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nb. I can disable them using 3rd party root apps without any discernible negative effects. Are these networking protocols default? They seem to be harmless but everything I read about sit0 seems to suggest it's no longer used. This looks like some serious networking issues to my layman's eye. Yes or no? (click image to enlarge) I have 100s or 1000s of logcat messages where a request for Neighboring Cell IDs is denied. Is this some kind of worm attempt being blocked by policy? (click image to enlarge) | "Why" is not a question well suited for our site, as it probably is a speculative question and such off topic (see our [FAQ]). Although, a short technical explanation: The company building your ROM decided such. "How can I disable them" would be better fitting, and even has answers: If you cannot disable them from Settings→Apps→Manage Apps , you will need to root your device. Having done that, there are several apps available allowing you to "freeze" unwanted system apps. The most well-known of them is Titanium Backup which, as a side-effect, provides you with a powerful backup solution. Another candidate for that is App Quarantine ROOT/FREEZE . | SGS3 I-9300 Android 4.2 - why can't I disable these system apps? | android |
I was downloading Facebook from the Play Store awhile ago when the phone suddenly hanged up so I forcefully shut it down by removing the battery. Now when I re-boot Facebook is no longer in the queue and I need to download it again. Now my question is, where did the Play Store temporarily store it while it was being downloaded? I fear that there's now a rogue incomplete Facebook apk file somewhere that's using up wasted space. | The Playstore app usually uses <code> /data/local </code> to temporarily store <code> .apk </code> files while downloading, then installs them from there, and finally removes the temporary download-file (which then went to <code> /data/app </code> ). The <code> /data/local </code> directory should be readable by all processes (so no root needed to list its contents), as it is used as a kind of "temporary directory" for a lot of things (you might think of it as a "misnamed" <code> /tmp </code> directory). This directory should be "cleaned up" on reboot 1 , so your issue might rather be a broken <code> .apk </code> in <code> /data/app </code> . A new install should solve this anyway. I further recommend using AppMonster Pro -- yes, the Pro version: on each install/update it grabs the <code> .apk </code> file of the installed/updated app and stores away a copy. So in cases like this, you could simply grab a previous version and install it over. Just for completeness: There seem to be more such "temporary directories" on Android devices. Investigating a dump from a stock 2.2 Motorola Milestone 2, I e.g. also found <code> /data/download </code> . Different devices might use other directories additionally. But that should not affect your Playstore question. 1 I can only base this on one of my devices (Motorola Milestone 2, stock Android 2.2), where I extracted a Nandroid backup stored on my PC. There the <code> init.rc </code> file (which is called during the boot process) a.o. contains the following: <code> mkdir /data/local 0771 mot_tcmd shell mkdir /data/local/tmp 0771 mot_tcmd shell mkdir /data/local/12m 0771 mot_tcmd shell mkdir /data/local/12m/batch 0771 mot_tcmd shell </code> Easy to see: the <code> /data/local </code> directory is created during the boot, which suggests it being empty at this point. Same is valid btw. for <code> /data/download </code> | Where does the Play Store store the apps I am currently downloading? | android |
Is it possible to check using shell whether or not Cyanogenmod is installed on a device? In other words, something like <code> uname -a </code> (which tells the system Linux version and architecture). Can the version be determined as well? | I tried to do <code> uname -a </code> on my CM10.1 (Samsung Galaxy S2) on the built-in Terminal app. It returns: Linux localhost 3.0.31-CM-g17c7b6e #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 19 01:11:17 PST 2013 armv71 GNU/Linux Kernel version: <code> 3.0.31-CM-g17c7b6e </code> SMP: <code> Symmetric Multi-Processor support </code> PREEMPT: <code> kernel preemption is enabled </code> Kernel date: <code> Tue Feb 19 01:11:17 PST 2013 </code> Processor: <code> armv71 </code> | How do I check if I have Cyanogenmod on my phone? | android |
I'm willing to buy a Sony Xperia S, but in my opinion, the modifications Sony made to Android is just horrible. So, is it possible to install the last version of Android unmodified? And, if so, how do I do that? | Of course you can Just pick one from all the available ROMS, you will find some vanilla builds there if you only want the basics. But it requires the knowledge of rooting your ROM and flashing if you are afraid of flashing but not rooting , then you can just remove the apps that you don't want using Titanium backup. | Is it possible to install unmodified, unadulterated and pure Android on a Sony Xperia S? | android |
<code> > adb shell sh-4.1$ ls -F -F: No such file or directory </code> -F switch works fine on my Ubuntu. Why doesn't it work on android? Is there a way to make it work? | Most shell commands in Android are not GNU versions or another POSIX-compliant implementation, they are either from Toolbox or Busybox and mostly stripped down versions. A lot of commands in <code> /system/bin </code> are symlinks to <code> /system/toolbox </code> . I haven't found much documentation about it, just the source at https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/jb-mr1-release/toolbox/ Busybox is another implementation of several common shell commands, with more commands and features than the default Toolbox. It's used on other embedded systems too, and some bootable GNU/Linux CDs, so you may already be familiar with it. Because it's open-source, there are several installers available on Google Play: just search for "Busybox". | Why do linux commands not work properly on android? | android |
my Samsung Galaxy S3 suffers from the Black/Blank screen freeze. The only remedy is to pull the battery to get the phone to respond again. I'm running Android 4.1.1 and I have done a factory reset. Now the symptoms are back. I would like to figure out a way to get the log of phone after I pull the battery so that I may be able identify which app is causing this issue. I have the Android SDK installed, but so far I can only get the current live log. How can I get a log history with time stamp? Thanks, Nick, | There are several system monitors available you might want to give a try. Some of them log activities while running in the background, so no information is lost when the device has to be rebooted. While these might not directly point out the troublemaker, you could still see at what time the freeze happened, and which apps might have been active then -- so they should bring you at least closer to finding the culprit. One of those monitor apps is SystemPanel App / Task Manager (it has a free trial version, but that does not log in the background but only allows for "live monitoring"). Some screenshots from the playstore for illustration: SystemPanel (source: Google Play ) An alternative would be System Tuner , which offers similar functionality. | Debug Samsung Galaxy S3 Blank Screen Freezes | android |
I have a rooted Nexus 4 (totally stock, except for CWM recovery). Yesterday I updated it to the 4.2.2 OTA. Today I discovered that I can't take a screenshot. Holding power + volume down should work, but when I try it the volume gets turned down or the pop-up for power off/airplane mode appears. Is the timing for taking a screenshot really finicky? Is this a known issue in 4.2.2? (I've had the phone for less than two weeks, so I'm not sure if I tried to take a screenshot in 4.2.1). | As it turns out, the timing is just that finicky. Both buttons need to be pressed & held at exactly the same time to take a screenshot. I was used to a mod on my previous phone that had more relaxed timings so you could hold power and then hit volume down to take a screenshot. | Can't take screenshots on Nexus 4 | android |
So the phone can only boot to "ClockworkMod Recovery" due to unknown reason. Is there a way to transfer files between my phone's internal memory and my computer? There is no SD card slot on the phone. I don't have any other ROM in my phone which means I can't flash anything but the official ROM (through download mode) which I think will remove all the files. | This suggestion assumes familiarity with connecting to the phone via ADB I had a similar situation on my previous phone. I was able to pull the important stuff over ADB when the phone was in recovery. In my case I had to mount some of the filesystems to access everything I wanted to retrieve. I'm not sure if it is dependent on the phone whether the ADB service is available in recovery. On mine it was available in both recovery and download mode. If ADB on your computer recognizes and can connect to your phone you should be able to retrieve and save any files you need. If you aren't familiar with ADB this is a good place to start: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/all-in-one-guide-to-adb/ If you need any help with it let me know, ADB is a whole other topic so keeping it simple here. | How do I transfer files in ClockworkMod between my phone and my computer if my phone doesn't have an SD card slot? | android |
Does anyone have a solution for streaming pc screen content to an Android device with 1:1 pixel ratio? I want to use it to display graphical work directly on the device, and possible for the future to produce quick interactive prototypes. There is an application for iOS called LiveView which lets you bring up a container on your Mac which streams the content of the container straight to your iOS device. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any solution for Android that does this? | There is the SplashTop Desktop Streaming Application. The app is free, but has some in-app purchases for more features. They also have a few premium versions available . | How can I stream PC desktop, 1:1 pixel ratio, to Android device? | android |
I have a Galaxy Nexus 'maguro' and a laptop with Ubuntu 12.10. I'm trying to install Ubuntu Touch preview. I installed the adb and fastboot packages, and adb detects the device when it is booted in to Android. But when I do a reboot-bootloader, it no longer turns up in the devices list. | " Boot loader mode" is also known as "fast boot mode" hence you need to use fastboot utility to access the device. This utility is part of Android SDK, and can be found in the same location as adb - <code> <SDK install location>\platform-tools\ </code> | ADB does not work in boot loader mode | android |
I enjoy modding my phone with custom roms, kernel patches, and custom bootloaders. I know that the bootloader/recovery can be overwritten, as can pretty much any partition that exists on the phone. Even the radio can be flashed, though this is not generally an option available since you could permanently brick a phone that way. My question is how phone companies can lock down a phone (ie tie it to their carrier) if a rooted phone gets access to basically everything? I lack the knowledge in the architecture of how a locked phone works, so I'm guessing there has to be some chip that is not accessible. Can someone shed some light as to how exactly a phone gets locked? | Most phones have separate AP (application processor) and BP (baseband processor AKA modem AKA radio). "Rooting" results in gaining control over the AP. The carrier "subsidy" lock is residing in BP. Most custom ROMs just include stock (i.e. still locked) BP image as a binary BLOB. Since the BP code is proprietary and never gets released to public. | Why can't all rooted phones be unlocked? | android |
When you swipe up from the home button in Jelly Bean you get a cute semicircle with a Google Now shortcut on top. This circle shape makes it perfect for adding other shortcuts. For instance, you could have the Gmail icon on the left side of the circle and the Chrome icon on the right side. Is there any way to get this functionality (different launcher, some rooted app, different ROM)? | You can get this functionality with these launchers: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sudomakemeanapp.sudoquicklaunch http://www.droid-life.com/2013/01/23/lmt-launcher-brings-pie-goodness-without-the-custom-rom/ | Add more functions to the home button circle shortcut | android |
I am running Viber on Jelly Bean 4.2.2 and when there is an update, Google Play will notify me once. But once a day until I update the app Viber itself puts an icon in my notification top bar. How do I stop this? I dont want to stop knowing about updates from play, nor do I want to buy or install other apps to take care of this issue. There should be a solution within either jelly bean or viber itself. | From DigitalTrends , when an offending notification pops up, simply long press on it and <code> App Info </code> will pop up. Tap on that and you’ll be taken straight to the app management screen where you can uncheck the <code> Show notifications </code> box and stop notifications appearing. You can also get to the app management screen by going to <code> Settings -> Apps </code> and selecting the app from there. Unchecking the show notifications box does mean that all notifications from that app will be turned off though. As the warning states: If you turn off notifications for this app, you may miss important alerts and updates. | How to stop Viber telling me to update in the notification bar | android |
The tablet has a wifi, a microphone and a speaker. It would be ideal to make calls with, but Viber states it is incompatible. Is there any way around this? | It just can't be done. Similarly WhatsApp too doesn't work on non GSM devices. | Is there any way to use Viber on a tablet without a gsm module? | android |
My Galaxy S3 has developed a graphics fault (see image) and I don't know the cause or the cure. It has not been exposed to humidity or any thing magnetic and to the best of my knowledge it has not been dropped. Im not sure whether its a hardware or an Android OS issue. The fault is a purplish blemish that seems to be getting darker and bigger with time. Has any body got any idea of the cause but more importantly the cure (if any). Many Thanks | Your phone officially needs a trip back to a Samsung Service center That is in No Way caused by any android glitch, as the issue is progressive (getting darker, bigger in time). It might be caused by some shock that made the lcd inside crack and bleed. | Galaxy S3 graphics issue, how to resolve? | android |
I have an LG P990, and I recently upgraded it to ICS. Since that charging is much slower, and energy consumption much faster. I could live with it, I charged it at work and at home too. Yesterday however went from 85% to empty in one night. 49% of the energy consumption is Wifi, according to Battery usage. So I want an aplication, that periodically turns wifi on, and after a few minutes off. Every program I was able to find did the first part, but when it found a known network, left it on indefinitely. In the settings I have "Keep wifi on during sleep" set on Never. Does not help. | Before doing so, I'd consider two more things: Finding the real cause High WiFi usage is not caused by WiFi itself (standby), but most likely by another app constantly requesting it to "stay awake". So first check stackexchange-url ("How to deal with (orphaned) WakeLocks?") -- which also deals with this. Checking your WiFi standby policy In Settings→Wireless & Networks→WiFi , when pressing the menu button, an item named "Advanced" appears. Tap that to go into the advanced settings and check the Wifi Standby Policy . There are 3 options available: Always: WiFi stays awake even when the display is turned off. Useful if you're streaming music. Only when connected: Only when a power source is connected (i.e. the device is charging) -- as in that case the "battery consumption" usually is not an issue. Never: WiFi goes to standby as soon as the display is turned off. WiFi managing tools If this requirement still is present after thoroughly checking above two points, there are multiple options available in this section -- enough to fill at least a small book. First, there are tools like e.g. JuiceDefender or GreenPower , dealing not only with WiFi and mobile networks, but covering a lot more energy saving stuff. Other interesting tools might include WifiBatt and many others -- just check the related apps on their playstore pages, or use Mapsaurus to find similar apps. | is there a way to automatically turn off wifi? | android |
