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I have an Xperia X10. Suddenly my virtual QWERTY keyboard has vanished and has been replaced by some other layout. When I enter the "Contacts" list an try to edit I now get a standard phone keyboard layout instead of the QWERTY one. What could have happened? | If you long click on a text box, you have the option to change the keyboard to any you have enabled under <code> Settings -> Language & Keyboard </code> . Maybe you accidentally switched it ;) | My virtual QWERTY keyboard has vanished | android |
I want to share some applications and contacts on my girlfriend's Android cellphone, can I do that? Will I lose my Market applications or can I share them simultaneously with another cellphone? | Yes, you can do it and use all your apps. You can't currently use the Market with multiple accounts, though, so if your girlfriend already has her account on her phone then you can't use your account for the Market unless you remove hers and add yours as the primary account. | Can I use my Google account on two or more phones? | android |
How to change address that appears in: Internet (stock browser) -> Settings -> Set home page -> Use default . I can set another homepage, or use current, but I'm interesting in changing exactly this field. | When you're in the browser, open the Menu, choose <code> More | Settings </code> and select "Set home page". | How to change default homepage in Android browser? | android |
I recently purchased a Viewsonic gTabet and want to root the device with the Vegan-Tab Ginger Edition. I'm an absolute newbie when it comes to Android, I've been a Windows guy my whole life. I'm looking for some instructions for "dummies" on how to get this OS installed on the tablet. I found this site here , but I'm n... | I actually found this site http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/ , reading through it, its great! Just what I need. | How To Install/Root Vegan-Tab GingerEdition on Viewsonic gTablet | android |
When I access the Messages app that came with my phone and select a person I am presented with all the SMS messages my phone has stored between me and that person, in chronological order. However, I get a message from someone and reply quickly, my message is permanently positioned above the message it is a reply to, no... | It seems to be related to the local time on my phone, which I suspect was slow compared to the network. So, while the incoming messages where arriving listed as the "correct" time (on the network), I was then replying "before" them as far as my local clock was concerned and thus when the phone sorted on time their posi... | Prevent my phone from showing messages in the wrong order if I reply quickly? | android |
I have flashed my ROM several times with different ROMS, and sometimes back to stock. I flashed roms, modems, kernels etc. But the flashing never seems to totally format the device, because the folders of old software keep showing up on the phones hard drive. Is there a way to completely format my device, and install a... | To completely format your device, you need to use Odin and an Odin-able ROM (preferably stock). Note that the device can't be blank . You should always have firmware on it. Download Odin 1.85 from here and extract it. Download stock firmware (listed here ), you probably want JPKF3 . Put your phone into Download mode (y... | Do a total wipe of my device | android |
I use a Google Talk status plugin (written for Locale) with Tasker, and the one thing I miss from Locale is the priority order of situations . That is, if I'm driving, then set status "Driving", else if I'm at work, "At work", else if [...] else "Available". (Locale does allow multiple situations to be active, but each... | That's something not easy to be simulated by Tasker, but should be possible. The most likely trick is working with variables -- an approach you find described at Google Groups: How To Default Profile? (check the post by Nikita Popov). That example just defines a single default profile to fall back on if no other profil... | Tasker if-else-if hierarchy and default setting, like Locale | android |
I'm considering putting a custom ROM on my SGS. Are there any ROMs that enable me to install updates without wiping the entire phone? | Have you had specific problems with this? Many ROMs will work fine when updating from one version to another. For example, the instructions on CyanogenMod's forums (taking the EVO as an example) say: Upgrading from earlier version of CyanogenMod 7? Perform a NANDroid backup of your current ROM. Flash CyanogenMod (your ... | Are there any custom ROMs that can be upgraded without a wipe? | android |
Is there a google-plus application for Android 1.6? My device won't be updated to 2.0+, so unless someone writes a 1.6 compatible app, I'm stuck without it. | The official Google+ app requires Android 2.1 or newer, and as the market share for 1.6 and older is now vanishingly small, and getting smaller by the day (at time of writing the combined market share of 1.5 + 1.6 is 3.6%) it's unlikely to be modified to work on older OSs. Similarly unless there's a dev who's also stuc... | google-plus application for android 1.6? | android |
I just left my iPhone 3G for a Samsung Galaxy S II Android phone. I am trying to recreate certain iPhone behaviors and am wondering if it's possible, and how. Android 2.3's default lock screen is just a giant picture tile that you have to tap-swipe out of the way. I don't like it, as the tap-swipe distance required is ... | As you're using a Galaxy S2 which has Samsung's TouchWiz interface layered over the Android OS, some of your questions are specific to Touchwiz, so I'll answer them that way too, in a way that may not be helpful to people with a different interface: Yes, there are a number of Lockscreens built in, if you go into Settin... | iPhone-to-Android convert: how do I change the lock screen, set up 2-click speed dialing, etc. | android |
I have Adobe Flash Player 10.3 and Firefox 5.0 installed on Android 2.2. However Flash animations seem not to work in Firefox, although they do in the Android default browser. How can I fix it? | Flash support was added in Firefox 14.0 . Versions of Firefox Mobile earlier than 14 do not support Flash content at all. | How do I make Adobe Flash work with Firefox? | android |
I use Adobe's Reader and ThinkFree Office, but they both are too slow. Any suggestions? | Starting with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), Google introduced hardware accelerated 2D rendering pipeline. For now it's a tablet-only feature, but hopefully we'll get that in the unified Ice Cream Sandwich platform. That should be a bit with that slowness issue with PDF readers since they are only able to do software renderi... | Is there any graphic-accelerated PDF reader for Android? | android |
I just bought my new Galaxy S. My old mobile phone is Sony Ericsson W810i. I wonder if I can do something in order to migrate my SMS and contacts. For example I was thinking the following: Connect w810 with my computer, copy the folders from memory stick and phone memory and paste them into Galaxy. Is this feasible? Ed... | Method 1. The base way is to sync your contacts to your Gmail account from your Sony Ericsson W810i if that is possible. Then sync that account to your Galaxy and your contacts will be copied OTA easily. Method 2. Sync all your contacts from your Sony Ericsson to Outlook. Then export those contacts from outlook to a CS... | Migrate from Sony Ericsson W810i to Galaxy | android |
