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Randomly on my Android Galaxy S2, I'm receiving a message nag "Message board service started" . It can happens in an application, in the app drawer or anywhere randomly. I'm unable to find any sources talking about this message. Do you have an idea? Android 2.3.6 | Found it .... Message Board service started BlueLocate service started Here is the app causing theses messages : Connectdroid | Receiving "Message board service started" randomly | android |
I've had my Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 (AT&T) for about 2 months now and everything has been great up until yesterday. I started experiencing some freezing and strange behavior. The phone is unrooted and using the stock ROM. The problems include but are not limited to: Random freezing when the phone is locked (by pressing ... | I am also a user of Samsung Galaxy S2. Mine is rooted but all the indicators of your phone are pointing to a hardware problem. There is most probably a short-circuit like instantaneous electric jumps inside the motherboard. Most of your problems can be answered rationally by uncontrolled electric jumps. For instance pl... | Samsung Galaxy S2 Problems - Possibly Hardware Related? | android |
I'm interested in putting CyanogenMod on my Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S). The FAQ on Cyanogenmod says: Q: Do I have to wipe my data before I install CyanogenMod? A: Short answer: Maybe. Long answer: Maybe. I understand there's a possibility if something goes wrong that I might have to wipe my phone. However, in the Vibra... | In my experience, yes. I tried without wiping and CM7 failed to boot. | Will installing cyanogenmod7 on my Samsung Vibrant require me to wipe my phone first? | android |
I am having the feared random reboots in my recently acquired Droid 3. It is rebooting more than 10 times a day randomly, both when idle and when doing anything in the phone. The only pattern I've been to able to catch is that around 30 seconds before a reboot, I lose phone signal (the signal strength meter is empty an... | I tried a different approach, seeing the problem was with radio / telephony... I put in another SIM from a different carrier, and so far I am having no reboots! What is the difference? My main carrier is a "virtual carrier", a company that rents other company's network to offer their service, usually with more competit... | Motorola Droid 3 many random reboots | android |
I created a PIN for accepting purchases on the Android Market, and I seem to have forgotten it. How can I reset it? It looks as though I can't access User Controls without said PIN. It's not a huge deal, since I can still purchase apps from the website, but it would be good to have that option if I was on the go. | <code> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> Market -> Clear data </code> | PIN reset for purchases on Market | android |
There's currently a promo on the top 10 applications, available at barrel-bottom prices. I'd like to purchase them but not install them just yet. My phone is low on internal storage and there's just not enough space to put some of the bigger ones. I can't even attempt to install some of them (yeah, it's that bad). I'm ... | The best you can really do currently is to buy them from the Market (web or app) and then just cancel the download/installation when it starts on your device. This only works with apps your device supports, though. Purchasing unsupported apps was the topic of stackexchange-url ("this related question"). | Can I purchase apps from Android Market without installing them? | android |
I just bought a brand new Iconia Tab A500. I just unboxed it and it shall be charging for the next 14 hours :) While I wait for first booting it, I have a question on rooting with 3.2. The tablet comes with Honey 3.0, but I read that the 3.2 update is ready to be delivered OTA. But I absolutely want to root it! Can I r... | As far as I know, the 3.2 update on the A500 has not been rooted ( some discussion here ). There's one XDA thread where someone has described a method of downgrading so you can root, but nothing that lets you root 3.2 in and of itself. If you want to have root access then I would suggest rooting the shipped version, th... | Acer Iconia Tab A500 - Rooting & Honeycomb 3.2 | android |
I use Android 2.x on my phone and will buy a Tegra 3 tablet in the (hopefully) near future. I use files on my NAS with my phone. I can access those files with external tools (ES file explorer), but other applications cannot access these files. I just wonder if Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich have built-in support for s... | In a word: No. In order for all applications on the device to have access to a cifs mount, cifs support needs to be compiled into the kernel (or at least available as a loadable module). I've never seen a device that shipped with such a kernel from the manufacturer. Doesn't mean that they don't exist, I just haven't se... | Does any version of Android support smb natively? | android |
Google Map web version can provide 3 alternative routes when routing directions. However, it seems Android Google map can only provide 1 route and have no option to choose alternative routes. Is there any way to get the alternative routes? | To see alternate routes, you need to use Navigation as opposed to Maps. If you already have Maps open, click the blue arrowhead in the upper right to switch to Navigation, then click the context button on your phone, then select <code> Route Info </code> , then click the third button to the right along the bottom which... | Android Google map to provide alternative route | android |
I am using my phone's built in Wifi Hotspot to share wifi with my laptop and my other devices. I am using android 2.3 (Gingerbread), and the phone I have is the HTC Desire Z. Questions Is it possible for a carrier to detect that I am using "Wifi Hotspot" and sharing my mobile data connection with other devices? Further... | It is not detectable, but using tethering on Android with an second device leaves a lot of traces: User-Agent Headers within HTTP that come from non-mobile browser Increased Traffic consumption Connection to services that are not available on Android/Smartphone devices (e.g. World of Warcraft) and many more I can't thi... | Does a carrier know I am tethering via Wifi Hotspot? | android |
I have Android 2.2 on my phone and I want an app that lets me listen to free music online in the background while I browse through other apps or do something else on my phone. The YouTube app closes once I minimize it, so I have to keep it open to listen to music. I have tried apps like Shazam and Soundhound but they d... | I heart Radio and TuneIn Radio are apps that let you stream FM radio stations. You select the sort of station you like and listen to the music they play. I personally use them for listening to talk radio, but same difference. | How can I listen to free online music while performing other tasks on my device? | android |
I want to wipe the phone clean (or reset it, not sure about the nomenclature). Meaning, I'd like to get rid of all the apps, all the data, everything. Except for the contacts. I'd like to somehow restore them after wiping the phone. So I know there is an option to go to Settings/Privacy/Factory data reset, which wipes ... | Your contacts are automatically backed up to the Google account you set up your phone with. So long as you have the "Contacts" sync setting on, any changes you've made to your contacts should be mirrored in your Gmail contacts online. After you wipe your phone, if you use the same account to set it up again the contact... | How to back up the address book? | android |
