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39896 | How do I get the Music Player to display all ID3 tags | Music players like DoubleTwist are based on iTunes which supports very few ID3 tags. The ones supported are adequate for pop music but hopeless for classical music or even jazz. For example, in random play you may well want to keep whole compositions together, like a Beethoven Symphony with 4 movements and therefore four tracks. Again, compendium albums often have multiple composers so tagging (and displaying) the composer for each track is useful. The Musichi software suite lets me tag my classical albums appropriately and has a player for the PC which takes advantage of the tagging. But there is no support for Android at this point in time. Anyone know of a way I can do this? |
36662 | Backlight flickering at low brightness levels | I noticed my phone's backlight would start to flicker/pulse intermittently when I switch my brightness level to something low (est. between 1% to 15% brightness). The flickering or pulsing is as if the power supplied to the light is fluctuating. My phone is a HTC Desire, OS used to be stock (Froyo 2.2) when I experienced this, now it is on CM7.2 (GB 2.3.7), still has this problem. I have not tried any other ROMs on this phone, and not sure if it is a software or a hardware problem. Is there any way to prevent this flickering, other than not setting the brightness to such levels? |
39895 | Get the default contact phone number | When we dial a selected contact, the first phone number is always picked (unless another number has a default flag set in DB). How can someone get that first phone number? How are those numbers ordered? |
36664 | SD card won't format on my Samsung Galaxy S3 | My Samsung Galaxy S3 tells me that I have used up all of my memory. So, I bought a brand-new 32GB SD card, and placed it in the phone. I went to storage settings and followed the instructions to format the SD card. Then, it tells me it's updating memory and my total space available is 32GB remaining. However, nothing is happening. It still says I have ran out of memory. I have turned off the phone and turned it back on several times. I have also restarted phone. I have formatted SD card many times, but nothing is happening. This is frustrating, because I deleted so many apps because it's not letting me download or open anything because it's full. Please help. |
39899 | Auto boot when charger connected (for HTC Magic) | I want to let Android OS to boot automatically when the charger connected (for HTC Magic) without pressing power button I found this guide: * * * # Complete boot when charging If your phone only gets one of those ugly battery symbols when a charger is connected to a powered off phone this is because the init process is interrupted by /system/bin/chargemon. That file is a binary ARM program, I replaced it with a simple script containing only a single line: echo skipping chargemon The file was created and installed with the following steps: echo "echo skipping chargemon" > chargemon.script adb pull /system/bin/chargemon chargemon.backup adb push chargemon.script /sqlite_stmt_journals adb shell $ cd /sqlite_stmt_journals $ su # mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system # cat chargemon.script > /system/bin/chargemon # chmod 755 /system/bin/chargemon # reboot -p When the command su is given above, it might have to be acknowledged in a dialog on the phone screen. The final command reboot -p shuts down the phone. As the USB cable is still connected it will power on again, and if everything has gone fine the phone will complete its boot process without halting with any battery symbol. * * * But I can't find "chargemon" in System/bin |
41657 | Why has the photo gallery sorting changed after firmware update? | Now the photo sorting in each gallery begins with the first taken one. Before the firmware update, it had begun with the last taken one, so with the latest. Even the Gallery sorting is made by earlier creation. My phone is Galaxy Mini and I upgrade from 2.3.3 to 2.3.6. I could not find any settings to change the "direction" |
41656 | How to assign a button on a remote keypad to start an app on android tv dongle | Please help. Is there anyone know how to assign a button on a remote keyboard to do something like start an app or clicking on a shortcut on the Home screen, such as the Search button will open the Google search app, and so on I have read android input at http://source.android.com/tech/input/overview.html and it seems that such wish could be done without programming by changing the key mapping file, maybe the frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml (i found the framework.jar under the system folder of my android but no such config.xml inside!?) Any help/ advise is highly appreciated |
41654 | Rooting the Karbonn smart tab 7 | First of all, I understand that similar questions have been asked trillions of times before. But, as I've come to learn, not this specific one. So, here I go... I recently bought a Karbonn smart tab 7 and upgraded it to android 4.0.3. I've been using it a lot, and it has'nt given me any problems so far[Except the annoying settings reset, which is a question for another day]. I want to root my device and have tried various tutorials and NOTHING worked. Whenever I try to use an application to this, it tells me that the device cannot be found. I have connected it to the computer via the USB cable and Enabled usb debugging and even tried enabling mass storage mode[Only the SD card's file structure showed up in My computer]. I read somewhere that I would need to download some drivers for this to work, but am not able to find any drivers. I have also tried talking to customer care about the drivers, and they just farted on me. P.s. I have posted this question on a few forums before here[I did'nt know Stackexchange hav a site for Android!!!] and they eiter closed the question and voted me down or no one replied. Please help me as soon as possible. |
41650 | How to speed up Android during bootup time? | I'm looking at the bootup time of Android on my embedded device and I'm trying to get a sense for where I can save some time. 1) What are some things that you've done to really help speed up the bootup time? So far I looked at the bootup animation time. If I remove the bootup animation all together then I was saving about 6 seconds, which seemed like a lot to me. Then I replaced the bootup animation with just one picture that will be shown for the duration of the bootup animation time and that lost any previous time savings. But the actual bootup animation process was only taking ~1 second to run. (I attached a picture generated with Bootchart. for now just on an emulator) 2) Is it worth looking at the Android bootup animation time? Any clue as to why the bootup animation process affects bootup time so weirdly? Thank you for your time.  |
