title: How to display the correct contact name when dialing?

text: I tap on **Phone** and start typing the first letter of the contact name on the keypad. For a contact named _"Home"_ that would be 466 (H, O, M). The contact _"Home"_ is suggested. I tap on it once, the phone number populates the screen, and then I tap the big green dial button. Simple! Or so I thought... Now the phone displays the funny picture I have of Adam sticking out his tongue, and it says _"Dialing"_. It also later shows up in the **Log** as if I have called _"Adam"_. How on Earth is Adam the person I'm calling? I specifically chose to call a contact named _"Home"_. It makes me think I have dialed a wrong number, so I usually hang up and re-dial, only to see Adam sticking out his tongue, again! I want it to display the correct contact name. The correct contact name is _"Home"_. Obviously! What can I do about this (if anything)? **About device...**               Model number     GT-I9506          Android version     4.2.2          Baseband version     I9506XXUAMHD          Kernel version     3.4.0-1677708     dpi@DELL217 #1     Fri Sep 13 20:52:59 KST 2013          Build number     JDQ39.I9506XXUAMI3      **Update...** I spoke to a Samsung rep today and he told me to make a backup with Kies software and reset the phone. I have restored the contacts back to the phone from the backup file. The problem remains. However... I have made some new discoveries that might shed some light on the problem. Namely, this only affects contacts that were synced to the phone from a PIM software, which in my case is Microsoft Outlook 2010. It does not affect contacts created right in the phone. **Replicating the problem...** To replicate the problem, do the following.   1. Start Outlook 2010 and go to Contacts.   2. Click on Home and then New Contact. Give it the name "Home" and set the "Home" phone number to something like 0011223344.   3. Click on "Save & Close". _Note! Make sure you don't have a contact with this name already, neither in the phone nor in Outlook._   4. Now repeat these steps to create a second contact in Outlook. Name it "Adam Sandler" and set the "Home" number to 0011223344 (the same as above) and the "Mobile" to 9988776655.   5. Now connect the phone to the computer.   6. Start Samsung Kies and go to Sync tab.   7. Check "Sync contacts with" and select Outlook from the list. You can select either "All contacts" or "Selected Contacts folder" and then select which contacts folder to sync with. _Note! If you select the second option you need to make sure you check the contacts folder you saved the previously created contacts to in Outlook._   8. Click the Sync button when ready. When done, disconnect the phone.   9. Open the Phone app on the phone, dial in HOME, tap the contact name that comes up and then tap the green dial button and watch what happens. _Expected behavior is that it should dial 0011223344 but display "Adam Sandler" on the screen, instead of "Home"._ This is probably a bug of some sort... Because if you delete these contacts on the phone, and in Outlook, and start all over again, this time creating the same two contacts inside the phone, then there is no issue with dialing. If you dial HOME it will actually say "Home" right on the display. Regardless of how many other contacts you got in your phone book that share the same phone number. Hurray! I'm not sure where to go from here though...


title: Can I connect a pendrive to samsung galaxy core?

text: I want to connect a pendrive to my device Samsung Galaxy Core with an OTG cable. Can you explain how I can do this?


title: How to dual boot Ubuntu on Asus Eee Pad Slider (SL101)?

text: I am able to run Ubuntu in chroot environment on my Asus Slider sl101 (cousin of the original tf101 asus eee pad transformer). But, for various reasons I would like to be able to actually boot into Ubuntu or Android at will. I am currently running Cyanogenmod 9 ICS and have the device rooted. Another thing to note is that any attempt in the past to use NVflash ... seems to fail   On top of that NVflash ubuntu dual boot instructions are usually fairly ... vague. Being a Linux user, ideally I would LOVE it and be in complete bliss if I could choose to login to android the same way I can choose to login to Gnome or Unity or XBMC etc... login to an Android session and just have the option of logging into Unity or Android.... Since Android is really more like a Java runtime environment, it would be ideal to just have Ubuntu as main and just be able to start up the Android runtime environment whenever I needed... But I am not able to do this kind of thing with my limited knowledge and do not understand what the raodblocks are. That being said, anyone know how to get my sl101 dual booting ubuntu? * * * **UPDATE 20120821** i found a couple instructions that look very promising. These sights may go down in the future but I will be sure to post detailed instructions if they are successful. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1537566 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23428126&postcount=3 I will be trying the files for both sites. * * * **UPDATE 20120823** I've had a few CRIPLING problems so far. 1) the android.zip file from one site works but the one from the other site does not. Be sure to get the android.zip file associated with your ROM that you are using. In my case , I'm using CM9 RC2 so I had to use the CM9 android.zip file found here: http://www.mediafire.com/?labcx60jowrdx or if that server is down in the future you might try to find it from this site again:   http://www.mediafire.com/?labcx60jowrdx 2) the ubuntu.zip file works from the oposite site but the one from the other site does not. The one that does not work is called ubuntu-31patch.zip and it was made to flash a more up to date kernel and 3.1.10 kernel modules were also provided but this zip does not work for some reason and I can't figure out why. The one that works for me is here 2.6.24.4 i think is the kernel version number: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/60048492/transformer/Ubuntu-mountloop.zip if that does not work, you might find a new link here:   http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1537566 3) The sl101 sliding keyboard does not work but if you plug in an external usb keyboard, the usb keyboard will work. no idea how to get around this problem but .... having the sl101 is useless if the sliding keyboard can't get working. How lame to have to carry around a usb keyboard when there is one attached already ... really want to get this working. 4) wireless internet does not work. I assume that is part of what the 3.1.10 patch was for but the patch doesn't work so I'm still working on this. * * * **UPDATE 20120824** Finally got the android-mount.zip file working. I switched the kernelblob with the one that works with my wifi on cyanogenmod 9 and it works like a charm now. In fact, if you have wireless issues with your sl101 or tf101 you might just flash the zip file I made it it might fix them... I'll make the file available with the answer but still trying to get the sliding keyboard working under ubuntu. This is what happens when trying to use the ubuntu31.zip the file that boots ubuntu with 3.1.10 kernel ![This is what happens when trying to use the ubuntu31.zip the file that boots ubuntu with 3.1.10 kernel](http://i.stack.imgur.com/KXDDq.jpg) these are random errors with the kernel 2.6.36.4 ubuntu-mount.zip file. i wish i understood ![these are random errors with the kernel 2.6.36.4 ubuntu-mount.zip file. i wish i understood](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Utbbe.jpg) ![this too](http://i.stack.imgur.com/iFWvU.jpg)


title: Search a PDF for a specific phrase

text: Is there a way to search the text of PDFs? For example I want to be taken to the page with the word "dog" and have it highlighted? I can't find a way with Amazon Kindle or ezPDF reader. Initially I made this question app specific but at this point I don't care; I will use any app that can search PDFs. The PDF can be searched on my desktop computer.


title: How can I access bookmarked 'my places' maps from android phone?

text: I have a map that was created on a desktop (map with a set of pins pointing to specific types of shops in a town - this one). I am able to save this to My Places and it shows as being bookmarked when I'm using the full desktop browser. However, when I open up the google maps app on my HTC One I can't see how to access any saved maps or bookmarks. All I can see in my map profile (selecting the person avatar next to the search field) is my browsing history, but not my saved map. There is a 'saved places' section in my map profile page, but there's nothing in there and it's not a selectable item as far as I can tell. ![screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/hwpXUm.png)   Screenshot (click image for larger variant) How can I save maps via the 'desktop' browsers so I can access them on my phone at a later date?


title: Is iris really this useless or am I doing it wrong?

text: Just tried to use iris, the supposed Siri clone for Android: > **Me to iris:** "Remind me in two hours to get cascade" > > **iris:** "What is your real name?" > > **Me:** _Why does it need that?_ "Josh" > > **iris:** "Definition of 'Josh': to jest or tease playfully" > > **Me:** "You're useless." > > **iris:** "Definition of useless: not fulfilling or not expected to achieve > the intended purpose or desired outcome" > > **Me:** "Exactly!" Am I doing it wrong or is iris really just not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome?


title: Can I root my stock-Gingerbread Captivate without flashing a new kernel?

text: I updated my AT&T Captivate to the stock Gingerbread a few weeks ago, and I've had nothing but problems since -- hangs, lockups, and that constant TetheringManager crash. I'm about to do a factory reset, but I'd really like to be able to back it up properly first, which of course requires root. I've done a little research, and SuperOneClick definitely does _not_ work in my situation. I've seen some people refer to flashing a new kernel, but a) I've never done it, b) it sounds a bit scary, and c) I don't need anything else out of a custom kernel, other than root access. Is that my only way forward in this situation? (I found this similar question, but people seem to have ignored the "how do I root" part once they figured out that the OP didn't _need_ to in the first place)


title: Can't disable pattern screen lock

text: I recently installed PdaNet+. To use wifi tethering it asked my to accept a certificate and set a screen lock pattern. I have since uninstalled it and removed the FoxFi certificate, but I still can't disable the screen lock (which I don't really want). Any suggestions?


title: Android Tablets: Use USB to Ethernet connector?

text: Do Android tablets generally support USB to Ethernet adapters? And if so, which models?


title: What's causing my games to sometimes exit to the homescreen?

