id string | title string | text string |
|---|---|---|
59479 | Unable to move apps to the SD card | I have certain apps, like Google Maps, on my phone which I am unable to move to my SD card from the internal memory. I tried moving it from the App management menu in Phone settings, but the move to SD card option isn't enabled. Is moving these apps going to affect the working of the device? |
39602 | Why do some applications have `Move to SD card` button disabled? | I've just downloaded an app, and I want to move it to SD card. At the application setting, the app has data like this: Total ... 10.05MB Application ... 9.97MB Data ... 80.00KB Next to 'Clear data' button, 'Move to SD card' button is disabled. Why? |
34127 | internal memory Vs SD card | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Unable to move few Apps to SD Card > Can I force move to sd card applications that don't want to be moved there? Why do Android phones require installations mostly in internal memory? Is there any application which supports to transfer the root directory to SD card? |
38185 | Google music player is missing some settings options | In my Nexus 7 in the Google Play Music when I open the app and choose settings from the menu, only 2 things will show: 1. source licenses 2. music version Where are the other settings? According to the help menu, you should be able to change things like "automatically cache" or hide "unavailable music" |
38184 | Adding apps in the unlock screen | I have a Samsung tablet (not sure of model), running Android 4.0.4. When I unlock my screen, I have four default options that I can choose from, or I can use the empty area to unlock the main screen. How can I add apps like my favorite games to this menu so I can go directly into those games? If you need more information, please let me know. Please provide steps for getting the information also. |
38183 | Keyboard shortcut to enter commonly-used email address | Is there any keyboard shortcuts on Android? I want to enter my commonly-used email address easily, because most apps require an account. |
38182 | Samsung Galaxy S2 battery gets hot | My Galaxy S2 is less than a year old. The battery sucks! I have to charge it more than once a day. Tonight, while on the charger, the battery life is actually going down. It's also way too hot to touch. Any inputs? |
40778 | How to simulate cell signal loss? | The program (CSipSimple) seems to work not well when cell data network is unstable. It works OK hovewer if you manually switch it on and off. How to simulate bad network connectivity (e.g. going by underground train) for testing the application? It should be mobile network, not Wi-Fi. Are there any programs or hacks (in software, with root access) for this or I should resort to wrapping the device in foil? |
40777 | connect android devices in ad-hoc mode without needing to net connection? | can we get android devices in ad-hoc mode using WIFI-card but without access internet ? i mean to connect peers to send and receive messages between them but without having internet connection ? i see this link talk about **wpa_supplicant.conf** to enable ad-hoc mode, but it seems that there are problems in this thing. and see this command `iwconfig` but this doesn't support on android !! |
40775 | Second ring tone for my Google Voice phone number | I'm considering adding a second phone number to my android phone by using Google Voice. Can I have a different ring tone to indicate that a call is coming from that second number and not from my first number? |
40774 | Is it possible to use Emoji language with Swiftkey 3? | I have and LOVE swiftkey. Is there anyway I type emoji icons with my swiftkey keyboard? I've tried going to my keyboard settings and adding the Emoji language, but the swiftkey keyboard still doesn't have it (unless I missed it or it was hidden). |
40771 | Local files revisited: Opening local HTML files (file:///path/to/file) in Chrome on Android 4.x | There are other questions on this same topic, but I'm finding that on 4.0.4 with my HTC One, I can open `file:///` URLs just fine with Firefox, but not with Chrome or the Android browser. Those two simply report a security error and show no content. Is this something that changed since the 2.x era when it was apparently possible? ( _edit_ well I realize there was no Chrome for 2.x but ...) _edit_ -- sorry; false alarm. It works fine. All the visible directories on the phone - those you browse through with a file explorer, or when you mount the device as mass storage - are under a top- level directory called "sdcard". Thus, if you create a folder at (apparently) the top level, then a file in it must be accessed as: file:///sdcard/your_folder/hello_world.html Probably most people know that already :-) |
39823 | Disable or uninstall side bar on android | I'm wondering if it is possible to disable or uninstall this bar that I show on this image. I'm sorry i don't know what it is named that is why I included the image (click to enlarge). I'm using Android version 4.1.  |
63033 | How to turn off apps toolbar? | I have a _Samsung Galaxy S3_ with Android 4.3. Some time ago a toolbar with list of applications appeared. I can edit its position (right or left) and I can edit apps on toolbar, but a cant remove it. It's visible in every place in OS and even in other apps. Below I'm adding two screenshots. On the first one you can see the toolbar and on the second one the apps edit page. I'm not sure if it is because of I installed something or because of some update. How to remove it?   The _Toolbar_ (left) and its _Edit_ page (right; click images for larger variants) |
53816 | How to get rid of the auto hidden bar? | I think I get this bar after system update a couple months ago. How to get rid of this?  |
65247 | How to hide / show the pull out drawer that is pre-loaded on some Samsung devices | Some newer Samsung devices have a pull out tab that stores some of the commonly used applications. I have accidentally enabled and disabled it a number of times, but I don't know how. I don't see anything related to it in device settings or any of the installed apps that would control it. How do you hide / show this pull out bar?  (Click on the image for larger version) |
