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5672 | 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 `Downloads` tab in the Market, it is listed there even though it's not installed. So, how do I remove it from the list? |
5673 | How to factory reset without data loss and undue pain? | I ran into a serious SMS bug, which knowledgeable users seem to be saying means the SMS message database is corrupt (source 1, source 2). This is consistent with my current experience. In my case I lost all ~1000 messages and still have some issues after that. So I want to factory reset my phone. While I have not rooted my phone, I have performed significant customization, and have somewhere around 150 apps installed, including a few paid apps (UltimateJuice, ...). What things do I need to explicitly backup? What can I do to minimize the pain? I don't care about save points in games. Surprisingly, I cannot find any good documentation of this using any obvious Google search terms. (I am aware of How do I perform a full pre-rooting backup of an Android phone?, which doesn't really offer an answer to my question.) For Google cloud things such as contacts, do I need to backup the cloud version just in case, so the phone doesn't wipe them from the cloud? Fortunately, most of my personal notes are stored in cloud applications like Catch and Evernote. I presume these should be unaffected. As far as I can tell the BackupMySettings option is not available for my phone (Samsung Epic running 2.1). My paid apps come back from Market anyway, right? I guess I could pay $4 for MyBackupPro if it really made things simpler, but there would need to be some way to NOT backup the corrupted SMS database files. Also I am assuming carrier-bundled apps such as Swype will automatically work. * * * P.S. I have Marigold Android Backup and backed up to the SD card (except SMS/MMS). I also have mIQ but I'm not sure I trust that to do a restore. Factory resetting the phone will not affect the SD card, correct? P.P.S. I have AppBrain. Is that automatically remembering all apps I have on the phone, so it will suggest installing all of them if I just install AppBrain? Or will it only do that for apps installed through AppBrain? |
5677 | Changing SIM card reset/lost stored google password | For troubleshooting reasons, T-Mobile gave me a new SIM card. After swapping the card, my phone did not know the google password, I had to enter it again. I tried to research the linkage (is it stored in the SIM, does the phone reset the stored password for a new SIM, etc.) I am pretty sure that it does not happen on removal of the SIM, because I had taking my old SIM out several times, to ferry data from my old handset. |
38386 | How do I copy ADW launcher settings from the free to the paid app version? | I want to upgrade from the free version of **ADW Launcher** to **ADW Launcher EX**. How can I do this without having to re-create all of my app settings and widgets? |
71759 | Extract data from encrypted Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android device | I have the US Samsung Galaxy Note 8 GT-N5110 and last night I downloaded and installed the latest kitkat firmware. After I unlock the phone (I have full encryption on), it just goes to a black screen. I tried to load from the cache (in recovery mode cache/fota/update.zip), but after it does the same thing. Practically everything on the device is stored in the cloud, except for a few files from the S Note that did not sync in the last 2 weeks. Is there any way to recover the files? I tried connecting it to kies, but it doesn't find it. If I try to manually enter the device information it gives me only the option to do a factory reset and then it will update it to the latest firmware. I read somewhere, but I can't seem to find it now, that if I were to download CM that they have some tool to backup and then I can somehow use that to recover my files. Is this true in my case since I have full encryption. I just wish that after I enter the password I could just connect through adb and get the files. Any help would be greatly appreciated. **Update 19 JUN 2014:** I love the support here! lol. Well just wanted to let everyone know (if anyone out there in the www is interested, that is), that I ended up downloading the firmware from a website, but that too didn't work. I loaded the firmware using hemdall. It now loads to "downloading", every-time you reboot or shut it off and turn it back on. It does however say "samsung official build", so at least I didn't download some modified version of the firmware, unless they're that good. Anyways, luckily I have coverage on it. I was told that I just need to call a number and they'll either replace the unit, or give me a refund. I did buy the new Note 12.2 LTE, so it gave me an excuse to get something new I guess lol. Moral of the story, don't assume you're stuff is always backed up, even if it's on auto-sync, verify 100% that it did the last sync. You might lose 2 weeks worth of notes like I did, but it wasn't a big deal for me. I had notes from a tutor which were better than my notes. |
33504 | Stop Android File Transfer Popping Up | Bit annoying that Android File Transfer pops up whenever I connect my Nexus 7 to the Macbook. Is there any way to keep it active but hidden initially? |
33502 | Marking notifications as unread | (I use CyanogenMod 9.) Here's something that bugs me. Say that someone sent me a few text messages or left a few missed calls on my phone. I see them as notifications, which is great because it draws my attention to them as something I need to take care of. But, once I tap the notification to see the text messages or the people who called, the notification is cleared. Sometimes I just want to look at them but still leave them for myself to deal with later. The way this is done in emails is to mark emails as unread; you can read an email, then mark it as unread so you'll know you still need to handle it. I'd love to have something similar for Android notifications, or any other good solution to this problem. |
15325 | Can I unroot my phone | My GPS is broken, and I want to replace it or have it repaired. Is there a way to unroot a samsung galaxy s 4G t-mobile back to the factory conditions? |
6433 | How can I specify a default contact for merged contacts? | I have some contacts on my phone that appear in all or some of: * my phone * my google contacts * skype * facebook Thankfully, Android allows me to link that contacts, so that I have only one entry in my phonebook with access to all the different sources. However, the names aren't always identical. For instance: * in some cases the name is in English, in others in Hebrew * some have the full name, others only the first name Is there any way to select which of these is the default display name? |
6430 | wifi-connection-weak signal | My provider has a data cap if 5gb. I have a Samsung Acclaim. Before I went with my current provider I had a smart phone and the provider had no data cap and I downloaded videos, pics, ringtones and streaming videos limitlessly. I am now struggling to stay under the 5gb limit every month. I've heard that wifi doesn't count against the 5gb cap but whenever I try and use it I never get a signal that lasts for very long and it's usually a very poor signal. Any advice, tips or help would be greatly appreciated. |
82407 | What happens when displaying through Miracast using low resolution device and high resolution external display? | I am considering purchase of an Android tablet with 1024 x 600 screen resolution and Android 4.4 KitKat. I believe it will support Miracast to cast its display to a Miracast receiver. The Miracast receiver will be attached to a 1920 × 1080 native resolution TV. Will Android take full advantage of the full 1920 × 1080 resolution of the Miracast destination device? What are my options and what would happen on the tablet's screen? What happens on the TV's screen? **OR: Do I need a tablet / phone with 1920 × 1080 resolution in order to Miracast at full 1920 × 1080 resolution on the external display?** |