text: I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray. When i first bought the phone, it came with a 4GB class 2 microSD without a brand name. I could play games without problems and it was pretty stable. Then I bought a cheap 32GB microSD without any class. I moved my files from the old card into a new one by copy-pasting them. When I play games (mostly big-sized games) the games will sometimes suddenly crash to homescreen without any "force close" option. Then I thought it was maybe because of the cheap microSD so I bought a new Transcend 32 GB class 10 microSDHC. It is fast enough for HD games, and I'm satisfied with it, but the same problem happens - games will sometimes crash to homescreen. Is this because of my storage space? Maybe I installed too much stuff on it? I have 80 MB free space. Maybe this is the cause? My phone condition:   * Rooted   * No other modifications applied.


title: Shortcut to mark all SMS text messages read?

text: Is there an app that has a homescreen shortcut to mark all SMS text messages as read? Or an app that does this when I run it?


title: CM7 Launcherpro Changing Dock Icons

text: I downloaded some icons in extracted them to the SD card under a directory I made called icons. I've been trying to get launcherpro to change the dock icons, however whenever I click change icon the gallery always opens up. No matter what I do I cannot get the icons to show up in the gallery. I've tried deleting the gallery cache and deleting the gallery default actions as well as placing the icons in various different places on the SD card. I would prefer the icons do not show up in the gallery at all so I could just use a file manager to choose the new icons. However, I cannot get the file manager open when I click change icon. The only program that will open is the gallery. Can anybody help me?


title: How can I delete my texts?

text: I did not realize if you have more than about 400 SMS texts in one stack, the phone seems unable to delete. I have over 5000 SMS texts in one stack and I don't have the time or patience to delete them all individually. Hope someone can help Thank you


title: How can I tell if a car stereo's controls can be used with my Android phone?

text: I'm thinking about getting a Pioneer DEH-2200UB, which advertises itself as having controls compatible with iPods. I will be using it with my Samsung Fascinate in my 2005 Honda Civic. Is there any way to tell if a car stereo is compatible with Android Phones (by compatible, I mean the controls can be used to control my Winamp player, or as a last resort, the default player)? Note: I am asking for a general solution, not one specific to my particular car/stereo/phone combination (though feel free to give me a specific solution in the comments).


title: Why is my internal memory smaller than it tells me on the settings?

text: If I go to Storage settings, it says I have 2.36 GB of Internal Cellphone Memory; I've installed 359 MB of Apps (including the fabric ones), cleared cahcé already, and on Settings it says I'm using 1,32 GB of the 2,36 aviable. I've installed DiskUsage to check on what's taking so much space, and it says my total Internal Memory is 1329 MiB, it's like I'm missing an ENTIRE gigabite of the data I should have, yet my siste's phone (same model, Alcatel M'Pop) doesn't have this issue. Why? On a note, she has only installed Songify and Wassapp.


title: Possible to share mobile internet (tether) while connected to existing wifi network?

text: I have an existing wifi network and a Google Nexus 5 (un-rooted, stock android) with 3G data connection. I would like to tether my mobile to share internet to all devices in existing network which have a custom route or proxy, maintaining default route for all other devices. This existing network also has another fixed connection (default route). This means Android should effectively connect as a guest to existing wifi network, maintaining 3G/4G data connection and allow data to traverse through its mobile network while providing Gateway / NAT function for any devices which have an appropriate route / proxy set. Configuration for the other devices (setting routes or configuring proxy) can be managed by hand (manually) as I am a capable network administrator. As this is typically a consumer device, is this possible? and can anyone provide suggestions on software / howto's / information for this? Technically, my knowledge of computers networks and linux tells me this should be 100% possible, and relatively simple to achieve. The cost of data here is not in question, I understand that connecting a mobile to an existing network could use a substantial amount of data and may impact my contract and data allowance.


title: Other than comma, are there any supported pause characters in a dialing string?

text: On a Blackberry, a phone contact with the form: 1-800-555-1212 x1234#12#7#123456 1-800-555-1212 ext1234#12#7#123456 1-800-555-1212,,,1234#12#7#123456 all worked. On my Android (Samsung Galaxy S5 with 4.4 Kitkat) the shortcut x, and ext do not work. You are supposed to use a comma (actually three). However, Outlook (in Office2010 at least) will not let you save a contact as: 1-800-555-1212,,,1234#12#7#123456 It insists on inserting a space before the commas. But Android sees the space as end of phone number processing. Interestingly, it lets you enter this in a Meeting location, or as a string in an email, and Android will process this properly. Are there any alternate pause characters I could try, so as to get around this Outlook limitation?


title: How to get Waze alerts in Google Navigation?

text: I'm new to Android and I like Google Navigation. I really appreciate how the indications are displayed and how the application works. I also discovered Waze, which is a very convenient app to show alerts that other drivers report. I've seen Google Navigation sometime displays some Waze alerts as tiny icons, but is there any nice way to use Google Navigation as a GPS and hear Waze sounds and display alerts? (Accidents, traffic jams, police...). Thanks for your advice.


title: What does the error message "Light old sensor_state 0, new sensor_state : 128 en : 1" in logcat mean?

text: I have my Galaxy S4 connected with my PC and ran the "Building My First App" tutorial from http://developer.android.com/ . There were no problems, but I noticed many messages about the LightSensor in the LogCat view in Eclipse, like these:               09-17 17:41:24.781: E/LightSensor(736): Light old sensor_state 0, new sensor_state : 128 en : 1     09-17 17:41:25.152: E/LightSensor(736): Light old sensor_state 128, new sensor_state : 0 en : 0      I found several occurrences of the string "Light old sensor_state 0..." on the web. So others get this type of messages, too (where a phone was mentioned it seemed also to be a Galaxy S4). But the posts/questions/answers were always about something else. It looks as if everybody ignores this kind of messages as noise. I played around a bit and noticed this: As long as the phone is active those messages do not appear. But when I switch it off, the messages appear about every 10s. Does anybody know what they mean?


title: How to uninstall Quickoffice from HTC Nexus One

text: Quickoffice 2.0-GEP is listed in my manage application lists and I want to uninstall it. It's not listed in my programs list. I am not even sure what it's used for. When I click on it from the manage apps list all the options (force stop, cancel, clear data etc.) are greyed out.


title: Checksum Error on restoring userdata*****.backup file

text: I gave my Phone (Celkon A95) into a service centre because of touch malfunctioning before it I backed up the user data by pressing Power and Vol+ buttons, it gave me a backup file called userdata20130902_131223.backup. After a few days I got my phone back and when I restored the data it gave me "Checksum Error". I'm unable to restore my previous data. Is there any way get back at least messages and contacts? Sorry for my bad english.


title: Sync'd contacts wiped out my Google contacts

text: I had dropped my SG phone and it was basically smashed. I went to AT&T and got another phone just like it. When I went to my account that I Sync'd with, all my contacts were gone! So I could not recover my contacts. Is there anyway to sync from my google account to my phone? Say I want to keep my google account as my master, and only have some of the contacts on my phone. If I delete them off my phone, they delete them out of my google account. Or worse, is the case where my phone was damaged beyond repair and I got a new phone and it wiped out all my contacts online. Any ideas? Do I have something set incorrectly?


title: TF700 boot loop after update to CM10.1.2

text: The Transformer Pad TF700T worked almost fine with the previous Cyanogenmod10. Today I updated the pad with the CM-Update Manager. It downloaded the cm10.1.2 update package and then booted recovery. After the installation was completed I found the pad stuck at boot loop. The Cyanogenmod circle circuits but then stucks, waits for a few seconds and then the pad reboots and the same happens again. I Hope anyone can help me. Thanks in advance, mrstrauss EDIT: I did a format of the cache partition as well as the dalvik cache. The result is still the same. It boots until the circle stops to circle and then it reboots.


title: Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830M CyanogenMod 7.2: Google Play gives error 492 after factory reset

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830M from Telcel, Mexico running CyanogenMod 7.2. Per a previous thread I managed to install Google Play from the Google Apps package from the CyanogenMod Wiki for CM 7.2 by explicitly mounting /system from ClockworkMod (since I was wrongfully assuming it mounted automatically) and already added my account to the phone, but now I can't download anything from Google Play due to error 492. I already did a factory reset from ClockworkMod and it didn't work.


title: MpDecision - cpu power consumption

text: I have a customize rom. With battery drain, about 3 times vannila/stock rom. with gapps, wifi off.   1. proc/uptime show same wake time as stock/vannila for the same scenario   2. possibilities of battery drain a. there are peripherals which aren't sleeping. b. When cpu is awake its waste more energy than vannila/stock - more cpu are up, and in faster clock ticks focusing on option b. how can I monitor that ? I am looking to accumulating the number of cpu that was running, their clock or even better the power consumption concerning option a, is there a way to know which of the peripherals consume power. I am looking for a very low layer monitoring. thanks


title: How to root a S4 google play edition on mac?

text: I have been cracking my head open trying to find a good guide to root my Google Play Edition Samsung. I have sought out YouTube videos that utilize motochopper and terminal and while I manage to get Superuser installed, I don't have root access. I've also tried forums but most of them just use Windows. Is there anyone who's done this and can instruct me on how to do it?


