title: Android OS update - Directly or step-by-step?

text: I'm about to buy my first smartphone ( I've chosen Nexus 5 ), and I don't really know much about Android.   Nexus 5 comes with Android KitKat 4.4, and from what I read, the newest version is 4.4.3.   Now my question : do I have to first update to 4.4.1, then 4.4.2, and then finally 4.4.3 , or can I just directly update to 4.4.3 ? Also, though a bit unrelated, is the mm-qcamera-daemon issue present in all versions, or just in the latest versions ? Thanks.


title: How to unbrick a non responsive Gio

text: I downloaded ROM Manager today onto my Samsung Galaxy Gio, and after several attempts to back up my ROM in its current state I tried to reboot my phone into recovery mode through the app. It immediately died, and responds to nothing I do. I've tried booting it various ways, yet it remains as dead as a battery-less phone (no, charging doesn't do anything, although my battery was low at the time). The phone has been quite stable up till now. I don't have a custom ROM, it is rooted, and everything else is backed up. Is there anything I can do that will work?


title: Spoof user-agent in Firefox 4 for android

text: _Question_ : Is there a way to spoof your user-agent header in Firefox for Android? _Explanation_ : The thing that's kept me using Dolphin for Android for the longest time is the fact that it can spoof your user-agent header to quickly and easily avoid the mobile atrocities some people develop for their sites, still giving me the option to navigate there manually if I prefer it. I don't see this option for the latest release of Firefox for Android. It seems to load much faster and I prefer the interface to all other browsers I've tried on Android, but that feature is the only thing making me keep dolphin on my phone. Am I missing it, is there an extension that allows it, maybe an option in the phone system, or is this just not in the cards for FF on Android? If not, I'll redirect this to the Mozilla devs as a feature request, but I figured I'd come here first to see if I'm just missing an option to do it.


title: Unknown not removable apps

text: I have two apps: informacje and Czasoumilacz which I cant remove through Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. What's that and how do I handle the problem?


title: Use Only Mic in Bluetooth Headset, While Outputing Audio to 3.5mm Jack?

text: Is it possible to use **only the microphone** in a Bluetooth headset, while letting my Android phone sound through amplified speakers connected via the 3.5mm jack? More specifically, I am looking to use my Nexus One that way. I have already solved the speakers via 3.5mm jack problem (thanks to @Adrian). I am now trying to see whether I can connect a standard Bluetooth headset and use its microphone. It's OK if the same audio comes through the earpiece in the Bluetooth headset (i.e. it doesn't have to be disabled). I just want to make sure that if I buy & connect a Bluetooth headset, it will not disable the 3.5mm jack. Is this doable? Do I need to change something in the setting? (I do have CyanogenMod installed, if this helps).


title: How to create a custom boot animation?

text: How to create a custom boot animation for my Android device? My device is an HTC HD2 with Cyanogen Mod 7 installed.


title: How do I remove Selfmite worm?

text: In June this year I experienced what I've found to be called the "Selfmite" worm on my Nexus 5 smartphone. On 24.06 and 29.06 it sent the message "Dear [contact name], Look The Self- time, http://goo.gl/[...]" to 13 of my contacts, chosen in what seems to be a random order. Once I realised this had happened, I looked the issue up on Google through the phrase used in the message and found that this worm should actually install itself as an app called "The self-timer" that you should be able to uninstall, but I could not find this after looking through all of the installed apps listed in the settings page. At the time I had enabled the security option within Android that allows the installastion of apps from unknown sources and I realized my mistake then, though I do not know how the worm actually reached my phone since I had never clicked any dodgy links in messages or the internet. After this I disabled the installation of apps outside of the Play Store, and installed the avast! Mobile Security app for whatever help it may be in the future. It wasn't until this Saturday, on 23.08, that the messages were sent again to the same contacts. I had not touched any security settings, nor had I accessed any sketchy sites, and once more I have found no unusual app to have installed itself. My question now is, does anyone know of a way to prevent another occurence of this without actually wiping my phone clean? Though I wouldn't know if this would even help as I don't understand how the worm exists in the phone in the first place. Would activating Avast's firewall within their app be of use? Rather, I'm asking if going through the hassle of rooting the phone is worth the trouble. Thank you in advance to anyone who has advice or opinions to offer.


title: How to change soft key actions

text: I have a HTC one v, rooted, stock ROM. The home, back and recent app keys are touch on the glass, but not on the actual screen. In some Roms, it gives you the option to change what it does, but not in the one I'm using. Does anyone know how to change it without too much coding?


title: Record Nexus 10 screen

text: I am trying to find a way to record the screen on my Nexus 10 tablet. I make promotional videos for my company to show off our cloud-based software. I need a good way to show people that mobile devices can be used to make great use of our software. We use Nexus because it has the NFC chip reader and writer. Is there any way to do this that does not require rooting?


title: What is 720p video recording

text: I heard about the complaint of the Nexus S' lack of 720p video recording? What does 720p mean? How does it compare to the standard Samsung Galaxy S phones?


title: Copy synced videos in/from Dailymotion

text: Dailymotion-App: Is it possible to access the sync'ed videos somewhere else? I know they're saved somewhere in the Cache (`\mnt\sdcard\Android\data\com.dailymotion.dailymotion\cache\videos`). If you clear the Cache, they're gone. Is it possible to move them to somewhere else, e.g., on your sd card or even PC and watch them there?


title: Can't access internet but I'm connected to wifi.

text: I have been using my dorms WiFi forever -- but since the latest system update on my S3, it won't get internet even though im connected to the WiFi (status says I'm connected -- but the icons in the notification areas stay white). Its like that all over campus. Other places I can use the WiFi without any problems. Immediately after the mentioned update, internet worked for one more day on my phone in my dorm, but after that only other WiFi networks seem to work for me. I have no idea what the reason could be. Any ideas what I should look for?


title: HTC Desire HD Micro sd Card Ejects

text: I had just bought a new Micro sd card and it worked fine, but suddenly the card physically ejects all the time, it wont sit in the micro sd reader. When I try to format the card on the on my phone, it won't finish the processes. I have tried formatting the card on my laptop, but it does not give an effect. I tried to format it on my phone, but that does not work. I also tried on my laptop with 32 byte fat32. Any suggestions


title: I installed another SMS application, now I get notified twice

text: I have a Google Nexus One with Android 2.2. I didn't like the default SMS- application so I installed Handcent-SMS. Now when I get an SMS, I get notified twice. How can I fix this?


title: Why don't some widgets work on Cyanogen?

text: I have a HTC Hero CDMA that I upgraded to Cyanogen 6. I'm on version 6.0.0-Heroc-testing2. Before installing Cyanogen, I had the official Twitter widget and official Facebook widget on one of my screens. Ever since upgrading, I have not been able to add the Facebook widget or Twitter Widget. Both of the apps work fine, but when I go to the list of widgets I can add, neither of them is there. I'm using the default home screen/launcher that comes with Cyanogen. Other widgets such as Beautiful Widgets work just fine. Is this a problem with Cyanogen, the home screen, or something else? I have a hard time believing these widgets are only compatible with HTC Sense.


title: Selectively restrict sync for some applications to wifi only

text: I know it's been asked here how to prevent applications from using data connections. But that is not my intent. I have a Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean 4.1.1 and I would like to restrict most of applications to use my data connection. But would allow some to use it. For instance I would like to restrict Currents, Google+, Facebook, Maps and Google Now from using my data connection. But I would like GMail and Talk to use it. How can I do this? And is it also possible to set sync frequency when wither on Wifi or Data connection?


title: Does 'poor' reception deplete the battery quicker?

text: In the area where I live I sometimes have trouble with reception. The Internet stops working for me or it takes time to load pages. The phone tries and tries to connect. It seems to me that when this is happening it depletes the battery much more quickly. Is my observation correct?


title: How can I sync my Outlook calendar with my Android phone calendar?

text: I have Galaxy Europa GT-I5500 Android phone with me. The problem I am facing is I am able to Sync my Contacts and Notes with my Outlook 2007, but I am not able to sync my my phone calendar with Outlook 2007. I'd appreciate if anyone can help me with the problem I am facing.


title: Failure upgrading a rooted stock Nexus One to Android 2.2.1

text: I have a root Nexus one, that at one point ran a custom ROM, but now has the stock Android 2.2 release. I just got an update to 2.2.1, and it fails with:               Build : RA-nexus-v1.5.3     Finding update package...     Opening update package...     Verifying update package...     E:No signature (188 files)     E:Verification failed     Installation aborted.      What is the problem? Why does it say 1.5.3 in the build?


title: How can I chat with BlackBerry users?

text: Is there an app that lets me chat with BlackBerry users just by adding their PINs? Something that simulates that my Android phone belongs to the BlackBerry network? I know there are multiplatform options like WhatsApp but I am talking about an app that lets me chat with people who are using the native BlackBerry Messenger.


