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I tried to install Jelly Bean (4.1.1) onto the Nexus S handset following the instructions from here . Later, I noticed that the Nexus should have at least 4.0.3 to upgrade to 4.1.x. So I tried to install 4.0.3 following the instruction from here . But each and every time I'm having the error - E:Error in /sdcard/filena... | The explanation is simple, as I have suspected, there's a verification mis-match in the <code> build.prop </code> , see below, <code> Starting recovery on Fri Jan 4 20:43:32 2013 can't open /dev/tty0: No such file or directory framebuffer: fd 3 (480 x 800) ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0 recovery filesystem table ======... | Getting "E:Error in /sdcard/.zip (status 7)" while upgrading Android Nexus 4.0.1 to 4.1.x (Jelly bean) | android |
Where is the bootloader program on an Android phone stored ? | The boot-loader code is stored within the <code> /boot </code> partition. Majority of Android handsets uses the Qualcomm's Boot Loader, called LK (Little Kernel), barring Samsung, which uses their own form of boot-code. LK has the following: Variety of nand devices for bootup USB driver to enable upgrading images over ... | Where is the code for the Bootloader stored in an Android phone? | android |
I just got an LG Optimus G from my carrier, and was extremely excited for it! I finished recovering my documents and such, and then I went to load my music and pictures... But my Mac isn't recognizing it! I checked my phone, and it was set to just <code> USB Charging </code> . That explains it... I tried the LG Softwar... | I found a few work arounds, although not too elegant. Music I used Winamp for Mac , and the Winamp app to transfer the music from my iTunes library. I loaded Winamp, and told it to import my iTunes media, waited for it to finish, then created playlists. I can then right-click the playlist on the left, and click Send To... | LG Optimus G and Mac OSX | android |
Every time I want to connect my phone to <code> adb </code> via USB I need to turn it off, plug the cable and turn it back on. Is this the right way to go or am I missing something? Documen tation doesn't seem to explicitly state that. Some details: Samsung GT-B5510 Galaxy Y Pro (Android 2.3.6) Android Debug Bridge ver... | This is the real issue cYrus had (we tracked it down via interactive chat): The phone has obviously some race condition between plugging USB in and USB ready . Plugging in basically gives 2 events: Power connected event (start charging battery) USB connected event (enumerate devices etc.) If the Host system asks for US... | Can't connect an already booted device to adb | android |
I read in some tutoriel that for the root to be working, battery needed to be loaded around 70 at at least. Why is it so? Does it endanger the phone, or it just prevent the root to be working for some reason? | It's a safety factor. Depending on the exact method, the rooting process can take a hour or more and if you run out of juice in the middle of the process, your phone can wind up bricked. | Why the battery need to be loaded before to root? | android |
I'm new to the ICS os, coming from Gingerbread from another phone. The phone's quite nice and fast when I first used it, but just this morning it started exhibiting weird actions. Camera360 doesn't open up automatically when I click it, the Camera closes for no reason, Pocket restarts when an article has an image, and ... | While it's quite unusual to really have 0 byte free, there is no such thing as "unused RAM" on Linux/Unix based systems. RAM that's not used by apps themselves is used to e.g. buffer data from slower media, and caching stuff from the file system. You will see that quite nicely when running the <code> free </code> comma... | 0 ram free on ICS | android |
Some Android devices can act as a USB host, so that you can use other USB devices attached to them. For instance, browse or import the photos stored on a camera from your phone, or copy files onto a USB memory stick attached to your tablet, plug a full-size USB keyboard or mouse into a tablet, or use an external GPS or... | To use an attached USB device you need to have: A USB OTG (USB On-The-Go) cable USB Host Mode drivers loaded on your device A version of the Android operating system loaded on that device that supports USB Host Mode An Android device (eg phone or tablet) that has built-in hardware support for USB Host Mode And finally ... | How can I determine if my device has USB Host Mode (OTG) support? | android |
Nexus devices can be unlocked using the fastboot command <code> fastboot oem unlock </code> to install a custom firmware. For security reasons, the phone is wiped when this command is executed. However after this is done, most people leave the boot loader unlocked. Devices that support unlocking the boot loader: SonyEr... | A permanently unlocked boot loader (BL) on a Nexus device is a big security risk . It's only recommended for a pure developer phone. An insecure BL enables all sorts of fastboot commands that can be used for e.g. doing the following: Conduct a cold boot attack to recover the key for Android's full disk encryption Make ... | What's the security implication of having an unlocked boot loader? | android |
My Android device screen got broken and I can't see what I'm doing. That's the only wrong thing with my device, the rest is apparently working OK. Is there any way to send my device screen to my computer? I don't want to work blindly anymore! | You don't have to continue working blindly, you can use Droid@Screen : it shows the screen of a real or emulated Android device on a computer running Windows, Mac OS or Linux. Droid@Screen is a stand-alone Java Swing GUI application that shows the screen of an Android device on a computer. Its author says that its typi... | My screen got broken, how to see on the computer what I'm doing in my device? | android |
After rooting and installing link2sd on my HTC Explorer , I still have low memory issues. On Google Play, I can't download apps larger than 10-15M. This is because the /cache folder is in the internal memory, which is desperately small. In my version, Google Play writes directly in /cache, not in subfolders. Using adb ... | Alas, that's not possible. At least not without reflashing the HTC's partition table (which happens to be in the bootloader section, aka. hboot). There's seemingly no modded hboot out there for the explorer. I only know of repartitioned hboots for the HTC Desire. Reason: /cache is backed by a separate block device on a... | How can I symlink the /cache folder on boot? | android |
You can skip the story part but for better reference, please read it: A Little Story My phone claims it has a battery of 4000 mAh that lasts for 3 days. I got the phone, really psyched because of the battery. When I bought it it has 50% left on the battery. I did some texts and some first time testing on the phone, but... | Multiple things with your issue: I would never trust a tech who recommends a Task-Killer for this problem. Disqualified 100%. Same for the one claiming all Android phones last for only one day . That's bogus. It always depends on usage. I have one lasting 7 days (well, no SIM card inserted, not WiFi activated -- it's r... | Can you actually determine the mAh of a battery? | android |
In Google Maps is there a way to save a route while you're still connected to wifi so that it saves your data plan? Does scrolling through the map while still connected to wifi help because then the points get cached? | You could just cache the route portion of the map using the <code> Make available offline </code> feature. Then, all need afterwards is the GPS, which doesn't use your data plan. | saving route while still connected to wifi | android |
