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62018 | Samsung Galaxy s3 4.3 update failing | I am trying to update the firmware of my **Galaxy S3 from 4.1.2 to 4.3**. The update package gets downloded, **but the installation fails at 31% everytime**. I tried to updated using **KIES** also, but no success. What can be the reason and how can I resolve this issue? The Error message is " **Failed to update the firmware. Try again with Kies or contact Samsung** ". |
62019 | Given that every application runs as a separate user, what happens when you want to add a new user account? | According to this, every application in Android runs as a separate kernel- level user, with a unique user ID and group ID. So, what happens under the hood when you **add a new user** (e.g. to your shared tablet)? |
34475 | Why is my Galaxy Nexus always force quit every apps or page I'm currently on? | Lately my phone have been force quitting out of any apps or pages I'm currently on and i have no idea what is causing it. I did recentl update to android 4.2, I'm not sure if that is the reason for causing the problem. |
35709 | How can I choose a music player? | I am looking for a music player for my android device which has a number of specific features (such as having a play queue, lock screen controls, etc.) I am finding it difficult because there are lots of music players out there and they don't list all of their features "on the box". For example, _Double Twist_ has an "add to play queue" option, but it doesn't say so "on the box", so I had to download it and try it to know. I was wondering if there were any resources out there which provide complete feature lists or some other means of helping me find what I want. |
50484 | How to add camera brand or model in exif meta? | In my android mobile there is no camera brand or model in exif meta but rest of the exif tags are ok. how can i fix this? Model :Xstreamer Aiki 5 |
50485 | Mute button doesn't work on a rooted Samsung Galaxy S4 | Device: GT-I9500 Android: 4.2.2, rooted Whether I press and hold the power button and select mute from the menu or double-press the sound icon in the pull down notification menu, the phone still rings when I receive a call or a notification. I using the volume button to turn the sound off, but now it's on vibration. |
35704 | FFMpeg stream to FFServer from Back Camera | I'm looking for a way to stream my camera video from my Android phone to an FFServer, like I would with FFMpeg from the command line in Linux: ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 http://IP:8090/cam1.ffm This command works perfect from any Ubuntu machine, of course. I'm looking to be able to do both audio and video from my Android to my FFserver. I tried installing FFmpeg 4 Android. It installs fine, starts and binds, but it won't stream. No error message or anything passing it this param: ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/graphics/fb0 http://IP:8090/cam1.ffm Not sure if it's just that program or what since there is no error message at all. Or is there another software that will allow me to do this? |
50480 | How to root this device? RK3188 | I am attempting to root at RK3188 Mini PC I bought from amazon. I believe I have found the drivers, but cannot figure out how to connect a USB cable to the device to connect to my PC to root. Please see pictures below: http://i.stack.imgur.com/SgauW.jpg http://i.stack.imgur.com/gLxA9.jpg As you can see the device has a: HDMI port, Charging port, USB port, Audio port, The device takes 2 Amps to power, through the charging port. I could try connecting a microUSB (?) to usb cable to the PC, but I believe it will not be enough to power the device as USB ports only supply up to 500mA. I could also try a USB A to A cable, but I also fear damaging both devices. Any suggests appreciated! Thank you! * * * Update Used the micro USB to USB adapter and found the device powered on from a computer USB port. Still confused as the device needs 2A to operate. |
50481 | How to update Samsung Galaxy SII SHW-250K from ICS to jelly bean? | How can I update Samsung Galaxy SII SHW-250K from ICS (4.0.4) to jelly bean? I tried using samsung kies but it shows that "SHW-250K does not support initialising". |
50482 | How do I delete a desktop home screen on Nexus 7 2013? | Device: Nexus 7 2013 Android: 4.3 How do I delete a desktop home screen on Nexus 7 2013? I tried everything: pinch zooming, double tap, etc. Nothing seems to work. |
35701 | Second partition can't be mounted (link2sd) | I'm trying to partition my external SD card (32GB SDHC), so I can link application to the second partition with link2sd. Now the problem is that, no matter what filesystem I use, link2sd can't create the mount script/fails to mount. I tried FAT32, FAT16, ext2, ext3 and ext4. Same result everytime, I tried formatting it with MiniTool Partition Wizard and ClockworkMod Recovery. I made the first Partition a FAT32 primary and the second partition an _put in filesystem here_ primary partition. I also tried diffrent sizes between 256MB and 4GB. I'm on Cyanogenmod 10 running on an Samsung Galaxy Ace (I-5380). |
23591 | How to unbrick a HTC Magic? | I have bricked my HTC Magic. Now when I try to boot it normally or in hboot or in fastboot or in recovery, it only shows a white box with an arrow and a bugdroid then a blank screen. It's not detected by adb or fastboot in any mode. Is there a way to unbrick it? I think I flashed a bad radio. At least, it was after flashing a radio but I thought it was a good one. The old radio version was 2.22 and the new one was a 6.35 and I used ClockworkMode recovery to flash it. |
23593 | Gmail gives no option to sync "All Label" label | HTC Hero, Android 2.1(!) I have 3 Gmail accounts on my phone -- none of them allow me to Synchronize the "All Mail" label. How can I do this? |
23597 | Can you broadcast to a Shoutcast server from Android? | I run a shoutcast station for a small group of people. I would like the ability to broadcast to my server from my phone so that I could do live broadcasts away from home. So far I have not found any software to do this, because searching only yields ten zillion results for streaming radio apps for listening, not broadcasting. Someone I asked tried to suggest that it was not possible to stream efficiently over a 3G connection, but frankly this is rubbish because I have streamed to my server from my laptop via a 3G stick before, and on my phone I have streamed audio and video to services like UStream etc. Does anyone know of any software for android capable of broadcasting to a shoutcast server ? Thanks. |
