title: Resetting Nexus 4 with cracked and Locked Screen

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I backup data (sms/contacts) from a device with a broken screen? My Nexus 4 fell and cracked its screen: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Ohb6P.jpg) One of the caveats in its design is the glass on the back makes it slide down and fall from pretty much any surface. Another caveat is the curved unprotected glass on the front. If it falls down, it'll most likely crack. # Given After it fell, the phone "lost its touch" i.e. it does not respond to any "touching". It is not rooted, the screen is (pattern) locked, hence I can neither see the files via MTP nor can do:               adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key      since permission is denied. I am also unable to               adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases      to save my messages, configs, etc.. for the same reason. The only thing I have backed up is pictures (which of course is "something"):               adb pull /sdcard/ /destination      # Question(s) I need to back up and reset it before shipping it back.   * How do I go about backing up the "databases" (e.g. SMS, configs, etc)?   * How do I wipe it clean, so whoever gets it can't get my data? * * * # EDIT Since this is closed as duplicate, which it's really not, here is the solution to this problem in case somebody else is looking for it.


title: How to backup Galaxy S3 using google?

text: I am about to switch my phone from an old Galaxy S3 to a new Galaxy S3 and would like to keep my apps, pictures, etc. How can I backup my old phone using Google so I can use that backup on my new phone?


title: How do I get text messages from broken Samsung Fame

text: dropped phone grrr. Screen cracked, it lights up but, I can't swipe the screen. I have linked to Kies, got my Contacts over, But, I can't seem to find Texts/sms. Any help greatly appreciated. Sue Samsung Galaxy Fame.


title: My phone's screen died but it still works. How can I get the text messages from it?

text: People are still sending me texts even though I can't read them. I've gotta get a replacement quick, but I also need to get the important texts I missed. Is there any way I can get them through my pc? To be clear, the screen is completely blank but I can still unlock it via touch pattern. It takes a few tries but Android File Transfer on the mac will tell me if it can or can't connect. If it can't, I just try again and I can get it. So the touch part still works, it just doesn't show any information. The phone is a Galaxy Nexus. When I connect it to my Mac, I can see the files in it via the Android File Transfer window. However, I can't find the texts here. I have the Android SDK installed and I was told I can do this:               adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db      However the device shows up as `offline` when I do `adb devices`. I can't figure out a way get it showing up as `online` without being able to use the screen.


title: Get Contacts only using command line

text: Is there a way to get the contacts out of my smartphone using linux command line? im not being able to use the touch screen since my galaxy s2 fell on the floor and its screen went black.


title: Galaxy s3 backup contacts google play

text: How can I get my contacts backs from my galaxy s3 when the LCD doesn't work and the screen is pitch black ?


title: Get Contacts of galaxy s2 with broken screen

text: Is there a way to get the contacts out of my smartphone? I'm not being able to use the touch screen since my galaxy s2 fell on the floor and its screen went black. the phone is not rooted, and I am not being able to enable usb debugging. I tried using Kies via usb but I can't unlock the device since I had a keyboard key. I also tried with MyPhoneExplorer but the device isn't recognized when conected via usb.


title: How do I backup data (SMS/contacts) from a device with a broken screen?

text: I just broke the screen of my (unrooted) Galaxy S. How do I get back my SMS and contacts? PS: I tried Kies but it won't detect my phone for some reason. (Kies works fine with another Galaxy I possess but not this one)


title: If I root my Android phone, will I lose all of my data?

text: As the question title implies, if I root my Droid Incredible (or any Android phone), will I lose all of my data? I'm not interested in installing a custom ROM right now so will rooting cause me to lose my data? Also, which tool should I use to root the phone? **Edit #1:** Based on a suggestion, I rooted my Incredible using Unrevoked, and I didn't lose any information.


title: How do I backup my Nexus 7 and then do a hard reset

text: I'm really new to using Android, and I was wondering if I could back it up, reset it to see if it fixes a problem, and then restore from my backup if it doesn't work.


title: Read access to /data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome/profile on a Nexus 10

text: How's this for a catch 22 - I would like to make a copy of the full folder structure starting at the path above. I have explored:   * Finding ways to move the app onto the internet data storage (SD card equivalent), _before realising that it would likely still leave the app data in the protected`/data` directory_   * Looking for ways to root the device, without wiping the storage, as I have read is possible for a few other mobile devices (Nexus 7 for one)   * "Temporary rooting" the device - This looks to be most promising, but I cannot find how to do this for the Nexus 10 In my desperation, have also tried to export the Chrome for Android history (least preferable solution), but:   * Chrome for Android provides no way of saving `chrome://history`   * The Google based sync is missing many pages, even whole days of pages, when viewing in Portable Chrome on the desktop   * The press-and-hold clicking of individual links on `chrome://history` page, would take too long.   * `chrome:history` doesn't display the full URL's, so the screenshots (Power + Volume down, concurrently) I took are only semi-useful Then there is the open tabs:   * `chrome:sessions`, `chrome:tasks` present a "Web page not found" error, which I presume means that they are not available on the Android version. Does **anyone** have something else for me to try?? **EDIT:** After Dan Hulme's pointing out that there is already a workaround to this, I would like to change this question to ask if there is any way to mount the back file `adb backup` produces, instead of having to recover it to a like device, in order to work with the files contained with the archive.


title: How to perform a full system dump/backup with a broken screen?

text: So, yesterday my phone took a serious tumble. It is now essentially useless, as the screen either fails to turn on, or when it does, there is nothing useful to see (just lines of primary colors, mostly). I believe (from the fact that it still chirps at me when emails come in, etc), that the phone is still functional, otherwise. I would like to perform a full system dump, so that I can get off any files from the phone (a TMobile SGS2 (hercules) running slimrom 4.3 build 1). The sdcard probably isn't important, as I can just pull it, but the phone's own internal storage I should like to get a copy of. When I plug the phone into a usb port, it 'mounts' the usb via MTP, and I can see all the files. Unfortunately, when I do a `select all | copy | paste` operation, the paste op dies before transferring all files. I've tried a couple other ADB shell operations, in hope of flipping regular USB mounting on, but nothing has worked. Any ideas how I can get a full dump of my poor phone's contents? # Edit Currently running a `adb pull /sdcard/` ... Its copying files presently, but its too early to tell if its going to get evertying I'm expecting. # Edit #2 looks like its going to work...its taking a rather long time, but it appears to be grabbing everything I was expecting it to.


title: Get phone data out when screen is dead

text: I have rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 with Rootbox Android 4.2.2 installed. My phone screen is dead and I want to get following data out of the phone.   * SMS (Most important)   * Photos   * Other files in internal card Everything in the phone is working except the screen. I can call my phone and everything. Whenever I try to connect to computer, it connects as MTP device and shows nothing inside it. Had there been a way to start the Airdroid or something to take the screenshot in realtime so that I can take backup of data and upload it on dropbox or google drive, it would have been easier. I would like know if it is possible to access screenshot of my device through adb or something? If yes, which softwares and tools I will need to install? Are there any other methods that I can use to make it faster.


title: Can a non-rooted Android 4.0.3 smartphone’s ROM be backed up?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Full Backup of non-rooted devices I am using a smartphone running non-root Android 4.0.3 and am also a desktop Linux user (Ubuntu 12.04 amd64). In Linux/Ubuntu, I could backup my whole system (whole partition) into a file image and when necessary, restore my whole system (including MBR) back on my desktop computer. (e.g. using "clonezilla") It seems that there are similar Android apps (e.g. ClockworkMod) for system backup (Android rom backup) on a rooted Android device. However, I am not sure whether there is similar system backup apps for a non-root Android device ? Could anyone tell whether it is possible ? I have difficulties in using root-device rom backup apps such as "ClockworkMod" as my smartphone (ASK SP404) is not a branded smartphone and I could not find any rooting procedures for this phone, although there are good discussions on the web that talk about this, e.g. HOW TO ROOT your Android phone. (This thread talks about Android rooting procedures for many branded phones, but not my phone ! ) It would be great if anyone could suggest a rooting procedure for my phone, or some directions that I could try. Thanks in advance for any advice.


title: How to copy SMS messages to computer with phone screen broken

text: I own a Samsung Galaxy S III (rooted). My phone recently fell out of my car and was ran over multiple times before I could recover it. The phone still works. I can turn it off and on (sound and vibrate work) but the screen is completely useless. The back and the settings key both light up when I press the home key, but they do nothing and I can see nothing on the entire screen. What I want to know is, I have business texts on my phone that I need to save. Is there a way to pull (or copy) the messages from my phone to my computer? P.S. I attempted using Wondershare Dr.Fone, but it will not work as I need to allow the application superuser access via the phone, which I cannot do because the screen does not work. I am unsure whether the USB debugging is on or off. I have been looking at other questions related to this one, but most of them involve the touch aspect of the screen still working Thank you all in advance.


title: How to backup my app data if my phone is not rooted?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Full Backup of non-rooted devices I'm going to flash (format) my Samsung Galaxy S2 (both the external sd and internal sd) . My phone is not rooted. But there are some app's data that i want to backup before formatting.Those are some of my games' progress,Mozilla Firefox's history,bookmarks etc,Opera Mini history etc. , and the songs i tagged in Shazam . How am i supposed to do that since i know that you can't backup app data such as game progrees if your phone is not rooted ? Also i can't access those apps,whenever i open them they constantly crash,this started 1 week ago,that's why im gonna flash my device (but this is another thread's subject).I would appreciate help with any of the apps above.


title: paid apps can no longer be backed up on new android os by "my backup pro" are there any apps that still do a full backup

text: "my backup pro" response from the developer was: "Yes these are paid apps that are not longer accessible for backups on the new Android os". is there a android backup app that works on the new android os?


title: Is there a way to do Nandroid backup directly to pc and then restore it directly from pc also?

