title: Why are all these apps wanting access to Android Services from my Google account?

text: On HTC one 4.3/5.5 I get a list of about 20 apps asking for permission to Android services.               These apps want access to your google account from now on     They are requesting permission to:     Android Services      If I select no thanks, it comes back a few hours later. The other option is allow access Some of the apps are - System UI - Android System - Key Chain - HTC Function Test v4.03.04g - Keep Alive - Settings And so on. While im not against allowing acess, Id prefer not to, but dont want to say no twice a day. Why do all these apps want or need access to my google account? Can I make it stop without granting access? What happens if I grant access?


title: Recover photos From vaulty app after a hard reset

text: First I'm a Samsung Galaxy S4 user. I loaded photos to vaulty without problem. However, I changed my screen lock password and must have typed something incorrectly twice, without noticing and could not access the phone anymore. I had to factory reset the device erasing everything, but before doing that I took my SD storage card out to make sure it wasn't erased. My thought was that the pictures that were in Vaulty would be on the SD card still, but I couldn't access the card anyway on the device. After resetting the device, installing the vaulty app again, and insert the SD card again... I find that I can't see the pictures that were initially saved to the SD card. I attempted to use RECUVA as recommended, but my PC says the SD card isn't formatted for it to access it. Not formatting it bc that would erase it completely. So I'm stuck at this point. Is there a way to recover photos after a factory Reset or an update if the data was on a SD card initially, seems to be the question I have, as well as many others do I see?


title: Rotate reminder in camera

text: **Is there any way to have a Samsung Galaxy S3 remind the user to rotate the device when shooting video or photographs?** The user in question keeps promising to start rotating the device when photographing but always forgets. I do understand that the problem might be the wetware and not the hardware, but I argue that the form factor and UI of the device actually encourages this behaviour.


title: Sync Exchange 2010 notes, tasks and reminders

text: My HTC Incredible S phone runs Android 2.2, and has the ability to sync e-mail, calendar and contacts with our Exchange 2010 Server at work. Tasks, notes and e-mail reminders, however, aren't synced out-of-the-box. I've been looking, but can't seem to find any lightweight apps on the Google Play Store that can fill this gap. Does anyone know of such a product? If a lightweight one does not exist, what would you recommend I do to sync these items? I'd prefer using the built-in e-mail, calendar and contact apps, and would rather avoid bloatware such as TouchDown. _I foundthis question which somewhat addresses this, but doesn't mention e-mail reminders and notes._


title: Exchange 2010 calendar synchronization problem

text: I've had my HTC Incredible S for a couple of weeks now, and have only just succeeded in synchronizing my Exchange 2010 calendar with it. E-mail and contacts have been working like a charm from the beginning. I kept getting this useless error message: > Synchronization is experiencing problems I tried many things, including exporting my entire calendar to file, deleting all items in my calendar, and re-importing items, but to no avail. My collegues' calendars synced just fine to my phone. For some reason my calendar just wouldn't sync. After a lot of messing around I found that if I made a change to **every single item** in my calendar, e.g. changing the subject of the item, and restoring it afterwards, I was able to sync the entire calendar. Finally! A VBA macro helped me perform this absurd task in Outlook 2010:               Sub ChangeAllItems()       Dim myolApp As Outlook.Application       Dim calendar As MAPIFolder       Dim aItem As Object       Set myolApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")       Set calendar = myolApp.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder       Dim strTemp As String       For Each aItem In calendar.Items         strTemp = aItem.Subject         'Make a change to the item (subject)         aItem.Subject = strTemp & " "         aItem.Save         'Restore subject line         aItem.Subject = strTemp         aItem.Save       Next aItem     End Sub      This question serves two purposes; first, to help others who are experiencing the same issue; second, to help me and others understand the reasons for this strange behaviour.   * Has anyone had the same problem, but solved it differently?   * Does anyone know of a reasonable explanation to this behaviour? I would make this community wiki, but can't find the setting.


title: HTC Desire HD with Nokia E52 IMEI

text: I recently bought HTC desire HD from E-Bay India. I'm in India and the guy in E-bay imported UK unlocked Desire HD, I recently check for the IMEI details and I'm shocked, when I checked, Its showing Nokia E52's details. May I know why I'm getting Nokia's detail for HTC IMEI ? Any Ideas ? And I couldn't able to connect my phone in USB Debugging mode, Is it because of this change in IMEI ? Some one please help asap. Regards, Praveen


title: Resetting Google Search

text: Google Search on my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 is not "looking" at all on my phone. It is strictly doing a web search. How can I establish it to access phone and web? Or can I uninstall it and reinstall? I have ICS version 4.0.4 stock AT&T ROM and not rooted.


title: Flash update.img using flash_image

text: I want to flash a new ROM using the shell. (Need this later to do per app so there is no other way than shell). Here is what I tried               connected to 192.168.1.9:5555     Pauls-MacBook-Pro:~$ adb shell     root@android:/ # su     root@android:/ # flash_image     usage: flash_image partition file.img     root@android:/ # flash_image boot /mnt/sdcard/_updateboot.img     error opening /mnt/sdcard/_updateboot.img: No such file or directory     1|root@android:/ # flash_image boot /mnt/sdcard/_update/boot.img                    root@android:/ # flash_image misc /mnt/sdcard/_update/misc.img                      root@android:/ # flash_image kernel /mnt/sdcard/_update/kernel.img                  root@android:/ # flash_image recovery /mnt/sdcard/_update/recovery.img              root@android:/ # flash_image system /mnt/sdcard/_update/system.img                  mtd: write error (No space left on device)     error writing system: No space left on device     1|root@android:/ # flash_image system /mnt/sdcard/_update/system.img                mtd: write error (No space left on device)     error writing system: No space left on device     1|root@android:/ # reboot      Even if I don't get the No space error it just wouldn't boot (it is a TV dongle, so no HDMI output). Has anyone an idea how to flash ROMs from an ROM?


title: Contact names not showing for the calls and messages

text: My Galaxy S3 was working great until I installed a firmware update on 26/11/12. Immediately after, the names dropped off the calls and messages and it is now showing phone numbers only. When I dial somebody or receive an incoming call, only the numbers are displayed not the contact name. Please help....


title: How is the Gmail password stored in Android - and where?

text: I have looked around and found no information on how Android manages to store passwords on the device. Especially Gmail passwords. I'm looking to learn how Android encrypts and stores passwords ? What key does it use and where is this key stored, and what encryption algorithm it uses.


title: All emails under K9 -app?

text: Android requires at least one-working Gmail that is apparently tied to the default email. Now I would like to have that email under K9 but I cannot because Android instructs me to hard-reset my device if I remove the Gmail from the default Gmail. Now the problem is that I get two notification from Default client and from K9. So how can I have all emails under K9?


title: First smart phone, activating droid incredible question

text: I just bought a used Droid Incredible off Amazon and would like to play around with it. Its asking me to call a number and activate it. I am hesitant to activate it before I go to the Verizon store to upgrade from my flip phone to this smart phone, using the same phone number. If I activate it will that mess anything up? I know very little about cell phone service.


title: Android phone cannot press any buttons after boot

text: My Samsung Galaxy S 4G seems to be bricked. I must have done something horribly wrong to get it to be in this state. Sometimes, it hangs on the Samsung screen when booting up. Other times, it is unresponsive after the first five seconds. I think it's the media scanning that's causing this, but I am not sure. Samsung Kies and ADB both do not detect the device. I did a factory reset when this was happening, and it seems to have made it worse. Is my phone un-savingly bricked? How can I fix it? When the phone was still working, I think I deleted some system files accidentally. This could be why it's not working properly. Edit: Now it seems like I can't even get pass the Samsung Screen.


title: how to sync phone memory with pc?

text: Before Jelly Bean forced us to use MTP mode (mass transfer protocol) instead of Mass Storage Device, It was dead simple to backup my phone to my pc, because I only needed to plug it in, and sync the contents of the SD card to my PC. I used an app called "Free File Sync", which basically just syncs any two folders in windows. The problem now is, that MTP mode doesn't assign drive letters to the phone's memory (internal and SD), which causes that my syncing program simply doesn't recognize the device. I have the same problem with other programs that I use to manage my phones SD card, namely "TreeSize free", which analyses any folder or drive and gives you an oversight of the space consumed by folders, etc. Again, since the phone is not assigned a drive letter, the program simply ignores it, as if it wasn't there. So what are my options? Is there a default way of syncing MTP drives with Windows? I also have tried to enable Mass Storage in my phone, but it doesn't work (the option is simply no longer there in **Jellybean 4.1.2** , or at least in my model) Note, I don't want apps to make backups of my stuff (apps, pictures, etc), I already have them (Titanium Backup, etc), what I want is to be able to SYNC everything in my phone (backups included) to my pc automatically. I could simply copy ALL files from Windows Explorer every single time, and then manually syncing it to the destination backup folder, but obviously is not convenient and loses the point of SYNCING. So what can I do? I just want to once in a while sync everything in my phone to my pc as a backup. Thanks!


title: How do I change my photo in my message threads?

text: I have an LG Optimus Elite and I am running the stock ROM. In my text message threads, under "Me" where my messages are, it shows one of my contacts, rather than my Facebook or Google photo. How do I change this?


title: how to set up lockscreen and quick acces to apps

text: Back in the day, I had a phone which I rooted and got a custom rom. (An Xperia X8, with the GingerDX custom rom using android 2.3.7) When I turned on the phone, I got the sliders for calling, messages, silent mode, and a custom app. But since I ALSO had the pattern lock activated, just after sliding for either optin, I got the pattern lock screen, and after entering my pattern, I went to whatever app (quick access) I chose. Now, I got a new phone, a Motorola RAZR XT919 with out of the box **Jelly Bean (4.1.2)** , but now I see that if i choose to have the pattern lock screen, I no longer have the quick "slide" screen for quick access to common apps (calls, messages, and camera). Is this how it is always been for native android? Or there is some hidden option to have both functions? Or are there apps to achieve that? I really never knew if that feature was specific for the custom rom I used with the other phone because it was my first android phone and i never compared it to others, but since it feels so natural, I expected it to just do the same for other newer android versions. Wrapping up, I'd like to be able to have the shortcuts on the lockscreen, and then (if enabled) to be asked for the unlock pattern, so I can have the best of the two (immediately choosing and app and protect the phone with the pattern) Any thoughts or ideas?