I am not sure what an app can do to me if it is able to discover my account, to what extent? Thank you very much. | This permission is of moderate-high importance. This allows the application to read what accounts you have and the usernames associated with them. It allows the app to interact with permission related to that account. An example would be an app that was restoring your contact, would discover your Google account then se... | What does "discover known accounts" permission mean? | android |
I am trying to backup contacts from my phone (Galaxy S, Android 2.2.1) to Gmail account. The procedure I found on the Internet goes as follows: Open Contacts Menu -> Import/Export -> Export to SD card Menu -> Import/Export -> Import from SD card -> Google (i.e. save imported to Google account) For some reason I don't h... | I remember this. When I first got my phone I made the same mistake, setting my contacts to save to my phone instead of Google. I believe I ended up using the free version of MyBackup to backup my contacts, then restore them as Google contacts. | Sync Android contacts to Gmail | android |
I'd a Samsung Galaxy I5510 with stock rom, android 2.2. Whenever I double-clicked any word in an input field it got selected. Now I bought a Samsung Galaxy Ace I still have stock rom and andrond 2.3.4 and double-clicking a word does nothing. Is there any way I can get this functionality back? It was very useful to add ... | Apparently this functionality lays on the keyboard. I'd and old version of Swype (which came installed). After rooting, I followed this instructions to update Swype and now I get this functionality back. Good luck to everyone! | Double click word doesn't select it | android |
As you may know, the official Android Market is in the process of having a sale, charging only 10 cents for a bunch of apps for 10 days. They're going to pick 10 new apps each day, so the apps for sale today won't be on sale tomorrow. I am an OG Droid owner, and I'm one of the many who is waiting to pounce on the momen... | buy it on the amazon android app store. they are matching the prices of the android market and its lets you download it. just gives you a warning that you may be purchasing a game that does not work with your device. and, as of today (12/11) its still $.10 | How can I buy an app that isn't supported on my (current) device? | android |
I can't figure out how to save a contact shortcut on the home screen for easy dialing (Ice Cream Sandwich on Galaxy Nexus). Long-pressing on the home screen prompts me to choose a wallpaper. Long-pressing on a contact in the People app has no effect. I can't find any menu option to do it. How do you do it? | Found it. There's a Direct dial widget you can add from the Applications/Widgets menu. When you select this, it prompts you to choose a contact. There are also shortcut widgets for Direct message , Open contact , etc. | How do you save a contact onto the home screen? | android |
If I root and flash my phone, will I get some limitations? I understand that I will lose any carrier and manufacturer specific apps/launcher/widget (and this actually may be a bonus); however I want to know: what will happen to my gmail/calendar/market account? Will it work as before? will I get battery/radio/GPS issue... | You google apps will work exactly the same as before; either they'll be prepackaged with CM or you will download an update pack that will install them for you. Battery/radio/GPS issues are mostly related to specific hardware. You'd have to check the CM forums and wiki for your phone model to answer that one. Compatibil... | Disadvantages of CyanogenMod | android |
Right now skype starts, email clients send/receive. I really don't want skype to start and login when I connect to 3G, but it's OK if I connect to wifi. How do I configure which programs autostart when connecting to 3G / wifi? (Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, NOT rooted) | Without root you only have the control the app developers give you: If an app allows you to configure this behaviour, you can do so -- otherwise you can't. If your device were rooted, on the other hand, you'ld have several possibilities: Use DroidWall to define which apps may use 3g, which Wifi, which both, and which n... | How do I configure which programs autostart when connecting to the internet? | android |
I know about Xmarks and LastPass, but is there a free solution for password syncing between Android and Chrome? | Keepass is an option. You can set up the KeePassDroid app to use a password database that you keep synced with Dropbox (a good tutorial is available at AndroidPolice ). Not very elegant, but it might be what you're looking for. | Password sync with Chrome | android |
I gave my sister my older smartphone without removing my google-account. How can I remove that permission without removing her settings completely, or how can I remove that certain android device from my google dashboard? If possible, it would be great if I could do it remotely (via my google dashboard). | If you are using Google Two Step authorisation , then you can revoke the one-time password that you assigned to the phone remotely from your Google account's settings, I don't think that this is possible unless you are using the Two Step authorisation. Go to your Google Account Settings page , click the Edit link besid... | Remove google-account from older smartphone | android |
When searching for something while the target is offline its most convenient to click on Google's cache link for that certain target or search result. But I don't see such link on my android phone using the default browser. Is it related to mobile Google search? I wonder if I could reenable this. I use Android 2.3.3 wi... | If you go to the bottom of the search results page, you will see something like ( <code> View Google in: Mobile | Classic </code> ), you can click on "Classic" to view the current search result in desktop version of Google, which of course have the 'cached' link. | Google cache links in search results | android |
What font ships with the droid x on 2.3? Is the same font used across all android devices running 2.3? | Prior to Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich) It's called "Droid", and comes in Serif (Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Sans (Regular, Bold), and Sans Mono variants. A new font family "Roboto" was released with 4.0. Wikipedia article on Droid (font) Google+ post on Roboto | What's the standard font called that comes on droid x running 2.3? | android |
As question, I have found something called <code> offline twitter </code> , but seems that it is broken in my HTC ChaCha, as I can't copy the "pin number" from twitter site back to <code> offline twitter </code> . Thanks. | A number of 3rd-party "social" apps have this feature. Personally I use TweetDeck . When Internet connection is not available, it will save my tweet, and throw a notification saying that it will be sent when connectivity is re-established. | Any android app capable of storing "unsent tweet" then send it out when internet connection is resumed? | android |
In attending/hosting conference calls, I'd like to be able to dial the conference call provider and enter the required PIN code directly from the entry in my calendar. The process I currently use is: When scheduling the call - create the calendar entry for the call, including in the field [Where - Event Location] the n... | Thanks to Doug Plenty for providing the answer to me directly. This is the subject of an Apple patent and over which they are suing HTC (amongst others) who customise Android in a way that the stock OS doesn't dare. See for example http://mashable.com/2011/12/19/apple-patent-victory/ | Calendar Event Location: Diallable Conference call number with host/participant code | android |