text: My phone doesn't have enough space to store backup files so I wonder if there is a way to do Nandroid backup and restore with files stored on pc.


title: Is there any way to root JB without losing all data and settings?

text: Is there any technique to root Jelly Bean (perhaps temporarily) without losing all data and settings? The phone is Nexus S i9020 with Android 4.1.2. The phone has a bad case of the "Lag" problem - AndroBench reports: Random rd 4.4 MB/s (1127 IOPS)   Random wr 0.18 MB/s 49.86 IOPS. I have found "LagFix" as a possible solution but it requires root. I have no other reason for root, and would be happy to have a "temporary" root that would let me run LagFix to solve that problem, and then be back to unrooted after restarting. I checked the suggested answer (This question already has an answer here:) If I root my Android phone, will I lose all of my data?, but it is from 2010 and recommends a tool (Unrevoked) that only supports specific phones (not including the Nexus S). I saw a different approach here but it appears to be for Gingerbread 2.3.3 and prior. I'm running JB 4.1.2. So I'm still looking for a way to root JB without losing data.


title: Need to recover Handcent SMS/UPM password db from working Razr Maxx with broken screen

text: I have an unrooted Droid Razr Maxx with 4.1.2. Dropped it in the driveway and broke the screen. That aside, the phone is functional and presumably works - I still get audible notifications for various things with it. I'd love to be able to recover/restore my Handcent sms messages, and more importantly, recover/restore my Universal Password Manager (UPM) database to the replacement I obtained. Any ideas, smart people?


title: How to do a full nandroid backup via pc

text: How to do a full nandroid backup via pc using adb or anything or any software specialised for it.


title: Full Backup of non-rooted devices

text: I know I'm asking for the close-to-impossible -- as a real full-backup certainly requires root permissions. But still there are many folks around not wanting to root their devices -- afraid of voiding their warranties or bricking their devices, or just not having their devices supported by any rooting method. I also know there were a lot of questions asked already on this topic, and I checked all of them having the _backup_ tag -- none covers the entire topic, all just have pieces, and especially people new to Android (but other non- power-users as well) would have a hard time figuring out the best way. So **_I want a detailed canonical answer_** to the question: _**Not_ involving root-solutions, how to achieve a backup as close as possible to a _full backup_?** Please do **not** give simple one-liner answers like "Use app xyz [full- stop]." If mentioning an app (and I doubt a single app would be the answer here), include what parts are covered by it -- as well as ideas on how to fill the gaps it leaves. (And to make it absolutely clear: I know the first thing coming to mind is _Titanium Backup_ \-- I use it myself, but this does _not_ apply here: This question is _strictly about methods for non-rooted devices!_ ) Moreover, the answer should be as _generic_ as possible in terms of applying to a wide range of devices (i.e. it should not be resticted to one device or manufacturer). I already mentioned having investigated all questions here tagged _backup_. These will certainly be helpful providing details for answers here, so I will list up the topmost ones concerning my question:   * How to backup an Android device?   * How do I perform a full pre-rooting backup of an Android phone?   * What info does Google backup?   * How can data on an unrooted phone be backed up?   * Could a non-root Android 4.0.3 smartphone's rom be backup?   * How do I back up (and restore) my phone before installing a custom ROM?   * Backup my Android without my Apps, Settings, Config's, etc. All these provide some details for my question (so feel free to get inspired by them) -- but I feel there are still details missing. Also it would be helpful to have a summary -- say, an answer including the full description of "the maximum possible". A last criterium: While I'd consider cloud-based solutions ligit, I'd favour local solutions. If you can provide both: all the better. But some people value privacy quite high (I'm one of them), and thus would not trust their data to some cloud service. * * * Thanks to Ryan, we now have a solution for a **really complete backup** of all apps and their data -- which I didn't dare to hope for! The only disadvantage: His solution only works for less than 10% of all Android users; namely those whose devices are running at least with **Android 4.x**. So again, I ask the close-to-impossible: **Any solutions applyable at least on Gingerbread** (2.3.x) or, better, even Froyo (2.2.x) -- so they cover the majority of current devices? These solutions may involve multiple tools (try to keep it as simple as possible though; think of your mother to follow your instructions ;) And keep in mind: **NO ROOT!** * * * To further motivate high-quality answers (and hopefully avoid low-quality ones), I will be a harsh one here: As I rarely do, **I _will_ down-vote** answers not fitting the mentioned criteria on one end -- but on the other end, **I will setup a bounty** for the best answer (which cannot be done immediately, but earliest after 2 days).


title: How to get your data(Photo's/Video's) from your broken phone?

text: Last week my Samsung Galaxy Fame broke, everything still works only the screen doesn't work anymore. It won't react if you touch it but it still works when you unlock it, so basically you can't do anything. Does anyone know how to restore my photo's to my PC, when I plug it into my computer it shows me that there aren't any files, but I have done it before and there should be files. Can anyone PLEASE HELP ME?! THANKS A BUNCH


title: Motorola Defy Gallery app is crashing upon start

text: I have for a couple weeks a Motorola Defy with Android 2.1 (Eclair), since today the **Gallery app crashes upon start** , the screen is shown for a less than a second and then it dies. The only odd thing I did was adding a ".nomedia" file to directories where I store music so that the disc covers would not show up on the Gallery app. How can I fix that? Can I reset just that app? Thanks


title: GCM with SSL/TLS under restricting proxy?

text: My mobile carrier data plan allows only connections using HTTP(S) proxy or IMAP, SMTP, POP3. I can use every protocol encapsulated in SSL/TLS with HTTP(S) proxy (CONNECT method). No destination ports range restrictions. GCM uses ports 5228,5229,5230 but isn't SSL/TLS. If I try to tunnel it with HTTP(S) proxy CONNECT, it connects but closes connection when discovers that protocol isn't SSL/TLS. I don't want to use VPN, stunnel or SSH port forwarding. GCM servers (mtalk.google.com) accept SSL/TLS connections? It exists a workaround?


title: How GPS works in android phone

text: I want to know how GPS works on android phone. Does it send any identification data to service providers/phone manufacturers/Map providers? I recently read a new about IPhone tracking users - http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/21/apple-tracking-location-database/. I am using Samsung android phone. How can be sure that nobody is tracking me even if I keep my GPS on for my running app tracking? Thanks.


title: What can I expect from the "Pure Google" Nexus S 4G?

text: Sprint recently announced that they are going to sell the Nexus S, and that it will be "Pure Google", implying that there will not be any additional carrier fluff on the device. I am considering buying the phone, but I'm hoping others who already have the Nexus S or Nexus One can tell me a little bit about what to expect.   * **Are the updates timely?** With my HTC Hero, I found that I had to wait a long time for updates for the OS, and eventually it stopped receiving updates, leading me to install Cyanogenmod for Froyo/Gingerbread. Will I be getting updates for new versions of Android almost as soon as Google releases it?   * **Can I tether?** I'm assuming that if this is "Pure Google", it will not have restrictions on it such as grayed out tethering buttons. Is that a valid assumption? Or do I need to root the phone? If I root, do I still get OTA updates? This segues to the next question..   * **What can I not do without root access?** I understand that if I want to install a different boot loader or Cyanogenmod or something, I need root access. But if we're looking at day to day activities, is there functionality that I will be missing without root access? And any other factual comments about things I may not have considered that's materially different from running a carrier-fluffed phone would be greatly appreciated!


title: Error while running debian on Arm6 based phone

text: I have cynogenmod7 on my optimus one phone. I followed this guide to run debian on it. When I give this command:               busybox mount -o loop,noatime $kit/debian.img $mnt      I get a `no loop device, file doesn’t exist error`. I tried setting up more loop devises like loop1, loop2 so on, even tried loop99 but still I got the same error. Is there any work-around this issue?


title: Xoom 2 ME speakers stopped working

text: My Xoom 2 ME is running ICS 4.0.4 (rooted), and a week ago the speakers just stopped working. Lost the hour to go to work twice because alarm clock did not go. Googling around seems to show some people also having problem with the speakers of the tablet running that particular version of android... Some are just the subwoofer, others the orientation, but mine went completely mute. The sound still comes out of the headphones jack. **Is there a fix for this, if its a software malfunction?** * * * Also, why can't Motorola make a proper ROM?   (this one is just to vent some steam, don't answer that) > >     Retag as Xoom2-ME because I am still somewhat short of rep to do it. > Delete this line afterwards, thanks. >


title: Update Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G T769 to Jelly Bean

text: Device: Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G T769   Android: 4.0.4 (ICS) I want to upgrade it to Jelly Bean 4.1 or 4.2 or 4.3.   I searched the internet, and I did not found anything. How do I upgrade?


title: One-handed operation: Use for all screens mode (tiny screen mode) doesn't work on Galaxy Note 3

text: I have read all of the instructions I can find and watched several videos on how to turn on this feature and use it. After enabling the feature in settings>controls>On-handed operation>Use for all screens, and trying the back and forth quick swipe on several apps...I still can't make this work. Are there some competing settings or apps that disallow use of this feature? Thanks for your help.


title: my notification bar won't drop down ics 4.0.4

text: I am using a Samsung Galaxy S Duo with the stock Rom. I have a problem where my notification bar won't drop down after certain things happen. Steps to cause the problem:   1. Phone is on the charger.   2. Someone calls me.   3. Disconnect the charger.   4. Answer the call.   5. After the call finishes, plug the charger back in. The next thing is a mystery. The sound indicating that it is charging is gone, and my notification bar won't drop. Lastly, I am not able to access recent system task manager. I have tried pulling the battery and rebooting, and I even tried wiping the cache, but none was able to solve the problem. I ended up flashing stock Rom again, which fixed it. How can I fix this problem? Because I don't want to flash again every time this happens.


title: Can ADB Handle Multiple Connections?

text: I am trying to script ADB and I was wandering if it can handle multiple installs at the same time in different threads. Does anyone know if this is possible?


title: Permanently deleting Email from Default Email app

text: I have a Nexus 4 running Android 4.3 [OTA came on July 29 \m/] and I use the stock e-mail app called "EMail" (I don't like Gmail app). Whenever I delete an app, a folder called Imap/Trash gets created and the mails I delete goes inside this folder. I can see this in the browser. Since I have OCD, I open the browser, delete the mails and remove the label. This is a bit irritating as I have to do this every day. Is there a setting or a tweak or something which lets me delete the mails from my Nexus and move the deleted directly inside Trash (like how it happens in the browser)? Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated! Cheers :-)


title: How do i download sketchup on an android tablet

text: Is there an app that I can download to view google sketch up on my andriod table or phone.


