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On my Nexus 7, I keep getting An error occurred. Please try again. Over and over when attempting to buy any paid apps on the Google Play store. It works fine for free apps, but always returns this same error when I try to buy a paid app. I've "tried again" a dozen times with the same result. I checked my Google account... | According to this thread on code.google.com (from April 2012), it seems that one user solved a similar issue after they were advised to turn off 2 step auth to use Google Play: I'm having same issue & tech just advised I have to turn off 2 step verification to get into Play. So I would disable 2 step auth on the Go... | Can't buy any paid apps on Google Play store, shows "An error occurred. Please try again." | android |
When I am in ICS, whenever I type a wording, followed by <code> space </code> , Android will suggest me several useful punctuations like <code> , </code> . I love this behaviour as it is useful to me. However, now in Jelly Bean, the behaviour is changed. They no longer suggest me punctuations. Instead, when I type "I" ... | This new feature is called Next word prediction. You can easily disable it to restore the ICS behavior but it's a bit hidden: Go to Settings > Language & input Tap on the setting icon beside Android keyboard under the Keyboard & input methods section At the bottom you'll find Advanced settings , tap it There yo... | Android keyboard behaviour changed after updated to Jelly Bean | android |
I got a galaxy nexus at Google IO, and randomly today the power button stopped working. I was on a call, used it to lock the screen after I got off, put it in my pocket, and when I got home the button wasn't working. The rest of the phone works if I plug it in to charge (waking up the screen), but the button doesn't re... | If the phone is working normally except for the power button not responding, you most likely have a hardware issue. That is, the power button is probably physically broken. In this case, you will need to return the phone to the manufacturer or the point of purchase for a repair or replacement. Before returning the phon... | The power button on my Galaxy Nexus stopped working | android |
I have a Huawei u8160 running Cyanogenmod 7.2 that always restarts automatically. My phone is clocked to 122-600 while my phone's CPU's Max frequency 558. I'm using the SMARTASSV2 governor and it mostly restarts when it is sleeping. So I want to know what restarts my phone automatically? | Summarized Answer: The main issue your facing is that you're using SmartassV2/ondemandX that was developed for stock kernels. But you're using it with a non stock kernel, the CyanogenMod 7.2. See bellow a summary for each of them. Useful reading: A Beginner’s Guide to Android Kernels SmartassV2/ondemandX governors Stoc... | My Huawei u8160 is restarting automatically | android |
I've been teaching Java to two of my friends and its coming well. We're interested in Android development. Both of my friends have android devices, and slow enough computers that using the emulator (AVD) is impractical and/or a PITA. Since I have a good enough computer, I have done some simple Android things, and I jus... | All you really need to to is enable USB Debugging in the device settings and plug in the device. As long as you have Eclipse, ADT plugin and the Android SDK installed, which you do if you have been using emulators, you should be good to go. Eclipse will automatically use the device when it's plugged in and no emulators... | Eclipse Android with a Real Device (Not AVD) | android |
I've tried the Bighand and Tape-a-Talk Voice Recorder apps, but both only seem to record continuously for about 1 hour. Is there an Android app which will allow me to record until I run out of storage space? | I use PCM Recorder and it will record until it consumes entire storage space. Also, I am able to use the phone for other tasks and PCM Recorder seems to keep recording in background, which is cool. I can even lock the phone and there by switch off the display which makes the drain on battery to very minimal, in par wit... | Android voice recorder with unlimited recording time | android |
I've been having an issue with my apps where an error "stackexchange-url ("Package file is invalid")" keeps appearing. I read a tutorial somewhere which told me to "uninstall updates" for the Google Play Store application. I was told doing this would uninstall the application, and then the device would automatically re... | I nearly did everything offered in all google searches. nothing works successfully for google play to work in HCL ME U1. Installing Android SDK and running ADB shell etc. also sometime does not allow files to be copied to the <code> /system/app </code> folder and it's very tedious thing if you are not familiar with jav... | I've deleted Google Play Store. How can I reinstall it? | android |
I ordered a replacement digitizer after I cracked the old one. I installed the replacement, and it looks fine. But it has large horizontal bands across it that do not register touch, rendering the phone very difficult to use. I was hoping someone has some experience in this area to share. Are there any tips or tricks t... | I also had this issue recently. I only had one, vertical band, but it still affected use, mostly typing. I demonstrated the issue (seen below) and contacted the [ebay] seller. They promptly classified it as defective and sent me a new one. This will most likely be the solution to your problem as well. As I did, I would... | What causes dead zones on digitizer? | android |
Are there any log files you can look into, or any good ways of finding out if an app is causing the phone to hang (if even possible)? My friend has an Xperia Arc and after a while with a custom ROM he's having issues with his phone hanging completely, requiring him to do a "battery reboot" to use it again. I know that ... | Problem with most log files is: They do not survive a boot, as they are stored on <code> tmpfs </code> (a temporary file system in RAM). So once you have to boot, they are gone. Leaving your best chances to some app capturing the log and saving the capture to SDCard. As far as I know, aLogCat is capable of that. An alt... | Is there a good way to find out why an Android phone hangs? | android |
Is there a way to search for a number in Google while keeping the ongoing call intact? I have noticed that the internet connection is lost when a call is in progress. | I believe this depends on your provider. For example: Verizon's CDMA network does not allow you to do Data + Call; however AT&T's GSM network will. And as eldarerathis points out: Another potentially important distinction is that phones on CDMA carriers with other networking capabilities (WiMAX and LTE) will suppor... | Is there a way to search for a number in Google without interrupting the call? | android |
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note with the stock Touchwiz UI ROM. I was wondering if there's a standalone ICS Dialer and People app available? I've managed to find a standalone messaging and calendar app which works just fine but have been unable to find the People app. | Apparently not. I checked with some people on XDA. I just rooted and upgraded to CM10. | Is there a solution to get the stock ICS Dialer and People apps with Touchwiz devices? | android |
One of my contacts has an unusual name which Google Now has never been able to understand. How can I get around this (apart from asking the person to change their name)? I'm using "send sms to [person's name]". | Without changing the person's name in their contacts, adding a "phonetic" name appears to work. | Google Now and pronouncing/recognising contact names | android |
As the title states, Is there a way I can backup my phone, without including all the extras, that I would just prefer to pick and choose to install later. feel free to read the whole thing, or just read the bold as the bold summarizes most of what I am looking for. As well as the bottom explaining my device & set u... | Odin is not a backup utility, its rather more of a means to flash boot/recovery and the rom itself. So that's one off the list. :) Use CWM to backup the entire handset to SDCard - this includes, boot, recovery, system, userdata partitions. Easy and much quicker to restore from! The latest Titanium Backup can do a resto... | Backup my Android without my Apps, Settings, Config's, etc. | android |