41658 | Problem with Play Store on Samsung Galaxy Note II: Play Store does not open | I was a regular Galaxy SII user, recently moved to Galaxy Note-2 - so far so good, but since today, I am finding my Play Store application, is not working on Note-2 [ _it was, earlier_ ], even from the PC, when I am trying to download an app via Google Play application, it says 'Installed', but actually nothing happens. I click Play Store, the Home-screen comes back, Play Store is not activated. Other than that, all are fine, Facebook, LinkedIn, SMS, Phone are healthy!!! Can someone guide me please? BTW the firmware as per KIES is "PDA:MB3 / PHONE:LL1 / CSC:MC1 (STS) and android is 4.1.2 |
40382 | Stuck on the Gmail inbox | When I click on Gmail app, it takes me directly to my inbox. I cannot get out of it. I also cannot find my contacts, or the sign-in or sign-out page. I tried to uninstall it, but it would not let me. Can you help me? |
45695 | How did my device know where I am located even though my GPS was turned off? | So I was testing some functionality levels with Facebook Check-In feature on an Android device (Galaxy S2) and I noticed something strange. Even though my GPS was turned off, When I Checked-In on the Facebook App it showed my current location (along with a pop-up asking me to turn on GPS for more accurate reporting). Why and more importantly how did my device know where I was located with my GPS being turned off? |
40388 | Google Android for Galaxy Note II? | Hey guys is it possible to get the stock android OS like on the Google Nexus and install it on the Galaxy Note II? I'm just tired of the bloatware and I also prefer the OS on my friends Galaxy Nexus much more.. I don't want to install a custom ROM but the same one that is used on the new Google Nexus 4 Thanks! |
8233 | Modern Combat Sandstorm Texture problem on Acer Liquid Metal | The game works perfectly except many graphical glitches with textures (mainly those in the background). any hints? I have Acer Liquid Metal, official Froyo |
37580 | Headphone controls on SGS-III | > **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I control both volume and track skip on my Android device from my > headphones? So I had recently gotten the SIII and ditched the iPhone 4s. I have been using my Bose QC15 to listen to music and it has headphone controls but unlike the iPhone I cannot change the volume, switch songs (I can but it pauses more than switching) go back a song, fast-forward, or rewind with the headphone controls. I find it rather troublesome because I have to fish out my phone and get into the music app to do most of that. Any help on this? |
8231 | Do odexed programs have any runtime (vs load time) performance gains? | From my understanding, odexed programs are programs that are pre-compiled for specific architecture. It is obvious that this process would help decrease the startup time for the program. Am I correct in thinking that odexing would have **NO** effect on the performance of the program once it is already loaded in memory? What about memory footprint? |
15534 | How to unlock a Motorola Photon 4G for other carriers? | I won a Motorola Photon 4G. They are tied to Sprint, which is CDMA, but it is a world phone, which means it supports GSM and uses a SIM card. I was reading that there may be an unlock code to allow it to work with other carriers. How can I unlock my Motorola Photon 4G for other carriers, specifically AT&T? |
30670 | Galaxy S Advance Android update | I've heard there are some Android alternatives. Like miui or Cyagenmod or Mozilla OS. I have Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070) and i've heard Samsung is not going to provide any updates for my device. So, i got a few questions i should ensure before i done something stupid: * if i install something from the mentioned above, shall i lose my guarantee/licenses? * if i decide to install the software, should i perform some rooting of the device or something? * if i do decide to install the software, what's the best one which shall not slow down my device (as i noted android 2.3.6 to be slow) * could i use ICS update and shall it slow down my device or not? |
8235 | How do I type a tabulation character on an Xperia? | I imported my notes from my Palm Centro into Note Everything and the tab characters in my existing notes show up correctly. But how do I type a tab character on my Xperia X10? |
15530 | Is it possible to unlock my Samsung Galaxy 3(GT-i5801)? | I moved to another country and absent-mindedly bought a SIM card for my GT-i5801 (from Orange UK) Now it's asking for a network lock code. I have searched the net and everything points to me going to a "phone" shop to unlock this, however I'm not conversant enough in the local language to understand people yet and want to carry on using my phone. Is there anyway to unlock this phone? Either that or I have to wait a month until I can get back to the UK. |
8238 | Better description of permissions | Is there a list of permissions with more detailed descriptions available? The standard ones doesn't feel good, and I don't trust developers who write that they need permission X only to do Y--if their app requires permission X, this app will be able to do anything permitted by X, not only Y. For example READ_PHONE_STATE is described as "Allows read only access to phone state" -- but what is included in that phone state? Is it only connected/disconnected? Or maybe it includes phone number I am actually talking to? |
30678 | Stop a force reboot | Today I was prompted to install (firmware?) updates from ATT on my HTC Vivid. My phone is rooted and this apparently breaks the update process. The phone shut down and went to the red exclamation point / dead Android image. The phone restarts normally and runs for ~30 seconds. It then gives me a "your phone will restart in 5 seconds" message and force shuts down. Is there any way that I can stop the restart from happening automatically? UPDATE: Problem solved. I cleared the cache. To do this I restarted the phone into the bootloader by pressing and holding the power button and down volume key. I then selected RECOVERY. From the next screen I selected wipe cache partition. |
34392 | Relative GPS accuracy? | GPS is not that accurate on Android devices (at least at mine) Measuring tools tell me the accuracy is between 8 and 12 Meters. But what is about _relative_ accuracy? When I place two marks on different coordinates in the distance of 1 meter will this distance be measurable? |
10133 | How to read comments to app of another country? | Google Market allow me by default to read only comments of my country (Italy). Unfortunately not popular application have only few or even no comments. How can I read comments from other country (USA, UK, etc.)? |
