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49629 | Why does Google Drive for Android say "Failed to open the document"? | Periodically, when I try to use Google Drive for Android, it will show the list of documents, and when I click one, it says: "Failed to open the document. / Unable to open the document. Please make sure you are connected to the Internet and have permission to open the document and try again. / Cancel / Open in browser" I had the problem Tuesday and couldn't open any documents; by Wednesday it was normal again; today it's back and I can't open any documents. The app is the newest version and has not released any upgrades in the meantime, so I'm thinking it may be caused by the server. Is that plausible? Is there a fix? I am using Cyanogenmod 10 (Android 4.1.2) on a Samsung Captivate. [More info: When I choose "Open in browser" it does open in the browser. But it still doesn't open in the Google Drive app.] |
49626 | My Sony Xperia E keeps losing coverage | Both a Sony Xperia E today and its randomly losing coverage out of nowhere? I always have coverage with every other phone but this phone I keep losing signal! Is this a software issue or can it be easily fixed or should I just return it? |
49624 | How to quickly write an apostrophe with Swiftkey keyboard | In Swiftkey how do you right an apostrophe (') for words like "can't", "hasn't", or "the dog's bone"? Is there a way to do it without taking your finger off the keyboard and going to another menu?  At the bottom there is no apostrophe like there is in swype, only a period. To get to the apostrophe you need to click on the button that says "123" but that requires taking your finger off the keyboard. Auto correction/auto detection has nothing to do with it since using an apostrophe to show possesion can is just as allowed as not having an apostrophe there to show plural e.g. The dogs bone vs The dog's bone. |
49625 | Wi-Fi with no data | This has always bugged me, but I really don't know the best way to ask it (sorry if this is a duplicate): Some Wi-Fi networks that I use require secondary authentication (via a browser, etc), and some are unreliable (they stop working intermittently). When this happens I get no data on my phone even though I have a data plan. (Galaxy S4, ATT FWIW). Is there a way to configure my phone to use my cell data when the connected Wi-Fi is not working\unavailable, etc? |
49622 | Where is the camera button in the Google Image Search webpage on my Android? | Device: Samsung Galaxy S3 OS: 4.1.1 I want to do a reverse image search on my S3 phone. When I open up the Google Image Search homepage, the "camera" button is nowhere to be found. So, I cannot upload a photo. I opened the page in Chrome, and the stock browser but I still don't see it. How can I do a reverse image search from my phone? |
49620 | photo thumbnails can no longer be seen | I took some photos and when I went back to look at them the thumbnails are black and corrupted. how does this happen and can they be repaired? |
41882 | Spontaneously deleting e-mails from Galaxy III | I've had a new galaxy S3 (from Verizon) that spontaneously deletes the contents of my e-mail (Comcast) without my input at random times during the day. Exchanged for another phone - same issue. Does not affect my gmail or Yahoo accounts. Verified by Comcast that POP3 is necessary. My Droid X nor HTC Incredible nor HTC Incredible 2 never did this. Ideas? Maybe the S3 isn't so good after all. Samsung tech support ( 4 calls) don't seem to care. Verizon Tech support is stumped. |
45502 | How to add timezone to world clock when you don't know the city? | Using the stock clock in Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) on my Nexus 4, I can add world clocks for other cities around the world by scrolling through the long list of available cities (in alphabetical order). However, what if I can't find any cities, that I am familiar with, in the respective timezone? The list of cities included in the clock app does not seem to be comprehensive; all the cities covered by the IANA timezone database are not included. I do not see any way of adding an additional city, or searching the current list by timezone or even just specifying a timezone? Am I missing something? Reference: List of tz database time zones * * * ## Example: My initial problem came about when trying to set a clock for "Central Indonesian Time" (Abbreviated CIT or WITA officially). I know this is UTC+08:00. I also know the tz identifier is "Asia/Makassar". Makassar is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi. This time zone also includes the popular tourist island of Bali, of which the capital is Denpasar (international airport). But neither of these cities are included on Android and further more, _none_ of the cities mentioned on the Wikipedia page for CIT are included either. In fact, having trawled through the entire list, there are no Indonesian cities listed in this (Indonesian) time zone! In the end I used Kuala Lumpur (Malaysian Capital) and assumed it will always be the same (although that is no guarantee, since it is officially a different timezone (MYT) - different government). |
41881 | What will I lose if I reset my samsung Galaxy SI (GTi9000)? | I've had this phone for two years so all my photos are saved on the actual phone (not a micro SD card). I'm wondering if I reset it, will I lose all the photos saved on my phone? I'm not bothered about losing the apps just my photos I'm concerned about. |
45507 | Manually Linking Facebook Contacts to Android | Until recently I was able to manually link a Facebook contact to my android contacts by going into the Facebook contact, holding down the contact under the friends list then selecting 'link to phone contact' (or something very similar). I no longer seem to be able to do this. Is this due to a new Facebook update or am I now doing something wrong? Most of my contacts are synced with Facebook (or LinkedIn), it is just everytime I add a new contact it won't sync automatically (even when going into Facebook and selecting sync with existing contacts). I do not want to use a third party app, is anybody able to help? Many Thanks. |
49997 | Trebuchet: Disable/Hide Dock | Is there a way to disable the dock entirely on Trebuchet on CyanogenMod? I find that I always go to my main home screen before touching the app drawer out of habit, so I'd like to have that extra space for the regular screens. Is this possible? |
49998 | External Microphone in Headphone Jack? | There are some external stereo microphones for IOS that plug into the headphone jack rather than the dock connector. For instance, the IK Multimedia iRig MIC Cast. They claim that they work on Android as well. Well, they may work, but do they provide better sound quality than the internal phone microphone, turning it into a decent digital recorder for music, for example? (with the right software, of course). My question isn't really whether those microphones are better quality than the internal microphones, as I assume they are. But does the headphone jack on Android phones (mine is the Galaxy S4) really provide the input capability for better quality sound, including in stereo? Of course that jack can transfer sound in both directions, headset and microphone, as it is a phone. For output, the phone provides quality stereo music output to headphones, as modern phones are also music players. However, the microphones on phone stereo headsets are generally low quality monaural microphones only suitable for phone calls, usually not better than the internal microphone, might be worse. So the question is--is the input function of that jack capable of providing quality stereo input, if one has a quality stereo microphone attached? (No matter how good quality the microphone is, if that jack really cannot transmit that quality sound, but reduces it to a very low resolution and frequency- reduced monaural sound, no point at all in attaching such a microphone. Anyone know about the input capabilities of the headphone jacks on Android phones. (If it varies from phone to phone, then how about mine, the Galaxy S4?) Thanks in advance for your input. |
1922 | Is it possible to use an Android device as a second monitor? | Sort of like this iPad app. Is there any way to extend your desktop onto your phone or tablet? Not looking for VNC solutions. |