I just purchased a Nexus 4. I'm perplexed, however, in that it thinks that I am in the Central timezone when I'm actually in the Eastern timezone. The Clock application that came with the phone has a "Home Timezone" option. This only puts a secondary clock on the clock app when I'm outside of my Home Timezone, which is... | It should be under your system settings (the Settings "app"), in the "Date & Time" subsection (which is near the bottom). Uncheck the "Automatic time zone" option and then select the correct one manually: | How do I set the correct time zone on my Nexus 4? | android |
I recently bought a rebranded Innos D9 from China. When I tried using the earphones that came with the phone and the Sony earphones I have, the audio is fine. Really awesome too. However, when I use a generic Samsung earphones, I hear garbled audio, like the sound is coming from a cave. When I play a video, the voices ... | The pin layout between the working and not working head phones might be different and hence this behaviour. Though it appears to be simple there is no one standard to which all these manufactures seems to stick with. For instance my LG P500's stock ear phones exhibit this issue with Sony Ericsson SK17i, while Sony's he... | Why do some earphones work but some have garbled audio on my phone? | android |
Sometimes when I connect my phone to my headset, the Bluetooth device will be listed as: " Connected ( no media ) " When this happens, it uses the "Phone audio" profile. The "Media audio" profile (A2DP) will also have a checkmark, as if it were connected, but all sound is coming from the phone's speaker (see photo belo... | Solved: The android system is likely connected to the headset for phone calls, and some other device for A2DP (media). Some other device is still using the audio connection, even though the sound comes from android's speaker! What this means is that if you have any other A2DP devices that you've paired your android wit... | A2DP Bluetooth audio randomly shows "(no media)" | android |
I'm a total n00b with Android, and the boot-loop </code> didn't help me. Apologies if I missed something "obvious"! I've borrowed a used HTC Desire Z from my brother so I can decide whether to switch to Android. The phone was provided with CyanogenMod 7 and worked like a charm for a few days. I rebooted it today to see... | It seems that the HTC Desire models are known to have hardware that easily gets defective... :-/ I've searched far and wide, and the general consensus seems to be that if a restore and/or factory reset doesn't resolve the problem, then it's not a software issue but a hardware defect. The device could probably be repair... | HTC Desire Z stuck in boot-loop | android |
I've borrowed an Android phone so I can decide whether to buy one. I have a GSM SIM without a data plan, but I am using Wifi that is broadcast from my other smartphone which does have a data plan. The phone's GSM signal icon has a tiny "R" that indicates that I am roaming -- why? My phone is an HTC Desire Z with (I thi... | Maybe this post from XDA will answer your question. This isn't an APN problem, it is a SIM problem. Your provider has one set of numbers on your card, and another set of numbers that actually identify the network, and they don't match. Technically, from the phone's point of view, you are roaming, even if it is the same... | Am I consuming "roaming" services? | android |
I am trying to sign zip packages before flashing them in recovery. By using the test keys by Google, the zip can be verified and flashed successfully. However, when I try to sign using my private keys, the signing process is OK but the verification always fails. First method: Using keytool and jarsigner Generating priv... | From the code comments: <code> // ... Verify it matches one of the given public // keys. </code> You can't just use any old signature, that would defeat the purpose. APKs, on the other hand, are intended to be created and distributed by anyone and the signature is ostensibly to verify the source rather than limit the s... | Private keys cannot be verified in recovery | android |
Is there an easy way to check the firmware version (not Android version)? | You can use either stackexchange-url ("the way geff_chang suggested") or stackexchange-url ("use android service menus") In the service menu, it is located at <code> Software info -> Phone info </code> You can always use third party apps as well. | How can I check the firmware version of my ONDA V712? | android |
Without using a market app, how can I set a custom MP3 file as ringtone? I've tried placing the MP3 in <code> media/audio/ringtones </code> and variations (e.g. <code> media/ringtones </code> ), but the MP3 does not show in Settings-> Sound-> Ringtone. Thank you. | I placed mine in <code> /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones </code> . After that the sound appears in the settings menu. See also: stackexchange-url ("How do I set a custom MP3 as a ringtone for other notifications?") | Set MP3 as ringtone on CyanogenMod 10 | android |
I want to know if tools are the only mean to root an android phone ? can it be done using only a root terminal ? edit: by tools i mean apps to install like https://www.google.be/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&tbo=d&site=&source=hp&q=root+android | Not to say a root terminal, most of such methods are utilising ADB (Android Debugging Bridge) to push root-related files and binaries into your phone to get it "rooted". Sometimes, there are also methods where you are required to boot into recovery to "flash" zip packages that contains those files, but this method is m... | Does rooting your phone always involve installing/using tools? | android |
On occasion, my Droid Bionic (4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich) does not react to screen touches when the phone is ringing. The swipe to answer icon appears, but does not respond. After the call goes to voice mail, I can turn the screen off and back on and the phone behaves normally. I believe this has only happened when the p... | This problem is quite known for sometime for touchscreen devices. Most of the times this happens when the screen is under some pressure during touchscreen recalibration after being woken up by the incoming call (maybe being inside pocket, etc.). The only solution for you is to disable the option, power button instantly... | Why is screen sometimes unresponsive when receiving calls | android |
I have an HTC chacha with a hardware keyboard. A nighttime reading app turned off the keyboard light long ago, but I don't remember which of the hundreds available it was. Is there anything I can do? | You can download this app from the Google Play Store, called Soft Buttons Light . It really works, even on HTC Chacha. | Can I relight my hardware keyboard? | android |
When I try to update my Nexus 7 from 4.1 (Jelly Bean) to 4.2 (also Jelly Bean) it works fine up to a point where the little android (with the rotating shape) lays down and has a red warning triangle with an exclamation point. When I press the power and VolUp buttons simultaneously to see what went wrong, the log shows ... | I don't really know what caused this problem. I had to unlock the bootloader and sideload with adb. This involved completely wiping my tablet. Here are stackexchange-url ("instructions"). Now my tablet updates just fine. | Android 4.2 Nexus 7 Update "Assert failed: apply_patch_check()" | android |
Can the Android 4.2.1 AOKP IceColdJelly ROM that seems to be released for the HTC One X international model be installed on HTC One X subscribed by AT&T? I found the update for HTC One X on following link : Android 4.2.1 AOKP IceColdJelly ROM for HTC One X Does my HTC One X from AT&T support this ? | No you can't flash an international ROM on your device. Because your phone's configuration is different than international version. Details are given below: Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon ( AT&T )----- Nvidia Tegra 3 ( International ) CPU: Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait ( AT&T )----- Quad-core 1.5 GHz ( Internat... | Can I install Android 4.2.1 AOKP IceColdJelly ROM on my HTC One X by AT&T? | android |