56479 | Different system time for different applications | I need to set different system time for different applications. For example I need to have to Chrome "thinks" that it is November 2012 and keep normal system time for all others applications. Is that possible, even with some 3rd party app? |
37139 | Adding a Contacts Group on Android doesn't sync to Google Contacts | I've created a contacts group on my Android phone, but this hasn't appeared on Google Contacts. I was under the impression my phone and my Google account would sync each way. How can I get my Android contacts group to sync with my Google account? |
40527 | In a group/mass text message from an iphone to other phones, who sees my reply to the group msg from my android? | If an iphone user sends me a group/mass text message on my android and I text back and hit reply (not reply-all) not realizing that it is a group/mass text, who sees my reply? Just the original sender of the group msg(an iphone user) or everyone that was included in the group/mass text? I use the stock text app on my android(Verizon Samsung Droid Charge) and there is no reply-all button in my text app. when I reply to text messages. I only received one text that was a reply to the original group/mass text, but received nothing else from anyone in the group. The iphone user that sent the original group/mass text says that she is the only one that probably received my reply. Not realizing that it was a group/mass text. I REALLY want to know if anyone else besides the original sender saw my reply. When I received the text there was no indication(on my android) that it was a group/mass text. Thanks so much! |
44865 | How can I block annoying SMS From all numbers that start with a specific numbers? | I received a lot of spam SMS from a lot of numbers which are started with 60 , so **is there any android app that allow me to block all sms came from any number start with a specific number like 60 ?** |
44863 | Restoring Samsung GT-P1000 to original firmware | I spent the past several hours reading and reading. I tried to upgrade this Tablet to Jellybean, now the Tablet only reaches the Samsung glowing screen. I tried several fixes to no avail, my first hurdle is I have no idea what Product code to place in to get the firmware from Sammobile as I dont know where this tablet originated from, possibly England. I also followed a tutorial on how to restore back to gingerbread 2.3.3 which gave me the same result; I think I have to go back to Froyo 2.2. So I followed the tutorial from the answer on Restoring original 2.2 firmware on Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000L. Again no luck, I think I need to restore everything. As I'm a noob maybe someone can point me the right direction? Also in the above tutorial I downloaded some PIT files, and I have no idea which one to use. Picking the correct firmware from Sammobile and PIT should reverse everything as I did load a modem file in the first place. |
44862 | How to backup Viber chat message to Gmail automatically? | I see that Viber app has the feature of backing up message and send email. I want to do that automatically so as all my Viber messages are safely backuped. How can I do that with Viber app? |
32673 | Can the Nexus 7 send and receive GSM texts and calls? | The Nexus 7 3G is out and I'm wondering whether Android 4.2 tablets are still data-only devices. Can I install a custom ROM or apk to this tablet so that I can send and receive GSM calls and text messages on it? If not, why not? What's missing? **Added:** Nexus 7 3G has many hardware features of phones, but not all: It has gps, bluetooth, headphone jack, accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light sensor, compass and nfc, but does not have a receiver (earpiece), haptic feedback (vibrate) or a rear camera. IF the 8"x5" tablet can be used as a phone, you won't look funny putting it against your ear because it has no earpiece. **Added:** The question is about GSM calls and texting, not VOIP or SIP calls or tethering. |
41518 | nexus 7 voice call from sim without internet | I have purchase nexus 7 from us with sim card slot. I have read many reviews which says that we can not use nexus 7 to call from sim without the use of internet. I just want to know 1\. Is it possible to call from nexus 7 from sim as we usually do from normal phone. 2\. Is there any application available which an make nexus 7 a normal phone. i.e call without accessing internet either wifi or 3g. |
42347 | How do I change the Google Play country? | Can someone tell me how to change the country preference for Google Play? I have searched high and low but in most of the forums people ask you to go to gmail settings > edit profile and change the country there. But there is no place to change the country in settings! There is a something called place (which can be marked as current) but that has no impact on Google play. I dont want to circumvent country restrictions, I want to permanently change the country. So its NOT a duplicate of this: How can I circumvent regional restrictions in the Android Market? |
60664 | Google play wrong country | Please help I bought a **Nexus 7** but an update has changed my Google Play Store to _Switzerland_. How do I get it back to English currency? |
40528 | Galaxy Note 2 N7100 does not turn on, only shows battery "loading" icon | I bought a GN2 three days ago, it worked fine until today, when I did a reboot and it didn't come back. The blue LED turned off with the device, and instead of rebooting, the battery "loading" (empty battery with a loading icon) screen appeared. This screen flashes up every 15 seconds or so. If I plug in the phone to the charger, the battery loading screen stops appearing and the red charging LED appears. However, if I hold the power button to turn the device on, the battery "loading" icon reappears and after a few seconds, it goes back to the red charging LED and charging screen. The battery has 60% charge, so it is not dead. I can boot into system recovery by pressing volume up + home + power every single time. Selecting "reboot device now" from the recovery sometimes boots the device, and sometimes does not. Occasionally I can get it to boot in the normal manner (by holding the power button), but there seems to be no pattern between when I can boot it by pressing the power button and when I can't. Just before this battery loading screen appears, there is a very brief flash of red from the LED. I am not aware of doing anything that should mess with the bootloader or ROM. The device is running the stock ROM and the bootloader is locked. I have tried removing the battery for a few minutes, which did not resolve the issue (it turns on after the battery is inserted, but afterwards this issue reoccurs). |
