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Why did disabling Calendar Storage break my calendar sync on Samsung?
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How do I determine which calendar entry is breaking my Android calendar sync? First a bit of background for those who aren't familiar: Just a few weeks ago Samsung released their ICS build of TouchWiz, and my phone (a Samsung Galaxy SII) updated over the air. Ever since none of my calendars have synced. It turns out there's a bug wherein recurring events that were present before the update (I think it's only them?) can cause calendars to stop syncing. (I've searched in vain for a concise link to the problem to reference... ) I've tried factory resetting to no avail and I've tried deleting all my extraneous calendars and the recurring events I could find, but sync still doesn't want to work. Is there any way that I can track down which events are causing the trouble more precisely?
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Android sync with calendar works only one-way I have a Phone with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and I am trying to synchronize my calendar with my Google account. The problem is, that sync only works one-way. Data from Google are transferred to my phone, but events from my mobile calendar don't upload to Google account. I tried various settings but I am obviously missing something. How can I fix this?
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Calendar access from apps: only some calendars are displayed 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 force sync manually. However, although the Sony Ericsson calendar app* can see all the calendars, other apps (e.g. Jorte, Business Calendar Beta, Profile timer and Android Agenda Widget) can't. They can see only some older calendars. Deleting visible calendars didn't solve this problem: the deleted calendars had disappeared, but the new calendars haven't been shown. I've also tried to delete my account and resync, but it says "This account is required by some applications. You can only remove it by resetting the phone to factory defaults (which deletes all your data)...". I've also tried to find something interresting in ddms. Error like this is displayed regurarly once a minute (almost exactly, see http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/8eey69l4/plochu1_086.png ): <code> ERROR/ActivityThread(2823): Failed to find provider info for calendarEx </code> *) Sony Ericsson has replaced the default calendar app by their one.
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Turn off syncronisation of contacts in CyanogenMod I want to use my phone with the google calender, but I don't want to upload all my contacts from my phone to google. How can I achieve this? I said in the contacts App under Settings that the App Synchronisation is off, but then I deleted some test-contacts online in Gmail and they were also deleted on my phone. I also tried the App "Root Firewall" and forbin access to internet to the contacts app, but still, there was this sync going on. How can I achieve this in CyanogenMod? In the standard Android 4.1 it worked fine: there was nothing synced. Or do I need another contact app to achieve this?
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Is there any way to sync my Outlook calendar to my Samsung Galaxy S without Kies? I am trying to sync my Outlook 2010 calendar to Samsung Galaxy S using Kies. For some reason, it doesn't sync. Kies has a nasty habit of hanging, so I would really like to use something else, if possible, instead of trying to understand why it doesn't sync to begin with. Are there any tools out there that will sync the calendar directly to the phone without using Kies?
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Calendar and contacts sync using "Server" account type Device: Galaxy S4 Android: 4.2.2 I have been looking through the <code> Settings > Accounts > Add account </code> menu and found there is an entry called "Server" that seems to allow you to sync calendar and contacts from a private server. Does anyone know how this works? I have tried pointing it at my OwnCloud server but cannot seem to get it to work.
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How to sync old Google Calendar events on Sony Ericsson XPeria X10 Mini? I have got a replacement phone for my HTC Desire while the latter is in repairs. It's Sony Ericsson XPeria X10 Mini. Since it's also an Android-based device I hoped I could sync my contacts and calendar events. However, as it seems it only syncs one of my calendar in full (namely Ukrainian Holidays, which is not as important) and new events for other calendars. I wasn't able to find option for selecting which calendars to sync as in HTC Desire. How can I sync my old events (including ones that are recurring in future)? It would be sufficient to just have my primary calendar on the phone. P.S. I tried cleaning Calendar Storage data and synching manually again (from Settings -> Data Synchronization -> Auto Sync and then select Calendar). It took substantial time (~5 minutes), so I hoped it have synched old events, but they are still not in my calendar. It has even removed events that I have added today. New events get synched as previously.
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Can't sync using Leedroid I have been using Leedroid for a while and all is well, it works great. Now for some reason my GMail is reporting that I have 7 unread emails, but my GMail app won't update my inbox on my phone. I've tried going into the settings and resyncing the accounts, but the button doesn't seem to do anything. Any ideas please? Update It seems that I have lost all my sync functionality. I can no longer sync my GMail, Calendar or Google Contacts with the web. Happened on 17 Feb 2011. Perhaps Google have stopped people updating? Would I be better to just reflash my phone? Update 31 Mar '11 This has happened again now, and I can no longer sync up anything on my phone. Does anyone have any ideas please? Should I swap from using LeeDroid over to a stock HTC rom?
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How can Flash Player be installed on a Jelly Bean device using an app?
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How do I prevent a system update from occurring? We have 150 new XOOM Wifi tablets (MZ604) that we are distributing to high school students in 2 weeks. The tablets have stock ICS 4.0.4 on them, unrooted. The requirement is the tablets run Adobe Flash Player 11 in order to interact with math and science curriculum that coincides with our textbooks. Adobe Flash Player does not work with Jelly Bean, therefore we need to prevent the devices from going past the 4.0.4 update. The students can take the devices off-campus and use them with their home wifi connections, so doing anything to block the devices at the school network is not going to work.
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mp3 from email to player I want to download an mp3 from email and listen to it through the google music player. I currently do it through yahoo mail and jelly bean 4.2.2. However after downloading I have to turn off and back on phone for it to show in player. Closing the player and restarting player does not get it to recognise the newly downloaded file. There must be a better way?
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How to install Google Play Store in Coby MID1060 without rooting? It seems every tutorial that I see needs to root the tablet.
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How do I run a web application "offline" on my Android? I have a web application written using HTML5 that leverages the application cache for "offline" access. On my iPod touch, I can go to the web while online, click the "+" icon, and set a shortcut on my home screen. This will launch the web application full screen and run the app, even when there is no Internet connection. Is there a similar process to use on my Android device, or will it vary by maker?
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Is it possible to install the unofficial Froyo on a Samsung I5800XXJG3 android phone? I know the official Froyo has not been released, but I see here that you can Install it on samsung phones: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-lite/251507-update-android-2-1-eclair-2-2-froyo-your-samsung-gt-i5800.html But there it mentions I5800XXJPF I5800XXJPB but does not mention I5800XXJP3 so is it possible, if so, how?
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Some apps not supported on Samsung Galaxy Player I've never really used an Android device before about a week ago so I'm not terribly familiar with how this all works, but I've noticed that there are a couple of apps that I am not able to download on my Samsung Galaxy player, but my friends who have Android phones are able to. Any ideas on why this might be or how I could work around it. An example is Go Launcher Ex.
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Issues transfering .apk files from PC to phone using the cable. Sony Xperia Neo I want to transfer some <code> .apk </code> files to my phone to install the applications on it. I've tried many ways of downloading and installing applications on the smartphone but to no avail, so I think this method is the easiest one for now. The problem is whenever I transfer them to a folder (browsing the phone memory like a USB) I cannot find them on the phone or there is no installation available. Where should I paste those <code> .apk </code> files on my smartphone to be able to install them? My phone is sony xperia neo l . Is it the same for other smartphones?
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Can I install Ruby and Ruby on Rails on an Android? Aware that this is a bit mental, but can I install Ruby on a Galaxy S4 running Jelly Bean 4.2? A console where I can install gems, rake routes and run the Rails server, and browse to my application by putting 0.0.0.0.3000 into Chrome? Would be excellent for testing little ideas and concepts I have while on the go! Aware that Android isn't UNIX, but good God if they can install it on Windows, they can install it anywhere!
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How to disable vibration settings in apps and system settings effectively
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How to turn off notification sounds and vibrations I have a Nexus 5 running Android 4.3.2. I want to turn off all sound and vibration notifications for all apps, while allowing phone calls to trigger sound and/or vibrations. Is there a way to do this? I have tried following the advice at stackexchange-url ("How can I turn off Notification Sounds and leave phone sounds on") but the answers don't work. There's no separate slider for notifications, and the AudioManager app doesn't shut off vibrations. I have tried the official google answer but there's no setting, Vibrate -> Never , and setting notifications to silent does not stop the vibrations. I've tried the individual app settings, too, but there's no setting for vibration in the official twitter app, for example. I can stop specific apps from sending any notifications at all, but that's not what I want. I want the notifications to show up in the drop-down, I just don't want any sounds or vibrations.
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How to turn off notifications for individual apps? On my iphone, there is a "notifications" setting section, which basically just allows me to choose which apps has the power to notify me. I was wondering if there's anything similar that is available on the Samsung Galaxy s2? Basically, we have a new app called Scramble For Friends. And it keeps notifying us every time someone has finished their turn so that I can play. We play random people so this could be in the middle of the night or in a meeting etc. It just vibrates but still - it's annoying and we want to turn it off. We also don't want to turn off other notifications like Email, Facebook etc. - we just want to turn off the notifications for Scramble For Friends. I've been looking around in the Settings but there doesn't seem to be a universal page which deals just with notifications.
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Phone will not vibrate for incoming text messages No matter what I do, I can't get my phone to vibrate for text messages anymore. I am running Cyanogenmod 7.1.0. It vibrates for phone calls and for haptic feedback, so there's obviously nothing wrong with the hardware or notifications in general. Settings → Sound → Vibrate: Always Stock messaging app → Settings → Notification settings → Vibrate: Also vibrate when notified, Always, and Vibrate Pattern: Multiple short (which used to work) I don't get it.
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Vibrate function on my Samsung Galaxy S3 doesn't work though it is turned on. What is the cause? I have had this phone for a few months and only now did I try to start using the vibrate function. When I choose "Vibrate" from the drop-down bar it never vibrates when I receive texts though sometimes it works when I use the Facebook messenger app. I went into settings and enabled everything that has the word "Vibrate" in it. Also, my phone is on power-saving mode; does that have any impact? The vibrate function is supposed to notify you of incoming notifications but by vibrate, yes? Is it a hardware problem? OS: 4.1.1 Model: SGH-l747M
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How to turn off Yahoo Mail notifications in 4.1.2.? I just upgraded my Android OS to 4.1.2. and the Yahoo Mail is pushing audible notifications again (I had disabled them in the previous version of OS). When I go into the app, there is no settings in the menu. How do I disable the notifications?
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incoming call ring volume ( sound - silent - vibrate ) 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 <-> vibrate HTC Desire on CM7
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What is the most effective way to disable ads in an Android app? I've read ways but they don't block/disable ads.
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How to disable sound from an app I have got a game I play ( The Simpsons Tapped Out ) that is based on time. (For example every 5 hours I get a coin). But every time something is completed (like a quest) I hear from the speakers something like ("yeaho work is done!") I would like to disable that sound, but there is no setting for it within the game. Because when I am working I want to hear when someone is calling, not when the app is done doing something. Is there a way to disable the sound of one app? Or is there a setting in my phone that can disable that sound? I am using Android 4.1.2 on an LG Optimus L5.
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Why is the app no longer available if not purchased?
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Delete purchased application from the list I've bought some application and I feel that I don't want to use it anymore and I've uninstalled it. However, when I opened <code> Downloads </code> tab in the Market, it is listed there even though it's not installed. So, how do I remove it from the list?
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Why aren't certain PS3 games available on the Playstation Store? I wanted to buy Gran Turismo 5 for my PS3, and I realized it is not available on the Playstation Store. Games can be as cheap as half the price of those in regular retailers, and that's why downloading them is an attractive option. Also, saving all the shipping + plastic and paper is ideal, environmentally speaking. Why aren't all games available on the PS Store, then?
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Why are some applications on the Market not on AppBrain as well? Take this game ; why is present on the Android Market but not on AppBrain?
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Can't buy any paid apps on Google Play store, shows "An error occurred. Please try again." On my Nexus 7, I keep getting An error occurred. Please try again. Over and over when attempting to buy any paid apps on the Google Play store. It works fine for free apps, but always returns this same error when I try to buy a paid app. I've "tried again" a dozen times with the same result. I checked my Google account and the Nexus 7 shows up as properly attached to my account. It also works OK in Mail, Calendar, and the other bundled Google apps on the device. I don't understand why I'm getting this error, which tells me nothing . I'd like to buy some Android apps for my Nexus 7, but I can't! Based on one of the comments, I tried buying the same app on the Google Play website, and I get an odd message next to the Nexus 7 (which does show up in the list of devices for me): You have not opened the Google Play Store app recently on this device. Please open it and try again. But, but, but I have the Google Play store open right now on my device!
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How can I use an app purchased from the Market on a Kindle Fire? I bought "Cut the Rope" on my Nexus One cellphone from the Android Market. When I open this game on my Kindle Fire it asks me to buy it but I expected it to be "Purchased". How can I add my Google account to Kindle Fire's Amazon appstore account list?
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Why do some devices ship without the Market installed? Someone explain to me why some tablet manufacturers use software hubs other than Market . I bought a Coby Kyros ($160 @ KMart, Puerto Rico) and it brings AppsLib instead, and I immediately noticed that not all apps are there. I already found steps to root the tablet and install Market, but the question still bugs me.
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Where's the Rainbow Jetpack gone in Jetpack Joyride? When I first started playing Jetpack Joyride I recalled the Rainbow Jetpack, but at some point it seems to have disappeared from the store and now I can't get the Hippy Achievement. Any idea how to get it? I thought perhaps installing an older version might still have it, but I don't have a copy in iTunes to roll back to. Has it ever come up on sale in the store? FYI, the Jetpack Joyride wiki doesn't seem to give any more info either.
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How do I save purchased apps as APKs? I am unable to save APK's that I have purchased (actually paid for) through the Play store. Usually SaveAPK is able to save the APKs that I'm interested it, however this didn't work: it sais <code> Copy failed. </code> I also tried Astro File Manager, but every app that I purchased had a lock symbol on it, and it didn't allow me to back it up. Next, I tried looking in <code> /data/app </code> , and I couldn't find the APK either. Any ideas where they could be? Maybe it's some sort of copy protection in 4.x+ which I haven't heard of previously. I am running Cyanogenmod 10.1-20130714-NIGHTLY-i9300
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How to disable restrict background data in Android data usage settings to fix mobile data issues?
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How do I remove a data restriction? A couple of months ago I set my phone to have a data limit so that it would stop at 1GB. I have a plan that I share with 2 other people so I thought 1GB would keep my usage down. After a couple of weeks it just started turning my data off, even if I was just using Wifi. I disabled the data limit because it was super annoying. Now, I get notifications that tell me that I have a data restriction (not limit) set. I don't know how to turn it off and it is super annoying. It says: <code> Data Restriction Enabled touch notification to remove restriction </code> How do I turn this off? Device: Motorola Droid Razr M Android Version: 4.1.2 (JellyBean)
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Unable to use apps that access the Internet on wifi I have recently had a pretty weird problem with my new LG Shine Plus which I hope you guys could help, here is what I did: When I first sign up for the phone, I purchased a one month data plan just to try things out, everything was great and I was able to use the data plan and wifi when I am at home and downloaded quite a few applications and they all worked perfectly. I cancelled a data plan since it cost quite a bit, however I am a student and there are both wireless networks on campus and in my residence room. As a result, I have turned off the Mobile Data Networks. After that, all the applications, for some reason, stopped working. When I opened up the Advanced Task Killer Free, for example, it will show You must have INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions in AndroidManifest.xml and when I tried to hit KILL selected apps, it will crash. On Bloomberg, it says android.Manifest.permissions.INTERNET permission not set in AndroidManifest.xml file before crashed, and on a whole bunch of other apps, they just crash as soon as I open it up. However, the most interesting bit is, I was still able to access the Internet on my mobile browser (tried several website that I know I did not go before just to make sure those are not cached pages) on wifi and I can access Android market on wifi as well. So I turned Mobile Data Networks back on in hope that would resolve the problem, but the same thing happened even with the Mobile Data Networks turned on and now I am unable to use any apps I installed I have verified that I have the apn set up properly in there. By the way, I have link2sd installed, but it was installed while I was using the data plan, and it worked fine then, I have also had AdBlock installed, which I have already uninstalled it and even apps without any add (dropbox) is crashing at the moment as well.
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How do I disable the data usage warning and notification in ICS? I'm running ICS on a Galaxy Nexus and my data plan is grandfathered in from the days of unlimited data with my carrier- so I don't need any warning or notification for the amount of data I'm using. However, ICS on this phone has an annoying warning and notification when I hit either 2 or 4 gb before the month is over. The notification persists in the background and will not close. How do I disable this?
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How to turn of Google Samsung Nexus Galaxy `3g`/`mobile data usage` warning? After turning <code> data mobile usage warning </code> on as described stackexchange-url ("here") The exceeded-limit notification stay in my notification list which is very annoying. I cannot remove it - ie. I just need it to notify me then I can remove, later on if I start using and the limit exceeds again, notify me again :) If you know how to, please share.
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How can I prevent the signal and 3G icon from turning it to white icon when my connection to Google server is lost? I have a limited plan for mobile data usage(only 100MB per mounth) so I use mobile data for sending/recieving MMSes and for browsing only. I have mobile data turned off 99% of time. White signal bars are hard to see, so I would like to know, if there is any way to turn the "icons goes white while not connected to Google servers" funtcion off?
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Multiple force closes I have intermittent issues with multiple apps forcing closing. This has happened on both my current ROM (Miui) and every version of Cyanogenmod I've tried. Usually this problem crops up again a few months after a fresh ROM install or factory reset. I'll switch from 3G to Wifi, or vise versa, and then everything on my phone that uses background data will start force closing. The most usual suspects are Google Services Framework (com.google.process.gapps) and Facebook (com.facebook.katana), but almost any app seems to force close including ScoreCenter, Docs, and Smooth Calendar. In addition to the force closes, the other big symptom is that I can't turn off or on airplane mode, mobile network data (3G), wifi, or background data syncing - but usually not all at the same time. Sometimes I'll be able to turn on Wifi but not airplane mode, or other times I'll be able to turn 3G off but Wifi won't turn off. Sometimes I'll be able to turn a service off or on after a reboot, other times not. Sometimes when I reboot a service that I turned off before will be back on again, other times not. Incredibly, utterly frustrating. Neither rebooting, fixing permissions, nor wiping dalvik cache seem to help. I've only ever gotten my phone to work again by fiddling around with the radio settings and pulling the battery for hours before something magically starts working again. This most recent time I've even removed my Google account from the phone but that hasn't helped either. I know a factory reset would make this problem go away (for a little while, at least) but it always returns - I want to find the root cause and change whatever is making it happen in the first place (especially if it's something I'm doing!). I know that this issue involves the interaction between app syncing and the wifi/3G radios but I have no idea what or why. I've uploaded a logcat here - I hope you all can make heads or tails of it. I saw <code> E/ACRA ( 1296): java.io.IOException: No space left on device </code> and presumed it might be a partition storage space issue but all the partitions I could see (including those that require root) still have space. Thanks in advance, I'm super frustrated with this one.
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Selectively restrict sync for some applications to wifi only I know it's been asked here how to prevent applications from using data connections. But that is not my intent. I have a Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean 4.1.1 and I would like to restrict most of applications to use my data connection. But would allow some to use it. For instance I would like to restrict Currents, Google+, Facebook, Maps and Google Now from using my data connection. But I would like GMail and Talk to use it. How can I do this? And is it also possible to set sync frequency when wither on Wifi or Data connection?
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Unable to enable Mobile Network settings (options greyed out). Is there any way to restore lost mobile connectivity data? I have a HTC Desire HD that up until recently has been running well with a custom ROM. For some reason, the phone started to "misbehave" in a number of ways after about 10 months of painless operation, so I decide to try and put the LeeDroid ROM on the phone. End result, the phone is now not much better than a basic iPod touch. My mobile network settings are all greyed out, and the phone is telling me that it no longer knows what its IMEI, IMEI SV, IMSI, Phone Number, and Base Band details are. Every other feature of the phone seems to be working OK, just not the mobile network connectivity. Yes, it's a very sad little brick indeed, and I now find myself going retro and using my old Sony Ericson Walkman phone which is SO old school that it's not funny! Yes, it looks really pathetic when I go to touch the screen and... well, you get the picture! LOL I am still hopeful that someone out there might know how I can restore the missing information. I have most of what I need documented, but no idea if there is a way to locate and restore the data more directly from the phone, or if there is a tool that will allow me to feed the missing values in (remember, these are meant to be unique identifiers) in order to help me to restore the phone in some way. No amount of master resetting, or alternative ROM installing has been of any help so far , and asking this question is really a last gasp attempt to try and de-brick the mobile features of the phone before I find myself either buying an expensive repair at the local authorized repairer, or buying an expensive replacement phone. Serious KUDOS to anyone who might have an answer to this.
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Which Android phones with front-facing cameras can use Hangouts with the Google+ app?
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Google video hangouts on 2.3.5 Android phones? Can one use Google's video hangout on a 2.3.5 Android phone with front camera? My phone has both a front camera and a back camera.
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Can't log in to Hangouts I just uninstalled and reinstalled Hangouts to get the updated version. (Even though the market showed the new version, it didn't have "Update" yet). Now, I cannot log in to Hangouts... it keeps asking me to add a Google account. I've tried rebooting the phone, but no joy. Gmail and other google apps still work fine, it's just Hangouts. I've tried adding my account, and it tells me that it already exists on the device (which is true).
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How to revert Hangouts to Google Talk in Samsung S4 I just updated my Android version to 4.3. However, Google Talk is replaced by Hangouts automatically. I don't like Hangouts, since I cannot see friends who are online/offline. I wish to revert to Google Talk. When I try to uninstall Hangouts, there is no uninstall option for me. I am using a Samsung S4 smartphone. Does anyone know how to revert to Google Talk?
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Why is there Messenger icon in App drawer? I have Google Plus app installed on my HTC One X. In the App drawer it shows icons for Google+ and Messenger. Both these belong to same Google+ app. The Messenger icon opens up Google+ app with message displayed <code> Update to Hangouts. Go to the app </code> and I have Hangouts installed. The Messenger app icon looks like this: I tried to uninstall Messenger and it uninstalled the updates of entire Google Plus app. It seems the Messenger icon is created by Google Plus and it only asks user to go to Hangout. Why is this extra icon present? Is there any way to get rid of it?
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Identify if a user is online in Google Hangout How can I know if a user is online or offline in Google Hangout? In the Hangout on Gmail web it shows a green line under the user's profile pic. But there no such thing in Android app.
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Moto X 4.4: Google Hangouts vibrates although vibration is disabled I'm having a really annoying issue to where when i receive a text message through hangouts my phone will vibrate and make a sound when it isn't muted even though in the hangouts app and in the settings on the phone, I have vibrate unchecked. Am I missing some option? I haven't modified android on anyway on this phone.
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Google's photo sphere functionality for Samsung TouchWiz phone? My vanilla Android tablet (4.2/4.3) has this very fun feature in the camera app, that allows easily creating StreetView-like 360° composite pictures. My Samsung TouchWiz phone (4.2) does not have this same feature in camera app. Is there a way to get it?
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Can video recording on an Android smartphone be paused? I've got an HTC Wildfire with Android Froyo 2.2. When I record videos with it, I want to be able to pause the recording, in order to pick up recording at the exact place where I paused. This is not supported by the built in video recorder. Is this common for Android phones, or are there phones out there that support pause in video recording?
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How to use adb reboot command with USB Debugging enabled on Android for device restart via terminal
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How to shutdown android phone from PC The screen of my android phone sometimes automatically shutdown and cannot reshow again. So how can I shutdown my android from PC or other ways?
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Trying to root Motorola Xoom. Stuck rebooting I am rooting my Motorola Xoom wifi tablet following these instructions: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/25/how-to-root-the-motorola-xoom/ I unlocked the bootloader fine. And I got to this point: Type: adb reboot bootloader Type: fastboot flash boot rootboot.img Type: fastboot reboot Wait for your device to reboot all the way. Except it never rebooted all the way. It is stuck on a black screen with a red M motorola logo and the words Dual Core Technology. Its been about 20 minutes or so now. Should it be taking this long? and if not how can a make it to try rebooting again?
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Troubleshooting why my Android phone is rebooting (Nexus S) It seems to happen when I'm using Pandora. But then again, I'm always using Pandora. It also reboots so quickly that sometimes, I do not notice. Is there a way to see what caused the last reboot?
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Any way to restart a Linux machine via SSH if the root filesystem is not working? Just as a curiosity; something went wrong with a Linux machine, making the root file system show up as "64Z". A few commands work, like <code> top </code> , <code> df </code> , and <code> kill </code> , but others like <code> reboot </code> come up with "command not found" (since it can't read the root filesystem), and <code> chmod </code> comes up with a segmentation fault. Is there any way to restart the system anyway, i.e. without the <code> reboot </code> program? I tried <code> kill -PWR 1 </code> (sending SIGPWR to init), but this didn't seem to do anything. It's mostly an academic curiosity. The labmate who was doing whatever large-database work that caused the failure will be physically restarting the machine soon.
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MyTouch upgraded to Froyo now requires reboot to use USB storage again After T-Mobile upgraded my "original MyTouch 3G" to Froyo, I have to reboot the phone to reconnect it to my computer after it's been connected once and disconnected. I've tried using different USB ports on my computer, and everything else I can think of. Is there a fix for this? Thanks very much.
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Re Install android OS in Mobile Phone I am using LG optimus E 400 . Recently, I have rooted my Android phone. After rooting, it's not booting up now; just displaying white screen. I have tried go to the boot loader by pressing (Hold POWER + Vol Down) but it's not working in my phone. After some searching in Google, I found that the solution is re-installing the Android OS. How do I do that? Is any other recovery option? Thanks.
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Stop a force reboot Today I was prompted to install (firmware?) updates from ATT on my HTC Vivid. My phone is rooted and this apparently breaks the update process. The phone shut down and went to the red exclamation point / dead Android image. The phone restarts normally and runs for ~30 seconds. It then gives me a "your phone will restart in 5 seconds" message and force shuts down. Is there any way that I can stop the restart from happening automatically? UPDATE: Problem solved. I cleared the cache. To do this I restarted the phone into the bootloader by pressing and holding the power button and down volume key. I then selected RECOVERY. From the next screen I selected wipe cache partition.
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Can "adb remount" be used on a stock phone (unrooted)? Is it possible to use <code> adb remount </code> with a standard firmware and without having rooted the device? If not, is there another way to force the system to make /system writable without rooting the device?
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How can I copy Dropbox folders to SD card using ES File Explorer?
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Dropbox export folder to SD card? Is it possible to download a folder (or at least download multiple files at once) from Dropbox to SD card? I do not seem to have the export option when selecting folders Note the "Share" option doesn't have save to SD either.
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Copying files from web to phone? Is there a reliable way to move files from the web to my phone? I am with Orange/T-Mobile (Everything Everywhere) and my 3g coverage is really patchy. When we had wifi in the office I used to use Astro to browse a share on my work computer and copy files that way. We have no wifi now. I've also tried using Dropbox, but when I hold and download, the image doesn't seem to be anywhere on my phone. I thought it copied them into my gallery, but I can't seem to see them any more. I've also tried emailing images to myself and then trying to download them on the phone. All of these seem to fail for me, can this just be an issue with my diabolical mobile carrier? Or is there a better way to copy stuff onto the phone without cable or wifi? Maybe I'll have to buy a cheap cable from ebay? Any suggests for solutions? Ta
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How to copy files from tablet to PC - Not all files show up in PC When I connect my Xoom to my PC via USB cable I get a Xoom "Portable Media Player" showing up in my Windows Explorer. When I browse the drive, I can only see half the folders compared to if I browse the SD card directly from within Astro file manager on the Xoom. Why aren't all files and folders showing up? In Android (3.2), I've tried copying a file from a "hidden" folder to a folder that I can actually see on the PC but the file does not show up. Someone suggested it was because it didn't get mounted as "USB Mass Storage". How can I copy the files? (same functionality works fine from my HTC Desire)
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How to open text files with DropBox on Android? I have the DropBox app on my Samsung Galaxy S 2. It seemed to me that before, when I clicked on a text file, it would open a text editor. I think Dropbox had its own internal editor. Now, however, when I open any plain text file, I get a message that says: Can't open textFileName Please download an app that can open this file. I tried downloading numerous text editors from the market, but none of them linked with Dropbox. How do I get text editing ability in Dropbox on Android?
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How do I play mp3s from my Dropbox? I have the Dropbox app on my Droid, and it can "Download" files to the local storage on the phone, but for some reason the music playing app can't see those files. How do I make the music playing app see the mp3s in my Dropbox? Is there an alternative way I should think about the problem or sync the files? Thanks!!
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How to set my wallpaper from my Dropbox? I have copied a bunch of images into my Dropbox on my pc and sync'd them to my phone. Does anyone know how to use these images for wallpapers on my phone? The only way I can think of is that I can use something like Astro to copy the file to my gallery locally on the phone, or to share my dropbox pictures folder on the web and browse to it. Although copying the file into dropbox and then copying it again seems crazy. Is there a better option?
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Changing SD Card Just a Simple Copy & Paste I'm migrating to a larger SD Card and I'm wondering if it is just a straightforward copy of the data from one card to the other in Windows? Specifically, can I just copy the card using Windows Explorer and paste to a temporary folder, then copy the contents of that temporary folder to the new card and have the phone be non-the-wiser (so long as I preserve the directory structure)?
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How to transfer huge files between Android phones only with ES File Explorer and Wi-Fi? I have few HD movies each occupying around 1Gb to be transferred from one Android phone to another. I've read the question stackexchange-url ("How to transfer files over Wi-Fi without a hotspot") and its answers. Even before reading the question, I explored transferring one of the above said movie file from my LGP500 to my Nexus 7 (2012) successfully using ES Explorer and Wi-Fi. Now at my work, I am trying to do the same to my friend's Micromax A110 and all my efforts goes vain. I tired to make Micromax A110 to host a random Wi-Fi network and I join my LGP500 to it before transfer. After selecting the file and choosing <code> Send </code> option, the upcoming UI just shows <code> scanning... </code> and a progress bar goes on and on. There are no visibility settings like Bluetooth in Wi-Fi transfer mode. I tried the reverse the connection and again it failed. I am bit puzzled and think I am missing something obvious. Can someone help by providing a step by step guide to transfer files between two Android devices with ES File explorer using Wi-Fi? I am sticking with Wi-Fi because the transfer rate was too good. I saw near to 10 MB/s. And I do not want to install other apps as I find ES File explorer available with many of my friends. Some trivia: My LG P500 is rooted and runs stock v2.3.3 My Nexus 7 is rooted and runs stock v4.3 My friend's A110 is not rooted and runs stock 4.0.1 Size of the file that I transferred successfully is 600Mb and face failure on the same file.
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How does phone encryption differ from SD card encryption in Android devices?
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What is covered by "Encrypt phone"? On Ice Cream Sandwich (CyanogenMod 9), Under <code> Settings > Security </code> there is an option to "Encrypt phone". I understand that this will require me to provide a PIN whenever I start up my phone. But what wasn't explained was if it covers the micro SD data as well? I want to make it so that in case my phone gets stolen, the thief won't be able to simply get my micro SD card and pop it in to a card reader and view its contents, some of which may be sensitive.
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Locking SDHC Memory card on Samsung Galaxy 2 I have stored an important document on the SDHC card on my Samsung Galaxy 2 phone (so that I can edit it on the go). I don't want others to access this file or document without my permission. I know I can lock the phone but this option means that nothing could be done on the phone unless it is unlocked. I want others to still make calls from my phone but not be able to access the memory card. (Letting others use my phone is an internal arrangement i.e. so that there is one point of contact when we are travelling together) Is there a way to lock the memory card (with a password) but leave the phone unlocked?
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In which version of Android was encryption of /data made available? These docs suggest that it has been available (only) since Android 3.0 Honeycomb. By contrast, conversation on discussion boards suggests it was available in 2.3.4 Gingerbread . So, what is the answer to the titular question? Bonus points if your answer clarifies the following. Are the official docs misleading? Or were those Gingerbread devices instead released after Honeycomb, and loaded with some kind of backported encryption feature? Or were those Gingerbread devices instead loaded with some kind of encryption feature added by the device manufacturers, that wasn't part of Android? In short, what gives?
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Full encryption with Android? I have an LG GT540 Optimus with Android. How can I encrypt all my filesystems to ensure that if it gets stolen, no one will get my passwords, contacts, etc.. :\ ? Thank you!
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The /sdcard direcory and other directory conventions: how is the Android filesystem structured? I am using the "adb shell" command to access either of an LG P690 (device A) or a Samsung Galaxy SIII (device B). Device A also has a 32GB microSD card plugged in while device B does not. When fromthe shell prompt I <code> cd /sdcard </code> and do a <code> df </code> I get: On device A: <code> /sdcard </code> Size 14G Blksize 8192 On device B: <code> /sdcard </code> Size 12G Blksize 4096 Does this refer to internal memory? Device B also has a <code> /storage </code> directory which holds 0 bytes (what is this?). Also, both have a <code> /data </code> directory which I know is where installed apps go. Is this also on internal storage? How do I know whether <code> /data </code> is on internal or external SD? I'm confused as to why a directory called <code> /sdcard </code> would refer to internal as opposed to external memory. Is there no FHS standard for the Android file system as there is for Linux?
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Share memory access on SD card between a PC and an Android App When you connect an Android Phone with an SD Flash card to a PC, with the Disk Drive option selected, it temporarily will be impossible to access the flash from the an Android App. What about phones with internal Flash? I am looking for a way to share memory between an android phone and a pc.
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Call Encryption Is it possible to encrypt calls on Android OS? How do I do that?
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Android devices with 2 SD Card Slots As android devices support SD Card with up to 32 GB. Are there any android devices that support and have two SD card slots? This is to remove the hassle to remove a SD card and insert another SD card into the same slot, which might result in faster wear and tear to both the SD Card slots and the SD cards. Also, it will also mean that the android devices can support 2 x 32GB = 64GB space. Also, I will not need to spend lots of money on Internet bandwidth to access my data in the "Cloud"! And lastly, I will not be limited by the storage space capacity in my phone.
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How does WiFi priority affect cellular data usage during network transitions?
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How do you determine if you're using Wi-Fi or LTE? On Android, how do you tell if you're connected through Wi-Fi or some other type of connection like LTE or 3G? If I'm sitting at a Starbucks and I sign-in to their Wi-Fi, my phone has both the Wi-Fi and LTE icons showing. How do I know which connection I'm using? When I'm at a place that has Wi-Fi, I want to use Wi-Fi and not my data from my data plan. Is there a place in Android that specifically tells you?
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Can I send / retrieve MMS messages via WiFi? Is it possible to send / retrieve MMS messages via WiFi or is it mandatory to be connected to my provider via the mobile data connection? If a user has an active WiFi connection, what happens when there's an incoming MMS?
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How much does Android use Wi-Fi for network discovery when not connected? When I have Wi-Fi turned on, but not connected to any network, how much does Android use the Wi-Fi function? I'm asking this because apparently Wi-Fi activity uses considerable* amounts of battery. Is the device constantly scanning for Wi-Fi signals to find a network to connect to? Or does it only do it at some intervals to save battery, so that all significant battery use happens only when it's connected? Are there any settings related to this? (I have Android 2.2.1 but I'm interested in information about other recent versions as well if there are significant differences.) * - "considerable" should not be interpreted as a synonym of "large" or "too much". I'm not suggesting Wi-Fi drains my battery immediately, just that the energy consumption is worthy of considering.
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How to monitor Wi-Fi usage? Is it possible to monitor Wi-Fi usage in a similar method to how 3g watchdog monitors 3G usage? I have android 2.2 on my phone. I doesn't need to do everything 3G watchdog does, all I need to see is how much data I am using.
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Can I use the HTC Desire HD Wifi Hotspot feature to share a wireless network instead of mobile internet? I have my home router which for a variety of reasons I can not switch to WEP. However, I occasionally need to use my Nintendo DS to connect to Nintendo WFC, and it can only use a WEP connection. My current method is to use the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature of my HTC Desire HD to create a temporary WEP network and connect to that using my DS. This is fine, except it forces my phone to use my carrier's data connection instead of my home wireless network, bringing with it associated charges if I hadn't used the internet on my phone that day already. Is there anyway to share a wireless network instead of the mobile network via the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature?
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Can Android phones restrict background syncing to secure WiFi connections? Context: T-mobile G1 CyanogenMod No data plan WiFi is available for free in many places, including my home, local libraries, and even at least 1 doctor's office. However, not all of them are secure. While I don't mind using insecure networks for Google Maps or simple Google searches, I don't want to transmit my Google account infomration/e-mails/contact list/etc. in the clear. Is there a way to keep the phone from doing this? Incidentally, I really don't want to turn off background sync completely because that would defeat the point of having a phone that's (more or less) always up to date.
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Is my Samsung Galaxy Tab using wireless or 3G? I recently got a Galaxy Tab #G from Verizon, but I'm cheap so I only got the 1GB data-plan. How do I know if the Tab is using the wireless connection I'm connected to, or if it's still trying to use 3G to load data? Is there a setting, or maybe a free app that I can get to tell me what apps are using what connection? I haven't explored much on the device itself, so there may be something built-in that I just haven't found yet...
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Why is internet switched off when switching 2G/3G? I have a stock Android 4.2.2 on Galaxy Nexus, so I think this can be related to all Android phones. When switching from 2G to 3G and vice versa internet connection is switched off for a few seconds, even though when I browse in 3G I can connect to EDGE and GPRS too: why does this happen?
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How can I merge duplicate contacts in Google Contacts using the web interface after syncing from my phone?
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How do I merge contacts based on phone numbers? I have been using 2 SIM cards in 2 separate phones and until recently I bought the Alcatel OT-918N Glory, a dual SIM Android phone. Since I had 2 phones before, I am expecting to have duplicated contact numbers. I will be importing numbers from my 2 SIM cards and I need to know the best way to handle duplicate numbers in Android. Is there a way to merge contact numbers based on the phone numbers?
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managing multiple contact sources as gmail contacts I'm on a google nexus 4 (up to date, non-rooted) and I'm using gmail and google contacts for my contact/messaging needs. Additionally I'm pulling contacts from facebook, linkedIn, xing (German linkedIn clone) and google plus. Is there an easy way to merge contact info from other networks into the gmail contact when joining/linking contacts from gmail and other networks like facebook and linkedIn? I wouldn't mind using a third party app to do the footwork (joining, unduping, etc.) but I'd like to keep and update the data in my gmail contact list as I am using this list half of the time on my desktop. I don't mind using another contacts app for viewing/browsing and calling/texting my contacts but I don't want to depend on one forever and I don't want to redo everything again and again everytime I switch my phone and/or contacts app I know that Smartr and Rapportive (Desktop only) can do a lot of association stuff but in the end all the data that happens in Smartr stays in Smartr. Things I'd like to have: Data Contact Name Picture (assigned by me, default g+ with facebook or linkedIn as fallback) Nickname basic gmail stuff, multiple numbers, mails, addresses, birthday, other dates, urls other network profiles as "profile URLs" or sound "other URLs" Functionality easy linking/joining and un-duping data storage in gmail contacts as fas as possible compatibility with other apps like smartr or rapportive
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Android and Google contacts not syncing For some reason I have 10 contacts in my Google Contacts account, but I have 50 contacts on my Android phone. I have signed into my Google Account from my Android phone and I have enabled <code> settings > accounts & sync > background data settings > accounts & sync > auto-sync settings > accounts & sync > oshirowanen@gmail.com > sync contacts </code> Why are my contacts not syncing? I have tried switching my phone off and on, and I have also tried deselecting and then selecting <code> settings > accounts & sync > oshirowanen@gmail.com > sync contacts </code> to force a sync, but nothing has worked so far.
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how can i make my phone not show "Other contacts" from my gmail account? I have a google acount set up, and i had lots of contacts in my address book that got synchronized with the ones in my phone address book. I've found out that i can organize my contacts into groups, and then make those groups "not sync" with my phone, but i have no way of un-selecting the group named "other contacts", basically thats the group where all unassigned or recent contacts go. That is very annoying. How can i make my phone not fill up my phone agenda with my email contacts? Is there any other sollution other than deleting the contacts from my "other contacts" every day?
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How to change the way joined contacts are displayed I have several accounts synchronized on my galaxy S3 (google, google+, skype, facebook, linkedin) and I grouped the same contacts from various accounts into one. How can I modify the way this merged account is visible in my contacts list? As an example I have the same person as: in linkedin: John Doe + ugly picture in google: Johnny + nice picture in skype: The mad guy + no picture When merging these contacts I usually end up with the combo "the mad guy" + ugly picture, or whatever combination. I obviously would like to have "John Doe" + nice picture. Is there a way to select what element should come from which contact? Fallback question: in case this is not possible: is there a way to enforce one of the contacts as the "master one" ? (I would choose google as I have the most control over that one) Note: This question was initially asked on Phandroid but it will hopefully apply to any Android device Thank you for any pointers!
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How do I restore a contact I deleted on my Android phone, but not in GMail contacts? The contact in question had the wrong phone number in Viber, so I deleted it from Viber. I later found out that Viber had deleted it from my contacts, so I had lost all of the other correct information. Logging in to GMail contacts on the desktop showed that the contact still existed. I proceeded to correct the faulty phone number and tried to sync my contacts from my phone, but this particular contact never shows up. Is there any way around this?
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Remove all contacts in phone that don't have a phone number My mother just upgraded from a simple flip phone to a android motorola atrix 2. It's her first smart phone and she is having a very hard time adjusting. She added her email and Facebook accounts onto the phone, as soon as she did so, however, it added all the contact information from both into her phone contacts. She already had the contacts imported in from her last phone and is now dealing with duplicate contacts (such as "Mike Smith and "Micheal Smith"). The worst problem is, she is having a hard time finding a contact that actually has a phone number. She'll search for "Jane Doe" in the phone when trying to call her and only find her email there. My Questions: Why does the phone (app?) show contacts that don't contain a phone number? How can I delete the duplicates (or merge them)? What is the best way to make this work as smoothly as possible?
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Duplicate contact storages I use Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). When I go to Contacts > [MENU] > Display options, I see duplicate entries as "bud***@gmail.com Phone-only (unsynced)". (1) See left image. And when I try to add a new contact, I face the same issue. (2) See right image. Why does this happen? This wasn't there earlier and I noticed this right now. I didn't visit contacts app recently though. I noticed this when I tried to add a new contact. Adding more to the issue, I can create new contacts and save them inside one of these places, but it'll always display in the bottom duplicate. Even if I select the top duplicate when saving, it'll only display in the bottom one.
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CyanogenMod low battery alert settings and sounds
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Does CM7.1 give a "low battery" alert? I've been using CyanogenMod 7.1 since it became stable, and one feature I miss is the Low Battery alert. I've often come home from work, thrown my phone on the desk and forgotten to plug it in. When I try to check the phone for messages later, it's completely dead. The battery has run out with no warnings whatsoever. On previous ROMs (stock and Darky's) I got a notification sound and a dialog that said the typical "your battery is running low" yadayada. Now there's not even a notification in the status bar. Is this typical behaviour for CyanogenMod, or should I reflash?
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How do I make my laptop sleep when it reaches some low battery threshold? I'm using Ubuntu, but I have i3 as my window manager. Under i3, when my battery reaches 0%, the computer will just abruptly shut down, no warning or anything. Is there a simple script or configuration I can set up so that it goes to sleep at, say 4% battery?
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Different notification sounds for sms and email? Is there a way to use different sounds for a sms text alert and an email alert? I can't find the setting. I'm on HTC Hero, Android 2.1
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Some application sets alarm loudness to zero For some reason some application sets the alarm loudness over night to zero. How do I find out which application is to blame?
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Google Talk alert sound Is it possible to change the alert sound when a new message arrives for Google Talk? My colleague and I both have Galaxy Nexus' running Jelly Bean and when either of us get a Google Talk message its very confusing! :) I can't see a setting for it in Google Talk and it doesn't seem to use the "Default notification" sound that is set under Settings -> Sound -> System. Thanks!
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Call waiting beeps My phone is the HTC Desire S. I have call waiting enabled. On the original HTC firmware I got bundled with the phone, this meant that when another call was coming through I heard a double-beep twice in the background, and then it stopped. Now that I have installed CyanogenMod 7, I'm getting that double-beep continuing for the entire 20 seconds that the call is waiting, if I don't answer it. How can I restore it so that I just get the double-beep twice and then it stops when a new call is coming through?
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Does Cyanogenmod reduce battery life? My galaxy mini was running GB 2.3.6. I recently rooted my phone and installed CM 7.2. Now it looks like my battery is getting drained a little quicker than before. From what I have heard CM increases performance while giving a better battery life. So is my case an exception? Can somebody suggest methods to increase battery life after installing Cyanogenmod?
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Reduce minimum in call volume I find that the minimum in-call volume on my HTC Desire is still far to loud on some calls. Since I got the phone, I have flashed several different custom ROMs, radio updates, etc, and have had the issue throughout. Do you know of any way (setting, hack, app, whatever) to reduce the minimum volume? My device is rooted and I am currently running one of the CyanogenMod 7 (Gingerbread) nightly builds.
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What alternative messaging app can I use if WhatsApp is buggy and still receiving messages?
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How come my my HTC Desire Z sometimes doesn't notify me about a new SMS? My HTC Desire Z has developed an issue (well several, but just one for this question) where it doesn't always notify me of a new message. When a new message arrives, I expect: the phone to beep (well ring tone), and there to be an indicator in the notification area until I look at the message or clear notifications. This does happen the majority of the time, but sometimes neither of these things happen. But if I open the Messages app, there is the new message. This is really quite annoying, so does anyone know ways to fix this? Are there alternative SMS apps that might be different, or is this functionality an OS thing? Would using, say, CyanogenMod fix it, or at least be worth a try? Is it possible that the formatting of particular contacts would cause such a problem? Any other ideas? Version info: Phone: HTC Desire Z (Vodafone UK) Android: 2.2.1 Kernel: 2.6.32.21-g540976a htc-kernel@and18-2 #1 Build Number: 1.72.161.1 CL296256 release-keys
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Alternative to Pingdom website monitoring service I need a website monitoring service to make sure my app is not only up but also responsive. Pingdom is great, but just so expensive. Is there anything like it but more affordable? UPDATE : I'd like 1 minute interval checks at least. By responsive, I'd like to know stats on the response times of the individual checks and an SMS alert maybe if the responsive stays below a threshold for a certain amount of time.
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Sending & Receiving SMS via WiFi Is there a way to send and receive SMS when a cellular signal is not available, but WiFi is? I'm often on-site at locations where the building has a strong WiFi (Internet) connection, but a simple cell signal is spotty at best.
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"Save as draft" option missing from the default message app? I have a Samsung galaxy Y mobile phone, and I have just discovered that the option to save messages as draft is completely missing in the app named "Messaging" that I got pre-installed. I am really shocked, as this is a very basic and common feature in the cheapest phones today. My Question is: What kind of design/usage philosophy/idea/concept/thought is behind this? Also, is their any good alternative to this pre-installed app which has the option to save drafts?
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Crowdsourcing: Alternatives to Ushahidi We all know that Ushahidi offers a versatile solution for crowdsourcing information and its effective depiction in maps. I am interested to know if there is any application(free and open source) on par with or superior to Ushahidi! I would be using the application to collect data from users via tweets, web forms, emails, SMS and map them using the location information provided by them; all of which can be accomplished by Ushahidi. My deployment would be a permanent online deployment to collect ongoing information and not the one which would be live for few days/weeks. Hence, one of the major limitation I foresee with Ushahidi is the requirement of manual intervention for approval of reports, which may need more personnel in the event of large number of responses. Is there any possibility to build a custom solution for such purpose using different open source tools?
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How practical it is to use an Android phone, bypassing Google completely? One of the first things that I noticed on my Nexus One as I turned it on the first time, was GMail, Talk, Voice, Maps, Google Calendar and many other Google based services. I know that even on a Windows or Linux PC it's very hard to avoid using Google... but it is possible, as there are alternatives to every service that Google offers. On the Android, however, things seem to be very tight. You may recall the time in which Internet Explorer owned over 95% of the market share, simply because it was tightly integrated with Windows. Back then, Netscape was available but even if it performed as fast as Internet Explorer, starting it would take considerably longer. So, my questions are: (1) What are the non-Google alternatives to GMail, Talk, Voice, Maps, Google Calendar on the Nexus One? (2) Do they really perform as fast as the "native" Google apps/services?
