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I have a stock Android 4.2.2 on Galaxy Nexus, so I think this can be related to all Android phones. When switching from 2G to 3G and vice versa internet connection is switched off for a few seconds, even though when I browse in 3G I can connect to EDGE and GPRS too: why does this happen? | The radio frequency of a 2G radio operates in the range of 900 and 1800 MHz ( source )- varying from country to country. The radio frequency of a 3G radio operates in the range of 2100 Mhz ( source ). As far as Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE L700 's specification is concerned, the 2G frequency is <code> CDMA 800 / 1900 </cod... | Why is internet switched off when switching 2G/3G? | android |
I see the following two files in <code> the Download </code> directory: <code> Flash_Player.apk </code> and <code> securedownload.bin </code> . I am sure for 100% (well, for 99%) that I didn't download them intentionally. What are these files, what should I do with them (delete, I guess...). Is it possible to know, wha... | The <code> securedownload.bin </code> file is from your email app trying to download/save an attachment. The app creates this file (no matter what the actual name of your attachment is) whenever you try to view or save the attachment. The <code> FlashPlayer </code> installer may have been automatically downloaded by yo... | New files in Download directory | android |
When playing Ingress I find that both GPS and WiFi (each by themselves) provide an acceptable location accuracy. My question is what draws the most power? I'm interested in technical information about what goes on in my phone when I use either service to find my location: how much power does the WiFi radio take compare... | If you look at my stackexchange-url ("previous answer") to a similar question you can see that by Google's testing utilising WiFi will use more battery than using GPS. This seems broadly in line with the figures given in stackexchange-url ("an answer") mentioned in the comments. However as Izzy mentions these are ballp... | What uses most power: GPS or WiFi? | android |
How can I minimize UI lag by ensuring that global UI elements (e.g. keyboard and notification drawer) don't compete for resources with every running application? | The UI lag is down to a number of things such: Too many widgets ( delete them, home launcher has to redraw screen upon closing the app drawer ) Home launcher - some redraw better than others ( switch to different launcher ) Animation turned up to the highest value ( i.e. turn it off ), in ICS+, it is as simple as found... | How can I minimize UI lag? | android |
Im currently confused on what mods to be used now. My unit by the way is Samsung galaxy s3 I9300-International(rooted with Omega rom 42.3 and Kernel SiyahKernel v1.9.1). The reason why I rooted my phone is to be able to move apps to sd card. My choices are here: DirectoryBind ExtSd2InternalSd I dont know which is the r... | If I am allowed to suggest out of the choices that you had provided, I will suggest Link2SD . With Link2SD you can try moving/linking a non-critical application to the SD card and check how well it works. Once moved or linked, try to reboot the phone (no other way than rebooting to avoid disappointments) and see whethe... | move app to sd card | android |
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 (b... | Yes, they have separate lists - you can uninstall from the tablet or phone without affecting the other device. | Uninstalling app from specific device only | android |
Yesterday, my phone started vibrating once every 15 seconds or so during phone calls. I'm running cyanogenmd 7 on HTC thunderbolt. I looked in settings and there is only option to vibrate every 45 seconds during outgoing calls and it is off. How can I get back the old behavior? | i had a similar problem, for me I had to go into the "profile" i was using "default, silent, work, ect.", and change the phone setting for vibrate to off. | Why is my phone vibrating incessantly during calls? | android |
I have looked at similar questions but could find an answer. Device: Samsung google nexus s i9020 OS: Android 4.1.2 The phone mounts when the OS has loaded and when there is an option to enable usb storage. I am trying to <code> root </code> my phone and boot loader is locked. I need to connect to my computer (Linux Mi... | To my knowledge, in fastboot mode you cannot mount the device to your PC. MTP and fastboot are two different things. According to the CyanogenMod Wiki on Fastboot , the solution might be simple: If you see at any point when executing fastboot command, the PC is not configured to use fastboot properly. Most typically, t... | mounting google nexus s on linux at fastboot mode screen | android |
On a Samsung note 10.1 with 32G when I go to settings I can see 25GB available storage. Besides that, when I am trying to copy files from my ubuntu box to the tablet (connected through the USB) I am getting an insufficient storage message. Checking the properties of the mounted volume I only see 200MB free on it. How c... | with 32 GB when I go to settings I can see 25 GB available storage Though the device is declared to have 32GB, part of that is reserved for the firmware. The entire 32GB are partitioned: <code> /system </code> for the device-firmware <code> /recovery </code> for the recovery (see: recovery-mode ) <code> /boot </code> f... | Although I have enough the available storage does not match it | android |
Currently, I can only find devices (phone, tablets or sticks) that are equipped with a maximum of 2GB RAM. While this might be sufficient for current applications, I do wonder why there are no devices offering more RAM. I think that having more RAM would not have a significant impact on prices, while being beneficial t... | There are several factors, which I'll address (pun intended) in no particular order. RAM is expensive Sure, memory chips may be cheap, but that's not the only (or even the main) cost. Alongside the RAM itself you need extra buses, power lines, bigger memory controllers, heatsinks, &c. The RAM also takes physical sp... | Why are android devices equipped with only (relatively) little RAM? | android |
I am using on my Android Gtalk where i can only do chat text send and receive. But how can i do all the features of WhatsAPP from Gtalk? Features like: file transfer (image pictures, music, video clips) Audio replay from the chat by history Video reply from the chat by history Is there any way to make Gtalk by default ... | The rumored Google Babel may be the solution you are looking for. Hopefully it will be announced/released before or at Google I/O. | Android GTalk, Chromium Gtalk, Gmail Gtalk - how can i send files such as image, music, video clips like whatsApp? | android |
A couple of weeks ago, my rooted Nexus 4 was updated from 4.2 to 4.2.1. Now it still seems to be unlocked (open lock symbol while booting), but I've lost my Superuser privileges. Is there any way I can get the SU privileges back without wiping my phone? If not, what's the best way to backup all or most of the data befo... | Just re-root. Your bootloader is still unlocked, so nothing is preventing you from doing so. The Nexus Root Toolkit should do the heavy lifting for you if you want (just press "Root"). Manual steps would be: Download a custom recovery, like ClockworkMod , and save it to your computer Download the Superuser/su package f... | Nexus 4: Lost superuser rights after an update to 4.2.1 - how can I get them back? | android |