I love how Swype works but there are a few rather long phrases that I need to enter quite often, and wish I could enter faster, such as my email. I know the user dictionary will let me add custom entries, but that still requires me to Swype out all the characters. I'm looking for a way to have a user defined phrase pop... | You can tap for those words, Swype's autocompletion will use your personal dictionary to finish the rest. | Does Swype have custom auto replace? | android |
I think this is a general question that would apply to all Android phones though I have a HTC Desire Z. I cannot find a section on any of the settings to change the password for the Google account used for gmail, Android Market or any of the other google account dependent services and features on the phone. Surely this... | Not a perfect solution but you can change your password by opening you Google account/Gmail on your phone browser. | Is it possible to change password on the phone itself for gmail/market/other google apps? | android |
I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Y phone and I noticed that text is a little blurry in the phone. I compared it with my Samsung Galaxy Ace phone and the difference is quite clear. The displayed text on the Y is ugly. I have also attached an image of the phone below. Why is text displayed blurry on the screen of my Sa... | The Samsung Galaxy Y is a low spec phone and most importantly this can be observed with its display. Some common models in comparison (by resolution, pixel per inch, screen size, price): Galaxy Y : 240x320, 132 PPI, 3.0in, 110EUR Galaxy Ace : 320x480, 165 PPI, 3.5in, 190EUR Galaxy Nexus : 720x1280, 316 PPI, 4.65in, 410... | Words are not clear on my Samsung Galaxy Y phone? | android |
My Goal http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762790 Putting jelly bean on nexus one My Problem Upgrading hboot I'm just following everything step by step (link) <code> $ fastboot flash hboot hboot_jellybean_260-8-168.nb0 sending 'hboot' (512 KB)... OKAY [ 0.095s] writing 'hboot'... (bootloader) signature c... | The hboot flash region is protected from accidental/unwanted/etc writes. You need an exploit most probably. I found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486201 | Upgrading hboot fails: signature verify fail | android |
I have Android 4.0 and I'm trying to figure out how to manually update all of my apps when the update notification usually at the top of the screen is NOT there. Can someone help me out? | You can perform updates on installed APP's accessing the Play Store: Find the Play Store icon on your home screen or in your app drawer and tap it to open it up. Once the Play Store loads, tap the menu button on your device and choose the "My Apps" option. Wait until the list gets filled. If there are available updates... | How to manually update apps | android |
I'm looking for a definitive list of Android devices that officially support USB On-the-go (OTG) / USB Host (non-rooted). USB OTG/USB Host means that they can be used in a similar way to a PC whereby USB devices can be attached to them for them to access. E.g. memory sticks and other USB storage (mass storage class). I... | OK, here's a start at a list (doesn't have to be definitive): The GoTab GBT740R 7" Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet, costing just 100 pounds or less in UK! This device has a full size USB female socket to support USB OTG / USB Host. A friend owns one, his USB memory sticks work in this - we can browse to the USB sti... | Looking for list of USB OTG/USB Host officially supported in Android devices (allow connect USB sticks, etc) NON-rooted | android |
I have many test Android devices and added my Google account to those device to reuse my application collection. Recently I often recieve payment notification via gmail for application which I really don't buy. So my need is to see the list of devices which has been added the account to. This also related to the situat... | Just visit My Android Apps with your browser, and log in with your account. This will list your devices and apps. Another good place is the Google Dashboard , which is even more detailed in some respects (shows EMEI on GSM handsets for example), less in others (thanx, @ewanm89). | How to see the device list of a given Google account | android |
I want to execute a few tasks whenever I am active on Tasker (e.g. editing profiles, viewing settings, etc). However, the problem is I can't see it on the list of applications that's usable when creating a profile. Am I missing something? | I figured this wasn't currently possible so I just created a widget that activated whatever profile I want active when Tasker is open then disable the said profile if I go back to the home app. | How do I check if Tasker is the application in focus using a Tasker profile? | android |
Is there a way to install either the Android Market or Google Play on a Kindle Fire (Android 2.3 and Kindle version 6.3.1) without first rooting it? I have access to a Windows 7 computer with Admin privileges, but no USB cable (I do have ES File Explorer running an FTP server, so I can easily send and receive files via... | You don't need to root your Kindle Fire for this -- as long as the following source is still valid: Install Android Marketplace and Google Apps on Amazon Kindle Fire . As that howto speaks about "Android Marketplace" (and not "Google Play"), it may not be up-to-date -- but I doubt the change of the name affected the pr... | Installing Android Market/Google Play on non-rooted Kindle Fire | android |
I recently upgraded my phone to ICS and now when I try to access my email I get the error message: "TLS required but not supported by server" What can I do to fix this? | So turns out some of the email settings got munged and it was simply a matter of deleting the account info from the phone and then adding it in again. | TLS required but not supported by server | android |
Is there a way to disable in-app ads (on a rooted CM7 phone)? I am NOT talking about the ads in browser. Blocking ads is legal where I live. | As mentioned in the comments, the question stackexchange-url ("Is it possible to block ads in Android applications?") already covers this. There are some ad-blocking apps available on the market, but they usually require root-access on the divice -- a condition you meet, as you state in your question. So you may want t... | Disable ads in applications? | android |
I have used several versions of CWM recovery on my Motorola Droid 2. One of them was able to back up into a <code> .tar </code> ( <code> cache.ext3.tar </code> , <code> data.ext3.tar </code> <code> nandroid.md5 </code> , <code> recovery.img </code> , <code> system.ext3.tar </code> ) as opposed to the <code> .img </code... | There is no incompatibility for backups/restores between CWM versions 2.x, 3.x and 4.x. Both the filenames and the contents of the backup files will be the same. With the CWM version 5.x: It can read and restore the backup files created by all the older versions of CWM. If you create a backup with 5.x, an try to restor... | Which version of clockwork recovery creates backups as a tar files? | android |
How to get the droid 2 to enter fastboot? Running rooted phone, CM7 nightly 239 Power + x gets me recovery Power + Up gets me bootloader | The Droid 2 doesn't have fastboot mode; Its bootloader is locked. Fastboot mode is really just the bootloader mode in other phones, like Nexus phones. Out of curiosity, where exactly did you hear that the D2 had a fastboot mode, and why do you want to access it? | Droid2 Fastboot | android |
