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I have new android tablet (Archos 7) and lot of video files are not playable. The program ends with message "The video file cannot be played". The file type is avi, which is normally playble (I played many other videos). The videos which are not playble in tablet, are playble on my laptop (with Ubuntu). Is it possible ... | There are a number of factors that determine if a video will play on Android: It has to be the correct codec - See this list It has to either be small enough to download entirely before playing or be encoded in a form that allows streaming. Chances are the problem you are seeing is that the codec the videos are encoded... | The video file cannot be played | android |
As has been well documented, the Galaxy S phones have terrible GPS functionality. It works for a minority, but it is slow/inaccurate for some and for others it just doesn't work at all. How can I fix this? | Four ways: Upgrading the software, fixing the hardware, resetting the GPS settings/data, and using "fake" GPS. Upgrading the Software Samsung definitely released some bad GPS firmware, which does not help things. Fortunately, good code is included in all of the recent 2.2 updates. If you can, upgrade your software to 2... | How can I fix the GPS on my Samsung Galaxy S? | android |
When I receive calls and alarms go off, the phone vibrates. However it won't vibrate for any notifications. Changing the vibrate setting from vibrate always or vibrate only when in silent mode has no effect. Does anyone know what can cause this and how to fix it? Is there a separate hidden setting for notification vibr... | Install an app called AudioManager . It has separate vibrate checkboxes for alerts and ringer. Setting the checkbox for alerts fixed the issue for me. | How can I fix notification vibration? | android |
I have a MyTouch 3G Slide w/ Android 2.2 and am having issues with the text messaging freezing up all the time and running incredibly slow. If I try to delete all the texts, the messaging application will continue to show the circular thinking pattern for over an hour and never delete all the texts. I ended up having t... | Handcent SMS is the most oft-recommended SMS replacement app on this site, so it's probably good to try. If you have no issues with it, then I would assume it's just a buggy SMS app that you have and not a deeper problem. If you don't mind losing all your messages you could try going to <code> Settings -> Applicatio... | How can I fix the slow freezing text messaging app on my MyTouch 3G Slide? | android |
I have a MyTouch 3G Slide w/ Android 2.2 and am having issues with the text messaging freezing up. I am trying to do a factory reset and looked under settings, sd card memory and security for the factory reset option and didn't see it. How do you reset the phone? I tried these instructions but couldn't get that screen ... | To do a factory reset, you should be able to go to <code> Settings -> Privacy </code> and hit Factory data reset . Alternatively though, to just clear the SMS data you should go to <code> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications </code> and find the SMS app ("Messaging" or similar) and clear the data fo... | How can I do a factory reset on a MyTouch 3G Slide? | android |
I now have a Samsung Galaxy S Android phone running Froyo 2.2.1 and an Archos 101 Android tablet - also running Froyo. Both are 'connected' to the same home network via wifi. Is there a method by which I can copy files directly between the two devices using Wifi? Bluetooth is also an option, but since I want to copy a ... | There seems to be multiple options available. With a relevant internet search there is an application called Bump which shares files by simply bumping both devices together. I'm not sure if it does it over wifi if available or only does it over 3G. There is another option where you can set up an ftp server on the devic... | Is there a way to copy files directly between two Android devices on the same wifi network? | android |
I currently have the Swype beta installed on my EVO - not the pre-installed one that comes with the newer updates, the actual beta from their site. I noticed yesterday that if I launch the Swype Installer it will check for updates to itself, then download and install the new version for me. This is nice, since it is no... | The latest version of Swype beta (or at least the version before the most recent version) is a bit more self-sustained. All I had to do when I updated was to go to the Swype installer app. It had an update for itself. After updating, it then presented an option for me to update Swype and stepped me through the process,... | Is there an easier way to update Swype? | android |
I downloaded a drawing app for my Xoom and it saves the pictures to the local device (called "SD Card" even though it is internal space). How do I delete those files? I can find them to attach to email, but they don't appear in my list of "downloads". Do I need to get another app? Is there nothing that comes with the X... | You'll need a file manager, and just browse to the same path that you do when you attach to email. If the Xoom doesn't have a file manager, I recommend Root Explorer . If you don't have root you can try another, like Astro File Manager . | How do I delete a file from my Xoom? | android |
I have lots of emails coming in all day. For this reason, my notification sounds level is low. But I need to be alarmed when I have a new SMS. Currently I don't always notice new SMS messages because they, too, have low volume level. How would it be possible to have a different volume level for new email notification a... | One simple method would be to use a custom ringtone for SMS where the audio itself is louder. You coould use a loud audio clip or edit one to be louder. | Different volume level for new email notification and new SMS notification? | android |
What is the difference between odexed and deodexed ROMs ? Which is the standard (stock) ROMs that ship use? | A <code> .dex </code> file is basically a compiled bytecode version of an app that has been built for the Dalvik VM which Android's apps run on. I believe it is short for Dalvik Executable, but I'm not sure if I'm remembering that correctly. An <code> .odex </code> file is an Optimized <code> .dex </code> file (hence t... | What is the difference between odexed and deodexed ROMs? | android |
I want to unroot my Motorola Droid from CyanogenMod 7 RC (Gingerbread 2.3.3) to the latest version of stock Froyo. I've been told there's some complications that can happen because of the new file system used (ext4 instead of yaffs). Are there any instructions on the internet on how to do this? Reading all these unroot... | I was going to post a complete answer, but this XDA thread has everything I was going to say and it would take me too long to reproduce it :P. This post is basically a shortened version of the other, if you prefer that, but it seems you'd prefer more detail. | How can I unroot OG Droid Gingerbread to latest stock firmware | android |
I've been trying to add stackexchange-url ("stackexchange-url to my RSS feeds in the News application on my HTC Desire Z. However it doesn't "find" any results. I just want to add this URL as it is instead of searching for it. Isn't this possible? | I would recommend another way of fetching RSS feeds to your cell phone: Synchronize News Reader to your Google Account (to read news from Google Reader - it should be available there) From your 'big' computer add this URL (stackexchange-url to your subscription in Google Reader. You should see news from Android.SE in y... | How to add Android StackExchange RSS feed to HTC news reader app | android |