I know there are a lot of threads about android logs but I can't find an answer to this: Where and how do I read logs for a specific app? I have installed the Android SDK, connected my device and launched Eclipse and choose DDMS. Now, the Logcat is being generated but it does not seem to contain logging for specific apps. The colomn Application remains empty. I've tried different apps and different filters in logcat (debug,error etc) but I don't see application names appear.


title: Is there a way to set app-specific volume?

text: I'm looking for a way to set the media volume depending on the app being used. I generally keep my media volume down fairly low so as not to annoy my fellow humans overmuch; while playing Angry Birds, for instance. When I go into Doggcatcher, though, I generally want to crank the media volume way up, because I'm listening through earbuds or my car speakers and need that volume way up. Not such a big deal, but if later I go back to Angry Birds and I forgot to turn the volume back down it wakes up the whole house. This is exacerbated by the fact that the media volume does not follow the "Sound off" setting (accessed by a long-press of the power button). So, is there a way to do what I want? _(Android 4.0)_


title: Unexpected reboot during app install has left phone with no space

text: My wife recently went to install a game on her phone (Sims Freeplay) from Google Play. She tells me the phone had enough memory for the install (~15MB free for a 13MB app), which is why she tried. (As an aside, I'm assuming it downloads the package, then installs from that, so you need at least twice the final space to unpack the thing correctly.) It downloaded successfully, but when the phone tried to install the app the phone unexpectedly self-rebooted. After booting, the game wasn't installed and the phone is reporting low memory, with <1MB of phone memory free. She's using an app to check this usage (called DiskUsage), which is reporting "System Data" as using 28MB - she's sure it was much smaller when she checked the space before attempting the installation. Assuming she's right, I'm thinking maybe the downloaded package is still sitting around somewhere consuming space. Is this possible (given it crashed mid-install)? If so how can we get rid of it?


title: My android earphone socket doesn't work

text: When i plug my apple earphones into my phone it only plays on speaker. But when i put them into other devices sound comes out. I checked my phones socket to see if anything was maybe stuck in there, looked in my settings, but there was nothing connected to either. I know my ear phones work, but i don't know what else could be wrong. Please help?


title: How to install fastboot drivers?

text: I have a cheap clone android (benss b3) that I managed to connect to win 7 by editing the .inf file in usb drivers. Now I want to load different ROMs via fastboot. However, when I boot to fastboot mode (?, power on with back + power button pressed), I get a new device in windows device manager. I can't get the usb drivers working and no devices appear with fastboot. How can I get the fastboot to detect my device?


title: Marking an e-mail as unread pops a "new email" notification

text: My wife and I both have Samsung Galaxy S2 phones, and use the GMail app for reading and writing emails. In that app, when I mark a read mail as "unread", it throws me back into the previous screen and correctly marks the mail as unread. When my wife marks a mail as unread, however, it does the same, but also adds a "new email" notification which then appears in the top bar - which really annoys her. What is the cause of this behavior, and how can I fix it?


title: Improving performance of YouTube app

text: I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 (a.k.a. p4, P7500), running Android 4.2.2 rooted (latest CyanogenMod nightly build: 10.1-20131208-NIGHTLY-p4) and YouTube v5.3.28. Does anyone have an idea how to improve the performance of the video playback? What I'm experiencing is a lot of stutter: videos often only show a few frames per second (the audio seems to get priority and plays fluidly). Sometimes videos pause for a few seconds at a time. I'm testing with preloaded, fully cached videos, so it's not a problem of network connection. Killing background tasks helps a little bit when it's really bad, but doesn't fix the problem entirely. Now I know this isn't exactly a high-performance device, but when playing them with MX Player, all 720p videos are playing absolutely fluidly without a single stutter. This also includes the exact same videos that stutter in the YT app after downloading them and playing them with MX Player. So the device is _capable_ of playing back those videos perfectly fine. Any ideas what I could try to increase the YouTube app's performance?


title: terminal on real android device from PC

text: I want to run terminal on my device however the small screen is very inconvenient. I wondering if it is possible to run terminal on real android device from PC?


title: Is there anyway to upgrade to jelly bean while internal memory and resetting

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with ICS. I want to upgrade my phone to Jelly Bean OS, but I don't have a good enough WiFi connection or enough knowledge, so I want to take the phone to a phone repair center to be upgraded. I have lot of sensitive files on it. I cant remember where some of them were in My phone. Is it possible to upgrade it to Jelly Bean while factory resetting the Phone, because the repair people should not have access to internal files ?. I can do this in my old phone by completely removing everything but I don't know about Android phones.


title: Using External Bluetooth dongle in ICS 4.0.3 Tablet

text: I have a HCL Me U1 Tablet with Android ICS 4.0.3 OS. Specification It does not have internal bluetooth but has a Micro-USB and USB port.      I would like to know if bluetooth devices can be accessed by connecting an external bluetooth dongle through the USB port.   And are there any apps for the same?   I have not rooted my tablet yet. Any guidance on how to achieve it?


title: Stop device connected as host charging connected device

text: I am connecting a Nexus 10 to an Arduino board in host mode. The Arduino board has its own power supply, but is still drawing power from the tablet. This post suggests that this may happen if the consumption is less than 6.6v Is there a way of telling the tablet to not charge the Arduino board?


title: HTC Wildfire won't boot

text: My HTC Wildfire will not boot up. When I boot normally with the SD card in, I only get a screen that says "Fastboot" with the options bootloader, reboot, reboot bootloader and power down. It says to use the volume keys to select the option and press the power button to select. Using any of these buttons does nothing. I then need to take the battery out, and power up while pressing the volume up button. I get an HBoot menu with the options fastboot, recovery, clear storage and simlock. The volume button does not allow me to select anything, but when I press the power button to select fastboot I get a number of messages saying `SD checking load image [xxxx.zip] No image found` This happens too quickly for me to see the name of the files missing. I am able to connect my phone to a computer using USB, but I can do nothing there also. Anybody got any suggestions?


title: Do you have to root an Android device to install Ubuntu?

text: Just as the title says. In order to install another ARM based Operating System or to dual boot your phone, do you have to have root access? I'm currently using a Motorola Atrix, not sure if that matters or not.


title: Home button takes me to the Default Android Home on HTC Desire X

text: The home button on my HTC Desire X used to take me to the HTC sense home. But once I stopped HTC sense from settings-apps & from then on, it takes me to the default android Home (the one with the snow capped mountain etc). Even after I restarted HTC Sense, Re-started the phone & even Factory reset the phone, this behaviour still persists. How do I get back my original home button functionality.


title: How to install themes in Android 4.1.2

text: I have heard many applications from play store that install themes but didn't try them yet as i don't know its working .I want a new theme on My Samsung Galaxy trend Duos phone-GT-S7392 (Android 4.1.2).Do we have any themes that can be installed from Samsung ??


title: Galaxy S5 stock browser user agent

text: I have a problem with a site not detecting a stock S5 browser as mobile. I don't own a galaxy S5 so I asked the person who found this issue to send me the complete user agent string, this is what I got: `Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/28.0.1500.94 Safari/537.36` does the S5 browser really not identify itself as running on an android device? Might this be the result of some custom setting (which I'm told never happened)? How else can I identify the S5 browser as being a mobile device?


title: I can't get feedback on my comment from the Google play store

text: So I commented on Smule Sing! App and I gave it two stars. Everything was normal until I got feedback on my comment from Smule. I got an email and I tried to click on the link but it wouldn't let me, the link didn't even stand out it just looked like regular text. I tried everything but I can't find the feed back, what should I do??


title: Android lost, Gmail password changed. Can Gmail still be viewed?

text: I lost my Android phone today so I changed my Gmail account password. Will whomever that finds it be able to view my offline Gmail (cached) content, even though I changed my account password? I'm concerned because I'm not usually asked for the password and whenever I'm offline I can see the offline cached content.


title: Chromecast Beta Google I/O 2014

text: During Google I/O 2014, Google announced 'Android L' and a Chromecast update which will support 'Screen Mirroring'. This wasn't possible on earlier Android versions without rooting. The updates will be rolling out to users later this fall. However, they released an Android L Developer Preview for Nexus 5 and Nexus 7. I own a Nexus 5 & Chromecast. I want to try this Screen Mirroring feature. I installed the Android L Developer Preview on my Nexus 5. Is there a beta release for Chromecast too? How can I start Screen Mirroring from my Nexus 5 (without rooting) to my Chromecast?


title: Can I update to the latest version of Android on a generic off-brand tablet?

text: My question is related to this community wiki. I found an affordable white- label Android tablet for €99 a few days ago and I'm considering buying it. Its specs seem fairly decent for its price range, especially given that I'd prefer a 10-inch tablet. Unfortunately it's a very generic brand (IT WORKS), so I don't think that I'll get any OS updates. Is it possible to install the latest version of Android on an off-brand tablet? I'm fine with vanilla Android or a popular custom ROM like Cyanogenmod. I'm asking specifically about off-brands because there's a big chance that the modding community doesn't have a ready-made solution for that specific tablet. The device comes with Superuser already installed, so I'm assuming that it is pre-rooted. I'm not familiar with the ROM flashing process and I've never done it before.


