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My Samsung Droid Charge has an icon in my status bar that looks like a plus inside a diamond with three curved lines extending from its right side. It is the left-most icon in the right adjusted icons in the status bar of this home screen capture. What is this icon for? Also, is there a setting where I can remove it? | According to the manual (WARNING: pdf file) for the phone (page 24), it is the GPS icon. Screenshot: | What is this Status Icon? | android |
I have noticed that when I move apps to the SD card, it doesn't move everything. Is this a bug or a known behaviour or something weird going on with my phone? Here's an example: Start point: Phone free space: 18MB Install Skype app: Phone free space: 3MB, Skype is apparently using 15MB for the App Move Skype to SD Card... | Indeed, Android's native "Move to SD Card" does not move the entire app to the card. Things like app's data, cache and dalvik-cache (optimized bytecode) are left on the device's internal memory. You can try to mitigate this by regularly clearing out the cache of apps you use most often (e.g. Browser, etc.) by going to ... | Move to SD Card doesn't move everything | android |
I'm using the native calendar in my Android 2.2. I'm also using Simple Calendar Widget but I don't think it has anything to do with my problem. A few weeks ago everything was perfect. I had synced 3 calendars from the same gmail account and the calendar of my facebook account. So I could see the events in gmail's calen... | Check that you have the calendar selected: go to <code> Settings -> Accounts and Sync -> [your Facebook account] </code> and make sure <code> Sync calendar </code> is selected. On some phones there might be a builtin Facebook sync which only takes care of the names, so if there is no <code> Sync Calendar </code> ... | Calendar and facebook events and birthdays | android |
I want to know what apps can sound an alarm depending on my location. Obviously it would be better if the battery consumption is low. I'd be happy if the application is free but wouldn't mind paying if it's working properly with not much battery consumption. Also please post (if you can) only applications that you've u... | Llama . A laymans version of Tasker. It can do so much more but should suffice with minimal battery impact as it uses cell sites to identify rather than gps. | What are the location based alarm applications available for Android? | android |
I'd like to send an email or post to a server every time the IP address on the phone changes. This way, I can continue to VNC into the phone, even when the IP changes. Is there an App that would let me send out the IP address, or a bash script I could use? | Rather than a notifier and managing all of this yourself, had you thought about using a Dynamic DNS client? This would allow you to always use the same name to contact your phone over the internet (or even a local LAN) and the 3rd party would manage the problems with changing IP addresses for you. There are a number of... | How can I notify my PC every time Android changes its IP? | android |
A while back I put a Gingerbread [Deck] rom on my HTC EVO, and it came with another camera app (apparently the one that ships with the new Nexus S). While it does have some fun little features, I don't like it nearly as much as my original one, the main feature being spot focus on a touch to the screen. I have checked ... | The most accessible way to get a copy of the app itself would probably be to download a stock ROM in zip format and just extract the HTC Camera app ( <code> /system/app/HTCCamera.apk </code> ). A de-odexed version would probably be easiest, but in theory you could extract both the .apk and the .odex file and put them o... | Where can i find the HTC EVO native camera apk? | android |
While I was waiting for my new LJ Optimus X2 (P999) mobile I watched a couple of youtube reviews and it always came with extra features to android. But my phone is pretty much vanila android. Is it because of my carrier? Videotron in Quebec. Features I am missing: From what I could see in videos there was a different k... | As far as I know (not from US/CA) the P999 is a T-Mobile G2X device with vanilla Android, whereas P990 is LG Optimus 2x. The specs are mostly similar but there are certain differences, such as the OS customization. Maybe a custom ROM will bring the functionality to the G2X as well. | My Optimus X2 was missing its custom android | android |
I used my laptop to remove two calendars and add one calendar to my Google Calendar account. After syncing, the Calendar app on my Android (2.2) phone knows that I deleted the two calendars, but does not know about the calendar that I added. Is this a common problem? How can I fix it? | Within the calendar app's menu, see if the newly added calendar shows up in My Calendars. Select and sync your account. If it doesn't or you have problems, clear the data cache from within Android's main settings > Applications section and resync. | I added a new calendar using my laptop, but my Android phone can't find it after syncing | android |
As in the title - When I'm writing a text and hit backspace, it always exits to the 'delete by selection' view for the person I'm writing to. Which is especially annoying b/c when I hit back to escape that screen, it takes me to the top of the list of conversations between me and that person, necessitating me spending ... | Found a thread of people with the same issue. HTC was contacted an to fix they said factory reset your phone: With the phone turned off, press and hold the Volume Down key. Briefly press the Power key. Wait for the screen with the 3 Android images to appear. Press the Volume Down key twice to select CLEAR STORAGE. Pres... | Pressing backspace whilst typing an SMS causes the screen to exit to the "Delete by Selection" view, how can I stop this? | android |
I want that game in my Android.. does anybody know some copy of Pixelated to Android? Here it says about "Colorised" game, but I wasn't able to find it anywhere Thanks! | Is Colorised what you're looking for? This is a demo, but there's also Coloroid and Color Flood if you're still looking :) | Pixelated (blackberry game) on Android? | android |
I have a HTC Wildfire (Buzz) that originally came with Eclair. I now have Froyo on it and the Unrevoked tool doesn't work as the HBoot version is not supported (too new for Unrevoked). At this point, I don't care about losing the data on the phone (they are backed up anyway). So, can I do a factory reset to get the old... | No, performing a factory reset won't affect your HBoot version. You should, however, be able to follow this guide instead (which uses Revolutionary ). There's another page with instructions here which describes in a bit more detail what Revolutionary does and where to go from there. The standard disclaimers with regard... | Can I get back to root-able HBoot version by doing a factory reset | android |
Is there a way to easily transfer my SMS messages to my new phone if both are Android? | SMS Backup & Restore (free and highly rated) in Market seems like a good fit for the task. Backs up SMS to gmail (threaded), supports restore to SMS (hence the name). | Transfer SMS messages from Android to new Android phone | android |
When I connect my Nexus S to my computer I can see various files (media, LOST.DIR, DCIM...). If I copy a file here, I can't find it on the file manager (ASTRO) on my phone? How do I access these files on my phone? | Make sure you've disconnected from the computer and the phone has remounted the card, then navigate to <code> /sdcard/ </code> or <code> /mnt/sdcard/ </code> . (On other Samsung phones like the Galaxy S, you would go to <code> /sdcard/external_sd/ </code> .) | Nexus S - Can't copy to SD card | android |