I recently noticed that while searching for contacts I see the same SIM contacts repeated more than 20 times. In the settings for contacts it says I have 5795 contacts on the SIM card but it's almost all the same contacts repeated over and over again. If I delete one of those contacts every other with the same name is ... | I never actually found the underlying problem but by deleting all contacts on the SIM I at least didn't have to scroll through hundreds of duplicates anymore. | Mystery duplicated SIM contacts | android |
What is the best codec should I use in convertion a movie from huge HD/BRay for watching it on Android's RockPlayer? Also what are the optimal properties should I specify for better performance+quality? (bits-per-second, resolution, audio quality, etc...) | You will get the best results using the built-in media player/decoder (called "system player" in RockPlayer, iirc) because it supports hardware decoding. For a list of supported containers and codecs see here: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html I would recommend H264/AAC inside a MP4 contain... | Best codec to use for RockPlayer? | android |
Let's say I want to create a context where the SSID of a wifi connection is either 'ABC' or 'XYZ'. I can see where I am able to create 2 contexts, but it seems to enforce and logic between the two, so in order words I must be in proximity to both 'ABC' and 'XYZ'. I want the context to be either, not both. | Specify SSID in the WiFi Connected context to be <code> ABC/XYZ </code> This will activate the context if you connect to ABC or XYZ, Reference: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/matching.html | Tasker: Using OR logic in contexts | android |
Will Wi-Fi tethering work in HTC Magic running Android 2.2? I wonder also, is the 2.2 update for htc magic a official update or one of these custom ROMs? | Yes, you can do Wi-Fi tethering with the HTC Magic. However, it might require a custom ROM . All versions of the HTC Magic except for the Dream/G1 have gotten an official 2.2 update, as far as I am aware. This includes the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the Vodafone Magic. | Wi-Fi tethering with HTC Magic | android |
The Advent Amico Android Tablet PC arrives without an SD card , and has 487Mb of internal ROM available. Plenty for a few apps surely? There is no Android marketplace or alternative marketplace app visible on the tablet to get new apps from. The nearest thing is PK Manager . That offers an option to install apks from a... | You could try emailing them to yourself or downloading them from somewhere (Dropbox public link or a web host of some sort). On most (if not all?) devices you can just launch an .apk after it's been downloaded and it will open with the application installer. You'd most likely also need to allow "Unknown Sources" for th... | Do I need an SD card to add apps to an Advent Amico Android Tablet? | android |
Does anyone know where the VLC developers are up to with VLC for Android. Is there a beta out, an APK somewhere? I'm trying to play an AVI on my HTC Legend, to no avail. If VLC is not ready, does anyone know a media player which will play AVIs (is there more than one codec for AVI types?). Thanks very much. | Rockplayer has decoders built-in and can play divX files. AVI files are containers - you should also find out what codec has been used for the video. Use a utility like GSpot Codec Information Appliance on your PC to check. There's also yxPlayer but not too many satisfied users from what I hear although YMMV. | State of VLC for Android / Media Player that plays AVI files | android |
I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask, but it looks like the stackexchange-url ("Gadget StackExchange") has been closed. I've been doing research on mobile phones and looking at different Android devices and I'm a bit confused. Often times, the device advertises 'Speeds up to X Mbps', and lists the available ne... | First, WiMax and 4G are completely separate. WiMax already has real-world implementation, whereas 4G does not; 4G is still in development. Second, 3G LTE is also completely separate from 4G. LTE also has real-world implementation. A 3G LTE phone can only operate at 4G speeds if it has hardware capable of it. The manufa... | How can I tell the differences between a 3G, 3G LTE, and 4G phone? | android |
I have a folder on my SD card that I regularly access to open documents of different types. Is it possible to have a link on the home screen that opens the contents of this folder, e.g. using a File Manager application? Currently I'm using the Adao File Manager to open the folder, but every time I have to select SD Car... | The answers to stackexchange-url ("How do I copy pictures onto a folder on the home screen?") provide a couple methods of creating shortcuts (it requires another file manager). As well, the Root Explorer file manager allows you to set the default path when it opens; you could set it to the path of this folder, so you w... | How can I put a link to an SD card folder on the home screen on HTC Desire Z? | android |
As far as I know, some apps quit by pressing the Back button while on the main screen of that app; and some quit by pressing the Menu button and selecting Quit . Should I always first check the Menu button? How can I make sure that I have quit a specific application? I don't want my battery drained by unquit apps runni... | That's the thing about the Android OS. A "quit" or "exit" button is not really necessary. Why? Because the operating system automatically kills applications that are no longer used. For this same reason, there is no need to install a task killer or similar. When you're done with an application, the OS will clean things... | How can I make sure I've quit a specific app? | android |
I have noticed that when I remove an app, which is placed on the SD card, this also frees up space on the main storage. The space freed up corresponds to the "data", which an app stores. My question is, therefore, why does an app, which is placed on the SD card, still choose to store its data on the main storage? Is it... | Apps can store data in both places, but the SD card has a FAT filesystem which does not support file permissions. This means that a malicious app could erase or change app data very easily if the data was on the SD card. As well, you can swap SD cards or format your card, and then the app would have "forgotten" all its... | Can an app save data on the SD card? | android |
As I am seriously out of space on my phone storage on my HTC Desire, I would like an overview of how much phone storage each app takes up. The point is that I can see how much space the data of each app takes up, but not where this data is placed, hence I cannot conclude how much space each app is taking up on the phon... | The Disk Usage application can show you all this information in a nice graphical format, allowing you to explore the space taken up by applications in your phone memory, or the space taken up by files on your SD card. App2SD will also display information for all apps, although it doesn't split the space into segments b... | How much space do the data of apps take on the phone storage? | android |
i.e. I have a phone in CDMA from HTC, who provides the CDMA hardware driver (radio-firmware ?),Google Android source tree or HTC? If the driver is provided by Google Android source tree, then I can compile a custom version of Android for my phone, If from HTC, then I don't know how can I compile an Android and drive th... | The radio is closed source and provided by the manufacturer. | Where the driver for CDMA/GSM hardware? | android |