Where is a downloaded .apk placed in Android phones? I want to backup the .apk files to my PC so that if something happens I will just restore the applications instead of re-downloading them from market. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S II. | If you don't have root access, it doesn't matter because you won't be able to back them up. If you do have root access, use an app like Titanium Backup to back up the apks. Note: This doesn't really answer the question of where to find the downloaded APKs, but it does address the need of the OP. | Where is a downloaded .apk placed in Android phones? | android |
I have seen apps that read CHM or PDF but not both. I need an app that reads PDF as well as CHM quickly and smoothly. I tried OliveOffice but there are issues with landscape mode. Is there any other ? | Moon+ Reader reads chm's and almost anything | Suggest an app for reading PDF and CHM | android |
Background: I'm currently considering buying a Acer Iconia A50x Tablet device that runs the Honeycomb OS . The device is stackexchange-url ("available (or, well, not)") in a variety of configurations (16GB / 32GB / 64 GB "HDD" and with/without 3G module). It seems the 3G version is only available with 16GB atm. and the... | This is really an "it depends" answer. If you are only installing applications and streaming any media you consume, 16GB is sufficient. If you are copying media locally, 32GB should be a minimum. By way of example, the tablet I was using on my last vacation only had 2GB used. My son's was full at 16GB with the movies a... | Memory requirement (for HDD) for Android based tablet? | android |
I'm using CyanogenMod 7.1.0 RC1 on HTC Desire HD. I've formatted SD card to ext4, because I wanted to use Fedora through <code> chroot </code> ing into it, and Fedora ARM image requires FS which can do symlinks. Now, when various applications try to save data (reading works fine) on SD, they get permission denied (so, ... | You can't have the full SD card formatted as ext4. Android only natively supports FAT / FAT32. The primary partition should be FAT, and you can use a secondary partition with ext4 only if you install an app for it like Simple2Ext . | SD card formatted to ext4 and permissions | android |
Basically, I am an Android developer. I am looking for a new Android mobile phone. Could you recommend the mobile company which first publishes an update of Android system? I am tipping at HTC, but you may have a better suggestion? | Buy a Nexus S device directly from Google. They will be the fastest at updating to the latest firmware. And they will always ship with Stock Android. Everyone else is Way behind. most are behind because they add customizations to android and have to make their changes, then they have to go through the google approval p... | Which mobile company delivers Android system updates the fastest? | android |
I'm looking at buying the Asus Eee Pad Transformer. Before I do, though, I want to see how my Tumblr experience will be on it. What I'm specifically worried about is animated GIFs. When I browse Tumblr on say my iPod Touch or Droid, sometimes GIFs work, sometimes they just don't. I played around with an iPad 1 a while ... | So I couldn't wait and went out and bought one. Turns out GIFs work relatively well. All of them animate. However, too heavy a page can really bog down performance. Tumblr, for instance, only works well if I turn off unlimited scrolling. With only one or two GIFs on the page, they animate well. With a large page, GIFs ... | How well do animated GIFs work on the Asus Eee Pad Transformer? | android |
I had a call from a new number. I went to create a new contact for it but accidentally clicked on the first item in my contact list. Now, it doesn't seem possible to unlink or unjoin them. When I view that contact, I can view the 'Joined Contacts', and it is joined to the Google contact I clicked on, and there is a min... | This isn't actually a linked contact unless the contact you added it to is from a social network. That's why the unlinking won't work. Go to edit the number, select the entire number and copy it, then delete it from the wrong contact, go back, add a new contact, long-press the phone no. field and select paste. Or you c... | How to unlink contacts? | android |
I have installed cyanogenmod in my htc wildfire recently. I made a nand backup of the previous ROM and I need some stuff that I didnt back up. Is there any way to extract files from the ROM without reinstalling it on my phone? I tried to mount it on a linux machine but I dont know which filesystem it uses. In case it i... | As far as I know, Nandroid uses the yaffs2 file system for storing backups inside the .img files. A quick search on Google points to these instructions on extracting files from a Nandroid backup: First you will need to download and build the "unyaffs" module: <code> svn checkout http://unyaffs.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/... | extract files HTC rom | android |
I've tried to use HTC Tattoo as a modem on a Windows PC and it worked well, but on a Mac it doesn't work. Some trick or app that i should be aware? My HTC Tattoo uses the default 1.6 ROM with Sense. Thanks. | Hopefully the Mac version of PdaNet for Android will do this for you. There's a trial period, after which you need to buy it if you want to browse secure (https:// …) sites. Signing into Gmail requires HTTPS, for example. | How to use a HTC Tattoo as a modem on a Mac? | android |
I do a fair amount of e-mailing in Japanese from GMail in Android. On my cell phone (Nexus One), I use Simeji to type Japanese characters, and it does a good job. However, I recently got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, and I've found the Simeji doesn't scale well to the large screen. Samsung's Android keyboard, the s... | A second-hand answer - from here - http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=8339 "Keyboard-wise, I like the MultiLing keyboard for my Xoom tablet. It's not particularly great as a keyboard, it's just that it scales nicely and fills the screen properly in Japanese mode, unlike any other keyboard for the tablet. It's sor... | Is there a Japanese input method for tablets that fits the screen better than Simeji? | android |
Problem description I did factory reset of my phone, (Droid X), and I changed primary email, and I am not able to download any application from market. I get a message like application will be downloaded, but its never download app . And I am using this same email id, as test account in developer account. How can I dow... | Try clearing the data for the Market app: Go to <code> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> All </code> and find the Market app If it's running, kill it with the button there Clear the data (this will clear the cache as well, no need to do both manually) Restart your phone Then try the Market aga... | Unable to download apps from Market, after factory reset | android |
Is there any difference in "wipe" (from the recovery mod) and factory reset from the android OS? Does factory reset/wipe remove the custom ROM? I need to know because after doing the "ALL wipe" from ultrajack recovery, I flashed a ROM. But the old boot animation, the system apps all remain!! How can I fix this? or shou... | A factory reset won't remove a custom ROM unless the backup image in the custom ROM is for a ROM other than itself. This would be pretty unlikely. I think we'd need to know your phone model and the ROM you used to help you figure out why it didn't write over the system apps. That's definitely not normal. Normally virtu... | Difference between formatting & wipe | android |