title: How to associate a specific link with an app?

text: I'm trying to use imo messenger to access my facebook chat. I remember I've been able to do it in the past but now I can't do it anymore. In the past, I loged on facebook through imo and then the facebook app opened, and then I could access facebook chat through Imo. Now when I log in imo, it opens the browser with a unusual kind of link - A kind of token. How can I open this token with the facebook app? I've read some stuff about how to associate files, but I've found nothing about these token links.


title: Is some of my internal memory missing?

text: I have an HTC Wildfire (the original, not the S version). It is supposed to have 512MB of memory. When I check my free space in the app manager I noticed I have around 185MB. Why is this? I am using CyanogenMod which is around 80MB, if this wasn't accounted for there is still a lot of space missing. Why is my phone reporting so little?


title: Internal Storage question

text: why my internal storage is only 2.05 GB for samsung Galaxy fame however, my mobile features say that the internal storage is 4GB!?


title: 8GB Nextbook8 only showing .98GB internal storage

text: Running 4.4.2 KitKat. Does the OS really take up 7GB? I've only got like 5 games downloaded and already running out of space for apps. :(


title: Android 4.1.1 system is consuming 4GB of my memory?

text: I bought an Android 4.1.1 tablet, the ad said "comes with 8 GB". But when I go to the system configuration I get: **INTERNAL**   1,18 GB total   Apps 0,90 GB   Available 161 MB   **NAND FLASH**   Total 4,55 GB   Free 4,17 GB   I ask the vendor where is the 8 GB, and they said: "the tablet comes with physical 8GB, but the Android System makes a partition for different purposes (Recovery, Loader, Apps, etc.) letting available for the user only 4 GB. The others partitions are not visible for the user. This is the same for all Android devices". They are telling me the truth? or just are a bunch of liars and sold me an 4GB tablet ? Android 4.1.1   Core 3.0.8+   Compilation P758.6.01.01.20   Brand: NOBLEX - Model: T7014AR   (official specification: RAM 1GB - Internal 8GB)   http://www.noblex.com.ar/tablets/T7014AR Thanks a lot. * * * EDIT:               u0_a78@android:/ $ df     Filesystem             Size   Used   Free   Blksize     /dev                  443.2M  36.0K  443.2M   4096     /mnt/asec             443.2M  0.0 K  443.2M   4096     /mnt/obb              443.2M  0.0 K  443.2M   4096     /system               607.4M  440.2M  167.2M  1024     /data                 1.2 G   1.0 G  153.8M   4096     /cache                629.9M  16.5M  613.4M   4096     /mnt/external_sd      941.7M  16.0K  941.7M   16384     /mnt/sdcard           4.5 G   382.1M  4.2 G   8192     /mnt/secure/asec: Permission denied     /mnt/asec/com.robotinvader.fooding-1  36.5M  34.8M  1.7 M   4096     /mnt/asec/com.vkcode.SpaceTube-1  14.2M  12.6M  1.6 M   4096     1|u0_a78@android:/ $


title: Only 2GB of Device Memory is shown on Samsung Galaxy S2

text: I have Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100. As it has 16GB internal memory but it only shows that it has 1.97GB of device memory. I am not talking about the memory that is free after using some of the space. This is the max memory that it is showing. I have tried resetting to factory settings and erasing everything. Also, I cleared cache and dump logs. Nothing have helped me yet. When I connect it to my laptop, it shows that phone has 8.56GB used out of 11.4GB. But that is USB storage, isn't it? Under settings > storage > device memory [Total space = 1.97 GB]. The problem arises when I install few of the applications and it starts showing that you are running out of storage. I don't understand what it is showing only that much space.


title: mm-qcamera-daemon wakelock when idle

text: My phone will randomly get the mm-qcamera-daemon wakelock. I know how to fix it, a simple reboot and all that, but it pops up when my phone is idle in my pocket. The phone starts to run hot and I can't restart it until it's nearly too late. I haven't installed many apps that use the camera, and all of them are usually closed by the time I don't use my phone at school or anything. Possible culprits IMO are Lux and Flashlight.


title: Phone LED only flashes for a few minutes after receiving a notification

text: My HTC Desire is set up to flash its LED lamp whenever I receive an email, SMS etc. Only problem is that (without touching the phone) the LED stops flashing after 5 minutes or so. So if a message comes in while I'm not near my phone and I don't come back for more than 5 minutes, I have to turn on the screen to discover the message. I've searched through everything, but there seems to be no setting for this. Am I missing something, or is this by design? Is there an app for this problem?


title: What happens with configurations and app data, practically, if I mod my device with custom firmware?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to backup an Android device? If I want to install a modified firmware like CyanogenMod, it seems like I should wipe the phone clean both before and after the operation. But what will happen to all of my   * Android configurations (known Wi-Fi networks, bluetooth pairings, etc)   * installed apps   * app data   * app configurations? Is there a simple way to make a backup of all of that and then restore them after the wipe on the brand new OS? What about stuff on SD card? Should I wipe the SD card clean too? What about the apps that are installed there? _(I've tried to look forother backup related questions, but they have to do with restoring the device to the exact same state - which of course would be the usual case when restoring backups.)_


title: How do I back up my phone?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to backup an Android device? I need to offload all my info from phone to laptop. I've enabled mass storage and plugged my phone in via USB to do this but it will not let me transfer the info. What do I need to do?


title: How do I back up (and restore) my phone before installing a custom ROM?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to backup an Android device? I am thinking of installing a custom ROM such as CM7 on my AT&T Galaxy S2 (SGH-i777). I have already rooted it. What is the best practice for backing-up (and potentially restoring) my phone? Notes for answerers:   1. I'm interested in step-by-step instructions to obtain a canonical answer rather than links into forum threads.   2. Will the method described be able to recover the phone if the ROM install process fails and "bricks" the phone?   3. Can the backup be moved to external storage (such as a computer) or is it only resident on the phone's internal memory. If it can be preserved off-device please describe this process as well.


title: How to back up applications in Android?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to backup an Android device? If I have installed N number of applications including big games, and I would like to back up them, so I could restore the games as soon as I factory reset my mobile, how can it be done ? Any free apps ?


title: How do I back up my Motorola Droid?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to backup an Android device? Hi, I have a Motorola Droid that I need to send in for repair. How can I back up everything to my PC easily? The Moto Phone Portal expects you to individually download each photo. I would rather not transfer everything through wifi to my PC or to the cloud.   * Photos   * Contacts - gmail    * App settings?    * Playlists ?


title: Transfer applications and settings from my old Android phone to my new one

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to backup an Android device? I recently purchased a new Android device and I would like to be able to back up all of my settings/installed applications/app settings so that I can easily transfer them from the old phone to the new phone. I know that my Gmail synced items will automatically sync, but this doesn't help me with things like bookmarks and settings on my apps. Are there any good applications available on the market for helping me with this transfer? I'm not sure if it will cause any problems, but the old device is running Android 1.6, and the new device will be running Android 2.x


title: Prevent SMS deletion when removing Google Account

text: Before, when I try to switch Google accounts (by removing old then adding new) my SMS got deleted. Is it possible to prevent this? Also, if I maintain two Google accounts then later decide to remove one. Can I prevent SMS deletion?


title: Offbrand Android Tablet - Google Mail/contacts/calendar issue

text: I bought a Pandigital Supernova 8" tablet with Gingerbread OS, for a really good price, and despite the fact it had a lot of oddball apps on it, I was able to root it, and get google play/gmail etc on it. I'm having a real problem though, getting Google calendar/contacts to sync. I installed the Gmail app, it prompted me to login to my gmail address and mail itself works fine. But.. The contacts applet and calendar do not sync with my gmail account. If I go into the contacts applet it says there are no contacts, and there is no google selection in the "add accounts" area. While trying to figure this out, I found there were two .apk's missing, GoogleCalendarSyncConnector.apk and GoogleContactsSyncConnector.apk. Once added and the tablet rebooted, I figured this would work, but alas, it did not. What am I missing??


title: Access and modify files on the SD card of my mobile using WIFI tethering

text: I am looking for an application for my Android 2.3.5 Sony Xperia X10i. I want an app that will mount my phone on my hot spot as eg: `http://192.36.02.08` , which will have both download and upload functions. I want this so that I can quickly transfer files from my computer to my mobile in a hurry, as I have found out that WiFi speeds for file transfers are much faster than that of an USB cable. Are there any apps that can do it? I appreciate any help.


title: Automatically load a text file a few minutes after the alarm goes off - is there an app for that?

text: Is there a way (presumably via a 3rd party app) that I can set a particular text file to open at a set time, i.e. something I need to read on a daily basis can be set to load at 6.03 after the alarm has finished going off?


title: Whatsapp shows me online when I'm not in the application

text: What reasons are there that WhatsApp shows me online, although I am neither using the application nor the phone as such. I don't know enough about WhatsApp to explain this to a friend who thinks I am lying. Could connection problems lead to a false status?


title: How to open PDF in fullscreen

text: maybe someone knows something that might help. is there an easy way to open a PDF in fullscreen, page fit 100% to screen, without blending effects, just the PDF without any menu? i tried to make a html and open it in a fullscreen browser but it doesnt show the pdf.


title: When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)?

text: Android 2.2 (FroYo, short for "Frozen Yogurt") was released over the Summer 2010, however not all of the devices that will get this update have received it yet. Each manufacturer and carrier needs to add their custom modifications before it can be officially released. See also:   * When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)?   * When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?


title: Android 2.2 on Verizon, specifically Droid

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? Does anyone know when 2.2 will be released for Verizon phones? Also, is there a way to install it currently? I'd like to upgrade as soon as possible because it is really nice but, Verizon is so slow in getting these out.


