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My Samsung Galaxy GT-19100 phone is stopped taking snapshot after my up-gradation from ICS 4.0.3 to ICS 4.0.4. Volume (-) key and power button pressing together is not taking snapshot now. Is this version of ICS doesn't have screenshot facility or something else is the reason? | You can do this by holding the power button + the home button simultaneously. | How to take screenshot on GT-19100 with ICS 4.0.4? | android |
It may be too late to ask for such a thing... I checked my Kindle Fire 1st generation model and found a camera on the top left of the device. At least, it just looks like the camera on any phone or camera enabled device. The listing of features on original Kindle Fire shows that there is no camera. Is this something an... | Are you sure that this is camera? It is more likely a light/proximity sensor... | Does the Kindle Fire original have a camera? | android |
galaxy nexus unlocked bootloader no adb enabled rooted device encryption on with 10+ characters (Cryptfs Password - Google play) PIN screen lock with 6 characters Am I safe if someone wants to extract data from my phone with phone on and off ? what should I do improve ? Did I miss anything ? | The combination of encryption, PIN lock, and having ADB turned off should protect your data pretty well. It could still be compromised if someone finds a security flaw that can be exploited through the network or the MTP USB connection, but that risk exists in any case. However, with your bootloader unlocked, someone c... | Unlocked bootloader, encryption | android |
My mother is considering to get an Android tablet - probably a Nexus 7 or 10. Because I don't live near her, I might need to provide some remote assistance -- and you probably know that talking her through things on the phone is not very efficient, especially when I can't actually see what's on her screen. I don't want... | I attempted to get VNC options working, but they're all buggy. In particular the keyboard mappings and clunky and the screens never seem to render correctly. I even wrote to an author offering money for improvements but never got anything back. Teamviewer 8 is the only solution I've found where it actually works the wa... | How can I remote support an Android tablet? | android |
I lost my data upgrading to M1 CM10.1 through CMUpdate, but I still see it when I go into clockwork recovery mod. I tried accessing it through adb and adb shell but I cannot find it. Furthermore my Galaxy Nexus is reporting that it's full. I have tried this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=19947... | If you were going from CM10 to CM10.1 — that is, moving from Android 4.1 to 4.2 — your data "loss" is probably because the path to your emulated SD card has changed due to the new multiuser support. Previously, the SD card was <code> /data/media </code> , but now it's a subdirectory such as <code> /data/media/0 </code>... | Lost data upgrading roms, but data is still there when viewed with Clockwork and Clockwork alone. Can I recover it? | android |
I found several questions here where people want to merge several of their contacts into one. I'm having exactly the opposite problem: On both my Android devices (Google Nexus 4 and Nexus 7), two of my contacts were automatically merged, without noticing or asking me first. I noticed this when I didn't find my mother a... | I found a solution that kind of works, but IMO it's still unsatisfying. After some googling, I found that this is a known bug in Android . Apparently it's fixed (the issue is closed), but I don't think so, because not only do I have these problems now , there are also comments with complaints which were posted after th... | Why were some of my contacts automatically merged without notice? | android |
I have an LG Optimus One P500 phone which has an official update limited to Android Gingerbread 2.2.3. But I've heard of people installing ICS custom ROMS on their phone even though officially it is not supported. My phone has the following specifications: CPU: 600MHz RAM: 512MB Current OS: Gingerbread (runs very smoot... | As stackexchange-url ("Peter mentioned"), the requirements given might apply to stock ROM. Things may look different with special Custom ROMs. Take e.g. the HTC Wildfire , which comes with just a 576MHz single-core CPU and 384MB RAM (see GSM Arena for full specs), and thus wouldn't meet the minimum requirements. But pu... | Is it possible to install a higher Android version on a phone and have it still running smoothly? | android |
I Googled for one document, a PDF file. If I navigate to that link using my device browser, the document starts downloading. However, what I actually want is the actual URL to the document copied to my clipboard, not the Google link which redirects. | I have Samsung Galaxy S2, running CM10.1 On my stock Browser, I can long-press a link. A menu opens, and one of the menu items is <code> Copy link URL </code> . | Copying links off Google Search results directly | android |
I recently updated to the 10.1 M snapshot of CyanogenMod for my Sprint Galaxy S3 (d2spr). Ever since I did the update, I have been seeing crazy high battery usage from Google Services. I have tried just about everything I can think of to shut it off, but nothing seems to be working. I'm connected to Wi-Fi most of the d... | This is most likely some app utilizing Google Services. You don't show the details screen to be reached when tapping the graph on top of your first screenshot. Please check there, and cross-check with stackexchange-url ("How to deal with (orphaned) WakeLocks?") -- the "keep awake" of your second screenshot suggest Wake... | Google Services battery usage | android |
Is it possible to disable the native email application that comes with the samsung galaxy s3? I feel that the UI is inferior to the gmail app . If so would this require rooting into my phone? | Summary of comments, as requested by the OP: If your device is running Android 4.x, you can simply go to Settings → Applications → Manage Applications , scroll to the app, oben its entry, and hit the "Disable" button -- et voila, it's "gone", and will no longer appear in any other place. If you need it again ... | replace native samsung galaxy s3 email app for gmail app? | android |
I own Samsung Galaxy Nexus, it has been unlocked, rooted, I'm using CWM Recovery Touch and a few weeks ago I updated firmware to <code> 4.2.1 </code> (build <code> JOP40D </code> ). It seems that <code> Superuser </code> is no longer working on <code> 4.2 </code> versions and I must use <code> SuperSu </code> (so I ins... | Problem solved, but I don't understand what happened. While I got stuck on <code> <waiting for device> </code> message, I've tried <code> Reboot bootloader </code> option and process has been successfully completed. But I haven't to do this first time when I was unlocking, rooting, and installing Recovery and AOK... | SGN 4.2.1 - stuck at | android |
Sometimes my SD card gets "corrupted" and this leads to many read/write errors. Usually, connecting the SD card to the windows 7 and selecting the "Error Checking" (Right click the drive > Tools > Error Checking) option finds the corruption and fixes it. Is there any tool or app for checking SD cards for drive errors a... | You can fix this with the help of root and a terminal emulator (e.g. Android Terminal Emulator (or, alternatively, using <code> adb shell </code> ). The binary to do the job is called <code> fsck </code> , and usually located in either <code> /system/xbin </code> or <code> /system/bin </code> . Sometimes you need a spe... | Check and fix SD card errors within Android itself? | android |
I recently flashed my HTC ONE X ATT with CyanogenMod 10.1 and noticed that Flash Player is not installed. I tried to find it on Google Play, but it says that Flash is not compatible with my handset. How can I install Flash Player on my handset, so flash content works on all my browsers (Browser, Dolphin, Firefox and Ch... | Download flash from here: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html . The stock browser is best but if you can't use that Firefox is 2nd when it comes to | Flash player issue on CM 10.1 | android |
