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19018 | How to sync only Facebook contacts that already exists in phone for Android 2.2 | Device: Samsung Galaxy Fit Android: 2.2 Froyo How can I sync only the Facebook contacts which already exists in my phone memory? I don't want to sync the contacts that are not on my phone memory. |
19019 | How do disable VPN gateway when connected? | I am connecting to my VPN from android device (4.0.3) using PPTP. Everything works except I would like it not to use default gateway from VPN. Same thing as you would do in windows when setting up VPN connection. So how do I do that in android? |
81529 | Can anyone explain all these Developer Options? | I hope this is not a duplicate question. Explain these options briefly if anyone could explain - * Force GPU rendering * Disable non-rectangular clip ops * Force 4X MSAA * Disable HW overlays What are the possible affects that can be seen in device by disabling/enabling them? [ _Note: I've found other options by Google-ing but not these._ ] Edit - * Does it effect battery life by using _lower animation speeds(all to 2x precisely)_ or _higher animation speeds(0.5x precisely)_ ignoring the User Experience? |
65026 | How to avoid mute when adding new call | I'm on Android 4.2.1. During a call, tapping 'Add call', automatically mutes the current call. I find it very annoying, mostly because usually when I want to add a call it's because I want to make a conference call. Further more, sometimes I'm asking someone for a friend's number, when starting to type the number I'm muted, and the first one goes "hey, you're writing?". Very annoying. Anyway is there a way to disable this annoying behavior? |
60210 | Using OTG cables when connecting to PC | Can an OTG cable, micro B male to USB A female, be used with the cell phone if connecting to a PC either with a USB A Male to Male lead or with a standard A Male to Female lead plus a standard A Femal to Female adapter? |
60214 | Google Chrome icon disappears from app tray after restarting? | I have installed the Google Experience Launcher on my Nexus 7, and have a variety of applications in my app tray, including Google Chrome. However, each time I power off and power on the device, Google Chrome disappears from my app tray;  I can re-add it fine and it will stay present until the next time I power off the device. What is causing this problem and how can I resolve it? |
60215 | Galaxy s duos not installing apps | I can able to install apps in galaxy s duos GT-S7562. It is simply showing installing. any suggestions |
64776 | Sony Experia z1 + Status bar issues | I have a Sony Experia Z1 which suddenly decided not to react when i pull down the status bar. I have tried a restart and also tried to use the developer setting to show touches. When using the developer setting on a Nexus 4 the Y coordinates changes from 0 to over 1k, on the Experia the Y starts on 87 and then moves as it should downwards. Aka. the touches over the Status Bar is not registered in the device.. Any idea why ? |
64770 | How can I mount an ext4-formatted SD card with correct permissions (with root)? | I see some mentions here of creating an ext4-formatted SD card, but no guide. This closely-related question suggests there is no way to do it, but my question differs in that my phone is specifically rooted. I formatted my card as ext4 (GUID partition-table); my Cyanogenmod phone mounted it at `/mnt/fuse/sdcard1`. I followed instructions here to mount the card at `/storage/sdcard1`, by creating the following script at `/data/local/userinit.sh` #!/system/bin/sh REALMNT=/mnt/fuse/sdcard1_real if ! [ -d "$REALMNT" ]; then mkdir "$REALMNT" || exit 1 fi mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 "$REALMNT" sdcard "$REALMNT" /storage/sdcard1 1023 1023 & I restarted and attempting to copy a file (using ES File Explorer) and paste it into its parent directory, which failed: /storage/sdcard1/foo/bar.mp3: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied). I can actually play the file fine, so I _can_ open it. FWIW, when I try copying from the original mount point (`/mnt/fuse/sdcard1`), I get a slightly different error: Failed to copy the file bar.mp3 I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Cyanogenmod 10.2.0-i9300. ==EDIT== su ls -l /mnt/fuse drwxrwxr-x media_rw media_rw 2014-03-04 22:08 sdcard1 That was all. There is no `sdcard1_real` in this directory, so I suppose the script is failing? ==EDIT2== I tried modifying the script to troubleshoot. The script begins fine, but then fails on `mkdir "$REALMNT"` with the error `/data/local/userinit.sh[6]: : not found`. ==EDIT3== I know that the script doesn't work, so fixing it might solve my question, but I thought the following was interesting. I formatted my SD card in my Linux computer, and transferred some files to it. Oddly enough, permission errors only occur in the subdirectories that I created. In the root of the partition (via `/storage/sdcard1`), I already have write permission. |
71660 | How To Add 3rd Party Lockscreen App be Default Lockscreen | Can someone help me ? I want to add fingerprint lock free apk to be my default lockscreen. I have decompiled the apk, what I have to do ? Samsung Galaxy Young GT-S5360 |
11060 | Toshiba AC100 running Android 2.2 wakes up by itself | My Toshiba AC100 running Android 2.2 wakes up by itself after an hour or so. Is there a way to find out which app is waking it up, or to disable waking up system-wide? |
65795 | HTC Desire HD stuck in boot loader - how to get contacts | I woke up this morning and I found my HTC desire HD (running stock android 2.x with HTC Sense) with the boot loader screen. I tried to choose Recovery and Reboot but its still stuck in the same screen. Is there any way to recover from this? If not, is there a way I can get my contacts out of the phone? Maybe using ADB or something of that sort? The contacts are the thing I am worried about most. If I can access the file system in some way it would be great. **UPDATE** I just discovered that the contacts in my gmail account were pretty much up to date! So luckily I didn't lose them. If someone can suggest any solution to recover my phone it would be appreciated. |