Just installed a 32gb SD card in my Samsung S2. Is there a way to configure ICS to save all pictures/videos to the SD card instead of internal memory? | You should be able to do this from the settings of the Camera app, rather than the system settings. | Configure Android to save pictures/video to SDCard | android |
Me and my partner have been searching for ages for a calendar application that will sync across both Android and iOS devices (as she has an iPhone). We would love to be able to see each others calendars but can't find an app anywhere which will let us do this effectively? Anybody know of any? | This isn't really an Android problem, per se . My wife and I have been effectively sharing our calendars for a few years. I use Android, she uses an iPhone. The secret sauce is to use Google Calendar . We each have our own Google Accounts, and have shared (read-access) with each other. We also have created shared calendars for both of our kids, Household events (e.g., when is the trash picked up), Local events we might want to attend, and the schedule for their schools Getting the calendar(s) into Android is academic (and I just use the standard Calendar app). She simply needed to connect her calendar app. (She is having a problem where sometimes events she creates on her device don't show up, but that's an iPhone issue.) | Any way to synchronize calendar app across Android and iOS? | android |
I have been trying for some time the ICS Rom from the Team Blackout, but Im not very happy to it. I would like to go back to how my phone was when i bought it. I'd like to make a TOTAL reset. That means: No media saved No accounts saved No settings saved No apps saved Original Android 2.3 back Basically, as it was when I unboxed it. Is this possible? If anyone could give me some instructions, I'd be very thankful. I'm not much of an expert in working with Android systems (A friend helped me "root it") and Im not sure how to proceed. Thanks | From what I can tell from research you should be able to download the RUU from here and run it. This requires a Windows computer as it is a .exe file. Download the file to your computer, plug your phone in to your computer and run the file. It should return your phone to the latest factory shipped OS and remove root. | Completely reset my Desire HD | android |
According to my battery graph the phone went from 85% to 0 in an instant. I wanted to add a screenshot, but I do not have enough reputation. The last time I checked it was nearly full, and 7 hours later in the morning it was empty. At home I charged it until it showed 29 percent, but by the time I got to the office, it was 32. How can this be? How can I prevent it in the future? LG P990, Android 4.0 | It could be a misbehaving app keeping the device awake; I have that about once a month with my Motorola Milestone 2 . Did not figure out how to prevent it, but a reboot always solved it. A proposal how to "catch" it, however: There's an app called DrainGuard available on the playstore. It watches your battery consumption, and gives an alert as soon as it detects a "sudden drop". This helps to notice the "power drain" before the "5% alert" makes a noise and switches your phone off -- so you can either start investigating while the process is ongoing (some time left before "full drain"), or simply trigger an immediate reboot to "kick the bad guy out" when in a hurry. | what could cause a sudden drop in battery life? | android |
Is there any way to sync my Bookmarks between my BlackBerry Torch and My Samsung Tablet? | Answer copied from Drake in stackexchange-url ("Can I sync Firefox bookmarks with Android?") Xmarks Premium allows to synchronize all bookmarks between different PCs (supports Chrome, Firefox and more) and different mobile phones/tablet (Android, iPhone, Blackberry) for 12$/year. Edit #1: If you're looking for a FREE alternative, you can try Dolphin browser (it's available for both Android and Blackberry). Dolphin lets you sync bookmarks . | Any way to sync Bookmarks between Android and Blackberry? | android |
I need to fix a friend's phone this evening that has suddenly produced loads of android.process.media and com.google.process.gapps errors. I am going to reinstall the OS as it's an older ROM but it got me wondering: there is memtest for x86 based devices that will test the RAM of a PC, is there a similar app that can be loaded in place of an OS on Android that will do the same thing? | Yes there is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.into.stability But if you don't have root, then it is a bit limited in features. | Is there an internal memory test for Android devices? | android |
My Sony Xperia Neo V mobile cannot load the desktop screen, menus and all. The mobile gets started and shows the "SONY" and "XPERIA" splash screens. After that, again the phone gets restarted and displays the splash screens again. Can anyone please tell me if there is any problem occuring in the OS or in the hardware? Before it happens I kept my phone in my pocket which is in slightly wet. SPECS: Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V (MT11i) Build number / version - Android 4.1.B.0.587 OS - ICS | A boot-loop can have different reasons. Though in most cases this happens after flashing a new ROM, other things might affect it as well: e.g. some system related apps which have services or the like started quite early. But those special cases usually rather result in a force-close-loop than in a boot-loop. Things you can try: Safe mode See whether you can boot your device into safe mode (according to an XDA post , this should be achieved by keeping Vol- and Power pressed simultaneously until the phone is booted up, and shows the string "safe mode" in the lower left corner). If that works, it is one of the apps you lately installed which causes this problem. Go and remove the app (via Settings→Apps→Manage Apps ), reboot, and you should be fine. In case you get problems leaving safe mode : Power down, take out the battery for 30s, insert it again, power up. Recovery mode If safe mode is not reachable either, you can try booting to recovery mode (should be Vol+ + Vol- + Power ). In the menu appearing there, select to "Wipe Cache". Reboot. If the problem still persists, and you have no custom recovery, all that's left to you to try is a factory reset . This will wipe all your data and the apps you've installed. You can do so from the very same recovery menu by chosing "Wipe data" or "Factory reset" (it is labeled either the one or the other). In case you have a custom recovery, you can try first to only "Wipe Dalvik Cache". | Xperia Neo V not able to load OS | android |
I have an application running on a rooted no-name Android tablet running ICS 4.0.3 that controls a USB device via the USB host mode interface. The android.hardware.usb.host.xml file is present in /system/etc/permissions and everything works wonderfully. Except... When I run the app for the first time following a reboot and then plug in the USB device I get a popup window saying "Allow the app APPNAME to access the USB device? [] Use by default for this USB device. Cancel OK" and I have to tap OK before it can start using the device. I need to turn off the user confirmation so that the app can use the device straight away. How do I do this? I've seem some suggestions about using a keypress generator to simulate the user tapping the button on the screen but I'd prefer to avoid that sort of approach and set things up so that the confirmation request simply doesn't happen. I probably can't get the supplier to do a custom kernel build for me, but I should be able to get the firmware signing key from them so I can sign my app as a system app, if that will help. One associated problem: ticking the "Use by default for this USB device" box doesn't appear to help - if I unplug and replug the device then I get the confirmation prompt again. I have noticed in this situation that the device number in /dev/bus/usb/001/ changes each time I unplug and replug (001, 002, 003 etc) which perhaps explains this particular problemette. | This question and answer is basically a duplicate of stackexchange-url ("stackexchange-url See the above link for an example program and more in depth discussion. As far as I know, there are two ways to get the USB permission box popup: Request permission explicitly from your application using UsbManager.requestPermission(...) Register an intent-filter on your accessory and let the system ask for permission when the device is attached In the case of 1 I have found that the checkbox on the popup to remember the permission has no effect. For me, I removed all code related to permissions from my software and simply put the intent-filter in my manifest. When the USB device is plugged in, if it hasn't already been granted permission then the USB permission box will popup. If the user clicks OK without checking the remember box, then the box will popup again the next time the device is connected. However if the user checks the box and presses OK then the box should never display again (unless the software is uninstalled and then reinstalled). I'm not sure if there is a bug somewhere related to your device showing up as /dev/bus/usb/001 and then 002 etc - let me know if you are using the intent-filter, as without that the remember checkbox will do nothing. I do not know of any way that you can avoid the permission popup altogether. I suspect there is no way to do it without digging into the android code like you said. | How to stop Android asking for permission before permitting access to USB device | android |
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S2, purchased in Singapore. The OS is Android 4.0.3. I wanted to root it, and followed the method specified in this xdadevelopers post . My kernel is <code> *LPB* </code> (I dont remember the whole thing, and that post says only these 3 letters are relevant anyway). I tried to follow the instructions and flash both the LPB kernels suggested in that post, but in both cases, while booting, my device shows the Samsung screen with the yellow triangle and then immediately switches off. I am still able to go to download mode. | I solved this by following the feedback from this phandroid post I used the next higher kernel that is <code> LPD </code> and it worked! . <code> LPH </code> kernel as suggested by another answerer, did NOT work. The original solution : Hi, I had the same problem which stumped me as well. I found the answer on a different thread; just use the kernel that is the 'next one up', which in this case is LPD. Works perfectly. Adding it here just in case someone else comes looking. | Rooting of Samsung Galaxy S2 didnt work - LPB kernel | android |
I'm working for my university's CS Department, and we've got a Digital Forensics project which requires us to create a one-to-one .dd image of a T-Mobile Galaxy S3 (Jellybean 4.1), so that we can recover some deleted data. I've done some Googling, and called Samsung, but I haven't been able to find any way to create an uncompressed image without rooting, and we can't root the phone without dealing with some legal ramifications. Does anyone know of a program that can get the image without rooting? | It's impossible to obtain block level access to a block device without root, since all of those files grant the write permission only to root. At least I have never seen it any other way and I doubt that the S3 is an exception here. It's not because it's technically impossible, the default permissions simply forbid it. A this is done for a pretty good reason: It would be a major security issue if this was possible: The normal user could get a dump of all the filesystem data. | Creating a .dd image of a Galaxy S3 without rooting the phone | android |
I've done (quite) some googling, but I still don't get it. You need an MHL converter, or adapter, or something. On one end of the adapter, all resources say, there is a "standard micro-USB" port, and on the other a "standard HDMI port". If they are all so standard, what's the fuzz about 5-pins vs. 11-pins? The HDMI port must be standard for all displays to work with it I guess, so it must be something on the (apparently not so standard) micro-USB side in the phone. Looking in my phone, I can only see a 4-pins female micro-USB connector. Or are these 11 pins (I have a Galaxy Note II) buried somewhere deeper inside? Secondly, there is often talk about this "switch" that's thrown as soon as an MHL adapter is connected. USB-OTG is disabled and it becomes a display input/output port only (input for the remote control, if available). I guess that means it's not possible to connect it through a USB hub to the phone? I need a bluetooth mouse and keyboard instead of a USB mouse and keyboard if I want to do this? Or is this only applicable for the 5-pins MHL devices, and is the point of the 11-pins one that I can connect my USB hub to the micro-USB port on the adapter? Thirdly, I've also seen USB 2.0 to HDMI converters. They're twice as expensive as MHL, but they have a normal USB connection and output HDMI, so that would fit directly in my USB hub. (MHL would also fit through a microUSB-> USB converter, but it seems there is something special about the micro-USB end that I don't get.) The question is whether my phone (a Galaxy Note II) has drivers for that kind of hardware, and whether the hub is fast enough. Any ideas? Lastly, if anyone knows this, I'm curious about how this works on the inside. The graphics chip of the phone sends the video-out to its micro-USB port, just like it would with HDMI, or does it have some custom protocol that the MHL adapter then converts to HDMI? What about HDCP, how can you prevent someone from reading the output stream if every TV in the world can decrypt it already? Or is it like SSL a way to setup a secure connection to the TV so that others can't read your data stream if they were to capture it? | MHL is a new wire protocol, using very clever signalling technology to use very few wires to transmit a lot of data: 1080p video, 7.1 channel surround sound, and RCP remote control data. MHL also uses the existing power lines on USB to allow the TV to power the connected device. When connected to an MHL display, the display controller on the phone speaks the MHL protocol just like it would speak the HDMI protocol to an HDMI display. The MHL standard itself is just the signalling protocol: it doesn't specify what connectors are used. This allows the micro-USB connector on a phone to detect when it's being used for MHL, and switch to speaking the MHL protocol. Apart from the connector, there's no relationship between MHL and USB, so you can't use a USB hub: the cable has to connect directly to the device. HDCP HDCP on MHL works in exactly the same way as over an HDMI or DisplayPort connection: the intention is that only consuming devices with a valid, unrevoked device key can perform key exchange and thus decipher the content. See the Wikipedia page on HDCP if you want to learn about that, or about why the intended behaviour is not the actual behaviour. MHL connections There are three types of cable. The first is not an adaptor at all: it's just a cable for connecting an MHL producer such as a phone to an MHL consumer such as a TV. You can only use this if your TV supports MHL and has the appropriate connector. The second is the 5-pin micro-USB-to-HDMI adaptor you've mentioned. You can still only use this if your TV supports MHL, but it means the TV doesn't need a special port. It doesn't use the HDMI protocol, or convert any signals: it's just a cable with a micro-USB connector on one end and an HDMI connector on the other. The third is the 11-pin micro-USB-to-HDMI adaptor. This is needed for newer Samsung phones, which are incompatible with the 5-pin adaptors. Only the connection to the device is different: as far as the TV is concerned, it works the same as the 5-pin adaptor, and the TV must still support MHL. As you've surmised, the use for the extra pins is that 11-pin cables support using USB-on-the-go at the same time: the adaptor is Y-shaped, with a micro-USB connector at one end, and HDMI and micro-USB connectors at the other. The USB part works as normal and can be used with hubs, either in host mode or peripheral mode. DisplayLink The other thing you've seen, a "USB to HDMI convertor", is for PCs. Software running on the PC acts as an extra framebuffer , and uses proprietary compression technology to compress the video stream so that it can be sent on a normal USB link. The compression protocol is secret, and optimized for sending computer GUIs rather than movies. The HDMI end of the convertor has enough processing power inside it to decompress the stream into a framebuffer, which it sends over HDMI to the connected screen. The technology is developed and owned by DisplayLink (formerly Newnham Technologies), based near me in Cambridge, GB. Because they rely heavily on software running on the producer, they don't support Android, and likely never will. And because the compression protocol is secret and proprietary, the open-source community won't be able to supply a driver either. These devices use the standard USB protocol, so they work with hubs, but of course any delay or bandwidth contention caused by other devices will make the display laggy and add compression artifacts. | How does MHL work? | android |