Somehow I have managed to get my Android phone (HTC Wildfire running Cyanogenmod 7.1 / Android 2.3.7) into a state where the system load (in unix uptime format) and running process list is constantly displayed on top of the screen, no matter what is running. How do I turn this feature off? (For the avoidance of doubt, ... | Oh dear, the moment I offer a bounty on this question, I bump into the solution myself. Cyanogenmod has a "Dev Tools" app. In "Development Settings" in this app, uncheck "Show running processes" to make this go away. | How to switch on/off system load and running processes overlay | android |
I have Samsung Galaxy S Duos and had a issue of calendar sync. While trying to clear data, I mistakenly force-stopped the Google Calendar Sync app. Now, the calendar sync is not working. It gives an error: <code> Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly. </code> How do I start the Google Calenda... | Download and install the Google Calendar from the Market. Source . | Starting the Google calendar sync in Samsung Galaxy S Duos | android |
Both my Motorola Bionic and OG have bad audio jacks that require significant jiggling around to get a constant connection almost every time I plug them in. Once it's "good" I can leave it alone and it works great but if I bump the connection it could disconnect again. Is there any resolution to this? Is this true for o... | The jack is probably dirty, or the wires could have loose connections in the phone. Try cleaning the headphone jack. | Motorola Bionic and OG have bad audio jacks | android |
Google Now can call all of my contacts... except for one: James P*****. See the following screenshot: Screenshot: Call James (click image for larger variant) What? Who the hell is James A. Kellam? An attorney, apparently, but I don't know him. Let's try a similar name, also in my contacts: Jimmy P***** (same last name,... | I have several contacts that act the same way. Sometimes when I append the contact's number's label to the end of my spoken command it helps; something like, "Call John Smith, mobile" or "Call John Smith, home." | Google Now is not able to call one of my Google contacts | android |
I have the following scenario: A user have a Android OS tablet that have Android 4.0 The tablet have a full USB port (not the mini USB port) The user have a thumbdrive that have a <code> boot from USB </code> version Ubuntu. Is it possible and how do the user goes about booting the USB Ubuntu on an Android OS tablet? T... | Short answer: No . Longer answer: The thumb-drive version of Ubuntu is for x86 processors. There are ways to run Ubuntu in Android, all of them requiring a Ubuntu port with an ARM architecture. Search for Complete Linux Installer in the Play Store for basic stuff. It will rum on top of Android in a virtualized environm... | Can I boot into other OS (such as Ubuntu) from an Android OS tablet that have a USB host? | android |
I have a Galaxy Nexus phone. I want to install JellyBean manually, but I don't know which one of these I should download. How do I know if my phone is maguro, toro or toroplus? | Go to <code> Settings > About phone > Model number </code> , and see which one matches: Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Maguro; GSM/HSPA+) - GT-I9250 Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Toro; Verizon; CDMA/LTE) - SGH-I515 Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Toro Plus; Sprint; CDMA/LTE) - SPH-L700 Edit #1: You can also check the back casing if it has ... | How to find out my Galaxy Nexus' version? (maguro, toro or toroplus) | android |
I'm switching from iPhone to the Nexus 4 (yay!) and I know that the Nexus 4 doesn't come with a headset. I also know that for simple audio playback, any stereo headset can be used -- but I also want to use the headset to: adjust volume with in-cable +/- buttons, start/stop music playback with in-cable middle button, st... | Summary from my comments, as requested, as an answer: There are plenty of other headset controller apps on the playstore if you're worried about the permissions. I tried Jays once, but it only worked partially (in 9 out of 10 tries, I had no luck to adjust the volume -- instead, other actions were triggered, as e.g. pa... | How do I choose a wired headset whose buttons work? | android |
I have been using my Nexus 7 for schoolwork and I love it. One problem, however, is that when I connect to my Bluetooth keyboard I no longer get auto-correct suggestions. I then decided to install Swiftkey 3 and discovered that if I had SwiftKey set as the default I could see a prediction bar, but there was still no au... | Looks like it has been reported as a SwiftKey bug for the Nexus 10 as well. Your best best is probably wait to get this fixed. I suggest you click the Vote button in their support site to increase the bug's priority. I just added 3 votes for you! NOTE: I don't use SwiftKey. I use GO Keyboard. | Turn on auto-correct when using a Bluetooth keyboard | android |
As everyone knows, the development of Adobe Flash for mobile devices was discontinued. I have an external device I want to access. It has a web server installed running a HTML script with an embedded Flash movie. Since I am not able to download a compatible Flash version on Google Play and have a device that runs Andro... | You can obtain the apks for Flash for all versions of Android directly from Adobe in their old version archives. http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html Scroll down a bit and you'll find "Flash Player for Android 4.0 archives" and "Flash Player for Android 2.x and 3.x archives". These... | Where to get Flash Player for Android 2.2 Froyo | android |
The apps kept crashing on my phone (even MIUI Home) so I shut it down using the long power press and selecting shut down/power off option. When I powered it back on, it just stays stuck on the Samsung logo boot screen with the yellow warning sign (which has been there ever since I rooted it). Here's what I tried which ... | First of all, it always a good thing to have USB Debugging on. It can help you check your phone and even recover it if something is wrong. When your phone is on a boot loop and won't start correctly, you can use adb to check where might be the problem. Connect your phone via the USB cable to a PC with adb and then type... | How to determine cause of boot halt in Samsung logo screen? | android |
I rooted my Android ICS with some script. It was rooted then I installed and removed some system application. Then I formatted the device and re-installed the ICS. Now when I try to root it again it gives error could not copy are you a root? I searched for that and finally found that though I re-flashed it any times. /... | I have posted the question on same link shown in question. Till that i tried everything format SD card totally, also tried different roms of ICS still it was not worked. Then as in reply i got on that forum saying install gingerbread rom then root it, use OTA root keeper and upgrade. So i did similar to that i installe... | Rooted, then flashed, now not able to root again /system is always read-only | android |
I noticed this function on Alcatel with same version of Android (2.3.6) . When you talking phone blocked, but when you changing phone to horizontal position(standart position for working with phone) it unlocks screen. This function is very helpful if you need to finish call fast. is ti posible to add this function to m... | It's not normally to do with the position of the phone, there's normally a "proximity sensor" on the front of the phone that locks the screen if the phone is against your face, and unlocks the screen a few moments after you take it away from your face. According to the Galaxy Pocket Duos's specs on GSM Arena there's no... | Samsung Galaxy Pocket Duos unlocking screen in horizontal position when calling | android |