title: How to flash Darky's ROM from Cyanogenmod 7?

text: I want to give Darky's ROM a try on my Samsung Galaxy S; I'm currently running CM7 RC1. How would I go about doing this? Can I flash using recovery, or do I need odin? Do I need to revert to stock first?


title: How to monitor child's SMS messages?

text: Is there any way to have my son's phone set to where any text message that he receives or sends comes to my phone too.


title: I'm seeing duplicated images and videos on Gallery

text: I'm facing a strange situation on my Nexus 4, with Android version 4.2.2. I've being using it for the past 2 months without any issues whatsoever (other than a "regular" battery performance), but since last week I started seeing some duplicated albums with images on the Gallery. So, some images and videos appear twice, both with the same album name, but on a different "physical" folder, one on the folder `/storage/emulated/0/` and the other on `/storage/emulated/legacy/`. I'm absolutely positive that this issue started only last week and the "duplicated" images existed before this issue ever appeared. I haven't installed any custom ROMs, I'm not rooted and haven't installed any apps in the las week (other than Google Translate, but I find it hard to believe that this is related). If this is a duplicated, please feel free to close it and point me to that discussion. If you need any more details, I'll update my question.


title: what is updated in honeycomb 3.2.1?

text: My wifi Xoom was just updated to 3.2.1. Anyone know what this update contains?


title: Autostart browser with a webpage

text: I would like to autostart chrome or the builtin browser on a certain url on a android tablet 4.04 is that possible?


title: Windows cannot detect the Galaxy S I9000 when connected through USB

text: When I connect my Galaxy SI900 with the PC, I get the message, "A USB device connected cannot be recognised". I reinstalled drivers on the PC and it resintalled Kies. Thses didn't resolve the problem. Any suggestions.


title: Download google offline map from PC?

text: I have an android device that has no internet connection. Is there a way to download a google map for a certain region from my PC, and then copy this map to my android device so that I can use it offline there? Specifically, I want the full map of Cuba, with all zoom levels.


title: Where is the data for S Health stored?

text: I'm making a personal fitness tracker but I want to grab the days for sleep and heartbeat that gets stored on s health. Where is this stored in the filesystem (maybe an SQL lite db)?


title: Bootloader unlocked

text: Rooted samsung galaxy s4 using odin& CF Auto root. Then flashed CWM using rom manager. Now I can go to CWM recovery mode (using power+volume up+ home) . I can get NAndroid backup. Does this mean that I have unlocked my bootloader? After a lot of googling I think I should use ADB 'fast root in order to unlock bootloader. but since I'm already booting cwm in recovery mode others say I'm alreay unlocked!!! the method I used from http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/ isn't for unlocking its for rooting. please explain Thanks. actually now that I read the instruction in chainfire website don't understand why rooting worked for me he has a warning that using those auto root files on a locked bootloader will brick the phone!!!


title: Suggest a bluetooth handsfree app

text: Is there any Android app out there for bluetooth handsfree control which requires no internet connection ? I want to make calls, receive calls, sent messages and I want my messages to be read to me. I looked around and I found that all of them use some kind of online webservices. I am using Desire S, android 2.3.3


title: Is there any launcher app that behave like Iphone?

text: I've just switched from Iphone to Android (CM7), and I strongly prefer the Iphone way to manage apps. The separation between Home screen and App Drawer screen on Android is very awkward. Is there any launcher app that behave like Iphone, ie. manage, arrange apps right on the home screen? Apps I've used: LauncherPro, GO Launcher Ex, and ADWLauncher


title: Moving from one droid to another

text: I have a Motorola droid with issues (but it still turns on) and I'm exchanging it for another. How can I move contacts, mail settings, etc. to the SD card so I can transfer them to the replacement phone? Ideally I won't have to root it.


title: LiveSuit (or other similar tools) for Linux or BSD

text: I need to Flash a new ROM on to a `Allwinner A13 tablet`. But I have no access to a windows Box.   Is there any tools like LiveSuit for Linux or BSD.   Also if/how to install tablet device driver.


title: Encryption of offline mail, calendar, contacts data on Android

text: I'm very new to Android and I wonder what I can do in terms of encryption. As I read it seems that only Android >= 2.3.3 supports encryption but my new device will be running Android 2.3.1. So I think there's no native solution to encrypt offline mail, calendar and contact data. What solutions are there to protect my offline data? Is it possible to encrypt the folders belonging to mail, calendar, contact? Decrypting should always happen when the screen is not lcoked. Any ideas?


title: Third party launchers keep crashing

text: Whenever I try to add widgets to my homescreen using any third party launcher like Buzz Launcher, Nova Launcher, etc. the launcher crashes immediately and I get an error message from the system saying "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped". Please help me. P.S. - My device runs rooted Android 4.2.2 Here's the Catlog of the error -               .148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49c58 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49c90 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49cc8 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.148 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.152 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49d00 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.152 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.152 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.152 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49d38 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.152 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.152 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.152 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49d70 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.152 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.152 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49da8 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49de0 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49e18 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49e50 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49e88 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49ec0 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d49ef8 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a0c8 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a100 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a138 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a170 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a1a8 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a1e0 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a218 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a250 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a288 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a2c0 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a2f8 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a330 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a368 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.153 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a3a0 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a3d8 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a410 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a448 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a480 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a4b8 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a4f0 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.154 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.155 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.155 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a528 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.155 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.155 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.156 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a560 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.156 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.156 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.156 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a598 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.156 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.156 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.157 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a5d0 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.157 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.157 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.157 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a608 len=1,timeo=0     03-07 22:33:01.157 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Doing SSL_Read() ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.157 D/NativeCrypto(24460): Returned from SSL_Read() with result 1, error code 0 ssl=0x646966b8, appData=0x64697058     03-07 22:33:01.158 D/NativeCrypto(24460): ssl=0x646966b8 sslRead buf=0x41d4a7d8 len=1,ti


title: Search Play Store history for an app?

text: My droid phone died recently and I got a replacement. I was trying to install a phone silencer app that I liked which was on my old phone, but I couldn't find the exact one in the Play Store. Is there a way I can search my old Play Store history? Or is that information lost with the old phone?


title: Where are the downloads from the Browser stored and how to I get to downloads from the browser?

text: Using a Galaxy Nexus I download an apk and it showed up in the notifications bar when it was done downloading. I went to install but I didn't set option to allow external apps so I did that and I went back to the browser to install the apk and couldn't find it. It wasn't in the notifications anymore and there didn't seem to be a "downloads" option anywhere in the browser. I ended up having to download it again just so it would be in the notifications so I could then get to the apk to install it. And I downloaded it AGAIN to show a friend the issue. Now I'd like to delete all three and know where to go next time.


title: volume rocker as next/previous song

text: This probably is a common question but so far I have not seen a thorough answer. I want to know if it is possible to have the rocker functionalities that are on cyanogem mod on a factory rom (htc desire s). that is: long press up = next song. long press down = previous song. short press up = volume up short press down = volume down i would like to keep using the htc rom, since i like the sense ui, and also id like to keep using the htc music player, i think is simple and is able to manage correctly the compilations albums. does anyone know of an app that can do this, that is NOT another musicplayer. Or as a 2nd option to explain if it is possible to create my own app for it and maybe to make some points towards the right direction to do this. thanks in advance


title: What does locking an SMS message do?

text: I have noticed that long clicking an SMS message brings up a menu containing a "Lock message" option. What does this do? I have a Nexus S.


title: Mobile Network goes off often in my Galaxy s2

text: I am using Galaxy s2 since 5 months. I have started facing Network problems recently. The mobile network goes off often and it resumes most times by itself.. but sometimes I need to restart my phone to bring it back in the network. I see the Unavailable (circle with a slash) symbol in place of the mobile signal symbol.. Also I see "SIM Refreshing data" often, not sure if it relates to the network going off.. Similar issues anyone and what did you do to fix this..


title: Files left after formatting

text: I factory reset my android phone. When I saw the log after formatting(yet no app installed), I was getting               Processing Container com.mapswithme.maps.pro     Container com.mapswithme.maps.pro-1 slate     ..     ..      and for other apps that i earlier installed. Why is android looking for it after i format the phone. If these files still exist on phone how to remove them. My phone is NOT rooted. {and i intend to keep it that way}. the apps are in mnt/secure/asec any possible solution ?????


title: scalable icons in zooper

text: This is a complete newbie question. I am new to Android, so pardon me for this naive issue. I can see very nice themes in Themer where they have used icons in widgets. But, in my Zooper, I only have weather and battery icons. I downloaded some iconset from DeviantArt (like this) and put it in Zooper icons folder, but Zooper is unable to access it. Any idea what I am doing wrong? I am using an unrooted Nexus 5, with stock 4.4.2 Android KitKat.


title: Is there any way (or any iOS or Android app) which i can use to change the current location of my mobile device to be detected as a US location?