61664 | Android HDMI-DVI Video Issues | I'm having some issues getting a video signal from my Droibox Ace. Just doing straight HDMI-to-HDMI at 1080p to my LG TV seems to work fine, but I have a Dell WFP2407 Monitor connected to the Droibox using a HDMI-DVI cable. The monitor only supports `1920x1200` resolution and I can't get the video to show up using any configuration. I have tried various apps from the store to try and output the required resolution with no luck. I've also tried moving through all of the options available on the "Display output mode" screen, although it's hard to tell if these options had been applied as I was trying to switch between composite & HDMI output in order to see what I was doing.  Does anyone have any ideas on how I can change the HDMI output resolution to one of the supported? Or is there some other issue at work here? |
55059 | Missing 'Contacts' sync App | Am running Android 4.2.2 on a CUBOT smartphone, but cannot sync my contacts from Gmail as the ONLY sync adapters showing in the Settings-Accounts-Google section are 'App Data' and 'People details'. Both these apps, if un-checked then checked pretty much instantly come back with a 'Last synced 14/10/2013 09:38' (or whatever time date-stamp is accurate), but nothing seems to have changed. I seem to be missing just a plain old 'Contacts' sync option. Being new to Android - I haven't a clue how to progress, or where to download/install 'contacts'. Advice greatly appreciated. |
27687 | How do I root my device with Mac OS X? | Similar to How do I root my device?, except using Mac OS X. Everywhere I try to find the answer to leads me to Windows applications. Are there any guides or tools for OS X? |
55050 | Home button doesn't resume from standby | I recently had a problem with the microUSB charging port on my Samsung Galaxy Note 1 and got it replaced. Since then, I notice an odd change in behaviour: when the phone is sleeping (ie, black screen), pushing the home button (at the bottom) doesn't wake it up. Pushing the power button (on the side) does wake it up. Questions: * is this a software change that just happened to coincide with my hardware issue? * is there some plausible connection between those events? * is it a bad thing? (I can't really decide - on the plus side, less chance of phone waking in my pocket.) |
55051 | How to record audio from a RTSP session? | I frequently listen to broadcasts through RTSP streams from new.livestream.com in my rooted Nexus 7 running Android 4.3. The video/audio is played through the stock video player or MX player. I would like to capture the audio (video is not needed, but it can be considered as a bonus) for offline hearing. Most of the Internet radio apps that I tried does not work with new.livestream.com or for that mater with RTSP protocol. The IP camera viewers kind of applications does provide to see the RTSP, but does not play audio. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. |
51577 | Low resolution album artwork? | Why does Google Play Music and other music apps display album artwork with such terrible quality? This occurs even when high resolution images are embed into the audio files. How can we fix this?  |
51576 | problem with charging symbol, | I purchased a unlocked Samsung Galaxy 3 mini from the internet. Worked fine until I went abroad and change the SIM card. Now I am back in the UK, I am having trouble charging the phone. The charging symbol remains on the screen after charging and sometimes it indicates its charging. When I remove the charger, the phone has not been charged. I can get the phone to charge and remove the charge symbol buy removing the battery and rebooting. Will a reset fix this problem? I'm running android 4.1.2 |
67997 | How to calibrate magnetic sensors using Cyanogenmod? | I am using a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini with Cyanogenmod (11) and want to calibrate the compass / magnetic sensors. With the stock rom this was possible by "dialing" `*#0*#`. This is however not implemented in Cyanogenmod. How can I calibrate? |
67992 | Android emulator with snapshot option not working | I create an android device with configuration: 1. API Level 19 (4.4.2) 2. CPU : ARM(armeabi-v7a) 3. Emulator option :Snapshot Enable . For the first time the device load takes approx 3 mins. After that loading the device with snapshot takes 20 sec. But I found that I cannot access the device through adb or through GUI. I think this is a bug. Any way to resolve this? I tried loading android device earlier also with snapshot but in windows system presently my emulator is setup on a mac machine. |
67998 | Using a android tablet embeded in my car | I want to replace mycar hifi with a tablet, I have worked out the mechanical issues with putting a 7" tablet behind the dashboard where my exisiting doubld din car ICE is, with it behind the trim i have no access to volume or power without removing it, is there a device I can get that can remote control the volume level and/or the power on/power off functionality. The tablet will be connected to my amp for final audio output. cheers for any suggestions (thinking of hacking a BTkeyboard to bits for button funcion unless you can recomned somit better) |
47742 | How to stop showing Picasa photos in Gallery | I have a Samsung Galaxy tab 2 7.0 . I have pictures of picasa in my gallery that can't be deleted. How do I delete them from my android tablet? |
74658 | Error: insufficient permissions for device, how to add permissions? | On trying to install an app on my Reliance CDMA Tablet, this is what happened. aneesh@AcerAOD:~$ adb devices * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 * * daemon started successfully * List of devices attached ???????????? no permissions aneesh@AcerAOD:~$ adb devices List of devices attached ???????????? no permissions aneesh@AcerAOD:~$ adb install Dropbox/apks/videolan.apk error: insufficient permissions for device - waiting for device - How do I set permissions? I browsed through Development and Security options in Settings application in my tablet. Could someone help me out? Possibly some command line helps! It is a little urgent. My device runs Android 2.3.3. |
51684 | Samsung account not showing | Could anyone assist me with enabling my Samsung account on my S3. Each time I pressed buy in video hub I got this message on my phone: "Your Samsung account has been disabled. Enable it by going to Applications manager > Samsung account" I followed the instruction but there in no Samsung account among the list to enable. I tried to setup the account through "Add account>Server >sync server giving the web address, login in ID and password. Everything was accepted but still giving me same message. My Samsung account is running well on web. please help. |
51689 | How many devices does one purchase of Android app support? | I have purchased an app from the Play Store. How many times I can install the same app on different Android devices? Is there a limit? |
5262 | Why is charging from computer using USB slower than using an outlet? | And what is roughly the ratio of the charging speed in USB vs charger? My phone is Samsung Galaxy S, if that matters. |