Are there any solutions to the Google Nexus 4 weird sound problem? This is how it sounds . Will Google replace the phone? I am in Singapore and bought this phone through a friend in the US. There is no proper support information for this phone from Google / LG. I tried calling '855-83-NEXUS' but they are closed for the... | Answer from stackexchange-url ("vi.su.") in comments (to make it clear for other users) Found out solution to this problem. In fact, this is not a problem at all. NFC device in the nexus phones is the source for this sound. When placed near a RFID / smartcard, it actually tries to read it aloud. Galaxy Nexus NFC Weirdn... | Google Nexus 4 weird sound problem | android |
I'd like to know how to install Opera Mini without internet connection, because I'm going to test an application in my tablet, but it needs a browser that support proxy configuration and I don't have wi-fi to install Opera Mini. I already downloaded the apk, but to install Opera Mini it needs connection to download its... | Looks like this is not possible. In the Opera Mini FAQ, it says: You must have a compatible phone with an Internet connection . When you download Opera Mini, you will be told if your phone is known to work. To see if your handset can run Opera Mini, visit the list of supported devices. | How to install Opera Mini without internet connection? | android |
I have ASUS eee pad transformer. I used OLife to use Ubuntu on it, it worked but it crashed Ubuntu. Now when i boot it always goes to APX mode, so i have black screen only. No Android, No Ubuntu i got. Nothing shows up on the screen. But when i connect the device using USB to my PC i can see its showing <code> Bus 003 ... | If you can access APX Mode, you can restore a stock ROM using Easy Flasher . The steps are the following: Check if your Asus Transformer is supported. Download Easy Flasher Download the latest stock ROM from Asus website. Copy the update zip to asusupdate folder (inside Easy Flasher folder). Open Easy Flasher and hit F... | How to install Android completely as new to ASUS Eee pad transformer? | android |
Running: Verizon HTC Eris (No service) with the recommended Cyanogenmod for the device + Amon RA recovery as prescribed by the gscript lite method of rooting found in the "Universal Eris root for dummies" guide (the one with step by step pictures) When i got the CM7 rom up and running i was looking through the preinsta... | This is entirely up to you, and your personal preference. There is one thing I would suggest though: do not use ROM Manager ! It has a nasty history of damaged devices. I would suggest that you go with either CWM or TWRP, if it is available for your device. I would suggest you flash it using fastboot, if it is availabl... | Clockwork Mod. To flash or not to flash? | android |
I accidentally turned on talk back in the Accessibility menu. When I turned it on I got some kind of walk through on how to use it. I couldn't cancel it. So I turned off my phone. When I turned it back on again it took me 15 minuts to unlock my phone. Apparently I had to touch a button to give it focus and then double ... | I got the solution! Somehow I could get into the settings menu by turning aeroplane mode on and starting Google Maps (which is on my home screen). Google Maps then sends you to settings. In there I can scroll using three fingers. ps: I feel stupid :) | accidentally turned on talk back | android |
Where in HTC Sync is the option to disable synchronization upon connecting the phone to the computer? There used to be plenty of options in the old versions of HTC Sync. By old versions I mean versions like 2.0 that came with my phone. This is the version I have been using for two years now. I just thought I would upda... | According to the download page of HTC Sync Manager, HTC Desire phones should be supported. In my case when I first started the application it started loading all my media files from my pc (which took some time). After everything was loaded, the music etc was stored in my Media gallery of the HTC Sync Manager. If you wa... | How do I disable auto-sync in HTC Sync 3.3? | android |
The Nook Simple Touch is an android-based eReader. In their interface for reading books, you can highlight a word or set of words, then attach a note to that. The notes are limited to 512 characters, but you can have an unlimited number of notes for a book. I currently work around the limit by highlighting a word, writ... | @Liam's comment in my question was correct. The max character value is hard-coded into the Reader.apk file. Therefore, the answer to my question is no... Unless you modify the program itself. I made changes to the file to increase the limit; details can be found at this xda forum post . Because the solution required pr... | Any way to remove the 512 character limit on Nook Touch notes? | android |
I just flashed my HTC One X AT&T Build number 1.73.502.1 710RD ATT US edition with CM 10.1 as described at CM10.1 Android 4.2.1 ROM for AT&T One X/One XL Everything seems fine, but once I connect my device with wifi, its gets connected but data is not being transferred. Does someone has idea if this is bug or i... | Once I unchecked Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone on Date & time settings, everything worked perfectly. | CM10.1 Wifi issue | android |
After upgrading my Nexus 7 to 4.2.1, which was an adventure in itself, I noticed that in the pull down menu at the top of the screen (notification bar), where you get to see notifications about updated programs or even available updates, I don't see the icon for "settings" and for the screen lock (so it doesn't readjus... | Swiping down on the left side of the screen should bring down the notification window shade and swiping down on the right side of the screen should bring down the new "quick settings" window shade which has the settings icon and some other handy settings easily available. As far as the screen adjusting, this is known a... | After upgrade to 4.2.1 how to get "settings" and "screen lock" back in pull down menu? | android |
If I were to get an android tablet that uses an app market like GetJar , would rooting it allow me to use the google play store? I want to get a Android Hipstreet Flare, but I am hesitant because it uses GetJar. If I'm going to dive in to the android world, I want to be able to use the legit app store. | When your Android device is rooted, you should be able to flash images. There is a "gapps" package that contains the Google applications (like Gmail, ...) that is delivered with most AOSP roms, so you can flash that through recovery. If I'm not mistaken, this enables the Google Play Store on the given rom. I think the ... | Will Rooting android give me access to Google Play? | android |
I just installed Jelly Bean 4.1.2 on my Samsung Galaxy Note N7000. I am not able to add words to the dictionary. I use more than one language while texting. There are no options in the settings either. How do I get myself out of this rut? | Ok I believe I'm a step closer to solving this adding to the dictionary issue. This is how I'm getting around it Firstly my keyboard is set to portrait type 3x4 Predictive text on with continuous input. Now to add a word turn OFF predictive text. Now type your word manually and when your done, and with the cursor flash... | Not able to add words to dictionary while texting on Jelly Bean 4.1.2 | android |
I'm trying to root my phone with Unrevoked recovery reflash tool and it all goes well - it installed the needed service and the root tool - up until it's supposed to actually do the root process. It reboots the phone and then says "waiting for system to settle" and then it says "running root". Then it gives me the mess... | One click root methods use a simple rootkit exploit package to gain root permissions to the Android kernel. Once this is done, they modify file permissions to make the rooting permanent. These exploits have been patched by Google and device manufacturers for a long time now, and the vast majority of one click rooting s... | Unrevoked: Is my firmware too new? | android |
Is there a way to tell if an Android phone is rooted? Where can you find this information in the phone? I used Unrevoked to root my HTC Desire (GSM) and I had the tool set to disable the phone security as well. But when I start the HBOOT menu it still says S-ON on top of the screen. Shouldn't that say S-OFF now? Maybe ... | Is there a way to tell if an Android phone is rooted? The easiest way of root checking is to use program Root Checker . | How to tell if a phone is rooted? | android |