47203 | Samsung galaxy note knocking off other computers wifii | My Samsung galaxy note 10.1 32gb knocks off the other computers on the WiFi network when I connect. Mine connects fine, but the other computers (laptops) get knocked off and have to be rebooted or repaired to gain access again. Why does this happen and how can I fix it? |
26781 | Samsung Galaxy Ace - Disconnects from some networks | I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830L with Android 2.3.4, with factory ROM. It works pretty well with most WEP/WPA2 wifi hotspots. When I try to connect to an open one, no matter the signal intensity, it connects for a couple of seconds then disconnects and keeps doing so. I can't state for a fact that this is only restricted to open hotspots but so far thats the pattern I have identified. I have heard that Galaxy phones have some wireless issues but I'm not sure how to deal with mine. Any ideas? This might be related to: Why Smartphone Disconnects From Certain Hotspots Sometimes? |
26787 | How to preserve BTEP data when switching from Amazon App Store to Play Store? | I want to replace as many as possible of the apps that I got though the Amazon Appstore app (AAa) with apps from, say, Google's Play Store.1 Of these "Amazon-purveyed apps" the most important one (by a very wide margin) is Better Terminal Emulator Pro (BTEP), which I purchased from the Amazon Appstore many months ago, and have used extensively ever since. > Is there an easy way to save my current (Amazon) BTEP's data, and restore > this data once I have installed a new (non-Amazon) BTEP? Now, as it happens, I have Titanium backups ("app+data") of all these apps. > How can I restore the BTEP _data alone_ from my BTEP Titanium backup? (As far as have been able to find, Titanium offers the option of restoring the app alone, or restoring the apps data along with the app, but I have not found any option to restore the data alone.) Thanks! 1Why? Because the Amazon Appstore app (AAa) I have on my phone _has to go_. I never use it anymore, and yet it starts on its own, and causes all manner of grief. |
77966 | How move applications from built-in memory to SD-card without root access? | I have Sony Xperia M. It has 4GB of built-in memory, however I see only 2GB))) The fact of applications can be installed only in built-in memory upset me very much. I do not play any hard games. Heavy one, I've installed, is 150MB program of off-line maps with 3 city and it occupies all of place((( Now I have a 16GB of free place on my SD-card and I get a message every minute, that it is not enough memory for android. It is very sad news. I have moved or deleted from built-in memory everything I can. Can I explain to my phone that sd-memory is exactly the same memory as a built-in? Or somehow can I move one my heavy application to sd-card, keep it works? Or what do you advice me with this? Thank you in advance. |
78993 | Can I disable the volume warning if I raise the volume too much? | Occasionally when I raise the volume on my HTC-one, I get a warning message which stops me until I click 'Ok'. It's more of an annoyance than anything else. Can I disable it? I can't seem to find an option for it in the settings. This question has already been asked here, but it was over a year ago. There was no solution then, I'm wondering does anyone know if there is a solution now? |
77960 | Is there a way to hide the ringer icon in notification bar | I have used Wanam Exposed on the Xposed framework to hide some icons on my notification bar, I have also tried GravityBox to hide others, but I can't find how to hide the ringer icon on the notification bar, my phone is always on silent as I have my Gear 2 Neo therefore it doesn't need to show me. I have a galaxy s3 rooted running JB 4.3 |
39585 | How do I escape a crash/reboot loop without losing data? | My Motorola Atrix 4G (MB860) is stuck in a crash/reboot loop. I believe it is running Android 2.3.6, but the phone doesn't stay on long enough to confirm. It seems this is a common problem (why is that?), but most of the potential solutions I've seen on the Internet haven't been particularly helpful. I can't seem to boot into Safe Mode, because I instead get stuck at a "Starting RSD protocol support" message that does not progress. I have tried clearing the cache, but that has no effect. I have had this happen in the past, but in those cases I was able to escape the loop by powering down the phone on purpose and restarting it manually. That solution is not working this time around. I have a lot of data on this phone that I would like to at least be able to salvage before I have to wipe the phone with a factory reset (if it does indeed come to that), but the phone does not stay on long enough for it to detect a USB connection or for me to turn USB debugging on to access it with adb. I have not modified the phone in the past, but I would be willing to do so if it meant that I could get adb working. I would prefer, however, to get at the source of the problem and delete any offending app file that might be causing this to happen (if such a file can be determined). What is going on here? Why does Android even allow this sort of thing to happen? And why is it not easier to get into Safe Mode? I suppose those are the more academic questions in this situation, but my primary concern is: How can I gain access to my files to back them up before having to do a factory reset? Or is there another way to escape this crash/reboot loop? **EDIT (2013-02-14):** To be clear, let me elaborate on what I mean by "crash/reboot loop" in this case. When I power on the phone, it goes through its normal display of the Motorola and carrier screens. Then the lock screen begins to load, as it normally does. It seems to me that it takes longer than usual for it to detect a cell signal and identify the carrier network (AT&T), but I can't know for sure. At this point, if I don't unlock the phone, it will eventually reboot on its own and continue to loop through this process until the battery dies. But if I do unlock the phone, I am immediately greeted by a series of "Force close" dialog boxes informing me that the following processes/applications have stopped unexpectedly: * com.motorola.service.main * Google Partner Setup (com.google.android.partnersetup) * Google Play Store (com.android.vending) * Webtop (com.android.portal) * Bluetooth Share (com.android.bluetooth) I generally