I am trying to connect a Samsung Note II ( OS: Android 4.0, Ice cream Sandwich) through Wi-Fi to a DHCP Server. The DHCP server(192.168.3.29) is running on a Virtual Machine with OS as Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit. A D-link Wi-Fi access point is connected to this DHCP server. The DHCP server sends the IP(192.168.3.100) to the S... | I have solved this problem. It was because of huge network traffic on the DHCP server, due to which the ACK was not able to reach through Wi-Fi to the Samsung Galaxy Android. | Samsung Note 2 does not assign received IP | android |
When SIM is locked with PIN1 or PIN2 and I boot my Android phone, SIM unlock screen appears which contains num key pad and "Emergency Call" button. I have seen this in all Android phones including non-dual SIM phones and those without native VoIP stack (I know VoIP isn't meant for emergency calling, but it can be optio... | It is required for phones (at least in Europe and US) to allow emergency calls without requiring the user to unlock the phone or the SIM card. You can always make an emergency call when you're in a cell coverage area and the phone has power. It's a safety feature, which guarantees you can use any phone in an emergency ... | What's the purpose of "Emergency Call" button on SIM unlock screen? | android |
How can I know what's the Bluetooth version of my Android device? | I have a samsung Galaxy S2 here is a method to get info on your bluetooth version Turn on bluetooth by going to the home screen, clicking menu-> settings bluetooth. Pull that to enabled. Make sure it is on. On the home screen, click menu -> settings -> applications -> 'running' tab. An item appears called: "bluetooth s... | Discover version of Bluetooth | android |
I want to upgrade my Operating system (Nexus S I9250) which currently is Android 4.1 . My cell is not rooted and I have never tampered with the android system shipped, always upgraded it though. Right now, it says "Waiting for Download" but the progress bar never goes ahead. | Restarting your phone should resolve the issue. | Can't update Nexus S. Stuck at "waiting for download" | android |
Tapping the viewfinder or the blue shutter button of the Nexus 4 Android 4.2 camera app brings up the rotating circular control shown in the screenshot. What is it used for? How does it work? | This is a new feature as of Android 4.2. It serves two purposes: To focus your camera on what you click on Long press it and you get a radial menu of different camera settings to change (flash on/off, etc). This is the exact same behavior as if you clicked the icon in the top right corner of your screenshot. | How does the Nexus 4 rotating circular camera control work? | android |
Both are the chatting tools of Google. I use Talk since I use Gmail to chat with my friend and when I see Google+ Messenger, I just thought it is Talk but the two are NOT the same at all - i.e. chatting with one person on Talk and he/she will NOT receive it Google+ Messenger. This is so confusing. What is the differenc... | Google Talk This will syncs to your Gmail account. this offers free instant messaging to all your Google contacts that you have invited to “talk” with. You can use the services within the Gmail web page, or download Google Talk and install it on your computer or smart phone. Google+ Messenger Originally called “Huddle”... | What is the differrences between Talk and Google+ Messenger? | android |
My phone has a pattern lock and I want friends to be able to unlock it with the pattern, however, I do not want them to have access to my gmail. Is there a way that I can force gmail to ask for the password every time I/someone try to open it? I've read that the password tokens are an intrinsic part of the Android OS, ... | You could use an app locker like Smart App Protector . This will <code> protect your installed applications using a password or pattern </code> . | Double Security for Gmail | android |
I've just bought a 16gb Sandisk microSD and I moved some apps to that by using the functionality available under <code> Settings > Applications > Manage Applications </code> . I went through the list and I moved some apps to the microSD when the button was available. I also moved the Music folder to the new micro... | As the factory-reset already correctly suggests, the description makes quite clear that such happened. A factory-reset "deletes" everything from your internal-storage -- that is, all the apps you've installed, all data, caches, etc. So nothing is left but what you've moved to SDCard/external storage. While there are po... | Personal data (contacts, sms, phone logs, settings, etc) gone after moving apps to a new microSD | android |
I would like to know whether there is a way to tell Android to install applications on the micro SD card by default instead of having to download applications to internal memory first and then having to move them to the SD card manually. Thanks | This article at HowtoGeek describes a possible way utilizing the adb : enable USB debugging connect your device to your computer execute the command <code> adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2 </code> (or, new syntax, <code> adb shell pm set-install-location 2 </code> ) disconnect, done. This command will set the devices ... | Installing to SDCard by default | android |
I would like to install an android 4.x ROM on my Optimus Net (P690) Android 2.3.4. When I go to the CyanogenMod downloads page at http://get.cm I see various phones but not mine. However this youtube video shows that such an installation is possible. Alas this page does not show where to get the ROM image from. Could a... | The YouTube video refers to an XDA page as shown below: That XDA page gives further details about the CM9 ROM, GApps and instructions. Your LG P690's hardware seems to be a close match to my LG P500. So, if you are not satisfied with the ROM mentioned, you can give a shot with LGP500's ROM - the chances of getting it w... | How to install cyanogenmod on LG P690 optimus net: how to know which ROM? | android |
At my work we all have Android devices which are used to dispatch jobs to us. It uses a web-app accessible through any web browser. When a new job arrives we are notified with an audible alert. However, because of the way Android handles the memory, it often "sleeps" (don't know the proper terminology) the web browser ... | Presumably, the device is using wifi to access the internet - it might be worth a shot to try this: Settings > Wifi Hit on Menu to bring up Advanced Tap on that menu option Keep Wifi on during sleep , check that, make sure its set to Never In that way when the device goes to sleep, wifi is still active and running and ... | Bypass memory manager; keep app alive | android |
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 adap... | Summing up from the comments: With BusyBox, Android provides tools for formatting from the command line. In your case, this would be <code> /system/sbin/mkfs.vfat </code> . This is reported to sometimes throw an error like: <code> mkfs.vfat: lseek: Value too large for defined data type </code> According to this XDA thr... | Format SD card after playing with fdisk (No card reader) | android |
Previously my friend installed cyanogenmod 10 OS in my LG P-500 phone. It was working so superb. I had to do factory reset to the phone for deleting some files, after which I am unable to open any of the applications, not even browser and play store. I installed Dolphin browser , which is also getting crashed in 1 min ... | Since you already had CM10 installed, you should be having the ZIP file with you. If you do not have it, you can download it from the previous source and place it in your sd card. If you do not have and do not know the source from where you already downloaded, you can try the one from where I had downloaded ( Courtesy ... | Factory reset Cynogenmod 10 OS in LG P-500 makes applications crash | android |