I have an HTC wildfire. I am currently developing an application which I am consistently testing on my phone. Since yesterday for some reason I am not able to install any apk of that particular app that I am building. The usual method of installation I use is download to SD card and then install from there. Other apps ... | I did an adb install -r [apk] thanks to the comment by @eldarerathis and I got an install_failed_container_error as the reason for installation failure... Further searching got me to this link http://eatingbits.se/articles/2010/11/16/install_failed_container_error-when-installing-an-application-on-android/ The solution... | Suddenly unable to install application from SD card | android |
I've just switched from Iphone to Android (CM7), and I strongly prefer the Iphone way to manage apps. The separation between Home screen and App Drawer screen on Android is very awkward. Is there any launcher app that behave like Iphone, ie. manage, arrange apps right on the home screen? Apps I've used: LauncherPro, GO... | Since you've already rooted and flashed your ROM, you can give the MIUI rom a go, see http://en.miui.com/ I feel that is sort of the iPhone feel ROM for Android... no app drawer, newly installed apps get put onto the next available space on your screens. Folders to organise etc. Even the settings look iPhone-ish. | Is there any launcher app that behave like Iphone? | android |
Using 2-step verification with Google Authenticator on an Android handset provides good security for accessing Gmail and other Google services. What I am curious about is whether Google Authenticator can provide support for all Gmail accounts on the phone (multiple Gmail accounts can be added to a single handset under ... | Yes, the Android as well as Blackberry versions of Google's Authenticator app supports multiple accounts. Press MENU and choose SCAN BARCODE after you've set up your new Google Account for 2-factor auth to grab the displayed barcode or enter details manually. Details: https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/ | Is it possible to use 2-step verification with multiple accounts on a phone? | android |
I had installed a few application and games, for example beautiful widgets, and several weather widgets etc just to experiment. After that I have flashed my phone several times, installed different roms, and wiped cache and phone, and did not re-install the apps. But what I see is that the pictures still show up in my ... | Those apps probably cached the images on the sdcard. You can go though and delete the cache for the applications. Some could be in <code> /sdcard/android/<package-name>/ </code> , some apps may just create a directory somewhere on the sdcard root. You can also look at stackexchange-url ("unwanted folders showing ... | How to remove app images from gallery | android |
Is there anyway to filter only for honeycomb optimized apps no market? I have a Motorola Xoom and wants to filter for all apps that looks good on my device. | I think the best you can do at this point is to use the "Featured Tablet Apps" page in the Market (this may be region-limited, it seems). The web version seems to have more apps listed than the tablet section on Honeycomb's Market app. You could also log into the Market website and filter searches based on whether or n... | Filter for honeycomb optimized apps | android |
I have an SGS with Froyo. I can't seem to find the browsing history in the stock browser. I'm also only able to access bookmarks (or favorites, or shortcuts) from inside the browser. How can they be accessed? | On my Samsung Fascinate I click on this button next to the address bar: And it takes me to this screen, which also has a History tab (top-right): The functionality shown above is also available to me on CyanogenMod 7, leading me to think that it's a feature of the stock browser (i.e. not added by Samsung). | How can I see the browsing history and bookmarks in the stock browser? | android |
After getting the "low on space" message on my Nexus One for the umpteenth time, I went to into the "manage applications" screen to uninstall applications I hadn't used recently. I waited for the screen to fully load before I did anything. It said I had 27MB free on my internal phone storage. I then clicked on the "Foo... | From what I can make out from your scenario, it seems the culprit is the android's Dalvik Cache. Quote from a thread in xda forums:- When Android starts up, the DalvikVM looks thru all of your applications (.apk files) and frameworks, and builds a tree of dependencies. It uses this dependency tree to optimize the bytec... | 27 MB + 4.2 MB = 28 MB? Where'd my space go? | android |
Is there a way to use the files hosts.allow and hosts.deny in Android? I've searched over the internet but found nothing. I have to control access of both wifi and mobile networks. And limit the access to a certain domain. Just like a firewall do. I've tried to insert some iptables commands, but the system became very ... | As far as I know, Android isn't setup to use hosts.allow and hosts.deny However, it is setup to use a standard hosts file in /system/etc/hosts Unfortunately, it doesn't support wildcards, so it might be difficult to limit the device to a single domain via that method. iptables probably are your best bet - perhaps you c... | How to use hosts.allow or hosts.deny in Android | android |
Is there an easy way to backup/export notes from the stock notes app in Froyo? Alternatively, I'd like to know where said data gets stored, so I can manually copy them over to my PC. Edit: I'm pretty sure the app came pre-installed on my device. The name of the app, as it looks from the app drawer is "Note pad." | I did some research and found out that this was pre-installed either by Huawei, or my telecom, as it resided in /cust/tata/in/app. The notepad app is too bad as it doesn't allow anything else other than adding and deleting notes. I solved my problem by manually opening each and every one of the notes, selecting all of ... | How to backup all notes from the stock notes app in Froyo? | android |
Does the Samsung Galaxy S II come with an unlocked bootloader as earlier promised by Samsung? | XDA has reported that the bootloader is unlocked, and custom kernels have successfully been flashed to the SGSII. | Does the Samsung Galaxy S II come with an unlocked bootloader? | android |
I'm using the standard full QWERTY on-screen keyboard on my HTC Desire S, and when typing in to any app it seems that I cannot type <code> it's </code> without manually inserting the <code> ' </code> , which is relatively slow and cumbersome, especially considering many other abbreviations work fine (eg, <code> c </cod... | It seems that asking this question has encouraged me actually make a proper effort to poke around the phone's settings enough to find a workable solution, which is to enable <code> Spell correction </code> for the QWERTY keyboard word suggestions / predictions. The option is enabled in the location: Settings Language &... | How can I teach my phone not to capitalise "It's" every time? | android |
I'm trying to connect my galaxy s (froyo, i9000) with usb to a Samsung Blu-ray Home Cinema system. Though, for some reason, the home cinema set won't recognise my phone. I tried the samsung kies setting, the storage setting, and media player setting, but it just won't recognise it. With someone else's blackberry it doe... | I would say that this would be somewhat of a "driver" issue. It seems that your Home Cinema system does not know what your device is and it cannot connect to it. I would try seeing if there is a firmware update for the system (if it supports firmware updates). It recognizes the blackberry because they have been around ... | Galaxy S not working with Home Cinema set | android |