I bought an i7500, no data plan. I had assumed that connecting to my router would allow me to download apps from the marketplace; apparently not. I get a message about not being able to connect via the SIM data plan. Is there a way for me to download and install apps without actually getting a data plan? | You can always use sites like SlideMe.org, which "mirror" many Market apps and allow you to download them without registering your Android device. Beware of stolen apps, though (i.e. paid apps which are available for free). You can also use the Marketplace app with only a wireless router in range. | How to download apps without a wireless data plan | android |
I want to have a shared contact list between two (or more) handsets. So that whenever someone is adding a contact to the list, it'll be automatically added to all handsets who share this. It's very useful for people who work in the same place, and have many shared work-related contacts. Instead of making each employee ... | Actually, this is pretty easy. There are two workable answers I can offer: If you have Google Apps for your organization, you can simply turn on contact sharing and make sure everyone adds their Google Apps account to their phone. If you don't have Google Apps or don't want to use contact sharing, simply set up a singl... | Shared contacts list | android |
I want following: be able to set hardware mode for video decoding and software mode for audio. Best players I have seen so far support one switch for both. Am I corrent that hardware mode for video is beneficial in terms performance/battery life? | MX Player does HW video / SW audio. | Video player with ability to set SW/HW for Audio and Video separately | android |
I would like a text editor that works like the Google Docs app, where you start out viewing a file and if you want to edit it you specifically have to click an "Edit" button. The reason this would be useful is that the keyboard pops up automatically if you are editing text. 90% of the time, I simply want to view the te... | MiniNoteViewer (https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.gr.java_conf.hatalab.mnv&hl=en) basically works the way I want. There's no explicit switch between "Edit" and "View" modes, but it doesn't pop up the keyboard until you tell it to. Good enough. Also Jota View (https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.sblo.pan... | text editor that starts out in view mode? | android |
I'm transitioning to plain text files as the basis for my GTD system, which is awesome when I'm at my laptop (Vim editing all the way). However, I haven't yet figured out a good way to take quick notes on my Android tablet, which is a Xoom running Honeycomb (not yet rooted, although I'm open to the idea). Ideally what ... | I use an app called Epistle to create/edit textfiles within my Dropbox repository. It even supports Markdown. There are other similar apps in the Market. If you've embraced todo.txt for your to-do management, Gina Trapani's Todo.txt Touch is helpful. It also syncs to Dropbox. | Update text files on Android and sync to Dropbox | android |
From one day to another it seems that A2DP stopped working for me. I used it to stream music from my phone to my car's stereo. Everything worked fine until yesterday. I didn't install or upgrade any software as far as I remember. What happens now is that everything seem to work but I don't hear anything. The media play... | Finally I found the solution: When in car mode (automatically toggled using Llama when my car connects via Bluetooth), I use Car Dock Home v3 as home replacement. Inside it's preferences in the "Car Mode System Settings" there's an option called "Samsung USB Mount Au..." (can't read the complete entry). I had already f... | Bluetooth: A2DP stopped working | android |
I'm aware that for different devices the particular procedures are different, but I guess there are principal similarities in the procedure. So what are the basic steps to root your phone? What actually happens behind the scene, when someone follows any of the rooting guides available? What is the magic that gives you ... | There are a few parts to the process: Unlocking or bypassing any bootloader protection, allowing the system partition to be written Installing the relevant binaries to acquire root. Both of these stages can vary from phone to phone, but here are a few examples: Unlocking the bootloader On many OEM phones, this traditio... | What are the steps for rooting an Android device, in general? | android |
How can I do this? My phone's internal memory is low, yet Android (2.3.3) still deems it fit to attempt installations of files in the phone memory, I haven't found any option for this in the settings. Edit : Turned out, it was Facebook's contact syncing. I recommend you back up your contacts on your SD card, and clear ... | You can check your phone's internal settings to ensure that it is set to install apps on the SD card by default, and set it to do that if not. You'll need ADB available on your PC, which is part of the Android SDK. Download and install the SDK, and switch on USB debugging in your phone's settings. Then, with the Androi... | Automatically install new applications on SD card | android |
Is it possible to encrypt calls and SMS messages between two Android phones (or even from android to iPhone)? This firm delivered a beta on Android Market before: http://www.whispersys.com/ | RedPhone and TextSecure from WhisperSystems are the best way to achieve encrypted voice and SMS on android. Those two apps Just Work (tm) and are extremely user friendly. | Encrypting SMS and calls | android |
I have a ZTE Blade with Android 2.3.7 (CyanogenMod 7.1). Recently, when I try to connect to a wifi network (even one that worked before this problem started) it starts to connect, tries to autenticate, and then disconnects. Here a part of the logcat <code> 12-03 00:18:23.370: DEBUG/WifiStateTracker(191): Reset connecti... | I would recommend installing installing "MyBackup Pro" from android market and backup everything to the SD card or internet, via 3g(or similar). Then i would do a hard reset of the phone. I guess it would be something like: settings -> privacy -> factory data reset. If this doesnt work, i would reinstall to a standard ... | ZTE Blade can't maintain a wifi connection | android |
I feel like I must be missing something. I got the Xoom dock from Verizon along with my 4G upgrade (The turn around on the whole thing was 1.5 days, and the 4G is amazingly fast, so, definitely don't put that off if you have that option), and it powers the device AND plugs a USB connector into it (making it kind of tri... | The Xoom dock has a connector to the USB port for Audio and stability. The back of the dock has a stereo out port. Here is a link detailing the innards and how to convert to a plain USB. http://wordpress.greghausman.com/2011/05/08/motorola-xoom-usb-dock/ | why does the xoom dock connect the USB port? | android |
I'm new to android. My old dumbphone broke, so I thought about buying a new smartphone (Android). I've been reading about rooting the phone, but I have some concept doubts: when you buy an Android phone from a carrier, you don't have "root" access. When you start your phone, does that mean a "user" account (like I have... | When you start your phone, does that mean a "user" account (like I have on at Linux/Mac, '/home/myself') is used? Does '/home/myself' or similar exists in Android phones? No. Android was designed for a single-user system, and a lot of the design decisions were made such that /home/myself no longer exists. In Android, L... | How exactly does "root" user access/account works? Do all applications run as root on my phone after rooting? | android |