There is a native method for moving apps to the SD card, by viewing the app info and pressing the "move to SD card" button. (I don't know on which Android version this was introduced). Not all apps can be moved this way. There are other apps that promise moving apps to the SD card, such as Link2SD , App 2 SD , MoveToSD... | Many questions in one, but all connected -- so I'll give it a try: You can device those apps in two categories, basically: those which work "similar" to the native app2sd, and those which don't. There are several rules an app must obey to be "allowed" for installation on SD card. Apps installed on SD card can e.g. not ... | Different methods of moving apps to SD card | android |
A few days ago I accepted Windows Update's Samsung drivers for Galaxy S3 running rooted Jelly Bean. It worked fine as USB MTP device until then. Now, every time I connect the USB cable I get the error "Hardware ID missing. Contact manufacturer..." and I can't see my device's file system. Switching to PTP or enabling De... | Make sure your device is connected. Open <code> Device Manager </code> . In <code> USB Devices </code> , find a <code> SAMSUNG </code> composite device (can't capture a screenshot because it goes away). Right click, choose <code> Uninstall </code> and make sure to check "get rid of that sheet of driver software"... Wel... | Hardware ID missing on Galaxy S3 after Windows update | android |
I was wondering if Android has any panorama-like feature like how iOS does? | This depends entirely on the OEM and what features they decide to put in their devices. However, I've used a panorama feature since the beginning (2.3 Gingerbread) on my Nexus S, and have had it all the way till my 4.2 Galaxy Nexus, so I can say that the stock Android camera app has panorama, at least 2.3 onwards. Beyo... | Does stock Android have a panorama camera feature? | android |
Just noticed HTC one X AT&T and HTC one XL has got same configuration. Are those mobile same ? HTC one X AT&T vs HTC one XL (GSM Arena) Actually, I read a article on which it was mentioned like " Android 4.2.1 ROM is cooked up for the HTC One XL (the AT&T One X) ". This tend to think me whether these two ar... | The short answer is: No, they are not the same. The long answer is as follows: At least for dimensions, they are not exactly the same (HTC One XL, to the right, is a bit smaller) Also, from the comparison table you talk about: HTC One X AT&T wouldn't support HSDPA 900, while HTC One XL does. HTC One X AT&T supp... | Is HTC one X AT&T and HTC one XL same? | android |
I am learning tasker and reading up tutorial on http://tasker.dinglisch.net/tour.html . If you look at the picture, you can see the two same tasks "Set Widget Icon". Is that a typo, or something I do not understand? Also, what is the benefit of toggle? Why is the property ternary, not just off and on? Can you please he... | Yes, that seems to be a typo: the conditions should be <code> If %WIFI ~ on </code> and <code> If %WIFI !~ on </code> (or <code> If %WIFI ~ off </code> ). The %WIFI variable can only be <code> on </code> or <code> off </code> , not <code> toggle </code> . But the Wifi action can be used to enable, disable or toggle Wif... | Tasker Newbie Question | android |
I have flashed my samsung android phone(GT-I5510) to CM7 and everything is fine with it exept that kies has stopped working with it..i.e when I connect my phone to laptop, it doesn't show the option for kies mode. Please help me with how to enable it. | Samsung's Kies software only works with Samsung phones running official Samsung ROMs. The only way to get Kies working with your phone would be to put an official Samsung released OS version onto it again. | Kies is not working after flashing cyanogenmod on my Samsung Android phone | android |
Are there any generic troubleshooting steps and tips to be followed before I search for problem specific troubleshooting options? Then what are they? I only have a general knowledge on Android and not familiar with flashing, shell commands, etc. | There are several steps/things you can do before you do advanced troubleshooting. Most of the problems can be solved following these steps. Backup your data. Backup your data first (of course, if possible). You don't need to risk it. Keep it somewhere else. It is better to have backups for personal data and app data se... | What should I do before I try advanced troubleshooting | android |
I have had a Nexus 7 since September and today something strange happened. I plugged it in, as usual, to recharge the battery. It charged up to 36% and now it still says it's charging but it never moves from that percentage. How can I fix my device? | I solved my issue using a 2A charger instead of my phone 1A charger or the USB port that provides only 0.5A. I am sure I have been able to charge my nexus with all the power sources, but maybe I left it on charge all night long. | Nexus 7 says it's charging but it isn't | android |
I have a SGS2 with ICS. The phone is rooted. I use Titanium Backup Pro for backup, but that only backups to the phone itself, so if the phone is stolen or lost those backups are gone as well. I have SSHDroid installed, and yesterday I made a backup of the sdcard folder to my home server using rsync. Now I would like to... | Your SD card contains pretty much all the data you need. In addition to app backup, you can also use SMS Backup+ to backup your texts to the SD card (and then to the home server). Titanium Backup Pro version has an option to backup files to your Dropbox folder, so you can use that instead of rsync if you like. Also, tr... | What folders should I backup to my computer | android |
I forgot the password for my Google account and I want to recover it. This Google account happens to be the main Google account linked to my Android device. When I try to use the Recovery options : A password reset link can only be sent if you haven't signed in for 4 days. Your security question can only be answered if... | I am able to receive reset links despite having logged in today, yesterday and pretty much every day. However you should be able to access your account on your phone (as it will use your login details to sign in to chrome) then use that to add your phone number to your account. Then pick reset my password with my phone... | Recover Google account password without unlinking/deleting the main account from android device | android |
I am trying to turn off the backlight on the soft keys (home, menu, back and search). My phone is a HTC Evo 3D running Ice Cream Sandwich. Before, I had Gingerbread installed and I could use "Screen Filter" app to turn the lights off. After the upgrade, "Screen Filter" no longer works. On one forum it says that if you ... | Yes, your phone must be rooted because to access that file the <code> /system </code> needs to be mounted as write-able Once you obtain root you can run this command inside a shell: <code> su </code> <code> chmod 777 /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/max_brightness </code> Then just navigate to that file and edit it usi... | Change permission on file in /sys folder | android |
I flashed my Samsung Galaxy I5510 with CM7. Everything was fine until I found that the Play Store was missing in the app drawer. I am unable to find it anywhere on the device. I even tried installing an apk for Play Store but that didn't work. Any help would be appreciated. | You need to flash this Google Apps (GApps) from this site here . Installing just one apk for Play store will not suffice and will fail as it has dependencies on other components that makes up GApps. | Unable to locate play store after flashing my android phone to CM7 | android |