Does " Backup all user apps " also include app data too and does " Backup all system data " include backup of messages and contacts ? | TiBu's FAQ says: Click “Backup all user apps” (if you want just your apps) or “Backup all user apps + system data” if you want everything backed up. This doesn’t seem to always backup SMS and contact history. Unfortunately it doesn't explain all options in detail -- but from the above quote one can conclude: "Backup al... | Titanium Backup batch options | android |
Is there a way to share the notes of Google Keep between different persons? For example, could I link the notes to the todos of Thunderbird Lightning, or can I share the notes between two different Google Accounts? | Currently there is no way to share notes on Keep in the same way that you can share a document. However, if your goal is to share notes between a fixed amount of persons (e.g. family members,) you can always create a new Google account, add it to all Android phones that you need to share on, and enable sync of Keep onl... | Can I share Google Keep notes between people? | android |
My stock Nexus 4 (4.2.2) is giving me multiple calendar notifications every day. It gives me one notification which is a reminder for a specific upcoming event, and it gives me a second notification which is sort of a general roll-up of upcoming events. Here's an example of the two notifications: Screenshot (click imag... | I can confirm that this is normal behaviour for the default (blue) Google Calendar on the Nexus 4 - just the 1 app. Having tried a few tests of my own... The multiple "roll-up" events appear to be events for which you have already received a notification, but have not explicitly acknowledged or "dismissed" it - in whic... | How to disable duplicate calendar notifications? | android |
On a rooted Nexus 4 using stock 4.2.2, if I enable Wifi tether then connect my laptop (a Lenovo T520 using Centrino Advanced-N 6205 hardware with driver v15.3.1.2) I get a BSOD within seconds. I am using the stock tether app. I read elsewhere that I am not the only one with this problem, but Intel refuses to acknowledg... | This is a documented bug related to tethering between INTEL wireless and QUALCOMM S4 based mobile phones, leading to disconnection or BSOD. It has been documented here and discussed here . | WiFi Tether Causes a BSOD in Laptop Using Intel WiFi Hardware | android |
If I would take a backup via TRWP, does it include all my apps, app data, messages, contacts or it would just take backup of the ROM only, so I could get a fresh ROM with factory restored when I restore it ? | To my knowledge, TWRP does a nandroid backup . As you can read in the tag wikis of the mentioned tags (stackexchange-url ("nandroid"), stackexchange-url ("backup")), a Nandroid backup takes images of your partitions. It's not a backup on the file level, but on partition level. So it includes everything stored on those ... | What does TRWP backup include? | android |
I'm using MIUI rom and in the Philippines, the carrier name is pretty long. "Globe Telecom-P" and it takes up a lot of status bar space. Gah. Is there a way to hide this? | Phono is able to replace the carrier's name with a logo: Phono (source: Google Play ; click image to enlarge) Take a look at above screenshot. See the T logo in the upper left, on the notification bar? That's placed by Phono . It additionally offers a bunch of widgets to show you network strength and other things, plus... | How to hide the carrier name in status bar? | android |
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 d... | OS Monitor lists network connections by app: OS Monitor and Connection Tracker listing connections (source: Google Play; click image to enlarge) As you can see, OS Monitor lists up all connections, and lists the corresponding app "owning" this connection along. This should enable you to see all servers your suspicious ... | How to listen which URLs an app tries to connect | android |
Twice now my Nexus 7 has randomly rebooted while it was charging and the date was changed to December 31, 1999 and the time has been changed; this time it was set six hours ahead. Does anyone know what's going on and how to stop it? Update: It just happened again today, 4/28/13. This time the time was set 2 hours ahead... | I have N7 too. I never heard or read about anything like this. It can be faulty battery or charging circuit, but it can be just SW problem. First, please, add some important details to your question: Did you use original charger? Did you use original USB cable? Did you use original dock? What android version do you hav... | Nexus 7 randomly reboots and resets date to 1999 | android |
Where the time information is updated from when the option <code> Date & time settings -> Automatic - Use network-provided values </code> is selected? Is it the GSM, the WiFi, the GPS or any of them? I believe it is from GSM, but I'd like to get a confirmation. | Thanks to stackexchange-url ("t0mm13m")'s comments: The keyword is NITZ - that is where it comes from. Certain ROMs fail to handle it, others do. If it fails, can always fallback on a NTP app like ClockSync (this requires root BTW) :) | Where time information is received from the network? | android |
S-planner app lost 3-days layout after last update. That made me cry. I want to solve it with anyway, change calendar app, or rollback to old s-planner version, or something else? Please point me to any solution. | If you have saved the previous version's <code> .apk </code> , you can re-instate it. That's why I have AppMonster Pro Backup Restore installed and running: it captures each and every <code> .apk </code> installed, so I can always revert to a previous version. If you don't have the old <code> .apk </code> available, an... | Samsung s-planner as interface to google calendar, miss 3-day layout | android |
I'm about to buy my first Android phone. My understanding is that, in order to download apps and get updates from Google Play, I need to be permanently signed into a Google account that's linked to my name via credit card information. I find Google's privacy policy too ambiguous to understand what data is logged from A... | Android is FACC Android might be many things, but certainly not "privacy first". At least not if you want to use Google Playstore as a ressource for your apps. While at creation (initialization) of your google-account on your Android device, you are asked "Do you want to store your data with Google?", this only means "... | What information does stock Android send to Google by default, and how do I opt-out? | android |
I was trying to install JellyBean on my sony xperia tipo and have suddenly come to a halt. I was following this tutorial. The only thing that differed here is I obtained the latest JB from Cyanogenmod . I have successfully installed till the recovery image installation (CWM). Post that I tried selecting the zip which I... | I was able to solve the question: The problem was i couldnot find the driver for the device.Did it the manual way by selecting the Android adb interface driver. And then used <code> adb push <local> <remote> </code> to push the file on to SdCard. More references on the same can be found here . | Sony Xperia Tipo JB installation unsuccessful | android |