I have a Sidekick 4G running 2.2.1. I've had a problem with both stock and custom ROMs randomnly losing the BT connection to my Plantronics Pro headset. Sometimes hitting the connect button on my headset will reconnect it, but eventually it always loses it permanently and I have to unpair, delete it and then re-pair it... | Seems to have been a common problem with Plantronics Pro Voyager series headsets, not specific to Android. | Android losing BT headset password | android |
Some HTC phones have a service called HTC IQAgent. Is this the same as the Carrier IQ software? | Yes, HTC IQAgent is Carrier IQ software. | Is HTC IQAgent a version of Carrier IQ? | android |
I'm using an Android Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet, and I downloaded terminal from the market; I want to edit a network host file. However, there does not appear to be a text editor in terminal. Does anyone know how to get vi on the tablet or something similar? In short, what is the most straight forward way to edit files... | You could use the busybox version of vi. If you're rooted then you can get it from the Market and it will install pretty trivially ( example ). Then you'd just need to execute <code> vi </code> from a terminal and you're good to go. I don't know of any installers that don't require root, but there may be one floating a... | How to get vi or vi like editor on an android Samsung galaxy tablet | android |
I rooted my phone. Now if I use a Terminal Emulator such as Android Terminal Emulator, I noticed that I can can easily obtain root access without a password: <code> $ id uid=10059(app_59) gid=10059(app_59) groups=1015(sdcard_rw),3003(inet) $ su # id uid=0(root) guid=0(root) groups=0(root) </code> In the Unix server and... | There's a similar question which covers some of this: stackexchange-url ("Security risks of rooting your android smartphone"). However, since it doesn't really explain how you manage access to the root user, I'll expand on that here. When you root your device, you basically always (technically I suppose you don't have ... | How do I protect my phone from malicious apps once it is rooted? | android |
is it possible to show the phone IP and/or connection info using the Minimalistic Text widget ? I did not find any field of this kind in the customization menu, but I do know that is possible to supply external variables via other programs: for instance, I use Llama to print my location on the widget. Maybe there are s... | As of the new and current Minimalistic Text version, it is possible to print the Wifi IP and SSID information if you donate to the developer. | Show IP and connection info in Minimalistic Text | android |
New firmware upgrade is available. I tried to install it through Kies at least 15 times. But every time, it fails. I am using latest version of Kies on my PC. I Googled for alternative. I found ODIN for the same. But I am doubtful whether it is reliable. Please tell me if someone knows reliable way to upgrade firmware ... | There is no alternative for Kies. Kies is the only offical way to update Samsung's Android devices. To unofficially flash/update Samsung devices Odin (for Windows) and Heimdall (for Linux) are the de facto standard. These two a very reliable. | Alternative for Kies | android |
On my Google+ Android app (version 2.1.1.219805) there is a Circle with no name. There's no one in the Circle. When I check Google+ on the web, this mystery Circle is not there. All of my Circles are as they should be. I've already Force Stopped and cleared the data for the app. What's going on or, at least, how do I g... | A new version of the app came out today (2.2.0.233662) with "numerous bug fixes" mentioned in the "What's New" text. This apparently is one of the fixes. Everything is back to normal now. | Blank Circle name in Google+ | android |
On my HTC Evo 3D, my IMAP email account is using Trash folder for it's deleted items. My web mail AND my Windows Live Mail on my PC, using IMAP, is using Deleted Items folder. Can I change my phone to use Deleted Items? This would also apply to sent items, it appears my phone uses Sent and everything else uses Sent Ite... | I'd recommend switching to K-9 Mail if the default Email app can't handle this. In K-9 Mail, once you've set up your account, long-press it and select <code> Account settings -> Folders </code> . On this page you can change the <code> Drafts folder </code> , <code> Sent folder </code> , <code> Spam folder </code> an... | Change default IMAP folders | android |
What is known about the Carrier IQ Software and Android handsets? I see a similar icon as shown on the Carrier IQ app next to an app called "Contact Data" and another called "Contact Sync". Does my phone come with Carrier IQ? | On your phone's home launcher, go to menu --> settings --> applications and look for anything that contains "Carrier IQ", "IQ", or possibly "com.carrieriq.iqagent" If you are rooted, it appears that this app will check and see if it exists on your phone. The paid license key will also let you remove it from your phone.... | How do I tell if my phone has Carrier IQ Software on it? | android |
Are there sites available that will allow me to upgrade to the latest version of Android without depending on my carrier? | Not officially, and not without voiding your warranty. You would need to install a custom ROM, of which there are several, the most popular of which seems to be CyanogenMod. | How can I upgrade my device without going through my carrier? | android |
Google Maps always shows me distance values for direction results / navigation in miles, although it does show me a scale on the map itself in metric units. I rather prefer to get my direction distances in metres/kilometres. Is there any way to achieve this in Google Maps? I searched a bit for this and suggestions seem... | I'm in Canada and recently made a road trip to the states. When I'm planning a trip starting in Canada, the whole trip is in km, even if it crosses into the US. If the trip starts in the US, however, it shows everything in miles, even if it crosses into Canada. It appears that it's not the location set in your phone bu... | How can I get Google Maps on Android to show metric units? | android |
I am looking for an Android app that would read out loud the current time. For example if I'm in bed and don't want to open my eyes, I would just press a button or something, and it would read "It is now six thirty four". Does anyone know about an app that does that? | There's a rather large number of Speaking Clock Apps in the Android Marketplace. Specifically, the " Speaking Clock " app seems to do what you're after, and it's free. | Android App to read current time out loud? | android |
First-time smartphone owner. I unboxed my new Nexus S and added my gmail account to it. So far, so good -- it sync'd my contacts perfectly. But I'd never used Google Calendar (and in retrospect I think that's crucial). So I signed on via my computer, went to Calendar, and set up a calendar with two events (one repeatin... | Is it a Google Apps account? If so, you need to flick some settings in the domain manager: <code> Settings->Calendar->Share all information </code> and/or <code> Share all information, and outsiders can change calendars </code> . Have you tried going into the calendar settings and checking `Share this calendar wi... | Can't sync my new Nexus S to Google Calendar | android |
I have a song I want to use for a ringtone, but the Google Music app doesn't let me set it. I've checked on my sdcard/internal storage for a music/google/gmusic etc folder but can't find anything. Where is the music file stored on my phone? | The Google Music Apps cache is at <code> /<external_SD>/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music </code> which is usually <code> /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music </code> | Where does Google Music store offline songs? | android |