text: I want to test a mobile application which has map search and directions functionality, i.e driving directions from the current location. Is there any way in which i can change the current location of my device to be detected as a US location?


title: WiFi Speed problem on Galaxy Note 3

text: I have a WiFi router connected to the internet. The speed from my laptop connected to this router is about 25Mbps downlink. Speed from my PC (connected bypassing the router to the switch, other subnet, same speed) is about 180-190 Mbps on downlink. Speed on my Galaxy Note 3 (it is not rooted, only stock ROM) is about 1-2 Mbps (in best case) in downlink. I have SGS4, that has the same speed as my laptop. I tried to reboot router and a switch, unless I realized that the problem is in my phone. I even tried to disconnect my NAS from the net, so I thought it burns all the speed (despite it showed me that any of the downloading processes are not active). The next step I have taken just now is to boot into a Safe Mode and try the speed test again - no results. Dear community, what the problem may be? This problems lasts since last night.


title: Apps on memory card taking internal memory

text: I noticed that many apps that are, according to Android, installed on the memory card are actually taking internal memory space, as when I delete their data or uninstall them I notice a change on the phone memory, and no on the SD. Why does this happens? I am moving my apps wrongly?. I run Cyanogen Mod, and some of the apps are ones that should not be moved (according to the app App2SD) or that couldn't be moved (but moved them anyways via other apps). Thanks.


title: Changing the default location of Receiving files of bluetooth

text: Hi I am user of Samsung Galaxy S4, I want to know how can I change the default location of the Received files to SD Card instead of the phone storage?


title: In which directory are Android updates downloaded?

text: I want to download and install a system update for my Android HTC Desire. The download was successful but during installation it stopped. In the ClockworkMod console I can see the error "signature verification failed". I wanted now to try to toggle signature verification in the ClockworkMod menu off and give it another try but unfortunately I cannot find the update file (ClockworkMod menu proposes `/sdcard/update.zip` but this file cannot be found). Do you know where the updates are downloaded or any other hint to help me update my system? _(I used ClockworkMod v2.5.0.7 for rooting my system)_


title: installing app without copying apk file

text: How can I install some apps to android without copying the `.apk` file? I can do the same in iOS. that must be a possible thing, but I couldnt find it neither here nor Google. **EDIT:** Imagine you want to install your own app to someone's device without letting them have the apk file.


title: Non-HTTP connections time out

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Player 5. Before, I could use everything (Facebook, etc) normally. I'm not sure if I changed anything, but now the browser (Internet) loads everything fine, but Facebook &co. are unable to make a connection (timing out, as far as I understand it) I'm not sure what I could of changed. This happens on numerous networks, so it's not a router-side thing. What should I investigate or check?


title: Does Android have a task scheduler?

text: Microsoft Windows has the Task Scheduler Manager to schedule tasks based on time or other events, as far Linux has cron to the same feature, does Android have something like? Could I install cron on Android??


title: Why am I unable to turn of USB debugging on my Galaxy Tab 10.1?

text: I turned on USB Debugging in the settings and am unable to turn it off. Whenever I try to uncheck the option I get "USB is connected. Remove the cable." even though the cable is not connected. I tried rebooting but nothing. I do not think my device has ever completely turned off. When I try to power down it has a green battery animation of it filling up. I do not know how to completely turn it off. Anyone know how to fix this?


title: What's the input and output specifications of the Samsung Infuse wall charger?

text: I want to know if it matches with the Samsung Strive charger so I don't damage the Infuse (I don't have the charger for the infuse at the moment).


title: In general, do Android apps use encrypted connections? If so, is public WiFi safer?

text: I know that connecting to public WiFi carries risks. I know that much of the risk has to do with sending data over a public connection, allowing it to be intercepted. So, my question is, do most or all Android apps use SSL or some other secure protocol? Is SSL forced via Android policy or technical limitations? Would I only have to worry about websites in my browser that use http? If an app uses a secure connection, does that mean it is significantly safer to use on a public WiFi network? I know that people creating their own WiFi network or spoofing others is still a risk, but is there anything else?


title: Sony Xperia ZR wifi problem: wpa_supplicant: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT

text: I have a strange problem with Wi-Fi with my Sony Xperia. I can't connect to most of the networks I have tried, but the list of networks is ok (but somehow slowly loaded). **It stopped working suddenly after a week**. My previously used networks are all marked as "Saved", but when I try to connect the following happens:   1. Saved (doesn't even change when tapped)    2. Connecting -> Saved    3. Connecting -> Authentication problem -> Saved This is what I have tried to fix it:   1. Restart phone   2. Restart phone, take out battery, SD card and SIM card   3. Restart wi-fi router   4. Connect to another network (sometimes works with some networks)   5. Forget network -> Type password again   6. Connect another Android device to the same network   7. Connect another non-android device to the same network   8. Change the router wireless settings to WEP, WPA and unsecured   9. Factory reset of the router   10. Sony Companion -> Repair   11. Factory reset of the phone Router: D-Link DIR-615 Phone: Sony Xperia ZR C5502 Android version: 4.1.2 Baseband:               9x15A-ACEFWMAZQ-30110041-29      Build number:               10.1.1.A.1.310      Kernel:               3.4.0-g6df7905-02327-g1aa3092     BuildUser@BuildHost) )     #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 11 11:17:13 2013      Log after turning on the wifi and trying to connect:               09-18 09:10:08.116: I/WifiManager(2391): Process ndroid.settings enabled Wifi     09-18 09:10:08.186: E/WifiHW(571): File "/data/misc/wifi/WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini" exists, not copying     09-18 09:10:08.497: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): nl80211: Don't connect to APs with RSSI < 0     09-18 09:10:08.497: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): rfkill: Cannot open RFKILL control device     09-18 09:10:08.497: I/ActivityManager(571): No longer want com.google.android.onetimeinitializer (pid 1747): hidden #51     09-18 09:10:08.637: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): wapi_supplicant_init: Init WAI packet p2p0     09-18 09:10:08.637: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): Own MAC address: (Here's phone MAC address)     09-18 09:10:08.637: E/wpa_supplicant(3838):  Initialization: WAPI:set Staues=1     09-18 09:10:08.657: E/Diag_Lib(3838):  Diag_LSM_Init: Failed to open handle to diag driver, error = 13     09-18 09:10:08.757: E/wpa_supplicant(3838):  QMI_UIM_EVENT_REG_REQ_V01, qmi_err_code: 0x0     09-18 09:10:08.777: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): QMI_UIM_GET_CARD_STATUS_REQ_V01, qmi_err_code: 0x0     09-18 09:10:08.777: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card_info[i].card_state: 0x1     09-18 09:10:08.777: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card_info[i].error_code: 0x0     09-18 09:10:08.777: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card READY     09-18 09:10:08.777: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card_info[i].app_type : 0x2     09-18 09:10:08.777: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card_info[i].app_state : 0x7     09-18 09:10:08.777: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card found     09-18 09:10:08.797: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): Reading GSM home network domain configuration file '/system/etc/wifi/gsm_domains.conf'     09-18 09:10:08.877: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): nl80211: Don't connect to APs with RSSI < -83     09-18 09:10:08.877: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): rfkill: Cannot open RFKILL control device     09-18 09:10:08.917: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): wapi_supplicant_init: Init WAI packet wlan0     09-18 09:10:08.917: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): Own MAC address: (Here's phone MAC address)     09-18 09:10:08.917: E/wpa_supplicant(3838):  Initialization: WAPI:set Staues=1     09-18 09:10:08.957: E/wpa_supplicant(3838):  QMI_UIM_EVENT_REG_REQ_V01, qmi_err_code: 0x0     09-18 09:10:08.977: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): QMI_UIM_GET_CARD_STATUS_REQ_V01, qmi_err_code: 0x0     09-18 09:10:08.977: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card_info[i].card_state: 0x1     09-18 09:10:08.977: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card_info[i].error_code: 0x0     09-18 09:10:08.977: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card READY     09-18 09:10:08.977: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card_info[i].app_type : 0x2     09-18 09:10:08.977: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card_info[i].app_state : 0x7     09-18 09:10:08.977: E/wpa_supplicant(3838): card found     09-18 09:10:09.037: E/WifiConfigStore(571): Failed to look-up a string: W     09-18 09:10:09.037: E/WifiConfigStore(571): Failed to look-up a string: SMS4     09-18 09:10:09.037: E/WifiConfigStore(571): Failed to look-up a string: SMS4     09-18 09:10:09.077: I/WifiManager(2391): Process ndroid.settings requested an active scan     09-18 09:10:09.087: E/Parcel(334): Reading a NULL string not supported here.     09-18 09:10:09.087: E/Parcel(334): Reading a NULL string not supported here.     09-18 09:10:09.097: E/Parcel(334): Reading a NULL string not supported here.     09-18 09:10:09.097: I/SuperStamina-WifiAnalyzer(571): WiFi is ON.     09-18 09:10:09.117: E/wifidirect(3726): onStartCommand 1     09-18 09:10:09.117: E/wifidirect(3726): Exitting file transfer service.     09-18 09:10:09.117: W/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan     09-18 09:10:09.117: W/wpa_supplicant(3838): p2p0: Failed to initiate AP scan     09-18 09:10:09.127: E/wifidirect(3726): onStartCommand 1     09-18 09:10:09.127: E/wifidirect(3726): Exitting file transfer service.     09-18 09:10:10.128: W/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan     09-18 09:10:11.119: W/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan     09-18 09:10:12.130: W/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan     09-18 09:10:12.811: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: Trying to associate with (here is my router MAC) (SSID='smartus@unifi' freq=2427 MHz)     09-18 09:10:14.023: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=(here is my router MAC) status_code=1     09-18 09:10:19.088: I/WifiManager(2391): Process ndroid.settings requested an active scan     09-18 09:10:22.812: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: Authentication with (here is router MAC) timed out.      These lines will later repeat:               09-18 09:10:12.811: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: Trying to associate with (here is my router MAC) (SSID='smartus@unifi' freq=2427 MHz)     09-18 09:10:14.023: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=(here is my router MAC) status_code=1     09-18 09:10:19.088: I/WifiManager(2391): Process ndroid.settings requested an active scan     09-18 09:10:22.812: I/wpa_supplicant(3838): wlan0: Authentication with (here is router MAC) timed out.      Any ideas what could cause CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT? I believe this is usually happening when the network is congested (there are only 3 devices, 2 of them work. The phone won't work in the network alone neither).