1924 | Restricting Web Access to a single domain on Android tablets? | Our sales team came to me earlier with a question about Android OS. I've never used Android, but I do know it is a Linux-based OS. Frankly, I don't have the time to research for myself the capabilities of the Android OS. What I need to know is: * Is it possible to restrict web access to a single domain (domain.com, _.domain.com, domain.com/_ )? * Is it possible to launch, on boot, the browser with a specific URL or perhaps if the home page is set, have it launch on boot to the home page? * Is there a 'Full Screen' mode for the browser that could be the default for whenever the browser is launched? * Can SMS/MMS/Email be disabled (if the tablet has those capabilities) but still maintain a 3/4G and/or Wifi connection? * Can I use a custom boot screen? Since it's a Linux-based OS I imagine I could restrict the web access with IPtables or hosts files, but that of course means the OS has to support that, and I'm not sure if it does. We hope to use a tablet running Android to tie in to our internal systems. The tablets will be in the hands of operators, who we do not want to be able to use the data connection for anything but our web-based application. Hence the need for browser-launch-on-boot, full-screen mode, and restricting web access. |
58158 | How to dismiss an individual entry from the Calendar Notifications list? | On my Nexus 5 phone running Android 4.4, if I have several calendar notifications come at the same time, I can easily dismiss them all at once by either: 1) pulling down the notification menu (screenshot below) and then swiping to the right over the entry labeled, say, "3 events" as seen here:  2) tapping on "3 events" from the notification menu to display the Calendar notifications list and then tapping the "Dismiss all" text at the bottom, like in this screenshot:  I'd like to dismiss individual event notifications from the calendar notification list seen in option #2 above, for those times when I get a couple activities done but not all at once. I see no way to do that, though, other than to tap on each entry, which then pulls up its full calendar entry, and then tapping the back button, which brings me to my full calendar view, and then going back into the notification menu, selecting the events entry, and repeating. Swiping to the right over an individual entry on the calendar notifications list does nothing. Is there a quicker way to remove select entries directly from the calendar notification list that I'm missing? On my old Android 2.3 phone, I could mark a little checkbox next to each entry on the calendar notification list and dismiss only selected reminders, but I see no way to do that in Android 4.4. |
1929 | Any way I could use a USB monitor with my Droid? | The Droid doesn't support video out but I'd like to have a bigger screen sometimes. The Mimo would be cool but their they don't seem to have Android drivers (or even linux drivers). Any way to do this? _(Note: I do not want to have to run it through an existing computer)_ |
58155 | What size of SIM card Nexus 7 2013 LTE TMo comes with? | I cannot find any mention of which SIM the newest Nexus 7 32GB 2013 LTE TMo comes with. Is it Mini-SIM? Micro-SIM? Nano-SIM? The page only mentions that it comes with a `SIM ejection tool` and has `Micro USB`. |
58153 | What does USB OTG Host mode support actually mean | I have Nexus 5 and in all forums it is said that Nexus 5 supports USB OTG Host mode natively. My understanding is that if this is the case then my flash drive should be mounted by the OS whenever I plug it in. But this never happens. I know apps like Nexus media importer can be used but why doesn't android mount the flash drive by default especially given that USB OTG is supported in the device. |
58150 | Non GPS Positioning | I get map positioning in iPad without GPS. Any clues on how to get the same thing in an Android phone? I tried it on google maps, maps with me, always with wifi on and no result unless I'm connected to the wifi network. |
58151 | How can I update the radio-firmware for my Galaxy Note 2? | The radio on my Galaxy Note 2 has been acting up and I've read that this can be fixed by updating the baseband/radio-firmware. Where can I find the firmware for my device? My device's baseband is currently shown as `XXALIE`. Is that the only firmware I can install or can I choose any of the `XX` ones. |
13223 | Tethering Droid 2 Global with Wireless Tether after 2.3 Gingerbread update | My D2G updated to 2.3 today, and I'm no longer able to tether. Prevously, I had no problem using Wireless Tether 2.0.7 with Android 2.2. Now that I'm on 2.3: * Wireless Tether 2.0.7 will start up and I'm able to connect my laptop to its WiFi network, but Verizon redirects me to the self-provisioning page; I have no internet access. * Wireless Tether 3.1-beta6 doesn't work. It says tethering is enabled, but the WiFi network does not show up on any other devices. How can I fix this? * * * **Edit:** This appears to be a reported issue. |
58484 | Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card - I don't even have external card? | I was just playing around on google play, but some apps cant install. I get the following error: _Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card_ I have tried: * Finding a certain file smdl2tmp1.asec, which was nowhere to be found * Inserting an SD-card and then trying * Dismounting that SD-card but still inside the tablet So far, i haven't found an solution. Can you help me out? |
58480 | Google Calendar install error: Incompatible with other application(s) using the same shared user ID | I'm stacked with the following problem with my first Android device (Ruggear RG960 Apex, Android 4.1.2, rooted using Kingo Android ROOT) I bought about a week ago. The problem is when I'm trying to install Google Calendar from Play Market, I get the following error: Error: Incompatible with other application(s) using the same shared user ID The same is true for Google Play services, which are required for the most of Gapps. I tried the following: * http://chinaphonearena.com/forum/Thread-Google-Play-Services-Error-Incompatible-with-other?pid=8598#pid8598 \- and even deleted `packages.xml` completely, wiped dalvik, cache from recovery, etc. - still the same. * http://android.stackexchange.com/a/50520/47233 \- I downloaded `gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip` and did all the steps, but got this error while trying to install from zip via recovery: `Invalid OTA package. Missing scatter. Installation aborted.` At the same time Google says this problem is a common one, but still I cant find the solution for about a week so far. Perhaps this is because I have quite rare device, which is not so widely described. So, any guidance to the right direction will be highly appreciated. In case anyone needs some more details about the device / performed actions - will gladly provide them as requested. |
54302 | Diagnostic Codes Disabled In Dialer? | I have a Huawei Ascend Y300 running on Jelly Bean and I can't get any diagnostic code to work on the dialer... The only thing that works is the code for displaying the IMEI: `*#06#` Every time I enter a diagnostic code like `*#*#4636#*#*` or anything else, it merely continues to display the dialer. :-/ I've tried looking for the stock Jelly Bean dialer but I haven't had any luck. How do I fix this? |
58482 | How to make delay vibration when phone is ringing? | How to make it start playing ringtone before it starts to vibrate? I like when the phone starts ringing very gently at first (to prevent startling me or annoying others), and but gradually comes to full volume ringing after 20-30 seconds (to reach me from other room/covered/etc.). But the vibrating itself is louder than the beginning of my ringtone and breaks that "gentle beginning" scheme. Tunring it off also not an option because of it is often the sole mean to discover the call. Even better if I can configure myself the exact pattern of vibration, so that it is synced with the music. |
14942 | Is it possible to use the camera without unlocking first? | Is it possible with Android phones (like with iOS 5) to take photos directly from the lock screen without unlocking first? |