Using the LED to know when a notification is available is of great use to me, but my new Sony Xperia Z appears to only turn on the LED notification light while it is on charge. It turns orange to say it's charging, and turns blue (slow flashing) if I got a missed call or text message, but it will only do so while it's ... | This is a known bug in Xperia Z (sources 1 and 2 ). Currently the only way to restore the LED functionality is to: de-select <code> Settings -> Backup & reset -> Backup my data </code> and <code> Automatic restore </code> perform a factory reset from <code> Settings -> Backup & reset -> Factory data... | LED on Xperia Z only in operation while charging | android |
I see that if I did a long touch over a Wifi network, I can specify some proxy settings. In my company we use a Isa Proxy server, and each user has to login through domain server. Is there any way to configure that on our tablets? ( Android 4.1) | There are multiple solutions. As you have Android 4.x, long-pressing on a WiFi APN in Settings→Networks & Wireless→WiFi lets you edit an APN. Check the "Advanced" box, and you can configure the proxy. Though this form does not offer separate fields for username/password, here's a trick how to do it: For t... | How can I configure Android to login to an ISA proxy server? | android |
I moved the question from stackexchange-url ("stackexchange-url I have a rooted Huawei u8825d phone.I want to know if there were no apk files in "/system/app/" folder. So,I moved these apk files from /system/app/ to internal sd-card.When I tried to reboot the phone,it didn't succeed.I hanged up with a white screen. The... | Root access or SuperUser is an apk that resides in <code> /system/app </code> . If you remove it with the rest of the apps, you lose root. As a possible workaround, you can try to run: <code> > adb root > adb shell </code> And see if the shell that adb opens is <code> $ </code> (normal user) or <code> # </code> (... | Android does not boot because of missing apk files in system/app folder | android |
I've been developing in several Android devices since now but this one has me totally puzzled. ADB in Windows detects the device just fine, but I cannot make ADB recognize this device in Linux (Ubuntu 12.04). <code> $ adb devices List of devices attached ???????????? device </code> Device is in USB debugging mode. <cod... | Changing USB port made ADB recognize the Android device. | ADB shows unknown device | android |
I'm facing a strange situation on my Nexus 4, with Android version 4.2.2. I've being using it for the past 2 months without any issues whatsoever (other than a "regular" battery performance), but since last week I started seeing some duplicated albums with images on the Gallery. So, some images and videos appear twice,... | That's not duplicates. If you are the "device owner", <code> /storage/emulated/0/ </code> is your storage area (where your files etc. reside). <code> /storage/emulated/legacy/ </code> is a symbolic link, always pointing to the logged-in user's storage. That is, if you are the device owner, and you are logged in, both l... | I'm seeing duplicated images and videos on Gallery | android |
I receive 2 or 3 calls per day from random spammers. I have tried blocking the numbers, but it is no use as they just call with new numbers. Is there anyway to avoid this? I suppose the end solution could be changing my number with a new sim card. I have tried the app MrNumber, and I have tried a few other apps, but th... | A friend just recommended Call Control to me for this very reason. I'm starting to get spam calls on my cell phone and it disgusts me. Plus there's a black list feature as well. | What app allows me to block "probable" spam calls | android |
I'm facing a rather painful issue with the battery life/charging issue with my Nexus 7 (4.2.2) When idle and plugged into my 2A charger with the stock USB cable, it charges VERY slowly. I'd say under 10% per hour. With just light usage over the course of an afternoon/evening, the charge got dropped to 50% (after chargi... | Not necessarily an answer but I ended up using the stock charger that came with the Nexus 7 itself. I leave it plugged overnight. None of my other "2A" chargers can charge it quickly nor can my computers. This sucks because now I have only a single rapid charging station, next to my bed (vs my office, my living room et... | Nexus 7 charges very slowly, even with 2 amp chargers | android |
Okay, so I already ordered a new battery, but in the mean time. Why won't my phone charge? I have tried every charger/cable in my house and car (over 10 chargers and around 15 cables). Double checked the setups with my tablet to make sure they work. Checked battery temp with a WiFi tether app, shows 27-28 degrees centi... | MicroUSB ports on phones are delicate and can be prone to losing a proper connection to the power on the circuit board if you're not ultra careful about making sure to not stress the connection point (like having the phone plugged in and the cable is taut). My Wife has already gone through 2 phones and a laptop due to ... | Why doesn't my phone charge? | android |
Anybody else have this issue? It's freaking annoying as every time i revisit somewhere and want to use their wifi, i have to get the password and enter it in again. Any suggestions on how i can resolve this issue? | Likely the wpa_supplicant file is corrupted. If you are rooted, you might be able to use an app like Titanium Backup to wipe the data for it. If you aren't rooted, I am not sure what all you can wipe. You can try and wipe the Settings database (Settings -> Apps -> All -> Settings -> Wipe Data, which might include the f... | Galaxy Nexus ICS Does't remember wifi Passwords - ICS 4.2.2 | android |
0.4 device Sony Xperia MT27i For development use. I describe one screen the here, and display my question: Image Screen with red mark (click image to enlarge) I want to remove the icon from my device screen. How can I do that? | Its power saving symbol and you have to disable from Setting for remove symbol. | How to Remove this battery symbol of head in Android 4.0.4 device Sony Xperia MT27i? | android |
Yesterday I installed a custom rom on my Samsung Galaxy S2. Before I had ICS 4.0.3 installed. Now my external sdcard does not mount automatically on the phone. How can I get this working? | It turns out that the location or link to the external sdcard has moved from /sdcard/external_sd to /extSdCard, while the /sdcard/external_sd was blank. So I thought that the card was not mounted, but in fact it was. | Mount external sdcard after upgrade to Jelly Bean 4.2.2 | android |
I'm having problem using youtube. I use different gmail accounts for e-mail and youtube and I would like them to be separated. Is there a way to tell youtube to use a different account from the "system" one? | Yes, add both your account to Settings > Account, then you can choose which account to sign in to on the YouTube app. Make sure to sign out first Swipe left, and tap on Sign In You should be presented with an account chooser | Is there a way to use a different account with youtube? | android |
The Xperia Play is a one-of-a-kind phone that supports a physical keyboard for mobile gaming. Many games on the Play Store have been optimized to take advantage of these inputs. Now, I've seen some videos showing that the Xperia Z & ZL have support for the DualShock 3 (the PS3 controller) without the need of rootin... | User poo-tang provided an answer in the xda forums : Xperia Play games don't work this way so won't be interchangeable. These new games are HID (Native Android built in virtual controller/mouse) supported (only available on Android 3.1 and up) Xperia Play uses Sony framework only. The games are coded for one or another... | Are all Xperia Play Optimized games compatible with the Xperia Z/ZL's native DualShock 3 support? | android |