My 16 GB Nexus 7 arrived a few days ago. It's my first mobile device, believe it or not, and I've already found it to be incredibly useful. It has performed flawlessly, but there is one small issue that's an annoyance, nothing more. The screen flickers. It happens in dimmer light, and only for a second or two at a time... | There just was a Blog on Land of Droid covering this issue. The author summed up a few conditions under which this "flicker" occurs: back-light is dimmed under 30% a weak WiFi signal the device is accessing the net According to that report, these 3 things are "AND-connected" (i.e. the flicker occurs when all of the 3 c... | Nexus 7 screen is flickering | android |
I tried executing a script on the sdcard as is because on FAT, everything is 777. <code> ./.profile ./.profile: permission denied </code> I added this as the initial command for the Android shell and it executes it just fine: <code> eval "$(cat /sdcard/.profile)" </code> So what I'm wondering is: Is there a way I can e... | Moved from comments and expanded. Invoking the script with the shell directly <code> sh .profile arg1 arg2 </code> should work. If it become cumbersome to invoke the shell and typing the arguments, you can also create an alias, most terminal emulators allows you to specify an initial command to run at the start of a se... | How can I execute a script on the SD card and be able to pass arguments to it? | android |
I just saw that if I need to install the latest Cyanogenmod on my tab (Galaxy Tab 2 7 (GT-P3113)) I don't need to root it. Is this true? Any one have more information on this? So will it be easy to restore to the original rom? | Technically, you don't need root if you have an unlocked bootloader. Even if it is locked, you don't need root, you just need an exploit to change the recovery to install CM9/CM10. Usually, the first thing that people do when an exploit is identified is "root" the device but flashing a different recovery and flashing a... | Latest Cyanogenmod doesn't want to be rooted? | android |
There have been some Jelly Bean updates for Galaxy Nexus, but most of these are specific to a certain variant of the Nexus. How can I easily find out which variant I have? | There used to be an app that did just this, but it's been pulled for some reason. You could also download a "system info" type app, but these often come with ads and other bloatware. The easiest way is to download a terminal app such as Android Terminal Emulator , open it and run the command <code> getprop ro.product.n... | How to find out the variant of my Galaxy Nexus? | android |
I just pressed the power button and the volume up button in my Tab. I went into a screen called ODIN mode... It started downloading something... What is this? | This is the download firmware mode. It can be used to upgrade official firmware via Samsung's own Odin software (or the 3rd party heimdall (also here )). It's also used to install a custom aftermarket firmware like CyanogenMod . Actually it allows more but installing firmware is the most common use. | Whats ODIN mode in Galaxy Tab 2? | android |
So both the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 have dynamic capacitive buttons instead of actual physical buttons. I was actually under the impression that this black bar was a separate capacitive display from the main display. Now that I actually see a Nexus 7 in person, this black bar appears to be just a part of the screen. S... | The 1280x800 pixels count for the whole display, including the black bar for the buttons. Google decided to stay flexible by moving physical buttons to the touch screen permanently. Benefits: No capacitive buttons needed (cheaper?) Better user experience: Rotating 90,180,270 degrees rotates also the virtual buttons Les... | Nexus 7 capacitive buttons and display | android |
I have an HTC Desire HD. When I connect to it with adb shell from Windows, the up and down arrow keys work fine and I get command history. But when I connect to it from Mac OS, the up and down arrows show up as ^[[A and ^[[B. Is there a way to fix the mac OS terminal to work like the DOS one? Thank you very much! | What shell is running on the phone? - You can find out with <code> ps </code> I seem to remember having this issue a while ago (but haven't run in to it recently on my current phone) when logging in to plain <code> sh </code> , executing <code> bash </code> or <code> ash </code> immediately after connecting was a simpl... | Up and down arrows in adb shell | android |
I want to customize what I see in the notifications bar/shade. (eg. I don't want notifications for facebook messages, I don't want to see my weather app in the notification bar). I looked in the apps' setup areas, but didn't see any way to change this, specifically for the weather channel app. Thanks! | In ICS, it's up to the application. You will have to check the settings for each individual app and see if they allow you to control what shows up in your Notification bar. Unfortunately, there is no way to control this through Android itself... However, note that in Jelly Bean, the ability to monitor and control which... | How can I customize what notifications show up on my notifications bar (RAZR MAXX running ICS)? | android |
With a locked bootloader on an SE ST17i running the rooted Stock Xperia Gingerbread 2.3.4, can I flash the CyanogenMod 9 onto it? Or do I really need my bootloader unlocked? I also have ClockWorkMod installed and as far as I know that shouldn't have been possible with a locked bootloader so I'm rather confused. I'm not... | Basically, this could be possible. I've got CM7.2 on my Motorola Droid2, which also has its bootloader locked. Being at work, I cannot access all ressources (firewall restricts me) -- but just in case, there seems to be a youtube tutorial on Unlock any Sony Ericsson Xperia in 5 minutes , just in case you want to unlock... | Can I flash CyanogenMod without unlocking bootloader? | android |
So I have a Xoom 3G and I only use Wi-Fi. Jelly Bean is coming out for the WiFi-only version and of course Verizon is going to make sure that the 3G/4G version doesn't get Jelly Bean till Key Lime Pie is out. So my questions are: Would the WiFi version work on my Xoom? If so, can I somehow spoof it to think it's a WiFi... | Yes, you should be able to install a wifi only rom manually, I`ve just gone to ICS with 3g and its great. found these links useful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfHwd2Nxw1U http://www.icsforums.com/forum/showthread/6398 http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Motorola_Xoom hope this helps | Can I convert my Xoom 3G firmware to Xoom WiFi or otherwise use the WiFi version of Jelly Bean? | android |
I have pulled boot.img from my phone's CWM backup. How do I extract it? I tried split_bootimg.pl. But throws an error - <code> Android Magic not found in boot.img. Giving up. </code> | After reading the comment, I spotted the error... anirudh@Kat ~/Downloads/mkboot $ ./unpack-bootimg.pl /home/anirudh/Downloads/boot.img-tools/source_img/boot.img kernel written to /home/anirudh/Downloads/boot.img-tools/source_img/boot.img-kernel.gz ramdisk written to /home/anirudh/Downloads/boot.img-tools/source_img/bo... | Extract boot.img | android |
I use LBE Privacy Guard with great pleasure to grant and withdraw permissions to access my contacts, the internet, etc. for each individual application installed in Ice-Cream Sandwich on my Galaxy Nexus. However, it is not compatible with Jelly Bean yet (causes rebooting cycle without fixing, and even then it can only ... | As the "What's New" section says it's been updated for Jelly Bean, this looks promising: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.permissions&hl=en I've never tried it, but assuming you're rooted, this guy's apps are usually good. | Is there a way to block permissions for other applications on Jelly Bean? | android |
I just purchased my fourth ever Android device - An HSPA+ Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone. When I purchased my second and third devices (Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and an Asus Transformer Pad TF300T), I found that after I logged into my Google account during my device setup, my devices downloaded all my known wifi hotspots and... | I found this page on Google's support site which states the following about restoring your phone's settings during the initial setup: "Important: If you want to restore your settings, you must do that now during setup. You can’t restore data after setup is complete." Based on this, I'm guessing there's no way to restor... | Can I manually download my wifi settings to my Android device from my Google account? | android |
