One X Plus","text":"I have been receiving about 50 flash sms a day, with my service provider name TIM RS 51, from the number 50. As I read here, it might be a issue with activating and deactivating cell broadcast on the phone. However, I could not find the path suggested for the deactivation (Setting\/Call\/Other Call Settings). The option does not exist on this path. Any help?"} {"id":"41544","title":"How to fix download notifications?","text":"From what it looks like, Facebook is just downloading an update, but it is not downloading anything. Even after multiple reboots and uninstalling Facebook app, it still continues. How to clear this up? Phone is Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.1.2. With default TuchWiz launcher. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/OHG2x.png)"} {"id":"58458","title":"How to gain Root access on Sony Xperia Ray?","text":"I recently rooted my phone. It did not give any root access. So i used root checker to check the root status. It said \"your device is not properly rooted\" what does this mean?. I am using xperia ray(ST18i) build number 4.1.B.1.13.enter image description here"} {"id":"45160","title":"How to root Sony Ericsson Xperia ray?","text":"Here are the information of my device. Android version : 4.04 Kernel version: 2.6.32.9 Build Number: 4.1.B.0.587 Plz give step by step method and essential material downloading link. Thanks."} {"id":"71776","title":"Samsung Galaxy 2 stuck at start up. Can I recovery the phone or at least the data?","text":"My Samsung Galaxy 2 stuck every time when start up. It looks ok on the beginning, it shows \"Samsung Galaxy S II ...\" then change display to Vodafone logo then the shows word \"samsung\" and stuck here forever. It does not respond to any key after that. To shut it down I need to take the battery off. My questions are if I can recovery the operational system or at least data from the phone."} {"id":"71778","title":"How to open a html file which is in a hidden folder?","text":"I have a folder which has many html files and images. I set the folder to \".myfolder\" to hide the folder because it has so many images and they mess up my Gallery app. After set the folder to the hidden folder, the Gallery problem is solved. However, I could not open the html from Chrome even if I update the path. How I could open the file in a hidden folder? Thanks"} {"id":"8032","title":"How to change the default contact saving location for HTC Desire HD 2.2.1?","text":"How to set HTC Desire HD Android 2.2.1 to save new contacts to Exchange? With Samsung Galaxy S 2.2.1 it's super easy: Contacts > Menu > More > Settings > Save new contacts to... But with HTC Desire HD 2.2.1?"} {"id":"13275","title":"How can I get the Android to use wallpapers sized to my screen resolution?","text":"When I only have one \"desktop\" on my Android phone and I select one of my photos for the wallpaper, it asks me to crop the image. The cropping tool only allows an aspect ratio that has nothing to do with the real aspect ration of my phones screen resolution. Why? I have a Samsung GT i5800 running Android 2.1update1."} {"id":"44917","title":"Yellow tint on S4's screen","text":"The phone's screen has an annoying yellow tint. Is there any app that can fix gamma correction ? Or shall I return the phone and get another one ? Anyone else has this ? This picture is from XDA-Developers and explains my problem : ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/EqRSC.jpg)"} {"id":"79310","title":"Do 3rd party camera apps really improve picture quality?","text":"I've got a Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo (Jelly Bean). It has a 5 mp camera but I'm not satisfied with the picture quality. Will it help if I use another app like Camera Zoom FX or anything? If yes, then which app should I use?"} {"id":"56595","title":"Error: An application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device.","text":"I am getting the following error message every now and then. As far as I notice, it only happens if my phone has internet connection mostly on Wifi. an application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device. it may be safe to delete an application obtained from an unauthorized route. Check now? When i click Check Now it just shows me list of all apps but don't tell me which is having problem. It is Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and it is not rooted or i don't remember i installed any application which is not from Play store. I googled and researched and found other people is getting same problem but i don't see any way to solve it. Anyone here knows how to fix it?"} {"id":"7069","title":"Data Recovery - How to Restore Deleted \/ Formatted Files on HD Micro SD Card","text":"Background: I put in a friend's SD Card to format it because it was having problems. Then I put mine back in and I think my phone formatted my SD Card. I had a ton of pictures on there that are now gone! I put the card into the computer and there's only 2mb of cache files on there and none of the original directories. I already tried the following freeware recovery applications: 1. Undelete 360 2. Recuva Neither of them were able to retrieve any files. Undelete took 1minute to scan for files and came up with 0 files. Recuva took 10 minutes for their \"deep scan\" which doesn't seem thorough enough at all for this 8GB SD Card. I need something that's a lot more heavy duty. I don't mind paying for an application to get the data back if necessary... Questions: * Which application can I use to recover my deleted picture files from my 8GB HD Micro SD Card? * Why did Anroid format my SD card? * How can I tell if it's a phone problem, data problem, or SD Card problem?"} {"id":"54474","title":"Help! Anyone know how to recover photos from Motorola Atrix HD?","text":"A couple days ago I went into my camera gallery on my Motorola Atrix HD and noticed that all but four of my photos were gone. I cannot figure out how this happened?! I definitely did not delete them myself, and they have not been moved anywhere else. I'm thinking it might be an app I downloaded that wiped these or an automatic update, but not really sure. The weird thing is only my camera photos and videos are gone (except for four recent photos), but all my Instagram and Facebook photos and any downloaded photos are still in those corresponding folders. It seemed to only touch my Gallery folder (the photos were saved in my phone's internal memory). I really wish I could figure out a way to get these back, but so far, I'm not having any luck! I did a back-up in August so at least I have the majority of my photos, but I still lost a couple hundred since then. I tried using recovery software on my PC but the big issue I am having with it is that my phone doesn't use USB mass storage, so when I try to connect it to a computer via USB, it only uses MTP, and does not actually come up as a drive, so the recovery software does not see it, and basically that whole idea is useless. Does anyone know any way around this? I've already spent hours looking for possible answers and advice, but nothing has seemed to help. I tried restarting my phone too but that didn't help either. Should I go to the AT&T store to see if they can help? If anyone knows of things to try, or if this has happened to you and you might be able to tell me how it happened or how to get them back, please let me know :) Thank you!"} {"id":"40625","title":"How can I recover corrupt files from my SD Card on my PC?","text":"My LG Marquee started boot looping four days ago and because of this, I have not been able to get into my files (photos, videos, apps, etc.) and back them up. I have not backed up _any_ of my files, unfortunately. A user on here gave me the idea to salvage my media content via copying my SD Card's contents to my PC, then copying these files to a new card and placing the new card in my phone - thus recovering my important files. My phone is **not** rooted. I bought a better SD Card and an SD Card reader and just tried copying my content to my PC. All photos and videos are showing up as _Invalid Image_ :( My Questions: * **Does this \"Invalid Image\" prompt mean that the files are corrupt...forever?** * **Could this be caused by the software I am viewing the files in, and if I view them in a different software, will they show up fine?** * **Is there any way (via a photo recovery software) that I can recover these corrupt files? If so, what software(s) do you personally recommend?** Thank you for any and all questions answered. I really appreciate it, I am at my wit's end with this problem and I had thousands of photos that were _extremely_ important to me - losing them would honestly be devestating. **Update** : I ejected the reader and inserted it again, and instead of being able to at least view the \"Invalid\" images, now my computer is prompting me to format what it is calling the _Removable Disk (E:)_ Should I go ahead and format my card on my PC? I'm so lost :("} {"id":"54938","title":"How do I recover my photos","text":"i have Samsung galaxy gt-s7562 phone. i was wanting to reduce my phone memory. my photos and videos have all been cleared. i would like to know to recover them from my phone."} {"id":"11768","title":"How do Android devices receive security updates?","text":"I'm new to Android and I'm thinking about buying an entry-level Android device. Yesterday I read that Android passwords are stored in plain text. That got me to thinking... how do Android devices get security updates? I know that OS upgrades aren't available to every Android phone, so I was wondering how vulnerabilities like these will be patched. Does it depend on the goodwill carriers?"} {"id":"13984","title":"Why does my Samsung Galaxy S lose data for some applications?","text":"**ANYONE WANTS MY BOUNTY POINTS ?** **I had a bounty of 150 points on this question but got no answer I could use.** **Anyone ? I have to award it in 22 hours.** * * * I am very happy with my Galaxy S, which I have had for about a year now. Recently I noticed that some of the installed applications seem to lose data. Because I do not know the file system nor the inner working of an Android device, I will give the specific apps in the hope that someone recognizes this or at least can tell me something to try. 1. The first program I noticed was Friend Caster. This is a (very good) Facebook client which worked fine for some weeks. But now I have to, at least once a day, re-enter my user id and password. The technical staff helped with some things to try (related to the Facebook integration), but nothing helps. 2. The second program I noticed was Business Calendar Free. Every once in a while (and I really can't put my finger on why) this program starts up as if it is just installed - i.e. it produces the start help screen, and I lose the settings I chose (f.i. the chosen colours for Saturday and Sunday). Although the installed and active calendars are kept. Also, the widgets of this program, stop updating themselves, which is rather useless for a calendar widget, of course :) I have lots of other programs installed, all of those seem to work correctly. None of them has an obvious function which could cause this. _Samsung Galaxy S - GT-I9000 - Firmware 2.2.1 - Kernel 2.6.32.9 - phone is not rooted_ The problem can be specific to those two program of course, so I also installed both of them on my son's Galaxy S, on my wife's LG and on my Archos 101 tablet. None of these phones present the same problem. **UPDATE** I have upgraded my Android version to version **2.3.3** , but this has not solved the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. **UPDATE 2** I received the following answer from the nice guys from the Business Calendar support. Can anybody verify this ( or knows a solution to the problem ): > This is a well known problem on some Samsung devices, since the update of > Android version 2.2.1. **The settings of some apps are not saved > permanently**. Once this problem occured, this will happen again and again. > > As the problem seems to be caused by a bug in Samsung's version of the > Android OS I am afraid to say that we can't do anything against it. We hope > that Samsung is about to fix the reason of this in the future. Maybe you can > contact the Samsung support, that they hopefully accelerate working on that > issue. > > So unfortunately your device is affected by this problem. Some people told > us that a factory reset helps them out of this really annoying problem, but > I won't guarantee for anything. That's up to you."} {"id":"13986","title":"Google Voice : Your phone number couldn't be verified","text":"After I sign in, i'm asked to set a voicemail PIN, and immediately after that i get the error: > Your phone number could not be verified. Please try again. How do I verify my phone for Google Voice usage on my Android? Note: I'm using `Nexus one` with the latest 2.3.6 update. I'm not a US citizen. And I can make calls from my PC."} {"id":"13987","title":"Motorola Atrix 4g reboots itself","text":"I've just got a new Motorola Atrix 4g and have experience random reboots of the phone, this generally happens when it is in my pocket or otherwise unattended. Usually during the work day when browsing, playing games, listening to music or using the GPS it behaves itself. Anyone got any ideas?"} {"id":"82428","title":"when does Android 4.5 comes and will my phone get update?","text":"I got LG OPTIMUS G PRO (F240L) and I wanna know , will it get OTA 4.5 updates?"} {"id":"81562","title":"Error - Insufficient storage - Nexus 7","text":"Device: Nexus 7 (2013 WIFI) ROM: AOKP_FLO_KITKAT_NIGHTLY_2014-07-31 Rooted: Yes Recovery: TWRP (Not sure if this is needed) I am posting this because I recently started getting \"insufficient storage\" error on my device. I've had this before and I knew exactly had to fix it because I had come back from a vacation then and there were a lot of pictures on the device; So it was a simple matter of moving all the pictures and videos off the device for it to start working again. This time however it is a little confusing for me. I will start with some pictures: ![Settings > Storage](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/95XYfm.png) ![ES File Explorer](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/A9Eawm.png) _Settings > Storage_ \/ _ES File Explorer_ > Top_left menu > Tools drop-down > SD Card Analyst (click images for larger variants) So far everything looks fine, I seem to have a lot of space left to install one measly app right? Just to confirm, I used Clean Master to try to move some apps to device storage: ![Clean Master](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/9iRBpm.png) Clean Master > App Manager > Move No gimmicks here, Clean Master sees that I only have one storage medium on my device. So why do I get these errors? ![Google play](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/53pZjm.png) ![AIDE](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/7WnjOm.png) _Google play_ (Trying to install an app that is less than 1MB in size) \/ AIDE (Trying to run an app) I'm just confused about the whole thing. Everything else seems to be saying I **have** enough space, but apps are not being installed because I **don't have** enough. What can I do here? EDIT: Even more weirdness, it won't let me install the 300Kb file with the image I posted above, but it lets me install a 3Mb file from the playstore. Basically I can install some apps but not others and it doesn't matter the size, my device just wants to make me crazy no problem. Ex. This app (2.6M) installed fine, but this one (2.1M) didn't due to \"Not enough space\". **What I have tried:** * http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/showthread.php?t=1834105 * Installing and running DiskUsage and here is a screnshot: ![DiskUsage](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/4LdLcm.png) Couple observations: \\--> It let me install this App and still not letting me install the other apps I have tried with the insufficient memory message still showing \\--> The above pic shows that I have enough space left on the `\/data` partition to install atleast A LOT of apps! * Output of running the `df` command: ![Terminal Emulator](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/0CAQQm.png) Note I have tried the solution posted at the \"Possible Duplicate\" link and it did not work nor did I expect it to. The problem here is not that I have insufficient space to install apps because as you can see, I have a lot of space and I am able to install some apps. The problem is deeper than that and probably has to do with the way files are installed on my tablet"} {"id":"13678","title":"How can I update my HTC Desire when the OTA update is missing?","text":"I have an HTC desire and have Orange as a provider in the UK. The software information displays my firmware version as being \"2.1-update1\". I discovered that my phone is not up to date, because after hours of searching I discovered that the reason I cannot find the google app 'phone to chrome' is because the version is not recent enough. There are no updates pending as I have the system software updates check box for schedules updates checked. On checking for updates a message states that there are no updates available for my phone. Is the reason that other users are able to update because they have different devices and service providers? From looking around for update news, my phone should be updating. From various webpages (example) it is said that this update can be done manually by using HTC sync; is this safe? Are there risks from not getting the update automatically? Or are you only bypassing the service provider in this way and not much harm can be done? A warning that this removes all previous saved data is given, but this will not equate to rooting and voiding any warranties though?"} {"id":"16003","title":"Could someone confirm the status of Google Gtalk App on Android?","text":"I am a new android user but I am a computer and internet search veteran, however today I have been unable to find information about the status of google talk for android. I simply want to download and install the Gtalk app for Android, but I cannot find it on the market. I find many references to it elsewhere, but the app itself seems to be gone from the market. I also find many references to voice and video chat in Google talk on android, so is it the case that google have removed the basic chat app in favour of google voice?"} {"id":"16001","title":"Samsung Captivate AT&T OTA Update Stuck at 99%","text":"I have a Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S). I recently returned to stock firmware (2.1) using ODIN 1-click and have been trying to do the standard update to 2.2 from AT&T. The download goes pretty quickly until it reaches 99%. At that point it is just stuck (I've waited about 20 minutes so far). I have tried to hit cancel and then resume. This just restarts my phone, goes to a white screen with an update bar, and hits 50% before the update fails and it boots normally. What could be wrong and how can I get the standard OTA update to work?"} {"id":"5862","title":"Music Player with a smart Shuffle option","text":"One of the feature that I love on Amaro (Linux) or Winamp (Windows) is the ability to shuffle the playlist, ie take all the songs in the playlist and shuffle them like a deck of playing cards. That way, when I play the list, the same song never repeat after the whole playlist have been played once. In the basic music player on Android, and the few ones I've tried from the market, the behavior is the classical \"Pick a random song\" each time the previous one is ended, meaning sometimes the same song gets played 10 times in an hour, and others never get played. Is there an app that provide this feature?"} {"id":"17355","title":"Asus Transformer 101G layout switch problem","text":"I have a following problem with Asus Transformer: When I open application (for example Smart Tags) it switch to the Chines layout. In layout configuration it shows correct one (Asus German Keyboard) The only way get German one is to switch to another layout (I have Russian too) and then switch back to German. Any Ideas?"} {"id":"56849","title":"Grey Wifi and mobile data icon after upgrading to CM 10.2 20131102","text":"I had intermittent issues before with my Google syncing not working as it should (although I've always been able to go to google.com in the browser), rebooting usually solved it. However, after upgrading from an older 10.2 version to the latest one (via CMs own update functionality), both the Wifi icon and the mobile data icon stay completely grey. As usual, I have no issues with going to Google in the browser, so I'm suspecting this is a Gapps issue or something with the ROM. Any ideas on what I can do to troubleshoot and\/or solve this? I'll go ahead and try upgrading Gapps now and let you know how it goes. This is not a duplicate with any question asking what this greyed out icon means, I'm asking specifically why the sync functionality stopped working with the upgrade (if anyone knows), and how to fix it (if possible). **edit** I just realized I might be running 10.1 gapps on a 10.2 CM build, I'll update this if upgrading gapps solved the issue."} {"id":"31839","title":"How to avoid looping the album\/playlist automatic?","text":"I use the default \"Play Music\" music player app (v4.3.605.398337) for listening to music. Whenever it gets to the end of an album\/playlist it automatically replays it. I would like to avoid that behaviour but I can't find where\/how to: does anybody know? If relevant, my device is Galaxy Nexus."} {"id":"19583","title":"Disappearing\/deleted .pls files","text":"I am making application that is using .pls files to read shoutcasts' adresses from them. At one moment I noticed, that sometimes .pls file I was reading data from is disappearing after I have used it. After lots of testing, I noticed, that if I rename file to .txt, it won't get deleted. A little more testing, a voila - sometimes, if I read data from one .pls file (pathname provided in String), ALL .pls files on sdcard get deleted! And my doing anything with any of them - they just all get deleted. I am using HTC Desire Z, Android 2.3.3, not rooted, and I don't remember installing any applications that could be deleting files, especially without my knowledge. Any ideas? I can provide you with the app code I am using, but I don't really think it is connected in anyway to this problem."} {"id":"69034","title":"updating from 4.3 to 4.4.x","text":"I would like to upgrade my current nexus 4 that's already rooted on 4.3 to the latest 4.4.x android, ideally while keeping my root. Any tips on how to do this? I've fallen so far behind on the updates that I don't know what's safe anymore. Thanks in advance!"} {"id":"64001","title":"Why does my Samsung Galaxy SIII with 4.3 run so slow","text":"Hi I live in South Africa and we recently received the 4.3 update for the Galaxy SIII. When I perform general functions on the phone(open apps, browse web, run multiple apps) everything goes very slow and as an example if I push the home button the apps on my home screen are gone and then return again after a while. Why would this update do this to my phone? How can I increase the performance of my device which now runs on 4.3?"} {"id":"49159","title":"Android mic problem and cell freezing problem","text":"I had (and I still have) problem with my phone, a Samsung Galaxy S3. Sometimes people hear me bad or doesn't hear me at all and this is a real vexing problem. I brought the phone in a Samsung authorized center, they said me that my OS version (a Jellybean branded by H3G) could be bugged. They've replaced it. Now audio problem is still present and as if that weren't enough my phone freeze it's screen at least seven, eight times per day (I have to detach the battery to recover this issue). I have installed a software to record my phone call, I have listen again every phonecall in which my interlocutor said that he doesn't hear me and... my voice is perfectly audible in registered phonecall. I always thought that my microphone was defective but at this point I'm not so sure of this assumption. What can I do? I have no idea about the problem, could a non-branded Jellybean version resolve the problem? Could samsung completly replace my phone?"} {"id":"49152","title":"Location woes on HTC","text":"If the NSA tracks me via my HTC phone, they must think I am strange... My location never updated. Ever. I tried removing the cache from News and Weather. Tried using GPS. Tried using WiFi. Nothing seems to work. Is there a canonical way to re-set the location in Android? Note: Phone is HTC Sensation XL. I have factory re-set it several time, no change: the first location Weather picks stays as the current one whatever I do. Applications are any weather apps whatsoever. I installed several and none updated their location correctly."} {"id":"45638","title":"Google+ Auto Backup vs Instant Upload","text":"What is the difference in Auto Backup and Instant Upload?"} {"id":"48208","title":"Why does Exchange ActiveSync not keep more than 'x' days of mail?","text":"I have a HTC Desire X. I have set Exchange ActiveSync to download past 3 days. However, why does it not keep older mails which are already downloaded? i.e. on Friday, I can see mails from Tuesday on. On Saturdays, I can only from Wednesday on. The Tuesday email which was already downloaded and read is no longer visible? **Is there a way to make not delete the local copy of older emails?** There is an earlier question which is similar - Why does stock email app only keep 25 latest emails? However I don't think the accepted answer there is relevant here. From that answer > to prevent large transfers of data that end up using the device > communication thus leading to a faster battery drain; Why would keeping older mails cause large transfer of data? The older mails are already downloaded and are there on your phone. > to preserve memory consumption that in turn would leave your device slow and > inefficient. Just because the older mails are there on disk, it will not increase memory consumption. A better way to program it would be display '3' days but have a way to show older ones on demand - since the app would read it from disk only on demand, it wouldn't increase memory consumption. My phone runs Android 4.0.4."} {"id":"45633","title":"Where did the SIP settings go to on my LG Optimus 4X?","text":"About 3 months ago I bought my _LG Optimus 4X HD_ (aka P-880), which shipped with Android 4.0.3. I searched the settings up and down, and was quite surprised there were no SIP settings available. I'm very sure SIP support was added to AOSP with Gingerbread, so it had to be there with ICS! Did LG remove them from their Android installation? Is there any way to get them back?"} {"id":"45632","title":"Voice activated offline voice recorder","text":"Sometimes while driving or washing the dishes some idea pops up in my head while I am listening to music. How may I record voice without touching the phone? (Sometimes while driving in remote places I do not have Internet connection so it needs to work offline)"} {"id":"7947","title":"How to have phone prioritize encrypted Wi-Fi hotspots?","text":"I have a Wi-Fi solution similar to FON which has an encrypted private home Wi- Fi hotspot and a guest network which is unencrypted and requires one to log in once a day. My problem (or rather, annoyance) is that the phone seems to prefer the unencrypted guest network. I have it enabled because I can use other people's guest networks when I'm roaming about in the city. It would make sense that between an encrypted and unencrypted hotspot, it would be wise to prefer the encrypted one, regardless of signal strength. Is there any way to resolve this?"} {"id":"7942","title":"Can not flash LK2.08 for original firmwares on my spica","text":"Can not flash LK2.08 for original firmwares. I try like this: http:\/\/www.addictivetips.com\/mobile\/root-samsung-galaxy-spica-i5700-with- leshaks-kernel\/ i am using this kernel: http:\/\/forum.samdroid.net\/f55\/lk2-08-original- firmwares-root-new-superuser-wifi-tether-bb-12-07-2010-a-1193\/ and i copy it to my localh computer hard disk not to phone SD card. Whn i click start i get this: > Download Start... <0> Create File... > <1> StartThread Detected : 1 <2> > StartThread Detected : 0 <3> > StartThread Detected : 0 <4> > StartThread Detected : 0 <5> > StartThread Detected : 0 <6> > StartThread Detected : 0 <7> > StartThread Detected : 0 <8> > StartThread Detected : 0 <1> setup > connection... but takes 20 minutes and nothing changed. Is this normal or what i am doing wrong?"} {"id":"28080","title":"How can I study or prepare myself for an exam with the help of my Android device?","text":"I want to learn a language or prepare for an exam with the help of my Android phone or tablet. Are there any efficient and fun methods out there to do so?"} {"id":"827","title":"German lessons in an Android device","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I study or prepare myself for an exam with the help of my Android > device? Is there any German course that I could do on my Android device? Whether it's an app or an optimized web site it's fine by me."} {"id":"7948","title":"Where are attachments stored when sending text messages","text":"Where are the **attached images to text messages stored** on Froyo 2.2.1 ( Samsung Galaxy S , if that should make a difference ) ? I am asking following problems I have now when sending texts with images attached : _I can't send a picture attachment together with a text message_. **\\--- UPDATE ---** I have found the solution to the problem mentioned. Please look at the answer of my other question if you have the same problem."} {"id":"42177","title":"How should I correctly turn on my phone?","text":"This is regularly driving me nuts. Every once in a while, my phone freezes for whatever reason. I press and hold the power button to shut if off. Now comes the part that's giving me trouble. * If I just press the power button, nothing happens. * If I press and hold the power button, at some point a picture of a battery appears. It will disappear again after a while (probably because I'm still holding the power button and shutting the phone back off) * If I press and hold the power button and release it when the battery image appears, the image will stay and indicate that the battery is being loaded. * If I press and hold the power button for _just the right amount of time_ , the Galaxy S2 logo appears and my phone boots. So, usually I find myself going through this cycle a couple of times until I finally get my phone booted. What am I doing wrong?"} {"id":"57578","title":"Android SMS path","text":"I can't find the path of SMS database files in android os. where is the right path for SMS database files? I already tried these values and these values are not right: \/data\/data\/com.jb.gosms\/databases\/gommssms.db \/data\/data\/com.android.providers.telephony\/databases\/mmssms.db"} {"id":"16910","title":"How can I add a search button to my dock on a Galaxy Nexus?","text":"I just saw a tweet where someone had added a search button to the 3 docked software buttons ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/nCkW6.png) **So I'd like to know how to add the search button (or any other) to the dock with the Back, Home and Multitasking buttons** Is this a setting of the default launcher or done through some app?"} {"id":"42179","title":"Settings Keep Changing back","text":"The settings keep going back to factory settings either when the battery is low OR I turn off the phone. For example, calendar sync turns off and I have to turn it back on each time I want the calendar to sync. The display goes to the least brightest settings and 15 seconds for screen time out and I have to go in and readjust the brightness and screen time out time. It is really annoying. When I took it to the Sprint store and asked them about it, of course, it wouldn't do it."} {"id":"12208","title":"How can I get the stock browser to exit?","text":"Unlike most apps, the Android browser doesn't seem to exit when you hit the Back key to exit to the home screen. This happens even when I have no web pages open. There doesn't seem to be an Exit option when I press the Menu button in the browser, either. For whatever reason, Android rarely kills it like it does with other apps. It takes up quite a bit of memory and even CPU time when in the background. Either way, all my other apps exit nicely and I'd prefer that the browser did too. Is there any way I can get the browser to exit? One could use a task killer but it's a bit of a hassle and it seems to leak memory when I kill it with TouchWiz's built-in task manager, besides the fact that task killers suck. I have a Galaxy S Vibrant running Android 2.2 with TouchWiz."} {"id":"12204","title":"Does updating to 2.3 fix Galaxy S' lag issue?","text":"As title. The lag issue I am talking about is the notorious \"RFS lag\" as explained here, and is also refered to here and here"} {"id":"12206","title":"Disable Phone's Built-in Microphone?","text":"I just conducted a tiny experiment with the original headset that comes with Nexus One: I plugged it into the phone, expecting the phone built-in microphones to be switched off, replaced by the microphone on the headset. I was disappointed to see that the voice input behavior of the system didn't change: The phone seems to continue picking up sound from the built-in microphone(s). So, I thoroughly covered the headset's microphone with tape and tried again... Still, no change. The Nexus One's built-in microphone are fully enabled. This is disappointing because I really need to disable the Nexus One's built- in mics, so that I can use a different microphone instead. Is there a way to accomplish that?"} {"id":"63252","title":"How do I back up Google Authenticator?","text":"I'm starting to use Google Authenticator for more and more things now, but I've just realized that if I lose my phone, or if I need to wipe and restore it to install new firmware, I will lose all of my codes. Is there anyway to back them up please? Or some kind of fallback that means I can restore it to a new device? Thanks"} {"id":"63251","title":"Use HTTP Proxy with Applications","text":"My college network requires use of proxy settings when connecting to wifi. This restricts internet usage to the browser as it is a http proxy. I have been looking to divert the internet for app usage. I have many apps which I would like to use via wifi, much of the college has poor mobile internet signal. I have tried applications like prox"} {"id":"10510","title":"How do I delete draft SMS text that keeps reappearing on my HTC Thunderbolt?","text":"My question is essentially the same as that discussed here, but I have tried everything mentioned in the discussion there and none of it has solved my problem. To briefly summarize the problem, every time I open a thread to send a text (SMS) message to my wife, the same fragment from a previous draft text I once prepared but did not at the time send re-appears in the text entry box as the beginning of my next reply. I have repeatedly deleted all drafts appearing under Menu\/Draft (floppy icon). I have deleted the entire thread of prior texts with my wife and started a new thread, hoping to break the connection, only to have her send the first reply in the new thread, and find the fragment there again when I began to reply to her. I have tried just sending the fragment to my wife to \"clear the pipes\" (warning her that it wouldn't make sense but I was doing it to solve this problem). I have edited the fragment and kept one word of it mixed into an otherwise new message, hoping it would consider this draft to be completed and sent once and for all. You name it, I have tried it. Please help! My phone is a stock HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon. I previously had the Handcent SMS app installed but deleted it, and the problem is still occurring in the regular Android (or Sense, I am not sure which) messaging app."} {"id":"10511","title":"Home key doesn't work on my Galaxy tab P1010","text":"Sometime my P1010's Home key doesn't work suddenly. Just like last night, my tab's power was off. Then the Home key stopped work when I rebooted it. But Back key, Menu key, and Search key still work. Why? This is the third time now. I have to restore factory defaults to solve this problem every time. But I need to reinstall all my apps after that for they're lost. It's very tiresome! Anyone can help me? please!"} {"id":"8866","title":"Mount PC folder on my android, then serve audio\/video through my Android to my TV via USB?","text":"My plan would be to allow me to connect my Android to my TV by USB, and then be able to play videos\/audio from my Computer that is mounted over wifi on my Android. Is this currently possible, or is there a better way that I can accomplish this task (using only a USB cable\/wifi and not having to copy files to my Android) Thanks for any advice :D"} {"id":"8864","title":"Why does the vertical size of the scroll bar change?","text":"When I scroll down a web page the scroll bar appears and constantly changes size as I scroll What does this size relate to?"} {"id":"21404","title":"Intentionally deleted Android system - how do I fix this?","text":"Right now I own a Sony Ericsson Xperia x10 mini and I rooted it. I had this program installed from Android Marketplace that allows you to delete applications. So guess what... I deleted several applications for testing purposes and I knew that if I uninstall Android System it would break everything. I did that epic \"mistake\" for testing purposes (don't try this). The thing is how do I fix this? I have spent some time reading through forums and installed Flashtool and downloaded the ftf file (X10a_v2.1.update-1_2.1.A.0.435_Generic.ftf) in C:\\Flashtool\\firmwares directory. What I have to deal with right now: - My mobile phone switched off when deleted Android System so I decided to boot it to see if any error messages comes up. - Now my phone won't power off due to the lack of Android System. So I have to use a torx screwdriver to remove the screws and take off the battery (because Flashtool requires the phone to be switched off) but unfortunately the Torx I have is one size bigger than the required one for Xperia's screws. - I guess I have to wait until the battery is dead or I should just get a proper Torx screwdriver. The thing is that I have another Xperia x10 mini as well (works for now - didn't try any uninstall) and connected it to FlashTool and followed the instructions to flash it but I keep getting this error message: > ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY=\"MAJOR\";ERR_CLASS=\"SECURITY_CLASS\";ER R_DYNAMIC=\"SIN > header verification failed\" I tried to figure out what's causing this and I end up with the \"locked bootloader solution\". I tried the instructions read here: http:\/\/unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com\/instructions but when I typed `##7378423##` no service menu was available... That happened to the working Xperia phone. How would I possible do that on a broken Xperia? Any suggestions would be highly appreciated! We're all learning through our mistakes after all."} {"id":"21405","title":"How do I update all my apps with the new Google Play Store?","text":"I want to update my apps, but I can't find the option in the new play store. How can I do this?"} {"id":"67578","title":"Eclipse(and adb.exe from sdk) doesn't detect my beaglebone black as running android device","text":"I need some help for problem. I'm using Beaglebone Black and Android (JellyBean 4.2.2) with 3.8 kernel. BBB connected to window7 through USB which comes with BBB. When I boot the android on micro SD card, it works fine(I'm using 4DCAPE LCD screen) but I cannot find it as running android device. I turn on the USB debug mode. Thanks."} {"id":"67576","title":"no alert tone when receiving a message","text":"I have Samsung galaxy s duos 2 GT-S7582. my problem is that, everytime I receive a txt message, I don't hear any alert. ive already checked all the notification settings and all of it were turned on.."} {"id":"67574","title":"Why are Android Apps not as polished as iOS?","text":"When I owned a iPhone, all the software seemed to be very polished(Visually). For example, the process to getting to menu's shorter etc. I own an s4 and the apps and the software does not seem to be as polished as iOS? Both platforms are being developed by very intelligent programmers and creative people, so why is it that Android is not as polished?"} {"id":"67570","title":"LED not turning off even after there are no unread WhatsApp messages","text":"I have this random problem with WhatsApp: the green light that blinks when there are unread messages don't turn off even after I go and read them. It doesn't even help if I delete all the messages. The only thing that helps is restarting the phone. I have a Nexus 5."} {"id":"9127","title":"Is there any way to install Open Office in Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What is a good application on Android to open Microsoft Excel files? Is there any way to install Open Office in Android Emulator, So that I can Open XLS sheet in Android Emulator for my apps.Any help will really be appreciated. Thanks a lot"} {"id":"1","title":"I've rooted my phone. Now what? What do I gain from rooting?","text":"This is a common question by those who have just rooted their phones. What apps, ROMs, benefits, etc. do I get from rooting? What should I be doing now?"} {"id":"236","title":"What does \"to root a phone\" mean?","text":"I heard this phrase or the variants (rooted phone, rooting, etc.) in android forums but I don't know what it means. Can you explain it in simple terms?"} {"id":"64481","title":"Why are Android OSes \"unrooted\" by default?","text":"My question is, why must every device\/OS be \"locked down\" and require get arounds to gain full access? Why must they have to be 'rooted', and why are they 'unrooted' by default? On Windows I can gain administrative privileges with a click of abutton or command, but why do we need to go through more trouble with like iOS, Android, etc.? Why can't Android OSes have like an admin command that anybody can enter and gain full access, or file security to automatically protect access of files and enable users to get access with like a sudo command? Why do we need to \"flash this\", \"run exploit software\", \"custom rom\", etc.? Why can't we just have full access like on Windows, OS X, etc.? In short, why are Android OSes locked down and restricted by default, requiring the dance to get desired access? Why can't OEMs, stock OSes, or the like come \"rooted\" by default and give users complete access without worrying about limited use and lack of access to certain files we may want to change, features, etc.?"} {"id":"56745","title":"Why don't most of the phone manufacturers include root access in their phones by default?","text":"Hello guys I am new here and I just want to ask a simple question about rooting. Is rooting very dangerous for phone? And why isn't it included in the phone by default? And one last question, can any device that runs Android be rooted? If yes is there an application that can do that? Like apk?"} {"id":"69734","title":"what is rooting? Should I upgrade my Xperia U from GB to ICS?","text":"I have an Xperia U[GB] and there are certain apps which do not work on it[device is not rooted shows up everytime I try to open these apps]. So what exactly does it mean by rooted device. Should I root my device? Does it have any negative implications? Also I still haven't updated it to ICS,since I've been told that Xperia U doesn't perform well with ICS.So should I upgrade it?"} {"id":"12666","title":"Benefits of Rooting Your Android Device?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > I've rooted my phone. Now what? I'm considering rooting my Galaxy S2. But would just like to make 100% sure that the benefits that comes with rooting your device makes it worth while. Main reason for me looking up on this is that I'm sick of apps connecting to the net (apps like calculators etc, wtf) and using up the little data that I have. I've read that once you rooted your device there are a couple of apps that let you control which apps do and don't get internet access.... I like that, I'm the one that is supposed to have the say. So is it worth it?"} {"id":"5223","title":"What is rooting?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > what does \"to root a phone\" mean? Is rooting just copying `su` onto the phone? Does it try to get the root user's password?"} {"id":"58559","title":"How to install CyanogenMod on my HTC Desire SV","text":"My HTC Desire SV isn't listed as a supported device for CyanogenMod. How can I get CyanogenMod to work on it? I'm very new to this. So, I could use some help."} {"id":"62122","title":"Google Account with limited permissions","text":"I am trying to assess feasibility of an internal initiative at my company. Management would like to: * Distribute Nexus 7\/10s which can have primarily calendar and contacts synced by a single Gmail account * Disable ability to send email from this account, although not from employee's account This is an effort to keep calendar and contacts in sync. **Is the second requirement possible?**"} {"id":"53426","title":"Can an app call a phone without me knowing?","text":"The reason I ask is because I have gotten various calls from seemingly random numbers saying that I had called them. When I check my call log, there is no outgoing call to their number. This has happened multiple times, but not very often, maybe once every two weeks. I am normally very careful with the apps that I download and have avg downloaded and scanning periodically. Could it be that someone else can use the same number to call?"} {"id":"62121","title":"Unlock Motorola Droid Razr Maxx (Verizon)","text":"I have a Motorola Droid Razr Maxx on Verizon in the US. I want to take it to Straight Talk, a MVNO that uses Verizon's network. I bought the Straight Talk SIM card, but I get an error that the phone needs to be unlocked. How can I unlock the phone to use it with another provider (same CDMA network type)?"} {"id":"58550","title":"Sync certain contacts between two devices\/google account","text":"Is there any way of syncing selected contacts from one android device\/google account to another? Consider the following example: Person A and Person B share real life contacts, but on their smartphones, each person has to maintain contact details on their own. The data is there, so why do not share this? The following ideas came to my mind: 1. Create a new, shared account. All contacts that should be shared are stored in this accounts. On each smartphone, contact syncing for this account is enabled. This should work just fine on android smartphones. **But the contacts of the shared account are not accessible through the web interfaces!** 2. Use Gmail Shared Contacts for Google Apps. The drawback here is, that **this does not work for generic`@gmail.com` addresses**. Is there any other way (android app, software for Windows\/Ubuntu, own contact server, ...) to sync common contacts in a way, that the contacts are present both on android devices and through the normal google webpages?"} {"id":"28407","title":"Screen goes back to home screen frequently, after Data Network enable","text":"When I enable Data Network, my phone goes back to home screen frequently whenever I use another application or go to another place. Even when I close my screen, my home screen appears. How to fix this error? When i deactivate the data network mode, the phone works normally.. please please please update me the solution on it. My phone is Samsung Galaxy S plus. Model Number - GT-I9001 Firmware version - 2.3.6"} {"id":"28405","title":"Installing custom ROM on HTC phones over Fastboot or ADB","text":"I am trying to build CyanogenMod for Sensation. After building I have `update.zip`, which I can install over CWM recovery manually. But how do I install the ROM over Fastboot or ADB in order to automate the installation process? The same commands which I'm using for Google phones (Fastboot flash system) does not work normally. I think, that after flashing, system partition have wrong address."} {"id":"34325","title":"Samsung Galaxy Nexus message notifiers","text":"I own a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and would like to **enable** message notifications every 5 minutes if I don't answer a message. Is there any way to do this? Preferably for free."} {"id":"34320","title":"Samsung Galaxy S2 doesn't play music","text":"New Samsung Galaxy S2 doesn't play audio files. I tried using different players, but none worked. The track ether plays for 1-3 seconds or mixes different tracks into one. Considering trying to return the phone. Does anybody have solution?"} {"id":"55122","title":"App crashes with modded Galaxy Y S5360","text":"I just installed Hybrid v5.0 Jellybread on my Galaxy Y S5360. Since then the internet browser app, Tubemate and some other apps don't work any more. What can I do?"} {"id":"37141","title":"Android as WiFi bridge with AP","text":"I would like to extend a WiFi signal. I could buy a WiFi repeater, but a much cheaper solution would be using an older Android 4 device, which I own and don't use. The Android device is capable of creating a WiFi AP. So if I bought an external WiFi USB adapter for it, with a large antenna used as the receiver and the Android device itself as the AP, I could bridge the network. The hardware should be possible. But how about the Android software? Will there be any issues, or any considerations I need to take note of?"} {"id":"54660","title":"Wi-Fi hotspot tethering without using mobile data","text":"Something I am having much difficulty with is creating a wi-fi hotspot on my Samsung s3 but without using mobile data for it. In other words, I connect to a PC using Bluetooth, and using the internet from the PC. I now want to create a wi-fi hotspot on my S3 using sharing this internet connection. Note that when using mobile data, this works fine, but it can't seem to share my Bluetooth internet from the PC. Any ideas if this is even possible i.e. creating a wi-fi hotspot that share internet other than mobile data. My reasons for this is that the wi-fi hotspot created by the computer is much slower\/worse than that made by my S3."} {"id":"23719","title":"Samsung Galaxy S keeps resetting itself on shutting down. How can I stop this?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S and it has worked smoothly for the last couple of years. A couple of days ago, the battery charge died and when I turned it on, it had done a factory reset. Now every time I turn off the phone and then turn it back on, it always resets itself, How do I stop this and what could be the cause?"} {"id":"1934","title":"Is it possible to unroot a device?","text":"Once a device has been rooted, is it possible to unroot? I also want to keep my data, so can I unroot without wiping\/re-imaging? If so, how difficult is this?"} {"id":"59205","title":"Wifi and data connectivity issue","text":"Updated my Galaxy S3 to Android 4.3 (att) today. Now I can't connect to Wifi, or even find my home network, unless I turn off mobile data. I tried calling att tech support, they suggested factory reset. It's not my router as my laptop and game systems are connecting just fine. S3 connected before update. Next step is Samsung tech support but from what I've read online my best bet for a solution is here. Anyone have a fix for this? One that does not involve a factory reset. Edited to add I updated via OTA. No other problems... So far."} {"id":"49115","title":"Where is Google Play Books storage location?","text":"I found hints that the location might be \"Android\/data\/com.google.android.apps.books\". I don't have that folder. I have searched every file in my system looking for the book file. I have folders: \"...apps.magazines\" and \"....apps.maps\", but no \"...apps.books\". Also what does the thumbtack mean on the books page cover under library view... Is there a manual somewhere?"} {"id":"27005","title":"\"Read Later\" for Twitter posts with fewest taps possible","text":"Most Twitter apps I've tried require at least three taps to even get to \"share\", which then makes me select the thing I want (I never share those links on FB or G+, I just want to save them for later, when I have a bigger screen). What I want is something similar to Tweetbot on iOS: hold the link, tap \"Send to Pocket\". Is there some technique I'm missing? Is there an app that can let me save with fewer taps?"} {"id":"27002","title":"Is there a way to evaluate Android apps in a browser (like Pieceable for Android)?","text":"I have seen Pieceable which is a Website where you can upload iOS apps and then try them out directly in the browser. Is something like this also available for Android? To upload an APK File, embed some code into a website and be able to try out the app before buying it?"} {"id":"55789","title":"Why are Nexus devices often described as perfect for developers?","text":"I often find statements on Android forums like, \"Nexus devices are perfect for developers.\" or \"A Nexus device is almost impossible to actually 'brick'\" (Is this actually true?). What is it that makes the Nexus devices so special? Is it because they have the stock Android, and so tinkering with Android in its purest form is possible? It's just that I own a Nexus 4, and I don't even know why developers love it this much!"} {"id":"35580","title":"How can I transfer photos to my Android Jelly Bean device while preserving the original timestamp?","text":"I recently bought a Nexus 4 and I would like to transfer my photos of my previous device to it. My previous Android phone used the standard USB mass storage which gave 0 problems to copy back and forth stuff, but the Nexus 4, like many other modern Android phones I suppose, uses MTP instead, which has the interesting feature of refusing to copy the original dates\/timestamps of the files, using instead the date at which the files are being copied. This is obviously a huge bummer when it comes to photos; not only because one cannot check the original date at which the picture was taken while browsing on the phone, but also because they end up completely unsorted. Is there a way to transfer photos to a Jelly Bean Android phone that doesn't support USB mass storage preserving the original timestamps? Things I've tried so far: * Transferring via USB MTP * ADB push (both full folders and individual files) * Transferring via SSH (using SSHDroid + WinSCP) * Uploading and downloading from Dropbox * Transferring a ZIP file via MTP and uncompress the file on the phone * Transferring from the other phone via bluetooth * QuickPic \"fix date\" function * Local Sync * Photo Date Correction * FTPSyncX * Smoke signals * Yelling at the phone None of them preserved the timestamp, and this is driving me insane. (Also, I am not rooted yet, but if the only viable way requires root I would welcome that answer as well.)"} {"id":"70250","title":"Print screen in Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos","text":"How to Take Print Screen in Samsung Galaxy ace Duos? Can please some body help me."} {"id":"5381","title":"How to print screen my application in android phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to take a screenshot with an Android phone? How to print screen my application in android phone?"} {"id":"43092","title":"How can I take a screenshot on my Samsung Galaxy Fit?","text":"I can't find how to take screen shot on my Samsung Galaxy Fit device. I noticed that it took some screenshots and I do not know how it happened. By installing third party app it works, but I do not want to do this because they run their services in the background. Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated."} {"id":"32056","title":"HLS Streaming in native browser","text":"I've read in numerous sites that Android has supported HLS streaming since 3.0. However, I've been unsuccessful in getting any HLS stream to play back as it should on devices I've tested. HTC OneX running 4.0.x Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4.1.x I can't find any definitive answers on true HLS support in Android. Does anyone have a good answer here or point me to an article describing the limitations?"} {"id":"57782","title":"How to restore ColorNote notes after factory reset?","text":"I forgot to backup my notes before factory reset and now apparently I have lost them all. Before doing factory reset though, **Back up my data** option in **Settings >> Backup & Restore** was checked but right after it there was no sign of restoring data and such. I am not however sure if this has backed up any of my _ColorNote_ app data. There is a `backup` folder at this address `\/storage\/emulated\/0\/backup` which contains backup files for some applications including one file named `com.socialnmobile.dictapps.notepad.color.note` which should be related to _ColorNote_ app. When I double click on this file, and install it, no note gets restored. I also did not have anything synced with my Google account before doing factory reset. I know I have probably lost my notes, but still am desperately searching for some way to restore them! Those notes where stored on Androids file system, so my only hope for now is maybe I could use some file recovery application to recover those deleted files. Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated! (Galaxy Nexus, Android version: 4.2.1, not rooted)"} {"id":"57786","title":"Is it possible to lock the homescreen from apps moving","text":"Is it possible to lock apps into place on the home screen? My finger keeps moving them from all over the place."} {"id":"57787","title":"Is it possible to foce close all open apps with a single button","text":"Is is possible to do a mass closure of all open apps. For example if i have 10 apps open is it possible for me to press a single button that says force close all open apps right now?"} {"id":"57785","title":"How applications read \/data directory on not rooted devices","text":"To access directories like `\/data` in file managers the device should be rooted. My phone is not rooted but I see that anti virus applications can read and scan such directories. If reading these directories need root access to the device, how this applications can read them?"} {"id":"55879","title":"Connect bluetooth webcam to Android phone?","text":"Is it possible to connect a bluetooth webcam to an Android device? Ideally it being accessed as you would normally for recording video?"} {"id":"13347","title":"App isn't working correctly. How can I fix it?","text":"I have an application that isn't working correctly. Either it's not launching, or not responding to commands, or some of the functionality isn't doing what I expect. What are some simple steps I can do to try to fix the issue on my own? _(This question and answer are intended to be a canonical and generic source for dealing with apps that aren't working quite right.)_"} {"id":"21873","title":"How do I disable Instagram notifications?","text":"How do I disable push notifications for Instagram? As much as possible, I don't want apps to do any push notifications (except for MMS)."} {"id":"21879","title":"What is Plain Vanilla Android?","text":"I have an HTC Desire (which I enjoy a lot). However, HTC hasnt updated the device to ICS (they say they will update this year, no specific date). Can I get a plain android version from Google and install it? What is the difference between the Google Android and the HTC (or other brand) Android?"} {"id":"26066","title":"Samgsung Galaxy Tab mass deployment","text":"Device - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 \/ Android 4.0.3 We are about to deploy 70 Samsung Galaxy Tabs for users who will be allowed only to use web browser to access document library. We created a Joomla site for document library. How do I remove all the unnecessary apps from the screen except the browser? Should I remove them one by one? How to block access to other apps or setting?"} {"id":"26065","title":"Global Address Lookups on Galaxy SIII","text":"I have setup my Exchange Mail using the default Samsung email app. Mail and calenders works great but I am not able to do Global Address lookups. Is this possible? How can do this?"} {"id":"26063","title":"Android Tablet - Download PDF and open it on browser","text":"Device - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 \/ Android 4.0.3 I have tested Samgsung Galaxy Tab for document download such as PDF from web site with many browsers. Most of them just download it to somewhere in the device and I have to go to notification window(Right and bottom) and click it again to open it. Some browsers ask me to save and ask me again to open it. Is there browser or a way that opens it when I download it? iPad works that way. iPad opens the file right away when I download a document."} {"id":"64948","title":"Is removing an app any different from disabling an app?","text":"One of the main advantage of rooting is removing bloatware [I guess]. Is removing unwanted brand-based or operator-based app any different from disabling it from `All Application` in `Settings`? I don't find any improvement in memory too since these apps were pre-loaded in OS and you can't use those space any way."} {"id":"64947","title":"Connect to a WiFi-Direct Network with a device which doesn't have the WiFi-Direct feature","text":"Can an Android device which doesn't have the WiFi-Direct feature connect to other WiFi-Direct networks as a peer connected to a Group Owner (GO)?"} {"id":"1369","title":"What are the advantages of a custom ROM over rooted stock?","text":"What can a custom ROM provide beyond rooting that I can't get by downloading an application?"} {"id":"44425","title":"External HDD not recognized by tablet","text":"I have an external 320GB HDD with Backtrack on it, partitioned as follows: -partition '\/' ext4 -partition '\/home' ext4 -swap -free partition fat32 The problem comes when I connect it to my tablet [Vonino Orin S --jellybean 4.1.1]; even if I connect the HDD to an external power supply the tablet doesn't recognize it; even more, sometimes I get a notification \"Storage removed. Insert a new one.\". Is there a specific way [size, FS] my HDD must to be partitioned?"} {"id":"57435","title":"lost samsung s5830 dont remember the gmail id","text":"I have lost my Samsung galaxy ace 3 days ago.I don't remember my Gmail account, the phone's battery was low,and is now switched off.is there any way i could find it ?"} {"id":"53955","title":"My phone can't start after backup failed","text":"I tried backing up my Galaxy S4 using this method: http:\/\/galaxys4root.com\/galaxy-s4-tutorials\/how-to-backuprestore-rom-on- galaxy-s4-with-root-cwm-recovery\/ 1. 1st backup failed but I could still boot the phone When backing up, it failed halfway, it failed backing up \/data\/. I rebooted my phone and found that my keyboard doesn't remember my custom words anymore. 2. 2nd backup failed and I can't start the phone anymore I rebooted into the recovery and tried backing it up again the second time. It failed halfway, it failed backing up \/system\/. Then I tried the backup again (without rebooting) and it failed immediately saying no space on the SD card (I am not sure if it's true) So I rebooted the phone and it is showing the boot animation forever (I waited over 30 mins). I tried restoring \/system\/ from the first backup but it didn't help. I don't even know where the problem is, how can a backup break your phone?? Any help will be appreciated."} {"id":"57438","title":"How can I transfer files between Samsung Galaxy Note 800 and usb pen drive?","text":"Is it compulsory that I need a Desktop or Laptop to transfer files between Samsung Galaxy 800 and a usb pen drive."} {"id":"58961","title":"How does fast-charge work?","text":"How does Fast Charge work? Does it actually charge your device faster, and if so, is there a downside to using it?"} {"id":"1964","title":"What's the easiest way to create a QR code for a link?","text":"The title is pretty self explanatory on this one."} {"id":"33729","title":"Why does GPS not work in a train?","text":"**GPS** signal strength is **Zero** while I'm in a (electric) train. Why is does my device not get a GPS fix in a train?"} {"id":"14660","title":"How to connect Superpad II P041 to pc","text":"I've a superpad II P041 and I would like to connect it to my pc. I would like to use Logcat for check exception thrown by my application. The problem is that when I connect it with the USB cable, the pc doesn't recognise the tablet. I've already enabled the Debug USB. What can I try to let the pc to communicate with the tablet? Maybe I need the drivers? Thanks for your help."} {"id":"18562","title":"Increase Wi-Fi Roaming Aggressiveness on Samsung Dart?","text":"I have a T-Mobile Samsung Dart (which IIUC is a re-branded Samsung Galaxy Mini) and a Wi-Fi network in my apartment with two access points. When I make Wi-Fi calls while walking from one end of my apartment to the other, the signal from the access point I was originally connected to (AP1) degrades to the point of being unusable. By the time I get to this point the signal from the other access point (AP2) is strong but my phone doesn't roam to AP2. Both access points are set up with the same SSID and security settings, so roaming should \"just work\". It does work when the Wi-Fi connection is idle, although it usually takes a long time for the phone to figure out that the signal from AP1 is weak and start using AP2. Using Wi-Fi calling seems to make Wi-Fi roaming even less aggressive, probably because the Wi-Fi NIC is busy sending data instead of scanning for hotspots to roam to. How do I configure my phone to roam more aggressively between Wi-Fi hotspots on the same network (same SSID and security settings)?"} {"id":"34958","title":"What are the minimum hardware specifications for Android?","text":"As per the title, what hardware do I need to be able to run various versions of Android?"} {"id":"4998","title":"Does Android 2.1+ support the ARM9 processor?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What are the minimum specifications for Android? I want to load Android 2+ (i.e 2.1 or 2.2) on an ARM9 processor, is it possible? If I could have a comparative chart of which ARM processors are supported by which versions of Android it would be helpful."} {"id":"686","title":"What is the minimum specification for Android 2.2 (Froyo)?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What are the minimum specifications for Android? Assuming that the handset and carrier both allow the OS to be upgraded, what is the minimum specification needed for Froyo in terms of processor, screen, and other capabilities?"} {"id":"47891","title":"What are the minimum hardware requirements, or suggestions, for Jelly Bean?","text":"**I do not want any PDF file format links or suggestions** , I just want the numbers, baby. Please tell me the minimum suggest, preferred, and all other necessary info on this. Point for? I am going to boot Jelly Bean on an older smartphone model, and want to know its suggested hardware for it to run on (memory, clock speed, firmware, other hardware)."} {"id":"33722","title":"Using an Android device as a web server","text":"How do I use my Android device as a web server by with an IP address and port? Just like a Wifi file transfer app in the Play Store?"} {"id":"18564","title":"Upgrade and Rooting Motorola Xoom Paths","text":"I have a UK Motorola Xoom, Wifi only version. It's currently running 3.0.1 and is rooted. I'd really like to upgrade to 3.2 and stay rooted. What's the best path to take with this? I can't download the official \"over the air\" update, because that clashes with the rooting process I have performed (I assume) as that bricks the device. I have been using it for a while and have many settings and apps in place. I assume there is no way I can do an in place upgrade and keep everything as it is? I assume I will have to use something like Titanium Backup, then find a pre- rooted 3.2 image and flash that on, then restore my apps and settings? Can anyone confirm if this is correct or not? Finally, if that is true, can anyone point me to such an image for my model tab?"} {"id":"38607","title":"Google Nexus 4 weird sound problem","text":"Are there any solutions to the Google Nexus 4 weird sound problem? This is how it sounds. Will Google replace the phone? I am in Singapore and bought this phone through a friend in the US. There is no proper support information for this phone from Google \/ LG. I tried calling '855-83-NEXUS' but they are closed for the day. I will try calling them tomorrow."} {"id":"9679","title":"Why does my Nexus One power off with 15% power remaining?","text":"Once my Nexus One's remaining power drops to 15%, it automatically powers off. On turning it back on again, it reports that it's now on 0% power. Do all Nexus Ones behave like this, or is it just mine? Possibly relevant apps I have installed are: * BatteryTime Lite. This gives a percentage power in the notification bar. I thought it might be mis-reporting, but the value it reports always seems to match what the phone reports in Settings > About Phone > Battery Use * JuiceDefender. This turns the data connection on and off to try to preserve battery. I can't see settings in either of these that would turn the phone off at 15% power. I'm currently on Android 2.3.4, but I think this happened on earlier versions too."} {"id":"791","title":"How to make Froyo's portable hotspot more stable?","text":"I have updated to Froyo on my HTC Desire yesterday and am testing out the portable hotspot option. The problem is that it is very unstable, at random times (1 to 10 minutes) I lose the WiFi connection. I have a laptop on my lap and the Desire in my pocket, so it's not like they are out of reach. Does anybody have any ideas on this? Similar experiences?"} {"id":"71570","title":"View \"What's New\" in landscape in the Play Store","text":"When I'm on my Nexus 7 (2013) in landscape mode, the Play Store shows me the permissions list, but nothing about what's changed in the application being updated. In portrait mode I get the full details. Is there some way to quickly view application details in landscape mode?"} {"id":"71572","title":"Verizon Activation Setup Galaxy s3","text":"I recently bought a new contract-free Verizon CDMA Samsung Galaxy S3 for testing purpose and I couldn't pass the activation setup wizard. When I reached the customer service they said I have to activate it to use it which is lame. I buy a 300$ phone and they force me to activate it with a plan to use it. How can I skip this? I tried how-do-i-bypass-the-verizon-activation-on-a-samsung-fascinate but it didnt work."} {"id":"71575","title":"How can I reset WiFi without rebooting the phone?","text":"Sometimes WiFi networks are not picked up on my Moto G. Switching WiFi or flight mode on and off does not solve the problem, however a phone reboot does. Does anybody know of a way I can reset the WiFi completely without rebooting the phone? For example, with 3G issues I would go to the testing menu (*#*#4636#*#*) and switch the radio on and off, or switch flight mode on and off, which would typically cure the problem. Anything similar for WiFi? Thank you."} {"id":"9977","title":"How can I reliably screen or block callers on a number-by-number basis?","text":"Last night I got a telemarketing call on my Verizon Droid X. I was horrified, to say the least. I absolutely do NOT want telemarketers wasting my time and minutes with their B.S. I looked into screening blocking calls through Verizon, but it seems Verizon only lets you block a total of FIVE numbers. I think this is unacceptable. I went to the app store and there are a number of such applications available. From reviews and comments it's really hard to choose. Is there a way to solve this problem? An app? A procedure? Something within the phone itself? I'm using the soak release of Gingerbread, 2.3.3. I don't care about price. I just want something that is fast and effective."} {"id":"48997","title":"How to ban a incoming number on Android 2.3","text":"How could I ban a incoming number? What is the sequence of menu actions I should follow to get an appropriate menu if any and where to find help documentation on Android user interfaces? I have searched in the net but I'd unable to find any. I have android 2.3 operating system on my ARM qualcomm 7225a application processor."} {"id":"15533","title":"Can I configure my Android Phone to block certain numbers calls?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I reliably screen or block callers on a number-by-number basis? I'm receiving calls from call-center companies that wan't to offer me services that I don't want. I already ask them to stop calling but they keep trying.. Can I configure my 2.2 Android Phone(Galaxy 551) to block the incomming calls from certain numbers?"} {"id":"19852","title":"blocking individual numbers & text messages for Android phones","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I reliably screen or block callers on a number-by-number basis? Had Easy Filter app and it worked great for a while on my Samsung Galaxy, then it stopped. Question which phone does the Easy Filter work well with? Or which Android phones are compatible with which call blocking apps. Need to block specific numbers from incoming calls and text messages."} {"id":"39554","title":"How to hyperlink to file in KingsoftOffice?","text":"I have an Excel spreadsheet created in Windows and open in Kingsoft Office. I would like to be able to create a hyperlink to specific files on the tablet itself. For example, I want to be able to link to `\/Root\/sdcard\/Cool Example Folder\/12345.pdf`. How would I go about doing this? If Kingsoft Office won't do this, is there an Android app that will let me do this? Samsung Galaxy Tab, Android OS `4.0.4`."} {"id":"4122","title":"Why do some devices ship without the Market installed?","text":"Someone explain to me why some tablet manufacturers use software hubs other than **Market**. I bought a **Coby Kyros** ($160 @ KMart, Puerto Rico) and it brings **AppsLib** instead, and I immediately noticed that not all apps are there. I already found steps to root the tablet and install Market, but the question still bugs me."} {"id":"4287","title":"How can I add the market to my device?","text":"I have a white Pandigital Novel that I hacked to run Android 2.1. The firmware I have did not come with the market. Is there a way I can put the market on it? Is there a \"market.apk\" somewhere?"} {"id":"77215","title":"CM 11 kitkat RC2 on my htc explorer","text":"I have installed CM 11 kitkat RC2 on my htc explorer things went fine I have flashed it but now I can;t see my playstore file manager etc only thing is I can see my contacts...please give me a solution"} {"id":"64128","title":"Newbie needs help: Not sure how to get Google Play apps on CyanogenMod","text":"I finally decided to install CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Verizon). The installation process went _pretty_ smoothly (I only had to pull the battery twice ;)), but I am having no joy reinstalling all of my Google Play apps. I'm beginning to think I've made terrible a mistake. Does CyanogenMod **not** integrate with Google the same way that stock Android does? Can I not just enter my Google username and password and redownload all of my apps and settings? I mean, I knew that the Play Store isn't bundled with CyanogenMod due to licensing issues. But I thought that installing the Play Store was as simple as downloading the APK. So far I've downloaded two versions of the the APK and both crash on launch. I've tried all of the usual things like clearing the app cache and rebooting the phone. I also downloaded a 150 MB \"Gapps\" package from cyanogenmod.org that I have no idea what to do with. The download page has absolutely no instructions, nor does the package contain a readme. I've read that I need to \"flash the apps through recovery\", which I can sort of parse, but all of the documentation and explanations I've found this afternoon assume the reader knows more than I do. Any guidance would be very much appreciated. By all accounts, CyanogenMod is awesome. Technical details: * Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) * CyanogenMod 11.0-InstallerXNPQ02R (Android 4.4.2)"} {"id":"26310","title":"I've deleted Google Play Store. How can I reinstall it?","text":"I've been having an issue with my apps where an error \"Package file is invalid\" keeps appearing. I read a tutorial somewhere which told me to \"uninstall updates\" for the Google Play Store application. I was told doing this would uninstall the application, and then the device would automatically reinstall Google Play Store. I did this, restarted my phone, but the application never reappeared. I think tried downloading an `.apk` file to install this manually, but on install the application wouldn't load. Has anyone done this before? How can I reinstall this application? I believe I need it for all future downloads and updates to my applications. For the record, my phone is **not** rooted."} {"id":"34058","title":"Where to download and install Google Apps on Android 4.0.4 device?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android > device? I have an international android smartphone which doesn't have anything related to Google Play Store installed. So I have to install GoogleLoginService.apk, GoogleServicesFramework.apk, Vending.apk, ... by myself. I was able to find information about how to do it online but I cannot find where to get those apks for my version of Android, which is version 4.0.4. If I download them, how can I know\/verify they are the right version for the android 4.0.4?"} {"id":"44209","title":"Accessing android Marketplace from desktop android capable phones in office","text":"We have some android capable desktop IP phones in our office, is there an app that i can download to my phone that will allow it to access the Android marketplace. There is currently no way to access the marketplace, we have to manually download the apps on a card and upload them to the phone. Any ideas would help, thanks. UPDATE: I know how to download and install apps to the devices, i am looking for an app that will allow me to access the marketplace from the desk phones so i dont have to manually install via an SD card. I searched the forums and wasnt able to find the answer I wanted."} {"id":"47825","title":"Android Market or Google Play Store for black Pandigital Novel","text":"I'm looking for an easy way to get the Android Market or Google Play Store on my black Pandigital novel. I've searched and searched, but I couldn't find any ways to get either of them. If anyone knows an easy, simple way, please let me know!"} {"id":"28866","title":"Bought a cheap android tablet, how can I install GMail, Play Store and the other Google apps?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android > device? I met the IFA here in Berlin on the last day. This was a great chance to buy one of these simple cheap chinese no-name tablets. I wondered, a smallweight tablet with HDMI, Bluetooth, hd display and a dualcore! cpu. I got it for 70 €. But at home i surprised, ohhh, no Market, no Gmail. Tried different ways to install these apps. Every time force close. I'm using Ubuntu as my workstation and looked with adb for the device. Found one, good! The command lsusb gives me Bus 001 Device 031: ID 18d1:4e22 Google Inc. Nexus S (debug) And now, i would like to install google apps like market and gmail. For this i've downloaded the gapps zip file. No chance to install one of this apk files after unzipping. Does anyone have an idea how i can achieve this?"} {"id":"42272","title":"How to get Google Play in China","text":"I just bought the Samsung S3 in China and Google Play is not installed - how can I get it, or at least get my Gmail?"} {"id":"7983","title":"How to install android market app manually?","text":"I have device with android 2.1 and I want to install android market app manually. Can I do that? I have download android_app.apk file into my device but while installing getting following error. **Package com.android.market_app requires unavailable shared library com.google.android.datamessaging; failing!** I tried to search datamessaging.jar file but I can not able to find. Does I need to do something else."} {"id":"53041","title":"Chinese Galaxy note has no google account","text":"I am using a Galaxy note [GT i9220], it has samsung account for cloud synchronization but no google account. I9220ZCLSF It supports Chinese \/ Korean \/ English language only. using Android 4.1.2 It seems I could set up gmail through exchange synchronization which is not so efficient. 1. Is there a way to enable google account ? 2. Once solved, can I sync contact both to Samsung and Gooogle cloud ? UPDATE: I just want a google account for email, addressbook and calendar sync. Do I necessarily need to flash cyanogen mod to enable google account ?"} {"id":"75816","title":"Error installing Google Play Store on tablet","text":"I have a tablet which doesn't have Google play store. I downloaded it but when I open it, it says \"Unfortunately Google play store has stopped.\" I have already cleared data but it is not working."} {"id":"68213","title":"play store not working","text":"I've been having an issue with my apps where an error \"Package file is invalid\" keeps appearing. I read a tutorial somewhere which told me to \"uninstall updates\" for the Google Play Store application. I was told doing this would uninstall the application, and then the device would automatically reinstall Google Play Store. I did this, restarted my phone, but the application never reappeared. I think tried downloading an .apk file to install this manually, but on install the application wouldn't load. Has anyone done this before? How can I reinstall this application? I believe I need it for all future downloads and updates to my applications. annd i have checked system folder (my device is rooted) and vedor apk is not there i have dwonlode it and installe then too its not working wht to do?>??????????????????????????....."} {"id":"48140","title":"How do I install Google Play on Cyanogen Mod 10.1?","text":"I see CyanogenMod 10.1 removed Rom Manager. How do I now install Google Play?"} {"id":"39960","title":"No Google Play Store in Craig 4.0.3 Android tablet","text":"I have a Craig 4.0.3 Android tablet. Can it download apps from the Google Play Store? My tablet does not seem to have the Google Play app. Is there a way to download the Google Play Store app? I have already signed up with a Gmail account, which was one of the prerequisites to access the Google Play Store. Please let me know. I keep getting an error that I cannot download apps, because I don't have the Google Play Store app. Thank you very much."} {"id":"24768","title":"Does China Mobile Galaxy S3 model GT I-9308 have Google Play Store?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android > device? Does this Galaxy S3 have Google Play Store pre-installed so I can download Android apps? I can't find Google Play Store in my phone."} {"id":"26099","title":"Google Play does not work on Samsung S3 (GT-I9300) purchased in China Unicom","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Does China Mobile Galaxy S3 model GT I-9308 have Google Play Store? Just want to check 1. Whether Google Play support Samsung S3 (GT-i9300)? 2. I have downloaded the Google Play to S3 but it won't work? Is there any way to use Google Play on a Samsung Galaxy S 3? (I have a Google account and it worked fine on another Smart Phone.) Actually same issue for other Google applications like Google+, Gmail, etc."} {"id":"62433","title":"Reinstall uninstalled Google Play Store","text":"How do I tackle my problem as I have mentioned in the title? I tried to check many times but I could not install Google Play Store. I have a Micromax a77 Canvas."} {"id":"16691","title":"How to sync android market account if I have the app but the market isn't in my add account?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android > device? I've been trying to get the new market on my phone for a while, I finally did then it asked if i wanted to add an account, i clicked yes. Once i went to settings to add the account market account wasn't in there, how do i add one now?"} {"id":"27808","title":"How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my Android device?","text":"I have recently installed a custom ROM and cannot find the Play Store. It seems like all apps that belong to Google are missing. **How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my Android device?**"} {"id":"55336","title":"How to flash the gapps package after installing CyanogenMod","text":"I have recently installed the `CyanogenMod` in my Samsung N700. Issues now i want to install Google apps like play store, maps etc. Learning from here i have download the `.zip` package and it is in my sdcard now. Issue is now i don't know how to use it, if i try to open it its says no application to handle such(zip) files. Can anyone please guide me through this?"} {"id":"17213","title":"Where can I get Android Market App for my Tablet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I add the market to my device? I do not have Android Market App installed on my Tablet. When I try download Google Maps App - it redirects me to link which look like that `market:\/\/details?id=com.goodle.android.apps.maps` and my browser fails on it. I guess I have to have Android Market App installed in order to install other apps. Right? Where can I get Android Market App ?"} {"id":"41754","title":"Google Play Store - Not Working","text":"I'm currently using an Arnova 10G2 that has never been used as it was a relatives christmas present. When trying to load the Google Play Store on the device after re-downloading it from Softpedia, a notification comes up saying: > You must add an account to continue. Do you want to add one now? Whether I click yes or no, it closes the application and brings me back to the devices home screen. I do not want to root the device to fix this. Is there any sort of known solution? I could not see a clear one when searching."} {"id":"13081","title":"Installing official Google Marketplace on a chinese Asus Eee Pad Transformer 101","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android > device? I'm currently living in China, so I bought my Asus Eee Pad Transformer 101 here. For some reason it does not come with the official Google Marketplace application but with some other application that only supports chinese as a UI language and uses some other \"less official\" market place. I did find the Market App from google and installed it. However when I start it it tells me > You must add an account to the device to continue. Do you want to add one > now? If I click Yes, I'm simply redirected to the home screen (the app remains open in the background) Does anybody know of a way to set this up? Because the only thing was able to add to the device was my gmail account for e-mail. Thnx."} {"id":"55820","title":"how can i install google play on my 4.0 tablet?","text":"i have an internet tablet with android ft ICS ( ice cream sandwich) with no google play. i want to know how to download or install google play into my tablet. i've tried several ways but no luck... it keeps saying \"unfortunately , google play has stopped\" . Any easy ways or suggestions to how i can get google play **WITHOUT ROOTING**?"} {"id":"75544","title":"Re-Installing google play","text":"I got my google play and google play services deleted from my rooted phone.I had moved all the apps on internal apps to my partitioned sd card,which got corrupted.Tried installing google play apk and services from other sites but they would not install. Phone model:Galaxy Y S5630 Need your help."} {"id":"10037","title":"Android HTC G7 without Google applications","text":"I recently got an Android HTC G7 phone which claims to be Android 2.2. But I do not see any Google applications installed (market, maps etc). Is there a way to install these libraries and get started?"} {"id":"81702","title":"How do I install Play Store on my HCL Me tablet?","text":"I have an HCL ME Connect 2.0 tablet. It has 1Mobile Market pre-installed. I want to install the Google's original Play Store for multiple reasons, like the application Google Keep doesn't work because of the lack of \"Google Play Store services.\" I don't have any knowledge in a tablet's technical realms, like rooting it, so kindly be comfortably easy and reasonably detailed if there's a solution. Thanks!"} {"id":"39180","title":"Permanently indicate to Market an application should refuse upgrades?","text":"Some applications update frequently, (like Dolphin Browser), but to my needs the current version is clearly enough, barring a major advance of the application. Some applications (like Slacker Radio) remove earlier functionality via updates, in the interest of cleanliness or to strengthen marketing additional features to a subscriber audience. Slacker Radio specifically moved the look-ahead next artist functionality into their pay version. So, for me, these are 2 cases for specific updates I would prefer never to perform because I am either happy, or just content. Currently I reject selecting Update-All, since they remain in the list, and update my apps one- by-one. Is there a way to tell Market\/Google Play to shield them from the update list on a semi to permanent fashion to prevent them, especially to prevent inclusion in an accidental mass-update?"} {"id":"77176","title":"Is it possible to hide an application from Google Play?","text":"**Some perspective:** Hi, my mobile phone is from 2011 and my manufacturer stopped providing updates past a certain version so I decided to put a Cyanogenmod based ROM on it (CM 10.2, 4.3 based). There's a problem though, I don't understand it completely but it has to do with the ION memory allocator versus the PMEM one. My phone is not using the former for its graphics drivers (or something along those lines) and applications like the current Google Maps instead of displaying properly make the screen flicker. Since it's no use that way, I'm using the last of the older version (6.4.14) which is the last I know not to cause that. My phone is always telling me there're updates for Google Maps and because of that I can't have application autoupdate on. **The actual question:** Is it possible to hide an application from Google Play so that its updates are not suggested as updates? As if it were actually not installed for example."} {"id":"33898","title":"MS Exchange with Default Email App is Randomly Draining Battery!","text":"I'm using my Exchange email account for work with the default Email app on my Nexus S running Jellybean... usually everything works just fine, but within a week or so it'll start consuming massive amounts of battery. Flushing the data + cache and deleting \/ reinstalling the Exchange account usually fixes whatever went awry... until the next time the problem comes back. I haven't tried uninstalling \/ reinstalling the Email app itself, as the OS cautions me not to do that with a default app. Is there a way to fix this problem besides \"Don't Use It\"?"} {"id":"4206","title":"Does the alarm work when my phone is turned off?","text":"Will the alarm still go off if I turn off the phone before? Example: when I have low battery, I have to go to sleep and wake up at X o'clock, and there is no charger around. _Should I turn off the phone?_ Note: If it makes any difference my phone is Galaxy S running froyo"} {"id":"61288","title":"How can I set up an alarm on an Android phone powered off?","text":"When I configure the alarm on my Android phone, if I turn the phone off, it does not turn on when the time comes. My most basic featurephones had this feature, surely Android can do it as well, no? Otherwise, what would be the technical limitations?"} {"id":"34541","title":"Will a shutdown Android phone wake me up (like feature phones do)?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Does the alarm work when my phone is turned off? I have three devices with Android and I just wanna one of them alarming when turned off. I turn off my devices to do not receive any alert type from sync, apps, calling, sms etc. and also to do not waste battery charge. I know I could just switch devices to airplane or silent mode and connect them to power, but I would like to know just how to use alarm when device is turned off... I miss that feature from my old dumbphones..."} {"id":"47253","title":"Get all users by Organization name in People app of HTC One X","text":"I have HTC One X and I have stored my contacts in the People app. I have put Organization name in their details. I want to view all the users belonging to a particular organization. I am unable to find a way to do that. Is there a way to view all my contacts in People app by Organization name or at least search by it?"} {"id":"41404","title":"SD card \"damaged\" after every reboot \/ power off","text":"When I turn off my phone, next time it says `SD card is damaged` and all data is gone, I can only reformat it. The phone is \"gionee iq275\" (also known as \"Fly\" in Russia), Android version is 2.3.4. What can be the source of problem? How can I get rid of it? I know, the phone is crap, but at the moment just throwing it away and buying another is not a solution."} {"id":"41401","title":"Android Device Partitions","text":"I understand how partitions work on a harddisk, also how to use programs to create, change, delete these partitions. I am using also Android for quite some time - but never really tried to go very deep regarding the system itself. I would really get some more details regarding how the system works but I feel I cannot find the right source for the deeper knowledge. In this question I would like to focus on the Android partitions only. I found this source: http:\/\/wiki.cyanogenmod.org\/w\/Doc:_more_concepts#Partitions_and_directories But I would like to understand a little bit more: Is the concept similar to harddisks? Can these partitions also be changed? Or would it be necessary at all? Are there tools to change the partitons? Can I brick my device forever when working on the partitions? Thank you so much!!"} {"id":"77068","title":"Is It Possible To Change the Read-Only File System In Android With Out Root?","text":"I have a ZTE Savvy, and if you didn't know by now its the most impossible phone to root, I tried all type of programs,then stumbled on a program called cydia's Impactor. Everything was going fine and then an error popped up on the computer and said: \"Mount: read-only file system\" Im wondering. is that the cause of why my phone never rooted in the first place? Any way around it?"} {"id":"4762","title":"A3000 chinese mobile - Dual-SIM or Dual-GSM support since Android 2.2 (again?)","text":"My question topic is Android support for dual SIM hardware. More specifically I'd like to find out if it's the Android 2.2 release that added support for real dual SIM and dual GSM support, and to which extend both cards are online or usable as data channel. A question about Dual SIM Android phone? already came up here, but it didn't investigate the issue completely. And the mentioned mobile (Tiger G3) was also most likely incorrectly reported as Android phone. From all pictures I've seen it's a regular chinese MTK\/NucleuOS phone. I want to base my question on the STAR A3000 as hardware example. It's verified that it is really running Android, and dual SIM capabilities seem very plausible: http:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/wholesale?SearchText=A3000 I'm linking to a search listing and not a shop or review directly to avoid the impression of spamvertizing. It's also a more long-lived link that way. But foremost I want to highlight that there are two hardware versions. The original A3000 runs Android 2.1 and offers no dual SIM capabilities. All newer listings advertise both Android 2.2 and dual SIM support. The trouble with chinese mobiles and resellers is that not all details are super reliable. You'll have to cross check multiple sources, and better assume the lowest common denominator. In the above shop search some Android 2.2 dual sim A3000s are for example still depicted with the original hardware version. I've seen a few images (and there's a youtube video) with the dual sim slots, so I presume this verified. There's also a rumor (on dealextreme) that both hardware versions are identical and there's just a black cover above the second sim slot for the first version (looks plausible from pictures). So that's why I assume that Android 2.1 didn't support such features, and the Android 2.2 kernel maybe introduced it. The hardware in this phone most likely supports not only dual SIM, but dual GSM. This means that both SIM cards are connected the whole time, to two different networks. All previous MTK chips and mobiles support that. However I've seen one picture of the A3000 Android 2.2.1 version which shows a configuration screen with an option along the lines \"[x] Select SIM card at bootup\". This would suggest that it's not a real dual-GSM setup, but just dual-SIM - which only allows switching. Yet _all_ the listings from my first link suggest that the phone and Android is \"dual sim dual standby\". So I'm confused. Back to the question: Did Android 2.2 introduce proper support for dual-GSM? I know none of the big brand vendors supports anything like that, so it must be a fringe feature, maybe not even in the OHA documentation. Any chance something like this was mentioned in some sort of release notes? (Really I have no clue, no Android phone yet, still gauging.) My main interest is keeping my main phone number, and using a secondary SIM and contract for data connnections preferrably. Or the other way round. * * * Another note. I know there was also the General Mobile DSTL1 once, which was the first (and for a long time only) Android 1.5\/1.6 phone to advertise dual- SIM. I don't know to which extend it supported real dual-GSM functionality. But it's interesting that old Android versions allowed it. So I'll extend my question into why no Android 2.0 and 2.1 phones with dual-sim existed. Did the feature possibly come and go twice in Androids lifetime?"} {"id":"4769","title":"Can I easily redownload all my apps if I get a new phone?","text":"I am considering buying a new phone. Is there a way to easily redownload all of my apps onto the new phone without having to search for each one individually?"} {"id":"77060","title":"Note 3 Won't Power On","text":"Ok so less than 30 minutes ago my Note 3 was working fine! I put it in my pocket and looked at it again and it was off and wouldn't turn on. It had plenty of battery left at the time though I don't know exactly how much. First thing I did was take it to the charger. The battery icon wouldn't show up so I pulled the battery and tried booting into recovery. That did not work either. I tried to power it on without the battery in via the AC charger. (Yes some phones will boot without a battery). That also failed. I tried a different AC adapter of the same rating. It failed. I tried a different cable, fail. Etc etc. Any ideas? Also it's worth noting that when it was plugged up to the charger it got reasonably warm. The battery didn't get warm. The area around the Snapdragon 800 got warm. With and without the battery in whilst on the charger it still got very warm. (Like it was trying to do something very load intensive?)"} {"id":"19741","title":"Does anybody know a pdf reader WITHOUT save as and share features","text":"I am looking for a PDF reader that DOES NOT have a save as or share feature. It would need to be compatible with Froyo 2.2 My reason for asking is I have created an application that reads self- encrypted pdf files and saves them to the sdcard, from here I wish for the suggested application to open the file, but be unable to save\/share it. It would render the encryption\/decryption process pointless if the user can simply save the file and\/or share it."} {"id":"19747","title":"Samsung Nexus S II headphone does not work for any application except phone","text":"I have a samsung Nexus s II with android Ice Cream Sandwich OS on it.The headphone does ONLY work with phone application. It does not work with other applications (mainly media player). Any idea? Thanks for you help, Best"} {"id":"23750","title":"Pair two Bluetooth devices simultaneously","text":"I am building an app for an Android tablet that will control an Arduino microcontroller board (paired via bluetooth). However, the tablet will also be paired via Bluetooth with my Android phone to share the phone's internet connection. Can I pair the devices this way simultaneously?"} {"id":"42371","title":"How can I find the saved password in Android browser?","text":"I have Prestigio Tablet with ICS. I forgot a password from important site. It's remembered in the tablet's browser. How can I see it without rooting the tablet?"} {"id":"10350","title":"Is there a way to stream all audio from PC to Android via USB?","text":"My headphones socket on my laptop is busted, and I'm wondering if I can stream all the audio (every sound the PC makes) from my laptop to my Android, so I can use the headphones connected to the phone. It has to be by USB\/Firewire, as my laptop doesn't have Bluetooth..."} {"id":"6253","title":"Can the Samsung Galaxy Tab run Facebook games and applications?","text":"Can I open any Facebook games\/applications on the Samsung galaxy tab? Games\/applications like farm villi, Poker etc will work properly in the tab."} {"id":"70302","title":"Instead of tabs, is it possible to save links and read them one by one?","text":"My reading style is as follows: 1. Open the main page of, say, a newspaper. 2. Review the entire main page and open the links I want to read in a new tab. This usually results in 30-40 tabs 3. Read and close tabs one by one. Unfortunately, Chrome for Android crashes frequently if many tabs are open. So I'm looking for a way (addon, app) to a different workflow: 1. same 2. Review the entire main page and add the links I want to read to a reading list. 3. Walk through the reading list: read the first article, touch Next, etc."} {"id":"70306","title":"Keeping Galaxy Note 2 Connected As Installer","text":"I have been playing around and making my own app and I have run into some difficulty. I have the Galaxy Note 2 right now running Android 4.3 (Main phone connected to Verizon) I also have a Galaxy Nexus that is running Android 4.2.2 (Old phone I have as backup) When I plug the Note 2 into the computer is stays connected as an installer for about 30 seconds before it changes into Media Transfer mode and my SDK manager won't recognize it anymore. Whereas my Nexus stays in installer mode and as long as it's plugged into my computer my SDK manager can recognize that it's there. Both phones have Developer Mode turned on and USB Debugging turned on. Is there some setting I can change to make my Note 2 perpetually stay in Installer Mode when plugged into my computer? It is a real pain to plug and unplug when I want to test my app. (Note: Neither phone is rooted and I have no plans to root them anytime soon.)"} {"id":"42994","title":"My SGS3 is recognised but does not connect or transfer files, not even a backup!","text":"My SGS3 is recognised -- but it does not connect or transfer files, not even a backup! I have tried everything from numerous cables to different PCs & even a Mac (because I'm a Mac user). I've used a PC to satisfy myself that it's not my Mac and nothing has worked. Any suggestions? Should I contact samsung and say \"Give me a new one\"? But what good is that when all my files photos and music are on this that won't back up!!"} {"id":"832","title":"is it possible to upgrade the android OS on all phones?","text":"Do Android phones as a rule allow you to upgrade the OS version at will, or does this require special support from the manufacturer or carrier?"} {"id":"6851","title":"How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?","text":"I'm using a Samsung I9000 and I have some annoying apps that came pre installed by the phone vendor, like a music store, a custom web browser and other memory leaking apps. Those crappy apps can't be uninstalled neither by \"manage applications\" tool nor by editting the apps tiles in the front menu. I guess I have to be root user or something to get rid of those apps, but I don't know how."} {"id":"19429","title":"How to uninstall apps such as Crayon Physics?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor? I have several apps like Crayon Physics that don't show up in the list of installed apps in the market. How do you get rid of them? Samsung galaxy note."} {"id":"8479","title":"Can I uninstall built in apps?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor? Can I uninstall default applications that come with the Android OS? For eg:contacts,calendar,message."} {"id":"63496","title":"Get rid of pre-installed bookmarks on a Samsung Galaxy Note 3?","text":"I want to get rid of ALL of the bookmarks pre-installed on my phone. It really ticks me off that I can delete like the ones I install and cannot delete those I do not want. Actually, I want to know how to get rid of anything I do not want. Bookmarks, social apps, junk. Please help."} {"id":"1559","title":"Uninstall Sprint apps without rooting?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor? Is it possible to uninstall stock Sprint apps (such as Sprint TV and Nascar) without rooting the phone? If so, are there any undesirable side effects?"} {"id":"47964","title":"How to delete a system app?","text":"How can I delete any system app? I deleted a wallpaper app in my app folder but I don't see any changes? I want to delete some apps especially default factory-installed apps. Is there a simple way?"} {"id":"17577","title":"Delete programs pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy 551","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor? How can I delete some programs that are pre-installer on my phone? On settings I can't delete them, is there a way to delete those? I'll use it focused on development. It has some samsung applications that I'll never use. It comes with Android 2.2 Thanks in advance for any help"} {"id":"65887","title":"Please explain this weird response to adb command","text":"127|root@android:\/ # find \/ -iname \"aaengine\" find: \/proc\/19619: No such file or directory **I dont know why I got told about some file I never known about when trying to find aaengine file**"} {"id":"80856","title":"Camera stopped working, how to check if it's hardware problem?","text":"I'm quite sure this is hardware problem. I tried the following: * cleared application cache and restarted phone * tried alternative camera applications * reset phone to factory settings (still doesn't work) There is just error message saying: > Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped. Now I suspect it could be Gallery app problem. I rooted the phone and used super user app to disable Gallery and than install alternative gallery app. Still not working, now error is > Camera has stopped working Is there any way I can check if actual camera is broken? I'm using Android 4.2.2 on this phone? Log file ( part about camera ): https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0-PZcQ_Q9-ZV1pON0ZlMzNjck0\/edit?usp=sharing And this is entire log for last 2 minutes ( while I was opening a camera ): https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0-PZcQ_Q9-ZTW9QeTVKdk1NdEU\/edit?pli=1"} {"id":"5248","title":"What is the Practical difference between the Home screen and the Launcher screen?","text":"It seems that on my Nexus One, the home screen and launcher screen essentially serve the same purpose: Host application icons, allowing you to launch them. Are there any other differences, other than the names and the way to reach these screens? For example, can the launcher screen include widgets?"} {"id":"5241","title":"Streaming video to Android","text":"Does Android natively support any type of streaming video similar to m3u8 on iPhone? Looking for a solution that handles HTTP Streaming or Progressive download with an option to deliver multiple quality of streams and change between the different quality levels while playback. Thanks."} {"id":"14300","title":"Where's the 8pen Preview Popup?","text":"I just purchased the 8pen keyboard last night, and one frustration I'm having is that I keep having to look around my finger to figure out where the next letter is. I found this blog post from November saying that the keyboard was now free and also updated to, among other things, include a preview popup that would show where the letters are. The bit about the app being free is definitely outdated, as there is no free app on the marketplace and the links it includes are dead. It would seem that the preview popup is also gone. I'm hoping someone can help me either to get the preview popup in my version (2.0.3), or help me find the version that has the preview popup."} {"id":"14306","title":"Can't Add Shortcuts to Home Screen, get Shunted to Folder","text":"I recently started using folders to organize my apps, but I've noticed since then that I can not add any shortcuts to the homescreen. If I try to drop an item on the home screen, it instead gets put into a folder (apparently at random, no less). This happens even if I drop the icon on a completely empty screen with no folders. If I drag the app out of the folder back to the home screen and drop it, it goes to a different folder instead. Running Android 2.3.5"} {"id":"14305","title":"What's the name of the protocol that android devices use in debug mode?","text":"I have a strange Android prototype what we got from a customer. Said customer has forgotten about it, and I'm now fiddling with it to see if I can make it do anything interesting. The device appears to be the same family as the Acer beTouch. It used to boot fine, but while trying to make it go into fastboot mode it has stopped booting correctly at all. Now it boots up into some weird debug mode. If I plug it in to USB, it shows up on my Linux box as a \/dev\/ttyACM0 port via Linux's USB modem driver. However, it's _not_ a modem. If I connect to it via a serial terminal and press RETURN it responds with: OK If I type anything else and press return, I get: NOTSUPPORTED So, it's not a Hayes modem. It's not Android's fastboot or adb protocols. hwinfo tried to probe it but didn't get anything. Since it's a USB device, I can't get any messages that appears on startup. I've done evil things with a whole bunch of Android devices but I've never seen this before. Anyone recognise it? (Tips on how to make it boot again would be useful, too; I _have_ found recovery mode --- CALL+VOLUP+POWER, for reference --- but factory resetting it does nothing. I haven't found fastboot yet.) **Update:** I was wrong! It _is_ a Hayes modem. It just doesn't understand any commands. So: AT OK But: ATI0 NOTSUPPORTED I can't find any commands that make it do anything, not even `AT&V` or `ATS0=0`. Which is weird. I don't know why the phone is booting into this mode; probably something's wrong with the root filesystem. Don't suppose anyone knows a magic Android Hayes command to get a root shell, or reboot into recovery or fastboot, or _anything_ that I could try?"} {"id":"14309","title":"Get profile photo to Android contact manager for non-friend contact from Facebook","text":"I would like to know if is possible import a Facebook profile photo to contact manager for contacts which **I don't have in my friend list** on Facebook. For example: * In Android, I have this contact: \"John Smith\". * On Facebook, there also exists some John Smith, but I don't have a John Smith in my friends list on Facebook. * I would like add his photo from Facebook to the contact manager in Android."} {"id":"10226","title":"Email Priority with MS Exchange account","text":"I'm new to the Android world. Just got a corp phone (Moto Atrix w\/2.2 froyo). I have my MS Exchange account set up on the phone and get tons of email all hours of the night. Most emails can wait until I get in the office in the morning, but some are VERY important and need to be read the minute they come in. Is it possible to give certain emails a higher alert level than others? Like say my boss emails me and I need to answer it at 3AM. Can I give my bosses email address priority 1 email alert (BING BING BING) and every other email I get level 3 priority (bing)? Thanks for any help"} {"id":"17967","title":"If I do factory reset, set a different primary account, will I lose all the apps I already downloaded?","text":"Assuming I purchased and downloaded a few apps, via the existing primary account from the Android Market: If I do factory reset, then set a **different primary** gmail account, will I lose all the apps I already downloaded? If not, what is really being erased when a factory reset is done?"} {"id":"9457","title":"Why most of the devices supported by CyanogenMod are from HTC?","text":"Why most of the devices supported by CyanogenMod are from HTC?"} {"id":"15814","title":"Why are some apps on the market incompatible with my device?","text":"I own a Motorola Flipout, Android 2.1 stock ROM. According to the market the app \"Handyticket Deutschland\" is not compatible with my phone. The required Android version is 1.5 or above. How can I tell why the app will not work for me? ![Android Market](http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/UmfGm.png) The Flipout has a comparably small screen. Is it possible that the publisher just forgot to mark my phone's display resolution as supported? Note: Users from outside Germany see a different message. I believe, those country-restriction are unrelated."} {"id":"53588","title":"Is there any way to know the cause I cannot install app from Google Play","text":"I'm using Sony Xperia S (also I have old SE Xperia X10 Mini) and want to install mytaxi app. But Google Play says that I'm not eligible to do this and I do not understand why! I've found an apk in the internets and it works fine, but I want to know the reason and have updates."} {"id":"73399","title":"Candy Crush on HTC Desire?","text":"Am I not able to install Candy Crush game on my HTC Desire. The telephone is not rooted and just hard reset How can I solve it?"} {"id":"18006","title":"\"device isn't compatible with this item\" - why?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why are some Apps on the market be incompatible with my device? I would like to download and install this app on my _Samsung Continuum SCH-I400_ running Android **2.2.2** but instead of a `download` button, the Market displays an error message that reads: > Your device isn't compatible with this item. I checked the minimum requirement for this app and it says Android **2.2**. Why would Android Market flag it as incompatible with my phone? Is there a way to get from the Android Market more details about this incompatibility? What do I need to add or change in my _Samsung Continuum SCH-I400_ to make it compatible?"} {"id":"70044","title":"Cannot download app from Google Play Store","text":"I'm trying to install, on my Galaxy Tab GT-P3100 (with Android 4.0.3), an app which requires Android 2.2 or superior - as in the page's app on Google Play Store (webpage). However when I try to download it (from the link above), it says it's not compatible with any of my devices. Why is that? ps: I cannot find that app on the Google Play Store (app)."} {"id":"23237","title":"How does an app such as \"Plants vs. Zombies Great Wall Edition\" get downloaded or purchased on Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why are some apps on the market incompatible with my device? I read that Plants vs. Zombies Great Wall Edition is available on May 18, 2012, but on an ASUS Transformer T300, searching on Google Play, Amazon App Store, or QQ game install app, all gave nothing. Does someone know how to purchase or download it? The related news is: http:\/\/www.techinasia.com\/pvz-great-wall-edition-and-kingdoms\/ http:\/\/usa.chinadaily.com.cn\/weekly\/2012-05\/11\/content_15265342.htm"} {"id":"20207","title":"Tagged for Android not compatible with Mi320?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why are some apps on the market incompatible with my device? I use CSL Mi320 and I tried to download 'Tagged for Android'. The problem is that it stated that the app is incompatible with my phone. Why is that?"} {"id":"58959","title":"Why is Android app not compatible","text":"My son's got a Kurio 7 tablet. I've installed the Amazon App Store on it and noticed not all apps are compatible. Bad Piggies for example won't install. The Amazon App Store says its not compatible with his device. Why is that? Bad Piggies is supposed to support Android 2.2 and the Kurio 7 has Android 4. Other than that it doesn't say anything about the requirements. What other things can make an Android device incompatible with some apps?"} {"id":"25222","title":"Override PlayStore Application Android Minimal version requirement?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I tell the Android Market that I'm running an updated version of > Android? In fact, I installed an higher Android version on my phone (4.0 on a ZTE Blade which normally supports 2.1). But when I'm connecting to the market with my phone, I'm still limited to that 2.1 version and I can't even see higher version's applications while my phone now supports those... Is there a way of overriding that version limitation or at least push it to 4.0 ?? Note :: * I already have the google apps installed. * I installed the moded ROM from that location :: http:\/\/www.modaco.com\/topic\/351670-ics-cm9-404-coldfusionx-for-the-zte-blade-rom-updated-2806\/ EDIT :: The limitation I'm facing seems linked to something else than my android firmware. Indeed I can download that app : https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher&feature=sear‌​ch_result (while it requires 4.0 firmware). But I can't download this one : https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=AtomicTurtleStudio.DripLite&featu‌​re=search_result (while it requires 2.2 firmware)."} {"id":"78861","title":"i cant download candycrush saga in htc desire 500","text":"whenever I try to download any game of kings.com in my HTC-desire-500 it shows an error that your device is not compatible with this version of the game. I m trying to download it since past 6 months but m unable to download it. Android version is 4.1.2"} {"id":"35016","title":"How does Google Play work out if an app is compatible with my device?","text":"I have one \"generic\" Android tablet, and often when I come to install and app, Google Play says it's incompatible with my device. It happens even on popular apps such as Twitter, Instagram, Evernote, Foursquare and even Google Maps! I **know** it works, because if I copy the APK from my Motorola phone onto this tablet and install it manually, it runs fine (at least Instagram and Twitter do). I'm **not trying to make Instagram work** on my tablet. I'm trying to find a way to install the apps from the Play Store. ![Google Play says apps are incompatible](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/u336R.png) How and where does Google Play performs a compatibility check on my device? I suspect said check is failing somehow. I want to be able to install apps that will work on my device and stop Google Play preventing me."} {"id":"7238","title":"How can I tell the Android Market that I'm running an updated version of Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why are some apps on the market incompatible with my device? My phone (Orange San Francisco) came with Android 2.1 and has not been officially updated in the UK so I'm now running a nightly beta of Cyanogen 7 (Android 2.3.3) which works pretty well. I'm trying to install an app from the Android Market that requires 2.2 (Froyo) and up but the Market insists that the app is incompatible with my phone and greys it out in the install dialog box. Is it possible to either update the Market with my details (couldn't find this option in 'My Market Account' settings) or to spoof another phone\/android version so that I can download apps?"} {"id":"9317","title":"I Want to Download ann App That is Free and is for android 1.6, i have android 2.1 and it says its not compatible","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why are some Apps on the market incompatible with my device? Thats it. I Wanna Download This App https:\/\/market.android.com\/details?id=com.projectx.android.ScouterLite&feature=search_result And i Have an ZTE Racer With Android 2.1 What's wrong?"} {"id":"78581","title":"Automatically runs Dolphin Browser on boot up","text":"I am new here. I have some android sticks. I use them to run a kiosk. That is some kind of newspaper on a big screen. I runs in the dolphin browser. I want that my clients just have to power on the screen and stick without having to click once. Is this possible in adroid. I use 4.2 and 4.3."} {"id":"63272","title":"Phone restarting nonstop","text":"My phone started rebooting all by itself all the time after I did 2 things with it. Installed Snapdragon BatteryGuru and put it on learning mode (for an estimated 3 days I guess) so that I could start saving battery by the app learning my behavior, and cleaned RAM with CleanMaster. These were the only changes I've done, I don't remember which was first but soon my phone started rebooting whether I was handling it or not at random intervals. I've also noticed the phone was hot all the time, the Note 3 runs into some hot period with some frequency but not with that frequency. I've uninstalled both apps and it didn't work, wiped cache and it didn't work. The phone was still rebooting even on safe mode. After I wiped Dalvik with the help of TWRP, I thought the problem went away but when I hit the power button to turn the screen off, the phone rebooted and it will now always reboot when the screen turns off, even if it's just from the phone being inactive. It doesn't boot- loops, it just reboots, then after a random time, can be seconds, can be half an hour, it will reboot again. Note 3 SM-N9003 VJUBMI6."} {"id":"48878","title":"Hide contacts from Contacts, but still have them appear when the contact calls","text":"There are some contacts I almost never dial, and never _wanna_ dial, but I still don't want them to show up as unknown when they call me. Otherwise I could just put them in a group and hide them. Would it be possible to just _hide them_ but let call manager or whatever handles the incoming call still display their detail? (or is that too much having my cake and eating it too?)"} {"id":"1020","title":"Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone?","text":"I usually disconnect my cellphone from the charger some time after it's fully charged because I'm afraid the battery could lose capacity over time if I don't. However, I believe modern electronics should be able to handle this kind of scenario and automatically stop charging the battery once it's full. Does this apply to modern Android phones? Or do I need to continue disconnecting it all the time?"} {"id":"54374","title":"Can overcharging destroy Xperia J or Android phone?","text":"My phone needs to charge for about only 2 and half hour, but I forgot so I charged my phone for about 3 and half hour. Then I noticed that my battery is easy to drain. When my phone is in 14% or below, it will tell me that I already need to charge but when I turn off my phone and turn it on again, it will go back to 16%. Also when my phone is already 100% charged and I turn it off and on again, it will be at 95% left. Can overcharging destroy a Xperia J or Android phone?"} {"id":"22160","title":"Am I overcharging my phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone? I am using my Xperia Active for application development. Given that scenario, I obviously have the phone connected to the laptop most of the time since I want to be able to easily test my app on the device. The thing that's worrying me is that when I go to **Settings > About phone > Status** , the **Battery level** is set to `100%` and the **Battery status** is set to `Charging (USB)`. Am I overcharging my phone? Is this bad for the battery's health? If yes, what do I do about it? I use this phone on a daily basis and I don't want the battery's performance to be affected by my development cycle."} {"id":"51407","title":"Is it better to detach a charger when my Android device gets fully charged?","text":"When using my Android device at my desk, is it better to (from a battery health point of view) detach a charger as soon as the device gets fully charged, or is it ok to keep it on the charger? I like to use it at my desk while it is plugged in so that it is fully charged when I walk away, is this ok?"} {"id":"30087","title":"Can over charging damage battery?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone? **Indeed, this is a duplicate of:** Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone? Just for the record -- let's say I leave phone charging for 8 hours, it will charge to 100% in 2 hours, so for the last 6 hours would be over charging. I used dumb phones (Nokias) this way for years, and nothing bad happened. I did it few times with Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, but after I heard some rumor it could damage the phone I try to disconnect the phone once it reaches 100%. Yesterday after 5 minutes of over charging the battery dropped from 100% to 77% in few hours in pure stand-by mode (no net, no gps, no calls, nothing, just waiting for action). No wonder I am now afraid of the battery life and also interested in getting **facts**. So far I found only just statements -- in case of iPhone \"overcharging means no harm\", in case of Android \"oh God, no, it will ruin your battery\". So -- can over charging damage battery? I am only interested in **facts** (no \"no\/yes\" answers please, explanation \"why\" is needed here) and\/or also long- standing experience. _I am interested in this issue, because as developer I will connect phone to computer for longer than 2 hours, and charging is unavoidable._"} {"id":"9336","title":"Is it OK to leave my Samsung Galaxy Ace charging all the time?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Does constant charging harm my cellphone? Hello! I have the Samsung Galaxy Ace but the battery life is a bit of a problem for me. Can I leave it plugged in ie. charging all the time and just take it out when I need to? Or will I damage it? Many thanks Best RD x"} {"id":"41431","title":"Constant USB tethering leading to charging issues","text":"I have to run Samsung Galaxy Ace internet via USB tether. Will constant use overcharge my mobile and can this lead to problems? Wi-fi is not currently an option."} {"id":"46810","title":"Is it safe to keep Android charging through USB all day?","text":"When I'm in front of the computer, I always keep my Android phone plugged into a USB cable so it's always at a 100% charge and I can type text messages from the convenience of my PC keyboard. Still, I was wondering if charging a battery when it's already 100% charged hurts: Will it \"wear out\", ie. won't hold as long? Generally speaking, is there a good article that explains how to charge and use the main types of batteries? For instance, I seem to remember that some batteries must never be left below 20% charge. FWIW, I upgraded the original battery in my Samsung Galaxy Nexus to a slightly bigger Li-Ion 1900mAh. Thank you."} {"id":"7775","title":"Does APNdroid eat battery?","text":"Someone suggested that APNdroid will cause your battery to drain because your phone is continually attempting to connect to the disabled APN. Makes sense, but I wonder if there's something I'm missing? Does APNdroid burn battery any faster than having a good APN and using data?"} {"id":"38800","title":"Has anyone been able to setup a home server as a replacement for Google Sync?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Suggestions for syncing data to someone besides Google? Funambol? > Sync to my own server for contacts, sms and notes? Has anyone been able to setup a home server as a replacement for Google Sync? I've found a handful of people touching on the right idea, Funambol is one but requires giving your data to another provider. I'd like, to be responsible for my own data."} {"id":"8928","title":"Is there a Google-less \"personal cloud\" for contacts, calendar, tasks and images sync?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Suggestions for syncing data to someone besides Google? Funambol? The idea is to cut Google's (or other 3rd-party) proprietary bits out of an Android installation, while retaining the benefits of \"cloud\" computing. For most things there are open-source alternatives: SK for keyboard, K-9 Mail for e-mail, etc. However, for the core \"cloud\" services like Contacts and Calendar, all replacements that I've seen simply redirect you to their own closed and proprietary cloud servers. From a quick search around the web, the closest open-source alternative is Funambol's client\/server solution. I was wondering if anyone's had any luck setting up their own instance of a \"personal cloud\" of sorts using this or a similar package, and successfully using it to sync contacts data to an Android device. Bonus points if there is a package for use with a Synology NAS drive :)"} {"id":"8824","title":"How to sync an Android phone with anything other than Google?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Suggestions for syncing data to someone besides Google? Funambol? As I understand, the Android phone can only sync with Google (GMail, Google Calendar, etc.) out of the box. I can imagine corporate users having a problem with their data residing on Google's servers — despite their \"do no evil\" credo. Is there any Android application that lets you sync with the desktop (either Linux or Windows) or corporate server applications (think Exchange)?"} {"id":"29199","title":"Sync to my own server for contacts, sms and notes?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Suggestions for syncing data to someone besides Google? Funambol? Does anyone know any effort on Android which can sync contacts, sms or even notes\/todos to my own server? I saw similar function on Samsung GS3 \"Add account\" settings page but not sure how it works. All advice are appreciated. Preferably open source projects. Thanks!"} {"id":"63982","title":"How can I use my PC's WiFi to access the Internet on my Android device?","text":"My PC is connected to my college's WiFi and I want to connect my mobile to my PC to use its Internet. Is there any way to do this? I am using Ubuntu on my PC, and I rooted my Android device. I heard about reverse tethering. Will that allow me to use my PC's WiFi with my Android device?"} {"id":"22449","title":"Internet from Ubuntu to Android via USB","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Use usb as network access for android device? > How to set up reverse tethering over USB? Is there any option to use the internet connection from my PC running Ubuntu (12.04) with my phone (Samsung Galaxy Ace Android 2.3.7 with root)? I have tried many options to do it via wifi, but it still doesn't work (it is long story with my hardware and Galaxy Ace)."} {"id":"68782","title":"How to do reverse USB tether without extra app?","text":"I searched on StackExchange and Google for a long time. There are many threads about **reverse tether**. A perticular one is http:\/\/forum.xda- developers.com\/showthread.php?t=2287494, which states that not _toy_ needed on my Windows PC, nor any app on my phone. **I believe I followed the instructions strictly, but still I cannot connect to Internet from my phone. Actually, after I finished the setting, my PC's network becomes very slow or dead.** My environment setting: * Windows 7 64bit * CM11 on HTC ONE X * I am able to do `adb shell` to connect to my phone from my PC After I finished the setting, the **Local Area Connection _N_** indicates it shares my PC's network. I can ping 192.168.137.1 from my phone. But that's all. Neither the browser nor any app on my phone have Internet access."} {"id":"56524","title":"Get the internet from my PC","text":"I only have Internet connection from LAN through Linux PC. How can I connect my Android 2.1 to the Internet though USB cable?"} {"id":"38870","title":"Is it possible to connect my Android device to my computer's internet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to set up reverse tethering over USB? If I have a workspace with no WiFi, but I do have an internet enabled computer (through an RJ45 cable), is it possible to get an android device bridged to the computer's internet using a micro-usb cable? It looks like ADB has some point to point features, but all I could find is how to share individual sockets and not the full shabang. Although, I can't say I fully understand the `adb ppp` command I found on SO: `adb ppp \"shell:pppd nodetach noauth noipdefault \/dev\/tty\" nodetach noauth noipdefault notty localip:remoteip` There might even be some voodoo with adb forward?"} {"id":"28129","title":"Using Laptop's internet on Android Phone","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to set up reverse tethering over USB? We all know as to how to connect our android phone with our laptop so as to use our laptop's internet connection in our android phone. But my question is how to be directly connected to internet on the laptop and connect my Samsung Galaxy Y mobile to it, so as to use the laptop's internet connection in the mobile. * * * Reason: Why I need to do that. I Live in the country of India. MTS was the first country to launch 3G Plug-and-Play Modems in India. I have one of those. The device has a direct connection and does not requires insertion of a SIM card. I can connect it to my Laptop and use the internet service, but it is not possible to connect it to the mobile phone. P.S: Fell free to migrate it to SuperUser if you guys think it belongs there."} {"id":"43552","title":"Share Computer internet connection with my Google Nexus One","text":"I want to Share Computer internet connection with my Google Nexus One using usb cable. how can i do this ?"} {"id":"19260","title":"Galaxy S screen glowing in locked state as if some one tried to unlock it, even with out touching it","text":"My mobile is working fine till yesterday, but suddenly I observed that when I lock it and keep it aside, I can see that the screen is glowing as if some one tried to unlock it. This is happening quite often. Can some one please explain me what is the problem and the solution for that pbm."} {"id":"81481","title":"My whatsapp icon is missing","text":"My WhatsApp icon has recently disappeared from my phone completely. It's neither on the home screen, nor the main menu. When I go to the Google Play store, it shows that it's part of my installed applications. I uninstalled and re-installed the app, but it still doesn't show the main icon, so I'm unable to even open it... Even though it says it's installed on my Samsung Galaxy S2."} {"id":"64525","title":"Turning on Android device with motion detector (external device?)","text":"_Problem_ I'm looking for a motion detector that can be set up to wake a rooted Android (4.3) tablet and turn the screen on when someone passes by it in a radius of maybe 2-3m. _Ideas_ I'm definitely willing to get an external device for this and invest a (reasonable) amount of money, it would just have to be one that I can somehow connect to the tablet. Are there maybe any proximity detectors from the home automation field with a decent detection quality (good angle and configurable distance) that can send Android push notifications? I'm able to write some code from scratch if necessary, but I'm very clueless and unexperienced in the hardware field, so I wouldn't know how to hold a soldering iron, for example. ;) _Background_ The idea here is to transform an old tablet into some kind of stationary dashboard screen, so I'm not particularly worried about battery wear (it's end-of-life now and will from now on be used with the power cable plugged in until it dies) or intense usage (unless we're talking about 100% CPU 24\/7, which would probably kill it in a few days). _Previous research_ I investigated a little bit whether this could be done with the existing sensors in the device and I believe that is not possible. The problem with using the proximity sensor is that it really only returns whether something (assumed to be your ear while in a call) is right next to it or not. But I'm looking for something in the 2-3m area. The other idea would be the front-facing camera, but the problem seems to be that a) the camera in many devices automatically shuts off when the screen is off and b) only foreground apps can access the camera, but I want the tablet to show another app during detection. I had a quick look regarding waking up the screen in response to push notifications and that doesn't seem too hard using the PowerManager API. Not sure how quickly the device would respond to a push when in deep sleep, but that's a secondary problem."