Sometimes I need to transfer some music from my PC to my Galaxy S2 and must always activate USB debugging. Then I think, can I keep it ON forever? I mean, Keep it ON for ever can give me a problem (cost battery?) ? And what's USB debugging? | Enabling USB debugging essentially starts up the <code> adb </code> daemon on your device, which allows it to communicate with <code> adb </code> on another device to enable debugging commands. It's used when developing and debugging applications, and allows you (primarily) to: Transfer data between a computer and your... | What is USB debugging? Can I keep it ON forever? | android |
My company support Android on their Exchange server, but they have policies (lockout, and password policies) that get applied to my phone. Are these permanent, or can they be removed later if I stop using the service? | No, they are not. For as long as you have the account registered in your email app, the policies are applied, however, if you remove the email account then the policies will no-longer be enforced. The app is given a "device administrator" status (you can see any apps which have this in "Security" in your settings), and... | Are Exchange server policies permanent? | android |
I uninstalled ROM Manager. Since I did so, I've received daily notifications from the Market saying there's an update. I've logged into the market via the desktop browser and ROM manager is not listed as an installed application. (Though many I have uninstalled ages ago are listed, but that's another matter). The notif... | ROM Manager shouldn't be a required Systems app to run CyanogenMod. Take a look at the steps over here to remove a system app from your phone: http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Barebones Something like: <code> adb remount adb shell rm -f /system/app/RomManager.apk </code> | Application ROM Manager is uninstalled, but market wants to update it every day | android |
I have a Samsung Galaxy i7500. The OS version is 1.5, and I believe Samsung did not publish any updates (other than a 1.6 (Donut) in one country). Is there any way to upgrade my phone to Android 2.x? There's gaosp . but the warning "Don't complain if your phone doesn't boot up!" is a bit disenchanting. | GAOSP is your only option. It's in beta 3, so it's a pretty sure bet. | Upgrading Galaxy i7500 to OS 2.x | android |
I have an jogging app, which reads playlists from the normal content resolver. (Media.AudioStore.Playlist.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI) On my old phone (HTC Desire) the playlists showed up when I queried this resolver, but now on ICS, they do not. I'm getting Albums ok, just no playlists. I've been banging my head against this... | I also hit this issue. I even went as far as downloading the ICS source code. It would seem that the music app on the Nexus is "Google Music", whereas the old music player is "Android Music". The old one is actually included in the source code, but it is not installed as part of the standard image. I actually compiled ... | Galaxy Nexus, playlists not showing up in other apps | android |
My phone configuration is: Model HTC Desire S Android 2.3.3 HTC Sense 2.1 Build number 1.47.401.4 Today I've got notification that an update is available for my phone with: HTC Sence 3.0 Android 2.3.5 I've downloaded the update and started it. My phone rebooted, then for several seconds I saw green icon showing that up... | Mostly likely the update over the air downloaded the wrong archive, which failed to automatically install. In addition to that I found on several forums that the phone had many broken stuff after such update. Therefore I've decided to update it manually. I've downloaded the zip archive with latest official firmware, pu... | Failed to update HTC Desire S to latest firmware with Android 2.3.5 | android |
I got this new tablet and I have to write an application which live streams video. I know that since 3.1 this is natively supported on Android. Since the s7 is a tablet I think that there should be some way to update its 2.2 to 3.1. Is there a way to do this? Little hint where to start looking? Cyanogen doesn't have an... | XDA has nothing except for some attempts at getting Gingerbread on it. I would expect you're out of luck since Honeycomb wasn't open-source, and porting was therefore very difficult. It's possible that someone will mod CM9 (Android 4.0) to run on it, so I would wait and see. | Huawei ideos s7 slim Honeycomb update - is it possible somehow? | android |
My Windows 7 doesn't recognize my android phone. HTC Wildfire S Are there any updates of drivers that I need? If I use VMWare it works properly here's what it showed in VMWare. But here's what happens in device manager on my windows 7 on the same computer Please help!! I've installed HTC Sync and tried connecting, my p... | Thanks for all answers, but my case was a very unusual case. I tried everything but It didn't work. I reinstalled windows. It works now. | Connecting Android to Windows 7 fails | android |
I am looking for a way to run apple apps on my Android Honeycomb device, without rooting if possible. Weather an IOS emulator or an app, or whatever...as long as I can go to the apple app store, download/install/run the app right from my Android device. Thank you | Well, it turns out that running iOS apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook has been done, so I have to take back my conclusion here; it may well be done on Android also. The PlayBook does have really good support for native apps and the C/C++ toolchain 1 , so that may be a factor here, but kudos to that guy for doing so much ... | iOS on Android devices | android |
I've send someone a pretty long MMS (just text) but he wasn't able to receive. Is there a way to retransmit via EMail. E.g. copy the whole text and paste it into an email instead? Thanks. | I think so. Find the message you sent in the "Messaging" app. Long-press on it. Choose "Copy message text". Now run the mail app, compose an email, and in the body of the message, long-press, and choose "Paste" from the pop-up menu. | Forward MMS via EMail | android |
This might be a dumb question but found some links online which just look dangerous so I better ask. I have a HTC Wildfire S. How can I turn it off? Is just removing the battery safe? I want to shut down before I remove the batery. Is there a way to do that? | Try pressing and holding the Power button. This should bring up a dialog box with several options, once of them being to turn off the phone. | How do I turn off my phone? | android |
I'd like to be able to send A2DP to my car stereo while at the same time sending phone calls to the speakerphone I have in my car. I haven't bought the stereo adapter yet, since I wanted to find out if this setup would work, otherwise I would just try it. ;) Thanks! | Answer: Yes, you can have multiple bluetooth devices connected to your phone. App to manage your bluetooth devices Additionally, you can use Smart Bluetooth Widget Pro by MDR Tools, Inc. available from Google Play Store to help you manage those devices: This is a must have widget for your android if you have any blueto... | Is it possible to be connected to two different bluetooth devices at the same time? | android |
When using the French language the default virtual keyboard on the Nexus S use the AZERTY keyboard layout. That might be fine in Europe but not in North America (e.g. Quebec) where everyone uses QWERTY keyboards. How can we globally change the keyboard layout on the Nexus S ? | If your phone is rooted, it's possible to do this by modifying system files that govern the keyboard. A much easier (and safer) way would be installing a 3rd-party keyboard replacement app that has a French QWERTY layout. Out of keyboards I've personally used, I can recommend AnySoftKeyboard with French Language Pack .... | French QWERTY keyboard for Nexus S | android |