title: Corrupt Internal Storage File System

text: I am using an original RAZR that is partitioned using Safestrap running stock 4.1 on one partition and CM10.1 on the other. My problem is the internal storage (internal SD card I believe) partition running CM10.1 has a corrupt file system and I am having trouble running a check and repair. The internal storage always shows 0.0b available and no files can be saved to that disk space. The OS restores to default on every reboot, I'm guessing the config files are failing to save when I get through the setup. Troubleshooting steps/questions so far...   * Using Safestrap I have tried to wipe the system and all caches, then reinstall CM10.1 but no luck. The version I have of SS does not provide a file system check.   * I can connect using shell and ADB, just not sure exactly what commands to run from there. Specifically how do I find out what file system to mount and how do I type that out as an argument? Do I use the fsck_msdos program that I have available in the /system/xbin folder? If so how do I find the file system information to complete the syntax for running the fsck? If fsck is the correct method to repair where do I run it from? Stock or CM installation? ADB shell or terminal from a running droid OS?


title: Is it possible to install already installed apps with one click?

text: In the Apple App Store, if you have downloaded an item in the past, you can click the `INSTALL` button to download it in one click. However, in the Google Play Store, you have to go into the app, press the install button, accept the permissions, and then it's downloaded. It's a bit tedious if you're batch re- installing after you did a factory reset. Is there a function similar to that button in the App Store, but for the Google Play Store?


title: What is the difference between "Screen On" and "Awake"?

text: I can possibly understand why the phone can be Awake without having the screen on (background stuff), but how can the screen be on without it being awake? ![Battery usage screen-shot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xvKVv.png) If relevant my device is the Nexus 4 running Android Jelly Bean 4.3.


title: Why Google Play Music app gets turned off when I'm running?

text: Whenever I go for a run and I'm using my Google Play Music app, my phone turns off within 5-10 minutes, causing said app to turn off. Is there a way to stop this from happening? If relevant I have a Samsung Galaxy S III.


title: Debugging the Android Browser Debugger

text: Normally, when I go to `about:debug` in the android browser the a prompt to expand the console appears at the top of the screen. On some pages of a site that I'm trying to debug, the console won't open. I've navigated to Settings > Debug and verified that "Show JavaScript Console" is checked, but the "SHOW JAVASCRIPT CONSOLE" prompt isn't appearing at the top of the screen, so I have seemingly no way of actually viewing the console. Have I stumbled on a bug, or is there something else that I'm forgetting to do to open the console? (If it makes any difference, I'm running this on an intranet development site with a domain along the lines of `foo.bar.local`)


title: Lock screen launch bar not launching app, shows different icon too

text: This is an HTC One with Android 4.3 and Nova Launcher Prime (This may be a Nova issue, not sure yet) Since a picture is worth 1000 words, here is the pictures: Dragging an icon "up" from the lock screen is supposed to unlock the phone and launch the app. This worked fine until I changed SMS apps ![The lock screen launcher](http://i.stack.imgur.com/SBqfz.png) Now when the phone is locked, it shows this funny little android icon instead of the Textra icon. Dragging the icon up unlocks the phone, but does not launch the app ![Once the phone is unlocked](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dwAoj.png) Once the phone is unlocked, the proper icon shows (With the music and browser icons swapped) and clicking the textra icon launches the app properly. I'm going to contact the Nova developer with this as well, but was wondering if anyone had seen anything like this before. **UPDATE This now appears to be a bug or issue with Nova. Tried something I should have tried before asking, but I will update with the solution anyway. I dropped back to the default HTC Sense launcher and the Textra icon was not where it should be. I re-created the shortcut with the HTC launcher, then went back to Nova and got the proper icon and launch behavior.


title: Connect my Android phone to a WiFi hotspot from my laptop

text: I want to connect my rooted HTC Ville to a WiFi hotspot I made with my laptop, since I don't have WiFi at home. I'm running fedora 20 on my laptop and CM 11 on my HTC One S. I can see the WEP secured WLAN with my handy but it doesn't connect. Do you have any ideas why and how to fix it?


title: HTC One X IMAP marking emails as read

text: I've synced my yahoo account to my HTX one X's mail client using IMAP which syncs regularly every 15 minutes, however if i've not looked at the phone for a while the email will mark itself as read and the notification disappears so i'm missing new emails if i dont open the client regularly. Is there anyway to stop this from happening?


Device : MMX A89     OS : ICS 4.0.4     Battery : 1400 mAh      Is it feasible install 3000 mAh battery to MMX A89 mobile? As internet is ON on mobile so it's getting drain within 6 to 8 hours and I am not using internet with lot of use. Although batter get drained quickly. Any solution?


title: HTC one X moving to next email

text: In the HTC one X mail client there doesn't seem to be a way to move up and down to the next email from an open email (as i could previously do on my Desire). Is there a way to do this that i haven't spotted?


title: Wifi scanning for known networks that don't broadcast their SSID

text: When wifi is enabled, and the phone is not connected to a wifi network, it scans for known networks. I always thought that networks send out their SSID (like StarbucksWifi) and if this SSID is in the list of known networks on the phone, the phone tries to connect. Recently I found out that the phone actively tries to connect to known networks even if they are not available. Is it possible to block this last behavior? See another discussion on Information Security about this.


title: What do the 2 pins on the back of the Nexus S do?

text: I'm really frustrated with a Nexus S turning off while in my pocket. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the pin positions, or these 2 strange back pins and contacts on the cover that don't seem to do anything: ![what are these pins for?](http://i.stack.imgur.com/k0VJX.jpg) I guess those tell the phone "the back cover is on", which must mean something to the phone. When I put a piece of paper between those pins and the back cover, the phone at least doesn't seem to do the (literal 5 minute) "flash disk check" when the phone comes on. Is blocking these pins from contacting a bad thing? Will it help to stop the phone from turning off in my pocket?


title: I want a smart phone that I can lock in DNS settings. Is Android "the one"

text: It is all about being the internet boss. I want to be able to lock in or password protect the DNS settings to OpenDNS, so I can have a safe smartphone, that my kid can use with no fear of accessing pr0n or whatever. Anybody know if this is possible? I don't want to use another method of content filtering.


title: Are there any Email apps that render HTML emails?

text: Are there any email apps on the Market that can render HTML emails instead of just displaying the text of the email? I know the GMail app can, but I want one that I can use to view HTML emails from my non-GMail accounts.


title: Why are my Astrid and Tasks reminders late sometimes?

text: Samsung GT-I8160 Galaxy Ace II     Stock Android 4.1.2      I used Astrid for a couple of years, and now I use Tasks. But both of them has the similar issue: sometimes reminders are late. What may be the reason? How it can be fixed?


title: How to identify the cause of entering Safe Mode?

text: I have a Motorola Xoom 3G tablet running Android 4.04 (latest system release) that has been stuck in 'safe mode' for some time now no matter how many times I restart the device. I have been through the apps list and uninstalled anything I could remember installing recently but still the problem persists. The device is primarily used as a wifi hotspot with my 3G internet around the house which still works fine - but I would also like to use the screen as an ereader from time to time - which the permanent 'safe mode' message gets in the way of. Is there any way of tracing the cause of this safe mode loop? Alternately is there a way of just getting rid of the 'safe mode' message while leaving it in safe mode?


title: Special Internet packs on Android phone?

text: Suppose,we might activate a special pack eg) `Whatsapp` pack for `Airtel`.How can I restrict the internet being used by other applications.So that it wont deduce any balance from main Avaliable options:   1. Stop synchrnozing   2. signout from accounts   3. Remove apps(worst case) Can anyother possible way? P.S : I activated Whatsapp Airtel for one month and I dont have any other internet packs **Edit:** Have tried Droid-Wall but still not working,On Trouble-shooting , when I checked Data-Usage I noticed that an app named `sound is ON` , I cant able to restict that app also no clue about its working.


title: Dban on android

text: I am unable to use my phone it will not hold charge and dies quickly. I will be receiving a new phone tomorrow however I want to wipe my phone for my personal benefit. I have two questions; first will it wipe the system or just my personal files, and two I will be using another users battery will damage be done to the battery? Also if you know of any other file wiping tools for non rooted droid user....Any advice is appreciated, thank you


title: Galaxy S4 Video Recording: File Size Limit & Frequent Blurring

text: I'm trying to use Galaxy S4 as a video camera for recording offline usergroups. Apart from whether it's a good idea, it's generally succeeding, but there are some critical problems:   * Android file system does not support files larger than 4GB. At 1280x720 resolution, this is about 40-something minutes, which is sometimes less than what I typically need (some sessions take 60+ minutes), which causes a sudden video stop, and if I'm conscious enough, I press the recording again, and lose about a minute or less in between. I'm thinking this problem might be solved by rooting the phone and buying one of the programs that allow mounting NTFS for Android, formatting an SD card as NTFS as well. Would you expect this to work? Any luck with any of this programs and recording to memory card?   * Sometimes the phone blurs the text it records and afterwards the text becomes clear again. Sometimes this happens quite often that it becomes annoying to anyone watching the video. I have tried disabling video stabilization but this doesn't seem to improve it much. It still insists on blurring text at random times. It probably is trying to help me with some autofocus thing, but it's only doing harm. I'm short of ideas for this one. Anyone managed to stop it? Not sure if this should be split into 2 questions, but would appreciate help on either anyway. Thanks a lot.


title: Decrypt my Micro SD Card

text: I have been looking every where for an answer to this. I had a Razor MAX with an encrypted card in it. Well I dropped that phone and it died on the spot. I now have a SG3 and the micro sd card works fine but the files that were encrypted are still that way and I can't open them. Any ideas on how to decrypt just those files??


title: Gmail - one notification for all new messages

text: I use the new Gmail app on my Galaxy s2. One notification for each new message s very annoying. I want the new mail notification to act like on my desktop - a notification on the toolbar that indicates that there is an unread mail. Can you thing on a way to do that?


title: Can the Kindle app scroll mobi files vertically?

text: The Kindle Android app makes the mobi files scroll horizontally. This poses a problem if a certain portion of the text is in the previous _page_ and I need to keep scrolling left and right. Instead can it let me scroll _selectively_ from top to bottom? How?