} {"id":"46082","title":"How to install bundles of additional terminal commands for rooted devices?","text":"I rooted a HTC Wildfire S device recently and flashed an Android 4.1.2 AOKP Jelly Bean Custom ROM. One benefit is that I can use the terminal now. I'm a little used to using terminal emulators on desktop machines but never did that on an Android device before. I noticed some commands are not found, for example: $ tree \/system\/bin\/sh: tree: not found Is there a way to add more commands to my device, maybe a bundle of GNU packages for Android available somewhere?"} {"id":"46081","title":"Where does the Foursquare notification come from?","text":"Yesterday, I got a Foursquare friend request in the notifications panel. The only running services at that time were, I believe, the same that are running now. Definitely there was _no Foursquare service_ running. I hadn't used Foursquare in weeks. From _Settings:_ * Settings * Google Services (GoogleLocationService) * WhatsApp * My Calendar * Google Services (Cloud to Device Messa…, Google Messaging Ser…) * Maps * Android keyboard I was logged into Google Latitude. By what mechanism did the friend request reach the notifications panel?"} {"id":"65563","title":"Can anybody explain me the difference between official CM and unofficial builds?","text":"( Even if the same developer is device maintainer) What are plus points of having an official build over unofficial?"} {"id":"81660","title":"How to get driver for Sony C3 dual d2502?","text":"I can't find the driver of Sony C3 dual d2502 , almost website has not found that . I'm android dev, therefore I need debug with my Eclipse anyone can tell the link download . Thanks for regrand"} {"id":"65561","title":"Galaxy s2 4.4 totaly stock rom?","text":"I am looking for 4.4.x rom for my galaxy s2. I have installed beanstalk 4.4.2 rom, but what I don't like about it is that it is very \"custom\". I am looking for rom, similar to super nexus - absolutely stock google android experience. Can anyone recommend something? Thanks!"} {"id":"46084","title":"textual annotations on video app","text":"is there an android video annotation app (hell if there is one for mac i'll go for that as well).. so just to be clear.. i want textual annotation, not visual annotation (ie no rectangles and arrows etc like these apps http:\/\/blogs.cofc.edu\/tlt\/2013\/01\/02\/mobile-video-annotation-apps\/).. use case: sometimes i go to my clients and record a session with them (they talk too fast for me to take notes).. so then i want view the video again.. and tag certain parts of it ie > vid 342_3423.avi at 00:03:34 ::::::: topic: group discounts > vid 342_3423.avi at 00:04:34 ::::::: topic: individual discounts > vid 342_3424.avi at 00:01:34 ::::::: topic: school arrangements etc maybe later on i can view a list of annotations for a quick view, where i tap on an element and it makes me jump to that part of the video.. ideas?"} {"id":"49056","title":"I want to disable internet but not the network","text":"How can I disable internet but keep the network access on Android tablet? I want to be disable internet access to all but selected apps, at the same time I want applications to have direct internal network access. I used firewall in the past but firewall disables access to all networks. I want to be able to use my tablet in my home, at the same time I want to disable internet access on it. Is it possible? What is the best way to do create this kind of limitation for the apps? thanks"} {"id":"49053","title":"Toggling USB mass storage on (or off) via adb commands","text":"Background: I have a USB stick Android device (e.g. RikoMagic) which I mostly run in \"headless\" mode. Among other things, I've already figured out how to shut it down via a combination of adb and the internal \"am\" command: adb shell am start -n android\/com.android.server.ShutdownActivity I'm now trying to figure out how to turn USB mass storage support on and off. I've got as far as having the USB storage activity window pop up via the following command: adb shell am start -n com.android.systemui\/.usb.UsbStorageActivity Unfortunately I haven't been able to figure out how to send the equivalent \"intent\" to actually \"unmount\" or \"unshare\" the shared volume (or \"mount\" or \"share\" it for that matter). The following command does nothing: adb shell am start -n com.android.systemui\/.usb.UsbStorageActivity -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_UNSHARED file:\/\/\/mnt\/sdcard What am I doing wrong? What's the magic incantation to mount\/unmount the internal storage of an Android device? Note 1: I know there's the obvious Linux \"mount\"\/\"umount\" command. However, simply mounting or unmounting the volume won't trigger system functions vital to, for example, restarting or stopping apps that have been moved to the SD card. A \"umount\" will probably fail anyway when an app in the SD card is still active. Note 2: Apparently there's a \"setprop\" command that can enable\/disable USB mass storage support UNTIL the next reboot. Again, this all or nothing approach isn't what I'm looking for but the ability to toggle USB mass storage on and off during a single session, as can be done by the touch interface. adb shell setprop sys.usb.config mass_storage"} {"id":"65568","title":"K9 mail -- susceptible to MITM attacks?","text":"I am using K9 on Android and have set the SSL option to 'SSL (strict)'. My understanding is that with this option K9 definitely requires a valid SSL certificate which is issued by a trusted CA, i.e. no self-signed certificates. What I am wondering about is whether K9 actually evaluates the CN field in the certificate, i.e. whether it only accepts a certificate as valid and trusted if the CN and the mail server's DNS name match. This is IMO a fundamental requirement in order to not fall for MITM attacks. If K9 did not match those, in the worst case K9 would accept any (wildcard) certificate presented on the condition that is has been signed by a trusted CA. Has anyone tested\/confirmed\/verified that this is not the case? Thanks, Arkady"} {"id":"81731","title":"App of the day Android","text":"When I click on the link in the \"app of the day\" to view the app offered every day it seems that before liking to the google play page it open an ads page that I am not able to view. It is right and normal? Do I have to keep warning about it? I use Nexus 4 with stock 4.4.4"} {"id":"57232","title":"My Samsung Attain (Metro PCS) wont accept my Micro SD card","text":"I took my 8gb micro sd card straight outta my Samsung Admire and tried to put it into my Attain, and it works fine in the admire and also on my Windows laptop computer, but NO Micro SD card will work in my Samsung Attain smartphone I just bought. I don't want to have to return to seller and get refund, it would be easier if I could just figure out WHY it says the sd card needs formatting BUT then it WILL NOT format it. I check the button that says \"Format\" then I check the \"Verify because this will erase..\" button too.. but then nothing happens. So my Samsung Attain is recognizing there is an SD card there. It just won't utilize it or do anything but tell me it is the wrong format. I have tried everything I know to do. ANY suggestions?"} {"id":"11473","title":"How to select menu item in Android System Recovery? LG Optimus One P500","text":"I'm started my LG Optimus One in System Recovery Mode. Vol Up\/Vol Down buttons works - moving up\/down through the menu. But i can't start menu item, for example 'reboot system now', or 'apply sdcard:update.zip'."} {"id":"43103","title":"New Galaxy Tab 2 10\" backlight doesn't stay lit during use","text":"We are definitely newbies - can someone help? We will be in full use of the tablet and the light goes dim. It can happen shortly after we've turned it on, or it can be hours after play. Doesn't seem right. I have until tomorrow to return\/exchange tablet, but my son has been leveling up in games that he doesn't want to lose. Can we move the memory to a new one if we change it out? How? Or can we do something to fix it? Thank you!!"} {"id":"43106","title":"Why does the new Chrome update want the permission to use my camera and audio recording?","text":"Seriously, it specifically states that it can use the camera and audio recording **any time it wants, whether or not I wish it to**. Why is Chrome on Android requesting those permissions? Should I be concerned? ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/D1IVA.png) (Emphasis my own.)"} {"id":"46559","title":"How do I hide or disable the Clear Defaults dialog or notification?","text":"Everytime I am asked to associate and select a default app to open something with, I always get this `Clear defaults` message: ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/EN79G.jpg) Screenshot; click image for larger variant Selecting `Always` (after selecting a default app) and clicking the `OK` button will stop this message from appearing for that kind of association. BUT, it will still appear for other types of associations. Is there any way I can stop this notification from showing up? (given that I already know how to `Clear defaults`)"} {"id":"46558","title":"Improving local wifi speed","text":"I'm would like to use local Wi-Fi Hotspot with no Internet access to connect to multiple Android phones. The problem is, even though is a local network with only a few phones connected and no Internet connection, the phones are a few centimeters away from the hotspot, yet cummunication seems slow\/unreliable. Here are a couple of ping results from a computer to the phone IPs: PING 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=393.810 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=158.493 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=181.057 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 3 Request timeout for icmp_seq 4 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1006.483 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=37.513 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=64.257 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=93.225 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=111.115 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=139.826 ms ^C --- 192.168.0.100 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 9 packets received, 10.0% packet loss round-trip min\/avg\/max\/stddev = 37.513\/242.864\/1006.483\/286.991 ms PING 192.168.0.101 (192.168.0.101): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=385.699 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=203.539 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=151.443 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=232.699 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=219.184 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=262.831 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=249.220 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=266.070 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=471.806 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=114.990 ms ^C --- 192.168.0.101 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min\/avg\/max\/stddev = 114.990\/255.748\/471.806\/99.526 ms PING 192.168.0.103 (192.168.0.103): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=319.546 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=137.394 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=160.845 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=184.010 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=206.503 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=24.546 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=47.437 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=69.973 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=93.257 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.103: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=730.538 ms ^C --- 192.168.0.103 ping statistics --- 11 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 9.1% packet loss round-trip min\/avg\/max\/stddev = 24.546\/197.405\/730.538\/195.910 ms I've used a macbook to ping with a D-Link DIR-505 set to Wi-Fi Hotspot to Xperia phones with the shipped Android OS 4.1.2. I think the ping responses are slow and inconsistent. Has anyone else experienced this ? Why does this happen and how can this be fixed\/improved ? **Update based on Sergey's input:** Pinging the computer from the phone doesn't look great: ![ping android 1](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/aVSeD.png) ![ping android 2](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/7ziCc.png) And here's the output using `adb shell`: shell@android:\/ $ ping -c 10 192.168.1.18 PING 192.168.1.18 (192.168.1.18) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1012 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=8.21 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=184 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=714 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=635 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=556 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=171 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=705 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=622 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.18: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=238 ms --- 192.168.1.18 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9015ms rtt min\/avg\/max\/mdev = 8.210\/484.855\/1012.056\/300.283 ms, pipe 2 This is a bit worrying. Also, the power saving scenario sounds plausible but not sure if it still applies in my case as I've got the **Stay awake** setting turned on and the above tests were done with the usb cable connected and powering the device."} {"id":"7358","title":"How do I transfer iPhone contacts to an Android phone?","text":"I know someone who just got an Atrix 4G and previously had an iPhone 3GS. I was asked how he could move his contacts from the iPhone\/iTunes onto the Android device. I have never owned an iPhone and have had limited interaction with them. Does anyone know the simplest method of getting iPhone contacts onto an Android device?"} {"id":"30183","title":"How to transfer iPhone contacts to Android Samsung without using iTunes?","text":"For some reasons, the iPhone 4 does not talk to iTunes and I need to transfer the contacts from this to the new Samsung Android phone either Samsung Galaxy 3 or Note 2. How can I do it?"} {"id":"18796","title":"How can I transfer my contacts from an iPhone to an Android device?","text":"I tried to transfer data from my 3 year old iPhone to my new HTC Inspire via bluetooth but it keeps saying the two are \"paired but not connected\". Seems I can't get past this problem. How can I transfer info from my old phone to the new?"} {"id":"52473","title":"Migrate contacts from iOS WITHOUT using Gmail","text":"I am new to Android and have been an iOS user for a long time. I've seen a lot of tutorials to migrate my contacts from my iPhone to Android however all of them say I have to use gmail. I take privacy very seriously and don't like the idea of have to upload all of my contact details into google's database especially after all of the leaks in the media as to how they are used. I've never used Apple's cloud service for the same reason. Question: How can I add my contacts from my iPhone as a flat file or perhaps via my Apple Address Book (on my mac) directly to my Android (Galaxy Nexus) WITHOUT having to give all of the data to Gmail (which I seldom use). Thanks very much"} {"id":"18320","title":"Get iPhone contacts into Gmail","text":"I have an Android phone and imported all my contacts from Gmail. Most of my old contacts weren't in Gmail, but on the iPhone 3GS. Now getting the iPhone contacts into Gmail is proving to be a huge pain, there is a ton of information about this on the web but a lot of it must be outdated and none of the methods have worked for me yet. How can I get contacts of iOS 5 iphone 3GS, and into Gmail so that they can be visible on my new Android phone (Galaxy Nexus)? I've been trying for 4 hours and it's very frustrating."} {"id":"751","title":"How to get contacts from an Android phone to an iPhone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I transfer my contacts from an iPhone to an HTC Inspire? I use Google to maintain my contacts, which syncs to my Android device. However, I'm switching to an iPhone 4. Will it be easy to transfer contact information?"} {"id":"46555","title":"Ejecting a device connected via Android File Transfer","text":"I recently upgraded from a device running Android 2.3 to 4.2. On my 2.3 device, I could use USB Connection Mode to automatically mount the device on OSX. When I first connected my 4.2 device, I was surprised when I was prompted to install Android File Transfer instead. Is it safe to disconnect by simply removing it from the USB cable?"} {"id":"52553","title":"how to install stock rom from recovery?","text":"first I saw my phone is off and then I tried to turn it on but it hanged on Galaxy note welcome page, so I do Factory reset ,wipe cache and Dalvik cache and System, but while I want to reboot from Team Win Recovery Project I saw `No OS installed, Are you sure you wish reboot?` after rebooting it hanged again in same page I think I need to install stock rom but I don't find any stock that i can install from recovery, all of them need Odin downloading mode doesn't work and I had installed 4.1.2 and vAlliance custom rom v3"} {"id":"60423","title":"Sync playlists with Android device and transcode on the fly?","text":"Why is it so dang hard to sync a phone on linux? Are there any linux compatible music players that will sync playlists with an Android device (MTP\/PTP protocol only, no USB mass storage option available) and transcode on the fly? My entire media collection is FLAC and when syncing I want to convert to a high rate MP3."} {"id":"60424","title":"LG Optimus L9 stay dark at boot - Bootloader might be avalible","text":"I tried to start my Optimus L9 this morning and surprise : black screen. The LEDs won't even show up, the screen is dark, and that's it. Of course, i tried to charge it, with multiple cables and AC adapters, but without result. If i press Volume Down + Home + Power, the phone stay dark, but my computer detect a new device alled OMAP4430, the CPU. So, is there a trick for me ? For the record, i was using the official stable CyanogenMod. Thanks."} {"id":"914","title":"Voice-to-text on keyboard in HTC Sense","text":"I've just got my phone upgraded to Android 2.1. It's a HTC Hero running HTC Sense. One of the features I was really looking forward to in Android 2.1 was the microphone button on the keyboard which you can use to dictate into any text field. However, this button doesn't seem to be there on the HTC Sense keyboard. Is there any way to enable this?"} {"id":"9543","title":"Notifications widget","text":"I keep disabling the notification's tab. Is there a widget that would show up my notifications on a widget on my homescreen?"} {"id":"27470","title":"Installation error on android - out of storage","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why is “insufficient storage” wrongly reported when installing an .apk via > adb? I have a very weird problem. I am trying to install an apk from on my phone. I have tried directly of the sdcard, and with my computer with adb. None of them seem to work. It says that i have to free space and try again. And adb says error, insufficient storage. But when i install an apk from the market which is alot bigger. It goes fine. I have checked my storage in settings. And i have more that enough free storage on my external and internal sdcard. The apk i'm trying to install takes about 4-5 MB, and i have atleast 1GB free on my internal and external card. My phone is an LG Optimus 2X P990"} {"id":"27083","title":"Google Play: Error downloading app - insufficient space","text":"After one of the latest updates (not sure if it was the last one or a previous one) of the Google Play app, I am having an error trying to update a large app (42MB). It says: > Error Downloading . There is insufficient space on the device. My device is a Samsung P1000 running Froyo. It's rooted, but the error was there before rooting it. A quick Google search showed several Samsung users having the same problem (the app in question that was giving me the headache is Smurf's village). Some said that removing the updates to the Android Market (Google Play) app would fix it, but to me it was of no avail. Ilso tried the procedure in this Google help FAQ to no avail. Now I am stuck with a prehistoric version of the Market (that works on small apps) and still cannot update Smurf's Village or install big apps. How can I fix this? EDIT: device has over 2GB of internal SD storage, 27GB of external SD card, so space is not an issue."} {"id":"33125","title":"Insufficient storage updating Android app","text":"Every time my Nexus S attempts to update Chrome, It displays an error stating \"Insufficient storage available\". According to \"Manage apps\" I have 412MB of internal storage available, which should be more than enough. Searching Google turns up plenty of people with the same issue, but no definitive answer. How do I get Chrome to update?"} {"id":"50675","title":"Why does my Android OS state that there's, \"Not enough free space to install the program\", when there's plenty of free space?","text":"My hard drive on my smartphone has 100 MB free, and the app I'm trying to install is 2 MB. I just recently deleted apps totalling to about 88.3 MB, and the computed size has already been adjusted, and is displayed on the screen. However, I have to wait 10 or 15 minutes to install it. It's as if the updated, computed space is not registered in some way to the operating system immediately. It's Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, no root, no unlocked; factory pre-set all the way(not for long though). So, basically, is that the problem? Why do I have to wait a while after uninstalling apps, and re-computing space availability to above par to install a new, extremely small app, to actually work? Is this all the OS's fault, or is something else at play here(e.g., hard drive or circuit-level operations reigning outside the control of just the OS software)? Because if the re-computed size is what it's going to be, at least let the end-user know that rather than give the impression that you have the available space, but it won't install anything."} {"id":"27594","title":"How do I get these toggles in my notification bar?","text":"I was reading an article talking about the Galaxy Nexus vs. the Galaxy SIII, and ended up buying a Nexus (was a steal, and I knew it was getting JB). Anyway, I've recently updated it to Jellybean, but I realised that I didn't have something that was showing in the article - the toggles they showed in the Notification bar (in the right hand image). Are these provided in the standard ROM, by an app, or in a custom ROM? I can't seem to find them."} {"id":"27595","title":"Galaxy S2 mixing up contact shortcuts after exchange password change","text":"I have a user with a Galaxy S2 running Android 4.0.4 complaining that after syncing with exchange his contact shortcuts have all been mixed up. For example a shortcut to his wife's contact when clicked now points to someone else entirely. The only solution is to delete and recreate the shortcuts each time he changes his password in exchange. Anyone else run into this very annoying bug? Thanks for any assistance."} {"id":"27597","title":"Tap off raw RF data from antenna","text":"I was wondering if it is possible to pull out the raw RF data from the antenna for use in an application. I have a device that operates as a separate entity with an an antenna feed, but I am interested in trying to put our processing on an Android. This would be the most useful if I could tap off the RF data from the existing antenna, rather than attaching a separate one. I don't know much about Androids - just getting a feel for this before I put too much effort into the research. Thanks, David"} {"id":"23969","title":"\"Find my iPhone\" for Android","text":"There are a lot of \"Find my phone\" type apps out there for Android and I am finding it difficult to find one that has the features I want without being too bloated. My wife and I are primarily looking for a solution to let us know where the other one is when we are out. The most important thing for us is to be able to view each others location from our phones (Android, though iOS and Android would be great) and via the web. We would also like to find a solution that is as close to real time as possible so we could link up when we are both out. Though not critical, it would be nice to find a solution that also would be able to lock\/ring\/wipe the device in the case that it was stolen. This way I could run just one program instead of several. I know it's iOS but \"Find my iPhone\" is an example of everything I want in this type of app ... 1. Can track\/view devices from other devices and the web 2. Close to real-time updates 3. Can lock\/ring\/wipe device remotely 4. All in one program However, I prefer Android to iOS. If there was a solution that worked for both iOS and Android that would be even better. Thanks for any suggestions. P.S. I am running a VZW Bionic while my wife uses the VZW Galaxy Nexus"} {"id":"34287","title":"Is there a way to automatically load insecure content in Chrome browser for Android?","text":"Similar to this question but for the mobile space... How to allow Chrome (browser) to load insecure content? Is there a way to automatically load insecure content in Chrome browser for Android? I understand that ideally it should be fixed at the web site level but I don't have that ability."} {"id":"34289","title":"Is Backing up my Android Device to the Cloud using Skydrive or Dropbox Equally as Effective As using dedicated Back Up Apps?","text":"Is it equally effective to backup my apps, photos, contacts, SMS texts etc on my Android Smartphone (which is non rooted) using MS Skydrive or Dropbox compared with using a dedicated Backup App from the Google Play Store eg My Back Up Pro ? Is it the case that, it is as effective but the process is far simpler and less time consuming to carry out if a dedicated application is used. This applies to general backing up and backing up in order to migrate\/transition as seemlessly as possible when upgrading to a new smartphone"} {"id":"15869","title":"How can I recover a deleted file on Android?","text":"I just deleted a file on my Nexus S that I really need back. (It was actually part of an app using a sqlite database that did a drop table when upgrading to a new version.) Presumably I need to root the phone first (which I hear is easy on Nexus phones) but am I in a catch-22 here? Namely, does rooting the phone mean wiping\/overwriting the partition where the data lives? If not, what do you recommend for data recovery tools? Presumably the file was just unlinked and not actively overwritten (per usual when \"deleting\" a file) so technically the data must be there..."} {"id":"77628","title":"Recover deleted cache","text":"Is it possible to recover cache photos? The files were deleted by Clean Master to save space. I have no idea where to start. The photos are precious and are irreplaceable."} {"id":"806","title":"How do I undelete or recover deleted files on Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I recover a deleted file on Android? Is there a way to recover deleted files on Android phones without using standard USB storage recovery tools?"} {"id":"74923","title":"Recovering deleted pictures","text":"I recently deleted all of my pictures by mistake from my samsung galaxy s4. I went into my files and documents and deleted not realising it would delete all my pics! Is there a way for me to recover them? My phone is not rooted. I have not taken any pictures since but have received pictures through whatsapp?"} {"id":"50864","title":"How to recover deleted files on Android phone","text":"I was a using an autocall recorder app on my HTC Wildfire. I saved a call on my phones SD card and in my Dropbox. However, I accidently deleted the saved call and it was removed from my dropbox file. I now need this call and I tried some data recovery software. I scanned both my phone and pc. The software found the deleted call and recovered it, but the file which has .AMR extension does not work. The size of the file is only 143kb. 1. What is the likelihood this file is corrupted\/stiil intact? Can I check that? 2. Which software can I use to salvage\/replay the AMR file?"} {"id":"81285","title":"How to recover deleted photo album saved on internal memory - Note 3","text":"I have a Samsung Note 3 and I accidentally deleted an entire photo album from my phones gallery. I didn't enable my device to sync with Gmail. I didn't manually backup any of the data. The images were saved on my phone, not on the SD card. Is there any way for me to recover this deleted photo album? I Google'd and came across SDrescan but that won't work since the images were not initially saved on my SD card."} {"id":"41937","title":"Recover deleted photo from Xperia P phone","text":"I want to recover some photo deleted from my DCIM folder. But the problem is I cant get my phone to be detected as a drive letter in “My Computer”. How to make my phone detected? I already enable USB debugging mode when trying to scan my phone with the recovery apps, but just cant detect. Please don't tell me to unmount the memory card to scan because my phone doesnt have memory card. It uses only internal phone memory."} {"id":"23081","title":"Is there a way to recover deleted photos?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I recover a deleted file on Android? > Data Recovery - How to Restore Deleted \/ Formatted Files on HD Micro SD > Card Is there a way to recover deleted photos from my device? I deleted some pictures but now I want to restore them. I tried several file recovery applications, but they only gave me empty image files."} {"id":"32135","title":"restore deleted photos on samsung s3 internal sdcard","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I recover a deleted file on Android? I have deleted photos from my samsung galaxy s3 that were saved in my internal sdcard. How can I restore them. All restore applications require USB Mass Storage. How can I turn the internal SDCARD to be recognized as UMS? I am using the android 4.0.4 OS"} {"id":"19963","title":"Retrieve deleted file Android droid 2","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I recover a deleted file on Android? I deleted a file from my droid 2 -Android 2.2. I am not trying to retrieve the file(jpg). I have used Astro to look at the file system and dumped all the camera pictures(as this picture was taken with the Motorola droid 2) but have not been able to retrieve the image. Is there any way I can retrieve the image from the droid 2 that I have deleted ? This picture was taken on July 15th, 2011 before Google+ days. I have Windows desktops at my disposal. TIA, Vijay"} {"id":"56407","title":"How to recover picture nexus 4 android 4.3","text":"I'm looking how to recover a deleted picture on my nexus 4 ? My nexus is running on android 4.3 Any idea ?"} {"id":"66204","title":"Restore wiped files, how?","text":"By unlocking my Bootloader on my HTC One, all data got wiped, also on the Storage... Short and fast, how can i restore files? for example Whatsapp Chat history?!"} {"id":"32417","title":"Recover overwritten sound recorder files?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I recover a deleted file on Android? Is it possible to recover overwritten sound recordings from the default android sound recorder? Earlier I was recording some short responses in a focus group using the sound recorder, I kept the application open and stopped recording after each response, and re-pressed the record button for the next response and so on. Unfortunately, I thought this would save each recording and create a new file, I did not realise that this would overwrite the previous recording. Therefore I only currently have the most recent recording on my SD card. Is there any way of recovering the overwritten sound recordings? I think the answer is no, but I just wanted to make sure. Device: Sony Xperia ST15i Android Version: 2.3.4 Thanks."} {"id":"59504","title":"Lost contact, dialer, setting in Samsung Galaxy Young","text":"I have a _Samsung Galaxy Young_. I upgraded to 4.0.3; after that the Dialer and Contacts Icon at the Bottom disappeared. I can't even message a number! I can't add it from App Menu either, as it seems the application itself has been removed somehow. I also lost my setting! I can't find the setting in my phone! What is going wrong here, and how can I fix it?"} {"id":"78684","title":"High CPU load during file copy to SD card","text":"Copying large files to micro SD card (via MTP mode or USB thetering and FTP) causes a high CPU load (around 90%) with the result of my phone rebooting from overheating. Is this a normal behavior? Any suggestions? My system is Cyanogenmod 11-M8 on a Galaxy S4 mini with a SanDisk Ultra microSDXC 64GB. **EDIT** Here are the last messages before reboot according to `adb logcat` I\/ThermalDaemon( 322): Sensor 'tsens_tz_sensor0' - alarm cleared 1 at 47.0 degC E\/MP-Decision( 1785): num online cores: 2 reqd : 1 available : 2 rq_depth:0.000000 hotplug_avg_load_dw: 29 E\/MP-Decision( 1785): DOWN cpu:1 core_idx:1 Ns:1.100000 Ts:190 rq:0.000000 seq:1069.000000 E\/MP-Decision( 1785): num online cores: 1 reqd : 2 available : 2 rq_depth:2.500000 hotplug_avg_load_dw: 58 E\/MP-Decision( 1785): UP cpu:1 core_idx:1 Nw:1.900000 Tw:140 rq:2.500000 seq:182.000000 I\/ThermalDaemon( 322): Sensor 'tsens_tz_sensor0' - alarm raised 1 at 50.0 degC E\/NetdConnector( 832): NDC Command {4878 bandwidth gettetherstats} took too long (1006ms) D\/MobileDataStateTracker( 832): default: setPolicyDataEnable(enabled=true)"} {"id":"78686","title":"iComcast email and Samsung Galazy S3","text":"I have 3 Comcast email accts on the generic email program on the S3. Two of the accounts are just fine, but the account that is really important literally just stopped giving me the entire inbox of emails. So all that shows is the Test email I just sent from my computer but not another email of the hundreds that are in that account. The sent email folder still shows the sent emails."} {"id":"22373","title":"Why is my device not utilizing all of its available RAM?","text":"I have a Nook Color with Cyanogenmod 7.2 (on mSD), and Nook Color is supposed to be 512MB of RAM (says so on product's page). When I open Menu (on bottom bar, while on desktop) > Manage Applications > Running, it says on the bottom left 95MB used, and on the bottom right it says 174MB free. These are about 270MB, does that mean my RAM is corrupted? Why is it not utilizing all 512MB of RAM?"} {"id":"23858","title":"Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I900G - updated to ice cream sandwich - checked task manager - RAM only showing 688 instead of the normal 985","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why is my device not utilizing all of its available RAM? updated my Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I900G today to ice cream sandwich. Checked my task manager, the RAM is only showing 688. Any idea what went wrong or is this normal ?"} {"id":"23473","title":"How to active the RAM memory which is differents with 512 MB when buying","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why is my device not utilizing all of its available RAM? I have new problem with my Novo 7 Basic, Android 3.2, 8GB, 512 MB** RAM: When I go into `Tools -> System Info` (have CPU, Display, Memory...) in Memory Info: * Total Mem 343.MB + Free Mem 36.048 MB (<512 MB RAM) * Inactive 94.496 MB When I used : \"Android Assitant app \", it shows my Memory info (RAM) is: * Used : 183,96MB * Free: 150,95MB Total: 334.96 MB \"RAM Manager Free software \", it says that Memory info is: * MemTotal: 343.000 MB & MemFree: 7012 kB But my tablet is supposed to have 512 MB of RAM. Please explain this to me (for any problems or errors). How do I activate the \"inactive mem 94.496 MB\"?"} {"id":"68947","title":"Why does Apps->Running show 686 mb total ram instead of 1 gb?","text":"My Xperia S is supposed to have 1 GB of RAM. But when I went to Settings->Apps->Running, it shows 542+144=686 MB. Also, someone else has noticed the same problem of 686 MB RAM. Why is it not showing 1024 MB\/1 GB? ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/tJjS7.png)"} {"id":"4210","title":"Why is my Samsung Galaxy S not utilizing all of its RAM?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why is my device not utilizing all of its available RAM? Samsung Galaxy S GT I9000 comes with 512 MB RAM but it shows only 326 or less. Why?"} {"id":"26649","title":"Android USB tethering to an OpenWRT router","text":"I'd like to USB-tether my Android phone to a local router. I have a tether plan, so that's not an issue. My reasons why I want it this way: * the router should expose the internet to all clients, not the phone * reduced cross-chatter, no additional (second) wifi * local connections are handled by the router, not the phone I know there are other devices out there, like ZyXEL's routers and apps like ZoomTether. That last one is almost like what I need — but I want a device, not a computer connected. Has anybody done this?"} {"id":"50308","title":"Service Mode \"Menu not Exist\" Android 4.1.2","text":"I am having little issue here. I have accessed the Service Mode via this no: *#197328640# Then i am choosing options as follow [1] Debug Screen [8] Phone control [6] Network lock When i press option 6 for network lock i am prompted again with the same screen which shows again same option so i choose [6] Network lock again and in this menu there should be 3 things showing. However what i see is only \"Menu not Exist\" Press Back Key Current Command s 1866 and that's it. There are options from this menu missing and i don't know why?"} {"id":"66212","title":"Why the file path the phone tells me ,I couldn't find in 'adb shell'?","text":"I used my new Moto X phone, then I encountered a basic problem. It's running Android 4.4.2. I take a photo, and want to send it to my PC. The Gallery app tells me the photo is at `\/storage\/emulated\/0\/DCIM\/Camera\/`, but in 'adb shell'... I cannot find it. shell@ghost:\/ $ cd \/storage\/emulated\/0\/DCIM\/Camera\/ \/system\/bin\/sh: cd: \/storage\/emulated\/0\/DCIM\/Camera: No such file or directory I find it at `\/storage\/emulated\/legacy\/DCIM\/Camera\/` Question 1: Why is the 'legacy' dir '0' dir? Then I send it to the phone. Question 2: Is there a convenient way to use 'adb pull' when I am in 'adb shell'? exit; ➜ ~ adb pull \/storage\/emulated\/legacy\/DCIM\/Camera\/*.* zsh: no matches found: \/storage\/emulated\/legacy\/DCIM\/Camera\/*.* ➜ ~ adb pull \/storage\/emulated\/legacy\/DCIM\/Camera\/IMG_20140302_105047591_HDR.jpg 5326 KB\/s (2746404 bytes in 0.503s) Question 3: Why can't I use '*' in adb pull? Thank you for your reading this. Forgive my multiple questions. I really want to know why. Do you have any suggestions?"} {"id":"50302","title":"How do I get the hidden achievement in the new Google Play Games app?","text":"I've heard that there's a secret \"easter egg\" achievement in the new Google Play Games app, how can I get that achievement?"} {"id":"50301","title":"Just did system update and forgot I had TWRP and root and now the updates changes havent taken affect!","text":"Help! I have just installed the Android 4.3 update on my Nexus 7 which is rooted with a vanilla kernel with TWRP installed. It rebooted after the update and it booted straight into TWRP so I rebooted again and then it booted into Android as normal but the OS is still on 4.2.2 and not 4.3. I have tried going into About This Tablet then pressing Update and its saying its not on the latest version... Help!"} {"id":"66218","title":"Is there a way to format sd card I can't see on a android device?","text":"I tried to format my sd card by copying \/dev\/zero into it (low level format, dd if=\/dev\/zero ...) and unfortunately it went wrong (Ended up with return code 1) and now I can not connect this card to my android phone or even to my computer so I could format it again and make a filesystem on it. I connected the phone via adb shell, and it says (\"dmesg\" to be specific), after I put the card in the phone something like this: <6>[ 437.993560] mmc2: Slot status change detected (0 -> 1) <4>[ 438.379119] mmc2: host does not support reading read-only switch. assuming write-enable. <6>[ 438.384460] mmc2: new high speed SDHC card at address 0007 <6>[ 438.385223] mmcblk1: mmc2:0007 SD4GB 3.70 GiB <6>[ 438.387542] mmcblk1: p1 But in \/dev I can't see such device or anything like it. After removing it, dmesg says thing about removing it. Is there a way to be able to format this card again or I can say goodbye to it? Thank you."} {"id":"68841","title":"What are the files with a tilde ~ in their names?","text":"I recently see a lot of files and directories with names like \"T9XY3G~X\" on my android device. I find them in the directories I sync with my PC, even though they are not copied to my PC. My device is a galaxy note with Android 4.3 and I use SyncMe for syncronization. So, Is it safe to delete them? Can I prevent such files from appearing in future?"} {"id":"22349","title":"How can I prevent lag when recording video on HTC Desire S?","text":"I have lags after recording and playing back videos on my HTC device. Look at this video capture: **˃** http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qmOAr476DHc&hd=1 I thought it had something to do with autofocus but it is only available in shoot mode. Maybe it is still active in video capturing mode but without ability to let user change settings so they can only be changed in shooting mode? This happened with stock Sandisk 8GB Class 4 SD card and happens with Sandisk 16GB Class 4 SD card that i bought recently. _HTC Desire S_ _Android 2.3.3 (stock)_"} {"id":"22342","title":"Cant answer the phone","text":"Often when someone phones me, the phone just locks up. I can't slide the ring up to answer. Sometimes the ring moves a little.. sometimes not at all. I just can't do anything until the caller stops ringing. The phone becomes responsive again and I have to call them back. I have just upgraded to 4.0 from 2.3 and the problem is still there. I haven't rooted the phone or done anything special to it.. Apart from this the phone is always responsive and I don't really have any other problems. How can I sort this out? Phone: HTC Sensation-xe"} {"id":"22343","title":"Updating HTC Sensation to Ice Cream Sandwich is stuck in a boot loop","text":"I'm trying to update my unbranded HTC Sensation to an Ice Cream Sandwich stock ROM (from here). I've followed the various instructions where I install the ROM, then flash the phone with the HTC Sensation firmware from here, which matches my phone's CID. The phone is now stuck in a boot loop, but I can't find any help out there for why it's doing this. Could anyone suggest an answer?"} {"id":"77268","title":"android samsung note 2 unsync gmail and other accounts","text":"My phone was stolen and I want to unsync my gmail and other associated accounts in it. Is there a way for me to do that even if my phone is not with me? Thanks in advance!"} {"id":"77262","title":"Google asks me to renter my password whenever cell coverage is dropped","text":"Whenever my cell coverage is dropped and then reestablished on may smartphone, I have to reenter my Google password, or I can not access my email, Google play, or any other Google driven apps. When in an area with marginal cell coverage, this means that I have to constantly reenter my Google password constantly -- for both of my Google accounts. Frustrating. How can I correct this problem? Is there a way to have Google remember this information, even when cell coverage is lost? I am using a Verizon Droid Mini and have kept the operating system and apps up to date. Thanks."} {"id":"77261","title":"How can I output VGA or HDMI video from a Droid Razr M?","text":"I know that one can install command-line linux distros on android. I also know that the screen resolution can be changed. I have a laptop screen with vga input laying around that I was hoping to turn into a small netbook for school with my phone as a processor. However, I have the droid razr m and I can't find (online) any way to output video so I can use the laptop screen. So my question is: How do I output the phone screen to VGA\/HDMI as cheaply as possible?"} {"id":"79607","title":"No CPU\/ABI system image available for this target","text":"I have problem everytime i open up my AVD manager and try to select something else than Android-L Preview i can't while i have installed all packages using the SDK manager. I have reinstalled and installed again everything however nothing seems to help. I have been stuck now for a week at this point. Everything works fine only it does not allow me to choose anything else. I do not know what to do else i have checked on the internet done all sorts of stuff."} {"id":"77267","title":"One-touch call answering on Samsung Android 4 phones","text":"Is it possible to bypass the 'swipe' gesture and answer calls by just pressing the 'green button' like in old school mobile phones on phones with Android 4 (Samsung in particular but other brands too)?"} {"id":"77266","title":"Google Music Play reports \"Can't download music right now. Will try again later.\"","text":"I have a rooted Galaxy Tab 2 running Android 4.2.2 and Google Music version 5.6.1609P.1258283. I try to download albums and all goes well for approximately 5 albums. After that, Google Play Music reports: > Can't download music right now. Will try again later. Later never comes, and any attempt to restart the download fails with the same error message. I have plenty of disk space. I have a decent amount of Unix\/Linux experience, so I started an attempt to diagnose. I checked logcat as root and it gave me this: # logcat D ... E\/DownloadTaskImpl(12712): IOException: id=[3202, DEFAULT], remoteId=7b000cd1-13b5-3f89-8117-65e65dff70d0, owner=KEEPON, priority=100, seek=0 E\/DownloadTaskImpl(12712): Download failed because of IO Error: The target server failed to respond ... I get the IOException every time I try to restart the download. I logged this issue with Google support, but never got a response. Any suggestions are welcome."} {"id":"28619","title":"After removing old system app and installing the new version, it forces close","text":"I'm using a custom ROM of CyanogenMod 7 (Android 2.3.5) on ZTE Racer. The ROM came with some default system apps like Gmail, Google Translate, Youtube and Adobe Reader. The old version of these apps are kept in internal storage even if you update them, so to save space I uninstalled the updates and them removed them using Root Manager. The problem is that when I installed the updated versions from Market, they force close during opening (I found out later that Google Translate force close only when trying to translate something). I had backed up everything before uninstall, and I noticed that if I install the backed up version manually and then update it through Google Play, they work fine. Checking the storage space left, I can say that the old versions were this way deleted, so I suppose the result should be the same. Since I did not notice that Google Translate wasn't working, I deleted the backed up apk file, so I can't put it to work again. My question is: anyone knows why does this happen? And if so, how could I make the updated version of Google Translate to work now that I do not have the old default apk anymore? **Edit:** I tried installed again to trace the exact error message and it is now working, though I have done anything explicitly."} {"id":"28610","title":"Nexus One crashes with 32GB SD card","text":"I just got a Nexus One (Gingerbread), and when I put in my 32GB Micro SDHC it will crash when it tries to read it (copying apps, opening storage settings, etc) and after you have locked the screen it will not come back on (the menu buttons light up, but not the screen) I re-formatted it on my computer, but when I used it in my phone it would fail again. The card however works on my old Huawei Ideos u8150 (Froyo) with no problems. The Nexus one reads the 8GB card that came with it fine. I would like to know why the Nexus would do this, given that they are spec'd to read a 32GB card. And how to fix it, obviously. I have now tried formatting it with another phone (along with formatting it with GParted) and it works until you plug it into the computer and copy files onto it. It will then either not mount it or act the same as above."} {"id":"28614","title":"What happens to the battery during bootloader\/recovery?","text":"I want to know what happens to the battery (does it charge\/discharge\/stay constant?) when the device is in bootloader or recovery mode. In both of these modes, a USB may or may not be connected. If the battery does charge, could that possibly be a feature that could be a result of the installed recovery\/bootloader, or could the charging feature be hardware dependant?"} {"id":"28615","title":"Samsung Galaxy Note Quadrant results decrease after every offical update","text":"I have got a Samsung Galaxy Note with stock rom. I occasionally make Quadrant test to measure the performance of the device. Device came with 2.3.6 rom and I measured 3677 points. After I upgraded to official ICS 4.0.4 I measured 3307 points. Few days ago I got another 4.0.4 upgrade, after that I measured only 3085 points. Thats a huge decrease from the beginning. Is it normal? I always chose the official upgrades, the phone is not rooted. I haven't made factory reset after upgrades."} {"id":"73016","title":"remount failing for rooted device","text":"I have a rooted motorola device, which I am trying to remount for an internal apk installation. Vaibhav-mac00:~ vaibhav$ adb remount System folder is write protected. To disable use: fastboot oem wptest disable Vaibhav-mac00:~ vaibhav$ sudo fastboot oem wptest disable Password: < waiting for device > I am a python programmer with very basic knowledge of android internal system, so if I asked very basic question please forgive me but please point me in right direction thanks. I have tried suggestions at http:\/\/www.xdracco.net\/mount-android-system-partition-with-readwrite-access\/"} {"id":"35627","title":"How to mark messages from Field Trip as read?","text":"Maybe it's just me, but how does one mark messages as being read in Field Trip? I was using it today and they same landmark popped up multiple times through out the day. I can't seem to find a way to mark it as being read so that it'll no longer pop up as I pass it."} {"id":"23692","title":"Automatic Lock Screen prevention if the line is engaged","text":"I am an Atrix owner. One thing makes me annoyed. I try to place a call and if the line is somehow engaged, the phone automatically locks the screen. Is there any way that I bypass this automatic feature and use the gadget without hassle? Thanks in advance for the repsonse."} {"id":"56620","title":"Enable and disable system apps via ADB","text":"Is there any adb command to enable\/disable a system app? Thanks"} {"id":"476","title":"What can I do to increase battery life on my Android device?","text":"What can I do to get better battery life on my Droid? Battery life seems awful. Less than 15 hours or so on normal usage."} {"id":"7001","title":"Android 2.1 - MyTouch Slide 3G - Tips to Fixing Slow Phone & Poor Battery Life","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to increase battery life on my Android phone? What are the best applications or best practices for fixing slow operating phones and poor battery life on Android 2.2? I use task killer but it doesn't seem to help that much. I wish there was an automatic task killer that would automatically prevent letting useless applications run in the background. I'm tired of doing a factory restore on my phone every month after it slows down to a screeching halt. Do you think it's worth upgrading to the G2 or does the G2 have the same problems?"} {"id":"576","title":"How can I improve the battery life on my device?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to increase battery life on my Android device? My Desire is absolutely great, but with my usage the battery life is really a big problem. I have a few apps running and polling in the background, obviously the Google stuff (Gmail, Talk, Maps probably poll because of Latitude). Then I have Twitter running (checks every 5 minutes), Google Listen (checks every hour). Google Market also checks for updates sometimes apparently, don't think I can switch that off. My usage is pretty heavy, on my bicycle I listen to Spotify or a podcast for 20 minutes, then in the morning train (45 minutes) I will usually read Twitter and Google reader (the web app). Then I get to work and my battery is down to about 75%-70%. I usually charge it but if I don't then I will be out of battery by about 6PM. So thats 9 hours of battery life. The commute back is pretty much the same, battery will be dead before I get home. I don't want to give up on instant notifications, so the 3G will always be on. When I went camping for a weekend I turned all of the above polling off and only checked Twitter about 4 times, didn't use the phone for the rest of the day. Battery life improved slightly to about 14 hours. Still not great, I was hoping for at least 24 hours. WiFi is always off by the way! I've tried rebooting but the timings are mostly the same. Is it wise to buy a battery that can provide more mAh? Is there any good solutions for backup power when I don't have power available, when camping for example (aside from buying extra batteries)?"} {"id":"26363","title":"Battery Savers with the Android 4.0","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to increase battery life on my Android device? How do I save on my battery on my new 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) device? All I have seen so far is a bad battery and no task manager."} {"id":"266","title":"Battery conservation?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to increase battery life on my Android phone? What are some general ways to improve the battery life of my phone?"} {"id":"11485","title":"How to keep my battery life?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What can I do to increase battery life on my Android phone? Today I woke up after a night without charging my phone (galaxy s2). and he's dead, last night he was almost fully charged, what to check ? how can i avoid thids kind of issues?"} {"id":"11291","title":"Can not install in country","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to install apps which are targetted for another country? i would like to loadthe bbc news app but i get the following error on android market place. This app is incompatible with your Samsung GT-P7510. Samsung GT-P7510 This item cannot be installed in your device's country. any ideas on how to solve this?"} {"id":"83","title":"How can I use the Android Paid Market from a region where it's not available yet?","text":"I live in scandinavia and the Market for paid applications is not available here yet. Is there any way I can enable it? Or a workaround?"} {"id":"19201","title":"How to change my device's country?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I circumvent regional restrictions in the Android Market? Google just released Chrome for Android and I want to use it. But, for some (pretty irrational) reason, it is only available to certain countries. I therefore need to change mine. How do I do that? Thanks"} {"id":"62646","title":"How to override country locked apps?","text":"I wanted to try some apps but they're locked outside my country. Is there a way to override this?"} {"id":"29282","title":"Changing Google Play from French to English","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I circumvent regional restrictions in the Android Market? I recently bought a lovely Nexus 7 for my wife. We live in France although we are English. The Google Play store is French, but we want to buy English books, and download English films. How to we do this?"} {"id":"896","title":"How do I use the US Android Market from Europe?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Circumvent the regional limitation in the market > How can I buy apps from unsupported countries? I am in Europe and I have an Android phone, but I cannot buy apps on the Android market? How can I overcome this limitation? I am thinking somehow registering with a US address. Is this possible?"} {"id":"73559","title":"downloading apps which are not available for particular region","text":"want to download some **apps which are not available for my region** ,kindly suggest how to achieve this. Some are suggesting to > change the region in phone i can do it over wi-fi or using cellular n\/w .. any method... solution is fine.. may i know how to do that? Market enabler app- out dated.. new approach..?... I dont want to make any purchase of apps from store.. dont want to add card details in google wallet.."} {"id":"77307","title":"Android App unavailable for download in Isle of Man","text":"I'm having the same problem as the BBC iPlayer app for Android where our Android app is not available for download in the Isle of Man, from the Google Play store. As IoM is part of the UK, it should be available already as the UK is a selected territory. Does anyone know of a workaround apart from our users travelling to the UK and downloading it?"} {"id":"23966","title":"How do i correct my far-too-sensitive proximity sensor?","text":"The sensor that turns the screen off in my pocket or at my cheek is suddenly turning the screen off when my thumb is within two inches of the top of the screen. It is difficult to grab the notification bar without triggering it, and holding my phone sideways is now an exercise in frustration. Is there a way to fix this? Did some update recently come out for the Galaxy Nexus (GSM)?"} {"id":"61299","title":"Beaglebone Black doesn't obtain 169.254.xxx.xxx IP","text":"If i connect my Beaglebone Black, which runs on **Angstrom** , to my computer via ethernet cable, It obtains an IP address, which starts with 169.254.xxx.xxx, for communication purposes. And I can communicate with it using TCP protocols. I can see that IP address when I use \"ifconfig\" command in terminal. But If it runs on Android, it doesn't obtain an IP address. Since there isn't \"ifconfig\" command in Android terminal, I'm using \"netcfg\" to see IP information and it shows that Beaglebone doesn't have an IP address. I need to somehow \"force\" my Beaglebone Black to obtain an IP address (like 169.254.xxx.xxx). How can I fix that?"} {"id":"24332","title":"TCP\/IP tethering over Bluetooth","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 and I would like to browse the web over a bluetooth connection to my computer. I can connect to the computer but the browser doesn't have internet connectivity even though the computer does. Also, the Bluetooth standards indicate that this is supported. Anyone ever have this issue?"} {"id":"54831","title":"How to reverse tether inorder to transmit Internet signal from PC to Android via Bluetooth?","text":"My phone is HTC Explorer(Pico), Android 2.3.5. I run Windows7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on my desktop. My PC has no Wifi. I use a bluetooth USB dongle to transmit files to\/from my smartphone. I have a wired LAN connection on my PC. How can I transmit the internet signal to my phone via bluetooth, so that I can browse on my phone? Thanks in advance!"} {"id":"27274","title":"How can I change file permissions on Jelly Bean?","text":"My rooted Galaxy Nexus is on Jelly Bean (4.1.1) with a super user application. I want to install sinhala font into the phone, and for that I've tried to copy the font file (droidfallbackcens.ttf) to the font folder in my phone using the root explorer app. But it says that I have only read permissions on my phone. I have googled this issue and tried several methods _(most of those methods were about ICS)_ , but I haven't been able to change file permissions to get \"read write execute\", can anyone help me with this?"} {"id":"27276","title":"Ringtones and alarms changes randomly","text":"3 weeks ago my HTC EVO 3d (rooted, S-OFF and with LEEDroid latest ROM) started to randomly change ringtones and alarm tones (mainly at reboot, but occasionally during normal use). If I restore the right tones settings then the right tones are played, until I reboot the phone. When the phone restarts (and sometimes also without rebooting) tones changes again. New tones are random, but the pool is limited to a very small subset of the tones I have availables (the tones I use more often) Some of them are on internal memory and some of them are on SD. Moreover, another problem appeared at once: the alert tone for received mail in the mail app (NOT gmail) should be the one set in the \"message\" setting (in Mail there's no place to set a separate tone) but on my phone it is not... it's another tone that I never set anywhere. Already tried to fix permissions, check for SD errors, but no result. There's something I can check to see what is failing in the system? I can use adb and all the development tools if needed."} {"id":"192","title":"Will any Micro USB cable work to charge my Incredible?","text":"The plug sure looks like any old micro USB plug. Will another cable (like the one from my digital camera) work to charge the battery, or do I need one specifically designed for my phone?"} {"id":"57572","title":"File fails to upload to google drive from tablet","text":"I have a galaxy Tab 3 with some pictures on it I'd like to upload to Google Drive. Whenever I go into gallery and select them it just keeps working at 0.0Kb and then says \"upload fail\". Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix it?"} {"id":"18580","title":"How to specify where my camera saves photos to","text":"I have a Samsung S5830 phone which has Android on it. When I look at: * Task Manager -> Summary It appears that my, small, sim card is being filled up with data whilst, my larger, External SD card is relatively empty. I'd prefer the camera to save images to my SD card. Not the sim. But, I have no idea how to tell it to do so. Any suggestions?"} {"id":"75115","title":"Trying to preview docs in Gmail (Android 4.4)","text":"I am using an HTC One M8 (unrooted). When in Gmail and trying to \"preview\" an attachment, I am no longer to do so. So far I'm getting around it by simply saving it and going to my downloads folder, but it's (hopefully) something I can fix. The file types I'm trying to preview are only .pdf and .doc. What can I do to fix this? It worked on my old HTC First. Edit: When I click preview, it tries to load, displays the number of pages in the document and just a gray screen otherwise."} {"id":"41331","title":"Deleting a device from the Google Play Store?","text":"Yesterday I bought a new Android smartphone & performed a factory reset on my previous HTC handset. Naturally (I think) I set up my new phone under the same Google account as was registered for my HTC. If I login to the Google Play Store, I was expecting, and maybe naively assumed to find, a way to delete the HTC handset, but I cannot seem to find a way to achieve this! As this is only my second Android device, I have not encountered this situation before. (Perhaps there were steps I should have taken on my HTC, prior to performing the factory reset.) I am however surprised that Google does not allow you to carry out such a basic task. Did I miss something? Does Google wish you to create a new account every time you change phones\/tablets?"} {"id":"18672","title":"Market enabler not working (anymore??)","text":"I own a MIUI-powered HD2 and a Chinese tablet on which I would like to install a couple of free apps that are intended for Italian market. I can see these apps from an A500 tablet but not from these two devices. I tried Market Enabler (all are already rooted) on both the devices but it seems that it doesn't work. I can still see Chinese apps on the tablet and I'm still on an unknown market from the phone. I would actually like to install Skype on the tablet. Does somebody know if Android Market now prevents Market enabler to do the trick? I also tried a couple of other enabler apps, but one said that operator change failed. I understand that my question may look duplicate because lots of people ask how to install other-countries apps, but I'm asking if Google implemented some countermeasures. Thank you. [Update] I tried the following * Clear Market data from Settings\\Applications\\Manage\\All\\Market * Ran Market Enabler, set current market to Italy - TIM (should be 22201), said NO to prompt to switch to market at once. Checked that status bar reported \"Current market: Italy\" * Rebooted * Checked that ME ran on startup by `su` notification * Started ME, noticed that current market is `Unknown` * Switched again to Italy from list, chose YES to boot market * Accepted Android Market license, still saw Chinese apps and no trace of Skype or other apps that I need"} {"id":"33255","title":"How do I turn off speech search in Jelly Bean?","text":"I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S 2, and last night I updated it to Jelly Bean in hopes that it might solve a few small bugs. Most everything seems to be working as hoped. However, one new inconvenience has popped up. Before the upgrade, I controlled my MP3 player, Poweramp, by pressing the button attached to the wire of my headphones. One short press to stop and start songs, one long press to advance forward. After upgrading, whenever I press the button, the phone goes into voice search mode. That is, it turns on the microphone and is waiting for me to say something to search for using the Google search app. I have tried to look in system settings, and also in the settings for the Google search widget that's on the top of every screen. However, I can't find any way of turning this off. I want to give priority to Poweramp so that I can control music playback. How do I get voice search to stop getting in the way?"} {"id":"14492","title":"IMEI invalid after applying factory reset on gooapple 5","text":"I have a gooapple 5. After I did a factory reset it says invalid IMEI. I followed the solution from here: * How to fix \"Invalid IMEI \" after Factory reset? but no luck because: 1. I did the factory reset before I saved the original modem.img (I didn't know I had to do it) 2. When I go to the data folder there are NO files whatsoever at all. It is just an empty folder named data. This extension `nvram\/md\/NVRAM\/NVD_IMEI\/MP0B_001` is not there! I am using the z4root and rootexplorer to access the files. Please can someone help with detailed instructions on how to fix this problem?"} {"id":"18335","title":"How to exclude a program from being presented as program to update","text":"I have an Archos 101 tablet which has Google maps installed. I cannot uninstall Google maps but since I don't need it on my tablet I don't update it. However, it is constantly being presented in the list of apps with 'new update available. Can I somehow exclude this app ? I have not rooted my device and are running Android 2.2"} {"id":"38038","title":"How to disable WhatsApp group message notifications?","text":"I'd like to only receive notifications (in the notification-bar) from single contacts but I don't know how to disable them without disabling all notifications from Whatsapp (via Settings->Apps). Does anyone have a clue how to accomplish this?"} {"id":"18675","title":"How can I configure an unlocked HTC Sensation XE for 3g connectivity in USA?","text":"I bought this phone in India and brought it home to USA. In India I had no issues in connecting to 3G network but after coming back to USA I am no longer able to connect to 3G network (AT&T). I know the phone operates in a different frequency but I wanted to know if there is a way to tweak this. I got excited when I saw a similar link posted on another forum but that did not work on my phone. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks..."} {"id":"38035","title":"Syncing between Windows 7 and Android Jellybean with Winamp","text":"I want to sync my Samsung Galaxy S3 4G to my Windows 7 PC with Winamp so I can easily sync playlists to and from my phone and computer. So I followed the instructions in Winamp's official blog: http:\/\/blog.winamp.com\/2010\/11\/30\/wirelessly-sync-music-to-your-android-phone\/ It didn't work. When I click on the Discover button, nothing happens. When I right-click Devices and click Start Discovery... you guessed it - _nothing_ happens! I am connected to a windows domain and connected via an Ethernet cable. Could that be preventing me from accessing the same WiFi network I have my Galaxy on? I've done some research on this issue and it is a common problem. If anyone has found a solution to it, I'll be very glad to hear it! I love using Winamp and don't want to use any other media player."} {"id":"47595","title":"How can I drag and drop files to Nexus 7 from a Windows PC?","text":"I have a Nexus 7 tablet and Windows 7 computer. I can see the tablet in the device manager as a Nexus 7. It shows up as nexus 7 when I view it on my PC as a drive. When I drag a photo to the tablet from the pc, the photo file on the nexus 7 shows up there. I cannot view the photo no matter what I do on the tablet, it says 0 photos. I also cannot get any video file to play on the tablet after I drag and drop it. No sign of it on the tablet, but I can see it in the folder on my pc. I am using USB. This is so frustrating."} {"id":"47040","title":"How to see mobile operator proxy settings","text":"My mobile internet suddenly has stopped working. Chrome complains Error 130 (net::ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED). Google app store and other apps those load content from servers now work only when I connect through wifi. I set in firefox about:config network.proxy.type from default value 5 (use system settings) to 0 (no proxy) and firefox has started working. Proxy Settings app shows empty fields. As I don't use any proxy I would like to see that system wide proxy setup which broke my mobile inet"} {"id":"47045","title":"Restoring APKs + data from 4.1 to 4.2.2","text":"I migrated from `Android 4.1` (Omega) to `Android 4.2.2` (SuperNexus) on my Samsung Galaxy S3. Before I did the migration I did a backup of apps with `Super Backup`. After this was done I moved all the files from the `SmsContactsBackup` folder to SDCard. After flash, I've installed `Super Backup` again from the Play store and putted the `SmsContactsBackup` folder in `\/storage\/emulated\/0\/SmsContactsBackup`. Now I see all the backups in the Super Backup app. After I do a restore\/install of an app, the settings are not being picked up by the apps. Plague Inc.: I see the settings in `data\/data\/com.miniclip.plagueinc`. But the app crashes on launch. Lazors: I see the settings in `data\/data\/net.pyrosphere.lazors`. But my progress is gone. Do they need to be somewhere else? Or do I need to use some other tool which can use my previous backups"} {"id":"47048","title":"Lock-screen information lost calls etc","text":"At my company we use Sophos MDM solution, witch forces all user to set a PIN on their lock screen. I use a Samsung S3 (android 4.1.2) and the lock screen is only a huge numeric key pad. The oterones using iPhone can have their phone to show lost cals, incoming mail, sms etc as a banner on the lock screen. Is it possible to have the same features on my Samsung device? Is it possible to customize the lock screen? Have tried to download some apps, like GO Locker, but they appear before or after my lock screen so it doesn’t work as intended"} {"id":"6473","title":"How to remove data usage from droid 2 welcome screen?","text":"By mistake I checked data usage from android widgets, and now its in my droid 2 welcome screen. How can I remove it from the welcome screen?"} {"id":"39074","title":"Galaxy S3 missing \"Accounts and Sync\"","text":"I have Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 version 4.1.2 and I lost the \"Accounts and Sync\" under settings. I added the \"Auto sync data\" under Data usage and it still does not sync automatically with my calendar. My question are: 1. How can I restore the \"Accounts and Sync\" ? 2. How can I control Auto sync mode on each application? Thanks"} {"id":"48650","title":"Galaxy Note keeps duplicating my contacts","text":"My Galaxy Note 2 keeps duplicating my contacts; how can I stop this? I ended up with over 35,000 contacts and it keeps growing as my phone keeps duplicating them a few hundred times. I have no contacts on my SIM card."} {"id":"69240","title":"CyanogenMod 11 nightly on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (gt-p5100)","text":"I'm getting the `set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed` problem. All over the internet, it says to upgrade CWM to 6.0.4.5 or higher, but I'm using the latest for this device (6.0.2.7) according to the site, how do I get a later version? Or if I can't, how else can I get the latest CyanogenMod on the tablet?"} {"id":"69241","title":"How to unhide contact?","text":"I've hidden contact in hangouts' dialog for opening new hangout, by clicking on one of icons of most frequent contacts, then in \"Contact options\"->\"Hide contact\": ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/V7G8k.png) Now I wonder how to \"unhide\" it? (Notes: Currently using \"Hangouts Version 2.1.100 (1151589-30)\")"} {"id":"4043","title":"Why can't I connect my Samsung Galaxy 3 to my PC after installing the z4root app?","text":"I have a problem connecting my Samsung i5800 Galaxy 3 to a PC. First, I could connect to the PC. I had installed the z4root app in order to root my phone and then after installing it, I could not connect to the PC any more. The dialog to select how to connect to the PC does not appear, though the beep sounds when I connect the phone to the USB cabel. How do I fix this problem?"} {"id":"46713","title":"CM10.1 now cannot record any inbound audio on phone calls","text":"CM10.1 now cannot record any inbound audio on phone calls I was running Jellybean stock on my i9300 and used Total Recall to record telephone calls, recording both inbound and outbound audio correctly. I have now flashed CM10.1 and tried Total Recall to record telephone calls and I can no longer call inbound conversation. I have also tried Sanity, Call Recorder Demo and Digital Call Record. Whenever I change the source for each of these respective programs to MIC everything works - except of course I cannot clearly record the inbound audio (the voice of the person on the other end). When testing this I was sure to uninstall the other recording applications as I understand that 2 or more recording applications may cause conflict. Any ideas about what I should do?"} {"id":"17431","title":"Screen brightness too high on auto mode when in the dark room","text":"An Android-based HTC Desire S is set to \"auto brightness\" display mode. The brightness is adjusted okay unless the device in a completely dark room. In a dark room then display is very bright - tolerable, but really uncomfortable. Is there a way to make it less bright without disabling \"auto brightness\" mode?"} {"id":"987","title":"Are there any Android browsers that support loading a Java Applet in-browser?","text":"We have a client who are switching away from Windows Mobile (and IE Mobile) to Android based devices. We have some specific software that we deploy to their WM workforce by an ActiveX applet that loads in IE Mobile, but obviously Android will have no support for ActiveX. So we will need to re-do our application to an Android- specific platform, and Java is the obvious choice for this. Are there any Android browsers that support loading a Java Applet in-browser, in much the same way an ActiveX applet loads in IE (i.e. it fully integrates into the browsing experience)."} {"id":"16588","title":"How can I run a java app on my Pandigital Planet tablet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Are there any Android browsers that support loading a Java Applet in- > browser? I am trying to acess my web based emulator for work and the tablet does not support java virtual machine which needs to be installed to run the emulator tried to download and it tells me that the device does not support java . Is there an app that i can load to make java work or is there a mobil tablet that supports this ?"} {"id":"21207","title":"enabling java for Lenovo ThinkPad tablet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Are there any Android browsers that support loading a Java Applet in- > browser? I am new to the tablet world. I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet and I am having trouble on some websites when using the browser that you access through the world icon on the home page. I get a message that says that I have a browser problem and that java support has been turned off. I can't find where to turn this on or download if I need. I am sure this is a simple user error on my part. can someone please help me? I am able to find directions on how to fix this on safari, internet explore etc, but again I am ignorant and not figuring out if I am actually using one of thesesince the icon doesn't match..Please take pity on this naive newbie and help me! thanks Ss"} {"id":"38858","title":"Need more memory to install Nova 3 Near Orbit on Samsung Galaxy S2","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, running Android 4.0.3. I want to install Nova 3 Near Orbit on this device. I need 2 gigabyte of memory to install the game, but I only have 1.97 gigabytes in total. How can i get the other 3 megabyte? I have 11 gigabyte of space on my phone, and I also have an SD card with 14 gigabyte."} {"id":"13322","title":"Media Storage: what is it, and why is it using all my data?","text":"I am only 5 days into my Billing cycle, and noticed that already like 1\/3rd of my data has been used (thanks to My Data Manager)... So I looked to see what has used all this data, and it says it is \"Media Storage\" that has used up most of my data (it's used up over 35 MB!). This is a system process if i'm not mistaken, so my question is: is this in fact a system process? And why would it be using up so much of my data? What exactly does this process do? Would it be safe to deny it network access?"} {"id":"20124","title":"Is RAM\/HDD Shared on Tablets PCs?","text":"First off, this isn't directly Android related, I browsed through the humongous list of Stack sites but couldn't find a better fit. If this isn't allowed, move\/delete\/eat this post before reading on. Now - how does Tablet RAM work? Is the hard drive (SSD?) shared with the system memory? I can't seem to find any info on this."} {"id":"48656","title":"Samsung Note 10.1 USB Ethernet","text":"I'm trying to get USB Ethernet support on my tablet, which for some reason is apparently disabled even though 4.1.2 directly supports it. (My Note II can use it...) I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to need to essentially write everything on my own. I'd prefer to write an app that can be used by other 10.1 users, but right now I'm just trying to get it working at all on my own device. (I'm using a BobJ Ethernet->USB Adapter) Here are my current setbacks: 1. USB Host seems to shut down randomly. This is the most irritating part, because it means I have to restart the device to use USB at all, mass storage included. What should I use to diagnose this? I've tried three different USB-specific apps from Play, but none of them give me much information besides the obvious. (That the host is not working.) 2. Even when the host controller is running and can detect the adapter, 'netcfg eth0 dhcp\/up' doesn't work, claiming no device detected. Does this mean the adapter driver is missing completely?"} {"id":"20120","title":"Connecting a Bluetooth keyboard with Google Nexus S Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)","text":"What is the best way (if there is any) to connect a Bluetooth keyboard to a Google Nexus S with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) installed? There seems to be some applications that allow you to connect a keyboard. But reading about them is a bit confusing, often earlier versions of the Android OS are mentioned, it only works with a few keyboards, users giving negative reviews that it didn't work for them etc. I'm looking for something that does work, and has as few drawbacks as possible. If someone knows why Google doesn't support it \"out of the box\" that would be interesting too."} {"id":"47948","title":"how to change input method with ime command","text":"I want to know how to change input method using the command line. Any ideas? Sorry for my english. I have tried this: C:\\Users\\admin>adb shell shell@android:\/ $ ime list -a ime list -a com.huawei.inputmethod.hwpal\/.PinyinIME: mId=com.huawei.inputmethod.hwpal\/.PinyinIME mSettingsActivityName=com.huawei.i nputmethod.hwpal.SettingsActivity mIsDefaultResId=0x7f080000 Service: priority=0 preferredOrder=0 match=0x108000 specificIndex=-1 isDefault=false ServiceInfo: name=com.huawei.inputmethod.hwpal.PinyinIME packageName=com.huawei.inputmethod.hwpal labelRes=0x7f0c0000 nonLocalizedLabel=null icon=0x0 enabled=true exported=true processName=com.huawei.inputmethod.hwpal permission=android.permission.BIND_INPUT_METHOD flags=0x0 org.apelikecoder.bulgariankeyboard\/.BulgarianIME: mId=org.apelikecoder.bulgariankeyboard\/.BulgarianIME mSettingsActivityName=org .apelikecoder.bulgariankeyboard.BulgarianIMESettings mIsDefaultResId=0x0 Service: priority=0 preferredOrder=0 match=0x108000 specificIndex=-1 isDefault=false ServiceInfo: name=org.apelikecoder.bulgariankeyboard.BulgarianIME packageName=org.apelikecoder.bulgariankeyboard enabled=true exported=true processName=org.apelikecoder.bulgariankeyboard permission=android.permission.BIND_INPUT_METHOD flags=0x0 com.thihaayekyaw.frozenkeyboard\/com.example.android.softkeyboard.SoftKeyboard: mId=com.thihaayekyaw.frozenkeyboard\/com.example.android.softkeyboard.SoftKeybo ard mSettingsActivityName=com.example.android.softkeyboard.FKSettings mIsDefaultResId=0x0 Service: priority=0 preferredOrder=0 match=0x108000 specificIndex=-1 isDefault=false ServiceInfo: name=com.example.android.softkeyboard.SoftKeyboard packageName=com.thihaayekyaw.frozenkeyboard enabled=true exported=true processName=com.thihaayekyaw.frozenkeyboard permission=android.permission.BIND_INPUT_METHOD flags=0x0 shell@android:\/ $ ime enable com.example.android.softkeyboard.SoftKeyboard ime enable com.example.android.softkeyboard.SoftKeyboard Error: Unknown id: null shell@android:\/ $"} {"id":"62374","title":"Auto Backup \/ Instant Upload of other folders","text":"Is there a way, natively or through 3rd party app that I can define folders to watch on my phone that auto backsup photos to a particular album or to the autobackup section of my Google+ account. I dont want to use other services such as dropbox etc, I want to know if theres an option to keep it all with Google."} {"id":"20128","title":"Can I remove the .nomedia file from Google Music downloaded music folder?","text":"I'm running version 4.1.511 of the Google Music app. When it downloads songs for offline use they are stored in > \/sdcard\/Android\/data\/com.google.android.music\/cache\/music This folder has a .nomedia file in it which prevents the media scanner from scanning the files. This means other music apps that I run don't see the songs? Is there any problem with removing the .nomedia file from this directory so that the files can be scanned and picked up by other media players?"} {"id":"48659","title":"How to install apps from one user to another","text":"I have a Nexus 10 set up with multiple users. My owner account has a lot of apps that I got from my Humble Library (so not from Google Play). I want to install these apps on one of the other user accounts, but right now I'm on a metered internet connection so I don't want to re-download these apps. Is there a way for me to transfer these non-Google Play apps from the owner user to another user without re-downloading them? Thanks!"} {"id":"62370","title":"keep recording audio even if camera takes photo","text":"How can I take a photo without having to restart recording audio? I have a lecturer who's handwriting on the board must be deciphered after class, but I don't want to bring two devices to class, one for audio and one for photos. The stock software basically crashes the record app if the camera is started. I think my old flip-phone might have better multitasking... Device in particular is a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but I am curious about android devices in general."} {"id":"59746","title":"How to save a copy of SQL Server book online in my Android tablet?","text":"In SQL Server 2000 days, books online was in .chm format, and was very easy to save a copy on smart phones for reading. Now the new format is `.mshi` and `.mshc`, which can't be copied directly to an Android tablet for reading. Is there a way to convert the book online into a format that can be read on Android system? Or is there a place that I can download some other format?"} {"id":"59740","title":"email dark background with android 4.1.2","text":"I have Galaxy S2 and upgraded it to 4.1.2. All microsoft exchange emails when opened has dark background. How mails background can be changed to white?"} {"id":"16115","title":"Kies: Firmware can not be upgraded?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Samsung Kies: 'This version of the device can not be updated'. Never? Have Galaxy SL (GT I9003). Had given mobile to Samsung service center for upgrade to Android 2.3, stupids installed Android 2.2 (Froyo) again. And now my Kies, give message that \"This Firmware can not be updated\". Is it because of wrong Kies version or the issue is with OS install itself? Any solutions to this?"} {"id":"16499","title":"Device upgrade issue via Samsung Kies","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Kies: Firmware can not be upgraded? Device: Galaxy SL (GT I9003) I had fresh install from Samsung Service center for Android. They again installed Android 2.2. And now the Kies is saying, > Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies. Current Firmware > Version: I9003DDKF1\/I9003ODDKA6\/I9003DDKA5\/I9003DDKF1 I stay in India. google search suggests that 2.3.5 update is available. How to solve this issue?"} {"id":"14809","title":"How can I search for emails on an IMAP (or exchange) server?","text":"Is there an app that can search emails by subject, sender or body text through the IMAP4 protocol? Alternatively, is there an app that caches the email headers for all messages and searches them locally?"} {"id":"1689","title":"How can I change the default currency key on Swype keyboard?","text":"In Swype Settings I have the language set to \"UK English\" yet for some reason when I'm typing the currency symbol (long-press on `s`) is a dollar sign ( **$** ) not a pound sign ( **£** ), if I press `SYM` the dollar actually has its own button `$` on the left-hand side, and I have Euro (€) and Yen on the top row for long presses on `#` and `3`, and the pound is relegated to the right hand side for a long-press on `\"`. Is there any way that I can set it to replace the **$** on the main screen with a **£** sign, and replace the dollar on its own button on the symbol screen with a pound sign? Am using the built-in Swype keyboard _(v1.64.40.9754)_ on a Vodafone UK Samsung Galaxy S _(Eclair 2.1 update 1, build JM4)_."} {"id":"29980","title":"Reverse tethering Android to Mac via Bluetooth","text":"I'm trying to let my Android (4.1.1) phone use my Mac's (10.8.2) wifi connection via Bluetooth. This is what I've tried: * Paired devices successfully; PAN interface created on the Mac * Enabled Internet Sharing from Wifi to Bluetooth PAN * `adb shell`; `pand -c XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX` After running `pand`, I briefly see that Bluetooth connection established, but it quickly drops after a second. Running `adb logcat`, this is what I see: I\/pand ( 4876): Bluetooth PAN daemon version 4.93 I\/pand ( 4876): Connecting to XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX D\/BluetoothEventLoop( 300): Device property changed: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX property: Connected value: true E\/pand ( 4876): Connect to XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX failed. Permission denied(13) D\/BluetoothEventLoop( 300): Device property changed: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX property: Connected value: false How do I get this to work successfully?"} {"id":"29982","title":"Can't locate wallpaper when saved from browser","text":"I have read multiple questions on here but none seem to work for my phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 2.3.3. I really need the photo that's my wallpaper. I can't locate it on the phone or the location on the Internet. Background info: I was browsing the Internet on my phone. I clicked on a photo on a website and clicked \"set as wallpaper\", which it did. Now however I can't find the photo anywhere on my phone. (It is still set as my wallpaper though.)"} {"id":"29985","title":"WiFi Tethering not working when using security","text":"I have a rooted Galaxy SII (not branded, from Germany) running CyanogenMod 10. I can't connect to my tethering network when I'm using security (WPA \/ WPA2-PSK). With an open network, it works just fine, but obviously, that's not what I'd prefer. Can anyone give me a hint on how to fix this?"} {"id":"28055","title":"l2_hsic prevents my device from Deep Sleep. How to fix it?","text":"I have installed BetterBatteryStats and CPU SPY, because I noticed that I had a faster than normal battery consumption when the tab was left alone. I made a 30 mins test Wifi OFF, Flight Mode On, where the 29 mins of them showed me l2_hsic under Kernel Wakelock -> Since Unplugged. Does anyone know what causes this and how to prevent it ? Thank you. ( I am running Stock ICS 4.0.4 rooted)"} {"id":"51362","title":"Share mouse and keyboard between multiple androids","text":"I'm new to android but I have an application in mind that I'm willing to work long for: setting up three or four android tablets upright, as if I were looking at a four-monitor desktop pc, and use one bluetooth mouse and keyboard between the four of them. Where should I start. I'm sure that some combination of android packages must allow me to do this... :)"} {"id":"61058","title":"Tablet sending Message automatically to a fixed number (everyday)","text":"I have same problem as described in My phone is sending SMS automatically everyday, but I have a Croma CRX-1125 tablet. It's deducting Rs 1.5 almost everyday, and it's sending message to Swipe telecom number. The Croma tablet is tied up with Swipe company; Croma doesn't have its own tablet."} {"id":"61050","title":"MIUI How to disable badges on homescreen?","text":"MIUI uses those red badge notifications just like iOS, but I really want to disable them. Specifically for the MIUI Market, which I don't use because it's in Chinese (I only speak English). I have turned off all notifications in the market settings, and taken away every permission from Market within the system settings, but still the badges come up about once a day. Any ideas?"} {"id":"82328","title":"Cannot access google after SIM card change","text":"I am currently on a vacation in Portugal and bought a local sim card for a Samsung Galaxy S4 with stock ROM. Now I cannot access any google services anymore. The rest of the internet works fine but any site using google's cdn fails to load. Android of course is almost impossible to use. Interestingly enough it only affects google.com, other google domains work fine. I did originally receive an email from google claiming a suspicious login. I verified that it was me on their security page on another phone. I tried resetting the dns cache, change the dns servers, the google unlock captcha, ... nothing works. It works fine when I log in via Wi-Fi. If I share the connection with a tablet that tablet can access anything just fine. Deleting and recreating the google account on the phone also does nothing. I am at a loss of what to try next. Any ideas? Thanks!"} {"id":"50328","title":"\"Incompatible with other applications(s) using the same shared user ID\" when installing Google Play service?","text":"I need to run Google Plus, and Google Plus needs the Google Play service. Every time I install `google play service` from the Google Play store it fails to install with this error: > Incompatible with other applications(s) using the same shared user ID What could be the issue? How can I fix this? **UPDATE** : I know almost nothing about android, so I dont know what ROM is, or such thing, I get my phone from local production and I guess, yes, it uses custom `system`, so I just know that I'm using Android Version 4.0.4. any help would be greatly appreciated."} {"id":"58667","title":"Unable to install Google Play Services --- 'Incompatible with other applications' error","text":"I am using Android 4.0.4 Kernel v3.0.13. Build No is a large string containing 'AX5' the model number of the phone (its a MAXX AX5). I installed Google Keep using Google Play Store v4.4.21. After installation, it asked me to install Google Play Services. Google Play Services refused to install giving the error 'Incompatible with other applications using the same shared ID'. As a side note, I wonder, why does it NOT tell what that application is! OK. The other google apps installed are: gmail, newsstand, drive. What is happening and how do I set it right? This was marked as duplicate of Install google play service: Incompatible with other applications(s) using the same shared user ID But that question does not have an accepted answer. So, what does one do in such a case?"} {"id":"82321","title":"Intel xolo x900 mobile getting shutdown","text":"I have trouble with my intel xolo x900 mobile, whenever I have enabled internet unable to use any app , suddenly my mobile getting switched off. It will take nearly 5 min to get back to normal. Not only facing while enabled data but if I'm making calls more times in short duration again same issue. Interestingly issue not happening mobile while in charging, help me to get this fixed Thanks, Asai"} {"id":"82326","title":"Samsung S5 screen turning on and off when plugged in to charge","text":"I have a Samsung S5 & when I plug the phone in to charge every few seconds my screen lights up then turns off. If I have my sound on it play a notification every-time the screen turns on and off. Any advice on how I can stop this - it's makn me loco :-)!!! ASM"} {"id":"82327","title":"Unknown Host Exception: unable to resolve host b.api.facebook.com on Galaxy Tab","text":"I have Samsung Galaxy Tab 3. When I try to access my account on Facebook a message appears: > Unknown Host Exception unable to resolve host `b.api.facebook.com` no > address associated with host name What should I do?"} {"id":"2293","title":"Battery Statistics Viewer crashes every time","text":"I have a DroidX with Android 2.2 I went into the Battery Usage settings Settings > Battery Manager See a fual cell looking battery image that says `Touch for usage statistics`, so I was like awesome let me nerd out and look at my battery usage statistics. Then when I touch the image I get an error `The application Settings (process com.android.settings) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.` and the only thing I can do is Force Close. Anyone have any insight into this issue? I tried using aLogCat to find the error log after I got it, but it won't pause so I can read anything :-\/ Where can I report this bug to Google, if there isn't a fix out there already?"} {"id":"7972","title":"Android Voicemail Settings","text":"Voicemail on my T-Mobile Galaxy Portal\/Spica\/i5700 doesn't work. I've set it up via the Tmobile voicemail setup, but if I call my mobile it just rings and rings until I get a message saying 'This number is currently unavailable.' Is there anything in Android itself that might have borked it? I'm running an _ahem_ not official Samsung version of Froyo. In `Settings -> Call Settings` I can see `Voicemail service`, from which my only option is `My Carrier`, and `Voicemail Settings`, and all that lets me do is pick the voicemail number to call. Or is it more likely just some error at T-mobile's end? Thought I'd check before giving them a call."} {"id":"56355","title":"Can't root Galaxy 5830i","text":"A year ago I bought a Galaxy ACE GT-5830i which came with Gingerbread 2.3.6, recently I wanted to root it, I tried following the instructions in Root,Unroot,CWM,and how to Flash Galaxy Ace S5830i, without success. I wiped cache, Dalvik cache, rooted again, again and again but did not work. After the root process I found the _Superuser_ icon on the launcher, I checked for root and even tried to use _link2sd_ and nothing. I tried to update the superuser app from Google play and ... nothing. How to root this device?"} {"id":"51753","title":"Phone not appearing in Android Device Manager","text":"When I go to Android Device Manager, my tablet is listed, but not my phone. I had signed up just as soon as ADM was available, and at that time both devices were listed. Now, for the last several days, I can only see my tablet. (For what it's worth, both devices appear in the \"My Devices\" section of the Google Play Store.) I have done the following while troubleshooting: * Ensured that the Android Device Manager settings in **Google Settings** are both on. I have even toggled them off and back on again * Ensured that **Location Services** are on * Ensured that all sync services for my account are toggled on and work * Have connected to the Play Store several different times * Ensured **Google Play Services** is at the latest version * Made sure I'm using the right account. (In fact, I removed the other secondary accounts from the phone) * Power-cycled the phone several different times I could understand if ADM couldn't find the phone due to it being off, out of range, poor signal, etc., but ADM would at least display the phone and tell me it couldn't find it. **So, any suggestions to get my phone to show up on Android Device Manager?** I would like this to be working before something happens to the phone. ( _Murphy's Law_ and all that.) Although it shouldn't make any difference: * Tablet: Nexus 7 (2012) with Android 4.3 * Phone: Verizon Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.2.2 Addendum: There's apparently some (relatively new) advice on the Android Device Manager help page: 1. Open ![](https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/support-kms-prod\/SNP_40A4F4BE88E2B8DD4784FA3CE03C065DD09B_3296530_en_v0) **Google Settings** from your device's apps menu. 2. Touch **Android Device Manager**. 3. Uncheck **Allow remote factory reset**. 4. Go to your device's main Settings menu, then touch **Apps > All > Google Play services**. 5. Touch **Clear Data**. Note that this action doesn't remove personal data. 6. Go back to **Google Settings** and select **Allow remote factory reset**. 7. Restart your device. I have followed these steps, but it doesn't appear to have worked."} {"id":"57003","title":"With Android 4.4 (KitKat), my notification icons are always gray. Am I in trouble?","text":"With Android 4.3 and earlier, gray\/white signal icons in the notification bar informed about connection trouble concerning the Google Services (see e.g. What does it mean when the connectivity icons in the status bar go white\/gray?). If everything was OK, they were either green (before 4.x) or blue (4.0+). Now they seem to be permanently gray\/white. Am I in trouble, or did I miss something?"} {"id":"16429","title":"Update text files on Android and sync to Dropbox","text":"I'm transitioning to plain text files as the basis for my GTD system, which is awesome when I'm at my laptop (Vim editing all the way). However, I haven't yet figured out a good way to take quick notes on my Android tablet, which is a Xoom running Honeycomb (not yet rooted, although I'm open to the idea). Ideally what I like is a script or widget that would pop up a textbox that I could type a note into. The note would then be saved and synced to Dropbox automatically. The idea is for this capture process to be as seamless as possible. I would like to avoid having to remember to manually sync files in the Dropbox app, or launch an app and fuss with naming a file, browsing to the correct directory, etc. The apps I've tried so far are much too fiddly for my tastes. Any suggestions for how I could accomplish this? I'm a developer, I could definitely tackle a more code-oriented solution if that's the only way."} {"id":"61941","title":"tried to edit framework-res.apk on kyocera rise stuck in bootloop","text":"Earlier this month I got a Kyocera Rise. I got it rooted the first minute I got it and decided I wanted to edit the `framework-res.apk` file. I extracted it, edited it, and trying to replace it, root explorer force closed. I was unable to open any application because I kept getting this (the application com.android.(so and so) isn't responding) error. I stupidly restarted the phone, forgetting that I could have adb pushed my backup `framework-res.apk` file. This phone has a recovery system that doesn't allow flashing updates. The bootloader is locked and Kyocera has yet to release an update, therefore we have no idea how updates are flashed. Any help at all is very appreciated :)"} {"id":"69720","title":"ori ninetology upgraded software to galaxy s4 - usb port cannot connected to computer while the hp on","text":"I just bought a second hand phone Ninetology Stealth II which originally was a Ninetology but the original owner upgraded the software to Samsung Galaxy S4. The problem he never told me about is: whenever you connect the device to a computer via USB, it won't be recognized. Also, the phone only can be charge while being off, either charging by USB port or plug. I already turned off USB Debugging, but that didn't change anything."} {"id":"64530","title":"How to get Gmail new message notifications without having to sync?","text":"How can I get Gmail new message notifications without having to sync an account with my Android phone? I thought there may be a way by either : 1. going through XMPP somehow 2. configuring Gmail to notify Google+ when I get a new email and then I would get a G+ notification which would be fine. I just want my phone to tell me \"you have a new email\" without having to actually sync anything."} {"id":"60098","title":"Open Facebook links with Facebook app?","text":"When I receive a http Facebook link, I have the option to choose my browsers but not the Facebook app, is there a way to force it? Is it the normal behavior?"} {"id":"63545","title":"Do iPhone users get my group messages individually or within the group?","text":"My friends and I have made a group message and they both have iPhones. I have an Android LG G2. Whenever I send the messages and it says \"send to all\", does it send to them in their own group conversation, or does it send to each of them individually in a different text?"} {"id":"63543","title":"Camera app closes immediately?","text":"I recently used ASTRO File Manager to clear out app data from my SD card. I'm not the most teck savvy person, so I simply cleared out left over data from long deleted apps, and the occasional empty folder. But now my camera app doesn't open. When I tap it, it simply displays the camera icon, and then goes back to the home screen. As with using the camcorder. Also with instagram, when I press that camera button it just retreats me to my homescreen. Any ideas how to fix this, or if I need to factory reset, anyway to save all my important data? Important phone specs: HTC Sensation Z710e Android version 4.0.3"} {"id":"63541","title":"Using Android w\/ broken digitizer","text":"My Nexus 4 digitizer is broken but I have several things I could use it for that don't need a touchscreen, or a screen at all....if I install Ubuntu Touch. Here are instructions for installing Ubuntu Touch on Nexus 4 (stable release): https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Touch\/Install It appears that a few of the steps (such as \"accept the unlock agreement on the device's screen\" or \"enable debug mode on the device\") require using the screen. Question: is there any way for me to do those without touching the screen? Can I pair a BT keyboard+mouse or enable a VNC server or something else?"} {"id":"4779","title":"How can I rename my Android device?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I change the name of my Android device? It has a really long cryptic name. I want to rename it to something shorter."} {"id":"53276","title":"Cannot open Gallery to delete files, due to running out of space","text":"I have a rather funny though annoying problem. I've filled the memory of my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 up with photos, videos, apps and offline maps, and now I have a \"Not enough storage space\" warning. I would like to delete the photos and videos I do not need, but when trying to open the Gallery, I get a message \"Not enough space. Delete unnecessary items such as ... pictures, videos...\" So I need more space to run Gallery to free some space. Any workaround?"} {"id":"53277","title":"Install V6 Supercharger on Nook Tablet 8GB\/512M","text":"I have a Nook Tablet(8GB version) and i only see around 100Mb RAM free even after killing some apps with task manager. I have Cyanogenmod 10.1.3-RC2 installed + NookOnFire Showtime kernel(CPU overclocked to 1.2Ghz). I need to somehow install supercharger script to get more RAM and make apps not close. I launched it with script manager but after installation it says that launcher is not supercharged. I am using Trebuchet. Can anyone show me a guide how to install supercharger(and patch services.jar)? My PC is Fedora Linux 19 64-bit."} {"id":"49249","title":"How to make chrome open to a blank tab","text":"I'm running CM 10.1 on my Nexus S and it's definitely showing its age. If I want to quickly google something I open up Chrome and then wait 15 seconds for it to load the last page, and then try and type in the location bar for 30 seconds as it freezes and then suddenly types my query out all at once. My question is, how can I make Chrome open to a new blank tab each time I click its icon?"} {"id":"21314","title":"Can I add external devices to an Android device?","text":"Can we add external devices to an Android device? For example, can I add a CD player or a power antenna (to detect wireless from long distances) to my Android device? Des Android let us to create our own drivers for our devices?"} {"id":"49246","title":"Stuck rooting HTC device","text":"I am trying to root my HTC One S following the instructions on HTCDev I generated an Unlock_code and everything works well until Step 13. In Step 12, I typed fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin in cmd which returned the expected result of: ...\\Android\\android-sdk\\platform-tools>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)... OKAY [ 0.148s] writing 'unlocktoken'... (bootloader) unlock token check successfully OKAY [ 0.016s] finished. total time: 0.171s According to HTCDev, I sould now see a disclaimer, but my smartphone remains in the Fastboot USB menue. My smartphone should be connected to my pc since I can see it in cmd \\platform-tools>fastboot devices SH23XW403779 fastboot Any ideas? Thanks"} {"id":"21313","title":"Is there a real \"Gmail Tap\" app?","text":"Gmail Tap, one of Google's April fools, would give the phone a three-keys Morse keyboard. Is there a way to get this functionality for real, preferably for input to any fields?"} {"id":"56976","title":"Lock System Settings in Android","text":"My application will open to particular time and it won't close in that time, for example 2pm to 4pm is my application running time means, the user can't access any other applications (like Music, Chat, and make a call) and he won't change the device time also, for that how can I lock the Setting options or Time and Date setting option in Android Device?"} {"id":"22959","title":"How to VPN only a single application?","text":"Say you only want to route the traffic of a single application through a VPN. (Because the application lacks proper encryption support or the remote service is only available on a cooperate network.) Other stuff like web-browsing should go through the normal data connection. How to configure this on a recent Android device (>= Android 4.0)? Concrete motivation: Unfortunately, quite a few VoIP gateway providers do not provide encryption of data (voice and signaling) - thus using a VPN is necessary (at least when connected via WLAN). One provider (sipgate.de) even provides its own VPN (and no other SIP\/RTP encryption methods)."} {"id":"56973","title":"How do I flash a Samsung device using the distribution on samsung-updates.com?","text":"I'm hoping to flash the stock rom back onto my device so I can update the PRL. I downloaded the file on samsung-updates.com. The file that I download was found \"Firmware archive\" for Sprint's SPH-L720 (Galaxy S4). A comment said the SPR was for regular users and the XAS one was for engineers. Not exactly sure what that means, but I downlaoded the SPR file changelist 1927016 > SPR-L720VPUEMJA-20131030154609.zip Now when I look inside I have two files, 1. `L720VPUEMJA_L720SPTEMJA_L720VPUEMJA_HOME.tar.md5` 2. `SS_DL.dll` What does these files do? Why do I do with the .dll? How do I flash my device with it? Do I simply load the .zip into Clockworkmod and boot up? Should I, or should I not wipe cache and Dalvik after I do that? I've already backed up my current version of CM and data using CWM."} {"id":"2747","title":"Android email setup of Mail app results in a \"Force Close\"","text":"On the Motorola Droid I was successfully getting my corporate email for a year with no problems. On 11\/09\/2010 I started getting a security error when trying to retrieve email in the native Android Mail app. I tried tweaking a couple settings but ended up deleting my account credentials in order to re-enter them in an effort to bypass the security error. I know get an error every time I enter my account credentials and attempt to connect to our corporate exchange server. I go through the following steps: Open the mail app Enter email address and password Press Manual setup Press Exchange Modify Domain\\Username and Server to contain correct corporate information Insure \"User secure connection (SSL)\" and \"Accept all SSL certificates\" are checked Press Next App says \"Checking incoming server settings\" Message pops up \"Sorry! The application Email (process com.android.email) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.\" No combination of rebooting, clearing Mail app data and changing of SSL selections allows me to bypass this error. **UPDATE** According to Motorola Level 2 technical phone support the only solution to this issue is to restore the phone to it's factory settings."} {"id":"24144","title":"How to disable company starting screen when the phone is switch on","text":"I am using a Samsang Galaxy Ace. When I switch my phone on, it takes too much time. The Samsung screen comes for approximately 30 seconds or more before the phone is on and usable. Can I change this setting so that the home screen will appear directly when the phone is switched on?"} {"id":"54724","title":"Are there any benchmarking apps that measure how smooth scrolling is on a certain device?","text":"The one thing I think that IOS (and Windows 8 as well) still has over Android even after all these years is smoothness in scrolling. After a while you don't really notice the difference until you start using an iphone side by side and realize just how smooth it should be. Jelly bean made things better and recently I bought the new Nexus 7 and 4.3 seems to have improved things even more. Aside from just \"feeling\" it is smoother, are there any benchmarking apps to verify this?"} {"id":"78523","title":"Looking for a way to use voice commands create calendar entry in non-Google calendar","text":"I'm looking for a way to create calendar entries in a non-Google calendar using voice commands. The built in voice command (using CM11 M8 \/ 4.4.4 with Google apps) only creates entries in my Google calendar and I do not see an option to change this behavior. I'm happy to use a different voice command app if that's what's necessary. To clarify: I would like to create this calendar entry in a calendar hosted on a server accessed by caldav."} {"id":"78522","title":"How do I set an image as my custom lock screen image without any widgets on Android 4.4.4?","text":"I have made an image that I'd like to use as my lockscreen \"wallpaper\". Except, I don't want it to be a wallpaper, I want it to be the only thing I see on the lockscreen with no unlock button or widgets on top. I don't mind if the status bar is there or not and it would be great to put a clock and the weather on there, but it's not necessary. I've tried a lot of lock screen replacements, but haven't found one which will remove all the periphery and just let me set the image as the lock screen without any widgets or a lock icon on top. Do you know of anything? For reference, I'd love to be able to swipe to unlock the screen."} {"id":"62636","title":"Add DuckDuckGo to search engines list in Chrome","text":"I am using a Samsung S3 **Rooted** phone. I want to customise Google Chrome to add DuckDuckGo in the list of search engines, and maybe make it my default one. It is not possible to do this in chrome by default. I have Googled this question and have not found any way to do this."} {"id":"3040","title":"How can I display image formats not supported by the email app, e.g. TIFF?","text":"As I'm using K-9 Mail for my email app, sometimes I get a tiff attached to the mail, but I cannot watch it. Even Tiff2PDF will fail :(. Any idea how I can get this to work?"} {"id":"3043","title":"HTC Desire HD Android 2.2 disable screen shut off when timer is running","text":"I tried to use the timer for a countdown of 3 minutes. 1 minute in, the screen shut off and the phone locked, disabling the countdown. After 4 minutes, I realised what had happened. Is there a way to disable the screen shut off just when the timer is running?"} {"id":"27411","title":"How to edit the home dock icons (shortcuts) on TouchWiz 4.0 ICS","text":"I recently received the ICS update to my Galaxy Note and couldn't (or couldn't remember how to) change the shortcut icons at the bottom of each page. It seems they have removed one method for changing them."} {"id":"29193","title":"Firm Gmail, i.e. Google Apps -email, with K9 -email program?","text":"> _I am struggling with this kind of Google Apps -site, example from > Google.com -sitehere._ > > ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/kxbZQ.png) I use two email-clients in Android: default Gmail -client (because it is tied to my Gmail) and K9. I am able to set up all Gmails to K9 but one email i.e. the firm email from the site `https:\/\/www.google.com\/a\/firm.com` (excluding ofc the Android-tied-gmail -account, more here). It means that I am using K9 and default Gmail-Android -program but I would like to have all emails under K9. Is it possible and how can do it here in the case of the Gmails targeted to firms? I think such gmails are called something like Google App or something like that, not sure. The firm Gmail is not accepted like this in K9: > Username: forname.surname > > Password: correct > > IMAP server: mail.myFirm.com > > Security type: SSL (always) > > Port: 993 > > Use compression on network: Mobile Wi-Fi Other If I change the IMAP -server to `mail.gmail.com`, it gets accepted but it won't work correctly -- redirection problem. But now I am stucked why it does not accept the above settings?! **Perhaps useful to other like-minded** > 1. All emails under K9 -app? > > 2. Email-client with Sent emails from many emails under IMAP? > > 3. Setting up IMAP over device-swarm that has a Debian Desktop -client, > more here. > >"} {"id":"12150","title":"Is there anything that can show exactly what has awaken my phone?","text":"Recently I had some issues with my phones battery getting drained in 8-10 hours, even though the screen was active for less than 1 hour and wifi\/bluetooth\/gps was off. My first thought was to check the battery usage statistics, but all I saw was the display, voice calls and cell standby, and after that a few apps that I commonly use (such as the browser). Still suspecting an app hogging the CPU I used applications such as a task manager and watchdog to try to find the culprit, but no luck. I then looked around here and found a couple of answers referencing to the awake time. Looking at battery usage again I could see that indeed the awake time was around 75% of the total time since last charge, i.e. some app was preventing my phone from going to sleep. I uninstalled a couple of apps I don't use anymore and lowered settings for email checks etc, and now my awake time is down to normal levels. My question is, is there any app\/secret number\/trick\/whatever that can show exactly what has awaken my phone? In the battery usage statistics I can still see that sometimes the phone wakes up even though the screen is off, and that is normal, but if I ever get this problem again (and I'm sure I will), this would be a very valuable tool for trouble shooting."} {"id":"67041","title":"How can I cancel an Android Device Manager Erase command?","text":"Using Android Device Manager from my PC, several devices are listed, including one that no longer belongs to me. While attempting to remove this device from my list I inadvertently sent an 'Erase' command to the other devices. Fortunately, none of these devices had Android Device Manager enabled as a device manager, so the request was ignored. Phew! But I'm now a bit concerned that the request will be pending, and that at some time in the future an Android software upgrade will enable Device Manager and my data will disappear. Can anyone tell me a way of cancelling the 'Erase' command, or whether the command will 'time-out' at some time?"} {"id":"3951","title":"Text messaging Force Close issues after OS upgrade","text":"I upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S GT I 9000 to Android 2.2 yesterday...but I just can't open my messages...it says Force Close every time I try...any solutions?? If not, how can I downgrade to the original 2.1 Eclair?"} {"id":"34748","title":"Is there a way to enable the headphone output for audio while using HDMI for video?","text":"I have a yarvik tab464euk tablet, which I'm mostly happy with in an it-was- cheap kind of way. However, there is a particular annoyance. I have a monitor which has a rarely-used HDMI port (my PC connects via DVI). I don't have a HDMI TV, or any kind of TV at all. Sometimes, I'd like to use my tablet as a media player using the HDMI monitor. I can connect the tablet to the monitor without any problem, but of course it's a monitor - like many monitors, it doesn't have speakers. That's fine - the tablet also has a headphone jack socket. I thought I'd do exactly what I do for my PC - connect the tablet to the speakers separately. Unfortunately, this doesn't work. The headphone socket works fine, but not when the mini-HDMI cable is connected. As soon as I have a HDMI monitor connected, the headphone output is switched off - I checked with two sets of headphones as well as speakers to make sure this wasn't a dodgy cable issue. Giving priority to HDMI seems very odd to me. First, monitors with HDMI but no speakers are quite common. Second, even if I was using a TV with speakers, the obvious reason for having headphones plugged in is because I want to use those for the sound, not the TV speakers. So... Is this a general thing with Android tablets? Is there a setting I can change to control it? Or is there any other way to get the headphone audio output to work while a HDMI monitor is connected? I've seen this question about splitters, but the price is out of proportion plus the convenience isn't there. Part of the point is to reduce hardware clutter, tangled cables etc. I already have a media player that works with separate HDMI and audio just fine, but it never gets used because it gets put away to avoid the clutter and tangle, then it's just not worth the hassle to set it up again later. And it just seems so stupid anyway that the headphone socket is there and works, but it switches off when I most want to use it."} {"id":"34741","title":"I can't upgrade my S III software from 4.0.4 to 4.1.1","text":"Samsung have released the 4.1.1 update for the SGS III and I am trying to upgrade my software from 4.0.4 to 4.1.1, but my Galaxy S III keeps saying: > The server is busy or not available now, try another time or use the PC Kies > to upgrade it. When I used the PC kies it gave me the message shown in thi > pic below : ![enter image description > here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/eSVAo.jpg) Is there any way to solve this problem? I'm very eager to upgrade my phone Jelly Bean."} {"id":"34744","title":"Help with LG Optimus Logic Memory","text":"I recently purchased an LG Optimus Logic for StraightTalk, which runs Android 2.3.6. The phone was advertised as having 1GB internal Memory and also came with a 4GB Micro SD. I've used the phone for about a week now and noticed something which I believe is drastically wrong with the Memory Scheme. As I've downloaded apps, they seem to not be using the internal memory properly. On the Applications Manage screen, the apps take up \"System Memory\", which is about 190MB maximum. As you can imagine, this space is used up rather fast after only a few apps installed. So I tried to see if I could move apps to the SD Card, but there's the hitch. The option didn't refer to an SD card at all, but was a greyed-out \"Move to Internal Memory\". A few of the apps had this option, and when I selected it they began to take up the 1GB Internal Memory, which was not used at all before. The option for memory management then read \"Move to Phone\". Also, I noticed that as I installed more apps RAM was being used even before the Apps started running. My theory is that the phone was poorly configured. A section of RAM is being treated as the Internal Storage or Flash Memory or whatever you call it, which was labelled \"System Memory\". The actual, 1GB Internal memory is being treated as external storage much as an SD card would, which leaves the real SD card out in the cold. My best evidence for this is that I removed the SD card and the apps I moved to the other memory still functioned. I have two questions: 1. Am I correct in assuming this, or do I not grasp Android memory properly and your knowledgeable minds can enlighten me? 2. If I am correct, is there any way I can fix this manually, as LG and StraightTalk seem to be of no help on the issue. Thank you for your time."} {"id":"35298","title":"What is the typical range when using ANT+ on Android?","text":"My question is how long is the range from the phone to the ANT+ device. What is the suitable range between ANT+ device? I have seen this demo and I am curious if it is worth my money."} {"id":"66027","title":"Tactile keypad for nexus 5","text":"I've got a new nexus 5 & I know it sounds odd but I just can't seem to find the option to switch to phonepad type keyboard for texting. Could someone please help me with it? **edit** I'm looking for a keypad like this to use for texting. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/FsXR9.jpg)"} {"id":"66025","title":"Texting with Samsung Galaxy S4","text":"My Samsung Galaxy S4 has been saying that my text is \"sending\" for hours now. However, one of the recipients has responded to my text. Was not doing this earlier today"} {"id":"50113","title":"\"system\" reboots my device after I allow it to in SuperUser?","text":"Today, a random SuperUser request from \"system\", with UID 1000, appear. I figured that it was nothing, so I accepted it. A couple of seconds later, my phone rebooted, or at least that's what I think it did. I saw the T-Mobile screen flash by really quickly; the Samsung screen did not appear. So, what happened and should I be concerned?"} {"id":"66029","title":"can i get my sprint s3 flashed to boost mobile or verizon prepaid?","text":"Wanting to know if anyone can flash my sprint s3 s4 note2 to verizon prepaid or boost mobiles unlimited plan?"} {"id":"61557","title":"Documentation\/reference for fastboot","text":"Where can I find the documentation for `fastboot` in Android SDK's `platform- tools`? I know that running `fastboot` on its own gives a quick help for the different commands, but I'd like to know about details such as: * `update`: What does _update.zip_ need to look like * `flashall`: Where do the _flash boot + recovery + system_ come from, what format, etc. * `boot`: What is the format of `` and what is the `` option * `flash:raw boot`: What is the difference to `boot` and what is it used for I am surprised that in the Android Developer's Tools Help there is documentation for `adb` but not `fastboot`."} {"id":"73195","title":"shark (sniffer) cannot find shell commands","text":"when I am trying to run shark it say: tmp-mksh: [1]: tr: not found tmp-mksh: [1]: cut: not found tmp-mksh: [1]: killall: not found tmp-mksh: [1]: busybox: not found How can I install those basic shell commands (tr, cut, killall)? what is busybox? Thanks."} {"id":"24039","title":"Turning off cell broadcast messages in Ice Cream Sandwich","text":"The phone is a stock HTC One X. The settings menu does not include a checkbox to enable\/disable CB messages. They just keep popping up. **Update** : Halfer already gave the link to the wikipedia article about CB, which should explain it in more detail than I ever can. What it means to me is that I get location information as I move around in town. The screenshot here shows the checkbox for this feature on what I believe is Gingerbread: ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/rMDQE.jpg) **Update 2** : And this is the extremely boring message. This particular one just shows the carrier name, so it's even more useless and annoying than if it were showing location information: ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/2pl8O.jpg)"} {"id":"39892","title":"Cell Broadcast option in HTC Raider ICS","text":"I updated my phone to Ice cream sandwich last week. I cant find any option to turn off cell broadcast messages. I have tried everything, looking in call settings, message settings everywhere. I get these annoying messages one after the other! Can anybody please solve this out? and yes, avoid repeatation that go in call settings or message settings. Its not there!!"} {"id":"55387","title":"How Disable Cell BroadCast sms in HTC Desire X Dual Sim","text":"Sir I am using HTC Desire X dual sim. But Problem is that there is no any option in sms setting and cell phone setting to disable cell broad cast message. Please help me by this i can't use phone properly.."} {"id":"22131","title":"Enabling AdHoc Networking on ICS to Connect to AdHoc Devices","text":"I'm looking for a way to connect my Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.0.x) to my laptop via adhoc wifi. (The laptop will act as my wireless NAS.) The WiFi Ad Hoc enabler for Android does not work on the Galaxy Nexus. (The statistics at at that link show 0 successes and 13 failures for GNex owners who tried it. However, it works for many other devices.) I also see this advice: You need a modified wpa_supplicant file in \/system\/bin. What modifications are needed to the wpa_supplicant file in \/system\/bin? I see a couple proposed solutions for other devices, but nothing for the Galaxy Nexus. http:\/\/android.stackexchange.com\/a\/19133\/12444 http:\/\/android.stackexchange.com\/a\/4147\/12444 http:\/\/www.slatedroid.com\/topic\/2973-ad-hoc-network\/ However, I see this response: \"patching the wpa_suplicant isn't generic and frankly I'd call that method useless.\" What is the best solution? Can anyone shed more light on the problem here?"} {"id":"20457","title":"How to clear the keyboard autocomplete suggestions","text":"I need to completely clear the autocomplete words my Sony Ericsson Xperia arc has learned. I used it for entering some random letter combinations (CAPTCHA entries) and now they are part of the autocomplete for some important prefixes. How can this be done? Looked in the settings screen but no luck."} {"id":"22134","title":"What occurs in the background when an application such as Skype is installed e.g. logs, synchronization, etc?","text":"When I install an application, what happens in the background, where is the application installed, where are its preferences stored, where is information such as usernames and passwords stored, etc?"} {"id":"77434","title":"Is it possible to change mount points of internal storage?","text":"I have an off-brand rooted tablet built on MT8389 with 8GB internal memory. The problem is that manufacturer partitioned this in some weird way making `\/data` folder mounted to a partition that is only 1GB large. Basically I have approximately 4GB of free space mounted as `\/storage\/sdcard0` but it sits unused while all installed apps occupy `\/data` making the device close to useless as only core apps after updates eats over 60% of available space. After all Android is just another Linux flavour, so I would expect I could run console and do this: 1. Copy `\/data` to `\/storage\/sdcard0`. 2. Umount `\/storage\/sdcard0`. 3. Mount `\/data` to the partition that was mounted as `\/storage\/sdcard0`. 4. Mount that 1GB partition as `\/storage\/sdcard0` instead. Is it possible? How to do it \"safely\"? Note that I don't want to change partition sizes - I only want to swap mount points or create symlink to make `\/data` point to a larger partition. In theory this should be pretty straightforward ;)"} {"id":"73223","title":"Not recieving messages from only one WhatsApp contact","text":"When I first met the love of my life, he insisted that we use WhatsApp to communicate. He lives in Brasil and uses WhatsApp on his Windows Phone. I'm in the United States and use WhatsApp for Android on my Motorola Photon Q. Over the past few months, our ability to communicate through this app has deteriorated. He says he receives my messages, and that he replies to them, but apparently I don't see them. This is frustrating, to say the least, and puts a lot of unneeded stress on both of us. I've worried myself sick over it. He says that I'm the only one this happens to, and that communication with his Brazilian contacts works just fine. One of my friends in the Philippines just got WhatsApp for Android and I can communicate with him perfectly. I'm really clueless. I've scoured the Internet for answers, but I can't seem to find any. I can send messages, and in the rare time that I do receive the messages from my boyfriend, it is late at night. I never receive any during the day. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app countless times, and my WiFi connection at my house is perfect. But this seems to only be getting worse. He says he sends me several messages a day, but I only get some of the messages about every other day--usually every two days. I'm not a tech by any means, but it seems like there might be something wrong with the different versions of WhatsApp. Android communicating with the Windows Phone. So if this is the case, then my question here is unneeded. I've contacted WhatsApp Inc. with my concerns and have yet to receive a reply. This sucks, to say the least. UPDATE: I have contacted one of my boyfriend's friends in Brasil. I can communicate with them perfectly. They said y boyfriend said there was an issue with his phone. But I'm not sure that's the case. I uninstalled WhatsApp and downloaded it through WhatsApp's website. I can now see when my boyfriend is online and when he types. But I do not receive the messages he sends."} {"id":"73222","title":"how to share music from Samsung galaxy S4 to another phone","text":"I used to have a LG Viper and could share songs with my friends through Bluetooth. I can't figure out how to share music with my Samsung galaxy s4. I've searched online and on Samsung's website for instructions but have had no luck."} {"id":"38388","title":"What do the permissions that applications require mean?","text":"When installing an application, the application lists permissions that it needs to perform its functions. ![Sample permission screen](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/QB8Tj.jpg) I am creating this list of the the system defined permissions and a description of what they mean. It is a community wiki so if new permissions are added in the future they can be added to this list."} {"id":"60030","title":"Android permission and ProtectionLevel","text":"How Do we find what level of Android permission is required for a specific permission. Lets say we have `android.permission.SET_ACTIVITY_WATCHER`(docs) What permission group does it fall into?(docs) * Regular * Dangerous * System or Signed * Signed"} {"id":"79016","title":"what is uses-permission \"android.permission.INTERNET\"?","text":"I read something about uses-permission in android application , but I don't know what is \"android.permission.INTERNET\" , or why we need this."} {"id":"51643","title":"How much RAM should I allow an app to use, and how much should I always leave free?","text":"I have a chess app on my 2012 Nexus 7 (running stock Android 4.3, with a few small background services) that allows me to set the size of an internal hash table used by the chess engine. Larger hash tables increase the performance of the chess engine, but it is ultimately limited by the RAM available on the tablet. Typically, the Settings app indicates that around 450-500 MB of RAM is free. How much memory should I allow the app to use, and how much should I leave free for the system? As I don't want to change this setting too often, can I rely on this amount of memory being available every time I use the app? (Note that the amount of memory used must always be a power of 2.) The other questions and answers I've read haven't really answered this question, so I don't believe this is a duplicate."} {"id":"32749","title":"SD card won't mount when Xperia Neo V is connected to Ubuntu 12.10","text":"I upgraded my Ubuntu set up to 12.10 and realized that the SD card can't mount like it used to every time I connected my Neo V (running android 2.3.4). It can't be a hardware issue as it mounts successfully via a card reader. It also mounts successfully on Windows 7 too. For some strange reason the phone charges normally when the USB cable is connected but Ubuntu just doesn't recognize the connected phone or its SD card. How do I rectify this problem? Thanks in advance."} {"id":"56016","title":"Galaxy S3 won't turn on","text":"I have a Galaxy S3 and if my screen won't turn on but it vibrates when I press the power button does that mean I have a dead screen? Or is there someway that I can fix it? I've tried it over and over and over again but it won't do anything but vibrate when turning on. The first few times the LED light would turn on but now that won't even work. I even tried the rebooting process and the screen still won't turn on. Anytime I plug it in to a USB or charger it just vibrates 4 times."} {"id":"56011","title":"Security Audit - how can I tell my Android Distribution is safe","text":"I've just bought a Jiayu G4 and it came with android installed (rooted). My question is - how can I tell that nothing _nasty_ has been installed on the phone? Or best practices to ensure that it's safe to use. I've had a look but I haven't seen any accounts of malware distributed Android OS's, but I'm sure it can happen. Obviously there's an (un)healthy amount of paranoia here, but it'd be nice to know that data isn't being siphoned off somewhere it shouldn't be."