title: Where and how can I upgrade my Galaxy 5 legally to Froyo?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I have a Galaxy 550 and want to upgrade it to android 2.2 where and how can i do this legal? thanks already.


title: Android 2.2 (froyo) update available or not for myTouch Slide?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? I haven't been able to keep up with the update calendars. But I did some google searches to find if the froyo update is available for T-Mobile's myTouch Slide. I heard the update was going to be live for most HTC devices around august but it's been awhile and I haven't gotten the update. Anyone know what I should do about this? Is it available? If so, can I install it manually?


title: android2.2 for samsung galaxy 5(I5500)

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? hi,can anyone suggest me whether to upgrade my mobile from android 2.1 to 2.2?.the mobile is in warranty now..If so i can do it,can u suggest the steps to do.?


title: HTC HERO Android 2.2

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? Will my HTC HERO get Android 2.2? I guess i can upgrade to Anrdoid 2.2 but can i get Sense UI on Android 2.2 for hero?


title: Android 2.2 update for samsung Galaxy 3 (I5801 and I5800)

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? when android 2.2 update will available for Samsung Galaxy 3(i.e Samsung I5801 and I5800)... ? do you have any idea when it is going to available... Is there any otherway around for installing non official 2.2 on it...? Thanks Please note that samsung galaxy 3 !=(is not equal to) Samsung Galaxy S... so please don't post answer that update is available for Galaxy S.. that update can not be installed in Galaxy 3


title: Can I run Android 2.2 on an Android 2.1 ZTE Racer?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I'm going to buy a ZTE Racer which comes with Android 2.1. What can I do to upgrade it to 2.2? ZTE didn't release an official upgrade. Would CyanogenMod be an option?


title: Can my Huawei U8220-6 get an upgrade?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I have a Huawei U8220-6, bought in China. This is NOT T-Mobile pulse branded, so I wanted to know if there is anyway to put Froyo (or Eclair) in it. My current version is 1.6.


title: Upgrade for htc tattoo g4 from iOS 1.6 to 2.2

text: How do I upgrade to iOS 2.2 on the htc tattoo g4 from iOS 1.6 to 2.2 ?


title: When will Android 2.2 be ready for HTC Wildfire with Sense (from Germany)

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? I am using an HTC Wildfire on the Rogers Canada network, and I purchased the phone on eBay from Germany. HTC tech support informed me that when Germany releases the 2.2 update it will be available over the air for my phone. Does anyone have an idea when we can expect this update to be available? Will there be any issues with Sense and my installed applications and data when I apply the update? Thanks!


title: Does SAMSUNG I5500 GALAXY 5 can be upgraded into Android 2.2

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I'm planning to buy an android phone and I've heard that SAMSUNG I5500 GALAXY 5 is the cheapest one. My question is, does SAMSUNG I5500 GALAXY 5 can be upgraded into Android 2.2?


title: Can I update the Android version of my Samsung Galaxy?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I have Samsung GALAXY 2.2 & i want to know that can i update 2.2 to 2.3 or upper version update ?


title: OS 2.2 on the Samsung Moment

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? I currently have a Samsung Moment which has OS 2.1. Will I ever be able to upgrade to 2.2? Is the hardware capable of handling 2.2?   If so, when will this happen?   What's the best way to be informed of any announcements related to this upgrade?


title: Has android 2.2 froyo being released in India for Galaxy I5500?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? If it has, from where do i have to download it and how to install it?? Can any one give me the steps of how to install it from kies??


title: Samsung Galaxy 3 (GT i5801) - Waiting for FROYO Update

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? I have purchased **"Samsung Galaxy 3" Model number is GT-5801** \- an android enabled phone, currently it is having Android 2.1 firmware, **`i would like to know whether it is upgradable to the upcoming version or not?`** I am not finding "System Updates" options anywhere in the phone so please let me know. I dont want to have updated firmware with the JailBreak or such kind of way !!


title: Upgrade Samsung Galaxy 5 I5503 into Android 2.2

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I have a Samsung Galaxy 5 I5503 running Android 2.1. Does Android 2.2 is available for my device? If yes, How can I update the firmware and what should I do first before upgrading it? Thanks.


> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? will samsung galaxy 5 get android 2.2 update ??


title: Is there any Android 2.2 updrate available for Samsung Galaxy S?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? if yes, how to upgrade it with out going service center.


title: Upgrading from Android 1.6 to 2.2

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? I'm having issues to upgrade my tablet to the 2.2 system. It's a generic tablet, from Kaser, I'm using it to develop a specific application. Now the specs changed, and I need it to run on 2.2. I had a look at their website and there is no info about the upgrading. Is it possible? Thier page


title: is there any official froyo upgrade from samsung for galaxy 5 in India?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)? Hi, I am a galaxy 5 user from India, there were news about froyo update for galaxy 5 but my kies [downloaded from samsung site] doesn't show any upgrades. I don't want to root my device if there is any upgrade available for galaxy 5, or will be available in near future. Can you tell me if this upgrade available here?


title: On a Nexus S, how do I activate the front facing camera in a Fring video call?

text: video calling in Fring is working but the video is only showing the rear- facing camera, how do activate the front-facing camera?


title: Prevent ANY sound from Android phone

text: I have the Galaxy S4 and would like to be able to ensure that, when on silent/vibrate mode, the phone makes absolutely no noise. I haven't been able to find a way to prevent the alarm from making noise when going off in silent mode, and though I could set the alarm type to vibrate, I'm concerned that if the alarm can go off in silent mode, other things can make noise as well. Is there a way to ensure the phone makes no noise? Is it really only the alarm that makes noise in silent mode?


title: Pull or backup only the contacts from Android

text: My phone is on a bootloope _ soft bricked. I have managed to detect it via adb on recovery mode. So now I want to know the exact command to pull contacts first from the phone to my pc.   1. Is this correct?  adb backup -apk -shared -all -f C:\test.ab   2. Next what is the generic (original factory) directory for phone saving all the pictures/pdfs? What is the command I should run to pull those from phone to pc?   3. Is pulling faster or healthier a bricked phone than backing up into pc?   4. Also due to UK language settings my pc has no backslash, is there a way to get it into command prompt? (Since I am nooby and I just crashed everything I know right now from last night - please have mercy. I want to make sure the commands are precise.)


title: Titanium Backup - sync via Windows File Sharing (SMB) after backing up?

text: I have Titanium Backup Pro with sync after backup option, but I don't want to sync to clouds, instead I want it sync backups to my PC via SMB. I also have Foldersync which supports SMB syncing but it works with scheduling only, what I need is syncing right after the backup procedure is done. Any suggestion ? Thanks


title: Paid app uninstalls after reboot of the device

text: I have one paid app, which is uninstalls after a reboot of the device. So, I have to re-install it from Google Play after every boot. All other apps are still installed. Does anyone know what the problem could be?


title: How can I restore the encrypted files contents from the Gallery Vault app?

text: I have reset my device and forgot to open the Gallery Vault app, but I still have my encrypted files while unable to open them. ## How can I restore the encrypted files contents?


Is there any way to root the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1? I found some instructions on rooting the 7 inch version but I'm not sure if that matters. Also the instructions include flashing UK firmware. I'd prefer to do as little changes to my device as possible so I can get a backup as close to the way it came as possible.


title: How to install custom kernel from source? - Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (GT-P5113)

text: I have modified the kernel code in attempts to add a driver for USB to Ethernet. I have successfully compiled the code and am trying to install it onto my tablet. I am following the README that came with the source code provided by Samsung (making a .tar for the zImage file), but when I try installing it with Odin it gives me an installation error. Alternatively, I have tried making a zip file and installing with CWM and it again fails. I am thinking that I am missing some files needed to perform the installation. What else besides zImage do I need?


title: Tablet fails to boot up completely

text: My Crystal View Android Tablet wont turn on all the way, it shows a few power on screens but then stops on the Android loading screen and stays there, What do i do?


title: Galaxy S4 Internal Storage

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S4, it has Cyanogenmod with Android 4.2.2. My problem is that I only have 908MB free after installing a couple of apps. These apps are about 50MB or less, and there aren't a lot. I have checked the data for all the apps and I didn't see any that had big data. I have attached a screenshot so that you can see the storage option in the settings: ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/rRZdbm.png)   Screenshot (click for larger variant) PS: I remember now I was trying to install Asphalt 8 last night, but it didn't work. That might be the problem if there are files hanging, but I don't see them and cannot find them. Please note on the image the gray area. I think that stands for system reserved space? But why is it so big.


title: Why Does Google Location History Stay In the Same Place When I Go Out?

text: What's happening is that I go out and about and at the end of the day I check the location history and it says that i've been at my house all day when i've been out. I take my phone with me and it stays on, the gps is on. I do have a tab that stays at home but there's no location settings allowed for it, there isn't even a glimpse of the locatin to out of my house. It looks like it's tracking my tab but it's not set for location data to be used for apps. I do not have any apps on the tab that would need my location anyway, but the gps is off on it so it wouldn't be able to track it besides using the wifi location. The location simply does not move, it might go out on the street but there's no indication whatsoever I went anywhere other than my house. Any help? :)


title: New ROMS, no network connections

text: I am currently using a Sprint Note II SPH-L900, I have downloaded multiple 4.4 ROMS and each time it fails to connect to the mobile data network. It still works when I restore my previous ROM. Anyone have any ideas on what is going on or how to fix it?


title: Slow Android response on tapping on Back/Menu capacitive buttons on Xperia Mini Pro

text: I have a new Xperia Mini Pro phone, and sometimes I face a weird problem. Sometimes the Back & Menu capacitive buttons don't respond at all ... but most of the time it responds 2-3 seconds after pressing it. I have no idea what's wrong. I went to the Sony Ericsson service center... but still no good after getting it back from there.


title: What are the optimal settings for a video that will be played on a Galaxy Tab 10.1?