In the below picture 1, It seems that the radio firmware don't need a linux driver in Android, It just need a user space shared library, is it? 2, what is baseband? | From the picture it would appear you are correct. Note #2, however. The baseband is the modem firmware. | Baseband and radio in Android | android |
Many people want to try/use Android without buying a new Android phone. How can I install Android on my current phone or device running Nokia Symbian, Maemo, or MeeGo; Microsoft Windows Mobile or Windows Phone 7; Apple iOS (iPhone); RIM's BlackBerry OS; Palm's WebOS; Samsung's Bada; or other phone / operating system? | The Short Answer Theoretically, all devices that meet Android's minimum requirements can run Android, it's just a matter of customizing Android for the device. The Long Answer While Android is open source and can be modified to suit many devices, firmware and hardware drivers are most often not made readily available -... | Can I install Android on my non-Android device? | android |
I'm using a Samsung I9000 and I have some annoying apps that came pre installed by the phone vendor, like a music store, a custom web browser and other memory leaking apps. Those crappy apps can't be uninstalled neither by "manage applications" tool nor by editting the apps tiles in the front menu. I guess I have to be... | Yes, you have to be rooted. To get rooted, see this question: stackexchange-url ("How do I root my device?") One of the easiest ways to uninstall system apps after rooting is to use Titanium Backup. You can just click an app and choose Uninstall. Note: Be careful what you remove! You might want to use Titanium to back ... | How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor? | android |
I have the Optimus V. I use Google calendar for all my calendaring needs. I'm using the standard Calendar app that came with my phone, build 2.2.1. I start the Calendar app, and go to Agenda view. It's scrolled so that yesterday is the top. Weird, I don't know why I'd care about my agenda for yesterday. Any normal pers... | Well, I tried "Business Calendar" which seems a lot less flaky and is free, so I guess the answer is to switch to another Calendar application. | Calendar Agenda view won't stay on today | android |
On my T mobile G2 there is always a lot of action in my Log output that has the tag KINETO these are the two most common things it puts in there: <code> ERROR/KINETO(9304): KLOG0C3- xmk_QueryOSQueue SDL Queue empty : WAIT_FOREVER ERROR/KINETO(9304): KLOG0A3- ibs_os_GetMsg: Timeout forever for UKCC qHnd 0x80c34e3c </cod... | Kineto is the company that makes the Wifi calling software that is present on some Tmobile phones such as the G2. Unfortunately this software is poorly written. To make matters worse it is only possible to stop or remove the software if you root your phone. (More accurately it isn't your phone - it is tmobile's phone t... | Android Log Output KINETO | android |
our company is considering using the Android platform for future developments. Some folks raised concerns over Google ability to remotely delete applications on the device. they are arguing that if Google can (and did) remotely un-installed apps from a device, than who knows what else they can do. this is a valid conce... | When you first used the Android Market, you are presented with Android Market's Term of Service. One of the clauses is this: 2.4 From time to time, Google may discover a Product on the Market that violates the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement or other legal agreements, laws, regulations or policies. You ... | is it possible to disable Google remote kill switch? | android |
I just got a notification that I can't receive an SMS because "the space/memory was full". Which is it, the internal or SD space, and what's the best way to free it up? Note - I just installed a bunch of apps, so I'm suspecting it's the SD. | I got this some time ago, and even after deleting all of messages (I back them up to my Gmail) I got the same thing. The problem was that when the internal memory fell below 22M or so (I forget exactly), this message appears. The SMS themselves take up very little space, so deleting them had no effect. You may also be ... | How to clear up SMS space? | android |
I am trying to convince my wife to switch from the Motorola stock calendar app to Jorte. Is there a way to synch Jorte with your Outlook calendar? If not, is there another calendar app that beats the pants off the stock one? | From Jorte's description , it looks like you can synchronize Jorte with Google Calendar. You can also synchronise Outlook with Google Calendar using Google Calendar Sync . So if you're happy using Google Calendar as a "middle-man" then it would be possible to sync the two. | How do you sync Jorte with an Outlook Calendar? | android |
Does anyone know how to root the Samsung Infuse (i997)? I have tried two methods already: Visionary Samsung One Click Root Visionary simply doesn't work, while the Samsung One Click Root manages to push the update.zip to the sdcard, but the Samsung recovery rejects it based on signature verification failure, as it is t... | SOLVED: While the rageagainstthecage exploit is not working with the Infuse, you can root it with the psneuter exploit. Easiest way to do it is with the SuperOneClick application. | Root the Samsung Infuse (i997) | android |
Currently i am developing a calendar based application from which i am inserting events into the native calendar of HTC HERO (Firmware version: Android 2.1 update 1). At this point, calendar is full of events so i have tried lot to delete events, but by one by one event it takes long time to delete all events. I have a... | Since the Calendar App syncs with Google Calendar - why don't you create a "Test" calendar, add events to that calendar and then delete the calendar from a web browser on your computer? I just did this myself and it worked fine. | HTC Hero - How to delete all calendar entries? | android |
I used to be able to change the incoming call ring volume from sound to silent to vibrate using the volume buttons. Today I went to Sound settings and unticked "Audible touch tones" and since that I cannot use the silence mode. Only volume or vibrate is available. any idea how to make it back to sound <-> silent <... | I don't think the Audible Touch Tones menu item is actually related, since that controls whether or not you hear dial pad tones when dialing a number. The setting you want should be <code> CyanogenMod Settings->Sound->Silent State </code> , and you'll just need to make sure that it's checked. I have Audible Touch... | incoming call ring volume ( sound - silent - vibrate ) | android |
I partitioned my MicroSD card and created 1GB ext3 partition. What is the next step so I can use it to make the performance of my android better? It seems to me that it is mounted into /sd-ext What are all the options I can use ext for? CM7 on HTC Desire | As stackexchange-url ("discussed"), you can store apps on the ext3 partition which will free up internal phone memory. There are also apps like Swapper2 which allow you to put your swap file on the SD Card. Be warned, that this will degrade the life of your SD Card and will also chew up battery due to frequent read/wri... | how to use ext partition in my android? | android |
I know how to select text (in a view) using the touch screen. Is it possible to do the same via keyboard only? If possible, please provide a way to do this on the emulator (I need this for a programming task). | You can indeed, just hold down the Shift key and move the cursor with the dpad/trackbal/etc. From the comments: The center key in the D-Pad activates the two text-selection hands, which can be moved anywhere using the D-Pad directional keys. Then, pressing the D-Pad center key again, copies the selection to the clipboa... | Select text using keyboard only | android |
