title: Use Tasker to swipe lock the screen for 10 mins then require password thereafter

text: i'm looking for a way where i can use the power button to turn off the screen and activate the swipe lock. If the phone is left untouched/unswiped for 10 mins the password lock should come on. There is one difference between this and similar posts i have seen, my Phone is encrypted so i cannot turn off the password as part of the method of doing this. At the moment the power button turns off the screen but can be unlocked at the push of any button which often results in unintended phone calls in my pocket, after a certain amount of time left untouched the password lock kicks in. I've heard an app called Tasker can do something like this, will it also work with encrypted devices? All i would need it to do is activate a swipe lock on pressing of the power button Thanks


title: Samsung Galaxy s3 won't boot

text: My Samsung keep booting up and then after the intro where it should show my home screen it showing a blue flashing Samsung sign with the Led light glowing blue as well. I have tried taking out the battery and holding down volume+home+power button. and holding the home button for restarting it. it's frustrating me


title: How do you find out what changes there are in new firmware?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 running ICS 4.0.3. It has desktop software with it called Kies for managing the phone and when I plugged it in today it told me that there was new firmware available: > Current firmware version: PDA:LPB / PHONE:LPB / CSC:LPC (TMU) > > Latest firmware version: PDA:LPD / PHONE:LPB / CSC:LPD (TMU) How do I find out what changes there are in the new firmware version? I'd rather not make any changes to my phone (which is already flaky enough after the upgrade to ICS) without knowing what the changes are. Plugging the firmware string into Google produces only a few results and none of them explain what the update contains. A similar question suggests checking with my carrier's website but that only produced one result(*) which I had already found via Google. It is a person saying they did the upgrade, thinking it was 4.0.4 but it wasn't. That page doesn't help me to understand what the changes are. So to reiterate the question, **how do I find out what changes there are in the new firmware version?** * * * Similar question: What's in an update? * * * **UPDATE** Looking as samfirmware.com as mentioned in the comments and answer, I can see that T-Mobile released two firmwares with the lable 4.0.3:               GT-I9100 - United Kingdom (T-Mobile)     PDA: I9100BVLPB     CSC: I9100TMULPC     Version: 4.0.3     Date: 2012-04-10     Regions:          GT-I9100 - United Kingdom (T-Mobile)     PDA: I9100BVLPD     CSC: I9100TMULPD     Version: 4.0.3     Date: 2012-05-25     Regions:      The first is the one I have and the second is the one on offer. Apart from what is written there, I could find no further information on that site about what they might contain. ( _As an aside, I think that's a useful website and should come in handy in the future_ )


title: How do I change the lock-screen wallpaper?

text: I've lost the ability to change my lock screen wallpaper (in the course of trigger-happy removal of some phone company apps). I used to be able to do `'Menu > Wallpaper'` and be prompted for either the phone or lock screen, but now this stage doesn't appear and I'm taken straight to the `'Select wallpaper from'` screen. I'm looking for a way to get the lock/home screeen prompt back or failing that, possibly the location where the active wallpaper is stored in the file system if that would work, or an app that would let me change the lock screen wallpaper directly. (No luck with Google.) I'm using an Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade) running Android 2.1.1 _Edit_ :  and Launcher Pro.


title: Samsung GS3 (SPH-i710) exchange server repeated security update notification

text: I just connected my Samsung Galaxy S 3 (SPH-i710) to my exchange email server at work. It synced up and my email and calendars show on my device, however every few minutes I get a notification that says "Update Security Settings" when I click on it, it shows an alert dialog that says "Security Update Required" "Update Security Settings to use ". Clicking OK will allow my email box to refresh. However if I ignore the notification it won't receive push updates. Does anybody know what the cause of this may be?


title: Can I make Home folders close on click?

text: So, say I have a folder on my home screen. In it I have a bunch of shortcuts. If I click one of those shortcuts it runs the program. Now when I come back to the home screen the folder is still sitting there open. Most of the time I want to go to something else on the home screen when coming back to it, not something in that folder. To that end is it possible to make it so that upon clicking a shortcut in a folder, after launching the app (or before, doesn't really matter) it would also close the folder, so that when I come back to the home screen I am actually AT the home screen without needing to manually close the folder? Running rooted, but otherwise stock Galaxy S Captivate.


title: Automatically connect to Wi-Fi nodes, but route everything through encryption

text: Related to my question about VPNs, is there any way to get my phone to automatically connect to unencrypted access points, but route all my traffic through my home network? This would be kind of like an intermittent, but free, alternative to a data plan, to just sync my email and such automatically when it sees an open access point, but without the risk of apps transmitting passwords or cookies in the clear over a rogue password-scraping access point. If I combine something like Wi-Fi Ruler with a VPN would it do this? Are there better alternatives? Can I have the VPN automatically disabled when I'm connected to a trusted (saved) access point for better speed? (Maybe disabled by a Tasker profile?) If I have the tunnel enabled, and my home network is offline, I'd like the phone to block everything until I explicitly disable the tunnel. Wi-Fi Ruler can connect to APs automatically, Orbot and DroidVPN can capture all of a rooted phone's traffic and route it through a proxy, and VPNs and SSH tunnels allow for encrypted connections to a home or work network, so it seems possible, but how to put all this together?


title: How do I delete a draft message (SMS)?

text: I have created a draft message using the standard HTC Desire message application. However I now want to delete the draft. When I select the thread I see my previous message, and my draft text below. I select "Menu", "...More", and then "Delete" and am warned I am about to delete entire thread. Which is stupid. I want to delete my draft. How do I delete a draft?


title: Google account on HTC desire & galaxy tab

text: just got my new shiny galaxy tab out of the box and am attempting to add the same google account i have setup on my HTC desire. after entering my username and pass, i am given the worded picture that i have to type in(you know the bot check) After i put it in, it says please wait for 2 seconds, and gives me another worded picutre. I've done this 100 times at least, so i couldn't have got it wrong everytime. is there a reason for why i cannot get past this step? I'm going crazy here!


title: Always-On VPN option does not list my PPTP VPN

text: I have successfully connected to a PPTP VPN on Android. It is configured simply with an IP address, and no MPPE encrpytion. However, it does not show up under the Always-On option. I am running Android 4.3 on a Nexus 4.


How do I export my Samsung Galaxy 551 contacts to my Samsung Galaxy S2?


title: Can I check if the fastboot has worked if my phone screen is broken?

text: My screen is broken on my old HTC Desire Z and I want to recycle - but before I do I want to clear all the data that was on the phone. I followed the instructions for a fastboot and the phone did make all the sounds as if it has worked. Is there anyway I can check if the fastboot worked without actually seeing the screen? When I connect a USB the phone is not detected (because I understand I did not previously choose USB debugging).


title: How to change search engine language?

text: I'm a native Hungarian speaker, a few months ago I moved to Germany, and I have a problem with the Google search, I installed the Google chrome on my android device but the default search engine is German(google.de), it's so annoying when I would like to get English results, but instead of that I'm getting Germany results. How can I change that?


title: Thethered Wifi as File Server on Android 1.6 (rooted)

text: I do have a question; I own an old G1 with Android 1.6, but its rooted. In my new car, there is a USB port, which can only handle a Mass Storage but not the MTP or what its called. So my actual phone doesn't work on it. Now I thought about a better solution. I would like to use my old G1 as a Hotspot (Wifi or Bluetooth, whatever works). That one doesn't have a SIM card (yet). Maybe I am getting one, so I could use that phone as Tethering Hotspot as well, but thats not important right now. The basic function needs to be:   1. Providing a Wifi Hotspot, which is visible, but of course secured by a password   2. Providing some kind of Server, where I can access the SD Card to store MP3s or whatever. So I can tell a passenger to upload their music on my Hotspot, so the to the car connected phone can play their music or share files or whatever :) Are there any apps for 1.6 which can provide such a functionality?


title: Lockscreen on capacitive touchscreen?

text: My phone (SE Xperia X8) has a capacitive touchscreen, which, I'm told that only reacts to fingers.   So does it have a point to have lockscreen enabled?   I use Cyanogenmod so I can easily disable it.


title: Asus Transformer slow charge

text: My ASUS Transformer TF101 charges extremely slowly using the original power adaptor. **I'm trying to figure out the cause.** Here are all my knowns:   1. The power block (wall to USB adaptor) charges my mobile phone without issues   2. The power block plus ASUS cable turns on my Transformer if it is off, or wakes it up if it is sleeping (but charges extremely slowly)   3. The ASUS cable lets me MTP and all that from computer and tablet   4. I installed ICS when in April and now its running 4.0.3   5. The charger does charge, but extremely slowly both on Keyboard dock and Tablet (a few days to get to 20%)   6. It definately has not been near water, dust, direct sunlight or particle accelerators From this I guage: it's not the power block or the cable, and the only change was ICS a few months back which worked okay (first update was buggy, but the next one fixed this). _Anyone else had this or know why it could be?_


title: Samsung Conquer head phones get muted on calls

text: I have the Samsung Conquer 4g with Sprint. My head phones work great for music, however when I receive or make a call I am muted... well, the other person cannot hear me, I can hear them fine. When I unplug the person can hear me. The phone never gets the headphone icon up in the task bar. I also have the HTC Evo 3D, and this works fine. When I plug in my headphones i see the headphone icon, and can make calls no problem. Is this a limitation in the Samsung, defective? A bug? Thanks,


title: Banner Ads on bottom of different apps- Is this a Virus?

text: I have Android 4.4.2. On a couple of apps (like Huffington Post and NBC 4 LA)I've noticed different banner ads that appear on the bottom of the screen inside different apps. The thing is these banner adds on the bottom of the page look very similar. I don't know if these apps use the same advertising company or what the situtation is. They're right on the bottom of the page so when you're scrolling you often hit them when I don't want to. Are these normal or do i have a virus that installs adds inside some of my apps on my phone? EDIT: I've added an image of the type of ad. This type of banner ad appears on the bottom of the screen inside different apps on my phone. Is this normal? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nbhYr.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/I8qzm.png)


title: Anything else works besides safestrap to install ROMs on n900a (at&t) Note 3?

text: Question is pretty self explanatory. Is there any other method available to bypass bootloader and install ROMs like other models? Is at&t bootloader still under lock and key?