In 2.2.1, all I have to do to clear the RAM on the device is long tap the home key, then choose task manager and then go to the RAM manager to clear the RAM. I'm finding that this has been changed in 2.3.4. How do I clear the devices RAM in 2.3.4? The device that I have is the Nexus One. | Your previous Task Manager was a Samsung addition, and not part of Android itself. In 2.3 onwards there's a very similar and memory usage listing. If you go into Settings, then into Applications and click the "Running Services" option, it should show you everything that's running along with how much memory it's using. ... | How to clear memory in 2.3.4 like I did in 2.2.1 | android |
I got my Samsung GS II just recently and I was wondering if the problem I'm experiencing comes from my phone or is a common problem among GS II users. Once I turn on the Barcode Scanner I'm able to scan QR codes correctly, but when I try to scan a barcode, it rarely works. If I try to focus the bardcode for a couple of... | After spending the whole week searching for this issue and testing different settings and tricks recommended by users from other forums, I have finally found the culprits. It seems that the least mark of your fingertips on the lens of your phone's camera will make it less sensitive to QR codes and Barcodes in general. ... | Barcode Scanner not working correctly on Galaxy S II | android |
Does anyone posses an official or un-official information on which encryption standard is used in Honeycomb "encrypt tablet" option? Is there an information on any hacks or backdoors, placed for law enforcement and such? Basically, the question is: if someone loses a tablet with confidential information in it, how prob... | The current encryption scheme is outlined on the Android website's "Notes on the implementation of encryption in Android 3.0" page. From that page, the specific algorithm used is noted as such: The actual encryption used for the filesystem for first release is 128 AES with CBC and ESSIV:SHA256 That's the only official ... | Which disk encryption standard is used in Honeycomb? | android |
I noticed I had updates the other day, and was surprised to see that my phone (Droid X, Gingerbread) was downloading Alice in Wonderland . I did not ask for this book, and I don't want it on my phone taking up disk space. When I checked, I saw it had also downloaded Dickens' Great Expectations and (as if in some kind o... | Assuming this is Google Books, this behavior should not carry on past these few books. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , Great Expectations , and Pride and Prejudice are downloaded by default, to give a feel for the program and some reading examples. No additional books will be downloaded without your telling the appl... | Help! Google is downloading books to me without my permission or involvement | android |
I know they are unnecessary, but they look so cool! | Different wallpapers drain the battery differently. It really depends on how many different factors the wallpaper is paying attention to. Is it just being pretty or is it altering itself based on every movement of your phone? The best way to find out is to simply test it yourself. Spend one charge of your phone running... | How much battery does using live wallpapers drain? | android |
Are there smartphones which support Android and, in addition to it, some other operating systems, in particular Symbian and RIM Blackberry? Or, maybe, the last two are constrained to devices which don't support Android? | RIM only make Blackberry OS for their own specially-designed hardware, they don't release their OS to be installed on other people's hardware. However the new Blackberry Playbook (running their brand new QNX OS) can run Android apps as well as Blackberry apps, I don't think there are any phones running their new OS yet... | Do Android-enabled smartphones support other operating systems? | android |
My HTC Magic 32a is actually running CyanogenMod 6.1 and I'd like to switch to latest GingerYoshi 1.4 with GingerBread. I have SPL 1.33.2010 radio 3.22.20.17 The reason I want to change is because with my sim card, cmmod seems to have problems while everything was fine when I was running Original 1.5+Sense (with radio ... | I now have GingerYoshi 1.5 running on my HTC Magic 32a, so I'll answer my own question and explain how it went. As for the radio 6.35, answer is YES, you can use it with the GingerYoshi for 32a new radio. Here is how I swithed from 2.2.1 CM6.1 radio 3.22 to 2.3.5 GingerYoshi 1.5 radio 6.35 1) I reverted my HTC magic ba... | Install Ginger Yoshi 1.4 on HTC Magic 32a, which radio do I need? | android |
Sometimes after I fully charge the phone, and disconnecting it from the power, the battery suddenly drops to 97%, it is normal? I already made a battery calibration past week. Well, this happened only 2 times. | Yes, this is fairly normal. It happens on most new devices, i have an Evo and it does this constantly. If i'm not mistaken, it comes from the fact that there are multiple cells in the battery, and when it reads 100%, they may not all be fully charged. Thus, when the battery discharges, the first few percent goes quickl... | The battery is discharged suddenly on Galaxy S2 | android |
I've found I can make punctuation happen by saying "comma", or "period", but I can't find the word for new line. I tried "paragraph", and "line break", but it just prints those words. | I found that saying <code> period newline </code> gives you a new line, after putting a periond on the current line. | What do I say to make a new line when using voice recognition? | android |
When I press the power button on my Motorola Droid, nothing happens (usually). Just to get my phone to turn on after being shutdown, I have to plug it in to the charger cable. Once booted, however, I still have no convenient way to turn the screen on and off, or to shutdown the phone gracefully. Is there anything I can... | As long as your phone is rooted, you can use the excellent Button Remapper app by appelflap as a convenient workaround. What the app will let you do is remap the camera button to work as the power button. After installing the app, find the entry for "(Camera)" and set its Action to "Power" and its State to "WAKE_DROPPE... | Power button fails to work consistently on Motorola Droid. Workarounds? | android |
If my phone was ever lost or stolen, my only real concern is data and apps associated with my Google account, such as my Gmail, the ability to purchase apps from the Market, and maybe Picasa albums. Is there a way to block access to these Google associated programs if I change my password or do something else with my a... | EDIT: I now personally use AndroidLost. In addition to everything listed below, there is also an AndroidLost Jupstart app that will launch the service remotely if your phone is already lost without any locating software on it. It's pretty sweet: Read SMS'es Read the latest SMS'es from your phone and send them to your e... | Is there a way to block access to or wipe my Google data for a lost/stolen phone | android |
There's big file with ext2 with ARM Debian where I can chroot to. There's functional mplayer (I can <code> -ao pcm </code> or <code> -vo yuv4mpegpipe </code> ) there. How to record/play sound (or video) from this Debian? Is there things that emulate ALSA/OSS/Whatever to use usual linux programs and android ones side by... | I managed to make it sound by writing to /dev/msm_pcm_out: <code> mplayer something.mp3 -ao pcm:file=/dev/msm_pcm_out </code> Sound is choppy and it looks hacky in general. Video output is something like <code> -vo fbdev:/dev/graphics/fb0 </code> . | How to play/record sound from Debian chroot? | android |
Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater? Imagine situation when you can access a weak Wi-Fi signal from a free hotspot (coffee shop) signal near window, but want to work in the middle of the room. Then we can put the phone on the windowsill to spread the signal over the entire home. Is it feasible? | The answer is yes, there is an open-source project available that does exactly that. To quote: It is a software designed to help you by-pass Great Firewall of China (GFW). Different from similar softwares, it is designed to run as router instead of running as a client installed on some device. Being router means, you c... | Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater? | android |
My old Nokia had a 2.5mm headphone/microphone port. I've recently had that phone stolen and moved to a EVO 3D. It has a 3.5mm port: however, is this a compact headphone/microphone or just stereo headphone? | It is a headset (as opposed to merely headphone) port, tested using TRRS (tip ring ring sleeve) Klipsch Image S4i headset. Also, because of the peculiarities of the way HTC soldered the fm radio on the 3D, it apparently (I didn't test this, don't have any TRS headsets/don't care about FM) only works correctly with a TR... | Does the EVO 3d's 3.5mm head phone also support a microphone? | android |
stackexchange-url ("This answer") to a question asked earlier today reminded me that I had been wanting to check out Prey because I had heard some good things about it. I ended up installing it and creating an account, but it appears you can only activate Prey on a lost device via an SMS message. Their original announc... | It doesn't look like there's an alternative to SMS activation just yet. Here's what they say on the Prey blog (emphasis mine): Prey for Android works the same way as it does in Portables and Desktops. The only difference is that there’s no standalone mode (yet) , and the activation is not done via the Control Panel, bu... | Is it possible to use Prey on a non-phone device? | android |
One of my Samsung Galaxy Tabs v10.1 will not accept certain dialog input unless the tablet is some other direction than right-side up (left portrait, right portrait or upside down all work fine). For example hold the power button to turn it off, it asks "are you sure you want to shutdown?" It ignores all touches includ... | Samsung replaced the screen (it was under warranty) | Dialog boxes only work when tablet is tipped! DDouble letterss? | android |
I have a lot of music on my android phone that I want to listen when im running and using Adidas Micoach apk to trainning that I cant listen because Micoach doesn't list the music files on his player. I take a look and didn't find any option to load music from specific path on SD on micoach. Does someone knows where Ad... | According to this review , you may need to create playlists in the Android's stock Music player app, and miCoach will pull those playlists in. | Where does Adidas Micoach loads music files? | android |
I think it's something to do with how fast/slow you're going, but some clarification would be nice. | Google Maps Navigation also provides Live Traffic Information along your route, updated every few minutes. A red/amber/green light in the corner shows if there are any traffic problems anticipated along your route. If there are, you can see where the holdups are and have the option to press to re-route which will find ... | What does the green/amber/red light next to the time remaining in navigation mean? | android |
When I inserted SIM card into my phone I tapped the "cancel" button, assuming that it would be possible to unlock it later. But I fear that my assumption was wrong. The device is a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 . Sadly I cannot find anything in "Settings" to unlock the SIM. I have tried removing and inserting the SIM card se... | Finally solved it.. I have found this ansewer by yy502 on cyanogenmod <code> 1) you've missed the PIN prompt when phone starts up. no phone calls. 2) go to "location & security settings" 3) go to "set up SIM card lock" 4) un-tick "Lock SIM card" 5) enter your PIN as required 6) your phone will now connect to the mo... | I cancelled SIM unlock and now I cannot unlock the device | android |
I'm trying to decide whether I want to run CM7 off a SD card or run it off the EMMC (internal memory) for my Nook Color. I'm just not getting what is happening when I run off an SD card and when I run it off the EMMC. Also, the install instructions are confusing me. Here are two popular ones that people are using, I am... | Since the SD Cards are slower than internal NAND memory, by running a ROM off the SD you will be sacrificing on the speed. Things like booting up and launching apps will be noticeably slower. The class rating of your SD Card will play a large role in how much slower your NC will feel when running in such configuration.... | What is the difference between running/installing cm7 off SD and EMMC for Nook Color? | android |
The voice-to-text feature is very useful, but every once in a while when sending an SMS or email message to a friend, I want to really let loose. However, Google, in their defense of my virginal eyes, replaces such words with hashes (####) if it recognizes the word at all. How do I turn off this ####### "feature"? | There is a checkable/uncheckable option called Block offensive words under Settings → Voice input & output → Voice recognizer settings . For Samsung phones, the settings are named slightly differently: from the Settings app, try Language & input → Voice search settings → Block offensive words . This of course o... | How the f*&% to stop voice-to-text from censoring profanity? | android |
I'm currently running MIUI XJ (Gingerbread 2.3.5) with d2w on my HTC Desire with the 4GB sd card it was shipped with, but as I found the joy of the occasional ROM-switch, I found myself running out of storage on the sd card, which was filling up with alternate roms, flashable updates for said roms, nandroid backups of ... | AFAIK the different partitions are identified by their ordering on the SD card. Therefore the standard FAT32 partition comes first, followed by the app/data partition (usually ext3 or ext4). Sometimes a swap partition follows as third partition. If you use the same partition pattern (number of partitions and partition ... | How to switch sd cards when using a data2whatever (d2w) custom ROM? | android |
I have a Samsung Galaxy S with stock Android 2.3.3 (with carrier modifications, regretfully). Usually, when I reboot the phone, it shows the boot animation for a few seconds, then goes to the lock screen while it finishes booting. Every once in a while (though more often lately than it used to), the boot animation scre... | Download and install the Android SDK. On your handset's manufacturer website find and download USB drivers for your device, and install them. On your phone go to <code> Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Development </code> and enable the <code> USB debugging </code> option. Now when connect the phone to your... | What is my phone doing when the boot takes a long time? | android |
I'm travelling to country X. I want to install an application which isn't available in my country, but is available in country X; but I prefer to download and install it in advance, while the data connection is still cheap. Unfortunately, the Play Stores does not allow me to install this app. Is there any way to circum... | Try the Market Enabler app (download the APK and side-load it.) It allows you to spoof your region, so that the Market thinks you're in the US. As an alternative, you may want to see if this app is available via other distribution methods, such as from other reputable markets (e.g. Amazon Appstore , SlideMe.org , GetJa... | How can I circumvent regional restrictions in Google's Play Store? | android |