I'm using Jelly Bean on my Samsung Galaxy Note. Plus I'm running Ultimate Rom v5.1 as mu ROM. The problem is minimum In-Call Volume is too high even though I have reduced it. How can I reduce that in call volume than the minimum level? | It's due to noise cancellation was on during a call. I turn noise cancellation off now it works fine. | Reduce in call volume | android |
Often after a reboot, crash or USB usage, icons of apps go missing. Both in the "Home" screens and "Applications". Currently I have four screens of apps, three in Home. Some of the icons understandably vanish when the SD is taken by eg. USB Storage to PC mode (because they are in part stored there), but often refuse to... | App specific settings are usually stored in the internal storage folder accessible only to that app. While apps do have the ability to write to external storage and lose access to that data when you mount it, I doubt that is the case here. When you install and move an app to the SD Card, you are not moving the entire a... | Where are displayed shortcuts stored? | android |
I have an HTC One V and I backed up my SMS using the phone's messaging application (which is a part of the ICS stock ROM) to the SD card. The resulting backup is a file called SD_20121221_448193_0 and stored in the SD card in /sms_backup After that, I updated to an unofficial Cyanogenmod 10 and I don't see any options ... | As we checked out on chat, the file was not (as originally expected) some compressed XML in any known format -- so there seems to be no easy way to read the contents of that file. Which leaves you with a few options: re-flash the stock image to your device, import the backup, then use a good backup app like SMS Backup ... | How to extract SMS from an HTC One ICS SMS backup file? | android |
I am on Android 4.2.1 (Galaxy Nexus), when using Lockscreen widgets, they are always quite small until once drags them down, then they get maximized. Any way to maximize them by default? Thanks :-) | I am on a custom ROM using Android 4.2.2 and I can change exactly that behaviour in <code> system settings > lock screen > maximize widgets </code> (translated naming from german version) (I am using NovaLauncher if that matters) | Maximize Lockscreen widget? | android |
For Remote Desktop functionality there is Droid VNC Server , other current better options? Android Screencast (Seems like something that was promising)? I used to "Wi-Fi keyboards", but now with VNC its not so interesting, as I have to set the input-method on the phone. (i think "Remote Keyboard" app could be interesti... | You can hae a look at AirDroid for desktop SMS. It works as a kind of web server on your phone, which means you have to access it from a secure web page (downside: works only inside the same WiFi network). But next to smses you can do a lot more with it, but I recommend you have a look at it yourself. | Options for operating phone remotely | android |
I have bought a used Motorola Defy (MB525), rooted, running CyanogenMod 9 (ICS 4.0.4). It is locked to work with only a specific carrier. I bought an unlock code, and unaware to this the previous owner got an unlock code from the carrier. Both are the same, so I suppose the code is correct. When I insert a GSM SIM card... | I have followed this guide and my phone is now unlocked. I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner user, because it involves pretty advanced commands and procedures, and uses ROMs and tools from untrusted sources. Proceed at your own risk! The performed steps were basically: Create a complete nandroid backup on the SD car... | Network unlock code not working | android |
There's a control that looks like a drop of water. What does it do? | It is the blur tool. You can apply linear or radial blur with this tool. (More details in the Instagram Help Center ) This tool is mostly used to simulate tilt-shift effect (used by photographers to highlight a plane or exaggerate a minimal depth-of-field). | What is the drop control on Instagram? | android |
I was thinking I could completely backup apps to the SD card, and then restore them when needed. This for saving system resources. Is there some efficient way to do this? | There are numerous options available to you: Titanium Backup For ICS upwards, Settings > Backup & Reset > Backup my data/Backup account For GB, Settings > Privacy Settings > Backup my data Last but not least, <code> adb backup </code> In that order of "user-friendliness", from a android application that requires ro... | Application backup/restore - for saving resources | android |
Since YouTube on my Android device has nowhere to input the URL, I cannot jump to a specific time to view it. How to do that easily? Dragging the player carrot is very hard to make a accurate jump especially for long clip | YouTube now has updated their player and to jump to small area, there is now a popup slider for us to pick the point. | How to go to a specific time of a video clip quickly in Youtube? | android |
My Galaxy S1 (Gingerbread) has a context menu button below the lower left of the screen which brings up various extra soft-buttons. For example, in the Twitter app, I use this to pop-up an additional menu which includes a <code> switch user </code> soft-button. I have recently acquired a Nexus 7 which is lovely. Howeve... | Since Android 4, devices no longer need to have hardware soft buttons for menu, back, home etc. They are now part of the screen, provided by the OS. The menu button has now been replaced by 3 dots in the top corner of the program - if these 3 dots on top of each other are not visible, then the app hasn't been updated f... | Show an app's context menu on Nexus 7 | android |
I just got a Samsung Galaxy S3 that runs Android ICS 4.0.8. When I connect the Galaxy S3 to my Mac laptop and use PDAnet to tether, I often get this popup on the Galaxy S3 screen: Tethering via PDAnet works great, but the popup can get annoying. I can close the popup, but it comes back a few seconds later. How can I ge... | This to me looks like something your provider has added in to stop you getting free tethering on your data plan. If you are rooted (which I assume you are as you are using a tethering app), then you can attempt to freeze the app that is responsible for this, using an app freezer such as App Quarantine ROOT . If it isn'... | Getting rid of "Tethering Detected" popup on Android ICS 4.0? | android |
The title is pretty much self-explanatory: is Android a 32- or 64- bit OS? I assume that it is one or another and not both, as that would force both 32- and 64-bit binaries to be hosted on Google Play. I know that this is a simple question, and that other people have been asking it, but for the life of me I have not be... | In the realm of the ARM chipsets which is the common factor, the entire Android stack, from the near-identical kernel based on Linux, are in fact, 32bit, cross-compiled from usually either a 32bit/64bit host environment, the host environment is usually one of the distributions of Linux. Recommended distribution, by Goo... | Is Android a 32-bit or 64-bit OS? | android |
This is a pretty simple question, but one that I have not been able to find the answer to. How much disk/storage space does an installation of Jelly Bean (bonus points for other versions) take up? I am not looking for a super-accurate answer, as installation size varies from device to device, but more of a ballpark ans... | Well, to put this another way: For Gingerbread, storage space weighs around 95Mb, give or take, including Google Apps, source code 6.5GB, compilation taking up approx 14GB space. Android's storage space for ICS, weighs around 160Mb, give or take, including Google Apps, source code 9.5GB, compilation - takes up approx 2... | What is the installation size of a clean build of 4.2? | android |