Does the Google Nexus 10 tablet-PC have a standalone GPS, or does its GPS rely on GSM data? | I believe Nexus 10 has GPS hardware which can provide location information without any aid from GSM or Wi-Fi sources - same as my Nexus 7 Wi-Fi only model. I have used my Nexus 7 on road (without any data connection) and used is GPS capabilities. I'm just wondering how a did you get this suspicion when the specification clearly says about availability of the GPS? | Does the Google Nexus 10 tablet-PC have a standalone GPS? | android |
I'm wondering if it is possible to disable or uninstall this bar that I show on this image. I'm sorry i don't know what it is named that is why I included the image (click to enlarge). I'm using Android version 4.1. | Here specified how to disable this Multi window feature in Samsung 4.1 Jellybean's feature. You can disable it by clicking Multi-window Icon on Notification bar. | Disable or uninstall side bar on android | android |
Looking at the battery usage summary on my Galaxy Ace Plus (GT-S7500), I found that "Samsung Push Service" (v1.0.4) has used 29% of my battery. I'm having problems with the battery not lasting very long (about 1 day mostly on standby), so anything that extends the time a charge lasts will be valuable. What does the "Samsung Push Service" do? Should I uninstall it (I never chose to install it, so it must have been on the phone to start with), or is there another way to reduce it's battery usage? Edit: When drilling down into the Samsung Push Service from battery usage, I see that is keeping my phone permanently awake. This doesn't seem sensible! | I couldn't stop it (or do anything at all) from Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All -> Samsung Push Service. I opened "Samsung Apps" and it prompted me to upgrade. After that had completed, I went to Settings -> About Phone -> Battery Usage -> Samsung Push Service and chose Force Stop, as it still seemed to be running heavily. Upon powering the phone off and on, the App started up again, but no longer keeps the phone awake. I see it's now running version 1.1.4, which may have fixed the problem? | Why is "Samsung Push Service" using so much of my battery? | android |
I'm looking at all the cool new Android tablets, but the ones that really catch my eye (with regards to size, resolution, processor, and memory) don't seem to support Adobe Flash. Like the Barnes & Noble - NOOK HD+ BNTV600 , At least Best Buy says they don't (I haven't looked into much yet.) Most of the devices I've been interested in run Android v4.0 and seem to have good processor/memory specs. I haven't done any flash type programming in a very long time. However I do want to get more involved with Android products/app development. If it's just a software/driver type issue or something that can be overcome by some tweaking I'm fine with that. However if Flash plays a big role then I should probably just get a device that supports it! So my question is, how necessary is Adobe Flash, and in most cases (for devices that don't support it out of the box,) is it addable/installable? | Adobe Flash has been deprecated starting Jelly Bean, for reasons only Adobe knows. However, there are still workarounds for installing Flash. The trend in mobile (Android) development now is using native Android, or HTML5. Flash is discouraged, although there are still Flash websites around. Phones with older versions of Android may be able to access them. Related: stackexchange-url ("Why does Jelly Bean no longer support Flash?") | Is Adobe Flash deprecated with regards to Android Devices and Apps? | android |
My android tablet, a zoom, has started to download apk's at random without any initiation on my part. I have the don't allow foreign apk's to be installed thing checked so they can't get on to the tablet. Has anyone else caught this? I don't see anything else on the internet about it and I have done a search with Avast to no avail at finding anything. I suppose that the easiest way to remove it is factory reset. If I do that does google remember all my apps and download them instantly? Anyway any I'm grateful for any information. | Go to Settings -> Backup & reset. Then check 'Backup my data' and 'Automatic restore'. An alternative is to use an app like Ultimate Backup or Titanium. | Get rid of virus that downloads apk | android |
I just got a nexus 4 and have been trying out a couple of 'lost phone' apps. I was using the face/pattern authention for the lockscreen, but now it prompts for a password. I tried my google account password and I still can't get on. I'm not really sure what caused this, but I'd obviously like to get back on my device. How can I recover (or reset) my password? | The prompt for the password is probably caused by one of those apps. Try to remember the password you may have used for them. Or else please provide a list of the apps you've tried. (This can be achieved by going to the Google Play website and clicking on my apps. As a last resort you can restore your phone to it's factory settings by entering the recovery. To boot into the recovery press and hold power and volume up | Password method changed on nexus 4 | android |
Ok so I rooted my samsung galaxy note 10.1 today. I immediately bought the full version of adw launcher and installed it. Now I have a bit of experience with Android and launchers so I have tried all the usual methods of setting a default launcher. I tried the home key then "always use" method. I tried clearing the default on the stock launcher. And I've been looking at other methods but none sound like anything I want to risk doing with my new 500 dollar tablet. Does anyone know of a simple and straight forward method of setting a default launcher? EDIT:: It was asking me to select a default launcher despite the fact that i had said that i want it to always use ADW EX. In the end the solution was to simply use Titanium Backup and remove all the other launchers. =) (Sent from my rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 using Google Chrome) | The problem can be fixed by removing the other apps that are available to be used. After all if there is only one option, that HAS to be the default right? A good tool for this is titanium backup. It is for root users so if you do not have root you will have to find some other way of removing the app (adb would probably be your best option if you refuse to root your phone) | setting a default launcher | android |
Is there an efficient way to calibrate the battery of my tablet in order to prove or disprove the very low battery backup than using some Apps.? The context is that my tablet is giving a very low battery back up and when I contacted customer care, they are asking me to do a battery calibration by using some app. But, by some other posts in this forum and other help, I was able to understand that Battery Calibration apps does not make a much difference in battery backup improvement or to prove that my battery is really problematic. And there rises this question. Thanks for your suggestions in advance. | The best method is the manual DIY method :D Step 1: Drain your battery by using it normally until it turns off by itself Step 2: Power-on your phone, if it wakes up and you see some power left, do step 1 Step 3: If phone is now drained to the point it can't wake up, Charge it to 100% Step 4: Once fully charged, power-on phone, and charge it again. Leave it until completely charged Step 5: Unplug, use, and enjoy. This makes the phone remember the minimum and maximum voltage, discharge rate and other factors that constitute the battery capacity WARNING: Do not do this frequently! It will put strain on Li-ion batteries that majority of phones use now. Do this if and only if you are noticing shutdowns on yellow battery bar, cannot charge 100%, and erratic battery capacity display. But still I do this once a month to keep my battery calibrated. | Is there an efficient way to calibrate the battery than using some apps? | android |
I have a Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8013EAYXAR). I have tried literally everything, and I am at a loss. I have tried SuperOneClick which didn't even come CLOSE to working. I tried using Odin which seemed promising, so I went with it and kept trying. I tried stuff that was downloaded. I tried converting the official CWM to a tar.md5 (this made Odin crash). I tried adb methods (maybe I'm doing something wrong). All I ever get is the factory recovery. I can't run Titanium Backup (or really any other decent apps) without su. Please help. I'm at a loss here. EDIT -- SOLUTION If you have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and are looking to root, here are some useful links. This is the post where I found the link to the superuser file that is to be flashed via Odin. The post describes the process. NOTE: You do not need to flash CWM to get root. Here is the link to the actual su file that has been prepared for use with the Odin utility. Hope this helps anyone that gets caught up in the process of rooting their Note 10.1. =) | Have you tried this guide from RootGalaxyNote? This answer is pending an edit. Site is currently blocked at my location. | Rooting a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 | android |
I have purchased a new Micromax A57 (Ninja-3) smart cell phone. I want to install my application from Eclipse directly, because i need to see the Logcat output for testing my Application. I just installed the software which came with device and also downloaded the Drivers from this link Micromax A57 Drivers But the problem is that the device is not listed in Eclipse. I just read few articles which are telling me to root the device. But my phone is under warranty, so I don't want to root it at all, to not void its warranty. Is there anything else I could do? | Make sure that your device has usb debugging enabled. what happens if you execute "adb devices"? Is it listed? | Micromax A57 is not displayed in Eclipse Device List | android |
I'm an app developer and wondering about refunding purchases. I use Google's standard License Check library. If a user requests a refund and I refund the entire purchase price, does that prevent them from passing the license check? Or do they get to keep using the app after I refund the money? | Play Store purchases are refundable under a 15 minute window. Under that window, if the user doesn't like the app and wants a refund, using Play Store to refund the purchase will end in the user receiving back the purchase amount and the app being uninstalled from the device. Is it possible, under the refund window, to copy a paid app to the external storage for example and then once refunded, install it from there. I'm no app developer but I know some apps that despite doing this, they check somehow the purchase via Play Store and in this case, since the user hasn't bought the app (it did a refund), the app won't work as if it was purchased. In this example the app has a free and paid version, so the paid version has more features but since the user didn't paid for that, it gets the free (despite having the full installed). | Continue using app after developer refunds purchase? | android |
I'm on 4.0.3, trying to listen to music. YouTube is destroying my battery life. I always need to charge my phone at work. If I save the battery, I can work more efficiently, though. Any way to have the best of both worlds? On iPhone, you can double tap home and press the play triangle, but that doesn't work on my smart phone. Any ideas? | Try PVSTAR+ . Not the easiest UI, but it'll let you play (really just listen to) YouTube videos and a number of other sources, too, in the background. | SHARP Aquos 104sh, listen to YouTube with the backlight off? | android |
I am running Cyanogenmod 9.1 on my Samsung Galaxy SII, and would like to upgrade to version 10.1. Is there a way to do this upgrade without wiping all my apps and settings from my phone? If not, is there a good backup strategy (what should I backup, and how) for relatively easy restoration after upgrading the Cyanogenmod rom? Thank you. | Here's some advice for moving between any two Android ROMs that will serve you well: First, do a full nandroid backup if you're not feeling completely confident. You can do this in CWM Recovery, or via ADB (Android Debug Bridge). This will create an "image" of your entire device. Now that you're safe from screwing anything up beyond repair, go ahead and use TitaniumBackup to backup all your system settings and your user apps (I usually don't backup system apps as this might cause problems). Backups will be saved on your /sdcard/ and will not disappear when you wipe. (Before this step, make sure you have the ROM zip files on your sdcard, otherwise you'll have to add them via ADB) Go into CWM Recovery and wipe your device (cache and data). Remember, /sdcard/ is still fine. Now install your shiny new ROM. When you've booted your new ROM, install TitaniumBackup first of all. It will recognize that there's already TitaniumBackup files on the sdcard (from before), and you'll be able to batch install your apps and restore system settings. Some advice on restoring backups: be conservative. Start by restoring apps without user data, as old data may break the app. If somethings missing and it annoys you, restore that app only with data. Same goes for restoring system settings, deselect everything and just restore what you really want (usually just WiFi hotspots for me). | Upgrade Cyanogenmod from 9.1 to 10.1 without losing information? | android |