I just upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S III running Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and I drive a 2009 Mazda 5 with integrated bluetooth speakerphone. When I'm in my car, I connect the headphone jack to my car stereo Aux input so that I can play music from my phone through my car speakers. I got a phone call today a... | Try an app named SoundAbout . It can let you configure this to work. | How do I keep my headphone jack from disabling my bluetooth speakerphone in my car? | android |
I'm doing a feasibility study into Android tablets for commercial applications. I have a product that requires a Bluetooth Low Energy connection. I have a Nexus 7 tablet which is supposed to support BLE but I haven't found much information about it. Is there a way to check whether the tablet has BLE and if it's enabled... | As of now, the checking for BLE support has to be done manually by studying specifications and searching on Google (as far as I know). See this question on Stackoverflow: stackexchange-url ("Bluetooth Smart (4.0) / GATT support in Android 4.0?") It states that Android does not support Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) out of the box ... | Determining support for Bluetooth Low Energy | android |
As the possibility of connecting to a public Wifi is increasing in our cities, the opportunity of proxying/tunneling the traffic is gaining importance. I strongly believe it would be interesting to come up with a list of applications/procedures that can setup or manage different kind of proxies/tunnels like: http/https... | Check out this list: Proxy, Tunnel & Co . Though it is in German, you already find the relevant apps grouped by their purpose. For VPN, try VPN (also in German). The German language should be no problem concerning mapping apps to the requested topics (VPN, tunnel, ...), as that part is language-neutral. Description... | Proxy/tunneling options for the Android platform | android |
When I get a txt message on my phone, the screen lights up and it plays a sound if I have the volume turned up. However, if I receive an email, or some other notification, the screen does not light up and it does play a sound if the volume is turned up. At work, I need to have my phone on silent, so when I receive a tx... | At the moment, there's no central spot on your phone to control which notifications show up on your phone and how they behave across APPs. For this end, you'll need to open up each application and tweak how and when it notifies you about new messages or other events. Generally speking , Every APP has some settings (or ... | No screen lightup on email/notification/reminder | android |
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 phone. It comes with a micro USB port which can be used for charging or connecting to a PC. I am just wondering if the micro USB port can also be used to connect a USB memory stick. Is there something like a USB stick with a micro SD connection? Perhaps the easier option is to use the existin... | Yes, you can plug a USB stick to your Samsung Galaxy S2, provided that you have an Samsung Micro USB to USB Adapter. For better results, connect your USB stick to the adapter, before connecting it to your phone. See the official Samsung Galaxy SII accessories for further information. Note: Usually within the phone box,... | Is it possible to connect a USB stick to Samsung Galaxy S2 Phone? | android |
I'm planning to get a new android phone and I'm wondering what's considered best practice to move all data and settings. I know that lots of stuff goes to google, but I'd like to migrate app data as well. I know that I can do an rsync of the SD card and move things like pictures, but which directories should I move? Co... | A new phone could mean a new/differently configured Android version, so you would need to be extremely careful restoring your rsync'd data on the new device. While it certainly cannot hurt to have that backup, I'd not recommend restoring it to a different device. A much safer way would be using Titanium Backup instead ... | Questions about phone migration using rsync | android |
Device - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 / Android 4.0.3 We are about to deploy 70 Samsung Galaxy Tabs for users who will be allowed only to use web browser to access document library. We created a Joomla site for document library. How do I remove all the unnecessary apps from the screen except the browser? Should I remove the... | Simply removing widgets and shortcuts from the screen will only prevent the very unexperienced (i.e. those who never used an Android device before) from accessing other apps, and not even sure for them. If your goal is to prevent most people from doing so (the very experienced will always find a way to circumvent your ... | Samgsung Galaxy Tab mass deployment | android |
Device - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 / Android 4.0.3 I have tested Samgsung Galaxy Tab for document download such as PDF from web site with many browsers. Most of them just download it to somewhere in the device and I have to go to notification window(Right and bottom) and click it again to open it. Some browsers ask me to... | Have you tried pdf.js extension for Firefox mobile ? It's a bit slow and unstable for now, but it should work as expected. | Android Tablet - Download PDF and open it on browser | android |
I want to make my phone act as a bluetooth speaker/headset because the audio jacks connection on my laptop is kinda broken (won't play audio on both ears unless the headset plug is midway inserted). Add to that the fact that the audio coming out of my laptop's speakers aren't too loud. My phone, however, fills in that ... | See stackexchange-url ("my answer") to a stackexchange-url ("similar question") - the problem is that within the Bluetooth AD2P profile (for stereo quality audio) Android phones aren't designed to be a "sink" (a receiver of media) only a source. You're right in that this is a limitation of the Bluetooth stack on your p... | Is it possible to add an audio bluetooth profile to my phone? | android |
I find it hard to edit text messages in the tiny Messaging box. Is there any way to increase the size of it? I'm using CM10 (JB), but the app looks the same as the CM9 (ICS) version. | You can use an alternative like Handcent SMS - it has a button to allow full screen editing. Also, you can customize the font size / style to something more suitable from within Handcent. | Is there any way to change the size of the text box in Messaging? | android |
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Y phone yesterday. I was wondering why the <code> Back </code> button does not light up when I press <code> Home </code> button on the device. On my Samsung Galaxy Ace the <code> Back </code> button and <code> Menu </code> button light up immediately whenever I press home button. Is there a se... | The Galaxy Y GT-S5360 simply does not have backlighting for its capacitive buttons ( source 1 , source 2 ) whereas the Ace does - there is nothing you can do. | Back button does not light-up when I press home button | android |
Dolphin Browser can be configured to act as one of a range of User Agents (Android, (full) Desktop, other phones...). But this is for every site visited until you want to change the settings to some other agent (browser type). Some sites have better mobile versions than others. I wondered if there is a feature/plugin o... | Have you installed and used the Dolphin Desktop Toggle add-on ? Is it not what you were looking for? Although, not an automatic method, it does make switching user agents much less painful. Else, you might also try accessing the mobile version of sites that render better by using their URL e.g. http://m.twitter.com or ... | Method to change browser User Agent based on site | android |