In the People app (i.e. Google Contacts), the "Accounts" area has an option for adding Facebook contacts, which I've checked. In <code> Settings->Accounts->Faceboo </code> k, I've checked "Sync Contacts," yet it doesn't look like my Facebook contacts are being synced. I have the Facebook app installed and logged ... | That feature was removed in the 4.x versions of Android. I use UberSync for my contact syncing and it works great. Haven't had any problems with it and it also has a setting to import high res contact photos. I would recommend that. Set it up once and forget about it. | How can I get Facebook and Google contacts to sync in 4.2? | android |
Unfortunately, the power button doesn't work and I'm not able to power off the device. The only way, is physically pull out the battery, but if I'll do so, I wont be able to power it on again. The cellular network doesn't work , and the Wi-Fi seems to, too. The device is up for 53:21:59 hours!! (and seems to count..) I... | If you can connect using adb (usb debugging), you can simply use the command "reboot". If you're rooted and have a terminal emulator installed, "su reboot" will do the same thing. The reboot command will also accept arguments of "recovery" or "bootloader", which will reboot you into the recovery or bootloader respectiv... | How to reboot an android device? | android |
On my Google Nexus 7, I want to stream music from the Google cloud to a wireless speaker or airplay. I have found lots of apps that can stream to airplay, but none of them can see my Google music which I have uploaded to the cloud. | I found a solution to stream your Google Music to any device that is DLNA enabled. It's an android app called BubbleUPNP . What it does is it accesses your Google Music account, adds the titles to your local library (only the titles, think of them as links to the Google Music library) and then starts a DLNA server on y... | Streaming from Google music cloud to wireless speaker or airplay | android |
I want audio from my Nexus 7 to play through my amplifier (without replacing it). I think this would be possible with the iPad/AppleTV combo. I don't want to be locked to a specific app that only plays certain files etc, but more like being able to select another Audio Out destination. Also, I'd rather not use Bluetoot... | I can think of 2 ways you could do this. Bluetooth audio adapter, like the Antec BXR100 . These are generally used for headphones, but should be able to simply connect into your amp. -Pros : Simple, cheap -Cons : Bluetooth, limited range, A2DP appears to have issues on Android 4.2 , possibly non-optimal audio quality D... | Replace audio cable with wireless solution | android |
So I've recently rooted my phone and tried a ROM or two. I find it really handy that you can use TWRP recovery to install another ROM from the SD card, you don't need to have it connected to a PC. However, on my device (HTC One S) I need to flash a different boot.img file for every ROM as well, so I still need to hook ... | What needs to be done is to bundle the boot.img and construct a new zip file suitable for flashing via ClockworkMod or TWRP. Pre-requisites : a Linux environment that has the usual development packages, such as Java installed. ( It can also apply to other platforms, just be careful that the instructions here indicating... | Flash boot.img without using fastboot USB | android |
There is a pretty severe, widespread Android Jellybean bug that causes Google Now voice search to not work over bluetooth audio (it gets stuck saying "Initializing"). I've personally dealt with this on a Galaxy S3 and a Galaxy Note 2, both running 4.1.1. I'm curious whether the Razr Maxx HD has this bug - is there any ... | Verified that this bug does indeed exist on the Razr Maxx HD (running 4.1.1) | Does the Bluetooth/Google Now "Initializing" bug exist on Razr Maxx HD? | android |
What is "Detach from Market" in Titanium Backup? What does it do? | As Titanium Backup Technical FAQ states: This option tells the Market that you do not want to update a specific app. This option is especially useful if you need to unlink wrongly linked Android apps from Play Store, as this article explains. | What is "Detach from Market"? What does it do? | android |
For some context, I am downloading Dragon Mobile Assistant which is a 40+ mb apk from the Google Play Store. I have an unreliable connection to Verizon Wireless' 3G mobile data network. If I am a few inches too far to the right of a sweet spot, the signal quality will degrade and I will be passed off to 1X. If I am in ... | I hate when that happens. It happened to me more times than I could count while I was traveling through western Maryland (and it's even worse when the phone mysteriously switches from 4G to 1X and refuses to go back to 4G or even 3G)... Anyway, there are three things you can try. The first, obvious one is to relocate t... | How to force phone to switch to faster mobile data network during file transfer | android |
I am going for a trip for 3 weeks and I want to record all the places I visited using my Android mobile. I most likely I won't have data connectivity - only GPS. If I don't find anything else I will use Endomondo , but I'm open to other solutions, including third-party apps (preferably free). I am using an HTC One XL r... | The best option is Google's My Tracks Follow the link and see the features yourself. Everyhing you want is there. And the best part is it's free!! Hope this helps | How to 'record' a trip - places I visited? | android |
Today I have received my first Android device, to be more precise a GOClever Tab A102.2 tablet. I have noticed that it runs as operating system Android 4.0.4 so I though why not update it since the latest one is 4.2? I went to Settings > About > System Update however it asks for a update.zip file which I have to place ... | Most vendors/manufacturers modify the Android source code to ensure full compatibility with the devices hardware - if you were to update to a clean version of Android, it just wouldn't work properly (and it it even booted, most things wouldn't work at all). Some manufacturers implement an OTA update feature - whereas s... | How exactly does operating system update work on Android devices? | android |
I have folder on my sd card called podcasts. It contains subfolders of podcasts. My problem is the media players I have tried only display some of the podcast files as being available to play. There doesn't seem to be any reason why the displayed files should be playable and the others not. I have tried clearing the da... | The problem seemed be caused by Winamp not playing wma format files, even though it's meant to support them. Have converted them to mp3 and they now appear in Winamp and can be played. | Not all media files discovered by media apps | android |
I have two wi-fi networks at home and one of them I just cannot connect to with my Galaxy Nexus. (It works fine with several laptops.) It shows up but when I try to connect after "Connecting..." it just goes to the state "Saved, secured with WPA2". I also tried connecting using WPS but it just times out. I am looking f... | In the end I fixed it using the old "have you tried turning it off and on again?" on one of the APs. Make sure to try that first. ;) So here is my little checklist, least annoying first: (If you have other suggestions or things that worked for you let me know and I'll add them!) Recheck the password it is almost always... | How do I debug my wi-fi connection? | android |
I have a few day old Nexus 7 tablet, unrooted, bootloader still locked, and otherwise in factory condition. This morning, it ran its charge out. When I plugged in it, this happens: Google Logo appears. Nexus Logo appears. Lock screen which shows charging: 0%. White screen, device powers off. Repeat. What is happening? ... | Some devices (I don't know about the Nexus 7, but I think it will be about the same) only charge when they have still a little charge left on their battery, because - believe it or not - charging happens electronically. So it can be that your device has absolutely no juice left to run. An example of such a device is th... | Nexus 7 is stuck in reboot loop after full discharge | android |