title: Automate sending messages using whatsapp?

text: I want to automatically send a whatsapp message to a specific number on a specific time every day. How can I accomplish this? I toyed around with tasker but since I'm a newbie I haven't yet figured a way. Any other way to accomplish this?


title: How to boot htc desire ss510e into recovery

text: I want to install 4.0 ics on my htc desire ss510e, so i want to know how can i boot into recovery in order to install the custom firmware. Please help!!


title: "App_Name" Could not be downloaded due to an error (500)?

text: I developed an app for android. I used my two devices (Galaxy Nexus running 4.02 & Galaxy Tab10.1 running 3.1) to test the app before I published it. When I published the app to the Market, I removed the tested version of the app from my devices and tried to install the one in the market but I couldn't install it ! In my Nexus device, It gives me this error: *"App_Name" Could not be downloaded due to an error (500).* In my Tab, a progress bar is shown then disappear with no error message. To solve it, I tried:   * Rebooting the devices.   * Removing my Google account from my Tab and re-adding it again. the problem still exists. I can install other apps with no problem. If you think the problem is from my app, try installing it. Search for "Untiny" in the market -Thanks


title: Phone enters bootloop whenever i press the lock screen button to lock my screen

text: I have cm 10.2 stable version installed for samsung galaxy s3 gt19300. I rooted and flashed cm 10.2 a few months ago and the phone has been running smooth until today. Whenever I tried to press the lock screen to lock it, the phone reboots itself and went into boot loop. This made no sense at all considering that the phone has been working fine since the day i flashed the rom. Anyone knows what the problem is?


title: Minimal .apks for play store

text: # Introduction I just installed CyanogenMod 10.2 on HTC One X+ and I want to install ONLY the Google Play Store. I know there is Gapps, but I want to have even less apps on my phone than what is in that package. I searched already for a long time on the internet, but couldn't find a clear solution. I hope you can help me :) (I know about F-Droid, also have that on my phone, but I wish to have Play Store too) # What I did so far:   * I downloaded Play Store (cm.android.vending-4.6.16.apk) from Android Police: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/03/13/download-latest-google-play-store-4-6-16-with-new-require-password-option-tweaked-ui-forced-self-update-and-more/   * Got the Gapps zip for CM 10.2: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps   * From Gapps I took the files "GmsCore.apk", "GoogleLoginService.apk" and "GoogleServicesFramework.apk".   * I moved these 3 apks to my phone and relocated these 3 apks to the folder /system/app/   * I installed the Play Store (cm.android.vending-4.6.16.apk) ## Note If you don't put "GmsCore.apk" on your phone, Google Play Store will start, but you will have no connection in the store. # The Problem I can start Play Store and have connection with the store, but the moment I want to install an app or check for updates (settings --> Build version (4.6.16)) it says: "Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped." How to solve this?


title: Where are the bookmarks in Firefox for Android?

text: This may be a ridiculously simple question, but where is the bookmarks list in Firefox for Android? I'm looking at the interface on my Galaxy Tab 10.1, and I can't find the bookmarks anywhere. They're not available when clicking on the top right corner. They aren't available anywhere else. The only place I can find them is when I open a new tab, I get an interface which shows my bookmarks as one option, along with "History", "All Pages", and "Desktop". Surely I don't have to open a new tab every time I just want to go to a bookmark? This is one of those things that's so simple it seems they haven't even bothered to mention it in documentation. At least, not that I've seen.


title: How can I make a selected calendar notification behave like an alarm, that is, audible even on silent mode?

text: I keep my phone on silent most of the time but would like audible reminders for critical calendar reminders. Short of silencing everything else manually, is there a way to acheive this?


title: Mapping Xbox 360 (wired) controller buttons on SuperGNES

text: I'm trying to map A & B buttons on a android snes emulator (on ACER A500 running android 3.2) but it seems that A & B buttons are mapped as "back" action by default on android. Is there any way to bypass or change this configuration so I can use those buttons?


title: What parts of the regular Linux graphics driver architecture is used in Android?

text: For example, could the Nouveau driver be used and provide hardware accelerated drawing when Android is compiled for x86?


title: What does FOTA mean

text: I just got an over-the-air update from HTC for my Wildfire S for the "FOTA Client" (or something like this, can't see it anymore after the update and can't find any logfiles in the FileManager or elsewhere) and somne related component also with FOTA in the name. Googling FOTA only yields blog posts and news about "phone X getting FOTA update" with none of these explaining what it means. Searching here yields zero results... So, what does FOTA mean?


title: How to interrupt Android boot sequence to force it boot to Linux kernel only

text: I am trying to do some low level performance testing related to device processor cores through adb which I feel it is affected by Android background services and system stuff. As I know that the Android boot sequence stages are as follow:   1. Execute Boot ROM code.    2. Execute the boot loader.   3. Load the Linux kernel.   4. Launch Zygote, which initializes the Dalvik VM.   5. System server which loads the Android system. So my question is how can I interrupt this sequence to force it stop on stage 3 to load Linux kernel. This can help me implement my intermediary performance testings before loading again Android system. Does Fastboot or Clockworkmod recovery can help here and load my device to a kind of Linux kernel? Any hint will be appreciated. Thanks.


title: OpenVPN vs built in vpn

text: I am running an openvpn server with open key infrastructure at home that I connect to whenever I'm away. I am at the moment running this via the official openvpn client app, but found that there is a vpn setting in the system settings. Are there any advantages with one over the other, or could I just get rid of the extra app and go with the "native" option? I am using cyanogenmod 10.1.3-RC2-I9300 4.2.2 on a Samsung Galaxy S3


title: Are there any apps that will shut phone down or sound alarm when phone leaves a certain range?

text: I need to make the phone available for all people in a building, for example. If someone were to try to walk outside of the building with the phone, the phone would shut down or a loud alarm would sound. Any thoughts?


title: Multiple Android Market Accounts on a Single Device?

text: Is it possible to have multiple Android Market accounts on a Single phone? If so, how do I do that? (I have been able to add a second Gmail account, but I couldn't find any option to add a second Android Market account)


title: Will I be able to make video calls over Skype with ACME Tablet TB01?

text: I want to buy ACME Tablet TB01 and I want to know if it will allow to speak over Skype using both front or back camera. Can I make video calls?


title: Freeing up space on SD card

text: I'm trying to clear some space on my SD card, so I can run AnTuTu Benchmark. Also, having some extra space for music would be great. I'm assuming apps installed to your SD card can eat up free space faster than you'd imagine. As of now, 19 (out of 65 apps) on my SD card which occupy appox. 197 MB total. I currently have 1.74 GB used and 103.47 MB free, would my ROM be occupying a lot of space (i.e. needing 4GB of HD space to install Ubuntu/Linux)? I want to figure out the best way to maximise space on my SD card without haphazardly deleting files. Also, knowing what are key folders would help too.


title: What happens to my google account if I factory reset?

text: I've been using this Android phone for just over a year, but I'm worried about my Gmail and Google account which is connected to my phone. I want to change the email address on my Android because it's my main one. If I lose my phone, someone can access my YouTube account which I've worked hard on. They could also access my emails. I'm worried if I do factory reset or the remove account, it will delete the account that it is connected to. Will it?


title: Wipe before upgrading from stock nexus to CM?

text: Since CM is based on stock Android (AOSP), and the Nexus 7 is a stock device, can I just flash the CM zip without first doing a wipe/factory reset? I just wonder if it's possible to avoid the hassle of backing up and restoring all my apps and settings, widgets, email settings, etc...