As my question suggests I want to restore my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to factory settings. I read stackexchange-url ("this previous question") and it tells me how to do it and I will follow these instructions, however.... I am giving the device to a non-family member and need absolute assurance that all apps I purchased (free o... | Provided you haven't rooted the device, a factory reset will reset the phone to the state it was in. Note that sometimes, some extra content that was added by the manufacturer (like some bundled music/images) later may be wiped. Obviously, if you're bundling along the same SD card that you were using earlier, format it... | I want to restore my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Factory settings? | android |
Is there any way that I intentionally grant root permission to some app? Not automatically via SuperSU when a specific app asks for root permission, but in a way to pick an app via some tool and grant it root permissions. For example, I add my favourite text app to the approved list and then I can open root files via t... | No. You should request the app developer to do so. On UNIX like systems, permissions are managed with something called UIDs. Every process has one and it dictates what they can access. Moreover, there are also groups that have permission that their members can use. When an app has permissions like <code> Write to SD ca... | How to add root permission to some app by myself? | android |
Like the question says, are there higher versions of Android for my phone? Will Sony release a 4.0 update for my phone? | Not officially yet. According to Sony , the Xperia U will be getting ICS in Q3 of this year. That said I believe there are now some beta 3rd party ROMs floating around with various degrees of success. | Are there Andoid versions > 2.3 for my Sony Xperia ST25i (as of July 2012)? | android |
I have a Galaxy Nexus (maguro/yakjuxw) with Android version 4.0.4. I saw the new features in 4.1 so i want to update, but i don't think an OTA will be available anytime soon. So, I'm considering manually updating. AFAIK, I will need to switch to the yakju firmware that gets updates directly from Google. That being said... | Firmware, in this case, means the OS, since it's a preinstalled part of the core system. The method I used does not require root, but it's possible to root at the same time. I didn't. This depends. In most cases, unlocking the bootloader voids your warranty if the warranty is read and interpreted letter-to-letter. Howe... | Manually upgrade Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 (yakjuxw) to 4.1 | android |
Is there an open source application which allows to share my location in real time? I'm looking for a fully open source solution, that is open source client as well as open source server software. It doesn't have to be scalable or anything, I just want to share my location to whoever has the link to the application on ... | OpenGTS provides fleet tracking, and there is a (paid) Android App on the market . Given that it's open source, it's always possible someone (you?) could develop a free app as well. | Is there a (decentralized) open source "Google Latitude" alternative? | android |
I just upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S III (Ice Cream Sandwich) from the Motorola Droid Bionic (Gingerbread). On my Bionic, there was a "Stay Awake" check box that made it so my "Screen will never sleep while charging" under Settings-> Applications-> Development. I can't find that checkbox on my S3. Where is that sett... | Samsung removed "Stay Awake" from TouchWiz back in the first OTA for the Galaxy S1. Other ROMs like CyanogenMod still have it, and other AOSP based ROMs as well. Be very careful using any kind of "Stay Awake" options with these devices that have the Super AMOLED screens. I used to use it when developing and testing the... | Where is "Stay Awake" option in Ice Cream Sandwich on the Galaxy S3? | android |
So I figured that since the s2 now has ice cream sandwich available, I should look into upgrading. Doing some research on the internet, I see that it is actually impossible (or at least quite difficult) to go back to 2.3 if I have problems. I've also seen that there have been reports of Ice Cream Sandwich making their ... | If it is the official ROMs, then it is very easy and chances of anything going wrong are slim-to-none. You should just do it. Downgrading should also be pretty straightforward if you want to stick with official firmwares - it would be a case of downloading PC Odin and the firmware you want from a site like sammobile. I... | How safe is it to upgrade my galaxy s2 phone to Ice Cream Sandwich? | android |
I have been a victim of the infamous "let's turn off anything that Apple might have a patent for" aka "dumb search" on the Galaxy S3, and looking for a simple way to return my phone to the 21st century All I want is ability to find an App quickly and launch it by name, without visually finding the Icon What I want is a... | (EDIT) New solution: You can revert to your complete old behaviour. It needs some hacking though and might be illegal (decompile&recompile Google app) <code> Background: If you don't have root, you cannot install the old version over the new one. What you could do: Install an app with the functions of the old Searc... | Is there an app for searching installed apps? (Dumb Search alternative) | android |
I have a rooted Android device running 4.0.3. I bought full version of File Expert in order to browse root file system. I navigate to a <code> .conf </code> file and want to open it, but the app says <code> There is no handler installed on your device for this file format. Would you like File Expert to find one for you... | While File Expert is a good app there are great apps out there. I was hesitant to switch because I didn't want to install another app for ftp sharing, but I discovered Solid Explorer . It's the best File manager app for android, bar none. It has an exceptional text editor with optional monospace font(!), size setting a... | How to open .conf files with File Expert? | android |
I just purchased a Galaxy S III from AT&T, and only after a few days, I got a pushed, forced update from AT&T (not stating what it does, just " AT&T Software update " version: " V3_1205_2_2 ") I didn't notice any change for a few hours, until I wanted to search for an app (menu - search) Up until the update... | Galaxy S3 dumb search update feature confirmed by Samsung, it’s because of Apple Read more here: It has been removed by Samsung working closely with Google and has been removed from carriers like Sprint as well. Apple pattented the universal search and was able to ban Galaxy Nexus in US. As a precaution Samsung and Goo... | Samsung Galaxy S3 - after AT&T over the wire update - google search doesn't find installed apps | android |
I currently own a nokia N900 and am waiting for the my pre ordered Nexus 7 to arrive. I was wondering because since android does not support p2p adhoc networking, as far as i know. Is there any way to create a private lan wirelessly over bluetooth? Maybe setup the tablet or phone as a wireless router? Also, I am also c... | Android, starting from 4.0, does officially support a form of p2p wifi networking called Wifi Direct. A Wifi Direct-capable device can create an access point which any other Wifi-capable device can access. I don't know about Nexus 7 specifically, but Galaxy Nexus does support Wifi Direct so I'd presume that so is Nexus... | Finding a way to create a WLAN between tablet and phone | android |
What should I do so that the Memory card in my phone works only in my phone? Also, I should be able to connect my mobile to a PC through a USB cable and completely see/edit/organize the data on my memory card. I want this to prevent anyone from gaining physical asses to my mobile, removing the memory card and getting a... | I'm afraid that what you want to do is not possible. You can come close by using EDS on the phone, but your computer will not be able to read the files directly. TrueCrypt will be able to decrypt the containers, but I think you might have some problems with handsets using MTP rather than USB Mass Storage. Essentially w... | Securing Memory Card? | android |