I have synced contacts from my Google account on my Samsung Galaxy. Now in my contacts are all kinds of people I've written once an email to, which Gmail stored in my contacts. Some contacts even show up when I search, while they are not even to be found in my contact list on Gmail. I would like to keep some control ov... | Click on the people (contact) app and click the menu button and go to Settings -> Contacts to Display -> Customize. Then make sure only "My Contacts" and "Stared in Android" are enabled. Google shouldn't be adding random emails to My Contacts (since those should be ones you specifically added and the "All other contact... | How to filter my Google contacts? | android |
I would like to know what other functionality is provided by the magnetometer inside android devices besides allowing applications to display a compass. Can an app do anything else with it besides display compass functionality? | Magnetometer reports the magnetic strengths on the three axes of the phone. Can work as compass , metal detector and can also be used to increase mapping accuracy. | What information is available to an app from the magnetometer? | android |
I've come across the term "native web app" also known as "hybrid app". I know what "web apps" and "native apps" are, the difference being that the former are downloaded and run within a web browser and the latter are code (not html) and run a little faster without requiring a web browser to interpret them. So what is a... | Unlike native apps, web apps can't access low level API of system (to access hardware etc) unless it is supported by web standards (most aren't supported to maintain web app portability). Here, native web apps comes to rescue. In Native Web Apps , web codes (HTML, CSS & JS) run in a native wrapper code. The wrapper... | What is a "native web app"? | android |
I've browsing through some jargon and cannot figure out what exactly the difference is between USIM and SIM. While not strictly an android question I figure all android phones are bound to have either one or the other so any clarification on this issue would be greatly appreciated. | SIM is a old guy, but USIM (card's name is UICC, USIM is logical module) is new designed specially for UMTS (3G) generation. While SIM can also be used to access 3G, USIM has extra advantages over SIM: 3G Video Calls (not supported with SIM) Higher Security: USIM introduces new algorithm to prevent unauthorized access ... | SIM vs. USIM inside Android smartphones | android |
Is there a difference between leaving an app by pressing the "back" button vs. pressing the "home" button? I've got an app which includes a countdown timer. The app says it will notify me when the timer reaches zero but only if the app is minimized (home button) and not if it's closed (back button). Is there really a d... | In general, when you leave an app with home , or by launching another app from the recents menu, Android keeps the state of the app around for a while. That includes the stack of which screens you've looked at, the position of scrolling things, selected items, the state of checkboxes and the text in text fields, and ot... | Home button or back button to leave an app? | android |
Every so often, seemingly random, this notification appears in my notification bar, but not in the tray. The circles on the left in the notification bar. I have no clue what it's related to. There's no notification if I slide the tray down. It doesn't stay long, about the time I check for it in the notification tray, i... | I've found it in the Android API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setSystemUiVisibility(int) A flag, SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE, can be passed to indicate that certain UI elements be put into a Low Profile and offer less of a distraction to the user. If I had a nexus device (really any dev... | What is this in my system tray? | android |
I've read that the phone can use GPS, and if not Wi-Fi, and if not cellular triangulation to determine your location. How do I check what the phone thinks my location is? Also, how come I am not seeing the image of the GPS satellite on the notifications slideout bar at the top of the phone alongside the signal, the Wi-... | To see what the device thinks is your current location, you can simply open the pre-installed maps/navigation app (if there is any; usually Google Maps comes pre-installed). If there is none pre-installed, simply install one from the playstore. Or check another GPS tool like e.g. GPS Status & Toolbox if you don't n... | GPS and icons on the Android notification bar | android |
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? (Emphasis my own.) | The Chrome page in the app store says this about the new permissions: This version requests two new permissions, Camera and Modify Audio Settings, to support WebRTC, an experimental feature under development. WebRTC itself is designed to expose your camera and mic to the browser, so that web-apps can implement video-co... | Why does the new Chrome update want the permission to use my camera and audio recording? | android |
I've got an Android P690. When I go to compose text in a text message I would like to input it via the microphone by using Google's networked speech recognition engine. However when I hold down the search hardware button and speak, and finish speaking, Android opens up a web browser and performs a web search with the s... | Sorry, now I see the small microphone icon and globe icon for setting the speech language (keeping the globe pressed allows you to choose which languages to toggle back and forth between) on the soft keyboard that comes up. | Using speech-to-text in text messages | android |
When I place a call I hear the traditional rotary dial phone ringing sound until the person at the other end, whose ringtone most likely is completely different, answers. What I was wondering is, can I set a ringtone for the person placing the call to hear until the other party answers? If so, can such "ringtone" be se... | The sound someone hears when they call a phone is dependent on the person they are calling. This is why, no matter where in the world you are, when you call a US number, you get the US "ringing" tone, whereas if you call a European number, you get the European "ringing". The providers of the person you are calling are ... | Setting "phone ringing" sound for outgoing calls | android |
I recently bought a Xperia E and since I am not a Facebook user I'd like to remove it from my phone. That also applies for Google+ and other stuff which is installed on my phone by default but I am realy not going to use it so it just consumes my memory and battery. I tried to go for example to Settings-> Apps-> Google... | If it came pre-installed with your phone then its a system app. You cannot uninstall it (unless you have your phone rooted, which i think you don't have). Best option for you is to disable the app. In this case, the app won't run and won't consume any CPU or battery (if that's your problem). If you are concerned about ... | How to remove pre-installed apps from Xperia E? | android |
If I root my Desire permanently can I reset it to default manufacturers settings by installing official android version? | Whenever you root your device, you are adding root access to the current OS. If you just perform the Factory Reset, it will retain root (as this just deletes user data), but if you restore the stock image, it will completely wipe the OS and will put the system back as HTC intended it (which would remove root). You woul... | Rooting Desire permanently | android |
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. | Home + Power --or-- Home + Back | How can I take a screenshot on my Samsung Galaxy Fit? | android |