I could use Nokia PC suite to receive and send SMS messages on my computer. But I could not find this feature in Samsung Kies. How can I send and receive text messages on a PC using my Galaxy SII? | This feature isn't built into Android, but there is an app - DeskSMS , that allows you to do what you are asking. It does, however, require the use of a browser plugin. | Send and receive text messages on computer using galaxy s2 | android |
My S2 stops at the Samsung logo screen during boot. When I restart it, the same thing happens. My phone is using Android 4.0.4 (ICS), and it is not rooted. Please help me with this. Thanks in advance. | Sometimes android goes into Fubar mode and the only way to get past it is to make a hard reset. This unfortunately deletes any data stored on the device but anything stored on the memory card will remain. Luckily there is a hardware hard reset mode. A hard reset can be accomplished by doing the following things: Turn t... | Samsung Galaxy S2 stops during boot | android |
Last week, I decided to flash a custom ROM to my 2 year old Desire HD. I used the hack kit (AAHK) and flashed Jellytime R30. Everything is great... except for the non-existent GPS. After looking around, I've managed to tracked the issue down to an incompatible/outdated radio on my device. My current baseband version is... | You've done your research right, bro. Another recommended way is using the commandline fastboot which can be easily followed-through here . I'm using the same custom ROM as you are, though, I can't utilize the bootloader interface on the phone as I already cut off the flex of its volume rockers(yields nonbooting issues... | Flashing new radio to my Desire HD | android |
Is it possible to have the radio switch between WCDMA Preferred mode, GSM mode, and WCDMA only, for example, without the radio switching off and on again? The radio completely loses signal during the, which isn't ideal. It seems like it must be possible theoretically, as the phone doesn't lose signal when in WCDMA pref... | You are right in that it theoretically should be possible to make the switch without dropping the signal, but unfortunately we users and even CM developers can do very little to change that. The only thing the ROM does is tell the radio to switch from one mode to another, it's up to the radio's firmware to decide how t... | Is there a way to switch between radio modes without the phone radio completely shutting down? | android |
Is there a way I can have unused apps not take up resources? Especially Internal memory and other resources not on Sd card. I am already using Link2SD to move what I can to SD. I know you can back them up and re install, I was hoping for something easier, like avoiding autostart. | I am using a third party app called ES Task Manager , which allows me to manually enable and disable autostarting for the most apps as I can see so far. You didn't say if your Samsung is rooted or not so I need to mention that you need a rooted device to perform this via the Task Manager. It might also be possible to t... | How to have unused apps not take up resources | android |
So last week, I decided to flash a custom ROM to my 2 year old Desire HD. I used the all in one, one-step, "rooting" tool called AAHK (It doesn't just root the phone, it does a whole lot like S-OFF, Goldcard, etc). My DHD is now running Jellytime R30. Everything is good. Now, I would like to try other ROMS. I did a bac... | CWM backups are full system backups, so they restore it to exactly how it was when you took a backup. Everything including apps, settings, preferences, even call log is saved. You don't have to flash the ROM before restoring a backup. The backup files contain a boot.img and system.img that have the ROM, kernel etc in i... | Clockworkmod Backup/Restore Feature | android |
I am using a cloud service (Dropbox) when I am using internet for file transfer. But how can I transfer files between my PC and my Android device without going via the Internet? and of course without using data cable. | There are multiple solutions available: Using an USB Cable If you connect your device to your PC via an USB cable, it shares (parts of) its storage to the PC. With versions prior to Android 4.x your device usually identifies as USB storage (like any external disk/USB-stick attached), never Android versions might use MT... | How can I transfer files from PC to Phone or vice versa without internet | android |
I have flashed my phone with Odin loading hardcore's Kernel with the ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5. How can I know which is the latest version of ClockworkMod and how can it be updated, please? I saw there is a Play Store app for ClockworkMod but I am unsure of how it differs from the one installed using Odin. Thank you. | Download the latest CWM recovery available for your phone from here , put it in the root of your sd card, reboot into recovery (power off and press and hold some key combo, that depends on your phone; Google for instructions) and flash it. You can also try TWRP , another popular custom recovery. Let me know if you need... | Update ClockWorkMod | android |
Device: Motorola Defy (MB525), running Android ICS (4.0.4), CyanogenMod 9-20121116-NIGHTLY-jordan Issue: Whenever I'm listening to songs on any song app, If I press either volume up or down keys when the screen is on, it works fine. However, if the screen is turned off and I press volume keys, it either returns to the ... | This is a feature of CyanogenMod. Pressing and briefly holding one of the volume buttons when the screen is off will cause the music player to skip forward (volume up) or backward (volume down). The intention is that this allows you to skip tracks and whatnot without having to unlock the device. If you find it annoying... | Pressing volume keys causes songs to skip | android |
Is they a way to send a text message to multiple recipients but include details taken from their contact card and have them automatically inserted into the text when it's sent? Something like the following: Merry Xmas <code> [contact name] </code> ! Where the name of the contact is filled in automatically. I'm aware th... | I am not aware of any stock messaging apps amongst any of the ROMs that will do that, but it looks like there are a bunch of apps in the market that will (Like SMeSsaggia bulk customized SMS or Group SMS , or Group SMS and Scheduler .) | How to send a text to multiple recipients with personalised details filled in from their contact information? | android |
I am starting to get some strange behaviour with my Nexus 4 running the latest JB os. I get a notification such as an email or sms, so I unlock the screen before dragging the notification bar down and selecting it. Upon selecting the notification the lock screen pops back up asking me for my pin before sending me to th... | In my case the problem appears to have been caused by the "manage locking" section of JuiceDefender. Turning that off solved the problem. | Lock screen shown when notification selected | android |
I'm currently on vacation and used my Samsung Galaxy S 2 to take a couple hundred photographs. I'm running the stable CyanogenMod 9 and have the Store Location option enabled in the Camera app. I also kept the GPS activated at all times. Yet, most of my photographs were stored without location information which is some... | GPS has nothing to do with your mobile network (or Wi-Fi where applicable). GPS basically record the coordinates of the location (precise location) and time information. See the stackexchange-url ("GPS") tag or Wikipedia for more info. About you question, the reason that there is no location information for some photos... | Why are my photographs not stored with GPS location? | android |