I have Samsung Galaxy fit with android 2.2 I have installed Samsung Kies 1.5 since I want to use mobile internet on desktop PC having Windows XP through USB. But when I connect my phone to PC using data cable Kies keeps on showinf the message 'Connecting the device Please wait' for long time but it never connects. I ha... | If you're planning to use Kies to connect to the device, USB Debugging must be off and the phone's USB mode must be set to Samsung Kies, otherwise Kies won't detect the phone. | Samsung Kies 1.5 not connecting the galaxy fit device | android |
Is there any Android phone or similarly-sized device with qwerty physical keyboard including Ctrl and Alt keys? What do sysadmins use for typing on Android devices? | Since Android doesn't really have Control or Alt, you might be able to get a virtual keyboard with them but I very much doubt there's a device with them on a physical keyboard. Your best bet is a shell with support for these keys. Terminal Emulator does Ctrl+key by holding Volume Down and pressing the key, for example. | android phone or small device with qwerty physical keyboard with Ctrl and Alt keys? | android |
I'd like to install an app from the Market which is limited to the USA (specifically Google Music). When I search for the app myself in the Market app on my phone, it does not find the app; it seems to be filtered. So how do I install apps which are not meant for my country? | Before we got paid apps in the Android Market in Denmark, I used to use Market Enabler (requires root). This allowed me to pretend that I was a resident in another country, and thus buy paid apps from the Market. Perhaps you can use the same solution, faking the market to believe you are from the US? | How to install apps which are targeted for another country? | android |
is Samsung Galaxy S II rear camera Gorilla Glass too? It sticks out a little above the case, so I would like to know if it's durable enough not to need to buy special case which, obviously, makes the phone thicker. Thanks! | Unfortunately it is not, my Galaxy S II already has a lot of little scratches on the camera "glass", and unlike in my old HTC Desire phone, GSII doesn't have extra "glass" in the back plate to protect the actual lens. So when it gets scratched I cannot just exchange the backplate :(. I treat my phone very gently, so I'... | Is Samsung Galaxy S II rear camera Gorilla Glass too? | android |
When editing a long node name in Free Mind on desktop you can enter a line break by using "shift-enter", then a simple "enter" would confirm the edit. This same Free Mind mind map when transferred to Android and edited with Thinking Space would display the node with line break correctly. However, I couldn't find a way ... | You have to enable "Multiline text entry" in the options und "look" (roughly translation from german Localisation). After that you can youst hit enter in the node name. To confirm the node name then, you have to tap outside of the writing area of the node. | Is there a way to enter a line break into a long node name in Thinking Space? | android |
I realize the blue arrow on Google map, as you rotate the phone around, it will rotate as well. May I know how does it know the north south direction? It works too even my GPS is turned off. | GPS doesn't understand static direction at all; it can only infer direction from motion. But there is an electronic compass inside the phone as well as the GPS. You might want to download the " GPS Status + Tools " program from the Market; you can see detailed status information for both the GPS and the compass. | How does Google map know my direction as I rotate? | android |
I am setting up my environment in Eclipse to do some development for the Galaxy Tab 7", and I have a problem with my Android Virtual Device (AVD). If I set my target for: GALAXY Tab Addon - API Level 8 and the Skin to: Default (GALAXY Tab) using the <code> Edit AVD </code> button in the <code> Window > Android SDK a... | Why don't you run it in landscape mode? Portrait is not the default orientation for tablets, even if the Android SDK defaults to portrait. I'm also wondering if you can cut out the body of the device and set the view to screen-only; the Tab's screen is 1024x600, so it should fit your screen like that while in portrait ... | What to do when the AVD is HUGE and is taller than the screen | android |
I need to access the Web via my Android phone's cell radio only occasionally. Therefore, I am not interested in a monthly plan (and certainly not in a 2-year minimum contract). I thought that finding a prepaid web access card (or plan) for Android phones would be as easy as finding one for voice but it turns out way mo... | You can get the LG Optimus V from Virgin Mobil for $150 (total) and pay $25/month for unlimited data and texts and 300 minutes/month of talk time. There are three drawbacks. (1) The screen is a bit small. (2) The internal memory is only about 200MB, so you are limited as the number of apps you can have (even moving app... | Prepaid plans or cards for Android PHONES? | android |
According to this page : Prepaid Mobile Broadband usage is not available on any PC cards. Only available on Express-Cards, USB modems, Intelligent Mobile Hotspots and Mobile Broadband Built-In on select notebooks/netbooks . Note how cell phones are missing from that list. Does this mean that Android phones are excluded... | No, mobile broadband is called such specifically to distinguish it from a cell phone data plan. You might be able to trick them by claiming your phone is one of the tablets they support, but only if you can get all its info (IMEI etc.) beforehand and they accept it, rather than requiring you to bring in the device. How... | Does Verizon Prepaid Mobile Broadband work on Android PHONES? | android |
I have TweetCaster Pro (thank you Amazon Daily App...) and it has a place for me to enter my Instapaper account in the Settings, but for the life of me, I can't seem to figure out how to send something from TweetCaster to Instapaper. Anyone know how? | This one took me a while. Go into "Personalize TweetCaster" in settings and change "URL action" to "ask". | How to save something to Instapaper with TweetCaster | android |
I'm trying to install the CyanogenMod on my HTC desire. I've temporarily routed it an downloaded the ClockworkMod Recovery and the CyanogenMod with the RomManager app. Everything seems fine. However when I reboot the phone and go into the Revovery-Mode it just shows me a 'Broken-Phone' icon instead of the recovery opti... | From what I know (and by no means am I an expert on rooting) the phone with the red triangle is the standard HTC recovery mode, not the Clockworkmod recovery. So my guess is that your rooting method is not working correctly. So, what method are you using and is your desire branded / locked to a network? When I rooted m... | HTC Desire: Recovery Mode just shows 'Broken Phone' symbol | android |