title: Device doesn't mount in Ubuntu 12.04

text: I have an Android device (ICS) and it is visible and perfectly usable via ADB in Ubuntu 12.04. However Ubuntu can't mount it. I can't find it on `/mnt` or `/media`. How is that possible? I know there are tools for mounting in Ubuntu like Go-mtpfs but I don't understand how the device is connected perfectly with ADB and not mounted in Ubuntu. Any ideas?


title: Do I need to downgrade my Xperia J to ICS before installing a custom ROM?

text: I would like to install a Custom ROM in my Xperia J and its named AVD ROM. To install that ROM do I have to install the ICS first or no need? Please help me. thank you.


title: Opera off-road mode: Automatically switch on for mobile but off for wifi

text: I like Opera's off-road mode, especially the fact that I can disable loading images specifically for it, but when on WiFi, I have to manually disable it, which is an extra step. Is it possible to set Opera to use off-road mode for mobile data, but switch it off when on WiFi? Note: I've tagged this with Opera Mobile because only Opera Mobile and Opera Mini tags are available, but I'm talking about Opera for Android.


title: Soft Brick? I closed the magnetic case cover of my Nexus 7 while my newly flashed Rom was optimizing apps and....Brick

text: I bought a Nexus 7 2012 grouper. I used wug's nexus 7 rootkit tool for windows on WinXp. The drivers took a bit of tinkering but eventually I got the Raw drivers configured. Everything was going along just fine, unlocked, rooted, flashed recovery happy day! Downloaded and flashed Paranoid Android it booted up. Paranoid was optimizing my apps (it had a couple hundread to do) so i figured I was past the critical part so I closed the case and put it down to do other things... Aparently this was a bad idea. It boot looped when I turned ir back on. Tried to optimize apps again for a secons then went back to the boot animation. I turned it off and back on and it never went to app optimization again just boot animation. Now it just fails to boot and I cant get past the bootloader. Recovery mode wont load but bootloader will. I tried to flash recovery but adb says it cannot find the device. I had this problem before until I got the right drivers installed and updated and the kicker that made it all work was my pc's signature popping up on my nexus and I said ok to give access. Because im stuck in bootloader mode it doesnt give me the option to allow the pc access, this seems like a problem. I tried to use wugs tools for softbricked devices, flash stock with wugs but I get Writeing bootloader FAILED Invalid State And the .bat hangs and cannot be closed without a reboot. I also tried from linux where I have the android dev setup. Before I started this process it allowed me to access the nexus file system pretty reliably. Now linux does not notice that anything is plugged in and adb says Device Not Found. So this is where I am at. Please and thank you for your help.


title: Clickable Phone Numbers on a Wifi Only Tablet?

text: I have an Android tablet running KitKat. It is a basic tablet that only connects over WiFi. Apps like GrooveIP and Talkatone do allow me to make calls with it, but I have to copy and paste, or manually enter, every number, unless the number is in my Google Voice contacts. On a smartphone, as an example, if I were to go into Google Maps, and look up a business, the phone number would be a clickable link. It would automatically initiate a call. On my tablet, any phone numbers I find anywhere - Google Maps, websites, even Google Contacts, are not clickable. Are there any apps out there that can make the phone numbers on my tablet clickable? Thanks!


title: How to change the order of the users on the lock screen?

text: I have setup a tablet for my 2yo son. I am the primary user, with root access, etc. Because of this, I am the first user on the lock screen. I would prefer if the tablet defaulted to _his_ user account, so he doesn't have to click the tiny user button to get his login on power up. Does anyone know how? I tried altering the order of users inside /data/system/users/userlist.xml, but it reverted back to the original file on reboot. The tablet is running Android 4.2.2.


title: How can I read epub or mobi files with Kindle?

text: I have purchased some ebooks which I have received in both EPUB and MOBI format. **Can I read these MOBI or EPUB files with the Kindle application ?** I copied the MOBI files into the kindle folder, but they do not show up in my Kindle main screen.


title: Automatically dim screen at specific times?

text: Waking up in the morning to a very bright screen is no fun. I'd rather the screen be dimmer in my dark bedroom when I wake up. While I could manually change the brightness before going to bed and changing it once I get up, it's too much bother. How can I automate changing the screen brightness based on the time of day?


title: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 - If I apply the update and install TouchWiz, will it hurt me?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. I love it. I think Google's default honeycomb UI is fine, but Samsung wanted to improve upon it with their own UI called "TouchWiz". Following an annoying trend however, they released their device before their software was finished and promised to provide the new UI and software enhancements in a future update. Well, that update is now available, and my tablet has been nagging me for more than a week to apply it. I keep hitting "postpone". If the update includes bug fixes or improved functionality, then I might be better off applying it. But I'm a bit worried about performance. It seems to me that alternative home screen managers, Windows explorer shells, browser toolbars, and other UI "enhancements" available on the various platforms tend to bog down the system, put their little hooks into everything, and just generally get in the way. I'm also worried that applying this patch might disable something in the vanilla functionality that I need. I haven't heard that that's the case, but it's not unusual for manufacturers to turn off functions that the vanilla Android OS has built in. So, what I'd like to know is, **will applying the software update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 cause any issues that I'd want to know about?** Will it hurt performance? Will it take up tons of system resources? Will it disable features I need? I'd love to see a post-TouchWiz review of the machine from a major tech publication, but I haven't found one yet.


title: How secured is password protected Memo?

text: I have Samsung Galaxy Star (GT-S5282) with 4.1.2. I wanted to store my bank and credit card information in password protected Memo. How secured is password protected Memo? Is there a way to crack the password of secured Memo? Is it possible for someone to root the phone and get the file/database of memo and get the details stored in password protected memo?


title: Has anyone ever made a plugin for the stock Android browser?

text: Based on this StackOverflow question, there's a possibility to develop for the native/stock Android browser. But it doesn't seem developers are latching onto creating at least some plugins for it. So for my question, I want to know if there exists some stock browser plugins already?


title: Where does the Fastboot pull the information from?

text: I have a Motorola Xoom MZ601 but which is a GSM Wifi model. 3G on Xoom is not wokring currently. So I tried to debug the problem and when I did Fastboot getVars I got following info               NFOversion-bootloader: 1049     INFOproduct: xoom-cdma     INFOsecure: yes     INFOmodel: MZ600     INFOmemory-info: 0x101:0x5454:0     INFOmid: 001     INFOversion: 0.4     INFOversion-baseband: N_01.100.05P     INFOversion-baseband-2:     INFObattery-status: 64%:7.749V:0.9844A:36.75C     INFOunlocked: yes     INFOiswarrantyvoid: yes     all: Done     finished. total time: 0.946s      Can somebody help me find where does this info come from, as that partition or file may be corrupted. The device is rooted.


title: Virtual Router software is keep on disconnecting

text: I'm using the Virtual Router from my laptop to connect my android mobile through WIFI. It's connecting properly but the connection is not extending more than 5 - 6 minutes. Is i have to change any settings in the mobile? OR is any other software providing this kind of service. I have SAMSUNG Young Model number : GT-s5390, Android Version : 2.3.5.


title: Multiple force closes

text: I have intermittent issues with multiple apps forcing closing. This has happened on both my current ROM (Miui) and every version of Cyanogenmod I've tried. Usually this problem crops up again a few months after a fresh ROM install or factory reset. I'll switch from 3G to Wifi, or vise versa, and then everything on my phone that uses background data will start force closing. The most usual suspects are Google Services Framework (com.google.process.gapps) and Facebook (com.facebook.katana), but almost any app seems to force close including ScoreCenter, Docs, and Smooth Calendar. In addition to the force closes, the other big symptom is that I can't turn off or on airplane mode, mobile network data (3G), wifi, or background data syncing - but usually not all at the same time. Sometimes I'll be able to turn on Wifi but not airplane mode, or other times I'll be able to turn 3G off but Wifi won't turn off. Sometimes I'll be able to turn a service off or on after a reboot, other times not. Sometimes when I reboot a service that I turned off before will be back on again, other times not. Incredibly, utterly frustrating. Neither rebooting, fixing permissions, nor wiping dalvik cache seem to help. I've only ever gotten my phone to work again by fiddling around with the radio settings and pulling the battery for hours before something magically starts working again. This most recent time I've even removed my Google account from the phone but that hasn't helped either. I know a factory reset would make this problem go away (for a little while, at least) but it always returns - I want to find the root cause and change whatever is making it happen in the first place (especially if it's something _I'm_ doing!). I know that this issue involves the interaction between app syncing and the wifi/3G radios but I have no idea what or why. I've uploaded a logcat here \- I hope you all can make heads or tails of it. I saw `E/ACRA ( 1296): java.io.IOException: No space left on device` and presumed it might be a partition storage space issue but all the partitions I could see (including those that require root) still have space. Thanks in advance, I'm super frustrated with this one.


title: limitations of increasing ram by virtual memory

text: I want to how much extent will increasing ram size will power up the device.Can I use then my mobile to play games that were unable to be played earlier and shall I get rid of mobile hanging problems due to low RAM.My mobile has 512 MB RAM and 1 Ghz 1 core processor and I am using class 6 memory card


title: How do I install CalenderProvider.apk and Calendar.apk in a Froyo emulator?

text: I'm trying to code something using the calendar-functionality. As there is no support in the emulator, I tried to install the missing apks for CalenderProvider and Calendar. I found a tutorial, but that doesn't work as expected. As I need to code for Froyo the tutorial sounded perfect, but the installation of the files in the linked ZIP-file looks like this:               G:\>"C:\Program Files\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe" install CalendarProvider.apk     367 KB/s (331864 bytes in 0.882s)             pkg: /data/local/tmp/CalendarProvider.apk     Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE]          G:\>"C:\Program Files\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe" install Calendar.apk     764 KB/s (243369 bytes in 0.311s)             pkg: /data/local/tmp/Calendar.apk     Success          G:\>      Regarding `INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE` I learned that it has got to do something with the ROM. As I don't have anything else I'm lost here. Can anyone please help me to circumvent that error message or can provide a working combo for the two apks for Froyo?