I would like to edit the init.rc in an i9300. I understand that editing the file as-is will not work as the file is reloaded from the boot image's ramdisk upon every bootup. After some googling, I read that I have to unpack, edit and repack the boot image. I came across the following link: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO%3a_Unpack,_Edit,_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images However, upon trying out the first command "cat /proc/mtd", I realize that my i9300 doesn't even have a /proc/mtd, so I'm wondering if any of the instructions there apply to this device. /dev/block shows mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p12, but I'm not sure which one is the boot image. From my googling it seems that mmcblk0p6 is the recovery image though. How can I edit the init.rc in this device? Thanks! | You have two choices here: Edit the stock kernel (or the kernel you're using) to enable init.d support or edit the init.rc Use a custom kernel with init.d support already enabled. I would suggest the second option as is far more easier to achieve. Once flashed a kernel with init.d support, you can add all the scripts you want to the folder that will be executed at boot time. The folder is located in <code> /etc/init.d </code> and all scripts inside that folder will be executed in order. For example, if you have: /etc/init.d/10-startup-daemon /etc/init.d/50-mount-extra-partition They will be executed in the same order I've typed them. You can change the order by changing the number at the begining of the file. | How to edit init.rc in Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300? | android |
How can I hide a jpeg image in Android Gallery? or is there a way to hide a folder of pictures for Gallery only? | If you add a file with the name <code> .nomedia </code> (note the period at the beginning) to the folder, the automatic media scanner will skip that folder in the future. Thus no images from there will appear in the Gallery. You can do this by tethering to your computer or by using one of the several folder-browsing apps in the Play Store (e.g., ES File Explorer, ASTRO). | Is there a way to hide pictures from being shown in Gallery | android |
I am using the latest stock ROM for my phone (SGS3, Vodafone variant, although rooted) and I have installed a GPS live tracking program that stays on the taskbar as a service all the time (and that's the way I want it to). When I load up some RAM-hungry games that I've installed, sometimes that service dies (along with other processes that I don't care about) because Android tries to free up memory automatically (I have no task killer installed). Is there a way to make that service having higher priority, so it won't get scooped along the other things that Android's garbage collector trashes when I open my favorite enormous apps? Thanks in advance! | The only solution I've found and seems to be working with more than one services, is to make sure that I leave open in the task manager the applications I do not want to be closed down. This isn't a bulletproof approach, but it works for hours or even days (at least in my case) and it's much faster than manually changing OOM priority (only to find out that OOM changes back after a while by the system itself). Ideal solution would be an application that monitors OOM of services specified by the user and making sure it's kept at certain levels, but I haven't found any that can do that until now. | How to keep a service from closing? | android |
I am on CyanogenMod 10.1, and I installed a font from FlipFont. But, I could not find the option to change it on the display settings. If anyone has any idea about this, please let me know. | You can use Font Installer . This app requires ROOT. | How to change font on CyanogenMod? | android |
Where can I find the WiFi proxy settings? I have the Motorola Electrify M with Android 4.1.2. I would have expected the proxy settings to be under the advanced WiFi options, but they're not there. | Long tap on the network you want to configure. Then select 'modify network'. Scroll down and check ' show advanced settings' | Configuring WiFi Proxy Settings | android |
I have a Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) with 500MB worth of videos on it (2 in total). I want to transfer those files to my computer. The catch, I have no cable. How can I transfer those files as quickly and as reliably as possible? Bluetooth isn't an option (it would take hours), can it be done over WiFi? I've tried WiFi direct, it doesn't recognize my PC. | If your remote pc has Linux, you could do it through <code> scp </code> command. See here an explication of the command. You could run this command from a terminal emulator like this one. Short example: <code> scp -r path/to/folder user@remote-PC:/path/to/where/to/save/the/files </code> <code> scp path/to/file user@remote-PC:/path/to/remote/location/where/to/save/file </code> * <code> -r </code> option means recursively copy entire folder. If your remote pc has windows, take a look at pscp . Another way is to install ES File Explorer File Manager . * Select the local files you wish to transfer (actions -> copy) * In LAN section access a folder from your remote PC and paste (actions -> paste) the selected files. * The folder from remote pc has to be shared with write permission. | How can I send large files from my device to my computer, without using a cable? | android |
I have a Motorola Electrify M, recently factory-OTA-updated to Android 4.1.2. With the update came Google Now and the Google Voice Dialer. Google's Voice Dialer sucks! It always get the name wrong, and then immediately places a call to the wrong person! It doesn't even ask for confirmation of the name, and to top it off the voice it uses is so irritating and LOUD it makes me want to jump out the window while driving down the freeway! The Voice Commands app that originally came with the phone worked reasonably well, and I'd like to get it back (or even a third party app, like Dragon Assist, would be better than the current POS that's taken over the voice capabilities of my phone). How can the Google Voice Dialer be disabled or uninstalled? | Okay, I figured out how to set the good ol' Voice Commands app as the default voice commands interface. It has to be done while not connected to a hands free device via Bluetooth. Tap into the Phone app Tap the Phone app's microphone icon In my case a prompt appeared asking me to select the default app to handle voice commands. Thereafter, it's used the correct Voice Commands app when connected via Bluetooth. For those who wanted to know how to disable Google Now , here's how it's done: Swipe up from the Home icon to activate Google Now Scroll all the way to the bottom Tap the Overflow menu (three vertical dot icon) Tap Settings Tap Google Now Tap the OFF/ON switch in the upper-right to disable Google Now | Disabling Google Voice Dialer | android |
When I install a new ROM ( <code> cm-10.1-20130213-NIGHTLY-mako.zip </code> ) using ROM Manager, I have the option of adding another ZIP during the same reboot -- this is probably meant for the Google Apps ( <code> gapps-jb-20121212-signed.zip </code> ). What if I don't add that Apps zip? What will I miss? Whenever there's a new build that I would want to install, should I always also add this ZIP? Or can I skip it because I already added it last time? | If you don't install the Google Apps package the first time, you won't have access to anything that relies on Google's services framework. This means things like: Google Play Google Talk Google Maps The Gmail application ...etc, won't function on your device because they will lack the libraries needed to run. You do not need to re-install the Google Apps package every time you update CyanogenMod. It will essentially back up your current ones and then re-install them during the flashing process. Simply flash the updated ROM however you normally would. | Must I install Google Apps again after installing a new ROM? | android |
Does the Nexus 7 have a LED flash for its front facing camera? Can somebody point me to some documentation online that states whether this is true or not? | As a Nexus 7 owner, I can confirm for you that it does not have a LED flash for its front-facing camera. In fact, off the top of my head, I can't think of a single device that does. Documentation of a feature that isn't present is going to be hard to come by. A good verification of this fact, however, is in ifixit's teardown pictures (see steps 12 and 13). Camera and light sensor, no flash. | Does the Nexus 7 have a LED flash for its camera? | android |
What is the path of the bookmarks file for Chrome in Android 4.1.2? eg is it in the /sdcard/data directory or somewhere else? | As far as I know, they are stored under: <code> data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome/default/bookmarks </code> | where are Android Chrome bookmarks? | android |
I have one Samsung tablet and one Samsung mobile phone. When I insert my Airtel SIM in tablet then it automatically sends one SMS to an unknown number, and when I insert the same SIM card into my mobile then it again sends one SMS to an unknown number. So every time an amount is deducted from my balance. I don't know what is the problem and how to get out from this problem? Is it a problem with the SIM card or with the mobile/tablet? | Hey I got solution after giving lot of time on this problem. This is the defect of Samsung Software. Actually every software version is linked with some number. But it not send any sms to that number. Because of licence, security reason they need to linked every version to particular number. If some problem occur in mobile phone then only it communicate with this number. But in some particular software there is some defect that's why it send sms when new SIM inserted into mobile. The solution is go to your nearest Samsung Service Center and update your software. | How can I stop my phone sending an SMS every time I insert a SIM card? | android |
When mounting my SD Card on my galaxy SIII files and folders in the card with characters that aren't in the ASCII range get corrupted. This happens by simply selecting 'Unmount card' in the Storage settings and mounting back. No need to physically remove the card and putting it back in. Turning the phone off and back on results in corruption as well. Folders when viewed with a file manager on the phone show up as 0-size files with a date of Dec 31, 1969 (which is the linux epoch) and can't be navigated into to see their contents. They shw as empty folders. Files turn to size zero with that same date and can't be opened nor show in Gallery, music player etc. They open as an empty folder. (See image below) I am using stock Android version 4.1.2. The card is a SanDisk 64gb micro sdxc card (class 10). The issue ocurred when the card was factory-formated (with exFAT) and also after formating with the phone (settings > storage). Examples of filenames that cause folder corruption are "Aṣa" or "דניאל". It makes no difference if the file was copied to the card using usb transfer or by taking the card out and using a reader on a Windows PC, or if the name was changed (using the phone) once the file was on the card. Files with those same names don't get corrupted if they are in the internal phone memory and I can use them without problem. When taking the card out and using it on a PC with Windows 7 files can be seen. But sometimes the affected folders appear duplicated. That is, twice with the same name both. Checking the disk with windows reports errors and attempts to fix them. But then when putting the card back in the phone the files are corrupted again. How can I prevent this corruption from happening? Update: with a 2GB card formated with FAT32 files didn't get corrupted. But after I formatted it to exFAT I could reproduce the file corruption. I think I can rule out a bad sd card. More info, this is a report from Windows 7 after running checkdisk. Note that the 3 files existed in the TestFolder directory, which was corrupted: <code> [Window Title] Checking Disk Removable Disk (M:) [Main Instruction] Some problems were found and fixed [Content] Any files that were affected by these problems were moved to a folder named "Found" on the device or disk. Your device or disk is now ready to use. If you removed the device or disk before all files were fully written to it, parts of some files might still be missing. If so, go back to the source and recopy those files to your device or disk. [^] Hide details [Close] [Expanded Information] Volume Serial Number is 6518-E54A Windows is verifying files and folders... Corruption was found while examining files in directory \TestFolder\ (0). Corruption was found while examining files in directory \TestFolder\ (3). Corruption was found while examining files in directory \TestFolder\ (6). Corruption was found while examining files and directories. File and folder verification is complete. Windows has made corrections to the file system. 62363648 KB total disk space. 41656576 KB in 43 files. 768 KB in 6 indexes. 256 KB in use by the system. 20706048 KB available on disk. 131072 bytes in each allocation unit. 487216 total allocation units on disk. 161766 allocation units available on disk. </code> Folders don't get corrupted if they are created on the phone with hebrew names, then unmounted and checked on windows. Only after re-mounting on the phone. MORE DATA: this is I think relevant info from <code> adb logcat </code> : <code> I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): fsck.exfat 1.1.0p2 I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): [fsck] Invalid dir entry: (92675,0) I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): [fsck] Wrong dir entry name hash I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): [fsck] Successfully recovered I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): Filesystem was modified. I/logwrapper( 1897): /system/bin/fsck.exfat terminated by exit(4) W/Vold ( 1897): exfat -> Filesystem modified - rechecking (pass 2) E/Vold ( 1897): MDM :: sdCardWriteAccessBlocked 0 D/Vold ( 1897): Detected exFAT file system. </code> And when booting without problematic filenames I instead get a cute little <code> I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): No errors I/Vold ( 1897): exfat -> Filesystem check completed OK </code> And from <code> adb shell </code> I can try and see the troublemakers (after remount, note 2 directories with apparently the same name, which in a windows console seems to be output as 2 characters per unicode character): <code> shell@android:/storage/extSdCard/Test $ ls * -l ls * -l drwxrwxr-x system media_rw 2013-02-18 18:39 ╫É╫æ╫Æ ╫É╫æ╫Æ: No such file or directory 1|shell@android:/storage/extSdCard/Test $ </code> | I updated my S3 from Android 4.1.2 (stock Samsung ROM) to 4.3 a couple of days ago. The problem had happened consistently for me for a year and a half, exactly as described above, in two 4.0.x (ICS) versions as well as in Jelly Bean 4.1, but in 4.3 it appears to finally been fixed: After the update I copied many files with Unicode Hebrew names to my microSD card, and they have survived numerous unmount/remounts of the card & phone restarts with no issues. Incidentally, another issue I had been encountering was that automatic rescans of the media folders on the card (done by Android's "Media Storage" system app), which occur every time a card is inserted or the phone is disconnected from USB, were taking a very long time (sometimes hours). This in turn caused issue with syncing my large music library between my Mac & phone using the iSyncr utility. This issue has also completely gone away, and I suspect that the Android media scanner wasn't dealing well with the corrupted files. Additional Details: Phone: GT-I9300 International version, unrooted, running the official Israeli unbranded Samsung firmware. Card: SanDisk 64GB Class 10 (same as original asker's IIUC), formatted to exFAT on a Mac. I didn't even bother reformatting after the 4.3 upgrade -- I simply mounted the card on the Mac in order to erase all the existing corrupted 0-length files, which as noted cannot be deleted by the various Android file utilities. | Files with names with unicode characters get corrupted in SD Card | android |