I recently installed CM7.1 (stable version for SGS). This has a new version of the gmail app (2.3.5.2). Unlike previous versions, this has no control for notifications. I like my mail to arrive silently, with nothing more than an icon in the notification bar. Now, however, I have no visible option to turn off the notif... | Actually, with 2.3.5.x version of Gmail app, Google added more notification options, although well hidden within the settings. In the main screen of the Gmail app: Press the Menu key, go to More -> Settings. Tap on your Google account, scroll down to the <code> Notification settings </code> section and ensure the <code... | How can I set notifications for gmail on the new version of the gmail app (2.3.5.2) | android |
I'm running Liquid Smooth 3.2 on my Motorola Droid 1. This ROM comes with logcat disabled ( <code> /dev/log/main doesn't exist </code> ). I tried starting the logcat service myself by adding the following to <code> /etc/init.local.rc </code> : <code> #start logcat service service logcat /system/bin/logcat -f /dev/log/m... | I figured it out. It was the kernel that came with Liquid Smooth ROM. The kernel developer, chevyno1 (of Simply Stunning MOD), disabled logging in the kernel. I switched to a different kernel by JDLFG and logging immediately turned on with the next boot. | Enabling logcat in a ROM that has it disabled | android |
I bought an Android phone and the vendor does not offer any drivers whatsoever. The Android SDK and the drivers that come with it don't seem to work with the device, but the device itself reports as Android 2.2.1. Other users have reported that the drivers of the Nook Color worked for them, but I cannot confirm this, a... | I would try editing <code> extras\google\usb_driver\android_winusb.inf </code> in the Android SDK so that it recognizes your device. The file should have a section like this that you can extend: <code> [Google.NTamd64] ; HTC Dream %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C01 %CompositeAdbInterface% = U... | What options exist when the vendor does not supply an ADB driver for an Android device? | android |
I have noticed that long clicking an SMS message brings up a menu containing a "Lock message" option. What does this do? I have a Nexus S. | If you lock a message, when you delete a conversation with a locked message, every message other than the locked message will be erased from that conversation. | What does locking an SMS message do? | android |
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500 running stock Donut (Android 1.6). I tried a couple of overclocking apps such as SetCPU and CPU Master, but none of them let me actually "over"-clock the CPU, because I can't set the maximum to be more than the default 528 MHz. I have read about speeds of 624 and/or 710 MHz possi... | It is my understanding that some ROMs allow for Overclocking, whereas others dont. It depends on how the kernel is setup. I couldnt Overclock my Samsung galaxy s2 for example on the stock rom with it rooted. I could however once I installed Cyanogen. Perhaps that is the case. | Why can't I overclock a rooted Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500 beyond the default maximum 528MHz? | android |
I I just installed CM7.1 on my SGS. To my surprise, the google apps that I installed did not include the version of google talk with video chat. The ROM I used to have was based on Samsung's stock Android (2.3.5), and did have this version of google talk. How can I get this version on my phone? Is it safe to install go... | This version of google talk can be downloaded from http://goo-inside.me/gapps/ . The current version is gapps-gb-20110828-newtalk-signed.zip . Details can be found in Rootzwiki at http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/index.php/Google_Apps#Google_Talk_with_Video.2FVoice_Chat | How can I install google talk with video call support on CM7.1? | android |
I am a new android user but I am a computer and internet search veteran, however today I have been unable to find information about the status of google talk for android. I simply want to download and install the Gtalk app for Android, but I cannot find it on the market. I find many references to it elsewhere, but the ... | Google Talk was never on the Android Market. It should have come with your device if it was a "Google Approved" device, e.g. one that met their minimum requirements (see this for the Gingerbread requirements). The Google apps that come pre-installed on devices are usually not listed publically on the Market. An excepti... | Could someone confirm the status of Google Gtalk App on Android? | android |
I moved from a Samsung Mesmerize (Galaxy S, Android 2.2) to a Motorola Electrify (Android 2.3) and the Electrify is reading my SD card differently. My old data is now stored in <code> /mnt/sdcard-ext </code> instead of <code> /mnt/sdcard/ </code> . All my phone's old data (which I want to keep) is in that directory. Wh... | On the Electrify, the external SD card is mounted at <code> /mnt/sdcard-ext/ </code> while the internal is at <code> /mnt/sdcard/ </code> . The two are logically separate and cannot / should not be merged. On the Mesmerize, the external SD card is mounted at <code> /mnt/sdcard/external-sd/ </code> as if it were a subfo... | SD card directory is "split" on new phone | android |
I want to tether an unlimited data plan on a Nexus S (with 2.3.6) via USB cable to a MacBook Air (with OS X Lion) . The articles I read imply that given Apple's restrictions, that's imposible! Found a stackexchange-url ("question for Froyo") and one stackexchange-url ("tethering on a Snow Leopard"), but they all rely o... | Easy Tether works for me for USB tethering on OS X Lion. android.stackexchange.com/q/15735/15, android.stackexchange.com/q/5168/15 To elaborate, here are the steps involved: Open the Easy Tether application on your Android device and select USB (you will see the ET notification in the notification bar). Plug your Andro... | How to enable USB tethering on your Android phone to Mac OS X Lion | android |
Is it possible to remove the TouchWiz UI and have the phone behave like the vanilla Android UI? | It's impossible to root out TouchWiz without modifying the Samsung source code to remove and replace it; it's heavily embedded in the OS. This would be a massive effort and I don't believe anyone's done it. The only alternative is a ROM built from stock in the first place, such as Cyanogen as Ryan mentioned. | How to remove TouchWiz and revert to a vanilla Android UI? | android |
I have an HTC Desire (2.2) which I have installed TouchPal Keyboard. The problem is though it seems to keep disabling itself and reverting to the default keyboard layout. I then have to go through the rigmarole of setting it back to TouchPal as the preferred input method. Does anyone have any ideas? | Make sure the application is installed internally, and not on to your sd card. from http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/apps-on-sd-card-details.html : When not to install on SD card? The advantage of installing on SD card is easy to understand: contention for storage space is reduced. There are costs, the mo... | Touchpal keyboard keeps disabling itself on HTC Desire | android |
I have an HTC Touch with Froyo installed that I use for app development. I haven't used it for a couple of months, and when I fired it up today I'm seeing the same error every time I launch the Market app: No connection and a Retry button. It doesn't matter how many times I hit Retry, I just end up back in the same pla... | The answer is that the date/time settings were incorrect. The device had been off for so long that the clock had reset. Once I set the correct date and time the Market app ran normally. | Always seeing "No connection: Retry" in Android Market | android |