Are apps downloaded from Applanet safe for use? Can they have any malware? | Applanet is that rather shady-looking place that claims to let users download and install 'thousands of free and paid apps' for free. Since the original authors of the apps have little say in whether their app appears on the site, I think it's fair to say that all bets are off when it comes to the apps' integrity. Also... | Downloaded Applanet apps | android |
I was reading stackexchange-url ("this answer") and I need to comprehend this better: What is the technical difference between "selecting GSM " and "selecting WCDMA " in Network Mode settings menu? To save battery life, I'm planning to switch from the automatic to the manual mode, and I want to know what happens if I s... | What the phone's essentially asking you here is, do you want to use only 2G data networks, only 3G data networks, or automatically switch between them depending which is best? The GSM setting will give you access to 2G (and 2.5G) data networks using GPRS or EDGE data standards and speeds. WCDMA will give you access to ... | What is the difference between GSM and WCDMA when switching to manual Network Mode? | android |
Is there any way to run a notifier if I get connected to specified Wi-Fi? and, then get turn the notifier service off when disconnected? cyanogenmod 7 + HTC Desire | You'll need apps like Tasker or Locale to perform the sort of action you want. | How to run a notifier if connected to specific Wi-Fi? | android |
Is there any Arabic Froyo rom for I5503 (Galaxy 5)? | There doesn't seem to be one right now. Check SamFirmware for official ROM updates. (note - that's not an official site, they just host the official firmwares). This site describes how to install a 2.1 Arabic ROM on a Galaxy 5. Hope that helps. | Samsung I5503 Arabic Froyo | android |
Is there such a thing as a "current user" on Android and a way to switch it? I'm interested in getting a Motorola Xoom and would like to share it with my wife when at home. For my Windows laptop we us fast-user switching so that we can keep our own tabs and logins. I'm not specifically interested in the privacy aspects... | This functionality is finally available (only for tablets) in Android 4.2: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html#42-multiuser http://www.android.com/versions/jelly-bean-4-2/ As Tatjana Heuser stackexchange-url ("mentioned"), it was available in 4.1 as hidden functionality, but in 4.2 it's accessib... | Support for Multiple Users on same device | android |
I have a samsung Galaxy S (Fascinate) that I haven't decided if I want to keep, so I haven't activated it on my Verizon account. I'd like to root it and flash a new ROM (possibly a separate Kernel) but I'm wondering if doing so when it is not connected to any carrier will cause any problems, particularly with the voice... | I doubt it. I've done the same with a GSM Galaxy S (the Vibrant) with no problems. Of course it probably depends on whether you have a really terrible ROM, but rooting alone shouldn't matter. And it might be different for CDMA. But worst case, you can just flash back to stock. My Vibrant picked up the network settings ... | Will rooting my Samsung Galaxy S before I activate it cause any problems? | android |
Im wondering about the filesystem on the galaxy tab, could i for example connect it to a camera, transfer some images, fix red eyes and transfer the images to a storage device like a usb pen or a western digital passport, would it be possible? How about connecting it to a NAS, transfer a episode on my favorite show, wa... | The Galaxy Tab is pretty much like any other android device. You can transfer images to it, but not directly from, say, your Camera. It does not have USB ports on it for external devices, like thumb drives. Connecting to a NAS, out of the box, also really isn't possible. The device does not support mounting NAS (NFS &a... | How does it looks like on the galaxy tab? | android |
Me and my friend's galaxy 5 has a weak Wi-Fi signal. Even in a few meters from access point, it has 2 lines of antenna. Is there any solution for increasing signal? | Sometimes there may be interference from other electronic / microwave equipment. In your router / access point's settings change the channel and see if there's any improvement. Also, don't be taken in so much by the bars displayed. Very often, I see only 2 bars, but in the WiFi settings, I see the signal strength displ... | Samsung I5503 weak Wi-Fi | android |
My phone is HTC desire, Android 2.2. It seems to connect to the VPN server while using WiFi, but the broswer and other applications can't be access the Internet any more. The connection is disconnected after minutes automatically. However, the same VPN settings work well while using 3G. Update: The router allows VPN co... | After updating my phone to htc official desire 2.3.3 dev ROM, it works. So it looks like there is a bug fixed by Android or HTC rom in 2.3.3. | VPN doesn't work on HTC Desire over WiFi | android |
My phone syncs with Google pretty often. Each time it takes a few minutes and makes the whole phone work slowly. Is there any way to make the synchronization less frequent? Barring that, is there any way to make it pause when I actually want to use the phone? Is there any way to lower the priority of the sync tasks? I'... | I believe that Matthew Read is correct about there being no native way to sync this, and about Locale's ability to work around this, but I'm going to suggest some cheaper and simpler alternatives to the $10 Locale app: Tasker ($6.50): Basically the same as Locale but cheaper. With this (and probably Locale) you could s... | How can I control the frequency of synchronization with Google? | android |
I've Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro with Android 2.1 and root. I want to have a separate timetable calendat that will not be visible in some places (calendar app). I think I've some good reasons for creating a seperate calendar. I sync calendars in my phone with my Google account. I've enabled auto-sync, but I've tried to ... | So I've finally solved it using the update command (disable sync; restart; update; restart; enable sync) and ot seems to work well. The update command was like: <code> UPDATE Calendars SET sync_events=1, selected=1 WHERE _id > 3 </code> I had tried compiling the Android Calendar from source, but I was getting sone e... | Calendar access from apps: only some calendars are displayed | android |
On my Nexus One's built-in browser, I am able to copy web page text to the clipboard by: selecting Settings > More > Select text , then dragging my finger from top to bottom (of the screen), seeing page content highlighted in pink, then the moment I release my finger, the pink highlight goes away and is replaced by a f... | On my device running 2.2 Froyo, that method (from 2.1) was replaced by long-pressing on text to select it. Two "handles" appear at each end of the selection, and you can drag them wherever you want (e.g. to the top and the bottom). Maybe try that. If it doesn't work, what Android version are you using? | How to select ALL text in web browser? | android |
Recently I've been playing around with the Cyanogen nightlies on my N1. Nightly cm7 1-8 were fine but then one day I lost the home button so I had to backup and then wipe and then eventually everything was fine. But after the wipe Angry Birds was gone and even after I restore I don't have Angry Birds installed. If I in... | I believe you backed up from Recovery, correct? If that is the case, then the backup should contain everything that was on your phone before the backup -- apps, saved games, etc. So restoring the backup should have restored Angry Birds and its save data, as long as that was present before the backup. Titanium can back ... | Is the save data for Angry Birds still there even if the app isn't? | android |