I have Samsung Galaxy Ace running Froyo. While writing text, installing/removing app or doing any kind of play. My phone vibrates 2 times. Where as I am not using vibration for any event. You have also expirienced this vibration with a popup message that some application stop responding. But I didnt get that message. S... | Its difficult to find the Problem without the Device. But you can Activate the Debug mode ( Preferences-> Applications-> Development-> USB-Debuging ) Then you can start Eclipse. Open the DDMS Perspektive and there LogCat. Perhaps you find there the BuggyApp. | My phone vibrates 2 times, as some application crashes inside or background | android |
This is a really requested feature in a lot of forum, but I haven't found any convincing solution. I'd like that my volume keys: If simple (short) press both together, pause/play. If simple (short) press of single key, change the volume up or down. If pressed and hold change track forward or backward. My options in ord... | PowerAmp is an open source app, which may serve as a good starting point for developing your own app. The code can be found here . | How to modify functionality (skip song, play, pause) with side phone volume keys? | android |
Desktop software such as MindManager and FreeMind allows you to easily draw Mind Maps . But their interface rely on much keyboard shortcuts that doesn't work (well) on Android virtual keyboard. Is there a way to draw such mind maps seamlessly with touch screen only? | I've been using the app Thinking Space. Certainly not as efficient but good if i want to map a quick idea out. | How do I draw mind maps seamlessly with touch screen only? | android |
Gallery seems to lack the ability to upload to Facebook when multiple pictures are selected. Is there easy way to upload a bunch of photos at once to Facebook or is it something that you have to do one at a time? | Try this FriendCaster for Facebook app. This has a feature to upload multiple pictures from Gallery. | How do I upload multiple pictures at once to Facebook? | android |
I have two GMail accounts active on my Android 2.2. Let's call them Acc1 and Acc2 . Acc1 is the default account I set when I got my Android. I didn't know then, that I can't change the default address. My Acc2 is the main Google account I use everywhere. When I launch the Google+ app, it only shows the default account ... | Version 1.0.2 is out, and appears that it's going to fix your issue. From the release notes: What's in this version: Spiffy new profile icon on the menu screen Handle multiple Gmail accounts on first sign in Minor UI polish (emphasis mine) Unfortunately, I don't have my own invitation to Google+, so I'm not able to tes... | Only one account showing on Google+ Android app | android |
I'm on a mac, and I have an apk file. When I connect the Tablet to the mac via USB, it does not show up in Finder. How can I get the apk transfered to the device? I have installed Astro File Manager on the device, but that doesn't help me until I can get the apk file onto the device. | Can you use adb to copy or install the apk file on the Samsung tablet? For example: <code> $ adb push my_app.apk /mnt/sdcard </code> or <code> $ adb install my_app.apk </code> I don't have a Galaxy tab so I don't know whether /mnt/sdcard is the correct location on that device. EDIT: Oops. Forgot to say that when you co... | How to get an apk file onto the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 | android |
I can't be the only one who has this problem: my touchscreen reacts to the cotton of my jeans. I carry my DHD upside down in my pocket, and on an incoming call, when I drag it out of my pocket, it interacts with the jeans tissue and slides the bar up, thus declining the call. I tried such apps as "Easy answer button," ... | Custom roms will be the only way to do this. WidgetLocker changes the lock screen, but i don't think it handles incoming calls. This Gingerbread rom changes the lock screen as well as how it answers calls, changing it to the Android swipe across system, but like all roms, it requires a root and a wipe. It is a great ro... | Can I override the HTC Sense "slide down to answer / slide up to decline" screen locker? | android |
I have a Samsung Intercept running 2.2.1. I've been using USB debugging for several months, and recently (no recent changes to the phone) the connectivity just dies after a few seconds, not long enough to load new apks. The same goes for Mass Storage: it dies as soon as I try to transfer files to my computer. I have a ... | I can give you one suggestion. Based on the what you have posted and based on what I understand do the following thing. *. Backup all your data through Bluetooth and do a Settings Reset. <code> (Settings --> Privacy --> Settings reset) </code> . And try to connect to Computer using your USB setup. If still no hel... | USB no longer stays connected | android |
I'm kind of new in Android and I realized that all the sounds are going out through the speaker regardless if the headphones are connected. If they are the sound also goes out through the headphones, but I'd also like to avoid the speaker when headphones connected. Is that possible? Few more information that may help: ... | Currently you can't disable notifications via speakers while still having them via headphones. There's an open issue for that . You also can use Llama or Tasker to switch profiles when you plug your headphones. | Block all sounds going out through speaker when headphone connected | android |
Do I have to root my android device to install command line utilities? I would really like to run Vim, among other programs on my phone. I have no reason not to root my phone, I just want to know if this is possible. The Android Scripting seems to possibly have done this. Do I have to write my own Terminal app to be ab... | You don't need root. You also don't need a terminal, for an app to use its own private utilities. But if you want vim, Terminal IDE provides that, a number of other utilities (git, ssh, tmux), the ability to use bash or Java as a 'scripting language' at the terminal, and the ability to create and install Android apps o... | Rootless CLI Utilities | android |
I still have a G1. I love it for its keyboard. Nobody, has made a phone with a better keyboard. It has 5 rows and allows me to type the full ASCII range and then some. The keys are spaced apart and not easily fat-fingered like the Verizon Droid line of phones. I have been holding out on getting a new phone, waiting for... | After much torment and due to an unfortunate accident, I went ahead and purchased one. The answer is: Tilde Close screen Tap the input area long press a click tilde Backtick (grave) Close screen Tap the input area long press apostrophe realize that you were pressing the voice search button since the apostrophe button i... | T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Keyboard - Tilde and Backtick | android |
I downloaded and installed swype on my HTC Droid incredible 2. I went to settings > keyboard > text settings and checked swype. Now when I use my keyboard I draw across the letters and nothing happens. Am I missing a step? | Did you remember to switch to Swype from the default keyboard? Press and hold inside any text box (like Google Search, for example). A pop-up should come up with one or more options. Select the "Input method" option and then select "Swype". | Swype installed but does nothing | android |
Anyone know purpose or any document about <code> Onetimeinitializer.apk </code> ? It is a built-in application. I searched for a while but did not find any information about it. Does anyone have documentation for it? Thanks. | According to this it runs the first time you boot up (Cyanogenmod?) and prompts you for what Google Apps to install. | What is Onetimeinitializer.apk Android application? | android |