62210 | how to add a custom lock for the recovery and/or bootloader? | Unlocking the bootloader and/or the recovery is very popular discussion across many devices. But doing so exposes a very obvious and inevitable **issue with security**! An unlocked recovery means that no matter how secure you make your android lock screen, someone can easily reset phone to restore the phone to a fully functional (and lockless/insecure) state and the worst part, they don't have to erase your data(meaning they can access all your personal files and folders)! It is almost hilarious! In fact if the phone supports insertion of external SD cards, you can even flash your own software into the phone and maybe bypass the lock screen without wiping any data. For example: One possible loophole is using the 'Tasker' app which has a feature that can temporarily disable the keyguard. And the best part is that Tasker can be flashed using the recovery! **So is there any method by which I could add a security measure that prevents complete access to my recovery and/or boot loader that will make my phone less _insecure_?!** **Expected answer:** Method by which a custom pin/password must be entered before entering the bootloader/recovery. So that my bootloader/recovery is still technically unlocked but simply requires authentication to use (this also ensures that conventional unlocking methods won't work as the phone is not really locked!). This also means that one does not have to lose root access to ensure security! |
49114 | How do I save purchased apps as APKs? | I am unable to save APK's that I have purchased (actually paid for) through the Play store. Usually SaveAPK is able to save the APKs that I'm interested it, however this didn't work: it sais `Copy failed.` I also tried Astro File Manager, but every app that I purchased had a lock symbol on it, and it didn't allow me to back it up. Next, I tried looking in `/data/app`, and I couldn't find the APK either. Any ideas where they could be? Maybe it's some sort of copy protection in 4.x+ which I haven't heard of previously. _I am running Cyanogenmod 10.1-20130714-NIGHTLY-i9300_ |
62218 | SD card is damaged | I have a 2gb sd card and from yesterday whenever I was putting my Android 4.0.4 phone on standby it was showing a notification that Sd card is removed unexpectedly and after a few seconds sd card inserted. and now its showing that your sd card is damaged and asking if to format it or not. please suggest something. |
20021 | Automatically power on Android when the charger is connected | Is it possible to automatically power on the device once the charger is connected given that the device is initially turned off? |
20020 | How do HD voice calls work? | Most of the operators now support HD voice on Android devices. I was wondering about the following points: 1. How can an Android user be sure that a call is HD without guessing from the audio quality? 2. Does the phone hand over calls from HD to normal call and vice versa? |
20025 | VZW Galaxy Nexus exhibiting bizarre charging behavior | Lately I've noticed some weird behavior with my Galaxy Nexus. I am rooted, but running stock ICS. Here is what it's doing wrong: * Phone sometimes will not charge, I must turn it off for it to start charging * Taking phone off the charger doesn't remove the lightning bolt [charging icon] from the notification bar. * Phone begins alerting constantly at 14% battery. * Battery life seems shorter Is this likely to be an app doing this? I don't want to wipe my phone if possible, so is there a way to track down the cause? |
14731 | HTC Incredible says SMS storage is full, but it isn't | My HTC Incredible refuses to let me view my SMS messages. It will show the list of SMS senders, but when I click one to see their messages I get blocked by this popup: > Unable to manage your messages because your storage is full. Please delete > content from other applications to make more space. Of course I checked right away to see if I was using too much memory. I went to Menu->Settings->SD & Phone Storage and saw I have plenty of space: SD card - Available space: 5.72GB Internal phone storage - Available space: 6.25GB Phone memory - Available space: 571MB I have more free memory than used memory so that can't be the problem. I tried restarting my phone as well but no change in message. I also Googled the problem and among all the "me too" responses found that other have this problem where SMS is blocked even though they have plenty of memory. I couldn't get a clear resolution and I'm worried the answers are now out of date. ZDNet published a couple of articles on the issue: Have I solved my Droid Incredible storage problem? Is your Droid Incredible low on disk space? Both suggest this is HTC's fault and that there is no fix. They say you can try clearing the cache on HTC's apps like Peep, Messages and Mail and also advise clearing the cache on your browsers. I've tried these techniques, but they didn't work. Does anyone know what causes this and what solutions exist? |
50790 | How can one know if one's battery is damaged | What are the signs of a damaged or completely drained battery for Samsung Galaxy Note II? The battery displays it is empty and yet does not charge. It does not power the phone either. Am confused |
59681 | Does Samsung Galaxy Grand Support USB OTG? | Hii Everyone iam Using Samsung Galaxy Grand (GT-I9082) Duos Model and it is running with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Version. I Just Wanted to know whether my device supports USB-OTG Cable Support For Connecting USB Drives i have Searched for the same in google and found different answers like this video from YouTube is saying that my device doesn't support OTG and in other site here saying that my device will support OTG Please Help Me to know whether my device supports OTG or not Thanks in Advance |
59686 | Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 stuck on boot screen (bricked) | This is going to be a long story because my tablet is just having problems left and right. Firstly, I received this tablet (SCH-i905) as a gift with cyanogen mod already pre-installed. Thus, in attempts to remove it, I tried to do a clean format in the android settings, but that didn't work. Then I tried the manual restore to factory settings, holding down the volume button + power button. Selected wipe data/factory reset. This didn't work either, cyanogen mod was still installed. Then I decided to unmount and mount the system and some other things. That's when I can't even start up my Tablet anymore. It is stuck at the load screen Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 . Now I am trying to flash the original hardware to my tablet using Odin, however I cannot find the rom. I also look into the official samsung page, and downloaded the EXE for the USB drive, but can't run ADB. Where do these ROMs exist or what other alternatives do I have? EDIT: In the advanced menu, if I select show log, I get the following: Checking for extendedcommand Skipping execution of extendedcommand, file not found... Can't partition no vfat: datamedia can't format unknown volume: /external_sd can't format unknown volume: /emmc unknown volume for path [/sd-ext] can't remove '/sd-ext/dalvik-cache' No such file or directory EDIT 2 : I also tried using Odin with PDA_SIGNED_P7105.tar.md5 . Now my device is in an infinite boot loop. |
44360 | Direct VISIBLE connection required for GPS? | I am confused by the type of connection GPS requires. Some people say it requires a direct visible connection to the satellite, while others only refer to a direct connection without the specific need for a visible connection. Basically the question is whether GPS also works in a pocket or with a case/bumper. |
40862 | Some Emails Not Pushed to Gmail App | I have 2 accounts within Outlook 2007 - work email through Microsoft Exchange and a Gmail IMAP account. I have a rule set where email sent to the work account will also be copied to the Inbox of the IMAP account. On my phone (Galaxy S3) I have two Google/Gmail accounts set up - personal email (let's call it G-X) and the one that gets a copy of my work email (let's call it G-Y). Up until a few days ago I had no problems with receiving emails and notifications on the phone for either Gmail account. Now now if an email is sent directly to G-Y, I am notified through the Gmail app on the phone that I have new mail, but if an email is sent to the work account, where it gets copied to the Gmail IMAP in Outlook, there is no notification, even though the message is displayed as unread/new both in Outlook and gmail.com. Can anyone shed light on this? I want to be able to get notified when new work email comes to (gets copied to) the Gmail account set up for it. |