61593 | Is there a way to automatically put my Android phone into silent mode while recharging? | Every night before sleep I usually put my Galaxy S4 into my bed's headboard to recharge, but every night I also get up because of the beep that the phone does when someone send something to my wazzup messenger. It's not nice put it into silent mode before sleep and return from it every day, is there any way to do such ting automatically? |
61597 | mount command outputs usage on correct arguments | I enabled root for adb, and then tried the following: root@crespo:/ # mount /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/media /storage/sdcard0 Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory 1|root@crespo:/ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /storage/sdcard0 Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory 1|root@crespo:/ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 /storage/sdcard0 Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory but, even if `-t` is optional, I get a different error message by adding it: 1|root@crespo:/ # mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0 /storage/sdcard0 mount: Device or resource busy maybe the arguments parsing of the command is messed up... seems like a bug in busybox, or is something much more pedestrian going wrong? |
61595 | Cryptic Symbols & Loss of Connectivity | My device lost 3G Connectivity this morning and only resumed around 10AM, when it did however, this minus icon was present. Any ideas what it is? What it means, and how to get rid of it?  |
61598 | Viber photo sync | My husband is having an issue with photos being sent to him via the Viber app are being synced and posted directly to his Facebook page! How does he stop this? |
73150 | Make Samsung SideSync work on PC's other than specific Samsung laptops? | This is a question for true Android Enthusiasts. I used an SSD for my Samsung ATIV book 2, and used the Samsung SideSync for ease of programming through the mouse and keyboard share option (with Note 3 mounted on dock). Now I shifted that SSD to my PC and Windows 8.1 boots fine, only problem is that Samsung SideSync no longer works saying unsupported system... Is there any way to get over this and force run it? |
73152 | ADB not seeing device after update | I just updated the Android SDK Tools to 22.6.4 and the Google USB Driver to Rev. 10 and now ADB cannot see the device. Device: Honeywell Dolphin 70e Black with 4.0.3 Modified the android_winusb.inf to include: ;Honeywell 70e %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0C2E&PID_0BA3 %CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0C2E&PID_0BA3&MI_01 I was able to install the driver just fine and everything else seems normal except ADB with this device. Other devices work fine (Droid X, Kindle Fire, Motorola Photon Q) I have done ADB resets, computer restarts, I downloaded an older version of the tools (22.6.2 and Rev 9 driver) but was still unable to connect. I even did a factory reset on the Honeywell device. I can't think of anything else to try |
73156 | Android Boot Up When Power is Applied Through Induction Charging - Rooted Google Nexus 7 | Initially, I looked into StackOverflow for an answer to this question, but my lack of experience was evident when I was redirected here, where my question was considerably more relevant, being based around Android.. Anyway, I have seen plenty of examples of people being able to successfully modify Android system scripts such as chargemon to essentially hijack the few scripts running when an Android device is turned off but plugged in through USB to charge. However, it doesn't seem that induction charging is able to offer any kind of trigger that can be taken advantage of to automatically boot up the device. Does anyone know if it would be possible to achieve this goal without a factory hardware set, no modifications? I'm not a hardware guy, so I really don't know anything about what I could/should do in that respect, but if hardware changes are my only option then it's not something I wouldn't look into. Are there even hardware modifications that could be possible to achieve this functionality? It seems like a bit of a stretch, but I would really like to see this work out. Thanks for any help. |
56500 | My Nexus 7 is dead, any suggestion? | My Nexus 7 died. I didn't see it happening. My son was playing, went to school and left it charging. At night it didn't turn on anymore. The screen is black. I've followed the Asus instructions. This answer says to disconnect the battery. Any other tip? Nexus isn't officially sold in my country (Brazil). I'm afraid I won't get be able to use the warranty. Since the last update, I've noticed some hiccups. Maybe it was due to excess of running applications. |
52886 | Fastboot is getting stuck while trying to flash CWM onto Nexus 4 | After successfully unlocking the bootloader of my new Nexus 4 using adb and fastboot I now want to install ClockworkMod Recovery onto my device. Sadly it is not working properly. I am using Gnome Ubuntu 13.04 and installed adb and fastboot with apt. While in fastboot mode my device is visible when testing with $ sudo fastboot devices 002847af108bXXXX fastboot when I try to flash the ClockworkMod image recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.6-mako.img using $ sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.6-mako.img sending 'recovery' (7814 KB)... it gets stuck. I already waited for 40 minutes to complete but since the size of the image is around 8Mb I suppose it cannot take that much time and something is not working correctly. Strangely also my USB-connected keyboard and Bluetooth-connected mouse are ignoring my inputs while fastboot is running. I also tried renaming the .img file to recovery.img with the same result. Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I have no idea what the problem could be. |
56506 | Is hpns folder in external sd-card safe to delete? | I searched on the web and stack exchange forums a lot. But, could not find a solution therefore I am posting a question at last. I have a Micro max canvas Plus2. My external SD-card is of 3.63 GB capacity but, 2.8 GB of space itself is occupied by a 'hpns' folder. This folder contains a couple of log files, one of them named 'exception'. This is a huge bugger, since I have only 200 MB of my personally stored files(photos,music etc.) and I am not allowed to store more files because the hpns folder is hogging all the space in external SD-card. Same hpns named folder, by the way, is also present in the internal SD-card also, worth 500 MB. So, kindly tell me if it is safe to delete this folder from external SD-card? Also, how to make sure this folder is not created again automatically? Thank you in advance! |