} {"id":"56012","title":"Unable to view images in the body of emails","text":"My mail client seems to not fully fetch mails in the background (probably to save bandwidth). When I receive a mail with images I'm unable to view them when they're pasted in the body of the email. It says the message has been truncated and gives an option to download, but even after pressing the download button, nothing happens. What can I do?"} {"id":"4450","title":"Android Browser that Saves and Fills Passwords","text":"**Is there a browser I can install that stores passwords just like regular desktop browsers?** I'd only use it for unimportant passwords, so I'm really not worried about security. Anything that saves and auto fills my passwords is fine. _Running a motorola-milestone._"} {"id":"36249","title":"Xperia Play MTP driver fails to install","text":"When trying to update my Xperia Play with PC Companion, it fails to install the drivers for my device. I plug it in, it tries up until it says a problem has occured installing the hardware. My screen looks like: because stackexchange doesn't let me post images I've tried it's recommended diagnostic advice, null. edit: Just installed the update on another computer. It seems to work fine. If you don't have a spare, try a VM."} {"id":"36246","title":"Samsung Galaxy S having internal sd card problems","text":"I have `Samsung Galaxy SLCD` having android 2.2.1 which is around one and half year old. Around one month back my it started showing message in notification bar '`internal sd card removed unexpectedly`' and after that sometimes phone hanged and I got black screen with samsung written like we get at boot time and sometimes there is multiple '`force close`' pop-ups of different apps on phone. Whenever phone gets hanged or it automatically shutdown I am able to restart it only after removing battery and putting it back again and it takes long time to boot up every time I restart. Now from last 3-4 days I am having following problems that were not there earlier- 1. If I install an app from market or through eclipse and I restart phone the app is not there. 2. If I uninstall an old app and I restart phone the app is not uninstalled, it is still there. 3. If I copy a file it does not show up or if I transfer a file through Bluetooth it is gone after restart of phone. However I am able to open old files or app. I don't have external SD card on my phone. Is problem with internal SD card of phone or some other OS or phone related issue. Anyone know how to solve above problems. Thanks in advance. Anuj"} {"id":"41275","title":"How could I set the default contact store?","text":"I have an LG L5 (E610), running Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich MR1). Recently, I moved all my contacts that were stored as Phone or SIM contacts to Google contacts in order to get them synced. Now, I have only Google contacts. But, when I create a new contact, the default store seems to be the Phone store, and I find no option where I can set Google as the default store. Googling around a bit brought up one solution that _sounded_ reasonable: display only the Google contacts, in the address book, then Google will be the default for a new contact. But, even this doesn't work; if I only display Google contacts, my phone still selects the Phone storage as default and I **cannot see my newly created contact.** Any suggestions as to how I can set the default contact store? Or is this impossible?"} {"id":"41277","title":"Can not copy files from PC to Galaxy SIII","text":"I have a Galaxy SIII GT-I9300 and 32-bit Windows 7 PC. When I connect the SIII to the PC it gets detected and I can browse phone and memory card. But I am not able to copy files from PC to SIII neither using Windows Explorer nor Kies: The copy window starts and is stuck there only with little bit progress bar progress. My PC can detect my other device (Samsung Galaxy Pop) and copy files fine. I checked for updated drivers etc but everything is latest, USB debugging is turned on. Any idea what I could try to solve this issue?"} {"id":"77404","title":"Faulty battery status indication","text":"I have a Huawei Honor U8860 with Android ICS. I use two Mugen Power batteries. I always use one battery until it's empty, then charge it to full while using the other battery. Recently Android battery level has started to behave incorrectly. The battery level drops dramatically, then stays at the same level for a long time. I experience similar behavior with all the three batteries I own: the Mugen Power batteries and the original battery. Below is the battery status chart at this moment. Suddenly the battery level dropped to 3 % yesterday, but it stayed there and I've been able to use the phone actively for another day since then. Clearly the battery is still performing well, but Android gets incorrect information about the charge, sometimes even shuts the phone down. I tried calibrating with Battery Calibration app, but the problem has only got worse. Any ideas what's causing the problem? How does Android get the battery level? From the electronics integrated into the battery or by deducing from the voltage level? What does the calibration actually do? ![Battery level chart](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/7wTD2.png)"} {"id":"42897","title":"What kind of power saving smarts does Android already have?","text":"I just d\/l tasker and it's been really interesting (although not as interesting as I would've liked since I feel a lot of the good features require a root). I would like to optimize my Galaxy s3 so that it uses less battery power in a way that has minimal effect on my usage. I have a few suggestions but they seem fairly obvious things so I'm not sure if they are already implemented in the OS and I don't need to create a tasker profile for it. * Turn off 3G when I've got WIFI on. I only need the mobile networks for phone calls when I've got wifi so I would prefer not to have 3G on. * Turn off 3G if i'm in a low signal area - I hear if you're on the edge of 3G connectivity, it'll use lots of power constantly connecting to 3G. Does android have a way to stop that from running the battery down or should I create a tasker profile for it? * Power saving mode on when the screen isn't on. There isn't much the phone needs to do when I'm not using it so are there already processes built into android to turn the CPU down etc. or do I need to create a Tasker profile for it? It can chew up to 25% of my battery life overnight sometimes. Anyway, do any of those profiles seem worthwhile to do or are they already built in features of android?"} {"id":"39651","title":"Why don't I get Google Talk notifications on my Android from people using iPhones?","text":"I'm using the stock Google Talk app. I don't seem to have a problem getting Google Talk notifications from people on a PC. However, I don't get any notifications at all from people using iPhones (or, at least certain apps). I can still see their messages in my Google Talk app if I open it manually. I just don't get any notifications when a message arrives. Why would the _other party's_ device affect my ability to get notifications? Is there any way to fix this, or is there a third party Android app that handles notifications better than the stock one? My device is a Verizon Galaxy S3 (SCH-I535) running CyanogenMod 10.1-d2vzw (Android 4.2.1)."} {"id":"32948","title":"How can I use Flash Player now that it's no longer supported?","text":"I know that Adobe Flash Player is discontinued for Android devices, but is there an alternative way to continue using Flash on an Android 2.3 device? I have the apk of Flash Player 10, but I would like to use the most recent version."} {"id":"39285","title":"How to get Flash player on android phone and tablet w\/o rooting?","text":"So, Google decided not to have Flash player compatible with the Android system a few updates ago, and it sucks... since a few websites I used to venture to heavily use Flash. I'm not going to get into the reasons why Google decided to do that or how I feel about it, but I do want to find out if any of you guys know how I can get Flash content to work on my Droid X phone and Nexus 7 tablet without rooting them or putting them into any sort of potentially harmful situations?"} {"id":"60926","title":"problem with my TWD-MID","text":"My TWD-MID tabletc do not run flash player based videos or shockwave It is nuclear_evb_eng IMM76d 20130423 test-keys (Android 4.0.4) what can I do to repair this?"} {"id":"22124","title":"How to change the Messaging and keyboard apps to stock ones on LG Optimus Net P690 running Cyanogenmod7 ?","text":"Is it in any way possible to replace CM7's boring messaging interface with the stock messaging app from the LG stock roms (the one with chat bubbles), also, where would I be able to get a keyboard similar\/exactly the same to the stock LG keyboard on the Optimus Net? This is what the stock keyboard looks like (I couldn't find a picture in portrait mode, sorry): ![Stock Keyboard Image](http:\/\/i40.tinypic.com\/2ryq9tu.jpg). I found a ported stock LG keyboard, but as you can see in Cyano, there is a useless smilie button and every single button is bigger than what they're supposed to be from the LG keyboard. Could someone help me\/direct me to how I might be able to replace the messaging app and keyboard from CM7 with the apps I'm looking for? Thanks!"} {"id":"37591","title":"Why are SMS messages sent on my Samsung Galaxy S III running AOKP appear as unable to be sent?","text":"Why are SMS messages sent on my Samsung Galaxy S III running AOKP appear as unable to be sent? The SMS is actually sent. I tested with a message to myself: ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Ikqc5.jpg) Any thoughts would be appreciated. Edit: I forgot to add that I have done this very recently. So there has not been a period where it worked normally. This occurred as soon as I flashed the ROM."} {"id":"33035","title":"Identify this Clock-Weather Widget","text":"I've just found this photo on CNET: ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/41wnG.jpg) I want to know which clock-weather widget app is that?"} {"id":"33032","title":"Internet problem in Samsung Galaxy S2 after updated Android 4.0","text":"Recently I updated my Samsung Galaxy S2 OS from 2.3 to 4.0, after that the internet is not working properly (e.g. Internet web, facebook, twitter). If I open this application a message is shown saying \"unfortunately internet stopped\". How can I fix this problem?"} {"id":"37621","title":"where can i find settings for wifi internal scan period","text":"I have already found some guide related to this. But my experience is that if `wifi.supplicant_scan_interval = 15` my device scans for wifi with 60s period so I dont think that this is the right parameter for that. Any suggestions? **Edited:** here is my build.prop: # begin build properties # autogenerated by buildinfo.sh ro.build.id=GRK39F ro.build.display.id=GRK39F ro.build.version.incremental=eng.paul.30092011.041430 ro.build.version.sdk=10 ro.build.version.codename=REL ro.build.version.release=2.3.6 ro.build.date=Fri Aug 30 04:14:55 EDT 2011 ro.build.date.utc=0 ro.build.type=user ro.build.user=paul ro.build.host=paul-VM ro.build.tags=test-keys ro.product.model=U20i ro.product.brand=Sony Ericsson ro.product.name=mimmi ro.product.device=mimmi ro.product.board=mimmi ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v6l ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi ro.product.manufacturer=Sony Ericsson ro.product.locale.language=en ro.product.locale.region=US ro.wifi.channels=14 ro.board.platform=msm7k # ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device ro.build.product=mimmi # Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint ro.build.description=passion-user 2.3.6 GRK39F 189904 release-keys ro.build.fingerprint=google\/passion\/passion:2.3.6\/GRK39F\/189904:user\/release-keys # end build properties # # ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES # keyguard.no_require_sim=true ro.ril.hsxpa=2 ro.ril.hsupa.category=5 ro.ril.def.agps.mode=2 ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=20000000 rild.libpath=\/system\/lib\/libril-qc-1.so rild.libargs=-d \/dev\/smd0 wifi.interface=wlan0 wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=15 ro.ril.def.agps.mode=2 ro.ril.def.agps.feature=1 ro.opengles.version=131072 ro.com.google.locationfeatures=1 ro.com.google.networklocation=1 ro.ril.enable.a52=1 ro.ril.enable.a53=1 ro.media.enc.file.format=3gp,mp4 ro.media.enc.vid.codec=m4v,h263 ro.media.enc.vid.h263.width=176,640 ro.media.enc.vid.h263.height=144,480 ro.media.enc.vid.h263.bps=64000,1600000 ro.media.enc.vid.h263.fps=1,30 ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.width=176,640 ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.height=144,480 ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.bps=64000,1600000 ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.fps=1,30 ro.media.dec.aud.wma.enabled=1 ro.media.dec.vid.wmv.enabled=1 ro.media.dec.aud.divx.enabled=1 ro.media.dec.vid.xvid.enabled=1 settings.display.autobacklight=0 media.stagefright.enable-player=true media.stagefright.enable-meta=true media.stagefright.enable-scan=true media.stagefright.enable-http=true keyguard.no_require_sim=true #MT and LCD ro.sf.lcd_density=120 qemu.sf.lcd_density=120 ro.product.multi_touch_enabled=true ro.product.max_max_num_touch=2 dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m ro.compcache.default=0 ro.rommanager.developerid=cyanogenmod ro.url.legal=http:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/%s\/mobile\/android\/basic\/phone-legal.html ro.url.legal.android_privacy=http:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/%s\/mobile\/android\/basic\/privacy.html ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-sonyericsson ro.com.android.wifi-watchlist=GoogleGuest ro.setupwizard.enterprise_mode=1 ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy ro.com.android.dataroaming=false ro.config.ringtone=MiniCM7Pro.mp3 ro.config.notification_sound=DontPanic.ogg ro.config.alarm_alert=alarm.ogg ro.modversion=MiniCM7 Pro V16 Pre-Final ro.setupwizard.mode=OPTIONAL net.bt.name=Android dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=\/data\/anr\/traces.txt #SEMC persist.service.xloud.enable=1 persist.service.swiqi.enable=1 ro.semc.timescape_keys=Sony_Ericsson_Xperia ro.semc.sound_effects_enabled=true ro.semc.xloud.supported=true ro.service.swiqi.supported=true ro.semc.batt.capacity=950 ro.semc.batt.test.consumption=150 ro.semc.batt.test.z_threshold=50 ro.semc.batt.test.min_level=60 **Edit2:** The scanning period is depending on the connectivity as well. Means if the phone establishes a WI-FI connection, then the scanning period will be different from the `wifi.supplicant_scan_interval`. Also when the phone get into idle state (around 10 mins of inactivity) the scanning period will be 10 min."} {"id":"37629","title":"How to delete synchronized pictures?","text":"I've chosen _allow Google to synchronize information_ from my email to my phone, but the result is not as interesting as it sounds! I see some pictures in the Gallery that I wouldn't have in my phone, unfortunately the delete option doesn't appear for these pictures. How to delete them? Is it possible to delete all synchronized information from Gmail to phone?"} {"id":"591","title":"How to use GPS\/Maps without an Internet connection?","text":"I need a way (possibly a third-party application) that allows me to use maps and GPS without an Internet connection. I don't use it by car, just for walking in cities. It would be nice if I could just copy all data relative to a particular city before going there for tourism. The Google Maps app does not store maps reliably, so it is risky to rely on it without an Internet connection."} {"id":"40632","title":"Android 4.1 touch accuracy","text":"I have upgraded my Galaxy S2 to Android 4.1.2 XXLSJ.Now I'm having accuracy problem in games as basketball touch and overkill.If I try to aim slowly, it starts to shake and phone can't understand the exact point that I want to touch. I remember that this problem didn't exist in Android 4.0.3.Before this firmware I've installed Android 4.1 Resurrection Remix and this problem existed in it too.How can I solve this problem."} {"id":"71489","title":"Google Apps on HTC Explorer (custom rom)","text":"I have rooted HTC Explorer (Pico) and installed OmniROM. There is no working version of GApps for it. One isn't working, another - crashing, third - can't connect to servers, there are more but they aren't working too. From where I can download working one (tried GApps Manager)? Edit: The best result was `Unfortunately, Google Account Managrer has stopped.` Update: I've tryed archives with names: > 5-31_GApps_Minimal_4.4.2_signed > 5-31_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed > 12-14_GApps_Core_4.4.2_signed > GApps_Light_4.4.2_signed > gapps-custom-pico-4.4 > Gapps-KK-4.4.0-Signed > gapps-kk-20140105-signed > pa_gapps-stock-4.4.2-20140531-signed"} {"id":"71488","title":"bluetooth headphone can't pair","text":"I have LG e975 , android 4.1.2 and a bluetooth stereo headphone Pyle PHBT5 which supports A2DP. The problem is that bluetooth can't find the device. Is there something I can try?"} {"id":"44994","title":"How to resolve Instagram force close for CM9","text":"I'm using CM9 (Alpha 14) adnroid 4.0.1 for my GTi9003. Every other app works fine except for instagram. Picture doesnt load at picture editing\/ picture filter screen (screenshot) ![Screenshot of the instagram](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/HiVn4.png) and instgram hangs and I have to force close every time. It was working fine on stock ROM. Any patches?"} {"id":"47943","title":"How can I install a CSC code which are not listed on Samsung Galaxy S\/S2\/S3 CSC app?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S2. I want to change its CSC to any Indian version. I came to know that ODD, INU, IND, INA, INS, IMS & REL are the Indian CSCs. But when I checked it with Samsung Galaxy S \/ S2\/ S3 CSC, these CSCs are not listed. How can I install a CSC which is not in the list?"} {"id":"14758","title":"Sync Multiple Devices Simultaneously With One Account","text":"I've got a question regarding maintenance\/management with multiple android devices on a single account. For example: * A school has 30 android tablets. * Teachers need all 30 devices updated * The school has 1 account for all 30 devices Is there a way to sync all of these simultaneously to the same account? iTunes U offers this functionality for iOS devices, but wanted to know if there are any similar services for android devices. Thanks for your help!"} {"id":"47947","title":"Hdmi drivers in Android 4.0?","text":"I am trying to install Android 4.0 on a tv box. I just need to know whether Android 4.0 will have the HDMI drivers. Thanks"} {"id":"13905","title":"open and accept calendar invitations","text":"How do I open and accept calendar invitations? Phone is a Samsung Galaxy S SCH-I500 2.3.4 firmware. US Cellular carrier, I'm using gmail app and email app; neither recognize format. phone's native calendar and google cal online. All else synced and working beautifully. 3rd party software for ical attachments (buy me a beer guy) didn't parse correctly..."} {"id":"13908","title":"Why doesn't my Macbook see my phone (droid incredible, cyanogen)?","text":"I an Android newbie and software developer. I just got this used HTC Droid Incredible and installed cyanogen on it. I read that when I plug it in to the laptop with a USB cable I should see a notification at the top of the phone's screen, and then be able to copy over music, etc. But I plug it in and nothing happens. What's wrong? What can I do? The first thing I wanted to do was load some music."} {"id":"18100","title":"Samsung GT-i9000 (Galaxy S), Android 2.3.6, MTP and Linux","text":"Is it possible to connect this device to Linux workstation over USB using MTP mode? I've tried a few times using different tools but no success. GMTP just don't work, mtp-tools don't work reliably, etc."} {"id":"18109","title":"Kindle Fire: Google Services Framework","text":"So I rooted my fire using Burrito Root. The SuperUser app was available once that was complete. I got a version of Google Services Framework from http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/androidmarketu\/downloads\/list When I try to install the Google Services Framework, it tries to install it but then it says \"Not Installed\". I have the Allow Other Applications set to ON. I don't wish to change the stock ROM. All I need is the Google Talk application to work on the Kindle Fire."} {"id":"18108","title":"GMail stops syncing after an hour or so","text":"A few days ago I noticed that sometimes emails were getting stuck in the Outbox in GMail on my Samsung Droid Charge. That was when I noticed that my Inbox count was showing unread messages, but the inbox wasn't showing the messages. I made sure the the correct label was selected (Inbox) and tried syncing\/refreshing, but to no avail. I can go to mail.google.com and see my emails loaded. This situation seems to be caused by trying to send an email or refresh when my 4G connection is spotty. I tried force closing GMail then restarting it, but that doesn't work. Restarting my phone is the only thing that appears to get GMail to sync again, but it stops after an hour or so. I have even tried clearing all data, but that didn't work. When I did that, GMail told me that it would load data soon, but it stayed in that state for hours until I restarted the phone."} {"id":"6540","title":"How to avoid rooting my phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Any VNC solutions for an unrooted device? I want to connect my phone to my computer via USB, and be able to send keystrokes to phone, and send phone's video output to computer screen. It's easy, i check out several tutorials, but i DON'T want to root my phone, i don't want to void my warranty. Is there ANY way to send keystrokes to Android phone from any \"third-party\" device, or to send phone's video output to computer without rooting the phone?"} {"id":"81338","title":"Remote controll my android device from my pc via ip or mac adress","text":"I am currently searching for a program which can remote controll my android device from my pc. If you know some sort of programs which can do this i would appreciate your help !"} {"id":"25624","title":"Application or software by which we can access tablet or mobile remotely over internet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Any VNC solutions for an unrooted device? I am using TeamViewer and other VPN remote access software to access my laptop or PC from my Android phone. But is there any software by which I can access my Android smartphone remotely over Internet either through Android phone or through laptop."} {"id":"30077","title":"How to offload browser audio links to background player for continued listening. ","text":"Is there an Android audio app that runs in the background and can have audio links offloaded to it (i.e. be the target of the intent) so the user can continue listening when the browser or foreground app that launched the audio link is closed? Or another way to configure this? I'm on Jelly Bean and the built-in audio player sits in the foreground stopping the sound when I transition away from the foreground app. For example, an MP3 podcast link. The issue occurs in Google Reader app too."} {"id":"30073","title":"How do I import a KML route into OsmAnd?","text":"I created a route using **Google Maps** and exported it as a KML file. I would like to import now this KML file into **OsmAnd** so I could check where I am. So far I found out that it is possible to create a map from a KML file with theOsmAndMapTileCreator program. However, I cannot find one, all I have is OsmAndMapCreator -- and this program does not allow me to import KML in the first place (at least I don't see such option at all). Thus, I cannot prepare a map for OsmAnd (from KML; in general I prepared regular OSM map for OsmAnd using this program). Since I didn't find any working solution with true off-line KML route imported, I use Google Maps with a pre-loaded route. There is a catch though - if I forget it is cached, and I switch anything in Google Maps I will lose this route when biking. So it is not reliable enough -- just workaround. The bottom line is -- I have KML file, I have OsmAnd, I would like to import the former into the latter. How do I do it?"} {"id":"30070","title":"how to remove sticky (permanent) notifications from notification bar?","text":"I have a buggy app installed in my phone, which sometimes creates permanent download progress notification with animated icon but **fails to remove it from notification bar** by its own. I tried to remove the notification manually (swipe it off) but it is sticky and can't be removed. I tried \"clear\" option in notification bar, but again no success and it is still there! I even stopped that app which created the notification, but no change. The only option that I have to remove such sticky and buggy notifications is to restart the device, which is very unpleasant. **Which app, hack, command, gesture, etc... I can use to remove that sticky notification?** *My device is **`Sony Xperia S`** running **`ICS 4.0.4 stock ROM`** _(rooted)_"} {"id":"19050","title":"Asus Transformer - Show Virtual Keyboard When Docked","text":"Asus Transformer tablet provides a dock with a hardware keyboard. I can not find information on showing the virtual (on-screen) keyboard while being docked. Is it possible? It is Android 3.2.1."} {"id":"19054","title":"How can I return from power-saving mode in Android 2.3?","text":"I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic (with Android version 2.3.6 installed), and whenever my phone reaches 10% battery life it prompts me to turn on power- saving mode (and I do). However, once my phone is fully charged, I'd like to turn off the settings that power-saving mode comprises (lowered screen brightness, shorter display timeout, etc.) I see no way to do this in Android except by manually going through the settings and resetting them to the non-power-saving-mode levels. Is there a better way?"} {"id":"75262","title":"Why does Battery doctor interfere with the Google play store to update \/download the Application","text":"I have Battery Doctor 4.9.3 installed on my Samsung Galaxy trend device with Android jellybean 4.1.2. * The problem with this app is that every time I try to update an app it starts initially and then later the download crashes. * Also there is What's app running parallel so just for few seconds I shift to chat and in the background I can see the app getting updated. * After just few seconds when I return to the play store the download fails for which I need to re-update the app every time (after 30% it again crashed and then later I again re-update). In the app there Is an option for smart Saving which I have turned it on. Although the app works fine for saving the battery but it is interfering with Google Play to update or download the app while I move to another screen it is closing it after few seconds"} {"id":"33291","title":"Nexus 4 And Vodafone india","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I use my device on a different carrier? I am buying the Nexus 4 from US google play store and my colleague is sending it over via his relative. My question is even though google has mentioned that the unlocked version being sold on play store is supported by 200 carriers worldwide - will there be any issues with Vodafone India or is there any carrier that i need to purchase Sim from. Please reply immediately as i am kind of worried here. Thanks in advance Sameer"} {"id":"32857","title":"LG Nexus 4 compatibility Airtel India","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I use my device on a different carrier? I plan to purchase the LG Nexus 4 from the US on the release date (13th November). The phone claims to be unlocked. But will it be compatible with Airtel in India for both data and call services?"} {"id":"29697","title":"How do I switch my htc merge from us cellular to t-mobile?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I use my device on a different carrier? I have unlocked it and I am trying to s-off, I am ignorant to cell hacking\/programing ad don't know if I am doing anything that will help or hinder my operation. I have just been following youtube or sites advice but so far nothing has really helped. I have the t-mobile sim card but us cellulars programing is preventing service. Please help(and use laymans terms cause like I said I am not too savy when it comes to this)."} {"id":"61245","title":"purchasing an unlock phone from overseas give me 3g or will i only get edge","text":"So on an overseas unlock phone WCDMA will allow the phone to work on 3G Data speeds, My friend brought a unlocked overseas phone and it only worked on edge speeds and 4g wouldn't come up on a 4 g phone and while on the phone the internet would not works so what do you suggest."} {"id":"29488","title":"Will Samsung Galaxy Nexus i9250 work with Indian SIM Cards?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I use my device on a different carrier? I understand that Samsung has stated they will not launch Samsung Galaxy Nexus i9250 in India and hence am planning to buy it from Amazon. Was just wondering if the unlocked version of the phone would work well with Indian SIM Card? Please advise."} {"id":"52983","title":"Does Google Nexus 4 work in India?","text":"I am planning to buy a Nexus 4 from US and want to use it in India. Should I expect any issues with this? Is that phone compatible with all carriers in India? Are there any power related problems?"} {"id":"35493","title":"Which will work better on t-mobile: Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 or GT-i9305?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I use my device on a different carrier? Both are international models, and I'm looking to buy an unlocked one off of Amazon. However, I'm not too sure if they're compatible with T-Mobile. I currently have a prepaid standard SIM Card, and although I only have unlimited text and call at the moment, I may get a 4G Data Plan in the near future. Which one of these models is compatible with T-Mobile's 4G service? I've read that the i9300 isn't, but I couldn't obtain any information about the i9305 (which is the 4G LTE version)."} {"id":"43383","title":"Verizon HTC Incredible 2","text":"Will rooting my HTC Incredible 2 allow me to switch carriers ? If not does anyone have any information on how to unlock my phone from Verizon ??"} {"id":"29677","title":"Can I use my device on a different carrier?","text":"Sometimes it's desirable to use a device on a carrier that does not officially sell it. Often this is due to regional differences and travel (for example, using a US phone in Europe) but also because some carriers simply do not offer phones that other carriers do. How can I determine if it's possible to use my phone on a different carrier, and which carriers it is compatible with? * * * _This community wiki is intended to be a canonical answer to a common question. If you feel that improvements could be made then please edit the post(s)._"} {"id":"39131","title":"Can I use LINE without giving out my phone number?","text":"LINE is an app like Skype+Facebook. Is there a way to prevent LINE from reading my phone number and using it for any purpose? (search\/identification\/...)"} {"id":"42460","title":"HTTP not accessible on laptop connected to Hotspot?","text":"I have the $60 unlimited MetroPCS LTE plan. The hotspot works on my laptop and MP3 player, but I can't browse websites that aren't in secure mode on the laptop. Are they blocking port 80, or is there something else I can do to configure this? The phone is not rooted, and also it's not malware-related or a network misconfiguration on my laptop. HTTP mode works fine when connected to other networks. Any thoughts?"} {"id":"42463","title":"Problems cutting people off","text":"I am a complete novice with these phones. When I have a call I seem to cut people off with my cheek on the screen - how can I stop this?"} {"id":"42464","title":"How do I access google play music from the Philippines?","text":"I am not able to access the google play music because my country isn't supported. I used VPN with a US account and it asked me to login. When I used my email, I receive the error again that my country is unsupported. Is there any other option? You help is highly appreciated."} {"id":"16626","title":"Is it possible to view detailed GSM information on my Android phone?","text":"I'm trying to find such an app, but I can't, which leads me to suspect that it's not possible, either because of software or hardware limitations. What I'd like to see is a list of cell towers that my phone can reach (both from my carrier and other carriers); signal strengths from each; perhaps an option to lock on to a specific tower or forbid the use of some tower. And, generally, the more data available, the better. So - have I just missed the right app; is there no such thing out there (and I'm free to write the first one); or is such data simply unavailable and I can just give up?"} {"id":"80654","title":"Region restricted apps","text":"So Google Play Store isn't global and has a region restriction, but does the apps restricted because of region problems even show up? Or might people have downloaded them from an external download service?"} {"id":"12756","title":"Disable display countdown during the use of Google Maps","text":"When I use Google Maps for my Samsung Galaxy S, after a while the display goes dark and the GPS disconnects. Is there a way to disable the display countdown during the usage of Google Maps?"} {"id":"12755","title":"Wiimote Working on Samsung Galaxy S II Without Root","text":"I've been reading everywhere that the Wiimote doesn't work with Samsung Galaxy S II because of the bluetooth stack on the device which is not able to pair with the Wiimote. Many claim that it's possible to get it to work by installing a rom like MIUI which has the stock bluetooth drivers but I'm not up to rooting just yet. Is it possible to get the gamepad to hook with the phone without having to root it and get a custom rom?"} {"id":"64730","title":"How do I move or copy files from \/storage\/emulated\/0?","text":"\/storage\/emulated\/0 is read only and when I try to copy (also when I try to move) files from it to my real SD card, I get a 'read-only' error. I have a Samsung Galaxy Mega with Jelly Bean 4.2.2 and I get this failure with four different file management apps, and also when trying to add the files into a Zip archive."} {"id":"64732","title":"MOGA Pro Power gamepad not detected in Chrome","text":"I've connected a MOGA Pro Power gamepad to my Nexus 5 phone, in mode B (HID). It works well in Gamepad Tester, but doesn't do anything in the Chrome browser (as tested via html5gamepad.com). Is the Gamepad HTML5 API supported on Android? If so, any idea why it doesn't work with my controller?"} {"id":"64734","title":"My nexus 5 just crashed when loading up castle clash","text":"It has just crashed and stuck on the loading screen and i have to wait until its out of battery now, any ideas?"} {"id":"64738","title":"Network SIM unlock code not working","text":"I paid to get an unlock code for my Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-I537 locked to AT&T. I have tried to enter the unlock code given when the phone boots with my other carrier SIM card inserted, but get \"Network unlock unsuccessful\" error message. I wrote to the company and they responded with the following instructions: (Samsung Galaxy S4 Only) Follow these step carefully, as long as you have the correct code it will work 100% (Your phone must be updated to the latest firmware!) 1. Make sure that the phone PROMPTS for the code with a NON accepted sim card and that your IMEI is correct by dialing *#06# a. Go to the Dial pad and dial *#0011# b. Please click your MENU button (Bottom LEFT button) and click BACK on the menu that appears, Nothing will happen do not worry please move to the next step c. Please click your MENU button AGAIN and this time click KEY INPUT d. When the Key input box appears please input the number \"1\" and hit OK e. You will see a number 1 for a while, please wait until it changes into the SERVICE MENU f. Please click [1] UMTS > [1] DEBUGGING SCREEN > [6] Phone Control > [6] Network LOCK g. You will see 3 OPTIONS within Network LOCK h. Please click on number [1] Perso Sha256 INFO, the screen will change slightly i. Please hit the MENU button then when the menu pops up please carefully hit BACK to return to the previous screen j. Next Please click on number [2] Perso Sha256 ON, the screen will change again to a one line message NOTE: If you see ENABLE_FLAG[1], refer to the notes below. If you see ENABLE_FLAG[0], proceed with step k. k. Restart the phone on the screen by holding the power button and click RESTART l. When the phone prompts for the unlock code simply enter the unlock code provided to you m. Your phone is now permanently unlocked! *If this is not working, go to Solution #2 *NOTE - If it shows ENABLE_FLAG[1]: Press menu, select back to go back to the Network Lock menu. Select [3] Perso Sha256 OFF, then select the first item after. It will say \"Menu not exist\". Press menu, select back, press menu, select back to go back to the network lock menu again. Select [2] Perso Sha256 ON again, it should now show Enable_Flag[0] You may continue to step k in the previous instructions. I cannot get pass step e. The Service Menu is inaccessible. I write to them again and they send me the NCK Network unlock code along with the MCK Defreeze code and the following new set of instructions: Try Solution #2 Follow these step carefully, as long as you have the correct code it will work 100% 1. Power off and on your phone with different network sim card. \"SIM network unlock PIN\" or \"Enter Network Lock Control Key\" screen will appear. 2. Type your Unfreeze code (MCK code) and hit Unlock button. You will get \"unsuccessful message\" again but don't worry. 3. Now type the Unlock code (Network or NCK code) and hit Unlock button. *If phone say \"Network Lock Succesful\" it worked, but if not, proceed to step 4. 4. If you get \"unsuccessful\" again then hit Dismiss button and type *2767*3855# on phone keypad. (CAUTION! This will reformat all your data!) 5. After phone restarts, type the Unfreeze code (MCK code) when prompted to enter \"SIM network unlock PIN\" or \"Enter Network Lock Control Key\" screen and hit unlock button. It will say \"unsuccessful\" again, don't worry! 6. Type the Unlock code (Network or NCK code) and hit Unlock button. 7. Your phone should now give you the message \"Network Lock Successful\" I tried it, but couldn't get past step 4. After I enter the code *2767*3855# , it doesn't do anything. Ok, so may third time is a charm? No. Latest set of instructions: 1. Make sure that the phone PROMPTS for the code with a NON accepted sim card and that your IMEI is correct by dialing *#06# a. Go to the Dial pad and dial *#197328640# b. Please click on number [1] UMTS > [1] Debugging screen > [8] Phone Control > [6] NETWORK LOCK c. You will see 3 options d. Please click on number [1] Perso Sha256 INFO, the screen will change slightly e. Please hit the MENU button then when the menu pops up please carefully hit BACK to return to the previous screen f. Next Please click on number [2] Perso Sha256 ON, the screen will change again to a one line message g. Restart the phone on the screen by holding the power button and click RESTART h. When the phone prompts for the unlock code simply enter the unlock code provided to you i. Your phone is now permanently unlocked! This time when I enter the code I am presented withe following screen but the options don't match up. I can not get into the UMTS MAIN Menu. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/s3mg0m.png) I have been given the Network unlock code, defreeze, provider and sub provider keys and none seem to work. I am on Android version 4.3 and have never rooted and don't want to just yet. At least until the warranty expires. Kernel version: 3.4.02-2244695 se.infra@R0302-03 #1 Build numer: JSS15J.I537UCUBML2 SE for Android status: Enforcing SEPF_SAMSUNG- SGH-I537_4.3_0016 Would appreciate any help."} {"id":"63701","title":"How to root samsung Galaxy Note 2014 edition?","text":"I searched the forum but there was no entry for my specific device. I have an unlocked Galaxy note 10.1, 2014 LTE edition which I'd like to root. Motivations include ability to install a Linux virtual machine and getting rid of the enormous amount of firmware installed (plus remapping the keys, etc). So I wanted to ask 1-How I can root my device. I also have a few related questions whose answers I couldn't find by searching the internet: 2-If I root, will I be using the same OS that I have now, just with superuser access, or would I get \"vanilla Android\"? I saw a video on youtube about rooting the same device but it needed downgrading to a lower version of Android??? Among samsung's firmware I only use those for the S pen, and I'd like to have them available after rooting. 3-It seems that I need special PC programs for rooting my device. Is there any such software for Linux?"} {"id":"63700","title":"Reverse Tethering Android (Galaxy S3) to Windows 7 via Bluetooth","text":"how can I reverse tether via Bluetooth from Android (Galaxy S3) to Windows 7 PC (preferably un-rooted)? * I know there are solutions for WiFi and USB. Booth are not useful for me. * I can build a bluetooth connection between my PC and my Galaxy S3. If I enable tethering in the Galaxy S3, I can open an IP connetion to the internet on my PC. This is easy. But how can I open an IP connection (internet) via Bluetooth in my Android Device using the LAN of the Windows 7 PC? * Do I need specific software or settings on my Windows PC? * Do I need specific apps or settings on my Android device? Thanks"} {"id":"16990","title":"Froyo Proxy settings","text":"How do I set (global) proxy settings in Froyo? I want to access market, but my college wifi does not work without proxy. EDIT: Is there any way to set proxy without rooting?"} {"id":"16992","title":"Are Android OS updates region specific?","text":"Well, I have a Galaxy Ace with 2.3.3, build XWKPY and Samsung Kies doesn't show an update to 2.3.4 yet. I'm thinking of manually updating it through Odin and I need to know if I can just download any Gingerbread 2.3.4 update file or is there anything else that I need to be worried about?"} {"id":"63708","title":"Moving sdcard to ExtSdCard","text":"I was an Android beginner, I know nothing of 'hacking' some Android stuff. I found several issues of this case but no one that I look pretty ideal for my case. My Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 has been inserted a new SD Card after a several time using no SD Card. That makes the system create `sdcard` in it's internal storage. Then my storage information (`Setting -> Storage`) become 3 parts, which: **Device memory** (internal), **USB Storage** (internal), and **SD Card** (extSdCard). This thing become very annoying since my internal wasn't so big. And when I open my **Gallery** it pop some notice `There is not enough space (0 MB) in your device memory. Delete some files.` And always redirect me to the **Files**. On my **Files** there is 2 folders, which: **extSdCard** and **sdcard0**. On the setting of Files. I **can't** change the `Set home directory` that refers to `\/storage\/sdcard0` to (my hope) `\/storage\/extSdCard`. I done trying to moving all apps to internal storage with hoping that **USB Storage** not full, but it doesn't give any good solution just yet. I read several post and forum, also several solution using `adb` but I don't think those solution can manage all problem, since because of this case, I can't save any voice note or picture from social chatting apps, in some case, I can't receive any bluetooth transfer also. So I want that **USB Storage** begone, and my `sdcard0` was symlinked to the real external SD Card, or another step that make my system become like the old like Android system. Please help me. Thanks a lot before. FYI: right now, my phone isn't rooted yet. But I can root it anytime, if it really needed."} {"id":"9114","title":"Connecting to internet using Wi-fi portable hotspot or bluetooth? which one is more battery saving?","text":"I have EDGE internet connection in my Samsung Europa I5500L (Froyo 2.2). I can connect to the Internet from my laptop using both **bluetooth** or **making a wifi hotspot** from the device using that EDGE connection. `{internet}-----[phone]-----{wifi\/bluetooth}-----[laptop]` My question is which one will be more battery saving for both my laptop and mobile? Thanks for your answer."} {"id":"12281","title":"Send Audio to Two A2DP Bluetooth Devices Simultaneously","text":"I was pleasantly surprised to see that I can pair & connect my Nexus One with **two** identical NoiseHush N550 Bluethooth headsets **simultaneously**. Unfortunately however, only one of them (always the last to be connected) seems to receive actual audio. Is this a known limitation in the Android OS (version 2.2.1)? Or is there a setting or workaround that allows sending audio to both devices simultaneously?"} {"id":"18232","title":"Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?","text":"Every now and then a red star icon appears on my brother's notification bar, as shown below. The message related to this notification is some advert like \"Turbo Boost Your Battery\". He has been installing software from doubtful places, so my guess it is some sort of malware he accidentally installed. I'm not very familiar with Android, but my guess was to identify the process responsible for the notification. So I checked the process list, but nothing out of the ordinary was shown. I tried force-closing all processes (some returned although all of them originated from HTC or his carrier), but nothing made the star disappear. How can the malware be detected and removed? Notification icon: ![red star icon in notification bar](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Ibf9W.png) Notification message: ![malware notification 'Turbo Boost Your Battery?'](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/GSjyu.png)"} {"id":"41045","title":"Find out which app is pushing ads in my notification bar?","text":"This may be a duplicate question but it seems the bad guy has improved its technology and known methods don't work so far. Anyway, started recently, my phone shows a notification every few days. Addons Detector and AirPush Detector didn't find anything related. Using: adb shell dumpsys notification I got this: NotificationRecord{40c413b0 pkg=com.google.android.gsf id=1 tag=null} icon=0x1080077 \/ android:drawable\/stat_notify_chat contentIntent=PendingIntent{40d4f178: PendingIntentRecord{40d62628 com.google.android.gsf startActivity}} deleteIntent=PendingIntent{40d4f148: PendingIntentRecord{40d45710 com.google.android.gsf broadcastIntent}} tickerText=xoxbellejenxo37@jabber-chat.com wants to be able to chat contentView=android.widget.RemoteViews@40cd0b38 defaults=0x4 flags=0x1 sound=content:\/\/settings\/system\/notification_sound vibrate=null ledARGB=0x0 ledOnMS=0 ledOffMS=0 My question is what else can I do to find out which app is pushing ads? I don't want to try airpush opt out for two reasons: 1. I wouldn't trust people doing this at the first place. 2. I want to find out which app is doing this and add the company\/developer behind it to my black list. **UPDATE** My phone is a rooted Samsung Captivate Glide, Android 2.3. **UPDATE** Updated to 4.0.4 Thanks"} {"id":"64089","title":"Configuring Osmand to pre-draw more tiles","text":"When scrolling and zooming in Osmand I often scroll\/zoom so fast that I see gray area that has yet to be drawn. How can I tell Osmand to pre-draw a larger off-screen area (and possibly cache these tiles)?"} {"id":"64088","title":"Osmand: Map font size","text":"I am visually impaired and have a hard time reading small fonts. In Osmand I can read the fonts when I zoom and the screen still has to be re-drawn. How can I change the default font size for street names to, say, 150%?"} {"id":"64082","title":"How can I share my Google Play wish list with other people?","text":"I've got a birthday coming up, and people ask me what I'd like to get. Among other things, I have a few items in my Google Play wish list, and I know that I can see it at https:\/\/play.google.com\/wishlist (thank you Martyn). But that's a plain URL without user information. I can't share that to others. I am looking for an URL or feature that lets my friends see what I've put my wish list."} {"id":"64080","title":"How to install apps by connecting to the desktop","text":"I was just wondering is that possible to install apps on my tablet by connecting it to my dekstop from google play. Thanks for any help"} {"id":"49734","title":"Reset only the settings for HTC One","text":"I have an HTC One (4.2.2) & I need to reset my settings ONLY, just the settings. Is there any way not to lose my data, without making a backup? I mean I want a factory settings for the settings only. Thanks."} {"id":"21480","title":"Disable \"vibrate\" in lock screen","text":"When in lock-screen, I have to move the middle circle over the \"lock\" on right hand side. The device vibrates 3x during it - is it possible to disable all the vibrations? (Using ICS)"} {"id":"21481","title":"Galaxy Nexus going into Airplane mode on its own","text":"Sometimes I will notice that my phone has no signal and if I hold the power button down it will tell me it is in airplane mode. To fix it I need to reboot the phone. Clicking the airplane mode option once, waiting and clicking it again will fix it but often not. While in this mode wi-fi continues to work fine, just connectivity to the phone network is gone. This is a pain because I could be missing calls etc while this is going on. If the phone is put into airplane mode by me I get the little plane icon. This does not happen when it goes into airplane mode on its own."} {"id":"21482","title":"How can I save contacts on the SIM card alone by default?","text":"Using ICS, is it possible to store and use all my contacts on SIM only? If it is possible I don't really want to copy all my contacts to the phone and I would prefer all the new contacts to be stored only on SIM card."} {"id":"49738","title":"Extract the apk of Live wallpapers","text":"To extract the apk of any android application , it is simple just use any apk extractor tool and get the apk. However in the case for live wallpapers the apk extractor do not show the apk for wallpapers . I just want to get the apk for live wallpapers from my phone ."} {"id":"15388","title":"How can I make a 3G-324M video call?","text":"I tried to place a 3G-324M video call to my Incredible, but the other phone says that mine doesn't support it. On the web I found someone mentioned that Incredibles do not support video calls in 3G at all. Others mention that this is possible with Skype. **The question is** \\- can I make my phone use 3G video calls without using a mobile Internet (as I think Skype is using Internet rather than native 3G video calls, thus I am paying for mobile Internet with Skype calls and not per rate specified per minute for 3G itself). Or is Skype the only available option?"} {"id":"48788","title":"Video call on android via 3g","text":"I want to know if there is any way to make video callls on android via 3g without an internet connection like my old samsung and nokia phones do without using any apps like skype, gtalk or anything else. I know this isn't available in the us but i live in europe and i get a free number of video minutes from my carrier and i want to use them. Is there any custom rom that can enable this option or any other solution?"} {"id":"46905","title":"Reject calls with WhatsApp message","text":"Is there any app or any way to reject a call with a message sent via WhatsApp? Normally when we get a call there is an option to reject it with a pre-written SMS, but I was wondering if you can use WhatsApp to send these template messages."} {"id":"32752","title":"How does one root a Vodafone HTC One XL?","text":"We're attempting to root a new HTC One XL. The bootloader has been unlocked via HTCdev.com but none of the online methods of acquiring root access have worked. Relevant phone information: > * Android 4.0.4, HTC Sense 4.1 > * Software-Number 2.33.162.2 > * HTC SDK API 4.23 > * HTC Extension Version 403_1_GA_20 > * kernel 3.0.8-01582-g93da9b7 > * baseband-version 0.19as.32.09.20_3_10.107.32.25L > * Build 2.33.162.2 CL94411 release-keys > It's not apparent that the method for unlocking the AT&T HTC One X posted recently will apply. Thanks."} {"id":"53072","title":"Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 restarting randomly","text":"So I have the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and I've used it for about a month. Last week, the device froze and restarted abruptly. I didn't know what had caused the problem so I had a poke around and people recommended to me that I should do an anti-virus scan and a factory reset. So now I've done both and the issue persists. It happens usually after using the device for a few hours. Once I didn't use the device for a whole day and after I picked it up, it was just restarting even without any usage (saw it coincidentally). Any solutions would be greatly appreciated."} {"id":"18214","title":"How is Anker battery for Android phones?","text":"I've heard people talking about Anker on big forums about Anker battery, basically cell phone batteries and external batteries, and it seems people speak highly about it. So have you have any idea about how it works?"} {"id":"13481","title":"Stop Android GMail from receiving GTalk offline messages notifications?","text":"I've been trying to find a way to stop getting notifications on my phone when I receive offline messages to my GTalk account. It's highly annoying to be falling asleep and suddenly receive an email notification on my phone and once I open it, it's someone saying good night or some such. Anyone know of a possible solution?"} {"id":"13485","title":"Save an image in Android browser","text":"When I save an image from a WebPage in android browser, can you please tell me where does that go? Which directory does that file go? I tried mounting the phone to my computer, but I can't find that file. Please help. Thank you."} {"id":"32755","title":"Video showing up as Audio in media library","text":"I use Jelly Bean on my Galaxy Nexus. I have copied a .avi File to the 'Movies'-folder of the device using mtpfs. I expected the file to show up as a Video in the Media Library so I can use Skifta (a DLNA server) to stream it to my TV. Instead it showed up as Audio and therefore it cannot be watched. I can view the movie on the TV if I use a DLNA server on my desktop and I can view it on android if I use vlc. So I am wondering if there is a way to manually manage the media library and add the file as a video or to force the media scanner to classify the file as a video? I have already tried renaming to '.mp4' without success."} {"id":"58626","title":"How to root LG Optimus P500","text":"I have no experience and I would like to root my LG Optimus One (P500). I have checked some guides online but got more confused. Is there an easy way to do it? I want to install Cyanogenmod."} {"id":"58620","title":"Android OS uses a lot of data in background, how to turn auto system update check off?","text":"I have a nexus 5 with Android 4.4. If i look at data usage, it shows that Android OS is using a couple of megabytes per day. I tried disabling sync and backup but it didn't help. What could be causing the background data usage? One thing that I could think of is automatic system update check, but there seems to be no way to turn it off. What could be the cause of the data usage and can I fix it without rooting?"} {"id":"58621","title":"Can't make gallery photos lock screen wallpaper (Samsung S2)","text":"I have a Samsung S2 and until recently changing the lock screen was fine, however suddenly (potentially after apps were synced), I am unable to change my lock screen using a gallery photo, using both the change lockscreen prompt through Gallery itself, from holding down the homescreen as well as through the Settings. I am only able to change it to one of the factory Wallpapers. Changing the home screen is fine, and as far as I know my only third-party editing app is TwCrop, which I got to try and fix the problem (it didn't)."} {"id":"13157","title":"Can Android 2.3.4 be rooted?","text":"I have a Samsung Mesmerize and I've recently upgraded to my carrier's official release of Android 2.3.4, but to my dismay SuperOneClick doesn't seem to be able to root the device, it's always worked with past versions. Does Gingerbreak no longer work with 2.3.4? Is there any simple way to root 2.3.4 yet without reflashing and other device changes? I would like to avoid reflashing the device _again_ or altering the device from stock significantly if at all possible."} {"id":"20683","title":"How can I sync iTunes with a Galaxy Nexus","text":"How can I sync my music from iTunes onto my Galaxy Nexus? How-To Geek has a good article about using Salling Media Sync, but apparently the Galaxy Nexus isn't supported because it only shows up as a MTP device in Windows. Also I'm outside the US so I can't use Google Music (no sure if that would even help though because I don't have access to it! :-o). Thanks in advance!"} {"id":"10596","title":"SMS to contacts with multiple numbers","text":"I use to forward SMS to many contacts, most of those contacts have multiple numbers with one number as default. **Handcent** When I select a group to send a message, handcent asks me to choose number for each contact with multiple numbers. **GO SMS** It does the same as handcent **Pansi SMS** It picks the number randomly Is there anyway it can pick default number automatically, or select the 'home' or 'mobile' number automatically? Or is there any alternate application, as good as handcent, which can do that?"} {"id":"10595","title":"Locus Maps - adding additional zoom levels","text":"The Locus Maps app allows downloading maps and using them offline. When selecting a map region, the zoom levels have to be selected. I've downloaded a map at a specific zoom level (23) expecting that I will be able to use lower zoom levels as well (1-22). However - I can now only go through the map at zoom level 23, which is awkward. Is there any way to add additional zoom levels to those maps already downloaded, without having to download the entire thing again from scratch (it's big)? Thank you!"} {"id":"10598","title":"Port forwarding for wireless tethering","text":"I have an HTC EVO 4G and I've been using the manufacturer's supplied app for wireless tethering. It works great but is missing are several key features I require: * Statically assigned IP addresses for connected clients * Port forwarding Is there a way to enable this functionality?"} {"id":"55578","title":"Download one thread of text","text":"How do I select one string of text messages and download to PC so that I can print? I've tried downloading and it provides a .hbk file which I can not open. I don't even know where to look on my HTC to look for my SMS card file information to convert to something else."} {"id":"20356","title":"Are all prepaid phones able to use google voice?","text":"Seems like some have a problem? -- http:\/\/support.google.com\/voice\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1205636"} {"id":"20351","title":"Android hangs after rebooting when upgrading to 2.3.5","text":"I used HTC's update software functionality to upgrade my Android to version 2.3.5. Though, upon reboot all I get is the cryptic icon (a phone and a red triagle with an exclamation mark inside). When entering System Recovery (volume + power button) I see: Copying fotaBoot to \/data\/system for customize reload... Verify current system... assert failed: apply_patch_check(\"\/system\/framework\/com.htc.resources.apk\", ..., ...) E:Error in \/sdcard\/download\/OTA_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.3-1.33.401.3_release_237845pg2016qpaadczbkc.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted. And four options are given to me: * Reboot system now (which I have done) * Apply update from sdcard * Wipe data\/factory reset * Wipe cache partition I am tempted to select \"Apply update from sdcard\". Though, I cannot imply if I will find sideffects in doing so as I do not understand the meaning of \"Status 7\". Any help would be appreciated!"} {"id":"20359","title":"Install built-in system languages","text":"I open **Settings->Language and keyboard->Samsung Keypad->Input languages** and there is a very limited range of languages there. In my friend's phone there are more locales I'd like to support in my phone, is this possible (not via installing an external keyboard like MultiLing Keyboard etc.), in my friend's phone, my native language appears there and is integrated in the system. Note: I've just rooted my phone."} {"id":"44508","title":"How can I get back access to the media interface drivers?","text":"After much waiting and tribulation, I've finally successfully unlocked tethering and installed Paranoid Android on my Nexus 7 3G device. In the progress, I had to tell Windows to ignore its default MTP drivers and use Google's debugging own to interface with Android, fastboot and the like. As a result, I now can't go back to accessing the device using MTP from inside Windows itself. I tried uninstalling all the relevant drivers from Device Management, but now Windows prefers Android ADB Interface to whatever I was using before. I've tried to force the setup of MTP drivers from Device Management, Add legacy hardware, Install the hardware that I manually select from a list, Portable Devices, (Standard MTP Device), MTP USB device. This didn't work (\"This device cannot start. (Code 10)\"). How can I get file transfer back?"} {"id":"29536","title":"Sync Native Calendar (Galaxy S3) with Windows Live Calendar","text":"I currently have a Galaxy S3 unrooted with the shipped ROM. I am attempting to sync the native Calendar App with Windows Live Calendar. I can see under the Calendar list that my @live.com calendars are there, however when selecting the correct calendar to sync to and adding the event it doesn't appear on the web. Are there any additional settings that need to be modified (previously I have only ever synced with a Google account which seemed a lot easier)?"} {"id":"285","title":"How can I use shell commands and interact with the Linux system underneath?","text":"Android is based on Linux and has a Linux kernel underneath. Is there any way I can use shell commands and interact directly with the Linux system? E.g. A shell app that has access to the Linux system?"} {"id":"59289","title":"The link APK Downloader is not working. Is there any other convenient method to download the APK file to my notebook?","text":"The link APK Downloader is not working. Is there any other convenient method to download the APK file to my notebook ?"} {"id":"59288","title":"Where does Android store clipboard data?","text":"Where does Android store clipboard data? I have a rooted Android phone. Where are clipboard files stored? I can find that in a rooted Samsung device at `\/data\/Clipboard`, but am not able to find in other Android phones (e.g. Sony, HTC). For phones running GingerBread. I'm able to see the clipboard data using `adb shell service call clipboard 1`, but after Gingerbread this service call command does not show the data."} {"id":"59282","title":"How to add a contact to People from Hangouts?","text":"I'm using KitKat. I have Hangouts conversations with people who are not in my contacts (this may be an artifact of using a Google Apps account provided by my school). How can I add someone from one of these conversations to People? I have tried double-tapping and holding down their icon or their chats without any success, and looking at the \"...\" options menus. No luck. I do know how to add contacts from email."} {"id":"50757","title":"Samsung Galaxy S2 boot loop","text":"Today I updated my S2 with the android version provided by the carrier, but I thought it went wrong because of the lack of space on \/storage and afterwords some of the apps lost their settings. Also after the update all the apps started to have disk space errors when trying to update, so I deleted some of the apps or moved them to external sd, but still had little space on the 2Gb partition. I looked for a rooting solution and since I'm on Ubuntu I downloaded Heimdall. I downloaded the latest firmware version for I9100 from sammobile.com and in console I ran the following command (saw this in a tutorial) sudo heimdall flash --factoryfs factoryfs.img And I got this error Uploading FACTORYFS 21% ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence! FACTORYFS upload failed! Ending session... Rebooting device... Re-attaching kernel driver... Now everytime I try to boot my phone it goes into recovery mode. How can I get pass the booting sequence and install a new and functional android rooted version? Am I missing something in the process, is my first attempt to root my phone."} {"id":"48266","title":"Is it important to have an anti-virus application running on your phone or does the carrier protect it?","text":"I use my phone like I do the computer. Shopping online with a credit card etc. Surfing unknown sites... Does my phone require an anti-virus application to protect the internal drive of my phone? Can it be damaged by a virus like on a computer? OS: Android 4.1.1 Phone: Samsung Galaxy S3"} {"id":"4236","title":"Android and antiviruses","text":"This is actually three questions: 1. Are anti-viruses needed for smartphones running Android OS? 2. Is the Android Market absolutely safe (because all precatuions are taken by Google to prevent any problems)? 3. Which are the big players in the Android Security Software market? Thank you."} {"id":"66623","title":"how can I tell if someone has read text message?","text":"Does delivery report mean that the person reads the message on android phone?"} {"id":"8371","title":"Market app crashes when I try to scroll","text":"For the last day or two I have had trouble in the default Market application. When I try to scroll in the \"Just In\" area the application just stops working. I get a black screen for while then I get an error that `process com.android.vending` has crashed. My device is a Samsung Galaxy Tab and I get crashes in all \"Just In\" sections such as \"Just In\" in games, apps\/tool etc. What it could be?"} {"id":"6331","title":"\"Converting to multimedia message\" when forwarding large SMS","text":"When I receive a large SMS and when I select \"Forward\" from options, it shows \"Converting to multimedia message\" and I'm getting charged more. Furthermore, if the person on receiving end doesn't have a multimedia phone he is not able to receive it. I have un-rooted Samsung Galaxy 3 I5801 I don't want to convert it to Multimedia message."} {"id":"22448","title":"Clear Google Maps search history without removing the cached maps?","text":"I've been using the Google Maps app to cache the maps on certain places where I might be going in the future. I don't always have internet access which is why I'm doing this. Now that I've cached most of the places I might possibly go to, I want to clear my search history to remove the clutter. I don't want to clear the whole shebang. Otherwise, my \"pre-caching\" actions would just be wasted efforts. I just want the search history on Google Maps to be cleared. How do I do this?"} {"id":"26358","title":"The power button on my Galaxy Nexus stopped working","text":"I got a galaxy nexus at Google IO, and randomly today the power button stopped working. I was on a call, used it to lock the screen after I got off, put it in my pocket, and when I got home the button wasn't working. The rest of the phone works if I plug it in to charge (waking up the screen), but the button doesn't respond. Short press doesn't lock\/wake and long press doesn't bring the power menu up. What happened and how can I fix it? I've tried pulling the battery and letting it sit for a few minutes without rebooting it, and it didn't help."} {"id":"32500","title":"Motorola Fire XT on boot loop - flash\/recover without powering on?","text":"I rooted my Fire XT with SUT and SuperUserOneclick .. so far all seemed good. Then I ran Android_AIO_Flasher_1.00 and tried to install the NoLock apk. After that the phone has just been going into a boot loop.. constantly booting up, and then rebotting (without reaching the home screen). ADB recognizes the device in offline mode for a few seconds after which it reboots anyway. I've tried removing the battery and have now let it drain actually. If I try going into recovery mode, I do get a 'enter recovery mode' message, but then I get a white triangle with an exclamation mark and an android.. and nothing happens then. Can someone suggest any possible actions please? Thanks! PS - the whole reason why i'm trying to operate on this phone, is that I want to use it for my app testing , and secondly, because i need to unlock the screen somehow as there is some issue with the touch screen - the screen stays on the lock mode and doesn't accept any touch events."} {"id":"32502","title":"Using OTG cable, transfer file from cardreader to external harddisk, is it possible?","text":"I will be going on a holiday and I want to be able to back up my photos to my external harddrive. Usually this means bringing a laptop with me. However I have : * Galaxy Nexus, rooted and unlocked * OTG Cable * Powered USB hub * Standard, fullsize SD card reader So I hooked up everything. Nexus-> OTG -> USB Hubs with power supply -> External Harddrive and SD card reader Nothing happens. I can connect a Logitech wireless mouse to it and I can use my phone via the mouse. So everything are connected, with power. I read that I need to mount the external drive and the SD card reader. So I opened Astro but it doesn't seem to auto mount. I searched and I found StickMount, an App which mount USB storage devices for you. I tried that however it will not mount my external drive nor my SD card reader. Can anyone help please? EDIT: I downloaded a Root Checker and found out that my device is not properly rooted, perhaps that is why StickMount could not mount my drives. Does anyone know how would I mount the drives without root access? Is it possible?"} {"id":"57700","title":"Need help restricting Android tablet to SSH\/VPN access only","text":"I want to set my Mum's new tablet so that it can only access the Internet via the SSH server running on her Buffalo router (with Tomato firmware). I've got the server working and accessible remotely and so far the only app I've found that has a Global Proxy setting to redirect everything via the SSH server is SSHTunnel, although I gather that it's not totally reliable when connections drop\/change and I can't expect my Mum to cope with monitoring it and re-enabling it manually. When it's disabled, all traffic will just go over local connection unencrypted so that's a concern as well. Ideally there'd be some way to setup the SSH settings at a system level, with no way to disable them and force all the traffic go out like this but I'm not sure if there is any way to achieve this. The other part is setting a firewall (AFWall+ or Android Firewall seem to be the main ones) to only allow traffic via the SSH server. I'm not sure what whitelist rules would be required for this. For example, SSHTunnel connects to the server at x.x.x.x:x, so I presume I'd need a rule to allow connections to this address and this port (I had a quick play with the Avast firewall, which only allows creating custom rules for IP or port, so I'd need two rules with that and it doesn't allow entering the DynDNS name, only a IP address, so that's no good). Then SSHTunnel has a Local Port (1984) and remote address:port (127.0.0.1:3128) so I presume I'd need rules to allow all of those as well (I'm not sure which of these need to be incoming\/outgoing or both). Then there's the question of whether I need to allow other ports like DNS (53) and so on, or if that all goes over the SSH tunnel and doesn't require setting allow rules specifically. It might be that a VPN server would be more suitable for what I'm trying to acheive than a SSH server and I think the Tomato firmware on the router has that facility (or if the version currently flashed doesn't, there's probably another version I could flash that does), so if that's the case, I'd appreciate advice on locking it down that way instead. Android has built-in VPN support, so it might be possible to use that but it depends on whether it will auto-connect and stay connected all the time or if it requires user intervention and I'll still need to setup firewall rules to prevent data being sent without the VPN in case it does get disabled. Another issue is whether these firewall rules will prevent the device even being able to connect to any public Wi-Fi points before redirecting the traffic via the SSH\/VPN server."} {"id":"8143","title":"Audio dropouts over Bluetooth on Nexus One","text":"Ever since the Gingerbread update, my N1 has been experiencing random audio dropout problems every 5-10 minutes when connected to my car's audio system via Bluetooth. The audio will be streaming normally, then I'll hear a \"pop\" sound and the volume drops to zero, then immediately fades back in. The whole process lasts about three-quarters of a second, then everything is back to normal until the next dropout. This happens regardless of which audio application I am using. It does not happen when I am listening to the device over headphones or through the internal speaker. It did not happen under Froyo. Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any idea about what might be causing it or how I can fix it?"} {"id":"57705","title":"Getting verification error when attempting to \"adb sideload\" the OTA update on Nexus 7 (2013)","text":"Notes: * Tablet is unlocked and rooted (SuperSU Pro v1.75) * I have the following recovery flash in place: TWRP 2.6.3.0, but I am booting stock recovery for the `adb sideload` invocation * The drivers are installed, host is Win 7 x64 and the device is detected in every mode (MTP, USB debug, bootloader) When attempting to `adb sideload` (via stock recovery) the file `7d9b309e11da82edb5373a1f59965bca89f6041f.signed-razor-KRT16S-from- JSS15R.7d9b309e.zip` on my Nexus 7 (2013) [Wi-Fi], I receive an error: Finding update package... Opening update package... Verifying update package... Installing update... Verifying current system... \"\/system\/app\/Drive.apk\" has unexpected contents. E:Error in \/tmp\/update.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted. What am I doing wrong? What do I have to change in order to make the `adb sideload` succeed?"} {"id":"24843","title":"Can still sync email after revoking app specific password on gmail","text":"I was rather shocked today to discover that my android phone was still syncing email after I had revoked it's app specific password on gmail. Can anyone else confirm that this happens on their devices too? Found another users post about it here but there is no reply from google. Feeling very uneasy about the security of my stuff now :\/ **UPDATE:** Yeah, I was doing it wrong. But I think Google could document the process a little better."} {"id":"24842","title":"Sync SMS inbox and Google Voice","text":"I use Google Voice for my phone, for voicemail and SMS. It is very convenient to read and send texts from my computer, but if I do not use the Google Voice app on my phone (which, unfortunately, is rather ill-designed in my opinion), the texts I send from voice.google.com or the Chrome extension (or, incidentally, the Google Voice app on my phone) do not show up in my SMS thread, in the stock messaging app or any replacement one (I use GoSMS). Is there a way to make Google Voice sync with these somehow, so I can see the messages I send through Google Voice without using one of their apps?"} {"id":"12703","title":"Transfer SMS messages from Android to new Android phone","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I backup and restore SMS Messages? Is there a way to easily transfer my SMS messages to my new phone if both are Android?"} {"id":"9357","title":"SMS backup in Android","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I backup and restore SMS Messages? How can I make a backup of SMS messages to the SD card in Android 2.2?"} {"id":"1159","title":"Can I turn my Android device into a webcam?","text":"If so, how? Could it be implemented via a USB, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection?"} {"id":"3197","title":"Does assisted GPS fix Samsung Galaxy S's GPS problems?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Does Froyo fix Samsung Galaxy S I9000's GPS problem? the GPS on Samsung Galaxy S is said to be somewhat broken. Is this true even when using assisted GPS?"} {"id":"9652","title":"Why does my Galaxy S now displays 'couldn't connect' when I press the microphone key","text":"I have been entering numbers using the microphone key on the keyboard fine yesterday. All of a sudden, when I tried to enter numbers with the microphone key some time later, the message 'couldn't connect' is displayed when I press the microphone key. Anyone any idea how to fix this ? Restarting the phone, does not seem to help."} {"id":"9659","title":"Why does the clock think he's in Detroit?","text":"We have brand new phones, and my husband's HTC Evo Shift 4G clock app seems to think he's in Detroit. He isn't. We've never even been to Michigan, which is probably our loss, I'm sure Michigan is beautiful, but the point is that it isn't like we've got a billing address in Detroit or a Detroit area code. The map knows where we are, but the clock shows his \"current location\" as Detroit. I can't find a way to change that in the clock settings. We've tried with `Settings > Date & time settings` on both \"Automatic\" and not. I even rebooted after enabling automatic date\/time. Doesn't seem to make a difference."} {"id":"1468","title":"Do you know other Android keypad commands (dialer codes)?","text":"There a lots of differents keypad commands in Android. Which one do you know ? Some of them are listed here : `*#*#checkin#*#*` Phones home to check for updates. `*#*#info#*#*` \\- Enters a detailed phone information menu. `*#*#1472365#*#*` : Access to the GPS config menu (useful for patching Galaxy S GPS failure)"} {"id":"70110","title":"Android secret hidden code to open settings","text":"I have rooted the phone. After few days I reset the phone. Thereafter it didnt showed anything .My phone is Intex Aqua 4.0 with android 2.3.5 Can you tell me the telephone code to open the settings option or to enable USB debugging mode."} {"id":"8194","title":"What does the *#*#4636#*#* dialer code do?","text":"Has anyone tried the `*#*#4636#*#*` or `*#*#7780#*#*` dialer codes on HTC phones? They're not working for me. Secondly, what does it show, means what kind of information? Is it safe to run on brand new phone?"} {"id":"3769","title":"What special phone numbers can be used to display (hidden) info on Android phones?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Do you know other Android keypad commands ? In another post someone mentioned the special phone number `#*#4636#*#` to list CPU specific information. I would like to ask you to list such **special phone numbers** in this post. Mind you, I am _not looking for a list on a web page_ (I'm sure that such a list is available somewhere). I am looking for **special numbers you actually used yourself** , so you can vouch for the fact that they actually work. Please mention your phone, because I can imagine some of them are phone specific, no ?"} {"id":"78194","title":"How do I reset the input language to English when I can't read the current language?","text":"I have a **Nexus 4** with the latest OS. I accidentally set the input to **Arabic**. Now I don't know how to reset to **English**. I tried re-booting but it did not revert to **English**. I would like to avoid a factory reset, if possible."} {"id":"78193","title":"Why am I being charged after having disabled mobile data?","text":"I have very recently purchased Mote E. I have disabled Mobile data and work only with Wifi. Even after this I see I am being charged with 0 MB data usage. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/96pAZ.png) I don't understand what is happening here. It is coming very frequently. I am very sure none of the Apps are using it since I uninstalled almost every app that I installed after this problem has arisen. I have checked data usage logs and it says 0 MB data usage and that none of my app have used any mobile data. Why is this happening? Probably some check after wifi gets disconnected? I checked with android debugger but there is too many log statement... anything particular I should be looking at? Any help or suggestion is appreciated."} {"id":"81648","title":"How can I use Public Key Authentication for SFTP in ES File Explorer?","text":"I want to use SFTP to transfer files from Android to a Linux box using Public Key authentication rather than a traditional user name and password. Ideally I would like to use ES File Explorer (as I use it for everything else). Can anyone tell me how to generate a suitable public\/private key pair to allow ES File Explorer to authenticate with the SFTP server? * When I try to connect to an SFTP server using a Private Key, I can select a file containing the key, but when I click OK, I get the message \"Error, cannot find the SFTP(mysite.com) server\". * I know that ES File Explorer is capable of using SFTP because it worked when I was using password authentication. Now that I have switched passwords off on the server, it reports \"Login fails. This may be caused by: Auth fail\", which is pretty much what I would expect. * I know that the Android phone still has connectivity to the SSH server, because I can connect to it using Connectbot with Public Key authentication. * I know that SFTP is still working over SSH, because I can connect to it and transfer files using BitKinex running on a PC. * CLARIFICATION: I am not running a firewall on the Android phone. * CLARIFICATION: When the phone fails to connect, the SFTP server logs `Received disconnect from my.ip.ad.dr: 3: com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: Auth fail [preauth]` I have successfully authenticated with the server using 2048-bit keys generated by PuTTY KeyGen, both in PuTTY's .ppk format (in PuTTY itself) and exported to OpenSSH format (for BitKinex). These keys didn't work; neither did exporting them to SSH.com format. I've also got OpenSSH \/ OpenSSL available on the Linux box as an alternative for key generation. Connectbot manages its own keys, but doesn't seem to be able to export the private key (option greyed out). I guess the problem could either be that I am using the wrong key file format, or that I've got the wrong options set on the key itself. I haven't been able to find any instructions in the ES File Explorer documentation or on Google. It ought not to make a difference, but I am using a Huawei Ascend P2 with Android 4.1.2. It is not rooted (and I'm not going to). The linux box is a Raspberry Pi with OpenSSH 6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2."} {"id":"67237","title":"Prevent Google Play from reinstalling apps after factory reset","text":"I've got multiple Android devices and have a plethora of apps. I've just done a factory reset on one in order to use it for development purposes only, however there are a couple of apps that I need that I've already paid for. If I attach my Google account to this device, by default, the device will begin downloading **_all_** of my apps.. and while this is a good feature for some, I don't want all that crap on this device. How can I prevent my device from automatically downloading apps when I attach my play account?"} {"id":"67236","title":"Nexus 7: Can I set its WiFi to monitor\/promiscous mode? If so, how?","text":"Related question: http:\/\/security.stackexchange.com\/questions\/21057\/nexus-7-or-any-other-good- android-tablets-for-pen-testing I need to turn a Nexus 7 with Android in it into a wireless packet sniffer. I need to keep track not only of my own traffic but also of the traffic my WiFi interface can capture (hence the need to set it in monitor mode) I've installed the Cyanogen mod to gain root's access so that's not a problem. It also has BusyBox to get some command line tools. Heck, I even compiled wireless-tools (following this thread) I'm not even certain that even doable with the embedded wireless _card_ in the Nexus 7 allows monitor mode? If it does, would it be possible setting it using regular commands (such as `iwconfig`, `ifconfig`) I'm old, and that's what I'm used to **:-D** (opening a terminal and typing things) The about tablet says: Kenel version: 3.4.0-cyanogenmod-gb7efce1 build03@cyanogenmod #1 Mon Feb 3 15:26:37 PST 2014 CPU: ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7) CyaongenMod version: 10.2.1.-flo I know it only has a WiFi interface (no 3G\/4G) and also that it's a 2013 model Since my Wi-Fi's MAC address starts with `AC:22:0B`, I guess I have some kind of `ASUSTek` card, but I haven't been able to find the specific model. Thank you in advance. **PS:** If I can't monitor wireless traffic with a Nexus 7, I'm open to buy a new tablet with a network interface that accepts monitoring. I'm open to suggestions about what to get."} {"id":"68572","title":"How to set Now SMS as default SMS app?","text":"I have Nexus 7 2013 LTE with Android 4.4.2. I want to set Now SMS as the default SMS app but I have not been successful. After choosing it as the default, the popup is still shown next time I start Now SMS! Can anyone help me out?"} {"id":"68570","title":"Any way to set up a Google Voice number to ring multiple cell phones?","text":"Anyone have any hacks or tricks to be able to add multiple cell phones to a Google Voice number? We set up a GV#, and want to have it ring our 1) home line, 2) my wife's cell and 3) my cell. Can a GV# forward to another GV#? I'm wondering if maybe I set up a separate GV# for my phone, and then have the shared one forward to mine, which will then forward to my phone. Anyone out there found a way to do what we are looking to do?"} {"id":"3366","title":"How does the automatic brightness settings work?","text":"Maybe a dumb question, but I couldn't find any official documentation to confirm. Does it use the light sensor? Do most devices support it?"} {"id":"68579","title":"How do I get my Android to recognize my portable charger?","text":"I've bought a portable charger for my phone recently but once I switch it on, it charges for a minute tops before switching off. It seems as though the charger doesn't recognise my phone... is there anyway I can get the phone to recognise the charger or vice versa. Other things to point out: * The portable charger recognises my iPod touch and it charges quickly so I know the charger works. I've also used the charger on another android phone. * **Phone** : HTC Sensation * **Charger** : not anything branded cause I got it cheap from Hong Kong."} {"id":"3363","title":"App to hand write notes","text":"I am looking for an app that would be good for taking hand written notes on a 10 inch screen tablet The closest app that i found is \"note everything\" What makes it short of my requirements is 1(most important) Drawn notes that i can write on are each 1 tablet screen size. I want something that can be scrolled down forever as i need more space. Something the way a normal document works. At worst it should let me instantly page another full canvas forward, not have to create a new note for every page 2\\. text notes and hand written notes are separated into separate files. I would like the whole note to be hand written, but be able to add typed ares 3\\. There are no lines in the paint section. Makes it hard to write Can anyone suggest anything better?"} {"id":"30271","title":"I can flash Cyanogenmod though my bootloader is locked","text":"I am using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and CWM as recovery. Even though I locked my bootloader after installing the recovery, I can flash Cyanogenmod 10 using CWM without any errors. Now I am wondering why this works? When I unpack the Cyanogenmod 10 `.zip` on my computer, there's also a `boot.img`, so I guess it also replaces the bootloader? Maybe when the bootloader is locked, this step is skipped (but no error shown) and the stock ROM bootloader is also OK? This ends up in my final question: While it works, am I maybe missing a bootloader update when flashing Cyanogenmod while my bootloader is locked?"} {"id":"4271","title":"Android browser","text":"What browser runs on Android? It is Chrome or a modified version of it? Also, as a side-note, how can I open site shortcuts saved from Internet Explorer on Windows to the SD Card with the browser?"} {"id":"4270","title":"What are some Facebook contact integration alternatives?","text":"I'm using HTC Hero. I really love its seamless integration with facebook contacts. My favorite thing about this feature is that I can link my google contact to facebook contact then automatically get profile picture and birthday information from facebook. since I can't get any decent froyo ROM for HTC Hero, I use this non-htc-sense ROM and now I miss that feature. is there any application that (or any way to) bring similar feature?"} {"id":"4277","title":"Access Android Phone on local wireless network from Windows device","text":"Is what the subject implies possible? Typing `\\\\{phone IP}` doesn't seem to work as it would with other Windows running devices on the same network. Thank you."} {"id":"4279","title":"How to select default application","text":"How can I change the default application for a given file type or protocol? For example, I have multiple browsers on my smartphone and have selected \"Internet\" (the default browser) to be \"the default browser\" because it kept asking on every link. How can I change that to ask me each time or at least select a different option? Thank you."} {"id":"79243","title":"Can't set date via shell","text":"I've tried date -u 1407697765 output: time 1407697765 -> 1407697765.0 settimeofday failed Bad file number and busybox date -s @1407697765 output: date: can't set date: Operation not permitted I don't feel that I'm doing everything right (especially when `date -u`) but it looks like I have no permission... I'm trying it through adb shell Why do I get these errors and how to set date through shell?"} {"id":"23181","title":"Reason SD cards come FAT formated instead of Fat32?","text":"I found my SD card to be FAT formated instead of a modern filesystem (at least fat32). This comes with the disadvantage of large allocation unit size (32kb) whilst most of the files are less than that. Is there a reason behind that and can I safely format sd cards to be fat32 in order to use another allocation size (8kb or less) ? Phone: Xperia Neo V"} {"id":"23187","title":"Can installing Android on a Netbook reduce its power consumption?","text":"I am running Linux Mint on my old netbook and it really consumes a lot of power. If I install Android, will it actually consume less power? I actually want to use the same device for at least 2-3 hours whereas on Linux Mint, it only works for 1.2 hours. Is Android suited for such a use?"} {"id":"45053","title":"Dev\/Log's - login attempts and how to read the log?","text":"My first post on here and hopefully a easy fun answer. I'm looking for the location for failed login attempts on the device - I've looked on the device and it seems the logs are located in \/dev\/log\/? If this is the location of the logs, does this log the failed attempts at log ins? and if so what do these look like? I've download some logcat viewers but these seems to only read live log entries when in the app. Would a app have access to read these logs? Thanks for your help"} {"id":"66037","title":"i have a huawei 7lite medeapad tablet locked","text":"my tablet I used patens now my child was trying to unlock it for 5 times now is asking me to sign in with a Google unfortunately I cant remember my Google password is there any way that I can do so I can use my tablet again because now its useless"} {"id":"23458","title":"Unlock Xperia Play R800i for use with CM9","text":"Is there any way I can unlock the bootloader for my O2 Xperia Play so I can install Cyanogen Mod on it? Sony announced today that they will not be releasing ICS for the Xperia Play. Now I want to unlock it and put Cyanogen Mod 9 on it. How would I go about doing this?"} {"id":"23456","title":"Android voice search doesn't recognize Exchange contacts","text":"So I'm sure this is primarily because the contacts aren't listed in one of the linked gmail accounts. It's killing me because my dad can't use voice commands to call his contacts like he did on his BlackBerry. The only solution I've found so far is to export the exchange contacts to one of the linked gmail accounts. But obviously this must be redone EVERY time he changes something in outlook. So, is there some way to get voice commands to recognize the Exchange contacts? Or do I have to look for some sort of 3rd party solution that will sync the contacts between the two services? Also, he doesn't like how the contacts are listed by the person instead of by the company. Any way to change that?"} {"id":"10441","title":"Default group on Samsung Galxy S II does not sync with Gmail","text":"The default groups on the Samsung Galaxy S II: Friends, Family and Co-Workers do not get sync with Google Contacts. Any thing I can do in order to solve it?"} {"id":"26632","title":"How can I deal with unwanted system applications without rooting?","text":"There are a lot of system apps in my mobile that I do not use, and have no intention of ever using. I know that is is possible to uninstall system apps and bloatware with root, but is it possible without root? Are there any non-root options that will help me to deal with unwanted system applications?"} {"id":"29976","title":"How do you disable system apps in Android 4.x.x (and up)?","text":"I heard you can \"freeze\" or \"disable\" apps starting in Android 4.0 without rooting. How do you do it?"} {"id":"28987","title":"Removing stock browser on Jelly Bean","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Unistall a system app without root? Chrome is the default on Jelly Bean OS. When I bought Nexus 7 tablet it came preinstalled with JB, but when my Galaxy Nexus got upped the old stock browser is still present. **How can I get rid of the stock browser on Galaxy Nexus in JB?** Is it at all possible?"} {"id":"77608","title":"Galaxy S4 restarting and freezing after root","text":"I recently made the mistake of rooting my Galaxy S4, accompanied by a few more customizations. Problems that occur: * TouchWiz freezes. One way to unfreeze is to hold down the Home button to see recently opened apps and then go back, so that Touchwiz wakes up. The other way is to pull down the Notification bar and click Settings or anything else from there that'll send me to a different app so I can avoid it. If I don't do any of these within 5 seconds the freezing occurs, the device restarts. * The device also restarts when the CPU is _suddenly_ expected to work hard. For instance, within the first minute of a call, or when the screen is locked\/unlocked, a couple seconds after opening a music file. This happens 3-5 times a day, depending on usage. The restart is not always preceded by a freeze, but often there's a freeze before the restart. Recent changes that may be causing such behaviour: * Rooting using AutoRoot by Chainfire. * Giving CPU Master root permissions after SuperSU is installed. * Installing busybox. * Patching modded Google Play Store (involves patching Core.jar package) What I did so far: * Uninstall CPU Master. * Delete cache and data of Touchwiz * Remove busybox * Remove all custom patches from core.jar * Install the original Google Play Store and update to latest version I don't think Touchwiz is causing the crashes because somethimes the phone restarts while an app is in use. Thanks in advance."} {"id":"42913","title":"pendrive was working well on tablet, before formating..but now not showing data","text":"My 8 GB pendrive was working well on my android 2.3 tablet, before formating..but now not showing data on usb through tablet(but showing all files on PC\/Laptop); Yesterday I've formated that pendrive in NTFS file system after that it is not showing usb data(detecting usb-but no data; I again re- formated using FAT32 file system then also tablet is not showing data through USB\/pendrive... Need your help ..."} {"id":"75602","title":"Does Chrome for Android sync passwords?","text":"Does Chrome for Android currently sync passwords to Desktop Chrome through your Google Account? I found the issue at https:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/chromium\/issues\/detail?id=113164, but last they say you need Chrome Beta for it. I'm asking because I added a few new passwords from Desktop Chrome, and they still are not synced to Android Chrome, so I started to doubt if sync works. Both are signed into my Google Account."} {"id":"75601","title":"Can access service mode in Samsung Galaxy S3, but there is no menu","text":"Device: Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9305 I can access the service mode but unable to display the menu. So, I can't access any of the options. Can anyone help?"} {"id":"75606","title":"Android contacts integrating, how to stop it?","text":"I have bought my first android phone(sony xperia m)! I'm so happy. But very strange things happen. I have installed a skype and it's contacts are migrated to contacts of my phone. I do not ask it to do this! There are no phone numbers in my skype contacts. They are useless there. I create a google play account, then all apps are connected to my mail. I do not ask them. I have separate accounts at youtube, in mail, in google and in other services. And _I do not want to anybody associate me as one person with all of them_. Now I understand, I do not know how my data is organized, what relations avoid me create my device, what data it throws over from one to another. How can I stop it?"} {"id":"33142","title":"Is there no way to get scripts to run in Android?","text":"Since Android is Linux at its base, I logically think it should be possible to run a script on Android, like a Python script or PHP script (with executable bit obviously). If not conventionally, is there any way to do so?"} {"id":"38401","title":"Having Strangers' Names in Caller ID Display","text":"Tired of not being able to tell who's calling me at all, I ended up putting out the additional monthly cost and getting caller ID display in my phone plan. And since I took it, I... still cannot tell who's calling me most of the time. Let me explain. When you have a home phone and have caller ID display in your plan, it displays the number of the person calling you as well as the name associated to that number in the phonebook. But that doesn't happen on my mobile phone. Unless it's a contact of mine, it's Unknown \/ No name that comes with the number. But the absence of such information makes the feature half as useful as home phone caller ID display (for the same price >_>). I realise this is more of a network \/ carrier issue, and that there's probably no way for me, myself, to change it (or is there? :D), but I'm wondering if there's a workaround. For example, a way for me to create my own phonebook with some names. Of course, I could just add them to my contacts, but adding people who aren't actually contacts would clutter my contacts list a ton. And categories don't really work on my phone. you can't manage them on the phone at all. You need to create contacts at the root of the contacts, and then log in to the Google website with your computer and sort them. So... Yeah. Is there any remotely convenient way for me to \"fix\" caller ID display, so I know who is that non-contact who's calling? **Edit: I forgot to say. I did ask my provider about it. They said the system is different for mobile and home phones and they can't do anything about it.** My phone: * Samsung Galaxy Q (SGH-T589W) * Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread * Processor: 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 * Internal storage: 152 MB * RAM: 279 MB * SD card: 2 GB * Carrier: Videotron"} {"id":"38407","title":"Is there an Android Equivalent to iMessage?","text":"I don't get mobile reception at home and would love to be able to send and receive SMS either via the phone or by computer. I currently use Skype to send SMS but can't receive that way. I have tried a few apps but nothing seems to work unless you're in mobile range. My daughter has an iPhone and she can send and receive SMS with ease. I have a Samsung Galaxy S III. I am in Australia so I need a service that is available here. Google Voice is not available here."} {"id":"38405","title":"How to insert Unicode characters by their hex codes using USB keyboard on ICS?","text":"Is typing hex codes to insert Unicode characters possible when using USB external keyboard on vanilla ICS or Jelly Bean? Any root modifications available to achieve this? Or, if not possible system-wide, are there any text editing apps that will allow such behavior? Inserting Unicode characters such as various bullets, subscript and superscript numbers, Greek letters and so on has been very useful while studying. I normally use gedit on a netbook running peppermint distro, because it's very simple and nondistracting while typing my summaries. I've ended up knowing by heart the most used hex codes. I'm planning to replace the netbook by a cheap vanilla ICS tablet (already factory-rooted) and a comfortable, decent USB keyboard, and the described feature would be mostly appreciated. Thanks in advance!"} {"id":"37589","title":"MHL with Nexus 4?","text":"I know that the Nexus 4 has Slimport technology, which is very close to MHL but draws little\/no power. However, is the Nexus 4 still able to use an MHL to HDMI adapter?"} {"id":"22541","title":"How to download an audio file from a web site?","text":"Is there a way to download an audio file, such as a mp3-file from the Android browser to the device so I could listen to it later when I'm offline? Is there a way I should program the web site to make this possible? I'm _not_ looking for an additional app to help me achieve this."} {"id":"71389","title":"My Nexus 4 shutdown randomly?","text":"I'm living in India. Last year I bought my Nexus 4 in the US. For a couple of months now my device is getting quite hot, and shuts down randomly. I have done a factory reset 2 times, but no use of that: the shutdown continues. This mostly happens when I'm on 3g, but not when I lock the device to 2g. The problem started about 5 months after purchase, so it didn't exist from the start. Has anyone experienced this issue? Can anything be done to solve it?"} {"id":"71383","title":"Galaxy S4: bluetooth remote audio not supported","text":"Hi I have a (AU) Nissan Navara D40 2012, when i got it my phone always worked perfectly for streaming music and phone calls. Now when i start my ca, the phone connects to the stereo system ok but, when i try to play music (by selecting bluetooth via car stereo) it says \"remote audio not supported\". If i then turn off my bluetooth (via the phone) and turn it back on and connect back to car. Everything works perfectly. The same goes for phone calls. Cannot hear or talk to anyone until i turn of BT and back on, manually reconnecting to the car. The other thing I seem to continually get is ghost calls (when connected to the car), invariably always get when when it first connects. It doesn't register a call on the handset but does in the car, doest ring it just goes in to the \"in call mode\" with the time counting up. Between the working and non working state I had rooted the handset and put a custom ROM on it, I have since removed this and put the latest factory ROM on it. Off memory I don't believe the custom ROM had issues. Has anyone seen simiar issues? * Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505) * Android 4.3 * Baseband Version: I9505XXUEND1 * Kernel:3.4.0-2082040 (dpi@DELL311#1) * Build #: JSS15J.I9505XXUEND1"} {"id":"71384","title":"Android tablet 1mobile market insuficient memory","text":"I have a new Android tablet and I plugged in a micro sd card with about 1GB of memory in it. I've downloaded a few games but I can't install more! I checked the memory settings, there is clearly over 1GB of empty space and the download is 10MB so whats going on?"} {"id":"8975","title":"How to update the LG GT540 Optimus to the lastest stable Android version?","text":"How can I update my LG GT540 Optimus to the latest stable Android? Is if safe to update, or I could \"brick\" my phone? Or it does it by auto? How are the installed softwares (from Android Market) updated? I have to do it by hand or is it done automagically? Thanks!"} {"id":"36039","title":"Where do you find the password attempts setting or option in ICS?","text":"I want to either stop this function or at the very least set the number of attempts to a higher number than 3."} {"id":"36035","title":"How do I turn on Safe Search ICS 4.0.4?","text":"I can't see any option to turn on Safe Search. Can anyone advice where I can find this?"} {"id":"36037","title":"I want to prevent Google Market from upgrading to Google Play store","text":"my HTC desire HD wont download from the Google Play Store , but will from the Google Market. How do I stop the phone from automatically upgrading ?"} {"id":"18606","title":"Create my own boot.img for rooting?","text":"Among the files needed to root an Android device (such as superuser.apk and su), an unsecured boot image is also required (boot.img) to allow for the installation of the superuser and su. I understand the theory behind the unsecured boot image (ro.secure=0 set in the ramdisk) - is it possible for me to make this file myself? Or at the least, where can I download it independently of the zip packages that it usually comes with? I'd prefer to create it myself or download the file from the source rather than rely on zipped packages (for version tracking and change logs). Thanks!"} {"id":"44074","title":"Last Seen Date on Whatsapp when user uninstalls\/removes or deletes the whatsapp?","text":"I read Still visible after I deleted my WhatsApp account and Whatsapp - last time seen online - what does it mean? and http:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/faq\/search\/?q=delete The user is using iphone i am using android. What happens with the last seen date if the user removes, or uninstalls whatsapp or deletes his\/her whatsap profile? Do i see the last timestamp that the user became online or is it visible at all? I think the user has not blocked me because i see the Last Seen Date. I see the last seen date 16.4.2013 15:56 (Today is 21.04.2013 12:41) What does that mean? a. user has deleted his\/her account, b. user has not been connected to internet, c. user removed the application without removing his her account?"} {"id":"44075","title":"Cant download any pictures\/files\/movies from the Internet on my Samsung Galaxy S2","text":"Yesterday I downloaded a video online from the Internet on my Samsung Galaxy S2. When it took too long time, I stopped the download and pressed deactivate and force stop. I tried to download the video again, but it would not download to my phone. I tried to restart the phone, and download some pictures or other videos but there is nothing downloading to my phone. When I press \"save link\" on a picture to download the picture, it comes up a messasge \"starts downloading\", but nothing happends and I have looked everywhere to find the picture. What can I do to make it download again?"} {"id":"41759","title":"Rooted Froyo phone, deleting apk files doesn't free up internal memory","text":"I am constantly running into storage problems on my 2.2 Froyo Samsung Galaxy Ace. I decided to delete some memory intensive stock apps that I didn't need, and deleted the .apk files using Root Browser Lite. I also tried uninstalling via Titanium Backup. However, deleting \/ uninstalling these apps has had no impact on my storage. eg Swype.apk (which I don't use) weighs in at 20mb. Is there anything else I need to do to benefit from this?"} {"id":"143","title":"Are there any good firewalls available?","text":"Does the android platform have any firewall application?"} {"id":"7088","title":"Not all images showing up in gallery","text":"Some photos do not show up in the gallery app. I can find those particular shots trough the camera app for some reason, and using a file-browser I can find them too. But they will not show up in the gallery. I found this topic about thumbnail problems. I did what the answer suggested, although it was not exactly the same problem. Sadly it didn't help. Another topic talks about latency. I don't think \"use a quicker phone\" is a solution (desire-z is quick enough), and we're talking about a different problem: I have pictures from yesterday not shown, but from today are in there, so the scanner has been running. **Why don't all my photos show in the gallery?** edit: the images do not seem any different. They are all saved in \/mnt\/sdcard\/DCIM\/100MEDIA called IMAG0402 \/\/visible IMAG0403 \/\/invis IMAG0404 \/\/invis IMAG0405 \/\/invis IMAG0406 \/\/visible (I checked this trough ASTRO browser)"} {"id":"9806","title":"Is there a solution to 'Windows does not recognise this device' trying to connect a Samsung Galaxy S?","text":"I have tried loads of ways to connect my phone to my PC (it used to work!). The PC will not even recognise the phone as a device anymore. I have also tried reinstalling the drivers via Samsung Kies. What is the solution?"} {"id":"44357","title":"ADB without USB connection","text":"The micro-USB port of my Xperia Arc with ICS it's broken. How can I enter to ADB by wireless, without connecting the cable? I am not root, and I need to enter to ADB to root my phone. I can connect to my phone from my PC by SSH. Or there's a another way to root it?"} {"id":"6941","title":"Different volume level for new email notification and new SMS notification?","text":"I have lots of emails coming in all day. For this reason, my notification sounds level is low. But I need to be alarmed when I have a new SMS. Currently I don't always notice new SMS messages because they, too, have low volume level. How would it be possible to have a different volume level for new email notification and new SMS notification?"} {"id":"15476","title":"Voice Activation: Send Email: Recipient Name not working","text":"I have disabled Contacts sync with all my Google Accounts and deleted all my contacts. Then I added a simple email contact Type: Phone (as opposed to SIM or Google Account). Name Bob, and a valid address for Bob's company email. I say \"Send Email To Bob (pause) Test\" And I get an email form with a blank To and a body that says \"To Bob Test\". How can I fix this? It is a bit odd, because it is obviously expecting a pause in the middle of the whole thing, but it still manages to not realize that \"Send Email To Bob,,,, Test\" means \"Send Email To Bob,, and put Test in the body\"."} {"id":"40400","title":"Error installing Android 4.2.2","text":"I've received an OTA update to Android 4.2.2 (I'm currently on 4.2.1). However, whenever I try to install it, the process fails partway through. I get an android on its back and the message `Error!` Nothing else. The phone becomes completely unresponsive until I remove the battery. No buttons have any effect. I don't know what's with those who don't provide any kind of diagnostic info in error messages. How can I install the update? By the way, my phone, a Galaxy Nexus, is rooted. The system ROM should be stock except that I've integrated most updates into the ROM and converted aLogcat into a system app so it can capture logging data."} {"id":"47753","title":"can not change keyboard input language","text":"I can not change language on my new android 4.1 tablet. On my phone I am able to change input language by long clicking on space bar button, however on tablet space bar does not have such functionality despite several languages are selected in android keyboard settings. Tablet just picks first selected input language and thus if I want to change input language I need to uncheck all other languages that are before which I want to set. That seems to be some kind of a bug or I am missing something."} {"id":"47759","title":"Remote control with htc evo 3d via bluetooth?","text":"Can i conect my htc evo 3d to pc via bluetooth, so i can use the remote control feature? i tried unified remote, and it says it supports bluetooth connection, but is ot possible to conect the phone to pc using bluetooth? It works with usb cable, but i'm interested in something more cableless :). I'm using android 4.0.3, and the phone is not rooted."} {"id":"22239","title":"How can I make a point-to-point VoIP call over Wi-Fi?","text":"I am searching for a way to make a point-to-point VoIP call between two Android devices without having any intermediate server (SIP server) or an Internet connection. I just have an access point (or multiple access point connect via LAN) and I want to make VoIP calls over Wi-Fi only. Is this possible?"} {"id":"81400","title":"How to HARD RESET a pipo s2 tablet?","text":"## Does anybody knows how to hard reset a pipo s2 tablet ?? I know there are 2 steps: 1) get into the part where the tablet shows you the \"dead\" android icon 2) get into the real menu from wich you can choose to do an HARD RESET and any more options After several hours i've managed to get into step 1 by pressing (VOL +) then (reset button) while holding (VOL +) for 5-10 sec more. I've tried a lot of combinations to get into step 2, but no success. I cant get into the menu to hard reset the tablet."} {"id":"69958","title":"Homescreen icon disappears on application update","text":"I'm facing an unusual scenario with a few of my installed applications. Whenever there is an update to the application, when I allow Google Play to perform the update, the shortcut that I had on my homescreen gets removed. What is going on here? Is there something that the app developer has (or hasn't) done that could cause this to happen? This doesn't happen for any of the other shortcuts I have on my homescreen. It's generally only an annoyance, since I can just grab the app icon from the app drawer and drop it on the homescreen again, but I have to do so after ever update. And I need to notice that it's gone. Is there anything I can do to keep it from happening? Further notes: * Android 4.4 (Moto X), unrooted * Apps only ever installed from the Google Play Store, with a single Google Account * The two apps I'm thinking of where this happens are paid apps, but it's not happening with all of the apps I've paid for"} {"id":"11380","title":"How to change default homepage in Android browser?","text":"How to change address that appears in: **Internet** (stock browser) -> **Settings** -> **Set home page** -> **Use default**. I can set another homepage, or use current, but I'm interesting in changing exactly this field."} {"id":"11388","title":"Are Tmobile using bogus DoD IP addresses (bogons)?","text":"I recently started picking up some weird entries in my firewall log: kernel: arplookup 26.XXX.XXX.XXX failed: host is not on local network There are at least at dozen entries, all to different IP's within DISANET26. I couldn't help but be curious as to what was going on so I fired up Wireshark and began capturing packets to try and find out where it was coming from. Turns out it's my brand new HTC sensation with all but a handful of apps installed (standard google apps + other apps I've used in the past) - I don't even have it rooted yet. Wireshark shows a Broadcast ARP packet coming from the sensation's mac address, but logs it as coming from the DoD IP in question. The target is the gateway (pfsense router). I've found a similar discussion over at the tmobile forums with no official tmobile response: http:\/\/forums.t-mobile.com\/t5\/Help-General- Discussion\/Hiport-connects-to-DoD\/td-p\/205863 I doubt I'll find someone at tmobile who will have a clue what I'm talking about but whether the DoD is involved or not there's no denying that the phone is trying to send these packets to them. I won't sleep well until I know why."} {"id":"43270","title":"Good WIFI signal but cannot browse","text":"I have android 2.3.4 , jxd S7100. I have full WIFI signal, but I can`t browse and it seems that it can neither send or receive data. In the web browser, I e.g. get the following error messages: > Web page not available > > 1. Check if device has a signal and data connection; > 2. reload this page later; > 3. View a cached copy of the web page from Google > Any suggestion how I can solve this? I am completely new to using the Android."} {"id":"43275","title":"Unlock when sliding out physical keyboard","text":"I got a Xperia Mini Pro with a physical keyboard. When I slide out the keyboard, it still have to slide on the screen to unlock it. Can I get to the password prompt with the keyboard movement alone?"} {"id":"43274","title":"Custom ROM to improve Galaxy I9000 battery life (if mostly standy)?","text":"I have a Galaxy S I9000 (2.3.6, Gingerbread.XXJW4) and use my phone minimally (mostly just on standby). I would like a least a couple of days, and hopefully a week or two between recharges if possible (like my old crappy phone with a _smaller_ battery). There's already been reports that lowering the CPU frequency using something like SetCPU (needs root) can increase battery life, along with apps like 'Disable Service' to freeze stubborn apps. And this thread gives some sound advice for reducing battery usage further. But I'm wondering if a custom ROM can bring battery life conservation up a level. I've been researching for the lightest ROM, and one called 'Simplicity' seems the most promising (Slim Bean, CyanAOSP, Vanilla RootBox, DarkyROM and C-RoM Mix are other contenders). However there are also reports that the stock ROM is best for battery life, in which case none of these custom ROMS would be worth bothering with for me. On the other hand, many people in that thread are reporting great battery life, with some lasting over 2 or even 3 days (I currently get just over half a day). I am mostly thinking about processes\/services such as \"Android System\" and \"Android OS\", as they rise to the top of CPU usage for me. Would these have the potential to be lighter on the battery with a custom ROM compared to the stock ROM on my I9000? How about \"Wi-Fi\", \"Cell standby\", \"gpsd\", or even \"Phone idle\"? More information is found here, though it's not quite the same question, and I'm not fully convinced with the highest rated answer there yet (not mentioning CPU reclocking or aforementioned processes such as a lighter \"Android System\" process potentially)."} {"id":"19158","title":"How can I make silent mode affect media volume too?","text":"Silent mode is simple to toggle quickly and easily, but it only effects ringtone volume. I want it to work for media volume too, so I can use it to quickly toggle off game audio in public places. Is this possible? Or is there another simple solution? I have a Google Experience phone, so manufacturer- custom UI elements are no help."} {"id":"52264","title":"Samsung Galaxy S3 headphones do not plug in","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S3, 2 months old, and I have an issue with headphone. No, not the ' I can not see the headphones icon ' issue rather the headphones do not plug in fully. I tried pressing them slightly harder but still the white metal portion slightly remains outside the body. At that point, the headphones do get detected but a even a slight touch can make them undetected. What seems to be the issue here ? I tested the headphones on my old Nokia and they are detected fine. I am sensing something has to do with them not going in fully ?"} {"id":"43186","title":"Sony xperia ringtone","text":"I am using this mobile for over a week now and accidentally, I tapped on open (always open) on my ringtone such that, now I cannot set any MP3 ringtones and stuck with default Sony ringtones. Is there anyway that I can change it to use MP3 ringtones."} {"id":"60353","title":"I need some photos that an app use, can i get them?","text":"I'm talking about zombiebooth app. I need those photos of damaged body parts for an after effects project. I guess they are saved as .png and i want those files, how can i get them?"} {"id":"40604","title":"SG3 not recognised by PC but recognised by laptop","text":"Why won't my SG3 show up on my PC when connected with USB cable? It shows up on my laptop. I have looked at similar problems in forums but have not found a case where the phone IS recognised by other computers. It used to work with my PC. I have no idea what changed. When I connect the phone with the USB cable, it makes the `duhduh` connecting sound. The phone charges and the display shows it connecting as a media device. On my PC, no device shows up. Naturally, I can no longer transfer files by USB. Very frustrating. My operating system is Windows 7. Any help appreciated (for a not a very PC- savvy soul)."} {"id":"42580","title":"Google Now \"time to leave\" notifications are late","text":"When I first got my Nexus 4, the \"time to leave\" notifications from Google Now were reasonable. I'd get a notification at 9:30am saying that I should leave at 9:45am for a calendar appointment. After a few weeks, however, the notifications stopped arriving at a sensible time. The best case scenario is that I'll need to leave at 1pm for an appointment and get a reminder at 1:15pm (after I'm already on the road) saying that I should leave at 1:15pm to arrive on time given current traffic. I may also get a notification at 1:15pm saying that I need to leave at 1pm. Since I don't own a time machine, this isn't very helpful. This happens for all of my calendar entries that have an address. The late notifications are rather consistently 10-15 minutes after the time that I think I should leave for a destination. I found this question which might be related, but my notifications are showing up late rather than displaying absurd times. Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround? **Update** The alt-text for today's XKCD is > It ships with a version of Google Now that alerts you when it's too late to > leave for your appointments. That seems to confirm that this is a bug other people are experiencing, but I haven't had much luck finding bug reports about it since the search terms are too common."} {"id":"46005","title":"What's corrupting my ROM?","text":"I'll have my phone running perfectly fine; however, after I wipe cache and dalvik cache in ClockworkMod Recovery, my phone freaks out and stops working. It'll either get stuck on the boot logo or get stuck on: \"Android is updating: Starting applications\". In a past incident, the phone actually booted into the home screen, but my wallpaper changed to black and wouldn't let me change it. I've checked in the \/etc\/init.d\/ folder to see if there are any scripts wiping something, but the folder is empty. It's like my phone's hardware or a script (unfound) corrupts the ROM. Currently, I'm unable to get into my phone to grab a last_kmsg log to see if you guys can debug the problem. When I leave my phone for awhile on the boot logo or attempting to boot into the home screen, the phone feels very hot and I end up turning it off after unsuccessful boots. The procedure for flashing my phone is downloading the Nexus 4 factory image from Google's official repository and using fastboot to flash all the partitions: bootloader, boot, recovery, radio, system, and userdata. The kernel can't be the cause since the problem occurs when I wipe cache and dalvik cache, plus franco.Kernel is the #1 kernel developer @xda and there would be multiple reports of people having the same issue. I never used to have this problem up until about a few months ago and I've been running the same setup since I got the phone when it first came out. Nexus 4: factory stock 4.2.2, rooted, ClockworkMod Recovery, and franco.Kernel r140"} {"id":"15263","title":"How to Ignore the Icons in Camera Album?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Unwanted folders showing up in Gallery. Can they be removed? My Album contains Camera Pics and the icons of other applications. Those icons are there in my SD Card. I took back up of other applications using some Backup applications tool. It stores the icons also. I had to delete them manually to separate the icons and my camera pics. Is there any way to exclude the icons and include only Camera pics in Album ?"} {"id":"11217","title":"How to remove app images from gallery","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > unwanted folders showing up in gallery (bejeweled 2). can they be removed? I had installed a few application and games, for example beautiful widgets, and several weather widgets etc just to experiment. After that I have flashed my phone several times, installed different roms, and wiped cache and phone, and did not re-install the apps. But what I see is that the pictures still show up in my phones gallery. How can I remove them. And how can I make sure files from apps do not show up in my phones gallery app."} {"id":"43429","title":"How to hide audio, video or images at gallery?","text":"Is there anything to be done if I don't want particular folder containing audio, video or images being displayed at gallery or any audio application ? Actually I am facing problems since my audio books are also being listed at all songs playlist of music players. Any suggestions ?"} {"id":"42633","title":"How can I delete ALL alarms in the stock Clock app?","text":"How can I delete ALL alarms in the stock Clock app? I see that you can delete them one-by-one, but I have 50+ (created regularly with voice commands), and I'd like to get rid of them in one action."} {"id":"16814","title":"Terminal \"Permission Denied\" - Need more info on error message","text":"I am trying to run an executable from the android terminal with root permissions, but I am constantly receiving the following error: [ExecutableName] : permission denied I am confirmed to be loged in as root. I see the # sign before my prompt and I can run root commands such as chmod. I saw that the android shell guide says > \"The built-in shell has very limited error handling. When you type a command > name >incorrectly it will say \"permission denied\", even though the real > problem is that it >couldn't find the command:\" Does anyone know how to get more information on this \"permission denied\" error?"} {"id":"43148","title":"Import my Personal Profile contact from a vCard","text":"Is there a way or an app to restore my own personal contact (the one available in _Contacts_ selecting the _Personal Profile_ command) from a VCard (`*.vcf`)? All contacts can be exported to the SD card (so also the personal one), but importing back the personal vcard put it in standard contact and not in the personal one..."} {"id":"5039","title":"How do I view source in the Android browser?","text":"Is there a way to view the source HTML in the Android web browser?"} {"id":"15861","title":"How to make Google Maps Navigation show forward as up?","text":"It used to be that Google Maps Navigation on my phone would show the direction of travel = as \"up\" on the screen. However, ever since my phone upgraded to Gingerbread, navigation is displayed with North as \"up\" on the screen. How do I revert to the old behavior?"} {"id":"12127","title":"Is there an Android web browser which can upload files from a local file system?","text":"I am considering buying and Android tablet and want to know if this function is possible."} {"id":"53603","title":"htc desire wont boot","text":"I was running JellyBean when my camera wouldn't respond. I tried to factory reset and re-install JellyBean. I think it installed too fast to be proper, it took maybe 45 seconds then rebooted. Now it's stuck on a \"x\" screen but when I boot it into bootloader the screen goes black. Each time I hit the volume key it flashes on to where I can see the options, then goes back to black. If you try to select an option it vibrates times and locks up on a black screen. Any ideas? It's an _HTC Desire HD_."} {"id":"53601","title":"Is it possible to root my phone without installing a custom ROM?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy Stellar on Verizon. Whenever I hear anything about rooting a phone, people always say that you have to install a custom ROM. How do I just use my current stock ROM and root my phone?"} {"id":"63114","title":"Rooting android via virtual windows 8 on ubuntu 12.04","text":"I want to root my sony xperia p android 4.1.2. I'm using ubuntu 12.04LTS and it seems uncomfortable to root my xperia via ubuntu. So i've installed windows 8 (32 bit) on virtual box. Is it will be safe to root my phone via virtual windows 8?"} {"id":"1485","title":"How to change dashboard icons?","text":"I want to be able to change the dashbord icons\/text on my Android. I've got HTC sense on the phone, but I'm currently running ADW.Launcher. I know there's another launcher widget that allows photos as icons, but I'd like something so I can get the sleakness of the iOS icons e.g. http:\/\/dribbble.com\/shots\/57799"} {"id":"366","title":"How can I change the Icon of a Shortcut on my Home Screen?","text":"I have a couple direct dial to landline shortcuts that I use at work regularly. There are no avatars associated with those contacts and the Homescreen icon just shows a generic Android Avatar so they are indistinguishable. I have a couple other contacts whose avatars are still indistinguishable because they are so small. I'd like to be able to set a shortcut icon instead of having to mess with making custom avatars. Any apps to do this?"} {"id":"8943","title":"Where can I find Android release notes?","text":"Today I upgraded to 2.3.4 Gingerbread MR2 but I wonder: what changed?"} {"id":"44144","title":"How to make volume buttons on earphones\/headphones work with Android?","text":"I'm on the hunt for a great sounding, non-in-ear set of headphones with working mic, play\/pause, and volume buttons. I have Bang & Olufsen's EarSet 3i, which are among the best sounding headphones I've ever used. And all three button work perfectly in my MacBook Air and iPhone. Obviously they don't work perfectly in my Nexus 4, since Android devices uses a different way of reading volume up\/down buttons. So, my question is rather simple, does anyone know how to make them work with Android, or alternatively any equally good headphones to the EarSet 3i's that work on Android? And to make it extra challenging, no in-ear ones please, cause I can't stand them :( Or maybe anyone knows of some kind of adapter cable that can be used between an Android phone and iPhone compatible headphones to translate the volume button signals so the Android device understands them?"} {"id":"48361","title":"Add calendar event via freeform text w\/documented, unambiguous syntax?","text":"Is there any way (probably thirdparty app, assuming it's not some secret hidden option in CM10.1) to add calendar events on a Galaxy S3 running 4.2\/CM10.1[RC5 at this moment] with a syntax like: on Monday [or \"next Wednesday\" or \"July 7\"] at 3pm call 3055551212,99988877# re call with somebody important for 30m notify 10m,14h via some method that's actually * documented somewhere, * has deterministic & unambiguous syntax, and * Allows you to set the 'location' field of the calendar event to a clickable phone number that includes comma (pause), additional digits, and trailing '#'? Over the years, and with various ROMs I've installed, I've seen \"quick input\" methods like this seemingly come and go at random, with basically undocumented syntax and unreliable handling of \"clickable phone number as location that includes pause & extension#\". I _know_ that someone, somewhere, SOMEHOW, has to have actually gotten this _right_... but _who_? (Or, where's the option, what's it called, and where is it documented)?"} {"id":"48362","title":"Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 WiFi won't turn on","text":"All of a sudden the WiFi will not turn on on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. I have done factory reset and it has not fixed the problem. When I check the WiFi box to turn it on, it just says 'turning on'. I've had the tablet for 6 months and this issue only started a week ago. What can I do to solve this issue?"} {"id":"62865","title":"Tablet won't boot up\/ boot into recovery after flashing","text":"I have a not-well-known tablet named \"Polypad 7408\". I rooted it last day then installed Titanium Backup then i just could'nt resist and tried to install Paranoid Android. I downloaded it, the forum was saying i have to download twrp, gapps and w17pro. It's a Turkish Forum but incase anyone wants to see: link. Anyways, my tablet hasn't got volume buttons, so i'm using home and power buttons. I got into recovery menu, then flashed twrp, w17pro, paranoid andorid, gapps. Then wiped factory data. Then i rebooted. Tablet booted up to Paranoid Android 3+ screen with a colorful animation. Then stayed liked that. I searhced then tried to get into recovery mode again to flash again but this time I couldn't boot. The little white Android logo stays there forever. It stays like 5-10 seconds before. Now i can't boot into recovery and boot up either."} {"id":"26975","title":"Can USB charging (via mains adapter or from PC\/Mac) of Android tablets be the main, primary method of charging? Or are there design issues?","text":"Are there design issues with tablets being charged by USB not seen with Android phones? I saw this on another forum, what are your thoughts on this with regard to my question? http:\/\/forums.androidcentral.com\/acer-iconia-a100\/112270-charge-via- usb-port.html#post1696260 > An important consideration in the design is the amount of current the usb > connectors can handle. I figure the designers find that it is safer to > design a separate charging and power connector because as the devices get > larger they draw more current to operate and charge the battery. I think > that is the reason they do that. Is there no 12 volt adapter for these > devices? I don't own one yet, just leaning towards the acer 7 inch tablet. I would prefer charging via USB (via mains or PC) when considering a tablet so that I don't have to carry around a specific charger. Many Android phones use their micro USB port for charging - connecting the USB cable to a mains adapter or using the cable to connect to a full size USB port on a computer. I see that some major brand Android tablet manufacturers (Motorola, Asus) as well as some smaller less know brands either use a separate power input (non micro-USB) or a dock."} {"id":"49941","title":"Cannot make calls in Microsoft Lync 2010 app","text":"Device: Sony X10a Android: 2.3.3 Can the Microsoft Lync 2010 app on the play store make calls? I can login to my office365 lync account and send messages, but the phone icon is greyed out. Is voice not avilable on Android, or am I doing something wrong?"} {"id":"68771","title":"Pop up warning your flash player maybe out of date","text":"In my office, it seems the router is infected by malware. So when we access google.com and other specific sites, it always show pop up \"warning!your flash player maybe out of date\", then it will redirect to flash download page. I already downloaded it, the file is setup.exe. And because of my stupidity, I tried to run it. I don't know whether my phone now is infected by this malware or not. And most important thing, if it is infected, how to fix it? I read on internet, to fix the trouble we have to reset the router. But tjis is to fix the router. How about our phone? Is it already infected ? And how to fix it?"} {"id":"58188","title":"Volume controls suddenly became disabled. What could happen?","text":"Most of volume controls on my PRESTIGIO PMP5080CPRO android 4 tablet became disabled (all except alarm volume control). And there are no sound except alarms. What could happen? How can I enable them ? I haven't installed anything recently. Here are screenshots: ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/EESFE.png) ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Cpr0I.png) Screenshots (click images for larger variants)"} {"id":"68773","title":"I have htc desire s and it can not access sd card which worked in it for a long time","text":"I have an _HTC Desire S,_ and it cannot access SD card – which worked in it for a long time. The card works perfectly fine in another phone. If I restart the device it works for several minutes. But then I receive an error message: `SD card unexpectedly removed`. Any idea what I could do to solve this issue?"