40529 | samsung duos s7562 how to see/browse contents of sd card | How can I see/browse the contents of my sdcard on my new and shiny samsung duos GT-s7562? android ver = 4.0.4 |
9649 | Change MAC address Android using ip link? | I am trying to change the MAC address on a device running Android. It has been rooted and a command line installed ("ConnectBot"); I was looking around Google for methods of changing the MAC address on it and I found something called `ip` and `ip link`. Initially I thought I would use `ifconfig` but I haven't found the name of the network interface to change. How would this be done on an Android device? |
19935 | How to keep two versions of an app installed? | Android Market has just updated an app in my device. I liked the update, but its fully different from last version which was also my favorite. So, I want to keep last version too. I have last version's apk thanks to Titanium Backup. But, I can't install it without replacing current one (Android architecture sucks). Is there any way to do this? Hacks etc.. **Note:** I want to keep current version which must be connected with Market to receive future updates. |
69852 | 4.4 Update (Sprint Galaxy S3) disabled pattern lock, can i reenable? | This morning I applied the 4.4 update on my Galaxy S3 (Sprint). I noticed that I can no longer use a pattern lock. The message: "Turned off by administrator, encryption policy or credential storage" is shown for Pattern, Swipe, Face unlock, Face and voice, and None. I thought that this might be related to my work email, which I get on my phone and is exchange, but i removed all device administrators and nothing changed. How do I re-enable pattern lock? |
38316 | Nexus 7 and Samsung Ace S5830i does not connect properlly to Wifi | I have three devices: 1. Tablet running on Android 4.0 (Nexus 7) 2. Smartphone running on 2.0 (Samsung Ace S5830i) 3. HP Compaq laptop Wireless router does have WPA/WPA2 PSK security. And the Wifi works perfectly fine on the laptop. Now both the tablet and the phone does connect to the Wifi but at times does not allow me to browse or do anything. i.e cannot download anything. My tablet keeps getting disconnected and then it re-connects back automatically, this happens randomly and erratically. Same experience with the Android phone. I called the telecoms engineer and he resetted the router etc., and said there has to be something wrong with my tablet!!! But I am sure there is not. I have browsed through some posts which suggests me to change MAC settings and to change the encryption settings, but I have no idea what that is, nor where to find it. Would love if this could be sorted as its really frustrating. Meanwhile I understand Nexus 7 runs on 2.4Ghz Wifi band frequency, where as most of the modern routers comes with 5.0Ghz Wifi band frequency, but then, again my smartphone runs on the 5.0Ghz Wifi band frequency, and still doesn't function!! So help guys!! |
38318 | Make Automate Task to manually sync Google Voice | Some network I connect to during my daily life, do not allow for push notifications. So I want to make a task that syncs all my accounts. This was easily done with Llama for Gmail. I just told it when I'm connected to those networks that don't allow push, to sync every 5 minutes. The strange thing is that Google voice is not show up under my google account in settings as a syncing app. You have to actually open the app and click the refresh button. Does any one know a way to make a manual sync with Google voice in the background? Can I run some intent? |
37037 | Sending an automated SMS before switching off the phone | Can I send an automated SMS to any specific number by an application/service (which I set ON), if phone gets switched off before closing that service or application? Also can I do the same if phone breaks down in an accident or if I do specific action on phone, such as "Tap the screen 3 times while phone's screen is locked", or "shake the phone 3 times while it is locked"? Thanks. |
5950 | Google Latitude update every 1 hour | my question is it possible to configure Google Latitude on a Android OS phone to update its location more often then every hour? for example, every 30 minutes? or every 15 minutes? I check where my wife is located while I'm at work by opening the latitude website, but it updates her location only every 1 hour. I would be very happy to make it update more often. Thank you for your time. |
11539 | Gmail app Hebrew support | My Gmail app on the Galaxy S2 stock app shows Hebrew reversed and left to right. How can I fix this? |
11538 | Voice notification management | I got a new Galaxy S 2 and played with it a little. Somehow I activated voice notification, so each SMS message I get someone talking and telling me who sent the message. Each phone call, the same. How to control the activity of this feature? |
5957 | Is it possible to temporarily disable the screen timeout? | Often, during updates/downloads or backup operations I would like to **temporarily disable the screen time** ( found under the ' _menu - settings - Display - Screen timeout_ ' ) without having to navigate to the above menu setting . Anybody knows of a good **widget** which does just that : either disable the screen time ( by just clicking the widget ) , or by setting it to a high value / back to short value ( also by just clicking the widget ). Or is there any other easy way I have missed ? I am running Froyo on Samsung Galaxy S. |
5956 | Save a number during a phone call | How can I save a number during a phone call? The scenario is that I'm calling someone to get the phone number of someone else. If I just type the number in the dialer, it disappears when the call ends. Opening some kind of notepad application is cumbersome both saving and retrieving: tap home, tap applications, find the application, start a new note, type number, end call, copy number, paste number into the dialer (how to do the last step is another question) |
11532 | Bluetooth OBDII Android app | I am going to order this OBDII scan tool from DealExtreme: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/elm327-bluetooth-obd-ii-wireless-transceiver- dongle-16921 Just wondering if there are any apps out there that already support the device or do I need to write my own? |
11530 | How do I video chat in Google+? | Is it possible to video chat in my Google+ circles on my Droid X? |