I've been using Dropbox camera upload to automatically sync my pictures to my PC using my data plan (this part is important, I can't use a wifi). However, this autosync eats up the battery like crazy, so I'd like it to only sync when the phone is charging. I always connect my phone to its stand as soon as I'm home, so ... | Google+ Instant Upload offers a setting to allow uploads only when the charger is connected. Facebook's instant photo upload does not offer such an option. The Gallery is linked to your Google Account and thus to Picasaweb. However, there's no option within the Gallery app to restrict data transfer only when the charge... | Service that syncs pictures only when charging | android |
I just got root with Unrevoked and S-OFF with AlphaRev. I partitioned my SD card in GParted as following. <code> Part 1: 4096 MB ext3 Part 2: 25842 MB fat32 </code> The card is a 32 GB SD card. I intended to have 4 GB reserved for apps and such. Now I am trying to do a NANDroid backup using the new ClockWorkMod AlphaRe... | Recovery images are hard coded to use the first partition of an SD card are the main FAT partition. As such, you need to ensure that the first partition on the card is the FAT partition, or recovery will try to mount the ext partition as the fat partition. You can use any partition tool to modify the card. You also sai... | Can't mount /sdcard while doing a NANDroid backup! | android |
I would like to download the RUU for my phone but I can't figure out which one to get. There are several options on sites like shipped-roms.com. Can you help me figure this out? The phone is a HTC Desire (GSM). Here is some additional information. <code> Android version 2.2 Baseband version 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27 Buil... | Both. Bravo is HTC's internal codename name for the Desire. They do this as they want a constant name for internal purposes as they often sell the identical device in multiple markets under different names (e.g. the HTC Magic is also sold as the HT-03A, the myTouch 3G, and has the codename Sapphire) or multiple devices... | What RUU do I need for my HTC phone? | android |
Tired of not being able to tell who's calling me at all, I ended up putting out the additional monthly cost and getting caller ID display in my phone plan. And since I took it, I... still cannot tell who's calling me most of the time. Let me explain. When you have a home phone and have caller ID display in your plan, i... | I use Current Caller ID and it seems to work ok, better if you let it connect with Facebook. It is not perfect but it will help out. I also use Reverse Lookup . It is after the fact, but it does a good job. it will google the number and quickly add it to your phone book if you want. Neither are going to get you coverag... | Having Strangers' Names in Caller ID Display | android |
I'm creating a guide for noobs on editing the SystemUI.apk on the US Galaxy S3. But, before I post the guide, I want to make sure I know my stuff! I'm looking to learn about ADB (and ADB shell) and its various commands. I've noticed that some users mount their system read-write like so: <code> mount -o remount,rw /syst... | On some devices/ROMs most mount points seem to be defined in a special config file called <code> /etc/fstab </code> . In this case, you can ommit the device information and options, as they can be automatically determinded. However, other devices/ROMs use init scripts to create the mounts, and have the special options ... | adb shell mount command: documentation? | android |
I followed the i nstructions on the official TWRP site on how to install TWRP on the Kindle Fire. So I did <code> wget <twrp.img> adb shell idme bootmode 4002 fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery <twrp.img> </code> But now, my Kindle Fire wont boot. It just shows a yellow triangle. How can I fix it? | You need to reset the bootmode. This can be easily done with <code> fastboot </code> . Execute the following commands: <code> fastboot -i 0×1949 oem idme bootmode 4000 fastboot -i 0×1949 reboot </code> | My Kindle Fire is stuck at the yellow triangle screen after installing TWRP. How can I fix this? | android |
When I shut off USB Debugging in the developer settings I get a USB Mass Storage prompt upon connecting the device to my computer. However, for the life of me I can't find a place to shut off this prompt (i.e., turn it into a notification rather than have the window pop up) or change to MTP mode (I'm assuming I no long... | If you go to Settings -> Storage , then hit the menu button, you'll find an item called USB computer connection . Here you can set USB settings. | Are there USB settings in CyanogenMod 10? If so, where? | android |
I have a Nexus S running 4.1.1 and a Nexus 7 running 4.2.1 and they both have the same problem with Beautiful Widgets. Whenever I reboot either device, the widgets no longer show up on the home screen or lock screen (for the tablet). When I open the Beautiful Widgets config app, I can see that they're still tracking th... | The problem is caused by a bug in Jelly Bean that causes apps installed via Google Play to be installed to the external storage regardless of the "internalOnly" qualifier in the application manifest. Source: Android Bug Tracker 1 and 2 The issue of widgets disappearing can be resolved with a work around using Titanium ... | How to stop Beautiful Widget from being removed on device reboot? | android |
I have an HTC Desire S II. I use Viber only occasionally. To save battery, I want to "kill" it when not in use. The menu has an <code> Exit </code> button that seems to work, but Viber still comes back to life after a while. Is there any way to make it stay "dead" without uninstalling it? | This isn't possible, since Viber needs to be running in order to receive calls which are routed via Viber. If you shut down the background process, you can't be reached via Viber. The exit button just means it closes the UI, but keeps listening for calls in the background. | How to stop the Viber process? | android |
Can such an app freely read my emails/calendar/message/docs/etc.? The "USE ACCOUNTS ON THE DEVICE" permission is also known for developers as android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS. Example of such apps: WhatsApp, MightyText. | Android has a centralized system for managing credentials for online services (such as your Google account). One component is called the <code> AccountManager </code> . Some apps can " act as an account authenticator ". This means that they understand how to log into a particular online service, and can log in to that ... | What can an app do with the "USE ACCOUNTS ON THE DEVICE" permission? | android |
Okay, so basically the Google Play store search is only for typing in the exact name of the app you already know and want to install. Every time I look for an app with certain functionality, Im having great problems in finding it. Usually the results contain tons of spam applications and very few of usefull ones, or on... | Try combined search words to narrow down the result list. If you e.g. look for an alarm reminder, "alarm reminder" gives you 1.000+ results -- while "alarm-reminder" (note the "minus" replacing the space) shrinks it to 48, relating to both terms (and not just either one of them). Sometimes also the rules from Google's ... | How to effectively search for apps on/without using Google Play? | android |
These docs suggest that it has been available (only) since Android 3.0 Honeycomb. By contrast, conversation on discussion boards suggests it was available in 2.3.4 Gingerbread . So, what is the answer to the titular question? Bonus points if your answer clarifies the following. Are the official docs misleading? Or were... | Gingerbread 2.3.4 ROM added support for device encryption, but the feature wasn't accessible from settings until Honeycomb (tablets) and ICS (smartphones). To enable device encryption in Gingerbread device, you need to add an Exchange account. Not sure, but it should be accessible through API too. There are also some h... | In which version of Android was encryption of /data made available? | android |