have to select "Force close" on the first few in order for the next few to appear, though the Bluetooth one appears immediately on top of the Webtop one. The phone will generally reboot immediately after the Bluetooth error appears. If I have the phone plugged into my computer via USB, I will get a USB connection notification immediately before the phone reboots. I should also note that the com.motorola.service.main error occurs multiple times. (If I "Force close" it, it reappears in between the other errors.) The Google Partner Setup and/or Google Play Store errors sometimes appear multiple times, as well. **EDIT (2013-02-20):** I'm still having issues, so I thought I'd go through the whole thing again, looking for new information. It turns out I missed one key part about booting into Safe Mode: You have to wait until the boot ANIMATION starts before holding both volume buttons down. (Then you keep holding until a long vibration occurs.) Anyway, when I booted into Safe Mode, things got worse, not better. The phone didn't even stay on long enough for it to complete the Android initialization! I don't know what that means, but maybe it's another clue? |
77969 | Why do I see adverts after closing WhatsApp? | Every time I close WhatsApp I get some sort of an advertisement. According to their site they don't advertise, but I see adverts like this after closing the app:  Click image for larger version I have contacted the WhatsApp support team and their reply was: > WhatsApp does not advertise. If you are seeing advertisement on your device, > it is from your device and not WhatsApp. How can the device advertise on it's own?? |
78124 | Why is my Android not letting me install apps for 1GB limit? | With a phone of 1 GB internal memory, I am able to install apps for less than 700 MB. More than that I get the insufficient memory alert. Storage shows Total space 0.98 Another phone of the same model, same version of Android is able to able to install apps for the entire 1GB. Phone runs on Android version 4.2.x. Default write disk is external SD card. Thanks in advance. Screenshots below: my-phone: Available + Apps + Cached Data = Less than 700 MB   Screenshots: This phone / Other phone (Available + Apps + Cached Data = 1 GB) |
23885 | Internet - How to stop Popup windows appearing in a small overlay | On my HTC Desire phone I use a chess website. One of the links on that website opens a popup window displaying a chess board and other items. On my PC it opens in a new tab of my browser, that is fine. However, when accessed on my HTC Desire handset instead of opening in a new window accessible from the Menu --> Windows section it opens in a framed overlay on top of the current screen. I’d prefer it to open in a full-blown Window if possible as I’m losing a little bit of screen real-estate with this overlay. Is there any way to disable this feature? Rob |
2269 | Italian Froyo not show Month Name | After update my HTC Desire to last Froyo Update, I can't see anymore Month Name or Day Of Week name. Instead of **January** I see _1_ and instead of **Wednesday** I see _2_. This happens in all my App (even Facebook). How can I restore the names? Do I have to root it? My HTC language system is Italian. |
78121 | Recording Screen on Android 1.6 | I have an old device running Android 1.6. Is there any way that I can record the screen on this device? Most tutorials for doing this rely on having a more up-to-date version of Android. |
40714 | How to disable pin security from Samsing Tab 2 | I have a Samsung tab2, and have added screen pin lock on my Tab few days back as I was going out. Now I don't want to use pin lock as security, but I am not able to disable it. I am going to setting --> security --> screen lock After entering my pin my options are to disable includes last the option **None**. What should I do to remove the screen lock pin?? |
78129 | Battery Issues-Moto E | I am facing battery issues from days,the battery does not survive even a day even without using the internet. Tried uninstalling some apps but to no effect.It is happening 10 days after 4.4.4 kitkat update. Are there any other solutions? |
40716 | Tweaking wimax phone for ISP | We have a WiMAX Internet provider that requires that you have a specific adapter, being Huawei BM622. Do you think it is possible to tweak the firmware on any phone or laptop and connect to the Internet? Is it not doable to change the reported adapter name and other authentication data and connect? |
15298 | how Downgrade LG optimus P500 from 2.3.3 to 2.2.2 | I upgraded my LG optimus P500 phone from Android 2.2.2 to 2.3.3. After upgrading the battery started to dry very soon and it auto powers off as well even when the battery is more than 80%. Now I want downgrade my cell back to original froyo 2.2 version. How can i do this? Or is there any other fix for this problem of battery and auto power off. |
15299 | How can I completely reset android samsung galaxy s 4g? | My phone has gotten extremely slow, and the GPS no longer seems to function which is the main reason I got the phone. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S 4G from T-Mobile. Is it possible to reset it completely? I read several reset guides, and they said to hold the volume down + power and volume up + power but neither of those worked. Thank you |
15296 | Best Reading App for Personal PDFs which Remembers Last Location on an Android Tablet | I like the Kindle app (it remembers the last location) and the Adobe PDF app (it can view PDFs), but I'm looking for an app for my tablet which remembers the last location and can view PDFs. |
15295 | Is it possible to record a video as avi or mp4? | I've recently bought a Motorola Milestone 2 (Froyo) and I see that when I record a video it produces a .3gp file. Is there a way to have it produce an avi or mp4 instead? Would I have to root the phone? |
2260 | Inaccurate time? How to fix it? | _Sometimes_ the time on my phone (X10 mini pro) is a little late while in sleep mode. I've experienced differences from 1 to 3 hours. My guess is that the clock system component (if there is such a thing in Android) doesn't get enough CPU time for some reason. This is not a big problem yet, since the clock will show the correct time just a few hundred milliseconds after I turn the screen on. The problem starts when I'm in sleep mode too and the phone is supposed to wake me up, because that way I have to wake up first to wake up my phone to wake me up. So the question is: is there a way to force my phone's clock to always refresh it's time, even in sleep mode? **Update:** I think I've found a pattern which might be relevant. Looks like this behaviour never occurs while charging the battery. |