44362 | Is there a way to force apps to use internal memory only? | I have a Sony Xperia U, and my 8GB of memory are divided in three parts: 2GB phone memory, 4 GB internal memory (replacing the MicroSD slot) and 2GB that I haven't really figured out about. I don't want to mess with repartition. I just want to use each one as they must be used. The problem is: many apps are optimized to save many things in SD, but for this phone it is not really useful, as it has plenty of space in phone memory! What can I do to make automatic created app data use internal memory **only** , leaving SD (internal, in Xperia U's case) free for my own use? Edit: Thank you for your answers! John, my device is rooted, so, could you explain further about those permissions, please? Thanks in advance! |
40860 | Can't USB connect my Motorola Razr to Linux Fedora 16 | I was trying to connect my Droid Razr to my laptop (Linux Fedora 16) using the USB cable that came with it. I was hoping that it be mounted on the file system just like a thumb drive but it never came on. I went to the `/mount` directory but it was empty. I was able to do it before I upgraded my Droid OS a few months ago but now I can't connect. I primarly wanted to unload some media files. How do I connect my Razr to my laptop via USB? |
40867 | ADW lock code forgotten | Using ADWLauncher, you can lock the desktop. Extremely useful, till the password is forgotten. I have a Nexus 4. Any solution to crack the password? |
44365 | Maps location out by 12,742km - the other side of the world | OK, I am mystified. We used to live in the UK. Two plus years ago we moved to New Zealand. My wife has just bought a brand new samsung galaxy note 10.1 (running 4.0). I have installed 4.2 on my eeePC. When we run "Maps" BOTH devices show our location as our old house in the UK from two plus years ago. The galaxy note has a built in GPS. Location services are turned on. A GPS status and indeed other free apps show the correct location in New Zealand. My eeePC does not have a GPS. We both created new gmail accounts for these devices. Surely the built-in GPS should have priority over any guessed position nonsense. My questions: 1) Where is it getting the old position from? 2) How can we fix the Galaxy Note 10.1? (my wife is not very happy) |
29428 | How is filing a contact under "Phone (Google)" different from the others? | I thought managing contacts in Android would be the easiest of tasks, but I have found myself in doubt now that I have an Android phone running Android OS 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). If I file a contact under "Phone", I can search it and group it, but it is not synced to Google. If I file a contact under "Google", its synced but it is not groupable (from the phone) and sometimes searches skip it (depends on whether it is in Google+ Circles or filed under "My Contacts"). How is filing a contact under "Phone (Google)" different from the others? |
29429 | How can I use Google Latitude's Location History without a constant Internet connection? | I find the Location History part of Google Latitude really useful. Is there any way to make the app (or another) store my location when an Internet connection is not available, and send it to the Latitude servers as soon as a connection is available? |
44368 | Block Google Play installing certain applications | I want to block the Google Play Store from installing a certain list of applications or only allow the Google Play Store to install that list of applications. Is there any way to write a program to do that? |
29425 | Getting my data off of a G2 with a broken screen | I have a T-mobile G2 (aka HTC desire Z) with a broken screen. I have not rooted it or ever enabled debugging. I would like to get the data off of this phone and onto my replacement. Is there any way to do that? The phone doesn't even show up when I run `adb devices`. (My pictures are on the sdcard, so they're okay. I'd like to get my other application data off though. Especially SMS history and some notes from a memo application.) Is there any method I can go about to do this? |
29421 | Clean way for flashing factory image on Samsung Galaxy Nexus? | Is this the correct and clean way for flashing factory Jelly Bean image on Samsung Galaxy Nexus, **without using any external tool** (apart from Android SDK)? I don't want to to break my phone, so I'm asking this. I've collected these informations from various sources, but I need a confirm that all the steps and commands are correct and needed. * * * **Step 1** : Download and install Android SDK for Windows. Start Android SDK manager, select _Android SDK platform-tools_ and _Google USB Driver_ (this should be already selected) and install. It will take a while. After packages installation, add the folder: C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools to your PATH variable, to make command `fastboot` available in command prompt. **Step 2** : Download a factory image from official Factory Images for Nexus Devices. For me is "yakju" for Galaxy Nexus "maguro" (GSM/HSPA+), file yakju- jro03c-factory-3174c1e5.tgz Make a new folder, say C:\jro03c. Open yakju-jro03c-factory-3174c1e5.tgz and extract bootloader-maguro-primelc03.img along with radio-maguro-i9250xxlf1.img to C:\jro03c. Folder now contains two image files: C:\jro03c\bootloader-maguro-primelc03.img C:\jro03c\radio-maguro-i9250xxlf1.img Then inside the .tgz file itself, open image-yakju-jro03c.zip and copy all *.img files to C:\jro03c. You will end up with six image files: C:\jro03c\boot.img C:\jro03c\bootloader-maguro-primelc03.img C:\jro03c\radio-maguro-i9250xxlf1.img C:\jro03c\recovery.img C:\jro03c\system.img C:\jro03c\userdata.img **Step 3** : Power off your Galaxy Nexus. Press and hold Volume Up and Volume Down then press and hold the Power button; the Galaxy Nexus will now enter "fastboot mode". Connect your phone using the USB cable. Then open a command prompt (Windows Key + R opens "Run", then type in `cmd`) type: cd C:\jro03c fastboot oem unlock fastboot reboot-bootloader fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primelc03.img fastboot reboot-bootloader fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxlf1.img fastboot reboot-bootloader fastboot flash system system.img fastboot flash userdata userdata.img fastboot flash boot boot.img fastboot flash recovery recovery.img fastboot reboot-bootloader fastboot erase cache fastboot oem lock fastboot reboot |
23648 | How do I set up proxy authentication for the entire system without rooting my phone? | I have the Samsung Galaxy S Advance running Android 2.3.6 I was able to set up the proxy server through Settings » Wireless and Network » WiFi Settings » (Options button) » Advanced. This works well for the browser. If the proxy server requires authentication, then a dialog box pops up for that purpose. However, all the other apps are totally useless behind a proxy server that requires authentication. 1. How do I work around this without rooting my phone? 2. If rooting is absolutely necessary, what app do you recommend to use (after rooting)? My google searches turn up ProxyDroid. Are there other alternatives? |
1216 | What functions are in the ROM of an Android phone? | I would like to get a clear picture of what is in the ROM vs. what is in the OS. This will help me understand what those custom ROMs are all about. |
1071 | Contact or application-specific vibration "tone" (pattern) | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a way to customize vibrate patterns? I want a custom vibration "tone" (pattern) for different callers or applications. Does Android have any facility for this? Can contacts hold custom information like this? Thanks |
8733 | How do I change vibrate settings on Android | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a way to customize vibrate patterns? Hi guys, wonder if any of you can help? I am trying to find out how to change the default vibrate pattern for incoming calls, SMS etc. I know how to create my own custom vibration and have it vibrate onClick() or in my own notifications but do not know where to override the system wide settings. I thought AudioManager.setVibrateSetting would have been it, but that only allows on, off or silent only. Is there any system wide setting I can change so that I can use my own vibration pattern? Thanks. |