} {"id":"68772","title":"Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 won't turn on after messing with build.prop","text":"I went to mess with my build.prop to do some stuff and then my device wouldnt turn on. I tried looking everywhere for ways to fix it but none will work because it keeps ending with when im in cmd with the adb stuff, when I type the commands it says \"operation not permitted\". Heres the tutorial I was looking at (the wndows one) - http:\/\/forum.xda- developers.com\/showthread.php?t=1927198 I was able to get to the very end until I had to do \"chmod 644 build.prop\" which then resulted in the \"operation not permitted\". I also have a copy of my original build.prop in my device sdcard folder however Im unable to pull it out (or im just an idiot) Please help, ive been sitting here for 6 hours straight trying to fix this!"} {"id":"68778","title":"HTC One boots only into recovery mode","text":"I installed Kitkat 4.4.2 following this video https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9YGzh3r9Q58 After installing, it only reboots into the recovery mode. :\/ I need help"} {"id":"22810","title":"USB host port via Android accessory protocol adapter","text":"Is it possible for an Android 4 phone with only a standard micro-USB port (not OTG), to be provided with a USB host port through an adapter using the Android accessory protocol? Do such adapters exist? The adapter would need power and 2 USB ports. One USB port would act as a host and plug any USB device (for example a keyboard), the other would act as an 'Android accessory' and plug into the phone. Android should be able to use the device as if it were plugged in directly to a host port (on a tablet). It would be really great if the adapter was also powered by micro-USB, and that it could pass-through data to a computer host (Storage, tether, ADB, etc.). **Diagram:** ![Android USB host adapter](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/uz1O9.png) Is all\/any of this possible? Do such adapters exist? If not, how would I make one?"} {"id":"45065","title":"After update my Samsung S2 cannot lock the screen","text":"I can't lock my screen. When I click the lock button, the screen just blacks out. When I click the home button it directly show me the home screen even though I have set the lock pattern."} {"id":"23391","title":"Display Text Message on Lock Screen","text":"Is there a way to display unread text messages on the lockscreen? The device I'm using is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus."} {"id":"48099","title":"How can I know that my Galaxy's camera and microphone is not being accessed without my knowledge?","text":"A few months back I installed a few apps straight from the internet. One was an ability to run Ruby scripts on my phone, the other was Grooveshark. Both times, an Jellybean 4.2 flagged up a warning saying these programs have the potential to access my camera and microphone, but I ignored them. Now I'm getting a bit paranoid. With the macbok pro, when the camera is accessed, a little green LED lights up. It's 'hard-wired', as even security programs (for when your macbook's stolen) can't take a photo without the LED lighting up. Luckily, the LED is brighter than your average laptop-theif, and it only lights up for a second, so no problem there. But with an android you literally have no clue. I tested out the security program Cerberus, and it took videos of audio samples using my Galaxy without the phone giving a hint what was happening. I've deleted Grooveshark (it's an abysmal app anyway), but I'm still worried about some other program from months ago recording me."} {"id":"59859","title":"Dailer and Phone App","text":"I have a Samsung Stratosphere (I have seen this on other phones too) and when I place a call in the phone app, the phone app tries to send the call to the dialer app but it freezes and goes to the home screen. After about 10 minutes, it finally opens the call usually I have it in my pocket and the person I wanted to call can monitor my conversations or whatever. I have reset my phone to factory defaults 3 times. Is there any fix?"} {"id":"2860","title":"Why does my HTC desire mount the SD card in read only mode?","text":"I have a new HTC desire. After 3 days of use it started mounting the SD card in read only mode. I couldn't mount it in read-write mode until I formated the card in another phone. I read somewhere on the HTC forums that this may be caused by plugging the phone in a Mac. But this doesn't make any sense to me. I did plug the phone in a Mac the first time, but this didn't start happening after that. It started happening after I've plugged the phone in a Windows 7 pc. I've never used the phone plugged in a computer in sync mode, it was either used as a mass storage device or in charge only mode (which was the case before this problem ocured). Of all the portable devices I've used that could be used as a mass storage there's never been a problem if I've used them with OS X, Linux or Windows. So I don't find the OS X explanation satisfactory. From what I know all operating systems will handle mass storage devices in the same way more or less especially if it's a FAT filesystem. Has anyone else experienced this problem?"} {"id":"2861","title":"Disabling the nexus-one proximity\/position sensor?","text":"I think my nexus one is trying to be too smart. For each incoming call the phone stops ringing as soon as I pick it up. That's perfectly fine as long as the phone is sitting on my desk, but when I'm out there the phone is most likely in my jeans front pocket and I end up missing every single call. My guess is that the phone stops ringing\/vibrating immediately. Is there a way to dumb it down?"} {"id":"44334","title":"Is there a way to type German and French characters from the stock keyboard?","text":"I want to type French and German accents and stuff using some kind of add-on to the stock keyboard. I don't want to switch between boards. I see there are a lot of keyboards in the Play store but I need one that doesn't interfere with the stability of the stock one. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.1.1"} {"id":"2868","title":"Wearing down battery as fast as possible","text":"I am trying an experiment and I need to wear down my Droid Incredible's battery as fast as possible. What apps are known battery hogs? I've already beaten Angry Birds so that one is off the list for the time being."} {"id":"4418","title":"Why can't my device see an ad-hoc WiFi network?","text":"I am trying to connect my Galaxy Tab to the Internet through an ad-hoc network made via my PC. The PC ad-hoc settings are fine because I can use it from my iPhone and other devices."} {"id":"65105","title":"Unable to make Windows XP SP2 pc as hotspot for android device?","text":"Trying to access internet in Moto G android device by connecting to my Windows XP SP2 Laptop. But after giving a lot of effort, I found it is not easy. We have Adhoc connection in XP but no Access Point in XP. For that we have some tools like Connectify but they have no support for XP. And if you go for older version that is only for XP SP3. Finally I am not able to access internet using my Laptop as hotspot on Moto G."} {"id":"7790","title":"Cannot connect my samsung gt i5510 to the laptops ad hoc wifi connection!","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why can't my device see an ad-hoc WiFi network? My samsung gt i 5510 will not detect any wifi ad hoc network on any laptop. however, the wifi tethering works beautifully. any help would be appreciated. thanx"} {"id":"37604","title":"How to share my laptop internet connection via wifi to my android tablet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why can’t my device see an ad-hoc WiFi network? I created a wifi hotspot in my Windows 7 laptop (open ad-hoc) but my Android 2.3 tablet is not detecting it. My tablet is detecting other wifi networks but not my laptop's hotspot, how can I fix this?"} {"id":"39682","title":"ICS not detecting adhoc network","text":"I created an adhoc wireless network on my windows 7 machine. My windows phone is detecting this wireless network but my android ICS phone is not detecting it at all. Why is that? I have an unrooted phone. How can I solve this problem?"} {"id":"28564","title":"Using software keyboard in AOSP custom build emulator","text":"I was finally able to build my own AOSP image, and I want to debug some problem with the software keyboard. However, the default emulator has a physical keyboard emulated, and I don't know how to disable it. I know that the Android SDK allows disabling the keyboard when creating an AVD, but I was only able to create such AVDs for the platforms that come with the SDK, and not for my own build."} {"id":"28562","title":"Will the WWE region RUU version work for my region?","text":"The HTC Desire S RUU for Android 4.0 is now available in the HTCdev website (htcdev.com\/devcenter\/downloads). Unfortunately (or is it?), region is set to (WWE - World Wide English) My region is \"038 - HTC India\" Will the WWE be compatible with my device or do I have to wait for a separate release for my region ? I read somewhere that > WWE - World Wide English, this tells us it is meant for devices all over the > world and is a generic update. Is this true?"} {"id":"24231","title":"In what directory does the Dolphin HD browser store its files?","text":"I already have root access and tried to use ES File Explorer to search for \"dolphin\" but to no avail."} {"id":"62243","title":"FM Radio on HTC One Google Play Edition","text":"My HTC One has the capability to tune FM Radio stations. And the Standard Edition comes with an app for using it. However, I can't find a way to use the FM Radio on a (non-rooted) Google Play Edition. Any ideas? Running Android 4.4.2 ... if that matters."} {"id":"34230","title":"How could I sync ONLY my calendar with Gmail (optionally when a WiFi connection is available)?","text":"On my old Nokia C5, there was a quite smart setting to sync the phone calendar with my Gmail calendar when a WiFi connection was available, every say 30 minutes (using MailForExchange). I'd expected that a tightly-Google-coupled system like Android would do that task even better, but it doesn't (or I wasn't able to figure out how). First of all, automatic synchronizing is disabled because I don't want to sync contacts, images, mails, whatever. **Only my calendar!** I know that I could sync the calendar when I go to Settings -> Accounts and Synchronisation -> tip on my Google account -> scroll to the calendar entry -> sync now. But that's **that** deep hidden in menus that it is not really fun. Is there a way to have a shortcut on the home screen that I could use to directly start synchronizing **only** my calendar with one tip? If automatic synchronisation with WiFi could be set up (once again: only my calendar), that would be an _extra bonus_. **My main aim is to sync only the calendar, nothing else.**"} {"id":"34208","title":"Nexus 7 issues with lagging, boot-loops, NFC greyed out, and depressed CPU states","text":"I have a Nexus 7 16GB which behaved wonderfully for a few months. I used an NFC app once and the tablet began boot-looping, and lagging. I turned off NFC when I could and reset the tablet. It was fine for a day or two but then started locking up again. I've changed the bootloaders to try to recover it, to no avail. After attempting to upgrade the OS and it totally locked up, I finally RMAed the tablet (PAIN IN THE BUTT!!!, Thanks Asus...) I finally got my tablet back and the same issues have started again. I do have NFC turned on, but haven't installed the app that caused the issue last time (NFC tag writing apps) I downloaded CPU Spy and have tracked the CPU states to find that my CPU isn't throttling up very much, and it hardly reaches Deep Sleep either. Instead, it spends 7+ hours (not touched by me) at 475 MHz. It doesn't respond to the unlock very quickly, and it often gets stuck in a screen orientation. The RMA apparently didn't do anything, although they didn't charge me for anything, so they must have found something. Is there anything I can do to see if somehow software I've installed is causing this? Any suggestions? I'm really frustrated. I've attached the CPU spy screenshot, and have a logcat file as well. Is there anything more I can do to track this down? ![CPU Spy screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/dIPUa.png) See also my LogCat results: LogCat EDIT: Further information: I've gotten it to consistently boot now, but it still falls into a 'always on' with \"Android OS\" being a major draw on the battery. It will say something like \"keep awake for 7+ hours\". I'm attempting to chase down an app which has the 'stay awake' permission and see if it is something like that. EDIT: updating to Android 4.2 increases the stability, and the battery usage is more specific. The NFC service is keeping my tablet awake all the time. Battery use screenshot"} {"id":"59581","title":"How to solve the short battery life with galaxy s4?","text":"I bought Galaxy S4 in just half year. However I found some wrong with the bettery, my phone shutdown automatically recently with over 20% battery. I can only use the phone for two hours after my phone charged full. How can I solve it? Should I change my bettery? Or some thing wrong the software?"} {"id":"34201","title":"Unable to download\/ install font apk","text":"I made a font, but I didn't build it, instead I used this website to do it. The apk install seemed fine. I wanted to try it out on SG2, so I sent it to my Gmail account in an email, I tried to download it and the file install couldn't go through because of the parse error pop up. If its an apk file, why isn't this working? Is there something wrong with the font? (Lookout scanned and said it was a safe apk). I even put it on my 4shared account and tried to download it that way, still get parse error. Did Gmail corrupt it perhaps?"} {"id":"34202","title":"contacts, backup, sync issues","text":"Houston We Have A Problem!! I did something which I slightly regret now.. I updated my Samsung Galaxy S2 ( I already rooted it, hard reset, all works fine on the previous 2.24) it was only recently I decided to update to 4.0.4 that seems to work fine, though all my installed apps seems to have been wiped, the directories seem to be still on the phone. Now I know I SHOULD have synced everything, but I had copied and pasted the whole phone on to Windows, I can not seem to find contacts.db and all my contacts seems to have been wiped off, again all the files seem to be on the phone aside from all my installed apps, games, etc.. I really do need help in getting my contacts to be found on my backed up folder on Windows to be put back into my android phone and I need this rectified as soon as possible, if anyone can kindly help, due to business, university and many other things with a lot of contacts that I need restored. I eagerly look forward to someones help!!"} {"id":"34204","title":"How safe are my passwords at after-sales service?","text":"My phone is currently inoperative. Samsung asked me to drop it at an approved repair center, which will handle shipment and reception to\/from Samsung. Being unable to boot my phone, it was impossible for me to remove personal files from it. I am aware all my files will be accessible to anyone handling my phone, once repaired. But what about my passwords ? I know it's possible to get saved WiFi passwords with root access. Is it possible too for passwords from applications ? (Gmail, Dropbox, Website passwords from Chrome, ...) **Bottom line:** How safe are my data\/passwords on an **un** encrypted device ?"} {"id":"75423","title":"Does the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Support ANT+ WSN technology","text":"Is the Note 3 compatible with ANT+ WSN technology? Do all variants of Note 3 come with this or just a select few? Also, do all networks use Note 3 with ANT+ WSN sets?"} {"id":"23619","title":"Exchange ActiveSync on Android: All flavours of Android are not equals","text":"Just a quick question\/remarks regarding the Support of Microsoft Exchange Activesync. I work in a big company (10.000 people in belgium) and we have to configure an Exchange client to read emails. iPhones are working fine, and on Android, they suggest to install Touchdown, a third party client with which they have an agreement and we get some discount. Unfortunately, as I don't want to install third party apps to read email, in addition to gmail and stock email, I have been searching for some explanations. I have then remarked that all my colleagues with an HTC Sense have a fully working email client! HTC Seems to have improved the stock email app. I contacted the HTC customer service but I couldn't get an answer on which ActiveSync features they improved. Does anyone know if a list of all policies supported by native Android Vs Sense, Touchwozz, Blur.. exists? I am pretty sure that other people than me are bugged with this issues and would like to compare all these email clients and see wich is the best, maybe some other would be porting Sense email to stock ROM. Have you any idea of people working on that or other suggestions? Thanks!"} {"id":"59322","title":"Can't access playlist folder on Galaxy Note II","text":"I'm trying to create a backup solution to my problem with playlists, which are automatically emptied when my phone detects I've unmounted my SD card (this happens every time the phone turns off). That's not the problem I need help with though (unless you know how to fix that, for which I would also be eternally grateful): Currently I'm trying to use _Tasker_ to create a backup on the hour of my entire playlists folder. However, even though I can see my playlist folder on Windows using a USB cable, I can't see the folder at all using file managers on my phone – even if I use root Explorer. My phone is a Galaxy Note II (as per the title) and I'm running CM 10.2. Let me know if you need any more information."} {"id":"59323","title":"How can I root my Sony Xperia Tipo Dual without a PC?","text":"I need to root my Xperia Tipo Dual, but I can't connect the phone to a PC, Is it possible to get root without connecting it to a computer?"} {"id":"27766","title":"Can my Android device become - remotely and without my permission - a wiretap and get used as surveillance device?","text":"I saw the following article: > An article in the Financial Times last year said mobile providers can > \"remotely install a piece of software on to any handset, without the owner's > knowledge, which will activate the microphone even when its owner is not > making a call. Is this possible one Android phones and is there a way to block it?"} {"id":"74712","title":"How to cancel the ''Android is Upgrading\"","text":"I'm facing the dialog \"Android is upgrading Optimizing app 1 of 1\" and it was loading from 7 to 8 hours and it automatically shutsdown with no reason.when i again boot i'm facing the same dialog How to cancel or How to make it done Device: Nexus 7 Thanks"} {"id":"74710","title":"Note 8.0 Android 4.4.2 Update: Cannot use pattern lock and credential storage","text":"I updated my Samsung Note 8.0 to Android 4.4.2 (stock) (from somewhat 4.2.x (stock)) today. Then I found that setting up a VPN connection is no longer possible using a screen unlock \"pattern\". All \"credential storage\" related things now seem to require either a PIN or a password. I really would like to use the pattern (which was possible before). Things I already tried: * clearing credential storage (source) * setting up a pin and change it back to pattern (did not work) I found a lot of posts about having no lockscreen at all (intentional enter the wrong password, don't set a new one), but I really would like to use the pattern (and VPN). Do you have any ideas how to use VPN and a pattern unlock at the same time?"} {"id":"78849","title":"Internal space near full but shouldn't be and not according to other stats","text":"So yesterday i was seeing how many apps i have installed and i noticed this...according to which only 248 MB is free. Which looks wrong to me too. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/B1GSV.png) But that is not the case according to storage analyser app...and which i also think should be the case as i know what i am installing and keeping eye on space a certain app takes. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/824no.png) ...you can also see it's the same thing (as storage analyser app) in my computer! ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/uPqny.png) So how come..? is it a problem, and what can i do to fix it?"} {"id":"78847","title":"Perfect voice recognition, but Voice Commands don't work","text":"I'm using a Dutch Nexus 5 with stock Android 4.4.4 KitKat but have the voice language set to **English (US)**. I have the latest files for offline speech recognition for _English (US)_. Google Now, \"OK Google\"-detection and audio history are enabled, and it all works like a charm. It instantly responds to \"OK Google\", and transcribes my (English) statements flawlessly. However, Google Now always _starts a search_. Whatever I say, it is never recognized as a command. So, whether I say `Say 'How are you' in Spanish`, `Set alarm for 8 PM` or just `Help`, it just starts a Google search on the exact phrase I said. Obviously that's not very helpful. How can I fix this? (There are only three commands that I've found that _do_ work: `call`, `dial` and `text`.)"} {"id":"78843","title":"ADB Doesn't recognize device when on Clockwork Recovery Mode","text":"I'm trying to install another rom on my Samsung Galaxy S3 and when in the Clockwork Recovery Mode, the ADB quits recognizing the phone. When I boot to the SO, the pc normally recognizes it, I gave authorization, I have usb debugging on. When I boot into recovery mode, it quits recognizing, thus not letting me upload the rom."} {"id":"32311","title":"Google Cloud Print from Android GMail","text":"I have setup Google Cloud Print, and it works great. I love being able to print to my home printer, from my phone no matter where I am. However, the one thing I can't seem to print are GMail emails. I'm using the GMail app (not website) on my Galaxy S3. Everything else I can use Cloud Print and then just Share to it, and it will print. GMail doesn't work like that however. Regular email is a pain as well, as I need to save the email, then I can share it. So my question is, how do I print email through Google Cloud Print, from my S3?"} {"id":"7145","title":"Will resetting my unlocked phone to factory settings lock it again?","text":"I have an unlocked G1 that is freaking out on me in various ways. If I \"restore factory settings\" am I going to wind up locking it?"} {"id":"14169","title":"Unlocked Galaxy i7500, Reset Will Remove it?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Will resetting my unlocked phone to factory settings lock it again? I just purchased and unlocked a Samsung Galaxy i7500 using FastGSM's system. (It cost $20 and it's used up; I can't redo it.) I know my phone has an option to \"reset\" it to the default\/factory settings. **Will doing so re-lock my phone?** Is the lock hardware-level or OS\/software- level? Can I upgrade the OS now that it's unlocked? I noticed my app running a bit more slowly after unlocking, too... I just want to understand what level locking is on."} {"id":"73499","title":"t-mobile zte v768 concord factory reset","text":"I have a t-mobile concord it was locked to a specific carrier after receiving the phone I had to unlock it for my present carrier, I'm considering a factory reset and I want to know if after the reset do I have to unlock it again?"} {"id":"52580","title":"screen not working properly on my tablet","text":"I have a brand new 10.1 inch tablet, made in china. The screen doesn't respond to touch as much as it should, a few other little things and I can't work out some of the onscreen operating icon\/button things. The resellers suggested I start with Android Central Forums, as this is the only Android devise they sell so they don't know the answers. I joined up with A.C.Forums, but can't work out how to post. Help and\/or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks"} {"id":"32315","title":"Tethering stops blocks my phone's internet","text":"I've successfully tethered my Samsung S2 to my Windows7 laptop. Connectivity's fine for the laptop now but the phone seems to be unable to reach any host. When I disconnect the tether everything works again normally. Is it possible for both devices to access the internet at the same time while tethered?"} {"id":"55938","title":"How can I copy SMSes from Nokia N8 to Android for free?","text":"How can I copy SMSes from Nokia N8 (Symbian) to Android for free ? It is for my very important. I have found MobileTrans application, but it is paid and I wanna not pay 39 $. Thanks in advance ! _**SOLVED_** I solved my problem my exporting SMS to CSV by Nokia Suite and then importing it to my device using SMS Tools - All in One application."} {"id":"52927","title":"Windows 7 file sharing , not accessible in Android phone using ES File Explorer","text":"Trying to access a shared folder on Windows 7, using ES File Explorer on my Android 2.3 mobile phone over WiFi LAN. The scan on APP detects the Windows machine, but am unable to access the shared folder. It shows logon failure consistently. Tried multiple logins and login names (local user) but in vain. TCP dump trace reveals the following 60867 5015.029850 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 SMB 304 Session Setup AndX Request, User: BLR5898L\\shashi; Tree Connect AndX, Path: \\192.168.1.3\\SHARE 63058 7068.758590 192.168.1.3 192.168.1.2 SMB 105 Session Setup AndX Response, Error: STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED"} {"id":"52921","title":"My phone rebooted itself and I've lost everything","text":"My phone rebooted itself and I've lost everything, all my pictures and contacts... can I get them back? Also, I've gone to my \"settings\" and \"about phone\" and I do not have a spot that tells me what version my phone is... very frustrated!! I'll \"tag\" something, but I don't know if it's correct."} {"id":"31951","title":"How to browse file:\/\/\/ URLs on my Android device?","text":"I have some extensive documentation in HTML format that I want to carry around with me. On my old Gingerbread phone, I was able to save the entire \"site\" onto the phone's sd card and browse it with the url file:\/\/\/mnt\/sdcard\/mysite\/index.html. Unfortunately, this is not working with my new ICS phone (which uses Chrome as the browser); trying different urls produce either a 404 \"file not found\" or a 403 \"access denied\". Can anyone point me to a read me on how to do this?"} {"id":"75448","title":"packet sniffer to show sending app","text":"I'm android developer and normally monitor packets by WiFi+Fiddler in my laptop in order to inspect developing app communication. Curiously, my phone (LG G2 Jellybean, Codename LG-F320S) continuously access http:\/\/www.un.org site with no reason, but don't know which app sends it. Several android packet sniffers show data packet itself, but do not give _which app_ send the data. Is it possible to know the sender app?"} {"id":"75441","title":"Understanding SMS APP permissions","text":"On android KitKat i have run into the following permission: SMS Uses one or more of: SMS, MMS. Chrages may apply. How do i get a more fine-grained explination of this permission? Does it mean that the app can send SMS messages or does it also mean it can read\/edit messages i have recieve\/have in my inbox? Is there a way to see exactly what this permission means? Or, and is there a comprehensive list of possible permissions somewhere? I tried googling but all i find are complaints about KitKat ruining peoples SD cards, and App Ops."} {"id":"75440","title":"Network Unlock Code vs SIM Unlock PIN","text":"I bought an unlock code from http:\/\/www.unlockcode4u.com because my phone was asking for it (Enter PIN Code) I got the code and it does not work. Actually only allow me to enter 4 digits. Now this guys are telling that the code is for the phone's \"Network unlock\" not the \"SIM unlock\" and if I don't remember the PIN I will need to the PUK code from my network provider, so I feel that I paid for something I don't need. This is the first time I try to do this and I feel frustrated. I would really appreciated any help. John"} {"id":"50775","title":"Android shell script permissions?","text":"I have a rooted phone, and I was playing around with Terminal Emulator. I tried writing a simple shell script (test.sh) : #!\/bin\/sh echo \"Hello, World!\" Then I opened terminal emulator, cd'd to the directory my script was in, and typed: .\/test.sh and I got a \"permission denied\" error. So I tried: su .\/test.sh Somehow, still permission denied. So I tried (still as root) : chmod 775 test.sh busybox chmod 775 test.sh busybox chmod +X test.sh None of the 3 gave errors, but .\/test.sh still gave permission denied! As a last resort I tried sh test.sh That ended up working. Finally. I'm curious why permission was denied for my own shell script chmodded to 775 when run as root. How can permission be denied for anything as root? How can I fix this and make .\/test.sh work?"} {"id":"26149","title":"Samsung Galaxy S3 Latest Firmware Contacts App Lag Issue","text":"I have upgraded my phone to the latest firmware which is MainBand : I9300XXLFB. Before that release no problem was recognized with the contacts app. But now; I am facing with an issue that; it takes 3 to 5 secs to load the contacs list. Is this a specific one for me or a global issue ? Regards"} {"id":"4827","title":"Shoutcast Stream not running in Android Browser - File Is Not Supported Error","text":"I have android phone and I am trying to run following public Shoutcast stream http:\/\/core.crystalone.net:9000\/listen.pls in my phone. However, it is not working and when I open it; it gives me error “File Is Not Supported”. This is very strange since In Android 2. 2 and higher, I think shoutcast streaming is default and does not require any additional application to play them. I have searched through net and have following questions. 1. Is android by default play shoutcast stream in browser and does not require any additional app or anything? If anything required then can anyone please provide details? 2. Any settings required in my phone to play it by default since if it is required then I can do it? Like make sure that .pls files are played in default media player or something? 3. I have heard a lot about “Tunewiki” and “Streamfurious” so do I need it to install any app or winamp in my phone before I can play this shoutcast streams? 4. Any settings required in shoutcast stream creation in order to get it played in android, I have window based stream with version 1.9.5? I am out of clue right now and any help will be greatly appreciated. Also can anyone check this URL in their android and let me know if it runs and if yes, then it runs in browser or in some other way? _**Update_** : I just tried the listen.pls opened in new Motorola touch screen, Android 2.2. It open the default player but then no streaming is done or nothing is played. It is just opening but playing nothing. Can anyone just confirm that Shoutcast stream will not work on any android phone browser till i install Winamp? And suppose i install it and i open listen.pls in browser, will it automatically go in winamp to play or will I need to do any setting?"} {"id":"72919","title":"Forward console output to computer","text":"Is there a way to forward the console output of your phone (I'm assuming there is some because Linux) to your computer, maybe using ADB? I'm especially interested in how to get the boot time messages, because I suspect there are quite some errors going on. If it matters, I have a Samsung Galaxy GIO."} {"id":"33449","title":"Can a change in the routing table cause an ARP storm?","text":"I have an HTC EVO V with Android 4.1. While it doesn't lose the wifi signal, it periodically needs to be reset in order to make network connection. When I try to connect to Skype, for example, I might see the packet trace similar to this 20:09:06.516473 arp who-has 157.55.130.144 tell 192.168.0.68 20:09:06.547123 arp who-has 65.55.223.16 tell 192.168.0.68 20:09:06.826819 arp who-has 212.187.172.33 tell 192.168.0.68 20:09:07.006629 arp who-has 157.55.235.151 tell 192.168.0.68 20:09:07.036520 arp who-has 212.187.172.20 tell 192.168.0.68 20:09:07.166537 arp who-has 195.46.253.234 tell 192.168.0.68 20:09:07.546636 arp who-has 65.55.223.16 tell 192.168.0.68 20:09:07.697075 arp who-has 64.4.23.142 tell 192.168.0.68 20:09:07.836535 arp who-has 212.187.172.33 tell 192.168.0.68 20:09:08.006451 arp who-has 157.55.235.151 tell 192.168.0.68 ... I've never seen another network device exhibit this behavior, any ideas what could cause this? Even in this condition I can ping the device (192.168.0.68) from my firewall."} {"id":"58846","title":"Locked out with no service!","text":"I was fiddling with the lock your SIM card features and locked it, but the password I used now will not open it, and it is locked with no service, screen says screen is PUK locked and is asking for an 8 digit password to change the PIN code, which the one I typed when trying to set it was only 4 digits. I think I must have clicked change password right before it locked me out. What do I do now?"} {"id":"36545","title":"How can I get a phone app on a tablet?","text":"I have a brand new Galaxy Tab 2 that is apparently not compatible with my bank's tablet app. Someone on another forum mentioned that they just use the phone version on their tablet, but they don't say how they got it. When I go to the google play store, I only see one version. I do have the app on my phone; is there any way to transfer it?"} {"id":"63873","title":"Does GPS cause the phone to get hot?","text":"I am using a Moto G device and I have noticed that when I turn on applications that rely on the GPS Waze or Mapquest, the device gets hot. As in hot to touch. I was previously using a Samsung Galaxy Tablet and I never noticed this. What causes the device to get hot? Should I be returning my device to Motorola and asking for a refund?"} {"id":"63871","title":"Custom ROM targeted for children","text":"Is there a custom ROM that is targeted at child users? I would be interested in features such as: * custom screens per child * restricted app usage (installing, removing, screen\/usage time, blocking in app purchases) * usage monitoring\/logging * geo location"} {"id":"48121","title":"Blinking icon in notification bar","text":"I have a new annoying icon on my Razr notification bar. It is a tiny blinking symbol that sort of looks like a tiny house with a cloud over it. It is blinking above the network strength bars where the \"x\" would be if there was no service. Anyone know what that is?"} {"id":"18444","title":"why doesn't Dolphin HD Browser save my login to stackexchange subsites?","text":"Dolphin is my standard browser. But when not surfing a stackexchange subsite for 3-4 days I'm logged off (though still logged in on main site stackexchange.com). Firefox mobile makes no trouble and saves all logins. I checked cookies and it seems fine. I've a stackexchange open ID to log in. Anything I can do here? A Dolphin addon?"} {"id":"71639","title":"How to mount ubifs filesystem on android emulator?","text":"I want to test the functionality of a custom ubifs filesystem on an android emulator (avd- Nexus 5). I have compiled and deployed a goldfish kernel(3.4) with ubifs support. But not finding the correct steps to mount a ubifs onto the emulator. I have tried using adb's mount command but no use. Any ideas on how to proceed ? or if you have idea on mounting a ubifs onto a real Nexus 5 device, Please do share."} {"id":"33990","title":"Disable Slide to Lock","text":"I have a Cruz T301 which is rooted. The screen calibration is a bit off and I cannot access the home screen. (It is next to impossible to use the slide to unlock.) Basically, it will slide to the right, but not far enough to unlock. I know that the app \"nolock\" will correct this problem, but since I cannot even access the home screen, I am unsure how to turn on this app. I have tired three different ROMS (Official Cruz, SJHill, and the Davik.) If I could find the ADB shell command to disable the slide lock, I think I could save this tablet. I have tried the adb shell input keyevent 82, but it will not work. I also have Android Commander installed on my PC. With this I can install apps, just not access the features. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks..."} {"id":"33995","title":"How to move Apps to SD on the LG P-705 with Android 4.0?","text":"I can move apps manually or progammatically on my Samsung Galaxy Ace 1, but on my LG P-705 with newer android version there is no such an option. Apps like App2SD don't work as well. Why does LG P-705 Android 4.0 Smartphone not have a move to SD feature?"} {"id":"49689","title":"What are the non-diagonal screen dimensions of the Nexus 7?","text":"Very simple question. I want to know the non-diagonal physical dimensions of the screen itself of a Nexus 7 (eg: 4\" by 5\" or whatever). Every site I look it up on seems to just happily repeat that it's a 7\" tablet with 1280x800px and so on."} {"id":"3091","title":"Is it possible to install an app and exclude some of its requested permissions?","text":"Occasionally I want to install an application which requires certain permissions that I feel it really shouldn't need. Can I install the app without giving it these permissions? For example, GPS location, phone state, internet connection, etc. Is it possible to change the permissions of an application once it is installed?"} {"id":"45815","title":"Setting custom permissions per-application","text":"I want more granular control over permissions. I’m fine with applications having some permissions, but I want to be in charge and have more granular control. Can this be done on Android? I know iOS has this for some things like contacts and calendar data. The user is prompted before the application gets access to these sensitive datasets. Technically, I can see this working by denying API access when the application tries to access it."} {"id":"16149","title":"How can I turn off Notification Sounds and leave phone sounds on","text":"How can I turn off the annoying Notification sounds but still leave phone ringer on?"} {"id":"61714","title":"How Do I see hidden folders on Android?","text":"This always happens to me. Someone tells me to access some folder on Android (in this case `\/sdcard\/Android\/data\/com.android.lmt\/`) and I can't find it. I'm using the \"File Manager\" app and asking it to show hidden files and folders but I still can't find the folder. This happens a lot. ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/xcENdycm.jpg) Screenshot (click image for larger variant)"} {"id":"48053","title":"How to know which email address was registered to my lost phone?","text":"My phone(Samsung Galaxy Note 2) is lost. I want to delete data from it, especially my personal photos. I don't remember my play store account which was associated with my Note 2. I tried to contact my local carrier but they can just issue my SIM again, which I did. Through IMEI they can't do it. I'm from Saudi Arabia. Here they can't do it. So is there anyway to this or any international assistance from Samsung?"} {"id":"77109","title":"Samsung Galaxy S5 turns on when fully charged and never turns off","text":"I just 'upgraded' from the Samsung Galaxy S4 to the S5. Both use similar 4.4.2 Touchwiz software, but by new one has some odd behavior. I'll explain. Notes: I set smart screen sleep (or timeout, how it's called) to ON and put it to one minute. I do have the Dev options revealed, but the \"Stay awake\" is not checked. I'll describe some situations: Phone unplugged, unlocked -> Sleeps after 1 minute idle. Phone unplugged, locked -> Sleeps after 1 minute (or even less) idle, no matter if I have notifications or no. Phone plugged in, unlocked -> Sleeps after 1 minute idle. Phone plugged in, locked, manually woken up (pressing some button) -> Sleeps after one minute. Phone plugged in, locked, woken up by some notification -> Rings, displays the notification, and never sleeps until I press the lock \/ power button. I tried to minimize the problem by minimizing the notifications I get while it sleeps: turned off wifi, blocked messages, etc. But there is still one problem. I charge my phone over night. Plug it in at evening (22:00), at about 1:00 (night) it finishes charging. The \"Battery full\" notification appears, and also the popup saying \"Close the charging cover for water protection\" fires up. And after that, the phone does not time out. And when I wake up, the phone is very hot. I bet it's not OK. And also, from my knowledge, static images burn into OLED displays. I really don't wanna break my phone by charging it at night. What I tried: restoring and leaving dev mode off. Resetting to factory, twice. Tried letting it on silent with and without vibrate. Tried putting some apps to block notifications, tried changing all the power, timeout and sensors options. Nothing stops it from lighting up and never lighting down at night, and over-heating itself. Any ideas?"} {"id":"77075","title":"why does my factory reset tablet have no stoarage space?","text":"I have an envizen tablet android 4.2.2 and when I factory reset it and check my storage it says 104mb apps 92kb audio 9.2mb cached and 1.44 misc. But for some reason 0 available when I should have 8 gigs internal"} {"id":"38297","title":"Can I prevent home screen shortcuts from getting deleted or moved around?","text":"I had recently gifted my Mom a Nexus 7, with a hope that she will like to read books. She is old with poor eye sight and can't read English that great. I find her eager to learn and she had made a good progress in reading few books. Since she is not used to these gadgets, I am trying to keep settings in her tablet constant. Recently I observed that the shortcut in home screen for PDF reader disappeared and resulting in discontinued reading till my arrival. The frequency of this sort of interruption has increased now a days. Rather than finding how the shortcut is being deleted, I think preventing changes to home screen is sensible. Hence, I would like to know about any means to keep the icons or shortcuts in home screen and in launcher constant, immune to long press and drag and drop operations. Device info: Nexus 7, running stock 4.2.1, unrooted, but willing to root if required."} {"id":"52725","title":"Use custom lock screen on encrypted Jelly Bean device","text":"I recently enabled encryption on my Nexus S running Android 4.1.1. I'm aware of all the benefits and drawbacks, and device encryption is definitely something I want. It's currently working fine. However, one small caveat I overlooked is that encryption requires a password or PIN lock screen. I assumed (somewhat foolishly) that I'd be able to change back to the lock screen of my choice once the encryption process was complete. I like using a pattern lock, because I can set it to not display any visual cues, which makes shoulder-surfing a _lot_ more difficult. It's also quick and easy to enter a relatively complex code. The password I used to encrypt the device was intentionally long and complex, making it something I certainly don't want to be entering every time I want to check my messages. I don't want to change it to something shorter, because increased security was the whole point of doing this in the first place. Is there a way I can go back to using a pattern lock screen? I understand that encryption is irreversible, and I don't really _want_ to remove it. I just want my old lock screen back. **EDIT:** I notice that changing the code for my lock screen also changes the key used to decrypt the device, which I assume is why you're not allowed to use a different type of lock screen. I very specifically do _not_ want to be using the same code to encrypt the storage as I'm using to unlock the screen. That seems like a terrible idea, and I can't believe it's really the way Android does it."} {"id":"81902","title":"Android Screen In virtualbox Rotate 90 CCW?","text":"I install Android 4.4 x86 on virtualbox in windows 8.1 That was Ok But when I install my first app pheed on it . now when I run pheed app my screen rotate 90 ccw like as image . ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Reg0y.png) I try some stakoverflow post about android screen landscape and portrait but none of them help me . I tried some shortcut key like as : > ctrl+f9 > ctrl+f10 > ctrl+f11 > ctrl+f12 > Or press them twice in lessthen a second but none of theme fix it ?!! > have any idea to fix it ?"} {"id":"45167","title":"bring out stack view in Chrome for Android","text":"I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. I cannot bring out stack browsing in Chrome. Although I have got an option for something like tilt scrolling in advanced settings but cannot find it useful any way even after enabling it. What may be the problem? Here are some links for screenshots related to stack tabs: ![screen shot](http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_lz1bedusrQ1qz4gev.png) ![screen shot](http:\/\/asset0.cbsistatic.com\/cnwk.1d\/i\/tim\/2012\/02\/08\/100tabs_Chrome_Android_610x374.jpg) I cannot find the button which is marked in the second screenshot, Also the browser in my tab looks a lot like the desktop one, with extremely small tabs at the top. Specifically the 'x' button used to close each tab, which is a headache but I use it a lot. It would help me if I manage to get the stack tabs feature."} {"id":"42039","title":"Turn on Mac with Tasker","text":"Is there any way to tell my iMac to turn on via tasker. If so, would both devices have to be on the same network? Is there a way to do this without being on the same network? Would my computer have to be plugged into the router or can this be done wirelessly? I guess I am trying to use wake on lan. So for instance, when I come home and tap my phone to a NFC sticker, my computer would turn on. Is this possible?"} {"id":"6358","title":"Why doesn't my Samsung Galaxy S communicate via USB?","text":"I discovered today that I cannot connect my PC with Samsung GT-I9000 any more: when I plug in the microUSB cable, nothing happens other than that the phone starts to charge. Earlier I got to see Connect to Kies or something like that. Things I've tried so far: -Switcing USB debugging on and off -Removing battery -Trying different cable -Trying reimaging PC to a known good state (where I previously would have found new hardware) -Trying different computer -Factory data reset -Formatting internal SD card -Entering download mode with mUSB jig (my phone has download and recovery modes disabled otherwise) and reconnecting mUSB cable. Then I saw the \"USB Device Not Recognized. One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned...\" error on Windows (XP). Is there anything else I could try before sending it to the long journey of Warrantyland? UPDATE: I tried an app z4root which rooted the phone without the need of usb cable, then I could use Rom Manager to force the phone into Recovery Mode (remember my phone had the 3-button combo disabled). There I deleted-erased- formated everything I could and when I got back to normal mode and tried connecting again, Windows found new hardware and Kies recognized the phone. Just to be sure, I pulled the cable from computer, waited for 2 secs and then reconnected but, alas, nothing happenend again. I reimaged the PC and redid the z4root+Rom Manager+Recovery Mode wipe thing but nothing. Then I tried to reinsert microusb plug into phone under an angle and witnessed a successful connection. Kies offered updating firmare. I did not breathe on the phone and carefully clicked mouse to accept in hope that if this was a software error, new update would fix it. The update went fine but after the phone rebooted and I could confirm the firmware version from About, I still could not connect. Then I used USB jig which I purchased from eBay to force the phone into download mode and tried to connect it with a PC once again. The PC froze at once (even the mouse cursor did not move). I tried pressing every conceiveable keyboard combination from Enter to Ctrl+Alt+Del and then disconnected the USB cable. As soon as I did that, everything started moving again on the screen. I could reproduce this behaviour for 5 times. On the sixth time, however, Windows found new hardware and started installing drivers but soon after that a balloon popped up saying \"USB Device Not Recognized. One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned [...]\". Then I rebooted the phone and came back to the issue later. I forced the download mode once again and plugged the USB cable in. Nothing happened. No frozing, no error. Even though I have tried to wiggle the microusb plug in from every possible angle, it does not seem to have any effect. It just works when it wants to work. Charging works always, though."} {"id":"70223","title":"Samsung Galaxy S3 Stuck at Samsung Logo, possible virus?","text":"My Mom has a Samsung Galaxy S3 from 2 years ago, it now gets stuck at **\"Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-I9300\"** screen and can't boot properly. It can't enter Recovery Mode either but can enter Odin Mode. Also tried to remove the battery, plug the charger cable and insert the battery but it gets stuck at \"Loading Battery\", showing a frozen gray battery in the center. When tried to get it repaired, the repair specialist said it was a virus and it would be _very expensive_ to get it repaired (warranty doesn't cover it). Searching online, I found someone with the same problem, and answers to that post instructed to enter Odin Mode, connect the Phone via USB to a machine with Samsung Kies installed and let it download a new Firmware. I should do it? I'm feeling a little reluctant to do it since the repair specialist mentioned a **virus** (don't know if a phone-oriented virus can affect a PC) Thanks for reading, LeoAM."} {"id":"10161","title":"Can you change the options when long pressing the .com button?","text":"When you longpress the `.com` button on the keyboard, (on my 2.2 htc legend anyway) it gives you the options to select `.net` `.com` `.org` `.edu`. Is it possible to change these to other options?"} {"id":"10160","title":"Prevent word from being added to the dictionary","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S. My understanding is that pressing space after manually entering a word will add that word to the dictionary. How do I prevent this from happening?"} {"id":"14880","title":"SD card unpartitioning","text":"I own an HTC Chacha and I partitioned my SD card for phone rooting and discorved my phone is s-on so it cant be rooted! So how can I unpartition my SD card to reuse the partitioned space (this partitioned space cant be read by my phone) thanks"} {"id":"15216","title":"Just enabled 2-factor authentication for gmail, now on my Android phone I get \"Sign-in error\" to my google account","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Google's 2-step verification As per today's Stackexchange Podcast I took Jeff's advice and enabled 2-factor authentication for my gmail account. However now when my android phone is complaining with a notification in the top bar saying: > Sign in error for XXXX@gmail.com I assume this is a failure in my phone trying to sync my account. Of course I try to enter in my password (unchanged after enabling 2-factor auth) and it fails. Is there something I need to do to get 2-factor authentication to work correctly with my android device? I looked through the gmail app settings and didn't see anything obvious."} {"id":"14886","title":"Trouble installing Cyanogen on Galaxy S II using recovery console method","text":"After replacing my ailing Nexus One with with a SGS2 yesterday (an ordeal in and of itself, but neither here nor there), I decided to replace the stock ROM including TouchWiz with something a little more familiar, hence Cyanogen. I've was following these instructions, and it was going relatively well until step 9 under Method via Recovery. The first time around, I had placed the zip files directly on the root of the SD card, but I couldn't find them. After several more attempts, using different locations, attempting to put them on the internal storage, etc, I still haven't found a way to load those zip files. ![Directory Listing](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/t02Uu.jpg) As can be seen, I don't have a mount point named sdcard as is typical. I do have that external_sd folder, but whenever I try and enter it to select a zip, I get an error saying something like \"No Files Found\" and am just returned to this folder. Any help would be appreciated."} {"id":"45267","title":"Images and videos not readable from SD","text":"first time here and I'm in sort of despair! I recently purchased a 32GB (class 10) memory card for my Samsung Galaxy S2. All went fine, the card was recognized, I could write and read from it, both, on the computer and the phone so I set it as the default storage for my camera. The problems start here. Last week, after shooting some videos, I wanted to check them at home but realized that the videos and some of the photos are not shown, the videos cannot be played by the phone or dropbox player or VLC on computer, jpg's are corrupted too. I tried formatting the card, but the problem still persists. I'm pretty stumped right now and don't have any ideas on how to fix this. Any help appreciated, thanks!"} {"id":"45265","title":"An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed","text":"I'm trying to update (Documents to go Main app) in my device. When I'm trying to install it an error comes out says `an existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed`. I have root access on my device. Is there anything I can do?"} {"id":"80952","title":"Locked out by CyanogenMod 11 upgrade","text":"I tried a CyanogenMod 11 to upgrade from 4.1.2 to 4.4 on Samsung S3 Mini i8190. When the phone rebooted, my pin no longer worked. The 3 button hard reset has never worked on my phone. This mod is supposed to have TWRP but can't get to recovery mode. I tried a few flash options for hard reset and one jacked the phone turning on and off repeatedly. I tried flashing a 4.1.2 stock ROM but the phone would endlessly reboot. Heard this was a common problem when downgrading. So went back to 4.4. I don't believe debugging was enabled, since the instructions I followed didn't say to do that. So adb shell won't work. WiFi and data transfer were disabled so Google Manager idea won't work as well. Any ideas? Thanks"} {"id":"44134","title":"What does waiting\/clock icon next to a message mean and what if I delete message in this state?","text":"When my device is not connected to any network (WiFi\/Cellular data) and I send any message, I have seen a waiting\/clock icon next to that message. So what exactly does that mean? Is that message added to a queue for next batch process to inform server or something else? And during that state (waiting\/clock icon next to message) if I delete that message, will that deleted message still be delivered to the recipient? Actually, I mistakenly sent a message to one of my contacts and luckily that time I was not connected to any network. After a few seconds when I realized this, I deleted that message. But I am not sure if it got deleted completely or it will get delivered when I reconnect to any network. I don't want that message to be delivered to the recipient, so I had disabled all networks on my device."} {"id":"44137","title":"Disable sharing of playlists in Spotify App","text":"On Spotify for Windows, there is a setting \"Automatically make new playlists public\", which I disabled, since I don't want to do that. In the settings on the Spotify Android App however, this option is missing. Or at least I am not finding it. Does anyone know a better way to keep my playlists private than manually clicking \"Unpublish\" for every new playlist I add?"} {"id":"1758","title":"how to batch update one's market application?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a good app that lets me to the app updates in one go? can I batch update the apps I dowloaded from the market? I receive notifications like \"14 updates available\", but I don't know how to update them all, usually I just click some important apps and update manually. It's tiring and takes quite some time."} {"id":"1607","title":"Can I hide a program from ongoing activities in the notification bar?","text":"Is there a way to hide the notifications that a given application shows in the Ongoing Notification bar?"} {"id":"40309","title":"ICMP Requests working but HTTP requests are timing out","text":"For some context, please see this image: http:\/\/db.tt\/JPJlBC5b (I will upload to SE when I am in front of desktop) Basically this issue happened once before. What's happening is my phone basically stops connecting to the internet. HTTP requests seem to just simply time out after a few minutes in the browser. This causes all my apps to break and some of these apps fail more gracefully than others. The weird part is I can still PING and TRACERT DNS names and IP addresses via ICMP. so I still have some sort of internet connection. If I toggle airplane mode or reboot my phone it fixes it, but only for a few minutes before it stops working again. Last time it seemed to fix itself. Or something. I got so annoyed at trying to fix it that I just went to sleep. When I woke up, everything was broken, even my cellular connection. A quick reboot and everything, including my data connection, was working. Is there anyway I can try can figure out what's causing this and make it stop?"} {"id":"40302","title":"unexpected root request for mksh when turning wifi on or off","text":"Since today, I see the following root warning when turning wifi on or off: ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/LKYRo.png) * Superuser Anfrage \/ Superuser request: **mksh (1000)** * Angeforderter Benutzer \/ Requested User: **ROOT (0)** * Befehl \/ Command: **ip route add 224.0.0.0\/4 dev wlan0** My phone is a HTC One V with Android 4.0.3 and SuperSU installed as root app. It was running 8 months without this prompt. My last install was Power Toggles 1 week ago. Does anyone know about this? I'm afraid it's something dangerous..."} {"id":"40300","title":"Contact list crashing","text":"Every other day, my Contacts List will crash, and the only way for me to access it is to power off the phone. What is happening for this to happen, and what can I do to prevent it in future?"} {"id":"701","title":"Can I use a modern Android phone with no phone plan?","text":"I'm new to the Android platform, but am looking into doing some development for Android 2.x, with the hope of publishing an app to the Android App Market eventually. I'd like to be able to test my app on \"real\" hardware, but I already have an iPhone, which is plenty expensive itself, and I don't want to pay for an entire second cell phone plan just to test my code. So my question is, is it possible to buy an unlocked Android phone and operate it entirely over wi-fi? If so, what features (besides the obvious, like making calls), will I be missing out on?"} {"id":"5514","title":"Why is it that the thumbnails of my images in gallery are not the same with the actual image?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Problem with my thumbnails in gallery. Why is it that the thumbnails of my images in gallery are not the same with the actual image? The images that I deleted was the thumbnail of the images now. Need some help here. Please"} {"id":"14267","title":"Can every Android device be updated to the most recent Android version?","text":"I never dealt with Android devices before so I'm completely newbie at it, please comment if something is too simple. Say I purchase Android Galaxy Player S WiFi 5.0, that has got Android Froyo 2.2 installed in it. If there is a new version of Android released tomorrow or next month, will I be able to update it (like I will be able to update my iPod Touch 4 to iOS 5)?"} {"id":"14260","title":"Why does the Ebay application automatically startup at boot?","text":"I can't find a good reason that this application must always be running on my phone. However, it starts at boot and I'm constantly getting error traces in Logcat about the Ebay application. Why does this application start at boot?"} {"id":"45886","title":"Cursor positioning in SMS editor","text":"I bought an Android phone (Philips w632) and I'm unhappy with the text editor used when I SMS because when I want to edit a letter in the middle of a word I need to keep tapping the letter until the cursor gets there. When I tap and hold on, a magnifying glass appears and this shows clearly where the cursor is and it appears as if I can change its position, but the moment I let go the whole word gets highlighted with two tabs on either side. When I'm typing something in the browser however an orange tab appears under the cursor and I can move this which in turn moves the cursor to the correct position. I did download Swype with the hopes of changing this situation but unfortunately it has the same issue."} {"id":"45887","title":"Internal Memory getting low despite apps are moved out using Link2SD","text":"There might be similar questions. I don't want to open those old question. This is what I have done: * I have rooted my phone. * I have installed Link2SD. It was working good. Suddenly I started to get interal storage full warning. I uninstalled apps one by one. I got some space in internal storage. I got about 80MB. I should get 150MB. Anyway, I am now installing apps one by one. Whenever I install an app, the internal storage is going low. Once I moved the app using Link2SD, I am getting some space. But the problem is, I am not getting the same amount of space. So if I install few more apps, the internal storage will surely go down and i will get warnings. What is the best solution to keep the apps in SD card? So I can keep good internal memory."} {"id":"45882","title":"Can I get my old keyboard back after update?","text":"I have an HTC Desire X and I Updated Android yesterday (I have android 4.1.1 now). Since the update I have a new keyboard, which has keys on different places (such as the change language button). Also the Swype (or trace or whats-it-called) function is gone. The picture below was my old keyboard, is there a way to get this keyboard back? ![Old keyboard](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/xYcGX.jpg) I already looked in `Settings > Language & keyboard` where I found HTC Sense input, but there is no possibility to turn on trace (or Swype) there or the option to select my old keyboard."} {"id":"45881","title":"How does voxer build your list of contacts?","text":"I use Voxer on my tablet as a Push-to-talk application. On my tablet I don't have list of my phone contacts. Also I didn't give Voxer the permission to browse my gmail contact list. But something weird is happening, it lists some people I've not been in contact for ages, I don't have their phone number and I know nothing about them for ages. So, how is Voxer building my list of contacts?"} {"id":"29124","title":"Change language for one application (Google Now voice recognition, root available)","text":"I normally run my phone in French. But unfortunately, Google Now will only support voice commands if I set the phone's language to US English. I tried setting **Google Now > Paramèters > Voix > Langue** to **anglias**. This allowed me to perform Google searches using English. But I still couldn't use commands like \"call…\", \"navigate to…\" or \"set an alarm…\". These only seem to be available if I set the phone's overall language to English, which I don't want to do. Is there any way to change the phone's language on a per-application basis? This would presumably require root access, which I have available. Basically, I'm looking for a root app which will chance the Unix locale for selected apps, or something like that. I want to make Google Now work without changing every other application to English. Thank you!"} {"id":"2619","title":"Can a Dream's camera really zoom from the camera app?","text":"I upgraded my HTC Dream to CM6.1, and the camera app now has a zoom option. Is this a real zoom, or just a digital blow-up of the image? I'm guessing the latter."} {"id":"29902","title":"How to move contacts from SIM to phone?","text":"I have all my contacts saved on my SIM-card but I want to move them to the phone which is Galaxy note so that when I change the SIM-card my contacts are still saved and I don't need to save them all again. Is there any way to do this?"} {"id":"26178","title":"Why has my Samsung Galaxy S2 become a data hog?","text":"My father has a Samsung Galaxy S2 with the stock GB and un-rooted. The phone has been working flawlessly, but lately (since about 2-3 days) it began to use a crazy amount of data. He normally uses about 300 MB per month, but now the phone is using about 20-30 MB per hour **during phone standby!**. Also he notices is that the battery is lasting about half of the previous time, which is evident in case of a long running process. He didn't install\/update anything lately and all the settings are set for minimal data use. (Like no Sync..etc). He also has all the known data-hog apps kept disabled. He has installed an app call “my data manager” and the app says that all the data is being used by OS services but there is no detailed information. Just for clarification, he doesn’t have too much applications installed. Just: Whatsapp, Viber, Facebook and Twitter. But as I said before, he has all the auto sync off, and all these apps where installed months ago. My question is: Is there a program that can help us to find out what is going on? Something like a “on the fly” (real-time) data analysis? Any other ideas on what could be happening here? Thanks! Edgar"} {"id":"29908","title":"How do I just charge (i.e. not mount for data transfer) a Galaxy Nexus when connected via USB to a PC?","text":"I like to be able to charge my phone from any PC I happen to be using. With my previous HTC Android, I could default to \"charge-only\" and only switch it to \"mount as disc drive\" when I wished to, on my own machines. Why? Being prompted for driver installs (at least on a Windows machine) is annoying; connecting a storage device to a PC I don't own may be against policy\/protocol\/politeness. It would appear that the Galaxy Nexus uses two protocols, MTP and PTP; I currently have only MTP switched on, but can't turn it off. I could try to find a '\"USB\" cable that only connects pins 1 & 4 ... [to provide] ... power and no data'.. But this would mean carrying two different USB cables around. Any other solutions?"} {"id":"47655","title":"Multi User Backup","text":"On a tablet I have a situation where I have multiple users with multiple accounts, and I am trying to have the phone's state backed up in such a way that if I upgrade the operating system, every user's data is backed up. I would like to do this without imaging the phone, so that this backup can be applied to say, a newer version of the Android OS. I am ok with the backup being finicky, if there is some significant changes to the OS, so long as minor changes don't break it. I have tried Titanium Backup, and while it works perfectly for a single user, it does not work when multiple users are involved. Neither the user's, nor their data, is backed up. What application that can achieve this? Edit: To elaborate, backing up each user individually would work but it would be slow. We may be doing this on many devices, so this is primarily a way to save us time."} {"id":"45008","title":"How to search contacts with T9 dialer on Nexus 4","text":"I had a myTouch Slide 4g rooted and running Android 4.0. I was using the default dialer that came with CyanogenMod's Google Apps ROM. I recently picked up the Nexus 4 (not rooted and the bootloader is locked), but it doesn't search through contacts when I put in numbers. Is there a way to use the default dialer to search for contacts by name or number?"} {"id":"56587","title":"Relation between Linux and Android kernel versions","text":"I know Android is a modified linux kernel, but does that mean there is any relation between the kernel numbers? In other words, Is kernel number (for example) 2.6.xx of Android somehow based on or modified from 2.6.xx of Linux? or is it maintained separately?"} {"id":"20599","title":"Is it posible to change the locale of my device?","text":"In my Android phone when I go to `Settings -> Language and Keyboard Settings -> Select Language` I see \"Locale\" as the title on the top row and see that only few languages are listed. I suspect its because of this \"Locale\" setting. Where I can change it so that all supported languages will be listed? Under `Settings -> Language & Keyboard` I don't see a \"Locale\" option."} {"id":"57554","title":"Missing input languages","text":"I'm in New Zealand and have a Huawei G600 phone (Android 4.0.4). I bought it from DSE and it's Telecom branded. In Google Keyboard, the only available input language is \"English (US)\". I.e., when I go to Settings -> Language & Input -> Google Keyboard Settings -> Input languages, the only item listed under \"Active Input Methods\" is \"English (US)\" - so even when I uncheck \"Use system language\", \"English (US)\" is the only listed option. The same is true with other input methods as well (E.g., neither the stock Android Keyboard nor Google Voice Typing list any option other than US English.) I'd like to use other languages. Aside from installing a 3rd party keyboard like Swype, is there a way to enable or download the stock language options that my phone is missing? BTW, the phone is rooted - though the problem has existed all along. Thanks in advance :)"} {"id":"48932","title":"AFWall+ is not blocking apps","text":"I've used AFWall+ to block Weather Services Pro from using my data plan, but My Data Manager app still shows it in the top 3 of data plan use. Is there some background process using data that isn't being blocked? Is there some other way to block it from using mobile data but still work on Wi-Fi? HTC Vision\/G2 with CM7.2.0 Android 2.3.7 Update: I found an FAQ: > **How do I know if my phone supports iptables?** > > Issue the following command in ADB shell or in Terminal Emulator: > > > iptables -L -t nat > $ su # iptables -L -t nat Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Is that correct? Also this might be the issue, though I don't know how to prove it or troubleshoot it: > **AFWall+ does not work under CM 7.x, how can i fix this?** > > CM 7.x uses old version of iptables which has conflict with AFWall+ built-in > iptables. As a workaround you can try to update your iptables to the latest > version. But it should work without it. Contact developer\/raise an issue on > github. Also, I enabled the \"Fix Startup Data Leak\" option, and after a reboot, nothing could access the internet at all; it could connect to Wi-Fi but the icon was white indicating no internet connection. Then I went into AFWall and pressed Apply, and stuff started to work. Now I can block Browser and when I try to load things in the browser it says \"Web page not available\" as expected. So maybe it's working now? Also firewall log is no longer empty: AppID : 10080 Application Name: Weather Services PRO Total Packets Blocked: 348 107.23.165.43(40) 74.125.29.95(16) 54.236.89.222(40) 173.194.74.95(4) 54.236.118.224(40) 195.210.29.5(40) 54.236.161.75(40) 157.249.32.164(48) 54.236.175.13(40) 54.236.179.252(40) --------- AppID : 10167 Application Name: Facebook Total Packets Blocked: 26 69.171.235.80(6) 173.252.103.16(2) 69.171.242.30(18) --------- So I think that fixed it. Weather app says \"request timed out\" and Facebook says \"Network Error\", but Gmail etc still work. :D If it works over the next few days I'll move this into an answer."} {"id":"7544","title":"what does \"auto-fit pages\" do in the browser","text":"In the stock Android browser, what exactly does \"auto-fit pages\" do? From my experimenting with it, the answer appears to be \"Diddly-squat\". Perhaps a better question would be \"What is is supposed to do?\""} {"id":"7545","title":"How can I download and install custom roms for the droid x?","text":"I have a droid x. I'm told that my phone will be much faster if it has a custom rom. After some googling I read that rubix is a good option. I'd appreciate any instructions on how to go about obtaining and installing this custom rom on my phone, or any pointers to this effect."} {"id":"10229","title":"Is There iPhone App Emulation App On Android?","text":"Most apps are made for iPhone but i would like to know if there is still a way to make iPhone apps work on Android? Emulator maybe?"} {"id":"69084","title":"iOS Emulator on Android","text":"I am a user of the social network Snapchat and would like to be able to upload screenshots and other items from my gallery up to my story. I have noticed that users of iOS have done it and I was wondering if that there is some kind of iOS emulator that would allow me to run this application (which I believe is LaterSnap\/LaterPic or Upload Snap). If there isn't a way to run the application on Android, is there any free application that would allow me to upload pictures to my Snapchat story? (SuperSnap doesn't allow that and has become obsolete with the latest Snapchat update)"} {"id":"51905","title":"**FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)** HTC One M7","text":"C:\\xxx>fastboot flash recovery c:\\recovery.img sending 'recovery' (10336 KB)... OKAY [ 1.988s] writing 'recovery'... (bootloader) signature checking... **FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)** finished. total time: 2.966s * HTC One M7 on the way back to stock * Bootloader is locked 1.54.0000 * OS is 2.24.401.1 the message Output above is sample for everything I try to flash. Recovery ist stock. Message appears also when trying to install 2.24.401.1 via RUU. Anyone have an idea?"} {"id":"79510","title":"WiMAx USB modem connection","text":"I have WiMAx USB modem UM6235, which can be easily connected to Linux: 1. Download autoScript.sh 2. Open terminal window 3. Log in as root or use sudo with following commands. ◦ cd “path-to-autoScript.sh” ◦ chmod 755 autoScript.sh ◦ .\/autoScript.sh 4. Restart your computer. autoScript.sh: #!\/bin\/sh rule=\/etc\/udev\/rules.d\/10-Sequans.rules touch $rule echo \"ATTRS{vendor}==\\\"SEQUANS*\\\", RUN+=\\\"\/usr\/bin\/eject %k\\\"\" > $rule echo \"ATTRS{vendor}==\\\"Sequans*\\\", RUN+=\\\"\/usr\/bin\/eject %k\\\"\" >> $rule Question: is it possible to connect this modem to Android tablet? If answer is – yes, then next question is – how? Tablet: Arnova 10d G3, Android version 4.0.3, Kernel version 3.0.8, rooted."} {"id":"10548","title":"Get notification audio through headset","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Block all sounds going out through speaker when headphone connected I listen to music and audiobooks a lot on my HTC Incredible, and the phone rings through to my headphones, but the notification alert plays through the external speaker. Is there any way to get it to play through just the headset like the phone ringer does? Android version 2.2"} {"id":"10991","title":"Rootless CLI Utilities","text":"Do I have to root my android device to install command line utilities? I would really like to run Vim, among other programs on my phone. I have no reason not to root my phone, I just want to know if this is possible. The Android Scripting seems to possibly have done this. Do I have to write my own Terminal app to be able to do this?"} {"id":"65443","title":"LG P500H After root Troubleshooting Problems","text":"I have downloaded LG P 500H cyanogenmod-10 software and I have installed 4.1.2 on my phone. It is working normally except the Mobile Network signal is not connecting. Can any one provide a solution? Thanks in advance"} {"id":"65446","title":"Does 3G has to start and stop with every transmission? (energy overhead)","text":"Does anyone know what has to happen for 3G to send some data (when 3G is on in Android settings, using Nexus 4)? Does it has to initialize somehow at the beginning or to go back to some stable mode in the end of every transmission? If yes, would length of that tail or head overhead depend on size of transmitted file\/data?"} {"id":"2210","title":"Installing ROM from Fastboot -- Can someone help?","text":"I have a new HTC MyTouch (32A) that I tried to install a new ROM on using ROM Manager. I have done this many times (maybe 100 times), once in a while it goes wrong. Now, with this one, it can't get to the recovery, that is, it can't get past Fastboot. So, I am trying to install a ROM from Fastboot. I know Fastboot is working: mojotexas@Starjammer ~ $ fastboot devices SH06EPB01384 fastboot I have a good ROM that I cooked up in Android Kitchen. It is called: signed_101110_220528.zip WHen I try to install this ROM using Fastboot, I get an error: mojotexas@Starjammer ~ $ fastboot update \/home\/mojotexas\/workspace\/kitchen\/OUTPUT_ZIP\/signed_101110_220528.zip archive does not contain 'android-info.txt' archive does not contain 'android-product.txt' error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt So, what are these txt files, where do I get them, and where to I put them in the ROM? Alternatively, how can I use fastboot to install a clockworkmod recovery and go from there? Thanks, m0j0"} {"id":"2218","title":"Modify search in Google Maps","text":"Is it possible to edit a search that I have made previously when using Google Maps on Android? The situation I have sometimes is that I make a search in Google Maps but it doesn't quite give me the results I want - perhaps because I didn't use the correct term or because there was a typo in my search. Or perhaps the search works but I want to refine it. As an example, I might first try to search for a street name just to get an idea of where the street is. Then later I might want to repeat that same search but also including the house number on that street because I want to get directions to a specific building on that street. When I open Google Maps and press the search button I can see my previous searches in the history but I don't see any way to edit, select or copy\/paste them. If I touch the search in the history it just repeats the exact same search as before without giving me any opportunity to edit or refine it. My workaround is to manually type the entire search phrase again with the modification I need, but is there a better way?"} {"id":"43026","title":"How do I enable the character count when typing an sms?","text":"I have a Sony Xperia U with Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread. I don't know exactly if the SMS composer is Android's or belongs to Sony's launcher, so I don't know if the question applies to all Gingerbread users or only Sony's. I'd like to see the character count when typing SMSs, and I can't see that setting available. Do you know if it's possible to enable it or I need to replace the texting application? Also, is it possible to do it without rooting or flashing?"} {"id":"46218","title":"Is doing a factory reset via System Settings the same as a factory reset via recovery?","text":"Is doing a factory reset via System Settings the same as a factory reset via Recovery? Via System Settings in Samsung Galaxy S4: `System settings > Accounts > Backup and reset > Personal data > Factory data reset` Via Recovery: `Vol Up` \\+ ` Home` \\+ `Power` > ... _I'm not sure about the exact procedure; Recovery seems to have disappeared from my phone._ Will these clear the same set of data, or are there slight differences?"} {"id":"46210","title":"Can I use tasker to override \"lock on power button\"?","text":"I have the app Tasker, I want to know if there is a way I can create a task that changes the state of the lock screen setting \"lock screen when power button pressed\" from on to off and vice versa?"} {"id":"46214","title":"Why are some USB chargers slower than others?","text":"It seems with USB chargers for my android phone, not all are created equal. The first pic is the official charger which came with my phone (galaxy nexus). It charges quickly, from 0 to 100% in a couple of hours max. The second pic is a cheapy I got on ebay to use at the office. It works but it's slow as a wet week, can take 6+ hours to charge and if I use the phone while it's charging, it seems to drain faster than it's being charged. The two chargers below seem to be the same spec (5V \/ 1A) and from my limited understanding that `P = V*I` they should provide the same power, right? What else do I need to look for when buying a charger, and is there any way to tell in advance if it is going to be slow or fast (apart from testing them out)? ![Brand Charger](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/M40Wm.jpg) ![NoName Charger](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/0SfqZ.jpg) (click images for larger variant) ps: I'm aware that charging from a computer USB port can be much slower than using the wallwart, because the computer USB ports can sometimes be current- limited to 500 mA."} {"id":"7099","title":"Move paid apps between devices?","text":"I have an android phone(1) on 2.3.3 and a tablet(2) on preorder that will be on 3. (And a bad gadget habit.) Can I, when the tablet arrives, uninstall paid apps on the phone and install them on the tablet? It feels like I should be able to since I've paid for a copy of the app linked to that Google account it shouldn't matter which linked device it's on. (Why? Some stuff I've paid for will look better\/be more useful on the tablet.) I've looked online, but most people are asking about moving paid apps from broken phones (ie when they can't uninstall from the first device) or trying to run the same paid app on multiple devices which is piracy\/cheap. (1) nexus one (2) xoom"} {"id":"23701","title":"If I buy a software and change smartphone, should I buy it... AGAIN?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Reinstalling purchased apps on a new phone? I've just tweaked my Google Play application to believe I have an HTC Desire S so I can buy all the games that I can't buy with my Acer Liquid Metal. No problem with that... Then I saw that all my old purchased software was not purchased. Now two solutions are there: 1. I just made an happy mess --> no problem. 2. If you buy any app for your phone and then buy a new one you should buy that app... AGAIN?!?!"} {"id":"17774","title":"How can I tell that my phone uses the Wi-Fi connection for data traffic?","text":"I just bought the Samsung Galaxy 2 and my monthly data plan allows me 250MB. I have Wi-Fi at home with 100GB of data per month. Obviously, I want to use my home Wi-Fi as much as possible on my phone, and I have no trouble connecting my phone to it. **My question is:** How do I know if my phone is accessing my home Wi-Fi and not my phone company's network when I access the internet on my phone. I can see that my phone is connected to my home Wi-Fi but it is also connected to my phone company's network at the same time. **Is there a way to see when I am using my home Wi-Fi and when I am using my phone company's network?** I am worried that if my phone connects to the phone company's network and not my home Wi-Fi, then I will end up with a huge bill. I just want to make sure I am using my home Wi-Fi when I am accessing the internet on my phone."} {"id":"17779","title":"Nexus S 'flashes' screen when locking","text":"When I lock my Nexus S, the screen flashes once: It turns black, then the home screen appears again very shortly, then it's black again. Do you have this aswell with a **Nexus S on ICS 4.0.3**? Is there a fix?"} {"id":"17778","title":"What's a good \"if found\" wallpaper for Android?","text":"This is where I saw the terminology \"if found wallpaper\". Basically, since we're all locking our phones, you want a wallpaper that contains contact information, in case it's lost. Is there such a wallpaper for Android?"} {"id":"64312","title":"Android 4.0.4 tablet keyboard auto-types gibberish","text":"My Android 4.0.4 tablet keyboard has a life of it own. When I try to enter data, the keyboard runs past my input, and types gibberish. That means that the tablet is effectively neutralized. I can not enter data. Any suggestions?"} {"id":"64315","title":"How to force the use of jack output every time on rooted phone","text":"I have several phone A Xperia Pro a S4 mini duos (soon for sold) and a HTC desire Z. I sometimes want to disable the speakers so the phone will only output the sound through the headset I plug on it, sometimes the physical detector does not work correctly or the headset is _not supported_. What I want is a way to only output sound through the jack and only the jack. Is there any mod ? trick ? modification of the android kernel ? an app ? that could do the trick ? All my phones are rooted and unlocked flashing stuff is not an issue"} {"id":"42772","title":"Android sync with calendar works only one-way","text":"I have a Phone with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and I am trying to synchronize my calendar with my Google account. The problem is, that sync only works one-way. Data from Google are transferred to my phone, but events from my mobile calendar don't upload to Google account. I tried various settings but I am obviously missing something. How can I fix this?"} {"id":"20445","title":"Is there any way to replace the desktop dock app on the Droid 3? Or at least change the widgets\/dock area icons in productivity mode?","text":"I have the Motorola desktop dock for my Droid 3 (on Verizon). When I drop the Droid in the desktop dock it lets me bring up either nighttime mode or productivity mode. I'd like to change what happens in productivity mode. I don't need two calendar views, for instance, and I'd like to have the Gmail app on the right side, instead of messages, and I'd like music instead of the camera app. Does anyone know how any of this can be modified? I'm happy to spend a few dollars on an app if it will be able to take over from the built-in one when I put the phone on the dock."} {"id":"20441","title":"Android Market on Google TV not working after update to Google Play","text":"I have both a Sony and a Logitech device. Yesterday I opened the Market from my Google TV and it immediately began updating it to Google Play. It looked like was not updating for very long time but was showing me the \"Updating\" message so I though it may take time and left both devices on overnight. When I checked in the morning I think it was installed incorrectly on BOTH devices So now when I open the Market on either device it shows me this: ![http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/y294M.jpg](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/uKYP0.jpg) When I try searching for something in the provided text box it shows this page: ![http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/ocOOy.jpg](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/ocOOy.jpg) I am not able to use the Market at all now. I tried to uninstall it but was unable to do so. How can I fix this issue?"} {"id":"20143","title":"How to recover apps from a factory reset?","text":"I have some apps installed on my device and I want to perform a factory reset. Is there a simpler way to re-install my applications after the reset (with the least possible number of user interventions), without having to search them all in the Market and re-install them again one by one? Rooting is not a problem. Thank you in advance."} {"id":"27499","title":"Remember wifi password but never automatically connect","text":"I have both my wifi password and my friend's saved. Since they live nearby sometimes it will automatically switch to theirs if the signal is stronger. I don't ordinarily want to use their connection unless I'm over there or my internet is down. Is here any way to make android only automatically connect to my wifi without forgetting the other's password? It is long and impossible to memorize so forgetting the network is a huge pain. Running ICS, and have root if needed."} {"id":"20449","title":"Problem with accents in Xperia x10 Mini Pro using CyanogenMod","text":"When you press and release the button in the bottom-left corner, it normally comes up with smilies and accents. If you hold down on it and press \"e\" once, it will give you \"é\". But with CyanogenMod's mod, it doesn't work. It just does the same as the blue button. Can anyone help? ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/iITjM.jpg)"} {"id":"9285","title":"How can I get dictionaries for more input languages?","text":"Ok, so I figured out I can enable other input languages through settings, which at least makes it easier to enter some special characters, but only the biggest languages have \"Dictionary available\". Is it possible to somehow add dictionaries for the other selectable input languages?"} {"id":"9286","title":"Does ConnectBot supports SSH tunnel \/authenticating with pubkey\/?","text":"Can I connect with ConnectBot to an SSH server to SSH tunnel that doesn't uses passwords, because it's only using \"ssh pubkey login\"? Thanks."} {"id":"63099","title":"Change mode to PDA","text":"My Samsung Galaxy SGH-I537 does not open the Phone Util when I hit *#7284#. I found that *#0808# works to set the USB mode to RMNET+DM+MODEM, but need to set to PDA Mode and change the UART setting. Is there another workaround?"} {"id":"9282","title":"What does Skype use all those permissions for?","text":"I'd like to know what Skype does with all the permissions it asks for. Is there any page where Skype (the company) justifies the various permissions? Does it make any difference, whether I'm a paying customer or not? The permissions are as following: * Your accounts * act as an account authenticator * Allows an application to use the account authenticator capabilities of the AccountManager, including creating accounts and getting and setting their passwords. * manage the accounts list * Allows an application to perform operations like adding, and removing accounts and deleting their password. * use the authentication credentials of an account * Allows an application to request authentication tokens. * Hardware controls * change your audio settings * Allows application to modify global audio settings such as volume and routing. * record audio * Allows application to access the audio record path. * Your location * coarse (network-based) location * Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to determine an approximate device location, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine approximately where you are. * Network communication * full Internet access * Allows an application to create network sockets. * Your personal information * read contact data * Allows an application to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your device. Malicious applications can use this to send your data to other people. * write contact data * Allows an application to modify the contact (address) data stored on your device. Malicious applications can use this to erase or modify your contact data. * Phone calls * read phone state and identity * Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like. * Storage * modify\/delete USB storage contents modify\/delete SD card contents * Allows an application to write to the USB storage. Allows an application to write to the SD card. * System tools * disable keylock * Allows an application to disable the keylock and any associated password security. A legitimate example of this is the phone disabling the keylock when receiving an incoming phone call, then re-enabling the keylock when the call is finished. * prevent device from sleeping * Allows an application to prevent the device from going to sleep. * retrieve running applications * Allows application to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. May allow malicious applications to discover private information about other applications. * write sync settings * Allows an application to modify the sync settings, such as whether sync is enabled for Contacts. * modify global system settings * Allows an application to modify the system's settings data. Malicious applications can corrupt your system's configuration. More: * Your accounts * discover known accounts * Allows an application to get the list of accounts known by the device. * Hardware controls * control vibrator * Allows the application to control the vibrator. * Network communication * view Wi-Fi state * Allows an application to view the information about the state of Wi-Fi. * view network state * Allows an application to view the state of all networks. * System tools * read sync settings * Allows an application to read the sync settings, such as whether sync is enabled for Contacts. * read sync statistics * Allows an application to read the sync stats; e.g., the history of syncs that have occurred. * Default * modify secure system settings * Allows an application to modify the system's secure settings data. Not for use by normal applications."} {"id":"53416","title":"Copy calender data to google calender","text":"Is there a way to copy\/transfer the data from the built in calender in a 4.0.4 LG mobile to the Google Calender? If so please instruct"} {"id":"53413","title":"Does Samsung Galaxy GT S5312 has USB Host capability?","text":"Could you please give any idea whether Samsung Galaxy GT S5312 android smartphone has USB host capability or not? It comes with Android OS V 4.1.2 Thanks in advance- Regards- DS"} {"id":"53410","title":"Set default app for file type NOT recognised","text":"I'd like to associate an app with a file type that android does not recognize. I am using a samsung tab 3 with android 4.2.2. In my case I have a .tex file and 2 apps that can read it, but when I click on the file from \"My files\" app, it says \"Open file Unable to find application to perform this action\" How can I tell it it to associate the readers with this file format?"} {"id":"10201","title":"Received messages are not showing names of contacts on HTC Desire S","text":"I just bought a new HTC Desire S (so no custom ROM has been installed or rooting done). Everything else seems to be working fine, except in messages the names of at least one contact are not displayed. This number happens to be in my contact list with the proper details and linked with a facebook contact. Even after copy-pasting the number from the received message onto the contact (which has only one number btw), the messages app refuses to show the name. What should I do?"} {"id":"18008","title":"Recovering from forgotten lock pattern","text":"My son has an impression tablet 10 and has forgot the lock pattern. How can we reset it without knowing the code?"} {"id":"27143","title":"Forgot my Android Login Pattern","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Recovering from forgotten lock pattern I am using Samsung Galaxy Y Duos S6102 i forgot my login pattern and there is no reset Option on the screen. Is there any option to unlock it."} {"id":"78961","title":"how to unlock android tablet after too many pattern attempts","text":"I went on vacation with my family and my big brother lent my little cousins my tablet and I was trying to access my google accounts but does not want to"} {"id":"18668","title":"I forgot my lock pattern, how do I reset it?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Recovering from forgotten lock pattern I have a Toshiba Thrive Android Table and I forgot what I used as my pattern lock. How do I reset it? Someone please help!"} {"id":"37964","title":"How to access the internal memory of HTC Explorer","text":"I have HTC Explorer and with **Root Explorer** put a file into `\/system\/lib` directory. After reset, the phone will not boot. Now I cannot access to the internal memory via the phone and I need to access it via the PC in order to delete the file from `\/system\/lib`. How can I do it?"} {"id":"37965","title":"How can I watch HD Amazon videos on Logitech Revue?","text":"I'm running the latest updates for my Logitech Revue (according to the check for updates screen), but when I go to the Amazon Instant Video app, it just redirects me to Chrome. Amazon doesn't support HD in the browser, so I can only watch SD videos. When I try to play HD videos, Amazon says, I must use a supported device, which the Logitech Revue is, and that I must register it. Its instructions to register it say to open the \"Amazon Video\" app on the device, then go to \"register device\". As mentioned, my app (named \"Amazon Instant Video\") just redirects to Chrome. I called Amazon, and they said it sounds like I'm running \"google tv version 1.0\". Since my \"firmware\" says 3.2 and i apparently have the latest updates, I'd guess that I'm not. Amazon support says only Google tv v2.0 has the application w\/ HD. Any ideas what I'm missing here?"} {"id":"37967","title":"vCard sent to my android from an iPhone arrives as text message","text":"Is there any easy way to save a contact which has arrived like - BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 PRODID blah blah blah Into the contacts? I believe it happens when someone \"shares\" a contact with you from iPhone. If there is only the number or email there it is pretty easy to dig the details out of the text message, but if it sends a small profile picture that comes in decoded as a massive text message which is quite annoying. It would be nice to have a way to import that text message into a contact, with the avatar and all."} {"id":"50269","title":"YouTube app stops loading","text":"Device: Xperia V Android: Stock ROM, rooted When I watch some YouTube video on the YouTube app, it plays up to some point. Then, it just shows that it loads, and never continues. Why is that?"} {"id":"66311","title":"What can you use on Windows to try out Android apps you find online?","text":"What can you use to quickly try out apps you find online? The tool should * Run on Windows * Give you root access so you can run apps that require root access * Have functionalities of a physical android device. In other words things like GPS and a Internet connection should be present and you should be able to install apps using APK files or through the official Google App Market. These things would be nice to have but one can still work around them * The tool runs fast and lag free * It's lightweight and can run smoothly on some of the most low spec hardware by today's standards."} {"id":"25626","title":"what is the use of VPN Connection in Android phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What is this VPN setting good for? Is it used for remote machine access? How to configure the VPN setting?"} {"id":"2982","title":"Android Market won't download apps and Google Talk won't sign in after changing to @gmail.com address","text":"I have tried the suggestions here and here with no results. Google suggest changing back to @googlemail.com, waiting two days and restarting the phone, but that hasn't worked either. Anyone had any luck with this?"} {"id":"2980","title":"Settings - Accessibility warning: \"Downloaded accessibility application is required to activate\" -- What should I do?","text":"If I choose the ' **Settings - Accessibility** ' option on my Samsung Galaxy S, the following text is displayed: ' _Downloaded accessibility application is required to activate_ '. I searched the Droid Market for 'accessibility' but am not sure that this is the correct way to install this (system?) application. Anyone any idea what and where from I should install ? Thx."} {"id":"68926","title":"How do devices recognize their chargers?","text":"Several android devices complain when they are not plugged into their manufacturer-designated chargers. One samsung tablet I own won't even charge if its not on its own brand charger. Is there some code between the device and charger, or is it just the voltage \/ amperage gauges?"} {"id":"68927","title":"SSHD, sftp-server and hostkey auth on android","text":"I am compiling full Flash image of my Allwinner A20 based android 4.2.2 devices (thousands of them are currently under production), and I currently have dropbear + scp builtin in the image, to allow easy production. These +500Mbyte sized IMG files are uploaded to boards via USB OTG. Problems with this setup: 1. In order to Access to my devices from Windows, I only have WinSCP. And in WinSCP, I have to go to _SCP -> Shell_ setting, and change `ls -la` to `busybox ls -la`. Of course, I tried changing `ls` symlink from `toolbox` to `busybox`, and it worked, but that caused my WIFI system to crash, when I change symlink of `ls`, USB WIFI can not login anymore. If I change `ls` symlink back to `toolbox`, it Works. 2. In my current `dropbear` executable (which I find the binary from internet), I can login to the system without any username and password! (Of course, it asks me a username \/ password; but if I press enter - enter, it can directly login to Shell) 3. I don't have sftp-server at the moment. I find one sftp-server binary from internet, and uploaded to my system, and it turns out that sftp-server binary should be in `\/usr\/bin\/sftp-server`... that is also very hard to achieve in the android build system (please consider root partition is in a ramdisk in allwinner SDK). ====== After that, I decided to have my own SSHd server, so there was only two option: Dropbear and OpenSSH. 1. I searched almost all internet, couldn't find a clear explanation, how to port OpenSSH to android. 2. I want to be able to Access the devices via HostKey Authentication ( Not public key authentication), simple username and password. 3. I read following tutorials, and applied one by one very carefully, all of them are written for PublicKey Auth: * https:\/\/ github.com\/iMilnb\/docs\/blob\/master\/dropbear%2Bsftp-android.md * http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/showthread.php?t=442754 * http:\/\/ wiki .cyanogenmod.org\/w\/Doc:_dropbear 4. I only find one tutorial for accessing via username \/ password: * http:\/\/roycormier.net\/2010\/11\/02\/cross-compiling-dropbear-sshd-for-android\/ But problem is, author does not give information about which version of the dropbear he use for it, and dropbear have changed since 2010 (4 years ago). =================== Can anybody give me a clear idea, clear path, how to be able to Access my thousands of devices via username \/ password, and no need to be able to use WinSCP withour changing `ls -la` everytime, and how to use sftp-server on android ? Note: Sorry for long text, I tried to answer every basic question, before you ask :)"} {"id":"77345","title":"No Internet when another Android device is connected to router","text":"Like the titles says, i have a weird problem. I have a brand new device A (Android phone V4.2, manufacturer is called \"Vivax\"-not very popular outside Europe), which is having problems accessing internet. Internet works only if there is no other smartphones connected to router.If the other phone (some older Samsung) is connected, there is no internet access on the device A.If i disconnect the Samsung device, turn wifi off and back on on device A, it can browse internet. But if the other phone is connected, there is no internet access at all. I checked the router and i think it is using WPA2 encryption.Also, there is no IP address conflict. Anybody have any ideas what could be the problem?"} {"id":"50194","title":"tasker: grace time on events","text":"I use tasker to act on state change on wireless services (WifI on, Bluetooth connected, ...). There are cases where, for a very short time, the state of a service changes (no matter the reason: a thicker wall, repairing of BT, ...) and the exit actions are triggered. This is particularly annoying when I rely on continuity (I have, for instance, Waze being killed when the connection to my car's BT is over - but the car sometimes requests a repairing out of the blue and Waze is killed -- which by the way never happens on a 120 km highway section but always right on the middle of complicated turns in a city :)). What would be the best way to configure a \"grace period\"? when an action is triggered (say, by BT disconnecting) wait for *n* seconds then if the state is still there (= BT is disconnected) go ahead with the actions to perform otherwise do nothing I know that I can add the logic above to selected actions but this is cumbersome and prone to errors (a short cut may trigger an exit action, then immediately after an entry one, while my timer on the exit one is still running). It would b better if the \"state\" of a service was aware of the possibility of these short interruptions (and therefore manage correctly the exit and entry actions) Thank you for any advice"} {"id":"28716","title":"Tagging photos when importing them from my Galaxy Note","text":"I tried to import the photos I have in my Galaxy Note. While importing them the computer asked if I would add a tag to them -- and I did. The strange thing is that when the computer finished importing the pictures, I found pictures of strange people in the same folder and with the same tag! Does this mean that my photos will appear to whoever chooses the same tag?"} {"id":"2492","title":"How can I find a lost phone or help people return it?","text":"I'm looking for an app like **Where's My Droid** to help locate a lost device. Ideally I'm hoping there is one that might have two specific features: 1. The ability to display a message to the screen to help people return it, like Windows Phone 7 will have, as illustrated here. 2. The ability to turn the GPS on remotely to aid in the physical location of the phone. I do not want to have to keep GPS on all the time, to avoid the battery drain. Running on a non-rooted Galaxy S Captivate."} {"id":"18644","title":"My phone was just stolen an hour or so ago. Are there any options for tracking?","text":"I realize this is a long shot, but my phone was lost or stolen a few hours ago. At the time it was stolen, I didn't have any specific applications installed to track it or wipe the data. So... my bad. I'm hoping the fact that I have a pattern lock will at least prevent anyone from accessing my data. My question is, do I have any options for tracking or data wipe after the fact? (I'm more interested in tracking.) Note: I have read similar questions, but unless I'm mistaken, they all address the question in terms of preparation before losing the phone. I'm asking about fallback options _after_ losing the phone."} {"id":"42206","title":"How can I find my phone without an app","text":"I just lost my phone today and I dont have any Find Me app but I am logged in with all of my information. Like my email, facebook, and such things. How can I possibly find it?? I also know that my GPS is set on On."} {"id":"46982","title":"How to find my stolen galaxy ace duos","text":"I lost my galaxy ace duos. The sim card has been changed. How can i trace phone or find the number of the new sim being used? I have several apps installed. can that help in anyway? Thanks for the help"} {"id":"81448","title":"Yet another lost phone :(","text":"GSM is on. Wifi is on. Email is on. G+ registered. Ringtone - don't know maybe silent. It isn't stolen, nor it is found by someone. It rings when called. No tracker app was installed. I was at few places around that day. I tried AndroidLost, but it doesn't work on Jelly Bean. I installed it remotely, though. Plan B even less applicable. On Google's ADM it says \"Location unavailable\". There is also Google's location history, but I just turned it on. For next occasion. I need just GPS info, but nothing works for me. There is a full stack of tracking\/finding\/anti-theft apps, but most of them works preventive. Can't believe those post-lost apps works only on older Androids. Am I lost too? :(("} {"id":"2131","title":"Best lost \/ stolen device tracking app","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Helping a lost phone get found What is the best tracking app for a stolen or lost device? I've tried iTag but I'm thinking about switching to Prey http:\/\/preyproject.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/prey- arrives-on-mobiles-android-version-available . Looking for experiences..."} {"id":"54883","title":"my phone is stolen and sim cards removed. how to track it?","text":"my android phone got stolen a few hours ago. the thief has already removed both the internet sims. as such, i had not installed AndroidLost or Mobile Tracker apps in the phone as it is a relatively new one. i have tried to remotely install it, but it may take time . please help out with the procedure and suggest methods to get it back."} {"id":"44215","title":"I have lost my phone! Please help me regarding the apps to track it down","text":"I have **lost** my smart phone. What are the best ways to track my Android device? Hints on how to keep you'r phone from being lost or stolen are welcome, too."} {"id":"63920","title":"how to trace lost mobile location with help of imei number?","text":"I had lost my samsung galaxy note 2 on 31st january 2014 & i have imei number so can anyone help me how to trace my mobile loation with help of imei number?"} {"id":"75665","title":"How to find stolen Galaxy S4 using IMEI number","text":"some one stole my Galaxy S4 on 12th June 2014, at Mumbai, India. The IMEI number is 357138056665539. Can you pls help locating it."} {"id":"26215","title":"How To Track My Stolen Phone Without Usin Wifi","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > My phone was just stolen an hour or so ago. Are there any options for > tracking? My Phone Is Stolen I Need To Know How To Use It"} {"id":"65667","title":"Is there a way to track a phone with its IMEI?","text":"Not Android specific. Is there a way to track a phone knowing its IMEI? That is, finding out if\/when a phone with a certain IMEI connects to the network, and to get the SIM card number it is using from there? This is for a lost phone, and Android Device Manager is not being very helpful. I did not have any apps such as Prey installed on my phone and ADM relies on being connected to the internet, having GPS signal, not being wiped, etc. I'm not sure this is even possible, but I thought maybe if the IMEI is broadcast to the cell network on logon, the provider could \"watch\" for a connection from that IMEI and get the SIM number it is using."} {"id":"52099","title":"Tracking Android Phone via IMEI number","text":"I have lost my Android Phone. How can I track it via IMEI number. Can I install any application which can given me the number of SIM currently on given IMEI number. Please help"} {"id":"47","title":"What Lost Phone finder do you use and why?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Best lost \/ stolen device tracking app I've used MobileDefense, but I want to make sure I'm getting the best protection. What lost phone finders have you used, and why do you like it? I'm not using a rooted phone, so I'm not looking for features that require root."} {"id":"28710","title":"Hack ICS browser to restore \"menu button exposes URL field\"","text":"I just got a Galaxy S3, and I'm finally being forced to confront an aspect of ICS that I've hated from the moment it showed up on my Xoom: the fact that pressing the 'menu' button no longer drops down the URL field, and instead you're forced to scroll all the way back up to the top and pull it down to get at it. Is there any known way to re-enable the original behavior (press the menu button at any time, see the \"url\" field drop down in editable form regardless of whether or not the page was scrolled all the way up to the top)? Yes, I know about the \"Labs\" shortcut of swiping from the side. I find it extremely awkward and frustrating to use. Like many things in ICS, it uses gestures that lag in their initial visual presentation, then exhibit hair- trigger sensitivity for their selection and confirmation behavior. Half the time, I'll begin the swipe to bring it out, then give up 150ms later when it doesn't appear (only to have it show up after I've already let go), and about 25% of the time, my thumb ends up triggering the wrong target after bringing it out. Update: pressing and holding the 'menu' button semi-works, but not quite. Sometimes, it makes the URL bar visible and selects the URL, but fails to bring up the actual soft input area (Graffiti). Sometimes, it makes the URL bar appear, makes the soft input area appear, then hides the URL bar the moment I let go of the menu button. For the moment, the problem is somewhat moot... I installed Chrome, and quit using the stock browser altogether due to the remote-wipe vulnerability (in the semi-naive hope that Chrome's alleged non-permission to make phone calls might prevent it from triggering)."} {"id":"79613","title":"Backup to SD card in kit kat","text":"Is there a backup program that will allow me to back up directly to my SD card in Kit Kat without an internet connection? I currently am forced to back up to the internal storage {after clearing space} then copying to the SD card, then deleteing the copy on my internal storage. this wastes _much_ time and effort. My phone storage is only 2.8GB free, but my SD card has 28.0GB free."} {"id":"437","title":"How do I sideload, i.e. install non-market apps, on at&t phones?","text":"I'd like to try out some Android beta software I found online, but when I tried installing it on the device I got a message that said that installing non-market apps has been disabled for security reasons. Can I bypass\/disable this restriction? I am using the at&t Captivate (Samsung Galaxy S) with Android 2.1."} {"id":"73114","title":"Roaming Icon on Home-Network","text":"I have an **Xperia L** mobile , I'm from **India** and having **AirTel** Network Connection. The problem is on the mobile network icon,it shows Roaming Symbol since I'm in home network.I made a call to the customer care,they replied that the problem is not on their side (they haven't charged for Roaming). Can anyone help to get rid out from the issue. Does keeping the mobile data on for all time have an impact on battery ?"} {"id":"73113","title":"I can't find the developer options in my tablet running Android 4.0.3","text":"I am starting to learn Android develpment and I bought a very cheap Chinese Android Tablet. It came with 4.0.3 and I can't find the developer option under settings! I think maybe it's the custom ROM it has, does anyone knows how to solve this? Thanks! PS: I wanted to post pics of the Settings to show that there isnt a Developer option in there...but I cant even do a printscreen with this tablet since it only comes with the power button, and printscreen requires power and volume buttons...this tablet was too cheap I guess... PS2: In case it helps: Model Number FS-MG789 Android Version: 4.0.3 Baseband Version: 0.51 Kernel Version: 3.0.8+ spreadwin version 2.4.10(S101_JH_B) Build Number: nuclear_puppies-eng 4.0.3 iml74k 20120727 test-keys **EDIT:** I couldn't install the device on my PC either so I followed this answer and installed it like this (David Kreps answer)...which is basically to add your device's VID\/PID manually to the android_winsub.inf (inside the sdk\\extras\\google\\usb_driver folder). I am using Android Studio, and it doesn't need a manifest with `debugable` added in it and I did a little test and apparently I can debug a code in the device....but still, I don't know the general implications of this no Developer option in the device."} {"id":"55014","title":"Samsung Galaxy encryption failed","text":"I updated my GT-19100 Phone to 4.1.2 Jelly Bean from the previous version. For this venture it was necessary to decrypt my phone first. After the update I started again an encryption. The process failed (i just left the encryption continue by leaving the phone alone) and the phone showed me this message: ![http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/J37aZaq.png](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/MDKgx.png) After reseting the device I can't access any previous data on the phone, nor can I save something on the phone. The phone recommends to format the device. Is there a way to get my old data back? How could I avoid such a problem next time? Any advice appreciated! Thanks in advance! Similar to this question: \"Encryption Failed\" on my Samsung Note 2 & it asks me to reset device. Is there a way to back up my data But still not answered."} {"id":"32870","title":"Are there any window managers for Android?","text":"I once saw a YouTube video where someone had hooked up a bluetooth mouse and keyboard to a Galaxy Note and was manipulating apps like on a desktop computer, where each app had window decorations and multiple apps could be visible at once. I would like to have such a window manager (preferably not requiring any external devices) for my Galaxy Nexus. There are occasionaly situations where it'd be helpful to be able to see two apps at once. For example, I might receive complex data in an email that I want to input into another app. However, Gmail doesn't allow you to copy text from an email (which is just rediculous). So, I have to remember a little bit, switch apps, type it in, switch apps again, etc. It would be much better to be able to put my phone in landscape mode, fire up the window decorations, and tile the two apps side by side so I can see the email address at the same time I'm entering data in the other app. I've searched for a window manager for Android, but I can't find anything, despite the video I saw. Does anyone know of one?"} {"id":"32873","title":"Connection Time Out error while accessing Google Play Store in Samsung I9070 Galaxy S advance","text":"I have bought a Samsung I9070 Galaxy S advance. Whenever I enter Play Store (Google Play Store Version 3.4.7), it displays waiting sign and then Connection Time Out Error is shown. I use mobile data connection to access the network. Please help me to solve this asap Phone Details: > Device: Samsung Galaxy S Advance > Android Version: 2.3.6 > Baseband version: I9070DDLI1 > Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-1194396 dpi@DELL163#2 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 13 > 22:11:28 KST 2012 > Build Number: Gingerbread.DDLI1"} {"id":"20369","title":"Getting \"Authentication is required\" when trying to access the Play Store","text":"Over the past week, whenever I try to open the Play Store\/Market app on my phone, the app thinks for a while and then displays this error message: > Authentication is required. You need to sign into your Google Account. But I am indeed signed into my Google account, as seen in other Google applications running on the phone, and as seen if I open the menu in the Market app and click the \"Accounts\" button. I suspect this might be related to the fact that over the past few months I've had two different Google accounts synced to this device, and I have recently removed one of them from the phone. No other Google application has had any problems with removing one account. Does anyone know how I can solve this issue? I can still install applications by using the market website (now \"Google Play\"), but this is still a big inconvenience. I also think I stopped getting updates."} {"id":"58097","title":"'Authentication' Error","text":"I try to download Bad Piggies and update Angry Birds on my Samsung Galaxy Tab but a message appears... \"Authentication is required. You need to sign into your Google Account\" I'm already signed in and they give me that strange message. Help anyone?"} {"id":"32876","title":"Link contact to Twitter handle","text":"Is there something I can put into the Google Contacts entry for someone that will link it to their Twitter handle? I have tried putting “@JohnDoe” into an IM-type field I’ve named Twitter, but that didn’t do the trick."} {"id":"32469","title":"Google play disappeared from my phone","text":"While uninstalling some app I may have accidentally uninstalled Google play app. But even then I have updated Google play app before and while uninstalling it should remove only updates from my phone not the complete app. I should have been able to use default app. But I am unable to do so. Yesterday while clicking app's icon it was showed an error, that app isn't installed. I tried to find it on my app library but it's not there. What should I do? I am using Samsung galaxy fit (GT-S5670)"} {"id":"26133","title":"Google Play Store disappeared from my phone","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Google play disappeared from my phone My google play store is not showing on my home page and it's not in the app drawer and it's not in All Apps under settings. My phone is not rooted, and is running the stock HTC rom. I have an EVO 4G phone. Could anyone tell me what is happening and how I can recover it? I would download an .apk or something, but I don't have a file manager currently installed. I would rather not reset my whole phone."} {"id":"35471","title":"Is there a facebook app that does not read your location?","text":"I've looked at a number of facebook apps, and it seems that they require permission to read my precise location. This includes Stream, Fast, Friendcaster, and the official facebook app. Can anyone recommend a Facebook app that does not require permission to read my location data?"} {"id":"81317","title":"Authenticator app is not working","text":"I'm choosing option to add MFA in the Google accounts, scanning barcode, secret is added. Name of the account in the Authenticator is correct. However, when I try to enter the generated code - Google says it's incorrect. The same on all attempts. Ideas? UPD I've tried syncing time from the Authenticator - still getting errors UPD2 Can it be the reason that I previously had Authenticator installed on another phone with different email?"} {"id":"23804","title":"Android customization Galaxy Note","text":"Recently, Android ICS has been released in my country (Hungary) also for the Samsung Galaxy Note. That's cool, the phone updated itself to Android 4.0.3 and at first sight it was really cool and fast. But... To be honest, the Wi-Fi disconnects and the battery gets empty in half of a day... These 2 make me really angry and I was thinking about rooting, which I have successfully done today, but it still didn't help at all on my problems. Okay, the UI might be a little faster... So. I thought I might have to change the ROM to a custom one. Now I have more questions about this: * I wish to modify my phone on a way I can easily turn it back to the factory state (no wonder, warranty). How to do this\/is it possible? * Is it possible to \"put up\" more ROMs and when I'm turning on the phone just select the one I want to use (just like you'd install more OSs on a desktop computer)? * I would also want to know what are my options for a custom ROM for a Galaxy Note WITHOUT losing my S-Pen functionality, so which ROMs should I count in? * How to freakin' achieve these above questions if everything is ok? =D Thanks in advance! =) (Links and experiences are welcome also...)"} {"id":"65831","title":"SGS2 mobile connectivity\/GPS intermittent problems after DIY repair","text":"Looks like my SGS2 started to have mobile connectivity\/GPS problems, possibly as a result of DIY repair (I manually replaced LCD+digitizer after an LCD damage): * GSM signal level frequently drops to nearly zero * mobile data speed drops to (nearly) zero * GPS works only rarely; can't fix most of the time **How can I debug the problem? Which connectors etc to check most carefully which can directly affect the problem? What else to try?** Official firmware auto-updated to 4.1.2. GT-I9100. GSM, non-locked, international version."} {"id":"27136","title":"Trigger WiFi hotspot based on known WiFi availability or location","text":"I have a HTC One XL and a Nexus 7. They both know my home WiFi network and a few other networks, and my Nexus knows my HTC's WiFi hotspot as well. When I'm out and about I press my hotspot widget on my HTC to enable the WiFi hotspot, which allows my Nexus to automatically connect and get online. What I'd like is a way to * use a known WiFi network if available (to save battery and mobile data), and * otherwise automatically turns on WiFi hotspot mode * can be WiFi based or location based This will allow me to use the Nexus 7 wherever I am, without having to take out my HTC and flick the hotspot switch. At the same time I'd like the Nexus to prioritise other known networks over the hotspot, so that if possible it drops off the hotspot network and uses the known network. Searching for anything containing 'WiFi hotspot' returns dozens of apps to get around carrier imposed hotspot restriction, so I am not having much success there."} {"id":"65836","title":"GPS stopped working after root","text":"After rooting my Sony Xperia P, the GPS stopped working. Even Google Maps can't find my current location now. I found this problem when started working on Location API. Is it a common issue and is it resolvable? I tried searching on XDA too, but couldn't find anything about this."} {"id":"32296","title":"Google Play movie rental errors as it says my device is rooted (it is not)","text":"I have a standard Galaxy S3. I have rented and downloaded Movies from Google play before however now it is saying: > Downloads aren't supported on rooted devices (error 44) However my S3 is not rooted. All software is update to date. I have cleared the cache but this does not solve the issue."} {"id":"32292","title":"Enable Adhoc on Jelly Bean","text":"[Is] there any way to enable adhoc mode in JellyBean. WPA_supplicant hack isn't working."} {"id":"49745","title":"My clock has disappeared","text":"I have a HTC Desire X running Android 4.0.4 (not rooted). I use the \"Digital Clock\" widget which comes with phone on my home screen. The phone came with 3 clock related widgets - Weather Clock, Digital Clock and Social Clock. By default, the Weather Clock appeared on the home screen but I removed that from the Home Screen and added the Digital Clock on the home screen. This was good for a month. But today, the Digital Clock disappeared from the home screen. I tried adding the clock back to the home screen from the Widgets list. I am able to add \"Social Clock\" and it's visible on the home screen. But I am unable to add \"Digital Clock\" and \"Weather Clock\". When I add either of this - it takes me to the chose a City menu & then when I chose a city, it returns me to an empty home screen with no Clock. I am however able to add the \"Social Clock\". I tried the following things * Booted the phone * I force stopped and cleared data for Clock and Clock Widget None of this helped. What do I do? I am not really a Social Clock kind of guy."} {"id":"32299","title":"Unknown Notification Alerts","text":"My S3 constantly sounds a Notification alert but I can't tell what it is trying to notify me about. No new emails, no new messages. What is it trying to tell me?"} {"id":"3134","title":"Can I use my Android device as Wi-Fi Dongle (ie Tethering to PC through USB, but using Wi-FI not Phone Network)?","text":"I want to use my Android phone to connect a desktop (windows 7) PC to the internet via Wi-Fi (ie, not muching though my Data plan). Is this possible with the various tethering options out there? The reason I ask is, most suppot wi-fi the other way around, ie, the phone is the wi-fi hotspot, and the internet connection comes over the phone network. I want to connect to an existing wi-fi network, and share that with the PC. Background - for various reasons our office LAN network is b0rked and very slow. The office WiFi network on the other hand is happy and fast. But my desktop PC is wired only. If I can use my phone as a wifi dongle\/modem\/adaptor, and connect to the office wifi, then I'll get a much faster connection. Edit: I've got an HTC Desire HD, I haven't rooted it so far."} {"id":"9929","title":"How can I tether my phone's Wi-Fi connection to a PC over USB?","text":"Today in my work the people from security are going to block internet access and only admit enterprise local pages. Luckily, there is a free Wi-Fi connection which I have access from my Motorola Milestone. Is there any way for me to tether the Wi-Fi connection over USB to my computer?"} {"id":"32125","title":"Brand new Galaxy Nexus not booting","text":"I know someone who bought a Galaxy Nexus recently, and he finally unboxed it today and straight away inserted the SIM and battery and plugged in to charge. Hours later when we tried to boot it for the first time, nothing happened. Removed and reinserted batteries, changed sockets, attached the USB charger to a PC, etc. but we still have no idea if the phone has charged or charging or if it's a completely defective item. Please help me troubleshoot it."} {"id":"32128","title":"Try to install Clockworkmod Recovery, always getting stock recovery","text":"I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Epic 4G. I've tried a couple of ways to get Clockworkmod Recovery on the phone, but every time I boot it into recovery mode I get the stock recovery program. I've tried the method listed on the Cyanogenmod wiki here and one using Odin here, but every time it boots, it loads up with stock. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can get around this?"} {"id":"26261","title":"Documentation for adb shell getevent \/ sendevent","text":"Is there any documentation on the format of the getevent and sendevent shell commands? specifically the ones for touchevents. or is this device-dependent? it is a bit hard to guess what those ids are doing."} {"id":"56098","title":"How to force Backup Assistant to sync in airplane mode with WiFi on","text":"I recently switched phones but am keeping my old phone for use on WiFi. I have put the phone in airplane mode to improve battery life and keep it from looking for the cell network (as this is futile, it is no longer activated). However, now every morning I am getting an error telling me that Backup Assistant was unable to sync. At first I thought this was very strange as I have a WiFi and Internet connection. However when I finally went into the app to see what was going on it told me I was in airplane mode and asked did I want to exit airplane mode or cancel. Obviously I don't want to exit airplane mode so as to save battery life, nor do I want to have to manually sync as that defeats the whole purpose of automatic backup. How can I get Backup Assistant to work without leaving airplane mode?"} {"id":"57323","title":"Unify volumes for global volume control with the rocker","text":"My android seems to have different volume levels for alarms, ringtone & notifications, music and games. This is annoying\/confusing for me and I'd just like one global volume control by using the volume rocker on the side of my phone. It has happened several times that my phone would make sound when I was sure I'd silenced it, and when it happened in a job interview the other day that was the last straw! ## How can I have just one volume control? Installing apps is OK, rooting or changing firmwares is not. My phone is a stock Galaxy Nexus: ![Device details](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/u7onE.jpg)"} {"id":"37516","title":"\"Ubuntu\" kernel version - what does it mean?","text":"I have a 4.0.3 tablet (Genesis GT 1230 running some preinstalled rooted custom rom from factory). It reports its kernel as \"3.0.8+ root@ubuntu #412\". Why \"ubuntu\"? What does it mean? Do I have Ubuntu on my Android tablet? Is it any different from an ordinary Android? ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/aQO8j.png)"} {"id":"3810","title":"App that translate text from your camera?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Word Lens Alternative\/Port for Android Basically, I'm interested whether there is an Android app that does what Word Lens does for the iPhone."} {"id":"75254","title":"How do I collapse outlines in OneNote app?","text":"I understand OneNote for desktop can collapse\/expand outlines to any levels. However, I failed to find this feature in OneNote Android app (version 15.0.2727.2300). Did I miss it?"} {"id":"75250","title":"Device got bricked while installing JELLYBEAN","text":"I was trying to update my ICS4.0.4 to Jellybean and clear cache partition and also Dalvik cache and unfortunately my tablet got restart and now it is hard bricked just show vendor logo and boot infinitely and now usb debugging was off now anyone please help me to get it unbricked.Thanks in advance. I know last option is to go to vendor service centre don't want to do so. Now one more thing that if someone can help me to install any android version from starting then all posts are welcomed such as new device with no boot loader. Delete completely and install new boot loader hope you understand what i am saying. Thanks in Advance."} {"id":"71406","title":"Galaxy S3: I747UCUEMJB upgrade - baseband unknown","text":"Last night I updated my Galaxy S3 from Cyanogenmod 9 to CM 11. One of the steps was to upgrade the bootloader. Everything went fine, and I'm now on `CM 11-2014-06-02-d2lte`. The problem: can't connect to mobile network. Settings > About Phone: Model number: SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 Baseband version: Unknown How can I fix this?"} {"id":"38775","title":"Samsung Galaxy S3 not booting up, keeps restarting showing ”Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300” black screen","text":"My Samsung S3 is stuck! It keeps restarting! It doesn't reach the enter pincode, but keeps restarting showing the \"Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300\" screen. Then cycles starts again. Here are the things I've tried: * I have already removed battery, put back in; still the same result. * I have also tried to hard-reset, but it just turns off and restarts. * Same result when trying VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER BUTTON; goes back to restarting and the Samsung S3 screen. It was working fine last night, but when I left to do something, I came back and found it restarting over and over again. Didn't update any apps."} {"id":"30563","title":"Nandroid backup of Emulator instance?","text":"Is it possible to use Nandroid to backup an AVD instance?"} {"id":"30569","title":"HTC Desire HD Wifi proxy applicaiton","text":"Is there any working application (root does not matter) for using proxy on HTC Desire HD. ProxyDroid is not working on HTC Desire HD. SSH Tunnel is also not working on it."} {"id":"35668","title":"Buying from Play store using a credit card with foreign billing address","text":"Is it possible to use a credit card with a foreign billing address to buy items from a local Play store? I have a Visa credit card from a German bank with a billing address in Germany registered in my Google Wallet. I have successfully used my Wallet to pay for online purchases from several online service providers in different foreign currencies so I am sure the credit card is correctly registered in my Wallet account. However, while physically located in the UK, I cannot complete any purchase from the UK Play store. At the point when I need to select my preferred payment method from my Wallet account, it shows my registered credit card greyed out with the text \"Unsupported Payment method\" next to it."} {"id":"40144","title":"Is there any way to connect 'Samsung galaxy tab 2 p3100' to a monitor","text":"i want to know how to connect the galaxy tab 2 p3100 to my monitor through hdmi or dvi interface. is it possible or not. i tried google but can't find any solution."} {"id":"7558","title":"problem while connecting samsung galaxy gt-i5801 to pc via samsung kies","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why Samsung Kies not detecting my Galaxy S GT I9000? i have tried everything for the connection of my galaxy to pc but all in vain... i am unable to understand *#7284# code... as it has uart and usb both... please suggest something how can i connect my cell phone to pc via samsung kies"} {"id":"47490","title":"Want to organize apps on nexus 4","text":"I have many apps, i want to organize my 150 apps in folders (but not on the home screen). Any suggestions how to do this properly?"} {"id":"18184","title":"How do I copy\/move contacts from phone to my exchange account?","text":"My contacts are stored on a (Open-)Exchange server, so they are synchronized between phone, the server and my other mail clients (e.g. on my desktop PC). However, I have some \"phone-only\" contacts and I want to copy or move them to my exchange server contacts. How can I achieve this?"