text: What are the best size, compression settings, and format for making video for playback on a Galaxy Tab 10.1?


title: App which gets user phone details

text: I'm trying to remember the name of an application which I saw in the market. It's an application that you can tell people to download, when beta testing an app or have issues running an app, which collects info about the users phone and which the user can then send to you. Can anyone help me?


title: How to enable silent mode during calendar events?

text: I'd like to disable all notification sounds whenever there is a current event in Calendar. How can I do this automatically?


title: Black screen after Flashed ROM build from AOSP source

text: I everyone. I have compiled Android 4.3.1 for my device (Samsung Galaxy TAB 2 7.0). After flashed the compiled zip file my tablet stuck on samsung logo. After analyzed the Logcat i have noticed this part :               I/SurfaceFlinger(  109): SurfaceFlinger's main thread ready to run. Initializing graphics H/W...     D/libEGL  (  109): loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libEGL_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so     D/libEGL  (  109): loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so     D/libEGL  (  109): loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so     F/libc    (  109): Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0x00000000 (code=1), thread 136       I am not sure but i think my problem is linked to SurfaceFlinger. My problem is SurfaceFlinger can someone tell me how to fix it ? **PS : In case someone ask for it, here's my full logcat :http://charly1811.ga/logcats/logcat.txt or https://gist.github.com/charly1811/7488508/raw/60cc1b4795159efb3a4daaf2c05d437d73e7aeac/logcat** Thanks in Advance


title: Use Reverse Tethering as Wifi

text: The internet obtained via reverse tethering is not detected by my tablet.But i can access the web.But i cant download via the play store.So how to make it recognizable as a **wireless fidelity** connection ?


title: How does android (stock) calculate the number of bars representing mobile signal quality?

text: I am interested in how Android (assuming unmodified AOSP code) calculates the number of bars representing mobile signal quality? Also, if you know the place in code where this is done, I would appreciate that info as well.


title: What happens when the Home button on Android phone is pressed?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What happens to a running program when “home” button is pressed in Android > phone? My friend raised a concern that pressing the home button is not advisable and it drains battery. Is it true? What happens when the Home button is pressed?


title: How does "Restrict background data" work?

text: In "Settings"->"Data Usage" there is a "Restrict background data" checkbox. How does it work, exactly? What does "background" mean here? And is this setting enforced by the OS, or is it a hint that the apps are free to disregard if coded improperly?


title: What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage?

text: If you're not used to seeing the 'low on internal storage' notification, what is it that you're doing to keep your phone's internal memory from filling up so quickly? The 'SD Card and Phone Storage' menu in the settings doesn't really tell me much other than how much is free. And, I don't really have that many applications installed. The top 5 storage hogging apps on my phone are Gmail (18.6 MB), Twitter (17.5 MB), Facebook (12.55 MB), Maps (9.63 MB), and Swype (6.06 MB). So, are there apps out there (besides your normal file manager ones, like Astro) that will help monitor internal phone storage? Is there something I should be doing to keep my phone storage use to a minimum?


title: Good ways of clearing internal space?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless I need a good and solid way to find large things which are taking up lots of phone internal memory. My phone really just stops working, sync-wise, when I'm running low on space, which seems to be all the time. I'm running LeeDroid and have set my default install application as the SD card, but it seems that I can still fill up my internal phone storage quickly. I did try the App2SD+ setup, but couldn't seem to partition my card properly. So does anyone have any good tips? At the moment I'm clearing Maps data and Browser cache, but now that's gone also. Do apps on the SD card still put data on the phone? Or do I just need to make more effort partitioning my SD card to get App2SD working? Something which created a list or pie chart or both of internal space with links to clear data or uninstall would be idea.


title: My HTC Desire has suddenly become full and is displaying the "Disk Space Low!" Message

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless -- Any help? I have always had a problem with my Desire's phone storage capacity so recently I did a factory re-set and started again. Everything was fine for a few weeks, I had loads of space and could download and install to my hearts content. Then all of a sudden I have the dreaded "Disk Space Low!" message again. Thsi is despite having only 39.116meg of apps installed on the phone. All possiable apps are on the sd card and there is nothing in the cache. Also all contacts, dates etc are stored on google. Can someone please explain what is taking up all this space i.e all 139 MB? I cant even download the latest software update!


title: Low internal memory, but high local and SD memory

text: I have a MID android tablet which has been giving me low storage messages during some downloads lately. But when I check, the local and SD have practically 3GB free. So, where is this data going, and how can i direct it to local or the SD? I'm new with tablets; this is my first one. the local and SD have 3 GB free combined(sd has 2 GB local has 1 GB), the system disk shows about half full (795 MB left) and I have no idea how to move my apps to the SD.


title: HTC STATUS-INTERNAL MEMORY LOW EVEN WITH SD-CARD?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage? I have the HTC Status, and love it! But lately I'm getting "Internal memory low" messages when I try to open or download something in my messages. It tells me to go to the "settings" tab and make space. I don't have many Apps on it, the biggest I believe is the FB App-but it's the so called "FB Phone" so why am I still having issues? I uninstall and delete data and try to move things to the sd-card and empty inboxes all the time and it just moves a few MB and leaves me alone. It gets bad sometimes, where it won't let me even ope and read a text even if there aren't any pics to load. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


title: Motorola Triumph - how to decrease internal memory (clear log files)

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage?   >  Something is secretly eating up my tablet memory and I need help finding it I am wondering if there is a way, without root, to analyze the details of the internal memory on a Motorola Triumph and clear some extraneous (if they exist) log files. Many thanks in advance.


title: Storage space running low

text: My Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo is saying that my storage space running low and I cant download any more apps. It's saying to delete files or photos. I have also deleted apps and files and it has not made any difference. What can I do?


title: An app that can give a clear overview of what exactly is eating up my phone space?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage? I'm curious to know how my 2GB memory card could fill up so quickly as well as my internal phone memory. I already cleared up all SMS, taken pictures, taken videos that I can find. But it only changed to mere megabytes of space. I have the Xperia Active and I'm using the Sony Bridge for Mac. From there, it only says that the rest of the space is being occupied by "Others". No specific definition about what those might be. On Windows, I use an app like http://windirstat.info/ to give myself an easily understandable overview of what's taking up the biggest space, etc. It would be appreciated if there's something like that for the Android or even just a simpler solution. I just want to look at more detailed statistics as opposed to the one the Sony Bridge is giving me (see below). http://i.stack.imgur.com/T46FY.png


title: Android phone system data is keep eating the space

text: My Android phone system space is keep eating by some unknown application or something which is now showing low on space in phone storage and many times phone gets shutdown'd. Please help me on how to remove the unwanted data in internal storage so that my phone keep working as usual. I have attached the log data from "Log Collector" app and a screenshot from "Disk Usage" app. Log File ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/kUsUJm.png)   Screenshot (click for larger variant)


title: What else is occupying my android phone's internal space

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless -- Any help?   >  Something is secretly eating up my tablet memory and I need help finding it I have a HTC Desire phone with android system, which has 148M internal storage and 250M system storage. My internal storage usually works well, but as times goes on, it become less and less, and finally I have to uninstall some software in order to install a new one, and update several app at one time is not even an option as the storage limitation. But:   I only have 17 apps installed, each on average is less than 3M, and I even installed most of them in SD card, I really don't see any reason that my apps will eat up all internal storage, but, what else could it be? Thanks.


title: Something is secretly eating up my Acer Iconia A500 internal memory and I need help finding it

text: I've been a happy owner of an Acer Iconia A500 for a bit over a year now but a couple of weeks ago it started to complain about its internal memory being full. I was a bit surprised as I keep movies, and such on the external SD card but I assumed is was some browser cache, Maps or so which had eaten up a fair chunk of the 32G memory it has internally. However, that doesn't seem to be the case. I have cleared the data of almost every single App I have installed but still if I look at the Storage tab of the settings I see the following (a couple of hours ago): ![700M+643M+0.2M+64M+98M is clearly not 27G](http://i.stack.imgur.com/5mYGn.jpg) I get the feeling that the rightmost grey part of the bar should be a bit more than 379MB... (SD Card at the bottom of the picture is the external one, never mind that one). I've tried almost every disk usage app available out there and they all show similar results, the following is DiskView (picture taken after I removed a few apps): ![DiskView output](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dDI4Z.jpg) (in this picture "SD Card" is the internal one...) One thing all the disk usage apps seems to have in common is that unless the device is rooted, they cannot see what is in some directories (like /data) which makes me think it is either Android itself (4.0.3 on this device) which has some kind of cache which is misbehaving or that some process is producing extreme amounts of logs somewhere. Sorry for this long intro, but the basic question is: How do I proceed? I guess one alternative is to find what is worth backing up and do a factory reset or something but I wold really like to find out what happened first. Rooting it is an alternative which would probably help me find out more but I sort of like it as it is (except for this issue). If it is needed to resolve it I could of course do it but it feels like you shouldn't have to with an appliance like this. Is there another way forward? I have this naive hope that there is a button somewhere I haven't seen that clears all logs or reduce the log level from debug to info. **Edit:** One thing I've been considering but cannot investigate is if it could be cores. I've had a lot of crashes lately (presumably because it has been running low on disk). In response to Izzy's comment below. Apps adds up to more or less exactly the 700MB listed as "Apps" (seems to be the total of data and the apps themselves).