1215 | How can I create a settings shortcut for always on data? | I have always-on mobile data set to off most of the time to conserve battery, but I find the need to switch it on every once in a while - using Pandora, the odd large file to/from Dropbox, etc. The question: Can I make an easy on/off icon (much like the WiFi or 4G widgets preloaded by HTC) so I don't have to go through the settings menu every time? App recs or how-tos appreciated. I've got an Evo with 2.2. |
23640 | Can I remotely launch an app on my android phone? | I have an HTC One S but I don't know where it is. I remotely installed 'Find My Phone' on it via Google Play Store. Now I want to remotely launch it. How can I do that? |
23641 | Can I run Ubuntu desktop x86 applications On Ubuntu For Android? | This may be a fairly simple question, but I want to be sure. My guess is that it can't be done. Question 1: For example, I have an executable for Linux (no GUI , just cmd line , it just makes some computations) and it works well in my x86 desktop and I want to be able to run it in my Android tablet. The tablet is running Ubuntu for Android. Is it possible to run the executable in the Ubuntu environment on Android? Question 2: I have a standard commercial Linux app and I want to install and run it on Ubuntu for Android. Is that possible? If it's not possible, is there any workaroud to this? |
23644 | Samsung Galaxy S2 takes a long time to get GPS signal | My Samsung Galaxy S2 takes a long time to get a GPS signal (maybe around 5 minutes). Anyone know why and what can I do about it? |
78426 | "USB Debugging" mode not visible, Samsung Galaxy Note II | **resolved (see below)** The only options I see are "Media device (MTP)" and "Camera (PTP)", I can browse the phone files and download images from the camera directory, so the USB plug and cable are fine. I tried following the steps on this page from Google. I am only trying to access browser tabs (for inspect element on mobile device web development). The only software installed so far is the Samsung driver from the Samsung site and any drivers installed when the phone is plugged into the USB port. 1. I have the "Developer options" enabled, and "USB debugging" is checked 2. When going through the list on the page I did not install Samsung drivers first, as it is out of order on the page, so I went back into Device Manager and removed the drivers that installed from first plug in of the phone thinking this was the problem 3. I then followed the steps again, installing Samsung driver first then plugging in my phone. 4. After all drivers installed I rebooted (as computer told me reboot required), plugged my phone in again, and USB debugging is still not an option. Computer OS: Windows 7 (64 bit) Phone: SCH-1605 (Samsung Galaxy Note II - Verizon) Phone OS: Android 4.4.2 **resolution** using this howtogeek link provided in the accepted answer I was able to install the Java JDK and Android SDK, which apparently is necessary to get it to work as expected and put my phone in debugging mode when plugged in |
27738 | Can Android devices access an iOS file system via USB-OTG? | Using an OTG cable, Stickmount, and Root Explorer, I can view files on my USB flash drives with my Android device. On Windows, it's possible to view an iOS device's filesystem using programs such as iFunBox or iExplorer. When I plug my iPhone to my Android device using an OTG cable, it's recognised as a camera instead of a mass storage device. Is there a way to view an iOS device's filesystem using an Android device and an OTG cable? |
27739 | How do you turn off all cellular communication but leave things like bluetooth and wifi enabled? | I'm going to be traveling overseas and don't have an international roaming plan. I would like to disable my cellular radio while I am there but I'd also like to use bluetooth and wifi. I don't think I can enable bluetooth or wifi while in airplane mode, though. How can I do this without physically removing my SIM card? |
59354 | How can I get a recovery mode on my Xperia device (which has no /recovery/ partition)? | As a developer, I need to flash custom recovery like ClockWorkMod Recovery or TWRP. I have a Sony Xperia L, But I found out that Xperia devices are not supported by these custom recoveries as they don't have a recovery partion. Is this true and if so how can I make it possible to load this custom recovery on my phone. Is there any alternative way to do so? Besides the way of flashing a custom kernel? |
27736 | Some features of Chrome for Android cause it to crash to the homescreen | I have an LG Optimus 2X P990, which is running Android 4.0.4, ParanoidAndroid ROM. I have downloaded Chrome for Android from the Google Play Store and it works like a charm in some places, but others just dont work. For example, one of the most important features to me is tabs. Once I click the tabs button, it doesn't cause any errors or exceptions, all it does is close Chrome. The same thing happens with some other features like gestures and such - it just brings me back to my homescreen. I have tried this on several ROMs, but none work. Is there a fix for this? Is it a known issue? How can I fix it, or is it something with my phone's hardware that simply will never work? LOGCAT: 08-17 15:47:43.817: W/NvAudioDevice(15019): @@(Device.cpp-hal)@@ setOutputMute(force unmute) 08-17 15:47:43.827: D/(1049): @@(WM8994)@@ ACWM8994SetPowerMode(), CurrPowerMode = 1, PowerMode = 1 08-17 15:47:44.717: I/chromium(20957): Initial Minidump data written: 08-17 15:47:44.717: I/chromium(20957): /data/data/com.android.chrome/cache/Crash Reports 08-17 15:47:44.727: W/chromium(20957): Output crash dump file: 08-17 15:47:44.727: W/chromium(20957): /data/data/com.android.chrome/cache/Crash Reports/69c81f37-f360-aabd-59341dd1-267f1586.dmp 08-17 15:47:44.747: I/WindowManager(1587): WIN DEATH: Window{41320470 com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main paused=false} 08-17 15:47:44.747: I/ActivityManager(1587): Process com.android.chrome (pid 20957) has died. 08-17 15:47:44.747: W/ActivityManager(1587): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.sync.ChromeSyncInvalidationListener in 5000ms 08-17 15:47:44.747: W/ActivityManager(1587): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.android.chrome/com.google.ipc.invalidation.ticl.android.AndroidInvalidationService in 15000ms 08-17 15:47:44.747: W/ActivityManager(1587): Force removing ActivityRecord{40ec7e00 com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main}: app died, no saved state 08-17 15:47:44.757: I/chromium(20974): [INFO:sandboxed_process_service.cc(317)] SandboxedProcessService: Force exiting sandboxed process. 08-17 15:47:44.807: I/ActivityManager(1587): Process com.android.chrome:sandboxed_process0 (pid 20974) has died. 08-17 15:47:44.827: D/Zygote(1056): Process 20957 terminated by signal (8) 08-17 15:47:45.157: W/InputManagerService(1587): Got RemoteException sending setActive(false) notification to pid 20957 uid 10081 08-17 15:47:45.307: D/dalvikvm(3295): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 5179K, 35% free 16188K/24711K, paused 46ms 08-17 15:47:46.127: D/dalvikvm(3295): GC_CONCURRENT freed 2054K, 22% free 19302K/24711K, paused 7ms+4ms : E/(): Device disconnected |
78423 | Typing emoji in SMS limits number of characters to 70 | I have HTC One X running Android 4.2.2. While typing SMSs if I put an emoji character then it sets the maximum number of characters to 70. Why?  |
35108 | Firefox for Android: Download a video file | I've got Firefox running on the Nexus 10, and I'm trying to download a video from a URL. When I tap on the video link, it starts trying to play in the browser, instead of downloading the file. How can I download the file? Long-pressing on the URL does not provide a download or "save" option. |
35103 | Downloaded music plays on PC and transfers to phone, but some files don't show up in phone library after transfer | My music - which is in MP3 format - plays normally on my PC. When I transfer some of my music to my device, my computer says the transfer was complete, however I cannot see some of the music on my device. Why are some songs not appearing in my phone's music library? |