65796 | Making use of the 2nd Partition on SD card (Link2SD)? | I don't know if I am just being stupid here or if I have infact gone wrong somewhere. Basically. I followed the usual steps for using an SD card as App storage. Connected 2GB Micro SD via a Card Reader, Used MiniPartition Tool to split off a 512MB section. Both Primary with the 512Mb Being set as Ext2 and the first Partition remaining as FAT32 for media usage. Put the card back into phone and added Link2SD followed by the Select partition type Ext2 and rebooted etc etc. Whole thing appears to have been done successfully as I can now move Apps to SD card. Obviously I still have the issue of a small % of data being on the internal but thats not an issue atm. SO my issue I guess is this: Why is that each time I add an App to the SD. Say for example the Facebook app at around 25MB.. Why does it deduct that space from my first Partition (the FAT32 Media part) and not the second partition (the 512MB ext2 partition) which was specifically created for this purpose? I have the Samsung Galaxy Ace GT S5830 Running on Android Version 2.3.5. Edit: This is how my storage info looks:  |
43594 | Using a separate account for Play Store purchases | My family own a number of Android devices. We each have our own google account but ther is no credit-card linked to any of them. I'd like to keep it that way. But occasionally, I'd like to buy an app, but I can't as there is no way to pay without registering a credit card. At least with iPhones, I can use a gift card, but they don't seem to be available for android. Is there a way that I can create a new account and link it to a credit card and whenever one of the family wants to purchase an app, sign on to the app- store with this account, buy the app, and sign out again. Will the app still work on the phone if the current user is not account that bought the app? **Edit:** Here's the Play-Store "Accounts" dialog showing no "Add" option.  |
69072 | How can i Prevent an Android phone from Factory Reset? | I have installed a mobile monitoring app, and I want to make it more secure. can I prevent App uninstallation from the device, even by a factory reset? Or How can i Prevent a phone from Factory Reset ? |
69075 | Set export quality in Photoshop Touch | I'm _pretty_ satisfied with Adobe Photoshop Touch but am struggling with my export file sizes. As far as I can tell there is no way to adjust the **quality** or **file size** of your exported JPG. The only way I have found to control my exported file's size is to reduce the image size. This seems like a rather large functionality oversight... |
69074 | Android system app: Installation of system apps on Htc One M8 fails | I want to install a system app on a Htc One M8 which is already rooted. On other devices I managed the installation process lots of times but on the M8 there is a strange behaviour. I placed the apk either in /system/app or /system/priv-app and via DDMS (File explorer) I can see the file with the correct permission 644 inside. But, after a reboot the file was automatically deleted without any error. Why is the apk file on an One M8 (Android 4.4.2) deleted after reboot? Thanks for any suggestion :) |
69076 | How to delete the entered number during call | I found no backspace button to edit the number once inserted in keypad during call.  I found this when I called my mobile operator customer care service which uses DMT, and suddenly the customer care executive asked me to tell my Sim Message Center Number which I thought to find by typing `*#*#4636#*#*`. How to delete the number. My phone is Nexus 5. |
42425 | How to save map cache of my city on SD card for use with Google Maps, possibly with no expiry? | I don't have enough rep. to comment under other's post, so I had to open this thread. I read some threads on Google Maps here and the question still persists. Is there a straightforward method to cache my city's map strictly onto the SD card (as I am running out of internal space), possibly in a way that this cache doesn't get deleted in 30 days? On the other hand it would be cool if it auto-updated itself with the latest map updates, points of interests from Google, strictly when on Wi-Fi. I already heard of Google's native solution, and of Brut Mod \-- but don't know if any of the two would come close to my goal. How can I achieve it? Edit. Added link for Brut Mod. Sorry, don't have the link any more for that other question. |
42427 | How do I remove an app installed if the buttons in "Manage Applications" are locked and can't be pressed? | I didn't download the application from Google Play and got the apk from a website and installed it on my tablet. But the app wasn't the one I needed and it was just making offers for me to get other apps. Now I want to uninstall it but in "Manage Applications " all the buttons there are locked and can't be pressed, including the uninstall and move to SD card. What do I do to get rid of it? It's taking up space on my internal memory. |
42421 | How do I bypass the Verizon activation on a Samsung Fascinate? | I want to use a Samsung Fascinate (model SCH-I500) in WiFi only mode for development and testing purposes. The device has been factory reset and boots to the Verizon activation screen. How do I bypass activation? Do I need to root the device? |
42420 | How to get Picasa/Google+ shared photo's URL quickly from Android mobile device? | My sister doesn't use Google+ so it is quite hard for me to share an individual photo of my Picasa album with her. Currently I can only do that from a PC - opening picasa web album site, open the album, select the need-to-share image, then get the shared link from the box on the right. I cannot quickly do this from my Google Samsung Nexus phone since the mobile version of Picasa web does not have get shared link like the PC version. How can I get shared/embedded link of that photo the quickest way?  |
42423 | How can I play video over my LAN? | I have a Mythbuntu computer on my home LAN where I store all my music and video files. I'd like to be able to watch video that is stored on my Mythbuntu computer on my Galaxy Tab 10.1. The videos are in a variety of formats and sizes. I understand that some sizes might be too large to stream over the LAN, but I think it should be within the ability of most hardware. The Galaxy tab connects via wifi to the home network. I have tried some apps that claim to be MythTV front ends, but they have proven to be difficult to set up in that they require a lot of MythTV specific settings. I'm looking for a solution that is independent from MythTV, and just plays the video files in an independant player, much like I would open a video file on my desktop computer with VLC. Is that possible, and if so, how? |