15291 | Is there a widget that allows for speed dialing? | Is there a widget that would allow me to have, for instance, 9-10 names so I can call them quickly? Maybe 10 icons associated with 10 names/numbers? |
2261 | How can I play mkv files on Droid os 2.2 on a Droid x? | I'd prefer not to have to convert Them. Thanks. |
2264 | Quickly connecting to Wi-Fi with Android | I'm having Android Froyo (2.2), in Archos 32. The only way I found for connecting to a Wi-Fi wireless network is through Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Wi-Fi Settings -> "Wi-Fi networks" list Very cumbersome! Isn't there a faster way to do it? After all the only internet connection Archos 32 has is the Wi-Fi... |
81625 | Installing command line apps | I have an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S4 Active running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. I have installed the Terminal Emulator and am wondering how to install apps to the command line. Is it possible for me to install applications such as `alsa-utils` or `cowsay` like you would with a normal Linux machine. At the moment there isn't much you can do with the terminal that's of interest. |
79455 | How to do math operations in android shell? | To do math operations in Linux shell, bc language can be used. For example, echo `echo "scale=4;sqrt(400)"|bc -l` This will give output of 20.0000 Unfortunately bc is not available on android. My question is, 1) How do I do math operations in android shell? 2) If bc has to be used, then, how to install it in android? It is good enough for me if I can do integer calculations, I don't really need floating point or arbitrary precision results. |
35924 | Pros and cons of various in-car hands-free solutions | What would be pros and cons of headsets versus speaker phones for in-car hands-free phone operation? Are there other solutions as well? Are features such as reading and dictating text-messages come built-in the device, come as an app, or can be both? Primary phone in question has Icecream Sandwich installed, but are there any culprits against using older versions of the OS? |
35925 | Can I install any ROM for my Android device? | I own a MICROMAX A100. I want to install the latest version of a different ROM (Samsung or Nexus). Is it possible? If so, can you tell me how? If not, can I install a different ROM of the same manufacturer, I mean MicroMax A110, which is the successor of A100? While trying to backup the current ROM I am not getting the **Back up** Option. The image below is not readable, here is what it says. * **reboot system now** * apply update from external storage * wipe data/factory reset * wipe cache partition * apply update from cache How to backup current ROM?.  |
69408 | where can I find man page for top | I have a bugreport file containing output from (as it says) top -n 1 -d 1 -m 30 -t The -m option is not known on my ubuntu linux, wo where can I find the android man page for the top command? I don't have root access to my android device. |
4283 | urlfilter.ini for Opera Mini | For Opera or Opera Mobile it's possible to **block certain URLs** by adding a file **urlfilter.ini** to the user profiles. On Opera Mobile this file would be placed at `/data/data/com.opera.browser/opera/profiles/smartphone/urlfilter.ini`. But this approach only seems to work for Opera Mobile, not Opera Mini. Is there a way to block certain URLs in **Opera Mini** so that the normal user can't change it via the Opera UI? Another idea I had (my app runs on rooted devices with secured su access) but which wouldn't entire cover all my requirements: Modifying the `/etc/hosts` file and change all urls to 127.0.0.1 - but the problem is that I don't just filter entire domains, but also just certain suffixes, etc. *.apk, and `/etc/hosts` doesn't allow wild cards just for file suffixes. |
4286 | How can I make my hacked WPDN run faster? | I have a white Pandigital Novel that I hacked to run Android 2.1. Is there any way I can make it and the apps it runs go faster? It's already overclocked to 800Mhz and I have no home screen shortcuts. Is there anything else I can do? |
4284 | Change image size before sharing an image via email | When I first used the share functionality (Share via email) from the gallery, Android asked me what should be the size of the images (fullsize / normal / small) that will be shared. I opted for regular then, and now I want to change this setting. I cannot seem to find this setting option anywhere, anyone knows where I can change this ? (Note: The "crop" feature in the gallery). |
4285 | Change application to be launched using Voice Action | Is there a way I can change which app will launch upon Voice action? For example when I say "Listen to Pink Floyd", it currently opens Last.fm app which is more or less useless for me since Last.fm doesn't have streaming in my location. Can I configure it to open, say, Winamp instead of Last.fm? If yes, how? |
69400 | Use cryptsetup to encrypt /data | Is there a command line in linux which uses `cryptsetup luksFormat`, to produce exactly the same encryption as the one used in Android? I am looking to encrypt /data partition offline and transfer it to device using dd |
54298 | What information does the colour-coding of contacts (green, yellow, red, blue, etc) convey? | What information does the colour-coding of contacts (green, yellow, red, blue, etc) convey? See example screenshot here (blueish, greenish, reddish):  Screenshot (click image to enlarge) PS: Though this question seems related, I don't think it's about the same thing. |
62387 | Are there any downsides or risks to limiting background processes? | I enabled developer options on my Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos and then changed "Limit background process" option from _Standard limit_ to _No background process_. After that my phone is working fine, with no hanging problems or no slowness as before. But my doubt is, will this change affect any process, updates, applications or anything which might cause an error or failure? |