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Are there any Jabber (XMPP) apps out there that support jabber conferencing? I've tried several, and so far I can't get one that will just work with my work jabber + conferencing (jabber 'rooms'). They all seem mostly clunky. Does anyone have a rec that has worked well for them for me to try?
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How can you tell if you've been a victim of the recent sms bug? How would one know if their phone was or is afflicted by the recent bug (sending sms to the wrong people)?
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How do I stop Google Voice from sending SMS transcripts of my voicemails through the settings?
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Why do I keep texting myself voice mail transcripts? I am having an issue trying to assess why I am texting transcripts to myself of the voice mails people leave me. The Problem: I have an HTC EVO 3D on Sprint, and whenever someone leaves a message I get a notification in my gmail inbox of the transcript via Google Voice (ding #1). Shortly thereafter, I then get a notification (ding #2), and then 2-3 text messages (dings #4-5) on the HTC Sense texting app widget, from myself via my carrier's phone number (that is, the non-Google number). As you can imagine, it is incredibly irritating. Background: Looking into the Voicemail settings on the phone, and the Visual Voicemail settings, I don't have anything enabled to cause this behavior (I am not signed up for the latter service, and the trial hasn't even been configured). Google Voice isn't to blame for these text messages; they are set up to only push to gmail. The texting app itself is of no use in terms of finding out where it is getting these notifications from; it says it's from my carrier's number, but nothing else. Please let me know any suggestions you have to: - diagnose the source of the 2-3 text messages; they are the truly aggravating "feature" of this problem. I am not sure if this is caused at the carrier, hardware, or software level. - turn off the notification (sound) for the 2-3 text messages, or to disable the texts from myself entirely. As you might expect, I still want to receive notifications for other text messages, so muting the app wholesale is not an option. I am okay with ditching the HTC app, so if there is one (hopefully with a workspace display) that can selectively mute users (e.g. myself) that might be an option
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Help On Changing Settings I updated my voicemail and with out thinking I allowed apps that are not from google play to access my phones features causing some things to disappear, on my phone How do i change my settings back to where only things from the play store and so on can be installed?
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How feasible is it to use Google Voice for all calls and texts? I'm considering getting an Android phone, and one thing that I'd like to do is drop my texting plan, and do all texting over wifi/data using Google Voice. If I do this, I need the following things to be true: It must be easy to send texts over Google Voice. It must be easy to receive texts (and notifications of new texts) over Google Voice, without them actually coming to me by SMS (so I don't get charged for them). It must be easy to place calls using my Google Voice number (it doesn't have to be VOIP, but the person I'm calling has to see the call as originating from the Google Voice number, so that I don't have to get them two numbers). It must be easy to receive calls using my Google Voice number (again, I only want to give out one number). Are all these things possible with Android?
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Stop Android GMail from receiving GTalk offline messages notifications? I've been trying to find a way to stop getting notifications on my phone when I receive offline messages to my GTalk account. It's highly annoying to be falling asleep and suddenly receive an email notification on my phone and once I open it, it's someone saying good night or some such. Anyone know of a possible solution?
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Disable voice notifications on SGS2/Android 2.3? I don't know what I've modified recently, but my Samsung Galaxy SII (running stock Android 2.3) keeps notifying me vocally whenever I get an incoming call or an SMS. Is there a way to disable this feature?
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Use Quick Responses with Google Voice One of the most useful features introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich is "Quick Responses": the ability to send a default SMS message to the caller. "Can't talk now. Will call you back." etc. However, I'm 100% Google Voice. I only ever give out my GV number, and I don't want to broadcast my actual cell phone number by using a Quick Response. Is there a way to use them with Google Voice?
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Voicemail forwarding numbers - Tmo prepaid plan I switched a monthly Tmobile plan several months ago and absolutely hate the voicemail "service". I previously had all my VM's sent to my email via YouMail (kind of like Google Voice). Today while looking through settings I noticed there are three Voicemail Forwarding numbers in the Phone Settings menu. Each for a different scenario (busy, unavailable, unreachable). All numbers are currently set to Tmobile's VM handling number. Has anyone with a TMobile monthly plan had success in changing these numbers to use a third party VM service such as Google Voice or other?
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Disabling Google Voice Dialer I have a Motorola Electrify M, recently factory-OTA-updated to Android 4.1.2. With the update came Google Now and the Google Voice Dialer. Google's Voice Dialer sucks! It always get the name wrong, and then immediately places a call to the wrong person! It doesn't even ask for confirmation of the name, and to top it off the voice it uses is so irritating and LOUD it makes me want to jump out the window while driving down the freeway! The Voice Commands app that originally came with the phone worked reasonably well, and I'd like to get it back (or even a third party app, like Dragon Assist, would be better than the current POS that's taken over the voice capabilities of my phone). How can the Google Voice Dialer be disabled or uninstalled?
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How can I fix 'Access Denied' when running a file on Android without root access?
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how to install command line programs How to i install binaries on my non-rooted tablet i have the terminal application called Terminal IDE and i followed the instructions, i put my compiled binary in the folder <code> local/bin/ </code> . I comiled a C program using the appliaction called C4droid and then I exported the binary to the <code> /local/bin/ </code> folder but when i tried to run the program it said permission denied. what am i doing wrong? How do install binaries? This is the program that I am trying to install http://sourceforge.net/projects/base64/
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File servers for Android? Do any good file servers exist for Android that do not require root? Ideally, it'd be nice to just be able to have an SMB share, but the only app I was able to find for this ( Samba Filesharing ) requires root. I'm currently using FTPDroid, but it's pretty slow (I'm getting about 200 KB/s downloads on my n600 wifi). Are there any better options? I'm using a Verizon Galaxy S3.
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permission denied when executing binary despite "rwx" priviledge and root user I'm trying to execute some binary with <code> bash </code> . I am getting a "Permission denied" message despite having given the full privileges ( <code> chmod 777 </code> ) and being the 'root' user: This is the file description: -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 641K Aug 22 15:04 wrapid This is the error message: bash: ./wrapid: Permission denied Output of <code> strace ./wrapid </code> : <code> execve("./wrapid", ["./wrapid"], [/* 13 vars */]) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) write(2, "strace: exec: Permission denied\n", 32strace: exec: Permission denied ) = 32 exit_group(1) = ? +++ exited with 1 +++ </code> Output of <code> ldd ./wrapid </code> : <code> /usr/bin/ldd: line 104: lddlibc4: command not found not a dynamic executable </code> Output of <code> file wrapid </code> : <code> wrapid: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=0x817251da41b3c8684a68f6f4afa1b4cd8f116072, not stripped </code> Output of <code> uname -a </code> : <code> Linux WR-IntelligentDevice 3.4.43-grsec-WR5.0.1.7_standard #2 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 22 16:27:28 CST 2013 i686 GNU/Linux </code>
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How to hinder root from running a script The Glassfish application server provides scripts to administer the application server and also start and stop them and I would like to restrict the root user from running this script. The reason is that some key developers forget to administer the server as the non-privileged user and if they restart the application server as the root user, then the application server has to run by the root user [*]. It isn't an option to avoid giving root access and the developers forget because they are so used to do this on their local machine. I would like the <code> asadmin </code> script to either change to run as the non privileged user or optionally display an error message each time the script is run by root. Bash shell is used. [*]: I've tried to fix the rights on files, but even though I've tracked down lots of files which root owns and chmod them, the application experience strange errors and I have to run as root again.
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How can I change root grants for app I'v just temporary root my phone. And here is the question: how can I change app grants for root access, if I already press allow, with "remember" checked? And also I want to know is this screen(that appears when some app what access to root user) build-in android OS or this is third part app?
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How to "jail" a process without being root? Were I root, I could simply create a dummy user/group, set file permissions accordingly and execute the process as that user. However I am not, so is there any way to achieve this without being root?
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Read/Write to a Serial Port Without Root? I'm writing an application to read/write to/from a serial port in Fedora14, and it works great when I run it as root. But when I run it as a normal user I'm unable to obtain the privileges required to access the device (/dev/ttySx). That's kind of crappy because now I can't actually debug the damn thing using Eclipse. I've tried running Eclipse with sudo but it corrupts my workspace and I can't even open the project. So I'd like to know if it's possible to lower the access requirements to write to /dev/ttySx so that any normal user can access it. Is this possible?
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Superuser not prompting I recently installed ICS(Android 4) on my Samsung Galaxy S, and it seems that in the process my superuser app broke. Everything went fine, my phone is working better than ever, but when an app requires superuser permissions, it gets denied and I never get a prompt. Checked the settings, cleared superuser's cache and data, restarted it, tried to put it on automatically allow, nothing works. How do I fix this? P.S. superuser has no problem prompting for itself(when updated it prompts "superuser asked for permissions"), but doesn't work for other apps.
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What Android versions support USB host mode for powering VR headsets through USB accessory mode?
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micro-usb headset on android 2.3 I have a samsung galaxy ace which I am trying to setup to work with a usb headset. The problem is that the usb headset has a micro-usb connector and my phone does not seem to be recognizing it at all. I only need to use the headset to activate a phone call. I do not need to hear any audio from it, I just need to be able to press the 'phone' button on the headset and have it answer the phone. I've read up on the android developers guide and it seems as though a passive usb headset must be communicated with in host mode. It also says host mode is only available on android 3.1+ I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is any way to get this to work? using the specific speaker output port is not an option.
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Is it possible to connect a USB microphone to an Android phone or tablet? Blue makes a prosumer mic that you can connect directly to an iPod or iPhone via the dock port. I would love to have the same capability to do something similar for an Android phone or tablet. This would be really useful for field recording. I know that some tablets have support for various USB accessories to be plugged in, but I don't know if the OS can handle a microphone. Is this possible using existing or near future (Ice Cream Sandwich) hardware/OS combinations?
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Micro-USB headphone support in Android I have a micro-usb headphone (from my LG GS155 phone that is a feature phone). I plugged it to my Xperia Mini Pro (Android 4.0) but it did not work. Is Micro-USB headphone supported by Android? How does it should be configured to work?
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How do I keep my Android 4.0.3 phone awake when USB connected? On my old Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) phone there was an option to keep my phone awake when the USB cable was connected. But on my Samsung Galaxy S II , (4.0.3) I can not find it. Does the option still exist? EDIT: If I go to settings > Developer options , then my options are: <code> USB debugging Allow mock locations Desktop backup password strict mode enabled pointer location show touches show screen updates show CPU usage Force GPU rendering Window animation scale Transition animation scale don't keep activities Background process limit Show all ANR's </code> ... and nothing else. I just went to software update > check for updates , and was told "no update available".
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I cannot use a USB cable to access my version 2.3.6 phone's SD card with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I have a problem. Googling shows that other people have similar problems, but unfortunately the solutions that worked for them didn't work so me, so I'm going to have to ask myself. I have a (rooted) Samsung GT-S5830i ("Samsung Galaxy Ace") running Android 2.3.6, and when I plug it into my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop using the usual kind of usb-to-micro_usb lead...nothing seems to happen. The command (on the Ubuntu machine) <code> $ lsusb </code> gives the same output whether or not the phone is plugged in. In particular the phone does not seem to be being seen by the computer at all. Similarly the phone does not give me the usual "you've just been plugged into a computer" symbol in the toolbar at the top, and in particular I am not being asked by the phone at all whether I'd like to connect via USB -- the phone offers me no new dialogues or options after being connected; it just sits there charging [in particular it's not the case that e.g. the wire is completely broken, or the port is completely dead; I've tried more than one port on the computer anyway]. I have tried more than one USB connector wire. I have tried more than one USB port on the computer. I don't know where to start debugging this issue. I can access the files on the phone using various other methods, for example via Dropbox, Software Data Cable, bluetooth etc. The issue is simply that this particular method doesn't work and I don't know why. [Note added later on: I suspect this assertion is actually false -- I think that what I should have said was "yesterday I could access the files on the phone using various other methods; today I couldn't access them on my ubuntu machine, but it hadn't occurred to me that in fact I couldn't access them on any machine at all via any method."]
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Mice and Keyboard support in 3.1 Apparently, Android 3.1 will support USB devices such as mice and keyboards. How much of an issue is driver support? If you have a "normal" keyboard or mouse, will it just plug and play? Does the OS provide support for these input devices through standard Android controls, or will each program have to be modified seperately to support these input devices?
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Connect JUST as charging With ICS my phone now ALWAYS mounts my SD card as an external drive when I plug it into a computer. Sometimes I just want power, especially if I am trying to play a game that's on my SD card. Under the previous version I had the option to connect JUST for charging, without talking to the computer at all. Is there a way to get this functionality back w/ an ICS device?
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Can you read a USB flash drive from an Android phone? I have a Samsung Galaxy S (i9000) with Android 2.1. I am wondering if it can read a USB flash drive. It will be really useful to copy files across USB drives so you don't have to carry laptops around. I think if there is a cable/converter to plugin a USB into the phone and there is an app to read the connected USB drive, I don't see why it can't be done. The problem is do the cable and app exist?
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How is the SIM lock stored in Huawei phones, and is it related to the baseband or separate ROM chip?
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Where Are The Sim-Lock Settings Stored on an android phone? After getting more involved with the "aftermarket" community I have this question that's been on my mind for a while now. Since rooting and flashing a custom rom on an android phone doesn't give one sim-unlock that means that the sim-lock settings must be stored somewhere else in the phone memory. My theory goes that the sim-lock information is stored in or along with the baseband. Is this true? And if so, are there any "alternative" or "aftermarket" baseband firmware images? And finally, who makes the baseband firmware - the carrier, or the phone manufacturer?
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What functions are in the ROM of an Android phone? I would like to get a clear picture of what is in the ROM vs. what is in the OS. This will help me understand what those custom ROMs are all about.
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Locating a stolen phone with Android Device Manager On the weekend I had a brand new phone stolen from me. It was out of battery at the time. I'm assuming whoever stole the phone has removed the SIM card and probably re-flashed it as it was locked. Does Android Device Manager still have ability to track it? Can anyone inform me how the tracking on it works? I have not yet had the phone locked via IMEI as im sure that would halt this method of location (they cant use it anyway). The phone is an HTC One. Much appreciated.
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What are applications locked against? ROM, phone ID, or google account? If I bought an app, is it locked to the specific installed android ROM, to the hardware (phone) or to my Google account? Basically I want to know what would happen to my paid apps when I would reinstall the ROM, or change my phone. Could I re-download my apps?
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Where do APN come from? When running a fresh ROM, the APN settings are defined by the SIM card inserted, downloaded from the network via some handshake protocol or are they predefined in the rom for each network ?
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Locking SDHC Memory card on Samsung Galaxy 2 I have stored an important document on the SDHC card on my Samsung Galaxy 2 phone (so that I can edit it on the go). I don't want others to access this file or document without my permission. I know I can lock the phone but this option means that nothing could be done on the phone unless it is unlocked. I want others to still make calls from my phone but not be able to access the memory card. (Letting others use my phone is an internal arrangement i.e. so that there is one point of contact when we are travelling together) Is there a way to lock the memory card (with a password) but leave the phone unlocked?
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How to unlock a "network sim" in order to use a Android phone? I got an old Android phone (HTC MyTouch) from someone in the States. The phone says "T-Mobile" on the top. I put in my O2 SIM chip (Germany), turned it on, typed in the SIM, but then it asks me to type in a " SIM network unlock pin ". I went to T-Mobile here in Germany and they said to "contact T-Mobile in America" who may be able to unlock it for me. I went to the O2 shop in Germany and they said it would definitely not be possible to use this Android phone with my O2 SIM chip. Before I sink hours into contacting T-Mobile in the States, can someone tell me from experience if it is (technically and legally) possible to use this Android phone in Germany?
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I it necessary to SIM unlock my Samsung Galaxy S2 to use a custom ROM? I want to upgrade my Galaxy S II to Android 2.3.5, and my provider only has 2.3.3. So I have to use a ROM from samfirmware.com. Do I have to SIM unlock my phone before installing one of these ROMs? Do I have to root it?
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How can I identify malware in email attachments and app downloads using online tools?
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Got mail with URL pointing to an APK called com.android.fixed.update, what is this? One of my relatives sent me an email pointing to this URL: <code> http://www.flugversuch.at/cnu/kbdjobbwclikw/nbopigxdb/pxcbaolinizdg/qfktoohwzplsjsp </code> When I got there, it automatically downloaded an APK called <code> com.android.fixed.update </code> . What could this be and should I install it?
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Is there a service that rates app security/permissions? Is there a service/company/app that vets Android apps and reports on their "trustworthiness"? I recently moved from Blackberry to a Galaxy S2 which does not have an LED indicator light. I searched the market and found an app that is highly rated and uses the screen to mimic this functionality. This app requires an abundance of permissions that I don't see a need for. I don't want to compromise my data if I understand that stackexchange-url ("the granularity of permission-granting leaves a lot to be desired"), so I'm hoping there's a service that rates whether these apps are "good actors"...
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Is it possible to download an apk from an email onto an Android 2.2 phone, and then run it The micro usb on my phone broke and I need to continue development of an application while I wait for the replacement. Can I send my program's apk package to myself then download it onto the phone and run it. If so, how might I accomplish this? Thanks for reading.
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File Upload Forms: Security SO I'm building an application for uploading files. We're paying scientists to contribute information on pests, diseases and bugs (for Plants). We need the ability to drag and drop a file to upload it. The question becomes since the users will be authicentated and setup by us, will it be necessarcy to include a virus scanner to prevent the uploading and insertition of malicious files. How important is this?
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Malware script injection: tried everything, found nothing I am facing the following situation: Some of my websites started getting infected by malware infection (iframes loading malware scripts). I have tried everything that comes to my mind. I checked FTP logs to find out if access was made via ftp. I downloaded the home directories and scanned all files. Many times. My hosting company (very helpful so far) scanned my affected accounts. 2 or 3 times each. I manually checked the code of all the files that are requested by the page that has the injected code. I scanned for file size and file creation changes. I found nothing. One of these websites got listed as infected by google. I deleted all files from the server and used the production copy on my dev server. Before that, I changed the password to something theoretically unbreachable (password length 50 containing varchar and specialchars + max 5 failed attempts before the server locks down for brute force attack) and switched all my connections to SSL. Note: SQL injection is out of the question as it uses no database. Then I requested a new review through google webmaster tools. The site was found clean. That was 5 days ago. Today it is infected again! I am out of ideas. Any help?
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How do I remove pending/in-progress downloads A few days ago, I tried to save an attachment from official Gmail app and it could not finish download due to some connection errors. Now, I'm seeing the notification every time without any progress. It just stays in the notification area and sliding the notification does not remove the download. This file download was started from Gmail app and I see the same type of notification in other downloads from different apps so I'm guessing there is a central download progress going on. I tried turning the phone off, removing the battery and SIM. (Click image to enlarge) How can I list and remove these downloads ?
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Could developers learn anything from studying malware? Malware uses interesting techniques for hiding themselves from anti-malware software and more. They can "polymorph" themselves: practically change the code while it continuing to mean pretty much the same to the executing machine, making antivirus definitions invalid etc. I wonder if there is anything (non-malicious) developers could learn from studying the source of such, or reversing them and studying whatever you get from that process if the source isn't available, that could be useful outside this (dark?) realm. I am not interested in writing malware. (at least not for non-educational purposes) This question isn't meant to be a question about how to write malware or such, but what you could learn from already written malware. Also, maybe a bit unethical (I hope not), would there be any gains from writing your own piece of malware, just for better understanding of vulnerabilities/exploits/security, or the underlying operating system?
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Security of Paid apps in Google Play? What measures does Google takes to ensure that paid apps that are downloaded do not get spread for free? Currently I see a possibility that can leak out a large number of apps: Someone pays to download an app on his mobile. Creates a backup of the app. Gives the backup to friends/ family or spreads it over the internet. Many people use the paid app for free. I have not tried this. My Question is: Is it possible? What is the current state of the security measures for the paid apps on Google Play?
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Where can I find free, ad-free Android apps with open source options like F-Droid for downloading without cost?
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Market / catalog for free non-ad apps? Is there a market or catalog dedicated to apps (open source or not) that are free and don't contain ads? I find them hard to search for on the standard markets. Please note: I'm not looking for a way to block ads in apps, or some other way to circumvent ads that the app developer wants to show. I'm looking for free apps that don't have ads by design.
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Android versions without DRM? Since smartphones have become "the thing", it has somehow been decided that locking your phone to a particular primary e-mail address and having DRM is "okay". Android, despite being open-source, is somehow not the exception. Since Android IS open-source however, it would seem that a developer would be able to customize it to remove the primary-email restriction on the phone and to unlock all purchased applications to be available to whomever is using the phone at the time, only requiring a sign-in to purchase new applications or when using certain applications. I don't currently use Android, and bought a Windows 7 Phone only to find that it does the exact same thing as Android (and most other phone operating systems) Are there any Android projects that are attempting to move Android towards a DRM-less environment?
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Is there an Android phone without proprietary code? I want to buy an Android phone. However, with everything that is happenning in the IT world today (all the backdoors, "Carrier IQ" stuff and so on), I am more and more convinced I want a trully open OS - that means, without proprietary applications, without proprietary drivers/"binary blobs" - or, at least, with at least of this as possible. (Stallman-style!) I know that one fully open phone is OpenMoko phone, but that's not an Android and it has very outdated hardware. Is there another possibility? (I see that stackexchange-url ("this question") on Android SE was marked as unconstrictive for some reason; I hope this won't be too)
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Is there a black list for Android apps? Is there a blacklist yet for Android apps? After reading things like this on slashdot , I think this sort of thing would be extremely helpful. As much as I like Android because I'm not censored as to what I can and cannot install, I would like resources that help me censor myself. I tried googling but I didn't see anything obvious.
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Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? There are several reasons to be looking for a ROM: Upgrading or downgrading your stock ROM Looking for firmware from a different region/language Flashing a custom ROM for different features, removing bloat, etc. But where can one find ROMs in the first place? What sites are likely to have the ROM I need? stackexchange-url ("This question is intended to be canonical"); please add to the wiki answer instead of posting separate answers.
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Get installed apps as APK within Android? I'm looking for an application that will let me easily export any application I have to APK format (I'm not rooted). Normally, AirDroid does this easily and I love AirDroid for that. However, one of the downsides was that I need to be around a computer to do the said process. Are there any apps that offer a way for me to output the APK file from within the Android itself? I can see that some backup solutions provide this but I don't want a whole new backup system just to do this one small task. A small utility app of sorts would be really nice which has only one purpose and that is to produce the APK file.
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Get income on a free app, offline? I have an Android app which I added adMob ads to. They only work though when the user is online. Now the problem is, the app is specially made for offline use, so pretty much nobody will ever get to see one. The app is free to download, but I would still like to make a few cents out of it. It currently has around 300, which I guess will look at it about twice per workday. Any help on how to make some money with this free, offline app?
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What are the best strategies for selling Android apps? I'm a young developer hoping to sell my apps I made for Android soon. My applications are basically 99% finished so I'm investigating what would be the best marketing strategy to use to sell my apps. I'm sure the brilliant minds here can give me some great advice. I'm particularly interested in your thoughts on the following points (especially from experienced Android developers): Is it more profitable to sell an app for free with ads or to sell an app without ads for a price? Perhaps a combination of a free ad version and a paid ad-free version? If you give away an app for free with ads on it is it ethical to decline bending over backwards to support it? How much does piracy actually affect potential sales? Should any effort be put towards preventing it? Can you still make a profit off your application if you make it open source? Could you perhaps make more of a profit from the attention you would get by doing so? Is Google's Android Marketplace really the best place to release Android apps? It is worthwhile enough to maintain a developer blog or website to keep users updated on your development progress and software releases? Any other suggestions you could give me to maximize profit meanwhile keeping users happy and coming back for more would also be greatly appreciated. While I appreciate general tips and tricks, I'd like to ask that if possible you please go the extra step and show how they specifically apply to selling Android apps. Marketing statistics, developer retrospect, and any additional experience you can share from your time selling Android apps is what I would love to see most. Thank you very much in advance for your time. I truly appreciate all the responses I receive.
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How do I access advanced Wi-Fi settings on Ubuntu by pressing the Menu button in the Wi-Fi Settings screen?
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How do I set Wi-Fi sleep policy to Never on Froyo 2.2 Droid X without Advanced Wi-Fi Settings menu? I've encountered the following instructions on a forum about battery drain Set Wi-Fi sleep to Never in the <code> Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi Settings > Advanced >Wi-Fi Sleep Policy </code> menu. However, my Droid X (Stock rooted Froyo 2.2) doesn't have "Advanced" option in "Wi-Fi Settings" menu! How do I set Wi-Fi Sleep Policy?
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Configuring WiFi Proxy Settings Where can I find the WiFi proxy settings? I have the Motorola Electrify M with Android 4.1.2. I would have expected the proxy settings to be under the advanced WiFi options, but they're not there.
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How can I set some handy settings on the main screen? I want to be able to set Wifi, bluetooth, GPS on and off quite easily but I can't find where I should do this.
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Where are NetworkManager's WiFi settings stored? I remember the days of playing with /etc/$WE/wpa_supplicant.conf to try and force a semi-secure network on a debian based system, but now on to xubuntu, I haven't needed to do any *.conf-ing in a while (in terms of networking) As such, I'm interested to know; How do the nm gui's store network information? Can this be backed up or exported as a wpa_supplicant.conf file?
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Configuring Wireless Network After a long struggle I finally seem to have installed the non-free wireless firmware for my wireless NIC. I'm trying to set up a file server, so I want to configure the network to be static. Would one of you guys mind helping me? For example I don't know what my /etc/network/interfaces file should look like, currently it looks like this: <code> auto lo iface lo inet loopback allow-hotplug wlan1 iface wlan1 inet static address 192.168.10.111 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.10.0 broadcast 192.168.10.255 gateway 192.168.10.1 # wireless-* options are implemented by the wireless-tools package wireless-mode managed wireless-essid Optimus Pwn wpa-psk s:roonwolf # I changed this from wiresless-key1 or something like that dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed dns-nameservers 192.168.10.1 dns-search localdomain </code> My ifconfig command looks like this: <code> lo Link encap: Local Loopback inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask: 255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope: Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets: 95 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0 TX packets: 95 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0 collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 0 RX bytes: 10376 (10.1KiB) TX bytes: 10376 (10.1 KiB) wlan1 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:f3:85:99:07 inet addr:192.168.10.111 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier: 0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) </code> Here's what I get when I iwlist my ssid: <code> wlan1 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:D1:A4:0A:36 Channel:6 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=70/70 Signal level=-17 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"Optimus Pwn" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=00000003ff6381c1 Extra: Last beacon: 100ms ago IE: Unknown: 000B4F7074696D75732050776E IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824 IE: Unknown: 030106 IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B IE: Unknown: 200100 IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 32043048606C IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101070003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C334C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: 2D1A4C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3406001900000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: 3D1606001900000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F </code> When I ping 192.168.10.101(My primary desktop) I get <code> PING 192.168.10.101 (192.168.10.101) 56(84) bytes of data. From 192.168.10.111 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable </code> When I ping google.com I get(after a lengthy pause): <code> ping: unknown host google.com </code> What exactly am I doing wrong here? Should I restart the network?
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D-Link Wireless N 150 USB Adapter on Ubuntu Link DWA-123 wireless adapter, on my desktop running Ubuntu 9.10 the device is being recognized as in, when I hit lsusb i get this entry <code> Bus 001 Device 010: ID 2001:3c17 D-Link Corp. [hex] </code> How do i get this working so that i can connect it to my wireless network at home? Thanks in advance
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How to bring up a wi-fi interface from a command line? I can't figure out how to properly bring up the wi-fi card on my laptop. When I turn it on and issue <code> $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 txpower auto $ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down </code> it reports that the network is down. Trying to bring it up fails too: <code> $ sudo ifup wlan0 wlan0 no private ioctls. Failed to bring up wlan0. </code> Apparently I'm missing some basic low-level <code> iw... </code> command. When I issue <code> dhclient </code> on the interface: <code> $ sudo dhclient -v wlan0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.2.2 Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ ^C$ </code> and interrupt it, it brings the device up somehow and then scanning etc. works. I'd like to avoid this obviously superfluous step.
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Wireless WAP Roaming on Ubuntu Server I have an Ubuntu server that connects to the network over wireless. Since it obviously doesn't have Gnome's NetworkManager I have to configure everthing manually. I've got it sucessfully connecting to the network but when the connection gets interupted instead of roaming to a different WAP it just disconnects. This is obviously bad but I have no idea how to make it roam. Self-Help thorugh googling has been difficult since no one does this (for good reasons), everything I've found has been for a full desktop, not a server. While I'm totally against installing Gnome, I would prefer not to. Is there any "command line" equivelent to NetworkManager that roams WAPs when the one its connected to times out? Note: I'm not interested in "Do not use wireless" answers. I would normally never do this but this is a unique case. Just please answer the given question
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How can I localize my Android app for international markets using market localization techniques?
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How to install apps which are targeted for another country? 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?
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Searching and filtering Android Market app reviews There seems to be no way of filtering or searching the app reviews in Android Market. This is a problem because it's usually the low-scored reviews that are most useful - they give an idea about what people are finding as disadvantages, so I can decide whether or not those are relevant to me or not. Is there some way around this restriction? Does Google provide the review data in some way that could be searched, for example all reviews on one big page?
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URL to promote your app on facebook/twitter I am thinking about adding facebook/twitter buttons in the apps I'm creating, but one thing has been puzzling me. The URLs of my apps are of course Google play URLs, like this: market://details?id=com.mycompany.mygame but if I promote this URL in a facebook message or tweet then the receiver of the message will only be able to click on the URL if they happen to be looking at it on an Android device, if they're not, they will get an error report from their browser. I could instead point to the market web URL like this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycompany.mygame But it feels rather clumsy. So my question is this: - is there a way to tweet or facebook-like an app in a way where the receiver of the message will see the most appropriate URL for their device?
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How to improve the quality of app descriptions As a non-native English speaker I worry about my ability to create great app description. Does quality of the copy have significant impact on sales? Do I need to hire copy editor or a copywiter? Where and how? Does it pay to localize app descriptions for mayor markets? Which have most impact? Please share your app store experience!
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Search result scrolling / paging on Android Market? I am confused: if I use search on the Market app on Android 2.2, it tells me often that there are hundreds or even thousands of matches, but shows exactly 10, no more. Is there a way to scroll / page / whatever that I've overlooked? 8-}
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How can I see what the search results in GooglePlay are in different countries for the same search term? I have an app and I am wondering where it ranks for a certain GooglePlay search in different countries. Is there a way to determine that? Thank you!
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The application Market Feedback Agent has stopped unexpectedly The application Market Feedback Agent (process com.google.android.feedback) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. I keep getting this error message when YouTube crashes. I click to report the problem, then this error occurs. I tried to manually visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.feedback to check for an update but nothing was found. Android version 2.3.4. Neither Verizon, Motorola, nor Google will update it. How can I fix this problem?
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What does it mean the "WIFI" label on the market? I've noticed that a few items on "My applications" on the Android Market client have a gray "WIFI" label on them. What does that mean?
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How can I use ADB commands to list files and pull specific data from an Android app's directory?
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Remote path to Angry Birds Space savegames I'm following stackexchange-url ("this answer") on how to backup Angry Birds settings and hi-scores using Android Debugging Bridge. The command: <code> adb pull /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/highscores.lua C:\ab_highscores.lua </code> works perfectly for Angry Birds original, Rio and Seasons. The paths I need to change are: <code> angrybirds </code> for original Angry Birds <code> angrybirdsrio </code> for Angry Birds Rio <code> angrybirdsseasons </code> for Angry Birds Seasons Now, what is the path for Space? The most obvious one, <code> angrybirdsspace </code> is giving me error "Remote object not found". Alternatively, how can I list content of <code> /data/data </code> folder? I think it's not possible with ADB.
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How to view the files from /root/data folder? I want to see the files from <code> /root/data/data </code> folder. Is there any application/trick which can do this?
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How to take backup of all installed APKs from Phone to PC? How do I take backup of all installed apks from my sgs2 to PC using android sdk/ 3rd party tool etc? My phone is not rooted. I can install/uninstall apks using adb, but is there any similar command line tool to take backup of the same?
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Filesystem hierarchy, that defines the directory structure and directory contents of Android? I have searched, but haven't yet been able to find, an authoritative documentation of the filesystem hierarchy of the Android OS. Can someone tell me whether this exists at all and if so, where?
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How can I get the apk file of an app downloaded from Google Play? I want to get the apk file of an app downloaded from Google Play. How can I do this?
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Is there a way to look inside and modify an adb backup created file? I created a backup of my Galaxy Nexus with <code> adb backup </code> . The resulting file is named backup.db and it's somehow encrypted. I wanted to restore the backup, but it stops when it comes to restoring <code> com.android.providers.contacts </code> . I used <code> adb logcat </code> to find out what's going on and found out that <code> com.android.acore </code> crashes during the restore process. I'd like to gain access to the data in the backup and remove the contacts database to restore everything back to my phone. Are there any other ways restoring the data from the backup?
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Nexus One stuck in loading screen - How to save application data? (ROOTED) I have my N1 rooted and after I installed BlackRose and change the partitions with password protection I wasn't able to start Android ever again. It show this screen: I can access to the <code> adb shell </code> , and I can see all the private folders. So my question is What folders/files do I need to backup to restore after the phone is fixed? I know: /data/data anything else?
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Does ADB push and pull work on non-rooted phones? I just discovered about the command <code> adb push </code> and <code> adb pull </code> which supposedly lets people push and pull data from within the internal memory. Now my question is, can this be used on non-rooted phones? For example, i want to change the default camera shutter sound found on <code> /system/media/audio/camera/ </code> , can I use adb to push and pull the audio files? And also, is this an act of rooting that could void my warranty? The main reason why I'm holding back on rooting was because I still had a full year before my warranty runs out.
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Advanced FFmpeg command-line techniques for video and audio conversion, including shell integration on Android and reliability assessment of third-party apps
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Share 3gp video files as mpeg Is there a relatively easy way to convert 3gp files to share as mpeg format from an Android device?
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How to rip a DVD to a format like ogm/mkv I'm trying to convert a DVD to some reasonable format. I'm not opposed to 1:1 conversion, but I want to at least change the container to ogm/mkv. I have already tried various GUI tools like dvd::rip or ogmrip, but they all fail after a while of converting. And my manual converting attempts using ffmpeg just fail gloriously (the quality is appalling).
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Is there no way to get scripts to run in Android? Since Android is Linux at its base, I logically think it should be possible to run a script on Android, like a Python script or PHP script (with executable bit obviously). If not conventionally, is there any way to do so?
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Comparision of video players for Android What are the differences between the various video players available for Android? Which one do you believe is best?
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Rootless CLI Utilities 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 able to do this?
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Is there a way to determine whether a source for rooting instructions is reliable? I'm considering rooting an ATT S3, and came across this guide: The guide links to some file that is supposed to contain both a file to be copied into the phone and the tools for flashing the CWM. Are there any reasonable assurances that this file and tools are free of malware? Are there any peer reviewed sources that I could use with a greater degree of trust?
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Video Player App for MKV? Having trouble finding an app that will smoothly play .MKV (matroska video) files. (For those unfamiliar with the format, MKV is commonly used for HD video.) The popular QQ, Mobo, Mvideo, and MX players result in choppy, un-synced play. These apps do the same on my 2.1 device. I am using Samsung Galaxy Ace with Android 2.3 and these QQ, Mobo, Mvideo, and MX players are not able to play .mkv file smoothly.
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ffmpeg and libmp3lame produces bad audio quality? when I get a flash video from YouTube, why is the quality of the audio much worse than the origin video on YouTube? When I downloaded the flash movie, I convert it to avi like this: <code> ffmpeg -i ~/"$2.flv" -sameq -acodec libmp3lame -vol 200 -ar 44100 -aq 300 -ab 2097152 ~/"$2.avi" </code> I already set -aq (audio quality) to 300, but no difference to 100 or 200. Moreover 100 is the max. value in my opinion. -ar (frequecy) 44100 should be ok too and the bitrate in bit/s (-ab) should be 256kb/s (2097152 / 1024 / 8). I am not sure what is the right bitrate for a good quality but I think 256kb/s should be fine. Or did I calculate it wrong? What could be the problem?
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What steps resolve random touchscreen issues on a rooted Galaxy Ace after flashing a stock ROM?
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Touch Screen not working I am using Samsung Galaxy Pro B7510. The problem is that my touch screen is not working sometimes. It has been like this for several weeks. I use Pin lock feature to unlock the phone and EZanswer Trial to attend calls. This is possible only because of the qwerty keyboard. Without which I would be doomed. Some times the touch screen starts working for some time and then, without a warning, it becomes not responding. No error messages are seen. This all started when after I upgraded it into GingerBread 2.3.6 and rooting . After seeing this problem, I downgraded into the stock rom, unrooted it, and everything. Not sure if its a software issue or hardware problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Does build number matter when rooting phone? I want to root a Galaxy Ace S5830, Android <code> 2.3.6 </code> Build Number <code> GINGERBREAD.DXKT5 </code> . I've seen some tutorials that says specific build numbers while some says nothing specific. Does build number matter when rooting phone? BTW if you have any tips on how to specifically root this ( <code> 2.3.6 </code> <code> GINGERBREAD.DXKT5 </code> ), that would be cool.
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Motorola Milestone is constantly firing touch events Starting this morning, when I turn on my Motorola Milestones screen, it starts to constantly press random positions on the screen (starting applications, etc.) which makes it nearly impossible to use the phone. Most of the clicks are along the right side of the screen. It started while I was reading an email. Looks to me, like it is an hardware issue. But since I installed Cyanogen Mod 7 a month ago, maybe it could be related so some sort of touch sensitivity setting I don't know of yet? Anyone experienced the same issues? Any idea how to solve it? EDIT: Seams like a Software issue. First I wiped the cache, dalvic cache and reset to factory defaults. But the issue stayed. Then I restored the last backup I had using Nandroid and now I have the exact opposite: The most right part of the screen is not touchable anymore. At least that is better, than touching all the time. Still a little annoying. Any idea how I can fix this?
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How to root the Galaxy Attain 4G (SCH-R920) on MetroPCS? I have an Galaxy Attain 4G (SCH-R920) on MetroPCS running the Android™ 2.3 (Gingerbread). How can I root this phone?
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Android customization Galaxy Note Recently, Android ICS has been released in my country (Hungary) also for the Samsung Galaxy Note. That's cool, the phone updated itself to Android 4.0.3 and at first sight it was really cool and fast. But... To be honest, the Wi-Fi disconnects and the battery gets empty in half of a day... These 2 make me really angry and I was thinking about rooting, which I have successfully done today, but it still didn't help at all on my problems. Okay, the UI might be a little faster... So. I thought I might have to change the ROM to a custom one. Now I have more questions about this: I wish to modify my phone on a way I can easily turn it back to the factory state (no wonder, warranty). How to do this/is it possible? Is it possible to "put up" more ROMs and when I'm turning on the phone just select the one I want to use (just like you'd install more OSs on a desktop computer)? I would also want to know what are my options for a custom ROM for a Galaxy Note WITHOUT losing my S-Pen functionality, so which ROMs should I count in? How to freakin' achieve these above questions if everything is ok? =D Thanks in advance! =) (Links and experiences are welcome also...)
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Screen goes dark and phone goes unresponsive whenever I make/receive a call I changed the SIM card on my Samsung Galaxy Ace to another one. Now, whenever I make/receive a call, the screen goes dark and the phone goes unresponsive. Pressing buttons randomly eventually sets the phone free, but this takes a long time (a few minutes). I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Ace running Android 2.3.4 and a stock ROM, and the CPU speed is limited using SetCPU: can this be the cause of the problem? The problem on this question is similar: stackexchange-url ("Screen goes off as soon I dial or receive a call. CyanogenMod 7.1- stable")
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What should I do before I try advanced troubleshooting Are there any generic troubleshooting steps and tips to be followed before I search for problem specific troubleshooting options? Then what are they? I only have a general knowledge on Android and not familiar with flashing, shell commands, etc.
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Rooted, then flashed, now not able to root again /system is always read-only I rooted my Android ICS with some script. It was rooted then I installed and removed some system application. Then I formatted the device and re-installed the ICS. Now when I try to root it again it gives error could not copy are you a root? I searched for that and finally found that though I re-flashed it any times. /system is read-only. So then after I tried <code> adb shell mount </code> then command of mount and it gives error permission denied. Please help to reset the permission of /system so I can manually add the su file in it. The technique i used to Root is at this link . Then i format using cwm and install new rom. Now i am not able to root it.
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How can I automatically change my phone wallpaper using an app like WallSwitch from specific folders?
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How can I configure my phone to show random background wallpapers from my pictures galery? I know how to set a static picture from my photo gallery as a background wallpaper picture. However, I would like to see a new picture every time I turn the screen on. Is there a way to configure my Android smartphone to do this? Or maybe some app that does something like this? I'm using a Samsung Galaxy 551, with Android 2.2 (Froyo).
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Is there a way to save profiles on Motorola's Droid X? When I had an HTC Eris I could change "profiles". Each profile was basically: wallpaper + screen lock image + all apps on your desktop. So, I could have a work profile that had my apps that were geared for while I was at work, a social profile to switch my phone to having FB, Twitter, etc on my desktop with a different wallpaper, etc. Is there an app for that? ;)
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Is it possible to change the background automatically when charging battery? This is a feature of older nokias, I would like to have it on android! On a related note, it would be nice to have a different background when silenced or on airplane mode.
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Why did my wallpaper stop working? I just upgraded to Android 4.1 Jellybean (OTA carrier update to my Verizon Droid RAZR MAXX), and my Multipicture Live Wallpaper app is not loading any pictures. Previously, each screen would load pictures from a folder on my SD card. Now, it says "Picture is unavailable. Need to setup or reload". I checked, and the path is still the same in the settings, and the pictures are at those locations. Why did this stop working and how can I fix it?
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Can I install live wallpaper on a Samsung Galaxy 3? I am proud owner of Samsung galaxy 3 with android 2.1. Unfortunately it doesn't supports live wallpaper. So is there any alternatives/options for installing live wallpaper with or without rooting ? Thanks, Ankur Shah
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What is the default resolution of a wallpaper that fits the homescreen exactly in an Android phone? On an Android phone the wallpaper spans across all of the home screens. So what size should pictures be to fit properly as custom wallpapers?
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Can I put a widget inside a folder? I have a number of widgets that I really like, but my Droid takes an awful long time to draw the home screen, even using the Zeam launcher replacement. Can I use folders on my home screen to hold widgets (and keep them handy) and will that improve my performance any?
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Moving apps to folders within the app drawer using the stock launcher of Samsung Galaxy S4 So on my Galaxy S4 I can open the Apps Overflow Menu (4x4 square-ish dots) and press the menu button (left of the Home) and choose edit. From there I can long press icons and put them into a folder on a particular page. What I can't do is drag apps from page to page and place them in folders on different pages. I would really like to have all my Verizon/Samsung apps in their own folders. I feel the answer will be a resounding "you can't", but how can I put icons from different pages of the apps overflow menu into folders on a different page in this menu list?
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How does START_STICKY ensure service restoration after being killed by low memory?
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apps(tasks) restarting even after killing them I have some apps running in background using cpu all the time and draining my batery. I want to stop them. I have a latest <code> task manager </code> to kill the background tasks but BUT some of the tasks(apps) are restarting even after killing them, WHY ? Is there any way to permanently kill a particular task ?
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Any way to assign startup apps manually? Is there any way i can set up an app to start at startup? Its a ram boosyer and for some reason it does not auto start....earlier it used to.. Does moving apps to SD card prevent its auto start? And how can i assign apps mannualy to be "Startup applications"?
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How to Remove Autostart for Certain Apps? is there any way you can install an app (for instance WhatsApp) on Android 4.2.1 ICS but at the same time remove its autorun properties sothat it becomes a standalone app and ONLY uses memory, processing power and even more dear battery, only during the time that I start the application. After closing it I want it to remain unstarted! Note: this is different than autokilling it with taskkiller and alike. I want the app to not start in the first place). I find myself installing and de-installing certain apps to overcome this dilemma and I hope there is a better solution otherwise whats the point of Android freedom feeling, right?
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Is there a tool that allows logging of memory usage? I want to monitor memory usage of a process, and I want this data to be logged. Does such a tool exist?
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Create services in Linux (Start up in linux) I need one process run before log in to system. how to run it like services?(how do I make services in Linux?) in Ubuntu and Fedora ? the service is customized tomcat
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Are there specific cases in which a task-killer or "fast reboot" program is helpful? I know there have been previous questions regarding task killers, but I wanted to ask about two specific cases. I've heard a debate raging here and on several forums about Android's way of managing apps and the use of task killers, (examples herestackexchange-url ("enter link description here") and stackexchange-url ("here") and stackexchange-url ("here")), in which one side says that Android manages tasks just fine but the other side insists that their phone does indeed slow down and a task killer helps. So my questions are these. 1) Could task killers or " reboot apps " conceivably help for a program that has high CPU usage and simply needs to be restarted? I'm not necessarily talking about malicious apps, but reputable apps that tend toward higher CPU usage the longer they run? I'm assuming that if an app always has high CPU usage a task killer will not help as it will likely restart, and should just probably be uninstalled altogether. 2) In the case of a launcher that slows down over time, would a task killer or reboot app be helpful, simply in restarting it (similar to case 2, but I'm not sure lag in a specific app is directly correlated with its CPU usage). I know that when I used third-party launchers, I had more lag issues as opposed to using the basic AOSP launcher (Android's own default launcher, often replaced by phone vendors own version). Any other specific cases?
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How to kill a script which starts new processes? The following is a Python application which spans a few threads, then spawns a new process of itself and exits: <code> $ cat restart.py import os import random import signal import sys import threading import time class Name(object): def __init__(self, name): self.name = name class CallThreads(threading.Thread): def __init__(self, target, *args): self.target = target self.args = args threading.Thread.__init__(self) def run (self): self.target(*self.args) def main(args): print("Hello, world!") letter = random.choice(['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F']) count = 0 while count<3: count += 1 name = Name(letter+str(count)) t = CallThreads(provider_query, name) t.daemon = True t.start() time.sleep(3) print("------------") print("Time to die!") t = CallThreads(restart) t.daemon = True t.start() time.sleep(0.1) sys.exit(0) def provider_query(name): while name.name!='': print(name.name) time.sleep(1) def restart(): os.system('python restart.py') def signal_handler(signal, frame): sys.exit() if __name__ == '__main__': signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler) main(sys.argv) </code> When I hit <code> ^C </code> I do get a bash prompt, but the output still comes and I still see the script in the process table: <code> $ ps aux | grep restart.py 1000 5751 0.0 0.0 4396 616 pts/3 S 08:41 0:00 sh -c python restart.py 1000 5752 0.3 0.1 253184 5724 pts/3 Sl 08:41 0:00 python restart.py 1000 5786 0.0 0.0 9388 936 pts/4 S+ 08:41 0:00 grep --color=auto restart.py </code> I've tried killing it with <code> kill 5751 && kill 5752 </code> , but that doesn't help even if I'm fast enough to do so before the PID changes (on a new process when the script restarts). I've tried <code> pkill restart.py </code> but that does not help either. I'm wary of using <code> pkill python </code> as there are other Python processes running that I don't want to kill. Even closing the Konsole window in which the script is running does not help! How can I kill the script?
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NFS - What does the "sticky bit" mean? I'm trying to figure how is the sticky bit used in NFS v3. RFC 1813 says on page 22: 0x00200 Save swapped text (not defined in POSIX). What do they mean by "swapped text"? In "NFS Illustrated", the author, Brent Callaghan, says it means not to cache. However, I haven't seen this explanation in other places.