title: Preparing A500 for warranty service

text: I have a rooted A500 with HC3.2 and I strongly believe that the focus problem is hardware. Since I'm under warranty I don't think I'll waste my time and send the tablet to repair. Two questions: ### How do I fully backup my device (let's say "snapshot") in order to easily restore all apps, wallpapers, settings, etc (possibly accounts too) when it returns? I can easily backup programs, but I don't know about their data. I also have a Bitcoin wallet there, so I need to back my private keys up in order to receive coins at the same address later. ### How do I un-root and downgrade the firmware to Acer's original stock 3.0? When I updated Recovery I did a backup, so I believe the final step is to restore that backup. By the way, does Acer consider rooting a warranty breach for hardware problems? I know many manufacturers don't care if you change their firmware when you send them a device with clear hardware problems, but they eventually restore everything to stock. Thanks.


title: Impact of overclocking Cpu on battery life

text: I want to know if overclocking the cpu will reduce the battery life.I know overclocking drains battery but will it affect the device battery in harmful way?


title: Bricked Vodafone smart 2 (Alcatel V860)

text: I accidentally erased boot and bootloader. download mode nor recovery works and my pc recognize it like Broadcom USB. Any solution?


title: Google Voice or GMail "Call Phone" in Android for non-US residents (without GrooveIP)

text: I added credits to my Google Voice but, then, I discovered that I can't use it in my Android, but only in my PC. How can I call from my Android using Google Voice, or the GMail "Call Phone"? **Important:** GrooveIP is not an option anymore, because Google change their API and it no longer works (more info in the app description).


title: Out Of Space error

text: my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0 running Jelly Bean is running into some problems. Ever since I downloaded 'Smule Magic Piano', every app I try to download from my device or the online store has shown the error 'insufficient storage space availible'. I have tried almost everything such as:   1. Clearing Google Play cache   2. Clearing Google Play data   3. Removing Google Play updates   4. Uninstalling some apps The app 'Smurf Village' is the headache here- it's 86.16 MB, I have 116 MB left. Please, the methods I am not able to try are:   1. Rooting   2. Coding (and yes, I know this has been asked before.) Thanks! EDIT: I now have 360 MB remaining, and I am now trying to download a 15 MB app. After trying to download with no Google play data, cache, and with Google play 1.0, something _must_ be wrong. NOTE TO MOREAKI: unfortunately, no. I do not have a rooted phone. Memory booster seems to work downloading other apps, but airport scanner will not download. **new developments** I've tried most of your ideas, but I had another thought recently: What if my Android has a virus? Please comment if you oppose anything I have said. Sometime this month I will try to root my Galaxy tab to see if that solves the problem.


title: After upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich my Samsung Galaxy S2 camera cannot focus

text: After upgrading to new Android version (Ice Cream Sandwich) my camera cannot focus. All the pictures made by my phone are blurry (not focused). I tried to reset camera settings to default, I tried clearing apps data (of my camera), I installed another camera application - nothing helped. Interesting is, that the camera can focus on objects, that are relatively close (50 cm) but object that are further are blurry. My front-camera works fine (the one on the display side) Any ideas? Thanks


title: How t o get Google Now fetch info from Calendar?

text: Google recently announced "Now, just ask Google for your flights, reservations, package delivery info, and more We can instantly fetch this stuff for you if it’s in your Gmail, Google Calendar, Google+, or Google Drive" http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/myanswers/ However, so far as I can tell, it only looks for this information in gmail, not the calendar, at least for me. Is there some way to get Google Now to "fetch this stuff" from Google Calendar, or is Google's announcement misleading?


title: How to tell current frequency band?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace, with quad-band I believe. It is possible to see the current connection network type, e.g. UMTS, EDGE, etc, by going to Settings -> About Phone -> Status. But it does not tell which frequency band it is on. Is it possible to find out which frequency band (either exactly, or just which of the four major bands) that I am using?


title: HTC Desire C performing poorly

text: After using my HTC Desire C for a few days, it begins to show noticeable amounts of lag. For example, if I click on a menu, or open the dialer, or start to type message, it will take more than 6 seconds to open. Even when closing an app, it can take several seconds to complete. How can I resolve this? Do I need to take it to a service center?


title: Mobile network not available on unlocked Active

text: I purchased a "new" unlocked Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-I537 phone on E-Bay. Everything works fine except when I use the phone with my local carrier SIM card. When I insert the SIM card and turn on my phone, the carrier name appears and I get full bars. I can make a call or two, but then the carrier name is gone and no bars. At times I get the message: "Mobile network not available". I can’t make any more calls and if I try to the whole phone freezes and I have to do a hard reset. When I first turn it on and don't try to use the phone app, I can go into Mobile Network and see the list of my local carrier in Network operators. If I try again to go into Mobile Networks, the network bars go to zero and get the message "Insert SIM card to access network services." I’ve tested the SIM card on my old phone and it works perfectly. I have checked and the frequencies are the same for my local carrier and AT&T's. I would appreciate any help on this matter. Thanks.


title: What keyword will help me search for music player app that plays by folders?

text: I used to own a galaxy s3, and the default music player had that feature. Then I upgrade to a nexus 5, and it seems like it's missing it. I'm huge fan of organizing my music by folders on my phone's hard drive, so I need an app that can do that, or figure out how google music app does it. How can I search for these kinds of apps?


title: Changing email smtp settings for existing account

text: When setting up a new email account it is easy to enter the various smtp settings. But I can't seem to find how to change existing settings on my existing email account. There seems to be no "change" ability on email. I'm using a Galaxy S3 running android 4.3 Thanks, Gary


title: Reminder To Call

text: I often find myhself at the end of the day, or on the week end, thinking: I need to call X and make a appointment, but I can't now it is outside of office hours. Then I'll forget about it during the day, or I won't be able to find the phone number easily and I'll put it off. What I would like is some kind of reminder system that has the ability to store a phone number and then I can just press a button to call them. Often this number won't be in my contacts as I won't expect to deal with them more than once. Ideally there would be away to do this will Google Now.


title: How can I make the stock browser continue running while the screen is off?

text: I am running a JavaScript compliance test in the Android stock browser which takes quite a long time. How can I prevent the browser from pausing when the screen goes off? Meanwhile, I am using the "Stay Awake" debugging option, but I would rather avoid this because it may burn my screen. I am looking for a solution that allows the screen to go off while preventing the device to go into sleep mode and thus allowing the browser to continue doing its computations. Device: SGS3 running CM9


title: UDP multicast with reverse tethering

text: We are using a Wi-Fi network to communicate with other devices running our applications. And, we are using `UDP` multicasting. However, due to some new restrictions we are no longer allowed to use wifi. Is there a way to connect all the devices (via `USB`) to different computers (connected to the same local network) and have them all receive and send data with `UDP` multicasting? We don't need internet, just the LAN. This is only used for testing purposes. * * * I am looking at this post about reverse tethering. Has anyone used `UDP` multicasting with this setup? Will the mentioned method solve my problem? We do not currently have a linux machine setup and it would take us a **while** to get one setup. So if anyone could confirm this, from experience, before we start doing down that road, that would be fantastic.


title: How to restore the official firmware on Samsung Galaxy Note?

text: I have a question for you guys. When I bought my Samsung Galaxy Note, it came with custom firmware with lots of bugs. It's being over 3 months I bought this phone and it freezes a lot. My question is, does anyone know how to restore the original firmware from Samsung? Thank you..               My Android version   : 2.3.6     Model number         : GT-N7000     Baseband version     : N7000XXLB2     Kernel version       : 2.6.35 14-FM-2.0-g399c932                            frank_m@VirtualBox     Build number         : GINGERBREAD.XXLC1     Rom version          : KingDroid Elegance Deluxe v7.0


title: Extract boot.img

text: I have pulled boot.img from my phone's CWM backup. How do I extract it? I tried split_bootimg.pl. But throws an error -               Android Magic not found in boot.img. Giving up.


title: Touch sensitivity problem

text: I'm using glaxy grand (I9083). I was facing this touch problem. For example, if i touch and hold letter 'e' on my keyboard to enter number 3, it will type bunch of letter e's (eeeeee). First I thought it was some software problem(touch driver). But today I found out that if I remove the back cover and use the phone, problem goes away. Weird right?. Anyone know how to fix this?


title: Remove Android status bar gradient

text: Is it possible to remove the black-to-transparent gradient that, as of Kit Kat, is now behind the status bar and the home button? I find it to be rather ugly and would rather it be gone.


title: Busybox installation on emulator[Error:/system/xbin/busybox: not executable: magic 7F45]

text: I was trying to install busybox on my emulator with the help of section 5.2 in Android Emulator. My AVD config Device: Nexus S Target: Google API(x86 System Image)-API Level 19 CPU/ABI: Intel Atom (x86) The busybox binary I used is "busybox-x86_64" as my emulator CPU in is x86. When I run busybox it throws this error:"/system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/busybox: not executable: magic 7F45" I tried chmod 777 also but no luck. Anyone have any suggestions..? Thanks in advance....


title: What is internal and external storage?

text: My phone said that the _Golf 2_ app is moved to the SD card. In the app info section I have the following choices:   * Force stop   * Uninstall   * Move to internal storage Is internal storage the SD?


title: How do I get 2 way photo syncing with dropbox?

text: I have Dropbox auto uploading photos that I take. What I'd like is to have deletions or reorganizations of my photos on the phone to be reflected in Dropbox and also the other way around? How do I set this up?


title: How to enable 3g in samsung galaxy star advance

text: I have bsnl 3g enabled sim in my new galaxy adv. But i am only getting 2g while browsing . I used this sim in my lappy and everything is fine . I can't get any option to choose between 2g and 3g in my phone but both my phone and sim supports 3g . My friend also facing same issue in his android 4.4


title: Can I transfer application from account to account on a single tablet?

text: I bought an android tablet to my parents for christmas. I registered it on my Google account and went on and installed some apps. (Some are the ones I own on my second tablet, some are the ones I bought specifically for them.) Now I want to give them the tablet and register their own Google account, so they can also buy new aplications without billing my account. Is this possible? Will all the application disappear, or can I somehow keep them on the device? (I care especially about the apps that I bought.) (If this will turn out hard/impossible, I will just let them use my account, but well, I would rather not, since they would be able to read all my e-mail and log to my Google+ and such.)