I recently got a Nexus 4, and I've got a question regarding the volume warning that pops up if you raise the volume too much. Is it possible to disable or remove this warning? I want to be able to raise the volume with the phone in my pocket (with the volume buttons) without having to pick up the phone. I listen to podcasts with low or bad audio and need to raise it above the warning level. | This is a known issue (or feature) in Android 4.2, and there's probably no fix for now. UPDATE 2013-12-10: According to stackexchange-url ("Marius Hofert"), it is still an issue in 4.4. | How can I disable the volume warning if you raise the volume too much? | android |
I would just like to know whether the website root-android.org and its product is a big scam when it comes to rooting Android devices. If it is, then I advice other would-be rooters to stay away from it if they were to come across it. | According to this ScamWarners post , it may be a SCAM. The site Root Android.org supposedly carries out the service of rooting and unrooting mobile phones with a "special" program. Like all scam sites "100% money back guarantee if not satisfied" is a in your face feature, alas nothing is further from the truth. After initial email contact regarding technical issues with the downloaded program, there is nothing and certainly no contact when exercising the refund option. I have since searched and found that the program Root Android.org uses is a free download from a few specific sites that deal openly with the global community. The old warning of buyer be ware rings true, I sincerely would not use this site again and warn anybody who is contemplating mobile phone rooting to steer clear of Root Android.org. | root-android.org - A scam? | android |
Some devices (like my Nexus 4) don't have an external slot for an SD Card. Instead, there's a root folder called <code> /sdcard/ </code> that is treated the same way. But I also find other paths that all point to the same files -- there must be some kind redirects going on (I think this is called symlinks in Linux). All these paths contain the same files: <code> /sdcard/ /storage/sdcard0/ /storage/emulated/0/ /storage/emulated/legacy/ </code> Which path is the "actual" one? What about the other paths? What are they used for, why do they exist? | Recommended lecture: stackexchange-url ("Why did /sdcard/ turn into /sdcard/0/ with 4.2?"). In short: It has to do with the multi-user functionality introduced with Jelly Bean: <code> /storage/emulated/0/ </code> : to my knowledge, this refers to the "emulated MMC" ("owner part"). Usually this is the internal one. The "0" stands for the user here, "0" is the first user aka device-owner. If you create additional users, this number will increment for each. <code> /storage/emulated/legacy/ </code> as before, but pointing to the part of the currently working user (for the owner, this would be a symlink to <code> /storage/emulated/0/ </code> ). So this path should bring every user to his "part". <code> /sdcard/ </code> : According to a stackexchange-url ("comment by Shywim"), this is a symlink to... <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> (Android < 4.0) <code> /storage/sdcard0 </code> (Android 4.0+) <code> /storage/sdcard0/ </code> : As there's no <code> legacy </code> pendant here (see comments below), the "0" in this case rather identifies the device (card) itself. One could, eventually, connect a card reader with another SDCard via OTG, which then would become <code> /storage/sdcard1 </code> (no proof for that, just a guess -- but I'd say a good one) Though one might get to the conclusion there should be a <code> /storage/sdcard/legacy </code> as well, there isn't (see comments) -- which completely makes sense with my assumption of the numbers here are not related to the user, but rather to possible multiple cards: "0" would always be the one in the card-slot of the device, so no need for a "legacy symlink" here. | Confused by the many locations of the virtual /sdcard/ | android |
This morning my Nexus 4 wouldn't turn on, so I plugged it in, but the white battery recharging icon doesn't show up when I press Power, and holding Power doesn't turn on the phone. Instead the notification light blinks a deep red. The screen was totally unresponsive. Lots of websites have plenty of doom and gloom hinting that red light = device is bricked, but I see no official source for this. What does this light mean? | This does not necessarily mean your phone is dead. Your phone will flash the red LED light briefly when the battery is completely drained. When I got this I left the phone in the charger for a while, and eventually the white "charging battery" icon appeared again. Upon turning on the device it had 0% battery. It was in fact so drained that it died while on the charger (at 0%), so I left it to charge for longer. After it regained 30% of it's battery I took it to work and it seems to be draining, charging and working normally. I'm not sure why lots of sites claim this means your phone is dead, lots of them just say "what else would a blinking red light mean", but definitely leave your phone plugged in for a while and attempt to turn it on again before you attempt to get your phone repaired. Also if a normal microUSB doesn't seem to be working, try the original charger + wall wart that came with your Nexus 4. My dad had this issue with the N4 and other chargers didn't seem to work. Not sure if the volt/amp/something just isn't enough from other cables or what, but Google recommended it and it seemed to work. | Red notification light on Nexus 4, won't power on, device unresponsive | android |
In firefox if I type a bunch of words instead of a web address and hit go it does a google search. You can install addons for other search engines and they appear in a list below the address bar and you can click those to perform the search on that engine instead. Is there a way to make one of these search add-ons the default? | Figured this out by looking at the desktop version. Enter "about:config" into the address bar. Search for "keyword.url" Set the value of this setting to the new search provider. For example: " https://www.duckduckgo.com/?q= " UPDATE: This has changed in the newer versions of Firefox (desktop version too). You now have to install search engine addons. Then enter "about:addons" in the address bar. Long press on the search engine add on that you wish to be default and select "Set as Default" from the menu that appears. | How do you set the default search engine in firefox? | android |
On my Nexus 4, there's a folder called <code> /sdcard/Music/ </code> (or just <code> /Music </code> when browsing the phone's storage; Windows 7 calls it <code> Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music </code> ) and I've put a lot of songs in there but the music player doesn't see any of my songs. Why can one app (the file manager, and e.g. Dropbox) see the files, but not another app (Play Music, Apollo, Jukefox)? Notes: LG Nexus 4 16GB, unlocked, with CyanogenMod 10.1 (nightly build 20130212 because nothing more stable is available but there are no crashes.) The songs are stored in the path format <code> /sdcard/Music/Artist/Album/Song title.mp3 </code> (simply because that's how they're stored on my media drive). <code> Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Eagles\On the Border\1 Already Gone.mp3 </code> <code> Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Kashmir\The Good Life\10 Kiss me goodbye.mp3 </code> <code> Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Christina St眉rmer\Freier Fall\1 Geh nicht wenn du kommst.mp3 </code> (yes there's a Chinese character in there and I don't know why; it's a German ü (umlaut u) on my original Windows media drive) I know that the songs are present and that they work because the CyanogenMod File Manager shows them and I can play them individually. They do exist! Running Rescan SD as suggested below didn't make the files appear in any of the player apps. I'm fairly certain there are no <code> .nomedia </code> files: The CyanogenMod File Manager doesn't display files that begin with a <code> . </code> (I renamed an existing TXT file and it promptly disappeared :)) but I used the Root Browser Lite to look through <code> /Music </code> and subfolders -- the only match I found was the one I had renamed, and I have deleted that now. My Windows pc at work couldn't see the files either, but after unplugging/replugging the USB it now can see+open+play the files. (I've now revised this question to remove the Windows part.) I'm still mystified by the fact that file-browser apps see the files but music-player apps don't. | Seeing a file name like <code> Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Christina St眉rmer\Freier Fall\1 Geh nicht wenn du kommst.mp3 </code> points to a special problem with "special characters" (such as German Umlauts) which got messed up on data transfer: While Windoze uses its own character set (MS-ANSI or wone of the WIN-12xx, depending on configuration), Android expects UTF-8 -- which is why it's a good custom to use only 7-bit ASCII characters in file names. Due to this mismatch and the "unidentifyable character", the media scanner most likely has crashed. Which resulted in the media database not being populated, from which follows: The players think "no media files there". Proposed actions I'd suggest to either temporarily delete or at least rename all affected files, so that no file with "special characters" in its name remains. Then have the media scanner run again (e.g. triggering it with Rescan SD). Once that's finished, I'm pretty sure your media player(s) will find something to play (with). That being approved, you know what to look for in the future. As said before, I strongly recommend to restict characters in file names to 7-bit ASCII -- that avoids a lot of problems, though some names might look a little strange ;) | Why can't music players find my audio files? | android |
I noticed that our HTC Thunderbolts were upgraded from Android 2.3 to Android 4.0. That is very nice, I thought it would never upgrade. Now that it did, I am wondering, why / what rules qualify an upgrade? Is it once every 18 months regardless? Is it diverse depending on which phone you have? does it also depend on the carrier and/or brand? (are the HTC phones generally this way, or is it Verizon's choice) Please clarify the Android OS update policy for me. It would be extra good if you knew the policy on the iPhone OS, and how it compares. Oh, and I already know that apps (YouTube, Play Store, Play Music, Gmail, Games) are not part of the OS, except for certain bundled apps. (Camera, Internet, Phone, etc.) | There isn't a specific Android OS Upgrade Policy. If it's a Nexus device and it can handle the latest version of Android it will get the latest version of Android from Google. Other than that it is up to manufacturers to update drivers and their specific customized version of Android for their own devices and then it is up to the carriers to approve those updates and release them to users' phones. Apple has only one phone basically and they release updates on what seems to be a yearly basis and update is done via their own service, not restricted by carriers. | What is the typtical Android OS Upgrade policy? | android |
I recently picked up an HTC One V phone for practically free. I want to use it as a "media device" in my home. I have it hooked up to a dock and would like to have Netflix/Pandora/Play Music (linked to my personal Google account) installed. Since I frequently have guests in my home, I do not want ANY access to my personal things. (GMail and Play Store). What is the safest way to remove access to Gmail and the Play Store (or to force password entry every time), while allowing full access to my Play Music without a password? | You could use a so called "App Locker" like e.g. App Lock , which allow you to protect selected apps with a pattern lock. A more restrictive way would be to turn your tab into a "Kiosk device" (details can be found following the kiosk-mode tag; just 6 questions, so it should be easy to browse). | Removing Gmail app for guest device in my home | android |
I'm looking for a way to send an email to myself as quickly as possible. I am using my inbox as TODO list, and sometimes even send emails to myself to add new items… The optimal solution would be one where after a single touch on homescreen and typing a line of text (like: “Buy Milk”), some app or service would automatically send an email to my address with subject equal to what I typed. I wish to avoid choosing destination address, being forced to type something into the body and so on. I'm currently using Evernote for that, occasionally moving items to my INBOX manually. But even then it's 5 or 6 touches + several seconds needed to load Evernote on my a bit dated Milestone 1. Thanks for any ideas. | You might want to take a look at e.g. Mail Myself / SelfMail (which integrate into the Share menu), or Email Me / Email To Self : Create homescreen shortcuts which use a preselected email address and/or label by long pressing on a blank space on your homescreen, then select Shortcuts, then Email To Self. Guess that's what you're looking for ;) | Quickly send an email | android |
I downloaded a game from Google Play. In the permission page, I noticed that it asks for my personal information. <code> Allow this application to: Your personal information read sensitive log data. </code> Why in the world a game needs my personal information to run? so I decided not to install it. However, I really want to play this game. My question is this, is there any way to fake my personal information so developer of the game can not be able to reach my info? <code> My Android version : 4.0.2 Model number : GT-N7000 Baseband version : N7000XXLB2 </code> | Summing up from the comments on the question itself, so it doesn't "get lost": As stackexchange-url ("ce4") pointed out: The <code> READ_LOGS </code> permission requested by the app grants it access to the system logs, which might include sensitive information logged by other apps (also system apps). However note, that this specific problem has been adressed by Google with Jelly Bean onwards (apps can only read their very own logs , and not everything in the log since then). So the <code> READ_LOGS </code> permission on Android 4.1+ is safe. You can install the app without fear on Jelly Bean devices (but not ICS and below). PDroid If one has CyanogenMod (or a compatible ROM) installed, there's the option to use PDroid in one of its incarnations. Visit the XDA-Developers for information on... The OpenPDroid AutoPatcher , working on Linux, MacOSX, and meanwhile also Windows. With this tool you can patch a ROM image so it will contain the PDroid functionality. The OpenPDroid project . This thread gives you detailed information on what OpenPDroid is, what it does, what features it includes, and more. PDroid 2.0 , which now also offers support for stock ROMs. Tons of screenshots there, for sure an interesting read! Still, PDroid is nothing for Android newbies to install -- it's not like just picking an <code> .apk </code> and go. All PDroid incarnations require you to patch an existing ROM image file, which you then must flash to your device. So no easy-go. LBE LBE Privacy Guard , on the other hand, can just be installed straight from the playstore if you run Android 4.0 or below . There are issues with JellyBean like e.g. boot-loops, so do not install the playstore version on JellyBean devices! At least not if it was not updated May 2013 or later. You have been warned! For JellyBean users, again XDA is a good source: some busy members took care to translate the Chinese LBE安全大师 ( LBE Security Master ) to different languages. The thread can be found here , and this version does not boot-loop JellyBean. XPrivacy XPrivacy is pretty new in this area (I just discovered it recently, after I wrote this answer -- so I felt the need to update it). As with the other mentioned solutions, it requires a rooted device. In order to install the app, you also need a Custom Recovery such as e.g. clockworkmod or twrp . XPrivacy is based on the Xposed-Framework , so you will need that as well. Requiring Android 4.1 or higher, this seems a nice option for those having used LBE Privacy Guard before, and don't want to use the overloaded LBE Security Master on JellyBean. From its behavior it's comparable to LBE : on a per-app basis, permissions can be set separately. In most cases, if you "revoke" a permission, "fake data" will be served instead -- with two exceptions, where this seems not to be possible (internet and external storage). More details can be found on the project page . CyanogenMod, Paranoid Android, & Co. with Privacy Guard CM 10.1 nightlies and onwards of CyanogenMod as well as Paranoid Android already ship with a Privacy Guard , which lets you define what apps should be placed into "incognito mode". While that's better than nothing, it's just an on/off switch: either the app is put into "incognito", or it is not. No selective withdrawal of permissions here. Android 4.3+ App-Ops With Android 4.3, Google finally introduced a kind of "permission manager". In 4.3, it's still hidden, but can easily be made available: App-Ops allow you a fine grained control over your privacy, almost similar to what PDroid , LBE , and XPrivacy provide. But just almost: not all permissions can be revoked here (e.g. network/internet access cannot). | how to fake my personal information | android |