17311 | Sudden loss of contacts on my Samsung Galaxy S - running Gingerbread | I have recently experienced that all my phone contacts suddenly disappeared from my internal phone memory. I could still see the 2 contacts that were on my SIM-card, and I have no contacts on my external SD-card. I have looked through the different contact display options under settings, and they were all on. The contacts disappeared without me installing or deleting anything, or any other provocation. And while I was browsing through my call log, I could see the contact names being replaced by the underlying phone no, like a slow delete, very frustrating. I tried to Google it, and found that this has happened to many other Android users (and not just Samsung phones), but I couldn't find a suitable solution to the problem anywhere. It's not catastrophic since I have all my contacts synchronized with Outlook, although, I will be losing the contacts added after my last sync. But I would really like to avoid to have this happen again in the future, and if possible recover my lost contacts. Does anyone have an idea of what has happened, what to do about it and how to avoid it in the future...? |
17310 | Default Android 2.3 browser apk | Where can I download default Android 2.3 browser apk, which is not pre- installed on my Android device? Regards, |
17313 | Ubuntu one app: how can I sync a text file edited on my android device with ubuntu one? | I've just got ubuntu one app on my android device to sync file between my android device and my desktop computer. I see that the app has the ability to automatically sync uploaded photos, can it also sync other files? If I download a text file from my ubuntu one with this app and edit it on my android, how do I sync that file? I'd appreciate any help |
11984 | Installing app from Market when it was previously installed | I'm developing an app that was just released. Prior to release, I had 10 or so testers that helped me test the app and had test versions on their phones. Now I want them to install the app from the Market so they can be some of the first people to (fairly) rate the app. The problem is, even after uninstalling the test version of the app, when trying to get it from the market an error pops up saying that "there was an error creating your order." They can't install it. Is there something I or they can do about this? **Update:** I told the testers to follow the instructions under **Troubleshooting Download Issues -> "Download unsuccessful" message**. This did not work. |
12792 | How can I change the double-tap zoom in the Android browser? | I like to use double-tap to zoom in on web pages with small text. (Multitouch pinching has been hard for me to get the hang of.) It very often zooms too far, though. Is there a way I can get it to zoom in a little less on a double-tap? |
12793 | My Samsung Galaxy S doesn't recognize when it is plugged in to USB | When I plug in my Samsung Galaxy S (Model SAMSUNG-SGH-I897, Firmware 2.2, Kernel 2.6.32.9, Build FROYO.UCKB2) to a computer, it starts charging, but does not recognize the USB connection for data. I have tried toggling debugging, mass storage, and ask on connection, but all that happens is that it draws power. I've tried both Windows 7 32bit and Ubuntu 11.04 32bit. It was working yesterday. Additional note: dmesg, lsusb, and adb do not recognize the device at all under ubuntu Thanks |
58634 | Samsung Note 10.1 (GT-N800) root is unsuccessful | I decided to root my friend's Samsung Note 10.1 (GT-N8000). I used a common ways to root it, trust me, I tried as much links and tutorials as you can imagine. Anyway, in the middle of the work, I'm stuck. A problem that I have never seen anyone encountered before. The download page was started and I tried using Odin (I tried both versions 3.09 and 1.85) to root my tablet. However, the process didn't go as it was mentioned in tutorials. Odin stopped with the following codes: <ID:0/003> Can't open the serial(COM) port. <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1 I tired restarting my tablet but now I'm facing a page with a logo and a string of texts saying: `Firmware upgrade encountered an issues. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again` However, I tried using Kies but it doesn't recognize the tablet at all. What can I do?! |
12797 | Can Google's Voice Actions be started by voice? | I love Google's Voice Actions! It lets me listen to a song of my choice by simply saying `"Listen to <song name>"`. Problem is... I can't find any way to start Voice Actions itself by voice. I must touch the screen in order to start it. So, my question is two-fold: 1. Is there a way to start Voice Actions by voice? (or _without_ having to touch the screen) 2. If there isn't, what kind of a solution or workaround can you suggest for a blind person? For example, some phones have only one tactile button (other than the power button, of course) -- the trackball. Is it possible to set that trackball to start Voice Actions when pressed long enough? |
9157 | MyTouch 3G Slide screen went Blank? | I have contacted Tmobile and they are going to be resending me a replacement. But I am wondering what all is stored on my phone that I am losing access to? And is there potential for when I send it back to Tmobile that they will be able to access my private calendar, files, emails, etc? I can't do a reset of any kind because it won't respond to anything. But I hate that I had text messages on there saved with information for future reference and my reminders from my calendar my alarm, etc are all still working because I'm getting the vibrations and music to alert me of these, I just can't view them. This seems like a common problem with the 3G Slide, as they didn't even hardly question me about a replacement, just told me to try reset it, when it wouldn't reset they said they'd send me a new one. Basically just wondering if there is any possible way to access my info on my old phone. Thanks |
9150 | “There are no android phones associated with this account.” | I recently bought an eLocity A7 Internet Tablet. I'm unable to download any apps from the Android Market, even though I have a Google account. I keep getting the reason, “There are no android phones associated with this account.” One fix I've heard of is to get a gmail account and hook up your Android phone number to it, then it will be associated with the account. But the eLocity tablet is not a phone. Another fix has to do with installing the Android Market apk file, which brings a user to the Android Market. Signing in will associate the device with the account. But I haven't found a reputable link from which to download the app. Any other ideas? |
7909 | New messages do not show up immediately - HTC Desire Z | Has anybody else encountered this problem? I go into my message inbox and at that point I see I have unread text messages that were received many hours before without notification. I have got the notifications configured appropriately to alert me to new text messages in the status bar. This is an intermittent problem. Any help much appreciated. |