When installing an application, the application lists permissions that it needs to perform its functions. I am creating this list of the the system defined permissions and a description of what they mean. It is a community wiki so if new permissions are added in the future they can be added to this list. | This is all the available permissions that an application can require. Of this list, there are some that can only be "requested" by "System" applications. Applications that are not system applications will not be able to request permissions to "System Permissions". Only applications that are in the /system/app location... | What do the permissions that applications require mean? | android |
Is there any way to block only H+ (3.5G) and still have H (3G)? I use Android 4.2.1 CM10 Galaxy Nexus. I want to do this because 3.5G signal in buildings is poor (1 bar), but 2G (which signal is good) is too slow. | No, you cannot block that, unfortunately! You can either switch to 2G (which saves battery) or continue with 3G. Cannot have it both ways! The telephony signal is deep within Android itself and no way of messing with that! Not alone that, Android picks up that radio signal strength from the heart of the Silicon On Chip... | Block H+ (3.5G) but not H (3G), possible? | android |
I'm trying to install a large application (EA games' Scrabble free), but I have insufficient space on my phone, so I can't complete the installation. I have plenty of space on my SD card though, but I don't see any option to install the app directly there without passing through the phone. What can I do about this? | You are out of luck sorry! The only way to do so, is to install to internal space on Phone, then: Tap on Settings Tap on Applications Then tap on Manage Applications Scroll down looking for the appropriate game, then tap on it Finally, tap on <code> Move to SD Card </code> ... You will have to free up space temporarily... | Can I install an app directly to my SD card? | android |
With the growing number of Android devices in all sorts of different form factors (dev boards like Raspberry Pi/ODroid, Android-on-a-stick, etc), it seems like it would be great to be able to actually do development work on Android and not just simply for Android. For example, having the standard Linux build tools avai... | In case you only need a cross compiling environment with the standard Linux build tools there is an easy solution already included in the Android-NDK: In the subdirectory <code> build/tools </code> of the NDK you find a scrip named <code> make-standalone-toolchain.sh </code> . using the parameter <code> --install-dir= ... | Is there any easy way to get GNU build tools on Android? If not... why not? | android |
I had recently gifted my Mom a Nexus 7, with a hope that she will like to read books. She is old with poor eye sight and can't read English that great. I find her eager to learn and she had made a good progress in reading few books. Since she is not used to these gadgets, I am trying to keep settings in her tablet cons... | There's no built-in functionality for this, but there are a handful of third-party launchers that support locking the desktop. Off the top of my head, I know that both Apex Launcher and ADW.Launcher do. For Apex, simply double tap on an empty space on the home screen and then select "Lock Desktop" to prevent icons from... | Can I prevent home screen shortcuts from getting deleted or moved around? | android |
I just switched from the SG2 to the SG3. They transferred all my contacts at the store. I now have a lot of duplicate contacts, some of which are Phone contacts and some of which are Google contacts. I am working to clean this up. On my old SG2, joining contacts did what I desired: 2 contacts would become 1 with all of... | After much searching for an answer, I found this in another forum. I use Companionlink to sync my old Palm Desktop database to my S3. The contact records come into the device showing as a phone record, but most times don't auto join to Facebook and LinkedIn records...even if the names match exactly. I tried in vain on ... | Joining Contacts has no effect (SG3 4.1.1) | android |
In Nokia PC Suite we can backup mobile data (contacts, message etc) on a computer. We can also send, receive sms or manage sms by computer using Nokia PC Suite when a Nokia mobile is connected with a computer by Bluetooth or by data cable. Is there any software or application by which I can use my HTC Desire SV mobile ... | Try MyPhoneExplorer to control (almost) any Android device. You can easily send and receive sms on your PC when this software is connected to your phone. or HTC Sync Manager for synchronizing. | Is There a Computer Application To Manage SMS Messages The Same as Nokia PC Suite Can? | android |
I just acquired a newish Kindle Fire, software version 10.2.6. Normally when I plug a Kindle or any USB device into my laptop (running Ubuntu 12.04) I get a popup screen asking me what I'd like to do and the device mounts. It has worked this way with 2 previous Kindles but they were software version 6.x.x. So my questi... | Summing up from the comments above... As eldarerathis wrote: "connected as a media device" suggests it's using MTP , which would require special software to be installed (there are MTP packages available for different Linux flavours). Try getting UMS working You might also want to check your "notification area" when th... | How do I mount a Kindle Fire 10.2.6 on my Linux computer? | android |
A device presents me with an error message, and I want to google the problem. The error message is displayed translated, making it harder than necessary to find others with the same issue and/or a solution. Is there a way I can search the translation dataset and find the original string in english? | After some digging around, it turns out that there is indeed a way to handle localization in the SDK that could help answer this question, but from the Localization documentation, I don't get the impression an end-user can easily find these files and read them. Izzy's two suggestions from the comments are really the be... | Reversing translation of (error) messages? | android |
Every weekend I go out and ride my bike through the exact same boring old route. Now I've decided I want to start exploring new parts of the city, but I need my phone to help me that. Today, using google maps, I decided on a new route I want to follow next weekend (and I'll probably have a new one each week). The probl... | The solution I use for similar situation is Trekbuddy . I am sure you will discard the idea of using this app if you didn't understand it well. Hence, read through its description in its Play site and their forums . It requires little homework before any such serious use. But once you know your way (pun intended ) thro... | How to have my phone guide me through a specific route | android |
When the contact items (or several) are set to 'phone', how can they be changed to 'gmail' in order to sync? In the post stackexchange-url ("Contacts Sync problems: phone contacts not syncing to Google"), it says that contacts set to 'phone' will not sync. So, how can they be changed? | You need to export your phone contacts in to vcf format and then again import it into Google contacts. Steps in Android 4.2: contacts -> settings > Import/Export -> Export to storage. contacts -> settings > Import/Export -> Import from storage. - This will ask you to select your Google account to save. Edit/Delete or r... | Change existing contacts from 'phone' to 'gmail' | android |
I went over some of the old forum posts about this issue and there seems to be a lot of confusion about this. I am planning to root my HTC Desire (GSM) which at the moment is running original UI/ROM and everything on Android 2.2 FroYo. One of the root guides said that I should disable Fastboot by going to Settings and ... | I am on Android 2.3.3 with root, S-OFF and custom ROM (SuperNova) and I can confirm now that the option to toggle between Fast boot enabled and Fast boot disabled is available. Now, to properly answer my own original question, this is how you would disable it on HTC Desire. Press Menu button. Tap Settings. Tap Applicat... | How do I disable Fast boot without the Power option in Settings? | android |