56504 | Are there any video players and photo viewers with color management/adjustment? | It appears that Android does not natively support color management. Specific devices, such as the Nexus 4, can get color calibration ability through 3rd- party kernels/drivers. Here I have a Nexus 7 but I could not found anything that allows me to do color calibration. At a minimum, I'd like to change the gamma values to fix the washed-out colors. Assuming that color management is impossible at the OS level, it is still possible to do that at the application level. For example, a video player can apply adjustments to the decoded images in software, before sending them to the display. Are there any video players and photo viewers with color management/adjustment? |
32167 | How can I open files that have Japanese filenames? | I organize my Japanese ebooks and manga using the respective Japanese titles as filenames. I then access this content from my Anrdoid device by mounting a cifs share with cifsmanager. However I cannot open the media using my Android 4.1 (AOSP) device. The non-ascii characters in my filesystem show up as just question marks, e.g. `/mnt/sdcard/manga/??????/`. The error behavior that various apps will give range from `File does not exist` (File Manager) to nothing at all (PerfectViewer). |
32166 | What does this icon mean? |  There is no corresponding notification in the pull-down. |
32165 | How can I see bootloader stdout debugging messages? | I'm trying to understand the mechanisms of the Android bootloader. The source code for this is here: https://code.google.com/p/android-source- browsing/source/browse/recovery.cpp?repo=platform--bootable--recovery I want to see the messages which are printed by LOGE(stdout, "message"). ADB is not yet active at this time so I can't use logcat or the shell on the device. Is there a way to set up anything on the device so I can write the messages to a logfile or the display of the device? I don't want to install a different bootloader, I would like to see the default bootloader "in action". I'm using a rooted HTC Desire with S-OFF. Linux and Windows are available, communication to the device is possible via USB and WLAN. Other suggestions posted in this forum did not help (like this, if I add the suggested lines it just boots up normally. Or this, since I cannot use ADB). Any help is very appreciated. Best regards Brandon |
32164 | How to remove network lock samsung galaxy s advance | Title says it all. I have been scouting the net for the past day and a half and haven't found a way to remove/unlock the network lock on my SGS Advance. It is already rooted. I have tried those SGS unlocking apps, and didnt work. Does anyone know how to unlock a Samsung galaxy advance without purchasing/paying for unlocking service? ps i have also tried the instructions from this page thread, http://forum.xda- developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045. but when i checked, the nv_data.bin in my phone contained nothing (0 bytes) |
32161 | Why didn't my Android auto adjust to daylight saving time and how to fix it? | My Galaxy Nexus, Jelly Bean, was set to Automatic Date & Time, Automatic Time Zone, and the correct Time Zone was shown: "GMT -03:00, Brasilia Time". Here in Brazil Daylight Saving Time begins today. Android didn't detect that. To be fair Microsoft for many years also made the DST start in the wrong week in its Windows products. If I recall correctly, it required a new law from our Government to make the DST more predictable, so in the last few years Windows got it right. I don't know if Android will make the DST start in the wrong weekend or if it won't work at all. How can I correct it? |
32160 | Are there any Android tablets that have the "negative colours" accessiblity feature like the Samsung Galaxy S III phone has? | Are there any Android tablets that support the "negative colours" accessibility setting like the Samsung Galaxy S III phone does? There are many people like myself whose vision is light sensitive and as such find it much more comfortable to read off screens that have a black background with light coloured text e.g. white text on a black background. Reading black text on a white background (the usual way round) gives me bad headaches. The iPhone and iPad have long had an accessibility feature called "white on black" which basically negates all the colours globally - looking something like a photo negative. I was very glad when I saw that the Samsung Galaxy S III supports such a feature - they call it "negative colours" - basically making any app which has a light coloured background much more comfortable to view. I'm after an Android tablet that can do this, not a phone. However, from what I've read, the Samsung Galaxy tablet doesn't seem to have this feature. I'm wondering if there are any other Android tablets that do. The inverted colours setting I'm after is a global colour negation, so everything (all apps, home screen, built in OS screens etc.) need to have negative colours. I think on the iPhone, iPad and Samsung Galaxy S3, this is done at the video device driver level to achieve this globally throughout the OS and all Apps. Are there any Android tablets that provide the "negative colours" accessibility feature? |
26228 | Dialling with favorites | With My old phone as soon as I hit my favorites button, the phone would automatically dial the number that I set as a default. With this phone, when I hit an entry on my favorites list, it brings me to a list of numbers and I have to choose a number. HOw can I program the phone to automatically dial a favorite number? I tried setting a number as a default and it doesn't work. |
26223 | Tablet Chrome on Phone | I have a Galaxy Note and I was wondering if there was a way to use the tablet version of chrome with the tabs on the top. Same with Gmail too if possible. From what I can see on the Nexus 7, it looks pretty good. And they do have pretty much the same resolution. |
26222 | How can I make the Galaxy S3 detect media on my sdcard? | I have transferred some mp3s onto my sdcard using samba but the operating system doesn't seem to automatically detect them as it would if you copied it using MTP or whatever. How can I force it to detect them? |
26225 | A more comprehensive list of Voice Actions keywords? | The formal Voice Actions web page lists a small number of Voice Actions keywords: 1. send text to 2. navigate to 3. call 4. map of 5. note to self 6. listen to 7. send email to 8. go to 9. {anything else} fires Google Search? But when I use certain applications which use Android's built-in speech recognition, the recognizer won't respond to certain **other** keywords as well. Instead, it will **wait** until a second word will be spoken before acknowledging "end of speech" and returning with a result (often the wrong one, because it's always the 1st word **plus** the 2nd word). The fact that the returned result always includes the 1st word tells me that Google's recognizer **heard it** , but decided to ignore it for some reason. So the only explanation I can think of for now is that these must be "reserved keywords". For example, two common such keywords I found to be exhibiting this behavior are: `open` and `exit` . Have you experienced this too? If so, with which words? **Update:** I just observed that some phones are more prone to this problem than others. What does this mean? |