I'm digging around trying to find a Angry Birds save files but File Manager is lying about what's in each folder. How can I give that app su rights? Can I launch it from the command line after typing su or something? | I'm not sure how you'd do that with the built-in file manager, but there are several file managers that will work. I use Root Explorer, and I've heard many other recommend Astro File Manager (which has a free version, I believe). They should work if you have the Superuser app installed (I would assume it comes with CM,... | How do I grant su rights to the File Manager app? | android |
I mistakenly dragged an icon on the home screen (Nexus One) to the bottom area ("Main dock") that contains 3 main icons (phone, launcher, browser). That icon replaced the launcher and now I can't access any of my other apps. (My launcher is the ADWLauncher, that comes with CyganogenMod). What do I do now? How do I reve... | You should be able to go to <code> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications </code> , find the launcher, and Clear Data for it. Hopefully that will restore it to default. | Launcher disappeared, how do I restore it? | android |
The web browser that comes with my phone (Nexus One) allows selecting and copying web page content to clipboard, through the Settings menu ("select text"). The problem is that when I select and copy web page to the clipboard, I receive a confirmation message: "Text copied to clipboard" but... the clipboard is still emp... | Try actually pasting it. You could try the often-built-in Memo app, GMail, Email, or something like Docs to Go if you want to save it. | Browser clipboard copied but disappears immediately? | android |
I recently installed Skype on my phone, and so all of my Skype contacts are added to the full list of contacts in my phone. However, most of these contacts are redundant. A few of the redundancies were automatically detected by Skype, and so the two versions of the contact are merged together. But many weren't, and I n... | I'm not positive when it was added, but if you open one of the duplicate contacts and edit it, you can press Menu> Join to collapse two entries into one. | Merge Skype and Gmail contacts | android |
I'm Running 2.3 Gingerbread. There is a setting Settings-> Privacy Settings-> Back up my data If checked, what data does this back up? Where is it backed up? How do I restore it? | This setting backs your data up to Google's magic cloud. It includes what apps you have installed, and some apps' settings (if they are written to take advantage of it) which are restored when you first sign in to a new phone. Relevant quote from the Android 2.3 user guide, pg 18: You can choose to back up some of your... | What does Settings-> Privacy Settings-> Back up my data do? | android |
I'm using Samsung Galaxy 3 (GT-I5801). The ones listed as Dialer.favourites and contacts.starred in the 'Choose custom activity' are not working. This happens in both TouchWiz and ADWLauncher | If you use Dialer One as your dialer or even if you install it but use the default stock dialer app, you can get to the Favorites screen by long pressing a blank area of the homescreen, and from the SHORTCUTS menu, choosing FAVORITES. | How to create shortcut in the homescreen for 'Favourites' tab in Dialer? | android |
I've just treated myself to an HTC Desire HD. I now want to get rid of quite a lot of the bloat that comes pre-installed. E.g. things like HTC's 'Stocks' widget which isn't visible on the Market and doesn't have an <code> Uninstall </code> option on the handsets Application Manager. My googling around has lead me to th... | Yes, you will have to root and invalidate your warranty to remove these apps. Most of the time however you can "un-root" and no one will be the wiser. | How to Uninstall HTC Applications/Widgets | android |
I'm going to buy a mobile phone with android and I have use linux as operating system on my desktop computers and laptop, as android is based on linux I could hope the compatibility with linux should be okay. I've been distant from the mobile phone industry for some time, but I've seen that some phones use their own so... | Android doesn't natively use any software to sync or perform syncs with your computer. It syncs with your Google Account services in the cloud. You can sync certain things with your computer in different ways and it all depends on what and how you are trying to sync, but generally, Linux machines work just fine with An... | Does the operating system matter when syncing? | android |
My company purchased an Atrix for app development and would like to use it without a SIM card. Unfortunately, on boot it is not possible to get past the "No SIM card. Emergency calls only" screen. Is it possible to use the Motorola Atrix without a SIM card? Edit: Is it also possible to skip or bypass the MotoBlur regis... | You can bypass the SIM card requirement by playing with the boot options: Load Boot menu by holding the Volume Down button while starting the phone. Press the Volume Down button until the option "Boot Android (NO BP)" appears at the top of the screen. Press the Volume Up button to select this option. On load, the phone... | Can I use a Motorola Atrix without a SIM card? | android |
I bought it at Amazon.com, and had it delivered to a friend's house in Massachusetts. I flew to the US, visit my friend, did some tourism, and brought the phone back with me to Brazil, where I put in my GSM chip and it works just fine. Here is the phone info: Model number: Milestone Firmware version: 2.1-update1 Firmwa... | The motorola update software will recognize the correct origin, so you could always try to get the official froyo upgrade. Click around on this page to get instructions: http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/GB-EN/froyo/milestonenotification.htm | What country is my Milestone from? Can I install a Droid Froyo update on it? | android |
I've had my HTC Desire for a couple of months now and it is awesome! (A huge improvement to my previous phone... Nokia 3315) Though recently, I've realised that the phone semi-freezes more and more often - ie. when swiping between homescreens it will either pause/freeze and I will have to re-swipe to get it to change s... | In my experience, for some devices, it helps to reboot the device about once a week. I don't know the exact technical implications of this but rebooting seems to free up the device in some way and make it respond quicker. This will not always be the case though, right now on my EVO i'm at 391 hours (16 days) of uptime ... | Do I need to reboot my HTC Desire periodically? | android |
I have filters configured on my gmail account to add labels to incoming messages based on sender, subject, etc. I'd like to configure the default gmail client to apply different notifications based on these labels. stackexchange-url ("This post") suggests setting up multiple gmail accounts, but that would quickly becom... | I just happened upon the GMail Label Notifier app. I think this will do exactly what you want. | Can gmail notifications be customized by label? | android |
When tethering with PDAnet (the free version), using a stock moto-Droid 1 on Verizon, I am getting between 1k-3k ms latency on World of Warcraft. I would like to know what is the likeliest culprit, and am wondering what steps (and how) I can take to reduce the latency. Some ideas: Change tethering app? (Note, I have a ... | The likeliest culprit for your high latency is first and foremost the fact that you're using a wireless carrier's network, which are notorious for their high ping times. Switching from one carrier to another probably wouldn't solve your problem, and even if you went from a 3G contract to 4G you probably wouldn't see th... | How can I reduce latency while tethering? | android |