Is is possible to change / modify the custom ROM you're about to install on your rooted Galaxy S2 (9100)? Usually, I would install CyanogenMod 10 Nightly build . Then, I'd install GAPPS (google apps) . Lastly, I'd restart and it would work. Now, what I want to do is to replace a default CM (CyanogenMod) apps (SMS, Cont... | Since you're rooted within CM, its a matter of doing the following, provided you have read the following: Caveat Emptor: The Jellybean leaked apks are signed with the signature key used to generate the signed leaked ROM of JB, however, it may clash with CM's own signature key which is, and I'll guarantee, different, so... | SGS2 Replace preinstalled apps in Custom ROM | android |
I got a new phone and I signed in with my existing google gmail account. To my surprise, the phone started redownloading all of the apps I had on my other phone over my cellular data connection. Conveniently enough it was the exact same versions of the older apps I had on my old phone, and in some cases the same data p... | Switching the primary account on Google Play seems to continue the auto-update process | How can I resume cancelled app dowloads after attaching a Google account? | android |
Is it possible to customize how numbers are displayed when dialing a number? For example: Instead of grouping them with spaces like <code> 555 123 123 </code> , I'd like it to have no grouping: <code> 555123123 </code> . On 2.3 you could do that from the locale, US had spaces and UK did not. On 4.1 it seems that both U... | To the date, there is no functionality to disable this feature. Actually this was implemented to make it easier for the user to recognize and remeber the number easily. I did some search and found out that other people have the same problem as well. What I suggest is to move on to a custom dialer app which suit you the... | Customize number display on dial pad on Android 4 | android |
Is there are way to reveal the notification bar in a full-screen app? I have been using Smart Statusbar , which is a great little tool that reveals the bar with a gesture. Unfortunately, the app has a bug that renders some part of my phone's (Xperia Neo V) screen unresponsive. I have already emailed the developer but i... | Try Bird Bar. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mikedg.android.bar.lite And now, for the rest of my 30 characters... | Looking for an alternative to Smart Statusbar | android |
I'm trying to use Banshee Remote with my Samsung Galaxy S3, but everytime I try to add a new server, it says <code> Can't connect to server. Check your settings </code> . There are only two settings: IP Adress, which I got from whatismyip.org Port, which I got from Banshee (Edit-> Preferences-> Remote Control-> Banshee... | Ensure your phone is connected to the same WiFi network as your computer, and remember to use the internal IP. To do this through 3G you would need to forward ports and use your external IP. | Why can't Banshee Remote connect to server? | android |
I tried connecting my Samsung Galaxy SII(ICS) to Samsung Kies 2.0.2 through USB. But whenever i connect the cable, Kies asks me to switch the phone to Kies Studio mode. But I could not find this mode in USB connection. How do I connect my phone to Kies? | Setting USB Debugging didn't resolve my issue. I upgraded Kies to the latest version. And it worked well. | Connecting Galaxy S2 ICS to Kies | android |
I switched from iOS to Android, and wish to transfer my pictures. Where on the filesystem should I put the pictures? I first thought <code> /DCIM/camera </code> , but that's the directory for pictures shot with the phone. <code> /media </code> and <code> /Pictures </code> seem to be appropriate, too. I just want to set... | Please feel free to use a folder structure which suits you. It's better if you create a seperate folder for pictures, inside media folder or on the primary folder itself. (where the folders such as DCIM and media are located.) As your title asks, there are no hard and fast methods to transfer data to your phone. Standa... | Best Practice for transferring images to an Android phone? | android |
I got this message on my phone: Message Memory full Incoming message rejected I have deleted a lot of messages, and I have also run the memory cleaners I have on my phone. What should I do? Exactly which memory is used? Are there alternate apps that will let me store the messages in a different location? | According to several sources (including a.o. TechniPages and AndroidCentral ) the cause of this problem is lacking space in your device's internal memory , which must have at least 25MB free space left. T-Mobile's support pages have a detailed instruction on how to solve the issue. Though for some steps it was not clea... | Message Memory Full, Incoming message rejected | android |
Even when I silence the device the camera shutter continues to making sound. I know that using rooting alternative we can move or delete the correspondent ogg file*. But i'm looking for a less invasive/complex alternative. (*) stackexchange-url ("How do I disable the 'click' sound on the camera app?") | While I 100% agree with stackexchange-url ("Liam's answer"), there are still solutions for countries where that law doesn't apply (and to tell you a big secret: those solutions even work when the law is in effect -- but then you run the risk of punishment yourselves if you use such a solution where you shouldn't). Sear... | How can I mute the camera shutter on Motorola RAZR i (ICS, without rooting) | android |
I've been planning to root my HTC One S for a while now, because the HTC software is so unstable. Sometimes it crashes every day for a certain period, sometimes even multiple times a day, I did a factory reset and the problem was gone for weeks but it recently came back. It has been going clean for 3 days now so it may... | If you're careful - risk is minimal. I do say minimal because there is no 0 risk! Let's split this in parts. Installing custom recovery: Higher risk because now you're overwriting the recovery partition of the phone. If you're in the process of overwriting and your phone shuts off, the recovery part may get corrupted. ... | What is the actual risk of bricking when rooting for new ROM | android |
I own a MICROMAX A100. I want to install the latest version of a different ROM (Samsung or Nexus). Is it possible? If so, can you tell me how? If not, can I install a different ROM of the same manufacturer, I mean MicroMax A110, which is the successor of A100? While trying to backup the current ROM I am not getting the... | Short answer: You can only install ROMs compatible with your device Longer version Different Android devices use different hardware, which requires special drivers (e.g. the camera). Those drivers are sometimes/often proprietary (take e.g. Sony, which almost made it into the AOSP project -- but had difficulties due to ... | Can I install any ROM for my Android device? | android |
Google Maps is not showing my actual location. It shows me as being nearby (almost a kilometer away). What can the problem? | There are a number of possible reasons for an inaccurate location, mostly relating to the lack of a good GPS fix. If the phone cannot get an accurate GPS fix, it will use more approximate methods of deriving its location - such as cell tower locations and wifi hotspot locations. Possible reasons for no good GPS fix, in... | Google Maps not showing actual location | android |
Just the question in the title. If I have my phone plugged in and charging, will it take any longer to get up to 100% charge if I'm using it or will this make no difference? (I'm using a galaxy nexus) | Yes. The Galaxy Nexus will accept no more than 4.5W of power (0.9A @ 5V) from a charger, regardless of what the charger is capable of supplying. This isn't a whole lot, so doing stuff will cut down on the amount of power available to charge the battery and it's actually possible to run down the battery while you're plu... | Will using my phone whilst charging make it charge slower? | android |