I have a Nexus 4, and I would like to be able to switch it to vibrate mode without having to look at the screen or unlock it. My previous phones had this ability (my iPhone had a switch dedicated to this on the side, and on my flip phone before that I just held down the volume down button). I've found this feature pretty useful in many situations where I realize after the fact that I want my phone to be silent, but I don't want to show that I'm silencing my phone (movie theaters, churches, meetings, etc.). I keep my phone in my pants pocket, and the other two phones allowed me to silence them without even removing them from my pocket. I've tried holding down the volume up, volume down, or power buttons, but that doesn't do anything. I know that there are apps that I can configure to automatically silence based on my location, time of day, and/or calendar items, and while those are useful they still don't give me a universal way to silence the phone with minimal interaction. A home screen or lock screen widget won't work for me because my work requires that my phone lock itself, and doesn't allow me to put widgets on the lock screen. I'm also not interested in rooting my phone, but a free or paid app (preferably on the Google Play store) is fine. Really, an ideal solution would be an app or setting that allows me to press and hold the volume down button (while the phone is still locked) to put it in vibrate mode. | The following short procedure should work: press power button (enable the screen) hold power button for 1 second ( new required step on Android 4.2.2 , not needed on 4.2.1) press volume up or down until phone vibrates optionally press power button again (turn off screen) The idea is to enable the screen first, because then volume buttons would be enabled to change ringer volume (when screen is off they only work for music volume if it is playing). Then depending on what volume you had set you need to press volume up or down: if volume was set to silent, press volume up once, the phone should vibrate, now the phone is in vibrate only mode if volume was set to regular ringtone, press volume down several times until phone vibrates. Now phone is in vibrate mode. Pressing volume down again would enable silent mode. So you need to press volume down or up until you feel single vibrate and the you can leave the phone as is and it should turn off screen after short time by default. There shouldn't be much risk leaving screen enabled in a pocket for a while, but if you want you can press power button again to disable screen, but you risk pressing volume keys again which might either put phone in silent mode or enable ringtone. Full procedure that should always work: press power button (enable lock screen) press volume down up to 7 times until phone vibrates then stop the procedure (this assumes there are 9 levels of volume, see below) if phone not vibrated press volume up (you were probably in silent mode), phone should vibrate if phone not vibrated repeat the procedure only one more time (maybe screen was enabled and first step turned it off) optionally if phone vibrated, press power button once to turn off screen Phone changes between following states when pressing volume up/down keys: Maximum volume ... ... Medium volume ... ... Minimum volume vibration only no sound, no vibration - silent mode The procedure was tested on Galaxy Nexus, but since Nexus 4 is very similar (same button layout/number, OS version, nexus brand) it should also work for it. Update: Since android 4.2.2 changing volume on lock screen as described above does not work. There is additional step needed: holding power button for at least 1 second when screen is enabled. This will bring the "power off/airplaine mode" dialog and volume buttons will work there. | How to switch to vibrate mode using only hardware keys | android |
My phone (Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX) seems to have problems accepting touch input when connected to a non-OEM power source. When connected to my computer via USB, it accepts input fine, as it does when connected to an Xbox 360 through USB. When connected to the wall USB charger it shipped with, it also accepts input fine, but when connected to a third-party wall USB charger, the touch input goes crazy and starts selecting objects all over the screen where I'm not pressing. The charger did not do this with my previous Android phone. Is this because there is some data connection it is looking for through USB so that it acts weirdly if not using an OEM charger or actually connected to a data-using device? | Though stackexchange-url ("Alex's answer") has its point; but as the OP confirmed the second adapter in question is a HTC charger, I hold it more likely that a special "PIN usage" is the cause. As I explained in my comments to the question: PinOuts describes how the PINs of the USB connector are used in general. screenshot from PinOuts.ru Note the "x" PIN which, according to the description, may be connected to GND. Now to my observation: As I was annoyed by the very same problem, I decided to dig a little deeper. I tried 3 different cables with the HTC power unit versus two other power units (one Motorola, one generic) on my Motorola Milestone 2 . In short, all cables behaved exactly the same: connected to the HTC power supply, they caused the very same behaviour described in the question, i.e. unpredictable reactions to the touchscreen. Connected to any of the other power sources, there was no such effect. So the cause very clearly was the HTC power supply. If EMI were involved, as Alex suggests, the same strange behaviour should appear here daily, as that HTC power supply is connected to a power source (and such must emmit those electro-magnetic disturbance), and my devices are often positioned not much more than 20cm from it. A connected cable might bundle that, true -- but I still hold my theory for more likely. And as one can find by looking at this XDA thread , HTC chargers do obviously use a different PIN layout -- which adds its weight to my arguments. Besides: Other devices connected to the HTC charger (I tried with two tablets, none of them a HTC) did not show the effect. So with the EMI argument, the resumé would not be "HTC builds lousy adapters", but "Motorola builds lousy displays" ;) | Why does my phone have erroneous input when connected to a non-OEM power source? | android |
I run the stock YouTube app on my HTC One X phone. There are a couple of channels I follow who post videos narrated in their local language, but with translations added as annotations on top of the video stream. These are perfectly viewable in my desktop browser but are not displayed in the Android YouTube app. Is there a setting for this I am missing, or are they just not available? | Annotations are unfortunately not supported on Android at this time: Notes Annotations appear on standard YouTube players and embedded players. Annotations do not appear on custom YouTube chromeless players. Annotations do not appear in video playbacks taking place on mobile, tablet and TV devices. Someone from Google has evidently acknowledged this feature request, but I don't believe there's any kind of timeline for its implementation (or official word that it, in fact, will be implemented). | Can the Android YouTube app display annotations? | android |
How to root Samsung Galaxy Note 2? I have no experience with rooting. Model number is GT-N7100 . Android-version 4.1.1 . | This will work on the following Galaxy Note 2: 1. International Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100 2. T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 SGH-T889 3. AT&T Galaxy Note 2 SGH-I317 Other carriers Sprint Galaxy Note 2 SPH-L900 Verizon Galaxy Note 2 SCH-I605 (Given a link to video and more description at last sentence) Step 1. Put your Galaxy Note 2 into Download mode by turning off your phone first then holding down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons together. Step 2. Once you see the warning screen, hit Volume Up button to enter ODIN Download Mode then connect a micro-USB cable from your Note 2 to your computer. Step 3. If you have to install Samsung USB drivers Step 4. Next, download GalaxyNote2Root.zip Step 5. Unzip the files. Next, open up the ODIN program by double-clicking on the .exe file. Step 6. You should see a yellow-highlighted COM box with a random number. If you don’t see it, double-check your Windows drivers (the Samsung USB drivers you installed in Step 3) and unplug, plug your Note 2 back into your computer. Step 7. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE and click on “PDA” button then find the file cwm6-root-note2.tar(in unzipped folder). Step 8. Hit Start and let ODIN flash the custom CWM Recovery. When it’s done, your Galaxy Note 2 will reboot and you should have a fully rooted Galaxy Note 2. Your phone will boot into newly installed CWM Recovery automatically once and install Superuser app and su binaries then reboot. You should find a new Superuser app called “SuperSU”. You can easily verify you have root by downloading Titanium Backup app (free on Play Store) and running it. (a Pop up will appear) In here they described with details and video that "How to root Note 2" . You have to just go for the carrier name, under which you are now. Good Luck NOTE:I'm not responsible if you mess up your phone. Make sure you know what you are doing before following any instructions. Go here .Just read it. | rooting Samsung Galaxy Note 2 | android |
Currently every app I install adds a launcher icon to the homescreen. As my default homescreens are nicely arranged and as a result full, it creates another home screen 'page' to put the icons on. This is really very annoying as I have to remove both the icon and the newly created screen on every install. Is there any way to stop apps adding a launcher to the home screen by default? | From Google Play Store application: Go into Settings Uncheck Auto-add shortcuts That will prevent Google play store from creating shortcuts to the home screen each time a new app is installed. | Can I stop installed apps adding their icon to my homescreen? | android |
My Rezound has randomly just turned off and on for a while and it doesn't stop until I take the battery out and remove the SIM card. Any ways to fix this? Thanks! | Do a hard reset, remove sim, set network type to WCDMA preferred. | Rezound in a boot loop | android |
I realized that they took <code> TinyShark </code> offline recently. I'm looking to see if anyone knew why or what the reason for that was? I've found one alternative, <code> BlueStream </code> , but I don't think that that is a solid alternative and would love to hear some more apps from you guys. | Try <code> Wiredog </code> . It's new and you can find it on Reddit in the top apps category. | Grooveshark app on Android | android |
My laptop and tablet are connected to the same access point. The LAN port of the WiFi point is connected to the router that uses DHCP protocol. I can access all the websites including secure ones without any problem using my laptop. With the tablet, I'm not able to access HTTPS websites, my Google account, and the Google Play market. Why does it work for the laptop, but not for the tablet? What can cause it, and how can I solve it? My device is Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7-Inch) I can access HTTPS websites using other networks so it means that there is a problem with my connection. | We had similar issues in our office router which had expired security certificate resulting in denial of HTTPS URLs. When we updated our certificate this issue was solved. I guess your issue should be similar. I stumbled on a web page that claims the solution. But looking at the solution I very much doubt its worth. | Unable to open secure HTTPS websites on the tablet Android | android |
I have two Gmail accounts, one that I use for mailing lists and signing up for online services and whatnot, and the other one for more important stuff like work and friends. I'd like to set it up so that my phone doesn't play the notification sound when an email comes in for the mailing list account. I only want to hear notifications for the account that has the more important email. I can't find any setting to differentiate notifications between the two accounts. Is this possible, and if so how? | This is what I did in Android 4.1 and Gmail: Open Gmail Tap the Overflow menu (three vertical dots) and select Settings Tap the account for which you don't want to get notifications Uncheck the Notifications option That should be all you need to do. | How do I disable notifications for a second Gmail account? | android |
Are the gapps (e.g. from goo.im) signed in a way that prevents tampering? Is there a way to verify they're the same as you'd get from Google? Do all / most ROMs check for this? | All Android apps are signed. Android will not run an unsigned app. In addition, the signatures are tied to the app permissions, such that if the signature was wrong, other apps would not be able to talk with it, and you would not be able to receive updates to it from Google Play. Android signing is discussed in more depth in Signing Your Applications in the Android developer documentation, from which the above information was drawn. If you are paranoid and want to stackexchange-url ("verify an app's signature"), you can use the <code> jarsigner </code> utility included with the Java Development Kit (JDK) . For example: <code> jarsigner -verify -verbose -certs Vending.apk </code> | Are the signatures of gapps from zips checked? | android |
On Samsung phones, at least I know on the Galaxy S and Galaxy SII, it is only possible to merge 5 contacts max. There is also an issue on the Google Code page of Android here , but this did not solve the Samsung specific problem. The suggested fix on XDA-Developers did not work with newer Android versions, and I'd like to stick with the official Samsung ROM. Is there way to increase the limit on contact merging? | It is, if you have root Access. Found the following solution on l0uy blog : Open <code> /system/csc/others.xml </code> and add the following child to the <code> <FeatureSet> </code> parant: <code> <CscFeature_Contact_SetLinkCountMaxAs>30</CscFeature_Contact_SetLinkCountMaxAs> </code> The <code> 30 </code> is the limit, how much contacts you will merge. choose what you want. Works fine on 4.1.2. | Is it possible to increase Samsung's limit on contact merging? | android |