The screen is 1280 x 800 pixels but the system bar uses up some of the vertical height. So what is the screen resolution minus the black system bar at the bottom? This is needed to configure an RDP client to exact screen dimensions. | My testing indicates a usable resolution of 1280 x 750 | What is Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 usable screen resolution? | android |
I have a Nexus One with Android 2.3.3 and I use the default browser. My phone doesn't have "Swedish" as language setting, so I use English. But now when I use Google, I'm not redirected to the Swedish edition (google.se), probably because the browser doesn't use a Swedish locale. Is there any way I can change the local... | On the google website homepage itself in your browser, scroll down to were it says: iGoogle Settings Help press 'settings' and turn off 'allow use of device location' I have then found my browser always goes to google.com (were it was going to google.de) EDIT I've just seen you want the opposite. So perhaps turn this o... | How can I change the Locale in the default browser? | android |
I regularly backup my entire phone using Titanium Backup. For the next two weeks or so, im going to be using my friends phone. Id like to restore a few things from the backup (contacts, some app data etc.) without rooting it. Is there any way? | Titanium stores the .apk's in <code> /sdcard/TitaniumBackup/ </code> and the data in the same folder in zip files. You can click the .apk to install it when viewing in a file manager. To restore the data, you can extract the zip file on a PC and copy the contents of the <code> data </code> folder (another folder named ... | Restore specific items using Titanium Backup without root? | android |
I just bought a Xperia PLAY running Android 2.3.3, and seems like the only way to use voice dial is through the Google Search app, which is capable of voice dialing, voice texting, etc., at least according to the YouTube demo . However, it looks like those services are only available in the U.S., according to the comme... | Try long-pressing the <code> Search </code> button. It should be tied to Voice Search by default. Then say "dial xxx" , where "xxx" is either a phone number (with the area code) or name of a contact from your phonebook. Here are all the voice actions you can perform with the Voice Search app: http://www.google.com/mobi... | How do I activate voice dial outside the U.S.? | android |
I was curious if there is anyway to reuse an old Android phone? I have a Motorola Droid 1 that has been sitting around since I got my HTC Thunderbolt. Is there a way to use the phone as a "PDA" with the cell radio disabled? I got family member that would find it neat. | You can still use all the functions of the phone (except carrier based calling of course) without a carrier contract. However, the cell radio will eat up battery hugely! To turn off the radio, dial <code> *#*#4636#*#* </code> , scroll down and click the "Turn off radio" button. Bluetooth and WiFi will still function no... | Reusing old Android phone? | android |
Every time I have my phone turned off or in flight mode , after I turn it on again, the message sent to me while the phone was down appears to be received at the moment the phone finished booting up. Is there any setting / work around that could display the time when the text message was sent / supposed to be received? | Some carriers do attach the sent time with the SMS. I'm not sure if it depends on the sender's or receiver's carrier. And some Android SMS apps let you choose that instead of local phone time. The SMS app in CyanogenMod 7 does for one, but check out HandCent, ChompSMS and Go SMS for alternative messaging apps. | Correct text message time after boot up | android |
I am a developer, but I write some novels and short stories, and I use subversion to backup and synchronize texts files between PC. I want to read and write my text files on my Asus Transformer, but as far as I can see there is no subversion client for Android. I have only found Subdroid, but it is limited to history b... | I have just released an open source svn client that uses actual svn protocol... it is called OASVN (Open Android SVN) you can get it on the play market here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valleytg.oasvn.android Does svn checkout, update, commit, export, cleanup and revert. More to come soon. More in... | A Subversion client on my tablet Asus Transformer? | android |
I often have multi-line text in my address book, in fields such as notes or the first line of the address. Editing this seems near-impossible, as the text entry field only shows one line at a time. Is there any way to cursor through the multiple lines of text so I can edit it easily? The phone in question is an HTC Des... | Get an on-screen keyboard with arrow keys, such as Hacker's keyboard . I use it as a secondary input method, it's not so suitable to all situations but can quickly be switched from the long-press menu. | Editing multi-line text in address book fields | android |
I have an Android phone. Can I share files on my smartphone with all devices on the home network? Which app will let me do this? | File expert app can do this using both HTTP and FTP. | How do I share files on my mobile over WiFi? | android |
A couple of days ago I was setting my alarm on my HTC Desire (rooted and flashed with InsertCoin) when I realised a really cool behaviour with the wheel whilst selecting the 'minutes'. Basically, no matter how quickly I flicked it would stop at 00,15,30,45. ie. it would be scrolling fairly fast, but would jolt to a hal... | On my Desire with InsertCoin 1.1.0 (CM7 + Sense) the "smart scroll" feature is only active on the scroller for specifying the appointment time in the calendar. | Wheel behaviour for HTC Desire (setting alarm) | android |
I am working towards installing CM7 on my HTC Incredible and have hit a snag. When using 'Reboot into Recovery' from ROM Manager v4.3.3.0 the phone reboots into Recovery, but the menus do not function properly. I can scroll up and down with volume control, but pushing power to select an option blanks the menu and takes... | Try pressing the trackball instead of the Power button. | Recovery boot not working properly - cannot select items | android |
What methods are available to back up data (both system and application) from a phone which is not rooted and is running stock Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread? It is my understanding that it is impossible to retrieve application data (not stored on the SD card) on an unrooted phone, except where the application itself offers... | If a phone is not rooted that means that apps are securely sandboxed. There is no way that one app can access the data held by another app. In the underlying linux filesystem they are actually represented as different users, and do not have permission to access each others' files. The only things that can backup the fi... | How can data on an unrooted phone be backed up? | android |
I shared a message in Google Plus Huddle with one of my contact. I am looking for a way to delete the message but cannot find anything. I even cleared my Google Plus data from Manage Apps but the message comes back after signing back in. Does anyone know if it is possible to delete a Google Plus Huddle message? | It does not look like there a way to delete Huddles, only hide them. Navigate to the message, hit the menu button on the handset, and select "Hide". | How do I delete a Google Plus Huddle message? | android |