82405 | Run OpenWRT inside a VM on Android 4.4 | Would it be possible to run a VM on a rooted Android device and run OpenWRT inside that VM? |
82404 | App for realtime logging system parameters. Randomly reboots | Is there some utility for android for logging to file all system parameters (usage of processor, usage of memory, usage of battery, ...) in realtime mode? I need it to fix following issue. Sometimes my device (nexus 7 2nd edition) reboots. It happens randomly. When I use it, rebbot can happen one per several hours, sometimes it happens 2 times in very short (several minutes) time. When I don't use it (for example at night), it can reboot and stars to eat battery very fast. When it was healthy)), it used about 1 or 2 % of battery per night, but now when it reboots in night, it can use about 50% of battery per night. Sometimes it starts to heat near the camera without any visible reasons and freeze interface and apps and it is symptom of reboot in nearest time. I tried to install other builds of android. On 4.4.4 and 4.3 and cyanogen11-20140804-SNAPSHOT-M9-flo it had reboots every 5-10 minutes. Now I use official stock build 4.4.3. Could it be hardware bug? I have no warranty. |
82402 | How to login in Skype via Facebook? | I have a skype account that I created via Facebook login and can use it on my PC or Mac just fine. Now I want to use Skype on Android and have installed the official app. Yet the app lacks an option to login via Facebook. How am I supposed to login, as I do neither know my user name nor the password, as I am used to login via Facebook. |
82401 | TLS version support | I am trying to backtrack the versions of TLS support on Android. More in detail: From which version of Android started TLS 1.0 support From which version of Android started TLS 1.1 support From which version of Android started TLS 1.2 support If you could also supply me with some affordable info source I'd be grateful - I know this was quite a newbie question, I'm sorry for that. Thanks. |
15329 | Phone using mobile data instead of Wi-Fi | I installed Cyanogenmod on my HTC Desire about a month ago and have just received my first mobile bill. Before installing Cyanogenmod, I'd use maybe 200-300MB per month, because most places (home/work) I spend time have Wi-Fi that I can use. I have scheduled downloads of podcasts over Wi-Fi, configured to only use Wi-Fi (BeyondPod)... although I found that this setting had been unset when I changed from having 2 accounts on the phone (one Google Apps and one not) to just having 1 (Google Apps)... so I guess the preferences had been saved under the account I removed. Have had just received my first bill since I changed to Cyanogenmod and I've apparently used 4GB of data! That's going to cost me over $100 extra, so I'm not best pleased. Some points/thoughts/questions... * I have Wi-Fi and mobile data enabled all the time. * Podcast downloads were scheduled for 4am so, even with the "only use Wi-Fi" option disabled, it should have downloaded over Wi-Fi at that time as I spend nearly every night at home and therefore on Wi-Fi * Sometimes when I unlock the phone, I see the mobile data symbol on screen briefly as well as the Wi-Fi one. * Is there a setting somewhere that is turning off Wi-Fi when the phone is locked? * Is there a way I can prevent the phone from using mobile data when it's connected to Wi-Fi... and how do I make sure it's connected to Wi-Fi as much as possible? * Anyone got any tips/tricks to share for this scenario? |
39386 | How to access phone internal storage during flashing? | I am flashing CM10 to my HTC One X. I downloaded all necessary files and unlocked my boot loader. I followed all steps on how to install this ROM, but I did one stupid thing. I forgot to copy the CM10 zip file to my phone internal storage. Below are the steps I followed, then I missed step 1. How do I access my phone internal storage so that I can save the zip file, and continue flashing my phone? > 1. Copy the CM10 ZIP file to your phone’s internal SD card. > 2. On the PC, extract the Fasboot.zip. You will get a folder named > Fastboot. > 3. Extract the boot.img file from the cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri-028.zip > file and place it into the Fastboot folder. > 4. Turn your phone off. > 5. Boot to Fastboot Mode. Hold down the Volume Down and the Power buttons > until the screen turns on to enter Bootloader Mode. > 6. In Bootloader Mode, highlight Fastboot Mode using the Volume keys and > select it by using the Power button. > 7. Connect your phone to your PC via USB cable. > 8. Open a command prompt on your PC and navigate it to the Fastboot > folder. > 9. In the command prompt, type fastboot devices to check if your device > has successfully connected to your PC. Your phone’s serial number should > appear on the screen. > 10. Flash the boot.img by typing the following in the command prompt: > fastboot flash boot boot.img > 11. Go back to your phone and select Bootloader to go back to the main > Bootloader menu. > 12. In Bootloader Mode, highlight Recovery using the Volume keys and > select it by using the Power button to boot into ClockworkMod Recovery. > 13. Select Wipe data/factory reset > Yes. > 14. Select Install ZIP from SD card > Choose ZIP from SD card > select the > cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri-028.zip file > Yes. > 15. Select Go back > Reboot system now. > |
39385 | Re-installing Google Play Store | My Google Play store, as well as all of my apps, are messed up. Every one of them has an Android icon and an SD card emblem at the bottom right. I do not know how to get my Play Store back, and I can not use any apps. Can anyone help? |
57658 | I want to root my phone | Can anyone tell me what is the easiest way to root my phone. I have a Samsung galaxy note 2. And what does it mean to flash a new Rom? |
39380 | How to add new rows on a Google Docs spreadsheet? | Usually, in desktop version of Google Docs spreadsheet, I will enter a number of new rows if current document has no rows remaining, so I can extend down the document. I installed Google Drive on my Gingerbread and has a spreadsheet file in it. When I open it, I want to do so with my Android app but how can I do it? Which button should I press? |
39039 | Songs from Google Play don't show up on phone | I'm trying to make a custom calendar notification on my mom's Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android 4.1.1) because the built-in ones are too short for her to hear. This article says I can move a music file to the notification folder in MyFiles. So I bought a song from Google Play and looked for the file on her phone. Wasn't there. Checked every folder, but no luck. Did some more searching and found this article from Google Play troubleshooting how to get songs to show up on your phone. Absolutely none of the menu options even existed on my mom's phone, so it was completely unhelpful. Tried to search for how other people added songs as ringtones from Google Play on their phones. I found quite a few articles addressing it. They all said to add the ringtone from the Music Player app. Checked the Music Player app, and the song wasn't there. That might explain why the song doesn't exist on her phone, except I can play the song on her phone through the Play Music app. I clicked "Keep on Device," but the song still doesn't seem to exist. **How do I get the song I bought from Google Play to show up as a file on my mom's phone?** However, if anyone provides a quick way to skip all this mess and just make the notifications last longer, that would be appreciated too. |