title: Video Player in Galaxy Note 10.1 keeps starting itself when connected to computer through USB

text: The Video Player app that came with Galaxy Note 10.1 will start at the background when connected to a Windows computer through USB. And there's no option in that app to disable it. It always appear in Task Manager when connected. Is there any way to disable this auto-start?


title: Set Android camera exposure setting

text: Recently i bought a tablet(a lower end one) and its actually pretty good for the money i have spent and runs on Android ICS, the only problem i see is with the camera exposure setting. The Front camera has quite low resolution(0.3mp)So quality is not great during nights at which point i am increasing the exposure level after which it look's good.But there is no way to persist those changes,the moment i close the camera application and restart it the exposure settings are back to default ones. Is there a way i can set the default exposure setting to what i prefer??for example i would like the default exposure to be +2 whenever i start camera application is there a way to do it?? Thanks


title: What can play Ogg Opus on Android?

text: Opus is a new open source lossy-format that replaces Vorbis and the outperforms all the other proprietary alternatives to it. However, what plays Opus on Android? Thus far the _only_ thing I've found is Firefox! How come my browser can play Opus -- and _none_ of my music players? I even wrote Alex, the developer of PowerAmp he said, > something like that is planned - you can check for details here: > http://forum.powerampapp.com/index.php?/topic/1794-poweramp-todo- > listfeatures-in-progress/ And, it says nothing of Opus support in the future?


title: Problems after updating my Galaxy S3 to 4.1.1: Display randomly comes on for a few seconds

text: I updated my Galaxy S3 (GT-i9300) to JellyBean 4.1.1, now the display randomly comes on for a few seconds, then goes off. When pushing the "unlock" button it now gets a disgusting thick red border around the edges of the display which flashes on and off, this also happens when one activates some of the apps (not sure if particular ones or just random). When accessing some of the standard apps I now get these irritating "help" popups and clicking the "don't display this again" hasn't turned these off; they reappear with this box unchecked; there seem to be a couple of other things as well, but haven't established exactly what yet. Rebooting several times didn't fix any of this; I haven't taken the battery out yet, and, the update manager just says the system is up to date, so a reload seems to be out of the question. As one can expect this is fairly irritating on a fairly new high end cellphone. Any ideas of what happened? Any fixes for this?


title: My Samsung Infuse 4G keeps restarting after failure upgrade of Froyo to GingerBread using Samsung Kies Mini

text: I have Samsung Infuse 4G I997 with OS Froyo 2.2.1 as default. Now I want to upgrade the OS to Gingerbread. I had tried to do that last night using Samsung Kies mini but after installing the upgrade files my phone keeps restarting. I had also tried to do factory reset pressing volume(+-) & power key and it asks for password and I forgot the password. So How can I reset my phone and upgrade it with Gingerbread? Thanks in advance...


title: Galaxy S2 9100 Apps Sms download or not notification in China

text: I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 in China. It is a great phone for apps, but I constantly get notifications via sms for new apps mostly in Chinese. If I click on it, it says install or cancel. Now I don't mind doing this 20 times a day, but the real annoying thing is it keeps making my SMS notification noise, so I dash to my phone, only to realise that it is another app, which I don't want. Can anyone help me stop receiving these app request sms things? I am starting to question whether or not it is because I live in China, as my Sony Ericsson Xperia is the 1st version, which I bought in the UK, doesn't do this. Maybe because it was the early days of Android?


title: How to push apps inside Knox Container as an admin?

text: I am writing a module for pushing apps inside the Knox Enterprise Container. I know in Knox 1.0 container you can push apps that are wrapped and in Knox 2.0 container we can push play store apps as well as the regular knox apps. I do not find any documentation about how to do it. Can anybody tell me how to do it or atleast provide the documentation that describes this ? Atleast a direction in the right path is fine.


title: Unable to view videos - Message: "sorry, video cannot be played"

text: I have a strange issue. I have downloaded some WMV files on my Android to watch them while offline. I watched some of them and now all of a sudden I see "sorry, video cannot be played". None of the videos work any more, not even the ones I watched. How can I fix this? Please don't suggest WMV players. It worked, now it no longer works and I want to fix it. Reboot didn't help either. Any clues? (HTC Wildfire S)


title: Where can I check how much Internet bandwidth did my HTC Desire use?

text: A newb question, as I just received my wife's HTC Desire: Where can I check how much bandwidth it uses (or used during certain time period)? Her contract only includes 500MB a month, so she needs to be able to monitor this.


title: How do I semi-automatically guess Wifi passwords?

text: In some travel destinations, free wireless APs with simple WEP or WPA PSK passwords are common place. Every hotel, cafe, and so on has one. However, language barriers can make it difficult to communicate the password. Common mistakes include "A" vs. "a", "y" vs. "i", "c" vs. "z", "1" vs. "7", "O" (letter) vs. "0" (number). Frequently, you'll find travellers guessing and discussing passwords. Is there are more efficient solution than manual trial- and-error? I'm looking for an app or other solution, that   * saves the hassle of retyping the same password and variations thereof by remembering previous guesses,   * gives faster, better feedback if the connection with the current password fails (weak signal or wrong password?),   * can efficiently try a number of passwords (variations of the password I entered or default passwords from a dictionary). I'm not interested in cracking a network with strong security. I want to get connected quickly if the waiter tells me "It's just oh, one, two, a, be, zee" while he's on his way to the next table. An efficient WEP or WPA2 cracker would get the job done, but for this purpose it's not required to crack strong passwords.


title: Audio increasing

text: I have downloaded an app(AUTOMATIC CALL RECORDER) for recording phone calls. When it records, my voice is very loud, but you can barely hear the other line. Is there a way of increasing there level voice?


title: What determines whether something requires wifi vs network internet traffic?

text: Most tasks can be done using the network's internet connection (3g for me) like uploading photo to facebook or downloading a new app. But sometimes I end up having to wait to find a wifi connection to say, upload a video to youtube or download a game for my Xperia Play. **Why do these tasks require wifi?** Are these software restrictions placed by my provider?


title: zte turkcell maxiplus 5 sim lock after flashing custom rom

text: I have a ZTE phone, that I installed a CWM recovery. After that I tried to install a custom rom.... After many problems I managed to flash the official rom from ZTE site by using their online update utility (the phone was in FTM mode). After doing this, my phone became network locked. What can I do to unlock it ? The funny thing is that I bought the phone from Greece without any sim lock, and installed a Turkish custom rom and then this thing happened. This is the phone: http://www.ztedevices.com/support/smart_phone/8c503c22-fc52-4935-bb1e-3ce308bece6f.html?type=software Now it is locked to Turkcell Any ideas? # Edit _(Further details furnished as per comments)_   * Zte Black ICE? (Google _Zte P752T_ looks to be Zte-Kis?) http://www.handsetdetection.com/properties/vendormodel/Turkcell/MaxiPlus%205   * Baseband P752TB01   * Android 4.0.4


title: Google Play Download Error?

text: Whenever I try to install any app from the google play, the download doesn't begin. The "Downloading..." word dosn't appear and the download bar doesn't even begin ... Need help :S


title: change or remove mount point for external_SD

text: Lg optimus f3 has an emulated sd card labeled sdcard0 the external_SD card sits at the same mount point it's labeled External_SD they both reside at the following mount /storage/ now storage is directly at mount while backing up into the system files but off you move forward out of system towards mount it goes /mnt/sdcard the files in "sdcard" are what is on sdcard0 so the system directly bypasses my external directly to the emulated one.


title: Is it possible to install Cyanogenmod on a SPH-D710 (Boost Mobile S2)?

text: How do you go about doing it? I couldn't find any instructions for installing the latest version of Cyanogenmod on it anywhere.


title: Problem syncing MS Exchange after ICS update

text: After updating my T-Mobile Galaxy SII to ICS last week my Exchange account no longer will sync. I have gone through the process of establishing it as a new account several times both with a T-Mobile tech and my organization IT tech. It appears to get stuck at the point of downloading and I get a which screen with a circle in the middle and the word Loading underneath. Nothing comes in: email, calendar or contacts. When I try to send an email it gives me a connection error. It worked fine before the update and my wife's phone, an unupdated twin, continues to sync with no problem to the same exchange server. Does anyone have a solution to this?


title: Flashing an official Samsung galaxy tab kernel

text: I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 (GT-P7510) with Android 3.2 and kernel 2.6.36.3 installed. I'm building a customized kernel using Samsung's official kernel source code for research purposes. I do not need to install any third party hacks or do fancy things. I just need to flash my own kernel to test it on the device. I have been searching around the web for a clean way of flashing a modified Samsung kernel build on this device, but I'm not able to make sense of the results I'm getting. I'm not sure if my device has an unlocked bootloader or not. Would anyone clarify how things work with regard to flashing a new kernel? Thanks a lot..


title: Known issues when installing official google ICS on Galaxy s2

text: I know Google issued out an official ICS rom for the Nexus S devices and I'm wandering if the same rom (or any other Google official variant) will properly work on my Galaxy S2 or will there be any notable issues?! I'm asking because I'm quite fed up with the Samsung's stock roms (both GB and ICS) and I really want to avoid 3rd party roms such as CyanogenMod.


title: Tuning tablet into e-book reader?