title: How to copy files from phone to cloud in ES File Explorer

text: I use ES File Explorer and I really like it. I added my Google Drive accounts to it and I can download files from them. However, when I want to upload my images and I select them and press Copy to, it shows 2 tabs: Local and Net. On the Net tab, I see nothing. How could I select my cloud drives to upload files to them?


title: Page up and page down in web pages and elsewhere

text: I can't figure out a usable way of scrolling page by page. I'm using Android 4.1 (stock Android from Google). I have root access if needed. I want this especially in the default browser, but a solution that works in all applications would be better. I've found three ways to scroll down by one page.   * Set my finger down at the bottom of the page, drag it to the top in a vertical line, raise my finger. This is clumsy because it requires a long finger gesture.   * A flicking motion in the up direction. This is clumsy because it requires flicking by the exact amount, otherwise the text scrolls by more or less than one page. I just can't manage that much precision.    * A sufficiently forceful flicking motion, then set my finger down when the text has reached the point where I want it to be. This requires more finger strength than I would like and a lot of visual concentration; my finger-eye coordination is nowhere near enough to succeed with reasonably high probability. Given how common the “page down” task is, there must be a better way that I'm missing. What is it?


title: Contacts not coming up in messaging

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. Usually, when I send a message, as I type the name of the contact, it auto-completes or gives me options. Now, the name I type isn't in there at all. If I go to contacts, I can pull them up then choose to message them, so I know the info is there. Any suggestions?


title: Galaxy S3 randomly deleting my contacts

text: My Samsung Galaxy S3 just deletes some of my contacts on a regular basis. Any ideas on how to stop this and or recover those deleted contacts?


title: Connecting a USB stick: OTG cable required or will standard USB (charging) cable work?

text: I am wondering if it is necessary to buy a USB OTG cable to access a USB stick from an Android (4.4) phone, or if it suffices to take the Micro-USB-to-USB cable that comes with the phone (for charging) and connect it to the USB stick (via a female-female adapter)?


title: Protecting my Google identity in case my Android device gets stolen?

text: My devices are all linked to my main Google account. This is encouraged, almost required, by Android, for example to make my Google Play apps available everywhere. However, it requires me to store my main Google password on the device, which provides access to a ton of sensitive data: all email, Drive documents, Google Wallet. What can I do to protect myself in case one of my devices gets stolen? The devices I currently have are Google Nexus 5 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1


title: Can't use storage after Factory Reset

text: My Mom sent me a Droid she didn't want. It was full of her stuff, so I did a factory reset on it. Now the phone won't let me use space for Dropbox. There is no SD card in the back by the battery, but I thought Dropbox and other applications would at least be able to use storage on the phone itself. I've been getting "Storage full or unavailable". Under Storage Settings it says:               **Total Space**     Unavailable          **Available Space**     Unavailable      Mount SD card and Format SD card are both greyed out.               **Application Storage**     Available Space     6.34 GB      Here are some specs for the phone (if others would be helpful let me know):               Model Number: DROIDX     System Version: 4.5.621.MB810Verizon.en.US      I appreciate any info or help on this. I'm totally new to the Droid environment. Thanks, Jeff


title: Complete action using

text: When I click on a doc file it directly opens with OfficeSuitePro. I don’t anymore have the choice between OfficeSuitePro and QuickOffice because once I have replied Always to the message: Complete action using” that gave me initially the choice. This happens for my files stored in DropBox and GoogleDrive. I went to the apps settings to try to clear the default but found out that there were no defaults set therefore the clear default button is greyed. I uninstalled and reinstalled the apps but the problem persists.


title: Some apps not available on play store after lcd_density change in build.prop

text: I changed the ro.sf.lcd_density in the build.prop on my Galaxy SII from the default 240 to 190. It made everything smaller, creating more space and increasing the quality of use for me personaly. Everything seemed okay at first, applications were behaving normal, but I have a problem with installing some apps from the Play Store. I can search for an app, go into its details, only to find a message on the top saying that my device isn't compatible. I have found a workaround but it takes too much time since I have to reboot my device twice for it. My current workaround is this:   1. Change my ro.sf.lcd_density back to 240   2. Reboot   3. Search for and install the app   4. Change the ro.sf.lcd_density back to 190   5. Reboot After that the app still works, so no issues there. But the process just takes too much time. Is there another thing I can do to install these apps without my mentioned workaround?


title: SD card not recognized if I create second partition

text: I need to create a second partition on my SD card to use Link2SD to store apps on it, but every time I make a second partition the phone says there is no SD card at all. I've tried it a few times with FAT32, ext4 and none but the phone always says "no SD card". When I delete the second partition it works fine and I can access all the data I had saved to my SD card.


title: Getting files using adb shell

text: I have a rooted Galaxy S4 device which runs Android 4.4.2 & I'm trying to get the files of an application using `adb shell`, when I navigate to where my directory is and get the root access in shell and type               cp -R com.samsung.android.hostmanager C:\Useres\S4      I don't get any errors but the files isn't in the destination folder, I did try to use `mv` which seems to work as the application crashed on my device but even though I still didn't get the files. Where I'm going wrong?


title: Google Contact Sync Problem

text: I bought Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (now with Kit Kat) about a year ago and used my Google account to sync contact, calendar, G-Mail, etc. Everything is working fine since I noticed contacts sync problem two weeks ago. Every time I make sync, **Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.** message appears. I only have around 260 contacts. I researched and tried some solutions. But sync problem still exists. Some websites suggest to clear data of **Contact Storage** and I did. Nothing become except all my contacts were gone from my phone. Sync still doesn't work. I hate to do Factory Reset for such problem. I have searched many questions like mine at here but I can't find any solutions. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!


title: I think my kid's Eee Pad has malware. How do I get rid of it?

text: As you might expect from a 11 year old, she keeps filling it with games and girly-pop songs. Today, I noticed a strange "pseudo-Market" icon on its home screen: ![Eee Pad home screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/5e95q.jpg) When you click on it, you get the screen below. Looks like spam to install more games. Lots of these show up in the notification area too, but this "pseudo-Market" icon is a first. Is there a good scanner to get rid of all this nagware? ![Tapping the pseudo-Market icon](http://i.stack.imgur.com/DXLjx.jpg)


title: Which version of clockwork recovery creates backups as a tar files?

text: I have used several versions of CWM recovery on my Motorola Droid 2. One of them was able to back up into a `.tar` (`cache.ext3.tar`, `data.ext3.tar` `nandroid.md5`, `recovery.img`, `system.ext3.tar`) as opposed to the `.img` files that I am getting now. Now I can't seem to find that version anymore; can someone tell me which version was able to do that? (Currently running v5.0.2.0 from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager)


title: Droid2 Fastboot

text: How to get the droid 2 to enter fastboot? Running rooted phone, CM7 nightly 239 Power + x gets me recovery Power + Up gets me bootloader


title: Nexus 7 screen is flickering

text: My 16 GB Nexus 7 arrived a few days ago. It's my first mobile device, believe it or not, and I've already found it to be incredibly useful. It has performed flawlessly, but there is one small issue that's an annoyance, nothing more. The screen flickers. It happens in dimmer light, and only for a second or two at a time. I suspect, though I can't prove this, that it occurs during WiFi transmissions. Has anyone else encountered this? Is there a fix for this, even if it has to be some sort of warranty thing?


title: Internal memory decreased even if no apps is installed

text: I have an Alcatel 918N Glory X with internal memory of around 320MB (160 of which goes to RAM) I have been installing quite a few apps and moved them to SD card and I notice that the internal memory free space has decreased even if I move it to SD card, is it normal? For the real problem, I have downloaded an app around ~40MB in size from Google Play (with ~50MB free internal memory). However, the app was not installed due to "insufficient memory". I decided to ignore it, but when I checked my internal memory's space, it was reduced to just ~8MB only, without even the installed app. I have set my default install location to SD card using ADB before I downloaded the said app. Can you tell me what happened here? Is it that the downloaded app resides in internal memory and I have to delete it? if so, please teach me how.


title: Determining the cause of a strange "the other side can't hear me" issue

text: Recently I started to notice that a lot of people who call me, can't hear my voice during the call. The phone is an almost 2 years old Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro, so I guess the microphone could just get old and somewhat start to fail. Also it could be wrong from the beginning. I didn't had that much calls until recently. I think noticing it just now might be reasonable. According to my experience the problem only occurs during incoming calls, I've never experienced it while I called somebody. And only in the first incoming call, if I was recalled right after the first call, everything was fine. This makes it look like if it is the provider's issue. And of course some app blocking my microphone also came into my mind, but I don't have many installed and I don't know if any of them would do such a thing anyway. (The phone was never rooted, it has the official 2.1 ROM, etc.) The question is: because I still have some of the warranty left... how could I determine if my problem is a hardware problem, a software problem or a provider problem to know where should I go with it? (According to my experience if I just say something is wrong without hard evidence, the repair service and the provider will only try to make the other take the blame. Not to mention that they will factory reset the phone, say that they couldn't reproduce the problem, so it had to be one of my apps.)


title: Samsung Galaxy S2 bricked?

text: I own a galaxy sII. 3 weeks back, I downloaded and flashed the MIUI ICS rom on my phone. A week later I tried to update the ROM through ROM Manager. Everything went fine except when after flashing the latest ROM, the phone restarted and displayed the error:               [ RST_STAT = Ax20000000 ]     KERNEL PANIC UPLOAD MODE      I entered into Download Mode - ODIN and tried to connect my PC to the phone but the PC failed to recognize my device, throwing the error - 'Device Malfunctioned'. It's been 2 weeks and I'm perplexed as to what to do next. I can enter ODIN Mode but cannot get my PC to connect to the phone. I installed the drivers manually, but ODIN doesn't recognize my phone. I connected to different PCs with different USB cables, still no luck. If it does connect, it disconnects immediately. Also, PC fails to recognize the device, but the phone charges through the USB cable. _Any_ help would be appreciated. **EDIT:** My PC is running on Windows 7 64-bit.


title: Sip call settings in LG Optimus l7 ii dual

text: I am currently using LG Optimus L7 II dual Jelly Bean(4.1.2). I would like to make calls though my SIP account, but I am unable to find whereabouts within the settings is the SIP details to be entered.