title: How to update rooted HTC Incredible

text: I rooted my HTC Incredible a few months ago by following a tutorial. My phone downloaded an OTA update and is asking to update. I would like to update and remain rooted. How do I go about doing this? I removed a few bloatware apps. I couldn't tell you which ones, though.               Android version: 2.2     Baseband version: 2.15.00.07.28     Kernel version: 2.6.32.17-g9a2fc16     Build number: 3.26.605.1 CL264707 release-keys     Software number: 3.26.605.1


title: fastboot flash recovery doesn't work on HTC Desire

text: I'm trying to update ClockworkMod recovery on HTC Desire. Fastboot recognizes the device:               $fastboot devices     HT03PPL04520    fastboot      But flash recovery fails:               $fastboot flash recovery recovery.img     sending 'recovery' (3054 KB)...     FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))     finished. total time: 0.002s      P.S. The reason why I want to update the recovery is that when I try to install zip from sd card I get something like this: "error can't open /sdcard/update.zip (bad)"


title: How to root my new Galaxy SII

text: I just bought my Galaxy SII. Can anyone here tell me how to root my phone with Lite'Ning? Baseband:I9100GDZKH5 Kernel: 2.6.35.7 root@DELL81 #2 Build: GINGERBREAD.JPKH8


title: Is it reasonably safe to use PIN code for encryption?

text: On the Android 4.0 (Samsung Galaxy Nexus) there is a posibilty to encrypt the phone. I found this about the encryption on Android 3.0, is the same algorithms used in Android 4? http://source.android.com/tech/encryption/android_crypto_implementation.html My main question concerns the use of a PIN code to decrypt your phone. **Why am I forced to use the same password to unlock my screen and to decrypt my phone?** This restriction will only allow me to use a password of low complexity (like a PIN number) since it would be to hard to write in i.e. 17 characters to unlock my phone for a simple phone call. Brute force attempts against the screen unlock could be prevented i.e. by a force reboot every 5 tries. So there is not any need for a very strong password there, a PIN might be good enough.   This type of protection can not be used on the disc, thus there is a greater need for stronger passwords here. (It doesn't help much that the entropi of passwords have increased since there will be very few users with a complex password, so an attacker could simply try most passwords with low complexity). What is the reasoning behind being forced to use the same password for both features?


title: Demoing Android Apps

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Android Software or Device to present Application on Screen What is the best way to demo Android apps over something like gotomeeting or at least being able to display the Android screen on a computer. I've used VNC, but the higher ups tell me that it times out after two minutes of presentation. What is the best way to move forward with this?


title: Record android screen

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Android Software or Device to present Application on Screen   >  How to plug in an Android Tablet and show it's screen on PC or Laptop for > training session?   >  How do I project the screen of my android phone for a presentation?   >  How to capture video stream from Android phone screen and show it on > laptop? I am planning to make a screencast of my phone screen. I need to know a way to record the screen Please note that the Screencast & Screencapture app won't work, as I only have an armv6 processor.


title: How do I change the desktop icon created from a website bookmark?

text: I created a desktop icon from a bookmark for Wikipedia.com. Here is a screenshot of the result: ![screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/jSOtI.png) The blue background doesn't look great, I'm wondering if this should be transparent. Here is the image that I think it's using for the wikipedia icon: ![apple-touch-icon.png](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0XQDu.png) Which is being pulled from by this code in wikipedia's page:               <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="//en.wikipedia.org/apple-touch-icon.png" />      The Netflix icon that looks like a banner is a link to Netflix.com, and it has the look I would prefer in the wikipedia icon. Is there any way I can change the icon?


title: How can I  migrate phone contacts to Exchange contacts?

text: Please advice, how to transfer contact saved to the phone to MS Exchange contacts? I am using a Samsung Galaxy II if it matters.


title: How to enable non-3G data

text: After I got my mighty Fly-Ying FG8 I didn't care for mobile data, mostly due to the measly 5MB data plan with extortionate overage charges. I miss the occasional emails on the road, Waze navigation and A-GPS so I thought to put these 5MB to good use. The problem is that in the Settings => Mobile networkד I have only "data roaming", "Access Point Names" and "Network Operators" on both SIMs. I couldn't make the device use its EDGE capability. Does anyone know how to turn it on?


title: What does "SNS" mean on Android?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What is SNS App? Everything I try to do (Text, Video, Email, Call out, Apps, Games) I get an "SNS not working" message and have to force close. I am having a lot of trouble with this phone. Its a Cricket LG Droid. Now a lot of my friends & family cannot receive my texts or calls. It seems that all calls from my phone go directly to their voicemail without it even ringing. No really, I stood right there with friends calling their phones and they never rang. What can I do?


title: Do Android Stock Browser, Firefox Mobile and Opera Mobile use proxy server to perform rendering

text: It is quite interesting to know that, Opera Mini is using Proxy Server to perform all the rendering work, instead of relying the phone itself to do it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini#Functionality) This will help to reduce required processing work, especially in lower end phone. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/9V9UH.png) Do Android Stock Browser, Firefox Mobile and Opera Mobile also employ the same technique? Current Android Phone is having powerful processing capability. Does the above technique will bring more harm than good? Will request having to go through an additional will slow down the whole process, compared to letting the rendering work done by phone itself?


title: HTC Desire Z setting up mail

text: I have a HTC Desire Z and a old mobileme account. I was young and stupid as I decided to have a mobileme account. Meanwhile I would never do this again! But, if you are using a mail address for a while it is somehow nasty to set up a new account. It is like getting a new phone number. That's the reason why I still use it. My problem occurred some months ago. From one day to the other (I'm using the pre-installed mail app from htc) the mail account wasn't working any more. I was not able to connect to the server. Setting up a new account on the htc with the following specs: Protocol: IMAP Email address: myname@me.com Username: myname Password: my password (it is correct :)) IMAP-server: imap.mail.me.com Security type: SSL Server Port: 993 I also tried different version of the above, e.g. Username: myname@me.com and so on. Nothing worked. I also tried TLS with port 143, same result. I always get the message: Your incoming server does not support SSL. Please modify your incoming serer's security type. Maybe there is someone who has the same problem and was able to solve it. Any hints would be appreciated.


title: handling multiple devices on the play store

text: I have multiple Android devices, and each time I go to the play store website to install an app, I get a list of devices to install to. my questions:   1. Is it possible to change the order of them? currently i only see how to hide (no removal? weird) or change their names (here), but it doesn't help re-ordering them. I ask this since I use one of them the most.   2. is it possible to install to multiple devices at the same time instead of one by one?


title: Is there a keyboard application for setting an external keyboard to the Colemak layout

text: There are some soft keyboard applications that provide the Colemak layout for the virtual keyboard. I mostly need the layout when touch-typing on a physical keyboard though. so I'd like an application that lets me remap the keys of a physical keyboard to the Colemak layout, or an app that lets me specify any layout for an external keyboard. In my case, I'm using a regular USB keyboard plugged into an Iconia A500 tablet. The keymap should be freely customizable by modifying system files on a rooted phone, but I'd prefer to be able to do this without rooting the phone.


title: How can I connect my A500 to an iMac for charging and file transfers?

text: I have a Acer Iconia A500 and I am using an iMac. I cannot charge or share my device as mass storage with my computer over USB, though I am able to use bluetooth for transferring data. Are there any special drivers needed? How can I get it connected with my machine?


title: PDF Reader with MP3 player?

text: I'm learning a new language using a PDF book and audio dialogues on an Android tablet. My problem is to have a MP3 player near my PDF viewer so I can start/stop audio reading text. Is there an application for this? Or, is there a method that simplify respect quitting PDF reader to pass to MP3 then reopen PDF reader?


title: Android tablet as music remote

text: I imagine a setup where I use an android tablet computer as a remote control for my hifi system - at least for selecting music. I have connected a low- power, cheap and small linux computer to the amp. The low-powered computer holds all music on a USB stick, SSD or similar. The computer has no screen or keyboard permanently attached. Can something like this work? All solutions I have found on the net require streaming from a NAS or the internet (internet radio) - e.g. Sonos. Ideas regarding hardware and software are welcome.


title: Default browser / update to support google cloud printing

text: Is the default browser on the android platform Chrome? And if so, does anyone have an idea how to update it or get it to work with the Google Cloud Printing? In the settings area I am not able to see anything for the Cloud printing options. If the default browser on a Android phone is not Google Chrome, What is the best way to get Google Chrome installed so I can use the Cloud Printing? And make it the default browser!


title: Unable to enable Mobile Network settings (options greyed out). Is there any way to restore lost mobile connectivity data?