text: Since I often need to read PDFs, I figured I should get an e-book reader from eg. Kobo or Pocketbook, but I was told it's not a good idea because e-book readers have a tough time rendering PDFs. Alternatively, are there good tablets and hardware/software that can reduce the amount of power used by the screen and somehow make the the screen easier to read? Thank you.


title: How to check from where FWUpdate will check for updates?

text: I bought a Samsung Note 3 from a non-carrier, and I am using it with a SIM from one of the cheap national carriers. I would like to know from where `FWUpdate` is checking and downloading updates. Is it getting the information from the carrier? From the default Samsung repo? Possibly from a repo as configured by the store that sold it? **How can one check from which repository is the Note checking for and downloading updates?** Note that my goal is not "How can I get the update faster", but rather I'm actually trying to **prevent the system from finding and installing the update**. After installing Dcentral 1 I see that `FWUpdate` is trying to update itself at least once per day.


title: Avoid app to autoinstall

text: I have a "ZOPO ZP100" phone with Android 4.0.3. Eventually applications (Chinese) are installed without my permission. Any human action is not necessary for applications to be installed, and is quite annoying as it often happens that the phone stops working until the app is installed. I would like to know how to avoid that, or at least know if there is any way to know which application or process that performs that action.


title: Disabled app notifications getting automatically re-enabled

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.3. There's an app I use frequently, but don't want notifications from. Under "App info" I unchecked "Show notifications", and initially this does dismiss the app's notifications. After a few days, I get a notification from the app. Returning to the "App info" page I find that "Show notifications" has become checked again. It's happened about 5 times in the last month, using the app a couple times per day. Automatic updates are disabled, and I have not updated the app recently. I've checked and verified that notifications do not get re-enabled every time I launch the app, or after a reboot, but otherwise I'm not sure what specific condition precipitates it. The app crashes occasionally on startup, but I don't know if this correlates to notifications getting turned out, especially as the app only sends occasional notifications, imploring me to use it more. Is there a way to prevent notifications for this app from getting re-enabled? **EDIT** : It seems to be getting re-enabled every time I reboot. Will test further to see if I can reproduce it with other apps.


title: Can't play video

text: I just want to know what could be reasons when video can't be played while streaming online though site using flash it shows error can't play video. I am using Chrome browser on my Sony Xperia SP running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.


title: Why newer android versions drain the battery faster?

text: I've got an Android phone whose stock Android version is 2.1. I've tried several times to install some custom ROMs (mostly Cyanogenmod based) with Android 2.2 and 2.3. The full charged battery lasts:   * >3 days with the 2.1 stock version   * 1.5~2 days with android 2.2   * ~1 day with android 2.3 ...And they say that android 4 drains the battery even faster! I'm wondering why this happens:   1. Is the newer software using the hardware more intensively? What pieces of hardware? What pieces of software? And why?   2. In general, should I expect a custom ROM to drain battery faster than a stock one (same Android version)? The ROMs I installed were supposed to be more optimized than the stock one, and have less crappy services running, but meh!   3. If the phone was designed for a newer Android version (say 2.3) would I get a big battery boost by switching to a former version (2.1)?


title: Google + cloud autobackup confusion

text: I installed the Google+ application, I then enabled "Auto Backup" , and checked "Back up local folders" it says "uploading 173 of 600" and some of the photos in the gallery have a "cloud" icon on them (I assume this means they are uploaded to my account). When I go to my Google+ account I can't see any photo there. I even tried searching for #AutoBackup and there are no photos. This is an hour or so after I was connected to Wi-Fi, of course. What am I doing wrong?


title: How can I secure my pictures, videos and other files stored on my phone?

text: I am looking for a way to protect every sort of data that is saved in my Android phone from being stolen. I have done some research on Google Play, the only app I found with all the features is Folder Lock. Other than this app, the majority of the apps do only have a couple of specific features. Is really Folder Lock the most comprehensive app available at the moment?


title: Youtube preloading option not available

text: Since I updated the Youtube app on my Nexus 5 to v5.6.31 I can no longer preload videos from my 'Watch Later' list. I have checked the settings and I can't find the option to configure this either. Has preloading been removed?


title: S4 doesn't detect any WiFi

text: I helped my fried to convert from Iphone to S4. I helped him with initial setup and gave some quick crash course. I visited him after a week and answered a few of his questions. I again visited him today after a week. But his Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 has developed a problem.   * The WiFi would stuck on "Turning on" if Bluetooth is switched off.   * The phone won't detect any WiFi. I tried with multiple AP with different settings and even without security.   * It detected the APs for few seconds once during this troubleshooting time of three to four hours.   * Resetting didn't help. The phone is currently running Android 4.2.2. Any idea on how to make it detect the AP? I'll be trying to flash Android 4.3 via Odin tomorrow. I couldn't do it via Kies as it would say an unknown error occurred. UPDATE: So I've pushed WiFi Analyzer and playing randomly with WiFi Settings and WiFi analyzer brings WiFi back for good. But same problem after factory reset. And again repeating above actions fixes it.


title: only 1 wifi arrow flashing

text: so connecting to my companies wifi i have to put my password in etc.. i never had a problem but today the wifi says im connected with 1 bar the up arrow flashes white but the down arrow does not flash at all and i can not use any apps internet.. nothing! can someone please help. I have reset my phone, turned it off and on 100 times haha, clicked forget network and retyped in password etc.. says i'm connected to network but no internet? this is on my galaxy note 2


title: My zte score touch buttons wont work

text: I have a ZTE Score (X500) and it was running fine until the touch buttons on the bottom stopped working, and now when I press them, it taps the screen instead of the buttons.


title: I have duplicate contacts, Google Contacts not helping!

text: I have several contacts in my phone which are duplicates. For example I have one contact "John Smith" which contains my friend John Smith's phone number. Then I have another contact name JohnSmith87 which is my friend John Smith's email address. And then I have another contact called JohnSmithin which is my friend John Smith's skype account. I'd ideally like to merge all of these into one contact. I tried Google Contacts, but when I searched, only contacts with a phone number stored in them would show up. Please help!


title: Use Thinkpad (x220) as an android functional phone

text: I was wondering whether its possible to turn my x220 (non-tablet) thinkpad into an Android phone. The device has Sim-Card-slot and an Ericson WAN-Modem for connecting to 3g networks. I know that there are a couple of projects like android-x86 and other howtos to get an Virtualbox Android 4.X up running in a VM. The big question for me is, wether it will be possible to use my built in WAN/3G Device within then VM SO that I could Use the Thinkpad to make/take calls, and to use Apps like Threema and Testsecure. Is there already a Driver / Solution for this?


title: How to read contact details sent from iphone?

text: When someone with an iPhone sends me a contact, it appears as a blank MMS message. I found that this happens because group chat is on on their end, but these people are not always my friends, so I can't tell them to turn it off. Is there a way to read these messages?


title: Cyrillic font not displaying properly in Android

text: I have installed Evernote on a Lenovo P770 (running Android). The problem is, some Cyrillic text is displayed with strange hardly readable font. At the same time Cyrillic text with another font is displayed correctly. Other applications are having the same problem, so this is not specific to Evernote. Screenshot below: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/bRKmk.jpg) The device is not rooted. Is it possible to replace this font with another in Android? Can I do it without rooting the phone?


title: Domain of wifi internet test

text: My router has an adblocker, such that any request to a blacklisted domain is redirected to a port that returns a 1x1 pixel gif (pixelserv). At the moment, whenever my Galaxy S3 (with 4.3 Jelly Bean) connects to Wi-Fi, it asks me to sign-in, but my network requires no sign-in (via webpage redirect). I understand that when connecting, Android connects to a website or domain to ensure that it is not redirected, and that there is an internet connection. I think my adblocker is redirecting this request to the pixelserv, and the device therefore thinks that I must sign in to the network. I want to whitelist whatever IP or domain it is looking for. What is that domain or IP?


title: Will Android Boot And Run With The Screen Removed?

text: I am developing an embedded system and am considering using the hardware out of a smartphone as it has everything required (3G, GPS, WIFI, Camera). By doing so I will need to disconnect the screen display from the hardware board as I require no user input to the device. Basically I am wondering if Android will still boot and run as normal if no display is connected? If not could this be remedied by modifying something in the ROM? Thanks


title: Batty drain issue on CM10.2.1-yuga / Sony Xperia Z - NFC Service using over 50%

text: I've recently put CyanogenMod CM10.2.1-yuga on my Xperia Z and I've noticed the NFC server is using an insane amount of the battery. ![Screenshot of NFC Service battery usage](http://i.stack.imgur.com/gAMDW.png) Even after disabling the service in the App section, the service is still running and continues to drain battery: ![Screenshot of service disabled](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ICmxZ.png) And the NFC section of my settings is greyed out ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/OiRRM.png) Any idea of what's going on or how to diagnose this further?