title: Unknown IMEI & Baseband on Galaxy S GT i9003 - How to Recover

text: One day, my i9003 froze up, and I tried to reboot it, but it was not possible. I ended up removing the battery and trying to factory restore it in Recovery Mode, but when I reboot it, I got stuck on a boot-loop on the samsung logo. I tried to install different custom Rom's (like DDL2,XXKPE etc.,) based on the instruction shown in the forums & youtube videos. After that, I still got the same boot-loop error. However, when I tried flashing with odin Ver.1.85, it had a error like this: \-----------------------------------> \-- Movie)+_check Start..!!   movinand read fail   Movinand Checksum Confirmation Fail   lfs pass open fail   \-- movi_checking undone !... update media, please wait   E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1   (No such file or directory)   E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:   your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.   copy default media content failed. \---------------------------------> How can I restore my device and get it working again? My phone is a Galaxy SCL GT i9003 from France (Network with VERGIN).


title: How do I assign cover art to songs? (Archos 43)

text: I have an Archos 43 Internet Tablet running Android 2.2. Has anyone figured out how to assign cover art to songs in the Music player? Some of my songs work just fine, others don't. What should I be doing to ensure that cover art displays properly in the music player?


title: Can I tether my Blackberry Pearl to WiFi Tablet (such as Archos 70 IT)?

text: Has anyone used Blackberry Pearl to connect to a non-3G tablet device (for internet access)? Specifically something like the Archos 70 IT or Samsung Galaxy Tab?


title: Is there a way to sync my personal files to my Nook Color & G2 phone?

text: * I just got a Nook Color which runs on Android.   * I also have an Android G2 phone with the Nook app running on it.   * If I purchase a book from Barnes & Nobles I see the book online in my "My NOOK Library" at the Barnes & Nobles web site.   * I can also read such books on my Nook Color & G2 phone (this is great). The problem is that I also have PDF documents that I would like to sync between both the Nook Color & G2 phone. I was hoping that the Barnes & Nobles "My NOOK Library" at the web site in the cloud would allow me to upload my personal PDFs so that they could sync to my phone and Nook. Does anyone know:   * If Barnes & Nobles currently supports this?   * If not, will they support it?   * If not, any ideas how I could accomplish this (other than doing it manually which I currently do)?


title: What is the default CPU Freq governor of the SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 GT-I9500 Octacore version?

text: I have been playing around with CPUFreq governors of the octacore version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and I forgot what was the default governor device was configured to operate at by Samsung?


title: Load images only on wi-fi?

text: Can I somehow tell my phone to load images in (for example) browsers, gmail, twitter, etc. only when connected through a wi-fi connection? Mobile internet is pretty expensive in my country so I don't want images to spend more bandwidth than needed.. Or do I have to manualy turn it off for each app I'm using at the moment? if it means anything, I'm using android2.2 thanks


title: Clear Android Market Search History?

text: Any thoughts on how one might clear the Android Marketplace search history? For instance, if I recently searched for an android app in the marketplace, the marketplace search maintains a history list of which apps/keywords that I have recently looked for. Thanks in advance!


title: any way to edit id tag inside android phone?

text: any way how to edit (mp3) id tags inside my android? HTC Desire 2.1 I am used to play my music using winamp with right click on directory and select 'play in winamp'. In that case it doesn't matter if you have id tags set up or not. I miss that on Android a lot.


title: Is moving apps to SD only available to rooted devices?

text: 1. Can I move any apps to sd?   2. Is there a specific version of andoid that I should run: 2.1, 2.2?   3. Should my phone be rooted for that? or stock version works too?


title: Who runs the Android market?

text: Does Google run the Android Market?


title: What is preventing my Android phone from going to sleep? It is eating through the battery quickly

text: My phone is the Motorola Droid 1, rooted and modded with CyanogenMod 7. This problem did not occur before I modded it. When I check the battery stats, the awake bar is always solid, so something is preventing it from going to sleep. On some advice, I ran dumpsys power through adb. Here is the output:               dumpsys power     Power Manager State:       mIsPowered=true mPowerState=0 mScreenOffTime=3537164 ms       mPartialCount=1       mWakeLockState=       mUserState=       mPowerState=       mLocks.gather=       mNextTimeout=198995292 now=202518891 -3523s from now       mDimScreen=true mStayOnConditions=0       mScreenOffReason=3 mUserState=0       mBroadcastQueue={-1,-1,-1}       mBroadcastWhy={0,0,0}       mPokey=1 mPokeAwakeonSet=false       mKeyboardVisible=false mUserActivityAllowed=false       mKeylightDelay=6000 mDimDelay=47000 mScreenOffDelay=7000       mPreventScreenOn=false  mScreenBrightnessOverride=-1  mButtonBrightnessOverrid     e=-1       mScreenOffTimeoutSetting=60000 mMaximumScreenOffTimeout=2147483647       mLastScreenOnTime=0       mBroadcastWakeLock=UnsynchronizedWakeLock(mFlags=0x1 mCount=0 mHeld=false)       mStayOnWhilePluggedInScreenDimLock=UnsynchronizedWakeLock(mFlags=0x6 mCount=0     mHeld=false)       mStayOnWhilePluggedInPartialLock=UnsynchronizedWakeLock(mFlags=0x1 mCount=0 mH     eld=false)       mPreventScreenOnPartialLock=UnsynchronizedWakeLock(mFlags=0x1 mCount=0 mHeld=f     alse)       mProximityPartialLock=UnsynchronizedWakeLock(mFlags=0x1 mCount=0 mHeld=false)       mProximityWakeLockCount=0       mProximitySensorEnabled=false       mProximitySensorActive=false       mProximityPendingValue=-1       mLastProximityEventTime=230765884       mLightSensorEnabled=false       mLightSensorValue=-1.0 mLightSensorPendingValue=-1.0       mLightSensorScreenBrightness=70 mLightSensorButtonBrightness=0 mLightSensorKey     boardBrightness=0       mUseSoftwareAutoBrightness=true       mAutoBrightessEnabled=false       mScreenBrightness: animating=false targetValue=-1 curValue=0.0 delta=-5.0          mLocks.size=1:       PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK              'com.commonsware.cwac.locpoll.LocationPoller' a     ctivated (minState=0, uid=10069, pid=14026)          mPokeLocks.size=1:         poke lock 'PhoneApp': POKE_LOCK_IGNORE_CHEEK_EVENTS      Is a particular app locking my phone awake?


title: How do I make my phone play a ringtone over my headphones despite being on "silent"?

text: I'm running Cyanogenmod 7.1RC1 on my Desire. When my phone is not on silent, I can hear the ringtone on my headphones when someone calls me, which is great. However, when my phone is on silent and my headphones are plugged in, an incoming call will not produce a ringtone over the headphones. I would prefer it if my phone, despite being on silent, would play a ringtone over my headphones if they are plugged in. Is there any way to make this happen?


title: Phone will Sync though Wifi and 3G is off

text: I have Xperia Mini Pro that run on Android 2.3.3 I don't normally turn off the auto-sync, but my wifi is rarely turned on. I don't use 3G either. The problem is, whenever I'm in a wifi zone, though the wifi is off, my phone will auto-sync. As in, I'll be notified about new mails and twitters updates. What can I do about this?


title: Wifi not working on samsung s2

text: I have ICS on my Samsung S2 I9100 phone. I was able to turn on WiFi until about today afternoon. Now, from recently though, whenever I turn on WiFi, it does not turn on WiFi at all: the device shows that it is re-trying to turn WiFi on, but the status remains "off". Hence, I am unable to see a list asvailable WiFi networks. I have not installed any new app or updated any existing apps for this issue to suddenly occur. Any idea why this is happening, and how I can solve this issue?


title: Network unlock code not working

text: I have bought a used Motorola Defy (MB525), rooted, running CyanogenMod 9 (ICS 4.0.4). It is locked to work with only a specific carrier. I bought an unlock code, and unaware to this the previous owner got an unlock code from the carrier. Both are the same, so I suppose the code is correct. When I insert a GSM SIM card from another carrier and turn on the phone, I get a message that roughly translates to "insert SIM network unlock PIN" (see image below). ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ICUmB.jpg) When I insert the unlock code, it blinks a message VERY fast, I can't even read it, then it says "failed on requesting network unlock", or something like that. I have performed this more than 3 times, does it mean my phone is locked forever? I have also been told to remove CM9 and reinstall the stock ROM in order for the unlock to work, but (1) I have no idea if this would _actually_ help, and (2) I have never changed a ROM before and, althouh I used CM9 to create a nandroid backup, I have no idea how to reinstall CM9 and then restore the backup.


title: Can a Nexus 7 connect to an Android 2.2 Wi-Fi tethering access point?

text: I am considering buying a Nexus 7. I would like to occasionally be able to access the internet out and about, but don't want to pay 50% again to get the hspa+ version. I have a Samsung Galaxy Europa I5500 (a.k.a Samsung Galaxy 5) which allows wi- fi (and USB) tethering to provide my laptop with internet. My question is: would a Nexus 7 16GB Wi-Fi be able to connect to the Android 2.2 access point created by my Galaxy Europa? If this isn't possible, would USB tethering be an option still? Thanks, Chris


title: Camera Failed Error on Samsung Galaxy S3

text: Getting error message on Samsung Galaxy S3, running Android 4.3. Have tried rebooting, clearing Data, Cache and Force Stop with no success. Thanks for any help!


title: Terminal not showing any output?

text: I have succesfully root and unroot my device but my terminal doesn't show any output only error messages of missing command. I'm also unable to re-root my device. I copied psneuter to /data/local/tmp but the terminal doesn't give an error. I have verified it by createing a file in /data/local/tmp and copied it to my sdcard. The file doesn't exist. Gingerbreak doesn't work and gives an error "Couldn't extract asset". I have an orphaned su on my device but it has only user rights. Is there a way I can fix my terminal and re-root my device?


title: S Planner on Tab not syncing with Google Calendar

text: I am using Schedule Planner which comes with the Galaxy Tab 3. I added an event, and it appears there. But when I go on another computer and navigate to Google calendars (logged into the same Google account), the new event is not there. On the Tab, I selected sync from the menu but it didn't help.


title: Can I reduce app space by deleting unwanted files?

