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My Android 2.3.3 emulator has four different keyboards: Japenese keyboard Chinese keyboard Android keyboard Sample Soft keyboard I uncheck all of them so that I can use the hardware keyboard. After a few seconds, it gives an error message saying that the process <code> com.android.inputmethod.latin </code> not respondi... | DONE: I backed up all my contents of my old emulator, created a fresh emulator using <code> android create avd -t <TargetID> -n <EmulatorName> -a --abi <CPU/ABI-Used> </code> To aid finding out the correct value of <code> <TargetID> </code> and the admissible values <code> <CPU/ABI-Used> <... | Keyboard Settings on Emulator revert on restart | android |
I have a developer tablet, and I also need some peripherals connected via USB to my tablet and debug cable at the same time. I tried to connect USB hub to my tablet using OTG cable, by got the problem - tablet can use peripherals, but PC doesn't show the device in <code> adb devices </code> . Is it possible to connect ... | No, this is not possible. In order for your device to be in debug mode/ connect to the computer with the debug cable, it needs to be connected as a slave device. The OTG cable tells the tablet to go into host mode. So now your computer is telling your tablet to be a slave but through the enumeration with the OTG cable ... | Using USB peripherals with hardware debug | android |
Is it possible to use a Samsung Tab WITHOUT using a Google account? I don't like Google to monitor all my activities. | Yes, it is. When you first boot the device, it asks for your Google account. Just select the option "I don't have a Google account" and then the option that says you don't want to create one. Note that you can't use some Google services like Play Store which require a Google account. | Samsung Tab2 without Google ID | android |
The phone is fine. But. If... after I had a phone call on my Samsung i9220 then the screen turns black. If I press the button on the top right on the phones side I can see the "Desktop" for about ~0.5 seconds, but the screen turn black again. What could be the problem? The phone had been reseted several times and I can... | The problem could be your proximity sensor, which is located on top of the front of your phone. Basically the way it works is if you're on a call and you put your phone to your ear, the screen will go out to avoid your ear messing with the touch screen. If you are under warranty, have it checked on your nearest service... | Screen turns black after a telephone call on a Samsung i9220 | android |
Since upgrading to CyanogenMod 10, the dropdown notification when I connect my phone to the computer no longer appears. How do I mount the SD card via USB MSC in Jelly Bean? Note that the drive still appears to the computer, just empty. My phone is an Xperia Arc S. Update: I see no mass storage mode under USB connectio... | Seems as if Google is evil¹ and removed that option from Jelly Bean to enforce their DRM schemes². I found however a tool which restores it: Automated Framework Kit ¹Like we didn’t already know that . ²I have no idea what was the rationale behind it, but remember it’s the company which has a mail service that’s immense... | How to enable SD MSC mount in Jelly Bean? | android |
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 f... | This is apparently a known bug in Android which is not even acknowledged by Google since Oct 2012 — depending on the method of creating files on the Android device, these files may remain invisible when accessing the device using MTP, until the device is rebooted. Known workarounds include: Use USB storage mode instead... | Not all files are visible over MTP | android |
Is doing a factory reset via System Settings the same as a factory reset via Recovery? Via System Settings in Samsung Galaxy S4: <code> System settings > Accounts > Backup and reset > Personal data > Factory data reset </code> Via Recovery: Vol Up + Home + Power > ... I'm not sure about the exact procedure;... | I never heard there's a difference: factory-reset is factory-reset (which is why both methods are often mentioned alternatively to each other: if you still can power up your device manually, you can use the corresponding item in the Settings menu -- otherwise, you can go via the recovery-mode ). Usually, the menu item ... | Is doing a factory reset via System Settings the same as a factory reset via recovery? | android |
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... | Lies, damned lies, and equipment specs. I can print up a lovely sticker that says it'll output 1000A. Doesn't mean it'll output that. It's significantly cheaper to make a low-power supply than it is to make a high-power power supply. Making the latter means you need a bigger transformer (with heavier windings), larger ... | Why are some USB chargers slower than others? | android |
got my new HTC One today and now i wanted to set up something that i can put all my desired music for the smartphone in a folder on the pc and then they get automatically synchronised on the smartphone. is this possible? i often change my songs and i dont want to always copy them by hand, thats a pain... Jottacloud has... | Playing with words: if you want a folder to sync, have you tried FolderSync ? Should be perfect for this purpose. You can sync entire folders between your PC and your Android device, and also use different cloud storage services. Thanks to an integrated Tasker/Locale plugin (in the full version ), you also can automate... | Best way to auto-synchronise music between HTC One and PC | android |
Every night for the past few days my phone installs a new app that I never saw/wanted/heard of before. It all started with AppCaster (Which I never installed on my phone, it just showed up one morning). I have uninstalled AppCaster and every other app that was installed without my knowing, and new apps are still showin... | Here is a possible solution. My son had recently unwittingly installed AppCaster on our home PC, and this was causing the apps to be pushed to my phone. I uninstalled it from the Programs and Features under Control Panel, where AppCaster goes by the name "Mobile App Sync". | Apps install on their own | android |
When I connect my Kindle Fire and give the "adb devices" command this is what pans out: <code> aneesh@nb-14:~$ adb devices List of devices attached D026A0A0305501NC device </code> If there is no other USB device online, I can get away by simply typing <code> adb -d </code> followed by the command, as say developer.andr... | What makes this easy is using tab-completion to complete the device ID. Type <code> adb -s D0 </code> and press Tab . The plugin in your shell will run <code> adb devices </code> to find the full device ID and complete it on the command line for you. You can then type in the rest of the command. <code> adb </code> is a... | Kindle Fire's actual name on the ADB Devices List Not user-friendly | android |
I'm developing a simple apps for my own purpose using PhoneGap Build. For convenience, I'm pointing web browser, on each device where I want to install & test such app, to application download site on PhoneGap Build and download <code> .apk </code> files directly from there. It works like a charm on every device, t... | Summing up the solution from above comments on the question itself: Finding the culprit First step is to get to the logging information on your device, to figure out some more details on what's going on. Multiple choices to do so: get a logcat app from the Playstore. There are many, and as long as you run Android 4.0 o... | Can't download custom APK files on Cyanogen Mod 7 | android |