This is somewhat simmilar to stackexchange-url ("Can I Bluetooth tether my Android to iPhone?"), but since it is 7 months old and belongs to different Android version, I will ask again. I want to buy EEE Pad Transformer (which comes with Honeycomb) and I want to tether it with my iPhone 3G, which supports only Bluetoot... | Tethering an iOS device to an android device will cause a wormhole to open and suck them both in. I don't recommend it. the non-sarcastic response to bt tethering on honeycomb | Can I tether iPhone 3G to EEE Pad Transformer? | android |
I have some basic knowledge of android phones from a fan's point of view and have had a bit of experience with testing of custom ROMs but I really would like to start with basic development on my own. I'm no developer, which is why I need some serious advice of where do I start and how do I proceed. What kind of prereq... | XDA is a good resource but not a good starting point. The AOSP is also. But the best idea is always to look how others are creating customs ROMs. For example the CM development for the Kindle Fire: A good starting point is Jackpoint Calvin's post about how to create a CM update.zip for the Fire from source . It gives a... | Where do I start if I want to learn custom modding an android device? | android |
I have the original Motorola Droid. I recently installed Lotus Notes Traveler on it (we use Lotus Notes at work). The application is giving some issues, so I was going to uninstall it and re-install it. Unfortunately, when I try to do that I get a message the message "Uninstall Not Succesful". Is there any way to unins... | Apparently the Lotus Notes Traveler app makes itself the Device Administrator on the phone. You need to disable this before uninstalling it. The following quote is from Lotus FAQ: You should uninstall Lotus Notes Traveler by launching the Lotus® mobile installer application, then selecting the Lotus Notes Traveler appl... | Help Uninstalling Stubborn Application | android |
I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Gio (GT-S5660). When I try to connect to the GPS satellites, 75% of the time the built-in GPS is unable to locate me within a few minutes. I keep seeing the blinking GPS icon. The other 25% of the time I get a GPS signal within 15 seconds. Is this unusual behavior? If yes, what can I ... | I discovered an app called GPS Test that assists in finding satellites by showing how many are currently in view. Basically, I just move my phone around until I can pick up enough satellites. Then I hold it still until my position has been locked in. After the lock-in I just use my phone like I normally would. I look l... | Galaxy Gio doesn't find GPS satellites after minutes of searching | android |
Hello I have a Galaxy I5510 and I''ve reading about ROMS. I'd like to try CyanogenMod but my phone isn't in the list of supported phones , is there anything I can do? If not (which I assume) which ROM would you recommend? I'm looking to get extra functionality. If I don't like some ROM I installed I can uninstall it an... | I'd like to try CyanogenMod but my phone isn't in the list of supported phones, is there anything I can do? If you'd search more carefully, you'd find this topic (link) . There is CyanogenMod for your phone. But this firmware in early alpha stage of porting. Another great link . If I don't like some ROM I installed I c... | Can I install CyanogenMod in Samsung Galaxy I5510? | android |
I have a route which I have taken a couple of times using Google Maps navigation and every time I go it takes me one of 3 different ways, even though I start and finish with the same location every time. In web Google Maps the directions returns 3 results which are 35mins, 40mins and 41mins with varying routes, one is ... | Google Navigation uses traffic information in some countries, e.g. USA and UK. If you are in one of those, yep, it will pick an optimal route based on traffic. | Why does Navigation keep choosing a different route? | android |
I want to be able to have a 3-way sync for some files between home and work PCs and my Android (HTC Sensation, 2.3). I want to sync a few documents and Keepass password database. What options are there for this? I found SMEStorage which looks very good, but I can't really see a good sync provider that does everything I... | I use SMEStorage. I actually use 2 Storage Clouds on it. My home WebDav Server and SkyDrive. My files physically reside on my home WebDAV server and on SkyDrive. I have a phone to SkyDrive folder sync setup through the SMEStorage App for some docs/files. SMEStorage has the ability to encrypt files uploaded to it and th... | Looking for option for 3-way file sync | android |
I'm very tempted to upgrade my Desire to official 2.3.3, but I was wondering if I'd lose internal memory in doing this. I didn't find any info on the Internet, so I would like to ask that to someone that actually upgraded how much free internal memory there is after the process. | I found a user reporting 123 MB of free internal memory after the upgrade, vs 134 MB on a stock FroYo , so you lose 11 MB when upgrading, although it seems that applications take up less space and app2sd is more efficient. I'd like to hear more stories though. | How much internal memory after updating HTC Desire to official Gingerbread? | android |
I'm running CM 7.03 on my HTC Desire (GSM) and have successfully partitioned my SD card with a 512mb ext4 partition. I installed S2E and it moved my apps to /sd-ext successfully, but certain apps now crash at startup. Angry Birds, Cut The Rope etc will force close as soon as they're launched. Other apps work just fine.... | I would try backing up the data for one of the apps, then clearing it and seeing if it works afterwards. You could try just restoring <code> /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/highscores.lua </code> and see if that works. I don't have Cut the Rope so I don't know how its files work, sorry! | Angry Birds and other games force close (crash) on startup when using Simple2Ext (S2E) | android |
Is it possible to lock the icons & widgets (i.e. disable the long-press-to-move function) on the Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro? I saw this question - stackexchange-url ("Lock widgets in place") - but it seems i may need to root the phone, and besides this issue, i am quite happy with the standard user interface. | It would seem as the only solution is to install ADW Launcher, as suggested in the other question. And no, you don't need root to install ADW Launcher. If you do decide to change launcher to ADW Launcher, Here's a link on how to lock the screen on the Complete guide to ADW.Launcher | Can I lock desktop icons on X10 Mini Pro? | android |
I can't download apps from the Play Store on my Android device (maybe due to a network issue), so I'm wondering how could I download the APK file of an app on my PC from http://play.google.com/store? | There is no easy way to download an APK file. However, redphoenix89 has found a way to download the APK with a Chrome extension. bexton did some cleanups and the result including a guide is available: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809458 The guide mentions that you need to disable SSL warnings, but ... | How can I download an APK file from the Play Store? | android |