Is there any WEP cracking application available for android? If not is WEP cracking technically possible with the API's and hardware available on your average android phone? This is a purely academic question please leave ethical arguments out of it.


title: Custom Kernels on Stock ROMs?

text: **The General Question** : Is it possible to install custom kernels on a Rooted Stock ROM? **The Example** : I have a Nexus 7 which I have rooted running 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean JRO03D) would it be possible to just flash a custom kernel, say this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831780, on my stock ROM using Clockwork Recovery? Sorry if this is obvious, but I've only really done it on custom roms, and I couldn't find a definite answer on the interwebs


title: Importing contacts from SIM card results in only mobile numbers, and no home numbers

text: I needed to reboot my phone, (Galaxy Ace, Android2.3), but wanted to save all my contacts. So I did the following:   * export contacts to SIM card    * reboot phone   * import contacts from SIM card The problem is that only one phone number for each contact came back in when I imported. (When you enter contacts in Android, the default 'first' number is a mobile, and the second number is labelled 'home'. Ever wonder why the phone displays "call mobile" even when the number is a landline? This is why.) Anyway, as I was saying, only the mobile or first phone number for each contact has been brought back in. Any suggestions? I have checked all the display options available.


title: Any way to resume corrupted download?

text: I faced the following problem 3-4 times when my files were not downloaded unsuccessfully. I usually download movies through my PC but I tried of doing it with my tablet, I assume that it will be downloaded in tablet fast as compare to the PC because PC is not turned on 24/7 and tablet is always on. Now when i start downloading everything goes normal but sometimes due to cache problem on my internet connection the website (through which I'm downloading) becomes unreachable for a couple of minutes or the website goes down for a couple of minutes, during that It says **Download unsuccessful** in my tablet. I know the problem is same in PC too but I use IDM (Download Manager) on my PC by which if there is any cache problem or any downtime on site. I can resume that later. But there is no resuming option for the unsuccessful download in Android tablet. If I manually turn the wifi off then it would not say unsuccessful download, It will just wait until i start the wifi again but If the source of download file goes down. It just :( My question is that is there any way, any application, any download manager for android which can help me :( ?       Thanks!


title: Galaxy Note 2 Locked

text: I was in 4.1.2 of Samsung Galaxy Note 2 which I unlocked using *#197328640# but today I updated to Kitkat Based DN3 ROM. It says "Emergency Calls Only" Is there a solution out? How about unlocking? DO I have to buy a new IMEI or is it free? Any help will be highly supportive. Thanks


title: No mobile network after JellyNoid on Galaxy Y

text: After installing JellyNoid on my Galaxy Y GT-S5360, everything seems to work fine except that I have no mobile network (it says mobile network not available). Any ideas how to fix this? I have a prepaid Telenor Hungary SIM card.


title: Google Voice Search Activation

text: I was wondering if there was any way I could activate Google voice search simply by saying OK Google while using any app on my phone. I tried searching the XDA forums and couldn't find what I was looking for so I figured someone here might be able to help me out. If not, thank you for reading this post.


title: Remotely control (see screen and tap) my Android - What application should I use?

text: There is RemoDroid - nice, but I can't remotely tap. There is TeamViewer for android - nice, but it's only for controlling (not for being controlled), at least for my device. What program should I use to remotely administer the device (see screen and tap remotely)? Primary use case is to assist installing and configuring some complicated application (like SIP client): `Just Install FooRemoteApplication: I'll connect and help you to install this.`


title: Galaxy Nexus bluetooth keyboard connectbot

text: I have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus on which I use ConnectBot to connect to servers over ssh. I have also bought a Apple bluetooth keyboard that I am currently using with the phone - and everything seems to be working properly. However I encounter some problems when it comes to some of the 'special' keys on the keyboard like Tab and Esc. Esc seems to be mapped to the 'back' key in Android. And Tab just doesn't seem to do what I want. It's especially a problem when I'm editing files in vim and I try to exit insert mode... Then I am actually telling android to leave ConnectBot... Any help is very much appreciated!


title: What's the most complete way to erase all the data from my phone so it cannot be recovered?

text: I just got my replacement Droid and will be sending my current Droid back to Motorola. I'm sure they are going to refurbish it and resell it. I've backed up everything and I'm going to be keeping my microSD card, but how to ensure that all the data is completely wiped off the internal memory so there is no chance that it can be recovered by someone else?


title: Can't access tethered server from Android browser. (Time out  or "URL blocked")

text: ## **Synopsis:** Trying to access local web development server connected by WiFi to Android tether. Everything seems to be connected and operating correctly, but phone's web browser times out when accessing local server. **Context:** I've got an Android device running android-wifi-tether. It works as advertised. I connect to it from my Ubuntu 12.04 laptop running Apache 2.2.22. The laptop is manually configured to IP 192.168.2.100 in the hosts file. It can ping itself and access it's own web server through that address. The WiFi tether hotspot gives the laptop the same 192.168.2.100 address(Laptop was configured to match the hotspot address as a troubleshooting step, and could be wrong.) Using ping I can ping the laptop from the phone using the 192.168.2.100 address. Using portscan the phone shows port 80 open on the 192.168.2.100 address. So, everything looks like it's in place, but any attempt to browse to `http://192.168.2.100` fails after a few moments with a 504(Gateway time out) Any help would certainly be help. **Update:** I've install SSH and migrated to Nginx on the server. Portscan now shows ports 22 and 80 open. Using ConnectBot I can login and get my own shell on the server machine by IP address. This should indicate that the network is functioning properly. I've also install the Dolphin browser on the phone to help verify that it's not an issue with the browser. Still I am curious if the browser is actually looking for the address first within the hotspot's IP space, or if it's looking to the internet, where that address will always time out. I am very new to the Android scene. I would really appreciate some feedback as to how to get my phone browsing a tethered server. The workflow I'm looking for makes connection to a local server critical. Thanks again. **Solution** As I assumed, due to HTTP Proxy settings the web request was bypassing local addresses. I found that if I changed the tether network to 10.* IP range my provider responded with "access to this url has been blocked." That made it evident that something was blocking some requests, and more than likely also leaving the others to die out in the unroutable nether- net. Used HTTP Proxy Settings to clear out HTTP Proxy address.


title: Huawei EC 1260 does not work with HCL tablet Me U1 with OS Android 4

text: My USB internet dongle of 'TataIndicom Photon Plus' (HUAWEI EC 1260) does not work with HCL Me Tablet U1. The dongle does not connect the tablet with the network (internet) even after I followed instruction found at http://hclsupportservice.in/metablet/connectusbdongle-tablet-u1.htm However, the instruction does not mention my dongle model explicitly. (ie, the HUAWEI EC 1260). Any ideas to how I can connect it and gain internet connectivity?


title: Why is Caller ID not working since 4.0.4 update on Droid 4?

text: I have a Samsung Droid 4. I keep all information about my contacts in Google Voice. In the past, this has always worked seamlessly. However, since my phone updated it's operating system to version 4.0.4 last week, caller ID is no longer working. When people call me now, their telephone number shows up on the phone's screen. However, it doesn't match that phone number to their name from my contact list. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? What is the fix? Why did this happen?


title: Is it possible to restore a ClockWorkMod backup to an emulator

text: Is it possible to restore a ClockWorkMod backup to an Android emulator using a PC?


title: USB Internet is not working in sleep mode

text: I am using Micromax Funbook Pro. The USB Internet connection gets disconnected after the system goes into sleep mode after 1 minute. I want to keep the connection alive. Please help.


title: Why do I not get the new YouTube ui on my tablet?

text: I've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 running CyanogenMod 9-20121028-NIGHTLY-p4wifi and I downloaded the latest YouTube app from the Play Store. However, the app still uses the old ui with the 3d carousel, despite reporting a version number of 4.1.23. I had this same issue when running various versions of AOKP. Any thoughts?


title: How to remove app from wishlist?

text: How can I remove an app from wishlist? I clicked the add to wishlist button by mistake.. I'm looking for this but i can't find, is there a way? I tried to unistall the app, search in the app page and others places like the wishlist itself.


title: Be notified of an update to an app that is not installed

text: Is there any way to receive an update/new version released notification from the Play Store for an app that is not installed in my phone? I'm using 4.3 on a Nexus 4.


title: k9 doesn't sync mail folders properly

text: k9 doesn't sync my yahoo mail folders, I have about 20-ish folders and for some reason they don't sync with the phone. Could somebody please help with that problem? I have tried the debugging option that many said it would work on the forums but it didn't work for me.


title: Deleting or listing least frequently played songs in Google Play Music

text: I'm starting to hit the limits of my storage space. My device is mostly filled with music, so I'd like to remove songs I don't listen to anymore, without having to painfully scroll down the list and delete them one by one. Does Google Play Music have some way to at least list the least frequently played songs, or is there an additional music management app I should know about?


title: "Gmail has stopped" dialog

text: On my Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 4.4.2, I get constantly a dialog saying "Gmail has stopped" (In french, actually : "Gmail s'est arrêté"). When I click OK, the message re-opens within less than a second. I tried to restart my device, to no avail. I still get the message. Anyone knows a solution? Edit: just an update on how things started: I wanted to kill a bunch of tasks and ran Advanced Task Killer. I probably left Gmail selected and so killed it with the tasks I wanted to get rid of. And all hell broke lose...


title: Magnetic compass correction

text: After updating to Android 4.4.3 the magnetic compass deviates by 90 degrees. This is more than a lttle bit and recalibrating did not help. Q1: Is this a common problem? Q2: Is there a fix or workaround?