The contacts system on my Xperia Z doesn't search through all my contacts, for some reason. All of the contacts were imported from my Google account, which has no groups or anything special. As an example, I have the following contacts: <code> Antti H***** Antti J***** Antti K***** Antti S***** </code> Now, if I search... | I was in contact with Sony support, and the problem was in the initial import (or sync) from Google contacts. Something was corrupted, even though no corruption was visible. I got this fixed by: Exporting the contacts from Google Contacts Deleting the contacts from the phone Importing the contacts to Google Contacts Sy... | Contact search in Xperia Z doesn't show all contacts | android |
When I plug a USB drive to my Samsung tablet (using USB connection kit), my Android 4.0.4 automatically starts the Archive application, in order to see which is the content of the pen drive. The same happens with an application that I wrote, Android popup a message to match plugged device with my application. Is it pos... | Why are there any apps starting when the drive is attached? First you need some background information what's going on there. Many things on Android are "event-based". That is, when "something" happens, the system issues a "broadcast" saying so. Some well-known and easy-to-understand events include boot completed stora... | How to avoid application autostart when a usbdrive is plugged to tablet | android |
I have downloaded touch recovery from clockworkmod website . How do I flash downloaded .img file using Odin / Mobile Odin tool? | Quoting the answer from XDA Forum . In linux or windows with cygwin. <code> $ tar -H ustar -c recovery.img > recovery.tar $ md5sum -t recovery.tar >> recovery.tar $ mv recovery.tar recovery.tar.md5 </code> | How to convert .img to .tar to flash using Samsung odin tool? | android |
When I connect my HTC Sensation (firmware: CM 10) to some PC I need to enter a passcode (to unlock the phone) and explicitly allow mounting as usb drive. But when I connect SGN2 it enables MTP or PTP without confirmation so, for example, if I ask some guy to charge my phone from his laptop he will immediately gain acce... | I've probably found the solution: run the following command as root <code> setprop persist.sys.usb.config adb </code> and reboot the phone. Now my phone doesn't show an "usb connection" notification and "Android File Transfer" (an MTP implementation for MacOS) doesn't see the phone. In the same time adb works fine. | Galaxy Note 2: Disable MTP/PTP | android |
How do I turn off Google Card notifications? Let's say I search for an address - Google will then show me a card in the notification area with driving directions to that location. I don't want the notification. Is there a way to prevent them from showing up? | According to this help , Google Now notifications can be limited or turned off. Most notifications for Google Now cards can be turned off or set to low or standard priority. Low priority notifications appear at the bottom of the notifications shade without any additional signal. From the lower right corner of the Googl... | How Do I Turn Off Google Now Card Notifications? | android |
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? | I just copied my APK file into the <code> Apps </code> folder, which is created by default in the <code> Libraries </code> folder at the time of BlueStacks installation. Then I just double clicked on the APK file to install it to the App Player. Now I can see the application icon on the home screen of the App Player an... | How can I install APK file on Bluestacks app player? | android |
I just installed VimTouch ; it works as well as you expect a text editor to work on a phone. What is the point of the separate " VimTouch Full Runtime " app? | From browsing the source code , this appears to be the same as the vim-runtime package as provided in most Linux distributions. It ships a variety of Vim scripts which provide additional functionality, such as additional color schemes, file type handling, automatic indentation, etc. Without this package, Vim operates i... | What does the "VimTouch Full Runtime" do? | android |
I recently upgraded to ICS (4.1.2) and have lost the ability to share photos from the gallery via email and wifi. The option was there before the upgrade. But not now. Is this a bug ? | After some mucking around, I discovered Google (un-intuitively) changed the way you can share photos in the gallery for email and wifi. You now need to do this Open Gallery > Select Menu button > select "Select Items" > select the share button at the top of screen. All the icons should appear now in the share dialog wi... | How do you "Share via" email & wifi option from gallery ? It's missing | android |
I want to root Micromax Canvas 2 A110 having Android ICS 4.0.4 . How do I root it? | The following instructions are from androidforums.com site. The summary of the rooting procedure ( just copied and pasted - credit goes to sagarwep the poster of the procedure) is as below: Enable USB debugging on your device. To do that, go to Settings > Development > USB debugging. Connect your device to any PC/lapto... | How do I root Micromax Canvas 2 A110? | android |
On my Android phone, under the list of all phone calls, there are several distinct icons to distinguish between: outgoing calls (a green arrow pointing away from the phone) missed calls (a red arrow bouncing off the phone) received calls (a blue arrow pointing into the phone) However, the user interface does not distin... | You can use a new dialer which supports this. I have tried Swipe Dialer Free and it does this (You get the same icon for all outgoing calls whether they were answered or not but for the un-answered call, you will have "Not Answered" mentioned" P.S. - If your dialer shows the duration of call then I think for Non-Answer... | Distinguishing between placed received and non-received calls | android |
Using a new Nexus 4 with OS 4.2.2. I've pulled my contacts onto the phone (from Exchange/OL using Companion Link) and they are synchronized to the phone's Contacts (people?) app. I can see them from both the Google People app and from the phone app. I have over 3000 contacts, and am trying to set up my favorites for pe... | Beneath those tiles will be a simple list labeled "Frequently Contacted", and they're listed with a much smaller photo (if one exists). So, as you use the phone, it will automatically build that list up for you of the people you contact the most. Otherwise, there's not a way to change the layout of the app. Even if you... | Phone favorite - remove picture icon due to screen real estate | android |
I need to factory reset my phone. However, I need to know whether I will be able to download the applications I paid for on Google Play once I do the reset, and download them onto my phone at no additional cost. If once I do a factory reset I need to pay again to download all the apps, then is there a way to back them ... | Before doing factory reset, you can backup your phone settings to the cloud by going to <code> Settings </code> > <code> Backup & reset </code> and checking the box that says Backup my data. Once done, you can reset your phone, and when you set it up again with your gmail ID it was backed up with, the settings and ... | Can I restore downloaded paid apps after a factory reset? | android |