i've an Xperia X10 Mini. This Android devices is limited in hardware: a 600Mhz processor and 128 mb ram. So i'd like to install new apps, but i don't like to have a lot of apps running in background. For example, Facebook app, GDrive, Dropbox ... are great, but why 'damn' thei must run in background either if i don't w... | Though there are apps around that would answer to your request (so-called "Task-killers" and "Memory boosters"), their usage is not to recommend -- simply because it would not help any (see stackexchange-url ("Is it advisable to run a task killer app on Android")). If those background processes are designed as services... | How to prevent apps running in background | android |
I've recently upgraded my phone to Android 4.1.1 and I've tried the new voice search. It mostly answers my questions correctly, but i didn't get it to talk back. I checked the following setting: Settings-> Voice-> Speech Output. It's set to Always. Does anybody else have this issue? Any ideas on how to fix it? | Have you made sure that your "Music volume" is actually turned up? Only then you'll be able to hear the talk-back. To make sure it is, go to the stock music app, hit the "Volume up" key on your phone a few times, then go back to Google Voice Search and try again. | Jelly bean voice search not talking back | android |
I have a Huawei u8160 (A.K.A Vodafone 858 Smart) running CyanogenMod 7.2 Madteam ported. All apps that use unity3d force close on their startup although they are compatible. So I wanted to know if I should install something to make it work or any thing else? | This is because they're not compatible. Unity requires devices with ARMv7 instruction set, your phone only supports v6. I'm sorry but there's nothing that you can do other than buy a new handset if you want to play cutting edge games. See this for the detailed specifications of your phone. | All Unity 3D games result in "Force Close" | android |
I have a file called <code> matrix.txt </code> at the root of my SD card. It is a text file that contains the serialization of a matrix of floats. What is this file? Can I delete it? | The Android OS itself is not dependant on any files on the removable SD card. If you have no apps that use this file, you can safely delete the file, or even format the SD card if you want. | What is the matrix.txt file on my SD card? Is it safe to delete? | android |
Suddenly (after a Play Store update?) I can't install or update any Apps. I always get error code 905 when I try to do so. How can I fix this? | Uninstalling all Play Store (Market) App updates fixed it for me. Go to <code> Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications </code> and uninstall the updates from the Play Store App. This will leave you with an older version of the App, which is probably named "Market". Then you should be able to install or up... | Can't I install or update Apps from Play Store: Error 905. How to fix? | android |
Apparently on Ice Cream Sandwich you can press power + volume down to take a screenshot, but this doesn't work for me with Jelly Bean. Anyone know how to take a screenshot on a stock Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1? | You need to press the Vol Down and Power buttons together, and hold them for a second or so. Some users report that it works better if you press both buttons simultaneously, as opposed to one after the other in sequence. | Taking screenshots on Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean | android |
Is there any way by which I can connect my computer to my HTC Wildfire S and access the SMS (read, compose, delete) without touching the phone? I am looking for something similar but no hope yet. Please help. | There are a lot of possibilities to remotely administrate and use an Android Device from your PC -- including, but not restricted to reading/sending SMS. Take a look at the following apps/links: Airdroid is simply to be installed on your Android-Device and can then be accessed via a web-browser ("browser-based"). Manag... | Accessing the Android Phones SMS and other feature via Data Cable | android |
I keep seeing warning signs about enabling ADB over Network when you aren't connected to a WiFi network, but what if I want to connect ADB over 3G/4G ? Whenever I try to do it with any of the conventional WiFi methods, it returns an invalid IP to connect to. I even tried getting the IP with <code> # ip addr show </code... | Opening ADB on an unsecured connection is a major security risk. On an unrooted phone, it gives access to your entire filesystem. On a rooted phone, it gives access to your entire filesystem with write permissions. The connection isn't encrypted and there is no password or key exchange to access ADB. It's just a bad id... | How to connect ADB over 3G/4G? Or how can an ADB listener over network vulnerability be leveraged over GSM? | android |
So it came to pass, that Amanda did have a blonde moment and deleted all her threads in the SMS app by mistake. Yeah, "Delete all threads" probably shouldn't be quite so easy to invoke. The phone's a ZTE Blade, with all its user data inconveniently stored on a YAFFS2 filesystem. I have an old back up, but the SMS I nee... | The sms database is stored in <code> /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db </code> which is what you want to do. Best thing to do, is this, do not plug in USB cable yet: Reboot into ClockWorkmod Recovery. Go into Mounts and Storage Select <code> mount /data </code> Plug in the USB From the wind... | Recover deleted content from userdata partition? | android |
Does android natively have good support for fully-functional HTML5 offline apps? By fully functional I mean without artificial limitations on HTML5 features; for example a limit on the size of offline storage would make many potential applications impossible. | What you're referring to as HTML5 is not that. DOM storage is not a feature of html. So lets address the questions now. Does android natively have good support for fully-functional HTML5 offline apps? There're several versions of android out there and thus each of the stock browsers implement a varying set of the diffe... | Offline HTML5 apps | android |
I wonder can any of the Android tablets make calls (it's about Cellular calls, not Skype or other)? Yeah, I am okay to have 7' or even 10' tablet near my ear and have a talk (well, or use headsets). Having those tablets being able to make calls would make me throw the smartphone away and have the single gadget. I know ... | The Galaxy Tab 10.1 can make 2G/3G calls and calls over Wifi with Voip apps like Skype or Tango. The Nexus 7 can only make calls over Wifi with Voip apps as I already mentioned. There would be no easy way of getting the Nexus 7 to make 2G/3G calls as it would require adding a radio to the tablet. | Tablets being able to make calls | android |
Every time I recieve a call or a text message my phone audibly says out the name of the caller/sender. How can I stop this? | It is a configuration that must be active to give you that information, usually it is used when you're driving, to prevent accidents: Turn off the voice notifications: Go to settings menu Click on "Voice input and output" option Select the option "Text-to-speech settings". Uncheck the Driving mode setting. From the use... | Audible Caller ID on Galaxy S3 | android |
I'm looking for a way to transfer files between an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S2, rooted) and any computer system I may need to interact with (this means preinstalled software on the computer, besides a regular web browser, is not an option) without connecting to an actual wifi hotspot. Essentially I'm looking for s... | Connect your computer with virtual hotspot created by Android device. Install any FTP Server app on Android device. It'll NOT give you IP of device for sure. :) In your computer, find IP of <code> Default Gateway </code> of Wi-Fi network of Step 1 (In Windows, you can use <code> ipconfig </code> cmd command). Its the I... | How to transfer files over wifi without a hotspot? | android |