82490 | Google map with android API V2 is not working | 9-13 12:34:59.173: E/AndroidRuntime(732): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class fragment 09-13 12:34:59.173: E/AndroidRuntime(732): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:697) the below on is activity.xml the below on is MainActivity.java class i have imported all package. public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity { private final LatLng LOCATION_BURNABY = new LatLng(49.27645, -122.917587); private final LatLng LOCATION_SURRREY = new LatLng(49.187500, -122.849000); private GoogleMap map; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); map = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap(); map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(LOCATION_SURRREY).title("Find me here!")); } the below on is Manifest file <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/> <!-- The following two permissions are not required to use Google Maps Android API v2, but are recommended. --> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/> plz help me out |
65113 | Can't launch Google Now with swipe up from home key |  I googled it and found that this may be what many people were looking for but I don't know why it started to behave like this. I do find the swiping up from home button gesture useful for me to launch Google search but somehow it stop working. There usually should be a semicircle with 'Google' on top when halfway swiping up but what I get now is a search icon that function as it will launch last used app (if swiping gesture is done in launcher) or will do nothing (when gesture done in any app other than launcher). I did not disable Google Search, reboot didn't help, and clearing cache of Google search didn't help too. I don't know what I did to get this as a result. Any clue on what's happening? Nexus 7 2013 stock kitkat Edit: Dolphin browser is causing this. Uninstalled it and everything's back to normal |
65116 | How to download a phrasebook from google translate | So i've been using google translate for a while and there are a bunch of translated words and phrases that i have asked for to date stored on the device. I now want to take a copy of them to my PC (in any tractable text format) so that i can use a decent text editor / script to convert them to anki format (a flashcard app) so that i can memorize them. Does anyone know how to get at this data? I had a quick look through the file system on my android phone (which incidentally, is a samsung galaxy S III) and i couldn't see anything obvious there. I reason that the phrases i have used must be in there somewhere because they are displayed on the phone even when there is no internet access from the device. |
65117 | Is it possible to pack data/data/files in apk (using apktool or other program) | I used Titanium Backup to backup the app data. However, i need to give this to my friend, but his phone is not rooted. I tried to put data/data into the apktool folder (after using `apktool d sdbattle.apk`) and packed it (using `apktool b sdbattle`), but the data is not inside. How can i pack the data folder in the apk? _**This should / may be duplicate - i've read another here at android enthusiast._** |
65114 | Odin Flash to stock, but which one? | I own o galaxy s4 lte gt-i9505 and want to revert to my phones stock ics firmware, as the kitkat upgrade has produced all sorts of errors. The problem is I dont know what version of the firmware to use. I purchased the phone from hong kong, use it in australia. Also, i recently sent it back to hong kong for warrenty service and the phone came back speaking German of all languages. There are so many versions of firmware and i cant find a site that explains how to tell what version I need. Please advise |
82497 | How do I log off from WhatsApp? | I'm trying to exit WhatsApp, but it seems that there is no "Log Off" button. Currently, when I want to exit, I turn off my Wi-Fi/cellular data. How do I log off from WhatsApp? |
82499 | Where can i download the Android L action bar icons? | Where do I download the new icons that are introduced in android L (action bar icons ) in a PNG format. I have searched many places but couldn't find them. Please, does someone know where I can download the resources from ? |
65118 | Will after i batch restore on titanium backup will it restore to the same location? | I have done a backup with titanium backup (except system apps) More I am switching to another ROM. My question is when I will batch restore then will my internal apps(apps not installed in SD card ,installed on phone storage) that I have installed will be restored to same location as of previous ROM?ie . internal apps to internal and SD card apps to SD card. Switching to same ROM version android 4.1.2 JellyBean Thanks in Advance! |
65119 | Using two messaging apps on Ice Cream Sandwich? | I want to use Textra for SMS and Handcent for MMS, because they're both top in each class, respectively. I want to use Textra as if it were the only messaging app. Then when I want to send an MMS, I would open Handcent and sent my picture, video, ect. The problem is when I get any kind of message both apps show a popup and a notification. Textra is set as my default but I'm still getting notifications from Handcent. Can I disable notifications within Handcent and accomplish my goal? |
60546 | Type password to decrypt storage | I'm receiving this message when I boot my Galaxy S4 and I cannot use it: Type password to decrypt storage I haven't encrypted anything and I don't know why I'm receiving this message. Is there any solution for this?  Screenshot (click to enlarge) |
16389 | Automatically install new applications on SD card | How can I do this? My phone's internal memory is low, yet Android (2.3.3) still deems it fit to attempt installations of files in the phone memory, I haven't found any option for this in the settings. Edit : Turned out, it was Facebook's contact syncing. I recommend you back up your contacts on your SD card, and clear the data from the "`Contact Storage`" app in your settings. |
60545 | Identifying whether display is broken or the motherboard | I assume it is possible to damage the motherboard / chips inside a phone if it falls on the ground. So my questions is, is it possible to confirm what has been damaged during the fall? I don't want to end up buying a replacement display and then found out the problem is somewhere else. The phone is JiaYu G3T (a Chinese brand), fell on a ground. I completely disassembled the the phone but I didn't find any damage anywhere, everything looks like new. Pic 1. This should be black with a green logo, left part of the screen is darker than right  Pic 2. Again, half of the screen is darker, color problems at the bottom OR sometimes the same as the startup screen - grayscale-kind-of-inverted-colors display  |
64645 | Where do these suggested contacts "from my adress book" come from? | I recently bought a Google Nexus 10 and created a new Google profile (@gmail.com) associated to it. I never sent any email from it neither received anything except Google's welcome messages. I added two personal IMAP accounts (full of emails). Then I installed Twitter (I'm new to Twitter too) which suggested me to add contacts from my "address book", that are actually real people I know. **Does Google look into my IMAP mailboxes to discover my contacts ? If not, how is it possible for it to suggest such friends ?** (My address book is empty - the only existing contact is myself. I also have a Dropbox and Github accounts linked to Android, but these account doesn't store contacts.) I saw Where exactly does Android get its contact suggestions from? but my GMail address is totally new so nobody has it. |