Is there an application that scan the phone or the phone image searching for vulnerability issues? In the internet there are several tools that make Network scanning, but I found nothing specific for Android. Any ideas please comment, I'll be very grateful. | If you connect your phone to WiFi, it will acquire IP address. So you will be able to scan it's network services for vulnerablities from your desktop PC with convient programs. I like NMAP port scanner and ZenMAP shell for it. Also it looks like guys are porting NMAP to Android. Link 1 , Link 2 | Is there an Android app that scans a device for vulnerability issues? | android |
I have a Samsung Galaxy S running firmware version 2.2 with pretty much the default configuration it came with from the shop. On it, the <code> (Unread/All) </code> counter with one of my contacts has been stuck at <code> (0/201) </code> for quite a while, even though I've been sending more messages to the contact in q... | It's because there's a threshold beyond which it starts deleting old messages. Go into messaging, hit the menu button & go to settings. The first option is <code> Delete old messages </code> (checked by default), and the next is <code> Text message limit </code> (set to 200 by default). So you've just hit that thre... | SMS thread message total doesn't increase past 201 | android |
Android doesn't seem to offer a way to name (or rename) a paired bluetooth device. For example, if I have two identical Bluetooth headsets, I can't readily tell which is which. Do you know of any way to rename a paired bluetooth device? Perhaps an application? | The bluetooth device names come from the device itself, so unless there's a way to do this from your headset, this isn't possible, at least on stock Android. A quick google search revealed a thread that claimed CyanogenMod 7 can do this (it creates an alias for the device, doesn't change the name itself). | Rename a bluetooth device? | android |
Is there an app that lets you view a tiny-screen-optimized version of any web page, whether or not it was coded with this in mind? Opera's "Mobile View" is like this, but it doesn't give satisfactory results on many pages. Arc90's "Readability" bookmarklet is also in the similar vein. | Simply put, no. Web pages are complex to the point where it is effectively impossible to determine what bits are necessary for the page to be usable, readable, maintain the right order, etc. for an arbitrary page. When you couple this with poorly-coded websites containing errors and the like it becomes quite a mess. Th... | Can I get a mobile view for every web page on the Internet? | android |
I recently bought a Samsung GT i5800, ok. It has Android 2.1 update1 installed. ok. If i need to connect to the internet through wifi, then i can, ok! If i need to connect through a vodafone mobile internet connection, then i just can't!! What could the problem be? I tried to reset the phone to factory settings, and th... | Check that the following setting is ticked: Settings-> Wireless & networks-> Mobile networks-> Data enabled Also verify that the access point name settings are correct and the correct access point is chosen. You should be able to find the details of what it should be on the Vodafone website. The settings are at: Se... | No 3G on a Samsung GT i5800 | android |
For example /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db I cannot see it both in Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04. | You can't directly mount the internal storage. You need to be rooted to view it on your phone, or you can use <code> adb pull </code> from the Android SDK Tools to copy it off the device. | How to visit the /data folder on my Android on my PC? | android |
I have a text file somewhere on the SD card. How can I create a shortcut to this file on the "desktop" to open it immediately? (HTC Wildfire) | Linda File Manager allows you to do that. Just long press the file and select Create Shortcut. A shortcut icon shall appear on your Home screen As a side note, it is also a nice file manager. There might be tons of other options, though. | How to create a shortcut to a text file | android |
We have a secure network that doesn't allow internet access. Unfortunately one app from the Android Market we purchased for our honeycomb tablets uses Market License Check to verify that we've purchased the app on, what it seems like, a daily basis. What site(s) do we have need to allow access to for this authenticatio... | The answer is "android.clients.google.com" with port 5228 (TCP). | How to allow Android Market License Check through a secured network? | android |
The data associated with an app which we see when we go to Applications > Manage Applications > application, is it cleared when we hit "Uninstall" or is it left untouched by the uninstaller? The reason why I'm asking it is, I've heard from a lot of people who first hit "Clear data" and then hit "Uninstall" mostly becau... | As Matthew Read noted in a comment: yes, it is. The entire data directory is simply deleted: <code> C:\Console2>adb shell ls /data/data/com.chessclock.android/ lib shared_prefs C:\Console2>adb uninstall com.chessclock.android Success C:\Console2>adb shell ls /data/data/com.chessclock.android/ ls: /data/data/co... | Is the data associated with an app cleared when an app is uninstalled? | android |
I'm using Gmail for all mail related stuff, but the main address I use is not my "real" Gmail address, but something like <code> myname@mydomain.com </code> . I have set up that adress as a sender in Gmail, so every mail that I send from the Gmail web app looks like it's coming from <code> myname@mydomain.com </code> (... | When composing the "From" is a dropdown menu. It has all the accounts you've added via the webmail interface, and it's had this feature for a long time (you shouldn't need to upgrade). | Gmail app: how can I change the sender address? | android |
Well this is something that came to my mind, Does anyone know if there is a Device or a cable that i can plug to a DataShow so it is possible to present an Android Application live and fullscreen, doing all the tap and swipe events? If not at least is there is something that its able to record a Screencast of an androi... | I happened to found that the best way to do this is with a project call androidscreenscast, which is really easy and great: just plug your phone. Downloads the jnl on the site And enjoy your screen I wrote a post about my experience Present your android application on a Datashow . | Android Software or Device to present Application on Screen | android |
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy I551 with Android 2.2 FroYo. Sorry for my ignorance, but I have not idea what is that app (which came installed and without rooting can't be removed). And it is using 15MB of my internal storage! I only have 160MB so that is a lot. What is this app for? What will happen if I clear its data? A... | Social Networking Service. I believe it's used for social networking widgets. Clearing the data will just clear the posts and account info in the widgets. I'm not sure if the Facebook or other apps rely on it. | What is SNS App? | android |
There's this vertical river-looking icon thing in my status bar? Nothing's claiming it in the notification window. Crude recreation: | The third table in this page mentions "Vibrate": https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/48504/~/droid-x---phone-status-%26-notifications Even though the first table clearly depicts a different icon for the vibration mode, although with the same zigzag pattern. The pattern is also the same a... | What's this icon in the status bar of my Droid X? | android |