title: Is Qi / wireless charging safe? Heightened temperature not an issue? (Nexus 7)

text: A friend of mine told me, like it was a fact, that qi (wireless) charging is not safe and it damages battery because it heats it. I just bought one charger, but would like to avoid damaging my Nexus. Could not find out any information about it on the internet though, which makes me even more sceptical, that it just might be a rumour of some kind. I am currently charging right now and it is getting kind of warm. The temperature according to a system monitor is just 32 degree Celsius. Seems normal to me.


title: get webpages from command line

text: How can I get the contents of a webpage from the command line? On my mac I use the `curl` command, but there is no such command for the android command line. what command do I use?


title: ICS messes up Hebrew text display on Galaxy S2

text: Follow up from this question... I just installed ICS on my Galaxy S2, and now the Hebrew display is messed up - the _nekudot_ are displayed slightly to the left of the letter to which they are supposed to apply. In my previous question I already did a hard reset, so that's not the answer. Here's a screenshot where you can see clearly how all the _nekudot_ are shifted to the left: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/sNzp9.png) Any idea how to fix this?


title: Media volume automatically goes to zero when removing headphones

text: Whenever I remove the headphone jack1 while I have some media playing2, the file stops (which is what I want and expect) but the media volume also goes down to zero (which is unexpected and I would prefer not to happen). If I pause the media file before removing the headphone jack this does not occur. Is this a setting I missed? Is there a way I can prevent it from happening, or do I simply need to remember to pause before removing the jack? * * * 1 Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0.4 (although this also happened with 4.0.2). 2 I have observed this with DoggCatcher and Google Music.


title: Install company's wireless certificate to Samsung Android 4.0.3. tablet

text: Trying to install all exported windows WEP Enterprise 802.1X Wireless certificates (.p12 extension) to a Samsung Android 4.0.3 tablet. With no certificate installer, Android certificate was installed from Google Play on the Tablet. The certificate file was opened, however, the error “No Certificates to Install” was displayed.


title: What the heck is wrong with my photos?

text: So ... I got this puppy. And he's _cute_ so I want to post pictures of him on the internet. I realize we could have a very long conversation about whether or not anyone wants to look at photos of my dang puppy, but I just want help uploading them. I am pretty sure the problem is the photos -- but if I try to upload them via the Tumblr App, it fails silently (no post is made, no error logged). Text posts go up just fine. If I try to go through the browser, I get an error: `error uploading photo` that doesn't clarify much. If I email myself the photo and edit it in an editor I can post it but that's not a great workflow. Has anyone else experienced this? Are there workarounds? I have an aging Samsung Galaxy S. Note: I tried opening a few phone camera photos on my laptop (in ImageMagick) and I'm getting a weird error. It is basically the same for the three photos:               Corrupt JPEG data: 1136 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9     Corrupt JPEG data: 1129 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9     Corrupt JPEG data: 1128 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9      Why would my phone take corrupt photos?


title: Is there any way to flash the Voice mail app that comes with Sprint phones on a rooted phone?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 with CyanogenMod. If it is possible to get the voice mail app that it came with I want to flash it. Does anyone know how to do this or knows if it is even possible? Thanks


title: How to partition SD card in HTC One X?

text: I was trying to create `ext2`/`ext3`/`ext4` partitions on the SD card. I tried ClockworkMod recovery and it didn't work. Nothing seems to have happened. I also tried using MiniTool and that also failed. I tried both Disk Utility and GParted in Ubuntu and it still didn't work. For MiniTool, Disk Utility, and GParted, after I finished partitioning the partitions showed up on the computer OK, but when USB's disconnected the One X says that the SD card's corrupted. Has anybody done this? Or is there some other way to solve this? Or maybe it's not possible because the SD card is built-in? Thanks! * * * After some more playing around, it seems that the problem might be something related to a partition table. When there's no partition table, it works fine, but after I add a partition table it seems that the phone can't recognize the SD card anymore.


title: How to enable double-click

text: Is it possible to do double-click on Android like you do on a regular computer? Some websites require double-click to operate, and I was hoping I could do the same on Android and get a computer double-click behavior instead of Android double tap zoom.


title: Which music players support DAAP?

text: Which music players support DAAP? I can only find:   * DAAP Media Player   * SharePlay Does anyone know any others? I really don't understand why the popular music players don't support DAAP. I want to be able to stream my mp3 from my NAS to my phone :(


title: Text prediction - korean words S4

text: Since two days I have a problem with texting on my galaxy S4. Whenever I use English I got korean prediction instead of english ones. Reset of data doesn't help. How can I change it?


title: Move Files To SD Card

text: I have an Android Blu Studio 5.5 Device. By default, unlike the Galaxy devices, I'm allowed to install apps to SD Card (64GB). My question is the following. Is there an app that displays all files (downloads, logs, pictures, other downloads, etc) on device and says "Click here to safely move all memory on device to SD Card? By memory I mean files. I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything that's on my device because I literally want everything on my external SD Card.


title: How to modify a system configuration file on Android?

text: On an Android device I would like to modify /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf with as minimal side effects to the rest of the device as possible. (there are unexposed APIs in Android framework) Is it possible to just use a command line su executable to get permissions to modify the file? Can I do this without an unlocked boot loader? Would this be easier on a Nexus device?


title: HTC Desire - where are my photos

text: I was low on battery and my neice installed a programed to assist (can not remember the program). However she changed all my images onto my sd card. After that I assumed I lost all my old images as I could not find them. :( I removed my SD card to reset the phone and relised that one of the photos is showing on the gallery. Also my screen saver is also an old photo. However I can not access the photo as it says to installed the SD card. The problem is when I installed the SD card the images are not there. My niece does recall she changed something to say to save all the images onto the SD card, however sge can not remember if it was on the phone or part of the program. The issue is that I deleted the program when I realised i was still low on battery. Is there somewhere on the HTC desire that I can change images from the SD card as I can not find it.


title: Can I update my android system although the USB port is broken?

text: The USB port of my LG-p500 is not capable of exchanging data anymore (the device or any `dmesg` do not show up when connected to a computer). Charging still works, fortunately. Due to some annoying software bugs (Android 2.2, original LG supplied), I'd like to update the operating system to a newer Android version. Do I have any chance to upgrade? \---- EDIT ---- For completeness, I include a screen of the update notification screen (Menu -> Update notification). It says it is updated, but the version V10R_00 was the one supplied initially with the phone. Furthermore, it tells me to connect it to the _PC suite_ , a LG software. ![screen of update notification](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PCfbm.jpg)


title: I lost my phone but need to find it's IMEI. What places can I look?

text: I had a Nexus S but lost it or it was stolen. I need to find it's IMEI. I don't have the box or documentation either. I've checked exif data from photos taken with the phone. What other potential sources are there for it's IMEI?


title: How can I permanently disable (not uninstall) a stock app?

text: I want to disable some of the stock apps that I don't use (e.g. Drive, Keep). These are stock Android/Google apps, not third-party apps. When I attempt to disable them:   * I get a warning that disabling them may break things (I accept)   * I get a request asking if I want to install the factory version (I accept, because if I don't, they are not disabled)   * they are removed from the apps menu   * when I restart the device, the newer version is downloaded and the app is no longer disabled As a side note, other users on the same device (with their own accounts) may want use some of these apps. Can I disable them for my account only? If it matters, I'm running KitKat on a Nexus 7 (2012). * * * Disambiguation: I have not found a duplicate of this question because it is: a) about stock Android apps, not so-called stock apps from a third-party vendor b) about disabling these apps, which the system at first permits me to do, not uninstalling them


title: Acquire OOB data from android device

text: My android device is not a mtd (Memory Technology Device)device it uses mmc. I have already rooted the device. I want to acquire not only the user data but full image including OOB data. I came to know that using dd only acquire user data. nanddump utility acquires OOB but only with mtd. How can I acquire OOB data on my mmc device. Many thanks indi


title: Is there any way to use Viber on a tablet without a gsm module?

text: The tablet has a wifi, a microphone and a speaker. It would be ideal to make calls with, but Viber states it is incompatible. Is there any way around this?


title: Are there any issues if buying a Samsung Galaxy S3 without memory?

text: If I buy a phone without memory or minimal memory, can I change to a memory card that I buy somewhere else? I was thinking of a class 10 32gb or 64gb. Are there any concerns with doing it this way?


title: How to stop shuffle playing audiobooks and other non-music?

text: `.nomedia` hides it from the player, but I still want to be able to play it. Just not with the rest of my music.


title: Samsung Galaxy S Plus formatted itself

text: The past couple of days my Galaxy S Plus started lagging, and today all of sudden it got stuck. When I restarted it the phone was completely wiped, had no apps, no contacts, nothing. Now when I try installing any app it just says "Downloading" but nothing happens - nothing gets installed. I have no idea what is happening. Could some one tell me what I should do? It was on stock firmware when is locked up. I tried a soft reset; after clicking "Erase everything" nothing happens, it just shows the factory reset title on top and blank screen below. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/weEib.jpg) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PLt5P.jpg) I also tried a hard reset without success. I took out the battery then held home volume up and power together while powering it on, but it just shows on screen "Ram Dump mode" and some other stuff. No menu shows up. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/cy6xp.jpg)


title: How can I save photos that I take with my Android's camera in a lossless format?