64646 | Firmware Upgrade | I tried using Kies to update my Firmware. I right clicked it & ran kies to update the firmware. After running for a minute i get a po stating Error Code=5ErrorMessage=The operation completed successfully , however if i re-try kies again it shows me the firmware update is available and the cycle continues |
64641 | what if you cant get out of FTM but you tried taking the battery out and putting it back in? | what do you do when your phone is on FTM mode and wont get out even though you tried taking the battery out and putting it back in? |
64640 | YouTube app not preloading | I have a Nexus 7 running 4.4.2. I have one video in my "Watch Later" list in the YouTube app, which successfully preloaded a few weeks ago. I have the preload setting activated. I have added a second video to the list, but it will not start preloading. The device is connected to a wifi network with excellent signal strength and is connected to a computer via the USB cable to charge. The battery icon indicates that it is charging. I removed the video from the list, restarted the YouTube app and added it again, but it will not start preloading. Any ideas? |
64643 | How to make SELinux permissive on a Knox Samsung device? | I have a Samsung note 2014 which I rooted following this tutorial. However I now have problems with SELinux which (apparently) is preventing me from installing a Linux virtual box. I backed up and uninstalled KNOX using Titanium backup but still no success. When I type `setenforce permissive` in a terminal, if get no error message but when I type `getenforce`, I get "enforcing". Is there any way I can change this? The device is running Android 4.3. |
64642 | Disable gifs system-wide or by app? | I was wondering if there is some way to 1, disable gifs from loading, and/or 2, disable gifs from playing on an Android device. The first would be mostly to conserve data, especially if I'm on Tumblr or a similar site where gifs feature prominently. The second would be for accessibility (for example, a friend who is epileptic). Maybe it could be done through editing the app, or through an xposed module? If it helps, I have a Galaxy S4 Verizon, rooted. Thanks! |
42783 | no sound on playing videos using vlc beta on nexus 4 | I have nexus4 . i installed vlc beta from this link as default player couldn't play all formats.while playing videos on phone, it showed only video , no audio. video is alright. |
46160 | How does the Android estimate the battery level without a current sensor? | The BatteryManager class doesn't have the metric for current: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/BatteryManager.html And then I have found this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2439619/getting-the-battery-current-values- for-the-android-phone It seems that the author also found it was not possible to get current value from the Linux entry. I also downloaded the widget called CurrentWidget into my Nexus 7. For the current value, it shows "no data". So probably a current sensor is required to get the current value and some android systems just do not have such sensors. Then how can the android system know the current battery level? Maybe it will just use the voltage of the battery to infer that(voltage will decrease during the discharge)? But then it would be very coarse-grained. Someone says that there is some 'trick' used to estimate the battery level without current values in Android(probably based on Voltage?). Is there any reference? PS: for some reason, I know current value can be recorded on iphone 3GS |
46162 | Time server for Android | If I have an Android device that has no internet connection and I would like to use a PC as a time server. What should be the right procedures? Is it that I should install a NTP server on my PC and then .....? How can I set the Android device to detect the time from the time server on my PC? Thanks! |
46168 | Can i flash indian rom in korean galaxy note? | I got the Samsung Galaxy Note shv-e160l (Korean version) as a gift, running the stock ICS 4.0. I want to flash official indian JB ROM (of the GT-N7000) on it. Is it possible if I root my device? |
79441 | Allow login with multiple passwords | Is it possible to setup multiple accepted passwords for the login to Android? Or perhaps an alternative secure login. (Note: facial recognition and fingerprint does _not_ count as secure, but an RSA/NFC key would count.) Like if I enter MySecretPassword1 it logs in, but it also accepts MyOtherPassword2. I am looking for a phone (Note 2) solution, not a tablet. I am not looking for a multiple user account solution. My general use case is: I have a relatively simple password that I use day-to-day, but have a more complex password if I think someone is looking over my shoulder. |
69149 | How can I make an APK backup from an installed and configured XBMC? | I sell boxes with XBMC pre installed and preconfigured however it takes a long time to manually configure it with each add-on and then setup to my liking it. I was wondering if it were possible to generate an APK from an installed XBMC. I've tried Titanium Backup but as XBMC stores in different places it doesn't seem to work. It can be done as I've seen other boxes with preconfigured XBMC having a customised XBMC installation and they appear to be using ZipSigner on the Android Box itself. |
69148 | Best rated apps ? Any list of them? | Thousands of apps on playstore but there is no way to sort them on best rated.is there any site of way to find best rated apps (from playstore or otherwise) ??? |
64399 | Managing ME under contacts list (Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini) | When I first got this phone I set up all my accounts like Google+, GMail, Skype and in contacts automatically appeared ME as first on the list, with my picture from Google+ and small icons of Google+ and Skype right from the picture. I accidentaly erased that account and when I wanted to set it up again it did not want to connect with other accounts. It gave me option to put picture by myself and to write my data. Again by accident I managed to return it as it was, but now I just have picture and small icon of Google+ and do not have Skype icon. So my gueston is how to add it back? Also at firs when I called contacts which have other accounts in my contacts list, their picture and information appeared on screen and in messages and now it does not. |