According to my provider, I've used 6.8MB of data within 3 days. The thing is, I don't know how. I've installed DroidWall and WiSync and only used Waze (a navigation app). I installed Traffic Monitor which shows Waze using less than 800KB and other apps even less (some of them used traffic before I setup DroidWall) Any... | My Data Manager is a free app available in the android market which will aid you in catering your needs. It will give you a detailed statistics of which app/service used how much data. Edit : did not notice this was answered in the comments already. | How can I find why I'm using so much data on mobile network? | android |
Ok, even to me this question sounds stupid but I let's just go with "the only dumb question is the one not asked". I have nearly 14Gb free on my SD card but the Motorola Droid only has 128Mb internal so I am constantly fighting "low memory" warnings. I have moved every app that I can to my SD card. This is not only a h... | Theoretically, of course, you could modify your hardware. But this is not remotely feasible for 99% of us. One thing you can do -- if you root -- is to install various apps that will allow you to move more to the SD card. You could also try a custom ROM that is smaller than the stock ROM. If rooted you will also be abl... | Is There *Any* Way To Increase Internal Memory? | android |
When my phone reaches ~22Mb (internal) free space, my phone starts to automatically reject text messages. Assuming they're on internal storage, can the storage location somehow be changed to external storage? | This is a known and reported bug from 2009. ( See the stackexchange-url ("answer to my question") ) Google says they fixed it in Android 2.3. | How To Stop Rejecting Messages At Low Memory? | android |
I need to view all the different UI elements and dialogs on a device. This would be helpful while developing new platform level themes. Is there an existing app that will do this? Are there other ways to view all the UI elements (e.g. android.widget.Button, android.widget.CheckBox, etc). | You should take a look at the Android API Samples. The APIDemos application is exactly what you are looking for: http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/index.html | How to preview all UI elements/widgets and dialogs | android |
I looked at the list of Voice Actions on Google's website and couldn't find one for starting an application of my choice. Is starting applications supported by Voice Actions? If not, can a user add this feature via some setting or by an app from the market? | The built-in Google Voice Commands can't (at this time) launch apps. However, a quick search on the Market revealed a few possible alternatives. Here are two: Cyberon Voice Commander Voice Actions | Voice Actions to Start Applications? | android |
How can I enable auto-sync only when wifi is available? I have a small data plan and I don't want to waste it on sync. | There isn't a way to do this in the default settings for Android devices and most people are surprised to learn that they can keep sync on full time without exceeding even modest data plans. I would recommend checking out Tasker . It's an Android application that allows you to automate almost anything on an Android dev... | disable sync when in mobile (3g) network | android |
Upgraded to cyanogenmod 7.0.3-slide a week ago. Just today the wireless (802.11G) quit working. Wifi Analyzer just shows "Nothing yet ;)". Rebooting doesn't seem to help. Any ideas? | I remove the saved networks and it started working again. Hope this helps someone else. | cyanogenmod 7 mytouch 3g cannot connect to wireless | android |
Can I easily disable cellular data on an Android device and just use Wi-Fi? Does this change based on whether or not I have root on the device? | You can pretty easily disable cellular data on an android device without root. On Android 2.2 and above, you can go to home --> menu --> Settings --> Wireless & networks --> Mobile networks --> and then uncheck Data enabled (on phones with Motoblur, the Data enabled setting might be in home --> menu --> Settings --... | How can I disable cellular data on an Android device? | android |
When I open the Gmail application, it opens the last inbox I looked at. Is there a way to make it always open to the "Accounts" page instead? I have an HTC incredible 2 if that matters. | Could not find a way to do this every time the app starts. I did discover that if multiple accounts have new messages at the same time, the app starts on the "Accounts" page. It seems when you start the app it opens the account with new messages automatically, and only opens the "Accounts" list if multiple accounts con... | How can I make the GMail app open to the accounts page when using multiple accounts | android |
I have several contacts with linked Facebook accounts. I've set contact pictures for them using Google Contacts, but every time they update their Facebook profile picture, the Facebook picture is selected automatically. When this happens, I need to go back and change manually back to the picture I selected myself, whic... | From your home screen, under <code> Menu->Settings->Accounts&sync->Facebook </code> you can uncheck <code> Contacts </code> . Obviously, this will stop your phone contacts from syncing to facebook, but after you get the list the first time, the only thing that really updates is the pictures, so disabling i... | How do I stop Facebook linked contacts' pictures from automatically updating from Facebook? | android |
Here's the scenario: what I often find happening is that I receive a call on my Android phone (HTC Desire S), and as I'm rushing to get it out of my pocket I'm accidentally managing to swipe the screen, which rejects or accepts the call, when I didn't want to. What's the best way to avoid this, given that I want to kee... | The way I solved the issue to my satisfaction was to buy and install the WidgetLocker Lockscreen app. This is an awesome little app that basically allows you to replace your lockscreen (and incoming call screen too) with something customized. I just have one horizontal slider to unlock the screen now, and it has comple... | How to make screen 'unsensitive' on incoming calls? | android |
I'm an experienced iOS developer, and I just bought my first Android phone, used, on eBay. The phone is carrier locked and I'm looking to swap in my iPhone SIM card. (I have an adapter.) The phone is carrier locked. Is there a way to root or erase the firmware to unlock it, or must I use an unlock code? If so, what are... | Unfortunately it appears your only option is an unlock code, I've just done a search. This XDA thread has a couple ways to get into the unlock screen so you can enter the code. Your options for get the unlock code are to ask the carrier the phone is locked to -- they might give it to you if they're feeling nice -- or t... | How do I unlock an Optimus T? Is there a "vanilla" firmware I can use? | android |
I just conducted a tiny experiment with the original headset that comes with Nexus One: I plugged it into the phone, expecting the phone built-in microphones to be switched off, replaced by the microphone on the headset. I was disappointed to see that the voice input behavior of the system didn't change: The phone seem... | Maybe disabling the noise cancellation feature might work.. Get a rooted file editor first, then from "/system/build.prop" change the <code> "media.a1026.enableA1026=1" to "media.a1026.enableA1026=0" </code> Then do a reboot. See if your problem is solved. I simply suspect the android's mic always gets enabled for the ... | Disable Phone's Built-in Microphone? | android |