title: How to search Android Applications by size?

text: Is there any way I can search or filter android apps by size less than 1MB or 2MB on any android app store? I have a low end android phone with less memory and installation space. Light weight apps are mostly faster and I can install more of them therefore I want to search small apps only.


title: Does GPS signal quality influence battery life?

text: Does bad/weak GPS signal affect battery life? For instance, when in the city downtown with lots of tall buildings or in the woods or mountains, will running GPS drain the battery faster?


title: Only connect to certain Wi-Fi networks

text: I have a Bionic and recently upgraded from Gingerbread to ICS. I used to have my home Wi-Fi and my work Wi-Fi networks saved in my phone, and I had it set to not look for any other networks. I never got notified about Wi-Fi networks being in range, it just connected to those two when it could. Now that I'm on ICS I keep getting notifications about Wi-Fi networks being in range and the only way I've found to resolve that issue it to turn the wifi off completely. Problem is, then I forget to turn the wifi back on when I am at home or work. So my questions are:   * Is there a setting to turn off the Wi-Fi notifications and I'm just looking right past it?   * Is there a way to set up my phone to only connect to a couple of Wi-Fi networks and to ignore the other ones unless I go in and tell it to connect to them?


title: Device always boots in recovery mode, but apparently there is no recovery partition

text: We have a BSNL Penta IS709c (cheapest tablet currently available / Oct 2012) running Android 4.0. Feeling adventurous, I issued `reboot recovery` through `adb` and the device tried to reboot in _recovery mode_. However turns out that there is probably no recovery partition and the device is stuck at following screen. Rebooting the device doesn't help and it always boots to following screen. So, what can I do to boot it back in normal mode? I'd also like to point out that this device does **not** has _Volume Up_ and _Volume Down_ buttons. Available 4 physical buttons are _Power/Home/Menu/Back_. ![Android recovery mode without recovery partition](http://i.stack.imgur.com/CRgew.jpg)


title: Samsung Galaxy S phone USB device recognized by host VirtualBox OS but undefined in guest OS

text: My phone model is > Samsung Galaxy > > S SGH-T959 When plugged in via USB cable, the phone is well recognized by Windows as below snapshot. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/qQFBj.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Na9gW.png) But when I select the `Samsung phone` device from `Device` menu of the VirtualBox guest OS window as below snapshot, the device is not regconized after Windows try to auto update driver for that device :( ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/AmR8j.png)


title: Why is my Kyocera Echo taking 6 minutes to boot?

text: I have a Kyocera Echo that now takes about 6 minutes to boot. I haven't rooted it or tried to perform any 'hacks' on it. I've had it for a few months now. It's running Android 2.3 if that helps. I am not sure if it is meant to take this long to boot. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.


title: Why can I not pull an IPv6 address from T-Mobile?

text: I saw that T-Mobile has enabled IPv6 for its network, and I wanted to try it out. I dropped off my WiFi network, changed my APN to the IPv6-enabled APN (epc.tmobile.com) and was unable to pull an address. Turns out that they don't support it on this phone (a T-Mobile G2, a.k.a. HTC Vision/HTC Desire Z) yet; they say that only two phones work. So, I have a couple of queries which led me to post this question:   * Is the IP engine for the EDGE and HSDPA radio actually on-chipset in this phone?   * IPv6 was of course a known thing on the horizon when the phone was released, so if the previous question is a “yes”, then is it at least part of the radio firmware that can be upgraded?


title: Why does Gmail force close when I open it?

text: Every time I open my Gmail app it force closes. This is the message I get: > The application Gmail( process com.android.gmail) has stopped unexpectedly. > Please try again.) If it helps I am using the Samsung Galaxy S II running Android 2.3.


title: Location consent annoyance

text: I use the Power Control widget shipped with Android to quickly turn GPS on and off. Since update 4.4.1 or 4.4.2, which features WiFi-based location detection, it's been pestering me for this location consent thing: ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Euh0Um.png)   Screenshot (click image for larger variant) I hit "Disagree" every single time, but it just pops right back up the next time I activate the GPS. This is extremely annoying and I'm worried I'll accidentally hit "Agree" one of these times. How can I permanently disagree with this?


title: Light Flow not pushing email notifications to my Pebble

text: I've been trying to get everything set up on my new Nexus 5, and one of those things is getting notifications working properly, both on the phone itself as well as on my Pebble watch. One problem I'm having right now (which I basically bypassed with my previous phone) is getting Light Flow to push notifications to my Pebble. I know that Light Flow is handling notifications because the notification LED and vibrate settings are being used, but despite setting the "Send to Pebble" checkbox for the desired notifications, I'm not getting anything on my watch. I did have it working with my past phone, though. Before people ask in the comments, yes, I can still get notifications on my watch if they originate from the Pebble app. However, I can't set the Pebble app to a sleep mode like I can with Light Flow. There are also notifications that I can get from Light Flow that I can't get from the Pebble app, for instance low battery warning and lost cell connection that I also want. Also, 3rd party notifications are enabled in Pebble. **Since I know that both Light Flow and Pebble are working independently, why can't I get them to work together?**


I use my Android tablet to read long PDF files. **How can I add and edit bookmarks within a PDF on Android?**


title: Ext4 partition clockworkmod recovery backup

text: Successfully installed CM7 on ZTE Blade and simple2ext (S2E) made me excited. I've partitioned my SD in CWM recovery and I guess it was Ext3 partition. But one thing was mistake. I have checked in S2E checkbox says `mount sd-ext partition as Ext4` and everything was okay until I wanted to make backup from recovery. All part passed succesfully but `/sd-ext` and I've googled this thread says: > "clockworkmod doesn't support ext4 on the blade. ext3 works." Unticking that checkbox makes all unworkable. What can I do now to make ext-partition to ext3 back and backup it succesfully by recovery? At this moment I want to make wipe or hard or factory reset to check something with clean android installation and then go back to my phone's current state. Maybe it's no need to make partition from ext4 to be ext3? ROM: CyanogenMod-7.2.0-RC1-blade-KANG (2.3.7 by BurgerZ) Kernel: 2.6.35.7-perf+


title: How do I install SELinux on Android 4.2.2?

text: I'm trying to run Android version 4.2.2 on my device. For some reason, SELinux is not installed. I'm not talking about disabled/permissive/enforcing states, but on actually SELinux setup. The SELinux files don't compile on build. Does anyone know how to set SELinux, to be part of my build? Thanks!!


title: Is there a sound picker app with file browser and audio previews?

text: In android (at least in Xperia) when you want change a ring-tone (SMS, call, ...) it show you a list of all available audio files in your mobile and SD memories. Choosing a ring from a list of thousands of files is not easy at all. Some apps make it a little easier but not prefect. Is there any app that:   1. Let me choose ring-tone via a file browser   2. Audio clips can be previewed quickly in its file browser.


title: Why I have problem downloading iso file in android?

text: Background: Our company monitor the network data usage and give warning to employee with high internet data usage. What I want to do is download the big file in my android phone because I have a unlimited data usage plan for it. I wanted to download some linux iso from the internet but I want to do it in my phone. I had downloaded some big files ( 200-300mb, exe files ) back in some weeks and they are successful. I just click the link inside Dolphin Browser HD and it automatically popped up a prompt-to-save. Today I tried to download some linux iso files ( 600-700mb ) and they were not successful either by clicking the link directly or put the link into a downloader app. But I can download them from my PC without problem ( of course I didn't download it actually ). Dolphin Browser HD's progress bar stopped at about 1/10 and keeping loading, finally said "Web Page not available". And the downloader said cannot connect to the server. Do you have any idea? Here is one of the file I need to download: http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Live/i686/Fedora-17-i686-Live- Desktop.iso


title: How do I make "Groups" the default view for my contacts?

text: I am using the default contacts app that came with my Android 4.04 device. When I open the Contact app, there are 4 tabs. Phone, Groups, Contacts, and Favorites and by default it opens the Contacts. Is there a way (a setting) to opening the "Groups" view as default instead? **If not** is there a another compatible Contact management application that can be recommended to give me more control over groups etc. The primary purpose of this question is to answer about the settings, not to provide me with a long list iof Apps. Thanks in advance


title: Is there any study on how which services/sensors consume the battery?

text: I am looking for some **study/comparison on how battery-consuming are specific services/sensors** (3G, Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth, accelerometer) in Android devices. I know that the exact answer might differ depending on a phone but the question is general - which sensors are more consuming than others. Has anyone stumbled across something like that?


title: Galaxy S3 requesting "key password"

text: My samsung-galaxy-s3 is asking for a key password when I try to send an email via gmail. It never asked before, but my phone had a software update and now it seems to need this password and I don't have it. What do I do now?


title: nexus 7 volume keeps muting

text: At completely random times the on screen volume slider appears and mutes the sound. Also the slider just stays on screen over anything I'm doing (as it is now) and will not disappear. Sometimes touching the volume rocker switch will work, often it doesn't. So even if I don't need any sound the slider is on screen interfering with whatever I'm trying to look at. Rebooting doesn't help. This occurs whether any apps are running or none and there is no way of telling when this will happen. Also if I do want to listen to something the slider will just appear and return to mute, so if I try to turn the volume up with the rocker switch it just immediately slides back to mute. It's happening more frequently, pretty much all the time now. I had hoped the recent KitKat upgrade would resolve it, but no luck. I have taken it out of its case so there is nothing pressing on the buttons. This is the old style nexus with one camera. What could cause this, and how can it be solved?


title: Confirming the nature of a Samsung update, and declining it

text: I find it a little bit offensive to receive a "Software Update" message on my Galaxy Note 2 that does not disclose the nature of the update (an OS update? an app update?). ![software update message](http://i.stack.imgur.com/08ZHnm.png)   software update message (click image for larger variant) Judging by the timing, the chatter, and especially the size, I am guessing Samsung is pushing a 4.4 (KitKat) update, but given the lousy experience of reduced battery performance after upgrading from 4.1 to 4.3 (including giving a chance for recalibration with many full discharge/recharge cycles), I'd rather avoid 4.4 for now. My question is in two parts:   1. How do I confirm that this is indeed KitKat being pushed?   2. How do I decline the update, or at least delay it by longer than three hours? ![3 hour max delay](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ebcN1m.png)   3 hour max delay (click image for larger variant)


title: Phone says it's unable to conference calls

text: I'd like to do a conference call with my Android phone (running Cyanogenmod 7). I call one number, then call another. Then I press "Merge calls", but the phone gives the message "unable to conference calls". Why would this be? Interestingly, this doesn't always happen. Sometimes it succeeds, and gives me a conference call with a "Manage" icon in the middle. So, why would it sometimes fail?