35106 | Intel HAXM and Host GPU on Mac OS 10.8.2 (NVIDIA) | I installed HAXM 1.0.4 and I cannot run Android emulator with option 'use host gpu' checked, it shows cyclic GL_* errors. I am using Mac OS X (mbp with NVIDIA GeForce 320M). Without gpu emulation everything works fine (well if word fine can describe that slow piece of software). I have 8GB RAM, HAXM set up to use 1024MB. My virtual devices set up to use 512 MB (I have tried different values, but less then 1024Mb, according to HAXM doc). Here are the error messages which are output periodically (emulator shows black screen) (complete log) MediaProfiles(1113): could not find media config xml file Zygote(1113): Class not found for preloading: android.widget.TextView$SelectionModifierCursorController$1 Zygote(1132): setreuid() failed. errno: 30 Zygote(1132): setreuid() failed. errno: 30 BatteryService(1139): usbOnlinePath not found BatteryService(1139): batteryVoltagePath not found BatteryService(1139): batteryTemperaturePath not found I/sysproc(923): Entered system_init() I/sysproc(923): ServiceManager: 0x8c01b18 I/SurfaceFlinger(923): SurfaceFlinger is starting I/SurfaceFlinger(923): SurfaceFlinger's main thread ready to run. Initializing graphics H/W... EGL_emulation(1139): rcMakeCurrent returned EGL_FALSE EGL_emulation(1139): tid 1148: eglMakeCurrent(984): error 0x3006 (EGL_BAD_CONTEXT) libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread) libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread) libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread) libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread) Zygote(1152): setreuid() failed. errno: 30 Also I tried to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to `<sdk install location>/tools/lib` and that doesn't help me either. They say "Make sure that your environment variables for the GL libraries are set correctly". How can I check this? Other programs are working well. Without HAXM GPU acceleration is working well. Screenshot from emulator:  * * * I should also add that errors occur only with Intel 2.3 x86 system image. With the newest 4.1 everything works fine. |
35107 | Invalid IMEI on motorola A853 milestone | I was changing the OS of my Motorola A853 milestone, and the IMEI turned invalid; it just shows "00000000". I found this answer here about something similar How to fix "Invalid IMEI " after Factory reset? but the link with the files is invalid. |
32459 | Getting a file to Samsung Galaxy Tab from my Laptop without Android? | I am trying to install new Android OS to Samsung Galaxy Tab but it does not have a Memory-card -slot and it does not have any OS currently. I need to somehow get the OS -file to the Samsung Galaxy Tab from my laptop, how can I do it? **ttyACM3 -description with ls** # ls -al /dev/ttyACM3 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 3 Oct 27 14:06 /dev/ttyACM3 **Dmesg** [538846.011011] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present [539228.371156] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 67 using ehci_hcd [539228.387241] hub 2-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2 [539228.882058] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 68 using ehci_hcd [539228.990676] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860 [539228.990685] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [539228.990691] usb 2-1.2: Product: SAMSUNG_Android [539228.990696] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG [539228.990700] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 4xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [539228.995453] cdc_acm 2-1.2:1.0: This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem. [539228.995729] cdc_acm 2-1.2:1.0: ttyACM3: USB ACM device [539820.734285] thinkpad_acpi: unknown possible thermal alarm or keyboard event received [539820.734288] thinkpad_acpi: unhandled HKEY event 0x6040 [539820.734290] thinkpad_acpi: please report the conditions when this event happened to ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net [539820.734655] thinkpad_acpi: EC reports that Thermal Table has changed **usb-devices** : Bus=02 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 69 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=04e8 ProdID=6860 Rev=04.00 S: Manufacturer=SAMSUNG S: Product=SAMSUNG_Android S: SerialNumber=4xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx C: #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=96mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=02(commc) Sub=02 Prot=01 Driver=cdc_acm I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=cdc_acm I: If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=42 Prot=01 Driver=(none) I can see that my laptop can detect the SGT but I am now trying to find where it is mounted to. How can I find the directory for SGT to save a file to it? |
32458 | Allowing my rooted Sanyo Zio to work with my Vista 64 computer | I recently got my Sanyo Zio phone and I would like to upload my android programs that i coded earlier onto it. I installed the driver that I found on the website and then plugged in my phone and when prompted I located the usb driver folder. Yet the installation failed. I tried the same thing with a new driver i found for vista x64. The same problem reoccurred. (i found multiple drivers for both vista x64 and x84 and tried installing all of them) None of them have worked. I can access my phones SD drive no problem but i would like to upload my software from eclipse. Because of the response I got from costumer service (locted below) I decided that I will root my phone if it allows me to upload my programs from my computer. Does anybody know of a rom that will work with vista 64 on sanyo zio.? Anyone has any ideas?? Update: I have send a msg to the costumer service for my phone the response is quite upsetting * * * > Dear XXXXXX, > > Thank you for contacting Kyocera Communications Inc. This email message is > in response to your email about the difficulty of installing the Sanyo Zio > device driver in a Windows Vista 64-bit PC and in a Windows Vista x86 PC. > > We are sorry to hear about the difficulties you are experiencing with your > phone and appreciate the opportunity to assist you. > > Unfortunately the Sanyo Zio device driver will only work in your Window > Vista x86 PC. If you are having difficulty installing the Sanyo Zio M6000 > device driver in your PC, please try to download and install the Sanyo Zio > SCP-8600 device driver. > > The Sanyo Zio will only work in your Windows Vista 64-bit PC if you set it > as a mass storage device. To set it as a mass storage device, connect the > USB data cable from your phone to your computer then from your Sanyo Zio > just press "Mount". > > If you have any further questions, or are interested in purchasing, or > information on accessories for your Kyocera Communications Inc. phone, > please contact us at any of the phone numbers listed below: > > -E-Mail: phone-help@kyocera.com -Phone: (800) 349-4478 (Toll-free USA and > Canada only) -Sanyo Accessories: (877) 204-1816 -Kyocera Accessories: > KyoceraWeb@scp4me.com -International Access: (858) 882-1401 (Outside the > USA) -Fax: (858) 882-1717 > > Please help us improve our service by taking the survey. Click the link > below: > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VKK5RWC > > Thank you for contacting Kyocera Communications Inc. Ivan Technical Support > Specialist > > Phone: Zip: Carrier: Cricket Wireless Feedback: I tried to install the usb > driver on my vista x64 laptop. I then connect my phone and locate the driver > but the installation fails. (i tried this with the driver for vista both the > 64 and the x86 version) * * * Submitted via form: http://www.ziobykyocera.com/tech-support/ So any ideas on how to get my applications on my phone without installing the driver or how to install a driver anyways... Im kinda desperate :/ **Update** I have rooted my phone and I am willing to install a rom on it to make it connect with my computer. Will that help? If it would how would i go about doing that |
78428 | Whatsapp: traveling with a pay-as-you-go SIM card | If I replace the SIM card in my Verizon Galaxy s4 with a pre-paid pay-as-you- go UK SIM card, then my phone will have a new UK number. If I now want to use Whatsapp, do I have to migrate Whatsapp to the UK phone number and back again upon return? Do I then have to tell my contacts what my UK phone number is? (by email or voice phone call, I suppose). Can I simply send them a Whatsapp text from the new number, and their Whatsapp will accept it? What's commonly done when traveling? Use Verizon's Global plan, and pay their rates? |
32456 | Move Mail storage from phone's internal memory to the SD Card | I am not too concerned with the security aspect of putting my mail on the SD card, I am however very interested in moving the mail storage from the phone's internal memory to the SD card. I have looked at the Gmail app and the stock Mail app and neither of them seem to be movable to the SD card so does anybody know if this can be done? To be more specific, I really do not need to move the app itself, only the mail storage so if there is a way to move the storage location of mails from the internal memory to the SD card I would be very interested to know how that is done. |
78830 | Facebook Messenger Lock Screen Preview | I had this feature on for like 24 hours but now its gone. Its when facebook messages would pop up onto my lock screen and I could see the message without having to actually turn on and unlock my phone. Now I cannot find how to change this. Pls help me cos it was really convenient to have that feature. Cheers xxx |
63228 | Change the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 white dial pad to another color | I just got a black Galaxy Note 3 from an att store with my upgrade. I saw that the phone dial pad was white when I got it, but I thought I could change it later. WRONG! I have been on lots of Android websites but can't find an answer. I am already an Android central member where I get most of the answers to my Android questions. There are a lot of people with the same issue. It looks like the US got the white keypad and background and Canada got black on black. This is way too bright for me. I have eye issues. I know I can use a third party app if I have to. Any help would be great. Thank you. |
8401 | How can I get a vanilla Android device? | OK I'm about to buy an Android phone for development, but I will try to keep this question from becoming a shopping recommendation. I want to have vanilla Android on my phone (i.e. not Sense or TouchWiz or something similar). Can I just buy a random phone and somehow revert it back to vanilla Android? Is there any risk of compatibility problems or hardware problems when doing that? An easier option is to buy a phone that comes with vanilla Android, but the options are limited. As far as I know (i.e. not much), the only phones with pure Android are Nexus One, Nexus S, ADP and ADP2. Is that really it? |
8403 | Plugging phones into tablets | I have an android tablet (1) and phone (2). Using the phone as a wireless hotspot drains the battery almost as fast as having the phone screen on. I'd like to be able to use it as a tethered hotspot and charge the phone from the larger battery in the tablet (3) but I have two problems - micro usb to micro usb cables don't seem to exist and i'm not sure that a micro to usb converter + a micro usb to usb cable is worth setting up - does it do anything useful? 1. motorola xoom - answer may be honeycomb specific 2. nexus one 3. Copying files would be nice but is a plus. |
63712 | Notification numbers for a lot of apps don't show up? | We recently switched from iPhone to Android and on both of our Samsung phones, apps that we have notifications for (Facebook, Skype, etc.) do not have a number next to the icon showing how many notifications they have. They used to on iPhone, and the system apps on Android still do like the Messaging and Email apps. I've triple checked the apps' settings and turned everything off and back on and still have no clue why it's doing this |
78971 | Notifications on apps to be displayed with number of messages | I would like to know how to turn on notifications on my Samsung galaxy s4 desktop |
9818 | SMS not vibrating | I'm using a USA T-Mobile G2, stock Froyo OS. My phone used to vibrate when receiving SMS text messages, but now it doesn't; I can't figure out why. As far as I know, there are two settings that are supposed to control this: 1. Messaging App: Settings -> Vibrate. Currently set to "Always." 2. Settings App: Sound -> Vibrate. Currently set to "Always." So why isn't my phone vibrating when I receive text messages?! |
50533 | Fixing GPS lock that takes too long without installing a custom ROM | My phone (Huawei Y300) takes a little under 10 minutes to get a GPS lock. This has been happening both in new locations as well as in and around my home (where it's on frequently). What could be the problem that is causing this? Are there any possible workarounds for this (and I don't mean custom ROMs)? |
9814 | Can I set Calendar default reminder to "none"? | This question has been asked recently, and the answer was "Menu->More->Settings->Default Reminder Time". On my Galaxy S II running 2.3 there is no "More" on the Calendar Menu. There is a "Settings" which allows the Default View to be set but no Default Reminder Time. Under Notification settings is the option to Set alerts and notifications, but that is simply the choice between alert and status bar. Like the previous poster I set most of the entries via the web and it is extremely frustrating to have every one appearing on the phone with a 10 minute notification set. |
9815 | How can I change media volume when no media is being played? | Sometimes I want to play games in (near) silence, and don't like the background music to disturb people. If I use the volume buttons, the ringtone volume is changed instead of media volume. When I'm already in the game, the volume buttons do change the volume of background music, but it's kinda too late. Is there a way for me to change the media volume to a level I like, from the home screen, before starting apps/games? |
9816 | ARM6 or ARM6 VFP? | I wanted to know if my Huawei IDEOS u8150 is ARMv6 or ARMv6 VFP. One thing I know is that it is ARMv6 but is it VFP? Any good ways to find out? Huawei documentation/site/forums doesn't say anything about this. I need to know because in the Android Market for video players, there are different versions for different processor types like ARM6 and ARM6 VFP versions. |
50539 | Unable to run su in adb shell on an Ubuntu machine | Device: Unbranded Android tablet Android: 2.2 I was trying to root my tablet using my Ubuntu 11.10 machine. I followed the following instructions from a site: 1. adb Install Superuser.apk 2. adb push busybox /sdcard/ 3. adb push su /sdcard/ In the same terminal, now we open adb: adb shell Enter the command for superuser su Now, you will copy and paste these commands: 1. mount -o remount,rw /system 2. mv /system/xbin/su /system/xbin/oldsu 3. cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox 4. cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su 5. chmod 06755 /system/bin/su 6. chmod 0755 /system/bin/busybox 7. ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su 8. exit su (may say something about a bad number 9. exit 10. adb reboot I could not run the first mount command, but still continued with rest of the 9 commands. Then, I ran a root checker app after reboot to check whether my device was rooted. It indicated no root access. I then again ran adb shell, and then on running su, it gave an error: su: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected Now, I am not even able to delete this file. I am stuck and since it's my first time trying to root an Android device. I have no idea what should be done now to resolve this problem and successfully root my device. |
9812 | How do I disable the Swype button I see in the virtual keyboard? | On my Samsung Galaxy Next, I enabled the Swype mode, but I don't find anymore where I enabled it, and where I can disable it. I tried with the "Language and keyboard" settings, but I find only the Swype settings, under "Text settings." How do I disable the Swype mode, and avoid the Swype button appear in the virtual keyboard? |
66441 | How to increase memory for debugging of Developer options | I would like to know how to increase memory for debugging of Developer options without DDMS connection. Please kindly advice me. Background: I have a problem with my smartphones sometimes does not work well when to use application out side of my house without my PC. So, I would like to keep logs as much as possible. I would like to keep them for a day at least. |
66443 | Any way to translate tweets in realtime on my S3? | I use the stock Twitter client and I was wondering if there was a hack of some sort to translate tweets using Google Translate in realtime? OS: 4.1 |
66444 | Can I expect samsung mhl adapter to work on my htc? | Mine is HTC One X and I am going to buy a mhl to hdmi adapter in our local store. Can I expect samsung or other random mhl adapters to work on my HTC One X in case Stock adapters are out of stock or too expensive? |
66446 | Increase the DATA partition size on Galaxy S2 | I have a Samsung Epic 4G (Galaxy S2) with a data partition of size 2GB. How can I increase it to say 6gb? I tried looking up online but was unable to find a specific and targeted guide to do it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. |