text: I have a HTC Desire HD that up until recently has been running well with a custom ROM. For some reason, the phone started to "misbehave" in a number of ways after about 10 months of painless operation, so I decide to try and put the LeeDroid ROM on the phone. End result, the phone is now not much better than a basic iPod touch. My mobile network settings are all greyed out, and the phone is telling me that it no longer knows what its IMEI, IMEI SV, IMSI, Phone Number, and Base Band details are. Every other feature of the phone seems to be working OK, just not the mobile network connectivity. Yes, it's a very sad little brick indeed, and I now find myself going retro and using my old Sony Ericson Walkman phone which is SO old school that it's not funny! Yes, it looks really pathetic when I go to touch the screen and... well, you get the picture! LOL I am still hopeful that someone out there might know how I can restore the missing information. I have most of what I need documented, but no idea if there is a way to locate and restore the data more directly from the phone, or if there is a tool that will allow me to feed the missing values in (remember, these are meant to be unique identifiers) in order to help me to restore the phone in some way. **No amount of master resetting, or alternative ROM installing has been of any help so far** , and asking this question is really a last gasp attempt to try and de-brick the mobile features of the phone before I find myself either buying an expensive repair at the local authorized repairer, or buying an expensive replacement phone. Serious KUDOS to anyone who might have an answer to this.


title: What version of Clockworkmod should I be using on my Galaxy Tab 2?

text: I have been trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (SGH-1497) (AT&T) over the last few days and I keep getting stuck installing CWM Recovery. I have been able to successfully root the device, but I can't seem to find the right recovery version to use. I have tried using:   * koush's ClockworkMod Recovery as instructed on the CyanogenMod Wiki   * CWM Touch 6.0.1.2 for GT-p5100   * philz_touch_5.03.7-p5100.tar.md5   * ROM Manager installed via Google Play After attempting to install, I either can't boot into recovery mode at all (the screen goes blank after I see the blue "booting into recovery" text on the Samsung screen) or I just end up at the stock recovery screen. I have tried installing using both Linux Mint (following the CyanogenMod Wiki instructions) and Windows using Odin. I have read several different guides on installing CWM and Cyanogenmod on my device, but they all seem to have different information and I am having a hard time figuring out which ROMs I should actually be using. I would really appreciate some guidance on this.


title: android what is the minimum software that must be present in my PC to detect my android phone

text: Hi this is very basic question I have an android phone and when i connect it to few of the PCs in office i can see that "device drivers getting installed" and device ready to use but few machines its giving "device driver not installed" I have not specifically installed any software in these PCs to detect the phone. So please explain me how it is getting rightly installed in few and not in others


title: How do I play videos in a loop in the Samsung stock player?

text: I want to play a video repeatedly in the Samsung stock video player. Is there a way? Samsung Galaxy S3 OS: 4.1.1


title: How to disable SMS notification during phone call?

text: I call somebody, or somebody calls me, we are talking. Now, during the call I got SMS and I cannot hear anything because the SMS notification is playing. So how to disable this notification when call is active? Thank you in advance. _Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Android 2.3._ Note: I am interested in setting this once and for good. Not something I have to remember to switch off each time I make/get a call.


title: reply with a different account - multiple email accounts

text: I have an Exchange account, e.g. `hub@domain.com`, that I forward all my emails to from all my other accounts. But I need to reply to these messages using different accounts, e.g. reply to a work email with `me@work.com` \- how could I do that in Android? ### Default Email App in 4.2.2 Hitting reply on an email in my hub account does not let me change the account to send the reply with (e.g. work account). I can go to my work account and compose a new email there and copy paste the original email and subject and receivers manually, but that is cumbersome. ### TouchDown Only supports Exchange accounts, but no IMAP, which I need to set up my other accounts. ### Solution? Is it doable   * With the native app would be best solution (is there anywhere to submit feature requests for Email app?)   * With any other email app that I have not tried?


title: Boot loop data recovery

text: Cyanogen mod 9, ClockworkMod Recovery 5.8.9.2 I recently plugged in my phone after the battery completely died over night and the phone is stuck in a bootloop. I left it trying to boot for 30 minutes and it's just stuck. I've made a backup in clockworkMod recovery and am willing to flash the phone to a newer or the same version of cyanogen but I don't want to lose data. Is there any way I can make sure my contacts and SMS messages are recovered?


title: How can I set up a new Outlook.com account using a Hotmail account?

text: How can I setup a new outlook.com account in the Android mail application? Outlook.com only supports Exchange ActiveSync, when I try to automatically create an account in the mail app it uses smtp.live.com (because my login is a hotmail account). What should I change the server settings to in order to use outlook.com's exchange servers? I am using a Sony Xperia P which is currently stuck on Android 2.3.7. It appears to support Exchange ActiveSync.


title: My Samsung S3 I747 is always Roaming

text: I am having a large issue with my S3. I bought a brand new S3 from a trusted friend, he explained to me that it was with Bell originally, (original carrier). So when he sold it to me he also said he unlocked it. When I got home I activated the Sim card with my Carrier wich is Videotron. I started receiving text messages but there was something strange, I was roaming data. Now this is where it gets weird, first off I had a double clock wich said roaming on one side and home on the other. Also on the top it said Rogers wireless. So I Disable data roaming. But it still seemed to be carrying the signal. When I went in mobile networks and searched for my carrier, all that showed up was Bell, Telus and Rogers. NO videotron? I called tech support and they have no idea what the problem is, because it's not there signal coverage. So it's pretty easy for me to know the problem is within my unlocked phone -- but I seem to have hit a wall. I really need help and I don't know what to do. Maybe my friend didnt unlock it correctly? If anyone heard of this issue before or has anyways to help me please share.


title: How can I force the Market to reinstall an installed app?

text: I have an app, installed from the Market, which I just updated. The "updating" notification was present for several hours, so it appears to have gotten stuck somehow. I believe it now claims to be the current version, but to be sure, **is it possible to tell the Market to re-download and reinstall the current version of the app?**


title: Why does HTC Incredible S on Android 4 not always switch the screen on?

text: I have a HTC Incredible S shich was recently updated to Android 4 and Sense 3.6. After that, it began to not always switch the screen on after pressing the power button. In 20% of the cases, it just turns the backlight of both the screen and the buttons on, but doesn't "turn on" the image on the screen, so it stays black. Pressing power button 2 times (1 to switch off again and 1 to switch on) does help, but it's annoying. What can be the reason? How do I troubleshoot it? My phone isn't rooted.


title: Phone won't boot

text: Hello I own a galaxy note one with cm 10 flashed onto it but now the phone won't turn on anymore all that happens is that the screen will turn on for a few seconds as if it were turning on properly but then turns off I've tried going into recovery and fast boot but no dice the same thing happens . I just want to know if there is away to recover the files


title: LG G2 proximity sensor

text: I found a big issue in my LG G2 proximity sensor. During a phone call the screen doesn't turn off and the automatic screen lightness doesn't work. This problems happened many times a day. I also tried to do an hard reset but I got the same issue just after the reset reboot (without any app). Sometimes also the gravity sensor holds (screen doesn't turn), but this not so often as proximity sensor problem. I installed a sensor test app and this app doesn't work too (sometimes got data sometimes not). What can it be? Firstly I thought about an software problem, after the hard reset I thought an hardware problem, but it is very strange all this trouble on a 2month old phone. These problems started 2 weeks ago. Is there in android a system log or something like this?


title: Can I transfer my Injustice game data from my iPhone to my new Android phone?

text: I currently use an iPhone 4, and I'm eligible for an upgrade. I'm considering the Note 3 and the Galaxy S5. I've been playing Injustice for some time now and I'd very much like to not have to go through all the trouble of re-earning all of the characters I've bought or won in challenges. Will logging in with my WBID on my future phone automatically let me transfer over my game data? If not, is there something else I could do? Also, if you have any other suggestions for what I should upgrade to please feel free to suggest it.


title: Data over mobile network switching on behind my back - what could be doing it and how to stop?

text: Alcatel OneTouch 983, Android 2.3.7 I normally have "Enable data access over mobile network" switched off so as not to drain my phone credit, only switching it on when I want to do something quick on the Internet and don't have wi-fi access where I am. However, a few days ago, for no apparent reason at all, this setting began switching on at intervals without me doing anything. Tried switching my phone off and on, tried killing most of my running services, has made no difference. Generally, a few times a day I find that it has switched on. Have installed AVG Antivirus Pro and it found nothing. Any clue of what it could be that's doing it - and more importantly, how to get rid of whatever it is? I hate to imagine how much of my phone credit it has drained!


title: Does a battery with more capacity last proportionally longer?

text: I recently bought a Galaxy S2 which came with a 1650mAh battery and in a near future the manufacturer will be offering another one with a 2000mAh. My question is: will it last 21% more than the original? Is this just as linear as it seems or is not the case?


title: Why do some Android apps need access to my SD card and fine location?

text: I understand why apps like Maps need to know my specific location, but is it safe to allow any application to access these things? Are there any clues as to which apps are safe and which aren't? Also, when I take pictures does it save my longitude and latitude at the time the picture was taken? How can I get to this setting?