Is it possible root my N1 with 2.3.3 without flashing custom ROM? | Yes. According to this XDA thread , you can unlock the bootloader with fastboot and then flash only a custom recovery. The custom recovery will allow you to put <code> su </code> on your device. You could also flash a stock 2.3.3 ROM that has been altered slightly (i.e., pre-rooted). For example, this one over at XDA . | Root N1 and keep the official ROM | android |
Before installing a new ROM, I backed up all data from my system apps using Titanium. I installed the new ROM, and also put in a new SIM card from a different network (so it was in on first boot-up of the new ROM). Everything worked great on the new network, until I restored my backups. The settings for the network (ma... | <code> [SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage 2.2 </code> . | What system app stores the cellular network settings? | android |
First, as I understand, if I do not have the SD card slot on Android phone (e.g. Samsung Nexus S), the only way that I can install the .apk file is to either download from Android Market or use the SDK (description is e.g. here http://www.talkandroid.com/guides/install-apk-files-on-android/ ) and the USB cable (With SD... | You can also place an .apk file on a web server and then using the built-in web browser on your android phone, navigate to that URL which will cause the browser to download the apk file. You will then have the ability in the downloads window to click on the downloaded apk file which Android will then try to install. I ... | Install .apk on android phone | android |
I'm looking for an app that will allow me to move most (if not all) of my applications to the SD card really easily. The actual Android application manager takes too much work to go to each application and manually move it. | Take a look at SD Move and SD Watch . They don't automate the process for you (I don't think automation is possible), but SD Move will give you a color coded list of what applications you can move over, and SD Watch will alert you when you install a new app whether or not it can be moved to the SD card. | Application to batch-move all applications to SD card? | android |
Is there a native notes app? I cant find it | There isn't a native notes app for the Nexus S because it doesn't have TouchWiz UI. I'm quite certain the voice action 'Note to self' actually sends an email to yourself (I don't personally use that action, not sure it likes a British accent) There are loads of third party apps though. For example Scribb.it is full to ... | Where is the notes app on nexus s? | android |
Is there a technical reason for why apps that only need their own data are not limited to one folder? I do realise that some apps use other apps' data, but I'd be much more likely to install an app that only asked for permission to store files in one, specific folder. | There are different mechanisms to store data in an Android application that don't need the SD card access permission. You can create databases, store application parameters, create files on the internal storage. All these will not require any specific permissions and these data are accessible only by the application th... | Why can apps access the whole SD card? | android |
I'm accustomed to running scripts on boot in Linux, but I'm not sure how to do this in Android. I'd like to start my SSH daemon on start, so I'll always be able to connect. How can I run an arbitrary script on Android boot? It'd be preferable to do this outside of Dalvik. | While looking around my Android filesystem, I found that it did, in fact have a <code> /etc/init.d/ </code> directory. After peeking around in there, I found <code> /etc/init.d/20userinit </code> with the following lines: <code> if [ -e /data/local/userinit.sh ]; then log -p -i -t userinit "Executing /data/local/userin... | How can I run a script on boot? | android |
The Shipped ROMs site has a bunch of ROMs listed, but I can never make out which one is the one I am looking for. Using the baseband version is straightforward, but even then there are often a couple ROMs that fit. Please excuse me if I should not be doing this, but I'll give you a concrete example: In my case, I am lo... | I'm pretty sure that: "WWE" stands for "World Wide English" "RUU" is "Rom Update Utility" "ARA" means "Arabic" (which apparently is for "middle eastern devices") "ARA" may mean "Aramean" and since it is in the same spot that "WWE" is I would guess that it refers to the localization or language like "WWE" does, so "Aram... | Finding the appropriate ROM - translating ROM names to something legible | android |
what's the point of the trackball of the Nexus One and of the analogous devices in other similar phones? (e.g. HTC Desire's optical pointing device). Is there any use case for which the touchscreen is not enough? | I find moving the cursor to a particular place in some text far more accurate using the trackball than trying to select it by prodding the touchscreen. I would say that there might not be a specific use case which can't be accomplished using only the touchscreen but that there are certainly tasks for which using the tr... | What's the purpose of the trackball? | android |
I'm using Cyanogen and had some issues so in recovery I had to "wipe data". Before I did that I did a backup. How can I get back my Angry Birds save data? I thought for sure it was stored on Google's servers since I've done this sort of thing 50 times before and never lost my save games. | Angry Birds save data is stored to <code> /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files </code> . I don't believe it's backed up to Google. Normally all that's backed up is your list of apps, certain settings, contacts, etc. So your <code> wipe data </code> would have erased it. I always use Titanium Backup to save my apps and... | How do I recover my Angry Birds progress! | android |
I have an HTC Desire running 2.2 and have noticed a lot of low memory warnings lately. I think this is due to my Contacts Storage taking up 33+ mb of space. How can I reduce or limit the amount of space the contacts take up? | The only way to reduce this number is to remove contacts. Now this could be setting apps like twitter and facebook to not sync contacts. But if you have pictures for everyone, it is going to increase the amount of storage as well. | Reducing the memory usage of Contacts Storage | android |
This recent story appeared on Slashdot regarding various malware apps that had invaded the Android Market. Google quickly removed them (and I was not infected - I don't typically download apps), but I was curious - would a factory reset fix the problems that this malware caused (including rooting)? If so, why not? | For that/those particular piece(s) of malware, the answer is probably yes . A factory reset cannot always undo rooting, but that is normally due to the more "invasive" methods used for a few hard-to-root devices, and not a simple common exploit like the ones probably used in these rogue apps. A factory reset should als... | Can a Factory Reset fix Malware Problem? | android |
I'm running 2.3-Gingerbread. Calling was working fine over the telephone network. I set up the internet calling feature by adding an account to test the featuire out. Then I removed the account. Every time I dial a number I get this error: <code> No Internet calling account There are no Internet calling accounts on thi... | Do you have an app called "Voice Changer" installed? I've read that it can cause this. Also if you have google voice installed, do you have it set to "Never Dial with Google Voice"? If those are not the cause, do you have any other "Phone Linking" apps or "Sip Dialers" etc, remove them and see if your issue stops. | How do I prevent "No Internet calling account" error? | android |