text: How can I save the images captured with my Android's camera in RAW or TIFF format? Are there any apps, ROM/kernel Modifications or other methods that will allow me to accomplish this? Technically I need to be able to save the RAW data or at least save them as TIFFs ~~however I am also open saving them as PNGs if RAW and TIFF are out of the question~~. Converting the natively saved jpegs to TIFF ~~or PNG~~ is not a suitable option for me. I have seen this question that states that RAW is not possible, however it is over a year old and I'm hoping something may have changed. I'm also broadening the scope to include other "lossless" options. I'm currently using a vzw version of the GS3 that is rooted and running a custom ROM. I regularly use the built in camera, Camera Zoom FX and Camera 360 and none of these seem to be capable of saving lossless images. **UPDATE:** I just found out that PNG does not save EXIF information so it is no longer a suitable option.


title: Touchpad buttons do not respond after flashing Kernel

text: I flashed a new ROM and Kernel on my Galaxy Player 5.0 USA version (YP-G70). I since then tried several kernels and the capacitive buttons (Menu/Home/Back - no physical buttons - just part of the bottom of the touch screen). The light does turn on along with screen, but not when touching the buttons themselves, in other words, it's like the buttons are dead. The kernel I installed is certainly the US version. I tried many types of Kernels and the problem still resists. Could it be the ROM? Any advice???


title: Android offline installation

text: Is there any other way to download the android sdk platform other than using this URL https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-18_r01.zip. My ISP has blocked the URL's starting with https://dl.google.com/.


title: Partially dead digitizer - any way to change slide to unlock?

text: The middle third (long-narrow thirds way) of my digitizer seems to have crapped out. Diagnosed from having vary hard time unlocking and weird selection issues, to suspecting digitizer, to getting a drawing program installed and seeing no record of movement over that part of the screen when drawing. This makes unlocking (non-secure) with the "slide to unlock" tab almost impossible - takes 20 or more tries to get it to work sometimes. Since that button does not move when the screen rotates, I can't get it to live where the digitizer works. I thought I might be able to make it work with "pattern unlock" but that won't set a pattern with the middle third out of operation. Same issue affects the sound on/off (and trying to unlock often sets the sound on or off instead.) **So my answerable, stack-exchange-ish question, essentially, is whether there is any way to move/reorient the "slide to unlock" tab, or let the keyboard do that function.** Phone has not been wet, but I tried drying it anyway since many digitizer problems seem to be water related. No help. On/off/reboot battery in/out also make no difference. While it's irritating, if I could get something else (like the keyboard) to do what the slide-unlock is doing, but reliably, I could live with it as is for as much as I use the touchscreen. I'm on a rooted (basically so I could install AFWall+, as I'm using it on a prepaid service primarily to make/take calls with, and really wanted to make double sure that any data use was restricted to WiFi, ONLY.) "Gingerbread" (2.3.4) Motorola Droid 2 Global if it makes a difference. I'm no great shakes at android-ness, I basically tracked down a root tool method that was purported to work, and after finding that many versions of it didn't discovered one "not the most updated" version that did work, despite dear old VZ making it more difficult. ( _I'd also like to ask about replacing the digitizer, but after reading the help page 3 times I'm **still** not sure if that's considered on or off topic, since it's more about "hardware running android" than about "android as such" but it is "a problem I'm trying to solve on my android device"_)


title: Why can't i see any files from SD card in Android System Recovery <3e>

text: so I'm a bit confused. I'm going to try to organize my question here and not create a wall of text so please bear with me. Problem - I have a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 2 that I'd like to save the data from. no sim card, pattern locked. I don't know the pattern to unlock, nor do I remember the google account information to unlock it. USB debugging is NOT turned on so I cannot reach it via ADB, and it's not setup as a disk drive so simply attaching to a PC isn't a solution either. Possible Solution - After lots of research, I've found a possible solution where I A - install CWM via the "Update from SD Card" feature in Android System Recovery, then B - Flash a Pattern Unlock to the device. This "should" in theory work, or at the very least if I get CWM installed, open a host of other possibilities to try. Reason the above is not working - I've downloaded each file, placed them on a micro SD card via an adapter, and put them into the phone. After booting into the recovery console and going to the Update via SD Card option, I do not see any of the files on the SD card. I've gone as far as to boot the phone into recovery without the SD card installed and I literally see the same data. in short - I cannot get the SD card files to show up in the recovery console (this is a stupid problem to have and I'm hoping I'm just missing something). What I'd like - some advice on how to get the files from the SD card to show in the recovery console. I'm assuming it must be easy. If not - perhaps an alternative method to get around the pattern lock that does not involve a factory reset. thanks.


title: Chosing recommended applications

text: There is a way that I can choose the "recommended application" when the headphone are connected into the phone ? When I let my finger on the Icon, I get message (translated from French) > Impossible to modify recommend applications I installed the Unlimited music from Sony. The icon is on the bottom of the screen when the headphones aren't connected. I have ( translated form French )   * Phone    * Internet   * Text messages    * Music Unlimited    * Applications As soon as I connect the headphones, I have   * Text messages   * Podkicker Pro (to listen Podcast...)   * NHL Game Center   * Facebook (?!?!)   * Application Do I have to un-install the facebook application and hope that the application from Sony will take the free spot ? I just realized that the facebook icon is only on screen for headphones. In the other screens I can choose the applications. Still, I would prefer to remove facebook shortcut from the headphone screen. Is it possible ?


title: Any text in desktop and menu is unreadable

text: My girlfriend owns an HTC Desire X running Android 4.1.1 with HTC Sense 4+. The phone was working fine but suddenly yesterday any text in desktop and menu has become unreadable. Instead of letters (european character, spanish) text is now made of white squares. Something like having an issue with fonts. You can see a picture below. My troubleshooting was:   * Asked her if she installed any update: she did not install any new app or software update.    * Restarted the phone but the issue was still present after reset   * As suggested in comments, verified that language is properly set Today she installed 3 updates: Twitter, Chrome and Dropbox. Suddenly fonts in desktop and menu came back to normal and text is readable again. Did any of you have similar issue? Any idea what could be the cause? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/e5dmm.png)


title: How do I keep audiobook separate from Google Music?

text: So every time I add an audiobook to my Nexus7 it automatically put it into google music. And then of course if I'm listening to music I suddenly get part of a story, which is really annoying. I tried putting .nomedia on the audiobook file but it doesn't make any differences Does anyone have any ideas?


title: How the data on SD are encrypted in 4.0?

text: I've got phone with android 4.0, and, for sync with Exchange, I encrypted SD card using android's built-in encryption. However, the phone starts telling me that the card is damaged and needs formatting. I just want to take the data (photos) out before formatting, I've got the phone, and remember my PIN. (I can also do the bitwise copy of the card). How are the data encrypted? What do I need for decrypting? I assume that the card is encrypted whole, not only files on the filesystem, so when I decrypt it I may be able to dig the data out. Thanks


title: LG P500 Recovery Isuue

text: I rooted my LG P500 and installed ROM Manager. I flashed ClockWorkMod Recovery (using the ROM Manager app). The problem is that when I boot to recovery I get a E: boot error "recovry" message at the bottom of my screen. Device: LG P500 Android 2.3.3 [Software version - V20e] Rooted with SuperOneClick ROM - Stock (cant flash new ROMs because of this problem) Thank You!


title: Customizing lock screen notifications on 2.2

text: Is there an app that makes it possible to have email, Facebook, etc. notifications displayed on the unlock screen, the way that voicemail and text message notifications are displayed?


title: Stream music from iPod Touch to Nexus 5

text: I would like to stream music from my iPod Touch to my Nexus 5. I have found a few apps that can do it over WiFi but I look for a way to do this when I don't have access to WiFi. Is there a way to do this over Bluetooth or by using my Nexus 5 as a hotspot? I know it's not the right place to ask about iOS but maybe you can help me with the android aspect of this question. Thank you.


title: Where can I download Google Maps 5.0?

text: Google Maps 5.0 looks like a great upgrade, with offline maps and 3D. However, I can't find it in the market. The direct download link on Google does't work as well. Do you know where I can download it directly?


title: remapping keys wont fix wrong chars on hardwarebuttons

text: According to a little how-to I tried to remap 2 buttons and their chars: GUIDE - Simple way to change physical keyboard keymappings! If I mount my system partition to read/write I am able to write those keymappings in `/system/usr/keychars/`. When I try then to tab those buttons, everything is like before. If I reboot my phone, nothing gets changed but my changes in those keychar-files (`*.kcm`) are still present. Where else could these keymaps be safed? What could be wrong? for eg:               key COMMA {         label, number:                      ','         base:                               ','         shift:                              ';'         ctrl, alt, meta:                    none     }      If I press shift-comma, still the symbol "<" gets written as text.....


title: switching from unlimited data plan to pay-per-data. what to watch out?

text: I have been using unlimited data plan, but it is about to finish and after that I'll pay my data charge per data usage. Any particular settings should I change or anything I should take note in order to avoid suddenly paying a lot of money? My phone is Galaxy S with Froyo.


title: Hangout not sending emoji

text: When I send emoji through Samsung's stock messaging app it goes to anyone. But if I try to use hangout for SMS it will not send emoji to people it shows as blank. Help please.