I realize in order to capture screenshots of my phone, all screenshot applications require I have a rooted phone. Why is this so? Why can't we have a simple screenshot application for Android, just like we have for Windows? | The answer is rather simple, it's a permissions issue. Android uses what is called a framebuffer for the video display. The framebuffer is located at /dev/graphics/fb0. this "file", which is basically a stream that the device writes to when changes in the user interface occur, contains ~2 frames of the screen display. ... | Why do we need a rooted phone to capture screenshots? | android |
I have a Pay As You Go SIM card on my Nexus One which works great for voice calls but I don't really know how to use it for T-mobile's $1.49 Web Day Pass. I called T-Mobile's customer support but they were clueless... All they could say was "press the <code> web2go </code> button". I don't have a <code> web2go </code> ... | You may want to read this blog post . You might get a way with simply trying to access any web site and waiting for the <code> Buy Web DayPass </code> prompt. Otherwise you might need to do the trick mentioned in the blog, which is trying the above on a non-Android phone and then swapping the the DayPass enabled SIM. | How To T-mobile Web Day Pass on Non T-Mobile Device? | android |
Are my contacts encrypted on my Android and where are they? How can I access them? Any public APIs? (From PC) | At least honeycomb allows user to encrypt all data (see article on http://www.netbooklive.com/android-honeycomb-can-encrypt-all-your-data-7497/ ). You can export all your contacts from the application (tap in contacts app on menu, then import/export and choose export to SD Card) | Are my contacts encrypted on my Android? | android |
Is there a way to open Microsoft XPS documents on Android, similar to the way Adobe PDF documents have "Adobe Reader for Android"? I took a look in the Market but I didn't find anything. | I'm looking for an XPS reader too. Two points. First, Google Docs Viewer supports .XPS files ( Getting to know the Google Docs Viewer ) but Google Docs Mobile Viewer does not , per my experience and this support page ( Viewing files from within Google Docs ). I spent time trying because this cached page 's article titl... | XPS viewer similar to Adobe PDF viewer | android |
I put Honeycomb on my NOOKcolor and the app market is not on it. Does anyone know how to fix it? | The nook devs site provides links and goes over downloading Google apps to your Nook color running honeycomb. This site lists the available Google app downloads from Cyanogenmod, explaining that they cannot come pre-installed due to licensing restrictions. The links at the very bottom of the page (and the first link) s... | No Market on Honeycomb for NOOKcolor | android |
I've looked all over Google for a stopwatch app that records laps (which they all do) but also records a time of day timestamp. If it can't do the example below, at least record the initial start time of day (and I can figure out the rest). i.e. Start (10:09:00 am - I want to know I started at this time) Lap 1 - 00:01:... | UltraChron StopWatch Lite . It doesn't time stamp each lap but does the start time. | Is there a stopwatch app that also records time of day timestamp? | android |
I've seen this - stackexchange-url ("Good comparison of available custom ROMs") However the release matrix linked to doesn't really do what it could do. Is there an objective comparison somewhere that details the ROMs available by feature? I'd like to find a ROM that's good for battery life and speed. The phone model i... | No one will run the same apps with the same settings in the same environment as you. Any "objective" evaluation will be no more useful than reading the XDA forums, for example; you're going to end up with an indication of reliability and speed, nothing more. There's also a ton of ROMs for the SGS, many of which are onl... | Custom roms for specific use cases | android |
I saw it here: http://theunlockr.com/2011/04/12/android-101-how-to-scan-use-a-qr-code/ Watch video and you will see. I want to know how to create this effect on Android Gingerbread. Thanks. | When i flashed a custom Gingerbread rom , one of the launchers included has this menu style, but again, this includes rooting your phone and doing a data wipe at least once. Launchers change the app menu style, but i do not know if this one is available without a custom ROM, which will require a root and reflash. | How To Make Menu Slide In 3D? | android |
I would like to know how to return to previous screen on Android. Not just go back. I usually tap "Back" button on smartphone but often it just exists or takes me back to home when it should have taken me to previous screen. | This is something of an oversimplification, but the simple answer is: you can't. What makes this an oversimplification? Well, it's because it depends on how a given app is implemented. Android applications are based around the concept of an Activity , which is described in the development documentation as: An activity ... | Navigating Android: How To Go Back To Previous Screen? | android |
My SGS has awful lag, and I'm considering my steps. The first step I want to do is install Voodoo, because I'm under the impression that it's relatively easy and will not require my to reinstall everything on my phone (though I asked about that in a stackexchange-url ("related question") to make sure). If that doesn't ... | The default kernel (Dark Core) is derived from the Voodoo kernels, but the lagfix is disabled by default. For example, the v9.5 description on XDA has the following note: New Kernel > > Dark Core v1.0 inside! I9000, I9000M, I9000T ONLY (Cappy users choose speedmod or skip kernel) Customized and built by ficeto [Team Da... | Is the Voodoo lagfix compatible with Darky's ROM? | android |
My HTC Hero uses both T-mobile and Orange in the UK, since February. However when my phone is connected to an Orange mast instead of a T-mobile mast I don't get 3G as it says that I am roaming. If I switch on the option to allow data roaming, will I get any additional charges? | See the FAQ , particularly the billing section. You won't get charged for turning on data roaming and connecting to an Orange network, but you need to remember to turn it back off before roaming on any other networks to avoid charges. Also, the FAQ mentions that it's only for calls and text messages right now, but it's... | T-mobile/Orange HTC Hero - no 3G on Orange | android |
I want to install the Voodoo lagfix on my SGS with Froyo. Will this wipe my settings, or can I install it without worrying about it? | No, it shouldn't have any effect on your settings or apps. The FAQ from the Project Voodoo site notes: Will I lose any settings or App? None. But some sort of backup is recommended of course. | Will installing the Voodoo lagfix clear all my settings? | android |
Android 2.1 - If I open my Gmail e-mails and I want to type then I just can't turn off the keyboard sounds. How can I turn it off? (not the notification, etc. all sounds, just the keyboard sounds.) | From your home screen, press <code> Menu -> Settings -> Language and Keyboard </code> . From here select the keyboard you are using. In the next page of settings, you should see something like <code> Audio feedback </code> for swype, or <code> Sound on keypress </code> for flexT9. You can modify <code> Vibrate on... | How to completely turn off keyboard typing sound? | android |