I'm brand new to Android; in fact I've never owned one. But I'm traveling all this summer, and I'm very interested in doing some programming while I'm on the run. QUESTION: Is it possible to run a full Ruby development environment with Emacs on Android? How? And does "rooting" give you anything close to a real Linux sy... | "Rooting" allows you access to the internal Android environment, which of course consists of more than just the Linux kernel. So you are running Linux, but you should consider it as though you are running under a different distribution than say Debian or Redhat. There's a different set of standard libraries and some fi... | Can you run Linux command line apps on Android? | android |
On July 29th, Google released an update for the Gmail application , that brought it to version 2.3.5. Since I had version 2.3.4, I was expecting to be notified of the update shortly as I had for updates to other applications including ones that came pre-installed on my phone, such as Google Maps . Alas, I still haven't... | If the app has never been updated via the market (you are still using the version that was bundled in the ROM) then there's no link between the market and the installed app. Because of that, you won't get update notifications. Once you install a newer version from the market you will begin to receive notifications of f... | Why aren't there notifications for updates to built-in applications? | android |
I upgraded my HTC Desire to Gingerbread via the official update yesterday. It wipes all settings, so I've been working through re-installing all the apps that I previously had on the phone. They all install fine and some move to the SD card fine too, but some just say "unable to move to SD card" when I select them. I s... | Hmm, actually just tried again a few hours later and it works now... Odd! | Unable to move apps to SD card after Gingerbread upgrade | android |
I'm looking at http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/ What are the limitations of this Ubuntu installation? Can I install anything that runs on Ubuntu? I'm only interested in using this for commandline tools (Ruby, gems, and Emacs). | Ubuntu running on one computer is really no different from Ubuntu running on another computer, whether one of the computers is called a "phone" or not :P Things to consider for your applications: Does this application rely on specific video libraries? No existing Android phone has an ATI video chip, for example, as far... | What are the limitations of installing Ubuntu on an Android device? | android |
I want to know where do Android applications stay? For example, if you install a program with package name <code> xx.yyy </code> , you will see <code> xx.yyy-1.apk </code> in <code> /data/app </code> and will see <code> xx.yyy </code> in /data/data and <code> data@app@xx@yyy-1apk@classes.dex </code> in <code> /data/dal... | The <code> /data/app-private </code> directory is another location of 3rd-party protected apps. System apps that come pre-installed with the ROM are stored in a read-only <code> /system/app </code> directory. <code> /data/dalvik-cache </code> contains optimized bytecode for each installed app, which allows the system t... | Where can I find my Android applications? | android |
As title. Of course using Android market and the Google Checkout payment. By the way, how about other market-like apps? | First be aware that you're transferring data over a wide area wireless device (the range of 3G is much wider than Wifi), therefore it is easier for an attacker to snoop on whatever your device is transmitting on 3G than on Wifi. The 3G/GPRS only has a lightweight encryption (to limit unnecessary use of CPU power and ba... | Buying apps and entering credit card number via 3G/GPRS. Is it secure enough? | android |
A few days ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy S2. But, at phone start up under the Galaxy S2 Logo I see a strange Yellow Triangle. I read a few forum posts found on google, but I have some doubts about this. To be more precisely, what that means? Ah, and yes, at first start up I didn't see this triangle, he appears after I ... | You just got case of failed update. Try to have look at this article and see if you can get it sorted | Yellow Triangle at bootup | android |
I am unable to connect a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to a computer via included cable. Here is what I tried: Tried to mount on Windows XP (32), Windows 7 (32), Windows 7(64), and OSX (Snow Leopard). Tried installing official drivers from US and CANADA Samsung website. Tried installing several versions of Kies. Tried instal... | Called Customer Support and it sounded like a defective unit. They covered it under the 1 yr included warranty. They pay for the shipping label as well, all you need to supply is the box. | Unable to connect Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Windows 7 for transferring files | android |
Recently I had some issues with my phones battery getting drained in 8-10 hours, even though the screen was active for less than 1 hour and wifi/bluetooth/gps was off. My first thought was to check the battery usage statistics, but all I saw was the display, voice calls and cell standby, and after that a few apps that ... | I'm using Better Battery Stats. It will shows what apps are causing wake locks and that sounds like what you're after. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809 | Is there anything that can show exactly what has awaken my phone? | android |
I am fairly new to rooting / putting custom ROMs on devices; I finally have my phone in a state that I like, after putting Cyanogenmod 7 on my HTC Desire Z. Since I've done this, there have been a few point releases, and a minor release is not far away. However, I don't really know how to upgrade from one version to an... | Cyanogenmod 11 has a built-in mechanism for checking for updates. Go to <code> Settings -> About Phone -> CyanogenMod updates </code> There you can toggle when your device will query for an update and on what release channel (Release and Development being Stable and Nightly respectively). When an update will appe... | How to upgrade from one version of Cyanogenmod to another? | android |
A few days ago I bought the Samsung Galaxy Gio , an Android phone that ships with Froyo. My regional Samsung site implies that a Gingerbread upgrade is available to me. I then installed Samsung Kies to see if I could upgrade the firmware, but it said that currently no update was available for my device. (stackexchange-... | Everything I can find suggests that a Gingerbread update is assumed because firmware has been leaked. So you can't (yet) get it through something official like Kies. This guide shows how to install the leaked version if you're so inclined. | Gingerbread upgrade for Samsung Galaxy Gio? | android |
My android comes with 3 different solid wallpapers. I have found more in the market but its paid. How to get a black wallpaper for free? | Can you not make your own? Open up paint or photoshop of some sort and fill an area black. Save the image as a png and then place on your phones memory card. Then on the phone set your wallpaper from the gallery and select the black image. | How to set a solid color wallpaper? | android |
I have recently submitted an app to the Android market to quickly realize that I had left in a bit of code that needed to be removed. I quickly re-submitted a new version but was wondering if the market makes you download version 1 and update. I could not see this being the case but when I tried to re-download the new ... | The only way this would happen is if you downloaded the old version of your app before Google had "pushed out" the new version you uploaded. If you download an app you won't get anything but the most recent version Google has available. I assume you just didn't wait quite long enough after uploading before trying to do... | Is the app version I download always the latest? | android |
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