title: Is there a such thing as a "Droid Pad"?

text: One of my cousins left me a voicemail saying that he wants to buy a tablet PC for his wife, and that he's trying to decide between the iPad and the Droid- Pad on Verizon. My google-fu turned up articles about an upcoming Motorola Droid-Pad, but it looks like that product hasn't been released at this time (December 2010) or even officially named. Am I missing something? Is there a Droid-Pad available? Could he be talking about the Samsung Galaxy Tab?


title: S3 screen broken, developer mode on, how to transfer data

text: My screen on my Galaxy S3 broke and I need to transfer an app that's on my phone to my computer. I have developer mode enabled on the phone and I want to be able to transfer the app without opening up the motherboard. But I can't physically unlock the phone because of the broken screen, so how do I do this? (When I say I have developer mode on, I mean that I can install apps that I wrote in Eclipse onto my phone and run it. If this isn't what that means, then my mistake. But if it is, how do I access my stuff with a locked screen)


title: Is it possible to play games from my HTC Desire HD on my HD-TV?

text: Is it possible to play my 3d games on my _HTC Desire HD_ and mirror the display to my HD TV? I have a Sony Bravia 55HX820 3D LED TV with 240 Hz, which was top of the range when it came out in 2011. I don't think it has MHL technology but I know there are adapters so I can connect via MHL. Neither can I find anything that says my HTC Desire HD is MHL compatible as I don't think it is. I can stream videos photos, music etc to my TV wirelessly via DLNA -- but does anyone know a way to play my games from my HTC DHD to my HD TV via HDMI? The phone doesn't support MHL mirror image to TV. I have a lot of high quality games on my phone. Moreover: What would the quality be like -- as the phone screen resolution only is 400x800 -- but display in 1080p or even 720p on my TV mirroring my phones image. My phone isnt rooted. I'm running Gingerbread 2.3.5. I'm thinking about rooting my phone and updating to Android JellyBean Rom. Does anyone know a possible way to do that without to much quality loss on the TV -- as it looks good on the phone but the phones resolution on my 55 inch tv would look horrible! Also, would updating to JellyBean make any difference?


title: Stream video to TV, but keep audio on phone/tablet

text: Does anyone know of an app or method that can be used to stream video to the television, but keep the audio on another device? The new Roku 3 has a headphone jack on the remote, but I figure something similar could be done with a phone/tablet, maybe either Plex, XMBC, etc... The file source wouldn't need to be the phone/tablet, as it could be streaming from a media server. It looks like a similar question was asked, but it hasn't received an answer. How to use Android Device as Wireless Headphones for TV?


title: Screen locks itself after call

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy SII GT-9100 with Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 XXLS8. I am using a PIN for my screen lock. If I make a call while my phone is unlocked, when the call is ended the screen goes to the lock. It is really annoying. How can I fix this?


title: How is installing an app from web-based PlayStore implemented?

text: As you are probably aware, when browsing the web-based PlayStore, it is actually possible to install an app right-away. Upon pressing the "Install" button (like the one in the image - taken from the app page), I immediately receive a notification on my phone telling me that the app is being downloaded. ![Sample app](http://i.stack.imgur.com/HwjvT.png) I would be very interested to know how Google implemented this feature. I suppose being logged to my Google account on both the PC and the phone helps, but still - is the phone continuously polling some network resource to see whether it should start downloading an app? Or is the notification somehow pushed to the phone (I cannot imagine how this would be done)?


title: How to root Lenovo a660

text: I've tried rooting my phone by using SuperOneClick and RootWithRestore. And did not have much success either. So my question is how to do this? ( _I checked that in`/system/bin` that I do not have the `su` binary in place!_)


title: How can I stop the Android Market from showing bad/naughty apps?

text: I am using Honeycomb with Xoom, it's very annoying to see all the bad naughty apps all over the market, for example in the category "Libraries and Demos". Although we can ignore them and not download, I do not think those things should be there, because children also use the OS. Is is normal for the Market to have all these (e.g. Korean Sexy girls, etc.)? Or is my Xoom breached? I also have an HTC Desire, and these apps do not appear on that device.


title: wiped SD card, trying to find text messages

text: A friend borrowed my microSD card to take some pictures and ended up deleting the android directories. I assumed that text messages were stored on this card. No message history appeared after the card was removed. incoming messages from old contacts started new threads. contacts and everything else stayed. I want to find the year's worth of old text messages. I've recovered some files using photorec (mostly pictures and audio from my phone). The only non-obvious files are a 10MB .elf file and a 72KB .SQLITE file. the directory structure is not preserved, so all files appear in one directory. does this approach make sense? what file extension am I looking for? how do I read the database that texts are stored in?


title: Least harmful way to disable APN temporarily?

text: I installed Quick Settings and turn off my mobile internet with this app. I have a motorola milestone with 2.1 However, that causes some trouble sometimes. When disabling it I lose more often my wifi connection. Android seems to try switching to APN when going to sleep. Turning on APN also does take a lot of time occasionally. Worst thing happened to me a few months ago: I had my APN turned off through Quick Settings. This app got an update and all of a sudden I couldn't connect to the internet over APN anymore. I had to do a full reset of my Android because of that. Can you suggest a way to turn off APN in a less harmful way? (I still wonder why Android doesn't include that.)


title: Wrong Google account picture

text: Some applications on my phone (e.g. Maps) show a wrong picture for my user account. Specifically, an old picture is shown instead of last one I put on my Google+ account. How can I fix this? I use a LG-P692 (Gelato) phone.


title: Trigger "mount as disk drive" (aka "USB Mass Storage" mode) from PC

text: I've got an HTC Incredible that I sync to my Linux box. I'd like the Linux box to automatically detect that the phone is attached (I can do that via `adb wait-for-device`), and then automatically put the device in "disk drive mode" (I've no idea how to do this part), and then mount the phone as storage, and run my sync script (I've got this covered), and then unmount the phone and return it to "charge only" mode. I can manually put the device in "disk drive mode" by pulling down the shade and changing the "USB connection type", but I'm not sure how to trigger this remotely from the PC. Ideally, some `adb` command would be great, but I'm open to installing an app, or other hacks (the Linux box can usually reach the phone via WiFi ...) "Disk drive mode" is also known as "USB Mass Storage" (UMS) mode. In newer (ICS and later), UMS support is being deprecated for MTP (slightly different USB-based transfer protocol).


title: How can I print from Android phone through Google Chrome connected printer in laptop?

text: I have a printer connected to laptop. The printer does not have any network features such as Apple AirPort but connected to a laptop with Google Chrome. My Android phone is also running Google Chrome. Both the phone and laptop are under the same account. How can I print through the Android phone to the printer? Can I do it with Google Cloud -printing?


title: pushing documents to manager's phone

text: I want my senior managers to be able to open files on their phones, in either PDF or DOC. The format is not really the problem. But they are not too IT savvy. They just want ot push a button on their phone to open an app and have a library of files there. They don't understand dropbox.... I have 2 apps on my own android phone, both religious, that contain a long list of prayers or books (e.g. the bible). Every now and then each of these is updated automatically with new prayers or hymns or whatever. A similar idea would be a list of recipes, which is updated automatically each time a new recipe is available. Is there a way that would enable my managers to open a library of files, which would update automatically with new files or newer verions of existing files whenever a new file was available? That way they don't have to 'dock' their phones, or ring up to have a file sent to them -- but the files would be automatically 'pushed' from a central site to a selected list of users. Sounds simple to me. Is this possible somehow?


title: How to switch on/off system load and running processes overlay

text: Somehow I have managed to get my Android phone (HTC Wildfire running Cyanogenmod 7.1 / Android 2.3.7) into a state where the system load (in unix uptime format) and running process list is constantly displayed on top of the screen, no matter what is running. How do I turn this feature off? (For the avoidance of doubt, I think this happened while the phone was unlocked in my pocket. I never explicitly asked for this behaviour.)


title: How can I get a list of all my paid (only) apps in the Play Store?

text: I'm interested to know all of my apps that I paid for in the Google Play Store. Is there an easy way to retrieve this list filtering only paid applications?


title: How do I root the Dell Streak 5?

text: I have a Dell Mini 5 (the original Streak). As in the title, how can I root this device?


title: How can I unlock and configure my Nexus One without a SIM card?

text: I have a Nexus One which I want to send to my mother. Where do I go to have it unlocked? Does it run the latest version of Android and can I install apps without a SIM card?


title: Can I safely remove "Android keyboard" if I have installed an alternative keyboard application?

text: I know it's potentially a Bad Idea (tm), but hear me out. I've got an HTC Desire, and its internal storage space is severely limited (150 MB, barely), running Cyanogenmod 7.1. I'm not entirely happy with the supplied keyboard, and have tried Swiftkey X Keyboard, to a great satisfaction. Now, since keyboard apps cannot be installed on the SD card when they are used, this eats up more than 15 MB of that precious internal space and severely limits the number of apps I can install. It occurred to me that I could convert Swiftkey to a system app and integrate it in the ROM, and after that freeze and remove Android Keyboard -- using Titanium Backup. Naturally, I'm not too keen to try it without asking around first, for it can have disastrous consequences. So, my question really is: > Can I remove _Android keyboard_ if I have an alternative input method > application?