I went into Settings-> Privacy-> Factory reset and checked "Format USB Storage". Then I pressed the button to continue and it prompted for my PIN (just numbers) as usual. Then it said it was formatting the USB storage as I told it to. And then it just shut off. So I started it back up and it prompted for a password (fu... | Since I don't know what the password is, I played around with it and failed enough times that it told me that if I failed one more time I could lose data on the SD card. So I failed one more time (I didn't care about the SD card) and it did the reset just fine. | Factory reset (including USB storage) prompts for password after I already typed it in | android |
When I'm updating a custom ROM, there's always an instruction to wipe the Dalvik cache . I don't see a reason why this is necessarily. Watching the logcat while the system is booting I can clearly see that if an app changed, its <code> dex </code> file is invalidated and then regenerated. Yet still when I mention this ... | To answer your questions: Am not aware of any Android version where the Dalvik was not invalidated on boot. Maybe the initial version 1.0 had that, I really do not know, have gone through Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich. You need to look into the source tree and rebase it back to CupCake or Donut (1.5 an... | Why Do I Need to Wipe Dalvik Cache? | android |
My phone carrier (Bell Canada) says that in addition to my maximum data limit, I have "unlimited social network" usage. I'm wondering which apps count as social networking apps? As an Android developer, I'm also interested in how I might designate one of my apps as a social networking app. (Let me know if this would be... | Your carrier determine a social network by his hostname or IP as said in comment, not with a specific application. But there is sometimes where this feature doesn't work with apps ( some apps use proxy, don't know if this is the case for facebook or twitter... ). An other case is this only work on the carrier's website... | How does Android determine which apps are "social networking" apps for data usage purposes? | android |
I have seen the Question: stackexchange-url ("Is there a one-click widget to make my phone completely silent?") and this is not a Duplicate Question. In my, Samsung Galaxy Y phone, when I completely reduce my volume, it goes to the "Vibration" mode. Turning the volume down again after the "Vibration" mode appears has n... | Go to your Settings on your phone When in your settings go to "Sound", then "Silent mode and vibrate" and things will pop up Push "Silent mode" Then push "Vibrate", then "Never" Then your phone is all the way off!! | Completely "Mute" my Android Phone? | android |
I am currently working on a Coolpad 8150, a Chinese phone running Android 2.3.7. It is connected to T-Mobile (in the United States) and can place calls successfully. However, it is stuck on 2G. I have been lead to believe the phone supports 3G, though I may be mistaken. How may I further pursue this issue? When I scan ... | Looking at this , GSM:900/1800/1900 Mhz,3G TD-SCDMA 2010-20250 MHZ And scrolling on down a bit on that page under the ' Data Application Features '... Data Service GPRS;EDGE;TD-SCDMA That would explain it, no UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ mentioned in the spec of that hardware, as that would be required to have T-Mobile operating to... | Foreign phone, stuck on 2G | android |
They appear to perform the same functionality... only difference I see is that Currents layout is more like a magazine. And I can import my Reader subscriptions to Currents. What's the difference between the two? Is there any reason to use one over the other? Does Currents replace Reader? | Google Reader is a cloud-based feed reader service . On top of this service, there are many apps as a front-end to user. E.g.- Official Google Reader apps (Web, Android), Feedly (Firefox, Android) etc. Google Currents is a front-end digital magazine/ newspaper delivery app (with cloud sync) available to Android and iOS... | Google Currents vs Google Reader | android |
At home I often connect my android to some speakers, to listen to internet-radio. It would like to be able to change the sound-level through a command on my laptop. I can open an ssh shell to the phone, but I am stuck finding a command to change the volume on the android. Is there a command to change the audio-volume o... | Have a look at simulating keyevents on Android and search for "KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP" and "KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN". Events can be generated by executing "input": <code> #local shell: input keyevent 24 #vol up input keyevent 25 #vol down #remotely using ssh ssh your-phone input keyevent 24 #vol up ssh your-phone input keyevent... | How can I remotely change the volume? | android |
So I asked stackexchange-url ("this") question on this site and got stackexchange-url ("this") answer. Now that I'm rooted, I'm ready to take this route. I've tried looking for ways but almost all the results that came up were unrelated. So yeah, can anyone give me a lending hand with regards to using my Internal Memor... | You don't need to use 3rd party things like a swap partition or zRamSwap. 512MB RAM was/is still standard and will be sufficent for almost all scenarios most probably for some time (at least for Android 4.0 and 4.1, see this CyanogenMod forum post). (You stated in the comments that your Xperia Active has 512MB RAM) Lon... | How can I use my internal storage as extra RAM? | android |
I have read a lot of documentation about how to run ICS on the Samsung Galaxy S I9000. Can I use the same approaches for the S+? Or is it not possible to run ICS on the S+? | The Galaxy S Plus i9001 looks like the i9000 however it has completely different internals: side by side comparison at gsmarena.com different CPU (1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon vs. 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird) different GPU (Adreno vs PowerVR) different baseband modules (the i9001 has faster HSDPA) better battery, less inter... | Can I run ICS on the Samsung Galaxy S+ I9001? | android |
I have a couple of Bible apps on my phone. Sometimes, other apps link to a Bible verse, but they usually either embed a Bible viewer in the app or only work with a particular app. I would like to be prompted for an app in the same way that one is prompted for a browser when clicking a link. But this doesn't happen. Why... | Short and put in lay terms: There's no standard defined on how to pass this information between apps, so there are no two apps who can interact the way you want. Longer and with some more detailed information: The app-selection menu for e.g. a browser or a homescreen only appears when multiple apps announce their being... | How can I tell if an app can be a "link" target? | android |
I'm using Android 2.3 on Nook Color (ROM CyanogenMod). I installed xpressconnect to connect to the wifi network of my school, and successfully configured it. I can access the internet normally. However, when I go home and use my home wifi, all web addresses work, except *.google.com. Every time I go to *.google.com, it... | I fixed the problem by the following steps: Clear data of the xpressconnect app, then uninstall it. This step alone didn't fix the problem. Reboot my nook to recovery mode, and clear/wipe the Dalvik cache. Restart. To start fresh, I also clear the cache of all my web browsers. | google.com redirected after xpressconnect installed | android |
I'm not sure if this is a Galaxy S3 feature, or an ICS feature, but here goes. When I plug my headphones in, I get a new section in my Notification Bar titled "Audio Applications". Under that, there are 5 app icons. For me it shows Video player, Talk, Music Hub, Voice recorder, and YouTube. Is there any way to change w... | It appears to be a TouchWiz/SGS3 feature. A post on XDA developers suggests freezing ContextAwareService.apk if you'd like to disable it, but no way to edit the list. Another post suggests that a more recent release (LFB) has options related to this (settings -> accessory -> audio applications), but doesn't expand on w... | Change "Audio Applications" in Notification Bar | android |