title: Phone Storage is getting low

text: I have a sony xperia neo. I usually had atleast 110-135 mb free in my phone memory. Whatever new apps I install I always move them to sd if it is possible to do so for that app. I also keep clearing the cache for every app almost once a week, infact I also clear the app data ocassionaly when I think the data is unnecessary. Recently, my phone's internal storage just reduced by itself. All by itself. I did not install any new app, infact I actually deleted some. Obviously I did not move any apps back into the phone memory. Yea, some apps like YouTube, Officesuite, Adobe Reader etc. that come pre-installed in the phone memory were updated recently bur these updates obviously weren't big enough to take up all that memory. I even un-installed updates on apps like fb which are on the phone memory n which I don't use often. From having over 100Mbs of internal storage, today I have between 35-25 Mbs available. Why?? Where did all that memory disappear?? How can I fix this?! Please Help. Note: 1\. I have viber, its moved to sd. Lately, the viber photos folder in the gallery has started having blank 0kb photos in thousands, all by itself. I have 5k photos in that folder of which 4.9k are blank and appeared there all by itself. Could this be a reason why the phone memory got so low, even though viber is in sd? If not, why is this happening anyway?   1. I have avg antivirus (free). My phone is scanned automatically every week.   2. I did not root my phone.


title: HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless -- Any help?

text: It's been bugging me for a while but getting quite bad lately. I get warnings that my internal storage is full, I have about 13mb left of what I believe is 512mb worth of rom. I have checked with the app "diskusage" and my apps take about 122mb, with about 20 more mb being used by "data" (unsure what this is). When I check the apps list, my biggest app is some 12mb, and even within the first screen of apps this drops to just over 6mb. So I don't have extremely big apps, and I don't have all that much of them either. I try to put most on my sdcard, so no problem there either. How do I figure out what's hogging all this space, and how do I fix it ? On a related note, what is the Android equivalent of "formatting" your phone? I believe factory settings doesn't remove all data (sdcard etc) or does it? **EDIT:** I have done a hard reset on my phone, and the free space available is somewhat similar to what I saw before. So, is it normal to only have about 150mb available for apps when the internal rom should be 512mb ?


title: I have insufficient storage space

text: On my Samsung Galaxy y, I tried to update watsapp but found there was insufficient storage space. I deleted apps, videos,pictures and downloads. I also tried all suggestion on the internet but none worked! What should i do?


title: insufficient storage error while updating installed apps

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What can I do to manage my phone’s internal storage? I recently purchased a new Android mobile (Samsung Galaxy Y duos), running on Android 2.3.6. It have 8 GB microSD as external memory. I installed quite a few application and unfortunately now I'm facing memory issue. While updating Facebook app (around 13 MB) or installing any other app with 10mb+ memory requirement, I got error message `Insufficient storage`. I checked available storage, which is as follow:               SD card     Total space: 7.39 GB     Available space: 6.90 GB          System storage     Available space: 22.47 MB      There is lot of space on SD Card but yes system space is low. What is the efficient tricks/best practices to make sure system utilize more SD Card storage and less system storage so that I can install few more apps. Is there any way to shift few installed apps from system storage to SD Card storage, un-installing and installing is also acceptable for few apps.


title: make external memory as default

text: I have 2 GB internal capacity and 16 GB as external. My internal memory is almost full. While I am trying to download, an error takes place saying "Low storage space delete some data". How can I solve this problem?


title: Really know what is using internal storage

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What can I do to manage my phone’s internal storage? I am constantly running into the "Low Space" warning so I would like to know what is really consuming the phone's internal storage. I've checked and removed app after app, moved them to the SD card and done everything else I can think of but can't seem to figure out what is really consuming the phone's internal storage. I can see the storage used per app but it seems like this not entirely correct numbers or something is not attached to an app and hence invisible to this app list. So, is there a way to see what is really consuming the storage?


title: Help getting Arabic on Android

text: My Friend is going to sell his Nexus S because it does not natively support Arabic.   I have found several websites that claim to have a solution to this issue.   http://ardoid.com/ Seems to be the easiest solution to implement. Has anyone tried this or any other solution?   Do the characters run together like how Arabic is written and not the single characters?   Will the menues change to Arabic?   Can he store contact names in Arabic?   What arabic does it use?   Will the push updates work?   Will the spell checker work?


title: Backup stock HTC Desire ROM with Unrevoked

text: I want to play with different ROM's for HTC Desire (which is still under warranty). Based on my understanding, in order to keep the warranty and still play with custom ROM's, the following steps are required.   1. Root the Phone with Unrevoked Method   2. Take a backup of the stock ROM   3. Restore a custom ROM   4. And when warranty is required restore the stock ROM from backup Am I going in the correct direction?. If yes where can I find the guides to perform all of the above mentioned steps. * _NOTE: I don't want to lose the warranty of the phone. I know it will get void once I root it but then there should be options to unroot the device and get it back to factory settings. *_


title: Which system files are safe to delete?

text: I got only 160MB internal storage out of which 100MB is reserved by android operating system. Which System files and folders are safe to delete? For example:   * de, fr, es and it files in `/system/tts/lang_pico/` seems useless    * `/cust/hw/es` folder seems uselss    * As I have moved many of my application to SD Card, many folders in `/mnt/asec` seems useless  So which files/folders of Android system are safe to delete so that I can make more space for applications


title: Did ICS stop supporting clicking a number in text to dial?

text: I used to be able to click a number inside text (email or web page) to dial it. After upgrading to ics this feature seems to have been removed. Is that so? Any way to get it back? UPDATE: it seems to work with US phone numbers, but not ones that are used in my country (Israel). Can it be that my carrier forgot to update the pattern for recognizing numbers as phone numbers?


title: What are the two linked contacts under "Myself"?

text: In my phone, there's a "Myself" contact that can't be deleted or renamed, which has two linked contacts inside it. Those can't be unlinked or deleted either. Both contacts are marked as "Phone contact". Why are there two and why are they not unlinkable? Can I link another contact under "Myself"? I want to add my phone number there; which of the two should I add this to?


title: Is there an app that associates a certain action to a arbitrary NFC tag?

text: I'm using the NFC Task Launcher for launching actions stored on my own tags. This works fine. What I'm searching for is an app that associates a certain action with an arbitrary tag. An example: my company ID card has an NFC tag. This tag cannot be changed by me. But I want to activate a "At Work" profile when I scan that tag. So, the actual action is NOT stored on the tag but on the phone and gets triggered by reading that tag. Is there an app that I could use for that?


title: Why can't I transfer data from my tablet with OTG support to my phone with USB?

text: ## Problem I want to copy music from my tablet to my phone with USB. My tablet can't see the phone when connected which is somewhat strange because the phone sees that it is connected and the tablet has OTG support. Therefore I can't select the phone from 'Explorer', so I can't copy the files. I can connect the phone to a laptop with Ubuntu 10.10 or Windows 7 pro without any trouble so the problem shouldn't be on the phone's side. And the phone can't see an USB stick directly, so even that won't work as file transfer. ## Tablet: Wayteq xTab-100is with Android 4.0.3 and USB 2.0 OTG without Bluetooth ## Phone: Nokia 2700 classic micro USB 2.0


title: Read External SD card

text: I have a Xoom 2 media edition MZ608-32 3G, immediately after receiving it I upgraded it to ICS 4.0.4 and rooted it. However the beast won't mount any SD card that is put in its external storage. I have a 32G sd card that is formatted as fat32, it reads perfectly well on my p1000 and the PC. window's chkdsk also said disk is OK, so the problem is the xoom. Does anyone know of a solution to make the xoom mount the card properly?


title: Keyboard scroll down in Google Reader app

text: How can I use the arrow keys in my keyboard to scroll down on a page in the Google Reader app? I can scroll down only via the tactile screen, which is not easy to be done when wearing gloves in winter time.


title: Copy Google talk chat messages to clipboard

text: I got some message over talk that I want to copy to clipboard. That is not possible. Long pressing does nothing. Tried on 4.0.4-ICS and 2.3.7-Gingerbread without succes.


title: Samsung Galaxy S3 random reboot during clipboard use

text: I have a UK sim-free Samsung Galaxy S3. It's had official OTA updates only, and is not rooted or modified in any way. It's running Jelly Bean. Since getting the Jelly Bean upgrade it's possible to get the phone to reboot by using cut and paste functionality. I've achieved this with both the Gmail app and Chrome. I've seen it on other people's phones too. I've performed a factory reset and the problem continues. To reproduce, load up Chrome and then long-press on any webpage with text, select a little text, and then either press the highlighted text or the `copy to clipboard` icon (two overlapping rectangles). After between 1 and 20 attempts, my phone will reboot. Sometimes it will reboot when I paste something; for example a URL into the URL bar at the top of Chrome's screen. I've not been able to reproduce this on the stock browser, despite a number of attempts, nor on any other apps (apart from Gmail). I'd be interested to hear if any other people are affected by this.


title: Wireless picture transfer

text: I have a Galaxy S3 phone and a new Galaxy Tab 3 which I'm trying to transfer pictures to. My phone will find the tablet when it scans for nearby devices in settings menu, but when I try to transfer via WiFi direct or AllShare the tablet is never found. I have no problems using these two methods when sharing with our Samsung Smart TV, but it is proving difficult to do so with the tablet.