26227 | Phone interrupted during update | I was updating my phone using Kies and the download was interrupted. My phone now has a black screen with a little phone, a yellow triangle with an exclamation point, and a computer on it. I cannot put the phone into recovery mode, and the Kies application has a little icon on it that says "emergency recovery" but when I click on it I then get a message that says > TODO: has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working > correctly. Windows will close the program. I called Samsung, but they were no help at all. Their representative didn't even know what icon I was talking about. She just suggested that I take the battery out or try to put my phone in recovery mode, even though I kept explaining I already tried those things. |
14249 | Is it possible to block ads in Android applications? | Are there any applications that attempt to block ads in applications? It seems that it should be theoreticaly possible, by blocking web requests to certain sites, for example. |
28644 | What is the most effective way to disable ads in an Android app? | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Is it possible to block ads in Android applications? I've read ways but they don't block/disable ads. |
21946 | Is it possible to upgrade, without rooting, to a version not specifically released for the device? | I have inherited an Android mobile and would like to upgrade it to the latest version of Android. Having come across posts such as is it possible to upgrade the android OS on all phones?, it appears I won't be able to. However, I am unsure what the definition of carrier is especially if the phone has been imported from overseas. Is there a way I could upgrade without jailbreaking the mobile phone? My question is applicable to all mobile phones running Android. |
21941 | How to play hyperlink to mp3 on Android | When I lick on a link to a mp3 file on in web page on my Android phone. It starts playing it on Google music player, but as soon as I hit home button or back button it stops playing. I know why it is behaving such a way (Activity that is playing the audio file is destroyed when back button is hit or paused when home button is pressed). Problem is I'm not able to figure out a way to work around this limitation. One thing that I can do is copy and paste a link in a player that accepts hyperlink as input. Unfortunately Google music player does not. Has any onw figured out a work around for this? |
21943 | Not enough storage on android device | When I download application from Market I obtain out of memory error. In fact I have about 2Gb free storage on SD Card and it seems there is out of space of internal phone storage. How to clear internal storage? E.g. remove some cache files or somewhat else? How to obtain access to phone storage? (When I connect my android device to PC without SD card I even have no choice to connect as a disc) I moved all application which can be moved to Android device with App2SD. It is really annoying - I have memory of SD Card but in fact I can not use it. My device is HTC Desire, Android 2.3.3 Thanks a lot! |
21949 | App ratings adjusted for numbers of votes? | Rankings of apps by rating are typically useless because the app ratings are not adjusted for numbers of votes, and therefore the top of the ranking is invariably saturated with many screenfuls of 5-star apps each having only a handful of votes, thus obscuring apps with slightly lower ratings but much higher numbers of votes. Needless to say, the latter ratings are vastly more reliable. _These_ are the apps I'm trying to find. Does anyone know of an Android app search service that allows ranking results by app ratings somehow adjusted for numbers of votes? (E.g. use the standard rating minus 1 or 2 standard deviations.) |
21948 | Quick capture of www URLs to local LIFO stack of hyperlinks? | I often come across interesting websites while looking for something else, and I want to be able to quickly "push" (i.e. capture) their URLs onto a consolidated _stack_ of clickable links, in **_LIFO_** order, for review at a later time. (It would be great if it were easy to "pop" links from this stack, but this is gravy.) My current method for capturing URLs is awfully inconvenient: I choose my browser's "share" option, and email the URL to myself. This is not only slow and cumbersome, but the captured URLs get spread over a bazillion separate email messages. In fact, the absence of a consolidated "dumping site" for these captured URLs is the weakness of every info capture app I've tried so far: quick capture always results in one link per "node" (or email message, or "note", or whatever) in a way that makes it difficult to review the current LIFO stack of URLs. With some of them it _may_ be possible to simulate the "LIFO stack" effect, but this is invariably at the expense of speed and ease of capture. Another feature of many of these apps that I found highly undesirable is that they stored the information remotely. I _definitely_ want to keep this information **_exclusively local_** , i.e. in my phone. I **_don't_** want to find myself in the near future bumping into a "free storage limit" at some remote site (as with, e.g. Evernote). Does anyone know an app that meets these criteria? |
75210 | Support Help! Warning!! A custom OS can cause critical problems | MY phone (Samsung S3) just went off today and started flashing the Samsung logo. I have taken out the battery multiple times and tried to restart the phone. Only once did it restart but then after ten minutes went back to the logo. I tried to press HOME VOLUME UP and PWOER and nothing happened. Then i tried HOME VOLUME DOWN and POWER and i got the screen for Support Help! Warning!! A custom OS can cause critical problems....after a while it goes back to the logo flashing. I cant restart or reboot my phone. Please help. |
81419 | How do I stop Play Store from randomly opening when I'm in other apps? | Play Store is randomly opening when I'm in another app. It is simply showing me an app it thinks I would like, even though I haven't initiated any action on Play Store. I'm running Jelly Bean on a Motorola Razr Maxx. |