For some reason my Galaxy Y GT-55360T phone running Android 2.3.6, won't connect its SD card to my Ubuntu 12.10-running PC when I plug the USB cable into it. It did before, I have no idea what I did to cause it to not mount the SD. Please help me, this is getting very annoying. | As you did not mention your phone nor the Android version, we can only make wild guesses. Simplest case: It is de-activated on your Android device Most likely you unintentionally deactivated the USB Mass Storage (or MTP, depending on device/version) mode. To get it back: When you connected the USB cable, wait 2-3 seconds, and then pull open the notification area. It should show an entry with the USB symbol which lets you chose the action to perform ("charge only", "USB Mass Storage", "MTP", ...). Chose the one you want. Now your computer should see the new device. Simple case: Your USB-cable got "broken" Of course another possibility is your USB cable "got broken" (e.g. due to physical stress). If the above did not solve your issue, you might try with a different cable. More difficult case: Ubuntu messed up Third option I can think of is that Ubuntu somehow messed up. To rule this out, try with a different computer (e.g. visit a friend if you don't have a second computer). You can also try booting from some live CD/DVD on your Ubuntu machine. Using the same machine for the test bears the risk that, if it's a hardware issue with the machine, results are simply the same; in case your USB port might be the issue, try a different port (and try a different device on the same port to cross-check). If it's Ubuntu messing things up, our sister-site AskUbuntu might prove helpful, and we are not any more... Hard case: USB port on your computer is broken I already showed above how to rule this out: Try connecting your Android device to a different USB port. If it works there, the former port most likely is broken. If not, try connecting some other USB device (external hard disk would be ideal) to the former port. If that works, the port is OK. Ultra-hard case: USB port on your Android device is broken If you cannot get anything to work on your devices USB port, it's a case for the repair shop... | How do I get my Android Phone to connect its internal SD to my PC via USB? | android |
As far as I can tell Titanium Backup is the only application that has the ability to restore this ID but there's no explanation of what it is or why one would restore it. Without restoring I'm able to access the Play Store and restore apps and settings without issue and all the apps work fine. Why should the Android ID be restored? | Some developers use the Android ID as a way of verifying who you are. So if you don't restore the Android ID, you will have to re-validate certain apps. For example, Google Play Music and Netflix will see a new device tied to your account (source). Google Play Music limits the number of devices you can have attached, so people who wipe their phone multiple times to try out new roms may have problems trying to sync with Google Play Music as they reach the 10 device limit (source). You can deauthorize devices if you have reached your limit. In practice, it's generally best to restore the ID if you are going to also restore apps via Titanium Backup. There is no upside to keeping a new ID, and there are potential downsides if you don't restore. | What are the benefits of "Restore Android ID from a backup" after a factory reset? | android |
Recently I received via email an <code> .epub </code> file (eBook). When I try to download it I get an error message that says "Aucune application ne peux afficher la pièce jointe" (no application can show the attached file). There was a short time I don't read on my Android phone, so when I have the first error message I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Aldiko app. But my phone still tells me with "Aucune application ne peux afficher la pièce jointe" (no application can show the attached file). Has anyone had the same problem? Does anyone have a resolution? | There are multiple solutions. As I don't know how you tried to download it (or with which app you received it), I'll give you a few "blind shots": Downloading it with the browser: This might give you the error you described (see below for a possible solution on this), or might simply store the file in your downloads folder (depending on the browser used). In the latter case, the saved file is often mis-named to <code> .epub.html </code> , so you'd have to rename it and strip the <code> .html </code> off to be able to open the book with your reader. Receiving it with the mail/gmail app: There should be a way to simply "save the attachment" to your sdcard. You need to find the correct folder with some eBook readers; Aldiko might offer you to import it to its library from wherever you've stored it. Downloading it with your PC, and copying it to your device: Same steps as above after saving the attachment. Try Moon+ Reader as alternative eBook Reader app: As far as I remember, Moon+ registers itself for the <code> .epub </code> extension, which should completely solve your problem with the error message (the book would be opened directly in Moon+ Reader ). And even if not, it has a lot of OPDS libraries pre-configured where you can download books from directly from within the app. One or more of above items should help you out of your misery. Enjoy eBook reading! PS: If you like Moon+ : Until the end of this month (February 28, 2013), the Pro version ( Moon+ Reader Pro ) is offered for half of its usual price to celebrate its return to the playstore after having been unfairly banned. This is an offer you should take then :) | Can't download ePub with Aldiko | android |
Hi Android Enthusiasts.. I have a galaxy S2 and the ROM I'm using is CM10.1 , i was messing with the developer options and i saw an option called "simulate second screen" i guess so i clicked that and selected 720 then it froze .. i forced rebooted it and stops at the end of the boot animation and get stuck there.. any ideas please? if there's a way to do it w/o flashing a new ROM.. thanks | In this situation you have two options, which I'd try in the given order: Safe Mode Boot into Safe Mode (details for what Safe Mode is and how to boot your device into Safe Mode can be found in the article How to Boot Android 4.1+ into Safe Mode: Method 1: hold down Power button until the power-menu pops up press and hold the "restart" option in the dialog box, select "Safe Mode" and hit "OK" Method 2: Reboot your device hold the Vol+ and Vol- buttons at the same time to enter Safe Mode. A "Safe Mode" watermark in the lower left corner tells you you've been successful. Obviously, you'd have to chose Method 2 as your device won't power up normally. Now, while in Safe Mode , change the "Developer options" back to normal. Then do a normal reboot to leave Safe Mode . Hint: If your device sticks in Safe Mode , power down and remove the battery for a few minutes. Then re-insert the battery, and the device should boot up normally. Factory Reset As a last resort, you can do a factory reset. Be aware that this will delete all your data, plus the apps you've installed yourself (i.e. the pre-installed apps won't be touched; your SDcard should also remain untouched). As your device still is unable to boot up normally, you can reset it via the recovery menu. Check your device's manual for how to boot into recovery; on many devices, this is done by holding the Vol+ and Power buttons pressed simultaneously until the device booted up to recovery. Other devices may use different combinations; so either try a few, try Google search, or search our site for it. Of course you can ask it in a separate question if you're still out of look ;) | How can i get my phone to boot again OR reset my developer options? | android |
It runs Android 2.3.6 and has the 2.3.38.6-perf kernel version. I've already tried using SuperOneClick but it doesn't work. :( I'm rather contented with it ( oh wait, it has this puny internal storage, 120+ mb, but I can live with that ) and I'd rather just leave it alone except for the fact that Huawei saw it fit not to add proxy support. My university network uses proxies so the smartphone is rather useless at school. I tried proxy apps but they all require the phone to be rooted. I hope somebody here can guide me in rooting this phone. Thank you for your time :) UPDATE: I tried SRSRoot as @Izzy suggested, unfortunately, it doesn't work either :( <code> ---= SRS One-Click-Root v4.3 =--- 11:29:51 PM - Starting ADB Server.. 11:29:57 PM - Manufacturer: HUAWEI 11:29:58 PM - Model: HUAWEI Y210-0100 11:29:58 PM - Android Version: 2.3.6 11:29:58 PM - Build ID: Y210-0100V100R001C294B837 11:29:58 PM - Board ID: Y210-0100 11:29:58 PM - Chipset Platform: msm7k 11:29:58 PM - Getting OffSets.. : 0x8003 0x8005 (False) 11:30:00 PM - Query Server for Best Method.. Found Rootkit: 2 ----= Start Rooting Process.. Please Wait =---- 11:30:00 PM [+] Testing exploit: root2a (Please wait it can take some minutes).... 11:30:21 PM [+] Executing root2a exploit Failed, Proceed next... 11:30:21 PM [+] Testing exploit: root4 (please wait..) 11:30:24 PM [+] Device Reboot #1 (Wait till it's started) 11:33:23 PM [+] Executing root4 exploit Failed. (Root Error: 0) 11:33:23 PM [+] Testing exploit: root4b (please wait..) 11:33:27 PM [+] Device Reboot #1 (Wait till it's started) 11:36:45 PM [+] Device Reboot #2 (Wait till it's started) 11:39:57 PM Auto Root Failed on this device. :( 11:39:57 PM Rebooting Device and try again... </code> | That was for y210D. You need to flash it stock again and root it with a y210 insecure boot image. You can get the stock ROM here . | How to root Huawei Y210? | android |
I've got a Samsung Galaxy 3 with Android 4.1.2. I changed my SIM card today and was worried I might lose contact so I've backed them up. I've always found the contacts very confusing and obviously I messed up the restore process and I now have hundreds of duplicates, single contacts appearing up to 20 times. To be precise - they are not exactly 20x the same, but say for a person 4 times the phone number as separate contacts, 12 times for two different email addresses, 4 times for Skype etc ... I've tried to push them all to Gmail and delete/edit them online and then reimport, but it seems that step missed quite a few contacts that have only phone numbers. I also have to admit that I totally don't understand how all the contacts are separated internally (on SIM, on SD, Google, Samsung; import to/from/merge/push/blabla ... why can't there be a single list of contacts). I know I am not able to clean the contacts up on the phone - there's simply too many. So question: what would be the best way out of this chaos? Thanks heaps EDIT: ok, kind of did it. Superbackup app, uploaded to Gmail, imported, merged and de-duped by Google, exported tp vcf, deleted old vcf files on phone, figured out where Android wanted the new vcf, reimported ... and looks halfway sane. But there must be an easier way, right? | There is a single list of contacts. But smartphones allow many different contact providers (Google Contacts, Facebook, SIM card, internal phone contacts, Skype, ...). But they are all shown within the same app in a single list. A symbol tells you where the contact came from. I recommend to use Google Contacts as main contacts provider. Don't save contacts on the SIM card and the internal phone memory. Google contacts are automatically synced with your phone and the cloud. You can comfortably edit the contacts @ google.com/contacts . Every edit is instantly propagated to your phone. And if you change your device you simply add your Google account and all your contacts will appear there, too. No more SIM card contact importing/exporting. In order to solve the problem of duplicate contacts from different contact providers Android provides a 'join contacts' feature, which merges the information from different providers into one single contact. | How does contact management work? | android |
LINE is an app like Skype+Facebook. Is there a way to prevent LINE from reading my phone number and using it for any purpose? (search/identification/...) | I'm afraid not. If you're not happy with the permissions it uses, don't install it. | Can I use LINE without giving out my phone number? | android |
I am fine with the news that Android Jelly Bean no longer supports Flash. But being an Android developer, I am surprised that they did not release a reason for that. Does anybody know? | Adobe decided to stop support for its Flash Player on Android mainly because of HTML5 doesn't need flash player to play videos. Unfortunately, that didn't mean all Web sites you visit would start using HTML5 instead of Flash (though it would have been nice). If some of the Web sites you want to look at are using Flash, the last version of Adobe Flash Player that landed on the Google Play Store will work with your Jelly Bean device. However, since it's no longer available through the Play Store, you'll need to install it from a side-loaded APK. They've only stopped support, doesn't mean that it won't work but if it doesn't on certain devices then they won't fix it or support it. You can still install it from here. | Why does Jelly Bean no longer support Flash? | android |
I installed many applications, and some of them have specific permissions. How do I get a list of all applications with a specific permission? I'm interested in SMS permissions. I do not want to write an app for that yet :-) My problem is that the Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1 Messaging app takes up too much CPU - over 20%. So, I need to see which of my installed apps may be misbehaving. | There is a FREE app called Permission Explorer . Check the MESSAGES category in that app. | Getting a list of applications with SMS permission | android |
I am using a Samsung Tab 2. There is a path: <code> /mnt/external_sdcard/myfile </code> . Here, I can save, read, or write my file to the external micro SD card. I'm just wondering if this path is the same for all devices, or if it may be different. | Simple answer: No. On my device (LG P990 Optimus 2X) the path changed after upgrading from 2.3 to 4.0. Currently the path on my device is <code> /mnt/sdcard/external_sd </code> . So this is highly dependent on the device provider or on the version. | Is the external micro SD card path the same for all devices? | android |
I have this very strange issue which I discovered on my month-old Note 2. I never had this issue with my previous device which was a Nexus S. I hooked up the phone via USB to my PC, and selected <code> camera PTP </code> mode. When I browsed the folders via <code> Computer\GT-N7100\Phone\DCIM\Camera </code> , I don't see any videos that I shot. However, when I browse the files through the default <code> my files </code> app on the phone, I see them. Why is this? Windows 8 detected the device and installed all drivers too. Because of this, I am not able to move the videos shot with the phone to my PC. Any help? | Camera PTP mode means Picture Transfer Protocol. This is probably why you can't see any videos. Select USB mode and navigate to the same folder. Make sure you are checking the right "camera" folder as you may have 2, one on your SD card and one in the internal phone memory. | Cannot see the video files in the phone on my PC | android |