text: Specifically, I'm an artist and use PicsArt photo studio a lot, which is a great app. The issue is that my phone is ALWAYS low on space (thanks a bunch, sprint bloatware!) So this app is awesome, but they add around 10 MB of extra crap like clipart, most of it stored on the SD card. I've googled this multiple times, but I've only come up with results like "how to delete apps" which are useless to answer my question. I'm scared to go around deleting things casually, so I'd love to hear if any of you Android enthusiasts have tried the type of app customization I'm proposing.


title: SIM contacts are shown in Messaging application, but not displayed in Contacts list

text: I changed the option to only see my Google contacts (GMail) (and hide my SIM contacts). This is working perfectly in the "Contacts" app, but when I try to send a text message, and I provide a keyword in the "To" field, all my SIM contacts appear as well. Is there another possibility to hide the SIM contacts, except removing the numbers on the SIM card? Thanks! Jochen ps: I'm using 4.1.2 (Jellybean)


title: Lost Google account information after sync to local Outlook 2003

text: Normal newbie disclaimer... I've looked and I can't find an answer, so apologies if a duplicate. After quite a bit of trial-and-error, I've managed to sync all my contacts on my local Outlook 2003 through my new Samsung Galaxy S4Mini (i9195) using MyPhoneExplorer. There was a lot of swearing as it firstly made them phone contact, but eventually I managed to make them Google contacts. Before I did this, all my messages and emails were showing my profile picture and Google account details with those messages/emails/etc on both of my Android devices (my phone which is only linked to my Google profile, and my tablet which is linked to both my and my partners profiles). So, for instance, instead of seeing the letter "T" against the "conversation", I was seeing the profile image. Under the contacts on my devices there is a "Tom" contact under the "ME" section, and I've attempted to update that with my gmail address, but that doesn't appear to have linked it. Nor am I seeing my details within the contacts via the website. I do not have a Google+ account, and I do not want a Google+ account... I have Facebook, and to be honest, I'm on the verge of deleting that. (I do NOT have Facebook syncing with the phone either). Gmail through a browser is showing my profile picture, however, that image is NOT appearing if I look at the google account settings... which I'm sure it used to. Is this just "get people to use Google+" by Google, or am I missing something really easy... or something that is really not obvious in the slightest. * * * Update: Apologies @dotVezz for not giving you the information you needed upfront. I have a single Google account, with a gmail.com email address. When I look at the profile for that (by going into Gmail account through the web, clicking my email address in top right and choosing "Account") I am not seeing the profile image, which I'm sure I used to. However, in Gmail settings I **am** seeing the profile phote. I have two devices, a Galaxy S4 Mini (i9195) running 4.2.2 and an old Galaxy Tab 10.1 running 4.0.4. **What's happening (and is wrong):** On the S4 Mini, under the "ME" section in Contacts, I'm seeing a single entry called "Tom", which has no details at all... I have added my gmail.com address to this to try and fix this issue. I do not appear to be able to delete this "contact". On the Tab 10.1, under the "ME section in Contacts it is asking me to "Set up my profile"... bare in mind this device is used by two people with two accounts. When viewing my messages or email via the Gmail app, I am not seeing my profile image against the messages I have sent. In the coloured box to the left of the conversation it would show my profile picture, but now it shows my initial "T". This is happening on both devices **What should be happening:** My profile image should be appearing next to my messages/emails/etc, instead of just my initial. * * * Update Now I've discovered that it's Home+Power to screen shot (and not VolumeDown+Power as I've read in multiple places) here are screen shots from the Gmail and Messages apps on the phone, with the areas in red boxes that **should** have been linked to my profile, and therefore should (and **were** ) showing my profile photo! ![Gmail app](http://i.stack.imgur.com/AO4nV.png) ![Messages app](http://i.stack.imgur.com/91xIE.png)


title: How do I factory reset my chinese tablet?

text: I have a Chinese tablet that I've tried to reset many times now. It doesn't work, so what can I do? I've tried factory reset it, but it still doesn't reboot. It gets stuck on the startup animation screen.


title: How to meausre GPU performance in different Custom ROMs

text: I plan to compare the GPU performance of different GPU powerscale policies. GPU powerscale policies are found under               /drivers/msm/gpu/msm[or any other chipset name]/kgsl_pwrscale_XXXX.c      under the kernel tree, where XXXX= trustzone, msm or any other policy I wrote. Based on these different policies I expect differing performance for frame rendering. SO for each policy let's assume there is a different ROM. I know there are apps like GFXBench and Basemark 2.0 ES Taiji which can measure GPU performance directly. But I am looking to measuring performance of the GPU in low GPU intensive apps/workloads such as Home screen scrolling, Twitter or 2048 game. What metrics can I take into account and how can I measure them? Since I am using a 2nd Gen Nexus 7 and it's using a Qualcomm Adreno GPU, I can use the Adreno Profiler from Qualcomm to capture FPS when I scroll. But in apps like Twitter, the screen doesn't refresh unless you scroll, so there is no FPS measurement if we don't scroll. So what other metrics can I use


title: Nexus 4 random reboots

text: I've got an unrooted, plain vanilla 4.2.1 Nexus 4. Sometimes it randomly reboots itself while using it (and for all I know when it's not using it). Less than once a day problably, but I can't find a cause. IT does a weird sort of half-reboot too; it goes immediately to the big glowing X screen without the white Google screen that comes up during a cold reboot (off, then on). The reboots don't seem to be caused by anything in particular; I've had one while running Chrome and one while running Gameboid. both of those run fine 99% of the time too, nothing has triggered the reboot more than once so I don't think it's a specific app. Is this a known bug or caused by something or what? I'm mostly only using apps that worked on my last phone (which wasn't android 4.2) and stock apps, so I don't think it's any fishy apps.


title: Can my Android phone be hacked without installing permissions?

text: After reading this article ( Kaspersky smartphone report ) this got me wondering. Obviously if I install a dodgy app through Play Store or directly from a website, that can be dangerous, however if I install a popular app from the Play Store that has 10 million downloads for example, most likely it will be virus free. So most of the Android hacks I've read about are people giving install permission to dodgy apps, however can my android phone be hacked without me installing an app at all?


title: Migrating data from a Galaxy S3 Mini to a normal Galaxy S3?

text: My sister has a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, but for whatever reason she threw her money away purchasing a regular Galaxy S3 yesterday, saying she prefer the bigger form factor. (I'm not gonna get into that.) She asked me yesterday if there is any way to move her currently stored data in the S3 Mini to the regular S3 phone (both of which, I figure, are running the same 'Droid version). This basically encompasses contacts, messages, and app data (like notes and so on), but not necessarily the apps themselves. I am a complete neophyte in Android stuff, since the only thing I've done in it is basically rooting an old Xperia X8 phone running 2.1 Éclair in order to have screenshot utilities work and to be able to delete the disgusting default home screen UI the phone has, and even most of that was done for me by someone else. If this can't be done, I'll settle for being able to move the contacts from one phone to the other and screw everything else. ¬_¬


title: How to connect Android phone to a Wifi network using PPPoE?

text: I have an ISP at home, which provides me with a PPPoE connection. My router supports that and I've configured it to autoconnect periodically, so I don't have to type my username and password each time. When I connect to the Wireless router from the PC, I have internet and everything works fine. However, when I do so using my Android phone, there's no internet connection on the phone. It connects to the router, but I cannot open any web page. How can I enable internet access from such an ISP on my phone? Is it something in the router setup? The router is Linksys WRT54GL.


title: Email accounts suddenly disappear from Samsung stock client

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S, rooted with ClockworkMod a good while ago. Since about two months, my imap accounts spontaneously disappear from the Samsung stock email. When launched, the email app asks me if I want to configure it with an account. I have heard from other people experiencing this, but never discovered a solution.


title: How can I have Android automatically connect to a VPN only when on an unsecured WiFi Network?

text: Let's say I want to connect to a WiFi hotspot, but it is unsecured. I'd like to connect to a VPN server, but only if I'm on an unsecured WiFi network. If I'm on a secured network or data, I'd like it to stay in VPN off mode.


title: stuck on logo, cwm recovery not showing

text: I recently tried to install cwm recovery on my qmobile a2 (mtk) phone, according to the method stated in xda forum for my device. I don't know what I did wrong, but now when I restart my mobile to recovery mode, the logo appears and is just stuck on that. Cwm menu is not showing. I didn't make a backup of the stock recovery. I tried to install cwm 5, cwm 6, and others with many methods like spflash tool, rom manager, mtk, mobile uncle tools, etc. but still no luck. Many users have installed cwm in the same mobile that I have why I am stuck. Is there a manual way that I can delete the system recovery and put my cwm recovery to that directory in which it is located? or please give me a suggestion.


title: Why does Android GMail app pop an icon for new mail when I delete a message in web GMail?

text: I have my GMail Android app set to notify on new messages. However, it ALSO pops up notifications when I simply delete an existing (new or read) message from the web-based gmail.com **Is there an explanation of why this happens and how to stop it?** I saw a related question on A.SE - Gmail notification sound only for new mail \- but it was for notifications when marking messages as unread or moving the messages into Inbox. Also, it wasn't answered and the only helpful comment wasn't something I can use (Turn on "Notify Once" setting) since this would ALSO stop per-new-message individual notifications which I need to have. UPDATE: If it matters: Droid X, rooted stock Froyo 2.2. Gmail - latest version but this behavior was the same for the last year, with all versions of the app (likely since day 1, I just didn't use gmail on the web back then too frequently).


title: Is it possible to use the Kindle Fire's browser in a full screen mode?

text: So we got a Kindle Fire at work today, and I've been playing with it a bit to see what all it can do. One thing that I thought would be neat is to try our new web-based application in the Fire's Silk browser to see how it stacks up against some of our other devices (like my Xoom and the Galaxy Tab 7). In general it's okay, but it's starting to really bug me that the status bar is always visible when I'm using Silk, instead of filling the whole screen. There's also a tab bar at the top that I can't get to go away, and the bottom menu bar appears to be persistently visible. When you read a book, all of this goes away and then you bring it back by touching the screen, and I really like the full screen look. Is there any way to run Silk in a "full screen" mode, specifically one which hides the top status bar? I checked around in the settings and whatnot and haven't been able to find anything. Bonus points: Is there a way to hide the tab bar or the bottom menu bar similar to the book reading app?