68980 | Android power button doesn't lock the screen after reboot - Nexus 5 | I've been using my Nexus 5 for like a couple of months now and last week I tried switching to ART. After the process is finished the phone rebooted and the power button didn't lock the screen. Long pressing it displayed the power menu but a regular press didn't lock the screen. Then I switched to Dalvik but still the power button doesn't lock the screen for about a minute after a reboot. |
77036 | Nexus 5 stuck in boot screen | My phone is Nexus 5, not rooted, android version 4.4.4 I hated the "swipe up" gesture for google now, bacause I'd sometimes do the gesture by accident. So I read somewhere that I should disable "Google Search" from apps, to disable the gesture. But that just messed things up. After disabling, it showed a few errors, so I powered off the device, thinking that a restart would fix things. Now I'm stuck in a boot loop ( four circles converging into one ). I read elsewhere that I should hold power + volume down button, and go into _Recovery Mode_ , did that, but it then got stuck in a screen showing "No command". How do I fix this ? I'm a newbie in this, so please answer in detail. Also I have my data backed up, so if I could somehow just reset it, that'd work too. |
77035 | Problem installing Facebook and other apps | How can I download apps to my Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 after I reset to its factory settings? A message keeps on popping: `error while retrieving information from server`. What should I do, or what is the solution? I already tried downloading Facebook, but same message occurs. |
77032 | accidentally deleted the samsung apps app that I need to use for my phone and gear2 watch. how can it be reinstalled? | accidentally deleted the samsung apps app that I need to use for my phone and gear2 watch. how can it be reinstalled if it's not in Google or anywhere else? |
77033 | Rooted HTC One M8 tries to install OTA even though the OTA is already on the system | I have a Sprint HTC One M8 Harman Kardon edition. I recently rooted it and installed TWRP as the recovery. Next day, Sprint rolls out an OTA that helps some of the dropped call issues I've been having. I read a tutorial and rolled the device back to the stock recovery. I was able to install the OTA. However, the settings still shows the old software version -- 1.54.654.13 -- while booting into fastboot shows 1.54.654.15. My phone is still trying to download the new OTA! What happened? Is there a way to get that software number updated? |
77030 | How to stop speech recognition download? | http://postimg.org/image/qyxwjj2f1/ Here is a picture of the screen. It says Downloading English (US) Offline speech recognition data 108%. When the download started itself I lost the internet connection so it never succesfully downloaded. Now even after I restart I still get "Downloading..." in the status bar but nothing happens (even when connected to the internet). I just want to clear the status bar of this stuck download. |
4759 | Quick way to enter three dots (ellipsis)? | The Samsung keyboard has a Quick Symbol key, where ".,?" are on the same key and accessed similar to the T9 method (don't know if this is standard for Android keyboards). A good idea, but how can I quickly enter an ellipsis (three dots)? The best I could come up with is: dot space del dot space del dot Quite clumsy, but much faster than tapping dot and then twice wait until a next tap wont change the dot anymore. There surely must be a better way? ### Update On the Galaxy Tab there is no option to choose another keyboard layout; apparently on other Samsung devices there is (see GAThrawn's answer). Here you can see what options I can choose from:   |
43457 | Which A2SD should I use with AOKP VJ 4.2.2 Jelly Bean v2.1 on HTC Desire | I have a rooted HTC Desire with the AOKP VJ 4.2.2 Jelly Bean v2.1 ROM from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1863780 I have successfully installed the ROM but am confused as to what solution to use for Apps2SD/A2SD. I'm a real beginner on that stuff! I have tried 40ad2sdx-a2 installed as in recovery from a zip file, and also installed through adb push, but the phone won't boot. Have formatted the SD card with 2 primary partitions (FAT32 14gb and then EXT4 2gb). Basically, I just want a Jelly Bean ROM with plenty of space for apps..! Can anyone give me a recommendation of an A2SD method that works and step-by-step instructions how to install? |
43454 | Gallery images appearing in mixed up order | I have an HTC One X with stock Android 4.1.1. As you know, Android 4.1 introduced a "nice" feature to the gallery which allows grouping images by events. Unfortunately, after this update I started to notice a very annoying and intermittent bug: sometimes, if I have a group with hundreds of images, some of them appear in jumbled up order. I use Dropbox to sync them to my PC, so I don't usually connect my phone via USB to the PC. After seeing this issue, I browsed via USB to some of the images that appear in the wrong position and it looks like the EXIF date is correct, but, for some reason, the phone shows a different hour for this images in the "Details" section. It appears as if it misreads the hour when indexing them, showing them as having been taken one hour before the date in the EXIF data. I have tried to clear the cache of the `Media Storage` application and restart the phone, but, unfortunately, this did not do the trick and I think that a few more images got mixed up after it finished rescanning. Does anybody have any idea what might cause this bug and how can it be fixed? **PS:** I installed Total Commander on the phone and it displays the proper date for the images and it also picks them up in the expected order, so this is clearly a bug in the `Media Storage` app. |
43453 | Format SD card after playing with fdisk (No card reader) | After playing with partitioning using FDISK (from busybox) i finished and now i want to format it back to whatever is usable under Android. Using same FDISK via Android console i deleted all partitions, made a clean DOS partition table, made a new partition and changed its type to b (Win95 FAT32). I got no microSD adapter to read the card from my linux PC and format it there. What should i do to format it into a usable condition? |