16954 | What is the process for reformatting SD Card without breaking the current applications on my HTC Incredible? | Here's my scenario: HTC Incredible, Rooted to MIUI, with an 8GB SD card. I want to reformat my SD card because I have a ton of junk on it from before I rooted it, so I want to start with a clean install. Since some of the application data is on there, what's the proper process? I've backed up the SD card by copying all of its contents to a folder on my computer, and I have Titanium backup on my phone for the apps, so I've done those things. Is it ok to just format the SD card, and let the phone reinstall whatever it needs? Or what's the best way to do this? |
16955 | why do I have to move my apps manually to the SD card to free up space? | If the internal memory is so precious why doesn't Android move the apps to the SD card automatically. I just don't get the logic of searching through the All Apps list one by one to get a couple of apps that are only installed on the internal memory and then move them to the SD card. In my opinion is a rather lazy memory management that relies on user intervention to free up space for important OS operations. |
63744 | Dialog option "Use by default for this action" or "Always" not displaying | I just completed my Android application which scans NFC tags. When an NFC tag comes near the device, the device tries to show all the apps which can scan the NFC tag. I want it to remember which app it should use scan the NFC tag. It displayed my app, but I do not want the system to always ask me which app to use. In my two devices, it not does show any option like `Use by default for this action` or `Always`. Why is this so?   |
7902 | Device recognition on Android SDK | I've got a Chinese aPad running Android 1.5, how do I get it to be recongnised by Android SDK? I want to do `adb` hacks as recommended by this answer. Pointers to using `adb` also welcome. |
7904 | Why do I see a Smiley instead of Next button? | My relatively newly acquired Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000 running Android 2.1 should have a next button around the bottom right of the keypad as per manual/online information. However, I can only see a Smiley button which doesn't have newline as one of the options. Is there a user configurable option to switch between Smiley and Next? If yes, how to invoke? |
63742 | Is Cyanogenmod available for a Trio Stealth G2 10.1"? | I recently purchased a cheaper tablet and would like to put Cyanogenmod on it. I've done some Googling over the past couple of days, but have been unable to find any information for my specific tablet. Is there a ROM for a similar device that I can try flashing? Or, better yet, has anyone been able to get Cyanogenmod working on a Trio Stealth G2 10.1"? Thanks! |
12240 | How can I make the GMail app open to the accounts page when using multiple accounts | When I open the Gmail application, it opens the last inbox I looked at. Is there a way to make it always open to the "Accounts" page instead? _I have an HTC incredible 2 if that matters._ |
12243 | How do I stop Facebook linked contacts' pictures from automatically updating from Facebook? | I have several contacts with linked Facebook accounts. I've set contact pictures for them using Google Contacts, but every time they update their Facebook profile picture, the Facebook picture is selected automatically. When this happens, I need to go back and change manually back to the picture I selected myself, which gets pretty annoying. How do I prevent Facebook (or other linked account) pictures from taking over? |
12245 | Is there a 3D photo stitching app for Android? (as an alternative to Photosynth) | Photosynth for iOS is a great app that allows you to create 3D panoramas by taking multiple photos and automatically stitching them together. Is there any alternative for Android? I've already tried: * Camera360, despite the name, it doesn't create 3D panoramas * PhotAF, which only creates horizontal panoramas * 360, only horizontal panoramas as well |
12247 | Can I use mono sound on a set of headphones instead of stereo? | I have a friend that is deaf on one ear and she would like to get all the sound through one ear bud. Is it possible to get mono sound instead of the default stereo sound through the headphones? |
21194 | How can I reset my phone without losing everything? | I have a Samsung Galaxy S I9000, it keeps lagging; freezing and turning on and off by itself. I want to reset it, if I do will I lose all my photos, contacts etc etc..? I can't figure out how to transfer everything on to my SD card. |
21195 | Installing ICS update | I have a problem - a half year ago I installed the 4.0.3 on my Nexus S. I installed it by placing the 'update.zip' file in the `\sdcard` folder, restarting phone, holding Power+VolUp buttons, then choosing `recovery` and install. However, now I downloaded the 4.0.4 update, did the same, but the phone got stuck - upon choosing `recovery` an android picture with something like a sphere in his stomach is shown for like a second and then the phone turns black - only buttons are lit. What could be wrong? Edit: Here is a YT video of my problem, sorry about the resolution, it's recorded on my laptop |
20820 | 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 `heimdall flash --kernel zImage` I get this error and my phone stays in download mode: 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... USB debugging mode is enabled of course and I'm on Ubuntu. How can I successfully flash ClockworkMod? |
21440 | Recognize and tag mp3s | Are there any Android applications which will recognize my mp3s from a directory and tag them automatically? Some of my mp3s have wrong file names and tags. I want to organize them correctly. |
21441 | Is there a way to organize the numbered MP3's from Google Play? | Music purchased from Google Play is stored on my phone as untagged, numbered MP3 files. Is there a way to get the information Play has about these MP3 files, then rename them and set the ID3 tag so that other applications can easily use these files? |
21442 | Recover my SuperVault files | I had several files saved and encrypted on my Android phone using SuperVault. I no longer have an Android phone but I do have my SuperVault folder with all the files. Unfortunately I can't access them because they are encrypted. Short of getting another Android phone (assuming I can move the files to another phone), is there any other way to recover my files? |
21443 | How can you prevent a Kindle Fire from auto-mounting on a Mac when you plug it in to USB? | I've got a Kindle Fire and I like to plug it in to my Mac to charge up (and also to do some development.) It works fine but it is annoying to have to unmount it every time. Is there any way to prevent it from auto-mounting when you plug it into USB? |