39034 | desktop shortcut that takes a photo and emails it to a fixed address | I am registered with a website that can archive scans of receipts. One way to upload the receipt image is to email it to an email address that's tied to my account. To expedite the process, I want a shortcut on my Android desktop that, when pressed, starts the camera, lets me take & review the photo, and then emails the photo to a fixed email address. I've found lots of apps that take photos and automatically upload them to your favorite photo sharing site, but I haven't run across any that will send them to a pre-configured address. |
39035 | Saving a photo attached in text message | I have a Galaxy S2, running Android 4.0.3 I can open a photo attached to a text message. How can I save the photo (not the message)? |
39032 | How to change/remove icons on LG lock screen? | I have `LG Optimus L5` with `Android 4.0.3`. When `screen is locked` there are four icons (Phone, Messaging, E-mail, Camera) in the bottom of it. If I tap on it and slide, screen unlocks and the tapped app is launched. I know there are apps for customizing lock screen but I couldn't find any free to help me with my LG. How can I remove or change this icons on my LG device? |
16741 | Is it possible to free up phone storage while keeping HTC Sense? | I recently factory-reset my HTC Desire to free up space for apps, because it was suffering from constant 'low space' warnings, and it wasn't possible to free up space. (Initially I installed Cyanogenmod, but didn't like various things about it, so returned to the HTC Sense UI). However I can see the phone storage problem is going to come back soon - after moving 4 apps off the phone and onto SD card (the only 4 that supported this) I ended up with **10MB LESS space** on the phone! So I am wondering if there's a way to get more stuff off the phone and onto the SD card while keeping the HTC Sense UI. I have heard of 'A2SD+' for example. Can I use that while retaining HTC Sense? (My phone is rooted and has S-OFF). |
45187 | Samsung GT B5330 won't turn on | My Samsung GT B5330 doesn't want to power on. I charge it and when I try to turn it on it just vibrates (short vibration) and doesn't start. I let it charge for 2 hours and then it still did not start. What should I do? |
16743 | Looking for a network monitor that can enumerate outbound connections | I have a rooted Galaxy S2, and I want to block access for all apps whose primary function does not require network connectivity. I am using DroidWall and LBE Privacy Guard (both require root) to control application behavior. Droidwall is an excellent firewall, but it doesn't provide a snapshot of currently active network connections. Is there an app that can do so, on a per app basis? **Update** : Just realized I can simplify things by just saying I want for Android what I can achieve using netstat -b on Windows, but properly presented! I have already seen a few - but they just wrap a commandline interface - as though they're calling netstat locally and then just piping output. |
19932 | installing openAOS 2.3.5 on Archos 5IT? | I found there is people installing openAOS 2.3.5 on Archos 5IT, but I haven't seen any website detailing the instructions on how to do it. Anyone? |
62439 | Harden adb on Android 2.3 | Actually I was never thinking about leaving my adb debugging enable on my cellphone when going outside. Now on cyanogenmod 10 and newer, it asks me to verify the rsa key of the host, which makes really sense. I have a htc desire z / g2 here which doesn't ask me. It's running Cyanogenmod 7.2 as this is the newest stable, with no gappsm with Android 2.3. How can I harden it? I know it can be disabled when the screen is locked, but that's not enough. |
12055 | Where are the 'stock wallpapers' stored on the htc Desire S? | I just bought an htc Desire S, which runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). I can connect to FTP via BLuetooth's OBEX file transfer, or download one of the many file manager apps on the app store. But one thing is driving me crazy. When you 'Personalize', you get 'Scene', 'Wallpaper', and 'Skin' as the 2 top options. I changed my wallpaper, so I clicked on Wallpaper, and selected 'HTC wallpapers'. For the life of me I can't figure out where on the file system they are stored. I wish to download them to my PC. Where are they? |
12054 | 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 `/system/app` 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 `Camera.apk` and `com.sec.android.app.camera.apk`. Are these complementary files or are they different camera app files? `Camera.apk` 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). |
79398 | Where can I find the Smat Tab 4 Clock and Weather Widget? | The Vodafone Smart Tab 4 has a clock and weather widget that looks like this:  I accidentally deleted the widget, and I cannot find it in the widget list. What's the name of this app? Where can I find it? |
12058 | Can application upgrades happen automatically, even if you have it turned off in marketplace? | I thought I had turned off all the automatic upgrades for the apps on my phone (T-Mobile G2 w/ Froyo). However, yesterday, I got a notice that said that I had new GMail and described the new features. I checked GMail, and I did have the new 2.3.5 version. Then I checked Android Market, and it shows "Allow automatic updating" as unchecked. |
237 | 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? |
42784 | Add users not showing in Jelly Bean 4.2 on TF300 | I have a Asus T300. After upgrading to 4.2 I added 3 users for my children. I need to add one more. At my owner account it is not showing add users any more. Does anyone know why? |
42787 | Copy Directory to SMB Share Through Terminal | On Rooted Android 4.1, I have it set up to be able to make NAndroid backups through terminal emulator. What I hope to do is schedule a Tasker job to create a NAndroid backup and then copy/move it across wifi to my PC, so I can schedule it to run once a week in the middle of the night. I know MV will move files/directories, but I'm not sure how to specify the network share as the destination. I'll keep looking into it, but if anyone has already solved this one I would love to hear about it! |
64638 | crashes on CM11 and mysterious low space issues | I have several crashes (eg. can't start whatsapp, google play) sometimes clearing cache work. it's seems there is a race on storage the app that gets first cache works others did not. I tried to install telegram from .apk I get from my other phone I got this "No space left on device" but there is good space (I guess 1.4GB). could it be some permission/ownership problem? kindly find some debug information below which indicates that there is good enough space [alsadi@localhost adt]$ ./sdk/platform-tools/adb root adbd is already running as root [alsadi@localhost adt]$ ./sdk/platform-tools/adb install org.telegram.messenger-1.apk failed to copy 'org.telegram.messenger-1.apk' to '/data/local/tmp/org.telegram.messenger-1.apk': No space left on device rm failed for /data/local/tmp/org.telegram.messenger-1.apk, No such file or directory [alsadi@localhost adt]$ ./sdk/platform-tools/adb shell root@galaxysl:/ # df /data/local/tmp/ Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize /data/local/tmp/ 1.9G 478.7M 1.4G 4096 root@galaxysl:/ # ls -ld /data drwxrwx--x system system 2014-02-28 14:54 data root@galaxysl:/ # ls -ld /data/local drwxr-x--x root root 2014-01-01 16:07 local root@galaxysl:/ # ls -ld /data/local/tmp drwxrwx--x shell shell 2014-02-13 21:28 tmp root@galaxysl:/ # df Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize /dev 226.1M 136.0K 226.0M 4096 /sys/fs/cgroup 226.1M 0.0K 226.1M 4096 /mnt/asec 226.1M 0.0K 226.1M 4096 /mnt/obb 226.1M 0.0K 226.1M 4096 /mnt/fuse 226.1M 0.0K 226.1M 4096 /efs 12.5M 6.8M 5.7M 4096 /radio 18.5M 14.3M 4.2M 4096 /system 433.5M 359.4M 74.1M 4096 /cache 293.2M 5.3M 288.0M 4096 /data 1.9G 478.7M 1.4G 4096 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1 15.1G 8.6G 6.5G 32768 /storage/sdcard1 15.1G 8.6G 6.5G 32768 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard0 1.5G 1.2G 361.7M 32768 /mnt/secure/asec 1.5G 1.2G 361.7M 32768 /storage/sdcard0 1.5G 1.2G 361.7M 32768 /mnt/asec/com.backflipstudios.android.ninjumpdeluxe-1 40.0M 38.4M 1.5M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.google.zxing.client.android-1 2.0M 708.0K 1.3M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad-2 20.0M 18.2M 1.8M 4096 /mnt/asec/jmaster.supaplex.android-1 3.0M 1.8M 1.2M 4096 /mnt/asec/info.obada.abjad-1 12.0M 10.5M 1.5M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.imangi.templerun-1 25.0M 23.5M 1.5M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.koushikdutta.rommanager-1 5.0M 3.3M 1.7M 4096 /mnt/asec/org.telegram.messenger-1 11.0M 9.5M 1.5M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.imvideo-1 24.0M 22.7M 1.3M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.bigduckgames.flowbridges-2 21.0M 19.3M 1.7M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.mxtech.ffmpeg.v7_neon-2 16.0M 14.8M 1.2M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.google.android.apps.unveil-1 5.0M 3.3M 1.8M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.bti.myPiano-1 8.0M 6.5M 1.5M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.kauf.talking.mytalkingbabymusicstar-1 45.0M 44.0M 984.0K 4096 /mnt/asec/com.pumkin.fun-1 13.0M 11.9M 1.1M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.polarbit.rthunder2lite-1 33.0M 31.2M 1.8M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.skype.raider-1 37.0M 35.2M 1.8M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.game.MarbleSaga-1 27.0M 25.3M 1.7M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.google.android.apps.translate-1 6.0M 4.4M 1.6M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.kiloo.subwaysurf-2 31.0M 29.4M 1.6M 4096 /mnt/asec/org.zwanoo.android.speedtest-1 15.0M 13.3M 1.7M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.adobe.reader-1 12.0M 11.0M 1.0M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.guidedways.iQuran-1 16.0M 14.4M 1.6M 4096 /mnt/asec/info.obada.ashkalalwan-1 5.0M 3.4M 1.6M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.clapfootgames.laserwarsfree-1 26.0M 24.0M 2.0M 4096 /mnt/asec/ua.co.cts.sideup-1 6.0M 4.1M 1.9M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.sand.airdroid-1 11.0M 9.7M 1.3M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.rovio.angrybirdsrio-1 43.0M 36.2M 6.8M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.gamestar.pianoperfect-1 15.0M 13.9M 1.1M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.bigduckgames.flow-2 21.0M 19.3M 1.7M 4096 /mnt/asec/com.bestcoolfungames.antsmasher-1 6.0M 4.7M 1.3M 4096 |
43784 | SSH server when phone is sleeping: possible? | I an running the Dropbear SSH server on CyanogenMod 7.2. Is there any way to setup my phone so that I can connect to it over wifi even when it is in sleep mode? I don't mind if there is a small hit on the battery. If not, is there a way to at least allow an rsync over ssh to proceed after the screen blanks out? The strange thing here is that if I initiate an ssh shell connection, the command line is still usable after the phone goes to sleep, however it is very slow (changing the CPU governor didn't seem to make a difference). Rsync seems to freeze when the phone sleeps. I tried 'echo hello > /sys/power/wake_lock', to no effect. |
81178 | Should I accept 2,5 year old Samsung Galaxy replacement battery? | I've just bought a "brand new" replacement battery for my Galaxy Nexus phone. When on-line store's package arrived, I was more than surprised (actually, shocked!) to find out, that battery's manufature date is... **2011-12-29** ( _assuming, that it is manufacture date, what is behind thesefour Chinese symbols in bottom-left corner of Samsung Galaxy battery_)! Should I even think about accepting this package and using battery with my phone? Or should I return it immediately to the shop? I found this great Izzy's answer. If I get its meaning right, it seems, that my battery is in the "dangerous level" of deep-discharge for a long, long time. If not dead at all. And should not be used anymore. Or maybe, I'm wrong, and Li-Ion batteries that are leaving manufacturer for the first time can be storred for over two and a half year without any noticeable influence on their condition of performance? Or maybe, that four Chinese symbols does not mean battery's manufacture date? But, what else could they mean? Even if battery condition is fine, do I have any chance, that it will last any longer that six months period, covered by warranty, if it spent over 2,5 year in manufacturer warehouse? |
69209 | What is "Additional Safe RAM" (ASRAM) and how do I enable it? | What is Additional safe RAM? How can I enable this in my custom ROM? I am using AOSP KK version Linux Android Kernel. Any reference code for ASRAM would be greatly appreciated. |
64630 | Unable to see all folders on Moto G using FTP | I have set up an FTP server on my Moto G, and I'm trying to copy (music) files from my laptop (running Ubuntu 12.04) using FileZilla. I understand that user data appears in the `/data` folder, but when I try to open this folder, FileZilla says Response: 150 Directory listing for data/ Response: 550 Requested action not taken. does not exist, not a directory or insufficient rights Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing |
69207 | S4 won't boot into ClockworkMod Recovery | I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4, and am trying to install CyanogenMod 11 Snapshot, but I'm stuck. I installed ClockworkMod Recovery using Loki, but whenever I go into recovery with my phone, it just goes into the default recovery mode, with a little Android guy saying "no command", so I'm unable to install the CM .zip from my SD card. This is on a rooted S4 (Model SCH-1545) on Android 4.3, Kernel version 3.4.0, and Baseband I1545VRUEMK2. |
69204 | Galaxy s3 came prerooted? | I recently bought a Factory Unlocked s3 from Amazon. It came preinstalled with the superuser app and when I scanned with AVG for android it said my device had root. When I downloaded a root checker app it said I did not have root. The radio app asked me for root access many many times and I gave it. When I went into the superuser app and ungave radio su access the app disappeared. I dont know if my phone is rooted or not and why the radio app disappeared. Does the phone being factory unlocked also mean the phone came pre-rooted? |
69200 | How can I fix a Droid Razr Maxx's power button? | Suddenly, today, the power button stopped working. I tried to turn off the screen and it wouldn't. Everything else works just fine. Eventually the screen timed out, and wouldn't turn back on. Plugging it into a charger turns the screen back on, but that's fairly useless away from power... I had heard that soft reset (power button+volume down) fixes it, but not even that worked. It would only register it as volume down. I plugged it into adb and rebooted it that way, to no avail. What can I do? |
43788 | Phone not receiving calls on deep sleep | I have a Samsung Captivate Glide running android 4.2.2 (an unofficial version of Vanilla RootBox with a kernel called Litekernel). This phone is originally for AT&T but it's unlocked and I'm using it on Mexico's carrier Telcel (and I've seen multiple people with the same issue on different countries/carriers). My issue is that sometimes when someone calls me, the phone rings on their side as if I wasn't picking up and eventually goes to voicemail, but I get no call at all, it's not a sound/vibration setting, I've checked. Also I've read about this kind of issues with multiple phones/carriers. Once I tested this with another phone and called mine and the call didn't come until I pressed the power button to unlock the screen, waking the phone. Also I read about some guys using an app called Wake Lock - PowerManager and using the option PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK to keep the phone from going to deep sleep, but of course that consumes the battery much faster. Does anybody have any idea what could be done? My phone is rooted and I'm willing to modify the kernel or do any complex action required to fix this... **Edit** : I forgot to mention I have reflashed this rom several times, every time clearing the cache, dalvik chache, factory reset, etc. And this happened to me in other roms as well... |