} {"id":"18182","title":"Prevent overheating when tethering","text":"When I tether my phone and download big files or large numbers of them, and download is non-stop for a few hours, my phone (Nexus One) overheats. Is there any way to prevent that, except avoiding overusing the net? This has happened in multiple devices, so it's not a hardware malfunction; it also happens both in the original ROM and CM7."} {"id":"72980","title":"last digits invisible from call history","text":"I have recently bought Sony Xperia and recently have been facing this weird problem. The last 2 digits of the phone number in call history are invisible. And this is not the case for whole history, but only for some. Please guide if you know reason\/resolution for the same."} {"id":"72984","title":"Sync Fails After Changing the Password","text":"I Changed my google mail password for some reasons when I tried to access my gmail account in Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos mobile am unable to Login What could be the issue?"} {"id":"517","title":"How to stream sound from Android phone to PC?","text":"Is there a way to stream all sound from an Android phone to a PC to be played by the boxes of the PC? At best wirelessly?"} {"id":"77416","title":"How can i turn off charging when my phone connected to my computer?","text":"I have Android device Samsung S4. Is that possible to turn off Battery Charging when my phone connected to my Computer via USB Cable. Any ways to turn off or disable it from settings?"} {"id":"6531","title":"How can I sync .vcf contact photos between Android 2.2 and Gmail?","text":"I can save all of the contacts to one .vcf file, then use a PC to import it to a Gmail account but there are no photo in the Gmail contacts. I checked the .vcf file there is photo data in it. Is there any function or app can sync the photo from an Android phone to Gmail?"} {"id":"30388","title":"Can Android Chrome be linked to an account other than your main Android account?","text":"Say that your main Android account is account1@gmail.com. Can you set up Android Chrome to use account2@gmail.com? (Ideally Chrome would allow multiple users, which will no doubt happen in Android too eventually.)"} {"id":"21892","title":"How can Google Maps accurately locate my phone when GPS is disabled?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How does Google Maps estimate my location without GPS? I was wondering how Google Maps on my Android phone can locate me with a good accuracy when my GPS is disabled. At first I though it was with the cell tower but I'm not sure it can achieve this precision and it is way better when the wireless is enabled. Experiment that i did. 1. If GPS is OFF and Wifi is ON = Perfect location 2. If Wifi is ON GPS OFF = Still Perfect location 3. If Wifi is OFF and GPS is ON = location is not precise. Tested this with 5 -6 Phones Any Idea why ?"} {"id":"18475","title":"What is the ODIN tool?","text":"Recently, I've been learning about rooting\/flashing android devices and I often come across web-pages mentioning \"ODIN\". From my common sense, I've come to realise that it is some sort of Windows GUI software that helps you in flashing\/tweaking android devices. However, my concern is that wherever it is talked about, it is only provided as a downloadable _binary blob_ .exe file hosted on third party file hosting services. Which raises concerns over trustworthiness of that downloadable file. So my questions are - What is ODIN? What is the canonical website? Is it open source? If yes then, what is the canonical URL for repository?"} {"id":"35800","title":"How to get notified of new automatically archived emails in Gmail?","text":"I am a very organized person, and thus also in the case of my emails. I have taken the time to set various filters and labels to keep my emails organized, some of these filters automatically archive messages, i.e. labels are applied to emails, and they get archived (hence these messages skip the inbox). ![Setting a filter to auto-archive messages in Gmail webpage](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/DmK1i.png) These days I am receiving some emails that belong to a specific label, about topics in which I'm working currently, but since they are not reaching the inbox, my smartphone does not notify me when they arrive. However, when I expand the list of recent labels, I find that there are unread messages in the label in which I am interested. ![No new messages in my inbox](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/gbeXI.png) ![New message count for specific label](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/vUk2Z.png) When I open the folder (label), I find the new unread email message. ![This is the new auto-archived message](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/7LGRn.png) What do I have to configure in order to get notified of these automatically archived emails in Gmail?"} {"id":"4166","title":"AVG by DroidSecurity - legit? Useful?","text":"Re-post from StackOverflow, when suggested this was a more appropriate forum. I originally posted this on Whirlpool as well - I am very interested to see what new input I can get from this community. I was looking at AVG by DroidSecurity in the marketplace today and am a bit confused. On the free version there is recent feedback saying that AVG isn't affiliated with the app and other comments saying it is malware that slows the machine, deletes data and sends spam. But my Googling skills reveal articles saying AVG acquired DroidSecurity. So, has anyone on this forum had experience with this app? And... do I really need an anti-virus on my Android device? Is it so bad? Are we talking about bad things coming from .. what, apps, email or web pages? I am coloured by my experience with iPhone, nothing evil to worry about so far. Also, if there's nothing to worry about, what are these AV apps doing? Scanning with an empty database?"} {"id":"4163","title":"open messages to a contact at bottom of list","text":"When I open my messages list with a contact ~~(I presume this is the same across all androids, and not my htc legend)~~ it has the message history with that contact...if you have just received a message from them, the new message is at the bottom and you always have to scroll to it...is there a way to make it so that the new message is focused? or that newer messages are in view by default or by sorting? **Edit** Seems to be a HTC Sense messages app bug...Anyone with HTC Sense not have this problem?"} {"id":"74862","title":"samsung galaxy s duos s7562 update is not installing","text":"I have Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 and recently received a notification about Software Update so that i proceed to install but update is not installing my mobile. I tried using Kies also and getting the same result. Note: I rooted my mobile and i disabled few services. so i need to know, Is there any service should be running to install updates?"} {"id":"74868","title":"Android OS installation to tablet","text":"I have a tablet X touch, But its operating system has been damaged. Now I want to install fresh one to it. How can it be done? Someone help please? Thanks in advance."} {"id":"74869","title":"How to boot an HTC Cha into Safe Mode","text":"On my HTC ChaCha I've been having problems with the bottom menu keys being periodically flakey and non responsive for which I wanted to try booting into Safe Mode to see if that fixes things. Does anyone know the key combination needed to boot HTC ChaCha into safe mode? I tried a generic HTC instruction I found online i.e. hold volume down key during reboot. But unfortunately that did not work. Any other ideas? Edit: Android Version 2.3.3 HTC Sense: 2.1 Software number: 1.20.720.1 Kernel: 2.6.35.10-g28523b8"} {"id":"17573","title":"Save merged contacts information","text":"I just spent a lot of time merging contacts from different sources (two Google accounts, Google+, Twitter, Facebook, Skype), and now my contact list looks somewhat clean for the first time in months. So far so good. In the past, when I reset my phone (I'm a CyanogenMod user, so resetting my phone happens from time to time), I lost all info about merged contacts, which is really a pain. Is it possible to back up and restore this information somewhere, e.g. through an app? edit: I did the merging in the stock contact manager of Ice Cream Sandwich (CM 9 alpha)"} {"id":"17572","title":"How do I increase the log size of dev\/log\/main?","text":"How do I increase the size of dev\/log\/main by a factor of 10? My understanding is the log has a fixed size (16K?) and rolls over when that limit is reached. I'd like to find out what the log size is currently set at and increase it by a lot. I'm debugging an issue that occurs infrequently when the device hasn't been used for a long period of time (maybe an hour?). I've instrumented the code with log messages so I can understand what is happening when the bug occurs. My problem is my instrumentation causes the log to roll over in about 2 minutes. I would like to increase the size of dev\/log\/main by a factor of 10 if possible."} {"id":"17578","title":"Why isn't the name of my device changing?","text":"I changed the name of my new Kindle Fire within my Amazon account by going to `Manage My Kindle -> Manage My Devices`. Everything seems to have gone fine on the account side, but the upper left hand corner of my Fire still just says \"Abby's Kindle\". Lamest name _ever_. It's been about 24 hours since I made the change in my account. Why hasn't it changed? What step am I missing?"} {"id":"42202","title":"When I write an email using the Android mail apps, how can I send it 2 hours later?","text":"When I write an email at 2:00 AM or 2:59 AM I don't want to send it at that time (because I want to go to sleep), but instead tell Android\/GMail to send this email a few hours later, because of timezone differences. Right now I can only send immediately, not planned email. Are there any GMail apps which can do that, or other apps which can use this concept and send the email via GMail in Android?"} {"id":"48464","title":"How can I easily copy files from an Android device to a computer wirelessly via command line?","text":"I need to copy jpegs from an Android phone's sdcard to a computer, ideally through command line (\/storage\/sdcard1\/*.jpg to a remote location) I've tried Izzy's solution from this post like so: scp -p -P 2222 root@192.168.1.19:\/storage\/sdcard1\/*.jpg ~\/Desktop\/pull\/ but got this error: sh: scp: not found The scp and ftp commands are missing on the device, so is there a way to get this working ? I've also looked at busybox and had some success doing so: cd \/storage\/sdcard1 && for jpg in *.jpg; do ftpput -u user -p pass 192.168.1.33 .\/Desktop\/pull\/$jpg $jpg;done Another thing that worked is this ls solution but for single files and I'm not experienced enough with bash scripting for this to work on multiple files. I'm looking for the simplest solution (with fewest install\/setup steps). What is the easiest way to do this ?"} {"id":"48460","title":"Connecting to COM serial port through USB with Putty","text":"I am trying to use my android phone connected to my PC as an SMS gateway by executing AT commands. I have attached the phone to the PC (Windows 7), and device manager shows that it is in COM4 port. I opened PUTTY in administrator mode and tried connecting to COM4 but it just shows a black screen with the green cursor but won't let me type anything. I tried playing around with the values of \"Local Echo\" and \"Local Line Editing\" as I found in one of the suggestions in another question here, but the best I can get (set both to \"Force On\"), I can type stuff on Putty but it doesn't really do anything. Any suggestions?"} {"id":"7362","title":"How can I have SMS texts read out to me?","text":"How can I have incoming texts read out to me? It can be useful when I am driving."} {"id":"11937","title":"How can I increase the brightness of photos on the HTC Wildfire S?","text":"I just moved from a Sony Ericsson C510 to a HTC Wildfire S. Although the Wildfire as a flash and the C510 doesn't, I was able to take pictures in dim rooms better with the C510 than the Wildfire. **Even using the flash creates dark pictures.** For example, in this picture you can see in the reflection in the picture glass in the lower left that I used the flash but **the flash was so weak** that it didn't seem to make the picture any brighter than without the flash. ![test photo showing contrast problems](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/hEPRm.jpg) **What settings can I change on my HTC Wildfire S to help make pictures taken in dim rooms brighter?**"} {"id":"54520","title":"How to enable backlight of control buttons in Xperia miro st23i?","text":"Very first i have disabled this, after that i can't find the option to enable it ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/XrgUe.jpg)"} {"id":"59177","title":"how do i get out of safe mode on htc desire s?","text":"Just put music on SD card, started up phone after re-inserting SD card, but it came on in 'safe mode'. Any ideas on how to switch safe mode off?"} {"id":"59170","title":"Samsung Galaxy Note 2 wont charge while on and battery is discharging","text":"So after reformatting my phone, resetting to defaults, nothing has seem to work. I even took it to my cell provider to see the tech, they didn't do anything. Whats weird is that it had 20% and so i took the battery out of the phone and stuck it back in, right when it turned on says 55%, strange right? Does anyone know WTF to do I really want to chuck this phone away, nothing but problems :("} {"id":"51120","title":"Orbot not starting on rooted Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon)","text":"I have recently rooted my Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) using the method found here. I am trying to run Orbot(Tor) with the Tor Everything option enabled. The application will not get past \"Orbot is starting...\". I am connected to WiFi and am on Verizon's service. Unfortunately I had not tested this prior to rooting so I am not sure if the problems lies with running on an S4 or running on a rooted S4. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Orbot and have not had any luck. I have tried to connect to 4G instead of WiFi, no change. I have tried to turn off the Request Root Access, no change. What is causing Orbot to not connect to the Tor Network?"} {"id":"60785","title":"network problem","text":"I'm having a network problem with my Samsung Galaxy grand device. Sometimes while trying to make a call, the device displays a message like \"Not registered on network\" and the call doesn't get through. I have set the mobile network to the GSM\/WCDMA(AUTO) mode. Is there any solution for this?"} {"id":"4421","title":"Is there any way to move apps to my sd card in android 2.1 on my phone?","text":"Is there any way for me to move apps to my sd card in android 2.1 on my phone? Everything I've read so far just talks about how easy it is to do it in 2.2. I have a Milestone, but apparently my carrier is not yet able to support 2.2. Am I just pretty much screwed until it does?"} {"id":"56188","title":"No connection when trying to access google play store on my galaxy note gt- n7000","text":"When i try to access google play store on my samsung galaxy note gt- n7000 i get no connection message even though im connected to the wifi and mobile network. I also get an error message when trying to access the youtube app. This occured after i removed the battery pack to check if my phone accepted micro sims."} {"id":"15944","title":"Configuring DHCP client on my android board","text":"I am running android on my development board and want to configure DHCP client on it. Can anyone tell the details of what steps to be followed to configure dhcp client on android."} {"id":"38064","title":"What's causing my phone to freeze?","text":"I Have a Samsung Galaxy S2. I had it for around 2 weeks, when it first turned itself off and wouldn't turn back on again. The keyboard would glitch and stop working. and apps like Facebook, or Google Play, Internet etc would freeze then the error `'Application' Is not responding` send error report etc. I've just got it back from repairs, and the applications are still stopping responding, it hasn't crashed yet though. Any ideas what could be making it do this considering they've completely wiped the phone and screened it etc?"} {"id":"1039","title":"HTC HERO OTA update to Android version 2.1 firmware deleted the Calibrate Touch Screen feature from the menus. How do I get it back?","text":"HTC directly updated over-the-air (OTA) from 1.5 android to 2.1 android firmware on my handset. Since that time, the touch-screen (which is miscalibrated) can no longer be recalibrated, because the menu item has disappeared. I have, of course, requested support from HTC via email, but I doubt that they will find an answer here, and I suspect my phone is now junk, unless some enterprising Phone-savvy person can figure out how to restore this thing. There is sadly no backup that I know of that I can use to restore this phone, and going back to Android 1.5 has a host of issues associated with it. How can I get this working again? I could use any technique that will let me recalibrate the touch screen, even if it isn't the built-in menu item, maybe there is a way to bring that up indirectly somehow, or through an add-on app? Incidentally, HTC HERO's seem to be famous on internet cell-phone forums for glitchy capacitive touch screens."} {"id":"12234","title":"My HTC Desire Keeps Overheating, what can I do to stop this?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I prevent my HTC Desire from overheating? I've just purchase a HTC Desire and after about 10mins of using it, it will overheat and crash onto the opening green HTC logo which you get when you turn the phone on. What can I do to prevent the phone from overheating?"} {"id":"17290","title":"New battery - any special treatment required?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to break in a new cell phone battery? Admittedly this could be aimed at any mobile device, but I have a new battery for a HTC sensation. To get the best out of it, does it need any special charge\/discharge cycling?"} {"id":"28267","title":"Trouble with Wi-Fi on GSM Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean","text":"Am running 4.1.1 on a GSM Galaxy Nexus and continue to have very poor connectivity issues with Wi-Fi (everywhere, not just in my house). Other than having an unlocked bootloader and being rooted, the device is stock. My AP in the house is running on Channel 1, and there's no other WiFi that's close to my house. No RF interference to speak of (e.g. no microwave's running or 2.4ghz FH devices in vicinity). Right now I am not so close to the AP, but have good signal strength on my device: -65dBm. The AP is a Linksys WAP54g with the latest firmware available running WPA2 Personal AES. The device may eventually connect, but often it just hangs on \"connecting.\" I've tried to change to WPA2 \"mixed\" (AES+TKIP) but that doesn't seem to have any impact (still hangs on negotiating). I would just chalk this up to a Linksys issue, but I have had same issues out in public Wi-Fi. I was using Wi-Fi Analyzer to manage the connection, and didn't see the message regarding \"Poor Internet Connection\" and reason for failure. I changed the Advanced Wi-Fi option to deselect that option, and rebooted the device, and then connected OK. I have a Nexus 7 on same network with no issues (the UI has no option for \"Avoid Poor Internet\")."} {"id":"28266","title":"How to control the file system on Android from Win7 file explorer?","text":"I haven't found any good solution for managing files on my Galaxy S2 from Win7. I've tested Kies and some other software but I'd like to be able to move files, create directories etc. through file explorer in Windows. There was some talks about installing a server also but it feels like using nukes on a mosquito. Preferably a free software that I can install? Frankly, I was expecting that a simple connection via BT would suffice in this era of Plug & Play but, apparently, in my case, it's Plug & Prey, instead..."} {"id":"28263","title":"Does Huawei Honor support silent camera mode in Ice Cream Sandwich?","text":"I use the app `Camera Zoom FX` for taking photos. On Gingerbread, I was able to mute its sounds via the settings. After updating to Ice Cream Sandwich, I always hear a sound when taking a photo. Since I updated the app too, I was wondering: Is this a bug in `Camera Zoom FX` or doesn't ICS for Huawei Honor allow to mute its camera?"} {"id":"36363","title":"Selecting 720p format on Nexus 7","text":"I have rooted, unlocked and modded my Nexus 7 with the 720p camera mod. If I go to `system\/etc\/media_profiles.xml`, it shows the 720p format. The only problem is, that when I film with the default camera app, it films in 352x288. How do I select which video resolution I wish to use? Screeny![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/kwpdM.jpg) Circle button pressed![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/m86eL.jpg)"} {"id":"8667","title":"Avoiding \"my cheek hung up on you\" on an Optimus T?","text":"I upgraded my wife to an LG Optimus T from a G1, and she keeps accidentally hanging up on people with her cheek. She never had this problem with the G1. I've asked her if she's locking the screen (by hitting the power button once) and she appears to be doing that but for some reason when she's on a call the screen appears to take input. At first I thought this was a problem with her face (heh), so I had her try it on my Nexus One and she can call, hit the power button to turn the screen off and then talk normally. Has anyone seen this kind of behavior before, and if it's just an annoyance is there maybe an application that can mitigate this?"} {"id":"66843","title":"When is an \"in app purchase\" not an in app purchase?","text":"The Play Store policy on in app transaction fees reads like this: > For applications and all in-app products that you choose to sell on Google > Play, the transaction fee is equivalent to 30% of the price. You receive 70% > of the payment and the remaining 30% goes to the distribution partner and > operating fees. (Reference: https:\/\/support.google.com\/googleplay\/android- > developer\/answer\/112622) I get that this applies to things like premium currency, extra levels, even e-magazine subscriptions. However, there are some cases where I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that that a particular app couldn't possibly be paying 30% on purchased items. To name just one example of this, eBay. I doubt they pay 30% of the price of an item when they themselves collect maybe 20% of the sale price, but correct me if I am wrong. Is there a rule, hopefully officially written down, which explains when a purchase made through an app is _not_ subject to the 30% fee?"} {"id":"66842","title":"What is a WTF Condition?","text":"If you go to the developer tools menu in Settings, then tap Launch Tools and open Bad Behavior, there's an option to \"Report a WTF Condition\". What is a WTF Condition? Why would an app report one?"} {"id":"51004","title":"How do I open an .odt file on my S3?","text":"I have received an `.odt` file and I wanted to know if it is possible to open it on my S3? I need to be able to copy, paste, edit and view comments. OS: 4.1.1 Galaxy S3"} {"id":"61310","title":"Handeling android emulator via command line","text":"I installed default android emualator in windows xp . Is there a way to launch android browser with a specific url open on it with help of command line . Basically I use emulator for testing my website . so if there exist a command for launching emulator from command line (with browser and url open on it) then i ll create a script which ll take url as argument and launch the emulator for me . We can do the same with mac (apple xcode emulator) hopefully there is a way for android too. Thanks in advance"} {"id":"15042","title":"USB drivers for using ADB with Samsung Galaxy S on CyanogenMod 7.1?","text":"I recently installed CyanogenMod 7.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and I have some problems now to get ADB on my Windows 7 64-bit computer to recognize the device. Currently, `adb devices` returns no entry for my phone and the Device Manager shows a device called \"Galaxy S\" but with a yellow exclamation mark because a driver is missing. I've tried to install Samsung Kies as well as the Google USB driver for Windows Revision 4 and point the device manager at the directories with those drivers. It doesn't find anything it can use there. Which drivers do I actually need for the phone now that it is running CyanogenMod 7.1? And where do I get those and how can I install them?"} {"id":"61313","title":"Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 sch-i905 stuck at the load screen","text":"I have a _Galaxy Tab 10.1,_ Model _SCH-i905\/U_ from us cellular (image1). In order to root it, and after an internet search I flashed the device, corrupting files left and right. That's when it can't even start up anymore. It is stuck at the load screen Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 (image2). ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/gLc96m.jpg) [![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/bbz8gm.jpg)4 Click images for larger variants if needed :) I have tried about every method on different forums and I am unable to find the factory firmware for this specific model or get it back to stock. I can get to downloading mode and use Odin. The only file that this software show “PASS” on green is `PDA_SIGNED_P7105.tar.md5`. Before, it was just stuck at the boot screen with yellow triangle. I followed the method with `PDA_HC31_EG01Ba_AP352081user_CP1033580_LTE20110704_0708.tar` but that was failed. Then it won't boot up and stays in infinite boot-looping on \"Samsung\" logo. I can't get to fast-boot. recovery give me error message in image below: ![photo](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Bgnsjm.jpg) ![photo](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/IdKEfm.jpg) photos (click images for larger variants) **Update:** I've already checked with Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? Unfortunately, I still couldn't find a fitting ROM. All hints are welcome!"} {"id":"61315","title":"Waking up with Galaxy Gear","text":"I bought GG partly to wake up in the morning (Like with a Fitbit), but so far I have either woken others or I have not woken up. IS there a good hybrid solutions, like some \"Phoene only apps\". I would like an increasing \"disturbance\", like first only wibrating gear. Later attamps should start with the same, but move to more effects, from both Gear and Phone. Also important is that one of the devices go off if the other is out of battery (or in a mode where it doesn't do anything)"} {"id":"28843","title":"How to view the files on mnt\\sdcard on PC and how to set default download and save location","text":"The directory mnt\\sdcard is the location where all the downloads and the received files are saved, however this file cannot be located on the PC if connected using USB Cable. Moreover, it seems that this file is on the Phone's Internal Memory and not in the Memory card"} {"id":"28844","title":"Google Voice Number Displayed on Phone?","text":"I have Google Voice on my Android (4.0.4 Samsung Galaxy S3) and it is set to make all calls using GV (cause I want the user to see GV number on the caller ID). However I encounter this problem: the number that appears on my mobile phone (when dialing out using GV) is some unknown (random?) number, not the number that I'm calling. Say I'm calling 212-333-4444 it shows 617-234-1234. It is in fact calling the right number but what shows is the number that GV is using. The problem is that when I look at the log I can't see who was called nor can I try to recall that number."} {"id":"8086","title":"What's the difference between the Xperia X10 and the Xperia X10a?","text":"What's the difference between the Xperia X10 and the Xperia X10a?"} {"id":"10295","title":"How do I determine which version of Android operating system my HTC incredible phone is running?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I check the OS version of an Android device? How do I determine which version of Android operating system my HTC incredible phone is running? This is a Verizon phone."} {"id":"10488","title":"just got a galaxy few hours ago and have two questions","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I check the OS version of an Android device? > How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor? 1. How can one know which android version is installed on the phone? 2. How can i remove the 20+ apps which installed on the phone? The remove button is disabled."} {"id":"25171","title":"Google Calendar Erroneously Deleting Events","text":"Over the last couple of weeks, Google calendar has repeatedly deleted the events I entered. It occurs approximately 12-24 hours after I create the event. EDIT: In response to question below, it's deleting events created both on the phone, as well as at calendar.google.com. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? If so, has anyone had luck fixing it? Finally, does anyone know how I can contact Google directly about this issue? Their \"help\" page is a labyrinth. Devices: Sprint HTC EVO 4G, Android v. 2.3.5 Macbook OSX 10.6.8"} {"id":"25174","title":"What is the difference between nordic, global, etc. firmware versions?","text":"Here I see various versions of the official 4.1.B firmware for the Xperia Neo V. What are the differences between nordic, central europe, etc. versions?"} {"id":"5652","title":"How do I project the screen of my Android phone for a presentation?","text":"How can I project my Droid Incredible screen so I can demonstrate the smart phone to a room full of people? Does anyone know how I can link the phone to a PC? To a TV?"} {"id":"20199","title":"How can I view my phone's screen on a computer in real time?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I project the screen of my android phone for a presentation? > How to capture video stream from Android phone screen and show it on > laptop? I have made a demo app and it's installed on my phone. I want to be able to show the app in action from my phone using a projector. The way I see this happening is if I can share my phone's screen with my laptop. Is there an app to help me do that? Note: The main reason for me not to use the Android device emulator is that it runs extremely slow and at 100% of CPU usage which I don't think is good for my laptop. I have a moderately spec-ed machine, and I need to find a why to do."} {"id":"16806","title":"How to plug in an Android Tablet and show it's screen on PC or Laptop for training session?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I project the screen of my android phone for a presentation? I just bought an Android Tablet, Toshiba Thrive AT100, its HDMI port make me able to plugged it directly to HDMI-support projector in my training session. But I wonder if there is any application which allow me to do this kind of activity... * Plugged Android Tablet to my laptop via HDMI (or any port), then show real-time tablet display on my laptop (or PC). This could be show via the application's area itself. With this function, I can just switch from my presentation to show real using on tablet without to switch the cord between my laptop and my tablet. Do you know this kind of application or any technique to do this?"} {"id":"25016","title":"How to screengrab\/film directly from screen?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I project the screen of my android phone for a presentation? Since ICS it became really easy to take a screenshot from within Android. In the presentations Google goes further than that by streaming\/saving the whole content that is shown on the screen including sound directly from the device. How to achieve that? Do I need some extra HDMI certified screen grabbing cards consoles require?"} {"id":"37788","title":"How to mirror Android phone on Mac or Windows for application presentation?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I project the screen of my android phone for a presentation? > How to capture video stream from Android phone screen and show it on > laptop? Can anyone suggest some tools which can mirror an Android phone to a PC or a Mac? I found some apps, but mostly they are remote desktop apps. They bring desktop screens to the phone. However, I want it the other way around."} {"id":"22435","title":"How do I stream my Android screen to my mac?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I project the screen of my android phone for a presentation? I want to live stream my Android phone while I'm playing a game. So far, my attempt is to stream my Android's screen to my mac, **then** from my mac, live stream it using Procaster. So what do I need to accomplish this? **I don't have** a rooted phone. I just got it so I don't want to void my warranty at any time soon. If my approach isn't the best way to do it, what can you suggest? I've already read ( How do I project the screen of my android phone for a presentation? ) but the solutions provided there are for rooted phones."} {"id":"60194","title":"I keep getting error code 919, but I'm on my own network","text":"So, I was trying to download my favorite game and got the following error > Unknown error code during application install 919 I looked up what it was, but all indicates that its a network error. But all my other games downloaded perfectly fine so I don't know what it could be? I finally got it to download but now it won't go past the opening screen. Advice?"} {"id":"62684","title":"What is error code 919?","text":"Every time I try to install or update an app, it is either stuck around 90% indefinitely, or it shows a message saying \"Unknown error code during installation: 919.\" It happens every time, it is quite frustrating. Can anyone explain what this is and\/or how to fix it?"} {"id":"56415","title":"Error code 919 when updating or installing apps","text":"I am on holiday using hotel Wi-Fi. None of my apps will update, and I cannot install any new ones. Got the mesage error code 919. Is it the hotel Wi-Fi or a tablet problem (Sony S)?"} {"id":"58326","title":"Error “919” when downloading applications from Google Play","text":"When i am trying to install new app from Google Play, i am getting the Error **unknown error code during application instll:\"919\"** Please tell me what i should do to download app!!! Regards, KR"} {"id":"58089","title":"919 code error while downloading applications","text":"i am getting a problem while downloading the viber application on my galaxy ace plus phone everytime downloding is complete this message appears on the screen:\" unable to install code error 919\".any help lpease?"} {"id":"59673","title":"failed to download applications not knowing the reason.","text":"Why can't I download applications on Play Store? It keeps saying \"unknown error code during application install: 919\" before this, i had no problem downloading apps. I'm using lenovo s820, 4.2 jelly bean. Help?"} {"id":"58115","title":"Unkown Error Code during installation \"919\"","text":"I already cleared the cache of google play store but when I download Hunger Games Panem Run it always says this but when I install another game it works without this error code.How can I get rid of this error code?"} {"id":"65954","title":"Help me!! Error code 919","text":"How do you fix error code 919? I can't download anything. It loads to 100% then says can't install because of error code 919."} {"id":"59210","title":"Errorr application code 919","text":"Approx three months ago I started getting error code 919 on installing any app. Tried moving to sd and that didn't work Any ideas? Cheers John"} {"id":"69557","title":"error message during downloading TrueCaller Application","text":"I tried to install \"Truecaller Application\" from Play Store, when start dwonloading an error message came up \"unknown error code during application install: \"919\" and stoped downloading, this is only with this application,, please help,,"} {"id":"60705","title":"unknown error code during application install 919","text":"What does it mean when I try to install application from google play it shows unknown error code during apps install"} {"id":"56256","title":"Need to use phone without screen","text":"I have a samsung galaxy s+ i9001,and the lcd display shattered.It's not rooted,how can i use it from pc?I want to put a sim card in it and transffer calls. Please heelp me !!"} {"id":"41922","title":"How to enable haptic feedback in Samsung Galaxy Y?","text":"Actually I had the haptic feedback option enabled by default when I bought the Samsung Galaxy Y mobile. But it seems that somebody has changed the Settings. So I would like to know how to enable haptic feedback in Samsung Galaxy Y? But I need it badly. Anybody please help out. Thanks in advance."} {"id":"57128","title":"Lost data after upgrading Android from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2","text":"I have upgraded my Android from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2, and i lost all my contacts and data. How do I recover the lost data?"} {"id":"57125","title":"Android 4.4: How to get the Easter Egg and unlock the Dessert Case daydream?","text":"Similar to Android 4.2\/4.3 easter eggs, does 4.4 KitKat have similar or other ones?"} {"id":"57122","title":"Recent vs Running vs Downloaded apps","text":"What happens when you: 1. Swipe out an app from Recent section? 2. Stop an running app by going into Running section? 3. Force stop an app by going into Downloaded section? Even if you remove an app from Recent section and stop it by going to Running section, you can see the `Force Stop` button is enabled for app in Downloaded section. Why is it so? What kind of processes are running for that app?"} {"id":"65765","title":"Truly hands-free voice recording over bluetooth","text":"I know that there are lots of \"voice recorder\" apps out there. Some of them will let you record using your bluetooth headset instead of the built-in mic. However, all the ones I have looked at say things like \"tap the button to start recording\". This defeats the purpose of what I am trying to do, which is to record thoughts I have while I am out and about walking, biking, driving, etc. when I can reach up and hit a button on my bluetooth phone, but I am not able to stop, pull my phone out of wherever I have it stashed, take off my gloves so I can touch the screen, power up the device, enter my lock code, jump to the record app if needed, and tap to start recording. By the time I have done that I have lost my train of thought, and wasted a lot of time. Voice activated recording is probably not going to work, because, even though my headset has some degree of wind cancellation, there is a lot of ambient noise from time to time. I can use voice commands, which is still a bit of a pain but at least keeps me mostly hands free, that is, I can tap the button on my headset, say \"activate\" and my headset will connect to the phone and bring up voice commands. However, I am not sure what I would do next. The commands offered are things like \"Go To << Shortcut >>\", and \"Check << Item >>\" - these are the only two that seems remotely related to what I am trying to do. I assume that maybe if I said something like \"Go To Voice Recorder\" it might open up the voice recorder, but I couldn't get it to work and am not sure what it expects for << Shortcut >>. Even then, assuming that part would work, I would need to have some way of telling the app to start recording, for instance, if the shortcut was not just the app but a full-blown intent. I am not sure how I would set that up. There is also the question of how to stop it, but hopefully hitting the headset button again would work as that already as a similar function while on a phone call. Am I on the right track here? Is there some kind of app that will help me out here? One thing I don't understand is, does the app have to explicitly support bluetooth audio for this to work? I would think the OS (Android) would abstract away the input source, yet some apps explicitly claim Bluetooth support (even going so far as to only support it in the for-pay version) while others don't say anything about it."} {"id":"73217","title":"Remove Gapps from cyanogenmod 11","text":"people I just installed Cyanogenmod from the installer on my Samsung galaxy s4 and it came with Google-apps Pre-installed. Now i'm not a big fan of Google so i want to get rid of Google-apps how can i do this i know i can flash free-cyan this removes Google analysis and stuff but does not remove Google-apps can someone please tell me how i can remove them. I got root so hopefully someone can help me. Greetings, Nick"} {"id":"61861","title":"Galaxy S3 (GT-I9305) \/Android 4.3 - Calendar update button lost","text":"I updated my S3 (9305) to Android 4.3 \"JellyBean\" and it lost update button (the round arrow) from the calendar app. So now at least my outlook updates don't sync from the server to the phone. How can I sync the calendar without the button??"} {"id":"35452","title":"How do you delete thousands of text messages at once?","text":"I have a HTC vivid and need to delete about 30,000 texts. Every time I try to do it, it freezes my phone. The same thing happens when I try to create a backup."} {"id":"60191","title":"Black line when moving app for other home screen (Default Nexus)","text":"When I move some app from my homescreen, just from the right to de left, this black line appears, tried to restore the phone. Using default Nexus 4, Android 4.4.2. ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/FFPXXm.jpg) Screenshot (click to enlarge)"} {"id":"69641","title":"How do I stop the home button from waking my Samsung Galaxy S5?","text":"I've only had my Samsung Galaxy S5 for about a week now. I've been mowing the lawn whilst listening to music. Every so often, the music would stutter or skip to the next track. When I took my phone out of my pocket, it was still locked, but awake. And on the lock screen whilst playing music are controls to pause and skip tracks. So I'm guessing that the home button is being pressed by my leg and the controls on the screen are being pressed. Is there some way of making it so that the home button does not wake the device, or at least not when it's in my pocket?!"} {"id":"60198","title":"Application unpublished from Google Play Store but user still can add their review","text":"I just came across such a strange thing from Google Play Store . I unpublished my application from Google play store 3 days ago. But i see users still adding their reviews. I cannot understand how Google is accepting their review even if my application is not on Google Play Store. Its very strange to me about Google. Can anyone unveil this secret of Google ! :)"} {"id":"63423","title":"Unix utilities (cat, grep, ls etc.) for Android?","text":"I'm transitioning to _one_ folder with many (txt-)files, adapting (letters instead of symbols, lowercase only, no spaces) Merlin Manns txt-setup. With `cat`, `grep`, `head` and other Unix-utilities, it's better than a folder structure. I use this on Ubuntu, storing the files in my Dropbox-folder. I'd like to have the same functionality on Android, but have come up empty handed. They don't have to be the same tools, and if I can only cover _part_ of the functionality, that's a great start. How can I get this (or similar) functionality?"} {"id":"63424","title":"Android browser red lines at the bottom and right side","text":"When using chromium I get a red line at the bottom and right side (Not the square red frame set by strict mode), within the rendered web page when viewing some pages requiring WebGL. What does it mean? It usually doesn't appear right away when loading the site and takes a while but even after it appears, the WebGL apps seem to continue working properly. An example of such a site is http:\/\/webglsamples.googlecode.com\/hg\/lots-o- images\/index.html."} {"id":"21215","title":"Is There A Way To Be Notified About Google Play (Android Marketplace) Discounts?","text":"Is there a website or even Android app that keeps its subscribers updated of any possible promotions\/discounts going on at Google Play (previously Android Market)? I hate to miss the train."} {"id":"43615","title":"External keyboard behaviour: \"I replaced by Ï and so on","text":"When trying to write using an external (USB) keyboard, any combination of [(speech marks)(letter)] results in conversion of the character pair to the umlaut version, if it exists (if there is no version, nothing happens). Same issue happens when trying to use a Bluetooth keyboard. Turning off auto- punctuate\/correct makes no difference. This issue doe not exist when using the onscreen keyboard. This appears to be global; anywhere I type that kind of thing I get that behavior. Device: Samsung Galaxy Note II running 4.1.2, not rooted. I have done some searching, but have not found this issue mentioned so far anywhere, any ideas?"} {"id":"43617","title":"Applications forget setting in every boot","text":"I have an android tablet with ICS version. The model is not popular. The brand is something like a Greek bestbuy.com shop. But the hardware is enough good. Nvidia tegra 3, good resolution and ram. My problem is that when I don't use the tablet I shut it down. But then I reopen it some apps don't remember my login credentials or other settings. These apps is facebook, Microsoft OneNote, Tasks for MS exchange, Skydrive or Skype. What kind of problem is that? I mean is a application bug, android or model bug?"} {"id":"81027","title":"How can I change the popup key options after holding a keyboard button on my Sony Ericsson x10 Mini Pro?","text":"This question has been asked before on android.stackexchange.com, but the OP found a solution to his problem without answering this question. I have a Sony Ericsson x10 Mini Pro. I'm using the hardware keyboard with the default Android input method (so not the Sony Ericsson input method). When I hold the `E` key, a popup shows with symbols with accents. I want to change the `Ê` option to a `€`. How can I get this done? ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/yFDtc.png)"} {"id":"43619","title":"Uninstalling app from specific device only","text":"Is there a way to remove an app from only one device when using the same account over two devices? I've just got a tablet - which is currently syncing settings and downloading all the apps that I have obtained from the market on my phone. I won't need all these apps and would like to remove some from just the tablet (but leave them available for restore on the phone etc). Is this possible? Does the phone have an independent \"installed app\" list to the tablet? Thanks."} {"id":"68062","title":"Lenovo IdeaTab A1000 not supporting addtional Language?","text":"I'm using Lenovo IdeaTab A1000 and tried to display a text in malayalam. I found out that it doesn't have the language pack pre-installed. So I tried downloading a malayalam keyboard which was a success. But the problem is that when I type in some text using the malayalam keyboard I'm not able to see the text on the screen. OS- Android - 4.1.2 Is there a problem with my tablet or with the lenovo OS? and are there any alternative to solve this problem ? Please help me guys. Thanks."} {"id":"68067","title":"How to unbrick my micromax canvas fun a63?","text":"My friend installed chain fire 3 D on my phone(rooted), when it restarted its stuck on the book loading icon. I can get into the system recover mode (Stock recovery mode) but USB debugging is not enabled and i haven't installed Clock Work Recovery Mode , So don't know any other method to flash my phone with the stock ROM nor any other custom ROM. How can i brick it???"} {"id":"60735","title":"Does Android Jelly Bean 4.1 Support Microphone Audio Input from mini USB Headset?","text":"Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 (WiFi) 16Gb device running Android Jelly Bean 4.1 This tablet has a 3.5mm jack for stereo audio out. No microphone jack. At least this is the way I'm reading the specs: http:\/\/www.samsung.com\/uk\/consumer\/mobile- devices\/tablets\/tablets\/SM-T2100ZWABTU I want to run Skype on this tablet https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.skype.raider I have used Skype in my Win7 laptop with a USB headset for years with great results - high quality phone calls; as good as my home land-line phone and far better than magic jack. Has anyone used this tablet in this configuration before or something close? Successfully?"} {"id":"58347","title":"How to automatically send an SMS if a call is missed?","text":"Due to a busy schedule, missed call are a constant, and many times the person calling insists on keep calling until I answer. The ideia is to automatically send an SMS with a pre-defined message to let the caller know that I'm on the phone or otherwise busy, and that I will be returning the call as soon as possible. So, how can I send an automatic SMS for missed calls?"} {"id":"25491","title":"Certificate Install without mandatory PIN lockscreen","text":"Google Support says: > The type of lock that's acceptable may be predetermined by your system > administrator. Where I can define what's acceptable? I can regenerate the certificate if needed. So I can use slide lockscreen again. (I'm using CM9 RC1, Android 4.0.4)"} {"id":"58345","title":"Set web proxy in Cyanogenmod?","text":"Since the Android port of the Privoxy web filter isn't actively supported, I'm thinking of installing it on a Linux host at home, and configure the web browsers (Dolphin and Chrome) on my Android phone to hit it first for some on- the-fly filtering. I've moved to Cyanogenmod and was wondering how to configure the phone so that all web browsers go through a remote proxy. Thank you."} {"id":"54641","title":"How to make incoming SIP calls work on Android 4.x?","text":"I have a SIP account which I entered into the \"Internet Call Settings\" of the native android phone app. I am able to place outgoing SIP calls, but no luck with the incoming ones. I am new to the SIP subject, so I was wondering what I am missing and a description how incoming SIP works would be a plus! **Info:** * Phone: Nexus 4 * OS: Android 4.3 * SIP Provider: didlogic (sip.didlogic.net) * Google voice account: available Feel free to ask for more info. I want to figure this thing out. **EDIT:** I am on t-mobile $30 unlimited data and text plan, in case it makes any difference, but it still does not work when im at home on wi-fi. **EDIT 2:** Let me ask this: How does the inbound SIP work? Does the phone or wi-fy needs to constantly listen for a signal at the port 5060 or is the phone does a simple alike keep-alive connection with the SIP server in the background?"} {"id":"54648","title":"chrome:\/\/downloads\/ does not available in Google Chrome for Android","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab s2 and Google Chrome for Android is compatible with my Tab, so I install it . I click on link to download a video file , Google chrome showed a toast message that the downloading had been started. However, after this toast , i didn't find where Chrome Download the file . i query ; `chrome:\/\/downloads` , browser displays `\"This web page is not available \"`"} {"id":"54649","title":"number of pattern matching attempt in android 2.3(Maxx msd7)","text":"When i start my phone(Maxx msd7),i am getting \"number of invalid pattern matching attempts\" error in android 2.3.I am trying to perform factory reset at starup. I got the recovery menu at startup by pressing volume - button but i am not getting Factory reset option over there. * TEST ITEM * TEST ALL * CLEAR FLASH options are there. What should i do.?"} {"id":"62773","title":"Android tablet does not receive notifications when screen is off","text":"I have a Ainol Novo 7 Aurora v3 tablet using unofficial ROM, rooted, CM10. Android OS version is 4.1.2, and I found that it cannot receive notifications such as WhatsApp. After the screen is turned on, notifications are received. * Wi-Fi Settings > Advanced > Always ON * valid Wi-Fi Internet connection is connected How can I resolve the issue ? * * * **Update** I found a thread about this issue, and I verified the issue is happening on my device with ping tool. When the screen is off, ping is immediately timed out. However, Android 4.1.2 does not have the `\/system\/etc\/wifi\/WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini` file. I'm stuck."} {"id":"82487","title":"i accidentally locked my phone(samsung galaxy fame)in android device manager,now i get black screen only..how can i unlock it","text":"i accidentally lock my phone(samsung galaxy fame) in android device manager,now i get black screen only..how can i unlock my device? Meanwhile, I realised I've done wrong enabling the remote lock when I later got my device rebooted! Phone was on, but all I get is a black screen. I cannot unlock or perform any operation as there are no optional suggestions provided to get it unlocked or deactivated by the user. What can I do to access my device again?"} {"id":"68676","title":"CyanogenMod and soft buttons issue when in fullscreen","text":"I've recently been having a problem with my android phone. After rooting and installing cyanogenmod, I started applying a few themes. Now, fullscreen or landscape APD appear to mess up the soft buttons. I can't press them properly either. Even after restoring to the system theme, the problem still persists. Here's a screenshot to show you: ![screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/xC6v3m.png) Screenshot (click image for larger variant)"} {"id":"48708","title":"Auto-sync data turns itself off randomly","text":"On my Nexus 4, sync turns itself off randomly. Almost once a day, the option **Settings > Data usage > Auto-sync data** gets silently unchecked. My Nexus 4 is brand new, and I have not installed any apps that I think would interfere with system settings. This is very annoying because I cannot rely on sync at all; I frequently miss important emails etc. Manual syncing is not an option."} {"id":"48709","title":"Read phone state and identity","text":"I've looked at many (not all) of the dozens of links here. Is there a list that explains the risks involved with each granted application permission type? Most of these are not worth the time to read and just regurgitate using the same vague, indeterminate descriptions already used by the phone. I've googled for specifics, but can find no detailed information on this privacy warning. Please don't reply with generic blog articles and endless lists of links. _**I'm looking for one hard core detailed reference on this warning:_** # Read phone state and identity Here's what mine says: 1. Allows the application to access the phone features of the device... What specifically is a \"phone feature\" and what is not? Is wifi a phone feature, text message stack, etc 2. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone... Right. This is clear. 3. Whether a call is active... Understood. 4. The number that the call is connected to... Is this giving the company permission to spy on my friends? 5. and the like... Yep, it really says this. Please define \"the like\". Obviously #1, #4 and #5 are the things that concern me - the language of this warning says that the game developer gets access to all the identity information of anyone who calls you... And the like. Therefore, to me, it clearly says you are exposing yourself and your contacts to spammers and worse. And it looks like the app can scoop up your contacts whether you are playing the game or not. In other words, unless you are willing to give the developer the identities\/contact info of anyone who calls you (or you call), subjecting them to spam or worse, you should not d\/l the app. Correct?"} {"id":"345","title":"How do you link to applications in the Android market?","text":"When posting app links, I'm always using a link on Cyrket or AppBrain -- becuase I can't get a link to anything in the official Android Market. But I have seen some links out there for use w\/ Android itself ( ''market:\/\/'' protocol ): market:\/\/details?id=de.schildbach.oeffi (as seen @ Android Dev Studio) Is it possible to web-link to apps in the Market so that a non-Android user can link to the appropriate Market page in a non-Android web browser?"} {"id":"59438","title":"Is Google collecting data when I use the standard mail app?","text":"When I use the Android mail app (not the Gmail app) with my own email provider, are the mail addresses I communicate with also synced to Google somehow? or is Google collecting any oft that data?"} {"id":"59439","title":"How do i make the kindle application on my smartphone work for the books from the \"My kindle content\" folder of my laptop?","text":"I have transferred several books from the \"My kindle content\" folder of my laptop to my smartphone. I'm unable to view theses books in the kindle app on my smartphone. Any information will be highly appreciated."} {"id":"78773","title":"LG P880 sound problem","text":"I have LG P880. The problem with my phone is that when someone is calling me, the phone doesn't ring. I receive the call, but no sounds at all. Does anyone have the same problem? Or what should I do?"} {"id":"78776","title":"How do I store apps or app data on internal sd card with Android 4.4.x (Kit Kat)?","text":"Is there an officially supported way without third party extensions or hacks to store applications or some application data on SD card storage instead of internal storage? I see a bunch of empty app directories on the sd card in the sdcard1\/Android\/obb and sdcard1\/Android\/data directories, but all the actual data is in internal storage. I'm using CyanogenMod 11 M9, based on Android 4.4.4. In the past, I could go to Settings -> Apps, pick an app, and there was a \"Move to SD Card\" button. Now, this button isn't present for any of my apps, even those with large data files."} {"id":"55199","title":"How do I get this iTunes song on an Android device?","text":"I want to buy this song, but it appears it's only offered on iTunes. I have no idea if it's DRM protected or not, I just want it on my Moto X. * What are the most direct and straigtforward steps to determine _if_ I can put this song on my device, and how I can do it? I would like to purchase the song directly from my phone, but I have both a PC and a Mac"} {"id":"55191","title":"Do not see synchronized \"My calendar\" on Android 4.1.2 phone in Google Calendar web interface","text":"I have added new event in Gapps \"Calendar\" application (Google Calendar) on my Android 4.1.2 phone. This event got added to \"My calendar\" calendar (and I **cannot change** this which calendar this event belongs to **after creation** ). Though \"My calendar\" is selected both in _Calendars to display_ and _Calendars to sync_ it is not visible in Google Calendar web interface: https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/ Where this \"My calendar\" is sync'ed to? Can I add it to be visible from web interface (does it have and URL)? How can I copy or move event to my main personal Google Calendar calendar (\"Jakub Narebski <...@gmail.com>\")? * * * I see that I should have added the first event by using Menu > New event rather than clicking on timeline. How can I copy it to other calendar?"} {"id":"79429","title":"Icon remains in drawer after removing stock app","text":"I removed Google Drive from system\/app using Root Explorer. However, when I check the app drawer, the icon is still there. (When I removed other system apps like samsung's ChatOn, the icon disappeared). I wish to remove other google apps I don't need\/use, but I dont want to leave a bunch of nonfunctional icons in the drawer. What am I doing wrong?"} {"id":"34668","title":"In using a VNC to control a computer, is it possible to have the cursor go to where you touch?","text":"I don't have an Android device, but I'm thinking of getting a Nexus tablet, and using android-vnc-viewer to make the Nexus an input device to control the PC, and provide faster cursor movement\/text editing. Both screens would be a mirror of each other. From VNC videos that I see on YouTube, such as in this video, after optionally zooming in, you can touch the screen, and slide it to move the view. However, the cursor remains centered. The cursor seems to only move when you touch a button\/control. Once I'm happy with the view, can I lock it? Screen touches would then just move the cursor to where I touch. I already know of text manipulation commands once a cursor is within text such as words, sentences, or paragraphs; I'd rather not have to double tap to move the cursor and select, as I have some RSI (repetitive strain injuries)\/Tendinosis. Thanks for any information."} {"id":"67851","title":"Device Chooser cannot detect Droid Maxx?","text":"I am trying to run a \"Hello World\" app on my Motorola Droid Maxx. I am using Eclipse with the ADT bundle under Ubuntu 14.0.4. I am able to run the app on my old device, a Samsung Droid Charge, but when I try to select my new device using the Android Device Chooser, it tells me that the target is unknown. I have enabled USB debugging, and I have checked \"Connect as Media device (MTP)\". What is the next step to resolve this issue?"} {"id":"34665","title":"Unfortunately, contacts has stopped Galaxy note 1 stock firmware","text":"I'm running stock android version - 4.0.4 with baseband N7000DDLR1. Received a minor update today in India(14.5MB) which said a performance update. Everything worked fine after the update. However, my contacts and phone applications have stopped working. When I tried opening any of these apps I get \"Unfortunately, contacts has stopped\". I have cleared the cache\/data of contacts, contacts storage, phone. I even did a factory reset twice; removed the memory card and tried the same. Problem persists. PS. I have never rooted \/ installed custom firmware. Kindly help."} {"id":"66102","title":"After - Turn on USB storage.... External Card is not accessible","text":"When I turn on USB. Internal memory is accessible but having issues with external card. Even after turn off. No app is working, installed on External memory. Rebooting device will make everything normal again. Please Help."} {"id":"61455","title":"Default Phone Dialer","text":"I use Samsung Galaxy S2, Currently running on 4.1.2 JellyBean. I have downloaded an App called, 'Espier Dialer iOS 7' and I want that to be my default Dialer. I tried to goto Application Manager > Clear Defaults for Phone and tried to make this app my Default Dialer application, but the selection only shows 'Phone' and 'Skype' Any help guys?"} {"id":"61454","title":"Added simulated external display in Developer Settings and can't boot now","text":"Got my S3 Mini with CM11 stuck at boot after adding external display simulation in Developer Settings. Just after that UI froze and I had to reboot. After that it freezes on \"Android is upgrading\" popup and the progress circle isn't even running. I tried going to Safe Mode but the only difference is that the progress circle is running all the time but nothing happens for another hour. Logcat says something like this: I\/DisplayManagerService( 2137): Display device added: DisplayDeviceInfo{\"Nak┼éadka nr 1\": 720 x 480, 60.000004 fps, density 160, 160.0 x 160.0 dpi, touch NONE, rotation 0, type OVERLAY, FLAG_SECURE, FLAG_PRESENTATION} E\/gralloc ( 1671): gralloc_alloc: gralloc_alloc_framebuffer (google) failed, Out of memory E\/FramebufferNativeWindow( 1671): fb buffer 0 allocation failed w=480, h=800, err=Out of memory Is there any way to remove the additional display without having to do data wipe? I have full access to ADB and recovery. Just this one thing stops Android to boot further."} {"id":"28104","title":"At what application size does android add the WiFi tag to it?","text":"In the Google Play Store, when an app is too large in size, a \"WiFi\" tag is mentioned next to the app name. That way the user can know that the download is heavy. At what application size does Android add the WiFi tag to apps ?"} {"id":"28100","title":"\"Android OS\" is continuously downloading something in the background, how can I stop that?","text":"My HTC One V (on 4.0 ICS) seems to be continuously downloading something even when it's inactive, and it's using the battery abnormally fast. My data usage graph: ![data usage graph](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/lXTog.png) (click to enlarge) On the first picture, the brown line is for the \"Android OS\" element, which as you can see is responsible for at least 60% of the data consumption. I don't know what Android is downloading, but it does it continuously and it has a big effect on my battery's life. When I disable mobile data, the battery usage line becomes flat (see second picture). How can I check what exactly \"Android OS\" is doing? And how can I disable this activity? Here is the battery usage graph. As you can see, the line became flat when I've disabled mobile data. ![battery usage graph](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/HWRHE.png) (click to enlarge)"} {"id":"22763","title":"Relationship between a recovery and a ROM","text":"As far as I understand: Recoveries (e.g. ClockworkMod) can be used, among other things, to install new versions of the Android OS, like custom ROMs (e.g. CyanogenMod) by updating the ROM section which contains the Android OS firmware. Recoveries are entered by shutting down the phone and powering it up by pressing special button combinations, so the phone doesn't enter the regular OS, but instead activates the recovery section. Now, from that I expecte that the Recovery is something like the boot system on a PC (e.g. GRUB), that is separate from the actual OS, and activated when there is trouble getting into the OS. And because it's not a part of the OS, it can be used to update the OS itself. However, what I'm confused about is this: The guide to installing CyanogenMod on GT-S5570 says that _\"The official Android 2.3 update from Samsung must be applied before following this guide.\"_ Another guide for flashing the ClockworkMod recovery on GT-S5570 also says that if you have 2.2 on the phone, you have to use a _different version_ of ClockworkMod recovery, than if you have 2.3. **What is the relationship between these two, a recovery and the Android OS?** Further: Is a different version of the recovery really needed for different OS versions? Is this something specific to ClockworkMod, or is it how Andoroid's recovery system works always? If a recovery can be used to update the OS to a different version, does the recovery then become invalid after the update?"} {"id":"75939","title":"How to prevent specific apps from using mobile data?","text":"So there are some mobile apps that love to use lots of mobile data, and sometimes use it when the wifi signal isn't good (e.g. Spotify). Which then leads to a nasty surprising spike in data usage during those times. My phone is rooted, btw."} {"id":"22765","title":"Can anyone explain to me what the % really refers to in the Android system, battery usage?","text":"I am wondering what the different percentages really refer to in the battery usage section. I mean...in total I see more than a 100%. So it is easy to presume that it doest mean a certain percent out of 100%."} {"id":"22768","title":"Rooting GT-i9100G under linux","text":"What is the safest method to root a Samsung Galaxy S 2 i9100 **G** under a GNU\/Linux system? (ArchLinux). I am a programmer (without android programming experience, only desktop and web), it does not need to be \"one click away\", but the method has to be safe **and you've tried it** and it works. I have adb installed and it works, if rooting the phone involves using it too. Android version: 2.3.6 Baseband version: i9100gxxkl4 Build number: gingerbread.xxlb1"} {"id":"77689","title":"Google Authenticator and Switching or Resetting your Phone","text":"My phone isn't working so well, so I'd like to factory reset it. However, I use Google Authenticator for a number of different websites. How can I resume using it after I rest my phone? Can I wipe my phone even if I use it for 2-step verification? Discusses editing 2-factor settings for Google, but I don't want to change the settings for all my different accounts on different sites. How To Geek has a post on using Titanium backup, but is there a simpler way?"} {"id":"73309","title":"Cm11 - Sdcard0 Not Mounting Anymore","text":"I've updated to CM11 yesterday on my i911 and everything was working fine but today, after rebooting the phone the sdcard0 didn't mount again and the external SD card now is dead, I can't even open it on my pc. I've tried using cwm and it mounts ok (i think), but after rebooting I didn't see it. Also I tried with this command over the Terminal emulator (didn't work): su echo mkdir \/storage\/sdcard0 > \/data\/local\/userinit.sh chmod 700 \/data\/local\/userinit.sh reboot Can anyone help me to mount again the sdcard0?"} {"id":"73305","title":"How to move TextSecure texts to regular Message folder?","text":"I'm wanting to remove TextSecure from my Samsung Galaxy S3. But I'd also like to keep the messages that are in the app. Is there any way to export those messages so that they can be imported to the default messaging service on the phone?"} {"id":"25964","title":"Samsung Galaxy S3 - after AT&T over the wire update - google search doesn't find installed apps","text":"I just purchased a Galaxy S III from AT&T, and only after a few days, I got a pushed, forced update from AT&T (not stating what it does, just \" **AT &T Software update**\" version: \" **V3_1205_2_2** \") I didn't notice any change for a few hours, until I wanted to search for an app (menu - search) Up until the update (still innocent till proven guilty, but looks more than circumstantial evidence) as in any android phone, the built in google search would search and find all installed apps, However after that update (and again, it could be something else, but I can't think what it is) it stopped working. Google search (which is the built in device search) only shows web results and bookmarks Am I the only one experiencing it? if so I'll just return it to AT&T and get another, as much as re-installing everything gives me a headache just thinking about it. If I'm not the only one, then is it indeed a bug in AT&T's anonymous, rude, forcing itself on you, update?"} {"id":"31850","title":"automatically turning on usb mass storage when usb is connected","text":"Majority if not all times when I plug in my USB I want to use the USB Mass Storage functionality thus I was wondering there is a way to enable USB Mass Storage once a USB is connected."} {"id":"53568","title":"Galaxy s2 is recognised by computer but doesn't charge","text":"This is an odd one but today I noticed by S2 wasn't charging while plugged in. I tried connecting it to the computer and it came up as a media device as normal but still didn't charge, the battery percentage went down until it was 0% and the phone shut off. Is there any way I can fix this myself?"} {"id":"55225","title":"Unable to mount SD card to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS","text":"Can anybody explain how to mount ICS\/Jellybean on Ubuntu 12.04 without rooting? When I connect my phone, it goes into charging mode, however, I can't mount the phone memory\/sdcard to my Ubuntu system. On Windows virtual machine, it works just fine! Please help!"} {"id":"32623","title":"How does Google Play determine the region on a tablet without SIM card","text":"I know Google Play uses SIM card to determine the region on cell phones. And I know Market Unlocker and Market Enabler. How does Google Play determine your region on a tablet without SIM card? And how to change it? I have access to IP address where Google Play is available. And I own a credit card whose billing address is in a country where Google Play paid apps are available."} {"id":"51768","title":"Google's photo sphere functionality for Samsung TouchWiz phone?","text":"My vanilla Android tablet (4.2\/4.3) has this very fun feature in the camera app, that allows easily creating StreetView-like 360° composite pictures. My Samsung TouchWiz phone (4.2) does not have this same feature in camera app. Is there a way to get it?"} {"id":"56754","title":"Disable images in Chrome for Android","text":"I want to save some bandwidth for my mobile data plan, is there a way I can disable loading images for Google Chrome, the way I can for Opera Mini for example? I couldn't find an option in the settings."} {"id":"13335","title":"How can I tell if I have root?","text":"I've been attempting to root my phone (Samsung Intercept M910, but that probably doesn't matter). How can I tell that I have actually, successfully gained root? I've run a few apps which require root, and some work and some don't, so I'm unclear if I've gained root or not."} {"id":"24345","title":"How do I know if my device is rooted?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I tell if I have root? I am a noob when it comes to android. I've read a little about rooting, but I still haven't figured out how to know if my device is already rooted or not (I bought it from a questionable store, so I don't want to just take their word for it). I have a Galaxy S2, but I think this question is relevant for any android device."} {"id":"56750","title":"Dropbox storage of Word file","text":"My 100 page document was completely reformatted when I opened it from Dropbox on my Samsung Note 2, using the native Dropbox program. Every line was made into a separate line, rather than part of a paragraph. Lines were broken in the middle of words. This a MAJOR issue. What's wrong?"} {"id":"75687","title":"I rooted my phone. None of my apps can access the Internet","text":"I know there were similar threads, but non of them fit my situation. I have had **Samsung Galaxy S3** for 2 weeks. After I **rooted** my phone using **Kingo Android Root** none of my apps could connect to the Internet except Browser. Only tried on wifi. I **tried** to delete\/edit **hosts.txt** , but it didn't work. My **another attempt** was to sync Google, but some of the checked things **didn't** want to **sync**. After I **unroot** my phone everything **works fine**. **@edit** Did it with your **AutoRoot** method. All apps have **access** to the Internet **except** those, that are **Google- related** , for example: Google Play, Google Remote Desktop. **@edit2** Everything works **fine** if I use **3G**. When I switch to WiFi it can't connect again. **@edit3** For some reason I've set proxy in my Wifi and after i deleted it everything works FINE. THANKS FOR HELP."} {"id":"53560","title":"Mobile Data only working when used as hotspot","text":"I recently bought a HTC One. Everything worked fine including mobile-data and Wifi. Until I once used my phone as Hotspot for my laptop. The whole time while using the hotspot I had working internet on both my phone and laptop. But the next day (hotpost disabled), I couldn't get the mobile- data to work. I don't get an error, it just doesn't load. Wifi connections still work. Now I tried reenabling hotspot and to my surprise it works. I now have internet on the laptop but NOT on the phone. It seems that somehow the mobile-data will only work when the phone is used as hotspot. What have I done wrong? Android 4.2.2"} {"id":"29353","title":"I don't know how to sync contacts between my phonebook on Samsung Galaxy Europa i5500 and Gmail?","text":"I am the new one with android samsung-europa, and I need help. All my options for syncing with Gmail acc. and my phonebook on my Europa are checked. But it doesn't seem to sync them. I did it manually ( copied contacts on SD card then copied them to my PC and then uploaded them to gmail). But later, as I am adding my new contacts (on my Phone, or SIM, or Gmail) it doesn't sync them :( . Do I need to download some application to force syncing or what???"} {"id":"27308","title":"Looking for a way to shrink the size of MP3 files","text":"I have a lot of MP3 files on my phone and I would like to re-size them to save space. (Note: I do not want to trim the audio file.) I know I may lose some quality, but it is fine. What is the best way to do this? Perhaps an app? (Free is preferred)"} {"id":"54698","title":"Moto X has 5 models with different LTE bands. Does it matter which one I get?","text":"I want to purchase an LTE phone for use with T-Mobile. According to Wikipedia model XT1053 is what I need... however it uses LTE bands that many of the other phones don't use. * What is an LTE band? * If I purchase model XT1055 and use it on TMobile will I only use LTE band 4, and the other ones are unused? * Is there an impact on battery life if using a phone that has a different LTE band then expected by the network? * Is it correct to say that these LTE bands are hard coded into the phone and can't be changed?"} {"id":"33178","title":"Different wallpaper for each homescreen?","text":"I'd like to be able to have a different wallpaper for each homescreen. I found a live wallpaper that lets you do this. Is there a more efficient\/less cumbersome way?"} {"id":"33172","title":"Uninstalled apps still show up on \"Apps installed on\" in Google Play Store","text":"I already uninstalled the unwanted applications from my device, but they still show up on \" **Apps installed on** \" in my Google Play account. Does it mean that the apps I got rid of are still stored in my phone?"} {"id":"18111","title":"How can I do development on my Android device?","text":"I have a pretty long commute to work and own an android phone. I figure it would be nice to do some simple programming on the way. I'm not picky on which language to code on. I usually have an internet connection on the train. I've been looking through the android market but haven't found any apps that offer a \"development environment\" or an editor with a compiler. Is any development ON the Android possible? Does an app for this exist?"} {"id":"11812","title":"Is it possible to program on a Honeycomb tablet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I do development on my Android device? I was wondering if there are apps making it possible to program on an Android tablet? I know it's not the best \"work tool\" out there, but I was wanting to get one, and was wondering if it's also possible to get some work done with it. 1. Is there some IDE app available for PHP or JavaScript? 2. Is it possible to program compiler based languages using some sort of IDE (like C++)?"} {"id":"20118","title":"Code\/Program Java on Kindle Fire","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I do development on my Android device? OK, so I've just got a new Kindle Fire (which I love), and I've been wondering: **Can I develop Java programs on my Kindle?** Is this even possible? Can a Gingerbread tablet do this? I am looking for an offline solution. _Note: This is not a programming question, so it would be off-topic on any other SE site_"} {"id":"17114","title":"Programming IDE on Transformer","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Is it possible to program on a Honeycomb tablet? since Transformer has nice resolution (1280x800) and hardware keyboard I am wondering if I can install some programming IDE on it. Not just text books (they are all around the Market) but some serious programming application with syntax hilit, intellisense etc. Any tips?"} {"id":"44600","title":"syncing markup\/word notes over dropbox?","text":"hi i'd like to have the following functionality: * putting a file into my dropbox (html,wordformat) - which i'm editing from my PC * android app for acessing that file (desktop shortcut), display html\/word-format + edit any ideas? currently i'm using a textfile which i can edit with the default android- editor, but markup would be better :) thanks"} {"id":"7002","title":"Optimus V music player starts playing unexpectedly, solution?","text":"I have an Optimus V, and I have the default music widget on the desktop. Recently it started playing unexpectedly after I paused it. It could be in the middle of the night and more frequently during the day. Because of this I have to turn it off during the night. Any advice on how to keep the music player from playing unexpectedly."} {"id":"7006","title":"Adb push does not work","text":"When I run the command adb push file.txt \/flash\/Data it writes this error message failed to copy 'file.txt' to '\/flash\/Data': Read-only file system I tried to solve it according to this page http:\/\/android- tricks.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/mount-filesystem-read-write.html but with no success. Could you navigate me and solve the problem? thank you"} {"id":"33282","title":"Once installed, how do I activate Firebug in Mobile Firefox?","text":"I went to the getfirebug.com web site, where I was able to install Firebug under Firefox 1.10.6 (the Beta version of Firefox from the Play store). It said the install was successful. Now what? How do I activate Firebug? There are no new icons that I can click on like there are on the desktop version, and long-clicking on the page isn't doing anything either. I see no new menu options either. In the add-ons menu I see Firebug, but it only offers the choice to disable or uninstall, so I know it's there and installed."} {"id":"33287","title":"Using an android display with HDMI\/RCA inputs?","text":"I am currently trying to use the Raspberry Pi to build a small device. Part of this project involves using a screen of some sort, and it needs to be small. Since Android displays are the right size, it seems like they might have HDMI or RCA inputs because they're commonly used. Is it true these displays have these inputs?"} {"id":"18685","title":"Will any Micro SD card work in an HTC Desire?","text":"I've bought my friend's HTC Desire off him, but it doesn't have an SD card. Should I buy just any Micro SD card, or do I need to get one specifically made for the HTC Desire? Is there anything else I need to know?"} {"id":"740","title":"Is there a way to have Adobe Flash displayed in Android 2.0?","text":"Are there any custom players or plug-ins or something like that?"} {"id":"20456","title":"Trying to use a USB adaptor to connect keyboard","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can you connect USB devices to an Android phone? I have an Android 2.3 tablet with a micro-USB port. I want to connect a keyboard, but it has a full-size USB connector. I purchased an adaptor, however this does not work. The tablet port is working as I have tested it and so does the keyboard. Is there a solution?"} {"id":"47866","title":"How to backup Windows 6.5 \/HTC HD2\/ data and transfer it to Android 4.2 \/Samsung Galaxy S4","text":"I have a HTC HD2 \/ Windows 6.5 \/ several years. A week ago I got a Samsung Galaxy S4 \/ Android 4.2 \/. My question is what program I could make a backup of the old phone, so I can restore them to the new. Thanks in advance for all the help."} {"id":"5704","title":"Handle private\/company wiki from an Android phone","text":"I'm currently using the Oddmuse wiki to document things, both personal and work related. What I'd like to do is to find an Android app along with a wiki engine which enables me to read and make changes to the wiki with my phone. Using only the browser is unintuitive and hard to use. How can I do this? I'd rather use MediaWiki or DokuWiki, but I don't know of any apps which can both display and let me log in to edit the wiki."} {"id":"33827","title":"Excess in use of Packet data after updating Google play store","text":"I have been using Samsung Galaxy Y Duos. Last week I've updated the version of Google Play Store. From that time on, the internet packet data usage has hugely increased, it is consuming a lot of packet data in background and even the battery time had reduced to half of what it was before. I would like to know if there is some issue with the newest version of the Play Store."} {"id":"14562","title":"Are alternative, mostly Asian, Android Markets safe and fair?","text":"I'm getting mailing from various alternative Android markets, mostly from Asian regions (last one from Ndoo Networks), offering hosting of my free Android app. Although broader reach for my app would be certainly better, I still have some questions: * Are these Markets safe? They are getting access to some my credentials, they can distribute something on behalf of my name, like virus, or spam, etc. * Would it be fair for Google to host apps there? I mean Amazon is ok, that's fair competition, but I'm afraid these \"noname\" alternative markets are somehow using unfair benefit of the work of other Does anyone have any good or bad experience with these markets?"} {"id":"14561","title":"Why doesn't my phone support Google + hangouts?","text":"I have Motorola xt502 phone which is a Commtiva z71 variant, running android 2.3.7 CM7.1. I was wondering what is limiting the hangout feature on my phone. Is it because it has arm v6 cpu, the missing front facing camera or memory constraints? GTalk video is also not available on my phone. Any info? Thanks."} {"id":"81595","title":"Simulate missed call from ADB shell","text":"On the adb shell I run the command \"adb -s shell am start -a android.intent.action.CALL -d tel:123456\" to simulate a fake incoming call to my testing device. It works great. But I also want to simulate a missed call from the ADB shell, as I would by telnet with the command \"gsm cancel +123456\", for example. I cannot find anywhere how to do this... Is this even possible with ADB? If so, how? P.S: the command \"adb -s shell input keyevent 6\" is not an answer!"} {"id":"80692","title":"Sharing Linux desktop's wired internet connection using Nexus 5 as access point","text":"## My Hardware * I have an Android phone (Google Nexus 5) running CyanogenMod * I have a desktop computer running Linux connected to the Internet via PCI ethernet card ## My Question I would like to connect the Android device to the desktop computer via USB and use the Android's wifi signal as an access point, sharing the desktop's internet connection with wireless clients. What configuration steps are required on the Android device as well as the Linux system in order to make this work? ## Additional Information Note that this is perhaps not a common setup. I do not want to use the Android's Internet data connection at all. I need the Android device to merely act as a wireless access point, sharing the desktop computer's wired internet connection with other wireless devices. I'm comfortable working with terminal commands, but my knowledge of more advanced networking setups and Android is, admittedly, a bit sketchy. I'm hoping someone out there has the required knowledge to make this work."} {"id":"38102","title":"Problem syncing contacts: HTTP error 500 in logs","text":"I'm trying to find if there's a way to see which HTTP requests are being done on a server. The reason is I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem with contact synchronization. I've been having a problem synchronizing my GMail contacts on my Android phone (Galaxy SIII). The date for the last sync is well over a month ago and the two arrows that rotate to indicate activity are static and permanently present in the Sync settings screen. However, contact data does seem to be synchronized between my phone and the GMail server: new contacts created in one appear in the other, and modifications on one side are then synchronized back to the other. If I press `Cancel sync` I used to get a toast saying that there are temporary problems and to try later (I think the message was \"sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly\"). But now nothing happens when I press `Cancel sync`. Deleting all the Google contact data in the phone and then re-syncing is not an option for two reasons: 1. If the problem is with a contact in the server then it won't fix the issue 2. I don't want to risk losing data that I added on the phone and wasn't sent to the server yet. I turned on developer mode to get ADB logs; the following line seemed the most relevant (repeated 8 times): D\/ContactsSyncAdapter( 2964): IOException: java.io.IOException: received unhandled http error: 500 then followed by D\/SyncManager( 2257): failed sync operation , SyncResult: stats [ numIoExceptions: 8] I think that there are 8 contacts that somehow are not able to be synchronized, but I can't really find out which ones. Finding the HTTP requests that end with a 500 error could potentially reveal which contacts might be causing trouble or more troubleshooting clues. I'd like to avoid rooting my phone, but I do have a full Android SDK and source environment set up. I've tried using DDMS but haven't been able to make it show if\/which requests are being sent to the server."} {"id":"38101","title":"Error when trying to use adb shell in recovery mode","text":"I have a Chinese phone which I've been unable to install ClockworkMod on. I decided to try booting into recovery mode to manually backup\/restore the system partition. However, if I plug my phone into my PC while it's in recovery mode and issue the command adb shell it says: exec '\/system\/bin\/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) I can only do very limited tasks, like `adb ls \/` to see the filesystem, but nothing else. How can I get adb shell working in recovery mode?"} {"id":"30731","title":"Custom ringtones don't work on Cyanogenmod 9","text":"I'm running Cyanogenmod 9 on my S3, and want to set an mp3 file as the ringtone. As this wiki page suggests, I've created the directory '\/sdcard\/media\/ringtones` and put the sound files in there. Just to be sure, I put both an mp3 file and an ogg file (of different songs) there. They're world-readable. The ogg file does not show up in the \"choose ringtone\" dialogue. The mp3 file does show up. However, when I choose it, there's no preview sound, as there is with the other ringtones that came with CM9. What could I be doing wrong?"} {"id":"11308","title":"Semi-Dead Zone on Touch Screen On Droid 1","text":"I'm on a Droid 1 running the latest build of GPA (15) and have recently had problems with my touch screen. This issue started long after GPA15 was flashed, so I'm not blaming the ROM at all. It actually appears to be a hardware issue. Here is the actual issue. When held portrait with the home\/options\/back buttons at the bottom, about an inch or so up from those buttons there is a \"dead\" strip that runs horizontally across the entire touch screen. Of course, the keyboard pops up under this strip. So what do I mean by dead? Well, sometimes choosing an option\/box\/item that's in this zone, flat out isn't being registered. When typing, it actually causes the touch detection to go haywire. When I tap a key, it usually registers me tapping that key AND one or two of the surrounding keys. Sometimes it doesn't register the intended key just the surround keys. So, pressing i might return i, might return ui, might return iu, might return u. This behavior happens with most of the keyboard and is incredibly frustrating. On very rare occasions when I press a letter, it also registers me pressing a key on the completely otherside of the keyboard. The worst example of this is when i hit backspace and it's also registering 'c' and\/or 'v' with the click. As to further demonstrate the issue, I downloaded a drawing app (Draw! if any one's curious) and drew a bunch of lines. It works perfectly when drawing straight lines (well, I'm human so they aren't PERFECTLY straight) up and down, and left and right on the screen.. except when I get to the deadzone. When I'm drawing down (perpendicular) through the dead zone, it works fine with no abnormalities. But when I draw in a parallel (left to right) direction, when i'm inside the zone it basically draws my straight line has harsh zig-zag lines (ever seen a heart rate monitor?). Additionally some spots in the zone won't be drawn on at all. Another note to further show that it's a consistent hardware issue: this zone stays in the same place, no matter if I'm holding it portrait or landscape. I'm forced to type on my phone with it being held upside down so the deadzone doesn't go through my keyboard. I know (well, pretty certain) this is a hardware issue and there's probably no real solution for this phone. But is there any documentation, known issues, reasoning behind this issue? It just started recently and I've had this phone (it's a 'like-new' replacement) for just over a year now. Should I just bite the bullet and pay for the upgrade to Droid 3 next week?"} {"id":"5746","title":"Where does Runkeeper keep its data files?","text":"I was recording my path with Runkeeper for hours until the battery ran out. Now when I try to \"Resend\" the path to Runkeeper online it fails after a while. I need to find the path file so I can import it onto my PC."} {"id":"11301","title":"SD card formatted to ext4 and permissions","text":"I'm using CyanogenMod 7.1.0 RC1 on HTC Desire HD. I've formatted SD card to ext4, because I wanted to use Fedora through `chroot`ing into it, and Fedora ARM image requires FS which can do symlinks. Now, when various applications try to save data (reading works fine) on SD, they get permission denied (so, for example, downloads don't work, camera can't save images, etc.). I've `chmod`ed everything on my SD card to 777, but that didn't help (I don't really understand why, as a guy with strong Linux background I've assumed that this would make it readable to everyone). I've also tried fixing permissions through ROM Manager, but this feature seems not to care about SD card. All files on SD card seem to be owned by `root:root`. Now, **how do I make my SD card usable again?** Should I format it back to FAT?"} {"id":"11304","title":"Which mobile company delivers Android system updates the fastest?","text":"Basically, I am an Android developer. I am looking for a new Android mobile phone. Could you recommend the mobile company which first publishes an update of Android system? I am tipping at HTC, but you may have a better suggestion?"} {"id":"47139","title":"My phone is rebooting on its own","text":"My phone ( Xperia Z ) is restarting on its own every second its not coming up to the homescreen when its restarting it hangsup and restarts again i have no option of connecting it to my pc as well, as it doesnt get detected. i want to reinstall OS in it is there a way, can someone help me on this..?? It doesnt matter if i have to root my phone or pay and get a OS i want my phone to work ??"} {"id":"15213","title":"How do I remove duplicate contacts from Google+?","text":"I have a problem with my contacts in conjunction with google+. Like most, I had already a lot of people in my contactlist, which is synced with the contacts in google mail. With google-plus, I have added a lot of people to circles. Those people from Google+ are now all individual entries in my contacts, but only on the phone. After deletion I recognized, that all people are also removed from my circles. So how to add people to circles, without having them appear as duplicate contacts? **EDIT:** Thanks anyone, yes, some of you are right - it seems that those people are put in an extra list \"Other contacts\" (also visible in the web interface). You have to uncheck this group in the settings > displaysettings. Can someone of those people put this in an answer, so I can accept it, thanks :)"} {"id":"42501","title":"WiFi tether without losing battery","text":"So, as everyone already knows, when tethering data over WiFi your battery may overheat\/lose battery\/etc. What I want to do is while in my car: 1. Stream internet over WiFi to >1 person 2. Navigate with GPS (a.k.a. screen on the whole time) 3. Bluetooth music to my car for Pandora or something As you can see this will take my phone(Galaxy Nexus) to the max, but I think it should be able to do it. I'm open to other ideas, but what do people think about powering the phone with a battery bypass and charging the battery with a different circuit?"} {"id":"42506","title":"Is there a maximum number of devices allowed on a Google Play Account?","text":"Many schools are looking at using Android tablets in classrooms. Some have classroom sets of 35-40 tablets. As a means to manage apps, having them tied to a single Google Play account would be ideal. Is there a maximum number of devices allowed? This setup would also be cost effective, if the school uses any pay apps, as the app is linked to the account, not the devices. Does anybody have any experience or knowledge beyond, \"I have 5 devices in my family all synced and it works.\"?"} {"id":"42507","title":"I cannot charge my tablet","text":"I only have a USB cable to charge my tablet and I plugged it into my laptop to charge and a little red X shows up on the battery thing. How can I charge my tablet?"} {"id":"12652","title":"Do Android-enabled smartphones support other operating systems?","text":"Are there smartphones which support Android and, in addition to it, some other operating systems, in particular Symbian and RIM Blackberry? Or, maybe, the last two are constrained to devices which don't support Android?"} {"id":"63630","title":"Why are there not generic phone OS installers?","text":"I am used to install and remove various operating systems in my PCs, even having several at a time. Usually, to install a new OS means: 1. Burn the ISO to a CD\/DVD\/USB. 2. Insert it. 3. Boot. (Maybe you have to tweak a bit the BIOS first). The only difference between PCs is its CPU architecture: x86, x86_64, arm, etc. Depending on that, you have to download one ISO or another. But I never have to worry about which graphic card, mouse, keyboard, screen, network card, etc. it has. The install wizard automatically detects that and installs the corresponding drivers. Sometimes, if they are not bundled, the installer also downloads them. Anyway, the key point here is that **the ISO is always the same**. Now, many mobile OS come out: Ubuntu, Tizen, Firefox OS, the omnipresent Android, and why not any Linux ARM distro out there!. Sadly I have a random chinese mobile, that surely will never get official support in any platform, and I will never be able to test them. But... Are not today's phones just tiny ARM PCs? Why is installation that different? Why do I always need to have a precompiled monolithic ROM specific for my phone model? Why not just a single \"ISO\" per OS for any phone that detects and installs automatically the needed drivers, just like always has been in the PC market? Note: I understand the problem with privative drivers, but I remember Debian asking me for those when there were no _libre_ alternatives at installation, and I could install them then or later. I suppose that workaround could be used in those cases too. Correct me if I'm wrong."} {"id":"60022","title":"Why must my device be compatible with a certain ROM before I flash it to my device?","text":"This it the explanation telling me not to install a custom ROM without checking the device's compatibility. \"Now, be careful as each custom ROM comes with a version that is suitable only with one device; you can’t install the same variant of firmware on all the Android devices as the same is not compatible.\" But, I'm using a HP Slate 7, there isn't an official thread for this device on XDA Developers, and the furthest I can go is to root my tablet. Other than that, there are no custom ROMs specifically for this device. My question is, why can't I install a custom ROM if I follow all the correct processes for flashing a custom ROM, even if my device is unsupported? Is it purely because of the bootloader? Or the kernel? I'm fairly new to Android, but I've been reading up on new terms, so can I have some guidance?"} {"id":"77134","title":"Is it possible to install Nexus factory reset images on other Android devices","text":"The device I want to install Nexus onto is the Onda VI10 tablet. I found some Nexus factory images here, and I would like to install them. Is this possible?"} {"id":"82359","title":"Can you install a generic ROM on any device?","text":"I am relatively new to rooting and stuff. I have just rooted my android tablet. It's a Chinese tablet, not much about it is available on the internet. Can I install ROM for another device on my tablet? I saw many videos on YouTube showing \"How to install any ROM on any Android device\". Does 'any' here mean that I can install, let's say, a Nexus ROM on my tablet? Is there some generic ROM which can be installed on all androids? If so, can I install this generic ROM and then upgrade to a ROM of another device? If no, is there a way to do so? (If not, then how do manufacturers put their ROM for the first time?)"} {"id":"75344","title":"Is there any custom rom which can be installed on any android device","text":"My question is, whether there are any custom rom's available which can be installed on any device or the rom's are just intended for a specific device. I always read that like custom rom for galaxy note 3, for s4 like that.. are there any roms available which can be installed on any device... if not, can any one explain why we need to design rom's for a specific model."} {"id":"46857","title":"Why i can install any windows version on my pc but i cannot install any android version on my phone?","text":"I guess it's a silly question but i don't get it xD. I've read it's about controllers, but they can be downloaded from manufacturers, right?"} {"id":"20364","title":"Why is it that Android still can't be installed as regular OS?","text":"Are there any technical or others reasons why Android is still a firmware and not an OS which can be just installed without a lot of hassle? Why there is no universal image which could detect appropriate drivers (kernel modules), partition NAND in some standard way and configure boot loader to boot updated OS version? What stops Google from making a real (less firmware-like) OS (an OS for small ARM, x86 etc. devices)?"} {"id":"37839","title":"Pure Android Download","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why is it that Android still can’t be installed as regular OS? I have been looking around, and was wondering is it not possible to download android 4.2 out of the box (non-phone specific)? I thought that I could just get Google's version of Android and slap it on my phone, but their is no Android rom that I can download (At least not that I can find)."} {"id":"69484","title":"Data connectivity disabled when phone mic is muted","text":"This is a persistent and repeatable issue with my HTC One (Android 4.3) but I can't find any mention of it on forums etc. It would be great if anyone can tell me whether it's a known issue, specific to this phone model or perhaps the HTC Sense UI, or specific to some Android version. Using the phone as a wifi hotspot with my mobile data plan, and simultaneously making a phone call, is a fantastic capability that I use often for conference calls when travelling. However, when doing this, if I mute the phone mic (using the usual mute button on the phone-call screen), data connectivity is immediately dropped. The hotspot remains alive, the phone call is unaffected, but mobile data is unusable and in Settings the \"Mobile data\" toggle is ON but annotated with \"data conectivity is disabled\". Un-muting the phone doesn't bring it back, but ending the phone call re-enables data connectivity which then works as normal. I've observed this when a headset is plugged in to the jack. I haven't yet had a chance to test it without a headset and\/or on speakerphone. It seems obvious that this is a significant bug, and it's highly repeatable, so I'm amazed that I don't find more complaints about it. Any ideas as how to avoid (or work around) this?"} {"id":"19847","title":"Why I get this message while trying to update firmware of Archos 7 home tablet?","text":"I have been trying to update the firmware on my tablet and I keep getting an error message like this: > Unknown update.archos.com Download unsuccessful. I tried it several times and got the same message. I have selected the download for the correct model number so I don't know what to do next."} {"id":"63623","title":"Samsung S3 lost all free applications","text":"This morning, I turned on my phone and it seems to have lost every free app (including Google Play Store, Google Search and Gmail). However: * Every paid-for app is still installed and working. * My contacts, photos and other data seem to be intact. * The missing applications are still listed in the application manager, but are lacking their icons and names (e.g. Spotify displays as com.spotify.mobile.android.ui) and display with size 0.00B. Any ideas on what might have happened? It's currently running Android 4.3, but I'm not sure when it might have last updated."} {"id":"65135","title":"S3: Contacts->Accounts->Add Account. It won't add facebook","text":"I have had facebook synced perfectly almost a year now. Yesterday I was at a concert and my S3 got all buggy from the heat. Today I had to resync all my accounts to my contact list, but it won't add facebook. Here is what happens: 1. I hit \"Add Account\" 2. I hit \"Facebook\" (which is there and not highlighted just like you would expect) Then the screen goes black (as if loading facebook) for two seconds, before going back to the \"Accounts\" menu with no facebook account. I have tried opening facebook first and once it sent me to facebook before again doing nothing. I have tried restarting my phone. I have added another account (Podio) which worked fine. Help?"} {"id":"19842","title":"How To Prevent Uploading From Interrupting When Screen Is Off?","text":"When screen goes off, uploads get interrupted especially YouTube uploads and everytime i have to resume phone to continue uploads. The problem is that in case of YouTube, videos stutter which i assume at the moment upload was interrupted. I have **JuiceDefender Plus** just to add. Is there a way to prevent uploads from interrupting, at least by instructing the screen not to turn off when uploading? **UPDATE:** What i want is to be able to keep screen turned on while uploading. _HTC Desire S_ _Android 2.3.3 (unrooted)_"} {"id":"16896","title":"How can I install CyanogenMod on my HTC Magic?","text":"How can I install CyanogenMod on my HTC Magic? Is there a tutorial or guide for this that I can follow? Sorry guys..if you feel that I was asking a silly question..! my intention was to have a brief summary about the dos and donts for getting cynogenmod in HTC phones..."} {"id":"63629","title":"Why is Nexus 5 fail to connect Google Service?","text":"I got my Nexus 5 two days ago. So far everything was fine until one moment and without any apps I installed (until the day before) device hangs on connecting Orange (in NC). **What actually the problem:** The phone is not connecting in any way to Google Service, not through cellular and wifi (Please note the connection of the wifi is used to a multitude of devices that serve me and is completely works every time without any problems). **Things I've tried so far:** 1\\. enter\/exit flight mode. 2\\. turn off\/turn on the device. 3\\. turn off\/turn on the device in safe mode. 4\\. Stop the processes: \"google play service\", \"google play store\" and delete all of their cache memory. 5\\. Change the position of the clock time (I read somewhere that it might help). 6\\. Delete updates from google play (back to what came with the stock). 7\\. Delete the APN and restore it from 0. Please note the device has rooted, If needed I will list exactly which applications got installed with root privilege. **Device version:** Kitkat 4.4.2 KOT49H"} {"id":"21059","title":"What's the \"MTC Мобильная Почта\" update on my Samsung Galaxy?","text":"What's the wierd looking update that's just turned up on my Samsung Galaxy phone? \"MTC Мобильная Почта\" by \"OJSC Mobile TeleSystems\". The review section has lots of one-star comments saying its malware etc, but I'd have thought actual malware would look more like something I'd want to install than something wierd in Russian. Should I be worried? Is this malware or some perfectly normal component buried in the OS that's somehow found its way into public view? Should I install the update?"} {"id":"21056","title":"Browser local file redirect","text":"How can I redirect URL to file location on 4.0.3? For example, browser want to connect to foo.com but it redirected to file:\/\/\/sdcard\/foo.com\/ It can't work through hosts, because it used for domains only, some people tell me about local proxy, but how?"} {"id":"63192","title":"How to Increase font size on LG optimus g pro notepad, not the whole phone","text":"I am setting up a LG Optimus G Pro, and the notepad, both in this widget thing, and in the application itself is hard to read (on the smaller screen). I know where the phones font size and accessability features are, but I do not wish to increase the size of all the fonts, for example the settings text is large enough. I had the font on the notepad much bigger, but I cannot find the settings for the notepad itself, tried the menu button, and all the buttons shown. I attempted searching for this with google , but came up with nothing. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/O1aMUm.jpg) I am hoping that somone with this actual model, knows how I had the fonts there large, without an additional app or changing the overall font sizes."} {"id":"45572","title":"How do I begin to troubleshoot aCal?","text":"I'm running aCal on my Samsung Galaxy S \/ Gingerbread and it isn't updating. Adding events pushes them out to my CalDAV server, but I don't see any events. In aLogcat I see an awful lot of errors: > W\/ActivityManager( 110): Permission Denial: broadcasting Intent { > act=android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE (has extras) } from > com.morphoss.acal (pid=11107, uid=10003) requires null due to receiver > com.android.settings\/com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider and > E\/aCal DavParserFactory(14157): IO Exception when parsing XML I can't figure out how much of this is aCal, how much is my phone, and how much is bad data from my CalDAV server (Chandler Hub)"} {"id":"41859","title":"Why doesn't my android start daydreaming?","text":"In `Settings > Display > Daydream` I have \\- selected one (any one, but right now it's just the standard **Clock** ) \\- when to daydream = either docked or charging \\- \"start now\" works fine. I've connected my Nexus 4 by USB cable to a wall charger and \"Clock\" confirms _Charging (AC), 45%_ `Settings > Display > Sleep` is set to 15 seconds while I try to get daydreaming to work. If\/when it works, I'll probably set it to 2 minutes. Despite the above settings, and being on AC power, **the phone never daydreams. Why not?** This is a Nexus 4 with stock 4.2.2, not rooted, not superuser'ed (yet)."} {"id":"45574","title":"ADB RSA key popup not showing on Nook Tablet with official CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightlies","text":"I have a B&N Nook Tablet (my only Android device) with CyanogenMod 10.1 official Nightlies installed on it. I am trying to use ADB, I tapped on build number, opened dev options, and enabled USB debugging. When I run adb on my Ubuntu box w\/ GNOME, all it does is says my device is offline and on the device, it doesn't give me the RSA popup. I am using ADB 1.0.31, which I got by installing the android-tools-adb package. I have also tried the same procedure with the ADB included in the SDK, and included with the SDK in the ADT Bundle and the new Android Studio. How do I make ADB work?"} {"id":"53130","title":"Gmail app vs. browser, in terms of data consumption","text":"Does the Gmail app use more data than just using a web browser to check my emails?"} {"id":"57101","title":"Kitkat update on Nexus 4 fails","text":"_Hard to believe this is the first Kitkat installation question, but I don't find any. Sorry if it's a dupe!_ I feel like I'm too stupid to follow directions, but can you guys help me out here -- what am I doing wrong: I want to **update my Nexus 4 from stock 4.2.2 ROM to the new 4.4** following these instructions. Note that the phone is rooted and runs Clockworkmod - I'm guessing this causes my problems but I need help to fix that. I've got the downloads extracted and added the path to the bootloader so I can run the commands. But at the step that says `Reboot into the bootloader and run the appropriate flash-all script` it just says `waiting for device` forever. The phone is in bootloader mode, but it's running Clockworkmod so I am guessing this is the problem?"} {"id":"54489","title":"Keyboard keeps disabling itself all time","text":"I've updated TouchPal X keyboard in my device, since that it keeps disabling itself all the time ... when i try to search for something or write any msg, i must go to settings to activate touchpal or the default android keyboard. dose any one know how to fix this problem ?!!"} {"id":"62575","title":"SuperUser doesn't give\/prompt root access","text":"I was trying to move `GoogleMaps` on SD-Cards using `Link2SD`. When I tried to do so I got a message stating > Link2SD could not obtain root access. if you have root access make sure you > respond 'Allow' or 'Grant' to the superuser request Then I opened `SuperUser` to check the application list. I was surprised to see that there were no apps there! The last time I have checked there were some apps there(`Link2SD`, `BatteryDoctor`, `TerminalEmulator`). Searching through the net I read that if an app needs root access, it will ask for it. The next step was to see, `SuperUser`'s settings\/preferences. 1. The _Automatic Response_ is set to _Prompt_ 2. _Notifications_ are ticked 3. _Notification Type_ is set to _Status Bar_ 4. _Use Advanced Prompt_ isn't checked Navigating through `Link2SD`, I've noticed that `Link2SD` was updated. The next thing to do was to uninstall it and install it again. The first time I run it, it never prompted me to give it root access. What may be wrong? Is there a way to give apps root access(by \"brutal force\")?"} {"id":"62574","title":"Android 4.0 firmware installation problem","text":"How can i remove aN Android firmware update file from a S.D card. I have reformatted card, but firmware is not removed and reinstalls every time it is inserted."} {"id":"1915","title":"Musicplayer that shows BPM information and allows sorting according to BPM","text":"Is there an music player that shows the value in the BPM tag? I would also like it to sort according to BPM."} {"id":"81040","title":"How do I prevent my phone from waking up when I slide out the keyboard?","text":"I have a Motorola Droid 4 which has a slide-out keyboard. The problem is, the sliding action takes very little force, and if the phone is in my pocket, just simply walking can cause the slider to open just a tiny bit. This is a Very Bad Thing for two reasons. First, the battery drains far faster than it should because the screen is frequently turning on. Second, my leg often activates the Emergency Dialer on the lock screen and starts pressing buttons. I'm worried I'm going to pocket-dial 911 some day. So is there a way to disable waking up when the keyboard opens?"} {"id":"10497","title":"Launch app on start (even SD card apps)","text":"I'm pretty sure (despite of haven't seen them) that there are a few question about running some app when you turn on the phone. But I want a something a little more complex here. I have a few apps to run on start. Some of them have no trouble because they are installed in the phone, but the rest is installed in my SD card. As we all know (I think thats normal) after starting Android takes a few seconds to load all information saved in the SD card. How can I do to run some apps from the SD card after Android finishes loading information from the media device? If changes something I'm using Android 2.2 Thanks!"} {"id":"10496","title":"Cannot install from market applications I used to have","text":"I changed my ROM to cyangenmod 7, and I cannot install some of the applications I used to have (like skype for instance). Here's what I got so far: When I'm downloading it from the market it starts to download and than it disappears, and thats it. When I am using root explorer, looking for files with the name \"skype\" in them I find a skype classes.dex file in sd-ext\/dalvik-cache\/. So here are the questions: 1. Does anyone know this problem and has any idea how to fix it? 2. I'm thinking that deleting the dalvik-cache will fix it, but I'm not sure, and I don't know what it means (its consequences on the device and other apps). Thanks a lot for your help! :-)"} {"id":"10495","title":"My android phone was stolen. How worried should I be with all my google data inside the phone?","text":"Ok, so my samsung galaxy 5 was stolen. I had gmail, calendar, twitter(tweetdeck), facebook, ... all my personal data in it. I didn't have any app installed that could wipe this information from a sms (tried to install PlanB through the market, but I don't think it'll work). I already changed my google password and I'm proceeding to change facebook and twitter as well. Is this enough? How much of this information (old emails, tweets, ...) are saved in the phone's memory? Can I prevent access to this just by changing my passwords? I've blocked my SIM card with my provider, so I guess the phone currently have no internet or telephone line access. Here in Brazil we can also block a stolen cell phone with the IMEI number, but I don't know exactly what this means. Will this brick the phone or just prevent it from being registered in the network?"} {"id":"53680","title":"How do I install apps (.apk files) that are placed in my Xperia U's internal memory?","text":"I have Xperia U. I copied 2-3 games, their .apk files to be precise, to my internal storage. How can I run them? I have not installed them yet."} {"id":"44628","title":"2G versus 3G: Does it really save battery?","text":"I often hear the recommendation that fixing your device to 2G saves a lot of juice compared to using 3G. Is that true? Or is it really a myth?"} {"id":"55025","title":"How does Android measure connectivity state?","text":"I know Android has some sort of connectivity measurement, because when there's connectivity the wifi or phone network icons will turn either green or blue, depending on the Android version. In my opinion, this measurement isn't perfect, because although it will indicate accurately the absence of connectivity (e.g., lost wifi connectivity), it is not so accurate when the phone is connected to the Internet: **at work, my Defy running Cyanogen 9 (Android 4.0.4) has icons that are always gray, no matter what, even when the connection is obviously up** (see image below). I wonder **_how, exactly, Android measures the connectivity status_**. Is it by performing a ping or other sort of probing of a server? By listening to a port? By testing if some protocol is enabled? Or what? This accepted answer to a closely related question doesn't seem to answer it. ![screen shot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/H1H1c.png)"} {"id":"44622","title":"Remove 'Driving mode' from status bar dropdown?","text":"I have a Samsung phone with android 4.1.2. When I slide down the notification bar there are multipls items. One of those are driving mode. I don't drive anywhere (I can't afford a car, gas, insurance, tickets, etc, and so I use public transportation) so I want to remove the button. This is what I'm talking about: ![Notification Bar screenshot \\(click for larger variant\\)](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/quOQY.jpg) Notification Bar screenshot (click image for larger variant) Second over from the right."} {"id":"29479","title":"Export data from Facebook to Google accounts","text":"My Android phone is linked with both my Google and Facebook accounts. Many of my friends' email addresses are available only in Facebook account details. Is there any way (perhaps an app) to copy the account information (like email address) to the contact details in Google? I am aware that exporting is not allowed from Facebook now, but there is a possibility of having some applications in Google Play Store which can copy details of merged contacts."} {"id":"16257","title":"Create a custom keyboard dictionary","text":"Is it possible to use custom dictionary with the default Android keyboard? I guess the words are stored in some file, so I would like to edit it. The goal is to create Macedonian auto-completion because there is no other way to achieve this."} {"id":"40810","title":"How can I stream audio from another device via Bluetooth?","text":"> **Related question:** How can I stream music\/audio from Android and PC to > Android device via WiFi? I would like to stream audio from a Bluetooth-enabled \"dumb phone\" to my Andoid phone. The Android phone is running Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.4). I have searched the Play store for such an app, but all I could find were applications that did the opposite (stream audio _from_ the Android phone instead of _to_ it). Is this somehow possible?"} {"id":"1262","title":"How can I boost the volume on my Droid's speaker?","text":"I used to have an app for my Treo called \"Volume Care\" that let me boost the volume of my speaker beyond what the factory settings allowed. Is there any app or hack that would allow me to push my Droids speaker further than Motorola wants to allow? **Edit:** I thought I was clear before, but let me clarify. **I am not looking for just any volume control app** , I have one, I know of many, and believe it or not I am capable of searching the market for the word \"volume.\" I am specifically looking for a solution that will allow me to **push the volume out of my speaker past that current manufacturer set limits.** **Update:** I just added a bounty so I'll add a bit more clarification. I have seen apps out there that work with HTC phones only. This solution\/app\/hack must work on the Original Moto Droid rooted or not, I want a noticeable increase in the volume."} {"id":"8789","title":"Is there a way to avoid disk space errors when batch updating apps (using 'Update All')?","text":"This is related to the question 'Is there any way to force market to update and install apps one at a time?'. That question asks specifically if apps can be queued to update, rather than all run simultaneously, which I suspect is a possible (but perhaps not only) solution to my problem. The answer seems to be no for that particular potential solution. When I go to the market and am notified of many of my apps having been updated, I have the option to 'Update All'. If I do this when I have a relatively low amount of internal storage available, I often end up with a lot of apps failing to update due to disk space problems. I have noticed in the past that updating each app one by one has allowed me to perform all of the updates without a problem. My intuition is that updates are probably being downloaded to internal storage, so in the case that many updates are being performed at once, the internal storage fills up with a mixture of applied updates, and in-progress downloads. Performing the app updates one by one allows each app to in turn be downloaded, applied, and then the download removed, before moving on to the next update. If the app is stored on the SD card, doing it this way should mean there is as much room left on the internal storage as before the previous update was applied, so the next can proceed and hopefully succeed. Given that there doesn't seem to be a way to queue apps for updates (according to the answer to the above linked question), are there any other ways to avoid this problem? Checking for updates more frequently in order to have smaller simultaneous batches is all I can really come up with for now."} {"id":"8786","title":"HTC Mail: Move Messages Between Folders, Not Synced on IMAP Server","text":"I'm seeing some odd behavior on Android...running 2.2 on HTC Incredible. I have an IMAP account configured through the built in \"Mail\" program. First of all, when you send messages from this program, it copies them to a local \"Sent\" folder, and there is no way to specify a remote IMAP folder for this (e.g. \"INBOX.Sent\"). So then, I try to move messages manually between the local \"Sent\" and the IMAP \"INBOX.Sent\" folder, and it appears to work fine, but when I check from another IMAP client (e.g. Thunderbird), I don't see the messages in \"INBOX.Sent\". Has anyone else run into this? Any idea how to resolve?"} {"id":"8435","title":"Call blocking with spoken message?","text":"Does anyone know of a call blocker that will let you create a voice message for blocked calls? What I want is to block calls from hidden numbers. This is almost always salespeople so I want to just block them, but maybe once in a while someone with no ill intent might be calling from a line with a hidden number. So I want the app to actually take the call, but not tell me about it. Then it should play a sound file that I make and then hang up. This will let me tell the person at the other end, that I just blocked them to get rid of salespeople and that if they are not such a \"person\" then they should just use SMS. I know that some of the apps will let you type in a text that will be sent to blocked callers, but as it will almost never be a cellphone, but an old land line with blocked number, then that will not help a lot. If no one knows of an app that will let me do this, then I will just have to make it my self, but I thought I'd better ask first."} {"id":"27690","title":"Is it possible for my mobile carrier to track my wifi usage and bill me accordingly?","text":"I watch a lot of inspiration videos from TED (www.ted.com.au) on my new Galaxy S2 phone. However, I only do this when I am at home and can access my home wifi network. My home wifi and the phone's 3G networks are with different providers. Obviously, my phone switches to the home wifi network automatically when I am at home. My question: Is it possible for my 3G network provider to see\/track my wifi usage and bill me accordingly (as if I am using the 3G network) because everything goes through the phone that is on their network? I am new to smart phones so please bear with me. My monthly 3G data download allowance is only 150 MB but my home wifi came with 5 GB."} {"id":"9824","title":"How can I export a list of currently installed applications to a file?","text":"When switching between ROMs, I've found it helpful to have a list of the applications that I had installed before wiping and flashing the new ROM. Is there a way to export such a list to a file so I don't have to create one manually?"} {"id":"9997","title":"Android widget to lock my android phone","text":"Is there any android widget which allows me to lock my phone? The 'power' button on my android phone is broken? I can't use that to lock my phone screen. Thank you."} {"id":"66474","title":"camera has stopped unexpectedly","text":"I have a Micromax A25 running Android version 2.3.6. The camera no longer works on it. When I open up the camera app, it closes with an error message saying `.com.mediaket.camera has stopped unexpectedly`. What should I do?"} {"id":"26411","title":"Motorola Atrix 2 native camera app failing","text":"I use the native camera app and many of my recent pictures either have a large grey area with no information: ![large grey area](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/ZiAq0.jpg) or noise in the picture made of bits of another picture: ![noise](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/KbWMS.jpg) Is this a known problem? It was happening again last night with great frequency, so I restarted the phone and the next picture was fine. * * * Edit: I have since removed all 752 pictures. I shot a few more, and still had at least one shot with each of the problems presented here. I believe I will try a 3rd-party camera."} {"id":"26416","title":"Custom audio guide","text":"I know a minister with a graveyard with significant historical value. He would like to create an audio-guide\/map. Is there an Android application for this? Ideally, it should be: * Free * Have an iPhone version as well"} {"id":"56196","title":"One X cannot see european wifi channels","text":"Since the update 4.2.2 Jelly bean, my htc one x lost the ability to connect to a wifi channels 12,13,14. How can i turn this ability again? (seems like this update was oriented only for USA users)"} {"id":"56198","title":"No way to access recovery menu in android china tablet","text":"My Quest tablet is accidentally locked yesterday it asking for gmail and password but i forgot the gmail id and password.So after a long search i found lots of things such as unlocking tablet pattern lock,gmail lock,pin lock etc.These topics only be successfull only when the tablet is in recovery mode.So i tried to put my tablet into recovery mode by pressing vol + and power button.But there appears a android bot lying with red traiangle exlamation.So i simply tried to access recovery menu by pressing power and the vol + .But nothing happens neither than a dead android bot lying down with a red traiangle. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE WORLD TO HELP ME!!!!."} {"id":"32392","title":"how easy is it switch between bluetooth speakers on nexus 7","text":"If I buy a Nexus 7 and two good bluetooth speakers, can you pair with both at the same time? Or if you have to switch between them, can that be done really really easily? I'm looking to avoid spending money on Sonos Thanks Will"} {"id":"57987","title":"How do I change the apps available on the car mode screen?","text":"In car mode I have 6 apps in a 3x2 grid. I would like to remove one of them (Google Music) and replace it with a different one (People). I can not figure out how to remove one."} {"id":"24922","title":"Why can the Nexus 7 display so much more content on-screen than the Galaxy Nexus?","text":"The Galaxy Nexus is 1280x720, and the Nexus 7 tablet is 1280x800. I realize that the tablet is physically larger, but it's screen resolution, not display size, that determines screen real-estate. Why is it that the Nexus 7 appears to be able to show so much more content on- screen? EDIT - My question isn't \"why was it designed this way\". My question is more \"how is it that it is able to show more on the screen\"? PPI doesn't explain this. Is it just a matter of the scaling?"} {"id":"82259","title":"Use Easily.Do offline?","text":"I installed Easily.Do on my android device, which is offline. But says I have to sign in. Is there a way to use EasilyDO without internet on my phone?"} {"id":"2586","title":"Wipe and re-install Android 2.2 on Droid2?","text":"I used to have a Motorola Droid, and I loved it because it was barebones Android, none of that flashy aftermarket crap they put on it to make it appeal more to consumers. No, I like my android plain, how it comes straight from Google. So I was slightly disappointed to find out that with the Motorola Droid2, Motorola installed their own flavor of Android with a bunch of extra shit that I don't want. So my question to you is, is it possible for me to wipe out and re-install a base Android 2.2 on my device? Will there be any problems? If this is possible, a link to a tutorial or better yet, step-by-step instructions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!"} {"id":"64406","title":"AnkiDroid: Reset TTS language of a single deck","text":"I am not able to find the correct way to reset the TTS language of just one deck (as opposed to resetting all TTS assignments by using Menu > Preferences > General > Reset). I have seen this question, but I can't work out what's meant by > Reset specific deck assignments on deck picker I am really feeling dumb right now... The \"deck picker\" is the list of \"decks on the AnkiDroid \"home screen\" right? If so, where is the option to reset TTS for one deck? I tried the menu by \"long-pressing\" on one item, but that just gave me the option to collapse, rename or delete the deck. Opening one deck and then going to Menu > Preferences > General > Reset yields the same as going there from the \"home screen\", all assignments are reset. I am lost, can anyone shed light on this for me?"} {"id":"64255","title":"How can I scan barcodes on webpages in Firefox for Android?","text":"Using Firefox for Android, I occasionally find web pages containing barcode images (or photos containing barcodes) that I would like to scan. I could save the image, switch to a barcode app, open and scan the image there, and probably end up relaunching the browser to see the result, but I'd _prefer_ to long hold the image and launch the scanning app directly (with no save step required). Is there an open source extension (Android app, Firefox add-on, Firefox app) that can achieve this? I've tried looking on the Firefox add-ons and apps marketplaces with no luck. Example images: * f-droid.org (rendered image, imperfect QR code) * cryptojunky.com (photo, imperfect QR code) * wikimedia.org (rendered Aztec code)"} {"id":"64404","title":"Downgrading Nexus 7 Android 4.4.2 to 4.2","text":"I want to downgrade my nexus 7 android 4.4.2 to 4.2. I am already rooted. How can i downgrade? I've got a nandroid backup. If I restore that will it be again running as android 4.4.2? I need help. Thanks in advance."} {"id":"36898","title":"Getting \"E:Error in \/sdcard\/.zip (status 7)\" while upgrading Android Nexus 4.0.1 to 4.1.x (Jelly bean)","text":"I tried to install Jelly Bean (4.1.1) onto the Nexus S handset following the instructions from here. Later, I noticed that the Nexus should have at least 4.0.3 to upgrade to 4.1.x. So I tried to install 4.0.3 following the instruction from here. But each and every time I'm having the error - > E:Error in \/sdcard\/filename.zip (Status 7) How can I fix that?"} {"id":"9040","title":"Wallpaper is blurry when cropped from downloaded image","text":"When creating my own wallpapers on my Nexus S, they always end up being low quality. The image is slightly blurry. Edges are not crisp. These are the steps I'm doing: 1. Download a very large image from the web browser. 2. Long tap my current wallpaper. 3. Wallpapers > Gallery > download 4. Selected the large image and expanded the crop marks to the max. 5. Save It seems like Android is compressing the image too much. Is there any way to set the quality higher?"} {"id":"24078","title":"Is it possible to use MadWifi on Android given the proper chipsets?","text":"So, a friend and I were going back and forth about our phones (iPhone vs Android), and somehow landed on the topic of MadWifi. Given the right hardware with root access, could one use MadWifi on their device? Using my phone as per example: I have a Sony Xperia Play which uses the Snapdragon chipset. The chipset developer, Qualcom, also owns the Atheros chipset (wifi adapter) which I believe is included with this particular phone. However, due to my difficulties and getting root access, I have no way of testing this theory."} {"id":"13452","title":"disable volume buttons","text":"Problem at hand: I keep pressing volume button on my Nexus S when it is in my pocket. Most notably when playing music. More often than not it results in increasing volume, which is incredibly irritating. Had exactly the same issue with Nexus One. Desired solution: A tweak\/app that simply disables volume button when the screen is off (or locked?) I looked through the android market and found a few half baked solutions... I don't really need a widget or a prompt to revert volume change or a being have to run an extra app when I actually want to change volume."} {"id":"37270","title":"Do I need to wipe when upgrading from CM10 to CM10.1?","text":"I am using CyanogenMod 10 on my device and saw that CM10.1 (Android 4.2) is available on get.cm. If I upgrade, do I have to wipe my phone or will it just work? Or what problems will I have to expect if I don't factory reset it before?"} {"id":"24070","title":"Mounting as USB drive before syncing?","text":"I'm going through the different alternatives to synchronize my ICS-based Samsung Nexus with Outlook. While sync works fine over wifi, I'd rather use USB which The Missing Sync is supposed to be able to sync over USB, but the documentation seems meant for older releases of Android, and I don't know how to get the Samsung to work. It says: \"Before synchronizing with a USB cable, confirm that the Android device is mounted as a USB Drive on the computer\", but doesn't explain what to do on ICS. I tried either MTP or PTP, but still get the error \"Unable to sync: no bluetooth, wifi, or USB connection is available\". Thank you. * * * Edit: I followed \"Missing Sync for Android: Syncing via USB\", but it fails syncing with USB: 1. The Androphone supports \"USB Tethering\", as seen in Settings > Wireless & Networks > More... > Tethering & portable hotspot > USB Tethering. Do NOT check the option! 