I haven't played around with custom ROMs since my G1 back in 2008, so when I put Cyanogen 10 on Galaxy S3 last night I wasn't surprised that things have changed a bit. I rooted the phone first, then put on CM touch, then C10 and the appropriate gapps. My problem is that I can't see the ext sd that worked fine under the... | finally found the solution. You have to fix the card first (which also means you can get back any data on the card). On a Windows box I ran chkdsk. Start -> cmd -> chkdsk e: /f Then set the partition up as fat32, a 32GB partition. I did this on an Ubuntu box, for no other reason than that is my normal OS. After popping... | GT I9300 clockworkmod Cyanogen 10 nightly external SD not mounting | android |
Having never owned an Android Tablet I am thinking of purchasing one at some point during 2013. From what I gather in terms of connectivity, they either come as: Wi-Fi Only 3G & Wi-Fi Is it true that most tablets are Wi-Fi only enabled ? - Those people who purchase them can therefore connect where ever there is Wi-... | Most newer Android tablets provide both WiFi and WiFi+3G variants. If a tablet is WiFi only - then yes, the tablet can only access the internet via a WiFi hotspot/network. If a tablet has 3G capability as well, then yes - a SIM and data plan would be needed to use the 3G functionality, but not required to use the table... | 3G/Wi-Fi Vs Wi-Fi Only Enabled Android Tablets: Pros & Cons to the Consumer? | android |
I am a very organized person, and thus also in the case of my emails. I have taken the time to set various filters and labels to keep my emails organized, some of these filters automatically archive messages, i.e. labels are applied to emails, and they get archived (hence these messages skip the inbox). These days I am... | The steps you have to take are the following ones: Expand the list of recent labels, but this time tap the option Show all labels . This will take you to the list of all your labels, in whose bottom you'll see the option Manage labels : tap there. In the list of labels, tap the one you want to be notified about. By def... | How to get notified of new automatically archived emails in Gmail? | android |
I just rooted my phone (Android 2.3.6) and partitioned the sd card using <code> CWM recovery </code> . While partitioning, I noticed about <code> swap size </code> and while searching about it, different blogs ( xda developers ) recommended using <code> 0M </code> as <code> swap size </code> . What is the use of it? Wh... | Primary reasons for the no swap recommendations are the basic uselessness of swap for most devices, performance reasons, and device longevity. As Liam mentions, modern devices have no shortage of RAM (Even my old underpowered Wildfire S has as much RAM as my previous desktop .) and that RAM is managed fairly well by th... | Use of swap size while partitioning? | android |
While on Wifi, Whatsapp won't work on my Galaxy Note 2 due to my work proxy. I have found no proxying application that will work, yet. (My work is using an HTTP Proxy). Is there an application that will route certain phone apps (such as Whatsapp) through mobile data, while still allowing other apps to use Wifi access? | By default, as soon as WiFi gets connected, the mobile network shuts down -- so you cannot use both simultaneously. Which means: no, even a proxy allowing for exceptions would not do, as the other network simply is no longer available. Quoting from CyanogenMod Tracker : Each time you activate WiFi you'll lose 3g connec... | Route Application through Mobile Data when on Wifi | android |
I have an Android device which is running Android 4.0.3 (or something like that). My little brother decided to try and guess my lock screen pattern the other day, and ended up locking me out. I have since been unable to log back in to the tablet using my Google Account details. I provided the correct login details, how... | There are several ways even in this stage. I'll try to sum up as many of them as I remember/find. Also, I don't keep it restricted to a single device -- but try to cover as many as possible, so it will be helpful to as many readers as possible. As you kept the device-tag from your question, all of them should find it :... | Can not unlock my Android device as have no internet connection? | android |
So I just downloaded the nightly version of Firefox (ARMv6) apk and when I install, I get the following error message:- This, isn't a very friendly message.. what could be the cause? How do I find out? Logcat for this particular problem says:- <code> W/PackageParser( 137): Exception reading libxul.so in /data/app/vmdl7... | The exceptions coming from zip (in the log extract) indicate that the package is corrupt. This error could have been introduced by the download, or when the package file was generated. You could check for download errors by verifying the APK file's SHA-1 or MD5 checksum against a checksum provided by the download site.... | What's the cause of "Application not installed" error? | android |
If I have installed N number of applications including big games, and I would like to back up them, so I could restore the games as soon as I factory reset my mobile, how can it be done ? Any free apps ? | You can use Titanium Backup , but your phone needs to have root. It has a FREE and a PAID version. | How to back up applications in Android? | android |
While there are plenty of apps to switch profiles based on various triggers (time, position, ...), Llama being an excellent one for instance -- I did not manage to find any which would from time to time switch a network device on (Wifi, Bluetooth) and check whether a previously configured network is available, then con... | As usual: try with Tasker . Tasker can react on "network near" (check for WiFi SSID), you also can check signal levels and react depending on that. This way you could not even check whether a certain WiFi network is in reach , but also how strong its signal is -- which might prove helpful e.g. in an office building wit... | Switching profiles based on networks availability | android |
I have an MyTouch 4G from TMobile. It's running android 2.3.4. How do I put put a file and delete files from the phone itself, not just the SD card? | You could install the Android SDK on your computer. This would give you the possibility to access your device's storage via the command line using e.g. <code> adb push </code> and <code> adb pull </code> . If that's not the level of comfort you want, there are also graphical tools utilizing ADB: ADB FileExplorer is a m... | How do I access my phone (not my SD card) from my computer? | android |
I have a Samsung galaxy 10.1 tablet (GT-P7500) with android version 3.1. I upgraded the android to 4.0.4 (the latest one available). It was rooted but I guess I've modified something since it always used to show "permission denied" for superuser requests. So I rooted the tablet. When I did, the tablet didn't reboot by ... | There are two versions of the tablet, one with mobile network and one without. Make sure you have the right firmware installed so that you get the right options. | Mobile network not displayed after I rooted my samsung galaxy 10.1 tablet | android |
I have a problem with my Galaxy Note II (Android 4.1.1) when synchronizing the contacts I have on the phone via Bluetooth with my car. I believe this is some limitation of the number of contacts (or groups of contacts) I have on my phone. The same problem is present on my wife's Galaxy S3. I therefore would like to und... | 4.2.2 and 4.3 customized ROMs ( CyanogenMod in my case) fix the issue ... and bring in other ones, less important (the mp3 tags are not streamed with the musioc for instance = the name of the song is not displayed). | How to limit the synchronized contacts to "My Contacts" on a Galaxy Note? | android |
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