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? | I'm not sure if the following will be a perfect match for you, but you always can adjust it once you've got the idea. In my example, I will refer to Tasker only: not having worked with the Secure Settings myself, I can only tell things about it from the hear-say and what I've read. Basic Tasker knowledge assumed: Condi... | Can I use tasker to override "lock on power button"? | android |
The BatteryManager class doesn't have the metric for current: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/BatteryManager.html And then I have found this post: stackexchange-url ("stackexchange-url It seems that the author also found it was not possible to get current value from the Linux entry. I also downloaded ... | Battery level estimation is usually performed by a special “fuel gauge” chip; different phone models use different chips. E.g., Samsung GT-I8150 (Galaxy W), according to the kernel config, uses the Maxim MAX17043 chip, which, according to its datasheet, does not have any inputs to measure the current — it has only a ba... | How does the Android estimate the battery level without a current sensor? | android |
If I have an Android device that has no internet connection and I would like to use a PC as a time server. What should be the right procedures? Is it that I should install a NTP server on my PC and then .....? How can I set the Android device to detect the time from the time server on my PC? Thanks! | That should be the correct approach. As you noted, time sync needs a source -- so setting up a NTP Server on the PC will provide this source. Now you need to have some NTP client on your Android device. Searching Google Play for "ntp" brings up two of them right on the first page: ClockSync (I use this one, and am quit... | Time server for Android | android |
I got the Samsung Galaxy Note shv-e160l (Korean version) as a gift, running the stock ICS 4.0. I want to flash official indian JB ROM (of the GT-N7000) on it. Is it possible if I root my device? | No, do not try to do this, or you will brick your device. SHV-E160L and GT-N7000 have completely different processors (Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 for SHV-E160L, and Samsung S5PC210 for GT-N7000); e.g., see this comparison . There are some custom ROMs for SHV-E160L in the xda-developers section for AT&T Samsung Gal... | Can i flash indian rom in korean galaxy note? | android |
What is a bootloader unlocked phone? How we can make use of it while creating or flashing ROMs? What are advantages of unlocked bootloaders over locked bootloaders? Why does not any OEM generally make bootloader unlocked phones? I am pretty naive in this topic. Thanks in advance. | Every Android phone has a bootloader that instructs the operating system kernel to boot normally. But you need to understand one thing here that as Android OS is an open source OS and is available on a variety of different hardware, every manufacturer has their own version of bootloader specific for the hardware presen... | what is a bootloader unlocked phone? | android |
On some of the screenshots I've seen the pattern unlock use a much larger grid instead of the default 3x3. I can't find any way to change the size of the grid in the settings. Can I somehow change the grid size on the stock unlocker or is that some custom stuff? The screens look like they're from a stock ROM. | The bigger pattern lock is a Cyanogenmod feature that was introduced in 10.1 late last year. I do not believe it is currently included in stock android. https://plus.google.com/+CyanogenMod/posts/eHpv1QCoRuc | Change the size of unlock pattern grid | android |
I have a Bluetooth radio on my car but the volume wheel is broken. I am wondering if there's a way to make my Android act as a remote control for the radio, allowing me to increase its volume. I don't want to play music from my phone, only control its volume. | It depends. Usualy when you would pair a device to you car audio player, the player would only want the files on it. But that depends on the player and what type of connection it makes with it's paired devices. So basicaly I think you will have to try and see if it works. | Can I adjust a car radio volume by Bluetooth? | android |
When I play a podcasts on my android phone using pocket cast 4.2.3 I notice that the details are scrobbled to last.fm. It is happening because I have set my last.fm app to scrobble. I want to scrobble every music playing app I have but I do not really view pocket cast as a music app. How can I stop scrobbling from pock... | Last.fm picks up the intents apps like Pocket Casts and Google Music send to bluetooth devices, and hacks that into their scrobble implementation. I guess they figured Google were never going to support them explicitly so that was their only way in. To stop Pocket Casts from scrobbling you'd un-tick the Google Music op... | Isolating pocket casts from scrobble for last.fm | android |
I've read a lot of articles about this problem but I can't resolve it. I decided to install my developer application on phone using wifi. To do this I need to do some things with my phone. The first step is to unlock bootloader. I stack on step 8, <code> fastboot oem get_identifier_token </code> shows info <code> < ... | Problem solved. At the end I saw that drivers for android were not installed. I installed drivers from this site http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126036 and device is visible by <code> fastboot </code> . One thing I don't understand is why <code> adb </code> saw device and <code> fastboot </code> not. | fastboot doesn't see device | android |
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 ... | When Google Cloud Messaging receives a message from Google, it sends a broadcast to the related app. The app can receive this broadcast even if no service was running, and it can respond by starting a service, or by creating a notification from within the broadcast receiver itself. Part of the Android developers' docum... | Where does the Foursquare notification come from? | android |
I'm concerned that enabling sideloading of applications may allow malware to be installed. However, I'm aware that Android gives a "Do you want to install this application?" dialog while installing an APK, intended to prevent unauthorized software installations. I'm wondering if a workaround exists that can defeat this... | No. Installing packages is still a privilege reserved to the package manager, which is a system app (i.e. it's inside the ROM), and the package manager doesn't offer an interface to avoid the confirmation dialog. This is by design. That said, if USB debugging is enabled (in the developer options), you can use <code> ad... | Does enabling sideloading allow applications to be installed or run on the device without consent? | android |
I keep hearing about services and broadcast receivers . What's the difference between them, and how do they affect the operation of my Android phone from my point of view? | Android applications have three kinds of components. In general, users don't need to know about them: they're a way for app authors to program particular behaviours into their apps. But if you're watching your apps' behaviour closely such as with a task manager, or if you are automating things with an app like Tasker, ... | What's the difference between a service and a broadcast receiver? | android |
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 a while ago. One annoying difference compared to my previous Android device that I've noticed on S4 is that I cannot access the internal storage and SD card directly by plugging the phone into the USB port of my computer (I use a Macbook Pro with OS X 10.6). It seems that I need a Mac app c... | The closest solution I have found for Mac OS X is to install Android File Transfer ( http://www.android.com/filetransfer/ ) on the computer. With this, I am able to access files on the internal storage and the SD card directly within an Android File Transfer window, and perform basic file management operations like cop... | Access Samsung Galaxy S4 storage and SD card directly | android |