2. Turn off the Nexus, remove the battery for 1 minute, put it back and turn the Nexus back on. Wait until it fully boots. 3. Connect the Nexus to the PC with the USB cable 4. If prompted to mount the SD card, choose \"Charge only\"; If it is mounted with no prompt, slide the Notifications section down and select \"Charge only\" 5. Open the Missing Sync application on the Nexus, click on the menu button (three, vertical points) > Settings > Unselect \"Secure Sync\". Close. No \"Secure Sync\", only \"Secure WiFi sync\" which is checked by default 6. Click on Sync, and choose to sync via USB, and wait a few seconds for syncing via USB starts. \"Unable to sync, no bluetooth, wifi or USB connection is available\". Unpaired wifi, tried again: \"Unable to sync, no bluetooth, wifi or USB connection is available\""} {"id":"24074","title":"Why can't I accept calls on my Droid X?","text":"I recently updated my Droid X to version `4.5.621.MB810.Verizon.en.US`. I can't accept incoming calls though. The screen that allows you to either accept or decline a call doesn't appear anymore. The top notification bar also disappeared around this time if that has anything to do with the problem. Any suggestions? Thanks."} {"id":"20971","title":"How to turn off flashing notification LED on HTC Sensation XE?","text":"Two problems: 1. The LED flashes green every now and then. I disabled all options in Setting-Display-Notification flash, but it just keeps on flashing now and then. How can I completely turn it off? 2. The LED flashes red when the battery is low. How can I disable this, too? Thanks in advance! I ask this because I often read ebook on my phone, it's annoying to have the light flash."} {"id":"25105","title":"Disable incoming gmail\/Talk calls","text":"I occasionally use the gmail on my computer browser to voice chat with friends, however when they call me though their gmail my device picks up the call rather then my computer. more precisely ever since I got my device and synced it to google, the **\"Talk\" application** intercepts the call, rings in, and asks to answer\/reject. how can I disable this feature so that the gmail on my computer would catch this call as it used to?"} {"id":"68233","title":"Help inputting words into Swype","text":"On my old phone (still the Samsung galaxy s 3) I was somehow able to input the \"words\" 'c:' ';D' and other things like that with symbols at the beginning or end into its dictionary. That old phone broke, and I wasn't able to transfer that dictionary into my new phone. Now I'm unable to enter those into the dictionary because it won't select the symbol. Is there anything I can do about this?"} {"id":"68234","title":"How do I disable mobile data access for certain apps at certain intervals?","text":"Due to increased battery drain I figured I should probably come up with a solution that will allow me to block access for certain apps during certain hours while the only data connectivity available is the mobile connection. For example: I don't really care if someone is messaging me via LinkedIn during night time so it's probably better not to check. Or if I'm not over obsessed with who is messaging me via OkCupid I would probably want to increase the check interval for that app to check for new data only once an hour or 3 hours. Blocking Facebook push notifications during work hours is pretty much reasonable as another example. I've been looking at solutions such as AWall+ and although I could figure how to block data I could find any simple method of defining time range for that operation. I was also thinking of a possibility to block access for half an hour after a fetch, this way the interval will change to a half an hour minimum causing the battery to drain less. Do you guys know of any existing app or Tasker script? (My phone is rooted) Thanks in advance!"} {"id":"9108","title":"What is a Data SMS?","text":"Android phones seem to support 2 kinds of SMS: Text SMS and Data SMS. I think I know what a text SMS is, but what is a Data SMS and how \/ for what is it used (btw as far as I can tell Data SMS are not MMS)? I recognize that this might not be Android specific, but I encountered the term first on my Android handset, so here I go. If this is more general and better moved to a different forum feel free to suggest so..."} {"id":"30130","title":"How do I enable Mass media mode on rooted kindle fire?","text":"I had a Coby Kyros tablet runing Android and opted to get a Kindle fire for my little guy (seems more user friendly and the ebooks for kids seem more abundant) well. I opted for ebay and the one that I bought is rooted (would have been nice if he had said so). Best I can tel it's running 4.0.3 and has Cyanogenmod Trebuchet 0.1. I can not for the life of me get this to be recognized by USB. It half registers (shows kindle says needs drivers) and shows that it would be my F: drive but when I try to access said drive from My computer it is in fact not there. I know that I can restore it to stock provided, I get my computer to recognize it. PS: running Windows 7"} {"id":"30139","title":"MIUI rom fails to install on HTC Desire","text":"This is my first post, so apologies if I don't make things as clear as they should be. I'm trying to flash MIUI_0.8.1-2.9.7zip on HTC Desire. I'm doing this through goomanager. I wiped data, cache and dalvik cache and installed the zip from a sd card. While installing I get the following message on screen... E:missing file system\/media\/audio\/ringtones argonavis.ogg E:verification failed Then it aborts installation. Do I need to partition the sd card? If so, what would be the best way to partition it? Through Rom manager or Gparted? Currently I'm using MIUI GB version 2.3.7, I have S-ON Many thanks in advance for any advice."} {"id":"4336","title":"How do I unroot my Evo (using unrevoked 3.21)","text":"O.k so I have an H.T.C Evo with Froyo 2.2, and I recently rooted it using unRevoked 3.21 but now i'm having some issues with my phone and would like to return it back to sprint. How do I remove the root and change the evo back to stock version so I can take my phone into sprint for a checkup. Can someone pleaaaaaaasssssssse help me? My phone is moving like a turtle."} {"id":"4337","title":"What does the IcsService process do?","text":"Under running services, I see the **IcsService** or long name **com.android.samsung.IcsService** . What does that process do? I'm debating about removing it. Note I have a AT&T Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S)"} {"id":"4335","title":"How can I change LauncherPro shortcut intents without using the Shortcut option on my NookColor?","text":"I have a rooted NookColor and am using launcherpro as my home app. I would like to change the dock's shortcuts to different applications but the problem is a rooted nookcolor does not support the shortcut intent. If you try to use it, it will crash launcherpro. Is there another way I can change the shortcuts?"} {"id":"78639","title":"Variants of Samsung Galaxy S5","text":"I am planing to buy Samsung Galaxy S5 phone. However, I am confused between the variants of this phone. The following versions are available in my country but when I click on each of the variants, the site doesn't specify any difference between the versions. 1. Samsung Galaxy S5 3G G900H 2. Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900H 3. Samsung Galaxy S5 4G LTE G900F What are the differences between these variants? Especially between * 1 & 2 * 2 & 3"} {"id":"3137","title":"Is there a fitness app which can record my workouts across multiple activities?","text":"I've been using MyTracks for tracking my running, and another app (which I forget the name) to record my cycling routes. I also do gym, swimming and karate, is there an app which lets me keep track of my fitness workouts across multiple activities? I.e, I don't want to have an app for each one, its annoying. I'd like to record things like time spent training, lengths\/laps (for swimming), possibly bike\/rowing\/treadmill times\/speeds\/distances for the gym etc. This will allow me to track myself over a period of time and see how much I've increased the duration\/effort in my training. Any suggestions?"} {"id":"37874","title":"How do you undo a Bootloaded Android Device?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Android tablet won’t reboot after rebooting using volume and power buttons I 'think' I have bootloaded my device after pressing the `Power`+`Volume` buttons simultaneously to reboot it. Now, it isn't detected by my cmd `adb devices` and `fastboot devices`, this is even though I loaded the 'Android Bootloader Interface' as its driver. So how do I undo this state?"} {"id":"37857","title":"Jabiru disconnects\/reconnects every 10-15 minutes when inactive","text":"I'm not an Android user, but I have an Android user as a contact in my XMPP roster (instant messaging). I noticed that his presence switches from \"Away\" to \"Offline\" rotatory when his smartphone is not in use (but constantly connected to his private WLAN). See for example the following status changes for his account from tonight (while he was sleeping, so no activity with the phone): [00:05:13] Status: Offline [00:06:02] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [00:18:14] Status: Offline [00:21:17] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [00:35:15] Status: Offline [00:36:32] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [00:50:47] Status: Offline [00:51:52] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [01:00:08] Status: Offline [01:01:14] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [01:15:13] Status: Offline [01:16:31] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [01:25:13] Status: Offline [01:25:44] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [01:40:13] Status: Offline [01:41:00] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [01:49:14] Status: Offline [01:50:14] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [02:15:17] Status: Offline [02:17:32] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [02:31:19] Status: Offline [02:32:48] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [02:52:20] Status: Offline [02:54:04] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [03:07:52] Status: Offline [03:09:18] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [03:22:52] Status: Offline [03:24:34] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [03:37:55] Status: Offline [03:39:48] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [03:53:26] Status: Offline [03:55:03] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [04:08:57] Status: Offline [04:10:18] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [04:23:57] Status: Offline [04:25:32] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [04:39:28] Status: Offline [04:40:47] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [04:54:29] Status: Offline [04:56:04] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [05:09:30] Status: Offline [05:11:19] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) [05:24:31] Status: Offline [05:26:34] Status: Away: AutoStatus (idle) He uses the XMPP client Jabiru. He can't explain why this is happening; he doesn't find any settings that could be responsible for this. I googled if it is a known bug and found this statement (in German) in a forum thread, which could be translated to: > Nice client, but it will probably not keep you connected when inactive, > \"thanks\" to Androids memory management Is this true? Could it be a problem with Android itself and not this particular XMPP app? How can this be fixed? The XMPP status should stay at \"Away\" (and not disconnect&reconnect again and again) when the smartphone is inactive."} {"id":"3138","title":"How can I use my device as a wifi keyboard and trackpad for my computer?","text":"I have three different MBP's that run XBMC off and on, connecting to our home theater systems. Is there an app that I could install on my droid and the mac's that would allow the droid to act as a keyboard and trackpad when the MBP is connected to the TV? I know about XBMC remote and it's great, however I'd also like to be able to use the machine for web browsing or basically anything I could do with it in my lap (albeit slower with a small keyboard)."} {"id":"27520","title":"Can receive but not send emails","text":"I can receive emails but not send them from my Android phone. I am using Yahoo mail and a Samsung Galaxy Ace."} {"id":"67465","title":"How to remove downloads","text":"On my Nexus 7, I see in Storage that Downloads are taking 50.56 MB. I tap Downloads and then see \"No items\". How do I remove these 50 MB?"} {"id":"66732","title":"Why there is no Calendar sync Option on android 4.2.2? (Lenovo A850)","text":"I can't find the sync option for calendar in my new Android 4.2.2 phone. There is every other option such as: Gmail, Google+, Contacts and so on but no calendar! Can somebody help me to make it work? By the way, I have rooted my phone. Thanks."} {"id":"74984","title":"Google TV vs Android TV vs Chromecast","text":"Can someone write or link to a clear comparison of all of Google's TV products? I have the original Logitech Revue, I have a Chromecast dongle, and now there is Android TV. What are the use-cases of each? Why 3?"} {"id":"74982","title":"Can I use a Pebble with CyanogenMod","text":"I can't seem to find an answer to this question using my favourite search engine. Is it possible to use a Pebble watch with an Android phone running CyanogenMod, assuming that it is possible to install the Pebble App via an APK file? I'm wondering whether anyone has got this working, or knows that it definitely won't work because CyanogenMod does not include 'features' which are in the normal Android operating system it's expecting to be there. I can provide more information about which specific phone and CM version if this is necessary to answer the question."} {"id":"23313","title":"Root Nook Color without removing Nook OS","text":"I have a Nook Color 1.3.0 and a Mac OS X computer. I have a microSD card with ClockworkMod and such for installing the Android OS, but I would like a solution that would allow me to root so that I don't need Honeycomb or ClockworkMod to install and run things from the Market. At the very least a terminal emulator would do. Can anybody help me out?"} {"id":"23310","title":"No GPS reception on Asus Slider SL101","text":"I am the owner of an ASUS SL101 tablet, runing Android 4.0 (ICS). Using the \"GPS Test\" app, I cannot get any GPS signals, even when standing outside for extended periods of time. I have a standalone GPS that has no problems getting GPS signals under the smae conditions. Is this a harware or software issue, and is there any way to get any reception on the tblet? One of the tablet's primary purposes was to be a GPS, and at the moment the function is completely useless. Help is much appreciated."} {"id":"77182","title":"VPN software to connect to a Remote Access Server","text":"I have a Galaxy S2 from Virgin Mobile. My home network is Windows Server 2012. I'm using RAS to connect to my home network from other locations on a Windows 8 laptop. I have several SharePoint sites within my home network that I'd like to test from my phone. Most of the software I find on Google Play when searching VPN is to mask my browsing history or act as a proxy server. I'd like to VPN into my network from my phone. I also have a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 wi-fi router, but I'd rather only use that if it's my only option. Doing some searches seems to say that Android is not supported for that router anyway. What free or paid software can I use that doesn't require my phone being rooted? If my only option is to root, what's the best ROM for my phone? Then.. What free or paid software is best for a rooted phone? Thanks!"} {"id":"77183","title":"razr_blade_linux.zip md5sum","text":"I was trying to root my device but unfortunately http:\/\/cmw.cmfs.me\/razrblade is down. I've found what seems to be a copy online but I'd like to make sure it is the same before I trust it to modify the phone. Does anyone have a copy on hand and can tell me the md5sum or some other checksum? Thanks."} {"id":"77181","title":"Is there a simple offline contacts manager for android?","text":"I don't want to sync all my contacts with my Google account. I would like to just keep my contacts on my phone and back it up myself. I have disabled contacts syncing in the accounts settings on my phone, but when I try to add a new contact through the 'Contacts' app, it tells me that my new contact will be synchronized with my google account."} {"id":"32985","title":"All my songs play in less than a second on my Galaxy S3","text":"I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 and transferred some songs over using Kies. When I try to play them they don't play properly, and seem to play through at ultra high speed. The whole song seems to play through in less than a second (so it sounds like a high pitched yelp). Is there a way to fix or troubleshoot this?"} {"id":"32986","title":"How to set high resolution on external monitor?","text":"I have Samsung Galaxy S3. I connect my phone to 29 inch monitor using HML + HDMI wires. Also I connect it to Apple bluetooth keyboard and magic mouse. I get a very nice experience of Desktop. However S3 has maximum resolution of 1280x720 which does not give a nice look on big monitors. I have following questions: * Can I extend my monitor screen from mobile screen so I can drag and drop apps from one to another? * Can I change resolution of apps running on my monitor to higher than 1280x720. Thanks Note: External monitor does not have touch functionality."} {"id":"32983","title":"PPTP VPN Error 807 through Portable Wi-Fi hotspot","text":"Recently I noticed when my laptop (Windows 8) connects to the Internet through Android Portable Wi-Fi hotspot (Nexus One running stock 2.3), it can't connect to my company's PPTP VPN (resulting a 807 error). But if my laptop connects through USB tethering, it connects to the VPN just fine. Has any one experienced similar issues?"} {"id":"32988","title":"Prestigio Multipad USB debuging","text":"I am having troubles with Prestigio Multipad PMP3370B. I enabled USB debuging in Settings, but when I plug in my device to a computer and start adb devices, it does not recognize it. Does anybody have any similar issues? I am using Windows 7. Where can I find Windows driver for that device?"} {"id":"48574","title":"Required to Reboot my Android Device Every Week?","text":"When I got my first Android phone (the rugged HTC Inspire), I was told that I should restart the device every week. The rational, which made sense at the time, was that it's a small computer and every computer needs a soft reset, right? Over time, my phone needed it from continual app crashes but it took forever to do so. Overall, it did help to restart I've recently upgraded to the HTC One and, from what I can tell, I don't need to restart this thing every week. It's run for a couple weeks on end without problems (one app-hangup what wasn't fixed with a restart) and although my usage isn't intensive, it's getting heavier. Is it a good idea to restart my Android device after a certain period of time or does it not do anything at all. I'm not so much worried about harming the device but just keeping all of my info current without needing to open up half-dozen apps every time. EDIT: Sorry if this comes as a duplicate question. I tried looking around for other answers but my particular question related to normal\/periodic rebooting not related to a slow-down of the OS or other apps. Most questions regarding rebooting of an Android device revolved around either a slow OS or apps hanging and not necessarily answering my question."} {"id":"6606","title":"Merge Skype and Gmail contacts","text":"I recently installed Skype on my phone, and so all of my Skype contacts are added to the full list of contacts in my phone. However, most of these contacts are redundant. A few of the redundancies were automatically detected by Skype, and so the two versions of the contact are merged together. But many weren't, and I need to way to manually do that. Right now, I have many contacts that show up double on my contacts list (once for gmail+phone info, and once for skype info). I've been poking around but I can't find a way to manually merge these two contacts. Skype contacts don't show up at my desktop Gmail contacts list. Is there a way to do this?"} {"id":"22041","title":"Can I make my phone recognize numbers in both international and local forms as equal?","text":"In an earlier question, I asked how to handle international phone book entries while traveling internationally. The simple answer was simply to store phone numbers in their international form, which works like a charm, except for one thing. Incoming text messages don't always get assigned to the proper contact. I may send a text to contact Bob, who's phone number is `+52 333 555 12 12` (a Mexican number). He gets the text just fine, but when he replies, the message appears to come from simply `333 555 12 12`. As a result, I end up with two conversations, one to 'Bob', and one to `333 555 12 12`, which isn't associated with any of my contacts. Is there a way to make my phone recognize these numbers as the same (without creating duplicate entries for all of my contacts--one with the +52 and one without)?"} {"id":"22040","title":"Nook simple touch screensaver in USB mode","text":"I have uploaded my own screensaver to my Nook Simple Touch, but when I connect it to my computer via USB, the screensaver goes to one of the stock ones. Is there anyway to make it so that when in USB mode, my Nook displays my custom screensaver instead of stock?"} {"id":"22043","title":"LogCat shows exception in SyncProcessorQueue every 5 seconds","text":"I just started noticing this in my Logcat, it seems like every 5 seconds I get this exception caught. Does anyone have any idea what app or part of the OS it could be? I can't imagine whatever this is constantly running and throwing exceptions can be good for my battery, this occurs whether the screen is on or off. Phone is moto Atrix, android 2.3 I wonder what is `com.google.apps.dots`? 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): Caught unexpected error 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): java.lang.NullPointerException 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.provider.BlobStore.addToPossibleStores(BlobStore.java:98) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.provider.BlobStore.getPossibleStores(BlobStore.java:108) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.CleanUpSync$OldAttachmentAndBlobCleanUp.syncSelf(CleanUpSync.java:138) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncSelfInternal(BaseSyncNode.java:121) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:104) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncNextChild(BaseSyncNode.java:196) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:107) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncNextChild(BaseSyncNode.java:196) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:107) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncNextChild(BaseSyncNode.java:196) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:107) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncNextChild(BaseSyncNode.java:196) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:107) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncNodeProcessor.syncNextNode(SyncNodeProcessor.java:34) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncProcessorQueue.process(SyncProcessorQueue.java:134) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncProcessorQueue.process(SyncProcessorQueue.java:114) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncProcessorQueue.access$200(SyncProcessorQueue.java:31) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncProcessorQueue$Processor.run(SyncProcessorQueue.java:236) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:444) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:306) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1088) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:581) 04-19 17:51:47.455: E\/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)"} {"id":"22049","title":"Why doesn't my Galaxy S2 see my keyboard\/mouse?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and Android 4.0.3. It recognises all the mass storage devices but doesn't seem to see a mouse and keyboard. The mouse was for sure working with Android 2.3 but now it is transparent to the phone, which acts as if no devices have been plugged in. I've seen some Youtube videos where it was all working perfectly fine. What might be causing it? On one forum I've read that the version of firmware that I have (I9100XXLPQ) doesn't support mouse and keyboard but I tried to research this information and confirm it with no success. Can anybody confirm\/deny it or give some website I could consult?"} {"id":"77725","title":"Dual active doesn't work in Samsung Galaxy s duos phone","text":"In the Samsung S duos device it has an option for the Dual SIM active. When I check it and try the feature by calling on SIM 2 it doesn't work I instead got a number busy .Is this feature country specific or is it network operator dependant ,does using this feature require any charges on monthly basis. Is there any site where we can know that which operator\/area supports Dual Sim Active"} {"id":"77729","title":"Autodesk sketchbook won't export","text":"I'm using the mobile pro edition, (cheaper than the tablet pro edition), and when I open the inbuilt gallery, I can tap on the drawings to edit them, but not select them to export, delete or duplicate them. If I long-press on a drawing it will do nothing until I let go, then it will open for editing g as if I had tapped it."} {"id":"5164","title":"USB debugging on Samsung Galaxy Tab -- How do I prevent it from resetting debug setting?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy tab that I'm using for development purposes. For some reason, when I choose 'Enable USB Debugging' in the settings menu, it turns off after a random period and drops whatever USB connection I have. I'm debugging on a Macbook Pro, and have one coworker who has similar problems. Other coworkers don't have this issue."} {"id":"12616","title":"Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater?","text":"Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater? Imagine situation when you can access a weak Wi-Fi signal from a free hotspot (coffee shop) signal near window, but want to work in the middle of the room. Then we can put the phone on the windowsill to spread the signal over the entire home. Is it feasible?"} {"id":"14278","title":"Can I use an existing Wifi Network as source for internet connectivity and still enable WiFi tethering?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater? It is possible to use android as WiFi access point using 3G - but, **is there a way to use an existing wifi connection and not 3g as the source?** Here where I am there is a wifi connection but it works only with openvpn, so I can use it with a laptop or rooted Android but I also have an iPad which can't use openvpn, so I thought I will use my android device as a private access point for my iPad. Is it possible?"} {"id":"65989","title":"How to make a Nexus 4 a wifi access point \/ repeater without using mobile data","text":"I have a spare Nexus 4 phone after recently upgrading to a Nexus 5. I would like to root the device and use it to share a wifi connection. To be clear, I am not talking about the stock android wifi hotspot functionality which shares a mobile 3G\/ 4G data connection wirelessly. I would like to connect to a wifi hotspot from the device and then share that wifi connection to other devices, creating a WLAN. So wifi in, wifi out. 1. Does the Nexus 4 support this? 2. Can it be done without rooting \/ installing a custom rom? 3. If not, what ROM \/ apps do people recommend?"} {"id":"7504","title":"Can I use the HTC Desire HD Wifi Hotspot feature to share a wireless network instead of mobile internet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater? I have my home router which for a variety of reasons I can not switch to WEP. However, I occasionally need to use my Nintendo DS to connect to Nintendo WFC, and it can only use a WEP connection. My current method is to use the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature of my HTC Desire HD to create a temporary WEP network and connect to that using my DS. This is fine, except it forces my phone to use my carrier's data connection instead of my home wireless network, bringing with it associated charges if I hadn't used the internet on my phone that day already. Is there anyway to share a wireless network instead of the mobile network via the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature?"} {"id":"33327","title":"Can I disable the default calendar app notifications?","text":"This strikes me as a bug since the behaviour is incredibly consistent, but perhaps someone here can help me. I want to use the google developed calendar app as my main calendar app. My phone (a Galaxy S2) came with a samsung developed calendar app (both very conveniently named \"Calendar\"). At this point, I simply want to disable the samsung calendar app from displaying any sort of notifications (since the google app also displays notifications and I want to use that app). I have been able to do this by going to settings->Notifications in the samsung app and toggling to \"Off\". However, as soon as I restart the device, the notifications are back on their original settings. Anyone else experience this? Anyone know how to make the settings stick? **EDIT:** I notice the notification settings of the google developed app (sound, default reminder time, popup) are also not sticking after reboot. Is my device broken? It seems to only be for calendar. Gmail and other apps hold their settings fine. **EDIT 2:** Ok, so disabling the samsung app allows my google app calendar settings to stick after reboot. So looks like that is what I will be doing. Anyone know how I can change the vcs file association to this app now?"} {"id":"41385","title":"Disable (in software) Nexus S Power Button","text":"My Nexus S has a broken power button that some days works fine, some days doesn't work at all, but most days just acts up and will randomly turn my phone on, even when it's sitting on the table. I'm running a CyanogenMod 10.1 nightly on it. Through ButtonRemapper, I've mapped the soft search button to act as a power button, and enabled the volume buttons to turn the phone on. Thus, I have no need to use the power button anymore, and it is just annoying. Is there a way I can disable (without hardware modifications) the power button? ButtonRemapper doesn't have in its options the ability to change it, and I've had no luck trying to modify the keymap files. Any help is appreciated!"} {"id":"39896","title":"How do I get the Music Player to display all ID3 tags","text":"Music players like DoubleTwist are based on iTunes which supports very few ID3 tags. The ones supported are adequate for pop music but hopeless for classical music or even jazz. For example, in random play you may well want to keep whole compositions together, like a Beethoven Symphony with 4 movements and therefore four tracks. Again, compendium albums often have multiple composers so tagging (and displaying) the composer for each track is useful. The Musichi software suite lets me tag my classical albums appropriately and has a player for the PC which takes advantage of the tagging. But there is no support for Android at this point in time. Anyone know of a way I can do this?"} {"id":"36662","title":"Backlight flickering at low brightness levels","text":"I noticed my phone's backlight would start to flicker\/pulse intermittently when I switch my brightness level to something low (est. between 1% to 15% brightness). The flickering or pulsing is as if the power supplied to the light is fluctuating. My phone is a HTC Desire, OS used to be stock (Froyo 2.2) when I experienced this, now it is on CM7.2 (GB 2.3.7), still has this problem. I have not tried any other ROMs on this phone, and not sure if it is a software or a hardware problem. Is there any way to prevent this flickering, other than not setting the brightness to such levels?"} {"id":"39895","title":"Get the default contact phone number","text":"When we dial a selected contact, the first phone number is always picked (unless another number has a default flag set in DB). How can someone get that first phone number? How are those numbers ordered?"} {"id":"36664","title":"SD card won't format on my Samsung Galaxy S3","text":"My Samsung Galaxy S3 tells me that I have used up all of my memory. So, I bought a brand-new 32GB SD card, and placed it in the phone. I went to storage settings and followed the instructions to format the SD card. Then, it tells me it's updating memory and my total space available is 32GB remaining. However, nothing is happening. It still says I have ran out of memory. I have turned off the phone and turned it back on several times. I have also restarted phone. I have formatted SD card many times, but nothing is happening. This is frustrating, because I deleted so many apps because it's not letting me download or open anything because it's full. Please help."} {"id":"41656","title":"How to assign a button on a remote keypad to start an app on android tv dongle","text":"Please help. Is there anyone know how to assign a button on a remote keyboard to do something like start an app or clicking on a shortcut on the Home screen, such as the Search button will open the Google search app, and so on I have read android input at http:\/\/source.android.com\/tech\/input\/overview.html and it seems that such wish could be done without programming by changing the key mapping file, maybe the frameworks\/base\/core\/res\/res\/values\/config.xml (i found the framework.jar under the system folder of my android but no such config.xml inside!?) Any help\/ advise is highly appreciated"} {"id":"41654","title":"Rooting the Karbonn smart tab 7","text":"First of all, I understand that similar questions have been asked trillions of times before. But, as I've come to learn, not this specific one. So, here I go... I recently bought a Karbonn smart tab 7 and upgraded it to android 4.0.3. I've been using it a lot, and it has'nt given me any problems so far[Except the annoying settings reset, which is a question for another day]. I want to root my device and have tried various tutorials and NOTHING worked. Whenever I try to use an application to this, it tells me that the device cannot be found. I have connected it to the computer via the USB cable and Enabled usb debugging and even tried enabling mass storage mode[Only the SD card's file structure showed up in My computer]. I read somewhere that I would need to download some drivers for this to work, but am not able to find any drivers. I have also tried talking to customer care about the drivers, and they just farted on me. P.s. I have posted this question on a few forums before here[I did'nt know Stackexchange hav a site for Android!!!] and they eiter closed the question and voted me down or no one replied. Please help me as soon as possible."} {"id":"45695","title":"How did my device know where I am located even though my GPS was turned off?","text":"So I was testing some functionality levels with Facebook Check-In feature on an Android device (Galaxy S2) and I noticed something strange. Even though my GPS was turned off, When I Checked-In on the Facebook App it showed my current location (along with a pop-up asking me to turn on GPS for more accurate reporting). Why and more importantly how did my device know where I was located with my GPS being turned off?"} {"id":"8233","title":"Modern Combat Sandstorm Texture problem on Acer Liquid Metal","text":"The game works perfectly except many graphical glitches with textures (mainly those in the background). any hints? I have Acer Liquid Metal, official Froyo"} {"id":"37580","title":"Headphone controls on SGS-III","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I control both volume and track skip on my Android device from my > headphones? So I had recently gotten the SIII and ditched the iPhone 4s. I have been using my Bose QC15 to listen to music and it has headphone controls but unlike the iPhone I cannot change the volume, switch songs (I can but it pauses more than switching) go back a song, fast-forward, or rewind with the headphone controls. I find it rather troublesome because I have to fish out my phone and get into the music app to do most of that. Any help on this?"} {"id":"8235","title":"How do I type a tabulation character on an Xperia?","text":"I imported my notes from my Palm Centro into Note Everything and the tab characters in my existing notes show up correctly. But how do I type a tab character on my Xperia X10?"} {"id":"15530","title":"Is it possible to unlock my Samsung Galaxy 3(GT-i5801)?","text":"I moved to another country and absent-mindedly bought a SIM card for my GT-i5801 (from Orange UK) Now it's asking for a network lock code. I have searched the net and everything points to me going to a \"phone\" shop to unlock this, however I'm not conversant enough in the local language to understand people yet and want to carry on using my phone. Is there anyway to unlock this phone? Either that or I have to wait a month until I can get back to the UK."} {"id":"10133","title":"How to read comments to app of another country?","text":"Google Market allow me by default to read only comments of my country (Italy). Unfortunately not popular application have only few or even no comments. How can I read comments from other country (USA, UK, etc.)?"} {"id":"56479","title":"Different system time for different applications","text":"I need to set different system time for different applications. For example I need to have to Chrome \"thinks\" that it is November 2012 and keep normal system time for all others applications. Is that possible, even with some 3rd party app?"} {"id":"37139","title":"Adding a Contacts Group on Android doesn't sync to Google Contacts","text":"I've created a contacts group on my Android phone, but this hasn't appeared on Google Contacts. I was under the impression my phone and my Google account would sync each way. How can I get my Android contacts group to sync with my Google account?"} {"id":"40527","title":"In a group\/mass text message from an iphone to other phones, who sees my reply to the group msg from my android?","text":"If an iphone user sends me a group\/mass text message on my android and I text back and hit reply (not reply-all) not realizing that it is a group\/mass text, who sees my reply? Just the original sender of the group msg(an iphone user) or everyone that was included in the group\/mass text? I use the stock text app on my android(Verizon Samsung Droid Charge) and there is no reply-all button in my text app. when I reply to text messages. I only received one text that was a reply to the original group\/mass text, but received nothing else from anyone in the group. The iphone user that sent the original group\/mass text says that she is the only one that probably received my reply. Not realizing that it was a group\/mass text. I REALLY want to know if anyone else besides the original sender saw my reply. When I received the text there was no indication(on my android) that it was a group\/mass text. Thanks so much!"} {"id":"44863","title":"Restoring Samsung GT-P1000 to original firmware","text":"I spent the past several hours reading and reading. I tried to upgrade this Tablet to Jellybean, now the Tablet only reaches the Samsung glowing screen. I tried several fixes to no avail, my first hurdle is I have no idea what Product code to place in to get the firmware from Sammobile as I dont know where this tablet originated from, possibly England. I also followed a tutorial on how to restore back to gingerbread 2.3.3 which gave me the same result; I think I have to go back to Froyo 2.2. So I followed the tutorial from the answer on Restoring original 2.2 firmware on Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000L. Again no luck, I think I need to restore everything. As I'm a noob maybe someone can point me the right direction? Also in the above tutorial I downloaded some PIT files, and I have no idea which one to use. Picking the correct firmware from Sammobile and PIT should reverse everything as I did load a modem file in the first place."} {"id":"42347","title":"How do I change the Google Play country?","text":"Can someone tell me how to change the country preference for Google Play? I have searched high and low but in most of the forums people ask you to go to gmail settings > edit profile and change the country there. But there is no place to change the country in settings! There is a something called place (which can be marked as current) but that has no impact on Google play. I dont want to circumvent country restrictions, I want to permanently change the country. So its NOT a duplicate of this: How can I circumvent regional restrictions in the Android Market?"} {"id":"60664","title":"Google play wrong country","text":"Please help I bought a **Nexus 7** but an update has changed my Google Play Store to _Switzerland_. How do I get it back to English currency?"} {"id":"19935","title":"How to keep two versions of an app installed?","text":"Android Market has just updated an app in my device. I liked the update, but its fully different from last version which was also my favorite. So, I want to keep last version too. I have last version's apk thanks to Titanium Backup. But, I can't install it without replacing current one (Android architecture sucks). Is there any way to do this? Hacks etc.. **Note:** I want to keep current version which must be connected with Market to receive future updates."} {"id":"69852","title":"4.4 Update (Sprint Galaxy S3) disabled pattern lock, can i reenable?","text":"This morning I applied the 4.4 update on my Galaxy S3 (Sprint). I noticed that I can no longer use a pattern lock. The message: \"Turned off by administrator, encryption policy or credential storage\" is shown for Pattern, Swipe, Face unlock, Face and voice, and None. I thought that this might be related to my work email, which I get on my phone and is exchange, but i removed all device administrators and nothing changed. How do I re-enable pattern lock?"} {"id":"38318","title":"Make Automate Task to manually sync Google Voice","text":"Some network I connect to during my daily life, do not allow for push notifications. So I want to make a task that syncs all my accounts. This was easily done with Llama for Gmail. I just told it when I'm connected to those networks that don't allow push, to sync every 5 minutes. The strange thing is that Google voice is not show up under my google account in settings as a syncing app. You have to actually open the app and click the refresh button. Does any one know a way to make a manual sync with Google voice in the background? Can I run some intent?"} {"id":"37037","title":"Sending an automated SMS before switching off the phone","text":"Can I send an automated SMS to any specific number by an application\/service (which I set ON), if phone gets switched off before closing that service or application? Also can I do the same if phone breaks down in an accident or if I do specific action on phone, such as \"Tap the screen 3 times while phone's screen is locked\", or \"shake the phone 3 times while it is locked\"? Thanks."} {"id":"5950","title":"Google Latitude update every 1 hour","text":"my question is it possible to configure Google Latitude on a Android OS phone to update its location more often then every hour? for example, every 30 minutes? or every 15 minutes? I check where my wife is located while I'm at work by opening the latitude website, but it updates her location only every 1 hour. I would be very happy to make it update more often. Thank you for your time."} {"id":"5957","title":"Is it possible to temporarily disable the screen timeout?","text":"Often, during updates\/downloads or backup operations I would like to **temporarily disable the screen time** ( found under the ' _menu - settings - Display - Screen timeout_ ' ) without having to navigate to the above menu setting . Anybody knows of a good **widget** which does just that : either disable the screen time ( by just clicking the widget ) , or by setting it to a high value \/ back to short value ( also by just clicking the widget ). Or is there any other easy way I have missed ? I am running Froyo on Samsung Galaxy S."} {"id":"11532","title":"Bluetooth OBDII Android app","text":"I am going to order this OBDII scan tool from DealExtreme: http:\/\/www.dealextreme.com\/p\/elm327-bluetooth-obd-ii-wireless-transceiver- dongle-16921 Just wondering if there are any apps out there that already support the device or do I need to write my own?"} {"id":"65117","title":"Is it possible to pack data\/data\/files in apk (using apktool or other program)","text":"I used Titanium Backup to backup the app data. However, i need to give this to my friend, but his phone is not rooted. I tried to put data\/data into the apktool folder (after using `apktool d sdbattle.apk`) and packed it (using `apktool b sdbattle`), but the data is not inside. How can i pack the data folder in the apk? _**This should \/ may be duplicate - i've read another here at android enthusiast._**"} {"id":"60546","title":"Type password to decrypt storage","text":"I'm receiving this message when I boot my Galaxy S4 and I cannot use it: Type password to decrypt storage I haven't encrypted anything and I don't know why I'm receiving this message. Is there any solution for this? ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Tw1uBm.png) Screenshot (click to enlarge)"} {"id":"16389","title":"Automatically install new applications on SD card","text":"How can I do this? My phone's internal memory is low, yet Android (2.3.3) still deems it fit to attempt installations of files in the phone memory, I haven't found any option for this in the settings. Edit : Turned out, it was Facebook's contact syncing. I recommend you back up your contacts on your SD card, and clear the data from the \"`Contact Storage`\" app in your settings."} {"id":"64640","title":"YouTube app not preloading","text":"I have a Nexus 7 running 4.4.2. I have one video in my \"Watch Later\" list in the YouTube app, which successfully preloaded a few weeks ago. I have the preload setting activated. I have added a second video to the list, but it will not start preloading. The device is connected to a wifi network with excellent signal strength and is connected to a computer via the USB cable to charge. The battery icon indicates that it is charging. I removed the video from the list, restarted the YouTube app and added it again, but it will not start preloading. Any ideas?"} {"id":"64642","title":"Disable gifs system-wide or by app?","text":"I was wondering if there is some way to 1, disable gifs from loading, and\/or 2, disable gifs from playing on an Android device. The first would be mostly to conserve data, especially if I'm on Tumblr or a similar site where gifs feature prominently. The second would be for accessibility (for example, a friend who is epileptic). Maybe it could be done through editing the app, or through an xposed module? If it helps, I have a Galaxy S4 Verizon, rooted. Thanks!"} {"id":"69149","title":"How can I make an APK backup from an installed and configured XBMC?","text":"I sell boxes with XBMC pre installed and preconfigured however it takes a long time to manually configure it with each add-on and then setup to my liking it. I was wondering if it were possible to generate an APK from an installed XBMC. I've tried Titanium Backup but as XBMC stores in different places it doesn't seem to work. It can be done as I've seen other boxes with preconfigured XBMC having a customised XBMC installation and they appear to be using ZipSigner on the Android Box itself."} {"id":"69148","title":"Best rated apps ? Any list of them?","text":"Thousands of apps on playstore but there is no way to sort them on best rated.is there any site of way to find best rated apps (from playstore or otherwise) ???"} {"id":"64399","title":"Managing ME under contacts list (Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini)","text":"When I first got this phone I set up all my accounts like Google+, GMail, Skype and in contacts automatically appeared ME as first on the list, with my picture from Google+ and small icons of Google+ and Skype right from the picture. I accidentaly erased that account and when I wanted to set it up again it did not want to connect with other accounts. It gave me option to put picture by myself and to write my data. Again by accident I managed to return it as it was, but now I just have picture and small icon of Google+ and do not have Skype icon. So my gueston is how to add it back? Also at firs when I called contacts which have other accounts in my contacts list, their picture and information appeared on screen and in messages and now it does not."} {"id":"69142","title":"Unable to play Snapchat videos","text":"I have a samsung galaxy ace and I am unable to view most videos on snapchat that people send to me. I and have tried to rectify the problem by downloading mx player and vlc player and updating to snapchat beta. However I am still unable to view almost all snapchat videos and was wondering how I fix this problem?"} {"id":"69146","title":"does SDK disk images of APIs for windows and mac differ?","text":"Okay its my very first question, sorry if it doesn't fit the community standards! I have started developing on a windows machine, I use the ADT with Eclipse, my SDK is updated with all the possible Android APIs, ie, (1.6-4.4). The windows machine is pretty slow so lately I got a Mac (Mavericks), so I am confused between ADT for mac and windows. Is the APIs updated with the SDK work with mac(can i copy and paste the version images to mac sdk from the windows sdk)? or should I update the SDK (APIs) for mac? thank you for any suggestion!"} {"id":"11407","title":"Can bought Android apps be shared between devices you own?","text":"On the iPod Touch\/iPhone since it is tied to your iTunes account, I am quite sure you can have your bought apps on multiple devices you own (can't test though iPod Touch was stolen). However now I have the Motorola Droid, and am waiting for a tablet, and considering getting a Nook and rooting it to run my own apps. Question is, if you buy an app on the marketplace, how is the security done: 1. Is it tied to your Gmail account so you can share it between devices you own? 2. Is it tied to the device? (Don't break\/replace your phone!) 3. As long as it's installed, you're OK? (If you uninstall, or wipe your device, it's gone). I assume 3 is highly unlikely, though a possibility, so leaving it here as a potential answer to my question."} {"id":"53997","title":"What will happen to my apps when i switch phones?","text":"When I get a new android I would to keep the apps I have purchased. I will keep the same account but I was wondering if I will have to rebuy my games?"} {"id":"16515","title":"Same Apps for multiple tablets","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can bought android apps be shared between devices you own? I am thinking about purchasing an android tablet for each of my four young children. If I purchase an app or e-book or book on one tablet, will it download for free onto the other three? Or will I need to re-purchase it for the other three?"} {"id":"52452","title":"New contact shortcut","text":"Is there any way (besides Tasker) to create a new contact in one click? (For example: quick access to save a contact info during a call.)"} {"id":"63019","title":"USB charge in android 4.2.2","text":"I have an android 4.2.2 phone. When I connect it to my desktop PC, it is not charging (Showing as charging and disconnected repeatedly). Checked by changing USB cable, connecting to different PC, connecting to different phones with same cable etc. Using same cable I can charge other mobiles like lumia, android 4.1 phones. Also I can charge my phone with same cable through charger. When I google it, I found that USB charge only option is removed in 4.2.2 (It was der in earlier versions). My model is XOLO Q1000 Opus and android version is 4.2.2. Please help me"} {"id":"62963","title":"Whatsapp friends profile image not showing","text":"It's been a few days now since my friends contact images started to disappear on my Samsung Galaxy Sii. Whatsapp up to date. Android is 4.1.2. I've already tried: * Turn off\/on the phone; * Add\/remove the contact from the address book of the phone (my contacts are on the gmail account); * Clear the phone cache (under App Management). Just the cache. I don't want to loose conversations; * Checked whatsapp space usage (under App Managent). It's like 23MBytes total. Some apps use much more; Some facts: * Some friends (few of them) are still showing the profile images. They are from the same source (Gmail Addr Book); * If I delete\/recreate those friends with profile images, their image is re-downloaded correctly. I also deleted the profile image in the \"Profile Pictures\" folder and whatsapp downloads it again; **My guess** : Users that are changing their profile image recently are being set as \"no profile photo\" (in the server). This propagates to everyone else who refreshes their address book for any reason. Can somebody check my findings?"} {"id":"63028","title":"disappearance of pics from whatsapp","text":"why my friends pics are disappearing from whatsapp though they haven't deleted their pics. I tried evrything cleared the data n cache but it did not fix the problem I even reinstalled the app but no results.. plz help"} {"id":"63016","title":"Is this android mobile device credit card payment system secure and safe?","text":"Mobile device credit card payments and credit card readers are appearing everywhere, but then we all know any payment app's security is nought if the android device is rooted. Before I give my credit card to be read, how can I check that this merchant's mobile device payment system app is legit, and that her phone is not rooted?"} {"id":"63012","title":"Chrome Browser does not render mobile site","text":"I use SAMSUNG GALAXY Y GT-S6312. I was testing my site on google chrome for mobile view render. But it renders desktop site only Tried clearing cache of browser. Stopped application. But no results. Any Solutions."} {"id":"62941","title":"Control Upload Location on Google Drive for Scans","text":"Google Drive on Android has the really helpful scan feature which I use all the time. However, it would be really great to be able to control where the default location for those files in Drive is. Is this possible, if so how do you do it?"} {"id":"10289","title":"How can I uninstall Alkido 1.1 when both Alkido 2.0 and Alkido 1.1 are installed on my Samsung Galaxy S","text":"After installing my Archos 101 tablet, I noticed that the Alkido version I installed on it was version 2, when the version installed on my Galaxy S was still version 1.1. The market when run on the Galaxy never told me there was an update. **I just installed version 2.0 of Alkido on my Galaxy, resulting in both versions being installed.** However, I find **no place where I can install version 1.1** ! * Settings - Applications - Running applications show both version 1.1 and version 2.0 ( cause I just started both programs ). * Pressing version 1.1 does not give me an option to uninstall (e.g. the Uninstall button is greyed out) * Settings - Applications - All show both version 1.1 and version 2.0 * Settings - Applications - Third-party only show version 2.0 Both programs have their own data folder so it seems, as I don't see the books visible in version 1.1 being displayed in version 2.0. The market, as I said, only shows version 2.0. **Any other place I can start an uninstall ?**"} {"id":"26846","title":"Prepend phone numbers with a calling card dial in number","text":"I use a calling card to call my home country and usually it's these steps: 1. Call the dial in number for the calling card company (e.g. 1 800 123 1234) 2. Enter the card PIN code (e.g. 1234 1234 1234) 3. Enter the destination number (which is saved as a phone in the contacts - e.g. +7 12 123456780) I have several several contacts I call regularly and also plenty of one-offs. Is there an app or way to automatically prefix the numbers from steps 1 & 2 along with pauses (p) and waits (w) so that I could dial the contact directly from the address book? Thank you!"} {"id":"49821","title":"Moving apps to folders within the app drawer using the stock launcher of Samsung Galaxy S4","text":"So on my Galaxy S4 I can open the Apps Overflow Menu (4x4 square-ish dots) and press the menu button (left of the Home) and choose edit. From there I can long press icons and put them into a folder on a particular page. What I can't do is drag apps from page to page and place them in folders on different pages. I would really like to have all my Verizon\/Samsung apps in their own folders. I feel the answer will be a resounding \"you can't\", but how can I put icons from different pages of the apps overflow menu into folders on a different page in this menu list?"} {"id":"46831","title":"Rooting and flashing the DX2","text":"I have a DX2 I recently rooted (2.3.5) with some self root package. However, I didn't realize virtually all of the CM roms require 2.3.4. So now I need to SBF back to 2.3.4, re-root and flash. I'd like CM7, and maybe even try CM10. Is there a comprehensive site with all the necessary files in 1 location? I've searched all over forums and so many sites have dead links. I'm a bit of a noob, but have flashed the optimus elite once before..this motoblur crap is annoying.. Edit : DX2 = droid x2 CM = cyanogenmod SBF = system boot file noob = beginner or novice"} {"id":"13396","title":"Why is my GPS reception poor?","text":"I get very poor GPS reception on my Droid X. When I turn GPS on, the little icon in the overhead bar has a flashing center, which means it hasn't found a satellite. It takes forever to lock on, if at all. I've found it's better if I move around -- if I walk a 100 yards or so, it will often lock on, but not always. This seems to have changes recently. It was great, then something changed. I just hard-reset the phone, so it has fresh settings (and I was having the problem previously, so it's nothing I did then reset). Is something wrong with the phone?"} {"id":"2901","title":"How to setup screen sharing for business meetings?","text":"I'm wondering if it would be possible to use android-based tablets (or ipads) in business meetings. The idea would be to have each person in the meeting, with its individual tablet, see what a \"meeting-leader\" is seeing on his own tablet, navigating through the web or using apps. I see some solutions that seem to be mostly directed into remote-control, but what I want is just to screencast in realtime to multiple receivers, privately. The ability to let some other person take control would also be nice, but not mandatory. How could I set this up?"} {"id":"2900","title":"Old ringtones from android 1.0?","text":"I had a Android Dev G1 phone (which has long since bitten the dust). it was running android 1.0 (later updated to 1.5). I have just gotten a HTC Desire running 2.2. There was a nice ringtone on the 1.0 that i'd like to get again. Is there anyway to download the ld ringtones that were on 1.0?"} {"id":"4491","title":"What running applications and services are safe to turn off?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Knowing which applications to stop I just got a used Nexus One and I see a lot of running services and applications. I'm wondering what negative impact there would be if I just started switching them off? For example, obviously, I don't want to mess with \"Calendar,\" but what about \"Calendar Storage?\" If I install Handcent SMS, do I still need the Messaging- related services\/applications? Same for Media: if I install Winamp, do I still need those?"} {"id":"49523","title":"How to configure Dropbox to ONLY upload camera pictures, and NOT download all folders in the cloud?","text":"Samsung Galaxy S4, installed dropbox to upload photos. However, S4 has 9 gig free, and my dropbox had 50 gig on it, so the first time, it bombed trying to download everything. deleted sync file (~4 gig) on S4, but now my device is deleting files from Dropbox on it's own! Had to shut it down and uninstall. Any idea how to NOT sync anything but camera uploads? It's really messing with my dropbox folder sync between my home computer and laptop, randomly deleting files and folders. Thanks!"} {"id":"44472","title":"Is there a way to share OTR keys between different applications?","text":"I have IM+ pro installed on my phone and purchased the OTR upgrade. On my linux laptop I have pidgin installed and the OTR plugin active. I set both XMPP resources - laptop and nexus - to the same priority, I simply set IM+ pro to 1, to share messages between devices. I prefer to use OTR communication whenever possible but I have not yet found a way to share the OTR keys already on my laptop with my phone. How can I achieve OTR communication that can be decrypted on both devices equally?"} {"id":"58712","title":"HP TouchPad: After reinstalling CM9, one app refuses to re-install at all, and I cannot move apps to the internal SD card","text":"The app in question is _Viral Floating Youtube Popup_ (a really awesome app, try it). The notification bar says \"Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card\". Here's my relevant ADB log output as it finishes downloading and attempts to re-install: * **D\/Finsky ( 5512):** [1] DownloadQueueImpl.onComplete: com.Mata.YTplayer: onComplete * **D\/Finsky ( 5512):** [1] DownloadQueueImpl.remove: Download com.Mata.YTplayer removed from DownloadQueue * **I\/installd( 164):** free_cache(0) avail 1346953216 * **D\/dalvikvm( 249):** GC_EXPLICIT freed 861K, 57% free 6745K\/15559K, paused 3ms+9ms * **W\/ActivityManager( 249):** No content provider found for permission revoke: file:\/\/\/data\/data\/com.android.providers.downloads\/cache\/downloadfile-3.apk * **D\/VoldCmdListener( 153):** asec list * **I\/PackageHelper(10147):** Size of container 8 MB * **D\/VoldCmdListener( 153):** asec create smdl2tmp1 8 fat {} 10041 * **E\/logwrapper(17534):** executing \/system\/bin\/newfs_msdos failed: No such file or directory * **I\/logwrapper( 153):** \/system\/bin\/newfs_msdos terminated by exit(255) * **E\/Vold ( 153):** Format failed (unknown exit code 255) * **E\/Vold ( 153):** ASEC FAT format failed (I\/O error) * **E\/PackageHelper(10147):** Failed to create secure container smdl2tmp1 * **E\/DefContainer(10147):** Failed to create container smdl2tmp1 * **W\/ActivityManager( 249):** No content provider found for permission revoke: file:\/\/\/data\/data\/com.android.providers.downloads\/cache\/downloadfile-3.apk * **D\/dalvikvm( 249):** GC_EXPLICIT freed 125K, 57% free 6739K\/15559K, paused 3ms+8ms * **D\/Finsky ( 5512):** [265] 1.packageInstalled: Package install status for \"null\" is -18 * **D\/Finsky ( 5512):** [1] InstallerTask.cancelCleanup: Cancel running installation of com.Mata.YTplayer"} {"id":"16870","title":"How to stream videos I own to an android device?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a DLNA enabled media player for Android? > Video streaming from PC to Android? I've largely been an iPhone\/iPad person. I am looking at getting a Kindle Fire or Nook color. I really just want to be able to stream video from my already huge collection of movies that I have on hand. I have used the Boxee and Airplayit applications for PC\/iPad\/iPhone.... Anything like that for Android or will I be stuck encoding and transferring?"} {"id":"1051","title":"Is there a DLNA enabled media player for Android?","text":"Is there a DLNA compatible media player app available for Android?"} {"id":"5495","title":"Is a Class 10 MicroSD overkill or is a Class 6 adequate?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Is the class rating of my MicroSD card relevant? I don't see any speed class or × rating markings on the 2GB card that came with my phone. Is a Class 10 card going to be noticeably faster (in apps that use the SD storage) than a Class 6? I know that it's theoretically 40% faster but I'm not sure that my Flipside would even be able to take advantage of the higher speeds."} {"id":"2097","title":"Performance gain from upgrading higher class SD card","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Is the class rating of my MicroSD card relevant? If you've upgraded the SD card on your phone to a higher class, have you measured or noticed any significant performance difference? What kinds of apps seemed most affected?"} {"id":"9627","title":"Is the class rating of my MicroSD card relevant?","text":"Does Class 4 perform differently from Class 6, and so on, when it comes to Micro SD(HC) memory cards on smartphones? Samsung Galaxy S to be specific."} {"id":"20191","title":"How do I set up adb for the Augen GenTouch78?","text":"I am trying to root my Augen GenTouch78. I am following instructions from this site but I cannot get past step 8b. I get this error: ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/gcugT.png)"} {"id":"20190","title":"Path where Firefox Mobile Addons store their data?","text":"I've installed Firefox Mobile on my Asus eee transformer and installed the scriptish add-on for using some userscripts. Some of them require editing. The problem is I don't know which path contains these scripts. Does anyone here know that? Or know where the firefox data is stored?"} {"id":"79124","title":"How can I get JOdin3 to root my i897?","text":"I am running the downloaded version of JOdin3 on my Ubuntu 14.04 system. I tried running it in my browser, but it would not detect my device, nor would it do so in the new window. I downloaded it, changed the permissions to \"executable\" and ran it locally; it detected my device immediately. I tried running the program, allowing it to extract my PIT file automatically by following the on-screen prompts, it says \"running\", but after nearly 30 minutes there was no change. Then I stopped the program, rebooted my device, cleared my cache in the stock recovery, extracted the PIT file using Heimdall-frontend in my terminal and used that file instead of allowing JOdin3 to extract it. Same result, after 30 - 45 minutes, no change. I guess it is possible that it is just taking a LOOONG time, but all the other times I have flashed root using Odin on my Windows system, it was quicker than this. What am I doing wrong?"} {"id":"5228","title":"Does rooting require a custom ROM?","text":"I've noticed that some apps say they require a rooted phone. Is it necessary to install a custom ROM in order to root a phone? Edit: I should mention that I've seen this answer, but my phone isn't listed."} {"id":"54149","title":"How to use NFC tags to trigger profiles and tasks in Tasker?","text":"I am planning to get some NFC tags which I want to use to control some profiles in Tasker. Where in Tasked can I choose NFC tag as my trigger? If that does not exist, how can I turn tasks on and off for free using NFC tags? Any plugins? Thanks."} {"id":"54148","title":"Direct backup from Titanium Backup to DropBox","text":"Device: Samsung Galaxy S4, with root I was wondering if it would be possible to make my backups straight to DropBox, without needing to save the files to my phone first. I had TiBu upload to DropBox after the backup, but TiBu cannot complete the backup because of the low disk space. I was thinking of something like a symlink to DropBox, but I don't know if that is possible."} {"id":"28796","title":"How can I edit\/produce themed videos on Android (e.g. iMovie for Android)?","text":"In video editting apps, is there something like iMovie, which allows you to make movies based on \"themes\"? I.e. stichs movie clips together on a theme like \"princess\" or \"adventurer\" and form an elaborate result?"} {"id":"54143","title":"Oflline access to note\/task\/calendar apps","text":"Sure Evernote is great, but I don't like the idea of paying for accessing my own data when I am offline, which is still very often the case for tablets when you travel. Unfortunately, when you read reviews, this bit of information is lacking. Do you know of any free evernote-like app where synced data can be later accessed offline still for free? What about Springpad in this regard?"} {"id":"54142","title":"Connectify network for android","text":"I have a wired internet access on my win xp laptop. And want to share it to my HTC android smartphone. So, I've installed Connectify Hotspot Pro 3.7.1, created a network, but my android even doesn't see that network. However, another windows based laptop sees it."} {"id":"54146","title":"how can i connect my samsung galaxy y s5360 via usb to pc by odin mode?","text":"My Samsung galaxy y5360 operating system was gone.now i want to install Samsung by default software 2.3.6 Gingerbrade by Odin v1.85..but can't detect usb in my pc but also good in USB port&cable.so how can i install by default software 2.3.6gingerbrade by Odin v1.85 or other.my Phone can't run.help me."} {"id":"62053","title":"Paragon app won't mount","text":"I have a Galaxy Note 2014 edition. I rooted the device in order to use a NTFS partitioned external HD. I followed all the instructions, used the root checker and everything is fine. When I connect the external drive it is recognized by Paragon but when I click \"mount\" it just flashes back to the initial screen of the app. Does anybody have a clue of what is possibly going wrong? (I've tried other apps such as stickmount, ntfs mounter and none of them worked. Thanks."} {"id":"20229","title":"Android Music player that displays BPM ID3tags while playing songs.","text":"I am desperately searching for an android music player app that will display BPM (which I already have in ALL of my songs id3tag) while the song is playing (maybe instead of album). I have not found any - please advise"} {"id":"67661","title":"Transfer Frozen: Free Fall progress between devices","text":"How can I transfer my progress in Frozen: Free Fall from my Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 2.3.3) to my Samsung Galaxy S5?"} {"id":"67665","title":"Android Transmit system audio over MTP","text":"Here is what I want to do. If I plug in my Galaxy S4 to my BMW 335i, then I can browse and play music stored on the device just fine and the sound quality is excellent. If I play over the audio auxillary input, I can play anything but the quality of the sound is not good at all. The only way to play system sound and services like Spotify, Pandora, Google Music, etc is though the aux input jack since MTP doesn't carry the Android devices audio output. What I want to do is transmit all system audio over MTP when the device is connected. This should be doable through some app or through some custom code that would basically buffer the system audio output and push it over mtp. Ideally, you could just browse to an item in the BMW iDrive that says \"System Audio\" and then you could hear any output from the Android phone regardless of what app is playing it. Does anyone know of an app that would route system audio over the MTP connection? or does anyone have a service or custom code that would route all audio over the connection? I have the same problem with Bluetooth audio as well. The 2010 BMW I have doesn't support Bluetooth Audio, but I really don't care about that since that sound quality is pretty questionable as well anyway."} {"id":"67669","title":"Disable full screen view in Google Play Books","text":"On my 2013 Nexus 7, the Google Play Books app makes use of the new full screen feature in Android 4.4 KitKat to hide the system bars when the app is in use. This adds nothing useful to the experience, in my opinion, and requires annoying extra taps for trivial tasks like looking at the clock or switching apps. I can find no settings in the app for this. Is it possible to disable this \"feature,\" preferably on a per-app basis?"} {"id":"23556","title":"How can I pause and resume video recording if the stock app does not support this feature?","text":"I have an Xperia Mini Pro with Android 2.3 (and upgradeable to Android 4). Its recording program does not have ability to pause and resume recording. **How can I pause and resume video recording if the stock app does not support this feature?**"} {"id":"81906","title":"I have 29GB free on the sd card and only 101mb on storage,before I had 800mb and installed batman arkam,the download stopped at 91%","text":"Because I hadn't sufficient memory,but the files remains on mine phone but i can't find them and delete theM. On google play it says that the game isn't installed and in the phone either.How to free my phone? And other question how to use the space on sd card..? I have samsung galaxy s4 with 4.4.2 android NO ROOT"} {"id":"23559","title":"Galaxy Nexus Official 4.0.4 update and root","text":"Since the official 4.0.4 that be downloaded from Google's servers seems to be an update (39mb) can I update my rooted Galaxy Nexus wuthout losing root?"} {"id":"66533","title":"Make phone calls using a computer through an Android phone, both connected by WiFi","text":"I have a computer and Android phone connected by WiFi. I want to use my computer to make calls through the phone. Is there any way to do this?"} {"id":"27643","title":"How can I boot my Nexus S with a broken power button? Can only boot to \"Do not turn off target\"","text":"My Nexus S power button has stopped working and Samsung will not honor the warranty. The farthest I've gotten is to the Downloading screen with the yellow work ahead sign, that says \"Do not turn off target\" and `USB Control Init USB Control Init End`. My computer does not find the device via the Android SDK. I looked up this post Turn phone on with ADB or Fastboot? and others outside of this forum (eg: removing and inserting battery with charger connected), but it does not work for me. Once I boot it I can use it by plugging a battery charger or cable to turn on the screen. Is there a way I could boot it?"} {"id":"59046","title":"Moto X 4.4: Google Hangouts vibrates although vibration is disabled","text":"I'm having a really annoying issue to where when i receive a text message through hangouts my phone will vibrate and make a sound when it isn't muted even though in the hangouts app and in the settings on the phone, I have vibrate unchecked. Am I missing some option? I haven't modified android on anyway on this phone."} {"id":"23884","title":"How to root a Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance\/S II Lite?","text":"What are the steps to root this phone? As I understand, Samsung has been using an internal counter that will void your guarantee if you install a custom kernel, I'd like to avoid that."} {"id":"74617","title":"Is it possible to use Apple Wireless keyboard with Android 4.2.2 tablet?","text":"I have a Kobo Arc 10HD and it runs on Android 4.2.2. I have successfully paired it with an Apple wireless keyboard but I still can't seem to use it. My virtual keyboard pops up and when I type on the Bluetooth keyboard nothing happens. Has anyone used a different keyboard that works? Is it even possible for me to use the Apple keyboard?"} {"id":"42983","title":"How can I install APK file on Bluestacks app player?","text":"I have created an Android application using Eclipse, and now I'd like to install the APK on Bluestacks which is running on Windows 7. How can I install an APK on the Bluestacks player?"} {"id":"16472","title":"How to set special ringtone for all foreign numbers?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Separate ringtone for calls from numbers not in the contact list? How to make all numbers except of \"+375...\" play different ringtone (or set ringtone just for this pattern of numbers)? Also I want to set other special ringtone for unknown (not in phonebook) numbers. I don't want to specify ringtone for every record in phonebook."} {"id":"20826","title":"how do i fix the imei problem my phone dispays invalid imei","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to fix \"Invalid IMEI \" after Factory reset? The phone is a g tide A702 dual sim with Android v2.2.1, MTK Platform I get an Invalid IMEI error after a factory reset. How can I fix this"} {"id":"8738","title":"How to fix Invalid IMEI number on HTC HD2 phone after factory reset?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to fix \"Invalid IMEI \" after Factory reset? Hi. I followed Three.ie support and performed a factory reset on my HTC HD2 running Android 2.2.1. It now displays 'Invalid IMEI' where the SIM connection detail should be. I purchased the phone from China and have been using it with an O2 SIM but the reception in my area is bad so I sent for a three.ie SIM. This also worked OK but I queried why it was connectiong to Vodafone.ie and not three.ie. I was told to do a factory reset to correct this. The reset has now made the phone unusable. I have the original IMEI number printed inside the phone. This is 354120034327435. Please help. regards Dave"} {"id":"35747","title":"How to limit the synchronized contacts to \"My Contacts\" on a Galaxy Note?","text":"I have a problem with my Galaxy Note II (Android 4.1.1) when synchronizing the contacts I have on the phone via Bluetooth with my car. I believe this is some limitation of the number of contacts (or groups of contacts) I have on my phone. The same problem is present on my wife's Galaxy S3. I therefore would like to understand how the Galaxy Note II synchronizes its contacts with Google. I keep all my contacts in Google (I have nothing locally) and would like to just get the _\"My Contacts\"_ group (with the hope it will fix the Bluetooth synchronization problem). I tried to limit the accounts as explained in another post but even though the title of the post is the same as mine, the solutions seem to only limit the number of **displayed** contacts. What I did was to: 1. stop the synchronization for the google account (for contacts) 2. forcefully delete all contacts from my phone (with Mass Contacts Delete, Delete All Contacts and Delete Contacts 3. choose only _\"My Contacts\"_ in `Contacts | Menu | Display Options | Choose contacts to display (account)` 4. restart the synchronization I end up with all google contacts synchronized again ( _\"My Contacts\"_ , the groups within and the _\"Other Contacts\"_ one). I know this because when running the batch contact delete apps they inform me that 500+ contacts will be deleted (while I should have only 30 or so synchronized). This is why I suspect the solution given in the post I mentioned (and which I basically run in the points 2-4 above) just helps to limit the display (and not the whole synchronization). I would be grateful for * some general information about how the Google accounts are synchronized with Android (specifically Samsung Galaxy) * possibly a way to limit the \"visible\" accounts, as presented by the phone via Bluetooth (the idea being that even if the phone has all the contacts synchronized, maybe there is a way to set it up so that it \"presents\" (makes visible to other devices) only a subset). Note: the inferior alternative OS :) (iOS) worked as expected out of the box -- so I guess this is something which is manageable in Android as well."} {"id":"51392","title":"How to change Moborobo's SMS time","text":"I'm currently using the Android Smartphone Management Software Moborobo and was amazed of what it can do. But I noticed that everytime I send a SMS, the time in my message is not synchronized to the one either in my PC or in my smartphone. Please help, Thanks! :)"} {"id":"32215","title":"How can I tell why my sleeping phone occasionally gets warm (and battery is draining abnormally)?","text":"My two Android phones are doing the same thing, Motorola Milestone and Samsung GS3. From time to time, it is sleeping in my pocket and it will start to get warm and the battery is then draining quite rapidly. I guess it must be caused by an application that is stuck running in the background so I am checking: * Task manager, but none of the applications seem to be using more CPU than any other, they are mostly all close to 0%. * In \"Battery Statistics\" only \"Phone Idle\" shows quite high battery usage so it does not tell me if there is a problematic application. Currently I just reboot the phone to solve the problem but I would prefer if I was able to find the problematic application so I can close it."} {"id":"22684","title":"Android Updates: Why Carrier Involvement?","text":"Why is it possible that Android users have to wait until their carrier releases an update and iPhone users get their updates directly from Apple?"} {"id":"26597","title":"Are there any alternate mirrors for downloading Android Source","text":"Presently I am trying to download the android 4.0 source from https:\/\/android.googlesource.com\/platform\/manifest -b android-4.0.1_r1 The package and project paths are accessible here `https:\/\/android.googlesource.com\/platform\/manifest\/+\/c4e4db1a85b9bea00b9fe8c6a18f9d3357adab0c\/default.xml` Currently I am using ubuntu based curl , gitcore and repo to download the source. I tried to search but could not find any public HTTP or FTP mirrors that shares the entire source code in a compressed iso or rar file. Is anyone aware of such public mirrors."} {"id":"56543","title":"Start Google Search with input selected and keyboard active","text":"I'm trying to add an app to Widgetlocker (or shortcut) that will not just start the Google Search app, but actually focus the input and activate the keyboard. Otherwise, I have to click again to do this, which is annoying. I've found no way to set this up in the Google Search settings, nor been successful finding an alternate app that does this, so hoping someone else knows of one?"} {"id":"56541","title":"Where to store (personal) files?","text":"What is the best place in the Android (4.4 or similar) file system to save some documents (.pdf, personal docs, other files, music, ...)? In other words, is there a specific folder where one can create a home directory and put in files without having to fear that it is wiped out by (updates of) Android?"} {"id":"26598","title":"How do I prompt the user for \"Device Administrator\" on Tasker?","text":"I made a Tasker app via the Tasker App Factory that locks the screen based on various occasions. My app works fine except from the initial run which would require the user to enable it as \"Device Administrator\". How do I prompt the user to do this instead of having to instruct them to go to **Settings > Security > Device Administrators**? I'm quite positive it has to be done by using **Send intent** (a Tasker function) but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. Just to clarify, I want to show the user the dialog box for \"Device Administrator\" automatically on first open of the app. * * * Okay so I tried using Intent Intercept but even that, doesn't seem to intercept the Device Administrator prompt. See my video below on how the Device Administrator prompt appears when I select it to be enabled on Secure Settings (a Tasker plugin). http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TprkAYoDVDI As you can see above, Intent Intercept never prompted me and the Device Administrator dialog still popped up."} {"id":"65259","title":"Apps spamming my log","text":"I've been looking at my log recently for more development of android applications, and I've noticed my log is spammed with all sorts of information that I wouldn't considered needed to be logged. Over time, I've notice my phone get slower. I've even noticed at this point, completely stock firmware with a number of apps from the Play Store, running music right now, and Eclipse can't even keep up with the log output on Verbose logging. My question is related to this. Are the logs stored for a while that might cause space to gradually disappear? Is there a way to turn off some logging features as to not record to \"disk\" things like verbose, when apps don't even need it? I've always thought logging should be done if it's an error, not \"just because\". If it's debugging information, then the release version shouldn't log that much output (easily done with a simple variable switch). Am I wrong in this thinking? Thanks in advanced!"} {"id":"75564","title":"Why synchronization doesn't work whereas I have 265 MB of free space","text":"Snchronization doesn't work whereas I have 265 MB of free space: ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/BlGbt.jpg) Why? I use Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2."} {"id":"25481","title":"Unable to set tablet display mode to HDMI","text":"I'm new to android and trying to connect my tablet to LCD TV using a HDMI connector. The instructions in the manual are as below: 1. Set the TV mode to HDMI. 2. Connected the HDMI cable between tablet and TV's respective ports. 3. **Set the tablet display mode under Display Settings to HDMI.** Steps 1 and 2 went good, but in Step 3 I'm unable to find any option in Settings and Display Settings as HDMI. However my default video player named Vortex player has an option to \"Play on TV\" where the display can be set to HDMI and the video plays fine on the TV. This leaves me to think that both the TV and HDMI cable are working fine but I suspect that the tablet's firmware might be that of a different model perhaps which does not support HDMI (wild guess). The tech support suggested to download and install the latest \"software\" (not sure if it's a firmware or not, even they were not..) to help fix the issue with steps by connecting it to PC through USB with a bunch of steps. But this software which shows prompts in chinese doesn't seem to help the cause either. Tech support also says I should be prompted to select display mode on tablet when connected to HDMI but it didn't happen either. Details of my tab as below: * Name: Penta T-Pad IS703C (T-Pad IS703C With BSNL) * Manufacturer: Pantel * Android: 4.0.3 * Kernel: 3.0.8 * Build Number: fj_vortex-userdebug 4.0.3 IML74K eng.zjd1.20120413.113558 test-keys Request thoughts and suggestions on the same that could help me fix the situation. P.S the above information remained unchanged even after the \"software update\", so I suspect that it might've done nothing at all."} {"id":"25484","title":"Does Google Navigation Live Traffic reroute during the journey?","text":"After setting a destination and start navigation and my journey, if a new incident occurs and slows\/blocks the route, is Google Navigation able to update the route and find a faster alternative automatically before I get near?"} {"id":"25486","title":"MTP mode instead of charging with plugged in wall charger","text":"My Galaxy Tab P1000 was charging when it fell down. I tried plugging it in again to continue charging but the battery icon now appears with a cross mark and instead the MTP mode initializes. How can I get the Galaxy Tab to charge normally again?"} {"id":"25487","title":"My nfc-enabled android-phone won't read a rfid key I own, why and what can I do about it?","text":"Does it require some kind of activation-code? If so, can I read it while I scan it on the original scanner?"} {"id":"927","title":"What is the right way to close apps in Android?","text":"I'm new to the Android platform, and this is probably a dumb question, but... How do you close an app? When I'm in an app, and I want to get out, I just click on \"Home\" and move on, but I just installed a Task Manager app, and I noticed _everything_ is left running. Is there a way to exit apps? Or do I need to use the Task Manager every time I exit something?"} {"id":"28891","title":"Closing applications","text":"I guess this has to do with our habit on desktop computers where we 1. open an application 2. use it 3. close the application AFAIK there's no direct way from within the application to close it. And by pressing the Home button app just gets into the background. Still running. I got a habit of pressing Home, then Recent apps and flicking all open apps out. Is this a bad habit? Should I leave applications like GMail, FB, Currents, GNow, etc. running or is it better to close them and have as less apps as possible running?"} {"id":"24670","title":"How to properly close a program in Samsung Galaxy S3?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What is the right way to close apps in Android? After using my Samsung Galaxy S III for a while, closing apps and dialogs with the \"back\" button (front-right), I pressed and held the front-middle button, which brought up a list of _all_ windows and apps I had been using. I suppose that means that they were still running in the background. How to close them properly?"} {"id":"57532","title":"What is the correct way to exit an app","text":"When I open an app and then I'm dong using it I usually just push the home button. The problem is that leaves the app open and if you do that too many times it slows down your phone. My question is what is the correct way to close an app after you're doing using it without pressing the home button? Or is pressing the home button and then sliding it away the correct way of closing an app?"} {"id":"3713","title":"Why doesn't my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate have self shot mode?","text":"I just bought my Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate). My self shot mode is missing from the camera options. How do I get it? What should I do?"} {"id":"3718","title":"Does Android have support for IPv6?","text":"I wonder if Android has support for IPv6? I have heard that the phone company I use has support for IPv6 and I have a IPv6 address if I visit http:\/\/ipv6.whatismyipv6.net.ipv4.sixxs.org\/. But I can not visit IPv6-only sites like http:\/\/ipv6.google.com, why is that? Does Android have support for IPv6?"} {"id":"57637","title":"has anyone rooted micromax a65 bolt?","text":"i have micromax a65 android version 2.3.5 baseband version DM_BASE_12A_W12.43|sc6820_modem| kernel version 2.6.35.7 i tried rooting with z4root but it didn't work."} {"id":"57634","title":"how to boot ubuntu on asus transformer tf101","text":"I want to boot ubuntu on Asus tf101 with Android 3.2 ROM from a microSD card, by using Windows. Can someone explain how to do it or link a wiki for it? Thanks in advance."} {"id":"57635","title":"the youtube app on my smartphone won't unpair from my LGTV (SmartTV)","text":"I am being completely unable to unpair my android smartphone youtube app from my LGTV. **At LGTV:** I went on youtube app and made logoff of my account, and also disconnected all mobile devices from it, what should (?) suffice in case my cell phone is stolen or something else happens, but... **At Phone:** I removed all app data and cache for youtube application, and still, after start the youtube application, my LGTV is still registered AND I can make youtube videos play on LGTV... Edit: **At Youtube Account:** I removed the LGTV from youtube configuration and still any account on the phone can make videos play on the LGTV... There is something that is being left on my smartphone that still allows it to control the LGTV... The next step (that I am holding) is: completely reset my phone and research some way to completely reset my LGTV (if it makes any difference)..."} {"id":"60027","title":"'last seen 'for whatsapp contact not showing anymore?Am I being blocked?","text":"Is there any reason that I am not able to see a whatsapp contact's last seen time anymore?Such as some kind of bug but not being blocked?"} {"id":"36461","title":"Kies is not working after flashing cyanogenmod on my Samsung Android phone","text":"I have flashed my samsung android phone(GT-I5510) to CM7 and everything is fine with it exept that kies has stopped working with it..i.e when I connect my phone to laptop, it doesn't show the option for kies mode. Please help me with how to enable it."} {"id":"36466","title":"What should I do before I try advanced troubleshooting","text":"Are there any generic troubleshooting steps and tips to be followed _before_ I search for problem specific troubleshooting options? Then what are they? I only have a general knowledge on Android and not familiar with flashing, shell commands, etc."} {"id":"3680","title":"Why am I getting a \"Low on Space\" warning and having other weird problems?","text":"Yesterday I got a warning that the \"phone storage space is low.\" Because of that I can't receive SMS messages. I tried to uninstall applications - the system shows me that the application is being uninstalled but after restart I see the application again (i.e. I tried to remove Adobe AIR - 16 MB). Also when I try to delete threads of messages, it doesn't delete theme. The weirdest thing is that after I \"free\" space and I check the internal storage in the system phone storage setting, I see that the available space in the internal phone storage is lower than before... Moreover I can't install any application that can help me: cache cleaner or something else. Does someone know how to overcome this problem?"} {"id":"17315","title":"\"You don't have enough free space remaining in your phone's storage\"","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why am I getting a \"Low on Space\" warning and having other weird problems? I have a HTC wildfire S and have experienced nothing but trouble with this phone and a previous android phone I had. I have personally downloaded 1 app which is moved to the SD card, but my phone keeps coming up with the message mentioned in the title. I cannot open the gallery to delete music (which there is little of) or any pictures, it is also stopping me reading messages I have received. How can I create more free space? The only apps I have are the ones that came when I first got the phone and cannot be moved to my 8gb memory card! Someone please help."} {"id":"53828","title":"Performance comparison between internal and external memory","text":"What are the performance differences between phone's internal memory, the internal SD card, and the external SD card? I wonder if that counts when deciding where to store apps. What technologies are used for building a phone's internal memory? How about the internal SD card, if it is not really an SD card at all? How do they compare, in general, to SD card speed classes 4, 6 and 10? Note that I am not asking about the filesystems, as a deleted answer focused on, since performance comparison on this aspect would be totally ruined by just switching the SD card from FAT32 to something better (which I think the industry should have done since a long time anyway)."} {"id":"75475","title":"How do you SIM-unlock the SGH-I317 (AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 2) on Jelly Bean 4.1.2?","text":"I have looked all over the internet, and a lot of the download links and information has gone stale, or is incorrect. I wanted to standardize it here for other people."} {"id":"5421","title":"Is there any way to sync my Outlook calendar to my Samsung Galaxy S without Kies?","text":"I am trying to sync my Outlook 2010 calendar to Samsung Galaxy S using Kies. For some reason, it doesn't sync. Kies has a nasty habit of hanging, so I would really like to use something else, if possible, instead of trying to understand why it doesn't sync to begin with. Are there any tools out there that will sync the calendar directly to the phone without using Kies?"} {"id":"34829","title":"Cannot turn Nexus 7 on after locking the screen","text":"My Nexus 7 had been performing without any issues, however, I locked the screen by pressing the power button as usual and then tried to turn it on several hours later but it was unresponsive. How can I fix this?"} {"id":"5423","title":"Is there a browser that will display Armenian letters?","text":"I have just got a an HTC Desire as a present and I want to view www.mathnet.am which is an Armenian site. But insted of Armenian letters I see squares. I have read some advices in some forums, but could not solve the problem. Please help. By the way I can't see www.Google.am (this is the Armenian variant of it) letters too. The same squares :("} {"id":"34822","title":"Screen timeout versus secured lock time","text":"I just updated to Jelly Bean on my GS3 and am mostly impressed. I am having trouble with the screen timeout setting, however. When I go into Display>Screen Timeout and select a time, say 30 seconds, I get a message that says \"Screen will turned off when screen is locked. Secured lock time is currently set to 5 seconds.\" My question is where? I cannot find this Secured Lock time setting in Display settings, Lock Screen settings or Security settings, which would seem to be the intuitive places to look for it. Further, even though I get this message, my screen now does not turn off at after 5 seconds, or ever as far as I can tell. After walking away from the phone for 20 minutes, I returned to the screen blazing in all its AMOLED glory."} {"id":"34827","title":"Image and video files disappear from the SD Card","text":"Sometimes it happens that all image files (JPEG, PNG, etc.) and videos (3GP) are erased automatically in the SD Card. So they are removed from Gallery also. This means I risk to lose documents and photos I shoot with the phone camera, unless I make external backups. I noticed that sometimes it looks related to fast mount\/unmount cycles via USB cable to a PC (due to unwanted multiple pressure on the ' _Activate\/Deactivate media archive_ ' soft-button on the phone) Does anyone know what happens? Is it a known bug, some misuse from my side, etc. My phone model is LG P962, with Android 2.3.4 and a 32-GB SD Card. Thanks!"} {"id":"38938","title":"Is it possible to plug a thumbdrive \/ portable harddisk that have multiple partitions to a tablet","text":"Is it possible to plug a thumbdrive \/ portable harddisk that have multiple partitions to a tablet (any generic tablet or tablets in general) or there is a need to use a Apps to perform such actions?"} {"id":"15734","title":"Use 3G connection on my Android in Ubuntu","text":"I would like to use the 3G connection on my android with my Ubuntu. Is there any method to do so?"} {"id":"6826","title":"Android Log Output KINETO","text":"On my T mobile G2 there is always a lot of action in my Log output that has the tag KINETO these are the two most common things it puts in there: ERROR\/KINETO(9304): KLOG0C3- xmk_QueryOSQueue SDL Queue empty : WAIT_FOREVER ERROR\/KINETO(9304): KLOG0A3- ibs_os_GetMsg: Timeout forever for UKCC qHnd 0x80c34e3c but there are a lot of others that it does as well. I am wondering what these logs are related to, because they seem to be happening basically all of the time on my device. I did a google search for KINETO and got a bunch of results for Wifi Calling related stuff, which kind of makes sense. My phone came with a Wifi calling app on it. But I never use this app. My suspicion is that I am getting these messages in the log because the wifi calling app does not have access to the internet on my device because of DroidWall. But my question is why does it try so often? and does anyone know if there is a way to stop it from trying so much I am sure this behavior has some negative impact on my battery life."} {"id":"11922","title":"Is there a reasoning to how often and long the notification light blinks?","text":"I have a Droid X. The green light on the front blinks when something has happened, but I've noticed that the number of blinks and their length is not consistent. Is there some method to it? Some code to it? Does it reflect the event that has occurred in some way>?"} {"id":"43444","title":"How to listen which URLs an app tries to connect","text":"Is there an app (or some other way) that could listen to other apps, and their network? I have this one app, and I couldn't figure out where it gets its images. I tried to google an app to listen to other apps connections, but I didn't find any. I'm looking for similar functionality as Google Chromes network tab from developer menu. I have rooted Nexus 4 with 4.2.2."} {"id":"42409","title":"Viewing app's internet activity by URL?","text":"How would I go about viewing the activity of an app based on what HTTP requests it is sending and receiving? For example, I have an app that gets me statistics for a video game I play. I want to know where this app is sending the request to in order to retrieve the data that is displayed within the app."} {"id":"75924","title":"Tracking down which app makes HTTP requests","text":"After configuring my Galaxy S4 (Android 4.4.2) phone to use a proxy server for debugging an app, I noticed that other apps on my device were making some suspicious HTTP calls. I would like to track down what app is doing this. Unfortunately, the request itself didn't have any clues... it only contained a generic `User-Agent` header: User-Agent: Dalvik\/1.6.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.4.2; SPH-L720 Build\/KOT49H) The response was also generic, and not related to anything I have knowingly installed. Is there a way to log apps making HTTP requests on my Android device?"} {"id":"33652","title":"Using Activesync with folders in inbox","text":"I recently purchased Note II and am using the stock email. This is a exchange connection and use rules to push email to folders. I can see the folders and get notifications when new mail arrives however if more than one email arrives and is pushed to different folders the notification does not indicate where the email is and so the search begins. The folders do not show unread emails only all emails in the folder read or not. Any ideas."} {"id":"33653","title":"Phone is rooted but has no SU application and can't access SU command on adb shell?","text":"All this time, I thought that once I've rooted my phone, it means that I will also have SU access to it. This is true for the first device I rooted. When I rooted it, a SuperUser application appeared on my phone. I was also able to use the command `su` on the `adb shell`. However, just recently, I tried to root a different phone. After rooting the phone, I check my applications for the SuperUser app but it's not in the applications. And so I downloaded the SuperUser app on the market. But when I opened it, it says, there is no SU binaries installed on the phone. Also, when I inputted `su` on the `adb shell`, it can't determine what is `su`. * What could be the problem? * How can I gain SU privilege? * I thought that once a phone is rooted, it is automatic to have an SU application or at least access to the `su` command. Am I wrong with my assumption? * How can I use the `su` command? * What is the real state of the phone I rooted? Does it mean the phone is not really rooted? Or is it still rooted? Thanks!"} {"id":"18274","title":"Looking for application that captures name-card and sync with google contact?","text":"I'm looking for an Android application that `captures picture of name-card` and can help to `sync with Google contact` the contact information in that captured image. If you know one, please share. ps. I'm using Nexus One phone."} {"id":"37333","title":"When phone is off and I plug it in to outlet the phone turns on instead of charging","text":"This might be hardware but I'm not sure so thought I'd ask. Went to plug in to charger at home last night - noticed it didn't charge. Wake up in the morning though and the battery hadn't dropped (or raised) At work I have a different charger and same thing seems to be happening. I powered off my phone though, removed battery, put back in, and plugged in. This is where it gets strange - instead of showing me a large battery charging which is what use to occur it turns on immediately. I checked Software Updates and everything is up-to-date. It is a **Samsung Infuse**. _update_ WHILE PLUGGED IN: Entered * # * # 4 6 3 6 # * #* to display battery info: * Battery Status: Not charging * Power plug: Unplugged * Battery level: 63% * Battery scale: 100 * Battery health: Good * Battery voltage: 3810 mV * Battery temperature: 28.0 deg C * Time since boot: 11:50"} {"id":"15088","title":"How do I turn off the power-on sound and camera sound in a Galaxy S II?","text":"I have followed several guides and can't get any of them to work on my Galaxy S II. How do I disable these sounds?!"} {"id":"15085","title":"I want to execute shell commands on my pc from my android via USB","text":"I have a linux box, without any network interface, only usb. I have my andorid phone, and the USB cable. I would like to connect from my android device to the linux box,and execute shell commands on the linux box, via usb. there is not wifi, ethernet, oer any other interfaces. Any idea? I tried ConnectBot, but could not make it work over USB."} {"id":"39429","title":"How to switch to vibrate mode using only hardware keys","text":"I have a Nexus 4, and I would like to be able to switch it to vibrate mode without having to look at the screen or unlock it. My previous phones had this ability (my iPhone had a switch dedicated to this on the side, and on my flip phone before that I just held down the volume down button). I've found this feature pretty useful in many situations where I realize after the fact that I want my phone to be silent, but I don't want to show that I'm silencing my phone (movie theaters, churches, meetings, etc.). I keep my phone in my pants pocket, and the other two phones allowed me to silence them without even removing them from my pocket. I've tried holding down the volume up, volume down, or power buttons, but that doesn't do anything. I know that there are apps that I can configure to automatically silence based on my location, time of day, and\/or calendar items, and while those are useful they still don't give me a universal way to silence the phone with minimal interaction. A home screen or lock screen widget won't work for me because my work requires that my phone lock itself, and doesn't allow me to put widgets on the lock screen. I'm also not interested in rooting my phone, but a free or paid app (preferably on the Google Play store) is fine. Really, an ideal solution would be an app or setting that allows me to press and hold the volume down button (while the phone is still locked) to put it in vibrate mode."} {"id":"78901","title":"Used (probably) inappropriate charger, touchscreen went crazy, permanent damage?","text":"I used a plug with USB output than may have been inappropriate (output DC5V +\/- 0.20V DC500mA +\/-30mA). While it was plugged in, the touchscreen stopped working properly (touching one part of the screen would trigger another), I guess because the voltage was wrong? Is there any danger that I did some permanent damage to the phone or the battery? It wasn't plugged in for long."} {"id":"39423","title":"Galaxy Note 10.1, does not recognize finger touch","text":"I have a Galaxy Note 10.1, It suddenly stopped (when switched on) finger touch detection, but works with normally with S Pen. I tried Factory resetting but still it does not detect finger touch... I tried to find any setting regarding finger touch but I couldn't. Is there a way to fix this?"} {"id":"68375","title":"how to fix error message e:\/unable to mount usbstorage on Samsung Note 3 - Sprint Variant","text":"I have the above device rooted and installed custom recover twrp 2.6.x.x. I keep seeing the message: unable to moutn e:\/usbstorage. And I think this is messing with my attempt to install Cyanogenmod 11. I checked the MD5 hash of Cyanogenmod and it is good. I have also tried older versions from the same nightly page. I just get this one error. When I flash the phone, if I ask twrp to check the MD5, it fails. If don't ask for it, it says that there is no hash file and reports that install was a success. But instead the phone goes into a boot loop. I saw this link about the same issue on a different phone. Here is the link Script \/ Fix Soft Brick Loop_ EFS partition_01.11.13 Some of the people on the site say that the script worked for their Note 3. Others say that the script is not for Note 3. Also the download site seems to be malicious ( according to my malware software; so I can not download it ). I need help to fix this issue. I do have a stock image to flash my phone if anything breaks. I also have the rooting and twrp flashing tools and procedures. I do it in my sleep now. I do not know if I should start messing with PIT files."} {"id":"36779","title":"How can I symlink the \/cache folder on boot?","text":"After rooting and installing link2sd on my **HTC Explorer** , I still have low memory issues. On Google Play, I can't download apps larger than 10-15M. This is because the \/cache folder is in the internal memory, which is desperately small. In my version, Google Play writes directly in \/cache, not in subfolders. Using adb as root, I deleted `\/cache` and created a symlink `\/cache -> \/mnt\/sdcard\/cache`. This is fine, but when I reboot the phone the symlink is replaced by the old folder. Is there a proper way to solve this issue once and for all? Thanks for any hint, A"} {"id":"67349","title":"Galaxy tab 2 (gsm) P3100 stuck on start screen after installing clockwork mod recovery. Need help immediately!","text":"I was following this tutorial form wiki.cyanogenmod.org and it went fine till step 12 > #11. Unplug the USB cable from your device You can now manually reboot the > phone into ClockworkMod Recovery mode by holding . > > #12. The Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (GSM) now has ClockworkMod Recovery installed. > Continue to the next section. And instead of starting in recovery mode, I started in normal mode mistakenly. So I did the whole again. Until now the \"Custom binary download\" was showing \"2 counts\" but again mistakenly started in normal mode. Then I did the whole once again, and held the power and up volume button to start in recovery mode. But the device was stuck at start screen (which shows galaxy tab 2 logo). I doesn't even start in normal mode. I did the whole again and again. Now the \"Custom binary download\" is showing \"5 counts\". The device is not starting again neither in recovery mode nor in normal. Please help."} {"id":"34175","title":"Why LG GT540 after boot it disconnects with ADB","text":"Why when my phone LG GT540 is running and seen by ADB after bootup it disconnects (not from PC just from ADB, as PC still can see it it Device Manager) after few seconds after bootup sequence? The problem is occuring only with GT540, tested other device - HTC - works fine. The key could be USB drivers, but tried many of them official and handmade. Also I've tried running phone in \"Recovery\" or \"Safe\" Mode - when LG firmware updated my phone via USB with no major problems with connection, hovewer I cant use ADB over this \"Safe\" mode, can't I?"} {"id":"35882","title":"Input languages to Jelly Bean on Galaxy S3","text":"I know that there are 18 new keyboard languages in Jelly Bean. I upgraded my S3 to Jelly Bean, but I didn't get the additional languages. I saw Nexus, and it had all these languages, but mine has only the default 3 languages (English, French, and another language). Is there any way that I can add these langauges ?"} {"id":"18569","title":"Real time device share on Apple TV via AirPlay","text":"I see that there are apps that will broadcast certain things to an Apple TV via AirPlay, but is there a way to send a view of the screen in real time via this method? I have seen iPhone 4S doing this, but the only apps I've seen for Android advertise that they broadcast media files as if they're being sent as opposed to streamed."} {"id":"58784","title":"Chrome white pages and image not loading","text":"Since I upgraded to Android 4.4 (Kitkat), I'm having a lot of problems with anything web related. Often, when calling an URL, the loading is fast and shows nothing: the page remains white. Even refreshing won't do. Clearing the cash doesn't help either. I have to close all tabs, serveral times, relaunch Chrome or even reboot my device to get the page to load. Even then, I'm not entirely sure if rebooting the device did make it work or it's just random. Sometimes, when loading an animated gif, it will start to load and stop and never play again. It could also just stay on the first frame. Also, the webview of reddit's app does the same thing, I switched it to show the link inside the browser instead to see if it helps, but it doesn't. I'm don't know if the Play Store has webviews in it, but sometimes the app just doesn't load anything and the page is also white. At first I thought it may be my connection, but I tested over nealry 10 wifi (home, work, cafe, friends, etc.) and it seems to be very random as it starts to act weird from over time. My device is a Nexus 4."} {"id":"35221","title":"Nexus 7 wont boot after complete discharge","text":"I accidentally let the battery on my Nexus 7 run completely empty, and now it won't start up anymore even after charging overnight. How can I make it work again? This is what happened in detail: My battery ran low, and I had no time to recharge it. I forgot about it, and found my tablet powered off. I attached it to a charger (the official wall-plug adaptor), waited a few minutes, and then turned it on. I expected it to be able to run from the cable like my phone, but it reported 0% battery and shut itself down immediately. I retried it after a slightly longer time. This time I didn't get to the home screen, but was shown a black and white animated battery icon. I pressed the power button, and the animation froze, and only disappeard after a long time (I put it away and discovered it was gone after a few hours). Since then I've been loading it for > 12 hours, but I haven't been able to get any response. The charger gets warm, but the tablet doesn't. I've heard that once the battery is competely discharged, it only charges in \"trickle mode\" (that is normally used to top off a 98% loaded battery safely), and can take a very long time to become operative again. This would explain why the adapter gets warm but not the tablet. If this is true, is there any way to speed up charging?"} {"id":"35223","title":"Samsung galaxy tab2 P3100 \"android.process.media\" stopped issue?","text":"I have updated Samsung galaxy tab2 P3100 to jelly bean since then I am getting popup error as \"unfortunately the process android.process.media has stopped\". Is there any fix available for this?"} {"id":"73404","title":"Android hangs on boot image after changing boot loader","text":"I changed the bootimage of an Android device and it bricked. It's freezing at the boot image. I try to install a ROM using fastboot but I have a permission error. I try to connect with adb but I can't, the device doesn't appear in the list of devices. I need to enter to the file sytem and replace the bootimage or install a ROM or a Recovery without ADB. The device is an ASUS Memopad HD7 and it's rooted. I think the problem with bootloader is that it isn't unlocked. I try to use flashtool but it's searching all time because the PC doesn't recognize the device. It's recognized only if I start the fastboot mode and it appears like HTC Dream. If I start in normal mode it appears like a storage but it doesn't appear in file explorer or adb."} {"id":"73417","title":"How do I read pdf files on my Neocore tablet?","text":"I have just recently acquired a Neocore 10 tablet and it has Adobe Reader pre installed on it. I have a lot of pdf files on a usb stick which I want to plug into my Neocore's usb socket so that I can read them. I really have no idea how to do this. After inserting my usb stick into the neocore I then clicked on the Adobe Reader icon and hoped that the reader would open and I could click on \"Open File\" and see a long list of my pdfs to read. But this didn't happen. Can you please explain to someone who is not very computer savvy exactly what I have to do. When I have finished and want to take out my usb stick can I just unplug it straight away or do I switch off my neocore so that I can then safely unplug the stick? (I actually closed down my neocore and then unplugged the stick. When I plugged my stick into my laptop I was surprised to see that a new directory called \"LOST.DIR\" was on it) Thank you"} {"id":"73412","title":"Enabling the accelerometer on android phones","text":"are the accelerometers on Android always on? or is it possible to enable\/disable them? Does by chance activating\/deactivating the setting \"Auto- rotate screen\" by chance activates\/deactivate the accelerometer?"} {"id":"33723","title":"why there are so many tty files in the dev directory?","text":"![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/PMGut.jpg) it is confusing that there are so many tty files in the directory... by the way, what each file in \/dev stands for, do they stand for physical devices which are part of my android device? for example, which file stands for the raw storage device in \/dev directory?"} {"id":"17208","title":"Help controlling the cursor in swype?","text":"I've got swype pre-installed on my Epic4G, and after a recent update (which also introduced an exasperating auto correction \"feature\") I'm finding that my cursor won't stay put -- it pops to the end of the word instead of staying where I set it. Say I type `twowords` and then realize I need a space -- I go set the cursor between `two` and `words` thinking that I'll hit the space bar and separate them, but the cursor, which definitely landed where I wanted it, hops to the end of `twowords`. If I try _again_ it stays, but the first time it consistently hops to the end of the word. Is there a setting for this anywhere?"} {"id":"69299","title":"Tasker: Detect ANT+ paired device, then switch on Endomondo","text":"What will the Tasker Profile and Tasks look like when I want Endomondo app to launch as soon as my Note 3 detects a paired ANT+ device? J"} {"id":"6011","title":"Dashboard\/Home Screen icons take up to 10 seconds to load after pressing the Home button","text":"I have an issue where the Home Screen (dashboard?) icons can take over 10 seconds to load when I press the home key. After this happens once, the icons will stay there if I open a program and then press the home key again. But, after some time has passed, I'll see this issue again. Phone restart does not fix this issue. I don't have a lot of Services running and I keep things tidy with Advanced Task Killer. This question looks similar, but that user's icons never load. Mine will always load, it just takes way too long. Any thoughts are welcome. Phone: Motorola Droid; Android 2.2.1; No Root\/Mod Apps: 1 Widget; 27 total icons Modes: Normal; Desk Charger Mode (whatever that's called) **EDIT:** I uninstalled my Task Killer and a couple other apps that I don't use anymore. The problem isn't as severe, but still occurs. I will try removing the 1 widget I have and perhaps install an alternate launcher."} {"id":"10048","title":"How to delete gReader stored RSS feeds from Phone memory manually","text":"I was just fiddling with gReader when I noticed that by default the application saves the feeds to the phone memory. So I immediately changed that to SD card memory. However, on doing this all the existing feeds were lost and I had to do a resync. I have a feeling the app didn't delete the existing feeds from the phone memory. Any idea how I can delete those feeds from Phone memory manually?"} {"id":"65695","title":"Brightness below system minimun","text":"Is there tool or application that can set the brightness of the screen below the system minimum?"} {"id":"78384","title":"How to set default download location to ext SD card in Sony Xperia M","text":"I already tried to change the download and install location to SD card using ADB but it hasn't worked. All the games and other stuff are being downloaded and installed to phone memory itself. I don't want to root my phone. I have a 8gb card. Using Sony Xperia M. Please help."} {"id":"42822","title":"Booting to recovery","text":"I have Xperia mini pro (4.1.B.0.587 Stock ram), and my bootloader is unlocked. But I could not boot to recovery mode by pulsing volume down button. I press it after phnoe shakes and before displaying \"SONY\". What is wrong? Update: Whene I install stock ROMs (using .ftf) files The recovery mode is wiped."} {"id":"38537","title":"Any way to remove the 512 character limit on Nook Touch notes?","text":"The Nook Simple Touch is an android-based eReader. In their interface for reading books, you can highlight a word or set of words, then attach a note to that. The notes are limited to 512 characters, but you can have an unlimited number of notes for a book. I currently work around the limit by highlighting a word, writing the note, then highlighting the next word and continuing the note. Is there a way to remove the limit of 512 characters, or increase it to a very large number? My nook is fully rooted, so I imagine it is a simple config file or sqlite entry somewhere, but I don't know where to look."} {"id":"7906","title":"how can I change defaults in Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I change the default Complete Action With? I've accumulated a number of programs that do the same thing (browsers, mp3 players, video players etc), and some of are set as defaults. How can I change the defaults? For instance, let's say I'm tired of Opera and want to to switch back to the stock browser, but I want to leave Opera installed, how can I do that? I have a Samsung Galaxy S with Froyo."} {"id":"77484","title":"Default Photo Chooser in Kik","text":"I accidentally made Photos my default Photo thing for Kik and I want to change it to Gallery or no default at all. Since I accidentally clicked it I didn't have time to read how to change it back. How do I do this?"} {"id":"5332","title":"Is there a widget that shows free\/busy status of one of my Google Calendar calendars?","text":"I have, in my Google Calendar account, several calendars which have been shared by friends\/family\/co-workers. Is there a widget which I can place on my phone's home page which will show whether or not a given person (or calendar) is \"in an appointment\" or not? I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S, but it is running a 2.2 build (Team Whiskey)."} {"id":"36143","title":"Where did my uploaded pictures go?","text":"I uploaded my pictures from my HTC phone into my google account wanting to move them into Picasa for editing and now I don't know where to find them,"} {"id":"23396","title":"How to check which app uses GPS on Galaxy Nexus?","text":"I'm constantly seeing the Searching for GPS... icon in my status bar, and would like to check which app is trying to access my location. I checked the similar questions on the site and all suggested either Spare Parts or the test menu. However, on my Galaxy Nexus these are out of the question, since Spare Parts crashes with ANR when I try to access the battery stats (there's no `com.android.settings.battery_history.BatteryHistory` activity), and the test menu doesn't have the necessary menus. So, any other possibilities?"} {"id":"33811","title":"How do I determine which app is accessing GPS in Jelly Bean","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to check which app uses GPS on Galaxy Nexus? I have the same question as this one, except the answers provided do not work with Jelly Bean. The first answer requires an app that no longer exists - there is an app called Spare Parts+ but it does not provide GPS usage info. Using the `*#*#4636#*#*` code does take me to the android test mode, but it does not provide GPS usage info. Something I have installed or updated recently is initiating a GPS lookup every couple of minutes - the GPS symbol appears in the status bar. I have an associated battery drain, which may be caused by something else, however I want to eliminate the GPS polling as a source. I have looked at logcat, but the only PID that references the GPS is the android system pid, so this tells me that the GPS was accessed, but not which app triggered the lookup. I have been through some trial and error to figure out which app it is, but without any luck. I am looking for a more categorical way of determining which app is requesting GPS. This is on a Galaxy S2 running 4.1.2"} {"id":"33516","title":"How can I set a user profile password in Jelly Bean 4.2?","text":"Tablet's users will be able to use different profiles since JB 4.2, defined at system settings level (settings -> user profiles). **How can I set a password for each profile**?"} {"id":"71729","title":"samsung galaxy note pro 12.2 won't play videos in youtube app without stopping","text":"I am on a 100mbps internet. When I start playing youtube video it shows that it buffered a lot of it quick, but it is impossible to watch\/listen to videos at it stops once in 10 sec and then autoplays in a few sec. itself. I tried some other app to play youtube videos and they play fine. What's wrong with my youtube??"} {"id":"7079","title":"Are the apps safe? How can I make my Android more secure?","text":"Are the apps on the Android Market checked or audited? If I search Google for \"hardening Android\", the best hit I can find is _Google Android Hardening Checklist_. What's your opinion regarding this? Is there a way to make Android safer or more secure?"} {"id":"71727","title":"What Changes Take Place When Installing A Custom Launcher eg Nova To A Rom?","text":"If I install a custom launcher eg Nova on Stock Android 4.4.3, what inherently changes ? Similarly if I were to then install a custom rom eg Paranoid Android, are the benefits gained from installing it then overshadowed or \"lost\" if I were to then install Nova launcher ? To clarify wouldn't the experience of Stock Android with Nova and Paranoid Android with Nova be very similar if not identical ?"} {"id":"29821","title":"Microphone \"speaker mode\" sensitivity with headphones plugged in?","text":"In my car I have the headphone socket of my Galaxy S2 plugged into my car's auxiliary socket so that I can listen to music\/podcasts whilst driving. This would also be useful for handsfree calls - except that when someone rings, I can hear their voice through the car speakers, but they can barely hear me. If I press the \"speaker\" button, then they can now hear me perfectly, but I can't hear them. Is there any way to have the microphone sensitivity of \"speaker mode\", but with incoming audio still going through the headphone socket? If not, does anyone know of any hands free alternatives without spending a fortune on a bluetooth hands free kit?"} {"id":"29824","title":"Turn off phone by holding the power button?","text":"I've been having a small case of my screen not turning on at times. It happens on a 1 out of 100 basis. Anyway, I can confirm that the phone did not shut down because I can take screenshots (via power button + volume down key) and hear the screenshot sound. However, the display remains turned off. What I found to be the fix is to remove the battery to force shutdown the phone and re-insert it and open again. That would have been an OK solution but my phone has 2 layers of battery cover so it's kinda tedious to do when the random screen problem occurs (especially if I'm outside or on the road). What I want to happen is that if I hold down the power button for some time (5 seconds maybe?), it will power off the device thus, saving me the trouble of having to remove and re-insert the battery. How do I make holding down the power button for some time turn off the phone? Phone is ST17i, runninh MiniCMSandwich Lite rom with RaGe kernel."} {"id":"29825","title":"android.process.acore has stopped","text":"I backed up one galaxy S3 and did a restore on another. Then I try to boot the new one and I get a message \"Unfortunately the process android.process.acore has stopped\". After hitting OK a few times I get Unfortunately TouchWiz has stopped. Then back to the first message. I can't get past this msg. I thought that maybe I should do another Restore but I can't get to anything cause this happens as soon as I boot."} {"id":"29828","title":"How can I mount or unmount the SD Card using ADB?","text":"The sdcard can be umounted by using the umount command. unmount \/mtn\/sdcard\/.android_secure how can it be remounted again . I tried using the mount command mount \/mnt\/sdcard\/.android_secure"} {"id":"12552","title":"How to get visual email and message notifications on lockscreen?","text":"I am very new to Android. I tried searching in this forum and google in general without finding an answer. I would like to be able to see notifications on my unlock screen. For example, 3 unread gmail messages, 5 unread exchange messages, 1 new sms, 2 new voicemail. Is this possible? If this is not possible can I at least do it on my home screen? I have widgets for all these there, but they don't seem to show a little number on the icon with unread. I feel as though this is a no-brainer feature, but I just can' figure it out."} {"id":"12555","title":"How to switch sd cards when using a data2whatever (d2w) custom ROM?","text":"I'm currently running MIUI XJ (Gingerbread 2.3.5) with d2w on my HTC Desire with the 4GB sd card it was shipped with, but as I found the joy of the occasional ROM-switch, I found myself running out of storage on the sd card, which was filling up with alternate roms, flashable updates for said roms, nandroid backups of different roms, titanium backups, miui backups and, well, the stuff I'd actually like to use (photos, music). So my question is: How can I safely replace an sd card with a bigger one, even if the original one is partitioned in a special way to make use of d2w? I realize I could simply partition the bigger sd card similarly to the original one, but what if I need a bigger sd-ext partition? (Which I, indeed, need for some Gingersense ROMs). Will the system simply accept the bigger partition or do I have to make a nandroid backup with the original sd card and reflash that backup once the bigger, partitioned sd card is mounted? Would the partitions remain untouched? Would there be any considerable loss if I boot the system with the partitioned sd card with an empty ext-partition? As you can see, I don't even really know what sort of data is stored there. EDIT: So, I did it. **My solution** (not optimal, but worked. Keep in mind: With the HTC Desire, you can't switch SD cards while the battery is in, so no \"on the fly\" way. Also, I have no proper card reader lying around.): 1. Backup of ALL the things (Nandroid backup, just in case, MIUI\/Titanium Backup for apps+system settings (things stored on the sd-ext partition) and a full copy of the previous FAT32 partition) 2. Put the new SD card in the phone and partition it (I used 4EXTRecovery so I could do it in the phone and increased the sd-ext partition from 256 to 1024mb) 3. Mount the sd card on a computer, copy the contents of the old FAT32 to the new one (FAT32 partition should now be the same as before and it has your MIUI\/TitaniumBackup on it) 4. Boot the system (may be slow since there is now an empty data partition), when the system is up, you can restore your backups via MIUI Backup and\/or Titanium Backup. I used Google to sync contacts and messages etc were synced with MIUI Backup, if you are not running a MIUI then you can use SMS Backup+ for messages. 5. System is now the same as before, but the partitions are bigger :) **Recommended** solution I stumbled upon that seems easier to me: 1. Mount the sd card on a pc, open in the partitioning tool of your choice (I was told partition wizard would do the trick) 2. Clone the sd card as a whole 3. Apply that clone to the new sd card 4. Increase the partitions as you like 5. Put the new sd card in your phone. Should work exactly like before."} {"id":"82046","title":"Samsung S5 emails not loading","text":"Up until about a week ago my emails were loading fine. Now it seems like they stopped and only load a few at a time. Supposed to refresh every 15 minutes but sometimes goes all day before any come in."} {"id":"82042","title":"problem is syncing videos on dailymotion are stopped","text":"When i open dailymotion and switch to offline mode there comes \" an error has occurred please try again later \" i close it then reopen it then it works. Please guide me to fix this problem. Another problem is that the videos don't sync."} {"id":"82041","title":"Send file via NFC from Galaxy S2 Plus and Sony vaio with Ubuntu OS","text":"I have a problem with sharing files between my Galagy S2 phone and Sony vaio model SVF1521DCXW with NFC support. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop version and I don't have any idea how can I use NFC to send a single photo to my PC. When I enable NFC on my phone and put on NFC sign on my laptop nothing happens."} {"id":"50934","title":"How to make notification lights turn off automatically when new email is read from another platform?","text":"I'm using a Samsung S3 and I currently have the notification LED indicator option ON when an email arrives. Is there a way to make the flashing blue light stops when I read this new email from another platform (Thunderbird for example)? For example: Unread new email inbox : Flashing New email recently read: Stop flashing Thanks!"} {"id":"50935","title":"What Could Cause System Apps to Run that Are Not Used","text":"When testing a widget I created, I wanted to make sure that it uses as little CPU power as possible. After some research I downloaded Watchdog to use as a monitoring tool, which works great. When I finished my testing I set the CPU threshold at 10%, just curious to see what process would randomly go above that level. One that exceeds the 10% threshold on a daily basis, at least a couple times a day, is **`com.motorola.Dlna`**. I know what DLNA is, what it's used for, and how to set it up but I don't use it, nor do I have it set up on my phone. I spoke with a Motorola support analyst and asked why it would be running. The response I got was \"it's possible you could have set it up without knowing it, maybe by an application that you downloaded but it's nothing to worry about\". Needless to say the answer I got wasn't very helpful so I'm really just wondering what would cause this service to use so much CPU power randomly? Most of the time it's not being used, but when it is, it shows that it's using usually between 12.5% - 15% CPU power. Do applications really access\/use this service without me ever actually going through and setting it up?"} {"id":"4473","title":"What is the meaning of \"Root Access Required\"?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I root my phone? what is root in android OS, some time i read rooted OS uprooted phone what it mean and recently i read \"Root Access Required\" on an android article."} {"id":"18972","title":"Logout from Gmail on my device","text":"It bothers me that my Android Phone is permanently logged into my Gmail account. I want to logout from the device and somehow make the phone ask for username\/password when connecting to my account. It seems there is no such option. What are my options? P.S. Please don't suggest to lock my phone when not in use. I already do that."} {"id":"19401","title":"How to change google account without wiping?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How-to unlink the main Google account from android device without a factory > reset I'd like to change the google account an unrooted Nexus One is linked to without wiping. If I try to remove the current account it says it can't do it without a factory reset..."} {"id":"19940","title":"How can I sign out from gmail in my Android?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How-to unlink the main Google account from android device without a factory > reset > Logout from Gmail on my device I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia. I have logged in on it with one of my Gmail accounts. But now I want to change the default gmail account logged in on my phone. How can I do this? Thanks."} {"id":"2569","title":"How-to unlink the main Google account from android device without a factory reset","text":"While setting up my HTC Hero phone, I have entered my gmail account in the setup. But now I want to remove it (I don;t want to change with another account). How do I do it ? I have searched a lot on Google and everywhere I found that I have to do factory reset but this is not my favoured option. If there is another way, please let me know."