title: How to uninstall "not installed" apps

text: I just found out that some apps that I uninstall from my tablet are still listed in "all apps" section by my device, although marked as "not installed": ![Apps list](http://i.stack.imgur.com/kJLJ7m.png)   Apps List (click image for larger variant) How can I fully remove them? Please note that those are not system apps or pre-installed apps by manufacturer.


title: Proximity sensor always 0 or 9cm. Could this be a hardware or software problem?

text: The proximity sensor on my phone always gives a distance value of 0 or 9cm (using both Z Device Test and CPU-Z). In sunlight, the sensor gives a reading of 9cm. Anywhere else (in shade, indoors, etc) the reading alternates between 0 and 9cm, and rather quickly. In intervals of about 2 seconds. If I cover the sensor with my thumb then reading is 0 as it should be. Soon as I remove my thumb the screen begins to flash. I have tried using Resound Proximity Sensor to calibrate but failed. Could this be a software problem that I could fix myself?


title: Laptop unable to detect Gionee E6

text: I wanted to debug an Android app on my Ginonee e6. But when I connect it through USB cable, the device is not detected. Last time I had faced same issue with Samsung Galaxy Y and installing Kies solved the problem But for `Gionee E6`, nothing works, I have `google-usb` drivers installed; still my phone is not detected. I have switched ON the `USB-Debugging` option in the settings Please help. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/BRRz0.jpg)


title: How to import names+phone numbers into my Android smartphone (a Galaxy S3)?

text: I have an Android Galaxy S3 phone and I have a two column lists of names + phone numbers on my hard disk, and a Google account, and am a capable programmer and software developer. How can I import the phone numbers into the phone?


title: input keyevent seems slow

text: I'm writing a script that automatize our application login. `adb shell "input keyevent KEYCODE_TAB; input text foo; input keyevent KEYCODE_ENTER;"` and so on... Work great, but it seems a little slow               shell@s8515:/ $ time input keyevent KEYCODE_TAB     0m1.51s real     0m0.29s user     0m0.09s system      What do you think about that ? there is something to speed up theses tasks ?


title: Samsung Glaxy S5 Wifi Not in Range

text: I have Samsung Glaxy S5 device with some other devices. The Wifi is working every device except in Glaxy S5 device. But when I go to Wifi settings I see 2 connections 1) MyWifi 2) NVRAM Warning: Err = 0x10. When I select MyWifi and put the password. It says 'Authenticating' then it will show 'Not in Range'. Tried everything but nothing is working for me.


title: How do I install a custom ROM on sony experia ray ST18i?

text: I unlocked the bootloader and rooted the device already like this: How to unlock and root a Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray ST18i with 4.1.B.1.13 But How can I install a custom Rom now on the device? I guess I have to enter the recovery menu for it? I tried this, but it doesen't work: > press the volume down key a few times when your phone boots up. The sony > logo brightens at one point, press during that time


title: Is there a way to determine whether a source for rooting instructions is reliable?

text: I'm considering rooting an ATT S3, and came across this guide: The guide links to some file that is supposed to contain both a file to be copied into the phone and the tools for flashing the CWM. Are there any reasonable assurances that this file and tools are free of malware? Are there any peer reviewed sources that I could use with a greater degree of trust?


title: Unable to hear caller when using native internet (SIP) calling on Jelly Bean

text: I am using the native internet calling feature provided on Jelly Bean. (I believe this feature has been available since Gingerbread.) I can make outgoing calls without issue. Since my SIP account is connected to a PSTN (i.e. phone number) I can also receive calls. However, when I answer an incoming call the calling party can hear me, but I cannot hear the caller on the other end. My guess is that this is some kind of NAT problem. See here, for example. With other third-party SIP apps it is possible to use STUN to eliminate the problem. I don't see any corresponding options for the native SIP interface, though. So I have two related questions: **1\. Is it possible to enable/use STUN with native internet calling?** **2\. How can I troubleshoot problems with native internet calling?**


title: Contacts show gmail contacts instead of phone

text: when i try to assign one image to a contact, then all i can see are gmail contacts instead of my phone contacts. I'm using Jelly bean version. Please help me in this. Phone is Sony xperia C.


title: How do you set the Swype keyboard to delete the entire word when the delete button is held down?

text: Older version did this but now it only happens to the first word. "If I have a sentence like this" and wanted to delete all the way to "If I" I could have held down the delete key and after a second it would start deleting word by word.


title: How to mimic tilt & shake controls in BlueStacks?

text: I am running BlueStacks (beta-1) on an old Windows laptop which doesn't have accelerometer & gravity sensor. Many Android games support physical key mapping using which I can use physical keyboard of my Laptop to play Android games. If a game doesn't support key mapping, I can still play it.. not always effectively, but I can play it. Tap, long tap, swipe is fine with mouse.   When it comes to tilt & shake controls, many games like Ripetide GP allows to switch to touch-based controls. The problem arises when tilt & shake controls are mandatory. For example, I can't play Temple Run after few meters because of that. How to mimic tilt & shake controls? **Update:**   My laptop features `free-fall protection` which I guess utilises some kind of accelerometer. I don't know how accurate it is in non-linear dimension, but can it be utilized with BlueStacks?


title: Can't use ADB with Nexus 4 after 4.3 update

text: Here's a funky issue. I've been using ADB without any problems on 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 on my Nexus 4 (Stock Android and some CM10-based ROMs). When I flashed a CM10.2-based rom (JellyBro, I believe?) a few months ago, I was never able to get ADB to work, so I restored a nandroid of my previous setup. After a while, I decided to flash the stock 4.3 image and see if I still have the problem. I do. The setup?   * Phone: Nexus 4   * Phone OS: Android 4.3 (Factory)   * Computer OS: Linux Mint 15  Okay, the problem?   * I cannot use ADB with my N4 on 4.3.   * I cannot authorize my computer with my device. What have you tried so far?   * I just tried to use the default feature. The phone should prompt to authorize my computer, but I never get a prompt. I checked /data/misc/adb/ and the directory was empty.     * Even so, I decided to click the "Revoke USB debugging authorizations" option in Developer options.   * I copied ~/.android/adbkey.pub from my Linux box and put its contents in a new file named /data/misc/adb/adb_key on my device.     * When that didn't work, I rebooted the device.     * When that didn't work, I disabled/enabled ADB on the device.     * When that didn't work, I killed adb on my computer, then restarted it.     * When a-c didn't work, I did them all sequentially before trying again, which also didn't work.   * Exactly the same as above, but put it in /data/misc/adb/adb_keys intead of adb_key (because XDA and other sites cite both filenames).   * Clicked the "Revoke USB debugging authorizations" button again. Rebooted the phone, killed ADB on my computer. Still no prompts to authorize.   * It only removed /data/misc/adb/adb_keys, not adb_key. So I'm pretty sure adb_key is the wrong filename (despite being cited at a frequency on par with the correct name).   * Update my platform-tools and Android SDK packages. No dice.     * Can't actually update; I have the most recent version (18.0.1)   * Remove and reinstall platform-tools. No dice.   * By the way, my permissions for the adb_keys file are 300. Owner is root. Group is root. Or in other terms:              ls -l adb_keys     -rw------- root root      Are you sure this is only happening to you on 4.3?   * Yes. I have no problems after installing any 4.2 rom with recovery, or the 4.2.2 factory image with fastboot. And it's exactly the same issue with factory 4.3 or a 4.3-based ROM?   * Yes. Although I've only tried two or three roms, plus the factory image. There may be a magical rom out there somewhere that does work though. Have you tried any other devices?   * I tested adb with my girlfriend's 2012 Nexus 7 running 4.3. It had no issues at all. Any other computers?   * Unfortunately no. I only have my Linux Mint 15 box. * * * Okay, so that's basically the gist of it. Does anyone else have any clever ideas? (Or does anyone see where I was an idiot and made a mistake?) File transfers over MTP also work fine. Flashing the 20130910 nightly build of PAC-man actually gave me working ADB without the need to authorize my computer at all. This is fortunate, but the original question is still up in the air: Why can't I get it to work on stock?


title: How can I automatically set up Android as USB storage only when connected to my PC?

text: How can I set up Android to automatically act as USB storage only when connected to my computer (or other "known" devices), without asking additional questions? I want to have those questions on other computers (charging by default). I understand the questions are for the security reasons, but I trust my machine, so I don't need to answer any questions each time. The device is rooted, cyanogenmod 7, Tasker and Locale installed.


title: how to capture any .apk download

text: We are seeking a reliable method to get the .apk file for any arbitrary application that may currently exist on Google Play store. ("legit" reasons may be e.g. to later restore to _application v8_ even if only _application v11_ is available to public). I am not aware of any utility that can do this, so one approach might be to capture all packets which cross your wireless network to your Android device, like when the user installs an app from Play store. So we want to see if it's possible to capture all .apk files downloaded to the Android device upon user install from Play.   1. which wireless capture utility should you use (e.g. pcap?), and should it be run from your Android or some other machine?   2. how do you reassemble a .apk file from a sequence of frames?   3. Is there any encryption of data that would prevent the capture of the .apk file?   4. Is there an easier way to get an .apk? Tried the emulator but it doesn't work for all apps. `adb backup` gives a compressed `.ab` file, but we want the `.apk` itself in extracted form, and not buried in some `.ab` compressed file.


title: Creating a .dd image of a Galaxy S3 without rooting the phone

text: I'm working for my university's CS Department, and we've got a Digital Forensics project which requires us to create a one-to-one .dd image of a T-Mobile Galaxy S3 (Jellybean 4.1), so that we can recover some deleted data. I've done some Googling, and called Samsung, but I haven't been able to find any way to create an uncompressed image without rooting, and we can't root the phone without dealing with some legal ramifications. Does anyone know of a program that can get the image without rooting?