43451 | Samsung Galaxy S Captivate power button | My captivate's power button was acting up a few weeks ago. But the other day it just completely stopped working! I either have to plug it in to my charger or completely take my phone apart and take the battery out and put it back in. It's weird because it's like the power button is stuck or something. The power off screen comes up and I don't know it's just frustrating. What can I do to repair it? Is it worth repairing? Should I wait for my upgrade in June and go on with this problem? or Should I just throw the phone away and go without it until june? Please help! Thanks! |
19770 | Problem with Samsung Galaxy S2 Driver on Windows | I updated Kies today and my Samsung Galaxy S2 phone doesn't connect to my pc via Debug Mode any more. Below is the screen shot  When I uninstall that and try to reconnect I get an error saying driver install failed. |
19772 | How can I update my Galaxy Tab to 2.3? | I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab which has Android 2.2. I want to upgrade it to 2.3 but I don’t know how. I searched to find out a way to do so, but I couldn't find anything. |
17633 | Song playback from/to specific point in the track | How can I playback songs from a specific user-preset track start-time and/or to a specific end-time. For example, I want a specific song to only play from the 10th second to the 180th second of the whole song track. |
17639 | How to update all your apps from the Android market over web? | I constantly get multiple update notifications on my Android phone. How do I go online from my computer and update all my applications to my phone? |
13521 | New Facebook app activates GPS when launched -- how to disable? | This started happening with the latest Facebook app update. I don't want to disable my GPS outright -- I like that it comes up automatically when I call Google Maps. (Which usually is in a "where the hell am I" situation.) But I see no valid reason to allow Facebook to query where I am all the time. Facebook's settings don't have an option to disable this. Since my phone (Milestone I) is rooted (but still with Motorola's official 2.2.1 OS), I wonder if there's some app through which I could enable/disable GPS usage per app. Is there such a thing? (If there is, I'd like to disable it in the browser too.) |
62388 | Is it possible to change the answer swipe direction on Android 4.3, Motorola Moto G, or Samsung Galaxy S4? | I have a problem. My personal phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 4.2.2. I just got a new company phone which is a Motorola Moto G Android 4.3. The problem is that if I swipe left when answering a call on Samsung it answers the phone. If I swipe left on the Motorola it ignores the call. Needless to say, I keep ignoring people on my business phone. I need to figure out a way to change the direction of the answer swipe on one of them, preferably the Moto G since I'm already used to the Samsung way but I will settle for changing it on the Samsung if need be. |
13524 | Shortcut to particular document in Google Docs app? | Is there a way to make a shortcut to one particular document? I frequently need one particular document from a secondary account, so it's always a pain to come out of current document, change accounts and load the required document. Any ideas? |
13529 | Can I change the level for "Connect your charger"? | My phone HTC Desire on **cyanogen mod 7** shuts it down if the **battery level is 18%**. Can I change this level to something lower? |
20722 | How do I force the ICS browser to finish syncing bookmarks? | I have a brand new Acer A200, and I upgraded it to ICS (4.0.3). I set up sync with my Chrome bookmarks, but it's been a few hours now and it doesn't seem to be finishing the sync - I've got the complete folder structure of the bookmarks on my PCs, but most of the folders are empty. Is there anything that I can do to force it to finish the job? |
20721 | Galaxy s2 will not boot, wrong bootloader | My Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I1900 won't boot. 1. I tried to update to ICS with Kies which crashed, wherefore I unplugged the USB to start over. 2. Now my phone had no OS, and wouldn't respond to Kies anymore. 3. By mistake I flashed the downloaded original firmware into the bootloader section in Odin. 4. Now it just shows a screen that says Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 5. Next I tried to recover with Odin. I flashed another firmware, and the old bootloader and attached a PIT file which worked for me earlier. I want to now how I can make it work again. I have been looking for days for the following files: 1. Original .PIT file 2. Original Firmware 3. Original Bootloader What should I do? I am using Odin v1.85. |
20726 | Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn't keep wifi connected despite settings | My **Galaxy Tab 10.1** , 16GB Wifi only version, **disconnects the WiFi whenever the tablet goes into sleep mode**. I have ensured that I have selected to never sleep in advanced WiFi settings. I downloaded and experimented with the Wifi Keep Alive and REGPON wifi KeepAlive apps, but they have had no effect. I even tried rooting the device, and put on this ROM, in hopes that maybe some change would take effect, but it hasn't. Is this a known issue with the Galaxy Tab 10.1? I've done some Google searching and I've seen other people report it, but most fixes seem to just describe how to go into the advanced settings and enable "never" as an option. Is there any kind of fix I can apply? This is a somewhat critical feature for me, as I intend to be able to receive Skype calls, which can't be done if the WiFi disconnects. |
36377 | Apps can't connect to internet | I have a connection problem with any app on Android 2.3.5. I can access the internet with the stock browser but any other app with full network permissions isn't able to connect to the internet. My handset is a Simvalley SPX-5. Any ideas? |