21444 | Tablet Market: How to know if a game supports tablet size? | I'm shopping the android market on my tablet (TF Prime) but can't seem to find anywhere if an app/game support tablet size. I don't want to spend money on a game that is zoomed so much that I can count the pixels =) How to tell if an app in the market supports tablet size? |
21446 | Run X11 natively via Chroot in Android? | Is it possible to run X11 natively in Android via Chroot ? Without any kind of VNC ? Thanks. |
21449 | Titanium Backup vs Android data backup | So somewhere along the line Android got a native "backup my data" option but I haven't gotten to use it. I used to use Titanium Backup and it was the main reason I rooted my phone, but I don't have Titanium or Root anymore. Is there any significant difference in what's backed up between the native Android Backup from Google's servers vs the standard Titanium Backup? I mean a plain old backup, none of the freezing/bloatware melting/ect that Titanium _also_ provides. What do I end up with if my phone is bricked or I get a new phone and I restore from either platform? |
63291 | Uploaded songs to Google Play don't show up on Android device | I'm sure this one is just a PEBKAC error, so please bear with me since I am new to Android. I've uploaded all of my music to Google Play Music and I can see all of my songs via their web interface. However, on my Moto X, there's at least one song missing. I have tried refreshing the Google Play app on the phone to no avail. I haven't had time yet to go through all of my hundreds of albums to see if any others are missing songs, as well. Any thoughts? |
46949 | Prestige 7 won't connect to internet | I can't get on internet. When I go to _Settings > Network > WiFi_ and drag the switch from "off" to "on" it tries to connect but it goes right back to off. I can't click on add network. Also under IP address it says unavailable. When I try putting it in it will not highlight or let me go to it. What could I do to enable WiFi? |
41998 | How to know the MAC and IP of my device? | The screen shot of my device looks like this:  Screenshot (click image to enlarge) Could anyone help me to know the MAC and IP Addresses please? My device runs Android ICS. |
48249 | How to root LG Optimus L7 II - P713 | I've just bought an LG Optimus L7 II - P713 in Vietnam. It runs Android 4.1.2 and now I would like to root it. I just searched Google but still didn't find out how to root it. Can I root this phone? If yes, how do I do it? |
41994 | Multitasking : How do I maintain the opera browser tabs keep active when switching applications | Case: When I was opening multiple pages/tabs on opera browser, then I press the home button to switch apps to see SMS, then i return to the opera app by holding the home button, suddenly my tabs open is missing, such as the open new. Anyone know how to maintain the opera browser tabs keep active as they move another application? My Phone Info Model number: Device-01, Android Version: 2.3.6, baseband version: VENUS_BP_00.03.63.b501, Kernel Version: 2.6.38.6-perf zly @ HL120 # 1. Thank you. |
41995 | "accounts and sync" has dissappeared, how can I fix this? | A few days ago I had a system update. Now under accounts my option "accounts and sync" have disappeared. Can't sync calenders. How can I fix this? |
41997 | Weird phonebook entries! | I had my HTC Pico phone with android 2.3 repaired because a shattered glass. On getting it back, I found out that there are no contacts in my phone as well as in the SIM, but there are some contacts with my Google account. Upon selecting this option, my phone book displayed a few contacts, which I never synced to my Google account. How did these random contacts get associated with my Google account? |
41992 | Will a "standard" "Made for iPhone" headset's remote control button work with a Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570? | Running either latest stock Gingerbread or custom CyanogenMod Jelly Bean? By _will the button work_ I mean either by the operating system or by a 3rd party app from our nice selection: See Izzy's answer on How can I control both volume and track skip on my Android device from my headphones? I need proper music support on this device, skip track, fast forward and rewind (for podcasts). |
48240 | Tethering options for the laptop and the phone | I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S3. I am about to go abroad and will need to connect my laptop to the Internet without having someone come and install a DSL or cable router (as the waiting time to install these is quite long I would be gone before the internet technicians drop by). So what I have decided is to purchase a SIM card and connect my laptop to my android phone to do internet browsing. My understanding is that with tethering I can transform this phone into a router or wireless hotspot. 1. What are tethering options (settings or apps) for this phone? 2. Is it better to connect the PC to the phone wirelessly, via a USB cable to use tethering, or via Bluetooth tethering? _In terms of speed, I guess Wi-Fi tethering would be superior here._ |
44548 | Can I root a Superpad Flytouch 8? | I purchased a Superpad Flytouch 8 recently and now it hangs on the Android start-up page. I cannot access the menus for factory reset so I guess I need to get my head around "rooting". The PC repair store says it can't be fixed but surely someone can help me prove them wrong. |
26876 | Disable 4.1.1 camera slide effect | I've noticed since the 4.1.1 update that every time a photo is taken there's this very distracting slide effect that transitions the photo you've just snapped off the screen, replacing it with the live view. Is there any way to disable this? |
13163 | How can I compile native applications on my rooted phone? | I'm running Cyanogenmod 7 on my Nexus One, and I wanted to compile and run LAME on my phone. I've already downloaded the source package and have tried to `./configure` it, but I'm told that neither `cc` nor `gcc` exist on the phone. Is there a way to get `gcc` for Android? I'm simply looking to be able to compile a few native applications like LAME for use on my ARM device. How can I go about doing this? |
68670 | Internal storage | I have samsung galaxy music duos S6012 mobile. according to the specification the internal storage is 4GB but physically my phone shows only 2GB. So, please help what do I do in this manner. I know that my device having fully 4GB storage but it is hidden undauntedly. So pl z help me. |