title: Android libc in Htc Desire x throwing fatal signal SIGBUS and crashing

text: I have an HTC desire x(CID HTC_038) running a rooted stock Rom,my problem is that the phone crashes reboots randomly by throwing fatal signal 7 SIGBUS at various addresses. I have the following logcat outputs and I cannot see any software faults that could lead to this problem: **Logcat output 1**               D/Socket_Alarm( 6570): HTCSocketMonitorImpl::HTCSocketMonitorImpl     D/LocationManagerService(  224): add listener to CarGpsProvider to provide NMEA     V/LocationManagerService(  224): requestLocationUpdates     V/LocationManagerService(  224): _requestLocationUpdates: listener = Receiver{40f323c8 Listener android.os.BinderProxy@41570118}mUpdateRecords: {}     V/LocationManagerService(  224): _requestLocationUpdates: provider = passive listener = Receiver{40f323c8 Listener android.os.BinderProxy@41570118}mUpdateRecords: {passive=UpdateRecord{413aba28 mProvider: passive mUid: 10049}}     D/WifiService(  224): acquireWifiLockLocked: WifiLock{NetworkLocationLocator type=2 binder=android.os.BinderProxy@413e8640}     D/WifiService(  224): updateWifiState(): enable and start wifi     D/WifiStateMachine(  224): [DriverStartedState] CMD_START_DRIVER     D/WifiStateMachine(  224): setWifiEnabled: true     I/PackageManager(  224):  setEnabledSetting(), pkgName=com.google.android.apps.maps, clsName=com.google.android.maps.driveabout.app.DestinationActivity, state=1, flag=1, pid=5948, uid=10049     W/wpa_supplicant(  287): wlan0: [HTC] wpa_supplicant_event():2261- Got an original EVENT_SCAN_RESULTS     I/global  ( 6570): call createSocket() return a new socket.     D/WifiStateMachine(  224): fetchRssiAndLinkSpeedNative RSSI = -56     W/System  ( 6570): Error writing session data for www.google.com to /data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/app_sslcache/www.google.com.443.     F/libc    ( 6570): Fatal signal 7 (SIGBUS) at 0x4d34ecf9 (code=2)     D/GpsLocationProvider(  224): GPS status listener died     D/CarGpsProvider(  224): GPS Mock status listener died     D/LocationManagerService(  224): [LPS] In removeUpdatesLocked.p.setMinTime:     W/ContentService(  224): binderDied() at ObserverNode     D/WifiStateMachine(  224): [DriverStartedState] CMD_START_DRIVER     V/LocationManagerService(  224): Location listener died     V/LocationManagerService(  224): _removeUpdates: listener = Receiver{40f323c8 Listener android.os.BinderProxy@41570118}mUpdateRecords: {passive=UpdateRecord{413aba28 mProvider: passive mUid: 10049}}     D/WifiService(  224): releaseWifiLockLocked: WifiLock{NetworkLocationLocator type=2 binder=android.os.BinderProxy@413e8640}     D/WifiService(  224): updateWifiState(): enable and start wifi     D/WifiStateMachine(  224): setWifiEnabled: true     I/ActivityManager(  224): Process com.google.android.apps.maps:NetworkLocationService (pid 6570) has died.     W/ActivityManager(  224): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.google.android.apps.maps/com.google.android.location.internal.server.NetworkLocationService in 5000ms     D/Zygote  (  134): Process 6570 terminated by signal (7)     D/WifiStateMachine(  224): fetchRssiAndLinkSpeedNative RSSI = -55     I/ActivityManager(  224): Start proc com.google.android.apps.maps:NetworkLocationService for service com.google.android.apps.maps/com.google.android.location.internal.server.NetworkLocationService: pid=6608 uid=10049 gids={3003, 1015}     D/Socket_Alarm( 6608): registerHTCSocketMonitorCallBack     D/Socket_Alarm( 6608): set mSocketMonitor     D/Socket_Alarm( 6608): HTCSocketMonitorImpl::HTCSocketMonitorImpl     D/WifiStateMachine(  224): fetchRssiAndLinkSpeedNative RSSI = -54     D/LocationManagerService(  224): add listener to CarGpsProvider to provide NMEA     V/LocationManagerService(  224): requestLocationUpdates     V/LocationManagerService(  224): _requestLocationUpdates: listener = Receiver{413db688 Listener android.os.BinderProxy@415effa8}mUpdateRecords: {}     V/LocationManagerService(  224): _requestLocationUpdates: provider = passive listener = Receiver{413db688 Listener android.os.BinderProxy@415effa8}mUpdateRecords: {passive=UpdateRecord{413bb580 mProvider: passive mUid: 10049}}     I/PackageManager(  224):  setEnabledSetting(), pkgName=com.google.android.apps.maps, clsName=com.google.android.maps.driveabout.app.DestinationActivity, state=1, flag=1, pid=5948, uid=10049     D/WifiService(  224): acquireWifiLockLocked: WifiLock{NetworkLocationLocator type=2 binder=android.os.BinderProxy@41716128}     D/WifiService(  224): updateWifiState(): enable and start wifi     D/WifiStateMachine(  224): [DriverStartedState] CMD_START_DRIVER     D/WifiStateMachine(  224): setWifiEnabled: true     F/libc    (  439): Fatal signal 7 (SIGBUS) at 0x5226616e (code=2)     W/ContentService(  224): binderDied() at ObserverNode     W/ContentService(  224): binderDied() at ObserverNode     W/ContentService(  224): binderDied() at ObserverNode     W/ContentService(  224): binderDied() at ObserverNode     W/ContentService(  224): binderDied() at ObserverNode     W/ContentService(  224): binderDied() at ObserverNode     D/Process (  224): killProcessQuiet, pid=623     W/AudioFlinger(  136): AudioFlinger::NotificationClient::binderDied() died     I/ActivityManager(  224): Process com.android.phone (pid 439) has died.     W/ActivityManager(  224): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.android.phone/.BluetoothHeadsetService in 1250ms     W/ActivityManager(  224): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.android.stk/.StkAppService in 11250ms     W/ActivityManager(  224): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.android.phone/.NetworkQueryService in 21250ms     I/ActivityManager(  224): Kill android.process.acore (pid 623): provider com.android.phone.IccProvider in dying process com.android.phone     I/ActivityThread(  623): Removing dead content provider: icc     D/Zygote  (  134): Process 439 terminated by signal (7)     F/libc    (  224): Fatal signal 7 (SIGBUS) at 0x4dc1bd31 (code=2)     W/AudioFlinger(  136): power manager service died !!!     W/AudioFlinger(  136): AudioFlinger::NotificationClient::binderDied() died     W/AudioFlinger(  136): session id 16 not found for pid 136     W/Sensors ( 3824): sensorservice died [0x7464c0]     I/ActivityThread( 4415): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread(  303): Removing dead content provider: settings     E/OMXCodec(  136): wrong state to free OMXCodec 1     I/ActivityThread( 4374): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread( 1934): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread( 2496): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread(  999): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread(  623): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread(  450): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread( 4429): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread( 3699): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread( 5948): Removing dead content provider: settings     W/Sensors ( 6608): sensorservice died [0x78c870]     I/ActivityThread(  417): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread( 4520): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread( 6608): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread( 5692): Removing dead content provider: settings     I/ActivityThread(  503): Removing dead content provider: settings     E/SurfaceTexture(  133): [StatusBar] dequeueBuffer: SurfaceTexture has been abandoned!     E/SurfaceTextureClient(  303): dequeueBuffer failed (No such device)     F/libc    (  303): Fatal signal 7 (SIGBUS) at 0x4d3a518b (code=2)     W/wpa_supplicant(  287): wlan0: [HTC] wpa_supplicant_event():2261- Got an original EVENT_SCAN_RESULTS     D/Zygote  (  134): Process 303 terminated by signal (7)     E/SurfaceTexture(  133): [com.htc.music/com.htc.music.HtcMusic] dequeueBuffer: SurfaceTexture has been abandoned!     E/SurfaceTextureClient( 4415): dequeueBuffer failed (No such device)     F/libc    (  139): Fatal signal 7 (SIGBUS) at 0x0000973c (code=2)     F/libc    ( 4415): Fatal signal 7 (SIGBUS) at 0x4d3a518b (code=2)     W/JavaBinder( 2944): BinderProxy is being destroyed but the application did not call unlinkToDeath to unlink all of its death recipients beforehand.  Releasing leaked death recipient: android.database.CursorToBulkCursorAdaptor     D/Zygote  (  134): Process 4415 terminated by signal (7)     F/libc    (  138): Fatal signal 7 (SIGBUS) at 0x400c4222 (code=2)     D/Zygote  (  134): Process 224 terminated by signal (7)     I/Zygote  (  134): Exit zygote because system server (224) has terminated     F/libc    (  144): Fatal signal 7 (SIGBUS) at 0x0000af4c (code=2)      **Locat output 2**               E/SurfaceTexture(  134): [StatusBar] dequeueBuffer: SurfaceTexture has been abandoned!     E/SurfaceTextureClient(  378): dequeueBuffer failed (No such device)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378): IllegalArgumentException locking surface     E/ViewRootImpl(  378): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at android.view.Surface.lockCanvasNative(Native Method)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at android.view.Surface.lockCanvas(Surface.java:76)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at android.view.ViewRootImpl.draw(ViewRootImpl.java:2158)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1810)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at android.view.ViewRootImpl.handleMessage(ViewRootImpl.java:2700)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:156)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5099)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)     E/ViewRootImpl(  378):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)     E/InputQueue-JNI(  378): channel '413d4c70 StatusBar (client)' ~ Publisher closed input channel or an error occurred.  events=0x8     E/InputQueue-JNI(  378): channel '413d5be0 NavigationBar (client)' ~ Publisher closed input channel or an error occurred.  events=0x8     E/InputQueue-JNI(  378): channel '413517f0 TrackingView (client)' ~ Publisher closed input channel or an error occurred.  events=0x8     E/InputQueue-JNI(  378): channel '41630278 RecentsPanel (client)' ~ Publisher closed input channel or an error occurred.  events=0x8     E/InputQueue-JNI(  378): channel '413556a8 com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper (client)' ~ Publisher closed input channel or an error occurred.  events=0x8     E/InputQueue-JNI(  496): channel '41287c10 com.htc.launcher/com.htc.launcher.Launcher (client)' ~ Publisher closed input channel or an error occurred.  events=0x8     E/InputQueue-JNI(  378): channel '412ebea8 StatusBarExpanded (client)' ~ Publisher closed input channel or an error occurred.  events=0x8     D/Zygote  (  135): Process 267 terminated by signal (7)     I/Zygote  (  135): Exit zygote because system server (267) has terminated     F/libc    ( 3472): Fatal signal 7 (SIGBUS) at 0x0000efe0 (code=2)      I cannot figure out what is going wrong. can anybody help me? The full logcat can be found in this link.


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