title: How to change font for one alphabet [or language] only?

text: I want to change the font for one language only. For example, I want the English language to use font X, while Arabic language to use font Y. Can this be done?


title: MicroSD card performance during boot

text: I have a Nook HD+ and a Nook HD. When I ran CyanogenMod off of a MicroSD card, the Class I (43MB/s) doesn't even boot! I spent $30 on a 32GB one. The Class 10 (10MB/s) 16GB booted, but ran poorly The Class 4 (4MB/s) 16GB ran perfectly. A co-worker said that there were problems with newer classes and the phones / tablets. My question is: Why is this so? Is there a fix for this? What are the recommendations for good-performing MicroSD cards? My co-worker said Sandisk Class 4 were the best, of which I have one more to play with.


title: Preventing syncing of Google+ contacts to Galaxy S3

text: Have done my bit of research but couldn't find a good solution. When I sync the contacts with my primary Gmail account, the Contacts get filled with all of my Google Contacts including those from Google+ (1000s of them) which I obviously do not want to be in my phone. How do I prevent this from happening ?   1. I do not want to create a new Google account just as a workaround   2. Have tried to locate the possibility of syncing just with a specific group. But can't find it in S3   3. I do not prefer 3rd party contact managers


title: Jelly Bean offline voice recognition

text: So, Jelly Bean is supposed to have offline voice recognition, right? I've encountered several situations where the voice-keyboard has said that Google is not available. Has anyone else seen this behavior? If so, how do we fix it? I've noticed the problem in areas where I have questionable mobile data or wifi access. If I have a good wifi / mobile data signal **OR** if I enable airplane mode (disabling data completely), then it all seems to work ok. I'm using a GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus, FYI.


title: Google+ instant upload screenshots

text: I just switched to using Cyanogenmod 9 on my HTC EVO 4G (and it works very well!). In CM7 and with other (stock included) ROMs, when I took a screenshot, it was automatically added to the Instant Upload reel in the Google+ app. **I liked this.** After switching, the screenshots no longer upload, even on forced "Upload All". I suspect it is because they are being saved to a location which is not scanned by the G+ app for instant upload. So does anyone know how to force a folder to be included? Or to change the default screenshots folder? **EDIT:** Note, my screenshots are being saved to `Pictures/Screenshots/`, which, to my knowledge based on Zuul's post, is included in the MediaScanner. Still no screenshots uploading. **UPDATE:** Found this talking about a `.nomedia` file, and tried to scan the `Screenshots` folder, but there is no such file to be found.


title: Strange chinese menu on Lenovo IdeaTab S6000 - how proceed?

text: ## Context I just skyped with my mother (far away) because her android-tablet (running 4.2) showed a strange menu with chinese/japanese/asian characters, almost like a bootloader.   My short troubleshoot history looks like this:   * When pressing the volume-keys, the displayed content changed, at one point the text contained `GPS`, so I assumed it would be some kind of "hidden troubleshoot menu" for showing system information.   * A restart was possible after pressing and holding the standby-button, after restarting everything seemed untouched.   * Just to make sure we changed her passwords.   * She did not visit any suspicious websites, nor did she install any apps recently. With my little knowledge so far I do not feel able to rule out an attack or a trojan app, from what I can see she could have activated the strange menu by accident. Via internet research I only found one individual with the same problem, but no solution at all. ## Question(s) What can I do to determine the cause? Should I contact the provider/manufacturer? Is it safe to assume that her data & accounts are not compromised? I know it is little information, so please bare with me, I just want to prevent damage. Thanks for any advice. ## TL;DR Lenovo IdeaTab showed strange chinese/asian-symbols-menu, gone after reboot, do what now?


title: Odin3 says phone is successfully rooted but I have no root access

text: I'm attempting to Root my Galaxy S3 to try and breath new life in to it (I don't want to upgrade if I don't have to). I've followed the steps detailed in this post and the results seemed to suggest that everything had worked, as you can see in the screen shot, however when I check using the Root Checker app it states - > **Root Access** \- no access Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't find anything that I can understand, so I'd be grateful if someone can help me fix this problem. ![Odin3 Success](http://i.stack.imgur.com/1IGW7.png) * * * **Update** Below are two screen shots taken after the above root process. On the left is the aforementioned Root Checker app, showing no access. And on the right is a warning shown when I open the SuperSU app. I have indeed just updated to 4.3, so I'm guessing I'd need to go down the manually re-root app, but I have no idea what the relevant forum would be. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Y3OI9.png)


title: How do I root my Nexus 7?

text: I am wanting to gain root privileges on my Google Nexus 7 tablet, running Android 4.1-4.2.1. How can I do this?


title: rot13 on all names of files in a directory!

text: This one has me stumped :-/ I have a non-rooted nexus 7 (2013, Android 4.4.2). There is a directory on the inbuilt sd card and this directory has about 200 files in and I would like to rename each file in this directory to what you would get if you rot13 the file!               $ for i in * ; do j=`echo $i | rot13`; mv "$i" "$j"; done      would do it on a unix machine with rot13 installed. I have Android Terminal Emulator and BusyBox Non-Root installed but unfortunately neither seem to have a rot13 command.


title: How to execute a file via adb command line?

text: I am trying to root my Motorola Xoom. Root checker pro currently tells me that "Executing this file can grant root access!" So I want to try that. the file is located in `system/bin` and is called `su`. I have gotten this far: `adb shell` `cd system/bin` **How do I execute the`system/bin/su` file via the adb command line?**


title: How to save photos sent in Facebook chat?

text: My friends and I often share pictures via Facebook and Facebook Messenger app. I cannot save the photos to my gallery. Please help


title: Move to SDCard option Disabled

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Music Duos GT-S6012, which I got 2 days back. It has android 4.03. The problem is I am not able to move my games and some apps to the SD card. The move to SD card button which is normally visible in the application manager is not visible in my phone. Please help me. Is it default behavior on the phone, or is there a problem? I even tried the `move2sd` app, but it did not work.


title: My SGS cell headphone's button doesn't work, what should I do?

text: My wired headphones, the ones supplied by samsung with the Galaxy S, button doesn't answer calls, open music player, play a track, or even pause tracks. But when I downloaded the trial version of powerAMP, the button interacted only with the app. What should I do to make it work with the whole android again? Mind that I'm running samsung's froyo on a rooted galaxy S handset.


title: How do I block this (carrier) advertisement dialog?

text: I receive this kind of messages almost every day, and I'm tired of them. ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/vDUM5m.png)   Screenshot (click image for larger variant) I want to block them, but I have no idea how are they called. I'm looking for a way to block this messages, either via an app (doesn't matter if it needs root) or programatically (if I can detect these messages, perhaps I would be able to create an app to block them). EDIT: The message icon is the same as the SIM Toolkit. Could this be related? As far as I know, Cell Broadcasts don't show with "OK" and "Cancel" buttons as this message.


title: Android full hibernation

text: I wonder is there a way to hibernate Android tablet as if it were a usual desktop computer, that is to save its current state on the disk for the quick restoration after complete shutdown? I really miss this feature for my tablet, which boots slowly and discharges quickly even being in the sleep mode. I know that there are power managers available, but as far as my tablet has no SIM card even, I'd prefer to switch it off completely to really minimize battery use. Thanks.


title: Will the Android OS Support Higher-Resolution Screens?

text: As of Android 2.2, the screen resolution for an Android device is capped at 854x480, which has pretty much become the standard resolution for recent Android handsets. However, with the current generation of the iPhone sporting the so-called "Retina display", is there any information on if and when this cap will be raised? I haven't been able to locate any definitive information on whether or not this cap is altered in Gingerbread.


title: how to make calls from my cell number, while using my laptop as the "headset"?

text: I want to be able to dial out from my laptop (a macbook pro), using my laptop headset to communicate and my laptop to initiate the call, however I want the number to be the same as my cell phone's (Galaxy S4). I can get almost exactly what I want from Gmail / Hangouts, however the call does not show up as my cellphone (a number friends and family recognize) but instead as a number they do not recognize. Is there any way to do this?


title: What are some Android eBook options & eReader Apps (Kindle, Nook, Google Books, etc.)?

text: What are my options for reading ebooks on my Android device? There have been a number of questions about ebooks but I thought I'd pull the basics together into a Community Wiki. _Quick note on cross platform ebooks. It's possible to read the DRM'd Epub files on several devices, for example the Google books can be viewed by the Nook app. You have to do a couple things like sign up for Adobe Digital Editions... (this needs more explanation)._ * * * **Lets try and keep the same formatting. If you come up with a better format then change this template too...** ## App Name: ( link to the app ↑ )   * **Marketplace -** Where can you get books?   * **Format -** What file formats does it support? Does it use DRM?   * **About -** Simple explanation of what it's features, pros and cons are... * * * **You can copy and past this for easy formatting:**               ##App Name:            - **Marketplace -**       - **Format -**        - **About -**


title: Contact account association with non-HTC phones?

text: My HTC legend give me the ability to associate my contacts' various accounts in the People application (ie. email, Facebook, Twitter...). Is this a HTC only feature? If it is, is there an alternative for non-HTC phones?


title: How can I make the Swype keyboard type "I" when I press "i", now it types "ki"?

text: I am using the Swype keyboard preloaded on my at&t Captivate (Samsung Galaxy S) phone and I like it a lot. My only problem is that when I try to write `I` I'm used to just pressing `i` and letting the phone capitalize it. However Swype routinely writes `ki` when I am trying to write `I`. I am wondering if anyone else has this problem and if they know how to fix it? Also, is there a way for me to remove `ki` from Swype's internal dictionary so it'll never attempt to write it? It might be useful to modify that dictionary for other reasons too, so I can add personal names, local street names, etc. Is there an auto text replacement app that I can use to always change `ki` to `I`? Thanks!


title: iPhone-style "Stocks" app?