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How to keep root after OTA update on Android and where to find rooted update confirmation
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Will I lose root access on my Incredible if I install the Gingerbread OTA update? Basically what the title says. I rooted my phone with unrevoked (I am not sure if I used the "forever" version or not). Will installing the 2.3.4 Gingerbread OTA update from Verizon remove my root? I'm not running any special ROMs if that makes a difference.
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Android software updates: How can I tell if I can update a device? I keep seeing Android devices in shops that state what version of Android is installed. Thence I conclude that not all Android devices can be updated to a current version of Android. How can I tell before I buy (or even after I buy) if a device can be updated to the newest release or not? Can Samsung's Android devices usually be updated? Update: Note that I am not refering to abandoned devices but to current devices available in stores now.
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Are firmware updates secure? Now that mobiles are being used for payment systems, I'm more concerned about the security on my Android device. I would rather not be the first to be vulnerable to some malicious code that happened to get slipped into the firmware update that the carrier is installing on my Android mobile. I'm presuming they occasionally are sending fixes/patches over the air (OTA) without me having to give approval before they are installed -- perhaps I'm wrong on that though. Are firmware updates secure and I'm just being paranoid? Is there any way to block new firmware updates from getting installed right away when everyone else's is?
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How can I remove traces of my phone ever being rooted? I rooted my phone and then an update unrooted it. I described my story stackexchange-url ("here") . I am glad that the update unrooted it, I was also planning on doing it myself. What can I do to make sure that all traces of me having root access on the phone are erased? I'd like to do this, so that if I have to go in for warranty purposes, I don't have any problems. I'm guessing uninstalling z4root would be the first step. What else?
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Is there an easy way to un-root Android 2.2 on Droid X rooted via z4root? Is there an easy way to un-root Android 2.2 on Droid X rooted via z4root? The reason is that I would like to apply a Gingerbread 2.3 update from Verizon, and that update ALWAYS fails to install. Since I never had a custom ROM on the phone, my first guess is that the problem may be due to being rooted, but I don't see an "Unroot" option in z4root. Please note that factory reset is NOT an answer I'm looking for.
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Installing KitKat on rooted Jelly bean Nexus 7 I have a nexus 7 2012, and I have it rooted, running TWRP recovery and Franco kernel. I want to update to KitKat, and I have the OTA queued (but that won't work since I'm rooted) and I have the file for my device downloaded from this site with update info , but I tried installing it in TWRP and it gave me an error. How can I get this update? If I need to unroot and uninstall TWRP and Franco Kernel, how do I go about that?
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Steps Necessary To Update A Custom Rom To Its latest Version? Many a time when I watch Youtube videos regarding people rooting and flashing Custom Roms on their Android Smartphones, they show you how to carry out the procedure both in their respective videos and perhaps also in written dialogue on their main website. However as far as i'm aware most Custom Roms do not include OTA updates, therefore one would generally have to check the XDA website for example to be notified of a newer version to whichever Custom Rom for the particular device you are using becomes available. (I believe however that the CyanogenMod Installer recently introduced maybe an exception to that general rule). It is also the case as outlined in my first paragraph that those people who have Youtube videos about Rooting and Flashing Custom Roms, fail to do a follow up video showing how you can install the latest version of a Custom Rom they are showcasing from a previous version. For a beginner this maybe very daunting if you would like the latest version. I would therefore like to know: What are the necessary steps that one must undertake to update a Custom Rom to its latest version from a previous version ?
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Nexus 4: Lost superuser rights after an update to 4.2.1 - how can I get them back? A couple of weeks ago, my rooted Nexus 4 was updated from 4.2 to 4.2.1. Now it still seems to be unlocked (open lock symbol while booting), but I've lost my Superuser privileges. Is there any way I can get the SU privileges back without wiping my phone? If not, what's the best way to backup all or most of the data before going through the SU process again? Finally, how can I prevent this from happening again with the next update? Thanks for your help!
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How can I configure call rejection rules on Droid X with ICS features?
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Can you auto reject phone numbers natively with a Droid phone? I have a Droid X and I'm trying to set up an auto reject list and it looks like I have to download a third party app to do it. Am I missing something?
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Say caller name feature I am missing that feature from Nokia devices, Is there a chance to make my Xperia X10 say callers name when I have incoming call
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How do I disable receiving calls and messages? I use my HTC Evo 3D (currently Android 2.3, soon Android 4.0) to record cycling workouts (GPS + Endomondo). During workouts, I don't want to receive any calls / messages for the following reasons: I don't want to be disturbed when relaxing I want to conserve the battery sometimes I listen to music and calls/messages interrupt the music, which I don't like, especially when the calls are business-related during my non-work time How would I accomplish this? The flight mode doesn't allow GPS to be enabled, therefore this isn't a solution.
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Where did the SIP settings go to on my LG Optimus 4X? About 3 months ago I bought my LG Optimus 4X HD (aka P-880), which shipped with Android 4.0.3. I searched the settings up and down, and was quite surprised there were no SIP settings available. I'm very sure SIP support was added to AOSP with Gingerbread, so it had to be there with ICS! Did LG remove them from their Android installation? Is there any way to get them back?
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Is there a way to save profiles on Motorola's Droid X? When I had an HTC Eris I could change "profiles". Each profile was basically: wallpaper + screen lock image + all apps on your desktop. So, I could have a work profile that had my apps that were geared for while I was at work, a social profile to switch my phone to having FB, Twitter, etc on my desktop with a different wallpaper, etc. Is there an app for that? ;)
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Changing the call voicemail timeout period? I'm running Cyanogenmod 7. When I call my Android phone, it rings for 30 seconds before timing out and directing to my voicemail. I want it to only ring for 20 seconds before timing out - how can I change this? Is there somewhere in the Android GUI for me to set it?
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How to use hosts.allow or hosts.deny in 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 slow after these commands. Thanks in advance.
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Separate ringtone for calls from numbers not in the contact list? good old Siemens phones had a feature that allowed you to set a single ringtone for all calls coming from your contacts, and a single ringtone for all calls coming from numbers not in your contact list. Can it be done with stock Android 2.2, a manufacturer-specific distribution, or with an app?
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What are the steps to perform a factory data reset on my phone using SD and phone storage settings?
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where is factory data reset option on Android 2.3.5? Where is the <code> Factory Data Reset </code> option on an HTC ChaCha Android 2.3.5 phone? I haven't been able to find the option anywhere, and it is recommended to free up memory, which is short in this phone. Could it be that I can't do a "Factory data reset" on this model? I am looking at the Settings -> Privacy menu, and I only get: <code> Display message text [x] Back up my settings [x] Automatic restore [x] </code> nothing more...
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What to do before reformatting phone or setting back to factory state? 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 what about the apps I have paid for? How can I get those to transfer?
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How-to unlink the main Google account from android device without a factory reset While setting up my HTC Hero phone, I have entered my gmail account in the setup. But now I want to remove it (I don;t want to change with another account). How do I do it ? I have searched a lot on Google and everywhere I found that I have to do factory reset but this is not my favoured option. If there is another way, please let me know.
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Where are Android settings stored? I have to set up 50+ plus phones for my company, and I am allowed to root the phones. Each phone needs to have the exact same WIFI SSID's / passwords, account / privacy settings, brightness, input methods, etc. Repeating the exact same manual setup 50 times seems a bit tedious.. Where are the phone settings stored? Can I simply adb push the settings to each device? The phones are Samsung Galaxy Pockets.
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How to reset Wi-Fi settings? Somehow Wi-Fi stopped connecting on my phone. It is not a hardware issue, as it does work when I perform a reset. What files do I need to delete to get Wi-Fi back working? I don’t want to reset my phone. If relevant, model is Sony Arc S, using CM9.
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Moving app between _three_ possibilities for storage? My son has an Android phone, and when he bought it the storage space was divided thus: System Memory: 157MB Internal Memory: 1024MB When this was essentially full we put in an SD card to give him more storage. So now we also have SD card: 1.84GB When he fires up something called "App Manager" and clicks on "storage" he sees these three possibilities -- System memory, Internal memory and SD card. OK now here's the problem. If he downloads an app from the app store, by default it will typically install onto the Internal memory. He wants to put it on the SD card, but the only option available when he tries to move it with his app manager is "Move to phone". If he moves an app to the phone, which presumably is the system memory, then the only option now available is "move to internal memory". Furthermore, try as we might we cannot move any app onto the SD card. Is this expected behaviour? Is there a way of installing apps on his SD card (without rooting the phone, ideally)? The phone is an LG-E400, running Android version 2.3.6 .
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How to reinstall android to the fresh stock? I have recently bought a used HTC Evo 3D from the internet. The phone itself is in perfectly working condition and the software is in its original state; that means it's not rooted, it's not running any custom rom and it's not branded. However, the previous owner seems to have installed many apps from the market, the launchers are kinda different and generally the phone is very 'customized and seems sloppy.' My question is: How do I get the device to its original, fresh, stock state? I don't want to install a custom ROM, I want to have the original android provided by the device manufacturer. I know the device has the "factory reset" option in the menus, however I don't know what it really does and how thorough it is. Wiping the phone and installing the system from scratch would be the best option for me, however, I don't know whether it's possible. What are my options here? Notes: I know what rooting is I know what custom ROMS are I can root the device if necessary, but I don't plan on doing so if not necessary Android 4.0 gets an official release for HTC Evo 3D soon - does this change anything related to what I need/want to do?
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Enable/Disable automatic SD card installations in android phone i don't know why, but in recent 3 day, my memory card goes crazy! and sometimes (3 times in a day) notify me : "damaged memory card, do you want to format it?" and when i format sd card, some applications corrupted and can't run, because it says : "this application not installed in your phone!" is there a way to disable or disallow android from installing or storing any data related to application installed on phone? phone Specs: model : samsung GT-I9100G Build number : Gingerbread.JPKK1 android version : 2.3.6
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Which cloud services allow photo uploads only when charging and support mobile backup?
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Service that syncs pictures only when charging I've been using Dropbox camera upload to automatically sync my pictures to my PC using my data plan (this part is important, I can't use a wifi). However, this autosync eats up the battery like crazy, so I'd like it to only sync when the phone is charging. I always connect my phone to its stand as soon as I'm home, so I'll still have the pictures synced to my PC merely a few minutes after getting home (without having to do anything manually). Dropbox, unfortunately, doesn't offer this option (syncing only when charging). Is there another photo-sync service/app that does? (picasa, g+, facebook, etc)
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Backing up Android without needing Internet? All the Android Backup apps I have checked out (MyBackup, Lookout) require an internet connection. I don't want my data to ever be stored in the cloud. These apps may have legitimate reasons to require Internet, but I don't trust that my data is not being sent to the cloud. Is there any backup app that can store my data on the SD card without requiring Internet access? Update: My phone is not rooted. Hence Titanium Backup is not useful.
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Image instant uploading isn't working Ever since I upgraded my Google+ app on Friday (3.3.0.40049528) one of my favorite features, Image Instant Upload, is not working. One of the big changes in this release was that instant upload could now upload full size images, rather than limiting them to 2048px. I have plenty of available storage (4GB out of 5GB available) I have force stopped the Google+ app as well as cleared the data at least once The phone (Verizon Galaxy Nexus) has been restarted a couple of times I am using the stock camera app for my testing The settings were not changed when I updated Google+, but I have confirmed that Instant Upload is set to allow photo uploads on wifi as well as mobile data. I do not have "upload only when charging" turned on, and there is plenty of battery available. Any ideas? Have I got a bug that needs an update?
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How to take a picture and uploading it with a comment to Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter? I am coming from the iPhone, and there was using an app called Camera+ , which worked well for my workflow. On Android, I am now looking for a way to: On the go, take pictures , and store them somewhere. (I don't care where they are stored, they could very well be in a private store specific to the app.) Allow me to go through the picture I took, delete the one I don't like, and for the others, enter a description , and upload them to a combination of Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. I want to just enter the description once , click on checkboxes for Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter to select where the picture will go. I could do this with the standard Camera/Gallery, with the Flickr and Facebook apps installed, but it requires way to many steps. I'm looking for something simple, that allows for a fast workflow, not for an editing workhouse. Is there any solution out there that would allow me to do this?
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Android: Delay dropbox upload intentionally Is might seem an odd question for some.. But I often find myself wishing that dropbox would wait 5-10 minutes before uploading my newly taken photos. The reason is that sometimes I take a blurry picture and delete it straight away - but dropbox alwas snap it before an upload it to my dropbox. So I have to delete it on my dropbox.. I actually think that what I need would be total sync - so deleting on my phone would delete on dropbox. But I feel that this solution would be too risky.. so would just be happy with a delayed upload that just upload what I have in my camera folder. Any such solution?
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instant upload of camera pictures into Google picasaweb without Google+ app? Is there any option to have instant upload of camera pictures into Google picasaweb without the Google+ app? I have an HTC Chacha 2.3.5 which runs short of memory (even when moving apps to SD), and I can't be bothered of having Google+ installed, but would like to keep the instant upload of camera pictures into Picasa. Right now the Camera app (HTC Version 2.6.2119262927.162876) in the phone can only do instant upload into Flickr or Facebook, but I would rather prefer have them in Picasa. Any ideas?
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How can I sync photos to a network drive over wifi? My current workflow is to snap pics on my Droid, plug it in via USB, and sync the pics. I'd like to just run a script to sync the DCIM folder with a shared network drive, if anyone knows of a way that I can do this? I can connect to the share with a file explorer app, but copying the files is even more awkward that way than plugging in the USB. The tech is there, I'm just wondering if there's a simple one-touch solution.
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disable sync when in mobile (3g) network How can I enable auto-sync only when wifi is available? I have a small data plan and I don't want to waste it on sync.
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What steps are required to enable wireless tethering on a Droid X using RadioComm?
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Tethering Droid 2 Global with Wireless Tether after 2.3 Gingerbread update My D2G updated to 2.3 today, and I'm no longer able to tether. Prevously, I had no problem using Wireless Tether 2.0.7 with Android 2.2. Now that I'm on 2.3: Wireless Tether 2.0.7 will start up and I'm able to connect my laptop to its WiFi network, but Verizon redirects me to the self-provisioning page ; I have no internet access. Wireless Tether 3.1-beta6 doesn't work. It says tethering is enabled, but the WiFi network does not show up on any other devices. How can I fix this? Edit: This appears to be a reported issue .
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How to tether an old Android 2.1 phone with the Asus Transformer I want to tether my Samsung Europia to my Asus Transformer so I can use my phone 3g connection. Is this possible? The Samsung doesn't have native tethering built in.
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Enabling WiFi HotSpot in Google Nexus S I have a Google Nexus S with Android 2.3 in it. I want to tether/or enable Wifi HotSpot in it. Do I have to root my phone? How should I proceed? Thanks!
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Asus Nexus 7 Tethering and Wifi HotSpot not available Using my ASUS Google Nexus 7, I was trying to make it as Portable Wifi Hotspot. But when I opened my settings --> Wireless&Networks there is option for Tethering and Portable Hotspot. I tried this link . Its an app in Play store to enable Wifi Hotspot. Can someone help me to make this work? SPECIFICATIONS: Model Number - Nexus 7 Android Version - 4.2.2 Build Number - JDQ39
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Tethering HC3.2 with Windows Mobile I bought a non-3G tablet because I already have a 3G phone with tethering function: HTC HD2 with stock WM6.5. When I enable "Wi-Fi Router" program from WM I successfully create the <code> Aldaris </code> network (yes, that one!) that any Windows and Linux laptop can see. But not my Iconia Tab!!! Any ideas on how to use a tethered wifi from HC3.2? Thanks
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Can I set up Wi-Fi and USB tethering on the Galaxy Nexus without rooting it? I am about to buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and I need to tether with the following connections USB to my Windows PC Wi-Fi with my Mac, iPad or iPhone (to download apps over 20MB) I will be using Verizon Wireless's LTE 4G connection to my smartphone I also don't want to root my phone, install a custom rom or pay Verizon $20/GB I heard of PDANet and EasyTether and Tether.com but they only provide USB connectivity to the Mac or PC (I won't be able to use it with iPhone's or iPads) Any help is greatly appreciated. I am willing to pay for the software if it provides Wi-Fi and USB. (Bluetooth is optional but not needed)
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Wi-Fi tethering with HTC Magic 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?
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How to use an USB 3G modem data connection with an Android phone (Galaxy Nexus)? I own a Galaxy Nexus phone and i'd like to know if there is a way i can use an USB dongle to provide it with an Internet connection. I imagine I will need some kind of adapter (and some Google searches suggested an USB OTG cable). I'd like to know if the stock OS supports this (i have Android 4.2.2 currently) and if I'd need root or a customer kernel. Also, if it is possible, could you please provide a guide on how to do this?
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How can I get familiar with the new 8pen layout using the free game 8pen Wordcup?
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Where's the 8pen Preview Popup? I just purchased the 8pen keyboard last night, and one frustration I'm having is that I keep having to look around my finger to figure out where the next letter is. I found this blog post from November saying that the keyboard was now free and also updated to, among other things, include a preview popup that would show where the letters are. The bit about the app being free is definitely outdated, as there is no free app on the marketplace and the links it includes are dead. It would seem that the preview popup is also gone. I'm hoping someone can help me either to get the preview popup in my version (2.0.3), or help me find the version that has the preview popup.
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What's the name of the card game in Final Fantasy 8? In Final Fantasy 8 there was a really addictive card game that kept me occupied for many, many days. The basics of the game were: There was a board with 9 cells. You could select a given amount of cards at the start of the game (I forget how many). Each card had a number on each of its edges ranging from 1-A. Players take turns placing their selected cards into an unoccupied cell of their choice. If an adjacent card owned by the other player has a lower score on the touching edge, you gain control of the card. Player with control of the most cards once all cells are filled wins. There were also some other tactics that involved a bit of basic math to take over two adjacent cards regardless of score if you met certain criteria, etc. Does anyone know if this game was based off a real card game? I'd like to track it down. A digital version would be even better!
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Understanding Data Binding for Windows Phone 7 I want to develop a simple app for the Windows Phone 7 platform. It's basically a vocabulary based game that involves the user moving word tiles from one area to another to score points. I want to know what is the best way of tying the UI to the game's backend? I saw the Windows Phone 7 jumpstart videos, there they touch up on Data Binding but don't really go into any depth. I'm a newbie and don't have any experience with designing the architecture for a phone app, It'd be great if someone could explain what steps I should be taking or guide me to a resource from where I could learn more.
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How do I start a new game? How do I start a new game within Virtual City Playground? When I load the app, I just have an option to start playing. I don't see anything throughout the game menu to restart or anything like that.
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How do I train my carpenty skill? I just started playing rpg mo beta and I can't figure out how to even begin with my carpentry skill. Most of my other skills are already between level 20 and 30. Where should one start with carpentry?
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Option to join Abyss no longer displays After the recent updates to the ICCup Launcher I no longer see the option to join the abys server option only the regular servers are displayed: west east asia and Europe. Im doing everything the way I always did but the option does not show up. I also tried searching for the solution elsewhere I've seen that other people are having similar problem in this post. I tried following the suggested solution of downloading the iCCup_WarCraft_3_Reg.zip file but it didnt help me at all.
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How do I launch Civ 5 in the tablet / touch mode by default I just got a Windows 8 touch screen laptop, and playing Civ V in the Touch Enabled mode is great. But every time I launch it from within Steam, it prompts me to pick either DirectX9, DirectX 10 & 11, or Windows 8 - Touch Enabled (recommended). I went into the folder where Civ V is installed on my hard drive and found CivilizationV_Tablet.exe. I made a shortcut for that, but still got prompted! My google search only found me a bunch of people talking about how to run it on a Surface Pro.
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Source for free complete CSS+HTML layouts? Where can I find complete free HTML+CSS layouts to choose from?
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What does the Heimdall developer say about Galaxy Mini compatibility and user feedback?
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How can I flash ClockworkMod with Heimdall on Galaxy Mini? I tried to flash ClockworkMod with Heimdall on my Galaxy Mini by doing the following: I go into download mode Plug in my phone Go into the recovery image folder Run <code> heimdall flash --kernel zImage </code> I get this error and my phone stays in download mode: <code> Initialising connection... Detecting device... Claiming interface... Attempt failed. Detaching driver... Claiming interface again... Setting up interface... ERROR: Setting up interface failed! Re-attaching kernel driver... </code> USB debugging mode is enabled of course and I'm on Ubuntu. How can I successfully flash ClockworkMod?
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Some apps not supported on Samsung Galaxy Player I've never really used an Android device before about a week ago so I'm not terribly familiar with how this all works, but I've noticed that there are a couple of apps that I am not able to download on my Samsung Galaxy player, but my friends who have Android phones are able to. Any ideas on why this might be or how I could work around it. An example is Go Launcher Ex.
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Android apps not compatible between roms I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with CM10, I was testing SlimRom and notice that some applications that I bought on PlayStore showed the message "This app is not compatible with your device". It's the same device with different rom. Any ideas about why this happen? thanks!
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How to NANDroid a phone without ClockWorkMod? I'm almost sure that there is no ClockWorkMod Recovery for my phone (I've been reading some questions and answer in the forum and also google it with this result. So when I installed ROM Manager the first thing I was asked to do was selecting my phone model which wasn't in the offered list. I want to do a NANDroid but I'm not sure how. In the question I read here I saw Odin, Amon-Ra and Heimdal. I really have no idea what this three tools / apps are and how to use them. What is each one of them? How can I make a NANDroid? If it helps I have a Samsung Galaxy I551 Thanks!
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Can I make a full backup of my phone with Odin and without root? As a follow up to stackexchange-url ("this question"), is it possible to use Odin (or Heimdall) to save a complete image of my phone without root? Odin already allows me to completely overwrite pretty much everything on my phone without root. Can Odin be used to read the entire contents of the phone over USB without root? Ideally, I'd expect the output of such a read to be something I can write in the future with Odin. While this question is somewhat general, I'm guessing that by asking about Odin and Heimdall I'm limiting it to Samsung phones (though I may be wrong).
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Does the Zan's Minimap mod work with Minecraft 1.6.6? Does the Zan's Minimap mod work with Minecraft 1.6.6? When I try to use it it always appears to throw an error when I try to load my game (but the message disappears too fast for me to read it), and my game never loads. I already have modloader installed and I made sure to delete the META-INF file.
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How can I get my phone to boot again? I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570) and the ROM I'm using is CM10.1, I was messing with the developer options and I saw an option called "simulate second screen" and I clicked that and selected 720 then it froze. I rebooted it and stops at the end of the boot animation and get stuck there. Any ideas please?
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Disable list "bounce" effect on Samsung Galaxy Mini I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570) with Froyo (Build FROYO.XWKE3 in case this is relevant). When scrolling a list it allows the list to scroll past the end, and then slowly scrolls it back. This prevents me from using the technique I've used on other Android devices where I flick a list and let it hit the end in order to select an item from the last screen (it takes about a second for the position of items to settle down, which is really annoying, and I'm not accurate enough to select them while they're moving). Is there any way (short of a custom ROM) of disabling this behaviour?
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How can I organize my photos on an Android device using a file manager and create a new album in the gallery app?
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How do i make a new album in the HTC Photos application? I have an HTC Hero (with the Android 2.1 update). For the longest time, I've wanted to create new albums in the Photos application and can't for the life of me figure out how to do it. It has a bunch of default albums like "My Favroties" "All photos" and such. I just want to create my own albums so I can organize some pictures, like an album of all the pictures of my ridiculously cute niece. Anyone know how to do that? Or can suggest a better photo management application for Android 2.1?
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On the android Incredible, is there any way to make a shortcut to the "All Photos" view? The HTC photo-album takes up an entire screen; is there a way to make a shortcut, or is there a smaller widget or app, that would open up the all-photos view? The easiest method I've found is to go in via a camera, view the albums, and select "All photos" Surely there must be a better way? I'm on the HTC Incredible running Froyo (2.2)
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Save an image in Android browser When I save an image from a WebPage in android browser, can you please tell me where does that go? Which directory does that file go? I tried mounting the phone to my computer, but I can't find that file. Please help. Thank you.
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How do I speed up media scanning? When putting new music files or images onto the sd card of my android phone, android needs to scan for new files. Is there any way to speed up this process? E.g. putting all files in one directory? Currently I organized my music this way: <code> music/artists/albums/files.mp3 </code> Any suggestions?
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How can I view and easily delete pictures? Could you advise me of some way to view pictures and easily delete some of them when viewing (with one or two taps)? I'm using Android 2.1.
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Importing photos finds all image files, not just camera pictures When trying to import photos from my Galaxy S2 in Windows, it tries to import all image files on the phone (including application data), not just those in DCIM. The system is Android 4.0.3. The phone is set to connect as a camera (but Windows Explorer can still see the full directory structure on the phone and SD card.)
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How can I save taken photos and recorded videos out of DCIM folder? How to save taken photos and recorded videos out of DCIM folder, in custom locations? Or, is it ever possible to DCIM separate photos and videos into different subfolders? In my phone, a Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman, there's a folder 100ANDRO within DCIM storing all of videos and pictures together. I would like, for example, for videos to go to <code> /sdcard/Videos </code> , and photos to <code> /sdcard/Pictures/Photos </code> . I would like to at least save the videos somewhere else. Applications such as SugarSync get confused and think everything in DCIM is a picture. Regardless, I want to know how the path is determined and ideas on how to achieve this, either by some hidden configuration or modification of source code. The DCIM folder is mounted on a FAT filesystem, so symlinks are not supported. I have heard about using <code> mount --bind /old/dir /new/dir </code> , so is it possible to do this without rooting and on system initialization? That would allow me to a least make DCIM point somewhere else, or make other folders like Pictures and Videos point to DCIM. Thanks in advance!
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Is there a way to download the files stored on Google Drive to an Android device? I've stored some images in Google Drive, and I'd like to view them on my tablet. The problem is, I can only view them one at a time and the procedure goes something like this: Open Drive. Navigate to image folder. Select image to view. View image. Press back. Select another image to view (while trying to remember which image I just viewed, so I don't view it again). Repeat steps 3 - 6. If I could download the files onto the tablet, I could view them in the default image viewing application and the procedure is more like this: Select image to view. Slide left/right to view next/previous image. Is there a way to download the files stored on Google Drive to an Android device? Update: I found a slightly awkward workaround. If you login to Google Drive using a web browser, clicking on the image will download it to <code> /storage/sdcard0/Download/ </code> . You can then view the images using the default image viewer application.
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What might cause screen lines that stretch across the entire display, and could it be due to a loose connection?
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Persistent lines on screen This morning I noticed my phone has several light grey horizontal lines on the display, that don't go away when I change applications, or restart the phone. They don't rotate when I rotate the display - it reminds me of when we were warned about images "burning" into the display of PCs, hence screensavers. Last night I went to bed with Winamp running while the phone was charging, and I have noticed it doesn't always seem to go to screensaver/black with Winamp. But the lines don't seem to correspond to anything in the Winamp UI, so...I have no idea. What else should I try to get rid of these lines?
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Possible digitizer problem? My HTC Evo 3D sometimes doesn't react when i press certain areas of the screen. I noticed it happens mostly on the part where the letter 'e' is, when i'm holding the phone in landscape mode. So, i did a factory reset, wiped out SD card as well during the factory reset, and the problem still persists. It sometimes happens for a certain period of time, and it starts to work after a while. I did a line drawing test, and on some places it doesn't draw the line correctly (it is continuos but it's drawn with sharp angles, i don't know how to explain it better). I read somewhere it is most probably a hardware problem, with a digitizer. Is there any way to be sure, or is it best to take it to a repair shop?
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Xorg: Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section Last week I received a new notebook in my work and everything is fine, except my dual-head setup(was flawless in the old model). My goal is to have one screen in each monitor , but instead I'm getting one screen "stretched" between two monitors . I'm using the exact configuration of the old model, but the end result is totally different. Any ideas? Note that the Xorg log shows the following error: <code> [ 3779.739] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section. </code> If I comment the Screen line of both Device sections, the error goes away, but nothing changes. Relevant information on the links below: Xorg log: http://pastebin.com/LQszqwke Xorg configuration: http://pastebin.com/rtgmBwz1 LSPCI Output: http://pastebin.com/s32ZCRNh xrandr -q: http://pastebin.com/qp4y9iiN
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Why would the screen to a Droid Razr Maxx randomly break? I read many good reviews about the Droid Razr Maxx which mainly focused on its large 3300 mA battery. All reviews brag about how long the phone lasts before running out of power. Most reviews on stackexchange-url ("Amazon") speak highly of the phone too. HOWEVER, I came across this blog Droid Razr Maxx – Broken Screen Surprisingly, a LOT of people are complaining about having cracks in their screens. Some admit that their phone fell to the ground, but many others say the screen cracked without falling. Does this have to do with the large 3300mA irremovable battery? I mean is this because of the battery heating up and expanding? Is this a flaw in Motorola's version of Ginger Bread? Note: AFAIK, the screen is made of Gorilla -unbreakable- glass, so I think most people mean the LCD screen cracked. UPDATE Here is another link from Verizon's forums about customers suffering from the same problem. Some of them say it wasn't dropped.
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Red screen on my pc Whenever I play video games on my pc, after a little while, different parts of my screen start turning red, and it makes gaming on my pc almost intolerable. Any thoughts on what the problem could be?
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PS3 1080p Image Quality Issue on Samsung LED I just purchased a new Samsung UN55ES7003 to replace an older 46" model (LN46A650). Images originating from my DirecTV DVR (1080i and lower) seem to be fine, but something's happening between the PS3 (at 1080p) and the new TV. Basically what I'm noticing is: There is a vertical jitter - the image appears to slightly move up and then back to normal. There are horizontal, white lines in the bottom right corner of the screen. This happens in any PS3 content: menu, in game, and in movie. What I've tried: Switching HDMI cables (doesn't fix) A different HDMI port on the TV (doesn't fix) Try a different AV receiver (doesn't fix) Connected the PS3 back to the old set (issue goes away...as expected) Thus, I feel I've sufficiently ruled out all possible hardware issues with the exception of the new TV. Why I'm convinced it's only 1080p: I re-connected the PS3 back to the NEW TV, and went into PS3 Video Setup and cycled through all of the supported resolutions. NONE of the resolutions exhibited the image jitter/interference issue EXCEPT 1080p. I happen to have a standalone BD player and plan tomorrow to connect it to the new TV and see if the 1080p image from it also has the same problem. At that point, I will be convinced that it's an issue with the new TV handling 1080p content (which would be shocking; I've never had a problem with a Samsung TV). All of this said, if I find that the BD player also has this problem at 1080p, and it appears to be the TV, I guess I'll contact Samsung and/or the seller to start the RMA process, unless someone here can propose a setting change or firmware update that might fix this?
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Graphical glitches I have graphical glitches when I play Street Fighter IV on PC. Sometimes when I play, the 3D models are like leaking to or from nowhere. An image is worth a thousand words, isn't it. Please visit that IS gallery . I'm wondering why this happens. Look under Sakura's skirt, on Chun Li's cheek or Dan's hand. It happens randomly. Obviously I didn't have the problem in the beginning and then it happened but deeper than what you can see on the screenshots, then I changed my monitor because the previous died and it even happened on char select and vs screen (greenish and magenta dotted lines on 2D graphics) but now it seems it got better. I had to play over an hour to get these screens. I preferred to play on windowed mode and now I play in full-screen mode. My previous screen was displaying at 1280×1024 as far as I remember and the new one displays HD (1920×1080) so I bet it had to display Windows desktop AND the game graphics and the change of definition may have made some extra work to the GC. Maybe full-screen mode allows it to ease the GPU a bit. Another thing that happens is the game quitting suddenly. As I told earlier, my pc is quite old (it actually passes the minimum required config) Athlon 64 3800+ 1 GB of RAM ATI Radeon x1600 Pro Windows Seven x64 In short : why do these glitches happen and what are the solutions?
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Nexus 7 screen is flickering My 16 GB Nexus 7 arrived a few days ago. It's my first mobile device, believe it or not, and I've already found it to be incredibly useful. It has performed flawlessly, but there is one small issue that's an annoyance, nothing more. The screen flickers. It happens in dimmer light, and only for a second or two at a time. I suspect, though I can't prove this, that it occurs during WiFi transmissions. Has anyone else encountered this? Is there a fix for this, even if it has to be some sort of warranty thing?
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How can I get warranty service for my Nexus 7 if it was not bought from Google Play?
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Warranty on Nexus 7 I just won an auction on the Nexus 7. The seller claims that he doens't have the original sales receipt but says I will be able to sign up for the warranty online with the registration & activation of the Nexus. So, how does this exactly work and will this warranty be of the international type? Thanks!
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Is Plants vs Zombies 2 supported on the Nexus 7? I bought a Nexus 7 with LTE unlocked from the US Google Play store and I later added a T-Mobile data only sim card to the device. When I checked for PvZ2 on the play store it was not there. When I checked it on the google play website it said that "This app is incompatible with all your devices" When I clicked Install, under Choose Your Device, it said, "This item cannot be installed in your device's country" which is absurd. I bought this device in America with the US Google Play Store and an American phone company's sim card is in the thing. Can anyone assist me?
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Does the Google Nexus 7 support external keyboards? Can I use an external keyboard with a Google Nexus 7? Will the Nexus pair with an Apple Wireless keyboard? Are there other companies that make compatible keyboards?
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Nexus 7 White Vignette For the past few days my Nexus 7 wouldn't turn on. I just assumed the battery was dead but that seemed strange since the battery usually lasts a lot longer than it had. Last night I connected it to the USB and charged it overnight. This morning it still wouldn't turn on, so i followed the troubleshooting instructions from the ASUS site and held down the power button for at least 15 seconds. This worked and my device began to power up, only this time there was something different - something quite noticeably different. The white vignette is visible the moment the device is powered on throughout the boot screen. If you look closer, you can also see that there is a fine gradient split down the center of the screen. The device is still under warrenty so I plan on having it serviced/replaced, but out of curiousity does anyone know what this is and what could have caused it?
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How do I get Android kitkat 4.4? I have Android 4.3 jelly bean on my Nexus 7. How do I get Kitkat? I have tried exploring the Android website. I have also found some tutorials out there like this one - http://www.ibtimes.com/android-44-kitkat-update-how-manually-update-nexus-7-latest-android-firmware-tutorial-1469800 but they seem to require taking steps that are quite low-level. I don't think a consumer like me is supposed to delve into such a low-level ...
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Are Nexus the only one that receive OS update directly from Google and not from Telecom / Phone Manufacturer? According to a comment made to this article as shown below: <code> They already do that. Its called the Nexus One, secondly the Nexus S, and thirdly, now the Galaxy Nexus..... they all receive OS updates directly from google. </code> Is it true that there are only 3 Android phones that receive the latest OS updates? Nexus One Nexus S Galaxy Nexus The rest will have to wait for their Telecom or the phone manufacturer for the latest Android OS updates?
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Where to download and install Google Apps on Android 4.0.4 device? I have an international android smartphone which doesn't have anything related to Google Play Store installed. So I have to install GoogleLoginService.apk, GoogleServicesFramework.apk, Vending.apk, ... by myself. I was able to find information about how to do it online but I cannot find where to get those apks for my version of Android, which is version 4.0.4. If I download them, how can I know/verify they are the right version for the android 4.0.4?
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Installing custom apps on a Nexus 7 Does the Asus Nexus 7 allow me to create and install my own apps without using someone's app store (like Google Play or Amazon)? I want to create my own apps but not make them open for anyone else but me.
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How can apps stay active in the background on Android without draining battery?
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How do I stop apps from getting killed while sleeping? I have a Droid 2. I have a long, resource-intensive game (spectral souls) that I would like to leave running while I'm not using my phone. If I hit the Android "Home" button to get back to the home screen and then immediately re-launch the game, it will be right where I left off. Same if I hit the power button to sleep, and then immediately turn on the phone, unlock, and re-launch the game. If I leave it for some amount of time (a few hours), then when I come back and launch the game, it starts fresh as if it were never running. The phone hasn't been used for anything in the meantime, although syncing is on. My question is twofold: how can I get more information about what apps are killed when & why, and how can I set it up to allow this app to continue running? I don't need it to DO anything in the background, I just want it to still be there when I come back. I'm familiar with the concept of Android clearing memory as it's needed and not needing a task killer, but I want it to not kill THIS task unless I really exit it.
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What can I do to increase battery life on my Android tablet? Tablets have different usage profiles than phones. So many of the "Phone" suggestions don't apply. So, what can I do to get better battery life on my Android Tablet. (TechPad 7" Tablet from Chinavasion, S3C6410 Android 1.6;) Works well, except something unexpected is consuming power; Just having the tabled turned on will drain the battery in 2-3 hours. Also, the power status shows 40% of my battery is always being used by "cell standby"; While this tablet has Wifi, it is disabled. It also has no built-in cell phone, so what could be draining the battery?
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What is *Cell standby* and how can I keep it from eating my battery? Looking up my battery statistics, I almost always find Cell standby amongst the top consumers: I never thought that "idle" would use so much energy. I saw that other people encounter similar problems: stackexchange-url ("Cell standby and Phone idle") stackexchange-url ("Galaxy S3 cell standby is eating my battery") Answers on those questions just give some raw ideas. I would like to know what exactly stands behind this, an whether there are ways to keep this "standby" from eating my battery?
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How can I prevent my Desire HDs battery from draining overnight? I've recently got the new HTC Desire HD, which has a poor battery to start with (1230 mAh), but in the last two weeks I've had several nights waking up with a dead battery. The first few nights, I suspect that wifi was still running and by default the radio didn't go to sleep when it's idle (changed that). I reduced syncing frequencies for most services to once a day, so that can hardly be the problem. When looking at the battery usage reports, it's mostly the huge screen draining the battery, but that's turned off at night. Last night I turned off any data connection and went to bed with 90% battery and woke up with a dead one. So what on earth is crashing my battery so quickly? Does anyone have any suggestions other stackexchange-url ("than the no-brainers mentioned here.")
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Close app as opposed to letting it run in the background I'm not sure whether this is a Galaxy Nexus question or an ICS question, but here goes: Suppose I'm using some app and then I move to the home screen, rather than shutting down, the app is left to run in the background. Is there a way of exiting an app such that it gets closed upon leaving it rather than being left to run in the background?
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How can I make sure I've quit a specific app? 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 running in the background without my knowledge. By the way, I'm on HTC HD2 with Android 2.2.
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How can I tell what is really draining my battery? I know that by going to <code> Settings > About Phone > Battery Use </code> , I can get some idea of the applications that are using up the most of my battery. I see things like "Cell standby", "Phone idle", and "Wi-fi"; is there any way to drill down even further and find out what is really draining my battery ? For example, I am fairly certain that GPS usage is included under 'Cell Standby'. Any help would be appreciated; I have had my phone for only about three months, and the battery goes from 100% to 0% over the course of two-ish days with minimal usage (some browsing, check-ins), and I cannot figure what is draining the battery. EDIT I am mostly interested in ways of diagnosing power usage in a less broad way, but in the interests of finding out what could possibly be draining my battery, here is what my 'battery use' is reporting at the moment: 38% - Cell Standby 33% - Phone Idle 20% - Wi-Fi 6% - Display 2% - Angry Birds 2% - Maps I have been on battery for 8h 50m, and the charge has gone from 100% to 64%.
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Google Services is killing my battery by keeping phone awake In the last few days my Galaxy S3 has gone from lasting 12-13 hours to about 6 hours. On checking the battery monitor it seems to suggest that the phone is constantly staying awake and that Google Services are to blame. I was recently experiencing real problems with Google Chrome freezing the phone so I have uninstalled and gone back to the native browser but the battery issue persists... Has anyone experienced anything similar....is a factory reset the only solution? (Android version 4.1.1)
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How do I import Outlook contacts into Google Mail using a CSV file?
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How do I transfer my phone numbers to an Android phone? I just bought a new Android Phone (HTC Hero), but I need to import my Outlook contacts with all their phone numbers. Any directions as to how to do this?
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How do I import all contacts from a SIM-card to an Android phone? My mother have got a HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2. Now I want to import all contacts from her old SIM-card to the phone. I did it and it worked. Then I switched to the new SIM-card, and now when I start the phone, the contacts has disappeared. How can I import the contacts from the old SIM-card to the Android phone? This is a really annoying problem.
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How to import old SIM contacts to Galaxy Nexus? I would like to import the contacts from my old phone to GN. I read this guide here , but there is no "Menu" in the People app. I'm running 4.0.2. Please, does anyone know how to proceed? Why there is no "Menu" if the manual says there should be?
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Export or backup contacts with pictures When exporting contacts from the standard contacts application to the disk and importing them to Thunderbird - the pictures are missing. I'd like to export all contacts with pictures though. Is there a way to get a 100% backup of my contacts? Where are they stored and how can I back them up?
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Problem opening VCF files on tf300 I am trying to help my Father debug an issue he has on the TF300 since it upgraded to Jelly Bean. We are both unable to open a vCard file from email or from Astro file explorer. It appears to the user that nothing happens when he hits view in Gmail. He receives vCard emails all of the time from his work. I can save it, open "people" and then import it, but I cannot import it from Gmail view it. We can open it from Gmail on Jelly Bean on both my Galaxy Nexus and my Nexus 7. This sounds like a file association issue, but there are no defaults under Contacts. Does anyone have any ideas on how to debug this? Is there an easy way without USB debugging to determine what program gets called? Edit: What is the easiest way to log every process opened after a file is clicked on? I am happy to use USB debugging at this point.
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How can I show excel file with addresses inside in Google Earth? I have excel file with 1 column of address , city and country. I want to "import" it into Google Earth and get placemarks of the addresses (2800 POI). How can I do it ?
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How do I transfer numbers/contacts from Windows Mobile to Android? I finally activated my Android phone and would like to import numbers / contacts to the new phone. I forgot to ask the store rep and figured since both of them can be hooked up to a computer I can probably do it myself. I'm on a Windows platform.
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Sync contacts and calendar from Outlook 2010 on my laptop with Android phone, avoid data in cloud? I'm looking to buy a new Android phone, but before I do, I need to know that there's a reliable way of keeping the contacts and calendar data on the phone in sync with the data in Outlook 2010 on my laptop. For the past 8 years I've been using windows mobile phones, where Microsoft's ActiveSync etc worked well. Simply connecting my windows phone to my laptop via USB meant that everything almost always sync'd fine without any issues. I'm looking to get as close to that experience as possible. I also need to avoid putting any of my data in the cloud (e.g. gmail), because my outlook data contains too much sensitive information. Security breaches may be highly unlikely, but the potential consequences are too dire to imagine. One answer to this sync question (stackexchange-url ("Sync setup question: will Android, Outlook 2010, Gmail, calendar and contacts sync?")) has a comment which says that Android phones will always sync with google, so I need to disable that. Is that possible? I'm aware of Samsung's Kies , but I've never tried it. If anyone can assure me that Kies works well for what I need then I'd be quite happy to restrict myself to buying Samsung. I've done other research and found a pcmag.com review from Feb 2012 that suggests in general this isn't an easy problem. However, that link (and answers that I've found here) are all over a year old, so what's a good way of achieving all this in June 2013?
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How do I create a custom calendar in Google Calendar for managing client events?
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Is there a way to color code events in de default Calender application I am using the (I think default) Calender application on my Samsung Galaxy S phone. It shows blue blocks for my events in the 7 day view. Is there a way to change this blue color ? So that, e.g. I can mark private events in green and appointments with customers in red ? Or is there a way to show some text in the blocks ? Or it not possible with the default calender .. do you know of another one which does allow this ? Thanks.
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Galaxy Note and stock Google Calendar app How can I install stock ICS Google Calendar app to a Galaxy Note with original ICS ROM? I found <code> Calendar.apk </code> and <code> CalendarProvider.apk </code> on the net and tried to install. According to the install these are system apps and I was not able to replace the existing ones that I can't understand because there's no stock calendar on the phone.
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A non-cloud local calendar for Android? Is there any way to have and use a local calendar on Android? I would like to use it on the Android phone and open the file (vcs, ics, anything) on my laptop sometimes. I have not found any applications that deal with local calendar files stored on the SD-card of the phone. I have found only numerous cloud applications so far. Is there any app that can open and edit local calendar files on Android?
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Google Calendar events created on the phone won't sync In my 2.3.7 Android phone, when I use the Google Calendar application, I can see all the events that are listed in my Google account, as I would see them in the browser in my computer, but when I create a new event using the phone -- it shows as 'PC Sync', the new item won't sync up to the calendar as I see it in the browser. I have tried cleaning the cache and data for the 'Calendar' and 'Calendar Storage' application, and manually re-syncing the Google account from the phone, but it still won't show up. Any ideas? EDIT: If the event is under 'PC Sync', where should they appear in Google Calendar?
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Emacs sync w/ Google Calendar and Contacts? Is there a way to use Emacs to sync with Google Calendar and Google Contacts, ideally keeping a local copy so I can access them offline?
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How to sync calendars events programmatically? I'd like to hear some ideas how to sync calendar events. Say I have two calendars having fields (id, title, start, end, updated, location and description). I'm struggling with starting point. Its easy if all events are new and not overlapping with each other. But say I already have events on calendars, some are supposedly same events, some are separate events, some maybe same events, but their attributes have changed, like location, title, start and end time. How would you actually make sync between calendars with reasonable smart functionality?
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All calendar events disappeared Saturday at 10pm I checked the calendar and my events were there. When later, at 1am I checked again, all the events in the android calendar disappeared, while in the web calendar are still there. How I can restore them? I disabled autosync and did a manual sync, let some day to pass, did not resold the problem.
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Weather Calendar No Longer Syncing I have the standard Weather calendar added to Google Calendar, and I can see the weather for today on goocal in my desktop browser just fine. I noticed that the weather was no longer showing up on my calendar. It was showing the weather for last week - Mon-Tue-Wed, but there was no entries for this week. So I deleted the weather calendar completely. Verified it was no longer showing up on my Android. Then I added it back again. Now I can (still) see it on my desktop in the browser, but in Android the calendar no longer shows up at all. The Weather calendar is quite definitely selected as "Synce, Visible" in the calendar settings. I also tried another calendar app that uses the Google Calendar database (Business Calendar); again, the Weather calendar is selected to be shown, but it does not show up. Before you ask why I don't just use the weather widget, to be honest I don't particularly care about the weather, I just like having something on my calendar every day - it makes it more obvious in "Agenda" view that I have nothing going on today UPDATE: I just tried the "Day of the Year" calendar and that shows up just fine. My speculation is that the weather calendar requires your current location, and that's the source of the problem. I'd rather see the weather, which is at least marginally useful, than the day of the year though.
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Please add yourself to the support bug for the known kernel regression in Ubuntu 12.10 related to Mediatek drivers.
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SD card won't mount when Xperia Neo V is connected to Ubuntu 12.10 I upgraded my Ubuntu set up to 12.10 and realized that the SD card can't mount like it used to every time I connected my Neo V (running android 2.3.4). It can't be a hardware issue as it mounts successfully via a card reader. It also mounts successfully on Windows 7 too. For some strange reason the phone charges normally when the USB cable is connected but Ubuntu just doesn't recognize the connected phone or its SD card. How do I rectify this problem? Thanks in advance.
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How can I install Arch Linux on a Laptop with Intel GMA 4500 MHD? I would like to install Arch Linux on my Acer TravelMate 5735Z. Sadly, it has a Intel GMA 4500 MHD graphic card. This means, I suffer from Kernel Bug [GM45] black screen at boot (0 backlight?) . When I boot from the installation CD for Arch Linux 2013.10.01, I can see the menu that lets me choose to install arch/boot the installed system (Ubuntu 10.04, I think)/Power off. But when I choose to install Arch, the screen gets black. In this German article , the author seems to have found a solution for Linux Mint. But he begins with "start LiveCD in compatibility mode". As there is no such thing in the Arch Menu, I thought I had to edit the installation parameters. But when I hit tab, I get some cryptic stuff: <code> . linux boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisobasedir=arch archisolabel=ARCH_201310 init rd=boot/x86_64/archiso.img </code> I only have WLAN, so I can't try a network installation. How can I install Arch Linux on this computer?