I am following a Wiki on how to install and set up Android SDK and I am stuck at a step where I am supposed to test if the ADB server works by using the command <code> adb start-server </code> . Is this command correct? The Wiki can be found here: http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Android_SDK I have done what it says in step 5... | I have solved my own problem. Those search paths are all messed up! I checked the installation path and it's installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Android even thou I do have a 64-bit version of Windows. But nevertheless, this is the default installation location. So I updated the PATH variable with following line. <code... | What do I type in PATH variable for ADB server to start from CMD? | android |
Is there a recommended way to clear out the thumbnail data that I have in <code> DCIM/.thumbnails </code> folder? It occupies about 50 MB and I want to clear it out but when I press Ctrl+A in Windows Explorer it stops responding. There are maybe 10,000 files in there. Is that enough to cause this problem where Explorer... | You could use any file explorer directly on your Android device to do this. A good choice is e.g. ES File Explorer File Manager , which as a side-effect also enables you to directly access your PC from the Android device (accessing your Shared Folders via WiFi), and has many other nice features: Start the app Go to Set... | How do you clear .thumbnails folder without hanging Windows Explorer? | android |
I was about to download a CM ROM file for my phone, here Now when I use that (first) uploaded link, it showed me a folder, in which there are a bunch of different versions, such as anzu aoba mango etc and many more. How do I determine which would be the correct version for me? My Phone is a Sony Ericsson Xperia x10i, i... | I do not think there's any support for the x10 from CM for the v9 release. For reference: Xperia Arc => anzu Xperia Neo => hallon Xperia Pro => iyokan Xperia Mini Pro => mango Xperia Ray => urushi Xperia Mini => smultron Xperia Arc S => ayame Xperia Neo V => haida Xperia Active => satsuma Live with Walkman => coconut X... | Which CM9 ROM for sony ericsson x10i? | android |
For example on my galaxy Tab 7.7 plus sc_01e running ics , the phone app apk is installed but does not show up in my app drawer. It will actually show up if it is called by a widget but there is no launched icon for it anywhere. In the system settings it shows as running This tablet is not rooted but I did buy it off a... | Android has many apps that run either in background (such as Accuweather daemon) or only appear as widgets (for example TypoClock). Since these two apps don't need the user to open them from the launcher, they don't add an icon to it. The same happens with Live Wallpapers. If you use a root explorer or another root app... | Why are some apps hidden and how to unhide them | android |
I noticed that what makes installing SDK packages so slow is because these two packages take too long to be downloaded and sometimes it hangs on these two. Do you really need to download these two packages on every API version in the SDK Manager. | These system images just enable you to run Android emulator with processor of some architecture (depending on system image version; for example, Android 4.0 supports x86) and Android SDK doesn't require these images at all. If you use your phone (or some real device) for android development and don't use emulator at al... | Is ARM EABI v7a System Image and Mips System Image important? | android |
That is, I want my browser to start with two tabs open, set to two different URLs. I have tried putting "google.com | facebook.com" into the URL but that does not seem to achieve the intended effect. | No, it's not possible. How did I get such result? As always I started to google this possibility but found nothing interesting. So I decided to check Android Browser source code . If you want you can download it by typing in console: <code> git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Browser </cod... | Is it possible to specify multiple home pages for the default android browser? | android |
One of the big reasons I installed CyanogenMod (10.1 latest Monthly) was to be able to have the ability to selectively deny apps certain permissions (most importantly the network and device ID ones). However, I am not able to find it in the settings, in spite of there being blog and forum posts from several months ago ... | This was available in CM7, but got removed in CM9 and above, for reasons I do not know myself. It is possible that the maintainers of CM couldn't find a way to make this compatible with Android 4+ and so left it out. There are apps on the market that can do this, such as Permissions Denied however this is now a paid ap... | How to enable selective app permissions on CyanogenMod? | android |
While working fine for almost a year now (since I've installed CyanogenMod on my device), a couple of days ago synchronisation stopped all of a sudden: Network indicators turned white (no longer green on Gingerbread / blue on ICS and up), which indicates the device is not "in-sync" with the Google servers. First I thou... | Analysis Luckily, <code> logcat </code> gave the IP address along (in my case: <code> 74.125.93.113 </code> ). On my PC, I first checked with the browser ("https://74.125.93.113/") -- and in fact, connection timed out. Next I checked what's behind the IP: <code> host 74.125.93.113 113.93.125.74.in-addr.arpa domain name... | Synchronisation of contacts and calendar suddenly stopped working | android |
I have connected my Samsung Galaxy Y mobile with Windows XP (64 bit) operating system. It is asking me to install the CDC ACM Data. I have selected the 'install automatically' option, but it is saying that it can't install the software. Where can I find the software? I have searched a lot. | Here they say, installing Samsung Kies should solve the problem. I haven't tried it yet, but it is available on Samsung's official website for their various phone models. | Samsung Galaxy Y asking to install CDC ACM DATA? | android |
I am having lot of Video files which are my personal to give to my girl friend. My girl friend personal video files are also to send to me. Now both together, i want to keep them as Album, Which i need to upload to Google Drive or Microsoft Sky-drive or Drop-box. Like Photo upload/share concept, is there Video upload/s... | Yes, you can use Google Drive , Dropbox or SkyDrive to upload your Videos. I think though that the YouTube app would be better, just remember to mark your video as "private". You can even set up an extra Google Account just for that which you can both use with the same password. | Where to upload video files? to have online video albums? To share them for WhatsAPP apps | android |
If I delete a message with a single tick, does that just get deleted from my local device ( Android) or does it no longer get delivered to the recipient? | If you wish to stop a whatapp message from being delivered to a recipient, I have found that after you have sent this (✅) and before this is delivered (✅✅) you add the person temporarily to your block list until they come on line next as you can still see there date stamp. The message then doesn't get delivered. You ca... | Can I stop a WhatsApp message from being delivered? | android |
I'd like to use my iMac's audio (i.e., microphone and speakers) for a call that is handled on my Samsung galaxy i5000 Android 2.2 phone. Is that possible? I've paired my iMac (OSX 10.6) and smartphone through Bluetooth. Then, during a call, I opened the context menu on my phone (where you can also enable/disable the sp... | The reason for the Bluetooth icon being disabled is that you haven't paired the phone with a device that supports the Headset profile . Bluetooth uses profiles to categorize which services a device supports, and Macs don't support acting as a headset, only connecting to a headset (see list of supported profiles ). To u... | Can I use my iMac's mic and speakers for a call with my android 2.2 phone (through Bluetooth)? | android |