text: I was playing around with a friend's iPhone the other day. I'm a total anti- Apple, but I can recognize niceties when I see them. The Stocks app on the iPhone seemed much more concise and useful than any I've tried on Android. Specifically I like how it is laid out with all your pertinent information right there. Symbol, price, and change. **WITH** the chart also shown on the screen. The little top section with the symbols is scrollable within its own space if you have more than fit in it, but the chart stays where it is. Does anyone know if there is a port (or highly similar app) of the iPhone's "Stocks" app available for Android? Ideally, it needs to be an app which can also handle symbols for mutual funds well (with charting), as my investments are all in mutual funds, not direct stocks. I've tried the Yahoo stocks app, Google's, TD Bank's and most recently E*TRADE's. But they all seem to have a very cluttered feel, or don't bring together your basic information all in one place leaving you to flip between several screens. Cheers, and thanks! ![iPhone Stock app screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/HaACB.png)


title: HTC WildFire Home Screen

text: Couple of weeks back I purchased HTC-WildFire. I did not find a way to change my default home screen. Is it possible to change my default home screen with my own custom screen. If it is possible I will write my own home screen for wild-fire. Please suggest any mods, or procedures to change my home screen. Or is it possible with custom ROM's?


title: Client-Server Android audio remote

text: I'd like to get a low power pc (arm or atom) running linux and control the music that it plays through an android app, effectively becoming androids version of Logitech's Squeezebox. I'd prefer not to install X Windows on the box. Has anyone heard of such an app?


title: How can I reload original software back to nexus one

text: I unlock my nexus one, and compile and install the ginger bread build load to the phone. But now, I realize that it does not have all the google software e.g. gmail, map, market, etc. How can I reset my nexus one back to the original froyo with all the google software? I have tried 'factory reset' but it does not revert back to android 2.2. Thank you for any idea. Thank you.


title: Video Player with support for audio channels?

text: I have recorded a TV show with dual channels (left is dubbed, right is original voice) and then converted into a mp4 file. The movie plays fine in VLC where I can choose the audio channel I want to listen too. On my Galaxy Tab the movie plays fine too (with several apps: the built in Video app, Rockplayer, Doubletwist and Vplayer), but I haven't found a Video app that lets me choose the audio channel; it's a little difficult to watch the movie with two difficult audio tracks in your left and right ear... Are there other apps I could try? Or is there some utility that would let me redirect only the left or right channel to both ears?


title: Will my alarm still go off if my phone is on airplane mode?

text: I'm trying to save battery but I need my alarm in the morning. Will it still go off if on airplane mode? p.s. I have an HTC Inspire.


title: What size of SD card can an HTC Desire accomodate?

text: I have replaced my 2gb sd card with a 16gb one so i can store more music. Now I can't get the phone to play any music at all it says to make more space before opening app'. Any ideas?


title: execute permissions on fuse/fat filesystem

text: I've successfully cross-compiled Ruby for Android and everything goes ok in the emulator. But while I'm testing these funny things on my device (Nexus4) I noticed that `/sdcard` (or `/storage/emulated/0`) is a fuse mount with no execution permissions. How can I execute something on the SD card? I saw that on Linux you can pass it as argument to the linker. In Android this does not work: `/system/bin/linker` wants a pointer to a special struct. I believe that I can write a small C program that creates that structure and run the linker to execute a readable program. But what about shared libraries? Ruby load tens of shared libraries (every time you have a "require"), I bet that execute permissions are required for loading shared libraries. Moving the executable to `/data/data/my.app.name/files/` or any other place is not a solution, my binaries are very fat (statically linked) and users should be free to specify any location where storing them.


title: Will encryption encrypt my "internal sdcard" (personal data)?

text: First, a note. This question stems from the big confusion that are terms like _internal storage_ , _internal sdcard_ \-- at least to me -- and the fact that **factory reset** , which claims to "erase all data from your phone's internal storage, including [...] music, photos", doesn't touch my personal data (data in the _internal sdcard_ , like camera media and WhatsApp conversations) **at all**. I don't use removable SD cards, by the way. When I say _internal sdcard_ , I refer to `/sdcard` or `/data/media/0`, which are equivalent in my Samsung I9300 Galaxy SIII running CM11 nightly (KitKat). Okay, the question: will encrypting actually encrypt the entire internal storage including _internal sdcard_ and all the rest (entire root filesystem) or will it encrypt only the data which would be affected by a factory reset (which seems to me to be only the /data/data directory)?


title: xbox360 wireless controller on android

text: I try to install xbox360 wireless controller for PC on my android device(android 4.0 or above). I have already copy Vendor_045e_Product_0719.kl file to /system/usr/keylayout Then connect wireless receiver of controller to android device, in logcat output: 06-05 00:05:53.626: E/NetlinkEvent(87): NetlinkEvent::FindParam(): Parameter 'INTERFACE' not found 06-05 00:05:53.636: W/Vold(87): addMdmDev don't find a match usb device (45e_719) in isKnownMdmDev So I think the receiver doesn't works in right way and controller can't works. How can I solve this? What do I want to do, please refer to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrTmsZIb0a8


title: Multiple Google Accounts and the Market

text: I have multiple Google accounts like below:   1. Account A (my primary account).   2. Account B   3. Account C I only have the extra two accounts for gmail (via Google Apps for domains) and don't use them for anything else. I only want to use Account A on the market. I currently have an annoying issue where the market app keeps using Account B, so I end up downloading things to Account B by mistake. Is there anyway I can remove these other accounts from the market or set some sort of default account? Thanks **Update** : I know that I can press menu in the market app and select a different account, but this is annoying because it defaults to Account B. My crazy theory is that when looking for updates (in the background), it first checks Account A and then B. Because it checked account B last it leaves that as the active one. Account C has never downloaded an app so it doesn't check for updates.


title: Does Android USB host mode depend on an OTG cable?

text: In order to take advantage of USB host Mode on the Nexus 7 (Android 4.1.1) is it necessary to have an OTG cable? Can I do it using the standard micro to male cable, then use a female to female adapter?


title: my mail won't show after upgrading to 4.0.4

text: After upgrading my Samsung galaxy s2 to android version 4.0.4 my mail won't show in the default mail app (cant find out the name!). I only get a dropdown bar -- but when I clicked it, the arrow points below, but it doesn't "dropdown" ;( How can I get my mail shown? Here is a screen-shot of my mail app. ![mail-app](http://i.stack.imgur.com/iKATm.png)


title: How to sync back Lyrics of music to iTunes?

text: My setups:   * I use iSyncr for PC to sync my Android devices with iTunes.    * I use PlayerPro Music Player which hooks with iSyncr's system. Ratings and Play Counts are synced with iTunes both ways, but that's not true for Lyrics of music. If I add Lyrics in iTunes (Right Click ~> Get Info ~> Lyrics (tab)), I can see it in PlayerPro on Android. But, when I download lyrics using PlayerPro (Long Tap ~> View Lyrics), I fail to find it in iTunes after sync. I have searched filesystems of Android devices to find any file, database containing Lyrics, but it seems that PlayerPro saves it in ID3 tag of music files. So, I don't see where's the problem. I have got the feeling that iSyncr doesn't sync back for such things, but I am not sure. How to sync Lyrics from Android to iTunes on PC?   I can use alternatives for lyrics sync & lyrics download as long as I can view lyrics in PlayerPro & other syncs work as before. **Update:**   PlayerPro support has confirmed that lyrics is saved inside music file. In case something goes wrong, it is saved in .lyr file in the directory of music.


title: Can the MK802 III use an ethernet connection instead of wifi?

text: Just got the MK802III and got some Ice Films related apps installed. A lot of the content is streaming, so I'm wondering if I use an ethernet cable to connect to my router via USB to the 802, if I'll get less lag?


title: Reducing upper volume level

text: My 3 year old son is making his first steps with our Android tablet (Nexus 7). He hasn't mastered the correct usage of the volume slider so he pulls the volume to the max whenever he is using it. Is there any way to configure the maximum volume setting?


title: System backup and restore with help of Google's system backup feature doesn't seem to work

text: I have had my phone set up from the start to backup to Google. I have done 3 resets now and none of my settings and apps or anything seem to come back. Is there a way to force this to happen? Perhaps, I'm mistaken thinking that this even happens? Phone is a Samsung S2 GT-I9100 running Android 4.0.4.


title: Sending an SMS message via one click?

text: Can I send an SMS message via one click or touch? Can I have an icon or shortcut that would let me send an SMS message to a certain phone number with predefined text?


title: Storing data on external SD Card in Android 4 (ICS) for Sony Xperia J?

text: I searched the web and several forums, but still haven't found a good answer. I bought a Sony Xperia J. It's a pretty basic phone with Android 4 (ICS). It has 800 MB of Phone memory and 4 GB of Internal storage. I wanted to download Sygic navigation and the maps that I wanted to use. The phone said "not enough space" because Sygic wanted to use 2 GB and I had only 1.4 GB of my Internal storage available. I thought that if I bought at least 16 GB microSD card, that would solve the problem. No, it didn't, because the stupid phone won't install downloaded apps to the external card. My previous phone (Blackberry Curve) did it all automatically. I just inserted the SD card and the phone downloaded and installed all to the microSD card (I had just 2GB card, because it was enough). I can store music and pictures on my external card which I download to my phone via USB from my PC. But I want my phone to recognize the external card as an available space to download apps from Play Store and so on. How can I define my external card as the primary storage? I'm not an expert and I don't really want to root my phone if there's any other way. If the only way is to root it, can anyone write a step-by-step guide for Android ICS? Thank you all in advance! :)


title: Sync MP3 Ratings on Android, with MediaMonkey / MusicBee on Windows

text: Both MediaMonkey and MusicBee, as music players let you 'rate' songs from 1 to 5 stars. I would like to have this functionality as well in an Android app. The main problem is syncing these ratings. Android apps like NRG Player do have a rating, however if I rate songs using NRG Player, they are not 'understood' by neither MediaMonkey nor MusicBee. Also, any ratings I give to songs via MediaMonkey or MusicBee are neither understood by the NRG Player. Is there any app which reads/writes ratings in the same format that either MediaMonkey or MusicBee do? Or any app which syncs such ratings?


title: Removed sports team from Google Now keeps reappearing

text: I added few teams to Google Now to see how it worked. Now I left San Francisco and I don't give a _*_ about the Giants' score. I tried to remove the team by going to settings, clicking on the team, remove. The team is removed but after a few minutes it reappears. I have two devices running Jelly Beans so I though it was a synchronization bug. I removed the team on both devices at the same time, but it still keeps reappearing. How can I definitely remove it ? **Edit:** My Galaxy Nexus is running 4.1.2 and my Asus Transformer Infinity is running 4.1.1.