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Linux friendly TV tuner/receiver My USB TV tuner (an ENUTV-2 ) just stopped working and now I have to buy a new one. While I was browsing options, I realized my biggest priority was to get one that had Linux drivers (lack of them was my biggest annoyance with the old tuner). Can anyone recommend a TV tuner that has Linux drivers? It could be either PCI-E card or a USB box, my priority is Linux support.
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How to use the EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR kernel option? I am using Gentoo, and I need to load an extra firmware to get my USB Wifi adapter work. I found an <code> EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR </code> kernel option, but I do not understand if it is used during compile time only or if it is effective after the new kernel is used. My WiFi adapter chip is Atheros, and according to this page , I have to put the firmware to the right place . On Ubuntu, I found the <code> /lib/firmware </code> directory as it is indicated in that page, but I cannot find that directory on Gentoo.
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Sometimes no sound in flash videos after boot? Sometimes after I boot up the machine, I get no sound in flash videos. First I didn't know why it was happening, but as I read a few articles here and there, I found out it was because of my USB webcam (logitech) - ALSA was messing something up and didn't know how to handle sound drivers well (so they say). So one of the suggestions I found was to force the (in my case) <code> snd_hda_intel </code> module load before <code> snd_usb_audio </code> module during the boot process. I thought it worked, but after a while the same problem appeared again. If I just unplug the webcam from my computer, sound works perfectly on each boot, but I don't want to get down and insart the cam everytime I need it... Anyone have any suggestions what I should try to fix this?
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My Ubuntu doesn't hibernate My Ubuntu 13.10 installation does not hibernate, no matter what I do. Although I have Tuxonice and enough swap space to cover the real RAM, it still doesn't work. Is the problem specific to Ubuntu or to the machine? If it's the former, I'd try to install a different Linux dist, otherwise I'd give up. Update: VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) I have 50% of free RAM. There is no problem suspending the machine. I have tried all the tips on https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt .
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Ubuntu 12.04LTS becoms slow and jerky randomly for a mintue and then becomes normal by itself I am using Ubuntu 12.04LTS on my Toshiba satellite L510 and I have only Ubuntu installed. The system becomes slow and jerky by itself after every 10minutes or so and the remains like that for less than one minute
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Why do some drivers still require firmware? There are a ton of reverse-engineered drivers in the Linux kernel tree. Yet some drivers, especially wireless drivers, require firmware binary blobs to run properly. What prevents someone from reverse-engineering these, too, and making the driver 100% free? Or is it different for different drivers?
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How does Android manage RAM and internal storage compared to traditional operating systems?
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Can I install more apps if I get more internal memory/storage? Most modern top-level Android devices, e.g., Samsung S4, has: 2GB internal RAM 16/32/64GB internal memory/storage up to 64GB exernal/removable memory/storage Does the amount of internal memory/storage make any difference - for instance how many apps you can install or does the size of the storage only affect the number of images/music pieces/... you may download to the device? I agree with the answers on the performance part but what the number of apps?
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How much internal storage for Apps does Nexus S have? I have a Nexus One now, and the internal storage is very limited. For the moment I have only 164 MB internal storage for apps (From DiskUsage). Nexus One seem to have totally 512MB of internal storage. And Nexus S seem to have totally 16GB of internal storage. But Wikipedia wrotes: <code> 16 GB iNAND (partitioned 1 GB internal storage, 15 GB USB storage </code> Does this mean that Nexus S only has less than 1GB of internal storage for Apps? I find my 164MB very limiting on Nexus One and I consider to buy a new phone because of this.
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Android Device Partitions I understand how partitions work on a harddisk, also how to use programs to create, change, delete these partitions. I am using also Android for quite some time - but never really tried to go very deep regarding the system itself. I would really get some more details regarding how the system works but I feel I cannot find the right source for the deeper knowledge. In this question I would like to focus on the Android partitions only. I found this source: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_more_concepts#Partitions_and_directories But I would like to understand a little bit more: Is the concept similar to harddisks? Can these partitions also be changed? Or would it be necessary at all? Are there tools to change the partitons? Can I brick my device forever when working on the partitions? Thank you so much!!
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Is it possible to use my SD card as ROM and my internal ROM as an additional RAM? I've read somewhere that I can do some certain things to partition my SD Card specially to allot some part or all of it to trick the phone into thinking it's the "internal" ROM. For the life of me, I can't seem to locate that article anymore. I'm looking forward to rooting my phone and this has been on one of my to-do list once I get around to rooting. The next issue I want to bring up is that, once I've achieved the above procedures, I typically won't be using my phone's original internal ROM anymore and was thinking if it was possible to allot that unused internal ROM as additional RAM. So in essence, my phone's internals will only be used as RAM and the ROM will be the SD card's burden. That way, I can hopefully maximize my phone's usability. Can anyone shed some light on this?
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Why do I only have 304 MB of available storage space? I have AlphaRev Oxygen R2, 4Ext Touch Recovery, AN-Droid 2.2.0 with Android 2.3.3 on my HTC Desire. But I have only 304 MB of available internal storage space after the first boot up. Now I installed Shazam and it shrank down to 296 MB. Shouldn't this number stay the same when I install an app? I mean I have formatted my SD card in 4Ext and created a 2 GB Ext4 partition for apps. Are the apps being installed on internal memory anyway? How do I check that? And if so, how do I tell it to install to the SD-Ext partition instead? This ROM is supposed to come with integrated App2SD+. Ain't that right? If not, can you suggest another ROM that has integrated App2SD+ or tell me how to set it up manually? I want memory, man!! This stupid phone comes with only 147 MB of memory available for the user apps and data. I don't know what the hell they were thinking when they designed it. In response to Izzy This is the output of the <code> mount </code> command. <code> sh-3.2# mount mount rootfs / rootfs rw,relatime 0 0 tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0 /sys/kernel/debug /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0 none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0 tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0 tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0 tmpfs /app-cache tmpfs rw,relatime,size=8192k,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0 none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system yaffs2 rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /cache yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime 0 0 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system/data yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime 0 0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,commit=50,bar rier=0,nobh,stripe=64,data=writeback,noauto_da_alloc 0 0 /dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,u id=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset =iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0 /dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/secure/asec vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relat ime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,ioch arset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0 tmpfs /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000 0 0 /dev/block/dm-0 /mnt/asec/se.fmckl.regnr-1 vfat ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,relatime ,uid=1000,fmask=0222,dmask=0222,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mix ed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0 /dev/block/dm-1 /mnt/asec/com.fingersoft.benjibananas-2 vfat ro,dirsync,nosuid,n odev,relatime,uid=1000,fmask=0222,dmask=0222,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1, shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0 sh-3.2# </code> Output of the <code> df </code> command. <code> sh-3.2# df df /dev: 207168K total, 64K used, 207104K available (block size 4096) /mnt/asec: 207168K total, 0K used, 207168K available (block size 4096) /mnt/obb: 207168K total, 0K used, 207168K available (block size 4096) /app-cache: 8192K total, 0K used, 8192K available (block size 4096) /system: 256000K total, 213132K used, 42868K available (block size 4096) /cache: 40960K total, 1388K used, 39572K available (block size 4096) /system/data: 151168K total, 113812K used, 37356K available (block size 4096) /data: 2064144K total, 444856K used, 1619288K available (block size 4096) /mnt/sdcard: 28544368K total, 9550336K used, 18994032K available (block size 163 84) /mnt/secure/asec: 28544368K total, 9550336K used, 18994032K available (block siz e 16384) /mnt/asec/se.fmckl.regnr-1: 3124K total, 1040K used, 2084K available (block size 4096) /mnt/asec/com.fingersoft.benjibananas-2: 33212K total, 30996K used, 2216K availa ble (block size 4096) sh-3.2# </code> Does this make any sense?
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Does Android 2 support swap space? With Android 2.3 being Linux-based, can Android 2.3 use a swap partition without being rooted?
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Should apps take up any internal storage when installed to SD? I'm running very low on interal phone memory storage - I'm down to 5 MB of the 180 MB available. I understand that not all apps can be installed into SD card, and those will instead use up my internal storage. Luckily, those are rare. However, I recently installed an app that is listed as being installed on the SD card, not internal storage. Even so, after installing it I'm now getting the "low on space" warning. The app takes up 16 MB, and I seem to remember I had a bit over 20 MB internal storage space before... So judging from the space, it looks like it's still taking up space on internal storage. So my question: Should an app that's installed onto SD card take up any internal storage? What could be causing this? Does the market store the installation files somewhere in internal cache or something as weird? Why on earth do I need to worry about apps consuming space, when I have gigabytes of free space for them on my SD card? My device is GT-S5570 running 2.2.1.
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What is the difference between the Android OS and Android System? When I open my <code> Battery Usage </code> , there are two components enlisted as <code> Android OS </code> and <code> Android System </code> . What is the difference between these two?
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What precautions should be taken when restoring apps and data across different ROMs or devices to prevent system crashes?
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Titanium backup : restore from Rootbox to a Samsung stock based rom I was using Rootbox(based on AOSP/AOKP/PA) (4.2.2) for some time so i made a backup of all my apps+data (system+user) and now i changed rom and i went to a Samsung stock based rom (4.1.2) .What apps are safe to restore to my new rom because i am very confused?I tried google it and i found that system apps+data must not be restored but i am not sure yet. and what about user apps , is it safe to restore my user apps + data without having issues ? thanks in advance! and sorry for my bad english ...
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Is it safe and stable to use titanium backup and restore at two different android versions? I want to upgrade an android phone from 2.2 to 2.3. If I backup apps with titanium backup, will they be restored at 2.3, or will they be conflict because of different android version between backup and restore? If it doesn't work with titanium backup, then is any other safer way?
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How to download all my apps in google play when I have flashed a new ROM? When I have flashed a new ROM, I have to download all the apps I need in google play one by one, which is very inconvenient absolutely. Some of you may recommend "Titanium Backup", but it will lead to some errors with my device sometimes. So I want to download all my apps using google play in one time, instead of downloading my apps one by one. That is, I want google play to download and install all the apps in my previous ROM automatically after I have flashed a new ROM, Is that possible? Better if you have some more convenient methods. Thanks for any help!
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Restoring APKs + data from 4.1 to 4.2.2 I migrated from <code> Android 4.1 </code> (Omega) to <code> Android 4.2.2 </code> (SuperNexus) on my Samsung Galaxy S3. Before I did the migration I did a backup of apps with <code> Super Backup </code> . After this was done I moved all the files from the <code> SmsContactsBackup </code> folder to SDCard. After flash, I've installed <code> Super Backup </code> again from the Play store and putted the <code> SmsContactsBackup </code> folder in <code> /storage/emulated/0/SmsContactsBackup </code> . Now I see all the backups in the Super Backup app. After I do a restore/install of an app, the settings are not being picked up by the apps. Plague Inc.: I see the settings in <code> data/data/com.miniclip.plagueinc </code> . But the app crashes on launch. Lazors: I see the settings in <code> data/data/net.pyrosphere.lazors </code> . But my progress is gone. Do they need to be somewhere else? Or do I need to use some other tool which can use my previous backups
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If I install a new ROM does that erase all my installed apps and dat? If I have a rooted (Razr M in this case) and want to install an updated ROM (e.g., to upgrade to a new 'Droid OS version) will I need to reinstall my apps and restore my data?
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Nexus One stuck in loading screen - How to save application data? (ROOTED) I have my N1 rooted and after I installed BlackRose and change the partitions with password protection I wasn't able to start Android ever again. It show this screen: I can access to the <code> adb shell </code> , and I can see all the private folders. So my question is What folders/files do I need to backup to restore after the phone is fixed? I know: /data/data anything else?
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Clockworkmod Backup/Restore Feature So last week, I decided to flash a custom ROM to my 2 year old Desire HD. I used the all in one, one-step, "rooting" tool called AAHK (It doesn't just root the phone, it does a whole lot like S-OFF, Goldcard, etc). My DHD is now running Jellytime R30. Everything is good. Now, I would like to try other ROMS. I did a backup of my current system via Clockworkmod in Recovery. Question: Is this a full "image" snapshot? I mean, will I be able to restore the entire system including the ROM when I restore this backup? Or do I have to flash the ROM in the snapshot before I restore the backup? PS: I'm new to this custom ROM thing but I've done my fair amount of research. :)
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Backup my Android without my Apps, Settings, Config's, etc. As the title states, Is there a way I can backup my phone, without including all the extras, that I would just prefer to pick and choose to install later. feel free to read the whole thing, or just read the bold as the bold summarizes most of what I am looking for. As well as the bottom explaining my device & set up. The best method I would think of, to do this, would obviously be to do this after a factory restore, and data wipe. But considering I am way past that point, I am trying to find another method. I already backup all the applications I need, using Titanium Backup, so I don't want to backup my apps that will probably be different at the point of recovery, or will have certain apps I ditched before the point of restore, or have certain configurations I don't use/need/etc. I could go on and on. But the point Is I would just like to backup my stock rom, kernel, with my Super User privileges, without anything else. So I can basically use it as a factory reset, by just flashing my rom. The main reason I ask this, is because I tend to get big into customization. Recently I used a font installer, form Rom Toolbox, and basically bricked my phone by getting caught in a boot loop. It would never pass to boot animation. So I had to use an old Odin Image with Clockwork Recovery. That was all I had. Luckily that fixed it, but I would like to make my own recovery images. But, really the best thing I would just love, yet I am not sure whether it is possible, or as customizable, is it would be great if their was a way to just pick and choose what you want, or don't want to backup to a single image file. Like an application that lets you choose certain things: System Root Kernel Applications with or without caches, data, accounts, and settings, etc. System Settings Account Settings ...you get the point... Now there wouldn't happen to be something like this for backups would there? Or is that just a dream of mine? Even though right now, I would prefer to just backup only my system without everything else, like apps. Maybe one day in the future I may like to be able to backup other things as well. Which is why I ask. Might as well use a "one backup to rule them all" method if it exists. But if not that's fine, I could always just backup the system itself, and continue to use Titanium. Now that, that is covered, what are all the different methods of backups? Odin. Nandroid. Anything else? What do they cover, and how customizable, etc. Ive been looking into this for the past week, but I am having trouble finding something that is relevant to what I am looking for. And all the information regarding backups seems quite specific to certain devices, and custom roms. Which puts me kind of at a fallback, as I have a pretty uncommon device, with a pretty default rom. I have a Samsung Conquer 4G (SPH-D600) With the FE16 firmware update, on a stock rom with root, with a slight mod of having ClockworkMod Recovery. So when I press and hold the: "Volume Down, & Power button" it takes me to a "ClockworkMod based recovery mode" (according to what it says on the header on the screen.) So that's what I am working with. Any thoughts on this selective backup utilities I am thinking off? Any good resources I should look into on this topic? as well as any other information you may find relevant to this situation that you would care to share? I would greatly appreciate any input on the subject, as android backups aren't a topic I know much of anything on, and cant really find any good resources on the subject myself. So any and all help is appreciated. Even just links are great. I enjoy reading for myself.
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How does the GPS hardware in the Nexus 10 function independently of GSM and Wi-Fi to provide accurate location data in outdoor environments?
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Does the Google Nexus 10 tablet-PC have a standalone GPS? Does the Google Nexus 10 tablet-PC have a standalone GPS, or does its GPS rely on GSM data?
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Does GPS signal quality depend on the chip manufacturer? Does it depend on weather? (Sorry if GIS is not the right place to post this question to). Recently me and my school friends had a GPS software application project to pursue at the university. A device very similar to this one was used by the application. One day it refused to show us our current location - it was continuously showing a point in the Atlantic Ocean instead of land [we were outside of any buildings]. I did a double check by opening a default map application on an HTC Desire with Android 2.1 - it showed no current location as well. Questions: Does GPS signal quality depend on the chip manufacturer? Does GPS signal quality depend on weather? Is it possible to have a commercial hardware-software system which never loses the GPS signal and always shows the correct current position of a user?
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Is there a way to get GPS to work without Google Location Service constantly enabled? The GPS on my Samsung Galaxy S2 cannot find my current location whenever Google Location Service is disabled. I have it disabled most of the time because my battery drains much faster when the service is enabled. I disable the option via <code> System Settings -> Location Services -> Google location service </code> . In the figure below I'm referring to the top option. Is there a way to do one of these things: Somehow obtain my coordinates using GPS without Location Services enabled? Intelligently switch on/off Google Location Service when I need it (i.e. like when I'm using my GPS) Keep Google Location Service enabled, but somehow prevent it from draining battery. In short, the problem I want to solve is to get my location coordinates without having Google Location Service drain my battery. I'm running ICS 4.0.3 on AT&T's network.
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How does the GPS work on Android phones? Today I used the GPS on my Android for the first time, and I was wondering how it actually works. I know that Android phones have a GPS chip in them, but does the phone establish a direct connection to the GPS server or is there something else going on? If there is a direct server connection, does that mean that every Android user can make a direct server connection?
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How does Google Maps estimate my location without GPS? I was wondering how Google Maps on my Android phone can locate me with a good accuracy when my GPS is disabled. At first I though it was with the cell tower but I'm not sure it can achieve this precision and it is way better when the wireless is enabled (the accuracy go from 1600m to 100). What I don't understand is that I have a dynamic IP - it's not supposed to be linked to my address. For example wolframalpha locates me with a very bad precision (the country is correct) and it's the same for all other IP location services. How does this work?
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What can I do when my GPS doesn't work (or if my tablet doesn't have GPS)? The problem: I want to use an (offline|online) navigation app but: I have an Asus Transformer Prime with very bad GPS reception I have a tablet without GPS (e.g., a Nook Color) My phone has a very low GPS signal (Samsung is infamous here, Galaxy S, Nexus S, Gio and so on all have users complaining about it) My phone often loses track of GPS satellites My device has Bluetooth however. What can I do to get a working and precise GPS signal?
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What uses most power: GPS or WiFi? When playing Ingress I find that both GPS and WiFi (each by themselves) provide an acceptable location accuracy. My question is what draws the most power? I'm interested in technical information about what goes on in my phone when I use either service to find my location: how much power does the WiFi radio take compared to the GPS? My thinking is that Enabling WiFi requires powering on a chip and using an antenna that both sends and receives data. Is that correct when I'm not actually connected to any network, i.e., just using the SSIDs along with cell tower IDs to determine my location? Enabling GPS requires powering on an otherwise dead chip that does expensive computations to compute the location. Is the constant GPS computations really expensive in terms of power drained? My phone is a LG Nexus 4, if that matters.
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Google Navigation forgets/ignores "Access to my location" setting - Nexus 4 Every time I attempt to use Google Maps Navigation on my stock (rooted) Nexus 4, I get the <code> Searching for GPS </code> screen. The phone never finds GPS though. I've found that if I go to <code> Settings </code> > <code> Location Access </code> and switch <code> Access to my location </code> off and on again the Navigation app finds GPS instantly, every time. Nevertheless, the next time I try to use navigation, I will have to do this again. Has this been reported as a bug anywhere, or is there a fix? I'm on Android 4.2.2.
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How can Tasker automate phone events using HTTP requests with call variables?
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How to make an HTTP request for incoming/outgoing calls? I am looking for a way which will allow me to make HTTP requests to my web server when there is an incoming call (or outgoing/missed called etc if possible). This is so that I can log the information (CallerID primarily) and perform actions in my own system based on the number that is calling or being called on the handset. I need the request to be made while the call is either ringing or in progress - i.e. what is happening now, not what happened previously. An example use for this is so that I can present information about a caller on another computer which is connected to my system when someone calls. An alternative to HTTP would be fine, such as SMTP or some other notification/external communication.
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Leaving work profile for Tasker I'm using Tasker, and maybe I'm just trying too hard, but I can't seem to set up multiple conditions in the way that I want to. Here's what I'm trying to do: From M - F (8AM - 5PM), set the phone to silent mode... which is pretty easy. After 5PM rolls around though, I want to kick on the GPS/Network location listener. If I have left the office, then I want to go ahead and switch off the silent profile, and back to normal. If I haven't yet left the office, I'd like the task to sleep for 15 minutes, and then try again (sometimes I work late). It's the combination of these two separate tasks that I cannot seem to make work together. Can anyone help me out here?
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Can I program Tasker-like programs to do stuff if specific WiFi network is in range? I'd like to try out Tasker, Llama or some such automated program. However, I do NOT want to program events based on GPS or other location information (for a variety of reasons not germane to this question). Is there a way to trigger tasks in Tasker or some equivalent program based on the fact that a WiFi network with a specific SSID (or other signature) is in range or goes out of range? To clarify: one of the main tasks is to turn on/off my WiFi when I float in/out of the range of known networks. Therefore, merely being in range should be the trigger, NOT connected to the network.
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Tasker: Variable with value "Name of Profile/Context" My Tasker version: <code> 1.3.3u2m </code> ; Android: <code> ICS 4.0.4 </code> To every Profile or Context I can set up Name. And I wanna use this Name with Tasks. Let's take an example: I have Profile with Name " <code> SampleProf </code> " In this Profile I have Context with name " <code> SampleCon </code> " Next I wanna create Task like: New Task > Variable > Variable Set Name > Variable Select > <code> %sampleVar </code> To > Variable Select > HERE I WANT TO SELECT VARIABLE WITH NAME OF PROFILE(" <code> SampleProf </code> ") OR CONTECT(" <code> SampleCon </code> ") Is there way to do that at this moment? I only see that there is "Profiles Active" variable ( <code> %PACTIVE </code> ), but, this puts as value, ALL names of Active Profiles.
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Is it possible to process $_POST / inbound http request in way to automatically create Wordpress post? I like to learn some of WP automation. The WP get inbound http request to site url and the question is how to create a publication based on post (or get) data structure? How can maintain eventhandler for this and take string from the array of $_POST? to make all of this <code> wp_insert_post( array( 'post_title' => $new_post_title, 'post_content' => $new_post_content, 'post_status' => , 'post_author' => ID, 'post_date' => $new_post_date, 'post_category' => $new_post_category, 'post_type' => , )); </code> and get a new post in blog
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How to use NFC tags to trigger profiles and tasks in Tasker? I am planning to get some NFC tags which I want to use to control some profiles in Tasker. Where in Tasked can I choose NFC tag as my trigger? If that does not exist, how can I turn tasks on and off for free using NFC tags? Any plugins? Thanks.
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Should I use Tasker or Locale? For general detecting circumstances and triggering actions, what are the advantages/disadvantages of Tasker and Locale? Which one does the best job overall capability for improving the usefulness of a phone/device? Categories of particular interest (in no particular order): "Recipe" power "Recipe" ease-of-creation Variety of circumstances that each app can detect Actions and configurations that can be triggered Backing up setup Sharing configuration
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How can I get Tasker to set my Google Chat Status? I'd like my Google Chat status to update by task; specifically '@Work' and '@Home', on the obvious criteria. Is there a plugin or script that will allow me to set the status in a task? With additional work, could I do it via something like SL4A and trigger it from Tasker? I'd prefer to avoid a graft like this as a plugin would be more efficient, but it's better than nothing.
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What is the relationship between the 'stay awake' developer option and daydream functionality on a Nexus 4 when connected to a power source?
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Why doesn't my android start daydreaming? In <code> Settings > Display > Daydream </code> I have - selected one (any one, but right now it's just the standard Clock ) - when to daydream = either docked or charging - "start now" works fine. I've connected my Nexus 4 by USB cable to a wall charger and "Clock" confirms Charging (AC), 45% <code> Settings > Display > Sleep </code> is set to 15 seconds while I try to get daydreaming to work. If/when it works, I'll probably set it to 2 minutes. Despite the above settings, and being on AC power, the phone never daydreams. Why not? This is a Nexus 4 with stock 4.2.2, not rooted, not superuser'ed (yet).
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Do Android 3.0 tablets have standby/hibernate mode? I am considering an Acer Iconia A500 device as a book reader. Having years of experience with using (and programming) different devices (PDAs, smartphones, tablet PC, book readers), I am used to charge the reading device (whichever I use) only once in a week or so. When I don't read, I hope to have it in sleeping mode consuming only minimal energy (as it's a bookreader, I don't need it running any background apps or hanging on the net). So the question is - do Honeycomb devices have a true standby mode which can keep the battery for a week or so (and let the device power on in less than 10 seconds), and not just "sleep" mode we see in Android 2.2 smartphones? Update: got myself the above mentioned device. It holds power for about a week when not used, so I guess this is close to what I would like to have with sleep mode.
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Does Android 4.3 fix USB OTG on Nexus 4 when used with an external power source? It seems to be fairly well established that the Nexus 4 has had issues with not supporting USB OTG since launch (e.g. this bug report ). From what I've read it's both a hardware and software issue. The hardware can't supply the necessary power and the software does not conform to the protocol in some way. I'm happy to use a Nexus 4 with an external power source (Y-cable), which should solve the power issue. What I'd like to establish though is, does Android 4.3 do anything to fix the software issue?
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Why does my screen still turn off while charging? I used to have an HTC Evo Shift. If I plugged it into a power cord, the screen would stay on until I explicitly pushed the power button. Now, I have a Samsung Galaxy S III. The screen turns off after a certain timeout regardless of whether it is plugged in. There is an option to change the timeout, but I would rather not be switching it all the time based on whether I have it plugged in. Is there an option I am missing?
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What's the default Nexus 4 indicator LED behavior? What is the default behavior of the Nexus 4 indicator LED? When is it lit, in what colors, and why? Google's official Nexus 4 documentation doesn't apparently cover the LED. I googled and found apps or articles on how to customize the LED behavior, or reviews mentioning the LED without further details, but no descriptions of how it's supposed to work by default.
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Daydreaming -- does it decrease screen life? Does enabling daydreaming (display a clock while charging, i.e. never turn the screen completely off while charing) affect the life of the screen in any significant way?
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My Nexus 7 is dead, any suggestion? My Nexus 7 died. I didn't see it happening. My son was playing, went to school and left it charging. At night it didn't turn on anymore. The screen is black. I've followed the Asus instructions . This answer says to disconnect the battery. Any other tip? Nexus isn't officially sold in my country (Brazil). I'm afraid I won't get be able to use the warranty. Since the last update, I've noticed some hiccups. Maybe it was due to excess of running applications.
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Is there a quick-fix for the Galaxy Nexus when it signals "charging" without beeing connected via USB? My Galaxy Nexus goes into charging mode but when it isn't plugged in. The battery symbol then indicates a charging and when in suspend mode, the display turns on which drains battery rapidly. I am still able to actually charge the phone by attaching an usb cable. The problem is largely discussed in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427539 with different suggested solutions: send device to Samsung for repair use a custom ROM fully drain the battery and charge it over night replace USB port clean USB port I guess it is an hardware problem. But before sending the device to Samsung (and beeing without phone for a while) I would rather like trying to clean the port or other "quick" solutions. Has anybody instructions to do so?
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How can I access and manage files on my Android device using Android File Transfer on Mac OS X?
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Access Samsung Galaxy S4 storage and SD card directly I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 a while ago. One annoying difference compared to my previous Android device that I've noticed on S4 is that I cannot access the internal storage and SD card directly by plugging the phone into the USB port of my computer (I use a Macbook Pro with OS X 10.6). It seems that I need a Mac app called Kies developed by Samsung to access the storage and SD card on my Galaxy, which is very inconvenient. May I know if there is any way that I can access the storage and SD card on my Galaxy S4 directly, as if from a USB flash drive? I was able to do this with my previous Android device. Thank you!
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Unable to connect Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Windows 7 for transferring files I am unable to connect a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to a computer via included cable. Here is what I tried: Tried to mount on Windows XP (32), Windows 7 (32), Windows 7(64), and OSX (Snow Leopard). Tried installing official drivers from US and CANADA Samsung website. Tried installing several versions of Kies. Tried installing driver through each version of Kies. Tried to see/push to device in DDMS using Eclipse with latest Android SDK. Tried to connect using Odin, but I do not get any device information. Tried installing drivers from other websites. Tried Android File Transer for OS X. None of these seem to work and after two weeks, I really have no other ideas of what to try. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Linux connectivity I am wondering how to best connect Android smartphones with Linux boxes. The best thing would be a program like Samsung's Kies, but Samsung seems to target Windows and Mac OS. Is there such an application like Kies that runs on linux natively (not wine), so the user can connect Android devices with linux boxes over USB without doing all the low level USB and MTP stuff by hand. (Any hardware vendor is OK, Samsung is only an example)
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Which program allows remote management of Android devices? I have 50 Android tablets. I want to be able to control from a central place the following things on the devices: General settings like date-time, unlock method, display sleep time etc; Chrome specific things like clearing the history and cookies, saving bookmarks, setting the homepage etc; The ability to install or uninstall apps on particular device or all of them. So I need a mini SCCM for Android. Is there such a thing?
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Can't see files on my cell phone I have Samsung Galaxy S2 as my cell phone and Debian Squeeze as my desktop. When I connect them using USB, Debian recognize it and allows to open it with file manager. Problem: it displays only directories, all files are like somehow, magically, hidden. I know that they exists, because I can easily see them on Windows 7. I tried to disable file-hiding and related stuff in Nautilus options, but nothing. Why is that so and how can I see those files? P.S. I wasn't sure where to post it - in here or in stackexchange-url ("stackexchange-url
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What functionality is only available when syncing to Windows or OS X? I'm considering buying an android phone (probably a Galaxy S variant). But I only run Linux (Gentoo if it matters). So, I'm curious what features work with Linux, and whether there are any features that I'll miss out on by not syncing my phone to a Windows or OS X PC. (I'm being optimistic in the title and assuming that most things will Just Work -- please correct me if I'm wrong.)
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Sending text from Android to PC I'm looking for the inverse of stackexchange-url ("this"). I want to quickly transfer a piece of text from android to my computer. One way to do is chat with myself using gtalk or fb. But I'm looking for some better way preferably without using Internet and using wifi only. It would be nice if I have a "People nearby app" that can talk with empathy client.
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Transfer data from desktop to an emulator I have some items in my ubuntu 12.04 desktop. I want to transfer them into the Sdcard of one of the avds in my android emulator (android-sdk-linux) which I have installed on the same system. Like to know how to do the above.
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How can I recover my Nokia phone using mobile Odin and ClockworkMod recovery when the kernel fails?
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Samsung Galaxy S3 with fastboot I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (international and unlocked). I recently downloaded the kernel source code from Samsung's website and have successfully compiled and now have a zImage file. My problem is what to do with it? I have seen people saying to use <code> fastboot boot zImage </code> to test that the kernel works before more permanently flashing it with <code> fastboot boot zImage zImage </code> but fast boot wont recognise my phone. When i type <code> fastboot devices </code> i get nothing. <code> fastboot reboot </code> (i think that was it) sits there for ever waiting for the device. I have also tried adb just to prove a point. This sees the device with <code> adb devices </code> (while the phone is in normal mode) but still didnt help. I currently have the Clockwork recovery mod installed. Could this be causing issues? and if so how do i remove it? Everything i have seen says to boo the device into fast boot mode. Is this Download/Odin mode on the S3? Thank you Adrian EDIT: Forgot to mention i have tried this on Ubuntu 12, OSX 10.8 ans Windows 7 with drivers installed
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Recovery boot not working properly - cannot select items I am working towards installing CM7 on my HTC Incredible and have hit a snag. When using 'Reboot into Recovery' from ROM Manager v4.3.3.0 the phone reboots into Recovery, but the menus do not function properly. I can scroll up and down with volume control, but pushing power to select an option blanks the menu and takes the watermarked Icon for ROM Manager at center of display and makes it solid with nothing else displayed. Action does not happen. If I press power again, it toggles back to showing the menu and I can scroll up and down, but no action can be selected. I have to take battery out to boot again. I thought it might be due to doing this first time with USB connected to computer since install guide states: Known Issues Shutting down the phone with USB plugged in will start ClockworkMod Recovery in an unreliable mode. Shutting down the phone and then plugging in USB will also start ClockworkMod Recovery in an unreliable mode. The HTC Battery charge icon is replaced by ClockworkMod. Charge with the phone running in standby mode. But upon retry without USB plugged in same result. I tried 'Flash Alternate Recovery' to "RA_GNM Recovery v2.2.1" in Rom Manager and it gets: "An error occurred while flashing your recovery." I tried 'All ClockworkMod Recoveries' to move back to v3.0.0.7 and then back to v3.0.0.8 and it still fails in same fashion. Phone appears to be rooted properly, but I cannot do this last step. Please suggest how to get Recovery to function properly.
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How to Retrieve SD Card Files via fastboot or recovery? I have a Nexus 4 (LG E960) running rooted stock 4.2.2/JDQ39. The phone fell from a foot high and the screen cracked. The touchscreen no longer works. I have a full Nandroid (TWRP type) backup under /storage/emulated/0/TWRP which I want to retrieve to install in the replacement phone. I can connect via fastboot but I cannot connect via ADB (neither via Command-line OR Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit). ClockWorkMod v6.0.2.3 does not give the option to mount USB storage. I need to retrieve those files. I need to either I connect via ADB (in recovery or use fastboot to enable ADB in booted up mode) OR I mount USB storage. What are my options? PS: This thread on XDA Dev does not help in my case as I do not want to erase my phone.
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How do I enter recovery mode on my Motorola Milestone 2 to unbrick it? I own a Motorola Milestone 2, also called A953 (apparently this is different from the Droid 2 Global). It used to have Android 2.3 with Motoblur middleware. It was bought independently from any phone carrier (so it was not bought from Verizon for instance). I rooted it, installed ROM Manager, Droid 2 Global Recovery Bootstrap and ClockworkMod Recovery. From ROM Manager, I could successfully reboot my phone into Recovery mode, allowing me to back-up my data for instance. Until this stage everything went fine. What lead to my problem : I also wiped the cache and installed CyanogenMod 7.2 and the Google apps from ZIP files and from the Recovery Mode interface. But now my phone is broken. When it now boots, it shows the stylised M logo, but then switches to an entire black screen. The phone is still on so I have to pull the battery to shut it down. I would like to reboot into Recovery Mode but this doesn't work : I am never able to see the Recovery Mode logo (a warning sign with a little android). How should I do it ? What I have tried : I tried to boot while holding the Power and the 'X' button, as adviced on different forums. This still leads to the black screen. At this state, pressing the Search hardware button does nothing. Holding the Power and the Volume Up button has no more effect. I am able to enter Bootloader Mode by holding Power and Up Arrow. I also tried to use a live CD from here with ezSBF, but I get errors in the process and then my phone reboots in Bootloader mode and shows the following error: <code> Critical Error: FEBE 0047 </code> After that I still cannot get to Recovery Mode.
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Boot loop data recovery Cyanogen mod 9, ClockworkMod Recovery 5.8.9.2 I recently plugged in my phone after the battery completely died over night and the phone is stuck in a bootloop. I left it trying to boot for 30 minutes and it's just stuck. I've made a backup in clockworkMod recovery and am willing to flash the phone to a newer or the same version of cyanogen but I don't want to lose data. Is there any way I can make sure my contacts and SMS messages are recovered?
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My phone reboots after a kernel oops, what can I do? I use the CyanogenMod firmware on my phone (CM7.2 on a HTC Wildfire) and when I take photos it sometimes reboots. I found out that a kernel oops happens due to a null pointer dereference in the kernel. I already filed a bug report on the tracker for the CyanogenMod project. Can someone help me to understand the Kernel Oops in last_ksmg ? If you need it there is a logcat too.
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ClockworkMod Recovery pops up during phone turn on When I turn on my Galaxy S2 phone, ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.0.2 pops up with the list of options, <code> 1- reboot system now 2- apply update from sdcard 3- wipe data/factory reset 4- wipe cache partition 5- install zip from sdcard 6- backup and restore 7- mounts and storage 8- advanced 9- power off </code> I am unable to figure out a way to turn on my phone. I am new to this so can you help in suggesting a way to access my phone? Every time I reboot the same ClockworkMod screen pops up.
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Samsung Galaxy S in boot loop after following cyanogen mod's full update guide I have been following this guide to root my Samsung Galaxy S smartphone. I've followed it to the letter, but after I load the new kernel to the phone, the phone gets stuck in a boot loop. The phone restarts after the kernel is loaded, it gets to the "Galaxy S" splashscreen, and then it goes off and restarts. Nothing else happens. I have tried to get in to the recovery mode by holding the power, home and volume up button, and all this seems to do is hang the phone when it displays the same splashscreen. It does nothing else. I'm really stuck, I've tried reloading the kernel several times since but nothing happens (I can get in to Download mode). I've also read on another forum that you can press the power button and the volume up and down buttons, but these don't do anything. Many thanks for the help!
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How can I push a file to my Nexus device using ADB in TWRP or flash a factory image via fastboot?
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my Nexus 7 device is formatted accidentally My device is Google Nexus 7 wifi only version. I rooted this device by using Team Win Recovery Project. I wanted to upgrade to android version 4.3 so I am looked at this article and video I follow their instructions and I selected following items Dalvik Cache System Cache and wiped them all. But unfortunately, I found out that there is no file in my device with such name <code> AOSP-4.3-JWR66V-grouper-rooted_Androguide.zip </code> I need to get this file onto my device. But my device has no OS because I already wiped it. Now I cannot access my device using my pc ( win 7 ). Could anyone please give me suggestions on how can I solve it.
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Clockwork: error: cannot load 'recovery-clockwork': No error I am trying to flash a recovery-image file into my Nexus 7 but the flashing fails know that I am working on windows and my image file is located in the same folder as adb and fastboot files are here are the steps I am following: start the tablet android system, and the device works fine I restart the tablet into the bootloader using: <code> adb reboot bootloader </code> browse to the Recovery Mode and then check if the adb sees the tablet: <code> fastboot devices </code> adb is working fine and can detect the device and read its serial number then when I flash: <code> fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork.img </code> : I get this error: <code> error: cannot load 'recovery-clockwork': No error </code> what am I doing wrong ?
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How can I transfer photos to my Android Jelly Bean device while preserving the original timestamp? I recently bought a Nexus 4 and I would like to transfer my photos of my previous device to it. My previous Android phone used the standard USB mass storage which gave 0 problems to copy back and forth stuff, but the Nexus 4, like many other modern Android phones I suppose, uses MTP instead, which has the interesting feature of refusing to copy the original dates/timestamps of the files, using instead the date at which the files are being copied. This is obviously a huge bummer when it comes to photos; not only because one cannot check the original date at which the picture was taken while browsing on the phone, but also because they end up completely unsorted. Is there a way to transfer photos to a Jelly Bean Android phone that doesn't support USB mass storage preserving the original timestamps? Things I've tried so far: Transferring via USB MTP ADB push (both full folders and individual files) Transferring via SSH (using SSHDroid + WinSCP) Uploading and downloading from Dropbox Transferring a ZIP file via MTP and uncompress the file on the phone Transferring from the other phone via bluetooth QuickPic "fix date" function Local Sync Photo Date Correction FTPSyncX Smoke signals Yelling at the phone None of them preserved the timestamp, and this is driving me insane. (Also, I am not rooted yet, but if the only viable way requires root I would welcome that answer as well.)
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What's involved in manually updating my Nexus One? If I wanted to manually update my Nexus One, say to Gingerbread, what's involved in the process? I'm familiar with this question, stackexchange-url ("Manually Updating your OS?"), but unsure if the answer applies to the Nexus One. Do I need to root my phone in order to update it?
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Android Nexus S Boot Freeze My Android Nexus S does not boot anymore. If I start it normally, I get a screen like the following and it won't ever change (tried for hours): I can still go into the boot loader with PowerOff + Volume Up, if I try the RECOVERY option, I just get a screen that looks like this: Does anybody know how to install the original google android again, or at least flash it with a similar operating system?
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Flash a smartphone with vanilla Android ROM Is it possible to flash a smartphone like the Samsung Galaxy SIII or an LG Optimus 4X with a vanilla Android ROM like the one that has been flashed on Galaxy Nexus or Motorola phones (I think)? I am asking because manufacturers like Samsung, LG, HTC tend to make ROMs for their smartphones and tablets with preinstalled launchers like Touchwiz or HTC Sense. They explain their decision by saying that they want to make their devices to look unique against their rival devices. The problem is that Android updates for their phones and tablets get delayed and there are incidents in which some devices - which are more than capable of running the upcoming version of Android - fall way behind or never get updated at all. So, what I am basically asking here is if there is a way to install vanilla Android, excluding CyanogenMod or any other modified vanilla ROMs, on an Android based smartphone?
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What is the process to install cyanogenmod to a galaxy tab 10.1? I am new to this flashing business for the Android tablets. I did some of those flashing on a PanDigital tablet previously, but it's been a while. My tablet is the standard 32G WiFi tablet, and it's been rooted. How can I get the cyanogenmod ROM installed, and how does this fastboot thing work ? I also have the recovery.img file. BTW: How can I backup the existing ROM, so I can restore if something goes wrong ? Thanks :-)
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Does ADB push and pull work on non-rooted phones? I just discovered about the command <code> adb push </code> and <code> adb pull </code> which supposedly lets people push and pull data from within the internal memory. Now my question is, can this be used on non-rooted phones? For example, i want to change the default camera shutter sound found on <code> /system/media/audio/camera/ </code> , can I use adb to push and pull the audio files? And also, is this an act of rooting that could void my warranty? The main reason why I'm holding back on rooting was because I still had a full year before my warranty runs out.
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Does restoring a single app backup with adb wipe all data on the device, or only app-specific settings?
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Partial adb restore ICS devices support creating backups using <code> adb backup </code> , and restoring them using <code> adb restore </code> . Using <code> adb backup </code> , one can select that everything should be backed up, or only a certain package. However, <code> adb restore </code> lacks all the options of <code> adb backup </code> . When I call <code> adb restore backup.ab </code> , where <code> backup.ab </code> is only the backup of a single package, the phone shows me a warning dialog saying that all settings are going to be lost after restoring the backup. Is it true that restoring a single package backup wipes all data on the phone? If yes, is it somehow possible to restore a single package using <code> adb restore </code> ?
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What is the difference between restoring and installing an app on an Android device? Is there any difference between restoring an app and installing an app on an Android device, or are both the same?
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Is It Possible To Backup Settings And All Customized Stuff I Made On Android Cellphone? Which backup is that? Full backup that backs up whole system ? Or is it only backup that backs up settings and customized stuff ?
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Is there a way to look inside and modify an adb backup created file? I created a backup of my Galaxy Nexus with <code> adb backup </code> . The resulting file is named backup.db and it's somehow encrypted. I wanted to restore the backup, but it stops when it comes to restoring <code> com.android.providers.contacts </code> . I used <code> adb logcat </code> to find out what's going on and found out that <code> com.android.acore </code> crashes during the restore process. I'd like to gain access to the data in the backup and remove the contacts database to restore everything back to my phone. Are there any other ways restoring the data from the backup?
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What is the right way to backup my whole phone? I did a factory reset last night, and I'd like to try to mod my G1 but I want to make sure I have a good, complete recovery image. Preferably one that will restore things like my K9 mail settings, in addition to my installed applications. If I went ahead right now with the modding I wouldn't need these things but I need to just use my phone for a few days, for which I'd like to arrange my settings. I think I need to use nandroid, so maybe my real question is: are there caveats to be alert to in a nandroid backup?
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Does the built-in Google app data backup work? This question is a long time coming I guess. I have been seeing claims in Android since the dark ages that our data is being backed-up to the cloud, and recently "Sync App Data" showed up as well in the account settings. However when I have to restore, all I get is the apps I had, and a very small restore.. perhaps wifi passwords and desktop wall paper from what I see. So my question is this.. Does the in built-in backup service work? I see from code documentation, that the apps need to manage it manually. I guess then it is possible that some apps do not support this? Is this backup service actually supposed to backup app data or only just system data? Is installing helium or similar 3rd party services the only way to go? Second minor question. Am I right in understanding that Helium and its adb backup bretheren rely on the opt in android service, and that Titanium backup and their ilk just copy all possible files of the app and thus do not require the opt in service? p.s. Am sorry if there is a good post about these details, much of what I see is very cynical posts which plug one of the aforementioned 3rd party software.
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Application backup/restore - for saving resources I was thinking I could completely backup apps to the SD card, and then restore them when needed. This for saving system resources. Is there some efficient way to do this?
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Clockworkmod Backup/Restore Feature So last week, I decided to flash a custom ROM to my 2 year old Desire HD. I used the all in one, one-step, "rooting" tool called AAHK (It doesn't just root the phone, it does a whole lot like S-OFF, Goldcard, etc). My DHD is now running Jellytime R30. Everything is good. Now, I would like to try other ROMS. I did a backup of my current system via Clockworkmod in Recovery. Question: Is this a full "image" snapshot? I mean, will I be able to restore the entire system including the ROM when I restore this backup? Or do I have to flash the ROM in the snapshot before I restore the backup? PS: I'm new to this custom ROM thing but I've done my fair amount of research. :)
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How can I fix default email issues on my Galaxy Note 7 by syncing contacts via browser?
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Right swipe on contact defaulting to internet calls My problem is: right swipe is defaulting to internet calls instead of 'regular' calls . First off, these are my relevant call settings: as you can see I have no accounts and the internet calls are not enabled. My contacts came from Google contacts (configured them online and then the phone got them). After they came I used the "Mark as Default" function to select the correct phone number and emails and that's when things started behaving strangely. Doing a right swipe showed me this: Instead of calling the contact 'normally'. I started experimenting and was able to reproduce the bug using other similar contacts (contacts that I got from Google with 2 phone numbers + 2 emails). But if I created the Google contact locally (which would sync Ok with google) I didn't have any issues. No other calling functions are affected: moving the phone to my ear still calls the correct number, direct dial widget still works. My phone is a Galaxy S III running android 4.1 (but the same thing was already happening in 4.0), if that makes any difference. What is causing this? How can I fix it? Seems to be related to: stackexchange-url ("How do I prevent "No Internet calling account" error?") but I was still unable to fix it.
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Syncing fails after changing Google Apps user's email A few days ago, I changed the primary email of a Google Apps user from user@domaina.com to user@domainb.com Ever since doing so, Android refuses to sync using either the new or old email address, but I can still log in on the web using both. Both domains are controlled by my Google Apps organization, and attempting to reconnect the accounts after a factory reset gives me an incorrect password error. The device is running Android 2.3.3 if it makes a difference.
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gmail app not updating emails My Gmail app that I have installed in my Android 2.3.5 phone has stopped receiving or sending new emails since the last couple of days. What can I do to fix this synchronization issue? Any suggestions?
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How to change the default saved user and password for sites in browser? A friend borrowed my phone and logged in to a website with it (and logged out). However, after that, his account became my browser's default account for that site. Every time I try to log in to the website, the user and password fields become automatically filled with his user and password. This is very annoying because I have to delete these and type my user id and password repeatedly. Is there any way to change/clear the default id and password? The browser is Galaxy S stock browser, and the OS version is 2.2. [edit] Another question: Why did his account become the default? I mean, I logged in repeatedly before and after his logging in, but his one-time login gets picked as the default,
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How do I restore a contact I deleted on my Android phone, but not in GMail contacts? The contact in question had the wrong phone number in Viber, so I deleted it from Viber. I later found out that Viber had deleted it from my contacts, so I had lost all of the other correct information. Logging in to GMail contacts on the desktop showed that the contact still existed. I proceeded to correct the faulty phone number and tried to sync my contacts from my phone, but this particular contact never shows up. Is there any way around this?
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Stop Bluetooth Auto Sync Contacts to Pioneer Avic Z140 Am running Cm7.1. I have about 2,000 contacts. My Nexus One and Pioneer headunit insist on exchanging all 2,000 contacts if my Android Contacts "Display Options" are set to "My Contacts." Problem is that this really makes Voice Recognition unusable (too many contacts to parse). To get around this, I created a "Car" label in Gmail for the 21 contacts I want. If I change the "Display Options" to just "Car," only the 21 contacts are synced and VR works great. Problem is that when not in the car, I would like "My Contacts" to visible on my phone. I would like to sync only the "Car" label, or only sync manually. I can't figure out a way to control this.
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How to move contacts and other data from Symbian to Android? I am changing my mobile from Symbian( Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - S60v5 ) to Android( Samsung Galaxy SII ). I want to move the following data from my old mobile to the new one somehow. Contacts Calendar Entries Bookmarks Notes SMS, if possible Other data like images, videos etc I can transfer using my memory card. I have synced my contacts,notes already to Ovi Sync and calendar entries to Google calendar via Mail for Exchange.