75212 | Apps and Play store not working with wifi behind proxy | I have access to a wifi network which works behind a proxy. I can use browser to surf the web. But google play store and all other app are not working as I could not find a way to issue my proxy for them. Though I can surf internet using a browser, youtube is not working. How can I use the apps and play store? **Edit/Addition:** I am using a squid proxy provided by our institute. There is no blocking or something like that. I can use direct 3G connection also, everything is working well there. When I connect via wifi the apps and play store assert "no connection". Though I can surf internet using a browser. So I guess there is problem with proxy usage of those apps. P.S.- I have connected to wifi with following, EAP method : PEAP Phase 2 authentication : GTC CA certificate : (unspecified) User certificate : (unspecified) Identity : my_user_id anonymous identity : blank wireless password : my_passwd Under "Show advanced options" used manual proxy and provided proxy address and port. IP settings is DHCP. |
75214 | Install apps on Android Phone automatically when installed in BlueStacks | I am developing an Android application, and I have to constantly mail the apk to myself to download to phone. I also use Bluestacks app player for testing. But also verify app in my own phone. **Is there any way to have the app installed on the phone directly when installed on the Bluestacks App Player**. I know the reverse is possible through Bluestacks Cloud Connect. Can I achieve the other way round? |
75215 | Phone going into Emergency calls only after USB tethering for 30 minutes | Since the time I started using USB tethering, my phone has been going into Emergency calls only after 30 minutes of little to no use. I find it a bother to always have to restart my hone to use calls or USB tether again. Why is this happening? Is this a limitation of USB tethering? This is NOT a limitation imposed by my carrier. I am using a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10i, running stock upgraded Android 2.3.5. I appreciate any help. |
75216 | Android: Default Battery Percentage Level for individual services to switch off | We all know Android OS switches off services one by one when the battery reaches critical level. But is there any fixed battery level to cut down individual services. For example, Bluetooth will be switched off at 20%, Mobile data at 15%, Wifi at 10%, etc. I am searching these information in Android documentation and Googling as well. But I am not able to find such information. Any help please. |
75219 | Echo when using earphones and VOIP | Im using a Huawei Ascend G6, which uses EmotionUI 2.0 lite over android 4.3. And whenever i use my earphones the callee gets a horrible echo. This only happens over VOIP and with earphones. Other combinations give perfect calls. Does anyone know what yhe problem might be or how i could fix this? |
4947 | How to set static IP address for wi-fi connection? | How can I set manually the IP Address for wifi? |
4946 | archos 7 wlan receiver antenna | Do you know in which side the wlan receiver antenna on archos 7 HT is located? I'm just wondering if it will affect the signal strength received if we cover the "spot", e.g. with our palm. |
4940 | Random Music Playback [WinAmp && Cubed] | I've noticed this issue on my Sprint Samsung Intercept running 2.2 Froyo (rooted, custom kernel, etc.) I swear I didn't have this issue on Android 2.1, but someone with a Motorola Droid running 2.1 did, as you can see here: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=323590 My issue is I love the WinAmp music player. However, when I pause it and leave the app, it will randomly, unexpectedly begin music playback later (both when I am using the phone, and when it's sitting on the ground next to me.) When I navigate to the app, the controls show that it is paused, and clicking on it once will bring it to the normal state (shows as playing, and it is,) and a second time will pause it again (where it should have been to begin with.) This could be a real issue while I'm in class, etc. and I'm forced not to be able to use WinAmp, which I'd really like to be able to do. With Cubed, the issue is similar. Instead of having it be random though, it plays when I go back to the app. This leads me to believe that it's playing onResume(), without first checking the state it should be in. I'm guessing WinAmp is staying open in the background somehow and doing the same thing. My question is, is there any fix? |
4943 | How does the phone know it has been docked | How does the Android phone phone it has been docked in a car holder? I think the HTC Desire car dock can launch Car Home, but how does the phone known it's been docked? |
14022 | Sort contacts by different field (not first \ last name) | Merging the gmail contacts with the phones address list has many advantages, but also one nagging problem. While the gmail contacts contain full names, and in English, I want the display name in the dialer to be in Hebrew and I often use nicknames or first names only. Is there some workaround? The easiest method I can think of is to use another field, such as nickname, for the Hebrew name. But this requires a contact manager that lists contacts by nickname, and not just first \ last name. |
14020 | Battery usage problem in Android 2.3.6 | Since the update to Gingerbread the battery of my phone has the half duration than with the 2.3.4 version. The "Battery Usage" in settings don't show anything abnormal. Anybody have the same problem? What can I do? Edit: My device is an HTC - Nexus One |
14027 | Unlocking the Bootloader on a Nexus One with S-On | I'm interested in rooting my (Very recently bought) nexus one, and installing Cyanogenmod over Fastboot. However, on the boot screen of my device I've noticed the first line tells me that security is on, which disables the USB Interface in the bootloader: Nexusone PVT Ship S-ON On the Cyanogenmod wiki page on Fastboot, the instructions say before starting that I need to have a device with S-OFF. However, I've got the impression from trawling through forums that Nexus One phones generally come pre-set with S-OFF (in contrast to the one I just bought). How do I turn off the Security mode on the Nexus One? i.e. How do I change S-ON to S-OFF? |
3284 | Why does a single MMS message show up as three separate download buttons? | Using the default messaging app, CyanogenMod 6.1, T-Mobile Pay As You Go, whenever someone sends me an MMS, it shows up as 3 separate messages, all with Download buttons. If I click the first Download button, it downloads the image. If I click the other two, they fail, and don't go away until the message expires days later. Using SQLite manager to look at the mmssms.db pdu table, the pending messages all have mtype 130. After downloading, they become mtype 132. https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/issue/80 Why 3 messages? Can I change this behavior? Is it a bug? |
57360 | How to set default download location to ext SD card in Galaxy Grand | I already tried to change the download and install location to SD card using ADB but it hasn't worked. All the games and other stuff are being downloaded and installed to phone memory itself. I don't want to root my phone. I have a 16gb card. Using Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos. Please help. |