68671 | Identifying an unknown Android tablet through adb/shell without relying on build.prop | I obtained a cheap unbranded tablet from a friend, without a box or anything and I need to figure out what kind of tablet it is, through software. What I've established so far is that the tablet is an Alwinner A13, but unfortunately there are a lot of A13s and this one seems to require some non- standard touchscreen drivers. There are a few more threads about identifying devices, but this case is slightly different, in that I can't trust anything Android tells me about the tablet. The tablet is currently running the official Novo 7 Legend firmware, which "works" but unfortunately is not the right firmware for the device. I still have full access to the system over adb and with a mouse over OTG, however the device's build.prop is wrong. Unfortunately build.prop is also what defines the tablet's type/name in the Android "About device" section and all Android log output I've found. I've checked dmesg as well as the output of `adb bugreport`, neither gave me what I'm looking for. **tl;dr:** I do not have the original firmware nor do I have the box and the hardware is very generic, so my question is, is there any (software-wise) way of identifying the tablet, that does not rely on build.prop? I have full (root) adb access and full access to Android. **Update:** I have opened up the tablet and checked the board (and lost the power button in the process), on it was a more specific name, but still very generic. I did manage to get some rom working on it thanks to it (albeit with an inverted touchscreen), but I still haven't been able to identify it. I've given up on it for now (I got it for tinkering purposes anyway), if I get new suggestions here I'm still more than happy to try them out however. |
13118 | Can I use Dvorak on a physical keyboard? | I use Dvorak as my main typing layout. I own a Motorola Xoom tablet, for which I bought an external bluetooth keyboard. I couldn't find how to use Dvorak on the physical keyboard though; I tried some of the Dvorak-capable keyboard apps in the App Store (Hacker's Keyboard, Honso Multiling, XenionSH Dvorak Keyboard), but none of these seemed to help (ASK has an open issue for this: http://code.google.com/p/softkeyboard/issues/detail?id=181) Has anyone managed to do something similar (using either an external BT keyboard or a phone with an inbuilt physical keyboard.) |
28449 | Ctrl+Click to open in new tab | I use ASUS Transformer with the keyboard attached. In Google Chrome for Android, I would like to use `Ctrl`+Click to open up a new tab which contains the website where the link is pointing to, just as I would on my desktop computer. But somehow this does not work on my Android device? I can use for example, `Ctrl`+`tab` to open new window. BTW I click with my touchscreen, maybe this matters? |
58596 | How to cut and paste on Sony XPeria Z1? | Assuming a healthy phone, what is the normal procedure for _cutting_ and pasting from _editable_ text fields on Android? On my iPhone this pops up after selecting text, but I cannot even select the text on Android. The whole process is so intuitive on iOS I cannot even remember how I do it, it just happens naturally. On Android I can't work it out! I'm mostly interested in version 4.2.2 and the multi-line plain text input used on the Wordpress app, though I have equal trouble with Notes and Chrome's address bar. I want to occasionally move sentences around within a chunk of text, without duplicating them (so Copy is of limited interest, though I note it is equally difficult). I have a Sony XPeria Z1. **NOTE: this question is about cutting, not copying. Thanks.** |
58594 | How do wi-fi only Android devices synchronise time? | I'm having a problem with some Android tablets being unable to synchronise the time when connected to our wireless network. This is in a school and fairly heavily locked down, so it's probable that they are being blocked from accessing something that they need to in order to synchronise the time. These are Wi-Fi only devices, so they can't set the time from a GSM provider or anything, meaning they must be using something else, presumably NTP. If it's NTP, how can I view/change the time server used? The devices are Android 4.0.1. I'm not sure what make/model they are but will try and find out. |
58675 | Change number of emails the phone keeps | I have a Galaxy S4 and have my email setup to retrieve via POP3. The number of emails to load is set to 25. If I receive a new email and delete it from the phone an old email is loaded to keep the number of emails at 25. I want to have it setup where it doesn't load any old emails. I've seen one answer that suggests setting it up as IMAP but if I delete an email on the phone it's going to be deleted on the server and I don't want that. Any suggestions? |
58593 | 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 ... |
58590 | What is custom URI handler in android? | I came across the term "Custom URI Handler" which is a bad practice in android security. Can anybody please tell what is custom URI handler? What are the security issues raised by custom URI handlers? |
20311 | Why have some of my apps started coming up as tiny shrunken windows | Sometime in the last week a few of the apps installed on my Galaxy Nexus are coming up as tiny shrunken windows that are completely unusable. Here's an example:  Very boring picture, the point being that the little white rectangle halfway down the left side is the rendition of the application that should be taking up the whole screen! I can click on the little detail that is visible there and the little white rectangle changes a bit. It seems the application is running but it is obviously unreadable and unusable. And it doesn't respond to resizing gestures. Tapping on the options button brings up a bar at the bottom of the screen with tiny unreadable icons. FWIW, the apps that are doing this are zipcar (the one I first noticed; perhaps the installation of that app caused the problem?), a banking app and Ibird Pro. Both the banking app and the bird program worked fine in the past. I'd be delighted to hear from anyone who has seen this, or better still know what caused it and how to fix it! |
81606 | Block all root connections except to certain IP destinations using Iptables | I am using rooted Android 4.4.4 system. I want to block all the network connections associated by processes that run by root except to certain Ip targets. Something like this Block all network connections by the root process except to local host except to xx.xx.xx.xx except to xx.xx.xx.xx I am also using Afwall+ which accepts Iptables scripts. Any recommendations? |