title: Free PDF reader for Android phone that has a "Go To page" function

text: Is there a free PDF reader for the Android phone that has a "Go To page" function? When I try to read a 600+ page document on my smartphone I find it tedious to scroll to the page I'm interested in. It takes a lot of time and is not precise. It would be much easier if possible to jump directly to the page I want (I know which page I want to see because there is a "Table of Contents" in the document - such a fresh and wonderful invention). I tried Adobe Reader X, and my phone's default PDF reader application, but they don't seem to have an option to jump directly to a page, or at least this is not a documented feature and I didn't find how to do. Is there an alternate (preferably free) PDF reader for Android?


title: User can't download my app after Google Market Update

text: I have a user that is trying to download my app from a Samsung Vibrant running 2.2. But when she gets to the app page in the android market, there is no download button there for her to download! What's weird is once she resets her phone back to factory setting, she was able to download the app, but once the phone is automatically upgraded by Android, my app no longer is available for download again! Have others encountered similar problem? I have been searching the web for similar issues, but am surprised to not be able to find it. Seems like a pretty major problem! Some more background - my app does require 2.2 (which she has), permission wise, my app only require the following: NETWORK COMMUNICATION - FULL INTERNET ACCESS PHONE CALLS - READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY Hardware controls - control vibrator Network communication - view network state Any help is appreciated!


title: How to show password while typing?

text: _Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 (there is no such tag, and I have too little reputation here to create it)._ On LG L5 when I type password I can see in the edit box the last character I typed. Better something than nothing. However, with Ace 2 the story is worse -- all I see is sequence of dots, and I have real difficulties to type anything correctly. **Question** \-- how to show the password while typing?


title: Can I downgrade from Kitkat to JellyBean on my Moto X?

text: I have a stock (non-rooted) Moto X that 'upgraded' itself to Kitkat recently. Is it possible for me to go back to Jelly Bean? (Deliberately leaving out the reasons since that's not the point of the question.)


title: I am using samsung note3.I am using wifi in my office.For some couple of days wifi connects but no internet access

text: I checked lot of forums and discussion but could not find any solution thus posting this for support. I tried lot of solutions given in forums but didnt help. in mobile - wifi detected password accepted but cannot do anything relate to internet. Shows no access.in Google playstore it keeps loading loading and loading and in end says no access. Cannot sync gmail / google talk . Cant FB. In Short in Mobile cannot access internet even though wifi is connected and gives xcellent signal. It worked when I brought the mobile, it worked for a month and all of a sudden without changing any settings it has stopped almost for last 15 days. I thought it was something with my mobile - I took my mobile to friends and relatives place and also to mobile shop..everywhere without changing any setting in mobile it connects with their wifi, also get internet access and can do everything.


title: Expand RAM on Micromax Canvas A76- Android 4.2.2

text: I want to use my SDcard to expand my RAM. I am falling short of RAM memory and due to which I need at least 500 MB more RAM space. For this, I have a class10 8 GB microSD card. Can anyone suggest how do I expand my RAM on my device. If any efficient apps are available in the Play Store, please let me know. P.S. I am a new Android user. Suggestions and help are always welcome! :)


title: Ignore crack in Android screen (and entire front panel) or take some action

text: My Galaxy S3 was in my jeans pocket when I leaned over to pick something up that I dropped under the table. A few minutes later, when I took out my phone, I saw a long diagonal crack from one side of the phone, straight through the middle of the screen area and all the way to the further edge of the phone. Thankfully everything still works. My question is, is there anything I should do about it - i.e. replace the screen, layer it with transparent tape - or just leave it and everything will be fine (i.e. it can't get worse)?


title: Attach webcam to android tablet, is it possible?

text: I have a Logitec C120 webcam (its wire is an USB). I also have an ASUS transformer infinity (which has an USB port). Guess what I tried... but the asus does not seem to respond to the webcam in any way. ... can it be made to work?


title: changing x10 mini pro keyboard from querty to azerty CM7 pro's ROM

text: I've just managed to install CM7 Ron on my Xperia x10 mini pro but when I type with the physical/slide keyboard I can't seem to change it from querty to azerty any ideas?


title: Using adb backup to recover files in Android

text: I encountered a situation similar to the question: How can I recover a deleted file on Android? I have a Sensation XE which is not rooted. From the previously linked question, is there away that I can achieve step 2 in the highest rated answer using `adb backup`? > Step 2: Acquire an image of that block device with `dd`: >   >   >     dd if=/dev/<blockdevice> of=/sdcard/image bs=4096 >


title: Does Android 1.5 ( Cupcake ) support wma decoder?

text: I pushed some wma files to emulator yesterday,and I found all of these music files can be played well by music player. So I was confusing... I found that Android 1.5 didn't support wma codec announcing in SDK document. I also didn't find wma decoder in PV OMX. How does this happened?


title: How to root Samsung galaxy chat B5330?

text: The title says it all. I have read this rooting tag info throughly and did all that was necessary to ensure this question is not duplicate. There are some guides on the web, but they only make me go mad as each has some issue (broken links, poor comments, etc). So if anyone can give trustworthy answers, please do. > Note: The OS for galaxy chat has been updated a while ago. Now, it has jelly > bean. * * * After checking all the generic methods,I've found only two methods that could possibly root galaxy chat.out of them ready to root has very bad rating * * * The second method is **Bin4ry method**.But there is no way one could understand if it's actually rooting or not(the app says,it will either show message on completion or show nothing). If anyone succeeds using bin4ry method.Do add the approx required time.


title: Is There A Keyboard Layout Creator for Android?

text: I have created a keyboard layout for the language I speak on windows using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator. I want to port the same layout to Phones. Before the cursing starts, I have done a quick research.:) according to which:   * all keyboard layouts are located at `\system\usr\keylayout`   * all keyboard character map files are located at `\system\usr\keychars`   * I went through the official documentation on Key Layout Files **Where Do I Stand Now?** Well, as I said in the start I have worked with a MS based app for creating keyboard layouts on Windows (obviously), The whole thing in Linux world is a bit gibberish to me at the moment because of lots of manual text file editing I guess. So, my ultimate question is, Is there such a tool which can help me create a new layout or import the existing layout which I created for windows to Android?


title: Are apps in SD card available after a factory reset?

text: If I move some applications to a SD card and perform a factory reset, will they be available when I plug the card back again after the reset, even if the device's primary account changed?


title: Why do I see less memory on my Asus tablet then specified?

text: I have asus eee pad transformer tf101. In application/running I see `195mb used+ 366mb free = 560mb`. But it should be 1 gb by specification! Then in Quodrant in section memmory I see:               Total: 745932 KB     Free:106624 kb     inactive: 256736 Kb      Summing them up I get 1109292. btw what does inactive mean? So why there are different amount of using memory and specified?


title: Shuffle Controls work with Android?

text: I've used an iPod Shuffle for the past year and have come to appreciate the control "pod" on the headphones. Here's a link to the Sony buds I use. The controls up by the ear work very well on long bike rides or even when lifting at the gym. Don't have to pull the player out of my jersey or shorts pocket to change volume or skip to next song. Now that I'm using my Android phone for music, I'm wondering if anyone has spotted any little hacks or apps that would enable iPod Shuffle headphones to work with an Android?


title: Checksum error after crash install Android

text: I wanted to **upgrade my Android phone _(Acer Liquid Ferrari)_ from 2.2 to 2.3** but it crashed => I can't turn on my phone, When I do a clean boot (power + vol up + vol down) there are no problem but my phone doesn't reboot When I want to go into Recovery (power + vol up + cam) there are an error on the checksum               Partition: checksum      splash: chsum =00000000 OK      boot:chcksum=8fa17e51 != 0021fde4 **fail**      recovery:chsum =00000000 OK      system:chsum =00000000 OK     =====     <<FAIL>>      So when I want to do `adb devices` I have `error device not found`. The driver is correctly installed on my computer How can I launch the recovery mode ? Thanks


title: <HTCData><Facebook> auto sync after changing ROM

text: I had stock rom for my HTC Wildfire S with HTC Sense and facebook. I had joined contacts - Google account and Facebook friends. Now I flashed to Cyanogen mod 7 and they are not synchronised. But I noticed, that every contact (which was synced before) has Note with hash like: `<HTCData><Facebook>id:xxxxxxx/friendof:xxxxxxx</Facebook></HTCData>` Is there any way to put it back together automatically? Thank you


title: What do I have to do to get my file system to recognize foreign characters?

text: I have some MP3 files that have Cyrillic in the mp3 data, as well as being named Сyrillic (the file names themselves as in "музыка.mp3". Is there some additional language package that can install to have my music player and file system render the Cyrillic data correctly? I realize these are two separate features. I'm happy to get answers for both. TIA


title: Can you read a USB flash drive from an Android phone?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S (i9000) with Android 2.1. I am wondering if it can read a USB flash drive. It will be really useful to copy files across USB drives so you don't have to carry laptops around. I think if there is a cable/converter to plugin a USB into the phone and there is an app to read the connected USB drive, I don't see why it can't be done. The problem is do the cable and app exist?