The default browser on my Galaxy S Vibrant running Froyo has a bunch of favorites pre-loaded -- CNN, Facebook, etc. The browser tells me they can't be deleted when I try. How can I delete them? Is there a folder of them somewhere I can just delete? I am rooted. | Doing a full <code> Clear Data </code> on the default browser ( "Internet" on the Incredible ) worked for me. Just make sure you have your other bookmarks backed up (for example, using an app such as Backup Bookmarks could be used to back them up to SD). The steps should look something like this: Settings > Application... | How can I remove the default browser favorites? | android |
Recently it seems as if my phone has bogged down to a point where is is almost unusable (Droid Eris running 2.1). I'm on the verge of reformatting or setting back to a factory state. I was wondering what things should I do to make sure I have all my contacts/pics/etc.. and what tools can help me accomplish this? Also w... | If you have an SD card, I would copy its contents to a PC. That should save all of your pictures. Paid apps are linked to your Google account and can always be re-downloaded. Have you entered your contacts manually and not synced them to your Google account? If not, you don't need to back them up; they're in the "cloud... | What to do before reformatting phone or setting back to factory state? | android |
I'm using a beta of Cyanogenmod 7 and it seems unlikely they would leave out home and search button functionality. I tried rolling back to the RC and then getting the latest nightly and then wiping the data and cache and then getting the latest RC and nightly. But still, when I press Home or Search, the phone vibrates ... | If the phone's registering the keypress and vibrating, I don't see how it could be a hardware issue. Flash back to stock and see if it works. Or at least CM6. | Home and Search don't work on my Nexus One | android |
In order to save some volume on my data plan, I'd like to limit updates from the market to the times when I'm connected to a WiFi. And as every good geek, I want this to be automated, in other words, if I am connected to a WiFi network, check and install updates from the market (for those apps that I allow to automatic... | The new version of the Market app allows you to limit updates to Wi-Fi only, among some other new features, like defaulting all apps to auto-update (if the app supports it). Android Police has a write-up . (They also have the apk you can download if you don't want to wait.) | Restrict market updates to WiFi network | android |
I'm looking for a widget, shortcut, etc. that will let me tap it once and the next screen I see if the compose email screen for someone. For example, if I have a contact Joe whose email is joe@example.com, I could click one button (or contact picture, or label, etc.) on my home screen and an email to joe@example.com wo... | It may depend on what phone you have but for HTC phones you can add a "Shortcut" of a person and have the shortcut be the whole contact card or just start an e-mail message (or any other contract related actions) Long press on the home screen to bring up the "Add to Home" menu, select "Shortcut" then select "Person". H... | How can I tap once on my home screen and start composing an email to a specified contact? | android |
I have an HTC Desire HD with Android OS 2.2.1 installed. The phone keeps telling me I have to link contacts that I've linked before, the problem looks to be with Facebook for HTC. For the first couple of times it happened I actually linked all of them and now my calendar is full of repeated birthday events from Faceboo... | Look in Settings-> Accounts most likely you will have an account there for facebook. There may be settings for that account that allow you to choose what gets synced. Otherwise if you don't need any of it, delete the account. It won't running in the background updating facebook statuses for those contacts... Should hel... | Why Does My Phone Keep Linking Facebook Contacts? | android |
On my Samsung Galaxy S (running Froyo) I was phoning my voice mail system, where I have to press 1 to hear the message , 2 to erase the message ... you know what I mean. When choosing a number I constantly have to remove the phone from my ear , enter a digit and than (quickly) put it to my ear again to 'hear' the new m... | Basically, the problem with this is that your phone cannot distinguish between what you want to say and transmit to the other end of the conversation, and words you want to be commands to the phone. What if you call an automated system that says "Say 'one' for X. Say 'two' for Y."? When you say 'one' or 'two', there's ... | When phoning, is there some way to 'say' the digits to a menu system in stead of having to enter them on the keyboard | android |
A few days ago I put two large files (about 300MB all up) on the phone storage. I got a low space notification. I connected the phone via USB to a Windows XP machine and deleted the files, but I still had the notification. I have emptied trash. I have also connected via linux and done a find -printf '%b %p' to find the... | Check your phone's internal storage, via Menu > Settings > SD & phone storage, and then look under Internal Phone Storage. If that's looking low, then you can try uninstalling some apps, or, since you're on 2.2, moving those that support it to your SD card (as that does seem to have plenty of space). | Low disk space notification, but heaps of space free | android |
I'm wondering if there is a setting that I am missing that allows an Android phone to produce an audio notification (or even vibrate) once charging is complete. As is stands, whenever charging is complete the external LED on most phones (such as the HTC Droid Incredible) changes from orange to green. The use-case is wh... | I believe my phone vibrates when it's done charging, but I've never seen a setting for it. I'm certain you could set up a profile with Locale to notify when charging is done. | Other than the external LED indicator, how can I be notified that my phone is done charging? | android |
If you were to install a Home Screen application that does not give you access to the System Settings screen (to go to Manage Applications), and also does not let you launch Apps (such as the Market App or 3rd party install/unistallers), is there ANY way to uninstall such an application? I know that Android requires yo... | Start your device in SAFE MODE and then uninstall the app that's causing problems. Rebooting will exit from Safe Mode. Here's how to access SAFE MODE in a few popular devices. HTC devices with physical buttons: Turn off your Android phone. Press the Menu button on your phone. While holding down the Menu button, turn on... | How would you uninstall a rogue Home (Launcher) application? | android |
I need it badly. I know Google voice is there, but it's not available in India. Clarifications Need any good client application (Google Talk / Jabber client) that supports voice calls to and from GTalk users. Thanks stackexchange-url ("@Matthew") | Fring or Nimbuzz apps from the market place both allow you to do voice calls using gTalk. | How to call GTalk to GTalk from Android? | android |