} {"id":"53384","title":"Delete my Google master account without factory reset?","text":"I have three Google accounts configured in my phone. I want to remove my master Google account without losing other important data of my phone. When I am trying to delete it, it is not allowing me to remove it, as some of the dependent application are installed with that Google account. I tried with removing those application also but still not able to remove it. Please suggest any solution other than factory reset?"} {"id":"81539","title":"Why does phone has 2 different IPs","text":"When I check my IP at whatismyip.com (for example) I cab see my IP is 109.253.X.X. When I type netcfg at the phone's terminal I can see the line > **rmnet0 UP 10.229.X.X** And indeed when I try out apps like \"Droid IP Camera\" it listens on 10.229.X.X (rmnet0 interface). Is it a NAT configuration 3G uses? if so, how can I make apps like \"Droid IP Camera\" (this app is only given as an example) work over 3G? Thank you."} {"id":"81536","title":"Screen frozen after pattern lock","text":"After random unlock attempts, my screen for Sony Xperia Tipo Dual is locked: 1. I don't have USB debugging enabled 2. data is very important, so hard reset is not an option 3. tried all basic things like restart, etc, but to no avail"} {"id":"2311","title":"How can I root my Droid X with Ubuntu Linux?","text":"My sanity is at stake here. I need root but I don't have access to any fancy proprietary OS. I'd appreciate any help."} {"id":"4099","title":"How to disable screen lock on my HTC desire Z?","text":"I would like to disable screen lock completely, as anyway there is need to press power button every time + unlock the screen which is anyoing"} {"id":"56838","title":"How can I change the data usage cycle for Mobile data?","text":"The mobile data cycle ( _Settings_ -> _Data usage_ ) looks quite arbitrary. Since I have changed my data plan, now the new cycle _should_ start at the first day of the month instead of the 6th. How can I change the begin of a data cycle? I cannot seem to find some edit button, though I vaguely remember seeing it at the _Data usage cycle_ menu. Affected versions: Android 4.0, 4.2.2, 4.3.1."} {"id":"52393","title":"Orange San Diego browser opening \"goolgle\"","text":"Using the Orange browser with Android 4.0.4 on the AZ210A I've noticed that sometimes when opening for the first time it tries to open goolgle.com. I've restarted, force closed, cleared data and cache etc and yet every so often it just crops up. Anyone got any ideas?"} {"id":"17381","title":"How do i remove double notifications? Galaxy s 2","text":"I have the newest Samsung Galaxy S2 (SkyRocket) and as a user of Handcent I was able to disable the \"double text notifications\" on my last Galaxy but on this phone when I go to the main messaing app then the menu button I dont have a settings option. How can I turn off the notifications so I don't recieve every message twice?"} {"id":"63932","title":"Editing call refusal SMS","text":"HTC Desire 500 (dual) - is there possibility to edit call refusal SMS? There are few pre-saved answers, but I need to modify them. Is it possible???"} {"id":"63930","title":"Tvheadend on Android DVB-S2 TV Box(AML8726-MX)","text":"I have Android DVB-S2 TV Box CPU: Amlogic AML8726-MX TV-Tuner: AVL6211 I need to install Tvheadend server to the device. To play video in the browser (on the same device) via RTP (or nativ android app - VideoView). I found Tvheadend compiled under Android. It starts, but the TV tuner was not recognized correctly. Can someone have a successful experience in installing this software? If you have experience in writing android applications for such hardware, please tell me where to start!"} {"id":"11767","title":"Can I create a specific ringtone for email from specific people?","text":"Is there any way at all to set it up so that I can have a different notification sound for different email senders? In other words, if I get an email from Fred, can I have a different notification than an email from Jane? I know how to set up filters within Gmail, but I can't determine if there is any way to connect that to the notification sound on my phone. I also know that different ringtones can be set when getting phone calls from different people, based on their entry in the contact list. However, there does not seem to be any kind of option in the contacts interface to do the same thing with emails. Thank you for any advice."} {"id":"17034","title":"Walking between Wi-Fi access points causes network to be disabled","text":"Testing my new Motorola Triumph the last couple of days, I've noticed issues with the Wi-Fi. Aside from connection attempts to the 802.1x EAP network at school causing reboots (a known problem with the Triumph's software and\/or wireless chipset), I've run into a problem where if I walk between buildings, it won't reconnect automatically. When I go into the Wi-Fi settings, the network is \"Disabled\", presumably because there were issues reconnecting while I was outside on the sidewalk. My LG Optimus V never had this problem; I used it all semester and it always reconnected within a minute or two of settling into a new room. It occasionally disabled the network, but I can count those occurrences on one hand (in decimal ;-). The Triumph did it half a dozen times in one day. (I change buildings a lot.) Is this something that can be fixed? Perhaps by rooting and tweaking some system settings file(s)? If I can work out most of the software issues by tweaking the phone myself, I'll live with the few that will undoubtedly be unfixable without an update from Motorola. Meanwhile I've tested with the insecure campus network. The unauthenticated network reconnected within 30 seconds of my entering a new building. (How fortunate that IT maintains a network that dumb devices can use for Internet access.) _(Note: I have no desire to use a custom ROM unless it fully supports **all** the features of the phone. That includes HDMI output and the ability to have Wi-Fi & Bluetooth turned on simultaneously without pegging the CPU. Unfortunately that lets out ever using CM7 unless those known issues are fixed.)_"} {"id":"64052","title":"Galaxy SIII has a weak data connection","text":"I've noticed that my Galaxy SIII has a very weak data connection at times. This occurs even when people around me with the same phone and carrier (T-Mobile) have perfectly adequate connections. Are there settings somewhere I'm missing? I've looked at the app mentioned in this post, but would prefer not to install another app if this can be fixed with configuration changes."} {"id":"46315","title":"Not all files are visible over MTP","text":"I have LG L5 (e610 model) device with Cyanogenmod 10. When I connect the phone to a computer with Linux (I have mtpfs installed), I can see both internal storage and the SD card. However when I navigate inside them, I can't see some of the files. For example, if I open file manager app on the phone, I can see several files in the `Internal storage\/Notifications` directory, however the directory on the computer only shows one of those files. If I switch USB connection type to PTP (camera) - as OS X doesn't support MTP natively - Image Capture sees the phone as a camera, however it can only see about a third of all the images present on the phone. I don't have a Windows machine to try, but I suspect the results would be similar. I tried upgrading Cyanogenmod to the latest nightly, clearing and reinstalling it - same results. Any idea as to what is going on? How can I make all files appear on the host computer?"} {"id":"25585","title":"How to find saved wifi password?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I find out the wifi password from android setting A friend entered his wifi password into my android phone so that I could connect to his network. I don't want to ask him again for the password and I want to use it on my laptop. how can I find the password that he entered? thanks."} {"id":"20521","title":"Getting my Angry Birds (and other) data files onto my Galaxy Nexus?","text":"So...with my HTC Hero, there are two Angry Birds custom files - `highscores.lua` and `settings.lua`. Easy enough, I copy them off to my PC. However, on the Galaxy Nexus there's a) no SD card option and b) connecting as a MTP device only seems to show certain folders, and certainly nothing Rovio (Angry Birds makers) related. So how on earth does one get your AB scores into the new phone? Even with Titanium Backup, you'd need an SD card option on the Nexus to copy across, surely?"} {"id":"20527","title":"Change main Google account login address","text":"When I activated my first Android phone, the Galaxy Note, last week it forced me to create a Gmail account for it. Seeing no other way out, I did as I was told. However, seeing yet another google mail address pop up was quite annoying, so I decided to try to get rid of it. I managed to remove Gmail from my account permanently, and go back to my normal e-mail address to login to Google, but my Android device isn't following. It still has the gmail address set as login. Is there a way to just change the login address? The account behind it is the same."} {"id":"16926","title":"Can't connect Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 to PC after root","text":"I have a Samsung S5830 phone. After I rooted it using upd-1.zip I got a superuser icon in the app list. However my PC won't recognize it. I have Kies installed and all Samsung drivers but it seems the problem is not with the drivers, what should I do?"} {"id":"16922","title":"How can I stop my sent emails from containing raw HTML?","text":"When I send an email from my official exchange server, the person who receives it, whether through web access or through Outlook, gets the email with HTML coding! It is very embarrassing and I have searched for the solution in vain. How can I stop this behavior?"} {"id":"12231","title":"disable sync when in mobile (3g) network","text":"How can I enable auto-sync only when wifi is available? I have a small data plan and I don't want to waste it on sync."} {"id":"42129","title":"Why each android application runs on a different Dalvik VM process?","text":"I have read that each android applications runs on a different Dalvik VM process (all forked from zygote). I also read that these VMs are really lightweight and use copy on write buffers and all that, so far so good. But, I also read that this was not done for security reasons (e.g. isolation) - in fact dalvik vm should not be considered a security boundary, says Google. So my question is this: Why each process has to run on a different VM?"} {"id":"4504","title":"How can I fix the Wi-Fi button or prevent Wi-Fi errors when turning it off and back on?","text":"Sometimes after I shut off Wi-Fi using the button inside the notification bar drop-down, I can't turn it back on with that button. Hitting the button does nothing, it's not even highlighted. When I go into `Settings -> Wireless and network -> Wi-Fi settings` the status under \"Wi-Fi\" shows Error. If I click \"Wi-Fi\" to turn it on from here, it usually turns on without any problems. Occassionally I have to reboot to fix it. Is there a fix I can use to make the TouchWiz Wi-Fi button work the same as enabling\/disabling the Wi-Fi in Settings? Or, ideally, is there some way I can prevent the Wi-Fi from getting into an error state when I turn it off and back on? I have a Galaxy S Vibrant running 2.2, but this has been reported on other Samsung phones as well (example)."} {"id":"57870","title":"Recovery kernel difference","text":"I have the understanding that recovery kernel is different from the main Android kernel (the one which boots normally). And usually that is stored on a different partition on underlying storage (\"recovery\" partition). I have observed that kernel version number which is obtained after booting to main android system is different from the one when we boot to recovery. I am aware of these three recovery environment - stock, CWM and TWRP. Does each of these has its own kernel? Or kernel is same, and only the user interface(and features provided by the UI) is different?"} {"id":"29360","title":"Is there a in-built setting to login to public hotspots?","text":"I have a SIM-lock free Galaxy W with Android 2.3.6 on it. The other day in the public library I found out that I was not able to login anyhow to the public Wi-Fi. It shows that the DHCP gives the phone an IP address and then labels it as connected, but on the PC a \"further data needed\" kind of notification would appear in order for me to put username and password in. Now I found the \"Free Wi-Fi hotspot\" that deals exactly with this and am going to test it today, but it looks just like a frontend. Really there is not a way to access them using only built-in options on Android? EDIT: Trying opening my browser after connecting doesn't automatically redirect me anywhere. That's why I avoided using the term \"captive portal\" as I cannot see any portal."} {"id":"29365","title":"Disallow JavaScript Setting","text":"I know I could disable JavaScript in most Browsers. Is one able to disable it for WebViews also? I mean every App could specify its own WebView and is able to turn JavaScript on\/off inside their app and they could inject JavaScript that infects my phone somehow. I'm aware that this WebView may lose its function or behave in an unexpected way. If it matters I have a Galaxy Nexus with JellyBean."} {"id":"64006","title":"How do I root Xperia ZQ_6025?","text":"How do I root this phone and any risk of losing Ltd for my region?"} {"id":"21434","title":"Android tablet booting issue (Sanei n80)","text":"I bought Sanei N80 android tablet two months back(android 2.3).I tried to root using z4root app.It stuck in the middle so i switched off and switched on the tablet.Now the tablet is not booting up stays in the splash screen (refer attached screenshot1.png). I also tried to reboot it using recovery mode, again its stuck and displaying warning icon with android image (refer attached screenshot2.png). I am pasting the logs for reference. Kindly please please please help.I don't know how to proceed. Log, while normal booting. D\/AndroidRuntime( 1309): >>>>>> AndroidRuntime START com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit <<<<<< D\/AndroidRuntime( 1309): CheckJNI is OFF D\/dalvikvm( 1309): creating instr width table D\/dalvikvm( 1309): DexOpt: incorrect opt magic number (0xff ff ff ff) D\/dalvikvm( 1309): ODEX file is stale or bad; removing and retrying (\/data\/dalvik-cache\/system@framework@framework.jar@classes.dex) D\/dalvikvm( 1309): Zip inflate: partial write (will retry): (4056 of 32768) E\/dalvikvm( 1309): Zip inflate: write failed: No space left on device E\/dalvikvm( 1309): Unable to extract+optimize DEX from '\/system\/framework\/framework.jar' D\/dalvikvm( 1309): Unable to process classpath element '\/system\/framework\/framework.jar' E\/JNIHelp ( 1309): Native registration unable to find class 'android\/debug\/JNITest' E\/AndroidRuntime( 1309): Unable to register all android natives I\/ServiceManager( 79): service 'media.camera' died I\/ServiceManager(79): service 'media.audio_flinger' died I\/ServiceManager( 79): service 'media.player' died I\/ServiceManager( 79): service 'media.audio_policy' died I\/Netd ( 1311): Netd 1.0 starting I\/ (1310): ServiceManager: 0xacb0 E\/AudioHardware( 1310): Can't load libsecril-client.so D\/AudioHardwareInterface( 1310): setMode(NORMAL) I\/CameraService( 1310): CameraService started (pid=1310) I\/AudioFlinger( 1310): AudioFlinger's thread 0xc7b8 ready to run D\/AudioHardware( 1310): AudioStreamOutALSA::setParameters() routing=2 D\/AudioHardware( 1310): ### setVoiceVolume_l screen shot one Screen shot two"} {"id":"63209","title":"Samsung Galaxy SHV-160k won't get signal","text":"I bought on ebay a refurbish Galaxy Note N-7000. Once I received it I put my chip and for my surprise ther was no signal. After checking It I noticed it has on the back of the phone N-7000 but when I see on the software it says SHV-160K. Right now Idon't know what else to do with this phone because it simply doesn't recognize any network, it just displays a \"NO SyMBOL\" where it should display the carrier signal bars. I'm posting to see ifthere is any way this phone can be use or IF I should ditch it. This is what It lists on the about device page Model: SHV-E160K Android Version: 4.1.2 Band Base: E160KKKJLL6 KErnel version: 3.0.31 - 10034927 se.infra@SEP-93 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 22 12:43:28 KST 2013 Compilation: JZO54K.E160KKKJMC3"} {"id":"21432","title":"How do I move the gesture button in Dolphin HD?","text":"Before the Sonar changes, I could move the gesture button by long-pressing it and dragging it to a different corner. Now long pressing brings up a menu to use a gesture or use Sonar. How can I move the gesture button to a different corner?"} {"id":"63202","title":"can not link app data to SD with s2e","text":"cm10.1, galaxy gio : I have problem with \"memory full\" message after I set DATA mount-point to sdcard no problem with other options ... just with data. what should I do ?! :("} {"id":"67587","title":"Enable bootloader screen for Lenovo Vibe Z","text":"I pressed and held volume up key for sometime and my Lenovo Vibe Z is seems to be bricked (not charging or switching on). I would like to get into to the boot-loader screen to factory reset the device. Two things: 1. Please help me with the key combinations required to get into boot-loader. 2. Or ways to unlock the boot-loader in Lenovo Vibe Z."} {"id":"67581","title":"I Have a Problem When Install Cwm On Alcatel M'pop 5020D","text":"When I Try To Install Cwm On Alcatel M'pop 5020D In Step :Install the file from Sd To recovery i can't find the file From SD Can u help me ?!If You Know Tell Me Plz Why I Can't Find The File :\/"} {"id":"26809","title":"Is there a way to turn off translation in Google Play","text":"I have HTC Desire with Norwegian language set up. In Google play, all program descriptions are translated to Norwegian. I find this quite annoying because most of the translations are bad, and looks quite silly in Norwegian. Sometimes I need to imagine what it would be in English to understand what it say! Is it possible to force the Google Play app to display all texts in original language? **EDIT:** I have realized that the issue is different for different apps. Examples: 1. AppLock by **DoMobile Lab**. This one is the description shown as badly translated to Norwegian in Google Play on my phone. When I go to Google Play in a browser on my PC, it shows description in English (My PC has English system language, and I have set up Google settings to use English). 2. MindFeud by **MonkeyBin Studios**. This is shown with English description in Google Play on my phone, but it has a button next to the description header you can click on to translate (which is a function in Google Play, probably using Google Translate). This is exactly how I want it to be. 3. TvGuiden by **MeeTV AS**. This is a Norwegian app, and of course has good Norwegian description in Google Play on my phone. This is also fine with me, since it is a proper translation. When I go to Google Play in a browser on my PC, it shows description in English, which is evidence that it provides description both in English and Norwegian. In this case it's most likely written in Norwegian and additionally translated to English. In example 1, I suspect the app vendor have translated using automatic tool and reports to Google Play having a translation for that language. In example 2, the app vendor does not claim to have a translation to Norwegian, so in this case, it is shown in Google Play in English, with a button that the user can **_choose_** to get it translated. Example 3 has a truly proper Norwegian translation done by humans, so the app vendor reports correctly to have a translation for Norwegian. It would be interesting to get experience from others on this app if it will be shown in English for users that has phone language set to other than Norwegian (example Hungarian). Is this the result of some app vendors (ref. example 1) misunderstand how the translation system in Google Play is supposed to work?"} {"id":"58696","title":"Nonstop push notifications on recently updated Samsung Galaxy S3","text":"My phone received and installed an OTA update this weekend, to Android version 4.3 Now everytime my phone connects to the internet or I go to use the internet, I get this large list of push notifications, of email attachments from my Microsoft Exchange email account, that have never even been downloaded. I checked the options in the exchange options, and the option to download attachments when connected to wi-fi isn't checked (i've also checked and unchecked it). I also turned off the email notifications for the account, but still get the notifications of the downloaded attachments (even though they are not actually downloading, because you can't even open them). ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/LdEjv.jpg) Screenshot (click to enlarge)"} {"id":"68609","title":"Install WinXP\/7\/8 on Android Device","text":"I know that it's possible to install WinXP or other Windows versions to an Android device, but I don't know how. I tried BOCHS but it doesn't work on my Xperia Z1 or I don't know how to set it up correctly. Is there some complete tutorial or something? **Remark:** I don't want to _replace_ Android on the device. I want to run Windows \"on top of it\" (e.g. in a VM)."} {"id":"68601","title":"Insufficient Storage Available","text":"I have a Nexus 4. Whenever I try to install _any_ app, no matter how small, it says \"Insufficient Storage Available\". I have aggressively deleted photos, uninstalled apps, cleared the app cache, and now I have 315 MB free (according to Settings > Storage). But it _still_ says \"Insufficient Storage Available\" when installing from the Play store. (For _any_ app; I have tried with dozens.) _I cannot even install the apps that I removed two minutes before._ (WTF?) I have restarted several times. What can I do to fix this erroneous error? (Note: I don't have any SD card.)"} {"id":"24525","title":"Why is custom recovery a prerequisite for flashing a custom ROM?","text":"I have read in many guides that before flashing, we need to have a custom recovery like CWM installed. I am not able to understand why is this a prerequisite for flashing a custom ROM. Can I flash a ROM without custom recovery?"} {"id":"24527","title":"How To Disable htcCheckinService?","text":"This process causes CPU spikes and sometimes incredibly slows down whole system. I need to know how to disable it. Tried with **Quick System Info PRO** but it won't allow me to end process or close it. _HTC Desire S_ _Android 2.3.5_"} {"id":"24522","title":"Is there a way to adjust the size of the text when reading PDF files?","text":"When I use Aldiko to a book in _epub_ format on a mobile device with a small screen, I can read it without problems. The text is adjustable to the size, the application has no issues. The opposite is true when I'm reading _pdf_ file. It's always a fight. The text is small and unadjustable and the application freezes. Is there a way to adjust the size of the text in my PDF files so that they are more easily readable? I don't intend to read scanned pdfs (this would be even bigger fight). I would like to be able to adjust text size, do scaling and not have the application freeze. I'm open to trying other readers if Aldiko cannot handle this. EDIT: The title was changed, but note that it's not only the change in the size of text. The text should be flexible to various sizes of devices. This is called floating text (or layout) in HTML terminology. A lot of PDF readers can change the text size without the text fitting the device screen."} {"id":"50097","title":"How to delete a single saved Password in the android standard browser?","text":"I need to replace or delete an saved password for a single webpage. I have Android 2.3.6. How can I do that?"} {"id":"66188","title":"Applications restore or install from external sd card","text":"I have Samsung Galaxy Duos Trans-S 7562. It had an problem with Wifi, so I sent the phone in for repairs. Before handing the phone over to store, I backed up the applications on the external Sd card. Now applications can not be restored or installed. Only contacts are backed- up. The error message I get is `Applications not downloaded from Google Play store can not be installed.` I used \"Super backup-Contact And SMS\" application for backing everything up."} {"id":"66185","title":"Is it possible to use another system language than the one defined by country","text":"I'd like to use my phone (CM 11, rooted) in English. The only problem I have is that this means that the contacts app doesn't sort names that begins with Å, Ä or Ö in their own separate section, they're shown within the A and O section. I thought that for example setting locale to en_FI with MoreLocale 2 would solve the problem, but it doesn't. For example, Åsa is still shown between Arne and Atte. Google hasn't helped, neither did I find answers here. Is it possible to set the language and locale to different values? sounded right but didn't solve my problem."} {"id":"34374","title":"Water damaged Nexus S turns on and runs but has unresponsive touchscreen","text":"I dropped my Nexus S in water. I dried it out for a few days and the phone turns on to the home screen, and it seems to get the latest notifications although I cannot slide the phone and the touchscreen doesn't work. Is there anything I can do from my computer, while phone is plugged in to get the touchscreen working again?"} {"id":"34375","title":"Galaxy S3 randomly booted into safe mode. Strange behavior","text":"I was using my phone (Galaxy S3 SGH-T999), not doing anything intensive, just web browsing on Chrome, then all of a sudden my phone restarts into Safe Mode. I opened the app drawer and noticed most (possibly all, not sure) of my downloaded apps were gone. My notifications bar was informing me that some apps were being re-downloaded. Not sure of the reason, I just restarted the phone and it booted back up normally. However strange things have been happening, like: * Apps re-downloading or updating. * Facebook app authorization failing * All my contacts were gone. I use SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts. Opening the app asked me to enter my password. My contacts came back. * My iCloud calendar was gone, again because SmoothSync logged out. Logging back in was no problem. Nothing really bad has happened, but it just seems strange and random to me. Why would Safe mode be activated out of nowhere?"} {"id":"77579","title":"Data Wipe\/factory reset on CWM 6.0.4.7","text":"first time flashing a device. I have CWM 6.0.4.7 flashed and a question about the wipe data\/factory reset. I only have the internal storage at the moment and I have the CM11 and Gapps zip folders in \/sdcard so I saw the wipe data will only clear the \/data partition. Is that correct, meaning those zip folders won't be deleted in \/sdcard and I can just flash the Rom immediately after?"} {"id":"77575","title":"Game Error after moving to another country","text":"I've recently moved to Switzerland and now after the move I can't play Clash of Clans, Fun Run or any other online game with internet requirements. I can open the application but it doesn't load.... **What can I do to make these games work again?**"} {"id":"77573","title":"World Of Tanks Blitz is not on Google Play Store","text":"I am very new to Android ecosystem. I can't seem to locate this game title on Play Store. Should it be on Google Play Store?"} {"id":"55112","title":"Connecting files with calendar events","text":"I'm using Google calendar for all kinds of events. For some events I necessarily create files which can be anything from notes to presentations and so on. Now the question is whether I can connect these files with their respective events? Usually I have to check my calendar and whatever app I use for notes etc. But sometimes I find it hard to remember if I have already created notes for a particular event because they are not connected. I assume that Google's calendar app doesn't support my idea but maybe you know a better solution or a different app that will do for me. Thank you."} {"id":"28188","title":"Everything gets saved to the phone instead of SD card","text":"I'm using the Samsung Galaxy Gio, and my problem is that all my apps get saved to the phone, using up all the storage. I've got space left on my SD card but it doesn't want to install anything there. I found a function that lets you move apps to SD card but sadly it doesn't work with 99% of the apps installed. How do I solve this problem?"} {"id":"25722","title":"Alternative to Photosync to sync pictures into Picasa","text":"The version of Photosync I have installed fails to upload pictures after I take a few dozen of them in a short period of time. Is there an alternative app that will work and not take too much memory on my poor old 2.3.5 phone? The Google+ app is too heavy for my phone."} {"id":"27389","title":"Prevent Google Talk from being signed in all the time","text":"On my Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro, stock ICS, Google Talk remains signed in all the time. Is there a setting - within Google Talk, in Sync settings, or otherwise - which can prevent Google Talk from signing in? I just don't like being online on IM clients and I don't want to be signed in."} {"id":"1114","title":"Different notification sounds for sms and email?","text":"Is there a way to use different sounds for a sms text alert and an email alert? I can't find the setting. I'm on HTC Hero, Android 2.1"} {"id":"53477","title":"Debugging Galaxy S2 Bluetooth problem: Bluetooth disconnects, Bluetooth status never fully turns on, Only reboot resolves this","text":"I know many have problems with Bluetooth and certain car kits. I specifically have a VW. In any case, my Galaxy disconnects from not only my car, but also from my Philips in home audio system. In both cases, the disconnect is the same. What happens in both cases is the Bluetooth pair is lost. If I try to turn off and then on the Bluetooth (on the phone) to reset the pair the Bluetooth light never fully turns on. It stays a dim green. To get it to work I have to restart the phone. I wrote a script to collect the Bluetooth logs, and programmed it to start logging whenever Buetooth is connected. See link below for the3 log. notice that around 7:56 the probem occurred. I was in a call on my galaxy s2 connected to my vw tiguan, and the hands free audio stopped. I was able to pick up the phone and switch from hands free to the speaker (on the phone) to resume the call. Around 8:19, I think, I turned off the Bluetooth on the phone, and then tried to to turn on it again. But,it did not fully turn on. The green Bluetooth light is dim rather then bright. The only way I can restart the Bluetooth is to reboot the phone. There are exceptions thrown that I am going to look at. Have any thoughts? Thanks! I am running the stock rom that I downloaded from Kies. The Android version is 4.1.2 Logs: 1\\. S2 paired with VW Tiguan (7:56, 8:19 approx) https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/hd809geb4hoxvrr\/btlog.txt 2\\. S2 paired with Philips AS351 (Time 21:02-21:06 approx) https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/6w7je0xrdcn7kiy\/20130916_902-906btlog.txt"} {"id":"73387","title":"Download maps offline with Google Maps v8","text":"With the latest version of Google Maps (v8.1.0) I am trying to download offline maps from Spain, but I am having no success. This was doable in previous version in a simple way, but I can not find a solution with the latest version. Can someone lead me to the way to achieving this?"} {"id":"73381","title":"Android storage problem","text":"With a phone of 1 GB internal memory, I am able to install apps for 700 MB only. More than that I get the insufficient memory alert. Storage shows Total space 0.98 Available 71.49 Apps 601 Cache 1.88 Another phone of the same model is able to able to install apps for the entire 1GB. Phone runs on Android version 4.2.x. Default write disk is external SD card. Thanks in advance. Screenshots below: ![my-phone](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/713Gt.png) ![other-phone](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/tgHXV.jpg)"} {"id":"73382","title":"BTSync not syncing KeePassX database files (kdb)","text":"My environment: * Samsung ultrabook (Mint16 x64) * RaspberryPi (Raspbian) * Samsung smartphone (stock Android 4.1.2) All devices are synced with latest version of BTSync. And here is a problem: BTSync not syncing KeePassX database files (kdb) with smartphone from laptop while RPi copy stay updated. What can be the reason and how can I fix it?"} {"id":"22496","title":"Samsung Galaxy S2 upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich now Bluetooth headphones won't pair","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 which has just received the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich (I'm on T Mobile in the UK if that matters). I have a set of bluetooth headphones. They worked fine before the upgrade, they would be detected by the phone and would pair with it without my having to enter a PIN code. Since the upgrade to ICS, they no longer work. When I turn on Bluetooth, the phone detects the headphones but won't pair with them. When I try to pair them I get an error message that there is an incorrect PIN entered or an unknown PIN. I know what the PIN is (0000). The problem is, the phone doesn't give me an option anywhere I can see to actually input this to allow the phone to pair with the headphones. Samsung have advised me to do a factory reset of the phone, which I've done, but the problem remains. ICS is still on the phone and I still have the above problem. Can anyone help?"} {"id":"22490","title":"Why is my microSD card not being reconized in Samsung Galaxy S Plus?","text":"I had purchased Samsung Galaxy S Plus, it was working fine, but I had a problem yesterday connecting it to my PC. After that my SDCard is not being recognized by my device. It says `Your phone doesn't have sdcard inserted` also when I try to open the inbuilt camera its also not working with a message as `Turn off USB storage before using camera`. I tried to check that my SDCard is not corrupted so testing in other devices and its working fine. I also tried to restart the device couple of times. So, can anyone suggest me what can be the problem here? why my SDCard and Internal Storage is not being detected?"} {"id":"26385","title":"Local Address Book","text":"Disclaimer: I'm new with Android. I have a 2.3.6 device. So I'm on my phone, I hit the little address book button. I can see I have \"contacts\" Three of them. Yay. One has a little phone icon. Two have little 'g' icons. My \"history\" has heaps of contacts. When I click on an entry in my history which is obviously on Gmail, there's no option to add them to a contact. They're not in my contact list, but they show up when I try to add a contact, so I can't add them. When I click on an entry in my history which is obviously not on Gmail, I have an option to add them as a contact.... and my contact list suddenly has hundreds and hundreds of entries. They're all people I've emailed at one point or another, but lots of them are useless ungroomed contact entries... they're probably out of date. Why does this not make sense to me? Meanwhile, I have a giant address book in Thunderbird with hundreds of entries, and an old Nokia phone with hundreds of entries. Ideally, I'd like to reconcile all of those into a single address book, and ideally, not on Google's servers. I don't care about the hundreds of outdated contacts in Google. I'd be happier if my phone didn't know they existed. Is this even possible on Android? Is there a good local calendar app where I can use my existing contact list?"} {"id":"24894","title":"Is there a way to perform a memdump of an android device?","text":"Is there a way to perform a memdump of an android device? I need the content of the entire memory (RAM). Maybe there is a shell command (meminfo will not do because it displays only memory information, not the content of RAM) or maybe somebody has a program which does this."} {"id":"24890","title":"How to prevent buttons from activating screen","text":"When I take my Android phone from my trousers pocket the screen is often activated since any press to the search, home, back or menu button activates the screen. Of course, this is a major battery drain. Even worse - sometimes the phone takes or rejects an incoming call while being in my pocket without me noticing. 8-( So: is there any way to prevent these buttons from activating the screen? Only the power on button should wake it up, since it is much better hidden and cannot be accidentially pressed in the pocket. In case that matters: my phone is a LG-P500 with Android version 2.2.2"} {"id":"3693","title":"Can my Android device replace a heart monitor watch?","text":"Can my Android device replace a heart monitor watch? Maybe there are good apps out there for monitoring heart rates? Many people use special watches, so I wonder if their phone can do it already instead."} {"id":"64937","title":"Cannot install apk file on my phone","text":"I developed an app in Eclipse, and emailed to me the `.apk` file. It correctly downloads to my phone, then I go in `Downloads` and tap it. I choose Install and I'm getting `App not installed` message. What's the problem? I have a Nexus 4 phone, and Unknown sources option is selected. I can successfully install the app through Eclipse. The .apk file was exported in Eclipse from `Android tools->Export unsigned application package`. Best regards"} {"id":"26039","title":"Is it possible to add an audio bluetooth profile to my phone?","text":"I want to make my phone act as a bluetooth speaker\/headset because the audio jacks connection on my laptop is kinda broken (won't play audio on both ears unless the headset plug is midway inserted). Add to that the fact that the audio coming out of my laptop's speakers aren't too loud. My phone, however, fills in that gap by having quite good and loud audio and the headset jack on my phone isn't messed up like the one my laptop. So upon thinking of ways to do this, I realized that I could add a bluetooth profile to my phone so that the laptop will be able to detect it as a bluetooth headset. However, I couldn't find any info about doing this. I'm using an SE ST17i and I'm rooted so rooted solutions are applicable. I hope someone can help me out. P.S. I know of the AirFoil approach but would rather prefer my above approach if possible because I don't like keeping my wifi on all the time."} {"id":"75066","title":"Backup of existing firmware?","text":"Recently I bought my Xperia Z with Jellybean, and its showing available update of Kitkat, so before updating the firmware, how could I take backup of existing firmware, so that I could load if required in future?"} {"id":"3522","title":"How do I get emoticons to show as images rather than text in SMS messages?","text":"I've got a Motorola Droid X running Android 2.2 (Froyo), and when sending and receiving SMS\/text messages in the default text messaging program, I don't see the Android emoticon images in the message. I instead only see the text representing that emoticon. For instance, I only see `:-)` rather than the smiley emoticon image. Is there a setting somewhere that turns that feature on or off?"} {"id":"60395","title":"Install Android on PC","text":"I have a PC with 512 MB RAM and`3Ghz` Pentium Dual Core Processor. I want to install Android on it. Please tell me how can i do it. Regards, Utkarsh"} {"id":"38340","title":"how to install android OS on desktop pc?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Is it possible to install Android on a PC? Can we install Android OS on to a desktop? If yes can some one share the same thing. I have tried steps from How-To-Geek and from Android-x86 - Porting Android to x86. Whenever I try to boot from the USB it says \"error: unknown filesystem.\" and stays on grub rescue prompt."} {"id":"3528","title":"Any fix for audio stuttering (incoming and outgoing) when making Skype calls?","text":"I have an HTC hero with Android 2.1, and the latest Skype available in android marketplace (december 2010) stutters badly on wifi. (I did not even try to make a skype call over 3g data, i think that would be silly, and in my market where data charges are exorbitant, a waste of money.) I believe it's a performance problem with my phone. I have tried to uninstall some other apps, and not very much seems to be open and running on my phone (just skype, the phone main UI panel). Audio coming to my headphones stutters terribly and is full of clicks. The audio going out is reported to be bad when I tested it with human callers, but when I used the echo123 skype service, my audio came back to me mostly perfectly. It looks like Skype's website lists the following as compatible android handsets: \"Android devices: DROID by Motorola, DROID ERIS by HTC, Motorola DEVOUR™, HTC Droid Incredible, LG Ally, Samsung Fascinate™, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, Samsung CONTINUUM, Motorola Ciena, Motorola Droid 2 Global.\" [Note that HTC hero is not in that list]"} {"id":"2305","title":"How can I deal with \"Low on Space\" messages on my Android?","text":"I keep getting the \"Low on Space: Application data space is low. To free up\" [the rest is cut off] message. I've moved every app I can over to the SD card, cleared the cache, compacted my K9 mail cache. Advanced Task Killer (ouch!) says I have 98M Available Memory File Manager says I have 223M\/748M (29%) free. That's not so bad -- but I'm stuck in the no-updates scenario. The market downloads won't really start, gmail won't update, etc. I've rebooted several times, and nothing changes. Aaaargh. What can be done, other than uninstalling **everything** ?"} {"id":"70179","title":"Insufficient storage error on Google play store","text":"I tried to install an app from Google play, which said it was about 12mb to install. According to Storage in settings, I have 90mb available on external memory and 144mb in internal memory. When I install it, it downloads, then comes up with an error 'insufficient storage'. Which storage is it referring to and how can I free it up? Thanks in advance."} {"id":"52651","title":"How to stop Message memory full Internal phone storage is getting low?","text":"I have been trying to get rid of this but nothing is working, and its super annoying please help! I've tried clearing cache but it didn't work."} {"id":"7030","title":"Whats the core difference between Kies, New PC Studio, PC Studio 3.1 from Samsung?","text":"The web site doesn't specifically say...but I assume that Kies is for Android based devices, NPS and PCStudio are for W7p and other Phone OSs?"} {"id":"14655","title":"Why is the SD card mounted as read-only on PC when shared from HTC Desire HD via USB?","text":"I just discovered that the SD card is now read-only when I use \"disk drive\" connection on the phone. Why do I have to do in order to be able to write on the SD card from the PC? I mention that the phone is rooted and is using the latest version of 2.3 available for HTC Desire HD (original rom)."} {"id":"71528","title":"Not receiving whatsapp messages unless I open the app when on 3G - on wifi there is no delay","text":"I have recently bought a _Samsung Galaxy S4,_ Android version 4.4.2, and for some reason I only receive my _Whatsapp_ messages when I open the app. This only happens when I am on 3G. When connected to a WiFi network, there is no delay at all. I have uninstalled and re-installed, I have checked the restricted data setting (it is not ticked) and I am now officially loosing my mind. What did I miss?"} {"id":"37871","title":"Caller ID doesn't match similar numbers except when there is a perfect match","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Contacts with and without international extensions Is there any way to make the caller IDs work like in older non-Android phones? For example, the following numbers are similar \/ the same: +541122223333 +549112223333 01122223333 1522223333 In older phones, the phone detects the caller and makes a match in the agenda. Why is this not working in Android? Thanks."} {"id":"56661","title":"unknown error code -24","text":"I have Android 4.1.2 on Samsung galaxy S2 I install an app and get this error: unknown error during appliaction install -24 googling this line should clearing Google play cache might help but it didn't work for me. Any other solution?"} {"id":"82470","title":"Unable to install wordweb dictionary","text":"Initially I was having wordweb dictionary installed in my android phone(4.2.2) , but suddenly it disappeared. Then I tried to reinstall it from the .apk file which I was having, but it is showing \"Application not installed.\" Also when I tried to download a fresh copy of the software from Android Play Store, again it is showing \"Unknown error code during application installation - 24\". Although, all other applications are running and downloading perfectly fine, but this particular application is not installing. Kindly someone help me."} {"id":"67225","title":"Unknown error during application install \"-24\"","text":"I did a factory reset and flashed a custom ROM recently. Afterwards I tried to restore some apps I had backed up with ROM toolbox pro. Some of the restores were successful, others not, without a reason. When I tried to reinstall those apps from the Play store I got after downloading: Unknown error during application install \"-24\" In some cases I managed to overcome this by going to the \/data directory and delete everything related to the specific app that couldn't be installed. Afterwards the install from the store worked. But I have a few cases of apps in which there are no related files in \/data I can find, and I still get the same error message again and again. Any ideas what is causing this?"} {"id":"69888","title":"unknown error code during skype application install","text":"When I tried to install Skype in my phone, I encountered some error. It says `Unknown error code during install: \"-24\"`. I tried to reinstall it many times, but still the same. How can I solve this?"} {"id":"82508","title":"unknown error code during application install -24","text":"More than an application removed from my Samsung galaxy s3 device and I can't install it from my storage or from play store"} {"id":"57456","title":"Unknown error code during application install \"-24\"","text":"I just updated my Moto X to latest and greatest Android 4.4 KitKat (I even did full factory reset just to be sure) and now I'm trying to install WhatsApp Messenger but unable to do so, I'm getting following error: > Unknown error code during application install \"-24\" Please advise."} {"id":"69985","title":"ERROR : Unknown error when installing the application \"-24\"","text":"Every time I try to download an app called icoron on my Galaxy note 3 an error message appears, `Unknown error when installing the application \"-24` Can anyone please help me?"} {"id":"38635","title":"Can I repartition the internal storage of my device to make space for apps?","text":"I have a T-Mobile Concord and it has little memory (probably standard amount). It is used up by applications that I don't use or don't need. I would like to partition the OS so that I can increase the internal memory so I can download other apps or play games that I have downloaded. Is this possible or am I just S.O.L.?"} {"id":"30406","title":"Skype does not use the proximity sensor","text":"Skype does not use the proximity sensor, i.e. when I hold the phone to my ear the screen stays on and most annoyingly still responds to touch input. What may be the cause? The sensor works fine for normal calls. I didn't find a related setting within Skype."} {"id":"61993","title":"Galaxy S3 stuck on Samsung logo, is there anyway i can backup my data in recovery mode without rooting?","text":"i have the original Firmware, no rooting. Recently, i got this issue where my s3 doesn't startup, it just keeps flashing the logo over and over again until the battery drains. I've already tried pulling the battery, wiping cache partition several times but no luck. So is it possible to root my device without losing any data or at least can i backup from the recovery mode? I'm an Android newbie, so i have zero background on this stuff. What am i suppose to do ? Edit: i'm specifically asking about backing up my data, is it possible?"} {"id":"75076","title":"Will flashing other region's ROM unlock GT-I9515?","text":"I bought a Samsung S4 GT-I9515 from Saudi Arabia. But returning to my country found that this phone is locked and I don not know of any unlock code. It is also not possible to contact the seller in KSA. Now I'm thinking if flashing stock ROM from other country will solve the issue. Any help appreciated. Even any known unlocking technique."} {"id":"27815","title":"How can I control which apps are able to use the data connection while roaming?","text":"I am planning a trip to abroad and need to use my Android phone while roaming. But i couldn't disable all data roaming because i need my company emails. So i want to disable WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Play Store and etc; except Exchange. Is there any way to achieve this?"} {"id":"73428","title":"Why can't some apps be moved to the SD card?","text":"I am finding the move to SD card option disabled for some apps"} {"id":"59479","title":"Unable to move apps to the SD card","text":"I have certain apps, like Google Maps, on my phone which I am unable to move to my SD card from the internal memory. I tried moving it from the App management menu in Phone settings, but the move to SD card option isn't enabled. Is moving these apps going to affect the working of the device?"} {"id":"39602","title":"Why do some applications have `Move to SD card` button disabled?","text":"I've just downloaded an app, and I want to move it to SD card. At the application setting, the app has data like this: Total ... 10.05MB Application ... 9.97MB Data ... 80.00KB Next to 'Clear data' button, 'Move to SD card' button is disabled. Why?"} {"id":"34127","title":"internal memory Vs SD card","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Unable to move few Apps to SD Card > Can I force move to sd card applications that don't want to be moved there? Why do Android phones require installations mostly in internal memory? Is there any application which supports to transfer the root directory to SD card?"} {"id":"38184","title":"Adding apps in the unlock screen","text":"I have a Samsung tablet (not sure of model), running Android 4.0.4. When I unlock my screen, I have four default options that I can choose from, or I can use the empty area to unlock the main screen. How can I add apps like my favorite games to this menu so I can go directly into those games? If you need more information, please let me know. Please provide steps for getting the information also."} {"id":"38183","title":"Keyboard shortcut to enter commonly-used email address","text":"Is there any keyboard shortcuts on Android? I want to enter my commonly-used email address easily, because most apps require an account."} {"id":"40777","title":"connect android devices in ad-hoc mode without needing to net connection?","text":"can we get android devices in ad-hoc mode using WIFI-card but without access internet ? i mean to connect peers to send and receive messages between them but without having internet connection ? i see this link talk about **wpa_supplicant.conf** to enable ad-hoc mode, but it seems that there are problems in this thing. and see this command `iwconfig` but this doesn't support on android !!"} {"id":"39823","title":"Disable or uninstall side bar on android","text":"I'm wondering if it is possible to disable or uninstall this bar that I show on this image. I'm sorry i don't know what it is named that is why I included the image (click to enlarge). I'm using Android version 4.1. ![side bar](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/jFNT0.jpg)"} {"id":"63033","title":"How to turn off apps toolbar?","text":"I have a _Samsung Galaxy S3_ with Android 4.3. Some time ago a toolbar with list of applications appeared. I can edit its position (right or left) and I can edit apps on toolbar, but a cant remove it. It's visible in every place in OS and even in other apps. Below I'm adding two screenshots. On the first one you can see the toolbar and on the second one the apps edit page. I'm not sure if it is because of I installed something or because of some update. How to remove it? ![what app is it](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/cFYNqm.png) ![what app is it?](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/AN6Ugm.png) The _Toolbar_ (left) and its _Edit_ page (right; click images for larger variants)"} {"id":"53816","title":"How to get rid of the auto hidden bar?","text":"I think I get this bar after system update a couple months ago. How to get rid of this? ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Avs2F.png)"} {"id":"65247","title":"How to hide \/ show the pull out drawer that is pre-loaded on some Samsung devices","text":"Some newer Samsung devices have a pull out tab that stores some of the commonly used applications. I have accidentally enabled and disabled it a number of times, but I don't know how. I don't see anything related to it in device settings or any of the installed apps that would control it. How do you hide \/ show this pull out bar? ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/1E8Scm.jpg) (Click on the image for larger version)"} {"id":"47203","title":"Samsung galaxy note knocking off other computers wifii","text":"My Samsung galaxy note 10.1 32gb knocks off the other computers on the WiFi network when I connect. Mine connects fine, but the other computers (laptops) get knocked off and have to be rebooted or repaired to gain access again. Why does this happen and how can I fix it?"} {"id":"78993","title":"Can I disable the volume warning if I raise the volume too much?","text":"Occasionally when I raise the volume on my HTC-one, I get a warning message which stops me until I click 'Ok'. It's more of an annoyance than anything else. Can I disable it? I can't seem to find an option for it in the settings. This question has already been asked here, but it was over a year ago. There was no solution then, I'm wondering does anyone know if there is a solution now?"} {"id":"39585","title":"How do I escape a crash\/reboot loop without losing data?","text":"My Motorola Atrix 4G (MB860) is stuck in a crash\/reboot loop. I believe it is running Android 2.3.6, but the phone doesn't stay on long enough to confirm. It seems this is a common problem (why is that?), but most of the potential solutions I've seen on the Internet haven't been particularly helpful. I can't seem to boot into Safe Mode, because I instead get stuck at a \"Starting RSD protocol support\" message that does not progress. I have tried clearing the cache, but that has no effect. I have had this happen in the past, but in those cases I was able to escape the loop by powering down the phone on purpose and restarting it manually. That solution is not working this time around. I have a lot of data on this phone that I would like to at least be able to salvage before I have to wipe the phone with a factory reset (if it does indeed come to that), but the phone does not stay on long enough for it to detect a USB connection or for me to turn USB debugging on to access it with adb. I have not modified the phone in the past, but I would be willing to do so if it meant that I could get adb working. I would prefer, however, to get at the source of the problem and delete any offending app file that might be causing this to happen (if such a file can be determined). What is going on here? Why does Android even allow this sort of thing to happen? And why is it not easier to get into Safe Mode? I suppose those are the more academic questions in this situation, but my primary concern is: How can I gain access to my files to back them up before having to do a factory reset? Or is there another way to escape this crash\/reboot loop? **EDIT (2013-02-14):** To be clear, let me elaborate on what I mean by \"crash\/reboot loop\" in this case. When I power on the phone, it goes through its normal display of the Motorola and carrier screens. Then the lock screen begins to load, as it normally does. It seems to me that it takes longer than usual for it to detect a cell signal and identify the carrier network (AT&T), but I can't know for sure. At this point, if I don't unlock the phone, it will eventually reboot on its own and continue to loop through this process until the battery dies. But if I do unlock the phone, I am immediately greeted by a series of \"Force close\" dialog boxes informing me that the following processes\/applications have stopped unexpectedly: * com.motorola.service.main * Google Partner Setup (com.google.android.partnersetup) * Google Play Store (com.android.vending) * Webtop (com.android.portal) * Bluetooth Share (com.android.bluetooth) I generally have to select \"Force close\" on the first few in order for the next few to appear, though the Bluetooth one appears immediately on top of the Webtop one. The phone will generally reboot immediately after the Bluetooth error appears. If I have the phone plugged into my computer via USB, I will get a USB connection notification immediately before the phone reboots. I should also note that the com.motorola.service.main error occurs multiple times. (If I \"Force close\" it, it reappears in between the other errors.) The Google Partner Setup and\/or Google Play Store errors sometimes appear multiple times, as well. **EDIT (2013-02-20):** I'm still having issues, so I thought I'd go through the whole thing again, looking for new information. It turns out I missed one key part about booting into Safe Mode: You have to wait until the boot ANIMATION starts before holding both volume buttons down. (Then you keep holding until a long vibration occurs.) Anyway, when I booted into Safe Mode, things got worse, not better. The phone didn't even stay on long enough for it to complete the Android initialization! I don't know what that means, but maybe it's another clue?"} {"id":"77969","title":"Why do I see adverts after closing WhatsApp?","text":"Every time I close WhatsApp I get some sort of an advertisement. According to their site they don't advertise, but I see adverts like this after closing the app: ![screenshot of advert](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/zTC3Fm.png) Click image for larger version I have contacted the WhatsApp support team and their reply was: > WhatsApp does not advertise. If you are seeing advertisement on your device, > it is from your device and not WhatsApp. How can the device advertise on it's own??"} {"id":"2269","title":"Italian Froyo not show Month Name","text":"After update my HTC Desire to last Froyo Update, I can't see anymore Month Name or Day Of Week name. Instead of **January** I see _1_ and instead of **Wednesday** I see _2_. This happens in all my App (even Facebook). How can I restore the names? Do I have to root it? My HTC language system is Italian."} {"id":"78129","title":"Battery Issues-Moto E","text":"I am facing battery issues from days,the battery does not survive even a day even without using the internet. Tried uninstalling some apps but to no effect.It is happening 10 days after 4.4.4 kitkat update. Are there any other solutions?"} {"id":"15291","title":"Is there a widget that allows for speed dialing?","text":"Is there a widget that would allow me to have, for instance, 9-10 names so I can call them quickly? Maybe 10 icons associated with 10 names\/numbers?"} {"id":"2264","title":"Quickly connecting to Wi-Fi with Android","text":"I'm having Android Froyo (2.2), in Archos 32. The only way I found for connecting to a Wi-Fi wireless network is through Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Wi-Fi Settings -> \"Wi-Fi networks\" list Very cumbersome! Isn't there a faster way to do it? After all the only internet connection Archos 32 has is the Wi-Fi..."} {"id":"81625","title":"Installing command line apps","text":"I have an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S4 Active running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. I have installed the Terminal Emulator and am wondering how to install apps to the command line. Is it possible for me to install applications such as `alsa-utils` or `cowsay` like you would with a normal Linux machine. At the moment there isn't much you can do with the terminal that's of interest."} {"id":"4284","title":"Change image size before sharing an image via email","text":"When I first used the share functionality (Share via email) from the gallery, Android asked me what should be the size of the images (fullsize \/ normal \/ small) that will be shared. I opted for regular then, and now I want to change this setting. I cannot seem to find this setting option anywhere, anyone knows where I can change this ? (Note: The \"crop\" feature in the gallery)."} {"id":"4285","title":"Change application to be launched using Voice Action","text":"Is there a way I can change which app will launch upon Voice action? For example when I say \"Listen to Pink Floyd\", it currently opens Last.fm app which is more or less useless for me since Last.fm doesn't have streaming in my location. Can I configure it to open, say, Winamp instead of Last.fm? If yes, how?"} {"id":"54298","title":"What information does the colour-coding of contacts (green, yellow, red, blue, etc) convey?","text":"What information does the colour-coding of contacts (green, yellow, red, blue, etc) convey? See example screenshot here (blueish, greenish, reddish): ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/FoAIN.jpg) Screenshot (click image to enlarge) PS: Though this question seems related, I don't think it's about the same thing."} {"id":"62387","title":"Are there any downsides or risks to limiting background processes?","text":"I enabled developer options on my Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos and then changed \"Limit background process\" option from _Standard limit_ to _No background process_. After that my phone is working fine, with no hanging problems or no slowness as before. But my doubt is, will this change affect any process, updates, applications or anything which might cause an error or failure?"} {"id":"68980","title":"Android power button doesn't lock the screen after reboot - Nexus 5","text":"I've been using my Nexus 5 for like a couple of months now and last week I tried switching to ART. After the process is finished the phone rebooted and the power button didn't lock the screen. Long pressing it displayed the power menu but a regular press didn't lock the screen. Then I switched to Dalvik but still the power button doesn't lock the screen for about a minute after a reboot."} {"id":"77035","title":"Problem installing Facebook and other apps","text":"How can I download apps to my Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 after I reset to its factory settings? A message keeps on popping: `error while retrieving information from server`. What should I do, or what is the solution? I already tried downloading Facebook, but same message occurs."} {"id":"43454","title":"Gallery images appearing in mixed up order","text":"I have an HTC One X with stock Android 4.1.1. As you know, Android 4.1 introduced a \"nice\" feature to the gallery which allows grouping images by events. Unfortunately, after this update I started to notice a very annoying and intermittent bug: sometimes, if I have a group with hundreds of images, some of them appear in jumbled up order. I use Dropbox to sync them to my PC, so I don't usually connect my phone via USB to the PC. After seeing this issue, I browsed via USB to some of the images that appear in the wrong position and it looks like the EXIF date is correct, but, for some reason, the phone shows a different hour for this images in the \"Details\" section. It appears as if it misreads the hour when indexing them, showing them as having been taken one hour before the date in the EXIF data. I have tried to clear the cache of the `Media Storage` application and restart the phone, but, unfortunately, this did not do the trick and I think that a few more images got mixed up after it finished rescanning. Does anybody have any idea what might cause this bug and how can it be fixed? **PS:** I installed Total Commander on the phone and it displays the proper date for the images and it also picks them up in the expected order, so this is clearly a bug in the `Media Storage` app."} {"id":"43453","title":"Format SD card after playing with fdisk (No card reader)","text":"After playing with partitioning using FDISK (from busybox) i finished and now i want to format it back to whatever is usable under Android. Using same FDISK via Android console i deleted all partitions, made a clean DOS partition table, made a new partition and changed its type to b (Win95 FAT32). I got no microSD adapter to read the card from my linux PC and format it there. What should i do to format it into a usable condition?"} {"id":"19770","title":"Problem with Samsung Galaxy S2 Driver on Windows","text":"I updated Kies today and my Samsung Galaxy S2 phone doesn't connect to my pc via Debug Mode any more. Below is the screen shot ![Missing driver in Windows Device Manager](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/E9ut9.png) When I uninstall that and try to reconnect I get an error saying driver install failed."} {"id":"62388","title":"Is it possible to change the answer swipe direction on Android 4.3, Motorola Moto G, or Samsung Galaxy S4?","text":"I have a problem. My personal phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 4.2.2. I just got a new company phone which is a Motorola Moto G Android 4.3. The problem is that if I swipe left when answering a call on Samsung it answers the phone. If I swipe left on the Motorola it ignores the call. Needless to say, I keep ignoring people on my business phone. I need to figure out a way to change the direction of the answer swipe on one of them, preferably the Moto G since I'm already used to the Samsung way but I will settle for changing it on the Samsung if need be."} {"id":"13524","title":"Shortcut to particular document in Google Docs app?","text":"Is there a way to make a shortcut to one particular document? I frequently need one particular document from a secondary account, so it's always a pain to come out of current document, change accounts and load the required document. Any ideas?"} {"id":"13529","title":"Can I change the level for \"Connect your charger\"?","text":"My phone HTC Desire on **cyanogen mod 7** shuts it down if the **battery level is 18%**. Can I change this level to something lower?"} {"id":"20721","title":"Galaxy s2 will not boot, wrong bootloader","text":"My Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I1900 won't boot. 1. I tried to update to ICS with Kies which crashed, wherefore I unplugged the USB to start over. 2. Now my phone had no OS, and wouldn't respond to Kies anymore. 3. By mistake I flashed the downloaded original firmware into the bootloader section in Odin. 4. Now it just shows a screen that says Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 5. Next I tried to recover with Odin. I flashed another firmware, and the old bootloader and attached a PIT file which worked for me earlier. I want to now how I can make it work again. I have been looking for days for the following files: 1. Original .PIT file 2. Original Firmware 3. Original Bootloader What should I do? I am using Odin v1.85."} {"id":"20726","title":"Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn't keep wifi connected despite settings","text":"My **Galaxy Tab 10.1** , 16GB Wifi only version, **disconnects the WiFi whenever the tablet goes into sleep mode**. I have ensured that I have selected to never sleep in advanced WiFi settings. I downloaded and experimented with the Wifi Keep Alive and REGPON wifi KeepAlive apps, but they have had no effect. I even tried rooting the device, and put on this ROM, in hopes that maybe some change would take effect, but it hasn't. Is this a known issue with the Galaxy Tab 10.1? I've done some Google searching and I've seen other people report it, but most fixes seem to just describe how to go into the advanced settings and enable \"never\" as an option. Is there any kind of fix I can apply? This is a somewhat critical feature for me, as I intend to be able to receive Skype calls, which can't be done if the WiFi disconnects."} {"id":"36377","title":"Apps can't connect to internet","text":"I have a connection problem with any app on Android 2.3.5. I can access the internet with the stock browser but any other app with full network permissions isn't able to connect to the internet. My handset is a Simvalley SPX-5. Any ideas?"} {"id":"13298","title":"Music App changes track after 40 seconds on rooted phone","text":"I recently rooted my htc desire and installed cyanogenmod 7.0.3 and now whenever I use the music app it will play the first 40 seconds of a track then there is a long pause and the next track starts. This happens both with and without headphones plugged in. Can anyone suggest what might cause this and how to fix it. EDIT after upgrading to cyanogenmod 7.1 I started to get Force Close after 40 seconds on DSP manager. EDIT 2 I have cleared the data on the music app and tried alternative music apps and the problem persists, also as I said it happens with or without headphones so it's not headphone related. EDIT 3 This problem seems to be specific to ogg files. EDIT 4 The problem occurs with winamp, songbird and the built in music player but not PowerAMP"} {"id":"13293","title":"How can I get the new Google Talk on a Droid Incredible running 2.3.4?","text":"I have the original Droid Incredible (hardware rev 0003) with the new Market. I just got the Gingerbread OTA but it didn't include the new Google Talk. I know I could manually install the new apk from some random website, but I'd rather get it the \"official\" way, if such exists."} {"id":"6194","title":"what is the difference between Dolphin Browser HD and Mini versions?","text":"I look at the official Dolphin Browser page, but I can't seem to find any differences, besides: * Dolphin Browser Mini – Fast & Simple * Dolphin Browser HD – Powerful & Elegant In what sense is HD powerful or elegant? In what sense is Mini simple? What am I missing out on if I use Mini instead of HD?"} {"id":"6736","title":"How can I set the locale and language?","text":"How can I set the keyboard and language in Android, and how can I add more languages to the device?"} {"id":"7967","title":"How can I change the language on my phone?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I set the locale and language? Is there some way I can change the language of my phone's operating system? I mean status bar, options, everything -- I want it to be in Spanish."} {"id":"20090","title":"How does Android calculate battery consumption by apps?","text":"How does Android measure energy used by individual hardware component? How does Android measure energy used by each individual process?"} {"id":"45317","title":"Sprint Galaxy S4. Javascript required random popup","text":"I get a random popup on my S4. \"Javascript required\" and then it gives me instructions to enable Java on various browsers. This error has nothing to do with me actively using a browser on the phone. How do I cure this? Thank you."} {"id":"45311","title":"How is an Android application installed?","text":"What program installs other applications? Is it the package installer or some other internal system application? I stopped the package installer manually, but when I access Google Play from my browser and install an app from there, it automatically installs regardless. What application or process is responsible for installing applications from the Google Play Store?"} {"id":"10365","title":"Does GPS require clear view of sky to lock satellites?","text":"I have been reading conflicting information about the GPS signal lock in the XDA Developers Forums. Certain users say they have to be outdoor to get any lock in to satellites, others say they could lock in their home basement. Which one is it?"} {"id":"9410","title":"What can cause a Droid Incredible to stop connecting to a PC via USB?","text":"When I connect my phone to my laptop via USB, it is able to charge, but I am not able to mount it as a drive. Neither my computer nor my phone recognize that there is a device plugged in. This happened within the past few days, and I don't think that I changed anything on either side. I already checked the settings and USB debugging is on, USB debugging notify is on, and Stay awake is on in the Development settings menu. I also tried rebooting both devices to see if that would fix it, but it hasn't. My phone is a Droid Incredible running CM7.0.3. My laptop is running Windows 7."} {"id":"7209","title":"How to migrate accounts and data from one Android phone to another?","text":"I have a HTC Magic phone with Android 2.2.1 and I want to migrate all accounts (9), apps, sms, settings, etc... to a new phone with Nexus One. Do you known some Android service\/option or free app on Market to do it? Thanks a lot! **UPDATE** I have migrated successfully :) Old phone: HTC Magic rooted with Android 2.2.1 New phone: Nexus One rooted with Android 2.3.3 * At first, backup google accounts with Titanium Backup Rooted * Then, backup SMS and Call logs with Life Saver 2 * At end, restore in the new phone Some problems with settings restore (Wifi, Bluetooth, apps, etc...). Thanks!"} {"id":"7203","title":"Will I get automatically lifetime FREE updates if I pay for an app?","text":"If I buy a paid app, will I be able to get free updates for the rest of the lifetime of that app or should I pay later for the updates? What's the norm? Can you perhaps give 1-2 examples? Thanks!"} {"id":"1699","title":"Is there a way to easily record a phone conversation in-progress?","text":"I do not own an Android device. I was thinking about getting one, and an important feature for me is the ability to record a phone conversation which is in progress - meaning, while I am in the middle of a conversation, I could touch a button which will save a two-sided audio recording of that conversation from the moment onward. I am aware that recording a conversation I am participating in without notifying the other members is illegal in some places - I have already checked this and have verified that it is _completely legal_ in my country. Is there is such a functionality in Android, through core features or available applications? **EDIT:** * I prefer a solution which does not notify the other side of the recording, though it's not a must. * I need a solution which works in any country."} {"id":"25731","title":"How can I record phone calls on Motorola Atrix 4G?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a way to easily record a phone conversation in-progress? I'm using a Moto Atrix 4G (MB860) running Android 2.3.6 bought from AT&T, and have tried a wide range of call recording apps but have yet to find one that actually works on my device. I notice that some apps explicitly explain that they don't work on Moto phones. Is this a hardware problem? Can I do anything to make it work? I would like my phone to automatically record all incoming and outgoing calls, and save them in a common audio file type in the SD card or internal storage of the phone. I've search the website, but the posts I found about call recording are _neither specific to Atrix nor Motorola_ , which I believe are the key to the problem I currently have. (Despite that I bought the phone from the U.S., I live in a country where call recording is perfectly legal to the best of my knowledge.)"} {"id":"5826","title":"How do I record all my phone calls?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a way to easily record a phone conversation in-progress? What I mean is, to record by default all incoming and outgoing phone call (both sides of the conversation), without having to do any manual action in every call. Secondly, is this legal?"} {"id":"78829","title":"how to call record in micromax unite 2 A106,android version 4.4.2?","text":"how to call record in micromax unite 2 A106,android version 4.4.2 ? i tried ,download the call recorder application what its not working"} {"id":"82156","title":"Call recording app","text":"I would like to get an app, that can record also incoming and outgoing calls and it should record mine and also my partner's voice."} {"id":"8910","title":"Any voice recorder app for Nexus S?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a way to easily record a phone conversation in-progress? I've seen Android call recording apps, but they don't support call recording on Nexus S. Anyone know of an app that will work on the Nexus S? Thanks"} {"id":"26917","title":"On it's own, my Verizon Droid Razr (recently with ICS), went into debug mode. How do I get it out of debug mode?","text":"This evening I took my phone out of my pocket and the screen was on and it was in debug mode. I assume it is debug mode - there is a column of text right justified near the top of the screen that changes with time. When my finger touches the screen a vertical and horizontal line appear and track my finger movement and there is a trail left showing where I moved my finger. Along the top of the screen there are fields which display info about the finger movement. I am not a developer, but I assume this is debug mode. My question is: How can I get it out of debug mode? HELP!!!"} {"id":"2885","title":"What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.?","text":"What is the difference between: * Unlocking the bootloader (prerequisite for doing many, though not all, other things below) * Rooting * Jailbreaking * ROM * NAND and Nandroid * Operating System * Mod (e.g. CyanogenMod) * Recovery (ClockworkMod, Amon Ra) * Custom Kernel (e.g. LeshaK's kernel) * Firmware * Driver * Over The Air (OTA) update * Fastboot * SIM unlocking * Flashing * SPL (Second Program Loader) (any other often-confused terms that I've missed?)"} {"id":"20656","title":"What do \"NAND\", \"ROM\" and \"to flash\" mean?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.? I'd like to know the meaning of the following terms: * What does NAND mean? * What is a ROM? Is it a custom OS? * What does \"to flash\" refer to (as in, to flash a ROM)? Does it mean to copy?"} {"id":"24684","title":"What are the technical differences between bootloader, recovery, kernel and ROM?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.? I'd love a reference (or an explanation if anyone has the time) on what characterizes these different concepts, in what order they start and what role they play. I think I'm fairly certain of kernel and ROM, but the lines are a bit blurry when it comes to the bootloader and the recovery. Basically I have about ten questions related to this, but I think it would be best if there's just some pedagogical article somewhere that lays it all out :) All the results I've found on Google basically explain it as \"when you choose boot into recovery it boots into CWM if that's installed\" and that doesn't really help me to understand the purpose of the different parts and how they work. Thanks in advance! **edit** Some questions I feel wasn't answered in the linked thread: 1) The difference between bootloader and recovery 2) CM states that improper ROM flashing can brick a device, how? Shouldn't recovery be left intact? 3) Can you install a custom recovery (CWM) without unlocking bootloader on any device? 4) Is fastboot the same as recovery? 5) What component is \"responsible\" for the SIM lock? Why doesn't it go away completely if that part is removed? Thanks in advance for your patience :)"} {"id":"68404","title":"What is the difference between rooting and unlocking the Boot Loader in reference to Android?","text":"I have heard these two terms the most, whenever people talk about Android OS. One of them is Rooting or root access, and the other one is unlocking the Boot Loader. Are these two terms exactly the same ? If not, kindly let me know the differences. P.S I am a beginner to android, and already searched a lot on the google, but could not come to a conclusion. A specific answer would be really helpful. Thanks in advance."} {"id":"6028","title":"What is the meaning of \"flashing a custom ROM\"?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.? What is a custom ROM, and what does \"flashing a custom ROM\" mean?"} {"id":"36084","title":"How to explain rooting, recovery and custom ROMs to a beginner?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.? > What is the meaning of “flashing a custom ROM”? > What do “root,” “flash,” and “ROM” mean? I've got Dad a Galaxy Nexus as Christmas present. Being the obsessive tinkerer that I am, I already loaded CM10.1 nightlies on it. But I don't want to take care of the phone for ever. He's a normal computer user, not exactly a noob in gadgets, so how do I explain rooting, custom recvory and ROMs in clear, non-jargon language? Last time I tried to explain, he stopped me at custom recovery and said he's better off using what I loaded on his Galaxy Ace. The problem with that approach is that it leaves him incapable of solving all the minor niggles that come with custom ROMs. Also, I live on campus (college) and troubleshooting online would be so much easier if he knows the basics."} {"id":"6183","title":"What do \"root,\" \"flash,\" and \"ROM\" mean?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > What is the meaning of \"flashing a custom ROM\"? I have been looking for some good explanations of some words that have been frequently used the android developer communities like the XDA forums. Some words I've seen but do not understand are: root - (as far as I know it's the way of getting the super user access) flash - don't know what this is ROM - don't know either I need a more descriptive explanation about these words and the related tools, mechanisms, etc."} {"id":"18017","title":"How can I unlock my Samsung Galaxy Ace?","text":"I have just purchased a Galaxy Ace locked to a specific carrier. I was wondering if it is possible to unlock the phone for free without having to pay for it?"} {"id":"804","title":"Can I connect to WEP-secured MyWi network from iPhoDroid?","text":"Yesterday, I installed Froyo on my iPhone 3G with iPhoDroid. I'm trying to connect to the WiFi using MyWi on my jailbroken iPhone 4 but the network isn't visible at all. The network is WEP secured. That's not a problem with Android is it? I see lots of unsecured networks around, but I'm at work and they're all through proxies anyway, so that wouldn't work. Anyone have any insight on this? I'm completely new to Android so this is exciting to me!"} {"id":"80828","title":"How to re-enable the People application?","text":"I am not able to add contacts on my Nexus 4. It keeps saying \"Re-enable People's application to use this feature\"."} {"id":"1774","title":"Sleep Tracking App connected with google health","text":"Do you know if there's an app : * Dedicated to sleep tracking * Connected with Google Health I'm interested in such an application, so if you know one, please share it w\/ me. Thanks. Rob"} {"id":"1776","title":"Google Nexus One Android 2.2 -- Listen Volume very low","text":"I find that podcasts have very low volume on my nexus one, using the google listen application while using headphones. My headphones have no volume control, and the nexus one is turned up to the max. I don't suppose there's any way to up this more? As it is now, I can't listen to podcasts while I'm on the bus\/metro since the ambient noise drowns them out. Maybe I can talk to the city to see if they will lower the volume on their public transit systems!"} {"id":"5271","title":"Why does my EVO Android phone screen keep turning on?","text":"I have an HTC EVO and I can be sitting around doing nothing, when all of a sudden the screen comes on and stays on. I try to turn it off, but it keeps turning back on - sometimes after a second, sometimes after a few minutes. If I just leave it, it will not turn off by itself, as it would if I manually turned it on but didn't enter the password. This is killing my already horrendous battery life! I have killed almost all background processes except some of the ones by HTC that looked important. I have also turned off application refresh, wifi, blue tooth, tried rebooting ... even put it into Airplane mode. Arghhh! Nothing helps! I thought I hit pay dirt last week - I replaced the factory 1500mAh battery with a 3500mAh for obvious reasons. For a few days the auto-turn-on seemed to be cured but now it has started happening again. Any ideas how I can get this paper weight to be more obedient? Thanks, Victor"} {"id":"41145","title":"Regarding adb command: Error while loading shared libraries","text":"aneesh@nb-14:~$ adb devices adb: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I would like to understand the error above and correct it. This is just one instance, I get the same error on giving any adb command! Be it push, install, etc. Any help is appreciated!"} {"id":"40234","title":"How do I switch off the internet after use on the Samsung Spica?","text":"Using the Spica for the first time. How do I know if I am off the internet after using the phone to browse?"} {"id":"40238","title":"Rooted, but su hangs","text":"I've had my phone rooted and flashed\/reset\/reflashed it several times in the last couple years. However, I recently reflashed to the stock image found here. When I try to use SU apps, it prompts to allow, I say yes, it seems to proceed as I'm used to, but nothing happens. So I open up trusty terminal and get a $. I type `su`, prompt\/approve, but it just hangs. I never get a #. No error, no permission denied, nothing. I'm assuming this is the underlying cause of why SU doesn't seem to work for anything. I've checked and confirmed that setuid is set: `-rwsr-sr-x root root ..... su` So I'm kind of at a loss here. Any help would be appreciated."} {"id":"40239","title":"Computer does not boot when Galaxy 2 in USB port","text":"Yesterday Samsung Kies updated my phone to Jelly Beans. After that if I leave my phone plugged in usb port of my Dell Precision, the computer does not boot. It loads the bios, but never goes to the bootloader (Grub) selection screen and the screen remains blank. No hardware beeps or anything. Once I remove the phone, the computer starts fine. The phone did not do that with Ice Cream Sandwich before. This is Rogers version of Jelly Beans. Don't they look the bootloader? Does somebody know what is the cause?"} {"id":"32260","title":"How to set AutomateIt to active a task in \"AND\" or \"OR\" condition?","text":"I want to make my smart phone smarter and I try AutomateIt because it is free. However, I don't know how to make it run a task when the task needs multiple conditions trigger. Thanks"} {"id":"17995","title":"Resistive Screen Zooming Option for PDF files","text":"I'm looking to buy a resistive screen android tablet for reading PDFs. Is there an app that lets resistive tablets to zoom into the text for a PDF file? Or is their a specific resistive screen for it I heard there was a 2 point and 5 point but not entirely sure or are all resistive screens the same.Thanks."} {"id":"51322","title":"Why is device not showing the phone signal bars anymore?","text":"It's been happening for a while now but I've just gotten around to posting this issue. I'm running Cyanogenmod 10.1 on my Galaxy Note 2 but one fine day, it stopped showing me the signal bars. I've even updated my ROM twice but it hasn't resolved the issue. The phone calls and text messages work just fine but it always shows me that I don't have signal. Here's a screenshot: ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/wGNqn.jpg) Screenshot (click image for larger variant) Would any of you know why this is happening and how I could resolve this issue? Thank you."} {"id":"8702","title":"Google Apps won't flash on HTC Desire (Cyanogenmod)","text":"One of my co-workers has a HTC Desire CDMA phone and is having a problem with flashing CM7 with Google Apps. It flashes CM7 just fine, and it even says that it installs the Google Apps zip (the GB version) just fine, but in reality, it isn't flashing any of the Google applications. I can try manually flashing the gapps zip file and it will still say it installs successfully, but there are still no Google Apps on the phone. What else can I try to get Google Apps installed on his phone?"} {"id":"50878","title":"Problems with changing the default country in Google Play Store","text":"I need help regarding changing my country on the Google Play Store. I tried everything from hard resetting my phone to changing all the details in the settings but it didn't work. I changed all my Google Wallet details to the US address, even added a US-based payment method, set the US address and payment method as default, then I tried clearing the cache, purchasing an app using the new payment method. I even did another hard reset, but unfortunately for me, nothing has worked so far. I would be really grateful if you guys could offer me some help regarding this problem. Please don't redirect me here: How do I change the Google Play country? I tried that already but doesn't work for me. Unfortunately I also can't root my device (Xperia Z Ultra) since root is not yet available for it and I am using a Mac."} {"id":"50874","title":"Changing (Forcing) Screen Resolution on OUYA","text":"OUYA doesn't provide any built-in (UI-based) way to change or force a resolution. This is a problem for some (like me) who have no HDMI devices, and use HDMI to DVI adapters, or simply have devices which do not correctly display the best resolution. (For clarity, OUYA defaults to 640x480 if it can't display a higher resolution). To clarify, I'm using a 20-something inch \"normal\" monitor (no HDMI input), so I see very pixelated writing that's hard to read in the OUYA menu. Some games, like Final Fantasy, appear to display decently though. This XDA Developers thread found two methods that works for some OUYA users. It's not clear if these actually change the resolution though. **Method 1:** 1. `cat modes` displays all the possible display modes. (`cat mode` displays the current mode.) 2. `echo 0 > \/sys\/class\/graphics\/fb0\/device\/enable` 3. `echo (videomodefrommodesfile) > \/sys\/class\/graphics\/fb0\/mode` 4. `echo 1 > \/sys\/class\/graphics\/fb0\/device\/enable` **Method 2:** Run `am display-size (resolution)`. For example, `am display- size 1080x720` should change the (virtual?) display size to 1080x720 px. But other users in the same thread report that this causes other display issues, like shrinking the display. Is there a consistent way to change the display resolution?"} {"id":"66966","title":"Manually switch from ART to Dalvik","text":"I wanted to try out the new ART runtime, but didn't realize my custom ROM doesn't support it. So now I am getting recurring Force Closed messages after booting, and can't get through to the settings menu to switch back to Dalvik. So before I wipe everything and spend hours setting up my phone from scratch, is there a way to manually change back to Dalvik from the recovery menu? I think there should be a flag somewhere, that instructs Android to do the 'recompile' after a reboot. Via the recovery menu, I have full root access over a adb shell and can mount all filesystems."} {"id":"66964","title":"Connect to Wifi network even if it doesn't have internet access","text":"I have a LAN accessible over wifi that I'd like to connect my Android device to, but when I go to Settings->Connections->Wifi and try selecting the network, it doesn't connect. If I enable internet access on the wifi network it will connect, but then as soon as I disconnect the wifi network from the internet, the phone disconnects from the wifi network. Is there a way to force the phone to connect to a wifi network, regardless of internet accessibility? The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4, with Android 4.3. Thanks!"} {"id":"66962","title":"Text Messaging stacking","text":"I have a Samsung galaxy s4 and when I send a text it is not the usualy \"he said\" \"she said\" bubles. It stacks my messages on top of each other and the other persons messages on top of theres. I would like to have ot where I send a message and then under my message is there message. What do I do to fix this?"} {"id":"66963","title":"Is there a way to access and edit Apple's Reminders.app database from Android?","text":"Is there a way to access and edit Apple's Reminders.app database from Android, I didn't find a way to do it, how can I do that? _(searching both google and play store I've found tons of unrelated stuff, and exactly **zero** related)_"} {"id":"48846","title":"How to change android primary google account","text":"During the \"in-app purchase\" I am unable to switch the Google account I would like to use for \"in-app purchase\". Currently, in order to change the primary Google account on Android operating system, we have the following ways: * Perform factory reset on our devices. * Remove other Google accounts, leave only one Google account. * If we perform factory reset, we will lose all data that we have not backed up or unable to do backup. And, we have to re-install the applications that we need to use. If we choose to remove other Google accounts from our systems and leave only one Google account, if there are applications installed from Google Play Store by using the Google account that we want to remove from our systems, then we will not be able to remove the account from the system unless we remove those applications. However, sometimes we may forget which account we used to install an application from Google Play Store. My question is that is there any other way to switch between the accounts?"} {"id":"78041","title":"How do I add a widget to my lock screen?","text":"I am running a fully stock Android 4.4.4 Nexus 5, with Nova (Premium) Launcher. Since I first bought this device, I have heard, read, and been told that adding widgets to the lock screen is possible, as long as it is enabled in settings. Well, it is, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to actually add them. Sorry if this is a Super Newb question, I've Googled, Binged, etc... With no luck whatsoever. The only thing I seem to ever come across are instructions on how to enable them, which as I stated, I have done."} {"id":"57248","title":"Note 3 \"Security information\" notification","text":"I've just set up a new Galaxy Note 3 and I keep getting the following notification: > ### Security information > > An application attempted to access system on your device without > authorisation. This attempt has been blocked. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Aps18.png) I have no idea what's causing this as there is no application listed as the culprit. Some forums point to disabling Knox as a solution, but I've done that and still get the same. (Anyway, the phone only includes a link to download the full app, so I doubt that would have been it.) I also know that I can hide the notification for 30 days, but that's just hiding the problem, not fixing it. What is causing this to keep popping up and what can I do to fix it?"} {"id":"57240","title":"Galaxy nexus is not turning on after being turned off","text":"I have a Galaxy Nexus. I switched it off. But now I cannot turn it on. It's not even showing the bootscreen. I faced the same issue yesterday night too. But it went away after putting my friend's Nexus battery and again installing my battery back (it didn't turn on on my friend's battery too). And today afternoon i got the same issue and i cannot resolve the issue by proceeding the same steps and i feel the phone is bricked"} {"id":"51838","title":"Using Popen to invoke adb sendevent","text":"I am running into a strange issue, running `adb shell sendevent x x x` commands from commandline works fine, but when I use any of the following: `subprocess.Popen(['adb', 'shell', 'sendevent', 'x', 'x','x'])` `subprocess.Popen('adb shell sendevent x x x', shell=True)` `subprocess.call(['adb', 'shell', 'sendevent', 'x', 'x','x'])` They all fail - the simulated touch even that works in a shell script does not work properly when called through python. Furthermore I tried `adb push` the shell script to the device, and using `adb shell \/system\/sh \/sdcard\/script.sh` I was able to run it successfully, but when I try to run that commandline through python, the script fails. What's even stranger, is that he script runs, but for example, it does not seem to execute the command `sleep 1` half way through the script, `echo` commands work, `sendevent` commands don't seem to work. Doesn't even seem possible, but there it is. How do I run a set of `adb shell sendevent x x x` commands through python?"} {"id":"16229","title":"Android App to read current time out loud?","text":"I am looking for an Android app that would read out loud the current time. For example if I'm in bed and don't want to open my eyes, I would just press a button or something, and it would read \"It is now six thirty four\". Does anyone know about an app that does that?"} {"id":"38769","title":"Where is the music folder Android 2.3","text":"I have a file exploring program, but I can't find the folder with my google play music. I used google play to download music to my phone (not the SD). I would like to transfer the music to my SD, but I can't find it on the phone's memory? Which folder is it in?"} {"id":"19673","title":"Where does Google Music store the “offline tracks”?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Where does Google Music store offline songs? I have about 8 gigs of music stored within Google Music, and I recently got sick of streaming (and risking data charges), so I painstakingly allowed it to be stored offline. So my fresh 16 gig SD card now only had 8 gigs left. Then, I flashed a new rom, thinking that all my music would still be there cached (or however it works), but I was wrong. When I click \"show offline tracks only\" within the Google Music app, it shows nothing, yet my SD card still only has 8 gigs of space left. So, my question is, where are these offline tracks stored on my SD card so I can go in and delete them, to free up space so I can back them all up again? Thanks! And also, why won't the app recognize that there is offline music stored on my SD card after a new rom is flashed? I figured that data would be untouched across roms."} {"id":"75508","title":"Where are the downloaded Google Play Music files?","text":"I've looked in \/Android\/data\/com.android.google.music\/cache and nothing is there. I don't have an SD card."} {"id":"65534","title":"HTC One is not charging","text":"I have HTC One since few months. It worked fine, this is great device in my opinion. Today my battery ran out of energy. I plug in the charger, and there is no reaction over 30 minutes. It has happening for the first time. Any solution?"} {"id":"65531","title":"reverse tethering : share laptop internet connection thru bluetooth","text":"im rooted, nexus 5 I work in the middle of the bush, no cell coverage. **NO ROUTERS ALLOWED**. I would like to share my laptop's wired internet connection. Either create a *** _hidden wifi** hotspot **that no one will be able to detect_ *** or share my laptops internet thru Bluetooth could someone pleaaaase help :)"} {"id":"65532","title":"Orbot on HTC DNA running Viper DNA not requesting root","text":"I have a rooted HTC DNA running Viper DNA and when I try to request root through orbot, the wizard skips to the next step. Here is the log when I try to run orbot: Orbot is starting… Orbot is starting… Tor binary exists: \/data\/app-lib\/org.torproject.android-1\/libtor.so Privoxy binary exists: \/data\/app-lib\/org.torproject.android-1\/libprivoxy.so Obfsproxy binary exists: \/data\/app-lib\/org.torproject.android-1\/libobfsproxy.so Xtables binary exists: \/data\/app-lib\/org.torproject.android-1\/libxtables.so link RM err=0 out: link LN err=0 out: libtor.so: PRE: Is binary exec? false (re)Setting permission on binary: \/data\/app-lib\/org.torproject.android-1\/libtor.so libtor.so: POST: Is binary exec? false tor: PRE: Is binary exec? false (re)Setting permission on binary: \/data\/data\/org.torproject.android\/app_bin\/tor tor: POST: Is binary exec? false libprivoxy.so: PRE: Is binary exec? false (re)Setting permission on binary: \/data\/app-lib\/org.torproject.android-1\/libprivoxy.so libprivoxy.so: POST: Is binary exec? false libobfsproxy.so: PRE: Is binary exec? false (re)Setting permission on binary: \/data\/app-lib\/org.torproject.android-1\/libobfsproxy.so libobfsproxy.so: POST: Is binary exec? false libxtables.so: PRE: Is binary exec? false (re)Setting permission on binary: \/data\/app-lib\/org.torproject.android-1\/libxtables.so libxtables.so: POST: Is binary exec? false Orbot is starting… Please tell me if you need any more information. I will be happy to supply"} {"id":"2501","title":"Force volume buttons to always change Media Volume","text":"I want my phone to be on \"Vibrate\" mode about 99% of the time. I've found that every time I hit the volume buttons on the side of my Evo, it's either accidental (and I don't want the phone to either go silent mode or ringer mode), or I was trying to control the media volume. Is there a way to force the phone into interpreting every volume button press as a media volume change, and not a ringer volume change?"} {"id":"2500","title":"What is material is the HTC Nexus One Screen made out of?","text":"Some say it is plastic, others insist it's glass. Wikipedia provides shady information."} {"id":"49332","title":"Transforming SMS conversation to Inbox and Sent Items","text":"Is it possible for me to receive the SMS not in a conversation style, but in a traditional way like what NOKIA does? Inbox is separated from the Sent items."} {"id":"46503","title":"Google Hangouts gives \"Can't sign in because we couldn't reach Google. Try again\" error","text":"I have updated and replaced Google Talk with Hangouts on my tablet running Cyanogenmod 10.1. Now every time I open the Hangouts app it shows me the following error message: > Can't sign in because we couldn't reach Google. Try again How can I fix this?"} {"id":"49336","title":"External usb bluetooth do not work in android 4.0.4 kernel 3.0.8+","text":"I have insert a external USB Bluetooth dongle to a Tablet via the USB port and try to turn on the Bluetooth in the Android but fail. So, how do one know if the USB Bluetooth dongle can be supported for a tablet that have a USB port? (Given that the USB Bluetooth dongle have been tested to work fine in a desktop PC and there is no further information on the tablet manual on which Bluetooth dongle is supported for the tablet.) This is the problem with all tablets which do not have in-built Bluetooth support. is there any application which can compile\/root\/install Bluetooth device driver to my android tablet?So that I can use it for headphones\/ file transfer etc."} {"id":"68100","title":"Set different default location for apps and media","text":"My phone has the following storage devices: * **Internal storage** \\- Internal storage for the OS and non-movable apps **(1GB)** * **Phone storage** \\- Integrated SD card **(1GB)** * **SD card** \\- Removable SD card I'd like to configure my phone so I can move all movable apps to **Phone storage** but still keep all my media (donwloads, music, camera images...) on the larger **SD card**. When I set the default write disk to **Phone storage** , it stores images on my that, but if I set it to **SD card** it saves everything, including apps and all other android crap, to my removable **SD card** and when I unplug it, half the phone breaks. Is there a way to make my phone store all media and stuff like that on the **SD card** and apps and other system stuff on the **Phone storage**?"} {"id":"68101","title":"Disable opening app in app","text":"When I am in the file browser and open a PDF, the PDF viewer will be shown as the file manager in the list of the apps. When I press back in the PDF viewer, it will go back to the file manager eventually. Is there some way to make the app open on its own, with the given file as a starting point?"} {"id":"68106","title":"Anyway to get off the photos from a broken Galaxy S4?","text":"My Galaxy S4 took a bath in the Pacific Ocean and now won't turn on. I tried to have it fixed, but it really is gone. Is there anyway to retrieve the photos from the hard drive of the device? Assuming that it didn't get destroyed as well. If so, how???"} {"id":"52562","title":"creating new folder hangs current window on pc?","text":"As all of you might know the galaxy note 2 (n7100) doesn't provide the usb mass storage option when connecting to pc. It connects to the pc as a media storage or camera storage option. Upon clicking on it, I am able to access my card and internal memory. But when I try to create new folder in the card or internal memory, the current working window freezes. Also reading writing everything works just fine. And I can create the new folder on windows desktop and then copy to card or internal memory it works just fine. But not able to create folder directly in the card or internal memory, as every time working window hangs and I need to re connect the phone to pc."} {"id":"17179","title":"Using Connectify with Proxy","text":"I connect to the internet via a http tunneler which uses a proxy, Is there any way I can channel all incoming connectify connections through that particular IP and port address? . . ."} {"id":"60477","title":"Galaxy Note 2: connectivity problems","text":"How can I make all my net using applications to work again in my Galaxy Note 2? 1. My play store display **no connection-retry** 2. Chrome says **check proxy sensor** 3. Maps says **check your data connection** 4. **can't download** from WhatsApp, etc."} {"id":"60472","title":"whatsapp message deleted from my chat history","text":"I have uninstalled whatsapp from my settings and a couple of hours later I reinstalled. I have successfully recovered all my chat messages back except an important message that I sent yesterday, which is the only message I haven't got back. Why is this? Is this because he has blocked me even although I can still see his last seen or is it because he did not open and read the message?"} {"id":"60473","title":"Control Android device when USB cable plugged in from PC","text":"I'm looking for an app that is able to control a Galaxy S4 from my PC when the USB cable is plugged in please? I have used TeamViewer and although that is great, I was hoping there might be a more direct way (not via TeamViewer) to do this? Many thanks"} {"id":"9516","title":"How to browse Internet in Samsung Galaxy Fit using Broadband in Windows 7?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy Fit smartphone and want to browse the web on it using BroadBand connection (the one i use for my pc connection to Internet) in Windows 7."} {"id":"9510","title":"How do you trace incoming\/outgoing HTTP connections on a rooted Android?","text":"I would like to get a trace of any incoming & outgoing requests over HTTP from my android phone over a period of time (like you can do with Fiddler on a PC) - is there tool apart from WhisperCore that can do something like this? The reason i don't want WhisperCore is because it needs to encrypt your whole device before it lets you use the tracer"} {"id":"36818","title":"Displaying age of contact on birthday calendar events","text":"When entering birthdays on a Galaxy Ace S8530i (e.g. Tim 1993), how can I get the calendar to show Tim 1993 20 where the 20 on the end is Tim's age?"} {"id":"81940","title":"Remove password from Galaxy Tab4","text":"My wife set password to her tablet and asks me to remove it. I opened `settings -> security -> device encryption` entering password but option `none` (i.e. no password) is disabled (with message `turned off by administrator, policy...`). As I understand if I am able to set password to `none` then password should disappears. But I cannot do it, so I suspecting that she is encrypted device somehow. Is there way to ensure that device encrypted or not? If it is encrypted there is only one way, as I know, hard reset it to remove encryption. But if it is not encrypted, how to remove password?"} {"id":"50025","title":"Install 4.3 (OTA) on rooted Nexus 4 (CWM + stock rom, kernel)","text":"I'm running Android 4.2.2 on my Nexus 4. It is rooted, and I have ClockworkMod recovery installed, but rom and kernel are stock. I received the OTA update to 4.3, and would like to install it, but it failed. (With a message that CWM couldn't verify a signature. I remember that the previous OTA worked, and I think I had to re-root, but that was easy.) How can I get the stock 4.3 update on my phone, while keeping root and CWM, and especially keeping all my data? Step-by-step instructions would be great. Also, I'm curious, what is the technical reason that the update doesn't install? * * * Update: I found some instructions here, however they didn't work for me. I get the following error from CWM while applying update.zip: Installing: \/sdcard\/0\/update.zip Finding update package... Opening update package... Installing update... Warning no file_contextsVerifying current system... assert failed: apply_patch_check(\"\/system\/bin\/app_process\", \"76c3a9a7a6d400a9ff3e4db391327daa33aa0663\", \"2a221441bf06f2618aa6c35ae0cade13bd4f6e1b\") E:Error in \/sdcard\/0\/update.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted. Update 2: I forgot that I tried out Xposed some time ago. Apparently this modified \/system\/bin\/app_process. I removed it by starting _Xposed Installer_ , and then selecting \"Uninstall (restore app_process)\" and (probably not neccessary), \"Clean up (complete removal of the framework)\". I did one complete reboot, and then rebooted into recovery mode to continue the update. But now it hangs because \"build.prop\" is modified (don't remember changing that). I wonder if there is a way to just flash the new OS files (not patches), overwriting any modifications, but keeping all settings and user files..."} {"id":"50780","title":"Unable to upgrade rooted 4.2.2 with OTA update 4.3","text":"I bought my Nexus 4 from Google a while ago with 4.2.2 on it. It's using the stock rom, but it is rooted and has an unlocked bootloader. When I try to install the OTA 4.3 update, the phone reboots and goes into Teamwin Recovery. Then it looks like it tries to install it and then goes to the normal Teamwin recovery screen where I have to select Reboot > System to get back into the OS. And when I go back into the OS it's still 4.2.2. What should I do? I think my best option is to manually install the update, but I don't know where it got downloaded to."} {"id":"58223","title":"Can I use my bootloader-locked phone with a different network?","text":"I just bought an Xperia Z and the bootloader is locked. Do I need to unlock it in order to run it on a new SIM card and can I switch to Virgin? It's OK if I can't: I will just buy a Bell SIM for $10, but will the phone be able to be switched to Bell pay as you go? It was previously on the prev. owner plan with Bell."} {"id":"58228","title":"Google Play Music - Edit tags of Remotely Stored Music?","text":"I am often surprised by the treatment of MP3 names by the native music player, Play Music. Fairly frequently albums are split, or unexpected titles pop up, etc. I am pretty meticulous about ID3s in my collection, and I often can't exactly determine the reason for the unexpected behavior. Luckily, for those files I copy directly to the phone (Nexus 4), I can fix the issue fairly simply with an app called MP3dit (https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.ADnet&hl=en). For those that I upload to the cloud via Google Music Manager I am not aware of any such option. Is there a method for changing these? I can't find any alternatives\/plugins to Google Music Manager, or at least not yet. I thought of trying the \"Keep on Device\" thumbtack button - doing keep, making the edit, and then unkeeping it. However, this is would be tedious and unwieldy, plus I can't seem to find the location of the file once it is downloaded. One, but far from the only example. Tags looks uniform, but player splits album. And that one funky artist name with all the extra spaces! ![Back on the hard drive - looks well tagged and uniform](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/cl8jp.png) ![From the phone - far from it!](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/d8Z1v.png) So... 1 - Is there a way for me to change the artist\/track\/album info on these cloud-stored songs? 2 - Can anyone shed some light on the naming system in general? I'm fairly certain it isn't simply ID3s. Some albums that look totally uniform on my hard drive are then split when copied to the Nexus 4 (both on device and remotely stored, but at least those on the device are fairly easily fixed)"} {"id":"48067","title":"Attempted installing Google Play Store, but ended up installing Android Market!","text":"As seen below, anything to do with Google Play is installed in the Android SDK in my Ubuntu. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/mZeBM.png) In light of this SDK Extras set above which has the Licensing Library, it is perfectly legal to have Google Play in emulators created here (correct me if I am wrong). Google Play is a factory default. Yet, when an emulator instance is created (even for that matter, a Nexus with Google API (say 10)) Google Play isn't already there. So, in an attempt to install Google Play the closest I got is using this guide, as per which, I downloaded `gapps-jb-20130307-signed.zip` (the ZIP file for Gingerbread 2.3.3) and unzipped it and just executed the adb commands in the script given at the very end. What I ended up installing was the Android Market! Why?"} {"id":"67178","title":"Is there any method through which I can make the YouTube app use https connections instead of http?","text":"Well the question describes the problem. I know that the YouTube app is not using secure connections, and I want to force the YouTube app to use secure connections. Can this be done?"} {"id":"68819","title":"Why is \"Force GPU rendering\" disabled by default Developer options?","text":"Why is this feature disabled? When I turn it on, many apps and become snappy and awesome with smooth graphics. Seems like it'd be nice if it was enabled by default. The linked article in this question says that hardware acceleration wasn't default up until 4.0. Is the \"Force GPU rendering\" option then targeting apps that use API for 3.0 and lower?"} {"id":"68815","title":"Google location","text":"Using a Samsung galaxy 4s. I'm using Google location. I pulled location history and broke it down by the minute. GPS was not on only mobile data and location services. I drove through and area and it just kept showing me on the map with a large circle around me. When I pulled the times it has me in one location and the next minute jumping to a location that is 10 miles away. How can that happen? Did I lock onto a cell tower? The previous 3 days passed the same place but never picked me up. Times of travel were different on the previous 3 days. Do thanks for responding."} {"id":"12626","title":"Will factory resetting my device remove the Android upgrade?","text":"I have upgraded my phone to Android 2.1. I need to reset my phone but I don't want to lose the upgrade. Is it possible to do this? How?"} {"id":"51554","title":"Nexus 4 factory reset","text":"My nexus 4 originally came with android 4.2 JB. Since then I have gotten the 4.3 update. If i perform a factory reset sometime in the future will it go back to 4.2 or will the update be still in place. Also is there anyway to downgrade the os?"} {"id":"79508","title":"Ringtones ring only once for alarms and calls in Cyanogenmod 11","text":"I have the latest monthly Cyanogenmod 11 installed on my Samsung Galaxy SII phone. This past week, I noticed that the alarms I set (with both the built in alarm app and the I Can't Wake Up app from the Play Store) only ring once then goes silent (the alarm is still on the screen and the phone still vibrates). This is also true for incoming calls, the ringtone rings only once. I tried changing ringtones to no effect. Looks like this is an issue that's not limited to a specific ringtone or app. How can I troubleshoot this? Thanks!"} {"id":"79505","title":"Samsung Galaxy S III i9300 Boot Loop, No Recovery, after Cyanogenmod Installer","text":"Some threads with similar issues are already around, but I didn't find one with the same problem as me. What I was doing when the issue happened: I was trying to install cyanogenmod from the isntaller method (apk isntalled on the phone, application running on windows that installs it automatically). At certain point, it rebooted the device and the cyanogenmod logo was on the screen. After a while, the program gave an error \"'We couldn't talk to your phone' - Samsung devices ONLY\", which is described in their wiki. So the pc lost connection to the phone. What I did: 1 - Since I had installed the clockwork recovery and tested it before, I thought \"hey, no problem. I'll hust recover this S*it\". So I disconnected the SIII from the PC and tried to enter recovery mode pressing \"volume ip + home + power\". While I have these pressed, the phone in in an infinite loop on the initial screen showing the brand and model. When I release them, it goes straight to the cyanogenmod blue creepy robot just there staring. 2 - Since that didn't work out since I now don't have a recovery mode and I don't have any functioning rom either, I found several tutorials for using Odin and reflashing and or repartitioning. PROBLEM: Odin seems to recognize the phone (com port), I click on the option and... FAIL! 2.1 - What I have tried: Different Odin versions (1.83 and 3.09), stock drivers from Kies, Zadig drivers. So. There you go. I pretty much exhausted everything I could get from my head and interpret from google. So, No recovery, no ROM, fail at odin. Any ideas? Thanks in advance."} {"id":"67795","title":"How can I make my Galaxy Tab 3 authenticate with my Sky Router?","text":"I have just tried to connect my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (8\") to a Sky Netgear Router. In the black bar at the top the WiFi icon has a question mark in it. On the Settings page, in Wi-Fi, it alternates between: Wi-Fi networks Connecting... SKY00000 Authenticating... and Wi-Fi networks SKY00000 Saved, Secured I wondered if it could be the router but didn't have time to investigate. I've just arrived at another house with the same router type and I'm seeing the same thing. Neither router had been played with. I'm using my phone to submit this via the router, so it's working fine. The Tab 3 is new and I'm not at all familiar with Android. Is there anything on it I can tweak?"} {"id":"26611","title":"Navigation Buttons (Back, Home, Menu, etc.) in the Notification\/Statusbar?","text":"I am remotely controlling an old Nexus One attached and talking to a Lego NXT robot. The Nexus One has a broken Home button. In the past I remember overcoming that by finding an app which added an emulated Home button placed in the Android notification\/status bar pulldown. The Nexus One is running CM7, I am controlling it by pushing\/running scripts (ssh and http\/https servers) and full GUI control (VNC server). Even with all of that control, I am still missing basic button\/navigation control. Any ideas on how to overcome this? I once used an OSD trackball emulator. Anyone know of OSD buttons or recall what I may have used to get a Home button in my notification menu?"} {"id":"66229","title":"The process android.process.acore\/com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again","text":"This morning I tried to turn on my motorola xt-532 and right after the boot I get this two errors: * \"The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.\" * \"The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.\" I can't do anything, because as soon as I press \"force close\" they appear again and again.. Any idea?"} {"id":"23062","title":"How to limit cache of internet browsers?","text":"I use the default browser as well Opera Mini. I can't seem to find any setting to limit the cache to a certain amount (in MB for example). They eat up disk space quickly. Anyone knows if it's possible limit the cache disk usage of these browsers? If not, can you recommend a browser that can do this?"} {"id":"50689","title":"How can I install Google play services on Android 2.2?","text":"I have an unbranded tablet running android 2.2. I was trying to develop an application using gcm and wanted to test it on the tablet. But somehow SERVICE_NOT_AVAILABLE error was coming. I then came to know that for android devices having version less than 4.2.2 , google play services has to be installed in the device for GCM to work. Firstly, i tried to search for Google Play Services on PlayStore app. No result was shown. So instead i tried searching for it on phone's browser. So when i saw the link on browser, a popup appeared asking for whether to open with browser or Playstore. I chose playstore and the link opened. Which was kinda surprising because no result was shown earlier when searching through Playstore. Secondly, when i tried to install the app it gave an error saying that Incompatible with other applications(s) using the sameshared user ID. So, this means i cant test GCM on my device. Any advice ? Thanks in advance :)"} {"id":"50686","title":"How do I wipe Nexus 4?","text":"I think I got virus and have no idea how to get rid of it. Heyzap ads in every app I think wiping phone will delete virus. I have Nexus 4 with Android 4.3 Phone is not rooted but I am ready to root as I got virus without root. **PS I know about Factory Reset button** https:\/\/support.google.com\/nexus\/4\/answer\/2936226?hl=en I am not sure if that is enough. I seen some ppl wipe phone from command line from PC. By uploading new firmware from PC. Is that different from Factory Reset button? The reason is that I wish to delete virus that shows ads in Google Play, Desktop, etc"} {"id":"54338","title":"Root Galaxy S2 with Android 2.3.XX?","text":"I need to Root Samsung Galaxy S 2, GT-I9100, with XXKI4 I need to Root it with Room Android 2.3.5 or any version within 2.3.X while searching I just found Android versions above this version all with 4.XX?? Any suggestion for Android version 2.3.X ??"} {"id":"28660","title":"How to make camera start faster","text":"Everyone knows that start Android camera sometimes is a pain, specially if you wish to take a picture of something that lasts only some seconds. What I want to know is: is there a way or an app that makes the camera start faster? **Note** that I'm not asking about picture shot, though this is important too. I think that as soon as the camera is started, this is not a big deal."} {"id":"23397","title":"Physical (USB) keyboard keeps waking Android ICS tablet from sleep","text":"With (or without) my USB keyboard attached... my tablet will sleep after 1 minute of no activity, or if I manually make it sleep by tapping the power button. However, with my keyboard attached it will wake the tablet again after 30+ seconds. And it will continue to do this sleep..wake..sleep..wake.. until I disconnect the keyboard. Is there any way to prevent the keyboard from waking the device? Just to add... if the tablet was already sleeping when I connect the USB keyboard, then the tablet will still wake up after a short period of time. (It is not just when the tablet sleeps having been using the keyboard.) The lights on the keyboard flash just before the tablet wakes up, as if the tablet has sent the signal to 'wake up'? The only related setting I can find is \"Stay awake - Screen will never sleep while charging\" (not selected) under _Developer options_. **EDIT:** The tablet is a DGM T-703 7inch \\- a very generic\/vanilla tablet AFAIK. The keyboard is an Afunta(TM) Artificial Leather Keyboard Case, but I have tried another standard USB keyboard and the same thing happens."} {"id":"74906","title":"T-mobile myTouchQ Version 2.3.6. Can I root this phone?","text":"I have a T-Mobile myTouchQ. im wondering if that phone can be rooted? If so how do I root it please? version 2.3.6"} {"id":"61248","title":"Android TOP command CPU usage","text":"I'm running a simple command line audio processing program in a shell on my Nexus 10 (Android 4.4.2), and want it to consume 100% CPU while it runs. The reason being, if I know it used 100% CPU, I can compare the time it took to the length of the audio file, and work out the effective CPU load if my program were to run in real time. I have two questions: * When running TOP on Android, does the value in the CPU column refer to the percentage of one core, or both (my program is single threaded, very simple)? * When running my program, the CPU shown while it runs is 50%. Is it possible the system is limiting it?"} {"id":"26855","title":"Touch enabled monitors and Android","text":"I need to buy new monitor for my PC and I'm thinking about touch enabled monitors like DELL ST2220T or IIYAMA T2250MTS. I recently bought Gooseberry Board with Android on it and it would be great if I could connect it by HDMI cable to one of these monitors and use touch screen like i would on a tablet. Does anybody know if Android can work with such touch enabled monitors? Maybe someone have touch enabled monitor and could check it somehow?"} {"id":"61244","title":"Internet doesn't work with apps without using vpn","text":"here's my problem : in normal situation my Internet only works with browser (firefox) and not any other app like markets or Duolingo . But , when I use DroidVPN it starts to work with other apps as well . I suspect Google setting and Google market . I have uninstalled both of them because of some problems that they have . recently when I reinstalled them , this problem appeared . ( But I'm not sure , cause I think a while after installation it was working . ) by the way I am using my home wireless . my background data is on . I need my Internet back without any VPN app and I DON'T want any factory reset or any kind of reset and those stuff . I've read all other similar question and answers . non helps ! can you help me ? PLEASE ? any help would be appreciated ! p.s. I'm using the wireless with my laptop to . and every thing is ok with it ."} {"id":"35676","title":"How can I copy media files to my phone without adding them to the gallery?","text":"I keep my media files (such as music) on my home server. When I add a new album to the home server, and want to copy it to my **Android 4.0.4** phone, I use a Samba client (such as AndSMB or X-plore) to copy the files to the phone. So far, so good. The problem is that the images in subdirectories that I copy over (such as album art) automatically get added to the gallery during the copy, although the root directory I'm copying into has a `.nomedia` file in it. If I start the copy, then check the Gallery app mid-copy, I see the images start to appear before I run any other apps. I don't want the images to appear in the gallery. If I \"clear data\" for the Media Storage app, then reboot, the gallery is rebuilt without the album art images, so the `.nomedia` file does seem to be doing its job some of the time. **Is there a way I can copy media files to my phone over a network, without them automatically getting added to the gallery?** Clearing the data in Media Storage and rebooting the phone works, but is tiresome and has other unwanted side effects like resetting my ringtones."} {"id":"27680","title":"Trying to install ADB USB Drivers, but Nexus is never appearing in Device Manager","text":"I'm trying to install the google-adb-drivers.zip file (obtained here) on a Windows 7 64-bit system. The phone is the Nexus S 9020T. USB connectivity works correctly for file transfer mode. When I enable debugging, I expect to see \"Nexus\" appear under \"Other Devices\" in Device Manager, but it doesn't. After checking USB Debugging under \"Developer Options\" in the phone, the computer makes the USB disconnected sound. I was able to load the drivers on a different Windows 7 32-bit system, but that's not the system I want to use. Why is the debugging port not being recognized on the 64 bit system? I saw the other post with a link to download the SDK, but I also would like to avoid installing the entire SDK unless absolutely necessary."} {"id":"73025","title":"Hard-bricked with dead bootloader Samsung Galaxy Pocket (GT-S5300)","text":"You can see the original files that I used for the partioning from this website, as well as the other links : https:\/\/skydrive.live.com\/redir?resid=F968213B88AADBF5!127&authkey=!AH0DTuPbDvUS7s4 I live in Sri Lanka, and apparently it is not official in my country. The Samsung Service Center does not support my phone, as I bought it from another shop. I followed all the instructions in the guide. Everything went fine, and it said that it had finished partitioning 512 MB from my 2GB Internal USB Storage (My 16GB SD card was inside the phone as well during the time of partitioning, but it was not partitioned and works fine when inserted it to my SD card reader\/writer). it came back to the screen that said Re-boot into recovery mode. I pressed the reboot into recovery mode, and the screen went blank. After that, I could not boot it normally, and also into recovery or download mode. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Pocket (GT-S5300). My phone was rooted with a file (I do not have that file, and the Dropbox download link was lost), but my phone worked perfectly after that with no bugs. It ran on Android Gingerbread (2.3.6) and out of the 960mb of internal space, about 880mb was full. Note : The old links are no longer there and are dead. The only place to get the files is from the link mentioned above. I would appreciate if anyone could help me. Thanks and best regards, Sanoo"} {"id":"73026","title":"How do I include contacts when searching in Google Maps?","text":"When I search for \"Joe\" in the Google Maps application, I'd like it to include \"Joe Smith\" from my Google contacts. How might I make this happen? I'm using CyanogenMod 11-20140604-NIGHTLY-hammerhead (on a Nexus 5, \"hammerhead\")."} {"id":"55301","title":"How to find android apps occupies RAM memory space?","text":"I wish to know about which app is occupies more memory space in RAM when i use multiple apps Note: i just have RAM capacity of 256MB so that my battery downs soon."} {"id":"55302","title":"Get my samsung password without reset it for my stolen android device","text":"My galaxcy s2 is stolen and i need to track it using my samsung account but i dont remember the pass; Can anyone please tell me how could i know my samsung account password without resting it as used in samsung account SignIn procedure to find password by email"} {"id":"51480","title":"Fix permission option removed from CWM recovery 6.0.3.6","text":"I updated to latest ClockWorkMode recovery in my **Galaxy S 3(AT &T,d2att)**. **New version is 6.0.3.6.** And noticed that Fix Permission option is removed from it. I used that option when flasing ROMs. I can't find why they did so. Will it affects flashing new ROMs? Is it not necessary? Anyone knows reason behind that update?"} {"id":"56656","title":"How do I stop Maps and Street View from auto updating?","text":"I'm on Froyo. My phone internal memory is nearly full, so I've stopped updating my apps and uninstalled updates from the preinstalled apps. However, every few days, my phone keeps auto updating the Maps and Street View apps, filling up the internal memory and I have to uninstall them. Is there any way I can disable the auto update? As far as I can tell there's no entry for these apps in the Store."} {"id":"4614","title":"Phone keeps restarting \/ shutting down randomly is there any logging to help debugging","text":"Sometimes my Samsung Europa restarts itself when it's on standby. Does Android have any logging which I can access to see what caused the restart? I have installed a few apps from the Android app market and some games. Haven't installed anything that I've developed myself."} {"id":"23938","title":"Android versions without DRM?","text":"Since smartphones have become \"the thing\", it has somehow been decided that locking your phone to a particular primary e-mail address and having DRM is \"okay\". Android, despite being open-source, is somehow not the exception. Since Android IS open-source however, it would seem that a developer would be able to customize it to remove the primary-email restriction on the phone and to unlock all purchased applications to be available to whomever is using the phone at the time, only requiring a sign-in to purchase new applications or when using certain applications. I don't currently use Android, and bought a Windows 7 Phone only to find that it does the exact same thing as Android (and most other phone operating systems) Are there any Android projects that are attempting to move Android towards a DRM-less environment?"} {"id":"65944","title":"Flash the newer version of ROM over the old one on ART environment","text":"I've flashed Carbon ROM on my LG G2 (D802) device and when e new Nightly release, I download it and put it on my SD Card and dirty flash it (Only clean Dalvik cache and cache partition). Now I've changed my enviroment from Dalvik ro ART and it seems that everything except nandroid manager is working fine, my question is, when a new Nightly release, what should I do now exactly? should I dirty flash like the other ones? and when I flashed the latest Nightly, what will happen to my environment, will it change back to Dalvik or it will stay on ART environment? Thanks in advance."} {"id":"36843","title":"BlueStacks with proxy","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How to configure BlueStack AppPlayer to use Proxy settings when connecting > to Network? I am using BlueStacks 0.7.7.813. I want to run apps like whatsapp on my laptop and the internet is connected with proxy. Is there any way to run apps like whatsapp on BluStacks behind proxy server?"} {"id":"58297","title":"Is there a way to check how many hours a phone has been powered on?","text":"I want to buy a new mobile and my mate told me that he has a new phone to sell. I don't believe him that the Samsung S4 Active is as new as he telling me. I want to check how many hours was this mobile was used. Is there any way to do that?"} {"id":"75543","title":"Android installation age","text":"Is there a way to discover when my Android OS was installed? In other word: what is the age of the SO running in my phone (since the last FW upgrade)? I have root access and I prefer not installing any extra apps to this task (altough, if it is the only way, I may install one). I already have a Terminal Emulator App. I looked into \"Settings -> About phone\" and there is a counter since the last _reboot_ , which is **not** what I want. I am running Android 4.0.4 on a Sony Xperia P."} {"id":"59243","title":"Find when device was activated","text":"I am trying to figure out when my devices (tablet, tv dongle, etc) were activated. Is there a place (in google account settings, device files, anywhere) this data can be obtained? My devices are rooted, so I can use terminal access to read internal files if needed. Some suggestions in the net say to find the first day of data usage in the logs, but I want to find an accurate date (preferably a timestamp) of the device activation. I can't seem t be able to type dialer codes in a tablet, there's no phone app. Also this question is about android devices in general, not only phones."} {"id":"20503","title":"Date of ROM installation","text":"Is there any way to know when I flashed my last custom ROM? Atleast a smart way to find the approximate date\/time using some logs deep down in my android would be good."} {"id":"39811","title":"Jelly Bean resource Usage","text":"I have a phone with 512MB of ram. The company has launched the Jelly Bean update for the phone. Currently my phone is running Android ICS 4.0.4 which has alot of lag and frameloss issues, So I am thinking to update to JB. However I am concerned about the memory usage of JB. So my question is: Whether JB uses more ram than ICS?"