I know how to stackexchange-url ("show the developer options menu"). How do I hide it again? | Clearing the data on the "settings" app will get rid of the developer options on the Galaxy Nexus (at least on 4.1. Not sure about 4.2), but that may only work on that device. It doesn't do it on my Galaxy S3. Note : The above action clears the settings of the settings app, i.e. not actually importanty data per se. You... | Hide Developer Options in Android 4.2 | android |
I want to push music to my Android device running Google Music. Is this possible? | It's actually pretty simple but not obvious at first. Create a Playlist (e.g. 'Offline') Open Google Play Music on your Android device and select the playlist Check 'Keep on device' for the playlist Go to http://music.google.com and add tracks to this playlist You device will download the tracks, even if you add them w... | How can I push music to my Android device with Google Play Music? | android |
I tried googling this, but it kept giving me the USB tethering option, which I don't want. My laptop currently cannot connect to the Wifi we have at work, because there is a problem with Cisco, Windows 8, and Killer Networks cards not working together. However, my Galaxy S3 can connect to the Wifi at work perfectly fin... | You should be able to just tether and while your phone is connected to the wifi network that connection should be used. If this is not the case turning off the mobile data should force it to use the wifi connection | Connect Galaxy S3 Wifi Connection to Computer | android |
I want to be able to connect to my VPN connection whenever I am connected to wifi, is it possible to add a shortcut on the home screen where the widget including wireless, Bluetooth, GPS, sync and brightness options is? | Yes. This is possible Use 1-vpn app which lets you do this. But, it's not compatible with Android 4.0+, and you have to pay for it (only a $0.90). If the payment is worth the burden you go through every time you connect, that's your best option. Alternatively you can use 5-vpn which is free and requires you to go throu... | Is it possible to create a VPN connection shortcut on home screen? | android |
When I want to get/download books from Google Play Store, I usually get this notification: But then I am not sure what to do afterwards to be able to read those pdf books on my phone. I've installed to ebook reader apps (kindle and another one), I also downloaded Google Play books app but I can't find those books explo... | You can download the Google Play Books app from the market ( link ) If there is a problem with your installed app, open the app using Play Store app and uninstall and reinstall it. Now you should have the app shortcut in your app drawer. In this app, you will be able to view your purchased books. | Reading pdf books on my phone | android |
I think I've bricked my device (Huawei G330, U8225-1). I was adb pushing while I received a "push failed: no space left on device". The phone boots in recovery, I've root but the bootloader is locked. If I try to push an update to SDCARD/dload it says "no such file or directory", if I try to adb shell it says "exec '/s... | That's a soft brick, for the reasons below: Handset is still powering on adb is responding handset recognizes usb cable plugged in (how else were you able to adb?) handset recognizes the sdcard Look at this question to see Izzy's stackexchange-url ("answer") on what is classified as a "brick". Something went awry there... | Is it a hard brick? | android |
I have an Samsung Galaxy S3. TouchWiz is great, but I want to use the vanilla Android OS you see on the Nexus 4. Is this possible? | In theory, it should be possible to compile Android from source, with proprietary blobs for the specific device. In practice, however, this is largely impossible, with the exception of Nexus devices and those from community dev-friendly manufacturers like Sony. Samsung, in particular, is notorious for providing terribl... | Can you install vanilla Android on any phone? | android |
Both MediaMonkey and MusicBee, as music players let you 'rate' songs from 1 to 5 stars. I would like to have this functionality as well in an Android app. The main problem is syncing these ratings. Android apps like NRG Player do have a rating, however if I rate songs using NRG Player, they are not 'understood' by neit... | After I posted this question, I found out that 'PlayerPro' music player allows you to choose the type of ratings it saves to. MediaMonkey is one of them, so this basically is what I needed. Unfortunately, it is not a free app, but for me although this is a tiny feature, this is something I'm willing to pay for. | Sync MP3 Ratings on Android, with MediaMonkey / MusicBee on Windows | android |
Has anyone successfully used a MIDI Keyboard (through USB OTG, specifically) with a Nexus 7? (I am not looking for commentary on the particular keyboard, but please state which you have used.) | You can use any standard Midi keyboard with your device. ( src ) There are several keyboards with Korg and Roland . Choice of the device is all yours. But unfortunately there are reports that your nanopad is not working with this as you asked in your original question. ( src ) You may want to verify that with the manuf... | USB On-the-go MIDI Keyboard with Nexus 7 | android |
The screen woke up at 4am or 5am at night, and had been on ever since. How can I find out the process that was responsible for screen-wake ups? The device is Galaxy S III running Android Jellybean 4.1.2. Thank you | Download the GSam Battery Monitor (formally knows as Bad Ass Battery Monitor) it will keep track of the number of times and for how long each app keep the device awake. Open GSAM and go to the App Sucker view (icon on the lower left). Then change the view to Time Held Awake. To see the number of time an app held the de... | How do I determine which process woke up the screen? | android |
I have HTC Explorer and with Root Explorer put a file into <code> /system/lib </code> directory. After reset, the phone will not boot. Now I cannot access to the internal memory via the phone and I need to access it via the PC in order to delete the file from <code> /system/lib </code> . How can I do it? | If you had ADB debugging enabled, there is an easy way to do this using the SDK. All you have to do is connect the device to the computer while it is booting, and type: <code> adb shell su mount -o remount,rw /system rm -rvf /system/libskia.so mv /system/libskia.so-back /system/libskia.so </code> To get the ADB binary ... | How to access the internal memory of HTC Explorer | android |
When I connect a USB Flash drive to my Galaxy SII Android 2.3.4, it alerts me with this message: USB Storage Blank or Has Unsupported Filesystem What is the problem and how can I resolve it? | Best thing you can do is first try and get anything off the drive you want from a computer. Then reformat the drive to FAT32 and try connecting it again if your still getting the error report back | USB storage blank or unsupported filesystem | android |
The Video Player app that came with Galaxy Note 10.1 will start at the background when connected to a Windows computer through USB. And there's no option in that app to disable it. It always appear in Task Manager when connected. Is there any way to disable this auto-start? | Most likely the video player registered a listener to be notified on "USB connected". If you want to keep the app but get rid of that annoyance, the only way goes via root. You won't need a custom ROM for that -- just an app like Autorun Manager PRO which allows you to disable listeners of any app: As the screenshot sh... | Video Player in Galaxy Note 10.1 keeps starting itself when connected to computer through USB | android |