I've a Wintouch Q75s Tablet running on Android 4.0.4 ICS. I was using its Wi-Fi with no problems until yesterday, the Wi-Fi didn't want to turn on. I've noticed that my MAC address changed to Unavailable which I think indicates an error. What can I do to use my Wi-Fi once again? I contacted the vendor but they didn't r... | As it turns out, the problem was caused by deleting <code> wpa_supplicant </code> . Wikipedia can offer a little insight on what that means: In addition to being a full-featured WPA2 supplicant, it also implements WPA and older wireless LAN security protocols. It further is responsible for the job to review a list of c... | Stuck on "Turning Wi-Fi on..." | android |
I'm using Cyanogenmod cm-10.1.0-RC1 on my Samsung Galaxy S3 (at&t US version) With either a headset or bluetooth, I'm only getting audio from the right side. It doesn't matter which output device I use - all are only playing on the right side. Is this a known issue with CM RC1 or is something else causing this prob... | I had the same problem with google music. If you move the music slider to a different position, it will output sound on both sides, but the bug appears again once it changes track. I believe this is a bug on Cyanogenmod 10.1 RC1. I just updated to RC4 and the bug seems fixed. Yay! | Audio playing only on right side on my Galaxy S3 | android |
There's an app called Automagic which uses flow charts to create workflows that let you perform custom sequences of actions on your Android (essentially macros, but with an advanced interface for editing them). Can somebody please explain how to use the periodic trigger? I've tried using it to kick start a flow, but it... | At the time of this writing, there are apparently issues with the Periodic Timer trigger. (According to this forum post ) Using the Period Timer (Inexact) trigger instead works, but is still not very consistent. (Which, yes, I realize is not to be expected since "Inexact" is in the title of the trigger) | How do I use a periodic trigger in Automagic? | android |
Google recently introduced " Google Play Game Services integration " in play store games. How can I list games that supports "Google Play Game Services integration" using play store App or using play store site? | A search of the Play Store for the phrase " Game Services " finds about 20 games at the moment. Additionally this Google Docs spreadsheet lists many games with game Services integration: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AiTeFLs7RHJYdFZGUFQ5MFlIU2IzNFpmQTAzc0JhMk | How to search Games with "Google Play Game Services integration" in play store? | android |
Why I do I have to have both Services Google Play and also Shop Google Play applications on my phone? They take quite a lot of memory space, which is quite small on my ZTE SKATE . I have an SD card with about 6GB space, but I can't move these over there. And when I try to delete Services Google Play it downloads on its... | Google Play Services is a library used by other Google and third-party apps. It allows apps to use: Google Maps layers to show maps in other apps Google+ sign-on and sharing the new Google+ gaming functionality for match-making, leaderboards, and to store saved games "in the cloud" Google Cloud Messaging to sync data f... | Services Google Play and Shop Google Play why both? | android |
I have got the phone of my sister in law. It is a LG Optimus L5 e610. While trying to flash CM it has been bricked. It is constantly rebooting after media scanning. It reboots even in the bootloader (CWM 6.2.8). The bootlaoder shows that the sdcard can't be mounted. The time the phone stays in android is to short to us... | The problem was the difference in unlocked bootloaders between e610 and e612. Finally I ended up using the few seconds before the reboot to write the backed up bootloader and recovery back via dd. Wow I hardly often do backups, but this time it was quite helpful. | LG Optimus L5 e610 randomly reboots | android |
I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570) and the ROM I'm using is CM10.1, I was messing with the developer options and I saw an option called "simulate second screen" and I clicked that and selected 720 then it froze. I rebooted it and stops at the end of the boot animation and get stuck there. Any ideas please? | Did you try "Volume Up + Menu Button + Power Button"? That should get you to Recovery Mode and you should have an option there to Factory Reset your phone. | How can I get my phone to boot again? | android |
I'm trying to connect my Galaxy Note 10.1 (running Android 4.2.2) to my Mac OS 10.8 machine via USB. I used Android File Transfer, but it gives me an error that says: Could not connect to device. Try reconnecting or restarting your device. | I found a reason of my problem. Before installing Android File Transfer i installed KIES. After installing AFT i uninstall the KIES. i understand that when i uninstall the KIES uninstall USB driver too. So installed KIES again and AFT is working!!! Its really cool application! | Problem connecting Galaxy Note 10.1 to Mac OS X Mountain Lion | android |
I upgraded to Jelly Bean on my AT&T HTC One X last month, and ever since then it's like my phone has just given up on life. I had to upgrade through the installer package from the HTC Website and was walked through the process by HTC tech support. Things that have been happening: HD Widgets would stop working off a... | If those problems started right away after the update: did the update process include a factory-reset? If not (and nothing else helps), this might be your chance: Backup all things you can backup (luckily on JB that's not too big an issue, see stackexchange-url ("Full Backup of non-rooted devices") -- but I recommend t... | My HTC One X seems to be self destructing after Jelly Bean update | android |
When looking at my photos in the Google+ app, at the bottom is a footer that says "Backup failed" with a retry button. The backup still fails when I click Retry. Is there a way to find out why Auto Backup is failing so I can correct the problem? | Taking advice from this post: http://productforums.google.com/d/msg/google-plus-discuss/d3s4VKI3yWo/bq39QiqknWoJ Another solution that worked for me was turning off Standard size in the Auto Backup settings altogether. When taking a new 8MP jpg using my camera and when Photo Size was set to Full Size in Google+, all th... | Google+ Auto Backup failed | android |
I'd like my Samsumg Galaxy S4 verizon phone to be able to connect to my preferred wifi networks (office and home) automatically, while at the same time turn off the 4G LTE data plan. As of right now, I have it set up such that it'd connect auto to wifi, but when I am connected to wifi I still see the 4g LTE active. I c... | Usually, mobile data should be turned off automatically by the system when WiFi is connected. If you're sure it's mobile data which is on, you could try some automation tools to handle this, e.g. Tasker (Condition: WiFi connected, Task: mobile data off), or Llama - Location Profiles (here I don't know the steps, but it... | How to automatically connect to a wiFi network and turn off 4g LTE | android |
Is it possible to take screenshots freely in a non-rooted Nexus 4 mobile? How? | Press the right-hand Power button & left-hand Volume Down button at the same time. This will take a screenshot which will show in your slide-down notifications area. It will automatically be saved in the <code> Screenshot </code> folder in your Gallery. | Screenshots in non-rooted Nexus 4? | android |