I saw Tasker on my friend's phone and I tried out a simple profile. I wanted the Camera button to vibrate the phone. Nothing more, nothing less. The setup is as follows: Button: Camera Priority: Highest Stop Event: Checked Then the task only has 1 action and that is: Vibrate Time: 200 With the above, I couldn't get the... | Okay so it has dawned on me that the reason why the shutter action on Tasker doesn't seem to work. It seems to be the stock ROM I was using before. Now that I'm using an AOSP rom, it works quite flawlessly. So yeah, it might have been the rom. | "Button: Camera" and "USB Plugged" not working for Tasker? | android |
In my rooted LG Optimus One (a.k.a P500) running stock 2.3.3, I have few Google's applications preinstalled. When updates are being checked, notification for presence of updates are included for these applications as well. Since I am not using Wifi, I have to pay for every Kb and would like not have updates checked for... | Multiple approaches here. First, you can open the PlayStore App, hit the menu button, go to settings, and advise it to only work with WLAN, plus not install apps automatically. This would cover part of your problem. Second, you could also tell it to not check for updates at all. While on a first look this seems to cont... | How to make an application to ignore updates? | android |
I am using a smartphone running non-root Android 4.0.3 and am also a desktop Linux user (Ubuntu 12.04 amd64). In Linux/Ubuntu, I could backup my whole system (whole partition) into a file image and when necessary, restore my whole system (including MBR) back on my desktop computer. (e.g. using "clonezilla") It seems th... | To answer your first question, you cannot do a whole image backup from within Android without root, as no application or service you can run will be able to read the system partitions. If the "recovery" console (a small, BIOS-like image installed on the device) contains backup support, it has access to the raw partitio... | Can a non-rooted Android 4.0.3 smartphone’s ROM be backed up? | android |
I am asking this question because one similar to mine has been asked but it was specific to HTC rooted phone. Mine involves Samsung Galaxy S2 and S3. stackexchange-url ("Similar thread for HTC rooted phones") I have an external SD card, KeisAir on my PC and Galaxy S2 and Galaxy S3. Migrating contacts is easy, I need to... | First, you can decide what data you want to sync with google. In the accounts settings, you can disable contacts sync, and so only sync your calendar data, which would solve one of your items. Concerning SMS, there are several Backup & Restore apps available on the market. The probably most popular one is SMS Backu... | How to migrate app configs from S2 to S3 | android |
Adobe has released statements saying they will no longer support flash for newer Android builds starting with 4.1. I flashed a custom rom of 4.1 the other day and couldn't find any 3rd party flash support in the market. I use flash for Orb to stream tv. Orb has an Android app but it unusable and all around horrible exp... | Currently, you can side load the flash player on a 4.1 device. Meaning you have to download the apk file and install directly from the device, or with adb. There is no guarantee that flash will work at all in the future. Not only is Adobe dropping flash support for Android 4.1, No new installs for any version of androi... | Flash support for Jellybean (4.1) | android |
I'm using CM9 nightly (20120712 i.e. today). I need to talk securely, without the chance of eavesdropping, to someone who also has CM9 nightly (not sure how up-to-date but not more than 1 month old). What apps/webapps can I use to do this? Ideally I would like to be able to talk but messaging/email would be fine. Are a... | I found the following but I don't think this is a definitive answer though it looks close to what I need, secure end-to-end encryption with no chance of snooping/sniffing/MITM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging#Phone_apps I wasn't fully aware of OTR though I had heard the term used elsewhere but did... | What's a secure way to message/talk to someone in CM9? | android |
I've installed such software as Shazam, Baidu Map, QQ, HiMarket, MeiTuan, UC Mobile, etc. At first everything is fine, but nowadays the phone always says "Low on space". What should I do? | It should be the applications occupying /data/ space as they are in use, mainly due to runtime files, cache, database, etc. In order to verify this, you can execute the following: <code> adb shell su -c "du /data" | sort -n </code> It should have a result like: <code> ... 3792 /data/data/com.UCMobile 28399 /data/app 35... | Why my phone is always out of space recently, but I didn't install any new software | android |
In Android, is it possible to Minimize applications and continue using them again from the same point? When I press the middle button, the application closes, I see the application as "Running" in the Task Manager but when I open the application again, it does not resumes from the same point. I have tried this for vari... | Pressing the Middle (or Home) Button does "minimize" the App. This is a design idea of Android. If the App does not get resumed at the same point, then that is the failure of the App's developer and source code not using the relevant API calls or a general flaw in the App's code. | How can I minimize Applications in Android? | android |
I'm trying to make Link2SD work on my phone so I partitioned my 16gb SD to 4gb for the Ext3 partition and the rest for normal storage. I'm noticing some slight lag on my usage of the phone and I read on this article that I can in fact, increase the read cache to speed up reading contents on the SD. My question is; does... | As with normal disks, this should apply to the disk and not a specific partition. Some file systems offer additional caching, which then would apply to the specific partition -- but disk cache should always apply to the entire disk. | Does modifying read cache on my SD card also affect the speed of reading my Ext3 partition? | android |
I have a Droid3 with Android version 2.3.4. I tagged some photos using the Gallery application. For the first keyword tag added to a photo, the tag is stored as XMP data in the JPEG file itself. However, any additional tags are not stored as XMP data. Adding the second tag doesn't even modify the file at all. Where are... | The tags are stored through the media's content provider. In layman's terms, the content-provider is a way of Android interacting with a database backing store. The location can be found in this directory: <code> /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases </code> Which is Sqlite3 database that has the following i... | Where are extra keyword tags for photos stored? | android |
Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question. My phone crashes every time I try to take a picture with 20-30% battery. I have tried with Low and Mid quality picture (1-3 MB) but this didn't help. Phone Details: HTC Desire HD Android Version: 2.3.5 HTC Sense version: 3.0 Software Number: 3.13.110.4 Kernal: 2... | I have replaced the battery and updated to 4.1 and all is working fine. | HTC Desire HD Crash on Photo click | android |
If I download an APK and open it, I get a "Not Installed" error if the app is already present on the device. Is there any way to automatically delete the old version? (Note I'm not trying to avoid opening the APK, which isn't allowed for security reasons. I'm just trying to avoid manually deleting the old app.) | As eldarerathis already pointed out in his comment on your question: If the app is already installed, and the certificate matches, you will be prompted whether you want to replace it. If the certificates differ, there's a conflict: The app cannot be updated due to the mismatch, and it cannot be installed along as the p... | Automatically replace app after opening APK | android |
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