64398 | Post-rooting: updating Android and modifying system files? | So at last I rooted my tablet (without a custom ROM). Then when I checked for new updates I received the message "Your device has been modified" so I don't get any new updates. So my first question is: **1-Can I update the operating system (and not the firmware) myself?** My kernel version is 3.4.0. Now since Android is a Linux-like OS, I expected to be able to tweak the system by editing the files in the /etc folder. For example I hoped I could manage app permissions this way. But when I open the files on /etc/permissions or /system/etc/permissions I don't understand much. So: **2-Is it a good idea to modify system setting files and if yes, is there any (official) reference manual?** [I hope the last question is not interpreted as "suggestions request".] |
64392 | Does Samsung galaxy tab pro 10.1 support exFAT on the SD card? | Does this tablet support exFAT file system on micro SD card? Can this tablet recognize micro SD card formatted with exFAT file system? |
69142 | Unable to play Snapchat videos | I have a samsung galaxy ace and I am unable to view most videos on snapchat that people send to me. I and have tried to rectify the problem by downloading mx player and vlc player and updating to snapchat beta. However I am still unable to view almost all snapchat videos and was wondering how I fix this problem? |
69144 | Lock screen error | I am using an android Jelly bean 4.0.1 LG mobile. It was working properly, but it locked due to time out and when i tried to unlock , i was unable to get the keyboard. i smashed at the pointer many times and even rebooted many times, but still am unable to get the keyboard. but i can receive calls and messages. and its opening the EMERGENCY CALLS too. Please suggest me an option as soon as you can! |
64395 | Why is com.google.android.gsf.login warning me that I need to install Google Play Services? | This is a Nexus device running the latest stock OS version (v4.4.2), I already have Google Play Services installed (v4.2.43 according to the App Info in settings). Why is some unknown app asking me to update it? (I realise that the `com.google.android` part of the package name indicates that this probably an app made by Google that is probably part of their Google layer on top of AOSP Android, but why the odd error message and lack of proper app name)?  > **An application requires installation of Google Play Services** > Requested by com.google.android.gsf.login What is `com.google.android.gsf.login` and why should I do what it is asking? It doesn't have a store page and it doesn't appear in my apps list with that name. A bit of investigation with Android System Info's more detailed Apps view shows that Google Services Framework is `com.google.android.gsf` and the Google Account Manager is the `com.google.android.gsf.login` that we're looking for.   Clicking the notification from Android's notification bar takes me to the Play Store's page for Google Play Services where the latest version mentioned in the "What's New" section is 4.2.42, which is older than what I've already got installed, and I don't have an Update button (which suggests I'm already running the latest version). |
69146 | does SDK disk images of APIs for windows and mac differ? | Okay its my very first question, sorry if it doesn't fit the community standards! I have started developing on a windows machine, I use the ADT with Eclipse, my SDK is updated with all the possible Android APIs, ie, (1.6-4.4). The windows machine is pretty slow so lately I got a Mac (Mavericks), so I am confused between ADT for mac and windows. Is the APIs updated with the SDK work with mac(can i copy and paste the version images to mac sdk from the windows sdk)? or should I update the SDK (APIs) for mac? thank you for any suggestion! |
11407 | Can bought Android apps be shared between devices you own? | On the iPod Touch/iPhone since it is tied to your iTunes account, I am quite sure you can have your bought apps on multiple devices you own (can't test though iPod Touch was stolen). However now I have the Motorola Droid, and am waiting for a tablet, and considering getting a Nook and rooting it to run my own apps. Question is, if you buy an app on the marketplace, how is the security done: 1. Is it tied to your Gmail account so you can share it between devices you own? 2. Is it tied to the device? (Don't break/replace your phone!) 3. As long as it's installed, you're OK? (If you uninstall, or wipe your device, it's gone). I assume 3 is highly unlikely, though a possibility, so leaving it here as a potential answer to my question. |
53997 | What will happen to my apps when i switch phones? | When I get a new android I would to keep the apps I have purchased. I will keep the same account but I was wondering if I will have to rebuy my games? |
16515 | Same Apps for multiple tablets | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Can bought android apps be shared between devices you own? I am thinking about purchasing an android tablet for each of my four young children. If I purchase an app or e-book or book on one tablet, will it download for free onto the other three? Or will I need to re-purchase it for the other three? |
46295 | Can I connect my Android mini PC to my Laptop as a monitor ? How? | I am buying a new Android Mini PC : http://uae.souq.com/ae-en/mk802-iv- rk3188-quad-core-cortex-a9-android-wifi-mini-pc-4995376/i/ How can I connect my Android Mini PC to my Laptop ? My Laptop only has a VGA Port. Any Help would be appreciated. |
46298 | Sony Xperia Z corrupted photos LOST DIR Micro SD | I have a curious problem and I hope someone can help me I was travelling and took about a hundred photos with my new Xperia Z 6603 phone which were saved on my Sandisk 32GB Micro SD card Some photos would not show, so I rebooted the phone (unaware that this may result in corruption). Yes, all the photos were corrupted and appeared under LOST.DIR in my SD card under titles 8216, 8217, 8219 and so on. They have no extension (original should have been jpg) They still take up the normal space for a JPG photo and there's exactly a hundred. They are just simple files, no extension I tried to change the extension to JPG, JPEG, PNG for photo formats, ZIP, RAR as I read they may be compressed. I also tried to repair them with JPG repair software. They do not open with any photo viewers, photo editing software either They do not show up under Recuva, ZAR, Wondershare Dr Fone, or any other recovery programs that scan the SD card FAT32 sectors. They just stay there in the LOST.DIR folder. They are not overwritten as I have removed the SD card Can they really be gone and its just ghost files? Or are they still my holiday photos that I so desperately need to recover. Is there anyone that experienced a similar problem and is there any way to recover? I wouldn't mind taking my MicroSD to a specialist should it come to that, as those photos are really important Please help me Tony |