I'd like to add a shortcut on Android 4.2.1 to a local pptx file. Is that possible ? | In fact it's easy to do using a file explorer application. I used <code> ES File Explorer </code> but I suspect other programs have the same feature. Using <code> ES File Explorer </code> , you have to navigate to the file, then do a long click on the file icon until a menu appears. Then you choose <code> Shortcut </code> . Nothing shows the operation works but a new icon will be present in the launcher. | Can I add a shortcut to a locally stored file? | android |
I was on 4.0.4. I saw a software update notification, and I clicked it. The update was about 35mb. It downloaded successfully. But when I selected to install it, it first took more than 30 minutes. Now, there is nothing, just a black screen. Not sure even if the phone is ON or OFF. P.S. While doing all this, my battery was very low. So, I had the phone connected with my laptop to give it power. Now I can see only the black screen (as if phone is switched off) and the orange light near the speaker is blinking that usually blinks to indicate charging. | As I mentioned my phone was connected to the laptop. That was causing the problem. On my laptop MobileGo (PC suit for Android) services were running. When MobileGo detected the device it tried to connect with it. Which was actually interrupting the installation process. From my task manager I stopped the MobilGo services and the installation went through. | Blank screen while installing Software Update -- htc one x | android |
I am currently testing different web browsers and devices for compatibility with a web interface that has been developed. We have realized we have an issue with code already in production. The bug is hit because any HTTP POST requests sent from the android browser (on both a Galaxy Nexus (running JB) and a Galaxy Tab (running ICS)) are split into two TCP segments at the boundary of the HTTP headers and the HTTP POST data. Interestingly enough Chrome for Android does not exhibit this same behavior, rather the entire request is sent as one packet. We are not even close to hitting the MTU, so that is not an issue. My questions are: Is there any configuration that can be changed to prevent this? I know that both the built-in android browser and chrome use Webkit, which I was under the impression that it was built into the android OS, so why the different behavior between the browsers? Finally, what is gained or what is the intent behind this? | The browser doesn't directly control that; it's the kernel's choice, since the kernel is where the TCP implementation lives. However, one way the application can influence it is by setting the <code> TCP_NODELAY </code> option on the socket, which requests that the kernel disable Nagle's algorithm and send each chunk of data as soon as possible. This may be an optimization: since many HTTP requests contain only headers and no body, it's better for the kernel to send a packet with the headers immediately, instead of waiting a little while to see if the browser produces any more data that could fit into the same packet. | Stock Browser splitting HTTP POST requests into separate TCP segments | android |
Can I stream audio from Android to Windows through Bluetooth? If yes, how? | Yes you can. Depending on your Bluetooth adapter on your Windows computer. Connect the two together, find the Phone connection and choose "Control". There you can connect to the phone as "Music and Audio". Of course this can be different on your computer and then I cannot help you. | Can I stream audio from Android to Windows through Bluetooth? | android |
I'm trying to set the wallpaper on my Nexus7, and no matter what I try, the blue "crop" widget that lets you specify the area of the image that is the wallpaper is always in the wrong orientation. So when I make this widget as large as possible, it's only covering part of the image. The image size is 1280x800, so I should be able to use the whole image, but I can't because it seems to be always getting the orientation wrong. I've tried rotating it, this doesn't seem to make a difference. The resize widget is always the opposite of what I want it to be. It's almost as if it's detecting the image's aspect ratio and doing the opposite of what it should be doing. I've made sure the image doesn't contain any meta data which could be specifying another orientation. I'm sure there must be something I'm misunderstanding about how this widget works. It's driving me nuts though! I've attached a screenshot to make it more clear what I mean: | It looks like what you're describing is actually the proper behavior, though it's not particularly obvious why that's the case. Android, by default, scrolls your wallpaper to the left and right when you swipe around your home screen. This means that there's a sort of "virtual" desktop that represents the collection of your home screen pages, and it is (basically by definition) larger than the screen's resolution. The general rule is that the resolution of the virtual desktop will be 2x wider than the screen's physical resolution, but the height will be the same. Therefore, when Android is cropping your image for your 1280x800 screen, it's actually attempting to create a wallpaper with an aspect ratio that lines up with your 1280x1600 virtual desktop. Thus, if the image you use is 1280x800 (like your screen), it will be cropped and scaled in the process. If you'd like to make a wallpaper that fits the sizing of your virtual desktop without any cropping, stackexchange-url ("What is the default resolution of a wallpaper that fits the homescreen exactly in an Android phone?") contains some useful links and resources. | Setting wallpaper - wrong orientation | android |
I have a Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300), my current Android version is 4.0.4. I am trying to define software updates for it, via the Software Updates screen. (Settings > About). However, I get "Unable to connect to network" every time. What network is it trying to connect? Can I define it? If so, what should I define it too? Also, will software updates allow me to update to 4.1.2? If not, how can I? Can anyone please point to a resource which explains it? (Or even better, answer it here). If I'm lacking any technical details, please leave a comment and I'll edit my question right away. | May be I am too easy with you. But just for the fact of helping, were you able to access internet through your mobile? If the answer is 'Yes' then there must be a bug with your OS. (There are possibilities for that in one or two devices) My suggestion is to use 'Kies' from a PC. Last week only I got to know even GT-I9300 devices are network locked in some countries. A friend of mine's GT-I9100 started asking for Network Unlock code all of a sudden. After a master reset, we noticed some new apps from Vodafone and the default language turned into Spanish or something. So I think your GS3 might be trying to access its original operator. Or may be some other reason. Just try my suggestions if you didn't do already. | Why can't I update my device? | android |
On my Motorola Xoom running 4.0.3 I can set up an exchange email account and it will work for a day or so then it will give the <code> "unfortunately exchange services has stopped" </code> error after checking for new messages (takes a long time to check). I can re-create the account and it will re-download the emails and contacts but then it errors out again soon. | I think I've found the problem. The user has over 19 thousand emails in his inbox. I'll check this as the answer once I've confirmed it (he needs to clean up the emails first). | I get "unfortunately exchange services has stopped" a few days after setting up exchange email | android |
This is not a programming question but a usability one. News site example.com has an annoying habit: when I follow a link to an article, the site first displays a pop-up saying “come use our app instead!” So I did, but article links still open the web browser, and still bring up that pop-up. I’d like to file a bug with the app developer. Could the app have been designed to consume all URLs beginning with <code> http://example.com/ </code> ? (Otherwise I’ll complain to the web site designers.) | What you're describing is generally referred to in Android parlance as an "intent filter", and yes - Android supports this via the <code> <data> </code> element in the application's manifest file. You could point them to that documentation link in your bug report. You can also find examples on Stack Overflow with some relevant code samples: stackexchange-url ("Android Respond To URL in Intent") stackexchange-url ("Intercepting links from the browser to open my Android app") | Can an app register itself to consume certain URLs? | android |
Is there a way to download videos from DailyMotion? I do have the DailyMotion application on my phone (Canvas 2) but as far as I can see it doesn't provide any feature to download video. | Install the official dailymotion app from play store. Click the download button as seen on the picture below. (left of HD) | Download video from DailyMotion | android |
I have <code> LG Optimus L5 </code> with <code> Android 4.0.3 </code> . When <code> screen is locked </code> there are four icons (Phone, Messaging, E-mail, Camera) in the bottom of it. If I tap on it and slide, screen unlocks and the tapped app is launched. I know there are apps for stackexchange-url ("customizing lock screen") but I couldn't find any free to help me with my LG. How can I remove or change this icons on my LG device? | I found the solution by myself. In Settings > Lock Screen you can configure your Lock Screen. There are options to change the way screen is unlocked, to change wallpaper and to change widget and shortcuts. | How to change/remove icons on LG lock screen? | android |
I'm trying to install BusyBox on my rooted stock Droid DNA. Every time I try the normal install, it fails saying that the program can't be installed in <code> /system/bin </code> . If I do the smart install, it crashes and restarts the phone. Anything I can do to make it work? Edit so I looked through the busybox applet manager and about 20-30% are installed/symlinked by the smart install before it crashed the phone. I don't know if this is going to make a difference. Also, would I be better off not doing it this way and installing through clockwork mod or adb? | I ended up getting it to work by using ES File Explorer to mount system as writeable. I did a NAndroid backup first in case I needed to start over again, but after mounting system, it appears that it installed like it is supposed to. | Installing BusyBox crashes phone | android |
I use a USB OTG cable to connect USB devices such as pen drives, mice, key boards, etc. But when I connect some devices , (particularly some of the pen drives I have) it gives me following error message and prompts me to disconnect the device. I contacted my OTG cable retailer and he suggested that I should use a USB hub with a power inlet, to connect the devices which give the above error as the said error generated due to heavy power drain from the connected devices (pen drives). I want to know whether there is a possibility of bricking my phone if I use a USB hub with a power inlet. | The hub's power should only go to the hub's slave ports, not through the master port back to the phone But even if the hub uses an odd design, the most it would do is feed the phone 5V and however much amperage it will accept, same as with any bog standard wall charger. So in short, there's no risk to your phone. | USB OTG "power consumtion error" | android |
I want to export my SMS history from an iPhone and import them into a new Android phone, including timestamp, message direction (incoming|outgoing), and correspondent (sender or recipient). My specific scenario is this, but perhaps a generic solution exists - Source: iPhone 4 running iOS 5 (jailbroken, if it helps) Target: LG Nexus 4 stackexchange-url ("This old question") seems relevant except that it's aimed at Samsung devices, and it's 1½ years old. Also, there's this alarming comment: The problem with faked.org/isms2droid is that it doesn't correctly extract the iMessages correctly. It gets the wrong timestamp, and leaves the address empty and the type (which represents sent or received) is always 1 (received). I'm thinking that there could be newer solutions that are worth mentioning? | After some digging into google, I came across a software called Backuptrans . The features listed include Transfer SMS between Android and iPhone, Save SMS from Android/iPhone onto local database on computer, Restore SMS from local database to Android/iPhone and many more. I do not have an iPhone to check this software. This seems pretty good. The work steps are as simple as importing from iPhone to the computer and exporting to the Android device. More details with screenshots can be found here The only downer for this solution is that you have to pay some cash (a minimum of $29.95) to use it fully. Since you are not comfortable with iSMS2droid (iPhone SMS Import) , this seems to be the best option available. On an additional note, iSMS2droid is worth trying before you buy Backuptrans . | How do I migrate my SMS (text messages) from iPhone to Android? | android |
I want to put a custom ROM on my D2G, but I think I went about it in the wrong order. I thought that I had to do a factory reset, but that wound up setting me back. The phone demands that it be activated, but I can't get past that step. I don't want to go back to Verizon with this phone. How can I get past activation? I don't want to use the phone on another carrier. I just want access to the phone. | There's a very useful way to bypass the activation on this model of phone. When you're presented with the activation screen (the little Android), press the following corners of the screen in this order: Top Left Top Right Bottom Right Bottom Left You now have the option to completely bypass activation. | How can I bypass the activation on my Droid 2 Global? | android |
So I just bought a nexus 10 and among the many reasons for getting one, I want to take notes with it. I've bought myself a nice stylus that works wonderfully on iPads and my galaxy nexus phone. However, writing with the same stylus and exact same apps on my nexus 10 isn't working as one would hope. It seems to lag quite badly in picking up where my stylus is and this forces me to write very slowly so that it will pick up all of my strokes, thus making it pretty much useless in a classroom setting, but, like I said before, I don't see this at all with my galaxy nexus. So, why am I seeing such a huge difference in performance between these two devices when (I assume) the nexus 10 would be so much more powerful than my phone? Is it the apps or the hardware? And how do I fix this issue without just writing my own note taking app? | Make device as root Go to xda-developers.com - Seeder Topic Install last Seeder apk on your device Run it And then your device should work better. | Nexus 10 handwriting apps always lag | android |
I would like to be able to see a list of my apps sorted the date the app was last updated. Descending order is preferred, but honestly I'll take anything. One use case: Earlier today I had two apps show they needed an update. Neither was one that I use daily, but both were important enough to me that I knew I wanted to update. Unfortunately, my phone crashed shortly after the update and thus the notifications are gone. I cannot for the life of me remember what both apps were. (I blame my advancing age. I remembered one of them.) I know I wanted to check out the changes, but since I've no idea what app it was, I don't know where to look. I could open up every one of my apps in the Play Store and look at the updated date, but I've get well over a hundred apps on here and that is impractical. Do you have a technique or know of an app that would help me? | As of version 4.3.10, the Google Play Store now has a "Recently updated" section under "My apps" , which is ultimately what I wanted. | How to list my recently updated apps | android |
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