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How to fix Sync Browser not working on ICS I just got a Galaxy Nexus and all is good apart from that my Sync Browser doesn't work. When I run logcat against it it gives me the error of : <code> BookmarksSync I Sync failed due to soft error: Skipping any commits. </code> I've seen some pages online which describe this issue and suggest fixing by removing all your bookmarks and starting again, but I'd rather not do this. *see edit below Does anyone know how I can fix this without removing all my existing browser setup? or if this is the only way, can someone point me to a page with clear instructions. ** EDIT ** I tried removing all my bookmarks and syncing and it's still giving me an error with no bookmarks present.
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How do I disable password requirement for Outlook on my phone using Exchange ActiveSync policy?
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How to get back pattern lock with Exchange/ActiveSync account? I have added an Exchange/ActiveSync email account to my Android phone. This required me to set the email application as a device administrator so that ActiveSync can control certain features of my phone. One of the controlled features is the way I can unlock my phone (from the lockscreen). Exchange seems to limit me to the "PIN" and "Password" options. But I prefer to use a pattern lock. Please note that I have administrative access to the domain in which the Exchange server is running and I would like to control this behaviour from the server side. I do NOT want to circumvent restrictions on my device. I have already created a new ActiveSync profile (which doesn't enforce any password restrictions) for my user account, but it doesn't seem to affect the issue. It seems like ActiveSync in general restricts me to a password/PIN unlock and the profile can just control the complexity rules for those. I realize this isn't really an Android issue, but I assumed this would be the best place to ask. Update : Please note that this seems to be a new feature introduced with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). When I was using Android 2.3, I was able to use pattern lock just fine.
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Cancel Exchange device administrator activation? I was trying to add my Exchange account to my phone to confirm for a coworker that logging into the server was possible. I don't want to relinquish the device administrator controls as it's my personal phone, which is why I hadn't added it before and don't want to actually have it synced. I was able to access the account to confirm, and was prompted to activate the device administrator, giving permissions to erase my data, set password rules, etc. I can hit cancel at this prompt, but am repeatedly re-prompted to activate whenever I try to access the Email app. I can't seem to figure out how to decline the activation or otherwise remove the Exchange account. Of course I could just activate, change my settings, then delete the account and change all of them back, but that would be a bit of a hassle and seems like bad design. Is there any way for me to remove the Exchange account/decline the device administrator prompt without activation?
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Why am I getting an 'Invalid Server Certificate' error when retrieving email even though I have the 'Verify Certificate' setting disabled? I'm trying to configure my phone to sync with my work email account. I'm accessing it through OWA (Outlook Web Access). With the default settings, when the phone attempts to retrieve incoming mail, I get an error stating that there is an 'Invalid Server Certificate'. This persists even if I disable the Verify Certificate setting. Why is that? How do I avoid the 'Invalid Server Certificate' error? I do not receive the error if I set 'Use secure password' to Never. But, that doesn't seem too safe. Would that mean my password is sent in plain text? I'm running Android 2.3.3 on a Droid X.
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Is my Exchange email encrypted on my device? If I setup an email synchronization with our Exchange server, is the mail I store on my phone encrypted or readible if someone finds/steals my phone? I have enabled the unlock password (although it's not easy to unlock), but it is very easy to remove the sd-card from the phone. Is the information on that SD-card readible for a "finder", or is it not stored on the sd-card anyway.
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Exchange Calendar Sync can't edit turns reminders on I have synced my Galaxy S II with exchange 2010 server. It has imported all my calendar events as expected, however it has set a reminder on all of the events. For example, in Outlook I have public holidays in my calendar with no reminder, however on my phone these are imported with an Alarm "On Time". Since these are all day events, the alarm goes off at midnight. Does anyone know a way way to fix this problem?
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Which version of Active sync does every Android version use? I discovered, that Google changed some things in the actual Active Sync / Exchange protocol on Ice Cream Sandwich, because I wasn't able to use the Lotus Notes Traveler as Exchange account on 2.3.7. So does anyone has a list which versions of Active Sync the Android versions use?
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Exchange no longer working after upgrading to Froyo I have a HTC Desire that was on 2.1 and worked perfectly with my works exchange server. But since upgrading to 2.2 I cannot get it to work at all. There are no errors it just synchs forever. Any suggestions?
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Exchange Email Notification doesn't clear I have a couple Google Mail (apps and gmail) accounts linked to my phone. If I get email the phone notifies me. If I read the email on a PC, the notification goes away. I like that. I also am using the "Email" app with an Exchange server for my day job. If I get email the phone notifies me. However, if I read the email on PC (outlook or outlook web access) the notification never clears. So, I see the notification on the phone, tap through and... find nothing new. Is there a setting that I'm missing? [edit] running 2.1, if that matters. [edit] Feb 1, 2011. This is still an issue since the Android 2.2 update as well
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How can I fix my HTC phone's clock if it's 4 minutes fast and getting time from the network?
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Real time events show up with a 4 minute delay So I just bought a Milestone 2 and installed CM 7.2 by Endless (based on the Defy CM ROM). Everything is working great, but there's one thing that annoys me. Everytime I tweet something it never shows up as <code> x secs ago </code> , instead it shows <code> 4 min ago </code> . This also happens on the Facebook app. The real time events always shows 4 minutes. It is like the OS is adding the time by itself. This really doesn't make much difference but I'm really curious as it why does it happens. Any help is much appreciated. :)
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HTC Dream keeps on showing power options screen I have an HTC Dream cell phone which was working fine till last night. Today morning I woke up to find that the cell phone battery had completely discharged. So, I replaced the battery with an extra one. I powered on the cell phone and I am surprised to find the "power options" screen turn up every few seconds. Pressing any button also makes the "power options" screen turn up. I tried resetting the cell phone to factory settings. I even tried a hard reset but still this problem persists. Any idea how I could solve the problem? Thanks in advance.
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How can I flash back to the stock rom for HTC EVO 4G/Supersonic using just the phone and clockwork mod recovery and/or rom manager? I need to flash back to my stock rom for just a few minutes to get my GPS working again ( http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=2090&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Version%20Model%20Network%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars%20Priority ). Everything I read says I need windows to do this, is there a rom I can download and just restore it with clockwork mod?
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Which mobile company delivers Android system updates the fastest? 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?
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HTC One V rooted - can't upgrade from htc release I have an htc one v and there's a system update from htc. I'm trying to do the update, it needs to restart in order to finish the update. When it restarts clockworkmod jumps in and the update never finishes. I was trying to a zip update through clockworkmod but it does not work. Any ideas ?
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Is there a way to fix the call answer delay? This is a known Android issue which has been widely reported (example). I saw a suggestion to use Call Delay Patch from the Android Market, but some report that this helps while others report that it doesn't work. I have the same issue on my HTC Incredible S (Android 2.3.3) and want to know if this issue has been addressed already or if there is a patch for it or a way to avoid it. Searching the web brings only complaints.
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Restore clock after short powerdown for no-network, no-RTC system I've made a programmable power switch using Raspberry Pi (although this question is not RPi specific - it's more of "generic Linux" with problem caused by hardware shortcomings.) Raspberry has no battery-backed RTC; it's intended to work networked and sync its clock soon after boot-up over network. My problem is, that while I do programming of said switch over the net, and I can get given sockets to switch on/off at given hour that way, the device itself is to be used at different locations, including non-networked ones. When if I carry it from where I programmed it to where it's to be plugged in, it's unpowered and the clock loses state. After I power it back up, it has no connectivity to restore the date. The few minutes when it's unpowered is not a problem for me - I don't mind the clock being off by a minute or two. I mind if it's off by 43 years as is the case after I switch it on non-networked. Is there some neat way to restore the clock on boot-up to a state from before the system went down due to power loss? (writing it every second to SD card which is the memory medium of RPi will kill the card quite fast so that's not quite an option.)
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Unable to factory reset my HTC Desire S I have a HTC Desire S. I have firmware updates but when i try to update the same. I rebooted in the updating process and the phone hangs there for hour (i waited for 4 hrs once). I tried to factory reset the mobile, still facing the same issue. Note: The phone is rooted. Do I need to visit HTC Service center or is there anything that I can do?
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What are the best external microphones and audio interfaces for podcasting that work with a 3.5 mm jack on a Galaxy Nexus?
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Any success with external microphones for Android phones or tablets? What's the best way to record a video with high quality audio? Specifically, this is for a presentation where a microphone could be placed by the speaker. I know that an app that records with the right codec is necessary, but what about the microphone? I'd prefer to use a USB mic but, even though Android 3.1+ supports USB host mode, it doesn't appear that this is easy to accomplish. What about a 3.5mm microphone - would that yield acceptable results, or would it be better to stick with the built-in microphone? Are any of the video-recording apps capable of handling the microphone?
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How to find out the variant of my Galaxy Nexus? There have been some Jelly Bean updates for Galaxy Nexus, but most of these are specific to a certain variant of the Nexus. How can I easily find out which variant I have?
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Better way to connect Galaxy Nexus (ICS) to Linux I can connect my Galaxy Nexus to my Kubuntu machine using the PTP protocol, but it's really slow. I've read this interview about why Galaxy Nexus doesn't support USB Mass storage, and I've gone to http://www.android.com/filetransfer/ as instructed but there's no way I can see which will allow me to connect to the device using a linux machine and MTP. Does anyone know how to get MTP, or any other protocol, working?
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USB On-the-go MIDI Keyboard with Nexus 7 Has anyone successfully used a MIDI Keyboard (through USB OTG, specifically) with a Nexus 7? (I am not looking for commentary on the particular keyboard, but please state which you have used.)
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Why does my Nexus 4 not support WMA audio files? My LG Nexus 4 (Android 4.2.2) does not play my .wma audio files. However, my generic/budget Android 4.0.3 tablet plays the same .wma files just fine. Why? How can I get my Android device to play .wma files?
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Antenna Patch/Adaptor for Galaxy Nexus i9250 It's been a month of searching what kind of antenna adapter/patch am I going to use. Anyone knows what kind of patch is this? Thanks.
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Galaxy Nexus won't connect via USB So my Galaxy Nexus has been fine until now. It has been running Android 4.2 and it was going perfect, then like a day ago I go to plug it in and it just won't connect via USB. It charges on USB but that's it. The drivers are installed and the problem is not my computer; I tried it on another computer as well, I haven't changed anything at all. The last option I think for me is to do a factory reset, which I reaaally don't want to do. It won't even come up with USB connected on the phone. Any ideas? UPDATE I sent mine back for repairs and the mobo was screwed on it. No idea what caused it.
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus Charger - USB? Does the Samsung Galaxy Nexus charger use a USB charger? If so, what kind?
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Is it possible to move the status bar to the bottom on Android, and what custom ROMs support this feature for device customization?
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Is it possible to move the status / notification bar or the settings icon? If I'm using my Smartphone with one Hand (4.3 inch display) its hard to reach the settings button in Android 4. Yes, I'm able to add an icon to the home screen but if I'm using an app this doesn't really help. I need to switch between the screens first. My idea would be something of the following: A) moving the status / notification bar to the bottom (lift up instead of lift down) B) moving the settings icon to the left side of the bar C) moving the settings icon on the bottom of the notification list Is there an app available doing this?
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How can I hide the on-screen buttons but keep the status bar I have a Galaxy Nexus (rooted, if that helps) and I want to disable the on-screen buttons (back, home, apps), also called the Navigation Bar . Now there are plenty of apps (e.g. Hide Bottom Bar ) that remove the buttons, but since they are based on killing some Android process (I believe), they also remove the Status Bar (on top of the screen). Now I would like to keep the status bar, but only remove the on-screen buttons (because I would like to use gestures instead). Any way to achieve this?
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Can I auto-rotate the screen 180°? Is there any way to make the Android 2.1 automatic screen rotation rotate all the way up to 180°, instead of just 90° either way? I would very much like to be able to use my phone upside down, because the audio jack is on top. I've looked all over the web and the only advice I found was to install a custom rom (like Cyanogen,) but I haven't found any builds suitable for my Samsung Galaxy S.
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How can I move tmux's status bar to the top? How can I move tmux's status bar to the top? Can't find it on the man page.
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How do I get these toggles in my notification bar? I was reading an article talking about the Galaxy Nexus vs. the Galaxy SIII , and ended up buying a Nexus (was a steal, and I knew it was getting JB). Anyway, I've recently updated it to Jellybean, but I realised that I didn't have something that was showing in the article - the toggles they showed in the Notification bar (in the right hand image) . Are these provided in the standard ROM, by an app, or in a custom ROM? I can't seem to find them.
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Is there an official Android "Google" ROM? So I have an old unlocked phone and I'd like to load up my own OS. I've seen some mods out there. CyanogenMod seems to be the most popular. However, I was curious if I could just install a pure untouched version of the OS -- as distributed by Google. I seem to remember being able to download a clean compiled version of the Android OS. Does Google distribute any binaries like this, and if not, is there someone out there that does? Additionally, is this even worth trying? These days is it necessary for Android to be packaged with special drivers and such for all of the different hardware out there?
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Are there any custom ROMs that can be upgraded without a wipe? 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?
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Can a phone manufacturer's custom interface be changed? This is related to this question about removing apps, but I thought it was different enough to merit separate focus. I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy 2 S, and it has a custom interface designed by Samsung. Mostly, it's fine. However, some things bug me. For example, at the bottom of the screen, where there are standard buttons like "Phone" and "Internet" - things I'm likely to access very frequently - they have this stupid "SP Mode" mail app thing that I will never use. Ever. I'd like to kill it, but after searching options, I don't know if I can make that kind of change. Is it possible to get different "skins" and load them into the phone? Are existing interfaces modifiable? Is this another thing that would require rooting the phone?
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Where can I find Windows drivers for my tablet to sync it with Phone Explorer on Windows 7?
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Aoson M19 -- Need Device Drivers Myself and a few others have an extra Aoson M19 android tablet on hand, but can't seem to find any USB device drivers for it. I assume this is because it isn't an overly popular tablet. Does anyone know where some drivers could be found? Perhaps someone wrote their own?
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Rooting the Karbonn smart tab 7 First of all, I understand that similar questions have been asked trillions of times before. But, as I've come to learn, not this specific one. So, here I go... I recently bought a Karbonn smart tab 7 and upgraded it to android 4.0.3. I've been using it a lot, and it has'nt given me any problems so far[Except the annoying settings reset, which is a question for another day]. I want to root my device and have tried various tutorials and NOTHING worked. Whenever I try to use an application to this, it tells me that the device cannot be found. I have connected it to the computer via the USB cable and Enabled usb debugging and even tried enabling mass storage mode[Only the SD card's file structure showed up in My computer]. I read somewhere that I would need to download some drivers for this to work, but am not able to find any drivers. I have also tried talking to customer care about the drivers, and they just farted on me. P.s. I have posted this question on a few forums before here[I did'nt know Stackexchange hav a site for Android!!!] and they eiter closed the question and voted me down or no one replied. Please help me as soon as possible.
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Using an XBox wireless adapter for PC with Windows 7 I bought myself an XBox wireless adapter for PC , so I can use my XBox Controller when playing platformers on PC. Worked great while I used XP, but for Christmas I gave myself an SSD and a Windows 7 Upgrade. Now Windows 7 does not recognize the USB dongle and I can't seem to get it to work. I checked the Microsoft site for drivers and found the Xbox 360 Accessories Software 1.2 64-bit for Windows 7 but it did not remedy my problem, the dongle is still not recognized. I have no idea what to do. Can sombody help me?
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Cannot get Android drivers to install on LG Thrill I've Googled everything I could think of and I can't get this to work. I'm trying to help someone set up his Android phone - an LG Thrill 4G - to connect to his PC so he can text from his computer, back up his contacts, etc. I downloaded and installed the SDK. I used the SDK manager to install more stuff, including the Google USB driver. I can see the usb_driver folder in the Android SDK extras folder, and I can see .dll files inside (if I remember correctly). I've set the phone to have whatever USB box checked. And, of course, I went to the Device Manager (he's got Windows 7), right-clicked the phone, and tried finding drivers online and finding them on the computer. No dice. Something online said I should run the dpinst.exe file and that it should be in the usb_driver folder. It isn't. Should this exist? Is there another way to get the driver to install? Should I take another route altogether? What am I missing?
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HTC Dream - Upgrade Android OS and driver for 64-bit Windows 7 Home I have just bought an unlocked HTC Dream G1 android cell phone. It has Android 1.5 installed. Can someone guide me as to how to upgrade to Android 2.X series? Also, which android 2.X OS would be the best choice? I have heard Android 2.2 is best for this cell phone compared to Android 2.3 or 3.0. Also, I have been unable to find drivers for this cell phone to connect my micro-SD memory card in cell phone to my Windows 7 Home 64-bit OS. I believe the problem is because I have a 64-bit OS. Where can I find the drivers? Thanks in advance.
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Nexus 4 not recognised by Windows 7 machine after KitKat update I have a Nexus 4, which I used to be able to connect to my Windows machine via USB, to test my code on. When I plugged it in, if I tried to run an application on it from Eclipse, Eclipse would tell me that there were no devices, and ask me if I wanted to start a virtual device, unless of course I waited a bit, until Windows popped up a dialog box asking me if I wanted to treat the Nexus 4 as a directory for photos, or audio, etc. Now however, Windows never gets to the point of showing me that dialog box, so Eclipse will always tell me there are no connected devices. How do I fix this?
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How to transfer data from android device using MTP and having the ext2/3/4 file format to computer on Windows XP I'm trying to learn. I have an android tablet from Kocaso. Apparently to transfer files from my computer to the tablet you need to use MTP. This seems to imply that I need something for Windows XP to detect the file format ext/2/3/4 of the device so I can transfer stuff like a good old usb key. So what do I need exactly?
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MTP Driver fails to install for CM 10.1 on Samsung Galaxy Note II The nightly builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 for the Samsung Galaxy Note II was just released. I have been using CM on my devices since the G1 (ADP1) days so I decided to give it a try. I have only had 2 issues so far. (Bluetooth is wonky but I don't use it very often) Lack of support for ExFAT. This was easily worked around by converting my SDCard to FAT32. While I wish there was support for ExFAT, I doubt there ever will be since it is a propitary format that was licensed to Samsung. Unable to successfully install the MTP drivers (Windows 7). I have tried rebooting, uninstalling the "existing" drivers and rebooting. Nothing seems to allow the driver to successfully install. It goes through the entire process of installing the driver. It even downloads it from Microsoft Update after I uninstall the existing driver. But it will not successfully install.
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What are the two methods to sideload apps or bypass system blocks on a Samsung Captivate without installing a custom ROM?
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How do I sideload, i.e. install non-market apps, on at&t phones? I'd like to try out some Android beta software I found online, but when I tried installing it on the device I got a message that said that installing non-market apps has been disabled for security reasons. Can I bypass/disable this restriction? I am using the at&t Captivate (Samsung Galaxy S) with Android 2.1.
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Install custom rom ACE PLUS without voiding warranty I read somewhere that we can install custom ROM in our devices without voiding warranty ace plus is not getting updates soon. Is there any method by which we can install that and please suggest a good custom rom. thanks
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How do I back up (and restore) my phone before installing a custom ROM? I am thinking of installing a custom ROM such as CM7 on my AT&T Galaxy S2 (SGH-i777). I have already rooted it. What is the best practice for backing-up (and potentially restoring) my phone? Notes for answerers: I'm interested in step-by-step instructions to obtain a canonical answer rather than links into forum threads. Will the method described be able to recover the phone if the ROM install process fails and "bricks" the phone? Can the backup be moved to external storage (such as a computer) or is it only resident on the phone's internal memory. If it can be preserved off-device please describe this process as well.
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Is it possible to root the Samsung Galaxy S II without installing a custom kernel? Is it possible to root the Samsung Galaxy S II without installing a custom kernel or otherwise flash custom firmware?
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Sideloading Apps on Google-TV Even though a new version (which includes the android market) is coming out for the Google TV this summer, I'm a little impatient and slightly curious. There are a few apps that I'd like to try out on the google TV that I don't think would necessarily break anything (i.e. apps that come to mind don't use sensors, camera, etc) so I'm wondering if there is a way to sideload apps into the current generation of the Google TV? There is no support for opening APK files natively, but I wonder if I hook my computer up to the STB via USB, if I could run some adb blackmagic and inject apps into it. Any thoughts or opinions? And yes, I am aware the current apps out there aren't optimized for a google TV, but I'm looking to add some basic functionality to hold me over until the next version comes out.
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Where can I find stock Android apps that are not normally in the Market? I downloaded a custom ROM for my Samsung Captivate phone that is a variant of 2.2.1. Its version of the Camera allows me to use the power button to take pictures. I decided I want the stock camera without this feature. Is there a site from which the default camera.apk is available for 2.2.1, or for that matter, other apps?
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I it necessary to SIM unlock my Samsung Galaxy S2 to use a custom ROM? I want to upgrade my Galaxy S II to Android 2.3.5, and my provider only has 2.3.3. So I have to use a ROM from samfirmware.com. Do I have to SIM unlock my phone before installing one of these ROMs? Do I have to root it?
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Can I install any ROM for my Android device? I own a MICROMAX A100. I want to install the latest version of a different ROM (Samsung or Nexus). Is it possible? If so, can you tell me how? If not, can I install a different ROM of the same manufacturer, I mean MicroMax A110, which is the successor of A100? While trying to backup the current ROM I am not getting the Back up Option. The image below is not readable, here is what it says. reboot system now apply update from external storage wipe data/factory reset wipe cache partition apply update from cache How to backup current ROM? .
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How does RealSilent automatically mute media volume when switching to silent or vibrate mode on Android devices?
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How can I make silent mode affect media volume too? Silent mode is simple to toggle quickly and easily, but it only effects ringtone volume. I want it to work for media volume too, so I can use it to quickly toggle off game audio in public places. Is this possible? Or is there another simple solution? I have a Google Experience phone, so manufacturer-custom UI elements are no help.
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How to stop android phone from vibrate during the start up and the shut down? When one turn on the phone or switch off the phone, the android phone will make a single vibration. I don't know whether if the phone is telling me that - Good Morning or Good Bye by using vibration, but what I would like to know if it is possible to set it to stop vibrate when I either switch on or switch off the phone? Using Froyo Android. Thanks.
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How to turn off notification sounds and vibrations I have a Nexus 5 running Android 4.3.2. I want to turn off all sound and vibration notifications for all apps, while allowing phone calls to trigger sound and/or vibrations. Is there a way to do this? I have tried following the advice at stackexchange-url ("How can I turn off Notification Sounds and leave phone sounds on") but the answers don't work. There's no separate slider for notifications, and the AudioManager app doesn't shut off vibrations. I have tried the official google answer but there's no setting, Vibrate -> Never , and setting notifications to silent does not stop the vibrations. I've tried the individual app settings, too, but there's no setting for vibration in the official twitter app, for example. I can stop specific apps from sending any notifications at all, but that's not what I want. I want the notifications to show up in the drop-down, I just don't want any sounds or vibrations.
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How to enable silent mode during calendar events? I'd like to disable all notification sounds whenever there is a current event in Calendar. How can I do this automatically?
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Sound volume randomly changes I'll be listening to music or a podcast, when for no reason that I can tell, the sound will sometimes change. Fortunately, it seems to always go down, not get super loud and blow out my ears. This happens in any and every audio program, so I don't think it's app specific. I'm using Android 4.0.4 on a Samsung Galaxy S2. The phone is rooted. How do I prevent the sound from making random adjustments?
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How can I turn off the shutter sound for the camera on droid x running 2.2 froyo? I'd appreciate any help
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What is the fastest way to turn the phone into silent mode? The title kinda tells it all. Sometimes I need to turn silent for a meeting and the procedure is like: Unlock the phone Click on <code> Menu </code> Go to <code> Settings </code> Click on <code> Sound </code> Enable <code> Silent mode </code> Apart from (1), which can't be shortened (can it?), I want to minimize the remaining 4 clicks. EDIT: I have a Nexus S, but I'm more interested in things that are not specific to models. Also, please feel free to add model-specific answers, as other people may find it useful.
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How to stop display turn on and consuming battery power, when using Headphones remote control or volume button? I don't know if this depends on the music player (I'm using mort player music) or standby screen (I have widgetlocker app as lockscreen), I don't see any options in these apps to change this. In Android 2.3.4 (rooted) I have set turn off Display after 30 sec. When I jump to next/forward song via remote control button of my headset, every time the display turns on for 30 sec. For the volume buttons the same. Is there a way to stop this behaviour and save battery power. E.g. only turn on screen when pushing HOME or POWER button when in standby? Any apps like tasker able to manage this?
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How can I use TeamViewer on my phone to remotely control my PC when both devices are connected to WiFi?
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Windows desktop screen sharing for Android via Wi-Fi How do I share desktop screen on Android, and control my Desktop PC through Android? UPDATE based on OP's comments (geffchang): <code> How do I program this? Which libraries can I use for this? I want to make my own server for this. </code>
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How can I remote support an Android tablet? My mother is considering to get an Android tablet - probably a Nexus 7 or 10. Because I don't live near her, I might need to provide some remote assistance -- and you probably know that talking her through things on the phone is not very efficient, especially when I can't actually see what's on her screen. I don't want to access the file system, read SMS messages, download photos, etc. I just want to see what she sees so that I can talk her through whatever she needs help with. Is there an Android equivalent of running a VNC server so that I can see the exact screen my mom is currently seeing? The "VNC server" apps I've seen in the Play Store are more like remote desktop apps and they all seem to require to launch an app from the device -- then you can see Android on your pc but not on the device which wouldn't help my mom. Is it possible to do some kind of screen-sharing on Android, similar to a PC running VNC? Could this work via a PC (Windows, Linux), or would I need another Android device, or perhaps even an identical Android tablet?
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Use my device as laser pointer I'm not sure if this is possible, but knowing that is possible to use the device as mouse I think this should also be possible: Somehow connect the phone with a PC, then in the place you touch from the phone, in the computer should appear a red dot (or something). Is there any app for this?? Is it possible?
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How Can I Access My Desktop's File System Over 3G? I'm looking for a good solution to be able to browse my home computer and download files remotely. I've tried Gmote, and it works pretty well, but for some reason the desktop client seems to randomly shut down and I'm unable to access it until I go home and restart the client. I'd rather have a way to connect just by my IP address (I'm aware that my IP can change; I can always set up a dyndns account) and a port number, with a username and password. I'm on a Motorola Droid running CyanogenMod 6.1 (Froyo). EDIT: My desktop is running Windows 7 64-bit. Any suggestions on ways to do this? Thanks!
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I want to remotely control my Android device from my PC without rooting it. Is this possible? Looking for something to remote control my Droid without having to root. To be clear, I am looking for full control over the computer (view on monitor, use mouse and keyboard for input).
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How can I remotely control my mobile without rooting it? I have my mobile Android, iPad, typing on the small keyboards takes too long, so remotely using my keyboard is the best way for me when it comes to type something in mobile devices. I have so far tried to use a VNC server, but they all require root, which I don't like to do. Are there any free tools that will allow me to use my laptop to browse my Android device and type on my laptop keyboard and it will type on the Android mobile?
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Mobile PC Remote If I buy a symbian(S60, nokia E51 ) mobile, and I want to write a program to control the PC(launch programs, control mouse/keyboard): Is it possible to make a mobile app and a windows app which communicates via WiFi, or its easier/faster via bluetooth? Which framework should I choose? (symbian/java) (other info that I might need)
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Remote activate android app I have an OUYA with XBMC installed, and watch films using the remote app on my Android phone. To watch a film I have to use the Ouya controller to launch XBMC. How can I remotely start XBMC on my android device (the OUYA) so not needing the controller?
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What technical barriers, if any, prevent Android apps from accessing embedded lyrics in MP3 files via ID3 tags?
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Is there something in the Android architecture that prevents people from creating MP3 players that read embedded lyrics? When I play certain MP3 files (such as lessons from JapanesePod101.com ) on my iPod Touch, lyrics or transcripts that are embedded in the MP3 files are displayed in the media player. I find this to be an extremely useful feature, and I believe I'm not alone. Despite that, neither the stock Android media player nor any other media player I've downloaded from the Market seems to support this. I just have not been able to find any way to get feature on my Nexus One. This feature is important enough to me that I'm considering learning Android development just so I can write a simple media player that displays embedded lyrics or notes. However, the fact that nobody else seems to have done this makes me wonder - is it even possible? Is there something in the Android architecture or APIs that make it difficult or impossible to read and display lyrics information from MP3 files?
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Audio players read "Chromatics" as "The Chromatics" from ID3v2 MP3 tags I've got an album by the band Chromatics in MP3 format with ID3v2 tags. On my computer the band's name appears as "Chromatics" in any audio player (foobar2000, VLC, MP3Tag). On Android, Shuttle Music Player and the default music player display this artist's name as "The Chromatics". Either Android is guessing that it should add the "The" prefix automatically, or there are hidden, incorrect tags somewhere in my files. The files initially contained ID3v1 tags as well but I've deleted them. I don't know if the error comes from my files or from a database stored by Android. Most importantly I don't know how to fix it. I've already tried deleting the audio files and rebooting, and clearing the data of the "media storage" app and rebooting, but none of this worked.
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App searches in wrong directory I just installed DroidID3Tagger , however it just searches for my music files in <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> , my music however is in <code> /mnt/emmc </code> . Is there anything I can do instead of moving the files? I'm using CM9 Nightly on a SGS1 with Icy Glitch Kernel. (for some reason the Kernel swapped sdcard and emmc)
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Is there any way to listen to Zune Pass music on my phone? I have a Zune and download DRM-ed music via the Zune Marketplace that I can listen to as long as I have a Zune Pass monthly subscription. Is there any way to listen to this music on my Droid?
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How to download an audio file from a web site? Is there a way to download an audio file, such as a mp3-file from the Android browser to the device so I could listen to it later when I'm offline? Is there a way I should program the web site to make this possible? I'm not looking for an additional app to help me achieve this.
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Can I play DRM music from iTunes on my Android? I thought that DRM content on iTunes could only be played on iTunes, but then I saw SongBird , a non-Apple application that can play DRM protected music. Is there an app for that uses similar technology that can play my old iTunes purchases? Is there any other ways I can play my music on my Android (Wildfire)?
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Is there music player that supports both AAC and MIDI files on Android 2.3? Update from 2.1 to 2.3 broken playing from aac files in most players. The only music player that is more or less usable is PowerAMP (and also video players like MoboPlayer and MX Player). But it won't play midi files. The only player that can play both aac and mid files I tried is MoboPlayer. But it is video player (so no useful widget/play queue). <code> Player: Support AAC on 2.3 Support mid have widget PowerAMP + - + Most players - + - MoboPlayer + + - I want + + + </code> How to fix aac in android 2.3 in SE Xperia X10? Alternatively, is there a player that can play both aac and mid files and have widget?
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What if I don't want my music on the cloud? I just got my Nexus 7 tablet and I was trying to load some music/videos to it. I have about 10 gigs worth of .mp3 files with no DRM in my computer. Since this is Android, I figured I would not be subject to the pain that is iTunes and I would simply be able to drag the music into a "Music" folder if I plugged in the tablet to my computer. Sure enough, I saw a folder named "Music" and tried dragging a couple of files to it. When I go to my Nexus, however, I don't see the files. I started reading up on this and it seems that the way to do things on Android is to use the Google Music Manager which would then put my songs in "the cloud" and make them playable from any device. That's all nice and everything, but is there any way to simply put a couple songs into my device locally without any of that funny business? TL;DR: I don't want to use Music Manager, how do I locally upload a song/video to my Nexus 7?
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Why do some messengers delay messages despite background data being enabled?
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Why does Google+ Messenger deliver messages with long delays? Google+ Messenger conversations are supposed to take place in real time. Yet when I use Messenger with the Google+ app for my Nexus S Android 2.3.6 phone via 3G (Vodafone IT), the messages I send or receive from others are often delivered with delays ranging from a few tens of minutes to a few hours. Does Messenger require push notifications, i.e. setting the Settings -> Accounts & sync settings -> Background data checkbox?
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Stock Messaging App Locks and is Slow I upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S4 (from iPhone) and still trying to make the transition and learn all of the new features. One issue I have is with the stock messaging app. It completely freezes up at times. I cannot back out of a conversation thread. Messages do not go out. Eventually I will receive a message saying this app has frozen do I want to wait or close. Finally the messaging app doesn't load at all and I have to reboot the phone to get the app back. What can I do to solve this problem and have the messaging app functioning smoothly and properly? Notes: I am running 4.2.2. Memory is 8+ GB available Only a few apps are running (I know how to close open apps)
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How come my my HTC Desire Z sometimes doesn't notify me about a new SMS? My HTC Desire Z has developed an issue (well several, but just one for this question) where it doesn't always notify me of a new message. When a new message arrives, I expect: the phone to beep (well ring tone), and there to be an indicator in the notification area until I look at the message or clear notifications. This does happen the majority of the time, but sometimes neither of these things happen. But if I open the Messages app, there is the new message. This is really quite annoying, so does anyone know ways to fix this? Are there alternative SMS apps that might be different, or is this functionality an OS thing? Would using, say, CyanogenMod fix it, or at least be worth a try? Is it possible that the formatting of particular contacts would cause such a problem? Any other ideas? Version info: Phone: HTC Desire Z (Vodafone UK) Android: 2.2.1 Kernel: 2.6.32.21-g540976a htc-kernel@and18-2 #1 Build Number: 1.72.161.1 CL296256 release-keys
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Reasons for MMS to fail while sending? I've been trying to send an MMS on a rooted ST17i with the MiniCMSandwich Lite rom but for some reason, I can't send any MMS (no matter how big). It will just say "SENDING" on the messaging app but would stay that way for quite some time (probably around 30 minutes) then it would say that sending has failed. So far, I've already tried the following combinations: wifi: on data: on wifi: off, data: off wifi: on, data: on All to no avail. It just won't send. However, I can browse the web without any problems using my data plan (no wifi) and I have assumed that data and MMS are somewhat tied together in a way. So since data is working (it's even on an HSDPA status based on my signal bar), why won't MMS work? I guess it should be also beneficial that I state that sending MMS worked when I was still on stock. As for my service provider, I'm under a postpaid plan from Sun Cellular. My APN settings is as follows: <code> Name: Sun MMS APN: mms Proxy: Not set Port: Not set Username: Not set Password: Not set Server: Not set MMSC: http://mmscenter.suncellular.com.ph MMS proxy: 202.138.159.78 MMS port: 9201 MCC: 515 MNC: 05 Authentication type: Not set APN type: mms APN protocol: IPv4 APN enabled/disable: APN enabled Bearer: Unspecified </code>
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Android 2.2.3 - long delay after phone call end There's a long delay between the call end (even when I press "End Call" button) and when I can use the notification bar again for example. The in-call green phone icon stays in the notification bar for another few seconds. Is there anything I can do about this, please?
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How is WhatsApp able to receive messages when not in use? I'm curious about how WhatsApp is able to receive messages when not in use. I mean, I understand that WhatsApp works using the Internet connection rather than the cellphone network. Imagine that I haven't touched my phone in hours. At that moment, a friend sends me a message on WhatsApp. I get it immediately. Does that mean that WhatsApp is keeping the Internet connection connected at all times? Does that mean that WhatsApp acts as a server, opening ports on the phone? Or maybe a long-running HTTP request?
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Delayed incoming GTalk messages Recently, I performed a factory reset on my SGS (Froyo), since then all my incoming GTalk messages are seen arriving one hour before: if it is 5pm, the message is tagged 4PM. Well, I could live with that, but the problem is that my responses are tagged with the right time, therefore any further incoming messages will be placed vertically before my messages. I have tried changing the time, change time zones, accept network-provided time, and nothing seems to work... Had this happened to you?How can I solve this problem? Thanks
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IGPFunction2.Execute() never triggers when using IEnumLayer.Next() when run in background I got a strange issue in GP tool I don't really understand: In my IGPFunction2.UpdateMessages() method, I use the following code to traverse all layers: <code> IEnumLayer enumLayer = gpUtils.GetMapLayers(); enumLayer.Reset(); ILayer layer = enumLayer.Next(); while (layer != null) { <code here> layer = enumLayer.Next(); } </code> The purpose is to look for layers with duplicate names. This works fine when I don't run the tool in the background. In background mode however, the Execute() method is never triggered. This seems to happen after enumLayer.Next() is used. When removing the enumLayer.Next() and the code below, it works fine. There are no error messages or exceptions occuring, and Arc claims that the tool executed succesfully. When calling IGPMessages.AddMessage() as the first action in Exceute(), nothing is yielded. Any suggestions is appreciated..
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How can I stop music from auto-stopping after two minutes on my phone using the task manager?
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Motorola Defy Plus - Apps are automatically closing few minutes after screen switches off This is driving me crazy. I just bought a new <code> Motorola Defy Plus </code> ( <code> MB526 </code> ) this week and plugged in a 16 GB SD card to it. Like the features it offered like Moto-Blur and all that. So after 2 days of use I dumped some songs to listen while traveling to office. I started the playlist (in <code> Connected Music Player </code> ,i.e., the stock music player provided in defy plus) to listen to music. But after 30 seconds or so phone goes to standby and song continues. But before song duration is complete, the sound shuts off. If I check the phone there is no app running. I tried listening to radio, and it was same thing with radio as well. I thought it was some sleep timer problem in music player, but I did not find any settings to do so. I browsed for solution in many places in Internet. But could not find solution. I found similar problem for Android v2.2. But my phone has Android v2.3.6. In between I tried using other apps such as <code> Live 365 </code> and <code> Remote for VLC </code> . <code> Live 365 </code> felt like it ran for little longer but even that closed too. Same problem persisted for <code> Remote for VLC </code> also, i.e., it's active for a while. After 5-7 minutes or so the app has closed completely. Can I solve this problem by enabling Factory Reset? If I reset using that, I know that apps I installed will go away, and that is not a problem with me. But will the stock apps provided by Motorola go away too? Sometimes I found the irritating Voice Command(I dont know what is called exactly, maybe - Listen app) window popping up. How should I turn that off?
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Is there a shortcut to the taskmanager on HTC tattoo I can never end a task easily on the HTC tattoo - is there a shortcut to it I can make, or an easier app to use?
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Media Player stuck on 00:00 (randomly) when opened My usual listening habits are to listen to podcasts with Doggcatcher sometimes followed by listening to some music (currently using PlayerPro) (on my Samsung Galaxy S4) while driving. Periodically, when I close Doggcatcher and open PlayerPro, and I select a track to play, the track looks like it is going to start to play. However, although the timer starts at 00:00, and the Play button changes to the Pause button, there is no sound. Often the timer will tick over to 00:01 after a few seconds but it gets not further. Similarly, if I switch to the Google Play Music app, the timer happily ticks away, but no sound comes out. Switching again to, say, N7, we are back to the same PlayerPro behaviour. It appears not to depend on the media player, though I usually use PlayerPro. It usually happens after using DoggCatcher, but then again, it is the only app I use for podcasts. The only solution I have so far, is to restart the device - a bit inconvenient, particularly when driving. Has anyone else experienced something similar? Any idea what is cause these media players to 'pause'? Any tips on investigating this issue?
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How can I disable auto-dimming of the screen? What I'd like to see: When idling, the screen turns off after the configured amount of time. What I see: When I don't do anything, the screen dims a bit after ~23 seconds, then at 30 seconds it turns off as expected. I have no idea why this dimming short before the screen timeout happens and where to disable it. My settings: Automatic Brightness disabled, brightness set to the lowest level. Screen time-out at 30 seconds. Auto adjust screen power disabled. Timeout for lock screen is zero ( Immediately ). Use Power saving mode is enabled (it sets the screen brightness to 10% at less than 20% battery power left). Disabling it had no effect. This happens with Android 2.3.6 (no idea if it worked before the update).
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Problems with music playback - Music File corrupt? I have an HTC Inspire 4G (Desire HD, Ace), and whenever I have headphones plugged in and am listening to music, the music player will randomly start playing new songs, pausing and starting a new one every second or so, until I unplug my headset. I plug my headset back in, then at some point my phone will do this again, and I have to start this process all over again. It started on the stock sense rom using the stock sense player when I first got the phone. I then tried using winamp, same problem. I rooted the phone, flashed CM7, and am now using Cloudskipper as my music player, still the problem persists. I even unchecked headset controls, still continued. I even tried another pair of headphones, however both were BEATS headphones. What is going on??
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How to Disable Auto Silence My Motorola Electrify M keeps auto-silencing the ringer. How do I disable auto-silece? My phone is running Android version 4.1.2. It seems to go on silent when I have meetings scheduled. It wouldn't be so bad, except that it never re-activates the ringer, so I keep missing calls! Any thoughts on how to disable the auto-ring silencer would be great. If it makes a difference, I'm also using the calendar app aCalendar.
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System audio files appearing in playlist I wasn't satisfied with the selection of sounds the phone was giving me for the alarm, so I installed ES File Explorer and picked out some ringtone sounds from the phone's <code> system/media/audio </code> folder. Ever since, those sounds have been showing up in the Music Player playlist. How do I stop them from doing so? I'm using the default music player on a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro running Android 2.1.
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How do I disable auto-sync in HTC Sync 3.3? Where in HTC Sync is the option to disable synchronization upon connecting the phone to the computer? There used to be plenty of options in the old versions of HTC Sync. By old versions I mean versions like 2.0 that came with my phone. This is the version I have been using for two years now. I just thought I would update to get all the latest bells and whistles. But little did I know that the newest HTC Sync version is just one big splash screen with a picture of my phone on it and one big SYNC button. And it is very resource hungry. I am downloading the new HTC Sync Manager right now. But I don't think it's compatible with HTC Desire or other older HTC devices. I think it's mainly made for the HTC One series of phones. So I don't expect much from it, but I'll give it a try anyway. Are there more sync options in Sync Manager than in the regular Sync? What's a good alternative to HTC Sync that I can use with HTC Desire? Which ones are popular? I don't want anything too fancy. I don't need anything that's too much resource hungry and media focused. Just plain sync tool (PIM). Update: HTC Sync Manager doesn't even start The first time HTC Sync Manager started it was scanning my computer for media files. I aborted the operation and went to settings to change the language. It prompted me to restart the program so I clicked OK. It restarted and got stock at the splash screen. Now it does that every time and the only way to close it is to terminate the associated process. Great software indeed... it should not stop working just because the user changes the language in the settings. Looks like I will have to install it all over again to erase any conflicting config files and such.
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How can I find and manage my installed apps on Google Play Store using a desktop browser and identify devices linked to my account?
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How to detect that an app is linked to Play Store or not? Previously, Android Market didn't show <code> Uninstall </code> button for apps which aren't installed using it. So, this button was a nice identifier of linking status. Now, Play Store displays the button for every app. Problem starts here: Titanium Backup started to show some of my purchased apps as unlinked from Play Store. It was unexpected.. Something had broke it. I could re-link apps using Titanium Backup, but I needed confirmation to avoid more problems. Well, I checked it using other apps like App Manager of ROM Toolbox Pro. Interestingly, all such backup apps are displaying different linking status. So, I am screwed up. I want to discover linking status without any help of third-party apps.
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How can I check if installed apps are latest versions? I used to have an app on my Desire HD that I think was called Something Dog. When launched, it would list all the installed apps and whether they were the latest versions. My Desire HD crashed a while ago, and all my data was lost. I've since bought a One X and I'd like to have this app again. Does anyone know what it's called?
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handling multiple devices on the play store I have multiple Android devices, and each time I go to the play store website to install an app, I get a list of devices to install to. my questions: Is it possible to change the order of them? currently i only see how to hide (no removal? weird) or change their names ( here ), but it doesn't help re-ordering them. I ask this since I use one of them the most. is it possible to install to multiple devices at the same time instead of one by one?
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Uninstalling app from specific device only Is there a way to remove an app from only one device when using the same account over two devices? I've just got a tablet - which is currently syncing settings and downloading all the apps that I have obtained from the market on my phone. I won't need all these apps and would like to remove some from just the tablet (but leave them available for restore on the phone etc). Is this possible? Does the phone have an independent "installed app" list to the tablet? Thanks.
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Check if app uses in-app purchase What is the easiest way to check whether an app uses in-app purchase? Is there a mark in the Play store or a permission to look for after I installed the app?
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How to search Games with "Google Play Game Services integration" in play store? Google recently introduced " Google Play Game Services integration " in play store games. How can I list games that supports "Google Play Game Services integration" using play store App or using play store site?
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How can you tell which version of an app is on your Android phone? I was just browsing through the AppBrain Android store and saw as one of the popular downloads Gmail. This made me wonder how to see the version info of an application on my Galaxy S mobile phone. How can I tell the version so that I may update this application to a new version?
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Where are the .apk files of currently installed apps stored on my Android device? How can I view the .apk files of currenly installed apps on my android phone?
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What environment variables must be set for the SSH server to properly trigger media scanning on Android systems post-Android 10?
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Can I trigger a media scan via the the command line? Is it possible to trigger the media scanner to update its DB via the command line? I have an SSH server installed on my Android device and I copy files to/from over the same link. It would be great if I could also trigger a re-scan for the media scanner. I am aware that there are applications on the market to do this via the UI but this is not what I want. Any help fully appreciated.
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Are there any command line SSH clients available for rooted Android phones? I of course have ConnectBot, but I'm looking for something I can script. Edit: To clarify here, I'm not interested in running scripts from a terminal. What I want to do is run an SSH command in an automated/scheduled manner. Tasker and Locale Execute are the equivalent of cron, all I need is the 'ssh' command to run from the script.
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How can I run a script on boot? 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.
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scp and rsync to transfer data from Linux to Android I'd like to be able to push PDF files onto a phone/tablet with a Bash script. Is it possible to transfer data using scp (or even rsync) from a Linux computer to an Android phone over wireless? Could I even run Unison on the phone? And is it possible to run Bash (or only POSIX Shell) scripts on the phone remotely?
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Set environment variable automatically upon SSH login (no root access) The situation: I run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a virtual machine. I regularly have to connect to my account on a university server, I do this by opening up terminal and using <code> ssh -Y username@server.com </code> . Once there I always have to run the following <code> setenv PYTHONPATH "place/stuff/this_goes_on_forever" </code> And also a few other lines of code. What I want: My main request: I would like to prepare a script and have that run automatically whenever I log in to the server via ssh. This is a side query, but when I use <code> alias p="pwd" </code> (for example) the new aliases do not 'take', typing <code> p </code> in this case results in 'command not found'. Is this just a consequence of not being root, or because I am logged in via ssh, or is there a fix for this perhaps? Attempts at a solution: I tried adding <code> export PYTHONPATH="..." </code> to my local <code> ~/.bashrc </code> file which means when I start terminal <code> PYTHONPATH </code> is set, however after I <code> ssh </code> to the server it is no longer set (well I have a whole new host of environment variables). I tried <code> ~/.bash_profile </code> after, didn't work. I have tried adding <code> export PYTHONPATH="..." </code> to the <code> ~/.bash_profile </code> file on the server, and also to the <code> ~/.bashrc </code> file- but neither worked. I do not have root access on the server so cannot change <code> AcceptEnv </code> or <code> PermitUserEnvironement </code> within the <code> sshd_config </code> file on the server, it is just read-only. Surely there is somewhere I can put this code, I just can't find where.
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How to play YouTube or any audio from my desktop Linux and send the audio playback to Android? I have many music lists and local files which is playing in my Fedora, Ubuntu, ArchLinux, Solaris, FreeBSD. How can I send the playback audio to my Android so that I can hear using my headphone from my smartphone? Where my laptop is actually playing the audio because in Android I can not play the music how Iwanted. How can it be done? Follow up: A) Ubuntu Desktop where my music are playing I do: <code> $ sudo apt-get install openssh-server [sudo] password for sun: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done openssh-server is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 27 not upgraded. $ vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config + AllowUsers ssh-client :wq $ sudo useradd ssh-client $ sudo passwd ssh-client Enter new UNIX password: 1234 Retype new UNIX password: 1234 passwd: password updated successfully $ su - ssh-client Password: 1234 No directory, logging in with HOME=/ $ sudo echo helloworld [sudo] password for ssh-client: 1234 ssh-client is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. </code>
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Why do linux commands not work properly on android? <code> > adb shell sh-4.1$ ls -F -F: No such file or directory </code> -F switch works fine on my Ubuntu. Why doesn't it work on android? Is there a way to make it work?