title: Asus Transformer 4.1.1 Email Widget shows "Waiting for sync" forever

text: I have the Asus Transformer running Android 4.1.1. I'm trying to use the email widget to check my mail. When I enter in my account information, I get a screen that looks like this: ![Waiting For Sync](http://i.stack.imgur.com/hoKtm.jpg) All my settings work in any other mail client, but I'd obviously prefer to use this one. Anyone else have this problem?


title: How do I find the incremental upgrades direct download links?

text: Some time ago, I found this page that contains links for incremental upgrades: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20843237&postcount=1 I'd like to know if there is a way to find such links for myself. If I try to go to http://android.clients.google.com/ I get a 404 error.


title: How can I get acube effect app drawer on ICS or JB?

text: This is how my CM7 running phone looks like (although I got the screenshot from somewhere): Is there a similar effect launcher for ICS or JB? ![Launcher](http://i.stack.imgur.com/lm1ft.png)


title: Camera app on HTC Sensation keeps crashing

text: I have an HTC Sensation, about two years old. It's running Gingerbread, rooted but not modded or custom-rommed. All of a sudden, the native camera app started crashing - i.e. it opens and immediately closes. I don't know if the hardware camera is damaged, or if it's just the app. There have been no changes to my phone since it last worked - no new apps, no settings changes, nothing. Any ideas? Are there any other camera apps out there that I could download to replace the native one?


title: Android remote screen display & control

text: I am looking for a solution/technology which allows remote screencast display and control from desktop. My goal is to provided remote mobile device display through a browser. I found some existing solutions:   * AndroidScreenCast: Based on ADB interface. this is just screenshots using a simple primitive provided by ADB. low display.   * VNC client & server. works for both rooted android and jailbroken iphone. low display.   * iDemo + ScreenSplitR: Better, jailbroken iphone only.   * HDMI/TV output: No remote control. I've heard about "direct-to-device" technology which is used by DeviceAnyWhere. Are there any other solutions?


title: How do I export display to Android native X server?

text: I downloaded Ubuntu precise with Complete Linux Installer which uses VNC by default. Then I found a native X server on Google Play and I'd like to try it. I read somewhere I must export display, but I don't know how to.


title: Why did my Galaxy Tab 7.7 suddenly stopped connecting to my Wifi router?

text: I have Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet running Android 3.2. Recently, I'm having connection problems to my home Wifi router. The device keeps scanning for Wifi access points for long periods. My home Wifi router is shown with a "Not in range" message next to it in the Wifi settings screen. However, sometimes after long period of time, the device randomly connects to the Wifi router. It is worth mentioning that during the scanning mode the device does not detect any Wifi access point even thought where I live there are many Wifi access points (over 8 access points). What is the solution to my problem?


title: How can I download the backups ClockworkMod creates to my PC?

text: I do not see them in the /clockworkmod folder when I connect my device to my PC. I tried using adb pull but adb does not show any devices when the device is in recovery mode (only if it's booted). Version is 4.2.1; ROM Cyanogen. EDIT (for add. information): Device is MAKO, and the OS is win7. The drivers for the device have already been added/installed from the android-sdk extras folder. EDIT (more information): The folders I see when I connect the device to win7 are different than those I see when I browse on the device itself. EDIT: this issue pertains to the way 4.2.1/4.2.2 creates folders (something about multi-user) - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14005176/adb-not- recognising-nexus-4


title: Using external SD Card on LG Optimus

text: Please tell me how to transfer my data from internal storage to the external SD Card please.... I'm ready to throw this stupid phone out the window.


title: How to refresh a web page in Chrome (Ctrl+F5 analogue) on a device without menu button?

text: I have a Nexus 7 Android device with 4.2.2 and Chrome browser. **How can one perform a deep refresh of a web page - analogue of` Ctrl+F5` hotkey on desktops?** Please, notice that the device does not have a menu button. According to the only related question I've found here, the solution is to clear browser cache completely. I'd prefer more convenient and elegant solution.


title: Voice App with custom proxy ability

text: I used to run Siri Proxy on my Mac mini, and it allowed me to build custom commands that Siri would respond to while I was on the same network. > "Turn on the living room lights"   >  "Run the sprinklers"   >  "Dim the lights for a movie" Now that I've moved to Android, I'd like to be able to achieve this same goal. Can anyone direct me to a solution whereby I can use some Voice App in combination with a local proxy to achieve this desired result?


title: Whatsapp update not getting deleted

text: I noticed my contacts list have been jumbled up meaning, many contacts name are displayed with a common name. So I erased all the phone data and factory reset. Still the **WhatsApp** update icon is present and I am not able to delete it. Why is this happening?


title: Device not booting after factory reset

text: My problems is my phone keep showing 'ANDROID' after I'm resetting it. I tried to restart but it keep showing the same. What can I do?


title: Mix two audio files mp3 in Android

text: After a period of research, I found that Android seems in no way to mix two mp3 audio files together. I have suggested using SoX & Lame. Sox by default does not include mp3 support because of licensing issues with mp3 format. I have successfully run the installtion command line mix two audio files mp3 on Ubuntu after install SoX & LAME in terminal.               sox -m inputa.mp3 inputb.mp3 mixed.mp3      The last issue is now integrated to run in Android Sox with Lame. Do you have any way to make the mix two files audio mp3 in Android? We are discussing here, but everything is still unresolved. https://github.com/guardianproject/android-ffmpeg/pull/2 Can you help me! Thank you very much.


title: Can I use 2 android phones as walkie talkie? (without internet!)

text: I want to use 2 (or more) android phones as walkie-talkie (i.e. they talk each other without needing internet/voice call). Of course this should work with WiFi, because it doesn't make much sense a to have Bluetooth or USB connection for this application.


title: Check the original carrier of Galaxy S3

text: How do I check the original carrier for Galaxy S3 (model no is _i9300_ in Australia)? I bought it from one buyer. I can't use the network. So, please help me.


title: Remove files from phone that won't boot

text: I have an HTC Vivid that, when turned on, fails to load. The screen is white with the HTC logo, but it never moves any further than that. There are pictures on this phone that I'd like to save, but I can't connect it to the computer since the USB debugging won't work since I can't get past the boot screen. Is there any way to recover these images? I'm not concerned about damaging the phone or voiding the warranty (there isn't one), because these pictures are quite important. EDIT: There is no SD card in the phone, so the data isn't on it. It hasn't been rooted. When I try to run recovery, it gives me the following errors:               E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command     E:Can't mount /data/data/recovery/log     E:Can't open /data/data/recovery/log


title: How to re-arrange images in gallery after changing the GMT time zone?

text: I travel to another country and take photos for a few days. After that I change the tike zone of my phone. Since then, photos in my gallery are mixed up!? I open the DCIM folder and see that the cause is that gallery sorts images by the filename and filenames are named after the taken time when the photo is captured. How can I get photos updated with the time zone changed?


title: RAZR cuts off call ring after half a second

text: My Droid RAZR (original model, 18 mos. old), seems to have an issue where when a call comes in it will start to play the ring tone but then the sound shuts off after half a second. The call is still there, but unless I feel the single vibration in my pocket (I have it set to vibrate _and_ ring), I don't know to answer it. This totally blows. Is there any way I can force this phone to ring a certain number of times?


title: Samsung Galaxy S3 suddenly crashing everyday

text: Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Android 4.1.2 Baseband I9300XELK1 Kernel Version 3.0.31-764725 Build Number JZO54K.I9300XXELCC NOT rooted For the past couple of weeks this device has suddenly started to crash at least once a day   1. While using an app it would freeze   2. After no usage for some time, phone would go on standby and will refuse to wake up.   3. Sometimes it would reboot by itself Have to hold down power button and restart the device. What should I do? Thank you


title: Is it possible to revert back to Jellybean Stock while keeping ClockworkMod?

text: I am running CM10.1 on my i9300 and use ClockworkMod. Is there a way for me to revert back to JellyBean?


title: How to regain control over a Samsung Galaxy S II with a Boot loop?

text: My device is in a wicked boot loop and I cannot get any control over the phone. If I take the battery out and put it back in, it just restarts again and again. I don't feel like I have any control over the buttons on the phone. Any way to solve this?   I'm completely willing to restore factory settings, but I just don't know how I could do so because the phone does not shut off, it just continues to restart.


title: Video Overlay from Android

text: I have been trying to add image overlay on video, so that overlay image gets displayed for particular timeframe only. By following the instructions from following link I am able to do overlay video with image such overlaid image is displayed for entire video running length. _http://ffmpeg.gusari.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1181_ **FFMPEG Command Used:**               /data/data/com.example.test/lib/libffmpeg.so -i /storage/sdcard0/e.mp4 -i /storage/sdcard0/a.png -filter_complex [0:v][1:v]overlay=10:10 -codec:a copy /storage/sdcard0/testFFmpeg/cle3far.3gp       However I need to overlay image for particular time interval of video. So I tried following command but it didn’t work. **FFMPEG Command that didn’t work:**               /data/data/com.example.test/lib/libffmpeg.so -i /storage/sdcard0/e.mp4 -i /storage/sdcard0/a.png -filter_complex [0:v][1:v]overlay=10:10:enable=between(t\,0\,30) -codec:a copy /storage/sdcard0/testFFmpeg/cle3far.3gp       **Error Message: Key ‘enable’ not found. ShelloutError initializing filter 'overlay' with args '10:10:enable=between(t,0,30)' ShelloutError configuring filters.** By googling, I was able to find that I need FFMPEG 2.0, so I tried creating new ffmpeg library by following _http://vec.io/posts/how-to-build-ffmpeg-with- android-ndk_ , but it didn’t work either. It would be great if someone can get me anything from following.   1. Android precompiled library for FFMPEG 2.0+ (libffmpeg.so)  OR   1. Way to do image overlay without FFMPEG Thanks in advanced...


title: Can I restart Bluetooth from the terminal?

text: I have a rooted Galaxy S 2 (I9100) and was wondering if I can restart the Bluetooth on my phone via the terminal client on my phone.


title: Is it possible to remove text from under the icons on the home screen?

text: I'm familiar with all the icons on my home screen. I think it would look better, at least to me, if the text from under those icons is gone. Is this possible? I'm willing to root my device for this, but not switch to an alternate home screen launcher app. I am using Moto-G with Kit Kat.