I am using a Sony Xperia Go mobile device with Android Gingerbread (2.3.7). Whenever I try to use Tethering (USB/Mobile Wifi Tethering), I could not immediately access website using my laptop. However, I know that there is an Internet connection because I can access websites using their IP address in my Google Chrome i... | I ended up manually changing my DNS server to tether Internet from my mobile phone. My phone uses a local DNS server from my mobile carrier which I was able to trace using CompruebaIP . Any other DNS server is blocked by my mobile carrier (Globe Telecom). I reckon that my phone's DNS service is not properly working. Wh... | Android Tethering DNS Problem | android |
I am using an SGS+ with 512 MB RAM (which leaves about 380M for the OS) running the CyanogenMod 10.1 Beta build 2013-04-15 (Android 4.2.2 on Linux <code> 3.0.73-rc1-PhenomKernel-V3 </code> ) and as soon as firefox has to load a page with a couple more gifs or large images the music player (Apollo) is being killed. I'd ... | Couple options : Use the swap file feature of your RAM Manager. That'll give you more (up to 256MB more) memory to play with and might be enough to stave off the music player kill. Toss the RAM Manager and use something (Like MinFreeManager or manually edit the values in <code> /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/mi... | Protect music player from being killed? | android |
I'm using Galaxy Note. And I got this weird noise with auxiliary jack while charging in the car. There is no noise while music is playing, and there is no noise if the charger is unplugged. How do I solve it? | After a lot of Googling around, I found 2 possible solutions: Hardware solution: Kensington Noise Reducing AUX Audio Cable - haven't tried it myself. Yet some guys at android central report it worked for them. Software solution: Aux Noise Filter app - Tried it on my Galaxy Note. Works like a charm. | Got weird noises with auxiliary jack while charging in the car | android |
I've got a new Android 4.1 tablet. I am trying to run an old app which was created for Android 2.1 and relies on the menu button, and I am not an Android programmer (yet). Can somebody points me to a ready-made application which returns the new menu button? (this trick seems to show how to do it: http://lancelotmobile.... | When a newer device loads an app that targets an old Android version, it displays a menu button on the system bar, near the home, recents, and back buttons. It has the same "three dots" icon that you see on newer Android apps. Pressing this has the same effect as pressing the menu key on a device that has one. | simulate the android 2+ menu button on an android 4 tablet | android |
could anybody explain what is this download mode? As described in here stackexchange-url ("How to root Innos A35") as I hold vol up +vol down 5 seconds and at the same time connecting the USB cable to my computer it shows up a removable disk and unknown drivers in windows 7. My phone is also Innos A35 device locally so... | Download mode is for flashing radio firmware/ROM upgrade through official means. Some devices uses U-Boot over the generic boot, it is a boot-loader code found in read-only ROM chip on the board, which uses a certain memory address offset, in which the kernel from the <code> /boot </code> partition gets loaded into tha... | what is the download mode | android |
I have Xperia V 9.1.A.1.140 and I just rooted it using "Root Many Android" (see closer decription on XDA ), and now I installed Titanium Backup and every time the app loads it requires permissions multiple times and every time I try to uninstall and app, why is that? EDIT: And here is the solution - I also rooted it wi... | So here is what I did: First I tried Bin4ry method's from XDA with the 3rd option, it installs Superuser, but its buggy and it doesn't remember the permissions. So then I did it with Motochopper method from XDA which installs SuperSU, and the root apps now require permissions from SuperSU just once, and it's working fi... | Xperia V require root permissions every time | android |
Is there a plugin or any other way to use swype but force it to auto-replace special characters like <code> č </code> with <code> c </code> , <code> ž </code> with <code> z </code> etc. ? As currently Swype is predicting words - for example: <code> "Španija" </code> and it would be great if it would be replaced with <c... | Enter the message application, click the menu button and enter Settings, select "Text input mode" and change the option from Automatic to GSM Alphabet. When you type in the message it appears as special characters but when the message is sent it is automatically converted to normal text. | Swype remove special characters? | android |
I have the both Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 devices. I want them to have the same (at least similar) list of installed applications and their settings. How can I synchronize them, so that I do not need to install and set everything up two times? | Android lets you backup settings & data for installed apps, but doesn't have a straightforward way to sync the actual installation of them. If you prefer not to manually search/install each app from the device itself (it gets really tedious) you can do what I do: 1) Go to https://play.google.com/apps to view the ap... | How to sync Nexus 4 and Nexus 7? | android |
I've updated Google Talk to "Hangouts (replaces Talk)". Now whenever I get a message, I receive two notifications: one from the new Hangouts app and the other from the old Talk app. How do I disable the notification from Talk? Device is Samsung Galaxy S II running Android 4.1.2. | As Izzy pointed out in the comments, the package name of Hangouts is the same as the one for Google Talk: <code> com.google.android.talk </code> . Therefore, even if Talk was built in to your ROM, it should be 'overlaid' by Hangouts. However, it's possible that there's some Google Talk service that didn't get killed by... | Getting double message notifications after replacing Talk with Hangouts | android |
I recently use 2-step verification to sign-in my Google account. But after turning this on, I cannot sign-in my phone since no SMS is sent to my phone. What can I do to sign in now? | If you signed up for 2-step verification , you may need to enter an application-specific password in place of your regular account password. You can generate an application-specific password when you are authorizing access to your Google Account. This process takes a few minutes, and you only need to do it once per app... | Cannot sign-in Google account on Samsung Galaxy S with 2-step authentication | android |
When I add an MSN @live.com email account the Galaxy S4, it doesn't pick the Display Name set by Exchange. From the web interface, it shows the Display Name set as the full name (e.g. John Smith), but on Android, all out-going emails have the username set as the Display Name (e.g. jsmith). The Display Name for office36... | For posterity's sake, I'd like to point out that after doing research online, I have found out that this is an issue plaguing Samsung Galaxy S2 and S3 as well. Most of the discussions on this issue end with, "Why don't you just get a @gmail account?" Since I refuse to have an email with numbers in it, I am going to sti... | Galaxy S4 - Exchange ActiveSync picks wrong Display Name | android |
I'm using Google+ Instant Upload to automatically sync all of the photos I take on my phone over a Wi-Fi connection. I also use Google Drive to backup my documents, music, pictures and videos folders. Is there a way to sync Google+ Instant Upload with Google Drive? Ideally the way it would work is I would take photos w... | There is a thread on Google Groups that covers this issue. By the answer provided by AnaLikesLattes , this is being considered and possible prepared by Google Staff since 5/1/12: Android Instant Upload to Drive Hi all, Thanks for your input. We've heard many requests along these lines, and are definitely looking into p... | How to sync Google+ Instant Upload with Google Drive? | android |