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How do I fix pwd (print working directory) on Cyanogenmod 7? I recently started using Cyanogenmod and I noticed some odd behavior in the shell for certain commands. The command works as expected in the Terminal app directly on the phone, but strange things occur when connected by ssh. For instance <code> pwd </code> : <code> /data/dropbear # pwd /data/dropbear # which pwd /system/xbin/pwd /data/dropbear # busybox pwd /data/dropbear /data/dropbear # ls -l /system/xbin/pwd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 1 23:30 pwd -> busybox </code> As you can see, <code> pwd </code> prints a blank line ![enter image description here][1]when typed normally at the command line. Even though it is just a link to <code> busybox </code> . I've fooled around with other embedded systems (DD-WRT), and noticed <code> busybox </code> was set up the same way - and works. The way it's behaving here breaks functionality with WinSCP, which depends on <code> pwd </code> when it connects. I thought I could be a little clever here and use WinSCP to transfer files to my phone over my wireless lan. But as you can see it isn't quite working yet. For the record I'm using a Motorola Droid, Cyanogenmod 7 RC4, and also PuTTy from a Windows 7 machine.
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Why can't an Android phone act as a Bluetooth A2DP sink when connecting to a dumbphone, and what are the technical limitations preventing this functionality?
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How can I stream audio from another device via Bluetooth? Related question: stackexchange-url ("How can I stream music/audio from Android and PC to Android device via WiFi?") I would like to stream audio from a Bluetooth-enabled "dumb phone" to my Andoid phone. The Android phone is running Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.4). I have searched the Play store for such an app, but all I could find were applications that did the opposite (stream audio from the Android phone instead of to it). Is this somehow possible?
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Can I stream audio from Android to Windows through Bluetooth? Can I stream audio from Android to Windows through Bluetooth? If yes, how?
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Is it possible to output audio from the speakers while a Bluetooth headset is connected? In iOS, this is achieved by double-tapping the home button, swiping right twice, and selecting the speakers. Can this be done in Android?
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How do I keep my headphone jack from disabling my bluetooth speakerphone in my car? I just upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S III running Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and I drive a 2009 Mazda 5 with integrated bluetooth speakerphone. When I'm in my car, I connect the headphone jack to my car stereo Aux input so that I can play music from my phone through my car speakers. I got a phone call today and I noticed that when I'm connected to the Aux jack, my phone wouldn't connect to the bluetooth speakerphone. In fact, I couldn't hear the phone call at all, although the person on the other end could hear me. When I pulled out the cable from my phone's headphone jack, the bluetooth connection to the speakerphone was restored. I never had this problem with my Bionic. How do I make my phone connect to the bluetooth speakerphone even when I have a cable in the headphone receptacle? Note: my car hooks up to the bluetooth speakerphone only -- it doesn't have an option to play music through the car speakers via bluetooth. UPDATE (JUL 19) Having thought about the situation some more, here's what I think is happening: When I make a phone call using my car's integrated bluetooth speakerphone, my car turns off the stereo input to my speakers and replaces it with the phone input. At the same time, if I have a cable plugged into my headphone jack on my phone, my phone assumes that I want to hear the call through my "headphones" and not any attached bluetooth device, so my phone doesn't transmit the incoming phone audio to the bluetooth antenna -- it sends it to the audio cable plugged into the headphone jack. Since my car stereo isn't accepting auxiliary input during a phone call, I hear nothing. So, I really need a way to tell my phone that when I have a bluetooth speakerphone connected and "headphones" connected, I prefer to hear the call through the bluetooth connection (I don't think it's very likely that I'm going to be able to get Mazda to change their stereo firmware :-) ). UPDATE (JUL 24) I tried my wife's Razr (running ICS) and didn't have this problem, so it seems to be Samsung Galaxy SIII problem, not an ICS problem. I've come up with a couple of work-arounds that I'll submit as a separate answer.
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Can I pair 2 Android Devices via Bluetooth for internet access? This is pretty much hypothetical at this point but I'm curious... Let's say I get one of the Android tablets likely to be coming out in the spring and get one that only has WiFi and no WWAN access built in... I've got a Moto Droid running stock 2.2.1 and unrooted. I know I can obviously tether via wifi if I root the device, but there is also the application PDANet that allows you to tether with your computer via USB or Bluetooth. USB is probably out of the question on most tablets, but is there any way that I would be able to tether the phone to the tablet via Bluetooth? From what I've read, PDANet uses the DUN (Dial Up Networking) BT profile for tethering, which Android can obviously host, but is there any support in android for BT DUN client mode? In all likelyhood I will just root (again actually... CyanogenMod almost bricked my phone) and go with that... but I'm also trying to look to the future when I will hopefully replace the Droid next summer and I don't want to become used to WiFi tethering, and then have no option upon purchasing a new phone unless I make sure that whatever I get can be rooted and run wifi-tether.
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Is there a way to get my android phone to stop going back to the beginning of a song when I disconnect my bluetooth audio? I have an Android phone (a Motorola Droid, running android 2.2) that I use with my car's bluetooth audio. When I turn on the car, it will automatically conenct to the Droid and tell it to play, which automatically starts the music app and begins playing. (I like that--that's what I want.) Then when I turn the car off while playing, the music app automatically stops. (I also like that.) But when it stops in response to the car turning off, it goes immediately back to the beginning of the song, which I don't like. I'd like it to pause when the car is turned off, and pick up in the middle of the song where it left off. I don't even know exactly what's happening behind the scenes to cause this. Is the car sending the phone a "stop" command when it turns off, which causes the phone to go back to the beginning of the track? I'm not sure how to find out. While the car is on, the only commands it supports are "play," "pause," "next," and "previous," which which do what you would expect. I don't see any options available on the phone or on the car that would obviously control this behavior. So I guess I'd like to know a) if there's a way to change this on the phone, and b) is there a way to tell exactly what commands the car is sending to the phone and when? Some sort of log that can be enabled maybe?
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Podcast Player and Bluetooth? I've been using Google Listen for podcast catching and playing. Seems to work just fine. I'd like to be able to play my podcasts over my Bluetooth headset. Alas, it seems that is only an option for A2DP bluetooth headsets(?) so I'm on a quest. Can anyone offer suggestions? Seems like I have two options (but maybe there are others). Find a podcast catcher/player that will play over a non-A2DP headset Find a way to "fake" the Android into using a bluetooth headset even when not A2DP Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? [edit] I should mention that I'm running stock 2.1 and have no real desire to root/mod the phone.
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What can I do with DLNA on an android smartphone? What can I do with DLNA on an android smartphone? I understand it allows wireless streaming media, but beyond that I have trouble finding details. Will DLNA enabled smartphones receive data from servers? Will I be able to hit "play" on my smartphone and listen to it on my DLNA enabled stereo?
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How does Titanium Backup help users save and restore apps and data, and why is it important for device maintenance and recovery?
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Retaining applications and settings when flashing custom ROMs The one thing that's been keeping me from flashing a custom Jelly Bean ROM on my Verizon Galaxy S3 (SCH-I535) is the fact that, unlike OTA updates, when I update my phone with a custom ROM, I'll lose all of my apps and settings. I don't want to have to reinstall and reconfigure all of my apps every time a new version of Android comes out. What options are out there for backing up and restoring applications and application settings between custom ROMs?
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How do you extract an App's data from a full backup made through "adb backup"? I have been backing up my Nexus 7 with <code> adb backup </code> to back up all files into an encrypted backup. I see that you can restore from a backup with <code> adb restore </code> , but that would wipe all my existing data on the device. How exactly would I extract one App's data from this encrypted backup file?
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Backup and restore MMS Is it possible to backup AND restore MMS messages? It seems all the apps I've found on the app store that backup SMS and/or MMS cannot actually restore MMS messages (and similar comments on answers to other questions). Is there a limitation to android which would prevent this?
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Is there a way to preserve my configuration between firmware updates? I had some apps installed on my Galaxy S2 and configured them on screen the way I liked to have them. Today, the firmware got updated (it looks cool) and all my installed apps are gone from my workspaces. They are still available in the application menu. Also, a load of Samsung and Vodafone (my carrier) apps were put in the workspaces. Is there a way to preserve my configurations between updates, and if not... why? I usually use about five apps, so it's not such a big deal for me, but it's annoying. I can imagine some other users freaking out over this.
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One-click full backup & dropbox sync in Titanium Backup? Is it possible to make a full backup of everything and then it sync into dropbox (and repeat if syncing was unsuccessful) with a one click? I'd like to just launch a backup procedure and go sleeping knowing that when I wake up, everything that could be done was done... and Titanium Backup's interface is so confusing to me. I've got a pro version.
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Backing up Android device on Windows via wireless I need a way to back up my whole Android device on my PC, which is running Windows 7. I don't have USB cable for my phone, but I have wireless router, so my best option is using Wireless connection. I have encrypted my rooted Nexus S device, and now I am locked out of accessing SD card via recovery. The only way to decrypt my device is Factory data reset, which will erase all data on my phone. Before doing that I need to backup all my SD Card content, Apps, App data content to my PC. I need something much like Ultimate Backup Tool , but instead of recovering data through USB cable, using wireless instead.
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All of my launchers keep crashing, my only fix is to factory reset. I need help for backing up valuable data I have a Galaxy S2 running on ICS. It is not rooted. Recently it keeps crashing. No app will start with the exception of lock screen and the notification curtain. My menu button does not work so during my research on this problem the "download GO Launcher and set as default > clear data" solution will not work. I want to keep this post as short as possible so here are some links on my first problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417244 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1541223 (These two posters fixed their problems due to their menu buttons being able to function). Looks like my only fix is to do a factory reset (though if anyone has a few suggestions, please post them!). Unfortunately not being able to access any apps means I cannot do back ups . I want to restore my phone to the pre-crash state as much as possible. I have a valuable memo on the "Memo" app that comes with TouchWiz. Can this be done? EDIT: Forgot to mention that it's best not to void my warranty by flashing or rooting. My S2 has some screen burn ins that I need to get fixed and they'll be checking.
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How to hide updates from market? I have an app that has updates that reduce the functionality of the app. Is it possible to hide the updates so that I can use the "update all" feature, or update all apps from the list without worrying about the app? I've backed it up with Titanium Backup so I'll be able to restore it but that's a bit of a hassle. Also, the constant "New updates available" notifications are a pain in the.... neck.
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How does CalDAV-Sync beta work, and what steps are needed to set it up successfully for calendar synchronization?
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How can I sync Yahoo Calendar on my phone? I want to sync my Yahoo! Calendar on my phone. An article on Yahoo!'s help page seems to suggest that the only way to access it is by viewing their mobile website in a browser . I've tried adding the iCal link provided by Yahoo! Calendar in my Google Calendar account, but Google seems to be unable to fetch the contents of my calendar. What other options do I have to sync my Yahoo! Calendar on my phone - either within the stock calendar app, or using a third-party application? (In case of a third-party application, it would be nice if it 'looks good' and/or comes with widgets.)
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Google Calendar events created on the phone won't sync In my 2.3.7 Android phone, when I use the Google Calendar application, I can see all the events that are listed in my Google account, as I would see them in the browser in my computer, but when I create a new event using the phone -- it shows as 'PC Sync', the new item won't sync up to the calendar as I see it in the browser. I have tried cleaning the cache and data for the 'Calendar' and 'Calendar Storage' application, and manually re-syncing the Google account from the phone, but it still won't show up. Any ideas? EDIT: If the event is under 'PC Sync', where should they appear in Google Calendar?
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Exchange Inbox Doesn't Sync I am using the default mail client exchange. The client syncs all folders except my Inbox. It synced one time on Jan 10 when I set it up and that was the only successful sync. All other Exchange folders are syncing ok. I just don't get it. There was a google hit suggesting reducing the size of one's inbox, but mine is small -- a dozen messages? Manually syncing the Inbox also does not work. OS: 2.2 Phone: HTC Incredible What other information can I provide? Any advice?
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Which application to use for a calendar? I need a calendar that stores everything locally as I work from places that dont have internet sometimes (I'm a virtual office). I really can't figure it out from reading what I can find about the subject. I am using Mint 12.
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How do you sync Jorte with an Outlook Calendar? 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?
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Starting the Google calendar sync in Samsung Galaxy S Duos I have Samsung Galaxy S Duos and had a issue of calendar sync. While trying to clear data, I mistakenly force-stopped the Google Calendar Sync app. Now, the calendar sync is not working. It gives an error: <code> Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly. </code> How do I start the Google Calendar Sync app again?
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Commandline e-mail client that syncs contacts with external server? I am planning to setup a groupware server that's either Citadel or SOGo , which supports the GroupDAV, CardDAV, or SyncML protocols. Is there a commandline e-mail client that supports syncing contacts via such protocols either out of the box or with a plugin/extension?
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Need to include Calendar and Email in own CRM system. Whose? I am writing a web based application that needs to have some elements of CRM in it but I cannot use an of-the-shelf CRM to do what I want. (Honestly we have been through it all and it will not work). Now while Tasks, Calls, Meetings and Notes are straightforward the idea of reinventing Mail and Calendars seems a waste of time and effort and also unproductive as most users already have their own and it simply adds to the complexity of my application and hacks users off. My thoughts are going around using Outlook and or GMail/iCal and or Mac Mail/iCal and or Thunderbird and importing the relevant data or if possible integrating it into the application. Any thoughts? Anyone got any experience of this can point me in a few directions. N.B. Not looking for an answer as too complex just some pointers and thoughts. Thanks. p.s. We did look at Sugar CRM as the basis for our project and it is useful to get best practice from but as I say it was not useable due to how we are structuring our software, not Sugar's fault.
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How can Picasa sync functionality be restored on Android 4.2.2 devices using legacy gapps add-ons?
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How to sync Picasa photos to Android 4.2.2? My phone system is Android 4.2.2, CM10.1. I have installed the GAPPS and Google+, but I still cannot sync photos from Picasa. Some people says syncing from Picasa is removed in 4.2+...really?
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Camera app is missing from my Galaxy Nexus I ran bigxie's 4.1 jellybean for a while, worked great, switched to the same brand but 4.1.1 instead (I always do a full wipe) and since then I have issues with my camera. I think the installation of Camera 360 might have done something to cause my regular camera and Gallery app to have problems (both of them simply crash upon start). I just installed the latest AOKP (4.1.1) and tried two separate gapps, the most popular one from somewhere in april that some forums claim fix this issue, and also the absolutely newest one. Both give me the same issue as the 4.1.1 bigxie ROM. Is it possible that Camera 360 did this? What can I do to troubleshoot this? When I go to "manage apps" and then "all" I can't even find an app called "Camera", and also nothing called "com.android.camera". Are system apps even included in gapps? Can I find the system app "Camera" from somewhere and just install it to fix this issue? Thank you in advance.
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Can still sync email after revoking app specific password on gmail I was rather shocked today to discover that my android phone was still syncing email after I had revoked it's app specific password on gmail. Can anyone else confirm that this happens on their devices too? Found another users post about it here but there is no reply from google. Feeling very uneasy about the security of my stuff now :/ UPDATE: Yeah, I was doing it wrong. But I think Google could document the process a little better.
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Galaxy Note 2 custom roms - Google Apps crashing I wanted to move from the default 4.2.1 kernel on my Galaxy Note 2 to customized ROMs, primarily to fix some issues with Bluetooth. I first tried CyanogenMod 10.2 (Android 4.3) with <code> gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip </code> . This worked for some time (and my BT issue was fixed) but since I have not done a full wipe prior to this first flash and recovered applications+data via Titanium Backup, the stability was not great. I decided to start from scratch. I reformatted the /sdcard in recovery mode (not only wipe), reinstalled CM 10.2 + gapps --> most of the apps now crash at startup (clock, keep, even the keyboard) Since the issue seemed to come from gapps (the ROM alone works fine), I tried several gapps packages (reformatting every time). Same issue. I then gave up on Android 4.3 and looked for a stable 4.2.2 version - SlimROMs seemed to be a good choice. I took the latest stable version, formatted, flashed and ... same issue (Google apps crashing). The account is set up but most of the apps crash sooner or later (Contacts for instance is not populated at all, even though the synchronization went through). I would like at all cost to avoid reverting back to the original TW ROM. My questions are: Could you recommend a stable custom ROM for a Galaxy Note 2? What should I do to completely clean the phone so that there are strictly no leftovers (I format /sdcard, then wipe data/cache for good measure)?
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Grey Wifi and mobile data icon after upgrading to CM 10.2 20131102 I had intermittent issues before with my Google syncing not working as it should (although I've always been able to go to google.com in the browser), rebooting usually solved it. However, after upgrading from an older 10.2 version to the latest one (via CMs own update functionality), both the Wifi icon and the mobile data icon stay completely grey. As usual, I have no issues with going to Google in the browser, so I'm suspecting this is a Gapps issue or something with the ROM. Any ideas on what I can do to troubleshoot and/or solve this? I'll go ahead and try upgrading Gapps now and let you know how it goes. This is not a duplicate with any question asking what this greyed out icon means, I'm asking specifically why the sync functionality stopped working with the upgrade (if anyone knows), and how to fix it (if possible). edit I just realized I might be running 10.1 gapps on a 10.2 CM build, I'll update this if upgrading gapps solved the issue.
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Export photos from Galaxy Nexus (w/ Jelly Bean) to Win 7 I upload photos from my Galaxy Nexus (w/ Jelly Bean) directly to Google+, but I would also like to periodically export photos from my phone to my Win 7 desktop. I tried Picasa 3.9, but it would always freeze and I would have to force quit Picasa. I tried Windows 7's photo software (Windows Live Photo Gallery), but it would export every photo, including cached websites. Is there a simple solution? Or will I need to manually move photos from my Galaxy Nexus to my Win 7 desktop? FWIW, the only feature set I really want is exporting photos/videos to folders based on date taken. Thanks!
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Do Google Talk and Play Store still require background sync on Ice Cream Sandwich? When I used Android versions up to 2.x, some apps like Google Talk and Android Market (now Play Store) required background synchronization to be activated via Settings -> Account and synchronization -> Background data . I recently upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich and noticed that both Google Talk and Play Store now work also when that setting is switched off. Do such apps still require background synchronization, possibly in a way that is no longer controlled by a user-accessible setting?
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I'm seeing duplicated images and videos on Gallery I'm facing a strange situation on my Nexus 4, with Android version 4.2.2. I've being using it for the past 2 months without any issues whatsoever (other than a "regular" battery performance), but since last week I started seeing some duplicated albums with images on the Gallery. So, some images and videos appear twice, both with the same album name, but on a different "physical" folder, one on the folder <code> /storage/emulated/0/ </code> and the other on <code> /storage/emulated/legacy/ </code> . I'm absolutely positive that this issue started only last week and the "duplicated" images existed before this issue ever appeared. I haven't installed any custom ROMs, I'm not rooted and haven't installed any apps in the las week (other than Google Translate, but I find it hard to believe that this is related). If this is a duplicated, please feel free to close it and point me to that discussion. If you need any more details, I'll update my question.
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How does using a single Google account across multiple Android devices benefit managing apps, calendars, and contacts for school and personal use?
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Sync Multiple Devices Simultaneously With One Account I've got a question regarding maintenance/management with multiple android devices on a single account. For example: A school has 30 android tablets. Teachers need all 30 devices updated The school has 1 account for all 30 devices Is there a way to sync all of these simultaneously to the same account? iTunes U offers this functionality for iOS devices, but wanted to know if there are any similar services for android devices. Thanks for your help!
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How do I use Google Talk with only one Google account? I have two Google accounts set up on my Verizon Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX. I wish to use Google Talk with only one of the two accounts, but not the other. But I still want to use Google Talk with the second account when I use it from the desktop and in other places. Is there a way to have Google Talk sign in to only one of my two Google accounts?
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How to transfer installed apps from one account to another On my Note 2 I have two accounts configured my.email@gmail.com my.work.email@company.com Usually I have the Play Store configured to buy/install apps under my.email@gmail.com but somehow it got changed to my work email a while back. Before I noticed this, I installed ~20 apps using the my.work.email@company.com Is there a way for me to re-associate those purchases with my.email@gmail.com without manually reinstalling each app? And how will this be different for free vs paid apps that I installed while using my.work.email@company.com?
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Sync contacts to more than one google accounts I have two gmail accounts on my android. When I first use it, I synced all the contacts to the one account. Now I want to sync all the contacts again(I have added many contacts since then) to the other account. But I cant, although the gmails contacts have synced to my phone. Sounds dummy but I am confused. Any help appreciated...
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Is it possible to use 2-step verification with multiple accounts on a phone? 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 the Accounts menu in Settings). Will both accounts authenticate using the same codes?
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Multiple Google Accounts and the Market I have multiple Google accounts like below: Account A (my primary account). Account B Account C I only have the extra two accounts for gmail (via Google Apps for domains) and don't use them for anything else. I only want to use Account A on the market. I currently have an annoying issue where the market app keeps using Account B, so I end up downloading things to Account B by mistake. Is there anyway I can remove these other accounts from the market or set some sort of default account? Thanks Update : I know that I can press menu in the market app and select a different account, but this is annoying because it defaults to Account B. My crazy theory is that when looking for updates (in the background), it first checks Account A and then B. Because it checked account B last it leaves that as the active one. Account C has never downloaded an app so it doesn't check for updates.
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How to see the device list of a given Google account I have many test Android devices and added my Google account to those device to reuse my application collection. Recently I often recieve payment notification via gmail for application which I really don't buy. So my need is to see the list of devices which has been added the account to. This also related to the situation when someone try to use my account on their device and read my email/download my application. So my question is "How to see the device list of a given Google account"?
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Two Google calendars on my Android (HTC)? I can access my personal Google calendar . Can I also access my work Google calendar (we use Google Apps )? Can I Merge these two, but not share my personal calendar with work mates? Set it up not to receive work emails? EDIT: HTC Desire on Android 2.1
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Why does my Nexus 7 charge slowly with most 2A chargers, and what steps can I take to improve battery life by managing app updates?
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Nexus 7 charges very slowly, even with 2 amp chargers I'm facing a rather painful issue with the battery life/charging issue with my Nexus 7 (4.2.2) When idle and plugged into my 2A charger with the stock USB cable, it charges VERY slowly. I'd say under 10% per hour. With just light usage over the course of an afternoon/evening, the charge got dropped to 50% (after charging it overnight and more). I'm sure that something is wrong because no tablet should be performing that way (comparing to my other tablet, an iPad) Update: I plugged my iPad1, iPhone5 and Nexus 7 into the same port on my Macbook Pro Retina. I've added a (mashed up) screenshot of all the 3 cases below and it's clear that the Nexus 7 never even demands anything above 500mA on a 2A port despite using the stock cable (and another microUSB cable). I'm now guessing this is a Nexus 7 firmware/software issue. Any fixes? That extra operating current should be 1600mA so it totals to 2.1A (="2A" ports). Full resolution screenshot Details: Android v4.2.2 (stock image) Settings => Battery Screen (77%) Android OS (6%) Tablet idle (6%) WiFi (5%) Maps (4%) (Maps isn't even running ... weird!) Android System (2%) I mostly use Chrome, Currents and Play Magazines so it's just light reading. I'm surprised those apps don't show up on the battery energy audit list (which is great compared to iOS BTW). Question: What can I do to charge this device faster and use less battery? My expectations are anchored by my other tablet (an iPad) which charges a lot faster (2A charger again) and uses about 20% each day for casual reading vs 50% each day on the Nexus 7.
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Is it safe charging a Galaxy Nexus through a USB 2A port? This is a newbie question. While travelling, I need to recharge my Galaxy Nexus and my digital camera, both of which are meant to be charged through a micro-USB port, ie. 0,5A. To reduce charging time, I have an 1A AC adaptor but it only has a single USB port. Google shows a number of two-port AC adaptors: one port is 1A, the other is 2,1A (it looks like Apple devices expect 2,1A) this one delivers 2A when using a single port, but 1A when using both ports In case I only need to charge a single device, is it safe to have it fed 2 or 2,1A? I read that a device only uses the intensity it needs, but will it fry if it's fed too much intensity? Thank you.
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Why are some USB chargers slower than others? It seems with USB chargers for my android phone, not all are created equal. The first pic is the official charger which came with my phone (galaxy nexus). It charges quickly, from 0 to 100% in a couple of hours max. The second pic is a cheapy I got on ebay to use at the office. It works but it's slow as a wet week, can take 6+ hours to charge and if I use the phone while it's charging, it seems to drain faster than it's being charged. The two chargers below seem to be the same spec (5V / 1A) and from my limited understanding that <code> P = V*I </code> they should provide the same power, right? What else do I need to look for when buying a charger, and is there any way to tell in advance if it is going to be slow or fast (apart from testing them out)? (click images for larger variant) ps: I'm aware that charging from a computer USB port can be much slower than using the wallwart, because the computer USB ports can sometimes be current-limited to 500 mA.
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Asus Transformer slow charge My ASUS Transformer TF101 charges extremely slowly using the original power adaptor. I'm trying to figure out the cause. Here are all my knowns: The power block (wall to USB adaptor) charges my mobile phone without issues The power block plus ASUS cable turns on my Transformer if it is off, or wakes it up if it is sleeping (but charges extremely slowly) The ASUS cable lets me MTP and all that from computer and tablet I installed ICS when in April and now its running 4.0.3 The charger does charge, but extremely slowly both on Keyboard dock and Tablet (a few days to get to 20%) It definately has not been near water, dust, direct sunlight or particle accelerators From this I guage: it's not the power block or the cable, and the only change was ICS a few months back which worked okay (first update was buggy, but the next one fixed this). Anyone else had this or know why it could be?
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Nexus 7 won't boot after being powered down...unless plugged in I have powered down my new Nexus on a couple of occasions now, but it will not boot up subsequently UNLESS it is plugged into the charger. Is this by design? I've also had it go into this unresponsive state after being charged overnight; in that case, I turned the charger off and on again and it was OK. Anyone had this happen to them? Do I have a faulty unit?
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Mediaserver using excessive CPU time and battery I've got a Nexus 4 on OS version 4.2.1 that suddenly started to drain it's battery very quickly. When looking in the battery usage I see "Mediaserver"eating 60% of the battery over time, with several minutes of CPU time logged and several hours of Keep Awake time. Typically the screen, phone idle or other services eat up the majority of battery life. I tried closing all apps and charging it up, and sure enough overnight it still drained significant battery, again Mediaserver was the culprit as reported in the Battery usage chart; it had kept the device awake all night and drained 10% of my battery despite zero use. I haven't added a large number of files and I'm not playing music/etc so Mediaserver shouldn't be doing very much on the drive. How can I stop Mediaserver from eating my battery life like this?
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Gingerbread has drastically reduced my battery life I have a Nexus One, and since upgrading to 2.3.3, my phone lasts several hours less compared to 2.2.x. I've swapped out to a new battery, which didn't make a difference. In about 14 hours (of nothing more than texting), my phone is at less than 15%. When I check the Battery use under Settings, Android OS is always the top battery consumer. What can I do about this? Every other update besides this one has been great, but Gingerbread is a total disappointment. Update: This is 100% an issue with wifi. After disabling it, the battery usage of Android OS has dropped from 40% to 2%. After 16 hours on battery, it's still more than half charged. I'll keep investigating...or revert, because I think Gingerbread just looks fugly.
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Nexus 7 stuck in a boot loop I have a two-week-old Google/Asus Nexus 7 tablet, unrooted and otherwise standard. Yesterday it ran out of charge a lot faster than it usually does, and wouldn't seem to recharge. When it finally ran completely out of juice it shut down. Now when I turn it on, it gets stuck in an endless boot loop. I contacted Google's support and they're looking to send out a new item. However if I go that road, I'll lose the data on there. Has anyone experienced this issue? Is there anything else I could try? Thanks!
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Why does my mobile device take a long time to acquire a GPS fix when offline, and how does cached aGPS data affect location accuracy?
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is it possible to have the gps location while offline with the nexus 7? This is a mystery to me, I know that WiFi and GPS use different chips to work, but it seems I can't use the GPS location when there's no Internet access. I already tried to clear the cache, disable/enable it, reinstall it. I just want to use my nexus 7 as a GPS while I'm out, thought that I already downloaded Google maps offline data. Is it supposed to work while offline or not? Is it a real GPS?
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Why does google maps need WiFi? Sometimes google maps gives a notification that goes something like: <code> "for increased accuracy please turn on the Wifi" </code> I can understand if it said <code> "For faster loading of map layers...." </code> , but how can a better internet connection result in increased <code> accuracy </code> by the GPS?
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Tablet or smart phone GPS vs "real" GPS I've been reading a lot today about android and iphone devices being used for spatial data collection in the field and it sure seems to be that single purpose devices such as the extremely popular Garmin eTrex are a dead end. Why buy something with a tiny screen, no ability to add custom data collection interfaces, cost-plus base maps, and no picture taking when you can get all that and more for free or very cheap with a tablet/phone? As near as I can tell so far the only real advantages a real GPS has over these other devices are ruggedness and extended battery life. Unless maybe accuracy? How does the accuracy of a GPS-enabled smart phone or tablet compare with a consumer grade "real" GPS? What about when off-grid? What about cold-start time-to-lock?
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Not finding location on LG Optimus U Hey everyone. I'm a complete Android newb but computer poweruser, so I found this site based on experience with StackOverflow, ServerFault, etc. Go easy on me please. :) I just got an LG Optimus U with US Cellular. In the pull-down menu I have GPS enabled (the satellite-looking thing with the beams), but when I open Google Maps and click the compass button, it says "Waiting for location" for a while and then says my location is temporarily unavailable. Can anyone give me some recommendations on other things to check?
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Does GPS signal quality depend on the chip manufacturer? Does it depend on weather? (Sorry if GIS is not the right place to post this question to). Recently me and my school friends had a GPS software application project to pursue at the university. A device very similar to this one was used by the application. One day it refused to show us our current location - it was continuously showing a point in the Atlantic Ocean instead of land [we were outside of any buildings]. I did a double check by opening a default map application on an HTC Desire with Android 2.1 - it showed no current location as well. Questions: Does GPS signal quality depend on the chip manufacturer? Does GPS signal quality depend on weather? Is it possible to have a commercial hardware-software system which never loses the GPS signal and always shows the correct current position of a user?
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Can someone explain how the android GPS Navigation works? I have a Galaxy Player 5.0 (A.K.A Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0) which as you're probably aware is not a phone, but an android-powered MP3 player. The other day I decided to test out its GPS and it worked flawlessly. But that got me thinking about how that's possible. It can't triangulate my position from cell towers because it doesn't connect to any. It can't triangulate my position from WiFi hotspots because it knows where i am even without hotspots around. Does it actually connect to a satellite to get my location like normal GPS units? Note: This questions is different from the one posted here: stackexchange-url ("How GPS works in android phone") because he was concerned with locational privacy whereas I'm actually concerned with functionality. The answers on his question did not answer my question.
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How does the GPS work on Android phones? Today I used the GPS on my Android for the first time, and I was wondering how it actually works. I know that Android phones have a GPS chip in them, but does the phone establish a direct connection to the GPS server or is there something else going on? If there is a direct server connection, does that mean that every Android user can make a direct server connection?
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Does firmware affect GPS accuracy? I am from Philippines, and using European firmware for my Samsung Galaxy S2. Does that affect the accuracy of my GPS? For example, my location is usually off (at the wrong location) when I use Foursquare. But sometimes, it's usually right in Google Maps. Should I be using firmware for Philippines instead?
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What are the compatibility requirements and considerations for side-loading Flash Player on Android devices with ARMv7 processors and Android 2.2 or later?
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How can I view flash content in Dolphin? I have a Chinese tablet, so I cannot install apps from Android Market (at least directly). How can I see flv, swf and other kind of flash data using Dolphin web browser?
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Can I install Android on my non-Android device? 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?
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Ffmpeg options for Android? What ffmpeg options should I use to make video playable on Android Phone (specifically, LG Optimus)? I tried various bitrate and codecs and all combinations I came up with doesn't work (tried theora, mpeg4, h264).
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Flashing 2.3.3 'Leaky' onto a Samsung Epic 4G What can go wrong when flashing an unstable Android OS onto a phone? Is there an easy way to reset the phone if something goes wrong? Has anyone out there had experience flashing Android OS? Why would I want to flash Gingerbread 2.3.3 aka Leaky onto my Samsung Epic 4G? One benefit that I can see is that users of the Epic will be able to test their applications on > Froyo 2.2.1, which is currently the stable release for the phone. EDIT: Also, what happens when the device wants to update again, say 2.3.4 is flashed onto the phone, and then Sprint finally releases a stable 2.3.4 in 2013. Assuming I still have this phone then, will it upgrade gracefully from the flashed ROM?
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FlashPlayer on OpenBSD? What are my choices in 2011? Or it's better to download the flash videos? (but there aren't any solutions to download every type of videos, only youtube..). Or are there any "linux-emulations" for OBSD?
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Flash a smartphone with vanilla Android ROM Is it possible to flash a smartphone like the Samsung Galaxy SIII or an LG Optimus 4X with a vanilla Android ROM like the one that has been flashed on Galaxy Nexus or Motorola phones (I think)? I am asking because manufacturers like Samsung, LG, HTC tend to make ROMs for their smartphones and tablets with preinstalled launchers like Touchwiz or HTC Sense. They explain their decision by saying that they want to make their devices to look unique against their rival devices. The problem is that Android updates for their phones and tablets get delayed and there are incidents in which some devices - which are more than capable of running the upcoming version of Android - fall way behind or never get updated at all. So, what I am basically asking here is if there is a way to install vanilla Android, excluding CyanogenMod or any other modified vanilla ROMs, on an Android based smartphone?
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Is there a way to add Kindle Fire as a device on the Android Market I want to download APKs from the Android Market and sideload them to my Kindle Fire. I'm able to run APKs using ES File Explorer but not able to download them :(
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Comparision of video players for Android What are the differences between the various video players available for Android? Which one do you believe is best?
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What are the limitations and capabilities of QuickSSHd on rooted and non-rooted Android devices, and how does it perform across different Android versions?
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Install SSH Server or other terminal viewer for HTC X one I'm trying to set a SSH server in order to execute and download and upload files into my HTC One X. I tried Dropbear. and Dropbear 2 but they both failed. Can I do it without rooting my htc? Guy
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Do I root to my model, or my version number? When I rooted my last phone, I was able to find a detailed tutorial made specifically for the model I had. It was great, because I knew I had fully compatible tools and ROMs, which limited my amount of fumbling around. I don't see anything out there for my new (to me) phone. I've seen generic guides for my Android version, but since it's specific to my carrier, I am wondering if I can just jump right in and start trying it out.
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Is there a minimal installation of ADB? When it comes to troubleshooting , I often read recommendations like "Use <code> adb logcat </code> to find some more details". Looking for a good way to backup all my apps including their data, stackexchange-url ("Full Backup of non-rooted devices") refers to <code> adb backup </code> and <code> adb restore </code> . In several places one can find ways to remotely do on an Android device with the use of ADB, such as transferring files using <code> adb push </code> or <code> adb pull </code> , accessing the command-line via <code> adb shell </code> , and more. So ADB seems to be a good thing to have for an Android user. But how to get this "ADB thingy" on my computer? Not being a developer, installing the entire Android SDK seems a bit overkill. Is there a more minimalistic approach available?
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How to get a more Linux like experience on Android? Are there projects (e.g. ROMs) out there that offers a more Linux like experience on Android? Here are some things that I hope for easy installation on similar platforms shell access development tools such as gcc, Python
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Non-root tethering app with Ubuntu client for Moto Droid on Verizon I love PDAnet for android, works great on my Windows machine. Unfortunately, I just found out (after installing Ubuntuon my HP mini) that there's no Linux client. Can anyone recommend a tethering app, non-root, with a Linux/Ubuntu client?
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Options for operating phone remotely For Remote Desktop functionality there is Droid VNC Server , other current better options? Android Screencast (Seems like something that was promising)? I used to "Wi-Fi keyboards", but now with VNC its not so interesting, as I have to set the input-method on the phone. (i think "Remote Keyboard" app could be interesting if there are situations when VNC are difficult. What about options for working directly with the phone, like desktop SMS applications? I am thinking of any way of connecting (Bluetooth, USB, Wi-Fi....) with a rooted phone? Primarily Windows Desktop (But many possibilities is always better)
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Android - what's the permission difference on normal and rooted devices I have two android phones, one rooted the other not. When I run following code without asking for root permission on the two phones, <code> system("echo \"abc\" > /data/a.txt\n"); </code> the rooted phone returns me error-2 (512); the normal phone returns error-1 (256, permission denied). So my question is, what makes this difference.
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Running applications from a terminal emulator I have a rooted Nexus 7 Jelly Bean tablet and whenever I attempt to run an application from a terminal emulator app after chmod 777ing it and using the syntax ("./applicationName") it insists that I do not have permission to execute even though I granted my self superUser privs using ("su"). After that I did a little research and I learnt that if you copy the file to the (/data/local/temp/) directory you should be able to execute the application. So when I tried that it said that the file does not exist even though it shows up when listing the directory contents using ("ls") I have no idea what steps to take, if it helps I am tried to run (scp) as a test but I wish to be able to run a custom compiled version of dns2tcp. I know I could have used better applications such as a hello world compiled natively onthe device but i couldnt get my hands on a C compiler for android such as gcc. Thanks for any advice
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How can I successfully transfer and make a Google Maps route available offline on my Android device for use in my fitness app, and what steps ensure seamless integration with the app?
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How to load public route into Google Maps? Let's say there is a route: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=pl&msa=0&msid=104314102588659350539.00043799567b09d5f132f&z=12 I have Google Maps (application) in my Android phone. QUESTION : how can I load a route (as one above) so I could later turn it on (to see it over the map) and off (not to delete, just to make it disappear from the map)? I am interested in downloading it (storing) for later off-line usage.
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How to get maps for off-line usage? I spent almost entire day looking for decent apps for maps (decent = free, up to date, being open-source is a plus). I ended up with TrekBuddy, GoPenS , RMaps , Maverick, OruxMaps (the emphasized ones look the best, in my opinion). However, now I have another problem -- how to prepare maps for those apps (please help me with one, and hopefully I will manage the rest) for off-line usage? I would like to go on a ride, pick up the phone somewhere in the forest and see on the map where I am. For now it works only with internet connection, but without it I have a huge-scale map and after zoom-in blank space or "loading" icon. In short -- QUESTION -- how to feed phone/apps with maps, so I could zoom-in/out map freely when I am in the wild (offline)? I would like avoid tricks like relying on caching -- so "solution" to scan interesting region with all possible scales and in such case acquire off-line version of the map is a no-go! Clarification: I am not looking for another app (however thank you for the hints/links), I am looking for maps (data). I want to get map from on-line version (which are automatically downloaded) to off-line one.
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How to have my phone guide me through a specific route Every weekend I go out and ride my bike through the exact same boring old route. Now I've decided I want to start exploring new parts of the city, but I need my phone to help me that. Today, using google maps, I decided on a new route I want to follow next weekend (and I'll probably have a new one each week). The problem is that I've never been to these streets, so I need my phone to guide me through it. Specifically, I need something very similar to android's GPS navigation. I'll define where I want to go, place the phone in my pockets (with earphones), and just listen to the turn-by-turn "driving" instructions and follow them. The reason I don't just use android navigation is that the route isn't a simple <code> Go from A to B </code> , it's more like <code> Go from A to B, then to C, ..., then back to A </code> . That means I would have to re-type these destinations one by one in the phone, which is far from ideal. Ideally, I need a system that allows me to do something like: plan a complex route on the computer, send it to my phone, have it guide me with turn-by-turn voice instructions. Is there an app for that? Or is there a way to do that with standard GPS navigation?
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Starting with OpenStreetMap for Android My goal is to write an Android application where I could select a couple of points in the map and calculate shortest path between them based on my algorithms. I'm absolutely new to OSM and since googling doesn't give that much info as with Google Maps API for Android (which I can't use in this case due to lack of data that I can get), I have few questions: What would be the best way for beginner to start with OSM - is there some all-uniting Android API that (everyone) starts with? Is there some kind of official API documentation that I should follow? How are routes' coordinates stored and how can I retrieve them? Are there any really good tutorials that I should follow to start with developing my Android app? -- I know how stackexchange pages work but, seriously, googling didn't give me that much information, so here could be something like a links-how-to-start-with-OSM-for-Android list page with short explanation.
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Does Google Navigation work offline? I know that I can download and cache parts of the maps in Google Maps. When offline (e.g., in flight mode, but with GPS enabled) I can explore these parts of the maps. But when I try to use the Navigation to get directions, it seems it doesn't work offline (even when navigating inside the cache map areas). So, does the navigation feature always need a connection (either WiFi or 3G)?
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Is it possible to add a stopover or intermediate waypoint in Google Maps navigation? On the desktop version of Google Maps, I can add multiple destinations, or drag the route created to include a specific spot that is not on the original route. Is there a way to do this on the Android version of Maps, short of navigating to the first spot, and then entering the final destination once that's reached? I'm running Maps version 5.11.0
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Download Region or State for offline Map Is it possible to download an entire state offline map for Google Maps via a 3rd party app? I know that if you download the offline map through Google Maps it allows you to download an area roughly equivalent to a city. Currently I've been stitching the offline maps together but its a very long and tedious process. I'm not concerned about size or bandwidth that it may use.
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Display GPX in Google Maps or other simple application? I need an application that supports the following features: offline map (no Internet connection) bookmarks (POIs added by me from either my PC -> KML or in the app itself) Since (Google) Maps doesn't currently support bookmarks, I use MapsWithMe Pro which does (along with offline maps). I now need to import a GPX trace before going on a bike trip. MapsWithMe doesn't support GPX yet, and failed importing KML files as converted with either GPSVisualizer or Gpx2Kml . I then tried Locus Map Free and OsmAnd , but found them way too complicated for my need. So... is there a way to simply display a GPX file in Google Maps on top of an offline map (no Internet connection available), or some other app that's a no-brainer to use? Thank you.
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How does moving app components to external storage affect internal storage usage, and why doesn't the overall app size decrease after the migration in Android 10+?
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Why do apps get smaller when they are moved to the SD card? For example, the Barcode Scanner app takes up: Total: 0.96MB Application: 0.92MB Data: 40KB on the phone. When I move it to the SD Card, it changes to: Total: 524KB Application: 484KB Data: 40KB How come it changes?
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Why an SD-card saved app uses phone memory Lately I had issues with my phone's (Samsung Galaxy Mini GT-S5570) internal memory aw well as with the SMS memory. I deleted all unwanted messages, rooted my phone and used <code> Link2SD </code> to move some apps as well as link other ones on my SD card. Yesterday I installed some apps from Samsung Apps and I am facing a rather weird situation. Note that before the installation I had ~20 MB free phone memory. All those apps are installed on the SD card(at least that's what Link2SD says). The moment I finished the installation I got the error message that my phone's internal memory is nearly full I used <code> APPMGR III </code> to see what is my free memory and I found out that I had only ~5 MB left! I was so surprised! I decided to delete all the new apps only just to find out that after that I had only ~12MB free! Why did that happened? I checked to see if any app cached but everything seems OK. I keep having the message about the internal memory as well as the SMS one. How can I fix that? Where did my free memory go?
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Google plus application is 24 mb after wrong update I was updating from the market this app and I got a package error. I uninstalled it and installed it again from scratch. No problem. Now the app is 24 mb! To me it sounds like the broken package is still sitting somewhere in my internal memory... Cleaning dalvik and application cache didn't help :( Any hints?
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27 MB + 4.2 MB = 28 MB? Where'd my space go? 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 "Fooducate" app I had installed. It said it was using roughly 4.2 MB of my internal storage for the application, plus about 12 KB of data. It was installed on the phone and moving it to the SD card was not an option. I clicked "uninstall" and the uninstall process ran. After that, the "manage applications" screen claimed I had 28 MB left. What happened to the other 3.2 MB? I would think that if you have 27 MB, and you uninstall a program that's using 4.2 MB of space, you would then have 31.2 MB of free space. Update: After turning my phone off and then back on again, and then going to the "manage application" screen, it now says 32 MB free, which is more like what I'd expect. So I guess my revised question is - why wasn't the space immediately available, and is there something I can do to free it without cycling the power?
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How to move app data to external sd card on karbonn a15 I have karbonn A15 android ICS(4.0.4) smartphone, its not rooted. I want to move the app Data to my external sd card, i tried to move the (mnt/sdcard/data) folder from the internal SD (android/data) to (/mnt/sdcard/SD_Card/) External SD (root folder), just to check whether it releases any memory in the storage section in phone settings. But the internal storage was same, there was no change, can anyone tell me where does the app data resides in the internal memory, its fine if i can move app data manually to the external sd card.
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Moving app between _three_ possibilities for storage? My son has an Android phone, and when he bought it the storage space was divided thus: System Memory: 157MB Internal Memory: 1024MB When this was essentially full we put in an SD card to give him more storage. So now we also have SD card: 1.84GB When he fires up something called "App Manager" and clicks on "storage" he sees these three possibilities -- System memory, Internal memory and SD card. OK now here's the problem. If he downloads an app from the app store, by default it will typically install onto the Internal memory. He wants to put it on the SD card, but the only option available when he tries to move it with his app manager is "Move to phone". If he moves an app to the phone, which presumably is the system memory, then the only option now available is "move to internal memory". Furthermore, try as we might we cannot move any app onto the SD card. Is this expected behaviour? Is there a way of installing apps on his SD card (without rooting the phone, ideally)? The phone is an LG-E400, running Android version 2.3.6 .
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Limited internal storage, how to shift stuff to sd card Total Available Internal storage on my Sony Ericsson is ~412MB. This is really low but many apps apparently need to be installed there and others still need a footprint even after being shifted to SD card. What's the best way around this if I want to install more apps? It's a shocking bit of design to be honest, unless I'm derping and completely missing out on something easy.
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The /sdcard direcory and other directory conventions: how is the Android filesystem structured? I am using the "adb shell" command to access either of an LG P690 (device A) or a Samsung Galaxy SIII (device B). Device A also has a 32GB microSD card plugged in while device B does not. When fromthe shell prompt I <code> cd /sdcard </code> and do a <code> df </code> I get: On device A: <code> /sdcard </code> Size 14G Blksize 8192 On device B: <code> /sdcard </code> Size 12G Blksize 4096 Does this refer to internal memory? Device B also has a <code> /storage </code> directory which holds 0 bytes (what is this?). Also, both have a <code> /data </code> directory which I know is where installed apps go. Is this also on internal storage? How do I know whether <code> /data </code> is on internal or external SD? I'm confused as to why a directory called <code> /sdcard </code> would refer to internal as opposed to external memory. Is there no FHS standard for the Android file system as there is for Linux?
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Why is antivirus software rarely needed on Android devices, and what precautions should I take when installing apps from unknown sources?
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Is it important to have an anti-virus application running on your phone or does the carrier protect it? I use my phone like I do the computer. Shopping online with a credit card etc. Surfing unknown sites... Does my phone require an anti-virus application to protect the internal drive of my phone? Can it be damaged by a virus like on a computer? OS: Android 4.1.1 Phone: Samsung Galaxy S3
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I clicked on an anti virus scanner pop up on my android? I was browsing Google when a message popped up saying something along the lines of me having a virus. Okay, I'm not stupid. I've seen these on a computer before. I also saw the word yahoo somewhere on the pop up? But, in my frenzy, I forgot to carefully inspect the thing. Anyways, I clicked "no thanks" instead of "scan now" or something, but thinking back, if this was some kind of virus pop up, clicking on either option would have been a bad idea. After clicking no thanks, I closed the app and turned my phone off. So far, I haven't seen anything wrong, but I am still quite concerned. I have been thinking about backing my phone up onto my computer, and then restarting my phone, however, I'm not sure if that's a good idea. In the case that my phone has been infected, would it be possible for the virus to transfer over to my computer? Should I even be concerned? Has this happened to anyone else? Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I'd like to take as little chances as possible. Thanks.