title: Why is there no visible option for USB INTERNET in WIRELESS & NETWORK SETTINGS on my Nexus 5?

text: I own a Nexus 5 with Android KitKat 4.4.2. I have been trying to do reverse tethering without root as is supposedly possible from SETTINGS -> WIRELESS & NETWORKS -> MORE -> USB INTERNET. But I can't see any USB INTERNET option in WIRELESS & NETWORKS. Why not ?? Can someone assist me with this ?? I am having a PC with Windows XP.


title: GPS Epo File Folder

text: Where is the folder on which epo GPS file is saving after it is downloaded? I have been trying to find something about that on the web for a long time and I have not found anything.


title: Nexus 7 system update notification

text: My Nexus 7 permanently displays a 'system update downloaded. Touch to install' notification' that I can't seem to clear. I've touched the notification to install but am just taken to apps. Can anyone help me get rid of this notification, please? Many thanks.


title: Unable to change radio channels through headset

text: My headset for fm radio cannot be used for channel change. It switches off and on instead. I'm not able to change the channels using headset given by them.


title: What uses most power: GPS or WiFi?

text: When playing Ingress I find that both GPS and WiFi (each by themselves) provide an acceptable location accuracy. My question is what draws the most power? I'm interested in technical information about what goes on in my phone when I use either service to find my location: how much power does the WiFi radio take compared to the GPS? My thinking is that   * Enabling WiFi requires powering on a chip and using an antenna that both sends and receives data. Is that correct when I'm not actually connected to any network, i.e., just using the SSIDs along with cell tower IDs to determine my location?   * Enabling GPS requires powering on an otherwise dead chip that does expensive computations to compute the location. Is the constant GPS computations really expensive in terms of power drained? My phone is a LG Nexus 4, if that matters.


title: Why is my battery low only a few hours after charging?

text: Twice recently I have charged my Samsung Galaxy Ace at night and when the phone indicates it's fully charged I unplug the charger only to be woken a couple of hours later thinking I have a text come through to find a message saying the battery is very low and needs charging. It hasn't happened any other time. It's about 18 months old and generally I get a good days use out of it. How can it suddenly go from being fully charged to empty in a couple of hours without even being used?


title: Youtube video quality

text: Youtube app allows switching between normal and high quality videos. Is this normal and high quality depended on screen dpi or are they some fixed quality videos independent of mobile and tablets and their resolution? For eg: Is the high quality video in my HTC Desier with resolution 480 X 800 same as in 1080p phones like HTC One?


title: Use Galaxy Note as digitiser tablet for PC

text: So the Samsung Galaxy Note has a stylus and the screen is supposedly a Wacom digitising tablet with 128 levels of pressure sensitivity. Has anyone tried to make it work as a Wacom tablet for a desktop? I'd even be interested in kludge solutions (eg, you draw a shape, it transfers it over wifi, and an app on your PC stores it in the clipboard, so you can just paste it somewhere).


title: Application to slide from area to start application?

text: I had an application before I formatted which would do something awesome: you simply slid from an active area on the screen, no matter what application you're in, and you were presented with about 12 different spots you could fill which would launch applications. The problem is, I can't remember what this application is called. Can anyone remind me?


title: Is there an equivalent for coconutBattery (Mac) on the Android?

text: My G2 android used to last an entire day without charge for the past year, now it appears that it gets to very low energy at about halfway through the day, is there something like coconutBattery (Mac) for the Android? Not sure if this question belong on SO or somewhere else? I am essentially looking for original Design Capacity (ie. 6900 mAh) and now the Current capacity (6559 mAh)? Thanks.


title: What actually happens when you swipe an app out of the recent apps list?

text: The recent apps list in Ice Cream Sandwich added the ability to swipe apps out of the list, thereby dismissing them permanently (and as far as I know this is a vanilla function, not a CM/custom ROM one). The documentation and platform highlights don't appear to cover the under-the-hood workings of this functionality, but I'm curious to know what the system is actually doing. Further adding to my curiosity, I decided to do a quick test: I started up Music on a CM9 install, then backed out of it. I then checked the recent apps list and saw it was indeed there (and in the proper state, based on the thumbnail). I then went into `Settings->Applications` and force stopped the Music app, but it was still listed in the recent list, leading me to believe it's not connected to processes lingering in the background. Realizing now that Music may have been a poor choice, I also tested with the USA Today app. This exhibited basically the same behavior, and it seemed like it was forced to "relaunch" after the force stop (which makes sense) though the thumbnail in the recent apps list didn't reflect this (cached, I'm guessing?). So, what actually happens at the OS level when you swipe an app out of the recent list? Does it simply clear the app's data out of RAM and garbage collect it, destroying its saved state?


title: copy folder structure from internal memory to sd-card

text: I use the amazon downloader to buy mp3s with my android device. My problem now is that I cannot change the download folder but want the files to be moved to my sdcard. I already found a cron tool to run scripts from time to time. All I need now is a shell script to move all folders (including subfolders and files) from internalmemory\amazonmp3 to sdcard\Music to be honest my knowledge is just good enough to do a "mv" but not good enough to go through all subfolders. I also am not sure about the directory structure of android devices. (pathes to sdcard and so on)


title: Why were some of my contacts automatically merged without notice?

text: I found several questions here where people want to merge several of their contacts into one.   I'm having exactly the opposite problem: On both my Android devices (Google Nexus 4 and Nexus 7), two of my contacts were automatically merged, without noticing or asking me first. I noticed this when I didn't find my mother anymore in my contacts. After some searching, I found that my father's entry now had two cell phone numbers (his own and my mother's) and two dates of birth (again, his own and my mother's). Now I understand how it's possible that they were recognized as "similar" (both share the same last name, street adress, non-cell phone number and e-mail adress), but it's beyond me why on earth it would just merge them automatically, without any notice? Please note that they are still two separate contacts in the GMail web interface.   They are just merged in the contact apps of both my Android devices. I had another Android phone until a few days ago (HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2), but I don't know if they were already merged there too or if this is a new bug in Android 4.2. Finally, I compared my complete contact list on my phone with the one in GMail, on order to find out if more contacts were merged.   But my parents were the only ones, even though I have a few more married couples with the same names and adresses in there. Any idea why this happens and how I can separate them into two different contacts again?


title: Delete Status bar Icon downloaded from web

text: I joined way2sms to send free SMS from my laptop. Now I find an app icon downloaded to my status bar in my Samsung Galaxy Y mobile. Also, I get debited for calls not made. I am losing money in this scam due to this app downloaded and it does not show up in my running apps menu. I need to find and delete this app.


title: Cleaning the screen of a tablet safely

text: My 4 year old son loves my ASUS Eee Transformer, and likes the games and stuff. But he has a cold, and the screen is literally gross. What are safe methods, and conversely what are unsafe methods of cleaning it? Being a touch pad I am not sure if the surface is specially coated and say, Windex will destroy it. I understand there might be device specific concerns as different manufacturers may use different screen cover materials that react differently.


title: Why does text duplicate itself in Android Jelly Bean Mail?

text: OK, I have a new Samsung Galaxy S III, updated to Jelly Bean 4.1.1. While Gmail works fine, when I send messages using one of my Web server's accounts, the message text duplicates itself in the body of the message. So: . The accounts are set up as IMAP, with SSL on. Any guidance to configuring the handset or my server to address this? I do not have this problem using a desktop Mac or PC email client, or an iPhone.


title: Cannot buy apps in Play Store

text: I recently made an Android Application for a company and today they ordered 10 tablets (Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 3G GT-P5100) with my application. I created a Gmail Account for each Tablet and updated the software and I bought the first copy of my app with a credit card (it was succesfull and everything went perfect). When I tried to buy another copy of my app with the second Tablet I get this error: ![Google Play Error](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ui7xu.png) I tested all my 8 Tablets, used another Credit Card, another internet connection (3G) but I wasn't able to buy my own application! I even tried to buy Fruit Ninja and I still get the same error. The error is in dutch, this is the translated version: > A technical problem occurs. > > We can not complete the purchase process because of a technical problem. > > Details of the problem: > > We cannot process this request. Any charges will automaticly be canceled in > 24 hours. Try it again in 24 hours I am very confused, I recently bought a few apps for my own. I think it's because I used the same credit card for multiple Google Checkout Accounts but I don't think that's the only problem (I tried another credit card). I even called my Credit Card company and they said Google didn't even charged me when the transaction failed so the problem cannot be my Credit Card.


title: Why is sound on my Android suddenly increasing?

text: I am running Android 2.3 on a Samsung Galaxy S 2. Recently, when I play music, at some random time, the volume will suddenly increase. It's hard to put an exact measurement on the increase, but I'd estimate it's about 20 to 30% louder. It's quite jarring, and if my volume is already up near maximum, it can be a little painful. This happens with any application that plays MP3s, so I don't believe it's application specific. It also happens without any action on my part. When the volume jumps up, I'm not holding my phone or using any interface, or touching any buttons. It's not that volume buttons are accidentally being hit, either. It happened just now, and my Android is lying on the table beside my laptop, without anything touching it. Is this a bug of some kind?


Is there any free (not trial) software by which we can run android on windows xp PC? I have search and found this http://youwave.com However, it is trial for 7 days


title: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE - OWA/ActiveSync

text: Configured native Samsung email and Touchdown for Exchange on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE from Verizon successfully to our corporate OWA server. After 12 to 24 hours these two applications can no longer make a connection to sync mail. Administrators of Exchange insist they are not making any changes to OWA or Exchange servers. Has anyone else seen this behavior on any Droid device before? This has occurred on two new out of the box Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE and Droid2 with Android version 2.3.3 too from Verizon.


title: Can I use tasker to turn LTE/4G mode on/off on my Droid Bionic?

text: I'd like to turn LTE on while I'm at work and off at home; I have the appropriate profiles, but I can't find an appropriate action. Is this something that could be done with an intent?


title: Prevent uninstall of apps

text: My kids love playing with my android. However, they don't always understand what they are doing, and occasionally I find that they have deleted some of my apps (strangely, never the ones they play :) ). Is there any app that can make uninstall more difficult, or make access to the apps menu more difficult (e.g. require a PW)?