53862 | Can Anti-virus affect device performance? | I have installed some anti-viruses on my device, and since then I am feeling that the performance of the device is quite slow, and when I uninstall them the device works fine, and the device starts heating so quickely. So is this because of Apps from the Market or this issue is with my device. |
53860 | Booting Android from nand with bootimages | I am trying to add recovery system in a new Android board. I was able to generate recovery.img, boot.img, ... Since we are using nand memory, my question is is it possible to boot android images (boot.img,...) from nand. I found booti uboot command and I think it is used only with mmc flash. Could any one confirm it ? Do you have any information about using these images with NAND or another way to enable recovery mode than using recovery.img file. Thank you. |
53867 | Xperia S, sleep-to-snap not capturing automatically | Xperia S has the sleep-to-snap function: > A single key press takes you from sleep to snap in just over a second. But when I press the shutter-button, the phone wakes, goes into camera mode, but it doesn't snap a photo - I have to press the snap button for that. How do I make it also snap automatically? |
57366 | Is there a Bluetooth earphone that can control the Music being played? | I'm looking for a bluetooth earphone set, or a device compatible with it, so that I can control the music (play/pause & next/previous) without actually touching the phone. Is there any hardware that does this? The reason is, I'm getting home from work, in a crowded bus, standind, trying to hold on with one hand, and the other hand cannot reach into phone, unlock the screen, find the next button and press it. It's too hard :) Or any way to use the volume button for previous / next ? This would be much cheaper, and fancier :) |
36426 | Where are displayed shortcuts stored? | Often after a reboot, crash or USB usage, icons of apps go missing. Both in the "Home" screens and "Applications". Currently I have four screens of apps, three in Home. Some of the icons understandably vanish when the SD is taken by eg. USB Storage to PC mode (because they are in part stored there), but often refuse to reappear even after restarting the phone. Is there config file stored somewhere in my rooted Android 2.2 responsible for the current desktop layout of shortcuts? Or way to back it up & restore (even the stale shortcuts), or force refresh based on existing apps in internal or external memory? |
57369 | I can't find launcher on my apps | I cant find it in the drawer. I've been experiencing errors and I've found the solution. Problem is, my launcher is missing and I cant clear the data because I can't find it. |
36425 | How to extract SMS from an HTC One ICS SMS backup file? | I have an HTC One V and I backed up my SMS using the phone's messaging application (which is a part of the ICS stock ROM) to the SD card. The resulting backup is a file called SD_20121221_448193_0 and stored in the SD card in /sms_backup After that, I updated to an unofficial Cyanogenmod 10 and I don't see any options in the messaging app that comes with CM10 to backup or restore SMS. How do I restore my backed up messages? Alternatively, how do I extract them from that backup file or convert them into another format? (I tried opening the file using a text editor and it seems like a binary file, I also tried opening it using SQLite Browser but it says that it isn't a SQLite database. So, to be honest, I don't know the format of the file and it would be great if someone can at least tell me what format is this file supposed to be...) |
43244 | Are all Xperia Play Optimized games compatible with the Xperia Z/ZL's native DualShock 3 support? | The Xperia Play is a one-of-a-kind phone that supports a physical keyboard for mobile gaming. Many games on the Play Store have been optimized to take advantage of these inputs. Now, I've seen some videos showing that the Xperia Z & ZL have support for the DualShock 3 (the PS3 controller) without the need of rooting (1, 2). However, I was wondering: are games compatible with the Xperia Play keyboard automatically compatible for controller play on the Xperia Z/ZL? Or both types of optimization are completely different? |
36421 | What is the applypatch tool and how does one use it? | I recently stumbled upon the applypatch tool, but I couldn't find any documentation for it online. Here is the usage output (this is after typing `adb shell`) shell@android:/ $ applypatch --help usage: applypatch [-b <bonus-file>] <src-file> <tgt-file> <tgt-sha1> <tgt-size> [<src-sha1>:<patch> ...] or applypatch -c <file> [<sha1> ...] or applypatch -s <bytes> or applypatch -l Filenames may be of the form MTD:<partition>:<len_1>:<sha1_1>:<len_2>:<sha1_2>:... to specify reading from or writing to an MTD partition. What do the command line options mean? What is MTD? What are all the sha1 hashes for? Also, could someone with the reputation add an applypatch tag, or maybe a tools tag? Something more descriptive than what I've put. |
14799 | Does CM7.1 give a "low battery" alert? | I've been using CyanogenMod 7.1 since it became stable, and one feature I miss is the Low Battery alert. I've often come home from work, thrown my phone on the desk and forgotten to plug it in. When I try to check the phone for messages later, it's completely dead. The battery has run out with no warnings whatsoever. On previous ROMs (stock and Darky's) I got a notification sound and a dialog that said the typical "your battery is running low" yadayada. Now there's not even a notification in the status bar. Is this typical behaviour for CyanogenMod, or should I reflash? |
14793 | Geofenced ring volume app? | Is there an app to set a ring volume automatically based on location? What I need is an app to switch to vibrate when I'm at home and turn the volume up when I leave home (ringing phone wakes my sleeping baby and I often forget to silence the phone manually). |
10922 | Android - Call log/ history : Retrieve a dialed number when there was no network coverage | I dialed a number when I had no network support but it does not appear in the call history of my android phone. Is there any way to get it ? (system logs or whatever) THanks a lot in advance, Jack |
18235 | How to use volume keys for scrolling? (everywhere) | I would like to use volume keys for scrolling (lists, homescreens, icons, documents - anything which now does require you to swipe finger in order to scroll - just like my old java phone where you could scroll using screen gestures AND volume rocker as well); would it be possible? I have Samsung SGH T679 (android 2.3.5) I have tried ButtonRemapper but it didn't help (it did not show volume keys as customizable buttons) |