52452 | New contact shortcut | Is there any way (besides Tasker) to create a new contact in one click? (For example: quick access to save a contact info during a call.) |
17265 | Adding an extra mailaccount in Android (manual setup disabled) | I'm trying to add another mailaccount (IMAP / SMTP). However I cannot set it up. * Applications * Email * Add account * Fill in emailaddress and password * I should be able to click on `Manual setup` now but it is grayed out (disabled). I've also tried it without filling the emailaddress and password, but also without luck. Android version 2.3.3 Any idea how to setup an extra mail account on my phone. |
17264 | How to utilize those Market QR codes? | Once in a while I see a description of a program that is to be installed via Android market. It is often accompanied by a two-dimensional barcode looking like a QR code that I guess somehow contains a link to the right Market page and the process of using it should be very easy. I've searched and the closest thing I found is this question about reading QR Codes which makes me think it shouldn't be that hard and so I can't see whether that question is about the same usecase I'm asking about. How exactly to make use of such barcodes? What's the way to proceed from the QR code on a web page to Market page? |
52456 | Increase the space between the dots on the pattern lock | My phone is a Motorola RAZR MAXX, the moto skin that comes with it has one feature I really like: the dots on the pattern unlock screen are very far apart. I recently installed Cyanogenmod, and found that the Pattern is now much harder to use. The dots are now far closer together, which makes it much more difficult to properly enter the unlock pattern. I also have the new Nexus 7, and I have found that it has the same problem. Is there a way to make the pattern bigger? I do not want more dots, I want a 3x3 grid - with more space. It seems like this should be possible to achieve, since Motorola did it with their skin. |
9206 | Using Android 2.3.4 (stock) as a WiFi Hotsport | I am able to connect my devices to the android WiFi hotspot(they get an IP/subnet/gateway etc...) but they are not able to access the internet. Accessing the internet (3g) from my android works fine. I am using the Nexus S with the latest version of Android (2.3.4) Any suggestion on how to proceed/analyze this issue? |
57875 | How to store photos on external SD card - Android 4.2.1 | An other thread is about the same problem but does not answer my problem. I have an Asus TF300tg tablet with an 32 GB SD Card. I don't know how to make the camera software delivered with the ASUS, store its photos on the external SD Card. The camera Settings ! Storage has no option to select default write disk If in Camera I hold my finger on the screen for a long time it does not produce a menu. So I still don't know how to store the photos I make on the external SD |
63019 | USB charge in android 4.2.2 | I have an android 4.2.2 phone. When I connect it to my desktop PC, it is not charging (Showing as charging and disconnected repeatedly). Checked by changing USB cable, connecting to different PC, connecting to different phones with same cable etc. Using same cable I can charge other mobiles like lumia, android 4.1 phones. Also I can charge my phone with same cable through charger. When I google it, I found that USB charge only option is removed in 4.2.2 (It was der in earlier versions). My model is XOLO Q1000 Opus and android version is 4.2.2. Please help me |
62963 | Whatsapp friends profile image not showing | It's been a few days now since my friends contact images started to disappear on my Samsung Galaxy Sii. Whatsapp up to date. Android is 4.1.2. I've already tried: * Turn off/on the phone; * Add/remove the contact from the address book of the phone (my contacts are on the gmail account); * Clear the phone cache (under App Management). Just the cache. I don't want to loose conversations; * Checked whatsapp space usage (under App Managent). It's like 23MBytes total. Some apps use much more; Some facts: * Some friends (few of them) are still showing the profile images. They are from the same source (Gmail Addr Book); * If I delete/recreate those friends with profile images, their image is re-downloaded correctly. I also deleted the profile image in the "Profile Pictures" folder and whatsapp downloads it again; **My guess** : Users that are changing their profile image recently are being set as "no profile photo" (in the server). This propagates to everyone else who refreshes their address book for any reason. Can somebody check my findings? |
63028 | disappearance of pics from whatsapp | why my friends pics are disappearing from whatsapp though they haven't deleted their pics. I tried evrything cleared the data n cache but it did not fix the problem I even reinstalled the app but no results.. plz help |
62756 | Whatsapp profile picture of friend lost | I am using Samsung Note 3. My friend's profile picture has suddenly disappeared! Is this a known problem? Is there anyway I can get the pictures to show again ? Thanks |
62959 | i can't view friends whattsapp profile pics on my Galaxy Note 2 | I just realised that from this morning i can't view pp's of friends even those who have my number intheir phone books. Please help, this is really boring and annoying! |
62969 | using samsung galaxy note: whatsapp pics disappeared | noticed that most of the profile pic of my contacts disappeared on whatsapp. I've seen responses that are totally not making sense or are not accurate. Most folks in my whatsapp have my number stored on their phone and vice-versa (we call each other & whatsapp as well!). OK a handful are new contacts and probably don't have me in their contacts yet. However, there doesn't seem to be a clear pattern. Not clear to me WHY THE PROFILE PICS DISAPPEARED??!! Can anyone please shed light to this?! WAAAZZUUUPPP?? |
63016 | Is this android mobile device credit card payment system secure and safe? | Mobile device credit card payments and credit card readers are appearing everywhere, but then we all know any payment app's security is nought if the android device is rooted. Before I give my credit card to be read, how can I check that this merchant's mobile device payment system app is legit, and that her phone is not rooted? |
63012 | Chrome Browser does not render mobile site | I use SAMSUNG GALAXY Y GT-S6312. I was testing my site on google chrome for mobile view render. But it renders desktop site only Tried clearing cache of browser. Stopped application. But no results. Any Solutions. |
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