I have a HTC Dream G1 (T-Mobile) - android version 1.5 and I have 64 bit Windows 7 on my laptop. I am unable to access the memory card in my phone through my laptop. Can someone tell me how to install the USB driver for my phone? Thanks in advance. | Go and download the Android SDK installer. When the SDK setup tool runs, you can select the USB Drivers The drivers will be in <install_directory>extras\google\usb_driver find the android_winusb.inf and right click it click install if right click -> install doesn't work, then try the following Start Menu -> Right... | USB Driver for HTC Dream G1 - 64 bit Windows 7 | android |
What is the latest installable version on an original Android G1 phone? Either vanilla or any kind of mod (CyanogenMod, etc). | Cyanogenmod 6, which is 2.2 is reported to work for the T-mobile G1. | Android G1 latest installable version? | android |
I'm looking out to extend the card memory for my ZTE Blade phone. Can anybody who has experience with this tell me which SD cards (preferably 16GB and above) certainly work well for the San Francisco/ZTE Blade phone? If you're using this phone with an SD card model that works, please tell me which one. Note: many peopl... | I found this discussion at MoDaCo about the issue. It includes cards that people have tried and found to work. The generally consensus seems to be that Sandisk 16 GB Class 2 cards work. Kingston 16 GB Class 4 worked for a couple people, but not for another until they tried deleting everything on it via Windows XP. I pe... | ZTE Blade/San Francisco memory cards that work | android |
How to capture video stream from Android phone screen and show it on laptop? I've got Android 2.2 device. I need this to show how my application work on the conference in real time. Something like IPhone presentation on Mac World. | This is the best tool I found: http://www.mightypocket.com/2010/08/android-screenshots-screen-capture-screen-cast/ | How to capture video stream from Android phone screen and show it on laptop? | android |
I recently bought an Samsung S Galaxy II (i9100), and I am pretty pleased with it. It is by far the best phone I ever owned. The only downside I have is that it has a really poor wifi signal. It gets almost half of the bars my old HTC HD2 got. This is not a big problem, I am not always far away from my router anyways. ... | Samsung modifed the modem component of android and it is buggy in galaxy S. The solution is to root the phone and replace the modem part of it. | Samsung S Galaxy II (i9100): Problems with Wifi signal, bad reception, breaking connection | android |
How can I allow a user to do web-install of Android APK file from my personal web page? Like to create a personal (private) APK repository where I could put APK files and send a client the link to the APK file. A client would then click on this file and install the Android app to its phone. Is this possible/allowed on ... | It seems that this can be done with Aptoide server and the same Android app for client. On server side you just copy all APKs and generate the XML file via Aptoide server script. User then installs this app, adds your repository and downloads/installs the APK. | Possible to install APK from personal website? | android |
I have CM7 installed, and am using ADWLauncher which comes pre-installed. I know how to configure a "default" home screen, so that when I'm in ADWLauncher already, pressing "home" brings me to the default screen. But when I'm in another application, pressing "home" takes me to the most recently viewed screen, and an ad... | I don't think there is a setting in ADW that can do that. I use ADW.EX and I looked through all the settings and didn't see any way to achieve what your are asking for. It is, however, open source, so someone could implement the option for this, or you could request it to anderweb and he might add it to an update. | ADWLauncher: Go straight to default screen instead of requiring a second "home" tap? | android |
I own Xperia Mini Pro which has Android 2.1-update1. I am facing an issue on Internet Connection. I downloaded the settings for my Edge Connection from my SIM services. Sometimes after downloading the settings it instantly connects to the Internet. But sometimes it doesn't. I can see the APNs on Access Point Names sect... | Finally found a way to connect to internet on my Xperia Mini Pro android mobile. Go to Settings ==> Wireless & network settings ==> Mobile networks ==> Network Mode Its going to open another window with title as Preferred network mode. Now try to Select WCDMA only option. Wait for 10 sec. We can see the network is ... | How to force the phone to connect to the internet? | android |
How can I make my samsung galaxy tab vibrate or ring when I click a link on a browser? thanks a lot for any help. :) | That feature does not exist, the only thing I could suggest is to submit a feature request on the Android Issues Tracker . | How to vibrate/ring on click of link | android |
Is there a way to re-install Barnes and Noble software on a Nook Color that has been wiped and installed with gingerbread? | stackexchange-url ("This") is the firmware for your device's original software (v. 1.0.1). Simply download and save to the micro SD card and use it to flash your Nook. Voila! Job well done. The XDA page Chahk posted is an excellent resource and reassuring, stating that it Keep in mind that the Nook is really hard to br... | reinstall barnes and noble software on a rooted nook color? | android |
How can I limit the number of input languages on the keyboard? I would only like to see the 3 I use. I have a HTC desire S. | I have a HTC Desire, but I'm assuming the menus/behaviour should be similar: Settings -> Language & Keyboard -> Touch Input -> International keyboard Select the languages you want to use. That should restrict the keyboard list to the ones you have specified. | How can I limit the input languages? | android |
I observed one funny thing. I have the habit of installing the applications directly from Android market on PC. How to install the Apps directly from PC ? Ans: I have a Google Account. I open the https://market.android.com/ site on PC and login with my Google Account. I have set this Google Account as Primary Google Ac... | I myself got to know why its happening. First I selected any application from the Android Market and say Install and then Ok . Its going to start Downloading. I observed this in two scenarios. Both of the cases are pretty much same. Case I. If I Minimize/Kill the Android Market application while Downloading using the B... | Some of the Applications are getting downloaded more than once from Android Market | android |
Is there a way to get the full list of GPL-licensed apps in the Android Market via a URL or any other method? | I don't think that there's any standard way in the Market for developers to declare what license their app is developed under. A normal text search of the Market for "GPL" comes up with hundreds of apps that have specifically put the word GPL in their title or description. Other than that an awful lot of the Android GP... | querying the android market place for GPL license? | android |
When I reply to mail in the default (non-gmail) mail application, the "RE:" text in the header, and the "xxx wrote" text before the quoted message are in Hebrew. How Can I change them (I would like them to be the standard English texts, as not all of my recipients read Hebrew). I have a Samsung Galaxy S, and it is root... | changing the default language to non Hebrew should solve the problem. I know that may be a pain, but the only other option then is to manually change it. these areas of the email messages are "populated" and use the device language to get the values to use. | Changing reply header text in default mail app | android |