Why does internal storage keep growing over the time for no reason? At some point it becomes simply impossible to update apps, due to lack of sufficient memory space. Not even cache cleanup can save it, and I have moved as many apps as I could to SD card with no help. Apps need to be uninstalled then installed again on... | Summarizing the answers and comments on a more objective approach. Please edit this and add any verified procedure that objectively may help with this annoyance. You could try the obvious things like removing unused apps, cleaning up system cache , etc. If your phone is rooted, Link2SD helps a lot by creating symlinks ... | How can I fix internal storage growing for no reason? | android |
My screen is totally destroyed, it's black and unresponsive. The phone turns on just fine, though. I just got my new phone and I have to send this one back now. I want to wipe the phone before I send it back, but I'm not sure how. I don't care too much about sending back a rooted phone, it seems Asurion doesn't really ... | You can obtain the <code> adb </code> and <code> fastboot </code> utilities as part of the Android Software Development Kit (or separately from third parties, but watch out for Trojan binaries). If you install the SDK, you will need to install the Platform Tools and (if using Windows) the USB Driver for Windows. Once y... | Razr Maxx HD, How to wipe data with broken screen | android |
The application Market Feedback Agent (process com.google.android.feedback) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. I keep getting this error message when YouTube crashes. I click to report the problem, then this error occurs. I tried to manually visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.androi... | The first step for any of these force close issues is to clear the cache and/or data from the problem app. Whether it's the Play Store or YouTube that is the problem is unclear; you may end up doing both. Open <code> Settings </code> <code> Apps </code> Scroll down to the app you want and tap to open App Info. (If it's... | The application Market Feedback Agent has stopped unexpectedly | android |
I have an app that performs a license check and will not work if a check doesn't succeed within x amount of time since the last successful check. Will this license check fail if I am connected to the Internet in a foreign country? The app in question is Final Fantasy III (com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFIII_GP) . ... | Usually no - however, it's my opinion that this is a rather vague question that can't be accurately answered without knowing the app developer's policy or whether the app is locked to a particular region. | Will a license check fail if I am in a foreign country? | android |
So on my Nexus 7 (currently clocked at 1300mb RAM) Google Racer works fine. However, when I use it on my Huawei Ascend G300 (only clocked at ~30mb less RAM) it says it is too slow. This doesn't really make any sense? They have almost identical RAM? | The amount of RAM is not the main factor that determines how smoothly a game runs. The other items on the spec sheet are just as important: What model of CPU it has (ARM 11, Cortex-A8, Cortex-A9, Cortex-A15, &c) How many CPU cores there are (some games benefit more from having multiple cores than others) What clock... | Huawei G300 not fast enough for Google Racer | android |
i'm looking for a way where i can use the power button to turn off the screen and activate the swipe lock. If the phone is left untouched/unswiped for 10 mins the password lock should come on. There is one difference between this and similar posts i have seen, my Phone is encrypted so i cannot turn off the password as ... | You are correct: an app called Tasker can do this. The feature you want to turn off/delay is called Keyguard : turning this off disables the password/PIN lock screen. So you could setup a task turning that off on the condition the screen is turned off, then wait 10 min, and re-activate it again. Additionally, you might... | Use Tasker to swipe lock the screen for 10 mins then require password thereafter | android |
I just got my S4, on a Canadian network. While everyone seems to have I9500, I have the M919V. It's next to impossible to find any useful information on Google regarding this model. Can I use the same custom ROMs as the I9500 users? There is a way! Read my answer below! | I have found out more about this variant! Hopefully this helps people in my situation. This device is on a Canadian network called Wind Mobile. The model M919V can use the same roms as the T-Mobile variant, which is M919. I have flashed CyanogenMod nightlies on it, it runs awesome, and even for a nightly it is very bat... | Samsung Galaxy S4, weird model, can I custom ROM? | android |
I have Samsung P-3100 Tab. I have youtube android application installed. I am having the following complaints with youtube player (Probably I do not know how to get to these, so this question! ) 1) If I hold the Tab in Landscape orientation, then the video occupies the whole screen (which is as expected). However, I ca... | There isn't a non-fullscreen layout for YouTube for 7in tablets, only for 10in tablets. There's no button there because there's nothing to switch to. The developers evidently think there's not enough room to see the video and display other information usefully at the same time. You're right about the volume control. Be... | Volume controller and screen size controller missing from Youtube app | android |
My problem is that I need to add outgoing com port to my android device (Nexus 4) Windows 8 x64 connected via Bluetooth. This is usually done by using Bluetooth settings on the PC and then from "COM ports" tab yo "Add" -> "Outgoing port". However, when I try to add my device it shows me error "The device you have selec... | This is just based on a bit of research, not my own experience: Android phones, unlike your Symbian phone which worked, do not expose a Hayes-command modem as a built-in externally accessible service. There may well be such an interface internally for communicating with the “baseband processor”, but in order to control... | Cannot add Outgoing COM port for any android device | android |
I need to emulate an Android 4.2 device in Vmware Workstation 7.1. I downloaded the image android-x86-4.2-20130228.iso from http://www.android-x86.org/download . I tried to run it as a live-cd and also installed it on the VM harddisk (much like described at http://www.walterdevos.be/installing-android-x86-4-0-in-vmware... | Over time new versions of Android-x86 appear, and the problem is solved now by the next available release - build 20130725 with Android 4.3. | Android-x86 in Vmware workstation fails to start | android |
It used to be under Settings, there was a Search With Camera option which would boot up the camera and allow you to take a photo which you could search with. Since the last google now update, I can't find it. Has it been moved to another spot or did they get rid of it? | Do you have Google Goggles installed? It's required still for that feature to work in google now. | What happened to camera search on Google Now? | android |
I am not sure whether my understanding about alarms is wrong, so I thought of posting this question. I keep forgetting tasks so I thought of installing the best "To-Do" android app. What I simply wanted from the application is this: If I want to set a reminder, say on May 19th 2013, at 9.00 A.M and I want a a loud alar... | Astrid has this functionality. Add a task by giving it a title and then clicking ADD A DUE DATE if you wish. This opens a page where you can tap a due date + time. Click OK after making the necessary changes. Click the blue + sign on the right to add the task to your list. Now tap the task to edit it - Scroll down if y... | Why alarms in "To-do" applications are shown as notification | android |