title: How do I reboot Samsung Galaxy S when it locks up? Is pulling battery bad?

text: My Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate) occasionally locks up, so that the screen freezes and it doesn't respond to any user input. I also cannot hold the power button down to bring up the menu to Reboot, Turn off, etc... The only thing I know to do is open the back and pull the battery out and turn it back on. So, my questions are 1) Is pulling the battery to hard shut down harmful to the phone? 2) Is there some button sequence I can press to restart the phone? I'm running a 2.3.4 Gingerbread based ROM.


title: How do I get the new "Music" section of the market to show up?

text: It appears Google has updated the market application. Including documentation in the new Google Music application for a link to `/music` in the market. The link does nothing on my phone except take me to the home screen of the market though. I'm super excited for this new feature and would like to use it now. Is there a way to force the market to update or anything? I'm using stock 2.2 Froyo on T-Mobile Defy (rooted)


title: Accessing the Android Market using a US SIM card from outside US

text: I have a Nexus S phone with Android 2.3 and a SIM card from a Canadian carrier. While I'm in Canada, I want to download applications from Google's Android Market (e.g. Google Music) without rooting my phone. Will it work to replace the SIM card with a US SIM card (e.g. AT&T GoPhone)? If I did that, everything should work smoothly, correct?


title: Is there a portable scanner connect to an android phone?

text: I dont know whether my question is right to ask here. please advise me if I need to ask this kind of question at other areas. I am investigating to find a right portable scanner to connect with an Android mobile phone (such as HTC Desire). After scanning a paper from a portable scanner, the mobile phone will receive the file as a pdf or jpg. That's it! Would this be possible to do? Thanks in advance.


title: Google+ Background Data Usage

text: My 1GB data pack (3G) was running out a bit faster than normal, so I started investigating using the Data Usage tool (Android 4.1.2 Nexus S). That's when I found out the Google+ app had used 300 MB in 3 days, and all of it was background data. Here's the graph: ![graph](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nCOid.jpg)   Graph (click to enlarge) I don't remember using the app much at all, yet it almost burned through my data pack. I've set the Instant Upload settings to only upload when connected to Wi-fi, and roaming uploads are disabled too. I disabled background as soon as I figured it out, but I still don't know how and why it used up so much data. Any pointers?


title: Opening a GPS location from an SMS

text: How can I format an SMS in order to send the GPS location? The recipient should be able to tap the text and open the coordinates with their favorite location software (e.g., Google Maps).


title: Notifications are not vibrating

text: I got my Samsung Galaxy S2 (android 4.0.4) for a few days now and i realized there's something wrong with the vibration. When I get whatsapp message or Viber, facebook, or email notification the phone won't vibrate! When I receive a call or standard text the phone does vibrate. I did a hard reset but the problem still remains. What do I do? In settings, it is ticked sounds and vibrate. Please help


title: How to find exact HTC One S version (S3/S4)

text: I have begun doing research about rooting my HTC One S phone (HTC Sense looks so nice but unfortunately is so unstable) and one of the first things I've noticed is that there are two versions of HTC One S. One has a 1.5gHz dual core CPU, the other has a 1.7gHz dual core CPU. I went through all the information I could find in my phone's "about" menu, but the CPU section only specifies "dual core". The packaging also has no further details than this. The **only** reference I have is that the (online) shop I bought it at, has 1.5gHz in the spec. That would mean I have the S4 which is the most common version. But the vendor may as well get that information from somewhere else rather than the actual product, so I want to be sure before doing anything. I've already searched google and can't find anything, but I hardly know what to look for either. Seems like no other website knows of this distinction. On a side note, if anyone knows (has experience with) any good and reliable guides about rooting the HTC One S, feel free to post them as well.


title: Wildfire S keyboard unavailable during calls

text: during a call on my wildfire S if the caller asks me to input a pin or other data the on- screen keyboard is not active, and I can't find any information that tells me how to enable it. I have no trouble using the keyboard for other purposes.


title: Cannot connect to the real [website.com]

text: I just bought a Galaxy Tab 4 and I'm trying to set it up for development. Being behind a proxy that needs authentification, I installed drony to provide my credentials. I'm now able to surf most http websites and few secure https websites. On the other hand, I can't get most https sites and all the google services (Play, Maps, Youtube) to work. I tried to use the google.com website to connect to my google account, and I got a page with the following error message : "Something is currently interfering with your secure connection to [site]. Try to reload this page in a few minutes or after switching to a new network. If you have recently connected to a new Wi-Fi network, finish logging in before reloading. If you were to visit [site] right now, you might share private information with an attacker. To protect your privacy, Chrome will not load the page until it can establish a secure connection to the real [site]. " Can somebody help?


title: How to get Gmail-like/non-generic notifications with stock Android app?

text: When I get a email notification from the stock Android Email app I just get a generic notification on the line of:               +------------------------------------------+     | [Mail icon] New email                    |     | 1 unread (Account Name)           18:34  |     +------------------------------------------+ How do I get email notifications with the sender and subject like with my Gmail app?               +------------------------------------------+     | [Mail icon] John Doe                     |     | Yet another boring meeting blah.. 18:34  |     +------------------------------------------+ Is there some setting I've missed out on? Has this been fixed in later versions of the Mail app (currently using 2.3.4)? Saving the above, are there any third party apps, free or paid, available? (K-9 is no good was webDAV is disabled. My email account is on an Exchange server.) My details: I running Email.app version 2.3.4 on CyanogenMod 7.1.0 (Android 2.3.7) on a rooted phone. I only have one (work) email account (an Exchange server) on the stock email app which I like to (and in any event have to) keep separate from my personal Gmail account. **Edit** Part of my question is what is other users experience of Android's stock email app like? Is it just my crappy phone or does everyone get the same notifications?


title: Brightness changes too frequently after I updated to 4.2

text: I have a Nexus 7 and after the update to Android 4.2 setting the brightness regulation to `auto` I noticed that it changes way more frequently than it used to do in the previous version of the operating system. Is there a way to have automatic brightness regulation less aggressively?


title: Is there a way to eliminate Google Play Books / Newsstand?

text: I've never used Books or Newsstand, and I'm continually running out of space. Is there a way to just delete these apps? Android 4.1.2 Kernel 3.0.31-889555


title: What system app stores the cellular network settings?

text: Before installing a new ROM, I backed up all data from my system apps using Titanium. I installed the new ROM, and also put in a new SIM card from a different network (so it was in on first boot-up of the new ROM). Everything worked great on the new network, until I restored my backups. The settings for the network (matching the current SIM) were overwritten by the settings for the old network (matching the previous SIM), and data completely stopped working. My question is, **what app stores the data network settings?** If I know then I can restore data for everthing except that app (or apps) and not need to start from scratch if I change SIMs again. Additionally, is there any way I can trigger the phone to go "Oh look, the settings don't match this SIM, how 'bout we update the settings?" I have a Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant running Froyo (Bionix v1.3 with TouchWiz).


title: Mobile data turns itself on again and again; could be caused by WhatsApp

text: My mobile data keeps turning on by itself and uses my data traffic. I think this is because of WhatsApp, but I'm not sure. Is there any other possible reason aside from WhatsApp? How should I stop it from happening? Phone: Samsung GT9100i   Android Version: 4.2.1


title: Identify the NFC tag or NFC-enabled device during transfer

text: I am very new to Android. I want to identify which one is enabled NFC tag or NFC-enabled device. Please provide the difference between NFC mode:   * card read/write   * P2P communication


title: Decrypting HTTPS Traffic from Android Apps via Fiddler?

text: I am actually trying to debug all the traffic going in and out on my phone. I am using Fiddler on my PC, and ProxyDroid on my phone to do this. HTTP traffic works fine. I am able to decrypt it completely. However, with HTTPS traffic, all I get is "Tunnel to : xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:443 ". Any idea how do I decrypt the traffic going through the HTTPS route? I installed the FiddlerRoot.cer on my phone through the default browser. Still no luck on decrypting the HTTPS traffic. P.S : I am talking about traffic from apps, and not through the browser. My Phone is running ICS and is rooted.


title: Trouble installing custom rom on Samsung GT-P3110

text: Every time I try to install any custom ROM on my device I get the following error among others.               E:Error in /sdcard/aokp_p3110_kitkat_unofficial_2013-12-24.zip     (Status 7)     Installation aborted.     result was NULL, message is: assert failed: install_zip("/sdcard/aokp_p3110_kitkat_unofficial_2013-12-24.zip")      I have tried several different Rom packages with the same result. The device is rooted and CWM installed. I have tried using several ROM installers as well as manual. I followed the procedure to unlock the bootloader. each time I get the same error with the relevant ROM package named.


title: Calendar and contacts sync using "Server" account type

text: Device: Galaxy S4   Android: 4.2.2 I have been looking through the `Settings > Accounts > Add account` menu and found there is an entry called "Server" that seems to allow you to sync calendar and contacts from a private server. Does anyone know how this works? I have tried pointing it at my OwnCloud server but cannot seem to get it to work.


title: How can I root my Sony Xperia u?

text: I have used several one-click methods but none of them worked for me. Can anyone tell me the correct process?   * Android version: 2.3.7   * model number: st25i   * build number: 6.0.B.3.184


title: Running a program as root on Android

text: I have followed the guide at XDA Developers for a Samsung Galaxy Note II, and used "option 2" and flashed the firmware using `heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery.img --CACHE cache.img` in Linux. This gave me a SuperSU program, which I could execute. After executing it immediately wanted to update. I allowed it. It required a reboot, I allowed that. The program asked if it should attempt to install by the "normal" or CWM method. I picked CWM. The device started up in the CWM minimal OS, but it was not apparent to me what option the user should take at this point to proceed. I tried various options, like installing from cache or sd card, but there didn't appear to be any file to install. I rebooted again, started SuperSU again. I selected "Install SuperSU into /system". The program needed to reboot again, this time I was not given the option of how to install it ("normal" or CWM). After reboot, I started SuperSU again. The option was still available to "Install SuperSU into /system", it is unclear if this means SuperSU has not successfully installed, or if this option is always available in case you need to repeat the procedure after an update. I downloaded the _Titanium Backup_ program which as I understand required root access. When executing Titanium Backup, I was prompted by SuperSU if I wished to grant root access. I clicked yes. The program appeared to function properly. My questions are:   1. What action is the user supposed to take within CWM when SuperSU requests to reboot using this method?   2. Is the choice "Install SuperSU into /system" supposed to still be possible to select after a successful install?   3. How do I run an arbitrary program as root? What I wanted to do in the first place was to get a terminal to run as root. I have already a program called "Terminal Emulator" installed. How do I make "Terminal Emulator" execute as root?   4. Is it normal for SuperSU to "close" itself spontaneously while looking through the settings? I think once it updated itself while I was in the settings, but I'm not sure.