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How to install from unknown sources on AT&T? A friend of mine has an HTC Aria on AT&T. On his application settings screen, he does not have the option to allow installation of apps from unknown sources. Is there any way to change this option to allow him to install downloaded apps (*.apk files) without rooting the phone?
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Are rooted Android phone more vulnerable to Malware Apps than non-rooted ones? From my understanding, a rooted Android phone mean that the user will be accessing everything on the phone, just like a root user. So, installing a Apps mean that the Apps will also have root privileges. So, does a non-rooted ones more safer than those rooted phone? (In another word, will rooted Android phone make it a easy target for Apps that are actually malware or virus to attack?)
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Are there any good firewalls available? Does the android platform have any firewall application?
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Get rid of virus that downloads apk My android tablet, a zoom, has started to download apk's at random without any initiation on my part. I have the don't allow foreign apk's to be installed thing checked so they can't get on to the tablet. Has anyone else caught this? I don't see anything else on the internet about it and I have done a search with Avast to no avail at finding anything. I suppose that the easiest way to remove it is factory reset. If I do that does google remember all my apps and download them instantly? Anyway any I'm grateful for any information.
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Is there a black list for Android apps? Is there a blacklist yet for Android apps? After reading things like this on slashdot , I think this sort of thing would be extremely helpful. As much as I like Android because I'm not censored as to what I can and cannot install, I would like resources that help me censor myself. I tried googling but I didn't see anything obvious.
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Security Audit - how can I tell my Android Distribution is safe I've just bought a Jiayu G4 and it came with android installed (rooted). My question is - how can I tell that nothing nasty has been installed on the phone? Or best practices to ensure that it's safe to use. I've had a look but I haven't seen any accounts of malware distributed Android OS's, but I'm sure it can happen. Obviously there's an (un)healthy amount of paranoia here, but it'd be nice to know that data isn't being siphoned off somewhere it shouldn't be.
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Is it possible to install ICS on my LG phone with an Armv6 processor, and are there any existing ROMs that support it, like the one by mikegapinski for the GT540?
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ICS ROM for Samsung Galaxy Y I am looking for a custom rom for my Samsung Galaxy Y S5360. I want to install Android 4.0 ICS, but most of the custom ROM's I find are actually ICS themed, meaning they just have the ICS look and feel but the actual OS is still Gingerbread. I want ICS so that I can install apps that are incompatible with Gingerbread. Please give me a link to a bug-free ICS ROM.
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Android ICS ROMs for MID Tablet I have a MID (Chinese) tablet and I found 2 Android 4.0 firmwares, but with the first one wireless doesn't work and with the second camera doesn't work, the other components and functions of my tablet work perfectly with both firmwares. Is there a way to extract the "wireless driver" from the second firmware and use it on the first one?
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Which downloadable launchers are based on the ICS stock launcher? After upgrading to ICS, I'd like to use either the stock ICS launcher or an improved version based on it. What are my options?
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Is there any Vanilla ICS ROM for Galaxy Note? Is there a plain ICS ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note? I'm looking for something that is relatively stable and without any kind of mods/frills.
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Is it possible to install unmodified, unadulterated and pure Android on a Sony Xperia S? I'm willing to buy a Sony Xperia S, but in my opinion, the modifications Sony made to Android is just horrible. So, is it possible to install the last version of Android unmodified? And, if so, how do I do that?
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Why can't I overclock a rooted Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500 beyond the default maximum 528MHz? I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500 running stock Donut (Android 1.6). I tried a couple of overclocking apps such as SetCPU and CPU Master, but none of them let me actually "over"-clock the CPU, because I can't set the maximum to be more than the default 528 MHz. I have read about speeds of 624 and/or 710 MHz possible with either the Galaxo custom ROM or GAOSP, but I want to achieve those kinds of speeds with stock Donut. I've tried GAOSP b3 (Gingerbread) and Galaxo 1.6.3.4, but I prefer the feel of stock 1.6 (that's why I love my stock Nexus S running 2.3). Is it possible to set the CPU speed beyond 528 MHz in my rooted Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500? How?
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Is it possible to upgrade my HTC Legend to Froyo without waiting for over the air updates? I've heard that HTC has released its version of Froyo already on some other phones.
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Android customization Galaxy Note Recently, Android ICS has been released in my country (Hungary) also for the Samsung Galaxy Note. That's cool, the phone updated itself to Android 4.0.3 and at first sight it was really cool and fast. But... To be honest, the Wi-Fi disconnects and the battery gets empty in half of a day... These 2 make me really angry and I was thinking about rooting, which I have successfully done today, but it still didn't help at all on my problems. Okay, the UI might be a little faster... So. I thought I might have to change the ROM to a custom one. Now I have more questions about this: I wish to modify my phone on a way I can easily turn it back to the factory state (no wonder, warranty). How to do this/is it possible? Is it possible to "put up" more ROMs and when I'm turning on the phone just select the one I want to use (just like you'd install more OSs on a desktop computer)? I would also want to know what are my options for a custom ROM for a Galaxy Note WITHOUT losing my S-Pen functionality, so which ROMs should I count in? How to freakin' achieve these above questions if everything is ok? =D Thanks in advance! =) (Links and experiences are welcome also...)
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What are the steps and best practices for implementing SD card support in Android apps starting from API 29, ensuring compatibility with Android 2.2 and above without requiring root access?
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Is moving apps to SD only available to rooted devices? Can I move any apps to sd? Is there a specific version of andoid that I should run: 2.1, 2.2? Should my phone be rooted for that? or stock version works too?
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Is it possible to reorganize the SD card? Because it is a mess in there One of the things I hate about Android is the folder organization. Each app creates its own folder, usually in the root of the SD card. When I'm trying to find something, I have to search it through long lists of app-specific folders. Is it possible to reorganize these? For example, this is how I would like my SD card to look like: Android: OS specific data AppData: Application specific data. This is where every app puts its settings and data, not where they want Documents Downloads Pictures Music Video etc. So in other words, can I restrict where apps put their data?
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Android devices with 2 SD Card Slots As android devices support SD Card with up to 32 GB. Are there any android devices that support and have two SD card slots? This is to remove the hassle to remove a SD card and insert another SD card into the same slot, which might result in faster wear and tear to both the SD Card slots and the SD cards. Also, it will also mean that the android devices can support 2 x 32GB = 64GB space. Also, I will not need to spend lots of money on Internet bandwidth to access my data in the "Cloud"! And lastly, I will not be limited by the storage space capacity in my phone.
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Configure Android to save pictures/video to SDCard Just installed a 32gb SD card in my Samsung S2. Is there a way to configure ICS to save all pictures/videos to the SD card instead of internal memory?
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How to install the application in SDcard (android phone)? I would like to install the .apk file into the SD card. Can I do this? If yes then how could I able to perform this in my HTC hero android phone?
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How do I switch my Android device's SD card without causing problems? I just got a new 32GB SD card for my Nexus One. On the old one I have a bunch of apps installed and store the data there because the internal memory doesn't handle it. So now I want to switch SD cards, but how do I go about doing that without causing any issues? Do I just simply copy-paste everything, or is there another way to do it? I'm on stock firmware on the Android and using Mac OS X Lion.
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How to prepare a new MicroSDXC card for use with Android? After buying a 64 GB MicroSDXC card and plugging it into my Android phone, it wasn't recognized. What do I need to do to use the space on this device? Many articles suggest installing closed source Windows programs for this, but I suspect it should be easy on Linux.
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What is the best way to provide feedback to an app's developers and request a feature? Following on from an earlier question that I posed on stackexchange-url ("how to free up space on my Android phone") it became clear that a key issue is to request that more developers allow their applications to be moved to the SD card. What is the best way to let the developers of my favourite apps know of this request? I considered giving them a low rating in the market and writing in the comment that I would give them 5 stars if they included the "Move to SD card" option. However since I really like the applications and want them to be widely adopted to encourage further development on them I don't really want to turn away potential new users by giving a low rating.
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How does zipalign optimize Android APK files for memory and performance?
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What does zipalign mean and how does it fit into how we use our Android devices? What does "zipalign" mean and what is its significance? When a ROM claims to be "zipaligned" what does that mean and what the difference from a ROM that is not "zipaligned"?
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Get rid of virus that downloads apk My android tablet, a zoom, has started to download apk's at random without any initiation on my part. I have the don't allow foreign apk's to be installed thing checked so they can't get on to the tablet. Has anyone else caught this? I don't see anything else on the internet about it and I have done a search with Avast to no avail at finding anything. I suppose that the easiest way to remove it is factory reset. If I do that does google remember all my apps and download them instantly? Anyway any I'm grateful for any information.
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Private keys cannot be verified in recovery I am trying to sign zip packages before flashing them in recovery. By using the test keys by Google, the zip can be verified and flashed successfully. However, when I try to sign using my private keys, the signing process is OK but the verification always fails. First method: Using keytool and jarsigner Generating private keys: <code> keytool -genkey -v -keystore test.keystore alias zippack -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 1000 </code> Signing: <code> jarsigner -verbose -sigalg MD5withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore test.keystore test.zip zippack </code> Result: <code> E: signature verification failed </code> Second method (a): Using OpenSSL and SignApk.jar Generating private keys: <code> openssl genrsa -out key.pem 2048 openssl req -new -key key.pem -out request.pem openssl x509 -req -days 9999 -in request.pem -signkey key.pem -out certificate.pem openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -outform DER -in key.pem -inform PEM -out key.pk8 -nocrypt </code> Signing: <code> java -jar -w signapk.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 test.zip test-signed.zip </code> Result: <code> E: failed to verify whole file signature I: verify_file returned 1 E: signature verification failed </code> Second method (b): OpenSSL and SignApk.jar (changes in commands) Generating private keys: <code> Same as above </code> Signing: <code> java -jar signapk.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 test.zip test-signed.zip </code> Result: <code> E: signature verification failed </code> That's about what I did. The methods above works for APKs, but not for zips. Anyone can help on this? Thanks in advanced. P.S. I managed to get a look at the source code for recovery, and found that my errors are generated by this part of the code: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_bootable_recovery/blob/jellybean/verifier.c Maybe it might help answering.
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Download Zip file attached on gmail I recieved an email with a zip file. But I'm not able to download even having some installed apps that can open zip files. Is there any way to enable the zip file download? I'm trying to do this on a Motorola Xoom 3.0
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Do apps included in the gApps zip get updated via Google Play? While using alternative ROMs like CyanogenMod 9(as i currently am), one flashes an additional zip file called gApps which contains apps provided by Google. As Google releases newer versions of applications, will the newer versions be updated via Google Play or do I need to manually flash a newer version of the gapps.zip? I'm asking because an update to the Google Play market app was recently released (which includes the ability to remove apps from the ALL MY APPS section) but I still haven't seen my market app updating itself.
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Why are Android games so much smaller than iPhone games? I compared the size of some Android games with the size of iPhone games and I was quite surprised. For example Asphalt 6 is 6.1mb large on Android and 515mb on the iPhone according to the store websites. Did I miss something? How is it possible that this game is only 6.1mb large on Andoid but 515mb big large on the iPhone?
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What's the difference between Camera.apk and com.sec.android.app.camera.apk? I'm trying to install a modified version of the Camera app on my rooted Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate) through copying to <code> /system/app </code> and through installing a zip file via ClockWorkRecovery. It doesn't seem to be working (based on the fact that the modified camera should have no geotagging). Looking in my /system/app/ folder I have <code> Camera.apk </code> and <code> com.sec.android.app.camera.apk </code> . Are these complementary files or are they different camera app files? <code> Camera.apk </code> has a timestamp of August 1, 2008 (which doesn't seem right) and the other has a timestamp of August 1, 2011 (which is around the time I was playing around with this stuff).
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How to remove leftover files after an application download? I don't have a lot of space on my phone (an HTC Aria). When I download an app from the market, I usually move it to SD immediately, but I've noticed that the "Internal space" amount doesn't change for a little while. I'm assuming that before installing the apk, it keeps a copy of it in a location on the internal drive, then garbage collects or cleans up the space sometime later. My question is, is there any way to force this cleanup?
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Firefox Mobile support in Stylish 1.3b1
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Stylish for Android? I've occasionally used Stylish to improve usability of websites on the PC. Is there an equivalent for Android - either plugin to FireFox, the default browser (mine is a Galaxy Note), or other. Basically, there are some sites that don't have mobile-specific stylesheets that I'd love to improve with a bit of CSS...
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Font displays differently in Firefox vs. Chrome It seems that my menu bar is displayed with a different font stretch in Firefox than it is in Chrome. See the following: Here is the CSS applied to this element: <code> font-variant: small-caps; font-size:13px; letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; text-decoration: none; </code> As far as I can tell everything regarding that font is exactly the same, yet they still display differently (see pic). Any ideas? Thanks,
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Which current stock mobile browsers support linked phone numbers by default? The better question is, are there any that currently DO NOT support auto linking of phone numbers by default? Main support for iPhone, Android, BB, Windows Phone, Palm. I'm trying to determine if I should be adding href tags to the phone numbers on multiple client sites (e.g. <code> <a href="tel:+1-800-555-1212">800-555-1212</a> </code> ). The only reason I would be doing such a thing at this point is to allow for backwards mobile (or future) compatibility, however, I'm having a hard time determining if it's worth the time or effort, as these links currently don't do much in a normal browser (FF, IE, Chrome, Safari, etc).
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Do Android Stock Browser, Firefox Mobile and Opera Mobile use proxy server to perform rendering It is quite interesting to know that, Opera Mini is using Proxy Server to perform all the rendering work, instead of relying the phone itself to do it. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini#Functionality ) This will help to reduce required processing work, especially in lower end phone. Do Android Stock Browser, Firefox Mobile and Opera Mobile also employ the same technique? Current Android Phone is having powerful processing capability. Does the above technique will bring more harm than good? Will request having to go through an additional will slow down the whole process, compared to letting the rendering work done by phone itself?
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Which mobile browsers for testing? I've mobile optimised a site with media queries and I now want to know which devices / emulators I should test with. Where can I find information on what mobile browsers are out there, ideally with a rough idea or market share? So far I've tested with Opera Mobile (desktop version), iPhone and iPad (actual devices), Windows Phone (emulator) and I'm attempting to install the Android emulator but having some issues. I've Googled but couldn't find much info on BlackBerry devices, so I'm downloading their emulator too. Are there any I've missed out?
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How do I make Adobe Flash work with Firefox? 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?
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Mobile browser statistics by versions? Where can I find more detailed mobile usage statistics so I know which devices to test on? This link gives info by OS, but not by version. http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201009-201109 For instance in the UK BlackBerry is quite popular, but I don't know what age of device I don't need to test on.
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Downside to mobile first (media query / js reliant) design? I'm working on a site where mobile optimization is important. I like the idea of a mobile first approach, where ALL CSS styles are loaded with media queries, and none are loaded as a ‘base’. This doesn't change how I would style the desktop version, but for the mobile version ill be starting with a blank canvas, rather than having to override the desktop styles. IE8 and earlier don't support media queries but this can be fixed with respond.js. There is only one potential issue to the approach that I can think of. If a user has a browser that doesn't support media queries, and also doesn't support JS, then no styles will be loaded. If this user wouldn't use CSS anyway (e.g. if they are using accessibility devices) then its not a problem. However if the user did want to load CSS then obviously they would see the unstyled version. Do these users exist? I've read that generally users without JS make up about 1%. I would imagine it's possible many of these may be on older browsers. However are these users generally on accessibility devices or very old phones that don’t use CSS anyway? Are there any other issues I haven’t considered? There is an iPad bug where it doesn't respect the min-width media query. I'm aware of this issue, but might other devices have media query bugs also? UPDATE - Whichever method I choose the site will be functional without styles and JS. Usability will not be compromised either way. The main benefit to the method is that for mobile, no redundant code or images in CSS will be loaded, improving loading times. The downside to users with no JS or media queries is that the site will look plain, but it will still be usable.
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Cyanogenmod 10 nightlies menu key workaround discovered
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Remap menu key to multitasking I'd like to remap the physical menu key of my Xperia Neo V running Cyanogenmod 9 to multi-tasking, the way it is on phones that were launched with ICS or Jelly Bean to begin with. Apps built for ICS would then display the action overflow. With older apps, I guess an on-screen menu key would appear -- I think there is in fact an ICS phone that does this as it has only two keys, but I don't remember the name. Alternatively, the menu key would stay a menu key in these apps but this might be more difficult to achieve. Is there any way to configure or modify Android to behave this way?
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Pin lock screen - avoid pressing ok Is there any way to avoid pressing ok on the stock Android pin screen? There was an option to do this in cyanogenmod (9?) for my Nexus S 4G but it's not in stock (which I'm using now, unrooted). Is there any way to make it so that pressing the correct code automatically unlocks it, without having to press ok?
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changing x10 mini pro keyboard from querty to azerty CM7 pro's ROM I've just managed to install CM7 Ron on my Xperia x10 mini pro but when I type with the physical/slide keyboard I can't seem to change it from querty to azerty any ideas?
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How to change font on CyanogenMod? I am on CyanogenMod 10.1, and I installed a font from FlipFont. But, I could not find the option to change it on the display settings. If anyone has any idea about this, please let me know.
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How to enable selective app permissions on CyanogenMod? One of the big reasons I installed CyanogenMod (10.1 latest Monthly) was to be able to have the ability to selectively deny apps certain permissions (most importantly the network and device ID ones). However, I am not able to find it in the settings, in spite of there being blog and forum posts from several months ago mentioning that CM will have this feature. Does anyone know if this ever made it to the main ROM? If I want to include it myself, is there a specific source tree I can merge into the CM main repo code? Thanks.
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Where is Privacy Guard in Cyanogenmod 10.1? The setting seems to be missing My phone is the Google Nexus S and I am running the latest stable Cyanogenmod build (10.1.2-crespo). I have installed Cyanogenmod especially because of the Privacy Guard feature, but now I cannot find and enable it anywhere in Settings > Apps . Is it possible that this feature is not included in all official Cyanogenmod builds?
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How to modify Bash shell prompt in Cyanogenmod? Has anyone had any success modifying the shell prompt in Cyanogenmod? Presently, # is pretty useless, it would be much nicer to at least display the working directory. Also, is tab-completion possible?
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Where can I configure SELinux in Cyanogenmod 10.1.3? Cyanogenmod released the stable version 10.1.3 yesterday and it apparently includes SELinux enhancements running in permissive mode per default. I thought that you could change the mode in the settings, but so far I have not found anything. Is this possible at all using the graphical touch interface?
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How to disable Latitude in Google Maps on Android using the app settings
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Got mail from Google: Google Mobile Maps Location Reporting Reminder. How to I stop location reporting? I just got the following mail: Google Mobile Maps Location Reporting Reminder To protect your privacy we would like you to know that Google Mobile Maps is running on your mobile device and reporting your location. This is just a privacy reminder - if you did not enable this or want to stop reporting your location, disable location reporting in Google Mobile Maps location settings. Thanks, Google Mobile Maps Team And I also got a broken link to how to stop that. So my question is, how do I stop that? Searching google wasn't really helpful.
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How can I disable cellular data on an Android device? Can I easily disable cellular data on an Android device and just use Wi-Fi? Does this change based on whether or not I have root on the device?
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How to disable Hangouts? I have an HTC One, and I went to <code> Settings -> Apps -> All </code> to disable a few apps I didn't want on my phone (7digital, Facebook, Google Play Music, Google+). The apps are now gone and the update notifications disapeared for these apps in Google Play. But for some reason Hangouts is not there. How can I disable it?
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How to load public route into Google Maps? Let's say there is a route: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=pl&msa=0&msid=104314102588659350539.00043799567b09d5f132f&z=12 I have Google Maps (application) in my Android phone. QUESTION : how can I load a route (as one above) so I could later turn it on (to see it over the map) and off (not to delete, just to make it disappear from the map)? I am interested in downloading it (storing) for later off-line usage.
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How to make Google Maps Navigation show forward as up? It used to be that Google Maps Navigation on my phone would show the direction of travel = as "up" on the screen. However, ever since my phone upgraded to Gingerbread, navigation is displayed with North as "up" on the screen. How do I revert to the old behavior?
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Can I disable geotagging and delete prior geotag information in photos? My phone is a rooted Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) running a 2.2.1-based ROM. Another stackexchange-url ("question") touched on this, but I want to do 2 things Be able to take pictures that are not geotagged. According to the referenced post above, "it turns out Froyo made GeoTracking default and unchangeable in Galaxy S". Yay. So, I can either use another camera app that doesn't use geotagging, or some other solution. I may have more options since the phone is rooted. I would prefer not to disable GPS altogether. Clear previous geotag information from my photos, either on the phone or through my desktop computer (Windows XP or Linux).
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What is the projection of an Android Location class instance? What is the projection of a Location object returned from the LocationClient by a class implementing the LocationListener interface with a fused provider in the Google Play Services SDK? For example, if I performed the following, 1) <code> Location mLocation = mLocationClient.getLastLocation(); double mLongitude = mLocation.getLongitude(); double mLatitude = mLocation.getLatitude(); </code> 2) converted those values to String objects, 3) performed I/O to a file/network/database, 4) converted or outputted them to a <code> .csv </code> file of the form, <code> Longitude,Latitude -85.26418009999999,35.1050902 </code> 5) and then finally imported this file into QGIS, what projection would I choose ?
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Drag to change route in Android Google Maps In Google maps, we can use "drag and drop" to get a custom route: How can we do this on Android maps? I tried to drag but it doesn't work. It provides several alternative routes, but none of them is what I want.
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What is the difference between adb push and adb install commands in Android development?
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What's the difference between 'adb push' and 'adb install'? Will <code> adb push </code> only copy the file into the target location whereas <code> adb install </code> copies the file into the target location and also sets the proper permission for you?
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What is the difference from the push and pull development models? I was reading stackexchange-url ("Extreme Programming Explained, Second Edition") and in the chapter 11 "The Theory of Constraints" the authors talk about the old and obsolete "push" development model and the XP way, the "pull" development model . It looks like a quite important concept, but it takes only a very small paragraph and two images that are mere illustrations of the "waterfall" and iterative process, nothing specific about these models except by the image caption. I searched and it doesn't go any further about it in the rest of the book. I couldn't find any further explanations or discussions about it in the Internet either. If the only difference about those is that one is "waterfall" and the other is iterative , them why push and why pull? Does anyone understand what is really the difference between those two and give some good examples?
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Where in the file system are applications installed? I have installed a few Android applications both with the <code> adb install MyApplication.apk </code> command and via a webserver (like an alternative to Android Market). But where in the Android file system on my phone is the <code> MyApplication.apk </code> file placed? Are applications installed with <code> adb install </code> not placed in the same directory as applications downloaded from the Market? I found some applications on <code> /system/app </code> but I can't recognize them as some downloaded from Android Market or the one I have installed with <code> adb install </code> . Where on the system is applications that I have installed located? My phone is not rooted, and I am running Nexus One with Android 2.2.1.
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How to extract .zip through ADB shell Exactly what the title says. I've got a 1.5 gb zip file on my sdcard that I would like to extract via adb (not pulling to pc and pushing back). Is there a simple command to unzip a file? Thanks!
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Do I need adb? Whats wrong with terminal? I'm pretty new to Android, but I have a bit of linux understanding. Do I need to use adb and do I need to type <code> adb </code> before every command? I have SSHDroid running on my GS3. I open my regular linux terminal and did <code> ssh root@<ip> </code> . When I got in I typed <code> abd logcat </code> , that failed. just <code> logcat </code> worked. I'm happy with the shell I know, is this going to cause an issue?
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How to pull the apks from my android phone I have a rooted android phone. I am trying to pull the applications from /system/app/. However this simply does not copy the apk. What I have tried. <code> adb shell su cd data cd app ls </code> A lot of applications are shown. However when I try to pull it it says <code> adb pull /data/app test pull: building file list... 0 files pulled. 0 files skipped. </code> When I try to pull it from the system/app it pulls it but no file is created on my computer. I have specified the file name, tried with it and without it. Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? I have also tried it individually with specific apks. But that doesnt work either.
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What's the difference in usage between "install" and "instill"? Is there actually any difference between the words? I feel like I am perfectly capable of installing a healthy fear in someone.
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Permission denied for adb push file to /data/data/xxx/file/ I used "adb pull" to backup Final Fantasy III saved data and it worked well, but it doesn't allow me to push it back after the factory reset. <code> D:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools>adb push d:\save.bin /data/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFIII_GP/files/save.bin failed to copy 'd:\save.bin' to '/data/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFIII_GP/files/save.bin': Permission denied </code> My phone is Nexus 4 with latest stock rom (4.3), not rooted, and I don't want to root it only for a game's save files. As a linux user, I understand the file/folder might have no 'w' permission for the adb user, but this link: http://androidforums.com/nexus-7-gen1-2012-all-things-root/683029-titanium-backup-saved-games-can-restored.html Says Titanium could restore the save file for Final Fantasy III, any idea how to do that with adb?
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What are the benefits of premium and HD versions being ad-free?
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What are the differences between different versions of Angry Birds Space? I own both an Android phone and a tablet and I am trying to figure out what the differences are between these Angry Birds Space versions: Angry Birds Space Angry Birds Space Premium Angry Birds Space HD One is free and the other two are paid apps, but looking at the description they seem to have the same content and features. Can someone clarify the differences?
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Benefits of skins as opposed to vanilla Android Has anyone seen any benefits to using skins such as MotoBlur and HTC Sense as opposed to "vanilla" Android like on the Nexus One? I'm considering getting the Nexus S and this is part of my pre-purchase evaluation.
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Differences between OsmAnd and OsmAnd+ What is the difference between the free version of OsmAnd and the Plus version? The only info I found seems to be outdated. While using the free edition the only limitation I noticed was the hint that I can only download 10 different maps.
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iOS Guidelines for Free vs. Paid apps A few months back, I was doing some recreational reading at the iOS Dev Center, and I came across a small list of guidelines for free vs. paid apps. It included guidance along these lines: How not to promote a paid version within a free version Not displaying "placeholder" buttons in a free version that "work" in a paid version I can't remember much more than that, and I cannot find it anymore on the iOS Dev Center. It's possible I imagined it entirely, but I doubt it - does anyone have a link to this information, or have a set of guidelines for free vs. paid apps in the App Store?
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What is the most effective way to disable ads in an Android app? I've read ways but they don't block/disable ads.
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Is there a downside to installing Visual Studio Ultimate if I don't need all the features? Microsoft released today the final builds of Visual Studio 2012 on MSDN. I'm trying to decide from this version comparison page which edition to install (I can install any edition I want for free). I'm a solo developer who develops mostly web apps and console apps in C# and Python. Some of the features in Ultimate/Premium look potentially cool (like UML and "historical debugging"), but most of the features I will not need, or have never heard of. On the one hand, it would be nice to have the features in case I want them someday. On the other hand, for some software products, the extra features cause the higher end editions to (1) be slower and use more memory, and (2) have a more cluttered UI. Is this the case with Visual Studio?
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Importance of WAP version of web system What is the importance of WAP version of web systems? to cater those mobile phones that does not support standard HTML pages?
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What exactly does Elite Premium get you? Is it just future DLC or is there more features (on the web or in-game)?
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How do I upgrade my Galaxy S II to JellyBean with SpeedMod kernel safely?
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Which custom or official kernel should I use on SGS2? I'm using SGS2 with latest stock ICS ROM, but it has few bugs which I really hate, so I want to look at custom kernels which could help me in this. The main headache for me at the moment is I can't turn off my SGS2, when I try to do this my phone reboots itself so I need to pull out the battery to Switch it off . I'm getting hardly 24 hour battery backup while I'm not using too many calls or internet on my device, if I charged it 100% at night and wake up in morning then it drains out 5-10% battery. I have disabled auto sync, network connection etc which could be cause to drain out battery fast. Why I'm looking for custom kernels are due to 1: I want to get good battery life. 2: I want a good and stable performance. 3: Don't want to lag while playing games like Temple Run I have heard two custom kernels for SGS2 are Siyah and Speedmod . Now I'm not sure which one should I use to for my phone for getting a good performance and battery life. Can I flash kernel using stock recovery of my SGS2 ? And is it safe?
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Installing KitKat on rooted Jelly bean Nexus 7 I have a nexus 7 2012, and I have it rooted, running TWRP recovery and Franco kernel. I want to update to KitKat, and I have the OTA queued (but that won't work since I'm rooted) and I have the file for my device downloaded from this site with update info , but I tried installing it in TWRP and it gave me an error. How can I get this update? If I need to unroot and uninstall TWRP and Franco Kernel, how do I go about that?
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Why doesn't ATT Samsung Galaxy S2 detect ICS update OTA and how to update? My Samsung Galaxy S2 has the Android 2.3.6 version and a while ago I read that there would be an ICS update (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/25/ics-att-samsung-galaxy-s-ii/). I have been checking for an update via OTA, but it keeps saying my software is up to date. What's wrong and how can I update it to ICS?
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Mount external sdcard after upgrade to Jelly Bean 4.2.2 Yesterday I installed a custom rom on my Samsung Galaxy S2. Before I had ICS 4.0.3 installed. Now my external sdcard does not mount automatically on the phone. How can I get this working?
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How can I update my Nexus S manually? I just bought a Nexus S from the USA and it works fine here (Spain). Just realised its version of Gingerbread is 2.3.1 though. While it's no surprise it finds no OTA updates with the local carriers, I wonder how could I get the phone up-to-date, offline style . Suppose I don't have to root and tinker with it right?
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How do I create a ClockworkMod installation package? I'm a seasoned Linux veteran and recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 from T-Mobile. I've been feeling the tinkering bug, so I opted to download the source code from Samsung's site and start fiddling. My problem is that I've already got ClockworkMod installed on my phone, so I don't want to odin flash a new kernel and thereby corrupt ClockworkMod, so I'm looking for details on how to create a proper ClockworkMod install package (generally/always a zip file?) so that I can test the newly compiled kernels. My searching on google thus far has brought up naught. The ClockworkMod page seems to be pretty barren of documentation. Can anyone point me to some documentation on the install package creation process?
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How do I load android 2.3.4 onto my dev phone? So, I have an original Droid (rooted), that is also my working cell phone. Can I load 2.3.4 onto it to develop accessory apps? If so how do I load the new OS?
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Flashing an official Samsung galaxy tab kernel I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 (GT-P7510) with Android 3.2 and kernel 2.6.36.3 installed. I'm building a customized kernel using Samsung's official kernel source code for research purposes. I do not need to install any third party hacks or do fancy things. I just need to flash my own kernel to test it on the device. I have been searching around the web for a clean way of flashing a modified Samsung kernel build on this device, but I'm not able to make sense of the results I'm getting. I'm not sure if my device has an unlocked bootloader or not. Would anyone clarify how things work with regard to flashing a new kernel? Thanks a lot..
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Why does Google Calendar avoid cross-calendar edits during synchronization?
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Why can't I change the Google Calendar on an event after it's been sync'd? Galaxy-S (Vibrant), Android 2.1 If I create an event with the stock Calendar app, I can freely change which Google Calendar the event is associated with. Once it sync's with Google Calendar, however, I can no longer change which Calendar the event is associated with. I can do change any other aspect of the event, and even delete the event, but I can't move it to a different calendar. I can change the calendar from the Google Calendar web page, though. Thanks!
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Google Calendar Erroneously Deleting Events Over the last couple of weeks, Google calendar has repeatedly deleted the events I entered. It occurs approximately 12-24 hours after I create the event. EDIT: In response to question below, it's deleting events created both on the phone, as well as at calendar.google.com. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? If so, has anyone had luck fixing it? Finally, does anyone know how I can contact Google directly about this issue? Their "help" page is a labyrinth. Devices: Sprint HTC EVO 4G, Android v. 2.3.5 Macbook OSX 10.6.8
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How to sync calendars events programmatically? I'd like to hear some ideas how to sync calendar events. Say I have two calendars having fields (id, title, start, end, updated, location and description). I'm struggling with starting point. Its easy if all events are new and not overlapping with each other. But say I already have events on calendars, some are supposedly same events, some are separate events, some maybe same events, but their attributes have changed, like location, title, start and end time. How would you actually make sync between calendars with reasonable smart functionality?
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Calendar sync with Google Calendar notification time Events sync-ed from Google Calendar have a default notification time of 10 minutes in advance. Sometimes that's not enough. Is there any way to automate this and have the default be something else? Thank you.
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How do I determine which calendar entry is breaking my Android calendar sync? First a bit of background for those who aren't familiar: Just a few weeks ago Samsung released their ICS build of TouchWiz, and my phone (a Samsung Galaxy SII) updated over the air. Ever since none of my calendars have synced. It turns out there's a bug wherein recurring events that were present before the update (I think it's only them?) can cause calendars to stop syncing. (I've searched in vain for a concise link to the problem to reference... ) I've tried factory resetting to no avail and I've tried deleting all my extraneous calendars and the recurring events I could find, but sync still doesn't want to work. Is there any way that I can track down which events are causing the trouble more precisely?
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"Local calendar cannot sync with Google calendar..." but it can? What? On my totally stock Bell Samsung Galaxy S2 I have my main GMail account synced to it, it is also synced to my iPod using Exchange ActiveSync. My phone's default calendar has all the events from my Google Calendar that I had been organizing and creating events from my iPod calendar with. However, when I create a new event I get this error. I tried going to the Account and Sync settings, then syncing the calendar, but the wheel stops spinning after a little bit, then just disappears and the problem remains. I tried creating a test event, then checking Google Calendar on the website from my laptop and the event was there. Even today, I made an event on the phone and it's on the web page. In fact, I just corrected the time of the event from the web page and the change was reflected almost instantly on my phone. I tried unchecking the account sync and then deleting local calendar data, then rebooting and resyncing. But the problem persists. What's wrong? Is there anything I can do? (besides factory reset please!) Or should I just check the "Do not show again" box? Or would that cause a problem later on? As a side note Samsung Kies popped up first saying it couldn't sync, but I couldn't care less about that since I only made a Samsung account for the find my phone feature and the developer stuff.
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Google Calendar gone nuts since DST has ended Ever since the 28th of October when DST has ended all of my events in my Google Calendar has moved one hour earlier. The web calendar shows currect dates and times but the one on my Nexus 4 is one hour early. I tried using 'Home time' in the calendar settings without success. Any ideas?
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How do I sync and share Calendars from multiple Google accounts with my phone? I have some questions regarding to Android's default calendar app in Galaxy 5 (five). I am working with two Google accounts, but my calendar app shows calendar of only one account which is marked default. How to see events in calendar of other account? How can I sync events of Android calendar and Google's online calendar? How can I share events of my calendar to other Android device or my friend's Google calendar?
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How to add a new contact to a group in Gmail on a PC
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What is the easiest way to add a new contact to an existing Google contacts group? Let's say I'm adding a new contact and it's a long lost family members so I want to add them to my custom "Aussie Family" group within my Google account. There appears to be no easy way to do this. I have to log in on a PC to actually achieve the grouping. I recall reading a similar question somewhere (which I now can't locate) which indicated it's not possible using the built-in contacts manager , so, if that's the case, I'm looking for the best way to do it via an app. I'm using Gingerbread (2.3.3) on a Samsung Galaxy phone (kernel v2.6.35.7).
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How to send multiple contacts by email? I've searched all over the place and couldn't find a solution. I want to send around 30 contacts (names + phone numbers) by email, to someone. Now I can't seem to succeed with the feat! What can I do to send a simple list (or a table) containing the name and phone number of an entire group of people (they're already organized in a group). Offering free cookies and upvotes for any good info!
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Contact groups in 2.3.4 - xperia? Is there a way to have contact groups in this phone? I know it is possible on other phones, but this one does not give you the ability to make them.
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How do I remove duplicate contacts from Google+? I have a problem with my contacts in conjunction with google+. Like most, I had already a lot of people in my contactlist, which is synced with the contacts in google mail. With google-plus, I have added a lot of people to circles. Those people from Google+ are now all individual entries in my contacts, but only on the phone. After deletion I recognized, that all people are also removed from my circles. So how to add people to circles, without having them appear as duplicate contacts? EDIT: Thanks anyone, yes, some of you are right - it seems that those people are put in an extra list "Other contacts" (also visible in the web interface). You have to uncheck this group in the settings > displaysettings. Can someone of those people put this in an answer, so I can accept it, thanks :)
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Add contact without using "Google account"? When I got my phone, I imported my old contacts by writing a small program that uses the contacts API. That worked great, and all my contacts were stored locally on the phone (sync with Google is turned off). Now I need to add a new contact manually through the standard contacts menu. I only get the option to add the new contact to my "Google account", there's no choice for local storage. All the contacts i batch-added with my program are correctly listed as "phone only, unsynced contact", and this is what I'd like to happen also with new contacts I add from the standard contacts menu as well. I'm aware of stackexchange-url ("this question"), but there are no storage settings at all in the contacts settings menu described in that question's answer. What do I do to add new contacts to the local storage? I could of course use the program I wrote, but that seems a bit cumbersome in the long run, and surely there must be a way to do this through the menus? I'm running stock Android 4.0.2 on a Galaxy Nexus.
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Shared contacts list I want to have a shared contact list between two (or more) handsets. So that whenever someone is adding a contact to the list, it'll be automatically added to all handsets who share this. It's very useful for people who work in the same place, and have many shared work-related contacts. Instead of making each employee add them to the contact list - any one who add work-related contact will add it to everyone. How can I do that with Android?
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How can I easily edit / add contacts to my phone book without them showing on Google? I got my Galaxy Nexus and now I'm stumped how to get my contacts right? There's no phone book anymore here. These are just my Google contacts of which I have just a handful with phone numbers. What's the best way to get my phone numbers into those contacts without editing every and single one? So merging phone numbers on my SIM with google contacts. Add new that are missing in my google contacts but are present on my SIM? Why can't I have separate phone contacts from Google contacts? And what's the rationale behind the decition they've made with this? Is it also possible that phone-only contacts (with name of course) woudl not show on my gmail afterwards? I mean on the web. On my computer...
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How to unlink contacts? 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 minus icon but it is greyed out. How can I unjoin or unlink them or move this number to a new contact? Using Samsung Galaxy S on Froyo.
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How can I use Tasker to set app timeout limits for better screen time management?
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How to disable Screen timeout for a particular program only Is it possible to disable Screen timeout only when a particular program is running ? If so, how do I do that? My Nexus One has a "Screen timeout" in "Display settings" that lets me choose anywhere between 15 seconds and 30 minutes, but this is across the board. I would like it to disable screen timeout only when one of the programs (that I currently develop) is running. Is this possible? If this isn't possible, is it possible to disable it for only when a program is waiting for user input (via a dialog box)? I wouldn't mind so much about the screen timeout itself, but once the screen times out, the device gets locked as well. :(
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Launch a "shortcut" in Tasker? Can Tasker launch an app's shortcut as an action? I can't find "Shortcuts" as an option in the "Select Action Category"-dialog when creating a new task. This works without problems in Locale.
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How to control the time that users spend on I need a solution that allows me to control the time that each user spend on the computer, excluding idle time (some kind of parental control). I've tried timekpr , but it doesn't work on Ubuntu 13.10. pam_time is not what I'm looking for... Here is how my situation looks like in practice: There are several user's accounts in the system, let's call them U1, U2 and U3. I would like to know how long and at what time each of them was active, BUT if i. e. U2 doesn't perform any operations (just idle logged in) or lock his account without logging off, it shouldn't be counted against the total time spent by him on the computer. If user exceed the time limit assigned to his account, I would like to be able to run a bash script (and the same when he tried to use a computer in some specified hours). My computer works as a server, so more than one user can use it at the same time. Users work in graphical mode (Unity, X Window System) without using the terminal. Is there any third-hand software, a system command, some suggestions what can I use developing my own solution, et cetera ?
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Disable the lock screen when specific apps are active? I'm looking for a way to disable the lock screen when specified apps are active. It's annoying when the screen times out and I have to swipe the lock screen to start a new pomodoro or use the calculator. I don't want to disable the lock screen entirely because I don't want my phone to activate when it's in my pocket. And I don't want to disable screen timeout, because I want to conserve the battery. I tried replacing the lock screen with PocketLock , which uses the proximity sensor to turn off the phone when it's in my pocket, but I found its behavior too inconsistent. My phone is a Samsung Transform Ultra with Android 2.3.3.
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How do I limit my gaming? I love to play games, but being married now and going to school I find myself falling into the pit of spending too much time gaming. What are some good techniques to limiting my game-play so that I don't have an angry misses and actually get some things done around the house while still enjoying my games? Or are there any software solutions that can limit somehow my game-play?
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How can I change screen timeout based on whether my phone is/not charging? I'd like my screen to stay lit while charging but have a timeout when just on battery. Is ther any way to do this?
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Is it possible to permanently supress app updates? I've been using a certain app for some time now, but according to the many 1-star reviews the latest "update" has got, it breaks compatibility with Tasker, which is not something I want. Is there a way to at least temporarily remove the regular update notifications I receive, or stop the app appearing at the top of my update list every time? Using Nexus S with official 4.0.3.
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How to introduce timeout for shell scripting? I want to run a shell script that got a loop in it and it can go for ever which I do not want to happen. So I need to introduce a timeout for the whole script. How can I introduce a timeout for the whole shell script under SuSE?
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How can I check my Sprint 4G WiMax data usage using a phone call and text message?
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4G data monitor? I have seen, and have used several data monitors to see my data usage. This is not strictly necessary, as I am on Sprint and have an unlimited data plan. But in my searching, I have not been able to find a data monitor that monitors Sprint's 4G (WIMAX) data, along with 3G and WiFi. Does one exist? And if it doesn't, does anyone know why it hasn't been done? Note: so far i've used PhoneUsage, NetCounter, DroidStats, and My Data Manager Free The funny thing is, at least DroidStats and PhoneUsage both say in the information that they only do 2G/3G data. I can't even find an app that lists 4G data in the description.
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Where can I check how much Internet bandwidth did my HTC Desire use? A newb question, as I just received my wife's HTC Desire: Where can I check how much bandwidth it uses (or used during certain time period)? Her contract only includes 500MB a month, so she needs to be able to monitor this.
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How can I receive phone calls through Wi-Fi on an Android phone? How can I receive phone calls from a landlines/cellphone when I have Wi-Fi connectivity, but no cell phone service?
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Check if call is coming from a fixed or mobile phone with tasker I'm setting up a profile in tasker that sends a text message to everyone who calls me during a meeting. However, I don't want to waste my my credit by sending messages to fixed phones. How can I check if the call came from a mobile phone before sending the message? Where I live, all mobile numbers start with 9 or 8, so I thought I might be able to use that. But I haven't be able to find a way to check what is the first digit in a number with tasker. Is there another way to do this? My objective is for tasker to know if the call came from a mobile or fixed phone.
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Is my phone using both WiFi and 4G? My Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) running 4.2.2 (with the VRUAME7 Build, so root is not an option currently) has both the WiFi and 4G/mobile data symbols in the notification bar, occasionally the mobile data symbol will go away, but it is there more often then not. So I have read through this forum and it says that by turning off the Caller Name ID app that this should remove the mobile data from the notifications. I have done this and it has not removed the symbol. Questions My phone does not seem to be using the mobile data, but I would like to know if it is in fact using the mobile data while connected to WiFi? Shouldn't/Does the mobile data turn off when connected to WiFi? If it does not turn off the mobile data, why not and can I fix this with Tasker ? That is a HUGE waste of battery!
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How can I prevent my phone from using any kind of internet? I have a weird plan and my phone went over its bandwidth usage this month... mostly just syncing up with Gmail, Twitter etc. So right now, every 5 minutes or so, my phone is telling me that it has spent 40 cents here and 30 cents there using up my prepaid money. I have done the following: Turned off Wifi (my phone doesn't see any WiFi spots anyway right now) Turned off all apps Turned off syncing of data However its still dinging me here and there and I need my phone minutes to last until it automatically reloads in two days. I've noticed that I will kill certain apps and then I find out they are turned back on... and syncing even though I told the phone not to. Short of putting the phone on airplane mode (which I don't want to do because I'm expecting an important phone call - also my phone then becomes totally useless.), I can't seem to keep it from using the 3G network!
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How can I monitor my phone usage between two top up I have a prepaid mobile subscription and I want to know how much I phoned between two payments. There are plenty of applications that can track my phone usage in general, but I am missing the feature to specify which days I paid my bills. Is there any such thing?
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How feasible is it to use Google Voice for all calls and texts? I'm considering getting an Android phone, and one thing that I'd like to do is drop my texting plan, and do all texting over wifi/data using Google Voice. If I do this, I need the following things to be true: It must be easy to send texts over Google Voice. It must be easy to receive texts (and notifications of new texts) over Google Voice, without them actually coming to me by SMS (so I don't get charged for them). It must be easy to place calls using my Google Voice number (it doesn't have to be VOIP, but the person I'm calling has to see the call as originating from the Google Voice number, so that I don't have to get them two numbers). It must be easy to receive calls using my Google Voice number (again, I only want to give out one number). Are all these things possible with Android?
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How to properly flash a factory image on an Android device using fastboot and USB debugging for a clean OS installation
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Doing a clean install of Android on a Nexus phone or tablet Recently I stackexchange-url ("had a problem") where my Nexus S phone would not upgrade to Jelly Bean. During the upgrade process I was getting an error message saying one of the files on my current system is corrupted, so the upgrade cannot be applied. I knew clean install (instead of an upgrade) would fix the issue, but I had a really hard time finding clear information on how to do this. Most tutorials require you to download the new OS from untrusted sources (shady download sites) and assume your phone is rooted. Thankfully as it turned out you can do this using official Google software only and you don't need to root your phone (you can - it doesn't matter). I post instructions for the method I used, as an answer below. This is also useful when you need to do a true factory reset . The "factory reset" function in Android only clears user data, leaving the OS as it was - useless if your operating system is damaged or if it was modified and you would like to bring it to an original, stock state. This solves the problem. This instructions should work for any Nexus phone or tablet.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 with fastboot I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (international and unlocked). I recently downloaded the kernel source code from Samsung's website and have successfully compiled and now have a zImage file. My problem is what to do with it? I have seen people saying to use <code> fastboot boot zImage </code> to test that the kernel works before more permanently flashing it with <code> fastboot boot zImage zImage </code> but fast boot wont recognise my phone. When i type <code> fastboot devices </code> i get nothing. <code> fastboot reboot </code> (i think that was it) sits there for ever waiting for the device. I have also tried adb just to prove a point. This sees the device with <code> adb devices </code> (while the phone is in normal mode) but still didnt help. I currently have the Clockwork recovery mod installed. Could this be causing issues? and if so how do i remove it? Everything i have seen says to boo the device into fast boot mode. Is this Download/Odin mode on the S3? Thank you Adrian EDIT: Forgot to mention i have tried this on Ubuntu 12, OSX 10.8 ans Windows 7 with drivers installed
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How do I load android 2.3.4 onto my dev phone? So, I have an original Droid (rooted), that is also my working cell phone. Can I load 2.3.4 onto it to develop accessory apps? If so how do I load the new OS?
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fastboot flashall -w Halts I have a Samsung Nexus S. I have erased <code> recovery </code> and <code> boot </code> pertitions using <code> fastboot erase <partition> </code> and when I do <code> fastboot flashall -w </code> it stops on <code> sending 'boot' (XXXX KB)... </code> What might be wrong? UPDATE: I successfully managed to flashed my NS back to stock ROM. Please refer to my own answer below. Regards,
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Install system.img on Android Phone I have made some modification in the android source codes recompile sources and now I have system.img , but I don't know how I can install that image on Android Phone. Have anybody do something similar ? Can anybody provide me some links or information how I can do that ? I am using HTC Amaze Phone.