13298 | Music App changes track after 40 seconds on rooted phone | I recently rooted my htc desire and installed cyanogenmod 7.0.3 and now whenever I use the music app it will play the first 40 seconds of a track then there is a long pause and the next track starts. This happens both with and without headphones plugged in. Can anyone suggest what might cause this and how to fix it. EDIT after upgrading to cyanogenmod 7.1 I started to get Force Close after 40 seconds on DSP manager. EDIT 2 I have cleared the data on the music app and tried alternative music apps and the problem persists, also as I said it happens with or without headphones so it's not headphone related. EDIT 3 This problem seems to be specific to ogg files. EDIT 4 The problem occurs with winamp, songbird and the built in music player but not PowerAMP |
13290 | Is there anyway to bypass the Verizon Wireless block of the tethering? | I have a rooted Droid X (v.1). I used to be able to use Wifi tether to connect my computer to the Wifi from my phone. Now Verizon is automatically blocking that and taking me to a page where they ask me to pay for the Wifi. I don't use the connection that much so I really don't want to pay an additional $25. Is there a way to get around this and activate Wifi tethering again or am I hosed? |
13293 | How can I get the new Google Talk on a Droid Incredible running 2.3.4? | I have the original Droid Incredible (hardware rev 0003) with the new Market. I just got the Gingerbread OTA but it didn't include the new Google Talk. I know I could manually install the new apk from some random website, but I'd rather get it the "official" way, if such exists. |
6194 | what is the difference between Dolphin Browser HD and Mini versions? | I look at the official Dolphin Browser page, but I can't seem to find any differences, besides: * Dolphin Browser Mini – Fast & Simple * Dolphin Browser HD – Powerful & Elegant In what sense is HD powerful or elegant? In what sense is Mini simple? What am I missing out on if I use Mini instead of HD? |
6197 | how to change the lock screen clock style? | I know we have "LockBot" and "WidgetLock" to change the style of the lock screen. But they are not **free** and it seems they do not allow me to change the clock styles either. I do want to change the lock screen style, only the clock style on the lock screen. Do we have apps like this? P.S. my Android phone is HTC G1, with CM6 mod; and I expect the clock on my lock screen looks like this. |
6190 | What methods can I use to block adult content? | I'm looking for something along the lines of K-9 for my phone. Does such a thing exist? **My goal:** to have all adult content blocked. I would like to know if this is possible and if it is, how to do it. |
6193 | avoid both screen lock and pattern lock | When the screen times out, a screen lock activates that needs to be swiped down. After 5 minutes, a phone lock pattern is activated. Now when I turn on the display I need to both swipe down and enter the unlock pattern. Is there an option to not need to do both? Optimally, I want the first 5 minutes to require a swipe down and after 5 minutes to require the pattern I'm using htc desire hd, android 2.2, unrooted (is there a fix when rooted?) |
6736 | How can I set the locale and language? | How can I set the keyboard and language in Android, and how can I add more languages to the device? |
7967 | How can I change the language on my phone? | > **Possible Duplicate:** > How can I set the locale and language? Is there some way I can change the language of my phone's operating system? I mean status bar, options, everything -- I want it to be in Spanish. |
6198 | Resetting Android Phone from CyanogenMod to Original | When I bought my (pre-owned) Nexus One, it came with CyanogenMod. I would like to change it back to Google's official 2.2 (or 2.3) Android. What does this entail and how do I go about doing this in the safest possible way (e.g. with bricking it or any other side-effects)? |
6199 | How do RAM and processor speed affect overall performance on Android? | Since Android can be installed on wide range of devices, I'm wondering how important RAM and the CPU speed are to the performance of a device. There are always tradeoffs when something is increased and another one decreased! Is more RAM or a faster processor better for general browsing and less mulititasking? What if I'm interested in gaming or doing lots of things at once? Will more RAM make up for a slower processor or vice-versa? |
46660 | Android App for PDF presentations (Beamer LaTeX / Adobe Acrobat Reader) | I have just received my Nexus 10 - my first Android tablet! I bought the tablet partly for giving presentations. My presentations are created by using the LaTeX package "beamer", which produces PDF files. Acrobat Reader (on PC) has a presentation mode that works perfectly well for all purposes, but I have trouble finding this functionality in the Android version. There is a full-page display functionality in Adobe's app, but it has some animation for the page transitions. This means that "revealing" of new content (which is implemented by having successive slides that are identical except for the parts that are being revealed) will not work. This is one of the main functionalities that I want in my PDF presentations, and I seem to be unable to find any setting that would turn off the animation. I have also tried ezPDF reader, but did not find any presentation-style display at all. So my question is this: * * * **What apps on Android tablets have a mode that is suitable for Beamer PDF presentations?** (Ideally the app should work with standard bluetooth presentation devices.) * * * I apologize if this question has been answered before, but the searches I have tried have either given results on general PDF viewers or on PowerPoint (etc) presentation apps. Rather than trying all the different PDF/presentation apps there are, I was hoping that someone on SE might already be using their tablet in this manner, and would be able to help me out. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. |
48548 | How can I change the data usage cycle day for Wi-Fi? | Changing the starting day for Mobile data was already non-obvious as shown in this answer. Now, how can I change the day of month for Wi-Fi usage as well? Currently, I have the following cycles cycles: * Jun 6 - Jul 4 * May 9 - Jun 6 * Apr 11 - May 9 * Mar 14 - Apr 11 I would like to change these to: * Jul 1 - Jul 4 * Jun 1 - Jun 30 * Etc. How can I do that? I am running Android 4.2.2, Cyanogenmod 10.1 from git. This is a longstanding issue that I experienced with ICS too. |