From this stackexchange-url ("question") I known how to remove vendor installed apps. However is it safe to uninstall Flash and Facebook? I guess that the Android browser depends somehow on Flash and might brake after I remove Flash package. I simply want to have more space for other apps and don't want to be reminded ... | @roxan is incorrect, it is NOT safe to remove stock ROM apps. If you do so, any future updates from your carrier/manufacturer will not install . A much safer method is to use an app like Titanium Backup to 'freeze' the apps, preventing them from being seen by the system and running/being updated. If you really feel the... | Can I safely uninstall Flash and Facebook apps? | android |
My mother just upgraded from a simple flip phone to a android motorola atrix 2. It's her first smart phone and she is having a very hard time adjusting. She added her email and Facebook accounts onto the phone, as soon as she did so, however, it added all the contact information from both into her phone contacts. She a... | Most Phone/Contacts apps list all contacts, from all added accounts by default. There are several system and application options that could resolve this confusion: From the Home screen, press the Menu key and go to Settings -> Accounts & Sync. Under the <code> Manage account </code> section go through each account ... | Remove all contacts in phone that don't have a phone number | android |
My Sim -card works in a HTC smartphone out of the box. So the problem must be in the ZTE Light -tablet. I can call with the tablet, but not surf the internet. I get Web page not available when trying to use the browser. I have no terminal in the device so I cannot try ping. My current location is Sweden so network mode... | You should select your operator's internet APN from the APN list to enable the mobile data network. If you don't see it, check the settings from your operator and insert it manually from that menu. | To enable mobile broadband in ZTE Light | android |
I'm using a non-rooted, non-hacked Samsung GT-I5700 device which runs Android 2.1. Today I've received an MMS from an unknown phone with something which looked like a spam for Mastercard. I've immediately deleted this message, but it seems my phone has automatically sent this same MMS to one of my contacts. According t... | I doubt that something like an SMS/MMS Virus exists or is "in the wild". If this MMS was really originating from your phone, than this could only be caused by an malicious App. Now, there are two ways how any App can send/receive SMS/MMS: By having the appropriate permissions You can easily find out which App has reque... | How to make sure I have no sms virus? | android |
Some times when I install an application, the installation will fail. However, the errors it throws are not only incorrect, but seemingly... random. An example is, it'll fail and throw 'Insufficient storage space.' Blatant lie, I have plenty of space on the phone. Another example is 'Package file is invalid.' When I go... | You can get 'Insufficient storage space' messages if you don't have enough space on the internal SD card for the market to be able to download the APK into a temp or data directory. When you reboot your phone or exit from certain apps various caches/data directories are cleared, freeing up space on the internal SD card... | Package Install via Market sometimes fails and gives seemingly random error message | android |
So this is kind of a two fold question but it all falls under the same umbrella of update status reliability and might even be caused by the same factor. First, this morning I saw that my Logitech Revue remote App had an update, as indicated by the 'Update' label when viewing list of apps. However when I clicked it, th... | I have noticed that I sometimes get a notification that an update is available, but when I go in there, I am unable to update. I, at first, thought that it was some type of syncing issue like you describe, but I have realized ( at least in my situation ) that I have the apps set to update automatically. So I get the no... | Apps' update status in Market app not always reliable? | android |
I installed SetCPU on my SK4G today, and for the most part things are running fine and I haven't had any problems. At first I was getting a lot of lag and my phone kept freezing, so I checked stackexchange-url ("this") post and it helped me out a lot. But I ran into one more problem. My phone keeps shutting off and I h... | Absolutely yes. I have a SK4G as well, and tried SetCPU out too. It force closed regularly; whether it's due to overheating I can't say for sure, but it seems the most likely cause. FYI, all the SK4G ROMs are based on the stock ROM as no one's reverse-engineered the hardware requirements to build custom kernels for it ... | Problems with SetCPU on Sidekick 4G | android |
Everytime that I plug my Android smartphone on my USB PC port to recharge the batteries a splash-screen popup telling me to choose between "KIES and UMS-only configuration" and I need to chose "Cancel" to make the screen extinguish it light. There is some configuration to set one of these modes and cancel this choose p... | On my Galaxy S, turning on USB debug mode in <code> Settings -> Applications -> Development </code> turns off this notification. | Can I remove the "USB Configuration\KIES\UMS" splash-screen? | android |
I have two gmail accounts on my android. When I first use it, I synced all the contacts to the one account. Now I want to sync all the contacts again(I have added many contacts since then) to the other account. But I cant, although the gmails contacts have synced to my phone. Sounds dummy but I am confused. Any help ap... | You cannot do this on the phone. Any contacts created on the phone that were added to one Gmail account, cannot easily be "copied" to the other Gmail account, especially not in-bulk. You can however, do this quite easily on Gmail's web site: On your computer log into your Gmail account that has your latest contacts, an... | Sync contacts to more than one google accounts | android |
I just got a Galaxy Nexus and all is good apart from that my Sync Browser doesn't work. When I run logcat against it it gives me the error of : <code> BookmarksSync I Sync failed due to soft error: Skipping any commits. </code> I've seen some pages online which describe this issue and suggest fixing by removing all you... | Disable syncing in Google Chrome. Remove stored sync data on your Google Dashboard . Enable sync again in Google Chrome making sure that only the passwords are encrypted. Disable and enable sync browser in ICS. There is a more detailed howto with photos on my blog if you need it. | How to fix Sync Browser not working on ICS | android |
I can connect my Galaxy Nexus to my Kubuntu machine using the PTP protocol, but it's really slow. I've read this interview about why Galaxy Nexus doesn't support USB Mass storage, and I've gone to http://www.android.com/filetransfer/ as instructed but there's no way I can see which will allow me to connect to the devic... | You could also try mtpfs or gMTP. mtpfs allows to mount the MTP device as a filesystem, while gMTP is a standalone program. Over at AskUbuntu there's an answer that shows how to use mtpfs. | Better way to connect Galaxy Nexus (ICS) to Linux | android |
According to stackexchange-url ("this answer") one of the programs that requires root access is SetCPU that can lower the CPU frequency when the phone is not used thus prolong battery life. I don't get one thing - why does that require root? What could be the harm in reducing the CPU frequency? | 1) Because only the root user can change the system's frequency/governor. It's a system level function call and only root can do that. 2) Under clocking really isn't the problem... It's over clocking. You can't really damage the device, but you could end up in an infinite boot loop and an average user may not know how ... | Why does controlling CPU frequency require root access? | android |