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Droid 2/R2-D2 Can't Load Beyond Bootloader I picked up a <code> DROID R2-D2 </code> from a coworker who has given up on the device. Knowing I like to tinker with these things, she offered me the phone in whatever condition I can muster from it. A few weeks ago, she dropped it into some water and from that point on, the android OS will no longer boot. The bootloader screen comes up when powered on (without forcing this mode using the hardware volume buttons), but that's as far as it goes. I don't believe this is a boot-loop, as the phone does not automatically reset itself, but I'm somewhat new to the terminology. I don't believe this question is quite a duplicate of stackexchange-url ("this one"), as the screens I am able to access are different. I also have a <code> DROID X </code> (stackexchange-url ("similar question for this model")), but for those unfamiliar, the bootloader presented using the volume-button-on-boot method does not produce the same screen. on the <code> X </code> , there are actual options, such as loading fastboot, etc. With the <code> 2/R2-D2 </code> , there are no options, just "OK to program". I am not sure if the bootloader is unlocked or not. The working D2 is in stock condition, and the bootloader menu is minimal as compared to that of the X, and the non-working bootloader is identical. If the stock condition is locked, then I assume that this is the case. I can force recovery mode (holding the keyboard 'x' while booting), but the options there do not help. From the bootloader screen, this is what I see: Always this header : <code> Bootloader D2.37 </code> if battery is charged : <code> Battery OK OK to Program </code> if battery is depleted (I think, the batt's full at the moment and my memory may be off): <code> Battery low Unable to program </code> if no USB connected : <code> Connect USB Data Cable </code> if USB connected (to PC or straight power) : <code> Transfer Mode: USB </code> From the recovery screen (after loading the <code> ! </code> image and getting to the actual menu by pressing both the volume up and down buttons at the same time), this is what I see: <code> Android system recovery <3e> Android system recovery utility reboot system now apply update from sdcard wipe data/factory reset wipe cache partition </code> Of the above options, I have tried all, but I know the sdcard option was done incorrectly, as I am not sure which files are required for this update. The other options, which 'worked' resulted in no change in the boot behavior. The phone is detected by my Windows 7 machine. i.e. When I plug the device into the PC, Windows detects the hardware and recognizes the R2-D2 as being the same (no new drivers required) as the Droid 2, and I can see it in my list of devices in My Computer. However, I can't run any debug functions on it. i.e. The D2 (essentially the same phone, same hardware, drivers, etc.) that I regularly connect to my PC to test my own programmed apps, and ADB works flawlessly. Any attempt to debug the device results in the device not being found by adb. While in either the bootloader or in Recovery Mode, the R2-D2 cannot be detected by <code> adb devices </code> . If I plug in the functional D2, adb immediately is able to display the device ID. Also tried to see if <code> fastboot </code> would detect the device, but it did neither at the bootloader, nor in recovery mode. I downloaded a series of <code> .sbf </code> files from various sources ( this being the only one I can find at the moment), and reflashed using RSDLite. I am new to this and so I used numerous walkthroughs from the web to get me this far. I am somewhat confident that I've learned how to flash properly, since some of the attempts failed and caused the bootloader to fail, but a few of them at least got me back to the same 'working' condition the phone was in when I picked it up. At this point, I don't care if the phone is rooted or not; I don't care if I have a custom or stock ROM loaded; I don't care if the OS is buggy once running. I would just like to be able to get the phone to boot at all. The original owner has since picked up a replacement from Verizon, so worst-case scenario (the phone is a brick) is not the end of the world. Especially given the fact that I have a nearly identical phone to work with, is there some way I can rip the <code> .img </code> s from the working model and load it onto the broken one? Is there a step in the <code> .sbf </code> reload that I could be doing incorrectly? Are there any other tips or sources to help me get this phone up and running again?
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Flash a smartphone with vanilla Android ROM Is it possible to flash a smartphone like the Samsung Galaxy SIII or an LG Optimus 4X with a vanilla Android ROM like the one that has been flashed on Galaxy Nexus or Motorola phones (I think)? I am asking because manufacturers like Samsung, LG, HTC tend to make ROMs for their smartphones and tablets with preinstalled launchers like Touchwiz or HTC Sense. They explain their decision by saying that they want to make their devices to look unique against their rival devices. The problem is that Android updates for their phones and tablets get delayed and there are incidents in which some devices - which are more than capable of running the upcoming version of Android - fall way behind or never get updated at all. So, what I am basically asking here is if there is a way to install vanilla Android, excluding CyanogenMod or any other modified vanilla ROMs, on an Android based smartphone?
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Create an image of entire phone My phone was out of my possession for two days. I would like to save an image of the entire phone and run it in an emulator to be able to debug/reverse it so I can check it out for malware or any other software that may have been introduced. How would I be able to save everything as is to be able to emulate the phone? Is this even possible? I have a Droid X2 running Android 2.3.4, no root, no custom ROM. I'm factory default b/c of warranty (Verizon).
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Why did my call have sound issues and how do I fix it?
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Reduce in call volume I'm using Jelly Bean on my Samsung Galaxy Note. Plus I'm running Ultimate Rom v5.1 as mu ROM. The problem is minimum In-Call Volume is too high even though I have reduced it. How can I reduce that in call volume than the minimum level?
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Why is sound on my Android suddenly increasing? I am running Android 2.3 on a Samsung Galaxy S 2. Recently, when I play music, at some random time, the volume will suddenly increase. It's hard to put an exact measurement on the increase, but I'd estimate it's about 20 to 30% louder. It's quite jarring, and if my volume is already up near maximum, it can be a little painful. This happens with any application that plays MP3s, so I don't believe it's application specific. It also happens without any action on my part. When the volume jumps up, I'm not holding my phone or using any interface, or touching any buttons. It's not that volume buttons are accidentally being hit, either. It happened just now, and my Android is lying on the table beside my laptop, without anything touching it. Is this a bug of some kind?
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Got weird noises with auxiliary jack while charging in the car I'm using Galaxy Note. And I got this weird noise with auxiliary jack while charging in the car. There is no noise while music is playing, and there is no noise if the charger is unplugged. How do I solve it?
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Missed call alerts when phone busy on another call? I have a Samsung Galaxy Y phone with Gingerbread. I have just discovered that I do not receive any kind of missed call notifications when my phone is busy on another call. I am quite shocked as this facility is available even in very cheap, ordinary phones. How do I fix it? Is it because of some phone settings of mine? or is there an android update? or do I need to install some app? or is the trouble with my network operator?
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How do I resolve the garbled sound in Debian? I just recently installed Debian 7 Wheezy with KDE and once I turn on the computer, the start-up sound is garbled. The closest description I can think of is that the sound coming out is somehow overlapped with a "dial-up modem"-like sound ( here's a sample of what a dial-up modem sounds like, in case you don't know or have forgotten ). What's curious is that once I change the volume two to three notches up using the global volume control (or even the VLC volume control), the sound somehow becomes fine. But when I pause a movie and resume play, the sound becomes garbled again and I need to re-adjust the volume just to make the sound fine again. I haven't encountered this issue with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or Linux Mint 13 XFCE (I used these on this same computer before deciding to use Debian 7 Wheezy) as both these OSes handled sound just fine so it's really becoming frustrating. <code> lspci -k </code> gives the ff. results w.r.t. audio devices: <code> 00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Trinity HDMI Audio Controller Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8526 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 841b Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel </code> I think I am using the second audio device because I don't have anything connected to the HDMI port. I'm also guessing that system uses pulseaudio server to handle the sound. Could the issue be caused by the kernel driver <code> snd_hda_intel </code> since I am using an AMD chipset? My computer has an AMD A10-5800K processor on an ASUS F2A85-V PRO motherboard, in case this info is useful in someway.
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Audio dropouts over Bluetooth on Nexus One Ever since the Gingerbread update, my N1 has been experiencing random audio dropout problems every 5-10 minutes when connected to my car's audio system via Bluetooth. The audio will be streaming normally, then I'll hear a "pop" sound and the volume drops to zero, then immediately fades back in. The whole process lasts about three-quarters of a second, then everything is back to normal until the next dropout. This happens regardless of which audio application I am using. It does not happen when I am listening to the device over headphones or through the internal speaker. It did not happen under Froyo. Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any idea about what might be causing it or how I can fix it?
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incoming call ring volume ( sound - silent - vibrate ) 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 <-> vibrate HTC Desire on CM7
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The loud speaker on my Samsung Captivate stopped working! Is my phone broken or can I fix it myself? The speaker at the back of my phone, used for ringing and playing sound without headphones, is completely silent. Do I need to have it repaired?
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Where are notification tones stored in the Android system audio folder?
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How to access the internal ringtone folder on rooted 2.2? I have a rooted Samsung GT5510 running 2.2. I have tried in vain, using different file explorers, to locate the built in ringtones (folder). Can someone please point me to the right path? Is it inside some APK, in which case how do I unzip it to access the internal contents after saving it on my computer?
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Where does Android store clipboard data? Where does Android store clipboard data? I have a rooted Android phone. Where are clipboard files stored? I can find that in a rooted Samsung device at <code> /data/Clipboard </code> , but am not able to find in other Android phones (e.g. Sony, HTC). For phones running GingerBread. I'm able to see the clipboard data using <code> adb shell service call clipboard 1 </code> , but after Gingerbread this service call command does not show the data.
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Where are saved pages stored? I have used the stock browser to save a page for offline reading. It is a <code> .txt </code> file, the browser only opens it and does not give me an option to download it. Where is the page stored, i would like to open it with another app. I have looked under <code> /sdcard/Android/data </code> But there is no <code> com.android.browser </code> folder or any other folder which looks like the right one.
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Where in the file system are applications installed? I have installed a few Android applications both with the <code> adb install MyApplication.apk </code> command and via a webserver (like an alternative to Android Market). But where in the Android file system on my phone is the <code> MyApplication.apk </code> file placed? Are applications installed with <code> adb install </code> not placed in the same directory as applications downloaded from the Market? I found some applications on <code> /system/app </code> but I can't recognize them as some downloaded from Android Market or the one I have installed with <code> adb install </code> . Where on the system is applications that I have installed located? My phone is not rooted, and I am running Nexus One with Android 2.2.1.
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Filesystem hierarchy, that defines the directory structure and directory contents of Android? I have searched, but haven't yet been able to find, an authoritative documentation of the filesystem hierarchy of the Android OS. Can someone tell me whether this exists at all and if so, where?
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Different notification sounds for sms and email? Is there a way to use different sounds for a sms text alert and an email alert? I can't find the setting. I'm on HTC Hero, Android 2.1
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Google Talk alert sound Is it possible to change the alert sound when a new message arrives for Google Talk? My colleague and I both have Galaxy Nexus' running Jelly Bean and when either of us get a Google Talk message its very confusing! :) I can't see a setting for it in Google Talk and it doesn't seem to use the "Default notification" sound that is set under Settings -> Sound -> System. Thanks!
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Where is a downloaded .apk placed in Android phones? 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.
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How can I check if my device is refurbished using hidden menu shortcuts or dialer codes like ##786#?
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How to tell if your phone is refurbished Is there a way to tell if an Android phone is an original or a refurbished product?
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How to find out if my Device's Kernel has Loop Device Support I would assume most all of you know why I am asking this, but for those who don't, Loop Device Support of a Kernel on an Android device is utilized to mount a Linux Distro IMG file (Ubuntu or Debian, & a couple others) to run the linux img in a Chrooted environment to run side by side next to your Android System. So there is tons of information on what Loop Device Support is (if you need a good explanation see Wikipedia's article.), and why you need it, but there is a great lack of explaination as to how you find out if your device supports it. The most information relating to it is that "most roms support it"... So down to the issue, how would one discover if my device currently supports it? Is there some script I can look at or something in the kernel I can view to find out if my device supports it?
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Do keypad commands come from Android or the manufacturer? I'm curious if keypad commands like those listed below come from the Android OS or if they're added by manufacturers. On my N1, I know of these two commands: <code> *#*#checkin#*#* </code> - Phones home to check for updates. <code> *#*#info#*#* </code> - Enters a detailed phone information menu.
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How do I check if I have Cyanogenmod on my phone? Is it possible to check using shell whether or not Cyanogenmod is installed on a device? In other words, something like <code> uname -a </code> (which tells the system Linux version and architecture). Can the version be determined as well?
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How can I check the OS version of an Android device? I just bought an Xperia x10. How can I check what version of Android it has?
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How can you tell whether you are running a official Android program or one modified by your phone maker? So many times , in this forum , I see answers with descriptions of their phone, contacts or messaging application, with options, settings or feature I don't see on my Samsung Galaxy S. I presume that either I am running a modified version ( made by Samsung ) or the questioner is. But how can you tell ? How do you know your application is not the stock application of Android ( btw: is that the correct term ? stock application ? ) If I look at <code> Settings - Applications - Manage applications - Running </code> , I see f.i. <code> Email </code> . Clicking this tells me it's version 2.2.1. Same with <code> Dialer </code> . <code> Contacts </code> on the other hand , shows version 1.0. But since no manufacturer info is present , I cannot tell whether this is the official Google software, or some other program. And following that, can you download the stock application from somewhere ? Maybe it's better than the version on your phone ?
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Android software updates: How can I tell if I can update a device? I keep seeing Android devices in shops that state what version of Android is installed. Thence I conclude that not all Android devices can be updated to a current version of Android. How can I tell before I buy (or even after I buy) if a device can be updated to the newest release or not? Can Samsung's Android devices usually be updated? Update: Note that I am not refering to abandoned devices but to current devices available in stores now.
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How risky (if all) is it to return a rooted android device under 'warranty' A couple days ago I rooted my phone and I hard bricked it. I am debating whether or not to just send it in to get JTagged (for 50$) or to just try to get a new one under warranty. I have heard everything from: You can send a rooted phone back. Doesn't really matter. Returning Rooted Phones and I've returned a stock, rooted phone and even forgot to put the modded battery icon back to stock. No issues. ATT Detecting rooted phones? to: they can and do check. because they refurbish many of the returns for reuse. they can easily remove the rooted setup in favor of stock. but that isn't the point. its best to remove root with a restore if at all possible with the stock zv9 update. then the device is sent back in factory state. if you cant accomplish this due to issues with the device that prevent it,then you have to send it back as is. but the latter should always be the case to return it not restored. Returning Rooted Phones and not sure if they check that but if they did they can do anything from sue for fraud, since you lied. they can cancel your plan and ruin your esn. thats really about it. im not sure if they think its worth the hassle though. So what is the truth behind this? Is it risky to return a bricked/rooted phone to your carrier? Is it different for each carrier? (AT&T, Verison, T-Mobile, ...) Are there any precautionary measurements out there people should take before they return a rooted device? Update: I received my new phone and then I shipped my bricked phone back to Verizon and I never heard back. Either they didn't check that it was rooted or they didn't care, either way I've got a functional phone again. Thank you for everyone's answers!
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How can I set up a voice-controlled smart home application using GrooveIP with my Google Voice number on an inactive mobile device?
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Using Google Voice Without Simcard This is a simple question but I couldn't find the answer in this website? Is is possible to call phones without a voice plan just using Google Voice?
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Add functionality to home button? What application will let me allot a certain functionality to the home button? Currently, I want to make it so that pressing the Home button twice will activate Voice Actions. Do you know of any app that does that? I'm rooted. EDIT: Okay, while doing some further research, I found out that one of the ways to achieve this is via a launcher app. I'm currently using ADW Launcher Ex. Is that modifiable via theme to do something like such?
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”voice controlled” versus ”voice activated” While researching a computer game, I came across the terms “voice controlled” and “voice activated”. What is the difference between them?
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Find when device was activated I am trying to figure out when my devices (tablet, tv dongle, etc) were activated. Is there a place (in google account settings, device files, anywhere) this data can be obtained? My devices are rooted, so I can use terminal access to read internal files if needed. Some suggestions in the net say to find the first day of data usage in the logs, but I want to find an accurate date (preferably a timestamp) of the device activation. I can't seem t be able to type dialer codes in a tablet, there's no phone app. Also this question is about android devices in general, not only phones.
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How to have one-button access (on HTC incredible) to do voice dialing or voice commands? My wife finds her HTC Incredible incredibly difficult to make a quick call without having to look at the screen. She'd like to have a one-button activation of the voice dialing or voice commands "call < > " or "" I thought one option might be to reprogram the optical trackball button. This is rooted with CyanogenMod.
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Remove google-account from older smartphone I gave my sister my older smartphone without removing my google-account. How can I remove that permission without removing her settings completely, or how can I remove that certain android device from my google dashboard? If possible, it would be great if I could do it remotely (via my google dashboard).
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How to use a Droid 2 without Verizon service activation I purchased an old Droid 2 with a clean ESN today, rooted it, installed Droid2Bootstrap, loaded Monster_D2_2.3.2_4.5.153 onto the sdcard, cleaned the cache, wiped the data, rebooted into recovery, loaded the new images, rebooted. Came back up just fine. Now, here is a problem you may not have experienced before. I am not a Verizon customer. Just wanted the phone to develops Apps and play with. How can I get past the phone number activation requirement?
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Any apps that will allow me to set a profile that only allows emergency calls through? I work third shift so I sleep during the day but I get calls all day long so I shut my ringer off. I would like to be able to set a couple phone numbers that can ring through no matter what. Using Google Voice to do this won't work because I get calls directly to my cell # as well as to Google Voice.
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How do I fix MTP issues on Ubuntu with terminal commands?
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How do I mount my Samsung galaxy s4 on ubuntu? I'm running ubuntu 12.04 and have a rooted samsung galaxy s4. The s4 is still 2 software versions back since I need to unroot to update and just havent had the time or energy to do all of the work to get back to where I'm setup. I think it is 4.2.something. So when I plug my S4 into ubuntu via usb I get an error message "Unable to mount SAMSUNG_Android Error initializing camera:-60: could not lock the device" With my rooted kindle I run gMTP and that gets me access so I tried it with the S4 and it says nothing is available to connect. With my old evo I had no trouble. Even when it wasn't rooted I had access to the sd card just like any other drive being mounted. What's the deal with this s4? I do have usb debugging enabled.
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Problem with attaching Archos device on Ubuntu On my laptop I have Ubuntu 12.04. 1) mounting the tablet <code> $ sudo mkdir /media/tb $ sudo chmod 777 /media/tb $ sudo mount /dev/sdc /media/tb </code> 2) downloading and updating Android SDK <code> $ cd ~ $ wget http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20130219.zip $ cd ~/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20130219/sdk/tools $ ./android update sdk </code> 3) editing rules for my device. Each hardware device has its ID. According to Archos website my vendor ID is <code> e79 </code> . According to this website I should also edit <code> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini </code> . <code> $ sudo vim /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules </code> After editing the file has this content: <code> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ENV{PRODUCT}=="e79/*", MODE="0666" SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="e79", MODE="0666" $ sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules $ sudo vim ~/.android/adb_usb.ini </code> after editing the file has this content: <code> 0x0e79 $ sudo chmod a+r ~/.android/adb_usb.ini </code> 4) updating the information <code> $ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules $ cd ~/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20130219/sdk/platform-tools $ ./adb kill-server $ ./adb start-server $ sudo reboot $ sudo mount /dev/sdc /media/tb $ cd ~/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20130219/sdk/platform-tools $ ./adb start-server $ ./adb devices List of devices attached </code> You can see that I have problem with attaching my device. What else would you try to solve it?
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Android phone not recognized when connected to Ubuntu, by 'adb devices' Upgraded my HTC Slide to Froyo. Connecting Ubuntu 10.10 via USB. As per instructions here, http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html <code> $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0BB4", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" $ ls -l /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 72 2011-10-23 20:57 /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules $ adb devices List of devices attached ???????????? no permissions </code>
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How do I get my Android Phone to connect its internal SD to my PC via USB? For some reason my Galaxy Y GT-55360T phone running Android 2.3.6, won't connect its SD card to my Ubuntu 12.10-running PC when I plug the USB cable into it. It did before, I have no idea what I did to cause it to not mount the SD. Please help me, this is getting very annoying.
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FUSE : Allow any user in the fuse group to unmount I'm currently trying to write a couple of systemd/udev configuration files that will allow me to automount/unmount MTP Android devices on my Archlinux laptop. It took me some time, but so far it works pretty well. Now, I would like for any user with <code> fuse </code> permissions to be able to unmount the device. So far, it's only possible for the same user as the one <code> go-mtpfs </code> was started as. I'm well aware that MTP is designed so that you can just unplug the device without consequences, but having an error message pop up when clicking "Eject" in Nautilus is kind of unexpected and not really nice. I tried the following, but failed : Add myself to the <code> fuse </code> group, start <code> go-mtpfs </code> as <code> root </code> and try to unmount as myself Start <code> go-mtpfs </code> as the <code> fuse </code> user and group, and try to unmount as myself, also in the <code> fuse </code> group Any idea? Also, if you have an elegant way to achieve the same thing without having to rely on the <code> fuse </code> group, I'd love to hear about it! systemd service (/etc/systemd/system/android-mtp.service) : <code> [Service] Type=forking ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /media/Android ExecStart=/usr/sbin/daemonize -l /var/lock/go-mtpfs.lock /usr/bin/go-mtpfs -allow-other=true /media/Android ExecStop=/bin/umount /media/Android ExecStopPost=/bin/rmdir /media/Android </code> udev rule (/etc/udev/rules.d/99-android-mtp.rules) : <code> # Google Nexus 7 16 Gb Bootloader & recovery mode SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="4e40", MODE="0666" # Bootloader SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="d001", MODE="0666" # Recovery # Google Nexus 7 16 Gb PTP mode (camera) SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="4e43", MODE="0666" # PTP media SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="4e44", MODE="0666" # PTP media with USB debug on # Google Nexus 7 16 Gb MTP mode (multimedia device) SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="4e41", MODE="0666" # MTP media SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="4e42", MODE="0666" # MTP media with USB debug on # Google Nexus 7 MTP mode : automatic unmount when unplugged (all android versions) ENV{ID_MODEL}=="Nexus", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="4e41", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl stop android-mtp.service" ENV{ID_MODEL}=="Nexus", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="4e42", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl stop android-mtp.service" ENV{ID_MODEL}=="Nexus_7", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="4e41", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl stop android-mtp.service" ENV{ID_MODEL}=="Nexus_7", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="4e42", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl stop android-mtp.service" # Google Nexus 7 MTP mode : automatic mount when plugged (all android versions) ENV{ID_MODEL}=="Nexus", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="4e41", ACTION=="add", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}="android-mtp.service" ENV{ID_MODEL}=="Nexus", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="4e42", ACTION=="add", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}="android-mtp.service" ENV{ID_MODEL}=="Nexus_7", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="4e41", ACTION=="add", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}="android-mtp.service" ENV{ID_MODEL}=="Nexus_7", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="4e42", ACTION=="add", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}="android-mtp.service" </code>
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Galaxy Nexus charges but is never seen by a PC when connected via USB I run Linux (Ubuntu 12.04), and I have a Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0.4. (Purchased in December 2011.) When I plug the phone in to the PC via USB there is no detection whatsoever. Tailing /var/log/syslog when plugging or unplugging the phone there is ZERO activity in the logs. The phone however will charge. Plugging the phone into a Windows 7 machine, same deal. Phone charges off USB but Windows never prompts to say the device has been detected. Also same on MAC. Using the same micro USB cable, and an HTC One X. Linux, Windows and Mac all detect the HTC phone AND the phone charges. I have been to <code> Settings -> Storage </code> and changed the phone from PTP to MTP, still no change. From memory this is the first time I have ever wanted to plug the phone into the PC. So it may have never worked. Is there something I am missing (like a setting or something?) or can I assume that the phone is faulty?
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Linux fails to mount Android device in USB MSC mode I wish to mount my Sony Xperia ST21i (Android 4.0.4) under Linux (Debian) via USB. However, I get this error: <code> # mount /dev/sdb /mnt mount: no medium found on /dev/sdb </code> What I did so far: On the phone side: Settings > Xperia > Connectivity > USB connection mode: set to Mass storage mode (MSC), instead of the default Media transfer mode (MTP). On the PC side: dmesg yields <code> [...] usb 2-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 12 [...] usb 2-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 13 using ehci-pci [...] usb 2-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0fce, idProduct=e170 [...] usb 2-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4 [...] usb 2-1.3: Product: Android [...] usb 2-1.3: Manufacturer: Android [...] usb 2-1.3: SerialNumber: ********** [...] scsi14 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0 [...] scsi 14:0:0:0: Direct-Access SONY Mass storage 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [...] sd 14:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [...] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk </code> For comparison, when mounting a cheap memory stick, dmesg yields <code> [...] usb 2-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 13 [...] usb 2-1.6: new high-speed USB device number 14 using ehci-pci [...] usb 2-1.6: New USB device found, idVendor=1307, idProduct=0165 [...] usb 2-1.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [...] usb 2-1.6: Product: USB Mass Storage Device [...] usb 2-1.6: Manufacturer: P Technology [...] usb 2-1.6: SerialNumber: 00000000000280 [...] scsi15 : usb-storage 2-1.6:1.0 [...] scsi 15:0:0:0: Direct-Access UT165 USB Flash Disk 0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [...] sd 15:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] 3948544 512-byte logical blocks: (2.02 GB/1.88 GiB) [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [...] sdb: [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [...] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk </code> Several lines more - is this significant? Does this mean, I need to configure my phone differently before I can hope to mount it? Following advice in some related threads, I created an udev rule, <code> # cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fce", MODE="0666" </code> but this had no effect.
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Mounting USB drive that is not recognized Using Arch Linux / XFCE, I frequently have problems with USB drives that are not properly mounted. Sometimes they automatically show up in Thunar and I can mount them with one click. However, at other times (it's about fifty/fifty) the drive is just not recognized. I have had this problem with USB External Hard Drives, USB Memory Sticks, and cameras. If the external drive is not recognized, this is the situation: The drive does not show up at <code> fdisk -l </code> at all (it only shows my hard drives) The drive does not appear at <code> /dev/disk </code> The drive DOES appear when running <code> lsusb </code> So there is some sort of recognition, but I do not understand why, nor do I know how to mount the drives when this happens. I just reboot and hope it works next time, which is clearly not convenient... UPDATE When I monitor <code> /var/log/everything.log </code> (no info in syslog), then I see this happen when plugging in the USB: <code> Dec 14 15:36:32 localhost kernel: [ 6591.042911] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd Dec 14 15:36:32 localhost mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 9: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3" Dec 14 15:36:32 localhost mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 9 was not an MTP device </code> This is another requested output: <code> $udevadm monitor monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing KERNEL - the kernel uevent KERNEL[6809.192268] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3 (usb) KERNEL[6809.193421] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0 (usb) UDEV [6809.299246] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3 (usb) UDEV [6809.306074] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0 (usb) </code>
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What is the impact of low charge levels on lithium battery lifespan and how can cumulative damage be minimized?
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When should I start charging my Lithium battery? The comments in stackexchange-url ("this question") say that I shouldn't wait until low battery charge level before I charge, because that reduces battery life (this is contrary to my understanding before that the faster we charge (without waiting for battery to discharge) the worse it will be for battery life). My question is, when I should generally start charging to avoid this effect? 20%? Interesting question: If we always limit the usage of the battery only 20% and above, won't we, in effect, reduces our battery capacity to 80%, because we will only use the battery in 20%-100% state?
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Charging over USB can be harmful? Considering that charging over USB can take around 5 hours (to only 1-2 hours it would take from the wall mounted plug), can it be harmful for the smartphone battery if it's always charged from USB?
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charging from power outlet or computer? to save battery lifetime I realized that charging my HTC Desire (Android 2.1) takes longer if connected to computer compare to power outlet. Does it matter which method I use to charge in terms of battery life time?
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Does a first gen PSP battery cause damage to a PSP 2000 I have 2 PSP's, one is a first gen PSP which I use for playing games on the go, the other is a PSP 2000 which I use for when I want to play PSP games on my TV Recently I found out that the battery for my PSP 2000 is dead, it won't charge however I learned that my first gen PSP betters can still go in and run it but at the cost of not being able to put the battery cover back on Now looking at the batteries, they both say 3.6v but my first gen PSP says 1800mAh while the PSP 2000 is less, I think 1200 I am wondering what kind of damage I could be doing to my PSP 2000 by using a first gen PSP's battery, I do plan on getting a new battery for my PSP 2000
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What happens to the battery during bootloader/recovery? I want to know what happens to the battery (does it charge/discharge/stay constant?) when the device is in bootloader or recovery mode. In both of these modes, a USB may or may not be connected. If the battery does charge, could that possibly be a feature that could be a result of the installed recovery/bootloader, or could the charging feature be hardware dependant?
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Lifetime of battery If I directly connect two terminals of 3V battery (negative to positive) using copper wire, would it lose all its charge faster compared to another 3V battery that is used to lighten a 1.5V bulb?
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Battery life in dual-boot HTC HD2 I own a dual-booting HTC-HD2 with MIUI on SD card. I already knew, from tutorials, that in order to maximize battery life I should first-boot Android only with 100% of charge. This is currently unclear to me. First, I run Windows Mobile 90% of time, and I use Android occasionally only for some programs that are not available in WM. It happened that I needed to boot Android when on the street, with less than 100% battery. However, I recently noticed that my battery is descharging really fast, for example today from 7:30am to 10am it ran from 100% to 68%, and I really wonder if it could have lasted till 8pm (when I get back home). Is it because Android should always be booted with 100% of battery, or because I run 24/7 Skype and Windows Live Messenger in HSDPA from Windows Mobile? Thanks
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How to adjust charging thresholds of laptop battery? My laptop is Lenovo T400, and OS is Ubuntu 12.04. I have not been able to adjust the thresholds for battery starting charging and stopping charging. I observed that its current starting charging threshold is about 40%, and stopping charging threshold is about 60%. I forgot if it was me and which program I used to control the battery to stop charging at 60% and start charging at 40%. I followed my previous post http://askubuntu.com/questions/58789/how-to-check-charged-percentage-of-battery-and-to-adjust-its-thresholds, but I don't find <code> /sys/devices/platform/smapi </code> . Also I have <code> /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/ </code> , but I have only three files <code> alarm </code> , <code> info </code> and <code> state </code> . I want to adjust the thresholds. So I wonder how to do that? Thanks!
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What is the best website to download Google's proprietary software, and where can I find recommended versions and changelogs for reliable use?
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Where Can I Get The Latest GApps (Google services framework)? I need the latest version of GApps for my rom (running Android 4.1.2), however none of the sites that I found allow me to download it (I think it is an issue with my internet). What is the best place to get them from?
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What's the best way for me to get started using version control in an opensource project? It was suggested that I take my project open source due to its size and my lack of skills, so I checked out Google Code, and started making a project and now it's asking me if I want the project to have Git, Mercurial, or Subversion code hosting. I don't even know what code hosting is, and a search just confused me more with the debates between all these things, and this is made even worse as Google Code is asking me which type of license I want. I think I'm not quite understanding what open source really means, can someone pretty much make a quick layman's cheat sheet on what all this is? Much appreciated. Edit There have been a lot of great responses on these three versions of code hosting, but I think I failed to communicate the real question: Basically I've no idea how this open source stuff works, why would I host the code somewhere like this? And would that mean I have to take the site off of my current hosting, or is this an entirely different type of hosting? What happens when I make my site open source, what rights do I have, what rights do I give away. How does it work, do people just come and throw code at me for free? Perhaps these are stupid questions, and if that's the case then I guess I need stupid answers, I seriously have no idea what open source is, except for the concept of sharing code...
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Where can I find open source Android apps? I'm not an open source zealot, but I generally prefer to use open source applications over proprietary ones if they stack up. Are there any directory sites with reviews, ect that specialize on open source Android apps? The closest thing I've been able to find is Wikipedia's list.
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Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device? There are several reasons to be looking for a ROM: Upgrading or downgrading your stock ROM Looking for firmware from a different region/language Flashing a custom ROM for different features, removing bloat, etc. But where can one find ROMs in the first place? What sites are likely to have the ROM I need? stackexchange-url ("This question is intended to be canonical"); please add to the wiki answer instead of posting separate answers.
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Where's the best place to report bugs with the GMail app? I want to report a bug / RFE with the official GMail app, but I'm finding it hard to find the right place to do this - all the forums / discussion groups I've found so far seem to be moribund (eg not much activity since 2008). What's the recommended place?
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Where to find Hg/Git technical support? I would like to out who provides technical support (commercial) for two major DVCS's of today: Git and Mercurial. This is for a place where they've been using Subversion for some time and now they're renewing their software licences. Although they will be keeping Subversion as well, they would like to justify beginning of DVCS as an alternative system. Most people root for Mercurial since it seems simpler; mostly engineers and physicians there who are not that interested in checking Git repos for corruption and the finer workings of Git, but I believe any one of the two could "pass". The system has to have a price (can be zero; no problem there) and some sort of official technical support. It is a pro forma matter, but it has to be specified. So, I'm asking you: do you know where could one go for commercial Git or Mercurial technical support? Technical forums and the like are out of the question. It has to work on the principle: I have a problem. I post a question with the details. I get an answer in specified time. It can be "we cannot do that." but it has to be an official answer and given in agreed time. I'm sure by now most of you understand what I'm asking, but if not — post a comment or similar. Also, if you think of any reasons which could decide justification of introducing Git/Hg from an technical and administrative viewpoint, feel free to write them down also.
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Where can I download Google Maps 5.0? Google Maps 5.0 looks like a great upgrade, with offline maps and 3D. However, I can't find it in the market. The direct download link on Google does't work as well. Do you know where I can download it directly?
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Where is the official website of the JTS project? I'm using the JTS API, published at http://www.vividsolutions.com/jts/JTSHome.htm However, there is another JTS API, published at http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ The former is version 1.8, from 2006. The latter is version 1.13, from 2013. I don't understand. What is the right version of JTS to use? If the right version is at www.vividsolutions.com, then is this project alive? There are no new features there since 2006.
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How can I stop my tablet from checking for OTA updates from Asus servers using Titanium Backup?
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How to stop notifications of OTA update after rooting? I recently rooted my device (4.1 version Asus tablet). However, when I connect my device to internet, it automatically search for and download system firmware update every time. Then it asks me to tap the notification to update the system. There is no option provided to disable that. How can I disable checking as well as downloading the update? I read stackexchange-url ("this") question also, but there is no solution. Edit: My device is Asus MeMo Pad tablet.
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How do I stop the Adobe Flash Player updates from installing themselves? The Adobe Flash Player 11.0 update keeps installing itself on my HTC Desire. At over 17 MB that pushes me into the "Low space" zone and then my gmail stops refreshing etc... which is a disaster. Now while I can go into Settings -> Applications and can uninstall the update (which leaves me with the stock version of the Flash Player which is fine for me), a couple hours later Flash reinstalls itself again. Not only is this annoying but it also cost me a lot of bandwidth. Is there any way I can disable updates for this default application?
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Is it possible to permanently supress app updates? I've been using a certain app for some time now, but according to the many 1-star reviews the latest "update" has got, it breaks compatibility with Tasker, which is not something I want. Is there a way to at least temporarily remove the regular update notifications I receive, or stop the app appearing at the top of my update list every time? Using Nexus S with official 4.0.3.
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Disable updates when at work? How can I disable various social apps from updating while I'm at work (where I work with my laptop anyway)? The main point is conserving battery. (I have HTC Desire HD) I don't want to turn off wifi completely since I might want to work with the phone occasionally
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ICS upgrade for Asus Transformer should be available OTA I can read everywhere here in France that the OTA version of Ice Cream Sandwich is available for the Asus Transformer TF101. But when I check for a new firmware, it finds nothing. Is there a step I missed? My Transformer is currently working with Android 3.2.1.
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How does one copy all the data AND apps from one Asus tablet to another? I have an Asus Transformer Prime TF-201, and am upgrading to an Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF-701. Before I sell my old table, I want to backup all my data and apps, and somehow transfer them to the new tablet. Is this possible without rooting the tablet? Both are currently synced with my Google account, and on both tablets, under Settings -> Backup and Restore , both tablets are set to backup information to Google.
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Titanium backup shortcut/widget to toggle app freeze My CyanogenMod 7.2 stock browser refuses to remember its defaults. I've taken to freezing opera mini, my other browser, with Titanium backup when I want to use stock to avoid all the preferred app prompts. I'd like a faster, more convenient way to toggle the freeze. Is it possible to create a shortcut or widget on the home screen to perform this action?
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Consequences of rooting HTC One X? All I want to be able to do on my device is to be able to use Titanium Backup. I don't want to install custom roms, I want to keep everything as-is but be able to run apps that need root like the above. If I do root my device, will that stop OTA updates from installing? If they do install, will it need re-rooting again? Can devices be un-rooted?
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How can I create a toggle widget to freeze or unfreeze an app using Titanium Backup on my Android device?
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How can I automatically freeze and thaw an app on demand? I have some apps that I open on occasion. One in particular is a game that likes to push notifications up reminding me to play again. Is there an app I can use to automatically freeze an Android app when I exit it, and automatically thaw and open the app when I want to open it again? I hate how many apps have background services or receive intents that I don't care for. With my ROM, I can specifically deny permissions to apps based on certain intents, but that doesn't always help. I know you can freeze and thaw an app using Titanium Backup Pro, which I have. But that would require manually going in to TiBu and doing the freeze/thaw commands each time. In an ideal world, I would like a list of apps to be frozen as soon as I exit. And instead of the app listed in my app drawer, I would have a shortcut to first thaw the app and then open it (and have the same icon as the app). I don't care if this takes an extra few seconds; I simply want certain apps to only be running when I say so. Does this exist in any form on Android, whether in a kernel patch, an app, or a simple script?
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Rooted, cyanogenmod. How to get back Sense UI from Titanium Backups? Similar to stackexchange-url ("Rooted the phone and installed cyanogenmod. How to get back Sense UI?") but with the addition of full backups of the old Sense UI packages. I am running Cyanogenmod 7 on a rooted HTC Incredible 2. I have Titanium Backup copies of all the original HTC Sense UI packages. When I try to restore some of them, Titanium Backup brings up the "Restoring ..." dialog but it just sits there with the message up. It never goes away, Android does not try to Force Close it, and the message also stays in the Notification bar until the app is manually closed via a task killer. (The system still responds; just Titanium Backup that seems to hang.) How do I restore these system packages to get the Sense UI and widgets back?
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Wifi Hotspot Toggle Widget I have upgraded to ICS on an i9100, from GB. Both of these provide wifi tethering by default. Under GB many of the widgets available could toggle the wifi tethering on and off - a simple switch. These toggle widgets do not work under ICS on this device - either they do not work and error, or they open the settings / Tethering and Portable Hotpot page rather than directly switching the status. If I look at the shortcuts available in Settings, this is as deep as it goes - even with AnyCut or llama intents. Does this mean it simply isn't possible to get a wifi tethering toggle any more, or is it possible there is an unadvertised intent that will trigger it?
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How can I convert Google+ to a system app without buying Titanium Pro? The Locations feature on Google+ running on Cyanogenmod is not showing a Map. I am not sure what's the cause of this, but as of CYAN-1193 the fix is to convert Google+ to a system app. I did this successfully with Titanium Pro with just one click. After Google+ became a system app, the map was shown. Now I have a dozen other devices without the pro version of Titanium where I want to do the same. Surely there is a way with root and <code> adb </code> . Can you guide me?
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Android widget to lock my android phone Is there any android widget which allows me to lock my phone? The 'power' button on my android phone is broken? I can't use that to lock my phone screen. Thank you.
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How to toggle wi-fi, gps etc quickly in HTC Sense? I am used to from cyanogen mod to be able to toggle on/off wi-fi, gps, data, plane mode etc Also I was able to configure what is going to be available to toggle. Now in HTC Sense version 4.0 that runs on Android 4.0.3 I cannot find anything like that. Do I have to install (and probably pay) for a widget or I missed this a must feature in the Sense? Could you recommend a widget that would allow me to do so?
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How do you add widgets to the lockscreen in KitKat? Just got a Nexus 5 running KitKat (what else?), but I cannot figure out how to add widgets to the lockscreen! On JB, swiping right from the left edge while showing lockscreen would display a "+" widget option. This is no longer the case. Are lockscreen widgets gone?!
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Is it safe and stable to use titanium backup and restore at two different android versions? I want to upgrade an android phone from 2.2 to 2.3. If I backup apps with titanium backup, will they be restored at 2.3, or will they be conflict because of different android version between backup and restore? If it doesn't work with titanium backup, then is any other safer way?
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What are the speculated future names for Frito Lay snacks after Froyo and Gingerbread?
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What's with the Donut/Froyo? What the heck is Froyo? Are android trying to be cool with the naming conventions? .. oh wait, they.. they're alphabetical, right? Just like Linux?
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What settings does Sprint Gingerbread (2.3) update reset? After installing the Gingerbread upgrade on my EVO, I noticed that my alarms have been reset. Now I'm wondering what, if any, other settings were reset or changed. I have not been able an official list anywhere. Which settings get changed or reset with the Sprint Gingerbread update?
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What's the difference between Android 2.2 Froyo and Android v1.6 Donut? I am really new to Android and I barely know about it. I now want to buy an Archos device that should be an alternative to iPod and its size should be like the iPod. I saw there are different Archos devices. I am doubting between the Internet tablet (Android 2.2 Froyo) 43 and the 48 / 5 (Android v1.6 Donut). What is a better OS? What is more advanced? My desires: Mandatory: Audio/Video playback (flash) Wifi (Gmail, GCal sync) eBook reader Pocket size (iPod size or so) Desired but not mandatory: Voice mic (for potential web conversation, and recording) Video/photo camera FM receiver BTW, I just saw Android 3.1 is out, is it possible to update these devices with the new OS?
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Facebook and Office suite preinstalled on new Gingerbread device? I just bought a Gingerbread phone and I was surprised to find Facebook and Office Suite already installed. Do these apps come preinstalled on Gingerbread as on my previous android which was a older OS I had to download these apps. I did buy a new phone and I am just suspicious in case it isn't new!? I apologize if this seems a stupid question.
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Is it possible to upgrade my HTC Legend to Froyo without waiting for over the air updates? I've heard that HTC has released its version of Froyo already on some other phones.
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When you rename your starting characters in FTL, are those names added to the default list for later games? I manually renamed one of my starting characters Ashley, which is a common name, but in a later game one of the crew members I got was named Ashley. I was just curious if the game adds names you manually enter to the list it pulls random names from.
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What is this menagerie doing in my bread-basket? I have just been visiting the supermarket, and been bewildered by some of the products on offer. I have previously enjoyed tiger bread , which appears to be a long flat loaf with sesame oil on top. I encountered a novelty this evening, though which was giraffe bread , the ingredients of which are unclear. It is long, but otherwise not all that reminiscent of a giraffe. Could anyone refer me to a source to help me out with the meanings of these strange names? Are there others of this sort? Where should I look for a definitive list of bread names? Edit , as Mark Beadles suggests: this shopping was done in the North-East of England. I didn't notice any tiger or giraffe meat being involved.
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Can I use an android phone running Ice Cream Sandwich to test apps created in Gingerbread? We will develop applications for android 2.3.4 (gingerbread) and because the emulator of my laptop is very unusable and the android x86 is not supported in my laptop, i'm planning to invest an android device to test the applications that we are going to create. Since android ICS is the recent version of android OS, i plan to buy a phone running it. Would their be any compatibility issue i might encounter during my development? Or i could survive using that phone smoothly till the end?
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How does continuous screen usage affect the lifespan of an LCD screen, and is it a significant concern for typical use?
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Daydreaming -- does it decrease screen life? Does enabling daydreaming (display a clock while charging, i.e. never turn the screen completely off while charing) affect the life of the screen in any significant way?
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Do bright wallpapers spend more battery than dark ones? I started wondering about this when I realized most websites I visit have white backgrounds, and I know that the screen is usually responsible for most of the battery usage. Since I can't change the background in those sites, I might at least switch my wallpaper to a black one. Most (all?) phones need back-lighting to brighten the screen when needed. Since that back-lighting consumes battery, is it correct to state that a white screen consumes energy at a faster rate than a black one? (assuming the same brightness level in the settings) I'm assuming that a white screen needs stronger back-lighting, but I don't know if it's the case.
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Light bulb for prolonged computer use I would like a recommendation on choosing which light-bulb type (e.g. CFL) and color temperature is best for prolonged computer usage. I am also in a field where color consistency is important so if a specific lamp temperature is useful, I would like to know as well.
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LCD TV vs LCD Monitor for Xbox I have no experience with consoles and I have decided to buy an Xbox 360 with Kinect. I don't have a big display so I will have to buy a display first. So, I would like to know whether an LCD TV (32") or an LCD Monitor (27") would be better for gaming. By better, I mean which one would the games look better on?
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Monitor screen size and programming ease I recently heard that a big part in successful/quick debugging and easing the process of programming is to use a big screen. I may be purchasing a new computer in the future and this has me wondering: 1)Is the aforementioned statement actually true or is it a bit of a stretch? 2)Have you noticed that this plays a significant enough part to buy a bigger screen if the bigger screen is significantly more expensive? 3)Is it common for developers to work on 13'' laptop screen as their main (and only) workstation (this is what I currently develop on) or is this actually disadvantageous ? This may be subjective but any professional opinions/experiences would be greatly appreciated!
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Why would the screen to a Droid Razr Maxx randomly break? I read many good reviews about the Droid Razr Maxx which mainly focused on its large 3300 mA battery. All reviews brag about how long the phone lasts before running out of power. Most reviews on stackexchange-url ("Amazon") speak highly of the phone too. HOWEVER, I came across this blog Droid Razr Maxx – Broken Screen Surprisingly, a LOT of people are complaining about having cracks in their screens. Some admit that their phone fell to the ground, but many others say the screen cracked without falling. Does this have to do with the large 3300mA irremovable battery? I mean is this because of the battery heating up and expanding? Is this a flaw in Motorola's version of Ginger Bread? Note: AFAIK, the screen is made of Gorilla -unbreakable- glass, so I think most people mean the LCD screen cracked. UPDATE Here is another link from Verizon's forums about customers suffering from the same problem. Some of them say it wasn't dropped.
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How do you conquer the challenge of designing for large screen real-estate? This question is a bit more subjective, but I'm hoping to get some new perspective. I'm so used to designing for a certain screen size (typically 1024x768) that I find that size to not be a problem. Expanding the size to 1280x1024 doesn't buy you enough screen real estate to make an appreciable difference, but will give me a little more breathing room. Basically, I just expand my "grid size" and the same basic design for the slightly smaller screen still works. However, in the last couple of projects my clients were all using 1080p (1920x1080) screens and they wanted solutions to use as much of that real estate as possible. 1920 pixels across provides just under twice the width I am used to, and the wide screen makes some of my old go to design approaches not to work as well. The problem I'm running into is that when presented with so much space, I'm confronted with some major problems. How many columns should I use? The wide format lends itself to a 3 column split with a 2:1:1 split (i.e. the content column bigger than the other two). However, if I go with three columns what do I do with that extra column? How do I make efficient use of the screen real estate? There's a temptation to put everything on the screen at once, but too much information actually makes the application harder to use. White space is important to help make sense of complex information, but too much makes related concepts look too separate. I'm usually working with web applications that have complex data, and visualization and presentation is key to making sense of the raw data. When your user also has a large screen (at least 24"), some information is out of eye sight and you need to move the pointer a long distance. How do you make sure everything that's needed stays within the visual hot points? Simple sites like blogs actually do better when the width is constrained, which results in a lot of wasted real estate. I kind of wonder if having the text box and the text preview side by side would be a big benefit for the admin side of that type of screen? (1:1 two column split). For your answers, I know almost everything in design is "it depends". What I'm looking for is: General principles you use How your approach to design has changed I'm finding that i have to retrain myself how to work with this different format. Every bump in resolution I've worked through to date has been about 25%: 640 to 800 (25% increase), 800 to 1024 (28% increase), and 1024 to 1280 (25% increase). However, the jump from 1280 to 1920 is a good 50% increase in space--the equivalent from jumping from 640 straight to 1024. There was no commonly used middle size to help learn lessons more gradually.
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Cleaning the screen of a tablet safely My 4 year old son loves my ASUS Eee Transformer, and likes the games and stuff. But he has a cold, and the screen is literally gross. What are safe methods, and conversely what are unsafe methods of cleaning it? Being a touch pad I am not sure if the surface is specially coated and say, Windex will destroy it. I understand there might be device specific concerns as different manufacturers may use different screen cover materials that react differently.
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