Is there a way to export all the data from the google calender app? For whatever reason, my google account has been suspended, and while I desperately try and sort this out I'm seeing what my phone can do for me. Because of this, I'm unable to to access the calendar online, but the apps cache still has quite a lot of e... | You can try using iCal Import/Export . It looks like it should be able to export your calendar data. It will allow you to export your calendar(s) to iCal files. I haven't actually tried the application, so I am not sure if it uses the local calendar database on the device, or it it attempts to connect directly to googl... | Export Google Calendar App Data | android |
I am going to install cm7 and it seems to me that is 'good' to partition my SD card. I did some reading but I am not sure if ext partition will become accessible as mass storage when an Android phone is connected to the computer. I still want to transfer files from / to my SD card via computer. How can I backup files i... | I'm on a rooted Samsung Spica running the stock Samsung 2.1 Eclair version. Since my internal memory was limited to around 160 MB, I was hunting around for a simple enough solution and preferably freeware. I have an 8 GB card and IMO, allotting 1 GB would be more than adequate for all the games / apps that I'd want to ... | SD card partitioning? why? how? | android |
I have some contacts on my phone that appear in all or some of: my phone my google contacts skype facebook Thankfully, Android allows me to link that contacts, so that I have only one entry in my phonebook with access to all the different sources. However, the names aren't always identical. For instance: in some cases ... | Edit the contact you want to be the default. Then press the menu button and join the additional contacts. This will keep the display name as the original contact you were editing. | How can I specify a default contact for merged contacts? | android |
I want to upgrade the radio and I'm not sure how to boot into <code> bootloader </code> . When I try to power the phone using VolumeDown+Power, I do get into the ClockworkMod Recovery, but it seems that this is not what I was looking for because on PC the command <code> fastboot flash radio radio.img </code> is still <... | Make sure your phone is powering off completely before you try to boot into the bootloader. For a DHD you might need to go into <code> Settings > Applications </code> and uncheck the "FastBoot" option in order for it to power down completely ( source ). If #1 doesn't help, try turning your phone off, then pulling th... | How to boot into the bootloader when you have ClockworkMod? | android |
I do have HTC Desire HD and I rooted it but I'm not sure how valuable is the HTC Sense package and if it makes "sense" (funny) to use a 2.2 firmware with HTC Sense or just to go for the plain Android 2.3 firmware. | This is pretty much just a matter of preference, to be honest. I don't think you'll really "lose" any functionality on a Desire by going to an AOSP based ROM, either 2.3 or otherwise. You should gain built-in USB and wifi tethering, though, since those are a standard part of Android 2.2+. The real deciding factor will ... | Does it make any sense to use a firmware with HTC Sense or is better to go for plain 2.3 firmware? | android |
It is mentioned at XDA Developers that one should do Factory reset or hard reset. I'm a bit confused about what is hard reset? Factory reset I suppose is using the option in settings to reset phone to the factory state i.e. when it was unboxed. | A hard reset is traditionally when you kill all power to the phone and then boot it up from that state. Normally you remove the battery, then put it back in and boot up. You're right about factory reset -- it erases all your settings and data, leaving the OS. Unfortunately, some people use "hard reset" when they really... | What is hard reset and what is factory reset? | android |
I bought myself a new Android phone since my last one died (overheated). So I've lost all the applications. Is there some kind of download history to find what you've downloaded via your Google Account or something? I'm aware of something similar in <code> Market > My Apps </code> , but that contains only what you h... | I ran across this by accident, but it is exactly what I was after! Hope it helps others. https://market.android.com/account and the Orders tab | List of apps ever downloaded | android |
I have spent a few hours trying to figure out why my USB mass storage function is not working with my laptop. Here's what I've done: Installed Android 2.3.2 (Pete's GPA12) Uninstalled, cleaned, and reinstalled drivers from Motorola. Reinstalled Java JDK Rebooted After through all this, it still doesn't work. Motorola D... | OK, I found out what's wrong. I had USB Debugging enabled at the same time so I had to turn that off and now it works. Menu > Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging | USB Mass Storage Not Working | android |
I'm curious as to how the GPS works on the phone? In particular, what impacts does putting the phone in my pocket/bag have on the GPS signal? Reason I ask is, I've recently installed the CardioTrainer app on my HTC Desire to record my workouts and I've realised that sometimes the GPS tracking "jumps" a lot - ie. Cardio... | As long as the material of your clothes or bag contains no metallic element that could block the GPS signal then your phone should be able to receive a GPS signal fine while in your bag or pocket. I use the HTC Desire almost daily to record GPS tracks, and generally keep it in my jacket pocket and have noticed no probl... | HTC Desire and GPS - how does it work? | android |
The MicroSD card that came with my phone shows up as simply 'FAT' in Windows XP. This 2GB card works well in my HTC Wildfire running FroYo. I bought a new 16GB MicroSD which is formatted as 'FAT32' but this does not work well in my phone although Windows picks it up fine. The formatting option under settings on my phon... | In Settings -> SD card and phone storage there is an option to format the sdcard. You first have to unmount the sdcard before you can format it. | How to properly format a MicroSD Card for FroYo? | android |
How can I find information on the hardware of my Android device like processor architecture, RAM, etc? | Android System Info is a free app from the market which will tell you more details about your phone than you ever wanted to know. It has all the details you want about your CPU and Memory and much much more. Install it, start the app and check the <code> System </code> tab for all the information you are looking for. | How to get hardware specs of Android device? | android |
The OTA update for Gingerbread is being pushed out. But I'm in India and there's a good chance I'll be among the last people to get it. Is there a way to get that official update right now? | There is only one way. Keep checking xda developers forum for update.zip link. Once you get it download and update manually. This is the only way to get gingerbread update on your phone. Else it will take few weeks (as per google definition few weeks is 3+ months). | How can I force my Nexus One to upgrade to the official Gingerbread without waiting for the formal OTA update? | android |
When I receive a large SMS and when I select "Forward" from options, it shows "Converting to multimedia message" and I'm getting charged more. Furthermore, if the person on receiving end doesn't have a multimedia phone he is not able to receive it. I have un-rooted Samsung Galaxy 3 I5801 I don't want to convert it to M... | This was fixed in Froyo . Anything over 3*160 (480 characters) will convert to an MMS prior to Froyo. You do have a couple options. Use a 3rd Party Messaging App, like Handcent, for example. See if you are able to install this "Hack" Root your phone and flash a Froyo Rom Wait for a Froyo update from Samsung Edit: Some ... | "Converting to multimedia message" when forwarding large SMS | android |
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