29384 | How can I move dalvik cache to a custom location(permanently)? | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Can I change the dalvik cache location e.g. with a symbolic link? I have Huawei u8160 running Cyanogenmod 7.2. I have activated `sd-ext` partition using Link2SD, so it's mounted on `/data/sdext2`, all the ways to move Dalvik cache to `sd-ext` requires ext partition to be mounted on `/sd-ext` . Is there any way to move Dalvik cache to anywhere I want? Or at least to the specified location? |
20316 | How can I edit values in memory? | Is it possible to edit values in memory used by an app? I would assume this requires root. |
20315 | Vibrations or not depending on phone position | Is there any chance to disable phone vibrations when phone is in straight horizontal position? (eg. on the table). I want to have vibrations turned on only when I have it in my pocket, close to the body, in other situations turned off. Is there any app for this? Maybe there is some profile switcher based on the phone position? |
62162 | Recover a deleted file from phone memory without USB Mass Storage class? | I just deleted a picture file from the internal phone memory. I actually deleted the entire Pictures folder. But the app said that 1 file was deleted. Not more than that? I take it this means that the phone camera is using the SD card to store pictures I take. It was stored in `/storage/emulated/0` on Galaxy S4 plus. I'm not sure what picture that was. Is there a way I can recover it? I noticed there's no USB Mass Storage option in Galaxy S4 Plus. Can I still use a recovery software such as PhotoRec or Recuva to restore it? **Update:** I have only a long list of partitions when I start Recuva. There's no way to select my phone, which is connected as MTP device (Microsoft protocol for media players). I have the same problem in PhotoRec. It is however detected by the computer and I can browse its contents in Windows Explorer. |
20318 | How can I set a new app as my default launcher on a Galaxy Ace? | I downloaded a launcher app on my Samsung Galaxy Ace (iPhone Locker; actually its a locker app but it pretends to be a launcher). Now when I press the `Home` button, the list of launcher apps pops up. This list contains iPhone locker, and when I select that it is set, but the next time I click on `Home` the launcher list pops up again. I checked in my application settings and iPhone Locker's `Clear Default` button is grayed out, so it looks like it has not yet been made the default app. How can I make this my default launcher? |
62166 | What is best and quickest way to fire up a Android 4.4 emulator or virtual box? | I'm looking to test a few apk's, but was wondering is there a quick android emulator I can fire up easily. A virtual box would also be nice, but i don't think thats widely supported. |
67531 | Unplugged my cable while upgrading via Odin | My cable was unplugged while my Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 upgrading with Odin. Now, nothing appears on the screen, even when I plug the charger. How can I fix my device? |
67536 | editing vold.fstab | I believe that I can swap memory SDcard <\---> extSdCard if I know how to edit the vold.fstab. Can someone here please help me? I know it'll be a piece of cake for the geniuses here at stackexchange. My phone is Samsung GT-I8552 ( Quattro / Win ) Here is my vold.fstab ## Vold 2.0 Generic fstab ## - San Mehat (san@android.com) ## ####################### ## Regular device mount ## ## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...> ## label - Label for the volume ## mount_point - Where the volume will be mounted ## part - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition. ## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices ###################### #storage_struct = series, "/mnt/sdcard/extStorages" #storage_struct = parallel { supported_exfat = yes android_secure_containers = enable } dev_mount sdcard /storage/extSdCard auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmc_host/mmc1/ #usb host device { media_type = usb supported_exfat = yes } dev_mount sda /storage/UsbDriveA auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host/usb #usb host device { media_type = usb supported_exfat = yes } dev_mount sdb /storage/UsbDriveB auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host/usb #usb host device { media_type = usb supported_exfat = yes } dev_mount sdc /storage/UsbDriveC auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host/usb #usb host device { media_type = usb supported_exfat = yes } dev_mount sdd /storage/UsbDriveD auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host/usb #usb host device { media_type = usb supported_exfat = yes } dev_mount sde /storage/UsbDriveE auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host/usb #usb host device { media_type = usb supported_exfat = yes } dev_mount sdf /storage/UsbDriveF auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host/usb #EOF |
66661 | Switching "voice" when interacting with a Facebook page via the Android app? | Facebook's standard web interface on desktop (and also on mobile) browsers allows an admin of a Page to choose to "use Facebook" (or to perform "posting, commenting, and liking") either as that Page or as him/her self. Is it possible to do the same from the Android app? My "Facebook for Android" app is currently at v7.0.0.26.28 (and my "Pages Manager" app is at v1.10), and for the pages that I manage, I seem to be able to post only as the Page and not as myself. |
66660 | LG G Pro E988 Youtube app crashes when I click a video | I bought a second hand LG G Pro E988 and the youtube app crashes each time I try opening a video. When I open the app it asks me to connect my gmail account to youtube and then when I click a video it crashes. Also Id like to know whether there are known replicas for this phone? Sorry If I have the wrong tag here, but couldnt find a popular enough tag for this phone |
66663 | How to charge the HTC One X with power-off / display-off | I used to power off my phone at night while charging when I was using Desire S. Recently I bought HTC One X and can't charge with power off anymore. It keep turning on with the battery and bolt logo and display don't turn off. If I press the power button, the phone is boot again into Android. Now I have to turn on Airplain mode at night when charging. Am I the only one who encounter that problem because I doubt that is happening as I unlocked bootloader. I ain't sure as I unlocked the bootloader since the day I bought it. How can I charge with power off? |
66662 | Is there an autorun or scheduler? | I have an s3 mini. It has an app called "My Galaxy" - a marketing adware kind of thing. It runs without me launching it. How is that done? Is there a scheduler somewhere that launches this app? Can I make changes to that scheduler? I don't just want to stop "My Galaxy" (I could uninstall it), I want to know how it gets run automatically. |