63068 | what's the directory location for Newsstand documents? | System: ASUS MemoPad 302C I saved a few magazine issues using the options available in the Google Play Newsstand app, but can't figure out where the files are stored. Nothing showed up in the /sdcard/ directories tagged with recent modification dates. Anyone know where I should be looking? |
63069 | Run apps at half-size | I have an Android tablet (TF101) which runs really slow, especially with games like Asphalt 8. I was wondering if I could run the slow apps at half-size, so they would run faster. Is there any way to do this (preferably without rooting). I don't particularly need screen space and would be better off sacrificing a big screen for a smoother gaming experience. I have heard that the Galaxy devices support a sort of split screen mode where you can run two apps side by side. This is not exactly what I'm looking for but any help provided will be appreciated. |
21653 | What kind of app optimization does Ice Cream Sandwich do at the first reboot? | I received from my phone carrier, Vodafone IT, the official OTA Google update to Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 on my Nexus S. When automatically rebooting for the first time after the update, the system displayed a notice stating that it was optimizing the installed apps. What kind of optimization does the Ice Cream Sandwich update do at the first reboot? |
21655 | How does ICS deal with Menus on devices with physical buttons? | ICS removed the need for the Menu key with always visible action bars, but also has support for phones which come with hard keys. Traditionally the menu button brought up a context menu. I've got a device with hard keys, if I upgrade to ICS will the Action bar always be visible, standard ICS style, or will it be hidden under the Menu key? What will the menu key do in ICS? |
15383 | 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? |
49527 | File Explorer for HTC Desire X - too many permissions asked for? | I have a HTC Desire X running Android 4.0.4 (not rooted) I am looking for a file explorer mainly for 2 things \- Just browsing around the file system \- Copying an apk from my PC and executing it. I went to Play Store to install ES File Explorer. It asks for the following permissions * Storage * Phone Calls * Network Communication * System Tools * Hardware Contols I have no idea why a file explorer needs so much permissions. Are there any decent file explorers which make do with a minimum set of permissions? |
21659 | What is the HTC account you sync on the One X? | I just got my HTC One X and was just going through the registration process of the HTC Account in the 'Accounts & Sync' settings, when someone asked me to show them something. Without thinking I pressed back and now when I try and register again, I'm told I can't as it exists. I'd like to know, is there a matching web service for this which I can use to get my password back? What account is it? I had assumed it was for HTCSense.com but it doesn't seem to be. Anyone have any idea's please? Otherwise I'll just have to try and login to it repeatedly which I'd like to avoid. |
49528 | Viewing File System through a Windows Laptop | I have a HTC Desire X running Android 4.0.4 (not rooted). When I connect my phone to my Win7 Laptop, from my laptop, this is the filesystem I see * LOST.DIR (Empty) * Android\data\com.htc.album.thumbnails\ * 00,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,11,12,12_720,carmode * \DCIM\100MEDIA (Empty) * .data\mail\attachthumb (Empty) Where is the rest of my file system? The OS, the programs etc? Is there a way to view it from my laptop? |
63063 | How to find and access USB drive in android x86? | I've installed Android x86 4.3 version on my Asus laptop but the WiFi feature is not working so I can't download and install apps I want. Then I thought about installing apk from a USB flash drive (because Android can't see HD partitions) as long as I have a file manager or can locate files using the Terminal. But the commands I know like `fdisk -l` don't yield any result and can't even find what directory is the USB flash I've plugged in (I'm running Android x86 from another USB flash drive). Any help for the commands I can try? |
63066 | Pulling dbdata file with not rooted device | The screen of my Galaxy S is broken, so I can't see anything and the touchscreen doesn't work. After a while, I managed to get everything I needed from the /sdcard folder with adb. Now I have some very important things in my Memo app that I would like to save, but the problem is that my phone is not rooted, so I can't pull anything from dbdata folder. So, long story short, I need to pull a file from /dbdata but I have no root permissions on my phone, and the data I need to save is not from a debuggable app (it's the .ab data of the original Memo app). Is there any way to do it? If not, is there any way to root my phone without having to interact with it, since my touchscreen doesn't work anymore? (I already tried with run-as but as I already told, the app is not debuggable) |
63067 | Changing carriers and sims - how do I know if the new network will work? | My family is considering switching to T-Mobile, and I would like to bring my current Droid 4 with me. I have already stopped by a local T-Mobile store to see if their sim would work. The phone displayed the list of available mobile networks, but I could not make a call. Is that because the sim was not registered to my phone, or because the phone could not access the network properly? Note, I am aware that a stock droid 4 is locked out of US GSM usage - as far as I can tell I overwrote the NV data to allow this. |
10697 | Durability issues of sd-cards in phones? | I understand, that there are many factors why a sd-card may fail. But I had my last two sd-cards fail in a very short time (about three months). Now I wonder if it is the phones fault, or if I just by bad sd-cards. I don't have any brand information about the failing sd-card, because I just looked at the capacity and the price (which might be an indication, that it is my fault). But I did not buy the card from a dubious store, so I was hoping they would have some level of acceptable quality. Is there a quality measure that I can look out for, when shopping for sd- cards? **My phone info** : Samsung Galaxy S I9000 with Gingerbread 2.3.3 |
45403 | How to forward all traffic over a VPN (without rooting) using Forwarding Routes | I noticed this feature in Android 4.2 but was wondering how you can use it to forward all traffic over a VPN connection? When editing a VPN under advanced settings it has a Traffic Routes option that you can put network identifier in that it will forward traffic for. Most people currently seem to root their phone and use SSH tunnels which seems a bit overkill for such a simple feature. here's the screenshot of the input box I've mentioned. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4K9I61FVkYiVXZOMWpYOGVlVmM/edit?usp=sharing |
61735 | how to enter bootloader with moboot in HP Touchpad | I have a HP Touchpad that successfully installed webos and CM9 with moboot to select which to boot. Today, I want to update CM9 to CM10.1 or CM11, and here come the problems: it couldn't install the zip I downloaded and I thought it's because the recovery is too old, which is CWM v5.x(I can't remember precisely). so I install a CWM v6.x, but it can't work either. Now, I want to flash the CWM v5.x back, and it seems using fastboot is the only way. But with moboot, I just can't enter bootloader mode, the only selections available are WebOS, CM and CWM. Can someone tell me how to enter bootloader, so that I can flash the older CWM back, and restore my data? For now, I can only enter WebOS, and the Android system won't work: it just turns black after the splash screen. |