Apple iOS devices display the following warning and suspend operation should they overheat: Temperature [ iDevice ] needs to cool down before you can use it. Does the Android OS contain similar functionality? (For reference, I'm using a Nexus 7, running stock Android 4.2.2 without root or unlocked bootloader. However, ... | Provided it can read the CPU temperature, the Linux kernel will detect an overheat condition and gracefully shut down the device in the event overheating occurs. However, Android does not contain built-in mechanisms that selectively disable components or reduce heating in the manner iOS does , such as by dimming or tur... | Does the Android OS provide any overheating protection? | android |
What is the difference in Auto Backup and Instant Upload? | They're the same thing, auto backup is basically just a new (and more appropriate) name. The only thing that changed is that now it uploads your pictures in original quality (part of the reason why they bumped up everyone's google drive limit to 15GB) | Google+ Auto Backup vs Instant Upload | android |
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 An... | Is the SIP functionality really gone for good from the Optimus 4X? Actually, LG really seems to think their (European?) customers don't need SIP. Most likely official argument will be that carriers either exclude SIP usage from their mobile data plans (at least here in Germany, many do). So they removed it. Ooops. That... | Where did the SIP settings go to on my LG Optimus 4X? | android |
I'm in the middle of an "Upload All" but I don't see anything online yet? Is it an all or nothing upload? My upload keeps getting stuck on the next to last item. It would be nice if I could see the first 356 of 358 items while the last 2 items are uploaded (or not). | It should show your pictures as they are added (AKA not all-or-nothing). I'd try rebooting your device, also check if maybe your battery level is low (under I think 20% it doesn't upload, similar to dropbox) | During a Google+ Instant Upload, is it all or nothing? | android |
I call somebody, or somebody calls me, we are talking. Now, during the call I got SMS and I cannot hear anything because the SMS notification is playing. So how to disable this notification when call is active? Thank you in advance. Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Android 2.3. Note: I am interested in setting this once and for g... | Since this is of the Samsung Galaxy family, the following may help you: On my Galaxy S3, the setting is controlled as 'Alerts on call'. See: Dialer\Call Settings\Call Alert\Alerts on call - uncheck this and calls will not be interrupted with notifications. | How to disable SMS notification during phone call? | android |
I have an Exchange account, e.g. <code> hub@domain.com </code> , that I forward all my emails to from all my other accounts. But I need to reply to these messages using different accounts, e.g. reply to a work email with <code> me@work.com </code> - how could I do that in Android? Default Email App in 4.2.2 Hitting rep... | K-9 Mail allows to choose the "from" mail address when composing a message (or replying to a received message). Click the "from" address field and a pop-up menu will appear which allows you to choose the appropriate account. K-9 supports pop/imap/exchange(via webdav) accounts. Pictures for illustration compose window: ... | reply with a different account - multiple email accounts | android |
Is it possible to activate Device Administrator via ADB command instead of tapping "Setting -> Security -> Device Administrators --> Select App --> Activate" on handheld? If it's possible, how? | It's not possible. The settings code is specifically written to prevent this. The closest you can come is to bring up the Device administration settings page in the Settings app. You can do this with: <code> adb shell am start -S "'com.android.settings/.Settings\$DeviceAdminSettingsActivity'" </code> | Activate Device Administrator via ADB | android |
A captive Wi-Fi or captive portal being a Wi-Fi network that redirects all websites to a page, usually with a form to log in, enter a code, or accept some T&Cs. My samsung-nexus-10 can detect when I've connected to a network with this behaviour, and brings up a notification to tell me, but my old htc-desire can't. ... | As best as I can tell on GrepCode, functionality relating to walled gardens (captive portals) was added to <code> WifiWatchdogStateMachine.java </code> in 4.0.1. I can't find it listed in the Android API reference to confirm exactly when it was added, but that would seem to match with your Nexus 10 having the feature b... | What Android versions have captive wifi detection? | android |
I'm using Tasker and have a step of List Files. I grab that result and stuff it into %files. I then go into a For loop reading %files and under items %files(). However, this is giving me the full path to the files such as /storage/emulated/0/Tasker. All I'd really like is the file name. Is there a step I can do before ... | You can use a <code> Variable Split </code> action with a splitter of <code> / </code> to get the pieces, then use <code> %VAR(<) </code> to get the filename. If the fact that the full filename is in an array already gives you problems, copy the array element into a non-array variable first. From your comments, it s... | Get list of filenames via Tasker | android |
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... | It looks like an update to aCal has resolved my issues. So I still don't know how to troubleshoot, but it is working. | How do I begin to troubleshoot aCal? | android |
I have AlphaRev Oxygen R2, 4Ext Touch Recovery, AN-Droid 2.2.0 with Android 2.3.3 on my HTC Desire. But I have only 304 MB of available internal storage space after the first boot up. Now I installed Shazam and it shrank down to 296 MB. Shouldn't this number stay the same when I install an app? I mean I have formatted ... | I will try to answer my own question here. The short answer is: get a ROM that just works! (No, not a room, a ROM! Get a ROM!) Here is the same screenshot image of the <code> SD & phone storage </code> menu, this time with a ROM called SuperNova . You can find an installation guide here . As you can see from the im... | Why do I only have 304 MB of available storage space? | android |
I am trying to explore the options of connecting a 3g dongle to the car charger. And then connecting a Smart TV Android stick into the 3g dongle to get Internet. It will be great if I can get internet from the USB connection and not have to waste Wifi (how ever little) battery between the 2 devices. Questions Is it pos... | You may get what you want, if you find a model that includes this functionality already (like e.g. the older Archos G9 tablets did) but it will not work out of the box for most models. There's the autopatcher project ( thread on XDA ) that enables 3G dongles for modem-less tablets (but it is limited to certain custom R... | Smart TV Stick (Android) connects to 3g dongle for Internet | android |
I just saw this vídeo about Google Now, but I don't have the same behavior on my Motorola Razr D3, with Android 4.1.2. I got the search results, but with no voice reply. Is it the voice reply exclusive for Samsung phones? | Voice reply isn't exclusive for Samsung phones: I get it with the same "what's the weather" query on a nexus-7 . But it's controlled by a setting in Google Now. From the main window, go to the menu and choose Settings . From the settings page, you want Voice , then Speech output . Set it how you like. But take note tha... | Why my Google Now on my Motorola Razr D3 will not reply with voice? | android |