I have a Samsung Nexus S. I have erased <code> recovery </code> and <code> boot </code> pertitions using <code> fastboot erase <partition> </code> and when I do <code> fastboot flashall -w </code> it stops on <code> sending 'boot' (XXXX KB)... </code> What might be wrong? UPDATE: I successfully managed to flashed... | NOTE: attempting <code> fastboot flash </code> on ur device may cost you your data. So be careful I figured out that I had an outdated Android SDK. I downloaded the latest one, and did: <code> fastboot flash boot </code> <code> fastboot flash recovery </code> <code> fastboot flash userdata </code> and in a couple of mi... | fastboot flashall -w Halts | android |
First of Tablet info : Model number : Micromax P275 Android version : 4.0.4 Baseband version : v3.0 Kernal version : 3.0.8+ linda@SKYWORTHSERVER3 #52 Fri Sep 21 14:00:53 CST 2012 Build number : P275_HW.V0.1_V3.0_20120921 I dont know anything about android now the issue is that the screen keeps randomly jerking and ther... | From your description, there are two obvious possibilities. The first is that some static electricity or oil on the touch screen is causing it to think you're touching it. Try giving the screen a good wipe. Also, earth yourself by holding a metal water pipe with one hand, and cover the screen with your other hand. The ... | screen keeps jerking and there are automatic touches | android |
After downloading a PDF file from Gmail with the help of ASTRO File Manager in my Samsung Galaxy S III , I tried to find the PDF file to attach in the email (Gmail). Unfortunately, only images get attached, but none of the PDF files. How can I do that? Where exactly am I going wrong in the process? | You can attach files with the gmail app. Just click attach image, select Astro to browse and select the PDF you wish to attach | Upload PDF file to Gmail | android |
I have an Android mobile (Galaxy S3), and am really worried that my corporate information will be retrieved after a reset. I've seen shared video showing it is possible to recover data after hard reset. Mac has an interesting format option, i.e., to write zeros all over hard disks (lengthy but effective). Is it possibl... | There is an app for this called Secure Deletion for Android, which can be used to overwrite the data. Another way to obfuscate the data would be to encrypt the device before using factory reset. This encrypts all your data, and after the device is reset, it will be very unlikely that the data can be recovered. | Formatting Android storage "zero out" technique | android |
In the "quick settings" grid you get by pulling down the right-hand end of the notification bar, the top-left item is a photo. I'd like to edit or remove this photo, but when I tap it, it says "The contact doesn't exist." How can I edit or remove this photo? | Go into the People or Contacts app. At the top of the list is a heading Me with a special item to Set up my profile . Click that item and it takes you to the "New contact" screen. On this screen, to the right of the "name" field, there's a little grey "contact icon" box. If you click that you can replace the photo with... | remove pic in quick setting grid | android |
I am following this tutorial for moving apps to sd card. How to Install Android Apps to the SD Card by Default But My Default Location is not changing. And My Phone Memory is full and unable to install new apps. | After Android Tools Update command <code> adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2 </code> has been changed to <code> adb shell pm set-Install-Location 2 </code> Updated Tutorial can be founded here . | How to Install Android Apps to the SD Card by Default | android |
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. | It is not clear whether you had flashed CWM's recovery (through boot image). If you had done, you have to press vol up and down while powering on. If not, you do not have a recovery mode at all. You have to flash it using fastboot as described in CyanogenMod's How to install CM in Sony Xperia Mini Pro . | Booting to recovery | android |
I have a problem. Googling shows that other people have similar problems, but unfortunately the solutions that worked for them didn't work so me, so I'm going to have to ask myself. I have a (rooted) Samsung GT-S5830i ("Samsung Galaxy Ace") running Android 2.3.6, and when I plug it into my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop using th... | I rebooted and it fixed the problem :-\ [and then several weeks later it occurred to me that I should note this fact here, in case it happens to anyone else]. Indeed, I suspect that my phone was in a weird state and probably I could not access the SD card on any computer at all at that point, regardless of what I impli... | I cannot use a USB cable to access my version 2.3.6 phone's SD card with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | android |
I'm trying to use the " Terminal-IDE " development environment. I think it's FANTASTIC from what I can see so far, but at the moment its promise is more than it delivers (to me at least) because I'm having trouble getting to / from the phone as discussed in the HELP literature. The wiki link on that page is non-functio... | In communications with the coder who created Terminal-IDE, known only as Spartacus Rex, the Terminal-IDE community is fairly new and no one had yet created a community. So, I did. You can now find: A Web Site where there may one day be a wiki (help needed - can YOU help set up a Wiki? ). An email list to join to ask an... | Terminal-IDE: Is there a working wiki somewhere to discuss issues unique to this environment? | android |
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... | I fixed by giving the mobile calendar the same name as its called on Google... | Android sync with calendar works only one-way | android |
How can I connect my Android devices (2.3.3 and 4.0) to VPN setup in Ubuntu Linux? | Look under Settings > Wireless & Networks. You should see a VPN option. Assuming you already have a VPN server running on your Ubuntu machine, it should be pretty self-explanatory from there | Connect to Ubuntu Linux VPN | android |
I want to use only the lock screen from another rom for the same phone. I own Micromax A52. And I am using Xzoom v3 as my rom with Dark Angel theme.(to be precise if anyone knows and if it matters :P) But i want to use the lock screen from another rom 'SuperStock52' which is also a rom for the same device. How can i po... | Unless the lock screen is some kind of 3rd party app (like GO Locker ), then I believe you would have to modify the ROM yourself, and port the lock screen over manually, into your 'new' ROM. - In which case you might be better off asking for advice over at XDA , or another developer forum. If it is some kind of 3rd par... | How do i use a lockscreen from another rom | android |
Using the keyboard in Cyanogenmod, sometimes while typing in a sentence, I see a point where I would like to make an edit. Presently, I do this by touching with my finger where I want the insertion point to be, however, it is hard to get the exact location, often I miss it by one or two characters. In such cases, inste... | As mentioned in comments, when you tap some text to set the insertion point you should get a blue indicator "tab" just below where the cursor has been placed. It is usually then fairly easy to drag this "tab" (and corresponding cursor) a couple of characters to the correct position. Unfortunately, unlike some other key... | In my keyboard, is there a way to advance or backup the insertion point? | android |