title: How can I quickly remove all of my data from my device and then get it back again?

text: Soon, I'll have to give my phone (a non-rooted LG Nexus 4) to another person for some time. As the phone contains very sensitive information, I do not want this person to be able to access any of it. Unfortunately, I don't have data encryption turned on, so I can't just turn the device off and be sure that the other person won't be able to decrypt it. Basically, I want to wipe my phone right now and then restore it to _exactly_ the state it was before the wipe. Therefore, I was thinking of backing up my device completely, wiping it and then restoring the backup. How can I do this? Will `adb backup -all -shared -apk` be sufficient? I guess not, since I'm afraid there are some settings that adb won't detect. Is there a lower-level way, like making an image of all the phone's memory with fastboot/recovery or something?


title: Can I delete a file called 'UPDATE' in the dload folder, or will this delete the operating system?

text: I recently received low space warnings on my Huawei Honor so I connected my phone to the Mac and observed the files: ![Can this be deleted?](http://i.stack.imgur.com/HWigt.png) As you can see, perhaps 75% is taken up by a file called 'UPDATE' in the dload folder. Can I delete this? Is this an install file or is it the operating system?! Obviously I could answer my own question by deleting it but I don't want to delete the operating system.


title: Strange Issue(Auto Touch) with Touch on HTC Desire X. Has anyone experienced this?

text: I have got a HTC Desire X about 3 months ago. I've quite enjoyed the features it comes with. For the past week or so, I have been facing with this strange issue. The touch screen acts as if it is being touched even when I am not touching the screen. First, I couldn't understand what was happening as calls were getting disconnected or answered automatically. Then, I turned the Show visual Feedback for touches from the developer options in settings. I could now clearly see the screen is detecting a touch on its own. I Factory resetted the device from the settings and from Bootloader as well. It works fine for a couple of days without any issues. But, the issue comes back. Please help me with this issues. Thanks in advance. TLDR: Touchscreen touches automatically. Factory reset resolves the issue, but only for some time(2 days at max, an hour at min).


title: Wifi hotspot generates new mac address each time

text: Every time I'm gonna to use wifi hotspot on my device it generates new mac address, therefore my laptop can't remember for permanent. Every time I need to set all connections details again anad again. It's a bit annoying. Is there a way to make android generate the same mac address each time? ps. currently I'm using android 4.2.2 ( cm 10.1-20130521 ), unfortunately such behaviour was long before current version.


title: Call recording problem

text: I use a Samsungs Galaxy Star Pro GT-S7262 with Jelly Bean 4.1.2. I have installed quite a few call recorder apps from Google Play and though they are recording all the calls, whenever I play back the recordings it sounds like everything has been recorded in fast forward mode (or is playing as such). It is happening with all the call recorder apps I have installed. What could be the problem and how can I resolve it as everything sounds jumbled and indecipherable


title: Is it Essential to Root a Nexus Device in order to Customize or Personalise it to your liking?

text: My understanding is that rooting an android smartphone or tablet allows you to add functionality and to flash custom ROMS (amongst other things) like MIUI or CyanogenMOD. A Nexus device offers the pure "vanilla" android experience from Google without the additional "skins" etc. that mobile phone companies add/tweak to further differentiate their product from one another. If it is the case that nothing has been added/tweaked, customised etc. on a Nexus 4/7/10, can I achieve this personalisation (via the Google Play Store) on such a device without the need for rooting?


title: Is there a way to set the screen to auto-lock after more than 30 minutes?

text: On my GS3 the options for auto-locking range from "immediately" to "30 minutes". Suppose I wanted the auto-lock to happen only after 1 hour - is there any way to do this?


title: Android and gTalk

text: I have three Gmail accounts. All of them are configured on my Samsung Galaxy 5. My phone is on Wi-Fi almost every time so accounts are always active. Gmail has an ability to chat. The problem is when I connect to one of my Gmail accounts using computer, I can only see in gTalk that only one my Gmail account is active, online. Always one and always the same... though all three accounts are online on my phone and ready to receive mails or talks. Others are always shown as offline. Maybe there is a program which helps to do this, or maybe the idea is that this active account is the first on my phone? Is it possible to do that all accounts would be shown as active in gTalk? Thank You all in advance.


title: Radical Android customization

text: I have a need to setup a touch screen GUI for a booking system and I am exploring Android as a option to accomplish this. Some crucial things I need to know are:   * Can I customize an Android based pad/other hardware so it only has on application (my booking system) running on it?   * Can I configure the booking system to autoload each time time the hardware is powered up?   * Can I install Android on a display device, like a TV, and behave like a large touch screen All this is to take advantage of Android's powers whilst keeping the public facing booking system running continuously from power-up without other apps interfering etc.


title: Email sync problem

text: My corporate email sync is working to download emails. It’s able to download contacts and events, but not emails. I did the factory settings also, but even it’s not working. Could anybody reply with solution?


title: Is the old app uninstalled when it is upgraded?

text: i want to know when an upgrade is available for an app obviously a new apk is there. So is it that the old apk is uninstalled and new apk is installed ?


title: Can the Netflix app be loaded on an Acer Iconia A500 without rooting?

text: Acer recently released an official upgrade to 3.2 for the Iconia A500 tablet, but the Netflix app is still not visible in the market. Is it possible to get the Netflix app on this tablet without rooting?


title: Is there an app like Touchwiz Blocking Mode?

text: I have a Galaxy Nexus and I want the features of Touchwiz Blocking Mode. I have done lots of googling but can find only spam call and text blockers. I want this functionality to block all communications while I sleep except from my fiancee. So basically flight mode but with an exception for one contact.


title: CM7: How to enable passwordless SSH login on same network?

text: I'm running CyanogenMod 7 and I'd like to enable passwordless SSH login to my main Linux computer on my network, but only when the phone is accessing the server over the same network. How/where should I put my .ssh/known_hosts file to enable this?


title: I like the HTC interface additions to Android, but I have a non-HTC phone. Is there a way I can get them anyway?

text: From the list of on-topic questions in this SE's definition phase


title: How can I adjust my screen's color temperature?

text: Redshift is a Linux application similar to Windows' F.lux, which gives the screen a red tinge automatically at night. Supposedly, it reduces eye strain and helps prevent sleep problems. Is there any way I can adjust my screen's color temperature to create the same effect on Android?


title: Does rooting a Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos allow phone user to use the MSC (Mass Storage Class)

text: From my understanding, the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos currently only allow user to transfer files through the miserable slow MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) connection or the PTP. Many sources encourage phone user to root the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos even though that rooting will:   * void the warranty   * render SIM 2 to fail So, does rooting the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos allow user to connect the phone and display as a USB thumbdrive by using the MSC (Mass Storage Class)?


title: Cannot install or move Android Apps to SD Card - is it a flaw from the Android or from the phone manufacturer?

text: From my understanding, while the Galaxy S4 does offer a memory card slot, it's worth mentioning that you can't install apps on the memory card and can only use it for storing movies, music, pictures, etc. So, is this a problem with the Android 4 OS not capable of allowing phone user to install or move apps to the SD card? or is it that the phone manufacturer are not capable of producing a phone that allow user to use the SD card slot given that the limited space for a 16 GB Samsung Galaxy S4?


title: Browse or mount SD card over WiFi on Linux?

text: Is there a way to browse the contents of my SD card from my Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) machine over WiFi? I used to connect with a mini-usb cable, or send files through gmail. Surely there must be a way to access the files through wifi. My main focus is ease-of-use, I don't particularly care about speed or security. Although I do prefer a non-cloud solution due to privacy concerns. (I have not actively searched for a solution yet. I will do this now, so maybe I will answer my own question. Which, as I understood from Atwood, is proper use of a StackExchange site.)


title: How to reject call on HTC desire Z?

text: Is it possible to reject call somehow when screen is locked as the same moment I unlock the screen, I acctualy accept the call?


title: Recommended resource for rooting not available. Where to download the rooting application from SAFELY?

text: The answer for this question recommends that I download SuperOneClick from shortfuse.org. However, shortfuse.org is down - the link is dead. I found SuperOneClick at a Cnet download page. However, my Antivirus warns that the downloaded file is malicious. Is it typical for this kind of software? Can I safely ignore antivirus warnings? If not, where can the original (safer?) program obtained from?


title: Can't load email messages

text: I get a notification on my S4 home screen that I have received an email or emails but when I go click onto my email icon and go into either of them (I have 2 email accounts) both are just blank with only a notification saying "load more messages" which I click on resulting in nothing happening!


title: HTC One automatically tries to dial voicemail when placed near ear - even when I'm in a call

text: Here's what I'm doing, in order:   1. Launch the phone app   2. Dial any number...for example, tech support   3. The other end rings and answers   4. Tech support says "Press 1 for existing accounts, press 2 for new accounts, blah blah"   5. I move the phone away from my head to press "2"   6. No tone is ever sent. The systems on the other end never register me having pressed "2". This happens for EVERY number I call, not just a particular one.   7. If I put the phone back up to my head, it blanks the screen and sends a tone that the other system CAN hear, usually a "1" but not always.   8. Every time I cover the proximity sensor with my hand or move it to my ear, it sends this tone again. It makes it impossible to navigate these automated tone-controlled systems. Has anyone experienced anything like this? I'm running an HTC One, HTC Sense version 4+, Android 4.1.1. Any troubleshooting help would be appreciated.


title: Does Android put wifi and other data networks to sleep when the display is turned off?

text: I was wondering if stock Android puts Wifi and other data networks to sleep when the display of the device is turned off. If not, what app can help me do the same ?