45404 | How to turn off ringer when connected to particular wifi network | Is it possible (in built or via an app) to silence the phone when it's connected to a particular wireless network, and then unsilence it when the network is out of range. Use case : When I'm in the office on the company's wifi I want my phone to be quiet, but when I'm back home (or not connected to a wifi, e.g. outside) I want the ringer volume back. |
45405 | Is There Any Way To Increase Internal Memory? | My internal memory is 1 GB. After I reboot it changes to 64 MB. When I check the space on internal storage, I only see built in apps and shows no free space. |
58035 | charging samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 | My cat recently broke the jack that came with my tablet, so I bought a cheaper one from walgreens, making sure it was 2 amps. They didnt have one exactly 2, so I bought a 2.4, and theres still a red X on the battery when I plug it in! HELP! |
58037 | LG G2 model VS980 4G Bluetooth File Transfer | I am unable to get my LG G2 (Verizon, model VS980 4G) with Android 4.2.2 to successfully transfer files using Bluetooth. I had one app work a few times, then that too stopped working. I can get the phone and computer to pair, but not transfer. Any ideas, this should be simple? |
38814 | How can I race against a GPX track? | I'm using the Strava app to record segments I ride. It would be very helpful in trying to beat existing KOMs to be able to upload GPX file(s) to my phone and have audible feedback during each segment to tell me in real time how many seconds ahead or behind I am so I know when to put extra effort in or when I can take a breather. The audible part is especially important because my phone is stowed in a pouch on my bike and the only interaction I have is via a bluetooth headset. It is also important that the feedback be continuous as some segments are relatively short (under two minutes) and so if I only got a notification every mile or minute or something that would be pretty worthless to me. I have heard that such a thing exists on certain dedicated GPS devices (e.g. Garmin), but I'm trying to find an existing app for Android that does this. So far I have tried Record Beater and Ghost Runner, both of which claim to have a feature like this, but have not had any luck. (One of these programs refuses to import tracks that it didn't create, and the other I could not find any way to import a track at all!) |
38812 | Using the GPS instead of Google Location Services in Chrome | I do not consent to Google collecting constant background information about my position at all times through their Google Location Service program. So I have got that option disabled. I can get just about everything to work with just the GPS. Except for the Google Chrome browser. It keeps referring me back to enabling the Google Location Service option. Which does not make sense. The HTML5 GeoLocation API wants latitude and longitude, which the GPS is perfectly capable of providing on it’s own without involving Google’s servers. Is there a way around this? |
38819 | replace native samsung galaxy s3 email app for gmail app? | Is it possible to disable the native email application that comes with the samsung galaxy s3? I feel that the UI is inferior to the gmail app. If so would this require rooting into my phone? |
53776 | Why are these short USB cables not connecting my Android device? | I have a Galaxy S2 and a Linux Mint laptop. For a while I was using a long USB cable, maybe 1 metre in length, to connect my Android device to my laptop. It worked fine, but the extra length was unnecessary and sometimes got in the way. So I went to my local electronic store and bought a 20 centimetre USB cable. With the shorter cable, it would recharge my phone, but I could not connect to the file system on the phone in any way. No USB related activities, such as connecting to the device from Eclipse or transferring music files from within Banshee would work. I thought maybe I was just unlucky and got a bad cable. So I went and bought a second 20 centimetre cable, and it was the exact same situation. Bad cables are rare enough that it seems unlikely that I got two in a row. In any case, I'm a little hesitant to just go and buy another until I know what's going on. My 1 metre cable still works, so I assume there is nothing about the system that is failing. Why would the 20 centimetre cables behave any differently from a longer cable? Is there a type of cable I need to be getting? Is there something else I need to know when buying cables? This is what my 20 centimetre cable looks like:  |
53775 | Which phones ship with manufacturer-provided root? | I'd like to buy a phone that either ships with factory-installed `su`, or where the manufacturer provides official instructions/downloads for installing one. Do such phones exist? |
10741 | Will I lose Netflix on my Nexus One if I use a custom ROM? | I'm running stock 2.3.4 on my N1. And use Netflix all the time. If I were to load a different ROM like Cyanogen there isn't any reason I would lose the ability to use Netflix would I? |
53770 | Are my apps crashing or disappearing, my music not playing, and my photos not opening from lack of memory? If so, how do I address this issue? | I need help... I have only had my Sam Gal 2 for 7 months and I am ready to get a new phone because I can't use the music or open photos and photo applications! If I try to play a song via Google Play it says "Music Temporarily Unavailable" and I am constantly getting errors saying that Facebook, Google and Yahoo (email) need to be forced closed or an error reported... Example: "The process, email, has stopped unexpectedly and needs to close" (force close option.) Its really gotten to be a problem! I also can't open my Gallery (Pictures) or my picture editor at all, (no app that uses pics can open them and some pic apps wont open at all.) The only way I can even look at my pics is by going into my camera and opening them from there. I cant even send a pic in a message without going through the camera app first! It says "not enough memory, delete some items" when I try to open my pics through the gallery app or messages. I can't open pics that are texted to me either, same error message. I just recently started having apps disappear too! They would just be gone and I'd have to download them again! Once I download them again however, all of the data is still there, (I don't lose progress or levels in games, etc.) I am just stumped here... I figure it has something to do with the memory, but I'm not sure; or is this a virus perhaps? I have AVG Anti-virus installed an I never download any apps without at least a 4 star rating and good reviews! Here is my info: Samsung Galaxy SII - SCH-R760 Android Version: 2.3.6 Build: Gingerbread STORAGE: -SD Card- Total Space: 14.83gb Available: 8.08gb -USB- Total Space: 11.50gb Available: 1.91mb -System- Available: 825mb Used: 1.2gb (Doesn't tell the "Total Space" but we know its 2gb) -RAM- (of course this varies from one extreme to the other) 177mb used 592mb free *I am on the Mobile Nation network, (unlimited talk, text, web) and the nearest cell tower is just three lots down from where we live, (maybe a football field away.) So I always have 5 bars and 3g. I mostly use our home wifi for everything but I have allowed unlimited network streaming too; so none of my apps should ever have trouble accessing the web, (like for Google Play songs.) So that isn't why my songs can't/won't play. Obviously I think I need to move something around or delete something. But I'm confused as to the difference between the USB and SD, which is the external/internal, and what to move stuff to. I've googled this problem many times and can never get an straight answer; they always conflict with one another. For the record, I also have a lot of pictures and contacts, (of which I have already eliminated about half of,) other than that I have installed 28 app store apps, (only 6 of the 28 apps are over 25mb) and my largest app is 313mb. I've went through the applications and gotten rid of a lot of apps and cleared the cache for everything else too. Also, when I go to Mange Applications and click "Move to SD Card" it ALWAYS says "Failed to move: Not enough memory." Oh, and NOT ONE of the applications has the MOVE TO PHONE option now, and I know they used to! Everyone single app says "Move to SD Card" or they don't have the option to move them, its greyed out. I would really appreciate any help on this matter! I am going to go ahead and take all of my pics off the device, but that's about the only thing I haven't tried so far... After that, I don't know what else to do! Please help me, I love my phone and don't want another one... the S2 has everything I want in a phone when it's working correctly! |
11836 | Picture Frame widget resized | The size for the picture frame widget originally was 3x3. Now, inexplicably, it is only 2x2. How can I change it back or pick what size a widget should be? I've created cue cards perfectly readable at 3x3 but at 2x2 too small to view the diagrams/text. |
58785 | Android 4.0 tablet WiFi connection stopped working | I bought an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet about 4 months ago. It worked great until it suddenly stopped connecting to WiFi. I have tried connecting both at home and at work to the wireless router but it refuses to connect. It just says "turning WiFi on" and stays that way for hours. I have not tried resetting it as I have apps on it that I have bought from the Play Store and would not want to lose them. Are there any solutions that I could try to see if the WiFi will work again? |
11835 | Samsung Infuse is getting really hot when using a Samsung wall charger that came with Samsung Strive. Is this bad? | The output specifications for the Samsung Strive charger match those of the Samsung Infuse charger, so I don't see why the phone is heating up so much. Also, when charging the Samsung Infuse with this non-stock charger (although it is still made by samsung) while the phone is off, the charging never stops. The display never says (100%) even after a full night of charging. The animated dots keep on moving as if the phone is still charging. Is all this bad or are we ok here? I wouldn't want to blow a fuse in the brand new Infuse! |
14841 | How can I find out what devices support Skype video calling over Wi-Fi? | How can I find out what devices support Skype video calling over Wi-Fi? (I'm particularly interested in tablets.) |
14842 | Is there a SMS to bluetooth router app? | I have a bluetooth device that is paired with my phone. The BT device can receive and send text. How can I route incoming SMS text messages to the BT device? And conversely, how can I have the BT device send an SMS via the phone? |
54201 | How can I get the android tablet to show New York time zone when that time zone is not an option | There is no "New York" or any option for EST on my Android tablet. If I have the device set to automatic time zone - it defaults to GMT +1 British Summer time. If I have both "Automatic Time Zone" & "Automatic date & Time" it does not recognize my location aznd defaults to GMT +1 British Summer time. How can I get it to recognize EST |
48691 | Samsung Galaxy SIII not Recognized | I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII which I'm attempting to pull photos off of - but I am having trouble doing so. I've attempted to use Kies to pull the photos off - but it just says loading... loading... loading... forever. The computer seems to recognize the phone (it is shown under device manager) but it never seems to appear under My Computer (this may be related to why Kies does not recognize it either.) Anyone have any suggestions? |
48694 | How can I stop Google play from automatically updating? | How can I stop Google play from automatically updating to the latest version? I tried deleting my `hosts` file but it's not being deleted. My phone is rooted. |
62331 | Where to find IP address in file system (e.g. proc or sys) | Is there a way to get the IP (v4) address of an interface in the file system of Android? I know I could use ifconfig or netcfg but I would like to use a monitoring tool which can only access files and not execute commands. |
62337 | Where to check what apps I have purchased | I got a statement from my bank and I have 2 transactions I do not know what they are. > Google *E-Commerce Ltd GOOGLE.COM of 15.99 Normally I have a text, which indicates what app or service I have purchased. But these positions are simply don't have that information. What is it? How to check what I have purchased in Google so far? |
13097 | Need a way to prevent phone wakeup when slider opens | Is there a way to stop my phone from waking itself when the slider opens? Because my phone does things in my pockets :( |
13094 | How can I mount a USB flash drive on my Acer Iconia? | I have an Acer Iconia A500 tablet with Android 3.1. I cannot mount any USB flash drives. File Manager HD and other similar apps display "Directory is empty" in `/mnt/usb_storage/`. I have tried use a flash drive formatted FAT32, and my USB port works (I've checked with a USB mouse). How can I get this to work? |
44757 | Can I remove User Dictionary Application itself ? not just words in it? | My process monitor shows the User Dictionary Application is taking up all the CPU the device has got so even phonecaller app crashes. I'd like to remove the whole User Dictionary Application if possible. I don't want to use this feature anyway. Would I be able to remove it ? If I could, would removing User Dictionary cause any serious issues ? |
44751 | Does this permissions request make sense? | I would like to use a vendor's application to enable remote access to a security DVR from an Android phone. The app requires permission for "read phone status and identity". I'm not an Android developer, but that doesn't seem like an appropriate permission, since the application has nothing to do with the phone number or the phone operation. It would work equally well without any phone functionality. I contacted the developers, and they say: "The application makes that request to get though the firewall on the phone. The program does not store or use that information. If you manual set permissions in the firewall then the program will need the permission." Does that make sense to anybody? Is there a "firewall" in Android that is somehow related to phone state and identity? Before I call BS on this response, I wanted to check here with experts just in case there is some obscure relationship. |
44753 | How can I mount my google nexus4 on linuxmint(nadia) computer via usb? | Also is it any different than ubuntu? UPDATE: Using gmtp, I still get the error from the terminal and gmtp crashes when i click on "connect". The gmtp says the following in the shell: Device 0 (VID=18d1 and PID=4ee1) is UNKNOWN. Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp development team PTP_ERROR_IO: failed to open session, trying again after resetting USB interface LIBMTP libusb: Attempt to reset device Android device detected, assigning default bug flags Error 1: Get Storage information failed. Error 2: PTP Layer error 02fe: get_handles_recursively(): could not get object handles. Error 2: Error 02fe: PTP: Protocol error, data expected I'm sure that libtmp teams added nexus4 to their libraries because my nexus4 was being seen by ubuntu-11.04 easily. But my problem is still alive in linuxmint |
20294 | What are the advantages of a separate tethering app over the built-in tethering controls? | I just rooted by AT&T Galaxy S2 (SGH-i777) to troubleshoot battery usage. I also would like to tether my laptop (OS X Lion) to make use of my phone's data connection intermittently while traveling. I see both "USB tethering" as well as "portable WiFi hotspot" under `Settings --> Wireless and network --> Tethering and portable hotspot`. Should I use this feature or install an additional tethering application? What [if any] are the advantages of a separate tethering app over the built-in tethering controls? |