} {"id":"36590","title":"Different methods of moving apps to SD card","text":"There is a native method for moving apps to the SD card, by viewing the app info and pressing the \"move to SD card\" button. (I don't know on which Android version this was introduced). Not all apps can be moved this way. There are other apps that promise moving apps to the SD card, such as Link2SD, App 2 SD, MoveToSD, Move2SD Enabler, and many more. Some require root, some (apparently) don't. Do all these apps work in the same (or similar) ways? Is it the same way of the native method? The native method works the same way as the apps do? Why do some apps require root access and others don't? Is it safe to move apps that have the native method of moving disabled (grayed out)?"} {"id":"18969","title":"My messaging application sometimes closes itself while typing - How can I fix this?","text":"When typing an SMS message, the messaging application will automatically close and the typed text is deleted, causing me to have to retype the text. It seems to happen after two or three messages. I have clear data of Messaging software from `Manage Applications->All->Messaging->Clear Data` but the problem persists. Is there a way I can fix this?"} {"id":"37421","title":"Issues making or receiving calls and texts with a LG P500 (Software Version V20e)?","text":"I just got a LG P-500 device and I want to deploy with it. Everything is working fine, except that I cant make phone calls, receive phone calls, send SMS or receive SMS. The phone is on its stock ROM (Android 2.3.3, Software Version V20e). The Mobile Company is Orange. The phone recognizes the mobile company, and even shows the signal bar as full, but when I'm trying to call I'm being directed straight to \"Call Ended\" screen, and when I send SMS, I receive back a \"SMS wasn't sent\" notification. The SIM is Working on my SGS. I tried everything, can anyone help me with this?"} {"id":"6976","title":"How can I diagnose this problem: Can't flash ROM to my Samsung Fascinate","text":"When I boot into recovery all the text moves so fast I can't read what's happening, then it just boots normally without the new ROM. Is there any log I can review to find out what is happening? Here's a little background on what I'm doing: I started with a stock Samsung Fascinate fresh from a factory reset. I rooted it using this method. I installed ROM Manager from the Market then I installed Clockworkmod with this method. Finally I tried to install jt1134's Super Clearn 0.9 (DJ05) from ROM Manager. It downloads the ROM offers me the option to backup my current ROM (which I decline because it's already backed up) and the option to wipe cache and data which I choose then hit OK. From here it boots into Recovery and then the text scrolls up the screen so fast I can't see whats happening, then it boots into the regular stock ROM which would suggest the ROM installation failed. One other note, ClockworkMod recovery appears to work except when I manually boot into it and choose \"reboot\" it hangs on the clockworkmod icon."} {"id":"12490","title":"How do I customize the look\/feel of my lock screen?","text":"I have a Samsung Droid Charge (running 2.2) and it comes with two lock screen slider styles: Glass and Puzzle. Is there any way to get additional styles? I've done quite a bit of searching but haven't found anything. **Note that I'm not looking for an app. I'm specifically looking for more system styles, if they exist.** Do they exist?"} {"id":"6975","title":"Pasting text into Android emulator","text":"I need to paste text into the Android emulator for testing. I'm running Android 1.6 on the emulator on Mac OS 10.6. Any idea if this is possible?"} {"id":"30742","title":"Prevent Android ICS downloading updates automatically","text":"Can I prevent automatic update(system and app updates) downloads on **Android ICS** in order to reduce the bandwidth usage while using volume based internet data packages?"} {"id":"15825","title":"Why is my Android fetching http:\/\/xtra3.gpsonextra.net\/xtra.bin upon start?","text":"I notice my HTC Desire fetches http:\/\/xtra3.gpsonextra.net\/xtra.bin when it boots (and before I enter the PIN). What is that ? Here's the HTTP Request sent: GET \/xtra.bin HTTP\/1.1 Accept: *\/*, application\/vnd.wap.mms-message, application\/vnd.wap.sic x-wap-profile: http:\/\/www.openmobilealliance.org\/tech\/profiles\/UAPROF\/ccppschema-20021212# Host: xtra3.gpsonextra.net Connection: Keep-Alive User-Agent: Android"} {"id":"982","title":"How many times can I install an application I've purchased on the Market?","text":"I have just bought an HTC HD2 and I immediately installed a custom Android ROM. I will probably change ROMs often. If I buy an application from the Android Market how many times can I download and install it?"} {"id":"18341","title":"Contact images cropped and downsampled when syncing with google contacts","text":"When Syncing with google contacts the photos I chose for my contacts are cropped to a square, and are downsampled to a very low resolution. Is there a way to sync my phone contacts (without facebook), and keep the hi- res photos?"} {"id":"15449","title":"Is there a way to view the file size of an image without downloading any apps?","text":"Got a new phone (Nexus S) and having some issues with picture messaging. I want to check the size of the picture I took with the camera, but I can't seem to do this. As I don't have a data plan yet, I can't download any apps to help me with this. Is there a way to find the file size on the device without apps or connecting to a computer (no USB cable)"} {"id":"22997","title":"Can you upgrade the RAM of an Android device?","text":"I'm sure many people like me are aware and annoyed by the extremely limited amount of RAM in Nexus S (512MB but only 300+ is usable), I have searched all over google for a solution to increase the amount of RAM available and came up empty (I tried swap file applications but they just broke my system's SD card partitions causing a complete reset). I wonder if there is any hardware solution to this problem. Is it possible to swap the chip out for a bigger capacity one? I realize that it is not as simple as swapping out PC RAM from a dimm but I haven't seen any schematics for the chip layout on the ARM boards in the smartphones so I really hope that it is somewhat possible to increase the amount of RAM on the board."} {"id":"23097","title":"Installing RAM Into Your Android Powered Tablet?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Can you upgrade the RAM of an Android device? I recently purchased the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. I am aware that it only has 1GB of Ram. I am running the Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4(?) Operating System. I am curious as to wonder if there is a possibility that I can put more RAM into this bad boy. Let me know, Thank you, Aaron"} {"id":"81014","title":"Upgrade RAM memory in Galaxy Y","text":"I am using Samsung Galaxy Y Device . The device has only 512 MB RAM available. I want to upgrade the RAM memory to 1 GB. I have a SannDisk 8 Gb class 10 memory card. Is there any way to boost the RAM?"} {"id":"68120","title":"How can I add extra memory in my ram android?","text":"I want to boost the ram's memory, but as I clean my phone,it's memory was almost full."} {"id":"18348","title":"Why are Android games so much smaller than iPhone games?","text":"I compared the size of some Android games with the size of iPhone games and I was quite surprised. For example Asphalt 6 is 6.1mb large on Android and 515mb on the iPhone according to the store websites. Did I miss something? How is it possible that this game is only 6.1mb large on Andoid but 515mb big large on the iPhone?"} {"id":"34996","title":"Why did a crash at 100% battery cause instant drain to zero?","text":"After charging my Galaxy SII (ICS) overnight, I unplugged and started using the web browser. Battery indicated 100%. After 20 minutes the screen went black and the phone rebooted, then it popped up a battery low warning. On plugging back in, it seemed to charge normally for a while and then jumped from 80 to 100% almost instantly. I would post a screenshot of the battery screen but don't have enough reputation - it shows charge starting at 100%, dropping slowly for 20 mins, then instantly down to <10%. From there I plug in and it goes slowly up to 80%, then instantly up to 100% again. Anyone fancy having a guess at what is going on here?"} {"id":"13877","title":"How to access phone via USB cable (not SD Card)","text":"I am using a HTC G2 running Android 2.3. I would like to access content on my phone (not on the SD Card). This includes phone contacts and any data in the phone memory. Also is there a way to access the contacts inside the SIM card via USB cable and the phone. Thanks for any assistance."} {"id":"650","title":"Backup\/Restore Android","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I perform a full pre-rooting backup of an Android phone? I am considering rooting my Motorola Droid, and I am wondering if it is possible to revert back to the exact state that my phone is in right now (ie unrooted, with all my apps, settings, etc). I know I can backup all the files on my SD card (in fact I have that job running right now). But how can I backup\/restore the phone's internal memory? Is this what SPRecovery does? All of the 'how-to-root-your-phone' tutorials say that you start by installing SPRecovery, but I can't find any details on what, exactly, SPRecovery does, and how to use it. I suspect it does more than what is necessary to load a rooted ROM, but I just can't find any details."} {"id":"45972","title":"Backup Android 2.3.6 app data before rooting","text":"I want to create a backup of application data (game highscores etc.) for Android version 2.3.6, before I try to root. How to do it? Helium (Carbon) and Z4Root aren't compatible with my OS version \/ device."} {"id":"47079","title":"HF Connector - Replace parts in a Nexus S","text":"I have a Nexus S device (model i9023). My current earpiece is torn - the wires are cut, and the body could not be screwed out because the specific body's screw is stuck. However, I can gently replace it without breaking the body. I see a \"HF\" connector connected to the left of what I see in the picture of the earpiece unit. To be more specific, I took some pictures of it, since I can't get the data from fixit. Here's a picture of what dealers are selling in eBay. This picture is pretty descriptive. All dealers provide a unit containing the earpieace speaker as seen upwards, a proximity sensor as seen below and the connector to the motherboard, to the right. ![](http:\/\/img198.imageshack.us\/img198\/1314\/earpiece.jpg) This is what I saw in fixit: ![](http:\/\/d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net\/igi\/LFThSPLu2Iq2thZI.huge) as you can see upwards, there's another group of wires (orange) to the right of the proximity sensor, which doesn't exist in the seller's unit. The pictures I took of my device shows exactly what I mean: This **\"HF\" wires** down there doesn't exist in the units for sale ![](http:\/\/imageshack.us\/a\/img850\/5519\/emtecheme1511afrc.jpg) ![](http:\/\/imageshack.us\/a\/img850\/739\/emtecheme1511afrci.jpg) > Don't mind the fact that in my pictures there's no speaker, its because its > been torn. that's the reason why I was wandering around thinking of buying a > new EM-Tech EME1511AFRC replacement unit in the first place... So does anyone know what's that HF and what am I losing if I buy a new unit without it? Thank you."} {"id":"47072","title":"Can't boot phone or access recovery mode","text":"I tried updating a custom ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S: Semaphore Version 9 (Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean). The update was successful except that it produced an error after completion saying the process \"android.process.acore\" has stopped. So I had to restore to the previous version through recovery mode. However after the the applications were calibrated and the phone was supposed to start, it did not! The boot animation kept on going. I tried restoring my phone to the back up that I had created when I was using ICS 4.0.4, but I realized that I had deleted the ZIP file of the ICS version. Now when my phone powers on, it only displays the picture of the kernel version of the back up version of ICS. I cannot access recovery mode. I tried to hard reset as well, as described in one of the links, but that didn't work either. However, The download mode works fine. Is there anyway I can make my phone work?"} {"id":"47074","title":"Possible to connect Android device to Internet with Ethernet","text":"I want to connect my Samsung S3\/S4 to the internet using an Ethernet cable and USB network adapter. Is this possible? I have tried a couple different adapters, which don't work, and leads me to wonder if A. there is an adapter that works; B. If there is any software\/drivers that I need; C. is there a way to do this with code? I have gotten this to work a Nexus Tablet. I'm wondering why it works on the tablet, but not on a device. I want to do this because I have some code that needs to be tested, and I'm looking for a way to ensure that I ALWAYS have an Internet connection. The wireless connections tend to be flaky on my network. Any insight would be helpful."} {"id":"82418","title":"s5030C with broken touch","text":"I have a S5830C (s5830i identically), but they're broken touch, and the other things are ok (LCD, buttons, camera, sensor is fine). and I need to do something with it, just not to let it sit, but I really do not want to buy anything else (really do not want to invest in a new touch ). I've been researching a bit and found several ways to access it via ADB debugg, the problem is that I suspect that the ADB is not enabled. however have full access to the recovery mode (with CWM). therefore my questions are: Q1: is there any way to activate ADB via recovery? Q2: is there any way to install another rom that already has adb enabled? Q3: Anyone know any other way to access or control the android via USB? Q4: any idea about any project that can be developed using these parts that are working? :D ps .: these were the possible solutions I found. pss .: any suggestion is welcome. psss. Sorry for the mistakes in English"} {"id":"15314","title":"Can't boot to Clockwork Recovery on Atrix (several methods tried)","text":"I have a Motorola Atrix 4G, with AT&T Carrier. Android 2.3.4 EDIT 11\/6\/2011: I don't know if this means anything, but I don' have an sdcard in it. I have rooted it using this tutorial. I installed Rom Manager and installed the Clockwork Recovery Image, with success (supposedly). Here are where the problems occur. When I turn off the phone and turn it back on, while holding the volume down button, I get the big red M and scroll down to \"Android Recovery\" and select that. I then get \"Failed to boot 2\". Ok, so I reboot and go back to my stock rom and try reinstalling the rom, and it down nothing to change the situation. Next, I try running the fastboot software in the command window on my pc using the command \"fastboot flash recovery recovery.img\" (recovery.img is the clockwork mod). On my phone it says \"Flashing Partition Recovery\" then \"Flashing MBR to device\" and finally \"Failed to process command flash:recovery error(0x180002)\". Any suggestions? I did google the problem, but the answers I have found didn't apply or didn't work. Please help, Thanks."} {"id":"82410","title":"Where can I download a static binary of ffmpeg with h264 support?","text":"I want to do some video stuff on my device. Where can I download a static binary of ffmpeg with h264 support?"} {"id":"82415","title":"\"Device management downloading\" notification: why and how to get rid of it?","text":"I see \"Device management downloading\" notification. It appeared when I was not using the phone: why did it appear and how can I prevent it from appearing again? I don't want to update my phone's OS. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Q427A.png) I use a rooted Samsung Galaxy SIII with Android 4.1.2."} {"id":"82417","title":"app. Download failure from play store","text":"I am trying to download apps. From play store. I get downloading. .status but it never downloads. After sometime error appears. My net connection is Ok and has sufficient working memory. Some problems with play store? ?"} {"id":"63608","title":"Can I adjust the output volume anymore in Liquidsmooth ROM?","text":"I have all the volume levels at full but still the speaker volume is less than it was before I installed the ROM. ![Rom details](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/7WMnXm.png)"} {"id":"26712","title":"Is there a way to log into and root my device without using ADB?","text":"With the Android SDK it is possible to run the \"adb shell\" command to shell into an Android device plugged in via USB. I would like to know: 1. Is there another way to log into an Android device and gain root access to all its files and folders without having to install the Android SDK, for instance using Putty somehow once the device is connected via Wi-Fi to a router on a common network? 2. On Unix there is a program called \"last\" allowing you to see the most recent logins and the associated times. Is there a similar utility that can be run on Android once root access is gained that would allow you to view the most recent times when the device was used or unlocked?"} {"id":"39042","title":"Input via voice and handwritten works, but not keyboard on app on Galaxy 2","text":"I am working within an app that has text fields for entry. I can highlight and cut the text if it auto-populates and I can even use the text-to-speech and handwriting input methods. When I use the keyboard to type, however, it does not populate the text field. Any thoughts on why this would happen?"} {"id":"39045","title":"How do I get permission to create this file in an android shell?","text":"I'm trying to root a Kindle and I'm stuck. Getting permission denied and don't know how or what permissions to change. mike@Inspiron:~\/Downloads\/android-sdk-linux\/platform-tools$ adb shell shell@android:\/ $ echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > \/data\/local.prop \/system\/bin\/sh: cannot create \/data\/local.prop: Permission denied 1|shell@android:\/ $ sudo echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > \/data\/local.prop \/system\/bin\/sh: cannot create \/data\/local.prop: Permission denied 1|shell@android:\/ $ sudo \/system\/bin\/sh: sudo: not found 127|shell@android:\/ $ I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 if it makes a difference."} {"id":"39047","title":"Can an app register itself to consume certain URLs?","text":"This is _not_ a programming question but a usability one. News site example.com has an annoying habit: when I follow a link to an article, the site first displays a pop-up saying “come use our app instead!” So I did, but article links still open the web browser, and still bring up that pop-up. I’d like to file a bug with the app developer. Could the app have been designed to consume all URLs beginning with `http:\/\/example.com\/`? (Otherwise I’ll complain to the web site designers.)"} {"id":"16759","title":"Streaming a movie from Windows (Media Center??) to A500","text":"Simple straight question: I own an Acer Iconia Tab A500 w\/3.2 OS and a Windows 7 PC with lots of movies, including H.264 HD in Matroska format. How can I stream that content, supposed that I installed K-Lite Codec Pack, on Android by installing the least possible amount of software? The tablet is already shipped with Acer ClearFi which is a DLNA implementation and looks compatible with Windows Media Center, however when I tried to play a non-HD movie in MPEG-4 format the default player reported that the fortmat is unsupported. I'm new and a bit confused to Android video and home streaming. I don't know how codecs work in the Linux-like world. [EDIT] About codecs (if these matter): on Windows, I can watch the videos with Windows Media Player too, not only VLC\/MPC I remember that once I was able to stream to my Xbox 360 with Vuze's embedded media server with live transcoding. Do I need something like that for streaming to Android too? Thank you."} {"id":"7851","title":"Restore only part of nandroid image","text":"In attempt to install 2.2 **I've deleted all my contacts(contacts were saved on phone, not as google contacts)** I've done full nandroid backup while phone still had those contacts; however when I try restoring image; I get bootloop. Nandroid backup contains system.img, data.img, cache.img and boot.img; I'm wondering if I can restore only data.img to get contacts back. I have thought of 2 other solutions: a) make a new nandroid image of current status; verify that it's ok by doing restart; then open copy database with contacts from one backup to another. b) open database with contacts from data.img; and manually retype 200 phone records. Is there any smarter (quicker, easier) way??"} {"id":"45499","title":"Samsung Note Tablet usb problem with external drive","text":"I bought an usb connection kit for my samsung note tablet so that I can transfer files from my sea gate external drive but unfortunately, my tablet cannot read my external drive..why?"} {"id":"81140","title":"All of my pictures are gone when I transferred them from Device storage to SD card! What should I do?","text":"I have samsung galaxy S4, Android 4.4.2 ..Today my device storage almost got full so I transferred most of the applications and pictures to the SD card which was almost empty, I kept some pictures in the Gallery in 'Hidden items' but after I transferred almost everything to the additional memory they all had broken! Where can I find them? Help!"} {"id":"24100","title":"Consequences of rooting HTC One X?","text":"All I want to be able to do on my device is to be able to use Titanium Backup. I don't want to install custom roms, I want to keep everything as-is but be able to run apps that need root like the above. If I do root my device, will that stop OTA updates from installing? If they do install, will it need re-rooting again? Can devices be un-rooted?"} {"id":"31928","title":"Do apps included in the gApps zip get updated via Google Play?","text":"While using alternative ROMs like CyanogenMod 9(as i currently am), one flashes an additional zip file called gApps which contains apps provided by Google. As Google releases newer versions of applications, will the newer versions be updated via Google Play or do I need to manually flash a newer version of the gapps.zip? I'm asking because an update to the Google Play market app was recently released (which includes the ability to remove apps from the ALL MY APPS section) but I still haven't seen my market app updating itself."} {"id":"49533","title":"closed ports wifi problem","text":"I have these following issues : 1) wifi connects but the signal bars stay grey 2) I can open and search apps in market but when I try to download them , it says \"waiting for network\" 3) facebook does not sync, and the app says \"no network\" after some googling I found that google syncs through ports 5228-5230, which are closed in my router. I have no idea how to open these ports. Is there an on-phone solution to this ? my system is Micromax A116, NaturewizHD rom, jellybean 4.2.1 ( or 4.2.2 ? )"} {"id":"21648","title":"How can I install the vanilla Gingerbread launcher?","text":"Is there any way for me to install Gingerbread's vanilla launcher application? So far, I prefer the \"stock\" Sony Ericsson launcher but I do want to know what the actual Gingerbread launcher is like."} {"id":"21649","title":"All portrait pictures are upside down","text":"All pictures that I take in portrait mode with the stock camera app are upside down. I assume this is because when I take them I still hold my phone like a camera, not like a mobile phone. I could use Camera 360 which has the option to adjust the orientation. It takes a couple of seconds to start up and is generally too bloated for my taste, though. Is there either a way to fix the orientation in the stock app or a more lightweight alternative that has this option?"} {"id":"58021","title":"How to get rid of update notifications for a given app in Google Play Store?","text":"### General question I have an app X installed on my device in version Y. I don't want to update it to any newer version (Y+z) for some reason. Still, the _Google Play Store_ app always lists updates for X, which keeps me from a simple \"update all\". My question, put to a single sentence: > **How to hide updates for X permanently from the \"available updates\" list?** * * * ### Specific examples First, I know there are alternatives as e.g. the AppBrain Market App, which can handle this quite well (skip this update, skip all future updates). I prefer a \"generic solution\", which does not depend on a 3rd party's market app. Second, I know that Titanium Backup includes a \"Market doctor\", which can be used to disconnect an app from _Google Play_. However, in my specific case that only worked for a few hours: I disconnected _GTalk_ , as I don't want it replaced by _Hangouts_. The update notification disappeared for a few hours, then it was back. No idea what restored the \"link\". Third, just to make sure: I'm _not_ talking about the \"auto update\" feature as discussed e.g. in How to enable Play Store auto-update for just a few apps?. I was rather hoping for something close to Does the google play store not provide updates for frozen apps?, but without the need to \"freeze\" the app in question (which I still want to use, but in the version installed, not in a \"future version\" available). Fourth: No, uninstalling the app in question is no option here, though it would perfectly hide any future updates from being displayed :) Nor is \"freezing\", as the app is used regularly. Fifth: There is a related question for my GTalk example: Do apps included in the gApps zip get updated via Google Play? However, I want the opposite: No update. * * * It might very well be that \"Google Apps\" (and other pre-installed apps) are handled in some specific way, and restore their \"market links\" themselves somehow. For this case, my question includes: How to prevent that from happening? * * * ### Update There's a thread at XDA discussing the very same issue. Until recently, a work-around for \"user installed apps\" was to uninstall them and then sideload the `.apk` – but even that stopped working. Well, re-signing the `.apk` with a different key _might_ work for user-apps. But both would fail for pre- installed apps (can't sideload them to override; different signature would refuse that install completely). Moreover, there's an issue filed on this by some \"joel.bou..\". Not hard to guess, though blanked out: that would be Joël Bourquard. If it's really him, then that's really an issue (for those who don't know: Joël is the dev behind _Titanium Backup_ ). Let me quote from the issue: > For the record: in the Android Market days it was possible to \"Attach\" or > \"Detach\" apps (on rooted devices) with a system tool such as Titanium > Backup. But nowadays (with the Google Play Store app) this has become nearly > impossible to do, because the complete app list seems to sync from Google's > servers and the user has no control over that. Which explains why detaching with apps like _Titanium Backup_ is no longer permanent. And I'm afraid I've asked the impossible. But I thought the same in the past with other questions, and surprisingly got solutions here. So I do not yet give up hope on this one!"} {"id":"58026","title":"How to stream audio from Android to PulseAudio server?","text":"I have a home linux server running the PulseAudio - with shared audio devices, that are connected to cool sound system. And I have an Android 4.4-based phone. I want to stream audio from my phone to the PulseAudio server. How to do that?"} {"id":"58028","title":"How to remove\/disable Voice Talk on Ace 2?","text":"_Regular (not rooted) Samsung Galaxy Ace 2._ How to disable or remove Voice Talk application? By disable I mean I don't want to see it ever again when I press double home button or anything like that."} {"id":"58029","title":"Alternative Functions from Bluetooth Input","text":"Is it possible to modify what a Bluetooth input effects, such as changing a key press of a Bluetooth keyboard to instead record a tap on a certain location of the screen on your device? (I am running a Kindle Fire HD.)"} {"id":"37443","title":"How can I deduce an app from a notification icon?","text":"I'm concerned about an app on my child's phone. I saw an app icon in the notification area that looked strange ( _Andy Android_ head, slightly tilted as its icon). How can I find out what app it is from just having seen that icon in the notification bar?"} {"id":"17401","title":"Android Deep Sleep","text":"I am confused about the utility of _deep sleep_ over _complete shut down_. When I am putting my phone to _deep sleep_ , I am no longer getting SMSes nor can people call me. I receive the backlog SMSes after _power on_. Why should I use it instead of _complete shut down_? What keeps running during _deep sleep_? What's the point?"} {"id":"28823","title":"How do I migrate from one SD card to another one?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > How do I switch my Android device's SD card without causing problems? I just moved to Android from iOS. My new droid is Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V which came with a 2GB SD card. This card is almost full so I want to get a bigger and faster SD card. I have installed many apps on this SD card so I'm wondering how I can move all the content of the old card to the new one when I finally purchase it. How do I do this?"} {"id":"13310","title":"How can I force-link a Google contact with a Facebook profile?","text":"Back when my HTC Desire had its stock Sense, there was an option to link Facebook accounts to Google contacts, by selecting them from the Facebook friends list. This created fields for my contacts such as: id:02394985720\/friendof:2103910923|id:123768123\/friendof:09812387<\/Facebook> <\/HTCData> Now, my phone is on CyanogenMod 7. I've added a Facebook account under Synchronization settings, but it seems it only matches contacts who have the same name as their Facebook counterpart. Those who are matched get a Facebook profile link: ![](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/o7KgE.png) The other ones aren't linked. Therefore: **How can I force link a Google contact with a Facebook profile?** This would allow me to link contacts even if their names are different. I'm aware of this question: how to link contact with facebook, gmail etc?, but there is no \"Join\" option for me, and it isn't really answered as well. I'm also aware of SyncMyPix."} {"id":"10750","title":"Manage specific cookies in Browser?","text":"I would like to manage cookies in the Android browser beyond just \"Clear cookie data\". What I want to do, ideally, is have the ability to delete individual cookies from a list sorted by domain name, like Firefox on the desktop. At least, I would like to be able to clear cookies per-domain, as I can manage storage & location access per-domain. Is there a way I can do this? **EDIT** How about with a rooted phone?"} {"id":"10755","title":"How can I limit the input languages?","text":"How can I limit the number of input languages on the keyboard? I would only like to see the 3 I use. I have a HTC desire S."} {"id":"10757","title":"Some of the Applications are getting downloaded more than once from Android Market","text":"I observed one funny thing. I have the habit of installing the applications directly from Android market on PC. How to install the Apps directly from PC ? Ans: I have a Google Account. I open the https:\/\/market.android.com\/ site on PC and login with my Google Account. I have set this Google Account as Primary Google Account in my Android Phone. Now if I Click on Install of any application on my PC, I can see the same application downloading on my phone's notification bar. I saw the application 100% downloaded. And I wait for the application to be installed. Of course after downloading the application my phone will automatically installs the application. We need to watch thats it. But most of the apps are getting downloaded more than once. I don't know why it is happening ? I saw the application downloaded 100%. But again starts a fresh download without doing anything. I remember while updating the Google Maps and Facebook had the same issue."} {"id":"62327","title":"How to keep the screen from going blank or locking for particular application","text":"Edited question: Google Navigate app does have the logic to keep the screen from locking or backlight from switching-off, but a corporate BYOD software suite, I've had to install as my employer's policy, seems to lock-screen if an 'unknown application' is keeping screen unlocked\/lit with no other activity detected (touch mostly!), after a timeout. Navigate is not on this software's goodbooks... So I was wondering if there is any app that can help me keep the backlight on and avoid the screen locking for google navigate ? I am on Android JB 4.2 if that matters."} {"id":"11802","title":"native email client on galaxy S2 does not attach original message when I reply back to the sender?","text":"When i reply back to the sender or people in CC, The email client shows me the original message while i'm typing my reply but somehow it gets removed\/deleted when i send the email and it appears to come as a new message to the person."} {"id":"11801","title":"Display timout resets to 15 seconds occasionally","text":"Hi on my SGT the display timout resets to 15 seconds occasionally. I can't reproduce this behavior but it seems that this reset happens at every reboot at least and sometimes when connecting\/disconnecting the powersupply. Can someone tell me how to have this setting fixed again at 10 minutes? If it helps, the phone is rooted, but I am not sure if this problem occurred already before root. At least unrooting did not help. Also I have my battery saving software let the settings back to default and then deinstalled, did not help either."} {"id":"14555","title":"How can I recover the files in LOST.DIR on my SD card, and what are they?","text":"I've always had a LOST.DIR folder on my external SD card, which until now has been empty. Today my phone complained that my SD card was damaged and wouldn't mount it, so I pulled it out and looked at it on my computer. There's now a `70237` file inside LOST.DIR which is 128 MB. It starts with something like \"e **Possible Duplicate:** > My device is getting slow, apps start misbehaving\/crashing. What can I do? I have a Samsung Galaxy S which I've had for less than a year now. It has been working fine until the last couple of weeks, when I've noticed the performance slowing down. I don't use many apps, but lately I've downloaded a few games and whatnot. One particular recent issue is that whenever I access the keypad to call someone, it closes down automatically without letting me finish typing out the number. Other problems include: mobile internet crashes systematically every other night (when I use it the most); the FB app force closes automatically and since FB is an integral part of Zynga games, my Words with Friends is almost inaccessible because of FB crashing. Anyone else with similar problems? I know HTC issues an automatic software update, but why haven't I heard of anything for Samsung? Any help would be appreciated."} {"id":"79180","title":"Galaxy Note II slow due to lack of memory?","text":"I have a Galaxy Note II and it's too slow due to low memory, I bought a 16 GB memory card and it still is slow, what to do?"} {"id":"42234","title":"Some apps closing, crashing, some not starting, flashing","text":"I can very well see in the _Settings > Applications > Manage Applications_ screen that internal memory (ummm I think thats the ROM) of my phone is almost filled up. Although I can see in Running Services screen that more than 150MB of RAM is still free. My device started giving this behavior. * some apps crash automatically * Some apps does not start at all. When I click on them they simply simply flash the screen * Some games after loading and showing the menu and main screen animation, when I click on Play or Start new game, it does not do anything Now I stuck with this ROM fill up. I have moved all apps that I can move to SD card through AppMgr Pro III (App 2 SD). But still many apps have some footprints in internal memory (or ROM??) since I can still see them in the _Manage Applications_ screen. Why is it so? What could be the other way out, apart from uninstalling unused apps."} {"id":"58797","title":"Android had a native email client? Why\/when was it removed?","text":"I'm reading the description of K-9 Mail, and it has the following, emphasis added: > K-9 is an opensource email client **based on the Email application shipped > with the initial release of Android**. However, I cannot find any email applications already installed in my stock Google Galaxy Nexus (sans the Gmail app). Was it removed from the later versions of Android? When and why was it removed?"} {"id":"48668","title":"Installing Redir (and other binaries) to Android","text":"I'm trying to get my phone to redirect all traffic from the Wifi\/3G radios, since some apps won't even run if Wi-fi isn't turned on, to the USB Ethernet interface. I figure using redir would work, but my lack of deep *unix knowledge is and has been a struggle. Google hasn't been of much help in this regard, having only guides on Linux platforms with full package explorers and no (from what I've found) guides on doing any of this from a command line without apt-get. So, even though I'm only trying to install redir for now, I'd like a good place to go to understand how binary installation is done, specifically for Android."} {"id":"45294","title":"Nexus one gapps not working ( Evervolv 4.2 JellyBean)","text":"So I have phone (Google nexus one) with installed Evervolv 4.2 (Jelly bean), and I want google apps to be installed. But when I try to install them, either error pops up \"Setup wizard has stopped\" or nothing happens ( no apps installed ). What do I need to do? Where can I get good gapps to install? Thanks!"} {"id":"20111","title":"Prevent volume rocker from disabling silent mode","text":"On my Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, everytime I bump the volume rocker the phone comes out of silent mode. I hate this. The only way I want my phone going into or coming out of silent mode with a hard button is by holding the power until the modal shows up. Is there any way to prevent the volume rocker from knocking the sound back on when in silent mode?"} {"id":"34842","title":"How to copy the current URL in Chrome?","text":"I was sure in the version prior to 18.0 you could fiddle around and long press on the URL in the address bar and get a menu to copy the current URL. I just updated Chrome, now if I long press it I just get the magnifying glass which is incredibly frustrating. How can I copy the current URL to the clipboard in the Chrome browser? Chrome 18.0.1025469 Android 4.0.4 Sony Xperia P"} {"id":"77373","title":"Stop a mailbox syncing between 9am and 5pm","text":"I have my work emails set up on my LG G3, but when I'm at work I don't want to be getting notifications on it whilst getting them on my laptop as well. Is there a way to stop a mailbox from syncing for a particular period? E.g., from 9am to 5pm? I still want my other accounts to sync and notify me though, like my personal\/other work email addresses. Is there an app that can handle this? I've just come from an iPhone 4s (yesterday) so I'm still getting my head around the Android ecosystem."} {"id":"59779","title":"Google accounts on my Galaxy S4","text":"I would like to get rid of one of my Google accounts since I don't use it anymore. Currently I have both my Google accounts (gmail, Google+..) on my phone (Galaxy S4, had to link\/transfer data from my old phone to my new) and all pictures and information and such gets saved to the old account I don't want to use anymore. But I still have some important emails on the old account as well as some contacts and such which I would like to keep. **Can these be transferred to my other Google account which I wanna keep and have as my primary?** What do I have to do in order to get rid of this old account I don't longer need without losing the data (pictures, some emails, contacts) which are currently under that primary gmail\/G+ account which I don't want anymore? Otherwise, is there an option to say \"lock\/disable\" that old account so nothing gets send or saved to it anymore?"} {"id":"40916","title":"Unlock Screen with ADB Android 4.2","text":"Previously with Android 4.1, doing something like: adb shell input keyevent 82 #(KEYCODE_MENU) would unlock the screen at first boot and would then allow further commands to launch applications and have them displayed on the screen, etc. With 4.2, within 10s of boot, the lockscreen dims to black. Issuing the same ADB command no longer works and the screen remains blank. If I manually press the menu key, this brings the screen back on, and I can then issue the keyevent to unlock the screen. Any ideas how I can bring the display back up from ADB and unlock the screen from there? Thanks"} {"id":"40915","title":"Cannot play a video made with my Galaxy S3 camera","text":"I took a video with my S3. After playing the video 3-5 times, this message appeared: `Cannot play video...sorry this video cannot be played...` Why is this? I have MX Player."} {"id":"46609","title":"Unable to access Google Play","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S Duos, and ever since I bought my cell phone, I am unable to access the Google Play Store due to the error message: > Authentication is required. You need to sign in to your Google Account. I had signed in my Google account already and have used it on my phone with other apps, like Talk, Gmail and etc. I have tried clearing the account and re-entering it, wiping out all the data and re-building a new account, and other possible solutions, but still my problem is there. My one possible guess is that it is due to the country I live in. It may be that Google has put some sanctions on my country, Iran. How can I get Google Play Store to work on my phone?"} {"id":"49657","title":"How to restore files on SD Card that was protected by Vault app?","text":"I changed my Android mobile phone from one carrier to another. I installed Vault app from the Google Play store, and placed the old SD Card from the previous phone into this new phone. After installing the vault software in the new phone, I am unable to restore data (photos, videos) from _old_ SD card. What might be the reason for this? Is there any way I can recover the files from my old SD card, which was protected by the Vault app."} {"id":"12866","title":"Default Music Player randomly playing while headphones are plugged in","text":"This is _INCREDIBLY_ annoying. While listening to music, the headphone will somehow trigger an unplug event (the connection is loose and very bad apparently). The default player will start to play, and sometimes it will just keep playing and pausing rapidly. Sometimes, Pandora will also constantly play and pause music. This is so frustrating it makes me just want to smash my phone to pieces for the junk it is. What can be done? I have used this answer here, but it doesn't fix the problem _while_ playing music. The only way I can hope to currently listen to music on my phone is to make sure the connection from the headphone (any headphone) isn't disturbed. My phone basically doesn't play music well at all any more which means no more Pandora\/internet radio. **What can\/should I do?** I am using a Droid X with the latest update 2.3.3. I believe this problem has been happening for a while. I bought the phone in October and it worked without this kind of problem for about 2-4 months. Am I the only one with this bug?"} {"id":"50883","title":"Disable traffic when tethering Nexus phone to a tablet","text":"Device: Nexus 4, Nexus 10 Is it possible to disable some traffic (e.g. app update or syncing like Google books) when tethering the mobile connection on a phone from a tablet?"} {"id":"11400","title":"What are the names of the various versions of the Android OS, and how are these names chosen?","text":"Many people refer to Android versions by \"codenames\" rather than version numbers (e.g. Android \"Gingerbread\"). What are the names of the various versions of the Android OS, and how are these names chosen?"} {"id":"1629","title":"What is a \"Froyo\"?","text":"The older Android versions are called \"cupcake\" and \"eclair\". Where does 2.2 get it's name from?"} {"id":"28063","title":"Does installing and re-installing my own app affect my app's rating\/ranking?","text":"I just released my first app not too long ago. To test it in the Play store, I installed my own app. After discovering some bugs, I uninstalled it, and installed the one I would code to fix from Eclipse. After fixing the bug, I post an update and re-install my own app from the store to test it out again. If I keep repeating this process (uninstalling and re-installing my own app from Google Play every time I release a new version), will my app's rating be degraded? Should I strictly stick to using my own app by installing the raw version (not the one on Google Play, but the one I built in Eclipse)? Thanks."} {"id":"22018","title":"How to exit from an application which doesn’t exit on press back button?","text":"I am using Maverick application for GPS navigation. In previous versions the `back` button caused to quit the application. (Which is also correct behavior according to question: What is the right way to close apps in Android?) Currently I have **Maverick 1.94** Lite. When I press the `back` button, Maverick only hides to background. (The same as if I pressed `home` button). I don't see anywhere in menu an option to exit. I wish to avoid task killers, or switching of my phone in order to quit Maverick. How do I **exit** from Maverick? My phone is SK17i aka Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini pro."} {"id":"26511","title":"Force debug in safe mode via USB?","text":"I did something so stupid I'm almost kind of proud of it. I rooted my LG Optimus T (Froyo) using Gingerbreak, cleaned out a bunch of stuff, and accidentally deleted the home screen launcher. No big, I'll just install a new one... but I have a chicken and egg problem now, that requires debug mode to get out of. I can't just open settings on my phone to set debug mode. And the phone only starts up in safe mode. So the tl;dr is this: I need to force my phone into debug mode via USB, in safe mode. If I can't do this, I will have to buy a new phone. Please help me!"} {"id":"61003","title":"Some groups are not visible in my whatsapp","text":"I am not able to see some of the groups for which, I am a member. My name appears in the group admin phone. But he is also not able to remove my name and again add it. Other group members cannot see my name in the group member list. So don't know, exactly what is the real problem. I have uninstalled Whatsapp in my Phone and re-installed it. but still the problem remains the same.(Still i cannot see some of the groups in my phone). Can you please find some way to come out of this?"} {"id":"56323","title":"Tether from PC to android via USB","text":"Is there a way to tether a PC's ethernet or WiFi connection to a Samsung Galaxy Fame using Jelly Bean 4.1? What I would like to do is to be able to access the internet on the phone using the PC's internet connection, via USB or wifi. My PC runs Ubuntu and Windows (Dual Boot) so either of these operating systems will work."} {"id":"81435","title":"Is it possible to clear-default of an app using an ADB command?","text":"Not sure if that's the place to ask this (maybe stackOverflow is better), but here we go: ## Background There are plenty of possible commands that you can perform by using ADB. I use many of them on my tiny **app-manager** alternative app. ## The problem I can't find a way to clears the default of a specified app. I mean the clearing of the app as the default one to handle some actions, as being shown on the \"app-info\" (AKA \"manage-app\") screen. ## What I've tried In the past, it seems that it was possible by having a certain permission and some API commands, but it's no longer possible. A possible workaround would be to disable&enable the app, but that causes weird things to happen on some other apps, for example launchers will remove the app's icon when it becomes disabled. I've also noticed a file on : \/data\/system\/users\/0\/package-restrictions.xml that has some xml tags that include apps, and when I clear-default of an app, it is gone from this file. I don't think that playing with this file would be a good workaround, as things can change over time, and I don't even know if changing it will do anything, especially not in the current session. ## The question If there is no such a command? Is there any way to do it using root?"} {"id":"82352","title":"Create ad hoc network on phone","text":"Simply, I want to connect my iPad mini to my android phone that has no internet connection. I need to be on the same network to airplay to the phone via dlna\/airplay. I am fine with rooting the phone. What is needed to do this? The phone is a samsung galaxy nexus."} {"id":"82358","title":"Is my device moving apps to the SD Card or not?","text":"I have the LG Optimus F6 and I used Towel Root (one-click root for lots of devices). When I download App To SD card applications, it says \"Your device has no real internal storage and does not support moving apps to the SD card.\" When I go to Settings >> Storage >> Apps, however I see that some apps are on the SD Card (because you can't click it and it says \"Move to Phone.\") But then when i go to other apps it doesn't show that any apps are on the SD Card. What should I believe?"} {"id":"64373","title":"What is mm-qcamera-daemon?","text":"After my camera app crashed this process is running and consuming 42% of battery but today morning it disappeared but still my battery is draining out too quickly! Even restart doesn't help. ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/N7oJLm.png) Screenshot (click image for larger variant) How can I get things back to normal?"} {"id":"64562","title":"Craig CMP741e boot-looping","text":"Craig CMP741e is stuck in boot loop on the Android logo. When I try to install or mount I get read only errors and I have tried almost everything to recover\/reset the tablet. There are no key ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/SbmOf.jpg)combos and the phonixcard does not work. I am able to get this tablet recognized with using the Android SDK bundle, but I do not how to use it really. I appreciate some help in getting this to work upon a hard reset or factory reset. recorded the process. http:\/\/youtu.be\/RcykDInHsYE Here are some images to illustrate ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/baqtWm.jpg) ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/6zbqDm.jpg)"} {"id":"21982","title":"Can I \"clone\" my credit card using the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus's NFC chip? If not, why not?","text":"Can an android app read my credit card's NFC data, store it and then send this data to a contactless pay point (PayPass)? Thus I would use my Nexus to pay for my coffee, conveniently. If yes, is there an app for this? If not, why not?"} {"id":"21984","title":"init.d doesn't get executed","text":"i am using samsung s2 and a custom rom, external sd card is mounted to \/emmc but i want it to mount to \/mnt\/sdcard\/external_sd, how could i mount it using init.d? i made a file called \"99mount\" with a the content mount -o bind \/emmc \/mnt\/sdcard\/external_sd however, it isn't being executed an start tried also busybox mount -o bind \/emmc \/mnt\/sdcard\/external_sd and no luck, do i need to add 99mount to some xx.rc file?"} {"id":"16414","title":"Encrypting SMS and calls","text":"Is it possible to encrypt calls and SMS messages between two Android phones (or even from android to iPhone)? This firm delivered a beta on Android Market before: http:\/\/www.whispersys.com\/"} {"id":"52153","title":"Changing Swype keyboard layout","text":"Is there anyway to change Swype from QWERTY to something else, like AZERTY?"} {"id":"52157","title":"How to install a fresh Android 2.3 to my Spice Mi280?","text":"I want to install fresh 2.3 Android OS on my Spice Mi280 over my previous installation. How can I do that? ![Spice Mi280 - About Phone](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/QCLqS.png)"} {"id":"58125","title":"Will installing 3G ROM on 4G device (Samsung Galaxy S3) brick phone?","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 I9305 LTE. Samsung is taking too long to release updates. So. I would like to know if putting a 3G ROM on a 4G device will either brick or make my phone unusable. Has anyone tried this?"} {"id":"58124","title":"LG LU6200 Drivers for Windows 8.1","text":"LG PC Suite on Windows 8 is not detecting my LG LU6200. What could be wrong? My Phone is on ICS."} {"id":"54397","title":"voice call problem","text":"I have a _Samsung Galaxy S4 mini_ running Android 4.2.2. The problem I face is when I want to make a regular call, Android asks whether to make the call using VoIP or normal. If I chose normal, it first goes to _Skype._ I have to disconnect that. Then, if I call the same number again, it does a normal voice call. I have the _Skype_ app installed on my phone. Please advice me how to fix this problem."} {"id":"24139","title":"Tethering an Toshiba AT100 to a Nokia E71","text":"I want to tether an Toshiba AT100 tablet to my Nokia E71. Have installed JuikoSpot on the Nokia which creates an ad-hoc hotspot. It appears the AT100 only looks for infrastructure hotspots. Is there an app or other method of getting the AT100 to look for and connect to an ad-hoc hotspot? Alternatively, is there a cheap Android phone I could get that supports being an infrastructure wi-fi hotspot?"} {"id":"22981","title":"How to force google reader app to download mp3s","text":"When I subscribe to podcast RSS feeds with the google reader app then click the link to the mp3 Google reader starts streaming it with the selected media player rather than downloading the mp3 file to the sdcard like the webbrowser does. Is there anyway to force it to download the actual mp3 file?"} {"id":"22988","title":"How to download and open PDF files?","text":"I am a university student that has most of the lectures online as pdf files. How can I get them on my Android phone and read them through Adobe Reader? This is the first time that I have used Android. The version that I have is 2.2 \"Froyo\"."} {"id":"22884","title":"How does rooting work?","text":"Or, how do I root my device without a rooter? Rooting instructions for Android devices that I have seen are typically of the following form: 1. Download `Gingerbreak.apk` 2. Run Gingerbreak, click “root device” 3. Observe that `Superuser.apk` has been magically installed, possibly along with `busybox` and other things, and enjoy your rooty goodness. What I am wanting to know is this: how does the rooting actually happen? What does Gingerbreak do? I understand the end result of rooting: * `su` is present and working * `Superuser.apk` is installed and controls access to `su` * Various utilities are present, provided by BusyBox (optional?) I also think I understand the basic idea of how Gingerbreak gets started — it exploits some local privilege escalation vulnerability and uses its new-found powers to deploy Superuser and whatever else is necessary. So, unless I am wrong in some of the understanding I laid out above, the core of thing I want to know is what the root installer does to deploy and activate Superuser. It seems that just putting `Superuser.apk` in the right place wouldn't be enough — how does it get allowed root access? How does it get hooked up to moderate that access for other applications? What does Gingerbreak do post-exploit to enable and secure root access?"} {"id":"59389","title":"My phone number changed into \"Unknown\" when i put my new sim card in to my phone samsung galaxy grand","text":"what causes my phone samsung galaxy grand duos phone number display unknown in setting >>>>about device>>>>>>status>>>>>>my phone number>>>>\"Unknown\"!!Can i create my phone number in somewhere else ?"} {"id":"3077","title":"How do I run a web application \"offline\" on my Android?","text":"I have a web application written using HTML5 that leverages the application cache for \"offline\" access. On my iPod touch, I can go to the web while online, click the \"+\" icon, and set a shortcut on my home screen. This will launch the web application full screen and run the app, even when there is no Internet connection. Is there a similar process to use on my Android device, or will it vary by maker?"} {"id":"66073","title":"How can I listen to Youtube videos with switched off screen?","text":"I would like to listen to Youtube videos in the same way I can listen to the radio. So I would like to switch off the screen and prevent any touch interaction. Neither the \"Internet\" Browser nor the Google-specific \"Youtube\" app seem to permit this."} {"id":"56613","title":"YouTube - How can i play my youtube playlist in my android phone even my screen automatically goes to sleep mode?","text":"In my samsung galaxy s4, i am playing my youtube playlists like 10 or 20 musics and when i switch off the screen then the music stops. How can i play forever the music even the screen is on or off? For example: 1) i am in Gym 2) i open the youtube music playlist and let it play by switching off my screen and head phone is on 3) now when i am doing my workout the music is stoopped How can i keep it play forever unless i manually close it."} {"id":"61292","title":"Phone turns off at random","text":"I have a note 1 N7000, and each time the screen began flickering and after that it shut down. This got worse after flashing a cyanogenmod rom. By plugging in the charger the battery seemed empty, but wasn't. After a while the battery indicator used to show charged 70 % or more. Put the charger cable off and the situation repeated after a short time of usage. Last night it started turning off at boot and wouldn't turn on unless on charge. I flashed a original JB rom since the problem doesn't happen when on recovery\/download mode. but now it does it even when connected on charge. How can I fix this?"} {"id":"59988","title":"Cosmonaut stylus not working on Nexus 7","text":"I received a Nexus 7 tablet, model K008 (2013 version) Android 4.4.2 build KOT49H, and a Cosmonaut stylus for Christmas. The touchscreen works fine when being operated with my hands, but is not responsive to my Cosmonaut stylus; it will require overly hard presses to make the tablet respond, and will often not register any touches made by the stylus at all. The stylus works fine with my Galaxy S3 and a friend's iPad 2. Is this a copatabilty issue with the stylus and tablet, or could it be the grounding issue that many of the Nexus 7s seem to be experiencing?"} {"id":"59987","title":"Google Nexus 7: I can't manage my device administrators","text":"Can someone please help me? I've installed the McAfee protection on my tablet and later changed it to Kaspersky. When trying to deactivate McAfee as device administrator it didn't work. Therefore now I can't uninstall the app. I've also noticed that I can't deactivate any of my device administrators. I've tried to Force Stop the application on the Installed Devices menu, but the option isn't available. I don't want to reset my tablet and loose all the data. What should I do? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide."} {"id":"59984","title":"How can we see deamon proceses in Android?","text":"How can we see all the daemon processes with their statuses on our android device? Reason for asking is that recently I came to know that `adb` (Android Debug Bridge) is a daemon process running on our Android device. Whenever we install the Android SDK adb server is installed which interacts between the client (IDE or the shell) and the daemon process running on Android (correct me if I have mistaken). So specifically, I want to view this daemon process's status and find more details about it like what port it is listening to. My device is running Android 4.0.4 (ICS). Device is rooted of course. I have installed terminal emulator and busybox. Any suggestion\/help is appreciated."} {"id":"29073","title":"Battery Life and First Time Charging on Li-ion Batteries. Myth?","text":"\"Ok you bought a brand new mobile phone with brand new battery, after checking its working ok kindly switch it off and charge it fully (100%) then start using it. IT WILL INCREASE YOUR BATTERY LIFE.\", said by the Seller. Is this a myth or absolutely true when talking about Li-ion batteries?"} {"id":"66074","title":"Changing Vendor Id","text":"Here's the context: subject - Mobile data (Internet) I have 4.1 (JellyBean) mobile phone. Everything works great. Of late I happened to travel to UK and my present service operator does not recognize this device for me to use the mobile internet. Everything else works as it should including Wifi but not mobile data. I was wondering if there is a way to tweak the settings to spoof the device settings to make it impersonate a known device recognizable by my service provider?"} {"id":"66075","title":"Is CyanogenMod Installer compatible with my Note 2 after updating it to Android 4.3?","text":"Can I install CyanogenMod on Samsung Galaxy Note 2 after I updated it to Android 4.3? Will knox interfere? How can install it using the installer of CyanogenMod or with the conventional way?"} {"id":"57387","title":"Google Maps runs GPS in background even if the GPS radio is off - how do I fix?","text":"_I have the T-Mobile version of the LG G2, running Android 4.2.2, everything stock except the keyboard. I'm not sure what version of Google Maps, but the Play Store says it's up to date._ Yesterday I noticed that the G2's battery was draining a lot faster than it had been. I had thought it was just because I had been listening to music a lot more that day, but then when I checked the battery app that night it said that Google Maps was responsible for _half_ the battery drain. I had used it earlier that morning for directions and it had apparently run the GPS in the background for 11 hours straight. I thought it was a one-off, but it happened again today. I've attached a screenshot. The GPS on my device is _off_ as far as I can tell (i.e. the visual indicator in the tray is dark), so I don't know whether Google Maps is turning it on stealthily and forgetting to turn it off, or whether it's trying to find a GPS signal, can't because the radio is off, and gets stuck in a loop looking for it. I'm assuming the former because there's no CPU activity, just GPS. When I click the \"Location Services\" button, these are the settings: * Access to my location: **ON** * GPS Satellites: **OFF** * Wi-Fi & mobile network location: **ON** So it shouldn't be happening. Why does this happen and how can I fix it? I suppose I can just remember to force stop Google Maps every time I use it, but I'm hoping for a better solution. ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/zYd90.jpg) Screenshot (click for larger variant)"} {"id":"6725","title":"Messages does not show HTC Desire Z","text":"I have a problem with my HTC Desire Z, when I open messages it’s just blank, I have the option to write messages but I can see any of my old ones. I have tried restarting it and taking in an out the sim-card. Is this a known problem? Anyone have a solution?"} {"id":"73497","title":"Nexus 4 problem with red light","text":"I have a Nexus 4, and I keep having to return it because of its red light of death. I usually am able to get back on my other phones with the same problem, but the new one I received just doesn't turn on with the red light incident. I was holding the power button for 10 seconds and the red light appeared and it was blinking. I had the same problems with my other returned phones, but this phone's light would disappear when I released my finger from the power button."} {"id":"27141","title":"Exchange sync \"Incorrect user name or password\"","text":"I am trying to connect a Samsung Galaxy S3 to an Exchange 2010 server for a client but it's causing me quite some grief. iPhones are connecting to this Exchange server without issue. I receive the error message: Incorrect user name or password The following account details have been entered: Domain\\user name: clientdomain\\username Exchange server: mail.clientdomain.com.au Use SSL: Have tried ticked & unticked Can someone please help? I have Googled high & low lookingh for an answer but without any luck."} {"id":"6093","title":"Set equalizer settings that works for all sounds from any programs?","text":"Can we set equalizer sound settings in some program, then go to any other program that produces sound knowing that those settings would apply? For example, set it so that bass is enhanced across the board."} {"id":"77445","title":"Is it possible to set up an emulator with these specific requirements?","text":"At work we've been given an opportunity to work with some hardware running a (semi) custom Android build. The long and short of it is the app we make needs to fit certain criteria. Uses TEGRA2, Android 4.0.3 Level 15, and supporting 1366 x 768 res with 90px system bar. Can I make an emulator to simulate all these? The API level is obviously easy to set up, and the custom resolution, however, I can't see any options to do with tegra2. As a note they do have a SDK available for this, which may include an emulator, but we don't have a copy yet so I'm looking for a quick temporary workaround until we get a copy."} {"id":"5796","title":"Can an Android phone be used as a Bluetooth headset\/speakers?","text":"Is there a way to make an Android phone (HTC Desire HD) act as Bluetooth speakers or headset? I'd like to use the phone as wireless headphones whilst watching a movie on a computer (running Ubuntu)."} {"id":"71560","title":"Use And android Phone as a PC Headset","text":"Is there an app which can make an Android phone into an headset in WiFi. Like use the mic of the phone to speak on Skype, and use the Speaker Phone on skype too. I know it sound silly (why not use the skype app for example). But for various reasons I think It could be really usefull. Like switch microphone when doing videos etc.."} {"id":"28474","title":"Using Android phone as Bluetooth headset to PC","text":"I'd like to use my HTC One S (running Android ISC) as a Bluetooth \"headset\" for my computer, so I can use it to make VOIP calls. For devices without that capability built in, are there computer\/phone applications that make this possible? Wo Mic is a start, but only supports the voice input, not output."} {"id":"81281","title":"How to use one Android phone as a handsfree device to another (via Bluetooth)?","text":"I have an extra Android device (a mobile phone, Samsung Galaxy Y Duos, S6102B, Android 2.3.6 - rooted), that I call D1 here, and would like to use it as my \"car brain\", like a low-cost multimedia central, to do a lot of things. On this question, I would like to know: * If I have another Android device, called here D2; * How to play every sound from D2 on D1 using bluetooth connection. Example: 1. I'm on a call on D2. When I enter the car and turn D1 on, when D1 and D2 become bluetooth-paired, I can drive and continue talking via D1 (like a handsfree device), with D2 on my pocket; 2. I'm hearing music on D2 with my headphones. When I enter the car and turn D1 on, when D1 and D2 become bluetooth-paired, I can hear the music from D2."} {"id":"43801","title":"HTC One and Sendgrid SMTP outgoing mail server not working","text":"I am using Sendgrid SMTP server for my emails on the default Mail cleint and I've set up the account on my HTC One android phone. The problem is it doesn't send emails, it keeps saying authentication failed. I've tried every combination of ports\/ssl\/tls and the same thing. My username\/password is definitely right as I use it everywhere with no problem. I've contacted Sendgrid support but they can't figure out any problem with their servers so it may be just the way the Mail client communicates with their server. Other SMTP servers work fine on the phone, just Sendgrid doesn't. Has anyone has problems like this with their outgoing mail servers?"} {"id":"1204","title":"Sometimes Market update gets stuck downloading. How can I cancel?","text":"Sometimes when I update an app through Market the download gets stuck at 0% or 100% and won't finish download or finish installing. The only way I've found to work around this is to uninstall the app, then reinstall from Market. Is there a better way to fix this situation?"} {"id":"70146","title":"Does Android indeed need defragment?","text":"I have recently format(not just wiping) userdata partition on Note 2 N7100 and Tab 7.7 P6800. I also restore \/data using nandroid and restore internal sdcard by manually copying files. I notice that my devices become much snappier. App installs and opens are much faster. It used to lag a lot when it gets connected to internet, triggering apps to run by Autoruns. After formatting, it just doesn't lag when connected to internet. I noticed that mmcqd0, kworker, system_server now use much less CPU than before formatting. I also do TRIM a lot, and it didn't help the device to become any faster. Both devices were heavily used, stored a lot of files to almost full capacity, cleaned up some space, and stored new files(app and internal sd) again, installed custom ROMs more than 10 times and always install without wiping data\/media\/, only wiping \/data\/. So is it possible that files on those device gets fragmented and slow down everything? I'm just curious why a format with restore of everything fix lags on my device very much."} {"id":"2386","title":"Can anyone identify the widgets or software used in this?","text":"I see this image and i would like to configure my Android phone to look like this too :) But I have trouble finding the software or widgets used. Can someone help me to find\/identify them? http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/39965241@N03\/3707753843\/"} {"id":"39997","title":"SD Card Multiple partitions USB access","text":"I want to split my SD cart in 2 partitions: one for android, and one containing a bootable OS used from computers through USB or by inserting in card readers. I can't access the second partition from USB! Specs: * Phone: motorola defy+ * System: CynogenMod 10 (android 4.1.2) * SD Card layout: 1. Primary FAT32, 1Gb, intended for android only (apps data) 2. Primary EXT4, 15Gb, invisible from android intended for computers (bootable linux system) Current status: * Everything works with a laptop SD card reader: I can mount and browse both FAT32 and EXT4 partiations. I can boot from the SD card and boot to the linux I installed on the ext partition. * From the phone: android can mount and access the FAT32 partition, the ext4 partition is invisible just like I want. * Problem from USB: When accessing the card in the phone from a computer through USB (android is configured as USB mass storage device), I can only access the FAT32 partition. My question: Android seems to be exposing only the first partition as a block device through USB. Therefore I can't access the second partition, or even see it with partitioning tools. Obviously, booting from it also doesn't work. Can I make Android to expose the full SD card as a block device through USB, so that all partitions are visible from a computer and I can boot on it. Any help or pointers appreciated, thanks!"} {"id":"56491","title":"Location History Accuracy?","text":"Ok, I have a big problem! My fiance says he was at lunch while google location history shows that for over an hour he was in the hotel next door to the restaurant. He has a Galaxy 3. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/XIOjt.jpg) The dots at the bottom of the screen are from the restaurant and the dots up at the top are the hotel. None of the blue circles from the 2 locations run into one another either. How likely is it that this is inaccurate?"} {"id":"65992","title":"Google location history wildly inaccurate","text":"I may have set a new world record in travel according to Google location history. I've noted that on Wed, 18th March 2014 I was in Sydney at 5:28pm, then in Sale Morocco at 6:06pm, then back in Sydney at 6:08pm. At this rate, I have travelled (according to google) 11,169 miles each way in about half an hour. Also, I note on the 20th March 2014 that I did it again, this time: 5:25pm Sydney 5:27pm Jakarta 5:29pm Sydney 5:31pm Jakarta 5:44pm Sydney Now I know that google uses GPS satellites, Wi-Fi networks and the Cell networks to locate my location, but can it get the language, country and continent wrong all at once?"} {"id":"79494","title":"Why does my android phone think it was in Japan?","text":"According to google.com\/locationhistory, I was in Tokyo in February. It could be that I had so much saké I'm forgetting something important, but as far as I know I've never been to Japan. Other questions on inaccurate location history seem mostly related to minor inaccuracies because of phone connecting to nearby WiFi points. But what technical issue could cause the location to be off by ~6000 miles? ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/BtH61.png)"} {"id":"75478","title":"Google Location history showing me in another continent? Did someone hack me?","text":"I've just found out about Google Location history and it correctly displays all the places I've been to in Bolivia to-a-T. Really accurate. What concerns me is that there is a dot in Beking, Singapore! I've never been anywhere near that country. Not even 2000 miles near. ![enter image description here](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/Pwdjk.png) My question is, if someone logged into my account from that country, would that dot load from there? Should I change my passwords ASAP? Thanks"} {"id":"81365","title":"HTC One Google Location History. Shoudl i be worried?","text":"This question is regarding Google location maps. My Girlfriend recently travelled to San Francisco. The first picture shows a time stamp at her hotel. The next pictures shows her location to just down the street two hours later after she told me she was going to bed. then a couple hours later a little closer to her hotel and finally back at her hotel just before she had to leave for her plane departure at 7am. The first few pictures shows the blue dot pretty small and only covers the location pinged, but after a few second the blue dot grows and covers all three locations. I'm wondering if this is just her phone picking up on other Wi-Fi signals. It got me a little worried so I looked at the prior week when she was with me and throughout the entire night it shows her at my place and no where else, it also doesn't show any updates in the middle of the night. My other question is, when does Google maps location know to log your locations? when phone is turned on, messages coming on? Is this something I should be questioning or worried about with her based off these findings? She has an HTC one ![](http:\/\/i1374.photobucket.com\/albums\/ag426\/andrew_gonzalez2\/photo1_zpse094292f.jpg) ![](http:\/\/i1374.photobucket.com\/albums\/ag426\/andrew_gonzalez2\/photo4_zpsdde305c0.jpg) ![](http:\/\/i1374.photobucket.com\/albums\/ag426\/andrew_gonzalez2\/photo3_zps871d9e0c.jpg) ![](http:\/\/i1374.photobucket.com\/albums\/ag426\/andrew_gonzalez2\/photo2_zps01f90155.jpg)"} {"id":"74668","title":"Google maps location History is placing me in a different hotel","text":"My wife thinks that when I am on a business trip I stay at a different hotel than I told her, I stayed at a bar all night and left my car at the corporate office over night. All of this is from looking at Google location history. From reading questions and answers posted here I think that I have some understanding of what is going on. Please review my explanation and critique\/correct. I need to be able to explain it to my wife so that it makes sense to her and gives some credibility to my explanations. My understanding of how Google location history works: * Location services uses GPS, Wifi and cell I.D. to formulate your location. * In order to save power it will use the least power hungry of the three options for determining your location. * If your location is within the blue circle then Location history will not change your location i.e. show you in a restaurant all night if your hotel is also within the blue circle. * Location services doesn't necessarily show your exact route... It will show a Wifi hotspot or cell tower that it \"hits\" and the \"route\" that you use will include these various locations. These locations will show that you have been to a variety of places that you never visited. Thank you for you help. It is very important to my wife and I that we get this cleared up."} {"id":"66872","title":"Gps mistaken my location and get me to trouble","text":"I really need ur help I hope u will do CZ I'm so in trouble with my husband becz of Gps mistakenly located my position I'm. A specialist. Pediatrician working in hospital and that day I.have oncall duty and I was working in the hospital all that time my husband can not belive I'm oncall he was tracking my position I think by my Gmail. Because he knew my email password later Gps photo showed to him that I was not at hospital and I was go out to 3 different place and he do not want to believe. Me he insulting me although all what Gps point is not true and I ask him to asks the nurses and security that night when I was oncall where I am but he do not want to believe he is trusting that Gps than me I attached here the Gps he view showing where I have been although all the time I was working in the hospital ?is there anyway I can prove Gps being wrong or Can I contact Google Maps and can they give an official printout of that certain day and every location I was? I really need to prove my honesty to him and hope there is a way."} {"id":"41513","title":"How can I change the lock screen on my Galaxy Note 2?","text":"I got myself a new note 2 last night, and I'm trying to configure it. It's my first android device, so I'm not sure how the system works in some respects. I came from Windows Phone 7, and there were a few nice features on that phone that I find I'm missing - namely the ability to see upcoming calendar events on my lock screen, as well as the number of emails\/texts\/whatever I have waiting, and the number of calls that I missed. I found a couple of potential lockscreen apps on google play, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to enable them. There appears to be no option in my settings. Using android 4.1.2 - don't know if that's the latest version available for me, but I did update last night, presumably from 4.0."} {"id":"39669","title":"Continue using app after developer refunds purchase?","text":"I'm an app developer and wondering about refunding purchases. I use Google's standard License Check library. If a user requests a refund and I refund the entire purchase price, does that prevent them from passing the license check? Or do they get to keep using the app after I refund the money?"} {"id":"39664","title":"Upgrade Cyanogenmod from 9.1 to 10.1 without losing information?","text":"I am running Cyanogenmod 9.1 on my Samsung Galaxy SII, and would like to upgrade to version 10.1. Is there a way to do this upgrade without wiping all my apps and settings from my phone? If not, is there a good backup strategy (what should I backup, and how) for relatively easy restoration after upgrading the Cyanogenmod rom? Thank you."} {"id":"7175","title":"Will the AT&T HTC Aria Froyo (2.2) official upgrade solve the Bluetooth reset issue? will it allow free tethering as the unofficial 2.2?","text":"Hi I couldn't wait and dowloaded the 2.2 upgrade for my AT&T HTC Aria just to find out the official one came one a few weeks later. The only reason I want to upgrade is the Bluetooth reset bug (phone reboots \/ resets after walking away from a bluetooth source, e.g. when I exit the car while using Vlingo (with car handsfree), my phone resets! **So my quetions are** 1. What is the best way to solve the Bluetooth reset issue? Will the official upgrade fix it? 2. Assuming most chances it will, will it hurt my phone in any way? (will it unroot it? will it block tethering?)"} {"id":"33599","title":"How can I mirror my samsung phone screen on my Tv","text":"I have a upnp enable TV on which ImediaShare seems to work fine. But does anyone know how to mirror my phone screen on the TV"} {"id":"33590","title":"batch processing SNB files","text":"I am running Android 4 on SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 10,1, and using the S Note app, Is there a way to process multiple SNB files at once? For example, S Note can export 1 SNB to PDF but not multiple, but it would be better if there's also a way to export multiple SNBs to a single PDF"} {"id":"30022","title":"Other appsare terminated when I try to copy an auth code from the Google Authenticator","text":"I have the Google Authenticator app and I want to log into Stack Overflow with my Google account. But if I leave the login page from app to look at the authenticator code, the SO application refreshes. It can't use an application specific password. Any ideas?"} {"id":"44941","title":"Karbon Smart Tablet 1- Problem","text":"I have an Karbon Smart Tablet 1 - Android version 4.0.3. Most of the applications like Watsapp, Viber, doesn't work. Whenever i try to install these apps from Google play store , it shows \" YOUR DEVICE IS NOT COMPATIBLE\". Is there any solution for this problem ?, Pls suggest guys >> THanks in advance"} {"id":"44945","title":"How can I ask the navigation for a fastest route (after traffic)","text":"I recently started a job on a long commute. The default route provided by Google Maps Navigation is always the same route. After some double length commutes, I started checking the alternate routes button. Sometimes one of those routes is faster. Is there any way I can get the app to give the the fastest route, taking traffic into account?"} {"id":"14763","title":"Is it possible to track what information on your phone an app is uploading?","text":"If you are concerned about what information an app is sending about you (your privacy concerns) is there any way of tracking this? Can you see if an app is sending photos on your phone? Can you see if it is sending the text that you type in it? In general can you log the information that an app (application) sends over the network from your phone? Would it be readable? Or at least should it be readable?"} {"id":"14762","title":"No network after installing CM7 on Xperia Arc","text":"After successfully installing CM7 on Xperia arc by following the steps here, my phone doesn't pick up any network. I looked through the forums and see that some people have reported the same problem. I downloaded the stable image from CM home page for Xperia arc. After scouring through xda-developer forums I came across this new ROM for arc, does it solve the problem? http:\/\/forum.xda- developers.com\/showthread.php?t=1310313 Also found these in the forums, http:\/\/forum.xda- developers.com\/showthread.php?t=1102523&page=127#1263 which essentially says, 1. Use flashtool to flash baseband_36 (.tft) 2. Use fastboot to flash cm7 custom kernel (boot.img) 3. Use recovery to flash the rom (wipe cache & factory reset then flash the rom) 4. Start your phone and go to apps menu chose \"Dev tools\" -> Bad Behavior -> Crash the system server -> reboot I am using linux and couldn't make sense of the first step to flash the file. Any help on solving this problem would be very helpful."} {"id":"13930","title":"What is the difference between Widget and program that can be added to the home screen?","text":"When I hold the home screen on a spot a set of options appears to add to Home. Two of these options say **program** and **widget**. To add my calendar app which syncs with my google calendar I had to use widget on the home screen. To add my task app which syncs with my google tasks, I added a program to the home screen. What is different from a Widget and a program. They both must be programs. Is a widget something which is dynamic all the time, and loads on boot so the viewer can see it on the home screen live and updated like a clock?"} {"id":"13933","title":"Downgrade 2.3.6 to 2.2.2 - Nexus One","text":"I would like to downgrade my Nexus One to 2.2.2, because I've had non-stop problems with Gingerbread. I have the 2.2.2 update from android central, and going off the comments from a previous question, I'm under the assumption that this is doable. So I've gone through the Bootloader -> Recovery -> apply sdcard:update.zip steps, and it fails with the following message: assert failed: file_getprop(\"\/system\/build.prop\", \"ro.build.fingerprint\") == \"google\/passion\/passion\/mahimahi:2.2.1\/FRG83D\/75603:user\/release-keys\" || file_getprop(\"\/system\/build.prop\", \"ro.build.fingerprint\") == \"google\/passion\/passion\/mahimahi:2.2.2\/FRG83D\/91102:user\/release-keys\" E:Error in \/tmp\/sideload\/package.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted. I would guess the OS is checking if I'm on either 2.2.1 (updating from the previous version) or 2.2.2 (reinstalling the target version), is this assumption correct? This begs the question, how do I go from 2.3.6 to 2.2.2? Do I need to factory reset, and apply updates sequentially?"} {"id":"38212","title":"folder not visible","text":"I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, running Android 2.3. I have folder named `usbStorage`. After the firmware to latest version (via Kies), I can't see the `usbStorage` folder. When I mount the storage via USB mass storage mode, I can see that folder with all my content. I tried to copy some files in that folder, but no luck. When I connect the phone to MTP mode, I can see the folder but it's empty. Is there a way to get back that folder? I can move all my content to another folder, but then I need to rewrite my applications that depend on that."} {"id":"11274","title":"Google music not syncing on Nexus S","text":"I received my invite to Google Music a couple weeks ago. I've been using it in the browser since then. My Nexus S however, refuses to sync music. Some people on the web report the same problem but it always fixes for them after awhile or after they do one of the following steps which have not worked for me. The settings menu simply does not appear in the Music App which would allow me the option to sync music. I have tried the following things to no avail with exception of factory reset which I do not want to do. * The Sync Music option is not available in Accounts and Sync so the problem is not that this is not turned on as the option isn't even there. * I have uninstalled updates and re-downloaded the updates and that didn't help. * I have cleared application data and that didn't help. I've probably tried other stuff too that I can't remember, and FYI, I'm using Google Apps so I don't know if this is a piece of the problem as well."} {"id":"15220","title":"Droid Bionic loses all data connectivity (Wifi & 3G\/4G) intermittently. Software or hardware issue?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Why does the 3G connection drop issue happen on all Verizon 4G LTE > handsets? Periodically (a few times a week), my Droid Bionic (stock Gingerbread 2.3.4) will lose access to all data services (Wifi, 3G\/4G) for no apparent reason. The only sure way out seems to be powering the phone off and restarting it, although the last time I tried using Sleep instead of power off it did reset. When it goes out, the only icon in the notification area is the signal strength \"bars\" area, which goes white. No 3G\/4GLTE, or Wifi icon is present. How do I determine if this is a Gingerbread issue or a hardware issue with my phone?"} {"id":"43341","title":"Add static IP settings to custom rom","text":"I'm trying to store default static ip settings in a custom rom. I write the SSID and Password to \/etc\/wifi\/wpa_supplicant.conf and that works well for Wi-Fi But how do I add the static IP settings (gateway, fixed ip) for Wi-Fi (and Ethernet)?"} {"id":"7853","title":"Nexus One can boot only with USB fastboot","text":"After making some changes to my Nexus One, I can't boot it normally, but I can boot it with USB fastboot, like this: $ cd 1.0-GRI40-nexusone-superboot $ .\/fastboot-linux boot boot.superboot.img How do I make it work so that it can boot up by default, without an USB cable connected and the fastboot command issued on my PC?"} {"id":"65015","title":"Music just won't play loud enough on Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500","text":"On my Macbook Pro, iTunes lets me take advantage of my Sennheiser HD 380 headphones. I can lift the sound as loud as I like. On my Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500, I just can't get near as loud a response from my headphones. It's very quiet. (How can my computer's operating system give me far greater feedback than the Android operating system on my phone?) Please advise how I can achieve the same sound quality with the Android OS. Thank you."} {"id":"65013","title":"Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos not embedding GPS information in Photos","text":"My Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos is not embedding GPS information(Latitude\/Longitude) in Photos taken from the phone camera. I have enabled GPS option in main settings, and also set the GPS tag in the camera settings. The latitude and longitude information is not appearing in the photo details. I do not wish to enable the \"Mobile Data\" option. I do not need the location information like place name, etc... I only need latitude and longitude information. What other setting am I missing?"} {"id":"65011","title":"Site Specific browsers on android","text":"Are are there any site specific browsers for android ? We want to allow accessing our web based ERP and nothing else. I tried Surefox - but it does not honour target=\"_blank\" in my anchor tags (basically it works as a one window\/tab only browser ). Our Web based ERP uses a lot of popup windows. Alternatively Can i lock down Chrome on android to open only one website in the URL bar ?"} {"id":"65010","title":"App2SD on rooted asus memo pad 10 me102a","text":"I have a memo pad 10. Its has 8gb of storage, but only \"4.5gb available for user\", which is too small. I downloaded \"NFS: Most Wanted\" data, and after extracting, it's 1.7gb! And my free space with other apps is 600mb. So I need more space. My tablet is rooted with kingoroot. And I have a 16gb class10 sandisk sd is inserted. How can I move apps and their data to external sd? I tried gl2sd, move2sd enabler, link2sd, app mgr iii. None of them worked. * * * I'm not a noob in android, and I know a lot of the concepts. But I'm a noob in English, so please use easy words for me!"} {"id":"60220","title":"Do I need to flash stock recovery same as my stock rom's version?","text":"I am using Android 4.1.2 with TWRP custom recovery, now I want to flash stock recovery, do I need to flash the recovery from 4.1.2 stock ROM or any version of stock recovery is ok ? Thanks"} {"id":"69069","title":"Response curve of TF300T","text":"I'm using Asus TF300T for hearing tests. Would like to find out how well the device response to each signal. Does anyone know where I can get this information, the audio response curve? Thanks, Michael"} {"id":"69061","title":"App showing wrong location","text":"When I text my husband, using instant messenger it shows I'm somewhere other than my home. Why is this happening and how do I stop it ? He pulled my location up on his phone using Google maps and it shows I'm at a house that I used to hang out at. I haven't been there in weeks,yet Google maps keeps saying I'm there. I need this to stop happening."} {"id":"19687","title":"need to install gtalk on my HCL X1 tab and also Skype","text":"My tab uses 2.3.3 android version and I need to install Gtalk and Skype. As I read thro threads only after 2.3.4 gtalk is available. But any methods available for Gtalk on 2.3.3? also on skype Please help"} {"id":"80666","title":"what is going on with my phone?","text":"recently my phone has started installing invisible apps without my permission. I have three different security programs, and at random times they will pop up in the notification bar with \" scanning installed app \". even though I didn't tell it t do that. at the end, there is no actual app there, so wtf installed? I'm not sure if it's some virus installing invisible apps, or if it is Google performing unpermissive updates, but I have told Google I do not want it to auto update and it's trying to do it anyway. I know that whatever this is, it has something to do with Google Play because. have a firewall. I have told my firewall to block anything from the google services framework and as long as the firewall is on it won't do this. however, if I turn off the firewall, it goes nuts. trying to auto update, and install all kinds of unwanted garbage. what can I do? can I just uninstall play store? Samsung Sch- i110 * rooted 2.36 Gingerbread Avast! mobile security * firewall Malwarebytes Anti- malware"} {"id":"82308","title":"\"You are offline\" when I clearly am not - works on Wi-fi but not T-mobile","text":"I have a Galaxy S4 with the latest updates and most recent Spotify, premium account. I can stream all day on wi-fi, but as soon as I am back on the mobile network things go south. One song plays then Spotify stops. If I try to pick another song (in any playlist I have) it says \"Track not available\" or \"No internet connection\" or \"You are offline\" I have reinstalled Spotify many times, cleared the cache partition on the phone (the boot up method, not just in settings) but nothing seems to fix this. I contacted T-mobile and they are blaming Spotify so I have no idea what to do. I have no issues at all when on Wi-fi"} {"id":"42436","title":"Specific App install from Google Play fails, where to see log?","text":"I'm trying to re-install a paid app from the Google Play Store I had previously installed before doing a system update. The installation fails silently after downloading. (Other installs from the Market work fine.) Where can I see a log of what went wrong? My System is a CM10 nightly built, so there might be all kinds of problems. The app doesn't show up as previously installed in any OS app lists, but turns up as 'not installed, no backups' in the Titanium Backup list, so there must be some residues from the former installation left."} {"id":"46396","title":"Is there a good camera app for Android?","text":"The camera in my Galaxy S3 is not everything I want it to be. It's lacking one feature which is important for me: timer. That pushed me to search for camera apps and I was hopping to easily find the app for people that care about taking pictures. Instead I found the apps for people that care about filters. This is my mental spec for a camera app: * Take the highest possible quality of pictures. * Timer with configurable time as well as amount of pictures. * Widget to take pictures with one tap on my home screen. Is there such an app?"} {"id":"42435","title":"Unresponsive menu button on several Android apps","text":"I have noticed on several apps there is a menu button\/icon (three vertical dots) but it is unresponsive and I'm wondering if it's just me or the app. I initially assumed it was just the app, but I have noticed it in several apps now. The menu button responds to a tap, in that I hear the \"tap\" sound and the button highlights momentarily, but nothing happens - there is no menu?! ![Menu button\/icon](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/fspgO.png) Three apps I have noticed today that have a \"do nothing\" menu button: * Compass (called \"Tiny Compass\" in the Play store) * BBC iPlayer * Stack Remote Is this really a \"problem\" in the app?"} {"id":"17306","title":"Missing mp3 files on SD card","text":"I am trying to add mp3 files to my Toshiba Thrive trough an SD card. What I am doing is loading the SD card in my laptop and adding the files directly. I loaded around 6 GB to the (32GB) card. When accessing the SD card files trough the tablet it only shows half of the files. I've done this process a couple of times, also I reformatted the SD card but tablet only reads some of the files and some other folders that I created for other documents don't even appear when I load the card on the tablet. Any insights on this?"} {"id":"9129","title":"Synchronise intervall for Facebook for HTC Sense","text":"I'm pretty new to the world of Android. Though I managed to solve almost all of upcoming problems on my own, I'm having troubles with this one. I'd like to increase the number of synchronisations of _HTC Sense_ with Facebook so its updates are in line with those of Twitter. In _Settings_ \\--> _Accounts and Synchronisation_ \\--> _Facebook for HTC Sense_ \\--> _Update Frequency_ (the terms might be different; I've got a German UI and translated just on the fly) I can switch between * every 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 hours * once a day On the other hand for _Twitter for HTC Sense_ , I've got * every 5, 15, 30 minutes * manual in addition. As I'm using the _Friend Stream_ Widget, I'd like to have the Twitter and Facebook synchronisations of the same frequency. How can I achieve this? Preferably without installing any additional apps or widgets. Thanks for your answers."} {"id":"63757","title":"Where can I locate the picture that is currently being used for my lock screen?","text":"I have a picture that I cherish deeply being used as my lock screen. The problem is that the Micro SD card I was using became corrupted at one point and needed to be formatted so the picture was lost. I need to know if there is a location on the files of the phone where I can copy it from. I mean the picture has to be being used somewhere right? I was using an app called \"File Manager\" to search through the files and try to find it. If anyone can point me in the right location I would really appreciate it. Android Version: 4.0.4"} {"id":"7911","title":"I need a Handbrake preset for a Samsung GT-i5500 Europa please?","text":"I need a Handbrake preset for a Samsung GT-i5500 Europa please? This is to convert video clips and movies etc into a format that can be viewed on my phone. Many thanks"} {"id":"63284","title":"How do I remove a custom MIUI lockscreen via adb or other means?","text":"So I downloaded a lockscreen for MIUI from the themes app but apparently it doesn't go well with my phone and it just displays the wallpaper without the actual lockscreen. The problem is, now, I can't unlock the phone as there is nothing to drag on the screen. My phone is also secured by a pattern. How do I remove this problematic custom lockscreen and revert to the stock one? Obviously I'd either have to do it via ADB or something. Can anyone help me out? I can restart the phone and all but that's really all I can do since everything else is behind the lockscreen."} {"id":"63286","title":"Why is my lock screen scrambled sometimes?","text":"Occasionally my phone (specs below) will awake to the dots on the lock screen being all the way up in the corner. I can't unlock it because the other 6 dots are cut off and turning the phone or sleep\/awaking it doesn't change the layout. My only option, annoyingly, is to restart. Here's an image of it doing it this morning: ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/PIF1Om.png) Screenshot (click for larger variant) The white chunk is an ICE number I've hidden. How do I stop this? My phone is: * A Samsung Galaxy S2X SGH-T989D on Koodo * Running Android version 4.0.4 * Kernel Version 3.0.8-perf-T989DTLLG2-CL836160 se.infra@SEP-89#1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 13 23:39:44 KST 2012 * Build Number IMM76D.TLLG2 * Using a stock lock screen Thanks for any assistance."} {"id":"63280","title":"Speaker went off - Xperia L","text":"The loud speaker of my phone, Xperia L is off. I guess the headset plugged in event is triggered and so mutes the loud speaker. Can I do anything about it. I can't even answer or makes calls... have to put it on loudspeaker or plug in the headphones. I don't think it's a hardware issue."} {"id":"53591","title":"Error installing Android 4.3 using adb sideload","text":"Situation : My phone battery drains out completely one day and even after charging it fully the phone is still stuck in boot-loop with Nexus 'X' logo. What I did : Tried factory reset from recovery mode multiple times but no luck. I tried to install factory 4.3 as well as 4.2.2 using adb sideload but constantly get the error.. \"Signature verification failed\". I checked the md5 checksum for my downloaded file and it seems fine. What am I doing wrong here ? Amongst the images downloaded in a .tgz file what is the the file I should be using for sideload ? Note : I am using xubuntu to run the adb command"} {"id":"46974","title":"Google Keyboard vs Android Keyboard (AOSP)","text":"Is there a difference between Google Keyboard, which was recently release on the Play Store, and the Android Keyboard (AOSP) in the open source project? Update: I need the difference from a feature prospective"} {"id":"46979","title":"How can I increase the number of volume levels?","text":"Is it possible to increase the number of steps in the volume control? I'd like a finer grained control over the volume level. I have a Galaxy Nexus. Note: I don't want to boost the volume just change the number of levels so I can find a sweet spot when listening to music."} {"id":"49706","title":"Does the built-in Google app data backup work?","text":"This question is a long time coming I guess. I have been seeing claims in Android since the dark ages that our data is being backed-up to the cloud, and recently \"Sync App Data\" showed up as well in the account settings. However when I have to restore, all I get is the apps I had, and a very small restore.. perhaps wifi passwords and desktop wall paper from what I see. So my question is this.. **Does the in built-in backup service work?** I see from code documentation, that the apps need to manage it manually. I guess then it is possible that some apps do not support this? Is this backup service actually supposed to backup app data or only just system data? Is installing helium or similar 3rd party services the only way to go? Second minor question. Am I right in understanding that Helium and its adb backup bretheren rely on the opt in android service, and that Titanium backup and their ilk just copy all possible files of the app and thus do not require the opt in service? p.s. Am sorry if there is a good post about these details, much of what I see is very cynical posts which plug one of the aforementioned 3rd party software."} {"id":"48259","title":"Samsung Fascinate - Custom recovery without USB","text":"I have a Samsung Fascinate that has a faulty USB connection. No computer \/ cable connection will recognize that there is a USB connection, including Windows, Mac, Linux, and using ADB and \"lsusb\". But the phone is rooted. Plain and simple, is there ANY way to flash a custom recovery without USB? I get this when I try to flash Clockworkmod through the app or apply update.zip: --Install from package... Finding update package... Opening update package... Verifying update package... E: failed to verify whole-file signature E: signature verification failed Installation aborted"} {"id":"44531","title":"Phone lists saved WiFi network that I do not recognize","text":"I know my phone will not store WiFi hotspots unless I connect to them, but I've noticed one on my phone that I have no recollection of ever connecting or saving. It's out of range yet saved on the list. I am wondering if there is anyway this is possible. Obviously if WiFi is on it will scan whatever is around, but will not store any of them unless told to. I'm wondering why I have one stored that I've never connected to or saved. Nobody else has used my phone."} {"id":"44537","title":"Unusual battery drain on note II","text":"My Note 2 battery is driving me insane. I have been using my Note 2 for like 2 months. And I had been following the recharging cycle where you only charge the battery when it reaches 5% or less and remove from socket when it reaches 100%. This method has been working real well for me. I used to get really good battery life. I would recharge it to 100 and remove from socket and keep it there. I might only start working with it after 2 hrs of idle time a nd the battery percentage would be like 98 which is pretty normal. But two days back when I had to go out I found my battery level at 24 % and since I had no other choice I had to recharge it for 10 mins. That's when the problem started. After coming back home the battery had pretty decent juice left in it and I left it idle. After an hour or two when I checked the phone it had already switched off. I was in shock and tried to switch it on but it didn't work. So I thought of charging it to 100. After almost 3 hrs it was fully charged but since I don't work on my phone so late in the night, I removed it from socket, switched it on and left it there idle. And when I woke up after 5 hrs it had only 69% juice left in my battery. I checked my running apps and there were none. I had my data connection stopped. And still only 69? Thats kinda weird right? Is it because I recharged it before getting to 5 %. Is there a way I can remove the battery cycle cache or something?"} {"id":"10403","title":"Verizon Droid X Stopped Sending SMS","text":"I have a Droid X running Gingerbread on Verizon and it is completely unable to send SMS messages. It receives them fine but every message I try to send is rejected. The details of the message reveal the following: > Cause Code: Addr.Vcnt., 0 Rebooting the phone seems to fix the problem, but only for a day or so. I also seem to have completely lost 3G connectivity on the phone as well when it is in this state. *228 on the phone fails until I can reboot it, but once reprogrammed there seems to be no lasting positive effect. Has anyone seen this before? Does anyone have a resolution? **EDIT:** I've just discovered all outbound calls immediately fail as well with no details as to the failure."} {"id":"58616","title":"How to hide pin pad or lock pad on unlock screen?","text":"Would like to know if I can slide to unlock to bring up the pin pad like in iOS? The pin pad hides my notifications. I know if I remove the pin to unlock it will just slide to unlock but that is not secure. Running: Nexus 5 Android 4.4"} {"id":"58611","title":"Does the NETWORK_PROVIDER permission require data?","text":"If I have an app that checks my location using the NETWORK_PROVIDER permission, does that simple check use up any data? That is, will it use up any of my bandwidth on my paid data connection (3G, 4G, etc)? With plans that have bandwidth limits, or plans that charge per MB used, I would like to know if an app with this particular permission (and no others) could use up some of my data allowance."} {"id":"62488","title":"Nexus 5 not connecting to PC","text":"I tried connecting it nexus 5 to my pc via USB. Although it shows as connected in my external devices and also shows up in My Computer, but when I try to open it and don't files to my phone, it just shows a plain, blank screen with the green placing had on top."} {"id":"62483","title":"How do I get MMS working on Nexus 5 with Straight Talk?","text":"I can't send or receive MMS messages via Straight Talk on my Nexus 5. I've verified that my wife's iPhone works just fine with the same information, as well as verifying that MMS used to work on my Nexus 4 with the generic ST instructions. * I've already verified that I have the most recent SIM card from ST * I've already verified that using the standard ST info for the APN does not work. APN Name: Straight Talk APN: tfdata Port: 80 MMSC: http:\/\/mms-tf.net MMS Proxy: mms3.tracfone.com MMS Port: 80 * I waited for a billing cycle to pass in case it would just fix itself after a billing cycle."} {"id":"13106","title":"Galaxy S2 keeps periodically showing \"Refreshing SIM data\" toast","text":"I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 running the stock Samsung ROM (no custom ROMs ever). Of late, I notice that every few minutes, a toast pops up saying 'Refreshing SIM data'. If the screen had been blanked earlier, it reactivates, and this is annoying, especially at night. I don't know if this is relevant, but only recently I got 3G activated (Vodafone, Bangalore,India) and it didn't happen before. Anyone seen this, and is there a workaround or fix? **Update** \\- Have upgraded to 2.3.5 Gingerbread and with different kernels (Ninphetamine and DarkyROM SuperCore) but it makes no difference. I wonder if it's because of the service provider."} {"id":"8011","title":"How can I tell my device to ignore a public Wi-Fi network?","text":"The city I live in has city-wide Wi-Fi available for a subscription, but the Wi-Fi access point is public. This means that everywhere I go in the city I get a notice that there is public Wi-Fi available even though I can't use it because I don't have an account with the city-wide Wi-Fi service. How can I tell my phone (Droid X, Android 2.2.1, not rooted) to ignore Wi-Fi named \"CityWifi\"? I'd like to get notification for other Wi-Fi networks, just not \"CityWifi\""} {"id":"35258","title":"What would cause the existence of a \/sdcard\/logfile.log?","text":"Since quite some time I've been getting a file `\/sdcard\/logfile.log` which gets really big quickly, last time I checked it was about 2MB. That file seems a general system log since I remember seeing references to several applications, and lines like `beginning of \/dev\/log\/system` and such. So it looks like some app is redirecting global system logs to SD card, possibly because I have moved almost all applications from internal storage to SD card. So how can I find out which app is doing this, and if that's not the cause, how to find out? Below is the beginning of a sample log, most part of which refers to the On{X} application. Note however that, as I said, I have seen references to several apps, for example initially I remember stuff from Google+, which then was moved back to internal storage without success on preventing the log file to appear. As I said, this seems rather a global log file, and the question is how to find out which app is redirecting it to sd card. --------- beginning of \/dev\/log\/system 12-13 04:20:51.205 E\/MobileDataStateTracker( 280): default: Ignoring feature request because could not acquire PhoneService 12-13 04:20:51.205 E\/MobileDataStateTracker( 280): default: Could not enable APN type \"default\" --------- beginning of \/dev\/log\/main 12-13 04:20:55.335 E\/wpa_supplicant( 347): Unsupported command: BTCOEXMODE 1 12-13 04:20:56.875 E\/CMarlinMediator( 128): Error : MarlinMediator Failed to get TrustedTime 12-13 04:20:57.055 E\/CMarlinMediator( 128): Error : MarlinMediator Failed to get TrustedTime 12-13 04:20:57.125 E\/CMarlinMediator( 128): Error : MarlinMediator Failed to get TrustedTime 12-13 04:20:57.215 E\/CMarlinMediator( 128): Error : MarlinMediator Failed to get TrustedTime 12-13 04:20:57.325 E\/CMarlinMediator( 128): Error : MarlinMediator Failed to get TrustedTime 12-13 04:20:57.335 E\/wpa_supplicant( 347): Unsupported command: BTCOEXMODE 2 12-13 04:20:57.915 E\/socialphonebook( 674): SettingsParser: key not found. key=[account-types] 12-13 04:20:59.905 E\/ResourceLoader( 563): Error loading resource ..."} {"id":"6009","title":"Security risks of rooting your android smartphone","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Are there any risks to rooting a device? What are the security risks specific to rooting your android smartphone? Are there any security exploits available because you have a rooted android that are prevented on non rooted androids? Examples or links to more info would be greatly appreciated."} {"id":"2207","title":"Some application require 'root access', what is it, what is the risks, and how can we make it available?","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Are there any risks to rooting a device? I download the screenshot to use on my Nexus One (N1) but it can not run and said it requires `root access`. What is it, how can I allow that and what risks\/notes to take when letting them the \"admin\" access like that?"} {"id":"35943","title":"What is the actual risk of bricking when rooting for new ROM","text":"> **Possible Duplicate:** > Are there any risks to rooting a device? I've been planning to root my HTC One S for a while now, because the HTC software is so unstable. Sometimes it crashes every day for a certain period, sometimes even multiple times a day, I did a factory reset and the problem was gone for weeks but it recently came back. It has been going clean for 3 days now so it may be another period where it keeps stable, but I cannot trust it for too long. Now consider these facts: * I will follow every instruction that I found on this forum, Phandroid. * I have experience with linux. Not too much, but I know how the file system works and I can work with bash. * I have quite a bit of programming experience and I'm generally pretty good with computers. The latter two may not be so relevant to the story of rooting, but all is to say that I'm an advanced user at least, if not expert. I know how to troubleshoot and I know when I should doubt an instruction or not. That said, taking these things into account, and considering the fact that I've never rooted a smartphone, what is the approximate real chance of me making my phone unrecoverably damaged\/bricked\/whatever..., If I'm careful? I'm just asking because this thing has cost enough money and it would be quite depressing to turn it into a worthless lump of plastic and metal."} {"id":"66777","title":"Does rooting a Samsung Galaxy S4 (but not flashing custom roms) void warranty?","text":"I want to have access to Titanium Backup and other things that require root, but I don't want to void my warranty or deal with any tricky things."} {"id":"62152","title":"Global date format to ISO 8601","text":"I tried to switch my global date format setting to ISO 8601 (e.g. 31-12-2013), but the settings dialog provides me only some predefined formats: ![Screenshot](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/wS4LE.png) May someone know a way to set a custom date format or ISO 8601? Target: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition (SM-P605), Android 4.3 (original), not rooted (yet). I've seen a similar question here but it's 1 year ago, targets Android 2.2, has no accepted answer and the one answer won't solve my problem."} {"id":"54060","title":"Can a Factory Reset fix Malware Problem? And another question too!","text":"After factory reset my pictures, videos, and other media remained. Is it an indication of infection? Prior to the factory reset. Can you explain why my media wasn't deleted? It was supposed to wipe out everything on the phone."} {"id":"20305","title":"Milestone outperforming Galaxy Nexus on mobile data connection speed","text":"I recently switched from a Motorola Milestone to a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and it seems the quality of my mobile data connections drops considerably between the devices without any apparent reason. The Motorola device can get up to 2mbps, while the Nexus struggles at ~150kbps. ![Galaxy Nexus](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/0jRyU.png) ![Milestone](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/KziLM.jpg) The `*#*#4636#*#*` menu on both devices shows no noticeable differences. ![Galaxy Nexus Menu](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/iihRV.png)![Milestone Menu](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/JdJh8.jpg) The tests were made 20 minutes apart using the same SIM card. In summary: **Is there any configuration that can interfere so heavily on the way the data connection operates? If not, can it be a Radio\/Baseband problem?** I'm using the 'stock' Google Rom (yakju) on the Galaxy Nexus, while the Milestone is using a custom Rom (ShadowMod 2.3), although it's behavior was the same on stock Froyo 2.2."} {"id":"67509","title":"Difference between android running on nexus device and non nexus device (HTC ONE, SONY Z1)","text":"I apologize if it is wrong place to ask this question but I believe stackexchange is the best place to discuss. I am new in android world. What is the difference between the android 4.4.2 running on nexus devices (Nexus 5) and non nexus device (HTC ONE, SONY Z1 etc)? Is there only UI difference between the two or some core features are modified? Do other manufacturers disable some of the android features which are kept enabled on nexus devices?"} {"id":"67508","title":"What is filling my phone's RAM, if not apps?","text":"My Galaxy S3 has gone from snappy to slow over the past few weeks: When I open or change apps it reacts very slowly. When the app is running that app is working fine. It resembles having too little RAM in your computer: When the program you are using is swapped in, it works just fine, but when you open a new program or switch to a program that is swapped out, it is dead slow. So I looked into the memory usage of my phone to see if that might be the case: ![Memory usage](http:\/\/i.stack.imgur.com\/HvjJSm.png) It seems my phone is using 750 MB RAM for something it will not tell me. Others online have suggested the memory is just used for disk cache, but then it would never slow down the phone. I have rebooted the phone and then the unaccounted usage goes to 500 MB RAM (Is that really the normal RAM usage for a freshly booted phone?), and the phone is much more snappy. That makes me think it is a memory leak. How can I see what accounts for the memory usage not shown in the \"Running Apps\" page? How can I release it? If it is a memory leak: Can I add swap so that the leak at least is swapped out? Android version: 4.3. Baseband version: i9300xxugmk6."} {"id":"28599","title":"How do I stream internal audio from Windows 7 to Android for free?","text":"The audio jack is busted so I want to stream the internal sound to my Android phone and use my headset on that phone instead. No, not just music files. I mean the whole internal sound coming from the laptop. That includes error sounds, clicking sounds (if any) the recycle bin being emptied, etc. Isn't there anything other than Airfoil that can do this?"} {"id":"67501","title":"My apps don't have access to my mobile internet","text":"I have a very weird problem with my phone. I don't have mobile internet on any of my apps, but I can surf the internet with no problem when I am using my browser. I think it is good to mention that I am using the browser which comes with android operation system. When I am connected to a wifi network, everything is fine. The problem is only with my mobile internet. Can someone tell me where the problem may be? I am using HTC WildFire S. Android version of the phone is Android 2.3.5. The phone is very old and this is the final version that I can update."} {"id":"55507","title":"Wiping Motorola Milestone without working display","text":"A pretty funny and tricky situation: I've got a Motorola Milestone with almost completely not working display. I know that it was a fall that probably damaged some cabling inside and now display only shows some colorful garbage on the top 5-7 mm section and everything else is dark or almost dark. Everything else seems to be working on this phone: i.e. touchscreen is working (for example, I can blindly unlock the phone - according to haptic feedback, it unlocks), hardware keyboard is working, sound is working, etc. I want to send it to service center, but I want to wipe sensitive phone contents (i.e. messages, contacts) first. I also know that this phone was flashed with Cyanogenmod 7 for Milestone and OpenRecovery. USB connection yields proper USB storage device with inserted MicroSD card exported on it. What I've tried: * My first instinct was to use USB debugging, just logging into the phone with `adb shell` and then running something like `recovery --wipe_data`. Alas, it doesn't work - this phone doesn't seem to have USB debugged turned on. Without any visual feedback, I guess I have no chances to travel through all the menus (Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging) to enable it. * My another attempt was to log into recovery (given that this phone has OpenRecovery, it should be a breeze to use it to wipe the phone or at least access USB debugging bridge). While pressing \"Camera\" on power on seems to be working to get that \"triangle\" screen (at least I don't seem to get regular boot), I find myself struggling to press VolUp+Camera to get to recovery menu and then blindly selecting any items in probable recovery menu. May be a good visual guide with screenshots would help me here? * My last attempt was using Google's Play settings to control this phone to remotely install some sort of remote control application - but, alas, it seems that this phone is long gone from my Google account. What I've also thought of: * Going to fastboot. Alas, it seems that Milestone does not have fastboot. * Making screenshots to get some visual feedback. Long press on \"power\" seems to show some kind of 6 items menu, but when I select last menu item (I thought it's \"Screenshot\") * Installing something using SD card - such as creating custom \"install.zip\" in SD card root with clever instructions to install remote controlling software - but, alas, I don't know anything about these mechanics. So, anyone has any more ideas what can I do, given these funny limitations?"} {"id":"29506","title":"Cyanogenmod: Profile redundancy?","text":"I use Cyanogenmod profiles (on a Galaxy S2). I've created a couple of custom profiles, \"Silent\" and \"Totally Silent\", and I switch to them by doing a long press on the power button. But I've noticed something disturbing: At the bottom of the dialog, there are 3 icons: A speaker with a cross over it, a vibrating phone, and a speaker. These look suspiciously like my profiles. When I switch to \"Totally Silent\", the icon gets switched to a vibrating phone. But when I switch back to default, it doesn't switch back to the speaker! What's going on? Are there 2 separate profile selections? I want to have just one place where I set the profile, not two."} {"id":"29501","title":"Error in unlocking bootloader in xperia ray with testpoint method","text":"I was following guide to unlock my bootloader while preserving DRM data. http:\/\/androidflip.com\/unlock-xperia-phones-bootloader-without-losing-drm- data-track-id-working\/ Everything went fine except the last one. Here is the log I did all the steps in guide and receiving error for my xperia ray :crying: Here is the log Welcome to S1 tool. That is small and crippled subset of SETOOL2 service tool. DETACH USB CABLE FROM PHONE REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE ATTACH TESTPOINT PRESS \"READY\", THEN ATTACH USB CABLE TO PHONE PROCESSING ... REMOVE TESTPOINT NOW, THEN PRESS \"READY\" qcReceivePacket: can't get packet start. Elapsed:24 secs. Couldn't find a suitable answer in google. Any help? Infos: Boot loader unlock allowed : Yes Build date 12W23 Can go to flash mode."} {"id":"29503","title":"Original ROM for Samsung Galaxy S i9000","text":"I've put a custom ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S I9000 and now I want to go back to my original ROM. I was wondering if there was a way to get the original ROM, that came with my device, from an official site somewhere. I've searched this websites and other forums but the links were old and not valid anymore."} {"id":"27484","title":"How to get maps for off-line usage?","text":"I spent almost entire day looking for decent apps for maps (decent = free, up to date, being open-source is a plus). I ended up with TrekBuddy, **GoPenS** , **RMaps** , Maverick, OruxMaps (the emphasized ones look the best, in my opinion). However, now I have another problem -- how to prepare maps for those apps (please help me with one, and hopefully I will manage the rest) for off-line usage? I would like to go on a ride, pick up the phone somewhere in the forest and see on the map where I am. For now it works only with internet connection, but without it I have a huge-scale map and after zoom-in blank space or \"loading\" icon. In short -- **QUESTION** \\-- how to feed phone\/apps with maps, so I could zoom-in\/out map freely when I am in the wild (offline)? _I would like avoid tricks like relying on caching -- so \"solution\" to scan interesting region with all possible scales and in such case acquire off-line version of the map is a no-go!_ **Clarification:** I am not looking for another app (however thank you for the hints\/links), I am looking for **maps** (data). I want to get map from on-line version (which are automatically downloaded) to off-line one."} {"id":"1317","title":"Is there a way to customize the services in the direct contact shortcut?","text":"I added a contact shortcut to my home screen, and I noticed that the Messaging icon in the pop-up changed to Handcent when I changed the default messaging app on my phone. One thing that's always bothered me is that there's a Facebook icon in the pop-up. Is there any way to customize what pops up when you press on a contact shortcut?"} {"id":"23768","title":"Anything that can text geocoords?","text":"I'd like to text someone my location so they can use something like maps.google.com and navigate to me. Any app or technique that makes this task easier than putzing around asking for the address?"} {"id":"23767","title":"Can I change the hardware button mapping with CM9 (Samsung Galaxy S2)?","text":"I have a GS II and recently flashed to CM9 - I wanted to know if there's any way to map the hardware buttons back to the TouchWiz shortcuts - specifically the long press menu button = search (I really used that and seriously miss it). On that note - I also wanted to know if there are any TouchWiz ports of only the shortcuts (right swipe call \/ left swipe message etc.) for CM9 or any other slim\/clean ICS ROM."} {"id":"23762","title":"what is cyanogenmod KANGs?","text":"What is cyanogenmod KANGs? I have read about compiling the most up-to-date source code as a \"KANGs\" but I can't find out anywhere what it refers to."} {"id":"27074","title":"Support for Ultra High Speed MicroSD cards","text":"I am going to buy a new MicroSD card for my Motorola Milestone. The phone has Cyanogenmod 7. The upper limit as told by the manufacturer is 32GB, and because they got cheaper now, I'm going to buy the maximum possible. However, there are those new types of cards called “Ultra High Speed” which, I believe, weren't available when the phone came out. Questions: Will those cards work with my device? Do they need any special support from the OS? Will I benefit from extra speed?"} {"id":"59250","title":"Is there a valid Android alternative to iTunes U?","text":"iTunes U makes the difference (at least, to me) when it comes to choosing a tablet for study purposes. Does it exist a valid Android alternative to Apple's iTunes U? For those who don't know iTunes U, it is a service that allows students and teachers to manage, browse and view media (such as videos and pdf files) related to education."} {"id":"50768","title":"How to delete whatsapp without a SD card or a SIM card installed?","text":"I have taken out my SIM card and SD card as I have a new phone, how do I delete whatsapp, as messages are still being received to my old phone?"} {"id":"35025","title":"Clear search history in ebook reader App (Desire S)","text":"Is there any way to clear search history in ebook reader App on Desire S? (It is the default reader App for ebook on HTC desire S). Thanks."} {"id":"21731","title":"Do most devices support side-loading?","text":"I've googled about application side-loading (i.e., installing an application on an Android device without having to go through an app store), and most instructions mention that the device _might_ need to be rooted to do that. I am looking for an Android tablet to host a custom-built application, but I don't want to root the device (for reasons of warranty, stability and support). Do most devices officially support sideloading of applications? I've tried googling but only found results related to particular devices."} {"id":"78975","title":"I need Google Settings again in my phone, but I can't install it again without the Google Play Store","text":"I have uninstalled an application called \"Google Settings\" by accident. So now whenever I go to the Google Play Store it says \"server error\". Whatsapp need to be updated, but for me to do update it I need Google Play Stpr BUT Google Play Store doesn't work without the app Google Settings. How do I install again the Google Settings again w\/o using Google Play Store?"} {"id":"57091","title":"Is there a way to see what what devices an application is compatible with in the Play Store?","text":"Not sure how to phrase this, but the Play Store's online interface reports whether or not an application is compatible with the devices you own, marked by a checkmark or a cross next to each individual device whenever you try to install it. Would it be possible to force an entry into the account's device list, or use an external tool to see what devices a specific application is compatible with? For example, make the Play Store think that my account has a Nexus 4 or a Galaxy S2, in order to check whether an application I'm trying to install would be compatible with the Nexus 4 or the Galaxy S2. To have some context, I'm planning on buying a new device and I want to check whether or not the applications not compatible with my current one could be installed from the market. It's also fine if I could make my current, registered device be recognized as a different one (not sure if editing the build.prop list on my phone would actually work for this)."} {"id":"75268","title":"My ringtone volume stays stuck at \"silent\". How do I fix this?","text":"(Nexus4 with Android 4.4.4.) Recently my ringtone volume got stuck at \"silent.\" Installing Volume+ and using that to control volume resolved this, but I would still like to know what is going on with my Android. If I press the volume-up rocker, nothing happens. The volume-down rocker works, If I press volume-down and slide volume to the right, then close the volume slider, the volume resets to zero immediately. If I set ringtone volume in settings, then close this window the volume resets to zero immediately. I recently installed WhatsApp, but doubt that that is the problem. I also accepted a system update recently. How can I diagnose or fix this?"} {"id":"8329","title":"Which apps are affected by the SYNC icon in Power Control Bar?","text":"I can turn sync on\/off in the Power Control bar. Which applications actually use this sync setting? Is that only Google-based products (calendar, contacts, gmail) or does it also influence apps like IMAP email, Evernote, etc?"} {"id":"8325","title":"how do I know the time involved in updating the firmware of my samsung I5801 phone via KIES","text":"The official update for samsung I5801 is available now. **Has anyone done it before (using KIES, any samsung phone)?** **How long it will take** to update the firmware via Samsung Kies pc suite? What are the **additional things to do** before and after I update my firmware? (* I have taken backup of my contacts, messages and applications on the phone's memory card * I will reset my phone before and after updating the firmware using the settings -> factory reset option) If something goes wrong then what can be done to revert. Please help me as I don't want to fall in trouble after attempting an update. Thanks"} {"id":"8326","title":"Does google voice require a data plan to place calls?","text":"I own a Nexus S and will be travelling to US on a business trip. I will have a T-Mobile prepaid connection and intend to use Google Voice to make and receive calls. Since I am currently outside the US, I cannot determine whether GV android app requires a cellular data plan to make calls."} {"id":"775","title":"Useful or cool Tasker recipes","text":"In a similar vein to this question, I'm interested in finding any useful recipes for Tasker. I've found several profiles and \"Step Throughs\" on their wiki, but would be interested in any others that people have found helpful."} {"id":"8322","title":"Wi-fi immediately disables","text":"I have a **Samsung Captivate**. This week, it's wi-fi stopped working. To be more precise, it's wi-fi recognizes there is a wi-fi router nearby (my home's), and tries to connect. But it immediately disables and tries again in an unending loop. * I have not tried connecting on another hotspot. * I have installed a couple of programs this week, but I don't remember any of them being wi-fi related. * I recently put JuiceDefender on aggresive mode, but now I've disabled it, and wi-fi still doesn't work. * Tried enabling\/disabling Flight Mode, but no success. * I've restarted my phone a couple of times. ## UPDATE (04\/15\/2011) I managed to connect to a nearby hotspot, so I'm guessing the router is the problem. It is a 5yrs+ old router (linksys). What's strange is that my PC is connected to the router by LAN cable, and still works. Also, I was able to enter it's configuration page (192.168.1.1). Probably some hardware is damaged. ## UPDATE (04\/16\/2011) NOW I´m confused. I connected to my router with an old low-grade tablet I forgot I had, with no problems. I'm guessing now that the problem must be some app I installed on my phone. ## **CONCLUSION (04\/16\/2011)** I just had to press the router's **reset** button on the back, and now my phone is connecting. Thanks to all who commented!"} {"id":"9916","title":"Issue with the Apps that are installed on SD Card after reinserting the SD Card","text":"I am using an Xperia X10 mini pro (Android 2.1-update1). I rooted the phone and partitioned the 8GB SD Card into two parts. 1\\. ext3 2. FAT32. I installed Link2SD to move the apps to SD Card. This has been very useful as this application has an option to move the installed\/updated apps to SD Card automatically. But recently it happened to remove my SD Card from phone and inserted another 2GB SD Card for some other purpose. I started the phone and the apps that are showing on phone aren't working as I installed them on my SD card. So I put my 8 GB Micro SD card back to phone. Now the problem arose. I was not able to access the apps installed on SD Card. I had to reinstall all the apps that are there in my phone. Is it how it behaves ? Don't I remove my SD card from phone ? I did a little amount of Experimenting on this and found that its happening only on inserting another SD Card. My mobile is searching for the apps on the newly inserted SD Card. As there are no apps found it might be deleting the links on phone memory. This is my guess only. Still the question stays \"How to overcome this kind of scenario ?\""} {"id":"56422","title":"Built in SyncML client with SSL on Android 4.2.2","text":"Currently I'm trying to sync my phone using the built in SyncML client and the syncevolution http-server. Unfortunately i don't get access to my server using ssl. I have a self signed certificate which is properly installed on the device and \"normal\" https connections work without any problems. Connecting without ssl works as well. Does anyone have experiences using SyncML over SSL? Am I missing something? Edit: Forgot the error message. It tells me to check my URL\/internet connection."} {"id":"55882","title":"How to silence all but one application? (no calls, messages, notifications and similar interruptions)","text":"When listening to meditation instructions (previously downloaded as *.mp3 files) I would like to be able to silence all applications, (that is, all _audible_ notifications, messages and calls). How? * * * PS: Native solution(s) which are _not_ reliant on 3rd-party apps are prefered."} {"id":"55880","title":"Why does the system not recognize my fonts?","text":"My phone is a rooted Nexus S running the custom ROM Replicant. I copied twelve font files comprising three fonts (Arimo, Cousine, and Tinos) from my computer to the SD card, used a root file manager to copy the files to \/system\/fonts, and then rebooted the phone. Yet I am still unable to use these fonts. On par with the other font files in the folder, they are indeed .ttf files. For example, when I view this HTML file in the HTML viewer: