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46431 | What are these numbers in the Data Usage and Battery Usage screen in Jellybean? | I went to my phone manufacturer the other day to get my phone upgraded to Jellybean 4.1.2 from ICS 4.0.4. Here's the thing, I know that upgrading doesn't take long but they said it will take an hour and they made good with that, so I'm at least worried on what they did with my phone for a full hour. Well, I forgot all about it when I noticed I have some numbers instead of app names on the battery usage screen. Worse, it appears they're using my data connection. Then I went to the data usage screen and more numbers showed. Should I be worried? I asked someone with a Jellybean phone and he said all he sees on his phone are app names. I don't want to register my card on the Play Store yet unless I'm sure my phone is safe. Is this happening on anyone else? What are those numbers?  Screenshot of Data Usage |
46435 | rooting an ZHTC EVO 4g and samsung epic s 4g | Can I root either device by sharing files between each other rather than using a pc?? Another words rooting phone to phone via file sharing or blue tooth?? |
46438 | Some Apps not Installing on CM 10.1 | I've recently installed CM 10.1 on my Xperia ZL. Everything seems to be working fine except that i can't installed some apps on it. For example Contact+ doesn't install on it and gives the following message after trying to install it from the market: "App not Installed" Any help regarding this problem is appreciated. |
81907 | What is in "Other" when looking at Storage | My HTC Desire 500 is constantly telling me that I have no space for updates. I've cleaned out all cache; am using SD card for storage; yet when I check the storage it shows 2.89GB in "Other". I can't get in to find out what this is. Can anyone help? |
81905 | What kind of data is stored in website settings? | While looking at my Android browser settings, I notice there is this advanced setting for individual websites.  So far I have only Twitter using this special setting on my browser. But I do not know what is inside. I can clear history, clear cache, clear forms, clear passwords for all websites at the click of a button. But I need to clear this website data individually. Does anyone has any idea what is stored inside this website settings? And how do I read the data in it? |
81904 | Save link option not working in chrome android | I want to download a mp3 file in my smart device so, for this i long pressesd the download link and a menu box appeared which has the save link option in the last but the problem is that it is disabled and dull in color and not working. A few days ago this option was working perfect. Can any one tell me how to recover this option. |
20625 | Galaxy Nexus - How do I start adding strangers' numbers to "auto-reject"? | I regularly get phone calls from people trying to reach an old folks' home and I want to outright reject those automatically (without any "send to voicemail" ideally). This was fairly painless on the Galaxy S: from the Call Log, tap-hold on the bad number, menu pops up, select "add to auto-reject". [Auto reject was enabled in the phone's settings before] How do I achieve the same thing with the Galaxy Nexus? I'm figuring the same feature should be available from the stock ICS somewhere. If not, I'm open to lists of auto-reject apps. |
45166 | Revert Android Update 4.0 to 3.0/3.2 | Is it possible to downgrade from Android version 4.0(ICS) to 3.0(Honeycomb) after upgrading to ICS? Can any one help me. |
45161 | my android wont let me open up my text messages? | My phone ( android incredible) was working perfectly fine. Then it just stopped letting me open up my text message threads. All it does is say loading and I left it for about 10 minutes and still nothing. Everything else on my phone works. I've restarted it four tines and still its bot working. Please help me!! |
20620 | How to clear blank entries from Titanium Backup (pro)? | I often delete those backups which are no longer useful to me. Backup entries are removed from list (popup), but app/element entries aren't removed even when those app/element are not installed. **Here's an example:**  You can see `No backup yet` & the app is no longer installed. How to remove these entries? I'm rooted and have latest version of Titanium Backup Pro. |
52400 | Is imessageonandroid.com really an iMessages app for Android or is it Scam? | I saw on a website that they have an iMessages app that lets you text iPhone user for free just like it is for an iPhone user texting another iPhone user. Do you use our own number, or do you have to have an apple id and use your email like the ipod touch?. Also please explain me how it works and what you have to do? |
52401 | Play Songs from Laptop to Phone | This is since a big issue that I wanna play songs from my laptop to my phone via bluetooth. But the only solution I find that is play songs from mobile to laptop speakers.. but I want the opposite process to work on.. Because while I work on my laptop I want to listen the songs and control them from my laptop as well, but the speakers are pretty much away from my bed, so I wanna plug in the jack with my mobile and wanna play the track on my Laptop which will be listen to my phone via my laptop and phone bluetooth. My Laptop is HP430 Notebook And Phone is Xperia X8 (Android 2.1) Please give me a solution, Thank you.. |
60538 | Differences in battery information and phones printed labels | I just run across this today: The value for battery current capacity printed on the battery of some Samsung Android devices are different than the numbers printed on the label on the phone (underneath the battery). I tested 4 models (Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Pocket); The only consistent one was S3 (Phone label was 2100mA and battery was 2100mAh) On S4, battery is 2600mAh, but the printed label is like this: > RATED : 3.8 V ... 1300 mA > What's the difference between these two numbers and why on some phones these two values are not equal? Thanks in advance |
6072 | Is it possible to have a TCP/IP network using bluetooth? | I have my Android U8220 and I need to have a network with my laptop as if it was an ad-hoc wifi connection (tcp/ip). Is that even possible? If you want to know, I'm using `bluez` as manager in my Linux box. **EDIT** To clear doubts, I'll be more specific. There's a music program in my laptop called **mpd**. It is controlled by different clients in the network. One of this clients is in my Android and it works perfectly when I'm connected to the wi-fi network in my house. I wanted to make a direct connection with my laptop, without the need of a router, so there are 2 options: * Ad-Hoc, which is not available for my phone (I don't know why) * Bluethooth which is the last option. This is the link of the player, for those who want to know (although it doesn't have to much to do with the question.) |
42220 | What is the main activity of Google Keep called? | What is the launcher activity of Google Keep called? I thought a short Google search would help, but apparently not. |
6079 | Disable updates when at work? | How can I disable various social apps from updating while I'm at work (where I work with my laptop anyway)? The main point is conserving battery. (I have HTC Desire HD) I don't want to turn off wifi completely since I might want to work with the phone occasionally |
7343 | Is "ROM" the same as internal flash memory? | I saw the Nexus S storage specs are 512MB RAM + 16GB iNAND flash memory and for the HTC Incredible S: 768 MB RAM and 1.5 GB ROM and microSD slot up to 32GB (8GB card included) Is the Incredible's ROM the same thing as the Nexus's iNAND flash memory? |
60532 | change native Android SIP dialing settings | My SIP Trunk (hooio) has a specific dialing plan: [Country Code][Phone Number incl. Area Code] However, all mobile carriers have a different dialing plan: [Local Phone Number] OR +[Country Code][Phone Number incl Area Code] The main difference here being the 'plus' All my phonebook entries are geared to work with the +[country][number] plan. But when I dial these using the native SIP client, I get errors - since the trunk does not like the plus (!!! Should this not be a standard?!) I'd really like to keep using this trunk, and they apparently cant or wont change their dialing plan. Is there any way to configure rules for dialing with the native client? like remove the plus before dialing? The only alternative is to have duplicate phonebooks for mobile vs internet calls - and I don't like my provider enough to waste time on this :( Thanks anyone for advice or feedback on this! and Happy New Year! |
10025 | Android Browser Privacy Settings: "Clear cookies" and "clear cache" | I have a couple of questions about privacy and Android phones, though it probably relates to the windows phone as well and welcome the thoughts of any developers. Do the 'clear cookies' and or 'clear cache' functions actually remove hidden tracking cookies that use either **Flash based cookies** or the **client side storage area** inside the web browser? If not, how do you delete them without resetting the entire phone? |
10022 | How to install Hebrew on a Samsung galaxy s vibrant | We have a Samsung Galaxy S vibrant, bought in the US from T-mobile. It's unable to read text messages in Hebrew, write in Hebrew, or anything else. We tried to install the language through the languages section in the settings, but we couldn't find an option for Hebrew. We tried to install a language pack through the market, but it didn't work. How can we install full support for Hebrew? The phone is Samsung Galaxy S vibrant, bought from T mobile in USA (NYC). firmware version is 2.1 with update 1. |
10020 | Is there a RAW (canon) image viewer or gallery hack for android? | I have a samsung galaxy and it has a brilliant screen. I would love to use it to review photos taken on a DSLR while out and about but I haven't managed to find any way to view RAW images in android. My camera is a canon so I guess it would need to have specific support for cacnon's raw format. Are there any photographers here that can recommend some apps? |
29888 | Unrooting Galaxy Nexus - dies when plugged in | I rooted my Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) in order to get Jelly Bean. I got more than I wanted. The issues that have come from this are horrible. Whenever I plug my phone into a computer - it dies. It won't boot until I unplug it. I installed what I thought was a stock ROM of Jelly Bean (it was AOKP which has no way of installing apps), and now I'm completely stuck. I can't boot into recovery mode. I can't flash any ROMs to it and I can't plug it into a computer to run the Nexus Toolkit. I just want to get back the official Jelly Bean OS. Please help. |
1053 | Is there a way to use PC browser bookmarklets with the Android Browser or Dolphin HD? | Can I make these work on Android or is there a google place to create or convert bookmarklets to make them Android Compatible? |
1054 | Is there a way to use Userscripts / Greasemonkey Scripts on the Android Browser or Dolphin HD? | I would like to be able to use userscripts in Android. Is this even possible? I read that it was a couple months back and tried a tutorial which I can no longer find but it didn't work. This question may be related to this other one I submitted but I believe they may have totally different answers. |
1058 | Is there an app that will drain my battery? | Are there any apps that will specifically help to drain a battery down quickly? The scenario I would want to have this is if I want to quickly drain the battery so I can charge it fully again. Some say that this will help extend the battery life by fully draining/charging the battery. |
5359 | Android marketplace with PayPal support | Are there any Android market alternative that support PayPal payment? |
5358 | disable music button | How can I disable the hardware music button on the side of my LG GW620? I keep accidently triggering it in my pocket, causing random bursts of Foo Fighters when I sit down in a meeting. Just disabling it while the screen is locked would be best, but completely disabling it would be better than nothing. My GW620 has been upgraded to android 2.2 (Froyo) using the the OpenEtna firmware. Prior to this I don't think the music button did anything at all. |
15961 | All non stock apps are crashing | Suddely without any previous event my application has started crashing. Only stock applications work? Cleared cache of some of them but nothing happened. Do you have any ideas, or I will have to make a factory reset?:S EDIT!!!! I have a great hint...I trie to reinstall an app and I got an error telling that there is insufficient space in my phone. Any ideas?:) |
15963 | Remove all contacts in phone that don't have a phone number | My mother just upgraded from a simple flip phone to a android motorola atrix 2. It's her first smart phone and she is having a very hard time adjusting. She added her email and Facebook accounts onto the phone, as soon as she did so, however, it added all the contact information from both into her phone contacts. She already had the contacts imported in from her last phone and is now dealing with duplicate contacts (such as "Mike Smith and "Micheal Smith"). The worst problem is, she is having a hard time finding a contact that actually has a phone number. She'll search for "Jane Doe" in the phone when trying to call her and only find her email there. **My Questions:** 1. Why does the phone (app?) show contacts that don't contain a phone number? 2. How can I delete the duplicates (or merge them)? 3. What is the best way to make this work as smoothly as possible? |
8648 | Multiple USB Storage Devices on Honeycomb | I just got an Acer A500 tablet, which has a full size USB port and supports FAT32 USB storage devices. What I would like to do though, is hook up a hub and connect multiple, so use the tablet as a way to copy photos from an SD card reader to an external USB hard drive for backup during a trip. I poked around and found that when I have two devices plugged in you can actually see the device entries listed under /dev/usb although only one of them (usually whatever was plugged in first) will actually show up under /mnt/usb_storage (apparently the default). Anyone know of a way to get it to make both usable? I'm guess I'll have to root it so I can run the mount command? (Unfortunately, no one has figured that out yet that I know of.) |
15969 | To enable mobile broadband in ZTE Light | My Sim -card works in a HTC smartphone out of the box. So the problem must be in the ZTE Light -tablet. I can call with the tablet, but not surf the internet. I get _Web page not available_ when trying to use the browser. I have no terminal in the device so I cannot try ping. My current location is Sweden so network mode GSM. The device is not sim- locked. I have the following settings in Wireless & network settings > Mobile network settings: Data roaming: off Network mode: Preferred network mode GSM/WCDMA Use only 2G networks: off Network operators: selected my operator's name Data Connection: On APNs: nothing selected by me My android version 2.1-update1, kernel 2.6.29. **How can you enable the mobile broadband to ZTE Light?** |
8645 | Install default Android 2.2 / 2.3 on Optimus One | I have this LG Optimus One P500h and I was thinking about formatting and installing the default/original **Android 2.2** (2.3 would be great) since LG modified the homescreen, keyboard and other stuffs. Is this possible? Is this safe? Is this insane? Thanks for your help |
8643 | How can I hide irrelevant contacts in Go Contacts? | When I was using stock contacts and sync with Google, I could put relevant contacts in _My Contacts_ group which is the only group synced by Google. I have installed GO Contacts and it now displays all groups except _My Contacts_. What I want to do is to group irrelevant contacts somehow and hide them from my phone contacts or ignore them in sync. Please note that I do not want to mess with _My Contacts_ group in case I decided to go back to stock Contacts. |
66862 | Why won't my Galaxy Note 3 stay in debug mode? | When I put my VZW Note 3 into debug mode using the dev options it'll connect to the PC and in 20-30 seconds immediately disconnect and reconnect as a media device and interrupt any processes I have going at the time. I've tried all the usb ports on my PC and two different cables but same thing. Nothing seems to fix it. |
66867 | Android tablet recognized as USB storage but not in Eclipse DDMS perspective | I'm creating an Android application for a Tablet PC (model: Q8H, probably this one), and now I'm trying to push an application to the device through the USB connection, with debug mode enabled, using the Eclipse DDMS perspective. The tablet is recognized by my computer (running Windows 8) as USB storage, media device or camera, depending on which option I select. However, it is _not_ showing up in the Eclipse DDMS perspective. How can I fix it? |
27839 | Galaxy Tab P1000 shows a phone <-> PC symbol and is not responding after flashing | I was flashing my GT P1000 and the power went down, then on the galaxy tab screen i see an image of a Phone ! PC and nothing i can do to reboot it or connecting it to the laptop. Its dead. please help |
66865 | Scala and ART, android runtime | I understand that Dalvik has a just-in-time compiler. The android team is making ART, android runtime, which has an ahead-of-time compiler. Effectively using Scala can increase code execution time but I am under the assumption that reported performance is only regarding the Dalvik VM. What would the implications of using Scala with ART be? |
27838 | Will the uninstalling of apps leave file cruft in the root (Android's subsystem)? | Will the uninstalling of apps leave files in the root (Android's subsystem)? When we uninstall some program on Windows, it leaves some files along the system, does it happen on Android too? If this happens, would it be be wise to access the root to erase this files and free some space? |
28821 | Clickable phone number with pauses and bridge/extension in calendar event | What's the proper way (if any) to format a phone number when entering it as the "Location" of a calendar event under ICS (4.0.4, Samsung Galaxy S3, AT&T) so it can be clicked and auto-entered into the dialer... including pauses and subsequent digits to dial an extension, conference bridge, PIN code, etc? I tried creating an event with a Location in the form: 1-999-999-9999,,,123456789# but when the event reminder actually came up and I clicked it, the only thing that ended up in the dialer was 123456789 Does ICS and/or Samsung use a different character for 'pause', do I have to somehow escape it with extra characters (quotes? parentheses? etc), or did Samsung and/or the ICS calendar/dialer team just screw it up (number+pause+moredigits is something that roughly half the calendar-dialer implementations I've seen just can't ever seem to get right for some crazy reason) |
28827 | Disable password hiding globally | With a touch screen keyboard, having passwords I am entering displayed hidden is more trouble than it's worth to me. Few applications like KeePassDroid allow you to disable this feature. Is there any way to disable this feature globally? Solutions that require root are perfectly fine. |
28826 | How do I root Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V? | I just got for myself this new phone with so many useless bloatware. I just want to root this phone and freeze or uninstall them as they are slowing my device down (even without opening any app, all I have out of my 350mb + RAM is an average of 50mb). Can someone please help me out with a noob step by step guide? Thanks in advance. SPECS: Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V (MT11i) Android 2.3.4 Bootloader locked (but can be unlocked) |
12533 | What is my phone doing when the boot takes a long time? | I have a Samsung Galaxy S with stock Android 2.3.3 (with carrier modifications, regretfully). Usually, when I reboot the phone, it shows the boot animation for a few seconds, then goes to the lock screen while it finishes booting. Every once in a while (though more often lately than it used to), the boot animation screen gets stuck for about 5 minutes before showing me the lock screen. This happens both on clean boots (i.e. shutting it down from the power button menu and then restarting) as well as when the phone freezes and I restart it, or when it crashes. What is the phone doing at this time? Why does it do it sometimes and not at other times? How can I avoid this? |
82025 | Android: Green bar in bootloader | I tried to run the command `fastboot flash recovery recoverym.img` using cmd but I've got some problem. First, a green bar (progress about 90%) was shown on the top right corner of my bootloader. Second, in cmd, this was shown: < waiting for device > sending 'recovery' (10200 KB)... What's the solution? |
82027 | Samsung GS2 suddenly can't pick up my network anymore, only other (roaming) networks | I've just moved to Ireland. I was going to keep using my Austrian Three mobile contract, which gives me 1 GB of data, 1000 min to call Austria and 200 international min under the Three Like Home program. I get all that only when I'm connected with Three, and it worked perfectly, just like on every holiday - until Wednesday morning. I put the phone on the nightstand, put it in flight mode overnight, and the following morning, it couldn't find Three anymore, only a number of alternative networks, Meteor etc. - which mean, I'm paying for roaming! I put my SIM card into a colleague's phone, and in there it was able to pick up Three immediately. No matter if I try the automatic or manual network selection, turning the phone off and on, remove the simcard and put it back in - I get every network except my home network Three, even though there should be full network coverage here, and there is, on everybody else's phone. My provider back home said that from what they can tell, the SIM card is not blocked and Three Like Home should work unhindered. So I am pretty sure the phone is to blame, not Three itself or the sim card. It's a Galaxy S2 GT-I9100, and I've been running Cyanogen 11.0-InstallerXNPQ32P, Android 4.4.4, since today. I figured I'd just do the latest Cyanogen update and perhaps that would take care of the problem, but no, it's still the same. Does anyone have some advice for me? Please put it in layman's terms, I'm not great at phones or computers and English is my second language, so when straying into highly technical territory, I might be stranded faster than if the information was in German. What can possibly have happened overnight, with the phone in flight mode, to make the phone forget that Three even exists, which it was using without any problems the week before? I checked my data limits, just to be sure, and am nowhere near them. |
82026 | unable to change group icon using CyanogenMod | The gallery option not available when trying to change the group chat icon. Is there a way to fix this? |
16090 | How do I lock my HTC whenever I want? | I have a HTC Wildfire S and set up the screen lock pattern for it. This triggers after some time but sometimes I want to lock it myself, for example if I leave the office and let my phone on the desk. In **Settings | Security | Lock phone after** I can use the "Immediately" option but this closes every time the screen turns of. Is there some way I can keep it to lock after some time as it is now but also lock it whenever I want? |
16095 | How to install Android Market on HCL ME X1 tablet? | I bought an HCL ME X1 tablet one month ago. Its main drawback is that it does not support the Android Market and manually installing the Android Market's APK file does not seem to work either. It shows an error message like this: the application Market(process com.android.vending)has stopped unexpectedly) please try again How can I solve this problem so that I can use the Android Market on my device? |
10872 | Backup contacts, photos, apps, remove google account, and replace with dummy account | I want to unlink my main Google account from my phone and use a dummy account instead. I don't really use any of Google's services on my phone like gmail, voice, etc. For security, loss reasons and to prevent google from automagically providing me with "features" and synchronization which end up merging data in ways I don't want, I would rather keep my online Google accounts separate from my mobile phone. I have been reading through a few posts on how to backup or remove your account, but I would like to make a get some feedback to create a bona-fide plan before going forward. I really just want my contacts, my apps & widgets (or at least their settings and fresh install of apps from market), my calendar, my music and pictures. If I "remove my account" what will I lose? I currently have it set not to sync with gmail or talk or voice, and I believe that all my contacts are only local and not merged with gmail. Is there any way I can just go in and copy some magic file that has my contacts, calendar, etc; do a factory reset, and then load back my files and configurations, or download the apps again and overwrite my configurations? Call logs, old SMS, etc aren't really important to save. Anything else I might be forgetting that I would actually slap myself for later? |
10874 | How Do I Stop Double Email Alerts? | On my Android 2.2 phone, I have the Gmail app and the regular Mail icon on the desktop GUI. Unfortunately when I get a message, I get two alerts, usually about 4 to 15 seconds apart from each other. How can I just get one alert that new mail has come in, not two? |
16326 | How do I protect my phone from malicious apps once it is rooted? | I rooted my phone. Now if I use a Terminal Emulator such as Android Terminal Emulator, I noticed that I can can easily obtain root access without a password: $ id uid=10059(app_59) gid=10059(app_59) groups=1015(sdcard_rw),3003(inet) $ su # id uid=0(root) guid=0(root) groups=0(root) In the Unix server and desktop world, a superuser account with no password is considered dangerous because the superuser account has access to all resources on the machine. Is this similarly dangerous on an Android phone? If so, how can I protect my phone from malicious apps which try to gain root? Can I manage which apps have access to the superuser account on this phone? |
63993 | .thumbdata files maxing out internal SD memory | I have an 8GB Nextbook7 running Android 4.0.4. Recently, I discovered that I have 2 files named .thumbdata3... eating up all my internal space of 5+GB. These files are found in the .thumbnail folder under the DCIM folder. I have read on the internet that these files are produced by Android Gallery, but there is a bug in the OS that causes these files to grow so large and max out all the available internal storage space. I have tried deleting the files, but they come back. I have tried writing small text files and saving them with the name .thumbdata3... as in the problem files, but that does not work either. I have downloaded an app called Thumbnail file deleter, which deletes the problem files, but the files will rebuild themselves again until the space is maxed out. Does anyone have a permanent cure to this .thumdata3... problem? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks. |
19511 | Do custom ROMs like CyanogenMod modify your bootloader? | Does a custom ROM like CyanogenMod come with their own bootloader or does it just overwrite the `/boot` kernel and `/system`? Does the bootloader take responsibility to lock your SIM card on a carrier? Basically, I'm interested in SIM unlocking my Huawei U8180, and would like to know if CyanogenMod will unlock the device. |
16322 | Using windows drivers for an air quality USB device | I have a question that doesn't appear to have already been addressed - perhaps because it is impossible, but perhaps not. I recently received a USB-powered air quality monitoring device and, as an inquisitive grad student, think it would be far more useful to be able to monitor air quality from my smartphone instead. There isn't any good equivalent for this, afaik. This has fairly significant implications if you want just rough data and don't want to bring expensive monitoring equipment - for example, I'm part of Engineers Without Borders, and roughly quantifying the amount of smoke and VOC inhalation our Ecuadorean partner community takes in at each meal (done over an open biomass fire, naturally) would be REALLY cool, and give us a better idea of the degree of health issues we can expect. So there's a degree of helping the world, here, which is neat. The problem is that even though USB -> microUSB converters are pretty cheap, just plugging everything together (monitor, converter, phone) doesn't work. That's too easy, of course. Upon installation on a regular computer, the monitoring software gives the following message: Installation ------------ This program is depending on the following files, which are NOT distributed in this installation: hh.exe CHM help system (Windows XP) hhctrl.ocx CHM help system (Windows XP) itircl.dll CHM help system (Windows XP) itss.dll CHM help system (Windows XP) SHLWAPI.DLL Registry key operations, a component of IE and is also used by Windows Explorer. Shipped with Internet Explorer 4.0 setupapi.dll Device enumeration hid.dll Device i/o The files above should already be in your computer's system directory. If they are not, try running Windows Update. I don't expect my HTC Incredible 2 to have these things, but I also only use FORTRAN and MATLAB for my research, so am not aware if it is possible to run equivalent programs to get this pipe-dream system up and running. Any suggestions would be very appreciated! Thanks, Melissa |
63999 | Inconsistent external SD card write errors | I have SanDisk 64GB Ultra class 10 micro SD card. I regularly encounter inconsistent write errors when trying to copy big directories (~1Gb, ~300 files) from internal to external SD. What can be possible cause of those errors? I tried to do that on PC - everything worked fine. |
61840 | Transfer Files to Nexus 4 with Terminal | I want to transfer files to my Nexus 4 using the Mac Terminal. I tried to use the adb shell with adb push, but because I'm not root I'm not allowed to push to the sdcard. Is there any way to mount the device as a regular drive or to use adb push without root access? |
65741 | Go to recovery mode on device without volume key | Is there a universal way to enter recovery mode on an Android device **with only one turn on/off button**? I have a tablet (Navon Raptor 7) like this and I can't figure it out. An other problem is that although it can boot and get to the launcher, basically I can't start any application or get to the settings (it says 'xy application stopped' etc.) so **I can't even activate debug mode** and use adb to achieve this. That's why I want to do a hard reset from recovery... |
61843 | samsung tab 3 cannot retrieve keyboard | My daughter got a new samsung tab it was working with no problems , she dowmloaded a few apps then the keyboard went , so i went to check the settings and there was no option to retrieve it. i went into the playstore to add another but kept getting an error message which wouldnt allow me to install anything, i done a factory reset thinking it would wipe everything off and retrieve the keyboard which i didnt i m left with no keyboard and having to try and speak each command which is very difficult and doesnt work , can anyone offer a way round this ? |
61845 | Where does Android keep app permissions? | I have a rooted Android, and I want to disable (not read/write/execute) permissions to an app (for example, I don't want it accessing the camera or the phone). Where does Android keep those permissions? Is it in a database somewhere? |
61846 | How do I get my keyboard back? | I recently got an Android Tablet and I noticed it was incredibly slow so I disabled and force stopped a lot of the apps that were pre-downloaded onto the device because I knew I'd never need them. That seemed to help and for a few weeks everything was cool and way faster until I started getting this notification every two seconds that said, "Unfortunately, Android Keyboard has stopped." A little bit after that I went back to college and I tried to connect to my school's Wi-Fi and it wouldn't work because you need to type in a username and password to connect, and you can't type without a keyboard. So, I know you can install keyboards onto your tablet to replace the old one, but 1.) I can't connect to Wi-Fi without typing, 2.) I can't connect to Google Play without Wi-Fi, and 3.) Even if I could, how would I search for keyboard apps without being able to type them in? |
45320 | How could I view that Android Screen on a computer or larger screen | How can I display my Android ICS Samsung Galxy S3 Screen on a Laptop or Monitor Screen? Are there any fast quick programs which do this? |
52082 | Samsung Galaxy S4 play edition and exFat | Does the Play version of the Galaxy s4 include support for exFat in the sdcard reader? Or is exFat support one of the extras that Samsung adds to the device (presumably since they made the licencing agreement with MS)? This question is specifically about the version available from Google's Play store that comes unlocked and without touchwiz. |
52080 | Xperia U: Network state is shown as UNKNOWN, data connection not working | I'm using stock Sony Xperia U. Data connection was working well until yesterday. All of a sudden I can't access 2G/3G data, it shows network state "UNKNOWN" when checked with the code `*#*#4636#*#*`. I've tried flashing custom firmware, stock etc, but in all it shows network state "UNKNOWN" |
52085 | How much damage could one do to an unrooted device? | I'm trying to determine if it's necessary to backup my non-rooted tablet. I plan on doing a lot of messing around but most back up utilities require root and the root exploit hasn't been found for my device yet. Is it worth it to do a quazi "full backup of non-rooted device"? So let me clarify. Am I right in assuming that if the device in non-rooted then the system cannot be damaged by malware or misconfigured apps? If I'm installing just installing apps is there any chance that I could damage my non-rooted device beyond trivial repair (i.e. not having to take it into a shop)? |
45928 | Using Galaxy Note 2 and stylus to draw in Photochop CS6 on Computer | Is there a specific and ultimate complete working application that I could use to draw with my stylus on the Galaxy Note 2 in Photoshop CS6 on my computer? IDK if that makes sense, but what I am trying to do is to use my Note 2 as a tablet to draw with instead of using the mouse on the computer. Please Help!!! |
2379 | How do Gmail (desktop) and Talk (Android) chats interact? | The interaction between Google Talk via Gmail and Google Talk via the Android client seems confusing. Here's my understanding of how things work: * If a chat is started in Gmail, it will sync in (near) real-time to Talk. * If a chat is started in Talk, it will show up in the chat history in Gmail, but will not spawn a new chat in Gmail (so the chat is confined to Talk). * If a chat is started in Gmail, and continued in Talk, messages will stop being sent to the chat in Gmail, and new messages will be sent to Talk (as well as the chat history in Gmail). In my (short) experience, this transition can be a bit flaky. Is this basically how it works? What I'd love to see is a perfect 1:1 sync between Gmail and Talk. That is, if I start a chat in Talk, it will create a new chat tab in Gmail, and everything will get pushed to both, and vice-versa. Anyone know if that's in the pipeline, or even possible now? How does everyone else handle moving as seamlessly as possible between Gmail and Talk? Thanks! |
81594 | Can't get into the bootloader in H9500 (zp900 unbranded) | Anyone knows how to get into the bootloader in H9500 (zp900 unbranded)? I tried adb reboot-bootloader but it just restarts the phone. No bootloader :( |
69665 | Local calendar cannot sync with Google calendar | I get this msg after I uninstalled a 3rd party calendar app. Now i am using the stock calendat app and my google calendar is missing from the calendars list and when I try to add account it says account already exists Any help? |
69666 | Why can't the video player be made considerably louder, as loud as Apollo player can be?.. Or how to achieve this? | (I'm using CyanogenMod 10.1 (based on Android 4.2.2) on a Samsung Galaxy S.) I've noticed that the video playback (say, of a WebM file) is not as loud as the Apollo playback of the same audio (Ogg extracted from this video file). I'd like to get the maximum loudness in the video player--the one I can get in the Apollo audio player. How can I get this? (Youtube playback in browsers is also not as loud as it is possible for Apollo.) |
45920 | simulate the android 2+ menu button on an android 4 tablet | I've got a new Android 4.1 tablet. I am trying to run an old app which was created for Android 2.1 and relies on the menu button, and I am not an Android programmer (yet). Can somebody points me to a ready-made application which returns the new menu button? (this trick seems to show how to do it: http://lancelotmobile.com/blog/mobile-air-app-compatible-with-android-4/). Any idea? |
81590 | replace settings app | After an update I cannot use my settings app it gives an error unfortunately settings app stoped working so reset my phone and now I cant do anything any help on allowing apps from unknown sources without settings app or enable usb debugging without setting any thing will help |
81592 | How to edit init.sh file and where is it? | I want to edit init.sh but I can't find it. where is the location of that file ? I want add this to that file: > alsa_amixer set PCM 100 unmute |
46375 | Keyboard Settings on Emulator revert on restart | My Android 2.3.3 emulator has four different keyboards: 1. Japenese keyboard 2. Chinese keyboard 3. Android keyboard 4. Sample Soft keyboard I uncheck all of them so that I can use the hardware keyboard. After a few seconds, it gives an error message saying that the process `com.android.inputmethod.latin` not responding, with a `Force Close` button. Moreover, I close and restart my emulator to find all the keyboards checked! The reason why I want all unchecked is as follows: When click the cursor to a position where I want to insert some text (at least on Whatsapp, I face this problem), the cursor remains there for 3 to 10 seconds (!!) and then the keyboard shows up on screen and the cursor goes back to where it was! This is not the case when all the on-screen keyboards are disabled. How do I make the keyboard disabling setting permanent? **UPDATE:** This was beyond my imagination and very annoying. The input methods other than soft keyboard are back and even enabled once I rebooted the emulator! Why does the sdk just refuse to retain the settings?? |
21236 | Show Unread Messages on email shortcut? | On my old phone* my gmail shortcut would list the number of unread messages I had in my inbox. I can't figure out how to do this on my Razr. Is there a good app/widget I can use for this if there is nothing built in? *An HTC Incredible. |
46376 | Add proxy exception for local subnet on Android 4.2 (4.* maybe ?) | I'm using Vanilla Android 4.2.2 on my Nexus4, and I'm using a proxy to access the internet. I wanted to add a proxy exception for addresses on my local subnet 192.168.0.* , is there anyway to do this? I've tried adding 192.168.0 and this doesn't work, It doesn't accept 192.168.0.*, 192.168.0.0/8 and 192.168.0.255 doesn't work either. Has anyone attempted this before? Does anyone know how this can be done? |
46371 | Why does charging leads to battery losing charge at times | I have a LG Optimus S Android on Gingerbread (The one on the cheaper side with least specs for an Android). I have found that when I use the USB charger connected to my computer, at times instead of charging my phone, the battery gets drained. (Also I perceive that the battery gets drained faster than normal phone usage at such times) While I have a fix which is to restart my Android phone. Could someone explain why such thing happens? |
21232 | Trouble updating Android Market to Google Play on Logitech-Revue (Google-TV) | When I try to go into the Android Market on my Logitech-Revue it says it needs to update, but never does. On my Acer A500 tablet the Android Market updated to Google Play, so I assume that is the update that my Revue is attempting, but failing. Anyone else successful with the Google Play update on Logitech-Review or Google TV? Any suggestions for a work around? |
21231 | Can't run any Python script on my Android phone | I have an Acer Liquid Metal, Gingerbread... I've tried installing Python on Android (and s4la: http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/) but when I run the hello world script I get: `dlopen libpython2.6.so` `Traceback (most recent call last):` `File "compass.py", line 2, in <module>` `droid = android.Android()` `File "/sdcard/com.googlecode.pythonforandroid/extras/python/android.py", line` `34, in __init__` `self.conn = socket.create_connection(addr)` `File "/home/manuel/AptanaStudio3Workspace/python-for-android/python- build/output/usr/lib/python2.6/socket.py", line 498, in create_connection socket.gaierror: [Errno 8] hostname nor servname provided, or not known."` Any ideas? |
46372 | Emulator takes forever to shutdown! | The title just says it all. My 3.3", Android 2.3.3 emulator (armeabi) boots averagely in 150 seconds on my Ubuntu 12.04, 64 bit system, with 2 GB DDR3 memory. However, sometimes when I tried shutting down using the power button provided in the emulator. I am made to wait indefinitely! This doesn't hurt much, for I usually just close the emulator just like closing a window. However, I somehow can't reconcile the fact and need to know reason(s) why, in spite of booting fairly fast, shutting down takes ages! Does shutting down consume more resources than booting?! |
1876 | Which versions of Android support VPNs? | Which versions of the OS can be configured to connect to a VPN? |
1874 | Where can I find a good comparison of available custom ROMs? | I'm looking for a good comparison of custom ROMs' features and quality. I would prefer a comparison that is actively maintained. |
1872 | How to use the Search box on these Stack Exchange sites with the Galaxy S? | When I type something into the search box at the top right of the main page, I get a _Next_ key instead of the _Go_ or enter key. If I enter text in search, pressing _Next_ takes me to the interesting tags input, then to the ignored tags input; pressing _Go_ from there takes me back to the main page, with my search text sitting in the search box and no way to do anything with it! My phone is a Galaxy S and I've tried all three of the input methods -- Swype, Samsung and Android -- and all behave the same way. From http://android.stackexchange.com/search (it's the same text on other SE sites): > To search, type in the box at the top right of every page and press `Enter`. How can I provide the Enter that the search functionality depends on? If I can't do it directly, are there any workarounds? (I'm certain I've run into this problem on other websites too, but I can't think where right now.) |
1878 | Google voice for voicemail | When a phone is configured to use Google Voice for voicemail, his does that work? is the call routed to VM by the phone, or is the setting changed at the carrier too? |
57105 | Possible to flash factory ROMs on an encrypted phone using fastboot? | I have the storage on my Nexus 4 encrypted using Android's built-in encryption feature. I'd like to update to 4.4 using one of the factory images provided by Google. If I follow the standard script included in the tarball (removing the option to wipe the phone), which uses fastboot, will fastboot do the right thing and prompt me for the encryption password? Or might it brick my phone by writing unencrypted data on top of an encrypted partition? |
43630 | What's the input current draw for the Nexus 4? | I am trying to find the maximum possible current draw of the Nexus 4 when recharging the battery. * The adapter that comes with the Nexus, supplies 1.2A * The Qi Charging Station needs 1.8A But I can't find the actual maximum current that can be drawn by the Nexus. I am using a battery pack that supplies around 2A and it only can keep the Nexus running (when playing Ingress), but doesn't really recharge it. I wonder if this is caused by the batteries 2A maximum output or if it's due to the nexus having an upper limit it can handle. |
43636 | Although I have enough the available storage does not match it | On a Samsung note 10.1 with 32G when I go to settings I can see 25GB available storage. Besides that, when I am trying to copy files from my ubuntu box to the tablet (connected through the USB) I am getting an insufficient storage message. Checking the properties of the mounted volume I only see 200MB free on it. How can I fix it? |
43634 | Hide certain numbers when picking SMS recipients | So many of my contacts have both home and cell numbers in my contact list. But when I am typing in names I the recipient field go sms pro), I don't really want to see numbers that cannot receive texts, like home phone numbers. Is there a logical way to manage this? |
43639 | Why did my phone start ringing when there is no SIM card installed | My old samsung jet phone just started ringing from inside the cupboard, & unknown caller was displayed, although the children use it as a play phone sometimes there is no SIM card installed, how can that happen I thought you had to have a sim in to operate a phone except for emergency calls? |
43638 | How to set up an android device to function as a phone only | Is there a way to set up my android device so that when the lock screen unlocked, the phone app always is open by default? In other words: I swipe to unlock the screen and I always automatically see the phone keypad first and the device is ready to make a call. I am trying to set up a new Samsung Galaxy Note for my grandmother BTW. Someone bought it for her for her birthday. She likes the size for her eyes, but is intimidated by the home screen, and has discarded the phone for that reason. I figure if can make it operate as she expects then she might warm up to it. |
57109 | Android 4.0.4 tablet WiFi fails to connect due to bad authentication | I was already using the android 4.0.4 tablet with WiFi at my home. Very frustrated that when I just turned it on again today it was not able to connect. Actually, it _does_ connect - There appears to be two phases: 1. Connecting to WiFi 2. Authenticating a. "Authenticating.." b. "Saved secured with WPA/WPA2" c. "Authenticating" d. "Authentication problem" The first step is successful. The second fails at the step d. Now, I had saved the password for the WPA/WPA2 network. So this is NOT a wrong password issue. But even so I did a "forget" and re-entered the password (with "show password" turned on to be sure). What really bugs me here is there is no further information on "why" the authentication failed. There are several other laptops in the home. They have not changed any settings for months (all DHCP with long leases). |
81044 | Is it possible to have a phone alarm go off if it moves a set distance away from a NFC tag? | I have a bad habit of leaving my phone around. I want my phone to alert me if it gets to far away from me. If this is possible how can I set this up? |
81045 | How do I purge the gallery on my Samsung Note 3 | All of the pictures I ever took with my old phone were automatically backed up to my google account, thousands of pictures of stupid things, receipts, flight schedules and private pictures. With my new phone, a Samsung Note 3, all of these images are now in my gallery. I can find the offending images on picasaweb, no way I could find them on google+ So, what I would like to do, is purge wherever the files from my online pictures are downloaded to, remove the backup pictures from picasaweb and let the phone sync again. TLDR Where are the picasaweb/google+ images downloaded to on this phone? |
49491 | Can I use Adblock Plus for Android and still see per-app data use? | I have a rooted device and I'm interested in installing Adblock Plus for Android. The app, that is, not the Firefox extension. The FAQ says: > To filter ads, all traffic has to pass through Adblock Plus. Android > considers this to be the traffic caused by the app, while it is in reality > the sum of all traffic. Does this mean that the usage won't show against the app that really is responsible, or that it's double-counted (i.e. it shows against the originating app as well as AdBlock Plus)? If the former, is there a way I can still see each app's real data use? |
49493 | How to re install rom on blank htc desire? | I have installed rom in the memory card of my htc desire bt unfortunately i have lost my memory card. Now my ph is not working; everytime it just shows "HTC" and then restart. Can anyone please suggest me stable rom with proper configurations? I am using HTC Desire A8181. |
52627 | How to stop my phone from auto-correcting my writing? | I have several Android phones, with different Android versions. I am writing short messages in several languages (Spanish, Catalan, English, German, Italian, ...) and I am really fed up with Android trying to outsmart me. A simple message takes me ages to write because I need to fight the auto- correction mechanism, or change the language, or whatever. But if I disable all languages in the auto-correction settings, it still tries to auto-correct in English. Why? Auto-correction is not for me. I do not want auto-correction, period. Not in English, not in **any** language. Is this possible? |
29352 | How can I test my ePub files in Android emulator? | I have installed the Android emulator and everything is going fine. But I don't know how to test my ePub in it. This is actually the main reason I installed Android emulator and SDK, to test out my ePub's. Target Name: Android 1.4 Platform: 4.1 API Level: 16 Thanks in advance! |
52625 | How can I install install android v2.3.7 os gingerbread for vodafone smart ii? | My Vodafone smart ii does not proceed after powered on. It sticks on the initial animation and does not go to home screen. what should I do? How can I find and reinstall its operating system? |
17053 | Why does phone reset to Gingerbread instead of the version of Android that came with the OS when it was purchased? | When I first purchased an Android phone over a year ago the installed OS was Android 2.1 (Eclair). The OS has been updated twice by the carrier since then and now runs Gingerbread. However, I had to restore my phone to factory settings recently and the OS that was reinstalled was Gingerbread. I was expecting it to restore back to 2.1 (Eclair). Is this expected behavior and was the phone reset properly to factory settings? I followed the hard reset instructions here and everything looked correct. However, this was not the factory restore I expected. If this was correct does anyone know how the Gingerbread OS "replaced" the OS that was installed from the factory? I thought the factory settings were "read only." Thank you very much. This is all from a stock Android phone that has never been rooted. |
52620 | How can I easily deny other apps from accessing my personal data? | If I use the standard Android **contacts, sms and phone app** all these data are endangered to be read by other apps. Is there a solution **without rooting** the phone that every simple user could easily install? Sure,you could conceal your contacts by renaming them to something cryptic. But that is not very handy. Maybe there are alternative apps for contacts, sms and phone app? So there would be no data in the standard apps. Or some simple solution that prevents access? |
68046 | "Share" a phone call | I would like to "share" meta data from a phone call with any app, using Android's standard sharing feature. The idea is to create a note in e.g. Podio or Evernote after receiving or placing an important phone call. Ideally, the shared text should include both the phone number and start time of the call. I saw this roundabout "solution", which is to simply copy the phone number and paste it, but I would like a quicker solution. Is there any phone call log app that lets me do this? I have tried the (Sony) stock app, Call Log+ and Call Log Monitor. |
68044 | Games crashes when ART is enabled? | I read about ART on some blogs and decided to try it myself. I have a Motorola Moto G and enabled ART on my phone. After that every game which I had already installed (Asphalt 8 and EA's Real Racing) or installed after enabling ART crashes just after starting. Also, from the blogs, there were two things that caught my attention about ART, which were improved battery life and low RAM consumption. I can't say any thing about the battery life but RAM consumption was almost same and in fact phone was lagging. Does that mean ART is not suitable for my device as it is optimized for the Dalvik VM? |
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