I have recently purchased a Spice MI 350 Handset which is loaded with Android 2.3.3, the phone also has some preinstalled apps.. When I go to application manager -> installed I see Google calendar there but I don't know from where I can open it.. I have tried almost all the options. I have tried finding "Google Calenda... | Usually it's called Calendar. Ask your provider if it still isn't showing on your phone. Alternatively, trying seeing if long-pressing an empty area of your screen and then choosing Widgets - shows the Calendar Widget in the list. I am assuming of course, that you've already set up your Google Account to sync with your... | Google Calendar is installed, How do I open it? | android |
I installed a CM7.1 over a custom 2.3.5 installation on my Samsung Galaxy S I9000. I did a full wipe through CWM as well as wiping the cache, as explained in the SGS installation instructions . The installation completed without any errors, but when the phone booted the process com.android.phone force-closed. When I di... | After researching this in local forums, it turned out to a SIM card issue. My carrier had a series of yellow SIM cards that for some reason caused this problem. I had my carrier replace it, and I've been on CM ever since (with a short break for AOKP). | com.android.phone force closes constantly after a clean install of CM7.1 in SGS1 | android |
It seems like copying a file onto the SD card ought to be easy, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it. I have an (International) Motorola Xoom Wifi running stock Moto Android 3.2. If I insert an SD card with content on it, I can see the contents of the card show up in the tablet's Gallery app. I can al... | Well that's strange timing! Just received an update notification on the tablet, installed the update and suddenly I can copy files to the SD card, delete files from the SD Card and create folders on the SD Card with no problem! This was using the built-in Files app. It's still saying my Android Version is 3.2, but the ... | How can I copy files onto an SD card with a Honeycomb tablet? | android |
It used to be that Google Maps Navigation on my phone would show the direction of travel = as "up" on the screen. However, ever since my phone upgraded to Gingerbread, navigation is displayed with North as "up" on the screen. How do I revert to the old behavior? | It turns out that the solution to this is rather easy, but scarcely documented. To switch between forward-is-up and north-is-up, simply tap the red/white compass needle in the upper left hand corner of the screen. | How to make Google Maps Navigation show forward as up? | android |
I have a Samsung Galaxy S from Sprint that has Swype pre installed. The latest OS update included some changes to Swype that are making me completely insane. The biggest issue is that it auto-corrects words when I'm finger tapping accurately. So a message to my sister that meant to say "Pfft. Just come." got auto corre... | <code> Settings > Language and keyboard > Swype </code> on a Galaxy S2 | Where are the settings for stock swype? | android |
I changed my twitter password a while ago, and periodically, when my phone has been off or totally offline, I'll get an alert: "Twitter sign in failed" but the Icon looks like a twitter icon, not Seesmic or Tweetdeck, the two apps I use. I'm assuming the problem from the app perspective is that my password isn't workin... | It's probably the Social Networking Service (SNS) or a similar application, rather than a Twitter-specific app. I have this service on my Samsung phone and there's a widget that can display social networking posts on the home screen. You can manage it via <code> Settings -> Accounts and sync </code> , as Al said. | Where is this Twitter App hiding? | android |
I notice my HTC Desire fetches http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin when it boots (and before I enter the PIN). What is that ? Here's the HTTP Request sent: GET /xtra.bin HTTP/1.1 Accept: */*, application/vnd.wap.mms-message, application/vnd.wap.sic x-wap-profile: http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/profiles/UAPROF/... | That is done by gpsd . The XTRA files are the current GPS Almanac. The location of where to download the XTRA files to is defined in <code> /system/etc/gps.conf </code> . These files contain data that speed up the GPS, which will result in faster GPS position fixes. | Why is my Android fetching http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin upon start? | android |
I wanted to order a Kindle Fire in Canada but I saw that it wasn't available. Now I really wanted one and I could always just cross the border and get one. What I want to know is how restricted will it be in Canada. I hear it's probably only the Amazon content distribution system that won't work, meaning I still get a ... | Just got a Kindle Fire as a gift. So far I've been more than disappointed. No apps No Amazon Prime membership. No Cloud. No MP3's No storage. Yes Facebook works. Yes I can check my email. Yes I can browse the web. Bottom line is, if you're in Canada, spend a few more bucks and get a tablet that you CAN use... | Restrictions of a Kindle Fire in Canada? | android |
I own a Motorola Flipout, Android 2.1 stock ROM. According to the market the app "Handyticket Deutschland" is not compatible with my phone. The required Android version is 1.5 or above. How can I tell why the app will not work for me? The Flipout has a comparably small screen. Is it possible that the publisher just for... | The Android Market has various filters which are applied to the apk in order to find out if the App will run on your device. The most obviously one is the Android version you are on (also called the SDK level). But this is not the only criteria. There are others like: Screen Size Software libraries Google API OpenGL Pa... | Why are some apps on the market incompatible with my device? | android |
Is there an Android app that can show the nature of activity going on with running apps? Something like XP Task Manager. There are many times when an app just stops responding and I'm not sure whether it's still working on something, or has just gone dead. Titanium Backup has done this on a number of occasions. If I co... | Sounds like OS Monitor might do what you want. I believe it just uses the <code> top </code> utility to get process info. Screenshot: And note that tapping on one of the rows will expand it to show info like memory use, priority, and so forth. | Is there a realtime Task Activity Viewer for Android? | android |
Sorry for the cross-post (stackexchange-url I was told this is a better place for my question. I have 2 Windows7 x64 machines. One of them has got both drivers (ASUS Android Composite ADB Interface and Transformer TF101) and when i run adb devices I get the device listed as expected. The other one has only got one of t... | Ok, I uninstalled and deleted the drivers for the tablet and then reinstalled manually and it worked. | EeePad Transformer ADB problems with drivers on Windows7 x64 | android |
I have had my Samsung Galaxy S for less than a year, and never did anything like rooting it. Just normal use. About 60 minutes ago I opened from it's "sleep" state to check a web page and left it on my desk where it went to "sleep". Now about 10 minutes ago, I tried to open it again, but it's dead. Touching the screen ... | Did you wait some time after the power cord was pluged in? It is normal that this takes some time to show the charging screen if the battery is not charged at all . For a full factory reset (that is the most reset that can be done by the Galaxy S), you want to boot into recovery mode by powering off the device, and the... | Is there a "hardware reset" for the Galaxy S? | android |
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