I'd like to be able to push PDF files onto a phone/tablet with a Bash script. Is it possible to transfer data using scp (or even rsync) from a Linux computer to an Android phone over wireless? Could I even run Unison on the phone? And is it possible to run Bash (or only POSIX Shell) scripts on the phone remotely? | Many things are possible. Installing an SSH Server app (e.g. SSHHelper or DigiSSHD / SSH Server - Android Apps on Google Play ) would give you the possibility to login via ssh, or remote-copy via scp. Terminal IDE gives you a quite complete package, even including the famous Midnight Commander, and a lot more useful to... | scp and rsync to transfer data from Linux to Android | android |
I got myself an OTG cable for Nexus 7, which works just fine. Now, I am wondering if I can connect the Nexus 7 with my Arduino for serial communication between the two. | Yes, according to this blog post . It involves Android programming, something I'm not very familiar with. | Can I use usb OTG for serial connection between nexus 7 and Arduino? | android |
The nightly builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 for the Samsung Galaxy Note II was just released. I have been using CM on my devices since the G1 (ADP1) days so I decided to give it a try. I have only had 2 issues so far. (Bluetooth is wonky but I don't use it very often) Lack of support for ExFAT. This was easily worked around... | It seems that all that I needed to do was reboot my PC. Once I rebooted my PC had no problems installing the MTP driver for the device. | MTP Driver fails to install for CM 10.1 on Samsung Galaxy Note II | android |
I have a Sony Xperia P, with Android ICS. I have Ingress installed on my phone. Today, I synced my phone, and Ingress got updated. I had an icon on the homescreen. However - whenever I click on the shortcut, the toast message appears and says <code> Application Not Found </code> . I can't find the Ingress icon in appli... | This happened on my Nexus - you just have to reboot your device, and the Icon will show up. Most likely Niantic changed the Launcher activity, so the short cut is no longer pointing to the correct activity, hence the error message. Rebooting the device/restarting the launcher, and then re-adding the home screen shortcu... | Application not found | android |
I installed <code> whatsapp </code> on virtual device : Where can I find the media downloaded from <code> whatsapp </code> ? I searched the android directories but couldn't find the media I downloaded. | It will not be on the Windows filesystem. The emulator makes a <code> .img </code> file that it then mounts as the virtual SD Card. So, to answer your question, the file is stored in the sdcard <code> .img </code> file in the avd folder. (You may be able to extract it using winRAR or another unzip utility. Check the <c... | Where can I find the media downloaded from whatsapp installed on a virtual device? | android |
I got a Nexus 7 last week, and I love it! It has NFC functionality, and I was wondering how I could test it? I don't actually have any NFC tags that I can use (have you seen the price of them?!?). So, how can I test NFC without NFC tags? | Take any NFC enabled thing to test it out and install this task launching app. Now create an action using the app to do anything (click the <code> + </code> icon and follow instructions). When it asks you to write the tag, just touch the back of the device to your NFC enabled thing. It may fail to write, but it will st... | How can I test the NFC capability of my Android? | android |
When using Google Chrome mobile (or any other android web browser) is the Javascript VM running on top of the Java VM? Or is the JS code compiled to Java bytecode? I ask this because JS seems to run obnoxiously slower on Android using Google Chrome vs a PC. Granted a PC is much faster, but I have a Galaxy S3 which shou... | The Javascript engine in Android's Browser/WebView can be either JavaScriptCore (lower end phones) or V8 (higher end phones). Chrome also uses V8. Both engines are written in C++. Javascript is never compiled to Java bytecode, instead it is interpreted and/or JIT compiled into ARM bytecode. My guess on why V8 on PC is ... | Are JS apps effectively running through 2 VM's? | android |
I have a DroidX running Android 2.3.4. When somebody sends me a text message that goes to other devices too, is there anyway I can tell? Usually the only way I find out is when somebody else does a "reply all" (probably using a newer version of Android), and I get some random message from a number I may or may not reco... | I am on 2.3.5 In the basic "messages" app you can go to the message, clicknhold, view message details. There it shows all recipients. If i just reply it only goes back to the sender. Now, others that I know have iphones replied and it went to everyone... There is a "reply all" option after you click and hold. | Text Messaging: Group Text Message | android |
I'd like to be clear, and as my question indicates, I'm very ignorant of mobile devices in general so my apologies if this is common knowledge. Say I want to install a custom ROM onto a device, then it would appear I need root access. I'm able to find out from every web page on how I can root a device, but I'm unable t... | Short answer: For security and warranty reasons. Detailed answer: This is mostly a precaution taken by most (not all!) device manufacturers to save them from too many service requests from "playing kiddies" (and the sort of people who want to try everything, even if they are not understanding anything). So those manufa... | Why is root access required for a custom ROM? | android |
I want to run a task every time my phone loses connection to my truck's bluetooth device. I can see a way to run a task when it connects, and obviously I can "invert" it, but inverting it doesn't sound right to me. What is the right way to run a task upon BT connection loss to a specific device? | Create a profile that is active when connected to the Bluetooth device and set up an exit task to run whatever you want when the profile becomes inactive due to the device disconnects. | Tasker: Run a task when a specific bluetooth device loses connection | android |
I occasionally have a toast notification that is too long to read in the given amount of time that it is displayed. Is there any way to change the length of time these notifications display? Also, is there any way to view these notifications after they are gone? This would be ideal, like an app or a folder that logs al... | I love it when I can give these answers ;) Simple Answer: No, this isn't possible. Long Answer: Toasts are built into apps, and are low level. There is no way for 3rd party apps to catch toasts, and there is no way to view them longer. This could be possible if you made your own custom ROM however. | How can I make toast notifications stay on screen longer? | android |
Here is a screenshot from Evernote app: How do I stop Evernote from using this service? I have looked around the settings but did not find anything. | 1. First Turn -On your GPS 2. Go to Evernote Settings 3.Under General Settings you can find "Other Options" 4.Uncheck "Use GPS Satellites" option. Also Uncheck "Use wireless networks" If you didn't turn on your GPS, "Use GPS satellites" option get greyed out. Now your note will not store your location. | Stop Evernote from using Location based services? | android |
I downloaded this 80 MB ZIP file containing 27000 files to my SD card and unzipped it using stackexchange-url ("this code"). A no space left error occurred before all files could be extracted. I couldn't remove the folder, neither with <code> adb shell rm -f </code> nor the Open Manager app nor by mounting the SD card ... | Here is how I solved both problems: 1) Remove battery and reboot. Two times because it was still behaving strange the first time. 2) Remove files little by little, until I found the problematic file, called <code> %01.%02 </code> , I recognized its content as a tile from the Maverick map app (which I have not launched ... | SD card full bricks Android 2.2: In fsckdelay end. Kill dosfsck, ret=-1 | android |
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