On my Samsung Galaxy 551 I can remove the MicroSD card without needing to remove the battery and consequently turn off my cellphone. Should I remove my SD without turning off the phone? Will I damage something if I do it? | You should first dismount the card. You can do this via <code> Settings -> SD card and phone storage -> Unmount SD card </code> . You can certainly corrupt data and cause application crashes if you don't do this first. | Can I remove MicroSD card with my Android phone turned on? | android |
I have a couple of apps that give a "not found: The requested item could not be found" error when I try to update or view them in "my apps" in the market. (PDA Net is one of them). If I do an auto update (update all) the update process tends to hang when it gets to either of them. I still have the apps on the phone, an... | You will not be able to update them, they have been pulled from the market by either the developer or by google. PDA Net for example was recently pulled by google. You could see if the developers offer an alternative means to download, either from their website or a 3rd party market, like amazon app store. Then remove ... | "Not Found" apps hanging up my autoupdate... what can I do? | android |
I have a Huawei IDEOS u8150 running Froyo. Ever since I got this device, I've been running into low disk space problems (because of only 150 MB internal space). So I've had enough and moved all the apps I can to SD card. Then again, some were not movable. So I did a little research and saw this article on loading apps ... | I have never been a fan of the froyo apps2sd, I was a huge fan of the original "apps2sd" that used an EXT2/3/4 partition on your sdcard. I am not sure if any custom ROMs still support this. I know it is not "supported" in cyanogenMod. You will have to root to go the "apps2ext" route. but if you dont want to go that rou... | Space issues and rooting | android |
Other than looking in the Chinese manufacturer's website, which can be somewhat "misleading" (12.1 MP camera? come on...) | There's an app called Screen Resolution that will tell you the, ummm, screen resolution :) What device do you have, I have seen some specs for devices coming with a 12.1 MP camera, mostly by sony ericsson, but I don't think they are out yet, so it is possible that the manufacture is not lying. | How can I detect my phone's screen resolution? | android |
I would like to manage cookies in the Android browser beyond just "Clear cookie data". What I want to do, ideally, is have the ability to delete individual cookies from a list sorted by domain name, like Firefox on the desktop. At least, I would like to be able to clear cookies per-domain, as I can manage storage &... | The cookies, for the default android browser, are stored in /data/data/com.android.browser/databases/webview.db. The problem is that other applications, for security reasons, do not have access to files that do not belong to them, like the database file. In order for what you are asking to be possible, the Browser appl... | Manage specific cookies in Browser? | android |
I understand, that there are many factors why a sd-card may fail. But I had my last two sd-cards fail in a very short time (about three months). Now I wonder if it is the phones fault, or if I just by bad sd-cards. I don't have any brand information about the failing sd-card, because I just looked at the capacity and t... | I had bad luck with any "cheap" cards that I ever bought. They usually end up being "off brands", and some of the slowest performing . The cheap ones usually don't even mention the class rating, which means they are probably a class 2, or worse. I never had them fail in the short time you seen, but they did fail, and a... | Durability issues of sd-cards in phones? | android |
I'm running stock 2.3.4 on my N1. And use Netflix all the time. If I were to load a different ROM like Cyanogen there isn't any reason I would lose the ability to use Netflix would I? | I use netflix on my Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant with CyanogenMod 7 and it works just fine. Now, that doesn't mean in the future, nextflix couldn't update their app to not support these devices/ROM but it does work now. | Will I lose Netflix on my Nexus One if I use a custom ROM? | android |
I'm looking for an alarm clock which is able to turn off Airplane mode if I stop the alarm on wake up. (I turn on flight mode when I sleep.) Do you know any alarm clock with this function? | You can use AutomateIt to enable/disable airplane mode on a schedule. This may be easier than finding a custom alarm clock. | Alarm clock with auto flight mode | android |
Control I want to have full control over applications and have them ask whether or not i allow them to access mobile internet. I also want to disable automatic updates but enable updates notifications to i can know if update is available and deside to update or not. Bandwidth Optimization What is appropriate browser th... | Droidwall is what you want! It allows you to control which apps can and cannot access the internet, and the new version (the one i linked) enables data types, so you can allow an app to access the internet all the time, just on 3g, just on Wifi, or never. | How To Make Android Based Smartphone Consume Less Mobile Internet Bandwidth? | android |
I was wondering, is there any better keyboard for me to type to following '?' symbol. Now, using stock android keyboard, to type '?', I need to Press and hold ',' key, a list of symbol choices will shown. Hold and move my finger to '?'. Release. I feel not comfortable on step 2, as most of the time, my finger is quite ... | In pre-2.2 stock keyboard, typing the ? is a two step process: Alternatively, you can long press on <code> . </code> and a pop up menu will appear: In 2.3 stock keyboard, the auto-correct bar will show common punctuations, including <code> ? </code> : The old two-step ways of using the <code> ?123 </code> page and long... | Better keyboard to type '?' symbol | android |
I'm on Nexus S, 2.3.4, stock and rooted. BusyBox is v1.18.4 (2011-03-20 15:16:04 CDT). When I try to remount ANYTHING it just <code> $ mount -o remount,rw /system Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory </code> Any ideas how to fix that? Is it a BusyBox issue? | You are not specifying the device to mount, only the directory so it is telling you that you are missing one of the required parameters. I believe that the <code> busybox mount </code> will let you get away with not supplying the device, if it can figure out the device to mount, but the "stock" <code> mount </code> req... | "mount" on 2.3.4 is Behaving Oddly | android |
I know how to set vibration when getting an e-mail: stackexchange-url ("How to set vibration ON when getting e-mail (Gmail)?") But how can I set my Android phone to always vibrate/give sound when getting an e-mail? I'm asking it because once I get an e-mail, my phone will stay silent, even if I get another e-mail. I ne... | Uncheck the "Notify Once" option in your GMail account settings and you should get a notification for every new message. (Specifically: <code> Menu -> More -> Settings -> Notify Once </code> ) Edit: Apparently older versions of GMail do not have this option, in which case you would actually need to try a third... | How to get warning if there is an e-mail? | android |
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