title: Multitouch partially not functional

text: I have problems with multitouch (2 fingers) on my Acer Z120.      Using MultiTouch Tester, I found out that when my two fingers are on the same y-axis, there is only one finger detected whose x value seems to be the average of the x values of the two fingers.      Here are some screenshots to make it clearer (the two manual crosses show where my two fingers really are) :      ![](http://i60.tinypic.com/9ien4p.jpg)   This screenshot illustrate my issue : my two fingers are on same y-axis and only one finger is detected by Android in the middle of the two real fingers.      ![](http://i61.tinypic.com/iont43.png)   This screenshot illustrate a working case : my two fingers are not on the same y-axis and both fingers are well detected by Android.      What could cause that behavior ?


title: What am I left with after rooting?

text: I have a stock Nexus 5 and I want to root the device so I can tether it with a laptop. I see instructions on doing this, and it all looks plenty easy, I am just concerned with what's going on and the mention of images. In the end, I just want to be left with my same stock android, just with the ability to do some things with elevated privileges. After the root process is the phone executing any other code or was that code just a temporary thing as part of the process to root the device? Also, if/when a new Android OS update comes along, will I still receive it like I normally would?


title: Alternative to 'Tab' for external keyboard hyperlink selection/navigation?

text: On Chrome for Windows using Ctrl-F to search for link text and then Ctrl-Enter (or Esc then Enter) to open the link is a method. But it doesn't appear to work on the mobile version (on my Nexus 7 with USB keyboard, at least). Has anyone had this work, or found an alternative method? Or another browser (perhaps uzbl-like) that is decent for keyboard-only browsing? Or an extension for Firefox Mobile? I am having no luck in any of these directions and endless Tabbing is getting me down.


title: Google+ video sync configured for WiFi-only but took place over 4G anyway

text: Two days ago, AT&T surprised me with three bandwidth warnings within a few _seconds_. In quick succession, our wireless account (i) exceeded 2/3 of the 300 MB limit, (ii) exceeded 90% of the 300 MB limit, and (iii) exceeded the limit, resulting in an excess bandwidth surcharge. I isolated the culprit to one of our S3 minis. According to the onboard usage log, **Google+** had unexpectedly burned 200 MB in background transfers. I guess that this was a transfer of a 200 MB video, because that S3 had just taken one. **Google+** came from AT&T preinstalled and preconfigured to automatically back up videos, _but only when there is a WiFi connection available_. I think this means a transfer should never have occurred over 4G. I have found numerous forum threads – such as "Suddenly high data usage (Google+?)" over at _AndroidCentral.com_ – in which identical experiences were reported, both in 2012 and 2013. Some of these threads implicate another app called **Gallery** , which also comes preinstalled and which I do not use and know nothing about. For more examples, Google `[ android google+ sudden data usage ]`. Is there a long-standing bug in **Google+**? How can I correct it going forward? Can I force Google+ to honor the WiFi-only setting? Do I need to change a setting in **Gallery**? Can I expect to recover the surcharge from AT&T, considering that they were the ones to preinstall and preconfigure the software so that this could happen?


title: Which photos get automatically backed up to G+

text: When using the G+ Auto Backup feature, do only my camera photos get backed up? What about downloaded photos, those that I create, or the ones that I transfer from PC to my phone via USB? The support page and the Photos app seem to be unclear about this.


title: Generally speaking why do tablets have lower quality cameras than phones?

text: I've done some comparisons looking at the specs on wikipedia and generally speaking tablets that have come out around the same times phones did, have cameras that are a few megapixels fewer than the ones on phones. Is there a technical reason why it's harder to have a camera in a tablet?


title: Comprehensive list of Android apps that detect and don't work with rooted phones

text: I've been trying to determine if there is a comprehensive list of Android apps that have root detection built in and do not run if root is detected. Examples would be Good for Enterprise, Fox Digital Copy, Barclays Mobile Banking, and DIRECTV GenieGO. Is there such a list?


title: How to root an android phone yourself?

text: I could find no working (but one not working and one based on very old Android version) root package (nor a custom ROM like Cyanogenmod support) for my Android smartphone (Samsung Galaxy Ch@at B-5330) but I need it desperately. I have general Java programming and Linux administration skills. Can I do the trick myself? How do the root ROMs authors do it? I know how to reset the root password on a normal Linux PC but have no idea of how to do it on a phone.


title: WPA2-Enterprise: PAP not shown in phase 2 auth spinner

text: I need to setup a 802.1x EAP Wi-Fi network on a JellyBean device (Motorola Moto G). The network is managed by the university, and they are using eduroam. In the university configuration guide they show how to setup a TTLS-PAP connection. The problem is, in my device, the only options available in the phase 2 authentication spinner are None, MSCHAPV2 and GTC. The configuration guide shows screenshots for gingerbread devices where PAP is also available. I've been googling a bit and seems that some ICS devices also have it available. Could this be a problem of this particular device? Or could it be a problem of all JellyBean devices? Is this option available in KitKat? Thanks in advance. * * * UPDATE   I've checked this option is shown in an old gingerbread phone. Also being shown in a 4.1 tablet.


title: 3G web browsing problems despite full bars

text: I consistently have problems browsing the web via my 3G connections despite the fact that it shows that I've got a "good" signal. Often I will have the blue bars but they eventually turn grey after the connection fails. If I keep hitting retry on Chrome it will eventually load the page. Does anyone have any ideas on what is going on here? Is my carrier doing something strange? ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/IzQgD.png) ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ZDKp1.png) (This is on a Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean, build number JWR66Y, baseband I9250XXLJ1)


title: My Nexus 5 talks in an Asian language!

text: Every time I get a phone call over Bluetooth android starts saying the number in some Asian language which sounds pretty much Chinese to me. I have played with Bluetooth, languages, and text to speech settings with no luck! I would appreciate anything that would get me out of this misery!


title: Chrome browser immediately crashes and I cannot get to my bookmarks

text: Does anyone know why I'm no longer able to access my Mobile Bookmarks on my Galaxy S3 since the last major Android update several months ago? Prior to that update I had no problems with my bookmarks. Now all I get is a "Aw Snap" error message. The bookmark page will appear for a split second then turns into Aw Snap. So aggravating! I don't think the problem is directly within Chrome because I've followed nearly all the online fix instructions others have given to no avail. I think those fixes were for those having Aw Snap issues on their desktops. My last hope was one giving instructions to add Chrome To Mobile Extension on the desktop first but I was shocked that the Extension is not even a Google product! Needless to say I removed it immediately. I'm a baby neophyte in this tech world... All I want to do is get my Mobile Bookmarks that I've had for the 2 yrs that I've owned my beloved Galaxy S3...


title: Where are my Gmail contacts?

text: Where can I access my Gmail contacts on my ICS Android Tablet (DGM T-703)? This does feel like a silly question, but I cannot find my Contacts list anywhere?! Within the Gmail app I cannot see a "Contacts" option!? When I compose an email, contact suggestions do drop down as I complete the To field. Now I'm sure I entered some kind of contacts manager some days ago, but cannot find this again. Under Settings > Accounts & sync, my Gmail account is set to sync for "Calendar", " **Contacts** ", "Gmail" and "Tasks". Also, I cannot find an icon for a "Contacts" (or "People") app, despite having "Contacts" and "Contacts Storage" listed under Settings > Apps > All. I feel as if I should be able to simply run this as a separate app?! I'm fairly new to Android and do not have an Android phone, so I'm not too sure what should be where.


title: Shortening URLs using goo.gl and Tasker

text: I'm trying to use Tasker to shorten URLs. Previously, I don't think this was possible, but v1.3 added support for https. I've tried following the instructions here: https://developers.google.com/url- shortener/v1/getting_started#shorten and I did get an HTTP 400 code, but the %HTTPD variable returned %HTTPD. The things I used in Tasker were:               HTTP Post     Server:Port    https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?key=AIzaSyA8FwOcH-qW6ACR27H_wlrNKcv2OUl_Z8c     Data / File    "longUrl":"http://www.google.com/"     Content Type   application/json          Flash     Text           %HTTPR          Flash     Text           %HTTPD


title: Update the Korean Galaxy S

text: I use a Korean version of Galaxy S (SHW - M110s) phone which runs on android 2.3.6., I want to update it to ICS or JB. I have rooted the phone with major sufferings and flashed with Nakyup ROM. XDA dev people strongly advised me not to update the phone and that may cause a phone brick. But yet I have seen some videos of people in youtube has installed ICS on SHW M110s and they are reluctant to reply my queries. I understand the hardware architecture may difference for mine and the international Galaxy S. If anybody is there to help me in order to update my phone ? Anyone done it before ?