20090 | How does Android calculate battery consumption by apps? | How does Android measure energy used by individual hardware component? How does Android measure energy used by each individual process? |
45317 | Sprint Galaxy S4. Javascript required random popup | I get a random popup on my S4. "Javascript required" and then it gives me instructions to enable Java on various browsers. This error has nothing to do with me actively using a browser on the phone. How do I cure this? Thank you. |
45314 | How can I stop Google Play Music from automatically downloading my library? | I listened to some of my music library on Google Play for the first time, and unbeknownst to me, it started to download the whole library (12,00 plus tracks) to my phone, completely using up my storage. I can't find ANYTHING that allows me to stop it or limit it's downloading. Has anyone else had similar problems? |
20094 | Is it possible to set the language and locale to different values? | I'd like to have all the text displayed in English (US), but use the Polish (Poland) formatting for numbers, dates etc. On a desktop Linux system, I'd set LANG to pl_PL and LC_MESSAGES to en_US. Is there a way to so on Android? I see only combined language+locale setting. Note: I am not asking about the keyboard, I know can set it to use a language different from the language+locale setting without problems. |
45313 | Reset application specific or phone-wide default image folder | I was browsing with the official Facebook app and when sending a picture to a friend I used SkyDrive as the folder where to choose my files from. Then I accidentally made it the default folder. So now, whenever I want to send an image, the app always directs me to SkyDrive instead of getting it from the phone's gallery. I already tried resetting to defaults and deleting the data of the app, but that didn't work. That's why I think it might be a phone-wide setting. I just can't seem to figure it out. Phone is a Desire X, running Android 4.1.1. |
45310 | How can I control media volume from a 3-button in-line remote? | I have the standard HTC RC-E160 headset with 3 buttons and a mic. I can use the button in the middle to pause and play music tracks, and I can use the buttons on each side to jump to next or previous track. Is there a way I can use these buttons to increase or decrease the volume? I am thinking maybe something like quickly pressing one of the buttons two times to increase the volume by one increment? Is something like this possible? Maybe I need a Bluetooth headset? Or a wired headset with a 5 button remote control? I am using MortPlayer Music as my primary music player and it has some options to set the button action for the headset but I see no options for volume control. |
45311 | How is an Android application installed? | What program installs other applications? Is it the package installer or some other internal system application? I stopped the package installer manually, but when I access Google Play from my browser and install an app from there, it automatically installs regardless. What application or process is responsible for installing applications from the Google Play Store? |
77061 | How to quickly lock the screen? | If you leave the android phone idle it will lock the screen, so you need draw lines in the dots to unlock it. But I need quickly lock the phone when I will put in my bag, by example. Basic phones I simply hold the # or * button and the keys will lock. How do I do to get this in android phones? |
10365 | Does GPS require clear view of sky to lock satellites? | I have been reading conflicting information about the GPS signal lock in the XDA Developers Forums. Certain users say they have to be outdoor to get any lock in to satellites, others say they could lock in their home basement. Which one is it? |
9410 | What can cause a Droid Incredible to stop connecting to a PC via USB? | When I connect my phone to my laptop via USB, it is able to charge, but I am not able to mount it as a drive. Neither my computer nor my phone recognize that there is a device plugged in. This happened within the past few days, and I don't think that I changed anything on either side. I already checked the settings and USB debugging is on, USB debugging notify is on, and Stay awake is on in the Development settings menu. I also tried rebooting both devices to see if that would fix it, but it hasn't. My phone is a Droid Incredible running CM7.0.3. My laptop is running Windows 7. |
7209 | How to migrate accounts and data from one Android phone to another? | I have a HTC Magic phone with Android 2.2.1 and I want to migrate all accounts (9), apps, sms, settings, etc... to a new phone with Nexus One. Do you known some Android service/option or free app on Market to do it? Thanks a lot! **UPDATE** I have migrated successfully :) Old phone: HTC Magic rooted with Android 2.2.1 New phone: Nexus One rooted with Android 2.3.3 * At first, backup google accounts with Titanium Backup Rooted * Then, backup SMS and Call logs with Life Saver 2 * At end, restore in the new phone Some problems with settings restore (Wifi, Bluetooth, apps, etc...). Thanks! |
7203 | Will I get automatically lifetime FREE updates if I pay for an app? | If I buy a paid app, will I be able to get free updates for the rest of the lifetime of that app or should I pay later for the updates? What's the norm? Can you perhaps give 1-2 examples? Thanks! |
6220 | Can't sync using Leedroid | I have been using Leedroid for a while and all is well, it works great. Now for some reason my GMail is reporting that I have 7 unread emails, but my GMail app won't update my inbox on my phone. I've tried going into the settings and resyncing the accounts, but the button doesn't seem to do anything. Any ideas please? _**Update_** It seems that I have lost all my sync functionality. I can no longer sync my GMail, Calendar or Google Contacts with the web. Happened on 17 Feb 2011. Perhaps Google have stopped people updating? Would I be better to just reflash my phone? _**Update 31 Mar '11_** This has happened again now, and I can no longer sync up anything on my phone. Does anyone have any ideas please? Should I swap from using LeeDroid over to a stock HTC rom? |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.