66448 | android 2.3.6 wifi does not show list of AP | After I switch default storage from Internal memory to External SD card, the wifi manager of Android 2.3.6 does not show the list of available AP most of the time. I tried to delete /data/misc/wifi/allow.list and deny.list, it become better that shows AP list 95% the time. Does anybody know why? Previously before I refresh ROM on the machine, there is some wifi password remembered and at that time Default storage is on External SD card and the problem already happens often. After refresh ROM and default storage to internal memory, this problem does not exist until I switch Default storage location to external SD card. Any idea that I can fix this on changing some root file for wifi manager? |
54625 | Battery charging indicator went crazy on my Samsung Duos S6802 | While I was playing a game, my cellphone warned me that my battery went too low. I plugged the charger but it was like it didn't work (charger indicator didn't show the bolt icon). After several efforts I found out that the battery was charging, simply the indicator didn't work. Unfortunately on my panic I had done a format (USB Storage) thinking that an installed app was causing this. However, this was not the case. The battery charge indicator is now working half the times I am plugging it for charging. Upon going to the battery statistics, I observe a strange behavior: it shows it is almost (or half) -empty but the battery timer says that there is enough battery for 3 days while in another phone with similar battery and phone usage it shows full battery but 11h remaining time only. How should I proceed? Samsung S6802 - v.2.3.6 Gingerbread |
52972 | Screen turns black during call after adding SD card | I have a Colours X120Q (Shine II) running Android 4.2.1. Phone calls worked fine before I added a SD card in the device, after which the screen started turning black (shutting off) during calls. This behaviour continued even after I removed the SD card. There are no apparent setting for proximity sensors nor are there any options in the call setting of the phone application. What can I do other than restoring factory settings? |
52974 | What video chat works between the Android and iOS? | What video chat works between the Android and iOS? For example between a Samsung Galaxy and iPhone. |
22513 | IEEE 802.1AE (MACSec) support | Does Android support IEEE802.1AE MACSec ? This protocol enables data confidentiality and integrity over WiFi connections. |
22515 | ezPDF reader: settings to correct jerky page scrolling? | On the ezPDF Reader, is there a way to make the scrolling from one page to another smoother and less jerky? Some settings, perhaps? The jerky/jumping scrolling on ezPDF reader when one page scrolls to the next page breaks the flow of reading a little. Thanks for any insights. |
60848 | Lock Screen Pattern Too Small After Android 4.3 Update on Samsung Galaxy S3 | A few days ago, my Samsung Galaxy S3 finally got the OTA update to Android 4.3 from Verizon. Before the update, when I was running Android 4.1.2, the pattern on my lock screen looked like the 1st image below. Not only was the pattern larger, but it also had a visible "shadow", providing an easy way to see how big each circle is before you begin highlighting. After the update to Android 4.3, the pattern on my lock screen now looks like the 2nd image below. The pattern has decreased in size by about 30%, and it is now harder to see where each circle is before you begin highlighting (as I have started to do in the image below). So my question is two-fold: **1) Does there exist a way to make the lock screen pattern larger on Android 4.3 so that it looks more like it previously in Android 4.1.2 _without the use of a third-party app?_** I don't intend on using the space provided for widgets above the pattern, so a solution that causes this functionality to be removed in the process is acceptable. **2) If no native solution exists, is there a third-party app that I can download that will allow me to substitute the default home lock screen pattern for one that is larger?** I am aware that there are app-specific lock screens with large patterns, but I am referring to the home lock screen only. # Before Update (Android 4.1.2)  # After Update (Android 4.3):  |
26123 | Android boot-up messages for debugging? | I am trying to figure out if Android (i.e. Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, and/or Motorola Xoom) come with some sort of capability to produce a "boot-up" log. (kind of like Linux boot-up screen) It would be immensely helpful in figuring out how far one's phone gets in the boot stages before it crashes (such as first-stage bootloader, main bootloader, then kernel loading, etc.). Does anyone know how to enable the phone to spit out this log file or enable a "verbose" boot-up mode (and print actual messages to the terminal of the Linux computer you have the phone connected to)? My phone gets stuck in a "boot-loop" with my current modified build and I would like to debug it if possible. Alternatively, anyone know of any useful resources or tutorials that explain how to easily "hack" the phone to do this (no messing with the hardware)? Or of any forums where my question may have been asked but in a more obscure form? This has been a frustrating problem of recent, so any help would be greatly appreciated! |
26466 | Samsung galaxy SIII is there a way to add a new call ring? | I proudly own this phone, but I can't find a way to set up a classic ring call. What can I do? There's a way? |
75412 | Mount HTC One as Removable Storage | I was in two minds whether to post here or Superuser so let me know if you think I made the wrong decision. Does anyone else remember the days when we would plug our HTC into our (Windows in my case) PC and it would show up as a **Removable Disk** within My Computer? I do, and I miss it. Is it possible to mount newer HTC devices in this way? More specifically the HTC One (m7).  |
65368 | Installs for Google play & other app stores | A user can download the android app from any where - Google play, Amazon app store, Opera app store, Samsung app store.. Some of the android apps can also be ported into other OS providing access to android apps, like Kindle Fire OS, Blackberry OS, Nokia X. Do install numbers seen in Google play developer statistics include installs from other app stores like amazon, opera, Samsung etc.,? How about android apps that can be installed non-android devices as stated above? |
75410 | How to measure the charge left in a dying battery? | This question is not relative to a specific phone model, even though I will cite my P1000. My P1000 is 3 years old, and it is often suddenly turning off (no shutdown sequence, just goes dead) out of the blue while the battery marker is at the 31ish percentile. If I try and turn it on right away, it goes dead again during boot sequence. If I plug the charger, the charging icon shows some battery left. Turning it on with the charger plugged shows the 31-ish percent on the charge indicator. If it is left on standby, it goes below that threshold without dying, but dies soon after. The battery is almost dead, that is sure. Now the question is, How can I measure how much energy the battery really have left before dying, and is there any app to tweak the display of battery charge so I can have a new "zero" at this dying point? |
75417 | Cannot take screenshots of Android L emulator | No matter which method I use, I cannot take screenshots of the Android L emulator. I tried through Android Studio, using the Android Device Monitor app, and through adb with this method (first answer) which produces a 0 byte file. I can take screenshots fine with all my other emulators. However, this emulator is a bit different than my others. For the first time, I am using the X86 system image and I enabled "Use host GPU". Is there some new way of taking screenshots I don't know about? |
59451 | Unable to delete file on sdcard | Can anyone tell me what the file and folders are in the picture below? I can't do anything or delete these files and folders. They are coming into my external sd-card. If I format the sdcard they are removed. If I take this sdcard out of my phone and put it into my PC I'm still unable to do anything with the files and folder.  |
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