20292 | How do I root my Samsung Galaxy S? | How do I root my Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000? |
29721 | Nexus S after update to JB doesn't show callers name | I've installed the update to Jelly Bean on my Nexus S and when someone calls, it shows only the phone number of the contact (the contact was saved in the contant list) and not the name of the person. When I updated to ICS some months ago, the phone number was there for few seconds (like 5 seconds or so) before the name actually appeared. What's causing this and what can I do about it? Something tells me that it has to do something with performance of the phone. On Ginger Bread it was all good. On ICS it took some time to show the name and now it doesn't show at all. The phone is incredibly slow and almost out of memory the whole time. EDIT: When the call ends I can see in the history of calls that it shows the name of the contact. |
29720 | What is the screen life of an Android Tablet? | I'm unable to find technical specs on the life expectancy for the screen of a Nexus 7 (or any Android Tablet, for that matter). Do you know how many total hours we can expect to get out of a tablet before it starts to die out? FYI: I'm considering to use an Android tablet as the touch screen for an Industrial Controller. The Industrial Controller will be turned on 24/7 - which is obviously not the typical use case for a tablet - so I'm concerned that the tablet will burn out too soon (i.e. within a year or two). |
29725 | Drawer - arrangement of icons | Why does the arrangement of app icons change (to alphabetical order), and why do folders get deleted, on every update of the Android version? Follow up Qs: 1\. How can I prevent this from happening? 2\. Is there a way to restore the previous arrangement, after the update (if I did not follow your answer to Question 1) or does it have to be done manually? |
29727 | App to track multiple devices via GPS | We have about 15 Android tablets in use in our department, and we want to be able to keep track of their locations. I've been trying to find an app that will easily track all these devices. Most of what I'm finding is either too expensive for the number of devices, or has too many features that we do not need. We just need an app that will every 30 minutes or so send every devices' GPS data to somewhere. The only thing that has come close is Google Latitude, but it was becoming tedious to create a Google account for each device, and when we would flash them all with the same images, it was even more of a hassle to re-add each individual account. Any thoughts on a simple periodic GPS tracking app for multiple devices that phones home? Note that I've also tried apps such as Prey and Seekdroid, but they don't play nice restoring multiple devices from a single image/backup. If all else fails, I can write an app to just send GPS coordinates to one of our servers every so often, but I'd like that to be a last resort. |
29728 | How to Power On and Shutdown a Remote host with Android? | The title can't be more specific. I'd like you to suggest the best way to send the poweroff instruction, to windows or Linux. |
40922 | Lock Screen Problem in HTC ONE X | How can I recover my clock-style lock screen after it failed to return on my HTC One X? I let the phone's battery run out. Then I recharged and turned my phone on, but I can't see my clock-style lock screen. My screen is also cracked, just to let you guys know. I also tried many times to fix it in the settings but it still doesn't work. Also none of the other lock screen options work. |
40921 | Weird Bluetooth Behavior, difficulty reconnecting to paired device - Galaxy S II | I had been having this weird behavior with my BT - Headset, that it works fine if I pair manually, but when I try to reconnect to a previously connected device, it would connect, and then just fail, and **I would need to unpair and repair manually every time**. I have verified that this same headset **works as expected with other phones** \- ranging from iPhone - Blackberry - Nokia Symbian S60. The device itself is over a year old, and this is when my previous device failed. However the fact that other phones are able to handle it, negates the possibility of this being purely due to age. I tried to get Samsung Customer support to take a look at this, but they refused to see the problem. Until recently I had just resigned myself to pairing it every time I want to use it, however recently, I seem to have discovered a pattern. If I disable the "Phone" Setting from bluetooth settings, this problem occurs. **However with both "Phone" and "Media" options enabled, it seems to work as good as new**!! I also came across Bluetooth Auto Connect which seems to be tackling a similar problem, but I don't think it is quite the same. So basically my question is, is this a known/common issue with GSII? Is there a fix for it? My device is rooted if that helps. If this is a purely software issue as I now suspect, will a new rom help? |
44398 | Fake/Dummy/mock internet for spam apps | There are a lot of apps which require internet to run whether be spam or good apps. Is there any way to _make them feel there is internet connection_ without actually running internet kind of fake/mock internet connection for such apps? FYI, I am using ICS (Android 4.0.4) |
66055 | Firewall Application | Is there any application that can filter internet uses. I want an application that will only give permission to one Application to access Internet. e.g. at any given time only google chrome has the right to access internet. other application wont be able to access internet at that time Is there any app like this?? |
78899 | Is it possible to run applications with different locales (languages)? | I want to run some applications in one language and the rest with the others. Specifically, I'd like to run maps in Russian (I really don't need names transliterated to Latin) and everything else in English (Russian translations are usually very poor and I just cannot understand what the app wants to tell me. English translations are usually good enough for me to understand). I run stock android 4.2.2 on rooted Texet X-basic tm-4072. The solution involving Tasker does not apply for me because Google Play says Takser is not compatible with my phone. There was an application for this, but now it's outdated and I don't know how to reach the author (he suggests to send the newer version to those who write to him). In desktop Linux I'd simply run app with different LANG value, does something like that work for Android? |
1133 | Does juice defender randomly drop your data connection? | Does it drop your data connection? I have experienced that since I installed it a week ago. Sometimes it will randomly choose to drop your data connection. |
1136 | Why isn't gmail listed as a recent app when I long-press the Home button? | This would be helpful at times... I usually just end up pressing home and selecting the gmail widget from there but I've gotten used to long-pressing home to get to recent apps. Could it be due to the fact that I get to email using the widget? Does it work with the native email client or other email apps? Thanks in advance... |
3467 | Why do the buttons on my Incredible occasionally light up? | I've noticed that sometimes the four buttons at the bottom of my HTC Incredible sometimes light up for a couple seconds at a time, even when the phone is just sitting unused on my desk. Until now I've attributed this to a software bug, but I recently noticed it doing this while I was digging around in my email on my computer. Does this indicate data transfer? Or does it have some other significance? |
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