Google Keep on Android seems to convert arbitrary numeric data into clickable phone numbers. Any sequence of 5 or more digits, with differing punctuation seems to trigger it. I seem to have triggered this a lot so far and not once have I actually typed a phone number! This is proving to be quite problematic. The hypert... | Looks to be bad recognition by Google's code. :-/ Happens on mine as well and no setting can change it. Google is surprisingly receptive to feedback on its apps (a bug fix I reported made it into Google Music's update!), so two ways to get this fixed: Go to Keep's page and click "Email Developer" and write this up. Or,... | How to stop Google Keep from seeing numeric data as phone numbers? | android |
I have access to the IPv6 internet through Charter Communication's 6rd implementation. A number of CDNs fail to work correctly over IPv6, which causes a number of sites, including facebook, to have significant issues (pictures don't load, pages don't load, etc.) On my desktop, I can disable IPv6, and these issues go aw... | Until Google does something about issue 1008 , (which seems unlikely since it's about five years old now) you're unlikely to get a better answer, but for what it's worth, this might help someone in a similar situation. At the moment you can't alter the MTU without root access to the device. In Linux this operation requ... | How can I disable IPv6? | android |
I took a photosphere earlier today, and went to the gallery to wait for it to render. While it was rendering, I switched from landscape to portrait and the gallery app crashed. I'm now left with the pre-rendered, non-stitched images. Is there any way to force the gallery to re-render the photosphere? Or do I just have ... | No, there is no way to rerender a photosphere. It loses the original data after rendering. Even after crashes. | Is there any way to re-render a photosphere? | android |
I have strange troubles with installation CyanogenMod on HTC Sensation XE. Any version (I'v tried 9.0, 9.1, last nightly 10) show about the same errors. There are two classes of errors. First - /cache/dalvik-cache disappears. <code> E/dalvikvm( 315): Could not stat dex cache directory '/cache/dalvik-cache': Permission ... | Some HTC devices that are unlocked using htc-dev (rather than actually gaining S-Off) required to manually flash the boot.img that you extract from the ROM's zip using fastboot. <code> fastboot flash boot "c:\location\to\boot.img" </code> | CyanogenMod doesn't work on HTC Sensation XE | android |
I'm using a Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.2.2. I started using the baked in Swype imitation/gesture typing as soon as I found out it was there. However, the profanity filtering is extremely frustrating. It's way too liberal - it won't even recognize "sucks." I poked around a bit but can't find anywhere to disable it. Is ... | Just type it in once, click it, and save it. Done. You can also go to Settings > Language and Input > Personal Dictionary and add your words from there. | How can I disable profanity filtering of autocomplete suggestions? | android |
I have a Rezound on 4.03, and verizon has pushed an update to it today. I have delayed the install because there's little information about it. What little I have found claim it make the phone unstable. I made a nandroid backup, with the default options. That means: [Boot], [System], [data], and [cache] were selected. ... | An update might include a new radio-firmware (see: stackexchange-url ("What is radio firmware?"); basically you can think of it as the "hardware-layer" or an API to give the installed (Android) system access to the hardware), which is not included with a Nandroid backup. It could also include a "recovery-image" (see: r... | Will a nandroid backup save me from a bad upgrade? | android |
It seems like I read something about how to do this once, but now I can't find it. I thought it was a feature of On{x} , but it doesn't look like the Galaxy S3 Driving Mode is exposed through their API. What I want is for my phone to automatically switch into Driving Mode when it detects I am moving faster than a certa... | How about using NFC to tell the phone that it should switch itself to driving mode when inserted into the cradle? You can get nfc stickers for few euro/pounds on ebay..., put one to the back of the cradle, setup your phone and off you go :-) That probably isn't what you're looking for but still, it's nice and elegant s... | How do I have my Galaxy S3 automatically switch into Driving Mode when I am moving in a car? | android |
I installed <code> CWM </code> on my <code> Mele A1000 </code> and I was able to reboot into recovery mode using adb. At which point I got the <code> CWM </code> menu where I was able to install files from SD, wipe cache etc... After installing all the files ( <code> Cyanogen </code> ) I rebooted, now when the device s... | Once the encryption screen comes up, Android may have gotten far enough in the bootprocess for the adb server to start. If you have adb set up on the computer, check and see if the computer can recognize the phone by typing <code> adb devices </code> . If you see device with a serial number, then just simply type <code... | How to boot the Mele A1000 in recovery mode | android |
Right now if I click a maps link my phone asks if I want to open in Dolphin Google Maps (Standard/classic interface) Web I prefer using the Google " Navigation " application for its features, such as voice guidance and input. How do I get "Navigation" to appear in the list of available apps, or even better make it the ... | Select <code> Google Maps </code> as default and then you only need to select <code> Navigation </code> to open <code> Google Navigation </code> . | How to make "Navigator" my default mapping app? | android |
Just received jelly bean 4.1.2 on my Sprint Samsung galaxy s3. I have always used the 4x2 digital clock widget and I noticed a small icon that looks like a clock appearing just above the AM / PM...What if anything is the purpose of this? This also appears when displaying the weather for the various cities. Anyone have ... | Going by your description, you're referring to the object circled in this screenshot That thing indicates that the city the time is being shown for is currently running on daylight savings time. In this screenshot, we see that New York is observing daylight savings time, and Phoenix isn't. | on home screen what is small clock icon appearing just above AM/PM on 4x2 clock widget | android |
The latest Gmail app update (26 MAR 2013) introduced a feature for devices running Android 4.1 (Jellybean) and higher wherein a user could directly archive / reply to an email from within the notification pull down. The "What's New" section on the Play Store however also lists the ability to delete an email. Android 4.... | Yes - there is a setting you need to change. The Notification bar's actions are based on what you have GMail set up to do when swiping away an email within the app. To change it from <code> Archive </code> : Open <code> Gmail </code> and go to <code> Settings </code> there change the <code> Swiping conversation list </... | How do I delete an email in Gmail from the notification screen? | android |
When I have flashed a new ROM, I have to download all the apps I need in google play one by one, which is very inconvenient absolutely. Some of you may recommend "Titanium Backup", but it will lead to some errors with my device sometimes. So I want to download all my apps using google play in one time, instead of downl... | You have two options. Do a factory reset. Go to <code> Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset </code> . When you are asked to log-in your Google account, it will ask you if you want to download the apps you installed before. Usually, your paid apps will be installed (and possibly some of the free apps... | How to download all my apps in google play when I have flashed a new ROM? | android |
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