14797 | Video player for H264 videos for Adam/Tegra2? | It seems that the Adam is not fast enough to decode my H264 videos. With some players I get unsync audio, some skip video frames. Even usual PAL size (something around 500x300, far from HD). Ok, Those may have non-basic profile, but I think they are main-profile (most use CABAC, though). The players I tried include * MX Video Player -- best results, but can not keep up with most H264 vids * VPlayer -- good results * RockPlayer -- often recommended, often tried, no good results. As you can see, all freely available ones. I _would like_ buy one, If I would know that my videos are handled properly. **Can you suggest a video player that really uses Tegra2 hardware decoding capabilities and therefore will decode the H264 videos nicely?** (Is it important to know that I run Adamcomb on it?) |
34866 | Custom Rom installation for defy | I have been trying to customize my current ROM in my Defy which runs 2.2 froyo currently as stock. I'm confused which how I can customize my ROM, such that my stock ROM is backed up and if I don't like my new ROM I can restore the backup. Another question is how can I install my new ROM? I found couple of videos on Youtube that says installing ROM via 2ndinit after Rooting and then go recovery menu wipe cache, dalvik, etc and then install from SD card. Is this a valid procedure? Refer to this video. Is this a valid way of installing? |
58102 | Does Nexus 7 2013 LTE TMo support dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 on LTE/UMTS/EDGE? | Does the newest Nexus 7 32GB 2013 LTE TMo has support for dual-stack IPv4+IPv6 on the LTE/UMTS/EDGE interface? |
34861 | Choose default music player to play / pause music on hands-free button press | I like the feature to use button on the hands-free (headset) to play / pause music. I have a bunch of music players installed on my phone: Apollo, Sony Walkman, Play Music, etc. When I use the hands-free button to play music, every time it plays music from any one of the players. Is there any way to set a default player to play music on the hands-free button press? Say for example, I want only Sony Walkman to play music when I press button on the hands-free instead of launching any other player randomly. Can this be done? I have a Sony Xperia Neo V (code name: Haida) running CyanogenMod 9. Android version 4.0.4. |
38732 | HTC ONE x HDMI fixed at portrait during rotation | I have a microUSB - HDMI adapter bought off of ebay, and an international Quad core HTC ONE X. I tried connecting the adapter (power and signal cables were both attached) but the orientation is fixed to portrait. If I set the autorotation on the mobile to `on`, and rotate the landscape, the input on the HDTV is rotated as well but the picture stays within the portrait viewing area. So, I have huge black bars all around the picture. i'm running CyanogenMod, on the latest nightly. |
38734 | WiFi stopped working (dhcpd times out) after enabling device encryption | WiFi has worked without issue before on this exact same hotspot, and it is currently working for other devices so I'm assuming the error is in the phone (edit: also tried another hotspot, wifi is definitely dead), but after enabling encryption on my device it gets stuck in a loop. It detects the actual network, but it goes like this: Saved with X authentication... Authenticating... Obtaining IP address... (Repeat) I also tried deleting the network and adding it again without success, thinking it had something to do with the cached WPA key. Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot before I just wipe and reinstall? Is this some kind of known issue? **edit: "Solution"** Re-locked and unlocked bootloader, flashed recovery via Galaxy Nexus Toolkit and pushed a new AOKP via ADB, installed it and everything is working fine now. No idea what caused it but I'm pretty sure the full device encryption screwed something up. However, since CWM doesn't even support full device encryption, it feels like a bug relating to it is kind of low priority since people shouldn't encrypt their devices with customs ROMs anyway and expect a smooth ride. Thanks. |
38735 | Internal storage low even when 48 MB free of 150 MB (HTC Explorer) | This warning constantly shows in the notification area even when I have cleared the internal memory. 48 of 150MB is free. Could you please help me get rid of this warning/alert? |
40108 | Galaxy Nexus not connecting to router with WEP encryption | My Samsung Galaxy Nexus (I9250) running Jelly bean 4.1.1 has problems connecting to a Wifi router with WEP encryption. I cannot change the WiFi encryption type. Other devices are connecting to the network and working fine. The Nexus is connecting to other wifi networks properly. I have tried WiFi Manager and other apps to connect. Anyone facing a similar issue? Any solution to fix this issue? |
40100 | Phantom songs on Cyanogenmod 10.1 phone | I am running Cyanogenmod 10.1 nightly (2013-02-19) on my Samsung Galaxy SII (I9100), and have about 190 songs on it that I listen to with the latest Songbird app. The strange thing is Songbird thinks there are 380 songs (i.e. two times 190) and shows me a duplicate of each song I have on the phone. For each song, one copy plays fine, and the other copy doesn't play and doesn't show its cover art. I tried clearing the Songbird data and cache but that didn't help. I also tried to install the JUST PLAYER music app and it showed the same problem! Does anyone have thoughts as to where these duplicate phantom songs are coming from? Is there some data store or cache in the Android system that I could clear or reset to resolve this issue? Thank you very much. |
40106 | unsuccessful VPN connection | I'm unable to connect my phone to VPN, it always say "unsuccessful". I deleted the profile and created it again but it didn't help. What is wrong with it? |
47452 | Anyone ever install a different Android OS on the Nabi 2? | The Nabi 2 has some messed-up permissions and controls on it. I need to install another OS on it and my nephew will use it. He likes our Kindle Fire better because you can watch YouTube and Netflix a lot easier. The parental controls were a good idea, but this is **way** too much. p.s., I kind of want to install plain old Android straight from Google. |
6864 | Can an app save data on the SD card? | I have noticed that when I remove an app, which is placed on the SD card, this also frees up space on the main storage. The space freed up corresponds to the "data", which an app stores. My question is, therefore, why does an app, which is placed on the SD card, still choose to store its data on the main storage? Is it because it is impossible not to, or lazyness on the part of the developer? |
15777 | how do I use my motorala blur 3-G or internet full time when I not a wi-fi spot? | I have a wi-fi connection at home. can get on internet, facebook and everything else, with my wi-fi connection. How do I use my motorola blur, that has 3-G full time? |
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