I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 version 1 and i put some text on the lockscreen and have sync updated my device and I can't undo this text. Is there a solution without resetting it? | Go into the Settings app. Choose Security , then Owner info . Uncheck Show owner info on lock screen . | How can I get rid of text I have put on my lockscreen? | android |
How to disable status string "On Android with IM+" when using IM+ for skype? I do not want to show that I am away from PC. | According to this site , it's possible to change the status by tapping it and selecting another status message. It's possible that this is not available in the free version, since they usually contain ads. | IM+ Disable status string | android |
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 ne... | Honeycomb was a tablet-only version of the OS It was only ever released for a few devices The source code was never released not released until the source for Ice Cream Sandwich was available, and even then the Android devs noted that 3.x source was not complete It never had much in the way of market share See also: st... | Why does Android 3.x have no market share? | android |
My HTC Desire X recently updated to android 4.1. With that update, the FM radio disappeared. How can I get it back? I can't find an app the does this in the Play Store. Are there other ways? | The problem is solved by restarting the phone. | How to get fm radio back after Desire X was updated to Android 4.1? | android |
I noticed this feature in Android 4.2 but was wondering how you can use it to forward all traffic over a VPN connection? When editing a VPN under advanced settings it has a Traffic Routes option that you can put network identifier in that it will forward traffic for. Most people currently seem to root their phone and u... | Turns out you can forward all traffic over the network by entering 0.0.0.0/0 You can then check by doing a google search for your IP and it should now be the public IP of your VPN's gateway | How to forward all traffic over a VPN (without rooting) using Forwarding Routes | android |
Is it possible (in built or via an app) to silence the phone when it's connected to a particular wireless network, and then unsilence it when the network is out of range. Use case : When I'm in the office on the company's wifi I want my phone to be quiet, but when I'm back home (or not connected to a wifi, e.g. outside... | This isn't built-in functionality, but it's something you could achieve with a trigger/event app such as Tasker. This kind of app runs in the background, and lets you configure certain actions to take (such as turning off the ringer) when certain events occur (such as seeing a particular Wi-Fi network). Tasker's not th... | How to turn off ringer when connected to particular wifi network | android |
How can I reset website permissions on Chrome for Android? I have face detection software hosted on my home server (192.168.1.7:8020), and if I go to 192.168.1.7:8020/face-detection.html I used to get a notification about my tablet camera usage. Every time I clicked "allow" it would work. But I missed "allow" button to... | Try this: Menu - Settings - Content settings - Website settings From there you can clear data for individual sites. If that doesn't work, maybe look into Remote USB Debugging: https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging | Reset Chrome website permissions | android |
Sorry for the vague question title, I am open to suggestions, but I am not sure how else to phrase this. I recently got a new phone; the Nexus 4. When I got it, NFC tags were working fine. They would scan successfully about 90% of the time (as good as it gets with NFC it seems). Now, all of a sudden, it is down to 0% s... | Looks like this might be hardware, but not broken hardware. EDIT: See comments below, but I suspect this is actually the tag hardware I was using and not the phone hardware causing the problem. This appears to be a design flaw with the nexus 4 and I would absolutely love to hear from any other nexus 4 owners who use NF... | What causes NFC on Nexus 4 to stop working? | android |
I copied music files from my computer to my Galaxy Nexus phone, using the command <code> adb push Music /sdcard/Music/ </code> , and the stock Android music player is not detecting these files (while others do). I'm able to view these files in my Android file manager application, but when I mount my phone as an MTP dev... | I'm pretty sure that while <code> adb push </code> works to get the files there, it's not the supported way to get media files onto your Android device. This means that it doesn't set the flag that tells the Media Scanner that new media which needs it's meta-data indexed and added to the media library has arrived on yo... | Android Music Player is not detecting Music files | android |
I'm on Android 4.1.2, in a Motorola Razr D3, and every time the mobile power off, or I reboot it, the default display sleep time will get back to 15 seconds, and I have to set it to 1 minute again, as I want it. Other configurations like "Language" or "Auto-rotate screen" are not resetting. In opposite to stackexchange... | The LockerPro app was reseting my screen lock time to 15 seconds. (the Android system should offer a way to check who is changing the system settings) | Every time I reboot the system, it will return the default display sleep time to 15 seconds, how to fix this? | android |
Aware that this is a bit mental, but can I install Ruby on a Galaxy S4 running Jelly Bean 4.2? A console where I can install gems, rake routes and run the Rails server, and browse to my application by putting 0.0.0.0.3000 into Chrome? Would be excellent for testing little ideas and concepts I have while on the go! Awar... | The Android Scripting Environment said to plan on Ruby . Might be worth a check how far they got; at least they're tagged "JRuby" at Google Code. According to their project page : Scripts can be run interactively in a terminal, in the background, or via Locale. Python, Perl, JRuby, Lua, BeanShell, JavaScript, Tcl, and ... | Can I install Ruby and Ruby on Rails on an Android? | android |
I was browsing with the official Facebook app and when sending a picture to a friend I used SkyDrive as the folder where to choose my files from. Then I accidentally made it the default folder. So now, whenever I want to send an image, the app always directs me to SkyDrive instead of getting it from the phone's gallery... | A possible solution is to reset all the defaults: <code> Settings > Apps > Menu > Restore App preferences (or something, I have a Dutch version installed) </code> | Reset application specific or phone-wide default image folder | android |
How can I display my Android ICS Samsung Galxy S3 Screen on a Laptop or Monitor Screen? Are there any fast quick programs which do this? | There are lot of apps to do that. One is droid@screen; you need to have access to Android development toolkit for that though. Extremely sorry for not providing the links, here are the links droid@screen http://droid-at-screen.ribomation.com/ please install the USB drivers of you phone, instructions about how to use it... | How could I view that Android Screen on a computer or larger screen | android |