1304 | Can I automatically check in to Foursquare? | Is there any app or setting that will automatically check in to foursquare when I arrive at a venue without having to take out the phone and click the app? Preferably something where I can mark "favorite" venues to check in to, such as work. Thanks |
23753 | Android tablet gets hot and shuts down | I have an Imito android tablet. It gets hot and shuts down. Any have a reason for this and is it fixable? |
23754 | No Turn-by-Turn Directions on Google Navigation | Google Maps gets fairly frequent updates (although I don't use it all that much). But, I have recently had to use it for some travel. I noticed that, where Google Maps used to give directions in this fashion... "Turn left onto Main Street in 0.2 miles." ...ever since I did an update (no clue which update it was - as I said, I don't use directions THAT frequently) now all it says is... "Left" Needless to say, this makes it rather painful to use for direction purposes. What do I need to do to fix this? I Googled around, but didn't find anything. Would appreciate suggestions. |
23755 | Is it OK to swap batteries while phone is connected to wall charger? | It takes a few minutes to shut down and restart the phone, it would sometimes be handy to be able to swap batteries without shutting down (i.e. swap in a fully charged battery before going out). Will the phone operate without a battery while connected to a wall charger? Is it safe to swap the battery without shutting down? |
23758 | Samsung Galaxy Ace locks automatically when clock application is selected | Got my Samsung Galaxy Ace a few days ago. Been working properly till yesterday when something strange started happening. Whenever I select the Clock application, the application starts, I see my clock for a brief moment (like a second) and then the phone locks. When I unlock it, it returns to Clock app and then immediately locks again! This keeps happening, not even giving me time to return to the home screen. If I reboot the phone then it returns to the home screen and it works properly till I select the Clock application again. Then the same story happens and repeats. So basically once I select the Clock application, the phone will lock. My phone OS is Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Can't figure why this happens. Any help would be appreciated. |
27042 | What exactly are DRM keys? | I was thinking of unlocking my ST17i's bootloader but I saw on the Sony Mobile website that unlocking the bootloader will result to the deletion of DRM keys from my phone. What exactly are they? And what will be affected if I lose the said "DRM keys"? |
27041 | Allow wifi weak signal connect | I have 2 ZTE Blades (with 512 Mb RAM) and CM7 **2.3.7** (Kang) from BurgerZ ROM installed on them. One of them - my girl's - can connect to home and other (public i.e. McDonalds) wifi AP's even if it's signal is just one bar (it's about 6-7 meters from home router and there are two perpendicular walls on the way). But my can't do that even if 4 bars. (Also, if it can help, same situation with the gps fixes.) I wondering why two same devices have such different behavior? I heard that there are some patch or something to allow android to connect to wifi AP with weak signal but can't find this solution. I know thac ICS have an option `Avoid poor connections` but I'm not on ICS and don't want to flash it on my Blade. Please, if you have any information or solution about that, help me to fix my device. |
27049 | Email won't stay deleted | I mostly use my computer for email, but obviously when I'm on the go it's good to have my email accessible at all times. That's what the email app is for, right? So I have it set up to download emails, but to never delete them from the server. Essentially this is the same as I have on my laptop. Only my main computer is set to delete emails from the server when I delete them from my inbox. The point is, while this works fine on my laptop, my phone will keep downloading the same emails, even when I hit the "Delete" button to remove them from my phone's inbox. Strangely, though, it will only do this a few hours after they were deleted (the mailbox is set to update every 15 minutes), and usually only when I receive a new email or two. In other words, when I get a new email, the phone will start downloading some old emails seemingly at random. What gives, and how do I fix it? |
59241 | Media scanner will not recognize NEW music | So I have a bunch of music already, all in `/sdcard/music` that scans just fine. When I add new music to the folder, the scanner does not recognize it even though I can see them in the folder in My Files. I have ran Rescan SD, it does not help. I am also using the standard Music Player that came with my Droid Charge (2.3.6, I know, it's ancient). Any ideas? **EDIT:** Yes, all files are `.mp3`, there is no `.nomedia` file in it, ID3 tags are just letters and numbers, and all my music is in `/sdcard/music/`. This is only happening to new music I've been putting on, all my existing music works fine. **EDIT:** From what I can gather, it's a problem with the actual scanning feature. The new songs do not show up in other players and rescanning doesn't help either. |
35012 | How to take a screenshot of an entire scrolling activity? | I have a Samsung Galaxy Y, and I have an application that has a scrollable activity. I wanted to take a screenshot but the "Home button - Power button" combination only captures the contents that are visible on the screen. What I wanted is to capture the full activity of the app including the unscrolled parts... I hope I explained it well ... |
50792 | Viewing photos from my Samsung Galaxy S4 camera on PC | I have a Samsung Galaxy S4, which I'm able to connect via USB to my PC and browse its files with Windows Explorer without using Kies. I have a lot of photos I want to transfer on to my computer, but initially the files didn't show up. So I changed the folder settings to display hidden files, and then my photos showed up. However, the problem I'm having is I cannot transfer the files over to my computer. I get an error: `A device attached to the system is not functioning`. The other issue is when I try to view these hidden files, my photo viewer tells me `Windows Photo Viewer can't open this file because Photo Viewer doesn't support this file format, or you don't have the latest update to Photo Viewer`. These files are JPEGs. I have Windows 7. |
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