Hi my aim is to get an idea of the slowdown 3rd party apps face on android, relative to the stock browser, on the SunSpider JavaScript benchmarks. In this post I would like to focus on Twitter since it is available on both iPhone and android. As everyone is aware there are restrictions on iOS which means that 3rd party... | As I mentioned in the comments the Twitter app doesn't seen to have an in-app browser so I'm using the Reddit Is Fun app instead since I know it does. I think that all in-app browsing uses a WebView so it should be the same across all apps. The WebView and Chrome both use the WebKit engine but Chrome seems to use a mor... | Sunspider : performance of 3rd party apps relative to stock browser | android |
I know the iphone had a similar feature built in. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android version 4.2.2 | You can access the built-in graphic equalizer by going to Settings , then Sound , then Audio effects . | Is there anyway to increase the bass in Jelly Bean? | android |
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... | This might be some compatibility issue -- despite the fact that it seemed to work fine initially. It's not the first time I read such in connection with a class-10 card. I'd recommend to get yourself a class-6 (good enough and fast enough -- only in rare cases you would really note any difference), maybe preferably fro... | Images and videos not readable from SD | android |
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 <code> an existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed </code> . I have root access on my device. Is there anything I can do? | First, if there's a signature mismatch and I'm sure the original app comes from a trusted source, I'd doubt the source the "update" comes from: the <code> .apk </code> very likely is manipulated, and might include malware -- so be warned! I do not know the "one mobile market" you've downloaded it from, so I cannot tell... | An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed | android |
Everytime my battery ends, and the phone turns off, I'll have to login to google again? Isn't there a way to keep my login information even if the mobile restarts? By the way, I use double check login, but after the first confirmation with the sms code, it should not ask for the login again. | It stopped to ask my password after about 4 reboots, or 4 days. I don't know what was causing the problem. | I always have to login to google again? | android |
Whenever I receive a phone call on my DROID RAZR MAXX, the phone speaks the words "Verizon Wireless" in a female voice and then begins playing the ringtone. If I put the phone into airplane mode, the same female voice says the words "Loss of service". Then when I turn airplane mode off, she says "Verizon Wireless" agai... | These voices were the result of having the so-called "Roaming tone" enabled in the Sound settings. Strangely, the description of this setting is: Roaming tone Set notification tone informing the status of cellular service After disabling this option, she no longer speaks to me when I receive a phone call or turn on/off... | Why does my phone say "Verizon Wireless" when I receive a phone call? | android |
I plugged in Nexus 4 to my windows machine(XP Service Pack 2) and it didnt recognise or install any software automatically. I downloaded Google USB Driver from SDK Kit and installed it and now it shows up as recognised device in the Device Manager, but how do I copy files to Phones Storage ? There s no send to option a... | The XDA article How To - Connect Nexus 4 to XP like MTP device describes the steps needed for Windows XP as follows: Connect your Nexus to PC. Go to My Computer> Properties> Device Manager and double click on MTP device Go to Details and copy (Ctr+C) info like (USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE2&MI_00) (you can copy it from... | How do I transfer music files to Nexus 4 | android |
I did a huge amount of googling but the information out there is overwhelming and I either have to get a 1:1 reply on this or try and test different options - which would suck if I fail. Basically I got a Nexus 4 a few days ago, and I rooted it, staying with the same ROM. Right now there are lots of apps, customisation... | I'm afraid there isn't really a "one-stop solution". As you already noticed, all the different backup types have different goals, all of them have their pros and cons (see also our stackexchange-url ("backup tag-wiki") for an overview): while a Nandroid backup covers the entire system at partition-level, it's not the e... | Best way for a COMPLETE backup? [Rooted Nexus 4 with stock ROM] | android |
I have a Micromax A110 Canvas 2 device with Android ICS 4.0. A few day ago, the Google Play Store app updated automatically with a new look. After a week I updated my device with Jelly Bean 4.1. So I got the Play Store with an older look (without an update). I was hoping for an auto update. But even after two days, the... | Usually, Google Play Services will always run in the background and if there is an latest release of the Play Store is available, it would updated automatically. You may enable Google Auto Sync and check whether it works. If not, there may be some problem with Google Play Services. Alternatively, try installing the apk... | How does the Google Play Store get updated? | android |
A friend has two Transformer TF300 tablets, both upgraded OTA to the (apparent) same JB 4.2.1 version, but one has tablet-style notifications (lower right corner) with the Home, Back, and Recent apps buttons left justified on the bottom, and the other has notifications on the top (like a phone), with the back, home, an... | Asus provides two launchers in their 4.2.1 rom - they differ as you descibed in your question. The one with the notifications in the lower right is the same one as used in their 4.1 rom and the one with the notifications at the top is the vanilla Android 4.2 launcher. You can switch between them at will by opening sett... | Two Asus Transformer TF300s, same JB version, different skin | android |
All over the internet it says there is a five pointed star to the right of the URL in omni bar. This is not the case with the version of Chrome packaged with the Samsung Galaxy S4. How can I create a bookmark? There's only one button. The tab button. | Hit the menu button (bottom left of the phone) and then click on the star (which will be at the top right of the dialog which appears). The star is only to the right of the URL on the omni bar on the desktop version of Chrome. | Create bookmarks in Chrome mobile browser. (Galaxy s4) | android |
My galaxy mini was running GB 2.3.6. I recently rooted my phone and installed CM 7.2. Now it looks like my battery is getting drained a little quicker than before. From what I have heard CM increases performance while giving a better battery life. So is my case an exception? Can somebody suggest methods to increase bat... | I can think of two reasons why a CM ROM might reduce battery life: CPU governor: The cpu governor controls the frequency of the CPU depending on the requirement. Your ROM might be using a governor that favours performance over battery life. Selecting a governor that achieves a good balance between performance & bat... | Does Cyanogenmod reduce battery life? | android |
I've tried installing CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy S3 device. I was amazed by its smoothness and speed, but I've missed some of the apps of the official Samsung ROM, such as the camera, the keyboard, and the contacts list. I've tried installing them using the recovery mod (like installing a zipped ROM), but it didn... | Unfortunately, it's not possible. Those apps rely on parts of the TouchWiz framework to operate. No TouchWiz, no apps. The only way would be to install a custom TouchWiz based rom. It would give you some of the performance improvements of CyanogenMod but with access to the Samsung apps. | How to install Samsung (or other manufacturers) apps on Vanilla ROMs on Galaxy S3 | android |
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